Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-08-08
COLUMBIA NEWS,
From Our sseul.r Correspondent,

tFO" OUt BUloH COfreSpSuOeut.
Two freight cars of the P. r. r. ran of
the track this morning at s o'clock, at the
coal hill siding in tho west yards, while
descending tho siding which leads from
tho Keely stove works. Shortly after q.
m. to day another wreck occurred at the
same place, and was caused by another
"draft " of cars going down the.Keely
siding. Tho foremost one struck tho
middle OF the freight train attached to
shifting engine No. $40. and knocked two
cars of the track. Several cars of the
draft were also thrown from the rails by
the collision. The wreck was cleared
away by workmen In few hours.
second street Improvements.
Mr.. j. F. Stauffer now has workmen
engaged in removing the west end of the
Vaughen property on Second street, lately
purchased by him, and will soon begin tho
erection of two fine two story brick cot
tages on the ground vacated by the re.
moval of part of the old house, and ON the
ground lying west of the part of the house
being removed. The improvement will bo
q most marked one for South Second street.
PeasonaI.
Mr.. C. A. Jeffries, of lancaster, is the
guest of his son, MIR. Charles Jeffries, ON
Second street.
Mr.. Samuel Eoerlin is homs from
Myerstown, it being his intention to ac-
company Co. g to the ercampment.
MIR. Thomas Connelly left for q trip to
Chicago yesterday. Mr.. Benz. Lichty, of
tho Philadelphia Offices, will till his place
here as day operator in tho dispatcher's
Office in the east yards of the Pennsylvania
railroad company during his absence.
I'm,
and 8. D. Hall, of Philadelphia, were in
it's business capacity. They were enter
tanned while here by Mr.. II. F. Bruner,
and made minute inspection of his copl
yard. ....
Borough Jotsings.
to night.
Chiquesalunga tribe, No. 80, l. o. of r.
NJ, held meeting last night.
At last nights meeting of General
Welsh post, G. A. r., the Gettysburg en-
campment formed the principal topis for
discussion.
A potato, having the exact form and
color of . hippOpOtamus, is exhibited to tho
curious at Benefits grocery store, on LO-
Gust street.
The woodwork Of the waste sewer of the
Pennsylvania canal at this place is receiv-
ing thorough Overhauling, most of it
having been found to DO rotten and un-
capable of much further service.
Mr.. A. NJ. Reese, late the travelling
agent for Kinks bakery Of this place, has
accepted the agencies for Hetfield s.
Ducker's Boston cracker bakery, and Of
l.. Pickert & Co.'S canning establishment
of New York.
"A new baseball field has been secured by
the ball players. 1t is located east of tho
old grounds. A four innings match was
played between the Our Boys and q picked
nine last evening. Tho score stood 4 to 3
in favor of the Our Boys.
A maple tree in front of Mr. George
Wa'tmau's residence, On Walnut street,
has fully developed raspberry bush
growing out of a hole in the trunk, about
six feet above the ground. The bush
probably sprang from a seed which had
been carried to the hole by a bird.
A long complimentary article is given
the Keely store, of this place, by the Phil
adslphia Commercial Times, of August 3.
The officers and directors of tho company
are referred to in very lattering terms. Tt
was a deservingnosic for the Keely.
Wambole's circus is deligkting the
people VI WfiSntSViile auu VlclDlty, TO-
day. A score of wagons, an elephant,
camel. and small drove of horses consti-
tute the show, which crossed the bridge
over the river here this morning, having
exhibited in Marietta yesterday.
The mud scow will next begin the work
of deepening tho Il. s. G. railroad coal
basin here, having finished the operations
at the river bridge. After completing
work in Columbia the scow will 60 TO
Wrightsville, where it will deepen the
channel at the inle. Of the tide water
canal, and also that at the steamboat
wharf