THE COLUMBIAN AND DEMOCRAT, BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA.
The Columbian.
0. E. Etwsll, I Tali
J. 2. Bltttmtienlsr.,)
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
FRIDAY, MAY, 8, 1885.
Col. Quay is a republican candidate)
lor state Treasurer, unrig. iunpeo u
opposed to his nomination. There
will be sorno fun before, tho campaign
is over.
The following bills passed finally in
tho House of Representatives;
Making it a misdemeanor for storo
kecpefa to securo patronage by lottery
gilts.
Tho Houso joint resolution propos
ing an amodment to the constitution
Abolishing tho poll-tax qualification
was defeated yeas, 24; nays, 40.
To regulate tho marriage of minors.
imposing a fino of $200 on any minister
or justice of the peace who shall unito
in marriage any minor without the
consent of his or her parents, unless
the minors present a certificate from
the clerk of the orphan's court showing
that tbey are ot ace.
For making false representations as
to his or her ace any minor shll be
fined $300, and the clerk of tho court
issuing a certificate, in violation of this
act shall bo fined 3200.
Schuylkill County is likely to have a
temporary experience of prohibition
through tho failure of 250 hotel and
saloon keepers to pay for licences
which were granted at the February
term of court within the time pro
scribed by law. The Law and Order
Society has notified the Clerks of the
Court not to issue them now, after the
time has elapsed, nnder legal penalty,
and there is promise that tbero will be
this number of drinking places less in
that vicinity than there would have
been had the applicant been more
prompt. The practice hitherto has
been to take out the licenses whenever
cash was most abundant, and tho
temperance people have this time
taken advantage of the negligence of the
saloon keepers and insist on the strict
enforcement of tho law.
The Pension Praudi.
Tho new Commisioner of Pensions
has made a good start exposing and
putting au end to the gross frauds
which have been perpetrated for many
years in the executive bureau over which
he presides. The number of illegally
drawn pensions whose suspensions
ho has just directed is 109, all belong
ing to a single agency, that of Phila
delphia. In 102 of these cases the
only persons entitled to the pensions
have been dead for years. Some died
as long ago as 1871, yet tho periodi
cal allowances bavo ever since been re
gularly drawn in their names. In seven
of the cases widows who forfeited their
rights to pensions by ro-marriage years
ago, have called for and received mon
ey as usual ever since.
Theso are tho first fraits of an inves
tigation begun by a special agent in a
single locality. There is no reason for
supposing that Philadelphia is the only
place where theso practices have been
earned on, and we may therefore pre
sume that the nnlawfnt disbursements
of this kind in the whole country are
to be numbered by thousands. This,
too, is only one form of possible, fraud,
and a form, perhaps, comparativly
easy of detection. It risks not only
tho disbursing officer's personal ac
quaintance with the lawful applicant,
but the circulation of the news of the
death of a pensioner by his friends and
neighbors. Frauds in the original
granting of pensions, when once ac
complished, are usually safo from de
tection. So far as can bo judged from tho
nature of the Pbiladeldhia frauds,
they must have resulted from careless
or corrupt discharge of official duties.
There are now over three hundred
thousand pensioners on the roll, and
more than a hundred different grades
of pensioners. The Government has
sometimes paid out fifty or sixty mil
lions a year in pensions. These facts,
coupled with the looseness in taking
evidence upon pension cases, of which
the Commissioners have often com
plained, indicate the extent of tbo field
open for fraud.
