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The Reading railroad will run an
excursion to Atlantic City on Thurs
day July 25. The laic is $4.50 and
tickets will be good for ten days.
A festival will be held at McIIenry's
church in Orange Township, Saturday
evening, July 17U1 for the benefit of
the church at that place.
When so many people are taking
and deriving benefit from Hood's Sar.
saparilla. why don't you try it your
self? It ishichlv recommended.
The Tenth Annual Fair of the Ma
hanoy Valley Agricultural Association
will be held at Lavelle Fair Grounds
on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday, September 10th, nth,
1 2th and 13th, 1895.
Henry Ilerskovits, who figured very
largely in Conyngham township poli
tics, and was editor and proprietor of
the " Centraha Journal a year ago,
is now employed as a salesman by
Shapiro Bros, at Shamokin. He got
in jail here for libel, and that ended
his journalistic venture.
The following letters are advertized
July 1 6th 1S95. Chas. Lrcdbender,
Mr. M. I,. Claire Mrs. R. Dunslan,
F. I'relinghuzsen, T. A. dinner, Mr.
W. F. McAllister, Miss Lizzie Sittler.
Will be sent to the dead letter office
July 30, 1S95.
James II. Mercer, P. M.
Services at St. Paul's Church on
Sunday next. July 21st. Holy Com
munion 7.45 A. M. Morning Prayer
and sermon 1 -.;,.). Evening Prayer,
and address. 7.30. Sunday School at
9 A. M. The Children of the Sunday
School will attend the service in the
evening, wlion a special address is to
be made, cliieily to children, by the
Rector, the Rev. David N. Kirkly.
The followia is from the Wilkes
Parre department of the Scranton
dlepublicuti : J. Frank Small
while excavating upon his property at
Forty Fort, un.aUhed the sl.i..e
work of a cellar which seems to be a
mystery. The iituiio work scwi..cd
well preserved and in the wall he
found Indian moccasins, arrows,
hatchets and oilier Indian equipments.
Mr. Smith prizes his find quite highly.
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 14th, a reduc
tion of five pcrcentum will be allowed.
I will be at the office of Guy Jacoby
Esq., over Post Office on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, August, 15, 16
and 17 and Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, August 22, 23, and 24
between the hours of 2 and 6 o'clock
in the afternoon to receive taxes.
J. K. Bitteniiender, Collector.
6 2S-4t. 1 23 West Fifth St.
" Who," asked the pastor, will un
dertake to raise this money for the
church ?" The converted counterfeit
er rose in his pew. " I'll raise it if
somebody else will pass it," he said.
Obviously that was all he could do.
Detroit Tribune.
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.
A $151! Cleveland (goad a: in) SI
This is a bargain.
Call aud see me and I will save you money,
W. S. RISHTON,
Opposite Post Office Druggist,
Latest U.S. Gov't Report
The bicycle meet promises to be a
big day, and will no doubt bring a
crowd to Bloomsburg.
The Belt Railroad is a thing of the
past. I he rails have been removed
from Seventh street and the road
leveled up.
The commercial travelers of this
vicinity have effected an organization,
with I. Hasenbuch President, and
W. B. Milnes Secretary. They intend
to have a picnic soon.
Karl Wirt was a happy boy on
Monday. He received notice that he
had successfully passed the prelimin
ary examination for admission to Har
vard College, and the same day he
caught a black bass in the creek
where he is camping with the Nimrod
club, that measured 17 inches. Good
enough for one day.
A telegram was received by Mrs. J,
L. Dillon on Tuesday morning, that
her mother, Mrs. Charles Hutchison
of Kingston, was much worse- Mr
and Mrs. Dillon went to Kingston on
the 10.49 train, and Mrs. Huchison
died at three o clock in the afternoon
She had been very sick for some time,
and her death was not unexpected
Mrs. Dillon had been vith her mother
all the time, with the exception of a
few days.
Trinity Reformed Sunday School
will hold its annual picnic at Wynona
Park on Tuesday July oth. Fare
for the round trip 50 cts. Children
under 1 2 years 25 cts.; if accompanied
by parents, free. Trains will leave
the D. L. and W. Station at 8 20 A.
