COLUMBIAN AND DEMOCRAT. BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PAJ
The Columbian.
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0, B, Elirall, r(.
J. K. BlUaabndar., r
BLOOMSBUKG, PA.,
FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 18R8.
Since tlio decision of the Snprerno
Court of tbo United Stntcs in the Kan-
eat caie, in which it fispcrtcil that tho
people cannot barter away tho morals
and health ot the public and plainly
sas that the publio trafiia in inloxi
cants is against tho publio health and
life, preparations have bten completed
in New York, New Jersey and othor
states to bring tho mattcrlmmediftt?ly
to a test. In Chioaco the prohibition
ists expect at nn early day to filo with
the connty Commissioners a protest
against tho granting of licenses to ap
plioants for saloon powers. In caso
the commissioners decline to grant the
petitions they will carry the matter to
the supreme Court of tho state.
The prospects are that thero will be
a warm campaign among tho candi
dates for local ofliues this summer. For
the leeislatnre the names of A. L. Fritz
and H. F. Zarr have boon mentioned on
this side of tho river, whilo J. T. Box,
E. M. Tewksbury and Ex-sbenff Mou
roy will tussle for it on tho other side,
For sheriff, Q. W Derr and J. B.
Ctsev are expected to bo candidates.
There is not likely to be any contest
over the congressional nomination in
the county. Besides tbo above offices
those of District attorney and Jury
commissioner are to bo filled.
Tbo great prize fight for tho cliara
pionBhip of tho world atid 85,000 be
tween John L. Sullivan, of Boston,
Mass., and Charles Mitchell, of London
was decided at Creil, France, on Sat
urday. Forty-one people were present
ana mere was no inierierence oy mo
polioo. Thirty -nine rounds were
ioneht. nntfer London prize ring rules,
when the battle terminated in a draw,
lasting three hours and eleven minutes,
Upon returning to Seniis, Sullivan and
Mitchell and the people present at the
fitrbt were arrested, but later all but
tho two principals were released
Sullivan's friends uotild scarcely credit
the repot ts of the light. They had bet
liter money on tbsir man, and they
were disappointed end disgusted. Su!
livan had boasted that be would knock
Mitchell out in four rounds, but th
big Boston bully was very glad to
cive up the lob at the end of thirty
nine ronnds. This pair of bruisers has
divided the atleulion of the world for
the pact week between themselves nnd
the dead Emperor of Uermany.
EMEEKUE WILLIAM DEAD.
Emperor William of Germany died
in Berlin lat Friday. Ho was born
in 1797. In 1858 upon the breaking
dowu of King Fiedt-rick William IV,
William l'r'uico of Prussia wan made
Kegent, He was then in the sixty
first year of his age, and on the death
of bis brother in 1861 he was crowned
King of Prussia. On Jaouary 18,
1871, ho was proclaimed Emperor of
Germany by the German Confedera
tion consisting of the North German
Confederation, and the southern Ger
man states except Austria.
Frederick William Nicholas Charles,
succeeds to his father's crown, and has
already been proclaimed Emperor. He
was born October 18, 1831. He is be
lieved to be suffering from an incura
ble malady, and bis death is a matter
of a lew months. The lirnprees 11 a
daughter of Queen Victoria of Eng
land. The present crown prince an
beir to the German throne is Prince
William son of the Emperor, and ho
too is said to be the victim of a disease
that indicates an early death. His
son, who is now only six years old
would then become the crown prince,
or in caso of tho death of both the
present Emperor and Crown Prince,
there would bo a regenoy until the
heir to the throne comes of age.
PEOQRESS.
Wo sometimes seem to forget tb
position wo now bold in commuuit
country towns in all matters of business
and progress. And wo forget too, that
we are to keep tho advantage of our
position anil aro to not allow any rival
to take the lead. ve are easily, in im
advance now, and can easily remain
there with proper attention to our sur
roundings. There aro present pros
pects of a great activity as soon as tho
spring opens, and as a stimulant to
further exertion a statement of our
present status in tho business worl
may bo useful. Within our curporav
limits wo hn.se now :
1. The Lackawanna & Bloomsburg
Kailroid.
2. Tho Blooniebnrg & Sullivan
Railroad.
3. The Bloomsburg Iron Company,
4.
nace.
Neal & Sons' Antliracitu fur
The Blnomshurg Car Works.
C,
drv.
The Ilarninn & Hasten Foun
7. Tho First National Bank,
Bloonbur?.
8. The Blooniiburg B mking Con
pany.
1). Tho Bloomsburg Sta'o Normal
school.
10. Tho B'oomsburg Gas Company,
11.
pany.
12.
pany.
