Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-24

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]. B. Brawley, Of Crawford county. is
announced as . Democratic candidate
Tor Congress in the Twenty sixth district.
The Butler county candidate is L. Z.
Mitchell.
A man aged 60 years, and identified by
papers on his person a. Charles Wieland,
dropped dead in POttstown, Wednesday,
from apOplexy. Nobody knows where he
is from.
Some of the wealthiest citizens of Milton
have put in their claims for share Of the
charity fund for the sufferers by the fire in
that place. and the distribution will prob
ably be made under the direction Of the
court.
At Erie little girl named Nellie Welsh
was killed on the railroad track by falling
under a coal car Oh which she had perched
herself, and from which she fell by the
sudden jOlting of the car when an engine
was attached to it.
Maris Woodward. Of Marsl,allton, Ches-
ter county, was kicked by horse Oh
Thursday evening. IIe was trying to
catch the animal, which was grazing in the
meadow, but failing in a second effort the
animal turned and kicked him in the hand.
The limb swelled up to an enormous size
and is quite painful.
While George Reynolds, aged 10, of Yer
non township. Crawford county, was en-
gagged in rakins hay with revolving
horse rake, the horse which he was riding
became frightened and ran away, throw
ing young Reynolds in front of the rake
and mangling him in fearful manner.
Seven OF the teeth penetrated the body
and he has died.
A swindler has bcen selling to residents
Of the lower Pennsylvania counties boxes
of what he called electric light. They con-
tained simply cOlOred borax, which he de-
clared was extract Of electric and would
last hundred years. The secret of how
to use it was to be impaired when ten pur-
chasers, at $40 each, had been obtained in
town.
While John Window was working at a
wood carpet manuiactOry in Philadelphia,
small piece of wood glanced from the
machine and struck him under the nose,
inflicting a wound half an inch deep. A
physician was called in, who said that
the injury was only Of slight character
and the man would soon be about. lie
is about to be buried.
While new thresher was being tried by
steam power on the farm Of Jacob G. Zerr,
of Geigertown. Berks county, the boiler,
weighing 3, 500 pounds, exploded with ter
rifle force, completely wrecking tho build
ing in which it stood, and going distance
of so feet away, where it embedded itself
3 feet in the ground. Three men were all
about the thresher, and escaped injury.
No cause is assiged for the explosion.
The Clarion Democrat has figured out a
majority of 1, $50 for Mosgrove, the Dem
Ocratic and Greenback candidate for Con-
gress in the district now represented by
Gen. Harry White, and composed of the
counties of Indiana, Clarion, Jefferson,
Armstrong and Forest. The Kiskiminetas
statesman ran over I. 1000 behind the COM
bined vote of the Democratic and Green
back candidates in 1878.
Near Erie picnic was being held and
John McCrea endeavored to induce several
young girls to accompany him up the
mountain. He finally induced Minnie
Ray, aged nine years, to go with him.
When missed there was great excitement
and hundreds Of people secured the woods,
hill and dale in search of McCrea and the
child. He was sighted on the plateau rum
ming off with Minnie. He was surrounded
and captured. McCrea is jailbird.
At the Keystone hotel, Reading, Jacob
Butler, colored porter employed at the
hotel, was handling rifle, and in a joke
pointed it at a boy named Souders saying,
g This is the way they do this thing in
mistake" He touched the hair trigger
and the gun was discharged. The ball en-
tered the head just above the right eye and
passed around above the ear Medical aid
was summoned and the ball prObed for,
but could not be found.
The full returns of receipts by the Penn
sylvania railroad during the first half of
the present year foot up total of nearly
$50, ,OOO, 600 upon the Eastern lines. The
Western lines are doing better than ever
before, and bring up the gain Oh all lines
for June alone to very nearly 81, ,OOO, 900.
If they continue through the year in any
thing like the ratio for the first six
months, the net earnings will he about %
per cent, and the surplus from the West
ern lines will approximate $4,000, 900
more-bringinS the net surplus on the
operations of both companies up to about
25 per cent. on the capital stock of CON-