ESTABLISHED 186. TUe tfolunrtto gcmorrat, ESTABLISHED 1837. CONSOLIDATED 18B. rCBLISIIID BT GEO. E. ELWELL ETEKT FRIDAY MOKNINU M Bloomsiurg, the County seat of Columbia County, Pennsylvania. Tirkh: ltiHUle the county, fi.00 a year In nil ance; $1.B0 tf not paid In advance outside the oounty, tl.SS a year, strictly In advance. Ail communications should be addressed to TUB COLUMBIAN, Dloomsburg, Pa. FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1894. STATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. For Congress-at-Large. James Denton Hancock, of Venango County. The report going the rounds of the newspapers to the effect that State Superintendent Schaeffer is in favor of compulsory education proves to be incorrect. In an interview recently he said : "There is no use to talk about compulsory education in the cities until an exact school census is taken and we find out just where we stand. "I shall probably ask the next Legislature to provide the way for such a census to be secured. I am inclined to favor a plan similar to the one in vogue in Massachusetts, which allows the School Directors to pro vide conveyances to take the children of sparsely settled regions to school. F. V. Rockafellow. the Wilkes. Barre banker, who was convicted of embezzlement, was sentenced last week to pay a fine of $1250 and un dergo imprisonment in the Eastern Penitentiary for a term of two years and two months. Judge Lynch in imposed sentence, faid that he had due consideration for the age of th? prisoner, he being past 70 years, and had made the sentence as light as pos sible. After the sentence was pro nounced Rockafellow sat with bowed head, and wept bitterly 5 he was then taken to the jail and placed in a cell. Later a dispatch came from the Su preme court in Philadelphia granting the special allocutur and admitting him to bail in the sum of $5,000. His attorney, John T. Lenahan, be came his bondsman and he was re leased from jail. The bail holds good until April, when t'.j Supreme Court will decide the petition for a new tria'. Mr. Rockafellow spent much of his time in jait reading the papers. The peculiar part 01 :r.j case is that Mr. Rockafellow never .cvealed what became of the $400,000 ct the deposi tor's money. The Department of Public Instruc tion, at Harrisburg, will ask the next Legislature to increase the minimum school term, which is six months. Some years since the minimum term was five months. The Department thinks that the time has come to make it seven months. The fact that twelve other states surpass our own in this respect would seem to be a good reas on for making the increase. The generous appropriations for school pur poses show a determination on the part of the old "Keysto' e State" to keep her place among the loaders in educational matters, as well as in the development of her wonderful mater ial resources. Indeed, without the former the latter must flag. It has come to be accepted as an axiom that the greatness of a nation is based up on a virtuous and enlightened peoile. The states surpassing Pennsylvania in the length ot school term and the number of da) s in the respective terms, are as follows: New Jersey, 190 days; Rhode Island. iSS days j Maryland, 184 days ; Nw York, 185 days ; Con necticut, 182.3 days ; Massachusetts, 171 days j Delaware, 180 days ; Ohio, 165.5 days; California, 159 clays; Wisconsin, 158.6 days; Michigan, 156 days ; Iowa, 158 days. Amended Ballot Law. The attention of voters in Columbia county is called to the change that has been made in the ballot law in refer ence to the manner of filing nomina tion papers. ' Last year the nomination papers for candidates for township and borough officers and election officers and school directors, were required to be filed with the township or borough auditors, whose duty it was to have the tickets printed and delivered to the election officers. Now the County Commis sioners are required to have a'l tickets printed, and are held responsible for the safe delivery of the same to the election officers, either on Saturday or Monday before the day of election. Section 5, of the amended ballot law reads as follows: "Certificates of nomination and nomination papers for candidates for township , and borough officers, and election officers and sohool directors in the same, shall be filed with the County Commissioneis at least eighteen and fifteen days re spectively before the day of election." Good complexion, good blood and healthy liver secured by occasionally using Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills. at. WASHINGTON LETTER. (From our Kr-giilar Correspondent ) Washinc.ton, Jan. 22,1894 Ch.XTm.in Wilson ha mrpi'v- I som i DeoDli bv the adru ines ho liu j iis. laved n pitting l.s li.i:t t.il j thrmih the uniiMi'liiicni fuck, lie uas Kin agiounJ but gplc- when the House voted down an amendment en dorsed by the Ways and Means com mittee, proposing to postpone until next fall the time for the free wool clause of the bill to take effect and adopted one making that clause go in to effect upon the passage of the bill. This week the hardest fighting will be done. An attempt will be made to drop the sugar bounty, substituting a tax on sugar ; also to drop the bounty, leaving sugar free. Attempts will al so be made to put iron and coal on the dutiable list, and to make the in come tax an amendment to the tariff bill. All of these changes are oppos ed by the Ways and Means commit tee, and chairman Wilson is confident that none of them will be made, al though several of his colleagues on the committee are in doubt as to the sugxr clause and the income tax amendment. It is understood that the republican vote will be cast solid ly for the income tax amendment, not because thev favor it. hut hm-aus. they believe its adoption will weaken the entire bill in the Senate. The re- Dllblicans in the House arc nnt vnliiwr on their convictions just now, but to j - , .. . ueveiop democratic dissention. Senator Morgan gave ex-Minister Stevens, who at last found time be tween his alleged bad health and his lecture engagements to appear before the Senate committee on Fnreii-n Re. lations and give his testimony, a most rigid cross examination concerning his conduct while U. S. Minister to Ha waii, and brought out the acknowledge ment that Mr. Stevens was from the first a rabid annexationist, and that he wrote those much talked about letters to Mr. Blaine, asking instructions in case of the overthrow of the queen, with the full expectation that such an event would take olnre du term of office, just as Mr. Blount's re- port cnarged him with having done. Under ordinary circumstances the im pudent and insulting letters written by President Dole of the provisional cov- ernmcnt to Minister Willis would arouse ereat Dublic indienafinn. hut what could be expected when publi cations in prominent United States papers are considered I Any sort of misrepresentation seem--to go down with the anti administra-1 lion papers. For instance. Mr. Hi. ' ing, who was in charge of the Ha-' wanan legation here during Minister . Thurston's absence, was not invitpil tn the State dinner given by President and Mrs. Cleveland to the di iilnm.n tii- COrps, and straightway the anti-admin- istrauon was untnendly to the present Hawaiian government. An inouirv at the State Department, through which these invitations are always sent, would nave shown the concoctor of these stories that Hastings did not fill an official position which entitled him to an invitation, but sensations, no facts, are what these papers want. That Mrs. Cleveland has not lv.t anv of her immpn'j. vinnnlirit,, .;.! I J -- j'wumii Willi the people was shown by the large at tendance at h ;r first public reception, held at the White House Saturday af ternoon. There were more people ! ...u . .l .... ' wiiu ucmicu iu pay ineir respects to her than attended the crushes at the public receptions held by her when she was a bride, and she received them just as graciously as she did when the whole tiresome business was an enjoyable novelty to her. j A member of the cabinet who was ' asked what he thought of the adverse criticism publicly made by democrats in Congress of the proposed bond is sue, said : "I grant the right of free speech which 1 demand fur every man, but I must say that these j criticisms would have come with bet-' ter grace had tne men who indulge in them shown anv rtal disnmitinn m ! prevent the issue of bonds in the only ' practical manner by providing the money that they knew as well as Sec-: retary Carlisle did the Treasury must i have if it would eseane (WanltirKT in i the payment of its obligations, in son e uuicr way. ine administration did not wish to issue bonds, arwl rnl i cided to do so when it became apnar-! ent that Congress would not afford ' immediate relief, and after becoming fully satisfied of iu legal right to do s.) under the hw of 1875." It is not be i lieved here that either of the several j resolutions mat have been introduced in the Senate concerning this issue of bonds will be passed, or that the pass age i-f either of them or of Represen tative Bailey's resolution by the House would affect the matter in either The offers for the $50,000,000 bonds I tn 111 il.Clirl Illl'A rrr.na 1 .1. . 1 .... .-..un. kuuc uivity ujj m me hundreds of millions, and the premiums offered will make the interest equiva lent to 2 per cent, or lower. Much regret is felt in the Senate at Senator Walthall's resignation, and the hope is expressed on all sides that his health will improve sufficiently for him to resume his seat at the begin ning of the next term, to which he has already been elected. Hall's Hair Renewer renders the hair lustrous and silken, gives it an even color, and enables women to put it up in a great variety of styles. The Man from Owonta. WORKED THE flOC.US CHKCK SCHEME ON A SUNIll'RIAN. T i; wily omfidenci ini'i vai agi i at w.nk ui Hi., city, ;n I his 1 itest v .