Tbo Bloomsburg Water Com
Tho ISloomsburg Steam Com
13. Tho Bloomsburg School-des
Factory
11. The Blronvdjurg Woolen Mill
15. The iiloonuburg Agncultur,
YVo'ks
1C. Hess Manufacturing Company
17. Wears &. Vo. s Works.
And now, immediately upon .the
opening of tho spring
18. Sixth street will bo extended
to tho Bloennburg it Sullivan Riilroatl
so as to accommodate, and facilitate
tho speedy construction of
19. The Bloomsburg Silk Mill,
20. Tho Lightstreet road will bo
opened and graded, and a large mini
bor of beuuliltii maiding lots, cpeem
ly on t' o weft tide of tho street will
como into a waiting market. And
while thi-i is being done, another and
most important advance will bo mad
Quo which will give increased activity
and business to each one ot mo seven
teen enumerated, as well as to every
individual citizen. This is no Kss than
thu incorporation of
21. Tho Bloomsburg Bridge Com
nanv.
A bridge across tho Stwqttcbana hero
a' liloomslurg is of prime importance
It can bo no longer delayed, and no
body can bo depended upon to erect
it but tbo cil'zoi's. livery man in town
m arts a share of the rtork, ho wants
an interest in this bridge, and at tho
rate of fifty dollars a share, every body
can lake one, and witn some activity
the whole amount can be raised in ten
)n)s.
WABHIKQTON LETTER
From our Hegular corrtwnondent.
Wasiunoton, D. 0., March 19, 1888.
"Tho Issue is made, and wo shall
stand by tho bill lust ns it is," said
Representative Mills to-day in refer
ence to tho tariff bill. Continuing, he
said. "Thu revonuo reformers intend
fight every amendment whioh is
offered, n6 matter who offers it. This
bill Is thu result ot three months hard
ork nnd study on tho part of tho gen
tlcmen who composo tho majority of
tho Ways and Means Committee, and
don t beliovo it would bo possible to
get up a measure different from this
ono that would reduco the rovcnito to
tho same extent, and remit in as little
njustico to everybody coucorned.
he prospeot ot pasting mis uut nrn
nproving. Mr. Mills claims that he
as 150 volts already pledged to tho
bill this is 7 short of a majority.
Qaito a number of Btrong speeunes in
favor of the bill will bo made ns soon
as it gets before the House. Mr. Mills
wilt make the first one, he will bo fol
lowed b Mr. Brcckinridgo and sever
al othor members of the ways and
Means committee, but probably the
strongest and best speech that will be
made upon it will be that of Speaker
Uarlisle, who is boyond question to"
best equipped man to mike a tariff
speech in tho Ilnuso.
senator ingniiH is ueguining iu uuiir
from tho fr'u nds of Harcock and 'Mc
Clollau, whom ho ntt mpted to villily
in his speech tho other day. Ho was
a fow days ago denied admission as a
member into tho local commandery ot
the Loyal Legion, ati organization oom
osed ot diiii'crs and ex ntnoers oi me
Federal Army, and of whleh Gen.
Sheridan is the grand commander. Tho
reason given to tho public for tho ro
jection of Ingalls' application for mem
bership, was that ho was not eligible.
he having b'en an officer of state
troops only. But there is no doubt in
the world that tho real reasou was his
attack on the memory of Hancock and
MuClellan.
The Senato has pas(d tho Depen
dent Pension bill, without amendments.
It is lust as Senator Alanderson re
ceived it from the G. A R. It has now
gone to tho Louse.
In reply to the complaints made by
the Kansas Senators and Representa
lives in Congress about imflicient mail
service in tho West, the Postmaster
General goes into detail and asserts
that the mail service of the entire
country is in better condition than over
before.
It is now estimated that the Treos
nry surplus for tho year ending Jun
30, 1888. will b 155,000,000. And
still then- are democrats in the House
who refuse to support til's tariff bill
whioh cuts off $80,000,000 of this
la'ge sum.
Kevonuo reform is ppread ng. liven
Ohio republican wool growers are be
coming infected. . An official of the
Treasury department has received a
letter from un Unio man, who was
chairman of the republican central
committee of his county in 1884, and
a large contributor to the republican
campaign fund of that year, and who
is a largo sheep raiser, in which he
says : "I am clear over, and agree
with the democrats on the tariff. "
I am tired of seeing tho black
smith's hammer protected, and nothing
done for his muscle.
It is amusing to observe tbo great
efforts that John Sherman is making
to secure thu republican nomination
this year. With his record on numer
ous public qnestions, particularly the
demonitization of silver, he would
make the weakest candidate that could
possibly bo selected. If be should bo
nominated, and all good democrats
pray that he may bp, Colorado, Nevada,
and Oregon would be sure to cast their
electoral vote for the democratic nonn
nep.
The President and Mr. Cleveland
gave a dinner on Thursday to Hon.
traneis Keman, the veteran hx bena
tor of New l ork. The other guest
wero (Secretary liavard, senator lieck,
representative Alius, and wife, ex-sen
ator Jocph E. McDonald, and Hon
Wm. P Morrison.
The House committee, on Military af
fairs has unanimously agreed to report
favorably to the House tho Cutoheon
bill appropriating $7,475,000 for pub
lio defenses.
