Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-03-19
PENINSULA NEWS NOTES
Short and Breezy Items from
Our Exchanges.

The Belair baseball team has been or
ganized for the coming season.
The annual election at North East for
five commissioners to serve for one year
will be held on March 81.
Rev William +. Venable has been
called to st. Luke's Protestant Episco-
pal Church. Chucrh Hill, and will ac-
ccpt.
VIM. Kelley. defeated Clinton Bowles
II "A series of games IF pool for the champ
ionship of Havre de Grace.
Williamsport will. on April |, be made
"A postoffice of the Presidential class.
The steamer City Belle is sunk i'm the
Susquehanna River off Havre de Grace
as result of the Ice gorge and flood.
Jack Townsend, of the Washington
American League baseball team, is at
Washington College. Chestertown,
coaching the college club
The City Council of Havre de Grace
has in preparation "a bill providing for
a sewer system and bond issue of $3u,-
900 for city improvements.
II will be two weeks before through
traffic can be had on the Columbia &
Port Deposit Railroad. as a result of the
Ice gorge IN the Susquehanna.
Jacob X. Stephenson. Of Fountain
Green. has been arrested and is now TN
der 5000 bail. charged with violating the
insurance laws of Maryland.
Rev. X c. Murray has offered a gold
medal to the student in the Aberdeen
High School making the highest aver.
age for the present scholastic year.
March 18th will be observed as Mary
land day in our public schools, as the
date marks the first landing in 1884, at
st. Clements Island. st. Mary's county
Lester German won first honors at the
all-day shoot in Aberdeen. scoring I63
out Of 200 targets. defeating J. NOVEL;
Hawkins. the crack shot of Baltimore.
Miss Pansy Robinson. of Philadelphia,
who was accidentally struck in the face
by baseball. bat. welded by Miss
Virdie Tharp. of Harrington. during "A
girls baseball game at the State College,
near Dover is recovering from her in
juries. Her nose bone was fractured
and several bones were dislocated.
The long and continued ice embargo
is assigned as the cause for the great
number of dead crabs and oysters found
along the shores and in the deepest
waters of the Chester and Corsica
Rivers. The bi-valves died for lack of
air supply.
Postmaster John G. King has been re-
appointed postmaster of New Castle,
Delaware. He has increased the bust
ness Of the office 30 per cent in the pa st
two years. He is a regular Republican
Alfred Kirk. farmer. of Upper Cecil
County, was seized with an attack of
hiccoughs IA few days ago, which lasted
3G hours before they could be checked.
A large barn on the farm Of sherman
Hill, a prosperous farmer livin;. near
Bridgeville. caught fire Sunday morn
ing. and before the flames could be ex-
tinguished the building was DESTROYED.
together with fourteen head of cattle,
five horses aud two mules. All Of Mr..
Hills farming implements were i'll the
barn; also lot of wheat, corn and oats.
and about l25 bushels of cowpeas. The
barn is supposed to have been set on
fire, as there was no fire in it and no
farm hands were sleeping there Mr..
Hills loss will amount to 5000. partial
ly covered by insurance While the
horses Were being driven out of the
burning building their flesh peeled off
and they dropped dead in their tracks.
a Washington dispatch announces
the appointment of Jimmie d. Brown
rural letter carrier at Fruitland, Md
with Marcellus L. Brown as substitute
carrier. The service will begin April
LIST. Rural Route No will also be es.
tablished at Pocomoke City on April LIST
If you are scrofulous, dyspeptic,
rheumatic, troubled with kidney com.
plant general debility, lacking strength,
take Hoods Sarsaparilla.