Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-04-23
COLUMBIA NEWS.
From Our a<eguIsr Corr

The presiding elder OF this OlStrlct,
Rev. Beman, and the Rev. Mr. Bowman,
of Ephrata, addressed the children g
meeting at tho United Brethren church
Yesterday afternoon. The services were a
a very interesting nature. Over s2OO was
the gum which rewarded the efforts of
this church at their late festival. About
half of that will be the profits whiOh 90
into the church treasury. Hearty thanks
are extended to all who in . any manner
assisted in making the festival a success
The Rev. Jesle B. Young presided at
both of the services in the NJ. f. church
yesterday. The morning sermon was to
have been delivered by Rev. DIR. McCauley
but for some urgent reason ne was GnaDie
to be present in town.
The Wcman's Work society of St. Johns
Lutheran church will be held to. morrow
evening at the residence Of Mrs. John
Llewellen, Oh Manor street.
The sermon at the quarterly conference
meeting ia the A. NJ. E. church next Sun
day will be preached by the Rev. X w.
Humphriss, pastor of the Second street
Methodist.
Rev. w. p. Evans, pastor OF the Z. Il.
Lutheran church, left for Bridgton this
morning. where he will remain several
weeks for his health.
Railroad News.
On Saturday afternoon one of the stand
aids of a burden Car on the Columbia q
Port Deposit railroad fell from its place,
and about half Of the contents of tho car
fell from it A considerable quantity went
into the river, which is here very close to
the track and was swept away by the
current. The crew of tho train at first
feared that some of the falling lumber
would get under the car wheels and cause
a wreck, but fortunately this did not
occur. The lumber was the only loss
caused by the mishap.
Mr.. Frank MelliDger, freight brake
man of crew No. Is OF the Pennsylvania
railroad, had his right arm crushed CD
Saturday evening at o'clock at Leaman
Place while coupling cars. He was brought
TO his home in this place where his in
jurlcs were attended to by DIR. Craig
Although badly crushed the arm will not
need to be amputated
Company Inspection.
Tue company property of Company =
was inspected this morning by COlOuel L.
Lacy Goddard, Gne of the state inspecting
officers. Tc-nigl t the company will hold
it's reunion :imd banquet Ill the armory IN
celebration of its sixth anniversary. A
full dress drill and inspe ectiOn will be
feature of the occasion. Il iate order oil
General Sieglried, commanding tho ID
brigade, to which Company q is attached,
:annuunces that this years encampment
will be held at Wiliiamsport.
Drunken Isowdies.
The attempt to rai>e another false alarm
Of fire, on Saturday Jailed. People are be
coming tired o! roaming about the town
;ns, t.AyDf ,nrn
none. Some Of the largo number o.
drunken mtn and boys who infest ted al
parts yf the town that evening may have
been ti.; cause of the attempted alarm
The neishbulhoud A Salem Lutheran
church. on Walnut street, was made livel!
Cur time by fight between two younE
roughs, who attempted to rid the towl OF
two nuisances by throwing bricks at eact
other. Their helligeeat spirits We're finall.
cooled oft by persons interfering, who sen
each on his respective way.
lie Robbed the Koosts
Noble Groom, she calored man arrested
carly Yesterday morning by Officer Wittig
for stealing chickens, appeared befor
'uuir-Grier this morning. He confessed hi
guilt, and was sent to the county jail t
await his trial at court. His alleged con
tolerate in crime, John johnson, has no
vet been captured. On the bag which cor
tainad tho chickens at the time of Groom
arrest, were the painted names Of Uric
and ID. NJ. Strickler, the owners Of th
chickens also, doubtless, as they wer
stole from the same place that the ba
was. The thief said that the robbery wa
commkted about two miles from lronvillt
Where arc the owners of tho fowls now
Briefs.
A large number of witnesses on the job
Coyle murder trial went from Marietta
Gettysburg, where the trial will be helt
this morning.
Mr.. Owen Clark has again returned t
Columbia 1t is not bad place to be in
he thinks.