Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-05-15
THE COUNTY'S RICH MEN.
LANCASTER EAhmERs BBOSE NAMES
ON CHECES MEAN THOUSANDS.
BIRDS Eye View OF the Men ~ Wealth inhab.
iting This fs,r Agricultural, spot whose
Thrifty Habits Have ErahIed Them
to Accumulate Large Means

are many riCh men III the county Oi lAnCaS- |
ter. While there are no mllionsros "ou |
record the books prove that there are
hundreds of substantial old farmers and
business men whose notes would be good for
five figures aud there are u number whose
paper would he taken at any bank in the city
Tor six figures.
% Land in the county is assessed in value |
according to the location and quality, from |
$40 to $500 per acre The average assessment |
for good land is about $50 per acre.
The man who heads the list, 50 Tar as |
money at interest is concerned, is Samuel |
Slokom, of salisbury. lie has to his credit |
on the assessors books Sl5l,O0O, and 1t swell
known that he is large holder of stock money
of national banks, aud has other investments
in government, state and railroad bonds
which are not reached by the assessors. He
is also the owner OF 295 acres of land in Sads.
bury township Mr.. Slokom has more than
one-half of all the money returned ~ at in.
terest from Salisbury township, and he re-
turns more money than all the taNables of
upper Adamstown, Bart BreCknOCk, Cole
rain, Columbia Third ward, Donegal West,
Eden, Elizabeth, ElabethtUwn, Little
Britain, Martic, Providence or Washington
borough, and as much money as all the resi-.
dents of Eden, Providence, Srd ward, ,COum-
bia and Washington borough combined.
OTHER MEN or MEANS.
The other rich men of the county Will be
| found below in the districts in which they
| live:
| Cmrnaryon township returns less than
| S2Oo,O at interest, aud 1t is divided in small
| sums among some seventy residents OF the
| township. The largest land owners i'll tins
| township, are Israel X erns, who has property
| assessed at SlS,0~S: John Kurt, at S2l,-OO;
| John NJ Mast, at 50, 80 and T.. d. White,
at SO, 500.
| From Bart township there is SIS, go re-
| turned AT interest and the largest amount on
| the books is so, ~, held by the estate of nr
| John Martin. the farms in this district are
| small and are assessed at from so to so per
acre. The only large land owner is Joseph
Wharton. His zap mine place Is assessed at
| $50, Ice and his farms at $4,000.
| In BreckuOck township the money at in
| terest is in small sums The laud raugeS in
| value from Sll to $50 per acre As rule the
farms are small
| In Clay township the heavy land owners
| are BENJAMIN BOiInger, vino j. assessed S-l,-
| S6l, and he has in addition 5000 at interest
| Hiram BOllinger owns a farm rated at : t.
| 7Ss and has $1,000 at interest Henry :.
| Brubaker owns land assessed at S3Ou22 and
| Saml Burkholder has farms aggregatIng in
| value S2its9.
In East Cocalico township Henry Lausch
| is credited with Isl acres OF land valued at
| !Sl3, 100, and has 5000 at interest Benjamin
| Brubaker has Sl2,ioO farm and 5000 in.
| vested in judgments Christian Keller Is
credited with aSlI,HOj farm, Adam :. Luz
| with Sl5,150 and John :. LutZ with Sis, ,u>u.
| There are number of heavy landowners
in West CocalIco township Obed Shrk
heads the list with property asses ed at 81
| Sl5. Isaac Eberly owns a 22i acre farm, aud
has $4,000 at interest; John Herman pos
esses farm OF is acres and has $1,000 in
| addition; David SteinmetZ has property
| worth Slt, SO, and SIS, coo safely invested
| Hiram Snyder is credited with real estate
valued at S25,455, aud has 5000 on judg.
| ment and mortgages.
In h nj n
at interest ~ not large The heavy land.
owners are ThOs Baker, " no is the pOssessOI
of 22O acres VIM. ;. Davis has 222 acres, and
VIM. McElvain It's acres and 8, $50 invested
\ NUMBER OF LARGE LAND OWNERS.
