Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-12-17
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that he had to have one entire finger and part Of
another amputaled.
"A new schooner was launched ut Green's
borough, on Thanksgiving day. Her name Is
The cypress.
CECIL COUNTY.
The gas gave out on Thursday night, 10th
inst., and Elkton was In darkness
Milk Is selling at ten cents per quart In Elk
ton, at which the people there are Indignant
The only barber in North East is In Jail for
stealing bnffil0 robe, and those needing to be
shaved are in difficulty.
For weeks past protracted meetings have
been held In various parts OF the country, aud
they have oil met with success.
The meeting in the El<ton NJ e. church
went on last werk with interest. Rev. Il. j. Way,
Of Delaware City, preached on Tuesday and We'd
nesdiy evenings, and Rev. Geo. A. Phpbus, of
Odessa, DEL, on Friday evening
In discussing the recent steamboat disaster,
10 the Ohio river, the Cecil Democrat propounds
the following conundrum =" Who Gun say that
YankGeism Is not perverting and destroying
Anericanisn, or that the cathulicity OF republi-
canis,n is MT inimlnenily endangered by the ar
rOgance OF Puritanism ?"
The column in which this appears Is headed
Drunk by Thunder" but II the article from
which we quote were thus headed we should un-
dcrstand whit is the matter
| TALBOT COUNTY
| The County School Commissioners meet al
| Euston on the I'D inst
"A. W. Fountain is charging his carriage .ae.
| tory in Easton.
A little daughter of Alexander Chaplain a.ci
dentally broke her collar bone recently.
The Easton merchants arc making elaborate
| preparations for Christmas.
THE fall term of the public schools closed on
Tuesday, 10th inst.
| --Compaint is made that the oyster laws are
being openly aud generally violated.
The dwelling house and grounds at WYE
MILF, known a. lhs Russum property, has been
sold ny I. D. Hopper, Esq, To DR.. Conegys. for
$500.
| wIcoMIco COUNTY.
Mrs. Jane Dashiel, a widow lady, 50 years of
| age, died last Thursday in Salisbury,
| Building lots are being sold at Salisbury.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The Herald says IA friend informs us
| that enc day last week, u party consisting OF
eight gentlemen fired one time int0 flock of wild
geese, on Hollands Is,and and killed forty
But few beach trees have been planted IN the
county this fall.
There was slivlit snow at Princess Anne on
Tuesday, It'll inst.
"A movement has been inaugurated looking
to tue erection of buildings suitable for an Acad
envy building At Marion station.
QuEEN ANNE's COUNTY.
Crumpton on Monday OF last week.
They have wild duck suppcrs at Crumpt,n.
"A new NJ. L church has Teen built at Beaver
Dams, aud IL WAS dedicated on Standby.
Thu case Of Julius Gerson Us. Henry b. Slau.h
ter, cbhcerniug the steamer G.o,ge Law. plying
between Baltimore and the Chester river, has been
decided by Judge Giles, OF the U. 5. District
Court ut Baltimore, in favor of the plaintiff Tic
amount claimed is over S25.OOO.
From Tuesday To Saturday, last week, Centre
vile had 10 mail, and is justly Indignant.
Nat. freeman, thu colored man who was ar
rested for the murder OF Remy Guillenan AID
subsequently discharged, died recently.
VIM. McKenny killed three hogs recently
weighing d53, 1929, and 2s9 pounds, an aggrecat.,
of 1911 pounds.
The Directors OF the Queen Aune's Railroad
have ordered route to be surveyed to Queens
town which will avoid Centrevie, ON account Of
the short-sightedncss of many land owners near
the last named town demanding Cxorbitant land
damages.
"A lodge of Good Tcmplars Is about to be rr-
ganized in Centftyile.
"A new school house is being built in Span
iards neck.
DORCHESTER COUNTY.