But in addition for several years,
the pension Office baa been managed
by people who ridiculed tho idea that
any fraud worth worrying about was
perpetrated. One of tho Commission
ers, when asked to recommend needed
pension legislation, gravely called for
special laws, in addition to tho ordina
ry statutes against perjury, to punish
Boverely "those ivlio swear falsely
against a meritorious claimant's right
to a pension" a demand directly
tending to prevent persons who strong,
ly suspect frauds from mentioning the
e round of their belief, lest they should
o prosecuted by the Government they
wished to aid. Tbo same officer
thought that tho proportion of pensions
auecieu uy iraua was not more than
ono iu a thousand, and that "the pre
cautions against fraud are extraordin
aav." A provious Commissioner, whoso
frankness cost him his place, had made
known that five hundred fraudulent pen
sions were dropped from the roll in about
threo years.after over half a million dol
lais had been paid to them; and bo had
also reported that as these discoveries
wero mostly duo to accident or volun
tary information, "tho evidence is con
clusive that a small percentage of the
frauds committed liavn been discover
ed." Congress, n short time since, in des
pair of otherwise ferreting out frauds,
ordered the publication of tbo pension
roll. Tho Pension Office discount
enanced this project from tho begin
ning, and a fow days niter it was
carried into effect exultlnaly announced
that 'ithus far not a slr.glo complaint
has readied this omco going to show
that persons not entitled to reccivq
pensions aro getting assistance." A
change of administration, nevertheless,
as we have seen, lmi already rovealcd
in a sinu'lo city more than n hundred
instances of persons who had for years
been ircttini; pension assistance to
which they were not entitled. It
would bo human nature for those under
which chronic occupation of oflico loose
methods of cross corruption bavo
been iu vogue to shrink from exposing
either existing or past iniquities. Hut
with a thorough reorganization of tho
I'onsiou uiliee, Irom top to bottom,
and a thorough investigation of all
abuses, there will bo hope of that
reform which the people demand and
desorre. iVI Y. Sw.
To co Slower than Eier.
Mr. Randall called upon the Presi
dent recently for tho purposo of direct
ing his attention to a decision in n re
cent Pennsylvania report, in which tho
Court held that a power to appoint car
ried with it tho right of removal, re
gardless of any Tenoro-of-Ofllco nets.
Tho President listened attentively to
tho reading but said very little. Ho
mado a very significant remark, how
ever, when Judgo Joshua Allen, of Il
linois, called upon him afterwards to
aik about changes in the Federal offi
ces. Said tho President, as ho was af
terwards reported:
"When I assumed tho duties of this
office I resolved to go slow in making
changes, believing that if any mistakes
were made tbey would naturally result
from hasty and inconsiderate action.
From certain recent occurrences I am
moro than ever of tho opinion that my
original determination was right. In
tho futuro I intend to go oven slower
than over." Tho recent occurrences re
ferred to in the President's vigorous
little speech show his estimation of Mr.
Bayard's peculiar personal policy.
The Supreme Court-
TUB LIMIT OF MUNICIPAL TAXATION'.
Chief Justico Mercur of tho Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania, has lust filed an
opinion in tho appeal of tho City of
Wilkcs-Barre from tho degree of tho
Court of common pleas of Luzerno
County, sitting as a court of equity.
This caso involves an important ques
tion as to tho right ot municipality to
increase its indebtedness under Section
8, of article 9, of the Constitution.
This section provides that the debt
of any municipality or incorporated
district shall never exceed 7 per cent,
of tho assessed valnation of the taxa
ble property therein, and also that no
municipality or district shall incur any
now debt or increase of its indebted
ness to an amount exceeding 2 per
cent upon such assessed valuation,
without the assent of tho electors at a
public election.
Tho City of Wilkes-Barro proposed
an increase in its debt, which was in
itself less than 2 per cent, of the as
sessed value of its taxable property,
but when added to the debt provtonsly
existing made and aggregate of moro
than 2 per cent. Tho question was
raised by certain tax payers whether
this could be done without the previ
ous consent of the electors. The city
government contended that thero was
nothing in the Constitution to prevent
a city from increasing its indebtedness
by successive steps, from time to time,
as it saw proper, and that so long as
this increase was less than 2 per cent.
tho consent of the electors was not nec
essary. Chief Justice Mercur, however, holds
that there is no warrant in the Consti
tution for any such view, and that any
increase which has the effect of raising
municipal indebtedness more than 2
per cent must receive the consent of
the electors at a municipal election.
Tho decreo of tho Common Pleas of
Luzerne County is affirmed and the ap
peal dismissed at the costs of the apel-
ant municipality.
WASHINGTON LETTEB.
