THE COLUMBIAN AND DEMOCRAT, BLOOMSBU RGr, COLUMBIA COINTY, PA.
0. E. ELWEIiL, Editor
J. K. BITrENBEHDJB, frMther.
HLOOMSliUKG, PA.
Friday, Oct. 17. 1870.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
FOR STATE TREASURER,
DANIEL O. BARR,
OK I'lTTSUUItOlt.
COUNTY TICKET.
FOIl SHKItlFF,
A. K. SMITH,
FOB COKONBR.
I. K. DlLDlNK.
von jury commissionbh.
KM ROtJBlNS.
Democratic Standing Committoe.
p-lootnsburg R DivlJ Lowonberg, Chslrmaa.
V - Clark, Sjcretiry.
llvivcr J-nn-'s T Fox.
Hint Itolir Mcllenry.
ltrwlck nor. Win T. Snyder.
Hrlarcrcok M. 1- lloiiseknecht.
Citawlssi M. V. 1. Kllno.
j.itraui nor.- P. F. Hurke.
c-mtre--Klwtirl Hartnun.
Cjnyngham N. Patrick Hrennan.
8 John Monroe.
FlshlniTces s O O-eveilng.
Franklin Wm. rtohrbacb.
Orcenwood ..T. Dcrr.
Hemlock N. r. Moore.
JvkHoa lram Derr.
ljcust (lo . Knllt o.
Madison Wm. Mingles,
Mam J. II. Nuts.
Jliniin-l). II Montgomery.
Montour lleneviiie iihodes.
Mt. Pie want film Mordan.
fir.iny O. A. Megargel!.
rine Tolm F Fo-rler.
Voarin-r: uekIjhn Mowrcr.
ft I lit N'lUth Jnhl Krrssli-r.
S 1 Hrl0.ir . J. 1IPH4.
null S nh -Jacob Tor 'linger.
Vigilance Committees.
I1L00.M BAST.
Vaul E. Wirt.
J. II. Casey.
AmurtU Noblo,
James Leunon.
John Y.isu
peter Hrtledcr.
Hugh Uucklogham.
Charles Hassert,
BLOOM WKST.
X It. Little.
ilas Furruan.
William Barrett,
o, w. sterner.
1IKST0N TOWNSHIP.
Charles oibbons, Samuel Appleman, T. 11. cole.
BERWICK.
A. D.Soely,
F.S. Hunt,
Dana uross.
CBN'THALlA.
II.F Curry,
Owen Cain.
C05YS0UAM NORTH.
Thomas Chapman,
Charles Mcnulre.
Thomas Knnls.
CONYNOIIAM SOOTn.
John P. Hannon,
las. Monaghan.
IMl'ORTANT NOTICE.
The members of the Standing Committee
elected by the people in their respective dis
trbts have impo-tant duties to perform. Neg
lect or failure on their part prevents thorough
organization and entails a heavy loss. It is
all important that they Bhouldsolect Vigilance
Committees for their districts at once, and re
port their names to tho Chairman. The men
cluuen thould be the motl active and intelligent
who will terve. Worh and not compliment
are demanded. See that every man is duly
assessed, properly registered, and has paid his
taxes. Tho registry books are now in the
proper places. Iclay in such matters is fol
ly, and so to work at once.
D. LowENUF.no,
, Chairman.
The Two Platforms.
THE ISSUES LAID DOWN 11V THE TWO IIAH
BISnURd CONVENTIONS.
WHAT THEY SAY. WHAT THEY MEAN, AND
TIESULTS IF CARRIED OUT.
The two opposing parties one of which
must prevail at the next State election have
put themselves, pro forma, upon the country
in tho declarations of their platforms. By
these declarations they agrco by the people to
be judged.
Such deliverances, confirmed by custom, go
before ovcry election. They profess to be
pertinent to tho immediate issues of the po
litical campaign, to the general principles
that aro to govern both parties, and the dif
ferenees that distinguish one paity from the
other.
Tho tenor of a political platform may de
pend not less upon its specific declarations
than upon a subtile and instinctive spirit that
pervades it the seemingly insensible repeti
tion of certain terms, for example, that shows
the real undercurrent of the author's thought.
An apothegm of Talleyrand, that language
is made to conceal not to express, thought,
can nowhere find n belter illustration than in
a political platform. Close examination may,
however, briug to light the actual ideas of
thoso wli3 have davised it, however specious
and. deceptive it is meant to be, however
glittering its generalities may appear.
Tho platform promulgated by tho two
State Conventions held at Uurriaburg will be
iound to consist of about tho same number
of resolutions. The a'nta70nis
form to the other is ai sharply defined as
it could possibly bo made, and this appears
mainly in tho frfcjue ut changes rung in on6
of them unon a sincln wnnl. Tt wr,!.!
3 - " - nwu OVl. 1U
to havo been the intention of the authors of
tho platlorin in question, by frequent repeti
tion, to accustom the tympanum of the pop
ular ear to tho vibrations of a high-Kounding
term mat uas in it the rankest political here
sy ever sought tu bo imposed upon a free peo
ple iu tho modern world. The seemingly in
uocent, but nevertheless omnipresent, exis
tence of this ono word sweeps the whole plat
fonu away from tho domestic concrns of the
State, and is meant to give a dircctiou to pop
ular understanding as delusive and danger
ous as wai over sought by unholy ambition
out of the coinage of its own mind;
The word 'Nation' with its attendant ad
jectivo 'National, -invariably printed with
aq initial capital letter occur seventeen
times in tho platform put forth by the He
publican Convention at Harrbburg in Juno
last ; and theso terms run through ten of its
fourteen 'planks To givo it tho benefit of
contrast this pernicious use of the word lo
the samo sense is nowlicro to bo found iu tho
platform previou.ly adopted by the Demo
cratsindeed it occurs but ooco therein, and
then only in a subsidiary tense.
This word, as used, U the pivotal idea of
the Itcpublican profession of faith ; anl its
presence in almost every plank convicts tho
uuthora of it of deliberate duplicity and
treachery j it remands all their utterances to
tho pillory of popular suspicion and distrust,
ll is no more nor less than tho shibboleth of
a reactionary movement that claims to on
sumatn repeated violations of tho Constitu
tion and laws mado in pursuanco thereof, In
nn cnliro upheaval of tho government its
elf.
