PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
A.
L. FRITZ,
ATTORNSY-AT-tAW,
Officii Front Room, over Potloffio
nr.ooMSDURo, pa.
k MAtzr,"
J
-r.:r::v- at-law.
insvrwsaMjhkai tSTATiAanrr,
Officii Ro'i-n N'o. a, Columbian Bnlldtnj,
n:.ooMr.!!ur.G, pa.
N
U. FU.vi:,
ATTOr.NT.V-AT-LA'W,
Office In Ilnt'i Bulletin;;, near Court Home,
lu.oyMrrJKO, ta.
J
OlIK M. CLARK,
ATTOIINEY-AT-I.AW,
AND
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Office over Moyer lira's. Drug Store,
HLOOMSUURG, PA.
W. MILLER
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office In Brower'a building, 2d floor, room No i,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
B,
FRANK ZARR,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office cor. Centre & Mala Sts.,Clark'a building,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
49" Can be contulted In German.
EO. E. ELWELL,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office, Second floor, Columbian Building,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
H,
V. WHITE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office In Wirt't Building, and floor, Main St
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
S. WINTERSTEEN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
AND
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Office in Flnt National Bank Building, 2d floor,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
'WPenilom and bountlei collected.
JP P. BILLMEYER,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
(DISTRICT ATTORNEY,)
'Office orer Dentler'i Shoe ttore, Front room,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
JOBERT R. LITTLE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office, Columiiam Building, a floor, front
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
QRANT HERRING,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
OOc vjts RawHngt' Meat Market,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
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H. R.HAWN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, .
Office, comer of Third and Main Street,
CATAWISSA, PA.
J
B. McKELVY, M. D.,
SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN,
Office, North lide Main Street, be aw Market,
BLOOMSBURG, FA.
jQR. J. C. RUTTER,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Office, North Market Street,
BLOOMSBURG. PA.
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,R. TO. M. REBER,
SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN,
Office, corner of Rock and Market Streeta,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
J.JONORA A. ROBBINS, M. D.
Offlco WcBt First Bt.
Special attention given to tho eye and
ear and the fitting of glosses.
J J. BROWN, M. D.f
Office and Rettdence, Third Street, West
of Market, near M. E. Church,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
iHTOffice hours every atternoon and evening.
foecM attention given to the eye and the fitting
01 (lasiea. a eicpnonc connection.
D
R. J. R. EVANS,
Tuatuut or Chronic Dibiaus mack a
SriCIALTY.
Office and Residence, TVrd St., below Market,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
M
J. HESS, D. D. S.,
Graduate of the PMlldtlnhii T)m1 l"11..
having opened a dental office In LocsAaD'f
nuiLumu, comer oi Main ana centre streeU,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.,
Is prepared to receive all patients requiring pro.
feuional s errlces.
r.Enti, Gaj, and Local Astsnmics,
r administered for the painlras extractlea of Ictth
tfrec of charge when artificial teeth art inserted.
-AlA WOU GUAJtAMTUD AS RUIXKKTSD,
AINWRIGHT & CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS.
TlAS, SYRUlrS, COFKBE, SUOAX, MoLASSIS,
juck, aricn, iiicarb soda, etc., ETC.
N. E. Corner Second and Arch Sts.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
STOrler. will receive prompt attention.
M
C. SLOAN & BRO.,
Manufacturers of
Carriages, Buggies, Phaetons, Sleighs, rlatform
Wagons, &c
BLOOMSBURG, PA,
First-class work always on hand. Repairing
neatly done.
HTPrlcei reduced to suit the times.
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H. HOUSE,
SURGEON DENTIST,
Office, Barton's Building, Main St., bel. Market,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
All styles of work done In a superior manner,
and all work warranted as represented.
Teeth Eitbacted Without Pain,
jy the use of Gas, and free of charge when
artificial teeth are Inserted,
W To be open all hours during the day.
.GKT YOUR JOU PRINTING
DONK AT TIIK
COLUMBIAN OFFICE
J.' B. BILTTENBfeNEB,P"'r,tor,
COME AND HAVE YOUR EKES EXAMINED BY
4 G. Wells, the Optician,
WHO HAS JUST COMPLETED A THOROUGHLY PRACTICAL
COURSE AT BUOKLIN'S OPTHALMIO COLLEGEJNEW YORK.
ECQ Bxtra, Charge
PERFECT FIT
Fine lino peb
ble and white
crystal lenses
constantly i n
stock, also the
mem
BEHiiliiii
b'ni iff ii wark i 1 I i ) j i
t 1 1 15 f
anttied ti give satisfaction.
Nenr Flillnilelphln.
Hrliool OiiciM Mept. 1Hth.
Yenrlr lixiipnnc. 8500.
Four Varments, 8145.
Admit tnd eUsslfiei younu men tnd boyi it any timet Kts them for Business, n Collen. Pol rt ethnic School, for Wn
Foint off Annapolis. Gndiutinf classes. One of the best equipped and best managed Schools. Goal table. AH ttudentj
buard with tha Princinal
rooms F.veiv room has In Ii a steam radiator ancf Is comDletcly furnished. Grounds (ten acres!
athletics, etc. Gymnasium. Special opportunities for apt
tow iwckwbiu ioy. airuni or nuuem mar seirci any iiuaics, or m itusincss, v.ouere-t'reparaioryi I lecmcai, or UTll
Hnflneerlne course. Physkal and Chemlral Laboratory, Praalcat Business Department, Short-hand. Type-wrltlnf, etcx
etc More fully supptled with apparatus than any other Collefe-fittln school. Media Academy aifords every home com
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ton, ma itii cuwiiaii aii4 aiic ucii iiaiiti, runi vrnti
and Proprietor, Media. Pa.
Med In, lit,f nonr I'hlln.
