.1 i:tai!1.hi:kii isin. T!tf c'clanitia gcwcrrr.t, F.- r.wii.isiu;!) is;r. c f;xi.!i.v:'ui m. ri Bi.i MiKK nv V.LVTELL & kvi;::y it.iday mhiininu A It'ioom-bur, thf County S''a: of Columbia t Dimly. I'i'uh.sj iv.iufii. srnsruipnos ll.oo a year. In advance, $1.S0 f ni" pul l In mlvtino". All cnru;uul.':ill')!.i s'loul 1 b ail lr".ni 'I to T11K COLl'MHIAN, liloo:n:uiY, t'a. Friday, r::n:UAKV jo. is9i. F.x -governor Beaver has resume J the practice of law at iJellefonte. Senator Herring has introduced a bill intended to cure an anomalous condition of things in the mines of Sul livan county. These mines produce a semi-bituminous coal, but great diffi culty is experienced in mining the mineral because the anthracite minets are not familiar with the way in which bituminous coal is worked, and the bituminous miners cannot undergo a successful examination under the anthracite mining, laws. The conse quence is that no adequate means exist to develope the coal in the indi cated mines. The purpose of the bill is to exempt men who would be will ing to operate in these mines from the requirements of the anthracite miners' examination law and place them under the act relative to the examination of bituminous coal miners. yASHINGTOH LETTEfi. From our Keular Correspond'-nt. Washington. D. C. Feb. 16, 1891. Mr. Cleveland's letter against the free and unlimited independent coin age of silver did not create the excite ment in Congress that the sensational newspapers have said it did. In the first place the views expressed by Mr Cleveland are precisely those held by him and publicly expressed just before his inauguration as President in 1885, so that a reiteration of thetn was no surprise to those acquainted with the man. Of course there are differences of opinion among democrats in Con gress as to the wisdom of having taken this time to reiterate them, but Mr. Cleveland's friends point to the fact that he did not do so until asked to take part in the anti-silver meeting in New York. They say that if he had not given his opinion in answer to that invitation he would have been open to the charge of cowardice, and everybody knows that there is nothing approaching cowardice in Grover Clevelands make up. Many eminent democratic Senators and Representatives in t' eir disap pointment at seeing the last hope of the passage ot the free coinage bill by the House at this session vanish, as it did with ihe publication of Mr. Cleve land's letter, said, upon the spur of the moment, things which upon cool second thoughts they will probably re gret. Mr. Cleveland may or may not be the nominee of the democratic party next year, but it does not appear probable to an unprejudiced mind that his expressing a personal opinion, which he was well known to hold, eighteen months before the meeting of the national convention of the party would absolutely eliminate him from the presidential field. "Successful politics" said a democratic Senator to day "are always practical and if when the con vention meets its members shall be of the opinion that Mr. Cleveland is the strongest man he will receive the nomination, otherwise not; and the rank and file of the party, who want the man nominated that can win, not any particular man, will ratify the choice of the convention, whoever he may be. A year and a half is a good while. Let us all keep cool and meet the issues when they confront us. Nothing is to be gained, but much can be lost, by being precipitate." Washington, where both men had many warm friends, was greatly shock ed by the deaths of Admiral Porter and Gen Sherman, one on Friday and the other on Saturday, and many kind and loving regrets have been express ed by all classes. By order of Mr Harrison all of the departments will b dosed tomorrow, the day of Ad miral Portei's funeral, and it is expect ed that Congress will adjourn as a mark of respect. lie will be buried ivic.i military honors at Arlington ceme- u-y m a spat selected by lwnseli not i'n,' ago. . With the death of these t .v men the last of the great Union commanders of the civil war have passed aw: iv, and with both of them dies the h : iest rank in their respective branch es 'if the service Admiral of the navy a,'"! General of the army. he enemies of ciyil serice reform, a 1 - he is run by tiie preset Conuuis s . trs, came very near succeeding in a ,1 : nk movement in the House, the ot ' i t of which was to cut off the sup 7 ' ; of the commission by reducing ' appropriation for the hire of . ' :s. The movement failed, but it : 'ud in some plain talk about the ni uiriej in which the commission .v'it '-:3 that could not have been pleas ;iv; iq the commissioners. .There are certain indications of the "near approach of the junketing season II coming in sight. Mr Harrison is pre paring to make a thirty day tour of the Pacific coast in the private cir of the would I e Presidential candidate of the Farmers Alliance, Senator Stanford, and the Senate, has by r. solution authorized two committees Naval affairs, and Canadian Relations to travel around at Government expense next summer. Senator Plumb stirred up the bile of some of the members of the latter committee by saying that he met the committee in California last fall and felt inclined to present it with a map so that it could find out where Canada was. The Interior department was closed at noon to-day in respect to the mem ory of ex-Secretary A. H. II. Stuart whose funeral took place at Staunton, Virginia. Mr. Harrison has not yet demanded the resignation of Pension commission er Ratlin, notwithstanding his unfitness for the office, which was fully proven, in spite of the efforts of the republi cans on the committee to shield him, by the late investigation. The Senate has succeeded in tangl ing up the copyright bill so badly that it will not get straightened out at this session. Senator Vorhees, who has been quite ill is slowly getting better. Sen ator Hearst's condition remains un changed. No one appears now to anticipate an extra session of congress this spring although of course it is possible. There is a rumor that the republicans of the Senate are going to try to rush the Force bill through during the closing hours of the session, but 1 don't think there is anvthincj in it. A Rtial Balsam is Kemp's Balsam The dictionary says, "A balsam is a thick, pure aromatic substance flowing from trees," Kemp's Balsam for the throat ami tings is the only cough' medicine that is a real balsam. Many thin, watery cough remedies are called balsams, but such are not. Look through a botte of Kemp's Balsam and notice what a pure, thick prepa ration it is If you cough use Kemp's Balsam. At all druggists'. Large bottes 50 cents and $1. The Legislature Mr. Flannery, of Luzerne, introduc ed a bill in the house Friday to pro tect anthracite coal miners by properly weighing coal. It makes 2.340 pounds a ton. He also introduced a bill pro viding that national guard organization n towns of less 15,000 be given $100 a year for armory rent, the same amount as is given guardsmen in cities with a larger population. Captain Skinner introduced the bill providing for.an appropriation for the soldiers orphans' schools. The amount is $17,000. Mr Wherry, of Cumberland, offered a reso ution providing for the appoint mcnt of a committee of three mem bers and two senators whose duty it will be to make an investigation of the present methods of supervising the charitable and correctisnal institutions to consider the advisability of abolish ing the state board of charities, with its committees on lunacy and the practicability of establishing in place thereof a state department to be known as the department of supervis ion. Consideration of the resolution was postponed for the present. A resolution offered by Mr. Mullen of Erie was adopted, requesting the Pennsylvania senators and congress men to support Senator Quay's disabil ity pension bill. A number of bills on first reading were disposed of, and the house ad journed until Wednesday evening. A Eailroad Suit Decided. JUDGE METZGER'S OPINION IN FAVOR OF THE W1LLIAMSPORT & NORTH BRANCH. Tudce Metzcrer has filed an nninirm sustaining the decision of the master in uie sun oeiween tne UUanisport & North Branch and the Phil.-idi-lnhia & Erie Railroad Companies. The matter has been in litigation over a year, and grew out of the efforts of tne latter to prevent the former from effecting an entrance into Williams- port. The Williamsnort & North Tirmrh backed Lv the Lehitrh Vallm-. hnrl lines surveyed, and preparations were beir.z made to heinn cnnKtrnrtinn when the Philadelphia & Erie laid sw.tcnes near the point of intersection, which resulted in an impassable bar rier. Owing to the imnortanri? r.f thp operations, and the well-known desire of the Lehigh Vallev to net into U'il. liamsport, tije legal battle was begun 0:1 a large scale, and for a time injunc tions were flying thick and fast. At