The daily gazette., 1882-04-17
LErrER FRom mLACKB1RD.


CONDITION or TME PEACE cRoP-TME
WHEAT cRoP-uHRRsTRAINED RR-
0RoRs-ONR or TMR BLACK FIENDs
ENTER TWO HoUsRa, BUT Is DRIVEN
OYE.
Special Correspondence OF the Gazette.
BLACKnEED, Del, April II, 1889.
The peach scare has subslded to
some extent, the growers after careful
examination finding plenty Of live and
healthy buds. Should the buds safely
weather the present month there Is
but little danger to apprehend after
wards.
There 10 every prospect for bounti-
fAl harvest of wheat the coming har :.
vest, and farmers are jubilant over
their bright prospects. Mr.. v. o.
Hin can justly lay claim to the finest
hood.
Charles Mailer cat ght in BlackbIrd
creek, on Saturday night, 100 fish of
different kinds. Fish 10 a regular diet
1T present IN this vicinity, the s'creek"
furnishing some very palatable fish for
our tables.
A temperance meeting will be held
ut the Friendship Church, on Friday.
April 21st. Rev. r.. X. Stephenson,
OF Blackbird, will be the principal
speaker Of he meeting.
II ever neighborhood was cursed By
negroes, unreslrainej by law or moral
ity, we can safely say Il Ia this one In
the vicinity Of BlackbIrd, for several
svatlaa ars,YanA I'm T.tA.v laat 1Ath
Jerry Papjer, an elderly negro who lives
In Thotoughfares Neck, and who receives
q pension, went to the village Of Black
bird, IN drunken condition, aud going
In the store Of B. A. Davis, and finding
no one In bnt Mira. Davis, began abus-
ing her, using the foulest language i'm
aglnabls, applying TO her all the foul
names possible TO apply TO a human
beng, aud finished by grasping her
/ wrist.
Mrs. Davis rendered desperate by ter.
! ror, struck the negro ON the heal with
| the yard stick. breaking the stick. Thi'
rel. astd the negroes holl on her wrist
i when Mra. %. seized an ax.helve whiet
4 was lying near succeeded In driving hin
from the store. IL appeard that there
/ WAS not man near the store whom che
could call to for ass stance. The negrJ
after leaving the village, stopped at the
house Of II. r.. Wafrsn, ab0nt one mile
/ from the village. MIR. Warren who Is I
| lAboreE and working for his daily bread
was not ut home at the time; hndtpl
| out this fact the negro attempted Il
enter saying that there was WON Al
there thai he wanted to see, and rs ther'
was no one but herself and child In thl
house, Mrs. w. picked up the AK ar,
1 ~ia masNAE he n ~
the outside; he then began to abuse MIS-
Warren because she would not lat hin
In. In o short time Mr.. John Nilsson
who was going bv with losd OF woo'
was attracted by Mira. W's. cries. ant
| went to her rescue. Mr.. Wilson, wb,
had heavy blAck.snaks whip In hi
hand, knocked tha negro down saveta
times; he then applied the lash uutil th
scoundrel begged for mercy. Mr.. W
negro 30 depart Had IL not been TO
the bravery Of Mrs. Dayls, in the village
Who succeeded In driving the negro of
and the heroic stand Of Mrs. Warren 4
keeping the negro at bay, until assist
ance cane, there IL no telling how ia
the gcoundrel would OF let his licsntious
ness carry him. have not heard of an
steEs being taken for the legal punish
ment OF this negro, surely those gentle
men viii not through auy false idea
modesiy let the black scoundrel go un
punished, except that given him by Mi
Wilton.
Such things are getting too freque at
IL ls but few weeks ago, when ger
tleman, who lives near this town wa
sitting IN his parlor after supper wa
surprised on turning around TO I'm
himself facing . negro who had entere
unanaouHced. Il Is almost needless tG
say, that he was helped out, In manne
more forcIbls than polite. A.