Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-08-16
NEIGHBORING COUNTIES

The Salvation Army established itself
in Chester on Saturday.
Miss Bell shortlidge of Concord, was
day last week, and sustained severe
INJURIES.
fire at Rockdale, Delaware oounty,on
Saturday night, destroyed three dwell
ings, barn and hotel. Loss, Ebout
10000 partly insured.
William Young. President of a Reading
bank, went West last week, and at
Waukesha, Wis, fell into the hands Of
bunco sharpers, who swindled him out of
$500.
The hogs near Womelsdorf, in Berks
county, are suffering from disease re-
sembling cholera. About 30 animals
have already died, and so more are
beyond recovery.
Charles Palmer, a young man employed
at Samuel Lewis mill, Upper Darby, had
his hand and arm badly mashed and
lacerated by getting caught in carding
machine, Tuesday morning week.
While Morris Watson, butcher of
Avondale, was Strengthening calf last
week his knife slipped and cut long,
deep cash in his right leg near the thigh.
He is suffering considerably from the
wound.
The sufferers by Saturday nights fire
at Rockdale were W. NJ. Carson, whose
stables were burned, Richard Pendleton,
two houses, and Mrs. Ruffley or Mary
Drake, different accounts giving different
names, two houses.
John Lewis, colored boy, a resident
of Upland, but employed on the expert
mental farm near Clay mont, got into an
alteration on Saturday morning with
white man, and was severely injured
about the face and back.
The body of an unknown man was
found floating in the Pennsylvania canal,
at Shocks mills, on the Susquehanna,
Saturday evening. The hands were tied
together with a slip.loop, and 1t is sup
posed to have been case OF suicide.
A Chester man created quite racket
on Saturday night While down town
| he purchased tin wash boiler. After
| taking on considerable whisky he started
| for home, and while on the way COM
| pletely demolished the boiler by punching
| it on the iron fences which Inns Broad
street.
W. Ii. Newhsll, superintendent of con-
struotion for the Pennsylvania Telephone
| Company located in Harrisburg, has been
| absent from home for about week, and
in consequence OF hiB prolonged aud un-
explained absence, it is believed that he
has lett the city without any intention OF
returning.
| While workmen were engaged at paint
| ing II. p. Newlin's houae at the Gum
Tree, in Chester county, cow belonging
to j. Rice Was discovered licking one OF
the paint pots. She soon afterwards
became sick, end, Notwithstanding the
efforts oil q veterinary surgeon to save her
she died from the poisoning.
As Mr.. Dale, resident of Ridley Park,
WAS returning home in his carriage one
evening last week from party at Sharon
Hill, he was stopped by two men near
the park, one OF whom caught hold OF the
horse. The animal reared and plunged
40 that the highwayman had to let 60,
thus saving Mr.. Dsle from an unpleasant
encounter.
Mrs. Petrinko, the Hungarian woman
who wandered from her home at Ban
croft's Banks, Delaware county, few
days ago, was seen in Springfield town
ship on Saturday and recognized from
the published descriptions, taken tt
Media and gu Sunday was taken to hel
home, weak and exhausted from her lope
wandering.
The engine of the milk train ran into
tue pay car engine, at Lenni, on the W
C & 2 road, on Saturday morning. Boil
locomotives were badly wrecked, and
several CARS we're throws from the track
The engineers OF both trains stuck tt
their posts and escaped injury. Tn,
fireman of the milk train received som,
injuries. No one eiee was hurt.
Mrs. Christiana Ernst OF Reading, and
another woman were assaulted on thu
Mineral Spring road on Sunday night by
rough-looking fellow They broke
away from him and ran into the city
Their assailant was s'terward captured
and proved to be- .Limbsr" Vented
Serious charges were preferred sgains
The prisoner, and he was committe ed fo
trial.
Mary, an 11-ysar.old daughter of JOIN
0rtlip, residing in West Bradford town
ship, Chester county, died of hydro
phia Oh Sunday, after enduring sgoniei
of distressing character for over q
hours. The child was bitten by strang
og some five years ago, but at the tim
nothing serious was feared, though tb
dog was discovered to be mad a lit
while a.terward and wss killed. Oh
Saturday morning last the child, Will
at breakfast, was suddenly taken viii
: apssms while endeavoriug to drink coffee
ard continued to suffer until Sunds
morning, wheu death came to her relief
Tho bite was over the right eye and ws
very tritiing one.
gflI EIf.k Mates