Delaware tribune, and the Delaware state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1877-18??, 1877-07-12
sUnsOyYDrNG COUNTIES.
The temperance meetings continue
Chester and Media.

badly bitten in the leg by dog yesterday.
The West Chester Ns,os reports the
wheat crop as fair, and says that corn looks
very promising.
Hopes Brothers and Darlington have
large orders for carriage wheel rims and
spokes from England
A horse dropped dead from fright at a
passing train of cars at Atglen, Chester
county, few days ago.
A crowd of men in Chester have dis
graced themselves by holding brutal cock
fight, in which one rooster was killed.
Charles McAdams of Oxford, Chester
county, sailed for Ireland this week to
inspect his estates in the Emerald Isle.
The single-turretted monitor Dictator,
now lying at League Island, will soon be
towed to Roach's ship yard for repairs.
State Senator Thomvs V. Cooper, of
Media, Delaware county, is having new
residence built. Serpentine stone is used.
A young lad named John Hoif, in Mont
gomery county, was struck by lightning
and instantly killed while shocking wheat
on July 3D..
The Catholics of Oxford, Chester county,
have begun the erection of church, which
| is to be Of brick with slate roof and 3Gx70
I feet In size.
Charles A. Wilson, aged II years, son Of
George T. Wilson, Of PhDnixville, Chester
county, was drowned on Saturday last
while in swimming.
Mrs. Edwin B. John, of North Coventry,
| Chester county, had her right leg broken
last Thursday, by falling from ladder used
in picking cherries.
The barn of Charles Gary, near Media,
Delaware county, was struck by lightning
on the Sd inst, and burned. A horse was
killed by the stroke.
Edwin L. Skeen, one of the proprietors
Of the Downingtown ArchiDe, has been
engaged as foreman for the Neps of Plano,
Kendall county, Illinois.
Joanna Winder, colored woman of
West Chester, aged rs years, dropped dead
from her chair en- Thursday. Her heart
and lungs were affected.
Last Saturday, John Sager, of Lenape,
Chester county, in taking barrel of -four
from his wagon, allowed it to slip, spraining
his back very seriously.
On Friday afternoon, Frank Monroe, of
Chester, was seized with sudden illness
which caused him to fall unconscious in
the yard at his residence.
The body Of Edward sewell, who is sup
posed to have been drowned last Sunday
by falling from the tug jams Kelly at
Chester, has not been found.
1t is rumored that Richard Darlington
will establish seminary in West Chester
in consequence of the recent loss of most
| ~ h:u I,,,iIa u, M at Eroil1nun
Solomon Bauer, boy aged years, was
drowned in Chester cyeek at Chester on
last Friday evening. He had been playing
in small boat and fell overheard.
The children of Mary Ann Hopkins, who
were thou sht to have persisted with their
mother during the recent Chester county
tornado, have been found pniniured.
Rows, free nghts, and disgraceful
auarrels generally, are quite frequent in
Chester, Judging from the NeWs, which
industFously chronicles such matters.
A woman living on the road between
Doe Run and Gum Tree In Highland
township, Chester county, was attacked
by bull and badly gored few days ago.
A ten-year-old son of Frank Frame, of
East Marlborough, Chester county, had
his hand very severely cut by the explosion
Of bottle of powder while celebrating the
Fourth.
Moseg Cruhb, farmer of North Coy
entry, Chester county, was seriously
injured last Friday BY being knocked
from load of hay as it was passing into
his barn.
Several citizens of West Chester, inGlHd
ina women and children, arc eamped upof
the Drandywine, where they expect tc
, spend two weeks in relaxation ane
recreation.
| Isaac Morris Davids, OH old and highly
} respected citizen of Chester county, died
) on Sunday Last, in Phanixville, in the sgd
ysse Of Hs age He Vas soldier Of thf
J war Of 1914,
A game of base ball was played at Yves
Chester on the Fourth between the Bran
; a,-,;-;sses and the West Philadelphias, re
, sultine in a victory for the former by {
1 scYse vi 70 tp u,
: The West Chester Ne'os says that Eas
nottingham township has had shower o.
small toads. Millions of them are hop
I ping over the fields and public roads nea
Woods mill dam.
. Mr.. William Appleby, Of Chester, wh'
: was Frustrated BY lightning on spnda,
last, finds it difficult to attend to his bust
ness on account of the pain in his hea
'. caused by the shock.
q Robert L. Rodgers has entered upon hi
"a duties as Deputy Collector of Customs a
a Havre-de-G Grace, succeeding A. I
n McCombs. The salary has been reduce
e from 81, 2eo to $500
) A brakeman saved two little girls 0
II Chester, on Friday, from inlminer
n danger They were under q freight trai
10 placing pins on the tracks to be fattenee
A when the train started.
le Among IS persons who have applied fo
a the Principalship of Chester High Schot
n are Charles f. Costen, of Claymon
70 Charles D. Billiard, of Lewes, and A. A
If Meader, of New Castle.
a A man named Graham, living a
Edenton, Upper Oxford township, Chestt
county, beat his wife in such a scandalo,
manner, on the 25th ult., that her life WI
for a time despaired Of.
A On Thursday last four-year-ol
n daughter of William Miller, of Tredyffri
township, Chester county, fell from la
NOV, causing conclusion of the brain an
&c fracturing her left arm.
-. The citizens of Ercildoun have orgal
~ lied to raise funds for the relief of su
iinn' ferers from the recent tornado, and sole
Its tors have been appointed for warrior
,,s places in Chester county.
it's On Tuesday evening large barn
sir Upper Providence township, Delawa
ce county, owned by man named Steel
Ia. was burned with its contents, Los
he 5000; insurance, $4,000.
al, The School Board of Chester, on Frid'
til evening elected G. F. Foster, of Chicope
or Mass, Principal of the High School, fl
to members voting for him and four for NJ
Robinette, the former incumbent.
IS Eleven thousand young shad fro
M Havre de Grace were recently set free
H. the Sacramento river. They are star,