Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-11-09
COLUMBIA NEWS.
ovi: REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS

| Children and matches figured vcr: con-
sricuously yesterday afternoon, in what
| might have Dccn {. serious contiaGration,
| but which proved to be q fire Of little sig
IiiiCaNce. Situated on the ale: between
| Locust and Cherry streets. short dis
tancc above II. S. Hershey's coach manu-
factory. is Samuel Reads stable. Here tie
| cliiI4Ie!. CT the reighborhood are accus-
I TONED 20 assemble to have good time in
| playing hide and seek, and whatever else
Il stable IS i desirable place for. Iester-
day afternoon tie children assembled as
usual, but varied the sport of the day
somewhat in 4 way that will probably cause
| tic closing of the doors of this retreat to
| them. This way. Of which VIC hint.d in
| the foregoing part Of this article. was sim
ply making 6 bonfire Of the stable and its
| contents, whether accidentally or inten-
| tionaliy wc know not, but presume the
! former. 1t any rate the fire was started
and before discovered had gained cousid-
| crabic ileadway, which, no doubt, scared
| tic children. as they made every exertion,
| however u:!a"alaiiic, to subdEe it. AS
! ,istance came in Il short time from the
! paint siinr of Grove and Henry and with 4
! few buckets Of water the fire was cXtin-
| gilishc,:. but not until it had done some
| little damage % the stable. Precautions
! will probably now be taken to p.even. tll.
Stable Going up i'll 4 blaze.
| Joseph keIner, Il resident Of Columbia,
and brakeman on Columbia local freight,
| WAS slightly squeezed between cars at
Harrisburg Yesterday afternoon. willie
lis train {. little ahead Of time. and in that
way Joo was caught. His injury is not
serious.
Captain d. Brainarl Case took :: short
! walk, hy consent OF his piiysician yester
day afternoon He did not venture from
TIE grounds Of his residence, but it was
| bis first exercise since his accident OF two
weeks ago. lie expects to be able to be
on tic street i'll 4 couple Of days.
Company II drilled last evening ioI the
first time in two weeks. There was quite
a large turnout. At :. business meeting
held alter drill it was decided to parade on
! Thanksgiving Day at 2 p. m. when it is
expected the new OvcvcoatS will DC here.
!wcnty-nine members OF the company
have, up TO is Gate. si:,nificd their intcil-
tion oT ar:i":patDs in tho inaugural ccre-
monies 1T Washington, D. c., on March
!. 1881.
The RepubIican battalion willpara,e to
night. Two prominent Democrats will bo
III liuc-one will head the procession and
the other will carry banner. This state
o! affairs is Tic result of Il wager.
The large tree which for many years
has stood III front CT the VI. i. church,
:-cccnd street. has been cut down and
h;;i;i1d away.
New Second Street, nort!, OF Poplar, has
been ievc'cd and is now i'll right good
condition. Coal ashes forms the led Of
the street.
The teachers Of tho Columbia public
schools, with l;:it few exceptions, will at
tend thC Teaches Institute at Lancaster.
:l':ii;c cleaning ti.iic l.; again here aId
tHis will explain t!sc dospondent looks Ct
many OF the masculine GENDER tn lie snri
Oh our streets.
Tie Euhmbi;. ministers held another
of tl:< II weekly meeting, yesterday. The
committee" appointed to canvass the town
<oinc time ago found p!crj;- I, DO. y
-,r"3; many families ii: town have been
%npriied with Bibles through. the IL
StrunicEt,,i:E uf the ministers OF Jur
churches.
BY the 7. L. X. ti.se table the i'retcr-
ic'; accommodation train east remains here
but live minutes, whereas By thc cid
schedule il stood :icrc twenty-five minutes
OF time cn"l,e.. i1itl,e passengers to get
dime. ~ Black hotel opposite the depot.
Fred Waller, OF Marietta, piIotc,i & large
timber raft through here to-day. IL is
-u;.f;; 20 the lower waters. Evidently
ti.Hvc = NJ unexpected detention some
where - il WIS Thought the RATS would
inn lively yesterday afternoon and this
mornings
LARGE rua:l;;;as ui drirtwnoi passed
,ryyn the river yesterday. Trees. loose
iGr.jer AMI I'LL :Io',iag debris WAS seen.
\ niln:c: u! or boat owncrs are taking
tiic;r boats Il ~ the wafer preparatory to
honSin.: t:!cin it,r :lis inter. Cold weather
is cv:dc::l! anticipated.
MH. :. {. Sy;,.:3;;;: has got his ,.5w ice
house :l:n.t :;i.s.: halfway up. II will he
finished very -o."l.
Toti;E j, a splendid day :o- I.tt:n~.
There il hut little air stirring and tie
:;v":' !; ,.> '.uie: q, c;iiI b".
;::,s,. Charles Dray!cr, of York, is visit
lug i'll town to-day.
Mrs.. i. l.. Owen left here yesterday
ior her home at Chest nut Hill. Philadel-
r.ia.