Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-09
NElGHBORHOOD NEWS.

Events Near snd Across the County Linol
The gold fever has almost entirely bee
forgotten in Myerstown, there not beinl
any gold.
The Boyd creamery, near AtgleD, which
was destroyed by fire two months ago, il
nearly rebuilt
The spring exhibition of the Cheste
County Agricultural society takes place
Friday and Saturday, May 25th and Goth
There will be bicycle. mule, three run
ming and two trotting races.
The receiver of the Lycoming insura nee
company has filed over two hundred liens
in Reading, against citizens of Rerks
| county for the non-payment of assess
| meRts. Some amount to $500.
Thomas Hopes and John Gray, of New
Texas, Lancaster county, have contracted
with the supervisors of Fulton township,
to erect a bridge of 81 feet span near Ar
cadia, on the road to Rowlandsville, Md.
VIM. l.. Quigley, about 15 years old,
while working around some machinery in
Melchoir's mill, near Boyertown, was
caught by one of the shafts and had both
legs and one arm broken and was badly
hurt internally. His injuries will prove
fatal
10 York, Monday, while the wagon con
tanning the "sacred COW" belonging to
O'Brien's circus, was being driven from
the depot, the horse attached to it ran of,
knocked the wagon against post, upset
ting the vehicle and spilling out the COW,
thus allaying tho startling rumor that the
whole menagerie had escaped and was
about to depopulate the town.
An eighteen months old child Of Corne
Illus kellher, of West Fallowfield town
ship, Chester county, got grain Of corn
fast in its throat on the 28th ult. All
efforts of neighboring physician to re-
move it being in vain, the parents took
the child to Philadelphia, where DR.. Hayes
Agnew, the eminent surgeon, successfully
removed the obstruction in two pieces by
cutting open the child's throat.
An alteration arose between Matthew
Cavanaugh and Michael Crow, employed
by John Grant Oh the PhGnixville branch
of the Pennsylvania railroad, near Frazer.
Cavanaugh struck Crow with his shovel,
infiicting severe wound on the arm above
the elbow. Crow then picked up large
stone and hurled it 1T the head of Cav.
anaugh with murdorous violence, telling
him to tho ground. He lies in critical
condition and his assailant is in Jail.
The Bolton house, Harrisburg, which
has been the recognized Democratic head
quarters in that city for number of years
was offered for sale yesterday by NJ.
Thomas d Sons, Philadelphia, but was
withdrawn, as no bid reached tho mini
mum limit Of price put upon it by tho
owners, $45. GOO. There were several par
ties from Harrisburg and other parts Oh
the state in attendance at the sale, but the
highest bid received from any ur them
was about $4,000
Lafierty, the Berks county goose-egS
eater, yesterday finished half Of his task
of eating five eggs per day for twenty
days. He is bearing up we'll under the
strain, and when he took his seat in the
dining room 1T DIR. Funk's residence the
usual crowd of ueighbors and friends was
present. This time the five goose eggs
were fried, aud as they were set out before
the Dung man they made i showing sutfi
Gent for the meals of two ordinary men.
he finished his meal i'll about fifteen
minutes and wound up with about i pint
of beer