Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-31
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
LITTLE LOCALS.
Here and There and Everywl

LITTLE LOCALS.
Here and There and Everywhere.
Mr.. Benjamin GOss and family, Of
Pcquea township, were missed by the cen-
sus enumcratOr.
Belgium this year celebrates the fiftieth
anniversary of its establishment rs an in
dependent kingdom, and Lancaster will
celebrate the event by laying down in
North Queen street Belgian block pave
ment.
J. Aug. Beck, the Harrisburg artist, is
at Shickshinny, Luzerne county, en-
gagged in sketching cascade falling over
rocks 80 feet in height, which will form
one Of his most interesting subjects.
The Marietta Register says that OH Tues
day morning last farmer whose name
was not learned, was attacked, while OH
his return from Columbia market by u
negro and white man, ON top of Chiques
hill, and rubbed Of $3.50, the only money
he had on his person. The balance Of
his money he had put into a bag, and tho
thieves failed to get it.
4 COW with seven arrows sticking in va
rious parts of her body, was seen running
at large near West Chester the other day.
1t is supposed that the West Chester arch
cry club was practicing at q target in the
neighbOrhOod.-N Herald.
Hon. Levi Maish, of York, who sustain
ed a severe injury ON the 5th of July, and
has ever since been confined to his rooms
t in Beck's building, is again able to move
about and is fast recovering his usual Wig
Orous health.
Speaking of the award Of the contract
for erecting the new county barn, the
Mquirer feebly says: 'It is possible that
technically they were wrong in accepting
a bid for building different from that
laid down in their specification. However
this may be, there is no doubt that Mr..
Bachman will erect them an excellent
building. and that he receives only fair
compensation for it,"
The buses for the third annual free
picnic, to be given to the poor children Of
Lancaster, by Rockland UndenOminatiOnal
Sunday school, at What Glen Park, OH
Wednesday, August 4th, 1880, will leave
the soldiers monument, Centre Square, at
o'clock on the morning of the above day,
returning at eight o'clock in the evening.
None will leave after a. m. for the
grounds, and those who are not on hand
promptly may be left.
The Marietta Register says: "Therc
have been some lots of tobacco in this vicin-
ity cut and housed, while large quantity
Of it will he ready for cutting by next
week. The larger part Of the weed about
here is we'll advanced in growth, and will
be taken in earlier than usual. There arc
many fine fields of it about here, which,
should nothing happen to injure it, will be
as fine as has ever been raised in the
county,"
Washington county, Maryland. is IA
nous wheat-grOwing country and the farm
ers are handing in their returns to the
INhI. Jacob McGraw had $40 bushels on
81 acres John McCable 479 bushels on "a
acres ; J. T. Kinsey had 25 bushels to the
acre on SO acres, and Jas. Ernst averaged
30 bushels-all of the Fultz variety. The
Lancaster yielded only 18 bushels to the
acre.
Frank Breneman, Of Providence town.
ship, writes us that he has cut ripe tobacco
this week Of which some of the leaves run
40 inches long and "a wide. He says fur
thur "Our Lititz friends may think this
looks big, but nevertheless it is fact. We
folks in the lower end are well aware that
there are many persons in the northern
part of Lancaster county who think the
southern portion Of the county is little
better than a barren waste, except few
chestnut sprouts but we co intend that We
can raise in Providence, Martic and Dru-
more as big tobacco and as good quality as
can be produced anywhere in the county,
and not only Of tobacco but Of the cereals
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