Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-03-06
DOMESTIC NEWS.
MElcHRoRINc COUNTIES.

The Mesars. Brooke's new anthracite furnace
at Birdsboro' works we'll.
Geo. Smith disturbed a religious meeting in
West Chester and was licked up. G5s
-Unionville, in Chester county, has started
carpet-rag parties whatever that may be.
The Philadelphia Conference of the M. e.
Church meets in the Quaker City" this week.
"A frame stable in the rear of DIR. Warrens
dwelling, in West Chester, was burned on Sunday
night.
The MethOdists of Hamorton and vicinity
contemplate building church, lot has been
procured.
"A Farmers Institute, composed of farmers,
their wives and daughters, will be formed in
Chester county.
The gas works of West Chester were impro-
we'd, last year, to the extent of SIS, 900 and the
water works to 100000.
The regular session Of the Orphans Court,
for Chester county. will commence at West Ches-
ter ON Monday next, the 11th inst.
Chester county people are fearful that the
ground is frozen 30 deep that il will be some
time before it will become friable.
The boiler in Copes Phosphate factory. at
Lincoln station, on the Phila Il Bait Central
Railroad, exploded ON Friday last
Jacob Erb of Berka county, has a 19 year
old COW which has had IA calves - four times
twns-and all are alive and doing well.
"A fly wheel in Brooke rolling mill, at Birds
boro' broke while revolving rapidly, a few days
ago, and spread horror and desolatlon for awhile
Lieut.. jefferson March, of Lawrencevlle
has resigned his position in the army and taken
an interest iii Siser u Co.'S foundry at Limerick.
The Republican Delegate elections in Ches-
ter county were well attended, ON Saturday, and
reyiying and refreshing interest was manifest
ed.
Hon. Washington Townsends house. at
West Chester, was forcibly entered ON Friday
night last. but it does not seem that anything
was stolen.
The old Friends Meeting House at Lionville,
built in l756-a score of years before the Rev
olution-has been put in repair and is now open
again for worship.
Mary Ann Berry residing near West Chester,
attempted to filling burning lamp with oil, last
week. when an explosion ensued and she mar
rowly escaped with her life
Samuel Graham, who was sentenced, about
two years agoto five years imprisonment in the
Chester county prison for horse thieving made
his escape ON Thursday last.
Jos. Hemphill and Samuel Lakeland have
been delegated to represent the Democracy of
Chester county in the State Convention which
meets at Reading on the Goth of May.
Two young men purchased tickets at Coates
vile, last Saturday, for Mortonyile, but through
the mistake of the agent they we're given tickets
to Modeville, and the conductor put them off at
that place.
1t ls estimated that there were 10 now brick
and stone buildings erected in West Chester last
year, at an aggregate cost of S269, 200, to say
nothing Of the numerous frame buildings and
alterations.
Thomas G. Steele, of Pottstown, is at pres
ent acting as Engineer in charge of the Reading
branch of the Wilmington & Reading Railroad.
His office is at Coatesyie, to which place he will
remove next spring.
Some days ago party OF hunters started a
fox West of Philadelphia and run it into a hole
near west Chester, but when the hunters arrived
at the spot they found one of their'b best dogs
lying dead at the hole having run itself to death
An Eagle reporter interviewed Miss Mary
Robinson, who lay twenty.fi five days and nights
in a trance. Among other things she told him
that while in that condition she first passed
through terrible scenes, on one occasion being
sentenced to be beheaded as John the Baptist,
at an other time hanged, then to be stoned to
death; and that she was buried alive, and passed
through purgatory, and was burned alive and tor
tured in many ways. After this she had moth
ing but beautiful visions.