Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-02-21
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u hog, that amputation was necessary.
One dark night recently man in Lower
Oxford hearing noise amongst his chickens
took his gun and went out doors to see what
was the matter. He heard chicken squeal-
ing up in the air and firing in the direction
of the noise brought down large owl, but
did not injure the hen the owl was carrying
off,
Several robberies have recently been COM
mittcd in Lower Oxford twp. Several men
have been arrested and bound over for the
theft.
The Chester Valley Union speaks Of ane,c
and beautiful piece of music entitled Pass
under the rod.
The Steward of the Chester County Aims
house receives salary of $500 per year.
The Coatesville people are talking about
having their town incorporated. They are
tired Of burrowing in the mud and want to
become Borough SO as to borrow money to
improve their streets.
The Fiiioge Record says that Chas. ID.
Manly. recently appointed Collector of In
ternal Revenue, for Delaware and Chester
Counties, Is n Copperhoad Of the first water.
On Thursday last man who gives the
name of Henry Rocker and says he halls from
Reading wns arrested and lodged in Jail at
West Chester. He had stolen two horses
from Philadelphia and had them in his pos
session when arrested. He will be tried in
Philadelphia. One of the horses belonged
to James Brown and the other to Houston
& Boiling
A Morse was stolen from Edwin Plankin-
ton, at Pocopson, Chester County, early on
Friday morning he is supposed to have been
taken towards Philadelphia.
The National Banks Of West Chester will
be closed on the 22nd inst, in honor of
Washington's birthday
At recent public sale. in East Goshen
township, twenty head of steers were sold at
an average price of $7i per head.
A meeting in the Horticultural Hall, West
Chester, on Tuesday evening next is to be adj
dressed by Rev. Phillips Brooks, of Philadel-
phia, and Gen. r. d. Mussey.
The american Republican of West
Chester came to hand this week in due time.
Several times of late it has not come to hand
at all.
A bill has been introduced into the Penn
sylvania Legislature authorizing the Record
ers of Deeds in the several counties of that
State to record the discharges of all honor
ably discharged soldiers.
A little girl named Mehitable Ogden was
frightened by some boys, and as she attempt
ed to climb fence fell and broke her arm in
two places and split the bone. She suffered
terribly, and it was feared for time that am
putation would be necessary.
When the Wilmington and Reading Rail-
road is built a connection will be made with
it by the West Chester and Philadelphia
Road at "a point about three miles from West
Chester.
Jonathan Valentine, an old resident Of
East Bradford township, and for twenty
years one of the Auditors Of Chester county,
was struck on the head by a limb from tree
he was engaged in telling, On Friday last,
and his scull was so badly fractured that he
died on the following night. The deceased
was in his nth year, and had resided in the
vicinity of West Chester for fifty years.
MARYLAND.
| The Cecil Wing, one of the best and
most thoroughly loyal of our Maryland ex-
changes, earnestly advocates the impeach-
ment Of the President.
Ii accuses Governor Swami of having OBJ
tanned his election as U. S. Senator by fraud,
violence and usurpation and asks that the
Senate refuse to admit him.
| A mass convention of the unconditional
Union voters of Cecil County was to assem-
BILE ut Elkton yesterday.
The election for Borough officers at Port
Deposit will soon take place. hut little in
terest is ma, Tested.
The Cecil d nocrat comes out in new
dress of handsome type which is creditable
to its enterprise.
II devotes two columns to an editorial Oh
the subject of NEGRO Suffrage and Negro
Equality" There is nothing new in il, in
fact we doubt if there is anything new to be
said on the subject.
Geo. W. Childs, ESQ.,, of the Philadelphia
Ledger, has bought of A. " Presley g. Co.
the Marley Paper Mills" for $4,000. H,
intends to enlarge them SO that he can manu-
facture two tons Of paper per day.
The Democrats have nominated Mr.
Joseph Golibart to fill the vacancy in tn
Legislature caused by the death of Henry
Magraw, Esq. The election takes plac
next Thursday.