(From our Ttejular Correspondent.)
Washington, April 27, 1885.
Your correspondent did not have his
usual six-hour confidential interview
with the President of the United Stales
this week, and is consequently not able
to give you a news report hot and
steaming from the lips of tho adminis
tration. Maybe the reason why I did
not call on tho President was because
friend did. I have a wild Western
friend who found himself in Washing
ton last week with two whole hours at
bis disposal. He decided that the timo
was not sufficient for him to seo and
talk to everybody in Washington
(though he como as near doing it as
any living man or oven woman) and
inasmuch 03 he had to draw a lino
somewhere, ho called only on the Presi
dent, Secretary Lamar and your corres
pondent. 1 will not attempt to tell all
he told me, for ho talked without punc
tuation. Bat to the President he made
tho original remark that he had no
friends to reward, no enemies to pun
ish, and no favors to ask. The "no
favors to ask'' clause seemed to please
tho President, and be replied "I am
nearly worried to death by those who
have nothing but favors to ask.'' Mv
friend then called at Iho Interior De
partment upon Secretary Lamar and
told him that he wished to see his bath
tub 1 The Saturnine secretary at once
set down my wild Westerner for a
crank, but a glance, at his nice clothes
and Ins face painted red with intelli
gence and humor convinced him that
he had struck a character rare. So he
showed him the little zino bath tub and
the two four dollar rugs, to buy which;
he had sold the ten thousand dollars
worth of government carriages and
horses.
Tho President and members of his
Cabinet have gono to Gettysburg to
celebrate the anniversary of the battle.
This is the first respite that Mr. Cleve
land has taken sinco the 4th of March.
Miss Cleveland is awav in New York.
Col. Lamont and his family, consisting
oi nis wue ana two little daughters,
nave, at tne urgent request ot Air.
Cleveland, moved into tho White
House and tbey will soon accompany
the president to his country residence
at Soldier's home. '.The President's
cottago at tho Homo is about threo
miles from tho White house and about
a milo and a half from the northern
boundary of tho city and tho Potoinao
river, surrouuded bv trees and acres
of green sward it will bavo all tho ad
vantages of a summer resort with the
additional advantage of com pie to re
tirement from society and fashion that
cannot be obtained at Long lirancli,
Saratoga or Ne-vport.
The illness of tho President's prlvato
secretary has revived tho old talk about
tho peculiar Washington malaria. Ev
ery ill that flesh is heir to in this city is
attributed by the non-professional wri
ters for tho press to malaria. A Sena
tor cannot eat or drink too much but
that hi indisposition is malaria, and
one of them went so far as to attribute
the eacouchment of a prominent woman
!., I .
io mu Bamu piouuo cause, washing,
ton, as tho statistics show, is a univcr
sally healthy city and its death rate
snows as small a percentage from ma
laria as any city in tho union.
What will tho administration do
concerning official changes' is a nuos
tion that is being vory earnestly asked
at tins tune, mere are In round mini
bers about 102,000 salaried oflico
holdors under tho Federal Government.
They aro tho regular army of politics,
for it means their bread. Their dis
cipline enabled tho Republican party
to keon itself in power Joi half a cent
ury. Nino tenths of theso officials aro
still iu position. What is tho President
going to do about itf A gentleman
who holds n very rcsirasiblo and orom-
inent appointment under Mr. CIcvo-
isuu, and who comes irom a powerful
stato occupying a most important do
litie.nl and geographical position, spoke
very plainly and Tolly tho other day
respecting tho matter of changes. He
said: No ono better comprehends tho
necessity for a complete chango in
all commissioned officials than docs
tho President. Ho is perfectly nwaro
that tho people, in making tho chango
in presidents last fall, did not mean
simply to put one man out and another
man in. They meant that tho entire
system should bo altered and renovated,
and yon may depend upon it that is
precisely what tho President means to
do but he. will not bo hurried,
Bobbing a Tram.
A nOI.t) EXPLOIT 11V AN INDIANA THAMP.
