Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-09-03
COLUMBIA NEWS.
oUR nraULAs UORREspospnrur
Events Along the susquehaDnsr-ltsns
Interest In and Around tho borough
Picked up by tho Intein-

Picked up by tho Inteip-
gencer Reporter.
Inspection will DO hold at Company C's
armory 10 night
Tho young folks cleared eco by their
picnic on Saturday.
A numoer Of Rullios on Walnut street
require filing up.
General Welsh post, q. A. r., meets to
morrow evening.
Probationers' meeting at the Methodist
church tonight at 1880 O'Clock.
Conestoga lodge, No. 453, X. of T.,
will hold a meeting ia Young's hall to-
night.
The Mountville band fair was largely at
tended last evening. To morrow evening
will end IL.
A brokou switch frog threw Ponnsyl
vania railroad freight car from tho track at
Shocks station this morning.
Two large ilocks of wild ducks were
seen on tho river above the dam yesterday.
They were the first noticed this fall.
Susquehanna lodge Of Odd Fellows and
Rverdale lodge No. "a, Ladies' Home
Communion, meet in their halls tonight.
John III. Kline, of L. X. X. crew No /,
had his hand crushed last night while
coupling cars at Coatsville IIe was
brought to his homo here this morning.
Mr.. James Perrottet is now having
completed ut his iron works here largo
gas condenser, which is intended for the
town Of Greenville, South Carolina.
$3.50 horse which was injured by last
Mondays fire, the property Of Mr.. John
IL. Essig, was obliged to bs killed to day,
on account Of his injuries.
The number OF school children present
t. day was 1869, an increase Of G5 over the
commencement day Of last year. Mr..
Viller has temporarily taken tho place Of
Miss Sourbeer, who is i'll.
Tho funeral Of the late William Ritten-
house, OF Marietta, was held at Maytown
yesterday. Deceased was in his Oath year.
aud was a veteran of tho war Of 1912 His
obsequies were very largely attended.
This has been tho most prosperous sum
mer ever experienced by tho Port Deposit
railroad Last week 81 peach cars passed
over tho road via Columbia, bound for
points in New York state and the west
On Saturday four extra freight trans
passed south over the road.
Personal.
Mrs. Edward Thomas, of lIokendauqua,
Pa, is visiting relatives here.
Mr.. Will Given, formerly Of this place,
but now of Philadelphia, is in town.
Dr. 5. A BoCkius aud wife are home
from u driving trip in the interior Of the
state.
Mr.. Joseph McFaddcn, of Philadelphia,
spent tho Sabbath in town with relatives.
About 50 members of St. John's
Lutheran church visited their pastor,
Rev. Samuel Iingling, on Saturday even.
ing, and presented him with a purse of
s5l &c, a, a token OF their affection. Mr..
Yingliug will leave in about 10 days for
Illinois, where his vacation will be spent
with a brother.
Harry Lockard, u. X Il. freight
brakeman of crew, No. 40 was thrown
from his train at WoOdbiuc, early on Sun.
day morning, and received injuries about
the face. He mado narrow escape from
death.
+. +. krause is nov suffering from cx
treme weakness, produced by the great
loss of blood from an artery which was
accidentally severed by "a knife on Saturday
evening. Quite a long time elapsed altcI
the cutting, before the flow Of blood cOut
b. stopped.
baseball Sotes.
The Eclipse baseball club, of Wrights
ville were defeated on Saturday Afternoon
by the tigers, of Chickies, at the lattci
place. Tho score stood 81 to 90. On The
same afternoon the Red STOCK ings, O
Columbia, and the Stars, Of Washington
borough, measured strength. Tho latter
were defeated by score of II to ,. A
scrub" game of ball will be played to
morrow afternoon between two pickct
mines. IL will probably be played on the
Shawnee bail grounds.