Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-10-04

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EnaAs OcG 4--Ellis Simpson, lad |
n yoazs Of ego, living on North |
ooa mse with vesy painful accident |
0nonr6ay afssrnoon resulting nom the /
rn q Qusntity OF power. In CON- /
S11k nunber Of his companions young /
= eoneeerUd . lot OF The ex ploslve along /
~ end Simpson volunteered to apply |
oonA Wben the powder iRnited 1t re-
= q explosion, the full force Of which /
topo1vod by the boy about his face and /
- IN oyobrowA lsshes and the hair /
M forehead were sinRed of, his face
mueh burned, also burns about the
- The sccident ID . painful one, but
~ result In any serious manner
lansasly the sight has not been injured.
~ burns were also received by George
-, another Of the boys who had been
~ with the powder
4 ussehhysr's Fortunate Escape
ombrd Rich, bricklayer, employed at
1furnsce Of the Chestnut Hill iron or,
mny, met with terrible fall on last
~ afternoon, and his escape from
ous Injuries was very fortunate. Work
= - engaged In reclining the cupola OF
- ~ from tho bottom Of the cupola. In
p manner Rich made mlsstep, falling
~ the DCaffold down the entire distance
londlng In . bed OF mortar. His fellow
Ikmen expected that the fall would result
>1s1ible injuries, but IA soon as Rich
: - he called out that he was all right A
~0tng Of soreness 10 the only result of the
q ond not . bone had been broken. Rich
<1In walking about the streets on Saturday
Arrested ON saturday.
81 Omcer Hardnele arrested Harry Arm
hRong on last Saturday night for drunken
q - and disorderly conduct The man went
neo the house of Mrs. Shields and acted in a
lhurnerly manner. Squire Frank sent him
y - jail for ten days
81 00icsrs wittick and Hardnele arrested
XS1noOln and Samuel Yellets, two colored
y 1tum Samuel Weaver, living IN that neigh
h enshoood, without paying for it. Weaver
ooad the horse for cash, taxing the horse to
4 - house Of the Yelieis. When he went
&1eo the house for the money one of the men
&UDrod him . worthless promissory note,
which was refused. Going out Of the house
4 ~ found the horse missing. The men will
- given hearing on wednesday at the
o1n0s Of Squire Frank.
Car Movement.
The following number OF cars were handled
= Columbia by the employees Of the Penn.
aylvania railroad during the month of Sep.
amber Number of trains east, LAS /;
loaded cars, 1851; empty, 2, lSs. Total,
1A71a Number of trains west 657 loaded
o6ny 1882 empty, 3032l. Total; "A, 553.
0Ennd total, 89,272. An increase Of 1,94S cars
over August, 1885, but decrease from Sep.
eembsr, 1885, OF l,s47 cars
Town Notes.
On Sunday afternoon Gen. Welsh Post, No.
uA went to Mountville, where soldiers
. Int vyoo hadf tal Thn fnr ~
o'clock.
The harvest home service In the Presby
S torian church, on Sunday morning, was very
s m1erestinR. The church looked very pretty
y nd the display of various fruits added to the
ooauty OF the scene. The programme con
mgeed OF singing, responsive reading, etc.
b Peter aod st Paul society Of the Catholic
+ church went to Lancaster on special train
y 4nndey morning, where the ST. Joseph,
( Gltholic church was dedicated. The Worth
4 mfhntry band, Of York, went with the society
W11ch returned at six o'clock.
John A. Hamilton, OF town, was called I,
Rhlladelphis, this morning, by the sudceI
death Of his mother, Mrs William Hsmil
Jacob Sheath purchased the United Breth
:. xenuo6sFch building at Third and PER-,
Its, at public sale, last Saturday night, a
rlne Franklin house. The price paid wa
$500.
A delegation Of members from the Lodg
Of Railroad Brakemen and the crew of tn
Pennsylvania railroad, to which George II
Keese belonged, went to Delta, York county
this morning, to attend the funeral, whici
took place to-day.
A freight car jumped the track at the eros:
ing Of the Reading Il Columbia and the Por
Deposit railroads on Sunday morning.
WAS soon replaced.
George Crane shot very peculiar lookin
bird this morning, while out ducking on tn
river. The bird was crippled in the win
and was caught alive. The name OF the thin
( Gould not be given by the number OF person
looking ut 1t.
Frank Wittick Caught.
Frank Wittick, a fugitive from Columbia
I Uus arrested In Baltimore on a telegram t
Marahal Frey from Constable John A. Gil
4 boft OF Columbia Wittick escaped from tn
= 1n1tor's custody Sept 18th after desperate
& efxuGgle and shooting the constable In one o
\ ~ lega
He has not yet been landed in the count,
jail
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