The Columbian.
0. B, Elwail, ),,,
J.E. Blttinbinto., j slUo"
BLOOM3BUKG, PA.
FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1889.
Charles II. Bergncr, tho Harrisburg
lawyer and former proprietor of tho
Telegraph sayi that Dauphin county
will givo a decided majority against
I'luuiuiLiuu, uun'iming upon mo size
of tho vote thrown. It will not, In
his opinion, bo Icbs than twonty-fivo
hundred, and mav roaoh four tlinnaiinil.
Ho says tho country peoplo are almost
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ouiiu iu niuir opposition, out mat, mo
harvesting season may keep many of
mem irom tno polls.
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WABHIHOTON LETTEB
From our Keirtilar Correspondent.)
Washington, May 27, 1889
Postmaster General Wsnamaker, or
as tho irrovorent persist in oalling him
Cheap John" is deserving of a loathor
medal as tho champion hair-splitter of
mo ago. isatarday nltcrnocm ho ten
deied tho uso of bis nowly purchased
steam yacht "Restless" to Harrison
and a party of friends, all men this
time, to go on a Sunday excursion
down to Chesapoako Bay, bnt asked to
be excused from accompanying tho
party on the ground that he could not
oo away trom ms l'hiladelpnia Sunday
School on Sunday. He probably
thought to easo his conscience for lend
jng his yacht to tho Sunday excursion
ists by staying away and attending to
his Sunday School class, but what
would tho members of that olass
havo thought as they took their in
structions from Mr. Wanainakcr yea
tcrdajr, could they havo seen at that
very time tho gay party aboard of the
"Restless'', which was being needlessly
run on Sunday under tho orders of,
and at the expense of their teaoher.
What a picture of man as ho professes
to bo and man as ho actually ii, would
that havo put before thoso Philadel
phia young people. Harrison and the
other junkets returned to Washington
to day.
This is quite a family sort of an
administration. The latest appoint
ment Is that of R. 0. Spoonor, of Wis
consin, brother of Senator Spooner, to
bo U. S, consul at Prague. Any other
Scnatore cr Representatives of in
fluence having brothers or sons to be
provided for will do well to address J.
G. Blaine, Department of slate, at
once.
U. S. Treasurer Huston who is inci
dentally chairman of tho republican
state committee of Indiana, has gono
home in a terrible pet becaase Corporal
Tanner of tho Pension office, and the
Postmaster General would not allow
him to name a lot of appointments in
their offices. But ho will return, he
will not icsign his office, as some of his
friends hint. IIo knows when he has
a "snap," and is not likely to give itup
because he can't get a few places for
his strikers.
Corporal Tanner has already an
nounced that there will be a deficiency
of at least $15,000,000 on account of
pensions during the fiscal yoar begin
ning July 1, nnd ho is trying to make
it appear that tho lato Commissioner
Gen. Black is responsible for it. To
anyono familiar with the rulings of
Tanner and of Assistant Secretary of
the Interior Bussey, who hoars anpea'n
there is no difficulty in placing the
responsibility for this deficenoy. I
shall be greatly surprised if it isn't
nearer $25,000,000 than $15,000,000
and besides I am satisfied that there is
a large deficiency for tho current fiscal
year, ending Juno 30, abont which
Tanner has yet said nothing.
Senator Quay's bluster has had its
effect. Harrison has surrendered, and
the Pennsylvania boss gets all he
wants in spite of the opposition of
Postmaster General Wanamaker, Boss
MoMancs and Representative Bingham.
Quay has bad tho following Pennsylva
nia's appointed by Harrison; B. F.
Gilkorson to be secured Comptroller of
the Treasury; S. B. Holliday to be
Commissioner of Customs and David
Martin to be collector of Internal
revenue for tho Philadelphia district.
Senator Cullom and Farwell are not
bo fortunate. They are Btill flounder
ing around in the shadow thrown by
the influence of Representative Cannon,
of Illinois. It is very seldom that a
Representative is strong enough to
down two Senators of his own party,
but "Joe" Cannon performed the trick.
Harrison is going slower instead of
faster in the matter of making appoint
ments and the dissatisfaction among
republicans is daily spreading and the
growls growing loader, as tho cause of
all the trouble Harrison's weakness
becomes more apparent to the diap
pointed mm who nominated and elect
ed him.
Washington sent a big delegation to
Alexandria Virginia, last Friday to
witness tho unveiling of a statute
erected in honor of tho Confederate of
that city. Tho principal speech was
delivered by Gov. Leo.
Gen. Twigg'a famous Swords which
havo bcen oajexhibition in the Bureau
of engraving and printing, in this oity,
ever since their capture during the lato
war have, in accordance with tho ro
cent decision of tho court olaims, been
turned over to A. O. Myers, executor
of the estate of the lato General David
Twiggs.
Tho standing of parties who passed
tho civil sorvico examination will be
made known hereafter. This is a via.
tory for the peonlo, and will to a great
extent prevent favoritism.
Politics and Prohibition.
