Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-08-04
NEIGHBOkhOOD NEWS

NEleHBOkHOOD NEWS
Near and Across tho County Line.
Henry Smith has died in Reading from
sunstrOke, suffered while harvesting.
| Vincent Reynolds, of Chester county,
had . colt killed and the mare badly hurt
by falling into a hydraulic ram pit.
G. Morris Phillips, the newly elected
principal of the West Chester normal
school, has officially accepted the posi-
tiOn.
The coming fall fair of tho Chester
county agricultural society promises to be
| 4 very successful one.
Oliver Sidwell, esq.,. \ we'll known citi-
zen of West Chester, has suffered slight
stroke of paralysis.
A Harrisburg fisherman brought to the
surface alive clever sized mussel, which
held firmly between its shells, the head of
4 dead water snake. .
In the dusk of the evening an ugly
visaged gypsy woman tried to kidnap 4
five-year- daughter of Ii. J. PenrOss On
the public streets Of Reading.
Henry Murkill. aged 80 years, Of Ilavro-
de- Grace, Md, was struck by q train ON
the Philadelphia. Wilmington & Baltimore
railroad at Ridley park bridge, aud in.
srantly killed.
VIM. G. Keys, Of Altoona. came to IIar-
risburg ON his first trip as brakeman yes
ter,lay. lie went to the hospital on u
stretcher, with his left foot terribly
mangled.
Tho fair and festival of tho Atclen Or
chestra will bo held Ou Thursday. Friday
and Saturday evenings August 4, 5 and 8.
Under Prof. Refers direction tho Or
chestra is improving rapidly.
| There is at present great demand for
the butter aud cheese manufactured ut the
| WOmclsilOrf creamery. 1t is turning out
one hundred pounds Of butter daily and
twice tho quantity Of cheese, Using about
1000 pounds OF milk
| Up in Elmira, N. Y, they have to-
baccO raiscrS' club which meets weekly,
and its president lately reported to its
astonished members that lie had seen hun
dreds of acres growing in Lancaster coun-
| ty but not left to blossom.
| Lawrence Ibach, jr., Of Newmansville,
was out lishin. with his Lebanon friends,
and was bitten severely in tho middle
finger OF his left hand by Il water snake,
about 9. feet long. lie called in the SER
vices OF DR.. iingst, who drew from his
finger 4 fang fully three -fOurths Of an incl,
in length.
Tho death Of George Caffrcy, u we'll
known resident Of East Earl, has occurred
| at his residence, about Il quarter Of u mile
from Fairviile. Deceased had been i'll
but 4 few days, having been seized simi-
larly to apoplexy OH Saturday night. lie
| was about 70 years Of ago and leaves =
family of four daughters and one son.
Thieves entered Martins mill, near the
White Ilora., Salisbury, and stole about
| fifteen bushels nf corn. Tho corn was on
the fourth floor Of the mill, and was lower
cd into u wagon by tho mill rope. Aaron
Gaukley, living about one quarter of
milo from the mill, lad about seventeen
bushels of corn stolen and Edward Linville,
living in tho same vicinity, had a lot of
chop stuff taken about the same time.
At the age of9l. DR.. VIM. Jones, cOlorcd
has died in Harrisburg. Ho travelled rs 4
practising physician in Schuylkill, Leba-
non, Lancaster, York, Cumberland and
Dauphin counties. lie also gave his at
tentiOn to the blowing in Of anthracite
furnaces, in which he was regarded as an
abO!itiOnist and II local A. M. +. preacher.
In the wonds around Sweet Air, Nd,
Henry F.. Sl.mp has three saws running
continuously and has two largo engines.
He is cutting. in the mill, about 600 feet
of lumber day, besides q large amount of
spOkes, fellOcs and other timber. Mr..
Shimp also cut and peeled last spring from
this land about 200 cords of black oak
bark. He is now putting up 4 mill for tho
purpose Of grinding this bark.
Frank II. Banks, lawyer and journalist,
of Chester. and altogether Il fast young
man, has been gathered in ut JOhnstOwn,
after several months of wild oats sowing;
the charge bcin,, that about the beginning
of June last he collected and appropriated
50, 4SO belonging to the estate of Mr.. VIM.
Garret, u forrne: resident of PhGnixvillc,
and Banks Sunday school teacher, but for
several years past citizen of San FraciscO,
California.
The State Dental society ut the late meet
ing in Chautanqr,a agreed to meet nextyear
in Willianlsport, and elected the following
officers !: President. DIR. a. Il. Ausart, Oil
City First Vics President, DR.. Jesse G..
Green. West Chester : Second Vice Presi-
dent, DR.. 5. II. GuilfOrd, Philadelphia !;
Treasurer. DIR. q. w. Klump, Williams
Kremer, Lebanon Assistant Recording
Secretary, DIR. William Ii. Miller, AL
tOOna.
Besides beIuests to his relatives, inclnd-
ing mOst of his property, the late Prof.
ErmcntrOut, of Heading, directed that $50
be paid to Rev. Father Borncmarn, Of st.
Paurs Catholic church, for conducting his
funeral services, and $40 to every other
priest attending the funeral. To Arch
bishop Wood he bcIucaths two 500 Read
ing water bonds for the sayin. of masses
$500 to Archbishop Wood for the use of
st. Charles BOrrOmcO theological seminary
near Philadelphia, and $500 to st. Cath
arine's orphan asylum, $500 to st.
JOseph's hospital, $50 to the trustees of
the Keystone normal school, tie interest
to be used in purchasing three trees annu-
ally to be planted Oh the grounds.