Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-09-03
COLUMBIA NEWS.
QUE REGULAR cORREspONDEScr

Tobacco CuttinE-Railroad News-Personal
POints-Firo Matters.
Reports from about here are to the effect
that while few extensive growers of the
weed have finished cutting, they are all
getting their tobacco in rs fast as possible.
and that u week or two moro will sec
housed very nearly all Of what is still out
standing. A farmer with whom we were
speaking last evening said that with the
assistance of two others, yesterday, he cut
half an acre of the weed and considered it
= right good days work. We confessed
our ignorance as to whether it was or not!
How is it? Docs it amount to anything?
Rev. Richard G. Soaring, pastor Of st.
Paurs Episcopal church, with his family
has arrived from a four weeks visit to his
old home ut Walton, Delaware county.
New York. Service will be held rs usual
in the Episcopal church on Sunday morn
ing and evening.
a fishing party Of ladies', most Of whom
arc school teachers, spent yesterday ON the
river angling for bass and chubs. They
caught q few Of each. The party declined
male escort Of q suitable age, but chose
pater .familias to paddle their canoe.
High Constable Strawbri,lg told your
correspondent this morning that the pre-
sent month is 4 bad one for the Oflicc-so
far rs "guests are concerned. rs during
tho past several nights the lookup has
been entirely empty.
The Columbia fire company will hold
its regular monthly meeting this evening
in the engine house parlOrs.
The president of the ladies' committee
last evening appointed the table commit
tee for the coming fair Of the Citizens
band.
The following bands will bc in attend
ancc ut the Citizens band fair ON the
dates given Mechanics band, OF Marietta.
on September 9th; MOuntville silver cor
net band OH September 10th; IrOnvillc
band on September nth; Spring Garden
cornct band, Of SprinSvillc, on September
14th and WrishtsviiIe band on Septcn-
Der 18th. Tho Citizens band will also he
out on several dates.
At the meeting of tho Columbia fire
company this evening officers to serve for
the next six months will bo elected.
Miss Jennie Dellet. Of Mechanicsburg,
Pa, is visiting friends in town.
Miss Flora PfOutz, teacher in the gram
mar school, who has been out Of town for
some weeks, has returned.
To-day is not by any means cool. The
mercury registers 81 degrees ut Blacks
hotel and the 1st National bank.
One of tho sights to be seen ar the First
National bank is a hornets nest placed
cOnspicuOusly over the door lcallin. into
the cashiers room.
A party was given last evening ut the
residence Of Mr.. James A. Richards on
South Second street i'm honor Of his ilauSll-
ter Miss Emily. Quite number Of young
ladies and gentlemen wcro present and the
evening was most cnjOyably spent.
The employees ut tho Reading Il Column.
bia coal chutes arc busy this morning in
in dumping the black diamonds into canal
boats in waiting. The demand is ahead Of
tho supply, however, rs there arc \ number
of boats lying ut the wharf awaiting their
turn to be loaded.
The Shawnee fire company held it's regu-
lar monthly meeting last evening. The
members discussed their prospective trip
to HagcrstOwn, Md, in October next, and
transacted y heap Of business pertaining.
to the same. Tho company will give y
picnic in Heisc's woods to pay the expense
of keeping an engine hero while they arc
away.
Paul McNIann, baggage master at the
Pennsylvania railroad depot, is SO far re-
covered from his recent illness rs to bc
able to walk the streets with the aid Of u
cane.
The Pennsylvania railroad company will
issue their excursion tickets to the state
fair 1T Philadelphia, tomorrow.
1t is not thought that the Shawnee fur
mace company will purchase = new engine
for their narrow gauge track OH their
ground, but will purchase second hand
engine.
A child of James Baily died last night Of
cholera infantum, at the fathers residence,
on Locust street, below Fifth.
The statement by tho correspondent Of
the New Era, Oh Thursday evening, that
the Democracy Of Columbia had adopted
uniform, is incorrect. The writer was re-
quested to correct it, but refused, prefer
ring to stand by 4 lie. lie comes by the
art honestly.