Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-05-30
The Annual Diocesan Convention

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coming week. The delegates from Ali
Hallows Parish are Messrs. A. ID.
Irwin and J. j. Collins who, together
with the Rector, Rev. 5. J. Morgan,
will leave for the Convention on Mon
day morning.
After many efforts, we have at
last succeeded in purchasing fine
cargo of rived cypress shingles, which
are strictly up to the standard-run-
ming same at point as at butt We
also have full supply OF all grades of
sawed shingles. Awaiting a continu-
ance of your past favors, we are yours
respectfully. L. T. Williams & Son.
Sunday Services in NJ. p. Church.
Morning, Jesus Foretells the Destruc.
ton of Jerusalem Night, "Joseph's
Bones" Preaching at Trinity at 8
p NJ. The regular meetings each
night during the week, except Friday,
also Stewards and Trustees Monday
Teachers meeting Tuesday; Ladies
Aid Society, Thursday, at Mrs. Nor.
rows. j. L. Nicholson, Pastor.
Miss George Smith entertained a
number OF young lady and gentlemen
friends ON Tuesday evening in honor
of Miss Jennie Waters, OF Baltimore,
and Mrs. George :. Richardson gave
an evening party Thursday in honor of
the same lady. Miss Waters is the
eldest daughter of Francis T. Waters,
Esq, member of the Surry Lumber
Co. and former resident of Snow Hill.
-Messrs. j. +. Bethards, of Powell
vile and +. Murray Bethards, of
Wilton, were visitors at the MEssEN-
GER office on Tuesday. Mr.. j. +.
Bethards tells us that he lost a COW OH
Tuesday of last week of hydrophobia.
The cow was bitten on the nose several
weeks ago by strange dog which was
no doubt afflicted with rabies, as the
COW had all of the symptoms of hydro.
pnODia before sne u1ed.
A large party of the officials of
the Baltimore & Eastern Shore Rail-
way Co., together with some distin.
guished guests, came down to Snow
Hill on the steamer Pocomoke We'd
nesday and took a special train from
here TO Ocean City to view the i'm
provenents being made at Maryland's
great summer resort. Messrs. Enoch
Pratt and John 4 Hurst were men,
bers of the party.
"A company has been formed here
for the projection of telephone line
connecting Berlin, Snow Hill and Po-
comoke City. The incorporators named
are George S. Payne, j. Edward
White, Irving I. Matthews, John p.
Moore and DIR. w. ID. Straughn. The
company will apply TO the city council
at once for a franchise. Several ven
lures of this sort have been attempted
in the past. The prominence of the
members of this company probably
guarantees the success of the enterprise.
The general assessors Zone Dem
ocrat and one Republican, for this
county have not yet been announced
by Governor Lowndes, up to the time
of our going Ia press. The reason for
this, we are told, is because the Secre-
tary OF State has been sick. The Coun.
ty Commissioners have received the
blanks for the assessment. The blanks
are five in number. viz: /, Notice
from Assessors 2, Memorandum of
Property /; 3, Real Estate Schedule; 4,
Personal Estate Schedule; 5, Notice
from Board Of Review 6, Instruc-
tons.
We are in receipt of letter from
Corbin this week which goes into the
waste basket, because the writer did
not sign his or her name to the com.
munication. We do not want core
spondents names for publication, but
We must know who it is that writes the
letters. so that we can Judge of the
reliability of the news. The MEssEN-
GER endeavors TO be a clean. reliable
newspaper, and we shall insist upon
the name being signed to all COM
munications intended for publication,
although as we said before, we don't
print your name.
Mr.. Stephen ID. Bowdoin. former
ly of this town, now Postmaster at Col
lege Park, Md. will take unto him.
self wife on Monday evening next.
The prospective bride is Miss Maggie
I. Minor, of Washington, ID. c., and
the ceremony will be performed at the
home OF the brides mother i'm that city
at 8 o'clock. Mr.. William G. Bow
doin, foreman of the MESSENGER office,
and brother Of Postmaster Bowdoin,
will be present at the wedding. We
congratulate Steve" on his success in
securing such prize and hope he and
his bride may live long and be happy.
Mrs. Benjamin Carmean, wife of
Justice of the Peace, Carmean, of
Snow Hill, died on Thursday evening
at 8 o'clock, after lingering illness of
typhoid fever. She was nearly 10
years of age, and was noble Christian
woman, the mother of eight children,
six of whom survive her, and all of
whom are married except one. Mrs.
Carmean had over 40 grandchildren.
Her sons and daughters are Jesse j.,
Elijah, Willard and George Carmean,
Mrs. Levin Disharoon and Miss Clara
Carmean. Her remains will be in.
tered this Saturday morning in the
Snow Hill NJ. p. Churchyard. The
MESSENGER extends to the bereaved
family the sincere sympathy Of the
editors in their great loss.
ABOVE THE CIOlJDS