Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-04-05
NEtGHBORhOOD NEWS.

Events Near and Across the County Lines
One hundred and twenty five men are
| engaged at the construction of the tunne
at PhGnixville on the Schuylkill Valley
branch of the Pennsylvania. The work il
progressing rapidly.
While little daughter of Jacob West,
of York, Was playing near stove We'd
nesday, she..krocked a crock Of hot water
down upon her, scalding her head and
body terribly.
A Cooper shop, near the railroad side
track at Chadd's Ford, was demolished
| by house car being knocked through it
bv South bound freight engine on the
Baltimore Central railroad. A number of
cars were also wrecked and rendered use
less by the force of the locomotive while
shifting.
The Western iron association held it's
annual meeting in Pittsburgh yesterday
and re elected its old officers. The card
rate was reaffirmed. Reports from all
sections indicated an unsatisfactory con
ditiOn Of trade and an unpromising out
look
The five hundred lab6rers on the Shame.
kin, Sunbury g. Lewisburg railroad, in
this state, who struck last Monday for
higher wages, resumed work yesterday at
the old rate of sl.25 per day.
About 40 rollers and beateEs in the f. &
G. Brooke pudding mill, at Birdsboro,
Pa, have struck against a reduction in
their wages of II to 121 per cent. They
offer to compromise on ten per cont.
reduction. The strike throws out of en-
ployment three hundred hands.
James G. and VIM. F. McSparran, of
Drumore township, intend embarking in
the canning business tho coming season.
They will plant 100 acres in sugar corn
and tomatoes and intend to creut tho nee .
essary buildings for tho business in the
village Of Fairfield.
The Red Seal canning company su ex-
tensive concern of Hartford and York
counties, is having steamer and two
barges built to carry their canned goods to
market. The barges are being constructed
by George Geiger, of Peach Bottom. a
well known boat builder. Tho Red Seal
company embraces the Gamers of Hartford
company, Md, aud several of York and
Lancaster counties.
In Philadelphia Martin Gan, forty years
old, shot himself in the head, because his
wife would not live with him. lie was
taken to tho Episcopal hospital, where LIE
died.
In Allentown Uriah Kock received
note stating that his wife and strange
man would meet at Kern's saloon. He
went there 1T eight o'clock and seeing
them together drew his revolver and fired
two shots at tho man, who made his es
cape uniniured. He then fired twice at
his wiio, tine last shot taking effect in her
right thigh making a dangerous wound.
Clark, Reeves & Co., of PhEnixville,
have been awarded the contract for the
building of the Southern Pennsylvania
raiIIoad bridge at Harrisburg. 1t will
cost $3,O0O,OO0, and will be nearly two
miles in length. 1t is to commence at an
elevation on the Cumberland side of the
Susquebanna river, and maintain this
elevation for Il considerable distance in
Harrisburg.
The National trausit company, which is
just about completing a pipe line from the
oil regions to Philadelphia. has under
taken to build branch line to Baltimore,
with command of two market, and capa-
city enough to act as feeder to the
rcfiners in either or both. The branch line
to Baltimore will leave the line to Phila
delphia at a point III Lancaster county
some 6j miles from the latter city, and
will pass thence to Baltimore, also about
G5 miles distant, through Lancaster aud
York counties, in Pennsylvania, and
thence through Hartford and Baltimore
counties i'm MARYLAND