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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1878
Page
2
A new church in New York named The Millennial Mother church emerges with Henry Schroeder of Lexington Avenue as its supposed apostle He claims direct communications from God about the enterprise and says the organization will be a single flock under one shepherd including all denominations and especially Jews
A Christmas reflection extols charity over wealth and notes the season’s religious observances. The piece then critiques riches, citing A. T. Stewart and Vanderbilt, and mentions banks suffering panics and scandals. It reports Mr de Moros of Philadelphia, ex-president of Market Street Railway, being sentenced to ten years’ hard labor for corporate fraud, with Morton’s case highlighted as a major modern lesson.
Local intelligence notes the shift from common schools to a broad system including normal schools and preparatory departments. It praises accessible liberal education for both sexes and laments earlier travel by stagecoach to distant institutions. A Poultry Society is organized in Lancaster with leaders named and plans to meet at Cooper House. Owen P. Bricker advertises Saturday and Monday availability for legal work.
The account describes a man named Morton who forged atock for a sum he could have replaced. Despite his honored name, social position, home, and friends, he fell not by one act but by gradual choices, drifting into crime with daily habits and criminal associates guiding him toward destruction.
Jack Behoa, former king of the Molly Maguires, was hanged in the Pottsville jail yard on Wednesday after protestations of innocence on the scaffold. A severe snowstorm hit Peoria II, the largest in fifteen years, blocking roads and halting travel across the area.
The Lancaster city test of its passenger train speed ordinance led to a summoned conductor facing violation charges with an appeal planned. Sheriff-elect Strine appointed deputies Harry Hippey of Columbia and William L. Sutton of Manheim township to run the office and assist outside duties. In East Hempfield, thieves raided John C. Dickty and Henry Gamber, stealing tobacco sausages and hams, with Parker Disir arrested after a hearing. An advertised Southworth complete works edition by J. Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia, promises forty three volumes at 175 a volume or 75.2 for a full set, with sales via booksellers or mail.
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