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which a temple is to be erected.
The recent floods in Chester county
have entirely changed the course of
Brandywine creek, near Lenape and
Bowers Island.
Whooping cough is epidemic in the
Sumney school, in Nottingham town.
ship, Washington county, and on Fri
day morning only one pupil remained
unaffected, when the teacher closed the
school.
While Robert Davis, of Reading, was
passing a sheet of hot iron, at the Obey
street mill, on Friday, he slipped and
so badly burned his knee as to entire
ly remove large and painful boil.
Edwin Wright and George Soherer
of Glen Lyon, near Wilkes-Barre, were
killed by car last Friday night, leav-
ing twenty children orphans. Soherer
is survived by eight daughters and
Wright by twelve children.
Two hundred members of the Union
Steam Fire Engine and Hose company
of Lebanon, on Saturday evening en-
joyed an elaborate banquet in honor
of the 12Sth anniversary of the institu-
tion of the company.
The officers of the fremont National
bank, at fremont, Schuylkill county,
on Saturday entered suit for $40, 600
damages against Henry Schwalm,
hotel keeper of fremont, for alleged
false statements to the effect that the
bank was insolvent, thereby causing a
run on it.
There is such an abundance of ma
tural gas in the wells in the Arm
strong county gas field that further
drilling has been discontinued, as the
companies are unable to find a market
for the product since the closing of
many establishments using the gas as
fuel.
The annual county convention of the
camps of the Patriotic Order Sons Of
America in Berks county was held at
Womelsdorf, on Saturday, with about
250 delegates and visitors in attend
ance. There are fifty-five camps in the
county with membership of 1884,
gain Of $40 during the past year.
While a search was being made by
detectives and county officials of York
county for the will of David Heckert,
who had been murdered about a week
before, hoard of So, 200 in bank bills
and gold coin was found beneath
pile of old papers. No doubt this was
the treasure the murderer of the old
man was after.
The University OF Pennsylvania at
Philadelphia has for this term an en-
rollment of 4, 279 students, 204 evening
school students, 435 members of the
teaching force. 1874 administrative
officers and 105 regular employees.
a dog belonging to Mrs. Gait, of
Morgantown. Berks county, went mad
few days ago and bit score of 9TH
er dogs before it was killed.
The sixty ninth annual session of
the East Pennsylvania conference of
the Evangelical association will con-
vene at Shamokin on Thursday and
the fourteenth annual session of the
United Evangelical conference will
meet in Reading,on the same date.
Dickinson college, at Carlisle, was
threatened with a strike of nearly all
the students because of the disciplin-
ing OF four members of the sophomore
class, but the troubles have been ad.
justed and peace again prevails.
Six men violently assaulted Ssbato
Citzano, foreigner, in saloon in
Pittston. Luzerne county. on Saturday
night. His skull was fractured by
beating him with a chair, and he is
not expected to recover. Five of his
assailants have been arrested.
Today two little daughters of James
Leban, of Scott township, Allegheny
county, will be placed in one grave
Ruth, aged 4 years, died on Friday of
measles, and Blanche, aged 2 years,
died on Sunday, of pneumonia.
William Dickey, the last of the stage
drivers on the old National pike, died,
IN Washington county on Sunday. aged
50 years He was born in Westmore.
land county and became stage driver
when % years old.
Millions of tons of the smaller sizes
of anthracite coal, mined nearly thirty
years ago. are to be sent to market
this spring They are of the chestnut
and pea sizes and were then dumped
aside as unfit for burning. but now
there is great demand for them.
The robe which John Wesley wore
when he was christened, over 200 years
ago.is now the property of Miss Emily
Fashley, of Workshop, England.