Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-11-03

WORCESTER COUNTY.
'sClam bakes" are the attractions usedt to secure
attendance at Democratic meetings in Worcester.
Mr.. Irving Spence, School Examiner, delivered
an interesting lecture on Public Education in
Snow Hill recently.
The Circuit Court for Worcester was in session
all last week. Several petty cases of larceny and
assault were disposed of, and n considerable
amount of civil business
Another installmcnt of 20 per cent. has been
called for on the stock of the Worcester County
Railroad. When paid it will make 80 per cent
1t is very foolish schemes but we believe the
road will be built.
CECIL COUNTY.
Henry Russell, the colorcd man recently shot
while attempting to escape from Capt. Walmsley i
store in Fredcricktown though seriously wounded
is recovering.
DIR. Mitchels house in Ellton was slightly
damaged by fire last week.
Laurence Simmons and Thomas Warum had a
fracas at Chesapeake last week in the course of
which Simmons dangerously stabbed Warum.
The former is now in Jail awaiting the result of
the latter's injuries.
DORCHESTER COUNTY.
| Business is flat in Cambridge
| Circuit Court commences Nov. IL.
| Blackwater bridge is said to be unsafe.
| The Democrat and Herald is three years old.
| Several new houses are going up in Cambridge.
| Cambridge wants the National Government,
which some of its people curse and revile, to
clean out its harbor. The harbor il now being
surveyed.
| The Democrat and Herald has added to its title
1.-THE White Mans Newspaper from which We
infer D'Unger passes for white. We will bet lie
takes it down before two years.
| TALBOT COUNTY.
/ fTba baua al t., ,a,,t ~,
fence to divide the voters at the coming election
| The recent Republican meeting in Easton wal
| a large one and the best Of order prevailed.
ARepublican meeting at Trappe on the even
ing Of the 25th instant was attacked by Demo
cratic rowdies, and the speaker addressing it a
the time Of the attack Mr.. Perkins, a c0loret
man, was pelted with eggs, coal, etc. The castor
journal (Dem.) says it cannot find Language
sufficiently strong to denounce the outrage" ant
adds: "Those engaged in this disgraceful affair
we take it for granted, are opposed to Torbert il
politics, but they have done more for him, ant
| secured him more votes of those that woult
otherwise have refrained from voting, than All,
dozen of his own party could do"
Gen. A. f. King recently ''pitched into tn,
st. Michaers Comet for ridiculing the idea of edu
eating poor mems children, and now the Come
as sharply retorts. They had better both keel
their tempers. We remember the item referre,
to and think it was published in an Easton paper
We feel confident it was not the Comet.
"0ysters and other refreshments will be pro
vided for the occasion is the way in which an
nouncements of political meetings wind up il
Talbot county.
The body of the Young man named Howard
recently accidentally drowned has been recovere
after being in the water several days.
QUEEN ASNE's COUNTY.
Joseph King died quite suddenly recently a
his residence at Church Hill.
| Tho Rapuhltoan ,nant;no nj Ganfray;lIn "a,
Wednesday OF last week was large and enthu
siastic one.
A fire in Centreville recently destroyed tn
store of Captain John Wilkinson, causing los
of 81, 900, on which there is no insurance. and
stable belonging to Mrs. Carrie Smith, who lose
$780, keg OF powder exploded in the stor
during the fire. 1t is believed the store was irs
, robbed and then fired.
The Observer publishes Hon. James A. Bayard
speech. having been reminded by his recer
, repetition of it at Middlctown that it has ne
elected to publish il for all these years.
CAROLINE COUNTY.
r by order of tho Democratic Board of Count
: Commissioners the Court house was refused
t the late Republican meeting at Denton, thong
4 furious storm prevailed at the time, thong
Il the Democrats had been allowed to use it II
! week before, and it has always been the custo
Z to use it for such purposes. The Union d
nounces it as an outrage, and even the Dem
cratic paper strongly condemns it. We are gls
Of it. The Republicans Of Caroline needed
"get their mad up" and this was the thing
do it.
The Democrats talk of erecting a fence at Il
polls to divide the black and white voters. III
Republicans say they shall vote on both sides
=. the fence.
"a KENT COUNTY.
Ie In the village of Hamburg, near Reading, ps
ID the principal public building rejoices in the a
Or pellation Of "Popps Hail. II Chestertov
g were to have hall it might borrow an id,
r. here and get young vickers to clirsten it " Pa
r Hail."
pr The way that Democratic constabes, in Che
40 tertown go about making arrests il peculiar ,
!, hope to that locality. constable named Gree
VI wood, hearing that a colored man, named Jol
40 Shields, had stolen a fishing hook, went up
10 ie him and told him he was his prisoner and he
~ tended to take him to jail. The man offered
p, go before magistrate but said he would not
ne to Jail without seeing Greenwoods authori
=. whereupon the latter drew revolver and 81
SO him twice al he ran. The next day the wound
man with two balls still in his body was fou
and locked up. Greenwood is still at large, a
ew nobody has any Idea Of arresting him.
|
of The official vote of Ohio gives Sherwood. Re
to for Secretary of State, 1854 majority. u
votes were cast for the Prohibition ticket