THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. Italian. KSTAllUSHEl) 1866. ttltc tfoluurtto Snuorrat, JfTAWi.lf II RD 1837. :C0NH0I.I0ATKD 18W. PUBLISH E.D SVKKV TIll KsDAY MOHNINU at rtloomsburg, tlio Couuty sent of Columbia county, Pennsylvania. OBO. K. ELWF.IX KniTOR. UEU. KOAN, FOHKMAN. Tsatfs: Instdo the county, $1.00 a year to ad tanoo; $1.50 It not paid In advanco Outsldo the county, $1.25 a year, strictly In advance. All communications should be addressed to TUB COLUMBIAN, Bloomsburg, Ta. THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1896. ' The Po-Nothing Congress, Trobably since Congresses first as sembled at Washington there never was one which had greater opportu nity than the Fifty-fourth Congress to afford the country helpful legislation, or which more bitterly failed to grasp its opportunity. It would have greatly diminished the chances of electing a Republican Congress and President in November if this Congress had fol lowed the recommendations of the Tresident with regard to financial legislation. It would have been almost as hazardous to have adopted some temporary measure, like a beer tax, a tax on coffee or tea, or a slight tax on sugar, to cover the lessening deficit in the Federal revenue. But notwith standing the early admission that the operations of the Treasury would have been facilitated and large sums of money saved by arming the Treas ury with the power to issue low-interest short-term bonds, and that more revenue was an immediate necessity, partisanship overbore every other consideration. Speaker Reed an nounced at the beginning of the ses sion that it would be a do-nothing Congress. He has made good his prophecy. Nothing has been done except to make heavy appropriations, and by neglect and delay to prolong a season of industrial distress and ap prehension in the hope therefrom to reap political advantage. These are hard words, but they are true. If they need confirmation be yond that which the facts bear on their face the confirmation is to be found in the admissions of Republican leaders that their inactivity has been deliberate. They have only attempt ed such general legislation as they knew could not receive the sanction of both houses of Congress, or it passed by both houses, could not receive the approval of the Executive. This may be grand politics, but it is death to trade and industry. Phila. Hecord. The sixth new battleship of the United States navy, the Oregon, has eclipsed even the world record of her sister ship, the Massachusetts, in her speed trial off the Pacific coast. The latter vessel made the remarkable average rate of 16.3079 knots an hour but the preliminary dispatches credit the Oregon with an achieve ment of 16.78 knots more than a full half-knot better than the crack battleship of the Cramps. The later official record may prove to be less 5 but at present the Oregon seems to have won for her builders, the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, a prem ium of $175,000. The East doffs its hat to the West 1 Editor Dana, of the New York Sun, uses the following terse language in describing the difference between the reformers and the so-called bosses. 'The exes and the men that don't get the nomination are the nucleus of re form. They are always ready for a reform movement which will put them back. The superannuated, the seedy, the incompetent, the disappointed, the beaten ; these are the politicians that become reformers when they get out of a job. The machine is the men who are in, and reform is the men who are out 5 and that's the long and short of it." Before our graduates begin their commencement essays, permit a sug gestionone that expresses the better opinion of every community. Don't submit plans for reforming the uni verse. Wait a month or two. Don't dwell too long on questions of political economy. Your methods may be good, but the cynical world won't be lieve you. Don't tell how to win suc cess in life. It will take you fifty years to write a good essay on that subject. In other words, don't talk about things that other people know you don't know any thing about. The Sound Money platform of the Pennsylvania Democracy adopted at Allentown seems to have met with the approving judgment of our fellow Democrats in other States. New Jersey readopted it, word for word. The Democrats of the city of Brooklyn have also indorsed it, and we do not doubt it will be substantially approved by the New York Democratic State Convention, which will meet in Sara toga on June 34. Undesirable Immigrants, In the month of March nine thous and Italian immigrants landed at New York In April the influx continued at a heavier rate. Three thousand arrived in two days ; four thousand more ere known to be on the way, and from eight to ten thousand were awaiting shipment