Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-14
COLUMBIA NEWS.
''t's: REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE
Events Along the experimentation Of
Interest In and A Arnnnd tho Borough
Picked Up by TITS Jnteil,-

..ts. REGULAR COKRESPONDENCE
Events Along the experimentation OF
Interest IN and Arnnnd the Borough
Picked Up by TITS Inteil,-
geucer's Reporter
Mr. w. H. Lindsay aud wife ale home
from Philadelphia.
Joseph Boyd left this morning for trip
to Detroit, Michigan.
Frederick Beuner, of New York, is visit.
Jog friends on Cherry street.
Miss Minnie Walsh, of Mt. Joy, is the
guest Of friends on Sd street.
Harry Cross had one Of his arms broken
yesterday by falling.
The Frederick railroad pay car was in
town yesterday paying off the employees.
1t returned to York again last night.
Tonight those members of the de- met
Patience club who intend join;,.: ie'
new musicale, or rather the one which it
is intended to try to form, will meet at
Mrs. +. A. Benefits residence on Walnut
street.
This morning Squire Young sent John
SIN ith to the comfy Jail for Is days, for
being drunk. He is an Englishman, but
did not claim to be Gescendent of the
doughty Captain John of colonial times.
Seven r. II. II, freight cars were thrown
from the tack by a spreading rail this
morning about 9:3O o'clock, in front Of
the dispatcher's Office in the west yards.
A strong force Of wOrkmeu soon paced
them on the rails again.
Sirce the water has been dawn from
the cahal and navigation ended, things
look rather quiet along the ''basin''
.wharves, where there was usually 70
inuch hustle and life. The Reading and
Columbia coal schutes have the same life
less appearance about them also.
A,most Run Over.
Two ladies were nearly run over by a
horse On Locus: street, yesterday after
roon. They attempted to cross in front
of the animal, and narrowly escaped being
struck by it. About half Of tho accidents
which occur to people from runaway horses
are caused by their getting in the way of
danger needicssly.
Not . success.
The charity ball last night was i fizzie,
because there were but few persons there
to dance. Tho money realized by the sale
of tickets will cover about half the eXpen-
Iitules. Only half dozen ladies attend.
ed. The people OF Columbia do not seem
to take very kindly to charity balls, SO
some other plan of assisting the poor this
winter must be devised.
A hot stove pipe set fire to 4 frame
building on Union street last evening.
Tie alarm of fire was raised and "a number
Of people rushed to the place. Their united
efforts soon subdued the flames. But lit
tie damage was done to the building, but
the fire caused quite scare to the owner.
HIT with u Falling Brick.
Ono of the workmen, named John Grow
ley, who was employed in tearing down
the Cottrell properties, on Locust street,
was struck on tho head by = brick which
fell from quite heighth yesterday after
noon, and severely injured. 1t was re-
ported that he had been hit by three
bricks which were clinging together in a
mass, but This is evidently a mistake. The
weight of them falling from such dis
tance would have crushed his skull,
whereas tho bones were not injured in the
least.
The Bridge Project.
There is nothing moro heard about
new river bridge. Has tho project fallen
through, or are the leaders only awaiting
further developments? The best plan the
York county people can agitate is having
4 4 wagon road over tho top of the present
, Iailroad bridge. No person now living
wi II ever sec a bridge spanning the Sus-
quci,auna river for driving and pedestrian
purposes alone 1t will not pay, and if it
would, it could not be built within a mile
IF the present structure, as the charter
forbids any such thing being dcnc. Taking
everything into consideration. it is very
evident that there will be No moro bridges
over the river at this place.