Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-01-06

AN anaconda, whose existence 10 the museum
of the Lehigh University, ut Bethlehem had tx
cited great interest," il dead-catsed by the bite
OF q rat, which had been thrown in to him Tor
food
-"Chester County Whites" the famous breed
of pigs, an being sent from West Chester to
Texas.
AT a recent sale, Montgomery County Bank
Stock SOLD for $3.50 per share. The par value
j. $50 The Bank has surplus fund Of souc
$780, goo.
Chicken and pig thieves are being complained
Of In Chester county.
The Reading Times, noticing somebody's
proposition TO divide Pennsylvania, suggests that
there be three States made of it-Philadelphia;
Piusburg aid Allegheny county; and all the bal
ance, with Reading for the Capital.
Scarlet fever prevails in Reading with many
fatal results, the Tunes says.
Gen. W. 8. Rosecrans has been visiting Read
ing, Pa, as the guest OF John McManus, the great
iron maker.
Last month Mrs. Sophia Meylin died in Lau-
caster, btqucuthing 81 QUO to Trinity Lutheran
Church. aud 10000 To lions Lutheran Church.
Both btquess are void, because the will was exc
culed less than thirty days before her death.
Ice has disappeared from the Tide Water
canal.
Geo. Francis Train, "Nasby," Wendell Phil
lips, Anna E. Dickinson, and Horace Greeley are
ull u tctutG III Suitiu, luis NiutcI
The Catholic Church at Salem caught fire
recently, but by prompt attention was saved FROM
destruction.
"A pigeon shooting match takes place al
Pennsgrove, across the river, between q lady and
a gentleman, for purse of $50.
Mr.. Matthias Huber, of East Coventry town.
| ship, Chester county, has started on business
| visit to Germany.
The Rev. Mr.. Burke, of Downingtown. has
n.t. L.,.-
Cathariue street, Philadelphia. He has not YET
| accepted.
On Wednesday night last, the large sion,
stable belonging 10 Messrs. r. & Z. Palmer. aud
| known rs the - Black Bear Stable" in Wes
| Chester, was burned, with one horse. Loss one
| thousand dollars.
| John Nipple, aged so, soldier 10 the Black
Hawk war. died, instantaneously, of heart disease
In West VINCENT Chester county, on the 23d.
The woollcn mill Mt Amber station, on the
| North Pennsylvania Railroad, 16 miles from Phil
adelpha, belonging To John II. Bringhurst. wa,
burned on the night Of the 3lst. Loss S50U0
insured for $4,000.
-Chas. II. Stinson, of Norristown, is to bt
Speaker Of The Pennsylvania Senate, this session
The best butter makers. in Delaware county
now get ninety ccnls and a dollar pound, iO
their suffer- In Philadelphia. Newtown township
Is their headquarters.
The farm Of Amos Davis, in Concord, Della
county, consisting of 6S acres and 10 perches
has been purchased by Caleb Webster OF Middle
town, for Sl3OOO
John Marley, a Montgomery county farmer
who has stall in the Spiing Garden Street Mar
ket, Philadelphia, has been arrested. He !
charged with concealiug half pound or poun'
weight IN The paper under piece Of meat, whe
he was weighing IL Tor customer.
Henry T.. Darlington, the President, ha
called meeting Of the Pennsylvania Editorii
Association, at Harrisburg, on the 9th instant.
Col. W. W. Il. Davis, Of the Doylestow
Dem;c,dt, has begun to write history of Buck
county, commencing with the earliest settlemel
! before the time of William Penn.
,, Charles Besa, German, living in Buck
county opposite Trenton, drank himself to deatl
q q few days ngo, dying very suddenly.
, -" Pete" Briluer. celebrated musician, VIII
! has " fiddled" for thirty years for the countr
dances in Ealtern Pennyivania, died recently.
! Phiadelphis.