Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-01-31
MARIETTA MATTERS.
Our Regular Correspondence.
Church News-A Series of Death in On,
Family-PersOnal Points-A
Model Sled.


| Church News-A Series of Death In One
FamiIy-Personal Points-A
Model Sled.
Last Friday evening, the Presbyterian
sociable met at the house of Mr.. Sweilcr,
in Maytown, who is member Of this con
gregation. They were Hospitality enter
tanned by himself and lady. Everybody
| had pleasant time.
The revival at the church of United
Brethren in Christ is still progressing.
About 20 persons are at the bench. There
are some surmises that the whole upper
end Of the town, called Irishtown, will be
converted. What blessing it would he
to the middle portion. And after that
is accomplished what blessing it would
to 1rishtown, if the middle portion were
converted. One party seems inapproach-
able. He attends the meeting, and is
very active in keeping everything
in order, but when asked to
come to the bench, he says, lie has all the
religion he wants, and that any more
would interfere with his selling watermel-
ons on Sunday when they are in season.
Sunday is his biggest day.
The INTELLIGENCER has been taken in
the family of Mrs. Sarah Flury for over As
years without any intermission, commenc
ing with the weekly and afterward sub
stituting the daily when it started.
Mr.. Geo. Mcllatfcy Is in town. He came
from Burlington, n. j., where, with his
family, he has spent great part of the
winter. He says the Delaware is afford
ing a continual pleasure of skating. ice
yachting, bonfires. &c.
Soon time to talk local politics. Very
little has been yet, except that Jake Win
dOlpil will run for burgess.
Saturday is always Il lively day in
Marietta. The country people come to
town then to do their shopping.
Local freight traffic is so great on the
Pennsylvania railroad that they send a
shifter up ahead OF the "local" to get
the cars in order and save time.
John Brooks, the shoemaker next to the
Exchange bank, quietly took wife after
living alone about so years.
Percy Schocl, Of the Register, is huild-
ing an ice yacht.
They have !, coasting sled in town that
should be a pattern for others to build by,
and fewer accidents would occur: It seats
about 1G OF IS persons. is guided by q ':1''
handle in front. and has 4 brake that will
stop it almost instantly. Coasting may he
made as harmless as dueling in France.
Mr.. David Buchcr, formerly principal of
the Marietta academy, now teaching in
MiddletOwn, was in town to attend his
fathers funeral. \ heavy beard makes
him look we'll.
On Saturday afternoon 4 strange female
made herself conspicuous on the streets by
boisterOus conduct. and its being known
that she Lad committed Il petty theft. In
hn nvn,,infr 81, a hnoa,,,n inf,
Gated, and attracting entirely too much
attention, Constable Ruby locked her up.
Jacob Uilman received news on Friday
that 4 sister and her husband had died in
France and next day "a telegram came from
Middlctown, Pa., announcing, the death cf
his father-in-l law.
Miss Detwilcr, from Harrisburg. is Wis
iting the f*nlly Of Mr.. Abm. Collins.
Miss Carrie Woods, from I.eaman Place,
is visiting her schoolmatc, Miss May
Steacy.
Rev. J. p. Timlow will preach the fun
eral serman of Mrs. Whitehill.
Mr. Buchcr's funeral W Sunday was
very large.
Vincent keesey, es1., from York, was
in town Oh Saturday.
Quite number OF Marietta gentlemen
went to Columbia Oh Saturday evening to
see the female minstrels. They were not
all gidtly young men, either.
The wife of Rev. J. W. Geigcr has
been afflicted iu a peculiar manner during
the past few days. Some days ago she
suffered with neuralgia i'll the face, and
head, and the pain leaving her her jaws
became locked. She has since been unable
to open them, although suffering no pain
at all. Nutrition is gwen through quill
at place from which . tootl, had been eX-
tracted.
How precocious are the children OF to-
day! Fancy u yellow -hairel maiden OF
six, on the road home from school, talking
over the history lesson with youth OF
eight. "Maid Of Orleans he asks, "Why
this is made OF Orleans. Then, as she
reached out her little hand for it, she look
ed into his eyes and said ''You arc Civ
ing me tatly.' And ROW he hau!s her from
school every day on his sled.