Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-08-30
NElGHBOKHOOD NEWS.

| Events Rear asA Across the Coonty Linss
Mrs. Susanah Berkey, aged 81, of Upper
Bern, ono of tho oldest inhabitants OF
Northern Berks county. died yesterday.
A small daughter Of Daniel Ditzler vas
run over by cars ut Iuwood, Lebanon
county, recently and instantly killed.
Bethlehem is to have the electric light.
Twenty thousand dollars has been sub.
scribed toward its introduction there.
Mr.. Gowen makes tho announcement
that the Reading railroad will be able to
earn dividend of 4 per cent.
Miss Boyer. Of Tuckerton, aged 33 years
who was only 81 feet in height. died at
Tuckerton. Berks county, on Tuesday after
. long illuess. = ..
In the Philadelphia markets it has been
many years since there has been sush An
abundant crop of fruit and vegei ables as
during the present season.
Proposals will be received on Monday
next for the construction of q new stone
bridge over tho Schuylkill river at Market
street, Philadelphia.
The body OF an unknown woman, ap
parently about 30 years of age, has been
found floating in the Schuylkill near
Merton station, on the line of the Philadel-
phia & Reading railroad
Mrs. Jere. G. MohD, who died in Reading
yesterday aged 35, was daughter of the
late Daniel Royal, of Lancaster county.
Her disease was consumption, of which
she bad been ailing for the past year and
half.
Wayne HsymaD, esq, of Reading, had
his gold watch stolen from him in a crowd
two years ago. Last night on entering his
Office he found the time piece laying On his
desk wrapped with the address, "Wayne
Hayman's WATCH"
During the first six months of 1888 tho
out put of Pennsylvania anthracite was
IA. .010, 787 tons bituminous, 80, ,OOO, 900.
The spot value of the anthracite for the six
months was $31 ,524 226 bituminous, ETC.,
$37, 500, 600.
Fortunate Pompeji, of Pottstown, has
been adjudged insane by . commission
appointed to examine his condition.
Pompeji vas for many years q jobber in
leaf tobacco in Philadelphia, and his
mind was unbalanced by financial trou
bles.
Robert Peter, the son of a wealthy Le
high county farmer, was arrested on Mon
day for placing torpedoes on the track in
front of approaching coal trains. When
the locomotives would stop he would draw
the couplings of the cars, and several times
nearly caused serious accidents.
The line between Berks and Lehigh
counties having been recently resurveyed
Lehigh gains about 800 acres of land, along
with a number of families until lately re-
garded as belonging to Berks. The value
of the ground thus added to Lehigh is
placed as high as $50, 600 or more, there
being deposits of slate in some of the land.
In Wor--soIx ko-nch:~
John KDauer has a fish dam which has
water was drawn of, and Is lone piscato-
spired that men who are laying a railroad
near have been exploding dynamite in the
water, thus killing the fish for their own
consumption.
In the August report of the condition of
the crops, the agent of the horticultural
department in Pennsylvania states that
the area planted in corn this year in tho
Keystone state is 1,133, 28O acres, and tho
condition is fair. The condition of tobacco
is reported good, with an area of %, 155
acres The area of Irish potatoes is 175,-
600 acres, with the condition good.
Mrs. Henry H. Tanner, of Harrisburg,
wife of traveller for local drug house,
has eloped with J. H. Perkins, q bosom
friend of the deserted husband and bosrder
at his house. Mrs Tanner had been draw.
ing fifty dollars per week of her husbands
salary and sold three thousand dollars'
worth Of furniture. She took her two
children with her. She is q tall, we'll
formed brunette of thirty.two, fifteen
years younger than her husband, who is
away on long business trip. The drug
house has engaged detectives to capture
the elopers. MIR. Perkins was left by Tan
ner when absent as protector for his