mm' KSTADUSHEI) IMfl. Zt (L'olumMa Jcmenat, KsTABt.tNIIKI) KIT. CONSOLIDATED Vm. rrni.iKiiKi by ELWELL & BITTENBENDER KVKHV KHID W MOHMNU At llnoiiislmrK the County aont of Columbia Con nt y , l'o n nsylva n I n. HiTBRCRirTtON $1.(10 a year, in advance, Jl.M If not paid In advance. All communications should br addressed to THE COLUMBIAN. BloomsbtirKi I'a MilDAY MAY 15, 1891. THE LEGISLATIVE. Special 1'oiTO.spondence ot Tub Columbia HARRtsnuRO, May 13, 1891. In the Senate, yesterday morning, Senator Herring, of your county; mov ed that the Senate go into executive session for the purpose of confirming uovetnor rattison s rnuacicipnia ap pointments. He made a lengthy speech, in which among other things, he said he desired to convince his Republican brethren of the error of their ways. He also defined the dut ies of the Governor and Senate re specting appointments, and held that the agreement entered into by the majority and minority had nothing to do with the issuing of commissions by the Governor. He said in conclusion that the minority would stay here until the crack ol doom rather than yield its rights. This speech stirred up a hornet's nest, and several Senators took ex ceptions to Mr. Herring's remarks. Among others Gobin, Republican, of Lebanon ; Lloyd, Democrat, of Cum berland ; Paden, Republican, of Tioga; Green, Democrat, of Berks, and Rob inson, Republican, of Delaware The motion did not prevail, and the po sition : on the question remains un changed. BALLOT REFORM. Senator McDonald, of Luzerne, moved to reconsider the vote by which the Baker Ballot Reform bill had been sent back to the Election's Committee. He said it was an important measure, and that it should no longer remain in the hands of the Committee. Senator Ross, of Bucks, said that there were the best of reasons why it should re main in the hands of the committee. Senators Robinson, of Delaware, and Robbins, of Westmoreland, wanted the bill placed on the calendar. A re mark made by Robinson that this bill was not wanted in the country dis tricts brought Mr. Ross again to his feet, who said that the people are de manding ballot reform. Senator Mylin, of Lancaster, was not in favor T ballot of constitutional reform, .'ending the discussion of the motion ;he Senate adjourned until this morn ing. A prominent Democratic Repre sentative remarked to your corres pondent last night that the Republi can Senators were doing good work for Democratic success next fall, and their pretence for ballot or any other sort of reform was a mere sham. Don't you think he speaks the truth ? IN THE HOUSE. Matters are moving along in the old fashioned way. When the Non For feiture Life Insurance Bill came up .on second reading, Mr. Lytte.of Hunt ington, said he hated to complain, but he must request the Speaker to have insurance agents kept from the floor of the House. To which the Speaker responded by directing the Sergeant-at-Arms to remove any insurance agent found soliciting votes on the floor. The bill then passed to third reading with some unimportant amend ments. The act providing for the health and safety of persons in and around anthracite coal mines came up on third reading, and passed after be ing slightly amended. THE WORLD'S FAIR. The report of the Committee of Conference on the Chicago World's Fair bill was adopted. It provides that $300,000 be appropriated so that Pennsylvania be properly represented, and also that a Committee of Fifteen be appointed 'of which six shall be chosen by the Governor, six by the Speaker of the House, and three by the Speaker pro tern of the Senate. LAST NIGHTS SESSION. The session of the House last night was mainly devoted to the considera tion of appropriation bills on second reading. There was some division. however. First when Mr. Ritter, of Lycoming, moved to reconsider the bill to grant liquor licenses in a ratio of every stven hundred population was in definitely postponed at Monday night's session. He was seconded by Mr. Lytte, of Huntingdon, but the House was "forninst" the bill entirely, for when Mr. Quigley, of Philadelphia, moved to indefinitely pospone Mr. Ritter's n.otion for reconsideration it was carried by a tremendous shout of ayes. The second was when two vetoes of Governor Pattison were laid before the House and read by the clerk. The first, in reference to the publication of the Mercantile Appraisers' list of Al legheny County, his objections were sustained by a vote of 86 yeas to 76 nays ; and the second to the bill au thorizing boroughs to increase their indebtedness for