Chairman Kisnkii, of the Demosra
tio State Committee, has issued in
structions to the Demooratio organiza
tions of the various oounties in Penn
sylvania, that "tho Democratic party
is freo from responsibility for tho pro
eentatiou of thy prohibition issuo, and
therefore is not called upon to advo
cate, as an organization, eitther the
adoption or rejection of tho amend
ment, and cannot be held to any re
sponsibility for the result of the' June
election." This attitude of the Demo
cratic leador is certainly good logic,
good philosophy and good politics-
Tho ofticial attitude nf the Republl
can organization is praoticallv that as
sumed uy the Demooratio Field Mar
shal, with the material difference that
Field Marshal Andiikws can't give an
straightforward and conclso reasons
for the neutrality of Republicanism as
s party. As political organizations,
both parties stand on strictly neutral
ground ( but tho fact remains that a
majority of tho Republican voter will
voto for prohibition, woiio a majority
of tho Demooratio vctera will yote
against it.
It is now apparent to all who viow
the issue dispassionately that the pre
cipitation of the proposed prohibition
amendment nt this tlmn Is unfortnnate
alike for tho cano of prohibition and
lor tno interests antagonistic to it.
Prohibition is not now faoo to faco
with tho peoplo because tho pernio do
mand It. Had tho question stood on
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IIO VtTII UinVUlUb UMbirUiy UIBUI1-
tangled from politlos. neithor branch
of tho Legislature would havo favored
tho submission olthcr In 1887 or 1889.
It was solely tho creation of political
Ul'Ul'9Blby.
Party leaders saw that prohibition
was gaining nmong tho people, and
that thcro was party danger in tho air.
Innead ot meeting tlio lssuo by lenis-
lation, as was tho moit diroot and
practical method to reach result, a
party platform declared for tho sub
mission ot a prohibition amendment j
at the succeeding Legislature a party
caucus adopted the text of an amend
ment and ordered its passago i succeed'
ing party conventions declared In fa.
vor of submission and In tho Legisla
ture of last winter n party caucus man-
dato again forcod its pansago and fixed
the dato for submission at u special
election. Tho opposing party was
never consulted or allowed voico in
shaping cither tho amendment or tho
timo or manner of submission. It was
solely a political necessity, recognized
by deliverance in party platforms nnd
passed by caucus orders, nnd Ulinir
man Kisher truly says that his party
lit. t f I .1 '
is ii eu iiuui ii-apuiiHiuuiiy lur wiu pru'
sentation of tho Prohibition lssno."
And it is eqnally true, as alleged by
Uhpirmni rusxEK, that the Kepuoli
can leaders havo verv embarrassing al
liances on the issue, becauso they are
committed to prohibition by a fair in
terpretation of partv action, and have
also been largely the beneficiaries of
tho liquor traffic of tho State They
have been proffering prohibition to
Prohi oitionists in ono hand and prof-
tenng protection to tho liquor traflic,
in return for party contributions, in
the other. Now. for the first time
they must faco the Issue and it is not
surprising that they are awfully razzlo
dazzled ai tho special election an
preaches. They gave prohibitionists
tho naked submission of prohibition
and held them to the party ; now pro
hibition must bo defoated to savo tho
party, and tho party peril is in prohi
bitionists resenting tho palpable fraud
played upon them. Altogether tho is
sue is an embarrassing ono for the
pirty whose convention deliverances
and causus mandates torccd the issue
solely as a party expedient, and the
Democrats are free to await results
and accept the issue of sumptuary
fundamental or statutory laws when it
becomes a squaro issue, on its uieurjc
tive merits, before tho people of Penn
sylvania. Times.
70,000 Fatuities.
EACH CAN ITAVE A HOMESTEAD IN TIIE
LAND OF THE SIOUX.
Tho Sioux Commission left Chicago
Tuesday, for tho purposo of opening
tho settlement under tho homestead
law oloven million acres of land. If,
as is confidently expected, tho Com
mission secures the signatures of two
thirds of tho adult Indians on tho
great Sioax Beserva'ion this enor
mous tract ot land wilt bo opened
within three or four months, and a
rush of settlers may bo looked for that
will make tho reoent Uklalioma craze
seem a tame and insignificent affair.
Eleven million acres I An empire
In extent, yet only one-half of tho
great Sioux Reservation, whioh con
tains 23,010,043 acres. The southern
boundary of the reservation is the
Niobrara River in Nebraska, its east
ern the Missouri, its northern the Can
non Ball, which flows a few miles
south of Bismarck, N. D., and its west
ern the 103d meridian, which runs
through the Black Hills. The reser
vation may be said, in general terms,
to cmbraoean area averaging 325
miles in length, by 140 in width. A
barrier to civilization, the great reser
vation stands between the peoplo of
the Eau and one of tho richest nunirg
sections of tho country. Save here
and there at the agencies no white
man is seen on the land, antes it be
some traveller on his way to the Black
Hills. One may travel for days in
fact, and never see an Indian, for tho
Buffalo are gone and little game is left
to attract the redman from his tepee.
The great rolling Tintab (prairie) ly
ing between the Missouri and the
lilack mils, and bounded by tho liig
Cheyenne on the north and the White
Riyer on the south, is a part of tho
reserve that will be opened in ninety
ilaya to settlers and restored to tbo
public domain subject to tho accept
ance of the terms of the purchase by
the different bands of the Sioux na
tion and tho President's proclamation
announcing tho opening. The price
stipuhted by tho government for the
lands that the Sioux are prepared to
relinquish is $1.25 per aoro. The en
tire traot is equiralent to 11,000,000
acres and the price is almost equal to
the total cost of tho Louisiana pur
chase, $15,000,000. The first Cousul
sold an empire for what tho helpless
but witty Sioux now demands for a
fraction of it. Tho land to be opened
is in an ell shape. It extends from
tho Missouri to tho Black Hills and
then north. It also includes a portion
of tho rich Winneb3go Crow Creek re
Beivation on the east bank of tho Mis
souri, south of Pierre. The latter is
the land that was thrown open by
President Arthur pix days beforo tho
expiration of his term, and tbo order
was rescinded by President Cleveland.
