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THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOOMSBURG, FA.
IXU'AY, JL'LY 5, 1895.
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OTJR CLUB OFFERS.
Every subscriber, new or old, who
rays c ne full year in advance, will re
ceive free for one year The Ameri
can farm jvetfa.
The Com-miiiam and the J'liilwli
phia Wed'; Times for one year
tor 51.40.
The Columbian and the New York
World twice a week, for $175. This
is a great combination, one of the
best we evi r offered. The twire a
week 7orld contains twelve pages of
the news of the world. It is tne best
value ever offered for the money. Try
11. ti.
Mercantile licenses must be paid
by July 10th.
J. S. Williams will go to Pittsburg
to cry horse sales for Grant Sinister,
on the 5th and 6th insts.
The Penton separating station is
now i'i running order, and daily ship
ments of milk are made to the
Bloomsburg creamery.
The Bloomsburg Carpet Works
have shut down for a week to make
some needed repairs to machinery.
Samnel J. Johnston of Light Street,
and Miss Irene L. daughter of W. G.
Girton of Bloomsburg, were married
on the 26th of June, by Rev. C. II.
Brandt at the Reformed narsonacre.
Both were graduates in the class of
9.3 at the formal.
The centennial edition of the Will
iamsport Gazette and Bulletin is a
credit to that paper and the city it is
published in. It has a handsomely
illuminated cover, and is profusely il
lustrated with cuts of buildings, and
portraits of prominent citizens. It is
a valuable souvenir.
The following letters are advertised
July 3, iSgs. Mr. Isaac Bulln.k (2)
Mr. John Connor, F. W. Farwel', Mr.
G. M. Iloldren, Janies F.. Jones, Mrs.
Jennie Ludlow, Mr. G. W. I'ursell,
Mr. James Sulther, M'.ss Maggie Will
iams. Will be sent to the dead letter
office July if), 1S95.
J AMI'S II. Mkrckr, P. M.
The Sunbury nail mill has been
sold to Philadelphia, Pottstown and
Harrisburg capitalists. The price
paid was $i2,oco. The new com
pany will repair the mill at once and
start it as soon as possible. Five
hundred men and boys will be employ
ed. The mill has been idle since
April 1890.
Y. II. C- A- NOTES-
The Ycur.g Men's Christian Asso
ciation is conducting Gospel Meetings
in the tent, Market street near Sixth,
every night this week. They are in
charge of Evangelist, Rev. Sam Blair,
of Altoona, who is doing a practical
and effective work.
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock a
meeting for men only will be address
ed by Mr. Bbir. These meetings
have been attended by crowds, as the
tent is one of the coolest and best
places to spend an hour Sunday after
noon. We want 400 men out to the
meeting next Sunday.
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS-
The duplicates for 1895 are now in
my hands for collection." AH dog,
state, county and school taxes paid
before Saturday August i4tb. a reduc
tion of five percentum will be allowed.
I will be at the office of Guy Jacoby
Esq., over Post Ollice on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, August, 15, 16
and 17 and Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, August 22, 2,5, and 24
between the hours of 2 and 6 o'clock
in the afternoon to receive taxes.
J. K. Bittenhender, Collector.
6-28.4t. 123 West Fifth St.
Don't Grope in the Dark.
"We have bicycle lanterns from $1.00 to $5.00, bells
from 25c. to $1.50, luggage carriers, whistles, cement, chain
lubricant and everything a wheelman needs.
,1 ! Mail (::: as m) 5J.
This is a bargain.
Call and see me and I will save you money.
W. S. RISHTON,
Opposite Post Office. Druggist,
Bakiro
i Powdes
The I). L. & W., Railroad Com
I pany is running an extra freight train
through this place every afternoon.
The large increase in tonnace is due
to the Lackawanna Steel Company's
naving purchased the Cornwall iron
ore mines at Lebanon, and all this ore
is being hauled via Pennsylvania and
D. L. it W. roads, to Scranton, where
11 13 manufactured into steel.
