Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-08-14
sUNpAY IN COLUnBfA.

pruurnmme of Services In the Churches.
warm weather Decreases the Attendance.
| Regular Correspondence of ISrsLL
COLUMBIA, Pa, Aug A-Some Of the
ministers in Columbia are now taking their
customary summer vacation, and for this
reason their churches are temporarily closed
or supplied with substitutes. The warm
weather has decreasing effect upon the con.
gregations St Psuls z. T.. church services
will be held as follows: Holy communion
at $ a. m., Sunday school at . q. M, morning
service and sermon at 1880 g. m, evening
| service at 7:3o p. M. On Sunday, August
| 22d, Rev. Prof. Bird, of South Bethlehem,
| will preach in this church, both morning and
Church of God--Rev. c. u. Rishel will o..
| cupy the pulpit by morning and evening.
| The subject for the morning sermon will be
| " Possessing Christ's Spirit Necessary 10
| Divine Recognition" The evening subject
| will be " Kindness"
| Rev. VIM. h Browne will occupy the
| pulpit in the Presbyterian church on sun.
| day morning. In the evening the church
The Trinity Reformed and Methodist Epis-
coPal churches will hold their regular sun
day services
The United Brethren church will beclosed
on Sunday. The hour for holding the ser.
vice of the Sunday school has been changed
from the morning to the afternoon.
Death OF Charles Meckiey.
After a sickness Of five months Charles
Meckley, living on North Sixth street, died
at his home, on Friday afternoon at l.2S
o'clock. Deceasei was in his 18th year. The
funeral will take place on Monday morning
at 9 o'clock. Services will he held at the
house. Intermeut will take place at Iron
Vile
To start at Work.
Satisfactory arrangements have been made e
between the Columbia Iron company aud the
employees of their mill, which has caused an
end to the strike at this mill. The men had
asked for the same advance as the employees
of the other mills aud this price has been ac.
ceded To. The fires will be lighted and the
mill start working on Monday.
A Large Picnic.
The station of the Reading & Columbia
raj road was crowded with people this morn
ing, the occasion being the picnic of Gen.
Welsh Post to Penryn park. This picnic is
about the largest that has LETT town thus far
this season. Two sections, comprising z
twenty cars, left this morning between half
past seven and O'Clock and they were
packed With people A number desiring to
go could not get on the train and a third
train left for the woods at 9:iO o clock.
Town Notes.
The pay car of the Pennsylvania railroad
arrived in town yesterday afternoon, when
the employees received their wages for the
preceding month.
Mr.. a. X. MelleDger, baggage master on
the Columbia accommodation train, has left
town on a visit to Atlantic City and other re-
sorts.
Manager Bear, of the Columbia club, re-
ceiyed word from the August Flowers, of
Lancaster, this morning that the club would
not come to town to-day TO play a game of
ball. This makes the third postponement of
the game between these two clubs. A chal.
lenge was made in this weeks Herald to the
Nigils, OF Drytown. This club has a chal
lenge TO the Columbus in the SPY, OF this
week. Manager Bear is anxious to arrange
q game between the two clubS
The Columbia Lodge, No. III, Brother
hood of Railroad Breakmen will leave town
on Sunday morning for Harrisburg, where
they Will pay fraternal visit to keyst one
Lodge, No. A of that city.
very heavy storm passed over town yes
terday afternoon, lasting a few hours The
rain fell in torrents. The lightning struck
the telephone instrument at the Keeley Stove
company doing some damage, and causing
panic among the inmates OF the office.
The Sunday school OF the United Brethren
church will hold their picnic at Penryn ON
Wednesday, August 18th,
At Second and Perry streets the horse in
Albert Charles butcher wagon became
frightened at a passing ice wagon aud Jumped
completely out of its harness. The horse wa.
soon caught. No damage was done.