Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-04-05
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE,
Affairs Along the Susquehanna-Gleaning
in and Around the Borough Picked Up
BY the Intelligencer's Reporter.


in and Around the Borough Picked Up
BY the Intelligencer's Reporter.
About the Shad.
Are Columbians getting the pure Col
umbia shad, that is. shad caught at thu
dam? We acknowledge they are getting
Susquehanna shad, but in very few casel
the others. Why? 1t is easily explained
There have been two or three hundred
shad sold in town since Monday, and tht
sellers claim that they were caught At o.
near the dam. The statement made to ii
this morning by two fishermen denies the
the neighberhood Of twalve shad caught
this year at or near the dam. Now OF
course we have to believe their story in
preference to the seller of the fish, fol
while the former work at the batteries,
and know what is going on, the latter,
with few exceptions, are only spectators.
So that if there have only twelve Colum
bia shad been caught and two or three
hundred sold, our citizens are being i'm
posed upon. We do not know the differ
ence between shad caught at Columbia
and those lower down, but we do know
that our citizens prefer the Columbia
"catch."
Vho Stove works.
The stove works now situated at Spring
City and Rogers Ford, were purchased
for Columbia by the committee yesterday
for s63, 500, and possession will be taken
between now and the 10th Of May next.
The committee after thorough inspec-
tiOn of the works expressed themselves as
being highly delighted. At their present
location they arc divided by the Schuylkill
river, half being at Spring City and the
other being at Rogers Ford. They will be
kept running until the works have been put
up in Columbia, and as soon as possession
is taken of course money made will belong
to us. A meeting will be held in Odd
Fellows hall this evening at 8 o'clock,
and our citizens are requested to be pres
ent, especially persons having eligible
grounds for location, as that pOint-and it
is very interesting One-will be discussed.
Other business of interest will be trans
acted, SO large crowd is expected.
A Deserved Promotion.
Mr. Michael Bright, has been appointed
a yard dispatcher and will be situated at
Reading. He is an old Columbian and for
a number of years has been wharf mana
ger for the r & C. R. II. His motto
'onward and upward" is now being
carried out. His promotion, a deserved
one, gives great satisfaction to his host of
friends, and while they feel sorry to lose
SO good friend, they are delighted with
his luck.
Little Locals.
Prof. Unseld, who formerly taught a
singing class in this place, was in town
this morning.
The officers Of the Chicquesalunga tribe,
l. o. r. NJ, who were elected week ago,
were installed last evening. Orion lodge,
o. of o. F.. will have an installation
this evening.
The Pennsylvania railroad at Columbia
used during the month of March, 1882,
6, ,244, 600 pounds of coal, decrease from
the previous month Of nearly 1000, 900
pounds.
Mr.. Peter Melbert initiated his new sa-
loon, opposite the opera house, last even
ing by giving grand supper to large
number of friends. The affair was a pleas
ant one.
The shipment of coal over the Tide
Water canal and the r. s. c. r. R. will
commence in a week or ten days.
Rev. Henry Wheeler and his good wife
are i'll town, to attend the funeral Of their
late friend, Mrs. Susan A. Clark.
The tobacco shipment at this place would
have been a very heavy one to day had
not the weather proved SO disagreeable.
Mr.. Samuel Read, one of Columbia's
Oldest citizens, and who has been confined
to his bed for a number Of months with
paralysis, is worse, and has been insensi
BILE since yesterday. He is gradually get-
ting weaker, SO that death is momentarily
expected.
A fight took place this morning at the
rear of the r. s. c. depot between two
colored men, in which both were roughly
The cause of the fight was
dispute over game of cards, and the re.
suit will be law suit.