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ULOOMBBUItU, COLUMBIA CO., Pa,
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nntntHt ba nald fori nurlvniiKn nmn ; Ji.frJ
elbloporaoti In Columbia county assumo f to "pay
tao subscription duo on demand. v
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Tho.tob Printing Department oftho Coi.cuiuan
! very complete. It contains tho latest now tynr.
nimV-hlnTyand Is ttio only ortlco that runsloh
rows by piwor, giving us tho best facilities. Kg
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
T U. WATjtjKIt,
ATroUNIiY-AT-LAW,
. ,. Uloonwbiirtf, Pa
U. FLUNK,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
11L00MSHUSU, PA
,11 :-j la t it's a ltldlnir.
HIS M. CLAHII,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
AND
JUiTlOH OF THE PEA.UB.
llLOOMSHCKU, Pa
o daa ovor Moyer Bros. Drug storo.
p W MILLCU,
ATTOHNSV-AT-LAW
OJ'.colo lirotfor'sbuualog.seeoodfloor.room No.l
, uloomsourg, Pa.
'fuank'zvkb,
L ' ATTORN EY-AT-L AW.
Bloomsbmg, Pa.
OIUoo corner ot Contro and ala atnujw. Ularl.
0 Hiding.
Can bo consulted lii IHrnian.
QEO. E.ELWEI.r.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Uloomsiiuko, Pa.
Onico on FUst floor, jfront room of Col
ombian liuiltllnij, Mala jStrcct, bclowJILx
chango Hotel.
plut, k. vnn "
Attornoy-at-Law.
O.aco In Colombian iluiLMNa, Kooin No. , aoconu
U0r' BL'JOMSBUUG. PA.
B KSOaB, L.8.W1KT1!ESTBN.
KNOBR & WINTEKSTEEN,
Attoi-noys-at-Law.
onico tu 1st National Bant building, second Boor
nrstdoortotholetr. Corner ot Main and Market
Btraota Uloomsburg, Pa.
iSfPetmoni and Bounties CollecUd.
J II. MAIZE,
ATTORNEY AT-LAW
Office in Malzo'a bulldlnr, ever Blllmoycr's grocery,
p P. MLLMEYEK,
(DISTRICT ATTORNEY.)
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
STOIuco over Dentlcr's shoe, store,
Uloomaburg. Pa. npr-30.80.
JOHN C. YOCUM. cTe. QEY2H.
YOCUSI & GEYEK,
Attornoys-atLawi
CATAW1SSA, PA.
(Offlco front suit of rooms on second noor of
Nswa Iibm building.)
IVCAN BE CONSULTED IN GEltMAN.U
embere of Sharp and Alleman'a Lawyers and
nnnMr'l Wrectory and the American Mercantllo
LTcmfect'on&mtlon fSXgfSv
YT II. IUIA.WN.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Catawlssa, ra.
otace, corner ot TUlrd and Malnatroeta.
JJ v. WHITE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Office in llrowcrs Uulkllng, 2nd floor,
may 1-tf
jyj-IOHAEL F. EYEHIiY,
Conveyancer, Collector of Claims.
AND
LEGAL ADVICE IN TUB SETTLEMENT OP
ESTATES, 40.
r-w-nmen In llcntlpr'H bulldlut with l V. Bill
meyer, nttorney-nt.law, front looms, and Moor
moomaourg, ru.
VflT. E. BltlTli,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Berwick, Pa.
MISCELLANEOUS
D
It. IIONORA A. BOBBINS.
Office and residence, West First street. IUooms-
Duri Pa. iiuv.-otto is,
D
It. J. II. M001IE.
EYS, EAR AND THROAT, A SPECIALTY.
PITTSTON, I'A.
Will bo at Exchange Hotel, In Blcomsburg, every
two wceka, on baturday, from 6:S0 p. m. to s p.m.
Doc, 4 and 18, Jan. 1 and 15 and sv, Feb. is and 2S
Jlarcbisandae. novsosoly.
TIl. J. It. EVANS, M. D., Burgeon nnil
ltiyslclan. onico and residence, on Third
direct.
J 0. MoKELVY, M. D.,Burgton and Phy
. sictan, north s!do Main atreet,tclow Marfet
AL. FKITZ, Attorney-at-Lav, OlKo
, Front room over Post Ofllce,
8 VI, J. 0. BUTTER,
PHYSICIAN &BUQKON,
Ofilce, North Market eticbt,
IllOOLifcburS, l'u
II. WM. II. ItEltEH, Burgeon and
Pbyalclan, omco corner of Uock and Market
treet.
piRE IN8URAK0S
CHRISTIAN 7, KNAPP, BLOOMSBO O, PA,
HOME, OF N. Y.
MERCHANTS', OF NEWAUK, N. J.
CLINTON, N. V.
PEOPLES' N. Y,
HEADING, PA.
These old corporations are well seasoned by
fi',-e and Finn tksted and have never yet bad a
loss settled by any court of law. Their assets are
all Invested In solid sbccuiTiis are liable to the
hazard of nun only.
Losses raoMi-rLr and noNKSTLr adjusted and
paid as soon as determined by Ciihistiah y,
KNAW, srKCIAL AOKNT AND ADJCSTIB BliJOllSBCBU,
I'a.
The people of Columbia county should patron
ize the agency where losses If anyaresettitdand
pall br onootllier own citizens.
PKOMPTNESS. EQUITY. FAIK DEALINQ.
'. HARTJIAH
BKPHISKHTa in FOLLOWING
AMEH1CAW lJStiURANOE CO.MPANIEB
North American of Philadelphia.
Franklin, "
Pennsylvania, "
York, of Ponnsylvanla.
tiauuver, ui n. x.
Queens, ot London.
omco on iUrkjt titrtiet, No, o, Dloomflburt'.
norm lirlii:
IREAB IIHOWN'S INKURANOE
' AGENCY. Moj cr's now building, Mala street,
oomsburg, Pa.
