PROFESSIONAL CAMS. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Offior Front lloom, Over.'Poetoffioe. 1ILOOM8UU11U, PA. J 11." AiAlZK " ' ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, 1NSUKAN0B and HEAL KsTATB AGENT, Okhuk. Umm Ho. 2, Columbian building. ULUOMBUUHO, PA. Jan. VDtnlBsB,tf. jr U. FUNK, ATTORN IV V-AT-LAW. nm.,, ,:,.. ,,...m.-. ULOOkSBU0,PA J OllN M. ULAHK, AT TORNEY-AT-LAW AXD .1 U WOK OF THE PEACE. ULOOHIBDBO, Fl umceover aioyer Bros. Drug store. Q W MILLER, ATTOllNHV.AT.T.AW Offlceln tlrower's culldlns-,secondfloor,room No.l DloomBburg, Pa. B, FRANK ZAKB, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Bloomsburg, Pa. onice corner ot Centre and Mats Btrtets. Clark Can bo consulted In Gorman, G EO. E. ELWELLi ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Uloombbubo, Pa. OlUce on seconil lloor, third room of Cov- oMuiAN liuikilnu, JlHln struct, bolow Ex. cuunge uotci. pAUL E. WIUT, Attornoy-at-Law. rnco In Columbian Buildiho, Third Door. BLOOMSBURG, PA. JT V. WHITE, Ai TORNEY-AT-LAW, B L u 0 M S B U R Q , PA, JOfflcc in Witts' Building, 2nd floor, may 1-tf 8, AKOHB. L. B. WINTIRSTIIH, KNORR & WINTERSTEEN, Attorneys-at-Law, onice lu 1st National Bank building, second floor, llrst door to the left. Corner ot Main and Market streets uioomrturg, ra. i&rJJcnsic.w and liour.lit) Collected. F. V. BILLMEYEH, DISTRICT ATTORNEY.) ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. "HTOIUco over Dentler'B shoo store, Bloomsburg, Pa. apr-SO.Sv). y. II. RllAWN. ATTORNEY -AT-LAW. Catawlasa, Pa. orce.ooroeror Third and Main Streets M ICHAEL F. EYE11LY, Conveyancer, Collector of Claims. AND LEOAL ADVICE IN THE SETTLEMENT OP ESTATES, a, nr-om In nentier'a tralldln? with P. P. BUI meyer, attomey-nt-law, front rooms, 2nd Boor uioomgDurg, l a. iapr-v-ao. D It. HONORA A. BOBBINS. omce and residence. West First street, Blooms burg, Pa. dots 88 ly. JB McKELVY, M. D.urgeon and Phy , slclan, north Bide Main street.below Market D R. J. 0. RUTTEB, PHYSICIAN &8UH0E0N, Office, North Market street, Bloomsburg, Fa DR. WM. M. HEBEIt Surgeon and Physician. Office corner of Rock and Market treet. ' ESTABLISHED 1370. J J. BROWN. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. omce and resldenco on Third street near Metho dist church. Diseases otthe eye a specialty. JR J. R. EVANS. Treatment of Chrcnic Diseases made a y SPECIALTY. Office, Third Strict, Bloomsimko Pa M J. IIEsS, D. 1). B., (raduate of the Philadelphia Dental College, Having opened a dental offlceln LOOKARDS BUILDING, corner of Mam anu centra streets, BLOOMSBURG, A., s prepared to receive all patients rcquu ng pro. esslonatbervlces. KTUEll, OAS, AND LOCAL ANAESTHETICS admlnlsiered for the painless extraction ot teeth freo ot charge when urtlnclal teeth are inserted. ALL WOKK UUAHANTKED AS UEPHE8ENTED. Oct26-iy. tner n. iiouse, DENTIST, BiooMSHEiio, Columbia County, Pa .Mist losof work doneln a superior manner , work warranted as represented Txitu Uxtbact xd without I'aih by the use ot Uas, ana frcoot ohargenhenartlflclalteetb lareinserted. Office in Barton's building, Main street,, below Market, tlvc doors below .Klelm's drug store, tlrst floor. 1o be open at r, i hourt during the da Novas -lr HARTMAN BIPBIBJNTS TUB FCLLOWlHd AMERICAN INPUHANCE COMPANIES North American of Philadelphia, Franklin, " ' Pennsylvania, " " York, of Pennsylvania, Hanover, of N. Y. Oueens, ot London. North British, of London, omce on surlror strent, No, t, Bloomsburg. ocl.M. 1- Bloomsburg Fire andLifoIns. Agency. ESTABLISHED ISIS5. UI. P. LUTZ (Successor to Freas Brown) AGENT AND UKOKElt C'ourAMiis BirnisiNun: Assets Htna Fire Ins. Co., of Hartford,,, I ,ej8,SR8.i Hertford of Hartford 6,ssr,609.W I'boei Ix of Hartford. .. ,,,, ,i;8'409.U Hprlugilcld ot Spilngflpld. J,CW0.90iW Fire Association, Philadelphia 4,si2,T8J.S9 ouardlan of London 80,NS,9SS.71 Fhcenli, of London WI,&6!.S Lancashlreot KniflandlU. 8. branch) t,e.lF,19S.CO lloyal of England ' ' 4,WJ,M4.00 Mutual Benent Life Ins. Co. of New. ark, N.J .. 41,879,8 33 Losses promptly adjusted and paid at this omce. FIRE INSURANCE AGENCY OF J. H. MAIZE, Olllce Siul floor Columbian Bulldlug, IJLOOMSUUKG, PA. Liverpool London and Globe, largest In the world. AHSKT8. IMI'EllIALof I)ndon, fu.ffiw.4ra 00 CON l IN KNTA L 01 New V ork, t5,S3,981 S8 aumiiuad rjumueiuiua, vt.w.VM 11 N I Ad A It ot New York, t2,2S,478a Juuu 1, ibbU, tr. ' EXCHANGE HOTEL, T. R. TUBBS, PROPRIETQP BL00VI3BUE3,PA. OPPOSITE CODKT nOOSS, Lnrze and convenient samole rooms. Hath room bot and oold water) and all modern coayesUna s, J S BITTEHBBMI1EB, J r(lriteri. White: Just as soon as cold weather sets in, my hands roughen and crack. 