The Columbian. 0. E, Elwoll, liMH... J. K. BlttanSsalM.J E41""- BLOOMSBURG, PA. FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1887. Judpo Morrow of 'IWancia held court in Danvillo last week. Bocame a Law Without a Signature. Tlio bill for tho redemption of tho trado dollars, and tbo anti-polygamy bill havo become laws without the president's signature, by reason of tbo expiration, of tho constitutional limita tion of 10 days within which bo should bavo returned tbo bills to oongress in caso of bis disapproval. Both bills were carefully considered by the presi dcnt and while tbey contained somo provisions to which ho preferred not to commit himself he was unwilling to defeat tho object of tho measures by a veto. The Supreme Court. In tho Supremo Court, Berks and Columbia are allotted one week. At the lato term tho List contained forty three cases, seven of which were from Columbia county. Four of theso were heard, tho other thrco go over to next year, and of tho whole list thirteen cases are unheard. There is no doubt tho Court is doing the best it can, but there is a steady increase of cases whilo the time in which to hear them re mains tbe same. Tho members of the Bar from Berks county petitioned tbe Court to allot a whole week to cases from that county, but tbe Court said it was impossible just now to make any snob arrangement. The members of the Bar from Col umbia county petitioned the Court to make an order, that cases from Colum bia county be not called for argument before Tuesday morning without losing their place on the List ; and the Court granted the prayer, and made the nec essary order. Hereafter, therefore, we need not leave home till Monday, instead of, as heretofore, going down on the Saturday previous. Tho ar rangement is a very satisfactory one indeed. F. Mutual Apologies in Order. Now that two years of Democratic rule have passed without either ruining or injuring tbe country, an apology is in order from the Republicans who impeached the patriotism of their op ponents. The Republican stumpers and editors proclaimed loudly during the last Pres idential canvass that should the Demo crats gain power there would be dan ger that the "rebel debt" might be assumed, while it was certain that "business interests" and the "rights of the negro" would be smashed to smith ereens. Instead of thin, business is certainly in a better condition than it was three years before tho election, while not a single outrage has been reported from tbe South, and tbe Dem ocratio President has just triumphed over both the platform of his own party and a reluctant majority in the Senate, in hia determined effort to give tho best office in the District of Co lumbia to a negro. Surely it would be only manly for the Republicans frankly 1 7 acknowledge that they were wrong iu their barsh judgment of their Dem ocratic fellow citizens. The Democrats, on their part, owe an apology to the Republicans. For a dozen years and more the Democratic orators and editors have rung the changes on charges of Republican cor ruption and rascality. "Turn the ras cals out' and "Open the books" were shibboleths of the canvass. Some 30,000 Republican officials, ii is said, bave been turned out or supplanted, and yet how few of them all have been even accused ol rascality. The books have been opened not half as thoroughly as they ought to bave beon. no doubt but no falsifications or other startling discoveries bave been made. Tbe expression of mutual regrets for the barsh and uniust thincrg said on both sides ip the fast campaign might lead to tho adoption of a higher plane lor tne next contest. woria. Bandall on the Work of Congress- Mr. Kandall says that ho quite agrees with the sentiments expressed by Senator Sherman, that more gener al and beneficial legislation has been enacted by this (Jongress than by any other in years. "I differ," Baid he, "from Mr. Sherman in saying that all tne good measures originated with tbe Senate. The record of tbe House will compare favorably with that of tbe Senate. Tbe record made by Con, cress will do a great deal to strength en tho Democratic party, and, as far as that is concerned, the party waB never in better condition. All of tbe public measures which Congress passed will meet with the approval of tne country at large. "It was, of course, unfortnnato that tbe General Deficiency bill did not reaob tho President in tirao for his signature. Its failure will work a hardship in the courts by tho non-pay ment 01 witness tees, it was not the fault of the House that the bill did not become a law. Fearing there might be failure, the Commitieo on Appropria tions bad the rules suspended and passed the Urgent Deficiency bill, which would bave bridged over tho difficulties and made it possible to have carried on the workings ot the Judi cial Department of the Government. This bill passed tbo House, but was killed in tne benato by Air. Edmunds, who objected to its second reading, which prevented its going upon the calendar. "As to the power of tho President to sign any ot tbo bills which ho did sign beforo adjournment, I must dig agree with Senator Tburmnn. In tho languago of the Constitution I think it is explicitly expressed that all bills shall cither lie returned to Congress or Higncd beforo adjournment. Had tho Senate not retarded the progress of the Urgent Defliciency bill there wou,el have been no need of raising tho ques Hon as to tho right of tho President to sign tbe bills. It was tbo only 1m nortant one in which tho business of tbo Government is particularly Con cerned. By tho postponement of tbe payment of tho judgemonU and like ry in claims against me uovernmrnt it win ot course) necessitate an increased ap propriation by the next Congress on account of tho accrued interest. "As to tlio River and Harbor bill, there is yet in the Treasury an unex pended surplus for the improvement of rivers and harbors something like $23, 000,000, or three times tbo amount em braced in tbe last bill." Olevoland Docs Not Approve- HIS KKKUSaI, TO APPEND 1113 SlONATUrtE TO THE IUVEP. AND ItAnuon IltM.. An effort bavbeeii inado since the adjournment of Congresi to iuduco tho President to sign tho river nnd harbor bill, and those interested in securing this action assort that there is nothing in tho Constitution to prevent his do ing so now if bo is so disposed. Sovernl members ol Congress, in cluding