ABsets
iEtna insurance Co., of Hartford, Conn tT.OTti.sKO
ltoyal of Liverpool, 13,BOO,ooo
Lancasblro,.... 10,au,oiio
Flro Association, Philadelphia 4,ltu,?io
Pliasnlx, ot Ixindon 6,soa,3TO
London & Lancashire, of England l,T0U,tfa
Hartford of Hartford: s,873,um
fiprlngflsld Fire and Marino 8.082.680
As the agencies ara direct, policies are written
crlho Insured without delay In tho onico at
Hloomsburg. Oct. IS), 'SI-
KXOHANGE HOTEL,
W. R. TUBBS, PROPRIETOR
BLOOUSBURa.FA.
OPPOSITE OOUHT HOUSE,
Lirg tsand convenient sample rooms. Bath rooms
but and cold water and all modern conveniences
J E 2ITT2KBENDES, ProprJatori.
y AiNwiuaiiT & co.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
Philadelphia, Pa.
TEAS, FYIICPS, COI'I-EE, SUOAH, O LASSES
I11CE, 61'ICKe, HIOAllIl SODA, E10., E10.
N. E. Corner Second and Aich sts.
borders win lccelvo prompt attention.
II. HOUSE,
DENTIST,
IJLooMSBurta, Columbia County, Pa
All styles of work done in a superior manner, work
nuuttiiwutw ruyresemea. ieetu uztract
kd without Pain by the U30 of Gas, and
freoof charge nhenartinclalteetb
are Inserted.
Ofllce In Darton'a bulldlne. Main street.
below Market, llvo doors below Klcim's
drug store, llrst lloor.
lo be open at all hnurt during the dai
NOV 13 .1 J
ffl. C. SLOAN & BRO.,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Manufacturers ot
CARRIAGES BUGGIES, PHAETONS
SLEIGHS, PLATFORM WAGONS &C.
First-class work always on hand.
REPAIRING NEA 1LY DONh.
Price) reduced to tuit the times.
BLOOMSBURG PLABIHG MILL
:n.
Tho unaerslcncd havinL- t,ut hla Plinilnc vi
on Kallroad rttreet, la flrst-cjabs rorflK ion. 1b pre
FRAMES, SASH, DOORS,
BLINDS. MOULDINGS,
FLOORING, Etc.
furnished at reasonable prices. All lumbcrused
Is well seasoned and nono but skilled workmen
are employed.
ESTIMATES FOE BUILDINGS
urnlshed on application. Plans and spcclnca
oaaprop.irju oy tin experiencea aruugmsaiaa
UlouniKliurrr, I'a
CLOTHING! CLOTHING
THE MEllCIIANT TAIL01J.
Fumiihing ioods, Ikis & Caps
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Suits mado to order nt short notice
and a lit ilwa)s guaranteed or no pale.
Call and examine tlm larpeat and best
Delected stock of good eLr shown in
Columbia comity.
Store next door lo First National Bank,
MAIN STREET,
Bloomsburgf, Pa.
ORNAMENTAL IRON FENCES
OF CAST CR WROUGHT IRON.
Suitable for
Yards,
Cemetery Lots
and
Fublic Grounds
:o:
The following shows the Picket Gothic, one of
the several beautiful styles ot Pence manufactured
by the undersigned.
For Beauty and Durability they arounsurpass
ed. Set up by experienced bands and warranted
to give satisfaction.
Prices and specimens of other de
signs sent to any address.
Address
BLOOMSBURG PA-
May 4-tf
E. B. BP,
OAS riTTlNG & S7EAM 11EATINI1
DEALKlt IN
STOVES &TINWARE.
All kinds of work in Sheet Iron, Roof
iug and Spouting promptly
attended to.
W8rlct attention given to heating by Btoam.
Cornor of Main & East Sts.,
XSloonisbur , To,
BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER
EXKAUSTEDJITALITY.
ILLUSTRATIVE Samplo FREE.
mm THYSELF.
A Ortat Medical Work on Manhood. Nervous and
Physical Debility, Premttnre Docllno In Man,
Ertia-Mcd Vitality, Ac., Ac., and the untold m!.
c'.lea rJBiiltlng from Indiscretion or ciccmca) 400
rnRoj, jubslantlally bound In gilt, muslin. Con-t-.lranioro
than 125 lnvaluablo prcscrlpllom, em
bt.vlng every vegctaLlo remedy In tho pharma
copeia fur all .lento and chronic diseases. It 1
fmphntteally a book for every man. Prlco tmly (I
by m i'l, post paid, concealed In plain wrapper,
ii.i.L'Brii.VTivi: HAMPi.i: l'lini: to ai.t.
Voung nnil nlddlc-gcil men for tho nest ninety
days. Send lio.v, i;r ciit this cmt, as yon mny no (or
co It nitn. AfHrojj Dr. W. H. PAUKBII, 4 Bui
Bnch street, Boston, Mass.
feb.,s-d. ly
U r' r.-ui.viu
)i:AI Til't'l. I!I4IK.
It KIM' I Jlf LrlKGUCC
ninl tistlirent ol Cvfr
riiwir Ml Ibmb, nillld
illir. r. nl kiiln. AT-im.II
tin- ITows Pi'uit rtlrts.
lien .iih (ion, rtratel,
llniktrchltl inarm. It
tstlii'inBil complctsuoik
ol the kiln! eT tllt-H-hpil.Ci-Hil
Fifteen
OntPinn stamp Tor
a sivmiile copy, nlsoour
price to ntiptil. Agpnts
nnntf'tl ivtrvwhart. Ail.
a.. :?r.k:i rvi. to., n Hwtii Tuts ttrin.1 hiin'i. ri.
nvso SS5, SINGER
(JUT rllilH STYLE
-Si'msgs M t- .DAIS' TKIA1
A t nu ne oi
Attnctimonts.
S'oa.vm. Scud for
IJlrctllnr.
i rL ltmi!" Jk Co..