last the matter was referred to J. A. Beebir, master, to take testimony His report was in favor of the William sport & North Branch, and after a careful review, was sustained by the Court. As the dispute now stands, it is probable that the Supreme Court will have to pass finally before a full settle ment is effected. It L claimed that if the proposed line is built it may be the connecting link in what will ultimately be a through line, passing through William sport, affording an outlet to the Beech Creek and Fall Brook lines, and U the same time giving the Lehigh Val ley an outlet to the West. 3IEMBES3 DISAGREE. When House Bill No. 30, requiring school directors to be sworn or affirm ed before entering upon their duties was before the House, the following discussion took place between Messrs Tewksbury and Krickbaum, We quote from the L'gUlature lle-cor-h Mr. Terkhury It seems to tne there is no necessity for this bill. First school directors arc an unpaid body of men. They do not need to be qualified or sworn, in my judgment. As I say. they arc unpaid an 1 I see no reason why a body of men who are doing so much work for nothing shall be obliged to pay for having the oath administered to them. This bill makes no provision for this expense, and another reason, we arc multiply ing the requirepients of officers when we provide that they shall be sworn to every trifling affair that occurs and there by, it seems to me, the solemnity of an oath is beirg very much lessen ed in our Commonwealth. Mr. Kricklxvtm Mr Speaker, my colleague, I think, is wrong. He i- right 011 the face of things; he is rot nght in detail. When anybody tells me that the office of school director is worth nothing he is simply mistaken. It is worth something I tell you. I know of places in my o n county-ami I do not need to go out of his town ship (looking at Mr. Tewksoury) where there have ' been contests for school director and for the office of secretary and treasurer of the board. They generally teait to be treasurtr or the purp me of getting the tmo per cent, and that is what llv.y tcUut to be school dirtctois for. Mr. Tetrkbury Mr. Speaker, I hate to lock horns with my colleague, especially when we have got to go into detail, and I have never been a school director in my county at all and my colleague has. He ought to know very much more about school matters in general than I do, perhaps, but I think I know as much about school affairs in the township in which I live Catawissa as he does I do not believe it is true that there is a dispos ition upon the part of our people to get into the school board for the sake of making a miserable little two per cent, out of it. I believe that the people of our township, (and as he has referred to my township I think I have a right to defend her,) have the best schools, the best school houses, the best managed schools in the whole county, and we believe as good as there is in the State. And, sir, our school directors are not sworn. They may do some swearing some times, but they manage their affairs in their own way under the law. There would be an oppor tunity if this act should become a law for some person through spleen or spite, or, as Josh Billings used to say, pure cussedness, to swear falsely in order that there might be a forfeiture of the State appropriation. It is a very grave item laughter, a very great item in our State appropriation, inasmuch as we expect to have that appropriation increased by the House to about $4,000,000. We want to be in a position so that no person, either through meanness or cussedness, can get us into a position that we cannot obtain that State appropriation. We want to keep the schools of townships at their present high standing. We believe that under the present law we will get upon our board men who are competent to serve when I say competent, I mean people who have large broad-guage views on public questions, and net little matter fel lows who want to get into the school board to make the little two per cent ; but rather men who are willing to do their duty without regard to the pay and do their duty without fear of re ward or hope of punishment. Laugh ter and applause. Mr. Krickbaum Mr. Speaker, I have no interest in this bill. What I said was all in kindness, and I know it to be true. I know that when a school director makes one hundred and fifty dollars, three hundred dollars, four hundred dollars or five hundred dollars a term out of