Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-07
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE

OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS.
A meeting for organization, election of
officers, etc. of a new English Lutheran
church in Columbia, will he held in the
German Lutheran church on Locust
street, above Fifth, Rev. Darmstetter, pas
tor, on Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
All who have certificates from the other
church are requested to bring them. and
all friends of the cause are cordially ill.,
vited TO be present.
Last evening was very pleasantly spent
at the southeast corner of Second and
Walnut streets, where number oi her
friends surprised Mrs. Mary ID. KumseF.
To our knowledge three more surprise
parties are Oh the tap!s.
Engine No ), OF the W. J. X. K, passed
through here to the east this morning IN
tow OF engine No. 1G7.
The Women's foreign missionary society
of the NJ. T. church held its meeting yes,
terday afternoon in the church pariofs ana
was well attended.
Rev. Mr.. Hume, of Lancaster, officiatcd d
in the Presbyterian church OF this place,
last evening.
Rev. Cyrus F. Knight, D. D.. LII. d.,
Of Lancaster, will preach in st. Pauls
Protestant Episcopal church, this evening.
The following officers of Orion lodge No
S67, |. o. o. F., were installed last even
ing Noble Grand, VIM. II. Shcnberger;
Vice Grand, Edward Il. Eckman {; Secre-
tary, F. r. D. Miller; Assistant Secretary,
Geo. Tile Treasurer, Geo. w. Schroeder;
Trustee, Isaac c. Gitt.
Two brand new passenger cars OF tine
Manhattan, Alma & Birmingham railway
were brounht up the Port Deposit road
last evening. They were numbered
and 9.
The funeral of w. II. Dorat, late Of
the Columbia Courant, took place yes
tcrday afternoon and was largely attend
ed.
A petty thief stole q firkin containing
twenty pounds of butter from farmer at
the market house this morning. The iirkin
had been taken TO the farmers market
stall and it was while On the return to his
wagon to bring in the rest of his wares
that the theft took place.
An effectual disintergration has taken
place in the Coumbia steel company, and
the whole idea OF Lui!ding a manufactur-
ing establishment here has gore up IN
wind. We understand that tho principal
mover in the matter will go in with anotA-
o: company at Harrisburg.
Adgces received here from Williams
pOIC SLslLc LuslG al VI. A"ii AA's' >'>>AA pA''S~
in the prices of timber.
Constable G.. Lewis Lyle yesterday gave
information to your correspondent con-
cerning the cave recently discovered east
of town, Oh the land of II. L. Smith. at a
point opposite Truscott & Cos. oil rein.
cry, by workmen employed on Upp &
Blacks contract with the Pennsylvania
railroad company. Mr. Lyle's story clears
up every vestigc Of my stcry which at
tac!,ed to the discovery, and We will here
give it to our readers and let them Judge
for themselves About twenty five years
ago, when Mr.. Lyle was boy, Joseph
Stricken, who then owned large tract of
land in this locality, conceived the idea
that ore (iron, we presume) was to be
found beneath the eartA's surface, and
with this idea dug into the earth in sever
al places. Mr.. Lyle says that this % dis
covcry'' is one of the holes dug by Mr..
Stricklcr and at points near (he located
them, but we did not give their location
any attention as VIC considered it 4 matter
of no lmpoltance) others may be found.
In all. some four or five excavations
were made, but 10 ore of any de-
scription was found, and at last Mr..
S;uckler gave up his search in disgust.
This disgust was no doubt hurried by the
fact that Mr.. Stuckler and several of his
yorkmen came near being smothered i'll
one of the holes by gas which emanated
from the earth. The fact that caves Or
excavations had been made there had al
most passed from Lylc's memory, but the
recent newspaper articles on the subject
revived his knowledge Of the matter,
which, 1--we are inclined to believe, is pity.
for who would not rather believe that the
cave in question was the home of noble
red man than the fruitless handiwork Of d
disappointed white tiilcr of the soil : We
have not doubt that some OF our readers
have already put the cave down as the re-
treat of some far famed Indian chief, who
there kept in confinement one of the most
beautiful white maidens the surrounding
country could produce. So muc!, for
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