Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-06-03
NEiGHBOHHOOD NEWS.

Near and Across the County Lines.
Mrs. Abraham Meyer, aged sixty-twO,
was buried ON Monday, the funeral being
the largest that has been held in Middle.
town for some years.
MIR. A. E. Reed has been appointed su-
pervisOr "f the MiddletOwn section of the
Pennsylvania railroad with his head quar-
tiers at that place. Mr.. Il. l.. Holiday,
the late supervisor, has been promoted.
Il. l.. Fisher, counsel in York for tho
COyle murderer, very properly publishes
an indignant protest against the trial Of
the case in the newspapers, some of the
Workers having shown disposition to be
judge, jury and haDgman.
Superintendent J. G. ShOOp and Mr..
William Reed, Of the MitldletOwn gas
works, while repairing the leak in the
pit were overcome by gas ON Monday.
A gentleman standing near called for
help and the unconscious men were quick
ly removed from the pit and reslscitated.
Emory Grove camp meeting association
being about s1S, 900 in debt, the grounds
were sold on Wednesday to Messrs Bcn-
nett, Carroll. Register and Bliss, of Balti-
more. Mr.. Carroll stated that the camp
meeting would be held rs usual at Emory
Grove, commencing Oh the nth of August
next, but that it had not yet been deter
mined how long to continue to camp.
Most of the men Of Mellert's foundry,
Reading, who 8 stood out " for the past
several days on account Of 4 misunder-
standing with their employers in the mat
ter of the time for the payment Of wages,
went back to work again this morning. A
few, however, refused to resume until
they had more satisfactory assurances that
they would bo paid every two weeks.
Joseph Peters was the leading witness
in the Raber murder trial. lie is the son
in-law of O,d Drcws, who was hanged.
Peters testified to having seen the drown
ing Of old Ieaber. Yesterday this witness
was in Lebanon. The papers there de-
scribe him IT, be IN the most abject con-
ditiOn, broken down by disease, hardly
able to drag himself along, tattered, torn
and poor, begging for Il livelihood and
looking to be 80 years old, when hc is but
%
On Monday Lyman Hake, of York,
while employed ut the Empire car works,
staggered and fell. A lot of lumber
which he was carrying fell upon him and
fractured his jaw in two places. Yester-
day morning, while labOring under tenn
porary alteration of the mind, he imagined
piece Of tobacco was sticking in his
mouth, and taking knife endcavorcd to
cut it off, inilictins wound in his lower
lip about IN inch in length.
On Wednesday afternoon, John Bowman
a Bavarian, employed in Mellert's foundry,
Reading, slipped and fell backward into
the large tank filled with boilin. tar in
which the large water pipe are plunged
after they arc finished and ready for ship
ment. As he was falling he was caught
by the arm by fellow workman, who
saved him from being entirely immersed.
Bowman plunged into the hot tar on his
right side and his right shoulder, arm, side
and portion ns his back werc fearfully
scaltleI before he could be drawn out.
Both his feet and lower part Of his limbs
were also severely scalded that the skin
dropped OIL Ills neck and right car was
also burnc,i and some Of the hot tar
splasl,cd Into his right eye, which is great
ly iDflamcd.