Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-02-02
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT

4 strong corps Of workmen have alread,
cleared the snow from the platforms of tn,
Pennsylvania ard Philadelphia & Read
ing railroads depot.
1t is most too cold for sleighing to bt
enjoyable, but our streets are in prime coz
dition all the same.
Telegraphic connections are unbrokec
between Philadelphia and Harrisburg.
At twelve O'Clock. noon, the sun was
shining brightly, and the grounding haG
no trouble in espying his shadow-if he
was about.
Drs. Craig, Lineaweaver and Bruner
left here for Lancaster city on the one
o'clock train.
Five buns spent last night in the lock-
up. Four of the party were committed
this morning.
Revival services in the NJ E. church
are being continued with unabated inter
est. 4 number Of persons have already
been converted. The attendance at the
meetings continue very good despite the
bad weather.
A letter received from Galveston, Texas,
this morning. informs their friends that
Messrs. Ansel Purple and JOS. F. McNakin
reached their destination on Tuesday Of
last week. Barring three Or four wrecks,
by which they were detained, they had a
very pleasant trip. The writer Of the let
ter says that after the recent SNOW storm
at New Orleans the entire population,
men, women and children, turned out and
SNOW -balled one another built snow men,
and engaged in other childish sports. The
snow was the first for fourteen years and
was novelty in it's way.
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turned from their visit to Williamspoct.
The telephone is great convenience to
the people round about the Ccrdelia fur
mace. One OF the Columbia physicians
has the greater part of the medical prac-
tice about there and is connected with the
furnace by the telephone. Whenever lie
is wanted the people go direct to the fur
mace and make Il call for him, thereby
saving themselves a walk to town. 1t is
said that seldom q day passes without at
least one call being made.
The Pennsylvania, railroad company is
not Inconvenience much on the Philadel-
phia division !.,- the late snow storm East
bound freight trains of low class were dis
patched from here last night and this
morning with %cnty cars, and high class
with two Or three less. The Columbia
lSlb tiS cii tii't+
this morning, with two engines and three
cars. it is expected to run Oh schedule
time all tie way through. 1t is reported
here that the fast express trains on the
other branch are also running double
headed-wth two engines attached
The engine Of the DowningtoIn accomno-
dation train cast broke a driving axle this
morning at point between Fr:azer's sta T..
flor, nd Gjanlnnl, finfnntif,,, tn,
bound freight and passenger trains Wa&
occasioncG, but it was of short duration. as
the middle track was used and run upon
as the south main track until the disabled
engine was substituted by another. \
number Of freight trains which left here
early yesterday afternoon did no; reach
52d street station until 10 o'clock this
morning. The delay TO these trains is the
principal one on the Philadelphia division.
The SHOW storm Of yesterday continued
until 10 p. m., when Il fall in temperature
met and passed tho rising barometer. The
snow ceased falling, but the mercury kept
going down with long strides. At eleven
o'clock last night the Thermometer in!i-
Gated nine degrees above zero; at twelve
o'clock six degrees, and SO it kept falling
until seven o'clock this morning it had :.
showing OF five degrees below. The rise
Of the sun had but little effect on the thcr-
mometer and the rising mercury did not
touch zero until S:45 o'clock. 1t is yet
very cold with Il fresh breeze blow
ing and the light Snow falling
in all directions, but the thermometer
indicates about dozen degrees above zero.
as this is the day upon which the ground
hog is supposed to take his frs: peep for
the coming SDrinr and rs it is GENERALLY
understood that he is q timid creature and
easily scared at his own shadow, i'll which
event he will disappear :or six long weeks,
it would, perhaps, be as well to look fur
the worst and settle down il the belief
that winter is not yet over. We arc en-.
rhaticaiIy of that opinion and II the
groundho: will differ with Us We will con-
slider that he displays mighty poor juds-
ment. 1t is to be hoped that our country
people, with ali eye to early spring, have
shut up all the grounding holes and We
toed the exit of the inhabitants.