his office that there is something in it And that is what they do not very far from where we live. I want to correct my friend in one thing. He says in the township of Catawissa they have no trouble. I know of one director who told me within a year that he had settled a difficulty with relation to their school directors. That they had fixed the salary at fifty dollars, and then they could divide up or take choked off. The Clearfield county real estate of Ex-Senator Wallace has been sold at Sheriff's sale. The whole amount realised by the sale was $30,000. This is subject to mortgages and licr.s amounting to about $130,000, The proceeds of the sale l-d in iml-r. merits confessed prior to the assign ment a total 01 $73,000. The property can be sold at mivit,. sale on time, with interest, and ap plies in payment of oiaer debts for much more than this. It V.IC 1 11 'til itvr bought by Thomas L. Wallace, of iiarnsourg. f.x-Senator Wallace as his agent, will manage the property to pay prior liens and other debts. He is sanguine he can pay all. No part of the large coal property of 5,100 acres was sold. GENERAL SHERMAN. General William T. Sherman died at his home in New York City last Saturday. He was born at Lancaster, Ohio. February 8, iSjo, so that he was a few days more than seventv onc years of age. A history of his life would involve a history of the re bellion. He was one of the great war loaders, and is about the last of them. The e.nains were taken to St. Louis, and buried on Thursday. Agmst The Eurlick Bill on. Krnvr.us proiksv against tiis l'ASSC.E Or THE MEASURE. The Burdick bill to reduce the rates for transporting oil through pipes is not only receiving the opposition of the Standard Oil Company, but in dependent refiners, whose works are located in the oil regions, are protest ing against its passage. One of these men, who has been an uncompromis ing enemy of the Standard, has written to a member of the House stating that if the bill were passed as introduc ed it would drive them out of the busi ness, or they would have to move to the seaboard. Philadelphia refiners would have a great advantage over them. as they could have the oil in its crude form deliver ed at tweiuy-scven cents a barrel und er the bill, while the cost to refiners in the petroleum region to ship a barrel of oil to Philadelphia would be fifty seven cents, twelve cents to have it piped to a railroad station and forty five cents a barrel to have it conveyed to its eastern destination by train, pipes not being available for the trans portation of refined oil. Husband and Wife. Have more than once been saved by timely use of Kemp's Balsam for the throat and lungs, after all other remed ies have been tried in vain. The Bal sam stops decay of the lungs and cures influenza and acute and chronic coughs. There is no other medicine in the world that acts so promptly, certainly none that does its work so thoroughly as Kemp's Balsam. All druggists sell it. Large bottles 50c and $1. VICINITY OF TAURUS. The people in this neighbor ?hoo 4 are taking a deep interest in singing school, which is conducted by a man from Berwick. So far he seems to meet the demands of his pupils, and he is accomplishing a good work. A little more than a week ago Mr. Laubauch's dry-good store at New Columbus, was broken in and the money drawer robbed. It happened, that only a small sum of money was in the store. The people of the M. E. church at Cambra had a chicken and waffle sup per recently. Mr. Abner Kline of Coles Creek died, after a short illness on last Sat urday week. He was a good mem ber of the Methodist Protestant church and we feel assured that he has gone to reap a good reward. Rev. Miller has been having good success in his efforts in revival meetings this winter. The spring term of school at the New Columbus Academy will begin on the 13th of April. The citizens are contemplating a good school, as they have secured the services of an excel lent teacher. From Supt Jat. Waltoa of Cheater county: "lion Wm. CUkle'i licturu on "How to get strong" is not only entertuiuiog but positively helpful, ilia luestoiye to tbe World will )ijtbtn the burdens of life from all who lead blm an open ear. BLOOMSBURG. Fine Cabinet portraits only 3 tloz. Life size Crayons only $10.00. T 1 fii'i rt re V lis v AU w cony- mg and enlarging. Instaut process used. tf. SHERIFF'S SALE. Ily virtue of mimlry wrlta of l'l. Fa. Issued out of the Court or Common l'leus