Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-02-07
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR REGULAR CORkEsPoNDEN

OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE
A large sleishing party from the coun
try were in town on Saturday evening
They put up at Wagner's hotel.
| Captain d. Brainard Case is now able t,
be about his Office as usual.
| Engine 364 ran a car and itself Oft @
the Shawnee rolling mill siding and into
the meadow below this morning. Shiftcl
| No. AL pulled both out again.
| Mr.. F. 4. Bennett left here on the one
o'clock train for Philadelphia.
| On Saturday night a horse, attached to
sleigh, escaped from its master, at Pom
-eroy station, on the Pennsylvania railroad.
All efforts 10 capture the beast were futile
and finally it reached the high railroad
| bridge at Coatesville, where the sleigh was
caught and firmly held by the rail- Freight
engine No. 11o, going east with a loaded
train, overlook the horse ON the bridge,
before it was able to release itself from
the sleigh; and struck and instantly killed
it. Luckily the engine kept to the track
Or there would have been thirty freight
cars and locomotive piled up in the valley
one hundred feet or more below.
Miss Eugene Z. Ziesler, daughter of our
well known townsman, Mr.. Frank X.
Ziegler, fell on slippery pavement on
Saturday and sprained her wrist.
Theodore Klinglcr, a railroader, and a
resident of this place, was enormously re-
ported on Saturday to have had his hand
mashed while coupling cars and ampn-
tatcd at the wrist by Dr.. Alex Craig The
end of his thumb was taken off.
Miss Ramsey, of Lebanon, is visiting the
daughters of Gen. VIM. Patton.
Rev. Mr.. Shannon, Of Wrightsvllc, will
Officiate in the NJ. Z. church. of this place,
on Sunday morning next.
HRev. Elias IL Sheath preached in the
United Brethren church yesterday morn
ing. In the evening Rev. Mr. Merrick. of
Baltimore, conducted the services.
Freight engine No e14 was off the
track in the west yard yesterday morning.
\ switc!. turned wrong caused the acci-
dent.
At Saturdays meeting OF the teachers
institute Prof. Amcs told tine assembled
teachers Of his visit to the Lancaster
schools. Miss Lillian X. Welsh was a Wis.
itOr.
The sacrament OF the Lords Supper
was administered yesterday morning in
st. Paul's Protestant Episcopal church.
The Third ward Republicans will nom-
mate their candidates for borough offices
this evening.
The Democrats on Saturday evening
nominated the following candidates for
borough Offices:
FIRST WARD.
Judge--Charles Grove, sr.
Inspector-George r. Bennett.
Justice OF the Peace-George Young, jr.
Assesscr-George w. Scncr.
COnstab!c-Robert Keech.
Council-Samuel Filbert.
School dircctor-John A. Slatle.
SECOND WARD.
Judgc-Thomas J. Masterson.
!nspector-Georse Tile
Justice Of the Peacc-W. Hayes ;ir;er.
Asscssor--Thomas S. Enipe.
Constablc-Samucl Turner.
Coumcil-Ccn. William Patton.
School Direetov-John G. Clark,
THIRD WARD.
.Iudgc--Joln Harsh.
Insrector-Patricls Mccall.
Asscssor--Thomas J. Swinglcr.
Fni.stabic-Frcdcrjclx Struck.
ra,ou ga. G. GuileS, for ) years.
' t-Gcorgo Zieglcr for year.
School Dircctor-David Welsh.
:. Tea.
Mr. and Mrs. $. II. Reynolds gave
''TeaH on Saturday evening to their
friends, about two hundred of whom
called in the limited hcurs. five to eight.
This is the first occasion Of this kind Ian
easter has had, although they have been
lcr some time very popular in the large
cities, where, however, none have been
given more elegant than this. The repast
was furnished by Augustine, OF Philadcl,
ihia. and the table was very handsome in
deed. Keifcr's orchestra provided the
music, and the GUESTS found the occasion
very delightful.