Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-17
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT

COLUMBIA NEWS. .
OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE.
Market this morning was rather dull.
In last evenings performance one of the
showmen publicly slandered our towns
man Mr.. F. s. Bletz. This style of doing
things does not pay in the long run.
A rolling mill boy named Ladenbergel
| was sent to Lancaster this morning for
larceny in charge of Officer Fisher.
Mr.. George Smith, Pennsylvania rail-
road engineer, is . deserving fisherman.
He got his tackle together yesterday and
inangurated the sport in which he takes
such = delight We have not heard how
many bass he caught.
Mr.. Frank P. McMakin, of the firm Of
Strwbridge, Chase & Co., wire goods
manufacturers, Philadelphia was in town
to-day.
Rev. Thomas B. Barker, of Lancaster,
will officiate this evening in St. Pauls
Episcopal church.
Mr.. Harry Tregcar, former resident of
Columbia, but at present Of Philadelphia,
was visiting friends in town yesterday.
The Pennsylvania railroad ticket agent
at this place has received orders to sell
excursion tickets to York to-day, for the
lecture OF Rev. Thomas Guard, provided a
party of twenty-five can be raised.
st. Patrick's Day is here, but the
weather accompanying it is exceptionally
good, 1. E. good for the day. We have had
no hail, rain, snow or high and cold winds
az yet, butthere is still plenty Of time.
No observance of the day has yet taken
place in Columbia and we have not heard
that anything out of the usual order will
appear.
Tony Den;er's HumptY Dumpty panto-
mime company wills appear in the opera
house this evening, and will probably be
greeted by large audience, as pantOmime
performances always take. The company
has a good band with it and in street
parade this morning it drew quite a large
following.
Daniel Somers, a brakeman on Penn
sylvania railroad, engine No. 103, had his
right hand mashed at Parkesbnrg this
morning while coupling cars. He was
brought to his home at this place on the
mail train this morning.
Engine No. 6l7 going east this morning
broke the main pin on its left side and re-
turned to Columbia at about 1880 O. clock,
running only one side, and of course dis
abled. 1t will require several days to re-
place the DrOken pm.
The Louis Martini combination appeared
before fair sized audience in the opera
house last evening in " Around the World
in Eighty Days" The performance fell
fiat and, except where America was COM
plimentally alluded to, called forth abso-
lutely no applause. The ill-success of the
company is owing in some part to the
music they had with them. We under
stand the receipts amounted to about $40.
Rev. Thomas Guard will lecture in York
this evening and he will be listened to by
number of Columbians, who are about
completing arrangements for transporta-
ton. The central Pennsylvania conference
is now in session there.
Every evening of the week, ON the arri-
val of the GEO train from the east, num-
bcr of loud-mouthed boys assemble in the
annoyance of all persons of more mature
years who 90 there for mail. Not only do
they create a din that lasts as long as they
remain, but the ante-room is SO crowded
that it is almost impossible to force ones
way through. It is a question whether
one out of dozen of them has business
in the Office, and we think it would be
we'll to give the matter some attention
and oust all who cannot explain that they
are there with some specific object. Mr..
Hayes Grier, of the Herald, tried ITO stop
the noise last evening, but some of the
youngsters "wanted to know what he had
to do with it,
Mr.. A. NJ Rambo, editor Of the COurdnt,
in his issue of this date, says that your
correspondent "can easily be proven a liar
by any one who has authority to open the
ballOt-box of the late election First
wartf.." This is a brilliant idea on the
part of Mr.. Rambo, but it is one that he
knows as we'll as we know or as we'll as
any one else knows can never be cOnsum-
mated, as the ba! ot-box in question can
not be opened without an order from the
court, and it is hardly likely that the
court would order the box to be opened to
find out how Mr.. Rambo voted. Before
the election Mr.. RambO said he soould cote
for John 4. Slade for school director be
cause he considered him the best candi-
date of either party for the Office. It
makes but little difference to us whether
Mr.. Rambo lied before OF after the cleo
on.