Orders will ba re celvedupto July 1 for foil sots of "Magio City" at $1.80. Wa shall net handla thorn after that dato. Order now. Tha demand upon our columns lb adver tising space certainly shows that busino:; men recognize the val ue cf'The Columbian' as an advertising medium. VOL 29 ARRESTED TOE HORSE-STEALING. On . Wednesday ot last week Chief of Police Knorr received a postal card dated at Tunkhannock, and signed by A. E. Betts, liveryman, stating that Jack Knabel, of Reading, Ta., aged thirty-fire, about five feet, five inches high, heavy set, smooth face, light black moustache, grey suit and derby hat, diove away from that place with a bay mare and top buggy, and was wanted there. He also jumped a boaid bill. Chief Knorr discovered that a man of the same name and answering the description had registered at the St. Elmo and was still there. He tele graphed to.Betts that the man was here, and received a reply asking him to hold Knabel on both charges, and stat ing that an officer would come for him. Officer Lott of Tunkhannock came on Thursday morninz. and Chief Knorr arrested Knabel and turned him over to the officer, who re turned with him to Kingston. The pri soner alleged that he had left the rig at Kingston, and had written back where it could be found, but no such letter haHbeen received at Tunkhan nock. The Tunkhannock Democrat of last week says : "Jack Knabel, as he called himself, who had been boarding at the Warren Street Hotel here for the past four weeks, on credit, hired a horse and wagon of A. E. Betts, on Tuesday of last week, to be absent not to exceed two days, but up to Monday last he had not returned the horse and his whereabouts was believed to be a mys tery. On Monday Mr. Betts received a letter from him, postmarked at Kmc ston, stating that he had received a letter informing him of the death of hisjsister at Reading, Pa., and that he was going there to attend the funeral. and had left his horse and wagon at the hotel on the right hand side. Mr. Betts accordingly went to Kingston on Monday but found no horse and wag on there and could find no one who had seen Mr. Knabel or the horse and wagon. Since writing the above Mr, Betts found his horse and wagon at Luzerne Borough, Mr. Knabel leaving word that he-'Vould call for it. Mr. Knabel has "skipped" aboard bill of twenty -five or thirty dollars at the warren btrect Hotel and taken with him what little money he had collected while canvassing here and in this vi cinity for advertising in hotel redsters It is not believed by the pioprietor of the warren btreet Hotel that he will be back here to settle his indebtedness, but that he has decamped for parts unknown. In his letter to Betts he tells him to send his bill to him at Reading, and that he will pay it by check, which looks very much as though he did not intend to return for the horse and wagon " in a day or two" at the time the letter was written. CERTIFICATE REFUSED. The following Communication was received by the Bloomsburg School Board on last inday night. Bloomsburg, Pa., Mayas, 1894 Bloomsburg School Board, Bloomsburg, Pa . Oentlemen: The term for which my professional certificate was endorsed will expire on the fust Monday of June, 1894. The County Superintendent has refused to renew it, and since there is no exami nation for rae to attend, I am com pelled to resign. I therefore resign the principalship of your schools, the resignation to take effect June 4, 1S94. I regret that this step is necessary, but for your protection I must take it. Very Respectfully Yours, L. P. Sterner. On mo'ion the resignation was ac cepted with regret. A most singular feature of the late storm was the fact that while it rained here it snowed farther south. From Kentucky comes reports of heavy snow, the like of which had not been seen in that region for 40 years, and the injury crops have sustained in consequence has never been equaled. Carlisle, Ky., reports seven inches as having fallen there on Saturday night, the 19th inct. Somerset reports over six inches on Sunday morning, and a complete surprise to the oldest in habitant. The snow storm extended as tar soutn as Chatanooga, Tenn essee. At Lexington three inches fell, doing creat damage to wheat and other crops. Mount Sterling also re ports f ix: inches of snow, and, in con sequence, that wheat, rye and other crops beaten down flat will be a total loss, cs well as much injury to fruit and fruit trues from the great burden of smnv that fell upon them The State ' Council of Red Men which whs held at Bethlehem, Pa., recently called together about 400 del egates., Gidding & Co. for clothing. THE BEDAL CUBE. We notice linnn tVin Bloorasburg, looking bright and sober juices, r,. j. Bowman, William Sterner. Henrv Yohev ami have undergone successful treatment vi long standing drink habits. Tro- iiiuuion may not prohibit, but the Bedal Cure cures that is, where the drinking is a disease rather than of wilful determination. Though both the liquor and the antidote is out of the system of the patient, he is by no means forever infallible against intox icants, and the more especially so if lie ircquenis nis old haunts and can find no pleasure elsewhere. Such a man is in constant danger of return ing tO his CUPS, 'of conrsf. 