Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-06-07
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
COLUMBIA NEWS.
From Our Regular Correspondent.


The stock books of the Columbia build
ing association are open for subscription to
the fourth series. The first and second
series of this association closed satisfacto-
rily and with profit to the stockholders.
The third at present is doing well.
Heise and Kaufman, who were fined by
JUS tice Evans $25 for violating the bo-
rough ordinance in storing dynamite or
giant powder in the limits, have appealed
to court.
Yesterday the Presbyterians and the Sa-
lone chapel Sunday schools met in their
respective school rooms and proceeded in a
body to the Presbyterian church, corner
Fourth and Locust streets, to take part
in the annual Sunday school services. The
church was filled with a large and inter-
ed audience. The music was good. Rev.
John Mccoy officiated and delivered very
interesting sermon to the children.
Yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock fifteen
persons were baptised by immersion in the
Susquehanna river at the foot of Union
street. The order was good few persons
being present 10 witness the ceremonies.
Rev. Charles Winbigler, pastor of the
Bethel church of God, officiated.
Senator C. 5. Kaufman arrived home
on Saturday niglt from Chicago where he
has been for the past week, working
hard for the admittance of the Lancaster
county contestants. Their popular Gre
dentials were Overruled, but why, cannot
be explained.
The Columbia Rifles, Cadets will hold
their first anniversary in company H
armory on tomorrow evening.
The strawberry festival held by the
ladies of the Presbyterian church. closed
on Saturday night. They realized hand
some sum for the benefit of the church.
The baseball fever is on the increase.
There was game played on the commons
on Saturday afternoon the cry is for more
suitable grounds.
Market on Saturday morning was we'll
attended. Butter was plenty ; a prime ar
ticle sold at Is cents; vegetables of all kinds
on the decline eggs scarce some very fine
shad there and sold at fair prices straw
berries plenty from 10 cents to two boxes
for quarter finer ones Is cents box.
The six sections of double jacket linen
hose received from New York by the Col
umbia fire company No. 1, were taken to
the river on Friday and tested and proved
to be satisfactory, and an order passed by the
company on Friday evening to pay for the
same.
The churches and Sunday school of the
town were all we'll attended yesterday.
The shad season Will close on June 18th.
The bass will have to suffer next week ; 4
number Of our bass anglers have been very
successful in getting some nice strings
the past few day.
Yesterday, Sunday, anywhere you chose
to go on the street, you could hear the
"Who will be the Chicago nominee ?" In
one crowd Blaine would be above par on
the next corner some some one knew that
At the depot, on the arrival of the noon
train, there was big demand for Phila-
delphia and New York papers. Everyone
was eager to get full report Of Saturdays
proceedings and read the speeches of the
delegates who placed the names of the
candidates in nomination. In short men
thought and talked of little else.
The two young men of town who were
arrested for fast riding, appeared before
Justice Evans on Saturday evening and
were fined SIS and costs. They will ap-
pear in court and go before jury.