As Wednesday night's Chicago ex
press train on tbo Louisvillo and New
Albany Road slacked up at tho Har
rodsburg, Ind., water tank, a sleeping
postcngcr in tho second-class car awa
kened just in timo to see a shaggy
whiskered man dart up the rear plat
form of tho baggage and express car
just ahead. A moment later ho had
disappeared through the door. It was
nearly midnight and tho sleepy pas
senger thought nothinc of tho incident.
and when the train resumed its jour
ney ho slent again. Two miles farther
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north and only a short distance irom
Bloomington he was again awakened
by tho slacking up of tho train. The
door of the smoking car opened and
a man covered with blood and faint
staggered in and fell on the floor.
Somebody had pulled the bell rope and
the train came to a standstill. Conduc
tor Chambers ran forward. He was
shown the prostrate man and recogniz
ed him as Peter Webber, the baggage
master of the train. Tho appearance
of tho shaggy-whiskered man on tho
platform, the pulling of the bell cord
and the arrival of tho wounded Web
ber on tho smoker were tho occur
rences of exactly nine minutes, but in
that brief time an unexampled train
robbery and probably a cowardly mur
der had been committed. After hav
ing been restored to consciousness Web
ber told tho storv of the assault to the
conductor, who reported tho robbery to
the Chicago ofhcials.
When tho robber entered both Web
ber and Georgo K. Davis, tho express
messenger, were taking a nap, wermer
being at tho further end of tho car.
Davis was sitting in his chair. Tho
robber opened tho door stealthily and
approached to where Davis sat. The
first intimation of his presence was a
terrific blow on Davis head, mulcted
with a club. Davis staggered to his
feet, but, blinded bv the shock, he was
unable to use his pistol. The robber
knocked it out of bis hand, then pick
ed it up and deliberately shot him in
tho head. Davis dropped to tho floor
insensible. Meanwhile Webber had
been aroused by Davis' smothered cry
of pain at tho first outslaught, but he
was unable to render any assistance.
Tho deed was done so quickly that
when Webber had advanced from his
position at the front part of the ear the
robber had him covered with Davis'
pistol.
"Upon tbo sate and hump yoursell,
too." said the robber, with bated
breath, pressing tho muzzle to Webber's
ear.
"I haven't the keys," replied tho bag
gage man.
"Yes, but you know where they are
just as well as I do. Search the stiff,
and hurry np about it or in lay you
out alongside of him."
Webber saw that ho was parleying
with a desperado and acquiesced.
When tho sale had been opened the
robber took the contents.threw his club
on tho floor and shot Weber in the
back of the head, the bullet ranging
upward and tearing away tho scalp
frightfully. Webber was stunned by
the shot and upon recovering he went
forward. It is supposed that tho bell
ropo was really pulled by tho robber
and that ho escaped from the train
only a moment before Webber appear
ed in tho smoking car. Tbo club was
delivered to tho express ofhee here.
It is a green sapling about three feet
long and four inches in diameter,
weighing three pounds. Tho pursuing
party did not leave Bloomington until
this morning, and it is thought the
robber had such a start that there is
little chance of overhauling him. Tho
first report was that the robber bad
secured $13,000.
"Ho was not an adept, said Mr. O.
W. Barret, of tho American Express
Company, "but merely a desperado,
who took liis chances at hnuing money
in thd safe. Had ho known anything
about the business 'of the company he
would not have robbed a north bound
train. There could not havo been
much money in the safe, as tho mes
senger took money nt only two or three
stations. The Southern business is
not done over this line, but is carried
north by way of Cario. Now, had he
attacked the south-bound train there
would havo been a possibility of bis
getting a largo sum of money. The
north run over this road seldom brings
to Chicago over $1000. A little mon
ey is also carried for St. Louis and the
Northwest, but altogether tho sum
could not be over $3000 or $1000.'"
Apropos of tho attempt of a num
ber of ball players to catch a ball drop
ped from tho top of tho Wasbincton
Monument, and tho opinions of any
ono to accomplish the feat, tho question
arises if any of them has an idea of the
velocity acquired by a ball dropped
from a height of 550 feet bv the time
it strikes tho ground.
l ho experiment was tried by Paul
Hints, Sam Trott, Charlie Snyder,
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.111. hiiii uwivid, UUI IIUI1U BUU'
ceeded in holding it.