School Open Hopt. 11 5th
Yenrlr Kxpenne. 8500.
Two l'armenti, 8450.
FOR GIRLS AND
Graduatlnir Courses In Classics. I Iterarure. Science, Mathemstlca. Music, Modern Lanpjtires. TweWt accomplished
teachers and lecturers.
n. jujtiidf niusjtai aieuanmenr.
ndivldual attention. Small classes.
Superior Musical tfepi
'Irtual anenKnn. Small
lackarn ptipiis Jn
safety aud ltpiinis,
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nl'iKT IMI'IMPUVUIU Ihmnnh thl. nnmnantf h.H
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sacwsstuL
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of six, seven, elirnt and tin p?rcent., an1 proats. In aoompir.itlvaly siort tlnn, ot iltsy par cent, 100
ikt tout., ana oven larger, entirely ireo irotn speculative leAturus.
rornui parucu'ars send lor circuiarj, pampmeta nni pipjra, or can.
WILLIAM H. PARMENTER, Gen'l. Agsnl, 50 State St.. Boston.
No. l Custom iiousj street, Provl lonon, n. I.; U3 M, Mercantile site Dapwlt Co., ISO Broad,
way, New York City every Wednesday.
g F. HARTMAN
rasKNTs tiie following)
American insurance companits i
NorlL American, of Philadelphia,
Franklin,
Penniylvania, " "
York, of Pennsylvania,
Hanover, of New York,
Queens, of London,
North Uritish, of London.
Omc on Market Street, above Main, No. 5.
nLOOMSBURG, PA.
yr p. lutz"
(Successor to Fi-eas Brown,)
AGENT AND BROKER,
BLOOMSBURG FlRE & LIFE INS. AGENCY,
(Established in 1865.)
COMPANIES REPRESENTED :
ASSKTS.
iEtna Fire Ins. Co. of Hartford, f 9,528,388.97
Hartford, of Hartford, 5,288.609.97
Phoenix, of Hartford, 4,778469.13
Springfield, of Springfield 3,099,903.98
Fire Association, Philadelphia,,.. 4,512,782.29
Guardian, of London 20,603,323.71
Photnix, of London 6,924,563.48
Lancashire of Eng.,(U.S.Branch) 1,642,105.0c
Royal of EnMand. " " 4,853,564.00
Mut. Ben. Ll.In.Co.Newark,N J4J1379.228.33
Losses promptly adjusted and paid at this office,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
j "hTmaize,
FIRE INSURANCE AGENT,
Office, Second Floor, Columbian Building,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Liverpool, London, and Globe, largest in the
World, and perfectly reliable.
Assets.
Imperial, of London, $9,658,479.00.
Continental of New York (..210.081.28
American of Philadelphia 2,401,956,11
Niagara, of New York, 2,260,179.80'
fXCHANGE HOTEL,
Y. R. TUBES, PROPRIETOR,
OrrosiTi Court House.
BLOOMbUURG, TA.
Irge and convenient sample rooms. Bath
rooms, hot and cold water J and all modern
conveniences.
Exchange Hotel,
HENTON, PA.
The undersigned has leased this well-known
house, and Is prepared to accommodate the publlo
with all the conveniences ot a arst-class hotel.
LEMUEL DRAKE, Proprietor,
DR.I.
C.DREECE,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON.
fiT Office over Mover Bros. Drug Store.
Residence West Main Street.
12-20-ly,
J.
s. garrison;m. d.
PHYSICIAN AND SUUflEON.
Ar OtUca coruor of Ccatro and Fourth
Bt., Bloomsburg, Pa.
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MY STORY OF THE WAR
ByMavyA, Idvermore
Herovn NurtUTtoI "I01K 1USS rSB.S0.11L KXrCHU
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UocmI. of mttchtiM InUrvit 4 profouDd pkthoi. M MlU at
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HI AH M tutk"m lloplurA,uinip,ftaaon(li llru-aeld.
ana lor uo nouaava. LVJi c
pleodid Htcl IMoU. and old .
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RMUMUMa ft
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DULtHM Ha I.draaM. for 1, .Pan
trrLMOU dun Jaoia iri4ii
fnif.H uuin.Aiin ..rati nnwiurursuMnia
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ONLY es Cents.
I Tub only uMk over offered tor sale, that the
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luck-ii rot Baasaou. -rue doik mil every
tarmir uliou'd hate, uontilns 111 pages, 7xv
Inches; &S Illustrations e'loloj piai bottom",
dams, ovcrno, uader-dralna, varieties ol the
Dsn, enemies of tbo nail, eto. It Includes every
nooeasary luatrnoilon lor any person to euoceaa
(ully, and at nominal expense, n-odrco their own
nun. Enconiea Dy nan uommism
oners and fro
'erloif the book
duoera everywhere.
l'ereons on'orlou the book
and not aaUWled with it ma;
y return it
return K and we
WIU refund their money. Ad J rem.
a- U. MIQAN, AUUsoo, Ohio,
BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 17,
M&IIB
GUARANTEED.
Finest line of
watches, clocks,
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Bloonisburg.
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MEDIA ACADEMY
students to ad ranee rapidly, Prlrate tutoring and special drill
C. SMOKILIUGU, A.B., A.M. (Harvard Graduate), principal
iwvcr eirir ciirnHi n caaniinaiion lot auimvilOTl.
BROOKE HALL,
YOUNG LADIES.
Mitt Eastman's Celebrated School,
ornuoi niii n oran cnn eiercn pianos, mraie iuionnBr I or
Pupils surrounded by such restraints as are essential to tbeif
SWUIIIN C.S1I0RTUDGH. AM. (Ilarraxd Graduate, I-j-,it. si.
MRS. UWIT1IIN C. S1IORTLIDGE ' J Prlmtlp4H, Utdla, Pa.