To gain a clear Insight Into purposos of the
Republican leaders in such a platform, it Is
merely necessary to nolo that of its fourteen
subdivisions, ono and a half Btrlclly pertain
to mattcis wherein tho State is essentially
and exclusively concerned. To set this fact
out in clearer light, it may be observed that
of tho twclvo Democratio resolutions, with
which tho former must bo compirod, eleven
haya reference tojiho relations of iho pro
pl j to tho State, aud, reciprocally, of tho
Stale to iho peoplo. Such a contrast cannot
be too tenaciously kept in mind The prop
ositions of tho Republican leaders as we fiud
thorn in this platform, are desperate expe
dientsgrown out of a condition of things,
in the management of the affairs of tho State
and goooral government, that ha.1 brought
plunder, wasto and corruption in legislation
and at tho polls to tho ono ', and all these
things with tho settled preliminaries of po
litical anarchy to tho other.
A brief examkation by way of contrast
ing the terms and tenor of theso two plat
forms will bo sufficient to show which of
them holds itself accountable to tho people,
their rights, their interests and tho general
welfare of the Commonwealth ; and which
has merged all the loallcnablo privileges of
citizenship and the Inadcquatcd and indifeasi
bio independence of the State, in a mockery
of professod fealty to the National Govern
ment, which sham of all lawful authority, in
its highest office, by a Republican conspiracy
remains an abiding insult to the popular will,
and is made to reappear in this platform as
the cherished object of tho Republican
conspirator's solicitude and love.
So far as any comparison touching tho same
or similar topics can be made, it may be fair
ly stated as follows : 'The Democrats assert
that tho United States is a Federal Union.
Tho republican platform announces' the polit
ical paradox already noted that tho Federal
Union is a 'Nation.'
The Republican platform declares that the
establishment of a State sovereignty 'over
throws National supremacy.' The Democrat
ic resolutions say that 'tho rights of the
States and the liberties of the peoplo' de
pend the one upon the other.
Tho Republicans declare that State sov
ereignty endangers 'Federal unity I' Tho
Democratic declarations condemn 'the inva
sion of States for political purposes without
regard to Constitutional restrictions.'
Tho Republican resolutions say that 'the
supremacy ot the National Government' de
pends upon 'National laws which protect the
ballot box.' The Democrats that all such
measures aro 'imperial methods of supervi
sing elections arid coercing the popular will ;'
that tho prcsenoo of soldiers or Government
officials at the polls 'destroys all freedom of
elections aud upturns tbo very foundations of
self-government.'
The Republican leaders say that 'the Dem
ocratic party has committed itself to break
up the Government by refusing to appropri
ate moneys already collected from the people'
to 'protect the ballot.' Tho Democrats that
'the military ought in all things to be subor
dinate to the civil power ;' and that 'when
the people assemble to express their sover
eign pleasure at tho polls,' troops 'or hire
ling officials claiming power to arrest and im
prison citizens without warrant or hearing'
do by their presence 'destroy all freedom of
elections.'
The Republican Convention lauded Hayes
for vetoing Congressional measures which re
fuse to pay tho deputy marshals whose func
tion, it b said, is to 'protect the ballot box.'
Tho Democrats say Hayes is a Fraud, the
creature of au unlawful 'conspiracy' against
'the well-known and legally expressed will of
the people ;' that the use of his veto 'to
maintain unconstitutional and despotic power'
at the polls 'is an insult and a menace to the
country.'
The Democrats appeal to their fidelity to
the 'workingman ;' the Republicans call up
on 'the veteran soldiers of the war.'
The Democrats condemn 'the system of
subsidies by the General Government, under
which during the period of Republican as
cendancy, political rings and corporations
have profited at tho. people's expense. They
condemn 'any appropriation of public mon
eys or public credit to any other object than
the publio service.'
The Republican Convention was silent on
this subject.
The Republicans (declaring in the same
breath the 'United States a Nation I') threat
en to oppose 'a solid North' to 'a solid South.'
The Democrats utter no distinction on this
head, but declare 'the just power of the Fed
eral Union, the rights of the States and the
liberties of the peoplo are vital parts in its
whole Constitutional vigor is to save the life
of the Nation.
The Democrats condemn 'the recent at
tempt under the personal direction of ruling
Republican leaders to debauch the Legisla
ture by bribery and corruption, and to take
from the Commonwealth four millions of dol
lars, for which its liability has never been as
certaincd .' They declare such an attempt to
bo 'a fresh and alarming evidence of the ag
gressiveness of corporate power in collusion
with political rings.'
About this business the Republican plat
form is silent. The platform is silent ; the
Convention was not. It bowled down dele
gate Wolfe, gagged and silenced him when he
offered a resolution similar to the one quoted
above, and pointedly refused to declare in
favor 'of honest men in office.'
Tho Democrats declare that
'We look with alarm and apprehension up
on the pretensions of the great transporta
tion companies to be abovo the fundamental
law of this Commonwealth which irnverns nil
else within our borders, and until they accept
tho Constitution of 1873 in good faith, they
should remain objects of the utmost vigilance
ami jealousy by uotli legislature and peo
ple.' The railrosj article in the Constitution
which tho Democrats demand shall be ac
cepted by the corporations and enforced by
the Legislature, prohibits discriminations
against tho business of Pennsylvania, which
is systematically cru'hing out our domestic in
dustries, and giving tho West immense ad
vantages over tho farmer and tbo manufac
turer, tho producer and consumer, of this
Commonwealth.
Tho Republicans ignore and avoid this is
sue. They transfer the question of 'discrim
ination in rates of freight' Irom the State,
where they have tho power to remody the
evil, to the 'country,' where they have no
power, and content themselves with a vague
declaration of a sentiment, iosf-ad of the
promise of a pruclical measure.