at Italian ports. Financial conditions in Italy and the dread of being conscripted to serve in the war with Abyssinia are causes which in part explain this sud den accession of Italian immigrants. Another cause, in the opinion of the Commissioner oi Immigration at New York, is the fear that Congress will enact the proposed law exacting an educational test of immigrants. The Itali ans hasten to get into the country before any measure excluding thcin can be passed. About one-half ol the Italian immi grants arriving at New York this spring are unable to read or write. Fifty cents each was found to be the average sum of money possessed by a party numbering about one thousand, who were detained at one time for ex amination. One in ten only of the immigrants had a ticket to carry him beyond New York. Existing laws direct the enforced return of immigrants who are likely to become a public charge, and several hundred of the Italians were sent back under that clause j but to many of the most thoughtful students of American social and industrial conditions it seems clear that the present restric tions should be increased, and the ap plication of a reading and writing test, for the purpose ot sifting out and sending back the illiterate, seems the form of restriction most consistent with our institutions. A Promise Broken, When the Armenians, who had held Zeitoun for months against the assaults of a Turkish army, surrendered last February, the Turkish government promised that a Christian governor should be appointed over the place, and gave assurances to six signatory powers that it would keep its word. Recently, in violation of this promise, a Mohammedan was commissioned as governor of Zeitoun. This flagrant breach of faith revived the concert of action among the powers which had been in abeyance for weeks, and the representatives of Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy, Russia and Aus tria presented a joint note of protest to the Porte. NATIONAL PROHIBITION CONVEN TION. Single Faro for the Round Trip to Pittsburg via Pennsylvania Railroad. For the National Prohibition Con vention, to be. held at Pittsburg, Pa., May 37, 38, and 39, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell from May 34 to 36, inclusive, excursion tickets from all points on its system to Pitts burg and return, at a single fare for the round triy (no less rate than 35 cents). These tickets will be good for return passage until May 30, in clusive. They must be having lively times at the Methodist General Conference at Cleveland. Last Tuesday when it came to elect publishing agents, for at least ten minutes there was the greatest scene of confusion that has yet been witnessed on the floor of the confer ence. Twenty or thirty delegates were on their feet at one time each shouting for recognition, or bellowing the name of his favorite candidate. Rev. Dr. Robert Forbes, of Duluth said when speaking in regard to licensing evangelists that"the people were getting converted too fast. " In some places all you have to do is to hold up your hand and sbout 'Come to Jesus' and you are saved. It will be soon that you may get sav ed by sending your cabinet photo graph and having it baptized. Salva tion will soon be on sale by telephone and telegraph." College Changes Hands. United Evangelicals Secure a Valuable Educational Institution. . ' After nearly 14 months' delay, the officers of the Evangelical Association this week delivered to the United Evangelical Church the deed for the Central Pennsylvania College at New Berlin. The deed embraces all the franchises and endowments. Rev. Dr. A. E. Gobble is president of the college, which is one of the leading institutions of the Evangelical denomi nation. Read of the great racket. Every body is excited, surprised, delighted at the explosion of prices in clothing and everything for mens and boys wear. We came here to sell the goods, everv dollars worth must be sold at once no matter what it brings. 11 wm pay you to stop your work and come now ; even if you are 100 miles away and get whatever you may need in the line. Remember the slaughter that is coiner on now won't last much longer, so come at once to tne jjoston Clothing House just open ed opposite the St. Elmo Hntl Bloomsburg, Pa. at. GENERAL NEWS. JTiulrton w.is visited hy a $roo,ooo fnc enrly last Friilnv mornine. The Urill Mock on Hast street was destroyed. A telegraph message was scut around the world last Saturday in four minutes. Will tain t.ochren, formerly Tension Coin- llli:nhnr line 1im .............. 