Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-24
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS
A rain set in S0metima Last ninht an


A rain set in sometime last night a
continues SO up to the present time.
lhe store room formerly occupied
Nr. Harry Bachenheimer, is now vacau
Officer Struck took two c,.ured WON
to Lancaster for raising I,w.
The workmen on the Ury & Black co
tract were compelled to work all day ye
terday on account of tho clecting Of
large amount of dirt at Strickler's bride
The quarterly meeting of Mt. Zion :.
NJ. T.. church yesterday vas grand su
cess and was attended by large numb
Of persons. Revs. Purnell and Davis a
sisted with the meeting.
While coupling car on the Port D.
Rosit railroad on Saturday, Mr.. Geore
Rlnehart had the ends of two Of his fi
gers caught and mashed.
kev. W. j. Miller, of Reading, wi
preach in the NJ. Z. church this and t,
morrow evenings. Every night this wee
extra services will be held in the abo,
church.
MIR. '. A. Yecker, of Lancaster, passe
through hero this morning with a Iarg
string OF bass. He had, in company wit
some other Lancaster gentlemen, bee
fishing at Fite's Eddy.
l1e quiet pcacefulness of the neighbo
nood OF Ferry street, between Front an,
second, was disturbed on Sunday by :
womeh's fight which lasted nearly al
day.
MIR: William Blackson, ST., while work
ing aca circular saw iu Bruner's saw mill
On FRIDAY last, had his hand caught ant
severely lacerated. The wound is q
painful, but not necessarily dangerous
one. 0"%
We were shown curious piece of handi
WORK THIS morning, in the shape OF full
s,zeu snip, made with peu-knifc in 4
Svlnon ~ ma! hal; pint bottle. 1t was made
H. - lima 3 sailor while III prison there
r. o'er fourteen years old.
,,..S .he past month or two the west
taa. aau Of the Pennsylvania railroad has
-. oe'' bIocked, but this morning it is ex.
~ sted to Le cleared, as there is now
-nongh motive power to move the stand
ing cars.
Charles Iiitcshue is doing we'll at Mount
Joy, where lie has opened tailoring cs-
Establishment. lie has already one work
man and advcrtses for another, showing
an increase of business.
Helen Potter's PleiadeS make their
third and probably last appearance in the
Columbia opera house this evening. The
programme is the best one ever presented
to our citizens, AID is for the benefit of
the G.. A. Il.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry l.. C:Ia;nplain, Of
Harrisburg, and who have been lately
married, arrived in town on Saturday
evening, and spent sunday with the young
lady's aunt, Mrs. Mary BIctz This NOM
ing they left for Norwood.
Miss Emma kessler after Z lingering
illness Of a couple Of months, died at her
home last evening about six o'clock. Miss
Kcsslcr is 4 graduate of the high school
and had taught one term in one of the
primary schools. Her death is mouined
by large number Of friends with whom
she has ever been favcIitc.
Mr.. Harry f. Brcnner, of lancaster,
who was at Yorktown with Co. c, spent
Sunday in town. He claims to have the
finest lot o! relies brought from Yorktown
and he says the Lancastrians will go wild
over them. lie has piece of the tree
under which CORVALLIS surrended a
piece of the brick out of the Moore house,
where the terms of tho capitulation were
made Il shell that Washington used to
carry in his pocket and button shot off
the coat of Gen. Lafayette.
4 fierce fight occurred on the Lancaster
turnpike, near the Good Hope hotel, On
afternoon, between two tramps.
They had been begging at the different
houses in that neighbOrhoOd and then sat
down to divide the spoils. One accused
the other Of getting the larger portion
hot words were exchanged, and the dis
cussion came to blows. The younger was
severely cut about the head and face by a
brick in the hands OF the other, who after
him to the ground jumped upon
i'm. Outsiders intcrfercd in time or
might have been committed. The
one who was Sd severely whipped was
taken into house and his wounds dressed.
The last seen of them they were together;
thick as twins.
Co. e returned nome from Yorktown
on Saturday afternoon at : o'clock, and
few of its members were there, but were
glad Of it. The meals were served 1T
regular hours and were hardly fit to cat.
They consisted of hard tack, coffee, cheese,
one cgG, three swectpotatocs, and some
very . loud ham. Before they reached
Yorktown the fresh water gave out and
they were forced to drink adulterated salt
water or do without. The quarters on the
Galatca were very poor. The majority of
the companies were compelled to stay in the
hold, and those near the gangways were
every few minutes Grenched with water
by waves strikin. the side of the vessel.
While at Yorktown all had an enjoyable
time. Very few of company C's members
were scasick. but those who were had it
very bad. The hold of the Gala.oa had
worse stencil than Butcher alley. Some
Of the men got sick from that alone.
A large congregation assembled in the
Z. +. Lutheran church last evening to
hear the "Autumn Sermon" delivered by
thc pastor, Rev. w. p. Evans. The churc.!
was handsomely and elaborately decorated.
The pulpit had been moved to the left hand
side of the altar, and from here the SER
mon was delivered. In tho centre Of the
.rchway of the pulpit stand, and against
the back OF the church, was a cross fcs
tooneG with autumn leaves, with a base of
white stones with leaves intermingled.
This was to represent the "ROck Of Ages"
At the right of the centre was stand four
feet high loaded down with fruits and veg
stables of all kinds. At the right and left
hand sides Of the pulpit were sheayes of
wheat, rye, oats and corn. The arch over
Ihe pulpit was beautifully decorated with
many cOlorcd leaves and at the top was
The work was done by Mr..
Samuel Filbert and reflects much credit
N his undoubted skill. Never before was
Inc church so beautifully trimmed.
McetiD: of the Land League.
Yesterday afternoon the Land League
held a meeting IN Fulton hall, at which
the attendance was larger than at any
lime before. President Dunlcvy was in
the chair and he made an earnest Spe cch