Tho Constitution needs only to be enforc
ed to cure all tho evils of which our depress
ed industries complain, and this the Demo
crats insist unequivocally shall bo dona. This
is tho most important and pertinent plauk in
their platform ; in it resides another proof of
the honesty of the declarations they have
brought before the peoplo in their campaign
The Republicans said that tho Treasury
has been honestly administered by Republi
can officials for fceventcen years. The Demo
crats declare the Treasury to be empty ; that
even schools and charities aro unablo to ob
tain money already apropriatcd for thoir sup-
iiort i and 'that thero has been systematic
embezzlement of inlorost and other apolla
tions by tho Republican Treasury Ring.
The Democrats conclude by expressing con
fidence in their candidato lor tho Treasurer's
office and plcdgo him, 'if elected, to keep tho
public moneys safely, mako known his places
of deposit, hold his books and papers open
to in.p?ction ; and preserve tho Common
wealth from a repetition of tho robberies in
cident to the long and scandalous career of
tho Republican Treasury Ring.'
'Look now on this picture ; then on that ?'
RUTHF.ItKOUU'S ItEKL.
The Philadelphia Timit, now at the head
of the Republican party (Pennsylvania thus
speaks of the late Indian outbreak. It
ays :
'Tnere are a few things regarding the
Indian ontbreak which common people aro
permitted to know. They know that a num
ber of soldiers have been killed; that the
General of the Army who was at the time
attending a country fair, thinks the army
ought to be Increased ; that the President Is
waiting Iu Ohio for election day to come
so that be can vote, while the officials of tno
Indian Bureau are waiting for him to pet
hack to Washington so that they can give
htm the news about the uprising ; that
the Secretary of War Is away in Iowa mak
ing stump speeches : that the War Depart
ment holds ihe Indian Uureau responsible
forjlbe trouble; that the Indian Buracu
holds the War Department responsible, and
there Is great excitement all over Colorado.
But why things and officials should bo in
this frightful condition common people are
not permitted to know.'
The disgraceful bellttlelng of the high
office of President of the United States has
been properly left to the day of small things
and the era ofsmall men, who by fraud,chi
canery or strict party rule, have crept or
been foisted iuto the place of statesmen
The role of traveling showmau was first un
dertaken as a business, by Mr. President
Johns' n ; who supposing himself to have a
mission and of course a revelation to make
commenced deadheading It around the coun
try drawing small crowds to the railway sta
tions and orating to them In some dreamy
platitudes having neither sense or point. Of
this ridiculous display, Ihe country was
heartily ashamed ; but when Grant became
President he Increased the folly of it by hlB
infant class speeches ; and by increasing the
number of them iu about the proportion la
which he decreased the salt or sense. But
free rides, big dinners and plenty of whis
key were Grant's weaknesses, and he con
tinued the exhibition until he made the cir
cus of President Johnson a one hone show
indeed, in comparison.
To these two exhibitors succeeds Mr.
Acting President, Rutherford Burchard
Hayes Fhrebus, what a name, to fill the fu
ture trump of speaking fame, and be, en
gaging the whole troupe, sets off upon his
excursion. Every little gathering from
Maine to Mexico to which hels unlte!,notos
bis presence. Kvery harvest home, every
little country lair, bills him as it would a
famiiUD clown or a big ox. And indeed in
many respects he fills both these characters.
With leas sense than Johnson and more
vanity than Grant, hp gulps down the plau
dits of the gap ng mobs at the cross roads
and viil iges,and strings nut his crudities and
plattiludes nnd villainous politics, in the in
sane belief that he Is a statesman and an
orator. And when some bolster us reception
is awaiting him which he has neither the
tact nor the courage to face, he sends out
that blusterirg blackguard General Sherman
to swear and elorm aud rant before the mob
until It becomes lees demonstrative. Then
the acting President appears, bows, mum
bles a common place, and the train moves
forward.
Nor are we without lady performers in
this manmoth exhibition. Mrs. Hayes
comes to the froot foot lights and bows her
acknowledgements. Her sweet smile and
her bland manner, and her straw colored
silk, and the crowd cheers, and Mrs. Hayes
retires behind the curtain. Then Mr. Sec
retary Tom, Dick or Harry comes forward,
and he has his little say some more villain
ous politics, some more foolish finance, and
the scream of the locomotive mingles with
the yell of the bystanders, aud the show is
over.
All this vulgar parade can only be satis
fying to men of the smallest mind. And it
Is to the great disgrace of the country that
such meu are allowed to represent the peo
ple and the government. Business at Wash
ington goes on as it may. No man there to
attei d to it. So alio men who ought fo be
at their foreign posts belong to the side
show of the Government Circus, aod neg
lecting the public business, run with the
machine.
O, fur a Democratic Statesman, who, hav
ing an appreciation of the dignity of his
position, will administer the office of Presi
dent from the White House, and not Irom
the platform ol a railroad car 1
EXECUTION AT SU.NUUIlY.
Peter McManus, was lisnge l at Siinbury
on the 9th Inst for the murder of Coroner
Hesser In 1874 O'Nell who was convicted
of the same crime was stntenced to be hang
ed at the same time, but the Oovernor re
prieved him for CO days.
McManus made tho following statement.
