Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-16
STATE ITEMS.


William Piersall was fatally burned by
an explosion in an oil well near Oil City.
A MontrOse man had his nine year old
son committed to Jail for taking fifty
cent piece.
The new hospital for the insane at Nor
ristown was thrown open for patients on
Monday.
George 3. Herbert, of the Bucks county
Jlirror, has written life of General Ham
cock.
Chas. G.. COyan, who has been secretary
of the Youghiogheny lodge of Odd Fellows,
at McKeesport, Allegheny county, is S:,-
500 short in his account.
A few days ago a little girl belonging to
a cOlOred man named Ross, of SteeltOn.
was burned by the explosion of a kerosene
can which a domestic was using to start the
fire.
Hon. F. E. BeltzhoOvcr, who represents
the York, Cumberland and Adams dis
trict in the present Congress, was yester-
day renominated. He was complimented
with serenade at Gettysburg.
Hon. Jacob Ziegler, of Butler county,
editor of the Butler Herald, has been NOM
mated for senator by the Democrats in the
Butler and Armstrong district. Uncle
Jake would make rattling good legisla-
tor.
During thunder storm at Carlisle,
yesterday morning, two houses were struck
by lightning Zone of them six different
times), and a young woman named Huston
was severely injured.
Mrs. Sarah Rogers, of Pottstown, aged
fifty-two years, accidentally shot her hand,
on the 5th of July, with toy pistol. Lock
jaw was the result, and, after terrible suf-
fering, she died Wednesday.
Z. Reinhammer, aged forty was run
over and killed by a train at Wanamie,
Luzerne county, yesterday morning. His
head was crushed and his body terribly
mangled.
An oil pipe line burst at Salamanca, MY.
| and the squirting took fire. A ive-year-Old
daughter of John Washburn was playing
at the spot when the pipe burst and she
was literally roasted alive,
Four young men took shelter under a
wagon near Bethel church, OH the Bur-
lington turnpike, Philadelphia, yesterday,
during thunder storm. The lightning
struck the wagon and instantly killed
Derbin Rudderow, aged nineteen, and
dangerously injured the others, one OF
them fatally.
District Attorney Wurtzell, OF
Elk county, has started west with ex-
tradition papers for the murderer Halr;
English, who has been arrested in Michi.
gan. Wurtzell took with him the heaviest
leg irons in Erie county Jail. English tie
notorious outlaw of Elk, has long been a
fugitive from justice.
Philadelphia consumes 500, 600 tons ol
ice each summer, and this year the sup
ply comes from the Kennebec and Penob
scot rivers. There are now between 15(
200 schooners, of from 500 to 800 tons car
rying capacity, constantly engaged ir
transporting ice from the store houses OF
the rivers mentioned to Philadelphia.
While on his way to the field to cut
grain, Mr.. Daniel Strohm, of Newburg
Cumberland county, accidentally got hi.
foot into the machinery of the reaper upor
which he was seated. and had all the tiesl
upon the under side of the heel crushed of
the bone. He was promptly cared for, but
at last accounts was lying in very preca
riOus condition.
The tank of the Acme oil company, a,
Kansas Branch near BradfoM, wa.
struck by lightning yesterday and con
sumed. Two q, 900 barrel tanks and wells
at Chester City, were also fired by light
ming ON Wednesday night. They contin
ut d burning yesterday, but it was thought
last night that the surrounding prOpert,
was safe. The total loss is estimated al
! S115.OOO.