Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-05-06
COLUMBIA NEWS.

COLUMBIA NEWS.
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| OUR kEGULAR C1RHsshP0NDENcE.
The Viailant engipe viii be tried to-
morrow by order Of Chief Engineer Shen.
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| club will be held this evening.
The Young Peoples social and working
| association Of St. Johns English Lutheran
church, held a successful meeting last
evening at the residence of Mr.. George
Hahn. On Locust street bel6v Sixth. The
attendsnce was larger than at any meeting
yet held, and the programme Of exercises,
of which We gave q sketch couple of days
ago. was gone through with in q very
creditable way. These periodical meet
ing are the source of much enjoyment, and
benefit, to those taking part in them.
The regular monthly meeting ,of the
Columbia fire company will be held this
evening in the engine ho9sc parlsr.y,
Messrs. Pihkerton & Becker, carriage
builders, have got an order for twenty
doctor's phaetons, which they will fill ili
the shortest space Of time possible!
The suspicious actions of .darkey near
Third and Locust streets after midnight
last night, caused special Officer Michael
Dysinger to believe his intentions were
not those of good citizen and with this
belief he shadowed the fellow across Third
street to Walnut, to Second, to Locust
again, and then up the latter STREET.-THE F.
A. Benefits store, where he overlook him
intently gazing at some dry goods in the
show window. Dysinser accOsted the man
who at once struck a bee line across Lo-
Gust street and continued on his way at
double quick time, despite the officers
threats to shoot il he did not hold up.
The man escaped, but the officer did not
shoot. 2 --- -
Mr.. Isaac Snyder, the saddler, has put
up forty sets Of harness since April 1st.
and We understand, has disposed Of most
of them. d. fi..1. nod
. Yesterday's article on the Mud island
catch of shad should have read that they
sold at $40 per hundred and not $40 as the
types had it. .
DR.. Alex Craig has returned from Rich
mond, Va, where he was in attendance at
the convention of the American medical
association which convened there last
Tuesday. Drs Cotirell, of this place, and
J. A. Thompson, of Wrightsyillc, have not
yet got back.
Quite slice of our colored population
was in attendance at a colored ball given
last evening at Marietta. 1t is said a more
"swelp' crowd had never been seen there
for many days.
Mr.. C. 8. Shadd will deliver his lecture
on " Disease and its Origin this evening
in Mt Zion A. NJ. f. church.
Rev. I. G. Burk, of Baltimore, Nd, will
preach in the E. Z. Lutheran church on
Sunday morning and evening. Rev. Mr..
Burk once filled the pulpit he will occupy
as pastor of the church.
A public sale Of horses, carriages, etc,
will take place tomorrow morning at
Campbell's bazaar at Fourth and Walnut
streets.
Fish Commissioner Humme,l left hero
stand that he is perfectly satisfied that the
in legitimate way.
The new photographer who is coming
here is getting into shape his shop on
Third street near Walnut.
A session of the teachers institute will
be held tomorrow morning in the high
school room.
The Shawnee rolling mill employees will
be paid off to morrow.
Jerry Long has been arrested for disor-
derly conduct in abusing woman.
Workmen are now employed at the ma
chine shop of PerrOttet & HOyt, ut Com
mcrcc and Briggs streets, in turning out
dippers for T. F. Clepper's sand scow,
which will be put to work as soon rs the
dippers are finished and put in place.
There will probably be some local
changes in the Pennsylvania railroad
schedule.
Rev. ]. H. Fritz, of York, will preach
for the St. Johns Lutheran congregation
in the German Lutheran church, on Lo-
Gust street near Sixth, on Sunday morning
and evening. After that date services
will be held regularly in Shuler's hall,
which is HOW being fitted up for that pur-
pose.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Shawnee fire company was held last cvcn-
ing.
The band was out serenading last
night.
Another big catch Of shad at Mud
island last night.
No RATS passed here to-day. The river
is too low TO run.
A large number of pilots were in town
to-day hunting up their finances.
To-day is cloudy and disagreea6lc.