It was tho opinion of tbo Arthur ad
ministration that tho Indians had no
title to tho land. Cleveland's advisers
thought differently, and after 1,000
settlers had taken up claims upon tho
reservation tho Arthur ardor was ro
vokod and tho settlors directed by the
Prosidont to movo oat. They resented
this interference and raised a great
howl, but it availed them little. The
military was ordered out and one old
woman and her family wero tho sum
of tho evictions. Nearly all tho settlers
withdrew aftor they wero convinced
that their titles would be indefinitely
clouded, A few, however, havo re
mained and aro there now,
A VALUADI.B TJtACT.
Tho Winnebago-Crow Reservation
is a valuable tract of land. It is
crowded on every sido by wealthy
settlements, except on the river side.
Tho portion of this reservation that
will bo opened is contiguous to farms
and cultivated fields. Tho location
alone makes it valuable, and tbo rich,
inexhaustible soil crowns it as tho mont
desirable strip of public domain in tho
United States. Tho homesteader will
moro upon ICO aores of land that is
worth $10 an aoro for speculation, and
as a farm is as far q dyanc.04 ss a
Now England farm after fifty years of
hard work. There aro not many of
theso east side farms, sloping to the
river, watered and timbered, but there
over two thousand. Tho home-seekor
-r-riind hapily for Dakota and American
institutions she is not extinct will
find this garden spot duplicated many
times on tho west Bids of the Missouri
THE COLUMBIAN AND DEMOCRAT. BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA, !
River. The Indian never consents to
tnko-poor land for a reservation, and
tho proud, defiant fighting Sioux in tho
past always choso tho best. Ho was
born upon tho great wator-shed of tho
Northwest nnd long dwelt in tho land
of slnglng-pino-trocs. He wa? bred at
forest and plain, tho richest on tho
continent. He surrendered portion
after portion until 18G8, when ho made
a stand fur all of Southwestern Dakota.
Ho held that Intact until Custer inva
ded tho Black hills nnd reportod gold
in tho roots of tho bunch grass. That
famous report turned the head nf tho
white man nnd the lilack hill's excite
ment followed. A treaty that was
novor ratified was nndu a trenty born
of irrcsistiblo demand for a fonthnld in
tho auriferous hill; resisted, however,
until tho rovengo of Rain-In-thn-Faco
put a' nation in mourning. Tho last
resistance was stubborn, skilful nnd
bloody.. It was a fight for the great
Sioux Reservation as solemnly defined
in tho treaty of 18G8. It was a useless
resistance, but natural.. Tho loss of
Black Hills was ominous. Tho Sioux
chief understood it. It semed to them
war or submission forovor. Thoy
chose war. It onuld be no worse in
the end. There came a Miles to to-
vengo tho White Chief with yeltow
hair.
Tho last rally of tho Sioux ended, at
the white man knew it must, fatally
Forever subdued, tho rcmnent of the
Sioux army roturnod under guard to
tho reservation. They fought for the r
cotintrv. They knew it w.n rich in
minerals, rich in tcoJ, rich in game,
"brant and boaver" "bear and bison."
They know if tho whito man gained a
littlo he would want more. The hills
provod a Wonder .Land. Thero ib
probably no spot like it on tbo face of
the earth. The Sioux know what they
lost in tbo forced surrender of the Hills.
They had plenty of territory left for
their own use, but not any too much to
speculate, upon at old time prices.
After years of prodding tho disarmed
and helpless warriors, again surrendor,
this time sell, the heart of their groat
reservation. They aro ready to Bign
the papers that will cm tho famous
reservation in two and wipe from tho
map tbo great Sioux Reservation. It
will not all be extinguished, but what,
is left will be divided up into little
reservations, tho Pine Ridge Reserva
tion and the Rosebud Reservation
south of the White River, and the
Choyenne Reservation, and the Staud
ing Rock Reservation north i.f tho
Big Chryonuo River, and the Lower
Brule and Crow Creek reservations.
This is a great sacrifice but they
havo learned that tho whito man will
havo his way and tho best they can do
is to appeal to the treaty of 1808, ask
something for their land pet it if thoy
can and sign the groat quit-claim.
It happened in tins instance that the
whito man wanted badly what lay in
the path between the Missouri and the
Elorado (tho Black Hills) which thoy
did not givo up" in 1870. For this they
thought they should have $1 25 per
act e, aud tho government has consented
to givo it to them. They rato the best
in Dakota, and their education since
the Centennial war has been economic.
In Dakota there havo been rapid
settlements, probably not surpassed in
the history of American immigration,
but there has been nothing that will
stand comparison with tho advance
that will soon be made upon this land
of the Tcctons aud Minneconj u Sioux.
UiehoD Hare a dessription ot the settle
ment five years ago cast of the Mis
souri is often quoted aud is still cur
rent. The lJishop said:
Lmguage ca-.not exaggerate the
rapidity with which these communities
are built up. "Sou may stand auklo
deep in the short bunoh grass of an un
inhabited wilderness next month a
mixed train will glide over tho wayto
and stop at some point where the rail
way has decided to locate a town.