Now the fact is that n ball so drop,
ped has a velocity of 187 feet par seo
ond when it strikes the ground. This
velocity can bo better comprehended
by comparing it with a batted ball.
Tho longest hit which the writer has
any knowledgo of was mado by Georgo
Wright at Indianapolis, when tho ball
struck tho ground a few inches over
2UU yards. '1 ho ball, in this instance,
was hit into tho air at an onglo of
about 45 degrees tho mojt favorablo
angle for a long hit.
Without giving tho formula, 1 will
stato that, ns near ns can bo calculated,
tho anglo and the distance being given,
tho initial velocity of tho ball In this
caio is found to bo about 100 feet per
Allowing the samd ball In hnvn hpnn
bit in tho namo direction, at the same
angle, with sufficient forco to give it
the saiuo VtlooitV nt tho starling iinlnt.
that it acquires in falling from tho
iuuiiuracui top, it would havo gono 514
yards.
Would any of tho players like to
tako hold of a lino hit, of tho naino
lorce, tt short field T
Tho walls of Walnright's browery
at Pittsburg collapsed on Suntlnv
morninir, becauso of the great weight
upon them, and tho building with
contents destroyed. About 10,000
uarrois oi beer nowcd Into tho streets.
GENERAL NEWS.
Fifteen inches of snow fell in
Maino Saturday morning. Many peo
ple took ndvantago of the opportunity
to slcighride in May.
A boiler exploded in thu saw mill
of John Bishop A Co., on Bowman's
Creek, near Wilkcs-Barro on Saturday
evening, killing tho fireman instantly
and badly residing tho watchman.
An epidemic, simltiar to that of
Plymouth has visited Cold Spring,
Now Jersey. Tho physicians pro
nounce it typhoid-malaria fever. A
number of deaths havo occurred, and
many more are not expected to live.
President Cleveland nnd part of his
Cabinet, wero at Gettysburg on Mon
day upon invitation of the First Coqis
of tbo Army of the Potomac, to roviow
tho famous battle ground. This is tho
first the President has been absent
from tho Wblto House sinco the inau
guration.
Iho work of counting the money
and securities in tho United States
troasury has been in progress during
tho past week. A shortage of 2 cents
was lound in the Uashroom in a pack-
ago of $5 of pennies. Tho Cashier im
mediately mado it good, bat remarked
that a recount would show that it
contained the full amount.
Tho Lackawanna Iron and Coal
Company's steel rail mill, in Scranton
was destroyed by firo at 1 o.clock
Monday morning. Loss about $250,
000, and insured for $150,000. Seven
hundred men are thrown out of employ
ment. It will tako threo months to
rebuild.
.A notice was found posted on tho
office of tho Pennsylvania Colliery at
iiiu carmel on Monday morning, warn
ing James Visick to resign his position
as outside foreman or tbey would blow
hlra into eternity. Und-.-r tho oflico
was found a quantity of dynamite, with
squibs attached for tho purposo of
carrying out their threat.
A 1'ittsburg writer makes tho as
sertion that in fifty years or perhaps
in half that time, co'al will not be car
ried from the mines to its place of des
tination in bulk, but only its ac
tual heat energy will be transported,
and that by wire, a process which, ho
says, can bo accomplished by convert
ing tbo coal into heat, the heat into
motion, and tho motion into electricity;
a storage battery at Cincinnati would
tako it up as fast ns generated at the
mines, and from this battery it could
bo taken and converted back into mo
tion and heat, or changed into light.
Itoarlngcrccki
Snow hero on Monday last.
Mrs. Dual Houck Is quite 11L
rieanty of work among agriculturists at tne
present time.
Ex-Judge Hughes ol Catawbaa was In our vil
lage Sunday.
Miss Llzzlo Adams ot Catawlsu w as home visit
ing her parents.
