Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-27
COLUMBIA NEWS.
gu X KEGULAR COkREsPONDENe

OU X KEOUAAA COhHESPONDENCE.
Mr.. Henderson, of Reed & Henderson
Lancaster, was in town today.
Mrs. William B. Given leaves to-day or
a visit to Baltimore aud Washington.
A surprise party of about twelve or fif
teen persons called upon Mrs. Benjamin
Dean last evening at her residence OF
South Third street near Cherry, and had
very pleasant time. Mrs. Dean is one o
the Oldest residents of Columbia and hel
guests were all old COlumbians.
The next opera house engagement is fol
tomorrow evening, when Uncle Toms
Cabin " will he presented.
Mrs. Mccoy, wife of Rev. John Mccoy,
OF this place, received a telegram yesterday
announcing tue drowning of her brother
(Grove by nameI &C Baltimore and the
failure to recover his body up to tina:
time.
A congregational meeting of St. John S
English Lutheran church will he held this
evening in Shuler's hall ON Locust street
above third.
William Fraim, former resident of Co
lumbia, but now living at Marietta, was
struck on the ankle at Port Deposit yes
terday by the lash stick of raft and quite
severely injured. His ankle, when he
passed through here at GEO last evening
on his way home, was terribly swollen
Fraim was employed ON the raft on which
he was hurt.
A man named Martin, dealer in paint-
iugs ETC., from Baltimore, was bicycling
his way down Locust street last evening
when he ran into a drove of boys, who
had been following tho Buffalo Bill party,
scattering some, upsetting others and
finally Overturning himself and vehicle by
colliding with chunky boy with plenty
Of resistance. No one hurt.
The first meeting Of the Harrisburg con
vocation Of the Protestant Episcopal
church was held last evening in St. Paul S
church at this place, the Rev. Francis
Kicker, of Mcchanicsburg, officiating. At
the meeting Of this morning at which
Holy Communion services were held the
Rev. Mr.. Platt. of LewistOwn, Officiated. A
business meeting will he hell this after
noon and there viii be preaching this even
ing.
By virtue Of resolution passed at the
last meeting of General Welsh post, No.
118, G. A. r., w. Hayes Grier, the post
commander, announced the following COM
mittces for decoration services Marking
graves-L. w. May. A. II. Hogendobler,
Ed. Cassweli. John Sweeney, j. s. Helna-
man, Theo. Eyde, w. II. Hougendobler,
and John e Clark. Fiowcrs-B. F. Null
len, w. II. Pfahler, J. l.. Pinkerton, Jos.
Sourbser, J. p. BAIT, Cyrus Bruner, Dan
iel Sample, jeff Hogendobler, William
johnson and John Klceman. Music.
w. YOcum, II. Mullen and S. B. Clepper.
Orator-H. Mullen, DR.. J. b. Mcbride,
DIR. Alex Craig and j. A. Meyers. Pro
gramme-J. L. Wright, VIM. NJ. Mcclure
and +. A. Becker.
Buffalo Bills appearance in the opera
house last night was before full house.
The audience was called upon to follow y
portion OF the career of the "Prairic
Waif," who, as little fivc-year-old girl,
was stolen by white men disguised as In
dams. Her subsequent life, until she
reached the age of sixteen, was spent
among the Indians, but at this time the
tribe to which she was attached was almost
cxtcrminatcd, and it was while she was
making her way to the white settlements
with i friendly Indian that her Indian
friend was killed by renegade white men,
who were about carrying her off into
another life of captivity, when she was
rescued by Buffalo Bill. Bill fell in love
with her, proposed and was accepted, and
was about being married when she was
again carried off by the Danites was
again rescued by Buffalo Bill, who placed
her in the arms of her father, who turned
out to be General Brown, and Bill having
previously received that gentleman's con
sent to their union, We are led to believe
that a wedding soon took place. The fire.
quent storms of applause are sufficient
proofs that the audience was pleased. In
the course of the play Buffalo Bill gave an
exhibition Of fancy shooting with a rifle
and he made some good shots.
The Ladies' aid society of St.JOhn's Eng
lish Lutheran church will give 4 sOciable
in Shulcr's hall tomorrow evening at
which all kinds of refreshments will be
served. Whatever amount is netted will
60 towards furnishing the room for the
purpose of a Sunday school. An admis-
sion fec of ten cents will be charged, but
ones ticket will cntitlc him to its worth in
refreshments. rt