Apr. 8 47w.
FHILADAISTS.
(irmiil Irlio Jleilal, I'llrU, 1871.
Ackrourfirocerforlt. U'm. lr-yloppel,Hfr,
1J Korlh Troni btrcet. PHILADELPHIA, I'A.
Juno 4 80 ly.
AMPION
vosmvELY
Patent Safety
Non-Hiploslvo
EXTINGUISHER
Will not
BKHAK
the
Cleanly.
of
OIL.
tiiasn.
Gives a Lioni
Tilt CKAMriOR
equal In Brilliancy
I. llin Halt.
to au anaiei, or
Cheapest and
x'A Oas liurners,
1 his Is the most
MtlGHt Lamp
for Churches,
Halls, or
Powerful and
I'prfect
LIGHT
ever mado
Family Uao.
Send for
Illustrated
Circular.
I ltO.U OIU
an ba used on vour
eld Gas or Oil ChiDde-
A. J.
llcrs or brackets, and
vill increase your light
36 S. 2d St..
'AJIUUU-l-'ULaJ.
AOENTi
PIILLA.
Sole Owner
oct 6 6 ms.
'tJ.
X3.
PiOKST
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Ml I - .i
4." 1 jL-r.i--4- -r-f-t .1
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S(.7 poc rot' end upwardi
SPC3UL Q'JOrAnONS.
All kin 1) cf Iron Feacst, Fire IV -
ilrduFC WW)
r
IM 1)
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fmrrffTrTrrrfriTrr
i
iiii
Mi
TKtX CUAH3
Iioa ".eric in a'.l tt;!os.
Coal Csvaciis a spocialty.
Iron Ladders, Wheels & CresUu;;,
BlicksmltMng In all branches. Eil'rnj(e) lutnl.htJ.
EAGLE IRON WORKG,
Cor. Union lz Casa.1 Btt.
WIXilCES-HARnn. PA
march 13-80-1 y.
SMTS,
t btalncd and all patent business attended to for
moderate feci.
our omce is opposite the u. 8. Patent omce, and
re can obtain Patents In less time than those re
mote trom Washington.
Hcntl model or rtrawlntf. Wfi advlso as to nat-
cntablltty freoof charge, and we make no charge
unless patent is gecurcu.
We refer hcie, to the Postmaster, the Supt. ot
Money Order Dir., and to officials ot the U.S.
Patent Onico. For circular, advice, terms and
references to actual clients in your own btato or
County, write to
C. A. SNOW & CO.,
Opposltn Patent Office, Washington, D 0
an 9-tf '
UtX.TjATlS pays for
lab'-HBOIIOIjARtmiPln
IJUSINKSS COLLEGE
171)9 fttilDit 61, rbiliJtlplii.
Positions for Oraduatoa.
Timo requlrod 3 to 4 mos.
Tho Host Equipped. Heat
Coursoof Utudy. Host Ev
erything, Write for CtrcuUn.
J 9 ma pic.
J.R SMITH & CO.
LIMITED.
MILTON, Pa.,
SV Dealbhs IM
s
By the following well known makers.'
Chickcriiij;
Kunbc,
Wcbcr,
Ilallct & Davis.
Can also furnish any of the
cheaper makes at manufacturers
prices. Do not buy a piano be
fore getting our prices.
.o.
Catalogue and Price Lists
On implication.
SCpU-8Jtf.
r M) ADVEllTISBIia-Lowest Hates foradvertls.
1 tng In loot) good newspapers sent (roe. Ad.
dross QUO. P. HOWELL 6a, 10 Spruce St,, N. V.
m say k
PATE
irsnsi
Tilt
w BE5T TONIC, f
This medicine, comMnthg Iron with pure
VOKcfftliln tout nt, qulflclv mid Cimirletoly
Cuirs 0,rpcilrti Inrtlrttion, AVrnK
limit, I j u pure IlJooil, Mutnrln Clilllt
niitl FcTtm, imtl rVournlgln
It U an uiif.it. iittf ivmedy lor lJlscascs ofllio
IChlnr nml Llvtr.
It 1 invftli.fiblo for I)Nen peculiar to
AVomrni ami all who lend ncdcntftry live.
It doc not Injure tlio tccth,rnticl)CAdaclie, r
produce eomtlput.! unihrr ltm witicinei do.
It ritrlclioa nml Xiitrlflrd the lilood,
ttltmilaies tho npitcbto n U the nimilatloii
of finxl, relieves llffirtl'tm, nnd Ik'Ichltig.nnd
itrontfiens i w miif. 1 !iid iifrvoit.
For IsHfi mttti nt IVvrrn, Loos It tut c
Luck: tit Kiicij', ttc, it has no equal.
The RMiulne hainlmvo tradonmrk and
crassid red Unci on vrnppor. Taku no other
Kyi bI; I j EtROX tllKlUAL tO DlLTtSORE, MU.
Tor "worn-out," " rtuwVwn," debilitated
school teaclicis, inllllinrs, sonnitrcsscs, hottw
kcepers and over-worked women trfnerally.
Dr. l'lerco's I'avorlto Prescription ts tho liest
of nllreflorntlvo (nnlca. It Is not a " Curo-nll,"
but ndtntmbly fulflIU n KlitKlcncss of purnow,
ln-intr n tnot jioU'iit SiMTtflo for nil fhoso
Chronic Woaknessfis and Dlsoiises peculiar to
women. It Is n powerful, general ns well aa
uU-rine, tonlo nntl nervine, and linpnrts viiror
nnd Btrenjrt h to t ho wliolo sjf tctn. 1 1 promptly
cures weakness of stomach. Indigestion, bloat
ing, weak back, nervous prostration, debility
and slecplcssnifvi, In either sex. Fnvorito Pro
scription la sold by druggists under our jxwl
tlre guamnlrr, St o wrapper around bottlo.
I'rlco 1.00, or lx bottlen for ?.i.OO.
