Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-16
COLUMBIA NEWS.
'CK REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE
Events Along the SusGuehanns-ltems OF
Interest In and Around the thorough
F'icked up by the Inteiit-

Interest In and Around the thorough
Ficked up by the Int.iii-
Eencer's Reporter.
hIr. Richard Gore desires that his with
drawal from the contest for chief burgess,
as an Independent candidate, be annOunc-
ed. This gentleman is a Democrat, and
after giving the subject earnest attention,
has come to the conclusion thaS some of
those who urged him to be a candidate for
Office. did SD i'll order to have him divide
the Democratic vote, aud thus secure the
election of the Republican nouinee. As
Mr.. Gore has the welfare of his party more
at heart than his own desires, hs will now
crush any hopes which the Republicans
may have entertained by reason of his
candidacy, by his withdrawal from the
field. 50 the Republicans have i,ad all
their trouble and plotting for nothing.
st. Johns Fair.
Odd Fellows hall has been beautifully
decorated for the fair aud festival of st.
Johns Lutheran church. which opened
| lst evening and which will be continued
to night aud to morrow afternoon and
evening. Along both sides of the hall and
at the end opposite the entrance are hand
some arches Of green's, decorated with
flags. Extending from the centre Of tho
ceiling to the four corners OF the room are
festonns of green's. Along the sides of the
hall are the reireshment tables. and at the
end back of the arches are those of the
faucy articles. of which there is Il fine
display. Every thing presents i handsome
appearance.
Hard Worked Wreckers.
The wreckin, crew from this place
| cleared away the wreck at the Lancaster
| stock siding yesterday, and also assisted
| the wrecking crews from PaOii and
| PArkeSburg at the North Bend wreck ;
thus they were kept busy the entire day.
The wrecked engines OF this North Bend
accident were both brought To this place
| yesterday and bath We're in Il delapidated
condition. All of the coupling apparatus
of one engine was gone and chains had
been placed around it to afford q meaus
for another engine to pull 1t.
I SnuItz Kesse's Narrow Escape.
| Mr.. Shultz Reese was nearly run over
by the shifting engine, yesterday while
standing ON the Pennsylvania railroad
| track i'll front Of the di.patchet'a otii1s i'll
the west yaIds John Williams. one of
the crew OF the s.,if:cr, pulled him oif in
| time to save him from 4 terrible death.
Mr.. Reese was standing with his back to-
wards the engine, aud as ho is deaf,
he neither sa" nor heard its approach. He
was almost stuck by IN engine the day
previous and in almost tho same manner
as yesterday.
| After tho Bad Boys.
| The night policemen are keeping 4
bright lookout for tho young men or boys
who have been annoying people by re
moving their doorsteps at night. Some OF
| the merchants have likewise been annoyed
by having their store boxes carried away
from the front OF their stores, and have
complained about the matter. Ii these
perpetrators of malicious mischief, for 1t
is nothing else, are caught, they will be
made to wish hundred times that they
behaved themselves.
| Tho borough .u,:g.t.
The name of Mr.. Diller Souders should
have been substituted for that Of
Mr. Milton Mcfarland, yesterday, in re-
ferring to the three gentlemen who had
been ordered for instruction i'll dispatcheIs
duties at the east yards here. Mr. Nc
Farland is at the present time ono OF the
east yard dispatchers.
II has been a long time sirce the streets
of Columbia have had 80 MANY drunken
men on them as there were last night.
| lEey ktpJ lIltU Hp
until u late hour in the morning. and an
noyed order loving people by their howl
ings.
A new paint works was put III opera
ton ut Silver Springs yesterday. large
building has been leased from Mr.. Horace
Halder,an, o! Marietta, and this, with an
extensive addition. constitutes the works,
which are beinI operated hy Lancaster
parties.
Miss Rebecca Slaymaker, vino has beer
Z guest of Miss Bella Redsecker for severa
weeks past, returned to her home i'll Ian
caster to day.
Tomorrow, Ember day, evening, praye
will be held At St. Paui's =. +. church at
4:30 p. IA.