11 ia just as some christians are who need conversion oitener than protracted meetings are held for their accom modation. But a little cenuine Christianity well worked in with the Bedal Cure we verilv believe will en. able the most besotted creature on ea-ih to build above his depraved tastes and habits, and build so high as to soon look down upon them with mingled nitv and contemnt. Ye sn high as to enable him to say to every rising temptation, "get thee behind me. Satan." and to k right where he should be kept in the nope 01 making the most of this life and that to follow. The Sunday School Convention. We attended our first inter-denominational Sunday School Convention on Thursday and Friday last in the Bloomsburg Court House. It was a pronounced success even during the most ine'ement weather. Had the weather been favorable a room the size of Talmage's burned Tabernacle would have been needed. The court house was crowded to the front seats, the aisles, and the door ways. Myron I. Low, of Lime Ridge, the worthy and enthusiastic young presi dent of the association, readily instils enough of the emotional into the proceedings to prevent its going to sleep or being spiritually smothered to death. It is the first interdenomi national organization of zealous church-workers that the writer ever attended, and as the aim is the same in all the churches the harmonious action which characterized the con vention throughout proves that, though creeds and lorms ot worship may radically differ, it is quite possible to so arrange the program as to give no offense along the line of forms of worship ; but, on the other hand, to make it a spiritual stimulus to all the various denominations that are not too seclusive to consent to join the association and to participate ir its ceremonies, and work along common lines for the common good unckr rules that may be mutually agreed upon by the majority of the assembly. Though a resident of another county and not a member of the association, we noticed some few familiar faces among those participating; one in particular being the young president, in whom we can but feel a natural sense of pride from boyhood ac quaintance dating back to the day of his birth and being in dresses, and when his father and mother (who died in his youth) were both living. Com ing thus early into the competency that his parents left him, and not having, parental guidance when boys need it most, his usefulness to society was certainly in jeopardy, and it might easily have been lost but for his inherent disposition to practice self-denial in youth for the sake of righteousness, letting others if they chose to act in the more fascinating ways of gamblers, horse racers, drink ers and swearers. With the ' means at hand he might easily have driven the fastest horse and entertained the fastest women, smoked the best cigars, and drank the best whiskey that Columbia county afforded. But because of his inherent disposition he has chosen the ' wiser, better course, and we hope to be pardoned for now utilizing the position we occupy in making this commendable fact public. For full particulars of the proceedings of the convention of which Myron Low is president see our report in full elsewh'jrc. While an attacheeof the Columbian was on his way home the other night he was accosted by a trio of young girls who wanteJ him to stop and play " bluebird." But not being acquainted with the game as they play it in Bloomsburg these days he felt obliged to refuse the invitation. We mention the matter for the bene fit of parents whose girls are running the streets nights either with or with out permission. GidJing & Co. fur clothing. I5LOOMSBUKG, PA., AN EPIDEMIC OF TWINS. From the appropriately named vil lage of New Hope, Pa., comes report of a twin epidemic which is certainly remarkable. It is remarkable for the unusual number of twins that New Hope is industriously turning out. and also for the spread of the matady which Seems to establish its contagious nature and lead less hopeful villagers to hold aloof Irom -New Hope. Con cerning the contagion, report runs as loilows : " It began with Mrs. Charles John son, the wife of the town's leading butcher, and with her relative, Mrs. Edward Johnson. The wife of Con stable Lewis Bennett and