A largo treatlso on Diseases of Women, pro
fusely illustrated with colored plates nnd nu
merous wood-cuM, sent for 10 cents In stampL.
Address, Woiti.n's Dwknsauv SlEniCAL.
Association, Oft) Main Btreet, HuHalo. N. Y.
SICK IIKmAClin, Bl limit Ifoa.ln.'hc,
nnd Constipation, promptly cured by
Dr, l'lcrcu's Pellets. 3.K.-. a rial,
by druggists.
CAN HE PUT ON 11V ANY PEHSO.V.
THOUSANDS OF HOI.LS BOLD ANNUALLY
POtt BUILDINfiS OF EVEIIY
DtsonirTio.v.
sexd ron new cntcuLAn. containing
FUIUE LIST AND REFERENCES.
ACENT3 VAHTED.
M. EHBET. m. & GO
a
SOLE MANUKACTUKERS.
423 Walnut street. PHILADELPHIA-
Sopt.l7a&s.Sms
cured
of RHEUMATISM by uslns
RUSSIAN RHEUMATISM CURE.
It la not a curo-all. It curuo nothinff bat lUieuma.
tltm, but it la a oafo and euro euro for thutdiseapo,
Tbonsandd who have been cured will testify to its re
liability.
Mb. G. H. Ulmxr, of 1G21 N. 12th St., ruiada , wrote
fourmootha after he bad been cured by the Hussion
Rheumatism On re (waiting t noe whether it would not
return). Mytug lie wan bedridden with tho disease, and
tboudhi he would lose his ronson frrra the agony h
had to endure and insfda of twowweki he rat cured
by thla remedy, aithonch ho bad bia hnnee physician,
and used other romediea without result, previoua to
trying this wonderful remedy.
Mil Crus. A, Oox. American and Morris St., Phila.,
said? "blj wife wan bedridden, and her condition tnnde
me despair. Doctors md everything etna failed. The
uuaaian JUieumtuflni unr rnrea ner in one wees."
mussiAHH
ITIIADK MAltKS
AND
RHEUMITISM CURE.
SIONATCItE Nfl
Koi Utnninf wlthonl tbl Ktff
i naiurcBBaooia inMiaiiftru. .....
rntut;
$2.50
PER tlX.
Tot complete information, Hencriptlvo Patn.
phlet. with tcUmonlalB, tree.
For B&le by nil drusKlitt.. If one or tbetither la
not In position to famish It to you, do not bo tier
su&ded to take anything else, but apply direct to tha
Oeneral Amenta, PKAKI..EU IIHOS. A: CO.
Sit) til tiil JUurltet btrect, Phlludelpblu.
march 9-ly.a
Invalids' Hotel ahd Surgical Institutf.
683 Main Street. Butialo, N. Y.
Staff of IB Physicians and Surceons.
Rxporlouceil flpoclnllHfH for ovory
clnHM ol Dl.onttpH ti-oatcd t also,
trained, expcrloncuil and obliging;
Nil rue.
LlKht, woll voiitlliiled, elegantly
furiiUlicd prlvulo rooum, lor pa.
tlents.
Ilouso fiirnlNlied with Elovntor,
Sleam-lient, spenkliifi-plpe., loc.
trio Holla, uud nil modern Im
provoincniH. Tnlilo well Hupxllud
rvllli llio beat ot food.
In not n Ifonpltal) tiut a pleasant
Ilomodlnl Homo. Upon day and
night.
ALL CHROMEC DISEASES,
whothor requiring for their cure
niedlcnl or aurgicul uld, KHIfiilly
rented.
THIS INSTITUTION la uuppllod
with Tiirklah llulliii, American
Movement Troatmont, or lUechau.
teal manage Itluchlnory, Vliull
zailon nnd Vacuum Treatment
Appuratnu, tho inont npprovod
Illcctrlcnl ITInelilllCM mid Hatter
Ion, lnlialutlon Appnraina, and nil
Iho moat vulnublo remedial nppll
aneca known to medical clvnt-o.
Call, or solid 10 ccntH In stamps
for our Iuvallila (iuldo-Iloolt (108
Iiagca), whlrh rrlvoa all purlieu,
urn. Addreaa hm above.
World's Dluenwrr Snllral AmvOcLUIod, Prop'i.
elys Catarrh
Cream Balm
7uc relief at
once anil Cures
COLD IN HEAD,
HAY FEVER,
.Vot a Uriuia, Siwff or.
lunni aruaiand of-
a.u.i. odor.. HAY-EEVER
A particle is applied into each nosrll and Is
agreeable. Price to cents at Druggists: by mall,
registered, o cts Circulars free. ELY 11H03.,
Druggists, Owe f o, N. Y, nov it ltd.
TPM? A T?TiTT?Ce Its causes and a new and
I Jjili ;juu euccessiui t'l tti! at your
I f own home, by one who was deil twenty,
eight years. Treated by most of tho noted
sneclallsta without beueOL Clivd lilmsn'r In 3
montlu, and since then hundreds of other. Pull
particulars sent on application. T. B. PACE, No,
i nest gist t., new lorx uity, uuvivum
FOR STEEP OR FlMFoIs
WW
f 1
Jim
SELECT POETRY.
A LOVE ORY.
Ob, lovo, tho earth llos pitiless,
Screno and puro and white;
Its air Is calm and passionless,
This heartless, silent night.
Tho moon, wltU passive, chilling graco
Moves slowly across tho skyj
A star with stony, pallid faco
Unfeeling lists my cry.
A lily colorless as snow,
fllcama coldly out at me,
A roso with frigid breast bends low
In scorn, my pain to sec.
1 only burn with flerco unrest,
My wild, lot e-tortured heart,
My longing bosom all unblcst,
My crimson lips that smart.
My blood that riots mad and hot,
My pulses that beat high,
Theso are tho things tho night cools not,
Though cold bo earth and sky.
