Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-10-18
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NEIGHBORING COUNTIES.


Thomas Neal has sold his farm OF 1856
acres, Fulton township, Lancaster county,
to John Reed for $50 per acre.
David NJ. Taylor has sold his farm OF
ll5 acres in Little Britain, Lancaster
county, to Jacob Proctor and Kirk II
Lewis, for $50 per acre.
William Hamilton, prominent oitiz.n
of Lancaster county, who represented
in both branches OF the Legislature for
several terms, died al home in Paradise,
Monday, aged IS years.
None Of the Lancaster Jail breakers
have yet been captured Stories are rife
of their having been seen in various
localities and they appear to be- at their
old games several recent minor robberies
being attributed to them.
W T. Caldwell, who ia serving ont a
thirty days senteun- in the Berks county
prison, is direct descendant of Patrick
Henry, and ia member Of au sristocratie
southern family. Hs WAS born at Rich.
mold, Va, given good education, and
was at one time editor Of an Influential,
paper at that place.
1t is said that the same car which con-
veyed President Garfield from Washing
tou TO Long Branch is now running upon
the Ph@nixville & West Chester railroad
The seats in the car, which we're at the
time upholstered, were so cut to pieces by
relic buuters that the company took them
out and put in others made of cane. 1t
ia now used on that road as a smoking
and baggage car.
Lebanon, Pennsylvania, was visited nv
heavy rain storm accompanied by
thunder and lightning, on Sunday night.
The new wing of the Miller organ factory
was struck by lightning and badly dam
aged. The barn OF Reuben l.. Light was
also struck aud destroyed, and the
eteeple Of z on's Church was shattered
| Cellars werp 6lled with water and stra.ts
We're overlooked.
Columbia, Lancaster county woman
ascending the cellar stairs holding a
crock of cooked red beets above her head
tripped, the crock striking her head
| lightly and the crimson Juice spillinp
over her. Mistaking the liquid for h sr own
blood she shrieked with terror, thinking
she Was fatally cut and bleeding TO death
She nsarly went into commissions b.fore
being assured of her safety by those who
rushed to her assistance.
A report from Safe Harbor, about 10
miles from Lancaster, of the death by nv.
drophobis of 5-year-old son of John
We'll, says he was bitten by dog on
September 18th. He was seized with
commissions and died Monday morning.
At'intervals he WAS conscious and reoou.
nized his parents, but when seized with
commissions he foamed at the mont,
snapped. snarled, barked like dog, and
tried to bite and scratch those near him.
Last Saturday passenger on a train
from Reading became violently insane
and, although four men tried to restrain
him, he got away from them near Ham,
burg aud concealed himself In the
mountain forests. He was found Mon
day, entirely nude, standing in a creek,
and was pursued, captured and taken to
the Berks county almshouse. He WAS
badly scratched and bruised and suffer-
ing from exposure to the cold. He ia
supposed to be Philadelphian.
There was quite breeze at the Re.
formed synod in session at Reading Mon
day. 1t grew out OF the Belleman Church
scandal, which is contest between the
Apostles and the municipalities, a little
church rebellion among the flock. While
the fight in the church was raging, the
Rev. p. 7. Hoffman WAS invited to preach
the Harvest Home sermon. Against
warning he preached, and has continued
to do 30 without consulting the Chassis.
Tue church members charged that he
failed to pay his grooers', butohers' and
tradesmens' bills, although he was Jealous
in the cause Of Christ, and that he him.
self he'd set an example Of rebellion.
The Rev. Mr.. Kaufman had been turned
over from Goshenhoppen to the Lebanon
Chassis. Although strong appeals for
mercy were made in behalf of Mr.. Hoff.
man by vote Of Al to 2 the matter in
dispute was relegated by the synod to his
old Chassis for settlement.