THE COLOMBIAN. 0. E. Elwall, ) J. K.Bitt6nbair.,r E4Uc"' BLOOMSBUKG, PA, FRIDAY, AUGUST a, 1883. Robert B. Death of PlillaJolpliin.hns been elected Cotntrmtmcr-in-Ohiof of tho Grand Army of tho Republic. Francis Murphy, tho tcrapcranco worker, will return to his homo in Pitts Imrir in Septcmbor. Ho is well satisfied with his visit to Scotland. Govornor Paulson's sixty vetoes havo saved to tho stato SlGO.OOO. This is moro than enough to pay tho expenses to tho oxtra session forced bv the re fusal of tho stalwarts to voto for fair apportionment bills. Dr. Mary Walker has been discharc ed from tho Pension oftico at Washing ton, and is making it lively for tho clerks, during tuo absence of commis- sioner Dudley. Sho believes they nro responsiblo for her dismissal, and docs not hcsitato to tell them so. Thirty-six Italian bootblacks woro arrested reocntly at Atlantic City under ino provisions ot a spocial law passed by tho New Jersov Legislature, enact ing that no child or children, under tho ago ot eighteen years, shall bo allowed to black boots, solicit aid, play musical instruments or become a mendicant, etc Thcsoboys, who3o ages range from fivo to seventeen years, pay a liccnso of so each to tho city. They wero discharged with tho understanding that thoy will ceaso their occupations. That city is filled with Italians, both old aud young, all under tho control of "padrones," who compel them to bring in daily a stipulated sum ot monoy or receive sovcro punisumont. .Thero aro twenty lodged in n singlo room at one of tueir lodging houses. A London dispatch tells of a terri bio loss of lifo from an earthquake in Italy. It says : Tho town of Casamio- ciola, on Ischia, near Naples, was al most entirely destroyed by an earth quako last Sunday mailt. Tho neigh boring towns of Forio and Lacceauieno wcro greatly damaged. It is lnipossi ble, as yet, to give tho number of the dead. In tho latest accounts tho num ber is ostimated at 3000. Tho Hotel Piccola Scntinella sank in tins earth and buried many of its inmates. Somo ot tho inhabitants of tho town escaped to tho sea at tho lirst shock and made their way to Naples with tho news of tho calamity. The centre of tho area of tho shook was tho same as that of two years ago, but tho radius was wider. Tho shock was felt at sea, and, accord ing to somo accounts, even at Naples. Charles Parrish of Wilkes Barro, who has been operating tho mines of tho Lohigh and WUkesbarro Coal Com pany under contract, has given notico of his intention to quit. Tho follow ing notico was tacked up on the of lico doors of tho different collieries of tho Lehigh & Wilkes -Barro Coal Com pany luesuay afternoon. Wilkks-Bakuk, July 31, 1883. To tho men of the Lehigh & Wil- Kcs-iiarro Uoal Company : Juy con nection with tho company ceases to morrow. I cannot leavo you without a few words of farowcll. You havo my earnest wishes for your prosperity and nappiness. I uopo your relations with your employers in tho future may be as pleasant as thoy have been with ino during the past twenty years. I shall always havo tho kindest recollec tions of our associations aud hopo I may bo always ablo to call myself your friend. ClUItl.KS Pakiusii. The Candidates. CA1TAIN ItOUKltT TAGOAUT, OF WAKItKN, FOlt AUIHTOR GENEItAL' Captain Robert Taggart, tho demo cratic candidate for auditor general, was born in Pittsburg, May, 1830. Ho received his education in tho public scnoois ot mat city and served an an prenticeship at patlorn making. At tho close of his apprenticeship Mr. Taggart connected himself with tho Pittsburg Commercial Journal but left that paper to take charge of a ! & t , T . ..... nigm scnooi. no taugtit nut ono term giving it up to enter the army as a pri vate in company C, Ninth regiment, Pennsylvania'resorves, in 1861. Dur ing tho three years' servico ho was pro moted to the captaincy of his company uiiu piiruuipmuu in an me Dailies in which his regiment was engaged. I Can tain Taggart was breveted raaior of tho regiment when that body was mus tered out ot service m May, 1801. At tho closo of his military career Captain Taggart returned homo and from tlicro went to tho oil country, taking ven tures in oil fields of Vonango and War ren counties, and ho has for tho past fifteen years been an oil producer. Can- tain Taggart settled in Tideoute, War- ren county, and has always labored in tho interest ot tho oil mon. HON. JOSEPH 1'OtVEI.l,, TItEASUItKIt. Hon. Joseph Powell, tho democratic nominee for stato treasurer, is a native also of the Keystone stato, and was born at lowandn, lirailtord county, Juno 23, 1828. Ho received tho ad vantage of an academic education, after wards entering intomercantilo pursuits, which he has followed all his life. Ho started out on his own account in 1852. In 1870 ho was elected president of tho First National bank of Towanda, a position ho still holds. Mr. Powell is part owner in thoShroeder bitumonious initics near lowatula and treasurer of tho company. Ho never held any pub lio position until chosen a representative to congress lrom tho strong republican district of Bradford, Susquehanna, Way no aud Wyoming counties, a dis trict that has been represented by tho lion. Oralusha A. urow and tho Hon Ulysses Merour, now a justico of tho stato supremo court. IIo was a strong supporter of Lincoln's