Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-06
LOCAL CORRESPONDENTS.
NEWS FROM THE COUNTRY.

Gap. East Earl. Washington and Other
Foints.
On our outside pages to-day will be found
the report Of the Agricultural society
meeting, with full accounts of the state of
the crops in different sections Of the
county also spicy letter about the Full
ton Farmers's club. The state of the to.
bacco crop and . report of many sales
appear on our first page:
EAST EARL CORRESPONDENCE.
From Our Cedar Lane Correspondent.
This neighborhood was visited on Satur-
Almost two months had elapsed since the
ly, besides our wives We're all complaining
about the supply OF cistern water running
short. The rain on Saturday came down
in torrents for about half an hour and
gave us new supply for our cisterns, be-
sides benciitins all our crops and settling
the dust, which on the public roads was
fully six inches in depth.
About half 4 mile east of this they had
very destructive hail storm, and in the
Concstoga valley from Sorrel Horse east
=" hhS >hSE0Si SoshtN tuC iOutCCo
was literally cut to pieces. 1t would bc
almost impossible to estimate the loss. but
it will reach many thousand dollars.
WASHINGTON BOHOUGu
News from Down the River.
Last week il brother and friend Of Mr..
+. \. Weidenhammer, teacher of the
graded school at this place, were in town
on Il visit to their friend. They returned
to their homes in Bcrks county on Mon
day.
Mr.. Jacob Staman, an aged and highly
esteemed resident of this place, can beat
everything for potatoes that has been seen
this year. Mr.. 5. has probably over 200
bushels. He = also in the first rank for
tobacco this year. His crop is already
all sold and ut high price-2j cents
around.
Mr.. David Saylor, ,ir., is out in the
country nearly every day buying tobacco.
5. B. Urban, esq, has !. large crop Of
watermelons and cantalOupes on his island
and they are very gOOi-much better than
those brought from New Jersey.
The primary schools of this place open
Oh Monday and will continue for term OF
seven months. Mr.. Frank Hirth, Of Pc
tersviile, Northampton county, graduate
from the normal school ut KutztOwn. ar
rived here on Thursday, and will take
charge of the lower primary school, and
Mr.. n. :. Scheetz, Of Trumbauersville,
Bucks county, u graduate from Millers-
vile, will take charge OF the upper pri-
mary school.
Our physicians report u great deal Of
sickness in and about town.
A Philadelphian travelling with auction
goods spent several evenings in town hav-
ing public sale Of his goods which he
offered at ElarveloIsly low prices for cash.
Carpenters tools, bed spreads, clocks, &c. ,
We're among the leading articles for sale.
GAP NEWS.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
The corn crop Of this neighboOrhood,
bids fair to bc good, but it will not yield
as much as the crop of last year.
The general run of tobacco hereabouts,
is very good, and the buyers know it, for
they are around already, trying to buy it
i'll the ground not many arc selling this
way. 1t is the opinion Of Il great many of
our farmers that these ''mcn' do not
want to buy now. but are only going
around "spOtting" out the best lots, as
they did last year. Michael Hess has an
acre of very large tobacco it averages 40 by
2G. Michael says it is tho pride of Ian
easter county.
Last week W. II. Sweigart, grain and
lumber merchant Of Cedar Lane. received
at This station carload Of Sharpless II
Carpenters celebrated dissolved bone
phosphate.
Some young folks held grand chop"
ut the G!p hotel on Wednesday evening
last Everything passed off orderly and
Quietly, excepting the gentleman that
called the figures hal extr:. good lungs.
On Wednesday evening last, by Rev.
T.. G. lerkcs, DIR. Adam X. llOar, Of
Philadelphia, was married to Miss Emma
lIarman, of this place.
Miss Eva Knox, of this place, has gone
to West Chester, TO spend the fall and
winter sessions at West Chester normal
school
A few night ago some persons visited
the chicken rOOst Of G. i. Summers and
relieved it Of one dozen fine chickens. Be-
fore leaving they beheaded them all.
On Saturday afternoon Il very severe
hail storm passed over the neighborhood
of Compassvillc and a considerable amount
of tobacco was damaged.
The festival held ut Smyrna on Saturday
evening WstS I'LL CnJIlC SlcCeSss.
On Thur lsday Fred SInepf moved into
the house formerly occupied by Jas. 5.
White. Fred. intends to keep Il restaurant
in part of the building.
This place is suffering from the scalcity
of water nearly all the welI!; and springs
lave failed, owing to the dry weather of
late and the drainage caused by the p. II.
Il. tunnel. If the drouth continues much
longer many will be obliged to haul water
from the neighboring streams.
= GOOD HAUL.
Eighteen Tramps Picked up and Sailed
Down In "Bumners' Hail."
Bright and early Sunday mornin. three
Of our most valiant police We're seen driv-
liz. ont East King street, apparently
on pleasure trip. Not 50, they
meant business. "SmoketOwn Springs"
is notorious rendezvous where the
knights of the road do congregatc
in numbers ranging from ten to forty OH
4 Sunday morning and here they 8 'loaf,'
mary doing their weeks washing, some
cooking, others smoking and telling yarns,
and very often groups engage in q g social
game This spring is in tile garden of
the county, East Lampeter township, in
the midst of class of people who seldom
refuse to give help when it is asked.
Hence the love Of the lazy tramp for this
favored spot. But when anything is &C.
fused they sometimes-yes, very often
make a positive demand, whereupOn they
invariably get what is asked. In one
instance two burly, robust fellows asked
for something to eat, and specified their