Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-04-24

|bVxlr1nxo nOvsB THAT WAS sAvBD
~ DSxESU0Ua ExzRT10xs.
~ Gf0 u&.esrs Of Brush Sirss Exhibited.
NJ ~ nnants for = stovs Chanoed on
a ~ ~ ySgilsnt Faar-IAllle Hinton's
n - snent--An Insaars Death.

~ O0Gxoep0ndenco OF lnrNLLIoENCER
4 <<)o&Un6nIA April 2.-The residence and
05 o0lk kl1lnes of 8. X. Albright, at Kinder
1&ok nq4fUwly escaped being destroyed by
~ - "Wednesday afternoon. His wife had
- Su1 4 large pile Of brush and set it on
lK "a the flames spreading to the dry
~ ~ he field, It ignited and spread with
11isx The barn and other buildings
~ k6ve been burned but for the assistance
rv6tol neighbors who with the greatest
1t1ty rot control OF the flames Several
~ 1yod feet of fencing were burned.
1 Two Claimants for . stove.
h ~ a0noral fair committee of the Vigilant
NJ Gompany, now has two claimants for the
S1oVo 0hanced off at their fair. Chas Brown,
n01noor, yesterday presented coupon 72
~ winning number, and this morning
l4dy resident of York, sent coupon No. III
8r0U|n's coupon is torn and rumpled but the
figures are perfect, while the coupon of the
1S1y d in excellent condition, and fits per-
1DCiay the winning ticket. The committee
VIII use their every endeavor TO give the
utoYo 70 the rghtful drawer.
Liilie Hinton's Engagement.
W. 1{iB Lille Hinton's engagement, which
cl6ned last evening was q wonderfully sue
UooufHl one, the attendance at the four per-
kfuEmnnces being estimated at about a,00O
l<nnokers Young and Crane deserve to be
4 s6omp{lmepted upon their able management,
< md 1he large audiences show that their efforts
have been appreciated. Miss Hinton will re.
turn 60 columbia about the middle OF next
s mopth, under the G.. A. R. auspices. and will
nppeax three evenings in plays not yet pre-
n1nted in Columbia
Escaping From Highwaymen.
Robert Emory, residing below Little
4 Waahington, while driving to Columbia, last
evening, and when passing the dam, was sci
(. upon BY two unknown men, who demanded
f - Al.
demanda, be lashed his horse into dead rur
4 and escaped from the daring foot-pads.
sudden Death of an infant.
Last evening, when Mrs. Charles M.
0mith, Of North Sixth street, put her three
monfhs-cld twin son to bed he was, to all ap
pearances, in the best Of health. This morn
ing when she went to wakeu him, she dis
covered with horror that he was corpse
: The cause of his sudden death remains un
sS.pESlsined, SsES but an inquest will probably b
Scarcity Of shad.
One hundred shad were caught at Read
battery yesterday. This is the only battery
Z near the Columbia dam that has been doinj
any business; the others are not making ex
pensea The scarcity of shad has made thei
prices rather high, and those who purchas
1 pay from 81. 25 to sl.40 per pair, for thes
delicious fish.
Borough Briefs.
Arrangements are being made by severa
!. Columbia ladies. TO have Miss Anna DickiI
son deliver her lecture on 'Joan Of Arc" i
tho opera house next month.
James Brady yesterday purchased frol
Hugh Donnelly a house and lot of grount
situated on Union street. between Third an
Fourth, for s., 600
w. b. Given, esq.,, of Columbia, was la
evening reelected borough solicitor for: Lii
tie Washington. Given has already serve
dve years in this office, and has given entir
satisfaction.
The pToposed game of base ball betwee
tho Colnr7fkia and Resolute mines for to-mol
row aiternoons is wrapped in doubt