Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-02-14
MARNANDANDD DELAWARE
Newsy Items of Persons and
Things on the Peninsula
and Adjoining Territory.

AuiliSS Oh the fen1nSula
and Adjoining Territory.
Ground has been broken at Chester.
town for the new passenger station for
the Pennsylvania Railroad. 1t will cost
about $1,000.
In many of the counties on the East.
ern Shore of Maryland Gamers are con-
tracing with farmers for tomatoes at IS
per ton, the same price as last year.
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Wilbur Nj. Thomas, prominent Re-
publican of Kent County, has announced
his candidacy for the Chestertown post
office. The other applicant is Deputy
Postmaster Hiram Brown.
For an unprovoked assault upon Will
bur Freeman, at Elkton, Clarence See
gars, colored, was Saturday fined s.
and costs and committed to the county
Jail for 30 days by Magistrate Gilpin
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Mr.. and Mrs. w. p Jackson gave a
reception in Salisbury, at their home.
the Towers, last evening. from to IL
O'Clock.
At the annual meeting of the directors
of the Peninsula General Hospital. held
last week, it was finally decided to
establish school for nurses in con.
nection with the Hospital at Salisbury.
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The Board of County Commissioners
of Somerset has accepted the new Jail
and paid the final price of its construc-
tion-$72O0-to the b. +. Smith Fire
proof Construction Company of Wash
ington, d. O.
Elk Congressman l.. Irving Handy,
of Delaware, will lecture on Patrick
Henry" in Elkton during this month.
Search has been resumed for the BODY
of Engineer Geo. B. Askew, of Philadel.
phia, whose body was knocked into Elk
Greek. near Elkton, a month ago.
Frank A. McCloskey, Clerk of the
Election Department for the city of
Wilmington, and Augustine F. Messick
were arrested last Saturday morning,
charged with obtaining money under
false pretenses from New Castle county.
The amount involved in the transaction
is about $500, which the State alleges
was the difference between the amount
charged by the John NJ Rogers Press
for printing registration lists i'll 1900
and the sum which the defendants re-
ceived from the county to pay for the
work.
John r. Giles. of fredericksburg, found
a balloon in his field few days ago.
It measured about seven feet and was
painted red, white and blue.
John Thomas, the burglar who at.
tempted to burn the Jail at Georgetown
"a few months ago, made another at
tempt to escape last Sunday night. He
ripped the fastening from the door of
his cell and made rope of his bed tick
He was scaling the wall when the rope
broke and he fell with great force to the
ground and was promptly nabbed by
the jailer.
A new disease among hor SEES has
made its appearance i'm some of the
Western Shore counties. The disease
is reported to be something like that
which was epidemic i'm nearly every
Eastern Shore county about two years
nd which caused the death of thou
of horses.
is said that there are three an
ced candidates for the democratic
alton for States Attorney of Talbot
Geo. W. Wilson. J. Frank Turner
j. Harry Covington.
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The Baltimore. Chesapeake and At
antic Railway Co.. and Ocean City
Jouncil have at last reached an agree
ment by which the Railroad Company
will expend sl5, 200 90 in improvements
his spring. A new 5000 station will
,e built near the bridge and one farth.
mp the beach. The railroad tracks
Ill DE removed from Baltimore To
Philadelphia avenue, and additions
made to each end of the bridge Rapid
growth and expansion may now be ex-
,ected of Maryland's seaside resort.
Wicomico County recorded one hun.
ed deeds during January amounting
$56. 1000.
On Wednesday evening a tornado
truck a portion of Wilmington, and,
although it continued only minute or
30. great damage was done Many
houses, probably. more than 90 were
unroofed, some new houses, and one
or two old buildings were demolished
other buildings were badly damaged,
Mlrees were uprooted, poles blown down,
awnings wrecked, wires disarranged
and much other trouble occurred to pro.