Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-06

On Sunday afternoon about O'Clock,
The poorhOuse barn, a large and valuable
frame structure, was set ON fire and totally
together with all its contents,
of the crops Of the county farm
and a large number of valuable imple-
ments. Thirty tons CT last years hay, Al
acres Of wheat in sheaf, two large hay
wagons, spring wagon, threshing ma
chine, grain fan, harness, ,sulky-rake, forks,
and many other articles were utterly de-
stroyed. All the live stock, consisting of
eight horses, twenty head Of cattle, and
about fifty head of swine were saved. From
the barn the flames spread to the large
hog g-pen, slaughter-house and wagon
shed, all Of which were more Or less dam
aged. The roof of the old poor house
building, and the residence of the farmer,
Mr.. Zimmerman, were on fire, but the
flames were extinguished before much
damage was done. The loss on the barn
and its contents will probably reach s1O,-
600, and is insured for $4,000, divided as
follows British American, 81, 900 French
Assurance Corporation, $4,000; Etna, of
Hartford, $4,000, of all of which companies
Messrs. Bausman & Burns are the local
agents.
The firemen were ON hand as soon as the
great distance at which most Of the cOmpa-
MES are located from the premises would
permit, but they could do nothing except
to stay the flames from spreading to other
property.
The pOOrhouse barn has been burned no
less sthan four times, and each time we believe
the fire has been Of incendiary origin. The
first barn was burned some thirty or forty
years ago the second in 1852; the third
in 1871 and the fourth, which was one of
the most complete barns in the county, on
Sunday last. There is no doubt that the
last fire was the result of incendiarism. It
is stated by those who were early ON the
ground that the fire commenced stimuli
taneously in different parts of the building.
MIR. Lamparter, who was fishing on the
opposite side of the Conestoga, but in full
view of the building, states that he saw two
men running away from the building only
few minutes before the flames broke out,
and Maj. B. F. Cox, superintendent of the
hospital, states that about four weeks ago
an attempt was made to burn the barn but
it failed, as it was set on fire among chaff
which burned slowly and was soon extin-
guished.
All the officers connected with the hos
pital and poOrhouse, and some Of the in
mates of the poorhouse did good work in
getting out the live stock and other valu-
ables from the burning building. Two of
the inmates, Robert Brown, aged
90, and John Williams, 4; blind
colored boy, were struck by the
Sun steamer as it ran into the yard,
and were considerably hurt. VIM. Cox, a
son of the superintendent, was also hurt,
being kicked by a horse he was leading
from the burning building.
Other Fires.
On Saturday evening about O'Clock
the pottery of Henry Cast, Manor street,
was set on fire by shooting crackers, but the
flames were put out by the Humane fire
company before any serious damage was
done.
On Saturday evening the roof of the
dwelling of Michael Herzog, No. 6O9
West King street, was set on
fire near the dOrmer window by a small
fire balloon, but not much damage was
done.
The residence and saloon Of Mrs. Diehl,
High street, made a narrow escape from
being burned early OH Sunday morning.
A friend of one of the dodgers attempted
to wake him up by throwing fire cracker
into the window. He missed his mark and
the cracker lodged on the shingle roof,
setting fire to it, but it was discovered and
put out before any damage was done.
On Monday morning about 10 O'Clock
some boys threw fire cracker into the
open window of the residence Of William
Thomas, corner of Middle and Christian
streets, which set fire to some clothing
there. The fire was extinguishcd with a
few buckets of water before the arrival of
the firemen.
Yesterday forenoon while some young
ladies at the residence of Mr.. J. NJ.
Johnston, South Queen street, were ex-
ploding fire crackers, piece of lighted
punk fell from the window sill to the floor
and set fire to the skirt of the dress of Miss
Florence Cunningham, of Philadelphia.
Mr.. ]. s. Lewis, of Baltimore, who was
present, was the first to discover the young
lady's peril, and, ,seizing the burning skirt,
smothered the flames before any damage
had been done except to the toilet.
List Of Unclaimed Letters.
The following is list of unclaimed let
ters remaining in Lancaster for the week
ending Monday, July 5, 1880:
Ladies' List.-Miss Rose 3. DENNY,
Mrs. John F.. Forrest, Mrs. ]. b. Fenster-
macher, Anna H. Hess, Miss Sue Hoover,
Mics Carr;o Irwin Mrs Mary Ortz Miss