Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-05-30
FROM FAR AND NEAR.
The Weekly Budget of News
and Gossip Brakeman's
Mishap. - Great Catch of
Trout at Bowers Beach.


out vote unprecedented in the history
of the party in Cecil. and the organiza.
ton of the party led by eX Senator A.
l.. Crothers carried the county by over
Senator John ). Writ and Albert Con-
stable.
Miss Mary Burchinal. who holds the
chair of French and German ut Wash
ington College. will sail for Europe on
June 10. via the North German Lloyd
Line of steamers. taking passage on the
Brandenburg for the port of Bremen.
Miss Burchinal will take advanced
we.k in German at Heidelberg, pro.
badly. and will study French at Paris.
She will remain during the entire sum.
mer and set sail for this country on
September 3. arriving home in time for
the opening of the fall term of the
college.
Mrs. Mack Long,of near Ocean View
gave birth To thr. girl babies last week.
One of the tripleSs has since died. The
other two children seem healthy.
Colchester Beach opened for the sea
son on Thursday
Chcstertown gardeners are troubled
by thieves. who have been been playing
havoc with vegetables.
a Philadelphia firm is negotiating
the establishment of shirt factory
~
Judge James Alfred Pearce will re.
convene the Kent County Grand jury
on June l the object being to investi
gate the financial condition of the
county.
Mr.. Hope III. Barroll. an alumnus of
Washington College and member of
its board If visitors and governors. has
offered "A prize of $25 to the students for
the best essay on the history of Wash
ington College. The history must be
made up of data antc-dating the year
month.
Crisficld is now having full flcdgcd
epidemic of mumps and measles. Large
Numbers of grown up folks. tn say moth
ing of children. are suffering from
them.
The marriage of Miss Ethelindc Page,
daughter to Judge Henry Page. of the
Maryland Court of Appeals, to Mr.. Jos.
Lee Wicks, of Baltimore Will take place
June 10th at the residence of Judge Page
Princess Anne. Only the members of
the immediate families will be present.
Enormous hauls of trout have been
made at Bowers Beach this week. On
Tuesday Captain Jackson's net landed
in one haul ll5 bushels. Captain Thos.
Shorts landed so bushels, and James
ThOmpson's 40 bushels Mr.. Thomp-
sons net when drawn to the surface
contained, it is estimated, not less than
300 bushels, but he was compelled to
allow most of the fish to escape in order
To draw i'm his net.
The board of visitors and governo rs
OF Washington College have accepted
the resignation of DIR. G. W. Reid, TO
take effect at the end of the college year,
June II. \ committee of four, consist
ing of Judge Pcarce. DIR. W. +. Hines
and Hon. NJ. DE X. Smith. was appoint
ed to take special charge of the extensive
list of applicants for the presidency and
report to the board those who seemed
TO be most eligible.
The Berry Season has been in full
swing in lower Somerset this week.
Car loads of berries are being shipped
from Crisfield and stations on the branch
every day. There is not over a half
crop this year, owing to the hot, dry
weather, but the prices have been so
high that all our farmers have done well.
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Mr.. John S. Sterling. while acting as
extra brakeman on the branch was
thrown from the top of a car by a sud
den jar of the train at Kingtson on
Thursday and sustained fracture of
the left ankle. He was carried to Girls.
field and the fracture reduced by the
company's physician, DIR. q. T. Atkin-
son.
Messrs. William j. and Thomas Z
Shores, of Rock Greek, have erected a
new canning establishment near the
east end of Deals Island bridge. They
will engage III canning crabs until the
tomato season opens, when they will
commence packing tomatoes.
Some very valuable walnut timber is
being shipped from Salisbury to Ger.
many. 1t has been purchased by a
buyer from the North. who has been