The Columbian.
9, E. Elwoll, vait,
J. K.BHtmbender.,rE4Uc"'
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
"FRIDAY, MAY 7, 18f)0.
Col. M, S. Qnrty assumed tlio oflico
of Stri'o Treasurer on Monday, Ex
Treasurer Livscy will be made his
chief clerk.
Secretary Manning hai so far re
covered from his sickness as to bo ablo
to tnku a drlvo on Sunday last and to
receive callers.
" Prof Hrooks, of tho Ited Homo Ob
servatory, I'holps, In. i ., discovered a
comet on Saturday last. Tho head re
sembles a bright star and the tall is
(innaniniimia I. n ficaf fit rnanrtiiin nrw!
tho second in Pegosus.
Hugh Conner, aged fiO years, enci
neer on tho Bteamer, Wilkes-Uarre,
plying between Nnnticoke and Wilkes
JSarre, was found dead at his post Sun
day afternoon. At tho timo of death
ho was in the not of putting coal on
tho tiro. Heart disease was tho cause
of his death.
Tho Houso Committeo on Post
Offices and Post Roads havo ilstructed
Representative Dockery to icport
favorably a bill to extend a freo de
livery system to all towns containing
10,000 inhabitants whoso gross postal
revenues for preceding year were $10,
000 or more.
The Great Strike.
On Saturday last, May 1st was in
augurated ono of tho greatest strikes
ever known. Tho general purpose of
tho strike is to establish a system of
working but eight hours a day. In
somo places tho demand is for eight
hours work at ten hours pay, while in
others it is for a reduction of time and
wages accordingly. The following is
a summary of the movement.
In tho anthracite coal fields of the
Eastern portion of Pennsylvania there
arc now 35,000 miners demanding tho
eight-boar day aud threatening a strike
if thoy are denied. Tho strike would
bo inaugurated at ouco if the men of
the lower districts were confident of
tho co-operation of thoso of tho Luzerno
and Lackawanna fields, who lire not
yet ready to rnako a stand. Id tho
Mahoning Valley 3000 miners are like
ly to go out.
In Philadelphia 1000 garment cut
ters inaugurated a strike for eight
hours, which will affect from 10,000 to
15,000 other operatives who depend
upon tho cutters for work. The car
penters, bricklayers, plasterers, tin roof
ers, sheet-iron workers, plumbers and
stonemasons have compromised on nino
hours. Of the German cabinet mak
ers, all but tho employees of nino
manufacturers have been granted the
eight-hour day, and the 400 cabinet
makers and 300 other hands employed
by tho nine manufacturers who refuse
the concession will probably strike. In
Camden, N. J., the carpenters, brick
layers and laborers demand eight hours
work and ten hours' pay.
In Pittsburg 000 furniture workers
and 1200 carpenters -strike for ten
hours' pay for eight hours' work. Tho
stone-cutters are already out for ten
hoars' pay and eight hours' work, and
tho brass-workers will rest content with
a Saturday half-holiday.
Chicago at present has a greater
number of idle men than any other ono
city. Tho strikers thero probably num
ber 40,000. They are principally
freight handlers employed by the sev
eral railroads entering Chicago, lum
bermen to tho number of 12,000 aud
the employees of tho great packing
houses of tho Union Stock Yards. Of
this vast army nearly all aro demand
ing tho eight-hour day, and some also
ask an increase ot wages. Idividual
employers in various trades, it is esti
mated havo already granted tho re
daction of hours to 5000 employees.
In St. Louis the furniture manu
facturers have organized and resolved
to operate all factories heieafter on the
eight-hour plan. Those who have al
ready struck for the sarao concession
aro 200 plumbers and 200 employees
of the East St. Louis "Water-works.
The operatives at tho planing mills
promise to strike. In somo of the
tobacco factories tho concession is
granted.
' Milwaukee has between 0000 and
10,000 unemployed workmen. Of these
3000 aro brewers, 3000 are shop tail
ors, 1200 cabinet makers and carpen
ters, COO coal-yard hands, 500 cigar
makers, 100 broom-makers, 200 slaugh-tor-houso
employees and 150 brick
yard men. There are somo local issues
involved, but tho eight-hour demand
is paramount in almost every case.
In Boston the carpenters and join
ers and tho plumbers 5000 men in all
will striko if the eight-hour demand
is refused. Tho bricic-layers have com
prised on nino hours.
Baltimoro has 2000 houso-carpenters
already in tho ranks of the idlo army,
whilo tho 1000 brick-layers havo accept
ed nine hours' work for ten hours' pay;
tbo'hod-carriers and stone-masons are
satisfied with nino hours and tho cigar
makers, roofers and furnituro makers
aro still agitated for tho coveted re
duction. In Cincinnati 500 employees in furni
ture factories and 100 men in tho Bruns
wick it Balko Billiard Tablo Company
aro out j In Rochester, N. Y., the cigar
makers havo already begun work on
tho eight-hour plan j in Washington
building operations will bo practically
B-npendcd s in Troy, N. Y., 300 Italian
railroad laborers aro on n striko for
hicher wages : in Louisville, Ivy., all
furnituro factories will shut dpwn utv
less the men accept eight hours pay
for eight hours' work, aud in Detroit,
Mich,, nearly all tho brewery employees
aro out, out the carpenters navo coin
promised on nine hours' work and ten
hours' pay.
Jlradstreet's of Saturday give's tho
epitome of tho situation :
Ono hundred and tivo thousand men
will strike, 80,000 for eight hours and
20,000 for nino hours ; 0000 men are
now on a 6triko for eight hours, and
eight hours havo been granted to 32,
000 employees at various points. There
are, additionally, 75,000 inon who have
asked for tho eight-hour rule, but who
havo not statod that thov will striko.