M. stopping at Main St., Light Street,
and OrangeviIIe to take on passengers
Returning leave the cround at 6.00
P. M. Lunch and refreshments will
be served on the ground at reasona
ble prices. Everybody is cordially
invited. Should it rain on the 30th
the picnic will be held on the 31st.
A meeting of town council was held
on Monday evening.
Grade on East First street was re
ferred to committee on streets.
Notice was directed to be given to
B. F. Zarr to lay a pavement along
his Fifth street property, and to James
Wilson to repair Ins walk on Market
street.
Building permits were granted to A.
C. DeShepperd for three 2 story
houses on Railroad street; to L.
Cohen for veranda at his house on
West street ; Frank Keller, Iron
street ; S. C. Keller, new house on
First street.
Exonerations were allowed in cer
tain cases, for 1893.
When the ordinance providing for
a special election was passed by the
Town Council six weeks ago, The
Coi.umiiian suggested the propriety of
holding public meetings for the pur
pose of discussing the situation, so
that the voters might understand what
they were to vote upon. No meet
ings were held, and no interest was
taken in the matter by anybody, and
it is likely that if an election had been
held on Tuesday, the vote would have
been very light. In one respect, there
fore, it is fortunate that something
occurred to call attention to the fact
that there was to be an election. The
granting of an injunction brought the
matter to public notice, and now it
is the topie of conversation in every
store and on every street corner.
There seems to be a unanimous opin
ion that the indebtedness may be in
creased, but as to whether the town
shall own an electric light plant or
not, there is a difference of sentimen
There are two sides to the question,
and tax-payers ought not to act
blindly on this issue.
When Baby wu sick, n gave her Cantor-la.
When she wu a Child, Hhe cried for CastorU.
When she became Mtw, she cluiig to Castorla.
When the had Children, alio gave them Castorla.
TIIE INJUNCTION CASE.
To the Columbian :
Inasmuch as a most false, libellous
and malicious statement has been
made and published in relation to the
proceedings in the decision of this
case, I feel it my duty as an eye-wit
ness, to give the facts or the informa
tion and satisfaction of the public.
The argument was opened for the
plaintiff by Mr. Buckalew who was
followed on the same side by Mr.
l red Ikeler. Mr. Scarlet made the
argument for the Town Council, and
Coi. Freeze closed the debate for the
Plaintiff.
It has been published in the
JUoomsburrf Daily that " Col. Freeze
for the petitioner, occupied the at
tention of the court for a little while
and then in lets time than it takes
to tell it the Judye decided he would
continue the temporary injunction
until further order of the Court or
until final hearing."
It is absolutely false that there was
any precipitancy in the decision or in
the announcement thereof. Time
was occupied and discussion was in
dulged in by and between Court and
Counsel, and suggestions were made
and considered.
It has been also reported and pub
lished, in the same paper, " that the
attorneys were no sooner through than
Judge Ikeler reached in his pocket
and pulled out his written opinion
which continued the temporary in
junction." This assertion is also completely
false. The Judge pulled no paper out
of his pocket, he had no written opin
ion, he had not even written out the
order the decree was pronounced
orally and taken by the Reporter.
And when the counsel went to the
Prothonotary to have a certified copy
of the order containing the injunction
made to be served on the parties, the
Prothonotary was obliged to go and
did go to the official Reporter to get
what the Judge had said. We ap
pend to this the official report of the
stenographer, taken in shorthand, as
to what occurred after Col. Freeze
had closed the argument : and it will
be seen by that, that some time must
have elapsed between the close and
the oral announcement of the order
made in the case. The report is as
follows :
Mr. Little said : " A great deal
of this argument is predicated upon
the form of the submission. If your
Honor thinks that you have power
to control it in any way, we have no
objection to your altering the form of
the ticket, and how it is to be printed,
and the purposes, so that there shall
be a separate vote upon the electric
light plant question." Buckalew "It
is too late to cive notice." Court " I
do not see how it is possible to do
that and hold the election tomorrow.
