Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-06-15
COLUMBIA NEWS.

COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS.
Miss Lizzie Warren, of Cincinnati, Ohio
is in town on a visit to her uncle, MI. VII
liam Pinkerton.
The large newspaper press of the COlun
bia Herald was broken this morning.
Squire Grier INDUCED in joke at tn,
expenses of the correspondent of the Er
anainer and the writer on Monday. the &C
count of the accident to Mr.. j. Douglass
having been "make-up" on the part o
the jovial justice.
The Vigilant hre company are making
active preparations for long parade, to
be held on the Fourth of July.
Mr.. w. G. Llewellyn, was united in the
holy bonds of wedlock, last evening, to
Miss Lottie Berntheissl, BY Rev. Henry
Wheeler. at the Methodist parsonage.
Miss Marks, daughter of J. B. Marks,
secretary of U. B. aid society, of Lebanon
is the guest of Chief Burgess Sheath.
A large number of Columbians left town
yesterday to attend the Episcopal conven
tiOn held in York,
Several RATS passed through here last
evening, and many more are expected to
follow.
The annual picnic of the Reformed Sun
day school, will be held tomorrow in
Mannheim.
Another, but private, picnic will be held
tomorrow, at Chickies Rock.
The Methodist mite society meeting,
which was to be held this evening, has
been postponed Indefinitely.
Mr.. John Wilson on last Saturday
caught twenty eight boom logs. Last
evening twenty-five out of the twenty
eight were stolen.
| Mr.. Fred Bucher's new houses on Wal
nut street are receiving completion. He
expects them to be finished sometime in
July.
Ticket for the Editorial association cx::
cursiOn were received hero this morn
ing.
James Russell, colored bootblack, had
his right foot severely hurt by horse
tramping on it.
Mr.. James I. McEnnis. wife aud chill
dren of Louisville, Kentucky, are here OF,
a visit to their relatives.
Two special trains, carrying gentlemen
for Mr.. James Duffy's party in Marietta,
passed through here to-day.
| MIR. Daniel !s'iOads, of BellefOnte, who
for the past &c" days has been a guest Of
Mr.. WIN. lIudmaD, returned to his home
| last evening.
The patent medicine man has again
opened his stand at the corner of Third
| and Front streets.
Quite a number OF fishing parties started
out this morning, but all returned disap-
pointed The river is still too high.
There is great deal of talk among our
young gentlemen about starting another
club room. If they can get the room they
are now after the club will be formed i'm
mediately.
A little boy while playing on the logs in
Mr.. Bletz's log pond, fell in and had it not
been for some men who were working
near by, he would have been drowned.
The little fellows name was Charles Her.
man and he lives in Kitchen town.
Tho Susquehanua Tide Water canal
opened this morning after a suspension of
ten days caused by tho late freshets
and the rush in" ut the Four Mile
Level. Over 1900 cubic yards of earth
and rock were removed in the period
named. The boats below the work will be
started to-day, and active work will be
| resumed tomorrow ut the Columbia
wharf. Two boats were cleared at this
point this morning, and the pockets con
| tain upwards of 1 200 tons, which will be
Mr.. A. McManus, who left here q short
time ago, has been heard from. At pres
ent he is in Pueblo, Colorado. He is
working on the railroad and seems to like
the job very much. He says that railroad
men arc in great demand. as the majority
of the Inhabitants out there are either
miners or farmers.
Last night fight occurred at the five
points. A drunken Welshman, becoming
noisy, was elected from a certain we'll
known beer saloon. A gentleman stand
ing near by tried to keep him from going
back, but his kindness was rewarded by a
blow in the mouth with brickbat. A
regular row was soon started.
On Locust street last evening little
three year-old boy was playing in the
street, when horse and buggy, driven at
furious pace, dashed around the corner.
coming straight for the little one. Mr..
e. c. Kaufman seeing the child's danger
sprang to its rescue. In a second, almost,
he had the little boy safely on the pave
mcnt, and not any too soon, for in another
moment tho child would have been
trampled to death under tho horses hoofs.
The name of the little boy we could not
ascertain.
On Monday morning a tramp, giving his
name as d 6nlCS C1mpOclI, 1ppllcOiIOf WOrK
at the tin shop of Mr.. Samuel Miller on
Locust street. Mr.. Miller being absent,
Neal Mclaughlin, one of his workman,
hired the fellow, as they were very busy.
After giving him his dinner he was put to
work. In the evening Mrs. Miller paid
him of. and in return for tho kindness no
had received, he went back to the shop
the same night, and stole new set
Of soldering irons, pair Of shears and
several other things. The stolen articles
he tried to pawn for liquor, but was un-
successful. Becoming disguised he threw
them away aud jumped on freight train
bound east. Ono Of the soldering irons
was recovered last evening by Mr.. Nc
Laughlin, but with this exception the
other things have not yet been found.
Episcopal Convention.
Last night large congregation assem-
bled ut st. Johns p. e. church, York,
Rev. DR.. Spalding, rector, to witness the
opening services of the convention which
meets in that church this week. The even
ing service was conducted by Bishop Howe,
DR.. Knight, Rev. Soaring, Rev. Edwards.
Immediately after the service the conven-
tion organized by calling the roll and
elcctinp' Rev. IamhertOn Socretarv who