Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-06-27
NUMBER "a.
OUR NEIoHBoRs.

OUR NEIoHBoRs.
l.rs CHESTER COUNTY. .,,
Alexander HI lt,n has sold his farm of iO'
acres in Upper oxford township, to N. q. Hyts
y Co., Of Vermont, for Ss5 per acre. We judy,
from the amount Of land they are buying In Ches.
ter county. Mcs-rs. N. T.. Hyde & Co. are buying
That County IN SPECULATION.
Some man in Chester county by written atl.
vertistinent announces TO the public that he
Holds for Sail lot Of good Shots of Pigs
Chester Co. Stalk"
The Oxford Press has live locals In succession
announcing Ms many strawberry festivals in the
neighborhood of Oxford.
| f,.nily IN Lower Oxford township recently
attr,nit'd t'i ninkc cooling drink from Tartaric
| Acii. ai,i Used in mistake Tartar Elnetic. 1t
| ,;,'sed -'vcrc pain and violent vomiting.
Considerable damage was done to crops, iences
bridges and dams IN Chester cOiiuty last week by
freshets produced by b avy raiis.
Gideon speakman, of Birmingham has s,d
his place OF 2l acres, purchased of VIM. Russell,
to John Gilpin for $4,000, and intends removing
| to Chester.
The colored citizens of Chester and the ad-
Joining counties will hold Convention In West
Chester, on Tuesday, June "a, to make arrange
ments for celebrating President Llncoln's Eman-
cipation Proclamation. rsi-
The JcDarsonian says the attempt to start u
Democratic paper In Delaware county has not
been abandoned.
Joseph Pomeroy Jr., has been appointed POST
master at Pomcroy, Chester county, In Place of
George w. Lowden. resigned. M
DELAWARE COUNTY.
Our nclghbor Walter, of the Rspa5iican, who
Is noted sportsman, and probably owis dogs,
vaiialily takes up the cudIpl in bcll,lf of tile
prosecuted animals, and holds forth as follows:
T" How true IL is, that every Summer comes up
The cry II mad dos, and city councilmcn and
hyurophObc cow,Itis demand u sacrifice OF this
porsccut race. Ii they were understood, their
nature, character and constitution cttcr known,
aud good ca taken Of them y their owners, we
should have less hydrophobia and no wholesale
butccrv of our trrrst friends mt companons-
the dogs. Oliver Guldsmiti,, the ,i,'st charming
aud cunp,niouablc OF poets, wrote an Elr..y
On Mad Dog" bi which is ttis cmpi I,
I ~" lhe al. to ssin some private ends,
Wal mad, and bit the nlai." ..r,
That WI, cruel libel on Digs in general, aud
Hm dog in particular. GOldsinitll well knew thai
the c;lninc race had no . riyale ends (excrpl
their tills) To aveii.r-aiid then Unly in tii.
"dog days! But the pet colIsOed his reader,
by adding tho melancholy fact,
The mau recovered faln the hits
M The dog 1t was that died" rgbsf.f
We suspect Goldsmith was hungry, possibly very
dry, psrha needed clean shirt, and more tlnii
probable some ready cash, when he ascended
Parnassus in pursuit Of mad dog. Miserable,
sorrowinl, inisanthropic poct-poor, unfortunate,
friendcss dog!" 'l.'t sHlf'n
q On Friday last, James Gardner a clerk in a Ii
quur store at Chester, found that $1,000 in promi-
sorry notes and greenbacks had been stolen f III
him. He kept his loose change In boz, x
which he stuck In between the shingles auu ralt-
eers Of the building in which he was smployed,and
having occasion for some of his treasure, we went
to the spot on Friday aud found the money was
gone. . ga
I, The trial Of pippin for the murder of Mr.. Rob
erts, of Snow liill which has been going on in
the Talbot County Courts resulted in the acquit-
tai OF the prisoner. pippin was held however
under al'tier indictment for stealing cattle.
y Anoth roIe of thtsc dinbolical outrages on
culored men, which arr becoming so frequent on
this Pen.asila iranspircd recently at Easton.
white man named Win. Il. Chance ordered coll
ored man, named jackson Young to hold lis
horse. Young said he had no time. Chance il.
mediatvly cursed him and applied the Inust d
probrio sepithet to him. jackson retored, wl,.
Chance g,,t off his horsc and commenced bcatl;
Jackson, the latter In self defence struck the
salient, when VIM. II. Nubb, a noted slave deal.
before tile war. who was Imprisoned during t-
war for dlsl0yalty, and who was appointed Ly
Governor Swami Commissioner Of Stale Statistics
ran over to jackson and struck hin, three heavy
blows over the head with q stick. Jackson's
shirt was torn of, aud he was nearly stripped.
At this junction Frank G. Wright rode up and
handed Chance pistol, who fred three times at
Jackson, who. with difficulty, escaped with his
NE. Alter tnis occurrence JACKSON was twice
warned that he would be attacked at night and
mobbed in his house. In this situation he appli-
cd 70 the Magistrates Of the town tor q writ
n, a pai ;sey aecsnea ~ aci ~ he xd
HI then went r. ras,dant ~ tha soa',, u ,ea, @
nlied for proection statnr 10. h ss enI np
stay in his house nt night The pentleman took
him to his house, where he remained ali night
ms wiie and children remaining at neighbor's.
The case has been laid before Gen. Gregory
with request that the Frecdmen's Bureau take
Inc matter IN charge. v.flUIIH .5fI
About $1,000 has been raj. ed in Somerset county
in aid of the suffering South.
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roroad ma.,;,s, Snn a., sgnS a..c..aanee ,,' ~
now firiv Il mo,om anu MAJ IL sa,S m s ua' as
motion until the iron horse slnkes his thirst and
coos his heated lungs In the waters of the POGO
moke." tlt,..'..r,,,. i.i,i,,.-f
young man and a little pirl. botb vf New
town. epcri,nfered 4 r,,,d dor rrcenriv Tn. Al
was bitten In the feslIy pai Of the hand. and fiie
man was severely scratched about the face Lv The
animals claws A physician was called Who
dressed the wounds and il is hoped that liz, ,,r,l-
cr evil consequences will ensue.
Tha s,l;sh,r,, W, r., ,,,a.,. H.. .,
of a new cnnytv "nt ~ nsrts nr Snn.rs,., M. a,,j
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ls l, .er
IN salisbury recently m lil.ensive colOrcd
ina w,s grossly ii,s'iited anu lie shocked the In
sutrr nown, later IN the day mob attacked the
c.,lored man and beat him shaineiolly; No at
tempt 70 arrest tle Williams was made. The Nem
rru very senslhly advises tile colored people, IL
Tue law wont protect them, to protect themselves
The ladies of the NJ L, Church mt Hayrc de
Grace have held fair and festival on boad the
Old steamer Maryland.
Mr.. James L. Murdoch is to give select rrud-
ines In Ell<top ON the evening Of J,ly list
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for tic festival i, % Nailuhan u q Church ' epres5yte.
rian) on the 2oh. The seller, tiding they were
fur clurcn puTIpOsts, rcfHscu To let them have