THE COLUMBIAN AND DEMOCRAT, BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA.
ME COLUMBIAN.
0. E. Elwoll, 1 r,u,
J. K.Blttsntonior.,rE41tors'
BLOOMSBURG, PA,
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 188.3.
Tlio Tight for tho spcnkcrshtt) of the
lower branch of ContrrcsB is between
Randall, Carlislo nnd Cox, with tho
chances Btrongly In Randall's favor.
J. 0. Powell, tho present editor and
ono of tho proprietors of the Wilkes
barro Jlecord, who was formerly con
nected with tho Mining Herald, at
Shenandoah, sold his interest in tho
latter establishment about a week be
fore the great lire, in which tho office,
filo3 and material wcro destroyed. Mr.
Foster, editor of tho Herald, was burn
ed out of a homo and lost all his house
hold goods.
Thoso members of tho Legislature
who voto for nud tako pay for each and
everyday, including Sundays, since tho
beginning of tho oxtra session, will as
sume a responsibility for which thoy will
bo held to answer by tho people. Thoy
aro entitled only to compensation for
tho nctual thno given to tho state in tho
dischargo of their duties, and though
the law may permit a gobble of tho
public money, there is a moral obliga
tion upon members not to receivo pay
for any longer timo than tho actual
number of days spent by them in liar
risburg. Tho peoplo aro watching tho
Legislature carefully on this point.
Pension Frauds.
QKESIIAM issues an okdeh to postmas
ti:iis ok Tim suiuECT.
Was'iiinoto.v, Nov. 21. Tho follow
ing official order has been made :
"It appcariug that certain persons
have been practicing systematic frauds
on cx-utiioti soldiors and their widows
and orphans or other heirs by making
falso representations concerning pen
sion claims and extorting illegal fees
for sprvices pretended to have been or
promised to bo rendered, and this de
partment having reason to believe that
some postmasters have been aiding
these fraudulent claims agents by fur
nishing them with lists of names of ex
union soldiers and others supposed to
bo entitled to pensions and also by dis
tributing their uuaddrcssed circulars
among tuo-class, therefore aro forbid
den hereafter to furnish such lists or to
distribute, any circulars of the kind in
' dicated unless they aro addressed to some
individual and are prepared as required
by law.
(Signed) V. Q, Guf.sium,
Postmaster Gcnerall"
The Baging Mahone.
Tho Associated Press, it seems, has
already begun tho political campaign
for 1884. On Saturday it sent out
.printed slips of an inflammatory address
issued by William Mahone, as chair
man of tho readjuster party of Virgi
nia, carefully sub-headed and marked
"For use in Monday's Papers." Wo
have not observed that tho Associated
Press has taken tho pains to send out
tho printed slips of any of tho speeches
of Senator Bayard, or of ex-Speaker
Randal, or of Senator Wallace, or of
auy representative democrat. If Wil
liam Mahono's tirade against tho dem
ocrats of Virginia is legitimate news, tho
speeches of tho democratic orators are
likewise.
A more atrocious and infamous cal
umny never was uttei'cd against the
peoplo than this same libel on tho
white peoplo of Virginia just published
by William Mahone, and distributed by
tho Associated Press. It is simply a
lot of groundless and unfounded slan
ders strung together in turgid phraso
and repeated oyer and over again to
the extent of four dreary columns. It
charges Systcmatio murder and intimi
dation by tho democrats, and professes
a wonderful admiration for tho colored
peoplo on tho part of Mahono and his
fellow-readjusters. But how easily this
enraged and unscrupulous slanderer is
answered and exposed 1
William Mahone and his party at the
timo of tho lato election had control of
tho entire stato government of Virgi
nia. Mahono's creature, Cameron, wa
thon and now is tho governor of tho
state. Mahono's lackeys 1111 the judi
cial offices of tho stato and control tho
administration of justice. Mahono's
tools were tho majority in tho election
boards throughout the state. Tho fed
eral offices aro filled with tho men of
Mahonc's own choosing and tho whole
power of tho federal government in
Virginia was virtually wielded by Ma
hone. How on earth comes it, then,
that tho crimes which Alahoiio now
charges upon his fellow Virginians
wero not prevented, or if they could
not be prevented that no steps aro being
taken by Mahono and his' party to
bring tho alleged criminals to justico !
