Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-08-11

| SOMERSET COUNTY.
Watemelons are cheap and plentiful in Prin
| cess Anne.
The True Md,yldnder wants the question Of
the right Of Marylanders to fish for oysters, in
| Pocomoke Sound, carried to the Supreme CourI
OF the United States.
| An interesting county Sunday school conven
ton was held in Princess Anne on the 4th inst
Deals Island camp was well attended.
Republican primary meetings. to elect dele
gates 20 the Congressional Convention, will be
| held throughout the county next Saturday
| August 18TH
wIcoMIco COUNTY.
large Sunday school convention was held al
Salisbury, on the Sd instant.
The corn is beginning to be seriously affected
by the continued drought
Watermelons are abundant but of poor quality,
| in Salisbury market.
WORCESTER COUNTY.
Peter d: Cottingham, of Snow Hill, was gored
by o COW he was feeding last week, and very
seriously injured. He was standing near her
| when large dog came to him. The cow made
lounge at the dog, but missed him, her horn
entering Mr. Cottinghams abdomen While he
was being carried home his house caught fire.
and was only saved from destruction by hard
work.
TALBOT COUNTY.
The Easton Star continues to whack away at
Colonel Hambleton, and now charges him with
using his official position to take care of his rela
tives. The Delaware Democrats think that the
best trait an Office holder can exhibit.
Corn is suffering from the continued drought.
DORCHESTER COUNTY.
The Democrat and Herald after much besita-
ton goes in for France. Its editor il of German
extraction and has French name. Its editor
was recently accidentally shot and he gets as
lnI nf t1,ah 1lAt ...t..
his leg.
Wheat has turned out somewhat better than
was expected.
Large shipments of peaches are being made
to Baltimore by steamboat. Large shipments
are also being made by rail to New York.
Richard @. Holland, Crier of the Circuit Court
for Dorchester County, died last week.
VIM Jones, colored, aged about 10, a son Of
Mitchell JONES' of Cambridge, was drowned on
saturday week, while bathing at the mouth of
Cambridge creek.
Peaches are scarce in Cambridge. however
plentiful they may be around it.
i, Ennalls Spring Camp Meeting was smaller
this year than it has been for twenty years.
CAROLINE COUNTY.
Concord Camp begins on Friday, 18th inst.
The population of the county is about $4,000.
One of the census-takers has, saws the Union.
unearthed two centenarlans, whilst in the dis
charge of his duty-Jane Hutson Familiarity
known az "Jennie Dublin" aged 1l6 years, and
Ann Murray, aged ITO years.-The county re-
cords show that these are their true ages.
CECIL COUNTY.
The last number of the Cecil Whig completes
IT'S 18th volume. it having been established on
the LIST Of August, 1S4l. 1t has been enlarged
twice since ii started and now is a handsome
thirty-two column sheet, and one of the best
country papers i'll our exchange list.
The Wings crop summary is half crop of
poor wheat, oats good and corn looking WE'LL but
beginning to suffer from the drought.
Deputy U. S. Marshals are resigning because
taking the census does not pay.
The new Building Association of Elkton.
founded on the permanent or serial PLAN and
called the Mutual Building Association of Cecil
County, has perfected its organization by adopt
ing charter and bylaws and electng David
Scott. President; II. d. NJ. Howard, Vice Presi-
dent IL. G. Reese, Secretary; VIM. p. Ewing,
IMreashrer; and |, =. =. Ewing " H Elder, R.
Gilpin and G. NJ. Ellis, Directors.
John Armour, of Wilmington, was stunned by
by stroke of lightning, at North East, last week.
The North East club beat the Newark DELI
club, at base ball, last week, by score of 80 to
So.
new bridge is being built over the North
East Creek on the Charlestown road
Patrick Barry, an aged Irishman, who was for
more than twenty years in the employ of the
Tickets family, near Elkton, but who has been
recently hopelessly addicted to habits of intenl-
perance put on end to his existence on Tuesday
last, by drowning himself in Marley mill race.
His preparations must have been most resolute.
As if fearing that, at the last, he might recon-
slider his determination to put an end to misera-
bic existence, he fastened one end of rope to
large stone and the other end to his neck and
then took the fatal plunge.
QUEEN ANNE's COUNTY.
The Centreville Observer comedies Cecil and
Caroline to the Republicans this fall. Good
We will take the majority of the others without
concession.
The train from Townsend to sudlersville now
makes daily trips. but no contract has yet been
mado to complete the road.
MIR. Clark, a drover, lost fine horse from blind
staggers, near Centreville, last week.