Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-11-10
Our Nelghborn.
Heading drinks too much beer.


Chester is luxurating on Delaware terrapins.
Chester county has plenty Of cider this year.
Heading has frequent dramatic per-
formances.
Olive Logan ha ad crowed house in lleading
She always does.
Spring house robberies grow more frequent
in Chester county.
The Grand Jury says Chester county prison
ID not large enough.
East whiteland Chester county, is to have
military company.
The Media American is deep into the advo-
cacy OF minority representation.
There has been mad dog excitement IN
Chester county for week or two
Delaware County turns out as handsome
newspapers as any county we know OF.
"A portion of Reading is excited over the
whipping Of children in the public schools.
Chester has aYoung Mems Christian Associa-
ton composed Of members OF all the churches.
West Chester National Bank has declared
dividend Of five per cent. for the last six months.
The spring house of Elwood Hopes, in
Westtown, was recently robbed Of lot of butter,
DC. flaa
WIN. Lee Amos, an aged citizen of Hartford
county, died at his residence near Bel Air, last
week.
--Seventy-nine buildings were erected In
Chester from the goth of June till the goth Of
October.
Horticultural Hall in West Chester is to be
enlarged by an addition, 20 feet deep and CD feet
In length.
--Chalkley Jeffers, of East Bradford Chester
county, died suddenly on Friday week in the 82d
year Of his age.
The new foundry of the Havre Iron Com
pany, at Havre de Grace, commenced work on
Saturday week.
The people of Ashton twp, Delaware County
at the recent election, defeated the proposal to
divide the township, by vote of 1877 to IA.
Rev. ]. W. Eddie, District Secretary of the
American Trust Society for Eastern Pennsylvania
will shortly take up his residence in Centreyille.
:, The Athletic Base Ball Club. of Philadelphia
Will play social game with the Brandywine Club
Of West Chester on Friday, of this week, 18th
instant.
The Delaware County Democrat has cont,-
ned to exist for four years, and very reasonably
makes 80 surprising fact a subject for editorial
comment.
Hartford county, having produced Wilkes
Booth, jeff Davis very naturally deems it good
place to educate his sons and 30 has sent two
of them there.
Jacob r. Schooner, of Reading, freight agent
Of the Colebrookdale railroad, recently had both
legs so crushed AZ to render amputation neces-
sary His recovery is doubtful.
..--Parthenia Ross, better known as aunty Ross
died recently in Reading, at the advanced age Of
107, leaving sister known az AUNT Shelby
Jackson" and but ten years younger.
The dwelling house Of Agnes Hippersett,
OF West Brandywine, Chester county, was robbed
OF $50 i'll mosey, a silver watch, gold chain, and
other articles, while the family was at church.
AT recent tournament at Hannavle in Har-
ford county, the prize was wheelbarrow, and
no young women were made fools of by being
| nal lad ms iI Ia nf la 10 s,,,
Some crazy apple tree in East Brandywine
township, Chester county, burst into full blos-
som last week. 1t ought to be transported to
the ornamental grounds Of some insane asylum.
William Clingan, blacksmith at Steelville,
West Folowfeld, had horse stolen frop, his
stable on Tuesday night of last week. saddle
bride and head halter were taken at the same
time.
Jeremiah Stevenson, of Chester recently
husked l72 bushels of corn in hours. II any
body don't believe this, let them bother the
Chester Republican. and not us with their skep-
ticism
James Day who farms for VIM. W. Parker,
in Pennsbury township, Chester county, gathered
from one pumpkin vine this season eight pump
kins, weighing 25, %, %, %, %, is, 81 and 10
pounds respectively.
A man giving the name of VIM Smith, who
abandoned horse nearly driven to death in the
woods, and tried to sell carriage and harness
for 1875, has been lodged in Chester county Jail
on suspicion of having stolen them.
Five thousand persons visited Forepaughs
Circus, when it exhibited in Chester. This, says
the Chester Republican, is a larger number
than could have been induced to attend gra-
tis, the best lecture ever delivered" Well, what
of it?
IN. N. Seeley. of Mercer announces to the
public that lie has discovered new principle of
motive power, VIZ, The construction Of ma
chime which will by force of its own combination
develop sufficient power to answer all the pur-
poses for Which steam, water, horses, &c, are
used
"A worthless vagabond tramping through
Chester county, attacked little son OF Nathaniel
Cain, (deceased), of West Chester. one day last
week, and because he ran to avoid being robbed,
struck him over the head with club The boy
was found lying insensible along the road, and
did not recover his consciousness for several
hours.
Though Bayard Taylor has Withdrawn from
the lecture field, he will deliver, at the request
OF his friends and neighbors around Kenneth
Square, during this and the next month, his
series of lectures on German Literature. as
follows 81. Leasing. III. Klopstock Wieland
aud Herder Ill. Schiller. ~. Goethe. v.
Goethes Faust.
The Village Record of the LIST inst. says /:
On Monday Of last week. the body of a colorred
man was found on the railroad track near park-
esburg with one leg cut OFF and otherwise mutt
lated. On the same morning George Winters
brakesman on the Penna. II. r.. fell off his
train near Downingtown and was killed On
Sunday, Joseph Fisher, brakesman on the same
road, while between pennngtonville and Parkes-
burg, had his right leg badly crushed On We'd
nesday morning, the body of a man was found
on the track near CARROTS Siding, in East White
land. 30 badly mutilated as to be unrecognized
On the same day, two men were killed at Rob
erts' mine, an account of which we give else
where: On Friday morning, Henry Fritz, of
So large number of fatal accidents in one week
in Chester county, We have not been called upon
to Dublisl for n ionp fime -r~''