Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-08-19
THE PENINSULA.

CECIL COUNTY.
Friends Quarterly Meeting will be held at
Brick Meeting House, on the 18th inst.
A little four years old colored boy named
Bostc, whose mother lives near Elkton depot,
was burned to death recently. His clothes caught
fire at the stove.
A meeting is to be held ut Elkton this week
in furthercnce OF the scheme to bnd railroad
from Elkton to Massey's.
Joseph L. Mnhan Postmaster at Elkton, died
last Saturday week. On the following Thursday
his widow received Il commission ms Postnstress,
to fill the tace made vacant by her husbands
DEATH
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The streets of Princess Anne are being put
in order.
Daniel Collins drove his mare twenty miles
in un hour and fourteen minutes, one sunday
lately.
DORCHESTER COUNTY.
The Dorchester Democrat is nervously aprre-
hensive that the evident and growing dissatisinc-
tiol in the Democratic party, with the mis-
management and extravaganza of the present
Maryland State Government, will result ~ the
formation of Peoples Party" to overthrow
thu Democrats.
large shi 5mcnts of fruit arc being sent from
Cambridge to Btltimoic
KENT COUNTY.
Col Richard c. Johnson, Of Kent county,
Md bnttu lit the farm of the late Simon W. Boyer,
of $50 per acre, or S2l, VIZ.
On Sunday week ut about II p. M, the wheat
stacks oI Mr.. James Hurtt near Locust uroVc,
were di.covcred to be ou fire, and were utterly
consumed, the loss estimated NJ s2ooo. Inc nre
is supposed 10 have been the work Of an lncen-
diary, us all the stacks appeared TO be burning NJ
the same time. Mr.. HURT had tho crop OF another
field stacked in another place, and that was not
burned.
QUEEN ANNE's COUNTY.
f,l..,aa Il Tnnl.o, a vnuutr man livinp on
Kent Island had his arm caught and drawn into
a tlrcshinr machine on Monday, 9th instant, and
received injuries which, it is feared, will prove
| fatal.
A serious effort to start third party is now
| making in this county.
CAROLINE COUNTY.
DR. Charles f. jenkins. OF Talbot county,
| has moved to Preston, and commenced the pr'c-
| tice of medicine.
| Corn and clover are suffering from the
drought
| Camp meetings monopoze the time and at
| tention Of the Caroline people now.
| A large meeting of colored people was held
| on Saturday, 7th lust. ut McComas Institute,
| near Jerusalem Mills in Hartford county. IL was
addressed by ten. gregory anu othcia, III pe''''i
of education.
--Carpentcrs are nj work again oil the llavre
de Grace Town Hall, and it will soon be finished
and ready for use.
A NJ. T.. camp meeting commences at Aoer-
deem, Md, on the 10th inst.
TALBOT COUNTY.
"A very pleasant meeting of the Teachers AS
socaticn OF Talbot county was held Mt Easton on
Iuly 3lst. The following were elected officers for
the ensuing year observation-disclosures Y. Ber-
ridge. OF Easton; Vice President-Phil. II. Mayo
of WE; Seeretary--John N Wyatt, oil Easton
Treasurer-J. Il. Miller.
The camp meeting ut McNeals WOODS prok'
| E.i1
Rain is badly needed, and uie crops are sui
feriug for the want oil it,
The first locomotive over the Maryland ant
Delaware Railroad is expected to reach Eastoi
this week.
The drought Is doing great injury to the corr
crop in this county.
"A subscription of 900 will secure the ex
tension of the Maryland and Delaware haiiroa'
from Easton to oxford.
-Four bows who amused themselves by break
np The windows of public schurl in 81. MI
+ chae's have had to pay for new glass
j. T. Goodwin, whose store was recently &C.
stroyed by an Iucendiary fire, loses about +i2pV
= The NJ. Z. camp meeting in Graces WOODS
! b. G. Neck, commences on Thursday, august y
J The probabilities are that the encampment WI
y be a large one
WORCESTER COUNTY.
i Noticing the death of lunatic maintained q
6 the public expense, The Messenger adds; I'M
= will relieve the county oil II heavy expense.
Capt. Thomas b. Jones, Of Ssow Hill M
s fallen heir to an estate in Bermuda, ana WI
!, shortly take possession OF il.
a a "A camp meeting OF aA Chr'sfdn demoni,".
y t;ons will he held on Chincotcaghr iSlin',
y commence IN Saturday.
II wIcoMIco COUNTY.
Y Sheriff sales are brisk.
81 -Wa,rrlnclnus are plenty and cheap In u
= Salisbury inurkcl.
" "A base ball club has just been organized
In Salisbury.
In The colored camp meeting at William
v, Woods, near Salisbury, closed last week :, II
iii | Easfern Shoremaa says 1.-THE proceediil
ar were conducted IN an orderly manner, and Z
OF camp was visited nightly by crowds Of ladi
i'd and Gentlemen from town, to most oil wnom I
scene was novel one number OF color
preaching is said TO have been good"