Tne night before the murder John O'Nell
and a fellow by the name of Pat O'Nell
came to boardiug house. Boarding mistress
or one of her daughters ctlled me nut of bed
and told me there was a stranger down stairs
and John wanted to seo me. I came down
and John O Neil made me acquainted with
his nan etake Pat O'Neil. We gotacquaint
ed and sat down and was talking one thing
or another about New York. Then
we drank 12 bottles of porter before we went
to bed. Wewenttobed bf tween 11 and 12
that night. John O'Neil went home the
following morning and Pat O'Neil stopped
until after bieakfast. Him and me went
down toward the lirady colliery. We came
right over the old stage road. Went down
the log road down to Brady. We eat on a
leg, and he told me all about It that Den
nis Canning sent him down for to tell me
to have four men that night at the lirady
cut, aud he told me that Dennis Canning
sent me letter day before that and he ked
me whether I bad got it. I told him I bad
not, and said that Dennis was thinking that
is the reason and he sent me down to tell
you. So then he up and told me to have
four men at the Brady cut, and I asked him
what he wanted with me at the Brady, He
told me they were going to do a job at Coal
Run, I asked who they were goiug to do It
to, and he. said be didn't know his name, he
was a watchman, I mentioned the man's
name. He said that Is the name. I said,
'what In the name of God arP you going to
do to him,' and be said there was an out
side boss who Is going to have it done. He
didn't know his name. I mintloued bis
name aud be said that Is the name. So I
said I never would get a man for him ; nev
er would do such a job, aod I told him if he
would take my advice hi would go back
where he cane from, lie told me he had
no money. I told him I would give him S
to go to Ralston or Renovo, So I went and
told Robert Haggerty. We went down the
road and I, between Luke Fiddler (a collie
ry) and Shamnkln, gave him .' i borrowed
of a wrmau and snld tlicro is t'i for you to
go home, and I came down lo Shamokln to
Roth's taycrn. Wo had two or three drinks
there nnil'tlie train came and I put him on
the train thai camo lo Siinbury, I returned
and took a gun and dng aud went out Into
the buOi, and after stopping In the bush un
til about 7 o'clock that evening I camehomei
supper was ready nnd after supper I know
Mrs, Lng told me that Pat O'Neil, Mike
Haley and Philip Hughes were thero, and
she told them I wentasny In the bush and
did not know what time I would como home.
I told her they might go to bell. I said 1
gave pat O'Nell $5 and wouldn't do no
more. So after supper I laid around the
house and Went to bed between nl no and
ten o'clock, 1 got up between twelve and
one to go out and try aud save blm. I
cnuld'nt rest ; that is the reason I rose. So
I went over lo Coal Run to the breaker ; met
Taguo Djugherty and Roger M'GuIre . They
sat upon the lower track near tho bridge,
wlthm fifty yards of the engine house door.
They asked me who was that ; I told them
and they told me to come on, that they were
at It, S i I went on up to the engine house ;
I went in the boiler room door, There are
two or three steps between the boiler rosm
and engine room. I got my foot on the sec
ond step and I saw Rhoads with the ham
mer and Pat O'Nell, the stranger, andTheo
dore. Rhoads was coming down with the
hammer on the old man's head. Pat O'
Neil stood In the door, and this Theodore
stood with bis back toward tho window and
Ed. Rhoads had his back toward the en
gine. The old man was between them.
Tho old man's revolver was on the work
bench beside a miner's lamp. So, then,
when I seen the blow I turned and went
right home and went to my bed. I was
working at Hickory Ridge breakerand Rog
er Magulre told Die that liboftds cAtxie over
and said it wouldn't be left on the Mollle
Magulre?, because it was done with clubs
He told me that Ed. Rhoads said he came to
the old man and told him that he had three
men to fix the breaker, fir be wanted to
start up iu the morning earlv. Then there
was three men nu the dirt hank I didn't
knnw. Of these I am sure Jno. O'Noil was
not a party. Canning pent for mo at Lj'
cust Grove about three weeks Hfter tha',
He wanted ine. He showed me the stick
he gave the first blow to Hesser with, and
he said after he gave the first blow he weLt
out on the dirt bank, and was one of the
three men a didn't know. He told me bim
s ilf be gave the first blow. I would have
stated this before in my first statement, on
ly I thought be was man enough to turn
riundand tell the truth and save innocent
lives. Dennis swore that I sent up to him
for men to burn Davy Llewellyn's breaker,
and that I deny that I ever sent to him lo
burn a pig peu or anything. I deny it from
my heart out. John O'Neil went home. 1
am sure he knows nothing about It. He
went home that morning from me at day
light. I told this Pat O'Neil to never to let
any man around Shamokln know about it
(the Hesser murder.) He said he wouldn't
I never spoke to John O'Neil since about It
Never a word spoken to him about it, and
as for the conversation in the mines I never
stood In that breast no more than John
Peeler, ano I never heard such conversation
with John O'Neil or any other man since I
Was born, and every word Davis swore lo
he perjured himself I know that John O
Nell had nothlugto do with it.
Rev. Mr. Gotwold-Mr. M'Manus, this is
your dying testimony. You have spoken
the truth.
M'Manus Yes, sir J and I would just
give the same if I was dying.
Mr. Gotwold This is the statement now
with which ou want to go before your God,
This is the whole truth.
M' Ala n us Yes, sir. That is the reason
why I want it written down, to be lead by
the public.
Father Koch You are not influenced by
any manner of prejudice f
M'Manus No, sir.
Father Koch Nothing but ihe truth 1
M'Manus Yes, sir ; nothing but the
truth, and have nothing against no one.
Father Koch Are you nillingto forgive
all who have sworn away ynur life ?
M'Matus I forgive them.
Father Koch Are you willing to forgive
him, Dennis Cunning.
M'Manus Yes, sir ; it was my notion to
hold it. I give my best respects to all in
Sunbury, to all who ever helped me alone.
and for John Peeler and his family and old
Sheriff Strine I give my blessing, for they
did like men to men and treated me like a
man, too. That is all I have to Bay.
In a postscript he adds that he never saw
Pat O'Neil after Heser'a death.
M'Manus signed the statement in the
presence of Fathers Koch, M'Govern and
M'llnenny. District Attorney Dewart, and
George B. Renn, one of the prisoner's couir
tel.
In a subsequent statement bis counsel are
thanked for their efforts in their behalf.
Mc'Manus marched to the sctffold as if be
had no fear of his impending doom,
his step being remarkable for its firmness.
When he reached the gallows, he w.is a.ked'
whether he ad lered to the statement made on
Tuesday, when he replied that it was correct.
The legs strapped together, the arms pin
ioned behind his back, and the while cap
arawu over his race, preparations were made
to drop the platform on which he was stand.
Ing. The Sheriff descended the Heps, and
the props wcro removed from under the
doors, M'Manus fell with a heavy thud, and
his body remained al.nost mntlonle-'s uutil it
was cut dowu, about twenty minutes after
M Manna had reached the gallows. Excel
lent order was preserved, which is largely
due to the good management of Sheriff Wee-
Iowa Election.
