Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-08
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STATE ITEMS.
Patrick Lanigan, a well known coal
dealer, doing business in East Liberty, was
killed by the cars while attempting TO
drive over crossing where there was no
watchman. His horse was not injured.
Recent rains have swelled up the creek
at Clearfield and the west branch of the
Susquehanna into good rafting flood.
Logs in large quantities are now driving
down the river at lively rate.
The Allegheny county Democrats de-
cided to hold ten conventions, one for
each representative and senatorial district,
to elect delegates to the state convention,
on the 23d inst
The funeral of Mrs. Joseph P. SchoOley,
and her son Warren Schooley, the victims
of last Thursdays tragedy, took place in
Pittston yesterday and was attended by
over 1000 persons.
August Peterson was found dead on Fri
day, at the oil we'll of VroOman s. Magyar
Wis, on Shepherds run, about two miles
from Bradford. When found he was
standing ON a ladder and had died from
the effects of gas. He was between II and
1S years of age.
In East Hanover township, Lebanon
county, there lives an aged couple, MIR.
and Mrs. Michael Bross He is nearly 80
years old and his wife Catharine, born
Shaffer, was born February &c. 1896, She
celebrated the 21st anniversary of her
birth.
The dead body of George Robinson,
aged 81, who had been missing from his
home i'll Harrisburg since Thursday, was
found floating in the river OH Saturday.
He had been suffering from delirium
tremens, and it is supposed he jumped
into the river during one of his parOxysms.
Rev. Daniel Engle, residing on the Engle
farm, opposite Echo cave. on the Swatara,
about mile south of HummelstOwn. a
preacher of the Dunkard denomination, be-
loved and respected wherever he is known,
is now in the 92d year Of his age. He is in
good health and still takes hand in doing
light work about the place.
The Erie Observer thinks that the meet
ings held in Chester, Chambersburg.
Meadville and other points in favor of
Blaine, are behind time. What does Cam
erOn care for such expressions now, after
he has captured the delegates? They are
like the chirp of the chicken in the bad egg
when passing down the Irishman's throat,
''fOu sphOke too late.'
Thursday evening Michael Fox, the one
armed watchlnan at Mill Creek crossing,
Schuylkill county, while on duty was in
formed that his wife was sick and required
his immediate attention. Jumping ON a
passing engine he rode down to within sew
eral hundred yards of his house i'm PalO
A ltn yvhnr, ho tod 20 ~a t.,
doing so he made 4 misstep, fell and broke
his leg.
The bay mare Lydia s., owned by Hiram
Schiller, of Reading, has been sold to Mr..
Cummings. of Avon Park, Lebanon cOun-
ty, for $4,000. This animal was bought
by MIR. Schiller three years ago for $13O,
and while he owned her she participated
in thirty-seven races. She has trOtted a
mile in 2:27, and Mr.. Schiller is confident
that the mare can show 2:2O on full mile
track.
John Cessna, chairman of the Republi-
can state committee, has appointed as
secretaries of the committee for the ell
suing campaign Samuel F. Barr and
Lucien Rogers, of Harrisburg. C. L.
Magee of Pittsburgh, whose place as secre-
tary Mr.. Rogers takes, will probably be-
come cashier of the state treasury, under
the new state treasurer, Samuel Butler,
who will enter upon his duties next May.
Entries have closed for the great HON.
ing match to take place from Harrisburg
to Philadelphia on Thursday, May 81. The
prizes consist of gold badges and pins for
the first and third prizes, and cup of
solid silver for the second prize. Sixty
four pigeons were entered from the city
proper, Germantown, Manayunk, ConshO-
hocken, Frankfort, West Philadelphia and
Haverford. The match was open to all
fanciers within twenty miles of Philadel-
phia.
Messrs. j. W. Cree, A. Delamater and
H. Bryer, three of Meadville's prominent
business men, are going to pull up stakes
and leave the city in the spring for points
in the West, that present better facilities
for doing paying business. The Reporter
says that Meadville wants it's rich men to
put $50, 600 into a railroad running into the
coal and iron regions, or connecting with
the Erie and Pittsburgh road or to es-
tablish few manufactures. Otherwise,
" Meadville will, before many years, be
the deadest town in Western Pennsyl-
vania.'
On the 10Th of February Charles Kuhnle
a veterinary surgeon, residing at 1885 Ger
mantOwn avenue, went to attend a lodge
meeting of Kensington lodge No. 5,
Knights of Birmingham, and was taken
sick and expired in about quar-
ter of an hour thereafter. He had been
insured in the Providence life insurance
company, about seven or eight days
before, for the sum of $4,000. At the re-
quest and expense of the insurance COM
pany, the inquest was delayed to allow of
4 post mortem examination and an analy-
sis of certain parts of the system, but no