Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-07
BoEli;3OD NEWS

Events Across ttic County Linz.
Inc AmerlcuS CLUB, of Allentown, will
produce tie play OF Rip Van Winkle''
i'll Pennsylvania German.
About two huniref iborers arc en.ployed
! IN the construction of the Cornwall and
Lebanon railroad.
At Chalfaat, Bucks county, 4 young
woman who was q physical wreck has
been made we'll by the faith cure.
Inc pennsylvania railroad purpose put
ting down two more tracks between liar
risburg and Middletown, making five in
all.
Henry MorrisoD. co!ored, who killed his
wife at Mlddleto"n, and pleaded guilty.
of murder IN the &"cond degree. was SEN
fenced at Harrisburg yesterday to impris-
onment IN the penitentiary for eight wears
and two months.
All except three of the thirty seven
cadets recently suspended from the mill
tary academy at Chester, for attending a
theatrical performance, have been rein
stated. The exec i'tcd three have been dis.
charged, as ringieadcrs of the revolt.
Fort Deposit is threatened with another
leo gorge. The river continues to rise
Lumber merchants and others are prepar-
ing Tor the floods. 1t all depends on
whether there will DO enough water Tn
float the ice down.
"A private telegram received in Whining
ton, DEL, announced tho death in Vienna.
Austria, at 10 O'clock Tuesday morning. OF
Samuel Harlan, jr.. president oil the liar.
ian ~ Holiinsswoit:I company of ship
builders. He was in his 18th year.
Peter Hetfner. living near Fleetwood
Berks cOunty,yts s'e:doy accidentally threw
q lighted match into u keg containiur
powder. BY the explosion which followed
Heifner and his wife We're severely injured
and their two year o,d child was fatally
burned.
IL. G. Rcsa", j., West Chester,
has invented and received patent
lof q passenger -" step that works au-
tOmatlcally aud ~hile the train is in motion
remains folded r.p out Of the way, bat
when a stop is nl:i''c Immediately ly falls into.
position, descent!:r:: 10 within a few inches.
OF the ground
Edward Smith u youth OF about sixteen
years, fell through the elevator at Hart's
printing establish, :.;.Iii, Harrisburg wher,
he is employed il. L, uuok-bindery. He
was badly stumbled, a,.d severely bruised,
but no bones were broken. The distance
from the third story To the cellar of tho
press room is a',It iu':y 1.-Two feet
While Elias Wu-at:, of Mohrsville,
Bcrks county, W., a,vlj making u coup.
ting between a Ii, use car and the tank Of
an engine, the 5.!G:!.ers of tho tank
mounted those Oi the house Car and caught
Wagner between. His breast was
crushed IN and s,,v"ca! ribs Were broken,
and he died short tiGie afterward.
An organization ST ling itself the Units,s
States Pension hea"u. of Bsrks County.
has been formed III ls"ading. It's objects
arc to work for the interests of the mem
Ders, bringing an influence to bear upo,s
Congress to Increase their pensions, aud in
every way labor together for their common,
good. All persons vino have beel wounded
in any way in the service of the country.
or their widows, are eligible to member
ship.
Isaac Price mas retired from the posi-
tlon OF postmaster Of SchuylkiIl. Little
hamlet two miles from PhoenixyilIe, Ches-
Tor county, after serv,Gg the government
IN that Capacity for Il round half century.
Mr.. frice was appointed by President
jackson and his c.jfnHl iSSOn when he re-
signed Was the oldest held by any actinn
postmaster III the United States, and it is
'ald no living postmaster how holds 4
commission showing 80 long q term Of
service.
Samuel W:tter>oa, Of CoehrarviIle.
chester county, has been committed to-
prison at West Che ter, in default of bail
or an assault upG: lis niece, an attractive
'oung lady OF IL. Tie uncle for some
eason objected to tie lady receiving the
'ttentions OF certain young man, who
'fser some difficult succeeded III Inducing
ler to take Il sleigh ire III the evening.
While on cho ro.d, live men rushed in
ront of the horse, the irato uncle
appeared, comp"i;el tho lady to return
lone with hiG, aud vowed to punish the
'old lover. Tie mater has ended by the
lncle and his tive Partners being arrested,
md the yon " lady going to her friends.