Dm Moines, Iowa, October 15. All tho
latest returns serve to increase the republi
can majority. The Ma'e Kegitter now puts
the majority on the state ticket at 30,000 over
the other parlies, with an extreme likelihood
that it will reach 35,000. The republican
majority In the legislature on jolut ballot
will be larger than in the last. Tho repub
lican gain over the vote of two years ago is
put down at 33,000 votes, the republican
candidate theu lacking 3,000 of a majority
over all.
Ohio.
Tho eletlon on Tuesday resulted In a Re
publican majority of about 17.000, for Fos
ter for Governor, and a majority on joint
ballot lo Ihe Legislature. While Repub
licans rrjoice over this as a great victory It
is nothing of the kind. They simply have
held their own.
Bte a woman on horseback In another col
umn, riding near Bpeer's Vineyards, with a
bunch ofGrs from which Bpeer's Port Grape
Wine is made, that is so highly esteemed by
the medical profession for Ihe use of Invalids
weakly persons and the aged.
Hold by Druggists,
June871-y,
Tiik Stkrlino Hook Cover. Wo have
purchased the right to use theso covers In thts
county, and linvo on hntid nn luaorlmcnt of
sizes. 1 hey make Iho neatest nnd most con
venient form for doing up noto heads, letter
heads, bill heads, notes, checks, Ac , nnd n
cover will bo given away with every order of
1000 Try ll onco and you will not do with
out It. It is the best thing of the kind over
invented, Call nnd cinmlnc.
tf
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS,
SHERIFFS SALE.
Br virtue ot Bundry writs Issued out ot the
Court ot Common Pleas of Columbia county and to
tne directed, will be exposal to public sale at tho
Susquehanna Hotel In Catawlssa, Columbia county,
Pennsylvania, at two o'clock p. in. on
Saturday, November 8tli, 1879.
All that certain mossuag-e, tract, piece or par-el of
land sltuats In tho township of Locust, county of
Columbia, and state of Pennsylvania bounded nnd
descrihd as follows to wit i on tho south by land ot
John Earnest, on tho west by lands of Emanual Ash
ton, on the north by lams of Jackson (leoreT) nud on
the east by lands of llsuben Krlck, containing forty
acres inoro or less, whereon aro erected a frame
dwelling house, barn and outbuildings.
8clzed,takcn luto execution at tho suit of John. Earn
est against William A. Earnest with notlco to W. I.
Eyerly, Assignee lo trust for benefit of crodltrs,and
to bo sold as the properly of William A. Earnest.
W II. ltiuwN Attorney. Vend Ei.
ALSO,
All that certa'n piece or tract of land sltuato par
tly In Catawlssa and partly In Locust township,
Columbia county, Penna. bounded by lands of John
Fag-ely, 1 hlilp Jlanhardt, John Yeager. and William
Hughes' estate, containing seventeen acres and
fourteen perches whereon are erected a good saw
mill, frame dwclllnghousc, barn and out-bulldlngs.
Seized, taken In execution at tho suit ot Jacob
Yeager against David S. Howcr and to bo sold as the
property of David 8. Ilower-
W. It.lliiiWN, Att'y Vend. Ex.
'i erms cash on day of sale.
JOnN W. HOFFMAN,
oetlT.ts. Sheriff.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
ESTATK OP TnOMAS DiVIS, DKCIASED.
Letters ot administration on tho estate of Thomas
Davis, late of 1 lemon township, columbU
county. Pennsjlvanla, deceased, have been gra led
by the lteglsterot snld county lo the miderslgtert
administrators. All persons having claims against
the estate of tho deceased are requested to present
them for settlement, and those Indebted to tho es
tate to make payment to tho undersigned adminis
trators without delay.
I. K. KIHCBTIAUM,
Cambrlu
LA VINA DAVIS,
Benton.
oeuit.sw. Administers.
Farm Accounts!-
E ery Firmer nhcmld know bow to keep them. An
f,iitlrtlrnowanlfxiniilrtaiiriitrm JuitiltrlP(td. Beml
IMWtal for frraUlrcubirN totito Hbtant Ac Hthatioh
JCUMUB8 COLLsVUX. lug ti. I'OIlUl tiLal'iUlloOoll'lilsV
Oct.lT.-13w a&s
PROFITS.
.HwJ00'?ratoBUCCC8s'ull' hi Stocks on I0, $25,
50 , I'M and upwards, by our now marginal system
explanatory Hook mailed gratis, upon npplicallon.
C1IAHLES FuXWKLL A CO.,
Hankers and Brokers,
Oct mm 1" Urodway, New York.
PS P AT C H tf
For mending tin, brass copper, lead or
iron without acid or soldering Iron. Any m
lady or child can mend with It, Will send
O , ?.no.sa!?.P P"" bymallfwlth directions)
W thatwIllcuuiBW'luclisiiuare patcheson
receipt of S3 eta. 8 for $1, loo for $10, (Pos- i
tage stamps i peelved as cash). AllnNTS
Qj WANTED. Can carry one day's tx-v m
' yourpocket. Sales will jleldsa to $isper
OUU.V. uurwpago inusiraied catalogue ,
2LJ5mii,'i,,wcAK Novelties, station- M
cry, ic., FIIKS. Address,
CITY NOVELTY CO..
ONo lip south sth St., Philadelphia, Pa. M
Mention this paper. .. m
.. .... IT Ik LIJ
INCREASED PENSIONS ft.
soldiers whoso rote of pension Is too low.as compared
with present liberal laws, or whoso dlsablltles have
increased since pension was granted. Thousands
aro cntlUed, and should at once apply
HOTTNTY "Ine all solll-rs discharged for
, , r;::, , wounds, rupture or other In-
Jury (upt disease), who have failed to receive the
amount promised, also to those who enlisted bo
tween lanuary 1st, 1SC3 and April 1, ISM, for 8 years
who had previously served a term of smooths or
more and railed to receive a bounty of $jeoforlajt
" iw uuo an s 'tuiers wno enlisted for 3
jcmo : uui lutfuijr xvu imi, ana were mustered be
roro August eth, ISCI, regardless of time served. ly
for rations while prisoners or war, stui due, c,.
ni.ve.,!la'lal01e ani1 "tensive experience In
collecting claims and furnish the best of reference
when desired. Only legal feos charge! and no
Inir tOannlV . VfiT full tnrnrmaMnn oHHn
MvNElLLsBIKCU, v. o. Drawer 457 Washington,
WAlways inclose stamp for reply.
