Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-11-18

-Sixty-one wild ducks were recently shot by
two sportsmen on q pond near Springfield,
Chester county. This shows them to be quite
plentiful, considering the distance inland.
David Furguson, q brakeman on the P. &.
B. Central R. R., fell from the top of car on a
passing train, ut Elkview, Chester Co., recently,
algbting ON his head. Strange to say he is alive
and getting well.
WIN. H. Cute, recently elected clerk of the
Court of Chester County, was seriously Injured
on the LIST inst, by bis arm catching In some ma
chinery 10 his fathers paper mill.
One of the buildings of the Hartford County
Alms-house was recently destroyed by fire. 1t
contained eight persons, several OF whom made
narrow escapes.
The receipts of the three principal agricultur-
al fairs in Eastern Pennsylvania this fall We're as
follows: Duylestown, $S, 800; Allentown, 5000 ;
Reading, $6,296 90. -
A meeting of those In favor of building q
railroad "from Bel Air to tho nearest and most
practicable point on the p. W. 81 b. R. r." will
be held at Bel Air on the 23d inst
The aggregate capacity Of the five principal
hotels in Harrisburg approximates to twelve hum
dred persons. There is not another town in the
State of the same population that can show bet
ter record In this particular.
AT the opening of the November Term of The
Hartford county court Judge Grayson alluded to
the frequency of lynchng in that county, and ad-
monished the jury that it was its duty to indict
those participating In these outrages.
There have been produced the present year,
10 Lancaster county, abundant crops of almost oil
kinds Of grain, fruits, and vegetables. The wheat
crop will prove to be very large farmers all agree
that it will yield even more than they anticipated
before they commenced thrashing II out The
yield is estimated at about twenty-five bushels
per acre, on an average, throughout the county.
The wheat, 1t is found, yields better according to
| the straw than it has heretofore done for many
years pastr
The Chester Republican is opposed to paid
| lecturers.
The Philadelphia City Councils have aban-
doned the idea of locating their house OF correc-
| ton at Tinicum.
On account of an accident at the gas works,
| Chester was in darkness on Saturday week.
On the 18th instant, George B. Turner, a
| painter, in Chester fell from building on which
| he was at work to the pavement beneath, dis
| lance of twenty feet having both ankles broken,
and receiving other severe injuries by the fall.
The Grand Lodge of O.G. T. has appointed
Rev. j. A. Daunson to deliver q course oi forty,
three temperance lectures In different parts oil
Delaware comfy
| -Chas. 8. Bradford, Jr., Of West Chester. has
become partner in the banking firm of Kirk
| Mac Veagh, a. Co. Mr.. B. was one of the party
| In the recent Wilmington excursion to California
Judge Baily, of West Chester, has returned
from his California trip. He took cold on hi
|
the entire journey.
The Methodist revival services which hav'
been in progress at Glenn Riddle, Delaware Co.
have closed with one hundred and one souls con
verted.
Rev. Richard Newton, d. d., Of Philadclph
expects soon to go abroad and visit the Holy
Land.
Strong efforts are being made to establish
Normal school at West Chester. The Academ.
property, worth $4,000, subscriptions to tn
amount Of $3l ,000,a $4,000 from the state.a
available making S81, 900, toward the desire
100000.
Anna E. Dickinson is to lecture in Chester
December 10th.
8. Bacharach, of Philadelphia, who also owl
ed clothing store in Havre dc Grace died sue
denly of heart disease while on recent visit
the last named place.
Maryland Grand Lodge 1. D. g. 7. will hol
Its animal session In Havre de Grace on the 2lt
and 25th.