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VOL 27.
BLOOMSIW11G, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH h 1802.
NO. 10
Show the Columbian to your friends.
Stcrner's Hotel is to hve inside
sliding blinds at the windows. J. I).
Shaffer will put them in. '
C. S. Duffy, the Photographer has
leased a studio in Milton, and will con
duct a branch gallery there.
Mr. Sherwood has rented G. W.
Sterncr's brick house on Market street
and will move there the first of April.
Dr. Lazarus and family will move
from Mt. Carmel to the Barton farm
below Bloomsburg, on April nr.
William Kramer has sold his double
house on East street to V. A. Hattzcll
lor $3700. The deed was delivered
cm Tuesday. , 1 ' ' i
On Saturd ly last John S. Williams,
auctioneer, sold the house and lot of
M. T. Ohl on Third street to C. W.
Runyon for $1590. -
"Uncle Rube'1 was pronounced to
be one of the best shows that appear
ed at the Opera House this season.
The orchestra wa j also fine.
It is said that Mrs. Willam Cole
v. ill move back to the old place above
Jamison City in the spring. The
houso is-undergoing some tepairs.
The Star Dramatic Company went
to Orangeville last Saturday afternoon
with Fleckenstine's four horse team,
and gave an entertainment in the
evening.
Miss Annie Lockard received a pair
of young alligators from Florida by ex
press on Monday. She does not know
who sent them.
There came very near being a didn't
know it was loaded accident with an
old gun, at the Opera House during
the rehearsel for Queen Esther.
Never fool with any kind of a gun.
Hon. James Fritz and J. W. Zim
merman of Nanticoke, were in town
on Saturday. Mr. ' Zimmerman is a
contractor and builder, and his card
will be found in fhis paper.
C. W. Kline, the Haz'eton lawyer
who had such a narrow escape from
the burning of the Hotel Royal, recent
ly destroyed by Arc in New York city,
has sent his check for $500 to the fire
man who saved his life.
A Supreme Court paper book is be'
ing printed at the Columbian office at
the rate of 28 pages a day, which beats
the record. ! The fastest . work ever
done in this county before was 20
pages a day, and that too was done at
this office. - . . ; ;
L. N. Moyer and C C. Peacock
talk of erecting a three story brick
building on the corner of Main and
Market streets in the spring. It will
be a double building, and the first floor
will be occupied by S. F. Peacock &
Co., in its present location, and the
adjoining room by J. Wesley Moyer
as a stationery store.
An interesting time is expected in
Millville next week. The Valley
Grange, No. 52, intend holding a farm
ers' institute, commencing Thursday
evening, March 10, and to continue
during Friday and Friday evening. A
very interesting programme has been
prepared, and among the speakers from
other places will be Dr. Groff from
Bucknell University.
In less than a year people will be
traveling between rottsville and Min-
ersville on a new electric railway. On
Saturday a charter was granted to the
Pottsville and Minersville F.lectric
Kailway Company. The company
starts out with a capital of f 100,000.
The parties interested are said to be
Ex-Congressman Charles N. Brumm,
John F Finney, D. D. Philips and
others, who are connected with the
Shenandoah, Ashland and Mahanoy
v-y r.iectnc Kauway company.
The amount of logs expected to be
floated into the Wilhamsport boom
this season is estimated to be about
1 80,000,000 feet, a decrease of 83,
000,000 from the amount rafted out
last year. The boom at Lock Haven
has not yet been hung, the ice remain
ing in the Susquehanna river at that
point. All of the lumbermen antici
pate an early opening, and it is likely
that the stock will be sawed unusually
early. The men who look after the
weather indications are fearful, too
that the full supply of logs will not
reach the market. There is no snow
in the woods and the floods in the
small streams may not be heavy enough
to float the logs to the river. It is
possible, therefore, that the output of
the year will not reach 180,000,000
feet, and the supply of lumber is more
likely to be short than otherwise.
