Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-02-25
MARIETTA MATTERS.
OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE

N;c:tality-To5aCco-Eo News.
The high wind on Wednesday nigh
blew uD quite q blizzard for the next day
| The mercury fell considerably, ice formed
in some places and all day yesterday the
river, On the opposite side, was running
| with s!ush ice.
The funeral Of William McNeil's chic
took place on Wednesday. 1t died in {
spasm.
Our mortality list for the past three
months has been unusually large, there
having been, from Dec. to the present
time, 3S deaths, most of them from dip.i.
liberia and its attendant diseases.
A few more tobacco sales are reported
F. L. Gantz sold about two acre to Fridy,
of MountviIie, for 20, I and 3: George
Waller sold lis five acres for 81 and ).
In Maytown, Fred Houseal got 16 all
around and Frank johnson received 10,
and ..
The excursion 10 Washington to attend
the Inauguration ceremonies is beginning
to he talked about. The rates Of fare are
s4.9i from Marietta via York, s6.25 by
way of Harrisburg. Tickets will be sold
on the 2 and 81 OF March and will be
good for return until the 7th inclusive.
The shooting match in MaytO|n did not
come off on the 22d as it was expected
10, because tboy could not get a large
enough number Of pigeons, and tine ball
was postponed until next 22d on account
Of 4 scarcity OF ladies.
Mack Nipple came to grief by not CHI
plOying physician. Some one advised him
to give arsenic to a pet cat that was sick.
He did, and the cat diced.
Mr. JOS. Windolph is i'll with inhamma-
ton of the bowels.
Daniel Shaw, of Chicago has been eX-
hibiting wonderful dexterity in town at
the billiard and pool table. On Wednes-
DAY night he made some excellent shots on
the Susquehanna club billiard table, with
and without a cue. Last evening he was
advertised to play on john Youns's pool
table.
Tie Sewing Bee will &, ~ George Viii
liams's for an oyster supper on Monday
night. Score one for the gentlemen this
time.
The house Of Mrs. Mary Whitelill, de-
ceased, will J.. sold tomorrow.
Dan Hess is spending q week in town.
lie is livim- in Pittsburgh.
Capt. Case was up from Columbia to
his Marietta law office, Oh Wednesday,
for the first time during this month. He
had boon confined to his home witt. :.
heavy cold.
On Wednesday Iighta man by the naille
ofC. YetZcr, claiming to be from Cones
to"a Centre, cHdcavorcd to take more lib
critics in the bar room Of the Perry lOu: G
than was due him, and was brought up
before Squire Roath next day, who gave
him ten days. At the same time appear
ed seven tramps who had spent the night
in the ,o,kup. They had been in town and
vicinity for some time aud on Wednesday
evening one of them committed n theft
that hrGu ,ht them all to grief. Passing
The house of Monroe Frazier on Front
street, he spicd Z basket OF clothes Oh the
lsack porch that had been recently taken
from tie washiMc. He took them with him,
throw the basket IN the Old hOliOw-warc
yard. and rolling the clothes in a bundle,
marched OF to the furnaces. where he
tried TO sell them. offering the whole lot
for Is cents. IL tie meantime Frazier
had come home found out the theft and
went after hM,. He found him at one of
the furnaces IN the act Of showing
his wares, and Immediately set to work
punching his head which he did to 4 nicely
Officers Stahl and Ruby appeared next and
arrested all tie trimpS that were gathered
there. except few that silently stole away.
When they We're brought before the squire
the thief gave his name as W. Hall. He
WAS sent down to await Il trial at court,
and although there was sufficient evidence
to convict some of the rest for other
otienSes, the injured ones refused toappcar
aad they were discharged on condition that
they would make a bee line for some
strange land.