HaMaH naaplvtl (W1 OKI fit HmdM. MATY dfltlar Of
Eases Pain Instantly.
Strengthens Weak Parts.
Quiets Nervousness.
A New England Household Itemed,
Unlreruklir popular because of ru&l medicinal
menu r or 1
Is ho prompt and thoroagb in rellering, oaring and re-
8 10 ring mm uis op ui(r
TTnAlIlid Teatlmonr of tfaonaanda of people.
and the cooiunUT increaaiiic aale of these piaatart,
is ample proof ot the troth ol thii assertion.
7" HOP PLASTEBS atTcrbtva or Irritate.
If yon affr apply one nowj you'll feel happier to
morrow, l'teLs gooa the momeot pnt on.
PUT SEE HERE. Hob fleefer are sold by
medicine dealers. Don't do isrlndled Into taking
a aabBtitttte or imitauon. Blcnatare ci the proprietoti
will he found on the ge&afee food.
HOPPUtBTERCO..PKOPHirron,BOtTON.
Examin uhrn you bwy. Avoid diiScnat daaUrt.
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Dec la-Aug. 8.
QHRISTIAN V. KNAPP.
FIRE INSURANCE,
BLOOMSBURG.
Home of N. Y. 1 Merchants', of Newark, N,
J. : Clinton. N. Y. I Peonies' N. Y. ; RMri!n..
Pa. ; German American Ins. Co.. New York. 1
Greenwich Insurance Co., New York ; Jersey
wiij rue mi. v.o.f jersey uiiy, r, 1.
These old corporations are well seasoned bv
gv ana tike tcitkd ana nave never Yet had a
loss settled br any court of law. Their assets
are all Invested in solid ixcukitiis, are liable
to tne nxiard 01 Flu only.
Losses llOMrTLY and HONESTLY adiusted
and paid as soon as determined, by CHRIST
IAN F. KNAPP, Sfkcial Agent and Ad-
lUSTEK, BLOOMSBURG, I'A.
JThe people of Columbia county should pat
ronize the agency where losses, If any, are set
tled and paid by one of their own citizens.
ZIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE, viiih in
vititi and ixtillmt (entinti, it a iirary
. inilitl.
It wat induct a hafty Ihtught It print el
tntire nsvit in tach nutnbtr.
Not a short tttvitttti, tut a long itory luck
at you art used to git in look form and fay
from om dollar to 01 dollar and a half for.
Not only that, but with each numiir you git
an abundance ofothir contrilutiom, which gtvit
you a good magatint litidn the novel.
Tht ringing Hows which have tun tlruci en
the gateway of fofular favor, have nsoundid
throughout the entire land, and to-day Lif fin
coll' 1 Magatine standi in the front ran of
monthly publications, and is the most widely-rcad-and-talted-offullicatien
of its lindin the
world. For full descriptive circulars, address
LIPPINCOTTS MAGAZINB.Philadelphi
J3.00 fir yiar, as eft. single number.
The publisher of this fair will receive yen
subscription.
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It rives a brilliant light. It wfll not smottl
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uiuuiuauuTB, JtH.
DEAIE OF JUDGE KELLEY.
KATIIEIl OF THE IIOUBK.
1119 WAS THE I.OHOEST SERVICE IN THE
HOUSE 8II10E THE FOUNDATION OK
THE GOVERNMENT A N0TAI1I.K
FIGURE IN AMERICAN
POLITICS.
Judgo William D. Kelloy, of Ponns
ylvauin, diod In Washington, at G:20
o'clock on tho Oth inst. At his bed
sldo worn Mrs. Kelloy, his daughter,
Mrs. Herstman, his sons, WilHatn D.
Kelloy, Jr., and A. B. Kelloy, Dr.
Stanton, bis attending physio' an and
J. B. Woynck, his private scorctary.
His death was painless, and to watch
ers at his boJside ho seemod to have
fallen into a peaceful sleep. Ho was
uncooBolous at tho lift as ho was at
intervals during tho last two days.
His remains wero buried at Laurel
bill cemetery, Philadelphia. Tho im
mediate oauBO of Judgo Kclloy's death
vsas intestinal catarrh, brought on by
cold contracted during Christinas week.
For somo years, however, ho has been
almost a constant Buffei or from a can
cerous growth in tho side of tho face,
wlncu was removed about six years
aco nv a surc'oal operation. Tno re
lief thus obtained wa only temporary,
and since that time it has developed
so rapidly during tho past year that it
must havo soon conquered mm, had
he not earlier fallen a victim to tho
catarrhal affection. Ho was nearly 70
years old, and during the later years
of his life his general health has not
bton good, so that he easily fell a vic
tim to tho weakening influence of tho
disease.
A 8KETC1I 01' 111s LIKE.
William Darrah Kelloy, who bos
been since 1877 tho senior member of
the lower house of conprea?, was bom
in Philadelphia, April 12, 1814. II b
ancostois were among tho pioneers of
Amorican civilization. He got his
schooling at tho congregational eohool
of tho Second Prosbvt'iian churo'j,
Philadelphia. At tho age o 11 years
ho found employment in a lottery
oflioo, but soon left and went to work
with an umbrella maker. Soon alter
he beoamo copy reader in tho nrintincr.
oflico of tho late Jasper Hardin),. This
work developed a clearness of enun
ciation for which bo was always noted.