Bucka'ew " Of course in any matters
of form as to the bond, or as to the
official designation of the Town or
Town oflicers, matters of that sort, as
a matter of course we are ready to
make any change that the Court may
think required. ' Court " I do . not
see how we can give fair consideration
to this question, without putting the
town to at least the expense of a re
advertisement and re-publication of
notice. We might do the case gross
injustice and ourselves also, by decid
ing the case now, without a caretul
examination ot the authorities. The
election is fixed for seven o'clock to
morrow morning, is it not?" Mr.
LiMle, " Yes sir." Court " There
is one thing that seems very plain to
us that the increase asked for is not
necessary to be used for the payment
of existing indebtedness, and the only
injury caused by delay for considera
tion, would be the cost of publishing
some future notice of election. If
that delay should be so great as to
injure the present holders of the or
ders of the town, the Town Council
certainly have the power to take im
mediate action, regardless of our
order, for the payment of the existing
indebtedness." Scarlet " Suppose
your order should be void and this
bond stands here what is the bond
worth as it stands, there today?"'
Court " We cannot decide that with
out examining the matter. It seems
to us that if the title of the case is
proper, the Bjnd is proper. The
Bond is given to the defendants ; we
have examined that, and we find the
bond to correspond with the title of
the case. The question is whether
the title of the case ought to include
the town of Bloomsburg specifically,
in addition to naming the members of
the Town Council. The question
arises have we power under the rules
of Equity to permit an amendment.
We feel obliged to make the follow
ing order. And now July 15 1895
after hearing in open Court, the pre
liminary injunction heretofore granted
is continued until final hearing or
further order of this Court."
This is the official record of the
matter as it transpired in court.
Ohskkvek.
A Hen Started the Church,
A Mahanoy City chicken flew into
a church and laid an egg on one of
the seats. A Pottsville young lady
found the egg and took it home, used
it in baking a cake, and thus started
a fund for the building of a new Metho
dist Episcopal Church at that place,
which fund is growing to large proportions.
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A CHANGE OF TOWN CHARTER.
For a number of years past there
has been a growing sentiment that a
change in the organization of our town
government is desirable, and there
has been more or less talk on that
subject. Several years ago an effort
was made to secure special legislation
to repeal the special laws under which
we arc organized, and to put the town
under the general borough laws. This
movement was confronted with an
obstacle in the constitution in the
shape of a clause prohibiting special
legislation " regulating the affairs of
counties, cities, townships, wards,
boroughs, or school districts," or " in
corporating cities, towns, villages, or
changing their charters," and the
matter was dropped. It was believed
that nothing but a constitutional
amendment that will permit such
legislation as would be necessary to
change our charter, could afford us
any relief, and the prospect of securing
such a change in the constitution was
not promising, and so no effort was
made.
If a constitutional amendment is
necessary, there can be no hope for a
change. The machinery that must be
moved in order to amend the constitu
tion, is too ponderous, and it would
be a difficult proceeding to get the
whole state interested in a matter
which would affect only the Town of
Bloomsburg.
It seems to us that a change can be
obtained by a general law repealing
the chatters of all towns in the state,
and reorganizing them under the
general borough laws, if such a change
is desirable. Bloomsburg is the only
town in the state, and we cannot see
why a general law relating to towns,
but which would apply to no other
place besides Bloomsburg, cannot be
passed as well as a general law relating
to cities of the first class which applies
only to Philadelphia.
But the question arises, why is any
change desirable ? One complaint is
that being organized under special
laws as a town, and being the only
incorporated municipality by that
name in the state, that when new laws
are passed by the legislature relating
to boroughs, no one ever knows
whether they are applicable to Blooms
burg or not. On this point lawyers
disagree. Some contend that Blooms
burg is an incorporated town, and an
incorporated town is a borough, hence
Bloomsburg is a borough. Others in
sist that being incoiporated as a town,
no law is applicable unless the word
town appears in it. Between the two,
laymen cannot tell what the law means.
Another complaint is as to the
manner of electing the town council.
Every year a full board is elected.
Sometimes members are re-elected,
and sometimes not ; so that it may
happen, and has happened, that an
entirely new set of men has been
chosen, none of whom know anything
of what has been done by the previous
council except what appears on the
minute book. It- is urged that if the
council were elected for three years,
and only two elected eac h year, that
there would be constantly a majority
of the members who are familiar with
the business of the town, and that
thereby much more good could be ac
complished. Another objection is
made to the cumulative system of
voting, which enables any man who
has an axe to grind, to get himself
elected to council by a small pro
portion of the voters.
