Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-08-04
THE PENINSULA.

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TALBOT COUNTY.
st. Michaels is to have high school.
A new fruit canning establishment has been
built in st. Michaels.
The camp meeting at McNeal's woods will be
well supplied with water,
Samuel Connolly, an aged citizen of Easton,
fell and severely hurt himself, recently.
The camp meeting in Broad Creek Neck, this
year, is expected to be very large one.
st. Michael's is troubled by money drawer
thief, who has emptied several tills Of late.
The office of the Registrar for Easton District,
in Talbot county, is vacant, DIR. Godsborough,
appointed to the office, having failed to qualify.
Excursions from ST. Michaels to Kent Island,
on the steamer Urbanna, via Miles and Wye
rivers, are quite popular with the people of the
first named place.
The wheat crop is turning out better than was
expected writes Comet correspondent from
Broad Creek Neck, but corn is beginning to
suffer for want of rain.
Rev. Mr.. Porsal attempted to whip colored
boy in his employ, the other day, when the boys
father, man named Miller, interfered. An
alteration ensued, when Mr.. r. was knocked
down. His overseer then came up and took
part, when he, too, was knocked down. Miller
has been committed to Jail, in default of bail,
to await trial.
The Star continues to champion the sore heads
who are fighting the M. 4 d. r. r. Co., for dam
ages.
COW got on the track of the M. 4 d. R. r.
on Thursday Dist, and got smashed up herself
and at the same time threw a passenger car of
the track. The only damage to the train was q
detention Of two hours.
Geoge Cotton and his son Luther +. Cotton,
editors and proprietors of the Maryland Repub-
ticdn are travelling through the Easton Shore
visiting the various newspaper Offices. They
travel by their own conveyance. They were at
Easton on the 23d inst.
From the census just taken, the following is
the classification and number Of inhabitants of
Easton, which shows an increase over the pre-
vious census Of about six hundred:
White males. .....................h 0S
females OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES SS
Co0fed males OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $50
females .......'.............. .ol5
Total number of inhabitants. .........2,10 6
Two large sharl.o we're recently seen at Deep
Water point, Miles river.
The dwelling of Mrs. L. A. Bartlett, on WASH
ington street, Easton, has been sold at private
sale to the Misses Atkinson, for "a, 500 cash.
In consequence of the frequent and lengthy
stoppages to load peaches the freight train, With
passenger car attached on the M. & D. Railroad,
now leaves Easton at 8.15 instead of 1880, A. M.
| The Board of School Commissioners have
called meeting on Monday, August LIST, Of the
citizens of st. Michaels and Bay Hundred Dis
School at st. Mchaels.
| The Easton Journal of the 2Sth, says Mr..
| James Floyd, of Trappe District one light last
| week, had one of valuable yoke of oxen sto-
len from his field, the thieves first killing and
skinning it, Mr.. Floyd missed his OK, and on
searching for it, found the skin in a field.
CECIL COUNTY.
| new building society on the serial plan is to
| be organized in Elkton.
| A National colored camp meeting will COM
mence at Darlington August 4th.
| A Harvest Home and Pic Mic will be held on
| Gilespies Mountain, 9Th district, on Friday, Aug
| 9th.
On Tuesday night of last week fire at Port
Deposit consumed an old frame building belong
ing to Mrs Murphy.
Sheriff Denny received the death warrant of
George Harris convicted for the murder of Rus
SON. on Saturday week. Friday, september I'd,
is the day named by the Governor for his execu-
ton. Immediately after receiving the fatal doc
ument the Sheriff proceeded to the room where
the condemned man is confined and read it to
him. He received the news calmly, and EXPRESS
ed himself as satisfied with the result.
North East has population Of 748. There il
but one colored family in the town.
The Presbyterian Church at Chesapeake City
has new bell.
CAROLINE COUNTY.
Denton and Greensborough have become
money-order oiflce5.
Goldsborough Camp Meeting commenced on
Friday.
The steamboat Massachusetts has resumed has
trips between Baltimore and Denton.
Denton bridge is in a very dilapidated CON
dition. The commissioner appointed to ex
anime the matter reports that new county road
beginning at point on the county road leading
from Purnell's shop to Bradleysburg, and con
tnung ON through Ridgley until it intersects
the road leading from r. c. Carter's to Green's
borough is absolutely indispensable.
Mr. j. W. Kerr, one of the proprietors of the
Choptank Nurseries, has successfully grated
, tomato sprouts into potato vines, and now hai
vines growing
tomato on a rag-weed, and it is growing, though
not very vigorously.
QUEEN ANNEs COUNTY.
A colored boy named Johns was drowned q
| Centreville last week.
i, The steamboat Osceold, recently plying be
3 tween Wilmington and Pennsgrove. has com
menced running on her new route between Gen
4 trevllle and Baltimore.
: Summer vacation Of the public schools com
8 menced last week.
. The editor of the Centrevile Citizen has bee
4 getting married.
4 wIcoAnco COUNTY.
i colored camp meeting will commence q
Capt. Turner's woods, Nanticoke point, Septen
q Der End.
# party of young men got rope around til
T. body of yagrant in Salisbury, last Sunday an
j. ducked him in the river. The Aduertises say
h the man did not object
The new and handsome church edihce bein
y erected by the Methodist Professionals, in Salit
!, bury, is rapidly approaching completion, and
u is now suggested that a town clock be put in il
steeple.
DORCHESTER COUNTY.
!. A race for purse of $780, between st. Law
"a renee Messenger, of Rochester, New York, an
# Trip Patoher, Of Lincoln DeL will take place o
e the Horns point road, on August 23d.
ID Ennell's camp commenced last Friday.
1T The Intelligencer sensibly urges consod,
d ton of the white and colored republican organ
IN cations Of this county.
In SOMERSET COUNTY.
Oh Thomas Sudler, of Potato Neck, is the larger
grain grower in Somerset, and has this YET
al threshed out over two Thousand bushels of whei
X and nine hundred bushels OF oats
*, Sweet potatoes are ready for shipment
ne A valuable horse, one of a pair owned by Jol
ID s. Sudler, fell in the harness few days ago al
q. died.
AZ The Eastern Shore Railroad Company will n
o special train on the 14th, (Snnday,) to accom-
as as date those wishing to attend Hopewell Can
in Meeting
ig Deals Island Camp commences on Frda
So this week.
ng AccoAAo COUNTY.
of On Friday, of this week, Hance Paine
as colored native of Somerset County, will
nut executed at Drummondtown, Va, for the murd
of Ayers latham.