Tho Senate committee on Coast de
fenses, though it has taken no offieil
action on the matter, has practiuall
sgreed to make a favorable report on
the bill introduced by Mr. Dolph, pro
viding for fortifications and sea coast
defenses, with an amendment locating
tho new gun factory at the Watervliet
Arsenal, New York, instead of at the
Frankfort Arsenal, Pennsylvania. The
bin make an appropriation of 5120,,
378,800 for the purpose o! building
fortifications at New lork, San Fran
oisco, Boston, the Lake ports, llanip
ton Roads, New Orleans, Philadelphia
Washington, Baltimore, Portland, ami
other ports.
A Tragio Declination.
This is the season of Presidential
declinations, but all of them have been
commonplace compared with the re
oent highly dramatic and even tragio
declination of Senator Ingalls of Kan
sas. Mr. Blaine had hardly a trace of
the dramatic iu his opening letter of
withdrawa1. Ho simply said that lie
couldn't afford it, and left wido spaces
between the lines for his friends to
write in that he must. Mr. (Jhilds sst
down to his declination in tho plain
matter of fact way that be disposes of
practical questions, lie said substanli
ally "Thankd, gentlemen, but I can't,1
and he meant both. General Sheridan
rushed into his declination with tho
impetuosity of one of his old cavalry
charges, nnd the country undei stood
the bluff soldier to express his exact
wishes and purposes ou tho subieot,
After Sheiidau came a lull in the tide
of Presidential declinations, hut Senator
Ingalls broke out a day or two ago
witb a declination that was so highly
uruiuauu hn vo navoi ut mo iragic in
nis ruuremoui.
Senator Ingulls' Presidential doclina
tion differs from all the declinations
which preceded his in the fact that ho
is the only declining candidate who
sri s nothing at all stiout declinlug,
On the ontrary, to nnny tbouuhtless
readers his speech, in which his deeli
nation was made absolute both tor ill
presont a d future, will be accepted as
a fervent bid for Presidential honor'
but the second sober thought must con
vlnce all intelligent, citizens that of all
the Presidential declinations of th
season, that of Senator IngalU is th"
most empiiutto and absolute. Ilo is tli
scholarly ai d learned man of tho Sen
ate. and no Senator is presumed to un
derotaud belter tho full meaning and
force of language, and certainly no
Senator should belter understand that
the American poople will never eutur
ttin the question of electing to the
resiliency n man who proclaims m
utter disregard of all the courtesies
and decencies of official life. Instead
of declining the Presidency in the
nmiiMflnn wav lirt tnailA bin rtlrmant
1 " ' " -
from tho field intensely dramatic, oven !
to tho extent of tho tragio taklng off of
his aspirations for tho highest civil
trust of tho world.
Senator Ingalls' absolute and irrevoc
able declination of thu Presldenoy is in
theso words, as found in tho official re
port of bis recent speech in tho Senate
on tho Presidential campaign "The
personal allusions to myself (as a
Presidential candidate) I would pasi
by with a single observation that the
nomination and election of Grover
Cloveland had made the pretensions of
any American citizen to the Presidency
respectable. There is no man in this
country whoso ignoranco is so pro
found, whoso obscurity to impenetrable,
whose) antecedents so degraded, that
ho has not the right to aspire to the
Presidential nomination by the Demo
oratio party." When it is considered
that Senator Ingalls, as President pro
tem. of the Senate, and his wife have
been tho willing guests of honor at the
Executive Mansion on overy social
occasion that warranted it, tho beastly
assault upon the President to whoso
dignified and generous hospitality h
has ever rushed, exhibits tho agonized
determination of the Kansas Senator to
put himself entirely out of Presidential
possibilities by putting himself entirely
beyond the bounds ot common decenoy
iu prostituting partisan politics even
below the arts of tho wanton. The
nnally indecent assaults upon such
patriotio soldiers ns General McClcllan
and General Hancock, wore simply the
logioal but lesser streams of tho foun
tain of unmitigated blackguardism ho
unloosed in his desperate determina
tion to preclude the possible considor
ation of his namo as a President! il
oandidate.
There is a charitable theory present
ed y some that should be stated in
ustice to senator Ingalls. It is said,
n apology tor nis speech mat would
have disgraced a nativo legislator of
me tjongn siaie, mat, nis miuu is mem
orio and flying to pieces in brilliant
scintillations of mingled poetry and in
vective. The theory is in accord witb
the theory of his declination of the
Presldenoy, as thero is no disposition
in any section to transform the Execu
tive mansion into a lunatic asylum ;
but when a party leader who is honor
ed witb the dignity and duties f the
second office of tho Republic, degrades
himself, and seeks to degrado the high'
est honors of the naliou, to the decla
mation that would offend tho fish mar
kct. tho charity that is dne to all re
quires that the excuse r.f unsettled rea
son should be considered in extenuation
of such a flagrant offense to the
country's senso of justice and to its re
spect for its chosen and faithful rulers,
But, whatever may be the explanation
of or apology for senator Ingalf
speech, it will bo accepted by all as the
most posittvo and irrevocable of all the
1'residential declinations of the season
Next I Times.
THE GEE AT, BLIZZARD I
The severe storm which commenced
in th's section on Sunday seems to
havei prevailed throughout tne Atlantic
states, and was the greatest that hag
been known for many years. A fierce
gale was kpt up and tbe mercury in
the thermometer dnven down to zero.