administration, but cast his hrst democratic voto lor Horaco Greely in 1872. Ho was elect ed as a democrat to tho Forty-fourth congress in 1874 over Bartholomew Lal'orto, having 1U1 majority in a dis trict that is republican by -1,500 serv ing from December 0, 1875, to March 8, 1877. Ho was beaten by only afow hundred for ro clcction in tho exciting presidential year of 1870, by Kdward Overton, jr. Tho number of deaths from Cholera in Egypt ii on tho decline; there nro now an nverngo of about 250 deaths per day. Tho Custom IIouso authori ties continuo to givo clean bills of health to vessels leaving London. Tho in spection ordorod by the American Con milutu so far has shown no case of chol era or contagious disease on vessels sailing for America. Democratio State Convention. Tho work of the convention on Wed nesday was well performed, resulting in tho nomination of Capt. Robert Tag gart of Warren county for auditor gen eral, nnd lion. Joseph J'owcll of mad ford county for stato treasurer. Rob ert K James, Esq., of Northampton presided over tho bod v. and mado a ringing spcoch on taking tho chair. Addresses wcro niso mndo ny senator Gordon, Chairman Hcnsel, and others. Soventy-nlne Judges. Tho judicial apportionment bill is not perfect, but it is an improvement on tho net uudcr which tho judges wcro formerly elected. Tho bill originally passed by tho house and tvuiuu wns rujcciuu uy uiu suiiiuu was u better mcasuro, but as that bill could not pass tho scnato wo aro fain to ac cept that which has been given us in stead. Tho Philadelphia Times, in its aux- iety to help its pet candidnto Nilcs and to bring odium upon tho democratic party, in criticising this bill makes declaration which nro wido of tho truth. For Instance It declares that "two years ago Govornor Hovt vetoed a similar bill, mainly becauso it increas ed the number of judges. Tho present bill ndds six additional judges to tho already excessivo number." Now it is not true that Governor Hoyt vetoed a similar bill. Thcro was no special similarity between tho bill which met tho disapprobation of Gov ernor Hoyt nnd that which has just passed the legislature. Tho present bill docs not increase tho number of judges at all. It reduces it from eigh ty to soventy-nino. The bill fctoed by Governor Hoyt increased tho number to eighty-six. It is truo that temporarily there will be an increase, but when the terms of tho judges now in oflioo whoso districts havo been changed or abolished shal have expired but soventy-nine judges will remain. Tho bill is tliereforo a better one thnn tho net which it su Iicrscdes becauso it decreases tho nutn or of judges. Patriot. Judiciary Apportionment- Tho Senato on Monday night passed tho Judiciary Apportionment by adopt ing the report of tho committee of con ference. Following is tho arrangement of districts : First, Philadelphia, twelve Common Pleas and three Orphans' Court Judges; Second, Lancaster, two Judges ; Third Northampton ono Judge ; Fourth, Tioga, ono Judgo ; Fifth, Allegheny, six Common Pleas and two Orphans' Court Judges ; Sixth, Eric, ono Judge ; Seventh, Bucks, ono Judgo ; Eighth, JNorthumbcrlnnd, ono Judge; .Ninth, Cumberland, one Judgo ; Tenth, West moreland, ono Judgo ; Eloventh, Lu zerne, two Common fleas and ono Or phans' Court Judgo ; Twelfth, Dau phiu (Lebanon attached), two Judges ; Thirteenth, Bradford, ono Judgo ; Fourteenth, Fayette, (Green attached), ono Judge ; Fifteenth, Chester, ono Judgo ; Sixteenth, Bedford and Som- crest, ono Judge ; beveuteenth, Ulanon (Jefferson attached), one Judge ; Eigh teenth, York, two Judges ; Nineteenth, Union, Snyder and Mifllin, ono Judge ; Twentieth, Schuylkill, two Judges ; iwcntn nrst, wayno and 1'ike, one Judge ; Twenty-second, Berks, two Common Pleas and one Orphans' Court Judge ; 1 weuty-tlnrd, lilair, ono Judge, Twenth-fourth, Clinton, Cameron and iUk, ono Judge ; Twenth-fifth, Colum bia and Mcutour, ono Judgo ; Twenty sixth, Washington, ono Judgo ; Twen ty-seventh, Venango, ono Judge : Tweuty-eighth, Lycoming, ono Judgo ; Twentv-ninth, Crawford, one Judgo ; ni.:.i:ti. t .i,:.i. t..j mi.!:.. xuiiki-utii, .-u-ciujju, uuu ij uugu , aiurby first, Delaware, ono Judgo ; Thirty- second, Armstrong, one Judge ; Thirty nurd, ousquenanna, ono J udgo ; Thirty fourth, Mercer, ono Judge ; Thirty-fifth iseavcr, one Judge; Thirty-sixth, War ren, and Forest, ono Judgo : Thirty- 8Cvciith,Montgoraery, ono Judgo ; Thirty-eighth, Franklin, ono Judgo ; Thirty-ninth, Indiana, ono Judgo; Fortieth Juniata and Perry, ono Judge ; Forty- nrst, Adams and i ulton, ono Judgo; Forty-second, Carbon and Monroe, one Judgo ; Forty-third, Wyoming and Sullivan, ono Judgo; 1 orty-fourth, Laokawanna, two Judges ; Fortv-fifth Clearfield, ono Judgo ; Forty-sixth, cam una, ono Judge ; v orty-soventh, McKean (Potter attached), ono Judge ; Forty-eighth, Butler (Lawrenco attach ed), ono Judgo ; and tho additional law Judgo of tho Seventeenth district, as constituted under the act of 1871 and now residing in Butler county, shall be tno rresident Judgo until tho expira tion of his commission; Forty-ninth, Centro and Huntingdon, ono Judge, and tho additional Law Judgo of tho Twenty-fifth judicial district, as consti tuted under the act of 1874 and now residing iu Centro county, shall bo tho tj.,:.i.. t..j .i ., x ivaiuuui. uuugu