Democratic messenger., 1902-05-24
PENINSULA PARAGRAPHS.
Interesting News Items from
Various Sources.

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There are three eases of smallpox i'll
the vicinity of Williamsburg, Dorchester
county.
CongressmaG Ball has recommended
James H. Maull for re-apointment as
postmaster of Georgetown.
| Napoleon L. Tebo was arrested Sun
day i'll Wilmington. on charge of sell
ing tickets in Mexican lottery.
\ new board walked has been built at
Rehoboth Beach, and also some new
cottages. The hotels will be opened
June H.
| Six fine horses owned by Col j. J
Ross, of Seaford. have been shipped to
New York, were they will compete for
the 5000 Grange cup.
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The May term o. the Circuit Court
for Talbot County opened Monday. AS
sociate Judge William r. Martin on the
bench. There are 80 cases on the docket.
Mr. J. III. X. Shannahan. the well
known artesian well engineer, has con-
tracted with State Senator Roe, and
Mr. F. p Roe to sink an artesian well
at Greensboro.
Commencement exercises of Western
Maryland College will be held on Wed.
nesday, June 18th. Gov. Smith will
deliver the diplomas. There are thirty
members of the graduating class.
The annual convention of the diocese
of Easton, which includes all Protest.
ant Episcopal churches on the Eastern
Shore of Maryland will convene III
Trinity p. E. Church, Elkton, on
June 3.
All of the striking students at the
Delaware College, who went out on ac-
count of six of their number being sus-
pended Tor haZing, returned to their
studies Monday. The young men were
pleasantly received by the faculty.
John III. Rodney, Jr, has been elected
president of the Executive Committee
of the Democrats of New Castle hun.
dred, and has started upon the work OF
the fall campaign. He is aided by his
father, who has had charge of the work
for the past ten years.
DIR. Charles T. Fisher, formerly of
Princess Anne, who mas been an assist
ant resident physician at Bayview In
sane Asylum. located just outside OF
Baltimore city limits. has been appoint.
ed to similar position i'll the Worcester
Insane Hospital, at Worcester, Mass.
The strawberry bug is doing consider
able damage in some parts of the Pen
insula. The pest was first noticed in
the vicinity of Ridgcly about fourteen
years ago. 1t is black bug, one-six.
teenth to one eighth of an inch in length
and attacks the plants by piercing the
stem just below the blossoms, which in.
variably die from the wound.
There was cornsalve peddler III
Georgetown the first of the week and
some joker sent him to Nehemiah Roach
the railroad fiagman at the Pine Street
crossing. After the peddler had spent
some time i'll telling Mr. Roach of the
= healing qualities his remedy possessed,
the latter informed him that he had the
misfortune of losing both legs and that
he had no corns on his artificial feet.
Dovcr's Board of Education at the
suggestion of Principal Crawford of the
High School fixed the graduating stand.
ard for this term at IS per cent. Mr..
Crawford is staunch advocate of high
er education and he determined that
this mark must be reached by every
schola~ desiring Il diploma. The exam.
nations finished on Tuesday showed
that three scholars only had attained
the goal. This caused most of those who
failed to drop studies as soon as the re.
suit was learned most of them claiming
that they could not spare another year
before taking up contemplated avoca-
tions.
The Most Common Ailment.
| More Dcople Suffer from rheumatism