The heavy snow of Sunday and' Sun
day night was drifted on 'the railroads
like mountains, thus obstructing the
roads in every section. Thousands of
laborers wero put to work Monday to
cloar the road, but with little success.
A telegram dated at Philadelphia,
Tuesday March lath says:
Tho railroad lines made but little
effort to-day to operate their roads,
and with tbe exception of a tew sub'
urban, and a train or two from tho
main lino of tbo Pennsylvania railroad,
little or nothing has been done. The
Day express, which was due in this
city yesterday over tho Pennsylvania
road from tho wesi, reached this city
at 11:30 this morning, ai d Chicago
limited, due here at 5 o'clock Inst
night, followed it fifteen minutes later.
These trains were far more successful
in reaching their destination thrtu
were two trains which were dispatched
for Harrisburg and tho west this morn
ing, but which wero stuck at Wynne
wood, a mburban town. After this
failure no tffort was made to send out
through trains, or in fact any on the
main line. Three trains were sent ut
and the same number arrived on tho
Gerraintown and Chestnut Hill branch,
tbe last of which brought in a large
gang of laborers who bad been fiuhiieg
tho elements all day. No trains were
run on the central or New York divi
Bions. The New Yeirk division
completely olosed and the newspaper
train whioh loft New York at 4:50
Monday morning has not yet readied
this city. It is reported hero that it
is laid up near Princeton, with several
others bovond it. From this end
trains have gone as far ns Biislc
where they siill remain, Largo gangs
of men are being siit out t i-night on
the different branolieH of the road to
relievo thoco who have worked all day
and a Pennsylvania railroad ollicinl
said to-night that as the company had
got the line cleared to within a short
distmco of Trenton, the New York
division would probably be opened ui
f ir iralb'o to-iuo'row. Tho ann
tii jal said that U u company hud very t
few passengers to send out as the ar-'
rivals wero so light iu numb, r and I
that until the comptny wero advisd
that the toad was clear no further ef
fort would be maiio to dispatch trains.
On the main lino the principal trouble
is between Paoli an Parkesbutg, a dis
tance of between twenty and thirty
miles and the condition of affairs ou
that pit co of the road is described as
the worst ever known in thn history of
eastirn railroading.
Another despatch from Reading, Pa.
dated Tuesday tho 18th saysi There
is no abatement in the force of tnp
storm now raging throughout this sec
tion. No stages or teams of any kind
camo into town to-day, and ro mail
was received fiom or ?ent to outlying
country districts. The. coal and freight
trafliu ou tho ral'road is at a compleie
standstill, and tb business in this city
is quite, dead. With tho a'd ot an ex
tra engine one passenger train came
in fr 'in Ilarrisbuig, ono from Potts,
ville aud throe from Philadelphia,
while from forty to fifty oome and go
every day. Thoso that did nrrjt o were
f;enerally from ten to ighteen hou a
ate. About a dozen passenger trains
are snow lionnd bi tween Heading aud
Philadelphia. Somo snow drifts o-i
the railremds aro from ten to twenty
feet deep nnd in the com try tho roads
are as high ns fences. The Host Peun,
Reading and Columbia, Wilmington
and Northern, Schuylkill and Lehigh,
nil centering in Reading, are copiplete
ly blockaded and no train has pease d
over them inco early jesterdy. Tho
stoim of to-night, threatens tp f top alj
traffic on the main lino f thu Reading
bv morning. The Potkiomon, Colct
brooVdslo and other branches are under
miow from five to fifteen feet. A num.
her of Industrial establishments aro
clorsd becaufo their employes are
I Nnntfpri In nt their homea. A nurnbtr
i
of hotisos and barns have been unroof.
ed, and ll is f.nrcd that somo lives
have been lost in tho oxtremo country
districts. John A. Miller, a newsboy
on the trnin due' in Reading at 9.45 p.
in., wns blown from thu liain n short
distanro below Mon eSaey station, but
escaped sctlous injury. The lad wns
about pas -lug from tho smoking to the
ladies' oir when ho was cauglu by a
suddn blsst of wind a"d hurled from
tho train. Conductor George Smith
was standing nt tho window ai d stop
ped train. Miller mides on North
Eight street. Another boy, known as
"the Englishman," was hurled from a
rstn at Motion and injured ono ot his
legs sevoiely. Ho was also cut about
the head. Her-sides in Philadelphia,
and was sent borne.
Luther J, Shaffer.
Wo hnvi frequently heard it won
erod whether Sheriff Lenhy, whoso
disagreeable duty it will be to execute
the sentence of tho law upon Luther
Shaffer, will be likely to besitato or
hhrink in tho perfnrminoo of that duty.
Wo don't think he will. The sheriff
is an old soldier and has scon death in
too many shapes to cower nt the sight
of it coming under the forms of law.
Therefore thoro will bo no timidity on
his part, although wo have no doubt
he deeplj regrets that It has fallen to
his lot t do such a seemingly uruci
net. But tho mandalo of the law can
not be set aside and the criminal must
pay the penalty of his crime.