At leading centres alono it is probable
that over 225,000 industrial employees
aro actively interested in tho move
ment. These figures aro probably as nearly
correct as can now ho furnished, except
that tho number of men who may fair
ly bo said to havo actually gone on
striko is much greater than G000, the
majority of them haying inaugurated
the movement ou Saturday at an hour
THE COLUMBIAN AND
loo lato to bo corned by Jlradstreet's
estimate.
ltlOT IN C1IIOAOO.
On Monday afternoon about twelve
thousand strikers strutched themselves
on tho grass near Clark Brothers hugo
planing mill at Chicago. Neatly nil
wcto foreigners'.
At 2 o'clock n man, co.itless and lint
less, climbed upon an empty freight
car standing near tlto multitude, lie
stepped to tho edgo of the roof, and
then waved his hands about his head.
"Stand firm 1 ho Bboutcd in Ger
man. "Let every man stand shoulder
to shoulder, and wo will win this fight
Wo must havo our rights. Strike
whilo tho iron is hot. Drive tho scabs
out of tho yards, and let us show Mc
Cormick that ho cannot hiro non-union
men and kcop.tbcmat work whilo we,
tho bono and sinow of Chicago, are
forced to hear our wives and our chil
dren crying for bread. Arm your
selves aud prcparo for tho worst.''
Deafening cheers greeted each sen
tence of tho speaker's harangue. The
thousands surged nearer tho car upon
which tho hafless man stood and do
tacliod it from tho train.
A youth in n hickory shirt hurled a
stone nt ono of tho proprietors of the
Hlngdington planiug mill who had
thrust his head out of tho window to
learn tho causo of tho rumpus.
Tho multitudo had no other signal.
Within three seconds a thousand men
burst into 'tho yard of the company
and swarmed around tho building
from which tho head had protruded.
A storm of stones and brickbats fell
upon tho roof, and the windows were
demolished ni though by an earth
quake. After this work of destruction the
mob returned to tho car, and listened
to a younjr and fiery editor of the
Anarchists organ. While ho was de
livering a virulent attack upon capital
ists, tho tolling of tho boll in the dis
tant tower of tho McCormick Reaper
vVorks broko upon tho cars of tho 12,
000 men.
"Now for tho scabs!" shouted a man
with a red haudkorobief knotted about
his neck. "Let's drive 'cm out cf tho
building and kill 'cm 1" roared a broad
breasted moulder, as ho took afte? tho
heels of the man with tho red hatidker
chief. The excitement was electric.
It spread from man to man in tho
twinkling of a star. Thero wero cheers
from a tfoousaud throats, and then tho
noiso grew into a mighty roar. "On
to McCorraick's !" was tho cry.
At 3i tho mob spread over a largo
grass plot in front of the McCormiok
works. Officer West who was ou duty
at tho big gate, warned tho invaders
to leave. Ho faced the howling
screaming horde and placed his hand
upon the handle of tho revolver in his
hip pocket. Beforo ho had timo to
draw tho weapon a thousand stones
filled tho air and foil about him likn
hail. They crashod against tho high
board fenco behind him with terrible
noise, and sang a warning as they sped
pasl his helmeted htad. The storm
was too hot for tho officer, and ho
made his escape amid the flying mU'
sels.
Emboldened by the flight of tho offi
cer, tho strikers surged up against tho
walls of the factory.
"Kill tho scabs 1'' roared ono' of tho
leaders, as ho hurled a boulder throiigh
ono of the windows where a second be
fore a pale face had been pressed.
"Tear down tho b lilding I" shouted
another, who was waving a huge club
in his hand. Almost instantly the
great factory was subjected to an omi
nous siege. Stones crashed through
tho windows, and clubs carried away
the sash. Nothing escaped the fury
of tho mob. When the windows of the
first three stories had been demolished
tho storm swept through tho gaping
orifices.
Tho mob poured forward and were
about to enter the yard when a wagon
with twelve othcera appeared. Itie
dozen officers stepped toward tho 20,
000 angry peoplo before them. Each
carried a revolver in his right hand.
Tho mob remained firm.
"Disperse or wo will firo l1' shouted
Sergeant Enright.
His reply was a shower ot stonos
that whistled unpleasantly about tho
little band ot blues. Tho officers
wavered for a moment before tho on
slaught, aud then levelled their revolv
ers at the crowd. Tho barrels ot tuo
weapons glistened in tho sunlight.
Thero was a flash, and then an explos
ion followed that startled the horses in
tho car barn two blyiks away. The
first shot of tho striko had been fired.
but nobody was hurt. Tho bullets
flew over the heads of the strikers and
buried themselves in tho prairio to the
northward. Another volley was fired
by tho officers with the same effect.
Tho strikers contested every inch of
around until tho officers readied the
sidewalk, whero they retreated to the
roadway. Thero they made a stand
and hurled stones aud clubs at their
antagonists. In this fusillado Officer
Tom Condon was hit in tho back with
a brick. Enraged at tho misfortuno
of their comrade, tho officers fell upon
tho mob with revolver and club.
More officers wore soon armed and
tho strikers driven away.
During tho riot fivo strikers wero
shot, two tatally, lour othcers wero
slightly :niurcu, and tho Assistant fail
perititendent of j,ho McCormick works
was hit with a stouo m the laco and
badly hurt.
MOT AT MILWAUKEC.
About 1500 trades unions men,
mostly Poles, made an attack on tho
Chicago, Milwaukeo and St. Paul Rail
way company s shop and drove allot
tho men out of tho works. They next
started lor tho bt. l'aul lroight ollice
ilalkcd in this thov went to the ma-
chino shops of E. P. Allar & Co. and
mailo a determined attack on the doors,
which wero barred. Clubs and moms
wero used. A Btrcam of water dispers
cd them for a minute, but they made a
second rush, and a fow succeeded in
gaining an entrance, but wero driven
back by tho employees. Tho mob then
retired beforo the attack of a equad of
policy and then began to assail tho
works and police with btones. The
polico made a charge and captured live
of tho leaders, but they weio all ics
cued by their comrades, except one
who was laid out by a blow from
P
oliceman and nlturward locked up.