Men, women aud children will jump
out of tho oars and thi ir chattels will
bo tumbled out after thein. From that
moraont tho building begins. The
courage and faith of these pioneers is
something extraordinary. Their spirit
seems to rito above all obstaoles. I
have ridden into a Dakota valley and
pitched my tent. After my Bupper,
ooling upon my buttaio rooe, 1 nave
looked around and seen nothing but a
wolf that looked down" irom a hill mto
the valley to see who the intruder was.
When 1 visited the vauey next y;ar 1
saw a long train of Pullman palaco
cars. In that same trip I camped on
tho flat-bottom land near the Missouri
River. There was no sign of civil za-
tion there but a log hut with a mud
roof. It was the home of a It rench
man who had married an Indian wom
an. VVithin the year I revisited tho
spot and saw a town. It has increased
since to 2,000.
homes Fou'70,0t)0 families.
The Bishop is not familiar with land-
Oftioe statistics, but they show that tbo
Huron (bouth Dakota) Ijind-Oihce
received 400 entries in a single day,
aud that ih'i contest cases (laud litiga-
tion)before them figured up 1,500 alone
time. There is precedent in mkota
for an advance upon a rich portion of
the public domain. The rapid con
sumption of tho best of the public do
main makes every now addition irom
Indian and military reservations im
port int. Tno 1 cation of this now ad
diliou makes an uoprecodenie 1 ru"h
the most probable thing in the world.
Ureal trunk lines ot railway run to the
Missouri Riyer, striking it nt Pierre
and Chamberlain. Across the riypr,
and the homesteader is on his laud,
Thero is no lone overland jomuey. It
is quick transit without ohango of cars
from Chioago, and only ono chango
from Now York. Tho land Is so broad
and the choice so great thero will be a
clianco for all. Possibly not nil, but
at least for 70,000 families. If more
than that miuibfr comes the route up
tho Missouri is open.
Goat of Eiectrio Lights.
Tho City of Providence, R. I has
just contracted for 300 eleotrio lights
at a cost of 44 cents per lamp per
night i tho o:ntract to run for three
ypire. This is the cheapest late any
city has yet obtained, with the excep
tion of St. Paul, Minn,, whero tho
cost is 41 cents per lamp per night,
and New York whero tho cost is 40
cents. Philadelphia pns 47 conts, a
number of citicB from 50 lo GO cents,
while Boston pays G5 and Suiraraento,
Cal., touches the limit at G9 cents.
Tho tyioat dlffernnce In the cost of
eleotrio lights whoii suppljei) by the
cities and towns themsrlven and when
contracted for with privnto parlies has
yet to bo explained, The stated prioo
at Chicago which manufactures its
own electricity, is 15 cents per lamp
per ijjght, This discrepancy ought to
be lookeJ intq bpfore long-time con
tracts nre mado,
The oily of Scranton his a three?
year oontrao', which averages about
twenty-five oouts per lamp per night, a
rate which will compare favorably
even with Chicago taking lnt?rest on
the plant into consideration. .ffj.
.
A Soranton Bask Gone.
UEORDB JKSSL'I DKPAUt.TS 10
AMOUNT OF $135,000.
TIIE
Sernnton, May 2C,
Nothing could havo stunned the
business and financial circles in this
city nnro effectually than did tho nn
nounoement to-day that tho Scranlon
!t.. ... . 11
vu) Dunn uiiu euHpuimeu.
The iinmpillato cause of tho bauk'i
embarrassment is attributed to tho
reokloss haudllng of its funds bv Casl
ier Georgo A. Jcssup, whoso accounts
are said to be short $135,000.
A hurried meeting of tho directors
was ncid nt scranlnn House this ntter
noon, when it was decided to bring tho
business of tho bank to a cluso until
suoh timo as there oan be n thorough
overhauling of its affairs mid Adjust
ment of Cashier Jessup's accounts.
It was tho opinion of the directors
that radical measures should bn institu
ted to protect tho bank depositee, and
it was decided to secure tho arrest of
Mr. Jessup. Accordingly Charles
Tropp, ono of the directors, wont be
fore Alderman Rooler nnd swore out
a warrant for Jessup's nrrisi. Tho in
formation upon which tho warrant was
issued declared that "ono G. A. Jcssnn
did icionouHiy abstract nnd embezzlo
, . . . . ...
from tho Scrnuton City Bank various
sumsof money, amounting to $100,000."
lhin was signed by Charles Tropp.
Tho warrant was placed in the hands
of Police Officer Ridgowav, who was
instructed 10 secure mo nrrosi 01 iur.
Jessup without delav.
In tho meantime the roport that tho
bank was in trouble began to reach the
ears of depositors who had placed their
money there to-day, and their chagrin
was intcuso that they had not been
notified of tho affair by anybody con
nected with tho institution. They
could hardly believe that tho bank was
permanently disabled, but when they
learned that tho cashier's accounts
wero short 8100,000 they began to fear
the worst.
Suspicion first fell upon the lax
management of Cashifr Jessup when it
was ascertained that J. E. Pa) fair, at
tho time of his recent failure, was the
bank's debtor in the sum of about
$G,000,for which amount tho only se
curity was a life insurance policy.
liatir on other evidences ot careless
financiering were observed and two
days ago S. It. Mott, the accountant
was called in to overhaul tbo book.
Tho discoveries ho mado wero astound
ing even to tho directors, who now
ascertained for tho first time, that Mr.
Jessup's shortngo would aggregate
$135,000. This amazing information"
fairly dazod the directors. The board
consists of Dr. B. II. Troop, Henry
Arrabrust, Victor ICoch, Charles Tropp
Morris Goldsmith, Edward Merryfield
and Cashier George A. Jepsup, who is
a large stockholder in tho institution as
well as its vice president.
