Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-09-21
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDING

Messrs. William Worrell, teacher, and
William Markley, leader, were appointed a a
committee by the Citizens ba nd OF THIS
place to 20 to Philadelphia and purchase
new instruments for the band and also to
see what can be done towards uniforming
the organization. They left here for the
city at 1925 to-day. The band made all
it's settlements yesterday and it has been
found the net gains by the recent fair
amount to S660-quite good sum for a
nine days run. >.
CAPTAIN d. Brainard Case, commanding
COMPANY II of this place, has just received
from the Battalion State Fencibles, OF
Philadelphia, all invitation to accompany
that command in their proposed trip to
Atlanta, Ga, where they will participate
in the laying Of the cornerstone OF a me-
mortal armOry on October 1S. The CON-
mand will leave Philadelphia on October
16 and will return on October "a.
Rev. F. w. Staley and Charles p.
Shreiner, who were in attendance at the
East Pennsylvania synod of the English
Evangelical Lutheran church, held at AL
lentown Pa, have returned to Columbia.
George Young, jr., left here last even,
ing on trip to Harrisburg, Lebanon and
other places.
Frank w. Hinkle, son of DR.. F. Hinkle,
Of this place, left this morning to attend
lectures at the University of Pennsylvania
at Philadelphia.
Miss Anna Whitehill left here this morrl-
ING on a visit to friends in Philadelphia.
Ansel Purple was last evening elected
secretary of Company II, vice Il. Is.
Broomell, resigned. G. c. Haldeman was
elected assistant secretary.
loft 1.arn 1o CT H.
ing for Harrisburg in the interest of the
fishermen recently convicted of fishing
within ono quarter Of 4 mile Of the Col
umbia dam.
Two companies of the Republican bat
TALON elected officers last evening. l.. w.
Richards, esq, was elected cap tain Of one
and Frank Paine Of the other.
There is to bc !. big wedding at Marietta
to-day. Freezer of ice cream and lot OF
boxes with edible; of falldescriptions came
here over the Reading g. Columbia rail-
road from LititZ and were sent on by the
Pennsylvania railroad mail train at 1O:45
this morning. The mass was earnestly
gazed at while at the depot.
Business is lively to-day and has been
for a couple of days past ut the Reading q
Columbia coal shute;. The supply meets
the demand anI the boats are coming and
going rapidly.
The new steps for the Pennsylvania rail
road depot have not yet been put in place.
With the tearing away of the porch rest
ing place has been denied many.
Notwithstanding the wind is high and
the river rough there are some persons
venturesome enough to handle their sail
boats. We noticed one on the river this
morning making exceedingly good time.
A capsize would be in order.
The ticket agent at the p. Il. X. depot
commenced selling tickets for the Dauphin
county fair this morning. The tickets
will be sold at s1.15 until September 24th
and are good until the 25th.
To-day is st. Matthews day, and as such
= holy day. Services were held in st.
Paul's Episcopal church this morning, be-
ginning at 1880 o'clock.
Conductor Abram MellinScr went to
Philadelphia with his " screw this morn
ing to mako statement relative to the
killing of u woman at Christiana 10y cn-
gine No 9a, u day or two ago.
The teachers of the public schools arc,
by order OF Superintendent Amcs, COM
pelied to be in their school rooms twenty
minutes before the opening of school. This
is probably to the benefit of the scholars.
The election of a colonel to the Garfield
battalion is causing some little worrimeut
to the members-especialiy the leaders
of the different companies. There are two
prominent candidates for the position and
the factions are working hand for their
favOrites. Only one can win, What a
disappointment will be there :