Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-07-22
THE PENINSULA.

ga WV Ni'Hlci MUTUAL lnSufuncc 70.
THE PENINSULA.
CECIL oJuATy.
John Wilson, n color, d boy eleven years old,
WAS drowned while bathing In Big Elk Greek
recently.
The Individual stt ckholders of Bohemia
brdge have elected David Palmer director in
place Ut Go"rae W. Bennett, deceased.
--kubert Gnodyear,n youth of about eighteen,
residing In Elkton died of sunstruke On Monday,
18th lustant.
QUEEN ASSE's COUNTY.
i;apii progress is making ON the Railroad
nnG u Is tHn cIed Tint trains will be running To
SuhltlsNlile on August 10Th.
-- tomatoes were ripe nj Crumpton last Friday.
An Unknown cYlOred man made a dpsprrate
attempt to outrage the person Of Mrs james
Bnhker. residing nc9r GOldsb rough, on Wrdues-
day, 18th Inst. The lidy's sore ins scared of her
is-ailatt and brought to her assi,tluce culorvd
buy, who helped her home.
A convention Of teachers will assemble in
C,ntfeville, TN saturday. 3lst int. This il the
preliminary scps towards forming 4 county
teachers assocatiun.
The sclinpis Of the county commence their
brief summer vacation on the Both inst
--CruinptOn bridge Is at lai to he re,uired
aud the contract has been awarded to David
Harris OF Church Hill.
Wheat has turned out well and corn is grow
iog ilntiy.
The TemplcylIle Good Tcmplars will hold
picnic az BRUSHES Church On the 29ih lust.
a cOlored inan named John Jaamin got
drunk on the recent culored peoples excursion,
and, falling overheard. was drowned. lie
showed s0lnc s.,s Of returning lite when taken
On tht wilaif, but his superstitiuus compni IONS
instead q, trying to rtslscitate him ran away
wicoMlco COUNTY,
Nightly concerts ut the Park are still giyenby
lat Salisbury brass band
--silsbgty has very ilourising Iyceunl.
The IL male Academy al Salisbury has closed
Tor Tie summer vacation.
KENT COUNTY.
The Chpstertiwn Tdnseripi publishes the
speech of Gri.rIal Crawford at the Washington
Cnl,ge IN that town, un July 9th. II Il tull of
earnest, Practical luyaliy, and well offsets the
cnrpery speech oi General Vckprs, delivered on
the same OCCASION. II must have astUni shed some
Of the Kent fossils.
Tho regular commencement exercises Of
Washington College took place ON Wednesday,
1lth Inst
DORCHESTER COUNTY.
The continued dry we ,ther Is inur.lis the
once brill mt Prospect Tor flue corn crop
-Cumhridge is holding lis breath with excite
mcnt aver lhn near approach of the railroad to
the town.
=" The City Belle and her Country Bean" il
ihe ti'le"s p'izc story shortly To he punished
IN TIE Dnrchtrtti Noi-S and for which ths ittur
rays H. paid Sbu. II the style aud plot do moi
display better taste than the ttle the Editor Is
cheated.
--Iiicfe Is u be camp meeting this year at
II cNwih's Church, commanding August 9Th.
ihis i Il iayniitc camp ground for lsilliuiorcans
Ctr bridge i favored almost every day with
excursions !ro.u Baltimore aud Other places. IL
IL A nj hat AZ
etr Sli' re.
- Cambridge colored woman reprimanded
L,r children severely for playing with poor
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The M'dld has struck happy expedient for
pr serving It's eurulity-it does not publish
line OF editorial, or comment ON anything.
e. g. Polk has been admitted TO the somcr-
svt bir.
.-On Sunday evening last there was a heavy
rainslorm, accompanied by thunder and light
ulns. Several places were struck hy lightning,
amnngst them the cnrringe-hnusc and stable Of
Hon l.. l., Waters. near Princess Anne, killing
vllnahle horse and settling thr buildings on ere.
ihr Herald snys;-Two carriages and harness
aud n quantity Of fodder we consumed. Two
horses were rescued out Of the burning building.
ihr i 'ines then caught upon the corn house,
which was partly saved by The daring energy
cvnrtd by those whD had arrived on the scene.
'uN Oitu NhHii WIS utNT UN wis III BrtalulUIeF,
but fortunately it escaped uuinjured. The lus>
Is estimated at about 81 200. There was u sma
Insurance. on the property We bud II very heavy
rain Ia The yicinity al town but we learn that Il
was nol general throughput the county.
TALBOT COUNTY.
The Sunday School of St. Peters Protestant
Episcopal church, of Easton, made an excursion
10 Cambridge, recently. and had II pleasant time.
Part OF the AFTERNOON was spent iu dancing. We
wonder TINT so innocent and Thoroughly social
endorsement is not more frequently brought into
rqui>itiun on such occasions.
The public schools of this county will not
close until the last oil this month.
Farmers harvested their oats last week and
are now busy thresliing out wheat.
IL large and very interesting Sunday School
Convention Was held In Easion on the 1ith inst.
The cornerstone of the Masonic Hall at st.
Mlchatl- was laid with impressive ceremonies on
Tuesday. 18Th lust. Burns lodge Of that town,
Coats lodge OF Cambridge, Adnrrnnce lodge OF
Baltimore, the Grand Lodge of Maryland and the
Maryland Cunuiaudcry OF Knights rempar par
llclratrd.
The halliff OF st. Michaels has been uni
formed. II is xIrcted, we presume, to give him
an esprit da cups all by himself.
The wheat crop about St. Michaels has not
turned out us large as the farmers expected.
Large quantities of grain are being shipped
by steamer To Baltimore.
tAkULtNE COUNTY.
Thomas Holiday, colured man, residing
near Upper Hunting Greek, accidentally let lg
ui woud full recently. which struck Que of hi
children On the head, killing it Instantly
Grading Tor the proposed Queenstown and
Harrington Railroad was commenced at the
" Stakes" IN the Choptank River, iour miles
above Denton, on Monday, 18th Instant.
--Foity-rght tor to five against was tho vote
on L.Y Delegation on GreensboIough NJ. E.
Circuit.
An interesting session of the County Teachers
Association was held at Denton, nn the 10th inst.
The lady tenchcrs tn',k an active part in the
exercises. The Association adj urned to meet
again in Denton on the 8 b of October.
In no ear since 1906 has so much wheat
becu shipped from Caroline county during the
month OF July us was shipped this year.
The citizens of Denton hold public meet
ng on Tuesday 2Oth inst TO devise means to
to Deuton. We With the movement success, rs IL
would BIZ good thing for Denton aud would ut
the came tine make the proposed road OF come
practical Use.
WORCESTER COUNTY.
Barring ite politics, the Democratic Hss-
ssRger, published Mt SNOW Hill, IL good paper,
and deserved the succecs it SCENE TO have gained.
Largo shipments of wood ere being made
from along The Pucomoke.
The NJ. ?. Church In Snow Hill, which has
recently been thnrnughly repaired aud reftled,
was re-dedicated on Sunday week
II has bcen resolved TO have no camp meeting
NH Smyrna Circuit this year. the Z mes says,
bISpusG II Is icared IL wuuid iulsrstre with tEe
ptsth BUSINESS