Representatives Willis and Dibble, aro of opinion that bo has tbo power and bavo endeavored to pcr miado him to sign tho bill. Mr. Willis said that thcro was nothing in tho Constitution which provided that tho Presl lent should sign a bill beforo 12 o'clock on tbo 1th of March or that he should report the fact of his signa ture to the House. Tho only provision with relation to bills not signed beforo the expiration of Congress, he sid, was that the ten days' limit should not opcrato to mako the measuro become a law. Ho called on tho President and suggested to him that ho sign the bill now unless bo objected to its pro- visions. Tbo I'rcsidenl intormeu mm that ho could not do so, as be was fully convinced that his constitutional pow er to sign or veto acts of Congress ex pired with tho ncijournmont ot tnat body. Altornoy General Garland agrees entirely with tho President on this question. Washington Capers. Tho newspapers and peoplo of Wash ington thought it all right for a Rc- . tv j . . v j..- puuncan i resiuenv 10 uppuiui, ricuci lck Douglass, a colored man and not identified witli Washington interests a3 a citizen, to the important offico of Marshal of the District, ever, though tho Marshal was the medium of social presentation to tho President ; nor did tbey gee on their ears when tho same colored man was appointed Register of tho District j but President Cleveland is criticised as having given mortal offense to tho same newspapers and peoplo because ho imitated his Repub lican predecessor in the appointment of Matthews and Tiotter to succeed Douglass. Most of tho important District offi ces have always been filled by appoint ments from tho various States, and generally without complaint j and a Republican President escaped criticism when he appointed a colored man as Marshal anu again as Register ; but the same people and public journals which accepted both foreign and col ored appointees from Republican pow er, are capering liko lunatics because Cleveland lias done the same thing. The Republican Senators rejected Matthews solely becauso he is a color ed man. Had he been a white De mocrat with half of Matthews' ability and character, ho would have been confirmed, but a colored man who dares to think and vote for himself, is a fearful menance to tho Republican leaders, and they were weak enough to reject Matthews, and thereby teach thousands of other intelligent colored men to think and vote for themselves- To escapo just criticism for tho wrong, tbey inveuted the excuse that Mat thews was not a citizen of Washing ton, in the face of the fact that the same Senators had confirmed scores of Washington appointees frcm the States j and having thus committed themselves, their first impulse was to reject Trotter also, ostensibly for the same reason, but, in fact, because be was a colored man. But President Cleveland has won in the end, as the strong and determined man, sure of his ground, nearly always will. He had taken his position and rested there, and at tho last moment the Senators relucllantly concluded that the President had tho best of it and that they had better get into line with public sentiment before it was too late. Trotter was accordingly con firmed, non-resident though he is, upon a certificate of character conveniently furnished by the Senators from Massa chusetts, and the President's fearless firmness has triumphed once more. So the office of Register of the Dis trict is still to be filled by a colored man, and the fewer capers tho Wash ington newspapers and people cut over tbe matter tho more they will be re spected by the country. Times. How It Will he Done. THE HOLDERS OF TRADE DOLLARS WILL TAKE NOTICE. Tho treasury department Monday afternoon issued a circular notifying holders, that trade dollars, if not de faced, multilated, or stamped, will be redeemed or exchanged at the offices of tho treasurer and several assistant treasurers of tho United States. Re quests for the redemption of these coins stating the amount held Bhould be forwarded to the above named of ficers who will file tho application and notity holders in their turn when tho presentation may no raaao and pay ment obtained after notifying these of ficers. Upon the receipt of the notifi cation from them such coins may be forwarded by express or otherwise, transportation charges being prepaid, when receipts will bo issued for the amounts purporting to bo contained in the deposits in the order of their re ception. Upon the count and nscer tainment of tho amount of each de posit, payment will be made therefor in standard silver dollars or fractional silver coin at tho option of tho holder, Defaced, mutilated or stamped trade dollars found in tbo deposits will not bo redeemed or exchanged by any of the snb-troasury officers, but they will bo returned to depositors or purchased as bullion in sums of thrco dollars and upwards by the United States mints at the option ot tho depositor. The Deficienoy Bill's Failure, It was only an hour beforo noon that tho apprehension ot a laiiure ot the Uu ficienuy hill became general, and then a hasty arrangement was suggested, which received tho assent of the House looking to the signing by the Presi- djut of a printed copy, duly authenti cated by tbe officials of the two Hous es ; but the scheme failed and tho bill did not become a law. Tho effect of the failure will be moro serious than is generally beliovcd, inasmuch as it con tains provisions for supplying pressing demands for postal cards and stamps connected with tho postal service, tlio denial of which will, it is expected, seriously embarrass the Department and tho public. Tho legal machinery of tho government will also be materi ally disarranged during the remainder of the present fiscal year, as no money ...:n t !ii.i r... , ,.,too;' will uu utuuuuiu iui juiuio, nivuiooia or Marshals' fees, and many prisoners notably those confined at Forth Smiihi Ark, cannot bo tried for mouths to come. A number of soldiers' claim, aggregating 700,000, which have been certified by the tioisury, will alto fail of settlement. THE COLUMBIAN AND REV, EENRY WABD BEEUflER DEAD. Rev. Henry Ward Becchcr was stricken with apoplexy at his home in Brooklyn last Saturday afternoon. Tn tho fiftieth year of his ministry, in tho fortieth year of bis Brooklyn pas torate, in tbe year when bo would have celebrated his golden wedding. Ho was taken sick on Friday with what seemed to bo a bilious nttuck, ac companied with somo headache. On Saturday paralysis was manifested nnd his entire left side lost all motion and sensation. Ho gradually grew weaker and weaker, sinking steadily until 0:30 Tuesday morning, the end was reached,and tho lips of tlio great pulpit orator was closed forever. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher was born nt Litchfield, Conn., Juno 2-1, 1813. Ho graduated nt Amherst col- lego in 1834, and studied theology nt Lake seminary, in io no became pastor of a Prcsbvterian church in Lawronccburg, and in 1839, nt Indian- apous. inu. in low no received a call from tho Plymouth church, a now congregationalist church in Urookiyn, N. Y. Here almost from the outset be began to acquire that reputation as a pulpit orator which lias been main tained and increased during a quarter of a century. Tho church and con gregation under bis charge aro proba bly tho largest in America. IIo has always discarded tho conventionalities of the clerical profession. In his view humor lias a place m his sermon as well as argument and exhortation. He is fond of illustration, drawing bis material from every sphere of human life nnd thought, and his manner is hichlv dramatic. Though his keen sense of humor continually manifests itself, the prevailing impression given by bis discourse is one of intense earn estness. The cardinal idea of his creed is that Christianity is not a series of philosophical or metaphysical dog mas, but a ruleot lite in every phase. Hcnco ho has never hesitated to discuss from the pulpit the great social and political quctions of the day, such as slavery, intemperance, licentiousness, tbe lust for power and tho trceel for gain. He is an enthusiast in music, a connoisseur in art, a lover of flowers and animals. Apart from his purely professional labors, be is a popular lec turer in lyceums and orator at public meetings. Before beginning to preach be ed ited for a year (1836) a newspapcr.the Cincinnati Journal, and while pastor at Indianapolis, an agricultural journal, his contributions to which were after ward published under the title, "Fruits, Flowers and Farming." For nearly twenty yeais he was an editorial con tributor to the Independent, a weekly journal published in xsew a ork, and from 1861 to 18G3 its editor; his con tributions to this were signed with a , and many of them were collected and published as "the otar Papers, oince 1870 he has been editor of the Christ ian Union, a weekly newspaper pub lished in New York. His sermons and writings have had a wido circulation in newspapers, periodicals and in book form. Besides the well-known volumes of his sermons, he has published "Lec tures to Young Men;" Industry and Idleness;" Life Thoughts;" two series edited by Edna Dean Proctor and Au gusta Moore; "Sermons on Liberty and ar; " I he l'lymouth Collections of Hymns and Tunes;" "Norwood," a novel, originally published in the New 1 ork Meager, to which he was a con stant contributor; "Sermons from Pub lished and Unpublished Discourses;' "liito ot Lhrist," and "lnlo Lectures on Preaching.' In 1863 he visited Great iintain, with a special view to disabuso the public in regard to tho issues in our late civil war. His speeches exerted a wide influence in changing public sentiment, which bad been strongly in favor of Southern confederacy. They were published in London, but have not been reprinted iu America. Intense interest was shown when, in 1875. ho was trier! fnr nlinnntlnir tlio affections of tho wifo of Tlieodoro 111 ton. The jury were unable to agree on a verdict,- the majority inclin ing to acquit him. Since then his in fluence can hardly be said to liavo suf- lered, and tho fidelity of his congre gation is unshaken. Although iu receipt of an income probably as large as that of the presi dent of the United States, Mr. Beecher is not u rich man. His charity, which is always inclined to bo on the quiet, is well known. His main possessions consist of his valuable library and an excellent farm at Peekshill, N. Y. His wife, a charming old lady, exerts no small influence in her large circle of admiring friecds. His sons seem to have inherited their father's good quali ties, but have chosen mercantile life in which to achieve their success. The funeral services were held yes terday (Thursday) morning at half past nine o'clock, after which tho re mains were kept in tho church through out tho day and until this (Friday) morning so that all friends might take a last look at their great pastor He was buried in a plain red cedar casket with the simple inscription, "Henry Ward Beecher, born June 24, 1813, died March 8th 1887." The Mining Boss. JUDGE PAXSOK CLEARLY DEFINES HIS DUTIES AND KESI'ONSIIIILITIES. The Supreme Court Monday defined the- position of a "mining boss" in re versing the judgment recovered by Ixaao G. Roby against the Red Stone Coke Co., in the Common Pleas Court of Fuyetto county. Roby was a miner, working in an improperly ventilated "flat beading.'' He was injured by an explosion of fire-damp. Ho sued the company and it was claimed in defense that tbo acoident was tho result of tho ncgligonco of the mining boss, and that tho latter was a fellow-servant of the plaintiff, who was thereby precluded from recovering damages against the employer. The "mining boss" is a man whose employ ment iu all bituminous ooal mines is required by the act of April 18, 1877, which also prescribes his duties, tho principal of which is to see that the mine is kept properly ventilated. The Supreme Court holds that tho trial Judge, under the evidence in the caso, should havo directed a verdict for the defendant. Judge Paxson says; "The mining boss is a creaturo of the Legislature, selected by tho mine owner in obedience to tho command of the law and in the interest and for the protection of tho minors themselves. Reasonable oare must bo oxcroiscd in his selection, but when such caro has beon exercised tho company is not lia ble for bis negligence. His co-employes take the risk of his negligence, precisely as iu other cases. It ho is incompetent or careless they can at once discover it and notify the super intendent, while tbe owners, with ev ery wish to protect tbo miners, bavo no euch opportunities of information." DEMOCRAT. BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA. WASHINGTON LETTER From our Regular