Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-07-17
KEYSTONE GLEANINGS.
W. AND DOWN rax COMMONWEALTH.
EIsht Young Ladies Kenouncs the world ~
West Chester-thriiiing suicide of
hyaplnc-NsW uoiIeye pfesianot

sight Young Ladies' xenouncs the world at
west Chester-thriiling suicide OF -
msniao-Now college President
Eight young ladies' took the veil We'd.
nesday at the convent of Villa Maria,
West Chester. Rev. ID. |. DermOtt, pas.
tor of 1t. Agnes Catholic church, oilio.
ated. Tho young women we're Sisters
Mary AleSus, OF PhWnixvillo Mary Inez,
Mary Rita, Mary Leona, Mary lldephonsus,
aud Mary Loyola of Philadelphia
Mary Alphonsus, of Douglassville, Pa,
aud Mary Laurentia, of Scranton, who
become sisters of the Immaculate Heart.
Tho following were received in tho
uoyitiate: Miss Jennie Ready, of Read
ing, known in roligion rs Sister Mary Syl-
yestcr Jennie Donahuo. Of Reading, now
Sister Mary Cecilia; Kate Garvey, OF
Mauch Chunk. now Sister Mary Felicitas;
Maggie Coan, Philadelphia, now Sister
Mary Chrysostom; Kate Houghton, Ches'
ter, now Sister Mary Christopher 4; Lizzie
Lee, Philadelphia, now Sister Mary
Leonard; Frances Day. Philadelphia, now
Sister Mary Helen, and Maggie O'Brien,
of Philadelphia, now Sister Mary Blanche.
There were q number Of cleryymen from
Villa Nova, Philadelphia and other
points present aud also largo number Of
friends of the young ladies who have
separated themselves from the world.
gettysburg Colleges New Presidont.
At meeting Of tho board of trustees,
Wednesday, Rev. Harvey w. Mcknight,
ID. d., of Hagerstown, was unanimously
chosen to succeed DR.. NJ. Valentine as
president of the Pennsylvania college, tho
| Oldest Lutheran college of tho general
| synod in America. Rev. Mcknight has
accepted the appointment. He was born
in Adams county in 1913 aud entered
| Pennsylvania college in 1860. His course
was interrupted by several years of service
in tho Union army. He served as lieuten.
ant of Company D., l3Sth Pennsylvania
| regiment, a. adjutant of Company A.,
Goth Pennsylvania regiment, and as cap
tain of Company d., cloth regiment,
until the close of the war. He graduated
from the theological seminary at Gettys
burg In 1867, served as pastor Of st. Paurs
Easton, Cor eight years to 1880, which
charge he resigned by reason of i'll health,
at Cincinnati in 1888, and since that time
ut Hagerstown. DR.. Mcknight is a
scholar of ripe culture and attauments, a
| polished writer and of fine executive abil.
| ity, and his selection is approved by the
church and an friends Of the institution.
4 nsuiso's suicide.
|
of the State Hospital for the Insane at
Norristown, while walking in the grounds
| of tho institution Wednesday, made sure
that no keepers or nurses eye was upon
her, and then slipped through the gate and
was free once more The track Of the
Stony Creek railroad, that almost border
one wall of the asylum, were throbbing
under the weight OF an approaching train,
| which was laundering toward her, and she
went on the track. The engineer pulled
his whistle, but the woman raised her arm
defantly aud challenged the locomotive
Before the train could be stopped she was
killed. Coroner Eakins held an inquest
on the body, and the jury, after recitinG
that there had been mo evidence OF sui.
ciial intent in the deceased, either be
fore or after her admission 10 the asylum,
found that Elizabeth Sypherd hac
slaughtered herself.
4 proposed Philadelphia CremAtOry.
The National Cremation association, o
Philadelphia, has issued a pamphlet re
hearsing the arguments in favor Of til
burning of the bodies of the dead auC
proposing to make a special effort to in
crease the membership of the association
SO that something may be done toward tn
erection of n crematory near tho city. Th
| 10 fA'J Io IAtlu1kOly ~ w a.
will soOu be closed to the use of the pub
lie. The pamphlet states that the cost o
cremation under circumstances now ex
isting Is sl4j.
a wOmsn Burns Herselfto Death,
Mrs. George Stone, aged 3J, au insan
inmate of the Abingdon poorhouse, Scran
ton, saturated her clothing with kerOsen
oil, piniOued her feet to the side Of tn
building and sot fire to the oil. Her cries
of agony were not headed by the attend
ants, and when discovered her body wa
burned to a crisp. Her insanity was thu
result Of religious enthusiasm.
a Towns Narrow Escape from DestructIo on
A fire broke out in the residence o
Martha Conn, at Burgettstown, Pa, Wed
nesday morning, which Threatened Z
sweep the town, Several buildings wer
on fire. but the citizens prompt actor
kept the town from destruction. Mrs
Conn's residence was entirely consumed
az loss of IS 200.