Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-11-18
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE

Yesterday Ms. Thomas Swingler at
tanned her iolty-siXth birthday and tho
Citizens band, determining to commem,
crate the event, called upon and screnaded
the lady last evening at her residence, on
Perry street above Second. The members
of the band were invited iii and refresh
ments served them.
The Ladies' Aid society of TIE NJ. L.
church held a Socilblc last evening IN the
church paIlOTs, which was largely attend
ed i literary and musical programme
was gone th."as.. with, when refresh
ments were scrrcd through the libcrality
of Mrs. Gen. VIA. Patton and Mrs. IL. +.
Eruner. The receipts Of the evening
amounted to abou. 20. The evening was
very pleasantly SpeI:t.
WOrkmen are en- ..!oycd this morning in
finishing the mae: :damizins Of Locust
street from Fifth to Seventh. The macad-
amiZin@ proper took place a month or two
ago, and Ike final touches are now being
given.
By reason ui the death at 4:3O . clock
this mnrnin. OF Charles Fcndrich, of Balti-
more. Nd, "A brother Of John Fcndrich,
of this place, the store and cigar manu-
featuring establishment of the latter,
situated a. Front and Locust streets, are
closed to-day. Prior to thi>; death there
were i've Fcniyicl brothers, all engaged
in the tobacco business and come :tcd
viii, one another 10 4 greater or less cx-
tent. but this irreparab!e interruption will
lower the number by one and Will cause
infinite SORROW 20 the others. The dent
is reported to have bsen rather sudden
and the news OF it reached Columbia at
seven n'c lock this morning
The Mite society Of the f. L. Lutheran
J..I :, n<,l,,, IL. In1
turc room and Adjourned to meet in the
same place OH Monday evening next to
complete the final arrangements for tlfc
festival for the heneiit "f the church to he
given in Company II armory On Thanks
ewing evening and Friday and Saturday
evenings following. The church people
anticipate a successful! run in their fes-
tival.
Tonight, in tii,: .i:ll0ry. Prof. L. }.
McGuiie, Of Lancaster, Will give the first
les ioa in dancing IT, class n" :, recently
formed here.
"Blnii7' H;nklc. " it'll his. son Tom, and
iolin WesterEan returned yesterday from
4 cunning trip OF couple OF days in York
county. with forty partridgcs and fifteen
rabbits. Game is scarce. Milf. Wright
and Nat. White, also returned yesterday
from hunt. and George Smith, a p. Il. X.
engineer, left here to-day to try his luck
with the shot gun. The ends are not worth
the trials given.
Three or four RATS which laid here over
night, left here at an early hour this morn
ing, and large number from up the river
passed through between daylight and
noon. These arc a portion of the expected
fleet.
The "Electric Lights us rendered in
the opera house last evening was an ordi
nary performance, but greeted by slim
audience.
The tobacco growers about here are now
busy in slipping the weed and in getting
it into condition TO be sold. The day Oh
which the first purchase will he made Is
10. :, great way of.
John Madden has just finished the cree
ton ola store buiiding on Walnut street
below sixth and has taken possession.
4 number Of Columbians went to Ian
easter last evening to take in Fanny
Davenport They were highly pleased.
Daniel Detwiler's new dwelling house
at Fourth and Chestnut streets is very
nearly finished and it will be occupied
soon.
The lectures on '.Pi!srims Progress by
Rev. F. w. Staley Of the Z. f. Luther
an church. have been postponed for =
couple of weeks.
The Workers society of the Reformed
church will give their musical and literary
entertainment this evening. Refreshments
will be served and pleasant time is antic
ipated.
S. G. Swartz has now ."i his new house
entirely under roof.
The weather is cloudy :; it looks like rain.