Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-15
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDING

| OUR KEGULAk COKkxESRONDENCEs
Mr.. C. C. Wann is home on short
visit. He is still on the engineer corps in
| Virginia.
Mr. A. r. Hoscndobler will remove his
present store to the one formerly occupied
by Mr.. s. Cohen.
Mr.. jeff Gilman is. in town Oh q short
short visit to his parents.
In the Methodist church tomorrow
morning the sacrament Of the Lords sup
per will be given. In the evening Rev.
Heury Wheeler, the pastor, will preach to
the young people.
At present the Citizens band has NO
room to practice in.
ticket agent Of the p. X. K. celebrated his
42d birthday. Yesterday his father cele-
brated his list birthday.
j. X. Errinser, general ticket agent of
the Pennsylvania railroad company, has
offered to take the members Of Co. c to
Philadelphia and return for 50 per man,
providing there were fifty uniformed men.
The offer was accepted. Tonight the
company drills, aud afterwards business
meeting will be held when final arrange
ments for the trip will be made.
Searching for n sister.
Nineteen years ago Michael McLaugh-
lin was killed OH the Reading & Columbia
railroad by car being run off the track
in consequence of q misplaced switch.
This happened on September 90, 1862. by
his death he left two children, a girl and
4 boy, unprovided for. Mary. the girl,
was taken to Lancaster, where it is thought
she now resides. and James, the son, was
placed in tho West Philadelphia children's
home. The sister and brother have never
seen nor heard of each other since five
years ago, when Mary advertised in
the papers for the whereabouts
ut her brother. About this time
James was taken out Of the home
and bound to q man in Delaware. lie
never saw the advertisement and knew
nothing about it until last evening, when
i friend aud namesake Of his told him
about it. He was in Columbia this morn
ing inquiriny if he bad any friends here.
Squire Young, one OF the jurymen on the
inquest held over his fathers body, told
him about his sister in Lancaster. If she
is in that city she can find her long sep
arated brother by calling ut the Franklin
house in Lancaster. The brother is now
a grown man and requests all Lancas-
terans who read this and know Of the
whereabouts of his sister to please inform
her of the fact of his being at tho Frank
lin house, Lancaster, Pa.
The Borough Council.
Councils met last night, present Messrs.
Filbert, Guiles, Hardn,an, Hershey,
Pfahler, Wann and Musscr, president.
The report of the finance committee
showed receipts S14,616.1O; expenditures,
SO, ,S5S.21 balance in treasury, 81, 1880.
The road committee reported substantial
repairs made to certain streets and
recommended similar improvements on
Cherry between Second and Third
on Fourth between Cherry and
Union; on Fifth between Locust and
Walnut; the greater portion Of Sixth be-
tween Locust and Chestnut crossing
was also represented to be necessary on
Fourth across Chestnut. Permission was
granted the committee to make repairs us
indicated. The paving committee reported
pavements laid and that all persons notified
have complied. Mr.. Hershey stated that
the Chestnut Hill iron ore company lad
not completed the road assigned them,
aud on the same gentleman's motion it was
ordered that councils and the borough
solicitor visit the company for the purpose
of consulting with reference to the matter.
Tho paving committee and borough So
licit0r were directed to view the drain run
ming through Dr.. McBride's property to
ascertain whose duty it was to repair it.
The petition of the Citizens band asking
to be allowed to practice in one of the
rooms of the Oper.. house, was referred to
property committee and solicitor.