Charles Fox formerly of Numldla has taken a po
sition as clerk tor Jacob Yeager.
Itoads arc In good condition under the supervi
sion ot our supen Isors, Khoads and Kline.
John Frink has bain an addition to his and his
fathers house recently.
J. S. Scott's son Charllo broke his arm tho other
day. lit Is doing as well as can be expected
since.
E. c. Yeager may now bo heard on our streets
Fridays with the cry. "Shad, Oh I Fresh Dela
ware shad."
SamT. Klaso Is repairing hl3 barn on the old
Yeager estate which he recently purchased of W.
Ji. eager oi tho w est.
Mr. Low tho MercantUo Appraiser was through
here one day last week attending to the duties of
his office.
C. W. stlne and o. B. M. Helwlz of this place,
have mado Watcrtown, Dakota, their homo for the
present.
Ellas Lelby and David Helwlz havo been Improv
ing tho value of their premises by way of new
buildings this spring. They both understand og.
ncuiturai pursuits.
The Koartngvllle band of thl3 place serenaded
theclt'icns of Numldla tho evening of the 25th
ult. Some ot the boys getting home at rather a
at nour.
Daild F. Beaver of our l Ulaeo paid a brief visit
to Mt. carmel last Saturday, returning on Sunday;
either on business orothtrwlse. David Is a good
ooy. success to him.
Livingston Yeager his been making Improve
ments by way of considerable Lew pall'ng fence
abouf his premises. He contemplates building a
new houso in the near future. Mr. L. does a good
business at tanning. Bi Wirnay.
Court Procccames,
The reCTUlAr lrctnn fif fVmrf w.n Ifnrwlnv
morning with Ills Honor Win. Elwell President
Judge and Hons. F. L, Shuman and James Lake
Associates on thft hpnr-ti.
Account of L. B. Hupert, guardian, 4c. Exccp-
rho bonds of the constables elect were approved
bv the Court nnrl fllprt
On motion Of Ilobcrt Buckingham Ean. nnd the
icjjuinuwMnmiiieeDeingmea c. E. ueyer was
admitted to practle e ns an attomer nt law m this
county.
Itoad In Locust township near Dai Id Mine's
store. Joseph Levan was appointed a viewer in
Dlace Of Wllltum Vonm.? nnr, rhn M.. nnnflnnnrf
.wow iu uc,cr luwnsiiip near milium a Jtoaus.
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i.ciwi ui viewers coanrmeu nibi.
Bridge In Beaver township near Peter Fisher's.
Report of viewers confirmed nlsL
Est. Of Manraret Velllnk. Ttptnrn nt r.i1a rnn.
firmed nUI.
Widows' appraisements filed and confirmed nlsL
Account of a. W. Corell Trusee, continued nisi.
Heglster'a accounts continued nlsL
ltoad In Madison twn. near Khm'mnkpr'a
mill. Itenoit of viewer.) cnnnrmwi u.
Iload In Greenwood near MlllTllle. retltion for
review nied, to await action on exception.
on motion of o. a Herring Esq., Frederick Smith
was discharged as an Insolvent d?htnr.
Poor Dlst. of Boro. of Berwick vs. Poor Dbt. of
itvp. ot centre. Appeal from order ofjtemoval of
.wuuhwu uvt.J .lit..
Report of re-revlewer In Mvnr nf m in
wlssa twp. near Eernlnger's mill, confirmed nisi
auu mum mvu ai xeeu
Report of viewers li" favor of a road In Locust
twp. confirmed nisi ana width Uxed at 33 feet.
Report ot viewers of a County Brtdgo in Centre
uP near rcsiaence or j-aui zaner and William
Scott confirmed nisi.
Road In Main twp. near W. a Fisher. Order to
vacate, report ot viewers confirmed nisi.
Inquest on body of an unknown person found
de&d lU CCntro twn. wnji flnnmreri nanmM.tnt,.
Road In scott twp. near B. P. Sharpless. Eepoi
of viewers against a road confirmed nisi.
