ESTABLISHED 1906.
Jlu (Columbia Jcmoant,
48TABM9HED 1W. CONSOLIDATED 18M.
rCBLISHKD BT
GEO. E. ELWELL
VKKY FUIDAY MOUSING
tt flloo ns)urg, the County sent, of Columbia
County, Pennsylvania.
1 rsih. Inside the county, $1.00 n yenrln nrt
ftnco; $1.60 If not paid In advance Outsklo
the county, $1.85 a year, strictly In advance.
All communications should be addressed to
TUB COl.t'MMAN,
llloomsburg, Pa.
FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1894.
BRIGHTER DAYS.
WHAT SOME OF THE PAPERS SAY.
The past week the veins of trade
felt a new tingle. The long anticipa
ted revival of business seems to be
coming.
It is buying time for a great many
people. Purses long closed are open
ing, Wants long unsupplied are ask
ing to be filled. Demands of all kinds
are now to be satisfied. The awaken
ing of the season is, doubtless, to be
accompanied by a general business re
vival. Those who can afford to buy should
do so at once. Those who have money
to spend should spend it quickly.
Those who have needs to supply should
not wait longer. The croaker should
step aside. The buyer should start
his money circulating The seller will
keep it going through new purchases
he must make and new assistance he
must employ. We all welcome the
revival. Let each do all he can to
keep it healthy and permanent. liar
risburg Patriot.
In spite of the threat of tariff legis
lation, in spite of the vacillation of
Congress on the silver question, in
spite of the jeremiads of Protection
ist organs and orators, business stead
ily improves. The people must eat
bread, and wear clothes, and live un
der shelter ; and they will proceed to
plant and weave and contrive the
things needful to comfort and to earn
the wherewith to pay for them. Busi
ness improves after the depression just
as grass grows after the winter. The
makers of laws can irritate and exas
perate the country by their dawdling
of unwisdom. They can make trouble
that is needless, and discriminations
that are unjust; but business will go
on just the same.
If Congress shall not in the end
carry out the desires of the majority
of the people it will be a part of the
business of the voters to make a
change. This would be only another
form of business improvement.-Philadelphia
liecord.
The much vexed question of county
theatrical license and its character of
conflict with State laws on the subject,
as outlined in the barn-stormer law of
"1848, is up again for discussion, Attor
ney General Ilensel having decided
that the District Attorney has no
authority whatever in the matter of
regulating or directing the County
Treasurer in granting or refusing
license for theatrical exhibitions. The
District Attorney in question is credit
ed to Washington county, where it ap
pears that he advised the County
Treasurer not to issue a license to a
theatrical manager at Washington.
The Attorney General has advised
the Auditor General that the County
Treasurer cannot be influenced in any
iy by the Distiict Attorney's declara
tions, that the license must be issued
to an individual who cannot be nomi
nated as "local manager," and that it
is not a part ot the functions of any
county official to determine rights un
der such a license. By and by thealri
cal managers and individuals who are
in the business of public entertain
ment will find out what they can do
and what they must do, but at ti e pre
sent time there is no likelihood that
they will escape the attentions of a
tud law, the original intent of which
was to provide a revenue for a bank
rupt State Treasury, which, when
accomplished, made the law useless.
Its resurrection in the Doty decision
was a costly surprise to theatrical man
agers of the State, but the later opin
ion of Judge Endlich has nullified its
terrors. There is some probability that
Attorney General Ilensel's latest decis
ion will complete the work of nullifi
cation. Times.
Secretary Edge, of the board of
agriculture, has revised the final proofs
of the new list of fertilizer analysis,
made from August i to January i, last.
The report includes about 500 brands,
showing the chemical composition,
estimated commercial value and the
retail cash price per ton, of the lead
ins fertilizers sold in the state. The
list is a most valuable one for the
farmers of Pennsylvania, as it readily
shows the facts that every purchaser
and consumer cf fertilizers should
know if he desires to realize the laigcst
possible returns for his money.
It's iust as easv to trv One Minute
Cough Cure as any thing else. Its easier
cure a severe cold or cough witn it.
Let vour next nurchase for a couch be
One Minute Cough Cure. Better
medicine ; better result ; Detter try it
N. S. Rishton, Druggist.
' GENERAL NEWS.
CiTKcpicsentative-at-LRrge CJalushn A.