To this period of bis lr.o Judgo Kelloy
asoribed his intellectual awakeninc
Before his thirteenth vear ho aunren-
ticod himself to Rickaids and Dabosq,
jewelors. Besides sticking closo to
Ins bench in tne working hours, and in
the evening indulging in his keen ap
petite for books, bo sought active re
creation, in Colonel James Page's State
Kenciblcp. At the ago ot 17 be was
an aotivo member of the Niagara hose
company, though tho constitution of
the company lorbade tho admission ol
any person under 20 years of ago. In
1835 ho fonnd employment in Boston
at his trade. There it was his good
fortune to meet men of high attain
ments, whose influence and example
Ered his ambition. The r aoeuil hall
meeting which he attended and cap
tured, offered a favorablo opportunity
for a taking debut. He afterward
studied law in tho offioe of Colonel
James Page, and in 1841 tho jeweler
became a full-Hedged lawyer. Tho
young lawyer's force as a public speak
er attracted attention and brought
enough business to keep him lairly
employed. In I8I0 ho was made
prosecutor of tho picas for Philadel
pbia, to which place be was twice ap
pointed. In 1845 Governor Shank ap
pointed him to a seat on the bench of
the common pleas, oyer and terminer
and quarter sessions. In 1851 tho ju
dicial office became elective, and ho
was elected associate judge for a term
of ten years. In 1850 bo was nomi
nated tor congress by tho republicans
of tho Fourth congressional district
and, defeated, and soon afterward re
signed his seat on the bench. Ho was
a member of the Chicago convention
of I860, and when Lincoln was
chosen president Kelloy was elected
to congress, wbero ho has remained
ever siuoe.
It is needless in this connection to
go into the details of Judge Kelley'a
long career in tho house, which has
exceeded in longtb that of any of his
contemporaries or predecessors. He
has figured prominently on tho floor of
tho house in the debalos on all tho
vital issuos boforo congress, but has
been so especially assoaiakd with the
championship of tho protection policy
that for many yeais ho has been
known half nlaylully, have derisively,
as "Old Pig lion." From his first
ontranco upon the congressional arena,
ho too'c rank beside tho most earnest
and ablo of tho defenders of the
Union; ho favored the most vigorous
conduct ot the war, and interested
himself, personally for tho comfort of
tho soldiers; he was in favor ot email
oipation aud manhood suffrage, and so
early as 18G2 advocated tho arming of
thu negro; no took an advanced lepub
iicaa position on tho qurstion ot re
construction; ho advocated the Morrill
tariff of 1801, and has since stood
valiantly by tho protective principle,
and has defendod tho greenback as a
good and lawtul money, no less ser
viccablo in poaco than in war. In
1809 he was made a member of tho
coramittoe on ways and means, and
remained in continuous servlco on that
committee until December last, when
in conscquonce of his feoblo health, ho
requeued Speaker need to civo him
committeo assignment which would in
olvo lets labor. In ooroplianco with
that requeU bo was mado chairman of
t'joooinmitteo on manufactures.
Hood's Saksaiaiiii.i.a. Calendah for
800 is out, and the domanu for it
certain to ue immense, tor a moro
"Liking' calendar it is difficult to
eyen imagine. Art and utility aio
beautifully blended in tho lovely girl's
head on a dark o'ivo background, and
tho neat pad appended giving tho
months in concise, readable shape.
with a history of tho year alternating,
in rhyme, aud also illustrated. Early
application at tho druggists will bo
necessary to scouro this gem. If you
fail there, send G cer Is in stamps to
0. 1. Hood & Co. Lo .vell, Mass.
A good way to send coin through
tho mails is to tako apiece of oardboaid
o moro than ordinary thlokness, sepa
rato tho layers at ono sido over 1
Bpaco largo enough to reooivo the ooin
. and when it has been slipped in and
tho card enclosed with the letter in an
I ..1 1.1 . . I
1 euvuiuiw, iiu uuu wuuiu bubihxu m
t presence of money.
Disgnweful Death Eitea.
THE ailASTV MERRIMENT THAT PREVAILS
AT MANY ENGLISH FUNERALS.
It has been asserted with tedious ir
ritation that tho Kriglish peoplo take
their ploasurcs sadly. No ono will
deny tho truth of tho indiotmo.1t, but
it is seldom urged that in rovongo wo
tako our sadness pleasantly. Never
theless, an English funo.al is often a
raorry making, a jovial oxouso for song
and dance, and tho passing of tho
flowing bowl. To go to a funeral is
with Bomo of us equivalent to going
out for a festival holiday.
Let anyono who Is anxious to study
the raannors and customs of tho Eng
lish mourners spend an afternoon
Monday afternoon for oboice in tho
neighborhood of a public house near a
cemetery. I'll warrant he'll come
away with all his preconceived notions
of "going to a fuueral" knocked into
tho cockedest of cockod bats.
The other day It was my good or
evil fortuuo to have an hour to span
in a northern suburb of London. I
had driven somo distance and I want
ed to givo my horse a rest, and so I
put up tor au hour and then wandered
away to 0 public house in tho neigh
borhood, to which I was attracted bv
a large number of empty hearses and
mourning coaches drawn up in piotur
esquo confusion around it Outside
tbo undertaker's men wore ohatting
together with th ir hands in thoir
pockets and wero smoking short clays
and pa8sinir tho pontcr alone. Inside
tho bar was crowded with men and
women dressed in deep mournincr. I
explored tho house and found mourn
crs in tho coffee room, mourners in the
moking room. It was a caso of
mourners mourners everywhere, and
1 can't finish tho quotation, for there
certainly was a drop to drink. Tho
mourners in tho ooffeo room wero more
subdued than the mourners in tho bar
but they were merry. Hero was a
widow who had iust left tho dear de
parted "up tho road," smilinn at a
story which another lady mourner wns
tolling about "old Jones." Thoro was
yomiK man, with a blaok band up to
tho top of his hat, coaxing a girl
in mourning to havo another whisky.
looked around tho room for tears
aud 1 saw but a few. Ono or two
eyes wero red, but smilos wero on tho
ascendant, and altogether the various
mourners belonging to the hoarso out
side seemed disposed to havo a pleas
ant hour ot the "pub" boforo thov
went homo. London Referee.
