Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-07-25
OUR NEIGHBORS.


| OUR NEIG4BORS.
| MARYLAND.
A young man named John Buchanan, from
| pennsylvania, turned up mt Easton lately and
stole q horse from Mr. Tuthil and carriage from
Dr. Anderson He was pursued and the stolen
properly was recovered at Kenton, In this State
Inc thicl bad traded OFF the carriage to Dr.
Cooper ~ hellton and received $40 to boot, he
got drunk on the money which detained him and
LED u his arrest. DIR. Cooper got back 81. The
thici escaped il Is said through the connvanee o
| q constable.
An extra force Of laborcrs has lately been put
on tile Delaware and Maryland road II Is ex.
pected tlnt trains will run US far us the new town
OF Ridgcly IN nllout Two weeks.
Moses Cooper, an old colorcd citizen of Caro-
line county died last week at the advanced aye Of
l03 years. Ills estate at the time of his death
was worth sai5,0O0.
The Denton Union STATES that the farmer, of
caroline county are greatly disappointed in their
wheat crop, having rcaped II heavy crop OF straw
and but little wheat. ...y4,
The colored people Of Denton and vicinity held
a large picnic last Thursday. Everything pass
cd oil pleasantly and the best of order prevailed.
Dewberries and lIucklebcrrlcs have been plenty
IN Elkion during the past week, selling as low as
8 cents per quart
woods meeting will commence near Cherry
| Hill to-day, and continue over Sunday.
| b.hiv pIhltoni real Estate Agent, sold last
| week the valuable property of Stephen B. Ford,
situated ~ Pivot Bridge, to Charles A. Bryan, for
| sS,0oO. The property consists of dwelling,
storehose and wharf, together with other out
| buildings, on the Chesapeake and Delaware canal.
The camp meeting for Kent circuit of the NJ. e.
| Church will commence in Bakers woods on Fri
1 day next, the 2Gtli instant.
| The farmers On the Eastern Shore have been
| selling their grain by weight and paying freight
on II by measure, by which arrangement they
| lind they have been paying freight on a much
| larger quantity than they have shipped They
| are now holding meetings to remedy the matter
by deiiiilnding that the steamboats, estimate for
| freight by the same standard MS that by which
| the grain Is sold.
CIIEsrEI, COUNTY.
boy named Alfred Scllars son of William
Sellars, of West Fallowfeld township got his
foot Ia front of n moving machine the other day
anu the knives entered his ankle above the heel,
cutting all the tendons OF the left foot and piece
OF the ankle hone. Medical aid was called IN and
the physician hopes to snvc the boys foot.
Ayoung colorcd man named Jacob Armstrong,
Il years Old, who heard that he was to be arrested
for moving stones ut Il boy in Coatcsville, be-
came so badly scared that he went to bed sick.
The Downngtown Journul has been so foolish
as to advertise Its rival, the Coaesyille Union by
iniimallng that the latter works for starvation
prices. The Union clcyerly rctorts by thanking
the J0uiHdt for acknowledging that il does work
cheaper than its opponents, and suggests for the
comfort of the Journal that II the Union is work
ing for less than living prices cannot long stand
| In the Jcn'ndfs way as IN opponent.
The basc-balers up about Coatesville persist in
calling foul-ball flags "foul-flags," and so style
them In a resolution of thanks for the reception
OF pair of beautiful flags of this character from
their lady friends. Taste, In this cascis certainly
sacrificed to brevity.
The harvest in this county has been bount-
m hp ipfrx ct..., t.4n.
ruptcd by showers, but little damage was done
beyond the loss Of Il small amount of grass The
wheat crop is heavy, the heads well filled, the
grains plump, and but little loss has resulted
from the depredations of the weevil. Intelligent
farmers estimate the aggregate yield to be double
that of last year
Some of the Chester county mills arc already
grinding new wheat, and find 1t excellent in quail
John p. Brooke has s,ld out his interest in the
Chester Idhey Union to his partner, VIM. J.
Kaufman. The Union will hereafter be published
the change says: "The Union is an excellent
paper; but just now It has base ball on the
BRAIN
The following, from the Village Record, will
Interest farmers, and ii the wheat really possesses
the qualities claimed 1t will be well for our farm
this borough has left us specimen of his wheat
crop. II is known as Weevil Proof Wheat
It is beardless, and the grain is protected by
heavy chatf, which Is supposed to be proofagainst
the weevil. He brought il from the west, where
II has been grown for several years, and has not
been affected by the ravages of this insect He
thinks the yield will be a full average. weevl
proof wheat is n desderatum to farmers"
DELAWARE COUNTY.
The principal question of interest in Delaware
county just now is did, or did not, Mr. Barton
the representative from this county violate his i'll
md brnnlr faith ,vitt 30
when he voted for Simon Cameron for U. s. Sem
ator. As Mr.. Barton wishes to go to the State
Senate the question is of course an interesting
one, both to himself and his constituents.
Two cases Of yellow fever have occurred ut the
Lazarctto in Delaware county. One case resulted
fatally.
Hon. Jacob s. Serrl, of Darby, has been ap-
pointed member of the Republican State Central
Committee for Delaware county.
A man named Samuel Merritt, who works for
MIR. Peter Worrall, Jr., near Media, was thrown
violently from moving machine recently and
tered his back to the depth of seven inches. He
IL in critical condition, but his physician enter
tains hopes of his recovery.
The Chester Republican is agitating the subject
of r." "rant'sa Of . marriott house in fhat city,
The contract for building Col. Hyatt's military
academy at Chester has been awarded TO John
Shedwicli " Sun for S3s,S15
Chester had during the last term eighteen
schools with an average attendance of about HOO
pupils. 1t is to have new Grammar School and
Committee OF Directors visited Philadelphia,
Camden and this city to examine school houses
before adopting plan for the new house.
The Republican says Most of our farmers
have secured their wheat and grass crops in good
condition We hear few complaints Of the yield
of the former, and of the latter we all have evil
dencc that there has seldom been Il heavier crop.
The oats which Is also heavy, is fast rpening and
will be ready for the reaper in few days.