Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-10-13
Our NeiglibOrs.

Tho number of the Haure Republican for
Oct. It'll, contains a hopeful salutatory from the
| new editor, ii. O. Layman, and also his valedic-
tory in which he announces his surrender of the
| paper back to Mr.. McCombs, and says, " One
weeks editorial experience gives us complete
surfeit of the new and Ito us) untried position of
an editor We gladly lay down the quill to take
up the stick, in which latter vocation We are per-
| fectly at home"
Coateville docs not give lecturers very
great audiences.
The Chester County Democracy calls itself
''White Mans Party" but its leaders come
trying to seduce coored voters to the support of
its candidates.
u. Engle IIinkson, a member of Chester
City Council died OH Wednesday, 9TH inst.
-Chalkley Hickman, of Oxford sustained
painful injuries recently, from a runaway.
james Gromley, aged 80 years, residing in
Springfield, Chester county, had his leg badly
injured by being caught in coil of rope on
board of canal boat, on the Schuylkill canal
He was taken to the Pennsylvania Hospital at
Philadelphia.
Bel Air has beon having tournament in
which seventeen fellows dressed in theatrical
costumes and armed with long poles, played
game of poking these poles through suspended
rings. They like the game better than base ball
down in that country because you can sit on
horseback and play at it, The head pokist at
the late affair was DIR. O. A. Rutdge, Knight
Vi NOOuldWu.
james Mcclure, blacksmith at the Henderson
quarres, in Upper Merton, Montgomery county,
fell asleep beside the track of the Chester Valley
Railroad, one day recently, with one leg ov er the
rail. The first train of cars passing. of course
ran over the limb, mangng it from the knee
down. Surgical aid was called in and the leg
amputated above the knee.
"A Sunday School Institute, composed of the
teachers, ministers and friends of Sunday schools
in Montgomery and Delaware counties, sat at st.
Johns Episcopal church, in Norristown, last
week, the object being toperfect Sunday School
Institute for the two counties. The meetings
were conducted with great interest during the
three days. and on Wednesday evening the whole
was closed by union meeting of overa thousand
children and teachers in the First Presbyterian
church.
Alexander Martin has been post master at
Collamar, Chester County, in place of Thomas
A. Black, resigned.
Some Chester County farmers were prevent
ed so long from sowing their wheat that they
will not now SOW any.
lazarus Hecks, well known as pedler all
over Chester County, twenty-five years ago, died
recently in Philadelphia.
Isaac Hopes, highly respected citizen of
New Garden township, Chester County, died
very suddenly recently, of heart disease.
VIM. Palmer of Kennett Square, aged about
Is years, had one of his feet badly crushed by
being run over by car, on the Baltimore Cen
trail Railroad, last week. The large toe and two
others were amputated. by DIR. d. w. Taylor.
Tho West Chester Republican says, ''the Nor
NAL School, now in course of erection in this
Bourough, promises to be the finest building in
the county, and will be exceed by fow in the
State outside of the large cities. About fifty
workmen are now engaged upon it, and they
are making rapid Roadway"