Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-05-22
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEiGHBDKHOOD NEWS.

Events Near and Across the County Limos.
Reading is making strong fight for
competitive railroad facilities.
DIR. John r. Hooker, of Harrisburg, has
been arrested for committing an abortion
on Mrs. Adam Berger, young married
woman, who died on Saturday last.
NJ. B. COwden, city surveyor of Harris
burg, was accidentally shot and fatally
wounded on Saturday evening, while en-
gagged in glass-ball shooting.
BY agreement of counsel, the time for
making the return Of the mandamus
granted last week upon the town council
of Norristown was extended to the first
day of June, before Judge Watson.
Reports from the different tobacco
growing counties Of the state arc to tho
effect that the recent cold weather has not
injured the plants and that the acreage
this year will be larger than that of last
year.
At Harrisburg Mrs. KEEPER held the
right hand Of her little child on a hot
stove until that member was badly burned.
The child had committed some little
OffeDse and this was the mode of punish
nlent resOrted to.
The Independent county convention, at
West Chester, on Saturday, nominated the
following delegates to the state convention
to meet in Philadelphia OH the Oath inst
Senatorial, John J. Pinkerton Repre-
sentative, David F. Moore. of Phoenix
vile DR.. John p. Edge, of Downingtown;
Townsend Walters, of West Chester, and
David NJ. Taylor, Of Oxford.
William Pfeffer. aged Il years, residing
near Hatfield station, Montgomery county,
with three other boys went out to shoot
crows and destroy their nests. Young
Pfeffer had double barrel gun, and hav-
ing fired one barrel, proceeded to load it,
while the charge still remained in the
other. From some cause unknown the
other barrel exploded, driving the con-
tents up through young Pfeffer's face and
head, through the palate and brain, kill
ing him instantly.
There seems to be IN epidemic among
the old maids of West Chester. Tho
wealthy Miss Thomas is about to marry
Rev. DR.. Spear, aged 20 and nearly blind,
and member of the community Of Old
Mems Home, West End, Philadelphia.
Rev. DR.. John B. Clemson, of Claymont,
80 years of age, and who has already had
three wives, is to bo married on June II,
in English style. The intended bride is
Miss Hannah Gibbons, of West Chester.
In Frederick Nd, yesterday. Trinity
Reformed chapel, one of the handsomest
church edifices in the city recently erected
by the Reformed congregation for the lect-
ure and Sunday-school purposes, was de-
dicat,d with appropriate ceremonies. The
dedicatory sermon was delivered in the
Reformed church to a very large audience
by Rev. J. o. Miller, Of York. Pa. At the
conclusion of the sermon the congregation
assembled in the chapel, whence the pastor
Rev. DR.. E. r. Eschbach assisted by DR..
Miller dedicated the edifice.
On Saturday Harry Newlin, % years
old, an employee of the Pennsylvania rail
road company, died at the private board
ing house, No. 109 Franklin street, Pbila-
delphia, of consumption. Four weeks
ago he was put to bed and never recovered
sufficiently to be about. His wife, some
years his senior, was confined to her bed
in an adjoining room, suffering from the
same disease, and when told of her hus-
bands demise expressed desire to follow
him. Her wish was gratified, for in less
than twenty -four hours she, too, was cold
in death.