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

OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE.
Pleasant weather.
Churches well attended yesterday.
The rains have raised the river two feet
Harry Saunders, late of the P. r. X.
has started in work at Kings grocery. ,
The break of q connecting rod on tn
R. & c. engine "Case" occasioned twent,
minutes delay to the outgoing passenger
train on Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. James Lockard, day watchman ON
the p. r. r., at the foot Of Locust street
has been changed to night watchman. in
place of Mr.. Moore, who takes Jim's
place.
Engine No. 1885 tank has been sent t.
Philadelphia for repairs of damages re.
ceived in the accident at the Little Cones
toga bridge.
| An ore car off the track at the Cordelia
mines on Saturday caused an hours delay
in the work.
Sherman Swingle, a lad working fol
Sam'l Filbert, had his foot mashed by a
piece of ice falling on it.
George Owens, working at a hot oven
in the Shawnee furnace, was cut by dis
placed stone which in falling struck him.
The e. G. G. camping club returned
home Oh Saturday. The boys are some
what sunburned, but all claim to have had
| delightful time The Old Codorus club
leave for week or ten days encampment
| at the mouth of the Codorus creek next
Friday.
While workmen were engage in scrap
ing mud from under the coal chute on
| Saturday, heavy oak skid. becoming de
| tached in some manner, fell from the top
of the chutes, distance of nearly forty
feet, nearly striking one of the laborers.
On Saturday afternoon 4 mule broke
loose and ran out of the bOatmen's stables,
near the coal chutes, and after running
about the lumber piles for awhile he al
lowed himself to he caught and returned
to his stable.
Mr. George Ryon, of Pottsville, ac-
companicd by his friend Richard Case, are
the the guests Of Mr.. Robert Ryon Mr..
II. +. Yergey left on Saturday for few
days visit ut POttstOwn; Miss Alice
Buchcr, who has been visiting in Philadel-
ph;a, returned home on Saturday evening
Miss Eva Ncsbitt returned to her home in
Port Deposit. She had been visiting Miss
Annie Fcndrich.
On account of the heavy shipment Of coal
over the II. & c. railroad on Saturday,
and not wishing to have too many loaded
cars Oh the sidings, freight engine
Maltby" was kept at work shifting and
dumping coal at the coal chutes until $50
p. M.
A number of our doctors aud families
have received invitations to attend the
fourth annual reunion of the Pennsylva-
mia and Maryland Union medical associa-
>..,l, hall Nk
Thursday, August 2j, 1881.
This mornin. Officer Struck arrested
u,an for being drunk and disOrdcrly and
placed in the lock up and soon after had
hearing before Squire Frank, who commit
ted him for ten days.
On Saturday morning while Name
Ewes, young girl about four years of age,
was sitting in her nurses lap playing with
a glass jar, she slipped and fell, the jar
breaking and severing the arteries and
sincws of her left wrist, and had it not
been for the timely arrival Of a doctor the
little one would have bled to death. She
is now somewhat better, but suffering in
tense pain.
Yesterday B. Snavely, .jr., took his wife
and children out t o one of the islands be-
low the dam to spend the day, but the
storm coming up they were compelled to
20 home. and while attempting this their
boat stuck upon 4 sand bar and could not
be pushed off. They had to remain in this
position during the whole Of the storm.
and all received a thorough wetting.
On Saturday afternoon Special Police
man Henry Rodenhauscr hearing that the
negroes were fighting on "Tow Hill,''
went Up and attempted to arrest a ''coon''
by the name Of Long, but all the rest of
the ':gentlemen of color" turned upon him
and handled him pretty roughly. think
ing discretion the better part of valOr !"
lie made his escape, but returned as soon
as he had obtained warrants to arrest sew
er:sl of the fighters. They could not be
found Henry has his face and neck some
what cut and bruised, but considers that
he made a lucky escape. Long, the man
who started the fuss, had his face aud
head all cut up by plucky Henry.
Effects of the Saturday storm.
About s o'clock ON Saturday evening the
wind and rain storm struck the town with
considerable fury, and some damage
done to houses, grain fields, ETC., was>thc
result. AS William Wallacs was rowing
over from Wrightsville, the wind capsized
his boat. but being a good swimmer he
managed TO reach this SIDE. Ills DOaC was
afterwards caught. The unoccupied house
near Bletz's saw mill, had all the window
panes and several shutters broken. The
heavy rain falls have put our streets in q
very bad condition The wheat field back
Of Columbia was considerably damaged,
stacks were blown over and two very large
'.wash ms" occurred, and the larger
portion of the corn field, near Hoffman's
xy,s t,I Ioct email
bridge in the same field was washed away.
"Quilla" Frisby in company with two
other colored men, while out sailing, were
upset. but clung to the boat which finally
drirte,l to the shore.