THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. Highest of all in Leavening Tower. Latest U. S. Gov't Report 225 ABSOLUTELY PURE THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, FA. FRIDAY, MAY 24, IS KntrrKt at tht "o( oplco at Utixnniitnira, I'a , a$ mwid clatt matter, March 1, istts. OUR OLTIB OFFERS. Every subscriber, new or old, who pays cne full year in advance, will re ceive free for one year The AmerU can farm News. The Columbian and the Philadel phia Weekly Times for one year for $(.40. Thr Columbian and the New York World twice a week, for $1.75. This is a great combination, one of the best we evi.r offered. The twice a week 1 7orld contains twelve pages of the news of the world. It is the best value ever offered for the money. Try it. tf. Court adjourned on Monday after noon. Ice froze an eighth of an inch thick last week Thursday night, on our premises. See those all Wool Never Rip mens' pants that Gidding & Co. Bloom, sell for $2.00. Dr. T. C. Harter's new house on Seventh street is approaching com pletion. C. II. Reice has a large new refrig erator in his down town meat market, and has put a new wagon on the road. G. A. R. Men can find a large as sortment of Blue Suits $5. $6.50 $8 and $10.00 at Gidding & Co. two Bets buttons, with each suit. Mrs. Michael Keller of Orangeville died at her home last Saturday at an advanced age. She was the widow of Michael Keller who was constable of Orange township for many years. Archbishop Williams of Boston was presented with a check for $50,000 on the occasion of the celebration of his fiftieth anniversary as a Roman Catho lie priest. ' The gift came from the clergy and laity. James Hendricks was convicted at Wilkes-Barre, of murder in the second degree for killing Barney Reick, a peddler. On Monday Judge Wood ward sentenced him to twenty years in the penitentiary. The basement wall3 of Paul E. Wirt's new house are completed, and the retaining wall on First street is well under way. The lot has been terraced and a large number of young trees planted. Well, this is certainly peculiar weather for May. It ought to be hot enough to be sitting on the porch with your coat ofi, and yet we carry the plants in every night, and turn on the steam, and wonder if summer is ever coming. Charles Chalfant of Danville is getting a lot of his pictures in the daily papers this week as Giand Master of the Odd Fellows, who are dedicating a temple at Philadelphia. Charlie is a handsome man, and none of the pictures do him justice. Rhawn and Small, the popular at torneys of Catawissa, are the owners of a fine horse, buggy and harness. Their extensive practice, requiring them to attend hearings before justices through the county, and fre quent visits to the county seat, renders the ownership of the rig ne cessary. The Tear's Coal "Output. . The United States geological sur vey furnishes a report on the coal product of the United States for the year 1894, which shows a decrease of nearly eleven and a half millions of "short" tons of 2,000 pounds over the product of 1893, and a decrease in value of over twenty two and a quarter million dollars. As well as new ones in stock. At present I have a fine $150 machine for $75. Another $125 machine not run 50 miles for $-10. ' Also CLEVELAND, $100 to $125. ZOVJSLS, $50 to $125. 1'EEllLESS, $100. ENVOY, $75. OPPOSITE POST-OFFICE. Vtf . f, fIj3S0. Fowdtei8 G. A. R. Men can find a large ns sortmcnt of Blue Suits $5. $6.50 $8 and $10.00 at Gidding & Co. two sets button?, with each suit. The Jr. O. U. A. M. of this town is making preparations for a celebra tion on July 4th. It is some time since Bloomsburg has celebrated the anniversary of American independ ence. Judge Gordon of Clearfield County recently gave notice that he would non-suit all cases that were not ready for trial when called. The reason for his action was that on the convening of court that week, none of the at torneys were ready with their cases. EntPost No. 250 will attend in a body the services of the A. M. E, Church at the Opera House next Sun day afternoon at 3 o'clock. All old Soldiers are invited. Meet at G. A. R. Hall at 2:30 P. M. W. O. Holmes, Commander. On and after July 1, the Pennsylva nia Railroad will run solid through trains trom Philadelphia to Scranton by way of Pottsville and Hazleton, connections between Wilkes Barre and Scranton will be made by the Dela ware & Hudson. This will be a great accommodation