certain special pur 'poses, the Governor's objections were again sustained by a vote of 80 to 70. This Legislature can do many things, but it cannot override the able and sound vetoes of our popular Reform Governor. I INDULGING IN PLEASANTRY. As the end of the session draws near, the members of the House arc inclined to indulge in the more than usual amount of pleasantry Last night before the session began several members sang with considerable effect, " The Old Oaken Bucket." while oth ers were engaged in the dignified work of throwing pamphlets and paper balls at their colleagues. But dignity was soon a distinguishing characteristic of the lower brands of the Pennsylvania Legislature. I he final adjournment will take place about the 28th inst. THE LEGISLATURE APPORTIONMENT. The Republican Legislature Appor tionment bill has passed the House on second reading. It is about as unfair and unjust as the Republican party it self. I think the Republicans will have their pains for nothing, for the bill will surely be vetoed by the Gov ernor, and, as they have not a two thirds vote in either branch, they will not be able to defeat his veto. Columbia. HERRING RAISES A ROW. THE COLUMBIA SENATOR SAILS INTO THE REPUBLICANS. The senate chamber was the scene of an animated debate on Tuesday, which took every Senator by surprise except Mr. Herring, of Columbia, the youngest member of that body, who precipitated it. The Senate had scarcely been called to order before Senator Herring launched forth in a speech, which proved to be one of the ablest delivered at this session. It was a severe criticism of the course of the majority in refusing to confirm the more important nominations of Gov ernor Pattison. Many authorities were cited to show that the Republi can stand was untenable. The young Senator was defiant, and declared that the minority were in a position to dictate terms, and that they would not be satisfied until the oppo sition had made an unconditional sur render. His Democratic colleagues were as much surprised as the Repub lican Senators by his attitude, and Messrs. Lloyd and Green tried to mol lify the partisan feeling which the speech excited among the Republicans. It had become pretty generally under stood that the suspended appointments were to be confirmed in the near fu ture, but the political onslaught of Senator Herring caused a radical change in the situation. senator Gobbin hinted that the dif ficulties between the majority of the Senate and the Governor were about being adjusted but the bitter speech of the Senator from Columbia had made a settlement undesirable at this time. Senators Gobin and Packer di rected their oratorical shafts at Mr. Herring, but he stood his ground gal lantly. Senator Robinson indulged in a lot of pleasantries and indicated that there was nothing to be gained by hanging up the Governor's appoint ments, as he could reappoint the same men at the end of the session. A motion offered by Mr. Herring to go into executive session for the pur pose of considering the suspended nominations was voted down by a party vote. The discussion on the Governor's appointments was followed by an in teresting debate on the disposition made of the Baker ballot reform bill in its recommittal to the Senate commit tee on elections. In an interview with Senator Crouse, the chairman, it was stated by that gentleman that the ac tion had been taken to enable Sena tors McDonald, of Lackawanna, and Monaghan, of Schuylkill, to make a- mendments to the bill. Goal Found in Columbia County, The farmers in Locust and Roar ing Creek townships, Columbia coun ty, are greatly excited over what they believe to be a find of valuable coal, near Slabtown. The discovery was made while plowing on Samuel Cases' land, several pieces of coal being turn ed up. An out-crop has since been found along the creek at Jeremiah Snyder's mill, from which several buckets of free burning coal have been taken. Steps are to be taken to ascer tain the extent and value of the de posit. The above is clipped from a dis patch dated at Ashland, to the Phila delphia Times. It Works Wonders. The tonic and alterative properties of S. S. S. are now widely known, and it enjoys wonderful popularity as a spring medicine. It is as perfectly adapted to the delicate system of a little child as it is to that of the adult. It works wonders on those who use it as a tonic, as an alterative, and as a blood purifier. It gives health. strength and heartiness to the sick and the feeble. J t is adapted to the very young and the very old. It revives. renews builds up the feeble or the broken-down system. Forest fires are faginc throughout Central Pennsylvania. In many sec tions the mountains are ablaze and great tracts of timber have been destroyed. Bo Sure It you have mmln up your mind to buy Hood's Sarsaparllla do not le Induced to take any other. Hood's Sarsaparllh Is A pccullnr medicine, possessing, hy virluo of its peculiar combination, proportion, nnd preparation, curative power superior to any other article. A Iloston lady who knew what sho wanted, and whose rxamp'o Is worthy Imitation, tells her experience below : To Get In one storo where I went to buy Hood's Barsaparllla the clerk tried to Induce mo buy their own Instead ot Hood's; ho told 1110 tholr's would last longer; that I might take It on ten days' trial; that It I did not like It I need not pay anything, etc. Dut he could not prevail on mo to change I told him I knew what Hood's Sarsaparilla was. I hnd taken It, was satisfied with it, and did not want any other. Hood's When I began taking Hood's Sarsaparilla I was feeling real miserable, guttering a great doal with dyspepsia, and so weak, that at times I could hardly stand. I looked, and had for some time, like a person In eon sumption. Hood's Sarsaparilla did ma so much good that I wonder at myself sometimes, and my friends frequently speak of it." Mm. Ella A. Gorr, ci Terrace Stroot, Boston. Sarsaparilla Jold by all druggiiU. f 1 1 six for $S. Prepared only jyC. L HOOD CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. IOO Doses One Dollar A RIDE TO DEATH. AWKUL DISASTER IN POTTER COUNTY. a train wrecked in the midst ok a forest fire. Coudersport, Penna., May 11. To night the lumber farming towns of Austin, Costello, Galeton and Moore's Run, in Potter county, are on the verge of a panic, two especially being threatened with annihilation from fires that seem to form an impenetrable wall on every side. tor several days the skies have been lighted up with fires apparently in every direction, but little fears were entertained by the people living in the towns, as those threatened and in danger were farmers in the country districts or lumber camps in the midst of the blazing forest. In spite of every effort, however, the flames crept steadily in towards the helpless to wis until it was seen the people must fight back the flames or have their houses burned down over their heads. At Moore's Run, on the pretty Sinnemahoning road, a crowd of seventy-five willing men, sent out from Austin Sunday night, had been fight ing back the fire. They made trenches, piled up earth and lighted back fires, but were finally obliged to retreat. The men hastily boarded the train and started to make a run to an other point when it was found they were hemmed in by the forest fires on one side and a huge skidway of logs on the other. It was finally decided to dash past the burning skidway, and the enirineer and firemen, with faces covered with dampened cloths and their hands and arms wrapped in wool, mounted the little engine and pulled out through the wall of fire. The men gathered in groups on the flats for protection or lay on their taces on the floor. As the blazing furnace of logs was approached the heat became unbearable and the smoke so blinding and stifling the men were obliged to cover their mouths with cloths. Just opposite the mil lions off e;t of burning Iocs, where the heat and smoke and flames were. the greatest, a terrible thine ocurred. The engineer had forgotten that such great heat would surely spread the rails, and he pulled the throttle wider in the hope of sooner escaping from the torment of heat and smoke. Then then there was a lurch, an ominous heaving and a shriek of dispair as the train toppled over into the hell of fire underneath. A scene ensued never to be forgotten by those who escaped, though every man will bear to his grave a mark of that awful moment. The cars caught fire and the men half blinded and scarcely realizing any thing, except that they were being slowly roasted to death, struggled fear fully to regain the track where safety lay, for a time at least. Those un injured from the fall, and smarting from the pain of intense heat, bravely turned their burned, blackened hands to aid their more unfortunate fellows. At this hour it is impossible to se cure details, though enough is known of the scene thai followed the hurling of the struggling mass of men into the furnace of flames, to say its like had never occurred before. Superintendent Badger, of the Sen- nemahoning Valley Road, was in charge