Tho situation was getting serious when
tho Central Station wagon dashed
down with rceiifoiciiients. The mob
then retreated sullenly, and finally dia
appeared southward.
juiirr at ciiicAoo.
On Tuesday tho McCormick works
at Chicago, wero started with about
ono half the forco of workmen, aud
did not meet with any disturbance.
bTiiiKK at ST. i.ouis sirrri.ui.
Sr. Louis, May 4. Tho following
correspondence tells the lalo whereby
tho strike was declared ou i
or. Lous, Way 1, 1885. To Tin:
Gknkuai. Executive Boauii or the
Knkjiits or Lauou ok Ameiuca : The
testimony taken to-day by tho Con
grossioiial Investigating Committeo
shows conclusively that
losses to tho company,
very serious
agricultural,
and other Interests of tho cntiro
country havo resulted from tho labor
troubles upon tho linos of tho railroads
belonging to tho Southwestern system
and other railroads In tho State of
Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas
and Texas, and that by reason of scld
trouble n largo number of persons not
directly connected thorewilh havo
been thrown out of employment. Un.
willing nt this timo to oxprcss any
opinion in regard to the causes which
produco this lamentable condition of
affairs, or to Indicato whero tho blamo
lies for its continuance, and animated
solely by n desiro to render all tho as
sistanco in our power in tho endeavor
to rcstoro peaco, individual happiness
nnd commercial prospeilty to tho citi
zens of tho country, and particularly
of tho fivo States named, wo do here
by respectfully but earnestly request
you, as American citizens having tho
welfare of our common country nt
heart, to adviso through tho proper
official channels a discontinuance of
tho striko upon tho railways herein
beforo mentioned, and to leave tho
question whether tho employes or tho
officers of the corporation wero justlfl
ablo to tho decision that publio opin
ion may form when the Congressional
Committeo whioli has that matter un
der investigation shall havo completed
its work Peeling assured that a com
pliance with tho request will merit lor
your Board and for thoso who may
act in conformity with your counsel
tho approbation of tho peoplo of the
United btales, Wo icmain your
obedient servants.
A. G. Cuhtin, A. . Pakkkr,
W. II. Chain, .Tajiks Buchanan,
J. W. SiKWAitr, Jar. H. OunnvAirne.
Tho following reply was sent yester
day:
Huiidk's Hotel, St. Louis, Mo.,
May 3, 1830. To Hons. A. G. Curtin,
W. H. Crain, James II. Outwait, A. X.
Parker, James Buchanan and J. t.
Stewart. Gentlemen: Your communi
cation of May 1, was placed beforo tho
ouit Jixccutivo Hoards and tho ioiiow
ng resolutions were adopted :
Resolved, That tho communication
from tho Congressional Committeo bo
placed on hlo and tho request uo grant
ed tho timo for calling the strike off
to bo left to tho General Executive
Board.
In view of tho fact that the business
interests of the country are suffering,
and the Knight of Labor having the
whole interests of the peoplo at heart,
they willingly comply with tho request
of the nation's representatives aud that
of tho Citizens Committee of St. Louis,
and declare this striko at an end, to
take effect on Tuesday morning, May
4, 1880. Trusting that this action
may meet with tho approval of tho pub
lie. and assist in bringing capital and
labor in closer relationship, wo remain
very truly yours.
Tho Ueneral Jfixecutive lioard oi tno
Knight of Labor. John W. Hayes.
Miss Folsolm's Grandfather.
Colonel John B. Eolsom, of Folsom-
dale, grandfather of Miss Frances
i olsom,tho alleged bride-elect of Presi
dent Cleveland, lives two milts from
Aldcn, N. Y. in an old fashioned tav-crn-liko
house, with a front porch up
held by great wooden pillars. The
Colonel is 75 years of age, tall, well
built, but afflicted with tho gout. He
says that it is quito true his grand
daughter is to marry President Cleve
land. "Thero is no doubt about tho
fact of tho marriage," said he, "but
the intention was to keep it secret un
til sho returned from Europe, whero
sho went partly on tho account of tho
rumor that was current last bummer
when she visited Washington."
Speaking of the date of the mar
riage tho Colonel said :
"As to that, I can not be quoted as
an authority. Tho only date I havo
heard mentioned was Wednesday,
Juno 9, but I feci well satisfied that
the plans will all be changed on ac
couut of this newspaper talk. The
wedding will take place in tho White
House. I would rather havo it occur
here, for 1 could not Btnnd tho fatigue
of a journey to Washington ; but
that seems to be out ot the question.
Frankie wautcd to havo tho wedding
take placo in tho Whito House, and I
would prefer that sho should havo her
own way about it."
Asked as to tho payment of tho
traveling expenses of Mrs. nnd MiBs
folsom, the Colonel blurted out :
"Who do you supposo is paying
them ! Do you think thai John Fol
som would let his granddaughter go
abroad at somebody else h expense 1
Why, sir, I sent Iter a check for S1000
in my last letter to her and 1 m pre
pared to send all the money she wants.
Before sho left I told her sho could
get her trousseau, as you call it, in
Paris or nnywhero else she wanted to,
and I gave her a good sum of monoy.
Tho only condition that I imposed
was that she should get a fino one, and
1 expect to Bend her raoro monoy to
pay for it.'1
Davis on the South.
HIS SPEECH AT THE LAYING OK THE COR'
NEItSTONE AT MONTGOMERY.
The Capitol grounds at Montgomery,
Alabama, presented an animated sceno
last Friday. Tho whole hill top and
premises wero covered with people
gathered to witness tho laying of tho
corner-stone of tho Confederate monu
ment, or, as somo expressed it, "tho
official bnrial of tho Confederacy." Tho
skies abovo wero cloudless and pleas
ant breezes wafted the breath of flow
ers from tho city. The foundation of
tho monument only was ready, present
ing a surfaco of thirty-five feet square.
