Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-09-25

40utenant colonel of |
fe1nsylvania Rifiemen.
II himself at Prospect Hill,
= raised to the rank OF brigadier
- then Of adjutant general, which
ND at the battle OF Yorktown.
~ waB . member of the Pennsylva.
SURE and was delegate to the con-
3ae amended the state constitution.
~ Federalist member of the Cont
Co0gr0ss in 1884 and 'S5, and In l79s
- major general In the Provisional
Ho was one OF the original mem bers
Order Of CINCINNATI" and enjoyed
eeo friendship and confidence OF
Weshington, who wrote him very
nootsry letter expressing entire ap-
~ OF his public conduct, "particu-
~ me execution of the important duties
1oeont general"
HIS FAMILY.
0oxl Hand married Catherine Ewing,
1eer OF Captain John Ewing and Sarah
. SISTER of Judge Yeates. His chill.
we're: Sarah, who married Samuel
~ o. Columbia Dorothy, wife OF Ed
8rien, who was an iron master of the
IRON works Mary, unmarried Ed
Who died at Havana; Jasper and John.
iato Mrs. Rogers was daughter of
bren, and her daughter, the widow
eer Of the Revolutionary hero, as also
~ Hopkins, of Safe Harbor.
0e0eral took an active part in the po-
9ruggie OF the young republic, and
onue collector during the administra-
sM John Adams. Party spirit at this
IN nigh, and the struggle of the fac
Were fierce and bitter, so bitter that
Ueneral Hand was found dead one
h11 nome on the Conestoga, his ene-
Wade haste to circulate the story that
u9uve old soldier had committed suicide
- euddeB death was proved to have been
o4 ~ disease of the bowels, but so
= the tongue Of SANDER that IL has left
1rk upon his memory to this day, and
- e1n1tt0n yet prevails that the builder of
Sord died by his own hand.
A TRAGEDY.
I; - house passed to his son, with whom
~ hlNeosy OF his name In this county ends
dark cloud Of tragedy. The young man
- en&aged to be married to the daughter OF
1es Henderson, better known as King
noorpou, man OF great wealth and infiu-
- One bright morning, when half the
p4 ond country side were gathered to see
xn0eA young Hand ana pretty Miss Hen.
e we're there, the gayest of the gay. He
- nom the lady when the race was over
~ best OF spirits, but that afternoon he
00nd In the sitting room OF Rock
44 ooocod on chair, before window look
WIZARDS the town, with a bullet hole in
noAd and pistol on the floor beside him.
10 c1us0 for the rash deed was ever dis
gvesoo, and some maintained that it was an
HALSTED?
nDt md son had died suddenly and
lc0e In the house, ana rumors of mysterious
11c1do Of the former were revived. The
hi1pers OF busy gossips soon peopled the
d mansion with the ghosts of the departed,
~, 20 great Is the popular love for things
M ond uncanry, that this legend has sur
IFtG TO the present day. The writer knows
ooverai people who assert that tEey have
~ unearthly sights and heard strange
- IN and about the grand old mansion,
u IKE most ghost stories, they bear traces
IT, automatic action OF a memory stimu-
80 by the imagination. The house passed
- the hands OF William, and then OF John
|1megomery, and finally was bought by Mr..
X414 IN present owner.
~ Hea, who farms the land, occupies
- - the house with his family, and they
~ ike sensible people at the absurd
OF some OF the former tenants. No SUI
419surAi signs have troubled them in fact
- 0hcsts have proved so inefficient that the
- y further guarded by an intelligent
1ll dog, with more terror in his mouth than
~ xhost the gossips every saw.
- present route to Rockford leads past
= ruins Of the factory built in the DAYS of
y Uvkandfathers by the entsrprisng but un-
qnnate Humes. This gaunt old ruin looks
[WQ upon the winding Conestoga with al
~ deeper melancholy than any gloomy
oonfj0 that towers above the vineyard
IL - pankr, or crowns the lofty precpices
II 0v6Elook the Rhine. 1t is a monument
loo10ed industry and not to conquered viii
Nv. A little further down the stream and
~ from the other bank is a mansion that
Dm nom An earlier day, and has clustering
MOD g many romantic story OF the do |
= 81 the doings OF the noted people OF this |
eno commonwealth q hundred years
Gross the bridge and turn sharp to the |
The road Is very narrow and leads |
~ . high bank close to the creek, but it is
u ~ the most beautiful OF the many that |
- and follow the stream within easy dis
- 81 town, and the romantic beauty OF the
ere = greatly increased by the steep, rocky |
n that rises high above the water, with
lower slopes covered thickly by wild |
y tangled underground. This eminence
41ytdod at the summit but supports only
y name, name that hints OF savage le-
nd "Indian Rock" Just beyond the |
pund falls abruptly, and then rises gently |
wards the sou u,hwesi; the road turns up the /
xyoW valley thus formed, and passes over i
49, OF loose stones and boulders towards |
= old house. On either side there is a /
stone wall probably OF modern /
- the old road appears TO have been be- /
10 IL ON the right. At the foot of the gar.
= We pass an old willow tree. There NAV /
xoes Oh greater age and more majestic |
ming near this city, but none OF more ven. i
Htlo aspect 1t leans far out over the little
ook that comes trickling down from the |
Zlng above, its enormous trunk all knotted |
q guarled with the struggles of thousand |
lgmA The shortened branches seem to /
~ replying to the laughing winu, 81 bow
THE MANSION.
- scross the stream and up towards the
4 harm on the hillside beyond, then turn
D. ~ loft through the gate On the opposite
- The little valley stands the old man.
1t y built on slope, and the basement |
down the hill to the right the house
cwerds the Conestoga, and the garden /
showing traces OF elaborate terrac-
- are nine large square windows in
and an old time front door with a
- broad columned porch surrounds
tnree sides In crossing the valley
nearer view the visitor stops to note
~ mousse. 1t Is built in two
Soven q splendid spring OF pure
Nh The substantial Character III ths
= e,ose days Of Jamaica rum
9ane rom the spring house we first
X. .snuc ne,gnt OF a poplar that
i - treee OF the kind In this part of he
ond very old, but standing at the
~ steep slope, 1t does not show TO adj.
A THE HALL.
1u1ng the front door, the writer found
Do4 - broad bali, with square stair
fG1DG from the farther end. This stair
1ommencoa 1t the right and rises in easy
~ - The top OF the house Standing