TOWN TOPICS
William II. Gilmore is fond of a
joke, and he is generally one of the
nrsi 10 get on to any new gag or game
that is calculated to take somebody in,
in an inoffensive wav. His latest in
vestment is in one of the new money
priming machines. You put in a
blank piece of paper, turn a crank
and out comes a nice, clean, crisp
bank note, apparently made to order.
Of course, the bill has to be put in
beforehand, but to the unsuspecting,
the money appears to be made right
before his eyes. A few days ago he
exhibited the machine to one of our
townsmen, and turned out a five dol
lar note which the latter, after careful
inspection, pronounced to be as good
as any genuine money.' Then he want
ed to take it home to show, his wife
how easy it is to make money. After
some persuasion Mr. Gilmore sold him
a few slips of the blank paper that
romes with the machine for fifty cents,
and loaned him the apparatus.
The next morning our townsman re
turned the machine, and said there
was something the matter with the
blamed thing; that he couldn't aston
ish his wife woith a cent, because after
exciting her curiosity by telling her
that he could make five dollar bills by
turning the crank, he put in one of the
slips of paper and turned and turned.
and pretty soon the slip came out
Diank, just as it went in, and then his
wife laughed at him and said she
guessed he was sold, and he said he
rather thought so too. Then Gillv
said "Oh, I forgot to tell you that you
can t get any money out of it unless
you put some money in beforehand.
Then the victim called up the house,
and they all "smiled." J
Another gentleman who saw the
machine, wanted to buy one. He said
he would pay twenty-five dollars for
it but Gilly wouldn't sell. "Of course"
said the would be purchaser, "I wouldn't
circulate counterfeit money, but I am
about to make a hossdeal with a
friend of mine, and I would like to
have that machine just long enough to
make sufficient money to beat him
out of his hoss, though I would pay
him in good money after having some
fun with him,"
Gilly wouldn't " sell, but pulled a
handful of what appeared to be fresh
coins out1 of his pocket and said,
Here's a good thing I can let you
have for ten cents on the dollar. They
are just new, and no one can tell the
difference." His victim examined
the coins carefully. They looked
like quarters and ten cent pieces, and
had a genuine ring to them, but he
soon saw they were not just like the
old coins so he declined to take any.
"You dont catch me handling coun
terfeit money, and you had better be
careful or you will get jugged for a few
years." Then Gilly , smiled aloud.
The coins were genuine silver money,
being of the new design, and he had
obtained them at the Philadelphia
Mint, for the purpose of playing the
joke that worked so welL Now that
the boys have caught on, however, he
is not offering his coins at ten cents
on the dollar. -
One of the prisoners in the county
jail stole a pair of stockings from
another prisoner one day last week.
They were discovered in the possess
ion of the stealer. Occupants of Fort
Mourey should lock up their boudoirs
when they step out
Historical Society.
The meeting of those interested in
the formation of an Historical Society
was not so well attended on Washing
ton's Birthday as it should have been,
owing to the meagre notice that had
been given. Col. J. G. Freeze and C. G.
Barkley, Esq,, of Bloomsburg, and
Capt. John M. Buckalew, of Fishing
creek, were present. In the absence
of Mr. Hill, of Hazleton, Col. Freeze
was chosen temporary chairman. The
business transacted was of an informal
nature generally, except that the report
ot the Committee on Constitution was
received and a Constitution adopted.
It will be published in our next issue.
A meeting to further perfect the or
ganization, eject officers, etc., will be
held in the parlors of the Y. M. C. A.
building of this place at 1 1 a. m. on
Thursday, March 17th. Berwick In
dependent. Mr. W.'M. Multer, secretary of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Y. M. C. A.
and formerly General Secretary of the
Berwick Y. M. C. A was married to
Miss Ida B. Walton at the bride's
home in Plymouth on the 23rd ult.