In Donegal East there are a number o
large land owners Among them may b,
noted Benson Il Cottrell, whose blast furnac,
is assessed at 10000; General SIMON Cameron
owns G6l7t acres orthe most valuable land In
this township and 1t is assessed tor SlOO, IL
Senator Don Cameron owns - acres OF land
Q and the assessor values his flrms at S1l,02O
; | Col. James Duffy, who lives in Marietta
| borough a short distance from some Of his
farms, pays taxes on real estate in this town
| ship, valued at >Sn3iO; \. y. Casseli has q
| farm valued at S-ns3O; The ChICkies Iron
company pay tax on their furnace property
assessed at S}j,OGO Daniel Engle has farms
the value OF which, according to the books, is
, | S}5,6SO; and Ben amin CARRIER is assessed
Sol, lO3 ; Mrs. Annie Hoffman Is credited with
| S53 $50 and Benz. +. Hiestand is down for
| SS6,O7S Henry Hiestand has farm land u the
value of 200; Jacob Hcrtz,er, ~, 100
Christ X. HOStetter, -, go; Hiram Herr,
S3239s Jonas II. Mumma' : estate, SO, l}O and
Sl4, 100 at interest Jacob $. Mumma so I75
| and $1,000 at interest Henry B. Musser,
$500 James Mccormick, OF Harrisburg,
| $50, O25; Rev. Peter Ni,sley, $1,000 and
| $4,000 at interest; Barr Spangler, SSl OG5
| Henry NJ. Watts, $4,000 jacob t. Wilmer,
S3LTO John I!egler, S-J,U6D aud 80 800 at
interest, aud Jacob /ercher, IS, i75.
In DrumOre tow nship William r. and
Hugh $. Boyd own property valued ut So.
| 39l, and have SO IG6 At interest; r.. {. Ed
wards has credit of SlTG-O. The Russell
farm in this township contains $40 acres, and
it is assessed at sJ6 an acre; Rudolph 5. Herr
owns 46G acres ofland James g. Mes Sparran'S
farm Is valued at : b,O ana he has ~, los in.
vested in Judgments John Wilson has a
| $4,000 farm aud 81, Isl 90 invested.
In Donegal West, John Fridy owns a S26,-
05J farm Abram forney $1,000 farm
John >. CARRIER land al S3I 800 and $40 2sS AT
interest," and Henry NJ. Gish S20,0O5 worth
| of real estate.
Earl township reports large number OF
, rich men, among which are Henry \. RO-
, land, who returns s,9i5 at interest Levi
! Bard, So, 75S David BurkhOlder, SO, 740
real estate and $4,000 at interest; W. W.
| kin2er, 81, $50 zeal estate B. +. kinZer,
| $500 real estate ana 23,9g5 at interest
Isaac Martin, real estate Sil,77O; Henry
| Musselman, real estate S29, l75 ; John Martin
| a larin, S-O,OOl Jacob NJ uSSelmau, farms al
S26,745 and $1,000 at interest Jacob w.
Nolt, Sll,225 and $1,000 at interest Daniel
NOlt, $50, 325 real estate \. IL. G. F. Roland
real estate s23, S93 c. +. Roland, a farm al
Sl61lO and s23,OI4 at interest I. NJ, StOrb
S24, 2o2 at interest John B. Sensenig, 4
farm at Sl3, ,235 and $4,000 at interest
\ WHOLE TOwNsuIP's LIGHT RETURS.
Eden township returns only 500 l56 at in
terest in small amounts. The farms in this
township are valued at from $50 TO SO peI
acre.
Benz jamin Sheatier, of West Earl town shin
il the owner of 2G2 acres of land valued at S23,
$50, and has Sll,90 at interest; =. NJ. Sci
domridge is the owner OF real estate assessed
at 80 aud pays tax on 81 $3.50 at interest
Isaac NJ. Shealier has a farm worth Sl6, 100
. and SH, 400 at interest, aud Christian Wen
l gers estate has 81, 1856 at interest.
In East Earl township George Diller own
c farm worth SlS,4l0 aud has $1,000 a
| Interest; John =. Calf has real estate assessed
at ; GS2 and S2i, 600 at interest; DR.. :. II
>, keeiel's properly is worth SIO,39D and he ha
u also s2l,OOO invested; David Martin has
farm worth SS,7l5 and Sl7,7I6 at interest
Isaac ID. Winters has Sll 0iO farm and
s2lr9OO at interest and Peter Zimmerman ha
It sll,OOO at interest aud 4 farm also OF tina
value.
a J, L. Amber stands highest on the Fulton
- township assessOr's book. lie he, real est At,
worth ell,03l and SO, 945 at interest; next Il