Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-20
COLUMBIA NEWS.
DUR REGULAR CORREsPoMDENoI

DUB KEGULAR CORRESPOMDENO8.
Mr.. William Gordon, of whose danger
GUS illness VIC spoke in yesterdays letter
to the INTELLIGENcER, died at o'clock
this morning of typhoid pneumonia, at
his residence short distance below the St.
Charles furnace. Mr.. Gordon was we'll
known and highly respected citizen whose
principal Characteristic was energy, which
in him meant more than a mere Occupa-
ton of time. He was economical without
stinting himself or his family of what con-
duced to their happiness and comfort, and
by his blending of perseverance and tact
succeeded in amassing what is regarded az
considerable fortune. ut will be re-
membered that couple of weeks ago he
purchased fifty shares of Columbia nation
al bank stock at s135 per share.) The
funeral will take place on Tuesday after
noon at 2 o'clock, from st. Paul's Episco.
pal church, On South Second street, and
the remains will be inferred in Mount
Bethel cemetery.
Frederick Bucher, jr., sprained one
wrist and John jackson, son of Newton
jackson, sprained both wrists yesterday.
The accidents occurred while the boys
were throwing themselves on arm swings
in the play grounds of the public schools.
No more Of that kind Of play for the par
tics in question. -.
Mr.. Joseph Dcsch gave a dance last
evening in his hall on Walnut street above
Third. There was rather large attend
ance, and to the music of Blackson's Or
chcstra those present enjoyed themselves
hugely unit: after midnight.
A surprise party was last evening taken
to the residence Of Mrs. Samuel Mullen on
Walnut street. below Seventh, where was
had very enjoyable time.
The family of ]. F. Frueauff, esq,
formerly Of this place, left here at one
o'clock to day to JON him at Denver, Col
oradO, which place they will make their
future home.
Susquehanna shad are becoming plenty
on our streets, but none are yet being
caught about here by reason of the high
state of the water.
Several RATS passed here to-day.
The girls and boys are looking up their
summer wear and in some cases they have
have already appeared in it. We have
noticed a couple Of white straw hats both
fastened to rolls of ladie,S hair. The light
colored jaunty summer coat is becoming
quite common and We are glad of it, for it
takes great deal of the s. subdue " out of
ones appearance which the eternal black
is bound to give In mans attire, how
ever, black is neat.
The school teachers would like to know
why Easter does not come about dozen
times year. Each teacher in our public
schools has received from her pupils a
dozen cOlOred eggs-On al average.
The borough tax rate has been fixed at
six mills Oh every dollar Of valuation with
time of appeal from to 5 o'clock, p. m,
on Friday, May IL 1881.
John Evans has been sworn in rs special
policeman to take care of the property of
the Shawnee rolling mill company and it
has been doc.d to close the borough
tax duplicates by June l. by process Of
law, if necessary.
A large percentage Of the membership
of General Welsh post No. 118, G. A. II.
was in attendance at the bean bake, pre-
pared last evening, in the posts room,
for its members and those who are about
joining. Comrade Stephen J. Younger
prepared and served the beans in good
style to the forty or fifty hungrey men and
it is really wonderful how those beans dis
appeared. There were no foreign ora
tors to bore the assembly and in cOnse
quencc of this a really good time was ex-
pericnced. Addresses were made by
Rev. Henry Wheeler and Comrades
YOcum and Meyers. The membership of
the post is constantly increasing.
The attendance of parents of children,
who are pupils in the public schools now
being examined orally, is not as fiattering
as the officers and teachers could wish it.
An invitation is extended to all to visit the
schools at these examinations.
The scalding of the little child of Peter
Bittner Oh Monday evening, an account of
which appeared in last evenings 1NTELLI-
GENCER, resulted in its death at about
seven o'clock last evening. The sufferings
of the child were intense up to the time
of its death.