Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-02-14
COLUMBIA NEWS.
CUR HEGCLii: CORRESPONDENTS

Mrs. DR.. D. Mellinger, while walking Oh
the coal chutes on Saturday afternoon, to
see the moving ice, was SO unfortunate as to
fall into one OF the empty coal bins. She
was removed TO her home when it was
found her injuries consisted OF severe
bruises on the body and scratched face.
The members OF the company. who will
g!Tc the entertainment in the opera house
on tl.c 10Th inst, for the benefit of the
poor oi the town. are meeting with sue
cess IN the sale Of tickets. \ good house
is assured them and they are sanguiDe OF
pleasing .heir audience.
To-day being st. Valentine 5 day Cupid S
messengers have their hands full in send
ing kind remcmbrauces to distant and nea;'
friends conveying the esteem in which they
are held by the seIders Of the cmbcllished
notes, who to tlwart destiny, generally
manage to remain unknown to the stricken
mortals, who would delight in basking in
the rays Of their sun-sliiny gIanccs. Pos
slbly side by side with one Of these loving
cliusions will be found = severe caricature
which is supposed to bear some sort OF a
resemblance to thc receiver. The Only
wonder is that, between the two, the IOor
fellow is not driven to suicide. The post
master. will have cause to remember the
day.
MeSting OF Councils.
At Fridays meeting OF councils the
finance committee presented Il report
which showed Tie receipts OF the month.
including 4 balance of 81, ,j0G.3l, TO bc
ST., ,j3i.O1. Tho expenditures amounted TO
SO, 0,Jl2.24, lea"in" Il balance in the treas
ury Of 1,993.S3. The property committee
reported having drawn leases for the opera
house store -Topnis Tie portioning off OF
the oper.. hnusc basement for the benefit
Of Mr.. +. Ii. StaTcD, at his expense; the
tracing,ot the borough plan, and the issuing
Of an order to the proper officer 10 arrest
all thc persons who were implicated IN tine
disturbance in the opera house Oh tic
evening Of the Sth inst, and prosecute
item to the full extent of the law. The
u ad committee recommended that Il grade
rc established! for Tlulence Stvcc: as soon
as practicable liz order that proposed
building operations might not bc retarded.
An order was granted to establish this and
any "tie" necessary grading. \ request
by Mr. James ID. Sl:rt:, in behalf of the
persons interested ia the entertainment to
be given on the 18th inst, for the benefit
oi the poor OF the town, for Il reduction
III the rent of the opera house, was lc-
ierrcd to the property committee wi!:l
power to Act. Mcssrs. Jacob and Charles
Minich, in behalf OF the butchers. spoke
at length, asking for 4 change in the honr
for the admission of butchers to their
stalls Oh market days. The matter was
referred to the market committee. Orders
were drawn in favor of the several tirC
companies for their quarterly apprOpria-
tlon, and the chairman o! the fire commit
tee was authorized to purchase coal, such
as is used by the Pennsylvania railroad
company's locomotives, for the use Of the
fire engines, the same to be charged /" the
accounts OF the fire companies. The rcyn-
lator was instructed to place tho borough
plan in the hands OF treasurer Tor safe
keeping several bills were passed and
council adjourned to meet on "Wednesday.
March 3d
The ice move was watched 10y our pcn-
pie with undim ini>hcd interest during the
whole Of Saturday, and even the colder
weather ans! high winds OF Sunday did not
have the effect OF Keeping them from the
river shore. True. there was nothing to
hn seen except broken u3 ice, carried at
the will ui h" current, with here and there
= piece "f timber. an odd boat, whiri.
had been torn from its moorings, Il
chicken coop Or some other article more;
frequently found on Land than OH water,
but. with humanity. such sights always
did draw, and. va:y probably. always will.
notw outstanding they are the accompani-
mcntS OF destruction ut the expense Of
suffering human beings. Since the break
up the ice las passed here very quietly.
Thc shanty on Samuel Reads battery, be
low the dam, was carried away on Sat;lr-
day afternoon and other battery owners
have been equally lucklcss. Some of our
ente}prSEg boat owners have been catch
ing dritwood. and to vary the monotony
the small boy has been frequently falling
into tile river This last event. repeatedly
happening, afforded no end of amusement
to the large number of persons who spent
the pleasant afternoon of Saturday ut the
coal chutcS.
There is q great gorge of ice at Nun
DORIS island near McCall's Ferry, the
channel on this side being ciicctual!y
choked. The channel running between
the island and the York county shore is
entirely too narrow to carry off the ice as
fast rs it arrives and there is great dan cer
of it closing at any time. The PcGuca
bridge, although moved from its piers, has
not yet been carried away and possibly
may be saved. The ice is piled so high
that it is compared to mountains. The
Pennsylvania railroad ticket agent 1T this
place has been ordered to sell 10 tickets to
any point below McCall's Ferry. At Col
umbia every thing is quiet There is a
clear channel on this side of the river, but |
the ice is still running on the other side.
The ice and water together have caused !
much damage down the river. The Col
umbia S Port Deposit railroad bridge |
over the PcIuea creek at its mouth was
washed from its piers, on Saturday night.
The passenger train which left here for
Port Deposit at 6:20 O'Clock on Saturday
evening is lying below Pequea, while in its
front is piled. on the railroad tracks, eight
,r ten feet OF ice for a distance Of two Or
three miles The train cannot move in
was sent to Pcquea this morning to bring
up any passengers who may be there.
At recent meeting of the Colum bia
water company the following direct ors
we're elected: Samuel Shocil, Sam uc!
rruscott, j. \. Meyers, William VI. Me-
clure, ii. A. Fondcrsmith, Joseph II.
Black and Samuel Small. The board Or
,anized as follows: President, Col. Samuel |
>hoch Secretary and Treasurer. Simon
Z. May Superintendent, VIM. B. Fasig.
Rev. Mr.. Shannan, of Wrightsville,
Yesterday morning in the NJ. E.
:hurch of this place.
The services Of last evening in tie E. +.
Lutheran church, were conducted by Rev.
Dr.. Brown, of Columbia.
4 full meeting of Chiquesalunga tribe,
No. 80, I, o. Il. NJ, has been called for to-
norrcw evening to mako arrangements for
he celebration Of the coming anniversary.
To-Day's Borough News.
Hugh Murphy sold five shares OF Sus.