Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-06-17
NeighbOrhO0d News.

A new Presbyterian church was dedl-
Gated at Nottingham, Chester county, on
Sunday last.
The members of Fagg's Manor Presby-
terian church, Chester county, will cele-
brate next September the 15Oth annlver-
sary of the founding Of their church.
A moulder employed at Farquahar's
foundry. York. named James Tousen, aged
forty years, died suddenly while at work,
Yesterday afternoon, of neuralgia OF the
heart. He leaves wife and five children.
Prof. David B. Bruner has been elected
city superintendent of the Reading pupilc
schools "for the unexpired term, vice
Prof r. K. Buehrle, resigned, who is now
city superintendent of Lancaster.
On Sunday morning a horse trod upon
four-year old son Of Levi Schwartz, OF
Longswamp township, Berks county,
while the child was playing about the Sta
BILE, and the little fellow was fatally in
jured.
Robert Walter, of Chadd's Ford, Ches-
ter county, was out driving in company
with lady friend, when upon suddenly
turning a corner his fair companion was
thrown out of the wagon into the highway,
but fortunately escaped injury. For
| shame, Bobby, you should have "held "
her,
Efforts are being made toward the erec-
ton ola Protestant Episcopal church at
| Chadd's Ford, Chester county. Over
| 81 900 have been subscribed therefor.
Prof. VIM. H. Shelley, borough superin-
tendent and principal of the York high
school, has rendered his resignation to the
board Of school control.
The resignation of Rev. DR.. a. IL. Loch-
man. pastor of Christ's Lutheran church,
York, has been accepted by his conSrega-
ton. to take effect when pastor is
secured. DIR. Lochman has for nearly
fifty wears been in charge Of Christ's Luth-
eran church.
The new depot of the Pennsylvania rail-
road at the corner of Matlack and Gay
streets, West Chester, is finished and the
mechanics have left. The building is ready
for occupancy any time.
| lnC 1 OIk DGSptttH Sdyc w. Ai'@'S ~
ports from every section of the county OF
tobacco plants growing finely the acreage
this year is believed to be double last
wears: it was then about 4, 600 acres, the
Weld was about 100000 pounds. With
, a favorable season York county must raise
, this year %. 900 cases, 400 pounds each, OF
tobacco, which at 10 cents a pound round,
would yield our growers and our business
interests $1,000, 0O0." The Dispotchs zig
ures are evidently much too high. York
planters did not plant last year 1000 acres
l and the yield certainly did not average
l 800 pounds to the acre.
\ gentleman in Kent county, Md, has III
+ vented plan to kill the army worm lie
l digs ditch about eighteen inches deep ant
> sprinkles the bottom with salt. The worms
fall into the ditch and the salt makes short
work of them. 1t is said that the gentle
man has saved his wheat aud corn crop
!, this year by this simple remedy.
John +. Lentz and Russell Thayer,
Allentown, were on the collding steamer
y on Long Island sound on Friday night
, Mr.. Lentz was on the Stonington ant
$ Mr.. Thayer was on board the NarraSan
= sett. lie was on the boat when she wen
+. down, and made narrow escape with hi
t life.
# A few days ago Z. II. Graham stoppe
at the White Horse tavern and Will
a seated in his carriage drank quart @
,e milk, [milk is goodl, which acted upo
st him as Il soporitic, and he was soon las
~ asleep. When he awoke he found his ca
ID riagc standing on a hill in the road, an
S. himself seated in the carriage and his hors
h, and harness missing. He supposed at iirs
4. some one had detached the horse from til
.' vehicle in a Jest and that it would soon
III returned to him but after nearly two day
search in the neighborhood has been con
PEELED to draw the painful conclusion tn;
pa | the horse and harness have been stolen
lis some thief, who took advantage OF his col
er dition and made off with his booty.
The DemuIh Club.