Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-06-27
NEIs;HBOisHOOD NEWS.

Near and Acr"ss tho County Liues.
Mr.. Jacob Miley, an old and well, known
citizen Of Harrisburg. died at his residence
about II o'clock on Saturday night.
The Maytown Lutheran festival is not
intended to cxtin.uish the church debt
the church has nOnc-but solely for the
benefit Of the Sunday school literary.
A trust and safe deposit company, with
a capital Of S2OO, 900, incorporated by some
Of Harrisburs's reliable men. is soon to
be established. Gen. Simon Cameron and
Col. w. w. Jennings, president Of the
First national bank, arc among the heav-
lest subscribers to the new institution.
A barn burned on Saturday night situ-
ated ON the far side Of LinglestOwn on
farm owned by i man named FahnestOck.
The fire was tho work Of an incendiary as
al the farm hands We're asleepin the house
and when they ran out they found that
the stock had been liberated and the ami
mans were running loose about the prem
ises.
Andrew MittOwer, y Reading railroad
engineer, residing in Reading, claims t.
have discovered the comet with the naked
eye on the morning Of the I'D inst, ut fif
teen minutes past twelve clock or earlier
than L. 7. Edwards or Edgar l.. Larkin,
who are claincnts Of tho 500 prize offered
by ii. II. Warner, OF Rochester, N. Y.
Engineer MittOwer intends to make appli-
cation to Mr.. Warner for the prize.
AprOpOs of the coming meeting Of the
state council Jr. U. U. A. N. in this city,
the Altoona Sun says: "As this is one
Of the most beautiful spots in Pennsylva-
mia the members of tho state body will
never regret having selected that town for
their place Of meeting, and the committee
having the affair in hands will do all to as
sure grand success. This city will bc
represented ut that session by . large mum
ber"
Maggie Fahs. i deaf mute, twenty. eight
years old, is the wife Of Isaac Fahs, who
is also deaf mnte. They have two chill
drcn one eight and the other two years of
age, both of whom arc bright, and have
full possession Of their faculties. Mrs.
Fahs has been living ut the Dauphin
county poor house with her children and
her husband is employed ut the steel
works. On Saturday she went down to
visit him and while crossing the railroad
track shifter came suddenly around u
pile Of iron and struck hcr. She was
thrown down and the wheels passed over
her legs. One leg was crushed ut the
ankle, and tho other from tho ankle nearly
to tho hip.
The Wanamakcr tally-h coach took the
Reading newspaper mon riding through
the country. The coach weighs 3,S:s5
pounds. On the inside Of tho coach were
over GOO pounds Of advertising matter,
and averaging each mans weight
at $50 pounds. the cntirc weight Of
the coach. with its occupants, was
over 5000 pounds. In the after
noon tho coaching party put off bal
loon in Reaaiing-as they will in Lancaster
its only passenger was an order for =
suit Of clothes on Wanamakcr Il Brown,
Philadelphia, and a promise to pay s. for
tho return Of the balloon in good condition.
This balloon is No. IL Of the
series being sent up by the wcll-knOwn
clOtlliers, and is made Of Wamsutta cam
brio. It measures 90 feet high and 3G feet
in circumference, and takes 500 feet Of
gas to fill it. The ono sent up in Phila.lel-
was picked up by Il sailing vessel six miles
ut sea.