Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-08
COLUMBIA NEWS,
OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS

Mr.. George X. Bennett, lOck-master OF
the Pennsylvania canal company and pres
iIemt of the fI9IiaIt company, is cOnva.
lesciny from the severe illness which has
coniiued him to his residence for the pas,
few weeks.
Some fifty Or sixty Of his neishbors and
friends surprised Mr.. Amos Croft las,
evening at his residence on New Second
street and pleasantly spent the hours until
midnight arrived, when, after leaving
with Mr.. Croft quite a room fall of dOna-
tions. the seli-invited guests took their
departure. Mr.. Croft. who is deacon in
the Church Of God, has been lying i'll for
some time.
Rev. Cyrus F. Knight, ID. d.. LII. d.
OF Lancaster, preached an excellent SER
mon hsi evening in St. Paurs Episcopal
church.
GA "Wednesday evening one Of Samuel
Campbell livery horses was hired out to
. a man WHO wanted to drive to Mountviiic.
The next morning it was brought to it's
stable loaded upon one of Redseckcr's
wagons with a badly sprained fore leg.
The beast experiences much suffering.
\ break has occurred in the main water
pipe on Walnut street below Fourth.
Rev. Charles A. Hay, ID. D., president
v.
2ill oi:iciatc ih the L. Z. Lutheran church,
on next Sunday morning and evening.
y. L. EarnuinS advertising car passed
through here last evening AMI Forcplugl's 5
this morning.
the Shawnee fire company held its reg
ular monthly meeting last evening.
:.,!in GohI, o. York county, shipped
seventeen fine head Of cattle to Philade!- =
p:ia this morning.
Ihc american Union telegraph COM
panys office at this place is a thing of the
past. The Office WAS located in the read
ing room Of Blacks hotel, but this morn
ing the wires were disconnected and the
poi iiiOn o: the room reserved tor the instiu-
mcnt shorn nt its rail of protection. which,
with the other fixtures of the Office, has
been packed up for removal This is re-
suit of the constellation.
Miss Nella F. Brown, whose engage
m1n: for April itii was postponed on ac-
count of sickness. will appea: in the Col
umbia opera house Oh Saturday evening,
April lG. Tickets now held for April 4,
are goG:! Tor the Evw date and their ex-
change unnecessary. Between go and
300 tickets have 50 far been disposed of
and Still! there arc desirable seats to be
had.
MI. tllEci Y. hhlpc. ot NoriiStO"H, Is
listing friends in town.
The Y,uny Folks ;iii society of the new
English Lutheran church held a very sue
ccssirl Inc..iin. last evening at the resi-.
hcncc Of Mr.. John Sweeney. Oh North
Third street, above Poplar There was
iaI,e :::tcu!anc", an interesting pro
gr;;2inc ',; exercises, muc! pleasure in its
rcniti III and, to sum up the effect of ALL
decided increase in the financial pocket
@. TIA" S"' cty.
Quite large party of his friends sur
priscu hr. James S:Tawbridgc last even
lmg, =: his residence on Walnut street
above Fifth, the occasion being the an
nivcr>ary Of his birth. A pleasant time
was experienced.
We are requested to again call the 1T
t,;tion OF the friends Of the cause to the
meeting iJr organization. election. of
oliicer*. etc, 0! :, new English Lutheran
chmrcl l.. "e held this evening at 1:3O
v'clncl. in the German Lutheran church
Oh i"cust street, below Sixth. 1t is said
that more than one hundred of the old
,ncmi,c,S will join the new church.