Oh I palo, chill moon, why fro-n afar
Pour down this spotless light 7
Oh I passionless and frozen star,
Why sinlle so calmly bright t
Oh 1 Illy, warm to crimson hue,
Oh I rose, flush passion's red,
Ob, wind, grow amorous and suo
Yon flower e 'cr night bo nod.
Oh I moon, grow tender with delight,
Oh I star, your pulses move,
Oh I sweet, come warm this passive night,
And fill all earth with love.
Lulah Hagsdale.
"""SELECT ST0RYr"
L'JVL'S WINDING WAYS-
"Wliat si iilorions afternoon ! It
seems a if tho wlioln world were
stcepi'd in n, dreamy enchantment, in
soft golden light and delicious per
fume, and yet Oh, dear I why can't
all tho world bo happy?''
A fluttering, dolorous little sigh has
abruptly broken tho soliloquy in two,
as it woio, and seems out of harmony
with both of tlm eccno and tho speaker.
Yet a troubled shadow had drifted into
thu bright, girlish face as swiftly as a
dead roseloaf flutters downward in tho
wind.
Suddenly a quiok step sounds on tho
crisp, brown gras behind her, and
"What 1 Miss Amy Lt-stor eighing,
as I liya 1" calls out a ringing, mascu
line voice in playful railsry. "What
unheard of thing is going to happen
next, I wondor V
Sho gives a slight start at first, but
glances up coolly enough into tho fair,
haudmrao and half-laughing faco of
the intruder, who has turned out of tho
wide lano which intersects her path to
join her.
Haven't I a right to my 'secret sor
rows' as well as other people V sho re
torts, with t. smile and a Hash of her
brown eyes which leaves him in doubt
as to whether sin- is in jost or earnest.
"But really, Mr. G inton. I didn't dream
of seeing you to-day. I thought that
that "
'Wt II, and what did you think.Miss
Amy V he questions softly, aa sho hes
itates and stoops suddenly to pick up
some ot the gorgeously-tinted Autumn
leaves lying in the path.
"That you were probably on your
way to tho city by this time," sho tin-
ishfs oilmly, pinniri! tho bright leaves
an nllectivo bit ot color against tho
bodice of hor dark dress.
"On mv way to tho city without sav
ing good-by to you ? Surely you
didn't think I could do that, Amy Les
ter 1 Why, I was just L'oing to call
on you when I chanced to find you
Here.
Hi voico has all nt once lost its
playfulness, and, Htopiiing in tho oath.
ho imuiisoned in his own tho little
hands that aro nervously toying with
thu lea0'.
"I wish I knew what you wero sigh
ing for just now," he adds, after trying
in vuiu w iuuku nur rno?i, iiih earnest,
impaHsioued gize. "Was it had it
anything at all lo do with my going,
Amy doirf"
His low tones aolually trerablo over
that last word uttered so hesitatingly;
for the heart of tho willful girl stand-
ng ttiero besido lum is a eoaleu book
to him still, and ho hardly dares to
vonture upon even so much as that.
Will sho bo angry T Ah, no, not
that, sho morely turns a pretty, amused
face toward him, Hashing her brown
eyes fearlessly into his, at last, full of
tho sauciest indifferenco.
"Sighing for you I Why, what an
idea 1" uho exclaimed, lichtly, whilo a
dimpling smile, suggestive of sup
pressed laughter, hovers about her red
iips. "I didn't think you wero so vain,
Mr. Gaston, though 1 shall miss you a
good deal,'' sho added, quite as if it
wero an afterthought "rlns has been
a pleasant Summer, has it not t"
Ho glanced almost angrily at tho
sparkling brunelto face, so full of inno
cent unconsciousness. She had quietly
wiumrawn her hands trom his clasp
oven before sho answered him.
"Pleasant I" ho echoed with ro
proachfiil bitterness. "Good heavens !
and is that all it has been to you ?
You know I have loved you, Amy.
You could not help knowing it, though
I uovcr spoko of it before. Jlut I am
going so soon now; I must toll you bo
loro wo part. And oh I Amy 1 dar
ling !'" turning upon her suddenly
again with pleading, imploring oyes
how cati you help loving mo n little in
return t"
Her brown oheok pales at this pas
sionato outburst, and sho turns her
head asido away from tho sight of
that handsome, impassioned faco al
most too winning at this moment to
bo resistoJ.
An indignant answer is trembling
reproachfully upon hor lips.
"lkcatiso you nre soon to marry Is
abel Gold win, a millionaire's daughter.
llco.Miso you have sought to gain my
lovo only for a Summer's astlmo l'1
Hut sbo is too proud to give it utter
ance. Sho will not permit him to
think that ho could havo won her
heatt under any sircumstancos. In
stead, with another light, careless
laugh, that grates harshly upon his ex
cited feelings.
"Howt" sho eohoes indifferently,
"Oh, simply becaueo I don't ohooso to
bunion myself with am thing so seri
ous as a real lovo affair. I dou't bo
lievo in tying ono's self down hi that
fashion, and spoiling one's chance for
just as charming a timo next Summor,
and the next, and so on. You know
what tho poet says:
" 'We've spent some pleasant hours together,
Hut Joy must often chango Its wing;
And spring would bo but gloomy weather
It wo had nothing elso but Spring. '"
"Como, now, don't look so savago,
Mr. Gaston," alio goes on, with a littlo
3. 1886.
rjppliiwj; laugh, nnd a glanco that is
simply maddening) "there's no reason
why wo shouldn't bo just as good
friends as over, so far as I can soo."
"Friends no I" he answers huskily,
n white, stony look settling over all his
handsome, bright, blondo features.
"Wo part hero, Amy L"8ter, and
should wo over meet again, I swear to
you it will bu through no fault of
luinol''
And without waiting for any answer
without another word or sign, savo
ono scornful glance that was blended
with a strange bittern c?s and heartsluk
yearning, ho turns sharply on IiIb heel
and strides away, leaving her standing
thero alotio in tho docp golden-glory of
the mellow Autumn sunset.
