Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-08-23
NEIGHBORING COUNTIE'

s. W. Darby is now erecting 10 new
houses at Frederick.
Provision is about to be made at the
Chester county almshouse for tramps to
earn their keep when committed thereto.
Alfred s, Hardness, teller of the
Farmers National Bank of Oxford has
been appointed cashier OF the new Quarry
vile National Bank.
Within the past 10 days six Tres have
occurred in the vicinity of Gwynedd, Pa.
1t is supposed an incendiary ia at work,
and reward OF 81 900 has been offered
for his arrest and conviction.
Monday week eight lambs belonging to
Jesse X. Cope of East Bradford township,
Chester county, took shelter under tree
during the storm. The tree was struck
and every one OF the lambs killed.
Thomas Smedley of Fulton township,
Lancaster county, accidentally put his
lett hand against a rapidly revolver cir
cular saw in his wheel mill a few days
ago and had the thumb and forfnger
severely cut.
Prof. James G. Booth recently sold q
portion of his place at Hsverford at the
rate OF $1,000 per acre. 1t is reported
| that fine simmer resort, after the plan
Of the Bellevue and Devon Inn will be
erected there.
The storm on Sunday WAS heavy across
a portion Of Lancaster county and the
| hail did much damage to some tobacco
fields in Little Britain township. 1t was
also destructive southeast Of Oxford in
Chester county.
Daniel Mast, an old Amish preacher of
Il nf
died suddenly Monday, from heart
disease. He WAS 80 years old and for SIS
years had preached the doctrines of that
strange religious scot.
Rnos P. Barnard of Pooopson township,
who fell off the, barn Tuesday week, does
not seem to improve very much. Part of
the time he is unconscious, being more
or less injured about the head. A report
that his skull WAS broken is untrue.
| The Maris family's centennial re-
IN on on Saturday at Spring field,
Delaware county, will, it is thought, be
attended by at least 1000 people.
| George Maris had over 40 grand chill |
dren, whose descendants number nearly
| $4,000 persons, at least one-halt of whom
are still living.
| Pierce Hopes, Jr., CT West Chester,
formerly clerk Of the courts of Chester
county, accompanied by Davis Woodward
| of Kenneth Square, will start for Mon
tana in a few days where Mr.. Hopes will
fill the position OF clerk in a railroad
office, while Mr.. Woodward will receive
the conduetorship of Pullman palace car.
| William Miller of the Riverside Hotel,
| at the Lazaretto, has had valuable card
/ prepared tor the guidance of gunners dur.
ing the coming season; it gives the time
of high water at that place for tho months
| Of September and October, as we'll a. the
rise in feet. The card can be had by al
dressing Moore's post office, Delaware
county.
If there is any herdsr in Dslawar-
county or the State of Delaware VIII
owns shepherd dog that he would like :.
match against dog of the same breed
pen sheep--fiye ewes and buck
opportunity is offered by c,G
Chester. Challenges sent to ths { ter
NeDs Office will be handed owe. 20 the
party in question.
Jerome sohoeffsr, aged q years, who
pleaded guilty to the larceny OF horse
belonging to Charles uetrich, Jefferson
township, Berks county, some time ago,
WAS sentenced yesterday week to five years
imprisonment at hard labor and solitary
confinement. Schoetfer also served Two
years in the Eastern Penitentisry for
stealing horse in Lebanon county.
A collision occurred Friday on the
Philadelphia & West Chester railroad at
Angora, between passenger and a freight
train. James Welsh, fremen OF the
freight engine was killed and Charles
Cox, conductor of the same train, was
seriously injured. About rs sheep and
calves in transit were scalded to death.
The track WAS blocked for several hours.
It is stated that the Pennsylvania &
Schuylkill Valley railroad will be ex-
tended from Residing through to Potts
vile, and that the preliminary surveys
have already been made. Leaving Read
ing, the new road will be located west of
the Reading compsny's tracks ,uutil near
Hamburg, where they will cross the
schuylkili river aud pass through the
borough limita, and then continue
through orwigsburg to Pottsvills.
A large number of Philadelphia chill
dren were distributed at points along the
Baltimore Central railroad by :he Chill
dren's Country Week Association on
Thursday last. The morning train
| DTVuSut LILO iuilUWiuS IuuDbf W JubEltI
county: Fairville 80, Rnsedale 30, Tough
kenamon 20, Avondale 20, West Grove
so, Elkview 10, Lincoln Is, Oxford 26.
Those received at Lincoln were eolored.
The association pays 81 per week for the
board of these children and none remain
J longer than one week. They have been
coming to Oxford for three or four weeks.
} -Orford Press.
Frankfort, the noted one-eyed horse
, thief, was brought before the court at
West Chester Monday morning, to hesr
the Judge pass upon the thirteen offences
of which he was convicted last week. The
Judge decided that inasmuch as the con-
vict was fugitive from Lancaster county
Z prison, where several years of a balance
. Of a sentence remained unserved, the
prisoner should be remanded to the Lam
} caster county authorities to serve out his
. sentence there. His Honor stated that
t sentence in his court would in effect null
. lily that which the prisoner is entitled to
9 serve there. Frankfort will therefore be
given up to Lancaster county on writ
3 of hsbeas corpus, and the Judgment of
4 the Chester county court is suspended
until he shall have served out his SEN
g tenoe in Lancaster county.
|
Rothermsl, wealthy farmer of Bsrks
r county, has just returned home. He left
\ last April for Iowa, and after a great
! many vicissitudes, was taken down with
4 malarial fever. He then started for
. bone, but the fever affected His mind,
l and at Chicsgo he got on north bound
r train instead of one for the East, He
g was robbed on the train, and about 100
j miles north of Chicago, having neither
b ticket nor money, all having been stc,n
II from him, he was put off the train In u
}. wilderness. He worked his wsy witI
r difficulty through the pine fosest Unit.
a after several days, during which he SUD
d sisted 90 roots and berries, he got "
the open country. lie then nud-rto
d walk home, and, after enduriur
l. hardships, lie arrived at the Y -
g county poor house, broken > in
Z health and in rags. From the j., i.e eou.
- municated with his father, VII . had him
d brought home.