Oct. 17-im wco
T-P ttm -i WnntaFAIlMor HOME within.
JL1 y U Ll dependence and plenty In your
iui iinsr Tiiirtu IN THE WEST
, IS TUK
Atchison.Topeku & Santa Fe R R,
lands in Kansas.
Circulars with map, giving full Information, free
.luu.taa n, o. uuuiuuil, llliu I.UU1 J, JUUeKU, 1U.
Oct. 17-lm W & CO.
EPOUT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
First National Bank cf Bloomsbunr,
At Illoomsburg, In the State of Pennsylvania, at the
UKSOUHCES.
Loans and discounts
overdrafts
U. s. Uonds to secure circulation
U. 8 Bonds on hand
other Stocks IIODds and mortgages.. ,.
Due from approved re terve agents
" ' other National Hanks
" " State banks and bankers....
Heal estate
Current expenses and taxes paid
Checks and other cash Items
Dills ot other banks
specie
Legal tender notes
Keuemptlon fund with U. S. Treasury,
5 per cent, ot circulation
$125,St.;.!S
1,133 15
5U.tMi0.00
US ItS 00
33 325.(10
Si, 653,76
13, "13,1?
4S5,CS
1,931,51
JtOiHJl
47S.S7
840.10
8,tS0.00
0,1 58.00
!,!50.00
$182,383.05
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid In
Surplus fund
Undivided profits
National bank notes out standing
Individual deposits subject to chcc'c. ,
Certified checks.
Cashier's checks outstanding
Due to oilier National Hanks
" ' btate banks and bankers
f-0,000.00
100,0 o.oo
15.14l.C3
M.UIO.OO
7,i4s:
S.93
12C.V1
3,177.19
it.:m
$29A3S3.C3
State or Pkkkstlvania, cocntt of colcmbia, ss:
I, J. V. Tustln, Cashier ot Ihe above named bank
do solemnly anirm that the above statement Is true
to tiie best of my knowledge and belief.
J. e. TUST1V,
Cashier.
Sub. crlbed andafUrmed to before me this sth day
of October 179.
J. C. HftOWN.
Correct, Attest
notary i-uouc.
I.W. McKKLVY, 1
FItaS. P. lililNKEIf, y Directors.
M.O. HU01IKS, J
SHERIFFS SALE.
Ily vlrtuo ot a writ of Lev. Fa. Issued out of tbo
Court of Common Pleas or Columbia county and lo
me directed, will bo exposed to public salo on
Iho premises In Berwick, Pa., at o'clock, p. m., on
Monday, November 10th, 1879.
AU that certain piece of land situate In tho borough
of Berwick, Columbia county, Pa., bounded on the
north by land of Paul Klkendall, and lot of Charles
A. Becker, on tho east by lot of Sarah Heeler, on
the south by Canal street and on the west by lot of
Urs John M, bnyder, the same being one hundred
and forty-ehibt and a halt feet aloig Canal street
and Mrty-nlno and a half feet more or less In depui.
being southern end of lots number thlrty-nve, thirty
two and thlrty-slx as marked and numbered In gen
eral plan ot said borough, on which are erected a
large three story I ramo hotel, containing eleven bed
rooms and other lai ge rooms, to-witi Sitting room
parlor, dicing room, bar loom, tc a largo frame
stable, and frame shed, a well of good water on
the premise.
beued, taken In execution at Iho suit of X, Wer-
nctt ugatubt Philip Sponey with notice to Jane
aguer, ti I e u uai.t and to bo sold as the property
of Philip spont) w.thn tlco to Jano Wagner, terro
tenant.
Jackson, Attorney, Lev, Fa.
Terms ea&h on day of sale,
JOHN W. HOFFMAN,
sept, ss, is. Sheriff,
E
XECUTOU'S NOTICE.
istatk or aioKOt wuirsmauT, hiciasip.
Letters Testamentary on tho cstaui lI ileorge
Whltenlght, late of Hemlock twp., Columbia ct um v,
Pennsylvania, deceased, have been granted uv the
lteglsterof sld county to the uiidertlgned Exec
utor All persons havlnir claims aimtn.r. ti
estate of the decedent ate requested to present
them for settlement and those Indebted to the es
tate to make payment to the undersigned Exocetor
without delay.
, , 1UJAH JIOSTKLLER,
P. O. Buckhorn, Executor.
OCt, II, OW,' ' "CT.UIOT,
PUBLIC 8ALE HAND BILLS
Printed at this Office
ON SHORTEST NOTICE AND AT THE
MOST REASONABLE TERMS,
NEW AVDERTlSEMENTS.
ADMINISTRATORS' SALE
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE ! !
By virtue of nn alias order of the Orphans' Court
ot Columbia county, tho undersigned ndmlnlsirntor
of HlriMn Lunger, deceased, will expose to publlo
sale on tho premises la Sugnrtoat township, Colum
bia county, Ta., on
Saturday, October 25tli, 1879,
nt ten o'clock In the forenoon, the undivided one
half Interest In certain real cstnto Bltuato In Sugar
loaf township in said county, bounded and described
as follows! Beginning at a v.hllo onk, corner of
Hesters' land, thence by other land of Joshua Brink
north wi degrees west 1UW perches to a post, thence
by said land north S3 degrees, west 53 perches to a
chestnut tree, theneo north co degrees west "0
perches to a post, thenco by land of Montgomery
Cole south ?1 degrees west 81 perches to a post)
thence by land ot Bald Joshua Brink south 43V de
grees, east 41 perches to a post, thence by said land
south 94 degrees, west 39 perchrs to a post, thctieo
by satd land south 43 V degrees, east si perches to a
post by a public rond, theneo south 7n degrees cast
03 ,v perches to a post, theneo by land of tho estate
of William McKolvy torth tu degrees east, EJ
perches to tho place ot beginning, containing
85 Acres, and G5 Perches,
on which Is erected a
FRAME DWELLING HOUSE,
barn, nnd out-bulldlngs, good orchard and good
water,
TERMS OF SALE. Ten per cent, of tho one-fourth
of Ihe pu-ehase money lo bo paid at tho sinking
down of the property, the one-fourth less the ten
per cent, nt Iho confirmation of Balonnd the remain
Ing three-fourths In ono year thereafter with Inter
est from continuation nisi.