Ho has not scon how his words have
.stricken tho warm light and color from
tho piquant face, nor how those red,
mocking lips havo blanched to trem
bling whiteness. So, after ono indo
scribablo moment, in which sho is too
dazed to movo or even think, Amy
draws a long, tenso breath and realizes
that sho is mistress of tho situation.
"Checkmate, Mr. O.wen Gaston P
bIio crios out oxultingly. "You thought
to win my heart nnd break it for idle
pastime, did you! You fancied you
would leave mo love-lorn and despair
ing, whilo you wont to tho city to ed
a high-born, fashionable bride, did you
not 1 Ah 1 but I think I havo avenged
myself right nobly. For you lovo me,
Owen Gaston, as you will never love
her no, never I And I well, I havo
carried out my purpose, hard as it was,
and he will never know that my mocking
heartless coquetry was all sham, for I
shall never seo him again."
Sho ehivurs ns sho walks on through
tho warm, golden sunshine, and despite
bur triumph, a great chango has come
over the bright beauty of her laco.
Such a rinnte, sparkling faco as it
has always bo hi tho red, curved lips
smiling saucily over little pearly tcclh,
the witching dimpled chin, tho bontiio
bright eyes, the arched brows above
them, and tho glossy curls gathered up
and knotted loosely at the back of the
littlo graceful head, all as brown as
thu ripo nuts gleaming hero and thero
among thu fallen leaves.
No wouder Owen Gaston often for
sook tho brilliant ooturie of fashion up
at tho hotel yonder to spond hours in
tho moro modest but quito as charming
homo of Amy Lester. No wonder,
cither, perhaps, that his reputed fiancee
fair, haughty Isabel Goldwiu has
become bitterly j -alous of her lovely
rival.
Certainly nothing less than jealousy
of tho most malignant type could havo
prompted any high-bred lady to do as
sho had dnno a tew weeks Bince,
Stauding on tho veranda ono soft
September evening she saw Owen com
ing straight from the direction of tho
Lestor cottage, with a look on his
handsome faco which she beauty, belle
and millionaire's daughter that sho was
had uever been able to bring there
for a single fleeting moment.
Her fair faco darkened with nu ex
pression which boded no gooj to tho
village beauty who had dared to rival
her in tho heart of thu man whom sho
had determined, by fair means or fou',
to win.
"I'll put a Btop to this littlo romance
without delay," sho muttered, clinching
her jowelt-d hands in tho folds of her
silken skirt. "If the girl has any pride
at all and there is a world of it ox
pressed in that dangerously beautiful
faao of her's I'll work on it so artfully
that I will como off winner in this
game, and with flying colors, too.''
And so it fell out that on the follow
ing morning, as early as propriety could
possibly allow, n fair and beautiful lady,
in a dainty walking suit of palo blue
surah and modish white chip hat, took
her way, with a sweetly smiling face
and a cruej, uualtered purpose, to tho
pretty, homo like cottage a milo or
more down thosuu-nt road.
She asked at onco for Miss Amy
Lpster, and tho two girls had a. long
and strictly private interview.
What was tho subject or Bubstanco
of their conversation nobody knew;
but when, at last, Miss Goldwin stood
niion tho broad doorstep, bidding Amy
a lingering aud gracious "good morn
ing.'
"I thought it my duty to warn you,
as a frieud, my dear MUs Lestor," sho
slid sweetly, as sbo raised her elegant
bluo salin-lined parasol and bent her
queenly blondo head to adjust the fas
tening of her glove. "Of course I
could not well speak to him on tho sub
ject of his flirtation now, sinco 1 do not
wish toquarroi with him; untortunateiy
I lovo him too well. But" with a
steady, searching look into tho pale,
boautifol faco besido her "when once
married I shall endeavor to euro him of
such disreputablo folly. And, now,
onco more, Miss Lostor, I must beg you
to respect my conhdenco and regard
this interviow strictly as a secret bo
tween ourselves."
"You need not fear that I shall ov
er betray yonr confidence, Miss Gold-
win.in any way, said Amy,meaniagly.
Aud, having charmingly expressed
thanks, Isabel sauntered gracofully
back to her hotel, conscious that sho
had planted a sting in ono proud, sen
sitive heart, and "thereby spiked tho
enemy s gun, as sho wittingly expressed
it to her own thoughts.
From that hour poor Amy has had
one stern, unwavering purposo to
avengo herself upon tho man who, sho
believed, has tried to win her lovo only
to cast it asido unfeelingly when ho is
ready to return to his city homo.
Aud sho has won 1 No practical city
bollo could have led a lover on moro
skilfully, or refusod him at tho Inst
.with moro hmshed cruolty than sho.
And, though her heart aciics horribly
with tho pain of it, sho is still glad
that sho had tho courage to strike
Owen Gaston's prido that crushing
uiow.
But, after a little, all tho fuss and
flutter of fashion had departed nnd tho
dull littlo villago seems a thousand
times moro dull than over to poor Amy
after tho bitter sweet excitement of tho
past season.
She knows full well that sho and
Gaston will never meet neain. and her
heart sinks with a torriblo loueliness at
thought of tho coming years. Oh 1 if
sho could but fly away, nut thousands
of miles between horsolf aud all those
associations that fairly maddened her 1
that, is her only thought, her only
WISH.
"I must go I must 1" she cries, at
last, in sheer desperation. "But how!"
For n long timo no ray of light
comes (o guide her out of tho loneli
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COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, V0L.L, NO 89
ness nnd pain of tho old life.
But Summer comes again, and with
it thu usual throng of city people,
though this year does not find either
Owen Gaston or Isabol Goldwin
among them.
"I suppose thoy aro married long
ago," thinks .Amy, dreaiily, with tho
long, low, patient sigh which always
accompanied her thoughts of them.
