Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-29
SOME LATE COMMONWEALTH NEWS.
xoupg negro Miscresrt foi'ed IN IN
Attempted Crime-insanitS ard
Death Ia scranton.

On the evening of March 18th whiio
Miss Annie NJ. Schectz, aged IL years, was
returning from the De kalb street school
to her homo In Morton township, ABOUT
a mile from Norristown, she was attacked
by George A. Jones, cOloreI boy, aHeu
Is years, who lives with his parents on
Beach street, below Swede lie threw ner
down on the Stony Creek railroad track ~
Hotfmau's cut, but au approaching tram
frightened him OF.
Yesterday morning, at about the same
place, Miss Sheetz was again httaoscn ny
Jones, He again threw her down H"'
offered him all her money, toity hSe o'nlS,
, to be liberated. Her assailaut took w. nut
still detained her, when Robert Fr'nch, u
section boss of the Stony Creek rai,toah'
appeared In view aud Jones fled, FRIDAY
morning, at 1 o'clock, Jones was arrested
in bed at his home. lie confessed tho
crime at the hearing before squire
| uallmau, who committed him 70 JAIL Tor
trial
| InsarI'y aud Dcsth IN scranton.
William q, Moore, q carpenter Of Scran
ton, who has become violently ipsaue, has
been lodged in the city prison, Thursday
his father in law, John Hutchins, OF Kan
sas, whom he had not seen IN eighteen
years. appeared at his residence lie was
SO overiOycd that insanity SGT IN. Inc
change in Moorc's condition worked upon
| Hutchius in such manner that he dropped
dead Friday.
Patrick Weir recently elected member
of the councils from the Seventh ward.
Scranton, has gone crazy over the aatci
pated weighty Responsibilities Of the posi-
tion. The mayor has called q special
election of a successor - Weir.
Farm $50 Year, In u Family.
The very fine one hundred and sixty
acre farm belonging TO tho estate of the
| lato jeremiah Van Reed, in Amity town
ship, Bcrks county, has been willed to
James Warren Van Reed, now five years
old, thus descending in uninterrupted sue.
cessiOn in the Van Reed family for over
| $50 years. All the deeds ard papers OF tho
old homestead arc in the hands OF the
executors, aud run back to the proprietor
ship OF William Penn. Jacob Van Reed,
the first of the family in America, came
over from Holland . century and half
ago, settled in Amlty township, purchased
the farm, and the place descended to his
son and graudsuus. The fourth owner,
jeremiah Van Reed, was the great grand.
son of the first owner. llc lived lOugcr
than any Of his sous, and the old home.
stead now goes in regular succession to
his grandson, James w. Van Reed. At the
sale of the personal effects of the old gen
tleman mahogany chair l2j years old
was purchased by relic hunters. The
family Bible, which goes to the young
heir, is more than 800 years CID, and was
| brought over from Holland.
Arire Bugs Uonio.siop.
Charles Braithwaite, % years old, made
a confession to Fire Marshal Wood, of
Philadelphia, saying thaI on Thursday,
June 81, 1SS0, he set fire TO the frame
stable of James Youuk, 500 Marriott
street, in that city. The fire extended
down Marriott street to Third, up Third
to Christian and partly up Christian to
Fourth, causing damage estimated at
about 300, 600. He is held in custody to
await a conference between the fire mar
shal and district attorney.