Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-07-24
COLUTBIA'S CAMPING CLUB.
= 2nW SOCIAL ORGANIZATION FORMED
1Oh DUAMBn PLDASURR.
Aybsss nassnan Tirss President Of the Club
70 Pitch Tents Near the Mouth OF the
Raging Oodorus - News Of
busy Borough.

neRu,ar Correspondence OF f1STrILiexscRE'
(,or.uMuA. July 2A-The Columbia Camp.
,nv Climb vss orsanized at Yake's cigar store
49, sveuIpe. The boys will open a week,
nom August q to ugust 80, at or near the
Ccduus creek. Following are the officers
nd msmbers
4 PRESIDENT Albert Hartman treasurer,
Aaron Yake secretary, Edw. Fry quarter
master, John Nissley general committee,
Ralph Sweeney, lands wanbaugh and Geo.
Maze members, Sherman Kitters, Percy
McCauiey, Fred. Duttenhofer, James Henry,
Thomas Metzger, Howard Smoker, Robert
Oberholster.
W. XIX and r. p. Kaiglen, of Philadelphia
eyed about years are waHins ,r1% se
country" They remained In Columbia last
night and this morning resumed their
journey. The highest number OF miles made
in one day was twenty.seven.
visiting friends near Psrkesburg, Chester
county.
The Real ESTATE Market
The Metropolitan rink, Of Columbia, has
changed owners, Mr.. NJ. +. Shuman having
purchased the same at public sale at the
Franklin honse last evening, for $40. The
purchase includes 2s7 pair Of skates, II dozen
chairs, steam heating apparatus worth 5000,
and three Seaman gas lamps worth $500 (;
also three years lease on the ground.
The Novelty iron works, Of Wrightsville,
with an original capital stock of $40 600, is for
sale. 1t has been proposed TO organize
stock company and remove the works to Co
lumbia but whether this will be done re-
mains to be seen. The works employ about
GO hands, mostly children, and its failure to
pay satisfactory dividends to the stock holders
was due to mismanagement or some other
cause.
Improvements and Business
Messrs. Bachman & Forrey are building
ten new houses, at q cost of &, 900 each, on
North Third street. near the Kelley stove
works The plan of a row Of houses in Ian
caster city has been adopted, and when fin
ished they will becomfortable and handsome
houses.
Columbia quarrymen have been requested
by the pennsylvania railroad company TO
bid on 10000 cubic yards of ballast The
quarrymen have sent in their bids but, we
are informed, are away up" and will not
receive the contract which, by the way. is
the largest ever offered by the company.
The Columbia iron company's rolling
mill Is giving entire satisfaction to its owners
On Thursday the employers made the first
heat OF finished iron, and were successful in
turning out forty-five bars of finished iron
from forty.six piles of puddled iron. This is
remarkably good showing.
The general agency OF the L. b. Mutual
AID society for York county has been given
to our former townsman, b. +. Mullen.
Obituary Notes.
Brink Myers, the infant son of William III.
: Cobaugh, died after a short illness last night
Its remains will be inferred from his fathers >
house on South Second street, on Monday
afternoon at o'clock.
w. Boyd, aged ffty-nine years, died at his
home on Cherry street, above Third, from
general debility, at o'clock this morning.
Although i'll for long time his condition
was not considered serious. A wife and two
daughters survive him. For nine years de-
ceased has been the Republican assessor OF
the Second ward The time of his funeral has
not yet been decided upon.
News Around Town.
1t Is the duty OF every true Democrat TO
attend to his wards meeting this evening.
thief, name unknown, extracted butter
kettle from farmers wagon which was
standing on Locust street this morning
There will be no preaching In St Johns =
Lutheran church tomorrow, owing to the
absence of is pastor, Rev. j. X. Shaffner, In
all other churches, however, the usual ser.
vices will be held.
Charles Miller, tramp, was arrested last
evening for drunken and disorderly con-
duct This morning Squire Evans com.
nitted him to Jail for ten days.