Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-26


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6 Mssr--row NessA
11a< ~ lgespondence Of the IsrxLplexScEH.
+ Hc1pMilRA, Pa, Aug. 20.--1he canal basin
<4ne3 coal wharves, was the scene OF
>ssing drowning accident yester-
|ok oc1z1don, whereby young boy met an |
11ll1ooY doatb. Captain George Henry /
Htoutl a RennsyIvania canal boats, NoA % |
ND ~ lcodsd cargo Of coal on last Satur- |
9t Nanticoke, for Columbia The |
~ II the boats has his family, |
ttInH Of wife and two child
q IN and daughter, with him on |
~ 6do4 - his journeys up and down the !
~, ~ boets arrived safely In Columbia,
111to9lay the mon q Bruner's wharves
In11o44 unloading his cargo Yesterday
0oon nfout five o'clock tho son Of the
Il tln, n1ned Glenn Ambrose Boone, aged
E{eA. Ave and six years and small In
ia sFto f0f his aeu. started from the boats
4: ~ ~ ~ ~ coal WharvoA BY what cause
3 ~ 4ccl6@nt happened II unknown, but the
1>lppo poe111dh n that the boy while going along
- boat IL his hat fall into the water. In
q 9dfinH ttick, and becoming giddy while
looki1e = the water lost his equilibrium
I srod ~ ~ The othor occupants Of the boat
" s snsossdd ss and s5s 4. noss sss Of r1 The
& ii 6nVe HlrnselE The absence Of the boy was
0 hQ9to4o until Frank Boone, q nephew Of
S'lers Eish : supply Of pp,svisIons and saw
t<e t1o11uttng stick and the boys hat floating
& ~ Ne Nl<eE Search was at once instituted
~ Tho boy md as he could not bo found
The nd Truth was then suspected. Tho
cexl6l w&s dragged and after about half
\ hours search the body was recovered
G ~ an omploye Of the coal yard.
When found tho body was standing
irA tho undertaking establishment Of A. J,
Muhser, who properly coflined them, and
A they Will be sent TO Lime Ridge, Columbia
county Pa, the home OF his father, for burial.
\ The parents Are almost beart-broken over the
E loss Of their child, and their acqnaintances,
among their vocation Of life, rendered them
all the assistance in their power.
Marrow Escape From Death.
During yesterday afternoon Michael Hen
& bricks, who owns horse and wagon and
does hauling around town, was employed by
Maulfair a Co. to haul flour from their mill
to q car on the Reading siding to be shipped
away. About halfpast four O'clock he had
unl0aded q wagon of -four and was going
s. 70 the mill for another load, when in cross
ing. tho Pennsylvania railroad at the
Mill street crossing, met with an aeci-
dent that was very near fatal in its results.
The attention Of Hendricks was called to
sofne other direction while he was on the
track and a locomotive coming westward
rather fast the horse was struck in the left
side and hurled violently from the track.
The horse was considerably bruised and had
bricks was badly frightened man over his
narrow escape from injury or death.
Pleasure Club.
Last evening number of Columbians
held a meeting for the purpose Of organizing
pleasure club to spend a week every sum
mer camping In some convenient place and
enjoying fishing, cunning and other pleas
Tho OflicQrg alprtal for the cluh a
follows President Samuel NJ. Stape vict
president Chas. l.. Filbert secretary, M
M. Sourbeer; treasurer, John II. kreider
The name selected for the new organization
Is "The Forest and Stream Club"
Heavy Rain.
Yesterday afternoon Columbia was VISITED
with very heavy rain storm, accompanied
by thunder and lightning. The rain fell fo
some hours In torrents and many streets anC
cutters are badly washed. During the pro
gress Of the storm, the house occupied b.
William Armstrong, on Sixth street, between
Locust and Walnut, was struck by a bolt O
lightning and the chimney was partially de
molished, and some damage was done TO tn
roof The inmates of the house were badi.
scared set of people.
Death and Funeral.
y Hkrapk X illiam Leln0{ {,ay afternoon at tn
Norwood, died yestern-law, Mr. Jacob II
s 81 -. asy-.; .. u xo,ss5i was oi,
: os ls-A-ofi 1nufsday afternoon at two oclocl
the funeral services will be held, and the in
terment will be made at Ironville.
The late Mrs. Joseph Hogentogler wa
buried this afternoon from her late residenc
on Union street, between Fourth and Fifth
and was attended to her last resting place b,
large number of relatives and friends
Town Notes.
Charles Beeten, of Carlisle, is on visit t
friends In Columbia
Mrs. ]. ID. O'Donnell has returned HON
from visit to Philadelphia
Tomorrow afternoon the Our Boys, of Co
iumbia, will play a game OF ball with
WHghtsyitle club on the grounds of the Co
lumbias
Yesterday afternoon, the young colore
boy named Jerry Bessick, who was caugh
tapping the till of Jessers store, was takeI
to Jail, where he will remain until Mr. Jes
sci, who is out of town, will return home
when he will be brought to Columbia for
hearing.
This morning six car leads of people iron
York county passed through tow on thei
way to Lititz, where they will hold picni
today
Riverside Home, No27, Home Communion
held picnic in Heise's woods today.
This morning a number of Columbians
vents to Harrisburg to attend the Demo
cratic state convention.