The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-07-24

John SCnoll, Jr., met With serious acCl-
dent the other day, by his horse running
away, throwing Mr.. Scholl and child out
injuring him badly, breaking his arm and
bruising him. The child escaped anything
serious.
Thomas S. White, recently of West
Chester, but now engaged in farming on
the West Chester & Philadelphia Railroad,
between Darlington and Chcyney $ stations
met with a severe accident. recently. He
was cutting grass with a machine when his
horses took fright and ran off, throwing
Mr.. W. off, in front of the mower, and
run over him. He was considerably cut
and bruised, and it is feared injured inter-
nally.
The Village Record of Saturday last says:
\ short but very heavy thunder storm
passed over Chester county on Thursday
afternoon last. The lightning was very
sharp and struck i'll several places in the
vicinity of West Chester. 1t struck the
wire at the Telegraph Office, passed into
the operating room, and demolished one of
the switcll-boarls splitting it into four
pieces. The wood work by the side of the
wire is blackcned and scorched where the
electricity passed along. Fortunately the
wires were disconnected or the result might
have been more serious. The escape of the
operator. Miss Louie Murphcy. who was
in the office at the time, and Miss Matte
England, who had just stepped in from the
Post Office building adjoining, was certain
ly very miraculous. They were convcrsing
at the door when the lightning struck, and
the flash seemed to pass out directly over
their h, ads. The shock was also very for
chilly felt in the store of George VI. Strobe,
in the next building. Frank II. Green was
indulging in a plate of ice-cream i'll the
saloon adjoining the telegraph office, when
bright flash accompanied by q report
equal to the discharge of gun, passed
through an open door by the side Of him.
! lie felt tie effects Of the shock III his head
for several hours atterward. Five telegraph
poles were struck at the southern end Of
! the Borough. They We're very much shat
tered and the wires torn down. These
poles were in front of a house occupied by
colored family-Samuel lIardee. The
shock was felt very strongly by the family
and the house considerably shaken. The
/ same stroke, which was very heavy indeed,
| was quite scnsibly felt in the composing
room of the IiUitqe Record office. 1t flash
/ ed through the second story from front to
rear, and the workmen laid down their
sticks and took quarters in the count
! ing-roomS below until the storm had passed.
! Two West Chester boys had wrestling
match on the street last Sunday in the
course of Which one of them had his arm
! broken.
John B. Pennypacker, of North Coven-
| try, has discovered 4 deposit of mineral
/ paint on his premises.
| Joseph l.. Suydan has been made Super
in tendent, of the Wilmington & Reading
Railroad and has entered upon his duties.
/ John Laird of Downingtown. while walk
/ ing on the Pennsylvania Railroad near the
! and had his arm so badly injured that am
/ putation was necessary.
The National Banl, of Chester County.
at Wet Chester has dcclareda semi-annual
! dividend of seven per cent. The National
/ Bank of Chester Valley at Coat, syille has
declared a div dend of six per cent.
/ Mrs. Morris Thomson, of East Cain twp.
is in possession of a duck. which, within
six months. has laid over $50 eggs, and is
still laying.
! Newton Miller. of Uwchan, was struck
by lightning, recently, and considerably
/ hurt.
The barn of John Wilson, a farmer of
East Nottingham, was entirely consumed
! by fire on Friday night 10th inst. Fortun-
ately his wheat was mostly put in shock,
and he had not cut any hay. The straw
from about one hundred bushels of wheat
sleigh; good trotting VI .gon and sundry
farming untensls were consumed. 1t was
set on fire either on purpose or by some
loafer accidentally. who had been loafing
there 1t was insured in the Chester
| County Mutual Insurance Company.
LANCASTER.
Several men were buried In land slitlo,
at the MuSselman ore bank, Marietta,
about two weeks since. They were all res
cued, except one Enos Sheafler, who was
dead when they found him. He leaves a
wife and several children.
\ serious row occurred among some ne
groes, in Lancaster, last week, i'll which
knives, razors, pistols, etc, were freely
used, and resulting in the serious injury of
some of the combatants.
The house of Mrs. Sarah Stambaeh. In
Mannheim twp, was burglariously entered.
last week, and robbed of $50 and diamond
ring valued at 5000.
| Daniel Root, of Mount Joy, was attacked
by a highway robber, while on his way to
Marietta, a short time since, and robbed of
/ 1925.
! The Directors of the Susquchannah Iron
Company have declared dividend Of !
! per cent. on their capital stock, payable on
/ and after the Goth inst.
| Tie Board of Directors of the First Ma
! tional Bank of Columbia, have declared
dividend of g. per cent. clear of all taxes,
| payable on demand, and carried $1,000 to
! Tie surplus fund