for passengers along the whole line. The boys' dormitory at Slippery Rock State Normal School at Butler, Pa., was entirely destroyed by fire Monday morning. There were 150 boys sleeping in the building and many narrow escapes from death are re ported. The students lost all of their effects. The loss on the building and contents is $35,000 j insurance $20, 000. The fountain on Market Square has been greatly improved by the addition of pipes around the outer edges of the lower and upper basins, with nozzles every few feet throwing a small stream of water. On Sunday morning one of the nozzles was broken off by a small boy who, with others, was trying to make it throw water on another boy. All children should be forbidden to go inside of the railing. Martin M. Erobst died at his home in Catawissa on Saturday morning after a long illness. He was well known through this section, and was at one time a prominent business man. For some years he has been traveling for a Philadelphia house. During the war he was captain of Company H. 132nd Pennsylvania Volunteers. The funeral took place on Tuesday. V. B. Moyer met with an accident last Friday afternoon. He was paint ing the roof of the barn of M. I. Low at Lime Ridge, and a board on which he was standing, slipped and precipi tated him to the gronnd, about twenty teet below. He fell on a heap of stones, on his back, and was rendered unconscious. He was brought to his home, and an examination proved that no bones were broken and though badly bruised, he is now rapid ly recovering. A very pleasant party for ladies only was given at Mrs. M. H. Mc Kinney's on Monday evening, for her daughter, Mrs. R. C. Drinker. One of the features of the evening's enter tainment was that each guest was re quested to bring the first photograph ever taken of herself, and these were grouped, and guesses were made as to which was who. The baby pictures of some of the guests antedated the photograph period and reached back into the Daguerreotype period. This feature afforded much amusement. When Baby wu sick, we gave her Castorla. When she was Child, she crlod fur Castorla. Wtn she became MIm, sho clung to Castorla. When the had Children, she gavo them Castorla, COURT PROCEEDINGS. Following Sheriff's deeds acknowl edged 1 Jos. Thomas property to O. B. Millard for $452.38. H. 11. Ilulme property to Thos. Mather for $4025. H. II. Hulme property to D. Force for $250. A. Wohlforth property to Madison Twp. Poor District for $234.47. H. II. Hulme property to A. I Ikeler for $4?. Guardians for the minor children of Henry Hill, deceased, were appointed as follows : M. P. Hill for Kersey and David : Henry Yeager for Clark and Emma, and Veter A. Ford for Clara and Harvey. Estate of Miles Shuman, deceased. V. II. Rhawn appointed Auditor. Estate of Phoebe F. Osmun, dee'd. O. A. Small appointed Auditor. D. A. Federolf vs. Susquehanna Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Case tried, verdict for plaintiff for $810.34. Pearson Cordage Co. vs. Farmers' Produce Exchange. Case tried, ver diet for defendant. Elizabeth Roadarmel vs. John F, Kress. Case tried, verdict for defend ant. Estate ot Geo. Farrell, deceased, C. C. Evans appointed auditor. Estate of Nathan Chromis deceased. Rule granted on the parties in interest to accept or refuse the real estate at the valuation or show cause why same should not be sold. Geo. Whitenight vs. Alice White- night. In divorce. Report of Com missioner is continued to next term Estate of Win. Beck, Sr. deceased Report of sale continued to next term. Estate of John F. Brink, deceased, C B. Jackson appointed auditor. Estate of Eliza Eck, deceased Terms of sale made cash. Return of Inquest in re lunacy of Susan M. Hess, filed, and W. L. Hess appointed committee of said lunatic. Citation awarded in estate of Nathan B. Creasy, dee'd. Creasy & Wells vs Jacob Shoe maker contractor and Emanuel Re formed church owners. Rule grant ed to show why plaintiff shall not produce and afford defendants and their counsel an opportunity to examine all contracts and books of account showing their dealings and business transactions with Jacob Shoe maker and make copies if they so desire. Returnable within 20 days. UNABLE TO GET MARRIED. THEY WERE COUSINS AND COULD NOT FIND A WILLING CLERGYMAN. Ludwig Henry Vean Josqueen, who came all the way from Crefeld, Germany, with his intended bride, Mrs. Julia Starr, hoping that he might be allowed