1 buy the best and most expensive soap my druygist has, but the result is just the same ; sore hands every winter. Bratvii : I had just the same experience, until I read one of the Ivory Soap ndvertisemcnts, about too much alkali in some soap-, which draws the natural oil from the skin and leaves it dry and lia ble to crack, so I sent out and got a cake of Ivory Soap, and found it all the advertisement promised; my hands are soft and smooth the year round. A WORD OF WARNING. There are many white soaps, each represented lo be "Just as good as tho ' ivory'; " they ARE NOT, but like all counterfeits, lack the peculiar and remarkable qualities of the genuine. Ask for " Ivory" Soap and Insist upon getting it. I'npyrltfit 1S5, by Procter & Gamble. Wop It satisfies every time. JMB irtv one now. QUICKEST REMEDY KNOWN Tot btckMbo, and U sudden, nhirp, or lenx-ttindinjr pains or weaknesses of eTerj kind. Virtues of fresh hop, hemlock and pin balsua combined. It la wonderfall SOOTHING, PAIN-KILLING, CURATIVE and STRENGTHENING. ( mm a x m u ,m tst tv. VTr Sold everywhere, or mailed for prloa. Isjokar signature of the proprietor!, HOP' PLASTER Co., BOSTON, 01 the genuine goods. CLOTHING! CLOTHING -:o:- G. W. BERTSCH, THE MERCHANT TAILOR. Qents' Fur&ishing Goods5Bats & Gaps OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Suits rondo to order at short notice and a tit always guaranteed or no sale. Call and examine the largest and best selected stock of goods ever shown in Uolumoia county. Btore next door to First National Bank MAIN STREET, Bloomsburg Pa. WILLIAM HART BLOOMSBURG, PENN'A., AGENT FOR THE KEYSTONE DYNAMITE POWDER CO. manufactruers of the celebrated Ee) stone Dyna mite. This explosive Is giving universal sat tstao tton Quotations cheerfully given. Aug 187 J.R. SMITH & CO. LIMITED. MILTON, Pa., DEALERS IN PIANOS, By the following wellknown makers.' ChickerinK, Knabe, Weber, Hallct & Davis. Can also furnish any of tho cheaper makes at manufacturers prices. Do not buy a piano be fore getting our prices. n Catalogue and' Price Lists On application. Sept38Stf. rRS.-J;Ni.J(B:HU8KSaCK K20&fjQrT'.HSECOND rST.PHILAOA Kor thii trcitBientofA'Aiitlirvl Iinpruclnnee, Ix of Vl.ir, Nrvo4.lH-bhlty and Kprclat ln.eHujn !vfuURiio' i.hmllnioi'f clurno, ,- Tr im S A.M.tuS P.31.A frou eio'jvv Marll.P:-Co.lr J 8. WJLLIAMH, AUCTIONEEH. ' DLOOMSBCltO, PA. Heal Estate Bought and Sold. Parties desiring to buy horses and wagons ould do well to call on the above. yy7"AlNVMaiiT &C0 WHOLESALE GROCERS, PlIILADELPlilA, PA. HAS, BITtOrS, COFFEE, HUQAlt, MOLASSES oix 'mi 'vaon uuvoia 'vxaus 'som N. E. corner second and Arch sts. ttr orders will receive prompt attenttoi HINDCRCORNSi Thf MOT KMCar, for Oornj. Blopi .11 phi. Enmni loaf art to U f Ito. U tlr mrtUnTll fOQli Co.. W. r. J" WDll I. ll,.l tiuIr ft All 1U frUlcx tromdteUVBUutrlUoa. riUui (M.urlj$ tb -d- lie BLOOMSBUHG, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, MY BACK! out for one oft'tots nov CROWN ACSWJE THE BESTBURNINQ OIL THAT CAN BE MADE FROM PETROLEUM. It gives a brilliant light. It will not smoke the cnlmneys. It will not char tho wick. It has a high Ore test. It will not explode. It Is pre-eminently a family safety oil. WE CHALLENGE COMPARISON With any other Illuminating oil made. We Stake Our Reputation, As refiners, upon the statement that It Is THE BEST OIL IN THE WORLD. Ask ycur dealer for ACME OIL CIMI7. IANVIIXE PA. Trade for Bloomsburg and vicinity Supplied by MOYER BROS., Bloomsburg, Pa. Bepj-iy. DAY'S HORSE POWDER Prevents Lung Fever! Cures Distemper, Heaves, Glanders, Loss ot Appetite, Founder, Fevers, &c 1 lb. In each package. Sold by all dealers. DR. J ft Cures Dysentery, ,tj and Diarrhoea. Cures Wind BABY SYRUP Colic, &c. Believes G riping and Summer Complaint. acimatca Teething! Regulates the Rowels! Sold by nil druggists. Trico 25 cents. "TnEPEOllE'S ItEJIEDY" For tho euro of COUGHS, COLDS, Iloarseness, QOUQH Asthma, Incipient Con Croup, Whooping Couch, sumption and lor the relief ot Consumptive pcr son. ForSalobyall druggists. S3 cents. SYRUP CM) ifC IANQS 3 CUBES CIGARETTES for Ct QMVKG tar,ht Price lOCts. MattdruggUtt flcvrloK-Ullcblnc, slaciar our biubIimI JtMMii wsriBtpLl can b, wa wUI Had free to CrMa (a tftclt locfc'iti.tt terr I MWitC-BUChlB B04da la tid.rtihlltha ii.rhM.... wUltUa aaadfrreicomplau It four CMllv and vaiuihi. .m oaplta it rttura w uk im m7 cU at your buna. tftar taenia tun eacona jemt mwm Hn. Tbla jrrand macblaa la ada thar Ua filncrr piati. kwk kava nm aut t Ufur MUaca rua ami lll4 fot.1, wtih tka lathiaaaia. a4 aaw Ml It for Mawkiaa In tka wordt. Alk U fraa. ha ubIiaI muImI w.i. t laMrtrtlaaaiiita. Tbvaa wboorii ta uaa( ic4 aaa 1 rt Wl't Ik baal aurun.nA, kUa Ik ik. . j VMVK ds CO., Has hq, Aaiwu, Malao. Jaatvo"? OKT YOUR JOli lMtlNTINQ DONU AT Tim OOLUMUIAN OKMUK . sun mm Uhrkson and Quay Branded as Recshors of Stolen Property. Tho Prohibition organ, tho Voice, published last week tho confession of tho ciniloyco who stolo tho mailing lint of tho paper, and also that of his accompli co who was tho principal agent in selling it to I ho Republican party through Messrs. Quay and Clarkson, who eagerly availed thcnwlvcs of tho opportunity of purchasing tho stolon property. This month's Usito of tho Voice, tho Prohibition