Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-07-07
The Peninsula.


An army of belligerent ileas made sudden
attack on the lawyers and witnesses in case in
the court at Easton few days ago and put them
all to flight
The Talbot Teachers Association has debated
the question Of corporal punishment and conclu-
ded that it ought to be retained. They also lis
tened to an eulogy on the rebel general Dick
Taylor, pretending that it was literature.
The Fifteenth Amendment celebration in Elk
ton takes place on the 18th.
The male and female acadamics in st. Mich
aels have closed until September.
Tie Good Templars of st. Michaes will give
steamboat excursion to Chescrtow1i, OH the 18th
inst.
A camp meeting will commence at Broad Creek
Neck, on August It'll.
John Spry Leonard, of Royal Oak, has been
appointed Captain of the steamboat helf, and
the boat will doubtless run n spry and royal
course.
wIConIIco COUNTY.
Court met on the 9TH.
The yield of wheat in this county was much
larger than was anticipated-in fact, about as
large as usual.
On Sunday week. Richard Evans, aged 16, liy-
ing at Nanticoke Point, attempted to kindle fire
with coal OIL and as a consequence, was burned
to death.
On Wednesday, of last week, the wheat yard
oil tIeO. IL. humphrey luTII HDbut tNo hiheo
from Salisbury was struck by lightning, which
fired the straw and caused the destruction of
five stacks of wheat.
WORCESTER COUNTY.
There is a great deal Of sickness in Newtown.
The NJ. Il. Choir at Berlin will give a concert
shortly.
Blackberries and whorteberries are plentiful.
The Worcester Shield has an editorial headed
."Cursory," about the quarrel started iii Talbot,
in which it says some pretty severe things about
the Star faction. Nothing but IA sense of pro-
priety prevents the editor from making his arti-
Gle clirseory indeed
The County and State tax S51lc. on the 800.
Rev. ogle Marbury of Prince Georges county,
will probably be called to All Iiallow's Episcopal
Church. in Snow HILL
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Jacob White has been appointed post master
al Deals Island, vice NJ. Erlangor resigned.
The recent moist weather has helped corn and
oats A good crop of oats is expected.
Business was generally suspended on the
Fourth in Princess Anne.
| The yield of wheat is even smaller than was
| anticipated.
County and State levy on the county is si.06l4
| on the 800.
The population of Princess Anne is I'LL OF
which number AL are white and $50 coored.
| a DOlu DuV Ut1StlccbbSlui hllcihlt NiS iudtc ~
burglar, one night recently, to enter the resi-
dence of Mrs. Mary HUMPHREYS, OF Princess
| Anne.
| DORCHESTER COUNTY.
sThe cruel war il over" down in Cambridge
| though we can zee little honor to be derived
from such avalanches of personal abuse it seems
| to iis that the Democrat commenced the fight on
the H,t}ligmccr and got the worst of it, He
| evidently walked up the wrong passenger. We
hone that in the future the two will coniine theil
rivalry in seeing who can print the best news
paper.
Delaware Annual Conference of tile M. Il
Church. (colored,) will hold its next session il
Cambridge on the 2lst inst.
The colored people of Cambridge celebrated
the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment, II
that town, on the 4th inst.
The disgraceful quarrel between Il Dem0crd
and the Iitetigencer, of Cambridge, has culmin
ated in libel suit.
VIM Alex. McCook, has been appointed con
stable in place of John I. Jackson.
CAROLINE COUNTY.
The Denton Union advises Wilmington mer
chants not to forget the Peninsula in their ad
yertising. We heartily second it.
The steamboat Massachusetts has discontinue
her trips to Denton.
The old NJ. Il. church in Denton was recent
sold by the society for 1928.
The Galloway tract of land has been sold to II
: c. Cooper, of Delaware for S32 per acre.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
,, Col. Polk DIR. Stewart, and Littleton Long
= have been reelected town Commissioners, Q
i | Princess Anne.
Snow Hill Preachers Association met in Prir
, | cess Anne, about two weeks ago.
Il. j. Jackson Il Co., of Salisbury, have COZ
: tracted to build new bridge at Deals lslant
for $4,000.