Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-06-04
OUR NEIGHBoRs.

scarcely 50 HARMONIOUS us thcy are IN places
where their majority Is not SO large. There is
quite a snarl amongst them Just now, and their
organ, the Ccntrevle Observer, says -
/" We seem to be growing more and more like
New York every day, and unless something I'M
fOrsecn, occurs to reconcile the disordant ee-
ments, we may expect to see Mozart and Tam
many Halls, On Il small scale, fully established
here. We sincerely dcpIecatc this feeling, and
once more urge upon our readers the duty Of
harmony and good feeling"
in the Talbot county Court John Ferguson,
indicted for stealing and George Robinson,
indicted for stealing n pig both removed from
Queen Anne's county, were found guilty. The
prisoners are white, aud are from the neighbor-
hood Of Queenstown.
THE Circuit Court of Queen Annc's county
will meet on JUNE 22nd.
The fly is said to be making ravages in the
wheat In this county
CHESTER COUNTY.
1t is said that Smith u kames of Downing
town will soon open banking house in ktnnctt
Square.
The members of tho Brandywinc Baptist
church, near Chadd's Ford, intend building n
new church during the coming summer.
Oxford is rapidly improving, and many new
buildings are being erected.
"A man by the name Of Carpenter with his
wife and six children, passed through Chambers
burg Oh their way back to Chester county, n few
days ago lie represented himself as Il Union
man who had b,'tn driven from Boone county,
Kentucky, by prosecutions.
Rev. James Runrts was installed pastor Of
the Presbyterian eiarcli 1T Cuatrsvic, On Thurs
day.
Extensive alterations and repairs are being
made in The NJ. H. church ut Oxford; during the
progress Of which the congregation worship in
Oxford Hall.
The banking house of the National Bank of
L.
The West Chester Republican says -" Capt
Underwood ci Penn township, has Il cow that
gave birth to very singular looking calf, few
weeks siace. The calf Is of lend color aud is
covered with wool, resembling n lamb. The
head is shaped like that of young iawn-thc
nose being quite sharp-and the ears and face as
far up MS the eyes, being entirely bare. The
young quadruped is growing nicely-and being q
rare curiosity, the Captain has concluded to raise
il. The COW is Of Western stock, while the sire
was cross of the Durham"
CAROLINE COUNTY.
Caroline continues to take excellent care of
her numerous orphans, and hold court for their
beHcilt MS frequently rs ever.
III. Blackison will erect building contain
ing several stores, this yea,adjolning the proper
ty of Mr.. Alexander Stewart.
1t ia suspected that some postmasters in the
lower part OF Caroline county have been ritiing
letters of their contents Tie Denton Union
warns tiletl tnlt nctu uDb tDlik pusSlDlc
to abstract money from letters without Its being
| found ont" which is more than likely, since
there is little probability Of its being found in.
DELAWARE COUNTY.
Chester is agitated over low fares, and the
merchants complain that the money ia being
drained from the city and sent to Philadelphia.
The Republicans of Chester hold their ratifi-
| cation meeting tonight.
The ladies of Delaware county contemplate
holding u Fair, ut an early day tor the benefit Of
the Delaware County Institute Of Science.
Eighteen thousand dollars have been SUBJ
scribed to the capital stock of the Chester Market
| Company, and d site has been purchased. The
building to be erected will cost from $4,000 to
S2s,0O0.
MIR. James Garland. formerly resident of
| Chester township, died suddenly Of apoplexy, on
| Wednesday morning last in Philadelphia.
TALBOT COUNTY.
st. Michacls is being cleaned up and put in
| Summer trim.
oughly ovcrhauled and her resumed her trips as a
night boat between st. Michaels and Baltimore.
| Edward Lloyd, Samuel Dickinson and John
Harrington have been elected TO represent Talbot
county in the State Convention.
| The Circuit Court of Talbot county was still
in session On Thursday; no cases Of general In
terest were being tried.
On the 10Th inst, a dwelling house on Talbot
street, ia EastOn, Talbot county, belonging to
Mrs. Talbot, was burned down. Cause, explosion
OF u lamp.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
ELLEN Wilmington, a colored girl, has been
| sent to ja at Princess Anne, charged with steal
ing $50 in greenbacks, from saml. j. Tull.
The new school law passed by the last Mary
land Legislature is already beginning TO work
beautifully ~ There is great probability now
hat lag han IN
stop for want of money and many teachers have
| not been paid for the last two quarters salary,
and none have been paid for the last quarter So
| much for rebel rule.
| Princess Anne is greatly annoyed with hogs
running through the streets.
Il d. Jones, Attorney General, has removed
to Baltimore, where he will practice law.
CECIL. COUNTY.
i Nicholas F. johnson, who resides in Elk
Neck, 21t miles from Elkton, had the sight of one
his eyes destroyed and the other eye SO badly in
jured that 1t is feared he will lose it also, by the
premature explosion of n charge of powder while
he was engaged VI blasting rocks, ON Tuesday OF
last week.
There is talk of widening Church street in
Elkton.
The parsonage of the NJ. e. Church at North
East is being enlarged.
The fishing season on the Elk and North East
rivers is rapidly drawing to close.
The Wing says 1.-THE old colored man,
known as doc Pud,' is at last dead, and no mis-.
take He died on Monday last, near town. Joe
has long been one of the institutions OF Ekton
but MS we have twice before written his obituary
the subject is about exhausted, and Joe appears
in these columns for the last time
DORCHESTER COUNTY.
The Coroners jury who held an inquest oil
the body of John Rock, (who killed Shadracl
Bell, near Cambridge, recently, and Subsequent,
hung himself in prison, rendered a verdict tina
he committed suicide by hanging himself, volan
tariig ard fsioniousty.
Elias Griswold, Caleb Shephard John Fl
Weldon and VIM. L. Viekers are delegates iron
Dorchester county to the Democratic State Con
venton.
WORCESTER COUNTY.
Strawberries are plenty.
+ Nothing new about the railroad extension t
Nswtown.
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