Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-04-23
OUR NEIoHBoRs.

TALBOT COUNTY.
The store of Stichberry " Collier, at Tavern
er's Woods, was broken open recently, and
quantity of goods taken. No clue has been oh
taincd TO the thief.
Capt. Richard Gibson has been appointc
fcrryman at Oxford. The Easton Journal sayf
capt. Gibson Is well known US ftrst-rate boat
man, ana the most accommodating If ferrymen
The prospect is considered good in Talbo
county Tor large peach crop.
ckcIL COUNTY.
THE Democrats of Cecil arc terribly hungry
The Whiy Is credby informed s'that the ClcrI
OF the County Commissioners, In cleaning gu
the office after the adjournment of the board, wa
compelled to set fire TO the piles of petitions from
applicants for Colcctorships. The Commission
ers room was said to have been literally bl0ckc,
up with prayers to their Honorable Bodies 10
appointments making the place almost inacccssi
George Booth. who, In DECEMBER last disap
pearcd from his residence near Lords factory
Ceci County, has turned up In Pittsburg. wler
nc 10 engaged in selling milk. He has writer
Tor his wife and children to join him there.
Even the Democrat admits the greedy yigo
with which the hungry Democrats sought tn,
Collectorships Speaking of the County Com
nissioncrs meeting, it says "the chief point O
interest was the appointments about which Thu
agony has been 30 long and trying. Candidate
many were ON hand in person or by next friend
Inc chlef bone of contention was the collector
ship OF taxes. 1t early became evident, 81
many were expectants of these fat Jobs
SO sure was each man that he should be sue
cessiul, and so many were the friends of eacl
applicant who seemed to prefer distri
button OF patronage rather than an effort ut re
trenchment, that the proposed measure to collec
Tie taxes by an agent for the entire county woult
DC SO resisted and INSTRUCTED MS TO render th,
practcability OF the scheme extremely doul tlul
IL was therefore given up for the present, and
Collector appointed for each district"
QUEEN ASNE's COUNTY.
-Robcrt A. Reamy James b. Palmer ant
John Is. Brown have been elected town Commits
siOners of Centrcvic.
THE people of Centreville want n regular
Market on fixed days established.
-Thclocation of the Depot for the Queen Annci
and Kent County Railroad in Centreyilc, In,
been determined upon. II will be at the rear oil
the residence of VIM Mckinney. A station ha.
also beer located ut Ilcwlett's Corners.
CAROLINE COUNTY.
-"Denton Hill" and the streets of Denton ar,
In very bad condition, scarcely passablc fol
teams.
Capt. llaldcastle is to make one more effort
TO rase the $4,000 still necessary to insure the
completion of the Maryland and Delaware Rail.
road, and II is said that il he fails the work must
1t.
DORCHESTER COUNTY.
Cambridge has II dramatic corps which has
been literally patronized
The Cambridge Harbor, Internal Navigation
and Wharf Company, chartered at the Inst session
OF the Maryland Legislature, is being organized.
One hundred shares are required to be taken be-
fore il can 20 Into operation. Thirty-thrce were
subscribed for ut the first meeting. The object
of the Company is to improve the hlrbol of Cam
bridge and use it when improved.
THE Cambridge MteHigencer congratulate
the country in the fact that Tom Swami is not in
Andy Jolnson's place, saying thar with his
Maryland militia, backed by the powerful sup
port OF Delaware he would, we solemnly believe,
hurt somebody"
WORCESTER COUNTY.
Rev s. b. Soutlierland, President of the
Maryland Annual Conference of the NJ. z.
Church, preached in Newtown on Friday even
ing
-Messrs. GLADDEN. Il Jarman have purchased
the stone house now occupied by them, ut Sandy
Hill, for ~ 900.
The smoke house Of VIM. Anderson IN New
town. was robbed one evening recently of Il
quantity of meat while Mr.. A. was at church.
DELAWARE COUNTY.
The books of the Chester Market House
Company We're opened in that city on the 18th
inst.
The Media American thinks it no wonder
tnat people in Chester complain of stiffness Of
business, since the streets of the city and all the
roads leading to II are so bad as to be nearly i'm
passnble for teams.
The Pennsylvania Legislature has appropri-
atcd 100000 to aid the Training School for feeble
minded children, at Media.
Media Is excited over pnblic improvements
and y Council has been elected pledged to i'm
provement. Since the election, however, SC
many schemes have been suggested, and each Ii
so furionsly advocated by its particular friends
that the town Council sits conioundcd in duInt
Amusement, and does nothing.
CHESTER COUNTY.
Jesse johnson, OF Cochranvilc, has received
Letters Patent dated March 3lst 1868, for an i'm
provemcnt ON his bolt and riyct cutter.
The mode of collecting State and County
taxes in Chester county was changed by the pre-.
sent Legislature. Instead of having collector,
in each township appointed by the County Com
missiOncrs, the County Treasurer is made thu
collector and required to visit each district fol
that purpose, after giving due notice thereof.
Samuel Lee, of West Nottingham, Chester
county, has goose which produced a remarka
BILE egg II short time since. II was of very larg,
sizc-measuiing ID inches and 8 inches in circum
ference. On breaking the shell IT was found Il
contain a large yelk and inside OF IL was anothc
hard shelled perfect egg
The Fairview( Oxford Lodge of Odd Fellows
has purchased n lot of ground OF Joseph Murdagh
90 feet front on Third Street, Oxford, for $50 pc
foot. An Odd Fellows hull Is to he erected upoi
the lot this season.
The Oxford Press has nothing more to sa,
as yet on the Oxford and Peach Bottom Railroad
matter; neither has It any response to our sng
gestion of a railroad between Oxford and vii
mngion. We hope to hear from it on both thes
matters.
Patrick karcy of East Goshen, killed
calf last week, which had been born without
tail. 1t was perfect in all other respects.
j. s. Eddy has been appointed Postmaster a
Sadsburyyile, Chester County. In place of Geo
w. EARLY, resigned.
There is now standing on the farm of Levi
Walters in Kennett township, n venerable an
stately chestnut tree that measures twenty fee
in circumference. Although very old it is in
healthy condition, and last year produced Target
of chestnuts.
On Wednesday afternoon, 9Th inst, th
woods on the farms of DR.. Eshclman and job
Edge, on the West Bradford road, were discover
ed to he on fire, which spread with such rapidt
that about eight acres OF valuable timber, togetl
or with large quantity Of fencing, were destroy
ed before its Roadway was checked.
The complaint of shortness of provender fc
| stock is on the increase in Chester county, an
many of the most providcnt farmers are bnyin
hay for their stock, paying SIG to SIS per ton ft
| it at the barn.
| The New Castle Prcsbytrry recently in SCI
| sion ut Oxford, decided by n unanimous vote
| place the call of the Contesvlle Presbyterin
Church in the hands of Rev. James Roberts, vii
was called somc time ago, but refused to renal
on account Of the bitter opposition Offered to Iii
| by small minority OF the congregation.
An Irisknan named VIM. Fitzgerald, wi
| was working in deep cut on the w. II X. raj
road, was killed recently by stone becomii
looscned ABOVE and falling on his head.
Quite n number of trees buildings telegraI
poles, etc., were struck by lightning during n
recent storm, but no serious injuries seem
have resulted.
THREE children Of Caleb Brlnton, OF Birmin
ham township, died of scarlet fever recently, Of
dying on the 9TH, one on the 18th, and one
the 10Th, leaving the bereavcd parents childles
The regular term of Court of Quarter 81
| 81, far bnc fnrn .yi In