Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-01-12
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR REGULAR CORREsPONDENcE

OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE
Joseph Mccall presented the Chicquesa,
lunga tribe /. .. X. NJ, No. 80, last even.
, ing. with large deer head.
MI. Emanuel Baker. Of Marietta, EN-.
ployed at Supp!ee's steam engine works,
while assisting to lower tho shaft for an
engine at the crane, had the middle fingers
of his right hand caugh: in the cess and
badly mashed. Amputation not neces.
sary.
The MoHs.t Bethel cemetery association
elected he following directors J. Ii.
Miftiin, Geo. W. Haldeman, f. Hershey,
C. Pfahler, J. b. Bachman, DIR. J. +.
COttrell, and Samuel Truscott, to serve
one year.
The lecture by DR.. Wilbur, in the opera
house was very slimly attended, but never
theless very interesting and instructive
The Spy isa good prophet. The Excel
sior clOcution club is nom est, having broken
up at the last meeting at the residence of
Miss Annie Bruner. Avery pleasant even-
ing was spent, but only five members were
present. The club will meet next Tuesday
evening at Miss Maggie Purple's but not
to study clocution. That is played out.
Why these societies cannot he kept up in
Columbia is 4 wonder, but then Colum-
do everything but never do it after all.
Exit clOcution club.
School board meets this evening. CoUu-
Gil tomorrow evening.
Barney McAuley in tho opera house this
evening for the G. A. Il. ber eft.
Philip Phillips and son give one Of their
evenings of song in the NJ. Z. church this
evening. They will have a very large au.
dience.
Mr.. e. Swartz is going to tear down his
old butcher shop on Locust street and
erect two-story brick building. One
part will be used for a grocery store to be
occupied by Mr.. Lewis May, and the other
will be used as his butcher shop. Work
will be commenced sometime next week.
The building will be very handsome one
and one that will be al ornament to the
town. There are several other houses on
this square that if torn down and new
ones put up in their stead would make
Locust street look very neat.
A number of strangers arrived in town
last evening. Most of them were drum
Mers."
Special services are now being held in
the x. f. Lutheran church preparatory to
communion services on next Sunday morn
ing. They are being largely attended.
The Pennsylvania railroad pay car will
not arrive in Columbia before next Mon
day OF Tuesday, as they only begin pay
ing off their employees in Philadelphia to
morrow.
The school board meets this evening N
council chamber at $50 to give the men,
bers chance to attend Uncle Dan1."
A lively time is expected, as one of the
members will read a resolution Oh the ad-
visibility of tearing down the railing in
the library room. This is but just aud
should be unanimously carried. Who
ever heard cf a library being rallied so that
the subscribers cannot get good look at
the books? There is not another one in
the state. 1t looks rs though the sub
scribcrs could not be trusted with the
books. OF course they have catalogue
but then it is not very explanatory. A |
person can tell whether he likes book
better by turning over its leaves than he !
can by looking at the catalogue.
A young son of John Howard, one day !
this week, while eating breakfast, upset u |
cup of coffee and Was severely scalded.
The directors for the First national
bank for the year 1882 arc 4: III. NJ. North, t
ID. II. Detwe,lcr, J. +. Cottrell, Ii. n. |
Keller, John Forrey, John Fendrich, Jac.
Seth, ST., 5. w. Stacy aud G. w. Hade-
man.
The following arc tic directors for 1852
for the Susquchanna rolling IN i'll company
W. Patton, Vernon Ellis, Andrew CARRIER,
Geo. Crane. IL. +. licnncr, Harris Wilton
and Michael Schall.
On Monday last Mr.. DeDj. Barr sent hi,
Oysterman, Simon Molsem, to Marietta
with ten quarts of oysters, and gave him
money to pay his expenses. Monday
evening Simon did not put in al appear
ance, and not until last night did he come
back to town, and then he did not 80 to
see Mr.. Barr. 1t appears that he walked
to Marietta, and meeting au agent who
wanted to go 20 Mount Joy, he consented
to drive him over. Where he sold his
oysters is not known, but Mr.. Barr is out
ten quarts of oysters and two new baskets.
lie is looking for Simon, but that colorcd
is keeping himself dark.
The burial service of Mrs. Mcknight.
late of Deposit, New York, was preached
by Rev. VIM. L. Evans. in the E. E, Luth-
eran church yesterday, and from there
her remains were taken and inferred in
tho Mt. Bethel cemetery.
The Frederick division pay Car of the Z.
r. r. passed through here this a. IN.
Excursion tickets to Lancaster, includ-
ing ticket to the poultry exhibition, are
for sale ut the railroad dcDOtS in Col