THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA.
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THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOOMSBURG, FA.
THURSDAY, JULY a, 1896.
Kntrreil at ttir PoM Offlr at Mnomnburg, Pa,
p $econd claim mailer, March 1, IHSS.
BRIEF MENTION.
About Peoplo Tou Know.
Jolm Cadman has been granted a pension.
Prof. Noctling will spend his vacation at
Selinsgrove.
Misses Lizzie and Mary Correy are visit
iug friends at Centralia.
Mrs. Amos Iluckalew is visiting relatives
at New Columbus.
Miss May Corcll is visiting friends at
Tittston.
Misses Jennie and Cornla Gunton are
spending their vacation at Wilkes-Bnrre.
lion. E. K. Ikeler is holding Court at
I'ottsville.
O. A. McKclvy went to Millersville on
Tuesday to attend a funeral.
Miss Clara I layman of Iola is visiting her
cousin Miss Minnie Applcgate on Centre St.
Miss Nancy M. Sisson. of Tenafly. N. J.,
is visiting Miss Daisy Williams at her pleasant
home on Fifth street.
Mrs. Dora Opdyke and sister, Matlic
Tuumpson, of Euston, arc visiting relatives
in this place.
John G. Woolcy, the noted temperance
orator, will deliver a lecture under the aus
pices of the V. C. T. U. in this place on the
loth of July.
Hon. C. R. Buckalew and John G. Freeze
Esq. delivered addresses on Sound Money to
ail iiilrnsnd aivlicntc in Ihe CnlLtt.si.x
Opera House last Satuulny evening.
Misses Kate and Mame Hennessy are vis
iting friends at Centralia. The object of
their visit.was to attend the Daley Ilines
redding.
John M. Garman Esq., of Nanticoke, at
tended the Commencement exercises on
Wednesday. His love for the school was
evidenced by the fact that he came here on
trutihes.
Mr. Vt'illiuiii Dcitcritk, Mr. and Mis. M.
II. Krainz of Berwick, and C. W. Deiterich,
of Chicago, spent Sunday with I. G. Deiter
ich and family.
Trof. C. II. Albert, of the Normal School,
has charge of a Teachers' Institute in South
Carolina. lie is being assisted by Mr.
Fred Sutliff.
July!
The year is half gone.
The fire crackers crack.
What has become of Trilby ?
June went out most graciously.
Sun-burned noses are on exhibi
bition. Water melons and, green corn are
in market.
A new floor has been laid in the
County Treasurer's oftlce.
Nervous people are looking forward
with horror to the glorious Fourth.
Don't be backward, but bring your
job work to the Columbian office.
The early bird gets to Catawissa
in time for the monster parade July 4.
Why is it that the pretty girls are
never bright, and the bright ones
never pretty.
Improvements have been made to
the dry house of the School Furnish
ing Company.
Raspberry bugs are unpleasant to
the taste.and are less desirable than
even the seeds.
We never saw a woman who was
satisfied with her weight. She either
wants to be stouter or thinner.
Woman has no aim in life. If you
don't believe it, get her to throw a
stone at something.
Opening a political convention with
prayer is like casting bread upon the
waters. It is wrsted.
Cleveland, Stearns. Keating,
Envoy and Stormr Bkyls.
Latest U. S. Gov't Report
Farmers say that raspberries will be
scarce this year. We wonder if that
nicans that the seeds are increasing
in size.
It is said that every time the clock
ticks a child is born into the world.
People who have had triplets want to
stop the clock.
James Ferguson and family are now
temporarily residing at East Nanti
coke where Mr. Ferguson is engaged
in the manufacture of brick.
The 'Columbia Herald' says that
they saw a Marietta woman chew a
piece of calico ten minutes to see if
it would wash.
Insist on having just what you call
for when you go to buy Hood's Sa -saparilla,
the One True Blood Puri
fier and nerve tonic.
Hanna would be a very cross Mark
if perchance, there should not be
enough X marks to carry his man
through in November.
Don't swallow cherry seeds. If one
lodges in your vermiform appcndix.it's
sure death from either appendicitis
or the operation.
