Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-27
MOUNT JOY N!LWS.

Christmas CelcbratiOn-fs:lIa wages oil Thieves
Presentation.
Santa Claus can!e on runners on Christ
mas eve, and as early as dusk it looked as
il he would do bisk business. The shops
were thrOngcd with men and women, each
eager to bc first served. On the streets
loving parents and kind friends with pack
ages, big bundles and little bundles, of
different value aud variety. hurried :.:On /;
anxious to prepare the Christmas tree
with the toys and painted knick- -knaclss.
calculated to gladden. the hearts r: the lit
tie folks or to bestow Il token of Iemcm
brancc in the way of something more sub
stantial. The horn blowers iii fearful dis
gnisc nOisily helped to usher III Christmas
day, which came with Snow alternating,
throughout the day with rain and sieet.
In consequence the outdoor merry c,akin.,
and the jingle of the sleigh bells
were not so intense and frequent,
but the iu-d door festivities we've
made all the mcrricr. Appropriate
Christmas services were given i'll some Of
the churches, which were we'll attended.
In the carly part of the evening the United
Brethren Sunday school gave i, pleasing
entertainment, 4 feature oi which WAS Il
representation of the ''O!h woman who
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ceived present. In the beautiful Bethel
church an unusually good programme was
carried aut. The altar was nicely though
The exercises embraced a number of dia-
lOgues, cllarades and tablcaux, besides
some good music Oh the violin, h:rmoaica
and harp.
A. L. Laudis, of the Landis coach
works, surprised his married employees
by presenting turkey to each one.
Thieves have been prowlinG around this
neighbOrhOcd with unusual frequency the
present winter and rs a result of the raids
"a number of houses were broken into, but it
was not until Thursday Sht that they sue
ceedcd in stealing anything of great value.
and that, too, after having tried 10 break
in at three or four places o.. New Haven
street, namely, at &. G. Shrk's, Benjamin
HOstcttcr's, Samuel Shookers' s and David
Lcib's. At the last named place an en-
trance was effected through the cellar.
The thief was undisturbcd and took with
him lot Of valuable .iewelry-four
gold pins, gold necklace, scarf
pin with turquois scttiny-a cashmere
dress pattern, underwear, kid gloves.
shoes, etc., net value not less than 500.
During the night a light snow had fallen,
and in the morning. when the robbery Was
Mr.. Leib tracked tie thief as
far as Hiestand's lumber yard. Marietta.
where he lost all trace of him. At Mr..
he entered the cellar, but could
go to no other parts of the house. Here
he took lot of meat. From the quantity
Of articles stolen it seems as if the load
would have been too heavy for one to carry
a long distance. 1t is believed that some
Of the stolen property went TO Marietta or
Columbia, and that \ part remains in this
Auctionecr l.. ID. Gallagher is already
to call no less than thirty sales
Of personal property.
The village Of Sprinsvillc has put five
couples in the matrimonial market during
holiday season.
John Cassel and T'ilshman Hostcttcr,
who have spent the last ten months in the |
West, came back in time to cat their !
turkey dinner ut home.
Among the Mount Joy boys who spent
Christmas in the borough are, Lincoln
Good, Budd Cunningham, Frank Sholl, of
George Doyle and G. Z.
Geyer, of Lebanon Valley college, and
Clayton Hoffman, of Millersvillc normal
school.