Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-10-17
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OUR NEiGHBORS.

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| A large temperance meeting was held in the
City Hall, last Sunday evening.
There is a sewing and reading school for col
ored people in Chester.
me Chester Gas Company has declared
dividend OF per cent, for the last six months.
The old frame building at the corner of Dar-
py ROAD and Market street, used for several years
past as station for the Darby Passenger Rail-
road, has been torn down, and handsome brick
| depot is to be erected on the site.
The next session of the Teachers Institute of
Delaware county will be held of Media on Nom
| day, November 4th.
| The Democracy of Chester, as everywhere
else, got drunk with joy and whiskey over their
| supposed victory in Pennsylvania
TALBOT COUNTY.
On Monday last, near Airey's, white man
named Robert Vincent shot coored man named
| John Tubman, killing him instantly He never
stopped to see the effect OF his shot, but drove d.
rectly home and then made for Bridgevlle, Del,
| to take the cars. The Coroner's Jury rendered a
verdict charging Vincent with murder, but no at
tempt was made to arrest him, and 1t is not pro-
bable that any. ever will be. The cause OF the
murder was a dispute between the two men as to
the ownership of some ashes.
On last Saturday the Fairplay club of Easton
and the Choptank club of Trappe, played game
OF ball for the championship of Talbot county
which resulted In victory for the Fairplays by a
score Of 32 to 81. In two former games the Chop
WORCESTER COUNTY.
Rapid progress is being made on the Wicomi-
60 and Pocomoke railroad from Salisbury to Ber-
lin, and DIR. II. r. Pitts, president of the road,
thinks that the whole 2i miles will be completed
by Christmas.
= =, Scarcely, third of the usual crop of corn
viii be raised in Worcester county this year. and
the Snow Hill Shield anticipates much suffering
in consequence.
DORCHESTER COUNTY.
The Cambridge fateHigencer, commenting
upon the Democratic nominations In that county,
says that Charles E. Hayward, the nominee for
States Attorney, and VIM. E. Stewart, candidate
for the House of Delegates, were both in the
Rebel army.
QUEEN ANNE COUNTY.
The house of Bradford Nicholson (colored)
ON Kent Island, was recently robbed of 300
worth of clothing. On Saturday James Brown
and Henry Jones (both colored) were arrested
in Baltimore with part of the stolen property
in their possession.
Isaac Kimble, of East Nottingham, had three
sheep Killed and number wounded by dogs,
few night ago.
Edward Cadwaader, an Orthodox Friend
from Bucks county, preached to large congrega-
ton in the Oxford N. Z. Church on Sunday after
noon last
Some incendiary put the torch to an old uI-
occupied log house. situated in Upper Oxford
township, belonging to Mrs. r. Z. Hamill, Of
Hayesyille, q few days ago. 1t is said to have
been insured for $500 in the Chester Co. Insur-
ancc Company.
The Oxford Press calls certain VIM. Kelley
of East Nottingham Its lacteal friend' Won
der If William wet nurscd the Press in its youth.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
No Republican ticket will be nominated In
Somerset for the coming election.
The Ocean House belonging to Noah g.
Rider on Deals Island was burned to the ground
on Friday night. Said TO be the work of an In
ccndiary. Loss $4,000; insurance $2000
KENT COUNTY.
On Tuesday, Sept. Path, young man named
Sullivan, from Baltimore who had been peddlng
books in Chestcrtown, was invited to take ride
by young man named Houston They went
somewhere to tea and returning al night by an
out-of-thc-way route they were stopped In a
woods by II. w. alias Doc vickers, Miner Jones
and Thomas Wickes who forcibly took Sullivan
from the carriage, tied him to a tree backened
him, destroyed his clothing, beat and bruised him
in a most unmercful manner and with pistol at
his head attempted to extort promise to leave
town and not divulge the outrage and then left
him there. There is no doubt that the man who
invited him 10 take ride was In the plot and
drove home that way on purpose. Sullivan made
his way to Chestertown next day and had the
rnscals arrested and bound over to appear at the
next term of Kent County Court. The cause of
this outrage was that Sullivan was Radical.