Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-27
aEIansUu1OOD NEWS.

ryputs N,nr and Across tho Sounty Lines
St,cl,on turns out "a steel rail every 10
seconds.
Work ON the now Pennsylvania depot
az Harrisburg will commence IN tho spring
John +. Craig, an old aud respected
citizen Of Reading, died yesterday.
Tho now station on the Pennsylvania
Sohuylkill Valley railroad Mt Phwnixvil!e
will cost $50 OOO.
Tho pennsy lVania steDl company has
draughtsmen engaged In making plans for
"a new rail aud blooming mill
Carlislo people are considerably oxer-
ciscd because April liOeuSs expire on the
10th and the cJurL doss not oonyoue until
tho 18th.
The Lehigh pIJshytory will convene in
Bethlehem on Monday, April 10th, next,
and continue IN session until Thursday
noon following.
Tho artosan well has been sunk 900
feet at Bushong's paper mill, in Reading.
Two years havo boon occupied in boring
tho VOL, aud it Is flowing freely.
David Travis, aged 10, of Girardvills,
was fatally Injured lat night whilo at
tempting to board "A moving coal train.
Both legs and an arm we're cut of.
There Is boy living near Elk mills,
Chester county, who is 10 years old,
stands q fcot o inches IN height, 40
inches around tho breast and weighs l95
pounds.
Tho thirty. fifth annual meeting of the
medical society of tho state of Ponnsylva'
mia will take place In Philadelphia ON
Wednesday. Thuradty and Friday, May
10, IA and 10.
Frauk, youngest Bou Of A. u. Farquhar,
of York, fell twelve feet while exercising
in his fathers pymuhsium on Monday
morning aud was rendered unconscious
Tor some time.
An epidemic recently broke out among
the horses IN Upper Uwchlan township,
Chester county, which attacks their
thrOats and when very bad become par
aIyzgd In their limbs.
Tho eth regiment Pcnns lvania vol
| unteers will uuveil monument on the
81 day Oi July next on tho Gettysburg
battlefield, on he spot where tho iegi-
| meut distinguished itself.
Tho Reading railroad company have
| teen buying up property on ths east side
Of Ninth street from Green to Arch street,
Philadelphia, preparatory is is said, to tho
| construction of un elevated road.
L. is iumUrcd that the old Eagle hotel,
| ia Easttown township, ou the Pennsyl.
| vania railroad, Is 10 be converted into u
| training school tor Indian children, similar
| TO the old barracks ui the United States at
Carlisle.
Oliver DJake, au EastDn burglar, escap
ed from custody az PhlIipsburg by throw
| ing himself TO the ground yelling aud kick
ing until crowd collected. Then he
| jumped up and disappeared IN the throng,
leaving the constable completely bewilder
| ed.
DR.. +. W. Bsuch, an ecooutrc old
| bachelor, of ElstUn, who died recently,
| loft $4,000 for the erection of a monu
ment over bis grave. lie also left SIC, 1000
| for brass baud to bear his name, and
this band upon each anniversary Of bis
death Is To play dirge az his grave To
few relatives no lott very small sums.
| Ada Kurt has been sworn in as deputy
| sheriff of Franklin county. Miss kuItz Is
daughter Of Sheriff kurtz and has been
employed IN bis Office as clerk since
January /. She is aged about 23 years
accomplish, d aud III every way qualified
to fill the position. Immediately after sh,
assumed her duties sho proceeded tC
| Green Castln, where she served severa
writs. She is perhaps the only iemal'
| deputy sheriff in the state, and her ap'
| pointmeut was tnvUraby received.