Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-03-29
NEWS Of THE PENINSULA
Items of Interest Concerning Uur
Neighbors and Ourselves.


Neighbors and Ourselves.
Somers Bros. of Muddy Creek. Acco
mac county, Va. have bought 10000
bushels of oysters from Mr.. VIM. Ellin-
ger. at Fox Island
Mr.. Frank G.. Jones, formerly of the
Somerset Jo"rDai will enter the Office of
the Gre."sboro Free Press. of which his
brother L. Irving Jones is Editor.
The people of the vicinity Of Sharp.
town will hold two camps tins year:
Union Camp. held under the auSpice of
of Union Circuit of the Methodist Prot.
estant Church will begin August S. in
Owens Grove about , miles from town.
~
Lewcs people are to worship in an old
fashioned church. the peculiar feature
of which is that there is 20 be no sal
aried minister or instrumental music y
~ilt ihatitEt'i sfhi a. S'i''ii siS Il
sufficient number of subscriptions can
be secured building will be brgun.
r T. Hart the well know foreman of
the .>aS<,, Io,nn0i. is Il candidate for
the Democratic nomination for Recorder
Of Deeds. MIR Hart is one of tn. few
hard working and consistent Democrats
who has never held or been an applicant
for office before. -.>"SSc- Rcpmbiicdn.
Henry Whittock, of st. Georges, has
asked the Levy Court of Kent County
Del. 60 pay him $50 for sheep killed by
dogs in the district. He says that out
of flock of % sheep he now has but rs
ewes and three lambs He has shot four
dogs of neighbors during the month for
disturbing his sheep. and they threaten
suit.
At IA meeting of the Rehoboth Beach
Associations at the Hotel Wilmington
IA few days ago. the question of improve
ments at Rehoboth was discussed. Ii
was decided to widen and improve the
boardwalk. and to lay out some new ave-
nues i'll the town. Some other improve.
ments that may be made were also con-
sidered
The committee charged with the task
of apportloning representation III the
Virginia House of Delegates. according
completed its work Accomac, North
ampton and Accomac. Elizabeth City
and Accomac. each get one delegate as
heretofore.
Our oyster people are hard at work
at this time shipping all stock out that
is possible to have taken up. The oys-
tiers are fat and bringing good prices i'll
Northern aud Eastern markets. CLAIMS
will soon be "a luxury with US and To be-
used only by the wealthy. Prices for
same now are from 50 90 to $500 per
thousand .lccomdc Entcrpri<,.
1t is anticipated that this will be a
great year for the Delaware railroad and
il is sald that while the farmers and
fruit growers have seen fit not TO adopt
any of the suggestions made To them
for facilitating transportation by the
Pennsy lvania Railroad Company, the
company proposes TO give the Peninsula
the best car service this year that il has
ever enjoyed.
Mr. VIM. ID. Uhler aud corps of AS
sistants will soon begin the survey of
the proposed Southern branch of the
Queen Anne's Railroad. He will start
at point between Denton and Hobbs,
touch fredericksburg, thus traversing
about ii or - miles of Caroline territory
From fredericksburg the route will likely
be to Sharptown and then direct line
W 'uON liiiA
will about double the mileage of the
Queen Anne's Railroad Company. and,
it is believed, will double its business.
Two Cinnamon from Philadelphia
visited Chesapeake City last week for
the purpose, it is supposed, of purchas
ing the daughter of John Lee. Il China
man living at the latter place. A tele-
phone message from Delaware City
stated that the two Cinnamon were to
pay 800 for the girl, who is about 10
years old. Lee denied any knowledge
of the deal, but citizens rdided Lees
laundry. threw the Cinnamon into tina
street. and drove them out of town un-
der lash. The girl. who is said To be Il
favorite i'll the town and attends the
public school was take, to a prlyate