- tint is J C. Culp, th: Mukct ftrni s:.)e F.n-l tin merchant. Un Friday morning a stranger called at his store to purchase sume household goods. He said his name was Thomas Smith and mat his home was in Owonta, N Y. He wm about fifty years old and wore a grand Army button. He told Mr. Culp that he was stopping at the Central Hotel and tnat lie was going to work for the Pennsylvania com pany her. He expected to move his family here and wanted to rent a house. After a minute's inspection of n..i.j. i i. u. i l. vuijjs mum lit uuugiH a range, a second hand heater and some cook ing utensils. The bill amounted to $51. Then he and Mr. Culp went out to hunt a house. They met Jacob Bartholomew on the street and he rented to the genial Mr. Smith a house on Eighth street in East Sun bury. The three men went out to look at the house and everything in regard to it was satihfactori ) arranged. No lease was signed. Culp and Smith returned to the store and Smith presented a check, drawn on the Owonta bank in his favor, for $92 as paymen of his bill. Culp said that he could not cash tl e check. Culp endorsed the check and Smith got it cashed at the Sunbury Trust and Safe Deposit bar.k. He returned to the store and paid Culp his $51. Smith fat around the store until noon, when he left and Culp hasn't s.-en him since. He said that he had been em p'oyedby the Delaware & Hudson company at Otfonto. Culp took the htoves and utensils out to the rented house and they are there yet. Th.-rc are two banks at Owonta and the check has not yet been returned. The statement of Smith in regard to get ting a position on the Pennsylvania road was rather fi.hy, considering the number of suspensions Culp is ol the opinion that the check is bogus, but says that Smith looked honest and acted hor.est. He did not stop at the Central Hotel while here. Tne police authorities at Wiiliamsport and Har risburg have been notified to arrest Mr. Smith. Sunbwy Democrat. Towanda must use 120,000 porous plaster postage stamp? before any of the sma ler varietie? will be sold. Postmaster Donahce tells us that Du shore has 5,000 to dispose of. These stamps have proved to be as big a nuisance as the depar;ment ever forc ed upon the public. Su'.lio tn Re view Harry X. Morris Sour Stomach "I wns attacked with dyspepsia and tonr Itoir.aflh. I took ITood'i Sursapar'.lla and It helped cuvfrom tho utart, and has overcome my Hcod's!i" Cures trouble." IlAr.nr L. MonM, 100 Mulberry Bbwet. Newark. X. J. Be sure to get Hood's ' Hood's Prn cure liidisettlon and llvur trouble, Janadlee and sick hoadacho. Sua. TOWN"TOPICSi Th Journal 0 ffoefefy. (32 PAOES.) NEW YORK. (THUBSDAT.) Is universally recognised as the most oompUto weekly Journal In the world. iu ''BaunierlDgt" columns are Inimitable. 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Notleo Is hereby given that letters of admin Islnitlon enm teHtjimeiito annexoon the estate or (-aihartne Weaver, ,lute of liioonMburg, Columbia county, I'a., deeeased, have been granted to the underxlgned administrator to whom all persons Indebted to siild estate are IT(MllHlP(l tn hinlrn nnvmi.nl. I. t i .. . 1 - " 1'" '"" ntm 1 intnt- iittYiiiif claims or denmnds will make known tho same Orto CIIAS. W. Fl'NSTON. O. K. Elwell, Administrator cum testamen- 1 Sfl-flt. 110 nn,!10' r ENNSYLV ANIA RAILROAD. PERSONALLY-CONDUCTED PLEASURE TOURS FLORIDA taniinrysnrli, Fphmnry 1.1th I I. U 111 UH. andTtli. Mart.hiaih andfrm. Two wppkslnthn l.nnd or Flowers on the first four tours, while llekers for Inst tour are good '.''""'l.'""!1 iRy 8lHt- Kl'wlul trains of I ullmnn sleeping and Dining earn. Unto from New 1 nrkro.ro, from Philadelphia luu). Pro portionate rates from other points. WASHINGTON. 'iB."2 Jk: . .. . -.7 . . 1 J oiu, .-nurvu int. una Wrt. April lvth, Mny 3d snd iMth. Three-day tours to the National Capital, coveting rullmad Ilirft mill hntlil arxirlmmiul.il ln !.. T . ,t ork $13.00 nnd 113.50, from l'liMadeJphla $11.00. TC7S1CT AOntT AWD CHATISOiT ACwOCTAtiT Vnr ticiratm IrlnnraHna ntA ..n .... npply to TntirlHt Atfnnt, i1 Houth Fourth aW, Br0k,yD ' r 'M i." JHKVOST, J, K, WOOD, OSO. W' BOTn. uon i. wnnngor. tien'l. rass. Agu Asst. Oenl 1-HMOU l ass. Agt. HAVE YOU READ THE TIMES THIS MORNING? THE TIMES is the most extensively circulated ana widely read news paper published in Pennsylvania. Its discussion of public men and public measures is in the interest of public integrity, honest government and prosperous industry, and it knows no party or