Everbcdjr is wel come to a calendar for 1803, who will call at thi3 offloo for it, wheth er thoy are subsoribers or not. Onlv a few more left. Come soon. If you want a crop of prosperous business, plant your Spring ad vorUsoaiant now. VOL HO EETEESOE MEHT AND REFOBlf. The discussion about the salaries for the directors, auditors and steward for the poorhouse, has set some of us to thinking that officials are sometimes extravagant. It certainly seems to me, that these unfortunate people who have to be left at public expense, if they are not very troublesome, might be kept very comfortable for less than three hun dred and fifty dollars per year. I have known men to keep a fami ly of six or eight for considerably less money. Their rations may not have been so rich as it is necessary to furn ish for those who have become a pub lic charge. I am not personally interested in the management of the poor-house, only in so far as their example may have a bad effect upon other public functionaries. It is refreshing to find that people are taking notice of the manner their money is being disposed of. Perhaps if this little leak can be stopped, some one or some party may try their hand on larger game. There is hardly a salary paid to any official from the President of the United States down to our county offices, that might not be reduced one half without any detriment to the pub lic service. I have no doubt, that the public would be better served for half the money, as there would bo less money expended for beer and whiskey. Our officials would be in better conditions mentally and physically to attend to the business for which they were elect ed. Were we not as well served in the United States government before the frandulent increase of salaries, as we have been since. Do not Washing- ton, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe, compare very favorably with any Presidents we have had since ? Was not Davy Crocket equal to, if not superior to many of our congress men? Congressmen of the present day are getting from forty to fifty dollars per day for every dav that they are sup posed to be on duty, saying nothing about the stealings. Stealings may sound a little harsh, but if any one does not like it, let them suggest a more appropriate term, for what they get in the way of pocket knives, pen cils, fine-tooth combs, and knick- knacks, sufficient in some cases to start a novelty store ; and which they have no more right to than 1 have. If stealing .sounds too harsh suppose we call it petit larceny. When we come to consider what is done in high places by those who ought to be the best men in our land the little affair at the poor-house dwindles almost to utter insignificance. They seem only to be imitating in & small way those in higher places. Both seem to have acted upon the principle of " Tickle me Billy do do do, And in return I'll tickle you too." We hear a great deal of talk about retrenchment and reform, but it gener ally ends in talk. At least it has never resulted in a decrease ot taxation. Our legislators at Harrisburg are talkins about letrenchment, but thev do not appear to have a very healthy idea of how the thing ought to be done. They have never done any thins of the kind, and have no prece dent to guide them. It is no wonder that they are at a loss as to the how or where. I would suggest an idea to them, that will no doubt be satisfactory to a very lame majority of their consti tuents. It is this. Commence cut tins down vour own salaries to about the average of what your masters have to work for : then make a line reuuc tion on all other official salaries that are under your control. Such re trenchment will work like a charm j and will, I have no doubt, secure your re-election. This would be not only retrenchment, but also a much needed reform. The salaries that are paid to our nublic servants are in very many 7;ases, an outrage upon the taxpayers. And not only that, but it tends to create an unseemly scramble for office, which frequently prevents honorable men from consentine to enter tne race If the salaries of our public servants were about equal to what they couki get as an employee at some private business, (and there is no good reason why it should be more,) it would drive from the field those patriotic individu als who are so anxious to serve their country for the money there is in it As soon as we have reiormeu baia ries, so as to make them no tempta