THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA.
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All communications should b addressed to
TllK COLUMBIAN,
liloomsburg, Pa.
FRIDAY, JUNE 14. 1895.
Candidates,
FOR ASSOCIATE JVDGE,
MORDF.CAI MILLARD,
CENTRE TOWNSHIP.
The President has appointed At
torney General Olney to the position
of Secretary of State, and Judge Jud
son Harmon of Ohio was appointed
Attorney-General.
The widi tire bill, introduced in the
legislature by Representative Harvey,
of Luzerne county, passed finally last
week and is now in the hands of the
Governor. It provides as follows :
Section 1. That all persons who
shall own and use only draft wagons
on the public highways of the com
monwealth with tires not less than
lour inches in width for hauling loads
of not less than two thousand pounds
weiulil slull for each year after the
passage of this act leceive a rebate of
one fourth ot their assessed lughwiy
tax, provided, however, such rebate
shall not exceed in any one year five
years' l.ibor on the highways for road
or highway tax or its equivalent in
cash to any cne person.
Section 2, Any person complying
with the provisions of section one of
this act who shall make and subscribe
to an affidavit that he, she or they has
for the preceding year owned and
used only such wagons with tires not
less than four inches in width for haul
ing loads of not less than two thou
sand pounds in weight on the public
highways of this commonwealth shall
be creutted by the supervisors of high
ways of their respective districts in
which such tax is levied and assessed
with one fourth of the road tax assess
ed and levied on the property of such
person. Such credit shall not exceed
in any one year five days' labor on
the highways for road or highway tax
to any one person or its equivalent in
cas 1 anil any supervisor of highways
is hereby authorized to administer
such oath.
Section 3. All acts or parts of
acts inconsistent with the provisions
ot this act are hereby repealed.
CflAIKMAH WEIGHT ON BTATE
POLITICS.
Robert E. Wright Esq., Chairman
ot tne Democratic Mate Committee
was recently interviewed. He says
lie lias no idea who will be nominat
ed by the Democrats for state
treasurer. He will shortly call :
meetins of the state executive com
mittee to fix the time and place of
noitimg the state convention. The
time for the convention will be some
where around September 15. Talk
ing of the record made by the Repub
ncan legislature, Chairman Wright
says the results will be beneficial to
ine uemocratic party, speaking poll
ncany. the recklessness, vicious
legislation and sauanderinir nf th
Public monevs will arouse the hetter
class of Republicans and may create
a strong independent movement in
thefutuie in their ranks.
Asked what he thought of the pro
posed " Lexow " investigation of
Philadelphia, Mr. Wright said he felt
sure mat ine independents of Phila
delphia, especially the Citizens' muni
cipal association, was in earnest and
meant to push ahead the investigation.
He was inclined to think, however,
that the delay of Chairman Andrews,
of tlu "Lexow" committee, in
formally accepting the offer of the
Municipal association of $20,000 for
the use of the committee, was indi
cative of insincerity among the friends
of Senator Quay.
Chairman Wright does not favor
the suggestion recently made that the
Democrats should nominate more
than one judge this fall for a seat on
the superior court bench. He thinks
by naming more than one candidate
unless bitter local fights of the differ
ent candidates would result among
the Democrats with no probability of
electing more than o-.e judge anyhow.
The chairman says he does not know
whom Governor Hastings will name
as the Democratic representative of
the new Bench. He thinks, however,
the selection should not come from
Philadelphia, but from some other
portion of the state, especially from
some Democratic locality. When
asked whether he thought the Demo
cratic convention should nominate
the minority judge whom the governor
will appoint this Summer, Mr. Wright
said, "not necessarily so." If the
appointee fills all the requirements of
ibility and popularity he should be
nominated.
QUAY SNIFFS DISASTER.
SAVS THE KI.I'IIIU.ICANS ARK 1RUTI(
OS AN UNKNOWN SEA.
Senator Quay v.? i-M'vicwed Sit-
urd.i.y evening at his home in Heaver,
I't. ' I am not riven to disrtiss
national - nJ.l ::.," id Mr. Ouay
derisively, " but 1 hai: no objection
to stating my opinion on the issues of
the next presidential canvass. I
would consider it improper for me to
discuss the doings of various gentle
men in New York City at this time,
and I have nothing to s ty as to candi
dates or politics that will be played at
the convention. But I will say that I
think the Republican editors and
leaders are making a grave mistake in
allowing the Democrats to push the
silver issue to the front.
