Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-04-19
COLUM BlA NEWS.
FROM Our Regular Correspondent.

FROM Our Regular Correspondent.
The remains of George Cork, colorcd
which were fOuad in \ we'll at Middletowi
last Monday evening, and whose mysteri
GUS death formed the subject OF All article
III last evenings 1NTELLIGENCER, were
brought TO this place on the 6:1O train o
the Pennsylvania railroad, last evening,
and uttered in the colored peoples cemo
terry. The funeral did not take place unit
late in the evening, large number of the
friends of deceased attending. He was
formerly prominent: member Of the A.
NJ. +. church of this place, where his
funeral sermon will be preached on Sunday
at 3o'clock, tho decomposed condition of
the body rendering its being kept another
day, when proper religious services would
have been held, impossible. The impress
ion which generaly prevails here is that
Cork was murdered by some person or
| persons, either from motives OF robbery or
revenge. Ifsuch be the case the former
WAS most probably the cause, as be was
an industrious aud economical man, and
had probable saved some money, and not
being of a qua,relsome disposition, had
few or no enemies. The my sterious affair
bas caused considerable comment here.
Eaiiroad News.
An inspection tour was made over the
| new Marietta, Reading and Hanover rail-
| road. to day, by Superintendent A. M.
Wilson, of the Reading 6 Columbia rail
road, and Mr.. G. a. Nichols, president OF
| tho lateral branches of the Philadelphia
& Reading railroad. The tour was made
in the engine "TranSit"
While standing Oh the Reading & Col
umbia railroad, where it passes through
the east yards of the Pennsylvania rail-
road, yesterday, Mr.. John Paulls was
nearly run over by backing train of the
former road. which he did not know was
approaching. He was saved from death
by one of the brakesmen of the train, who
rushed forward in time to pull him from
the track. Had this been delayed but Il
couple Of seconds more, his death would
have been certain.
A number of small accidents occurred in
the Pennsylvania railroad yards here yes
terday. A misplaced switch threw engine
No. 40 from the rails in front of the dis
patcher's office in the west yards; a car of
the freight train of engine No. 5S4 was
thrown from the track in the same yards;
the front wheels of engine No. $40 jumped
the track in the west yards, the cause
being the violent collision of two ''drafts,'
aud the list of the days mishaps was
closed by two freight cars being thrown
from the track in the east yards, while
they were being shifted. The broken
truck frame of a freight car of the train
attached to engine No. 575, caused a
slight detention Of trains at Locust Grove
this morning. Middletown wreckers
cleared the track.
The Criminal Calendar.
William Emwright, the man charged
with assaultiDg tho chief engineer of the
Vigi!ant fire company at last Saturday
nights false alarm of fire, was to have
been tried before Squire Greer last even
ing. The squire aud witnesses were on
hand, but the festive Billy" was not.
1t has since been learned that he has left
the town for the towns good, too
Officer Struck conducted Kale Jones to
the county prison this morning, where he
will remain for the following 10 days.
Kalc was out on drunken spree, and
creating a disturbance, landed in the
meshes of the law.
improvements.
Mr.. A. Nj. Wilson is having a pretty
porch built on tho Second street side of
his residence, at Second and Walnut
streets
A neat work shop is being erected by
Mr.. Ed. Spcring to the rear of his ,iewelry
store.
The grounds of tho stove works are
being enclosed Oh the north, east ard
south by neat board fence. Other i'm
provements are shortly to DO made ABOUT
the works.
An Order from LOulsville.
The gas company of Louisville, Ky, has
Just given an order to the proprietor Of
the Columbia boiler works, MIR. w. S.
Reazor, for large number of purifying
lids, part of tho machinery of gas works.
The castings which are to be connected
with these lids will be made at the iron
works of Mr.. James PerrOttet. Columbia
manufacturers seem to be known else.
where than in the state OF Pennsylvania
even.
Among the Churches.
A free lecture will be delivered in the
M. Il. church to mig ht by the Rev. Jesse
L. Young representative of Dickins on
college. The subject will be 'What do
our young people read ?"
The congregation of the E. Z. Lutheran
church contemplate giving a concert in
the church in the near future. It will DO
of musical aud literary character, and
participated i'll by psrsous from Lancaster
and York.
Borough budget.
The arbutus is beautiful.-JohnM May, of
Oshkosh, Wis, in town Chas L. Fiibert
off to Washington.-U. B. festival in the
armory OF Friday and Saturday nights
Robert Leaman, who hurt his arm by
fall from ladder and Henry Stamfield,
who had his foot crushed by rail, are
convalescent.-Osce Tribe, No. II, of
Red Men will make further preparations
tonight to entertain delegates to the great
council, meeting here next month.-The
thieves who stole the lumber from Mr..
John Hartman's new houses on 7th street,
had better return their spoils at once, az
they are known.