of the relief train and had worked the hardest of them all to save the properties of others. When the train ditched and rolled over so sud denly he must have been injured so as to be unable to help himself, and ow ing to the smoke and panic he was not found until too late jammed in the wreck he had evidently slowly burned to death. At this time, 9.30 p. m., it is kn' wn that six others also miserably perished at once or died soon after, and thirty others of the party were badly burned, many probably fatally, owing to the fears that they inhaled the flames. Seven others of the parly are missing, and their fate is unknown, though they are likely to be in the charred wood t ntAt?M fort m mm wa v wtt m ?r-t. SPRING BLACK AND BLUE CHEVIOTS. LADIES SHOULD SEC THE PRETTY SUITS FOR CHILDREN. Call and examine and see for yourselves that LOWBNBERa'S is the right place to buy your Clothing. of the logs of the train. A wrecking party started for the scene as soon as the fearful news spread, many relatives of the men in jured insisting on accompanying the wrecking train, though they will hardly be able to reach the place of wreck unless the fires have burned themselves out. Owing to the great devastation done to everything, communication is badly interrupted and it is impossible to learn the names of the men burned or those still missing. As to the damage, it is known that 40,000,000 feet of hemlock lgs and timber and 25,000 cords of bark have already been destroyed, and the fires are still raging. This evening the people are praying for rain as it seems nothing but a drenching will quuench the flames. They must either be ex tinguished by the flood of heaven or burn out for the lack of material. The air is so oppressive that many workers faint from exhaustion, and are dragged away from a flame that has done noth ing as yet but steadily advance. Late dispatches from Austin con firm former reports: The body of Superintendent Badger has been found burned to a crisp and the entire party would have perished had they not im mersed themselves in a creek. The fires have been raging forty-eight hours. NEW LICENSE LAW. PROVIDING FOR THE GRANTING RETAIL LICENSE UPON A BASIS OF POPU LATION. The following is a supplement to an act entitled an act to restrain and regulate the sale of vincus and spirit ous malt or brewed liquors, or any ad mixtures thereof, approved the 13th day of May, A. D., 1887, providing for the granting of retail licenses upon a basis of population, which has pass ed the senate and is now on the third reading in the house : section i. Be it enacted, etc. That from and after the passage of this act, the several courts of quarter sessions of the peace throughout the . commonwealth, in the granting of licenses for the sale of vinous, spirit- ous, malt or brewed liquors at retail, or in quantities not exceeding one quart, shall not fcrant in cities of the first second or third classes more than one such license for every seven hun dred inhabitants of such cities, and in all other cities one license for every six hundred inhabitants thereof; in several boroughs not more than two licenses in each borough having five hundred inhabitants or less, but ad ditional licenses may be granted at the discretion of the court for each additional five hundred inhabitants or fractional part thereof in such bor oughs. Sec. 2. That the population of such cities and boroughs, for the pur poses of this act, shall be ascertained, by the last official census, published under and by authority of the govern ment of the United States of America. Sec. 3. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistant herewith, are hereby repealed. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorla. Whan Bab mi tick, we gars her CaatorU. When lb a ChUd, the cried for Caitorla, When tht beoame MIm, abe clung to Oaitoria, When.h.hadClhlldrD,ibgaTethwiiiChorU. ny u , -w. ANNOUNCEMENT! SPRING SEASON 1891. THE LATEST COLLARS, NECK TIES, DRESS SHIRTS, NIGHT SHIRTS &c. Something at Atlantic City- The Pennsylvania Railroad's Facilities for getting there. The spring season which is just now drifting into summer has been the most prosperous in all the history of Atlantic City. Never have so many people been attracted to its great beach from all sections of the land, and never have its hostelries been so well equipped for providing comfortable and attractive accommodations. In the present, which is usually a breath ing time between seasons, visitors still continue to pour into the city, so that when the summer hosts come they