Inquest on the body of R. j. Handwork In hcott
approvoa as a proper one to bo held.
aqu iruia l-cierman. lwmnn fni-nrtuinn in
quest awarded, notlco to bo given In accordance
with the rules of Court.
Est. J, B. cornellson. Return of sale confirmed
IllSt.
Est. Chrlstcna Young. Order of sale to John
Dcrrtrustee to sell real estate cnntinnm.
tst. mcr llelnuach. Return of sale ot real cs-
mio connrmea nitl.
On application Franklin lltaW.jm
n-viuu iu huh real estate.
edIwlVmilm Rhodes. Auditor's report connrnv
Est. Henry w. Major. Auditor's report conilnn
ed nl si.
Est. Mary Hutchison deo 'd. Auditor's report con
firmed nisi.
Est, DavW strausser. Auditor's report ccnilnn
ednlil.
All the constables eln.-tpi tnr tim nu..inr. .......
but tho ono from Couyngham were Bworn on Mon
day and filed their bonds.
i.om.vs. jonnwying. Recognizance taken In
open court In tho sum of iao.00 with Charles Fish
com. vs. Mary Shearon. RecognliancoforfelteJ,
Wm. Bavtdge vs. Bruco Shoather. Interpleader
Decree of court awarding an Issue Ac, filed.
Bloss v s Heck. Opinion of the court tiled.
Com. vs. Dr. J, L. Bauer. As this caso has noi
been heard by Eunreme rr.nrt n, .r..n,i,. ,.
tered Into recognizance with a V. Fortner as sure.
lvfA.M......u .... ....
v. ujipcaruuui at aiay sessions ibso,
ROad In ftVtr. ,wn nan.n ...
aepot. Ell Barton appointed a reviewer In place
... otuiuu uecc&aoa,
Cin. vs. Joseph Butler, William Jackson, James
Mimuia uoyie, wuuam Emllh, tramps, jfe
true bills.
Com. vs. Patrick Ilrfln. frnmn i, M..., .in
Com. vs. James Mccormick and George Brewer.
Assault and Battery to. Ransaler DelUrt prase,
cutor, A true bill.
Com. vs. Maggie DMlart. Larceny, AtruobilL
Moscow's Famous Citadel.
I had heard and read n great deal
about tho Kremlin, write., John L.
Stoddard, but had no distinct idea of
what it was like uutil I saw it. I had
no idea of its vast extent, that within
Its walls were contained palaces, church
es, monasteries and arsenals. Tho
walls surrounding all theso structures
are of vast extent, height and thick
ness. At frotiuent intervals nro watch
towers of fanciful design, and tho bat
tlements nro all loopholed for tho dig-
uuaic UI Jllissill'9. 1US1UU IS UIU JieU
Square, so called from tho thousands
of judicial murders thcro committed.
and in tho centro of it is a group of
statuary called "Tho Princo and
Moujik." There are many entrances
into tho Kremlin, but the principal one
is tho Iledeemer gate, which is con
sidered a holy place, on account of a,
tamous statue which finds lodging in
ono ot its niches. When passing
through this portal everyone is suppos
ed to tako off his hat. Tho Convent of
Ascension is n strange freak of archi
tectural fancv. but beautiful withal.
Near to it is a placo where the holv
un is ui.tuuiuuiurcii, wan which ail
Russian children are baptized. Around
tho arsenal are hundreds of cannon
taken from tho French, and there I saw
;i r-. i -.i. . , i.
that immense piece of ordinance called
the King of Cannon, but which, like
the King of Bella, nlso in tbo Kremlin,
is fit for nothing but show. Tho Ivan
tower and the cathedral, with iu num
berless costly thrones, aro both monu
ments of human skill. It is In this
cathedral that the czars of Kussia
crown themselves, no other than their
own hands being considered fit for the
holy office. The palace, which has an
unpretentious appearance outside, be
ing coaled with stucco, is of great ex
tent. It contains the St- Georco's hall
and numberless suites of apartments for
the guests of the royalty. Tbo throne
of the czar was shown to me, and as I
stood looking at it I almost trembled
as I thought of tho undisputed swav.
of the limitless power of life and death
over a hundred millions of people,
whioh he who had occupied it a tew
days before held.