A.J. HESS.
Administrator.
October 3, ',9-ts Central P. O.
FXJJaiJTCi SALE
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE !
Tho undersigned Executors of Jacob Leiby late ot
Montour township, Columbia county, Pennsylvania,
deceased, will cxposo to public sale at the late resi
dence of said Jacob Lelby, situate along tlie publlo
road leading from Bloomsburg to Danville, on
Tuesday, October 21st, 1879,
beginning at 10 o'clock In I he forenoon, the following
described valuable real estate, viz:
All that certain messuage and tract of land situate
,u ..milium ivnusiii, coiumoia county, Pennsylva
nia, bounded and ilesrrlhnil n. fnllnu-o ia.d,i.
nlng ata Btono corner In lino of land of M. s. Apple
man and running thenco by lands ot Bald M. 8. Ap-
pieman nnu David .Mauser south seventy-two nd a
mm uegrces west, ono nunured nnd mty and three
tenth nerches ti hlnnp In ltnn nr l.nrf t w.n i.
Mauser, thence by land ot said Wm. P. Mauser!
SOUth elffhteen iWrppn mf r,nn ...I
tenth perches to a corncrof land of William Lazarus
theneo by land of said Wm, La7arus north elghty
ono and three-eighth degrees. cast lltty-two nnd
eight-tenth perches to a stone, thence by same south
thirty-three nnd thrne-fnnrih 1rrrr,iriu etaat tan n.l
four-tcuth perches to a H'one, thenco by same south
bi.v mm iun.'e-quncr uegrees east twenty -six perch
eB to a Stone In ttnn nf Innil nf tiiHn i.'...
thenco by land of said Philip Krumin, Levi Thomas
and Polly Lynn (north eighty and one-quarter de
grees east ntty-slx perches to a Btono corner of land
ui .iwiuiuu u.-iuy, mence oy lands of said Jackson
Lelby and other land of the estate of said Jacob
Lelby. doe'd. north two And a mtfirtj.,. nnmMd u.nc
ono hundred and llfty-seven and four-tenth perches
iu me piace oi beginning, containing
105 ACRES,
snd fifty-four perches, less tlirce acres and sixty,
four perches, belonging to tho PhUadelnhla Head.
ing Railroad Company whose road runs through sold
farm, leaving one hundred nnd ono acres and one
hundred and fifty perches of land neat measure, on
tvuicu is a
GOOD HOUSE,
barn and out-bulldlngs, a good orchard, irood SDrlnir
and a well of water at tho barn, and the land Is In a
gooostauior cultivation and convenient to good
inaikcis.
ALSO, ono other messuage and tract cf land Mtu-
ate in township, county and Btate aforesaid, bound.
ed and described as follows, to-wlt: Beginning at a
stono corner In Une of land of M. s. Appleman and
running thenco by other land of tho estate ot said
Jacob Leiby, deceased, south two and one-quarter
degrees east, one hundred and twenty-three and
six-tenth perches to a stone, corner of land ot lock
son Lelby, thenco by lands of said Jackson Lelby
aim iiuam r. ana uuvia Mauser north eighty and
one-quarter degree 8 east one hundred and fourteen
perches to a white oak, corner ot land of M. S. Ap
pleman, thence by land of said M. s. Appleman
north seventeen and a half degrees west one hun
dred and thlrty-four and six-tenth perches to a btono
In a public road leading from Bloomsburg to Dan
vhle and thence by land of M. s. Appleman south
seventy-two and a half degrees west elrhty nnd
iour-ientn perches to the place of beginning, con
tain Ing
7"? ACRES,
and slxty-slx perches, less two acres sad twenty-nvc
perchts belonging to tho Philadelphia & Heading
Itallroad Company, whose road runs through said
farm, leaving seventy-hie acres and forty-one
perches of land neat measure. Said land Is In a good
suite or cultivation and convenient to good markets,
thera are ou tuo premises a
GOOD HOUSE, BARN.& OUr-llUILDINGS
good spring, well of water at tho barn and a good
orchard.
ALSO, All that certain messuage and lot of ground
situate in tne townsmp, county and state aforesaid,
bounded and described as follows, to-wlt: Beginning
at a stone In the publlo road leading rrom Blooms
burg to Danville, nnd running thenco alone line of
land of Jeremiah Usurer north nineteen and a hair
degrees west un perches to a stone In lino of land
ot Uenry Lazarus, thence' by land ot said Henry
Lazarus north eighty-one and a half degrees cast
cmwpeicheston stone In lino of land of WllUam
r. Mauser, thence by land ot said William P. Maus
er south, nineteen and one-quarter degrees east
ten perches to a stone In aforesaid publlo road and
thence by said road south eighty-one and a half
degrees west eight perches to tho place of begin
nlng, containing
78 and SIX-TENTH SQVA5E PEECHES
of land, on which ore a dwelling house, blacksmith
snop, stable and out-bulldlngs.
ALSO, All that certain tract of woodland situate
In the township, county and state aforesaid, bound
ed and described as follows, to-wlt: beginning at a
stone In line of land of Phuip .Foust, and running
thence by laud of Ent & Broikway norih sixteen
and ouo-uarter degrees west eighteen and Ilve-
tentu percnes to a chestnut oak, thence by land of
Michael steckroth north twcnti-two and a half
d grees west twenty-three and tight tenth Derches
loachestuutojk, thence by tho fume and land of
Peter Helinbach north fltty-seven and three-quarter
degrees east, fllty-three and eight-tenth perches to
a po t, thenco by lands of said Peter llelmbach and
rniup roust south ten aud three-o larter deirrees
east, ntty-nlne and boven-tenth perches to stones
thenco by land of sold Phll.p Foust south elghty-two
and a halt degrees west, twcnty.three and two-
tentn perches to a post by the slda of a. public road
and thence by the same bouth teventy-three and a
quarter aegrees west nineteen nnd three-tenth
iwrcnes to the place of beginning, containing
14 ACRES.
and thlrty-slx i-rehcs, neat measure.
