Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-09
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
Events Across the County Line

Events Across the County Line.
Sneak thieves-evidently an organized
band-are operating in the the lower end
of Dauphin county.
The West Chester Republican favors
the nomination of Col. J. A. NJ. Passmore
for auditor general.
The river is in good condition for raft
ing, and if the weather continues as mild
as it has been for the past ten days. river
men might venture out with their floats.
Mr.. William E. Gilbert. who resides in
Pottstown, is the owner of a strange look
ing specimen of the chicken tribe. which
instead of having . fedders like hen.'' is
covered with soft gray wool or fur, some
thing like rabbit fur.
After an animated debate of two hours.
six diSputants participating, the people of
Media, Delaware county. have decided
that electing president for third term
would not cndanser republican institu-
tions. . That settles it,
On Tuesday cow belonging to Mitchell
Baker, ThOrnbury, Chester county, showed
signs of indisposition. Her owner had
heard that coal oil was 4 good bovine ap-
petizer, and so he administered Il quart of
that fluid inwar,ily. The medicine took
| immediate effect and killed the animal in
three minutes. The COW was one Mr. Baker
valued highly.
The water committee OF Harrisburg
councils has discovered that it has only
5000 to pay debts of 1879 amounting to
$1,000, and the members have finally de.
cided to either let the bills go over and
pay them out of the appropriation for
1880 or else take the unexpended balance
left from the appropriations to other COM
mittees during the year 1879.
| James COnnOr, of PhGnixville, was
nearly killed on Wednesday at the Phoenix
iron company's quarry by the discharge of
a blast. Connor had prepared the blast.
and after waiting some time for it to dis
charge, concluded that the fuse had not
ign:ed, and returned just in time to have
both his eyes blown out and portion of
his torn of. He was conveyed to the
Pennsylvania hospital in a very critical
condition.
In West Chester on "Wednesday, 4 COM
| ihCltlti ll.tNCiCi, ustS liICc WIVES
living, was walking Oh the railroad plat
form with wife No. >, when wife No.
came up behind her, tore the bonnet from
her head and gave her Il good th:eshing.
Wives Nos. and 2, it is s,id, are sisters.
residing near Glen Riddle, and No. 2 mar
ried her sisters husband, knowing him to
be undivOrced, and he then abandoned her
for No. .. No attempt was made by
moral West Chester to arrest the big;l-
| mist.
1t is contemplated by the owners of the
Lochicl rolling mill, Harrisburg, to SO
arrange the machinery in it that steel rails
can lie rolled, and begin on n contract
already offered by New York party for a
western railroad. 1t is designed to i'm
port the steel ingots from England, where.
it is said, they can be purchased cheaper
than here, and the cost of carrying them
to this country will be small. New hous-
ings and rolls will he put up in the mill.
strong enough for the new work t. be
done, at u cost OF about 10000. The
contract will be for 10000 tons of steel
rails, and it is expected that the works
will be ready by April 1st for the rolling.
This work will give employment to several
hundred more hands.