Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-06-08
A PAIR OF MULES.
now THEY wERE ACTIvE IN CAUSING
ASSAULT AND BATTERY
A Right Between Thomas Martin and samuel
Campbeii- The Picnic Season = News
Among the Churches - The Latest
Happenings Around the Town.

Regular Correspondence OF the IsrEILionScER.
CoLUMBIA, June s.--About two weeks
Ago Samuel Campbell sold pair of mules
10 Thomas Martin. They did not prove salts
lhctory and on Saturday they were returned
10 Campbell. About 4 p. m, Saturday,
Martin in company with Nose Gilbert en-
tered Campbell's stable, and began abusing
that gentleman with language more forcible
than eltSant Campbell attempted to quiet
them And not succeeding ordered them from
his stable. Once outside they renewed their
disgraceful action, and upon daring Camp
bell to fight them were accommodated, and
10 their sorrow, for they were easily defeated
Martin then brought suit against Campbell,
before Squire Young for assault and bat
terry. Although the liveryman was placed
under bail for his appearance mt court, the
matter will probably be settled.
Tho Picnic Season.
The Methodist Episcopal and Goodman
Chapel Sunday schools, will picnic at Penryn
park on the 26th inst
The Second street Lutheran Sunday school
will also picnic at this park this month. A
arrangements for the days pleasure.
Columbia and Chiques Rock were honored
on Saturday bya visit from the Lancaster
high school.
Religious Intelligence
The interior of the United Brethren church
yesterday presented bright and attractive
appearance, with its elaborated decorations
OF plants. flowers, evergreens etc, in honor
of the celebration of the birth of Otterbein,
the founder of this church. Interesting OK
erciscs, consisting of singing, cornet solos by
Rev Harp, the pastor, and recitattons by
Sunday school scholars, were held in the
morning, afternoon and evening, and were
The Vigilant boys did an act of kindness
for the members OF the Il. T.. Lutheran
which will not soon be forgotten. When tho
storm was at its height, several members
Of the company bridged Butcher alley and
thus made 1t passable
Rev. +. j. Clay-Moran dismissed his con-
congregation-St Paul's L. E.--when the
evening service was only half preached, and
they were successful in reaching home be
fore the storm came up
Six persons were "dpped" in the Susque
hanna yesterday by Rev. j. f. Meixell, OF
the Bethel church.
The NJ. L. churchs strawberry festival
which closed on Saturday night CLEARED
sIOO.O7. During the evening, on behalf o
Mrs Susan A. Given's Sunday school class
"The Cedars OF Lebanon" William II
Given, esq, presented to Rev. and Mrs. G
=. Grilliths beautiful two;layer lady cake &c
and his work was tasteful and elegant
Town Notes.
The following gentlemen were chosen at ;
recent meeting of the Shawnee Active asso
citation, to manage their second annual picni,
to be held i'm Heise's woods June 20th
Chairman of Committee of Arrangement
james Keyes.
Master of Ceremonies r. Hall.
Floor Manager-Chas. Mccall.
Assistants-John Grauley, William Lutz
Sherman Swingler, J. Ii. Ritter.
Committee on Order-Jno. Foley and JnC
Collins
Messrs. r. +. Williams and Milton wikt
Yesterday visited hiques hill, attracte
-1hither by &hsl port that thousands G
locusts could be seen and heard. The
brought small branch OF a tree homo wit
them on which they counted over 200 locust
and shells.
A fine lot of horses brought to Columbi
were them by Saml Campbell, 20 in numbe
on Saturday. They were shipped from Han
rison county, Kentucky, and are OF excellen
breed.
Samuel Stautzenberger and tramp wer
committed to Jail, this morning, for beinI
drunk and disorderly. Each got 5 days.
The Columbia base ball club suffered al
ignomnious defeat at the hands of the Chris
tianas, on Saturday, in the latter borough
the score standing Is to against the visitors
The Actives and o. KS, both Columbi
clubs, played a game on the stove work
feated by 80 to TO-
The, Columbias play in Mannheim mex
Saturday.
A business meeting of the Columbia fir
company will he held this evening.
The greatest nuisance the II. Il G. X. II. Ct
has to contend with is blockade of thei
tracks by cows. Every precaution has beel
taken to abate this trouble, but with no SUI
cess. Yesterday, after taking possession {
one of these nuisances, Officer Hoffman
when near Cordelia, was forced to free hi
prisoner on account of shower of stones b.
number of men. Several arrests will b
made to-day.
ing arrested demented woman mt the corne
of Front and Locust streets. She was place,
in the lookup, and on Sunday mornin,
handed her over to the care of her husband
her release.