Some of our weekly exchano-rs An
nounced last week that thev would
issue no naners this Wert, cm armnnl
of the 4th. " in accordance with the
general custom.' It is not the custom
in this county, and has not been for
years. 1 he Columbian is published
hftv two weeks in the vcar. Tina
week we go to press a day earlier
man usual, and the office will be
closed on 1 hursday.
On Sundav mornincr two frntlrmen
met at the corner of Main and Market
streets near S. F. Peacock & Co's.,
and one asked the other if he had
seen a dispatch in the S.iturdav
stating that the proprietor of the Sands
Asuey snow had been arrested at
Shenandoah on a chanre of briheru
and resisting an officer, and committed
to jail witnout Dan. At this point a
stranger aDiiroachtd. and hearintr th
remark, he stopped and said, "No, he
is not in jail, for I am the man." He
then proceeded to explain, saying that
the trouble arose from his discharging
a man, who claimed twenty five dol-
i.irs iiuc lor wages, there were but
six dollars due the man, and this was
offered, and refused. The man went
before a justice and took out a writ of
attaenment, and an omcer, came to
the circus and was about to seize
three thousand dollars worth of the
best ring houses, when the proprietor
told his men to put him out ot the
tent, which they did. The officer
tnen got out warrants ior the proprie
tor for bribery, alleginn that he tried
to bribe him when he went to serve
the first writ, and also for resisting an
officer. The showman was taken be
fore t'.ie justice, where he was advised
to settle the case, the prosecutor de
manding the sum of four hundred dol
lars and costs. This was refused, and
bail offered for appearance at court,
but the justice refused bail. The
showman then went to another justice
and entered bail in th- sum of $1500,
and swore out warr-.its against the
first iustice for refusing to allow bail
in a bailable offense, and also against
the officer for false arrest, and both
were held in $1000 bail for appear
ance at court.
This was the statement of the owner
of the show, and we give it as we got
it.
Horrible Inhumanity.
The report comes from Selinsgrove
of a most batbarous piece of treat
ment of William II inkle, of Union
township, Snyder county, perpetrated
by his wife. They are both old peo
ple, Mr. Ilinkle being 75 years of age.
He is infirm and semi-demented and
was charged by his wife with being
violent at times. The poor authori
ties had the matter brought to their
notice and went to the home of the
couple to make an investigation.
They found the old man tied in his
bed, securely bound around his body
with a strap ; his hands were also
strapped together and his legs were
bound with a chain and locked with a
padlock. He had been held captive
in this condition for about four weeks
when the authorities caused his re
lease one day last week. It is said
the old man was found in a pitiable
condition. The chain from long con
tact had imbedded itself deeply in
his flesh, causing severe suffering.
When Buby wu sick, we gave her Castoria.
When the was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Ming, she clung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
Call and see the typewriter paper
at this office. tf.
BERWICK BICYCLE MEET-
Those who attended the bicycle
races at Berwick last Saturday pro
nounced the day a great success in
every way. The results in the several
different events were as follows :
One mile novice won by Thomas
J. I nomas, Bloomsburg ; Wrn. Mc
Michael. Berwick, second: II. I
Knies, Bloomsburg, third. Time. 2-45
I'ifteen mile road race, starting
from Bloomsburg Court House and
finishing on track at Berwick won
by Peter Gstalder, Wilhamsport ; G
A. Gardner, Scranton, second ; J. N
Harry, iscrwick, third, lime. 42:17
one fifth seconds.
One mile Club Handicap won by
J.N. Harry; William Williams, se
cond : Charles Derr, third. Time
2:452-
One half mile open won by C. W.
Krick, Sinking Springs ; C. T. Miner,
iiinghamton, N. v., second ; C. h.
Coleman, Scranton, third. lime
1:1? two-fifths.
One mile Columbia County Cham
pionship won by John G. Harman,
Bloomsburg ; J. N. Harry, Berwick,
second ; Thomas J. Thomas, Blooms
burg, third. Time, 2:40 and one
fifth.
One mile open won by C. W.
Krick, C. T. Miner, second ; J. B.