Tsims oi-Su-b Ten per cent, of tho purchase
money n bu paid at Iho striking down of the nron-
erty, one-fourth less the ten per cent, on the tirst
uiy or April isi, when possession Is to be given,
and the rcnuUiIni three-fourths In two equal an
nual payments with Interest from the iirt day ot
April lto, payable annually.
JO,iWftlv;EIl'utors.
Miixm UAitKLsr, Attorneys.
octo 3, 79-ts
A
DMINISTRATOU'8 NOTICE
KSTATB OF MAHOAHST 11. BMITII. BtCIASID.
Letters of Administration on Ihe eBlaloof Margaret
It. Mmllh, late of Mudmon twp., Columbia co inti
deceabed. have bceu erantrd liv f h Dn,
county to undersigned Administrators. All persons
having claims against the estate are requested to
E resent them fur settlement and those Indebted
j make prompt payment.
H.J. SMITH,
sept So, Ow. Administrators.
A
UDITOK'8 NOTICE.
KSTATB OF JOHN BOVIK, IHCXASSU.
The undeiblL'tie-l uudl'or anuolnti-ti hitt.arv......
pf Columbia Co., to make distribution of' the money
In till, ll!knrirr tlm Afllll.lutrntnru . "
the names enlllliilili.-r.tn. win irn,i ,7. ...7. T..!'
ties ol his appointment at his omce In llloomsburif
on Monday .Noieinoer 3, H7, at lo o'clock X , V I it
which time and pljee all parlies Interested ruibt bd
liear, pen o it ami prove their claims or bo debarred
irom abhaio ot.a'd fund. '
U. HUNK ZAHH,
Oct.3ta. Aullu''
jDMINIBTItATOK'S NOTICE.
KSTATIOrUIOHUI HUBH'lCE, PECIASID,
tiiuftS i?Tj , . f?!u!'K?" ")? estate of George
...u-.-.n, .' v iiujumauuiL-, WUIUmUia CO.. Oat.
ceoBid, have boon granted by the Keglster of snw
county to the underslgued A'dmimbtratorfto whom
a 1 persons Indebted are requested to make ImmS
Ig-olnS'uheT
mlrilstraterwlihoutri.iiiv " uw Aa
uaviu ivowimUKRO,
a, i 19 nu. Administrator.
Eept, li, "f-w Bloomsburg
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
If it 5r not convenient for you to
PLES of whatever you may
DISTRIBUTING CENTRE, nt Eighth and Markcf
Streets, Philadelphia.
The Largest Retail
in tho State of Pennsylvania
among consumers at the smallest possible advanco on manu
facturers' prices
Consumers of all descriptions
81LK-), DUESS GOOIXS, BLACK GOODS, JIOSIEHY AND UNDEIl WEAlt
LIN'EN' OOOD.S, llliANKElS, FLANNELS, MUSLIK.H, LAUlEa' SUlTa?
shawls, cloaks, etc , etc., should not fail to avail of tho advan
tages assured to all who deal with
STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER.
Eighth and Market Sts.,
PHILADELPHIA.
Look out
ANNOUNCEMENT
Oct. 17, .-ly
order
business
when
article wanted,
aaaaVaWarVararjaWaaaaM-
BBBKtXMXftTm WJ JBT m M ZJBXftBBl .A. VXftKT
as other customers pay when here buvina in
person. When
take them baalc.
clerks, who are able to
are enabled to nlve
customers who leapt tha tluiica
Erf
twenty years at retailing, wa cannot afford to lose our jjood
name by laok of proper service to absent customers. Write
plainly, and describe fully what is wanted, and about tho
price desired.,.
Address,
John Wanamaker,
Larflest'.Dry Goods House,
Philadelphia.
itiMwmiiiiJiimiiiillilillliH
A
UDITOR'S NOTICE.
IN TUX UATTSS OP THE BALI Or!
1MB mil. KBTATK or TUK MA
SONIC ASSOCIATION OK CATA
WI8SA, SOLD JULY 7, J8T9, BV
TUB BUKMFPt
I Court of Common
Pleas of Columbia co.
Freeze, Miller aud'liu'ekalew Attorneys for credUora
Anil nmv u.nt . ,u-a .... ...... ..
court. ' ' i MK ,, ,r
polounent, will attend to lliu duties thereof at his
vember next at ten a clock A. M., when unit where
H.. U1WIM1W mi, jiresi-ui meir claims or be
debarred from coming in un said funds.
SiMUKL KNOlllt,
. . Auditor.
Oct, J T-ta.
call in person, ecmrfor SAM
need in DRY GOODS, to tho
Stock of Dl'y Goods
is thero shown nnd distributed
of DRY GOODS I-
for their
HHIIIHHUMWIIIM
Out or town
pooplo who can
not conveniently
travel, mnyhnve sam
ples sent them of Dry
Goods nnd all other noods
that wa sell, ir they -will wrlto
us. No charge, and no need to
If not suited. We make It a
to attend to suoh letters quickly;
orders come wo send the exact
and at exactly amA -nrln
noods are not as ordered. -we
Havlnrr trained and MbnAn.liiU
use discretion In filling orders,
cireat satisfaction m th
to ut. with i,i.nn f
UDITOtt'3 NOTICE.
ESTATK Or JAMS TUOBNTON, DKCIASED, I. I', LCT
KXICCTOK,
Account confirmed Septembers, 1S19. Mr. Frcezo
moves the court to appoint an Auditor to distribute
the funds In the hands of the lfxecuior to and among
parties entitled thereto, whereupon Charles U,
llarUey Isappolnted. liyTHK COUIIT.
The AuQtor In pursuance of the foregoing ap
pointment, will attend to the duties thereof at his
oOlce la Illoomsburg on Wednesday thu & day of o
i ember next at ten o'clock A. M., when and where
all parties Interested will present their claims or be
debarred from coming in on a Bid funds.
0. 0, 11AHKLEY,
Auditor,
OM., 19-ta.
V l .