Why is it that Mahono tails to uamo
ono singlo murderer or to specity ono
solitary caso of intimidation 1 Why is
it that Mahono's governor failed oven
to make an effort to protect tho read'
juster voters from tho violence of which
this contemptible slanderer now com
plains t
There has beeii but a singlo murder
trial in Virginia which grow out of tho
recent political canvass. That trial ro-
- . i . . i . i . ! r r iu:i
BUiieu iu mu uuuviuuuu ui unu ui t it
Ham Mahono's own peaceful and ange
lie readiustcrs of tho killing of (
Btraielit-out republican negro. How
comes it that Mr. Mahono's vivid ima
filiation and inflamed rhetoric fail to
describe tho onlv political murder in
Virginia of which Mr. Mahono's courts
bear record T Tho other night whilo a
democratio jubileo was In progress at
tho Virginia capital several democratio
negro organizations from tho mirround
ing country wero in attendance. Why,
canes of read itister negroes, inflamed
by tho bloody instructions of Mahono
and his co-conspirators against tho
ncaco of tho state assembled and as
saultcd tho inoffensive- members of
their own race who had come to parti
cinato in tho democratio jollification
This occurred in tho democratio strong
hold of tho stato and right under tho
noso of Mahono's governor. Does this
indicato that tho Mahono negroes wero
intimidated ! Doos it not rather prove
that tho intimidation was on tho part of
tho suniiorters of Mahono T But that
terrible and bloody mob, tho natural
outcomo of Mahono s Inflammatory np
peals to his ignorant followers, is not
evou mentioned in ino imurcss wmuu
the rcadiustor slanderer has seen fit to
Jmposo on tho coitntrythrough tho gen
orous aid of tho Associated Press. If
anybody is deceived by tho excited,
fautastio but malignant statements of
this calumniator of his own pt'oplo ho
must bo as et-reirious an nss on Mu
bono is an uucouaciouublo political
Mixhono Pronounced a Liar,
Wasiiinoton, Nov. 21. Ex-Con-grcssinan
Dezentlorf (republican), oi
Virginia, says in reference to tho Ma
hono manifesto that any statement or
insinuation that a rctgu of terror exists
in Virginia is an infamous lie. Ho pro
tests against having his property in tho
Old Dominion injured by suoli false
hoods ns nro set forth in tho Mahono
address. Tho election, ho ndds, was
peaceable and fair and Mahono was
squarely nnd honestly bcaton. If tho
Mahono ticket had received every voto
cast in Dauvillo it would not have
changed tho result. Tho riot was un
fortunate, hut it is attributed directly
to Mahono's peculiar methods of con
ducting tho campaign and tho inflamma
tory Bpcech of the readjuster Sims.'
Onangtng the Time,
Tho now standard of timo adopted
by tho railroads of tho United States
wont into effect on Monday. Many of
its advantages ara so obvious that its
advocates believe it will cro long bo
adopted as top standard system of tho
world. Of the 113,000 miles of rail
road iu tho United States, hitherto
operated on about fifty thrco different
schedutes of time, 100,000 miles arc
pledged to replace their scales with this
uniform standard time and the remain
ing 13,000 miles aro expected ultimate
ly to conform thereto. Iu addition to
tho indorsement of Councils iu most of
tho largo cities tho now plan has tho co
operation and support of several very
influential institutions. It has been
adopted by tho Socrctary of tho Interior
and will hereafter regulato all tho ox
tensivo operations of that department
of tho government Although tho new
plan is approved by Coramodoro Shu
feldt, of tho Naval Observatory at
Washington, somo question has arisen
as to tho power of tho executivo to
oliango tho standard of timo and the
Observatory will, for tho present, uso
tho old method. That powerful corpo
ration, the Western Union Telegraph
Company, has promptly doclared for
tho new system. Dispatches will bo
sent and received and all time-balls will
hereafter bo dropped according to the
standard time.
Tho revolution has been brought
about so quietly that many peoplo do
uot understand tho history and philo
sophy of tho new system. It was sug
gested by Professor Cleveland Abbe, of
tho Washington Signal Bureau, at a
meeting of the American Meteorologi
cal Society, in 1878. Dr. E. A- "P.
Barnard, of Columbia College, espoused
aud elaborated the plan, and to thoso
two scientists belongs tho credit of de
vising an oxpedicht which must mater,
ially decrease tho annoyance and con
fusion arising from the innumerable
local time standards found in a country
stretching from tho Atlantic to tho
Pacific. Tho difficulty is obviated
in' a very simplo maimer. As every
body knows, the earth is divided by
meridians into 3G0 degrees, and as the
earth rotates onco in every twenty-four
hours fifteen of these degrees arc cross
ed by tho sun overy hour. Now, sup
pose tho earth's surface to bo divided
by longitudinal meridians into twenty
four sectious, each fifteeu degrees wide
In tho rotation of tho earth these.
twenty-four sections will thus occupy
successively eacli of tho twenty-four
hours of tho day. W bon it is b o clock
at tho GOth meridian west, from Green
wich it will bo just 3 o'clock at the 75th
and 4 o'clock at tho 90th meridian. By
tho standard system wo simply agree
that every placo within ono of the "sec
tions," divisions or belts shall set its
timo by tho time at that meridian which
passes inrougutiie section,, miuwuy uo
tween its boundaries. Tho territory
inclded in North America is seen by a
glance at tho map to bo limited by tho
50th and 130th degrees of west longi
tude. Begin, then, as did Professor
Abbe, with tho COtii meridian. All
localities, such as Newfoundland, New
Brunswick and Nova Scotia, lying
within 7 degrees east or west of tho
GOth meridian, must conform their timo
to tho time at that meridian. Coming
fifteen degrees (or one hour) further
west wo fix tho 75th meridian as tho
standard for tho Eastern and Middle
States.
MINUTES AND SECONDS IDK.NTIOAI..
When all tho clocks in tho Canadian
maritime provinces indicato halt past
ten all thoso in Massachusetts, JNow
York and Pennsylvania ought to show
exactly half-past nino. Passing fur
ther Westward, other standard meri
dians are met : tho 9th (or tho meridian
of Now Orleans," tho 105th (or tho
meridian of Denver) and tho 120th (or
the meridian of Santa Barbara). Tho
timo which is taken from tho GOtli me
ridian will bo known as Eastern time,
that from tho 75th as Atlantic time.
