Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-08-22
COLUMBIA NEWS.
FROM OUR nKaULAR CORRESPONDENT

Lightning Enscss Gin tho Borough ~.
Jossphs Buiiding society Elect Ofnccrs
--isass BAn rotes--rown BrieTs
During the rain Of yesterday afternoon,
q stroke of lightning did considerable
in VIM. Morris yard and split IL oper.
The shock was so great in Heise's hard
ware store, that an employe, j. O. Bower,
was half stunned. SO sevsre was u on
Second street that an employe at Stauf
fer's houses was knocked from n scaffold
and received slight injuries. The tele
phones suffered the most, several being
" burnt out"
Mrs. Catherine Laule, aged ca years,
died of general debility nc 1915 q. m /,
yesterday at her homo on Fifth street.
Her remains will he interro1 from the
Locust street German Lutheran church to-
morrow at Q y. IN.
Mr. b. +. Sorger, wife and son. George.
Of Washington CITY, are visiting DR.. j. X.
Lineaweaver.
Mr.. Hiram Wilson's guest, Mr.. Harding
OF Slack, Philadelphia, returned homo last
evening.
Miss Lilly Welsh leaves to day for Spring
Lake, N. j., where she will part OF her
summer vacation.
Miss Sylvia Massman, of Philadelphia, Is
the Misses Hanauers guest.
Hase Ball Itemt.
There will DO n good deal OF money
change hands on this afternoons game
between the Columbia and Lancaster
clubs. Bets are freely offered, the odds
being 2 to 1 on the Columbia making 3
runs. Another bet is 2 to that the Ian
ter will defeat tho Columbia 8 to /. The
latter has but fow takers.
The lease of the Columbia grounds
expire this month. viii Mr. 3. l.. Boyer
allow them to be used next month yet 1,
question unanswered ?
The Columbia club has no game fol
90 morrow.
Borougn srIoss.
'Ole Hard Times" the dog catcher,
don't drown tho CANNES he catches bu,
shoots and burys them ~ or near Bilctt's
stone quarriea 20 animals have go far
mot their doash this year at his hand.
Tho long and badly needed pavementi
have been laid In front of w. A. King's
and Geo. A. RumpIe's stores on Locus
street.
While chasing his monkey, which ha,
escaped from him this morning, an orgar
grinder fell from fonce and dislocated hi,
lett leg.
Inc lhuy VINO Ia on tne EIOIhN' dJ Z ",
m. tomorrow at tho stov5 inoullors'
picnic, and who holds the corresponding
number TO tue one placed on the black
board, will be presented with an elegant
gold ring.
An Indians bones and tomahawk, weu
found yesterday by vorkmen at Mr. Jacol
Stautfer's new houses, on South Secon,
street.
The Stoyerdale campmCotipg is over, enc
the Columbians who were ia attendauc,
have returned home.
A gum coat was lost yesterday on ThirC
street, between Walnut and Chestnut.
Two freight oars jumped the tracks o
the River road yesterday, while beipI
shifted.
A passenger car standing on one OF IA,
sidings In the west yard last evening wa
badly damaged by having draft OF car
shifted against 1t.
Oftlcsrs elected,
Tho following officers aud board Of iii
rectors were elected on Wednesday even
iog for st. Joseph's building association
President-Rcv. VIM. PEPPER vice pres
dcnt-Peter Bittner treasurer-A HabeI
stroh; secrotary--Joseph Janson; board q
rsctors-Dr. J. X. Lineaweaver, V.
Baker, Frank Jansou, Chas. Lick, Wm
Herbert, Jacob Nicklaus, Jos. Kaufhold
ar, J. s. Bangart and John Foster.