Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-05-28
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wIcoMIco COUNTY
Peas are large enough TO cat ut Salisbury
Strawberries are ripe there.
DORCHESTER COUNTY.
The depot OF the Dorchester and Delaware r.
r. al Cambridge will be erected on 1. L. Mar
tens farm, Immediately opposite MUSES. Point.
A bridge will be erected connecting 1t with Mar
kct House What.
WORCESTER COUNTY.
Sheep pennng will commence on Chnco-
league Island on June LIST and I'd.
Pears and apples are In blossom around New
town. Cherry blossoms are passing away.
The Nrwtown Democrats celebrated the fail
IRE Of Impeachment by firing salute,
TALBOT COUNTY.
Sam Collycr's MINISTRIES were In Easton last
Saturday.
--R. j. Elliott, of Easton, has been appointed
by the town commissioners, bniliii, market-mas-
Ter, bell-riugcr and chimncyswecp.
The Easton ,Ionrnai invors Pendeton for the
Presidency. and urges in his favor that "The La
Crosse Democrat. stiunch Democratic paper,
with large and varied influence, supports him.
There isa gratifying prospect of the revival
OF business ut the 81 Michaels' ship yards.
Capt. John I. Ford has completed his large
canning establishment at st. Micllaels, and wifi
the summer
"A lot of oystcrmen in canors recently at
tempted 10 drive off q large schooner which was
In violation of the law preaching on their oyster
ground Oh the Choplabk. when a pitched battle
SIN anns and rifles ensled. M was hurt,
hut Capt. Alex Gibson, In one Of the canoes, who
by the bursting Of gun had one Of his hands
badly figured. The canoes were finally Obliged
to withdraw.
QUEEN ANSE's ruuSrY.
Surveyors are now III worI, running the line
for the Now Railroad from Ctr,llc's Corner to
CentrGvlc.
The steamer Kent lsllnd having undergone
thorough repairs, has resumed her trips
Samuel Woodall, Of Ccntleyillc, has been
lodged in jail for beating his wife.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
-Liitleton Reed, (colored.) has been lodged in
AN charged with the recent robbery of the store
u Isaac iialanr, ut Locust Point.
The apple crop in Somerset will be large, but
There will not br over half . crop of peaches
cherries will he abundant; wheat looks well.
Quite an onslaught IL being made on the un-
icelisrd yster vessels, aud great is the constcrn
itlon amongst the pirates.
CAROLINE toiNrY.
The Denton Nnion asserts positively that the
pc 'tl crop OF that county will he an almost total
aure. The damage has been done 10 it in the
hast two wu,ks, and The slightest touch now
makes the buds fall To The ground.
cicit COUNTY
$. brew Thomas, who recently returned To
tlktnn from New York, aud in connection with
MIR, Finley established u bnuklng house, died
asst week.
Mics Kate Reed. of Elktot, recently fell
Town flight Of steps and struck her head with
'uch force as to render her iHscusibc. She il re-
covering.
"A man named Charles Picrsoll, who followed
n the wthc pf the Gardner y Kenyon circus,
plying bis aypcltun ;is u gambler aud hwindlrd
! young fellow named Frank Sanlcr out Of $50,
las been lodged IN jail at Eiktun in default Of
s5U0 bail
---on Thursday morning last. schooner laden
with coal OIL took fire just after leaving the canal
ock, ~ Chesapeake City, and was entirely con
umed.
N. G. Hall, nHtiyu Of Cecil county, died OF
lpopleXy at New Orleans, recently he has re-
'ided in AagtniI for about 90 years.
Jacob 1'omr, Esq President Of the Cecil
Nati"nNl Bath II Fort Deposit, has purchased
he National Bank Of Elklun, and that institution
Nil lie conducted under Ills management in iu-
urc. The Gully changes yet made in tEr board,
ire the appointment OF Hon. j. A j. Creswell,
Is Vice President, and the resignation Of Gen.
stiles Of his Dictatorship.