Mrs. Ezra Hall fell into line a few days later with a pair each; all girls. When Landlord A. J. Solomon, of the Farm ers' Hotel, returned home the other evening he heard the crying of twins, while triplets sung a welcome foi his friend around the corner, Jonathan Bartlett, the livery-stable keeper. Mrs. John McDonald, the wife of a farm hand, and the estimable better half of Rev. Mr. Gray, presented twins to their husbands within a few hours of each other, and the physicians who attended them announced that "Mrs. Gean Duflie and Mrs. John Peterson had also done likewise. These ad ditions to the population had scarcely been recorded when Mrs. Irvin Hend rickson, wife of the proprietor of New Hopes big paper-mill, and Mrs. Fred Schabinger, also contributed twins to the town. Mrs. Joseph Monrs, Mrs. Augustus and Mrs. Michael Gorman, the rosy-cheeked wife of a plumber. have also come to the front with their quota, and the .women of New Hope who have twins now about equal the number of those who have not." Now it seems some imprudent peo ple from Towanda visited New Hope right in the face of the epidemic and the following result we extract ' from a Towanda paper as a timely warning to the innocent. " Towanda can't beat this record yet, but the little folks are coming along in pairs every tew days." Under ordinary circumstances we should say nothing about it, but under prevailing depressed conditions we feel like sounding the alarm to unsuspect ing married folks by crying " beware of New Hope and Towanda." An almost forgotten freshet is brought to light through the columns of the Wilkes-Barre Record as follows : " As bearing on the present freshet the Record learns of a flood 87 years ago which was even higher than the present one. The fact is mentioned in a letter written May 1807, by James Sinton to his friend, Steuben Butler. He says the water came up Market street and was around the horse block in front of the Sinton store, which stood on the corner of Market and Franklin, where is now the Wyoming Bank. He further says had it not been checked by a cold day and night he has no doubt it would have been much higher. This was even higher than the famous flood of rS65, when the water came to the White Horse Hotel. Steuben Butler, to whom the letter was written, was in 1807 a lad of 17 years learning the printing trade in Doylestown, with Asher Miner. James Sinton was a son ot Jacob Sin ton, one of the proprietors of the old Sinton store. The letter is in the pos session of C. E. Butfcr, son of Steu ben Butler." THE PRACTICAL EFFECTS THE STORM. OF Whatever the ultinate effects of the recent destruction of property by the elements may be the immediate re sult is that in order to make amends idle labor must now be employed, material must be purchased and dor mant capital must be put into circu lation in consequence. While we naturally deplore such ca lamities, and especially when they fall upon the helpless, yet we have felt more than once that m the hands of God even terrible things are often made to work together for more good that harm. " ONE LITTLE GIRL IN BLU E." This much talked of and popular little miss came to town Tuesday, and is now comlortably housed in the large show window of Gidding & Co., the clothiers, where she amuses her self playing the mandolin, not at all minding the throngs who constantly surround the window. As between floods, cloud-bursts, earthquakes, and fires, and business depression, this seems, indeed, to be tile season of our discontent at home and abroad. Gi lding & Co. for clothing. FRIDAY, JUNE 1. 1894. BRIEF MENTION About People You Know. J. Lee liar man spent last week In New York. Mis Martha Clark returned from Phila delphia on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. A. Z. Schoch went to Phila delphia on Monday. ,, A girl baby came to the home of S. F. Peacock on Saturday. Miles I. Beishline, of Jeddo, is visiting his home at Greenwood. Mr. Archie Nesbitt, of Ebervale, spent Sunday with Mr. Charles Pollock. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Unangst of New York, are visiting their parents here. Thomas Thorburn, of Sharpsburg, Pa., is visiting Prof. Aldinger of the Normal School. Dr. and Mrs. Edward F. Smith and child rcn of New York, are visiting relatives here. Mrs. John S. Gilbert of Philadelphia, is spending a few days in town. Invitations are out for the marriage of Mr. W. II. Slate to Miss Nellie Packer, of Sun bury, on June 14th. Miss Laura Parker, of Rohnburg, is In town visiting her cousin, Miss Bertha Shoe maker. Mrs. Iglehart, of Evansville, Indiana, Is visiting her mother Mrs. Catharine Barton, at Espy. Joseph Iiatti sailed for Italy last Saturday to visit his mother. He will be absent sev eral weeks. N. W. Barton is putting