Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-03-21
NEARBY PENNsYLvANIA PoINTs.

Darby Presbyterians have inaugurated
a series Of cottage prayermeetings.
John W. Baker has been appointed
constable Of the Third ward of Darby.
The Peoples Party Committee Of Ches-
ter county will hold meeting at West
Chester tomorrow.
chased the Plumsteadville Hotel Of A. ID.
Stever for $4,000.
They are killing fruit trees in sections
OF Delaware county TO prevent the spread
of the San Jose scale,
Twenty gypsies have broken camp at
the farm of Isaac Thomas, West Goshen,
and left for the South.
Elwood Wampole has sold the Eagle
Hotel Line Lexington, to Joseph Magee
of Philadelphia for $4,000.
West Chester fremen are talking Of
giving a big parade when the keystone
Chiefs Association meets there in June.
Arthur Brewer, a lO-yoars-old Chester
boy, was held up by q highwayman and
robbed of 80 cents, all the money he had
The highways OF East Goshen township.
Chester county, are being placed in the
best OF condition, giving good road to
paoli.
David s. Yerkes has resigned the post
mastership of Ogontz after rs years and
his successor will probably be William A.
Michener.
The deadlock in Marcus Hook Council
has been broken by the election of William
B. Culley as president and Walter o DON
nell as clerk.
Chester Lodge Of Elks is arranging to
have an open house to give the public a
chance 20 sec the interior of the pretty
now temple
The school savings fund system has
been adopted at Ridley Park through the
efforts OF tho Woman 5 Christian Tenn
poranco Union.
Nallmore NJ. Hellyer and wife Of Doyes-
town were given a surprise by over $50
/ friends upon the occasion Of their silver
wedding anniversary.
John Cox of West Chester found a crow
which had been ontrapped in a peculiar
manner with a piece OF cord to a limb OF
a tree and released it,
After telling his parents not to worry
and that he was comfortable, Harry Ab-
bott Shannon, a l6-years-old youth o
Chester. died in a chair
At West Chester hncmen we're 80 puz.
zled what to do with a huge stump OF
saturday that they dug n hole beside il
toppled il in and buried IL.
The idle plant of the Delaware Rive
Steel Co., at Chester. viii shortly b,
operated by the Standard Steel Foundry
Co, which has applied for a charter.
West Chester must pay two NOR
awards about So ,0OO, making over Sl4. .20C
to date, for diverting water from Chester
Creek. and many other claims are coming
The back-door burglar is still busy N
Chester where he robbed the home Of A
A. Protzman. secretary of the Youn,
Men's Christian Association, and secure,
much booty.
James Trcston Of West Chester has
. part of ireland Ia his possession in thl
shape of a piece of turf which he brough
over with him 40 years ago, having dul
IL from bog near his home
The county committee Of the People
Party will hold a meeting AZ West Cheste
and decide whether one or two sets of pri
maries will be held, there being a growinl
feeling that all the work can be done a
one.
George W. Neible Of Chester is IN
d owner Of manuscript book. in which
James Hamilton mayor Of Philadelphi
In 1915, kept record Of persons VIII
came before him 20 be bound out as an
prentices.
Former Clerk Of County Commissioner
Tobias 4. Crouthamel Of Doyestown ha
been appointed teller of the Perkasi
S National Bank, vice Oliver Q. Fulmel
e resigned, to accept the cashiership Of In
u new National Bank of Pine Grove.