Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1872-03-19
DOMESTIC NEWS.
NEIcHRoRINc COUNTIES.

The farmers of Uwchlan have organized a
Farmers Club.
The temperance question is growing in in
terest in Coatesville.
The Phoenix Iron Co. proposes to start new
bank at Phmnixville.
Two more stories will be added to the Berks
County House, at Reading.
The new "Wild Fowl" law gives satisfaction
to the Havre de Grace gunners.
The Bank Of Brandywine, at West Chester
has increased its capital stock $25, 900.
"A Salem undertaken fell dead the other day
while preparing corpse for interment
There actually are men mean enough in
Hartford county TO rob Catholic priest.
"A plate N, arly 400 years old, and hat 10
years old, are the latest Chester county relics
-Parksburg went into ecstacies the other day
over the appearance there Of an Assemblyman.
Gov. Geary has signed the bill prohibiting
the sale Of intoxicating liquors on election day.
Tho Office of the Coatesville Union had a
narrow escape from destruction by FIRE, last
week.
Francis H. Taggert of West Chester, has
been appointed Bank Appraiser for Chester and
Delaware counties.
The long close Of navigation shortened tho
supply of coal at Salem, and the glass factories
partially suspended operations.
Gloucester, N. j., is about to be supplied
with water works. bill to that effect having
been introduced into the Legislature.
The time for the holding of the Circuit Conrt
for Hartford county has been changed from the
4th Monday in April to the I'd Monday in May.
Mr.. Houck, of Birchrunville, has won the
honor of being the champion skunk cacther Of
the county, having caught two hundred this
season..
The County Superintendent visited the pub
lie schools of Coatesville, last week. aud pro-
nounces them all in very good and progressive
condition.
Rev. DR.. Sanford, of North Adams, Mass,
has accepted the call Of the First Baptist Church,
Salem, aud has entered upon the active duties
of his pastorate.
The Reading Times has been hammering
away very persstently, for some time, at the
street railway and new depot, but it hasn't
built them yet.
Jacob Sartorious, of Reading, vaccinated
himself recently, with scab taken from his
wife's arm, and it took. Afterwards he took
cold in the sore place, and modification setting
in it resulted in death.
An act incorporating the Delaware Comfy
Railroad Company, to construct road from
Paoli to Chester, and an act to incorporate the
Martins Bar Company Of Delaware county, has
passed both branches of the Legislature.
Mrs. Catharine Shaeffer died at her resi-
dence in Berks county, on the 4th, aged 90 years.
Her descendants have been IL children, 81
grand children. 1l3 great-grand-ohildren and IL
reat-great-grand-childre aggregation 1893.
The liquor men OF Coatesville are a spunky
and vindictive sort of fellows. A man who had
signed temperance petition, in company with
two friends entered saloon the other day and
called for beer. His friends we're accommodated,
but he was denied.
Rev. Gilbert T. Waters, the mulching OF
whom in the sum Of S125 for breach of promise
OF marriage, made to Sarah A. Jenkins, We have
heretofore noticed, preferred rather to go to jail
than pay 30 unjust" demand, and is now per.
forming spiritual ministrations to the inmates
of the Delaware county prison.