tinn to iinscrunulous men, other re forms will as naturally, as day follows night. Th thirA orand iurv of Bradford county has recommended a new court 197 KILE8 IN 185 MINUTES. Fastest Run Ever Made on Dolaware It Lackawanna. The record for the fastest Ionr.fi;.. tance run on the Dpi wanna & Western Railroad was brok n on the 28th ult. by a special train hich was convevins W. S Slnan n,i Sam Sloan, Jr , sons of President Sam oioan, irom rvew York to Buffalo he train, which consisted nf th rpj. cars, left Hoboken at ahnnr RAM and arrived Binghamton at 12:46 p. m nerc r.ngineer William Lonegan, ith engine No in. of v.lmira m.i Conductor M W. Scanlon of that city, took charge. The run to Elmira, 7 lies, was made in (i minutes. The first stop was at Bath, where four minutes were spent. from Bath to Last Buffalo, 103J ik-s, the time was 103 minutes, stop of four minutes, however, was made at Mi. Morris, so that the actual running time for the distance was 99 m unuies. the tram was reported at ast Buffalo at 3:59 P. M. Deduct ig eight minutes tor the two stons. the traveling time for the 107 miles was just 185 minutes. Engineer Lone gan made two years ago the best pre vious record, which he broke by this fast run. Resolutions of Condolence by M. E. S. S., Ispy, Pa. Whereas, it has pleased our Heav enly Father to remove from our midst our sister Mrs. S. K. Worman, thus taking from our Sunday School a be- oved and faithful teacher : therefore be it Jicsoloed, that we bow in holy sub mission to the Divine will and while deeply regretting our own loss are comforted by the knowledge that our earthly loss is her infinite gain. Jicsoloed, that her Christian life among us shall be an example to each one of us, so that '"being dead she yet speaketh." Aesolued, that we extend our heart felt sympathy to the bereaved hus band and friends, commending tiiem to the Heavenly Father for comfort. Jiesolved, that a copy of these reso lutions be sent friends, and be pub lished in the papers, and be placed upon the minutes of Sunday School. Miss Martha Robinson, " Bessie Hagenbuch, " Bertha Angle, Wm. Milnes, Jr., John K. Miller, Earl M. Creveling, Com. The party who hired Winner's horse and buggy and failed to return, was captured last Friday at Millers- burg by officer Leonard Saxe of Lewis- town, and brought to Bloomsburg on Saturday. He was taken before Guy Jacoby Esq., and after hearing the officer and A. M. Derr, he was com mitted to jail, the law not permitting bail to be taken by a justice in such cases. Mr. Derr identified him as the man who hired the rig, and officer Saxe said that he got on track of him through a postal card sent out by the Jamestown Protective Association of Jamestown, N. Y., of which Winner & Derr are members. The prisoner gave his name as August Kline, and said his home was in North Adams, Mass. His reason for selling the rig was that the horse got the blind staggers and he had to hire two horse doctors, and this made his expenses so high that he sold the rig to get his money back. He is an innocent look ing German about 60 years old, and has been in this section before, regis tering at Shickshinny and Catawissa under different names. He cannot be tried until September court as no jury has been drawn that can try a felony at May court. This is a peculiar world, remarks an .Yrhanri One is strufrtrlinir for . v.'- - -"o -' - o . Justice, another is fleeinc from it. One man is saving money 10 duuu a house, and another is trying to sell his , for less than it cost to Duua it. une injin ia Knendinir all he can make in taking his girl to the theatre and send ing her flowers, with the hope of mak ing her his wife, while his neighbor is snonHinir'what monev he has in get- "r - . . limr a divr.rre. One man escapes all diseases that flesh is heir to and gets killed on the railroad. Anoiner c ranea with a scratch and dies with the whooDine couch. One man stands off his creditors and goes traveling while another pays his debts and stays at home. " Grog," the sea term for rum-and- water, it may not be generally known, ,iriu,.rl ita name from Admiral Ed ward Vernon, who wore grogram breeches, and hence was called " Old akii, li trar Tr.ie ha ordered his sailors to dilute their rum with water. IJLOOMSBUHG. PA.. P. 0. S. OF A. CELEBRATION. W. C. No. 319, P. O. S. of A. of Bloomsburg Pa. will celebrate their Sevtnth Anniversary on the evening of May 7th, in the Opera House, commencing at 