Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-11-08
COLUMBIA NEWS

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Mr.. Hanson Echman.
:" At council meeting last evsnin. Inih. Q
OF Importance was transacted.
MIR. Max Hanauer leaves trr B,!.i,n,rc
this afternoon.
Surveyors Were at work 1T the property
intended for the new Recalling Il Columbia
railroad this morning.
y small frame house in CurdcIia caught
lire sometime this morning a:ld buried to
the ground. Particulars cannot be found
Mr. y. y. Reese, the accommodating
biltiaid man, is putting another pool table
IN his handsome hall.
Oar ice merchants expect to begin to
ship ice to our neishboring towns inside of
4 week or two.
Columbians are Dutch. They are co,a-
planning about the scarcity Of Sou:krout
Very little of that dclicacy can be prncurcd
in this vicinity.
The Citizens band paraded in uniform
this morning over different streets as an
advertisement for MiShler's Eviction -
this evening.
The pavements Oh Walnut street, be-
tween Second and Third, should DO at
tended to. III some places cavities Of
nearly foot in depth have been formed
by the recent rain.
n young boy, living in Kitchentown,
while playing with his fathers carpenter
ing tools had his thumb cut off at the first
joint, by 4 latchet slipping and striking
that member.
The stir amongst the telegraph opera
tors ut Columbia has ceased. The extra
was place at the vacant Office and tie
regular was sent to his old Oflic. at
Rounk's Station.
The members of tho Mt. Ziol \. NJ. +.
church arc making preparations for fair
to be held during the holidays. Young
stcrs with books soliciting votes on differ
cnt articles are already visitin. our
merchants and citizens.
The " Excelsior ElOcution club" will
meet at the residence of Miss SalIic Patton
this evening at 7:3O sharp. Books OH i'll
structiOn are expected to hc here by that
time and each member is required to
purchase set Or bring them along.
Despite the inclemency of the weather
rather large audience assembled in tic
Methodist church to hear Rev. Prettyman,
the renowned revivalist, preach his open
ing sermon. The meetings promise to he
Il great success.
This evening we have O'Grl,ly's " Eyic
tion.' Manager Mishler is RAINING it and
with unparalleled success. Everywhere it
is received with enthusiasm. The play is
based OH unfortunate Ireland's land leasne
troubles and has plot that no other Irish
play ever eQualed.
Agents are arriving here almost daily
with posters announcing the appearance Of
their respective trOupes. Two more shows
are booked to appear within the next
week. The Hycrs sisters combination on
next Saturday evening and Cal!ender's
Georgia minstrcls on Monday evening
Nov. If.
Ford's opera company in Mascotte :"
for tho benefit Of the u. A. X. post, will
be greeted next Thursday evening, by one
of the largest and most select audiences
that ever before assembled in our opera
house. Nearly four hundred seats have
already been sold in town. and that mum
Der will be increased by one hund.ed and
fifty more from Wrightsville and Marietta.
On Sunday, Andrew NJ. CARRIER, COM
mitted y felOnious assault and battery
upon his father Jacob CARRIER He threat
cncd to kill the whole family Fearing he
would make his threat good his father
had him arrested last nigh: OFFICER Fisher
went to the house and brought him to
town, placed him in the lock up over
night and this morning he had y heaiin.
before Squire Gricr, who committed him
to Jail, but upon his father demurring, the
sentence was changed and he was taken to
the insane asylum in Lancaster.
Election morning dawned dull and heavy
but even this kind of weather did not keep
the voters from being at the polls.
There is considerable interest as to how
Columbia will vote. Garfield had 1 II ma
.iority last fall, but the Wolfe people claim
from 100 to 1Oj votes here, which will be
drawn almost wholly from the Republican
party, and the apathy among the Repub
licans has been in marked contract with
the energy and activity prevailing in the
Democratic ranks under the leadership of
Squire Grier.
"Will council furnish us i room to
practice in ?" is the question that now
agitates the band members. The regular
monthly meeting Of the borough
fathers " is drawing near, and whatever
action on the question they intend taking
should be done then and not be put off any
longer. At present the band arc not doing
much practising. They are somewhat in
debt and do not intend going farther
There is one room in the opera house not
occupied and council may Us well give
them that. Other towns help along
their bands and Columbia should do the
same.
Co. C.'s regular monthly inspection WAS
held last evening. Capt. Case, not being
present, First Lieutenant Harry Graybili
inspected the ten men who turned out.
The attendance of the company is gradual.
ly growing smaller, for what reason we do
not know. The company's first term Of
enlistment expired on April "a, 1882, and
judging from present appearances, that
will end the history Of Co. G. That it has
gained Il name is evident, for was it not
selected as one of the representative com
panies from Pennsylvania at the Yorktown
centennial? The drill room of the armOry
is very unpleasant to drill in, as the cellar
is always half full of water, caused by the
insufficient drainage. 1t was ordered to
TO repaired, but us yet nothing has been
done.
How many of our citizens know in what
condition the Mount Bethel cemetery is
kept? Very few, excepting those who
have near and dear relations lying there in
that sleep that knows no waking. In a
recent walk through the City of the Dead,
we noticed several things that should be |
to. AS far as the drives and walks |
arc concerned we have nothing to say, as |
they are always in the best condition. But |
We wish to speak of the graves, fences and |
burial yard. A number of hcatlstOne arc |
lying short distance from the graves, and |
appear to have been recently broken off.
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