Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-24
COLUMBIA NEWS.

O-S AsA04A 4N1 "0s
OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS
a prominent citizen asked US this morr-
ing ny could not track be establish
ed ON the river to connect the shores and
to terminate on this side at q point Oppo-
site Grnbbs bridge.at the st. Charles fur
mace ~ The tow-path embankment At
that point is rather steep, but, with our
friend. We believe such an undertaking
could be cOnsummated with but little tro,l-
BILE. Market produce rs y consequence
would sell at \ much cheaper figure than
ct present.
The freight business ON the Pennsylva-
MIA railroad is still rs heavy as anyone
about here cares to sec it. A dispatcher
informed your correspondent this morn
ing that the company did moro work here
on last Sunday than on any one day since
the corporation took the road of the hands
of the state. Sixty loaded trains, with An
aggregate Of 1916 cars, were sent east ON
that day.
The telephone people succeeded in their
intention Of reaching the Shawnee furnaces
yesterday. To-day they are erecting poles
on Locust street and on Monday they will
start towards the COrdelia furnace. Il will
take about week to reach the furnace
and IS soon rs it is reached the exchange
office will be established. The Marietta
people will be connected with us the fol-
Owing week.
The box sheet for Helen POttcr's Plei
AIDES, who appear in the opera house ON
Christmas night, is rapidly filling up and
the prospect is that the company will have
4 large sized audience.
A farmer named Heidier, residing i'm tho
country back Of town, had tho back pOr-
tiOn of his sleigh pulled of this morning
while i'll Columbia by u number of boys
catching hold Of it to support themselves
while they stood upon the runner. This
is pastime which almost every boy in
the borough indulges in from morning
until night while the slcighs run. Mr..
Hcidier Is the only unfortunate We have
heard of from the custom.
Ex-United States Senator Alexander
Caldwell, OF: LeavcnwOrth, Kansas, is
visiting ut Mount Bethel, the residence of
his father-in-law, Mr.. s. Il. Heisc.
The postOilice officials arc just now
worried with 4 big invoice Of Christmas
cards, which to day appear to be ingeneral
distribution.
! Miss Annie Wentz, Of Maryland, is
visiting Miss Sallie GOsslcr.
We beg to wish to the readers Of
Columbia News merry Christmas
and-well the happy New Year will come
in after awhile.
Excursion tickets are being sold at a
| lively rate ut the Pennsylvania railroad
ticket office.
! Shenbergcr's $ furniture wagon horse took
Il short squirt on it's own hook this morn
ing.
| Ntar the pOstOflice this morning the
shafts OF q wagon were broken by coming
in contact with post.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Ellis left here to-
day on q visit to the formers mother at
Philadelphia, Pa.
DR.. $. A. BOckius will spend his Christ.
mas with IN uncle ut Philadelphia.
Some Of the bad boys Of the borough
make it Il point to throw snOwballs at the
occupants Of almost every passing sleigh
! This morning Farmer Staman was struck
in the face with one Of the icy balls with
force sufficient to draw blood. The mat
ter should be attended to.
We had another snow fall this morning
! which makes the sleighing much better.
! The market people are already coming
in from the country for this afternoons >
market.
MIR. I. c. Gitt left here this morning for
his home, where he will remain until he
gets the upper hand Of his present illness.
The Fifth street Presbyterian Sunday
school held it's Christmas exercises last
excning. After the exercises. which con-
sisted of the singing Of Christmas carols
the scholars Of the school were presented
with bag Of candy and an orange. The
attendance was large.
| The nOStOfficc will bc Onan from IN tO
| IL u. III. tomorrow.
polished and attracted some attention.