1 1... .1... t 1 dent United States llistrict Judge to succeed K. K. Nelson, who has resigned. llominic I. Murphy, the present Deputy Commission er, has been appointed Commissioner of 1 1'iiaitms. Thomas May Tierce,' the founder of Tierce's Business College at Philadelphia, died last Saturday morning. A Methodist revival meeting lasting four months has just closed at Tottsville. Washington, D. C, was visited 1y a $200,000 fire Monday evening in which a whole block opposite the Smithsonian Insti tute was burned. Several firemen were buried in the ruins. The electric light plant at White Haven was destroyed by fire Monday night. Disappointed in love, Thomas Morris of Nanticoke killed himself. The fastest battleship is the Oregon. On her trial trip last Thursday she made sixteen and seventy-eight one-hundredths knots per hour, or 19.35 miles. This, it is believed, breaks all records for vessels of her class. She is a first-ciassed, full-armored battleship. At the general conference of the Methodist Church at Cleveland, the dicipline was amended so as to allow persons baptised in infancy to be re-baptised if they desire it. It is thought that tne change will greatly help the church. It is claimed that prohibi. tion of re-banli sm in Methodism has resulted in large numbers of converts going to the liaptist church, who would otherwise have joined the Methodist church. A movement is on foot to make all the six toll bridges in Luzerne county free at a cost of nearly $500,000 The A. P. A. have split on McKinley. Delegates from twenty states denounced him. and they have resolved to defeat him. They accuse him of lying outright to them. Cyclone Kills Many- The city of Sherman was visited by one of the worst cyclones in the history of North Texas about five o'clock last Friday evening. The path of the wind was 150 yards wide. It struck the city at the west end of Tost Oak creek and swept in a westerly direction for several blocks and then spread and spent its force. The track of the cyclone is a gruesome sight, the devastation being com plete, houses, trees, fences, in fact every thing in its path was destroyed. The loss of life will probably reach loo, with as many more bruised and wounded. The city halt and the store room formerly occupied by S. C. Holmes have been turned into temporary hospitals, and eighteen bruised, mangled and mutilated bodies are awaiting identification. At these two places at this writing nearly every house in Fairview addition has been turned into a hospital. It is said the cyclone struck the ball park while a game was in progress and that part of the Sherman and San Antonio teams and many spectators were killed. All telegraph wires to Sherman have been down since 4.3a There are various gentlemen seek ing political nominations whose candi dacy has not been mentioned in this paper. This is because they have not placed a card in the Columbian an nouncing the fact, and we take it for granted they desire to keep it secret from our readers, and we beg to as sure them that their wishes shall be respected. 5 Sores In combination, proportion and process Hood's Sarsaparilla is peculiar to itself, and unequalled in true merit. No other medicine ever possessed so much curative power, or reached such enormous sales, or made such won derful cures, as Hood's Sarsaparilla. It is undoubtedly the best medicine ever made to purify, vitalizo and en rich the blood. That is the secret of its success. Read this statement: " When my son wae 7 years of age, he had rheumatlo fever and acute rheuma tism, which settled In hie left hip. He was 10 sick that no one thought there was any help for him. Five sores broke out on hla thigh, which the doctor said were Sciroffullsi ores. We had three different doctors. Pieces ot bone came out of the lores. -The last doctor said the leg would have to be out open and the bone scraped, before he oould get well. Howard became so low that he would eat nothing, and one doo tor aald there was no chance for him. " One day, a newspaper recommending Hood's Sarsaparilla was left at our door. We decided to try this medicine. Howard commenced taking it the last ot February, after having been sick tor a year and a half. He hadn't taken It a week before I aaw that hie appetite began to improve, and then he gained rapidly. I gave him five bottles, when the sores were all healed and they never broke out again. The crutches he had used for four years were laid aside, as he had no further use for them. I give all the credit to Hood's Sar saparilla." Mrs. Ada I Moody, Fay Btreet, Lynn, Mass. This and many similar cures prove that InloOCll'S Sarsaparilla Is the One True Blood Turlfler. All druggists. II. Prepared only by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. u . i-vsii cure Liver Ills; easy to Mood S Fills take, easy to operate, 2&0. (m JOHN R. TOWNS W 1 L $ wi mi inn tit III M III B aaiMHiiinniirini SUITS 9 FROM SIC. GO. E When a big circus visits a commun ity the people are simply helpless. Though one has seen the show twenty times before, and knows