Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-11-29
COLUMBIA NEWS.


Poor market. Eggs ao@35 cents per
dozen.
The Excelsior elocution club will meet
this evening at Miss Fanny Hanauer's.
The Nigics are waiting patiently for the
arrival Of their new steamer. II is es
pected Oh the 18th of December.
Mr.. VIM. Shuman, Of Philadelphia, is
visiting relations in town.
The Citizens band will move into their
new room, in Bank alley, tomorrow cve-
ming. "It is cheaper to move than to pay
rent
Several new connections will soon be
made to the Columbia telephone cx-
change.
The canal will be kept open until Ven
nor predicts warm weather, as the canal
managers will then know it is timo to stop
navigation.
ut is reported that J. G. Blaine will
speak in Marietta one evening this week.
Ii it is true Columbia will be we'll repre-
sented by it's Republicans.
Engine 1853, which was "raiscd" on the
Port Deposit railroad yesterday, was sent
to Philadelphia last evening for an over
hauling.
The members of the Presbyterian Sun
day school met in their lecture room last
evening, and began preparing for can
tata that will be performed on Christmas
night.
The E. E. Lutheran Sunday school has
accepted the cantata of "Fairy GrOthe,"
and as soon as the characters are given
out practice will Immediately begin.
They will hold it in the opera house the
Friday after Christmas.
Led Astray" promises to be one OF
the best plays played here this season.
All the metropolitan papers speak of it in
the highest terms, and say that tho com-
pany thrOughout.is the most complete and
strongest one ever there. The Cltiz9ns'
band will give them a lively serenadc.
A horse attached to a buggy. and be.
longing to 4 gentleman in Silver Springs,
while standing ON Locust street, became
scared and ran off, At the corner of Third
and Chestnut streets in turning, no ran
into fence, breaking the shafts aud the
top. The harness was completely Dc
stroyed. The horse after being caught
was returned to the owner, who rode
horseback home. The estimate of the
damage is about fifty five dollars.
A half witted man had fit this morn
ing at market. He fell to the pavement
and yelled in fearful manner. His fin
gers were badly cut by his tearing 1T the
pavement. After it was over he arose
and went his way as though nothing had
happened him. He is accustomed to these
spells and should not be allowed to 60 free,
rs when under their influence he is ex-
tremely dangerous.
MIR. Dave Coleman has now on exhibi-
ton a lot of minerals, gold and silver
quartz, and other specimens gathered from
the West. Mr.. A. V. Rogers brought
them along home from his trip in New
Mexico. Many other articles no brought
along, but as he considers them very
unique specimens. but privately they can
be seen.
Mr.. Ferd Rissinger, brakeman Oh the
G. ID. local, while coupling cars at Mid
dletown yesterday about noon, had his
left arm caught and mashed at the elbow.
He was brought here on a freight train
and DR.. Craig dressed the wound. Unless
the arteries in the arm are injured ampu
tation will be unnecessary. Mr.. Rissinger
has only been on the railroad for two
weeks. About year ago he returned
from the regular army, having served in
that service nearly two, years. lie iia
painter by trade and unmarried, was also
a charter member of Company G. and
served three months rs a volunteer during
the strike Of 1877. His friends deeply
with his afiiiction.
Tra,n?s About.
Tramps arc again becoming obnoxious
around Columbia. Large crowds pass
through here daily, and as is tho usual
case, most of them are very rough and in
sulting. Last night twenty-one of these
gentry alighted from a freight train at the
cut, walked through town begging ut
nearly every house, and at the tunnel
boarded west bound freight train. OFF,
Ger Brady is greatly missed Tramps
were afraid of him ard kept their distance.
But now everything is changed. We
do not mean to reflect for inefficiency on
the present railroad detectives, as they
have not yet had the experience, but by
they will, no doubt, be as
good as Brady. We hope so. One tramp
called at house Of one of our citizens last
evening, and upon being handed some
bread and meat, insulted the giver and
threw the eatables on the ground, saying
"that such stuff was only fit for hogs"
He then took his departure. Tramp
Catcher keech will also have to keep his
eyes open or he will lose his laurels.
Our Soldier Boys.
Co. C's drill last evening was more
largely attended than any other night
since their return from Yorktown. Twenty
were present. The men can
hardly be blamed for not attending more
regularly, as tho room is uncOmfOrtaby
cold, it being impossible to make fire in
the heater in the cellar, as that portion of
the building more than half the time is
filled with water. The defect has been
ordered to be fixed, but nothing has been
done. Hence the few at the drills. After
drill business meeting was held, and
Messrs. S. X. Fondersnitl,, NJ. Smith and
James A. SIade were appointed COM
mittee to erect gymnasium, the mem
bers to pay for it. The company will have
4 turkey shooting match on Saturday
the turkey to be placed in a
brick mound and nothing but his head to
remain uncovered. At q hundred yards
The men are to shoot at this object, the
turkey to be given to the one who hits it.
OBITUARY.
Death of Henry >. Kaufman.
Henry s. Kaufman, the well-known
hotel and boardinC-house keeper, died of
1ropsy, at his residence, corner Of North
Queen and Lemon streets, Yesterday after