"The Democratic party leaders and
rank and file are far trom being a
union on the tariff question. Many
of these politicians who favor the
president's tariff reform program are
not as enthusiastic in their support of
it since the last election. They do
not know to-day what to say on the
question in their next platform. But,
divided as they are on the tariff, their
confusion on the silver question ap
proaches that of Isabel. Representa
tives of the party in every state of the
union have each one a different solu
tion of the financial question. Having
fostered the Populist craze as a
parasite which they thought would
feed on Republican vitality, Mr.
Cleveland finds it fattening on the
Democratic body the whole country
over. Hcie is where the Republicans
have made their mistake by trying to
fight the free silver question a year
auead. 1 hey have taken up an issue
on which they are almost as hopeless
ly divided as are the Democrats,
instead of clinging to the tariff idea,
on which they are practically united.
1 hen tney allowed the Democrats to
call away public attention from the
subjects on which Democratic tenden
cy was so clearly revealed. Talking
silver, the Republicans have drifted
Irom solid ground to an unknown
sea.
A Partisan Eilomma.
The Renublican managers in the
East are still in much doubt as to how
the silver cat may jump. Hence they
are extremely anxious to prevent the
party from committing itself by any
formal and Tiositive Hnrl.-iratinn naainvt
or for the free coinage of silver3 until
they can ascertain which side is likely
to win. But thev will not be nermitterl
to sit on the fence while the silver
controversy is raging among the
people. The representatives of the
bonanza miners who are hastening to
the Convention of the National T. panne
ot Republican Clubs at Cleveland will
insist upon a plain declaration in favor
of free silver coinage. At the same
time some Republicans in the East
win earnestly demand that there shall
be neither compromise nor lemnn.
rizing with the chnmnions of cheap
money.
This is the dilemma which causes
so much embarrassment to the Repu
blican politicians. The rnanlv. stmialn
forward and wise course would be to
put the Republican pirty squarely on
the platform of sound money, and
have done with it. But the ominous
threats that come from the KnrU-u
Mountains and the fear of popular
lanaticism lor tree silver coinage fii
the Republican leaders with irresolu
tion. In their dibtrc-ss they will
endeavor to persuade the League of
Republican (.Hubs at Cleveland to
totally ignore the silver question or
laKc rciuge in a aeciaration lor inter
national bimetallism. The Catherine
at Memphis to day will show how
much COnteniDt the free silver mnnrrprs
... . .. . o
have for such a declaration. In the
meantime the irresolution of the
Republican leaders on the rtirrenru
question increases the confidence and
.t
courage 01 ine auventes.
There is no iffnorinir the Amaer
with which the free silver question
tureaiens me uemocratic nartv. Hut
the Democrats are playing no game
01 niae-ana seeic witn an issue of so
much importance to the country.
Those aniontr them who favor five
silver coinage have at least the merit
of sincerity and frankness in defining
their position. Friends and foes
know just where they may be found.
The open, above board discussion in
the Democratic party throughout the
country promises the most auspicious
result in a solution of the question in
favor of honest money before the as
sembling of the Democratic National
Convention in 1896. The dodging
and irresolution ot the .Republican
leaders, on the other hand, daily
increase the embarrassment of their
party. A failure of the reinvention of
the Republican League of Clubs at
Cleveland to meet the issue would
greatly discourage the friends of sound
currency, and encourage the Silverites
in equal degree. But it has been
suggested that these I .earrues have
nothing to do with questions of politi
cal principle, and this is not improba
bly a very proper conception of the
character of such organizations
jieoora.
A lot of new judgment exemption
notes, with attorney's commission,
and waiving everything, just printed
at this office. Sold sinele. or in
books of 25 and 50. tf.
I
The Passing of the Law-Makers.
Both in what it did and in wh it it
left undone the Legislature which
adjourned vtstciday, ?'ic: one of I1.
longest Sessions cvci hcl: in llairis-
buix, has left a reco.d ui v. ',i..h v;
public has the highest itasun to be
ashamed, and one wi..'ii ; om t n. ie
every self respecting i.icmboi f eiv r
house wish from the centre of his
heart might be speedily forgotten. It
is a record of public duty neglected,
of reckless squandering of the people's
money for personal and partisan pur
poses and of niggardly economy
where the highest public interests '
weie at stake.
Worst of all, it is a record of the
subordination of the public good to
private greed in every instance where
the two came in conflict. The repeal
of the pipe line bill in the interest of
the Standard oil monopoly, the pass
age of the two bills handing the
electric lighting business in the entue
commonwealth over to the existing
corporations without possible com
petition from any source, the bills
permitting the consolidation of the
street railway systems, the greater
Pittsburg bill, in short nearly every
important bill passed by the Legisla
ture was a private gift to somebody at
the public expense.
