Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-01-09

Preaching in Gunby Church. sun
day morning and evening, hv the pas
tor. The week Of PRAYER will he held.
commencing with the evening service
Let every service. during the week he
well attended nv every commitment.
To those nf other churches we cx-
tend hearty welcome. and in particu-
lar ~ those not connected with any
church j b. North, Pastor.
Being allowed tn go behind the
counters of the CheStertown postofiice
while the mail was being distributed. "A
negro boy named Raymond Waters.
robbed Chestertown Savings Bank box
of letters containing checks amounting
to between 500 and $500 After open
ing the letters Waters gave them to an
other boy who took them To the Chester
tawn National Bank.
The largest and most elaborate en-
tertainment of the winter was given
Friday night of last week, at the home
of Senator and Mrs John p. Moore
Pr gressive euchre was played. twelve
tables being required to accommodate the
large number of guests. Elegant re-
freshments were served at twelve
O'Clock Those present were as follows:
Mr.. and Mrs A. D. Irwin. Mr.. aud Mrs.
NJ. T. Hargis DR. and Mrs. Paul Jones.
DR. and Mrs. +. 5. DashIell, Mr.. and
Mrs John w. Station, Mr. and Mrs
John L. Mock. Mr. and Mrs. William
&. Powell. Mr. and Mrs. Charles ;
Richardson. Mrs. CLAYTON J. Purnell.
Mrs q. ID. Collins. Mrs. William +
johnson. Mrs J. j. Hurlock, Mrs. Edna
Whaley. Misses Winifred aud Nellie
Payne. Misses Mamie and Ada Purnell.
Misses Eiheiyn Wilson. Nora Hargis.
Lucille Collins. Eettie DRYDEN. Annie
Station, Dora Collins, Nellie Jones.
Viola Smith. Eugenia Hurlock. Messrs.
q. 4. Townsend. William q. Kerbin.
John |. Coulbourn, Z X Higgins.
Howard Collins. Beverley North. Mr..
and Mrs. Henry J. Anderson. of Berlin.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas p Wharton, of
Stockton, Miss Lulu Richardson. of San
Antonio. Texas. Miss Jordan. of Mt.
Washington. and DIR W. 4. Taylor and
+. NJ. Wharton. of Stockton.
So far this has been the coolest
winter experienced III this section since
1899. For the most part, severe winter
weather has prevailed since Thanksglv
ing Day While December was I'M
usually cold. January is outdoing the
preceding month in the matter of Are
tic weather. Last Saturday night.
severe hail storm, which quickly turned
into snow. visited this section. This
was followed by high winds and fall
ing temperature, the Thermometer reg.
istering as low as 10 degrees above zero
Sunday, at one O'Clock On Tuesday
morning the thermometer registered six
4 81,
est day since February 1899 The
steamer Maryland left here Monday
morning. but got no further than POGO
moke City, where she has since been
tied up. 4 large supply of ice has been
harvested. and the young people have
enjoyed skating Snow to the depth of
two inches iell Thursday morning.
We give below some interesting data.
from records kept by Senator John p
Moore, of the phenomenal weather CON
ditionS in April. 1886, and of the severe
weather during the blizzard Of Feb
ruary, 1899 On Good Friday, APP il
3rd, 1896, there was a snow storm,
which was followed by gradually rising
temperature, until the thermometer
registered So degrees on the 18th, 81
degre' on the 10th and reached summer
meat. ~ utbEttS, Ott tue i''tu va y pm
2Sth. just eleven days later. there WAS
another unusual atmospheric disturb
ance. which was fo lowed by "A slight
precipitation of snow On February
10. 1899, some very cold weather was
experinced here, the Thermometer regis
| tering rs follows: at six IA. m. ! degrees
below zero; at eight a. III degrees be-
low; AT ten a m, , degrees below: AT
noon. 1 degrees above; AT three p m.
1 degrees above; al five p III. zero: AT
ten. p. IN degrees below. The next
day. February llth. at nine O'Clock. the
mercury stood , degrees below zero. Al
, o'clock the same afternoon. snow be
gan To fall. and continued without ces-
>ation until 10 O'Clock. p m. February
18th. The average depth of the snow
was Is To "a inches, and some drifts
were piled "a high rs - feet. Traffic
on the public roads impeded. and there
We're no trains from February 18th 10
February 18th. AZ no time between
the 18th. and the Hi. was the thcr-
mometer higher than IL degrees above
zero.