Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-08
COLUMBIA NEWS.
ORR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE
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Mr.. Huston Miffilin shipped .3 cases &
tobacco this morning.
Siding No. at the PENNSYLVANIA rail
road is having new ties laid.
Mr.. d. F. Shure, superintendent of tn
Tide Water canal, was in town this morn
ing.
4 fourteen -months-old child of Mrs
Mason, living alley /, died of diphtheria
yesterday at 3 p. m.
The Our Boys baseball club, though moi
being reorganized this year, expect 10 pla,
a match game on the "dumps" on Satur'
| day afternoon, with a nine from Middle
| town.
Tie advance agent, Mr.. w. E. Frank
lin, of Shelby. Pullman & Hamilton's cir
Gus and menageric, is here making prepa
tion to show here on Saturday, July 23d
The bill car is expected Oh Saturday night
Mrs. D. II. Detweiler, who has been
very sick for some time past, is rapidly re
covering.
Misses Lizzie and Kate Fry, of Phila
| delphia, are the guests Of Miss Tillie Will
son.
Messrs, W. II. Moore and c. c. Kauff.
man, are having a very handsome boat
house erected for their new boat.
Miss Lizzie Fortiner, Of Camden, N.
j., is the guest of Miss Kate Shuman.
MIR. Harry Schlotthauer, in celebrating
his 24th birthday, gave very handsome
supper to the Chicquesalunga Tribe, l. o.
II. NJ, No. 80, who in turn presented him
with fine pin, the order of the tribe.
At meeting of the Osceola tribe, l. o..
II. NJ, last evening bids for band and
orchestra to accompany them on their
excursion, the 3Oth inst. were read, and
the Citizens band and VOLTS orchestra
received the engagement.
Officers Keech, Brady and Struck made
a big haul Of prisoners this morning. A
number of boys and men from Lancaster
and Philadelphia were coming westward
on freight train and when told to get off
refused, and when force was urged they
turned upon George Duck, brakeman on
engine No. 3.5, and gave him rough hand
ling. Brady was dispatched to and in
company with the above officers succeeded
in alrcstins thirteen of the law breakers.
They had 4 hearing and were committed
10 Jail, receiving from five t" ten days, in
accordance with their crime.
The storm of yesterday while serving to
cool the heated atmosphere, and being
welcome by farmers, caused considerable
damage in this locality. The river was
raised between four and five inches the
sewer at the corner OF Front and Walnut
streets became cloggcd, causing the water
to run all over the pavement, and into Gel
lar. \ fence on Fifth street was blown
down, Mr.. Harry Bachenheimer had the
door of his boat house torn off. \ raft,
moorcd at " Big Island, became loose and
started down the river, but was caught at
the bridge. \ number Of boats dragged
their anchor A boat house this side OF
the dam had its roof blown off, three
trees We're uproOted in Kitchentown, and
a number of other accidents were caused
by the heavy storm.
The School Board.
At the special meeting Of the school
board last evening all the members were
present except Mr.. Wike. The business
on liaud was the consideration of and
action Oh bids for building the Fifth ward
school house; to ill remaining vacancies
for teachers in schools the closing of
old tax duplicates and consideration OF re-
quest from Pl of. Il. G. Ames. The board
proceeded 10 the consideration of uncol-
lected taxes. On motion the duplicates of
1889 so We're referred to the finance
committee, with instructions to report Il
list for cXOneration at next regular meet
ing Of the board and have the duplicates
finally closed.
The Fifth street building cOmmittc re-
ported as follows:
To the President and Members ofth Coirmtid
Sch0O, EUard:
GENTLEMEN Your building committee
beg leave to report that in accordance
with the order of your board they advcr
tsed in each of the borough papers for
proposals to build new Fifth street
school house, according to the plans
and specifications adopted by your boarlj;
that they have received the following
bids Jacob Sheath, 81, ,S47; z. n. Smith,
s:;.GS9 Bachman & EOrry, 81, 4SJ Cram
er & pauliS. $1,000; that Messrs. Cramcr
4. Paulis, being the lowest bidders, your
committee recommend that the contract
fo: the building of said school house be
awarded to them that the said Cramcr
4 Pauli, be required to enter into !. writ
ten agreement with the board to erect said
school housc, according to tho plans, &C.,
and to have the same fully finished and
ready frr occupancy on November l, A.
ID. 1881 WM. 4. GIVEN,
Chairman,
J. A. MEYERS,
A. BRUNER,
JACOB Balm
The report Of the building committee
was adopted and the recommendations
contained therein were made the order of
the board. The secretary was directed to
notify Messrs. Cramer & PauliS that their
proposal to build the new 9TH street build
ing had been accepted, and the solicitor
was instructed to draw up proper legal
agreements between the contracting par
ties.
On motion Of Mr. Sladc, the former
motion to establish two normal clas s
schools Was reconsidered. and, by the
motion of tho same gentleman. it was
ordered that one primary school be organ
lied as, "a normal class school.
Miss Name Hogentosler was nominated
and unanimously elected teacher of pri-
mary No. 10 1T !, salary of $50 per month
Misses Lille Smith, Ella Ackerman,
Mydie Rudeustein and Margaret Purple
were nominated for normal class teachers,
2 to he elected, salary $40 per month.
Misses Lille Smith and Ella Ackerman
were unanimously elected.
Miss Sallie NJ. Stevenson was nomina ted
and unanimously elected teacher Of the
Fifth street primary, at a salary of $50 per