Correspondent,) Washington, U. O., March 7, 1837. The Forty Ninth Congress has pass ed into history. It leaves a record which compares most favornbly with that of nny Congress of recent years, ami sutpnsgoa thai ot almost every Uon gross which was divided by tho two great political parties into two hostilo camps. It afforded a striking example, too, of tho constant increnso in the volumo of desired legislation which Ins been going on for tho last six or eight years. jiore uius were introduced in boll Houses of tho Forty-Ninth, moro com mitteo reports wero made, more bills were passed, more becnino laws nnd more wore vetoed than ever before by any Congress. There wero introduced into tho House during tho two sessions 11,258 bills and 203 joint resolutions, on which over a 5,000 reports wero made. This was several thousand moro bills and over a thousand more reports than were made by tho 1'orty highth Congress, which had, in its turn beaten tho rec ord. In tho Senato there were intro duced over 3,000 bills on which neatly two thousand written repot ts weie made, being upward nf 500 more bills than by the record breaking Forty Eighth. The death-roll nlso of the last Congress was unusually long compris ing thirteen names. Tho total number of laws enacted was about 1,300 while 132 wero vetoed by tho President, unking twenty-one moro instances of the exercise ot the Prtsidential prerogative of veto thau bad occured frcm tho foundation of tho Government down to the begin ning of this Congress. Only ono pri vatc pension bill and onu public bill namely that providing for a Govern ment building at Diyton, Ohio, sue oeid"d in passing both Iioum-h over the President's ve'o. As to whit became of various impoitant bills which failed, lack ol sp.ico will forbid mo to tell '.heir whole story in detail. Quito a number of them, however, which were passed by both houses, never reached the President becnuso of differancei in regard to them between the two houses. Congress was in session the whole night preceding the day of adjournment Tho House, with unusual pertinacity, sat continously from eight o'clock Thursday night until Friday noon, tho hour at which the session expired. The usual scenes of a last night were enact ed. The Capitol was filled with peo pie who wanted to see the close, but only a small portion of whom could gain admittance to the already crowd. ed galleries. Congress reverses the usual circum stances which associate themselves with a death scene. It does awav with all solemnity and quite, decorous' hush ana suppression ot noieo. People who want to witness tho most liolous scenes of which a representative bodv can bo guilty, havo only to crowd the galler ies during the dying hours of Congress. ii iney wain to seo mn ot reputed dig nity in undignified antics, thev will not be disappointed for there is a license then which at other times is not indulg ed. Never since Congress had an ex istence has there been such confusion, haste and general disregard of parli mentary &afeguards in the transaction of business, aH characterized the pro ceedings of Thursday, Thursday night aim rrniay morning. When it was rumored, about noon on Friday, that the President was on his way to the Capitol at tbe request of Speaker Carlisle, who informed him that certain scarcely finished bills could be saved from death in no other way, the crowd in tho Capitol began to surge toward the Senate wing, tho President's room being in that end of the Capitol. The result was that tho police forco had more than it could do to control tho swaying mass of human ity that wanted to" see the President. Congressmen, also, with varying suc cess, made vigorous efforts to squeeze their way through tho crowd to inquire if the arbiter of the destiny of certain bills in which thoy wero interested had arrived. He came with several members of his Cabinet, repaired to his room and settled down to business. But the clcck now pointed to twelve. There was a limit to the speed and endurance of clerical fingers, aud the fagged out enrolling clerks who had been running a race with time won only in tho case of tho District Appropriation bill. And this was duo to that venerable officer, Capt. Bassett, wlio armed him self with a gas-lighter and (as ho has done biennially for a quarter of a cen tury) mounted a chair and pulled back tho hands of tho Senate clock. The President signed this promptly, but the hands of the clock crept up to twelve again before tho Deficiency bill could bo engrossed, and it failed. Steam Heating for Railroad Oirs- John Bersch, of Kingston, says Scianton Truth, has recently obtained a patent upon an ingenious device for connecting steam pipes in the heating of passenger cars, which ho claims can be so effective in its operation as to make practicable tho beating of a largo train from the engine at au eveu tem perature. The arrangement is a series of brass couplings fitted with an auto matio steam cut-off, and is intended to bo used iu connecting one car with an other, as done at present by rubbor hose, and with which great difficulty is experienced by tho serious effect which steam has upon it. In the caso of Mr. Bi-rseh's appliance, if an acci dent occurs to a train by which a cat loaves the track and tho connection should break, tho automatic shut-off would retain tho steam iu pipes under tho ears or small radiators placed in tho cars, and there would bo no possi ble escape of steam unless through the breaking of these, but which on no count of tlio wrought-lron pipes used may not occur. Tho inventor also claims great economy in tho matter of heat for tho steam required to furnish it, but a small quantity of tho latter be ing necessary as compared with tho present system of steam heating when ever in use. Important Decisions. Tho United States Supreme Court on Monday gave tho following verv important decisions. TAXATION Ol' TRAVELING SALESMEN. Travoling salesmen and their em ployers will find causo for congratula tions in tho decision of caso No. 810, Sabine Bobbins, plaintiff in error, against tho taxing district of Shelby county, Teiin. In error to tho Supremo Court of Tennessee. Bobbins was engagod in Momphis in soliciting orders for htationary for a Ciiicinnatli firm. A state law appli. cable only to this taxing district, was in force, subjecting "drummun," selling- goods by sample to a tax of 10 a week or 25 u