Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-09-23
NnEGIiI:Oi.HOOD NEWS.

Events Across the County Lines.
The Chester county agricultural fair
opens to-day.
A campaign clui, in Chester county
turned out and cut their leaders, corn by
moonlight.
The East Pennsylvania Lutheran synod
resolved against beneficiary students for
the ministry engaging themselves to DO
married.
Ieise a. Kaufman, OF Columbia, have
y feed steamer and clothes washer on ex-
hibitiOn at the Dauphin county fair. 1000
persons attended the fair yesterday.
West Pikcland township, Chester county,
had u grand celebration of Jacob Stauffer' S
eighty-sixth birthday. At the Green Tree
there was u grand celebration of Hannah
II. Pyle's sixtieth birthday. Among the
guests being her sister, Lydia BrOOmall, of
Christiana.
Samuel Hartman, of Upper Oxford
township, Chester county, has purchased
his old home farm, near Lancaster, con-
tanning So acres. Mr.. Hartman offers his
Upper Oxford farm ut private sale, with
intention of removing to his new pur-
chase.
Harriet Thomas, wife OF Daniel Thomas
OF West Nottingham township. died on
Sunday night last. She was well known
fOrtunc-tcIlcr. and for sin.ularity Of char
acter was well known for miles around.
She was often visited by persons from
distance in quest of knowledge supposed
by them to have been vested in this old
woman.
William Gorsuch and wife Of Peters
Creek, Lancaster county, started from Ok
ford on Monday for Niroqua, Vernon cOun-
~. Wisconsin. They go on 4 visit to
brother, John Gorsuch, who went west
from Lancaster county 4G years ago, first
settling in Ohio and for the last fifteen
years has been located at the above place
where he is engaged in farming.
III Harrisburg the other day al engi-
necr's wife, Mrs. Eiscnberg, rushed from
her house to the track, spread herself over
the rail in front of her husbands lOcomO-
tive, shut her cyes and calmly waited the
approach of the wheels which were to
uisc and manglc her beyond recognition.
Some parties who saw her. hurried to the
spot and dragged her off the track, before
she coIld make 4 success of her little d.
version.
Near Calvert, Md, Hiss Lizzie Brown,
about IS years Of age, daughter OF James
Brown, who was recovering from 4 serious
Spcll vi ~ pLoNi lcSCI, JuhPSN 'y
from the bed, terribly frightened, caught
the bed post, uttered u fearful shrek and
fell back dead in the attendant S arms. 1t
is supposed s!,c had had frishtful dream
and the sudden action of the heart caused
= rurturc of some of the vessels. prOduc-
ing instant death.
David Reeves, president, and VIM.
Reeves, superintendent of the Phoenix
iron company, have resolved to start their
rolling mill at Safe HarbOr, on double turn
next Monday. The enterprise is a private
one on the part of the owners, and the
company has no connection with it. They
will employ about twenty-five hands from
Norristown and other places.
r. +. Patterson, general manager. and
John Bcdloc, foreman have left Norris
town for Safe IIarbOr.
Eph. Bushey, Of Lancaster, was arraiSn-
cd before Justice Byers, of Potts
town, on Tuesday, for passing
the toll gate of the Perki-
omen Il Reading turnpike company with
out paying the proper amount OF toll.
Bushey is ON agent for winnowing mills
and other farming machinery, and repre-
scnted to the toll gate keeper that he did
not come directly down the pike, but made
a detO,ir and entered the highway near
while in reality he came all
the way from Reading Oh the turnpike, as
witnesses testified. lie was compelled to
pay fire apd the costs, amounting to
&c. 81, which the justice informed him was
getting Off very lightly.