Near at hand stood tho cornerstone, on
which, in raised letters, was tho in
scription : Corner-stone laid by Ex
President Jefferson Davis, April 29,
188G."
Opposite this was n largo platform
for tho speakers. Tho procession
formed in front of thoExchango Hotel.
Mr. Davis, his daughter, Ex-Governor
Watts and H. C. Tompkins, chairman
of tho committeo ot nrrangemenls,
were in a carriage drawn by four whito
horses, each led by a negro In livery.
The next carnago contcined General
and Mrs. Gordon, his daughter and
Mis. Clement Clay nnd was surround
ed by survivors of tho Sixth Alabama
and other Coufedtrato veterans. The
procession was preceded by a cavalry
and aitillery escort and was further
mado up of other local military, the
uniformed rank Knights of Pythias,
urnud uommandcrs ot Knights Temp
lnr and Masonic bodies from different
parts of tho State.
The demonstrations along the route
wero enthusiastic. Tho ex-President
was, as is usual whonovcr tho people
catch sight of him, cheered enthusias
tically. Tho exercises wero opened with a
prayer and then Ex-Governor Walts
introduced Mr. Davis. Tho scenr as
Mr Davis nroso and grasped tho hand
of his old Attorney General was very
nfTnrtlllfr It Itrnu flnmn iimmnitta ft...
foro ho could proceed, as tho cheers
j wero again and again icpeattd. Whou
. ...v.,.g. v ...) nU.t.W IIKJIUll.VD MM'
DEMOCRAT BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA.
thero was sufficient quiet Mr. Davis
said :
Assoolnted hero with so many mem
orles thrilling nnd tender, I havo felt
that It wero dangorotts for mo to nt
totnpt to speak to you as my heart
would prompt me. Not that 1 am al
ways treasuring up bitterness against
anyone, but I am overflowing with lovo
nnd admiration for our beloved people.
Long applause. To avoid therefore,
anything which might bo promoted by
tho fullness of my heart for I belicvo
I am case-hardened in that condition
of non-citzenship whioh leaves mo very
httlo to fear (applauso) for tho pur
popo of guarding othors. rather than
myself, 1 havo prepared snmo notes
that 1 might rend which would not con
tain anything that would be construct
ive or hurtful. Voicts : "Go on say
what you please. You nro in tho house
of your friends.''
My friends, partners in joy and in
sorrow, in trials and in suffering, 1
havo corao to join you in tho perform
ance of n sacred task, to lay the foun
dation of a monument nt tho cradlo of
tho Confoderato Government, which
Bhall commemorate tho gallant sons of
Alabama who died for their country,
who gavo their lives a free-will offer
ing in defense of tho rights of their
sires, won in tho war of tho Rovolntion
nnd the Stato sovereignty, freedom and
independence which was left ns an in
heritance to their posterity forever.
Theso rights tho compact of union was
lormcd net to destroy, but the better
to preserve and perpetuate. V tioso
denies this cannot iiavc attentively
read the articles of confederation or
the Constitution of tho United States.
Tho latter was formed and designed
tho better to effect tho purposo of tho
first.
With n brief reference to tho events
of tho war and a glowing tribtuo lo.tho
valor ol Ueneral (Jordon, tho speaker
continued :
That wo may not bo misunderstood
by such ns aro not wilfully blind, it
may be proper to stato in tho fore
ground that wo havo no desiro to feed
tho fires of sectional hate, while wo do
not seek to avoid whatever responsi
bility attaches to tho belief in tho right
eousness of our cause and tho virtuo of
thoso who risked theii lives to defend
it. Long applauso and cheers.. Re
venge is not the sentiment of a chival
rous people, and tho npothegm that
forgiveness is moro easy to tho injured
than to thoso who inflict an iniury has
never had a moro powerful illustration
than in tho present attitude ot tho two
sections towards ono another. AVhen
your children's children shall ask what
means this monument thero will bo the
enduring answer: "It commemorates
the deeds of Alabamas sons who died
that you nnd your descendants should
be what your fathers in tho war for in
dependence left you."
NOT A REVOLUTION.
Mr. Davis declared that tho action
of tho States in annulling tho compact
of union, which had been broken on
one side, and forming a now confednr
ation, was in no sense a revolution, as
sovereigns never rebel and as only
sovereigns can form a national league.
It the Mates had not been sovereigns
there could not havo been a compact of
union. Applaifse. That the South
did not anticipate, much less desiio,
war is shown by tho absence of prepa
ration for it, as well as by the effoits
made to secure a peaceful separation.
no rctorred also to the- prophecies
and threats of dissolution whioh had
been heard from the early days of tho
century. They began at the North, on
tho question of preserving tho balance
of power, and culminated during the
war of 1812 on tho decline of their
trade, though tho war was waged for
the protection of sailors' rights. He
graphically portrayed the heroism dis
played by the peoplo of tho South when
in tho belief that their constitutional
rights wero being invaded and when
tho sad alternative presented itself of
fighting for their Stato or against it,
they freely offered their lives in de
fense of the cause.
Though Alabama, like Niobe, must
mourn her children in death, yet is her
woo tempered by the halo which sur
rounds their memory. This monument
will rest upon tho land for which they
died and point upward to tho Father
who knows the motives as well as the
deds of His children, and at last rest
ing in the land whero justico may be
rendered which may havo been denied
them hero. "
THE DUTY OK THE PRESENT.
In conclusion, permiut me to. say,
though tho memory of our glorious
past must ever bo dear to us, duty
points to tho present and tho future.
