Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-08-29
STATE AND PEN|NUSLA.
Gasoline Launch Picked Up
OFF the Delaware Gapes.
Mad Dog Scare at Cam

OH the Delaware Gapes.
Mad Dog Scare at Cam
bridge.
The steamer Queen Caroline of the
Queen Anne's Railroad Company, on
her afternoon trip from Cape May to
Baltimore. Monday afternoon, picked
up gasoline launch in distress about
nine miles off the Henlopen lighthouse.
on the Rehoboth shore. Capt. Gilliland
of the Queen Caroline first saw the
small boat far out at sea while CHANGING
along the horizon with his telescope.
The craft could not be seen with the
naked eye. AS the steamer approached
the noise awakened man who was
sleeping in the bottom of the launch.
He told Capt. Gilliland that he was a
resident of Lewis, Del. and that he had
been OH the ocean since early Sunday
afternoon without food or water. He
said that early the day before he went
when several miles from the shore his
engine broke. He could do nothing but
watch for some one to pick him up.
Without anything to eat or drink, he
had been bobbing about for more than
thirty hours. A line was thrown the
man. and he was towed to Lewes. He
refused to tell his name.
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Mr.. Wilbur Pennington, of Tuckahoe
Neck. has the largest peach crop of any
farmer in the county. He is shipping
them mostly in carriers, and is realizing
from 81 to 50 for same.-Carolim Sun.
The farmers are not frightened by
the report that there will be glut of
tomatoes in Delaware this season. The
general expectation is that there will be
a demand for all tomatoes being grown.
The Provincial Brigade of the Saliva
ton Army arrived in Salisbury last
week. The force is commanded by Staff
Captain J. Kemp and consists of three
ladies and four men. Active operations
were begun by services in the NJ. E.
Church on Tuesday evening. which was
attended by large and attentive audi.
ence.
An effort is being made to give music
lovers of Kent a series of entertainments
the coming winter at STAINS Hall. A
company of energetic Chestertowr
young gentlemen have the matter il
charge. and guarantee clean, moral
high class entertainments.
The representatives from Cecil county
in the legislature will make an effort tC
have the SOS. 900 in the state treasury
standing to the credit of the county FOL
a number of years for public improve
ments. turned over to the County Com
missioners, to be used i'll building per
manent roads. The County Commits
sioners have inaugurated plan to builG
piece of permanent road in the county
each year. About $l1 900 has been sci
aside for that purpose this year, and
next year and each succeeding year il
is expected that about $4,000 will bt
expended on public roads.
The postoffice department has tiecided
to abandon all rural mail routes where
the number of the pieces handled each
month does not reach three thousand.
Owners of live stock living near Cam.
bridge have become frightened at the
number of deaths supposed to be caused
by being bitten by a mad dog. Mr.. T.
NJ. Bramblc was obliged to kill horse.
Mr.. Mason, of Horns Point, killed
several of his cows. which seemed to be
affected with rabies. Many do not
think it is rabies, but is some poisonous
weed which the stock have eaten. TIC
substantiate this they recall instances
where this has occurred after con-
tinued spell of rainy weather i'll the
summer or fall. If this is the cause il
Is not necessary to kill the afflicted
animal for fear it will give the disease
to others. However, if the disease is
rabies it is the wise and merciful thing
to do if the animal is killed as soon as
the first symptoms appear
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Deals Island Camp Meeting was
largely attended OH Sunday last. 1t i.
estimated that there were $500 people
on the ground. There were four steam.
ers. several gasoline boats and a large
number of sailing crafts present. The
camp will hold over another Sunday.
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Martin Fields, colored, who resided
at Bellevue, was drowned in the Tired
Avon river, near the Oxford, Sunday
His boat was found drifting down the
river. Fields was slightly demented
and it is thought by many that he wen,
out into the boat for the purpose OF
putting an end to the many troubles he
brooded over and jumped overheard.
woman who had lived in three
centuries died at Dover last week She
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