Thero is one lady among tho fashion
able crowd to whom Amy is strongly
attracted, and who, in turn, seems
equally drawn to tho lovely village
girl. Sho has takon a downright fancy
for hor, in fact, and shows it in every
way.
"Amy, dear," sho says ono day after
tho former has been rending to her for
an htir, "do you know, it Is my na
turo to delight in showering gifts and
favors upon any ono whom I like!
But you," with a littlo half-embarrassed
laugh "you- aro such a proud
littlo thing, my dear, that I can do
nothing to prove my friendship for
you."
Amy hesitated a moment, coloring
deeply, and then:
"Mrs. Fielding," she says softly,
shrinking almost painfully al the sound
of hor own words, "you can do mo a
favor a great favor if you will. I
tun longing w ith all my soul to leavn
this place and go far away, and if you
would only take me ns your hired com
panion lady's maid anything, so
that I could go away "
"My companion 1" echoes tho lady
quickly. "The very thing, my dear I
If your parents will trust you in ray
caro you may consider yourself en
gaged forthwith."
So, when iho season wanes and
closes, Amy flits away with the rest,
to neiv scenes which, sho prays, may
deaden that awful ncliing of iho heart
which mnkes her young life a torture.
"Amy dear," says Mrs. Fielding on
a certain day (thoy nro in Paris now),
"I ara expecting a call this evening
from an old friend of mine, an Ameri
can. And let me whisper this secret
in your ear," she adds, with a bright,
merry laugh, "f would givo anything
in the world if you and ho would only
fall in lovo with each othei. There I
that isn't a wise confession from a
would-be match makor, I know, but I
am thoroughly sincere."
"Mrs. Fielding," begins Amy, blush
ing painfully, but tho lady checks her
with a gesture.
"There ! don't say a word about your
'position.' You aro quite worthy of
him, or any other man, my dear, in ev
ery way. To bo sure, you aro not rich,
but ho is, bo that would make all
things even."
And with hor gav lauiih sho sails
out of tho drawing room, leaving poor
Amy to recover from tho shock as bust
sho can.
She is looking very sweet and lovely
this evening in a soft roso i-ilk, with
foamy laco relieving it nt throat and
wrists, and tho wistful sadness- which
has'faken the place ot the old piquant
saucinoss in her brilliant brunette face,
seems only to enhance its touching
beauty.
oho is halt reclining upon a sofa.her
eyes genlly closed, lost in old-time rev
eries, Sho hoars uo visitor announced,
no sound of footuteps on iho rich, thick
carpel, but, when her eyes fly open
suddenly, in obedience from somo
strange thrill pissmg through hor
nerves, they rest full upon tho faco of
Uwou U.uton.
Thero is a moment of shocked, un
broken silence. Tho hot blood rushes
wildly into each startled face, then both
grow white as death.
"fardon my intrusion, ho begins
coldly, recovering himself, but Amy
stays him with an impatient motion of
her hand.
"It is of no couscquence, I assure
you," sho says indiiterontly. "1 pre
surao you desiro to suo Mrs. Fielding;
sho will be here directly. Pray ba
seated." Then, calmly, without an
outward tremor: "I may bu somo what
tardy in tho matter, Mr. Gaton, but
still, I trust you will accept my con
gratulations upon your marriage."
'My marnago I His handsome
blonde faco is as sturdy as ho echoes her
words. "Really, yo.i havo tho Ativan
tago of me there. To whom have I
been married !" aud a slight lingo of
his old familiar rogueishness steals into '
his voice and manner.
"To to why, I suppose I always
thought" sho is soraowhat bowildcrcd
now "O tho beautiful belle lo whom
vou wero engaged two years ago
Miss Isabel Goldwin."
"Sho is married long ago, but not to
rap. And l why, I never thoucht ot
being engaged to her; I uewr cared
tor her. Who could havo told you
this !" his manner solUuing strangely:
Of all women "
He stops suddenly, for ho has been
gazing straight into Amy's beautiful
faco (more beautiful now than ever, ho
thinks), and something he reads thero
makes him say, wuh an indignant taco
that compels nu answer:
"Is it possiblo that she could havo
told you that !"
Amy hesitated for ono moment, the
rich color coming and going painfully
in her dusky cheeks. Then, raising her
sweet, wistful brown oyes to his, she
irauKiy answers:
"Yes,''
When Mrs. Fielding enters, a few
moments later, sho is quite surprised to
loam that her twofavoritos aro already
ucuuiuicu.
But judgo of her amazement when
sho finds, before Mr. Gaston takes his
leave, that tho match upon which she
his set her heart is already nrrauged,
and that, too, without a particlo of as
sistance, which sho would so willingly
have yolunteered. Clyde Raymond,
Last of the Mollies.
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Pottsville, Nov. 22 But two Of
tho once famous band of Molly Ma-
guireB now remain m tills rogion, and
thoy, like martyrs to a despised oausp.
remain in prison hero doing pennnco
as much for tho sins of others as for
their own. True, twouly-ono were
hanged, a number served short terms
and were long nro released and quite
a lot who turned State's evidence wero
pardoned, and have found elsewhere a
sympathy they could not get here.
1 hoy wero despised by good peoplo
iur intur can needs, and by a certain
other element booauso they peached oh
their pals.
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sorted except hero par lea bate accounts.
Legal advertisements two dollar pr Inch luf
thrco Insertions, and at that ralo for additional
insertions without reference to length. .
Executor-, Administrator's, and Auditor's no
tlccs three dollars.
Transient or Ical notices, ton cents a line, reg
ular advertisements halt rates.
Cards In tho "ItuMness Directory" column, on
dollar a year tor each line.
nted hero fire Christ. Donnelly and
Miko O'Brien, both ot them at ono
timo "body niHstcis" of the branch of
Mollies at their old homes. They nro
serving two twins of seven years ench.
Thoy hnvo frequently but vainly np
plied for pardons, nnd havo now given
up hope of escaping the judgement
pronounced on them by the Court.
