Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-10-18
MARYLANDAND DELAWARE
Newsy Items of Interest from our
Exchanges.

Exchanges.
Prof Justus Scheffer has been appoint
ed assistant principalo of the Boys Gram
mar School i'll Hagerstown.
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Last week practically closed one of
the finest and most profitable tomato
crops ever grown in Kent county
John f. Rutter, of Woodlawn, was
knocked down by horse and had three
ribs broken, beside other injuries.
Hog cholera is prevailing i'm Talbot
county s. NJ. Tull had 30 to die out of
$50. and many of those left are sick.
Thomas Wood. aged 3 years. of Ches-
apeake City, was kicked in the stom-
ach by horse and seriously injured.
Fourteen arrests have been made i'm
Cambridge for gambling, drunks and
disorderly conduct on Saturday and
Sunday.
William III. Deshane, of Oecilton, has
recovered at West Chester, Pa, a team
stolen from his place by negro on Au-
gust 30 last.
A handsome sword and belt was pre-
sented to First Lieutenant John A.
Morgan. of Elkton. last week by the
members of Company E, First Mary
land Regiment.
Thirty head of cattle which were be-
ing driven to Homecoming fell through a
county bridge on the road between
Franklin and Morrison.
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James Wallace, prominent citizen
of Cambridge, was taken seriously i'll
Monday. An operation was performed
by DIR. Cullen, of Baltimore. but there
is little hope of his recovery.
The largest school in Baltimore coun-
ty is school =, District IL. which num-
bers on roll nearly 1000 children. The
school has 22 teachers, Miss Mary l..
Molloy being the principal.
Aaron Hoffman. a farmer, died near
Welsh run, Washington county. of
paralysis, aged 20 years. The day be.
fore he was working in the field and ap.
peared to be in good health.
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The Centreville Record says Captain
John L. Collier. of Winchester. Queen
Anne's county. caught an oyster i'll Back
Wye river of which the shell measured
lOi.. iDches in length and the oyster it.
self . inches.
James Riichie. of FIR rostburg, while at
work September - i'll the new shaft.
Hoffman mine. of the Consolidation
Coal Company, was caught by fall of
breast coal and instantly killed. He
was - years old and leaves a widow
and nine children,
The large barn on Walton Taylor's
farm, near Preston. was destroyed by
fire on Saturday night last during
Storm. 1t is supposed that lightning
Ii II II IF ha
tents of the building were burned and
the loss is heavy.
While school was i'll session at Wood
Valley. Cecil county, OH Friday after
noon, the large building caught fire
from "a defective flue and was totally
destroyed The teacher, Miss Mabel
Leonard. and her pupils, by heroic work,
managed to save some of the furniture.
Engineer Latrobe. Supervisors Elliott
and Burchinal. representatives of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, were in Chester
town last week on business connected
with the removal of the depot. The
deeds for right of way, etc, will be in
shape in few days, after which work
on the track will be commenced.
The Business Mems Association of
Frederick has pctitioned the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company to deliver
certain number of cars of soft coal in
that city daily. Dealers say the coal is
obtainable, but they cannot get the rail
road company to haul it.
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Route Inspector Plummer, of the
Postoffice Department. is i'm Cecil coun-
ty laying cut an additional free. delivery
route to run north and west of the town
of Rising Sun. The establishment of
the route will probably cause the Octa-
raro Postoffice to close.
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Samuel Hambleton, postmaster at
Rising Sun, Cecil county met with
severe accident while attending the
Grand Army Encampment i'll Washing
ton. He fell down flight of stairs at
his boarding house, receiving injuries
to the foot ON his right side. He was
badly bruised.