niuieui tiutii me ex piration ot his commission. The bill provides that in all cases whero a county is or shall bo attached to an adjoining district tho qualified voters of such county shall bo entitled to voto tor rresident Judge. The Informer Carey Shot. London. Julv 30. It was announced in Parliament this CTcning that James Caroy, tho Phrenix Park informer, had been shot at Port Elizabeth, Africa, yesterday. Tho ru- mors umt no nas been hiding in Mont real aro thus disposed of. The repot t of tho shooting of Carey caused intense oxcitenient in tho west end of Londou and in tho Houso of Commons. According to tho nows received hero Carey was shot by a man named O'Don nell, while landing from a steamer at Port Elizabeth. Caroy sailed on Messrs. Donald, Currio & Co.'s mail steamship Kigfautm Castle, which left Dartmouth on tho 0th instant for Capo Town. O'Donnoll took passago on tho samo steamship. At Capo Town she trans ferred her passengers who wcro de stined to Port Elizaboth, Natal, and other coast ports to tho steamship Mel rose O'Don nelly followed Caroy up on thoMclroso and as ho was leaving tho vessel shot him. O'Donnellv is in custody. Tho government has taken special aud oxpensivo measures to pro tect Caroy. Tho joy cauced in Ireland by tho informer's deatli is proof that nianv elements of danger will exist thero. 1 hreo class berths on tho steamer Kin. fauns CaBtlo were secured on Juno 30 at tho Dublin office of Messrs, Donald, Currio & Co., for Port Elizabeth for a "Mr. Power and his wifo and soven children," which it is well known, was tho exact number of James Careys family. On July 2 O'Donnell secured passago for himself and wifo on the samo steamer. Messrs. Donald, Currio A Co., wero not aware until tho shoot ing of tho identity of "Power" with "James Carey." Carey died without speaking after ho wns shot. O'Don nell is an Irish-Ainuricnn, Ho denies that ho know who Cuoy was previous to his arrival at Capo Town. It is re ported that an infernal machino was found in O'Donuell's possession. THE COLUMBIAN AND Montgomery Blair Dead. Hon. Montgomery Blnir died nl his residence nt Silvor Springs near Wash ington, I). O. on tho morning of July 27th, after n long illness. Ho was tho son of thb late Francis Preston Blnir, in his day n famous Wnshlnglou journalist and politician) nnd n brother of tho Into General Francis P. Blair, jr., soldier and politician. The Blairs wcro nil slnyo owners, nnd yet for four genera tlons they wero nnti slavery in principle. Thoy nlways taught their slaves to read and write, and novcr sold them. Somo of tho former slnvcs wero working for Montgomery Blnir, on monthly wages, up to the timo of his death. Mont gomery Blnir was born in Franklin county, Kentucky, on May 10, 1813. He graduated iu 1835 at tho military academy at West Poiut, stnndiug eigh toon in a class of fifty-six, and ranking immediately abovo tho lato General Meade. Tho only milltaiy Borvieo ho over saw was in tho Seminole war as a brevet second lieutenant of artillery, and on May 20, 1830, ho resigned from the army. IIo then studied law, and was admitted to tho bar in St. Louis, where ho resided up to his removal to Maryland in 1852. Llko his father and brother, ho was a democrat in those dnys, and in 1830 ho was appointed United States district attorney for Mis souri. In 1812 ho became mayor of St; Louis, and from 1843 to 1850 was a judgo of the court of common pleas. In 1852, when ho removed his rcsidenco to Maryland, ho was appointed solicitor of the United States in the court of claims. On the repeal of tho Missouri compromise ho joined tho republican party, nnd was subsequently removed from oflico by President Ruchanan. In 1800 Mr. Blair presided over the re publican stato convention of Maryland, and after tho election of Mr. Lincoln to the presidency he was selected to represent Maryland iu tho cabinet as postmaster-general. IIo resigned some time afterward and parted company with the republican party. He figured very conspicuously in tho democratio party up to 1880. Up to his death ho was a democrat. In personal appear ance Montgomery Blair was tall and thin. His head was largo abovo the ears, his faco thin nnd closely shaven, and his hair, light as to quality, some what sandy. He dressed plainly, was affable in manner, and free from affec tation, despite tho domestic inclinations of his latter years. His family at tho time of his death consisted of his wifo (a daughter of Judgo Levi Woodbury, of New Hampshire) and four children, thrco sons and an unmarried daughter. The eldest son, Woodbury, is a lawyer and a great favorito in society, and the younger sons aro law students. Besides these, ho loaves surviving him a sister who is the wife of Admiral Lee. Capt. Webb's Body Pound. 