Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-18
COLUMBIA NEWS.
QUE REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE

MISS Nei!a BrOwD made her appearance
in the opera house OH Saturday evening
before 4 fair sized audience, and 80 far as
we can learn succeeded in pleasing all her
hearers. The lady had been here before.
Rev. NJ. h. Stein, Of Maytown, preached
last evening Tor st. Johns Lutheran con-
gregatiOn in st. Paul's German Lutheran
church, ON Locust street below Sixth. The
Sunday school of the church held it, FIRST
session in Shu!er's hall ON Locust street
above Third. Special Easter services were
held.
Mr.. Sinickson Smith, of Bsllefonte, Pa,
brother nj Mr.. E. K. Smith. Of this place.
is visiting in Columbia, the guest Of Mr..
w. II. Haldcman.
Charles A. Watkins Fifth avenue COM
bination, Supporting Miss Ada Gray, will
present. East Lynne in the opera house on
Wednesday evening next. for the benefit
of General Welsh post No. 11S, G. A. r.
Miss Gray, who takes the part Of Lady
Isabel, is in every way fitted to do justice
to this difficult character, herself and all
concerned.
Rev. w. c. BabcOck officiatetl in the NJ.
E. church yesterday morning and evening
and addressed the united Sunday schools
Of Goodman chapel and the Methodist
church, in the room Of the latter, in tho
afternoon. The church services Of the
evening were attended by the cOngrega-
tiOns Of the Presbyterian and United
Brethren churches. Rev. Mr.. BabcOck's
subject Of discourse at all of these meet
ings was Temperance"
Rev. Mr.. Mcconnell, Of Gettysburg,
Officiated yesterday morning and evening
at the English Evangelical church, ON
North Second street.
River Pilot John Shartzer, Of Washing
ton borough. struck rock with a large
canal boat. which he was running down
the raft channel, on Saturday morning
and 1t sank in about ten feet Of water. All
hands escaped. The boat was empty.
Very impressive Easter services, for
which the church had been making elabo-
rate preparations, were held in st. Paul's
Episcopal church yesterday. At the
morning service number OF members uf
Cyrenc comman'lery, No. "a, X. T., of
this place, were present.
The funeral of the late Aaron Gable
took place yesterday afternoon from his
late residence on Locust street above
Third, and was largely attended. Church
services were held at Marietta, to which
place the funeral cOrtege proceeded, and
there the remains were Inferred.
+. T.Barnum S circus, consolidated with
the Great London, passed through here
from the east in two sections yesterday
afternoon for Washington, ID. &. Special
engines were in waiting, and the trains
were not detained here. There was q
large crowd at the railroad totako in what
could he seen. Which. excepting the cars
and the Gtttches, was very little.
The examinations Of the pupils of the
grammar school is taking place to- day and
on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, the pupils Of the first, second,
third and fourth secondary schools will be
examined i'm the order named.
A little child of Cyrus Conklin, of this
place, was run over ut MOuntville by u
buggy yesterday morning. but not seri-
Ously hurI.
A Lancaster shoe dealer (whO evidently
has an odd name, as it has been heard by
several persons, but cannot be remember
ed) was II town yesterday driving with
three Ia,lies. His buggy was upset cou-
pie of times, and in it's last turnover com
pleteIy wrecked. It is said one Of tho
ladies was INJURED.
Little Locals
This Morring the mayor discharged two
drunks, who paid their cOsts, and threo
vagrants.
Lucas Fritz, Of this city, has been held
in bail for assault and battery by Aher-
man Barr. Margaret Fritz, his wife, and
Maggie Ft.tz, Shis daughter, have been
held foi surety Of the peace. The COM
plainant IN all these cases is Henry Loss
ner.
A large c;,nal boat which was taken
a <1,., -, Co "a
at McCall's Ferry aud was badly stove.
1t is lying 1T that point now filled with
water. The boat is i new one and it will
cost considerable to have it raiseed and re-
paired.
John Schocnbcrgcr celebrated Easter
Monday this morning by giving out a
lunch of forty dozen cOlOred eggs at his
saloon "n East King street.
Bricc Painter, who is charged with ar
son, WIS taken before the judges of the
court this morning on a writ Of hn6eas
corpus. The bail was fixed ut 81, 1000, and
Painter was unable to furnish it.
The drug store Of Andrew q. Frey is
closed to-day. His young wife died sud
denly ut her fathers home, in Salunga,
after an illness only continuing since last
Tuesday.
Abe Miller this morning sent four
scratched eggs to John Christ,
Philadelphia. In the window of Kauff-
mans drug store Andrew Frailey, another
excellent artist in that liue, has placed an
egg which is very pretty and is well worth
seeing.
A paper has been issued and put in
circulation calling upon those who are in
favor of organizing national bank ut New
Holland to meet in that village On Friday
next to take the necessary initiatOry steps
tached to the call.
took the first classes Of the boys and girls
high school to ROhrerstOwn botanizing on
Saturday. They went out on foot and re-
turned by rail, had a good time and found
plenty Of arbutds. The public schools
have holiday to day.
Joseph r. Roger has Withdrawn from the
sS, 900 bail bond of VIM. B. Finney, held
to anwer for homicide alleging that he
did not intenl to be held longer than this
when he became surety. Finney
IS in custody Of the sheriff at his Office,
lwaitin. the filing Of the vacancy. Messrs.
Luther Richards and G. NJ. Howell, tho
'ther h,i'. ;re willing to stay on if third
party goes on. 1t was rumorei to-day
hat Frank Reed. of Bart. would do it.
Cancelled.
The engagement of Miss Nella Brown to
cad at the court house tonight is can
;eled. and holders Of tickets can have
heir money refunded at Barr's book store,
Ientre square.