Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-04-23
NElaaBORnOOD NEWS.

Events Near and Across the County Lines
There are at present three cases of
smallpox in Harrisburg.
The pay of the mon employed at the
works in Steelton was $112. 900 on Satur-
day.
In York county liquor is sold at public
sales and the officers have just "dropped"
to it. The result is that q number of
vendors have been arrested.
The chief of the Harrisburg police, in
structed his officers for the first time yes
terday morning to make note Of the
unlighted street LAMPS. Tho result was
that he found many parts of the city en-
tirely destitute of light.
Bridget Tierney has petitioned the Phil
adelphia orphans court for an allowance
Of $40 per week for the maintenance of a
dog, under the will of Rev. Richard
O'COnnor, late rector Of st. Bridget's
church, Falls of Schuylkill.
Matthew Leitheiser, said to be the CON.
ductOr of "side show" travelling with
Forepaugh's circus, has been held in Phil
adelphia for hearing on the charge of
abduction. 1t is alleged that he was in
strumental in inducing young girl from
Baltimore to leave her home.
Reading has a professional baseball
club and large crowds witness the games.
The grounds are 50 situated that the
crowd outside the fence can see the games
as we'll as those who pay for the privilege.
To stop this telegraph poles with canvas
will be put up.
Forty blacksmiths and helpers were
suspended at the Philadelphia s. Reading
railroad shops at Reading, Saturday
evening. for one week, when they will
return to work and forty others will be
suspended. This action is taken by the
company ON account of the scarcity OF
work and material.
On Saturday morning near Downing
town, on the Pennsylvania railroad, while
Isaac Walters. a brakeman, attempted to
put on a brake, he slipped and fell from
the car. His skull was fractured in the
fall and he was conveyed to his home on
Dock street, Harrisburg, where he lies
in a critical condition.
A Pennsylvania Dutch version of the
opera Pinafore was given in Reading
Friday night, and a dramatic critic of the
Eagle gives three quarter column criti.
cism on it in Dutch, and comes to the
conclusion that "' PinafOre wore sci lava
net more satisfactorily ga doc worra in
Reddin. s wore wunnerful ~
Senators Lee and Emery are announced
to addressa a meeting in tho court house in
West Chester this evening tor the free
pipe line bill. The Chadd's Ford Farmers
club will be present in body, and it is
expected that the Experimental farm
club, of West Grove, will turn out id large
numbers. A lively meeting is anticipated.
For the third time this season the Ath-
letic baseball club has been defeated by
the Philadelphia baseball club. Over
| 5000 spectators were present at Saturday s
game at Recreation park, at which the
latter scored runs to l credited to the
Athletics. The game was the most closely
contested and one of the best played this
| season.
The trial OF Coyle, for the murder OF
Emma Myers, begins at Gettysburg to-
day. Coyle, it will be remembered, was
convicted at York last summer. An ap-
| peal was made to the supreme court,
which was granted. The prisoners coun,
sci then asked for a change of venue. on
the ground that he could not get a fair
trial in York county, which was granted.
Mr.. Getrle, tenant on Colonel J.H. .Lyck' &
farm near fredericksburg, Lebanon eoun-
ty, was driving along the road, when the
brake of the heavy wagon broke, ana in
attempting to stop the wagon with the
saddle horse both the animal and Mr.. Get.
| tie were thrown to the ground. The
wheels passed over his body, crushing him
to death.
| Mr.. J. A. Goulden. national secretary OF
the Emerald benevolent association and
editor Of its official paper, writes from
Harrisburg emphatically denouncing as
false the efforts of infOrmer Lynch to con.
meet tho association with the dynamite
excitement in England. Mr.. Goulden
states that the association is a Catholic
beneficial, charitable and literary union
positively anti secret and composed of al
nationalities.