mom!,. Robblns, who was unlicensed, was convicted and fined and on au appeal tho judgment was af-J firmed. Tho case has been brought to this court on n writ of error upon tho ground that tho law imposing the tax is repugnant to thnt clause of tho Con stitution of tho United States which declares that Congress shall have tho power to regulato commerce among tbo states. Tho principal question involved is as to tho constitutionality of tho act which imposed tho tax. Tho judgment of the Supremo Court of Tcnncssco Is reversed, and the plain tiff in error is ordered to bo discharged. Opinion by Justice Bradley. Tho Chief Justice and Justices Field and Gray dissenting on the ground that tho law in question is nppllcablo to drummers coming into tho Shelby county District from other parts of Tennessee as well as those from other states, and to relievo tbo latter from taxation imposed on tho former would be a discrimination against the citizens of the state. A similar decision was rendered all tl o judges concurring in tho caso of George W. Corson, plaintiff iu error, against the Stato of Maryland. The judgment of tho Court of Appeals of that stato is reversed and tho causo re manded under directions that tho plain tiff in error bo discharged. SUICIDE AND LIKE INSURANCE. A casu involving tho old qmstion of mo insurance and suicide is Ne. 1126 tho Accident Insurance Company of roun vinerica, piaintnt in error against Lore-tta M. Crandall. In error to thn United Stilts Cirruit Court for the district ol Illinois. This is a suit upon a policy of accident insurance, ami presents me question whether a policy of insurance against "bodily in juries effec-.cd through cxtcrt.nl, acci dental and violent means." and pro viding that "ibis insurance shall not oxteud to death or disability which may bavo been caused wholly or in part by bodily infirmities or disease, or by the taking of poison, or by suicide or self intlicjed injuries," covers a death by bangiug one's self whilo insane. This Court holds that the question is to a great extent determined by previous decisions as to the effect of a policy of life insurance, which provides that it shall be null and void if tbo assured "shall din by suicide." This Court has reppatedly and uniformly held that such a provision not containing tho words "sane or insane" does not include a self-killing by an insane person. The judgment of the Circuit Court in favor of tho plaintiff was correct and is affirmed. Opinion by Justice Gray. Labor Troubles ard Their Result. The labor strikes iu tho United States for the fiist two months of 1887 numbeied 166, involving 09,300 em ployes, as against 24 strikes and 57. 900 employes for the same period of ioou. ui tins numoer 27 strikes, in which 16,000 persons were engaged, were still pending and unsettled at the close of February, Forty-three strikes including 2.3,523 strikers, were success tul or were settled bv comnromises. in dicating partial success. Ninety-six strikes, in which 59,777 hands were en gaged, wero absolulo failures. Lcsb than 30 per cent, of tho strikes havn proved successful in any decree and oven in thoio that were nominally suo eessful it is extremely doubtful whether the advance secured will mako good the absolute loss sustained while the strikers were idle. Besides tho 99,300 strikers 35.000 workers who did notstriko were thrown out of employment through tho scarcity of coal or raw materials consequent up on the strike. The loes in wages to tho strikers and those whoso idleness was bolely duo to tho strikes was be tween three and four millions of dol- ars. When it is understood that less than thirty per cent, of the strikes were successful it is hard to see where any proper return is to be realized as an offset to this immense loss. This esti mate docs not include the loss to tho general business of the country, which musi nave ueen luuy as great as tho loss to tbo workingmen. There is one feature of this strikinrr business which is lost sight of by tho timid souls who think the unusual largo number of strikes at present portend general disaster to tho country. This m iu;u inu sinners uumDereel less than one hundred thousand out of nearly twenty millions of workers in the country. The public heard a great deal about tho hundred thousand strikes and very little about the nineteen mill ion nine hundred thousand that kept quietly at their work. Tho hundred thousand madj more noise than tho uearly two hundred times their num ber who continued at work. But this comparison shows that the prosperitv ot tbo country is stable and that the dissatisfied portion of the working pop ulation forms but a very small percent age of its vast army of industrial toil ers. There is great loss to both strikers and employers in the limited circles to which these labor suspensions extend, but tho great mass of tho working peujno snow uy mcir continued Indus try that they are fully aware of the fact that it pays better to ba busv nt the wages they can get than to be idle even 'a small part of the time in-tho delusive hope ol getting a large in crease. Times. ITEMS. 1 ho cowboys have a languago of then- own. 'lhey call a horse herder n "horse wrangler," aud a horse breaker a "uroncno uusier. inoir steed is often a "cayuse," and to dress well is to "rag proper." When a cowboy goes out on the praino he "hits tho dat." Whisky is "family disturbance," and to eat is to "chew." His hat is a "cady, his whip a "quirt," his rubbor coat a "slicker," his leather overalls aro "chaps or "chapperals, ' aud his re volver is a "45." Bacon is "overland trout," nnd unbranded cattlo aro "mav ericks. ' A man dropped into tho oflico of tho Unolila (is. 1.) JJtspatch tho other day aim oiicieu 10 sunsenuo ior two years in ndvanco if the proprietor would take his pay in dogs. Tho editor replied : "For many years 1 havo taken wood, apples, potatoes, applejack and all eoits of vegetables in payment of sub seriptions, but there must bo a limit ; I draw the lino on dogs 1" The Tyrone Times gives tho follow ing bit of good advice ; "As Spring approaches sharpers and scoundrels are preparing to raid the rural dislriots fc r tho purpose of swindling the unsuspect ing out of their hard earned dollars. Tho safest plan is not to deal with strangeis whatever. Home dealers aro tho men to patronizo ; thoy will trent you honorably and if thev don't han- pen to bavo ovcry niticloyou