Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-01-23
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Game Warden and Constable
Done" at Laurel, Del.
Delaware Conference to
Meet at Dover Mch. Is.

will be held in Chestertown on January
81 and "a.
J. Cordray Loud and J. Evan Thomas
have begun an active campaign for the
position of Police Justice at Chester
town.
State Treasurer Murray Vandiver, of
Havre de Grace. has been elected one Of
the directors of the National Bank of
Port Deposit.
Rev. William a. Wise, pastor of
North East Methodist Episcopal Church
has accepted a call to become pastor of
the NJ. E. Church at Seaford, Del.
Rt. Rev. William Forbes Adams,
Bishop of the diocese of Easton,
celebrated the twenty ninth anniversary
of his conservation TO the episcopate
Sunday.
The official Board of Rising Sun
Methodist Episcopal Church has invited
their pastor, Rev. H. A. G. Westerfield,
to return the coming conference year.
Active lady members of Harris
Methodist Episcopal Church, Elk Neck,
have made their pastor and his wife.
Rev. and Mrs. Taylor. a handsome silk
quilt.
Levin johnson, colored, was COM
mitted to Elkton Jail Saturday charged
with striking passenger conductor
on the Columbia & Port Deposit Rail-
road. in the head with brick.
The Kings Daughters and Sons. of
Maryland, will endeavor to get the pres
ent Legislature to make an appropria-
ton for the maintenance of Silver
Gross Home for Epileptics, at Port
Deposit
John Gisler. who was. sentenced to
pay fine of $500 and costs in the CIR
cult Court at Elkton upon conviction of
a violation of the local option law, paid
his fine and has been released.
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Fishermen are predicting a big run
of shad in the Chesapeake Bay during
the coming spring. They base their
opinion OH the fact that already shad
have arrived as far North as North Car
olina
There is reported by the County
Treasurer to be nearly $4,000 of un-
paid taxes in Kent
Gunncrs of Cecil and Hartford Conn
ties who frequent the Susquehanna flats
are advocating bill to be passed by the
Legislature providing that ducking Ii
cense be issued to gunners. rather than
boats also for the cost of the license to
be increased. the extra money to go to-
ward partly paying the expenses of a
police boat. which they want kept ON
the flats to enforce the laws strictly.
A special meeting of the Lewes Board
of Trade was held at that place last
Monday evening in the interest of the
completion of the Assawaman canal.
The meeting had been arranged and
talked of for some time and under the
leadership of Charles II. Maull it was
brought TO a successful termination. A
number of representative men were
present Mr. Maull presided and after
few introductory remarks introduced
Anthony Higgins. who was instrument
tai in having the canal started He re-
viewed the situation and gave an inter
esting talk Senator Ball followed, sta.
ting his position and pointing out his
way to success. Other visiting speak
ers were Congressman Houston, Chas.
W. Cullen. George III. Townsend and
Collector of Port Robert q. Houston.
All of these gentlemen gave good and
sufficient reasons why the canal should
be speedily Completed.
George Starkey, of Queen Anne's, ex-
hibited in Centreville recently two white
coons. Mr.. Starkey is the champion
coon hunter of Queen Anne's county.
In the past two weeks he has caught a
dozen and a half coons. On Saturday
night, January 2. he started out on a
hunt with his three hounds-B Boston,
Jack, and Bony. In the Blakeford
woods he came upon the white coons
There were four coons in all. but only
two of them were white, the others be-
ing of the ordinary color. He climbed
the tree and shook them ont and captur-
ed them all alive with the exception of
the old mother coon. which measured
SO inches from tip of nose to end of hind
foot.
Armed with a search warrant, Game
Warden n. ii. Hutching. of Dover, and
Constable Brown, of Seaford, entered
| the store of George Wiley a nrominent