Cashier Jessup .was arrested in the
bank al 4o'elcck this afternoon by offi
cer Ridguwny, in tho presence of the
Board of Directors, who had adjourned
to that placo from the Sorauton House.
He was evidently laboring under great
excitement and Beemed tu ft el keenly
his embarrassing position. He request
ed timo to arrange his papers in tbo
bank and the officer wailed for him to
do bo. Ho was taken to Alderman
Roesler's offee whire Dr. Thr.vop went
bis bail in the sum ot s25,UUU.
At a meeting of the directors late
this afternoon it was decided to close
the bank for the present aud place it in
the hands of an assignee.
The failure of tbo bank is attributed
to tho cashiers extravagant style of
living, his speculation hi unprofitable
coal lands and various ventures ibat
look large sums of money without
yield ng a return.
Cashier Jissnp's boud to the bank
in tic sum of $25,000 is sigmd by his
father-in-law, Mr. Beardsloy, of Sus
quehanna county, and bis brother,
Judge William II. Jessup.
It is said that the bank holds very
nearly $75,000 of tho county funds,
which wero deposited with it when the
office of County Treasurer was turned
over to Daniol J. Campbell lat Janu
ary. It is also eaid ibat the Deputy
Revenue Collector deposiu-d a con
siderable Bum of government inciey
out of friendship for the directors.
Great Distress In China.
TWO MILLION OF I-EOl'LE ON THE VERGE
OF STARVATION TI1INOS OROWINO
WORSE.
Ellin wood, of New York, has io
oeived tbo following letter from the
Rev, J. L. Novius, D. D., dated
Cheefo, China, March 20:
"Letters havo just been received
from the famine field giving most har
rowing accounts of tho di-treFS thtre,
and requesting us to make immediate
and urgent appeals for further contri
butions for famine relief. Nearly two
millions of people in that one locality
I are now ou the verge ot t-tarvation.
I Many have already died. This fearful
state of things must coutinue and grow
worse and worse until wheat ban est
iu June.
"Tho English Baptist missionaries
from Chitig Chowfu nnd the numbers
of our own mUsion in Wfi Rein, rein
forced by Dr. and Mrs. Neal nnd Dr.
and Mrs. Matecr, of Tuug Chow, are
woiking together iu tho same vicinity
aud on tho same genual plan, and are
co-operating most heartily. 1 ive
centres ot distribution nave been or
ganizfd, from which 80,000 persons
havo been enrolled as beneficiaries.
They receive an allownnco of ono cent
a day. Tho work can be indefinitely
extended If funds are contributed in
suffcieut quantities, Besides the daily
one ocnt allowance, whioh is used fVir
buying a little grain to mix with chaff
and leaves, we arc vory desirous to
mako a further grant of seed grain.
Di. and Mrs. Neal havo lakin with
ihem, several trained medical students
to assist in looking after tho sick. Our
great dread for all oar noblo band of
distributers is tho famine fever whioh
is sure to provail, and which Is bo
daugerous. Will you ask that special
)rayer miy be offered that they may
o kept in health and Bafety and that
an abundant blessing may follow their
selfrdonying and most difiioult wcrk.
Yours truly, "Juhn L. Nevlun."
Youngsters take to pipes.
H1EY OAN NO LONDCU I1UV CIO ARKTTEH,
UUT THEY MAV 1'UKCilASK TOIUCCO
FREELY
That a vrry large number of boys
01)4 young men dlo annually from the
evil effects of smoking cigarettes ia a
matter of medical repord, and the sale
of these arllclos to people of nil ages
and conditions has b"00ine such a fhg
rnnt abuso that a bill prohibiting the
Bale to persons under 1Q yoars ol age
under n severe nonalty has been passed
by the fJeipUo and, ilouce, has been
aignod by Governor fcayer and is. new
a law. As a consequence q great
many sollpitous fathoia and mothers
are rojoiclug ovor the prospeot of
speedily weaning their boys from the
4
obnoxious habit, nnd according to what
several prominent dealers in cigars
and cigarettes said yesterday lliey will
co-operato with tho parents in dis
couraging tho practico of smoking
cigarettes.
"It is only nn Infernal nuitance, any
way," said ono of ihom, "and I would
bo better pleased if tho manufacture
nnd salo of cigarettes should bo stop
prd entirely. Thero is no profit in
them for tho dealer unless he soils them
nt wholesale. If a retail store does a
large cigarette trado It Is necessary to
employ an extra saleemiu to deal them
out, and his salary in ono week would
amount to twice tho profits accruing
from tho Bales."
"I hnvo learned by observation," said
another dealer, sneaking moro to tho
point, "that tho email boy who Binokes
cigarotles buy III' in from tho littlo
candy storo In a Bide street as a goueral
rule. These littlo places depend upon
the purchases by the small boy for an
existence. When a youngster comos
In here to qel cigarettes I givo him a
I'cture if I havo time, but it not I yell
and try to scaro him so that ho won't
go olsowhero to get them. I hope tho
law prohibiting th ir sale to boys
will be rigidly enforco l.''
lho youugsttr, however, view tho
situation from a different standpoint.
Finding themselves prohibited from
tho purchase of cigarettes thoy have I
taken to p'pes, thero being no restrict
ion upon the salo of tobacco to young
lads, and already boys may bo seen in
by streets and (collided corners
triumphantly pulling away nt long
clays and liughing at tho shortcoming
of the law. J'iiladclphiu Jiecord.
