Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-09-01
LubIA NEWS
OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS

VUh Ubf<h CORRESPONDENCE.
Notes About the l,orough-scboo,. Tn r.
open Monday-Ii'ne Of Closing stores
LttSlo Locals.
Professor B. G.. Ans, superintendent
of the public schools of Columbia. has
published 4 notice calling upon the teach
ers to meet in the high school ro,no =,
Saturday afternoon at two o clock tn mai
arrangements for the opening of ,,l
schools on Monday, September 9Th M
Miss Flora Pfoutz, teacher of the gyami
mar school, is yet out Of town, as Is also
Miss Ella Preston, principal-elect of the
high school. but both will be back by
Saturday-in tine to attend the teachers
meeting. Tho normal class teachers. Of
whom there are tcn-twO to each school
will have their rooms assigned them at
this meeting.
Tho agreement entered into by the mer-
chants Of town couple Of months ago to
close their stores at seven O'Clock until
September 1st expired last evening. when,
with couple Of exceptions, the store
doors were locked promptly at the ap-
pointed time. With tonight the rules in
vogue before the agreement was made will
probably bo again put in force.
Tho ladies' aid society Of the NJ. E.
church will give sociablc in tho church
parlors this evening to which an invitation
to be present is extended to all. Tho re-
freshmcnts will consist of fruit contrib
uted by the members and friends Of the
church. A meeting Of tho wOmcn's for
eign missionary society will be held in the
church parlors this afternoon.
a small audience witnessed the acting
of John Jack and Miss Firmin in ''Civil
Al 1nct ON-os,snrr
MIR. George Il. Mifflin is to-day moving
into the dwelling house on Locust street
above Second, latcly vacated by Mrs.
Robert Hamilton.
Mr.. III. II. Coovcr, of Harrisburg, was
visiting in Columbia yesterday, the guest
Of Mr.. c. G. Haldcrman.
"Our Boys" baseball club left here ut
1876 this morning for MiddletOwn where
this afternoon they will play tho Furnace
Hill team, defeated in Columbia few
weeks ago.
A few wild ducks have been seen ON the
river during the past fcw days. After the
10Th the gllnners will Outnumber them.
Tho movement of frcights east and west
over the line of tho Pennsylvania railroad
from Columbia, during tho month of Au-
gust, was heavy, rs the following figures
will show:
Number OF cars shippc,i-loadcd.. cd......... 5000
Number OF cars shippe,i-elnpty. q, ~
Total number shippcd--cast and west. 73,9ls
Tho motive power Of the company was
necessarily in demand to keep tho freight
moving and prevent the blocking of the
several storage yards between the division
tcrmini.
Miss jennie Gail Bachman left hero Mt
1O:45 this morning in company with her
father, MIR. John B. Bachman, for = years
course ut Wyoming seminary, Kingston.
Pa. Miss Bachman's many young lady
friends ''saw her off,"
The Philadelphia & Reading railroad
company will run an excursion to Philadcl-
phia Oh Saturday, September II. Tho
state fair is tho occasion.
Mr.. j. b. Iiummcl Of Harrisburg.
Pa, is visiting in Columbia, the guest of
Mr.. Will. Fendrich.
The assessors Of the 1st, 2d and Sd wards
have their headquarters to-day, and will
have TO- mnrrOw, ut Blacks hotel, Wag-
ner's hotel and Mack's brewery, respect
lively.
Miss George Bennett, who is lying Sc
riOusly i'll ut her residence, WAS last even
ing somewhat improved.
Tho Pennsylvania railroad company will
Ecll special excursion tickets to the state
fair at Philadelphia from September 4th to
September 22jth, inclusive.
The family of Rev. F. w. Stalcy, which
has boon visiting for the past eight weeks,
is expected home to-day.
The Pennsylvania Railroad company
lavc not completed the improvement in
'front.' Of the depot.