Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-12-06
NEIaHBoRISe COUNTIES.
A new market house has been opener
in Lancaster.

A new market house has been opened
in Lancaster.
Lsncsstes's pe1!:i. association ia Pre-
patirg fer is ANNUAL .ho~-
The electric stfset luminatiea o. Liu
caster and Reading has cot y tpsov-c
satisfactory.
The Deiaware County RpuJiieaa has
added Two inches to the 4epg,h ., is
columns, gain of more than three
columns Of the former size.
William Hinder quarrelled with George
Crawford, in Lancaster, Sunday, AID
stabbed him in the Beck. # ia thought
the wound will prove fatal. Hinder
escaped.
Ths barn Of N. L. PECK, near May
town, Lancaster county, was burbed
Sunday afternoon, together W it'll six COWS,
a uumbsr of pigs, the crops aud farming
implements.
Harry Robson Of rs North Tenth
street, Reading, Was on Sunday cutting
string with butcher knife when IL
slipped and cut into his eve, il tlictipR
serious injury.
Over SO, 265 pounds of country pre-.
duce for Thanksgiving dinners ware
shipped from Oxford on Tuesday week to
Philadelphia. The bulk of poultry came
from lower Lancaster county.
The new brick foundry Of the Reading
hardware company is being put under
roof, the last of the heavy wooden sup
Ports having been placed in position
There will be benches for 40 or so
m0lders.
a Berks county farmer and his son, on
Thanksgiving Day, mounted horses and
gave chase to a couple of trespassing
sportsmen, ran them into the clutches OF
an officer and obliged them to give bail
for court.
AIvsn Clark & Co. are building new
refraoting telescope Of 10 inches aperture
for the Hsverford College observatory.
The new telescope will cost "a 800, aud
will be mounted in new building TO
cost 1850.
Last evening while the sheriff OF Della
ware county was engaged i'll Handwriting
some prisoners in the court hOuss at
Media, John Williams, alias G0ns' auce,
and James Clark, who had cen convicted
OF burglary, made their escape.
new school building will be erected
by the Orthodox Friends meeting al
Wssttown, Chester county, next
spring. The proposed structure will cost
about $500, GOO, and 92S5,00 OF the
amount needed are already in the hands
of the committee in charge.
Hirsm W. Balmer of Midway, who wss
found guilty by the grand jury of Lam
caster county last week for selling liquor
without license, has aiso disappeared,
and his whereabouts is a mystery. Bal
mer left wife ard five children, ranging
from 2 years mp to 10 years.
John Stauffer of Mountville, Lancaster
county, was run over by the cars on the
Northern Central railroad near Brillbart
York county, between IL and IL o'clock
Friday morning and instantly killed, his
body being horribly mangled. He lie
supposed to have fallen on the track
while intoxicated.
Burglars operated at Bird-ir-H Hand,
Lancaster county, on Tuesday and
Thursday nights, on the former occasion
securing vest, containing $3.50, belong
ing to Captain Carey, railroad agent,
300 of the money having been shortly
before received for freight over the rosd.
H. B. Fetter, aged 40 years, black
smith and horse doctor, residing at Lex.
ington, Lancaster county, suddenly dis
appeared, and at last accounts nothing
had been heard from him. de deserted
wife and three children In destitute
circumstances. 1t ia rumored that Fettef
eloped with another woman residing in
the neighborhood.
The death Of the Buzzsrd is reported
as having occurred Tuesday week, and his
body was buried by few friends on the
hills above Hahnstown. There was no
minister. Buzzsrd's wounds became very
sore and Inflammation set in, which pro-
duced gangrene, snd the man died 10 an old
shed in the hills made ont Of fence rails
Lebanon Daily Times.
Friday morning, about 2.30 O'Clock,
a fire broke out in the second story OF q
double frame house being erected at
Fort Washington, near Norristown, and
before the neigh borhood was aroused the
sditice had been entirely consumed. The
frame house of William Livezey, in an
adjoining field, occupied by John D
Jones, caught fire from spark and was
entirely destroyed. The family escaped
and succeeded in saving all their house.
hold goods. Inoeudiarism is suspected.
The personal efforts of John Bnrgs.
tresser, OF Tiuioum township, Buaks
county, were appraised several days
ago. OF the ready cash, ths ap,
prsisers found $3.50 in bank bills,
folded up in 8 package Of old newspapers.
Several members of the family telt certain
there was more money somewhere but
in what place was the question. a search
vas made. The last place they went to
was the garrett. There they found two
boxes, containing about three bushels
Of salt each, but failed to find the money.
The searohers concluded to empty the
two boxes After she salt was taken
from the first box, they found a lot Of Old
newspapers, aud beheath them 3 tea
kettle nearly full of gold and silver
In the second box of salt was found q
small box, containing $2l4 in silver the
total money found being $l,05s-
Reading Times.