Alabama having resumed her place in
the Union, bo it yours to fulfill nil tho
obligations devolving upon all good
citizens, seeking to restore tho general
government to its pristine purity, and
as best you may, to promoto the wel
fare and happinesss of your common
country. Long applauso.
governor walls then turned over
tho rest of tho proceedings to tho
Grand Lodge of Masons, who wero to
lay tho corner stone according to Ma
sonic rules. Tho beautiful ritual was
literally carried out by Grand Master
J. G. Harris, assisted by tho other
lirond Ulhcors and Masons. A great
many things wero deposited in tho
vault. 1 he first was put in by Miss
Davis and was the Confederate battle-
flag of General W. W. Aliens com
raand, used during the wholo war. Mr.
Uavis deposited some of tho articles.
What Baking Powder Shall We Us
I Ins plain question comes home to
every housekeeper. We all desiro
puru nnd wholesome food, nnd this
cannot bo had with the uso of impure
or poisonous baking powder. There
can he no longer a question that all
tho cheaper, lower grado of baking
powders contain either alum, lime or
phosphatio noid. As loth as wo may
bo to admit 60 audi against what
may havo been somo of our household
gods, thoro can bo no gainsaying tho
unanimous testimony of tho ofllcinl
chemists. Indeed, analysts seem to
find no baking powder entirely freo
from somo one of theso objectionable
ingredients except the Royal, and that
they report as chemically pure. Wo
find some of the baking powders ad
vert'uod as pure, to contain, under the
tests ot rrois. Uliandlcr, llubiruliaw
and others, ueaily twelve per cent, of
lime, whilo others nro mado from alum
wiin no cream oi tartar. Tins, we
prcsunio accounts for their lack of
leavening power ns sometimes com
plained of by tho cook, and for the
bitter taste found in tho biscuits bo
frroueutlv comnlained of bv ourselves
But aside from the inferiority of tho
work done by theso powders, tho phy
siologists assure us that lime and alum
taken into the system in such quanti
ties as this aro injurious. They aro
not decomposed by heat nor dissolved
in mixing or baking. Thoy go with
the bread, therefore,, into tho stomach,
wheio their physiological tffects aro
iudlgestion, dyspepsia, or worse evils.
Tho question naturally arises, why
do these cheap baking powder makers
uso theso things t Alum is threo conts
a pound, iimo still cheaper, whilo cream
of tartar costs thirty-fivo or forty. Tho
reasons for tho chemical purity of tho
Royal Baking Powder wero recently
f;iven in the Now York Times in nn
ntcrcsting description of n now method
for refining nrgols, or crudo cream of
tartar, It seems that it is only under
this process that cream of tartar can
bo freed from tho llmo natural to it
and rendered chemically pure ) that tho
patents anil plant for . tills cost tho
Royal Baking Powder Company about
half n million dollars, nnd that they
maintain exclusive control of tho
rights.
Prof. MoMurtrie, Into chief chemist
of tho Department of Agrieultuiu nt
Washington, D. C, In tho interests of
commerce, made nn examination of
this proems and reported upon tho re
sults attained in thu refined cream of
tartar. The following cxin.ct from
his report would seem to answer llio
question i cpeotcd at tho head of this
article and whioh is so frequently (im
pounded by tho housekeeper :
"I have examined the cream of tar
tar used by Uiu Royal Baking Powder
Company in thu luaniifactuiu of their
baking powder, and find it to uo per-
lectly pure, nnd tree trom lima .n any
form. The chemical tests to which I
havo submitted tho Royal Baking
Powder prove it perfectly hvalthlul,
and froo from every deleterious sub
stance." How Folly Begets lolly.'
Jefferson D.ivis couldn't help per
petrating tho monumental folly ho ex
hibited in his Into Montgomery
speeches. He is old and feeble physi
cally and mentally ; ho has lost nn em
pile and ils glittering sceptre that ouco
seemed within his grasp ; ho has
sorrowed for a score of years as thu
world passed by him in its matchltss
progress, forgetful of his existence,
and when ho came to tho capital of
Alabama, whero the dream of his am
bition seemed to reap full fruition a
quai tor of a century ago. how could
ho bo expected to speak for the liing
present that has advanced beyond even
tho Fcopo of his dimmed vision t
Air. Davis spoko foolishly but natur
ally ns thu child would babble over
thu fragments of a lost toy, but he
spoke for nono but himself. Of the
vast multitude that welcomed him, tho
chief desire was the natural and ever
commendable reverenco for the dead
who had fallen for tho South ; but
they marched and chetvid under the
flag of tho Union and venerated tho
ex President of thu lost cause as a
sincere but hopeless, helpless relio of
the past that the South reinembeis in
the sacred sentiment of manly men,
but has outlived in every manly action
that relates to thu present.
But the Dais folly has been digni
fied by a few so called Grand Army
men in Albany, who proclaimed a
publio meeting in the Assembly Cham
ber on Thursday evening to protest
against the foolish and harmless utter
ances of Davis. They ,had a small
meeting, thoy had regulation politicnl
orations, they declared treason odious,
thoy sung "We'll hang Jeff Davis on a
sour apple tree," and then adjourned,
only to be forgotten by tho earnest,
liberalized men of thu present. They
are tho babbling wairiors of peace, who,
as General Grant well said, "didn't
fairly warm up to the war uiitil it was
over," and they welcomed llio Davis
folly to give them excuso for making
fools of themselves.
Tho men who affect at this into day
with law, order and obedience to the
laws of tho Union supremo in every
section of tho land, to fear iho foolish
prattle of Jefferson Davis about issues
fought outjand settled nearly a genera'
tion ago,must citlier be blooming idiots
or ill balanced knaves. The people of
all parties and sections understand that
thu war is over ; that its isstus aro set
tled beyond dispute s that all but Jeff
erson Davis in thu South aud hero and
there a less excusable fool in the North,
give no heed to thoso who prate of the
sectional passions which perished long,
long ago, and that while North nnd
South honor the equal heroism of their
peoples, build monuments lo their
chieftains and cherish tho memory of
their dead, they all blow to "Liberty
and Union, now and forever, ouo mid
inseparable." Times.