organ of Now Yi rk city, oxposcs tho loaders of the Republican party ns "thieves and abettors of rob bers.'' In in introductory paragraph the pnper says : To appropriately characterize the old party managers of tho recent Presi dential cainpaigii, it is no longer enough to describe them as brazen plotters of schemes for wholesale bribery, cowardly intimidators of I'ro hibitionhts, sneaking falsehood venders unblushing disseminators of forged nowspaper quotations, oontemptible slrad.dlcrs of great and solemn issues and eager and expert manipulators of all appliances to dcueivo and cheat. High-toned ladies and gentlemen of tho patty of virtue and sobriety, of leiuperanco and morality, permit us to introduce to you the' lion Matthew Stanley Quay, Senator from Pennsyl vania, Chairman of tho Republican National Committee and receiver of stolen properly ; James S. Clarkson, a Republican Oiuttt'ir ot Iowa, Vioo Chiirman of tho Republican National Committeo and receiver of and negoti ator for stolen property ; tho Hon. V V. Dudley, personal representative of President etect Harrison, Treasurer of tho Republican National Committee and conspirator to abet and reward a confessed thief. TUB MAIL LIST STOLEN. Coming down to tho fads in tho case the Voice says : In tho Into Summer and early Autumn of last year a large number of sheets of the mailing-list of tho Voice were stolen from our subscription de partment. Theso shoots were 108 in number, and contained tho names of about fifty thousand rf our subscribers. A mailing-list is one of tho most valuable properties of a nowspaper. To steal it is a penitentiary offense, and to recoivo it from tho thief without making restitution to tho owner is equally a penitentiary offense, of the kind for which Mother Maudelbaum was notorious. The 108 sheets had boon abstracted a few at a time, and their lois was not ascertained at once. Suspicion being aroused, inquiries wore made. Mr. Charles A. Durfee, an accountant in tho subscription department, was ones tioned among others, and he said he had missed the sheets. Tho manager said to Durfee: "We'll find who took that mailing list if it costs the firm $10,000." Just before election tho Voice's business department received great numbers of complaints of a novel kind. "Scores of our oldest and best sub scribers," say the article, "wroto that they were receiving through the mail cop'es of the Voice within which Re publican campaign documents were folded. Some of theso documents were Bishop Merril's pamphlet politi cal Prohibition, Dr. Duflield's anti Prohibition party argument, the Ile publican literature of Albert Griffin's and Mrs. Foster's buroau's, and regu lar Republican tariff documents. "When the mailing-list was first missed, there had recently been dis charged from our subscription depart ment a deaf-mute clerk named James I. Sausom. He had left upon a two weeks' notice before tho theft of the mailing-list was known, because of oompluints made against him by his superior, Mr. Chas A. Durfeo. After tho theft of tho mailing-list Mr. San son! was one of the persons suspected. Hut ho was not molested, and uo sug gestion that ho was suspected was given him. Several things happened to strengthen tho suspicion. Sausum was frequently seen at the room of tho Republican National Committee, and it was learned that ho was one of the persons om ployed by Quay to work up the deat-mutt) Republican move ment. In fact, he was made Chairman of an alleged (loaf-muti National or ganization. Whilo Chairman Quay was using Sausom in his deaf-muto movement, ho was fully aware of the fact that this man v;u an unprincipled scoundrel, a confederate in the crime of laroenoy, and guilty of gross betray al of the confidence of former em ployers." DUHKKK CONFES-KJ. A dramatio scone oocured in the oIIIqh of Fuuk & Wagnnlls Thursday after noon, Dec. 27, says the Voice. The members of tho firm and the manager, with Gen. Clinton B. Fink and William T. Ward well wore' there. Charles A. Durfeo was called in to show tho dis tinguished visitois the accounts of the Voice's Clergyman's fund and Farmers' Fund. Suddeuly Dr. Funk turned to Mr. Durfeo and asked him why ho had oallod at Republican headquarters about the time tho mailing-list was stolon, and why ho had visited J, S. Clarkson, Chairman of tho Republican National Committeo. Mr. Durfeo first denied that he had seen Mr. Clarkson, wlion ho was asked regarding a letter ho had received from W. W. Dudloy. Durfeo was startled, and finally said he was willing to show tho letter, but that it related to privato business. Finally, learning that his connection with tho robbory was known, tho Voice say, Durfeo made a complete confes sion. Hero is tho confession: "NkwYoiuc, Doo. 27, 1888. "Junk 0 Wagnalh. "Gf.nti.kmkn: I wish to raako the following Htatotnent That I liavo abusod the confidence of my employers to tho following oxtent: "During Aiiimt, I bolievo or at least noil after th Republican headquarter poned on