Tho localities in tho Mississippi Valley
will have Valley time, or that regular
by tho timo at tho 90th meridian. Tho
105th will rogulalo tho Mountain timo
and tho 120th tho Pacific timo. Thus
all Atlantic timo will bo just ouo hour
slower than Eastern time, valley timo
an hour slower than Atlantic timo,
Mountain timo an hour slower than Val
ley timo nnd Pacilio time an hour slow
er than Mountain time. Tho minute
and second hands of tho clocks and
watches all over tho country ought,
theroforo to point precisely nlike, whilo
tho hour hands alone will vary. After
a traveler from Philadelphia passes
Pittsburg ho will simply alter his watch
oxactly ono hour nnd his timo will then
bo correct until ho reaches Detroit or
Cincinnati, when ho must Bet his time
piece again as ho journeys Westward.
It is also apparent that tho now stand
ard time at n givon placo cannot pos
sibly vary more than half an hour from
tho actual timo of tho looality, for the
sun . traverses each eectiou or belt in
one hour, and tho timo for that cntiro
section is taken from a meridian pass
ing through its centre, thus giving a
mean or average timo for tho whole di
vision. ITEMS.
Robbie, tho five-year-old son of Gov
ernor Pattison, died Tuesday morning
at 2:45o clook nttho executivo mansion
of membranoous croup.
Tho Watsontown Jlecord, a well
established Republican weekly paper,
is offored for sale on private terms, by
W. F. Shay, Esq., attorney, of -that
place.
A tailor in Nashville, Tenn., is tho
happy possessor of an old handkerchief
with which Andrew Johnson used to
wipe his nose. Tho fortunate tailor is
so proud of tho rag ho will not oven al
low it to bo washed.
Tho now gas well of Haymaker Bro-
there, iu Westmoreland county, which
was opened on 1'riday last, was lighted
on Saturday. Tho lla mo shoots upward
150 feet and illuminates tho country for
miles. Its roar is terrlho and can bo
heard for three miles, By its intense
action homo aro shaken within tho ra
dius of a nn e. Tho well is pronounced
bv oxnerts to bo tho largest over devo-
Owing to tho donrission in tho iron
and steel trade, il is expected that othor
firms in Pittsburg will Rhut down, fol
lowing tho example of Oliver JJro
thers & Phillips and the Superior rail
mill.
Spinner, ox-Treasurer of tho United
States, and now a farmer in Florida,
whero tho alligators grin when thoy sco
Ills signature, Inn been in Washington
in excellent health nnd has returned to
to his ornntfo groves.
Ex-Governor Cobiim, of Maine, re
cently sold 3800,000 worth of Western
land in a Binglo lot, and it is said that
it was tho largest sale of country pro
perty ever mado In tho United States
by a single Individual.
John Jones, of Shenandoah, Michael
Moore, of Mahanoy City, nnd Michael
Whalen, of Ashland, wcro tho first
patients received at tho Minors' Hospi
tal. Tho first two wero hurt in tho
mines, but tho third was injured while
intoxicated.
An illustration of tho activity in cot
ton manufacturing iu tho South is af
forded by tho mill in Romo Ga., which
has doubled lis machinery sinco its
start, eighteen months ago. It is run
ning night ami day, nnd is forty days
behind Its orders.
Tid Brimmer, tho escaped Lancaster
firebug, has been captured in Harris-
burg, after nn exciting chase, in which
a number of shots wcro exchanged be
tween him and tho police. Brimmer
was wounded in tho hand, nnd ho has
been taken baok to the Lancaster
jail.
Tho days of witchcraft superstition
aro called to mind in a caso that has
just transpired in Eric. Kate Becker
was arrraigncd on Monday aud held to
answer tho charge of attempting to
cremate Doctress Susan Myers, who, it
is alleged, resorts to hidden sciences or
superstitious flummeries, fo effect cures,
and also that sho is versed in tho black
art, whatever that may be. Mrs.
Myers charges that Mrs. Becker endea
vored to burn her because her cures and
enchantments wcro evidences that sho
was a sorceress.
Acouplo wcro married at railroad
speed on Monday morning on tho Bal
timore and Ohio road, in tho vicinity
of tho Gretna Green of Washington
county, tho contracting parties being
James I, Hague and Miss Snects, of
Salesville, Ohio. Tho reverend gentle
man who performed the ceremony com
menced a prayer just befoto entering
tho tunnel at West Alexander, and con
tinued whilo surrounded by tho dark
ness ot the place. Conductor lirady,
and Marcus Boar, a drummer of Wheel
ing, witnessed tho ceremony which was
performed in tho baggago car.
Major Nickerson escapes tho penal
ties of conduct outrageously unbecom
ing officer nnd gentleman through the
acccplanco ot bis resignation by tho
Presilent. His resignation Bhould
have been rejected and lie compelled to
stand trial by court-martial for his of
fense. It is doubtful if any class of
men in the public scrvico have created
as many scandals in tho past year as
othcers in tho army ; it is equally doubt
ful if any class of offeuders have re
ceived such fraudulent clemency from
tho Executivo authority. It is only in
cases like Sergeant Mason's that meroy
is throttled. Is it becauso Mason is
poor and without friends 1
One of tho queerest curiosities on tho
globe is :i man with a silver skull who
is now visiting at Louisville, Ky. Dur
ing a fiercely contested battle in the lato
war this interesting individual was
struck in the head with a pieco of shell,
which toro away tho cntiro top of his
skull, leaving tho brain most horribly
exposed. Strange to say, ho survived
the terrible wound, and a surgeon suc
ceeded in fitting a silver plate over the
opening, which shielded tho brain
equally as well as the skull. This plate
is about the sizo or a man s hand, nnd
works on hinges, and mav bo raised up
and down at will. Tho rcs'kulled man
does not cxperienco tho least pain, and,
as iio wears a wig, all cvidenco of a
shattered skull is concealed.