WASHINGTON LETTER
From our Rcsular Correspondent.
Washington. D. C, May 3, 1888.
This is tho dav that tho working-
men of Washington propose that their
demand for tho eight hour rulo shall
go into eucct. Ono ol them said to
me : "This is not a strike. The
workman will simply dischargo him
self and leave rather than work ten
hours. Ho will then bo an unemploy
ed workman and not a striker. He
will be "locked out" by the employers.
What we proposo to do," continued he,
is go to work on Monday as usual,
Wo will work eight hours. If tho
bosses do not choose to employ us at
eight hours a day, we will pick up our
tools and leave. Wo will not prevent
other men from working, and there
will be no disoider aud violence, but
we will present a solid, unyielding
front."
Tho Secretary of the Treasury, who
has been so near to death's door for
the past month, is at work again. I
do not mean that ho is well or at his
desk. Ho is only ablo to sit, up aud
take a diive occasionally. But no in
terests himself with affairs at his De
partment and discusses business ques
tions with such officials as Treasurer Jor
dan and Assistant Secretary Fnirohild,
There is no truth in tho report that ho
signified to tho President liis intention
of retiring from office. On tho con
trary, that ho earnestly desires and
fully intends to remain at the head of
the Treasury which he lias.so ably di
lectcd for tho past year, Tho appre
hension of his iriends now is that ho
will undertake to resume his official
duties beforo ho is physically able.
I asked a prominent western Rep
resentative what he thought of the new
Congressional Democratic Campaign
Executive Committee. Ho answered
that tho selection of Senator Kenua as
chairman was a most oxcollcnl ono.
"Wo had so much faith in the execu
tive ability of Senator Gorman,1' con
tinued he, "that he was tho choico of
most of us, but he has enough to do as
chairman of tho Natiouul Executive
committee, nnd declined to servo in
this enpacity. He will aid us in oilier
ways, however, and Senator Kenua Is
young, active, vigorous, and capable
of doing a great deal of hard work."
Tho West Virginia Senator mado his
mark first in tho House of Rcpicscnln
lives, whero ho worked hard and spoko
well. His speech on the currency
question was ono of thu text books of
the party during tho Congressional
campaign of 1878, aud ho is in sym
pathy with his party now on nearly
every question.
lt'is not creditable to the Republi
cans in Congress that it should devolve
on a southern member to liy to check
the waste of public monoy ou pension
appropriations. This is n field of re
form into which fow Congressmen
caroto venture,nnd tho action of a south
ern man is particularly liablo to mis
construction, In taking the much dread
ed step. But tho northern men aro
afraid it would menu tno loss of thous
ands of votes for them nt home, nnd
denunciation abroad.
Thero is scarcely a subject which so
tests thu courage nud conscience of tho
average Congressmen as that of pen
sion legislation. Every member has
his own tcheino to advance, and feels
that ho cannot nfl'ord to refuse"to help
tho schemes of his associates. Con
sequently good and bad schemes are
huddled together nnd nobody hns the
hardihood to try to assort them. Every
Friday evening in its special pension
session, tho IIouso passes from fifty lo
a hundred pension bills. Last week,
you remember, tho Senate passed four
hundred in a batch without reading'
ono of them. The Senators sat talk
ing and wilting whilo the farce wos
going on, apparently oblivious of the
fact that thu U. S. treasury was not
inexhaustible, and that every dollar
taken out of it hud to be put into it by
a tax. Tho pension business ns it is
earned on in Congress, is u swindle of
the worst sort, nud Sir. Tillman of
South Carolina is tho man who is
credited with the intention of expos
ing it to the country.
Thu Senators had a lilllo tariff talk
a few days ago It was tho first chance
they had Ibis season of reproducing
their views on tho piotectivo tariff sys
tern, and llio occasion was legardtd
with all the pleasure of n novelty.
Senator Beck was making a warm de
fence of the couise of the Postmaster
Gttnend in his dispute with the Pacific
Mail and other steamship companies.
He nroso witli the intention of speak
ing ono hour, but when he touchedfup-
on tai iff topics hu wos so constantly
interrupted by the Reuuhlican Sena-
iurs nun. n iook mm nearly lour Hours
to finish liis remarks. Iln mado a
bitter denunciation of the policy which
forbids an American to puiclia-.o a for
eign built vessel.
TEWKSBURY'S SPACE.
:o:
Delegate Election, July 20.
Uonveution, July 2i.
roil RElT.l'.SENTATIVK,
(Subject to action of Democratic
Convention,)
E M TEWKSBURY,
Of Catawissa, Columbia Co., Pa.
:o:
"Tho people's law is habitually violated,
evaded nnd defied."
"No frte government can long exist
where the organic law of tho State
is habitually'delud."
"Tho Constitution of 187-1 is not com
munistic. It assails no right of
property, nor does it givu counte
nance to piipciplis which would
degrade or demoralize Bociclv.
"The Constitution cannot wholly on-
lorce llstll, nor could it provide
detailed regulations for its en
forcement; these must be provided
by tho Legislature."
"In the selection of members of the
Legislature at the next general
election, select only such as me
pledged to tho long-neglecled
work of Constitutional enforce
ment." From address of Const i
tutional Committte, 188C.
:o:
Democrats of Columbia County: Tne
above are mv sentiments aud if nomi
nated aud elected, plcdgo myself to la
bor in all honorable ways to carry it
inio effect. Trufy Yours,
E. M. TEWKSBURY.
East Benton-
Reuben Gibbons planted a field with
corn on the at day of April. He
would foice the season if it camu the
middle of January. Benton is ahead.
Wo never' saw tho farmers so busy
ns this spring. Hut they can't beat
our neighbor Reuben.' .