Fifth avenue, New Yoik I -ailed i.lioio to sco Hon. M. S Quay. Ilu ha i loft for dinner, and I wont to tho ICvur- tt Iiouse. I saw his secretary ii the lobby. I told him I had im n rtatit information to uivo Hon. M.S. Q iay about the Third party, and sho. ed him page 47 of certain ga'.leys of iho Voice, on yellow paper, being a sami!o page from a set of 103 pages which constituted a part of tlio Voice subscription list. Theso 108 pages I havo previously taken from my desk lu the oflloe, a fow at a time, in my pocket, during the period of about August 1 to 15. These wore rolled together and remained n number of days untouohod. QUAY WAS APritOAdllKK. "Latoin Soptombor, 1888, about two weeks prior to tho dato when Mr. James I Sansom left tho employ of Funk & Wagnalls, where ho had boen doing work as my assistant, Mr. San som and I hrid a talk I think nt his room; and again on another evening nt my room, in regard to tho disposal of tho abovo sheets to tho National Ro publloan Committeo. "I prepared tho text of a letter to Hon. M. S. Quay, addressed to tho Evcrtt House, which letter was copied and signed James Irwin Sansom, of Pennsylvania,' asking an interview. It substantially read; May I troublo you to grant me an interviow, as I havo papers and' faots regarding the Third Party, and which would bo of croat value to the present campaign ! "This is about its tenor. I delivered the letter myself to the clerk at tho Everett House. A reply cama lo that lc'ter appointing 8 r. m. Thursday evening, but I cannot fix the date. I had oalh'd on Wednesday evening, tho previous mchV at 220 East-Eighteenth street, and aw tho answer to Mr. Sansom, which was signed 'J. S.Clark- son.' 1 was at tho 'Kverett tlouso at 8 p. t. on Thursday uvoning with Mr. Sansom and carried the galleys and samples of ciroularr, cards and such methods'usod in'the Voice oflioe. This was on tho first Thursday in October. I remained outside of tho Hotel, and aftyr ono hour and a half Mr. Sausom joined me in tho saloon on tho north east corner of SovonU'enth street and Fourth avenue. "Ho immediately showed tno a fifty dollar bank-note. He then called for two glasses of whiskey, paying for it in small change. He then took out a memo pad and wrote items whioh were 'mmedialely torn up or put away in pookets to bo thrown about in pieces on tho sidewalk. In substanoe ho wroto that Mr. J. S. Clarkson was pleased with everything, especially tho galleys. He thought at first that I had only one State, and asked me if I could obtain tho whole subscription list of ir.o country. 1 showed hira that the 108 pages were complete. He gave me $50 and promised mo employment with compensation at tho rato of $60 a month until election. WHAT I SEMI QUAY TO JAIL ! Tho Voice (hen details the capture of the denf-muto aud says: i'His brother' in tho presence of the manager, proceeded to give Sansom erood advice. Hero is tho conversation that ensued, written on slips of paper: "Sansom's brother 'Jim make a con fession.' "Sansom 'What, and send Q lay to jail ! Not much! I must think of my friends.' "Sansom's brother Jim, think of your family and lot other friends go to.' "Sanson 'I guess you aro right. I will confess.' No further oppositson was offered and a confession was obtained, which tho Voice prints in frill. Tho follow ing aro extracts: In the evening wo both went near Everett H01130, Durfeo going to a salonn opposite, and I up lo tho room of Hon. J. S. Clarkson in the hotel, with tlm circulars and lists. Mr. Clarkson aud I had an interviow. After two men had left tho room I showed him the circulars and lists. tho latter contained tho naaies and ad dresses of between -10.000 and 50,000 subscribers of tho .Voice. Clarkson asked mo if I could not get the names and addresses of tho 51,000 olergyraen and also of tho 500,000 farmers. My reply was that 1 did not think I could secure the names of tho clergymen, but could givo him tho name of the firm who could furnish Iho names, &a., of the 500,000 farmers. I did so. But for those lists alroady furnished Clarkson asked what price I wanted for them. I said $200. He then said that the prico was fair if tho work was effective. I then added that I would havo 'o givo up my placo in Funk & Wagnalls's after this transaction and would like to havo employment on the National Republican committee in raising funds on plans usually em ployed by Funk & Wagnalls. He then said: "Wo will make it $250 in allj" and suggested that I still remain in iho employ of Funk & Wagnalls in order to gain more information es pecially, if so, about the proh bition party being in the pay of the Demo cratic party, and resort to him (Clark sou), 1 told him that I did not think so. Ho then gavo tno a fifty-dollar bill for tho surrender of tho circulars and lists and made an nppointmout for Monday morning. Clarkson then gave me five tea dollar bills and two checks on the Gar field National Bank for $75 eaoh, one signed by W. W. Dudley, treasurer ot the National