Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-08-04
Our Neighbors.

Lie htlantlCS announce tnab tley Will accept
challenges from any club in the State.
Our Neishbors.
Salem has a lady doctor.
-Havre de Grace is healthy this year.
Work is progressing on the Pickering Valley
railroad.
The corn prospect is good in Salem county,
New Jersey
The corn crop in Delaware county will be
universally large.
The Havre Iron works at Havre de Grace are
preparing to resume work.
The five secret societies of Pennsgrove, N.
j., are about to unite in erecting large hall.
-Pennsgrove is growing rapidly and number
of handsome residences have been erected there
within year
The population of Media counts Just about
one thousand persons, or some three hundred
less than had been anticipated.
The Camp Meeting journal, was printed at
the office of the Havre Republican,, and that
paper lost one of its own issues, thereby.
The West Chester Republican critizises the
action of Marshal Gregory in appointing demo-
Gratis to take the census
Samuel II. shapley,o East Bradford, Chester
county. lost valuable gray colt by excessive
heat, on Monday week.
Samuel Himmelwright, has sold his farm, in
East Goshen, Chester county, to Isaac Davis, of
the same township-24 acres, for S4B00
---JosephS Francis, who was injured at Coates
vile about two weeke since, by the cavng i'll OF
bank, died at that place on Sunday week.
"A handsome falling-top wagon, worth $275,
was stolen from John Mock, in East Pikeiand,
Chester county, on Monday night of last week.
Jacob Kepner who resides in New Hanover,
Montgomery county, recently had the misfortune
to lose two mules, horse and COW, within few
days, by rinderpest
The Salem Standard speaks of lady who
g died few days since from injuries received by
falling from cherry tree in the 49th year OF her
age
III has been currently rumored that the yell
low fever was at Lazaretto, in Delaware county,
but the Chester Republican declares the report
unfounded.
Samuel Archbold, of the bodybuilding firm
| in Chester has returned from England whore he
had been examining the shipbuilding establish
ments on the Clyde.
| "A large colored camp meeting will commence
| at Everett Grove in Media, on Thursday, August
| 18TH This will be Of the largest affairs OF
the kind in that neighborhood.
| Tile School Directors Of Concord township,
Delaware county have bought an acre Of land
/ from Fairman Rogers and intend building new
| school house thereon by the opening of the fall
| term.
The Managers of the Chester County Agri-
| cultural Society have just issued the schedule
/
phlct form. The exhibition will be held Sept.
20 and 80, and Oct. l.
A pair of bue-birls have built their nest and
are matching their young just about the large
| Chinese gong at the Chester railroad depot. The
gong is frequently sounded, but the birds appear
to like it.
-Minshall Murphy was found on Sunday, 18th
inst. in dying condition in the woods of Rich--
ard Pummer, in Concord twp. Delaware county.
He had been overcome by heat, and died shortly
after he was found
Jesse j. Hickman, of Thornbury, Chester
county, last week fell before the scythe OF ms
moving machine, and but for the prompt halt
ing of his horses might have met horrible
death. AS it was his clothes were cut.
The regular Court of Quarter Sessions for
Chester county commences in West Chester on
Monday next, 18th inst. The Jurors summoned
far fine Court of Common Pleas, have been no.
tilted not to attend the civil list having been
postponed.
The West Chester Republican, says, 1--WE under
| stand that the route for the contemplated branch
road from this Borough to inteIsect with the
Wilmington and Birdsboro' Railroad, has not
been finally located. 1t is doubtful whether the
work will be commenced this year.
The Council of South Chester offers induce
ments to the Wilmington and Baltimore railroad
to construct connecting branch Of tner r3 iaa
TRANSFORMATION facilities to the business establish
, | ments of the new Borough.
J | The Media american says, man giving the
} name OF johnson, said to hail from Elkton, Nd,
has been endeayoring to raise money on various gu
pretexts from the members Of the American Me-
I chanics organization of Media. Some of these
believe him to be an imposter
! The Democrats Of Chester county are to or
! ganize on the White Mans Party basis Bu'
! | then it is matter of very little importance
what they do They are but a Corporal's guard
| and fear that any colored additions might make
4 them black guards.
. "A little girl under fourteen years of age
+ named Elizabeth Matthews, was committed tt
r iaiI. charged with attempting to kill the infan
i child of MIR. Greenleaf, of Hayre de Grace, b,
i administering to it an overdose OF iaudanum
4 The child is recovering
s A carriage containing the sister and two
!, daughters of Mr.. w. Matthews, OF Howard coun
: ty, in attempting to cross the Philadelpha ant
n Wilmington Railroad, near the oat1ngton camp
1t was struck by passing tram and the inmate
o severely but not fatally injured
a IRELAND and France do not fraternize up il
y Delaware county, few nights ago a French
3 man who does not speak English went to eros
q the high bridge of the West Chester kailroad 20
y over ridley creek and had nearly got acros
% when the Waterman, an Irshman, seen him an
!, ordered him back. The Frenchman did no
u either understand or obey. whereupon the watch
~ man beat him severely with club.
"a There are lightweight schools lin Delawar
nv county, excluding those of Chester city o
= | these twenty are graded. Two new school dis
~ tricts have been formed under the name Of Up
Nj land Borough and South Chester Borough, Fac
Of the following townships expect to build me-
school houses shortly in Bethel, Concord, Uppe
Chichester Edgmont. Newtown, Upper Prov
81 dence, Neither Providence, Radnor, Ridley, an
y the new borough of South Chester.
n Tho Delaware county Republican Nomins
AZ .ting Convention met at Media on the 2Sth, an
n adopted resolutions endorsing the national &C
10 ADMINISTRATION, Mr.. Boutwelrs reduction OF tn
n. national debt, the Congressional reduction {
nd taxes. and favoring the abolition of the Stat
I'd sinking fund sustaining Governor Geary, an
nd endorsing the United States Senators and tn,
;s fine people of this district have reason to col
n graduate themselves upon the able manner
Ter which they have been represented in Congrei
as by Hon. Washington Townsend, the man OF the
,as choice Thomas v. Cooper was nominated f
raj Assembly receiving &c votes on the first ballot
The farm house of Phineas Pratt, in Ea
MN Goshen township, Chester county, was strut
NJ by lightning OH Thursday evening of last wee
~ owing to a defect in the lightning rod III
~, point of the rod was melted by the fluid, al
W. bstered and the rod thrown to the groun
~ When the fluid reached the defect in the rod,
10 followed the tin water spout, ran down into Il
lad cistern and knocked out the pump, tore off Il
NJ; we'll curb and blew of the handle, which Ii
- not since been found. Two holes were made
the ceiling of the wash house, and hole as
,ad as door in the slate roof The lightning pas
tbe ed into room where working man was lyil
va on q feather bed, and broke seven panes
for glass in room where one of the children "
ino asleep The family were much frightened, b
they received no damage.