Tho FuMo Eoads.
No question has taken up moro timo
of the Pennsylvania Legislature than
that of tho publio road laws. A great
many bills havo been prepared having
in view tho adoption of some general
system of road supervision that will
secure the best publio roads at tho least
possible cost to the taxpayers. As
only general laws can be enacted, tho
question has been a difficult ono to
handle satisfactorily to all sections of
the State. In somo parts of the Stato
tbo roads oro in a passable condition,
while in other sections they aro not
worthy of name. In tho poorer and
more sparsely settled parts, whero tho
country is rooky and mountaino is, the
cost eu making and keeping in repair
publio roads is not only very expensive
but the cost tails npon comparatively
few tax-payers. In counties wheie
the roads aro let to tho lowest bidder,
experience has proven that the lowest
price has olten been too high and that
the best bidder was tho worst road
maker. In this oounL-y, especially in
the townships whero tile coal and rail,
road corporations pay the bulk of the
road tax, they havo found it cheaper
to keep tho roads in repair themselves
than'to pay the tax usually assessed for
this purpose by tho township officers.
Nevertheless, this system has not been
satisfactory to tho publio. Corpora-
lions, like individuals, put just enough
work on tho roads to escape the law
and no more. Tho roads kept in repair
by the Philadelphia & Reading Coal
it Iron Co, in this county are as good
as tho average and no better.
Under too presont system there
seems no way of remedying tho evil.
Mho larmers say that the only way to
have good road through the agnuult
ural distriois is to macadamize them,
and this they aro not in a financial
oonditiou to do. In tho mining region
tho excuse is that tho majority of the
taxpayers aro poor and that tor their
purpfiso tbo road are gocd enough.
out good roads aro not to bo consider
ed in tho light of a luxury to the rich
who can attord to drivo fast horses.
Publio highways are a necessity for
travel and trallio, and in this ago of
improvement when groat results hang
upon a fow momentB of time, they
should bo main with a view ot short
ening time and space as much as possi
bio. rousvxae Miners Journal.
THE COUNTRY'S WEAITfl.
ItKHAUKAllI.i: l'lOL'ItKS SHOWING TUB
ItAI'ID STKIUK8 01' TIIE UNITK1) STATES,
New York, Deo. 19. Tho World
has obtained from the treasurer of each
stato tho value of proporty as assessed
lor taxation. The Ucnsus Utlioe in
188G made a roport of its exhaustive
and laborious inquiry Into tho propor
lions existing in oacli stale botwoeu
taxed property and actual wealth,
which ranges botween 25 per cont n
Illinois nnd 03 in Wyoming. Tho
Worlds report shows an increaso in
taxable proporty of $0,003,000,000
and on inorcaso in aotual wealth of
18,1G2,000,000 since 18S0. Tho total
v,ealih is 01,459,000,000 oxolusivo or
tho publio property, and 83,093,000,000
proporty invested and owned abroad
iho assessed valuo of taxed proporty
uuuuur actual weaitu at diiteieut do
cades has been.
Assessed Value,
1659 3,'aSI.013,14S
160 li,tW.MW,0l)5
10 11,813,7311,3611
1SH0 le,tH).',WI,5l3
16 yl,71B,"00.000
Actual Wea'th
113,652,4 19,731
ti.joi.sio, era
8O,0t)8,5IS,5llT
43.ei2.000.0Cl
ei,45.(JUO.(WJ
Tho wealth of tho United States now
oxceeds tho total wealth of tho wholo
world at any tim i provious to tho
in'ddlo of the Kighteenth Century uud
1 10 air 011 111 invostod aoioad is alono
equal to tho national wealth of Por
ULal and Donmark. Tho total wealth
of only fiyo nations is pqual to tho mere
inoioasoot tho Unltol States In tho
past nino yoars.
Calvin S, Unco l-as been nominated
for United States Senator by thodomo
cratio caucus of tho Ohio Legislature.
1890.
THE KtflFFEN OASE.
On Friday morning January 4th the
doid body of Mr. Koiffon was found
In her bed in hor homo in Tronton, N.
J. Tho fnoo was scratched in serorai
places. On tho floor of the same room
lay Miss Pursell apparently uncon
scious, when first discovered, but who
quickly revived. Mrs. Ktiiffen was
tho wifo of Dr. Ktiiffen, a prominent
dentist. Tho Dr. was away from
homo that night, and Miss Purscll who
Is a cousin of Dr. Kniffen's slept with
Mrs. Knlffnn. No ono olso was ii tho
house. Miss Pursell's version of tho
affair is that she was awakened by
Mrs. Kniffen, who said thero wero
burglars in the room, and then Miss
Pursell was seized by Borne 0110 and
knows no moro about it. Artioles
wtro found strewn over tho floor, but
nothing was Btolen so far as known.
Dr. Kniffen returned homo next day.
The polioe at once took possession of
tho premises and put a guard oviir
tho aotious of both Dr. Kniffen and
Miss Pursell, tho theory being that the
latter was in lovo with her cousin, tho
doctor, and that the murder was com
mitted by her to romovo tho obstacle
to their marriage. An inquest was
held on Wednesday of last week, and
by advice of hor counsel Miss Poraell
declined to answer any question when
c alled as witness. She and Dr. Knif
fur wero thou put undor formal arrest,
but wero released on Tbursday on
b'beas corpus proceeding, under 20,
OUO bail.
Whilo tbero aro somo slightly sus
picious circumstances about this case,
thore is nothing but circumstantial
evidence, and so far as has been mado
publio, this is by no means strong
enough to put tho accused on trial for
murder. Mrs. Kniffen died from tho
effect of ohloroform, and Miss Pursell
alleges that sho too was chloroformed.
