Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-10-12
COLUMBIA NEWS.


The REGULAR monthly meeting Of th,
school Loard was held lat night, all ih'
mcmhcrs being ptCSont minutes Of meet
ing OF Sept. ~ wero road and approved
Tho reports uf committees were then
made.
RocCipts...... .,..,....,...,.....,,....t .ttllm
ENpcndttute5.....,...... l!l.W
Balance on htui ........ ,...........ti 500
Superintendlng committee reported the
return ui Miss Saurbecf 10 her school. aftei
recent fitness.
Tho text book COiEmittcO recommended
the usO Of Reunzcr's method oi teaching
German and kelly'a English literature IN
the high school. II alEo recommended the
purchase Oi two WUbstcI's dictionaries,
and standS for same fur the grammar
school Tho purchase Of these things
was referred to tho repair aud supply com
mIttec.
A detailed report of tho repair and sup
ply committee showed that the leaks ia
the room of tho Fifth street school build
ing had been repaired aud that the black
boards of all tho schools had been
rcpaintcd The purchase Ot now furniture
for school No. II, was recommended. The
committee waB instructed by the board tu
ascertain tho cost of new secondary and
primary school furniture aud report the
samO ut special meeting of the board.
MIR. Given offered u resolution for the
opoainc of another primary school, and
the experimenting committee was IN
struCtI d tn report upon the cXpr,licnCy oi
So doing, Bills amounting to 500 % were
ordered TO bo paid. A bill presented 10y
i. =. Brugh was referred foe examination
to the repair and supply com nittcc.
Taxes amounting To g. were refunded
to two persons.
The report of Superintendent Ames
hhuwCd tho following attendance at tho
schools for the month ending October
MHicy. Females. 7o'pi
Whole mnm6Gr attending 80 ~ -!
Percentage at attendance. - %
Number Attending every
Number at ytsttUIa......... vi -,
school board then ADJOURNED to meet at
VIM, II. GlvcmS office on October ~, at
I.3O O'Clock l.. IN.
psrsonnI
Miss Jean Kaufman has returned to
Vassar college.
Mr. William Bailey, is home from 4
weeks trip to Tamaqua, Pa,
Rev. David d. Wilson. breaches in st.
paurs T.. f.. church on sunday.
MIR. Jacob Ddrmstcttor, has returned
home from hls European tour.
borough Briefs,
The Frederick railroad pay Car pad OF
here 10 day.
Hamlet will bo played here on Oct. 22
10y William Stafford, an actor of note.
An important business meeting of Olive
Branch lodge, G.. L. q. OF .. F., will be
held to night.
East bound pGnnsy lyduld railroad eng inc
No. AS, broke down ealy this morning
near the depot. IL has been shoIp ped for
repairs.
4 goat team attracted much attention
ou tho street this morning. IL was driven
by stationery dealer from Port Deposit
named b. Hughes.
Tho Red Stockings of this place aud the
Tigers, of Chickies, will play u match
game Of baseball to morrow afternoon on
the Shawnce ball grounds.
Last nights cake walk in tho arm0ry,
which was gIyon by the African Baptist
church, was we'll attended. Robert Pat
terson walked away with tho prize cake.
Charles Shields, an employe Of the
Marietta hollow ware works, had his
right leg terribly burned from tho knee
down TO the foot yesterday afternoon by
the OverturniuC of lIdel filled with
molten metal.
Edward kilhciter and VIM. Fitzgerald,
Lancaster harmonica players, wish to play
III \ contest with Charles Ulmcr, OF this
place, and Elmer Myers, Of Chickios.
These two champions now have another
opportunity OF gaining new or losing their
old lauTclS.
The first artcsian vol of the series in
Lockard's hollow, which are To supply
Columbia with water as soon as they are
completed, has been finished at depth
of 252 feet. The second is now being
bored and has already been sunk to u
depth of 5G Gcot aud is flowing steadily.