Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-04
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE

OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE
The York county fair began this morl
ing. Columbia was represented by
number Of her citizens.
G. \. 4. post, No. 11S, will meet in the
room this evening. A meeting of the Eis
liant fire company will also be held.
Chief Of Pennsylvania railroad detective
Brady was in town this morning on. bus
ness.
The ShOch library is not patronized a
it should be. The library is a large on
and contains numerous interesting book
| by our best anthors
The Ladies' Mite society of the f. E
Lutheran church are making extensiv
preparations for the entertainment to b.
held on Thanksgiving.
| John Hines, brakeman Oh &. d. loca
while making a coupling was caught ant
severely squeezed. His injuries wa
attended by DR.. Craig. He is injured con
siderable internally.
u number of young gentlemen and ladie.
| intended riding horseback to Marietta this
evening, but Judging from present appear
ance Of the weather, it will have to be
| postponed.
Daniel Offord, the colored man who shot
Amos Randall! in self.defence, was arrested
yesterday, and last evening had hearing
before Squire Grier but the evidence was
not enough to sustain the charge, and Of
ford was discharged.
MIR. Walter SwartZ, who is clerkin: ut
Lcavcnworth, Kansas, sent home a burr
containing ten hazel nuts, which he says
grow in profusion in that county The
burr is a curiosity, as nothing OF the kind
was ever before seen in Columbia.
The printing Office owned by Mr.. Steve
Modcrwell will most likely bc bought and
run by Mr.. Frank Sener, 4 nephew of
Squire Grier, of the Herald. We wish him
success in his undertaking and hope our
citizens will give him fair show of their
patronage.
Pennsylvania Railroad D.tcctives Ken
ncdy and Johnson have been notified to
DC on the lookout for young boy
aged IS, by the name of Courtney, who
rau away from his home in Philadelphia
yesterday. 1t is thought that he will
come this way, rs his cOinpani Ons say he
was going out West.
About Z o'clock this morning tlrizzlirg
rain set in and increased in power until ut
10 o'clock it fairly poured That We needed
it is without 4 doubt, for the fields in the
country present a very dry appearanc c, the
river is unusually low for this time of the
year and everything had u dry and sulty
look. At l i i. m. the clouds broke and il
clear day is now predicted.
This morning while Mr.. +. S. BIctz was
d!smOunting from his carriage in front of
z. X. Smith l. CO. banking house, his
horse, becoming frightcd, started off,
throwing the gentleman violently to the
ground. Serious injuries might have been
the result, but for the quickness of Mr..
Sener Bletz, who, seeing his father danger,
promptly stopped the horse Mr.. Blctz
was considerably shaken up but received
no damage worth mentioning.
In Yesterdays issue We noticed the fish
ing trip o: Mr.. Jacob Snyder and another
gentleman. Some of the points were mis-
They did forget to put
the i'a" in the boat, but returning for it
found that somebody had stolen it. 1t
a whole suit of clothes belonging
to Mr.. Snyder, several OUTLINES, five hun
lrcd hooks and several other articles. The |
thief will cbli:se the gentlemen by return
inc the bag and contents to it's owners.
At 1:25 this morning engine No. IA, at
tached to passenger train No. ), struck |
Dncussi0n was SO great that the engine |
VI" t,'ttttt "'tC tIC 1Aiio 1
Shifting engine No. 441 took the Columbia |
wreck car over and in a couple of hours
he damage was repaired. by the accident |
he $50 connection was missed but an
.n.inc and baggage car were sent over
md transferred the passengers and bag
rage in time to connect with the $50 &c
On Friday and Saturday evenings of
his.. week the entertainment for the benc-
it Of the Presbyterian Sunday school will
DC held in company C's armorv. The main
naturc will be the " Broomsticlz Drill,'
y the young Ladies Of the school. This
: something new and novel, yet at the
anc time it will be very interesting, as
he :'"lng ladies who range in ages between
, ana IS years, will DC dressed
L fancy costume, made alike, but
With different cOlors. The doors
will open ut : o'clock, and the drill
,c.in at 7:3O. when an admission fec will
DC charged. At s the doors will be
opened to the public who can then enttr
rec Of charge. Refreshments will then
he SOLD. 4 large attendance is requested.
Last evening Company G held its reSu-
or monthly inspection, which we are
"rry to say was poorly attended. only
4 men, including officers, appearing in
Mr.. John Purple was appointed
ixth corporal. The promotion was a
esci we'd one, as John was one of the first
vino joined the company and has ever been
N attentive member. and is one of the
'aSt drilled men in the company. Other
prnintmcnts arc to be made next Monday
vc',ing: and probably some discharges.
apt. Case had drawn up an article, bind
nc all who signed it to 60 to Yorktown,
roviding the company goes. Our pres.
mt prospects arc bright; but, all, what a
isappointmcnt it would be if the COM
any would be compelled to stay at home!