8 o'clock to which the public is cordially invtied. Admission free by ticket. Music will be render ed by Elwell's Orchestra, Bloomsburg Cornet Band and a quartette. Tickets and programmes will be dis tributed through the town. Those not receiving any can procure them by calling at J. G. Wells' or Hess' Jewelry Store. Program. Patriotic Medley. .Elwell's Orchestra. Opening Prayer. .. Rev. G. E. Weeks. Address of Welcome. . . . W. A. Evert. Music Orchestra. Address Subject, God. Rev. P. A. Heilman. Tableau, Subject ..Patriotism Goddess of Liberty, Miss Lizzie Girard, and 40 members of the order. Music by Quartette. Recitation Heroes of Sumptcr Miss Anna Evans. Music Orchestra. Address, Subject, Our Country Rev. C. H. Brandt. Tableau, Subject, Education, School house and teacher, and 40 children going to school. Address, Subject. Our Order. M. P. Lutz. Music, Sword of Bunker Hill . . . Quar tette. Tableau, Subject, Fraternity Forty Members of Order. Music. G. G. Baker, Chairman. M. P. Lutz, C. W. McCaslin, SV. Manning, C. L. Rupert, C. N. Ohl, W. D. Creasy, J. Fidler. I. E. Holter, Secretary of Com. . A SUSPICIOUS PROWLER. On Sunday at midnight Dr. Bier man was called to a patient on Fifth street, and started down the alley. At the rear of his house he saw a figure standing, but could not tell whether it was a man or woman. He inquired what was wanted and a man's voice replied "nothing." The doctor then asked what he was doing theie, and was told that it was none of his busi ness, but the man disappeared. On the doctor's return his wife told him that someone had tried to open a back window during his absence, and it is supposed to be the same man that was seen in the alley. The doctor now carries something with him on his night visits, that is more dangerous as a means of self defense, than his medicine case. SELLING ON THE INSTALLMENT PLAN. In a recent decision the Supreme Court of this state has reaffiimed the legality of selling goods on the install ment plan. Articles leased under bailment for use remain the property of the lessor until the final payment is made in accordance with the terms of the lease, and cannot be seized by creditors of the lessee for his debts. This applies to sewing machines, or gans, pianos, stoves, bicycles, wagons, horses, and most anything else that can change hands without changing the character of the article in any way. Leases in compliance with this law are printed, and for sale at this office. The annual meeting of the Knight's of the Golden Eagle will be held in Williamsport on May 13, 14 and 15. Geo. (J. Roan will go as the represen tative of Theta Castle. In the state there are 500 castles, 100 commanderies and nearly 100 temples. The temples are composed of ladies, and these will be represented by delegates. Commanderies are ex pected from Reading, Philadelphia, Lancaster, Allentown, Harrisburg, Erie, Pittsburg, Altoona and other places. The cash prizes to be contested for by the commanderies will amount to $2?o. The first prize will be $100, for the best drilled commandery ; second, $50 for the finest equipped commandery ; third, $;o for the commandery making the finest ap pearance. The contests will take place in Market square after the parade. Headquarters will be established at the Updegraff, and the grand ball be held at that hotel on the evening of Tuesday, May 14. The sessions will be held for three days in the Lycoming opera house. It will be a big time, sure. Miss Grace Woodward was married to Mr. O. K. McIIenry of Berwick on Thursday of last week. The cere mouy was performed by Kev. u. Weeks at the bride's home on East Street. FRIDAY. MAY 3. 1S95. BRIEF MENTION. About People You Know. A. Z. Schoch went to Wn.hincton on Wednesday. C. W. Miller Ksn. spent a couple of days in Philadelphia this week. John Hacenhuch, Millville's efficient typo, pent Sunday at his home in Espy. Col. Freeze, T. R. Townsend and Geo. K. Elwell spent last Sunday in Lancaster. Rev. W, T. Aumnn spent Thursday in town, lie is located at White Haven. F. P. Tursel went to Philadelphia on Sun day night, and returned home on Tuesday. T. G. Wells took the noon train on the D. L. & W. for Philadelphia on Wednesday. John N. Gordon was called to Phila delphia last Saturday by the serious illness of hit brother. Dr. T. P. Welsh and T. C. Brown .were in Harrisburg on Wednesday on business con nected with the Normal School. C. W. McKelvy and C. W. Funston bac ked