Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-05-23
FROM FAR AND NEAR.
The Weekly Budget of News
and Gossip.-Dover Chief
of Police Severely Hurt by
Drunken Negro.

ly injured while attempting TO arrest
Isaac Pullman, colored, charged with
drunkenness and disorderly conduct. on
Lockerman St. near New St, at Dover,
Saturday night When the officer took
hold of him. the negro drew razor and
struck at his face. cutting his nose and
severing his upper lip. The prisoner
broke away and fled 10 the railroad.
where he was recaptured with the aid
of citizens who had joined in the pur.
suit A club was used in subduing him.
After Fulman had been landed in jail.
to which he was committed in default
of $500 bail, the officer had his wounds
= dressed. the physician putting eight
stitches therein. Fulman's father and
mother, charged with attempting to
prevent his. arrest, were arrested Mon
day and held for hearing Tuesday.
The Democratic State Central Com.
mittee of Talbot county has called the
party primaries on June 9th The Craw-
ford county plan was decided upon for
the nomination of clerk of the court.
sheriff, states attorney and reg ster of
wills. The balance of the ticket is to be
nominated by the convention, which
will be composed of five delegates from
each district.
Among the appointments recently an
nounced by Hon. Phillips l.. Colds
borough. of Baltimore, Collector of
Internal Revenue, was that of Mr.
James Med. White. of Paramount. The
appointment comes under the Civil
Service and was made as a result Of the
Civil Service examination held in Balti
more last October The salary is 5000
per annum. Mr.. White was principal
of Deals Island High School up to the
close of the school term.
~
Several of the charges of Easton Dis
trict. Wilmington NJ. E. Conference,
Rev. w. G.. Rooms, Presiding Elder,
have advanced the salaries of their pas.
tors as follows: Tilghman's Island, Rev.
j. r. Cannon. pastor. increased from
$3.50 to 800; St Michael's, Rev G.. w.
Bounds pastor, $500 to $1,000 Cordova.
Rev. J. w. Prettyman pastor, $3.50 to
$500: Centreville, Rev II G. Budd pas
tor, $500 to $500 and possibly $1,000;
Kent Island, Rev. +. G. McSorley pas.
tor. $3.50 to $1,000.
Last week a child was born to Mr.. |
and Mrs. w. L. Layfield living on the |
farm of Mr.. James f. Ellegood in South !
Salisbury, which completed four genera
ti6ns of one family, both maternal and
Daternal. living under one roof, consist
Ing of the young child, its mother and
father, Mr.. and Mrs Layfield, the grand.
father and grandmother, Mr. and Mrs.
Monitor Hastings, and the great grand
father and great grandmother. Mr. and
Mrs. Peter Hastings. We do not believe
a similar case can be cited in Marvl nd.
SO1t CRABS were reported as quite
abundant at Deals Island and Fair
mount last week and Mr. L. J Holland.
whose crab house is at Ford's WHAT.
Fairmount district, shipped large num-
bers of chem.
The annual teachers examination in
June 10 to II.
The Baptist annual May meeting took
place at the Tonoloway Church, two
miles North of Hancock, Monday
These meetings have been held there
more than 100 years.
.&
q. Oliver Fisher, of Perryville, is "A
candidate for the Republican nomina.
on for the Legislature from Cecil
luty.
ne fishing season on the Elk, North
lzuss and Susquehanna Rivers will prac.
ticaily close this week, all floats having
been cut out
Re- James c. Commiskey, pastor of
Ether of Sorrows and St. Peters
lnurches at Elkton, will leave
y for three months vacation
Sr
-st negro postmaster appointed
N Maryland if not in the State
c office department was an
ew days ago. The name of
sifice is Quindocquia. 1t is 10
Gated In Somerset county and the newly
appointed postmaster is Andrew J Day.
1t seems that the postoffice at Quin-
docquia was establish upon the strength
of petition forwarded to the Postoflice
Department from the neighborhood of
2uindocquia and it is generally under.
stood that the signers of the petition
were obtained through the Instrumental.
ity of Charles Tilghman. a negro mer
lant. at whose store the postoffice was
be kept. Day, the newly appointed
pstmaster came from Virginia, and few
eople in the county knew anything
bout him or his past history II is now