Republican Committoe, and tho other by W. W. Dudley and M. S. Quay, thus making a total of S250, as originally agreed upon by Mr. Clarkson and myself. THAT FASIOIM B5IILE IlltOKK OUT. As to Mr. Quay's connection with the a flair tho confession says: Wo ontered his room. I put down tho bundles on a sofa and opened them. Mr. Clarkson would say to mo, "Sho Mr. Quay this and that," and I would do so. Tho reading of tho circulars soemcd to amuse Quay, for his famous smilo would break out often. Ho did not sooin to bo surprised to sco tho lists, having perhaps, seen them before at tho hotel. Summing up, tho Voice Bayt: "San som's confession agrees in all material points with Durfeo's. There is some contradiotion as to dates but Sansom's statement fixes Out. 15 as tho timo of tho doilvery of tho stolen mailing-lint to Quay. It will bu notioed that it oamo just in tho nick of timo for tho Repub lican National Committeo. Thero was exactly th-oo weeks of tho campaign remaining. In that timo 50,000 picked Prohibitionist readers wero piled with artful literature which, from all out ward appearancer-, noro Indisputable evidonoo of having b en mailed from tho ofllco of tho Voice. Never was a more valuable list of names reooivod by a political ooramitteoe, Novor was it moro unscrupulous plan to pray upon tho doubts of Prohibitionlits de- vised, Suoh a list should havo brought at least $5,000 to its possessors. No wonder Chairman Quay's "famous emilo broko oat often" Ri ho fondly 1889. looked through these 108 sheets of solid names and thought of tho great tilings that might bo accomplished with them 'in tho interests of honesty.' ' W0BK OF A TORNADO. A CYCLONE FItOM THE WEST SWEEPS THROUGH THE STATE. A oyclono from tho West swept over tho State Wednesday of last week, causing tho loss of many lives and infiictinc incalculable damage to proporty. Pittsburg and Reading suffered tho most. In tho former city a four-story building in course of ereo tion was blown down, the walls falling upon other buildings. Eight or ton persons were killed and forty or forty fivo injured. In Reading the cyolone blow down the Reading silk mill and tl.o Philadelphia nnd Reading Rail road paint shops, whioh also caught on uro from an explosion of gasoline. At least sixty peoplo wero killed In Read ing and 100 injured. The storm possessed every feature of a tornado. A signal service officer said the storm camo from tho South west. It raado ils fiist appcaratico in Texas on Monday, reaching Arkansas on Tuesday and struck Chicago on Wednesday morning. The stnrm then swerved in a direct line for Pittsburg, which, h'.iwovcr, escaped tho greatest . severity, as the track of its force lay Northwest of that city. ITS WOKK AT HEADING. The oyclono at Reading struck tho large paint shopB of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, demolished it and in a moment the combustible ma terial contained therein were a mas of tlames. A fow squares from there it struck tho Ra iding Silk Mill, a largo, new fivo-story building in whioh some 300 girls and boys wero working, and crushed tho huge building like an egg shell beforo a single soul could escape. Thero was literally not one slono left upon another. The building was lev eled to tho foundations and all the people wont d wn in tho midst of a ir u heap of beams, bricks and twist ed machinery. As soon as the p-unt shops blow down the high winds fan ned tho flames into a conflagration that illuminated tho whole heavens. Tho fire alarm was struck, followed quickly by a general alarm. Thous ands of peoplo (looked out, and learned to their horror that a number of men who wero wedged in tho ruins of tho demolished paint mill wore roasting to death. Their groans aud urioa1 for help could bo heard abovo the roaring of the Btorm. The most heroic efforts wero made by tho firemeu nnd others to rescue the men from their awful fate, but tho flames had gained such headway that it was impossiblo to aid them,' and their cries soon ceased and their bod ies wore reduced to ashes. ,A great crowd assembled at the silk mill, and hundreds of hands bogan tho work of rescuing tho wounded "and getting out tho dead. Tho falling of tho walls had broken the water supply pipe, tho outflow from whioh began to fill the cellar and threatened to drown those who had not already been 'crush ed to death bv tho fall of tho build ing. After this flow of water had been shut off tho work of resouo was begun. Tho sights and sounds that greeted oyes and oars of those engaged in tho woik made the stoutest hearts quail. Bonfires wero built around the fallen walls to givo light. Intermixed with tho great mass ot ruins of tho huge building wero hun dreds of dead and dying, somo in hor riblo attitudes pinned down by great beams dead; others crushed, broken and mangled, but still alive, calling for helu and beseeohing uod to send I death to their relief. Over all this I vast pit of death tho workers wrought, ( but owing to the great mass of