The Cambridge Iatediyeacer has spicy per-
sonal Items Here Is an extract from one of
them MIR. VIM. A. 7. Philips, late deputy
Postmaster at this place, who, II month or two
els well filed with other peoples money and hi,
mind equally well filled with other peoples
secrets, has returned to this county, and is now
quietly rurallzing somewhere in the Neck dis
trct
Vim. +. Patterson, n republican, has been APP
pointed postmaster nj Cambridge, he was rcmov-
I'd by johnson for iatly refusing TO endorse
that individuals policy, aud is reinstaed at the
request Of the democrats, because the Office has
gone to the dogs uuder the management of his
successor
WORCESTER COUNTY.
A revival commenced in the NJ. Il. church at
NewtowD, last Sunday evening.
-Litteton j. Jones has sold his farm to Mr..
Heath, of Alexandria Va, for $500.
The circular saw at the mill of Mcssrs. Young.
White ~ Hail. in Ncwtown, accidentally came IN
coniact with Iirce of iron known as the dog
on Tuesday week, aud so great was the force that
| the saw split in three pieces, one of which was
thrown in the river, distance OF sixty feet mar
| rowly missing the head of colored man close
| by.
| Snow fell in Ncwiown last Friday
AccoMac COUNTY.
| On Tuesday week a trot took placc ut Bell
Haven, Accnmac county, Va, for $3.50 n side be-
| tween the horse Of Mr.. Severn Ayers and Mr..
| Henderson. The hor.e belonging TO the former,
won the race in three straight heats.
| CHESTER COUNTY.
Horace Greeley lcclured at West Grove ON
| the 10th inst
A religious meeting has been in progress at
the NJ. Z. church in Oxford Tor several weeks and
continues with undated Interest.
| The Oxford Press states that people in that
town heard the firing during the recent trial of
heavy ordnance ut Fort Delaware distance of
thirty miles. Fine country TOR ears up there.
| Josiah Phillips, a former President of the
| Phila. and Bait. Central X. r. aud an influential
citizen, Of Kennctl Square, died on Sunday last.
tt,tt. NJ rDnHa h.4nf Enir
| vile last winter, from which lie never fully re-
| covered.
The machinery of the wooden mill at Mount
| Vernon, which was destroyed by fire few weeks
ago, was last week hauled To Oxford, aud shipped
| to Philadelphia, MS old metal. There was over
twenty tons of cast and wrought iron. The iu-
| tense heat of the fire had melted considerable of
the machinery.
A carpenter shop near Chcyney's station, W.
! d p. r. r., belonging to Albert Z. Roberts Pres
ident of the Fourth National Bank Of Pliiladc-
| ptia, was burned on the afternoon Of the I'd.
a dog supposed to be mad was shot at the re-
sdence Of Isaac Hayes, in East Coventry, recent
".
There was sleighing last Saturday in the up
per part of Chester county.
Mine persons. four females and five males,
were huptlzed at Midtown by Rev. Jos. s. Evans,
pastor Of Goshen Baptist church. Sunday morris
ing last.
| -hlfh hCFtiSH ~ SN.i ttic "tst Shc.eNi u''N-
ers. are about To establish branch banking lou-c
In Gainesville.
= The "Farrners Market House." in West
Chester will be opened for market purposes on
December 23d. West Chester now boass OF two
fine market houses.
A meeting was held nj Chester Springs on
Saturday last, to promote the construction OF u
railroad along the Pickering Creek, from near
Pb9nixville To the Wayntsburg railroad. Commits
tees to raise subscriptions wereapponted in Char
..t,.l
West Vincent. The meeting was VIII attended,
general interest was felt In the work and il was
adjourned to meet again gu the I'd Of january
DELAWARE COUNTY.
james W. Cracker, for more than five years
Superintendent of Schools in Delaware county,
has resigned and james NJ Barker has been aI,-
pointed in his stead by the State Superintendent.
: Some persons allege that the appointment was
I made with undue haste aud without any consul
tation with the people OF the county.
The Teachers Institute concluded an interest
ing session Of five days on Friday week.
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