Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-04-25
OUR NEIGHBORS.


MARYLAND.
The Denton Union details at length the circum-
stances attending the arrest of james Arnold on
suspicion Of being the murderer of MI james A.
Tarr, of Hillsborough, last month. The posses
sion Of a fifty dollar note called attention to him
Us the guilty party. On the strength OF " con-
fession" from him, in which he pretended that
two other men were the principals In the murder,
they were arrested but there being no evidence
against them, they were discharged
The Orphans Court of Caroline county will sit
on Tuesday, April 23rd.
The Cecil Wig comes out enthusiastically In
favor of universal manhood suffrage and urges
the coloredpeople to be up and doing, and to I'M
vote in lo6S, and hoping that they will vote next
Fall. The Wing Is one Of the best country papers
on our exchange list, and We bid II God-speed In
Its crusade against ignorance and barbarism.
On Monday last the people of N rtheast held
their town election. The question was for or
being now prohibited) and resulted as follows =
For license, II against 1t, 20; more than 4 to
In favor of tetOtalism.
The colored people of Elkton are endeayorng
10 raise money to build School house. They
held meeting for this object on last Monday
The Snow Hill Shield says of the crops on the
southern shore Of Maryland. The peach trees are
in bloom and gives promise OF large crop; the
leaves are putting forth from the trees peas are
three inches high shad are abundant In onr riy-
er everything luscious Ia near at hand and things
lovely to the eye will soon be sent everywhere
Wheat looks well.
CHESTER COUNTY.
West Chester editor, whose name Is not
publicly mentioned though we suppose Il of
| course to be friend Evans of the Record, came
| near losing five thousand dollars In Government
bonds few days ago. Upon making thorough
search, they were found among some waste paper
where Biddy," the servant maid, had thrown
them, not knowing their value
The mill owned by the Borough of West Ches-
ter, situate in West Goshen township, and now In
| the occupancy of Nelson Stevens, was forcibly
entered on Friday night week, and several hum
| dred weight Of hams and a number Of bags car
| ried oil.
Mr.. James Walton, of Philadelphia, is about to
open banking house In kennctt Square, which
will be quite an accommodation TO the people of
the neighborhood. Mr.. Walton 10 recommend
ed by Jay Cooke as being reliable business man.
The Good Templars, of Kennett Square, will
give an entertainment In the Borough Hall, on
Saturday evening, goth inst The exercises will
consist of dialogues, tableaux, declamations, &c.
The Coatesvile Union informs us that Prof.
Taylor contemplates disposing of his Academy
building, in said village, to a company who will
convert IL into public Hall. Mr.. T. will erect
new buildings for his school.
The West Chester Am. Republican says Some
thing like the cattle plague is now prevailing on
i
| township. He las had five cows to die lately and
there are three more sick at the present time MIR.
Mosteller purchased COW from drover that
came from Ohio, and 1t is thought that she brought
the disease on the premises.
A handsome Oxford folio Bible, costing s55.
was lately presented by lady OF philadelphia TO
the Oxford Presbyterian Church.
Rev. Mr.. Cam, the newly appointed iunior
preacher or the Oxford NJ. Z, Circuit preached
his first sermon in Oxford on Sunday evening last.
During the past two weeks active preparatisps
for the erection Of some six or seven new houses
and stores III Oxford ave been going on. Sew
eral cellars have been dug out, and the prospect
is that a large number of houses will be mt up
this year than last.
clever act of neighborly kindness was exhib-
lied by the neighbors Of Andrew Ortlp of Upper
oxford, (whose barn, stock, &C., were burned on
the lth inst.,) who turned out in force few days
after the fire and put in Mr.. 0.s oats and plowed
his corn ground. Seventeen teams were on the
place at one time.
The farm of the late Thompson Ramsey, In
Ea t Nottingham township, Chester county-80
acres-was purchased by VIM. t. Clark, Of Dru-
more township, Lancaster comfy, at S50.25 per
acre.
| DELAWARE COUNTY.
| At the public sale of Thomas W. Hemphil,
Delaware county, April 4th, 1867, eight home
raised cows sold as follows: $6i, eli, $81, S1Ol
S105 s10I, S112.
Company has been chartered to build city
railway In Chester.