Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-09-14
COLUMBlA NEWS.


qua REGULAR OOHRE5fONphNot
events along tho sueaochnnna-'"'ns
Interest In aud Around tho thorough
rickod up by the inteiii-
gencor Reporter.
The threo days session of tho select
castle of PENNSYLVANIA, OF knights oi The |
Mystic Chain was concluded last evening |
at 80 o'clock. Most oi the representatives
loft for their homes on the evening trains.
They wero all greatly pleased with their |
treatment by the knights OF their order |
here and the townspooplo generally. The
presdiug officers chair was filled by Select |
Commander j X Boyd yesterday. Supreme |
Vice Commander T., W. Lutz, assisted by |
Supreme Marshal j. u. Nobbs and Su |
prcmc Chaplain =. ID. Hunter, installed |
the officers elect with tho usual ceremonies. |
Tho Jewels OF their Office were the only |
decorations worn ut tho ceremony a |
lengthy secret session was afterwards held |
10y tho select castle A largo amount Of
tho unwrtten work Of the order was ex
planned and discourSed upon by supreme |
recording aud corresponding scribe, |
=. -. Hunter. The finance com
mittee's report was received aud |
adopted. Nominations wcro made Of |
officers 10 the select Castlo who will be |
elected by subordinate castles ut their last |
meeting ia December. These will then |
be installed AT the next session of the |
select castle, which conveues at Lebanon |
Gu the second Tuesday Of september, 1884. |
The following representatives to the su'
prcmc castle wore elected John j. Davis,
!. g. Nobbs aud J. X. Boyd. Important
prcccdcnts were established on several
questions which were discussed by the
select castle.
september Meeting of tue schooi Board.
hn ,,,,nth1y utaptipn a. the |
school board was held last evening, all the
members being present, except President
Meycrs, Mr. Slade was elected to fill the
chair for the session. Minutes of last
regular meeting Of August and OF spec
ial meeting of August 30 were read and
approved. Reports OF committees were
then received The finance committee
reported as follows
Receipts. t!G6G
Balance to oda,c....................... E08 30
The committee also reported that It had
certificate of deposit for $40 IN trade
dollars, in favor Of the school district,
The superintcndng committee reported
that IT, had in connection with SupeTintcnd
eut Amcs, employed the services OF Mr..
Nilee for September or during the illness
Of Miss Scurboor. The report was accept
ed aud approved. Tho supply aud repair
committee reported all necessary repairs
and cleaning having been done to tho
school buildings aud grounds. The com
mitrcc reported the following bills TO be
paid
lohn ShCmh"rEcr, chairs .............,. ~ o
WIN. baker, labor or.....,.....,.........,.. 20
Total. .......................... II %
The secretary made the following report:
lutcrestduo on bOnds...................t Il 10
salary oi secretary, lpuut"r:,,...,.... u 30
Making out tax duplicate Ot lS~I...... y ~
ihruriaus salary, qunrtor........,... - ~
Services Tor quarter OF C.Strawbrid, y
AT opera mousse. .,..''.''. .''.''r''' " 20
Total ........... .................. ....t ll3 -
Tho text book committee had referred
to IT for IT'S action the question of adopting
Reumler' German method. Orders were
granted Tor the payment of the bills pro
sonted aud the board then adjourned.
,und ensed Notes.
Thieves raided tho peach trees Of Mr..
Paul Xlclinski, on Cherry street, last even.
iug.-Sevcral train jumpers taken to county
Jail this mOrning.--All members of Olive
BraLvh lodge, G.. n. .. Of o. f.,
return from Carlisle, meeting Tonight
--Excursion tickets sold from Columbia to
the Lancaster independent fair. - Rev.
Saml Yingling, of st Johns Luth
eran church, IL visiting brother in
Illinois. Mrs. Deihl aud MISS Grace
Iungllng arc ut Hanover, Ia. -
Large party held by Miss Ella Welsh, on
Manor street, last eveuing.-Dayid Motto
drew tho scrap album CHANGED of last
evening by WIN. Beck, on Uuiou street. -
Largo fruit party" hold at Daniel
RctheiSer's last evening Tho Vigils. of
NowtOwn, and tho Red Stockings, of Col
umbia, play game of baseball 1T the
Emnirn nlnpN tn-mnrInw -Ihn
truck thrown over bank on tho Col
lumba aud Port Deposit railroad will be
raised ON Sunday-A drunken and dis
orderly fellow taken before squire
Patton last evening; discharged. The
United Brethren church Will hold u
union picuic at Shirk's Horseshoe grove
on Wednesday, September 10. Train
leaves here, over the Reading u Columbia
railroad, at 1880 q. III. returning special
train will leave the grove at p. III.
Tickets for round trip, including admise
sion to grove, 40 cents /; children halt
price.
y Track WatChmRn's Fatal Leap.
Track Watchman Aquilla Cunningham
of tho Columbia Il Port Deposit railroad
was run over aud killed by train No. 80
two miles north of IIanes station, las
night, while asleep on tho track. The
engine and tank were thrown from th'
track. Tho Columbia wreckers wcrt
called to the scene OF tho wreck and by
o'clock this morning had the road agail
open for travel. Deceased, who lived II
the vicinity of Green postoiIicc, leaves
wife and three children. Tho remaiu
were brought here on the wreckiug trall
when it returned TO Columbia, where the.
will bs prepared for burial aud sent to hi
late bone
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