For Sale. A boy's bicycle suita
ble for boy 7 to 10 years old. In gcod
condition. Cost $20. Will be sold
cheap. Inquire at this office, tf.
The first thing to learn in swim
ming is to strike out. The same
thing, however, doesn't apply to base
ball.
The contract tor the erection of
the addition to the Third street
school building has been awarded to
Thomas Gorrey.
A concrete pavement is being laid
in front of the property of E. A.
Rnwhngs on Centre street. The
work is being done by O. B. Mellick.
'
A church society recently discussed
the problem, "how to hold the young
men." We wonder how hammocks
would do, with a pretty girl inciden
tally thrown in.
Not long ago the chappie turned
His trousers up, the aping fop ;
But since to ride the wheel he's learned,
He turns his stockings down from
top.
Information for the the romantic:
It is just fourteen days from the
night the new moon first appears u. -til
it is full. We might add that it
doesn't take humanity quite that long.
A. P. Kitchen and Chas. II. Sharp
less rode from Harrisburg to this
place last Tuesday morning on their
bicycles in seven hours and forty
minutes.
There will be a dance at Oak Grove
to-morrow and Saturday evening by
the May Club. Excellent music, and
good order will be maintained. You
are invited to attend.
E. B. Tustin has sold the large
brick house which he recently erected
on Market street, to L. E. Waller,
Esq., and has purchased a lot from
the Sloan estate on the opposite side
of the street, upon which he will build
a handsome residence.
Some of the country fairs propose
to add to their attractions walking
races for country horses. It is a good
idea, as it is important for the farm
horse to cultivate a fast walk as a fast
trot. .
Among the charters granted by the
State Department last Monday was
the Bloomsburg Elevator and Machine
works, Bloomsburg, Pa., for the man
ufacture of elevators and doing general
foundry and machine work ; capital,
$50,000. Directors, A. Z. Schoch,
C. C. Peacock, L. E. Waller, W. S.
Moyer, Fred. Richards, J. L. Dillon,
Bloomsburg.
W. S. SISHTON, Ad
Opposite Post Cfflco.
"To learn to swim," says the State
Board of Health, "is of as mirdi value
to a boy or gill as 13 weeks in Fiench
or higher algebra, or even a term in a
modern business college. It is one
of the things that should not be
neglected.
Miss Annie, daughter of David
Savage, of Iron street, and Alfred II ,
son of B. F. Edgar, of Fishingcreek
township, took passage on the 10.49
train on the I). L. and W., rail road
Tuesday for Elmira, where their lives
were joined in matrimony.
The proposed "meet" of the
Bloomsburg Wheelmen will be held
at this place sometime between the
first and tenth of August. There
will be a lantern parade the previous
evening, and as extensive preparations
are being made, a great time is ex
pected. Prof. L. P. Sterner has been com
missioned a member of the Perma
nent Certificate Committee of this
county, by State Superintendent N.
C. Schaeffer. This is not only an
important position, but one of honor
as well, and his friends congratulate
him upon the fact that his ability as
an educator has been recognized by
the State Department.
A club to be called the Bloomsburg
Wheelmen was organized on Monday
evening, at the Exchange Hotel.
The following officers were elected:
W. S. Rishton, President 5 Frank
Ikeler, Secretary; G. M. Tustin,
Treasurer. Arrangements will be
made for a race meet in the near
future. Persons desiring to join the
club should call on G. P. Ringler, W.
II. Eyer or W. H. Slate.
Yes, that pesky, irritable and con
temptible nuisance is here; the fly, we
mean. And what is more, it is evi
dent that he has brought all his si ;
ters, his cousins and his aunts along,
and they have come to stay for several
months. For the sake of comfort to
humanity especially the bald-headed
portion of it we wish the whole
brood of flies were at the bottom of
the sea.
Since the Water Company has
purchased the Irondale property they
have decided to beautity the same by
the removal of the old ruins and build
ings and have employed John Cad-
man to superintend the work. The
stone building erected by Wm. Pease
will be completed, and it is proposed
to start an industry in the same,
The appearance of the property will
be entirely changed, which will greatly
ennance us value.
