Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-02
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR KEGCLAR CORRESPONDENTS.

OH. .HEGCLAR CORRESPONDENTS.
No mere rafting unit! the wind sub.
sides.
Mr. Will. II. Shumau, of Philadelphia
is visiting III Columbia, the guest Of his
sister, Mrs. Jchn K. Ryneir.
The regular semi monthly meeting of
the teachers institute was held this morn
ing.
The employees Of the susquehanna iron
company were paid this morning for two
week work.
Rev W. ]. DELPHI. Of Gettysburg, Pa.
to morrow morning and evening.
The Columbia fire company held its reg
u!ar monthly meeting last evening, but
transacted no business of importance to
the public.
Ata business meeting Of the Columbia.
social club held last evening, the present
officers were reelected to serve for the en-
suing year.
\ local freight brakcsman residing at
Philadelphia, had an arm mashed at
Coatesville yesterday while coupling cars.
This mornings market was about the
average in life. Some OF the farmers have
been holding eggs back until nearer Easter
awaiting better prices, but it will hardly
pay.
but little property changed hands in
Columbia yesterday and money for all
purposes WAS plenty. The farmers round
about have been making their preparations
for a week before the first of the month.
and as a consequence OF this forethOught
4 rush WAS not experienced at any of the
banks. 1t was thouy lit that inasmuch as
but little tobacco had been sold about
here money would have Gcen harder to
command.
The Offices of school controller and
county auditor are incompatible. Is a
school controller a school director ? II SO
Frank Curran, Of Marietta, is incapaciatcd
from servin" as an auditor.
Rev. +. w. Stalcy left here on the 1880
train this morning on visit to his parents
ut Barren Hill, Pa. Quite a large num-
Der of his late congregation were at the
depot to See Mr.. Sta!cy of.
Rev. Mr.. SaucrbccT, Of York, Pa, will
0fiiciate tomorrow in the Reformed church
of this place. Rev. II. 5. Gerhard of the
Reformed church Of Columbia, will ill
Mr.. Sauelbecr's pulpit at York. An ex-
change.
Prob's many calls fora higher barOme-
ter have at last been fulfilled, aud warn
enough ahead but now as both are here
We pres,:mc it would be but fair to excuse
him for his inaccuracies as to time. Ven.
ior, although pieic,ing month aheat',
came about as near the truth rs one c; n
well yea i'm sayin. March would go out n
;lush. Would it not he good idea Oh
the part of the government to abolish the
signal Office and employ the eminent ply
scans of the country to take care of Ven
nOr's health? The same ends would then
be met with less expense.
When Jack Henry, of the Examiner.
was told that 4 flock of swans had been
seen here yesterday lie put it down as a
1st of April cauard and refuse to have any
thing to do with it. by doing SO he missed
local.
This morning a couple Of life insurance
agents tried to convince one of the officials
at f. X. smith & Co. S bank that lie knew
nothing about Insurance. You could not
persuade those agents to call again for love
or money.
The report OF tie movement OF cars over
the Pennsylvania railroad at Columbia Tor
the month of March shows an increase of
11.202 over the month of February and
total. east and west, loaded and empty, of
Y, 2Gj. This total is divided as fO!lows.:
East-lOaded, 81, 400 empty, ,342. West
loaded, IL 0S0; empty. 23.443. Total
loaded, Al, 4SO empty, "a, 7S5.
Freight during the first day of April and
up to this hour of the record has not been
very heavy, but it is expected to improve
and it is believed the report for the
month OF April will have as good a show
ing as that Tor the month of March.
Mr.. Robert III. Read, a former Columbia
boy, but now an employee in the patent
Office ut Washington, ID. c.. is visiting
friends in town. Mr.. Read WIS 1T ole
time correspondent OF the Eran s,ssr but
altcrward took up tho study Of L." with
Congressman BeltzhoOvcr, of Carlisle, by
whose influence lie was initiated in the
governments = office work.
The box sheet at Rici ards's book store
shows that near three hundrei seats have
been reserved for the Nella T. Brown en-
tertainmcnt in the opera house on Mo lday
evening next, and the probability is that
the auditorium will contain a large audi
cncc. A portion Of the dress circle has
been reserved for the teachers Of the public
schools and the high school scholars.