Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-30
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUI: I:ix::r:.lU: COEEH:srVSDHNCE.
About ti:.t ..a;oxes''-The Shawnee MIL
Personal iickin;3.

A!,,;,t t;:.t "a;oxes',-The Shawnee M;Ii-
Personal i'ickin:s.
Miss L..I., the daughter of George Grl-
vcr, who is farming Don CamcrOn's farm,
wa; yis.:i.,., IN Columbia on Saturday, the
guest ";' Hiss; Florence Rami'o.
The Owncis n; the catam1rln purchased
y few months ago from Cyrus Bruncr,
have hccninc weary OF their prize, and now
offer il for sale. Keeping it over winter
is probably the stumbling block. The boat
is yet III cool condition, the s:,c: alone be-
ing wor', an eagle or more.
TO-day the proclamation Of the Chief
Burgess, i;s;.;.,i nn August 9th, to have all
the dos il: :,.wn muZz!cd or confined for
the spac.. a. twenty days, has spcnts its
force. the rt,:.irct! time having passed,
and now the ,;:,:ss, the muzzlcs having been
discarded, are a:;;.iu running free. Many
persons took the muzZlcs from their dog;
yesterday, believing the twenty days were
up.
The Shawnee Miii.
The much reported starting OF the Shaw
ncc iron mill is about as mysterious as I'M
explored darkness can be. and until :. little
light is ,li!fi,sei into, or through it, it is
likely t" remain SO. Ii is certain that tho
mill will not rcs!,:nu operations this week
and We have :, numbering belief that the
probabilities ~. IL; doing SO before another
month rolls around arc exceedingly slim.
Mir. Samuel l.. Thomas, president OF the
Thomas iron company, who Is Interested
i'll the Cat:is.iuItla iron company, to whom
tho mill has been leased, i:;s been in town
during the past few days and the news OF
it's starting up in the near future is news
indeed to him. The whole rlnor could
probably be traced to persons bent OIL
gossip.
4 Hot Eux stoTy.
An old passenger engineer relates this
story of 4 hot box OH u certain CIR years
ago as showin:: the Inconvenience and
trouble to wiiic. rot only the train men
but even the passengers may nc put. Ono
night while running the Cincinnati express
west, when between Codtesvillc and
Parkesjurg, Oh looking towards the rear
Of his train, ho noticed 4 glare issuing
from the train which lighted up the fields
of :. hundred yards. With his experience
he had no trouble in making out the cause
of the light, and OH reaching Parkcsburg,
where the train stopped for water, he
went back to sec whether the box could
bc cooled. The first look convinced him
that all such attempts would DC fu-
tile as the journal of the Cur and
the "brasscs" encircling it were ut =
white heat. The crgincman told
the conductor hc had better awaken the
passengers in the "sIecper" and have
them take another car. The conductor
thought it unnecessary but it was fin
ally agreed to leave the matter with the
passengers. \ few minutes were spent in
awakening the dreamers and then in all
other minute or two the occupants OF the
Cur had assembled Oh the platform ut the
station. The engineer told them he was
satisfied to haul tho car if they desired to
remain in it, but explained to them the
danger attending such III undertaking,
stating that the CIR might go down at any
time and that it was not safe for minute.
The passengers unanimously decided to
take to another car, and the disabled ono
was placed on the P:,rkesburg siding.
From ParkesburS it WAS taken to Iancas-
ter from Lancaster to Mount joy, from
Mount Joy to Harrisburg and from lIar-
risburg to ThOmpsontown where it was
lost sight of by the engineer. lie was RS
surcd, however, that it took Il wccl. to get
the car to Pittsburgh.
They Do Sting Fruit.
Mr.. George Young invited your CORES,
pondent to his residence at Second and
Walnut streets this morning, where there
arc half q dozen Or more grape vines
growing, each Of which was visited. While
we were there the rain was falling, and
there were no bees to be seen, but Mr..
Young told us that in clear weather the
vines were covered with swarms OF them.
1t required but ono glance to convince us