The Morning herald., 1876-02-26
MINOR LOCALS.

Our ice men are beginning to look blue.
Business at the machine shops and ship
yards is increasing very perceptibly.
Prof. Webster will give his annual ball
at the Clayton House on the 3rd Of March.
Il will be a very fine affair.
The Sunday Temperance meeting will be
held in Institute Hall, tomorrow after
noon at halfpast o'clock.
The police Of Chester are still on the look
out for Tony the incendiary, who recently
escaped them. They don't intend to let any
guilty man escape.
The passenger railway company expect to
soon have all their cars altered to the new
style, when the travelling accommodations
will be greatly increased.
Alta meeting of the Moot Court, held last
evening, case of dover was argued Ut
length by Messrs. Turner and Conrad.
The court reserved its decision.
| The new reservoir has q deserted look
since the work has stopped on account OF
the cold weather. At distance 1t resem-
bles strong line of earth works.
William T. Allen, has removed his bar
Der shop from Sixth street to Second street,
near Shipley, where he has all the convent
/
The Church of the Immaculate Heart, Of
Chester, was destroyed by fire, on Wednes-
day evening. It was insured in the Della
i County Mutual Insurance Company for
$4,000.
Prososals for the erection of the new mar
ket house at Market and second streets, have
not vet been made, and the time for bids
will be held open until Monday, or longer
possibly.
The fencing around the Quickstep base
ball grounds has had serious injury done it
by the high winds that have recently pre-
vailed. It will take day or 50 to repair
the injury.
On Wednesday the schooner Sarah Smith,
loaded with lumber for Philadelphia, ran
on Marcus Hook bar and sank. The crew
went ashore and bunked in coal office At
Hook at night.
The Philopatrian Society of this city, Will
give a grand charity ball for the benefit OF
St. Paul's Male Orphans Asylum soon: It
promises to be a very elegant affair lick
cts will be sold at $500.
/ Freigbts on the Delaware Railroad are
said to be especially heavy at this time,
Extra trains are being run, and the company
is greatly taxed to provide the trucks upon
which to move the timber-this being the
leading item OF freight.
On Monday James Miligan. soldier Of
the war of 1912, died at his residence in
West Nantmeal township, Chester county.
Pa, aged s5 years. The deceased was
highly respected by all who knew him, and
his demise is sincerely regretted by large
circle of warm friends.
Benjamin Brown, the alleged Lancaster
county torger, whose attempt at suicide,
when cornered by the officers of the law IN
Chester county, proved fasco, few
weeks ago, is recovering and will soon be
able to be out. The Oxford and Rising Sun
, Banks, where he obtained the money, we
learn will not prosecute the case, as a
brother of Brown, residing in Delaware, has
come forward and made good the loss.
On Tuesday afternoon, says the Chester
"News," gentleman while walking along
the P. w. & B. h. r. track felt something
g unusually warm in his inside coat pocket,
and upon investigation he found that box
). of matches had ignited. Before he could
get them out of his pocket or extiuguisn
them his clothing was considerably burned
; and the smoke arising therefrom caused the
/. people at the depot to get ready to board
s the train they thought was coming