Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-05-16
COLUMBIA NEWS.

/. AHe Cus4ueuduHa IouinS MILL employee
were paid on Saturday.
To-day will finish the examination @;
the public schools.
The pleasure steamboat, "Columbia, ,
was Oh the river on Saturday afternoon
This was its first appearance this season.
The Catamaran (sail boat) will bt
launched on Tuesday evening.
The Pennsylvania railroad passenge,
trainmen are out in their summer uniforms,
They describe it as welcome change.
Propitious weather marked the opening
Of the Home Communion fair on SATURDAY.
evening.
Sener Bletz and couple of classmates
Of Lebonon Valley college, Annville,
walked to Columbia, the home of the
former, on Friday. They chose warm
day.
DR.. D. Emmett Welsh, of Latrobe,
Westmoreland county, is visiting his
parents at this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Smith, Of WASH
nstOn, D. c., are visiting in Columbia, the
guests of Mr.. John Fendrich.
Rev. Henry Wheeler, pastor of the NJ .
Z. church, is suffering with inflammatory
rheumatism and was unable to preach last
evening.
Miss Anna Wittenmyer, of Philadelphia,
an accomplished and eloquent speaker,
will deliver all address on the cause Of
Temperance in the II. T. church on next
Friday evening.
Misses Katie and Ella skeen, of Larcas-
ter, are visiting in Columbia, the guests
OF the Misses Pierce.
4 window curtain caught fire on Satu,-
day evening in a room on the second fl Dor
Of the residence OF Rev. Harry Wheeler,
at Third and Cherry streets, and was con-
sumed. No other damage done.
A very severe storm with thunder and
lightning passed over Columbia on Satur-
day night. Its duration was short, but
while it lasted the peals of thunder ard
flashes OF lightning were incessant. \
locust tree in the colored cemetary was
struck by lightning and the lower portion
of it split into several pieces. A wind
storm with but little r,.i: passed over here
last evening.
the benefit OF the United Brethren church
cana off Oh Saturday evening and was
| quite Il success.
Rev. W. P. Evans, of Cohansey, N. J,
preached yesterday in the f. E. Lutheran
| church Rev. f. S. Herring. of Wrights-
vile, in Shuler's hall for st. Johns Eng
lish Lutheran congregation Rev. William
Shull, of Byberry Baptist church, Phila
delphia, in Visilant hall, for the new Bap-
tist congregation, and Rev. J. C. Mumma,
a former pastor, in the United Brethren
church.
Our readers will remember that the new
schedule of the Pennsylvania railroad COM
pany went into effect this morning. The
old one O'Clock train now leaves at 1910
p. m.
An exciting runaway occurred this
morning. Gottlcb Youns's two horses
ran away with his beer wagon, which was
wrecked. The horses We're caught at the
p. r. II. depot with only the front pair of
wheels hanging to them. Tho rest Of the
wagon was left up town. Several narrow
escapes from collision are reported.
Three fish commissioners--said by some
to bc of the United States commission and
by others of the Pennsylvania commission
arrived here this morning from Harris
burg with about fifty cans-slid to be des-
tined for spawn. and lett Oh L later train
FOR Port Deposit, Md.
The Borough Councils.
At Friday evenings meeting Of council
the finance committee presented report
showing the receipts to be S5,013.93 !; o..
ders paid since last report, S4, ,026 % bal
ance, S9S7.G5. The finance committee
recommended the negotiation Of a tempo
porary loan for 81, 900 (Which recommend
alton was adopted and an order made ac-
cordingly) to meet bill lately submitted
by the auditor general for back state tax
es due the commonwealth of Pennsylvani.
for s2, 1889. The road committee re-
ported repairs to several alleys. The
paving committee recommended the
nE hn
gutter for South Third street,
file recently made which it is thought will
meet ali o, ,dinary requirement. The road
committee presented statement of the
cost of Port Deposit granite which they
thought superior to that now in use for
street crossings and the centres of alleys
and it was decided to try it on one of Our al
leys. A motion was adopted instrrcting the
finance committee to make inquiries as to
the possibility of placing the floating debt
at 4 lower rate of interest and report at
the next stated meeting of council
Messrs. Given and Stair, of the school
board, appeared as 4 committee be-
fore council to ask for the use Of council
chamber for the board meetings on the
second Tuesday evening of each month /;
want Of room in the library room, where
the board is accustomed to hold its meet
ings, being advanced rs the reason for the
request. The permission was granted.
Mr.. Frederick Brcher appeared before
council complaining of the dclacing of
property, cutting trees, ringing
bells and other depredatiOns COM
mitted by malicious persons. MIR.
Peter Fraley complained of the extreme
filth and odor arising from the drainage
from the different butcher pens. as rum
ming through the alleys Of the borough,
brewing contagion and disease. The COM
mittee on police was ordered to confer with
the chief burgess and report at next
meeting plan for the more efft-
cient action of the police. A COM
municatinn was read from Henry
Hippey, secretary of the Columbia fire
company, asking permission to take their
steamer to Reading to take part in the
grand parade and tournament to be held
there on September %, % and. "a, 1881.
DR.. Craig and Chief Engineer Emmy
urged upon council the great necessity of
repairing the Columbia steamer. 1t was
decided to write to Reading ma
chine firm to send some one here
to examine the engines condition.
Mr.. X. J. NJ. Little was elected to run
the opera house clock and keep it in re-
pair at salary of $40 per annum. The
time of meeting was changed from 7:3O to
Z o'clock, p. IN. Bills to the amount of
S2,05799, including pay roll, were then
read. An order was granted for the State
tax of 50. 2.59-spoken of above.