Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-01-30
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Dance on the Ice at Cambridge
Negro Rowdies In Della
ware.-The "Yahoo"

the Peninsula Horticultural Society on
fruit packages by A n. Brown. at Cam
bridge last week. he exhibited several
small. rough and crudely made boxes
containing little holly, which were
part of shipment made TO a Philadel-
phia buyer who had been drawn upon
for 81 per box The shipper had agreed
to ship 400 To 500 boxes of holly, the
boxes to be 1.-TWO by two by five" and to
contain holly of good quality Four
with draft for $3.50: but before honor
ing the draft the Philadelphia party
found that the boxes were nearer two
by two by five inches than that number
of feet. He. of course, refused to re-
ceive the shipment.
Four young men of Chestertown, Max
well Starkey, Harry Owens, Bayard
Cren and James Brice. skated across the
Chesapeake Bay Friday from Betterton
to Havre de Grace. They made the dis
tance i'll three hours.
George B. Ingram. negro prisoner,
escaped from High Constable Pusey, of
Georgetown. last week while being car
ried to Jail from Millsboro. The negro
agreed TO sit in the carriage while the
officer went back a short distance to
secure his hat, which had blown off his
head by sudden flaw of wind He did
not keep his word, however, and when
Mr.. Pussy had reached safe distance
down the road the prisoner leaped from
the vehicle and escaped. wearing away
with him pair of handouts
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The Fourteenth Annual Dinner of the
Delaware Society of New York. will be
held at the Waldorf Astoria, on Thurs
day, February 18th, 1904 The Govern
or of Delaware and others prominent in
the State will attend and respond to
toasts. The committee in charge report
that arrangements have been made for
a dinner that will excel anything of the
kind held in former years. No Della
warean resident in New York can afford
to miss it.
| During high southeast wind which
prevailed Saturday night and Sunday,
causing an ice embargo at Tilghman,
on the Choptank river, at the mouth of
Harris creek, about 500 feet of the long
pier of the Baltimore. Chesapeake and
Railway Company was demolished by
the heavy ice which was piled up about
it. At the extreme end of the pier,
where the company's boat stops. there
is general store, freight house and
several oyster and crab packing houses.
These were completely cut off from the
shore and were in imminent danger of
being destroyed.
There was an unusal scene at Cam
bridge during the recent cold weather
when brass band furnished music at
night for skaters. The creek near the
railroad station was covered with thick
ice and the musicians were seated on a
large boat anchored in midstream and
| frozen in the ice. ''Tessie," 'Hia-
watha. Mr.. Dooley" and other popu-
lar airs We're plyed. which delighted the
skaters. Several who were not skating
selected section near the music where
the ice had been made rough by the
skaters and there danced the 1.-TWO step"
with as much apparent delight az if in a
ball room. The ice was brilliantly IL
Illuminated with frequent lamps and bon
fires, making the scene an unusual one.
Probably thousand people enjoyed the
sight from shore The warm weather
preventey Il repetition the following
night.
So much annoyance and trouble has
been caused in Laurel Delaware, by
negro brawls in the streets that the
authorities are contemplating the
establishment of a dead line for idle
negroes. II is probable that the colored
population will be notified TO keep out of
certain parts of the town except on
business errands. Esau Bennett and
James Gourlie, colored. engaged i'm a
bloody fight on the principal street
Saturday. Bennett welded razor and
Gourlie drew a revolver. A double
murder seemed likely, when the COM
batants were separated. Later Gourley
secured revolver and went cunning
for Bennett. A mob of angry blacks
surrounded him. and he was barely
saved from them by Chief of Police
Cordrey.
Harry Wilson, son of Edward Wilson,
of Elk Neck. Cecil county. while opera
ting circular saw in his fathers woods
Saturday, had his right arm caught in
the saw. and so badly mangled that it is
feared amputation is necessary.
The State Farmers Institute for Cecil
county held two days session at Ris-
ing Sun, beginning Monday morning.
under the direction of State Director W.
s. Amos.