Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-01-18
COLUMBIA NEWS,


OUh Sis%CLAR CORRESPONDENCE
Our citizens are becoming alarmed at
the frequent and daring robberies COM
Inittcd in this borough. And well they
may be, as the robbery Of Mr.. Bletz S
store i'll broad day light testifes. That
they are perpetratcd by regularly ok
ganized gang does not aG:nit OF doubt.
Their workings are al done in the same
manner ; they know IS much about a
house they intend entering as the occu-
pant all their pians are perfected before
they make the attempt. Compare the rob
berries Of several months ago to those Of
late and see with what excellence they
We're worked, in the same manner, plainly
showing they were done by the same
crowd. Tramrs have not tic time to loaf
around town to perfect arrangements. Our
police officers are too watchiul for
that. II one is seen he is either
made to g skip the town. or railrOaded
to Castle Neise. What we want is first
class detectivc-cne who thoroughly un-
'dcrstands the business. Our merchants
should ciub together, raise enough money
to pay, one aadss have him ferret out the
gang. By saying this We do not want to
reflect discredit upon our town officials.
They are all Good policemen, but very poor
detectives. Why? Because they have no.
the experience. They are brave and fear
less, hu; to be Il coed detective It takes
time and mcicy, aud t.ey have neither.
Let ~ fy all ,2.e.;:::; have first class de-
tccty@.
tiitie Lrca,..
-: i"!ii:is poor.
Printer; wanted.
The lookup wants c!e:. uiu:: ont
Skiti = California ministries appear next
Tuesday evening.
The iaucI dress ball :u.murruw even
Ing - Ur. Almoi 5 will he a grand af
fair.
i pleasant c.cning was .-pent by few
member; "f the ex-Eiocution club at Miss
Maggie PuIlrc's last evening.
Frederick Marde, in Vuginius, -
played here last evening to slim audi
encc. Fo!d's opera troupe hurt him. Tho
play was received with more applause than
any show that has been in the opera
house FOR a long time. The whole troupe
went to several OF the doctors ard were
Eaccin;tCd.
Iioruush Briefs.
&. G. Kaufman reappointcd notary
public.-At the well-attended meeting OF
The Artisans order i'll Philadelphia yestcr
day Columbia Assembly, No. 20, was rep
resented 10y William B. Given.-Smith
Swords, late local freight con.
ductor, now conducting tho Ian
caster shiftcI, moved his family
to Lancaster oday.-Library committee
active and considering an entertainment by
the public school children in the opera
housc.-Dangcrously fast driving is too
common. II. B. Slagle's two horses. al
tached to "a buggy, frightened at the II. &
Z. train and ran off at the Chestnut Hill
crossing. The driver was thrown out and
hurt and the wagon damaged.-Mr. Col
Inns, OF York, in crossing at the Third and
Walnu' streets, slipped and fell, breaking
IL; right leg. He was hauled to the p. |
Il. Il. depo! in i wagon and then sent to
his iI0mG in TIE 10 train.
Gcpt. Lecture Prospect.
d.. \ &. Shaetfer, principal Of the
kut@tGwn state normal school, will de-
liver = lecture on Friday evening, Jan. CO.
in Trinity Reformed church for the benefit
of tn" congregation. His subject will lie
"PcstaloZZi, the Martyr Hero of Popular
Educiton." lie is L zinc speaker, fluent
taIkcr ar,' popular lecturer.