W1TNESSKS TO THE EXECUTION.
But this awful act of depriving a
fellow cieaturo of his life will lie dono
decorously and huminely, and with as
little publicity as possible, l ho law
of Pennsylvania does not permit the
publio execution of criminals and if we
wero the sheriff we should have just
as few present as possible. No doubt
quite a largo number of persons will
pester Sheritt Ir any tor p mats to
witness the execution, ana Knowing
his good nature will be apt to try to
mpose on it, but ho is not obliged t
grant permits to anybody, and public
sentiment will sustain him iu uaviug
only as many spectators as may seem
to bo absolutely n quired.
Of course the Sheriff will oxeroise
his own discretion and judgment ii
the matter, and we f el confident that
he will do the right thing, or as near
the right thing as the circumstances of
tho onsu will permit.
MAnittAOU LICENSE AND DEATH WAUItANT,
Cli ef Clerk Gearhirt, of the State
Departrai nt, was clerk of the courts
of Montour county about a ear ago
One dav Luther .T. Shaffer came into
the office and second a license lo
m.vry a pretty gill whom Mr. Gear
hart hid known hiroj her childhood.
Sh'fferloft with the license, but the
following nv ruing leturned with the
information that the. girl would not
marry him. Hit wanted the clerk to
tell the girl that she would have to
marry him because ho hsel taken oi t
tbo license, but Mr. G arhart indig
naitly refused, and thus the girl es
caped becoming the wife of a mur
derer. The g'rl afterwards told Mr. Geai
hart she had never thought of marry
ing Shaffer. A few weeks ago the
same hand that wrote his marriage li
cense wrote Shaffer's death warram
for Governor Beaver to sign. Lock
Haven Democrat, 2th.
The peculiar purifying and building
up powers of Hood's Sirsaparilla mak
it the jery best medicine to take at
this season.
This was Indeed a Giant-
Yesterday a fragment of a human
skeleton was brought into Carson,
Nev., from Pine .Grove, near Genoa.
Tho original skeleton must have been
fully twonty-five fett long. The bone
was a portion of tbo leg below the
knee, and, at the point where it joined
the knee, was eight inches aors3, or
five times the usual s!ze. The frag
ment was about two ft et long, splen
didly pnservid, and weighed aboui
tweinty pounds. All tbe local phy
sicians ngree that it is unquestionably
a portion of the skeleton of tho largest
human remains yet discovered, l'ar
tics are going lo Pine Grove to search
lor tho rest of the skeleton. San
Francisco Examiner.
The" Hanoock Legion of Philadel
phia, composed eif veterans of, tho'war,
sent a lage basket of flowers to the
desk of S-nator Blackburn as a maik
of appreciation of his defense'of Han,
cock and McClellau against the vim
lent attack of Senator Ingal s. That
is the way Ingalls is scouring tho sjl
dier voto for the Presidency.
Be Suro to Cot Hood's
SarsapartlU, my child. See that they do not
Clve you anything else. You renumber It U
the medicine which did niarai to much good
year ago my favorite
Spring Medicine
Nearly everybody needs a good spring medi
cine like Hood's SarsaparllU to expel Impuri
ties which aicumulate In the blood during the
winter, keep up strength u wana weather
comet on, create an appetite and promote
healUiy digestion. Try Hood's Barsaparllla
and you will be convinced ct Its peculiar
merits.' it Is the Ideal spring medicine re
liable, beneficial, pleasant to take, and gives
lull value tor the money. Be sure to get
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Soldbf illdrujgliti. I ili for 13. rreptrsaontr
by C. I. IIOOD CO., ApothKuUl, LevrtU, Mm.
IOO Doses One Dollar
TJPITOR'H NOTICE.
Xltateaf rm,V..'A. Itogert atceafd.
The undersigned auditor appointed by tho Orpli.
ansrouuot Columbia county to make distribu
tion ot iba bilance la the banda o( tbe account
ant,, to and among the parties entitled thereto,
will sit at bis office Id liiooinsburg, on Saturday,
April m, 1st .at to o'clock in the forenoon, to at
tend to the duties otbla appointment; when and
where all persona ba lug claims against bald es
tate, muat uppear and prove them, or bo torever
debarred from any share pt said rund.
.. J. JH.MlIK.
March?, J8SS. Auttltor.
EXECUTOR'S NOTION r
KtliU "of Vari J&J&ir tat of Benton (otouMp
deceased
Letter testamentary on the said estate having
been granted to the ui ders'gned, all persona In.
in-
oeoveu tg
tbe same.
debled to said estate are hereby notified to
P
ay
same, and those naving claims against sal
tdes-
tate will present the tamo lor settlement to
1 " Unia Mnltruu
HohhMoIIsm it.
K;ocutort
fvf i.
WILLIAM HART
'BLOOMSBURG, PENN'A.,
AGENT VOH TUB
KEYSTONE DYNAMITE POWDER CO,
manofactruert ot the celebrated Keystone pyna-
mite. Thlaeio
wa eipiosive u giving universal aatistag-
tie. CJaeUltiM ckMKuUy fttH,
lineetB
THE SON REJECTED, j
LE8SON XII, INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY
SCHOOL SERIES. MARCH 18.
