Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-08-15
COLUMBIA NEWS.


Events Aloss she susqueha"Oa- Item. OF
Interest In and Around tho lsOrough
Picked Up by the Intsll,-
Eoncer's Reporter.
The agent for i" Locke " horseshoe pad.
Mr.. A. N Eshleman, of Chicago, is now
in town. Ills business headquarters arc
Redscker's livery stable Office.
The finest tobacco about this section uf
the country is that on Mr.. Clark BOstick's 5
place at Fite's Eddy.
A dog fight ut market this morning re-
suited in one of the dogs losing the top Of
his head by the other biting it OIL.
TO keep up appearances with the passen-
ger depot the Pennsylvania railroad freight
depot is also having Its woodwork repaint-
ed. 1t will be great improvement.
While painting y house on Manor street
yesterday afternoon, MIR. Ambrose Upp
was thrown from AN 1S foot scaffOld and
severely injured about the back. He was
fortunate to escape with such slight in
jury.
The pay car Of the Pennsylvania railroad
company arrived here about $50 q. m.,
to day. The boys, or at least . consider
able number Of them, will be happy to-
night.
Mr.. J. p. Staman is now having placed
in his residence one of Heise & Kau6man's
patent heaters. The radiators will Ee
bronze, with handsome marble slab tops.
"A Defendant Who Failed to Appear.
Suit was entered yesterday before
Squire Frank by Sylvester Dunbar
against Christopher Leaderer for alleged
abuse Of plaintiff and family. The hear
ing was to have been hold last evening, but
as the defendant did not put in an ap-
pearance, the hearing was postponed. II
he does not appear when next called. it
will be made very unpleasant for him.
Woods Meeting of tho COloreI Folks.
The A. NJ. E. church will hold wOOtls
meeting in Dunkle's grove, half-a-mile
north Of SteeltOn, Pa. 1t will commences
Saturday, August II, and continue until
Sunday. August q. Harriet A. Baker, Of
Columbia, and several other sisters will
preside over the meeting. Everybody il
invited to go. Admission to grounds will
be Double teams, 20 cents single teams.
10 cents.
Presented With a cOrnet.
MIR. William Markley was the recipient
last evening Of handsome fifty dollar
silver cornet, which was presented to him
by the Citizens cornet band Of this place
in consideration for valuable services rem
dered the band.
Testing tho ColunsOs.. Hose.
The Columbia fire engine was out for
practice last evening. A number of Sec
tiOns of old leather hose were tested. Two
Of tho sections burst 800 feet Of new
linen hose will be received by the com
pany in few days. The boys are enter
prising and mean business.
Purely Personal.
MIR. Wm Cohen and family havo re-
turned from u ten days snmmering at
Lititz.
Miss Maggie Hughes. who has been Wis
iting friends here for some time past, re-
turned to her home in Georgetown, Pa,
yesterday.
Messrs. Henry and Frank Yentzer have
returned from their trip to Wild Cat
falls.
Mr.. James Wilson has left town on an
other business trip in connection with bis
fathers carpet factory.
Ground to Death Under tho Car Wheels,
Yesterday about 4:3O p. m., while at
tempting to jump on the tender Of the
Reading & Columbia railroad shifter, MIR.
Henry Wolfe, 4 brakeman Oh the road, was
thrown under it and instantly killed. The
shifter, No. 1GG, was running backward,
and Wolfe stood in the middle Of tho track
and attempted to get Oh q step which ex-
tends across tho back Of the tender Of the
engine. Missing the hand rail at the time
his foot touched the step, he fell directly
under the wheels. The entire top Of his
head was ground to pieces, and tho wheels
passed lengthwise along his body, almost
sevcring both legs. He had various other
cuts about tho face and body. Deputy
Coroner Frank empaneled the following
jury, which viewed tho horribly mangled
remains Henry Fisher, Townsend Stone.
Joseph Follcr, Frederick Struck, Samuel
Hippey and Aaron Gilbert, who will rem
der their verdict to night.
Deceased, who il only &c years Of age,
has been on this road about one
year, and leaves = wife and three small,
children to lament his awful death. The
shrieks of his bercaved wife and sisters,
when they were informed Of his death,
were heart. rending.
The funeral services will bo held ut the
residence of the unfortunate mans mother,
Mrs. Robert Keecl,, on Third street, be-
tween Walnut aud Locust, ON Thursday
afternoon at o'clock. The remains will
be inferred in Mount Bethel cemetery.