Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-02-04
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE

The Shawnee fire company held it's regu
lar monthly meeting last evening.
\ couple Of railrOaders informed your
correspondent that a man stepped from
the Ccatcsville bridge yesterday. They
further told us to give the story the bene-
| fit Of Z doubt. If Il man did make the step
it is his last one.
The employees OF the Susquchana roll
ing mill will be paid tomorrow morning.
4 number Of indefatigable boys have
cleared q place to skate on near the outlet.
| A large hay wagon loaded full was
brought across the river on the ice this
morning. 1t will be seen from this that
| travel is perfectly safe.
The mercury at seven 0 clock this morn
Ing registered six degrdes below zero.
The Columbia fire company will hold its
regular monthly meeting this evening.
The slcighing in town is now better than
| it has been at any time this winter, and
that is saying good deal, too.
The principal rendezvous of the coasters
is now but infrcHuently used.
n horse belonging to a young man from
York kicked the dasher off his sleigh at
Front and Walnut streets on Wednesday
! evening.
Miss Bccl,ic. daughter Of Col. Samuel C.
Slaymaker. of Lancaster, is visiting her
cousin, Miss Belle Redsccker.
Miss Ann. Nusscman, of York, is IL Q
guest Of li:*, Anna F. Fendrich.
Engineer John Shcnber.er held the
throttle of the short line engine in its trips
Of yesterday between here and Lancaster,
the regular engineer, Michael Gilman,
being at Philadelphia.
p. S. Brugh, the druggist, is the victim
of a slci Ching accident. Yesterday he at
tempted to turn out Of the way of an ap-
prOachinS sleigh at Ncndrich's tobacco
warehouse, but struck Il railing which
overturned his sleigh. Hc was cut about
the face and bruised about the body, but
Il companion by the name Of :'tauifer cs-
cared unhurt. The swingle tree of the
sleigh was broken. Mr.. Brugh was on his
way to Wrightsvil!c by the river route.
Glenn lIogcntogieT, a boy, is the son o:
Joe No.cntcglor. :, railroadcr, residing on
Union street. Yesterday morning C!cm
wanted to grease his boots. 10 looked
around the house for grease and finally
espied coal oil can. The can was cold
and Glenn, to warm it, placed it Oh the
stove. Directly !: noise was heard q; the
can was seen to fly in pieces and the bnrn
ing oil flew over the room. Several little
ia VIC iooHi FFtiS bSttlCN ttiiltcol
to death, but were not seriously hurt.
Clcn,, the hero. was equally lucky. The
fire was put out before doing any damage
worth speaking of. The children on go
ing to school had :: ''scorclly" smell and
questions put to them elected the above
story.
George Is. Brencman, Il wcli-known Col
umbian, who has been employed for about
y year past in the freight department. OF
the Pennsylvania railroad at Philadelphia,
is again out of Il position. y man from
New Jersey was put in charge Of the de-
partmcnt, and he celebrated his advent il
authority by a wholesale discharge of the
old employees. Among some eighty our
friend George was q victim of the auto
Gratis degree. 1t is said that men, VINO
had been employed there for almost twenty
years. were discharged without notice. 50
goes the world.
by c. that fellow deserves success
This is a remark we overheard in walking
up Locust street this morning. On looking
across the street its object was seen. He
was nothing more Or less than an organ
grinder who had taken his position before
ii. i. Icrgcy's .icwelry store and who was
tnrning the crank Of his instrument for
dear life. lie is the first of his kind
which the season has brought out, and,
with perhaps less emphasis, VIC will en-
dorse the remark given above. The ma
chine was one OF the first sights which
greeted us on coming down street this
morning, ard We at once noted it as some
thing new \ friend in speaking of the
man this morning, said ''any one who
will disiEtcrestehly contribute SO much to
the happiness o: others, is certainly de-
serving ofsucccSS and OF remark