Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-08
COLUMBIA NEWS.
: REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE

OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT
The weather to-day is very pleasant.
A. J. Potts, of the P. r. r. is in town
to-day.
The river is yet away above low water
mark.
William B. Given, esq, left here on the
one o'clock train on a visit to New York
city.
James NJ Gamble, esq.,, wife and fam
lily left here to-day for their home at
Williamsport. Pa.
Engine No. S31 came here yeste rday in
a disabled condition-Frederick accom-
mediation train.
Deputy Coroner John P. Frank impan-
eled a jury and held an inquest over the
remains of the girl, Myra Arms, aged IL
years, and daughter Of Albert Arms, who
died suddenly. at her parents home on
Sunday. Drs. Craig, Kay and Lnea-
weaver were the physicians OF the post
mortem examination. 1t was found that
the said Myra Arms came to her death
from a natural cause, she having been
afflicted with an affection of the heart"
The man who to-day holds a Penn
sylvania railroad excursion ticket to
Washington and return, is the owner Of
Just SO much dead stock. The validity of
all such tickets expired with the incoming
Of to-day.
AT their residence, in West Hempfeld
township, last evening. Mr.. and Mrs.
John Sterline celebrated the twenty-fifth
(silver) anniversary Of their wedding
There were present about fifty friends of
the family. who, with the happy bride and
groom, very pleasantly spent the evening.
Many handsome presents in silver, glass
ware and table linen were received. The
guests departed wishing their host and
hostess many happy returns of the day.
Goodman chapel, of the NJ. Z. church,
celebrated its fifth anniversary last even
ing at the chapel building, at Fifth and
Locust streets. Rev. Henry Wheeler was
unable to be present, but addresses were
made by James NJ. Gamble, Of Williams
port Rev. Mr.. Reed, of Washing
ton borough, and Mrs. Wheeler, wife
of tho pastor Of the NJ. E. church.
The programme Of exercises arranged
for the occasion Vas not strictly followed,
but was adhered close enough to give one,
who was not thcrc, an idea of what took
place. Our fellow reporter, Jack Henry,
of the Examiner. delivered All oration.
The officers presented their reports for the
year there was some singing and instru
mental music and this completed the Gel
ebratiOn Of the anniversary.
CAPTAIN ID. Brainard Case has received
from Colonel Alfred Rupert, commanding
the 18th regiment, n. G. p. warrant for
the inspection pay due the members of
company Ii, of this place, for services rem
dered at the cncampmcnt in Fairmount
park, Philadelphia, last August. The
money was slow in coming, but is none
the less welcome.
Messrs. Samuel Filbert, Alfred G..
Bruner, George Brcneman, l. c. Gitt and
w. III. Shcnberger returned last evening
on the train arriving here at 1O:45, WASH
ington ID. G. The boys took in The inau
guration and had very pleasant time.
The indications now are that the opera
house will contain as large an audience on
Friday night next when ''Fun on the
Bristol" will be presented, as it did when
"Onr German Senator" was rendered
under the auspices of the Grand Army
post of this place. The box sheet at
Richards store is rapidly filling up and
the good seats are going fast.
There was quite ''scare' ~ this morn-
ing at the residence OF Mr.. Abram Brun or
on Cherry street above Second. AS Mr..
Alfred Bruner was coming down stairs he
heard some one running across the floor of
a room below, and, as he considered this
strange in the extreme, he made haste to
reach the first floor of the house. Here
he encountered a dense smoke, bat rs he
saw no signs Of fire lie concluded
that the cause thereof must be in
the cellar. Arriving here he found even
more smoke than above and in the
direction of the back portion OF the house
he saw fire. Grasping hose he soon had
an attachment made to a hydrant and in
another moment a stream of water was
falling on the fire, which was quickly ex
tinguished. 1t was then found that the
fire was situated directly below the kitch-
en- range, which. through effectiveness, is
supposed to have been the cause of its
origin. The floor below and on all
sides of the range was burned through and
the joists, upon which it rests, were
charred to a crisp to the depth of a couple
of inches. A wood pile three or four feet
high and about ten feet long was also on
fire at one of its ends. The fire depart
ment was not called out.