Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-05-14
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE


Rev. w. P. Evans, of Cohansey, n. D.,
will officiate on Sunday morning and even
ing in the E. E. Lutheran church.
Rev. ]. H. Easterline, pastor OF the
Church of God, has returned from the
Sunday school convention OF the East
PENNSYLVANIA eldership, recently IN session
at Goldsboro, Pa.
Rev. J. c. Mumma, a former pastor,
will officiate in the United Brethren church
on Sunday morning and evening. The
Sacrament of the Lords Supper will be
administered at the morning session.
Rev. E. S. Herring, of Wrightsville, will
preach Tor St. Johns English Lutheran
CONGREGATION, in Shuler's hall, tomorrow
morning and evening.
Rev. William Shull, Of Byberry Bantist
church, Philadelphia, will preach for the
Baptist congregation recently formed here
in Vigilant hall at both Of Sundays ses-
sions.
There was a right good market this
morning. Butter was never SO scarce.
The proceedings of last evenings meet
ing of council are too lengthy for publica-
ton to day, and will be given Oh Monday.
The Pennsylvania railroad pay car was
in town last evening, and the employees
were paid for work performed in the
month of April.
Martin Hildebrant, Democratic candi-
date for the Office of county commissioner,
was in town this morning.
Quite large party Of Columbia's young
misses and masters are having a pleasant
time of it to-day at Detwiler's park, just
north Of town. They are we'll supplied
with refreshments.
joe HOgentOgler drives q horse more
than thirty years old. A number of our
people remember it twenty five years back.
The river is still On the fall and the
| water is becoming clearer than ever
| which indicates that change must take
| place to make an increase in shad catches.
Most all of our sailing craft is now III the
water. Several boats were flying before
the wind this morning.
The temperature has fallen considerably
since yesterday and it was welcome fall.
| The fair for the bcliiit OF tho lady's or
der of the Home Communion opens this
evening in Odd Fellows hall and will con
tinuc for three weeks. The room is being
decorated with evergleens, flags, etc, and
already presents very nice appearance.
The new opera house at York will be
opened on Tuesday evening, May 81. with
John S. Clarke, the comedian, as 4M!.jo'
Wellington DE Boots and Paul P,y in
"a Widow Hunt" and Paul Pry,' re.
spectivcly, both plays being booked for
the same night. The opera house dia
gram is now open at Richards book store
with number of choice seats reserved fOI
Columbians who may wish to go. A spe
cial train will he run and ii. kets sold at
fifty cents.
Three dolls, almost as large as Mrs.
Tom Thumb, will be placed on exhibition
1T the fair in Odd Fellows hall. opening
night. One of these is dressed asa bride
and the other two Us her maids. The!
were dressed by employees in Mr.. A. Jes-
scl's establishment, and their appearance
in the handsomcst and richest Of female
attire with perfect fit is big feather ii
Mr.. Us. cap.
Samuel Boyd was standing on ca
loaded with coal, which was standing OF
the Reading & Columbia railroad Goa
chutes, directly over one Of the pockets O
bins, in which it's load was to be dropped
The trap doors in tho bottom of the ca
were opened while Boyd attention
Was attracted in another direction
and before he noticed what wa
going on he gently descended will
. the coal through the open doors in til
bottom of the car into the pocket of th'
chutes. Luckily the fall of coal was no
great or he would have been completcl
buried. As it was he was enveloped up t.
his chin and unable to do any thing to ex
tricatc himself, but men employed Oh tn
chute dug him out. On being released HI
:. was as black as the coal itself.