Grow has exi-hnngcl the poor scat tic got when
swori in ilia oilier Jay f jr one ..f the U'st In
the I I'vw, H iri ng nround for a l etter
se.it, ho loiin.l in: in t!i very heart of llu:
XeimM'c.m side nioccuiuJ, Wondering at
thi.S h - imjuirc ! 1 1 learn that t.e-.uge Wash
in;u 11 Murray, of Smith Ca.ihna, the only
colon J member uf the House, had the next
seat, ('.row docs not share the prejudice of
his Republican colleagues, who did r ot want
to sit next to a negro, 10 he promptly too!
the gooJ seat which they had left vacant.
CiPSupcrintendent of Public Instruction
Schacffur lias notified the directors of certain
school districts in the State that the failure
to teach physiology in the schools ns requir
ed by the net of April 2, lSS, is caiue for
forfeiture of State appropiiation. It nppears
that certain distiict nave not been teaching
this bran.h.
CiTItill Nye very pertinently observes 1
"Go where you will in this country and you
will find men talking about the taritl anil the
tax on the raw materials who haven't had a
mouthful of r.i'.v materials or any other kind
in their houses for weeks, except as their
wives earned it and brought it home 10 them.
The country is full of men who have thought
so hard for the commotiwialth that the seats
of their trou.-crs shine like the dome of the
Massachusetts state house.
SfTWhile excavating for a cellar near Mon
toursville, Lvcoming county, the skeleton of
a large Indian was uncatthed also beads,
bracelets, a tomahawk, a bjwic knife, kettle,
etc. The teeth in the lower jaw of the head
were intact and undecayed and the entire
head was preserved.
CiTOf the 1,047 applications for liquor
licenses in Liucriiu county, 102 wcie refused
by the Court, o dy iii.it new licenses bcin.;
granted.
CiTRollin II. Wilbur, Eastern superinten
dent of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, has been
appointed general superintendent of the
whole system.
'J"Duriiijj the building of the new court
house at Laporte, court is held in the school,
house.
C-f The grief of Moore Maker, whose wife
and baby were murdered by two negroes,
whom he in turn killed, has been appeased
by the sale of all the evidence of the awful
tragedy to a dime museum manager for a big
round sum of cash. Public opinion applaud
ed Mr. l'.aker for his killing of the two mur
derers, but his sale of the evidence of the
awful deed for exhibition purposes, has
created universal disgust, He is sadly lack
ing in the finer sensil ilitics of the man.
C-iTThe Tunkhannock bobbin factory was
sold at assignee's sule to John II Jennings,
of Mchoopany, for ?S,4O0. The building
and machinery are all new, and it is a valu
able property. Two houses and a barn were
included in the sale.
CiT A dispatch from San Antonio, Texar,
says:
W. S. Chamberlain, Deputy United States
Collector of Customs at Rio Grande City,
makes a strong appeal for aid for the desti
tute of that section. He says that women
and children are starving to death ; that
three-fourths of the cattle have died, and
that the real situation is withheld for specu
lative land reasons. Comment, flour and
sugar, he says, have risen in price beyond
the reach of poor people, and water, owing
to the protracted drouth, is selling at 12
cents per gallon.
GiTWayiie McVeagh, the new United
States ambassador to Italy, has called nt the
Quirinal and presented his credentials. King
Humbert conversed with hun afterward ino.it
cordially, assuring him that Italy prized
most highly the friendship of the United
States.
fZTS. V. liovd, editor of the Wilkesbarre
"Newsdealer," and J. H. Orr, a prominent
merchant of that city, had a fierce personal
encounter 0:1 llu public sminre there, 111
which the editor was the victor. The fight
grew out of a publication in the Newsdealer
to which Mr. Urr took exception, and was a
renewal of a similar encounter between the
two men which occurred the day before.
HTSurrounded by his family, lieniamin L.
Hewitt, ex-speaker of the Pennsylvania
house of representatives, died early last Sat
urday morning at the Ilingham house, Phila
delphia, where, for several weeks past, he
Ins been receiving medical attention He
was sixty-one years old, and has for some
time bet 11 a suffeicr from pachymeningitis.
The body was taken later in the day to the
dead man's home, in Ilollidaysburg.
CtTPension Commissioner Lochren has issued
an order directing in accordance with the act
of congress of lJeccmbcr 21, 1S93, that im
mediate steps be taken to remove suspension
of pensions in all cases in which such action
has not already been taken.
Commenting on this order Commissioner
Lochren said: ''This order directs the re
moval of suspensions in all cases in which
action of resumption of payments or drop
ping from the roils has not already been
taken. It has become necessary to do this
under the act of congress of December 21,
iSot, as it has been construed by the attor
ney general to include all cases of pending
su-peii .1011 el payment of pensions even
where the evidence of fraud or of lack of
title is slron- and convincing
"The result will be to pay out a large
amount ot money Irom the treasury to per
sons who are defrauding the government."