Its record for the creation of useless
officss and for adding to the public
burdens by unnecessary public ex
penditures was equally bad. More
than $300,000 was added to the
annual pay roll of the State by the
creation of new offices and the
increase of salaries to officials already
provided by law. Appropriations fur
improvements vital to the welfare of
the State, such as the deepening of
the Delaware channel, were refused,
while hundreds of thousands of dollars
were voted by log rolling agreements
to institutions of doubtful public utility
and which, if necessary at all, should
be maintained as private charities.
The constitutional requirement that
the State shall be newly apportioned
into Congressional, Senatorial, Repre
sentative and Judicial districts after
each decennial census was ignored,
except as regards a Judicial apportion
ment, which was marred by the crea
tion 01 a lot ot unnecessary new
Judges. The failure to pass apportion
ment bills was without even a partisan
excuse, as the State government is
Republican in every branch. The
Legislature could have passed bills
partisan to the last degree and they
would have received executive ap
proval.
It would be impossible even to
enumerate in a single article of moder
ate length the sins of omission and
commission justly chargeable to the
expiring Legislature, and disorderly
as its closing scenes were us most
welcome act was that of final adjourn
ment. It has left the dominant party
divided into two bitterly hostile
factions, while the entire party must
rest under the stigma of its extrava
gance and its utter disregard both of
its sworn duty and the public welfare
If a worse and more worthless Legis
lature ever disgraced the State the
memory of its misdoings has laded
from the public memory. The most
unfortunate part of it all is that a few
capable and public-spirited members
of both houses must share the
malodorous reputation of the body of
which they were a hopeless minority.
Times.
The Supreme Court of Pennsyl
vania has just taken the point off an
exceedingly fine corstruction of the
Sunday treating law. One Sunday
two years ago, just before election,
when the police were especially
vigilant, a resident of Quakertown
visited two friends and gave each one
a sip of whiskey from a pocket flask
which he carried. He was arrested,
convicted, and sentenced to fine and
imprisonment on the ground that
while he might have given the whiskey
to friends in his own house, it was un
lawful to furnish it in the home of
another. The man was a prominent
citizen ana managed to escape the
imprisonment, but paid the fine and
appealed the case. The Supreme
t-ourt has just reversed the decision,
and declares that it is lawful for a man
to treat his friends to a drink on Sun
day in any place. Ex.
OOD'S
OSarsaparllla is carefully
prepared by experienced
pharmacist from Sarsa
parilla, Dandelion, Man
drake. Dock.Plu8lasewa.
Juniper Berries, and other well knowa
egetable remedies The Combination, Pro
portion and Process are Peculiar to Hood'
Barsaparilla, giving It strength and curative
g power Peculiar to Itself, not pos
sensed by other medldnea. Ilood'i
uj utner uieuictnea. uooa
arsaparilla
Cure Scrofula, Salt Rheum. Soroa. HolU.
Pimples and all olher affections caused by
Impure blood j Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Sick
Headache, Indigestion, Debility, Catarrh,
Rheumatism, Kidney and Liver Com
plaints. It Is Not What
we Say, but what Hood's
Sareaparilla Does, that
Tells the Story Hood's
earsaparilla
URES
, Hood' HOm ara gentle, mild and flecUv
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SUITS I CORNER MAIN & MARKET St&
FROM 818.00. j BLOOMSBURG, PA.
ORDINANCE NO. 84.
The following onlinnnce was passed by
the Town Council at a meeting held Mny 12.
An Ordinance to Provide for nn Increase
of Indebtedness of the Town of llloomsburg,
in order to fund the Present Indebtedness of
said Municipality ns Evidenced by Outstand
ing Orders, and a Judgment of Court in an
Action for Tort, for Damage Sustained by
W. K. Kingrose, for Personal Injuries
Received ! and also Purchase Keal p. state
and the . Equipment of a Plant to Furnish
Light lor Hie said I own, and to I'ay the
Expenses Incident to the Opening of Jeffer
son Street and North Street, Ordained to l.e
Opened by I rcvious Councils, and for Ob
taining Consent of the Electors of said
Municipality thereto.
Wiikrkas, I he existing bonded indebted
ness of the Town of ltloomsburg amounts to
the sum of 37,040, nnd in addition thereto
there is an existing indebtedness for out
standing orders the sum of 112,500 and
(or the judgment obtained against the said
Town, for personal injuries received by V.
K. Kingrose, together with the interest,
costs nnd expenses incident to the litigation
concerning the same, amounting to about
.fT.ooa which outstanding orders and
judgment are bearing six per cent, interest,
and it is desirable to fund the said indebt
edness by the substitution of another form
of indebtedness bcuiiis a lower rate of
interest.