may want ' ,ttAi- nnr. .ivnA.iw.. 1. fAU ..... ? n.uj wi.il jiiuuuiu it lui yuu, U1VO traveling swindlers tho grand bounco when they approach you und offer you a dicker, Wo do our very beBt to keep our readers posted on all tho swindles practiced by theso roaming sharpers, uiii a uiey win not nearKcii to our ad auJou'S' ooaslQua,,y' tbV" W lauit is not tur. Will be sent fkee, on appucitioa. miint. President Magill, of Swarthmoro College, has mado qulto a stir among tho educators of tho Stato by bis pro posal that teachers should bo moro thoroughly prepared and their profess ion rawed to a higher level. In tho American this week ho presents a , brief of his views on tho Bubjcct, and ino measures ue suggests are uiscusseu by Superintendent MnoAlistcr, Ex Superintendent Wickersham and Pro fessors Thompson nnd James, of tho University. Thoso gentlemen warmly sympathize with Dr. Magill's idea, but they seem to think that schonbtcachcrs, receiving on nn nverago $30 a month, can not afford a four years' comse iu oollego as a preparation. A year or two after Tyler's accession to tho Presidency, ho contemplated taking a trip, and sent his son to order a special train of cars. It so happened that the Superintendent was a very strong Whig. On "Bnb's" making known his errand, that official bluntly informed him that his road could not furnish a special train for the President "What," said Bob, " lid you not furnish a special train for the funeral of Gen i ral Harrison T" "Yes," said tho Sup erintendent, patting Bob on the back, "and if you'll only bring your father here in that shape, you shall havo the best train on the road." Shenandoah, Pa., is now having a portion of tho same bitter experience that has fallen to so many Pennsyl vania tows as a penalty for violating tho plainest sanitary laws. The lack of drainage has bred suddenly a variety of epidemic diseases, by which 400 of tho children of that town niv at picent prostrated. It is time that our interior towns, especially the milling towns, were being taken in charge by our State Board of Health. The hill to crejt-j a nor? Cabinet Minister in the person of a Secretary of Agriculture failed to reach the President in consequence of certain amendments which could not be carried through a Couferoneo Committee. So there is to bo no extension of the Cabi net this year, and tho President is re lieved of an adelilion.il weight of woe. Quiy on the Pension Bill, In a recent interview Unite 1 States Senator, M. S. Quay, the acknowledged leader of tho republican party in Penn sylvania, thus discussed the dependent pension bill : "The men who did tho actual fight ing and have some pride in their record .n soldiers dont want to be pauperized. ihere is not a man in the ijrraud Army post in favor of it. 1 don't think any considerable number of Grand Army posts can be got to support tho move ment to paps the bill over the Presi dent's veto. That veto message is the best thing President Cleveland has put his hand to, aud if I were in the Sen ate I would vote to sustain him." Three Peculiarities Ilood's Sarsaparllla, the great blood rurifier and regulating medicine, Is characterized by three peculiarities, namely : 1st: 3d: Tho combination of tho various remedial agents used. Tho proportion In which tho roots, herbs, barks, etc., ato mixed. Tho process by which tho r.ctlvo medicinal properties aro secured. Tho result Is r. medicine of unusual strength and curatlvo power, which effects cures here tofore unequalled. These peculiarities belong exclusively to Hood's Earsararllla, and aro Unknown to Others Hood's Sarsararllla Is r.reraied with tho greatest skill and care, by pharmacists of education and long experience. Ilenco It Is a medicino worthy of cntlro confidence. II you suffer from scrofula, salt rheum, or any dis ease of Iho blood, dyspersla, biliousness, sick h'adachc, or kidney and liver complaints, catjrrh or rheumatism, do not lall to try Hood's Qarsaparilla "I recommend Uood's Sarsaparllla to all my friends as tho best blood turiftcr on earth." Wm. Gatf, drugflst, Hamilton, O. " Hood's Sarsaparllla has cured me of scrof uloi.. humor, and done me vcrlds cf good othcrwicc." C. A, Arnold, Arnold, Me. A book containing many iiiMitlonal state ments of cures will bo sent to all who desire. Hood's SarsapariiSa Sold by all druggists, tl , six for $5. Mado only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass. !00 - Doses Ono Dollar. Day and Night During an acute attack of Bronchitis, a ceaseless tickling in tho throat, and an exhausting, hacking cough, aflllct the sufferer. Sleep Is banished, anil great prostration follows. This disease Is also attended with Hoarseness, and some times Loss of Voice. It is liable to be come, chronic, Involve tho lungs, and terminate fatally. Aycr's Cherry Pecto ral affords speedy relief and cure In cases of Bronchitis. It controls the disposition to cough, and induces refreshing sleep. I have been a practising physician for twenty-four years, and, for the past twelve, have suffered from nunual at tacks of bronchitis. Alter exhausting all the usual remedies Without Relief, I tried Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. It effected a speedy Hire. O. Stovcall, M. D Carrolltou, Miss. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Is decidedly the best remedy, within my knowledge, for chronio Bronchitis, and all lung diseases. M. A. ltuat, M. l., South Paris, Me. I was attacked, last winter, with a serero Cold, which grew worse and sottled ou my Lungs, By night sweats I was reduced almost to a skeleton. My Cough was Incessant, and I frequently spit blood. My physician told me to give up business, or I would not live a mouth. After taking various remedies without relief, I was finally Cured By Using two bottles of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. I am now in perfect health, and able to resume business, after having been pro nounced Incurable with Consumption. S. P. Henderson, Saulsburgh, Penn. For years I was in a decline. I had weak lungs, aud suffered from Bron chitis and Catarrh. Ayer's Cherry Pec toral restored me to health, ami I havo been tor a long time rotupuratively vig orous. In caso of a sudden cold I always resort to the Pectoral, anil find speedy relief. Edward K. Curtis, Itutlaud, Vt. Two years ago I suffered from a severe Bronchitis. The physician attending me became fearful that the disease would terminate In Pneumonia. After trying various medicines, without benefit, lie prescribed Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, which relieved me at once. I continued to tako this medicine, and was cured, Ernest Colton, Logansport, lnd. