Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-09-13
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR REGULAR CORREsPONDENCz

OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE.
prOvemonts-hancOek Pole RaisaDG-
Runaway hOrses-Borough
Budget.
The annual Sunday-schoOl convention of
the Harrisburg district of Lancaster classis
will convene in tho Reformed church Of
Columbia, tomorrow evening, at $50
o'clock. The following programme Of ex-
ercises has been prepared by the commit
tee: Tuesday evening-1st. Sermon to the
Sunday school. I'd. Organization. We'd
ncsday mOrning-1st. What shall we teach
in the infant department? I'd. How can
the missionary spirit be best cultivated in
the Sunday-schOOl? Sd. Arc Sunday
school picnics cOmmendable? Wednes-
day afternoOn-1st. Shouldn't tho Sunday
school be moro closely identified with the
church? I'd. The teachers preparation.
Sd. How can the older members of the
congregation be most successfully inter-
estcd in the Sunday-schoOl? Wednesday
evcning-1st. Should Bible class teaching
be denOminatiOnal? I'd. Answering Of
referred questions. Adjournment. All
Sunday-schoOl workers, as well as the pub
lie generally, are cordially invited to at
tend and participate in these meetings.
D0"Ocr0tlc tOle-K01S1nGs
The raising of the Democratic polo at
James Gagin's residence, on South Front
street, on Saturday evening was success
fully accomplished with but little trouble.
The pole rises to the height of about one
hundred feet and is rs straight stick rs
can be easily found. In this respect, as an
our candidates" After the raising Of the
In L.
house near by and from this rOpc beauti-
full flag was soon flying in the breeze. w.
b. Given. esq.,, addressed the assembled
host ut Gagin's hotel during the evening.
lIe was frequently applaudcd, and the Oc-
casiOn on the whole was \ most cntbusi-
aStic one.
Runaway Team.
Two horses attached to lumber wagon
belonging to Frederick Bletz, ran away ON
Walnut street this morning. On reaching
Third street they turned towards Locust,
but had proceeded but short distance in
the new direction When their career was
stopped by one of them falling ON the
pavement in front Of the Keystone Demo-
cratic headquarters. On rcgaininS its feet
the horse was as full of fun as ever and
the two again showed their speed until
reaching the market house, where they
were turned in and brought to terms. The
driver in all this time held his position on
the wagon and finally obtained the mas
terry.
Furnace Storage Grounds,
The Chestnut Hill iron ore company arc
just about completing at the Shawnee fur
mace two PARALLEL walls of stone about four
feet high, three hundred and forty feet
long and distant from each other about
ninety feet. The space between the walls
has been partially and will be wholly filled
with earth which will be raised to an uni
form height with the walls leveled
with the level between. The walls arc to be
iron capped. The space between the wallis
will be used rs 4 storage ground for iron
orc and pig iron which can bc conveniently
and easily loaded into cars or unlOaded
from them while they stand ON the sidjngs
running along tho wall at a distance of but
Il foot or two. These sidings connect with
each other at the upper end Of the walled
in space and also connect with the tracks
Of tho Reading & Columbia railroad.
WOrkmen are now employed in digging out
4 new course for tho Shawnee run the
waters Of which when taking tho new di-
rectiOn will run back of the foundry OH
the Chestnut Hill cOmpany's grOu n ds.
these improvements arc cOnsummated.
Borough budget.
Two engines passing Front and Walnut
streets in different directions on Saturday
afternoon scared p. Melbert's horse, which
hotel. The horse ran oil, going down
Front street to Locust, up which he turn
cd. A wagon to which the horse was at
tached was loaded with beer and this being
rather heavy the speed of tho horse was
not rapid and it was easily caught near
Second street, before doing injury to itself
or wagon.
The pleasure steamboat Columbia was
plowing tho waters of tho Susquehanna on
Saturday evening.
Lcander Shades milk wagon and Samuel
Swartz's ice wagon cOllidcd on Front
street near the Penn'a II. II. dcspatcher's
Office on Saturday afternoon. The ice
wagon escaped injury, but the milk wagon
had its rear axle broken.
Front street, from Walnut to the upper
end of the Penn':. Il. r. depot, has just been
macadcmizcd.
1t is said the Philadelphia & Reading
railroad company will run another excur-
sion to the state fair ut Philadelphia on
Thursday morning next.
The Pennsylvania railroad company ran
u special test car OF some description
through hero to the east this morning.
Engine No. 1G2 had it in tow.
The Republican glee club Of this place
went to q pole raising at Chiques on Satur-
day evening.
The fish will suffer to- day. A big party
of fishermen arc stationed i'm boats, and on
the many rocks hcreabOuts, angling for
bass and other game fish.
Rev. G. Reimcnsnytler, Of Lancas-
ter, Ofliciatcd in tho NJ. f. church, yester-
day morning, and in the F.. +. Lutheran
church in the evening.
Mr.. Il. Owen Clark, of this place, has
severed his connection with Coup's circus,
giving rs his reason for 50 doing "that
the liio was too hard for him." He left
here with the advance car Of the circus on
August 2 and discontinued his connection
with it ut Savannah, Georgia, a few days
ago.
Tho working force of the pOstOffice has
been temporarily reduced by Miss Rachel
Beadley, one of the assistants, taking a
trip to Philadelphia.
The Democrats of the Third ward met
Oh Saturday evening at their club room
and formed marching club, taking the
name of "H. NJ. North marching club of
the Third ward" The club has been
equipped by Mr.. North. Daniel Sample
NJ. Thomas heutenants.
The Protestant ministers of Columbia
arc this morning holding the second of
series of ministerial meetings.
A boy named Frank Manhurst, aged
A