Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-05
STATE ITEMS,

Andrew Goodwin, aged Is years. son o.
Captain Andrew Goodwin. of Philadel
phia, was drowned by falling into til,
canal at New Brunswick, New Jersey.
The Bradford Era will be UNIVERSAL,
| believed when it says that the establish
ment of first-class baths in that city "sup
plies need that has long been felt"
The Philadelphia Democrats seem to be
in earnest and solid for Select Councilman
John s. Davis for state treasurer. Give
the city a chance.
Little Harvey Drumheller, of Sunbury
saved two Baltimore girls from drowning
in the Susquehanna. He staid away from
home till his clothing dried and never told
OF his exploit because his father had for
hidden him to go into the river.
A middlc-aged man, of respectable ap.
pearancc, committed suicide yesterday
morning by shooting himself in the head
and jumping into the Delaware river from
tie hurricane deck of the Gloucester ferry
boat Dauntlcss.
Lemuel Griffith, an Incorporate book
canvasser OF Mount Carmel, insured for
slOO,OOO, and supporting his family by
fees received from the policy holders, was
found dead in bed the other morning
where his wife had left him alivo shortly
before.
Thomas Sommers, 80 years Of age, fell
out of a third-story window in house No,
1, Joint alley, Philadelphia, and went
crashing through a sky-light on a one
story back building. He received a num-
bcr of serious cuts Ond bruises and lies in
the Pennsylvania hospital in a critical
condition.
Eric has recently lost one of her most
respected citizens in the person of Mr..
Quang Long, who, after six years Of strict
devotion to the principle of ''no checkee
no washee," has retired on an accumu-
lated capital Of s., 500 and departed for his
native land to enjoy distinction of opu.
lence which, rs he officially stated, is only
cqualed in this country by our leading
trunk line magnates,
In Forks township Northampton coun-
ty, a tramp, who had often been fed by
Mr.. John Lehr, made a villainous assault
upon his wife the othor morning before
the rest of the family were astir. Though
weakened by blows and blinded by blood
she managed to call her daughter. They
fought him off just rs the husband reached
the scene with a gun. The scoundrel was
pursued, caught and lodged in Jail.
The Harrisburg Pttrsot has heard by
way Of Philadelphia and New York, that
its city editor, Kilburn J. Chandler, on
Friday night at O'Clock, was wounded
in the left leg by a bullet discharged from
a pistol in the hands of Naudain Hamilton.
They had a dispute at house where they
were spending the evening, and on the
way thence "tO fight it out'' the alterca-
ton ensued in which the wound was given.
Rev. G. P. Stearns, of Mt. Alto, Frank
lin county, in order to givc Christian in
struction to a large number of neglected
children in his neighborhood, has CON-
mcnced the building of a church, nom
UNCONVENTIONAL in character. Mr.. Stearns
has cut sufficient timber for tho church
and hauled it to the saw mill to have it
sawed. He intends to do all the carpen-
ter work himself. To secure means for
obtaining other building material he is
recommended by James Black,
esq.,, Of this city, and others.