1'ICKKD UP IN THE RlVK.lt 1IEI.OW LEWIS TON A FATAL OASII IN Till: HEAD. A dispatch from Buflalo, N. Y. dated July 29, says: All speculation as to the Moot Captain Matthow Webb, the courageous swimmer who tried to pass through the Niagara whirlpool, is now at rest, tho body of the unfortunate man having been found at noon yester day in the Niagara liver, a milo and a half below Lewiston. Richard W. Turner, a mason, residing at"oungs- town, was rowing in a small boat searching for driftwood. When iu a small eddy near tho shore between Apro's and Grady's landings, he discov ered the bloated body of a man float ing in the water. Tho tattered red trunks convinced him that it was the corpse of Capain Webb, and he went back to Lewiston for help. Getting as sistance ho returned to tho spot and towed tho body to tho dock. It was thero fully identified. Tho corpse was much swollen and was rigid in tho posi tion of a man swimming, both arms and legs being extended. There wero no fractures or dislosations of tho limbs, but on the top of tho head was a con tusion which was tho ovident cause of death. The scalp was gashed as thougl: tho captain in diving had struck against a rock. Thero wero gashes on his right shoulder, on tho left hip and over tho right eye, and soveral bruises. Coroner Eiscnhoimer, of Suspension Bridge, was notified and went to tho scono with a jury. Manager Kyle was telegraphed to at Boston. After being viewed by tho jury tho remains wero placed in tho vault at Oak wood cemetery. Dr. E. W. Smith, of Lewiston, and Dr. G. W. Clark, of Niagara Falls, will malre a post-mortem examination of tho re mains. In conversation nearly all tho physicians present agreed that tho blow on the head had caused instantaneous death, and the opinion prevailed that tho injury had been received in the rapids beforo tho captain had reached the whirlpool. Theic are largo crowds in Lewiston, an excursion tram having brought in a load. Much excitement prevails, and much sympathy is express ed for tho wife of Webb. Tho rowaid of 100 offecrd by Manager Kyle will bo paid to Turner, who found tho body. The Sorrows of Clergymen's Widows. Recent discussions as to the scarcity of ministers havo led to tho wholesomo exchango of opinion as to tho causes of tho alleged scarcity. A shrewed ob server of ministerial affairs throws light on the subject by exposing the scanti ness of tho provision mado for tho clergy in old ago and when disabled by shattered health. It is commonly supposed by thoso who aro not well in. formed that aged ministers and minis ter's widows nro provided for by funds set apart for tho purpose by each of tho denominations. There are, indeed, such funds, but they nro so meagre as to reduce their beneficiaries almost to starvation point. Tho caso is given of a widow whoso husband had served tho Church, faithfully for forty years. Tho good man had, for a long timo before his death, been an invalid, and his ill ness had eaten up all tho slender sav ings of his lifo, including his little homo. After his death the widow ap. plied to tho "Board for pecuniery aid. Sho received in tho courso of a year 250. Out of this she had to pay her husband's funeral expenses and to live. A crippled son added to her expenses, without being nblo to nfl'ord any assis tance. At tunes slio had been without fuel, and almost without food. But for the kindness of neighbors this ex cellent woman would havo starved. Her experience is calculated to quench rather than to stimulate tho desire in the minds of thoughtful young men to enter tho ministry. No man wants to devoto himself to a life of possible pov erty with tho distinct knowledgo that mono whom no lias served will let his widow and orphans go hnngrv and half-clad. Of lato years altontion has been given to making proper provision for tho disabled and tho widowed. But tho churches nro not yet half awako to tho importance of the mutter, and com paratively little has been done. A lib eral provision, if over made, will work a radical change J'rtss. DEMOCRAT, BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA. Tho Platform. AN EXCELLENT ONE FOR TUB DEMOCRACY TO PRESENT TO THE PEOPLE. The following is tho platform which was lioaulmously adopted : Tho democracy of l'cnnsylvynla, truo to tho fun damental faltli ot their party, reassert their to ilet Inn strict construction ami rigid enforcement of tho federal constitution j they uphold tho sanc tity of personal liberty, tlio security of private property and tho lights of local self-government j they believe In that genulno and deep reaching civil ;sen Ice reform which consists In tho election to office of honest, Intelligent, capablo nnd coura geous public servants, who will faithfully admin ister their trust nnd who will bo held to strict accountability for such a dlachargo of it, nnd who will redeem and purge tho department of tho gen eral government from that corruption and fraud with which they havo been permeated under re publican rule, and which that party has shown Itself unable and unwllllng;to eradicate j they bo llevo in such taxation of tho peopto as is requlslto for tho necessities of tho government economically administered, nnd that import duties should bo so adjusted In their application as to prevent un equal burdens, encourngo productive Industries at homo and afford Just compensation to labor, butnot to crcato .or foster monopolies; they denounce tho proposition of the republican purty that tho poo plo should bo taxed to ralso a surplus fund for the federal government to distribute among tho states j the people should only bo taxed so much M Is absolutely IndUpensablo for tho frugal con. duct of their nltalrs-not ono cent forsurplua and no unnecessary taxation. Tho existing surplus In tho treasury should bo faithfully applied to tho payment of tho public debt. The money not need, ed for