And Wukreas, Also the said Town is
now nt ait annual expense approximating
$4400 for the furnishing of Lights for its
Highways and Streets, and there is demand
made for the immediate opening of Jefferson
Street and of North Street agreeably to the
action of the corporate Authorities of said
Town, hcreiotore had ; and it is lielieved
that the interests of the said Town will be
the better subserved by the procurement of
a plant and the nceessary appliances, for the
furnishing of light for the Highways of said
Town and to be owned by the said Town ;
and by the immediate opening of llie High
ways mentioned nnd previously ordained.
Therefore be it ordained nnd enacted by
the Town Council of the Town of 1( looms
burg, and k is hereby ordained and exacted
Sec. I. That for llie purpose of funding
the debt of the said municipality as evidenced
by the existing and outstanding orders of the
said Town, and for the payment of the
judgment, interest, costs and expenses
incident to the litigation of the claim of W.
K. Kingrose against said Town for personal
injuries received by him ; as well as for the
purpose of procuring real estate and the
necessary machinery and appliances for the
furnishing of the light for the Streets and
Highways thereof ; and to pay the damages,
costs and expenses for the opening of Jeffer
son Street and North Street is already
ordained, that the bonded indebtedness of
the said Tow n of Bloomsburg be increased
in the sum of Forty Thousand Eight Hun
dred Dollars (o.h'oo).
Sec. 2. That bonds be issued in denomi
nations of 500, $200 and $100 each, with
coupons attached, and bearing interest nt
four and a half per centum, per annum, pay
able semi-annually, to secure the payment of
the indebtedness hereby created, all of which
shall lie payable within twenty years from
the date of issue ; which bonds shall be in
such form, and be executed, issued and de
livered in accordance with, and subject to
such regulations nnd resolutions as the Presi
dent nnd Town Council may adopt.
Sec. 3 That an annual tax commencing
with the first year after such bonds shall
have been issued of at least two mills on the
dollar of the assessed valuation of taxable
property in said town of ltloomsburg, be
hereafter annually levied and collected for
the purpose of repaying the said indebt
edness and the interest thereon j and that
llie President of the Town Council is hereby
authorized and directed to make andfile with
the Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions
of the Peace of Columbia Countv, attested
by the Secretary of the Town Council, the
statement required by law.
Sec. 4. That notice Le given agreeably
to the provisions of the Act of Assembly of
April 20, 1874, and i's supplements, by ad
vertisement published in The Coi.umhian,
"Democratic Sentinel" and "Columbia
County Republican," and by twenty printed
hand bills, posted in the most public parts
of said Town, that an election will be held
at Ihe usual places of holding the general
and municipal elections in the said Town of
Bloomsburg, on Tuesday, the Sixteenth day
of July, A. D., 1S95, between the hours
lrovuled by law for holding of general
elections, for ihe purpose of obtaining con
sent of the Electors of said Town to such
increase of indebtedness.
Sec. 5. That the President of the Town
Council shall cause to be prepared and dis
tributed printed tickets labelled on the out
side " Increase ihe Debt," and containing
on the inside the words " Debt may be In
creased " also the words " For Loan to
Fund Outstanding Orders and the W. R.
Kingrose judgment j and to pay the
Expenses of plant for Eight and of Opening
Jefferson and North Sts., Total !J4o.fcoo j"
and he shall also prepare and distribute
tickets labelled on the outside "Increase the
Debt" and containing on the inside " No
Increase of Debt," also the words " For
Loan to Fund Outstanding Orders and the
W. R. Kingrose Judgment ; and to pay the
Expenses of Plant for Light, and of Opening
JefTerson and North Streets, Total $40,800;"
that due notice he given to the Electors of
the Town of liloomsburg in the manner
prescribed by the 3rd Section of the Act of
1874 and its supplements, said notice to con
tain a statement of the last assessed valua
tion of taxable property in said Town, of the
amount of the existing debt, of ihe amount
and percentage of the proposed increase, and
the purposes for which the indebtedness is
to be increased
Passed and approved May 21st, 1895.
S. C. CREASY, President.
Attest : R. IE Kinri.kr, Sec. of T own
Council.
NOTICE TO ELECTORS.
Notice is hereby given to the qualified
Electors of Ihe Town of Hloonikhiira i),f ;
pursuance of an Ordinance to Provide for an
increase ol Indebtedness of the Town ot
liloomsburg in order to Fund the Present In
debtedness of said Munieinnlnv n Vvi.ln.....i
by utstanding Orders, and a Judgment of
Court in an Action for Tort, for Damages
r
WE CREDIT EVERYONE with common sense ; improb
able stories never find place under our name in these
columns. This week's store news is brim full of good
things. Note the things we speak of this week:
BLACK DRESS
GOODS.