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ALE-FANGBOKNEIt. In the First
Presbyterian church la the city of Detroit,
Jllch , by tho pastor, Iter. Dr. Trumbull,
Mr. Sylvester Alo of Cas3 City, Mich., and
Mrs. Carrie Fangbonncr recently of this
town. The couple have the best wishes ot
her many friends In Bloomsburff.
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oiiperm.
(O
to "
00 "
iieraiocauermaubiainy, omen 14
' " rooting, 14
" whltoplno " 17
" yellow " " is
" surfaced pluo boards, 17
" sawed plaoshlntlos,
No 8 " ' a
NO 8 ' " " 1
No t sap sawed pine shingles, i
" liemloclc sawed "
" heart shaved pine " from ts oo to 7
" bap " " ii a (Oto4
" hemlock " " 4 oo to 4
" shingle lath, g
" plastering lath, a
Hemlock fencing, 9
" iruagwrtcnclng s Inch wide, 10
" boards 10 to iv Inch wide, 10
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fibovo kinds of Lumber always
on hand, and will sell nt theso
prices during year of 1885.
sr. bEow,
Orangovillo, Columbia Co., Pa
npr 3-0m
why
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pleaso all who civo him a call. Also
on hand
Gents' iTurnisliing Goods
OP ALL DESCRIPTIONS.
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Always of the latest styles. Call and ex.
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whore. Corner Main & Market Sts.
iishrg, Pa.
April 25-ly
BLOOMSBDliu PLANING MILL
Tbe underelraed ha vine tint tits pianlncr Ml
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BLINDS, MOULDINGS,
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la well seasoned and none but skilled workmen
areempioyea.
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furnished on application. Flans and specinca
tons prepared by an experienced draughtsman
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if, c?c. JSshleman,
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All kinds of nttlntrs for steam, eas and water
pipes constantly on band.
Itooflne and swmtlnz attended to at short no
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Tinware of CTcry description made to order.
Orderaleftat Schuylerfi Co"a.. hardware store
wIU be promptly Illled.
Special attention clren to heatlntr by steam and
hot water.
ys-ly
"SEW" "lumber yard.
.The undersigned has started a lum
ber yard, and has on hand all kinds
ot
I
HEMLOCK LUMBER
of the best quality, Boards, Scantling,
Joists, r encing, and every other shape
up to 32 feet long. Inquire at i
Heck's Store.
s.w. mm,
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Feb 27-3m
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Limited,
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Office in Drawers' Building, 2nd floor,
map 1-tf
jDMINISTIl.vnilX' NOTICE.
fcsTATE Ur IHKPKKJCK U. KAVBECK, DECEASED.
Letters of administration In the estate of Kreder.
lck II. Kambeck, late ot Jackson township, de
ceased, have been irranted br the llectster or Raid
county to tho undersigned Administratrix. All per
sons having claims against the estate of the de
ceased aro requested to present them for settle
ment, unu most, mueuteu to ine estate to maxe
nayment to the undertlzned Administratrix with.
out delay. CAT11EIUNK KAMIiECK.
Administratrix,
Apr 24 4w Derr'a I". O.
DMISISTRATOU'S NOTICE. .
ESTATE OF JAMES B1KTOX, DECEASED.
Letters of administration on the estate of James
Barton, late of the town of ISloomsburi?.
Columbia county, Pennsylvania, deceased havo
been granted by the Ileglsterof said county to the
undersigned Administrators. All persons having
claims against the estate ot the deceased are re
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Corn " " CO
Oats " " 87
Flour bcr barrel 5 & 0 CO
Clovcrsccd 8 Ov,
Butter , 22
Tftflow oa
Potatoes new 00
Dried Apples 05
Hams... 13
Hides nnd shoulders 0
Chickens g
Turkeys 13
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TtilSSMS.0 C1Car' '"G'Mor
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ESTATE OF JOHN ACIIENBACH, DECEASED.
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