Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-09
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR REGULAR CORkESPONDENCl

The Charlotte Thompson company lef,
here for Lancaster at o'clock to-day.
The mercury is yet below the freezing
point. :.
The ice dealers about here are all getting
ready to cut ice. They are the lucky fel-
lows who have their houses near the
bridge.
Any Stone is booked for the opera
house.
Another drawback to the tobacco strip
ping. Tue farmers want damp weather.
Mar ,et this morning was not very good.
The Pennsylvania railroad company
have Commenced laying the new platform
in front Of the depot.
Miss May Fisher, Of York, is visiting
Miss Flo Patton.
Last night was unquestionably the cold
est we have had this year. At 1880 o'clock
this morning the mercury was yet down to
ten degrees.
The Citizens band of this place will go
to the Mountville band fair tomorrow.
They will "buz" it down.
W. B. Given, esq, is visiting at Phila-
delphia.
Rev. F. w. Staley, pastor Of the E. E.
Lutheran church of this place, has been
at Millersburg, Pa, since Monday in at
tendance at the Harrisburg conference of
the church.
The Women's foreign missionary so
ciety of the NJ. E. church met yesterday
afternoon in the church parlors.
Contractors Upp and Black have had a
force of men employed since Thursday of
last week, on G. B. Grubb's land, just
east of town, where the Pennsylvania rail-
road company purpose laying track to
connect with their main line at point
some distance below and with the several
sidings and main tracks in tho east yard
at this place.
A good performance was presented in
the opera house last evening by the Char
lotte Thompson company, in "The Plan
ter's Wife," Tho audience was not as
large as expected.
regular monthly meeting this evening, in
the Shoch library room Of the Cherry
street public school building. The request
of the teachers to have two weeks vaca-
ton, extending from one week before
Christmas day to the New Year. will
come up and he acted upon and some de-
cision will probably be reached as to
whether or not the teachers shall be paid
before the holidays. The diphtheria ques-
tion may also be taken up.
A. o. Baker, master mechanic at the
Pennsylvania railroad shops at this place,
has just received from Altoona 81 test
pump" with which the boilers Of the
Frederick division engines are being test
ed. This is something entirely new in
Columbia and it is worthy Of remark only
on that account. 1t will be returned to
Altoona as soon as the engine boilers have |
been inspected.
Farmer Gallagher, residing about five
miles from Mount Joy, came to market
this morning. In coming here he wonder |
cd why his horse, usually a quiet beast, |
persisted in running at breakneck speed |
down all the hills and why he (Gallagher) |
could not hold tho horse. When he |
hitcled his horse here he found that he |
had driven him here all the way without |
a bit in his mouth. That explained the
Shifting engine No. AL arrived here |
from Altoona yesterday and is being put
together in readiness for service to-day. 1t |
is destined to take the place of shffter 364,
which has been in service here for many |
years and which will be sent to Philadel-
phia for general overhauling. It is con- |
sidered likely that the latter engine will be |
sent to Altoona and cut to pieces. Engine
AL is just ont of the shops.
Notwithstanding the very cold weather |
IF last night the river between the bridge |
lpd tho dam is yet clear Of ice. A cover
ing of ice formed last night along the
shore, bur on this side of the
river there is mono Tn ne Secn