Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-10-23
COLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR REuULAs ooRREsrosDnSoE.
Evonts Along tho susquehanna-Itens o'
Interest In and Around the Borough
PICKED up by tho inteii-

Picked up by tho inteih-
reooer Reporter.
The following stock was sold nj the
franklin house last Saturday evening !:
Kcely stove works stock. III +. Bruner,
b shares at $iS pcr share D shares at
AS 30 per share aud . shares at $iS 40 per
share Rev. Henry Wheeler, Of Philadel
phia, 8 shares at as per share A. N
Slade, 3 shores at siS per share Milton
Wike, 3 shares at siS per share. Mt.
Bethel cemetery stock, g. g. Kaufman, 8
shares at 90 per share five 4 pcr cont 800
school bonds i. y Dotwiler, at par. One
per cent s100 borough bond, ), : Det-
wiler, slOl 10 Fifteen shares Of Supplee
steam engine company stock were with.
drawn ut % per share being bid.
insui auos Agents ouarr.Iing
Alfred Colburn, an agent for the Metro.
politan insurance company, and III. II.
Snydcr one of tho district superntondants
OF the Pruvdential insurance company,
had little trouble on Front street yester
day afternoon. Tho latter entered suit
against Coburn for assault, aud for surety
of tho peace. Tho evidence was not
sufficient tn convict accused aud he was
discharged from custody.
Personal and social
Mr. Thomas Knipe is again in town.
Mr. VI. Buchenhermer is in Philadelphia
attending to business.
A large party was given In honor OF Mr
Charles Gables birthday Anniversary Last
evening, at his homo on Union street.
About 90 guests were present. Music for
dancing was furnished by Wolfe's orches-
ira. The young man was presented with
"a handsome diamond scarf pin by his step
father, Mr.. Harry Haughcy. The party
broke up about 2 o'clock this morning.
Borough summary.
The small attendance at Company C's
armory last evening prevented any drill
being held.
The express wagon of the Reading &
Columbia railroad looks fine after 6uiug IN
the painters hands.
Wild ducks are now being shipped to
tho Lancaster market. Charles Keesy
bagged 81 yesterday.
Putnam circle No, li3, B. U. (u F.
c. A, aud Chiquosaluuga tribe No. 80,
.. X NJ, will meet to night.
The contract for rrpainting the exterior
of Haldemans store building has been sc
cured by Mr.. Oily Grove.
" Romeo aud Juliet " dres fair sized
audience to the opera house last evening.
Mrs. Tabitha Whitman will DO buried
from the residence of her mother, Mrs
Jacob Clair, No. $50 Locust street, at
O'Clock to morrow afternoon.
A colored woman named Aunie Smith
was taken before Squire Patton last even.
ing by Officer Wittig, charged with being
disOrderly. She was discharged on pay
ment of costs.
Elmer Myers, the Chickies harmonica
player. wants TO know why the Lane lster
players who challenged him and Ulmer, of
Columbia, do not say something since his
acceptance of the challenge. Timer ID
ready for the contest also.
Work is suspended on the second OF the
Artcsiau wells now being sunk in Lock
ards hollow, on account Of the drill be
coming fastened in a fissure of the rock it
was boring ut depth of 30 feet The ser.
vices of an oil we'll boring expert had to bo
secured to assist in removing the drill
from it's present position.
The Democratic candidates for the state
treasurer and auditor general, Messrs.
Powell and Taggert, passed through here
yetterday afternoon at 2:30 clock, over
the Pennsylvania railroad, Gu route for
York, where they attended large Demo
cratic mass meeting last night, number
of Democrats met them at the train hero,
to give them hasty welcome.
school Board ana Council MetinR.
At special meeting of the school board
last evening the committee having charge
Of the erection of q new superintendent
office reported that Specifications for the
building bad been asked of several parties
Until these are received nothing further
can be done. No other business of i'm
portance was transacted.
The borough council held special meet
ing last night. The only business OF i'm
purtance transacted was the decision to lay
over the bill authorizing the payment to
the Shawnee fire company of the money
voted towards the erection of their new
engine house. 1t will come up for action
at the next regular meeting of council