The bride has for the last two years
been a missionary to Mexico, under
the auspices of the Presbyterian
Board of Missions, and returned home
only a few weeks ago. They will re
side in Philadelphia.
KUN OVER BY THE CARS-
A YOCNO MAN'S I.F.O CUT OFF.
Last Friday afternoon at about 2:30
o'clock, Charles A. Thomas had his
leg cut off at the weigh scales below
the D. L. & W., depot, by being run
over by the cars. lie is the telegraph
operator of the D. L. tc W. Co., and
had charge of the weighing of cars on
the Bloomsburg & Sullivan road. A
freight train of the latter was backing
in the switch to be weighed, and just
before reaching the scales Charlie at
tempted to cross the track close to the
moving cars, to get a key to unlock the
scales from Joseph Casey, one of the
B. & S. men. In stepping over the
second rail his left foot was caught
under it, and before he could release
himself the cars were on him. He
threw his body off the track and thus
saved his life, but his Jeft leg was so
mangled that it had to be amputated
about five inches above the knee. The
leg was taken off by Dr. Gardner, as
sisted by Dr. Honora Robbins. The
sufferer exhibited great pluck through
out. He is a son of Zachariah Tho
mas, and has been living with William
Thomas on Sixth street for some years.
He is an industrious young man, and
he has the sympathy of every body in
his misfortune.
EAST BENTON-
Our community has been shocked
by the report of several very sudden
deaths within its bounds for the last
week. Mrs. Alexander Campbell was
buried last Sunday, who the previous
Tuesday fell from her chair dead.
Bile Stevens, of New Columbus
after returning from his mother's
funeral last Thursday, died very sud
denly before medical aid could be ob
tained. He died in the midst of his
friends at his deceased mother's home,
to which they had returned for refresh
ments. These are sad circumstances which
call forth the sympathy of the whole
community in behalf of the bereaved
friends. Mr. Stevens was also buried
last Sunday.
- Several new cases of grip are re
ported. Here and there one whose
recovery from that disease seems
doubtful.
Ed Laubach who lost his left hand
some time ago is selling off his goods
ai auction, vve presume it is prepara
tory to filling up and refreshing with
new goods.
James McIIenryof Cambra is sell
ing at cost this week and next week to
make room for new goods.
Miss May McHenry of Cambra is
also afflicted with grip
The protracted meeting at Hamlin
has closed.
Mrs. Benjamin Stevens whose death
we reported last week left six surviving
sisters instead of five as reported.
Mrs. Sallie Ashleman has been con
fined to her room for a couple of
weeks. How fortunate for our family
that her sickness did not occur several
weeks sooner. She is now convalesce
ing. Iram J. Derr eldest son of Calvin
and Harriet Derr, and grand son of
Hon. Iram Derr, of Jackson, was botn
Oct. 24th 1872, and died Feb. 24th.
1892 aged 19 years and 4 mos.
The above was an excellent young
man, highly respected and honored by
all who knew him and will be greatly
missed by the family and community.
The stroke is a severe one to the
parents to whom he was ever kind,
respectful and obedient, and to whom
he was a great help and comfort, as
also to his grand-father to whom
he was greatly endeared by his kind
and helpful ways both toward himself
and his wife. He was a model boy,
quite free from the vices and follies so
common to young boys generally.
The funeral was attended by a large
concourse of friends and neighbors,
and took place on the Lordsday from
the Jackson Christian church. The
services being conducted by Rev. D.
M. Kinter of Scranton Pa., assisted by
Rev. Wm. Strickland of Jackson. The
bereaved have the sympathy of the en
tire communi'y.
The stuff furnished for the columns
of the Sentinel by the fellow who lays
awake nights to study up deviltry for
that paper, is the merest twaddle, The
Columbian is for Cleveland first
and has always been for him. If it
favored some body else why shouldn't
it say so ? We have never made a
practice of promising what we could
not deliver, nor of pretending to be for
a particular person, and secretly work
ing against him all in our power. That
style of politics is left to the owner of
the Sentinel and his western adjunct.
