Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-13
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE.

OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE.
The Pennsylvania railroad pay car is ex
pected here this evening.
Samuel Trout has opened tin shop on
Walnut street below Sixth.
A drizzle has been falling all morning
and the day bids fair to be very disagree
able.
The private and national banks, post
office, public schools and some of our
stores will be closed on Good Friday. The
Episcopal church people are making elab.
crate arrangements for the Easter ser
vices.
The several canals about here may now
be said to be launched into activity once
more. The boats are running as usual
and the steamboat Wrightsville is making
its Old-time trips. There is not much life
as yet at the Reading & Columbia rail-
road chutes.
The Herald is doing all in it's power to
break up the teachers institute-at least
the pay portion of it. Every week it has
something to say about the $40 show"
Well. perhaps it is useless.
A large surprise donation party consist
ing for the most part Of members OF St.
Johns English Lutheran church called
.,
Mrs. Mentzer, residing on Union. street,
and pleasantly spent the evening. Many
donations, all of which were useful, were
left with the surprised but. pleased lady.
The Shawnee rolling mill is Just now
resting on its oars while tho engine boil
ers are being cleansed and repairs made to
the machinery. Operations will prOba bly,
be resumed during the latter part of the
week.
Owing to misinformation received by US
on Monday we refrained from saying any
thing about the installation of the officers
of st. Johns Lutheran church on Sunday
evening. The ceremonies of installation
were performed by Rev. Mr.. Herring, of
Wrishtsville in the presence of a large
congregation.
Susquehanna shad were exposed for sale
on our streets this morning. They were
caught at Shure's fishery, opposite the
mouth of the Octoraro creek and were de-
cidedly nice looking.
The Flyers sisters appear in the opera
house tonight in "Out of Bondage" Go
and hear them.
The hearing in the case Of the parties al
rested for having created the disturbance
in the opera house on Saturday evening
last, during the performance of "Hearts
of Oak " will come off this evening before
Justice Frank.
The Mite society connected with the
f. Z. Lutheran church will hold meeting
tomorrow evening at the residence of Mr..
ii. +. Ycrgey, on Locust street, above
Second, A literary and musical pro
gramme, together with refreshments, will
be presented, and we:s have no doubt the
whole three will receive their full share of
attention.
The ladies' aid society of the NJ. E.
church will give sociable this evening in
the parlors OF the church, at which tempt
ing edibies will be ready to be partaken G
when some musical selections, which have
been prepared. have been presented
These sociables are generally we'll attended
and successful.
Tickets are yet selling for Miss Nella
L. Browns readings here on Saturday
evening next, and her audience bids fair to
be one of the largest of the season. Some
where near three hundred seats have been
marked off.
Several more RATS passed here this morn
ing. The raft to which we referred yes
tcrday rs having had mishap befall it
is stuck on sand bar outside the raft
channel at a point some distance above the
canal boat which stuck on a rock be-
low the dam few weeks ago.
David Mowery, Pennsylvania railroad
brakeman, was Jared from the top of
box car on his train to the bumper below
at DowninstOwn this morning. His only
injury is spr,ined or broken arm. He
was brought to his homo at this place on
the mail train at 1855 o'clock this MORN
ing.
About sixty persons, with but one ex-
ception, members of the Goodman chapel
Sunday school of the M. E. church, called
last evening upon their fellow member,
Mr.. William Campbell, Reading &
Columbia railroad man who was recently
injured at Ephrata, at his residence on
South Eighth street near Union, where
was spent a very pleasant evening and
where were left donations of all kinds
which were thankfully received by Mr.
Campbcll's family and which were will
ingly presented by the church people.
Mr.. Campbell is able to move about the
house on crutches, but does not venture
out.