Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-02-26
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE


O,H REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS
A special sermon will be preached this
evening in the E. E. Lutheran church to
Putnam circle, No. 113, i. L. IH. F. e..
A., by Rev. f. w. Staley.
Rev. Roger OEen, ID. d., OF Chestnut
Hin, Philadelphia, will officiate in the
PRESBYTERIAN church on Sunday morning.
Train Dispatcher MckeeveT, Of the Fred
erick division Of the Pennsylvania railroad,
met Captain Case yesterday and made al
rangements with him to Transport Com
pany II of this place to Washington, D: {,
early Oh the morning of March 81. The
company will probably retnrn on the
night of the 9Th.
The election officers viii! meet at seven
o'clock this evening in the council chamber
to draw lots and decide whether General
William Patton, Dem, or W. II. Hard
man, Rep, will represent us for the next
three years in council. These gentleman
were tied at the recent election and it is
to sever the tie that this evening 5 meeting
is to he held.
The funeral of Miss Margaret Lindsey
took place this afternoon from her late
residence at No. 367 Locust street. The
cOrtege proceeded to Old Donegal ccne-
terry. where the interment was made.
William Heating, brakeman on the
Frederick division Of the Pennsylvania
railroad, running into Columbia. was re-
Gently examined, passed very credhable
examination and was promoted to be
conductor. He made his first trip as cor
ductor to day on the No. 4 train.
The following article, which Postmaster
Mullen authorized the Spy to publish, is
of interest to every resident OF Columbia
Heretofore, mail for Philadelphia in TIE
evening was sent by way Of Harrisburg,
leaving here at GEO o'clock. At Harris
burg it was thrown on the Cincinnati
express, due ut Philadelphia at about
frequently that it did not get there in time
for the early Philadelphia delivery. +"
avoid the delays thereby possible and
liable to happen at any time, hereafter
Philadelphia ,..ail will be sent east Oh the
Harrisburg accommodation train leaving
here at $50 y, IA. Mail for this train will
close ut $50 :.Ld l..is will insure positively
the early delivery Of the mail, as it gets
to Philadelphia Il. op. m.
Communion ices in Bethel church at
Seventh and Wnilat streets to-inoIro"
morning.
1t was severely cold early this morning,
but is warm now.
Pay day at the Shawnee rolling mill 10
day.
Justice Of the Peace eject Geo. Young,
t., left here on the one O'Clock train for
Lancaster with his letter of acceptance o!
the office to leave with the prothOnotary.
A birthday party was given last evening
by Mrs. &. L. Shreincr to 4 number Of her
friends, among whom were the members
of the choir OF the f. +. Lutheran church.
There were present about forty persons
who experienced 4 very delightful cvemins :
and who wish Mrs. Shrcincr many happy
returns of the day. 1t was ncar midniSh;
when the party broke up.
The box sheet, no" open 1T Richards 8
book store. for the appearance here Oh
Tuesday, March 1st, of Gus Williams, in
"Our German SENATOR is RAPIDLY filling
up and the prospect is that The opera lnuSr
will contain a large audience on the cven-
ing in question. Desirable seats may now
be obtained, but they wl! hc few in i day
or two.
The ;Spy SAYS "a.i officer of company
II writes 20 the Ne,o Ere to express bis
dissatisfaction about the probable posi-
ton the n. G. Of Pa. are to be assigned
to in the Garfield inaugural procession,
and then goes Oh to quote an article pub
lshcd i'm the Columbia column Of the IN
TELLLGENCER of Il few days ago. Our
thanks are due the editor for trying to
make the public believe that some other
fellow. and not we. is never satisfied.
Had We the pen OF iiur.ict:c we might
DC tempted to speak Of til" return, vcsier-
day morning, "f the g Gem Variety
Troupe from Wrightsyi!ie, with the par
aphernalia to be found with Il company
OF " stars. " Walking across tic
bridge they presented a line about
a square long. First came the Et'minor
representative and another gymmast lug
ging a trunk, then couple of gnitarists
with their instruments, and So the many
instruments of all kinds and shapes, musi-
cal and otherwise, were brought here by
their owners and manipulators to the tune
of crock me to sleep, mother" One OF the
company in speaking of the NriShtsville
people, said they are the dumbest he ever
Saw