Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-10-12
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE
Budget OF Fresh News From the Borough o1
the Su60uohanna.

the SusQuohanna.
Rev. F. w. Staley, pastor OF the 4. L
Lutheran church, has been delivering !,
series of lectures on Pilgrims Progress
during the past several weeks ana Will con'
tinue lecrurinc on the same subject Tor q
few weeks to come. The lectures are hcio
in the lecture room Of the church every
Wednesday evening and all persons inte:-
ested in the subject are invited to attend.
The attendance at most of the meetings
held has been good.
The fence to the rear of Holy Trini y
Catholic church, on Cherry street above
Fourth. has been torn down and will he
replaced by a brick wall, which is now in
course of erection.
B. McCorkle, Of Philadelphia, is on a
weeks visit to his home in this place.
Mrs. Leah Enney was yesterday after
noon buried from the residence Of her son,
Richard c. Enney, on Cherry street above
Fourth.
A number of Masons from Lancaster
passed through here yesterday afternoon
accompanied by Clemmens's City band on
their way to Baltimore, Nd, to partici-
pate in the celebration Of the scsqui cen
tennial anniversary of that city. The
party were joined here by several members
of Cyrene cOmmandery X. T., of this
place.
Company; ii last evening appointed a
committee to study the feasibility OF turn
ing one of the spare rooms of the armory
into a reading room for the company.
Ansel Purple and G. {. Hatdeman were
elected secretary and assistant secretary,
respectively, to fill vacancies. The com
pany drilled with q very slim turnout
politics the cause.
E. X. Martin, esd, and Maj. A. C..
Reinoehl, o" Lancaster, will speak here
this evening in the interest ofthc Republl-
can party.
The Democracy of Columbia will give a
battalion parade on "Wednesday evening
and the Republicans on Thursday evening.
Each party will turn out every man who
can he persuaded to carry q torch, and
each party will probably extend courtesies
to the other This beats fighting all hol-
low.
That the Indiana and Ohio returns will
not be eagerly awaited is extremely i'm
probable. It will Lc a late hour tonight
he tore many Of our citizens sec their beds,
pro, -ided, Of course, the telegraph operators
can be persuaded to remain at their posts
and take the news as it flashes over the
wires.
By the breaking Of an axle wreck oc
cured to IA market wagon at Fourth and
Locust streets at about . o'clock this
morning. We went to a couple OF black
smith and carriage shops to look the mat
ter up. but could not learn to whom the
team belonged.
The ministers ofth Protestant churches
of Columbia held their weekly meeting
vesterfay morning
The archery club will shoot at target
this afternoon.
We had very light market this morn
ing. Produce is reported to have been
plenty.
The gunners about here are getting their
traps ready for October 10, when rabbits,
partridges, pheasants and other game may
be and will be slaughtered. The day Is
not great way off.
COlumbians are more interested than
We thought they would be in Baltimore S
anniversary celebration. Tickets are 60
ing right lively. Perhaps the gaudy dis
play is doing it.
The Republican helmet company OF this
place will go to Lancaster again on the
21st. 1t is thought a special train will be
run.