Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-06-08
On THE WAY.
Items Of Interest Picked Up by u Travolin;
Correspondent in Northwestern Lan-
caster County.

Ite'',s Gi Interest Picked Up by n Travelling:
Correspondent in Northwestern Lam
caster County.
The quarterly conference of the United
brethren church, Of the Paradise district,
met in that place last Saturday aud sun
day.
Jacob L. Hacker, residing on the Lin
coin road, Clay township, is erecting fine
new barn. 1t will bc, when completed, q
model structure.
Ono hundred and twenty-sevcn is the
number of horses shipped from Ephrata
to New York by Charles Hayman.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Epllrata school board was held at the
Ephrata house on Monday. The election
Of officers for the ensuing year and the
laying of a rate Of tax was the only bust
hess transacted. Tho new officials
are : President, John NJ. Roger Vice
President, none elected Secretary, Sam
ucI Roger Treasurer, G. Sprcchcr. One.
:.ntl-a-(Ourth mills was fixed rs the tax
rate for this year. Upon Mr.. Roycr's mo-
ton it was agreed to try and sell the old
''Church school hOdsc at public sale,
10 arrange for its speedy removal, and ad-
vcrtise for proposals for the erection of 4
new building on the old grounds. The
new building will he IN every respect a
model.
John NJ. Lands received car load of
Canada horses at Ephrata. all of which he
sold to farmers ut high prices before night.
Quick sales, small profits.
Special services were held ut the Muddy
creek Lutheran church last Sunday. The
rite of confirmation and that of communion
WIS observed. Two hurdrcd and twenty
three persons partook of the Lords Supper.
A missionary collection of over fifteen
dollars was lifted.
The "NOldc faction" of that peculiar
dcnominatiOn-the ''Scven-Day Baptist
will hold their annual love feast and feet
washing in their "saal" at the lower end
Of Ephrata, on Saturday afternoon and
evening. A number Of ministers from
Franklin, Northumberland, Cumberland
and other counties will bc in attendance.
[The 'saar' above referred to is their
place of worship, and is one of the very
oldest buildings in this county, around
which clings a romantic and interesting
history, of which VIC will speak to the In
TEILIGENCER's readers in our next.
Mine host John Frederick of the Eph-
rcta Mountain Springs hotel, has every
preparation completed for the reception OF
the large number of summer boarders,
who will begin to flock there on the 18th
of June-the opening day.
Mir. Kurtz, of Denver, Qormcrly Union)
is the owner of a fine horse and his ostler
Rcinhold occasionally takes him Oh the
track to test his running abilities. This
Inc did Oh Monday. Twice he went
around the half.milc track in fine
style then he got home-sick, and
started for home. He wheeled round,
threw Rcinhold out, sprained his ankle
and bruised him considerably. The horse
made for the gate and the crowd ran pell-
nell the sulky was wrecked and the
horse ran down the road for home at a
dcatll-rate. 1t made things very cx-
citing for a time.
Our genial Democratic friend, Jacob W.
Lcber, of Ephrata, will remember Whit
Monday, 81. lie is happy. We met him
and he told us it was a-bOy. And his
name shall bc Jcrc MOhlcr Hancock Eng
l;sh Lcber.
"Plingst'' was observed by the residents
Of the country around Ephrata in high
style. Some went to Lancaster, but the
majority pat. Reading visit. And when
evening came the bar-rooms of the town
were filled with returned cxcursiOnists.
Good feeling prevailed-wc hear of no
fights, but the ribald songster disturbed
the night air, until old Sol crcpt up the
Eastern sky.
At Lititz little son of Mr.. William
Ncise met with a severe accident by tread
ing upon a scythc. Tho left foot was al
most severed.
At a meeting of tho Lititz school board,
the following teachers were elected for
the ensuing term: Miss Hattie I. Bruck-
art, Mrs. Maync b. Archer, Misses Carrie
Hacker, Martha Dcrr and Ada Bomber
ger.
Dipthcria is still prevalent in the neigh
bOrllOod Of Warwick and Lltitz.
Rev. e. S. Brownmiller, of Union De-
posit. has been elected pastor of Ephrata
district of the Evangelical Lutheran
comprising four appointments.
viz /: Eplrata, Lincoln, SchGncck and
Swamp churches, aud will take charge
Of his work on Saturday, the 25th day Of
July.