of Coluiiioln coun ty, I'a., and to Hi ) directed, then; will ba bold In tho siierlll's Olllco at thd Court House, blooiiishiirj.', i'a., on SATURDAY, MARCH 14, iS9r, at Wo'cl Mli a. 111, t he following: All the rl'ht, title aud tuti-rcsl of CH:ito:i Sober, .Muntn 1.. holier, I iter iMriuers doinjj busluets under lilt) Him nam) of holier Hiok, the d-'ieutl.iul.i of In, uud Ij all that certain ines Uu'v, tra-!t m.d piece of land situate lu Madia ju tw, t'ul. Cj., l'a b mil led and dcsclbcrt as f' Jl'ms, to-M It: Ou (he norm Ly lauds of Juhu Fine, on tiie cast by lands of Nicholas Heiih'lo a-id Hethui 1 Whlp;l, on the xouih by lands of William McMleliael and 'UnVli and on tho west by lands of t'has. O.idson and tlei heirs of K!iep!iMrd ltunyon and A. Wohlfunl, cnntalulntr 300 ACRKS OF LAND, b ) tun b.iiu In ire or 1 ss, Iimi .vie of wlit-li Is clcati'd and the balance b lnl' wovl and Umber land, wh -reini are cnrled a two-story Frame Dwelling H:use- l'ramn Hum and outbuildings. bi'led, taken Into exeeiul jii 111 iho suit oi ('. K. Sube", Dr. 1). H. llolhmb.wh, !u 'ii.t & l.l". bl', II. It. Killp versus t'lin!ou 1), Sober, Miiiilil I Hob'-r. Ulu pai'Lnin il ilu,,' business under tho n. in iiaine or Huber llros. and to bo Hold as tie) prop.ii'ty of t'llulou I. Sober nud Mania L. Mobcr, Holier Urns. JOHN II. CASEY, 11VAN & IIHKII1SU, blierirf. W. A. soiikh, Atty3. J. O. lUi.lU, ) AK A NOTE' OF 8T We begin the New Year by Marking Down all WINTER CLOTHING. 111 COATS AT COST. ?EE COATS at COST. CHILDREN AND BOYS, OLD AND YOUNG, CAN BUY CHEAPER THAN EVER AT LO WEN BERG'S POPULAR CLOTHING STOEE. IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF CARI'JET, illATTIXG, or OI1L (CjLOTII, YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT W. M. B10WJEM 2nd Door abovo Court House. ' A new lot of Window Curtains received this week. ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO. DEALERS IN Cigars, Tobacco. Candies, Fruits and Nuts . SOLE AGENTS FOR Henry Mail lard's Fine Candies. Fresh Every "Week. SOLE AGENTS FOR F. F. Adams & Co's Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco Role agonta for tbe following brands ot Cigars: Hoary Clay, Londree, Normal, Isdiaa Princess, Samson, Silver Ach Bloomsburg, Pa. J". C3-. "WBLLS- Be sure and look at the display of ' JEWELRY, WATCHES, &c. FINEST LINE IN THE COUNTY. HAVE YCUS EYES FITTED FREE OF CHARGE AT J. G. WELLS'. ALL CLASSES GUARANTEED TO FIT. Prepared to turn out fine Watch and Jewelry Work of all kinds on short notice. All work guaranteed. AUMIMSTRATOK'S NOTICE. tMitie ttf Murt!ui J. Jiilrjitr, rtetwwuf. Let frs cif lul'nluls' rtitln:t'im teitnnientnm an. iK-xoim lb" i-viilt- lit Vur:)ir .1. lvlir.ir, lain ut IJpy, '.iuiniiU i'ihim'. v, l'i inisylv:iiila, ilwns. !.lr Ihh'Ii 'jranl.Ml In 1 lincnix V. Kilii.tr, r. -Mull. if lu kiiM plan., In win, 111 nil pi'iMiiis lll ili lii-il to itiilit f siuli' aiv ii'iin si i'U 10 inaks )a-lu'-iii, mill liio-r lia lui; I'lalnis or ibMiiuliUs will luaki) kuouu :lif bailie w niiom di-luy. TliOMAS W. I-.DOAH, J-V-lw. AilmLilbinilur. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. ?'o1li'P k UjMVby tfhvii that Iwiim-k ti'.tiiiil"ilt 11 ry on I !:i p'. 01 .Murj A. iai.-'iilnnili, lalo of 1 1111 lo, 1isM;i of 1 i!-n'i'i.. coniii of 1 olumiii 1, 'n, uVivavil. h i,' bTii t,i-auioi (1 William llai 11. bui li, r. lil"t.t or ital.l lo. nshl!, to w'.imiu all prisons li l. Oil ! J to tv lli I I all' I ri' l'"HUoM I'll t 1 lit" iriMiii'Hi, ami tli w liavim: ilnliu-, or il w 111.' uiiH la iko k aoivii ili' h 11. i" wlniout u. hn. W ll.I.JAM llAOiCNKI'. II, Wu. II. Snyimiii, Ally. i-.Ai'.'uior. !:?3 ?csiti:ns I 'f I Mo,,.' win, 1,-al'l) k,t(tvl ll 'IV ... wippi'f. For rlrcul'ti's irlilivst .i.'w. lo-b-ri'i, I'ii'sl l. iit 01 tlw Jilwlni Miorlhiiua Culli'H'i, Llmini, -N. V. & QPTWIAN. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. h'f Ulu vf Jacob ll. Frlti, lute qr Sugitrloaf tirp. llrttusrll. Notice Is hp-.-i'by civil t;lat Mtorn of nilinltils trull, m on tin' I'simo of Jacob II. Frit., lulu of MlKailoat two, lol. Co. l'n., ileiHisfil, liaM- beou trnin'.i'il to t lit. uiiiIitMkihhI IKlmlnlM ratlin to M liotu nil pcr.soiih liiili'bti il to tialil I'HIult" urn rr pu -iii il to make pioitit'UiH, ami tlioMc liavlnif rlalins or (I, iiiamU w ill luuko kuuuu tho mum wlilioul U, lay to or to AMANDA YHl1", A. L. Fritz, AMA.NUl S r lilTZ. JC-iPit. 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