Anna Dickinson lias for the present
at least abandoned tho stage and return
ed to tho platform, For mauy years
sho has made labor, in its various
phases, a special study, and sho has now
prepared a lecture on labor entitled,
"To the Rescue." Under nn arrange
ment perfected by her manager, Frank
L. Gardner, she will open tho conven
tion at Detroit of tho Knights of Labor
on tho lGth prox.
Thenceforth she will labor in the in
terest of the Knights, of whom there
are now not less than a million in all
arts of the country. Her work will
)o to some extent iu tho nature of poli
tical organization, aud, as tho coming
year is a presidential ono, it is possible
that miss Dickinson will play an im
portant part.
KlBlilniccrcelc Flood of 1848.
MIIIA0DL0U8 K.SOAl'E OP A AllOX LEWIS AND
FAMILY.
While at Mountain Oroya camp meeting
tho story of tho miraculous escape of the
Lewis family from tho ravages of tho
Fi9hlngcreck flood of 1848 wns narrated by
ouo of tho family and so Interested mo that
I wrote for a repetition of it, and received
tho following letter which I offer for pub
lication, with tho permission of tho writer,
and hope It may prove as interesting to the
readers of tho Columiiu as it did to mo :
II. V. W.
Deah 8111. On my return from Moun
tain Orovo I found your letter requesting u
history of my family and a full account of
the freshet so far as It affected us, and I
will now answer you the best I can, en
deavoring to givo the facts just as I havo
heard my parents repeat them many times,
and hopo you will excuse the general ap
pearance of my letter, us it is not ns easy
to writo as it is to tell a story.
My father's parents were Daniel Lewis
and Charlotte Starker, both of tho state of
Now Jersey. Soon ufter their marriugo
they came to Pennsylvania and settled in
Sugarloaf township, Columbia county,
whero David Lewis now resides. Here
my father, Aaron Lowls, was born, April
23rd, 1818, and lived with his parents till
ho was married, in 1837 December 20th, to
Catharine Btnley, sister of Capt. John
Btalcy, now lu Michigan. My mother was
born July 20th, 1810, near Wilkes Ilarre,
Luzerne county, whero her parents, Fred-
crick Btnley and Mary dairies, sister of
John Charles of llazleton, had resided for
many years. My parents now live In
Bhamokln, whero father U a carpenter at
tho Pennsylvania colliery. There wero
ten children In our family, six living at tho
time of the flood. 1 will now glvo you a
short sketch of my parents' lives during
tho ten years they lived in Flshlngcreck 1
In tho spring of 1833 my father took up
a tract of Government land located In tho
valley and on tho hills near a tuvcrn ownod
by James Hess, a small stream known as
Hough Itun passing through it. Ho clear,
ed a spot, built a barn and a log houso 18x
20, and moved there 18th of August of tho
same year and occupied It till 1818, July
4th. Iu tho spring aud summer of this
your he built an addition 'of twlco tlio sls
of tho old liouJo nnd had Just finished nnd
furnished It a very short timo before It was
tom nwny by tho freshet nnd swept down
tho creek bodily with hut Imrciy rmfllclcnt
nottco to siivp tho wotklngman, Wllllnm
Kestcr, nnd four of tho older children who
wcro sleeping In (lint part. The rnln com
menced falling nbout S o'clock In tho
nftcruoon of July Hril, nud It mined gently
nil evening, but tho clouds wero very
heavy nnd black. It looked ns thongh
three showers wcro coming together, each
from n different direction. Wo retired
early mid slept soundly till nbout 10
o'clock, when a louil crush of thunder
nrouscd father, who got Up nnd found six
or eight Inches of water on the floor, and
tlio rain coming down the old. fashioned
chimney In torrents. The flashes ot light
ning enmo In such quick succession that It
was nlmost as light as day In tho house,
nnd lu a very short timo father had suc
ceeded In getting the cntiro family to tho
upstairs of the old house, which seemed to
ho tho only place of safety. Hardly had
he accomplished this task when tho force
of the current struck tho new house with
with such tcrrlllo forco ns to tear It from
tho old building and hurl it bodily down
tho stream. It required all tho strength of
the two men to closo tho now outside door
of tho old building ngalnst the force of tho
current which wns rushing directly ngnlnst
It, and very soon the only placo of Bttfcty
was the upstairs, which had been un
roofed nnd the floor thrown at nn angle by
the falling of tho largo stono chimney
which had been undermined, and of course
this was not a pleasant nor safe position
for a family of children. On gaining tho
stairs mother naked If wo wcro nil there.
Father counted and found two missing,
aud returning to the first floor found tho
cradto floating with the two.ycnr-old babe
in It, nnd tho little boy clutchlnc to a
splnnlng-wliccl with only his head above
water. Wo wore all taken from our beds
without time to dress, and wero obliged to
sit on that baro floor exposed to rain and
cold for nineteen hours, with no other
covering than our night clothes. Father
says that the constant flashing of lightning
enabled him to sea that tho valley wns
filled with water from hill to hill, nnd the
rain falling in sheets caused a white foam
to cover tho surface and make it n grand
sight to behold. Ho also saw what, by
tho direction of Providence, had saved us
from being swept away with the flood a
very lnrge tree that stood just a'jovo tho
house, had, been turned out by tho roots
with top toward tho house, aud in such a
position as to divide the current, throwing
It on cither side of the old building, form
ing an eddy just large enough to protect
the liouso, and us from inevitable destruc
tion. After tho storm had ceased father's two
brothers, Isaac and Jacob, living below us,
went out to view tho flood and seeing
some things among tho driftwood that
they recognized as belonging to us, they
became alarmed and hastened to our res
cue, bringing with them twelve men.