There are a great many people
afflicted with the grip in Bloomsburg.
BENTON ITEMS-
Miss Clara Parker and Miss Wright
of Philadelphia arc stopping at the
McHenry house.
The injunction that was served on
Dr. Colley did not hold good. He has
gone back to Lehman w here he ex
pects to move his family this week. 1
W. H. Smith of Milton, moved his
family here last week. He is having
a fine building erected near Rohr Mc
Henry 's store for the printing of the
Jleuton Aryus. This will be a great
addition to our ton. The first issue
will be published about April 1st.
Mr. Lee Belles expects to move
about the middle of March. He is
going where Dr. Colley's family now
resides. , .
Mrs. Everett attended the cantata
of "Esther , The Beautiful Queen," in
Bloomsburg last week.
1 1. T. Everett is on the sick list.
We expect to have a new plank
walk leading from Main street to the
School house. Mr. Brown is to over
see the work. It is a much needed
improvement.
Art Colley and Arden Hirleman
made a trip to Bloomsburg on Satur
day.' They visited Clyde Hirleman of
the Normal School.
The surprise party at Mrs. Dodsons'
on Friday night was a grand success,
about seventy-five persons were pres
ent. G. S. and C. B. McHenry opened
their hall for the accommodation of
the young people who had a good time
playing their games.
Art Colley expects to attend the
Spring term of school at the Wyoming
Seminary.
Ira R McHenry the undertaker had
five tunerals to attend on Sunday last.
X- Y. Z.
The assertion in last week's Sentin
el that our article written upon the
subject of the Poor Director's was a
malicious misstatement of facts, we
denounce as untrue. We were in
formed that one of the Candidates
went to the Sentinel office and asked
to have their names put up as the reg
ular nominees, and also offered pay
and were refused. On the same day,
we were called upon and asked to
publish the names, and did so without
hesitation. As the names did not ap
pear at the mast head cf the Sentinel,
nor at any time a line urging the el
ection of the nominees, we concluded
the report Was true, and made the
statement to show the ill treatment of
nominees, and for no other purpose.
Upon inquiry we learn that our infor
mant misunderstood the candidate
We therefore retract that portion of
our article. But so far as the circula
tion of the tickets without the names
of poor directors, is concerned, we saw
the janitor at the Court House circu
late them in the commissioners office,
and what our eyes behold we know to
be true. The Columbian does not
need to make itself solid with the
directors for any purpose, their names
were placed at the head of the paper
for 3 consecutive weeks, and sufficient
tickets were printed to assure their
election. The two democratic mem
bers elected, have been on the board
a term or part of a term, and are men
of good judgment, capable of making
their appointments without any inter
ference from the obscure end of the
Sentinel, the ex-secretary of the Agri
cultural Society and ex (mis)-rcpresen-tative
of the people of Columbia
County.
EXCHANGE HOTEL CHANGES HANDS-
On Thursday morning the Exchange
Hotel changed hands, James McClosky
and John Tracy having bought out W.
R. Tubbs. The new proprietors are
young men of energy and enterprise,
and will do everything in their power
to merit the patronage of the traveling
public. Mr. McClosky has been as
sistant manager of the business for
some years,and thoroughly understands
how to run a hotel. Mr. Tracy is a
man of pleasing address, and the new
firm will undoubtedly prove a popular
one,
Mr. Tubbs has been the proprietor
of the house for a dozen years or more.
No more popular landlord ever catered
to the wants of the public. He is a
man of progressive instincts, and has
been and is president of more organi
zations calculated to benefit the town
than any other man in Bloomsburg.
He will retire from the business with
the best wishes of everybody.
Some improvements, repairs and
changes will be made in the hotel.