five snipe on Friday, nnd the former and II. (.. r-snlemnn got six on Monday. H. O. McIIenry of Benton passed throuch town on Tuesday, on his way to the city to buy new goods for the J. J. McIIenry store. I. II. Coleman was a visitor at this office on Saturday, and renewed the subscription of nis motner wno lives in rishingcrcck town ship, nnd who is an old subscriber to this paper. M. F. F.vcrly of Williamsnort his been confined to the house for the past six weeks, ill we are sirry to learn from his son-in-:w, C. U. Spijeliiiyer, who was in town on Tuesday, that his condition is not improv- tig, lmt rather growini; worse. His disease s heart trouble and dropsy. O. O. Lnudiir of Buffalo, N. Y.. stopped in town a few hours on Monday. He was on his way to visit his mother at Kingtown. Mr. Laudig graduated at the P.oriiial in and at Lafayette College in I8Q2. He now fills the position of head chemist at the iron works of M. A. Ilanna & Co. of Buffalo. HOW TO SPOIL THINGS. To spoil a wife Find fault. To spoil tea or coffee Boil it. To spoil custard Bake it too long. To spoil house plants Water them too much. To spoil butter Do not work out all the milk. To spoil a carpet Sweep it with a stiff half worn broom. To spoil scissors Cut everything, from a sheet of paper to a bar of cast iron. To spoil children Humor them in everything they happen to think they want. To spoil garments in the making- Cut them out carelessly and run all the seams. To spoil a school Change teachers every time some one in the district finds fault. Making Much of Irish. Irish is spreading in the schools of Ireland; 1050 candidates presented themselves for examination in their native tongue last year, as compared with 81 1 the year before. I he num ber of school masters who obtained certificates to teach Irish doubled. Irish was taught in 11 new board schools, and the sale of books of the Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language was greatly increased. The following letters are advertised April 30, 1895. Mrs. Kathenne Cole man, George Cornelius, Mr. William Hester, Mr. Seymore L. Lash, Miss Annie L. Musselman, Mrs. R. E. Peale, Mr. J. G. Sargen, Miss Sue Stine, Jr., Miss Mary Shelhamer. Cards. Miss Mary Achenbach. Will be sent to the dead letter office May 14, 1895. James H. Mercer, P. M. A case that has been before the Lancaster Court for 43 years was end ed on Tuesday, when the jury render ed a verdict in favor of Charles t. Smith, of Philadelphia, against Edward F. Schoenberger, also of Philadelphia, formerly of Lancaster county, for 5117,685.53. The amount 01 the original judgment, entered September 2, 1852, was $3, ie,4, and the verdict was for the original amount and inter est for 43 years. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Rutter Jr., have the warm sympathy of all their friends in the affliction that has come upon them in the death of their only daughter, Marion Wilbur. She died on Thursday morning at 8:35 o'clock, aged 4 years, 9 months and 29 days, after an illness ot two weeks. The Sunreme Court on Mondav an nounced its decision in the case of W, R. Ringrose vs The Town of Bloomsburg, in favor of the plaintitt. The verdict were for $5000, and the interest and costs will increase the amount to $7000 or more. As much interest has been mani fested in the Vanderslice Snyder case, we print the opinion of Judge Rice, refusing a new trial, in full in this issue. J. M. G1DDING & CO. MATCHLESS Up to date in every particular. See those fine all wool men's suits at $6.98, $S.5o and $10.00. Also our special line of men's and young men's suits at 4.98. MATCHLESS YOUNG MEN'S SUITS $3.75 and $4.75. Nobby neat effects, all wool black cheviots fast color. Greys and pin stripes, fine blue suits and worsteds. Lots of higher priced ones. know this is the Beautiful Little Suits for children at $1.50, $1.75, $2.00. The woolen hard wear suits for selling fast. No A Sst of Garden Tools, Has, Raks and Spads with each suit These are prices that bring the trade to the 0. L0WEN8ERC Clothing Store. Bloomsburg's Best Known Hatters and Clothiers. NO 18 M A T C H L E S S Straw Hats, all kinds. Men's, boys' and child- ! ren'son sale $148 for all wool sailor suits. Sizes 3 to 8. PRICES. ONE1 $5.00 $6.50 $7.50 No need to mention them. You store for hne clothing. Fauntleroy Reefer $1.50, $1.75 and $2.00 are wonder, so cheap. house at 1 owancia.
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