Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-06-21
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COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR REGULAR coRREspoNuEN

OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE.
Messrs. J. w. Yocum, of the Columbia
Spy, and w. Hayes Grier, of the Columbia
Herald, left town yesterday afternoon to
join te Editorial association, which meets
this year at Long Branch.
Mr.. Joe L. Bucher, who now resides in
Lancaster, was on . short visit to his
parents yesterday.
A man was struck by lightning last
week, near Wright's farm. Nothing def
mite, however, can be ascertained.
A large surprise party was held at
Krauser's saloon last night. Everybody
had an enjoyable time and the dancing
was kept up until two O'Clock this morn
ing. - -E-L.'s
A man was found lying on the track in
the east yard of the Pennsylvania railroad,
intoxicated, last evening. He was picked
up and placed in the lookup over night
This morning he was to have his hearing.
This morning Mr.. Wendall Renke was
married to Miss Mary Roach, in the Ger
man Catholic church by Rev. William
PEPPER. At the same time and place and
by the same reverend gentleman, Mr.. Jas.
Quarry was united in marriage to Miss
Mary Miller.
One day last week Mr.. Joe. Brown pur-
chased a quantity of rhubarb and had pie S
made from the same. After eating num-
Der of them some of his family complained
of being sick. A doctor was sent for, but
before he arrived Mr.. Brown also CON-
planned of feeling unwell. In short time
they became worse, and the doctor who by
this time had arrived, pronounced the
whole family poisoned. The sick ones
okol &l,o 80 H..
pathizing neighbors, and this morning We
were informed that the whole family had
recovered.
The pay car of tho r. & G. R, R. was in
town yesterday, paying its employees for
for the month of May.
Some vile character, about 35 years of
age, created quite sensation on South
Second street, last evening, by stopping
several ladies and making indecent expo-
sures. If any Of the male portions of the
families had happened along, it would
have Jared bad with the wretch.
A coal car ran off the track this MOI ming
in front of the Pennsylvania depot, spilling
its contents, and blocking the road for
half an hour or more.
Samuel Potts, of the Philadelphia di-
vision Of the Pennsylvania railroad, was
in town this morning.
Mr.. Robt. Wadle, formerly Of this
placs, and now living in Harrisburg, was
in town to day.
The streets of Columbia are in very
poor condition, ut present, caused by the
heavy fall of rain of the past two weeks.
On South Second street it is very danger
oas for carriages and wagons to go over,
the stones are all sticking out, the dirt
having been washed awav
Esquire Frank has issued his mandate
prescribing reporters in general, and the
correspondent of the INTELL1GENCER in
particular, on the ground that we distort
and magnify. The two active aldermen of
the First and Second wards, from
whom VIC CLEAN many of our items,
seem to have soured our hereto
fore genial and communicative friend
Frank, if We are to judge from his request
to an officer to furnish them reporters
no news" II the alderman can stand it
the presumption is that the INTELLIGENT
GER will not be compelled to suspend on
account of failure to record the work of
the court of the Third ward.
Squire Frank this morning committed
Younger and johnson to Jail for fifteen
and Rcadman aud McManus for thirty
days each conditionally. They are the
lads who placed Instructions on the rail
road track at Mountville, as yesterday re-
ported. They arc young white boys, none
of whoss ages will reach fifteen years. The
only excuse they offer is that we wanted
90 to Lancaster and, as the train would be
going too fast VIC were going to throw it
off the track" This is not the first attempt
to throw a train off the track by young
Readman. He tried the same thing about
a year ago but was discharged.