Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-04
COLUMBIA NEWS.
DIR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE

OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE.
Rev. Cyrus F. knight, D. D., IL. D..
of Lancaster, will preach in st Paul.
Episcopal church, on Thursday evening
| next.
Mr.. William H. Shuman, who had been
visiting friends in town for the past few
days, returned to his home at Philadelphia
yesterday.
| Communion services were held at St
Paul's Episcopal church yesterday.
| A break has occurred in the main water
pipe on Locust street, above Fourth.
Monday and Saturday evenings except.
ed, services will be held at 7:45 o'clock
| every evening this week in the Presbyte-
rian church.
The third of this seasons organ grind.
ers made his appearance in town this
| morning.
Rev. Henry Wheeler, pastor of the
NJ. E. church, last evening preached a
sermon to railroad men, taking for his text
Lamentations, fifth chapter, ninth verse.
The congregation entirely filled the lower
floor and portion of the gallery. A
large representation of railroad men was
present, but they did not go in body.
Rev. Mr.. Wheeler spoke of the duties Of
the men to the companies who employ
them to themselves and to their Coo, and
he ceDsured the corporations for compel
ing the men to work on Sunday. The
sermon was an able one.
Mr.. William Ellis, of York. Pa, was
visiting in Columbia on Saturday.
A false alarm Of fire which called out
the entire department was sounded on
Saturday evening, but after short run
the fact that there were no flames to ex-
tinguish was discovered and the fire appa-
ratus returned to it's houses.
Mr.. Amos Bartick dropped a keg of
nails on his thumb this morning. Ampu-
tation will not be necessary.
We have gathered the following trans
fers of properties made on April LIST: Jo-
seph NJ. Watts to William Morris, house
on Locust street, next door above the post.
Office. Mary Badger to Elizabeth Hinkle,
house on Locust street, below
Fifth. J. Houston Mifflin to Louis
Hartman No. 8 Bethel street. AL
fred G. Bruner for Abram Bruner to
Tobias Bal tch, house at Bethel street and
Ridge avenue. Alfred C. Bruner for
Abram Bruner to John e. HeisermaD.
house ON Bethel street. George Herman
to John Westerman, house No. 420 Cherry
street. Thomas Lloyd to Mary Weiser,
house on Manor street. Charles H. Nc
Cullough, administrator, to John Rat
singer, house on Fifth street, between
Union and Cherry streets. H. NJ. North
to Nicholas Hohenadel.
w. II. Dorat, who has been associated
with A. NJ. Rambo in the publication of
tie Weekly Currant, died this morning of
consumption at his late residence on Wal
nut street above Second. Mr.. DOrat was
about thirty-five years of age.
To-day for the first time freight for
Delaware and Maryland passed over the
Columbia & Port Deposit railroad-this
by virtue Of tho trasfer of the p. W. & b.
to the p. r. r.
Rev. Frederick ]. Saurber, of York,
preached yesterday in the Reformed
church.
Rev. w. J. Delp, of Gettysburg, oficia-
ted in the Z. Z. Lutheran church yester.
day morning and evening.
The new council met for organization at
Jacob Sheath was sworn in and he in turn
administered the oath of Office to High
Constable Christian Strawbridge. Mr..
Guies alone failed to turn up, and the
others, Mcssrs. Filbert. Hardman and
Mann took their places. Mr.. A. J. Mus
ser was unanimously elected president of
council. and DR.. S. Atlee BOckius secre-
tary. Tho salaries Of the officers were re-
established as they were last year, and the
new council adjourned to meet on next
Friday evening, when Mr.. Guiles will
likely be sworn in.
Mr.. C. Clifford Ha.dcman, left here at
4:30 O clock yesterday afternoon for Phila-
delphia to accept postum with the Cry
goods firm of Darlington, Runk e. Co., at
No. 1126 Chestnut street.
The Lutheran ladies' aid society will
meet on Tuesday evening at the residence
of Mrs Simon c Camp, on Walnut street,
above Fourth.
Small quantities of snow have been fall
ing, off and on, all morning.
A meeting of LutheranS was held yes
tcrday afternoon at the residence of Mr..
Charles p. Shreiner at Sixth and Locust
streets for the purpose of making arrange
ments for the formation of a Sunday
school. Scventy-fO four persons were pre-
sent. Another meeting will be held next
Sunday.
Rev. J. w. Deshong, who expected to
leave here to-day for his new charge 1T
Altoona, is suffering with an illness and is
unable to make the long journey.
The river is again falling.
River Pilot Warren Brown says that
twenty or more RATS are expected at Mar
ietta to-day. A spar raft passed here this
The date for Nella F. Browns readings
is unavoidably Cancelled for the present.