Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-08-22
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR REGULAR ,CoRREsPoNuEN,

COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR REGULAR ;coRREsroNDENcE.
Company c will leave on the $40 p. m.
train for Wilkesbarre, where they will
spend a week in encamping.
p. r. r. shifter No. AL jumped the
rails Oh the C. & p. D. railroad, caused by
defective switch, on Saturday afternoon.
Engine No. $40 pulled it back again OH
the track. The only damage done was a
bent wedge bolt.
A new waste pipe is being laid on Wal
nut street below Fourth.
AS two young men were driving steer to
G. T. Swartz's slaughter house this morn
ing, it became frightened and created IN
excitement On Third street. 1t took the
united efforts of several men and boys for
about an hour to get it into the slaughter
house.
DR.. E. W. GOerke. accompanied by his
family and Charles E. Wann, left for Po-
comoke City, Nd, this morning at 7:3O.
They will resume work on the Peninsular
railroad. During the absence of DR..
Goerke, Mr.. Samuel Wright, c. E., will
attend to his official duties.
Jesse Brincr young lad living on
Union street, fell from fence last evening
and broke his arm i'm three places.
The usual number of fights occurred on
Tow Hill on Saturday night. Whisky was
the principal cause of the disturbances.
They were generally bloOdless, yet very
wordy.
Several hacks filled with the colored
population of Marietta, Maytown and Mt.
JOY passed through Columbia on their
way to attend the campmceting ut Mount
vile. A large number of Columbians
also attended the camp yesterday.
Last Friday evening Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Abendscbein were surprised with hand
some pair Of silver gobets by the members
of the ConestOga Lodge, No. 4G3 X. of p,
on the occasion Of the 25th anniversary of
their wedding.
Mary McGee, a tramp. was arrested on
Sunday night by Officer Kcech for drunken
and disorderly conduct and placed in the
lookup. She had a hearing this morning
before Squire Young, who committed her
to Jail for ten days.
The boating party which went to
Wrightsville on Saturday evening had an
enjoyable time, and, literally speaking,
took possession of the ice cream saloon.
On Saturday evening two couples hired
boat to go to Wrightsville, but before
they were hundred yards from shore The
boat began filling with water. They i'm.
mediateIy turned around, Dut before the
shore was reached the boat was half filled
with water.
Miss Annie Chalfant, daughter of Daniel
Chalfant, borough supervisor, aged 1S
years, died at her residence on 9TH street
on Saturday afternoon between and 5
o'clock, after brief illness, from typhoid
pneumonia. The funeral will take place |
on Tuesday Afternoon at O'Clock.
John Baker, working for Il. Beck, Shoe |
maker, fell out of a second story back |
window on Sunday at 2 a. IN. 1t appears
that he had entered the house rather late |
and before undressing sat on the window
sill smoking pipe. Going to sleep he |
fell out of the window, and his leg strik- |
ing wire clothes line cut severe cash. |
His head was also somewhat cut and |
bruised 10y striking a store box. He is |
slightly improved this morning.
Between ) and o'clock on Saturday |
evening, number of roughs from Wash ]
ington borough, who were the worse for |
liquor, began disputing about the sale of |
some tobacco, which finally ended by one |
party calling the other a liar, which being |
promptly resented, u free fight took places |
After the interference of some intrudcrs, |
the disturbance was Iuelled, but after |
some more whisky had been swallowed it |
was again renewed. Black eyes and cut |
faces were seen liz large numbers. The |
arrival of the Port train put u stop to the |
fight.
Miss Lille Hinton, the young Philadcl-
phia actress, who has taken the hearts of
that city's "mashers by storm, spent |
Sunday in town. Miss Lizzie Malone has |
returned to her home in Lancaster the |
III
or so, bat in that time has endeared herself |
to all who met her she was the guest Of |
Miss Annie Hook. J. A. Meyers, esq,
has gone to Bethlehem, Oh a business trip. |
Will. Brown, of Altoona, is visiting his
cousin, Mr.. Ed. Zeigler Mr.. Lewis
w. May leaves to-day for New
York, Concy Island and Rockaway |
Beach, where he intends spending ten days |
or two weeks; Messrs. Ed. Eclsert and |
Rob. Dean, of Lancaster, spent Sunday in
town.