Corcer, Scranton, third. Time, 2:i6r
One half mile Boy's Race won by
William McMichael, Berwick ; Clar
ence Lenhart, Berwick, second.
Time, 1:191.
Two mile Handicap won by R,
W. Crouse, Philadelphia : J. C. Hen
derson, Lewistown, second; Peter
Gstalder, Wilhamsport, third.
Time, 4:52.
July to be
Oool and Eainy,
Hicks.
Says Mr.
"My last bulletin gave forecasts of
the storm wave to cross the continent
from the 2?th to the 20th, and the
next will reach the Pacific coast about
the 29th, cross the west of Rockies
country by the close of the 30th, the
great central valleys July 1 to x and
the eastern States about the 4th.
Aerage rains may be expected
through the central portions of th
United States, leaving a deficiency in
the extreme north west of Rockies
country about June 29, great central
valleys July 1 and eastern States July
3. A cool wave will cross the west of
Rockies country about the 2d, great
central valleys July 4 and eastern
States about the 6th.
inir cool wave will inaugurate an
extended cool period and what is
herein designated as the cool half of
the month. Each month is usually
divided into about two weeks of cool
and two weeks of warm weather, and
the difference in the average tempera
ture of those two periods is almost
universally of a radical type. It is of
great importance to know when these
warm and cool periods will occur.
Each of these twelve to fifteen days
warm penoes has two storm waves,
two warm waves and two cool waves,
and each of the twelve to fifteen days
cool periods has the same.
Most rains fall during the cool per
iods and the evaporation and drought
symptoms are experienced during the
warm periods.
I challenge the world in making
long range forecasts of the warm ami
cool periods, and whoever tests the
accuracy of these bulletins in forecast
ing these periods will find the forecast,
in that respect, wonderfully correct.
The rain belt for July appears to
extend from Denver to Philadelphia.
leaving large areas of drought in the
direction of Charleston and Key West
and from Chicago and Davenport to
ward the northwest.
General forecasts for July and tem
perature forecasts for the coming win
ter will be published in my next bulle
tin. I believe my calculations for the
coming winter to hi reliable, and they
are of a most important character. It
will be a remarkable winter as to tem
perature." A new order issued by all express
companies permits the aggregate
weighing by agents of two or more
packages shipped from a city on the
same day to one consignee, even
though the packages all come from
d'fferent houses. All packages, how
ever weighing less than twenty
pounds, will be estimated as weighing
twenty pounds.
Governor Hastings has appointed
William Connell, of Scranton; Repre
sentative William T. Marshal, Alle
gheny; Senator J. Henry Cochran,
Wilhamsport; Alexander Dempster,
Pittsburg, and Harvey H. Hubbert,
Philadelphia, executive committee of
the Cotton States exposition com
mission. 1 he governor has called a
meeting of the commission for July 9.
The Superior Judges Appointed.
Governor Hastings on F'riday aD-
pointed the following judges of the
superior court : James A. Beaver,
Centre ; Howard T. Reeder, Northam
ton; John J. Wickham, Beaver; George
B. Orlady, Huntingdon ; Charles IS.
Rice, Luzerne ; L. N. Wulard, Lacka
wanna ; Henry J. McCarthy, Philadel
phia. They were sworn in on Mon
day. The hotels at Eagles Mere and
Highland Lake are filling up. A
prosperous season is looked for by the
hotel men.
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Mud fjttn. Time
ABSOLUTELY PURE
THE OLD RELIABLE r
SWEET CAPORAL
CIGARETTE
Hat stood th Tttt ol Tims 1
MORE SOLD THAN ALL OTHER
BRANDS COMBINED
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PRINCIPAL'S KEPORf.
At the close of the term of the
Bloomsburg Public Schools, L. P,
Sterner, principal submitted the fol
lowing report :
To the Bloomsburg School Board :
Ge.vti.kmen : I have the honor to
present to you the following report of
the progress and condition of the pub
lie schools of Bloomsburg with some
statistics concerning the same, for the
year ending June n, 1895.
STATISTICS.