to marry her here, has been disappointed again, and must go back to Germany, under the order of Immigration Commissioner Rogers. Josqueen and Mrs. Starr are first cousins, and after clergymen in Ger many, Switzerland, Belgium and Holland had refused to marry them, they came here on the American Line steamer Pennsylvania to make another attempt at marriage. They spent all their money traveling about Europe in their endeavors to get wedded, and when they landed here they had only 15 cents. The immi gration authorities considered this too small capital for them to start married life with and they will have to go back to Europe. A POPULAR FALLAOY. No Foundation tor the Beliol That the Hair Grows After Death. What seems to belong to cross and sheer credulity is the belief entertain ed to-day that hair will grow after death. In a recent English magazine of good standing, an account is given of a photograph, showing the head of a young Roman lady," supposablv of the time ot Constantine. The whole bodv, so the magazine printed it, had been incased in plaster of paris. and the reader was requested to be lieve that the hair of that "young Roman lady " had grown right through the plaster of paris. An encyclopedia of a comparatively recent date makes the same statement, that hair " will grow after death." This is sheer nonsense. If the hair grows on a cCrpse, why not then the finger nails, the teeth ? Is it not self-evident that when the particular nutriment brought to the roots of the hair by the blood ceases through death, all growth is forever arrested ? This growth of hair is another of those popular errors which is so hard to kill. It arises un doubtedly from the indestructible character of the hair, because under favorable circumstances the hair of a mummy is fairly sound to day, after its wearer has been dead some thou sands of years. The idea that hair will grow on a corpse is not found in a.iy book on anatomy. Musical College. Summer term opens July 22. The object of this school is to furnish instruction to all who take advantage for the least ex penditure of money, and will be found equally advantageous to students in every stage of proficiency. For cata logue, address,. Henry B. Mover, Freeburg, Pa. Director. mi-it. v JJJ7 tlil mm MlUO wtn A FINK h iJtTn I ABSOLUTELY PURE THE OLD RELIABLE ' SWEET CAPORAL CIGARETTE Hit itood th Ttt ot Tim ' MORE SOLD THAN ALL OTHER BRANDS COMBINED l-JMy. H. H o See those all Wool Never Rip mens pants that Gidding & Co, Bloom, sell for $2.00. The following letters are advertised May 21, 1805. Mrs. Allor Racine Mr. Frank Shoemaker, Mr. Geo. O. Shivers, Miss Edith Walters, II. C Waggoner, Maggie Williams. Will be sent to the dead letter office June 4, 1895. James H. Mercer, P. M FLAYED, THEN BURNED. HORRIHLE STORY OF CRIME AND PUNISH MENT OF THE PERPETRATORS. Ellaville, Fla., May 20. Miss Mame Armstrong, the daughter of a prominent farmer, left her home six davs ago to spend the night with a neighbor, who lived about two miles distant. The next day Miss Arm strong's father went to the house of the neighbor to bring his daughter home, and was surprised and alarmed to hear that nothing had been seen of her. Mr. Armstrong alarmed the neighbors and searched for the missing girl. The searchers found the corpse of Miss Armstrong in a clump of bushes in the woods. 1 he body of the girl was in a horrible condition. Every shred of clothing had been torn off, and she had been assaulted. The lower limbs had been torn apart, her head crushed and her thioat cut. It was evident that the girl had made a desperate fight, for under her nails were found pieces of black cuticle, which she had torn from her assailants. After caring for the mangled corpse, the enraged whites began a search for the perpetrators of the deed. As they approached . the home of bam Echols, the negro ran out and started for the woods, but wa3 stopped with a bullet, which wounded him slightly, The negro was examined and his face found to be scratched. Threatened with instant death, he confessed that he, with Sim Crowley and John Brooks, committed the crime. Echols said that they kept the girl twenty four hours before killing her. Most of the time Miss Armstrong was unconscious. Having secured the negroes impli cated by Echols, the white men took them to a dense swamp on the Suwanee river, where they were tortured. Just what manner of death was'meted out to the negroes is not