Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-09-20
COLUMBIA NEWS.


oUK kEaULAk CORRESPONDENCE
ECents Along tho SusquohaDna-ltens q
Interest In and Around the I;oroush
I'sckod Up BY tbo lstelii-
Eencor's f:epOrter
A. v. Rogers left to-day for Washing
ton territory, where ho will hereafter Ic
side.
Mr.. Isaiah Sheath, Of this place, va
yesterday united in the holy bonds o
wedlock to Miss Ella J. Mark, OF Leba
non.
Deputy Sheriff Charles Strine and
number OF friends came tO Columbia yes
terday on a fishing excursion. About tn,
only thing caught were the bait and thes,
the fish captured.
Mrs. L. K. Hess, Of Harrisburg, is til,
guest Of her mother, Mrs. Joseph Hogen
tOgler on 4th street.
Mr.. John Filbcrt, accompanied by hi
family, left for Philadelphia this morning.
They will make their permanent home
there.
All the debris of tho late railroad wreck
at Buck Lock has been cleared away. Tht
broken aud SCARED engine No. $50 has
been brought to tho Columbia rOundhoust
for repairs.
AAVOu OtsCy1 IsStO lDCcI VI
the Pacific express from Philadelphia t.
Harrisburg has been appointed to tho
engineershiP Of the Columbia accOmmo-
dation train, in place of Mr.. John Filbert
resigned.
A colOrcd man named Clinton Grccn,
employed by Mr.. John Wcsteman, butcher
beat hog 50 brutally on Monday as tC
almost kill the animal. One of the borough
officials was informed of the affair, but
took no action to punish tho human
brute.
Death Of . Young MAn.
Mr.. Lawrence Smith died yesterday at
his home on Fourth street in tho 18th
year Of his age. of typhoid fever. Tho
funeral services, to which all his friends
aud relatives are invited. will be hold on
Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock, in the
Salon Lutheran church, on Walnut
street.
improvements Rr tho ArMOry.
Considerable improvements arc to bc
made on tho armOry Of Co. G. A water
drain for the cellar has just been COM
pleted, the front of the building is to be
repainted, tho ante.rOoms papered, the
roof repaired and a large stove is to be
placed in the drill room for additional
ucdGinB IuTpO6eS.
Bound To lse N Soldier.
A drOver from the West has just i'll
formed Mr.. r. Z. Kraus that his son,
Hiram, has again enlisted in the regular
army. Several years ago Ile enlisted, but
received discharge through his fathers
efforts. Ho then went West, aud has not
communicated with his family for over two
years. 1t is only at rare Intervals that tho
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very unreliable channels.
Not . Great Success
The audience at the opera house last
night was not q large ono. Tho church
will lose about $50 by the failure of this
attempt to raise money. Tho audience
was very apprcciative ono, if small. Tho
efforts Of tho clocutiOnist, Mr.. Stephens,
to amuse were highly successful, rs was
evinced by his numerous recalls. The
selections by the band were fair.
A Matrimonial Item.
Several young men here have siglCd IN
agreement that binds tho ono first married
to give tho Others a banquet. Ono of tho
young grocery merchants down town was
asked t. enter tho compact, but refused.
The others now claim that he will not
remain a single man over tho winter. Of
COURSE they only say 80 out of revenge ut
his not Joining their mutual agreement
society.
Avery bad boy.
A boy named Elmcr Green was fined
and obliged to pay the costs Of suit last
evening, by Squire Young. for tarring the
face of a small boy named Jacob Kraus, a
son of F. f. Kraus, on North Front street.
After tarring the lad he attempted to ro-
move it with turpentinc, and nearly
ruined the little fellows sight. A few
years residence in tho House of Refuge
might he beneficial To that boy.
How Prisoners Escape
A cOlOred woman hit Officer Struck Un
tho head yesterday, as he was placing her
in tho lookup. After his departure she
being ut large in tho Jail corridor, reached
over the door Of the corridor. through tho
iron bars. aud securing the key which is
always carelcssly left there, unlocked tho
door aud made her escape. 1t is safe to
say, that there is not another place in the
state that allows its cOnStableS or police
men to keep the Jail keys in a place where
any person can get them. This is not the
only instance in which u prisoner has
made their escape from this Jail, on &C
count of the key bcinS left above tho door
of the corridor. This carclessness should
have al immediate end put to it.