Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-06-09

West Chester's English sparrows are report
cd non est.
"A building and loan association has just bee
started in Darby
Sacred Dramas are popular with some Dela
ware county associations. -n
| Operations have been resumed ct Coventr
forge, in Chester county.
The commencement exercises at LincolI
University, takes place on tho 18th inst.
| The regular term of the Orphans Court a
West Chester, will be held on Monday, June ID
| Media, Pa, complains of muddiness ant
insnfliciency Of supply in water, and wants anew
reservoir
-Ainumber of old coins were recently plowe,
| up on the Brandywine battlefield, one of then
bearing date of 1912.
Rev Adam Wallace, Of Philadelphia, former
ly Presiding Elder in this State, Preached a
Centerville on Sunday.
r. s. Darlington, of East Bradford, Chester
county, has. just imported a coop Of partridge
Cochin fowls.
The graduating class of the West Chestei
High School, for 1870, Twill receive their diplomas
on the evening Of the Oath inst.
Mr.. Joseph II. Painter, formerly of Wes
Chester, has been elected Clerk of the Circuit
Court, for the city of Richmond, Va.
Proposals are advertised for in Chester Co
papers for building the new building for State
Normal School at West Chester
The Coatesville Presbyterian Church will
hold strawberry festival on the afternoons ant
evenings of Friday and Saturday.
Governor Bowie has appointed Everett G.
Hughes an additional Justice of the Peace, fol
the second District of Hartford County.
"A strawberry festival for the benefit Of the
Episcopal Church, at Oxford will be held in that
town oil the 10th, 18th, and 18th instants.
"A camp meeting of East Hartford Circuit, M
y. Church, will be held on the old Rock Run
ground, commencing on the 25th Of August.
-Scarlatina, which has ragged with fatal effect
amongst adults as well as children in parts OF
Delaware county, seems to be less prevalent.
:, A dog belonging to Lydia Woodward of West
Bradford, Chester county, went mad a few days
ago but was killed before he had bitten any one.
Thomas W. Taylor, formerly clerk of the
Courts OF Chester county, has been appointed
one of the Assistant Marshals for taking the
census in Philadelphia.
E-John A. Kreile, East Bradford, Chester Co. }
has q goose that laidd the present season 81
eggs-the usual number is from dozen to
eighteen. The goose is in her second year.
:. Decoration Day was generally observed
throughout Delaware county. In Chester, the
Red Men, Knights of pythias American Mechan-
les, and all the fire companies, turned out.
The colored citizens of Philadelphia, Ches-
ter Delaware and Montgomery counties, pro-
pose having grand barbecue at Everett's
Grove, in Media, on Monday, June 9th, and pre-
parations arc now being made.
The farmers of the northern part of Chester
county, find good market for their poplar tim
Der, at the Paper Mill atSpringville. The Manu-
facturers pay five dollars a cord, and cut and it
themselves, and consume immense quantities.
William Kirk, conductor on the Chester VAL
ley Railroad, in stepping from car while the
train was in motion, few days since, caught
ring which he wore on his little finger in the
hand-rail of the car and tore the finger from his
hand.
Walter Green, of Marple has left at the
Office of the Media american a lemon of his own
raising 1875 inches in circumference, inches
long, and weighing l. Il lbs. II it had not been
knocked or before it was done growing it would
probably have been as large as small water
melon.
Postmaster General Creswell has made the
following changes Edward L. Worrell has been
appointed Postmaster at the Rose Tree in Upper
Providence, Delaware county, in the room of Mr..
James. Strickervie. Chester county-M. =.
Seminar, vice G. l.. Brodaw resigned. Kaolin,
Chester county-Lewis II. Springer, vice William
Foote, Jr., resigned.
We begin to see why the gallant youths stu
dying medicine at Philadelphia don't want women
present at clinics. The Media american says =
''We understand that Miss Webster, of Brooke
Hall Seminary, in Media, and who recently grad
uated at the Female Medical College in Philada.,
has been awarded the premium by one of the
leading New York Medical Journals for the best
accepted clinical reports furnished that paper
s25, and was won in competition with male stu
dauta