Tiik Bromptou Hospital for con
sumptives, London, England, publishes
a statement that -i per cent, of the
patients in that institution had unsus
pected kidney disease. Every drop of
blood in the system passes thousands
of times through tho lungs in each 24
houri'. The same blood passes through
tho kidneys for purification. If the
kidneys are not in a healthy condition
or ablo to expel tho poisonous or
wasto matter tho acids return to the
delicate tissues of the lungs and pro
duce irritation, which results in tho
symptoms' of what is known as con
sumption. This explains why 52 per
cent, of tho consumptive patients have
unsuspected kidney disorder. War
ners Sife Cure puts tho kidneys in a
healthy condition taking the acids
from the blood whioh vitiates the lungs
and cause consumption.
T. C. .Mitchell, of Thomasville.Ga,
caught a mother fox and three little
toxes a lew mornings ago while out
hunting. Mr. Mitchell carried one of
the foxes home and placed hin among
a litter of nowly born pups. The
mother of the pups gives him the same
attention i hat she gives her own off
spring, and the littlo stranger bids fair
to be raio 1 by its toster mother.
The Chief Rcaui (or the great suc
cess ot Hood's Sarsaparllla is found in tho
article Itself. It Is merit that wins, and tbo
fact that Hood's Sarsaparllla actually ac
complishes what Is claimed (or It, Is what
has given to this medicine a popularity and
salo greater than that ot any other sarsapa-
Mprit Wine rllla or Wood iut
merit VVIIIb ner before the public.
Hood's Sarsaparllla cures Scrofula, Salt
Rheum and all Humors, Dyspepsia, Sick
Headache, Biliousness, overcomes That
Tired Feeling, creates an Appetite, strength
ens tho Nerves, builds up the Wholo System.
Ilood'n HarMparllla Is sold by all drug
gists. $l;sixtorSJ. Prepared by C. I. Hood
if Co., Apothecaries, Lowell, Uass.
o
RDINANCE NO. 44.
An Ordinance, to permit The Bloomsburg Kelt
Hatlroad company tonccupr a portion ot Sev
enth street for railroad purposes.
Wuebkis, Th" Hloomsbi'n: Iieit Railroad Com
nsny, as appears by Letters Patent, eihlblted,
bearing dato the twenty-eighth day of January,
189 became an Incorporated company, under
aitlcles or Association dec arlng that ; " 1 ho rood
of the company Is to bo constructed within the
corporate Ifmltsof theTownofliloomshurg, from
a point near the Intersection of the It oomsbnrg
and sul'lvan Ha Iroad company's tracks, wltb the
t'ftrka of the Dclawxrn Lackawanna and Western
Railroad company, tastwardlr to and upon sev
e'th street to Kat ttrect, thence by tho most
eligible route to and about the nirnace of William
Neal sods, and westwardly therefrom to the
canal wharves late ot the liloomsbuiv Iron Com
pany, and to the place ot beginning, and to bo of
a length of two ml'es" : and
WiiEKaiB, The said. The Uloomaburg Belt Hall,
road Company, has requested permission to locate
construct, establish and uso a railroad In persu
ance ot the charter or tho said company, upon
Seventh street! and also a large numberof proper
ty owners on said Keventh street have requested
In behalf of tho said company.the same permission
therefore :
WMrrinw 1. Tto It ordained and enacted bv the
Toun council of the Town of Illoomsbuif.and It la
hereby ordained and enacted by authority of tho
same, that the Bloomsburg Belt llallroad Coin-
Hruct, establish and uso a railroad, of single tracts
upon Seventh street, from the west side of Market
street to the east side or Kast street, at or about
the southwest corner of tho property owned by
lla-manfi llaswrt. atorncar the Intersection t
said East street wltb the Berwick road t Provided,
ti-flt. eiii'htrAik sliaUbo laid At the prndeofthe
said Serenth street, and that the said railroad
snallDe locatea ana construct! 1 1 inesaiisiac
tlon and acceptance ot the Engineer and Surveyor
ot the Town of lUoomsburg. and In such manner
as not to obstruct In Its maintenance and uso Bald
6eventh street, as apubUo highway, except so
much as Is actually necessary for the reasonable
and oroncr location, construction, and uso ot the
said railroad. . ....
Section 3. Tnat Tne uioomiourg ueu uaiiroau
Company shall looate, eonstru t and maintain the
railroad in all Its parts at the crossings ot s'reets
or other highways, at such grade as shall be fixed
by tho Town council, and tu i he satisfaction aud
acceptance ot the Engineer and surveyor of the
Town of Blnomsbunr, so as not to Interfere with
the uso of all such streets and highways as publlo
highways, except so much as Is actually necessary
for the reasonable and proper location, construc
tion and use of the said railroad.