There will be no session of the
legislature until 1897, and nothing
can be done until that time. If any
change is desired, the necessary action
should be begun in time, so that the
matter maybe freely discussed, and
that it may be presented to the next
legislature without delay.
Bloomsburg Bicyole Meet-
An association has been formed
called the Bloomsburg Wheelmen,
composed of the representative wheel
men and business men of the town
who propose holding a Race Meet
Saturday, August 17th. $400.00 in
prizes will be given. Lithographs
will be posted in a few days, giving
list of events. W. S. Rishton, secre
tary, will furnish entry blanks and
give further information.
THE H1VBT
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Dry goods, dress goods, shirt waists, skirts, underwear, hos
iery, wrappers and
WASH DRESS GOODS.
Your pick of any of our 1 2 I and
15c. dimities at 10c.
A lot of English outing flannels at 8c.
Silks.
A lot of wash silks, 29c.
" " " lappet silks, 2Sc.
" " " jack silks, 38c.
" " " Black Toi de soi dress
silks at $1.40.
White parasols, $1.89.
"Shouldcrettes," the new sleeve extender. Just the article. Does away
with the stiffening in the sleeves.
When you take that little excursion you will want a new
grip or telescope. "We can supply your wants for little
money.
J31ack jDrcfts Croocljs.
We are showing a full line of these goods now at lower
prices than ever.
Black cashmere shawls at special prices.
H. J. CLARK 8c SON.
I. W. HARTMAN & SON:
MARKET SQUARE DRY COODS HOUSE.
"MAKING MONEY IS NOT ALWAYS IN SAVING IT."
We can show you how to make money by saving. Look at prices in silk
waists :
$5.00 one for $3.75 a saving of $1.25.
$3-75 one fr $2-75 a saving of $1.00.
Six or eight kinds of wash shirt waists frow 49c. to $1.48.
18c. wash dress goods now I2c. a saving of $c.
12JC " " " - 9c " " "3ic.
ioc- " " " " 7jc " " " 2jc.
Lawns and challies 4 and 5c
A big stock of silver belt buckles, white metal buckles, belt pins, studs, &c
SC. up. New lot of 1 2C table oil cloth. Agents for Standard Patterns
$ 1,000 stock.
I. W. HARTMAN & SON.
Estej Organs !
Estey Pianos I
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Now is your tima to purchase the Famous ESTY Organ and
Piano.
For many years J. Salter has held the agency for the
sale of these very reliable instruments in Columbia and Mon
tour counties.
As an agent, he has been very successful in placing large
numbers of organs, especially, in the homes of the good peo
ple of his district.
This agency, so long held by him, he has yielded, and It
remains for us to continue our business relations with the
people, either directly or indirectly through another agent.
At present, we propose to meet the people of this district,
with whom Mr. Salter has been so intimately acquainted, and
who have been so -well and faithfully educated in regard to
the merits and real value of our instruments, directly ; and for
a short season at least, give them the benefit of our reduced
rates.
Therefore, all persons who are thinking, or who have
been thinking ot purchasing an organ or piano, are most cor
dially requested to call at our store next door to Vanatta's
paper store, Bloomsburg, Pa., and look over our stock of in
struments, and get prices.
For the next thirty days we shall make special
rates for cash and good notes, on our entire stock
of organs and pianos.
We offer large inducements to would-be-purchasers o
violins, accordians, banjos, guitars, 1 armonicas and jews ha r s
violin, banjo and guitar strings.
Also, extra large inducements to persons wishing to pur
chase SHEET MUSIC.
We have a large assortment of music on hand which we
offer at 3 cts. per copy.
Come everybody, and see how well we rcn -lerse ycu.
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A lot of ladies' ribbed vests, a 5c.
goods at 19c.
Good outing flannels, 5c.
Hosiery.
Ladies' Richlieu ribbed hose, full
regular made, in tans and black, 35c,
Full regular made ladies' black hose,
high spliced heels, 50c.
Regular made high spliced heels
and toes, 20c.
Turkish bath towels, extra large, ex
tra heavy at 25c.
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