Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-23
STATE ITEMS.

Peter Lubry was killed at Girard colliery
yesterday by falling down a manway.
John Kane, employed at Guffey & Tay-
lor's oil wells in the Kinzna region, near
Bradford, was suffocated by gas on Friday.
John Jones, tramp, and q companion
known as ''Crookey," got into quarrel
over game of cards, near Bradford, on
Sunday. "CrOokey" pulled a knife and
cut Jones in the arm, inflicting serious
wound.
The supreme court, in the case of Hot
tenstein VS.. Kohler, error to common pleas
court of Berks county, decides that a bank
deposit book, or pass book, as it is called,
is such an instrument of writing on which
judgment can be obtained according to the
| act of 1885, unless a sufficient affidavit OF
defense be filed by the defendant.
DR.. Sherwood, whose nomination for
supervisor of census is before the
census committee of the Senate, when be-
fore that body in answer to questions,
stated that he had never exchanged a word
or line with Speaker Randall, and he had
never had any communication with him or
any of his friends concerning the appoint
ment of census enumeratOrs.
During a ball at Gilbertsville, Mont
gomery county, on Saturday night, Milton
Reminger, who had been drinking, was
ordered from Frank Bocher's barroom, but
returned and burst in the door. Bucher
drew revolver and fired three loads at
him, one passing through his hat and
another entering his stomach. 1t was re-
ported that Reminger died from the effects
of the wound.
The Democratic committee Of Lawrence
county. at the meeting ON Saturday,
passed resolution "that Senator A Wal
lace, for permitting the confirmation of
James N. Kerns United States marshal
for Philadelphia. deserves the contempt
to every honest Democrat" The following
Tilden delegates were elected to the Har-
riSburg convention William Gordon, ID.
| S. Morris and Robert Mcbride.
] Aaron Geist was found dead in his bed
| yesterday afternoon. He was supervisor of
Long Swamp township, Berks county. He
went into Weitz' drug store and taking up
a bottle supposed to contain brandy took
a good drink. The bottle contained poison.
| When found his face and body were COW
cred with red spots, his limbs were drawn
up, froth came from his nose, and his ap-
pearance was ghastly.
Robert Tucker, who has been an en-
| ployece of Ziegler Bros, shoe manufac-
! turers, on Fifth street, above Arch, Phila-
delphia, for the past sixteen years, was
held yesterday to answer the charge of
stealing over 81, 900 worth of shoes from
the firm. He confessed that his stealings
covered a period of six years. The dealer
to whom he sold them has been held to
answer for receiving stolen goods.
Mary E. Miller, daughter of Andrew
! Miller, of Williamsport, has confessed that
George Smith came into their house the
night of the murder and said to her mother
that they had hung Miller up in the barn.
She also says that there was another
man with him, but as he was outside she
| can't tell who he was. The little girl was
! undoubtedly instructed by her mother to
testify falsely before the coroner's jury,
but now being freed from her influence
she tells the truth to Constable Steven
son.