Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-21
AMONG THE OLD FILES.


AMONG THE OLD FlLEO
,nc.r. HISTORY In NEWsPAPERs
..t.siDs I'm tho Last Gentury-Some Re
mini,cencss OF l.sncaster IN "Ye
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That the poor have been with US alway
the1e is some evidence in the publication
in the Lancaster Journal Of Nov. 6, 1795
Of the account of the treasurer Of the asso
ciation for the relief of the town poor. III
had received CLOG. los and I'D and pait
out e29, 9s and Sd for groceries, hanket'
and medicines, leaving q snug lItese Dal
ance on band. Ludwig Nagle advertiset
dipped and mould candles at Valentine
Hoifman's on North Prince street. The
townspeopIe are given notice tnaS sneli
excise must at last be paid. Inc DUKE
of Cumberland tavern stand, on the
priucipal road, nine miles from Lancaster.
is offered to let by its owner, Peter Ham
;Itou. of Strasburg. A long communlca-
tion is devoted TO argument for coppar
roof on the Offices devoted to tho keeping
of the public records, which, it is calcula-
ted, would cost only e11S, 15s more than
cedar shingles. The new coinage of hall
eagles is highly commended, especially for
the mild vet resolute," tho firm but
feminine sour' which tho artist designer
communicated to the figure of Freedom.
John and James Cooper offer to take in
cloth to dress every two weeks at two places
in Lancaster and one in Strasburg. Leonard
Eicholtz having found some bank notes
advertises for their owners. John Nc
MulIn cautions all persons against trust.
ing his wife, Nancy, known as Nancy Nc
Fain, who has been guilty of ." various
impropricties, a recital of which would be
too A.delicate for publication" Michael
Ueyice. at the head of " armed banditti, /"
having broken open the house of Casper
Gregor, in Berlin township, York county,
and stolen away Catherine Speed, an
orphan aged 13, tie commissioned publish
broadcast their offer Of $500 reward for
the arrest of the banditti and the rescue
of their captive.
The New Turnpike.
On Jauuary s, 1896, is given an imag-
mary dialogue between two farmers at a
blacksmith shoL about the relative advan
tages OF travelling and hauling to Phila-
delphia by the old read and the turnpike,
the one vainly trying to convince the
other that he had really saved money in
paying sc tolls in five days trip to the
city with fifteen barrels of -four. Jan. 10
the managers of the Philadelphia and Ian
caster turnpike announce the completion
of the road ard the toll rates, as follows
For a sall,cy chair. chaiSe or cart, with one
horse and two wheels, Tor the whole distance
10 cents.
. For a chariot, coach. stago Wagon, phaeton
or chaise. with wheels ani2 horscs-l doll,
~ cents.
Ditto, with horses doll, % cents.
For cart or Wagon, with wheels not eN-
cecding inches and hOrses-l dO!!, - cents.
wiz! 3 hOrses-2 doll, 81 cents
with 4 hOrses-3 doll, 6 cents.
with 3 hOr5es-a doll, IS cents.
with & horst%-i doll, 81 cents.
Later toll schedule, with rates be-
tween eates,-therc were nine from the
Schuylkill to Winners bridge-was pub
lished and further that oxen were
charged half the rates of horses and
empty vehicles half rs much rs loaded.
Francis IIeger, in the same number, an
nOunces his succession to tho butchering
business of his father, Christopher leger.
John Hubley, clerk of orphans court,
gives notice that said court will be held on
The third Mondays Of January aud April,
fourth of June, aud second of November.
The accumulated wit OF the day is in
v&riably gathered under the head OF
"Apecdote." 1t is frequently broad and
the verses occasionally smutty. Long into
the winter Thomas Eyon advertised in
vain for the owner of dry red COW, with.
ont brand or ear mark, that strayed to his
premises in Icacock, near the Brick tav
eril, about the middle OF August. John
Grace, having entered security according
TO law as i vendue master, prOclalms
vendue at his hOuse on the first Wednes-
day of every month. Michael App was
the sheriff who made the court prOclama.
tion at that time in the name of Hon.
John Joseph Henry. president judge Of
the circuit Of Chester, Lancaster, York
and DaurLin, and Robert Coleman. John
WhitehilI, Frederick Kuhn and Andrew
GTaeff,, common pleas judges.
Edward Beeth, t" forcibly compelled'
10 marry Poll Douglass. commonly known
by the name of Red Poll'' will pay no
debts size may contract. Dowlin, surgeon
and man midwife, fresh from London will
commence innculating for tho smallpox,
likewise for the measles, should they be-
come prevalent.'' "Dick Dumps, III the
hnrouSh' advertises for wife
"She mus: be fair,
In prudence rare,
AEd one who can bride her tongue"
AS spring opens the number Of runaway
apprentices advertised increases. The
editor was evidently one of the $50 hidden
to the elegant dinner" spread when,
"w ithin few miles OF Lancaster" Mr..
Martin Herr was married to the agreeable
Miss Susan Buckwalter. Two thirds of !
page is taken up with moral and physi.
cal thermometer, a typographical diagram
Intended to show the penalties Of intem
perance.
Geo. Fisher announces, April Is, his
taking possession Of the King of Prussia,
with good win-s, good stables and good
hostler. John Reilly starts 1 stage for
Philadelphia, via Strasburg. leaving Mrs.
Edwards every Monday and Thursday at
5 a. NJ, arriving in Philadelphia next day
at 1 p. III. prics por passenger So and
samo for $50 pounds of baggage II
pounds gratis.
- Many farmers" appeal to their repre-
sentaiives in the Legislature to publish an
account of bills passed and proposed and
Il general sketch Of "your ardu
Gus talk Of Legislation - while AL
"Anti Nieslyits threatens them with
popular vengeance for having had bill
passed to empower Martin Niesly to erect
wing dam on the waters of the Cones
tcga. Serious opposition, too, is mani.
tested to the incorporation of turnpike
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