WThe work nt the Pennsylvania railroad's
new station i.t I'rond and Market strce's,
Philadelphia, is being pushed rapidly, and
by April I, it is thought, a number of rooms
will be ready for occupancy.
For 2 Co years the darners of Connecticut
have had an inalienable right to take clams
in the waters of that State but some time
ago oyster beds were planted there, nnd in
a decision just rendered by the Supreme
Court the clamers have been defeated and
their rights nullified.
It is curious, but nevertheless true, that
when Congressman-at-Large Galusha A.
Grow entered politics, Lincoln and Sherman
were country lawyers, Grant an obscure cap
tain on the Pacific Coast, and Garfield a
mule driver on the Ohfb Canal.
A despatch from Dahomey says that King
Behanzin, on the eve of his surrender, sum
moned his widowed mother and, after telling
her of his intention to submit to the French,
said he must first inform his father, and
would therefore have her take him a mes
sage. Behanzin thereupon ordered that his
mother be beheaded, and, smoking a pipe,
calmly looked on while the attendants de
capitated her.
Spring Tours to Florida via Pennsylvania
Railroad.
Oti Match 27111 the Pennsylvania
Ratlrot.l Company will run the last
pcrsnri.iy t.uiiiliieti;d hur to
Florid.i. Special itains in charge
of experienced tourist agent and chap
eron will leave New Yotk 0:30, Tren
ton it:o3 A.M. Philadelphia 12:10.
Wilmington 12:50, and Baltimore 2:36
P. M. These tiains will be composed
of Pul man sleeping and dining cars
fitted with modern appointments and
conveniences of the most sumptuous
type-
f 50 from New York. $18 from Phila
delphia and Baltimore, and propor
tionately low rates from other points
on the system, will cover all expenses
cn route transportation, Pullman ac-
commcdation, and meals. On the last
tour the ticket covers Pullman facili
ties south-bound onlv, the limit, how
ever, being May 31st, thus allowing a
much longer visit.
A stay of two weeks in the glorious
health inspiring peninsula may be en
joyed on the first, and that time may
well be spent in following out the num
berless side trips available from Jack
sonville. These tour are especially
lclighttul during the present when the
beauties of this magnificent State are
at their best, and a vacation spent
there should necessarily result in great
benefit to those participating.
It not only lelieves ; it does more
Uc.res. We refer to One Minute
Cough Cure. Suitable for all ges. all
conditions, at all times. W. S. Rish
ton, Druggist.
(Joins Is3uod ly Private Mints.
The constitution of the United
States provides that no state shall
coin money, but it seems that in
dividuals might have" done so till
about the time of the late civil war.
Of course it has always been against
the law to counterfeit or imitate the
coinage of the United States, and so,
necessarily, a coin issued by a private
mint would have to be so distinctive
in shape or markings as to show thot
it was not intended to pass as federal
money. For this reason the $50 gold
coins or tokens issued by several priv
ate mints in California durincr the
flush times of the fifties were octagon
al in shape.
Gold coins were also issued by the
Mormons of Utah at about the same
time, and the same thing had been
done by parties in Georgia and North
Carolina.
Probably the latest of these private
mints was the one established in
Denver in the early sixties. It is said
that, the coinage ot this establishment
being brought to the attention of
Secretary Chase, that eminent
financier was much astonished to find
a respectable firm of bankers engag
ed in making and uttering money and
was still further supiised when the
attorney general of the United
States declared they had the right to
do so. This incident caused the
passage of a law absolutely prohibiting
individuals from issuing or circulating
anything intended in any manner to
serve as money. Washington Star.
After the Grip
SHB WAS
Gick, Lifeless, Dull
HUT NOW IS
Healthy, Happy, Lively
This Decided Change Brought About
by Taking Hood's Saraaparilla.
"0. I. Hood Si Co., Lowell, Mass.:
"Gentlemen I wish to certify to the follow
ing fact: Mj little girl, Lllla May Guthrie,
had a severe attack of the grip, nnd got some
what better, but she did not seem to get right
well. She lingered along from day to day, poor,
weak and languid. Ve consulted a loading
physician, and be said It was the dregs of the
grip still about her. We gavo the uiedlclue be
ordered, but she seemed to get
More and More Delicate!