The Twin Comet lawn sprinkler is
the best thing of the kind now on the
market. It is nickle plated, and can
be ajusted to cover a circle eighty
feet in diameter, or less if desired. It
not only does effective work, but is
as pretty as a fountain, when in opera
tion. We have one at our residence
which can be seen at any time by
caning at this ottice; 1 he Columbian
nas tne agency tor Bloomsburg. tf.
A far-seeing editor in a neighbor
ing town says : We may not live lone
enough but we expect our descend
ants to see the time when the farmer
sits in his easy chair and by merely
pressing the button set the machinery
in motion that will feed his stock, do
the milking, till the soil, and in short
elieve him of the most of the other
hard work that now makes a farmer
truly earn his bread by the sweat of
his brow.
The band gave an open air concert
last Saturday evening in front of the
Court House and the following pro
gramme was rendered:
March, American Prize,
by Hauschild.
Medley Overture. ..Plantation Songs,
by L. Couterno.
LeSerenata Waltzes.. D'Arcy Jaxone.
University Lancers, Theo. M. Tobani.
March Arion's Carnival,
by C. Faust.
They have secured as leader, Mr.
Blair, who was with them some time
ago, and under whose leadership they
made rapid progress.
Mr. Ely, of Philadelphia, Tast
President of the Ladies' Circle of the
G. A. R., installed officers of the local
circle last tnday evening, in the G.
A. R. Hall. The officers of this
Circle are: Mrs. Currin. President:
Mrs. Lydia Moyer, Senior Vice ; Mrs.
uora llartman, Junior Vice ; Mrs. S.
E. Searles, Treasurer ; Mrs. Annie
Morris. Chaplain : Mrs. Ellie E. F.d.
wards, Secretary; Mrs. Mintie O.
xvunn, conductor ; Airs. Sarah Shaw,
Guard. There were a number of
visitors present from Circle No. 1 1 1 of
Sunbury,
Death of Wm. Hepner.
William Hepner, who was shot
some time ago by Kerrigan, died from
his injuries at his home in Centralia,
Monday afternoon at a o clock. His
remains were taken on the 11.47 Le
high Valley train Tuesday, en route
tor his tormer home, Freeburg, Snyder
county, where interment will take
place. Deceased was the proprietor
of the Centralia House, having as-
mjMftt charge last winter.
Lost-
On Tuesday a cape was lost on the
road between Bloomsburg and Or
angeville. The finder will please
leave it at the office of James Magce,
Bloomsburg.
Married.
Ikei.fr, Crawford On June 17,
at the Reformed parsonage in Orange
ville, by Rev. A Houtz, Mr. Boyd A.
Ikeler and Miss Minnie C. Crawford,
both of Mt. ricasant township.
For sale One dark brown horse;
weight, between 1 150 and 1200 lbs.,
sound. Also one black mare, 6 years
old, will work anywhere, sound, good
roadster, weight about tioo lbs.
E. M. Mauser,
3 miles northeast of Mainville.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Buy your fireworks of I. G. Dei
trick. The attention of the ladies of
Bloomsburg is called to the large
line of shirt waists now on sale at the
Bloomsburg Store Company limited.
Fly nets in endless variety and at
prices which defy competition at C. S.
Furman's.
Japanese porch screens, all sizes,
and at extremely low prices. Put up
ready for use free of charge, at W. II.
Slate's.
The Bloomsburg Car Company
store is now displaying the finest line
of decorated and toilet sets ever shown
in the town, and they are being sold
at exceedingly low prices.
We are headquarters for fireworks
I. G. Deitrick's.
Hot soup lunch every day from 9
to 12 o'clock noon at the Entcrline
restaurant, formerly owned by William
Gilmore.
Protect your horses from the flies
by buying a net from C. S. Furman.
You will find the prices right.
Do you buy your bread from
William Rehm ? If not, why not.
The fact of the superiority of his
bread is evidenced by his rapidly
growing trade.
Hats and caps in endless variety at
the Bloomsburg Store Company limit
ed. They are all of the latest style
and will be sold at a small margin
above cost.
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Perfect fitting clothing made to
order by fine merchant tailoring at
Maier's. Suits $10, trousers $2.71;
and upwards. No one can make first
class work more reasonable than our's.
For choice candies try I. G. Dei
trick's.