tlio expenso of tho government should re main In tho pockets ot the people. To this end we favor tho entire abolition of the present system of internal taxation as n mcasuro of relief demanded by tho pcoplo from an unnecessary and unequal burden ; they demand that tho government should redeem all Its express and implied obUgations ns to tho coinage ; that It shall maintain nnd defend tho dignity of American labor nnd the rights of American citizens nt home and abroad ; they in sist on resen lng tho publlo lands for actual set tlersnot another aero for corporations ; nnd they further declare, that 1. Tho administration ot Governor l'attlson has vindicated the pledges of reform upon which it was elected; and his upright, lutclllgcnt nnd courageous cxerclso ottho cxecutlvo power dc sorvs tho unqualined npprobatlon ot his party nnd of tho people of the commonwealth. 8. Tho economies enforced by tho democratio houso of representatives nnd In tho departments of state government which havo passed under demo cratic control, and tho nbolltlon of useless onicers that were n burden to tho people, give ussuranco that the extension ot that control to other depart, ments ot the stato government will be accompanl ed by real reforms of the extravaganco nnd Irregu larities which have prevailed under tho republican administration. 3. Public moneys are for publlo uses ; nnd all appropriations should bo tho subjects of rigid scrutiny, to the end that these uses may be served without personal or local favoritism waste or pecu latlon. 4. Tho long continued abuses and spoliation of tho state treasury, and tho denanceof law by Its management raako essential n radical reform, bo that large funds shall not bo accumulated by tax. atlon of tho people, to bo distributed among tho favored depositories of stato officials, but that nil surplus In excess of tho lmmedlato necessities of the btatc government shall bo Invested In Interest bearing state or federal securities until It may bo applied to tho extinguishment ot tho stato debt. THE UOVKKNOH'ENDOllSEP. 5. Tho demand ot the democratic senators and representatives for an honest, Just and truo appor tionment, is in nccord with the letter nnd spirit of tho constitution, and with tho rights and Interests of overy section, nnd of nil tho peopto of tho state. The shameless determination of tho republicans of tuo legislature to maintain the present dishonest unjust and untrue apportionment ottho state by their refusal to nccedo to any falrproposltlon, Is n denial to tho people of their rtght to fair and equal representation, which Is the foundation of free government. Wo commend tho governor for con venlng tho extra session to enforco the obcdlenco to the law. Wo counsel the democratic members of tho legislature to continuo to Insist upon that obedience. Tho cost in money is not to be weighed against the cost of n broken constitution, Molatcd duty nnd tho denial ot tho rights of tho people. 0. The long continued Immunity from punishment for political and other crimes which offenders en Joy under republican control of tho pardon board has been terminated by tho selection to that body of democrnts, iwho havo regard for their oaths and duties, nnd who cxerclso their responsible of lice without fear, favor or affection. 7. The 16th nnd 17th articles ot tho state const! tutlon, regulating prlvato corporations, railroads and canals, are tho supreme law of tho common wealth governing them, nnd theso provisions of tho law should bo enforced In their full vigor and meaning by appropriate legislation. Extortions and fraudulent discriminations are crimes nnd should be punished ns such . LAWS FOR THE WOKKINOUEN. S. That tho action ot tho legislature In passing laws to protect honest worklngmen from being brought Into competition with convict laborers Is to bo recommended, and tho democratic house ot representatives is deserving ot especial approval for originating the measures looking to that end. . Every legitimate effort of labor to better Its condition, enhance Its reward nnd protect Its rights, commands tho sympathy nnd support of tho democratic party, which Is tho natural foe of monopoly, and tho natural friend ot tho working. man. The present unprecedented and unsatisfact ory condition of the relations of labor and capital demands tho careful thought of legislators. Duo regard should bo had to tho vested rights of capl tal and the claims ot prlvato enterprise. Legal arbitration Is a proper aud commendable means of settling disputes between employers and employes. 