Donnelly lived in New Castle, threo
miles from here, lie was a young
man, nntl nu active politician of moro
than oidinury intelligence. Ho had
a wife nnd six children. O'Brien had
a wife and family. Ho is not n man
of as good intellect ns Donnelly, but,
by reason ol n certain tiativo tnlcnt,
became the leader of his branch nt
Mahanoy City. Ho nover held any
municipal ofllce, as his fouttecn-year
colleague had, for tho reason that tho
nativo American and anti-Irish factious
pretty well tilled tho town.
Between these nationality factions
tin ro was a deadly feud for years, nnd
First street, Mahanoy City, becamo
known as tho dead line, to cross which
was ns fatal, or at least serious for the
Mollie-lrish ns it wns for tht"Modocs,"
ns tho Ain-rican-German-Welsh-English
faction had become known. Chief
among this latter clan wero tho Major
boys. Gcorgo, tho eldest brother, had
been Chief Burgess of tho town.
"Bill" aud "Jess" wero his younger
broth rs. They were tall, wiry fellows,
who never ran itwny from n fight. Tho
intensity of feiling between tho two
parties was raised to its highest pitch
when ono night in 187-1 Gcorgo Major,
whilo in tho dischargo of his ofllcial
duties at un incendiary fire, was fatally
shot. Daniel Dougherty was Iricd,
under a change of venue, at Lebanon,
but proved an alibi, Ectting up tho un
usual doferso that tho murder was
committed by John McC.inn, a
strangor in tho neighborhood. Until
two years later many peoplo believed
'JMcUanu" a myth, but the jury be
lieved thu story, pud Dougherty wns
acquited, ns subsequent events proved
very justly. Major's friends itilurned
from Lebanon, doubting Dongheity's
innocence, and much incensed, while
thu Molliu crowd wero made equally
defiant by tho verdict.
On May 30, 1875, a meeting of tho
County Board was held at tho house
of Jack Ki hoe, tho county dclegato at
Girardvillo. The businees'of tho Board
was to nrrnnuo for tho proper and effi
cient disposal of the Major bovs and
Bully Bill (William M. Thomas), their
chum. O'brien, Donnelly, and seven
other body tna'ters attended this meet
ing, at which men wero selected who
wero to kill tho obnoxious Modocs
named. Tho meeting had been open
ed as usual with prayer, and then tho
bloody deliberations proceeded. Two
men from Shenandoah were selected
to kill Thoma, and threo from Don
nelly's division and tho Tuscaiora
branch to shoot the Major boys. All
of the a"aesins selected wem strangers
to their intendid victims. The whole
story of the meeting, which is so briefly
stated here, sounds like an Old World
romauce. To begin plotting murders
with prayer is revolting until it bc
oomes "classical."
Pursuant to tho directions of this
bloody conclave, on the 28lh of Juno
following, men selected for tho pnrposo
attacked Thomas in tho stable at
Shoemaker's colliery, near Mahanoy
City, and fired four bullets into his
body at distances of six inches to
four feet f i om him, killed ono horse,
wounded another, oud, though they
lolt Thomas for dead, a supposed
"cloan job," ho miraculously escaped
even serious wounding. Tho attempt
to kill tho Major boys failed by reason
of their having received notice indi
rectly from tho detective nnd their ab
senco from their accustomed placo on
the day set.
On August 10, 1875, Tom Hurley,
since then a fugitive from justice, and
recently reported dead in Colorado,
killed, at a Shenandoah firemen's pic
nic, in broad day-light, Gomer James.
Tho assassination toi.k place in tho
presence of a hundred persons, and
within a few feet of the rinuoing plat
foim, where a hundred oouplos were.
Huiloy escaped, nnd in Mollio circles
it wns regarded as such a "olean job"
that a convention of body masters was
cauea, and it was ngnod to pay Hur
ley a reward of S500. At this meet
ing Donnelly aud O'Urieu wero again
present.
Thoy wero arrested in Ma v. 1870.
with nearly a dozen others. Tho do.
tective's disclosures had been made
meanwhile, and a number of tho guilty
fled. Tho chiof conspirators wero un
der constant surveillance, however.
and on tho evening of May Oih Cap
tain Aldersohn strolled into tho tele
graph ofiioo here aud sent this lues
sago :
To , 0. and I. Police at :
Spring tho trap.
Tins message was repeated to overt?
Coal and Iron policeman in tho region.
IIo knew his duty, knew his man, and
on tho morning of the 10th thero was
n squad ot haniloulted men, all arrang
ed along a stcut steel chain nnd guard
ed by tho now uuitod foroe. marching
up Centre street and up tho hill to tho
great stono castle, from which somo
never camo agaiti alive, except to cross
tho street to tho Court House, and to
walk to the scaffold in tho prison yard.
In the gang wero Donnelly and
O'Brien. With others thoy were tried
for conspiracy to kill and as accessor
ies alter tho murder. On each charge
each was sentenced to seven year's im
prisonment. Tho commutation for
good behavior reduces the sentenoo to
eleven years each, and this will expire
just a year hence.
Their prison lifo has boen mado as
comfortablo as possible. Mrs. Donnelly
visits her husband every two weeks anil
occasionally brings ono or two of tho
children. Sho has had a haid strugglo
for ten years, and her faith fulness de
serves a bettor reward than her hus
band can hopo lo g'no her. Mrs.
O'Brien does not come so often. Sho
spends inuuh timo with her eons in
Philadelphia, but she, too, visits her
husband as regularly as circumstances
will permit. O'Brien works in tho
6hoo shop generally, but Donnelly is
in tho warp room. IIo has masterod
carpet weaving, and now has chargo of
a department. IIo has tho run of tho
corridor, and years ago under a former
warden frequently Bat at tho family
table. Ho is a fair cleik, and his extra
services were remunerated in that
way, All tho wardens havo tpoken
of them as tho best and most faithful
prisoners they havo had.