Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-15
COLUMBIA NEWS.



Sheriff StriDe is in town to-day.
Rev. Henry Wheeler and wife left here
to-day to attend the conference of the
NJ. E. church, to be held at Pottsvills, Pa.
Mrs. Wheeler, it is said, will address The
conference on missionary work, iu which
she has always taken deep interest.
The conference of the NJ. E. church of
Central Pennsylvania will he held this
week at York. Rev. Thomas Guard will
lecture on Thursday evening, and, to hear
bim, number Of Columbians are making
arrangements to procure transportation to
York and return.
Some fellow has got Cumberland clock
on exhibition in vacant store room on
Locust street below Third. He will not
make a fortune. We have too many Of
these "public benefactors :" visiting US.
Samuel Campbell is about ready to open
his bazaar for the sale and exchange of
horses at Fourth and Walnut streets His
sign is already in place and he will prof.
ably commence business in a day or SO.
Since yesterday there has been fall of
almost a foot in the river at this place and
the water has cleared wonderfully. Navi
cation will be resumed on the Pennsylva-
mia canal in q very short time-prObably
between this date and April 1st. Barring
the big rocks in the channel at Turkey
Hill the river is now in pretty good raft
ing condition, but the RATS do not ap-
pear.
Mrs. Wheeler, wife of Rev. Henry
Wheeler, of this place, is the author Of a
''History of the first decade of the
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society,"" of
which Mcssrs. Phillips and Hunt, of New
York, are the publishers Mrs. Wheeler
is we'll booked on the subject and has ex-
cellent facilities to secure all the lnforma-
ton, first hand, which she may desire. Her
book, we have no doubt, is we'll worth
reading and will give much knowledge to
persons interested in the work.
Fifteen or more wagons heavily loaded
with tobacco came here this morning con-
signed to John Frendrick, and their con-
tents were stored in his warehouse at
Front and Walnut streets. The tobacco
was mostly from Washington borough,
where Mr. Fendrick is heavy purchaser.
The movement Of freight over the Penn
sylvania railroad is just now very light
and as Il consequence the extra men are
making but little time. Several of the
extra engineers, who were talking together
at the depot this morning, remarked that
they were making no time at all. There
has been great falling off in the move
mcnt Of coal, and also in that of live stock
and other high class and perishable freight,
recently.
Rev. Charles Winbigler, cx-pastor Of
the Church of God, of this place, left here
this morning for his station in Ohio. He
will stop off during to-day at cambridge
and continue on his way this evening.
Rev. J. Bruner Grahm, of Clinton coun-
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ing the family of Abram Bruner. Nj.
Grahm is in attendance of the Central
Pennsylvania NJ. E. conference at York,
Pa.
Jacob P. Flint, managing agent Of the
Springfield insurance company, was in
town yesterday.
The employees of the Pennsylvania rail
road company in tho round house and
shops at this place commenced working on
full time-ten hours per day-yesterday.
They will continue to work on full time
until the evenings again become short.
With the increase in work there is con-
sequent increase of ten per cent. IN pay.
DIR. G. d. Hottenstein, of Philadelphia,
was in town to day. Tho doctor set a
broken bone for your correspondent fifteen
years ago, and we have, therefore reason
to know him we'll.
Treasurer F. A. Bennett was authorized
last evening, to purchase for company IL,
three hundred dollars worth of Columbia
armory association stock.
This mornings market was the best
Tuesday market VIC have had for many
weeks. 1t was quite brisk.
To-day is the most pleasant Of the sea
son, SO far.
And still the tobacco is coming in in
large wagons for Mr.. John Fcndrick. We
cannot see where he will put any more as
his warehouse must be near full.