down a new Ohio stone pavement on the corner of East and Fifth streets. Edward Traub, son of Wm. Traub of east Bloomsburg, is again up and about after a prolonged illness. Mr. Myron I. Low, of I.ime Ridge, will lead the Men's meeting in the Y. M. C. A. hall next Sunday at 2:30. Z. T. Fowler, of Willow Springs, we were pleased to see among delegates to the recent Sunday School Convention. Judge Murphy's little son Dan attended court this week with his father. He is a bright and pretty child, and seemed to en joy his visit. Harry Beishline, of Berwick, one of the car shop employees, had the misfortune a lew days ago to have several of his lingers tawed oft. ' Under the skillful treatment of Dr. Kam erly, Miss Anna Hayman, of New Colum bus, has been relieved of rheumatism and restored to health. Messrs. T. D. Robbins, accompanied by a son of Samuel Boone, of Lime Ridge, gave this office a business call on Thursday. They were both attendants of the Sunday School Convention. Mr. T. II. Beishline, of Welliverville, call ed at this office on business on Saturday. He reported that his immediate neighbor hood sustained but little injury from the late heavy rains. A party of young folks gave Howard Fur man quite a surprise last Friday eve. by taking charge of the house. All seemed to enjoy ihtmselves. Where a jovial disposi tion characterizes both the surprised and the surprisers, as in this case, social enjoyment is a doad certainty. Thomas Hill, an old playmate now livimr at Berwick, and whom we had not seen for 25 or 30 years, we were pleased to grasp by ine nana on ine srreeis o uioomsuurg last Thursday. Though we grow gray the facial outlines of youth linger until death. Thomas was not a delegate to the Sunday School Convention. We he" rtily agree with the Dutch man wl- said Vater is very goot in its blactt;1'1 and we take this occasion to boldly assert that the rain-makers will do well if they get a $10,000 ap propriation from the U. S. Treasury . 1 . ' r . 1 ., nus year, i nis is oecause a consider able quantity of water, furnished after the old fashion, seems to have over flowed its natural place of flowing. Whether it is a Providential intent to head off the rain-makers (who didn't get the rain they promised through bombarding the heavens with dyna mite and upon which they realized a snug experimental profit) or to help along the crying farmer, we shall not venture to say ; but that we have had enough to fill all immediate demand for water is quite certain. E. J. Bowman is getting along finely at the Bedal Gold Cure Insti tute. He says rum and he have dis solved partnership forever, and that rum now is as palatable as a dose of rotten eggs. It is desired that in the near future that he address our people on the subject of Temperance, the disease of strong drink and its cure. Doubtless Mr. Bowman will be fully prepared from experience to talk to us on this subject. He is engaged, after completing the course of medicine, to lecture throii;h the State. He will also visit Berwick. J. M. C. Ranck and wife of Light Street, w;re bound over to court last Saturday morning, by J. M. Clark esq. They were charged with cruel treat ment to the twelve year old son of Mr. Raurk, and with assault and bat tery on Constable Roscoe Ent, who took out the warrant. Many witnesses were heard, and it was quite interest ing. '. THE PEOPLE are more than ever catching on to the BIG INDUCEMENTS Lowenberg's are offering. Bringing the prices on fine clothing down so low that the very best goods are now within the reach of all. SPECIAL INDUCEMENTSTHIS WEEK in Children's knee pants suits, and Boy's long pants suits. Every suit $1 to $2 less. $10 suits now $7.50. Some nice ones $2.00 A BIG LINE of Men's fine serge suits just received. The $15 and $12 kind now $0.50. A great many suits that . , were now $7 and $8 White and fancy vests, the latest styles, 75c. Light weight (coat and vest) and immense assortment at SLAUGHTERING PRICES. Come where you know what they advertise is true and what they tell you is right. It is to the interest of your pocket-book to buy now at the D- LOWENBERG CLOTHING STORE. Duni Get Yourself Y It's a risk i q ii y ........ have a line made especially me sman IJoys. .Ladies wear Spring Heeled Shoes find a good assortment at sioreofW. C. McKINNEY. an article that is beyond question. We handle the best makes of Shoes for Children- BOYS need no longer wear PirW nhnps up who will the H. J. Clark's Building, Main street. GIVEN TO REPAIRING WATCHES J". GK "WZEjIjUiS. Eyes examined NO 22 Box ma BY BUYING SHOES OF AN UNCERTAIN QUALITY. vou can'r. aflnrH in run won't afford any way when we can supply vou with for CLOCKS JEWELRY -AT- free of charge. J. G. WELLS.
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