Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-05-27

TnE Detumarean Is enthusiastic In its affection
for the whipping-post.
Females have crowded out male teachers from
all the public schools in Chester.
II. X. Parsons has quit the jewciy business il
Smyrna, and gone to Philadelphia
dog supposed to be mad was shot in the
street in West Chester on Tuesday Of last week
The Arowing wheat in the southern part ol
Chester county looks we'll The fruit prospect is
also good.
Spencer Chandler has taken out letters tesla
mchtary OH the estate OF Charles Robinson late Of
Mill Creek Hundred deceased.
a. p. McComhs, Esq, editor of the Haye Re-
pu6ttedn, has been appointed deputy collector ut
Havic dc Grace.
joel Thompson, Jr, has taken out letters of
administration on the estate OF john L. Murray,
late of White Clay Creek Hundred.
James Ill. Ray has taken out letters testnment-
aty TN the estate OF Eliza r. Woodward, late Of
White Clay Greek llandred.
The cx-Deputy Collector Of U. S. Internal Rcy-
enle for Sussex county advrrtlses several proper
tics at public sale for U. s. Taxes.
Thomas McComb has taken out letters of adj
ministrnlion apon the estate OF Robert \. Nc
Comb late OF Christiana Hundred.
On Saturday week, a valuable COW, belonging
TO Rev. MIR. Huntington, Of Dover, was drowned
In Evans mildan.
On Sunday night week, some thieves stole 600
POUNDS OIL bacon from TIE smoke iUuec oil JUnl-
than Allen, at Little Creek Landing.
The Deia~drcm continues to recite incidents
proving that lawtssncss is rife in Dover and that
the authorities neglect their duty.
EbGr South, of East Fal!ow field, Chester coun-
ty, had bis thumb recently completely severed
from his hand by circular saw.
Rev. DAVID Kennedy will address temperance
meeting in Good Tcmplars Hall, in Chr>liann
on sunday afternoon next, May 3Olb, ut O'Clock
Tb.n a.
nearly broken W by the general engagement of
the children in picking Strawberries.
The children in the Sixth Ward, bitten alb ut
six weeks ago by mad dog, ARE apparently all
right, and their wounds arc hcaliog nicely.
The Department Of state gives notice, else
where, Of the death. Mt Honolulu, On February
2slh, Of Alexander II. Houston, a native Of this
Stale.
The Gazette hears that Chancellor Bates will
soon commence the erection of a fine dwelling
on Delaware avenue, between Monroe and jack
son streets.
Mr.. Smith Mote died suddenly Monday norm
Ing nj his residence In Mill Creek Hundred near
Milford ;, Roads. lie was highly respected and
was about II years OF age,
William Smith, of Elkton, the newly APP
pointed Mail Agent on the Delaware Railroad
was Lieutenant in the Second Delaware
Regiment.
The Mlddetown TRANSCRIPT supports the whip
reluctantly, and against the editors better ju1.-
mcnt.
A base ball match between the youths OF Mid |
dletown and Odessa, came of ut Odessa, oh sat |
nrday week, with victory for the former although |
ii was close work.
The annual meeting Of the Fruit Growers As |
sociaiion Of Delaware and Maryland will be held |
In Odessa, on Saturday, the 18th Of June, at one
O'Clock, 7. NJ, at The hotel Of VIM. 4. Chance.
On Sunday week the new Methodist Protest |
ant Church at Gumbnrongh, Sussex county, vas |
dedicated, Rev Mr. Graham, Of Salisbury, con |
Quoted the services. Enough money was raised |
to clear the church Of debt.
Second Lieutenant Benjamin +. Mclnt.rc has
been detached iruu the revenue cutler Miami |
at Wilmington, Delaware, ard ordered to eX-
change with Second Lieutenant T.. GabIiulson, OF |
the Actire, at New Bedford
Mrs. Rcbecca Warner, who died in Smyrna On
the 18Th instant. had been unable TO speak or
swallow for over year, and had mt lain down
Tor over ninc months Hct food had TO Q forced |
below her palate. Her disease was paralysis.
Stephen Truman,of A,hvllc, Lancaster county,
mas lett al the Office of the Oxford fr, IS stalk
oil mammoth rhubarb, the stem of which mea.
sures 20 inches in length, * inches in crcum-
terence AT the base and inches ut the top The
whole length of the plant Is feet, including
leaf, which is 30 inches across.