Mr.. Kniffen was an invalid and Miss
Pursell is a robust girl, which would
account for tho different effects upon
thorn. Miss Pursell is worth 20,000 in
hor own right, she is a stenographer nnd
lypowritor, and has always shown an
t eibion to tho sooioty of mon. Sho is
related to tho family of that namo in
Columbia County and all who know
her scout the idea of her doing such a
deed. Hor brother, David Pursell has
visited Bloomsburg, and is personally
acquainted hero.
It is said that the arrest was inten
tionally brought about by tbo acoused
persons. Thoy wero suspected and
virtually nnder arrest from tho first;
tho papers had published all sorts of
sensational reports, and tho counsel of
Dr. Kniffen and Mies Pursell felt that
thoy conld tho sooner clear themjclves
of all suspicion. It is a curious case and
will bo watched with interest.
A Ohattel-Mortgage Law Needed in Penn
sylvania-
The system of placing mortgages
upon goods and chattels, as well as
upon real estate, is in operation in all
tho States and Territories of tho Unit
ed States excepting Pennsylvania.
Why the manufacturers and business
men of our Stato should bo deprived
of tho benefits of such a law has often
been askod, but wo baye never seen it
satisfactorily answered. In other
States there is no difficulty in placing
chattel mortgages on record, nor has
the law operated disadvantageously in
any way. It has, on tho other hand,
been of great assistance to manufact
urers by enabling them, in times of
groat pecuniary stringency in the finan
cial world, to obtain money advances
upon machinery and vahiablo goods,
wheu tho banks aro unablo or unwill
ing to afford tho usual discounts.
rrobably no class of manutacturers
aro moro inconvenienced by tho ab
sence, of such a law than .tho printers,
lithographers and bookbinders of
Pennsylvania. Owning, as they do,
machines that cost from ono thousand
to thirty thousand dollars each, of a
oharacter easily described and readily
identified, and all ot which may havo
been fully paid for, these manufact
urers of books and nowspapers aro un
ab'o to place any legal incumbrances
upon their machine. y, at any percen
tago on its value, to raise funds for
business needs.
It is very truo that tho strict Penn
sylvania laws bavo been evaded, in
somo cases, by "quiet" bills of sale,
which, without possession of tho
goods, are ot no real value; by various
subterfuges by tho way of "borrowed
and received contracts, wlnoh havo
been decided against as "conditional
sales,'' and by numerous forms of
leases, which liayo seldom been sus
taiued by our courts when appealed to
by debtors. Few business men caro to
risk their money on huoh doubtful ex
podicnts; hence tho necessity for the
passage of a chattel-mortgage law
that will enable a capitalist to ad
vanco money upon chattels as seourely
as upon real estate, protected by doeds
duly reoordod in tbo oihoe ot tbo conn
ty clerk or reoorder, whero access can
at all tims be had to tho records to
ascertain tho claims filed against indi
vuluals or firms.
Let tho printing and paper-trade in
(crests unite in urging tho passage of
such a law, to enabio our citizens to
become- possessed of the facilities and
security afforded by tho chattol-mort
gaga laws ot other Estates. 1' rimer s
Utrcutar.
Wo tako ploasuro in uoticing the
January nuraboi' of Chat, whioh has
lust como to our tablo. Among the
many Biuallor magazines wo do not see
any bo bright, interesting and onler
prising ns tho little visitor. There nro
two now features in this ibsuo "Fash
ion Talks,' illustrated, and tho first of
series of Parts Lottors. Thev aro both
good additions nnd excellently mado
up. Tho College Papers aro oontin
ucd by Miss Kogma iv. urandall, all ort Browning, detached and printed
Smith College, Mass , who writes on plalo paper, noooinpanios tho Jan
splendidly on "Fabels, Faots and Fan- uary number of Book News ( John
cies. mat oxcoio it isoys' and Uirls
btory, "lining tbo liold,' a talo of tho
Norso Sea Kings is also oontlnued.
Besides, thero aro tho usual short com
pleted stories, and papers devoted to
Zig-Zig Sketches, 1' lowers, tho Inval
id s Cornor, Young Folks' MUcellany,
solected Poetry, etc. all put together
in most attractive fo-m, plac'p g Chat
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ines. -18 pagos. Yearly subscription,
91.UU, opeoiinon may bo had by Bend
tng 5 ot. Btamp to l V. Box 573,
Chat Pouubhino Co., Philadelphia,
11.
VOL. 25, NO. 3.
His Eyes Went Back On Him.
THE HEMKDY FOIt A MAN WHO SAW A
WOODS I'UIX OK OOONS.
"Doctor," said a rod faced and
wator eyod man from Wnyne town
ship, as ho oamo into Dr. Bibcock's
office, in Hammondsport, the other
day. "I'm afraid ray oyos is goin'
back on mo, and I dropped in to kind
o' boo if I oan find out whero tboy'ro
lnmo.1'
"Ahl" said tho doctor. "What
seems to bo tho matter with your
oyee!-'
"That's what I don't know," replied
tho man, "but thoy played mo a tnok
t'other day that don't leavo no room
for doubt but what tboro's some
thin' out o' goar with 'em, somehow.
I'll givo you tho symptoms. Maybo
you don't know that I'm qulto a coon
hunter, but I am. T'other day my boy
bought ono o' these britoh loadin' and
repeatin' shotguns, and I told him I'd
go out and seo how it'd work on a
coon. I went out and hadn't gone
more than a mile up tho hill boforo I
seen a big coon pop on to tho limb of
a "chestnut tree IIo carao thoro so
sudden that I couldn't get it through
rao whoro ho had como from and how
ho got thero. But I didn't stop to usk
no questions, but op and blazed away.
iNow, ive got tno namo over way,
Doo, of never missing anything I shoot
at, and of course when I pulled up and
wnangea away at that coon 1 oxpected
to see him tumble, but bo didn't.
