Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-31
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AZ IN early hour this morning The
usually quiet village Of BIRD In. Hand We
aroused By ire which Destroyed . church /
and did considerable damage 70 adjoining |
properties. This church bSlonsod 70 The /
Society of FrisndA bat the oongrega- |
tIon hes become % email that u |
wa only occasionally used ~ place
Of wornhin IL Waa Of brick and one story
with ahingls roof, end We situated IN the
western end Of the village next 10 the prop
erty Of the late Ezra Lamborn, which -
occupied BY the widow and the family Of
Joseph Stysr On the wsst side Of the
church there was Q wooden shedding for
horses, and In u were some hay, straw, &c.
When Mr.. Styer IVES awakened about one
O'Clock this morning the shed was found 70
be on nra He quickly alarmed the villagers.
A. the shed WEE Gloss to the church the
shinele roof Of the latter wAs soon On fire
and In one honr the building IVES . tossl
wreck, nothing being left bat the walla
There are three Cisterns In tue immediate
vicinity and plenty Of water was to be had.
Toe people OF the village worked like
Trojans and sicceeded In saving neighbor.
Ing property The roof Of the Lamborn
house and also that Of Peter Stsufier were
on firo several times and were somewhat
damaged, but were saved from destruction
By hard work. In the shed where the fire
started was an old carrisge, belonging to
| Mrs LHmboru, whioh was burned.
| In the rear Of the church wss IN old stable
In which was cornfoddsr, chickens, pigs
40. II also belonged 10 the Lamborn estate
and although on firea number Of times wss
saved alter being badly charrsd. Peter
Stauffer's stable was also saved by ths
bucket brigade The church building was
not insured. There 10 no doubt that the
IRE was the work Of an incsndiary who
applied the match TO the dry Under box
shed.
OF this church the history Of Lancaster
county, published In 1883, says: "The
bnilding was erected In 1900, and was built
around and over the old log structure used
- place OF worship from l749, and after
the new one was erected the old one Wss
taken log by log out the door Of the new
one. This was done because friends wished
to occupy the same site, bat did not wish
to disturb tho weekly meetinga The
meetings continued prosperous until the
echism OF 1929, whom II divided but no large
majority remained % Friends and 10 few
split of with the orthodox that the meeting
still held its own. The great rise In The
value OF land In this township and
the movement Of many toward ths
Il West thinned out the members o.
this meeting no much 20 that In 1854 thu
monthly meeting was taken 70 Salisbury
Tho Particular Meeting has been held hert
ever since, but there arc 90 few member
now that II 10 only an INDUCED meeting
This, which In now no small, may bt
rightly called the parent of the most -four
ishing yearly meetings on the continent
tho Illinois yearly meeting
Dwelling House Burned.
stone dwelling house belonging L
henry Musser, of Ephrata, situated neal
the Konigmscher property, was destroyed
by fire at O'Clock this morning. Tn,
building bad been occupied for thu
past few weeks There was no fire used
about the premises since the last tenants
occupied II, and the fire was no doubt ths
work Of an incendiary. The building wa,
insured for $500 In the Penn Township Mu
tusl Insurance company, but that amount
will not cover the loss Not long ago Mr.
Musser's large barn was destroyed by an
incendiary fire.