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, rrepirtd ty Dr. J.C. Ajr!(Co.,Iwcll,Mi.. 8oldbyIII)ruicliU, 1'rlc $1; ill tuttlci,. $25,000.00 IN GOLD! VfILL 1111 PAID FOB ARBUCKLES' COFFEE WRAPPERS, 1 Premium! 2 Premiums, 6 Premiums, 25 Premium, 100 Premiums, 200 Premiums, 1,000 Premiums, - $1,000.00 8500,00 each 8250.00 " 8100.00 " 850.00 " 820.00 " 810.00 " For full particulars and directions see Circu lar la every pound of AiuiitiuuT Corru. uurtlrly. TNTENDINQ AUVE1ITISEKS should address GEO. 1'. HOWELL A CO., io Hpruce btrect, New York city, 1T11EE, on application. taunt. TUB ARE 1NDEDTED ' ' TO THE SOUTH FOR SIMMONS L1VKR REGULATOR. No medicine Is Munttersally used in the South era States as SIMMONSjjvKR REGULATOR. It won Its war into crcry southern homo by pure, sterling moriu it there takes tho place ot a doctor and costly prescriptions. His a FAMILY MED1CINE, rurely vegetable; gentle In Its action; can be safe ly glren to any person, no matter what age. It promotes DigcsUonTdlsslpatcs nasty Blck Headache, and gives a strong, full tone to tho Sys tem. It has no equal as r. Preparatory Medicine, and can bo safely used when a doctor cannot be called In. Endorsed by persons of the highest character and eminence as the BEST FAMILY MEDICINE. If tho child has the colic, It Is a sure and safe remedy. It will restore strength to tho overwork- A.! fall,0r nnrl rpllATfl tl-fl wlfft from lOW SPtrltS, headache, dyspepsia, constipation and like Ills. -Mi GNU-FAMILY MEDICINE." "I havo been a user of Simmons Liver Regulator foi many years, having made It my only 1 amlly Medicine, It Is a pure, good re lable medicine. My mother before me was very partial to it. "I nnd tho Regulator very safe, harmless and reUahlo as a family medicine, and have used It for any disorder or the system and found It to act like a charm. I believe If It was used in time It would iirove a great preventive ot sickness. I have often recommended It to my friends, and shall continue to do so. REV. JAS. M. ROLLINS, 'Taster M. E. Church South, Falrncld. Va." MQRTGAIE CDMEAfiYi CAPITAL, - - $600,000 DEBENTURES A1TD Guarantoed Farm Mortgages OFFICES. VtW YORK, to llretdwtr, BOSTON. 13 Coin Stwl. PHaADtl-rillA.IIIS.UkSI. KANSAS Cm, Ilk A D.l. IU. nKFEItEM.'ER. rintXM. But, XIW lOSt Bo,toi Mil. Buk, BORTO. I Ik Ntt. Bk., PHILADELPHIA. Am. Bk, KAKSAS CUT tat rtr of InteroU ul fall InrormtllM SK.ND FOB FAMFHLBT To J. II. MAIZE, Attorney-at-haw, Agt,.Blooms burg, ra, Janl4-3m. WILKES-BAERS City BrJsr FCT1Y MANUFACTURER OF ALL KINDS OF BRUSHES. No. 3 North Canal St., Near U V. It. K. Depot. John H Derby, PROP1UETOK. JT Will call on dealers once In six weeks. Save your orders. octl.ly c) . R. SMITH & CO. LIMITED. MILTON, Pa., De alkrs is PIANOS By the following well known makers: Cliickcring, Knabe, Weber, Hallct & Davis. Can also furnish any of the cheaper makes at manufacturers prices. Do not buy a piano be fore getting our prices. .o. Catalogue and Price Lists On application. septs-setf. cckiilctfii gnrdroarf. :o: Owing to the stability in prices of goods in our line it is not of ten we can offer special induce ments in cut prices, but having an overstock of the following goods, bought before tho late ad vances, we -have determined to reduce the same and offer our customers a chance to purchase at a price which will not occur again. SHOVELS. 25 dozen, square point, D. handle shovels, made of the best Ames steel, all one solid piece, the best shovel made and a gen uine bargain, sold everywhere at $1.00, will close them out at G5c. WHEELBARROWS. One hundred dirt barrows, strong, planed boards, patent wheels, well ironed and bolted a handy barrow about the farm, garden and stable, and must sell fast at $1.75 each. STEEL HAMMERS. Several dozen 8 lb. solid cast steel striking hammers at 15 cts. per lb. CAST STEEL. Over three tons of Black Dia mond and Sanderson brands of drill steel at 10c. per lb. ROAD SCRAPERS. Townships in want of road scrapers can secure bargains in several solid wrought steel scrap cr.s, which we want to close out. J. R. SciIUYIiEH & Co., Bloomsburg, Pa. UD1TOICS NOTICE. The undf rshjned an Auditor appointed by tho SfV'K.0.' to,unon Pleas ot Columbia county, to S'uilf, lh? '?oney In Court In the matter of Teltswortli etal vs. Isaiah John, with notlcoto creasy as lerre tenant, No. luu, December term IBM!, to and among the pmies entitled thereto will attend to the "duties ot his appaftmeut "at" his oniee, In the town of IlloomsbuiV. on Tuosdr v tue tilth day of April nest, at eleveMoJfi uT tlie fo-enoon, when and where all parties Interestid are recn-ested to preseit their claims before the undented, or be forever alter debarred from coining In upoa said fund. N. U. FUNK. ""' Auditor. "YTIRGINIA FARMS VAfAff V send for FltEE DeacrlptlTO IWce Oil?.' 8ALIi ' JOUN A. JUCOL as co., BrenMYllleiVa. Ullr XEOUTOK'B NOTICE. V.mt nf Jnn O. Hoore, Me 0 Orwmrood Tim letters testamentary In said estate, havirii been granted to the undersigned exr. ml , eon Indebted to said estate aro hereby notl. red to pay the sune, and thoso having citlrru against said estate to present, tho same to etfebll I. A. DKW1TT, Executor. jgXECOTOlVanNOTlCE. " Estate af llaty X. Uamm, late of Hloonuluro. ti., Umaeee. Letters testamentary In said estato havlnu been granted to tho undersigned executor all persons indebted to said estate aro hereby n titled to pay tho same, and thoso having claim, against Bald estate present tho samo to URN II V D.'KLsif, fcbli.Ct. Executors. E .IXECUTOH'S NOTICE. Sttate af JVter Crerellng, tale iif VMitngcmk tovnihtp, ar censed, letters testamentary In said estate, having been granted to tho undersigned executors all persons Indebted to said estate aro hereby to. lined to pay the same, nnd thoso having claims against said estate to present the samo to H C. CUKVr.LINO, .MIltANDA CltEVKMNel. febll.st 1 ExBCOTons, Vancamp, ra. EXECUTOR'S SALE OP VALUABLE Real state ! By virtue of tho last will and tostnmoK of John O. Moore, lato of Greenwood township, deceased. the undersigned executor will expose to Publlj Sale, on tho premises, on SATURDAY, .March 