positively known, but it is reported they were flayed alive and then burn ed. The scene of the crime and triple lynchings is near large phosphate mines, in which are employed many negroes of the worst class. Assaults on white women have been frequent, and within six months, twelve negroes have been lynched in that vicinity. Food Adulteration, It is very reassuring to learn, through Dr. Wiley, chemist of the United States department cf agriculture, that sugar is not, as generally supposed, adulterated with sand. Granulated and lump sugars are almost absolute ly pure. Powdered sugars sometimes contain flour or starch, and low grade sugars are impure simply through, the molasses and matter they are made to absorb in manufacture. With sirups there is danger. There is very little pure maple sirup, most of what is sold as such being a mixture of glucose or cane sirups with a small proportion of the product of the maple, while in an imitation actually protected by a patent the maple flavor is given by an extract of hickory bark. Liquid honey is largely adulter ated with glucose. Comb honey in bottles and jars is impure. The old impression that comb honey on the frame is adulterated was proved to be erroneous. Ground coffee is so largely adulterated with chicory, peas, beans, etc., that it is rarely fotnd pure, and even the anground berry is imitated. Tea is rarely mixed with foreign leaves, but frequently has its weight increased by the addition of salts of iron and copper materials quite pre judicial to health. Cocoa and choco late are largely adulterated with starch and sugar, and products claimed to be greatly improved as to digestibility may have little of the virtues of the original cocoa bean left in them. KEEP YOUR EYE ON US. We are continually introducing new dean, new goods, nen efyfa new prices. This week we are showing a choice line of wash dress qvvo. wtvppcrs, capes, silks, hosiery, und.rwtar, Cc. Women's Wrappers. Better than you think possible at 75c. Just as surprisingly good every price step above. Wrappers of standard chintz, ruffle around yoke, large sleeves, 75c Wrappers of standard Idigo chintz, plain color, ruffle around yoke, braid trimmed, $1.15. Capes, Suits and Skirts. Summer is almost here here are the clothes to suit every mood. A few black capes, embroidered at $3.00 to close. " " " ribbon trimmed at $4.00 to close. " " children's coats, at $1.00 to close. Fine serge suits, black and navy at $10.00. Fine moire separate skirts. Figured mohair skirts at $5.00. Plain Henrietta skirts at $1.75. Imported Dimities. All the season's choicest patterns. Real idea dimities, beautiful sheer materials, 30 in. wide, 22c. yd. Domestic dimities. A full line, 12JC. the yd. Silks. Full lines to day of all the latest. Wash silk, 35c. See the 50 and 55c. silks. Hosiery and Underwear. Don't waste a thought on qualities or prices they are right. or they wouldn't be here. Women's lisle thread vests, ribbon trimmed, no sleeves, 29c. Women's ecru vests, half sleeves, 2 for 25c. Women's long sleeve, ribbed vests, 19c. Ladies' high spliced heel and toes, black hose, 25c. Ladies' black ribbed top ingrain hose, 35c. 3 for $1.00. Children's bicycle hose, all sizes, 6 to 9J at 20c. Men's "byke" hose, extra heavy, 25c. Men's gauze shirts and pants, 25c. Small Wares. Sterling silver, belt buckles, $1.00. White metal belt buckles, 20c. up. Black silk belting, 25c. up. Belt pins, 2c. up. Shirt waist belts, 10c. up. 3 cakes toilet soap, 13c. Silk belts and buckles, 25c. Summer corsets, 47c. Special sale of a $1.00 kid glove for one week at 65c. the pair. H. J. CLARK & SON. I. W. HARTMAN & SON; MARKET SQUARE DRY COODS HOUSE. The brightness of the wash dress goods as shown by the imaginary dress maker attracts the buyers. The special sale of capes and jackets for two weeks was a success. We have a few left at special prices. Our line of wash dress goods are different from others in style. They are in crepons, organdy lawns, sateens, jaconettes, pongees, ducks, toile-du-nord or fine ginghams, with percales, challies and other goods in that line. Fringes, laces, silks and embroideries &c, for trimmings. Just in, a new line of wrappers, shirt waists, gloves, ribbons, ties, buckles, belts, pins, &c. (Special offer for a short time : The Handy Cata logue Fashion Book to every person purchasing a dress. To begin Thursday morning.) I. W. HARTMAN & SON. The Sale of Horse Flesh. The State