debria of the fallen factory only those near I the edge could bo reached, and to se cure a single person often required tho , removal ot tons ot material. All tho i dootors of tho city wero sent lor. A 1 large detail of pnlice wore on hand. Ambulances, cabs and furuituro wag ons wore sent for to convoy away the wounded. Hundreds of tho parents and relatives of thoso who wero m the ruins throngod tho vicinity, eagerly Oinnitie: the faeo of each victim brought out, hoping to recognize somo loved one. -Many women tainted ana went into hysterics. PITTSHURO'S CALAMITY. A blast of wind from tho Northwest swept over tho city ot Pittsburg bo-1 foro 1 o'clock of tho samo day and carritd in its wako death and destruction. The storm was formed with a suddenness that was overwhelming, and ns tho wind uo companied by hail and torrents of rain, swept along tho Btreets, pedes trians wero hurried beforo it and bate ly escaped being crushed under vehto les pa-tBing along tho thoroughfaros. The peoplo seemtd to be panio-strick-en, and thero were shrieks whioh were beard abovo tho warring of the ele ments. Tho side wall of a lofty build, ing in tho course of erection on Dia mond Alley blow down and the mass of debris, falling upon the buildings fronting on Wood Street, crushed them like bubles, and buried in them tho unfortunato oooupants. At Wei dens & Ob's, book Btore horrible devas tation was caused. Tho wall of the now O. L. Willey building, reaobing from fifth Ayenue to Diamond Alley was caught by tho wind and blown like a curtain over onto tho roar of Weldon's sioro. Tho heavy bricks crushed through tho,rcar wall. Of the forty fivo or more persons in tho build ing at tho timo only fivo or six escaped uninjured. THE OAI.E AT WILUAMSPOItT. During the halt hour of tho storm's provalenco at Williamsport it caused at tho lowest estimato $250,000 worth of damages. The foundry building of tho Domorest Sewing Maohino Com pany, 200 feet long by eighty wide, was totally destroyed nnd a portion of tho main fctruoture was unroofed nnd otherwise daraagtd. Tho loss to this company Is cstimatid at $100,000 At tho Mankey decorativo works a portion of tho roof was blown off over tho heads of the employees. The men rau for their lives, with brioks and girders falling all around them. Henry Labert was struck by a falling bnok, but not seriously injured. The loss will bo $50,000. ' A dorcn dwellings wero unroofed and two or threo totally demolished. tOno building in oourso of erection was NIE COLUMBIAN, VOl XXllf.NOI COLUMBIA DBMOOHAT, VOI LI I, NO 41 picked up from its foundation and crushed like as if of paper. Smokestacks Buffered in various parts of the city, and telephone nnd telegraph wires wero prostrated. At Newbury Junction tho coal heds of tho Philadelphia and Reading Railroad wero unroofed and many trees blown down. Several timber rafts on tho river wero caught in tho galo and blown over tho dam, tho men on them being rescued with great diffi culty. At least a dozen persons wero injured, but none seriously. At Minnequa Springs, forty mils North of Williamsport, the roof of tho famous Summer hotel was taken off. TWO KILLED AT SUNnURY. During tho rain Btorm, whioh was accompanied by a perfect gatoof wind, two of tho large smokestacks of tho puddling department of tho Snnbury Nail. Bar aud Guide Iron Manufactur ing Company's mills wero blown down, crushing in tho roof and scattering death and devastation. About forty men and boys woro em ployed in it at the timo and about half of them wero buried in tho ruins. The orashing of tho roof and timbers, fall ing brioks, escaping steam and cries of the injured rendered tho scene appall ing. An alarm was sounded and tho fire men and citizens hastened to tho scene to render assistance to tho workmen. Many wero dragged out half nude and slightly injured, somo seriously if not fatally, and two dead. FARMERS' INSTITUTE AT MILL VILLE. Mili.vii.i.e, Jan. 9. The Farmers' Institute began this afternoon in tho Millvillo Open Hoti'c, which is a fair sized room furnished with folding chairs, n stage, curtain and sliding scenes. The attendance considering the inclemency of weather and the wretched condition of the roads was large, although not likely half as large is under moro favorable circumstanc es. The meeting was called to order by Chandleo Eves, member of tho S.ate Board of Agriculture from this county, who was elected chairman by tho meeting! Jas. A. Warnor and E. T. Eves were elocted vica presidents, and L tura F. Masters and Ohas. J. .Toon Secretarii s. Mrs. Frances Eves mado a very pretty introductory and welcoming ad dross in whioh sho dwelt on tho im portance of farming and tho great in fluence that farmers wield "for tho good of society aud government, and appealed to them to labor for further moral growth, "Wo look to you for an influence that will be helpful to tho multitudinous vorld of workingmen and women whoso sinews, bones and muscles are tho human corporeal forco that moves