Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-11-25
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDING

OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.
The Excelsior elecution club will meet
at Miss Maize Fendrich's this evening at
7O'clock.
The wreckers did not 60 down The POI II
Deposit road yesterday to the wrecked
engine. No certain day has b, IN set.
A queer kind of diseas. has spread
among Qua dogs. They cor h as though
something was in their ,hroat. There
seems to be no relief, but finally it wears
away of its own account.
The observance OF Yesterday.
Thanksgiving has come aud gone. An
other holiday has passed. Nc longer can
the fattened turkeys unmusicaI L" "gobble,
gobble " he heard. As predicted it passed
off vecy quietly i'll Columbia, there being
no public demonstration of any kind. The
morning dawned clear, cold and beautiful,
and continued SO all day. At 1890 a. m, +,
all the churches had Thanksgiving PRAYER.
the services Ill being we'll attended. Re-
vival meetings was held in the NJ. E.
church in the evening. The Workers as
sociation Of the German Reformed
church held q very fire literary and
musical entertainment in the church
IN the evening. The Thanks
giving supper, held in the Odd Fellows
natl lor the benefit of tho +. E.
Lutheran church, was largely attended
ana everything passed off very quietly and
orderly the supper will contipIe until
Saturday evening. A number of Young
gentlemen and ladies tool. a tip to York.
hnoIier party spent lie day in Mt. Joy.
heesc'H billiard hall was crowded from
early I'll late 1T night. Very few
drunken ronghs Gre seen On the streets,
anI ; colIihoians acknowledge that they
had a real old-t; ;.r,e Thanksgiving.
Con' -.gration In Rasrown.
sa hoout II .,dnight on Wednesday our fire
Gva vp'' t1' " .nt was called out by an alarm of
mnI.. I .tie bells rans aud every engine in
wv .mbla whistled. Soon all was con-
sion, our town was lit up as though by
thousands If bonfires. The fire first
lnroke out in frame dwelling house in
ftastown, but spread rapidly aud in few
minutes four other houses were in flames.
They were soon burned to the ground,
notwithstanding. the great exertion of
our firenen. The VigiIant company were
unable to get their engine to the scene,
being too tioayy fc:: tho small number Of
men who manliel tho rope. The Columbia
was there but could not work, as the water
supply wes very Insufficient. The
Shawnee Was tho only steamer who
threw any water at all, and
then their hose had to be at
tached to some Of the Visies', as the
water Was il long distance off. Very little
water was thrown on the fire at all, which
by this time had entirely consumed the
five houses and part of their furniture.
Inccndiarism was the cause, for when the
Shawnee company arrived they Saw cotton
waste and other inhammable material
against the side of the house. G. Anthony,
Thomas Jones and Frank Deemer were
suspected of the crime, as it was reported
that one OF their number had threatended
to burn the house down, They had a
hearing before Squire Grier last evening,
but as nothing positive could be learned
they wcrs, discharged. Four Of the houses
were irsured. The last spark was put ont
about, 4 4. IN.
Borough Briefs.
Rev. Evans MAJ ried Stephen Jones and
Emma Stcrline, OF Wet Hcmptield, yes.
terday. Columbia is the only town in the
state that has not yet filed out its 1inan-
cial statement for The ccnsus.-Rev. G. s.
Gerhard, OF the Reformed church, and
Rev. l.. +. Linkhan, of MaDhein, cx-
change iulpitS Oh Sunday.--Rai,road
trains ali late yesterday.-Rcv. Pretty
man closes tho NJ. Z. revival tonight
t" meet Philadelphia engagements
I3 converts added on probatiou.-
i'rickcr lIummell, of Harrisburg spent
Thanksgiving with VIM. Fcndrich.-At
the union meeting yesterday morning. in
the Trinity Reformed church, Mcssrs. $.
Grove, Geo. DcIIui, J. w. Yocum, Ii.
Lcrger and Rev. Wheeler were appointed
to CANVASS the congregations in helping
these persons who were burned out the
previous week $l2 rs raised.