Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-09-06
COLUMBIA NEWS.
GUR NEGULAH uuIsREsPOsDEnUE
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Interest IN ana Around tho borough

Evonts along tho susquobanns-items
,"tcrcst IN and Around tho sorough
Picked np by the bntciii-
Two disgraceful fights occurred on Tow
lill yesterday. One was the beating oi
Aunio Turner by her husband, James
Turner, for which the latter was arrested
by Ofncei struck. The stupid policeman
sat down on Turner's door step to wait
until the latter changed his clothing, when
tho prisoner escaped by a rear window
and has not get been tecaptured. Anoth,r r.,
tongue fight, and ono Of foul epithsts.
took place at a later hour. The principals
were Annie Siscoe and Mrs. Lew IIamil.
ton, both Of whom should have been
lodged In the lookup. All the above parties
were colored.
Looking AFTER tho Bridge.
Messrs. J. B. Hutchinson, superintcnd
ent, w. ID. Brooks, master carpenter, and
John ). Nichols, supervisor of tho Fred
crick railroad, examined the piers Of the
river bridge yesterday. Ton new ones are
To bS built, but work on them will not be
commenced until next summer. No, 4
pier has Just been finished. IL IN a iino
piece of mason work.
Condensed Iown rotos.
Tho new ball field liz located at tho head
Of Walnut street. Tho Red Stockings will
play tho Vigils of Ncwtown, on Saturday,
and Mannheim club on Saturday a week,
Tho games will occur Mt those places. -
jim Moore, cOlored, was taken to Laucas
tor for trial, this morning, on the charge
of deserting his wife.-lIandsome gold
bracelet lost ON Locust street above Sec
ond.-Geo. Do HUI ships large amount OF
sand to Reading. pianos aud
three organs are in houses in block DO
~.
sive improvements are being made on
South Fourth street t--JOheph Cooper and
Joseph Mcdonnell, were carried over the
dam yesterday. The breaking Of an oar
lost them the control of the boat. They
swan to an island after going over tho
dam, ani were taken from there to the
Lancaster county shore by fishermen.-
Citizens band will attempt to TooIgani2e
tomorrow evening. Harry Kaher's farm
produced q sun flower, now exhibited at
the First national bank, measuring lG
inches across the seed, 81 across the entire
flower, 10 feet 10 inches high and l2 inches
across the base, hands and arms OF
a little child of Isaiah ShintOn were badly
burned yesterday by fall against "A hot
stove The residence Of the late Peter
Sailor, adjoining the Columbia national
bank on the south, has TO IN sold to Mr.. II
ttlkty AZ puullt hdlt. u rare lDWtE was
,tolen from Il. w. Mays lot in Mt. Bethel
cemetery. -Osceoia tribe of Red men and
Columbia lodge of MasOnS meet TO night
Stating works on the new passenger depot
OF the X. u g. railroad were finished yes
t'rday. .-Wm. GreuhCh's team ran off on
9th street yesterday, breaking wagon
wheel. The Columbia tiremen amused
themselves yesterday by ringing their
newly mounted bell throughout the day.
Election of officers of the company will
take place tomorrow evening ut 7:30
o'clock.-Mrs. Lewis Smith is enter
tanning Miss Martha Kaufman, of
York When council meets it should
appoint chief engineer for the do.
partment, as well as chief director.
The former should receive salary and
have the exclusive superintendence Of all
tho fire engines. At last evenings trial of
the Columbia steamer 90 pounds of steam
was raised in 3 minutes. l20 pounds of
water was registered on the water guage
when 90 pounds OF steam was indicated on
the steam guage.