Number of pupils enrolled rturlnsr term 1101
Ini friise ovit enrolment, of last, term, HI
Average attendance duriutf the term, T!t7
I'i'rcciiUiito ' " " (Hlvtf
No. ot pupllHOnrollccl In IIIrIi School,
I'crrentnifi' or iitionu in ll is, during term tit
No. of visits by piilrons. H3
Number of visits by directors, ion
Number of visits by others,
Numuerof teuelieia' meetings,
ROLL OF HONOR.
Thirty -five pupils attended every
day of the term, and it gives me pleas
ure to present the names of those who
made this bright record, and to add
that all of them with one exception
were promoted during the year. Reas
onable patrons need no stronger evi
dence of the important bearing of reg
ular attendance upon the pupil s pro
gress than this list of names furnished,
Those on this roll of honor are Geo.,
Helen, Zoe and Scott Vanderslice,
Lucy, Susie and Mattie Coffman,
Verda, Mary and George CorelLLydia
and Wil ie Ahlemann, Hattie and
Charles Drake, Tilly and Maybtrry
Hughes, Clara Fornwald, Mary
Knapp, Gertrude Rinker, Bruce Pen
man, Charles Marr, Ray Neyhard,
May Rhodomoycr, Blanche Williams,
May Hess, Howard Kahler, Lizzie
Strohin, Edith Kesty, Deny Johnson,
Nola Cook, Ethel Kelley, Frank Shaf
fer, Mary Lewis, Anna Loyd and Cur
tis Pifer.
EXAMINATIONS AND PROMOTIONS.
The problem of examination and
promotion is one of the most difficult
in the management of your schools.
What shall be the length of interval
between promotions ? Shall it be the
same in all grades? How shall the
fitness for promotion be determined ?
Shall the promotion be made solely
upon examination results or upon the
teacher s estimate ? Or shall both be
considered ? I have made the class
interval in the A Grammar and High
School a year and in all other grades
at least a half year. In the primary
grades the estimate of the teacher has
as much weight as the examinations,
in the Intermediate and Grammar
schools both receive careful consider
ation, while in the High School the
pupil's promotion depends almost en
tirely upon examination results. This
plan is not iron-clad but has been
modified now and then to suit the
conditions. The examination papers
of all pupils are preserved until the
opening of the succeeding term, so
that dissatisfied patrons or others can
examine them if they so desire. The
following table shows the number of
pupils examined and promoted during
the year.
First Street School No. Ex. No. Pro.
lllgli School, M sa
(a.) Urummur, Hannah Itreece, 21 !M
" " Alice Wilson i!7
(b.) " Ma lilnker, 41 ,stl
" " KUa Allen. 40 8(1
Third Street School No. Kx. No. Pro.
(a.) Intermediate, Ira Prown, as 31
(0.) " kv liawniijfs, 4.1 m
" Winnie Penman, 4tl 8H
Secondary, Ida Hernhaid, 47 4:1
(a.) Primary, Dora Breece, M 45
(b.) " Stella Lwenbertr, Sit 80
" " KuimaTownseuiT, 88 Si
Fifth Street School.
(a.) Intermediate, Samuel Pursel, 41 Si
(C.) " Alice Kcliur, 4!l 85
Secondary, Annie Fox, Sii ml
" .Mary Sheep. 8S Hill
(a.) Primary, Louise Kobblns, 45 sy
" llattle Hliwose, 50 41
(b.) " Bessie Holmes, 45 a.i
" " Annie Snyder. 42 88
Number of pupils examined 8 m
" " promoted 701
ENROLLMENT THE COMING TERM.
To aid you in determining the num
ber of new teachers needed, and to in
dicate the necessity of lengthening the
"Course of Study," I have prepared
the following table showing the proba
ble maximum enrollment in each
room. In this estimate, I have not
made any allowance for the pupils
that will be forced into the schools by
the compulsory school law:
First Street School. No. left. No. Pro. Total
UlKh School, H5 HI 189
(a.) Gram. Hannah llreece, v 84 45
" Alice Wilson. 8tl i
(b.) " IdaHlnker, 8 81 sit
tt
" Klla Allen.
