Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-19
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR REGULAR cokKEspoNpEnce

OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE.
Ice formed last night and a heavy frost
was noticed early this morning.
Several fOcks of wild ducks were no.
tlced on the river this morning. There is
as yet but little cunning for them about
here. -
A number of RATS which had been tied
up along the wharves. here, started for
tne lower waters this morning. The
winds have fallen and rafting is now good,
There is now in course of construction
az Lancaster white marble altar for
holy Trinity Catholic church Of this
place, which, when finished, will be the
hsndsomest church fixture in The borough
OF columbia. The altar. which will cost
ABOUT sixteen hundred dollars, is destined
70 take the place of the wooden structure
now IN use. 1t will not be finished until
the coming fall.
on the rock below tho dam Yesterday
The Citizens bard serenaded a number
OF our people last evening-amone others
the new constab'.es. Justice of the. peace
elect George Yang. ir. would have been
serenaded but sickness in the family pre-
vented H: Ne have not heard whether
,c, squire Cr Ier was discoursed to or not.
inS ne va" is improving.
borough election of February re-
eul'e in the re election of Henry Fisher,
cc stable Of the Second ward, and the
.ectiOn Of two new Lien Messrs. Robert
kesch and Fred Struck. of the First and
Third wards respectively. Yesterday these
hnen were sworn in by the court of Lancas-
ter and at once assumed the discharge of
their duties. Christian HOllingsworth,
Republican, who was defeated for tho
Office of constable in the First ward, had
been on the Columbia police force for many
years. -
Hon. James Gamble and wife, of Will
Transport, Pa, are visiting in Columbia,
the guests Of Mr.. Abram Bruuer.
Mr.. E. n. Smith. proprietor Of plan
ing mill at this place, has received an
order for the material, already cut and
lifted, for house to be erected at
Omaha, Nebraska. The idea is to pre-
pare the material in the East and put up
the house in jiffy when the time comes.
Rather an odd way of doing things.
Mr.. AMI Mrs. Edward K. Hess, of Har-
risour'.. arc visiting the latter's mother in
this ,placc.
Er. Charles Wymer, former resident
o. Columbia, but at present of Philadel-
phis, is visiting friends in town.
SIr. Harry Pfahler, OF York, Pa, is on
visit to his home in Columbia.
MI. William Gordon, well known citi-
izen Of Columbia, is lying dangerously i'll
at his residence near the locks Of the Penn
sylvania canal.
Company Ii will attend the Presbyter-
ian church on next Sunday evening, when a
sermon will he preached especially for
them by Rev. j. Mccoy, chaplain of the
Eleventh regiment N. G. p. The COM
pany will shortly decide whether to go to
Lancaster OF stay at home on Decoration
day. Some Of the members want to visit
the county seat, but in the absence of a
formal invitation the majority Of the
members will vote to stay at home.
A baby Terribly soalded.
Another accident, in which q child was
again the victim, occurred here last even
ing. 1t appears that the seven months
old child OF Peter Bittner, who resides Oh
North Front street, above Walnut, was
being carried by a little girl in the kitchen
when, on passing near the cook stove, the
child reached out its hand and laid hold of
a dish pan and pulled itself from the girls
arms into the pan which was about half
full of boiling water. The little girl
quickly grabbed the child from the water,
but not before it was terribly scalded. A
couple of physicians who were called in
have given it as their opinion that the
child cannot live and indeed it seems
strange to them that it has lived this long.
Bold Burglary.
The residence of Henry COpenheffer, in
West Hempfeld township, was forcibly
entered by burglars last night and con-
siderable amount of property carried off.
A Waltham silver watch, numbered
S38, ,094. and purchased from Edward ].
Zahm, of Lancaster about 500 in
money, a lot of clothing, silverware, ETC.,
were among the articles which the thieves
succeeded in getting away with. More
that two hundred dollars, which was
locked up in the drawer of desk was not
discovered by them, and after littering the
floors of the house with articles of all de-
scriptions they got off. Mr.. Copencneffer
was awakened by the noise the burglars
made in entering the house, but OH
listening for it's repetition, and not hear
ing anything he concluded that he must
have been dreaming and did not get up.
The burglary was discovered this morning
by servant girl who Was first to arise.
From tracks discovered in the yar1 of the
house it is supposed that the business was
done by no less than three men and pos
sibly four.
Sudden Death.
Eliza Myers, q maiden lady residing in
Mount Joy, died suddenly this morning.