Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-05-18
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vFCSSa 70 rW0 aLsB skHSASs.
ne Oste Manner In which q Columbia Mer
ehsss wss nau'cssd In the sum Of sioc-A
chsIA Painfully Burncd-The sa.que-
hsnsa River Faliisg--rown Notes.

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CoLuMBfA, IA, May io.-ino o"n.o nv ~ s'i,o
was practiced In COLUMBIA Monoay a''etnoo"
About two O'Clock q tall well-dressed Ger
,r.. ..s.r~xa tho store of A. Haberstrob,
.s-.u..L~. On EYnb street near Cberrv,
s"uo'.ssAt --.-.s an. .,~o,,~,a,. A.. -,
eno - onc0 cns"su "o ~ ~ oon.
verssston' inc inan was very nuen'
talker and compiimented Mr.. Haver-
etrnh upon his fine stock. He said he
wss = merchant In Philadelpbia and had
.s.,,,, se ooo vror,b of GOOD. II ,ha ,,s,o,,
s.,,ss cfthet citv Tho dnty M, those s,ooas
~. ciso ana ne copld MT yot ,ha,n as be
"a mi tt.t amonnt ~ ,ncne,, At,aro sbort
~,nversstion the man Ian Tho efore In a
short tima ano,ber Csar,nop cama into The
.sora and taiked about tho s,ocL Of GOODS
AR. Uaberstroh had on hand Tho ma, said
he would like To purcbase sucb a stock. and
wbiie ha was tall no In came the n rst man
who soon became ,nteres,ed In Tho conyersa
fjon He again reneated his need of slsO To
pay the duty upon his goods in the custom
house. The second man offered so cents as a
SUN TOWARDS tne sm0unt, pu' II was refused. Ii s,
t;,S asn,.,h,od n sarain' e., VI,
nnon onanino II the contents showed a lot nf
;awalrv. which the owner offered as a
security for the loan of the necessary
amount. No. 2 examined the contents
and remarked that the articles were worth
double the amount asked for Tb,s man
then gave the other $40 towards paying the
duty, and In few minutes Mr.. Haberstroh
nanIeo .he man one nunored dollars 10
warus ushng up we suLh ne was given
.ue sIiali pox y, le"e.Iy, anu ~ s,pIl @ .iihe
tne nleh @ ie't ,ne s.o'e snn L;ai Aer We i'ien
,.ssn IN hecan 70 dawn ,inon Nr uahet'
stroh. In the evening he went 10 the office of
Squire Evans and received the comforting
assurance that the Jewlery taken as security
was worth apou. zen Genus. oIlcer Nlttck
WAS put upon tne traii put no trace can DE
ioupd oil the man. All departing passenger
trans were closely watched, but they
uia not ieaVe IN TINS manner. III Is supposed
tnat the men walked 10 some near railroad
s,auon anu ,nere poarueu u tram ior parts un-
KNOWN: Botn the men were very well
dressed anu spoke German IN nuent man
ner. one Oh the men was very tall and the
other was snort ana stout man. From
Present inulcstiohs Mr. Haperstroh Is minus
$l0O by the VISIT OF these men.
Painfully Burned.
The family of Abrsm Meckley, living on
Walnut street, were engaged in house clean.
ing and had dissolved a ouantity of caps,;.
.oSa IN a hroL a. of ,v,tar Co. 80
SUI" III q o"ohe' Vi "a'ol ioi cieahihS Pur
poses Ine water was used from the oucke
anu .n .ne seu,lent , put III saie place. a llttlt
girl OF tne family got at the bucket and pu
some OF the SODA IN her mouth, which re
sui'co III very painiui purns.
The River Failing.
The Susquehanna river at Columbia is now
subsiding, and will soon be at its usual state.
The Iate rains have made tho uo,or ,ar1,
muddy. but the river il gettinD onite clear
The shad fishing is stili moor bnt has i'm,
nroved over tba nast faw dIvS ' ''
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o"n No'es'
rms evening " Sir Perkins, or The Girl
Lett Behind Me-" will be presented in the
opera house by Frank Jones and company.
This play IL said to be very fine one and is
repleie with funnv situations