After trying for somo time to talk to us
from tho mountain by signs and motions,
one of tho brothers ventured to swim tlio
channel, and starting in far up the stream
reached us safely, but so exhausted he
could scarcely speak I had never seen a
man cry, but tho tears ran down the cheeks
of these' brothers as they clasped each
other in warm and earnest embrace. After
resting a few moments undo swam the
other channel, which was about twenty
five feet deep, to the barn, where he found
the horses with their front feet In the
mangers to keep their head out of water.
After securing all tho chains, ropes and
straps ho could And, ho loosed the horses
nnd went to tho hill whero the men ar
ranged nnd fastened together a brldgo of
logs which was placed from the house to
the hill by swimming the horses back nnd
forth many times. On this temporary
passage-way wo were 'all taken to the hill,
and from there we went to tho houso of
Peter Hess, who kept the post ofllco one
mile below, and were clothed aud fed, both
of which wero needed very much indeed,
as wo were nearly frozen, and famished as
well.
Wo had lost everything but one cow and
two horses. Tho old clock, which we
heard strike twelve at midnight for the
last time, wus found some timo after bur
ied under two feet of sand, and a harrow
was found hanging In the top of a tree.
Wc went from Flshlngcreck to Catawissa,
and thenco to Elysbtirg nnd in 1875 came
to Shamokln whero my parents arc still
living and In right good, health. Forget
ting our losses, we shall over feel truly
thankful to tho Power that saved us.
"XIic L,ttrury Revolution."
Alden's "Literary Revolution," which
has accomplished such wonders in tho re
duction of the cost ot the world's choicest
literature, whilo presenting it in excellent,
often elegant, form, has been a great mys
tcry to many. If there is any secret about
it, Mr. Alden evidently means it shall bo
an open one. A recent publication sum
marizes with characteristic pith "The Old
Way" and "The New Way."
TUB OLD WAT :
Charire nil the customer will stand nud
competition permit.
tilg discounts to dealers and agents
(when competition compels) let tho pri
vate buyer take euro of himself.
1,000 books, protlt, $1 each l,O00.
Publish tho books that will sell.
Tako care of "Number .One."
THE NEW WAV I
Olve tho best book possible for tho least
money possible.
ucii to uuyers direct, giving mom all
possible discounts.
1,000,000 hooks, profit one cent each
$10,000.
Publish tho books '.that descrvo to sell
merit wins In the end.
To mnko $1 and u friend Is better than
protlt.
"Push things." U. 8. Urunt.
Tho couscqucuco seems to be that tho
new wuy wins tho largest retail book
trado In the world, which Is still growing
boyond any precedent, aud in spite of op
position and dlfllculty almost without ex.
ample. Mr. Aldcu has juBt issued n new
prico list, with largo reductions, which,
with descriptive catalogue, Is sent freo to
any applicant. Books aro sent by mall or
express, "to be paid for after arrival and
examination," on reasonable cvidenco of
good faith. Address, John B. Alden, Pub.
Usher, 18 Vesey St., New York, P. O. llox
1227.
"TltiiukHUlvliiK Buy" IIxcurMloiiM,
Announcement Is made by the Passenger
Department ot tho Pennsylvania llallroad
Company, that a general excursion for
Thanksgiving Day has been arranged, and
excursion tickets will bo sold at all ticket
stations on the Pennsylvania llallroad.
Northern Central Hallway, Philadelphia,
Wilmington and llultlmoro llallroad, and
West Jersey llallroad, 011 November 28th
and 20th, good for tho return trip until l)c
cembcr ltd.
JNSOLVKNT NOTICE.
To all my creditors and whomsoever concerned,
nntlnalu hereby (riven that 1 have anDlled U tho
court o( common l'leas ot Columbia county
torthebenentof. and discharge under, ihelnsol-
VGUtUns UI Ilia uuuiuuunc4iiit ui vuuvj i .,,
will that the said Court lias appointed Ilia Unit
dayot n 'it term (being the nrst Monday of Do.
cember itW) for the timo ot making my ap.
plication for llnal dtscliaiye and hearlDK before
the said Court at the Town of iUlooiasuur, la said
county, when and whero you inav attend If you
Nov. I,1SSIL uot Wt
AKlMfi
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This Dowder never varies. A marvel of nurltv
atreneUiand wbolesomenesi. Moro economical
than tho ordinary k nls. and cannot bo sold In
competition wlih the multitude of low test, short
welifht, alum or phosphate powders. Sold only
Incins. IlorALlUxiNU 1'owdsr Co , 10 Va!l-st.,
n, 1. nur 11-1 y.
To Dyspeptics.
The moat common signs of Dyapcpatn, or
IntllKvutlmi, are nil oppression at tho
tom.icli, n.nijcn, mtulcncy, v ater-hrah,
heart-hum, vomiting, loss of npctltc, mid
eoiiitlpitlun. l))Scptlo patlenti sutler un
told miseries, iMxllly and mental. They
ihould stimulate tho digestion, and securo
regular dully action of the bowels, by tho
use of inodorato doses of
Ayer's Pills.
After the bowels nro regulated, one of these
Flits, taken each day after dinner, Is usually
all that U required to complete the cure.
Avkii's Tills are sugar-coated and purely
Tegetuble a pleasant, entirely safe, and ro
llablo medicine for tho cure of nil disorders
of tlio stomach nnd bowels. They aro
the best of all purgatives for family uso.
riusrAiiED nv
Dr. J. C.Ayer&Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists.
