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Newspaper

Lititz Record

Location

Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Mar 27, 1885

Page

3

Local Intelligence and Religious Notices in Lititz

Moravias opening of Passion week services with Sunday preaching and nightly readings through the week. Evangelical and German services listed at Brickerville and Rothevilly with times. Live stock shipment totals and two bulls described. Pension Office issued $877 in monthly pension money to Christian.

Oak Evaasgel Ab Geran Luceram Senmet Brickerville Hulish Rothevilly

Man Is Found Hanging After Sunday Visit

The Gamble family in Manor reported the disappearance of Albert A. Gamble age sixteen on Sunday evening. His lifeless body was found the next morning hanging from a loft rope in the garret with no clear cause for suicide.

George Gamble Manor Albert A

Local notes and business chatter from Warwick and Lititz

A noisy mix of village life items. egg delivery and cold weather, tobacco buyers, line extension to northern villages, cigar production, barber shop plans, mill ownership changes, school board actions, postal card praise, and real estate moves. Lebanon lawyer Benson vanishes with 25000, mortgageed assets leave family with little. Tobacco market shows slow pace with several buyers and a warehouse opening as crop moves, Evans and Son purchase Havana seed leaf.

Burglars on Welsh Mountain terrorize Pequea Valley

A Sunday night robbery and shootings in the Pequea Valley near Mount Joy and the Welsh Mountain area left residents alarmed. Three masked men raided Edward Linville’s home, stole $70, and fled after injuring Linville with a gunshot to the chest. Neighbors suspect locals from the Welsh Mountain. evidence includes a stolen umbrella and a discarded hat and razor. The incident follows prior burglaries in the Conestoga and Pequea Valleys.

Death in Florin and local notices of Marietta and Lancaster

Peter Rye aged about sixty four of Florin died suddenly at table from heart disease last week. Isaac Ywailey and wife of West Earl township assigned to Samuel Nissly for the benefit of his creditors. Pleuro pneumonia appears among cattle on Col Duffy’s Marietta farm. two cows ordered killed by the state veterinary surgeon. Marietta hollow ware reduced wages by ten percent due to competition from larger factories. Lancaster base ball club adopts new uniform with light blue gray pants and cap shields. maroon stockings and red belt. M M Hoffman of Maytown dealer in leaf tobacco fails with liabilities of 69000 revealed by execution against General Simon Cameron. Join F H Harnly buys four year old cow yielding thirteen pounds butter from neighbor Benjamin G Gibble. Mr Samuel Ehrman of Uniontown visits and recalls old ties, carpenter by trade with a memory of early local figures. A prison warp room fire at county jail causes alarm. seven fire fighters extinguish blaze after half an hour. Prisoners discussed the Philadelphia fair and some feared escape, but all return to sleep.

Peter Rye Florin Isaac Ywailey West Earl Township Samuel Nissly Clay Township Siand Col. Duffy Marietta Atate Marietta Hollow-Ware Ihis Ameter Lancaster Baseball Club M. M. Hoffman Leaf Tobacco Maytown Simon Cameron F H. Harnly Penn Township Benjamin G. Gibble

Manheim skating rink to close after six months of use

The Manheim skating rink will close its season on Saturday evening after about six months of operation. Warm weather ends the spring run, and during its tenure the Manheim Liberty Band provided regular charming music, adding to the rink’s appeal. The band is recognized as one of the county’s best musical organizations, consistently delivering fresh, timely performances.

Manheim Manheim Liberty Band

Executors Named In Late Jacob Shirk Will

In Brunnerville the will of the late Jacob Shirk was admitted by the Lancaster register of wills. The executors named are Rudy Shirk Obed Shirk and Simon Snyder, though his widow Mrs. Shirk had expected to be named executrix. The relics of two riding whips once used by Joseph Brubaker and his wife were also shown as well preserved and given to Jacob and Minnie Winsler, the great grandchildren of the original owners.

Brunnerville Jacob Shirk Shirk Rudy Shirk Obed Shirk Simon Snyder Joseph Brubaker Dee’d Warwick Jacob Minnie Winssler

Good Showing by Lititz Assistant Postmaster

Assistant Postmaster Van Vleck recently weighed all incoming and outgoing mail for 30 days. Outgoing mail totaled 2194 pounds and incoming 2906 pounds, a combined handling of 5100 pounds. The sum reflects well for Lititz's size.

van Vleck Lititz

Personal and local notices from Lititz area people

A miscellaneous Lititz community notice column lists visits and movements of residents and visitors from Philadelphia Reading Terre Hill Mortonville Lancaster and nearby towns. It notes arrivals departures and errands for Benny Sheriver A W Sober J F Sturgis and others with brief remarks on weather and local happening. It also mentions guardianship cases legal notices and a humorous short piece about a Mechanicsburg youth and a horse incident.

Perjury charge follows after disorderly house case

Four months after Hollinger of Witux was fined and jailed for keeping a disorderly house he is released and on Saturday filed a perjury complaint against witness Jacob Witters. Witters, a key Commonwealth witness, allegedly swore falsely. Witters posted bail for a hearing next Friday at 10. Similar suits are expected in time, per Lancaster Intelligencer.

John W. Hollinger Witux Jacob Witters Witters Commonwealth Hollinger Lancaster Intelligencer

Local Shop Ad Offers Flour Hams Prunes and Dishes

An old time advertisement promotes Lewistown Roller Flour at 76 cents per 34 cwt and 10 cents per 4 cwt, Domestic Flour 60 cents per 14 cwt, Brownstown Flour 80 cents, Michener's Plain Hams 14 cents per lb and Shoulders 16 cents per lb. Turkey prunes four pounds for 25 cents. Large discounts on china, dry goods, hardware paints and glass, and a sweeping sugar sale with substantial price cuts.

Lewistown Brownstown A. Michener Michener

Married Wissler Watson and other notices from Manheim

Marriage notices record March 22 1865 between Henry Wissler of Landisville and Sallie E Watson near Manheim by Rev Tobias. March 22 1885 Cyrus H Sheaffer of Mt Vernon to Ida W Buch near Manheim. March 15 1885 Tanac W Miller to Catherine Walter near Schoeneck. March 21 1888 Phares B Brubaker of Clay to Senena Schliott of Union Pa. Flour and grain market rates corrected weekly by H J Barr with various price per bushel figures and railway and company names listed.

Wissler~watson Mathias Hoffer Manheim G. Tobias Henry W.W. Wissler Landisville Sallie E. Watson Shrapper—Buch N.C. Tobias Cyrus H. Sheaffer Mt. Vernon Ida W. Buch Miller Walter Realaevae Reuben Walter Schoeneck H. 8. Brownmiller Tanac W. Miller Mos Catherine Walter West Cocalleo Lancaster County Brubaker Schlott Phrata H.s.brownemiller Phares B. Brubaker Clay Senena Schiott Unieoln

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