Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-23
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.


Little Locals Found In the Dog Days.
George Nauman, esq, has gone to
Ocean Beach, n. j., Mayor MacGonigle
and wife to Saratoga. and B. j. McGrann
and family to Bedford.
H. B. Swarr, ESQ.,, left this morning for
Manhattan Beach. and thence he goes to
Saratoga. He will be absent about two
weeks.
Eli L. Nissly has returned to his home
in Springville, this county, after an extern
sive tour Of several months through the
South and West. He comes back in inn
proved health, and expresses himself much
pleased.with what he saw.
Martin Pliers mother, aged 30, has
been binding wheat in the harvest fields
out around Ephrata.
Tomorrow week, during the Evangeli-
cal campmeeting at Beartown, trains will
run thither from New Holland and Down
ingtown.
Jesse E.. Webb, of West Chester, who
drew SIS. 900 prize in the Louisiana lot
terry, got his money at the Adams express
Office, Philadelphia, $1O,O in five dollar
bills and s.. 900 in ten dollar notes.
Mr.. j. E. Cassel has just threshed the
wheat raised on an acre of ground at
"Sunnyside," near Mount Joy, which
yielded thirty-nine and one-kalf bushels.
The wheat is Of the Foltz and Amber
varieties.
The band last evening attracted a large
crowd by its excellent rendition of choice
selections.
Rival circus biIl-posters struck the city
yesterday and flooded 1t with the inevitable
I" the greatest, &C."
A few of the labOrers who struck for an
advance in wages for work upon the street
have resumed work at the old figure, 81 a
day.
Mr.. PGash, formerly of Lancaster, but
now doing tlourishing business as mer-
chant in Harrisburg, is in the city.
With due respect for the city Of exotic
jobs, a gentleman, recently from Harris
burg, pronounces Lancaster place of inf
mite beauty and enterprise compared with
the state capital.
A little granddaughter Of John CARRIER,
near Geyer's mill, played around his little
barn with little box of matches, while
her mother, Mrs. Good, had gone for
blackberries. The little barn is u little
pile of ashes.
While Stephen J. Grissinger was hauling
in his rakings, q mule tramped ON a match,
set the grain on fire and nearly burned the
barn while Mr.. G. was greasing a tly-bit-
ten mule it kicked and nearly killed him.
Horace Yundt, esq, Of Reading, has
been spending several weeks at his boy
hood home at Blue Ball. E. II. Yundt.
esq, Of Lancaster, is also rusticating at
Blue Ball.
A new life insurance company, known
as the Conestoga Mutual Beneficial So
ciety, has been organized in Ephrata.
John Seldomridge is president W. X.
Seltzer, secretary II. Eberly, treasurer,
and Dr.. McCaa, medical examiner.
Successful Fishing.
Messrs. ShOber yesterday wended their
way to ''the paper mill, bent on inveig-
ling the finny tribe from their lair. Result,
IA large black bass.
Major Charles NJ. Howell and Prof. VIM.
B. Hall, of this city, caught yesterday at
Safe Harbor. thirty black bass: the bait
used was minnows. The party were in
charge of Frank Brenner, who is capital
boatman and good fellow.
The painters in tho employ of Allen
Guthrie went bass. fishing Yesterday.
Starting at the running pump" on Null
berry street they proceeded to the Cones
tOga near Eden, dropping their lines in
pleasant places and catching several fine
bass, the largest two of which were taken
by J. II. Bowman. One Of them measured
fourteen and another seventeen inches in
length and weighed 2 pounds Q ounces.
DR.. Bushong, Of New Holland, went to
Mill Greek, at HoOber's mill, for the pur-
pose of catching few fish with throw
net. After lie had made several hauls he
again threw in the net and also his valu-
able gold watch and 4 Masonic mark
worth about S25. The guard became en-.
tangled in the net and in throwing the net
it pulled the watch out of his pocket
AMI they all went into the creek to-
gethcr. Fortunately he was fishing
in the mill race. and Mr.. Jacob Hoober,
after being notified, shut the gates. and
allowed all the water to flow away, with
the exception Of !, few feet, which would
have taken long time to entirely run
away hence they waded in to search in
the mud for the lost treasure, and were re-
warded, after searching about two hours,
by finding it ticking away just rs If nothing
had happened.
Runaway Accidents.
This morning as Samuel Hurst and wife
residing near Kauffman's tavern ON the
Harrisburg turnpike, were on their way
to market, they met with serious acci
dent at the point at which the railroad
crosses the turnpike. A train Of cars
standing there had been cut. to allow
vehicles to pass. The horse took fright
and Mr.. Hurst in cndeavOring to hold
him broke one of the driving lines.
The horse turned suddenly to one
side of the road, upset the wagon and
threw out Mr.. and Mrs. Hurst, the latter
falling heavily upon the pike and Mr..
Hurst falling on top Of her. She had two
or three ribs broken, was badly cut about
the head and received other injuries, ren-
dering her unconscious She was taken
to her home and physician summoned.
Mr.. Hurst escaped with slight cuts and
bruises.
Between 0 and 10 o'clock this morning,
a horse attached to q market wagon took
fright at the cars at the Pennsylvania
railroad and ran off. When nearly oppo-
site Gruels confectionery the runaway
came in collision with another wagon with
so much force that one of the wagon
had wheel shattered and the other
wrecked.
Dedication.
The dedication of the Mt. Zion U. B.
church. ono milo west of Cambridge, will