Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-07-29
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West Chester is 70 have handsome drinking
| foFintaiI.
--Reubon Bernard has been appointed Depui,
Sheriff of Chester county.
Lewis Brooke, of Radnor, DeiayYafs county
Is now manufacturing ice cream by steam.
The Chester firemen INDUCED in parade last
Thursday, in which several Philadelphia com
panies participated.
The Havre Republican complains of the utter
Disregard Of the Sunday law by the whiskey
sellers of Havrc de Grace.
"A colored man named Charles Davis was
drowned on Saturday, 18th inst, at hanle7'6 fish
wharf, near the bridge crossing Chester creek.
The Methodist camp meeting, to be held in
Young's woods, West Bradford, Chester county,
Will commence on Thursday, the 18th OF August.
A col0red camp meeting is to be held in
Matlack's woods, near West Chester, commencing
on the 9th Of August and to continue five DAYS.
Nathan Haldeman, 4 well-known citizen Of
Warrington, Chester county, was killed by a fall
week.
Rev. j. L. Heysinger has resigned the rector
snip OF Grace Church, Hulmeville, Bucks county,
and takes II church at Kennctt Square, Chester
county,
A couple Of colored women engaged in fist
cnffs on the streets of Media, recently, the
screams OF one of the parties startling all in the
vicinity.
A large white dog, supposed TO have been
mad, was recently killed in North Coventry,
Chester counti. Several dogs he had bitten were
also killed.
Rev. I. o. O. Smith, Presbyterian minister
and Examiner OF Public Schools for Hartford
county, Md, died recently after short illness Of
typhoid fever.
Thomas Adamson, us. Consul ut Honolulu,
left for his post of duty on Friday last. He has
m mat fptU tppa Ire pth Ia
parents In Schuylkil township, Chester county.
Tho spring.house of David Jones, of North
Coventry, Chester county, was recently entered
by thieves who broke The lock and carried off
butter, eggs etc. 1t was bold thief who robbed
"Davy Jones Locker"
"A white fox-a very rare anlmal-was recently
scen in West Bradford, Chester county. He EVIL
IDENTITY did not sympathzc with the preiudices of
some bipcds Of his own color, as he was In COM
pany with a colored fos:
One of those babyish affairs called tourna-
mens, In which parcel of donkeys Desirable
horses and poke with sharp sticks at ring on a
sting, is to come off in Hartford county this
WINNER or early in the fall.
The Adjutant Generals Department at lIar-
rrisburs has granted the Philadelphia Fire
Zouayes, Col Sellers commanding, leave of
absence to cncamp at Atlantic City for seven
days, between the I'd and 18th of August
Last week twenty-five sheds on the exhibit
ton grounds of the Agricultural Society OF Bucks
county, Pa, located at Ncwtown were burned
down. The fire was caused by the carelessness
OF stragsers who had been lodging there.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company intend
erecting new warehouse and station on the
property now occupied by Thomas d. Windes
livery stable, Downingtown. The work OF de-
mollshing the old buildings will commence very
soon. The Company is also making extensive
Improvements at Oakland.
Tho frat p,npt in flboefo, onunt,, ,,p
der the new law, against cruelty to animals, took
pace recently at Coatesville. The culprit was a
young man from the country, who hired q horse
u drive some eighteen miles on Sunday evening.
When he returned the horse was so weak it
could scarcely stand and showed evident signs of
having been badly abused Twenty-four hours
after It's return n number of large wclts raised
by blows OF the whip, were plainly visible.
--Catharine Stewart, aged about 40 years, who
resided In u frame house above Leiperyillc, Della
ware county, near Dcshong's quarry, was killed
on Friday 10th lust. Feeling unwell she had
gone up stairs to lie upon The bed, and while
there blast was made in the quarry named, one
OF the oncs,about twenty-five pounds in weight,
having descended through the roof, and struck
her on the LETT breast. She was instantly killed,
the force OF the stone also breaking the sacken-
bottom Of tleibed..
"A diary belonging to Charles Williams, the
horse thief, who recently escaped from the Ches-
ter comfy prison, has been found. The Record
says: . The contents of the book appear to have
been written while he was liz jail We take that
which alludcs to his escape. He says, addressing
himself 10 the keeper Of the prison, that ii he
should fall in attempting his escape, and be killed,
that he should please send letter, which would
be found in his coat-pockct, TO his father; that
he would not stop until he got some two hundred
miles from here; and that lie would black his
face as soon MS he could procure q cork but if
the authorities of Chester county would offer u
large rcward-say 5000 or so, he would get his
friends to hand lin over He also said that he
made brace out of the handle of a bucket and
tin cup, with which he cut the hole through the
wall !"