Section S. That The Bloomsburg Belt llallroad
Company shall so construct the railroad as that
Seventh street and all streets and highways upon
which it is constructed, or which It crosses. sliaU
be free and clear for public uso as public highways
and thoroughfares, and by said company sbaU be
so kept and maintained, except so far as tbe same
may be obstructed In the reasonable and proper
location, construction and use ot the said railroad.
higtiox 4. That the said railroad shall bo oper
ated and managed that there shall be no nnjuat
discrimination In might or charged, and that un
der lust and equitable conditions there shall be
afforded opportunity of connection by switches or
otherwise with other railroad companies, and In
dlTlduala owning property or conducting works,
along the line thereof
tiit-rioN s. That The Olofunshurg Bult llallroad
Company, Its S'loceasors, leu.se. s. or others oper
ating the railroad shall submit to and observe all
legal and reasonable municipal regulations wUlca
may be at any time made with reference to speed
ot trains, gates. flagmen, 40.
miction . That nothing In this ordloan e con
talnel tball be construed in any manner to affect
the tights of individuals or otufrsaaio damages
by reason of the location, construction, main
tenance and use of the said rallr ad. and that the
said, Tbe Bloomsburg Kelt ltitlroad Company, lis
successors, lessees, or others owning or operating
the said railroad Bholl keep tbe said railroad and
structures in good order and condition, and save
tbo Town ot lUoomsburg harmless, so far as thn
said town may oe uauie tuereior, i rum any
685 .o'J.!i0.i;;1ruf"fu' "ten
tnonslDI liv or liaou ty winterer, mavinsv
mcmoN r. TUa ordinance shall not bo of force
until It shall be certified to (he lUoomsburg Belt
llallroad company, and by said company accepted
and approved, and S'ich acceptance and approval
certinei to the Town Oouno l.
raised at a meeting ot tho Town Council, held
Mar. 15, it$9.
B4MrLNijW rrelJoah
To the Town Council qf the town of iltoomiuurg,
fitjT. i Al a met ting of lho Board of li(.
rectors of tbe Uloomaburg Belt luilroad Company
held 7th May ISA", the provisions of ordinance Ng,
il were accreted and anprQVPq,
'VwtlfledtrowiUeiaUmtea. .
L, K, WALLER,
Eecy, u. n. a Co.
SPRING
L W$m T Ik lelifflble toifctoiei
Why are v,-c doing the largest Clothing nnd Hat trade in Bloomsburg? Good reason for it
you may he sure. We keep tho best and most fashionable goods, and prices are ALWAYS THE
LOWEST. Our store is spacious, cheerful and well lighted and a model in all its appointments
and equipments. Our stock is NEW, BRIGHT and
BXmaflBIflG&T 8 ATSBLAffOn
and comprehensive, and always we will maintain the position of
"FAIR DEALOrCr."
RESPECTFULLY YOURS,
The Largest Clothing and
BLOOAISBUKG MARKET.
-:o:-
"Wholesale.
Retail.
Wheat per uusbcl
Ilyo " "
Ccru " "
Oats " "
Pour " bbl
Butter
Eggs
Potatoes
Ilams
Dried Apples
Sldo
Bhoulder
Geese
Lard per lb
Vinegar per gal
Veal skins
Wool per lb
Hides
00
45
33 45
6.00
16 18
12 14
40
12 15
03 05
08 10
0 11
10 12
20 80
07
35
5 to 7
Coal on WiiAiir
No 6 3.00; Nns 2. 3, & Lump $8.25
No. 518.00 Bltuminus 83.25
EXECUTORS' SALE
OF A
Handsome Town Residence !
The executors ot Mary N. Harman late ot
Bloomsburg, deceased, will offer at publio Bile on
FRIDAY
JUNE 7, 1889.
at o'clock a. m a lot on Market street, adjoining
William NeaPs, whereon 19 erected a large two and
a halt story
with stable, loo house, and all necessary outbuild
ings. This Is one of the most desirable robldencea la
Bloomsburg. House heated by ste im ; gas and
water, and connectod with sencr. liberal terms
can bo mad with the purchaser.
I W. McKklvt,
II. D. Wirflii,
OBO.K Klwill. Executors.
Atty.
Reparua Dv 0. S. Palmer, Wholesale CotnmtMiton
Merchant, m ReaOe St.. X 1
New York. May 27tU. 1889.
The market for the week opens actively
and outlook favorable f .ir n good trade to
continue, especially apples, as the demand
Is pood and market firm, receipts ueinp;
very light, 8py sellluR to-day from 3 CO
to i 50 per bbl. Bometbluif strictly fine
would exceed these figures. Choice Bald
wins 3 00. Hussets 2 75 to 3 00. Dressed
calves also doing better nnd prime stock
to.day went out readily at from 7 to 8c.
Spring lambJ. prime, 6 00 to 0 50 cacb ;
other grades 8 00 to 5 00. Hogs steady at
about 7 to 8c. Market on butter quiet,
owing to liberal receipts Creamery, fanny,
17 lo lOcj select dairy ttibbs and pnila 10 to
17c. Fresh eggs from near by 13 to 14c
per do.. Dresaed poultry, turkeye, 13 to
15c. Broilers 22 to 28o a lb. Fowls 10 to
12c. Oame. clover. 1 00 to 1 no tier ilnr
Eng. snipe 1 00 to 2 00. Tame squabs 2 00
to 8 25.
Old potatoes fllllet and without mntortnl
change. Pilccs range to-day from t 00 to
l wi per udi. for Btale rose; hebrnu 1 00 to
1 12. burbank and white star 1 00 tn 1 1K
Swict potutoes 3 50 to 4 00.
Marrow beans 1 70 per bush, and f up- lv
large. Medium I 70. Whito kidney 2 00
to 2 10 aud red 1 85 to 1 05. Kvan. Bnnl,,
5 to Oc. Ittspberries 10 lo 18c. (. herrle-o
18 lo 15c. Huckleberries 10c.
