Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-19
COLUMBIA NEWS
OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS.
A Broken Leg-Successful Gunners-Acci'
dents and Incidents.

A Broken Leg-Successful Gunners-Acci-
dents and Incidents.
George, aged ten years, the son Of
Emanuel Newcomer. had his left leg
| caught in the wheel of a mill wagon
yesterday afternoon and broken above the
knee. The wagon belongs to Marietta
| party.
The picnic to have been held yesterday
at Chiques Rock was postponed Oh account
of the disagrceablc state Of the weather.
Jacob Kimes, IN engineer, and VIII
Swingler, a brakeman, on the Pcnnsylva-
MIA railroad, went cunning to Bird-in-Han
yesterday morning. They returned to Col
umbia on the Harrisburg accommodation
train at Geo last evening with !: very finc
string of plovcr kimes had eighteen as
his share.
The leap year picnic at iIeisc's woods
yesterday was q pronounced success. The
affair was conducted on strict leap year
principles aud was admirably managed by
the ladies committee On arrangements.
Blacl,son's orchestra furnished the music
Mr.. Edward $. Rumsey has returned
FROM visit of Il few days to Philadelphia.
\ social basket picnic will be held at
Millway park on the Reading and Column
bia railroad, on Thursday, August 2Gth.
Messrs. &. c. Iioycntooler and Orric,l
Richards, are the committee on arrange
mcnts Taylors orchestra has been engaged
for the occasion.
William Clark, ticket agent at Column
bia. in the employ OF the Heading & Col
umba railroad company, has returned
from :. visit Of about a month to Clear
field county. Mr.. Clark :; health has not
been good for some time and it was to
better it that he made the trip up tn"
colntry-hy the advice of his physician:
Mr.. and Mrs. II. +. !:ruDcr will leave
here for Ocean Grove to-day.
Miss Annie WciiZ is visiting Miss Sa!lic
GrOsslc:.
Rev. w. u. Mower, Of Halifax, Pa,
formerly pastor Of tie United brethren
church OF This place, is rl! visit to
own.
Tonight the Ladies who vii! lend their
assistance towards making the coming fair
oc the Citizens band Il success will meet
in tie band room OH Bank alcy. The
ladies will work their needles, discuss the
matter, Get.
The funeral OF Mrs.. %li!i. Bl::ci> wood, who
died suddenly at Philadelphia OF Tuesday
morning will take place at two O'Clock
tomorrow afternoon in c"lumihi:i from the
residence OF Edward ii. Stamcr, Locust
street above Sixth street. Tho remains
will be inferred in Mount Bethel cemetery.
Rev. +. w. Sta!ey, pastor Of the l.. i.
Lutheran church returned, 10 town from
Philadelphia yesterday afternoon.
Despite the fact that their names are
attached to the paper by which the mcI
chants Of Columbia have agreed one with
another to close their places of business ut
seven o'clock in the evening, q couple of
Locust street groccrs, near the opera house
persist in keeping their stores open after
the hour mentioned and agreed upon, to
the Indignation Of the 90 per cent. who be-
Iicve in keeping, their word.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abram Er!ncr, with their
son Willie. returned to Columbia this
morning from Ealt;morn and Emory
Grove.
The RcatIin. s. Columbia railroad
company will run 4 couple ot Si,ccia! trains
to and from the Sinking Spring campmcct-
ing Oh Sunday next.
The colorcd masOii& Of this vicinity arc
having a good time today ut Lititz.
Thirty five tickets We're sol;! at the depot
this morning for the excursion over the
Pennsylvania railroad to Atlantic City.
Had the weather remained clear the sale
Of tickets would have been much larger
Showers good-doil:g rains fell through
cut the day just passed. The toii:'"r" yet
uncut will be benefited thereby.