Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-08-15
COLUMBIA NEWS.


CUE REGULAk OORRE8PONDENCI
Events Along the Experimentation
| Interest In and Around the Borough
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Letters from the soldiers at Williams
port are not very enthuiastic about the
epjoyments of camp life. The new mem.
bers who expected q holiday find them.
selves sadly mistaken and they find plenty
of hard work connected with tho life Of a
soldier. Dress parade, inspection and
such other duties occupy their time from
early morn till late at night, and little
time can be devoted to individual pleas
| ure
VIM. Clark and daughter left town this
morning to spend short time at Ocean
Grove. sr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abram Bruner went to
Philadelphia this morning on visit to
friends in that city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Brown, Of Altoona,
Pa, are visiting Mr.. Frank Zeigler, on
Walnut street.
Mr. Frank 8. Musser, Of the West King
street station, of Lancaster, will take the
place of Mr.. Clark during his absence.
borough Budget.
Two of COlumbia's young men left
town for a trip to McCall's Ferry by canal
boat.
Several carloads of peaches passed
through town this morning on their way
to Harrisburg from Port Deposit.
Engine No. 351, new from the Columbia
shops, made its first trip to Philadelphia
this morning.
A three days excursion from Columbia
to Atlantic City will leave here next Sun
day morning.
A small child of Andrew Stotz. residing
on Walnut street between Third and
Fourth. died yesterday.
The Feast OF the Assumption was oh.
served appropriately by the members of
the two Catholic churches.
The employees of the Pennsylvania shops
contemplate having an excursion to Phila.
delphia in the near future.
The annual meeting of the shareholders
of St. Joseph's building association will
be held this evening. When the election
of directors and other officers will be held.
During game of ball in Kitchentown
yesterday afternoon, young man amused
himself by throwing stones and at last
succeeded in biting one of his companions
cutting severe cash above his right eye.
The appointment of our genial Squire
Grier as superintendent of state printing
gives universal satisfaction in our Dor
Ougb. His place as justice of the peace
in the Second ward will be filed by Mr.
Scott Patton, who will preside over his
court.
The new freight depot of the Reading &
Columbia r. r. company is rapidly ap
preaching completion and will be ready
for the painters to morrow. The new
station is also assuming the appearance of
a v,ry elegant structure, and will be an
ornament to the town, offering accom-
modations much superior to the one which
the company now occupys. w
This morning while farmers team was
going up Locust street tho horse became
frightened at some boys playing ball and
ran up the street causing much excitement.
Our policeman should prohibit boys from
indulging in this pastime in our principal
streets.
A slight wreck occurred at MOuntville
this morning about 4 o'clock. Empire
freight east, while occupying siding, was
shifting two cars when the engine slipped
from the rails. The Columbia wreck crew
was called into service and after two or
three hours work succeeded in clearing
the tracks. Trains were detained but a
short while.