Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-16
COLUMBIA NEWS.
nUK REGULAR CORRESPONDING

DCK REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE
The johnson boys Of the Mount Joy
| orphans school were captured last even.
! ing.
| Al. Amcs. OF the Pennsylvania college,
Gettysburg, is home FOR the holidays.
| Henry KiiHesteever has about finished
| the erection Of his tobacco warehouse on
his property at Sixth and Walnut streets.
J. DcVeaux Mifflin on reaching his
home at Norwood on Friday night, espied
an opussum in the front yard He gave
chase and succeeded in capturing the de-
ccittul animal. Last night another was
caught near the same place. We are in
formed the two together will make a din
ner tomorrow for some one. Please ex-
cuse us.
The funeral of the late William Girls
singer took place yesterday afternoon from
COokman chapel of the NJ. E. church and
the interment was made in Mount Bethel
cemetery. The obsequies were performed
church, assisted by Rev. G. S. Gerhard. 0f
the Reformed church. A delegation Of 65
members Of the Columbia fire company,
in citizens attire, with the badge of the
company pinned to the lapel of the coat,
we're Of the funeral cortege.
Miss Maize Fendricl,, of Wilson college,
Chambcrsburg, Pa, is home for the holi-
days.
Winfield S. Young, a brakeman on shift
iig engine, No. $40, while employed in
coupling cars at the west yard, at this
place, yesterday afternoon, had his right
hand caught between the bull noses and
severely injured. Four fingers are lacer-
atcG. The injury was dressed and Young
is doing finely.
4 special meeting OF the school board
was held last evening in the law Office of
W. Il. Given, esq, No. 2O4 Locust street.
1t was moved and carried that the board
reconsider its action Of last Thursday even
ing in ordering the schools to be closed
from December 24th to January Sd, and a
motion to make the vacation two weeks
instead Of Ore-that is from December II,
Go-morrow) to January 3d-was adopted.
It is given out that this action was not
taken Oh last Thursday evening owing to
= miscalculation in dates, the board be-
licvinc that Il two weeks vacation at this
time would throw the last days of the
school term into June next, when it is the
present intention to have the schools close
on May 18th. 4 few bills were taken up
and ordered to be paid, and the board ad-
,iourned.
The officials at the Pennsylvania railroad
ticket Office ut this place have received
oiticrs from the general passenger agent
to sell excursion tickets from this place to
all points cast and west on tue p. r. r
main line and over the Northern Central
railway via Harrisburg, the Philadelphia &
Erie railroad via Sunbury, aud to Trenton,
Princeton and other places in New Jersey
via Jersey railroad, ON December "a and 25
and December 81 and January 1, 1881,
good until January ., 1881, said excursion
tickets good only Oh the day of issue.
They are to be sold at tho regular excur-
siri---twc- -thir.is-rate. No excursion
tickets will he sold between Christmas day
and December 81 and lone can he used OH
any day between these dates except on
the return trip. They are good to return
at any time unless they Over-reach the
the limit-.january ;.
The telephone people about here arc be
ing detained By jhc slowness OF the party
to whom the contract has been given in
getting oat poles on which to stretch the
wires. Several forty-ive feet poles are
required to stretch the wire over the wires
of the American Unionan Western Union
telegraph companies, and it is these poles
which are causing the delay. The smaller
poles to run throug n town and to the resi-
dcnces and business places of the saveral
exchange members outside of town, are
no object as they can be easily obtained.
but such is not the case with the longer
ones OF the length mentioned. 1t is
thought the poles will be received here
(.'liday) and by Monday every
thing will l,c ready to 60 ahead. The de-
tentiol was unavoidable.
The soc;able given last evening in the
N. L. church parlOrs, under the auspices
Of Rev. Henry Whceler's Bible class, for
the benefit of the church, was complete
Success and netted a snug little sum
destined for the partia! liquidation Of the
church debt. Ten cents entitled one to |
whatever he wanted in the line of refresh
mcnts. aud the purchases, under this rule,
were many.