Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-11-15
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School board met in President Given's
law office last evening TO transact its
| regular monthly business, All the member
| we're present. Finance Commi tee reported
| balance on hand of 81, 024 25
The special building COMMITTEE, made n
| lengthy and Bnal report. They careful ly
rccap!.ulated the construction of the new
| Poplar street school house, from the time
| it vas first proposed before the board until
accepted. Pheentire cost of the building
IL about St350G4S 4S. The committee
found some trouble ia arriving at
satisfactory conclusion regarding
| the case OF the contractors, Bachmau aud
| Forty, They agreed 10 have the building
| completed Jn August OH, but it was not
| turned ovor 60 the board uotIl tho latter
| part OF October. They wsre to pay a
forfeit Di S2J p5r day for every day after the
9Th, the school remained unfinished The
| committee after discussing the Case recon
megded that they only pay s. per day for
~ days the number Of school days the
building remained unfinished When the
report was completed, on motion it
was decided not to charge them at
all for the loss. The vote stood 5 n
! favor Of not charging, agaiust4 Archltect
and superintendent }. A Dsmpwl OF, #
York, highly commanded the clntra1tors
for their able work, and the ouiskness
with whi5h they changed whatever he de-
sired.
TIE other work of the board consisted
Of paying bills, etc.
TOWN NOTES
The Harcoek IaviuoiDles 20 to Marietta
this evening"
On Monday evening the democrats of
Washington borough celebrated Cleys
lands election. Judge Nolte, of Columbia,
has been appointed one of the assistant
marshsls IL is hoped that good Democrats
in this vicinity will assist their fellow men
in Washington on Monday, SO as tho de.
monstTation can be made a creditaable
one.
Philip Gossler won the apple racs, at
rink last evening. He obtained % apples
TO Meyers 81, Wsbauugh's 81, aud Bru.
bakers 90 Nearly 500 persons witnessed
the race.
Richard Gould, p, r. r. employee,
had his right foot, which had caught in a
guard rail in the west yard yesterday, run
over by a hand car and severely brui sed,
John Farrell, Of Harrisburg, p. II. X.
brakeman, had the third finger of his right
hand caught this morning and smashed
while coupling engine 5Sl to its train, in
the west yard,
About 100 acres Of timber were burned,
last evening, on the York county hills
opposite Marietta. They were probably
set on fire by a wad from a sportsman's
gun.
Tho E. E. Lutheran festival will be
postponed.
Rev. Ulrich, of Myerstogn. will preach
Tomorrow morning aud evening, in St.
Johns Lutheran church.
The Columbia night school will be open
on Monday evening in No. room, Cherry
street school building.
PERSONAL.
Mas Annie Haldemsn is in town. She
is the quest of Geo. W. Haldeman, her
uncle.
Miss Carrie Spangler has returned to her
home in Marietta. She had Dasn visiting
Miss Lille Pfshler.
Mr. ID. II. Bruner and wife and Mr.,
VIM, Clark, left for Hacketstown, N. j.,
where they will visit their children who
attend the Hacketstown academy.
Col Joseph Fisher formerly OF Colum-
bia, now residing in Cheyenne, Wyoming
territory, has been elected justice of the
peace in that city.
Harry Zsllar's pet deer escaped on
Thursday. was chased to the river by dogs,
aud to elude them took TO the water. Boat
men caught the animal near the middle OF
the river.
Since olfaulng the water pipe, the water
now furnished to our citizens is much
better. but not pure by any means.
3, ii. Purple aud q. A. Myers returned
from their York county cunning trip.
Their heavily loaded gams bags showed
how successful they had been.
Tomorrow q new time table will 90
into effect on the II. & @. II. II. and
branches. The $40 a. m train win ar
rive at 0 .25 a m, and the 1:i0p m. train
will leave Columbia at 1910 p, m.
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