Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-21
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE

OUR REGULAR CORsESPONDENCE.
Tho Churches-EersOnal Items---2rchery-
General Borough News.
The Rev. NJ. p. Doyle will preach in the
United Brethren church, corner of Third
and Perry streets, tomorrow morning and
evening.
There will he no services in the Presby-
terian church tomorrow morning or cven-
ing, by reason of the absence from town of
Rev. J. Mccoy. pastor of the church.
The Home Communion will give a pic
mic in Heisc's woods on Wednesday, Au-
gust 25th.
Miss Minnie Graybill, of Lcavenworth,
Kan, is visiting Mrs. DIR. $. A. Buckius.
The colored cornet band will hold a
picnic i'll Hcisc's woods on Thursday, Au-
gust Goth. BIackson's orchestra has been
engaged. for the occasion.
Mr.. S. i. McCvrklc left here yesterday
Oh Il weeks visit to Chestnut Hill, Pnila-
dclphia.
Postmaster Mullen has moved into the
house lately occupied by William NJ. Ste
vcnson, and Mr.. Stevenson has taken the
house vacated by Mr. Mullen. 1t was an
exchange.
The Rev. J. w. Dcshong vii! ot,icia,c in
the Church of God to morrow.
The funeral Of Mrs. Sallic Blackwood
took place yesterday afternoon, from the
residence of Mr. Edward ii. Stamap, No.
657 Locust street. The interinc"t was
made ut Mount Bethel cemetery.
The Columbia Knights Tcmplar who
participated in the grand ccnclavc at
Chicago have returned home.
Kate IIinklc, Of Marietta, WIS arrested by
Constable Stahl on complaint OF Emma
Webster charging the defendant with
assault and battery. The parties were
taken before Justice Evans who discharged
the defendant on giving bail to keep the
peace.
Yesterday number Of Pennsylvania
railroad filemen from Columbia as well as
several from Harrisburg were taken to the
superintendent S Office 1T Philadelphia, and
given an examination for promotion. Six
of the Columbia men passed the ordeal with
flying colOrs and their names have been
placed on the list of engineers" Three
Harrisburg men were equally fortunate.
The Columbia men who have been pro-
NOTED arc Samuel Mullen, Simon Wayne,
George Ewing, Adam RcisinScr, Daniel
llOltZman ana John Kelly.
Five members of the Robin Hood arch
cry club went out to shoot yesterday, and
this is the way they shot:
w. III. Moore. ........ 70
Alfred G. Brl,ncr. II
l.. w. Richards. ii
l.. X. FOndcrsmith. ................. q
4. &. kaufman. l
The town clock is again out of gear.
Last night ut eleven o'clock it struck but
four times, and the same irrcgularity
marked other hours. This morning il com
mcnced striking and kept the thing up for
several minutcs-in all somewhere near
two hundred soundings of the gong.
Quite commotion was caused o.: Locust
street, near Fifth, yesterday, and crowd
attracted, by Il quarrel between Il rlilrOa.lcr
and his wife over her demand for division
of his wages. lie slapped her, she cried
':muuler'' and declared her arm was
broken; the nci.hbOrs rushed in and the
family jar became the scandal of the com
mInity.
At about one O'clC ck yesterday morning
shortly after the return of the u. X. X.
excursion train from Atlantic City-spccial
officers Dysin.cr and RWlcnhanscr were
considerably "stirrcd'' 10y hca:in. the cry
of ''mur,lcr'' several times repeated, and
apparently by women. Rushing in the di-
rcction of the sound, they soon found
themselves Oh Walnut street. opposite the
head Of Commerce street. The cries con-
tinued, but the officers diving the why's
and "whcrcforcs, returned to their beats.
The reason for ail the hIbbub, rs VIC hear
it, is, that the landlord OF u certain house
in the ncighborhOol turned out of doors
the female inhabitants en- d;shabille, and
that they made the noise thinking to coEl-
nc! reinstatement.
Lancaster COuntians Away From Home.
Rev. Uricl Graves has resigned the pas
toratc of St. Johns English Evangelical
Independent Lutheran church, which he
founded about six years ago i'll BaltImGrc.
His congregation became tired Of political
preaching.
George Miller, bright looking youth,
about Is years of age, who says he is from
Paradise township, Lancaster county, was
arrested last night by Officer Shelter for
stealing cakes from the tables at the Res
cue festival in York.
The Mechamcsburg .SatNfriay Eceaing
Journal complains that when the Lancaster
band went through that town the other
day with the Knights of Pythias the mu
sicans allowed their instruments to &c
main as silent rs an oyster, notwitlistand-
ing each and every man could divine from
the cor,ntcnaeces of the crowd at the de-
pot, with mouths drawn up like pcrsim-
mon and ears expanded tOasininclonGitudc,
that We were just dying for ono of tl,o>c
captivating reels that this band is $" ec!c-
Eritcd for.