Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-29
NEIGHs0RING COUNTIES. &,


John Hains, a lite long truck farmer,
died at Reading on Saturday aged l01
years.
Mani elm, Lancaster county, is sgita-
ting the question of borough water
su pply.
Remonstrsnces against the rebuilding
OF the recently destroyed oil works at
NOrristown are in circulation.
Harrison Faust of Reading il critically
i'll from blood poisoning, caused by in
hi ling the dust from carpet he cleaned.
Thirty watches, gold and silver, were
stolen bv burglars from the store of
Thomas Powell, Third and Dock strests,
Chester, on Thursday night.
Stephen NJ. Meredith, well-known
Reading lawyer, has disappeared after
&C messing Judgment TO several preferred
creditors who issued execution on his
property, leaving, it id alleged, numerous
other creditors in the lurch.
Morris Brown, formerly master at
Hsmlin, Lebanon county, hal hearing
in Reading Friday charged with re-.
tsiuius and opening mail mater during
| his tenure OF office He was compelled to
VIM. b. Coxey II Lancaster WAS, Tues
uesdsy week convicted of accepting illegal
ses in :hree pension cases and was
sentenced TO paw $50 in each case aud
coats OF prosecution. He is a cotton mill
fireman and acted for Washington
agents. ..--..
George W. Kennedy, brakeman on 8
shifting engine at Pottstown, was instantly
killed Friday morning, while pushing
cars with the pushing pole. He was
struck by the pole, thrown under the
sngine and cut in two. He WAS about 30
years old, and leaves wife and CHILD
Judge Livingstone of the Lancaster
county court has had prepared form foi
applicants TOR liquor licenses which mus
be- filed with their applications, in which
they are required to make oath that ths)
| have Dot violated the law during tn,
tenure of the preceding years. license.
Thieves effected entrance about
O'clock Tuesday week into the genera
store Of T. L. Fritch q Bros, MertzIown
Bsrks county, by forcing in 3 shutter
They stole goods to the amount OF 5000
such as watches, revOlvers, silk hand
Iserchiefs, jewelry aud other VALUABLE
goods.
A. Stricken, q wealthy grain dealer O
Lebanon, died suddenly last week on
chair in the office of DR.. Krsyl, in Read
ing, upon whom he had called to con
suit in regard to an asthmatic trouble
Be was about so years of aye aud ma
Of fine appearance. HIS leaves fsmil,
At Lebanon.
George W. Chids OF Philadelphia, la
contracted for the erection of IL bricl
houses at Wayne. Delaware county, /
be completed by the lat Of next May. MI
ChilGs is building up the outlying lots c
mis- largo tract at that place, aud is dis
posing Of the most eligible sites for til
erection OF handsome residences.
William Godshall, a resident Of Hal
field township, Montgomery county, wa
shot Sunday night week aud 80 badly in
jured that he died tbs next morning. II
was piunderIg the htn roost of tsrme
in Roekhill township Bucks county, jus
over the line Of Montgomery oouaty ,whei
he wsa shot.
John Welsh, aged about 10, of Quarry
willie, Lancaster county, and Andrew c
mclaughlin of the same place, hav
each within few days received gunshC
l
men, the former being wounded in tn
fsss and likely to lose the sight Of a.
eye, while the latter has had 80 shot ez
trseted from the calf Of his right leg ant
is seriously hurt.
The Philadelphia & Reading rsilroa
company Thursday prevented the me-
Pennsylvania road from working on /,
: property in .hs southern section OF Read
1 | ing, where new bridge is TO be built
! Fifty lAborers were compelled to oeas
: operations. 1t is probable that quite a
active war will be insugursted at thi
point OF entrance TO the city by the Penn
. | sylvanis company.
Friday on attorney for the Pennsy
: vsuia railroad company, while searchin
y in the recorders office of Chester comfy
Z discovered mortgage of 4s years. stand
i ing upon a tract Of IS acres, now ioTmin
r the central portion of Spring City, Ches
ter county. The mortgage is for 5000
aud was given by Mrs. Crawford I
George Briuton, Jr., both now deceased
+ The finding has caused considerable
!. trouble in the matter OF some convey ance
t OF property in that place now in course
d making.
q The sessions of the state dairymen'
= association closed In West Cheste
9 Friday morning. The association &C
9 journed to the creamery of Brintor
e where the operations of a Separator
o were witnessed with much interest, an
afterwards were driven To the stock fari
n OF Captain C. W. Roberts, on the Brar
j. DIVINE, and that of Willis p. Hazard
y near by. After dinner almost the entiI
d party took the cara for Jesse and Jare
,e Darlington's large and popular dsiJ
:. farm at Darlington station, on the we
:, - Chester & Philadelphia railroad, yhel
- - the greater part Of the afternoon WI
y passed in exsminisg their perfect cresu
10 cry appliances and in looking At the
in herd Of nearly $50 cattle. +-5