Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-20
NEIGHBOkHOOD NEWS.


Pine Grove park near Carlisle.
The Moravian female missionary society
of Bethlehem celebrated it's sixty-sec
ond anniversary by love feast on Sunday.
A West Chester firm will display spokes,
wheels and hubs ut the Australian interna-
tional exhibition.
Maj. Jacob Landis, Of MiddletOwn, has
county committee of Dauphin county.
Gov. Hoyt has been confined to his room
for the past two days, suffering from an
attack of acute rheumatism.
The borough Of Oxford, Chester county,
has inausurated measures for the purchase
of a s., 900 steam fire engine and $500
worth of hose.
General Simon Cameron, Col. w. W.
jennings Samuel F. Barr, esq, and Capt.
W. H. Patterson left Harrisburg yesterday,
for some point up the Pennsylvania rail
read, presumably for Huntingdon
Edward Herrlck, esq, chief clerk of the
auditor generals Office, and E. F. Kerr, of
the same department are now at Buena
Vista, Colorado, looking after their silver
mine interests.
The postof1ice department has given
notice to the postmaster of ''Brick Meet
ing House that the name is too long, and
accordingly changed it to "Calvert."
Sixty years ago Brick Meeting House and
Chestnut Level were the only postotfices
between Elkton and Lancaster, and tho
mail was carried by Messer Perry on
little old horse, and it required a week to.
make the round trip.
Yesterday when the day turn in the
Bessemer department of the Pennsylvania
steel works was about to go on duty it was
discovered that the building. which is an
old one, is not safe to work in. One of the
chimneys is not in good condition and
thare are various other repairs needed in
the building. The hands therefore did not
go to work and all operations were sus-
pended. Repairs on the building were at
once begun.
Near West Chester an unknown man
was found lying in the field of John Noble,
in an unconscious state. Beside him was
a bottle labeled laudanum, about one third
full. DR.. William 3. BrintOn was imme-
diatsly called in, and, with the assistanc,
of DR.. William F. Lee, did all in Lis
power, for the man, but at about 6 o'clock
he died. The man appeared to have been
u labOrer, and was well dressed. He was
a stranger in the neighbOrhood, aged about
As, sandy hair and mustache. He was
buried at the almshouse.
The friends of Oliver Stuck, esq, in
York county. propose to present his name
for a prominent position OH the Democratic
ticket of that county. Mr.. Stuck is the
editor of the York Democratic Press and
in the past rendered his party much ser
vice. Latterly the Democrats of York
have had their own troubles and MIR. Stuck's
paper took up the cudgels for one side,
while the old organ, the Gazette, repre-
sented the other. AS this is the day of
peace and harmony in the party, and Dem
Ocratic love feasts are in order all around,
it is claimed by the friends of MIR. Oliver
Stuck that his nomination would tend to
heal the divisions in the party in York
county.
Yesterday morning roughly-clad MAN
entered the Dauphin Deposit bank OH
Market street, Harrisburg, and presented
check to be cashed. Mr.. Donovan, the
clerk, looked at the check and saw it was
for s1G5, payable to S. Zimmerman, in tie
name of John Hofler, the well-known mil
Ter. lie handed the check to Mr. Davies.
who after examining it pronounced It
forgery. The man then said he would go
and bring in some one to identify him.
Mr.. Davies called him back with the OIL
ject of OBTAINING him until 4 police officer
could be sent for, but the would-be forger
was too sharp to be caught and so took u
rather sudden departure.
\ dispatch from Elkton, Nd, says {:
"Miller's walking match closed tonight at
II 80 p. m. J. J. Dickinson scored 10
miles c. Cope, 155 miles Coyle, 134
miles. Miller. the manager, left town be-
fore the match was ended with all the pro-
ceeds and the walkers get nothing. Be
sides, he leaves 4 lot of unpaid bills be-
hind him, including the orchestra, scorers,
and so forth. Miller came here claiming
to be the champion of Pennsylvania and in
trying to do five-mile exhibition had to
stop before he made one mile. The people
of the place are very indignant about the
course Miller has pursued and say they will
make him leave the town should he again
make his appearance.
| "Going for " DIR. Wickersham.
In the Reading school board, OH Tuesday
evening, when Supt. Buehrle's resignation