The Wellsboro Agitator (Wellsboro, Tioga Co., PA), September 19, 1882

Neighboring Counties. Interesting Items from Our Local Exchanges.

Berks county's Grand Jury found twenty true bills against the city of Reading for not keeping the streets of that city in proper repair.

Benjamin Zenchman, who a year ago was found naked in a log cabin eight feet square on the Blue Mountains, where he had been penned up by his brother for twenty-seven years, died last week in the Berks County Almshouse, aged about forty-five years. He never uttered an intelligible word.

Political Points. Notes of What the Parties and Politicians are Doing and Saying.

At the Eighth district Republican Convention, held at Reading, Isaac McHose was nominated for Congress. The resolutions adopted declare in favor of reform in the civil service, the protection of the labor and industries of the country, and indorse the Harrisburg ticket.

Submitted by Nancy.

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