Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-30
FLEEING FROM FLAMES.
&l1Dow GsCAPE or A FARMERs FAM
M xEYERUM A BURNING HOUSE.
u EAxly Morning Blaze Near Heise's Woods in
!. vghacA Poor Man Loses His An-sun-
dnvschooi oncers sEiected-Reiigious
News--Town Notes.
sesular rre.nnndence of 1nrrIIlurrorn.

Regular Correspondence OF 1NTELLlgENCER.
4 CoLUMBrA, March 30---Fire destroyed the
toneuaent house of b. +. Heise, situated at or |
nxar Heise's woods, at a. m. to-day. 1t was |
occupied by Isaiah Haldeman and family. |
Mr. H. had made fire in the kitchen stove, |
and while after COAL a defective flue or over
heated stove pipe set the house on fire, and |
in quarter OF an hour after, 1t, with its con- |
tents, save one bureau, were mass of ruins.
Mr.. Haldeman's family narrowly escaped
with their lives One Of the children was
lost In the smoke which filled the house, but
was rescued with great difficulty by its father
"A dog was burned to death. The loss on the
house Ii about $500, with $500 on IL in the
Penn Township insurance company Mr..
Haldeman loses all he had, and his aflliction
falls very heavily upon him, as he is out of
employment.
a sunday school ORoers Elected.
The following Sunday school officers were
elected yesterday:
ST. Johns Lutheran-Supt, +. i. ID.
Miller Asst, II. f. Zerger Sect, Tyson
Simpson Asst, Harry Hogentogler Treas,
Geo. Tile librarian, /. C.. Gitt Asst, w.
II. Herr directors, Edw. Eager, w. j. Edel-
man, Jno. s. Yake and Geo. A. Detz organ
iss Edward Eager IA. Asst, Edw Shreiner s,hd
Supt, Infant Dept, G. p. Shreincr Assts,
MIRA g. p. Shreiner and Mrs. +. j. Clepper
Treas, Mrs. Benz. Herr organist, Miss
Phoeffe Mellinger.
Bethel Asst, G. L. Seipel Sect, Miss Ida
Meixell Treas, Miss Sallie Snyder Libra
rian, Ralph Muller Assts., William Sny-
der and William Hartman Organst, Miss
Eva Elliott.
Religious News.
Several Of the Columbia Protestant churches
will hold special and appropriate services
for Passion week.
Evangelist Jones has completed his work in
Columbia, and last evening was the last of
his revival meetings in the Bethel church.
He preached on :" Humbug Railroad" This
evening feetwashing and communion SER
vices will be held in the church.
Rev. G. Grifiiths, the new pastor of Column
bia M. T.. church., delivered his first sermon
to this new congregation yesterday. If first
impressions for aught, then his success in
Columbia is already assured. He Is certainly
an eloquent speaker and delivers fine SER
mons.
~ After having been carefully instructed for
seven weeks in the doctrines and duties of
the Christian religion, sixteen persons were
yesterday admitted 10 menbershipin Trinity
Reformed church, by the solemn rite of con-
firmation. Five or six others will be re-
ceived next Sunday by certificate.
Personal.
Jno. S. Nichols, supervisor Of the c. & p.
d. r. r., is confined to his bed by Illness oi
serious nature-congestion Of the lungs.
Removals this April in Columbia will not
: he as numerous as was at first believed. Bu
>few houses can be rented.
Mss Maud Pierce will spend her Easter
holidays in Columbia. She came from schoo
at Dover, Del, on Saturday.
Coming Meetings
The following meetings will be held thi
week:
This evening--Susquehanna lodge, No 50
I. o. o. F., election of officers; adjourne,
meeting Of council. =. tribe
Tuesday evening - ChiquesalIcers. '''''
No. 80, l. Q. r. NJ, electi9nofLiodge, No. s7C
"Wednesday eveniion of Offices.
I. Q. o. F., instahing--Osceola tribe, No. II
ThursM., installation of officers Shawne
hre company, No. 8.
Friday evening-Columbia fire company
No. /.
Borough Budget
The annual sale of market stalls on Satui
day morning, netted the borough nearl,
$500.
A. c. Bruner, attorney for Klair, Heise
Co, on Saturday evening, offered three bric
houses situated on North Third street be
yond Poplar, for sale at the Franklin hous
with the following result: No |, withdraw
atsl,25o; No 2, withdrawn at $1,000; No.
! withdrawn at Sl,Sl0.
The deepest snow of the year, seve
inches fell on Saturday night. When i
thaws look out for great break up of tn
ice on the Susquehanna.
Councilman Bucher don't like the smell O
cheese and ordered the Reading d Colum
bia railroad company to remove that storeC
in their freight warehouse in Columbia.
Ga choclaaire" was a grand success fl
nancially and socially. 1t closed on Saturday
evening. Over 800 was cleared.
The attraction at the rink this evening" i
the appearance of the celebrated Howard (
Rogers combination, which consists of tn
following noted stars Master Charlie Jack
son and Miss Fannie Hastings, double, fame
and trick skaters; Master Winaie Shoots
the Juvenile bicycle wizard Of the West
Master Charlie White, change, trick an,
character skater, and Prof NJ +. Winslow, G
Berlin, the king of roller skaters. The com