that if he goes he will see the same thing over again he has seen twenty times betore, he goes nevertheless. A circus par ade sets a boy wild with delight, and is equally effective with the grown people in the matter of the half dollars. SHERIFF'S SALE. Dy virtue of a writ of Fl. Fa., Issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia county, Pa., there will be exposed to publlo salo at tlie court House lu Bloomsburg, on SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1896, at 3 o'clock p. m., all that certain piece or par cel of land situate in the Borough of Berwick, county ot Columbia and State of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows, to-wlt: Be ginning at a point on Grant Btreet at the cor ner of an alley; thence westwardly along said alloy and parallel with Third street, a distance ofono hundred and twenty feet to an alley parallel with (J rant street; thence northwardly along said alley a distance ot forty feet to a lot owned by Charles E. Ross: thence eastwardly along said lot one hundred and twenty feet to Ornnt street aforesaid; thence southwardly along said street a distance of forty feet to the place of beginning, whereon is erected a two story FRAME DWELLING HOUSE, and outbuildings. Seized, taken Into execution at the suit of Swayze ft Co. vs. Samuel W. Henry, and to be sold as the property ot Samuel W. Henry. Evans, Atty. J. B. McUEMlY, Sheriff. SHERIFF'S SALE. By virtue of a writ of Fl. Fa., issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia county Pennsylvania, and to me directed, there will be exposed to public sale at the Court House In Bloomsburg, Pa., on SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1896, at 2 o'clock p. m., all the following described messuage, piece or parcel of land, situate in the township of Franklin, county of Columbia, and State ot Pennsylvania, bounded and de scribed as follows to-wlt: Beginning at a stone corner of lands of heirs of William Keedor and lands of Peter Vought; thence west seven and three-tenths rods to beech stump; thence by lands of Peter Vought south, eighty and three fourth degrees west thlrty-slx rods to Btone. thence by same north eighty-nine and seven eighth degrees west ninety-nine and three-tenth rods to pine knot; thence by same south three fourth degrees west nfty-nlne and three-tenths rods to stone In publlo road; thence by said publlo road south eighty-eight and three-fourth degrees east fourteen and seven-tenths rods to stone In public road; thence by land ot Theo dore Pensyl south, seven degrees east thirty nine and two-tenth rods to stone; thence by same north, seventy-nine and one-half degrees east thirty-two and a halt rods to stone; thence by same north seventy-two degrees cast fifty two and one-halt rods to chestnut stump; thence by same south seventy-five and one halt degrees east ten and one-half rods to stone; thence by lands ot heirs of William Boeder, north twenty and one-half degrees east ninety and three-tenths rods.to stone corner, the place ot beginning, containing 65 ACRES, and one hundred and twenty perches ot land whereon are erected a two-story FRAME DWELLING HOUSE, barn, wagon shed and out-bulldlngg. Fine peach orchard and fruit trees. Seized, taken into execution at the sult ot Simon Vought, administrator ot the estate ot Theodore Pensyl, deceased, vs. Frank Camp bell, and to be sold as the property ot Frank Campbell. J. B. McHENHY, Bntdkr, Atty. Sheriff. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Estate of Mary J. Vantuirn, late of Hemlock luwiumtp, aeceasea. Notice is liereliu oiventliat letter nrndminu. tratlon on lite nutate of Mary J. Vanhorn, late of Mimnwn, .uM'rtamp urcvriwu, nave oeen granted to the unaemlgnea admintntrat-jr to minnanii persona indebted to aid estate rj requested to make paymmtt, and those having claims or demands will make known tlie same without aetay to Grant Herring, Atty. B. W. SHADE, Administrator, Schuyler, Montour Co. Pa. German-American Investment Co. FOUNDED 189S. 62 Wall St.. New York. (Undor supervision of Banking Department of the Htate of New York.) Authorized Capital, - . . 11.000 000 j-uiu up l urn tin, .... funouon . ... . lu.na u i iii m uu f or eign Countries at cheapest rauis. Drni.i.1 i-vbuib trunHiers ana an other money transactions with Uermany and Austria- and soli ' ' ""'" Foreign monfiV. tmnlr nntna nnAa Yw,..,.v.t bankers wanted as agents In various towns, 4-30-tt. d. Removed ! SCHUYLER'S HARDWARE, TO Evans' ZOloclr, MAIN and IRON 8T8. 