personal allegiance in treat ing public issues. In the broadest and best sense a family and general newspaper. THE TIMES aims to have the larg- est circulation by deserving it, and claims that it is unsurpassed in all the cssentials'of a great metropolitan newspaper. Specimen copies of any edition will be sent free to any one sending their address. TERMS DAILY, $3.00 per annum ; iM.oo lor tour months ; 30 cents per month ; delivered by carriers for 6 cents per week. SUNDAY EDI TIOX, twenty-four largo, handsome pages 168 columns, elegantly illus trated, $2.00 per annum ; 5 cents per copy. Daily and Sunday, $5 00 ptr annum ; 50 cents per month. WEEKLY EDITION, 50 cents per annum. Address all letters to THE TIMES, PHILADELPHIA. EMERSON PIANOS 60000 SOLD illESE Instruments have enjoyed a hiuh renutation for more than forty years. They are BRILLIANT and I.USICAL in Tone, and afford a most biautiful accompaniment to vo cal music the tone havinor that rare SYMPATHETIC QUALITY Which Mends admirably to the human voice. 'I hey are duraui.e, being construct ed Of the DEST MATI'KIAl.S. bv the MOST SKILLFUL WORKMEN. 'J'llOV have earned an especial reputation for KEEriNG in tune, and also for retain ing in a most remarkable degree their original fu lness of tone never grow ing thin or wiry ivi'.h age. The Com pany, through their agents, have re ceived several fiust premiums during the past few years, and their instru ments have invariably taken high rank wherever exhibited. Trices Moderate. Terms Easy. SZND FOR CATALOCUE. mm m wm 1 1 6 Boylston St., BOSTON MASS. Branch S92 5ih Ave. New York. Stores 1 218 Wabash Ave. , Chicago 1-aiM m. SUBSCRIBE l'OR THE COLUMBIAN Why not Visit the City now? Extraordinary opportunities to buy Clothing on your purchase and Rail road Car-fare paid on the purchase of a reasonable amount $10.00 to $40.00, according to distance. Wanamaker & Brown Sixth and flarket Streets Oak Hall Philadelphia I. W. HARTMAN & SON. Wi his tco Misy C'.siim 13 Coats. They must co at a BIG cut in Drices ti oa Gossamer o-rv at n- $3.00 one at $2.00 and so on, plain ones 50c were $1.00. COATS are leaving us at ao per cent off. Need not waste ink on CALICO as everybody knows we have 3,000 yards at sc. The 6c. Gingham is a surprise to many. The 16c. Oil Cloth stops passers bv. The 20 vards irood unbleached mn in for $1.00 nobody complains of and the 14 yards of pleached muslin for $1.00 is picked up fast by the ladic3. More bargains to follow next week. Will be ready to show fine DISHES in a short time. I. W. HARTMAN & SON. sin & mvm U11 llfU&l UL 171X&UJ Fourth & Market Streets. COAL TALK And in these davs coal does talk and wg n rroino- in na its voice. We believe eo thoroughly in the fact that the GREAT STONE STORE w the best nlace for von to dnal A y -"it v niiiug it; do a good deal to get you to come and prove us aiu' eoe it we arenotngnt. we could give you a 7oc table o- 50c. chair as an advertising specialty. But what we alwajr. aim to do is 10 give you Mast for Your Money and that which will be of the greatest service. Please remem ber we do not advance prices for the purpose of cutting them down. Therefore know all men by these presents on Monday January 22nd, and uutii April 30th, for every twenty five dol lars worth you purchase we will give you an order for a ton of No G coal free. For every forty-dollars worth you purchase we will give you an order for a ton of No. 5 coal, we are bound to keep in the lead. Just look over our regular low price3 for high Goods Grocery Department. Corn 10, 12J and 15c. Tomatoes 10 and izc. Beans 10c. Peas 12JC French peas iSc. California peaches ic. White cherries 30c. Apricots 1 8c. Lobster 23c. Sardines 8, lij, 18c. Ilapfgood Salmon 20 and 23c. Lunch tongue 30c. Mess pork 12c. Sugar 20 lb. $1.00. Catsup 9 and 25c. There are a few more blankets, comfortables, down quilte, coats and underwear which wo are selling at cost. It won't be long before you will dq thinking of house cleaning and then new furniture and carpets. Our stock U larger, cheaper and better than you can get elsewhere. It will cost you nothing to look through ou.r ware rooms. Something for the Baby.. In a few days we will have in a large line of buggies and at prices to suit all pocketbooks. Snyder it Magee Company, Limited. l'OUUTH AND DIAUKET STREETS, BLOOMSBURG, - PA. per cent-discount rn ui iu uu. mai. ?n flint, xoo o wllKr. Grocery Department. Olive oil 15 and 25c, NoUh of England Sauce 8c. Cross & Ulackwell's sauce 25c. Honey 20. Tickles 15, 25 and 35c. Mustard 9c. per nm. California prunes i2jc. Diied cherries 10 aid iSc. Preserved Strawberries, Plums, Rasp berries, Quinces and Peaches 16c. l'ull cream cheese 15c. Lard 13c. Ilecker's buckwheat 10 and 15c. Good rice 6. Onions 25 c.
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