People with delicate stomach find
Ayer's Sarsaparilla agreeable to the
taste, and, therefore, prefer it us a
blood purifer to any other. This is
one reason for its great popularity as
a spring and family medicine. Safe,
certain, and palatable.
ABOUT THOSE TICKETS
"Now let in look at the ticket business
and see how near they came to the truth on
this question. It is true thnt the ticket first
printed at this office on Monday evening did
not contain the names of the poor directors.
The tickets were printed just as they were
ordered by the candidates, without one name
added or taken off, and the reason that the
tickets were printed without the names of
the poor directors was simply this it was
the opinion of all that the tickets would be
voted just as they had bctn in the past -the
town ticket to go in one box and ihe pour
diectors to go in a separate box. When the
poll opened Mr. liuckingham and Mr. Krown
went to the clcclion boards and induced them
to use but one box, thereby making it neces
sary to vole poor dircclor on the same ticket
Then it was that tickets were ordered with
poor director on including the name of Mr.
Denticr.with vote left blank. This is the
whole story about the tickets and what could
have induced the Columbia"? to so malicious
ly misrepresent the facts is more than we can
understand. Certainly any man with any
regard for truth and decency would not have
done so." Stntiue!, Ftb. 26th.
Well, let us see how near we came
to the truth about the ticket business.
Ir. the first place, the above admits
that cne thing we said was true, namely
that the tickets first printed at the
Sentinel office did not contain the
names of the Poor Directors. In the
second place we have the positive as
surance of a reliable man who vas
present when the tickets were ordered
that no order was given to leave the
names of the Poor Directors off, but
on the contrary it was fully expected
that the tickets would be printed with
the names of all Democratic candi
dates on them. William Krickbaum
was present, so he cannot play his
usual trick of putting the blame on the
manager, or the reporter , the boys,
or somebody else. On the morning of
the election when it was found how
the tickets were printed, the person
who called for them refused to take
them because the Poor Directors
names were not on them, and he came
to the Columbian office and got some
tickets that were printed according to
law and custom. This omission of the
names ; the fact that persons in Krick
baum's employ solicited votes for others
than the regular Democratic nominees
for Bloom Poor Directors ; and the fur
ther fact that William Krickbaum and
John S. Williams had a quarrel in the
Prothonotary's office the day after the
election, and the former attempted to
apologize in the evening by saying that
he was in a bad humor because hs did
not like the way the election went, all
point to the inevitable conclusion that
the names were intentionally omitted.
But he says the reason why ihe tick
ets were so printed was "that it was
the opinion of all that the tickets would
be voted just as they had been in the
past the town ticket in one box and
poor directors to go in a separate box."
The tickets have not been so voted
in the past. Within our recollec
tion, we have never printed the poor
district tickets as a separate
ticket and J. C Brown, editor
ot the Republican, says thit he
never printed them in that way. Fi
nally, we have been handed a ticket
identified as containing the names of
persons voted for at the Blooms
burg election in 1889, the last
poor district election, and also ident
ified as having been printed at
the Sentinel office at that time and
in the body of the ticket it contains
the names of C. A. Kleini and L. M.
Petitt for poor directors ; not on a
separate ticket, nor separable, but all
under the head of "East District," and
to be voted in one box. In the face
of these facts Krickbaum's claim that
the tickets were printed just as they
had been in the past, is tOD thin. If
he had said that he had forgotten how
he printed them only three years ago,
it might have been excusable.
In all that we said, there was neith
er malice nor misrepresentation. We
have given the facts as they exist, and
can be proven, and "any man with any
regard for truth and decency" would
not attempt to deny them when con
fronted by such evidence as the ticket
printed by himself at the last poor dis
trict election and in the very way which
he says it has not been printed in the
past.
This subject has already occupied too
much space, but when we have the
proof positive of our statements at
hand we shall not withhold them when
accused of 'mxlicious misrepresenta
tion." March 2nd was Ash Wednesd.iv
the beginning of Lent. Services were
held in the Episcopal and Roman
vtuiiuuc cuurcnes.
