Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-22
NEIGuBOI,HOOD NEWS.

Near and Across the County Line.
Weasels prey on Reading poultry, an,:
are shot within the limits of that frontier
town.
A woman found III IN orchard OIL tho
outskirts of Reading gave birth to child
there, and was taken to the almshOuse.
In Cumru township, Berks county, Mrs.
Benjamin Hasslcr, aged 20 addicted to the
pipe, dropped some sparks upon her dress
and was burnel to death.
John Yingst while fishing in the river
near Marsh run, below New Cumberland,
caught black bass which weighed five
pounds and six ounces.
David Troxell, employed by the Coplay
cement company, Berks county, entered
the powder house to get some powder.
While in the act of carrying it out it cx-
plOded, fearfully burning him about the
head and breast. He suffered great agony
and died during the night of his injuries.
The Fairvllle factories manufacturing
cigars employ about three hundred hands,
mostly women and children from twelve
to thirty years Of age. They can earn
from seventy-five cents to two dollars per
day, and have work regularly throughout
the entire year. On Monday they struck
for higher wages, but were unsuccessful.
Mr.. s. Frederick Van Week, organist of
the MOravian church, Lititz, has been
married to Miss Eliza Miller, of the same
town. The ceremonies took place at the
Moravian church, and Immediately after
wards the newly married couple proceeded
to Gnadenhuetten, Ohio, ON their wedding
tour, accompanied by the father of tho
bridegroom, Rt. Rev. II. J. Van Week.
While hunting near Indiantown Gap,
Lebanon county. COnstables Ranger and
Gates discovered acOunterfeiting shop and
arrested man busily engaged in mould
ing trade dollars. He gave his name as
George Hummel, brother of Josiah IIum-
mel, one of the Raber murderers Sew
eral mOulds and plates and number of
spurious trade dollars were found.
The fiftcen-ball pool for drinks evil is
undated in Philadelphia. Judging from
the number of saloons where boys arc
allowed to spend the better part of their
leisure time playing the seductive game
and guzzling bad beer and worse whisky,
the authorities are not in great hurry to
enforce the law passed at the last session
of the Legislature.
Joseph Cline, a flagman on the Recalling
railroad, in the yards just below the pas
senger depot in Harrisburg, was engaged
in dropping cars, and at the time on top
of box car, when, by sudden bump Of
the engine, he was thrown of, falling on
his hands and face. His face and head
were badly cut, his nose gaslied and the
palms of both hands and knees cut almost
to the bone.
Dennis Herrity, aged about thirty-five,
employed at the Allen puddle mill, Allen
town, attempting to make a catch, acci-
dentally fell over the rollers, was caught by
his legs and drawn into the rolls. One Of
the wOrkmen seized him about the body
and held him until assistance came, or he
would have been drawn through and
crushed to Jelly. As it was, his legs
were mashed up to his knees and his body
SO frightfully ourned that he has died.
On tho turnpike between Quakertown
and Bunker Hill, Bucks county, while two
tramps, q man and q woman, were passing
through toll gate about dark, they ad-
dressed some very abusive and insulting
language to Gate-keeper KOllo's wife, who
tended the gate, Kollo being away from
home. On his return Kollo followed the
tramps and Overtaking them a short dis
tance from the gate, administered 4 severe
beating to the man, during which he
kicked him in the side. Tho kick rup-
tured blood vessel, from which the tramp
died almost instantly
Carter Fl. her, young cOlored man of
Harrisburg, was in charge Of 4 horse at
the LOchiel iron works which was hitched
to block and fall used for pulling a
heavy piece of iron up shaft tOa certain
distance, which, after being loosene'l from
the pulley falls a distance of fifty Or sixty
feet upon the iron or steel rail below,
breaking it. The steel rail had been
broken off once, and the second attempt
was made, when 4 piece about six feet
long flew high into the air. Fisher was
standing by the head of his horse, and the
piece of rail seemingly flew right over
him. Thinking it would fall upon him he
ran, the piece following him and in it's de
scent struck him in the centre of tie back
with the sharp cnd, breaking his back
and inflictins injuries from which he soon
died.