Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-08-05
STATE ITEMS.


Mexican county has just finished $1O,-
600 court house, something like Cambria s
and Warren's.
While digging a cellar in Harrisburg,
labOrcIs struck a vein Of sand in which
there is said to be gold and silver quartz.
Edward McMuniyal, aged fifty five years,
was drowned in the Delaware at Chester,
while attempting to land from an excur-
sion boat.
VIM. A GriswOld, a rich aud cnterpris-
ing silk manufacturer Of Philadelphia,
brother-in-law of VIM. L. Scott, of Erie,
has died lately also ex- supplementary, John
A. Longbridge.
Miss Ida Tartar has been missing from
her home in Norristown since.July &c, on
which day she started to visit friends in
New York. She did not reach her desti-
| nation aud nothing has since been heard Of
her.
Gustave Beisch, Of Bethlehem, aged
eleven, fell into the Lehigh canal, near
Freemansburg, and was drowned. He had
strayed along the towpath with playmates
and while romping fell into the water and
sank.
Out i'll Beaver Falls young Dietrich
forged check Oh a woman for 1915. Her
fourteen year old daughter drew the
money, and with this they intended to
elope to Chicago, but the police recovered
the money and forbade the banns.
On Wednesday evening a three year old
son of Geo Davis, of Conshohocken, Mont
gomery county, was strangled by accident
ally getting around his neck the rope of a
swing on which he was playing. He was
quito dead when discovered.
Jerry Collins, of Prospect, Blair county,
in company with his wife, visited the house
where the dead body of John Collins was
laid out. n number of persons assembled
to "wako " the corpse. Mr.. Collins, while
sitting in Il chair, suddenly tumbled on tho
floor dead.
Labor Reform Legislator John F. Welsh,
who was injured by an explosion of gas
at Phoenix Park colliery, has suffered sucl,
intcsc pain that he asked, time and again,
to be shot. His wife was not informed of
his condition until yesterday. She has
been i'll for some time and is not expected
to recover.
A syndicate Of New York capitalists,
embracing A. J. DrcxcI, kiddcr, Peabody
n Co., j. W. Garrett and others, formed
for the purpose of buying the stock of the
Philadelphia Il Reading railroad owned by
the GOwen interest, els said to account
for the recent activity in the stock of that
corporation.
The Pittsburgh chief of police has been
telegraphed to so to Ellloas with assistanccs
as the banditti who have been hiding in
the coal mines had fired on citizens for
refusing them food. A band of fifty Oh
horseback left NcKeesport upon the receipt
Of this intelligence and the probabilities
are that the Mcclure murtlercrs will be
lynchcd il captured.
Fourteen !abOrcrs coming down the
grade of the OleaD, Bradford and Warren
railroad on repairman's truck ran into
the Bradford express ut the Erie railway
crossing. Barney GilloO was instantly
killed and August Selgren has a shoulder
and cOllar-bonc broken and others were
bruised and injured, but 10 one fatally.
In Bradford tho other morning the po.s
lice, armed with guns, rcvolvers and clubs
sailed forth to wage war against unli-
censcd and unmuzzlcd dogs, ard their
blood sprinklcd the streets and sidewalks.
No distinction WAS made between patrician
poodles and ours of low degree. Great
Indignation was expressed among the
lucklcss owners Of unmuzzled dogs at such
a harsh and sudden manner of dealing out
justice. Women shrieJscd in horror and
indignation at seeing their pets laid out in
cold blood, aud dire threats wero made
against the sanguinary members of the
police force. By9 o'clock not an unmuz-
zlcd dog was to he seen and the firing
ceased.