Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-07-12
4 HORSES MAD FLIGHT.
'GDD oOOEERss Or a xURsRsAvEs rBE
LIFE or an INFANT
opsose Runaway Horse Masing Direct Tor
uss naby Carriage, sbs ssasches Up the
Occupast Jost In Time to Prevent
Iss Death -ColumbIs Notes.

COLUMBIA, Pa, July II "A terrible run
away accident happened In Columbia on
sunday evening, about seven O'Clock, to the
norpe and carriage Of jacob Stauffer, living
IN Manor township. Mr.. Stauffer and q. w.
Miolch drove the team down Union stree,
e,oppipe in front of Mr.. Minich's butcher
shop where that gentleman got out Mr.
oonu0sr was in the act of turning the car :
ylase around, when the horse became fright
lhe street The animal turned very short,
upeetiing the carriage, throwing Mr.. Stauffer
TO the ground and then ran up Union street
at . terrible gait with the overturned car
torn torn of before Fourth Street was
reached. At Fifth and Union streets
the horse ran into the lamp post,
which was broken into pieces. This caused
the vehicle 10 tear loose from the horse, and
the animal kept on running down fiith
street A short distance from the corner
baby carriage, containing an infant child OF
Thomas w. Haldeman, was being pushed
along the pavement In charge OF the nurse
The horse was coming directly for the coach,
quickly from the impending danger, but not
. moment too soon, as the maddened animal
struck the coach, kicking 1t to pieces. The
horse kept on down Fifth street. running
down the hank at the mill dam of the Col
umbia flour mill, at the END of the street. At
this place the horse rolled about in the mud,
but soon jumped up the bank and ran
abort distance down Mill street, where 1t was
soon captured. The horse ed some in
juries from its runaway, and its fore legs are
badly cut about the knees. The carriage and
the baby coach were badly shattered, but can
be repaired. Mr.. Stauffer sustained bruises
on the right arm when he was thrown from
the vehicle The escape of the young child
from the perilous position was due to the
coolness Of the nurse in chsrgs OF it The
runaway was witnessed by large number
OF persons who were walking through the
streets where the runaway occurred.
Victory For Columbia.
On last Saturday afternoon the August
Flowers, Of Lancaster, played their second
game with the Columbia club on the
grounds of the latter. The contest was quite
interesting and fair crowd was in attend
ance. The Columbia team developed a
heavy streak of batting in the fourth and
fifth innings, which won them the game.
Maynard and Armstrong were the battery of
the visitors, and played good game, though
missed third strikes were not few. King
and Resh, the battery of the Columbia club
were very effective, and fourteen of the
August Flowers were retired on strikes, tn,
score was as follows:
Columbia. ...............0 . > 2 l o-s
August flowers........l o o l-6
Earn runs-Columbla, 4 August Flowers ].
base h,s-CoiumDia, II August Flowers,
Errors-Coumbia, August Flowers, s. struck
out .h1ng. IL MaS3aIu,3. Home runs-Coum-
pia' AueIssf .o"ers' l.
Police News.
Samuel Richardson, colored, had hearing
Last SATURDAY. NIGHT at the otFca of souirs
Frank, on the charge of stealing a revolver
from boy, named Joseph Ellsworth. 1t
was proved that Richardson took the revolver
from the boy, but gave it to the boy's s mother.
The accused was discharged.
Oncer Sfllpert arrested tramp, giving his
name as Joseph hoperls' ior stealing four.
teen razors rom MAVEN Moore, colored
parper. Inc razors were lounu IN MS pos
session. ne was gwen nearing last Satur'
uay oeiore squire hershey anu was sent tc
JAN ior a trlal az cour.
The Price of Gas Reduced.
Inc directors OF the columbia Gas company
held meeting last Saturday night when the
price OF gas was reduced to q per Thousand
ieet The former price was 3. 25 the for SAINT
amount.
Town Notes
An important business meeting of Putnam
circle, Brotherhood OF the Union, will b,
held in the lodge room on Tuesday evening
The contract for the erection OF the new
church for St Pauls Protestant Episcopa
church has been awarded to w. II. Hougen
dobler. The contract was signed on last Sat
urday. This morning the demolition of tn,
old building upon the lot, where the new
church will be built was commenced.
meeting of the congregation of this churcl
will be held this evening at o'clock.
The Churches of God, of Washington and
train will ,savs ToinS' ouay thsh' ihe