3 ?.?..; p.rj 1 . - - A ... u", "".; lltl VilT - CORNER MAIN & MAttKM MS. BLOOMSBURG PA. There is a Push to It's a wide awake, broad guage, up-to-date shop keeping that's doing it. Tliis means much to you. We're protecting a reputation. That it is a good one is evidenced by the many new business friends we are making, and each succeeding day shows an increased following. Watch your buying interests just now, for here is a store full of bright May merchandise for you to select from. Here's a wash dress goods stock that any store might be proud of. Have used some of our best dry goods intelligence in gathering it together for you. None but worth weaves; we emphasize the styles, qualities and prices, especially prices, as that is what moves them so rapidly. Amazon lawns, in exclusive patterns IOC. Worth I2c. Organd de Beauvals, one of the prettiest of wash goods 1 5c. Madras cloths, just the thing for shirt waists 18c. Dimities; you know what these goods are, one pattern, exclusively our own, 25c, 28c, 35c. Hosiery as We Sell it Is a satisfaction to the purchaser. None but the honest, durable sorts. Not at half their worth but just their actual value. You have confidence when you can buy thus. You're not hunt ing something for nothing, as you know as well as we do that you can't get it. Men's bicycle hose, extra long, extra strong double, high spliced heel 2oe. Sell everywhere but here, for 25c. Men's drop stitch, lisle thread, half hose in tan and black eoc. Ladies' absolutely fast black high spliced heel hose 25c. Children's half hose, in white and black, just what you want for summer 15 and 25c No Let Up to the dress goods selling. Those who have bought tell friends where they have bought; thats good adver tizing. You will travel a long way, inspect many a stock, before you will find one that compares with ours. Novelties, in all the fashionable designs, out in dress pattern lengths, $1.00 Reduced from $1.35. Mohair, crepons and serges in black for sep- J BLOOMSBURG, PA. FOR FINE SPRING MILLINERY GO TO .1 1. NEXT DOOR TO SALTZKR'g MUSIC STORK. The "TWIN COMET" and"LITTLE GIANT" Lawn Sprinklers, BEST MADE. Unique, Efficient, Labor Sav ins:. Will sprinkle 4 times greater area than any other bprinklers made. Highest Award at the Chicago Exposition. Can be seen in operation at residence oftlieKdl- mrv mts paper, corner ura aim Market tits., Bloomsburv, Sendjfor circulars giving testimonials ana prices. E. Stebbins Mfg. Co., tiULtt MAflUrACTUUKKS, Sorinsfleld. Mass. rir-Agcnoy forllloomsburir at tuo COLUMBIAN omue. - sjmim GET YOUR Mrs Watson JOB PRINTING DONE AT THE COLUMBIAN OFFICE ma Hatter. TROUSERS FROM S5.00. this Business. arate skirts, 50c. to $1.25. Novelties that are all right in every respect, will bear the closest inspection, reduced to 29c Were 42c. and 50c the yd. More Laundried Waists dumped at our doors fresh from the makers. They'll keep the ball rolling for some time. Fit, style, price and good "wash tub" qualities these are some of the characteristics of our laundried waists. You'll buy them when you see them; won't quote prices here, but want you to see them. Dishes. When you buy any thing, you want to go where the largest assortment is, and where you get good goods for your money. We don't sell trashy goods in anything, And dishes are no exception. We will guarantee every dish we sell against crazing. That's worth something is it not ? Sell decor ated dishes same a? white. Pick what you want. Will match your set up for you any time you like it at little cost to you. Chamber sets in endless variety and quality. Think of it, a 12 piece chamber set. china at $7.ca. Can't buy them wholesale for that. Groceries. We are always up to the times in the way of supplying you with what you need. Especially so in the grocery department We want your trade and if prices, quality of goods, etc., will get it we will have it. Armor's Star sliced bacon in lb. tins l$c Beach nut sliced bacon in 1 lb. boxes 25c. Imported Swiss cheese, 30c Albert biscuits, put up in I lb. cartoons, tins 35c No Tox, one of the most pleasant of summer drinks, in 3 sizes of bottles, 10c., 25c, 50c All you want to drink free here at our store. wm It may be a little early to do your spring papering, but not too early to look over our large stock now ready for your inspection. In spite of the fact that the manutacturers charge us from i o to 20 per cent, more than last year, we will sell at last year's low prices, and in somecases even lower. Window curtains of all kinds? Room and picture moulding always in stock. WILLIAM H. SLATS I2CHANQS HOTEL BLD9. AUDITOR'S NOTICE. Estate of William Beck, Sr., late of Centre Town. mis . mj, The undersigned awttlor appointed by tlm 3J.l.Ti w wamuia. vuwuy, la report autritmHoniirthshalatu in the liana of Will .11 . T . JI" aamt"ilratorQfsaidKtaUi, vM f i ?? uVk tn Bloomsburg, on Saturday, June J?! 1 ' 10 o'1'' i" theformuiua, when and Where all persons having claims against said estate must appear and prove tlie same or be (Lot q, U A MCKILLIP, Mi-Mi Auattur.
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