Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-17
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE
Chinquapins in market.

OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE
Chinquapins in market.
The fCneral Of Master Harry RambO
takes place at o'clock this afternoon.
Mr.. and Mr.. Geo. Sample returned
from their trip 10 Atlantic City last eveli-
ing.
Chief Burgess Sheath has issued sum-
mons for delinquent dog tax payers to
appear before him this evening.
A dog fight which lasted nearly fifteen
minutes, attracted Il large crowd in front
Of COhen's shoe store last evening.
Our youngsters are amusing themselves
with the putty blower. 1t is fun for them
but not for the one hit.
The late rains have raised our river two
feet and it still continues rising. Judging
from looks We will have more of the need
full.
Officer Dyssinger arrested suspicious
character last night and placed him in the
Lookup. He had hearing before the
chief burgess this morning, and after
promising to make himself - scarce" was
discharged.
MIR. Joe Buchcr, Of Lancaster. was in
town yesterday Miss Carrie HOifer left
this morning for school at NeffSville, Ian
caster county. The young lady is grad
uate of our high school; Miss Myra Con-
ner returned to her home in Philadelphia
this morning; Miss Beckie Hagman, who
has been spending the summer with Miss
Lilly Wilson, leaves to-day for her home
in the city Of Brotherly Love ;" Charles
Haldeman returned from his tripup North
yesterday. The weather is very cold up
there.
A short time ago in the Herald School
Director John S',lc suggested that cat
the expense OF the board, in eases where
parents were too poor to pay for
it, all school children should be yaccin-
mated" Here the matter dropped. There
are several slight cases Of smallpox in
town, mostly among the younger class. 1t
is in the place of the school board to look
after the school children, and to hold
special meeting at once and attend to the
vaccination matter, for if that dreadful
disease once starts spreading nothing can
stop it.
Religious Notes.
Religious services will be held i'm the
Bethel church ut 1880 Il M. and 1:30 p.
m. by the pastor, Rev. j. IL. Estcrline.
The subject in thu snorning will DC on
"Christian " baptism. At 4 p. M. the rite
of baptism will be- administered to d: num-
UGE vi I(littS at tfiC IOcU III StitCt
by the above reverend sir. Communion
services will be held in the f. Il. Luth-
Gran church tomorrow morning and
evening, also preaching in tho cvonin.
The East Pennsylvania synod of the Eng
lish Lutheran church will be hold ut Ian
caster, next Wednesday. The Workers
association of the Reformed church held Il
literary entertainment in the Sunday
school room last evening. which was very
interesting and largely attended. Refresh
ments were served afterwards.
Market MonOpolics.
The borough ordinance allows market
people to be at their different stalls fifteen
to twenty minutes before the market
opens. They then hold an imprOmptu
meeting, when they decide what prices
must be paid for butter, eggs and other
produce. No matter how high they make
them our citizens arc compelled to buy Oh
selling ut 40 cents per pound, more than is
that our citizens are thus i'm
posed upon when councils could easily
change it. Our citizens arc complain
ing as we'll they may. Let council stop it
ut once. Either do not allow tho country
people to enter the market house before
the regular hour, or stop the imprOmptu
meetings. The former course would
cause good bit of confusion an,l some
time woul,! be wasted, but then our citi.
zcns could get their "necessaries Of life"
without having to pay such cxorbitant
prices.
IN Exploding Gun.
Yesterday Thomas Stokes, of color, who
lives with Mr.. StoneE two miles from
town, attempted to shoot some pigeons
with gun that had been recently fixed
ut Shapes, but missed fire. After some
powder had been poured into tho tube OF
the gun early this morning. he made
another attempt. The gun exploded with
u loud noise, the powder and part of the
fixtures of the gun flyin. back and strik
Ing the man full in the face. He at
tempted to reach the house but was un
successful. A yOun. son Of Mr.. StOncr
seeing him fall ran into the house for men
and with them carried tho wounded man
to the house aEd iio rT2s put to bed. A
doctor was Immediately summoned, and
it is very much feared that the eyesight Of
both eyes is forever lost. Mr.. StOGer
bl;ImeS the damage Oh the man who fixed
the gun, as there were no screw cuts at the
brecch, that part being simply pushed in,
and when the piece was discharged, there
was nothing to prevent the powder from
going backward, the force being equal in
all directions. This caused the accident.
Stokes has been employed by Mr.. Stoner
for fifteen years, and has ever found him
faithful and honest. He il; wcll-known in
Columbia, and one and all deeply sympa-
thizc with him.
Handsome Testimonial.
One Of the most exquisite specimens of
penmanship that has come to
our notice Is the tribute of respect paid by
the Friendship fire company OF this city in
a series of resolutions upon the death of
its late president, John s. Gable, esq, de-
c c,ased, as cngrossea by C!as. II. Frailey,
esq. The body of the matter is written in
Mr.. Fraileys neat and fau,tlcss CALI
graphy. but there is al unusual abundance
of handsome andAastcful ornamental text
of varying and unique design. Mr.. Frai-
ley regards it MS the finest piece of
work that has ever come from his skillful
pen, and all who have seen it agree that it
may well be So. The tribute, which has
been handsomely framed in walnut, is in
tended as an Offcriu, to the family of the
deceased, but for few days will be OH
in the window of Shultz's hat
store, North Queen street.
An Old Firo bucket.
Mrs. Ball, residing on South Duke street,
opposite the schools, has presented to the
fire company an old fashioned
leathern fire bucket, which rcioices in