Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-06-30
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The Peninsula.


TALBOT COUNTY.
Andrew Flanagan of Bolinghold, died last
ship builder in Baltimore but has lived in Talbot
three years.
Farm hands are scarce.
Thomas ]. Reynolds, of Oxford Neck, recently
injured by moving machine accident IL rapidly
recovering and is now believed both his legs can
be saved. He was formerly resident Of New
Castle county.
The colored peoples amendment celebration
will take place on the 18th Of August. having
been put off 80 as not to interfere with harvest.
WORCESTER COUNTY.
VIM. II. S. Merrill has been appointed Post
master of Newtown, in place of DIR. McMaster,
removed.
While the preliminary surveys were being made
for the Wicomico and Pocomoke party native"
actually unbitched his horse from the place and
sat down on the fence tosee the cars come along,
nothing doubling that they would not be many
minutes behind the surveyors.
wIcoMco COUNTY.
The County Commissioners have fixed the tax
Mt y2 cents on the 800, and the State tax of 1914
cents in addition, being the total to S1.11l cents
on the 200.
Salisbury is troubled with mosquitoes as well
AZ taxes
CECIL. COUNTY.
An adventurous four year old son of Hugh
Furguson, at Elkton, suddenly disappeared last
week. After thirty-six hours OF anxious search,
his parents received a telegram, stating that the
urclin was safe in Baltimore he having got
aboard a train and gone it alone.
On the 25th of April last fracas occurred at
Elkton between the employees of circus and
some citizens, in which one of the former was
stabbed, and Il was thought fatally injured. A
colorei boy belonging with the circus was arrest
ed and held as witness, in default of bail, being
committed to jail where he is yet incarcerated,
though the wounded man recovered long ago,
and left the place.
Some villain at North East, few nights ago.
threw stone at passing locomotive, and
severely injured the fireman.
CAROLINE COUNTY.
Early corn is in silk.
| A few farmers have engaged in cheese making.
Two weeks ago, dwelling house on the farm
of George Bell, deceased, was struck by lightning
| and slightly damaged. A little colored child was
stunned. and is left with one arm paralyzed.
| The barn of Samuel H. Flaharty was also recent
| ly struck by lightning, but the damage was
slight.
VIM Stevens has been appointed to assist in
| taking the census.
| QUEEN ANNE's COUNTY.
| The post office at Centreville becomes money
| Order office on July l.
The peach prospect looks worse and worse.
| A one hundred uOllar HORSE uWhou ny uoihai
Kennaman, fell down an old well and killed him
| self.
@. J. b. Mitchell, of Queenstown, has a fin'
| flock of Cotswold sheep, from which he has re
Gently taken heeces some locks OF which mea
sured II inches
Here as everywhere, the wheat turns on
poorly.
VIM. Elliott, near Church Hill, recently los
two colts, by lightning.
The chicken cholera is playing sad havoc witt
the fowls.
Daniel II. Dunning convicted of assault an
battery on Samuel c. Chance, has been pardoned
DORCHESTER COUNTY.
The last number of the Cambridge Democrd
is SO full of vituperation of the republican edito
in the same town that there is nothing in it Q
any interest to persons not personally acquainte
with the parties to the disgraceful quarrel
Burton deserves all the abuse showered on hiI
he is not worthy the space appropriated to It,
not il is rank villiany to 30 abuse him. 1t
disgraceful in any event for newspaper to lie
such terms al the Democrat employs.
And now the Intelligencer is as full of abus
of DUnger as the Democrat was of Burton. I'll
celebrated Eatanswill controversy was nothin
to this.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The Board Of Managers of the Deales Islan
Camp Meeting have determined that tent built
, ing must be finished by noon on Friday, Augu
5tR, and that public worship will commence at
. o'clock that afternoon.
The True Ma,yldnder reflects the favorab
. impressions its editor found Of Wilmington du
/, ing recent visit. 1t also speaks in the mo
complimentary manner of Delaware College al
| its new factory.