Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-07-19
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Interest In and Around the Borough
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gsncer Reporter.
The first wheat threshed about here this
season is that on the farmsof Messrs. 8.
S. Detwiler and c. s. Kaufman, which
was ,hreshed yesterday by steam thresh-
ing machines,
MIR. Gottleib Young has just threshed
out two and a half acres of rye, which was
produced from field on Sth street belong
ing to Messrs. A. J. Kaufman aud W. w.
Upp. The yield was 100 bushels, or at
the rate of 40 bushels to an acre. This is
something unusual. as the average yield
is generally about % bushels to an acre.
Glpsey King and Queen.
There are now stopping at the Franklin
house, OthO III, king of the English Gyp-
sizes, and his wife. Queen Emma. The
latter is beautiful blonde, and is evident
ly a person Of no ordinary mental attain
ments, as is also her husband. The queen
is fortune teller and has already startled
a number If COlumbians by her wo ldor-
full powers of diviniation.
Sent Down.
Lizzie and Dolle Smith, two dusk y
damsels of the Hill," are in trouble
Last night both went off on spree and
became SO disorderly that Officer Witt'g
took them in charge. They did not see n
to care at boing arrested, hut when Squire
Grier committed them to the county
workhouse for thirty days each they
benefit them.
Sunday school Picnics.
Between 800 and 900 people attended
In Of nhptu ,,th
and Trinity Reformed Sunday schools,
were held at the springs when IA persons
were baptized by Rev. Samuel Z;ng ling
pastor of St. Johns, and one by Rev. G.. s.
Gerhard, pastor of Trinity Reformed.
About 400 persons are present at the
picnic of the Z. E. Lutheran church at
Lititz to-day.
Miss Lizzie Tracy, of iitimore county.
Nd, is visiting Miss Matte Given.
Mr.. NJ. Bachenheimer and family left
to-day for Cape May. whore the lattsr will
remain for the summer months.
Death of sister.
Yesterday morning there died at the
convert of Our Lady of tho Angels, order
of Saint Francis, in Glen Riddle. near
Philadelphia, Miss Lille VOSel, Sister
Japuria, lady whose family still lesides
in this place. She entered the convent as
a novice in October of 1880, and last
month became nun of the order rcfe red
to-. Deceased was nearly 81 years of age
at the time of her death, which was caused
by consumption. The remains will be in
TERED at the convent cemetery.
Brakeman Injured.
Henry Corrie, a Pennsylvania railroad
freight brakeman, had the calf of his left
leg badly crushed between the tops of two
New York Central railroad freight cars
this morning at 6 o'clock in the vest
yards here. The bumper of one of the
cars had been torn away and this allowed
the overhanging tops of the cars to me
The injured man was sent to bis homo in
Harrisburg on this mornings way passen
ger train
Two Goa! buckets were left in Burners
ccal yards on Tuesday night by coal
thief who was disturbed in his operations
by the night wa.chman of the yards. Hc
can recover the property by calling at Mr.
Burners office.
Borough fBrfeis.
BENJAMIN Zerger appeared before Squire
Young last evening, against Carson
Devan, colored, who was charged with
assault and battery and drunk and disor
derly conduct. Defendant was discharged
on tho former charge, but was remahded
to the lookup until he paid the cost of tie
suit.
Osceola tribe, No. III, will hold meet
ing to night.
Some miscreant amused himself On
Tuesday night by throwing stones against
Mr.. VIM. Nowlen's fence, on Walput
street The mise made Was Such as tO
arouse the entire neighborhood.
Miss Laura Chamberlin, who was be
lieved to have been dying yesterday, is
recovery are now INDUCED in.
Mr.. George Fry, residing ON the Mar
rietta turnpike, has begun topping his
tobacco. lie is the early bird which
gathers the worms.