Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-12-03

~. Lodges OF Good Templars have been organ
lzed at Suderavile, Wilmington, Beaver Dams
Templeyille and Church Hill.
AN attempt was made one night recently /
set lire TO tenant house on the farm of job
Brown, Esq, near Church Hill. The inccndiar
procured hickory pole, to the end Of which Ii
attached a bunch oil straw, which he fired TN,
held under the ewes of the house until the fir
caught to the cornice. The house was occupie,
by black family, and was saved by them iron
destruction.
a prolractcd meeting is In progress In In
Methodist 7. Church, in Centrevllle.
The Crumpton hotel has been renovated an,
Improved, and William r. Armstrong is now tn,
proprietor.
John I. Hand, editor of the Citisen, intend
leaving the State at the end of the year. victin
oil Rebel intolerance and prescription.
MARTHA starkcy, indicted for the murder
kemy Gnllcmart, and acquitted, is still in Jail OF
an indictment of assault with intent to kill Mrs
Guillemart.
Mr.. Saml. johnson, whilst standing on tito
tongue of his wagon endeavoring to check hi.
runaway horses, accidentally fell to the ground
and the wheels passed over him, breaking both
arms. The accident occurred In Church Hill
cARoL1SE COUNTY.
Dover bridge is to be repaired.
The will of Margaret Shepard deceased. has
been admitted to probate, aud letters testamentary
granted to John w. Temple, on the estate of the
deceased.
Letters OF administration on the estate of
William Norriss, Jr., deceased, have been granted
to Robert Clendcnning.
--James b. Morgan and Elizabeth II. Morgan,
eXtrs. OF VIM. w. Morgan, deceased report o.,
the Orphans Court the sale of real estate If the
deceased. Amount of sales sl1,s72 30.
TALBOT couArY.
Tho village of Hole IN the Wall wants Post
Ofllce. IL does not deserve one until il gets a
less absurd name.
One of the ministers on lis way to attend
the Episcopal Convention, at Eastnn, in attempt-
ing to land off the steamer Hiyhhihd Ltqht, ut
Eiston Point, lost his footing and Tell overheard
lie was rescued before he sustained any serious
damage from his sudden plunge.
wIcoMIeo COUNTY.
The adjourned term of the Circuit Court ~
Wicomco county commenced its sessions IN
Monday last Nov. %.
An adjourned meeting to devise means to + :
tend The Wieomico and Pocomoke Railroad To
the WicOmco River, was held nj the Court House
on wednesday Of last week. 1t will cost but
about $4,000 for the proposed extension, and
over $4,000 was subscribed al this meeting
Henry ID. Spence was thrown from buggy
in Main street. $ ilisbury, recently. Though rem
deicd unconscious by the fall, he received no per-
manent injuries.
hhhknSiNiHS Hiy WIS DHsfTNtu Ill salisbury
by partial suspension Of business and by service
In most Of the churches
SOMERSET COUNTY.
John Colonna has been appointed jiilur ID
the place OF j. A, Larmore.
WIN. Wainwright has been appointed Post
master at White Haven, vice j. X. Taylor, re-
signed.
MIR. VIM. Gunbys store, at Yorktown, WAS
destroyed by lire recently and his entire stock of
goods consumed. His stock was valued at $1,000
and was Insured 10 the amount of 81, $500
WORCESTER COUNTY.
Measures are being taken to organize a tenn
perauce society in Newtowu.
The body Of the colored man who jumped
overheard while on his way to Snow Hill Jail has
been found. He was not struck by the wheel as
was supposed, but stuck in the mud up to his
waist when he jumped over and was thus
drowned.
The Newtown Record is severe on the people
Of that town for their failure To properly observe
Thanksgiving day. 1t ys:-" Judging from np-
pearances upon that day. the people OF this place
have concluded that to give thanks to God is u
fantasy of heated broins' and not to be thought
OF Tor healthy men and sensible women. he
dumb inanimate stores on Front street, closed
to sights ana sounds of the thankless world re-
verenty worshipped tod to the hest of their abll-
ity; while their masters and customers lounged
the day of prayer away, In their heather indifer-
ence.
DORCHESTER COUNTY.
Ono OF the new school houses recently built
by the School Board in the lower part of The
county was accidcptly destroyed by fire recently.
IL cost about 81 200.
WIN. L. Stewart, member of the Cambridge
BAR has removed to Baltimore, where he will
continue the practice OF his profession.
The Democrat and Herdd seems to be IN i
yeiy prospectus condition. Its publisher has
recently added Gordon jobber to the office, and
promises soon to put in a cylinder newspaper
press
ET-The IateHigencer says: Thanksgiving day
In Cambridge passed off as usual--a great deal Of
cunning and gormandizing, and little preaching
and praying"
William F. Pattison is appointed Post Master
at Cambridge, vice William b. Phillips removed.
AccoMAc COUNTY.
-On the 18th instant small building on the
farm of FATAL, formerly of Somerset county,
near Pitts wharf, in this county, was destroyed
by fire. 1t was tenanted ut the tins by n coloted
family, and four children, aged respectively one,
four, six and eight years, persisted in the flames.
The mother Of the children was away from home
ut the time and the children were locked up in
the house. A gentleman who discovered the fire
arrived on the scene after the house wusall nbl2e,
but was unablcto do anything to savethe children
whose heart-rcnding shritks he could hear and
Two of whom he saw running franticly up and
down amid the iames
CHESTER COUNTY,
The Oxford Orchestra gives aconcert in Elk
ton, on Tuesday evening, December Sth.
Pork now commands in Oxford about Si0
per cwt. Quarters of hcef from from 10 to II
cents per pound. neutrality-suspicious. - cts. per
pound, turkeys Ii; Butter IO0Ji2 cts. Potatoes
5O@15 ceuts per hushel.
Some of the men who subscribed money 10
procure the location of the Eastern Experimental
Farm, In Chester county, now won't pay up.
Dogs have been killing sheep III East Not
tnghan. John Wilson recently had several
slaughtered, and Amos Pugh had one butcher, d
by neighborly canine last week.
Thomas Wood. of West Marlborough town
ship, had steer worth $40 drowned in Buck run
on Wednesday. He was pa.tuling in the meadow
and is supposed To have attempted to cross the
stream. which was quite high from the effect Of
the rain the previous night.
Thomas Jones, n farmer of West Nantmeil
township. Chester county, died on Wednesday,
Nov. 18th, and just as the funeral was starting
Tor the graveyard on Saturday the bereaved wife
fell dead upon the floor. She was sister Of A.
+. Danfied of Oxford.
RADICAL REFoRM IN MEpIcINE.-Thero is an
organization of Radical Reformers-The Hygie-
mic School--compused of DIR. Trail of New York,