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.
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Kor thii trcitBientofA'Aiitlirvl Iinpruclnnee,
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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
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MY BACK!
out
for one oft'tots
nov
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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.
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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.
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CM) ifC IANQS 3 CUBES CIGARETTES for Ct
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OOLUMUIAN OKMUK
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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
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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.
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