When the Btnoko cleared away ho sot
thero jnst as he was when I seen him
first. I was surprised, now I toll yon.
I thought it was tho pun's fault, but
blazed away again. The coon cover
moved. I happened to look, somo
how or other, at a tree off to tho right
of tho ono tho coon was in, nnd thoro
sot another coon on a limb. I thought
I'd try my luck on him, and so I let
him havo a shot. IIo never stirred.
I begun to cot mad by this time, and
durin' a little conversation 1 was bavin'
with myself about the gun I happened
to glanco at n treo to tho left of tho
first trco, and thero on a limb was an
other coon. I tried my luck on tho
third coon and didn't hit bitn'uo moro
than I did t'other two. I looked at
tho first tree; thero was that ooon eet
tin' right whero ho was when I first
seen him. I looked at the second tree
and thoro was that ooon still on the
limb. I tnrncd my head towards an
other trco and thero I seen a fourth
coou, and lookin' around rao which
ever way I might every treo I seen had
a coon in it, and all as lat as coons
could bo. I got wild. "'Thundeil'
I hollered, here's tbo woods full o'
coon, aud I h.ru't got nothing but this
newiangloa gnu that wont hit a
barn.
"But 1 begun to blaze away as fast
as tho gun could spit a cartridge, fust
at one coon and then at another, until
every darn load was emptied out o' the
gun and I hadn't dropped a ooon. I
was list going to slat that gun
to Hinders against a treo when I hap
pened to lub my eye, and when I took
my hand down thore on my linger
was a nice, jolly, fat wood Ioubo. 'I
looked up, but every ooon was gone.
Tho fact o' tho matter Is, Doo, that
wood louso had been hangin' on to one
of my eye-winkers all tho timo. and I
thought I was seeing coons. Be I gtt
tin near-sigbted, or is the optio nervo
doublin' up on me.
"JN either one," said tho doctor.
"Have your hind pocket in your hunt
ing pants out down from quart size to
half-pint and you'll bo all right."
The man went out shaking his hea.
and said he'd think about it Chicago
Herald.
How Nickles and Pennies are Made-
Somo information on tho subject of
an mterestiag contract awarded by
Uncle Sam to tho firm of Merchant &
Co., metal dealers in Philadelphia,
Chicago, etc., for furnishing tho raw
mateiral lor minting certain current
coin of this realm, may not bo un
welcome to our readers. Tho copper
usr-d in tho manufacture of pennies is
of tho very best duality. Tbo metal is
shipped in bulk from the mines to the
factories ot Merchant it fjo. in Con
necticut. Thero it is rolled and stamp.
cd out in circles of tho requisite size,
These circles are perfectly plain, with
tho excepfon ot the raised or muled
edge. At this stago tho pieces intend
od for pennies are as bright as gold
pieces, whilo those intended for nickles
resemble highly polished silver. In
this condition they aro delivered to
tho mint. Of course it is absolutely
necBsary that all tho pieces should bo
bo of uniform size and weight. Tho
transfer from tho factory to tho mint
is made, and tho number ot pieces in
a packago is reckoned by its weight
To find out how many small coins tho
amount ot nickel and oopper contract
ed for at present will make, multiply the
number 01 pounds ot oopper by 100,
and tho number of pounds of nickel
by 70. 'lhis calculation will show
that tbo metal now about to bo mado
up into coin, will raako 35,000 nickels
and 100,000 pennies. Ono hundre
pennies, therefore, weigh exactly ono
pound. When theso pieoes reach tho
mint, tney aro BUbjeoted to the linish
nig process, which consists in stamp
ing thorn with tho denomination let
tering and characters seen on the coins
when thoy reaoh tho publio. To no
complish this, groat pressure is needed
as tho pieces are not boated again alter
leaving tbo lactory tho amount of pi es
suro required is simply enormous, 0011
sidering tho sizo ot tho pieces. Tho
ten tons avordupois, while with th
copper pennies require a pressure
nioklo pieces it is nccossary to put o
a prcssuro of from
twolvo to fiftoe
tons,
LITEEAEY 1I0TE8.
- A fino now portrait of tbo late Hob-
wanamaker, rhilado oh a. The inaua
zino oontalnB a sketch of tbo poet's
lifo, and a review of his last work.
"Asolanda, whioh includes sovoral of
his now poems. Thero aro tho usual
number 01 reviews nnd articles of gen.
cral interest to book lovers, one espeo
ially interesting 00 Miss Amelia B.
Edwards, with her portrait. The des-
1 ........ ,. . . .
unpuvu price-list 01 now books covers
over tblrtcen pages.
Tho dowager empress of Germany.
widow of tho omperor William, diod
01 "ua Mnppe at iiernn last week
YELLOWSTONll PABK.
HOW TIIK NATIONAL nESEflVK 13 atJAHDa
Ell i-tt0M VANDALS.
Tho eurvcillanco of tho Park is in
tho hand of tho military, and irTgood
hands, too. Tho presont superintend
ent is Captain Boulcllc, of tho First
Cavalry, who succeeded Captain Har
ris at tho beginning of tlio season.
Under tho old systom n oivio superin
tendent and nino assistants wero sup
posed to look aftor a traot of country
noarly half as largo as Iho Stato of
Massachusetts, and not only provont
tourists from carrying away tho goy
ser and hot spring formations, but al
so to "round up" tho liantora and trai
pcrs, who would do ranch to dcp'.cto
the national rcscrvo of its noblo gamo
nnless prevented.