Miss Rebecca '(Tenner's catkin plant
has at picsent 95 flowers and an equal
number of buds. It is a perfect bou
quet in appearance.
Our Gambia merchants havo replen
ished their stores witli new goods.
Frank Belles, near Van Camp plant
ed a p'eeo of corn tho middle of last
week. Frank is ahead.
Samuel P Krlckbaum lost a valuable
mare last Saturday. Lung fever was
the cause.
F. P. Colo h st a horse last Saturday
night. Frank is a huckster. His
horse sickened and died very sadden-
J. K. Lanbacb and family, Daniel
Ashelmau and family, J. F. Ashelman
and family Willie Ashelmau and family
dined with us last Suuday.
Thu people are wishing for rain.
From present appearances a heavy
drought has set in.
Sheriff Smith gavo us a pleasant call
in the publio highway last week ono
day, Sammy wears tho same honest
mid dignified appenrauco as of old.
Charley Stewart said it was a 10
pounder nnd not a day old. Overjoy
ed to bo sure, and, a boy.
The Lord's Supper will bo administ
ered nt St. JanuiS next Sunday. Pre
paralory services on Saturday after
noon. Pastor Rev. A. Houlz. It is
needless to say that he enjoys '.ho cn
tiro confidence of his charge communi
ty. Amoj Hartmaii nnd Charley Moore
were elected Superintendents of tho St.
Jamis Sabbath School on April 11th.
IOO Doses
Ont Dollar, Hood's Sarsaparllla Is the only
mcillclno of which this can be truly said;
and It Is an unanswerable argument as to
the strength and lwsltlvo economy ot this
great medicine. Hood's Sarsaparllla Is mado
of roots, herbs, barks, etc., long and favorably
known for their power In purifying the blood i
and In combination, proportion, and process,
Hood's Sarsaparllla li peculiar to Uitlf,
"For economy and comfort wo use Hood's
Sarsaparllla." Mns. O. Hrewsteii, nuilalo.
"Hood's Sarsaparllla takes leu time and
quantity to show Its effect than any other
preparation I ever heard of. I would not bo
without It (n tbo house." Mits. C. A. M,
lll'liuAitD, North Chill, N. Y. 100 Dostt
One Dollar
Hood's Sarsaparllla cures scrofula, salt
rheum, all humors, bolls, pimples, general de
bility, dyspepsia, biliousness, sick headache,
catarrh, rheumatism, kidney and liver com
plaints, and all affections caused by Impure
blood or low condition of tho system. Try It,
"I was severely afilicted with scrofula, and
for over a year had two running sores on my
neck. I took fivo bottles of Hood's Baraapa,
rllla, and consider myself entirely cured."
C. E. I,ovejov, Lowell, Mass.
"Hood's Sarsaparllla did mo an Immenso
amount ot good. My whole system has boea
built up and strengthened, my digestion Im
proved, and my head relloved ot the bad feel,
tng. I consider It the best mcdlclue I havo
over used, and should not know how to da
without It." MAnv L. 1'eule, Salem, Mass.
Hood's Sarsaparllla
Bold by all druggists. $1 j six for 5. Made
only by O. I. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass
MOO Doses Ona Dollar. ,
W Troval mat jk
BP
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POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This pOHiler never vniles. A mancl of purity
strength and wholcsomenets. loio economical
i ban ordinary kinds, nnd ennnot be hold In coinpo
tlon with tho multitudo of low test, short weight,
alum or phosphate powders. Soul only In cans.
Horn. IIakino ronuMKU. Wall St., N. i.
CANDIDATES.
I'OII IlKl'KKSKNTATIVi:,
JAMES T. POX,
Of Heaver Township.
unl.lnt in rirMclnn nf llpmnprnt ifl nsrl V. Dpln.
gato election will bo held July u, convention,
July K7.
fOlt ItKlT.KSENTATiVK,
A. L. FRITZ,
Of Bloomsburg.
Subject to decision of Democratic party. Dele
gate election will be held July 2ti, convention,
July 87.
IkEj Rights.
15LOOMSBURG MARKET.
' "Wholifiile. llelull
Wheat per bushel 83 UO
Hyo " " oil
Corn " " .... 4,ri 1)0
Oats " " 1)5 4f
Flour " bbl ' 0 to 0
Butter 22 24
Egus 12 14
Potatoes 00 110
Hams 10 121
Dried Apples 03 05
Side and shoulder Oil Of)
Chickens l'J 12
Turkeys 12 14
Geese
Lard per lb 03 10
liny per ton 10.00
Vlnegnr per gal 20 i'O
Onions per bushel 75 1.00
Veal skins 07
Wool peril M
Hides 5 to 7
Coal on Wiiahf.
No 0 S'J.OO; Nos 2 3, 4 ,t Lump $3.25
No. 5 $3.00 imumiuus, $3 25
Philadelphia Markets
CORRECTED WEEKLY.
FEED' Western winter bran.pot, 5.T5
Spring H.5'1 (4 15.S5
FLOUIt Western extra's 3 00(3 3.50; I'onna
famlly,;s.T5 (3 4;10 Ohio clear, UStf (4 4.40 winter
patent 4.75 6.17; I'enna. roller process 4.M 9
4.75
wheat Pennsylvania red, No. 1, D9
BYiJ.-lB.
COlt.V. IStf (343
OATS. NO. 3 WhltO O 40'f No. S, 41
HAY AND STHAW Tlmothy-cholco Western
and New York,l5.50. fair to good Western and
New York.is.fji) M u.fO; medium. Western and New
Yo.k, )14 w 15. : cut bay as to quaUty 17. (4 is.
Ityo straw 51, Wheat straw, 10. oat straw
9 10.
POTATOES. Eastern rose 4Sffi50 Burbanks, 48
50 ;i Eastern Chills 4.')a40 : western rose 43 4S.
EGOS. Pennsylvania 13; western I8tf.