No mistakes to' acknow
ledge. No blunders to correct.
They come from the very best
mills in America and Europe.
They are stylish, seasonable,
and in every way splendid fab
rics. Wouldn't be on our
counters if they were not. We
will let you say how much
more they are worth. Trices
range from 50c. to $1.75.
UNDERWEAR.
We mean muslin underwear
just now in particular. All
correctly made, well mrde, and
made of good material. We
have never sold as much as
now. We are out of one kind
just now, but only for a day or
two ; have it coming as fast as
we can. Can't be equaled in
town for the prices, as the
make up is the very best.
Some go for 28c, others high
er.
PLISSE.
lust new this season. Oh,
how lovely. Nothing cooler
or more stylish. Just the thing
for these hot summer days that
are coming. We have it in all
kinds of designs. Light and
dark back grounds. Some
have the waves in the stripe,
FTDMSIL &
sustained by W. R. Kingrose for Personal
Injuries Received ; and also Purchase Real
Estate and the Equipment of a Plant to
Furnish Light for the said Town nnd to pay
the Expenses Incident to the Owning of
Jefferson Street and North Street, Ordained
to be Opened by Previous Councils and for
Obtaining Consent of the Electors of said
Municipality Thereto.
An election will be held in the several elec
tion districts of the Town of liloomsburg to
be held at the places of holdin ; the general
and municipal elections in said election dis
tricts, on Tuesday, the 16th day of July, 1S95
between the hours provided by law, for hold,
ing general elections for the purpose of ob
taining the consent of the Uectors of said
Town to such increase of indebtedness.
The money to be obtained from such in
crease of indebtedness shall be applied to the
payment of existing outstanding orders of
said Town, and the payment of the W. K.
Kingrose Judgment, interest, costs and ex
penseS; and to procure a Plant for the fur
nishing of light for the streets of said Town,
and the necessary appliances therefor; and to
pay for the opening of Jefferson nnd North
Streets as ordained by action of previous
Councils.
The last assessed valuation of said
Town was $2,239,624
The present bonded debt of said
Town, is 37.940
The net existing debt of said Town
including outslanding orders and
Ringrose Judgment is 19,500
The amount of the proposed in
crease, including that necessary
to fund the debl for outstanding
orders and said judgment is 40,800
The percentage of increase, includ
ing that necessary to fund the
debt for outstanding orders and
for said judgment is .0182
Py order of Town Council,
S. C. CREASY, President.
R. II. Ringler, Secretary.
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HATTFE
TROUSERS
FROM S5.00.
others in the body. They all
go for 15c. the yard.
DUCKS.
There is nothing more sty
lish or neater looking than
duck suits. Every one Wdnts
one for this summer. Dark
blue back ground, with white
stripe is one. Can you im
magine anything prettier ?
Lots of others, especially the
linen colored duck. All just
the thing at I2ic.
DOTTED SWISS.
These are being shown and
are going to be worn more
than ever this year. We have
them in plain, and also with
the flouncing around the
bottom, insertion four inches
from the flouncing, full skirt
length, all different designs, at
$1.00, $i.:o, $1.40. Children's
at less than halt of some of
these.
SHOES.
Do you know that we are
now carrying the most com
plete line ot anyone in town ?
Why ? Uecause we never do
anything by halves. We can
show you more value and style
for your money than any where
else. A full Russia leather
tan shoe for $2.25.
MAMIE
Bloomsburg, Pa
WEDDING .-.
.-. . .-. GIFTS.
BEAUTIFUL LlNE OF COR
HAM & WHITING
STERLING SILVER
.-. .-. AT .-. ..
J. G. WELLS' STORE,
Such as - -
Chest of Silver,
Melon forks,
Asparagus forks,
Sardine, Olive and
Butter Ticks,
Bon Bon Dish,
Etc.
CUT GLASS.
Dorflinger & Hawk.
Finest goods manu
factured at reason
able prices.
J. G. Wells,
BLOOMSSURC, PA.
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
nutate qf A. J. Jimnn, lata of litooimtiurg, to-
Notlee Is hereby given that letters teBtamen
Jury on tun estate of A. J. Kvans. law ot
HlooniBburv, dnreuserl, have been ifrantl to
the unduralifued executors, to wliom all nernonii
indebted to buldesluio are requested to mukii
payment, and iIiohb liavln clulunj or deuiuudH
will miike known the name without delity.
ANDHKW L. KUITZ,
Kbits, Atty. ANUHKW JSVAN3,
Executors.
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