Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-21
OBITUARY.
DEATH OF JOSEPH MIsnLEr
One OF Headings Old Citizens.

Shortly after noon yesterday Mr.. Joseph l
Mlshler, an old and highly esteemed resi- |
dent of Reading, died at his residence, No.
p North Sixth street. surrounded by the
of his immediate family. Mr..
Mishlcr has been ailinS for 4 long time past.
and final separation having been looked
forward to and expected for many weeks
past, the announcement Of his death is
much less startling than it would have been
under other circumstances. Mr.. Mishlcr,
was born at Reamstown, Lancaster county,
on March 18th, 1920. He was engaged
there in agricultural pursuits until 1916,
when he removed to Lebanon county and
was married to Rebccca Zimmerman, ut
NcwmanstOwn, i'll that year. In the spring
Of 1913, he removed to Reading and
engaged in the wholesale liquor bust
ness, which he continued until 1872. At
one time hc was the partner OF Mr.. Sam
uel Buch. Mr.. Mishler has, all through
his residence been closely identified with
the best interests of the city and all cliari-
table projects, rs we'll as measures tending
to the promotion and enlargement OF the
channels of trade, and was sensible of the
benz Its arising from his hearty support.
Deceased was Il life member Of the Read
ing Relief society, and a liberal coLtribu-
tor to its wants. At one time he was also
Il director of the Union national bank,
and 4 prominent member of Readings
first board Of water commissioners. 1t
was through his energy and libcrslity
that the academy Of music was
erected, and he continued to be its
sole proprietor up to the present time.
He has always held the interests OF the
public in high estimation, and there have
been but few progressive projects that Mr..
Mishler did not aid pecuniarily, or strive to
advance by giving the same his countenance
The deceased leave a wife and two sons,
John ID. and William -. Mishler. lie
also leaves behind him five brothers and
two sisters. In the latter part OF the year
1878 Mr.. Mishler had stroke apopleXy,
which affected him seriously ut the time
and interierred with his attending to bust
ness, he only being able to get about will,
assistance. For the last six OF eight months
he has never lett his room and his entire
family have been assitluOus in their ;,ttcn-
tiOns upon him.
Death finally resulted from debility and
generally nervous prostration OF the entire
system.
Death of .'I;illy" DAVIS.
William Davis, better known as Billy
Davis" Il we'll known resident Of Drumorc
township, died suddenly last cvcnin" ut tho
residence Of John Heaps, his sOn-in-law, in
Ouarryvillc, where he was OIL u visit. lie
had been unwcll, but his death was uneX-
pcctcd. Mr.. Davis was u very hard work
ing and wcll-tO-tlo man and had amassctl
quite Il good estate. Hc owned II farm
near Libcety Square, and up to the last five
wears he uuarrietl and burned considerable
lime ut Quarryvillc, where hc owned Il
quarry lot, and had Il cabin erected Oh it.,
and here he lived for weeks at Il time. He
was consistent member Of st. Catherine S
Catholic church, to which he will be Il loss
as we'll as to the community i'll which he
lived.
More MOrtuary Matters.
George Porter, 4 young man well and
E,voraDly known in Mt. Joy, died 1T the
residence Of his mother, on Tuesday night.
lie was au only son, and the ailliction
comes the more severe from the fact that
his mother is also down with the SINE dis
case (malarial fcvcr), and WAS unable to
be with him during his illness, or to attend
his funeral.
Rev. Daniel Webster, a celebrated col
| orcd cxllortcr, has died at Springvillc. lie
was the founder of the colorcd cemetery
near Mt. Joy.
Mr.. Jacob BurthoiI, formerly Il resident
of the vicinity Of Mt. Joy, lately of King
ston, Caldwell county, Mo-, had dug rev
| well, and the old ladder used for that pur
pose was still in it. He went down this
ladder to bring up n bucket that had fallci
down. lie brought up the bucket ant
handed it to another maD, but just at that
instant the rung OH which Inc stood broke
i r. -, l., n
ing his neck.
| Cyrus Ruttcr. u prominent citizen o
East Earl, after 4 severe attack OF brOn
chitis, has died from it's effects, leaving :
widow and five young children and ~
hOnOrcd name.
The W. RICHTER estate is erecting ;
handsome white marble mansolcum in Mt
Bethel cemetery, Columbia. 1t will have
Il granite base and massive bronze door
The sides and roof will be of marble o
elaborate workmanship and tasteful lc
sirn. The superficial dimensions arc six
teen feet front and twenty feet in depth
with an elevation OF over eighteen feet
Over the bronze door will bc the lamil,
name '.Righter' in large block letters, il
high relief. In the interior will bc rcccp
taclcs for twenty y-fivc bodies. Each of tlcs'
apartments will bc closed and sealed will
marble tablets, bearing tho usual dates o
birth and death, age, etc.
The Columbia Spy is impaticntly wait
ing to sec or hear of the deaths of 4 doZci
or fifteen boys at the coal shutcs Or on the
X & G. Il X. in that borough, who juml
the trains to pick the coal that is dropped
Mrs. Harriet Smith. of color, aged 80
who died recently ut Cape May, Wa
buried in Philadelphia yesterday. Rev
Dr. Tyler, in the course Of some brief re
marks, stated that the deceased was borl
in Maryland in 1895, and went from tina
state to Columbia, Pa, where, in 1918
she was married to Stephen Smith. Abou
the year 1910 they moved to Philadelphia,
Stephen Smith accumulated = considerable
amount of money, and before his dealt
founded the home for aged colorcd pei
sons, ut Belmont and Girard avenues
After it's erection he stipulated that, if hi
name was to bc placed about the buildin
in any way, that Of his wife, Harriet
should be upon the same tablet, rs it Wa
through her influence that he was led
build and cndOw it.
: A TRAGIC DEATH.