Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-19
COLUMBIA NEWS.

OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE
Officer Fisher took two tramps to Jail
this morning.
The teachers district institute met in
the high school room on Saturday.
This afternoon Mr.. Harry B. Clark will
be buried from his fathers residence, No.
523 Locust street.
A horse broke the hitching strap this
morning on Fifth, between Locust and Wal
nut streets, but was caught before any
damage was done.
The Shawnee steamer received trial on
Saturday afternoon and at first would not
work very well, but after it had undergone
some oiling it worked splendidly.
A lot of telephone wire and boxes are
now in the dispatchers Office at the west
yard and in a few days connection Will
he made from there to the office in the
east yard. 1t is separate from the Colum-
bia telephone exchange.
Miss i. Few, and Miss Ramsey, of Leb
anon, are visiting Miss Caddie Patton !;
Mr.. Howard Shirk, member OF the Leb
anon bar, spend yesterday In town.
On "Wednesday evening Miss Jennie Lee
will appear in the Columbia opera house,
in her famous creation of do, adapted
from Charles Dickcns's celebrated work.
"Bleak House,
Another fight took place on Front
street on Saturday evening, but neither
party was drunk. 1t arose from some
trouble between the two parties, which
being of a private nature we refrain from
publishing.
A number of young Columbia boys in
tend going West this week to seek fame
and fortune, which we hope they will find,
or they cannot get either in Columbia.
A number of property holders have been
notified to have their pavements liked.
Some have already followed the request.
On Sunday afternoon number OF young
boys were playing on the RATS laying back
of Bruner's saw mill. Thomas O'llare
slipped and fell between two logs, and in
falling pulled another young lad, Harry
Findley by name, into the wateE. Both
would have certainly drowned had it not
been for outside assistance.
Council met ut 10 a. m. to-day in con-
nection with the school board and the
physicians Of tine town, and after careful
canvass;ng the subject of reported small
pox in the borough announce that there
is at this time but one authenticated case
in Columbia, and have adopted such
measures as will, without doabt, prevent
the further spread of the disease, and If
the citizens will carefully disinicct their
premises there need be no cause for
alarm.
At LEO a. H., on Sunday, word arrived
at Columbi: that Il wreck had occurred at
the Henry Clay furnace. At 1:1j the
wreck train started for the scene of the
disaster. As engine No. 2Gl, extra local,
George SNYDER, c.i@ @incer, of Harrisburg.
was coming eastward an axle Oh +. u
st. l.. car broke, throwing box Car,
gondola and hopper gondoia from the
track. The trucks of the box car were
literally broken to pieces while the gondola
was demolished to kindlins wood. The
front truck of the hopper GOndola was only
off the track. The wrcckcrS in about
three hours time had the track cleared OF
the debris. During the time of their
working passing trains had to be run on
opposite track. 1t was the quietest wreck
we.ever attended Mr.. Ben Lichty telegraph
operate: opened :. temporary wreck Office.
A Anumbcr OF persons from Columbia and
Marietta witnessed the work Of the wreck
crs.
A Adisgracelnl fight occurred on Walnut
street, between Third aad Fourth, on Sat.
day night. \ number Of youn. boys, the
oldest coid not have been over seventeen,
had been drinking, and the liquor taking
effect, the light enS,tcG. IL Is Il Si'l'ne th''
any person dealing in Intoxicating liquors
would be guilty OF selling TO yonng men
like the above.
Mr.. Reading, of Lancaster. has taken
several excellent pictures Of Il number of
z. II. X. engines and their crews, which
are now on exhiiti"n at 4 hotel on Front
street.
Some day the latter part of this week,
Co. c, a battery from the regular army,
will pass through Columbia en- route to
Yorktown. Would it not be the proper
thing for our town military company,
headed by the Citizens band, to greet
them at the ont skirts al town and escort
them thrOugh2
Lock Havcn's beauty, Miss Nellie Mel
isk, who visited here = year ago, and won
many hearts, is again i'll town. tho guest
of Mrs VIM. Withers. This morning,
Mr.. Samuel E,criino left for Manche.icr,
seven miles below York, where lie takes
position i'm the carriage n.ahufactory OF
Mr.. ]. &. Sundy. Mr.. A. J. Eckert has
accepted 2 position in Meyers drug store;
Ms. j. p. Evans left this morning for
Sealinsvillc on short visit.