Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-05-23
COLUMBIA NEWS.
our REavnAn Uoisr,EspoNpEsos

A Democratic Tax collector Elected by Bor
Ough council personal and social
Points-Town Notes.
All Of the members Of council but
Messrs. Patton (Dem.) and Pfahler (Rep.)
were present at last nights special meet.
ing. Tho bids of w. q. DutteDhofler
(Dem.) and = A. Bockius (top) for tho
tax collectorship were opened and both
found to be 3 per cent. Of all taxes collect
ed. Mr., Tile { Dem. } moved that Mr..
Duttenhoffcr be appointed collector. Tho
vote taken resulted as follows Yeas
Tile, Pcrrottet, John Westorman, Henry
Westerman and Edwards. Nays-Shu-
man and Buoher. Mr.. Edwards was The
only Republican who voted with tho
Democrats. Mr.. Dnttcnhoifor was declared
elected.
Personal and social.
A pleasant evening sooiable was held
last night at Mr.. ]. X. Wilmer q residence
on Walnut street.
Mr.. Tyson Simpson gavo n dancing
party ut his residence on Fourth street
last evening. The weather was extremely
warm, but tho dancers passed. n most en-
joyablo evening nevertheless.
A grand reception will DO held on
Wednesday. May 2Sth, at tho residence Of
Mr.. Frank Shillow, near town, in honor Of
tho marriage of the hosts daughter, Miss
Kate Shillow, to Mr.. John W. Swar,z, Of
Columbia.
Tho Rows Elias II aud Isaiah w.
Sheath, have graduated from Yale college,
with honors. Tho former has received a
call from Congregational church, of
Cambridge, Mass, which ho will probably
accept, aud tho latter has accepted a call
from United Brethren church Of Balu
more.
Tho Tobacco Trade.
Mr. Jacob Herr, of Ironvilc, leads the
tobacco planters Of that vicinity. lie
has already sot out nearly an acre Of
plants
Skiles Il Frey, tobacco dealers at
Wrightsville, arc making heavy purchases
of Lancaster county tobacco.
Police Piokings
Five dodgers occupied tho lookup last
night, excluding q drunken " drummer" I"
Thoy consisted of man, his wife and
three children, who were cu route to
Lancaster.
Officers Dysinger arrosted drunken
commercial agent named l.. A Moore
this morning. The gentleman was sleep
ing in Locust street gutter when found
by tho officer about 3 o'clock. This
morning, whom sober enough to navigate,
he was taken before Squire Evans, who
compelled him 20 pay tino and tho cDsts,
Accidental.
The spontaneous combustion OF bun
die of oily rags caused slight fro ut the
residence of Mr.. Young, on North Third
street, last night.
a lad named C.ayhill had ono Of his leC
broken in MAJ o q yester 'ly, by being
run over by a wagon loaded with tobacco,
the property Of Frank Paulis.
A team belonging to Frederick Blink,
butcher, ran away yesterday afternoon Il
Marietta. Blink was thrown out aud sus.
tanned injuries Of a serious character.
miscellaneous Itomr.
A pair of kid gloves were found in the
opera house on "Wednesday night by Geo.
BrneT.
The Nnion Square company presented
"Peck's Bad Boy " to Marietta audi
ence last night.
Ono hundred and twenty five new
books have just been placed in tho United
Brethren Sunday school library at Iron
vile.
Olive branch lodge No. /, 1897, G. L. o
OF D. F., and Shawnee encampment No.
%, | O. OF o. F, will meet 10 night ia
their respective halls.
A fair sized congregation attended the
choral service held at st. Paul's 4. L
church lat evening.
The public schools closed today - Las
night the school board met and signed tn,
diplomas of tho graduates of the higl
school. The high school commencement
exercises begin to nigh, in tho opera house
at y O'Clock.