Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-21
STATE ITEMS.

A citizen of Millersburgis about to start
a coffin factory and the Herald thinks the
people of the place should render him
substantial encouragement"
The sugar camps in Crawford, Erie,
Warren. Mercer, Wayne, Pike, Potter and
Clearfield counties were opened last
week.
The location of the line between Mon
tour and Northumberland counties is be-
coming an interesting matter with the
people on the border.
The tanners of Pittsburgh and Ale
gheny have informed their employers that
if their wages are not advanced 20 per
cent by April 1, they will begin strike.
John B. Smith, ST., one of the Oldest Of
Philadelphia printers, All eX-member of
the Legislature, and for several years
foreman Of the Press, died on Saturday
aged y.
Ex-senator Wallace and his associates
Messrs: Peck, Barnard and Coleman, OF
Williamsport, have made a sale of then
lumber property in Wisconsin to the
Mississippi River logging company fol
81, 1916, 600. This is the largest sale ever
made in one "lump" in that region.
Lewisburg has about fifty cows belong
ing to it's leading citizens, who have has
| the run of tho town and sOi!cd its streets
The councils have tied them up with al
ordinance, but there is nothing in Is tC
bar out the country bull; who come to
| town.
A tramp walking all the track of the
Pennsylvania railroad, near Penn station
was struck by the St. Louis day express
and injured so badly that he will not likcl.
recover. He was taken to Greensburg t.
receive medical treatment. He was un
able to speak and there were 10 papers
found on his person that would lead to his
Identification.
A lady named Myers, residing in Wal
laceton, Clearfield county, has not Il single
tooth in her head, yet she never had any
use for dentist, nor did she ever have :
tooth pulled, nor did one tooth ever come
out of her jaw by any other process. Bori
toothless she has lived toothlcss all he:
life. However she has suffered no incon
venience whatever. being able to masti
cate all ordinary food Us readily Us other
persons.
A Wayne county farmer bought Il YOKE
Of oxen some time ago and drove theH
home, where he was accustomed to waite
them at a trough into which he pumped
the water from well. After watering
them in this way for about three weeks
they went to the trough one day, and find
ing no water there, one of the oxen Went
to the pump and began to pump the waite
himself, raising the handle will, his horl
and pressing it down with his nose unit
his thirst was satisfied, and continued the
practice day after day.
The present Legislature has before j
two bills intended to pccuniari!y bcncti
judges. One provides that the salary o
the chief justice of the supreme cour
shall be So, 800 y year, 81, 900 more than
he now receives, and the associates IS, 000
also an advance Of $1,000. The bill
originally provided for salaries of S1O,50
and $1,000 respectively, but the commit
tee of finance pruned it down to the cxten
of $4,000. Another bill provides tha
judges who have attained the age o
seventy years. and been judges Oh tn
on the bench for twenty consecutive year
shall be retired on half pay. This meas
ure has a warm advocate in Judge Black
to whose efforts is principally due the fac
that it now Oh the House calendar wit!
an affirmative recommendation.