BUTTElt. Pennsylvania creamery prints 30ia32
Creamery Extra so, Western extra 30, fair 55 2.
LIVE POULTKY. Fowls, 8 Turkojs 8 (S
.
dressed POULTUY.-Chlckens.naiiTurkey 12
13. ducks lia 13.
JDMINISTHATOU'S NOTICE.
Ktate of Mum Yitttert, late of Mailtsonlitp. deifd
Letters of administration In said estate hr.vlnir
been granted to tho undersigned administrator,
all persons Indebted to said cstato aro hereby n6
titled to pav tho same, and thoso having claims
against said estate piesent tho same to
apr 21 KEY. ll. c. MUNltO, Administrator,
Jluncy, Pa.
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SSECA.NDIES.
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Bloomsburg, Pa.
TOBACCO
Sole agents of the fol
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cigars.
IIENUY CLAY,
LANDKESS,
NORMAL,
INDIAN PlilNCISS,
SAMSON,
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r
THE HAMBURG
!?K.?linc.e2 by If odlcfr fnimers supeilor to any plow In the market for
Qj. lightness of draught and durability, ltswork Is unejicellcd. Also
T3T?"tTT?DeTt3TT' TVT OTTr PTTATIW
Plows.
FARES' PRODUCE EXCHMQE, CmEo,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
CAIPETS !
Spring stock
received.
GOOD BODY BRUSSELS, $ 1 .00.
Glmnjll MagffiB King $weejpem.
3. JL BKOWEE, "
BLOOHSBUR&, PA.
SHERIFFS SALES.
liy virtuo of sundry writs, Issued out ol tho
Court ot Common Pleas of Columbia county, and
to mo directed, will be exposed to public sale, at
the Court Houso In Bloomsburg, on
SATURDAY, May 8, 1880,
nts o'clock p. in., all that certain piece, parcel
or tract of land, situate Inltoarlngcrcek township,
Columbia county, 1'iu, hounded ou tho north by
lands of licnjamln Wagner, on tho east by land ot
Amsy Cralg.on tho south by lands of Joseph Craig,
and on tho west by lands ff John Myers, contain.
Ing.twcnty acres, moro or less, with tho appurte
nances, It being a timber tract.
Seized, taken In execution, nt tho suit of S. 11.
Mallck vs. John Wlchey and Christian Wlchey and
to lie sold ns iho property ot John Wlchey and
Clulstlan Wlchey.
VV, It. M. Obaji, Atty. Fl. t'a.
ALSO.
Tho undivided seven-eighths Interest In all that
certain tract of land, situate In Madison township,
Columbia county, Pa., bounded on the north by
lands nf Thcwel Wh pplo and Wm. Falrman, on
the cast by tanas of said Kalrman.tMastcr's cstato
and Lewis Schuyler, on tho south by lands ot said
Schuyler and Isaac Mordan, and on tho west by
lands ot said Isaac Mordan, James Whipple and
Thewel Vi hippie, containing slxty-nlno ncres and
twenty-two perches, strict meaturo, with tho nil
purtenances, whereon are erected a two-story
frame dwelling house, barn and out-bulldlngs,
debed, taken In execution, nnd to be sold as tho
property ot W. It. Cox.
Ikslkk HUHHlNO, Attj'S, Al. Fl. Fa,
HAMl'UL SMITH,
Shcrfrt.
jOTICE IN D1VOHOE.
IN TUB COMMON PLEAS OF COLUMDIA CO.
llcssle VanTassel. by her next friend, S. 11. Dow.
man vs. Thos. VanTasscl. Sur libel In divorce,
To Thomas VanTasscl, respondent above named:
Whereas upon the libel ot tho said llesslo Van
Tassel a subpoena was Issued out ot the said
Court commanding you to bo and appear at tho
nexi regular irrm oi saia uourt xo bhow cause
why the said libelant should not bo divorced from
, the bonds ot matrimony contracted by you; and
I whereas upon return of said subpoena duo proof
, was made that you could not be tounil In tho
. balln Ick of the Sheriff of said county, whereupon
I nn altat subpoena was awarded by said Court
commanding you to appear at tho then next term
of said Court to answer ns nlorcsald, to which tho
1 samo return was made by the bhcrllT. You aro
' tliereloro required to bo and appear on tlio first
iliy ot the next term of said Court to be heldnt
Uloomsburgi for sold county.on tho fourth Monday
of September next, A. 1). lti, to answer said com
plaint. s,VMUj:i. SMITH, Sheriff.
May 7
I TV! OTICR
'1 ho nnn of Ylnger & Albertson, of Brlarcreek,
Columbia county, l'a., having been dissolved, tho
lai-twas heretofore conducted by them will bo
conducted by the undersigned. Notice Is hereby
glU'ii that I will not bo responslblo forany debts
contracted by J. M. Albertson heieafter, In tho
i niiu name. All debts duo tho llrin will bo col
I lected by me, and all claims against the firm paid
to me. j, w. Y1NGEH.
.May 7 oi,"
D. LANCELL'S
ASTHMA
AND
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REMEDY.
SOLI) IJY ALL DRUGGISTS.
Having struggled 20 years between llTo and
ilenth with ASTHMA or PHTHISIC, treated by
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bio-itli .My sufferings wero beyond description.
In despair I expei imcnted on myself by com.
pounding roots and herbs and Inhaling the medi
cine thus obtained. I fortunately discovered this
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N
OTICE.
The stockholders ot tho Bloomsburg & Sullivan
Ilallroad company are hereby notltled to meet at
tho Exchange Hotel, in bloomsburg, on Monday
tho 3rd day slay, lhto, at eleven .o'clock In tho fore
noon, to elect officers ot the Company for tho en
suing jour and transact sucli other business as
may require their action In tho Interest ot tho
Company and by authority of law.
JOHN JAMIbON, President.
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