Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-06-11

In his baccalaureat0 sermon 10 the
~ncro..a that he went beyond his Depth
Tnn hov. eave tho alarm and the body was
rscnvsrsd by . tramp who was sitting along
~ hank. An Inquest was held by the
asnutv coroner Ut Mount Joy, and the yer.
~ - accidental drowning. The body
mn - brought to town on Tuesday morn.
~ and the funeral will be held In the
s1,srnoon at o'clock. Services will be
held In the United Brethren church.
Death of Mrs. o. o. Richards.
Mra Caroline Catherine Richards, widow
=. the late Allen Richards, died at her home
IN Locust street, on Sunday evening at GAO
O'clock. in the 18TH year Of her age. Death
- caused by congestion OF the brain after
= sshort illness Mrs. Richards was born
a. lancaster; her maiden name being
Rcvmau. She was married In 1889 and
came to Columbia. After living here for
I've wears Mr.. and Mra Richards moved
~ lancaster. They returned to Colum'
ma in 1861, and she has been living
here ever since. She has been
. v,dov since 1869 There were originally
s,x children, two Of whom, Samuel b. and
A,len. are dead. The children living are
Mr. Geo H., Miss ClarssN, Mr.. Orick
Richards and Mrs. Edward B. Eckman,
For many years Mrs. Richards was en-
gagged in the confectionery and fine cake
business on Locust street. She had large
CIRCLE of friends, and was widely known In
tiis county. The funeral arrangements
have not yet been completed.
MAY McFarlan, aged IL years, daughter
of M, M. McFarlan, died this morning AT
O'Clock, The death was caused from diph
theria after an illness Of one week. The
funeral will be held on Wednesday after
moon.
In the churches.
Sunday was big day In tho churches.
Tho annual Children's Day was held In the
Presbyterian and Methodist churches,
while In the Trinity Reformed the Sunday
school held their 4ith anniversary. The
new bell was dedicated In Salem Lutheran
church, when Rev. K. Huber, Of Baltimore,
vaa present In 81 Johns Lutheran the
nsWly-elected pastor and church officers
Were installed. In the Second Street
Lutheran Rev. W. 8. HinmaD, the new
pastor, preached his first sermon.
In ali the churches the decorations were
very elaborate and the Children's Day pro-
Rrammes were very interesting.
Through the Chute.
On Saturday night the sand dredging
machine OF Rodenhouser Il Brother went
through the raft chute and In the morning
wss found on Goat " rock below the dam
The machine was anchored opposite Brun-
er's lumber yard, and the rope must have
been cut. The wind was blowing up the
river on Saturday night, and the hesy,
machine could not have iloated down The
river. Adam Rodenhouser stated that hi'
loss was very severe. He had plenty o
untitled contracts on hand and just com
plstsd repairs to the machine.
Notes About Town.
The school board will meet In specia
session tonight to elect teachers.
Mrs. Paul Essick returned to Phllsdel
phia this morning from ylsit to he
brother, y. w. Heckel.
The Columbia Rifle club will meet tr
night In the interest OF the centennial move
mint.
The finance committee on the centennii
met on Saturday evening, and $lA2 Wi
Yeported as collected. About seventy p'
cent OF the citizens have been visited.
A wreck happened at Rohrerstown
l2:45 O'Clock this morning to train draw
by engine No. 3ss east. Tie wreckers we
In service and returned at 4:55 a m.
Prof. Hoffman will accept the position @
the examining board CT Wesleyan univei
sity.
A drunken German on board the ma
train, arriving at l005s. N. would not y
OIL here. He was put OIL by Conduct
BALDWIN when the man assaulted the col
ductor. He also drew revolver at an o,
pressman and threatened to shoot TT
man was arrested by Officer Schill.