Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-02-25
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE
Market was extraordinarily large til

Market was extraordinarily large this
morninc.
The Citizen,' band is low without prac,
tisiDg roo n, but hope to be soon quarter.
ed in Company CT armory.
TO-m"rrow morning will he All exciting
ore to the members of the First African
church, as six new members will be
"dipped" in the river at The foot OF
Uni III street.
Rev. William T. Evans will exchange
pulpits to InoTrCw with Rev. :. Stall, Of
Lancaster.
The borough loan is progressing finely.
$4,000 having already been subscribe6,
with good prospects for thc rest in
time time.
Mr.. John S. Given, Of Dover, Del, is IN
short visit to his friends in Columbia.
Rev. John Mccoy, will exchange pulpits
with Rev. McElmoyle, Of Marietta, tc-
morrow.
Capt. ID. y. Case, formerly at this place,
now at Marietta, has been elected solicitor
for the First national bank there The cleo
tion is good and deserving one, and we
feel positive that the captain will give ell
tire satisfaction
On next Thursday evening Il ten cent
spelling bee will he held in the Norwood
school house. \ good programme has
teen prepared, consisting Of vocal and in
strumental music, readings, Tecitations
and the spelling bee. Mr.. J. III. Zcamer
will act as school teacher.
A large wagon was struck this morning
at Lititz, breaking the hind wheels, but
luckily not iDjuring any Of the occu
pants.
The holders of the first mortgage bonds
of the X &C. II. X. will bc paid off on
the lst OF Marc, Tnc intention was to
renew them. bat the company determined
to pay off Euw that they have sufficient
money.
horse helon ~. to Mr.. FroLman, Il
butcher If l. attcr, scared at tho shifter
at the Shawnee furnace, ran of, upsetting
the wagon, Spilling the contents and badly
demOIishBg the shafts.
Next Monday afternoon Columbia pub
lie schools will celebrate Long:c!low's birth
day. The exercises III the high school will
begin a: " O'clock. lu the CHERRY street
building, first hnor, from ] 30 to 3:l5
second Ilrrpr, from 2:l5 to 3:l5 third
floor, from 3:lJ to 4:l5 and the Fifth street
schools from 80 to 2:30.
Rev. &. ". Buoy, Of Harrisburg. will
preach in the Methodist church tomorrow
morning and evening. 1t $50 o'clock in
day-school Missionary society Will Dc cclc-
brated. During the session addresses will
be made by the pastor. Rev. Henry
Wheeler and Rev. liuoy. There will also
he several rccitatiuns, readings, etc The
CoOkman chapel, connected with the Meth
Oiist Sunday school, will also participate !
The services will be very interesting aud
no doubt largely attended.
THIS morning, between six and seven
o'clock. an accident occurred in Washing.
ton borough that was almost fatal. and
doubts are expressed as to the ultimate !
recovery Of the injured party. The facts
of the case are Miss Lizzie Shuman, Il /
niece of Mr.. John Sllerrick, al whose resi-
dencc the accident occurred while rcmov-
ing the breakfast dishes TO the basement,
had the misfortune TO stumble an the top !
step anG fall headlnng to the bottom. In ,
the descent one Of the dishes struck tho |
wall and broke, she falling on the !
broken pieces cutting terrible cash in her .
throat, coning within 4 quarter of an inch
of severing the jaguIar vein. The wound !
bled profuscly and a doctor was summoned.
who did all in his power to stanch the flow
of blood, and at length succeeded. The
patient is in 4 very feeble condition