Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-01-10
STATE IND peninsula.
Baltimore and CheStertOWn Rail
way Co. Forfeit $1,000.
Other News.


The Baltimore & CheStertown Rail
road Co. which was granted franchise
to build trolley line batween Oh 'Ster
town ana Rock Hall last summer. on
SATURDAY forfeited t. the Town Com
miSSionerS 81 .0D0 which was posted rs
Il guarantee that the road would be
bnilt by January 1t. 1903 The COM
missioncrs have been paid the money.
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Benjamin Graham has sold to Crate
Rodney of Laurel - acres of timber
land for $500.
TerrapinS are plentiful in the Nantl
.otc River ~ pASant Hiram Williams
| caupht 30 large ones in distance of 30
wards. They retail for eight cents per
pound.
BY th- cap-izing of their boat in the
Sassafras River. Jam = Sutton ard
William \ Crew. of B"tterton. wrr.,
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on to the drifting boat for hours they
| finally got ashore. their clothes frozen
To them The man alternately walked
and crawlcd To farm house. where
they We're h ,spitibly cared fIr and sent
home the next day
Frederick T. Haines of Elkton. who
is member of Philadelphia real es
tate firm, started from New York Mon
day on b usiness trip to Northwestern
Mexico where he will spend some time
looking after important gold mining
interests.
The special session of the Circuit
Court of Kent County will convene in
Chestertown Thursday.
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The Calendar Club of Northeast will
contribute 81. 900 toward the new SIC, 900
Methodist Church in course of con.
struction there.
Miss Nettle Hersch has been appointed
teacher i'll the public schools at Rock
Hall as successor to Miss Clara Mid.
dleton, resigned.
The site for the new Pennsylvania
railroad depot at Chestertown has been
selected. The building will be located
on lot belonging to Chief Judge Pearce
of the Elkton court, midway between
Queen and Cross streets, and is to cost
81 900 Tracks will be continued to
the Chester River.
The owners of lots in the burned dis
trict of Centreville are busily engaged
in removing the debris preparatory to
rebuilding Lawyers Row, which was
destroyed by fire about two weeks ago
AS soon as the weather will permit. a
score of contractors will commence in
erecting much finer buildings than
those destroyed by the fire.
Negotiations are pending for the es
tablishment of Il large sanitarium OH the
Fairfield farm, near Salisbury, and it is
expected the project will be consum-
mated this week.
Lieut. f. b. Whiting of Co C, First
Maryland Regiment. has been appointed
Judge advocate general on the staff of
the commandment chef of the Spanish
American War Veterans. Gen Summer.
Prof Thomas ID. Bowers. principal of
Havre de Grace High School, has been
selected by the Transcript Publishing
Co. to occupy the editorial chair vacated
by G. c. Hopper. who will devote his
time to his law practice in Kent county
j. Frank Harris of Middletown, Del ,
had narrow escape from being asphyx
lated by escaping coal gas at his home
Sunday night George Hopkins called
Ill tlt IuuSt duDut . u tlOCh
morning, aud could get no response to
his repeated calls. Fearing something
was wrong, he climbed upon the porch
roof and broke into Mr. Harris bed
room Mr. Harris was unconscious and
DIR. Pearson. who was at once called,
worked with him for two hours before
bringing him TO. Mr. Harris was able
TO be out Tuesday. but still feels the
effects of the gas.
Mr. Edward II, Tarbutton, son of Mr.
Hiram Tarbutton. of Sudlersville. who
has been principal of the Sharprown.
Wicomico County, public school, has
received an appointment as second lieu
tenant in the United States Army, sub
ject to examination. He is now at Fort
Monroe taking the examination. Mr..
Tarbutton is graduate of st. Johns
College. Annapolis, class of 1902.