the great industries of tho world and is so potent in creating tho vast and constantly accumulating wealth of this nation and to counter act tho work that tho demon intem perance is shrouding our country in woe and misery. This unholy traffio appeals to havo passed beyond tho control ot our towns a id cities and our last hope is iu tho rural popula tion. Do wo ask in vaiu? Tho farm ers' home has been tho starting point of men and women in whom was gov erned tho promise and power of getier. ations, whoso lofty ideas and noble as pirations havo left an imperishable in fluence upon tho nation. "Wo welcome you all on behalf of our citizens, that you aro willing to oome hero and htlp us keep our com pact to make tho place, in tho future, as in tho past, a ccntro of culture, and tho second Athens ot Columbia Coun ty." Simuel Wilkinson of Chester Co. responded lo the address of welcome in which he discussed tho proposed prohibitory ameunment to the consti tution. This question, ho said, should claim tho at'critiou ol every voter in tho state. It is a duty that overy ono owes to society and the tttturo to oon sider it well and voto conscientiously on it when it oomes beforo tho people. It seem"d romarkablo to him that tho licensed ralo ot intoxicating bovcragfs should be allowed in tins ago. "Money in Poultky" was discussed by Wm. B. German. Ho claimed that with from 5 to 10 acres of ground and from -100 to 500 hens a man could make ns much money ns with ten times as rauoli I arm and ten times the capi tal in any oilier kind of stock raising Ilu gavo example to provo this. It must be poor management that can't make 200 per cent, out ot poultry; whilo the best management cannot bo mado to yield 50 per cent, out of cat tlo. Tho egg supply does not equal tho demand, for milli ms of dozens are imported yearly. Ili-ns should ne fed liberally and he recommended tho fol lowing kinds of food to mako bens lay: Osster shells, broken bones, gravel and lime, for shell formation and a mixture of 1 part meal, x pait shorts and I part wheat bran for breakfast (this should be warm in win ter), tor dinner wheat ana lor supper corn, alt thoy will oat. Thoy should be supplied at all tunes with fresh wafer. In winter they should be civ- on vegetables and meat soraps. Their roost should bo well ventilated in sum mer, but closed in wiutcr. Dr. II. B Warrou to show that tho demand for eggs exceeded tho supply torn oi tno largo number ot men nnd vessels that wero engaged m gather ing for market tho eggs of birds along tho Atlautio coast, especially in tho ar tio and subartio regions. Mr. German in reply to a question Baid that the riymouth Uock w is tho best chioken lor an purposes; but tho Brown Leg Horn was the best laver. Dr. Warren discusse 1 tho uso of tho incubator and gavo instances whero was used very successfully. "Management of Poultry," by Ilonry Roto. The raising of poultry is generally considered of main impor tance among farmers. Eich kind of poultry requires different tnauacoraeut. Youuc poultry should bo housed at night and kept out of the morning uews. vyuicKens i y wen in summer and to havo them lay in winter wo must approximate as nearly ns nossi bio to tho conditions of summer. Feed alono does not mako eggs. Thoy must receivo exeroiso and their feed should bo scattered among chaff, that thoy may bo f irced to scratch for it. Tho roosts should bo open in Bummer but closod in winter. Mr. Wilkinson said that there was danger of feeding too much and ad. vised frequent feeding. Ho told of a ncphow of his whoso hens yield him moro eggs simply by a charjgo in tho method of feeding them. When ho gavo them their food so that thoy need not exercise to get it, ha had scarcoly any eggs; but when ho scattered it among" chaff tho supply of eggs was vcryinuoh increased. Mr. German said that a fat hen would not lay and that they should bo cxcroisnl to woik off the fat. Oyster shells, he thought bitter than bone; but rt commended both. Editor Potter thought that a hen two yoars old would lay moro eggs than ono younger. Mr. German would not adviso to keep hens after two years old. Mr. Phillip Frcderieks, of Lowii burg, said that if he wero n young man and had $500 ho would buy about 10 acres of woods, fence it in and go to raising chickens. Hens two and throe years old sro tho best layers, and for winter laying ho recom meodod tho langshangs or any black hens. The program for tho nfternoon being exhausted, Dr. B. II. Warren, of West Chester, ornithologist of the Stato Board of Agriculture and the au thor of "Birds of Penna., which is now so much sought after was asked to explain why tho scalp aot of 1885 was repealed. It Is a fact known to na turalists that birds of prey aro as a rulo beneficial becauso they feed on mammals nnd Insects which infest the fields. There are about 20 species of hawks and owls in Penna. which with the exception of -1 or 5, are not only worthy of protection, but aro tho farmers' best foathered friends. Whilo