12, 1887, at ten o'clock a. m., all that certain farm and tract ot land, situate In Greenwood township, cob Co., Pa., bounded and described as follows, viz: Northwardly by lands ot Augustus stauter and BcnJ. M. Mcllenry, castwardly, by lands ot I. A. DeWltt, southwardly by lands of II. A. Moore and westwanlly by lands of the heirs of sam'l Freas deceased; contatulng 8S ACRES, more or less, whereon aro erected n two story FKA.MK DWELLING HOUSE, bam and wagon house and other outbuildings water on the premises. This farm U located within two miles of depot of WllKM-Barro and w'eitcrn railroad, and flvo miles of depot ot Bloomsburg and Sullivan railroad, and Is convenient to good markets. Possession given on April 1, 18S7. Also, at the same tlmo will bo sold, a Tread l ower Threshing Machine. A liberal credit will be given and terms made known on dayi,.' sale. feblS) 1. A. DEW ITT, Ex'r. ,UDITOK'S NOTICE. ESTATE OF WM. r00, OF HAMSON. The underslcrned auditor. anDolnted bv tha Court, to make distribution ot the money left In landofsald deceased, payable upon tho death of Wm. Lllley, a son-in-law of said deceased, will sit at his oniee In Hloomvburg, on Friday, March 11, 187, at 10 o'clock a. m., to attend to the duties ot his appointment, when and whero ill parties hav. Ing claims against said estate must appear and rrovo the samo or be forever debarred from coming In on said fund. JOHN (1. FHEEZK, febis Auditor. SHERIFF'S SALE. By virtue of a writ of Lev. Fa. Issued out of tho Court of Common pleas of Columbia county, Pa., and to medlrccted, will be exposed to public sale, In Bloomsburg, on SATURDAY, March 19, 1887. at a r. M. at Court House, tho toll owing message and lot of ground with tho appurtenances situate In tho township of Orange, In the village of Orangevllle, Beginning at a stono In line ot land of Elizabeth Bowman thence north Ofty-slx and one-halt degrees west to the public road leading to Flshtngcreek, thence along samo to lino ot land lately conveyed to Oeo. S. Fleckenstlne bv parties of first part hereto a distance of llfty-elght feet, more or less, thence South tltty-slx and one-half degrees. East to post corner, thence South thirty degrees. West nfty-elght feet, more or less to the place ot beginning. It being a portion ot tho premises conveyed by Samuel Coleman party ot nrst by Deed dated July 11, 1876. Whereon are erected a two story frame dwelling house, stable and out-bulldlngs. Seized, taken In execution, at the suit of Silas Conner, vs. Conrad 0. Coleman nndllaryM. cole man and to bo sold a3 tho property ot Conrad C. Coleman and Mary M. Coleman. Yost, Atty SAMUEL SMITn. Sheriff. BLOOMSBURG MARKET. Wholesale. Iletai Wheat per bushel 78 80 Kyo " " 60 Corn " " .... 60 C5 Oa'.s " " 35 45 Flour " bbl 4 to 6 liuttor 20 23 Eggs 10 18 Potatoes G5 60 Hams (. 11 10 Dried Apples 03 07 Side and shoulder 08 12 Chickens 0 8 Oeese Lard per lb 08 10 Vinegar per gal 20 30 Onions per bushel GO 70 Veal skins 07 Wool per lb 35 tildes 6 to 7 Coal on WiunF. No U 3.00; Nos 2 3, & Lump $3.85 No. 5 $3.00 Bltumlnu? $3.25 flEW Y0flk flfrKETS. Reported ty O. S. Palmer, Wliolesale Commission Merchant, 164 lleaae nt., .V. 1. Nsw Yonx, March 7, 1SS7. Business has nn encouraging outlook for tho week, as trade has been very nctivo for Monday, as is usual, however, for tbo Ilrst of the week receipts of eggs bavo been heavy and prices somewhat easier, 17c. be Ing top to-day. Receipts of calves moro liberal and selling good stock from 10 to 11c; inferior 8 tn Oc. Trado in butter very quiet, being too early In tbo week for buy. ers to get their supplies, but all small, de sirable turkeys aro selling readily at from 12 to 3c. Choice chickens and fowls 12 to 14c. Ducks 12 to 18c. Gec6e 8 to 9c. Game, wild duck $1 per pair. Canvas back duck $2 50 to $3 per pair. English snipe 42.60 to $3 per dozen. Pigeons 40 to 60c per pair. Tlio butter market Is as suming a healthier tono on account of a scarcity of fancy creamery, which has a favorablo elltct on all lower grades, al though tlio latter nro plenty nnd bard to sellj fancy creamery 30 to 33; fancy stato tubs aud pails, new 27 to 28j medium 22 to 23; Inferior 10 to 18c. Cheese, fancy, 13 to 13; good 12 to 13c. There is a con tinued llrmness in the market on apples nnd greenings scarce; selling from $3-60 to $4 per bbl. Iluldwlns S3 to 53.60; other varieties 2.60 to 3. Fla. strawberries 30c per quart. Fla. oranges, fancy brlghts, S3 50 to $4 per box; golden rus Bets, 2.50. Tbo latter nro now at their best. Cranberries, sound, good color, 52 75 to $3 per box; lifcrior $1.50 to $2. Onions, white 53 60 to 54.50 per bbl , red and yellow 51.75 to 53 Cabbage 53 to 50 per 100 Kalo 51 75 to 52. Spinach 53. Ku8sla turnips 51 25 per bbf. Boston marrow squasb 51,60 a bbl Choice rose, burbank and bebron potatoes 51.00 to 51.75 per bbl Pweet potatoes 52.60. Cel. lery 51.25 to 51 76 per dozen. Water cress 60c. per pair. Tho market on beans con. tinues slow selllug choice red kidney 51.60 to 51 05; red 5155 to 51.G0 Mar row 51.85. Medium 51.47 to $1.60. Fan cy evaporated npples silling Irom 12 to 1SJ; medium 10 to lln ; sundried 4 to Co. Evap. raspberries lHc. sun dried 10c. Plums 8c. Blackberries 10c. Pitted cher rles 12 to 13c. Huckleberries 7c. Honey 7 to 11c, Beeswax 21 to 22o per lb. Tal low 4 tu 4 jo per lb. Hay 00 to 80c per cwt. Hyo straw 60 to 70c. Muplo sugar 10 to 11c per lb. Furs, muskrat 0 to 18c. Opos. sum 8 to 40c according to quality. Skunk 12 to 51.10. Cool COc to 51 20 Fox OOo to 51.05. Slink COo to 51.15. Beaver 51.60 to 53, Otter 57 to 510. prlLrDELf!jl flCEXS. CORRECTED" WEEKLY. FEED--Vestcrn winter bran, spot, 1S.S0 3 US5 VIA) UK. Western extra's 3 1-0 a iao ; penn'a family, B.h7X3 4;ou Ohio clear, 4.83 a 4.60 winter yatent 4.75 a 6.O.7 l'cnna. roller process 4.10 1 ' WHEAT-Pennsylvania red, No. 1, 91 H E. 6a. COUN.-M M OATS.-N0.3 white ( 35 NO, S, 87 HAY ANU STHAW 'llmothy-Cholco Western and New York.ie.oo. fair to good Western and Net York, g 00 a 12.00; medium Western and New Joi-k, 9 11. scut hay as to quality 14. a 15 live straw isa iimi ihimi in. oat straw 9 (4 10. ' ' i'OTATOES.-New .40 CO per bbL .Mi"5--lv;nnsylvanla 18; western !8tf. , BUTTER Pennsylvania creamery prints 83624 Creamery Kxtra sa, Western extra !4j$l, Wr 10S UVEIHJDLTItY.-Fowls, tlS.18 DHKSSED l'OULTHY.-CUiaeus, if d 1 E
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