10. Tho tax laws ot the state should be carefully revised nnd so changed ns to make them moro equal and moro Just, and bear equally upon nil classes or property. Itesoltva, That tho rules of tho party bo so amended as -jo tlx tho timo of the annual meeting ot llic state committee at 4 p. m. on tho Wednes day after tho third .Monday of January, Instead of tho third Monday ns now provided. ITEMS. A Fall River company has an ordi r tor u,uuu spindles tor China. Thero were 190 failures during tho ween in mis country and Canada, against ioh tho week belore. Senor Barca, Spanish minister to United States, committed suicide by shooting himself Sunday morning at iiioemaio uoiei, JNew l ork city. On last Thursday afternoon tho train carrying President Arthur from Somerville, N. J. to Jereey City ran 3. miles in less than forty minutes. Ono milo between Westfield and Crawford was mado in forty seconds. Seventy five rafts, containincr ma. 000 feet of lumber, wcro swept from their moorings at Hen's Island by a ircsnet in tho Allegheny river near Pittsburg, Sunday. Tho loss foots up $200,000. Tho members of tho Warren bar havo at last secured a law library for tho court houso. Taking advantago of tno war between uook publishers they recently purched over 200 volumnes at half the old rates. There are no longer any individual diggers for diamonds in bouth Africa. Conipnnies of capitalists have bought tho claims and not much is being dono oven by them owing to tho low prices tho stones now command. A rare caso is that of Androw Carn egie, of Pittsburg, head of tho largest iron manufacturing concern in this country. After accumulating n great fortune, lio has returned to his unlivo Scotland, ntid it is said will seek for election to parliament. A Hartford pajior says: Mr. Richard E. Rose has in his possession an inter esting relio of tho lato Gen. Tom Thumb in tho shape of a pair of boots worn by tho general when twonty-ono jears old. Tho bootB aro not over four and a half inches in length, mid Air, Hobo lias never found a child ablo to walk who can put them on, Samuel V. Prineu wants .i9.ri.000 fi-nm tho Pennsylvania railroad for running its Schuylkill Yalloy branch through iiauiy ilont offer lnfrnl proceedings iu both counties. A tourist train running from Niagara Falls to the Thousand Islands, catno in collision with a freight car which had been blown on tho "main track from a switch at Carlton, Oilcans county, New York on last Friday ovening. Nine teen persons were killed and a great number wero injured. General .Tubal Early flatly denies the truth of tho story that he picked up from tho field of Mnnassas n tiny blue eyed girl baby whoso parents had both been killed in trying to escapo from their houso during tho progress of tho fight, nnd tlmt this "waif of the battle, field" is now tho solo support of Gener al Early's two aged sisters, who cared for her and biought her up. Tho first victim under tho older of tho Postmaster General prohibiting Posltnaslers of the higher grades from being nbsent from their posts without leave is LytnnuM. Gates, of Kalamazoo, Mich. IIo was suspended last Satur day, to taku effect when his successor is appointed. During tho past year tho American Sunday School Union has organized iu various parts of tho United States 2, 2u2,now schools, with 10.U70 teachers and 82,749 scholars. It has aided 2, 087 other schools, distributed 5,910 Bibles and 13,089 Testaments. Niagara Falls is suffering Boverely from its reputation for extortion. The village looks squalid, tho hacktnen nro idle, and tourists shun the place. Never theless tho "tolls," making it impossi ble for tho visitor to inovo without pay ing from ten cents to half n dollar, are still maintained. Tho lougshoremeii, over 100 in number, at Erie, are on a strike for an advance of from twenty to twenty five cents-per hour. The demands of the monthly men, twenty cents per houi for over time, were acceded by tho Eiie and Western Transportation Coinpnnv. Somo excitement prevails, but the strikers are orderly. The steel mill was in full operation Monday at Bethlehem. The old mill will bu put in operation the latter part of tho week, and by Monday next nil the departments may bo working ami two will bo rebuilt. The conmanv uro- fesses to have plenty of men to do its work. Every day thero arc desertions from the ranks of the Amalgamated association, though its officers are mak ing strong eiloi ts to keep their men in tact and prevent a possiblo stampede. In tho English Westeyan church, the oflice of lay preachers is regarded with much more tavor than among tho Meth odists of this country. Many of our Methodists look on lay preachers as uort s, and possibly there may be in some quarters reasonable cause for this. But in England one out of every twenty- i-iiii. ,, Ksivytiti luL-iuuvJin is j. jay preacher. Many of these render active and eloquent service, and are in con stant demand. About ten o'clock Saturday morning tno ground at jncw cranberry, a small mining village, one mile from Hazleton, owned by A. Pardee & Co., began to settle. 1 ho vein underneath inclines at a pitch of about thirtv-five degrees and it is possiblo that the ground will . ?,-,, t . ( c. siiik io a. L-onsiuerauio deptn. seven houses have sunk so deep that the oc cupants weic obliged to move their ef fects. Iu threo the plastering was broken. The sunken ground covers an area of about two square acres and much uneasiness is lelt. Tho Lower Silesian Tageblatt tells of an aged peasant of that province who is entitled to the credit of com mitting suicide for the most original of causes, un ins body a letter was lound stating that ho was going to hang him self to deprive his relatives wiio were a good for-nothing lot, and had bother ed him greatly all his life, of tho sum of thirty thalers, which thoy would re ceive from the treasury of a benevolent society if ho waited until death over took him naturally, but which would bo torieited it he look his own lite. 0AN1HDATKS FOli DlSTItlCT ATTOUNKY, ROHERT BUCKINGHAM, or ni.ooMsuuito. Subject to the decision of