Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-04-21
COLUMBIA NEWS.
rCR REGULAH CORRESPONDENCE
Events Along the Susquehanns-lteMs of
Interest In and Around tho Borough
Picked up BY the lnteIn-

OsOhte AIODB tuO CONGRATULATIONS O1
Interest In and Around tho Borough
Picked up BY the lnteIIi-
gencer Reporter.
To-morrow's subjects at the churches
will be as follows : Trinity Reformed,
evening The Boyhood and Youth Of St.
Paul; ;; E. E. Luth eran, evening, " Re-
Church of God, morning, " The Man
Born Blind" evening, "Christiau Lib.
erty." The mornings sermon at the NJ.
+. church will be preached by Rev. J. E.
McCauley, D. D., president of Dickinson
college, and the evenings by Rev. Jesse
B. Young.
A good sized crowd was present at the
U. B. church festival in the armory last
night. To night will end the festival
Don't fail to attend.-St. Paurs p. E.
church will hold festival next Thursday
evening in the Lotus club room, over Mil
ler's grocery store on Sd street. Esthetic
bric-a brac will be offered for sale.-On
the same evening the A. NJ. E. church
congregation will hold another cake walk
in the armory. Plenty of fun in store for
| those attending.-On account Of the ser
ious indisposition of tho pastor no services
will be held in the Presbyterian church
to morrow. Rev Ely makes this an
nouncement with regret.
Railroad News.
Warning signals have been placed some
distance away from either side of all low
overhead bridges on the Pennsylvania
railroad, to warn train men who may be
on top Of box cars of the approach to the
bridge.
Peter Kimburg, jr, had his left arm
slightly injured Yesterday by an engines
tank brake slipping from tho ''catch" and
striking him as it spun around. He was
working about the brake at the time Ol
the accident.
All of the shops and the round house OF
the p. r. r. here are having gas pipes
placed through them for the purpose OF
enabling workmen to do their night work
with more convenience. The torches
formerly used were very inconveaient to
do work by.
A brakeman was lost last night from
the train of engine No. 735 at Wood dbine,
on the P. r. r. At this writing it was
unknown in this place whether he had
been killed by his supposed fall from
his train or not. A search for him is being
made.
Fine maps of the Pennsylvania railroad
have been placed in bothof tho dispatchers'
offices here.
| Large quantities of ice are yet strewn
along the river shore in the vicinity of
York Furnace. The dirt with which it is
covered no doubt preserves it. Over 200
shad were caught at the fishing batteries
below the dam yesterday. Large numbers
were also caught today. This delicious
fish will soon be plentiful about here.
Little rafting on the Susquehanna was
done yesterday. The water was too rough.
A new observation Car, for use on the
Columbia s. Port Deposit r. R., has ar
rived here. 1t will soon be put into
| service.
Engine No. 16O, of the short line of the
P. r. R., has been " shopped" for repairs.
Engine No. 526 has taken it's place on the
| road.
The new sand house of the above road
is now being painted. 1t is of the standard
color.
Business is now exceedingly brisk on
the Pennsylvania road.
Round trip tickets to Lancaster on the
| day of FOrepaugh's show, over the Read
ing & Columbia railroad, will be $3.50,
including ticket to the show.
The excursion over this road to-day, fOI
| Iuo puIpOSo vi SlVlnS people an OppOrCu'
nifty of seeing "Dutch Pinafore" in the
Reading Grand opera house, tonight, was
patronized by a number of Columbians.
| Personal and Social.
Chicquesalungo tribe will picnic in
Heise's woods ON Whit Monday.-Thos
P. Lundy visiting Soudersburg.-W. E.
Psdrick has fine crayon of Sheridan's
Ride' on exhibition at Richards book
store.-Mrs. A. G. Hippey has returned tc
Baltimore.-MissR Rebecca Hanneton, OF
Lancaster, is visiting Mrs. F. Bletz, he1
sister.-State Superintendent Higbee will
visit the Columbia public schools next
Thursday-Orpheus meet at Mrs. Welch's
on Tuesday evening.
Little Locals.
Adjourned meeting of councils mex
Friday evening-F. s. Bletz sold three
fine draught houses to Lancaster dealer.
yesterday.-"O Boys" baseball clul
re. Observation-Disclosures military COM
pany to be reviewed next MOnday.-Johr
Westerman's horse got fit at the mark
house this morning and scattered the
| neOnIe in all directiOna