Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-28
NEIGHBOKHOOD NEWS.
Events Across the County Line.

Events Across the County Line.
During the recently disastrous fire al
Milton pieces of partly cbarred silk and
newspapers were carried "a miles away,
and ashes fell full six miles further of.
On Wednesday the remains of Mrs
Robert H. Coleman. who died recently in
Paris, France, were taken in a special
train from Philadelphia to Lebanon, and
consign ed to their last resting place under
the new Episcopal church, now in course
OF erection. As a mark of respect, all the
employees on the extensive building opef-
atoms of Mr.. Coleman ceased work on
Wednesday.
Auditor General Schell has given TIE
twelve Philadelphia theatres sixty days
tice in which to pay their license of S5Oo
each for 1879. Ii not paid then the matter
viii be placed in the hands of the attorney
general for collection.
Danner while driving a fou, horse t. am.
hauling lime through Easton, jumped OIL
his saddle horse to stop dog fight. The
horses ran off and Danner tried to stop
them he fell under the wagon and was
fatally hurt.
The Wrightsville Star says that James
Dougherty, driver Of a boat team, was
killed by a mule, but not dangerously
Joseph d. Burk, engineer at George F.
Baugher's machine shop, in York, while
at work yesterday, had his right hand
caught in revolving horse shaft and he
was drawn in on the machinery. His body
was whirled around on the shaft, making
ninety revolutions per minute, for time,
and when he was rescued it was found
that he was terribly bruised. Both arms
were broken and the skin was torn from
both hands.
Captain Linden arrested in Reading yes
terday Ed. Hall, Mike Walsh and Bob
White, notorious forgers, for counterfeit
ing Reading railroad scrip and stock.
81, 700 of the "queer' - was found in their
valises. Good bye!
A Baltimore horse railway company
can carry passengers upon six-cent fare
and pay twelve per cent. Of its gross re-
ceipts for the benefit of the park and still
make handsome dividends. The bulletin
wants to know why a Philadelphia COM
pany which pays no park tax, and no other
tax Of any kind upon its gross receipts,
cannot carry passengers for five-cent
fare.
Samuel and Joseph Jeans, executors, of
of Joshua Jcans's estate, have presented to
the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philade,-
phia check for twenty thousand dollars.
Mr.Jeans had made this provision in a cod
icil which was without his signature, and it
remained with the executors to determine
whether the provision should be fulfilled
or not.
This year will be the 150th anniversary
of the white settlement of the Cumberland
valley. The historical society of the val
ley will probably celebrate it at Doubling
Valley Springs sometime during the sum-
mer.
Spotted Tail, Red Cloud and thirty-four
other Indian chiefs are at Carlisle visiting
their own and other children at the govern
ment school there.
Elder Andrew Miller, of Paradise town
ship, York county, has died, aged 70 years
and months. Elder Miller was for more
than 80 years a minister in the German
Baptist church, at Pigeon Hills.
Adam Moessingcr, Of Glen Rock, York
county, has died from his injuries received
by the bursting of the emery wheel in the
machine shops at that place.
York is agitating the erection of cotton
mill. The town is also to have an opera
house at last.
The southward-bound train on the Will
mington and Northern railroad which left
Reading last evening at the usual hour,
$40 o'clock, collided a short distance be-
ow Naomi station with northward
bound freight train, owing to the latter
being a half.hour behind time and "trying
to make the next station" There was q
terrible crash and frightful wreck, both
engineers narrowly escaping death by
jumping from their machines. OF the
passengers some twelve persons were in
jured. One man had both legs broken !;
another was badly injured about the chest
and otherwise internally, and his recovery
is doubtful. Four ladies are badly in
jured, among whom were Mrs. Minker and
Mrs. Price, of Birdsboro', both of whom
had their noses broken, besides sustaining
cxl- r.