Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-03-21

The plant OF the Dover Artificial
Ice Company was sold at public sale
on Tuesday by Benjamin Nields. trus-
tee, 10 the York Manufacturing Co..
the firm that furnished the machinery,
for $4,000
For Rent.-For the balance of
the year. the house formerly occupied
by William I Dickerson on the cor
ner of Federal and Church Streets.
For terms apply to VIM. T. Dickerson
or George 5. Richardson.
Comptroller Graham made the
quarterly distribution OF the public
school tax ON Monday, payable on and
after March 25th Worcester received
for white schools S2,ll5.44, and for
coloTed schools SS59.5S.
Proprietor Morgan of the Hotel
Worcester is the happiest man in
Snow Hill. The fine boy which will
soon call him Pop" is a healthy
looking young man and we trust he
will live long and he happy.
Cashier, |. T. Matthews, of the
First National Bank, attended the
meeting Of conference at Dover, this
week. rs delegate from Whatcoat NJ
L. Church. He was accompanied by
alternate. X. J. McAllen, of the same
church.
Married, at the Asbury NJ. +.
Parsonage, Wilmington, Del. on the
18th. inst, by Rev. NJ. l. Gates, Mr..
George G. Porter, of Red Lion. Del.
and Miss Ella Pruitt, of New Castle,
Del. The happy couple took trip to
Pennsylvania
Attention is directed 10 the al.
veriisement of real estate in the ninth
election district of this county To he
sold in front of the Atlantic Hotel
Berlin, on March 2lst, by Messrs.
Clarence =. Landlord and II. l.. ID.
Stanford, Trustees.
All Hallows Episcopal Church,
Rev. S. J. Morgan, Rector. Services
tomorrow will he as follows At 1890
a. m, Morning Prayer, Litany and
Sermon by the Rector. t7.30 p. m,
Evening Prayer and Serman. SUNDAY
School at $50 7. NJ.
Two lady voters, Mary G. G. Brad.
ford. OF Colorado, and Miss Laura A.
Gregg, of Kansas. will discuss the
Practical Results of Political Equality,
in the Town Hall, at Berlin, Md,
Monday night. March 30th, at : so
o'clock Admission free.
The six weeks following ground
hog day are about over and we may
now look forward for more pleasant
weather. The weather this year has
certainly verified the old superstition
and the rodent has proved his claim to
he considered a first class prophet
Fruit growers are TO he congratu-
lated on the cold weather that has
been so prevalent since Grounding
day" The buds have been sufficiently
retarded in their development as to
almost insure the peach and apple
crop against serious injury by frost.
A company to export oysters has
been organized at Cape Charles, Va.
Charles :. Hirst, Of Philadelphia, is
its president, and the capital is $780,
900. The shells of the oysters will be
riveted. and it is said that they can be
shipped long distances and retain their
freshness.
Our Spence correspondent wrote
us too late for last weeks issue that the
farmers in that section were ''busy
shipping old hens. as eggs are but 10
cents dozen We congratulate the
farmers on having the hens to sell, aud
would suggest that we will take them
in exchange for subscriptions, if not too
old.
Others may puff and blow. but
the peoples paper" gets there all the
time. Nine new unsolicited subscribers
have been put on our list this week by
order OF people who want it because it
is the best local newspaper ever pub
lished in Worcester county, and it
always will be.
Mr.. George Daley Richardson, of
Philadelphia. who came down with the
remains Of his brother. +. Thompson
Richardson, who died OF heart failure
last week, returned to Philadelphia
Monday morning. We are glad to
learn that DALEY is doing well and
wish him greater success.
john" remarked the wife of the
future. take good care of the children
until | get back" "Yes. my dear.
"And see that the kitchen fire doesn't
burn out, and answer the door-bell,
and" Where are you going, my
dear TO deliver my new lecture
on How to Make Home Happy"
Il he Directors OF the Baltimore
CentennialExposition. which it was pro-
posed TO hold in 1897. have decided Ia
abandon or postpone the project. owing
TO the unsettled financial condition OF
, the country, the failure OF the b. and
o., and the refusal of the wealthiest
citizens and corporations to subscribe
We must apologize 10 our readers
for the MESSENGER not being well
printed this week and the two weeks
past. We have been greatly agrava
ted because the paper manufacturer
shipped us lot of paper which had
been wet We had TO use it because
We could not get another lot made in
time.
"A few days ago it was announced
that calf born in the lower part OF
the Peninsula had head shaped like
a monkey. On Wednesday cali
without eyes was born on the farm Of
Robert ;. Gibbons, in Sussex. A cali
owned by a. G. Mench. of Rising Sun
Kent Co, Nd, is perfectly formed ex
cept that il has no tail
, Owing to an increase in INSURANCE,
rates on account of the Washington