Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-18
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDING

OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE.
Live bait are scarce.
A large number of excursion tickets
have been already sold for the United
Brethren picnic at Springwood on We'd
nesday.
The Shawnee rolling mill started up
this morning, having been stopped last
Friday by the breaking of one of its
spindles.
The Columbia local ran into car Oh a
siding at Mountville this morning. The
wreck Car went down and in a half hour
the damage was repaired.
The Osceola tribe l. o. r. M. have hired
no band yet aud they do not intend to
engage the Ironvillc band for their excur-
sion.
Final arrangements have been completed
for the picnic of the L. Z. Lutheran Sun
day school at Lititz on Thursday. The
first and regular train will leave the Read
ing depot at 7:55. The st. Johns church
hold theirs on the same day, but they go
TO Silver Springs.
Tie Mechanics band, of Marietta, in
their new and handsome uniforms was IN
town on Saturday evening serenading sew
e.al of our citizens. Their playing is really
excellent.
On account of the pleasant weather, the
services in all our churches, both in the
morning and evening, were very largely
attended yesterday.
Owing to the small pox at Wilkesbarre
the encampment of the National Guard
there is postponed from Aug to 16. 1t
will continue for q week and the men will
be paid for five days.
The United Brethren had . clipping" at
ga. m. yesterday at the Perry street
wharf, and the A. NJ. E. church had an
other at the same place at 8 a. IN. A
large number of people were present.
The Henry Clay furnace vas connected
this morning with the Columbia telephone
exchange. This makes thirty different
connections, nearly as many as the York
exchange has, and ours has only been run
nng about six months.
Mr. Charles Stow, ex manager Of the
Erie ObserCer and the G:rard Cosmopolite,
and now general agent for the Sells Broth
os' Millionaire Confederation Of Stupen
dUus Railroad Shows, was i'll town on Sat
urday and Sunday, completing arrange
mcuts for the appearance OF the above
show, which will exhibit here on August
.. Mr.. Stow is well known aud popular
in these parts.
While Mr.. Andy Reese was working in
his stable his horse broke the halter and
ran off. AT the corner of Second and Lo-
Gust streets he fell and cut several ugly
rashcs in his right side. The horse was
captured and taken back to the stable.
Mr.. George Mason, clerk in the Penn
sylvania warehouse, lost watch chaiu
charm with cornclian stone in it. 1t was
present from his deceased father, and fer
Ali, co, CON tho ic vary Drpat
On Saturday afternoon fist fight took
place on Cherry street between two drunk
en- men, who after beating each other uu-
mercilully, until they could hardly stand,
were parted by their friends.
One of the large engines No. 1874, made
at the Altoona manufactures, passed
through here last evening, ell route fer
the New York division. The driving
wheels measured 6 feet 81 inches in
height.
Albert Woolhafe, aged 90 years, q
brakeman on the Reading & Columbia
railroad, wEO has been sick fer the past
week, died at his residence at 4:sO a. m.
yesterday of typhoid fever. lie will be
buried tomorrow at p. m.
Another .ignt occurred on Saturday
evening at the St. Charles furnace between
Mike Hendricks and Daniel Tucy. They
got into dispute about some ore, which
ended in iigh. Tuey was thrown VIC
lently to the ground and had one of his
arms broken. Both men were badly
bruised about the face.
The installation services in the +. r.
Lutheran church yesterday by Revs. Con.
rad and Hay, ID. DIS, were very interest
ing and highly appreciated by the large
congregation present The floral decOra-
tions were many and very elaborate, while
the really excellent choir of tho church
fairly surpassed all previous efforts. The
day will be long remembered by the Luth
cran congregation.
In Harrisburg, on Friday evening, us
two town gentlemen and three ladies from
Columbia, Misses Name Nolen, Name
Hogentogler and Miss Skein, were going
down Second street in a carriage, the hind
wheel was wrcnched off, throwing the car
riage on one side. Miss Nolen, in her
fright, Ieapcd entirely over the wheel,
jumping a distance of ut least five feet
Miss Hcgentogler, in her attempt to cleal
herself from the wreck, was caught AID
slightly bruised, while Miss Skein had the
presence of mind to crawl out the back
window.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Fry returned tl
tllClf nome Ill AlIOOud ycSIcEuty ANl. D.
Buchcr Hummel, of Harrisburg, is the
guest of Mr. w. II. Fendrich MIR. Thcs
Hamakcr left town this morning Oh :
visit to friends in Harrisburg Mr.. JOG
f. McFaddcn, of Philadelphia, is homo
spending part of his summer vacation
with his parents Mr.. Lincoln Germany
of Lebanon, who just graduated from tht
naval academy at Annapolis with honor,
is the guest OF his aunt, Mrs. Genera
Welsh. lie is waiting to be ordered for a
two years cruise around the world, wher
he will 60 as second lieutenant. His
brother Samuel Germany is also the guest
of Mrs. Welsh.
A Festival and a Fight.
4 festival in Sadsburyville, for the bcne
fit of the new band, was ended on Satur
day night. During the last evening Chas
Williams, 4 young man, renewed an OLE
grudgc that existed between him and {
couple of sons of Mr.. Tinney. During
the alteration he fired his revolver at one
of the Tinneys and shot a young ma,
named VIM. Brogan in the leg. William!
was most severely beaten, being rendered
unrecognizable with mud and blood. DIR