Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-03
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR rEGuLAR CORRESPONDENCE

OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE
A number Of Columbians left on the 5 sc
train this morning.
There is no noticeable change in the river
at this place. It remains just about as it
was yesterday.
Company H had its last drill before the
coats were distributed. The company as
morning and left here on the $50 train. 1t
is undertood that the Northern Central
railroad will be taken at York and fol-
lowed through Baltimore to Washington
at which place the train is due about noon.
+. J. Ciepper will double his machinery
force in this years lifting of sand.
The steamboat landing at the bridge
will he repaired at the first opportunity.
1t will lie remembered that it was injured
by the recent ice gorge.
Rev. William Baker. of Harrisburg, Pa,
will preach in St. Paul's Protestant Epis-
copal church this evening at 7:3O o'clock.
The sacrament O: the Lords Supper
will be administered on next Sunday
morning.
The Shawnee fire company will hold its
regular monthly meeting this evening,
and the Columbia fire company will trans
act the business of the month tomorrow
evening.
All east and west bound freight trains
OF the Pennsylvania railroad have been no.
tilted to run over the Union canal bridge
at Middlctown at \ reduced rate of speed
until needed repairs, which are now taking
place, have been accomplished. Further
orders will be issued when the repairs are
completed.
Samuel Campbell is getting his bazaar
at Fourth and Walnut streets into shape
He is now engaged in building shedding
for the shelter of horses and is otherwise
fixing up. The bazaar will be opened in a
week or ten days.
Tie Pennsylvania railroad company's
ticket agent at this place expects to sell
from thirty to fifty tickets for Washington,
D. c., to-day.
Frank McFail, an employee at the Penn
sylvania railroad blacksmith shop, was so
unfortunate yesterday as to drop heavy
draft iron on his toe, which was mashed
ana is a painful injury.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sterline, residing in
West Hemptield township, short dis
tancc above Columbia, will celebrate the
2oth, or silver anniversary Of their we'd
ding on Monday evening next. A num-
Der OF our citizens have been invited to
participate in the evenings festivities, and
have accepted the invitation. The bride
and groom are members of the +. E.
Lutheran church Of Columbia, and a good
ly number Of the congregation of that
church will help them to commemorate
their wedding day.
WANTED-An infallibie remedy for poll
teal affliction. Anyone knowing of Il
recipe warranted to be sure will place A. III.
Rambo, esq. undereverlasting obligations
to him by forwarding it without
unnecessary delay to the Courant Office.
That journal has not yet got
over tho recent political revolution,
but is still hammering away at the de-
fenscless Kicke,s.'' The word "dc-
fense!css " was perhaps used unadviscdly,
as the Lancaster Ncw Era is recognized
"kic'ser' organ and we can hardly say the
kickers are defenseless with this backing.
The CoHrant promises to 'mark"
every Republican who voted for Demo-
crat at the recent election. This will be Il
bigger job, perhaps, than the editor bar
gains for, as, by the way the election went,
we Judge that almost every Republican in
town voted for at least one Democrat. BY
the way, will the CoaraM not tell us
its editor did not vote for John \. |
,Iade, q Democrat, for school dircctors