8
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Tliira street scnooi.
(a.) Intermediate, Ira Brown, 5 49
(b.) ' Eva Kawlltit;, tit 11
11 Minnie l'emuuu, VI VI
Secondary, Ida Bernhard, IM 45
a. ) rnmary, iora urcece, id m
b. ) " Stella Loweuborw,
Kuiiuit To wnatud,
COOL.
TO KI.CEP COOL, is the aim and object of cms and al
of us these days, and although there is quite n variety o
ways in which we try to accomplish the rmut, yet thi
wearing of suitable clothing, clothing conducive to com
fort, is by all odds the most efficient method yet cK...overed.
Just here is where our
Mid-Summer Clearing Sale
comes in to meet your want3 for cool and comfortable clothing.
The few items below ehow you some of the values we now offer:
Ladies' Waists.
Made of soft finish percales, full
sleeves, yoke back, worth $ 1 00, now
85c. All laundried.
1 lot of unlaundried ladies waists,
made of best prints, 15c.
1 lot dark color waists, 39c.
Ladies' Wrappers.
A fine lawn wrapper, full sleeves,
full width, ruffle around yoke, now 85c.
Fine dimity wrappers, full sleeve, 5
in. ruffle around yoke $1.45.
White Dress Goods.
The thin dainty dotted Swisses al-
ways look cool, and positively are good
wearers. Prices 20c, upwards.
Fine satin stripe cords 15c.
India Linon.
The greatest wearer and washer of
all thin white goods, 12JC up.
Colored Swisses, full lines, choice
colors and styles, 25c.
Striped and plaid dimities, 12 Ac. up.
Lappet silks, 32c. Wash silks, 29c.
Swivel silks, 25c. China dres3 silks,
34C
ALL GOODS SOLD FOR CASH.
H. J. CLARK & SON.
I. W. HARTMAN & SON.
MARKET SQUARE DRY COODS HOUSE.
WE ALWAYS CLOSE ON THE GL OHIO US 4 Til O F JULY,
But sure to open next day with a big
Have ordered a special lot ot reduced
for. Don't vou know that our warm
about 20 dress patterns in from 8 yds. to 12 yds. that are choice goods for
big sleeved dresses. Many of our shirt waists have been reduced to a low
figure. Come in any time before or after the 4th and see them. Gloves,
mitts, fans, parasols, silver belt buckles, white metal buckles, pins, studs, &c.
How would you like tSc. dress goods for 12JC We have it.
I. W. HARTMAN & SOPJ.
Fifth Street Fi hool.
(a.) Interin'd't, fvimnel Pursel, SI
lb. " Alice .-.tliriir, 1
IS
50
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4.1
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Meeondury, AnutcKox, is
" Mary Sheep, 21
(a.) Primary, Lonlne liuhblns, is
" Hatlle HHc'rese, 10
(h.) " A mm Snyder,
uesiie uuuuea, "
Total HiiT
You will notice that the (a) Tri
iary, the Secondary, the (a) Interme
diate grades and the High School will
be too large, and if possible the teach
ers in these grades should be relieved.
The first three grades can be relieved
in part at least by promotions, but the
High School can only oe relieved
either by the formation of a new
grade, or the employment of an ad
ditional teacher. I favor the adoption
of the former plan which must be
done in another year. Our course of
study is from one to three years short
er than in the other graded schools in
this part of the State. Therefore pu
pils reach the High School from one
to three years sooner than they would
f the course were longer.
READING.
Reading especially in the Primary
school, is the most important branch
n the common school curriculum. It
is indispensable to the pupil because
it gives him the power to get thought
and feeling through the written or
printed word. The printed word
must be known before it can be read
ntelligently. "1 he pupils in our pub
lic schools for the past several years
have been taught the word by the
Word Method of teaching reading.
The results of this method in the Tri
nury grades were fair but in the other
grades unsatisfactory. With the de-
ire of finding a better method, in the
latter part of Sept. 1894, you mtro-
duced the Pollard Synthetic Sound
System of teaching reading in two of
the four (b) Primary, or First Year
rooms. Your object was to have it
in operation near the Word Method
that you miaht be able to compare
their results. Here is the statement
of the conditions under which the new
system was introduced and a compaii-
son of the most important results.
