Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-02-11
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Democrats Preparing 10 Win Next Tuesday.
News From Former Columbians-The
Cold Wcather--Town Notes.

r,>mscrpss Preparing 10 win Next Tuesday.
News From Former Columbisns-The
Gold wcathcr--Town Notes.
Regular Correspondence OF IsrELLreESonR.
COLUMBIA, Feb. 1.-THE Democrats mean
10 defeat the Republicans even though
Colurnbia is Republican borough by fair
sized majority. Ward officers they mean to
let the nominees attend TO, while all the
effects OF the leaders will be put into the
election of one councilman and one school
director. II they can be elected, then council
and school board will still be under Demo-
cratic control The gentleman who are
about 10 retire are from
Couucil--Gen. william Patton, Democrat,
Messrs. nj. s, Shuman and w. ii. Pfahler,
Republicans
School Board--F. P. D. Miller, Democratic,
and c. w. Stevenson and Isaac Autwerter,
Republicans.
Mr.. Miller Is the only one Of the above who
has been re-nominated.
The report that II. ii. Heidler Democrat
candidate for constable in the First ward,
will withdraw, is untrue. The gentleman
will only not withdraw, but is working ably
for his election.
Frank Richardson, colored politician in
the second ward, is angry because he was
not renominated for the constable Of that
ward. In consequence he has announced
himself as an independent candidate for that
Office
The Borough Growing Better.
When Columbia is in shame it is reported
and now that it is making rapid strides to-
ward winning fair name for herself, that
fact must also be given to the pnblc. With
in the past twenty days but four cases of
drunken and disorderly conduct has been
tried before our justice of the peace Other
misdemeanors, If they have been committed.
have not been made public. This fact to
some, would not intimate much, but when
we take into cosideration the numerous
fights, drunken rows, etc, we have from
time TO time been called upon to report, 1t in
dicates better times are comming for our little
town.
News from Old Columbians.
The following from the Topeka Daily
Capital, referring to Messrs. S. C. Swartz, and
son Walter, until recently residents of Co
lumbia will be of interest:
CARBoSDALE, Feb. with all the pros
perity of this town, one enterprise which i
think has never been mentioned is the new
Touring mill and grain elevator of 5. c.
Swartz & Son. These gentlemen came from
Pennsylvania TO Kansas, and iavoring this
place decided TO locate here The mill is
run by so horse power steam engine,
and has the capacity of fifty barrels of -four
per day. They have some of the latest inn
proved machinery. such as Barnard Il Lee 5
wheat and corn cleaner, and a new machine
they call the indicator, which by turning a
crank they can throw the wheat into any bin
in the mill. The elevator has a capacity OF
10000 bushels. They ship on an average of
fifteen cars per week. The facilities of this
mill are such that farmers come from adjoin-
ing towns'to sell him their wheat, as his prices
are a little above the competing buyers oi
grain.
The Intense Cold.
Last night was one of the coldest ever ex,
perienced here and this morning it is not
much better. Places, such as the II. & c.
coal shutes, points along the river, and on
Chestnut street, the cold was intense, the
thermometer ranging from TO degrees
below zero. Places sheltered as the first Firs
National bank, etc., it was not quite so cold
but even there, 4 degrees below zero was re
gistered on the thermometer
Town Notes.
Beginning with tomorrow and continuing
for one month all United States mail handled
by the Reading & Columbia railroad and it:
branches will be weighed. Trains carryin.
mail agent will have its mail weighed wher
received and disposed of by the agent, anC
trains having no agents will have its mai
weighed at stations when put on and taker
of.
6C.Freight Handler, John Tyler, is agair
at work after an Illness of two months.
The intense cold Of last night caused rail
readers who We're out on the rode to keel
close to their engines and caboose.
On the 22nd inst the Washington monu
ment will he dedicated excursion ticket
will be sold To the capital city, of the p
II. R. and branches, on the Goth, and 2lst goo
until the 93d. inclusive.
Mrs. Harry Zuch has returned from Phila
delphia.
DR.. Henry, wife and child, of Everett, Pa.
are visiting Mr.. John Fendrich.
The reported floods up north has not mad
any change in the river at Columbia
on Saturday afternoon, by request of
large number of ladies, Manager krum viii
have music in the Metropolitan rink.
The Columbia band will chance off thei
$40 gold piece on Friday at s p. IN.
The planning mill of Bachman & Forty
which has been idle the past week, Is agail
working, but with reduced force of hands
The officers and teachers of the L. j
Lutheran Sunday school will meet this even
ing, after prayer meeting, to consult will
regards to future work in their school.
The Columbia Relief association will NEE
tMrs. S. Ii. PUPPIES, at p. III. tomorrow
Orion lodge, No. $40, |. o. o. f., meets thi
evening
Irving On Stage Morals.
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