the Democrat. ic County Convention. II. V. WHITE, or iii.ooMsiiuito. Subject to the decision ot the Democrat, ic County Convention. Oil COMPOUND KXTltACT OF ASP Alt AO US, Hum been roiHHiiicvl hy (ending ph lf hunt h Aurv cure for iIUenni'N of tlio Dialler, Kilocys, Urinary Organs, FAINT XN THE BACK, Bright's Difioase of Tho Kidneys, Mono In tlio madder and Kidneys, calculus' nrarrl or Prick Dust l)cpn,lts, DrojialcalSivellluirs, Wc.ik. iipssps caused Uy IIxci-ssch, Mental Kxlmustlon nnd Nervous 1'rostratlon in cither hex. Cures all l'n- male viEAKNKsaKs, jz-ucorrlirra, irregular nnd l'alnful Menstruation. Ilillrun.ulon nnd llh-nr.illnn ottho Womb. F01t SALK UY ALL DRUGGISTS, l'rleo $1, or (I bottles tor (S. Pent to any address in me ihiiuii Mates, inn 01 i-jiiensr, ua receipt ot cash or r, o. order. Dr. Pounder Family Medicine Go. t H, Si:COM) Hli.il, l'iillnilrliliU I'n. Catarrh hay fever. I havo been afllleted for tut j care, durtni; Au. with lluy Voter, anil tried various uniedleH without relief. I used lay's cream Halm tt 1th favorable result s. and can recommend t;to all mulcted. II. W. Townikv, (ex-Mayor) ElUabelli, N. J. Amily bylltllo fln. mc Into tiiu nostrils, lly absorption It cirect. u;illy doan-j..aiii mi. IUl p.lbaUIC1 ut ca- tarrhul vlnu, ruiislnic lii althy beciellons. II EEVER allay lnilammatlin, putocts tho motnbranal Unliiis of tho he id fiom addlllouul coldi, com- Uel. ly heal-t the W)ii's unit restores the senso ot .dsto and Mm il lti'iictii lui ii hiiitH an i .iiii-d lu ll few applications. A Uioiough tieatmeiit will cure, uiieipialal for coldn Iu head. Agreeable to umj. Kend for circular. Hold Uy druggists, lly mull too. a liackago bta mps. Julyia iwd i;i,Y UltOTIIKItH, Ottego, N. Y, fill POWDER Absolutely Pure. This nowJnr nnver vitrlM. A murvol of ourltr 8trenutlinr.il vho'e-ionn-nesi. Moro economical thu tho ordinary k nas. fine cannot bo sold In competition wltu the multifile of low test, short wclulit, alum or pnosphnti powders. Hold only In can. Knt al Dtsisn I'owdkh Co . loo Va!l-Ht., Ii. Y. ftUT li-1 V. I.- Ii . f . -t -Tf it r - A , (.-4. U ' I 4 ' Beldam d; i n pop'i...r rime:', till ' i ll a strjng huld upon the public comMcnco as lias lUi.:' .'.-.ii l:i .!.!!!. Hieeucr,li: v.: KU Iklti , I I.,-H 1 I'. ClllllplLtll I'uttk.. J ... . 11 co'e. ! iti- Iu r, hi.-I iJ"iui.. l.e.illli l.i ilie sculp, in. '.hi t-.:u raM-. Old ponp.o like It for Its WM'icrful jwirr to restore In thrlr -.i I Ifnl.-t: loci s their "i" Mml color mill biiiuty. All .die- X1'1' pi-Jple 111- It Uecnuni II picveiiti Item Iroi.i (; ttli ! b iM, koi'i'i dai.dmit .may, and lu-uca t lie I. air grow thick nnd tlrinw. Young I iilUf lll.c It hi a drt-ulni; bc-.tusc It u'ivcs the lir.tr n lunu tlful Klors) luftu, mi l truMc-J them to diiRi Il In Mh.itever lonu tl.ey wli-h. '11.uk It Ulho fnvoritu of all, aud It has Uicnn.0 so tlmpl) becauso It lUtappoliits no one. BUCKINGHAM'S DYE roil Tin; m'i:i!ki:im Has become one of tlio mott Important pupil lar toilet articles fnr gentleiiien'H uic. V licit tho beard In gray or uaturnlly of nil undo clrallo shidi!, UucKlsoiiAM's Dye U tho remedy. i-nt'l-AliEn lu ll. P. Hall & Co., Nashua, X.H. Sold by all DrtiggUts. Farmers and Threshers wl-ihlm; to purchase llrnt-clasi articles of THRESHERS AND SEPARATORS, ALSO, Out! nutlTivo-IIoi-No Trrail I'otv CI'N. with 'lhrehheis and shakers, will do well to call on or address J. M. lIt'LSIIIZi:it, Light Mrcrt, Columbia county, l'a. Fir All work warranted, send for prlco list andKlto mo a trial. No better machines are man lractured lor thlsscctlon of tlio country. July iW-Siii ORPHANS' COURT SALE HI' VAL'JAIII.K illcsiB Estate ! ! Pursuant to an order of tho Orphans.' Court ot Columbia county, I'a w 111 bo bold at publlo bale, on the premises In the township ot Catawlssa, on ) lIHgHHN Will) At 3 o'clock In the afternoon, the following de berlbed leal estate, late of Joseph Helwlg, deccas ed, to-wit : Tho undivided one-halt Interest of n messuage and tract otland bounded by lands of the estate of Solomon Helwlg, deceased, Nathan Ilelwlg, Jo-rfph DicMi, Manilas (.Ingles and others containing 97 Acres, moieor lem, wheieon nie elected a Log HOUSE, BANK BARN, and other out buildings, two good bprlngs of water, good npplo orchard and tho land In u good stato or cultivation. TKItMS OP SALK. Ten p-r cent, of the one fourth ot tho purchaso money to bo paid at tho striking down ontio property; tho one-lourtb less tho ten per cent, attlm ounrmttlon of sale; and the remaining three-f jurth-j In one year there after, with Intercbt from combination nisi. Purchaser to pay for the deed. JOHN .MOUHUY, Trustee. SHERIFF'S SALE. Uy virtue ot it writ ofl'l. l'a. Issued out of the Court ot Comidou I'lcasof Columbia ouaty, and tomo direct-id, win be exposed to publlo sale at tho Court llotiso, In llloorasburg, on SATURDAY, August Uth, at S o'clock, p. m., tho following described real estate, situate In Oreeuwood township, Columbia county, l'a., to-wit ; Hounded on tho north by lauds ot Thomas Polk nnd Isaac Tltman, on tho west by lauds of John Shatter and Wll ll.im llawlings on tlio bouth Uy lands ot Samuel llllbuinnnl Jacob lierr, uudoii tho east by laud belonging to the estatoof Mary C. Mtisgrave, do- ceased, on which Is erected a dwelling HOUSE, BARN, Wagon-shed and other outbuildings, containing ACRES, of land, more or less. solved, taken Into execution, and to bo bold ns tho property of Samuel Musgratc. July SO JOHN MOUHKY, Miller A lkeler, Atty's. Sheriff. UDITOHS NOTIOK. KST tTE Of JOHN UlVIXlll, PKCElBBn. The undcrsi'.'nril auditor unnolnted Uv tlio Or. piiaus- uuiin iu loiutnnu county 10 maKti tusiriuu lion of the Ualanco In tho hands nf tho ndmlnlstni. tor, touuilninoiiL'thopartlcscntltleit thereto, will hit nt tho ollleo of u. v. Zarr l.sfp In Illooinsburg on ,,eiiut.