She could scarcely eat anything, and what little
the did take seemed to do her no good. Her
flesh was soft and not healthy, and she was
stupid and dull with no ambition. Wo were
very much concerned about her. No medicine
soemed to have any eflvct until about two
months ngo we commenced to give her Hood's
Barsaparllla, She bad not taken half a bottle
before she begau to eat heartily, anil we could
see a decided clinngo In her. Today alio is In
the full enjoyment of
Perfect Health.
Her fleih Is solid, her appetite good and cheeks
rosy, her sleep sound and refreshing, and her
Hood's,1" Cures
spirits high. She Is full of life, and as mischiev
ous as she can be. All this Improvement was
brought about by taking Hood's Harsaparllla.
My wife loins with main recommenillni; this med
ium hs the bent In the world for milhhiig up the
system." lit a uuthhik, tieninvuie, i enn.
N. II. Do sure to get Hood's Harsaparllla,
Hood's Pills cure all liver Ills, oonsllpatlou,
biliousness, Jaandioa, lok headache, Indigestion.
fOHH B. TOW
- M R CHAW S
CORNER OF MARKET AND MAIN STREET.
BLOOMSBURa.
TIIK
Peley Institute
Oil FOR
THE CURE OF THE
ui
HABITS.
THE ONLY SATISFACTORY
TREATMENT.
Scud for reading matter.
THE KEELEY INSTITUTE,
728 MADISON AVE..
SOB A3T0N, PA.
Wo refer by permission to
.1. 1. HixtlnO
J. 11. ltlmml,)' Ciitnwlsna.
S-4-II 1110.
A IIBMAEFAST APPETITE
CAN BEST HE AIDED UY
THE1TEWS of the WORLD
CONCISELY TOLD AND BRIGHTLY
COMMENTED UPON.
THE PATRIOT la ,he ony complete
in'iniinir nrv.smicr tlmt rendios central l'enn
8 lvanlii nt an early liour ot the day.
ltlsoiiHOt the JoremoHt Democratic news
papers In the state nnd the only one printed at,
the Htate Cnpltnl, tUe oltlclal and political cen
ter of the Commonwealth
It prints the news, receiving It over Its own
wires through the extraordinary facilities of
the ir rent, Press Association, ulded by Its own
correspondents.
T'HE PATRIOT Is Democratic to l he corn,
s opposed to bosses and an enemy of cornipt
monopolies. It Isn't afraid to fljrht the wrong";
11 never hesitates to speak for the rlK'lit,
It mokes a specialty of department, news and
(rives more ench day than all the other State
prpors combined.
The leading question during rfio winter will
be Tariff Keform. In November next Pennsyl
vania will elect a Clovernor, mem tiers ot Con
(rress, nnd a State Legislature. The man who
d sires to keep Informed must read, nnd the
man who reads should get THE PATRIOT,
dully or weekly.
To place THE PATRIOT In the hands of
a yet larger constituency we will send the Daily
irom now until March 1, inks, nv mall to any
new subscriber on receipt of KIVK DOLI.AHH.
The VYrkklt will be sent to any new subset Iber
from now until March 1, itftts, 011 receipt of ONE
DOLLAll.
TIIK PATHIOT Is the best advertising
medium In Pennsylvania outsldu of i'lttsbmtf .
and l'hlludulphlo.
Free to lite tlneniDloved 1 It Inserts
without ehnrtfo advert Isements of those want-!
lni; employment, its Help order has brought 1
assistance m hundreds It hns a cent a word
v ant Column for other wants.
DAIL. every week-day uwrnlnii In the year.
CR n vini.
lucsjuy evening 01 Cucu wcck, c
a year.
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PHILADELPHIA & READING
RAILROAD.
IN EIFECT FEB. 11, 19:'4.
TRAINS LB4VE PLOOMSUrilQ
For New York. Philadelphia. Beadlntr Totts
vllle, Tamnqua, tU, weekdays 11.15 a. m.
f or m iiiiuiaspon, weekdays, 7.4& a. in., s.ib p.
m. f tircny, 7 t a. m , 4.-.U p. m.
For Dnnvtiie and Milton, weekdarr. 7.45 a. m .
MS Sunday, T.5 a. in., 4. p. m.
For ('iitawlsss weekdays 7.4. 11. In R. m.. 18.15.
S.iii a.so, p. in Sunday, 10,W a. ni. T.U2 p. m.
For Kupert weekdays 7.4.F, I'. is i. in., ll5, 8.15
5 on, e.ao, p. tu. buuday .tu, lo.iw a, m., 4.M
7.02 p. m.
