Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-03-12
PENINSULA NEWS NOTES.
Short and Breezy Items from
Our Exchanges.

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Several serious breaks occurred in the
street water mains of Elkton Saturday
morning. the result of the mains frecz.
ing.
The damage to the Havre dc Grace
High School. caused by the recent fire.
has been adjusted at $500.
The owners of the slate quarrics near
Aberdeen have shipped number of
splendid specimens of their products to
the ST. Louis Exposition, to be placed in
the Maryland Building.
Lieutenant Percy +. Archer, of Bel
air, a member of the United States Ma
rine Corps, has been ordered to Wash
linton for duty as acting assistant
quartermaster of the battalion forming
there for duty in the PHILIPPINES.
George 4. Blake, Esq, of Elkton, re-
Gently appointed School Commissioner
for Cecil County by Governor Warfield.
will enter upon his second term May l..
He is the only Republican member of
the Board.
The County Treasurer of Hartford
County reports the number of delin-
quent taxpayers quite large this year.
T. Henry Davis has been appointed
rural letter carrier for the new route at
Marydel. with Temple Smith as substi-
tute.
The farmers of Kent and Queen
Anne's Counties are beginning to make
contracts for tomato growing. Corn
will also be grown for canning purposes.
James w. Waddell, of Dorchester
County, has announced his candidacy
for district delegate to the Chicago Re-
publican Convention. in June.
Rev Burton $. Highley. of Trappe,
former editor of the Trappe Times. has
become almost blind and is now pa
ticnt at Maryland University Hospital
4 free rural delivery route has been
established at Barclay. in Queen Anne's
County. serving population of 49,.
with Charles NJ. Jones carrier.
Miss Rosa Hornberger has been APP
pointed an assistant in the Belair Post
Office by Postmaster Bouldin.
The schooner Mary Vickers, bound
from Philadelphia to Salisbury. Md.
with i25 tons of coal, was sunk Tuesday
in Elk river. off Turkey Point. The
YES sci. which had been ice bound in
Elk river since December 26 last, was
abandoned some weeks ago and has
been at the mercy of the heavy fields of
ice in the river.
The first boat for ~ days passed
through the chesapeake & Delaware
canal ON Friday last. which is the long
est period that waterway has been
closed since 1857. The ice was broken
ON the canal by a tugboat. after which
one of the Ericsson line steamers passed
through it. The captain reported that
he had much difficulty in making the
trip.
At an early hour on Sunday morning
last the canning factory. owned and
managed by Messrs. Roberts & Green,
located at Loretto Station, three miles
north of Princess Anne, was entirely
destroyed by fire. While the origin of
the fire is not definitely known, it is
supposed To have occurred through the
carelessness of. tramps in leaving fire
near the factory. In addition to the
other contents Of the building. there
was possibly carload of canned toma-
toes awaiting shipment. which were
totally destroyed by fire. This firm
packed about II 300 cases of tomatoes
last season, but had fortunately shipped
the bulk of the pack before the fire &C.
Cured. The canning house was com
paratively new. having been erected and
equipped last year. The loss on the
building and machinery is estimated AT
1850 and on the canned tomatoes
from $500 to 81 900.