Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-18
STATE ITEMS.

John Bau was run over by passenger
train on the Lehigh Valley railroad near
Catasauqua aud instantly killed.
John George Sendmeyer, Of Philadelphia,
was seized with an apOplectic fit at Atlantic
city while bathing and drowned.
The corpse Of an alligator seven feet
long has been captured in the Allegheny
river at the Fortythird street bridge,
Pittsburgh.
Philip Schmidt, miner, aged 46 years,
a married man with several children, wSs
instantly killed at Plank Ridge collicry by
a heavy fall of coal.
George Hartman, Of Parsons, was run
over by a locomotive on the Lchigh Valley
railroad in Wilkesbarre. His head was
crushed and one arm cut off. 1t is thought
he was asleep on the track.
John Eystcr, of Erie, who fred several
shots at a burglar gets anonymous letters
threatening that the writer will have
drop of blood for every shot fired by Mr.
Eyster on that evcntrul evening.
John C. Price, a bartender at the Au-
gusta hotel, Ga, fell from the fourth story
while in state of somnambulism, and
was killed instantly. Deceased was for
merly of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Lydia Francis, aged 81, of Phila,
delphia, after struggling for years against
poverty, ingratitude and the infirmities OF
ago, ended all those troubles on Saturday
night by drowning herself in the Delaware
Thanks to the energy of W. w. Scran
ton, the city which bears his patcrna
name has prospect of 4 steel mill in the
southern portion of tho city, on the banks
| of the Lackawanna river, a short distance
from the silk works.
The Philadelphia courts have dissolved
tho injunction against w. NJ. Singerly's
sale of his street railroad stock and he
gives ample security to pay tho annuities
due his mother and sisters from thcil
fathers estate.
A staid old asriculturist recently asked
| Philadelphia market clerk what he did
with the butter he coniiscatcd, and re
ceivcd the reply that "the law provides
that one-half of tho butter seized shall 60
to the clerk and the remainder to the poor.
and, as have poor old mother, gener'
ally take the whole lot home.
Martin J. Lawler, docket clerk of the
Schuylkill county commissioners, has beer
convicted of false prctense and six fOrger-
les and acquitted of five charges of mutil
ating books and making false entries
Lawler was chairman Of the county com
mittce of tho. Grcenback party twice and
got the Office as reward.
! The Farmers Protective association o.
Philadelphia market men, have passed
resolutions denOuncin. Gov. HOyt's veto
of the bill repeating the act which author
ICES the clerks Of tho markets to weigt
and confscatc. for light weight, butter
and other articles of farm produce offered
for sale in the market. The clerk will dc
well to weigh the butter which they Offel
for sale.
During the progress of John Robinson
show at UniOEtown, Fayettc county
Michael Crow, an old farmer, of Spring
field township, was swindled out Of
81, $50 on the show ground, by we'll
dressed, affable man, who induced him t.
procure that amount of money to 20 int
a big speculation with him, and when hc
camc with it the confederates snatched il
out of his hands and covered their retrea
with pistol. Michael is u sick old Crow