Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-05-10


Princess Anne. made an assignment to
Robert f. Ducr for the benefit of his
creditors Estimated liabilities are $500.
Assets unknown.
Court will convene i'll this town
next Monday week, and those who have
not paid their subscriptions to the MES-
SENGER before are requested to bring,
or send by someone attending court
We must insist upon payment of sub.
scriptions.
The thirteenth anniversary of the
organization of the Epworth League
will be observed Sunday by special
sermon in the morning aud platform
meeting i'll the evening ut half-past seven
O'Clock i'll the auditorium of Whatcoat
NJ. +. Church.
The most novel shipment by way of
the Chester River Company's steamers
from Chestertown this season, have
been several crates of bull frogs These
frogs are caught up Morgan 5 Creek and
the head-waters of the Chester. They
sell for from 81 - to 81 80 per dozen.
Mr. and Mrs. J. w. Davis, of Box
Iron. have the sympathy of the com
nNnitS in the afiliction of their daugh-
tcrA Maud. who has been great sufferer
frshNspinal trouble She has been in
he Johns Hopkins hospital twice and
will 20 again next Monday for second
operation.
Court Week will soon be here.
Having rented another large stable and
carriage house. | can now not only take
good care of your horses but shelter
your carriages in case of storm, or from
the sun. Give me a call and | will
treat you right. Respectfully. Asher
Campbell.
Citizens of Delaware City. instead
of running with dish pan at the APP
preach of the fishman. simply go over
TO the locks Of the canal and dip them
up in basket. On Sunday the banks
of the canal were lined with persons
fishing i'm this manner and big catches
were made.
You can order fine engraved we'd
ding invitations and visiting cards at
this office, or we print them from type
in the best of style. No need to order
engraving from the city. Bring your
orders TO the MESSENGER office. We
guarantee satisfaction. See our samples.
The annual meeting of the State
Bar Association which convenes at
Ocean City the first week in July prom
Uses to be very interesting and one of
the largest in point of numbers ever
held. Several United States Senators
and many lawyers of great prominence
are expected to address the meetings.
Astronomical fellow by the
naHgof Moou, living near Kalamazoo.
vas presented by his wife with a new
Saushtdr. That was new Moon. Sun
day N went on an excursion and got
drimkff Ay joy. That was full Moon.
When he sobercd up he had only %
cents That wasthe last quarter. When
he got home his mother in-law met him
with rolling pin, aud then there was
total eclipse. and he saw stars besides
Two things in the treatment of ma.
sal catarrh are now fully understood
First: The drying process is delusion
that produces more mischief than benc-
fit. Second Science. common sense
and experience proclaim Ely's Cream
Balm to be instant relief, and final, GER
tain cure. Ii cleanses the diseased
membranes and never makes the patient
sncezc. Price 30 cents. Sold by drug
gists and by Ely Brothers, D, Warren
Street. New York.
Governor John Walter Smith and
wife, General Francis T. Waters. Col
onel George NJ. Upshur. Colonel Arthur
ID. Foster and ladies. General l.. Victor
Baughman, Census Director w. r. Mer-
riam and Mrs Merriam and Colonel Os-
wald Tilghman, Exposition Commits
sioner, and George L. Haddaway, Esq +,
We're entertained by General Charles
Chipley at his country home, the An
chorage. on Miles river in Talbot County
Wednesday afternoon
Wheat continues below the average
i'll its conditions, but the greater part of
the crop shows an improvement when
compared with its appearance of II week
ago. The early sown wheat is healthy
and its growth is fairly satisfactory, al
though warmth and moisture will af.
ford additional stimulus. The late crop
is i'll a much less satisfactory state, and
i'll parts of Washington, Anne Arundel
and Cecil counties some of the fields
have been plowed up with view to
using the land later for corn, oats, mil
let or buckwheat.
Elk Sheriff John W Dashicll, of
Fruitland, who is one of the most ex-
tensivc small fruit growers on the Pen
insula. says that the prospects for u
large yield of strawberries was never
better than at present, and that he looks
for IA full crop of fine berries this season.