News: Items From the People's Register, March 18, 1898, Chambersburg, Franklin County, PA Contributed and transcribed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Abby Bowman Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/franklin/ _______________________________________________ Items From the People's Register, Chambersburg, PA, March 18, 1898 A Chambersburger Injured in a Riding Accident. Word was received on Wednesday by W. H. Bricker, Esq. of town, that his son, Cadent [sic] Lieutenant Edwin D. Bricker, of the first class, at West Point, of Chambersburg, Pa., had met with a serious accident on Tuesday evening, while out horseback riding with a young lady, a daughter of Captain Parken. In descending the mountain road a mile west of Highland Falls, Mr. Bricker's horse ran away. The young man was thrown violently against a stone wall and rendered unconscious. An ambulance was summoned to convey Lieutenant Bricker to the hospital. His injuries upon latest accounts are reported as very severe, in the many contusions received, though there is happily no reason to fear any critical result. The accident comes at a particularly unfortunate time, this being Lieutenant Bricker's senior year and very near the time of graduation. His parents have the sympathy of many friends, who join in hoping for "Ned's" early and complete recovery. Further Particulars of Mrs. Minshall's Sudden Death. A letter received here from Mrs. M. J. Stoner, formerly of this place, but now making her home at Kansas city, Mo., gives some particulars of the recent and sudden death of Mrs. Sallie Seibert Minshall at Terre Haute, Ind. Mrs. Minshall had been out calling on a friend, was taken sick at her door step just as she was returning home, and died before a physician could be summoned. While Mrs. Minshall was a resident of Chambersburg she was known for her charitable –-ts. How [sic] wealth enabled her to do much good work among the needy of Terre Haute and after her death hundreds of poor from all parts of the city came to look upon the face of their dead benefactress. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS Mr. and Mrs. John L. Reside, Baltimore, are home on a visit. Mrs. M. C. Kennedy and children have gone to Atlantic City. Miss Tillie Mohler is on a visit to her sister in New Cumberland. Miss Bretz, Harrisburg, is visiting Miss Lawrence, east Market street. Miss Sue Henderson is the guest of Miss Buciah Flack, north Main street. Mrs. J. B. Hoyer and daughter have returned from a visit to Washington. W. J. Norton, east Catherine street, who has been seriously ill, is convalescent. Mrs. Evenlyn Cain is visiting her nephews, the Messrs. Flemming, Shippensburg. Nathan Zern, Orrstown, paid a visit to town Monday in the interests of his candidacy for sheriff. Miss Bell, Mercersburg, was the guest of Mrs. C. A. Suesserott, east Queen street, on Monday. Mr. H. C. Bollinger has moved in one of the new Walker houses on north Main street, near the point. Miss Lenora Schueler, of Hagerstown, after a month's visited to Miss Etta Mowers, has returned home. B. M. Nead, Esq., Harrisburg, spent last Friday in town with his mother on east Market street. Mrs. Charles H. Ruthrauff and daughter, Lillian, Greencastle, have been on a visit to friends in town. Miss Vera Schlichter and Miss Ella Huber have been on a visit to relatives and friends in Massillon, Ohio. Fred Yost, of town, and a former employee of the Geiser Company, Waynesboro, is now working in Altoona. Mrs. Margaret Bartlett, of Peoria, Ill., after a pleasant visit to her sister, Mrs. J. s. McIlvaine, Philadelphia avenue, has returned home. State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Dr. N. C. Schaeffer, was the guest of his brother, Rev. Dr. W. C. Schaeffer, south Main street, over Sunday. Mrs. Luther Glass, east Queen street, is dangerously ill. Mrs. J. N. Forbes is convalescing from an attack of the grippe. C. A. Burges, wife and child, of Pittsburg, are on a visit to town. Rev. E. H. Leisenring is suffering from a severe attack of the grippe. Mrs. Kline and daughter, of Roxbury, were guests at Brandt's on Tuesday. Samuel Rider, Waynesboro, has accepted a position in the Washington navy yard shops. Edward Dansberger, and wife, of town, spent Sunday in Carlisle, as the guests of Mrs. Kate Frederick. Misses Sarah and Mary Grove, of Welsh Run, sisters of County Commissioner Grove, spent Tuesday in town. Mrs. Wyland, of Keedysville, Md., who has been visiting in the family of Dr. H. C. Devilbiss, Market street, returned home on Wednesday. Irwin B. Keagy, of Woodbury, Bedford county, Pa., and David H. Keagy, of Rostia, Washington state, paid a brief visit this week to Mr. Frank Keagy of town. Mr. Charles Harman, Brooklyn, N.Y., recently spent five days with his parents on east Market street, and with his many friends throughout town. All were pleased as well as surprised, for Mr. Harman has been absent from this place for five years. He has returned home, taking the best wishes of his many friends with him.