Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-13
NEIGHBOlsnOOD NEWS.


Near and Across the County Line.
light moro mutual insurance Companies
were chartered at Harrisburg yesterday.
Z. e. Caldwell is erecting a new scale
house at ConOwingo.
The second annual fair of the Cecil
county agricultural society will take place
October I, and 6.
The corner stone Of new Evangelical
church will be laid at Bryansviilc, York
county, next Sunday morning.
The Anchor baseball club, Of Harris
burg, will visit York ON Saturday, July IL.
to play match game with tho Clippers.
Cecil county, Maryland, brags Of fields
Of corn planted on May q, which measure
3 feet and are tasseliDg.
The PrOhibitiOnists will hold their coli
vention at Altoona on July Is, when u
candidate for state treasurer will be nomi-
mated
Philip Shearcr, aged 50, residing in Har-
risburs, fell over dead ut the car shops
between and 8 o'clock yesterday mornin.
from the heat and over cxertion.
Charles Hernethum, aged II years. laccr-
ated his hand with 4 toy pistol few days
ago in WomelsdOrf and has died in the
terrible a"onics Of lock Jaw.
Bass fishing in the SusIuchanna is pro
no'lnccd good \ party from Oxford.
some of them green hands, caught about
two dozen on the 4th.
The debt of the Rising sun NJ. f. church
has been reduced from -. l4i tn 81 $50.
and the committee hope soon to announce
the whole amount raised.
John Shade bound on the farm of How
ard Patterson, at Fairmnunt, twenty nine
| dozen and eight SheavcS u! wheat, lust rs
l.tf I,v h.,r
thirty minutes.
Caleb ii. Kinnari. jr. West Chester,
while spendin. the day with his grand
| mother. had the end of his index finger
pinchcd off in the gum rollers of II clothes
wrin.er.
Mr.. Eli Busliman, Il farmer Iivin: Il short
distance south of Carlisle, WIS thrown of
Il load of grain. The side "f his face and
head were crushed to such IN extent, that
death occurred one hour and 4 half after
the accident.
Rev. /. j. Aiken, pastor of the PuIt
Deposit pre>hy church, has rendered
his resignation. His congregation does
not want to accet it, but will hold Il meet
ing Oh the 18th to take action in the mat
ter.
William PaXson, of Colcrain township.
has sold Is young mare. Mamie. tn
James VI. Henderson. of Ridley park.
Delaware county, for $500. She is of Na
pOleOn stock, five Years old. on July ith.
and gives promise Of maxim. i fls; trot-
ter.
\ fight occurred near Carlisle between
Slater Stautfer and George Lay. Stautler
using dung fork Oh Lay. struck him in
the face and beat him over the eyes. mu-
tilatinG his face shockinsly. Lay was also
injured about the ankles. but no bones
were broken.
Benjamin Geist and his wife. IN old and
poor couple, were found in bed in Long
Swamp township, Berks county. too weak
to move. They were starving slowly and
bad eaten nothin. for some time. and
there was no food in the house. Efforts
are being made to revive them.
Miss Sallie l.. Evans, of Lebanon. while
visiting friends in Chester and Lancaster
counties, was made the recipient of Il fine
quilt. made from the we,ldin. silk dress
of her great great grandmother. which is
more than 100 years old. 1t is buff color
and very handsome.
n colorcd hostIer. in the employ of l..
II. Greenawat. ut Frcystown, York coun-
ty, stole SaS from nei.h5or OH Sunday
night aud hid it in the barn. The neigh
Dor discovered his loss and ordered the
man to return the money. lie took to his
heels and has not since been seen. although
several shots were fired after him.
Fuuntainville. near Conowiny". nn the
Susquehanna river, 4 romantic AMI pleas
ant place. having failed IT, be profitable ~
Il place Of resort. has been converted into
y cannery. the park blildin. being used
for that purpose by j. Kirk Il Co. Many
of the farmers OF the ncishborhood have
planted large lots in Tomatoes.
Ernest Longsierf, son OF DIR. W. II.
LonSsderi, of Penn township. Cumberland
Friday. On Monday, his dead body was
found in 4 haymow in his fathers barn.
lie hal slipped down between the h,ym"w
and weather boarding. lie was subject to
cpilcptic fits, and is supposed tn have died
in one of them.
The notorious colurcd man Nathan llar-
ris, who made reputation for himself
sometime ago 10y attemptin. to take his
life by cutting his threat in the Duphin
county Jail and followed this mp with III
cndcavor to hang himself. made his escape
from prison in the early part Of yesterday
afternoon. He ran up to the roof,
dropped to the ground and ma'lc his way
home. His wife, however, persuaded him
to give himself up and returned with him
to the iail ut II o'clock last night.
On July ltl,, Theodore Harmon, coorcd.
West Chester, got into IN alteration with
another person. Officer Shields went to
Harmon's house, arrested and took him
before Chief Burgess Wool, VIII, scnt him
to jail for five days. lie WIS released on
= halcas corpus, on the ground that the
defendant WAS arrested by the officer and
sent t" prison by the chief burgess without
any warrant. Chief Burgess W""l has
been arrested on Il capE,s issued by Judge
Futllcy on the charge Of hayin: made =
false imprisonment and compelled l." give
bail to tho amount Of $1,000 for his appear
ai,ce ut the next term of quarter session
court.