Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-02-20
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL CORRESPONDENCE.
NEWS IN THE NCRTaWEsT.
Current Events from Lan,iisviile to
AiaytOwn.

Current Events from LandisViile to
MaytOwn.
An attempted robbery by very con-
temptible thief or thieves was discovered
at Maytown, on Saturday morning. Mrs
Lydia Morton, aged II, was buried at that
place on Saturday forenoon, and the Gull
nary preparations for the funeral had been
made at the house of her daughter, Mrs
John Eagle. During the night the cellar
was entered and ransacked, but fortu-
nately the provisions which the thieves
We're after, had been placed in the bake
house q part of the building which the
thieves did not visit.
On Sunday morning members of Cove
lodge, No. 301, X. of P. proceeded in a
body to the Methodist church, where the
pastor, Rev. c. Roads, preached a sermon
for their special benefit.
Osego tribe, No. 80. l. o. of X. NJ,
gave a supper at the Exchange hotel, on
Friday evening. Representatives from
Lancaster ard Philadelphia were iu at
tendance. They had good time.
MI. Christian Simons, who died sud-
eeGly of heart disease, was buried on Sat
urday.
Superintendent Shanb visited the schools
of East Donegal township last week.
The mock trial by tho Springville liter
ary society came Off all right, last Satur-
day night. The Laudisvillc society will
give one in the near future.
Thomas Wright, an ex pedagogue, who
commenced to farm four years ago, sold
his farm stock on Saturday at good prices.
lie intends to move to Chester county,
where he will embark in another business.
II. Il. Nissley will leave this place
shortly to attend Lewisburg university.
Frank Murphy, principal Of the Adams
town schools, whose building was des-
troyed by fire this winter, spent Sunday
in town.
On Saturday night the citizens nomi-
mated ticket to be voted for next Tuesday.
The election promises to be tame affair.
What is supposed to have been fire was
noticed on Saturday afternoon by a mum
Der OF our citizens. The locality is north
of town, probably in Mount Joy town
ship.
Invitations for 4 ball at Silver Spring oh
Saturday are out also for one to be held
at Marietta on Wednesday night.
J. Howard Swartz has resigned his po
sitiOn rs assistant secretary and director
of the Mount Joy Mutual Aid society. s.
S. Patterson was elected secretary Vice B..
F. Eberle. Mr.. Swartz intends to leave
the borough.
The school terms Of the county schools
i'll this neighborhood arc fast coming to !,
close. The latter part of next month "the
young idea " will be relieved.
Exciting times are expected in Marietta
at the election TO morrow, and there will
be good deal of cutting especially on
councilmen and school directors.
Marietta people are getting afraid to
come home from the Columbia opera
house after night and on foot. Some
time ago man was waylaid and robbed
at the railroad tunnel ana on Saturday
night Paris Plumb was beaten shamcfully
with i club.
Much dissatisfaction prevails among to-
hacco farmers around I.andisville, who re
Gently delivered their crops. In convex
sation with your itemizer "a grower in
formed us that he was dockcd $125 on a,
five acre lot and Of another who had
suffered to the tune of $3.50 OH crop
which had been sold for 500. When
they suffer for reduction ut the rate of
fifty per cent, it looks Al if the farmers
may have been unjustly dealt with. Tie
farmers are loud and numerous in their
complaints, and where there is so much
smoke there must be some fire. Hereafter
there will be less sold by the inch.