-!iiiiy pcpu-iuucr am irvw, uliuu ciucku in., when and whero all parties having claims iiirnliist bald estato must appear and provo the banie or bo debarred from any share ot said fund. JOHN C, YOUUM, Auditor. aug8 E XECUTCWS NOTICE. Estate or james p. m'iienkv, ulckahih. Utters testamentary In the estato of James I). Mcllenry, deceased, lateof l'Wilugcreek township, Columbia county, l'euu., havo been granted by the lteglsler of bald county to Moses Mcllenry aud Molt Mcllenry. All pei-bous hat lug claims against the estate of mild decedent uro it'ipieste.l to present them for settlement, nnd those indebted to the es tato to make payment to the undersigned without It lay, MOSKH McllHSHY, Hl'Ori'.MclIK.NItY, Stillwater, l'a., July iw. Executor SW1BT SURE OINTMENT Cures Piles, Itching, blind and bleeding ( ll.ub.-r's itch, inirr, Halt llheuiii, Hl'igworms I'leeis, UiU. bl.ilus, I'liupli-H, all tlu skin liu .iws. Tho best Oliillueiil In the world. Ino pooiilo to bo tho Vl'AK1': All liiUA'1-.tu. Who'esalo by Jiill.vso.v, ll(il(I.OV.V,V CU.,(I(J .tr.li Mrt-ri, I'hllu Itlplilu. I'n. July Lltiv r - -. ' ffOPPJK6), , WE jdirposo making it iw safe nnd pleasant, and in every way as uiiisfactory to shop by mail as in person nt our counters. "X 71 Til lake nit possible care to avoid V trrors, nnd when any or. ur they are corrected at once. WE are always willing to exchange goods which do not please after being received, provided, they are returned to in in perfect condition and within reasonable time. Samples of Dry Goods of all kinds even the most expensive, sent free of charge on application. T7VERY lady who shops X i fnr n enfrimoil ronV -" -r- vi Fashion Quarterly. CUrawbridge & Eifjhth d Market Sts., -Philadelphia. DEALER IN FamigM and! MoxiiesMe WINES AND LIQUORS, AND JOBBER IN CIGARS, BLOOMSBURG, PA. 0. illllii PRACTICAL TIN ROOFER, QPBBA MOV8E, BiLooMSBinae, pieiwa. A SCHOOL FOR ALL. The University al LewiAnrs, Pa. COLLEGE, ACADSUT, INSTITUTE. A lull Faculty of 18. Largo Libraries Klerrn Free Nrhnlarnhlpti at disposal. Send tor catalouuo to I'llESIUKNT DAVID .1. HILL, LI 1)., July 13-lm r '.etvl-ibuiY, l-eiiusylvunla. GRAND JUHOHS FOR SKI'TKMIIRB TKItM, 1HS3. llloom. K. F. Civance, Thomas E. (Icdddls, 11. 1', lllcks, John I'cnman. Martin ltaudall, Frank Taylor, U. F. Kinney, David Wilson, llcnton. James Welrman. 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Media has t church 5 i?.VVu,.ur''.1.''-'0 ''rlor w hlch prohibits tho sale of ait Inloxlcatlng drinks. For now Illustrated Clr. .L?'.1.11 l" 1'ilnclpal nnd Proprietor, Unlversliy Graduate , jtirdla, imu, auga4w ' 'if imffixx u-,s'l It mail should send OI OUT Clothier, WYOMING SEMINARY A School jor boik Sexes. Twen ty Instructors. Convenien ces of buildings eminently supe rior. .??a?.R,c?1' Bclcnlltle, eoliego I'reparatory, Nor mal, Mtis'cal, Alt and Commercial courses or study. ""I -.....t, -iiuilllv.UlIllUCli:iillLUU17,CSUSIUliy Gfi O A n " 1 Imy fxpciiHes for Aciulem 'IPrCyJVJta Branches for one year. J80 toirji leriulreiito complete Business Course. ilo.irdln( department without a superior Fall Term hubs Aim. 29, 1883. Send for catalogue. Commerc'nl students, ad dress l'rof. W. I Dkan j all othera, address llev. I I. Sl'KAGUC A. SI., July;S0 8w l'tlmlpal, KINUHTOK, I'A. ORNAMENTAL IROIHENCES Suitable for Yards, Cemetery Lots mid Public Grounds. Tim fAllmvlniv cIiaiixi tiA nui. n.11.1. - hi tSt1 bc;iutir,,ll btyU'sof l-'cncemauufucturctl For Beauty and Durability they nro unsurpass ed, setup by experienced IuikU and warranted toglvosallstactlou. Prices ami spcoimuiiH of other An sigiiB sent to any nililress, Address IT BL00MSBDRG. PA May 4-tf ALL FOR NOTHING. Wlijr the lloi'lor tviw DUkukIi-iI, nnd mIiiii .llllllit have berii Duno nlthoiit lllin. "Well, wife," said Dr. F , as lio entered Ms hotisf, which was bltuated Iu n cosy vlllago In cen- tial AUW YOrk. "I hnvil mil lnV fmm n Innn ...wl dreary rldoaway down among tho luoiiiifalni, a jlttll to no purpose tvbuteter. '1 lio messenger sali. tho man wouldn't lira till morning, tt hen tlio fact la he had only nn ordinary attack lit colic. It tho simpletons had only had senso enough to put lUIENMlN'S I'Al'CINi: I'dltoiW l'LASllilt on hU btouiticli ho would hatvbe nnll right In un hour or two. Hut somo folks uro slow to learn," udded the old physician, kit allowing the cup ot steaming lea whIWilils wlto had Just poured for him. Doctor K-- tvua i Ight , j 1 1 1 icoplo du learn, et rn though tlpwly. 'i ho rapidly Incivuslng use ot Ben jin'g plaster proven this bejond iii(slTon, nnd tho good (loctois aio certain tola) tiitid much of their needless toil. In all diseases cupableot Ix-lng uili-ctcu by a plaster Hensou's acts illlcleut IWi'f'1 llt, V" T"u l'"ul" 0 "avo tlu wor'l "A I'- 0 M, HESS & Johnson, C'UeiuUts, N. Y, July !Mw a