Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-04-26
PENINSULA PARAGRAPHS.
Mention of Interesting Events all
Over the Shore.

Georgetown has small pox scare.
George Murray has been elected Bal
liff of Newark
A. ID. McCabe is starting shirt fac
tory in New Castle
DIR. II. Il. Crothers is seriously i'll at
his home near Colora. Cecil County.
Joseph J. Restein. a conductor, has
been appointed Assistant Train Master
of the N. Y. p. & n Railroad.
The semi annual dinner of the Della
ware Church Club will be held on May
18th at the New Century Club building
Mrs. Rachel Carmean has presented
handsome new organ to the Methodist
Episcopal Church at Zion. Cecil County
DIR. Harry p. Hinchliffe, of Elkton,
who recently underwent an operation
for appendicitis. died Saturday morning
Elmer p. Collins. near Laurel, who
last week was arrested on suspicion of
killing his wife has been released ON
$500 bail
a wing 1872 feet long and two stories
high is to built TO the Salisbury Shirt
Factory This will give employment to
many additional hands.
Nehemia Harman, Jr., was last week
convicted of murdered in the first de-
gree at Georgetown, for the killing of
w H. Mitchell near Angola last Janu-
AIRY.
The shipment of strawberry plants
from the vicinity of Cheswold, Del. has
become an impotant item to fruit grow
ers. @. Boggs d Son recently shipped
l00. 900 plants to Missouri and $4,000 to
Illinois
John w. Carroll. proprietor of the
CAP, ChdricS Light and for many years
chief clerk i'll the superintendent 5 Office
of the n Y p & n. railroad has accept
ed a position with the Queen Anne's
railroad
There was "a large crowd at George
town last week To see two cOlored men
stand one hour each in the pillory and
to see John Walters receive 90 lashes.
Half of the crowd was composed of wo.
man and children
Rev. James II. Henderlite. pastor of
the Drummondtown. the Accomac
Courthouse and Mackenzie (Onancock)
Presbyterian Churches, has accepted
call to the Presbyterian Church of Hen
derson, n. G. He leaves May first for
his new charge.
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Ex Sheriff VIM. $ Horney. of Talbot
county, died on Sunday afternoon at
his home near Claiborne. of consump-
ton. He was ~ years of age. He is
survived by Il widow and two children,
Mrs Paul b. Luke, of Berkeley, Va,
and Mr. Bertram Horncy. of Claiborne.
Constable Charles Green, Whining
ton. in seizing some household goods.
got a goat, and under the law he must
keep it 40 days before the animal can be
disposed of. To add to his troubles the
Humane Society threatens to proceed
against him unless he removes the ami
NAL from the freight house. where it
was seized. The goat proves an ele-
phant on the officers hands and he is
now sorrow he took it.
The Methodist Protestant Church at
Lynch was burned Monday afternoon.
Services were held in the building Sun
day and the stoves were used 1t is
thought that the fire started from one
of the stoves. The building was insured
i'll the Kent Mutual Insurance Company
of Kent county, Md. Rev +. g. Max
osky was pastor of the church. and il
was comparatively new edific.
The Presbytery of Norfolk district
convened in annual session last Tues.
day. April -. at II A. NJ. at the Pres
byterian Church, Cape Charles The
session lasted three days. and Rev. J.
+. Thacker, of the Second PRESBYTERIAN
Church, Norfolk. preached the opening
sermon. Service celebrating the an
niversary of the opening of the new
church at Cape Charles was held Tues
day evening. the Rev George w. Law
son. of Park Place Church. Norfolk,
preaching. The music was rendered
by Il choice choir of II voices.
Capt. w H. Hudgins. of the steamer
Nannah. of the Virginia police force.
arrived Saturday in Onancock harbor.
He reports most deplorable state of
affairs on the Potomac, where almost
all the oysters have been killed by the