Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-07
COLUMBIA NEWS.

oSA 1EuCAAS NOnbESTONOENCE
Mr.. Robert T.. Dean spent yesterday
with his friends in town.
The Susquehanna rolling mill employees
were paid on Saturday for two weeks
work.
The teachers institute dissected the
usual programme on Saturday.
| A young lady named Arms died sudden.
| ly yesterday.
Miss Mary Hook broke her forearm
on Saturday. She fell at her residence on
Third street.
The brick work has commenced at Mr..
Fred Bucher's Few houses at Sixth and
| Walnut streets.
The State Fencibles, Of Philadelphia,
passed through here yesterday afternoon
On their way home from Washington,
D. G..
Squire Evans is again suffering with the
| gout. He is compelled to use 4 crutch
and cane in walking about.
| The Sunday school of Goodman chapel
Of the NJ. E. church yesterday elected the
following officers to serve for the ensuing
year: Superintendent, Simon c. May
Assistants, J. w. Howlen and G. w.
Paulus Secretary, Harry 3. Dean Assist
ant Secretary, John r. Henry; Treasurer,
| William Howlcn; Librarian, Thomas ],
| Wright Assistants. DR.. A. w. Rodgers
John S. Snyder, Milton +. Stevenson,
George Filbert, CIV stevenson, Isaiah E..
GraybiIl. Ghorister, c. w. Stevenson !;
O:ganist. Mrs. I. J. Wright.
Mr.. L. X. Boice, the well-known ticket
| agent OF the Pennsylvania railroad at COL
umbia, died st his residence on North
Second street, on Saturday night at ten
o'clock. He was an old resident of COL
umba ard was perhaps as well-known as
any man living here. He was identified
with what is now the Pennsylvania rail-
| road when it was opened by the state, and
continued III his connection with it after
the transfer to the company was made.
He was ut one time, many years ago, dis
patcher here, but gave up that position
for the Office of ticket and freight agent,
the former of which he held to the time of
his death. He resigned the latter some
thing over one year ago and was succeeded
by Mr.. G. s. Murray, who is yet in
charge. Mr.. Eoice was in the I'D year Of
his age at the time Of his death. The
funeral will take place to- morrow after
noon at 9 o'cactl and the interment of the
! remains will be made in Mount Bethel
cemetery.
The Washington Trip.
Company II. 18th regiment n. G. Pa,
which left here for Washington, d. c., on
Thursday morning last, arrived at the cap
ital at three o'clock that afternoon, and
was at once escorted to it's quarters at No.
All Seventh street. The quarters were
located On the second floor OF the building
in large furniture ware room. Along
each side of the room from one end to the
other were placedss bedsteads and sleeping
mattresses, each Of which was occupied by
two members of tic company. The room
was supplied with every thing necessary
to comfort and convenience, had cook
stove in it, was centrally located and was in
fact al! that could be dcsire.. for visiting
military company. OF course the company
took part i'll the inaugural procession and
tha members. during the balance OF their
stay there, spent the time in sightseeing.
Washington was left behind at $50 o'clock
on Saturday afternoon by all the members
except the correspondents Of the New Era
and the lNTELLlGENCEE, who had been
out doing the place. They returned
to their quarters at o'clock only to find
the room deserted but secured transpor-
tatiOn with the Wrightsyille Grays. which,
left the capital at $50 clock. The news
paper men overlook their company few
HiiicH Sou'il OK the Dlg wreck 2C severn STA
ton, which caused delay of several
hours 10 all the trains following, bound
north. Baltimore was finally reached.
and there another delay of
three hours occurred and it was
six o'clock OH Sunday morning when the
company at last stepped from the cars at
Columbia. The trip was very enjoyable
one ana will be long remembered by the
company. Among the Columbians noticed
in Washington were Mr.. and Mrs. John
Fcndrick and daughter, Miss Annie, Post
|. C. Gitt, W. II. Shenberger. John
Staman. W. Hayes Grier, of the Herald,
and y. j. Kaufman. esd.