Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-14
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR KEGULAR CORRESPONDENTS

OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE.
Miss Katie Gossler is home from Swath
more university to spend the Easter holi
days.
Nr. Edwin J. Lockard. Of Philadelphia
was in town yesterday.
Oliver Snyder is erecting a cracker
bakery on Walnut street below Seventh.
The Young men Of Marietta are making
preparations for party or sociable to he
given in the near future probably at Cen
trail hall. The invitations will be issued in
about a week.
The road committee of councils is now
engaged in having the streets cleaned.
Fortunately there is not much dirt to be
scraped up and the work will neither be
lasting or costly.
The sociable given last evening in the
church parlors by the Sunday morning
class of the school connected with the NJ.
E. church was a decidedly pleasant and
successful affair. A choice musical and
literary programme was rendered and the
refreshments netted about s2j, which goes
into the treasury.
The Pennsylvania railroad company will
sell excursion tickets at SO cents. passing
and into Barnum's consolidated shows, Oh
the 23d of the present month. This is
on one third reduction in fair.
The river is again away up and there Is
now some prospect of heavy rafting. 10
cOunteract it to some extent. however, 4
high wind is blowing to-day.
We had fair market this morning. Our
people are getting i'm their Easter eggs.
In, z 4 T,,tI Iras v,,ifn SncinfV vnQotS
this evening at the residence Of Mr.. Ii. r.
Yergcy,so on Locust street above Second.
At the congregational meeting of the
L. +. Lutheran church, last evening, Tic
following officers were elected: Elder,
Jacob H. Oberlin Deacons, S. P. Graver,
Daniel Retlliscr. John q Benner, f. NJ.
Stevenson and Hiram Ostott. More than
two hundred and fifty dollars was sub
scribed toward the liquidation OF the
church's current indebtedness.
A number OF little folks surprised Miss
Ida Richards, daughter of John F. Rich
ards, at her fathers residence, last even
ing, the occasion Of her seventh birthday
anniversary. They had nice time of it.
OsceOla tribe, No. II, |. .. K. NJ, will
install officers this evening in the opera
house. The admission will he free to the
llOluClS III III II" vSASSS1N " Ill
be present.
John Peterson, 4 former resident of Col
umbia, but of late years scafarlns man,
time past. Last evening Peterson called
upon William Galley, a rolling mill man,
residing on Lawrence street near Third. 1t
is said that Peterson had been drinking
before making his call and was partially
ln <,1lys,,.p ~
Galley he took from his pockets three re.
volvers, one Of which, it is said,
he was about presenting to Galley when
in handling it carelessly the weapon
was discharged, the bullet (calibre 33)
taking effect in the knee Of Caley's son
Richard where notwithstanding repeated
prObings it yet remains. The boy s suffer.
inys are intense and it is believed that il
the ball is not extracted from its lodging
place a,nputation of the limb may be nec-
essary Peterson has been arrested and
is held to await the result Of Caley's in
with him bell in the lookup. There is no
doubt that the shooting was accidental and
It is hoped the boys recovery may be
rapid, so that Peterson may be liberated.
The Lancaster and York homeopathic
medical society meeting yesterday ut Col
umbia was we'll attended. The following
officers were elected for the ensuing year:
President, G. w. Reich, of Marietta
Vice President, DIR. Harry, Of Mount JOY;
Secretary, G. w. Taylor, of Columbia
Cor. Secretary, J. W. Bollingcr, Of Ian
caster; Treasurer, o. 3. Huebner, Of Ian
caster.
The Flyers Sisters combination appeared
in the opera house. last evening in Out
of Bondage to fair sized and apprccia-
tive audience which was perfectly salts
fed. There are several good voices in the
character cast. but this saying will net dc
when speaking of Miss Madall Flyers.
Her voice, which she has under perfect
control, is perhaps the richest ever heard
in the Columbia opera house. She carries
it as high as she carries the surprise and
delight Of her audience, ana he is indeed
hard to please who is not pleased with it.
The other members Of the. company in
their srecialties are good and no characte,
is inferior.