Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-28

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A hrs at Minsrsville, SehuyIkill county,
on Tuesday morning; Destroyed the shoe
store Of William Schultz. Several hundred
dollars worth Of boots and shoes were
burnt up and 600 in cash was also lost.
For weeks the farmers Of Montgomery,
Chester and Berks counties have been
suffering severely from the. ouslaughts Of
chicken thieves stephen Lessey and
Irwin Ladner, Of Pottstown, have been
held for trial, charged with being tho
depredators.
At West Chester thieves entered tho
stables of Hopes, Bro. & Thomas, and
stole q tine mare OF the Percheron stock.
Then they went to tho carriage house of
Pierce Hopes and took q carriage to
which they harnessed the horse, and, after
stealing 10 bushels of cloverseed, escaped.
The SusquehaDna and Allegheny rail.
road company was chartered ut the state
department Tuesday. Its length will be
100 miles, to start from near Punxsataw-
ney, Jefferson county, and run through
tho counties of Indiana, Clearteld, Clin.
ton, LycomiDg and Union. Its capital is
81, 500, 900.
David Sansley was arrested on Tuesday
at Reading on tho charge Uf having
knocked down a little girl by the name Of
Annie j. McCauley and inficting serious
injuries. He kicked her on the chest and
afterwards stood on her body. He was
convicted some years ago Of causing the
death of young woman and sentenced to
eight years.
In Chester, an inquest was held yesser-
young man, who died from the effects of
hlnw m tho hCe1 s,fl %a1 1sxr nonns~
Green, young cOlOred man, with whom
Clark had an alteration on Sunday night.
An autopsy revealed fracture of Clark's
skull and rupture of blood vessel near
the temple. Green was committed to Jail
for trial.
About thirty members of tho Lebanon
classis Of tho Reformed church met in st.
Pauls Memorial Reformed church. Read.
ing, Monday, to hear the report of the
committee appointed to make an investi-
cation respecting the charges made against
Rev. Alexander S. Keiser, of P0ttsville.
Last September Hiss Elizabeth X. Miller
brought suit against Rev. Mr.. Keiser, to
recover $1,000 damage for breach OF
promise Of marriage.
A committee of citizens of West Gosh
On township. Chester county, will apply
to the Legislature for the repeal of tho
special act relating to the public roads of
that township passed in 1856, whereby the
roads are sold out for repair each year to
the lowest bidding property holders of the
township. Tho petitioners claim that the
system has proven detrimental to the good
of the people, and that the only way to
insure the improvement of the roads in
that township will be to place them all
back into the hands of the supervisor,
who shall be held entirely responsible.
According to the description of their Ca
pers in the local papers of Easton, tho
students of Lafayette college are far from
being the best and not quite the worst Of
their class. The other night crowd Of
them indulged in cane rush" in tho
streets and scared the staid Eastonians
almost to death in the not irrational belief
that the inmates Of the county almshouse
were out on a hilarious rampage, and now
the citizens are indulging in very emphat.
ic structures and uncomplimentary terms
regarding tho authorities of tho
college for permitting these nightly COW
boy style raids.