will find a good-sized garrison already in possession of the fortress. There will be ample room for all however, and the indications foreshadow the great est summer season ever known. Prep arations are being made for it now. New hotels, of the lesser grade, are building, new cottages are springing up on heretofore vacant ground, and enlargement and improvement of ex isting structures is the order of the day. The great board-walk, now known by the more dignified and appropriate title of the Ocean Promenade, has withstood all the storms ot winter and is in perfect condition, the streets are being improved, new facilities for a musement are under way at the Inlet, and every one of the city's 15,000 peo ple appear to be doing something to make the great resort more charming. The facilities for reaching it are be ing developed with a view to the great strain to which the summer traffic will subject them. The Pennsylvania Rail road's double lines from Market Street, Philadelphia, are to be operated on a plan which will yield the greatest speed and promptness of movement, while guaranteeing absolute safety and com fort. The tracks are in excellent con dition, the rolling stock of the most approved kind, and the management keenly alive to the best interests of the traveling public. Not only will a well-adjusted service of Jast and well equipped trains be maintained between Philadelphia and Atlantic City, but the through New York service, which has accomplished so much in securing travel from the East, will be continued. Apart from these facilities excursions of a special or general character will be arranged from time to time from all points on the Pennsylvania System at low rates. By these means the residents of the remote as well as the near points will enjoy every opportunity of spending some time by the sea. Atlantic City opens her gates in welcome to all, and the Pennsylvania Railroad and its connections is the highway that leads to the sea. Use the Averill Paint and increase the value of your buildings and im prove their appearance. It's the best and cheapest paint, because it out wears all others; Thousands of tes timonials to prove it. Handsomest paint too : no other has so beautiful a gloss, or finish. Been in use 25 years. Every gallon guaranteed to give satis faction. Sample card of fashionable tints, free A. I.. Hilton, Antwerp, New York. Mav-i-8t-R. Steadv employment and libera wages is offered in another column by Sears, Henry & Co., (ieneva, N. Y. They are a reliable firm. 4-17 6w. Children Cry foi Pitcher's Castorla, LOTHINC ! DOUBLE BREASTED SACKS AND CUTAWAYS. THE FINEST LINE OF SPRING PANTS IN TOWN. Horse and Wagon for Sale. A mare 4 years old, well broke, weight 1 1 00. A good platfonn delivery wagon nearly as good as new, box x 2 ft. long, capacity 2500, either of above will be sold cheap. White & Conner, 4-3-ow. Orangeville. Pure Eye Whiskey. One year ago we had 5000 gallons of Old Rye Whiskey in Bond, which was considered a large stock to carry and sufficient for the trade. The demand, however, for our whiskey became such, that we were compelled to in crease the capacity of our distillery, in order to give the whiskey some age before placing it on the market. We are now making over a barrel a day ; having a daily capacity of over 50 gals, and carrying a stock of 11,000 gals, in Bond. We hope to give our patrons the benefit of the age and will sell no whisk ey under six months, and from that up to three years. No second hand barrels arc used at our" Distillery ; all our whiskey is bonded in new. clean, charred, barrels, and for purity and qual ity we defy competition. We have never distill ed a bushel of corn, and we do hereby guarantee ALL our whiskey to be absolutely Pure Rye and doubled on a copper lined still and to any person who will find any drujgs or corn in our whiskey as it leaves our Dis tilllery or Salesroom, we will forfeit $500.00. ROHR McHENRY & SON. Benton, Pa. CARPETS 1 CARPETS I A dollar is as good to you as any one else, isn't it? And you will be dollars in pocket by buying directly from the manufacturers. Our whole sale season is over, and we have left a few good patterns in in grain carpet which we are go ing to sell cheap, We are not going to carry anything over to fall. Bring the measure of your rooms with you and we will cut while you wait. Coupons of Carpet Mill Bonds takeu as Cash. If your coupons for 18'Jl are not enough, cut off those of 1802 and we will cash them. BLOOMSBURG CARPET WOTtK0.
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