Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-08-11
COLUMBIA NEWS.

COLUMBIA NEWS.
"ux nEGuLan CORRESPONDENTS
Events Alo.g the s.sq.shasDs-lssms Of
Interest In and Around tno Borough
Picked Up by Sbe IDtolli-
eo0oerb Reporter.
here the guest of Mr.. Wm. Galbraith.
Samuel II. Reynolds, esq.,, of Lancaster,
is registered At Blacks hotel to-day.
Two passenger coaches for the Mexican
railroad passed west yesterday via Colum-
bia.
The Reading & Columbia r. r. schutes
are full of coal and no canal boats to take
it away, because there il a bad washout
at Shuer's landing, along the Tidewater
canal
Rev. John Mccoy married at his old
Columbia home his sister .in-law, Miss
Kate Grove, to Mr.. VIM. Registrar, both
OF Baltimore.
Thirty-scvcn car loads is the number it
took to take the picnicers of the Trinity
Lutheran church, Of Reading, to Lititz
yesterday. The biggest picnic of the
year.
Correct was what the auditors found
Joseph JansOn's books as secretary Of the
st. Jos. Is. AID l.. As, No. 2 Next
Wednesday they elect officers and direc-
tOrs.
Squire Young sent to Jail for 5 days
each three hard looking young fellows
from town named john Kolicy. Edw. r.
Bouke and Frank Sweeney. They tried
to make it lively On Front street, but Con-
stable Gilbert stopped them.
serenado.
The Citizens band, about Q O'Clock last
night, went over to John Yakle's new
house and serenaded him. He invited
them in and no and Will Galbraith did the
"great act" The brewer cams twice this
morning for the empty bottles.
Repairing tho Methodist Church.
The Methodist church will have no Ser
vice on Sunday, owing to the repairs be-
ing made at prt sent there, consisting of
seats. The former work, that is the
fancy part OF it-frescoing-is being done
by Artist Rettig, of Lancaster. We were
shown his drawings yesterday and they
are indeed very handsome.
Tho school board.
The regular monthly meeting of the
school board was held last evening in
council chamber i'm the opera house, with
Messrs. Given, Zeamer, Myers, Bruner,
Slade, Stevenson and Auwater present.
Mr.. Bruner occupied the chair.
The minutes of last meeting were read
and approved.
Mr.. Zeamer. of the finance committee,
reported as follows:
Balance On hand at last report. 1888 s.
Received of L. b. Dunbar, collector
Received OF S. j: Boyd, collector isss:. .: -; g.
Received tor grass on school lOt......... IA %
$3.50 Is
Orders paid since last report. ............ 2ss 81
Balance in treasury at date 6s
Also that the treasurer's bond for $1O,-
600 had been received and on motion ap-
proved together with above report.
The superintending committee reported
in favor Of leasing the room of the Vigil
ant fire company for school room at the
price asked-S9 per month, and that the
committee had cOrresponded with MIR. L.
G. Ely, of Lancaster, relating to furnish
ing school desks, who replied that they
could be furnished at the old price.
The former clause in the report led to
an animated debate. Mr.. Auwatcr Op-
posed leasing the Vigilants' room
said it was not suitable place
especially for girls men are
ioafing there continually; and asked
if a new school was really necessary, to
which Mr.. Given replied that it certainly
was. Each director in turn spoke upon
the question, and the moral influence that
would be cxerteG by a school ut the pro-
posed place fouud able champions in
Messrs. Given and Slade.' while the pro-
ject was opposed bitterly by Mr.. Auwater.
The superintendent was finally called for
his opinion as to the average now in the
schools and as to who was to take charge
of it. He favored the addition and said
that Miss Mcdowell would teach it. 1t
was finally put to q vote and carried, but
Mr.. Auwater's ''no" was loud.
Upon motion the superintendent COM
mittee was authorized to enter into lease
with the keystone desk company for new
desks for the Fifth street school build
flg.
Mr.. Slade, OF the text book committee,
presented the following
Your committee on text books, to whom
has been referred the question of changing
the biographies, report that they have
come to tho conclusion that it would bc
inexpcdient at present to change them
and that they wish the adoption of Apple
tons reader, aud closed with resolution
cmbOdying tho latter clause.
Two agents, representing rival book
firms, were admitted in turn. Mr.. jacob
Miller, Of Harper Bros, told of the ad-
vantage over all others this firm claimed
for their Biographies, while MIR. E. Burke
praised Warren's books on the same SUD-
ject. 1t was just about to be decided that
a change bo made when Lawyer Given
quoted Judge ElwOods opinion that a
change in books for schools can not be
made except by the adoption Of such a
change by a joint convention of teachers
and directors and ended his lengthy speech
with the remark: "But 1 do know
that this board will not change
until they hear from the teach
ers, for if they do l give notice that
such action will be contested and l here
announce it. forfeit my seat in this
board if cannot show the law as have
quoted it." Then tho directors asked
Superintendent Ames for his opin.
ion and he gave it. and lengthy
one, too. He did not favor change
in the larger geography, but certainly
thought Harper's book by far the bettor
for primary work, and quoted the opinion