Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-03-09

NEa0HD0RMOOD H1Ws.
Evs.ss Near and Asroes sAe county I.iass
Captain William Mcdonald, Of Upp9
Oxford, Chester county, Who Is 76 years
of age, as drummer boy participated In
the reception of Lafayette in West Chester
in 1925.
Diphtheria is prevailing to an alarming
extent in some PORTIONS OF Montgomery
and Bucks counties. Abraham Humber
ger, of Rockvill, Bucks county, lost four
children within q few days.
The Reading hardware company han
conceded an advance Of 10 per cont. In
wages asked for by its employees. The
hands of the Penn hardware company, of
the same place, have asked for q similar
increase.
Petitions for and against the act
before the state Legislature en-
titled can act to establish separate
orphaus' court in and for tho county of
Berks'' were forwarded to Harrisburg
from Reading Thursday.
The skeleton of mau standing in an
upright position, was found below Norris
town by the workmen engaged in grading
on the line of railroad being constructed
by the Pennsylvania railroad. company.
The skeleton was found, it is claimed.
twenty feet below the surface.
Well known citizens of Reading and
Berks county have lost many thousands
of dollars by sending money to Chicago to
parties to invest in pork, grain and lard.
This money was used to form corner"
and the "profits were divided among
the " stockholders "of ths fund" The
investors never received anything in
return but a worthless certificate Of
stock.
In Chester one week ago there was one
case of smallpox, that of little daughter
of John Files, living at Eight and Potter
streets. Thursday evening the fourth caso
was reported to the board Of health, and
last night new case was found. All the
houses are under quarantine restrictions,
hut general feeling of uneasiness pre-
walls and the physicians are vaccinating
hundreds daily.
There is to be a new bridge diagonally
across the Schuylkill river at Manayunk,
on the line of the Philadelphia, German
town and Chestnut Hill railroad (the new
branch of the Pennsylvania railroad sys-
| tem) and the contract has been
let to E D. Smith. 1t will be
a magnificent stone and iron structure.
The length of the bridge will be !, $50 feet
and the width sufficient to accommodate
two trucks. It will be so feet above the
water level and have two spans across the
water of $50 feet each.
| Four freight cars arrived in Huntingdon
yesterday for the Huntington s. Broad
Top road. One Of them contained dry
goods, groceries and boots and shoes, and
another powder and dynamite When the
train men were ready to start they found
the dry goods Car completely wrapped in
flames. In few minutes more the other
cars would also have been burning. 1t
was discovered that tho cars had been
entered, pieces of half-burned matches
lying upon the floors indicating the pres :
ence Of plunderers. 1t is believed the
burned car was first robbed of whatever
the thieves could remove and then set ON
fire for the purpose of concealing the rob.
berry.
John Brown, q colored barber, who was
desperate character, and was working
for Charles Fl. Terry i'm Reading. was dis
Brown returned some time after aud at
tempted to get in, when Terry locked the
door. Brown stuck bis fist through tho
glass, smashing it to atoms. Terry rushed
out and struck Brown TO the pavement,
his head striking with such violence as to
crush his skull. Brown died last evening.
Terry was arrested, and after preliminary
hearing, Was admitted to bail in "a 900 for
court. Brown was q resident of Camden,
N. j., and was once tried for numbering a
Chiuaman in California and acquitted.
He is said to be the man who shot son OF
Judge Kelly on . car in Philadelphia
several years ago.