Beeswax 23 to 2V tier lb. Tim rop,.lr,i0
of maple sugar are light and selling at 7 to
7Jc per lb Syrup working out at Irregu
lar figures.
CHICHESTER'S FNr.l icsu
PENNYROYAL PILLS
w tivs suxcm suits,
OrMul, bt. Ml fftaftU u4
'w. AtDruirl.lt A wept
.w, wrapper., arc a daacer.
aavvaatcrfclu Heel 4c (lump,) fer
K!i"iV54 "'r-?a.ii u
ChlchHtcr Chemical CowSlailUiia M.,1'MI.' l'-PU-U-U
r.
ELY'S Catarrh
Cream Balm
Cleanses the
Nasal rassages,
Allays Pain aud
Inflammation,
Heals the Sorep.
ltcstores the
Senses of Taste
and Smel.
TRY THE ODHEHAY-JEfaVER
A particle Is applied Into each nostril, and Is
afrreeaoie. l'noe w cent at Druircri
reglatered, to eta, KLV lUtOTUEl
rncoDuoouk urumrUU; by mall
rcreri, ritm tuts.
iwi oo warren
Apr 13 d H
FARMS BBS
Sou Climate and
Location Id the Mont h
lANCllA, ciaiemont Vs.
May tad 41.
pjXECUTOli'S NOl'UJii
Kilal QfMarv SI. Snyder, iectaletl, late of
Utooiiuburg,
Letters testamentary on said estate having been
granted to the UDderalgned executor, all parsons
indebted to raid estate are hereby notllled to p,y
the sirce, and tlitws liavluif clalina airalnst raid
estate to. ureoeiit the same to
tistate to, preoeiit
N. U. PUNK.
May 3 et.
Kxecnior.
A DMIKISTRATOH'S NO HUE.
UileoJamet DMtne, late aj iliai$on totcmhlp.
Columbia cawily, anrimf. "
Notice lih'rt'tirtrl'Cri that letters of admtnls-ll-Htloli
on the mi afc ol Jmb Diidlnf, late ul the
jaushlli ft Mad'aon, county nt Columbia, and
state of 1 ntsylvanti, dawael, have tieon irmnt
ed to 'ftiley llde ot Jer-ejtown, oolumtla
county 1'a., o Whom all pauon. In,lt)led to said
rctutt Hto it u' tied to ie&le pouieiea, md those
htwIUc'claiiid fir demands will make knowu the
same without delay lo
Apr U P, O. Jerteytown, CoL co.Ta.
SOBS"!
-OF-
-AT-
I. MAIER.
Hat Store in Columbia and Montour Counties.
Largest stock of Carpets in tho County at
W. IK. BROWEE'S
Latest Styles, Newest Patterns in
Velvets, 3SoIysuici Tapcsti'y
.Brussels, Ingrains, Ac.
A full Hue of Cocoa and Canton Mattings.
The best WIRE FOOT MAT in tho Market.
Bloomsburg Pa.
For Your
SPRING SUITS
8fO tO
T ATTTTI1T1
The Oldest
MereiMt s Tailoring
COLUMBIA COUNTY.
Bloomsburg, Pa.
FINEST
GOLD
ylAMANLA
RE
1 ME WO ED
for
(fBi
LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S FINE
GUARANTEED.
Ut3r All Silverware engraved free of charge, i0f
if bought of
3F 1 "llfflliyEfi
CARPETS and
0
Canton Mattings, cheap, to clo3e them out. From lSlcts;
HAG CABPETS. LARGE ASSORTMENT.
HANDSOME PATTERNS.
Cheaper than you can make them.
A SPECIALTY OUR SOut ItAQ CA11PET. A LARGE LINE
xsew ingrains at sucls
Ntxt tloor to I. W.
A r 17 M TOVA1STI5II Permanent cm
MVlll liMiloiinent and irood salary or
commlwon. Address A. 1). 1'ltA'rr. Nurseryman.
llochesler, N. V,
Apr. ii d-u
toMEHTSRaJSS
UU.A.f.C01T,New YorkCitI
May lo-d-4'.
NE88 0UftEOVTraarM.
!.rt.iu.iuniaimvsHuis
wli lam.rav.t,.firrti,dlHtan. HU.lMkArof
Rhkuui aaara al.tlarltt. Gcmfart.
'HP trvai.aaauaw.tlrvMaarla. f.
Mo il-rt-H.
PARKER'S
HAIR BALSAM
Ctciiiiei And Uautlhet. ttit bail,
rrouiolej a luui4nt trrowth.
Navtr Full i to RtiTort Qriy
PrOTOQU DkntlnirT &ntl hJv rVlHno
MajS4-d-t,
LINE OF
GLASSES.
BV PHYSICIAN 4V
$7.00.
MILLINERY.
up.
OP
MJSW ART SQUARES.
Hirtraan & SonV, lMoamsburg P.
n HINDIRCORNt:
tnm uxu, , -iZZU? !i "Aim
Maysi-d-4',
Mii Ml MWl
IteiolUag from th Krrors of Youth, folly, VlM, Ix
noruice, Ac, mi; ha cored at horns wttunt UU c
eipottire, lDhlllbU tai C14ilU. Una
TrtatUe, SCO pagei, oily II by msIL auUd, postMU.
Small book, wUh
c&dorMDCDU of ths brattf, ma.
Send now. Addnaa the Paabody Madfeal IaaUtat.
or Dr. W.ltl'aJlwr, Nu.i iiulAach llL,BMWa,aUM.
Ha; 81 d tU