( ;vi., THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, PA. 1 1 Highest of all in Leavening Tower. ii w c Ao&objuteb.y pure THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, FA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1896. Knterrlt at thf VmI Ojnrt at Bloomttniro, fa, a fecund cla$ mailer, March 1, 1880. BRIEF MENTION. About People tou Know. J. D. Armstrong ami wife are at Atlantic City. Miss Helen Carpenter Is visiting friends at Ilellertown, I'a. Robert Pursel Is confined to his home on account of sickness. Rev. I). N. Kirkby, and family are visit ing relatives at Rye, N. Y. Miss Hnttic N. Young, of Shamokin is visiting relatives in this town. Miss Jennie Stiles, of Philadelphia is Tuning menus in uiia piace. Horace C. Ulue, of Danville transacted I'ltsincss in this place Inst Friday. Miss Corola Kitchen who has been visit ing friends at Danville has returned home. I.. D. Kase and family who have been visiting at (jcttysl.urg have returned home, 1). F. Fritr, of Jackson township, transact' eJ business at the county seat last Saturday, Miss Clara Chappcl, of I.cwislmrg, is the guest of Mrs. M. A. lilosscr, on Market Street. Mrs. Geo. K. Elwcll and son Edward arc spending several weeks at Spring Lake, New Jersey. Esquire Y eager, of Locust township Iran s.iutca business at inc county seat on Monday. Mrs. Janette Vanhorn, of Town Hill is visiting her son Dr. Vanhorn during the present wceK. W. L. Dcmarce transacted business at Harrisburg this week. He made the trip on 111s uicycie. C. R. Funston and son, ol Danville at tended the funeral of Mrs. Mary A. Funston last Saturday. Mrs. I R. Knieht, of Oneonta. N. Y. . is visiting her mother, Mrs. Harry Williams, on 1 mm street. A. H. Stroh and family, of Tittston were the guests of Mrs. Stroh's parents, P. S. Harman and wife this week. Miss Gertrude Ayres, of Milton, and Miss Harriet Moorehead, of Berwick, were guests 01 miss Mae 1 ugn during tne present week Mrs. Martha Chapin who has been visiting friends here, went to Denton on Wednesday. From there she will return to her home in Michigan. Evan Buckalew, of Cambra. and Cant. J. M. Buckalew, of Fishingcreek, were among tnose transacting business in Blooms burg on Friday. Dr. G. P. Waller has opened an office in the rooms formerly occupied by Thomas Hanly Esq., in the Peacock building on marKei square. TT P VTanYinv .1. .,..1.,: f the Lutheran Church last 'Sunday. He ni many menus in this place who are al ways glad to greet him. Rev. B. C. Conner will attend Mountain ('rove Campmeeting and in consequence there will be no preaching services in the M. E. Tabernacle next Sunday. Mrs. David Scott, of Collinswood, N. J., and Mrs. Theodore Mclllheny, of rhila Uelphia were the guests of Charles Ricce and family for the past several days. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Sharpless and Miss riorence lirown, a sister of Mrs. Sharpless, of Lock Haven, who have been camping near Belle Bend, Luzerne Co., have return ed to Bloomsburg. C. F. Knapp and II. A. M'Killip attend ed the funeral of Thomas Millspaugh at Williamsport on Sunday afternoon. Mr. Millspaugh was a member of the Bloomsburg Lodge of Knights Templar and was a regular attendant at the meetings. Did you know that G. Smith had purchased the business of John Kelch ner. In addition to handling all kinds of meat he makes a specialty of fruits and vegetables. Bro. Randall of the Catawissa News Item now holds the champion hip as the last wing shot on the South side of the river. In a recent event he succeeded in killing eight straight. He would have killed more but the birds gave out. Buz Harman thought he could shoot, but he simply wasn't in it. It would have been necessary to have talked them to death to win, Buz would have won with hands down. Cleveland. Stearns, Keating, Envoy and Stoi mer Bicycles Latest U. S. Gov't Report There is a paper towel. Harvesting is about over. Peach dumplings are ripe. Sunflowers are in lull bloom. Delegate election next Saturday. I I W I I A man with a parasol is as awk ward as a woman with a cane. Blackberries are plentiful and of hne quality. Losing ground, the tramp when he takes a oath. The heavy rains have seriously intericrea witn tne tomato crop. It will not make your own heart purer to throw mud at another man. It is time to give attention to th regristry list. Straw hats are finding their way to tne bargain counter. The chestnut trees have blossomed this season very profusely. This world is one continuous rotini: of pleasure, if we make it so. Liberty in all things means to mind one s own business. A new safe has been placed in the office of Pursel and Harman. The appearance of the Exchange rarlors has been wonderfully