Japanese porch screens, all sizes.
and at extremely low prices. Put up
ready tor use tree ot charge, at W. H
Slate's.
Some people think that bread is
r.it
Dreao. 1 nis is nor. true, as some is
good, and some poor. The kind
halted and sold w William Rphm 10
tne best, iry it and be convinced.
For the freshest and nicest line of
groceries in the town, call at the
Bloomsburg Store Company, limited.
A new invoice is received every day.
It is too hot to cook. Lewis Lyons
can save you the trouble as he has a
full line of all kinds of smoked meats,
and canned goods. Sliced dried beef
a specialty.
Now is the time to purchase lap-
robes for the coming season. C. S.
Furman has them, and at prices
which would astonish you.
You are invited to call and examine
the bake shop of William Rehm on
West Third Street. It is neat and
clean, and protected from the intru
sion of flies by screens. This is a
matter worth considering when you
are deciding where to buy.
Try a can of Hopkins' Steamed
Hominy (Hulled Corn.) It is delicious.
Full qt., 10c. 6-25-41.
For the best Ice Cream call on I.
G. Deitrick.
A larore invoice of boots and shoe
0
just received at the Bloomsburg Store
cujpuiiy iiiiuicu. Aiicy aic ucuig
sold at astonishingly low prices.
Lewis Lyons invites you to call and
examine his meat and get prices. He
can please you both as to quality and
price, iiis rapidly increasing trade
proves that the people of Bloomsburg
know a good thing when they see it.
For Kent.
The third floor of the Columbian
building is for rent. It is 25 by 75
feet, and will be partioned ofi to suit
a tenant for a term of years. Heated
by steam, lighted with gas or electricity,
and supplied with water. Inquire of
Geo. E. Elwell. tf
You can find just what you want at
Lewis Lyons the up town butcher,
and at prices which will astonish you.
Tananese norch screens, all sizes.
i 1 1
and at extremely low prices. Put up
ready for use free of charge, at W. H.
Slate's.
ITOOD'S PILLS cure Liver Ills,
Biliousness, IndtgMtlen, Ileotdanhe.
A ileant laxative. All UruggUto.
Never Mind tlie Loss.
Any Ladies' Cotton Shirt Waist or
Wrapper in our store, your choice
for 75c. each.
Good Lines.
H. J. CLARK & SON.
I. W. MTIiM &
MARKET SQUARE
The Fourth of July will
and on that day we close businosd, and
put up the flag of patriotism.
We have a repair project on h and for our store; are now cut
ting prices on many goods rathe r than store them away. Come
thk week.
The list includes:
Gc. lawns for 3c. yd.
5c. challies for oc. yd,
10c. lawns for 5c. yd.
12jc. lawns for 0c. yd.
35c. silks for 25c. yd.
The summer corsets will be
comfortable for July hot days,
35c, 45c, 59c, $1.00.
The new lot of plain and
fancy ribbons are sellers. We
have them.
Ladies' muslin underwear in
many styles and prices.
Hurry a little, Bill, and
we'll be there in time, for
supper. What would we do
without these TRUMP BICY
CLE WATCHES?"
of Big Watch.
We say some. But no one complains of the loaf of bread
they receive at the Exchange Bakery for five cents.
Try one and see if you will.
Ho. 12 Main St.
Act Quick,
Ofl
DRY COODS HOUSE.
be here on Saturday.
Many of the white parasoU
seen on the 4th of July will be
from our store. Soiae hand
some ones yet for sale.
A nice line of childrenb
parasols, 19c to $1.25 in fancy
colors.
This should be the week for
buyers of shirt waists. We
have about 100 yet, 25c to
The ready made wrappers
will keep you cool in the grove
on the 4th.
I. W. HARTMAN & SON.
They are for sale
by Hess Bros.,
who carry a
large line of fine
watches, clocks,
jewelry and sil
verware. Bicycles, bicy
cle sundries and
stationers. Sign
Bloomsburg, Pa,
I011 Can't Celebrate
the Fourth without fire
works. You can't buy
the best and get the
most for your money
unless you come to us.
We have a complete
line.
Market Square.
EXCHANGE BAKERY,
L. F. BEISHLINE, Pr cp.