Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-07-28
WORCESTER COUNTY.

I
Thomas d. Purnell, Secretary and Treasurer
of the Worcester II. r.. was lying dangerously
| Ill at his residence in Chestertown, last week.
| camp meeting will be held under the auspi-
ces of the Methodist Church, of Whaleyville Cir
cult. at Powell's school house, eight miles from
Snow Hill and ten miles from Pittsvlle Com
mencing August 18th, 1870.
A nof Mrs Ards, aged about Is, was drown
ed at Marshalls Mill last week. This is the third
drowning case in the county within two weeks.
The pastoral relation between Rev. VIM. d.
Mackey and the Buckingham and Eden churches
have been dissolved, to take effect September 1st
when he will enter on his duties as Professor of
Mathematics in Delaware College.
CAROLINE COUNTY.
The Union continues its fight with the Cecil
Wing, and the quarrel increases in bitterness.
This is a particularly unfortunate time for such
controversy.
The Denton Union is 10 years old.
Tuckahoe Neck usually the best wheat growing
district in the county raised only half crop this
year.
TALBOT COUNTY.
A little daughter of Mrs. Foreman, of Easton
fell and broke her arm last week.
DR.. Bard's new photograph gallery in Easton
is a success, and the town feels proud of having
permanent establishment of the kind.
Robert Skinner has been sent to Jail, charged
with skinning $25 out of John Powell, railroad
employee.
People are complaining of their failure to re-
ceive the Baltimore mails in time.
Arthur G. Mallikin, has been appointed asss-
tant Marshall, to take the census of Trappe
District
Alexander Stewart, workman on the NJ. q D.
Railroad, died from sun struck, last week.
DORCHESTER COUNTY.
D'Unger, of the Democrat and Herald has
commenced a libel suit against the Inteuigencer.
DIR. Bayley's house, in Cambridge, was struck
by lightning, last week, but not much injured.
Cambridge had heavy rain on Wednesday, of
last week.
The D. & D. Railroad is doing prolitabl bus
mess.
ship yard is talked of at Cambridge, but the
Cambridge is better on the talk " than the
"do."
There are quite anumber of city people SPEND
ing the summer at Cambridge.
The Cambridge Democrat says that from all it
can hear, it believes g the blacks intend to vote
pretty much the one way" This is not very
surprising discovery.
The water of the. Choptank River is just little
salt.
QUEEN ANNE's COUNTY.
Centreville merchants arc trying the cash sys-
tenn
The Observer. wants the Democratic Congress-
ional Convention held in Baltimore.
Wye camp meeting will commence on August
5t
James II. johnson, colored, confined in Cen
treville Jail in charge of larceny picked his way
out recently aud has not since been heard from.
VIM. Meredith has been appointed Justice Of
the Peace in the First District.
The bodies of the man and boy recently
drowned of Kent Island, have been recovered.
Wye Camp Meeting il to be held after all, and
will commence on August 5tli
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Eight persons are in Jail awaiting trial at the
October term of Court.
Farmers want rain.
Methodist Protestant camp meeting will be
held at William j. Handys woods Annamessex,
on the 18th Of August.
A sunday school convention for Somerset
County will be held in Princess Anne, on Thurs
day, August 4th, commencing at o'clock A. M.
wIcoMIco COUNTY.
Peach shippers are making money just now.
camp meeting will commence at Woodlawn,
near Quantico, August 26th.
W. +. Jackson, of Salisbury, was sunstruck
last week. but is now recovering.
Rev. j. Garland Hammer was installed pastor
of the Wicomico Presbyterian Church on the
evening of Friday, the 18th inst, by the Presby-
terry of New Castle.
A County Sunday School Convention will meet
in Salisbury on August Sd at 10 A. M.
The Eastern Shoremdn is one of these papers
that think it both smart and sarcastic to speak
of the President as Mr.. Grant. 1t seems to us
like a very innocent way of letting off bile.