Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-01

NEIGHBoRING COUNTIES.

Diphtheria is still raging in Norris
town, but to less alarming extent than
two weeks ago, when, in the estimation
OF leading physician, there we're $50
cases, confined mostly to very young
children.
About O'Clock on Saturday afternoon
section hand on the p, W. & B. rail
road was almost instantly killed by the
north bound limited express train be,
tween Lamokin and Chester. An inquest
was held In Chester, and a verdict of
accidentally killed rendered.
DR.. Bridges of Philadelphia, state vet
-riuary surgeon, inspected the herd of
J-sse Garrett In Birmingham, near West
Chester, Friday. and ordered the
daughter of seve' ,ows which were suf
tering from pleuro pneumonia. Others Of
the herd are infected and will have to
be killed.
Adsm Hsrelick of Ph0nixville, re-
turned home late few nights ago and
kno, kad for sdmittance. Some one up
stairs raised a window and held ont q
kerosene lamp and accidentally let it
fall. 1t struck Mr.. Harelick, broke and
set fire to his clothes, burning him
seriously.
Joseph Pyle of West Chester, COM
United suicide Thursday morning by cut.
ting his throat, in the kitchen of his resi-
depce. He had been suffering from gen.
.ral debility and, on Wednesday, visited
a physician in Philadelphia, where he
learned that his condition was critical.
He was about DO years old and employed
in the store of Caleb Taylor.
Fred Lauer's death has caused great
sensation in Reading. 1t was long
coming, but it is there. While the prince
of malt and hops was living, the
enterprising Reading dailies never cried
water" once. Now they are screaming
"water water give us water-pure
water" at the utmost tension of their
editorial lungs. Strsngel isn't it p
Lancaster Ns,o Era.
On Saturday Benjamin Myers, better
known as Bennie Myers, WAGNER, was
buried at New Providence. He was
among the last OF the old drivers who
handled the lines on a team hitched to
the old Conestoga wagons. His team was
known from Philadelphia to Pittsburg
aud his trips were many between these
two points, as we'll as this city, where he
has hauled many hogsheads of whisky.
"Professor Jake" Bonssll, the young
desperate and highwayman who became
the commander of the notorious Welsh
mountain gang of land pirates after Ike
Buzzard was locked in Lancaster Jail has
forced minister, at the point of the
pistol, TO marry him to Lydia McComas, a
deaf and dumb niece of Jacob V. Fletter-
man of Norwegian township. The woman
is described as young, rich and pretty,
and as urgent for the ceremony, she hav-
ing paid the minister IS fee. Bonsall
is now in the mountains, and his capture
will be difficult matter.
A box purporting to come by express
from Lancaster was sent to Conrad Gerber
Of Reading, by two fellow employees at
the brewery. II was not opened until
his home, on Kissinger street, was
reached. His wife was nursing three
weeks-old child when the box was
opened. 1t contained one live rat and a
number of dead ones. When the rat
jumped out Mrs. Gerber was frightened
so badly that she fell to the floor in
Mysteries and is now i'll from the shock.
The child is also i'll. Efforts are being
ulAu6 10 b6tll6 u Itsulthnt bulL DrOuRnl
by Gerber against the practical jokers.
A dispatch was received at police head
quarters, Philadelphls, yesterday week,
requesting the arrest of John Brown, q
young man whose parents reside near
Swarthmore, Delaware county, on the
charge of stealing gold watch and
chain from his mother, horse from q
man named Mcfarland, at Swarthmore,
and saddle from Mr.. Hutchinson,
residing near Moore's station. Detective
Gray, who was detailed, discovered that
| the horse had been entered in the name
OF John Brown, for sale at the bazaar, or
| SAMSON street. The detective had the
animal bid in, and when Brown called
arrested him. The prisoner had tn,
pawn ticket for the stolen watch ant
confessed that he had taken the hors,
and saddle. He WAS taken befor,
Magistrate Ladner and committed undsl
81, 900 bail to await the action Of tn,
/ authorities of Delaware COUNTY.