Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-07-04
OUR NEIeHBoRS.


On Wednesday, June 18th, VIM. Ayers, aged
about 10 years, a son of Thomson Ayers OF
Hickory Hill, fell from tree distance Of about
thirty feet to the ground and fractured his skull.
Medical aid was summoned and the lad is now
recovering.
The Oxford Press says "A great excitement
was occasioned in Upper Oxford township, near
Andrews Bridge, on last Thursday evening.
During the absence from home of James L. Bar
nard and wife, the girl living will. them COM
menced screaming and shouting In q terrible
manner, and set the hired boy ringing the farm
bell, which he did so eifectually rs to bring the
neighbois from all quarters, in hurry supposing
something dreadful had happened. On arriving
ut the house the girl informed them that two men
had entered ohe house, picked up u candle and
gone up stairs. This intelligence so alarmed the
first party that arrived that they backed out and
were about leaving the premises, when reinforce
ments came, one of whom yehemently urged
them not to run away and leave the house TO be
robbed. They then carefully searched the pre-
misses but No robbers could be found, nor was
anything disturbed. The girl was questioned
and stated positively that two men had gone up
stairs, and that one of them was In the party that
came to the rescue" one who did considerable
talking During the excitement Mr.. and Mrs.
Barnard came home in considerable aarm-hay-
ing heard the bell-and questioned the girl, who
still insisted on two men entering the house, one
of whom was in the crowd. A further examina-'
tion proved that nothing had been disturbed. II
is thought by many that the robbers arc of the
same character MS those who gave such trouble
at Jacob Browns, in Colcran, last fall.
DELAWARE COUNTY.
The Ridley Presbyterian Church realized $500
by their recent fair in Chester.
The steamer Jersey Blue now runs from Chcs-
ter to Philadelphia every Sunday morning
The School Directors Of Birmingham township
advertise Tor proposals for the erection OF O new
school building in that township.
The board Of school directors Of the city of
Chester want to borrow $4,000, with which TO
erect n handsome school house in the Middle
Ward.
The City Council of Chester has employed nm
engineer to prepare plans and specifications for
reservoir such as will supply the city with good
water. The Improvement will be vigorously
pushed
house, in Upper Chichester, has been awarded TO
Robert NJ. Green, of Chester ut $4,4OO. The
building is to be two stories, 80 by 80 IT,, and 30
feet in the square, The walls are to be of brick.
A little boy but "a months old, n son of Geo.
Clendanies, of Media, while playing around the
house on Friday last tripped and fell into boiler
OF hot water which was standing on the tloor and
was scalded from his feet to his chest. He died
in about hours from the timo of the accident.
A woman who lives at Rockdale has been play
ing upon the sympathies of the farmers of Della
ware county and realized a considerable amount
of money by telling pitiful story of blind hus-
band and u sick daughter at home. A Rockdae
correspondent Of the Media American says the
woman Is I'm imposter, and that no destitution
exists in Rockdalc.
Hay harvest has commenced in this county,
The grass is generally heavy and in many instan-
ces 50 badly down and tangled as to make it al
most impossible to cut with n machine. The
the recent heavy rains The yield will not &c
so great, nor the quality so good Ii would have
been, had the season not been so wet, while much
more labor will be required to gather the crop.
An attempt was made to enter the store Of
Pretty d Hannum in Upland, on the night Of the
10Th inst. The thieves endeayored to effect nj
entrance by prying. open cellar window, bu
finding their efforts ruitess quietly retired The,
also on the same night attempt to rob the store o
I. b. Jarman but some OF the minutes OF TIT
house awakening, gave the alarm and the thieye
| suddenly deoamped.
On Monday last the annual Commencement o
Col. Hyatts Military Academy at Chester tool
! place. The exercises were very interesting, AM
were witnessed by a large number Of invite
| guests On Tuesday morning the school " brok
| for the holidays" and ut two O'Clock the corne
stone OF the new building was laid with appropr
| ate ceremonies.
1t is said the Philadelphia, Wilmington an
| Baltimore Railroad Company has declared ii
six per cent. upon all the subscribed stock of III
proposed Chester Creek railroad. If this is trl
it will be a long and good stride forward for ii
new company, and will make the Investment
lis stock quite safe.
| MARYLAND.
The Calvert Base Ball Club of Baltimore wi
play the Hayre Club of Havre de Grace, on Ju
lth.
Rev. DIR. levin, of Salisbury is named as IL
probable Bishop of the diocese of the Easter
Shore of Maryland
The following is an official statement Of d
assessment OF 1867 in each county of the fir
district of Maryland, as returned by the assessor
J. c. Ledman, Postmaster at Denton, has be,
appointed enrolling officer of Caroline county Ii
der the State Militia law, passed by the last Mar
land Legislature.
The mob which recently hung Pippin in Que
Anne's county have notified other parties that u
/ less they leave the county they will share :
. same fate. Wonder If they have Sheriff in I'll
n county?
Two men in Caroline county have recently {
tanned through the courts divorces from til
wives They are the first divorce cases In d
. county for years. They are luckicr in that