Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-14
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR EsGU..An cuK1,EsroSr.NcH

Yesterday. the occasion OF his 5Stl.
birthday, William Hiteshue was agree
ably surprised, on reaching his home. at
the dinner hour, to find number Of his
friends awaiting him to commemorate
with him the day. Mr.. Hiteshue's Sun
day school class Of tho Church Of God
were among the number.
Officers Fisher and Lyle arrested four
men yesterday or North Front street,
charged with drunken and disOrderly con-
duct in the rcighbcrhood Of Bakers sa-
loon.
MessrS s. s Dctwiler. L. W. Richards
and several others, left here this morning
for McCalrs Ferry to procure green's for
decorating purposes in st. Paufs Episc0-
pal church. Tho decorations, which will
be Of an elaborate nature, will be put up
soon and will be kept up until after New
Years day
John l.. Denny. of the Paxton rolling
mill, Harrisburg, was in town yesterday.
Information reaches us Of the demolition
of four canal boats in the Chesapeake Bay
4 day or two since. The boats were being
| towcd from Baltimore to Havre Dc Grace
| by 4 tuG. which with the fifth boat got
away. The ice had sorsed ut 4 point above
the scene OF the accident a couple Of days
before and it was shortly after the break,
while the current was swift and the ice
runnin. thick. that the boats appeared.
To battle the ice was impossible and four
of the boats succumbed. One of them
was loaded with merchandise, the value Of
! which is estimated Mt four hundred dollars.
No lives lost
| Col. {. s. Kaufman has returned from
| Il visit to the western part of the state.
| MT five ut
held last evening appointed George w.
| Schroeder delegate 10 the state volunteer
iirclnen's convention to he held ut Read
ing Oh Thursday next. The Columbia
company appointed their president 4 dele
gate to the convention with the under
standn. thas he was to name his substi-
! tute should he be unable to go himself.
A young man while on his way home on
Saturday night discovered couple Of
tramps standing at the open door of j
dwelling house on one of our streets. He
asked the men what they were doing there
and they answered What the hell bust
ness is that o! yours - He stopped, the
men advanced towards him, but by quick
hand movement to tine neighhorllOud of the
hip pocket Of lis pan;aloons, lie etfectually
scared moics;ation from their pates and
they retired. Tho victor then went home.
Rev. j. II. Esterline. pastor Of the
Church OF God, says that the little girl
who is collecting money for his church,
from Our citizens, was not authorized to
do so. Whether she is acting in 4 surrep-
titiOus capacity. or not, does not appear on
the surface.
Two sons of William N. Johnson, Il vet
eran OF the late war, of this place, who
were placed in the Mount Joy soldiers o.
phans' school Il few months ago, ran away
this morning and came to Columbia They
were pursued by two other inmates Of tho
institution until they reached here when
they eluded their pursucrs. They are yet
at liberty. but will probably DC caught be
fore long.
At the monthly meeting of company III
last evening" it was decided to give a sup
per on February 18th, 10th, 2lst and I'D
1881. The receipts will be uscd to pay The
company'S expenses to Washington, ID. Z.
! Oh au9,-a,ion day. Two new members
Were elected.
: The Peni>s 'vaiia railroad Jay car was
here yesterday afternoon, and the employ
ces of the company were paid tor work
performed in the month of November.
Corporal \. NJ. Sladc was acting frs.
sergeant of company II last evening.
Market this morning was not very lively.
One Of Samuel Filbert's mules fell into
the river abt9c the bridge yesterday.