UDITOU'S NOTICE.
KSTATK OK TnEKESSA HAY LOU, 1IECEASB1).
In the Orphan's court of Columbia county.
The undersigned auditor nnnolntod liv said court
to make distribution ot the balanco In the lianat
oMl'O administrator, nrlslnff from the H.ile or real
estate In proceedings In partition will sit In the
dUchargo of tho duties ot UU appointment nt his
onico In liloomsburg at ten o'clock In the forenoon
upon the twenty-soventh day of November isl,
whero and when all parties Interested lu said fund
are requested to be and present their claims, or
bo debarred from any share of tl-o same.
I'AUL K. W1HT,
Nov g Auditor.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTIfiE.
SST1TI Or JOHN J. 8TILE3 DECK13ED.
Letters ot administration on the estate of John
J. stiles deceased, late ot Flshlngcreek township
Columbia county, Tennsvlvanla, deceased havo
been granted by the lteglster of said county to the
undersigned Administrator. All persons having
claims against the estate of ot tho deceased are re
quested to present them for settlement, and those
Indebted to tho estate to make payment to the
undersigned administrator without delay.
M. A. AMMEKMAN,
Administrator.
Nov 53rd Forks, P. O.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
ESTATE OF GEO. KILCIINEH, DECEASED.
Letters of administration In the estate of Ceo.
ty 1'ennsylvnnla, deceased, havo teen granted by
tho lteglster of said county to William 8. Hess Ad
ministrator 1). J). X. C. 5ft A. All persons having
claims against tho estate ot tho deceased nro re
quested tn present them for settlement, und thoso
Indebted to the estato to make payment to tho
underblgned administrator without delay.
Iolelmni- l.t. nf IWm trtirn.liln I'nlnnttila nn,,,,.
Administrator.
Nov 23 l'owlcrsvllle, Pa
v"our largo 10 pago pa
sMaasBasaiiper, tilled with charm
lnir serials, stories, choice miscellany, etc.. Is
sent 3 mos. on trial tor 23 cents ; nnd wo send
nmux suosenner ruEisour new nouaay pacK
aire. consisting of 10 nieces nonular music. 10 Inter
esting' games, l packol age and fortune-telling
cards, l pack ''Hold to Light" cards, l pack fun
uiriauon caras, l set enromocarus, i.inewmcKH
In magic s new puzzles, game of fortune, tho mystic
oracle, 23 ways to get rich. Heller's wonderful
delusion ca.-ds, etc., etc. Endless amusement I
Aqknts wantku. Sample paper for stamp. Uack-
iaju ruuLisuiHU iu., Augusia, .ne.
Nov23-lm nld
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the pursuance of this design, to present n con
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Postage Free to all tubtvrlbers In tlie United mates
or Camilla.
Tho Volumes otthe Weekly begin with tho first
Number for January of each year. When no time
Is mentioned, It will be understood that tho sub
scriber wishes to commence with the Number
next after the receipt of order.
The last Four Annual Volumes ot Harper's Week
ly, In neat Cloth binding, will bo sent by mall, pos
tage paid, or by express, free of expeuso (provided
the freight does not exceed ono dollar per volumo)
for $7 oo per volume.
Cloth Cases for each volume, suitable fur bind
ing, will bo sent by mall, postpaid, on receipt of
11 00 each.
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ey Order or Draft, to avoid chances of loss.
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wUliontttus express order CIIaiu'ek IIkotiikks,
Address HAltPEIt IIKOTIIKKS, New York,
PENNSYLVANIA.
AN EDITOR, AN ALMJll-
MAN AND A MINE
FOREMAN HEARD FROM.
DANVILLB, I'a., Oct. 31, '&'J.
About IS months ago I suffered very severely
from that terriuie uiv.'ase, caiarrn in tuu neau.
Hearing Dr. Thomas' Ecloctrlo Oil recommended, I
niirciiiLsi-,1 a bottle and used It accordtm: to direc
tions. It was but a short.tlmo until 1 discovered the
offensive breath I had been troubled with for sev
eral years was passing away, und a very soro
throat was cured, We nave ulso used It In our
family for ltheumatlsm and can highly reeomuiend
It for that. VIOTOH A. U)TIEI(,
AMiuor jtevuru,
HCIUNTOK, Pa., Nov, 9, 83.
I consider Dr. Thomas' Eclectrlo Oil tho most
satisfactory family medicine I have over used dur
ing 17 yean of housekeeping. I havo used several
uouiea uuuiiK tuu ima,, mu ji-ursiur ppruiua,
pains and iswelllugs and lu all cases It gave full
Alderman otli Ward.
BCHANTON, Pu. NOV. , 'SI.
1 was afflicted with sore throat, lame hack and
coiitrucUoii of the muscles, andilneach oasoro-oi-lvod
speedy relief by tho use of Thomas' Kcleo
trlooll IiMiuldhot tw without It, und strongly
reeomiucmni to all who aro similarly atlected
A (lODSIIAL,
Mltt i foreman.
Dr. Tuonan' Eclectrlo oil Is sold everywhere,
and guaranteed to give satisfaction or money rc
funded.
XKCUTOIt'3 NOT1CK.
estate or r.i.izARmt phloxo, lath, o- obaniik
luivnuiur, ukceasko.
letters testamentary In tho estatd of Elizabeth
DeLonsr, deenasrd, late nt Orange township Colum
bia county, !., Invo been Rrnntrd by tho lteglsirr
of said county to Thomas Jicllenry. All persons
having claims against t he estate of until decendent
nro requested to present them for settlement, nnd
thoso Indebted to the estato to make payment to
tho undersigned with out delay.
