Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-09-27
NEIGHBORING COUNT Es.

heAulnR on UotoDer "a, promises TO be- |
the most attractive ever held in the |
county.
A tobacco shed and stable belonging to
James B. Fry at Lancaster were destroyed |
by an incendisry fire Monday morning.
Loss, $500; insurance, 1850.
Wednesday week Mr.. aud MIRA. John |
Riukley, living at Smoketown, East |
Lsmpeter township, Lancaster county,
celebrated their golden wedding.
Jacob Riddle, aged rs of Lancaster, |
transacted some business at the nickel |
mines recently, walking both ways, cover.
ing in all rs miles, stopping over night on
the way.
". II. Myers, a Methodist minister and
Mrs. Ralph frice, both Of Brsnehdale,
nsar PHtisville, recently left that plsc.
lpou the same day, and 1t is believed
'hey have elopd, They both leave
families.
On last Thursday night fine bay
horse, valued at 1900. was stolen from
the stable Of John X. Baldwin at Mar
shailton. There were five other horses
in the stable, but the 'ves passed
them slI and took the l. ~ 'usble one,
The inv at Chester .. The case of
William us oha-~N' f''ll the murder
of his al F.. .5tti..1 l verdict
Of murd.i tu- .arUnd a. groe. The
murder w. mn .tst IN lur9 lsst In a
little Int on Ria.ey ,fak, onp mile from
Chester.
In tracss hr'wneh two tskirs at the
State lair In Lsnrsster OF Thursday one
of them, usmed Slronl, struck the other,
named Ryan, IN tn, hea,. with & hstchet,
intlictins psrlsrs fatal wound. Both
parties are from, Baltimore. sproul was
arrested.
st. Matthews Chu,ci, Corshohocken,
has just be m PRO, idt4 rith a well fitted
up sstronori eal observatory, through the
liberslity VI iss founder The instru-
ments comp riss an equs ORAL telescope
with olockwdrb 'rans'' ihs,rur. ut aud
chronograph
Caroline ~ppenbei Esr, an elderly
maiden lady, who gained p livelihood by
making dresser, committed suicide vt
Allentown Thursday night by bSnring
herself in a closet. She has Of laH bean
d,spondent on account OF poor health sud
tear Of coming 10 wsp'
| The time Of holding the fall meeting of
the State Board OF Agriculture at Vast
Chester has been changed to October
oath, 18th ard 10Th, 80 as not 10 conflict
with the county teachers institute.
Governor PsttisOn, J. Simpson Africa and
other notahles are to be preh1nt.
DR.. Cyrus r. Roller, well known
veterinary surgeon Of Myerstown, near
Reading, wal thrown from HE carriage
/ hx, ~ - Ia fxlr
ened horse. One Of his arms caught In
In wheel and he was dragged several
squares, His recovery is doubtful.
John Gyumber, the famous Hungarian
sleeper, who slept nearly seven months
at a streteh in the Lehigh county aims.
houss during ia, .priag Lnd Bnnmsr Of
1881, wsa married at Allentown Non
dsy &c The cook % boarding. houye IL
witch he has beeu iomicilsd for the past
fpg months.
An excursion train from philadelp1ii
sttrd9y took to Reading 300 members
OF the Canststier VereiD, with their wives
They came for the purpose Of celebratin,
, this bi-centennisl Of German settlement
, in America by three days festivities il
Lsuer's Park, but the rain prevented tn
, projected opening parade.
i Henry Meloher, who discovered oil ii
his we'll at small village TO the north Q
Bsinbridge, Lancaster county, WAS re
/ Gently offered $1,000 for It and ten pc
{ cent Of the product by a Philedelphi
Il party, but he did not acoept. TIL
produc. Of the we'll is called rock oil
It being finer and heavier than petroleum
II Until few nights ago Miss Ami
t SteIrer, aged rs of Poitsvilla, had su
= fered from syinal diseasus for eight {
"a nine years, being unable TO walk eve
:, Wit cru:ohes. This voek sho dYeame
70 that her health WAS restored Ard upo
u awaking she found the dream realized
3 She regards her restoration as mirsci
u The general conference OF the Evgnge
IL icEl Church, embracing churches
st America, Germany and Switzerland, wi
e convene al AIlsntOwu on October 4th az
X remain 10 session 10 days. Among u
=. Important work will be- the election
If bishops, officer OBLIGATION house
- &c Tvo hundred ministers and II
>, delegates belong to the conference.
~ David 5hsgsd'n, assistant mArshst
~ the Ku,ztown, Berks county, fair, N
with psipiui accident Fridsy siternoo
|
or when the Arbutis band marched past,
C. their way TO the fair grounds. n
s- music startled the horse Sharadin's 70
re slipped from the atirrup and no VI
N thrown under the horse, the animal tres
n. ing on the right leg and breaking Il
1s ankle.
- An Is months'0ld boy of air. Power
train dispatcher at Columbia, but W
=! makes his home at Lancaster made a ms
oil row escape from death on Sunday eve
Is ing. The little fellow, unobservod, z
IL; to pantry, and, picking up coal
he Can, swsllowei considerable quaint
he of its contents before he WAS deteete
of An enetic was applied, and, after UNI
n uniting attention, physician succeed
- IN bringing the child around all rigl
and it is now considered out OF danger.
@, A new agricultural and horticultui
M society has been formed in the weste
u.s. part OF Chester, and eastern part OF La
ett oGster connties which lie TO he known
re- the Octcrdto Agriou ltursl and lIoroiel
tural Society. It4 first exhibition will
hold IL Atglen Hall, Atgleu, Chest
county, on October 18Th and 18th, d
ald evening. Samuel W. Whitsou b
~ b4en chosen president, and David
BTanson secretary. There will D,
lar exhibits Of live stock or horse racing Il
m year, the speciality OF the society being
10. exhibit farm and gard N product, spe
lee irens of handlwork, uu'1sities, floweI
od plants, &c.
j., Jacob Ritter of Reading, the you,
mt man who got into violnnt ,lteroati
,at with an old man named Joseph Rsite
ny aver and made deadly assault up
Of him, has been rearreatsd and commit
he in default OF $lC 900 bail, as the injuri
SIS Of Reitenauer are likely to prove fat
I'll The two lived In the same house, a
wn had nn old srudge. Ritter came home
Saturday evening, he says, and aft
IT, complimenting Reitenhucr on a barga
b. he had made in tho purchase OF p
c. Ritter turned around and spoke of 1gl
me irZ. He threatsned TO shoot him, a
as CHASED him for Rome distance, until Re
he ei'auer raised g rod to strike. Ritz
OF then struoh his vould-be asssilsnI
ON the nose and Kicked him in the ribs T.
ap Of which were broken, besides intiicti
he other i''+rnsl injuries, Ritter Ia abe
nd 20 y~sss I'D, while Rsitensuer ia over
ats