Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-29
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR REG ULAH CoHHEspoHDaSuE.

OUi: REG Cl.AE CORRESPONDENTS.
In council chamber to-morTow evening
the old council will hold its last meeting.
The new council will meet for organization
on April 4.
Calvin Dickinson, I. native Columbiai,
who formerly carried on the business Of a
coniectioner here, but who left for Cali
furnia abo:lt one year age, is now engaged
in prospecting for gold in that s:a;c--thc
substance Of letter received by :; friends
here.
Miss Annie Mickey. Of Hokentauqua,
Pa. is visiting in Columbia, the guest of
Mrs. Edwin Thomas.
Mcssrs NJ. and J. Bard, OF Barsl's hotel,
Ironvillc, are to-day moving their house
hold goods and fixtures into The Farmers
hotel on Locust street above Third.
Mrs. Hinkie, the late proprietor of the
hotel, vii! retire and they will assume
possession On April 1st.
Mr.. A. J. Musscr has leased the room
oD North Third STREET formerly occupied
rs the office Of the Hanover Junction &
Suslueiianna railroad company and will
there open an upholstering establishment.
The room is nearly opposite Mr.. Mussers $
furniture manufactory and is conveniently
situated to give MIN supervision over both
establishments.
James. the six-year-oId son OF James
Bowan, died yesterday of iiphthcria at his
fathers residence on South Fourth street
near Locust.
Rev. J. Y. Eckert will tomorrow move
his household goods from here to Lancas.
ter, which place will be his future resi-.
dcncc. Rev. Mr. Eckert has been APP
pointed pastor of the English Lutheran
church at Mfllersville. His son, Edward
A. Eckert, the well-known clerk in J. A.
Meyers drug store, has given up his posi-
tion and will go with his father.
Yesterday was the forty sixty anrivar
sary of the birth of George Donley, who
resides near the Henry Clay furnace, and
the knowledge of this fact called together
large number of his friends, who pleas
antly spent last evening with him. The
Donley, were invited in and did ample
justice to the rcpast which was spread for
them. They had their share Of the enjoy
with Mn. Donlcy very handsome bouquet.
At meeting Of Susquehana lodge, No.
so. I. o. @. F., held last evening in the
lodge room the following named officere
were elected to serve during the ensuing
term: Noble Grand, James r. Schroeder !:
Vice Grand. Isaac L. Auwerter Sccrc-
tary, r. J: NJ. Little Assistant Secre-
tary, Il. F. Dean Treasurer, S. II. Boyd;
Jantcr. E. A. Beaver
Mount Zion A. NJ. f. Sunday school
will give an exhibition in the church on
Fifth street, between Union and Mill
streets. on to morrow wednesday, even
ing. The price Of admission is twenty
cents for adults and ten cents for children.
4 programme Of forty-six selections has
been prepared to render which at least
two hours will be required
BY the breaking of a pole which was
being used in polling in cars somewhere
between here and Harrisburg this morn
ing, John Kerrjgan was severely but not
dangerously injured.
Workmcn employed by Messrs. Cpp 4
Black. Oh the new line of the Penrsylva-
MIA railroad. just east of Columbia, in dig
ging into bank yesterday at \ point on
f. X. Smiths land, nearly opposite the
ore works Of Messrs. TruscOtt & Co., dis
covered cave which probably has been
unknown to man for one hundred years
or more. A number of young men pro-
cured lanterns and explored the cave.
which at It's mouth is narrow, but which,
wiGens rs you 60 in. 1t extends into the
bank 4 distance of twenty-five feet or
more, is about five feet from floor to root
on the average-of course varying as suci,
| passages always dO-and is in the neigh
borhood Of eight feet wide. 1t no doubt
formed cozy dwelling place for some one
many years ago. Nothing Of any interest
was found in the underground house ex-
cept piece Of iron clinc!led upon stick
of chaarrcd wood.
Two. hundred seats have already been
marked off for the Nella F. Brown enter
talnment in the opera house On next Mon.
day evening, ,and the probability is tina
before the end of this week all the tesira-