Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-12-23
COLUMBIA NEWS.



The opening Of the Presbyterian canraia
last evening was success both as to t6e
| audience and the performers. The music
was we'll rendered while the dialogue was
sparkling and witty. The plot is that a
numtec OF little folks are waiting for The
appearance OF Santa Claus. He is sup
posed to be approaching and reception is
prepared. But to the dismay Of all instead
Of it being Santa Claus it Is the Frost
King. He is treated very kindly and ap-
preciateS i: and then takes hii leave, and
shortly afterwards Santa Claus himself
comes. He then distributes presents and
the final chorus is sung. The cantatl will
be continued this evening.
shawnee Furnace.
Shawnee furnace No. > is now in readi-
Ness to start up, but will not do SO until
the latter par; of next week, for several
reasons. The first trial made disclosed
the fact that the boiler and steam pipe
leaked badly. These have been repaired.
and to morrow another trial will DC made.
Or Monday the men will observe Christ
mas and Oh Tuesday everything will be
i'll fine running order. SO thai on FRIDAY
the first blast can bc made. \ number Of
new men will be employed
Arrested After Many Days.
On the 18th of April, 1880. :. ear on the
NorriStown branch Of the Philadelphia II
Reading railroad WAS broken into by vii.
liam aud Henry Uollinger. brothers
while i'll the car and Just III the act OF
brcakin. open = box of dry goods, they
were discovered by tho night Switchman,
who gave the alarm. but the thieves cs
capped by getting ito the boat they had in
readiness 1T the river shore and in which
they intended conveying their stolen
goods. They crossed ti!c Schuylkill and
made tor Valley Forge, wEerc they were
secrctcd by somc of their friends for some
weeks. Later and when they thought
they were safe from pursuit they went to-
Pittsburgh, and received employment iM
one Of the iron manufactures there.
They worked there until about three
months ago, when they came to Safe liar
Dor. Here they were also employed, they
both being good workmen. J. X.
WOodington, chief Of the +. n Il.
railroad detectives. hearing of their
whereabouts, in company with Hugh Far
rel and VIM. lsodcbaugh. assistants, came
to Columbia yesterday, and went down
the Port Deposit road us far rs Shcnk's
Ferry, two miles below Safe narbOr.
This was done as not to arouse suspi-
C.Ou. iNcy til'Ii Ntikcu up toSllc ilJTuoT,
waited until the thieves had gone to bed,
surrounded the house and captured them
without difficulty. They were brought to
Columbia this morning. and will be taken
to Norristown on the 10 train. William
says he has been sick for some time, and
thinks that the worryin. over what he had
done has made him .ccl this way.
Budget of IsoIOu., I:revIttcs.
VIM. Fendrich's new Columbia bicycle
was :: patcrnal giit.-Sam, llempie's Fifth
Avenue companv's dates, 26th and eth
inst, cancelled-P. Il. X. management
will do its best to let every man possible
ut home on Sunday and Monday live
stock and parishaG!c freight only moved
those days.-rwo ears in wc,: yard, shifted
by No. $40, jumped the tracl--iIarry
Bruner home from college at lIackctts
town, y. J.-Nrs. W. i. Nichols
and son, OF Saltersvillr, N. j., Wis.
iting Mrs. T. +. Bennett. Five OF the
doctors bills were paid at ::n adjourned
meeting of councils last evening, and tho
chances are all the suits will be settled
John +. Owens booked fo. the 31th.-U.
Il. Sunday school ChI istmas entertainment
tonight -tivlf rising to the level of thS
banks.-il. l.. Dean of the SPY office had
two fingers squeezed iii Gordon prcss.-F.
s. Bietz's dam ico house collapsed IN day.
Ike Hull, OF Chestnut Hill, thrown from
bIrGrV. arm i.;s,;In in w, u, 49,.