lm proved by paint ana paper. The young man who is waiting for something to turn up, finally discovers that he has been turned down. Dr. S. B. Arment sustained a loss this week which is not easily repaired. by the death of one of his horses. " A man should live within his in come " says the Manayunk Philoso pher, tor he cannot live without it. W. H. Slate has purchased a hand some new carriage from the Reposi tory of C. P. Sloan. There is nothing like it in this section of the country. The best way to survive the warm weather is to keep cooL The best way to keep cool is to refrain from getting warm. The new iron railroad bridge of the B. & S. at Forks is almost finished and the trains are now enabled to pass over the same. " ' Perhaps it's as well that neither of tne candidates rides a wheel. It bad enough to see those in less exalt ed places running each other down. When sorrow, misfortune or bad luck overtakes you, put on an extra hustle and console yourself by think ing how much worse it might have been. The bell ordinance is in effect and will cost some young people a few dollars if they are caught. During the past week we saw six bicycles without bells. V F. Stohner of Bloomsbunr. C, M. Laubach of Sugarloaf, and W. A Driesbach of Beaver townshiD an nounce their names in this issue of the Columbian as candidates for the office of County Auditor. The opening of the music room of B. r. Rice, salesman for the Esty and Bruce Company last Thursday even ing attracted quite an audience. The room is well stocked with a fine line of pianos and organs. The Mauser Reunion of 1806 will be held in the Ridgeville Grove, two miles east of Danville, on the 19th of August, bhould . it rain on that day it will be held on the 20th. This is to be a sociable, and all the Mausers and their relatives are respectfully in vited and urged to be present. Alem Mauser, Pres. F. W. Hagenbuch, Sec. niSIITON, Art. Opposite Post Office. Every Democrat in Columbia County should read the Columbian, Sale of horses at Milton on August 13 and 14. See advertisement in this paper. The cork screw is like some politi cians, in that it has a pull despite the tact that it is crooked. The family of Emanuel Hummc was increased by the advent of a son a lew days since Read the advertisement of sale of fine horses at Milton in another column. Since the doir ordinance has t?nne Into effect, the canines are conspicuous Dy ineir aDsence. Washington Camn No. no P. O S. of A. will entertain the Berwick Camp this evening. P. G. Miller will erect a fine large nouse on his Market street lot. J L. biiafler is the builder. If VOU have both tracts and hre.-u give the hungry, give them the bread hrst. The matter of the kind of a dollar dollar doesn't worry the American workman one sixteenth as much as the matter of where to earn it. W. F. Hartman of this place has been awarded the contract for the plumbing of the house of F. R. Jack .T "I son at uerwiCK. While the ballots will be secret in more States than ever this campaign it is confidently believed they will tell the story. I thought you wanted muscular food, the landlord replied, when the boarder complained that the steak was too tough. The cellar for the new house which J. H. Maize Esq., is buillding on North Street is about excavated and the masons will start on the wall at once. Information has been received from Harry Housel statinsr that he has been appointed as a regular police officer on wasnmgton u. u., torce and that ne went on duty last Saturday. The sermon of Rev. Hartman pastor of the Methodist Church at Buckhorn at the Methodist Mission last Sunday evening was enioved bv a large audience. Just in time. A Boston young man, who had just spent his last ten cents, received a San Francisco tele gram, that he was entitled to a fortune of over two million dollars. Coxey is the latest to ioin McKin lev's army. He is not as bisr a con vict as Herr Most, but anything will do in an emergency. McKtnley is out tor votes. He needs them. lhe candidates for the county offices are on the home stretch j only two more days before the primaries that .make some of them happy, and others sadder but wiser men. Dennis Waters ot Catawissa, an engineer on the Philadelphia and Reading railroad is one of the happiest men in the county. He is now pulling the throttle over a new engine, and he is as proud as a boy wun nis nrst pair 01 red topped boots There is every prospect of an abundant crop of chestnuts next fall. The trees have recentlv been in b.'oom and the blossoming was favor able to. them and now there is an abundance of small burrs set all over the trees. I. G. Deiterich, the Market Square confectioner found a tarantula in a bunch of bananas a few days