Thero was never anything liko a
proper patrol of the park nntii it was
placed undor military control. Every
citizen 'who desires to boo tbo Park
wonders prosorvod should roioico in
Captain Botttello's appointment. With
tho aid of two companies of oavalrv,
one of which is stationed at Monmolli
Hot Springs and tho othor at tho
Lower Geyser Basin, small detaob
ments being placed at tho other tour
ist oenlres, tno regulations mado by
the Interior Department havo boen
efficiently enforced and in a mannor
acceptablo to tho publio.
Homo persons thoro may bo who
havo taken nmbrago because they
wero permitted to despoil tho coysors
and springs ot thoir beautiful deposits,
but overy fair-minded person cannot
but reioioo that tho rules against car
rying away specimens aro strictly and"
impartially carried out. Captain Bo
mas, of tho First Cavalry, tho second
11 command, is, liko Captain ioutelIe,
a thorough officer and a thorough
gentleman. Tho soldiers aro an aid
to tourists, not a menace, and whilo
oarefully guarding tho formations
from vandalism, aro cxcellont guides.
So carefully is tho "no shooting' re
gulation enforced that muoh of tho
gamo is becoming quilo tame. Whifo
was riding over tho trout creek routo
a fow days Binco two boantiful deer
appeared by tho roadside nnd remain
ed thore, owdcntlv without fright,
while my wagon was driven by.
Thero aro thousands of elk, a few buf
falo perhaps three hundred moun
tain Bheep, antelope, boars and othor
game within tho park fncloiuro. Tho
buffalo are seldom seen, bnt aro known
to exist in tbo eastern and southern
parts of tho park. Boston Journal.
Abundant Eojm in America-
nosTON nequoes orrosR senatoh mok-
QAn's AFRICAN SCHEME.
Senator Morgan's plan to solvo tho
raco problem by encouraging tho
blacks to emigrate to Africa does not
appeal to tho colored leaders of Bos
ton. Among tho latter is Dr. James
T. Still, who graduated from Harvard
lie says that senator Morgan s plan
will awaken tbo country to tho tact
that thore aro "no Africans in Ameri
ca to send baok." Jacob W. Powell,
who is a shorthand reporter and type
writer, says: "Senator Morgan's no-
gro colonization scheme belongs to a
period hlty or moro years ago. The
negro is not a ward of this nation, nnd
any attempt to removo him or tt lat
him as sucn is doomel to instaut ana
ignominious failure. Tho idea that
the Southern Butler can do with tho
negro as ho likes is an idea whioh a
Northern Butler helped to drown in a
sea of blood thirty years ago. What
the black man wants, JNortu and South
alike, is justice a just recognition of
his inherent manhood and afairchaiico
to provo his manlypialities beforo tho
world. Colonization schemes may
look very pretty in Senator Morgan's
mind's eye, but no such schetno will
amount to anything which does not
spring from tho moro onlightened
thoughts and wishes of tho negro him
self; and then it will only affect tho30
who beleivo that their spooial inter
ests lie in new fields of physical an
intellectual endeavor.
Isaao S. Mnllin, who holds a resnou-
sib'o position in tho Stato Board ot
I'olice, says that no proposition, vol
untary or otherwise, can or will induce
tho majority of the colored peoplo of
the South to leavo a country whoro for
over two hundred and fifty years thoy
havo beon the bone and sinow of what
little industry tho South has enjoyed.
"Tho tact that they can no longer
bo held as chattels nnd sold as beast",
by thoso who attempted to destroy this
Government is ono reason, perhaps,"
said Mr. Mullin, "why Senator Mor
gan and others of that stripe dos'-e
these people to leave a prosperoas and
civilized country. Thero have boen
negro bank presidents, cashiors and
tellers, but they lost their occupations
when tho I1 reedmen s Bank ceased to
exist through no cause of tho negro
defaulters."
Mr. Mullin says tho negro is hero to
stay, and that America is big enough
for all, irrospcotivo of color, creed or
previous condition.
A HEW BUBMAEIHE BOAT.
A LITTLE VESSEL THAT DIVES AND MOVES
11V ELEOTltlClTV.
Tho Goubet, tho name of tho bvu
built by a private firm at tho expense
of tho State, is a littlo boat o.CO motors
long and 1.53 meters broau. It can
hold two men. Tho body of tho craft
is cast in bronze of a single piece and
can thoreforo bear a vory high pres
sure. It is moved by olectricitv.
whioh in oaso of failuro, can bo re
placed by oars. Completely armed
it weighs 0.000 kilogrammes (about
12,000 pounds) and oan therefore bo
transported easily everywhere.
Hie electricity, as may he safely as
sumed, is 6btained from nccnnmlatota
in the boat, but it t-oeras that this pro
pelling force can also bo transferred
to the boat from laud or from u ship
accompanying tho Goubet by means of
a wiro, whioh would naturally con
s'derably hamper tho movements of
tho submarine craft. Tho btores of
compressed air aro Bald to last for
twonty four hours, and can, by an
nntomatio arrangement, bo bo distrib
uted that tho stato of the air in tho
ship is constant. Tho boat was ' 11
merscd lor eight hours at a depth of
ten meters, with two sailors in it, and
theso experienced not tho slightest in
oonvonienoo during that period. As a
special advantage it is claimed for tho
boat that it can at n word otosmmand
sink any depth, greatest probably ten
meters, rcmaiu thero and chaugo its
position at will, 1 ho sinking and ris
ing in the water, it is said, can bo
credited with tbo greatest regularity,
whlou is not the caso niiparcntly with
the Spanish submarine boat l'eral and
the othor Frenoh boat Gymnoto. Co
logne Gazette.
Senator Quay has introduced a bill
to givo a pension of 100 a month to
Mrs. Sallie Douglass Hartranft, widow
of Genoral Hartranft. Tho bill was
roferrod to the committeo on iiunslous,
and no opposition to its ppoedy repoit
and passage can bo dicoverod.