Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-08-04
COLUMBIA NEWS.
CUR REGULAB OORREsfoNDH"0
Events Along tho OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Interest In and Around tho Borough
Picked up BY tho Inteli.

Events Along tho susquehanns-Itsms
Interest In and Around tne Borough
Picked up by tho 1ntelli.
sencer Reporter.
Market was we'll attended to-day.
PENNSYLVANIA castle, No. LOG, D. A. K.
Of N. c., will meet to night.
A number of Coiumbians are holding q
picnic at Wild Cat falls to day.
Services will be held at the Methodist
and Bethel churches tomorrow as usual.
Judge James Ryan. wife, son and daugh'
ter, of POttsville, are the guests of the
formers brother, Mr.. Robert RJan on
Walnut street.
While playing ball yesterday afternoon
a boy named George DetZ had long
cash cut through his upper lip by being
struck with The ball.
Wrightsville was visited by large div.
ing party of Baltimore, ladies and gentle
men who are spending the summer in the
county, about five miles from Wrights'
vile.
A large crowd attended the Bethel
Church of God Sunday school picnic in
He;se's woods yesterday. Everything
passed of in the most pleasant manner.
Mr.. David Wayne was elected at last
nights meeting of the Columbia fire com
pany a delegate to the STATE firemen's con-
vention, which will be held in Scranton
next month.
Robert Ward started pair of carrier
pigeons from Donegal Springs to Colum-
bia this morning, but the result of the
flight has not been ascertaired.
Harry Smith, lad clerking at Mrs.
Joseph Sourbeer's grocery store on 9th
street, had his left hand badly cut while
using q meat slicirg machine yesterday.
The match game between the Z. K. RS.
and Riversides, yesterday afternoon, re-
suited in a stunning defeat Tor the latter
club. The game stood 30 to Q, and only
seven innings were played.
Mr.. ID. l.. Hoax, resident Of the
Wrightsville, has assumed the proprietor
ship Of the Union hotel, the principal
hotel OF that place. James Leece, the late
proprietor, has removed to New Oxford,
Adams county.
A letter recently received from Mr.. J..
A. Meyers, Of this place, who is now at
st. Johns, New Brunswick, states that
the weather is now so cold there as to re-
quire overcoats. Light ovsrcOats here al
night are not uncomfortable.
A report was received here yesterday
that a York county farmer had been
trampled to death in Wrightsville on
Thursday evening while intoxicated. In
vestiSatiun proves that there is not par
tic'e of ruth in the report.
Last night about milnight, p. r. r. en-.
gine No. III, aud one freight car were
thrown from the track short distance
west of the tunnel above this place, by q
broken axle of the wrecked car. The
south track was closed for two hours.
A York county team was nearly struck
by an engine while crossing the p. Il Il.
track at Bridge street this morning. Two
women, who attempted to follow the
wagon, barely had time to Iun back from
the track as tho engine dashed by.
One OF the young ladies who attended
the young folks picnic which was held
below Wlightsvii.c, yesterday, fel! into
the water while standing on a raft. She
was more frightened by the accident than
her clothes wero wet, as tho water luckily
was not verp deep at the place where she
fell in. Tho picnic otherwise was very
pleasant affair, being attended by upwards
Of thirty persons.