since. It was a large specimen and a vicious looking insect. As its bite is con sidered poisonous he enbalmed it in a bottle of alcohol. The following letters are advertis ed August 4, 1896. A. J. George' Mr. Harris Hartman, Mrs. D. F. Huttenstine, Mr. Ed. Morres, Miss Emma Ruggles. Will be sent to the dead letter office August 18, 1896. James H. Mercer, P. M. An exchange says that the trouble with this world is that there are too many people in it who will not cast their bread upon the water unless they are assured that it will come back in a few days a full grown sandwich, all trimmed with ham, butter and mustard. Last week was a scorcher. Every real hot' day is. The swe at drops trickled off the faces of suffering hu manity, and the man who didn't earn his bread by the sweat of his brow didn't move. Hot weather is fatigu ing and dangerous to horses, but some inhuman drivers don't seem to comprehend the fact. They drive as fast, load as heavy and force their horses as they do in cooler weather. Do you read the Columuian ? If not, why not. ANNOUNCEMENTS Fine all wool made to measure by hne merchant tailoring suits $t 0.00, trousers $2.50, at Maicr's, the Tailor. No one can make first class work more reasonably than ours. The most extensive line of cloths and cassimere to select from. Maier's, the Clothier, Hatter and Furnisher. at Bloomsburg Store Co.. Limited. Our shirt waists must go regardless ot cost. L-all early. Just received a large invoice of my uoods latest styles in pinks, best Diues 4c, yard. Call and see our 29c, corset. Ele gam quality. Dr, Warner's health corset Hill 44 muslin 6Jc, by the bolt, Our line of 10c hosiery for children Misses ano ijoys can t be beat. Ladies' and Gents' Summer under wear all sizes. We still hold our reputation for selling good shoes for wear, and latest styles. Our grocery department is always stocKed witn tne best and fieshest groceries the market affords. Our queensware stock is the largest in town ; our Decorated and Gold Dano LMnner bets are beauties. Bloomsburg Store Co., L'td All russet goods will be sold at cost. L.au and be convinced. Max Gross. For the finest confectionery in the town go to w. Keede on Mam street opposite the Episcopal church. P. Solleder and Company have ius received a large supply of sole, har ness and leather. Wholesale and retail at bottom prices. 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 bv screens. This is a matter worth considering when you are deciding where to buy. For a cool and refreshing drink try Ml 1 1 r -. . our nunc snanc. 1. Kj. ijeitriCJC. All russet goods will be sold at cost. Call and be convinced. Max Gross, For the finest ice cream and con fectionery in the town go to W, Keeae on wain street. Try a can of Hopkins' Steamed Hominy (Hulled Corn.) It is delicious run qt., ioc. 7-23-4t. ' $1.25 slippers reduced to 6s cents at j. A. Hess. v Lunch at Enterline's every dav from o a. m. to 12 m. Bill of fare changed every day. Do you buy your bread from William Rehm ? If not. whv not. The fact of the superiority of his bread is evidenced by his raoidlv growing trade. " Have you tried one of those hot lunches at Enterline s. Remember it costs you nothing to try them. They are served every day from 10 a. m. to 1 2 p. m. m am Hot soup lunch every day from 0 to 1 2 o'clock noon at the Enterline restaurant, formerly owned by William uumore. Protect your horses from the flies by buying a net from C. S. turman. You will find the prices right. All russet goods will be sold at cost. Call and be convinced. Max Gross Have you tried Deitricic's ice cream? It not, why not. Fly nets in endless variety and at prices which defy competition at C. S, furman s. All russet goods will be sold at cost. Call and be convinced. Max Gross lor Kent. The third floor of the Columbian building is for rent. It is 25 by 75 feet, and will be partioned oft 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 All russet goods will be sold at cost. Call and be convinced. Max Gross G. Smith receives, daily a fresh invoice of fruits and vegetables. Your patronage is solicited. HOOD'S PILLS curt Liver Ills. Biliousness, Indigestion, Headache. A pleasant laxative. All Druggists. . . . JLTJC3-TJST . . . We take thw mouth for cleaning up all llic remaining summer goods. The prices have been reduced to the lowest possible point, On many, below cost. There is an opportunity for you to do wise buying. Shirt Waists. All that's left of the $V25, $1.50 and $1.00 ones, now 50c. each. Barnaby Fine Dress Ginghams. The remainder of these now 10c. yd. Crepon Skirts. A few of these. They must go. Now 9oe. each. Separate Dress Skirts. We call attention to our line of special skirts, all dress maker made at $5.00 each. Small Articles. Belt holders, 10c. Belt pins, rc. each. Belt buckles, 15c. each. White kid belts, 25c. each. Black silk belts, 25c. each. Shirt waist sets, 7c, ioc, 15c. and 25c. Belt bags, 15c. and 25c. Kid curlers, 5c, ioc. and 15c. Curling irons, 3c, 5c, 8c, ioc. Tape measures, 5c, ioc, and 25c. 100 yd. best silk, 8c. spool. Knitting silk, 5c. ball. Fans from ic up. American Lady Corsets, $1.00. Try tli em. 150 ladies' ribbed vests, lace fronts, 15c. each. Pocket books and chatelaine bags. I. w. MARKET SQUARE HMTIffl The Dull Spells have their Uses, and They Always Enl Business is not by any means at a stand still, and that being the case, we are in a position to give August bargains in iireiuiiuniug bwu5' vi1"-4 Madam Foy corsets, 59c High bust corsets. ?oc. Nursing corsets, 59c. Children s corset waists, 25c. Ladies' corset covers. 1 ec. from 8e. Ladies' white skirts, 75c. from 98c. Children's drawers, 9c. and up. Children's night dresses, 35c and up. Dress skirts in black, (good) $2.50. White parasols less than cost. Sun and rain umbrellas, cheap. Dimities, organdies, &c. at 6c. yd.; lormer price, 124c. Shirt waist sets, 5c. up. Belts 5c. up Ladies ribbed vests, 12JC from 19c. There are a erood manv wnva a J tried most Ot them. Our nrtvio the CASH SYSTEM, and you Stopped Has It "It Was Such a Good Watch. I have never had it repaired, and have had it five years, This is a remark we hear nfinrlv PUPTO I.J IT Tn Ii. wonder watches sro to nieces ? A of mechanism, and to give satisfaction and wear a life time should be cleaned every eighteen months or two vears ' j-rnn jruuia uecu aueaueu 10 Our work is guaranteed and ZEE IE ewclers, Opticians and Stationers. $1.25 slippers reduced to 6? cents at J. A. Hess'. 1 Lewis Lvons invites vou to call and examine his meat and get prices. He can please you both as to quality and price. His rapidly increasing trade oroves that the Deoole of Rlnnmshni-rr know a good thing when they see it. For the best Ice Cream call on I G. Deitrick. $1.2? slippers reduced to 6 cents at J. A. Hess'. You can find iust what vou want at Lewis Lyons the up town butcher, and at prices which will astonish you. For choice candies try I. G. Dei- trick's. $r.as slippers reduced to 6? cents at J. A. Hess'. For the nicest and finest fruit in the town call at G. Smith coiner of Main and Jefferson. A new complete line ready to-day. ' Printed Diraitic3. All that's left of the 25c, 22c. and 20c goods of these now 12Jc. yd. Lapped Silks. What there in left of these goods, now 29c yd. Figured Mohairs. 33 in. wide, nice colorings, now 50c. yd. Black Brocade Silks. A special line. 1 lot at 55c. yd. 1 lot at 85c. yd. Pocket books all prices. Here and There In the Store. 50 in. linen, 35c. yd. Roller crash, x ic yd. Barnsby heavy crash, 12JC. yd. 2 pair men s good hose for 25c. Ladies' fast black hose, 5c. piar. Children's hose, 5c. pair. Derby curtains, $3.00 pair. Turkish towels, 30c. pair. Soap and towel, ioc. package. Pear's soap. 12c. cake. Table spreads, $1.75 big. 32 in. Venetian silks, 55c. yd. Model Form Corsets. $i.oa Best shape made. Telescopes and Bags. A fulJ line at lowest prices also dress suit cases. J. CLARK & SON DRY Cfinhe unnr wo mrow open our new ad- Men's gauze vests, 21c. from 25c Men s gauze vests, 42c. from 50c, Children's ribbed vests, 5c from ioc Seamless fast black hosiery for ladioa, men and children, 2 pairs 25c. Ladies capes and jackets at about half price. Children's jackets the same. ' Children's gloves, ioc. up. Ladies' silk mitts, 19c, 25c, 89c and 50c Ladies' gloves. 19c, 25c, 35c, 30c to 95c. pair. New ribbons just received in sffl widths, colors and prices. rr An tmc;nma -xr 1 " vuv,oo. IT C UfB trt furmora ar.A . will come out on TOP.. SON I. W. HARTMAN & SON. ? watli ia a xr ,11; : 11 not, bring it in. prices right. Bloomsburg, Pa. $1.25 slippers reduced to 6? cent at J. A. Hess'. a Some people think that bread is bread. This is not true, as some is good, and some poor. The kind baked and sold by William Rehm is the best. Try it and be convinced. It is too hot to cook. I.e wis T.vonc can save you the trouble as he has a f..H V .... iuu une ot an kinds of smoked meats, and canned goods. Sliced dried beef a specialty. Now is the time to purchase Ian robes for the coming season. C. S. Furman has them, and at prices which would astonish you. Reede's ice cream takes the lead. If you don't believe it tiy it. UantPfl 1! ri Irion Protect your 1dM: tinv mnv tirlnn vnn wliuth. Write J(5HN WBbblthUURN 5t w"r4ntAtt. ney, Washington, D c, for their sl.Sui urlM vfftc miiiwm nn iubu :': I r fi it 5 is I iJiii ij:f 1 ';!.;.. 'I'M-' ' m .'MM Lit l ' i f ,1 1
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