Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-07-17
COLUMBIA SCHOOL BOARD.
THE b BUSINESS THAT WAS TRANSACTED
ar THE JULY MEETING.
rho Financial Condition Of the school Fund.
Lads FriRhtful Fall from Tree.
Coal Car and Cabin wrecked-Late
Notes About the Town.

Regular Correspondence of ISTrLLieENcER.
COLUMBIA, Pa, July 1.-THE Columbia
school board held its regular monthly meet
ing for the current month, last evening, in
the council chamber at the opera house, DIR.
w. @. Taylor, president of the school board,
in the chair and all the members present
The minutes of the regular meeting of last
month and the meeting of July Z, were read
and approved.
The committee on repairs and supplies re-
ported that they had notified the coal dealers
to send in their proposals for coal for the use
of the different school buildings. They
recommended that the inside of the Cherry
street school building be wbitowashed or
calsomined. Two heaters in this building
are in need OF repairs and should be fixed.
The report was received and adopted.
The finance committee reported as follows:
They had advertised for the sale of coupon
bonds for 8, 1000, bearing per cent. interest,
due In ten years or payable in twenty.
Application for the purchase of part or
whole amount was made by the Fulton
bank, of Lancaster. The bonds were signed
and sealed, and on June 80 transferred to the
Fulton bank, receiving therefor check for
$4,000. The following financial statement of
the school district up to the present date, was
presented
Receipts during month. ......... s 5,452 43
Expenditures during month. ,l3l 62
The report of the finance committee was
received and adopted.
The repair and supply committee were
authorized to purchase desks for use in the
additional room i'm the Poplar street building.
Mr.. Grover, special committee, reported
having carefully examined the heaters In
the Cherry street building and that two
heaters are in good and two are in poor con.
dition. The heaters will receive the attention
of the repair and supply committee, who
were authorized to have them repaired.
The secretary reported that the 1885 tax du
plicate has been completed and the bonds Of
the First National bank as treasurer and o.
- Samuel III. Boyd as tax collector are i'm the
hands OF the secretary and they have been
approved.
The secretary has received notice from al
the teachers for the ensuing term that they
are willing to accept the positions to which
they were elected.
The proposition OF Messrs. lvison, Blake
men, Taylor IL company to place prime
physiology and an elementary physiology II
the book stores of Columbia to be sold at q
and so cents respectively was accepted ant
the secretary will notify the publisher
of the books Of the fact. Any person cal
receive Fl cents for an old elementary physi
ology in exchange for new book. The pub
Usher also guaranteed that the price will no
be above 80 and so cents for these books.
The secretary was authorized to subscrib
for nine copies of the School Journal.
The erection of board fence at the inst
tute building was left TO the discretion of tn
committee on repairs and supplies.
A number of bills were presented an,
ordered to be paid, after which the boar
adjourned.
Fearful Fall From "a Tree
John Crowley, aged twelve years, son c
Levi Crowley, cupola tender at the Keele
stove works, met with terrible accciden
tzS1.. .r.1...S A.
which his life is despaired of. Tho boy wa
playing near the stove work, with some
his companions and had climbed into
tree The limb upon which the boy wa
suddenly broke aud the boy was precip
tated to the ground. His head struck upon
stone when he fell and rendered him uncor
scions, the blood gushing from his mouth
nose and ears. He was tax en- to his home o.
North Third street and Doctors Craig am
Lineawesyer sent for. They soon responde
ara did alkin their power to relieve the SUI
ferngs of theSboy. Both arms are broken 9
the wrists, hisH.ead terribly swollen and sc
we're internal injuries are the result of tn
accident The doctors )Have faint hopes
the boys recovery.
Coal Car aDaf Cabin Wrecked.
The train belonging to engine No. I,OC
was standinG/in the west yard about 1880
m., readyfo pull out for Philadelphia Th
tiagm@ S>the train was not back to sigma
Lne keiY following, which was Engine NJ
" The result was that the engine run int
rear end of the first train, wrecking
coal car and cabin. The Columbia wrec
crew was called into service and in about tw
= hours had the wreck cleared away. The cos
car was totally destroyed aud the cabi
nearly So The cabin was turned complet,
ly upside down. Both crews belong to IIa
risburg. The cow-catcher of No 66l wa
damaged.
Town Notes.
Complaint was entered by Fred Stein, pro
prietor of the Mechanics hall, at the Office
Squire Frank, against a Columbia and
Lancaster man for being drunk and actin
disorderly In his saloon. Officer WiliaI
Wittick arrested the men, and they wer
given hearing at Squire Franks last night
The testimony was very conflicting. Th
case was settled by the payment of the costs
Owing to the illness of the manager of tn
electric light company, Mr.. Brock, work ha
not been progressing very rapidly in the mat
ter of erecting the poles, etc. They were to b
erected 10 days ago, but this unfortunate cir
cumstance has delayed the work. Tn
work on the poles will be commenced al
Monday, July 90
The hot wave has struck town with full
force and yesterday and to-day have been tn
hottest Of the season. The approach of tn
cool wave is eagerly looked for.
Akey-ring containing five keys was founo
on Fourth street 1t can be recovered b,
the owner at l3 North Fourth street.
The picnic of the United Brethren Sunda,
one, and the day just the kind Tor picnics
About 600 persons were in attendance
picnic will be held at the Wrightsvill
grove to-day.
Pennsylvania railroad engine No 90 wa
given trial trip this morning The tria
was very satisfactory.
pnIi.