Uneasy lies the head that W4ir a
crown. Emperor William of Germany
is realizing this just now. The mobs
in Berlin do not make him sleep any
better of nights.
PERSONAL.
C. H. Dildine, of East Greenwood,
was at the County seat Thursday.
Mrs. F. M. Gilmore is visiting her
sister at Manheim, Pa.
Miss Nellie Snyder of Dansville,
Y. is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Frea
Brown.
Mr. Samuel Wigfall and Capt. H. J.
Conner went to Philadelphia on Thurs
day. Harry Mendenhall has accepted a
position in Hubcr's drug store at
Williamsport.
James M. Dewitt of Jamison City,
was in town on Monday, He con
ducts the meat market up at the city.
Mr. Philip Unangst fell on the pave
ment in front of Reice's Meat Market,
Thursday morning and dislocated his
shoulder.
Mrs. Dr. Gardner was summoned
to North Carolina on Monday, by a
telegram announcing the serious ill
ness of her mother.
Rev. p. M. Kinter passed through
town on Wednesday on his way home
at Scranton. He was here to attend
the funeral of Iram J. Derr at Derrs.
Mrs. Dr. Edward F. Smith of Gosh
en N. Y., spent a couple of weeks with
her relatives here, returning home last
Friday.
Robert McBride, who has been em
ployed at Berwick painting the Wood
in Mansion, returned hoTe on Tues
day with the painters' cramp.
Chas. J. M'Henry wa; visiting his
relatives in this county last week. He
is ingaged in the musical instrument
business at Richmond, Va., and dur
ing his stay here he sold a piano at
Benton. He is a composer of music
and an expert performer on the piano.
March came in like a lion. There
was a snow fall of several inches.
There are only three prisoners in
the county jail.
S. C. Creasy's planing mill started
up on Monday. A new whistle has
been put on the boilers.
There was a Leap Year ball given
in Grange Hall on Feb 26th. It was
a grand success.
The town clock stopped on Tues.
day morning, but was soon started
again. The snow blocked the face on
the north side and stopped the hands.
There will be a special court to-day
Friday, for the argument of the Doty
case. Several Wilkesbarre attorneys
are concerned in the case.
Ira Davenport, father-in-law of Geo.
W. Sterner, had a paralytic stroke at
his home in Plymouth one day last
week. He is 80 years of age.
Ira McHenry. the Benton under
taker, had charge of five funerals on
Sunday last. They were in Jackson
and Benton townships.
J. H. Maize Esq. is an applicant for
the position of Town Treasurer. His
office is centrally located, and he
would make a popular officer,
The Calliepian Society will give a
special entertainment in Normal Hall
on Saturday evening at 7:15. The
programme will consist of music, de
bate, tableaux, recitations, bayonet-drill
and addresses.
During 1 89 1 9,414 candidates were
intiated as Knights of the Golden
Eagle in Pennsylvania. The Castles
of this State during 1891 paid benefits
t0 5'37 brothers and relieved 109
widowed families. The total amount
of relief paid by the Castles of Penn.
sylvania in 1801 was $120,392.
Bloomsburg people are said to be
much pleased with their new system
of water works D ashore Jteoiew.
Bloomsburg has good water works,
but as the system has been in about
twelve years it is not very new.
THE OAR SHOPS.
J. K. Lockard and R. W. Oswald
went to New York on business on
Wednesday.
The shops at present have contracts
for 250 coal cars for the New York,
Susquehanna & Western R. R. Co.,
50 box cars for the same Company,
and the contract for all the iron work
for the coal schutes of Port Reading
docks, for the Philadelphia &nd Read
ing R, R. Co., besides numerous mis
cellaneous orders for dump cars, mine
cars, wheels &c., and the rebuilding of
a number of cars for the N. Y. Susque
hanna & W. R. R. This road runs
rom Stroudsburg to New Yo.k.