CHESTER COUNTY.
The iGurnuynen carpenters Of West Chester
nave struck Tor an increase from 800 10 -. 10
lefdAy.
Mrs Rachel posry, Of Sc,uylkill township,
i fu2 years old. and, as is usual with persons Of
that age, remcmbeia steiGg Gen. Washington.
William b. Bransan, of Eist Brandywne,
has been appointed Assistant Assessor ol Internal
Revenue, in Place Of Sylvester Gayiit.
= Hannah Mcclure, Of uwchian township,
iitpr huviuts lppu blind upnrlv thrpn wears bus
had her sight restored, witluu Using any restora-
lives TO accpnllishit. Shells in her S!'th year.
Miss Anna Mary Reid, daughter of William
Reid, Of West Chesterfield ior England on Friday
morning last escorted ny her cousin Mr. John
Reid. they visit two nunts in the old country,
who are expected To accompany them on their
return.
= Lewis Y. Evans, blacksmith Of West Chc.-
ltr, while 1T work, il few days since. wa. struck
III the eye by u small piece Of Steel
a young man named birlif. In the employ of
the Pennsylvania Rirpat C,Iiliry, was killed
IN illat road near Murgan's Corner recently. a
h3illc Of liquor found III his possession explains
tie cause of the accident
The PRESBYTERIAN church ut Coitesville has
organized colurcd sabbath School. for the i'll
,tructi II OF both children and adults
On Friday morning, May Sth, james Sherry,
m employee in the paper mill of American Wuud
Paper Company, al >ptingvillc Chester county,
met with "A Scriaiis accident, and IN almost l'ic-
llous escape from instant heath. While engaged
in uilihg some OF the machinery he was caught in
\ he'll and whirled around rapidly several Times
before he could he extracted. Every particle Of
clothing was torn from his body, some small
bones were broken, and he was injured internally.
Daniel RYAN, Of Contcsvillc, II workman on
the w. x L. X. on Friday night OF lasl week dis
appeared. He was last seen alive under the utu-
ence Of .itior carnuslng with some ipIluw labor
nh ,Is ttiiN Inst in tbl,
Many farmers have not yet planted corn on
account ui the bad weather.
The annual exhibition oi hofs,.s by the Ches-
ter county Agricultural Society will be held at
West hester on saturday, June tith.
= Gardner " kcnyon's circus exhibited ut On
ford on the lah. The P,tsS says il was a poor
affair and hut sliInly attended.
Upon petition iur the appointment Of Sd
pcrsistr 10 ill tide vacancy in East Nottingham,
the Cuntt appointed John H. Mcllcniy, the vote
having been u tie nj the late election.
Stephen Butcher, (colored,) was accidentally
drowned in jas. W. llntchison's mill race in
Lower Oxfird, on Thursday, May 1lli. II is sup
posed he was under The influence Of liquor.
"A frame barn in alariic Lancaster co, hclong-
ing e. Gully, was destroyed by fire on lth inst.
Three horses, one owned hy Mr.. Gully aud the
other two by Mnhlon Wnton Mr.. Culiys tenant,
u wagon, harness, sleigh and number of other
articles was burned.
"A turkey belonging to Levi Mcdaniel, Of
Lower Oxford, was recently troubled with some
disease, and on examination its craw was found
to be greatly dislcnded and very hard. Mr.. Nc
Daniel cut il open and took theryirum wash
basin iull Of cornfodder, huy and other trash.
The crnw was then washed with sweet milk, oiled
and scwcd up, and the turkey rcgaincd lis appe-
title and health and is now doing well.
DELAWARE COUNTY.
New streets are being opened and other i'm
provements made in Media.
u sad two feet long aud sixteen inches in
girth was recently caught in the Delaware, of
Chester.
Abraham l.. Pennock one of the oldest and
most respected citizens of Upper Darby died at
his residence on Tuesday Of last week, aged ~
years.