both tho long and short tail pheasant or patridgo hawks, the pig eon hawk, tho duck hawk and several others which rarely frequent us are destructive to poultry and rarely eat field mice aud insects, tho species that are most numerous and most common with us feed on mice, grasshoppers, iusccts and reptiles. Owls generally, except the gicat horned owls, are very beneficial to tho farmer. As to the bounty on foxes, weazlep, fco., ho thought it gavo unscrupulous men too great an opportunity to defraud the county treasury and re lated an instance whero several men received for a buffalo robo and a mule s'tiu by cutting them into little pieces and palming them off as tho scalps of ono or another of tho animals for whioh 'i bounty was provided, the sum of $2000. Mr. Wilkiuton rdatod instances where hawks nnd owls wero hatched out aud raised for the 50 centB bounty. This was moro profitable than raising chickem.. When asked about the Euglish Sparrow, Dr. Warren called it an infernal nuisance. It had ex tended to all parts of the IT. S. and its extermination bad become a serious matter. Tho Btato grange had recom mended tho passage of a bounty act, giving 2 cents for every English sparrow killed. After a thorough in vestigation on a large scale and ques tioning 2500 persons competent to answer on tho subject, the TJ. S. agri cultural department had concluded that thoy destroy gram held, garden vegetables and the eggs of beneficial birds, and tho doctor gavo several in stances that came within his own ex- peaience whero whole fields of wheat, had been destroyed by them. He did' not favor tho awarding of a bounty for their destruction; for it would sti mulate boys to destroy all kinds of small birds aud most of our justices couldn't distinguish between them. Pheasants heads which had been paid for as hawks had been sent to Prof. Baird with a request to tell what spe cies of hawks they were. Thousands of birds worthy of protection would bo destroyed and if tho sparrows in Penna. wero all destroy d, it would not be long till wo would have lots ot them unless the other states joined with us. In answer to a question of C. L. Sands, tho doctor said they were good to eat and woro frequently sold as seed birds. continued on second page.' A 'Woman's queer Occupation. Mrs. Mary Hall, a middle-aged lady of Pasadena, Cal. who passed through tho city last night, has probably tho most singular calling of any person in America, hhe makes a busiuess ot accompanying the bodies of persons who die m Southern California to their homes in the East, and according to her own story has found it very lucra tive. "I havo b'en at tho business about two years-." said sho and I find that it is not uncongenial and pays bet ter than an) thing e!o 1 can do. Mow much do I get fur a tripT D fferent prices; generally from $3 to $5 per day, my railroad fare and travel'iutr expenses. You see, the class of pc plo who como to uaiuornia in search ot health gener ally havo pleuty of money and many of them put off their visits too long. After a patient has been here about five weeks he generally dies or gets strong again. The change is so great in the climate that it soon makes itself felt. Now it costs doublo first-olass express rates to n'nd a body from California to the M s-ouri River which amounts lo about $300; consequently it is cheaper to biro mo, pay my ex penses and feel sure that tho corpse will go through safely. Tho number of invalids who go to California is in creasing every year and my business is fast srowinij better." Kansas Oily limes. A Bad Break. An agreeable young man whom I often meet was calling with due cere mony on a nice Auburn girl the .other evenng, when her brother Tom, just arrived homo from college on tho even ing train, rushed into tho room and ombiaced his sister. "Why, how plump you'vo grown Edith 1" ho exclaimed, "You're really quite an armful.' "Isn't sho 1" exclaimed tho agreeable young man, and thou ho felt a chill racing down his spinal column. "That is," ho stammered, "I've no doubt of it I " " The brother looked carving k,nlves at him, and tho maiden blushed furiously; "I mean er," said he, "I should judgo eo." v- "Wa Point "With fride-" To tho "Good namo at homo," won by Hood's Sarsaparilla. In Lowell, Mass., whero it is piepaiod, there is moro of Hood's Sirsaparilla sold than of all other medicines, and it has given the best of hatisfaotion bIiico its introduc tion ten years ago. This could not be if tho mudicltio did tint possess merit. If you Buffer from impure blood, try Hood's Sarsaparilla and realize its pe culiar curative power. Tho Colcmhian will goto press horc aftcr on Thurnlay mcriiing. All mat ter for insortion must bo in tho oflico not later than Wednesday noon, as the forms will ba closed on Wednesday uf ternoon. Forecvoral works past wo have been delayed by matter coming in late, but we intend hereafter to make. V an tue mans on Tuuradoy. 2t
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