TRAINS FOll BLOO.VSUUKO
Leave. New York via 1'hlladelphU 8.00 a
m.. and via KnM on v. o a. ni.
uve i iilladi ipbhi le.ona. in.
leave Heading u.r0 a. in.
Leave Potisviiie iM.au p. in.
Leave Timaqua 1.C0a. re..
Leave WllllnmBVorl weekdays 9.85 a. m. 4,25 p.
m , Suidny, fc.oo a. tn., 4. '.6 p.m.
Leave eutawiasa wccktla s. 7.nn. fl.ro a. m. 1.80.
8 IS. ti.ie. Sunday, 7.15 v. m., 4. IB. p m.
Leave Kup"rt. weekdays, t.oh, tt.37. 11.24 a. m..
1.87 S.a7, f.LO. tui.dnjt', 7.f3, 10.18 a. ra. 4.U3
0.15 p. Ul.
For Baltimore, Washington and the West via
B A O. H. 11., through tralr.s leave Heading Ter
minal, Philadelphia, 3.45, 7.IH5, ll.'JH a. in.. 8.54.
7.22, s. tii, p. m. tsuudaya 3.15,7.55 11,26 a, ui..
a.54, 7 s , y.tt, p. m,
ATLANTIC CITY DIVISION.
Leave Philadelphia. Chestnut Stieet Wharf aDd
South Street Wharf.
FOR ATI.HNTIC CITY.
Weckdave Express, D.Oi, t'aturday only, s 00
a. ni., 4. co 5.ti p. in.
Accommodation, 8.00a. ni., 5.45 p. m.
Sundays Kxnress. tt.oo, 10.00 a.u .. Accomoda.
tlon, m.oo a. m., and 4.0u j. . m.
Her. nnlug leave Atlantic City Depot, corner
Atlantt'i and Arkansas avenues. Weekdays.
Express. 7.H0. 8..',0 a. in., and 4.00 p. m. Accom
modation, 8.10 a. in , and 4.) p. m.
Sundays. Express. 4.00, B.1B e.oo u. ra. A'icom.
modution, 7.15 a. m., uud 4.15 p. in.
Parlor Cars on all Express trains.
I. A. SWEIOAHD, V. U. HANCOCK,
Gnn'l Superintendent. tlcu 1 Pass. Agt
E. A. RAWLINGS.
PKALKR IN
All Kinds of Aleut.
Beef, Veal, Lamb, Mutton,
Pork, Hams, Bacon, Tonguee,
Bologna, &c. Free Delivery
to all parts of the town.
CENTRE STREET,
C. H. REICE'S OLS STAND.
BLOOMSBURC, PA.
GET YOUR
JOB PRINTING
DONE AT THE
COLUMBIAN OFFICE
TAI3E.OE,
YOU
Do
you not
your wives new dresses ? They have been econ
omizing all winter to help you through 'the
hard times. Now that they are over, tell your
wive3 that they may now spend a little money
on themselves. They know how to uso it to
the best advantage, and where to go. Our
stock of
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DRESS GOODS
is one of the finest eer displayed on our count
er?, embracing all the newest and most desirable
fabrics. It is impossible to describe it in detail,
but ask the ladies to .
COME AND SEE.
We are not afraid to compare styles, qualities
and prices with any one. Our line of
SILKS
too, is especially fine, comprising the best and
choicest weaves of foreign and domestic manu
fact ure. The colorings this season are exceed
ingly rich, nnd the novel combinations, hand
some and attractive. In
;BlaSk 3ood ad Velvety
we have the best, aud on our shelves you will
find anything you want in this line.
Pursel & Harman.
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SPECIAL CASH S
FOR CASH ONLY I
o 'loft liels, .
Everything Fresh and Mew.
Commencing Monday 19th and continuing 10 days, we
will make rebate of from 10 to liO per cent on every article in our
House Furnishing Dept.
If you want anything in Furniture for any room, Carpets,
Curtains, Shades, Lamps, Mirrors, Dishes, Toilet Sets. Jcc,
v BABY CARRIAGES.
lou can t ailord to buy any where eleo than from u. Our
Prices were low before, but when we take off in many instances
20 per cent, it places our
Competitors not In it.
All you have to do is to
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iUlUg VJfOUUS.
Jn'!,f?rgeJ our Patterns are the newest
and Goods the freshest, many of them having
only been opened up this week.
We want your trade and it will bo to your advantage to
buy from U3.
DON'T FORGET TIME.
See our Circulars
for full Particulars.
We've 'got the Goods,
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& HEP
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BLOOMSBURG,
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HUSBANDS
think it about time vou
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