of Indiana is the first State in the Union which attempts to legislate against the sale of horse flesh as an article of food. A bill has been introduced in the legislature, which, if passed, will impose a fine of $500 on any persons so offending. It is doubtful if any such enactment is constitutional, for citizens can eat pretty much what they like, so long as it is not poisonous or adulterated. What is requisite in the case of horse flesh is that the " industry " should come under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Animal Industry. It does not pay to slaughter young horses for human food ; therefore horses which are cut up are old and decrepit and in many cases diseased with glanders, a complaint which can be conveyed to mankind. Persons operating in tins business, when taken to task, invariably say that their products are for export, but there is a shrewd suspicion that they are worked off on the home market occasionally. Indiana has shown a good example by taking the subject by the forelock. National l'ro visioner. A GOOD INDICATION. Medical practitioners of promin ence are prescribing for the cure of diseases springing from derangement of the digestive oigans, Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. This professional endorsement is justified by the fact that no other preparation has been found so efficacious in that class of disorders even in the most advanced and severe cases. It has cured gravel in the kidneys, stone in the bladder and inflammation of the kidneys, where all other medicines had failed. It can be purchased of any druggist. A book is wrapped about each bottle, explaining its use. Printing in Colors. The prices of colored printing inks have gone down with everything else, and it costs no more to do printing in colors than it Joes in black. The Columbian office is prepared to print in any of the following colors : Black, orange, deep cherry, brown lake, light blue, Ultra marine blue, bronze red, violet, dark red, green, jacqueminot, purple, garnet, peacock blue. Print ing in more than one color is done at slight advance Tor the additional press work. tf. Jack Frost's Grip on Millions. Dunkirk, N. Y., May 13 Frost ruined the entire grape crop of the Chautauqua grape belt. The loss is at least $1,500,000, and one leading grape grower says it is $2,000,000. The former is the value of last year's crop, and by reason of new acreage coming into bearing the crop this year would have been much larger. The Chautauqua grape belt extends from Erie County southward to La':e Erie. The vines were loaded down with blossom buds last evening. To day, from one end of the belt to the other, the vineyards are nothing but blackened ruins, and have the appear ance of having been visited by fire. Three thousand, six hundred freight car loads of grapes were shipped from the belt last season. The total num. ber of baskets reached 10,800,000. To this number 3,000,000 might be safely added for increased acreage this v ear- Other fruit suffered nearly as much. There will be no cherries. Gerry Ryckman, the millionaire grape owner and wine manufacturer, says the loss in the belt by reason of the destruction done to the grapes will reach at least $2,000,000. His own loss he estimates at $250,000. Ice formed last night three eighths of an inch thick on still water, and vegetation was frozen stiff. Lockport, N. Y., May ij.The thermometer registered as low as 28 last night. Fruit and vegetables suffer ed in Niagara County, and the damage will reach thousands of dollars. Grape vines were stripped of their leaves. Fruit trees in blossom were damaged, and it is feared that crons will be small. Cabbage, tomatoes and other garden plants will have to be set over again. Beduced Bates to Gettysburg, Fa., vi Pennsylvania Railroad- For the accommodation of those who desire to witness the Decoration. Day exercises at Gettysburg, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell on May 29 and 30 excursion tickets from New York City and all stations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey to Gettysburg and return at one and one third fares for the round trip, good for return passage until May 31, inclusive. This will make the round trip rates as follows: , New York, $8.73; Trenton, $6.47; Philadelphia, $5.40 ; Pittsburg, $10.93; Williamsport, $5,535 proportionate rates from other points.
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