Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-07-16


for harvesting.
CARoLIrE COUNTY.
The second steam threshlng machine has
just been introduced into this county.
From out host of applicants, VIM. Driggis
has Just been appointed oVerseer of the Aims
house.
There was no celebration of the Fourth in
Denton.
KENT COUNTY.
The College exercises OF Washington College,
took place on Tuesday and Wednesday of last
week. }. Morrison Harris and Miner JONES'
Esqrs, were the orators on the occasion.
An excursion Is announced to Easton from
Chcsiertown sometime next month.
--Messrs. Thompson g. Lee have been engaged
in improving their wharf.
The wreck Of sloop sunk about two miles
below Chestertown is likely to prove an obstruc-
uon TO navigation.
The contractor for the Kent railroad has COM
menced driving the piles for the wharf on Chester
river, just below Thompson & Lce's wharf. The
board OF directors have determined TO connect
with the Delaware railroad at Townsend, and It Is
presumed that portion Of the route to Massey
will be Immediately put under contract by the
Delaware road.
On tho Sd instant, Mr.. James beaverton died
suddenly IN the field at Mr.. Thos. Lusby's, In
Quaker Neck. He had been binding wheat, but
his GRADER having sat down under the shade of a
tree 10 fix his cradle, beaverton also sat down,
and presently rolled over and expired 10 u few
minutes.
During the excavations tiat have been hiade
for the new wharf on Chester river, between the
lands Of Thoiias Lusby and John Haddaway,
Esqs., In Quaker Neck, Kent county, two skele-
tons, have been dug up. From their eize and
other circumstances 1t Is supposed they are the
bones of the native race. When exposed short
time they crumbled TO pieces.
DORCHESTER COUNTY.
"A Loafers Club has been organized In CAM
bridge and is reported in Hourishlng condition
Tho whortleberry trade has commenced !;
large shipments are mode to Baltimore and num-
bers of CAMPING establishments In the county are
engaged In putting them up.
During the prevalencs of thunder storm,
on Monday. week, the Protestant Episcopal Church
in Cambridge was struck by lightning, and dam
aged to the amount of about $50.
The Town Commissioners have elected Mr..
Joseph Bradshaw, Bailif, and Mr.. Robert Bell
Wood-Corder, for the corporation of Cambridge
-Ennalls Spring Camp will commence Fri
day. August 7th Tent holders are Required &c
select locations Saturday morning, August LIST
at 8 O'Clock.
soMHitsET County.
The True Marytandsr wishing to say, that al
compared with other modes of punishment,. WI
colnico county stakes the rag off the bush, " by
tying prisoners to q tree, says =" But mode
Wicomico takes the q antiquated linen" off th,
shl ubbery by compelling her captives to embrace
stationary objects of the neuter gender"
The Fourth was not particularly diferen
| from any other day In Princess Anne.
The members Of the Methodist Protestan
Church, ut Friendship, propose holding Festi
val and Supper on Wednesday, the 29th inst.
| TALBOT COUNTY.
Col Ilambletou. os Trustee for Numsen &
O., IL ,<,E orr
| track to Thos. Hughlett at 1925 per acres.
Tile Oxford NJ. p. Sunday School and The
Trappe Band will make an excursion to Annapo
lis on the 22d inst
On the Fourth Of July as the steamer Meta
mora, carrying an excursion party from Baltimore
to Oxford ard Cambridge, WINS rounding In fol
the Tired Avon the boat suddenly csreened, on ac
people we're nearly thrown overheard, and
| frightened mother with her infant In her arm
dropped it and 1t was drowned. The body coult
not be recovered
The vestry of st. Peters parish. Easton. hay,
called Rev. Orlando F. Hutton to fill the vacaue,
caused by the death of DR.. Mason.
An effort is being made to have new publ,
school building erecte., IN st. Michaels.
| wIooMIco COUNTY.
The Eastern Shoremdn is terribly exercised
| over some fancled oppression way down south
but failed 10 give single word OF Reproduction 70
the hand cutting of colored man to tree nn1e
| O boiling sun, Tor several houis. by bailiH atel,
from the rebel army, though the colored maj
was not charged with ony serious offence, am
had not even had hearing. This occurred Il
full view of the Eastern Shoreman's Office window
but the editors were SO busily looking at oppres
| zion down south that they could not see that d
their own threshold.
CHESTER COUNTY.
John Mcgaw, of East Nottingham twp, wa
suu-struck, recently, while working 10 a harvet
field. He is recovering.
The Fourth was celebrated at Oxford by a dis
play of flags, concert, game OF base ball, fire
crackers, music, etc.
WIN. Dawson, of Oxford had his arm ampr
tated recently, on account Of tumor on 1t.
DELAWARE COUNTY.
The rebuilding and extension of the Cover
ment piers at Marcus Hook, is progressing. BIZ
tween thirty and forty men are at work, and IL
intended that they will be- completed about o.
tober 1. The work is being done under Cor
gressional appropriation of 100000.
The work on the Chester Greek Railroad
being pushed along rapidly, and 1t is the. Inter
ton of the contractor to have trains run over
by New Years day.
3. NJ. Felton, of Chester township, is havin
erected on his premises, a famous barn, the d
mansions of the main building being 100 by 4
feet, two wings 47x20 each. The lumber is fu
|
carpenter work Is being done by John Harvey
and the masonry by E. johnson of Chester.
The machinery of the Chester water worl
, wns tested on Wednesday evening last by the el
gineer, II. G. Eyre, and everything was satisia
tory.
The Quarterly meeting of the colored peep
attached to the A. M. 4. Church, held In Cheste
on Sunday, 9th int, was largely attended by pc
sons from the adjoining cities and towns In PEN
sylvania, Delaware and New Jersey. II Is esi
mated that two thousand were present. II
strictest decorum was observed throughout u
day, and not single case of drunkenness or di
order was apparent during the stay Of this va
throng in our midst.
ALI right we take 1t back. The Chester r
publican has not abandoned the cause of the dog
! II siill favors good ones.
Mr. Daniel Croeson. OF West Fallowfield, W
J thrown from horse-rake on the Fourth OF Ju
and go severely injured that he died the next da
During recent thunder storm the family
John Hulme, at Westtown, was stunned by ltgh
ming while sitting at the tea-table,
-swceney'b Band in West Chester have pr
, cured band wagon.
e The lociists have died off In Chester count
but they have left their work behind them. Son
of the forests on the hills are naked by the youi
branches being blighted and killed by the locust
Moving machine accidents are becoming Fl
quont again, hut hardly 20 much 80 as last year
I, INTERESTING RELIGIOUS SERyiCEs.-Very
a terestiug religious services were held In the Q
3 "Drawyers Presbyterian Meeting House. ue
. Odessa, last Sunday. 1t WINS union service
!, the congregations of the Forest Presbyteri
i Church at Middletown and OF the present congl
n CATION of the Dmwyers Church which worshi
# 10 new church edlhce In tho village of Odesi
. The old meeting house was founded In I'LL, a
many historic "reminiscences cluster about II.
n was densely crowded by q large concourse
Z, | p,o,,ta from nil the country and fOWuR In ii
:, section In the morning Rev. Dr. Patton,
n Forest Church, preached very interesting d
r course, and In the evening Rev. Mr. Grove
'e pastor of the Odessa Church, preached. 1t v
announced at the conclusion Of the services u
y rinllar onas would DO held there every year he