Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-08-16
WEST CHESTER AFFAIRS.
The West Point candidates-Political
Notes.-The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Talk
Highland Shooting Affair-state Nor
NAL School.


special correspondence OF EVERY ENhNiNot
WEsT CHESTER, Pa, Aug. 9Th, 1879
The fortunate candidate for the West
Point appointment, is Mr. WIN. H. Bald
win son Of John r. Baldwin Of West
Bradford township. Mr.. D. Is nineteen
years Of age, and for the past two years
has filled the position Of drug clerk IN
the store of Mr.. Jonathan |. Rover, he Is
also the secretary of the. Episcopal Sun.
day School. Mr.. B. is a very excellent
young man and since he has resided in
this community has gathered around MIN
a host Of friends. We feel sure that this
district has In hun secured a worthy re-
preventative at our National Military
College.
The all.absorhing topic at the present
time is the Supreme Judgeship. On
Wednesday next the convention will
meet at Harrisburg. The delegates from
this district (Chester and Delaware coun-
ties) are VIM. b. Waddell, Senatorial,
E. B. Moore and john NJ. P0meroy, for
Chester, and VIM. Ward, for Delaware )
our delegates feel very sanguine upon the
isebe and look forward to the nomination
of Judge Butler. In the event OF the
nomination and election Of Mr.. Butler,
this judiciary district will loose a very
valuable member. The Hon. VIM. But
Ter is gentleman Of high character aud
one who will adorn the Supreme Bench OF
this Commonwealth. In the event of his
election rumOr has Il that the Governor
will appoint the Hon. VIM. B. Waddel 10
the vacancy. MIR. W. has represented
this community as their Senator for the
past two years he was elected TO Gil the
unexplred term OF the late Henry Swans.
Some of the surrounding newspapers,
TO wit, the Lancaster Inquirer and
Conshohoeken Record are now being
edited by our friend, ]. Dark Chandler,
of the Americdn Republican. We have
seen a number of copies in which his
pithy articles have been bodily clipped
out without any credit and inserted In
their columns, both as local and editorial
matter. We feel for him during this
heated term; man was never made 10
work so hard, and to run three or four
papers. We think, is rather OVERRIDING the
matter.
The late Highland shooting affair has
produced but little cOmmotion in this
community. 1t will take something
pretty forcihle TO overdo the Undertook.
Goss tragedy. In relation to it we have
gathered the following meagre report
1t appears that a man named Jacot
johnson, dNdN NelsOnsMab suOl Dy u man
named Jones, who lived in harrisburg and
employed by the firm of Armstrong X
Bond. On the morning of the affair be
was seen with shot gun. Heis reported
as being bad man and has been In jail
several times, having but recently serv
ing term in the Lancaster county jail
When last seen by Constable Wor
rest, which was on the 9th Inst, b,
was going into the woods at Modes papel
mill. Up to the present writing he hal
not been arrested, and his victim wal
taken to the poor house and this morning
Il is rumored that he is dead. The who'll
affair grew out of woman, who was th
victims niece and the wife of the would
be murderer. All the parties are colored
Our very polite principal Of the Stat
Normal School informs us that he ha
filled his boarding apartments in th
school, having one hundred and twenty
five applications, also about forty appli
cations for day scholars. This will b
the largest number Of students ever en-
tered at the commencement of the tern
The institution under his managemeI
bids fair to be a complete success.