Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-09-02
THE PENINSULA.


WORCESTER COUNTY.
Mr. 1hos. Lecompte, who has heretofore acted
rs deputy, has been made postmaster ut Snow
Hill.
The Rev. VIM. Fulton, Rector Of All Hallows
L. Il. Church at Snow Hill, has declined 500
cali from the vestry of the z. Z. Church in Ber-
lii.
The new Methodist Church at Girdetree Hill
will he dedicated on Sunday, Sept 9th.
CECIL coU,TY.
"A Lodge Of Knights of Pylhias was organized
Mt Cherry Hill on Tuesday of last week Twenty
three tncinbers were initiated into tho Order at
the opening Of the Lodge.
the Why says the corn crop in the southern
half Of the county is generally burned up, on
maj farms being entirely destroyed; while In
the nortliern parts the crop Is very fine.
The citizens of Port Deposit have organized
n new hniiding Association, and will elect perina-
ntnt officers on the evening OF September 9TH.
Josiah McClenham,a young man who worked
in stone quarry at PORT Deposit was Instantly
killed on Monday Of lust week by blast.
TALBOT COUNTY.
There will be M extra freight train run on
the Md. and Del r. r., commencing at Easton
TN Tuesday, for the purpese of carrying penches
and other fruit to New York
The Town Commissioners Of Easton will
meet In the Court House on the first three days
1t September. from 8 III O'clock, p. M, for the
purpose OF hearing appeals.
--Arrangemonts are renily completed fo-
daily mail To rrappe aud Oxford, which has long
been demanded by the business oil that section oil
the county.
wICoMIco COUNTY.
On Thursday night the people OF Salisbury
were startled by an alarm Of fife, which was
caused by the burning OF smoke house belong
ing to Mr. A. j. benjamin. Ii is thudght DE-
stiuetive cou1igratipn wonld have ensued, bud 1t
not been very calm ut The time.
Some chap who has been brought up In the
forest, writes To the Shoreman his opinion about
educating negroes. He does nut believe In tax
ing the 9 hard earning of his fellow citizens for
the purpose OF educating FOOLS and negroes" 1t
is evident the writer il one OF the former.
The new NJ. f. church, South, in Salisbury,
was dedicated on the I'D lust, Bishop Wright
man oi South Carolina preaching the sermon.
DORCHESTER COUNTY.
The house Of Mr.. WIN. Pritchel, at Cam
bridge, WIS entered by thief one night last
week, who took small quantity Of money.
Mr.. Theodore Webb, II very worthy and well
known gentleman of Vienna, died ut his home on
Saturday last.
-Four est bshmcnts In Dorchester county
are now engaged in canning fruit.
There will be q woods meeting held at llaw
kins' Spring, under the auspices Of the NJ. r.
Church, to commence on the 18th Inst, and con-
tinue three days.
The people at Taylor's Island are bestiiring
themselves In earnest about th-ir steamboat line,
and the building ot wharycs aud landings Is about
. be commenced.
The streets of Cambridge are being elevated
y heing filed up with oyster shells and tho
ii. moc,d at says :. II Cambridge is ever I" he u
handsome borough this Thing must be stopped =
ouEnN ASSn's couNTY.
Tie Town Fathers of CtntreviIle are inspect
i .t... A.
| my III ace cleaned up.
he Round Top farm, which ships from two to
| hrce thousand boxes daily, chiefly To Phil tdel-
pha. 1t contains 900 trees on $40 acres oil
| ,nnd.
| The real estate Of the late Jacob W. Lcgg
| was sod ut Stcvensvilie on Saturday last, with
| the following result: Farm No. /, couti lug
POI acres and 33 lerchrs To Mrs. Anna V. Stevens,
II s5o per ncre; farm Nh .. containing 100 ac cs,
3 roods and Is perches, to WIN. Harris Ltgg Esd,
Mt $35lO per acre
| SOMERSET COUNTY.
| Last week man was fiucd S25 for selling
| bibles, sacred pictures, &c, without cense
/ and, IN refusal to pay, was committed to The
couaty jill. The man seemed - know where
| bitlcs were Dndiy needed
-Beuj II. q. Wilmington, colored, was sent
to prison for The lucrny Of whip, at the camp
meeting near liandy's weeds.
The 1ine Hd, yt,ade, Is $50 utterly Ignorant
of the actual condtinn ct the Rudical farly IL
our own State" that it copies u three column ar
ticle from d Cincinnati paper on the subject. i
is not The unly subject which that paper display
It's Ignorance.
CAROLINE COUNTY, MD.
"A yonrg man named james T. Rowins. resid
ieg n pttrtnn, attempted suicide on FRIDAY las
swat owing large dose OF liudanum. TIVE
physicians aud IN einCtic saved his lift.
Rev Col. james McCarrr Of fredericksburg
has p,trn'rd ii machine which is likely 10 hecou'
ot ncalculible utility to farmers, la the draining
their lands. II is tile manufacturing una
linr. mud MT only makes the tile, hut place
trem in the ground, without break, and may b
roniinucd for miles.
The Rev. Mr.. Hammersley was badly hurt q
Concord canlp-gronnd last week hv the falling u
a large tent pole in course Of erection, strikin
him htnvlv upon the left side Of his head. Medi
| cil nssis'n cc was rendered and he YVES soon abb
to attend carp.
The denton Union has no press upon which
10 print its paper, It's old one being ''n-ei ~.
Tue editor for several weeks has been urging b
subscribers to ply up, sd that he can purchase
new press. Upon counting h, pile" lie find
he bus Inst 53l f,r thu purpose.