Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-04-28
STATE HAPPENINGS.
YOUNG MANS rIsBr WITH a BURGLAR
Badiy wounded by tho Midnight Intruder
The Pay of Common Ploss judges
-Utnsr mmon wealth Items

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Sunday morning. at Mt. Pleasant
Pennsylvania. Mr.. Strickler, ar, is Al
extensive coke operator, his bandsom
residence sitting back some distance from
the street in lawn. As young Strickle
entered the hall he found the gas turue,
off aud heard stealthy footsteps. In tn
darkness he grappled man, and a violen
struggle took place. Too breathless I,
call for aid, Strickler found himself on tol
of the burglar on the floor, and proceeded
TO beat him numerically about the head
His antagonist wrenched himself away
opened the front door and rushed out int,
the lawn. All the while not sound wa
heard from the other occupants of tn,
house. Young Strickler followed and
again grappled with the map, the nigh
being so dark that he was unable to dis
tnguish his color. Repeated calls fo
: help were still unanswered, and thu
burglar succeeded in throwing Strckler
and shot him in the left side, jsut below
the heart, immediately disappearing in the
darkness.
When help came the young man 10y
desperately wounded on the lawn, the
family being still asleep. Examination
sho we'd that they had probably been chloro
formed, aud they were aroused with great
difficulty. Physicians have been unable
70 tiUd the ball in young Strickler's side,
aud ho is in \ serious condition. The
burg ar dropped his hat in his flight, but
al! efforts to trace him have SO far been in
| vain.
Tho SalsTIe. of Common Plea, judges,
Attorney General Cassidy has given an
! opinion that common pleas judges who
were commissioned subsequent to the
| al Of hn # , hat
no judge of the courts of common pleas
hereafter appointed or elected and com.
missiOned shall receive any compensation
in addition to the salary and mileage
fixed by the act, are not entitled 10
extra compensation for holding court
in counties outside of their district.
Cder the act OF 1871 provision is made
for the payment Of sl2 a day to judges
who hold such courts. The attorney
general maintains that the act of 1888
repoals that OF 1871 so far "a the cOmpen
satton of judges appointed after approval
of the former &C! is concerned. The
opinion Of the attorney general was
written in reply 10 q letter by Auditor
General Lemon, on whom a claim was
made by Judge Seeley, president judge of
Wayne and Pike counties, for sl44 for
holding court in the Thirty fourth and
Forty nth judicial districts during last
February.
Driven Insane by q MedIum
Gaiusworth Pettis, mill owner, of Lock
port township, Erie county, was brought
TO the county asylum, Saturday. He is
insane over the naturalization tricks
practised by an alleged medium named
Jones. Pettis was great skeptic, but
finally surrendered his sense and reason to
the medium, and became convinced that
he too possessed medlumtstic power.
Through Jones juggling Elisha, Moses,
Abraham and others were materialized at
the dupe's command, Jones persouating
all characters and even appearing as the
Messiah. Believing that the spirit of
Nebuchadnezzar controlled him Pettis
went into the fields TO live with the beasts
and eat herbs, roots, etc. The keepers
had great difficulty in bringing him 70 the
asylum DR.. L)vett says Pettis is hope
lessly insane.
Two Boys Under = Failing BuiIdIng
At 10 o'clock Sunday night an old build
ing on Sniithfelu street, Pittsburg, occu
pied by Mrs. Joseph Wagner as a cigar
store and dwelling and which has long
been an eyesOre, fell with q crash, burying
IN the debris two young sons OF Mrs
Wagner, who were sleeping in the second
story. A large crowd quickly gathered
aud willing hands set to work 10 rescue
the boys. Albert, aged sixteen, was first
reached. Ills injuries, although painful,
were not fatal. He was cut about the face
and head, while his body was badly bruis
ed. Edward, aged six years, was found
70 be fatally injured. The physicians sag
he viii not live through the night. The
building is the oldest in the city and it is
quite likely that the building inspector
VIII now insist upon its demolition.
-four Men resrfuIly burned
Oa Friday night, in shaft being sunk
by the Amity coal company, at Kytervile
Lackawanna county, the last shot fired by
The workmen uncovered feeder from
which volume Of gas began TO issue. 1t
was immediately set on fro by the blast
aud It's flames assembled one fourth the
distance of the shaft, but their existence
was not then discovered. At late hour
last night VIM. Higgins, charge man, and
his assistants, James Steel, John Riley and
William Jones, who intended TO work ali
night, were lowered into the pit When
they came within fifty feet of the bottom
they were terrified by the discovery that
they Lad been lowered into veritabls pjt
OF hrc. They instantly gave an alarm, but
moro than a minute elapsed before the
WOrkmen at the top OF the shaft could as.
certain why It was sounded. AS soon as
they realized the prediGa Ient their fellow
woEkmen were in they hUsted the bucket
out the stnkers were In the meantime fear
lully burned, and it is probable that they
will die.
To lncrease the militia Appropriation.
Adjutant General Presly n. Guthrie has
sent letters to a large number Of congress
men asking their approval OF the bi to
increase the appropriations for providing
arms for the militia forces. Gen. Guthrie
says " The present law was passed
chiefly through the personal efforts of
PRESIDENT Jackson, when there were but
seventeen states, with a population of
eight millions Of people, and no increaso
OF the appropriation has since been made, |
although the states have increased to
thirty eight, with population of fifty mil. |
lions. In 1873 similar effort was made |
to Increase this allowance, but without |
success. Again In 1880 bill was pending |
Tor this purpose and the committee on the |
militia OF the House made an exhaustive |
report giving history of the subject,
Unlike most efforts to obtain increased an |
pEopriations from the federal treasury this
one meets with the full approval of the
secretary OF war, the lieutenant general of |
Tue army, the adjutant general, chief of
otuuahee ana quartermaster general, and |
" mas their hearty support. With the |
9S"PpoEt OF the committee on approximation |