Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-07-20


Oxford had quiet Fourth.
Coatc.ville is short of money.
Harvest heads are in demand.
Spring chickens are worth 81 per pair
Coatcsyllc has Dolly Warden lemonade.
The fruit crop is this county Is very
ilattering.
Coatesyille camp meeting commences
August 10th.
The locusts iu Honcybrook township
are taking their departure.
Usage Orange wood makes good car-
riage wheels.
The new County Superintendent has
moved TO West Chester.
IN Old lady ~ year, old has just made
quilt Of 1900 pieces.
Numerous farmers in various parts are
planting q patch OF buckwhea,,
\ small boy jumped out Of third story
window. Only Il few scratches
John Thompson, colorod, was struck by
I Lightning and partially stunned.
Thomas Rice farmer, fell out of his
wagon on the road aud was killed.
Oat harvest viii soon commence Straw
, l. short but HE heads are well llled.
Willie y. Evans, u the West Chester
Record has inst graduated at Yale College.
A good many Farmers have llowcd up
the wheat stubble, and planted buc,whcat.
New York swinders are making capi-
tai out Of uusUphlsiicated Chester COWn-
tians.
Butter is 10 cents a pound in oxford
Send some To Wilmington, where il is 81
cents.
Grain harvest among the farmers is
about being finished, with an average
crop.
A mule was burned to death in PhpniX-
willie last week, from hi getting iulu 4
stream Of molten rinder.
The Union Church, of West Chester,
will hold a camp meeting at Swarthmorc,
on Wednesday, the 3lst inst.
Frog shooting has been re-uauguratcd
on the banks of the BraudyWine. West
Chester has any quantity of frog caters.
1t is said TINT the rabbit family has been
greatly increased this season, which intel
ligencc will be well rU'civcd by sportsmen.
4 very severe storm passed over Chester
Wednesday evening, accompanied with
very sharp lightning and heavy thunder
The Chester County Milk Company for
the purpose of manufacturing ice cream,
butter and cheese, las been formed.
In East Marlborough township a tan of
two mills 10 the dollar has been levied for
school purposes, reduction OF hall mill
from last year.
George Downing, Il little son OF samuel
h. Downing, East Goshen, while playing
in the sun one day last week, was pros
/ tratrd by the heat.
William McNeal. residing in Unionville,
was met in the road few evenings ago hy
II negro. who assaulted him with a razor
and cut him across the face.
The stnl.n works of N.ssrs. Iloo1t..
Bro. a. Darlington. in West Chester, ar.
unVy nllirrd tn mn luv and ni,rht. in order
| 10 nm Their rnpidly Increasing orders.
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pens, promises 1" he very nue. one
One day ihis week, Joseph Murtagh-
noyly escap,d death from poisoning. Ii
appears from the fact, given, that Mr.
Nj. and lady had lust returned from th,
Boston Jubilee, and neither feeling well,
had resorted 40 medicine. and hy some
means Tie dose contained an overehargt