Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-06-17
LITTLE LOCALS,


The Baptist fair and festival will close
this evening.
The ColebroOk Valley railroad will be
completed about September.
Fiss s. DOerr, horse dealers, this morn
ing shipped twenty. y.One fine large horses
to New York city.
Geo. w. Andrew, of East Earl, has
raised field of rye on John Fetter's
land which already averages Z feet in
height.
On Thursday S. G. Geyer, auctiOneer,
sold for Graybill & Frankhouser thirteen
head of Canada horses, in Earlville, at an
average of 500 per head.
John E. Kimmel, aged "a, brakeman
Oh the Reading railroad, and residing in
Reading, was killeo near that city
while standing upon a car going under u
bridge.
Geo. Ii. FearOD, aged twenty six, un-
married, and employed as steward at the
Lochiel hotel, Harrisburg, received fatal
injury by being thrown from . carriage.
Last evening the attendance was very
large at tho hall to sec the trained horses.
This afternoons matinee was crowded,
aud to night the last performance will be
given.
The wife of Lewis HOuseal, formerly of
Maytown, died lately in Lock Haven. Her
last days were made rs comfortable as
possible by tho affectionate attentions of
her daughter and grand daughters and
the presence Of her husband.
United States Paymaster J. Cameron
Muhlcnberg, now stationed at Galveston,
Texas, las appointed as his clerk MIR.
Charles z. Seitz, son Of Jacob Seitz, of
Mountville, this county. MIR. Seitz will
leave Lancaster to report for duty at Gal
weston within few days.
New Holland national bank stock sells
at $13G. How's that for high?
Two fine horses have come to the SOr-
rel Horse hotel, in East Earl township.
without any harness on. One is 4 bay
about Isl hands high, four years old.
The other is gray about a. hands high
and twelve years old.
Pocket iIckeGl.
Mrs. Walter Costello, residing ON West
Lemon street between Mulberry and
Charlotte streets, went to tie Northern
market this morning, having over $40 in
her pocked book. While walking in the
centre aisle her wallet was lifted by q
pick-pOcket. She soon discovered her
loss, and then remembered that she was
jostled in tho crowded aisle, and that a
small sized woman with 4 black hat had
been beside her and suddenly stopped and
stopped down to pick up something which
she said she had dropped, and then sud-
denly disappeared. Mrs. Costello believes
this woman picked her pocket, and berat-
ed her rouudly in vigorous AnglO-SaxOn.
In answer to 4 question why she vent
to market with so much money, Mrs. Co.'S
A s41~ k1pnk eI,<
yesterday received some wages due him,
and also the wages of a son and daughter.
She owed money for rent, groceries, meat
and other household necessaries, and ex-
pected to meet somo of her creditors on
her way to or at market and pay them
their bills before her return home.
Turnpike Company Meeting.
Lititz Record.
At a very large meeting of the subscrib.
ers to the new turnpike from Lititz to
Brickerville, held in the former place, it
was decided that the road should begin at
the terminus of tho Lancaster and
Lititz pike and stop at E. B. Brubaker's
mill, 4 distance of three miles, and be
known as the Lititz and Brickerville turn
pike. The following were elected directors:
Emanuel Kaufman, f. b. Brubaker,
Hiram Kline, Jacob Wissler, DR.. J. X.
Hertz, John Evans, A. w. ShOber, ]. r.
Bricker, Memo Brubaker. And the board
organized thus President, Eman'l Kauff-
man vice president, Hiram Kline secre-
tary, E. B. Brubaker treasurer, A. w.
Shober; committee to secure a charter {:
o. p. Bricker, Colin Cameron, VIM. Evans,
L. s. Hacker, p. S. Reist. A small assess
ment was made, aud the work will be
vigorously pushed forward after the
charter has been secured.
Missing Children.
John and Huff Mercer, soDs of Officer
Mercer, Of the city police force, left home
on "Wednesday morning and have not
since been heard from. John is II years
old, short and stout, with dark hair and
eyes g.; is dressed in dark clothes and slouch
hat. aud wears shoes. Huff is years old