Teat of tin Lesson, Matt, ill, 33-40.
flolden Tt, John I, 11 Stemorlso
Verses 33-38 Comment by llov. Wil
liam Newton, 1. 1).
From LwAon ltelrer tjuarterly, by permission of
II, 8. Hoffman, Philadelphia, publKher.
Note. A pnrablo, spiritual truth conveyed
under material forms or Images. A wine
press, rather "a placo for the wino fat." This
Is usually formed In a ledgo of rock, It Is
rectangular In form and communicates with
a lower vat into which tho Juice runs as tho
grapes aro pressed in tho cue above. A
tower, nonictlmes colled "a lodge," for the
kfpr of the vineyard. Let it out, or hired
It out for a part of the crop. Husbandmen,
those who worked the vineyard. Stoned, not
killed, but drovo him off with stones. Llke
wlso, la tho same way. lloverence, pay
respect to. Heir, ono who receives property
from another by descent. Inheritance, tho
property that was to go to the lielr. Hore V
Is tho vineyard. Kcnder, return, pay or
yield. Marvelous, wonderful. Perceived,
saw or understood. Lay hnnds on him, or
do violence to htm. Powder, fine dust.
Prophet, ii foreteller of future events and so
Ood's messenger to them.
V, "id. Thero Is no question that the pnrable
hero spoken by our Lord li the reproduction
of Isaiah v, 1-7. Tor tho statement Is alto
gether unqualified. "Tho vineyard of the
Lord of Hosts Is the house of Israel, and the
men of Judnh his pleasant plant, Isaiah v,
7. And again wo rend, "Yet I had planted
thee a noblo vine," Jeremiah il, 21, And we
can trace each ovent described In this verse.
Doubtless tho planting took place at Horeb.
Hood Exodus xlx, 4-C. Israel was chosen
before this. Hut their visible taking out
from tho nations took placo then and there.
There tho planting took place. And tho set
ting of the hedge about them, what was tills
but tho enactment of the statutes and ordi
nances shutting thcui iu from tho nations
about them. And tho wine press and the
tower, what aro these but completed arrange
ments for their efficiency and safety as the
vineyard of tho Lord. Now, there was a
purpose iu all this. And that purpose was
the receiving of the fruits of the vineyard.
And here comes In the lotting out to hus
bandmen nnd the departure of the owner
Into another country as perfectly natural in
cidents of tbe parable. And so Israel stands
before us, let out to or put Into the hands of
the rulers, who were appointed of God to con
duct its affairs as really as husbandmen do
those ot a vineyard.
St-MS. Thero can bo no shadow of a
tfookt that tbt e servants represent the seers
and the prophets .scut in tho Lord's namo to
hold the rulers to tho faithful dischargo of
the great trust put Into their hands. From
Acts lit, SI, it seems that Kainuel was the
first of the line. Aud from him tbe line
sweeps onward unto John, who was the last
before the son. And from the verses before
us we learn:
1. God expects fruit from spiritual privi
leges. 2. That he holds men to account for them.
3. There is enmity la man's heart against
God.
V. 37, 88. The ruling spirit of enmity
within comes to a climax here. The Bon of
the Lord of the vineyard Is sent last of all,
and him tbey cast out and kill. Ot course
the doubt as to how ho would bo received ap
plies only to the earthly side of tbe parable.
Tbe owner of this vineyard did not know.
But wo cannot carry this over to Its spiritual
side, or to that which tbe parable represents.
Here all is clear in tne certainty or Knowl
edge as to tbe treatment he would receive.
In the councils ot the Godhead be was "The
lamb slain from the foundation of the
world." Rev. xll, 8, And as the shadows of
the cross "darkened about him, he said: "Now
Is my soul troubled. And what shall I sayi
Father, save me from this hour. Dut for
this cause came I to this hour." John xii,
27. And yet this certainty of the fact of his
rejection and death at their hands did not
affect to the shadow ot a hair the voluntari
ness of their action in rejecting and crucify
ing him. "By wicked hinds yo have cruci
fied and slain" him, was tbo charge of the
apostle against tkuu under the direct teach
ing of the Spirit And the essence of their
wickedness was, "They bated mo without a
cause." John xv, 23. Aud thero was no
cloak for that sin.
V. 89-41. Now, in view of the facts of this
treatment, our Lord's question hero Is most
natural aud lwintod. And to It there could
be but one answer, and this tho chief priests
and PbaiTscea gave at once. Aud in it there
aro two truths very clearly stated:
1. A just retribution, nnd
2. A new disixwitiou ot tbo vinoyanL
V. 4'i. Now comes tho application of this
by tho Lord to themselves. Aud he did so In
the wonts of their own scripture. There is
so shadow of doubt that tho reference is to
the Messiah, and has always been held to be
so, "Tuo stono ' Is tho Messiah. I he builders,
tho rulers of tho Jews. The refusing or re
jecting of thu stone, tho crucifying of the
Lord nnd makiug him the head ot the corner,
his rising from the dead. All this is clear as
light without a cloud. And just as clear,
too, is the truth that under this cliange of
figure, God's everlasting puriweo of the ex
altation of the Bon whom tho husbandmen
wero about to cast out and kill was thus an.
nounced to them. In tbo ono figure they
were tho "builders." Iu tbo other tho "hus
bandmen." Aud in each destruction was the
inevltablo doom.