THOMAS McltENIlY,
Orangovltle, Col. county, Pa. Executor.
Oct. SO
Clolbinii Cloibii! ttiw!
G. W. 3ERTSCH,
THE MKUOHVNT TAIMHI,
AND DRALKII IK
Gents' Furnishing Goods
Or KVKUV DESCMPTIO.V.
CLOTHING!!
HuvIiik very recently npeui d a iit-w
Merchant Tailoring and Gents' Fur
nishing Oooils Htnie, in KNOIIR &
WlNTEHSTKKN'S building, on
Main street, wliuro I am pri-parcd to
tnnku to order, nlshoit notice, first
class suits of clothing always In tho
lntest styles and prices reasonable.
Fits guaranteed. Having learned how
to cut garments to suit customers, and
also what kind ol material will give
satisfaction, I would ask you to please
call and examine tho
BEST SELECTED STOCK
OF GOODS
Ever shown in Columbia county,
Boforo Purchasing Elsewhere.
Corner Main & Market Sts.
Biirg, Pa,
Aprlt 13-lyr.
IT WILL PAY 11
To call, Inspect nnd compare our large nnd com-
plcto stock of
CLOTHING,
HOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS
FURNISHING GOODS,
TUUNKS, VALISES,
LADIES' GqAJSj 8C.
before purchasing.
HANDSOME PRESENTS
To every Purchaser.
No trouble to show goods.
Every person purchasing of us will
receive a numbered ticket, entitling
them to a chance in any of the hand
somo prizes which can now be soen in
our windows. Prizes to bo awarded
on Christmas day. Call and see these
prizes and tell your neighbors about
them.
Don't forget the placo.
M. LEVY & CO,
Successor to M. A. LOEB.
Kiiip of the ClotliinK Trade ,
1. WEST l'KOST 8T11ECT. lis.
BERWICK.
SHERIFFS SALE.
lly vlrtuo ot sundry writs Issued out of
tho Court of Common Pleas, nud toino directed,
will bo exposed to public salo at tho Court House,
In llloonuburg, on
Monday, Dec. 3, 1883,
At 2 o'clock p. m.
All that certain piece or parcel of ground bltuato
In Flshlngcreck township Columbia county Penn
sylvanla. bounded and described as follows to-wlt:
Hounded on the North by public road leading from
Orangevllle to Jonestown, on the East by publto
road leading from Huntington creek to state road,
on tho South by land of tho estato of Cornelius
Coleman, nnd on tho West by lands ot c. E. Price,
containing ono-fourth acroot land moro or less,
whereon Is erected n fram c dwelling houso and
stable.
Seized and taken In execution nitct to bo hold as
the property of Oyrus ltobblns at the bull of tho
Flshlngcreck School District.
jllllerAtt'y. Fl Fa
ALSO.
All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land bltu
ntcd In Locust township Columbia county, Penn,
sylvanla, bounded nnd described as follows, to-
wlt: beginning at a stono and running from
thence by lands ot F. Helwlg Co., South llfty
three degrees, East 10 perches, four tenths along
a road thenco along tho same, South titty degrees
East, bK perchos; and two.tenths to a stono'on
Peter Helwlg's land, thenco by tlio samo oriir
llfty and one-fourth degrees East eleven porches
to lioarlng Creek, thenco down tho samo to lands
of Jcreinlah llerlnger, North twenty-seven degrees
West twenty perches, North twenty-four and
ono quarter West eleven perches, North fifty-four
degrees, West three and four tenths, North llfty
degrees und three quarters, West ten perches uud
eight-tenths, Noith slxty-Ilvo and a fourth, West
blx perches In tlio mlddlo of ltoarlng Creek nnd
thenco by land of John Yeager, South llfty-ouo
degrees, West thlrty-ono perches, nnd threo-tenths
to the placo of beglunliig. Containing eight acres
and ouo hundred and forty-six perches, strict
measure, whereon is erected ti ono and a halt
story f ramo dwelling house, good barn and out
buildings.
belied, taken Into execution, at tho suit ot Mary
Snyder vs John Dorr, nnd to bo nfold as tho pro
perty of tho said John Derr,
Ikeler. Att'y Vend. Ex.
JOHN JIOUKKY,
Nov fl Sheriff.
COURT PROCLAMATION.
WHlCItlCAS.IIioIIon. WfuMAM KlAVKlX
President Judge of the court of oyer and
Terminer and Oeneral Jail Delivery, Court of quar
ter Sessions of tho Peace and tho Court of Common
Pleas aud orphans' Court lu the scth judicial Ills
trlct, composed of tho counties ot Columbia and
Montour, and tho lions. James Lake and V, L.
Sbuman, Assiclato Judges ot Columbia county,
have Issuod their prcce,t,bcurlng ditto the '."Jtli day
of Sept. In tho year of our Lord ono thousand eight
hundred and eighty-three, and to mo directed tor
holding a Court of Oyer andTermlner and Oeneral
Quarter Sessions of tho Peace, Court of Common
Pleas nnd Orphans' Court, lu lltooinsburg, lu the
county ot Columbia, on tho first Monday, being
the 3ixl day of Dec. no:t, to contlnus for two
weeks.
