Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-10-06
The Peninsula.


The Peninsula.
DORCHESTER COUNTY.
Several colored men have been arrested in
Dorchester, charged with perjury in having
sworn, as a condition to registering, that they
had never been guilty of any infamous crime,
when they had been in the penitentiary for lar
ceny. The Democrats allege that the Republic
cans induced the colored men to take the OATH
| and the colored men and Republicans both deny
| it.
Tho total number of colored voters will be
i over 1900
Ned Anthony, the one policeman, on whom
| Cambridge relies for the preservation of public
order, got drunk recently and violently assaulted
a man with knife but in his bungling efforts
nearly cut his own throat.
| Water has been so scarce during the drought
| that some farmers have been compelled to drive
their cattle to the brackish rivers for drink.
| Cambridge is urged to subscribe towards a
road from Georgetown to Seaford.
| A new NJ. p Church will be dedicated at To-
baccostick, on Oct. 10Th.
| Registration passed off quietly. About 1900
| colored men registered in tile County.
| The steamboat Highland Light, was recently
run into by a large schooner, but escaped
The newly registered colored voters are being
arrested on charges of false swearing, and then
committed to Jail in default of heavy bail.
| LeWis WtuS onarlcs FURNISH, tcolored) las
| been committed to the county Jail charged with
| attempted outrage on white lady.
wIcoMIco COUNTY.
Democratic meetings are being held all over
| the county.
| Coal is 50 per ton Of 2240 lbs, in Salisbury
The men who kill birds for sport complain
that those who kill them for business are exter-
| mnating the cartridges. We suppose it mat
ters little to the birds which kind kills them.
The number of colored voters in the county
| is about no.
An amendment jubilee will be held in Sails
bury on the 18th inst.
wIcoMIco COUNTY.
On Friday night, Sept. 10th, the buildings con.
nected with Parsons Il Co.'s Marine Railway at
| Shad Point, were destroyed by fire. Loss about
| $4,000, partly covered by insurance in Baltimore
companies.
| Little Willie Tarr of Salisbury, in the pursuit
| of experimental knowlenge poured some gum
powder from bottle on lighted cigar, shortly
after which there was n smell of burnt Tarr in
| that neighborhood He will recover.
Coal sells in Salisbury at 81 per ton.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The fires in the woods were still raging on the
Goth inst, though we suppose the recent rains
| must have checked if not extinguished them.
Tie fires are believed to originate in the attempts
OF coon hunters to burn out these animals.
One of those singular clleese-poisoning cases
which occur every now and then has lust pros
| trated two families in Princess Anne. With that
Christian charity that so well becomes his ceri-
| cal pretensions, the editor of the True Mary
| lander insinuates that the cheeses being manli-
| featured in the North, are purposely poisoned
Chicken theving il uncomfortably common.
TALBOT COUNTY.
81. Michaels needs cleaning mp.
The Comet, neutral paper, speaking Of the
Amendment celebration on Wednesday, 2Stl ult.,
says 1.-THE day passed off very quietly, the best
| of order prevailing, during the whole time An
effective police system was established and main
| tanned, until the close of the proceedings. From
all appearances our coored citizens seem to
enjoy the day, and participate with zeal in tho
exercises. Tho procession was well conducted,
marching with good order and precision"
The journal does gross injustice, unntention-
ally we hope, in crediting tho Cecil Democrats
oulogy of Col. Hambleton to the Cecil Wing.
Mr.. John A. Boyles has sold his farm adjoin-
ing the Trappc to Mr.. Thos. S. Haddaway, for
$4,000
A. L. Tharp, Alexander Anderson and Walter
5. liaddaway, have been appointed to the vacant
| scholarships at st. Johns College, Annapolis,
by the School Commissioners of Talbot county.
The Methodist Protestant Church in Easton is
being enlarged.
The colored hod carriers working at the Easton
| market house, who were receiving 81 % per day,
| struck recently but were replaced by others
A horse belonging to Mr.. Newman, of Queen
Annes county, recently ran away in Easton,
| smashing the carriage attached to him and those
of two doctors Of the town.
At tho recent registration there were registered
233 white and 1888 colored voters, The full
white vote of this county is over 1900.
KENT COUNTY.
The Freentdn's Journal is full of spice. 1t
declares that a Register in the Fourth District
l ks,,;l,
''geen an" and .'hoss." 1t declares that all
sorts Of fraud and intimidation have been prac-
ticed by the registry officers.
The Democrats are racking their brains in the
effort to subtract 1900 from 400 and leave a
Democratic majority as remainder.
CAROLINE COUNTY.
The county has about 5000 voters, $50 of whom
are colored In 1869 the county polled 99l
Democratic votes. to SIT Republican, and the
Republican vote was not well got out. This year
the county will give from $50 to $50 Republican
majority.
On Saturday, Sept. 2ith, meeting to organize
| Farmers club was held at Denton, which APP
pointed committees on organization, constitii-
| ton, and adjourned to meet again on Oct LIST.
| VIM. I. Sorden, much respected young man,
| son of VIM. Sorden, of Townsends Roads,
| recently became hopelessly insane from excite
ment at a Methodist revival at Wesley's Chapel.
CECIL COUNTY.
| Some fellow is lecturing in Elkton who teaches
his hearers, among other things, how the world
was brought into existence, and how Jesus per-
| formed miracles
Miss Mary, daughter of Hon. Hiram McCul-
Tough, of Elkton, had her pocket book stolen as
she was passing through Wilmington, in the
cars recently She had thoughtlessly left it for
| moment on n seat.
| The iron works at liowlandsvile arc very busy.
| At the present term of the Circuit Court the
only serious charge tried was one against Charles
Williams and Sarah Williams, (colored) for the
murder by poisnng with arsenic, James Will
liams, uncle of tho one and husband Of the
other. Charles was acquitted but no verdict had
| been rendered in Sarahs case when tho Wing
went to press Friday night.
! ---------------------x-