Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-08
COLUMBIA NEWS.


OUR REGULAR CONREsPONDENCk
Events Along the Susquehanna-Items O
Interest in and Around tic borough
Picked Up by the IntelIi-
gencer's Reporter
Mr.. Frank Shuman, of Pittsburgh, re.
turned home this morning.
MIR. VIM. Parr, of York, is the guest OF
friends in this place.
Miss Mary Keller has Gcue t. Philadel.
pbia and Washington on = visit to friends.
A solid sheet Of ice now covers ths
river. Now for skating, boys and girls.
Considerable improvements are soon to
be made on the interior OF the cast var.
dispatcher's Office.
The Pennsylvania railroad track at the
Henry Clay furnace is to be straishte. ed.
Work was commenced on it today.
Albert Study Was united in the uor Is
Of inatrimony to Mary A. ShukIcy yester-
day by Squire Frank. Both tie parties
a.e residents Of Manor township.
Winter is here now. Before .ae ground
is hidden under the snow board walk
should be laid along the avc1Co Of the
ies:itute. The teachers and pupils should
not b. compelled to wadc through the
Stow. What ente.prising sc'io"! director
will take tba matter in hand
The Show Last Night.
Those who Witnessed the pc, !vrm2nsc
OF Niles, Evans, Bryant and i!pey 5
{" Metcors," last Light do not go in , c.
stacies over il. In fact it wa, rally
considered poor performance. 'iuey had
one of the smallest audiences of the sea-
son.
New Sand Drying HOuss.
Ground was broken for the foundations
OF I. neat, large br;ca. sand dr.; ing house,
:.r the use OF the Pennsylvania railroad
;,.s morning. 1t will be located along
tie railroad track at the river ''dumps.' y
The sand drying hGnse low in use is en-
rely to" small TO snrp'y the demand Of
,iry sand .clalred on the engines.
No Pat.oac.."
The musicale held its ueeting la&t oven
i:,. at DR.. J. X. Lneaweaver's ar:,i dc.
cidcd to abandon the project of producing
Patience" on account Of there not
being enough ladies willing to engage in
the performances. A meeting will BE- held
at Mr. +. A. BENEFITS next Thursday
evening TO decide whether Or noS the
lnusicales shall be continued.
Mx.onIc Officers Elected.
at last nights meeting of Columbia
lodge, No. 2Sj, Masonic order, the follow
ing officers were elected J. W. Yocum.
w. NJ. a. G.. Guiles, S. W. S. G. Camr,
J. w. {; J. 4. Myers, treasurer /; A. }.
Kaufman, secretary /; Ii. Wilson, George
Crane and Milton Wike, trustees; A. J.
Kaufman, representative to gran.i lodge.
The HALL.
There seems to be some misin,i. ,s;anG-
ing regarding the ball which is to he held
on the 18th of December, in the armory,
for charitable purposes. at least thu &C OF
the gentlemen, whose names are on I'll e
c0;nniittec Of arrar gehenlS, know nothing
about tho ball. AID they say that their
names have been used without their con-
sent. In fact, they were not even asked
permission for tho use Gi their names
There seems to be something wrong some
where, but just exactly where is not now
evident.
A Birthday Surprise.
Over one hundred pers assembled at
the residences OF Messrs. +. B. Cleppor
ard Taylor Gable, last evening, aud
marched from those places to the resi-
idence of Mr.. b. +. Dean, on Locust
street, where it was designed to give to
the lady of the house a birthday surprise
party, and truth to say it was Il surprise
to her. Elegant refreshments were served
and the evening sped by oa rapid wings
Al, departed at its close, happy with the
thoughts Of Il we'll spent evening.
Obituary.
Mrs :Juiia Il. Sei1elt Gied at her Issi-
dence on Locust street ycs:eI day altcrnaOl
at 9 O'Clock. Last Monday Il week she
had 4 tumor removed from her and was
progressing nicely, hut yesterday came i
reaction, and she died from exhaustion.
The funeral services will be held Oh Sunday
afternoon at ; o'clock in the +. f. LutG-
Gran church.
Yesterday ais died Mr. James Perrottet,
father Of the Columbia iron manufacturer
of that uame. Deceased was almost 81
years OF age. and died from its effects.
lie was born in Switzerland and came to
this country while in tho prime of life.
The funeral will ho hell; w Sunday at
y. m. at his sOE's residence Oh Third street.
The Rev. W. :. Evans. of the Il. E. Luth-
eran church, will conduct the funeral ser.
vices.
The ShOch Library.
Every person who has a dollar to spare
should now subscribe to the ShOch Ii.
brary for one gear. The following are
sOmc of the books which were received to-
day, by Mr.. VIM. Il. Given, chairman of
the library committee, and which will be
placed in tho library Immediately: Raw
linson's Ancient Egypt, volumes
Rawlinson's 9th and 9TH Mon
arches; Green's England, vols;
Plutarch's Lives, 3 vols. :; Lodges Eng
lish Colonies De Amicis Travels. 5 vols;
Ol;phant's English Literature, 3 vols;
Lite OF Gen. George ii. Thomas. In adj
dition to the above, G. novels have been
received. Charles Lever, Anthony Trol,
lope, George Macdonald and Mrs. Oliphart
are among the authors Of those novels.
The library shelves are now occupied by
9, 500 volumes, and the number is con-
stantly increasing.
AFlasman's SHOCKING Death.
Jacob GroH, aged about 40 years, a
resident of 5th street, and a flagman of
the Reading & Columbia railroad com.
pany, was killed at Union station yester-
day at p. m. No person witnessed the
accident, but his head is supposed to have
been caught between the deadwOOd of two
freight cars, while he was coupling them
from beneath tie bumpers. The remains
were brought to this place last evening.
The unfortunate man las been in the CON-
pany's employ 12 or IA years. He has
always been considered moro than ordi-
narily careful man. A wife and s small
children mourn his untime!y and horrible