The Word Method teachers began
their work three weeks before the Syn
thetic Sound System was introduced.
The former had special training in
their method, and from four to six
years experience in the school room.
The Pollard teachers had no special
training in their method, and were in
experienced in its use. The former
taught 500 words, the latter more
than 1500. All the pupils were in
structed in phonics. Very few of the
pupils taught by the Word Method
could pronounce the simplest word
that they had not been taught. Mearly
all pupils taught by the Syn'he.io
Sound System acquired the power to
pronounce plainly, correctly and intel
COOL.
Ladies' ribbed vests, 5c.
1 lot ladies' ribbed vests at 19c, tegu
lar price, 25c.
1 lot lisle vests, nicely trimmed neck
and sleeves with ribbons, at 29c.
1 lot silk vests, 50c.
1 lot white parasols, f 1.89. Ruffle on
edge.
Kayser patent finger tipped silk gloves
(tips outwear gloves), 50c.
White chamois gloves (4 buttons), 89c
Men's balbriggan shirts and pants, 25c
each.
Ladies' separate dress skirts at greatly
reduced prices, $1.25 up.
1 lot of silk waists to close, $2.j$.
Silver shirt waist sets, 90c. up.
Cotton Dress Goods.
Wc have lowered the
mere cool of coolness.
prices to a
Best American dimities, now 10c
(Have been 12J and 15c.)
Pest imported pelisse, now 20c
Best American pelisse, now i2$a
Best Jackonette Duchess, now 10c.
Best Cordelia Marquise, now ioc
Best American outings, now Sc.
Fine dress ginghams, now 8c.
With lots of others equally as low if
not lower.
cut in prices of summer dress goods.
tine lawns wnicn win De worth waiting
weather is to come yet ? v e have
ligently all monosyllable wo'ds belong
ing to the different families of words
that they had been taught. The pu
pils taught by the Syntltlir Sound
System, after they had di-cvered the
word "cat," associated the word with
the idea a3 closely as did the pupils
taught by the Word Method. The
Pollard pupils, little word discoverers,
were delighted by their discoveries
and became very enthus;.s':c in their
work.
MUSIC.
Music is known to be'refming and
elevating and of such a c'-..'.racter as
to exert a healthful influence 011 the
general improvement of the pupil.
Last year you introduced vocal music
into the primary and in'.ci mediate
grades. The general public can well
unite in commending you for that
act. If it be a good thu..; for the
primary- and intermedial.- pupils, it
must be for those in the (Irammar
and High School. I thercfoie recom
mend that it be extended to these
grades.
It is needless to say that the schools
of Bloomsburg have progressed the
past year. That is understood. Un
der our efficient corps of teachers,
aided by a progressive School Board,
with the sympathy and support of the
patrons there must be progress. It
affords me pleasure to know that I
have been connected with your school
during this golden era of prosperity.
I ask your permission to clos this re
port with a brief summary of some of
the important changes and improve
ments that have been made in your
public schools during the past four
years. In connection with your
uoard, 1 helped to bring about the
adoption of the new course of study.
This step made graduation possible.
I have had the honor to graduate four
classes, the only graduates ever sent
out from your High School. The
school work has been systematized
and made uniform in all schools of
the same grade. Excellent systems
of drawing and music have been
adopted. The work in all grades has
been greatly improved. A commence
ment week has been established. An
Alumni Association has been organiz
ed. The old school buildings have
been remodelled and enlarged. Heat
ed and ventilated by the most modem
and improved systems, they are orna
ments to the town and an honor to
your Board. I might enumerate a
hundred other changes and improve
ments to show the advancement of
your schools, but it would be unneces
sary. In conclusion, I thank the
teachers, the patrons and your Board,
ever attentive to the interests of the
schools, for your hearty co-cperaticn
during the past year.
Respectfull y submitted,
L. P. Sterner, Frin.