Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-12-14
COLUMBIA NEWS.
uR REGULAR CORREsPON,,ENCE e

OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE
The Shawnee rolling mill strikers have
concluded to go to work again. On ac-
count Of the repairs, it is not known if the
mill will start up before Christmas. Mr..
Jacob McClain, who was discharged On
account of the strike, says he had nothing
to do with it.
The Excelsior elocution class had M les
son at the meeting ut Miss Mamie Brock
ius's last evening. About $ O'Clock the
gentlemen rose to so to the opera house !;
some of the ladies would not stand it uu
less they went along. The gentlemen We're
satisfied, and the whole club attended in Il
body. After tho performance they AL
journed to Prof. Warrcn's oyster saloon
and had q "Spread." Tho club meets
next ut Mr.. Hiram Wilson.
Scott Snydcr's funeral yesterday after
noon was very largely attended. \ repre-
sentation from the Visilant fire company
were present and Messrs. III. Pfalller, S.
Blctz, f.. Carter aud j. Schroeder, Of the
Codorus camp club, acted rs pail bearers.
This c!ub presented 4 handsome floral pill
low. In the centre were the letters &C.
&, c." 1t was placed on u table ut the
head of the coffin and \ white dove, look
ing down upon the face Of the dead, WIS
in the middle. Of the pillow.
The library committee began their work
this morning. They intend visiting every
citizen personally and asking them to
subscribe. a large number will no doubt
avail themselves Of the opportunity, and
the price OF subscription has been reduced
from 50 per year to 81. They arc having Il
new edition of 500 copies Of catalogues
printed and that number Of a circular let
ter, which arc to be distributed to our cit-
zens, 122 new books, including the latest
publication, arc expected to arrive to day,
and with these the library will amount to
two or three thousand books.
The following now books were received
this morning by the library committee for
the Shack library 10 vols. George Eliot's
works, 9 vols Carlylc's French Revolution,
1 vols. CarIyes Essays, Browns Life OF
Garfield, Ainc, Madeline, Aunt Serena.
Beautiful Wretch, Under the Greenwood
Tree, Pair OF Blue Eyes, Desperate lic.nc-
dies, The Hand Of Ethclbcrthcr. ID vols.
Englisl, of New Letters, Cape Cod Folks,
Henrietta Temple, 3 vols. Taine's English
Literature, Trumpet Major, S vols. Chas.
Rcado's works, . vols. lIudsOn's Life and
Character of Shakespeare, 9 vols. History
VI OuC lLUIUttil
The library now has tho whole OF Carlyle $
tiHlc to time.
Masonic Election.
At tho meeting of Corinthian Il. \.
Chapter, No. 224, held last evening the
following officers were elected for the ell
suing year NJ. f. II. P.-Elas y. Herr;
king, J. W. Yocum scribe, DR.. W. G..
Taylor; treasurer, C!las. II. Pfahicr ;
secretary, a. J. Kaufman; representative
to the Grand Chapter, Jno. A. Sladc
trustees, Milton WiEc, A. Jesscl and Jas.
PcrrOttct.
EO-ousi, Briefs.
Trinity Reformed church being repaired;
VIM. Smcdley's right hand middle finger
badly torn while making packing rings at
Supplcc works.-Tc!cgraph operator
Frank McCaulcy convalescing, but will
not go Oh duty for Il month.-Cam,l
empticd to-day.-Participants in Presby-
tcrian cantata meet at Mr.. John Fcn,lricll'e e
tomorrow cvcning.-I4lIic Hinton had Il
good performance, and miserable house
last night; Wittis, the bill poster. is
blamed with not doing justice to her
"paper;' Front street had only ono stand
of the - Leah" bills, and "patiencc u
covered ono of Miss Hinton's opcr;. house
boards, and her small bills were not well
managcd.-Railroadc Able will have to
lose two fingers and 4 thumb.
Postscript.
II. s. c. pay Cur here this morning T..
X X. comes tO-mOrrOw.-StrOn1 wind
raising white caps on the riyer.-II. f.
CasweIl, the picture agent, is again work
ing COlumbia.-L. w. Richards will spend
the holidays with his parents in st. Louis
Squire Young discharged two drunks and
| sent two to Lancaster for five and twenty
days respectively yesterday he sent three
drunks for thirty days cach.-" DAD
Zeiser's sulky broke down turning the
corner 1T Wagner hotcl.-St. Johns Lu-
theral festival begins in Odd Fellows
hall next Thursday, 15th.-A leak in the
Shawnee furnace boilers will cause :. stop
page until the latter part OF next week.
Shawnee rolling mill closed again yestcr
day, and no one knows when it will re
sumc.-Mr. Moses i;.cllcnlIcimcr S mother
died in Philadelphia last evening.