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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.
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MORE SOLD THAN ALL OTHER
BRANDS COMBINED
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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.