Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-01
COLUMBIA NEWS.
oun REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE

Oun REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE
Officers Fisher and Lyle made raid this
morning on gang Of tramps at the Sus-
uuehanna rolling mill and succeeded in
capturing eight. They were taken to
Lancaster on the o'clock train.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Vigilant fire company will be held this
evening.
Mr.. Fred. Bucher last evening gave to
his Odd Fellow friends OF Susqaehanna
lodge No. 80 an account of his recent trip
through Europe, his experience at differ
ent cities and places of note, etc. His ac-
count of the trip is said TO have been very
interesting, as Mr.. Bucher has good
memory and can get out OF story all
there is in it.
To-night's audience in the opera house
will be, from present appearances, very
large. Gus Williams is the attraction.
The company arrived here this morning.
A fall of very fine SNOW commenced at
about 1910, p. m The weather is in fit
condition for its continuance.
1t was given out a couple Of days ago
that no service would be held in the
United Brethren church OIL next Sunday,
but as the conference has returned Mr..
Meiley to his old charge, the present ar
rangements will probably be changed.
There has been rise OF some inches in
the river during the past couple days. The
water is muddy-all the result Of the re-
cent rain.
Mr.. A. O. Baker, master mechanic at
tho 2. R.R. round house, is i'll, and during
his absence from. duty, Mr.. Edward L.
this Office.
Mr.. p. S. Brugh, of this place, has sold
at private terms his drug store at Wrigits-
Vile, to DIR. r. 4. Fridcll. of Farming
dale, Long Island. Dr. FridelI will as
sumo possession to day.
March 1st-blustery and cole. The
March winds came in early.
The United Brethren conference ct
Steelton has decided to return Rev. G..
Seltzer Meiley to his charge at this place.
Mr. Meilcy has given entire satisfaction to
his large congress alton here and this action
of the conference will be heartily approved
by the United Brethren.
A rigid inspection of the arms and equip
ments of Company II. took place last
evening, and in the words of Captain Case
''they were found ip be in cxceptionalI;
good condition. Extra drills will be
held this and to morrow evenings and on
the latter the iiual orders for the trip to
Washington will DC published. A drum
corps has been provided for the trip.
Charles SouTbccr, freight brakeman
on the Pennsylvania, railroad, resiainS i'll
Columbia, was injured in the West Phila-
delphia yard on Saturday. Sourbecr had
been ordered to bump a car he was running
on a siding against another Car standing
on the same siding which: was position: d
so near the main track that moving trains
would hardly clear it. Sourbeer allowed
his car TO run at higher rate of speed
than usual in approaching other cars and
noticed, when to late too jump from his
position, that the car he was to "bump y
farther i'm on the siding was bumpcrlcss.
The cars collided, and in the absence OF {:
bumper upon one of them, they came SO
close together (they We're box cars) that
Sourbeer was caught between and severly
squeezed. His I'M juries are not serious,
but they are very painful! and keep him
from work.
As our readers will know a great tamG;lnt
of tho timber from the heavily wooded re-
giOns of the upper waters OF the Suslae-
hanna, when cut, is built into rats and
fiOatcd to the eastern markets when The
state of the water will permit it. Early
spring with its high waters, is the time
chosen and durin;. the four Or six weeks i'll
which the river remains in lit condition
the pilots and other rafrsmen are as Iuaj'
rs the busiest in getting t!iclr charges to
market The time is now drawing near
when wc may expe # to see fleets Of rats
dropping in, ;,aG possibly they will drop in
but the present prospect Is that they will
he compelled to remain here. The recent
ice gorge down the river had 4 DANA giu =
effect on the raft course and near Turkey
Hill large rocks have been showed directly
into the centre of it. Before rafting can
be commenced the course will have to DC
cleared and to clear it the rocks
which have caused the trouble will
have to be blasted and removed. Il great
deal Of work will have to be done before Il
clear channel can be provided and By the
time the work is done it is feared the sea
son will he over. Several river pilots have
bs n down to Turkey Hill within the past
couple Of days and have viewed the chan-
mel with critical eyes. Their re
port is that it will require a
heap of time and no end of work to
get things in rafting shape and they are
not very sanguine of accomplishing much
in the way of plotting RATS through to
Peach Bottom or Port Deposit this spring.
The up-the-rivcr people will probably be
notified of the state of affairs now existing
here and will make other arrangements to
get their timber to market. The canal
and railroad companies Will profit a: the
expense OF the river men.