V. 43. How full of solemn majesty are
theso words: "Therefore I say unto you," etc.
They ore tho words of ono who had iu his
hands all power in heaven and In earth, but
who for a purpose and a time bad stooped to
become tho servant of all.
"Tbe kingdom ot God," no doubt, was that
given to tbe Jews when the Lord called them
to himself to bo "a peculiar treasure,"
kingdom of priests and a holy nation." Exo
dus xlx, ThO. And it was given ta them at
that time, as wo havo teen the vineyard was
planted then. Hut It was conditioned ou
Israel's obedienco.
V. 44. Tho Juuish people fell on this stone
and were broken. And or 1800 years they
have been broken. But a wound is not
death. They have been sorely wounded.
Thank God there Is a " balm in Uiload.
There is a physician there," Tho day of
Israel's healing draw near. But when the
stone smites the confederate tuitions Dan.
11, 34, 85 that is not a wound, but destruc
tion.
V. i 411. Tho truth cut homo. They felt
the keenness of its edge, the telling power ot
Its thrust. They saw themselves In the pict
ure. But their only reply was a hati'od mors
intense and a determination to pureuo him
even to the doath. They could not deny tb
truth of bis words. But they could put hi it
out of the way. Thoy could not extenuuU
their wrongs. Thoy could only kill him
who told them of them.
The long strike in the Loli'ili coal
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master workman, anil John J.
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PUBLIC BALE
OF VALUAULE
Real
Estate !
The underslgtrd, administrator ot the estate
ot Isaac Yetter, late or Malnvllle, Columbia coun
ty, Pa., deceaaedjwlll expose to pubUe sale, at the
late residence of tbe said df cedent, In said town.
mm, m 21, ii,
at one o'clock p. in., tbe following described valu
able real estate, to-wlt:
HOUSE & LOT,
situate on the cist side of the Main street ot said
town, nnd having a frontage thereon ot about 40
fe.'t, ant a depth ot about so feet; said property
adjoins land of Jotlah Fleming on the north, and
lands of J. B. Yetter on the south and west. Tho
Improvements are a commodious two-and halt
story
DWELLING HOUSE,
large barn and all necessary outbuildings. There
Is also a very choice lot of fruit on the premises.
ALSO, at the same time and place, a lot of
household goods, consisting of beds, bidding,
chairs, tables etc.
Terms and conditions made known on dayo
sale by W. A. YETTEK,
Catawlssa, Feb. 2:, 188. Administrator.
"1HANGE OF TERM IN TUE COURTS
J OF MONTOUIl COUNTY.
In rc chaniro ot Term from February to March.
Now December m. lsfl7. It Is orilerrt that tha
February Tetm of tho several Courts In Montour
county do Discontinued, ana in lieu tnereor mere
shall be a March Term In the year 1888, and in
uacn Bucecmng yrar, commencing onino'econa
Mondar of that month, tn whleh Tprm writ. Ac
Bball be returnable as heretofore practised in re-
nuiTt lu luh ri-ij'UHrv term.
And It la further atreaeil thn tli. order be pub-
usui-u iu uui icki man iwo newppipe-s, puouanea
In each or the counties of this Judicial District,
uviuru mu Hum gucunu nnnuav di .tiarcu, iron
WILLIAM E' WELL, Prc.-ldent Judge.
It S.S1MINOTOV, 1 Akso...,. Illdff-
JoilNHENFlELD, f Associate judges.
Attestt-EDWAItD O. HOFFMAN,
Smarat. Prothonotary.
DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICK.
Estatt of Martha Long, late of Madison toimsMp,
Letters of administration on the ram entAtA hnv.
lng been granted to the undersigned administrator
alt persons Indebted tn said estate are hereby no
tified to pay the same, and those having claims
atuuiifa biuu estate present nn hairh iq
A. K. HMITn, Adm'r,
mara-et, Jerseytown P. o., Pa.
UDITOR NOTICE.
IST1TK OyLVDtl BrONINBVBO. niCRtBED.
The undersigned Auditor, appointed to make
distribution nt the fund In the hands ot the ad
ministrator, tn and among the p rtlea entitled
th' reto, will sit at bli omi-e In Hloomsburg, on
Thursday, March w. 8S8, ar io o'clock a. m , when
and where all panics having claims against said
estate muat appear sna prove tne same or oe tor
ever aenarrea irom coming in on naia tuna,
man! V. V. BILLMBYER, Auditor.
UDITOR'S NOTICE.
8TATI nr li rtitin. dkchiku.
Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned, ap
pointed an Auditor bv t he Omh ins' Court to make
distribution of the balance In the hand or the ac
countant, to and among the parties entitled there
to, in the sail estate, will attend at his omce In
Woomsbunr, on Friday March 30. 1 88. row next,
at la o'clock ln'he forenoon of said day, to per
form the duties of his appointment. All persons
having claims upon the rund for distribution are
notined i o present them, with the proofs to the Au
dltor at tne said tl'r c a d place, or bo forever de
barred from coming In on -aid fund.
man. joiin o. fkkeze, Auditor.
UDlTOIt'S NOTICK.
RSTATK OP (.TKrilKN 1IITLK.
The umlerhlirneii, an Auditor appointed by the
Orbhsnv i"o rtnf Columbia countv, tn make dis
tribution of the balance In accountn"s hands,
to and among the par les entitled thereto, wilt alt
at lilsnnlce In I'lonmshurg, onoaturdar. March 31,
181 at in o'clock In the forenoon, to attend tn the
duties of his appointment, wb'n and where all
partlea havl g claims against said estate must ap
pear nnd prove the same, nr be forever debarred
from coming in on eald fund.
mars. N. U. FUNK, Auditor.
UDITOR'S NOTICE.
IST1T1 OC XMlll II. SR1PIR, DICaASlO.
The undersigned audi' or, appointed by the or.
ghan-' court of Columbia county, to make dlstrl
in Ion ot ice balance In the bands of tbe admin
istrator ot said decedent, as shown br his nrst
and final account, to and amng the parties en.
titled, will attend to tbe unties or bts appoint
ment, at his office tn Bloomsburg, Pa., on Monday,
March it. ISR8, at 10 o'clock in tie forenoon, when
and w here all persona having claims aga'nst the
estate of said deceased must eppear and prove
them, or be forever debarred from coming In for a
share of said fund.
CHARLES O, BARKLEY,
rebyst, 1888. Auditor.
J-OTICE.
To all persons Interested as stockholders, credt.
tors or otherw liei
Notice Is hereby given ot the following order ot
the Court ot common Pleas of tbe county of Co
lumbia, to-wlt:
State of I'ennsvlvanla,!
County of eX)lumbla. f
, . Among the records and
(ssiLOFTit- coukt) proo-cllngs of the fjourt of
or common rutisV Common Pleas, In and for
or coldish co. I said county and stale. It ta
, " ' ' Inter l(u t bus contained at
No, 1. Feby. T 1881.
In the matter of the")
petition for the sale nf In the Court ot rommon
me real estaia oi lue
Odd Fellows' Hall As
sociation, of llerwlck.
Pleas of Columbia county.
No. i, Feby. T., 1888.
Ana now teoy. 'o. iboh. upon tne petition Of II.
It. Bower, Hudson Owen, Isaiah bower and J. W.
Bvans, atocahoidera ot the said Od I Felliws' Halt
Association of the borough ot uerwlck, lately dis
solved bv decree ot this Court.maktng application
lor the sale ol the real estate of the said dissolved
corporation,! be court appoint Wednelay,tbe teth
day of Match, l88. at u o'clock In the torenoon,for
the hearUg and Investigation ot the facts or tbe
case, and direct ten d ys' notice of raid day, and
time of bearing to be given to all known parties
In Interest, person'l rotlco to and service upon all
known parties tn interest, whose places of rest
dence are known, and by advertisement toothers
interested three times In the. following named
weekly newspapers of said county, to-wlt:
The Berwhk 'independent," and "Colum
bian," requiring all parties to bsow oa'iae
on the day and time died for said beating,
vt by the said court should not decree a sate In ac
cordance wltn the petition ator said ot the real es
tate ot tbe said dbfeOlvcd corporation br a trustee,
to be appointed by the said Court, at eb her publio
or private sale, Ut rut court.
we taws-M mw ItvwilM (CUJi tu At 4. IDOIs
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Estate,
LOWENBERG'S
ORHIANS' COURT SALE
OF VALUABLE
Real Utate!
The undersigned, administrator of Henry (l.
Martz, deceased, will expose to public sale, on tho
premises, on
THURSDAY, March 22, 1888
at o'clock a, m , the following described real es
ta'e, Mtualo tn Brlarcreck township, Columbia
county,Pa.,bounded on the est by lands ot Isaiah
Bower, Bhelhamcr and Luclnda Marts, on
tho west by land of Adams, Frank Fowler
and George Bower, and on the north by land ot
L. Adams andl. llower, and on thi south by Und
ot Mastrllor heirs snd ol hers, containing
58 ACRES,
more or less, nn which are erected
2 2-Story Frame Dwelling louses,
Frame Machine Step,
bank barn and stable, with outbuildings, good
apple orchard, welt of water at dwellings, stream
ot water running through tbo land.
TEHMb OF BALE. Ten per cent, of one-fourth
ot the purchase money to be paid at the striking
down of tbe property, tbe one fourth less tbo ten
percent, at tbe confirmation absolute, and tho
remaining threc fourths tn one year thereafter,
with Interest from confirmation nlsL Purchaser
to pay for maklngdeed.
fctrtl ISAIAH BOWER, Adm'r.
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