Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-30
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STATE ITEMS.


Clinton county has had walnut sized
hail. 5
Onion county is organizing q horse thiei
association-that is to hunt the thieves.
Joseph Valance was killed at the North
Ashland colliery by a fall Of top coal.
All dogs found running deer on the
mountains this year will be shot.
A $50 600 fire occurred in Union city the
other day. i ! = ,
Grand lodge Knights Of Pythiss will
meet in Reading on Tuesday, August 10Th.
John Roach, living at Mabanoy City.
attempted to board a passing train and
was instantly killed. ....
The Reading railroad company is
building a new passenger depot at Dan
vile.
The body of an unknown man was
found in tho river at Sunbury a few days
ago. :
Since 1879 twenty-ninc divorces have
been granted in the courts Of Nortllamp.
ton county.
The physicians who have failed to reg
lister their names may not be aware that
they are subject to fine Of 500.
The Logan fire company, of Bcllefonte.
is bound to have a steamer and horses.
Whoop it up.
Frank Bamirer, aged twelve was badly
crushed and killed while jumping on a
freight train at Conshohocken.
JOS. Lees & Sons wooden mills picker
house, at Swedeland, near Norristown,
burned yesterday morning. Loss estimated
at 1000.
The site of Petroleum Centre has been
sold for Sc, 600. Fourteen years ago it
was worth more than that many millions
of dollars.
Young Airdril, of Arnot, Tioya county,
in MASKING potato bugs got some of sit''
in his oyes, binding one and endanger.
ing the other.
Armstrong, Jefferson and Indiana coun-
ties have united in a circuit for their
county fairs SO as to follow each other in
succession. -. .
Dan Rice is travelling through the state
with circus, but he is mighty sly about
it. Dan has fallen from his high estate
since he was presidential candidate.
Over four hundred men arc at work on
tho line of the Pittsburgh, Bradford &
Buffalo railroad between Clarion county
and Kane. Fresh emigrants are being
secured and sent to the work. .
The lower drift of slope No. 8, operated
by the Eehigh coal and navigation COM
pany, at Lansford is on fire. The men
escaped, but the necessary flooding of tile
mine will throw hundreds out of work.
While Charles Senger, an old mali living
alone between Seidersville and Colesville.
about six miles from Allentown, was asleep
at night the building was entered, ran
sacked and the oil man beaten SO that lie
died.
Detective C. F. Miller has arrested John
Spellman, who was associated with E.
F. Abbott, tho suspected murderer of
Samuel Clugston, of Valley Forge. He
denies it. But so dds Peter.
John Hohensilt, of Centre, Perry county.
was terribly bitten by copperhead few
days since, but whiskey saved him. In
this city were snakes abound wlliskey is
taken as preventive-worth a quart of
cure.
The Bedford county Democrats appreci-
alto their young men. Humphrey D. Tate
has been rcncminated for prothOnotary
without opposition John NJ. Reynolds,
formerly of this county, is named for judge |
and Edw. F. Kerr for state treasurer.
Tho city EDITOR of tho Sun and Banner
arraigns the Lycomins commissioners with
and corruption in Office, max
ing thirteen specifications of official abuses |
Ind frauds in which two of tho board had
livies.
The Philadelphia Record has a good one
)n four stout and brave policeman who, |
descending with clubs on couple of pre.
ended drunken young fellows, brandish.
ing revOlvcrs, got their hands full of |
nush when they captured the Chocolate
'andy) pistols that had terrified them.
At Spruce creek, Huntingdon county,
yesterday morning, engine No. "a ran into
freight train tugged by engine No. 12S,
damaging the "a badly. Seven cars were
broken up and their contents spilled pro-
Both the main tracks were
causing i delay of about three
hours to the eastward bound day express
rain and considerable delay to freight
rains.
The daily spectacle Of al old gentleman
bout eighty years old and as deaf as an
dder, dragging himself along the double
rack between Yatesvillc and Mill Creek,
has been explained to the satisfaction of the
Scranton Republican. He is
;ent down the railroad track ostensibly to
10 errandS by some rascals who have 4 ten
housand dollar policy on the old mans
ife.
by the presentation for negotiation of
One of the stolen bonds, Pittsburgh de-
ectives have succeeded in arresting sever
l persons supposed to have been connect
d with the robbery of an aged farmer
AIMED Conners, residing near Catfish, in
his state, whose house was entered on tho
light of March "a, by three masked rob-
'ers, who, after binding and gagging him
obbed him of SIG, ,OOO-s12, 600 in casl,
nd the balance in railway and bridge
onds.