Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-25
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR lsEGULAR CORRESPONDENCE

COLUM6xA NEWS.
OUR KEGULAR CORRESPONDENCE,
The Harrisburg convOcati0n of the Pro
testant Episcopal church will be held in
Columbia, beginning tomorrow, in St
Paul's church, with evening services at
7:30 clock, the Rev. Francis II. Stricken
Of Mechanicsburg, officiating. Wednes
day, morning prayer with litany and holy
communion ut ten o'clock, Rev. VIM. C.
Leverett, dean Of the convocation, officiat.
ing. Business meeting at 2 clock, p. m.
Evening missionary meeting-a,
7:3O O'Clock, p. m. Revs. II. W Spauld-
ing, ID. D., A. E. TOrtat and Rev. J. Keel
ing, d. D., officiating.
Company H, 1lth regiment N. 6. r.,
celebrated the quadrennial anniversary OF
its organization, which occurred yester'
day, by attending last evening, in full uni
form with side arms, the Presbyterian
church, where a sermon was preached by
Rev. John Mccoy, pastor Of the church
and chaplain Of the regiment, from the text
I'd Samuel, 10th chapter and part of the
18th verse L" Let US play tho men for our
people," Rev. MIR. Mccoy preached an
able sermon which was attentively listen
ed to.
The first sale at Samuel Campbell's ba-
zaar, at Fourth and Walnut streets tool
place on Saturday morning, was attended
with good results, and would have been
much better had it not been for the circus
in Lancaster and the countcracting influ-
cnccs. Another sale will be made Oh lie xt
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock.
Rev. +. s. Morrell, of Montgomery
Square, Montgomery county, appeared
yesterday morning and evening in the Z.
+. Lutheran church before largo congre-
cations.
Rev. e. P. Miller, of Marietta, preached
yesterday morning for the congregation Of
st. Johns English Lutheran church in the
German Lutheran church on Locust street
below Sixth.
Buffalo Bill and his company will
appear in tho opera house tomorrow
evening.
Mr.. John r. Diffenbach, wife And
daughter, of Lancaster, were visiting in
Columbia yesterday, the guests of Mrs.
Christian Breneman.
Henry NJ. Sample, the agent Of tho Sun
day Times and Press, lost his paper account
book yesterday.
Forcpaugh's circus passed through here
to the west yesterday morning.
Col. Samuel Shocll, president OF the
Columbia national bank, of whose illness
VIC spoke a few days ago, is now reported
to be seriously i'll. 7
Yesterday and to day have been perfect
ly calm and as a consequence the raftmen
are all busy in hurrying their charges
through. More than score of RATS
have passed through the chutcs since Sum-
day morning. While We sit writing this
letter there are two in sight slowly drift
Ing by. While passing through the chute
yesterday morning 4 raft struck one Of the
walls and was broken up.
The teachers institute transacted routine
business on Saturday.
Abcrcrombie's Boston Ideal combination
will present "Uncle Toms Cabin /" in the
opera house ON Thursday evening April
2Stll.
The first sllad caught about here this
season was brought to the surface from the
raft chute in scoop net on Saturday
afternoon by a man named Sheetz. 1t
was a very large Oue-G4 pounds in weight.
A special train from Port Deposit yes
teriay brought up lot of raftmcn who
had got their charges through.
The members of the new Baptist church
held meeting yesterday morning ut the
residence Of Mr.. John Hall on South Fifth
street.
BY reason Of the illness of tie pastor,
Rev. J. III. Esterline. Rev. Daniel McCau
ley Officiated yesterday morning in the
Church of God.
A rock weighing several tons was On
Saturday thrown Oh the track of the
Pennsylvania railroad ut 4 point half
mile east of f. X. Smiths residence, and
caused a detention of a couple of hours to
freight trains besides a short detention to
passenger trains. The rock was blasted
from the new line which Mcssrs. Cpp and
Black are cutting through. Both tracks
were torn from their places, but have since
been repaired.
Engine No. $40 ran off the track at an
open switch near the Locust street cross
inc yesterday afternoon, but did no injury
to itself except slightly bending its pilot.
Three or four young men came here
in town all forenoon and got outside of n
would need to give him "pOise." Just
before the o'clock train from Frederick
left police officer from York arrested one
Of the party who was believed to be skip
ping $4S board bill. The young man
had been on 4 cantico the night before
and for disorderly conduct had been given
lodging for the night at police headquar-
ters. He had been released early on Satur-
day morning OH giving his promise to go
home and remain there but inquiry re-
vealcd the fact that he had drawn $3.50
from bank the same morning and had
dumped the town. His arrest sadly
interfered with the arrangements the
"boys " had made to 60 to Lancaster and
"do " the show, and SO negotiations were
entered into with the officer looking to his
release. A bargain was struck just be-
fore the train pulled out and the young
man got off, but his gold watch and chain
remained in the officcr's hands as security
for the s4S bill.
The Eracorrespordent Notwithstanding,
there is split in the church of God here.
The whole trouble dates back to the time
when the preseH1 lastOr of tho church,
Rev. J. IL. EstefNie. was appointed to
succeed Rev. Charles Winbigler. Mr.. w.
had his admirers who threatened that if he
was not reappOinted they would decline to
extend any further aid to the church. His
friends, or portion of them,
now belOrg to the new Baptist church.
AND THOU, TOO, SENSENIG
A Burnt Child breads tho Fire.
New Era.
The Nem Era is not playing into the
hands of the bosses this time and does not