Notice is hereby given to the Coroner,to tho Jus
tlces of tho Peace, and the constables of tho said
County of Columbia, Unit thoy bo then and tltcpj in
their proper perbon at lu o'clock In the forenoon of
said 3rd day of Dee, with their records Inqui
sitions and other remembrances, to do those tilings
which to their onices appertain to be done. And
thoso that are bound by recognizance to prosenute
against tho prisoners that aro or may be In the Jull
of tho said county of Columbla.tobe then aud tnore
to prosecute them as shall bo ujt, J urors are re
quested to bo punctual lu their attendance,
agreeably to their notions. Dated at llloomsburg
tho und day of Nov. In the year of our
Lord out! thousand elL'ht hundred and
elirlitv-threoand In tho ono hundred und
eighth yei
irlt'.li vear of tho liidencudouao ot tlio United
Suites ot America.
Hherltl's omce. JOHN MOUI1KV.
Uloonuburg, Nov -3 to Hherlrt.
E
lilOOl
LADIES3
WINTER COATS & DOLMANS.
o
Wo tako especial priilo and pleasuro in culling attention to
our stock of these goods. It surpasses all wo havo offered in
tho past, and wo havo good reason to believe is not equalled
iu America. Tho garments are all manufactured oxpressly
for us in tho most careful manner from the latest 8tyles,which
Btyles are in most cases confined to us alono.
This Biipcrb stock h now on exhibition and sale. The
prices will be found surprisingly moderate.
Wo also show a wonderful lino of
MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S COATS,
All made in tho highest style of the art by tho same Foreign
makers, and not to be surpassed for style, fit and carefulness
of manufacture.
So great are tho attractions in this department tho present
season that a little later wo shall probably have a demand
that will tax all our resources, although we have made overy
possible preparation therefor.
Wc advise our friends to make their selections now,
O-
Eighth Street.
Market Stret-t.
PHILADELPHIA.
(0, B.
DEALER IN
WINES AND LIQUORS,
AND JOBBER IN CIGARS.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
: : John
ffanamaker
: :- Store
SUCCEEDS
f of AI.I. PI.ANTH, for
, J'lATI.H. AU in ttwtnli only the bent tent out
ef.ttnm'Vf YfU !.' YPP-J"""?,1
. . -
Sliltl'SSIllS HIRAM SIBLEY
February Oly
OltlMIANS' COURT SALE
OF VALUA1ILE
Real Instate !
lly vlrtuo of un order Issued out of tho Orphans '
court of Columbia county the nnderalirned ndtnln
Istralor of .Milton Moateller, deceased, will exnoso
to aale on the premises on
Saturday, Dec, ist, '83.
At U o'clock a. m., the tollon-tnK tractor land
hltuate lu lirUrcrovlc township, Columbia county,
bounded and described as follows to-wlt i On tlio
east by land of J, W. Howinan, on llio bouth by tho
road Icadlnir from Ucrwlek to lllltonliouso's mill,
on the north by road leading to llerwlckr, contain
Intr l Acres,
on which nro erected a
FUAMB DWELLING, HTAHLK
and outbulldlntfs. A good blacksmith shop on tho
premises.
'I'KHMH OF HALE. Ton por cent, ot tho one
wiurtlioftho pur;haso money to be paid at tho
btrlklutr down of tho property j the ouo-fourth less
the ten percent, at tlio conllrmallonof salo) and
the remaining throo-fourths In ono year thereafter,
with Interest from continuation nltd.
tnLw9sJslMsfjBn
. icTcnl iliouisndarirtlHi, FltlM'. " fOH HIM,
A. 11. cuoop,
Administrator.
Now
Filbert Street.
The lilocl:
from Chestnut to
Market Street,
and ijth Street to
Public Buildings.
Fashionable
and Staple Dry
Goods and House
Furnishings.
AI.I. CltOI'W. fSATTH.
V)J method. I
uuwi livm
& CO. Rochester. N.V CIiIm. I
a4a
N
OTIOB IN DIVORCE.
IN THE COMMON l'LEAB OF;COLUM11IA
COUNTV,
Joanna Kcinerer by her noxt friend, &c, vs. ooorge
Kemercr. Hur libel In divorce.
To (leorge Kcinerer, respondent above named I
Whereas upon the libel of the said Joanna Kern
erer a subiweua was Issued out of the said court
commanding you to be nnd appear at the wit
regular u-rm ot said Court to show causo why the
siutl libelant should not be divorced from the
bonds of matrimony contracted with you; and
whereas upon return of said subpoena duo proof
wus made that you could not be found In the
ballwlck of the Shcrirf of said county, whereupon
an alius subpoena was awarded by said Court
commanding you to appear at tho then ne term
of s.ild court to answer as aforesaid, to which tho
same return was mado by tho bherltf. You nro
therefore required lobe and appear on the first
day of the next termor said Court to be held at
llloomsuurg tor said county on the first Monday of
December next, A. D. lKi, to answer said com.
Plaint. JUII.S .MOUltKY, ttberltr.
November 5th, 188.1.
Ithawn & ltublns, Att'y. novt) m
JXEOUTOU'S NOTICE.
KSTATl Of BIUON 'KV, DgCKlStD.
totter lestameutary on tho estate ot Minon
Fry deceased, late of Centre township, Columbia
county, Pennsylvania, duceasud have been granted
by the lteglster ot said county to the undersigned
executor. All persous having clal us against the
estate ot said decedent are renuested to present
them for wttietneiit aud those Indebted to the es
tate to make payment to the undersigned wlthuut
delay, .
HAMUEL1IE1DLAY, ,
Light Hlroet, Col. ca, I'a. Kxecutor.
NovitUw'
11 LIOL
coundrel. J'atriot.
j,iopcu.