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THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOOMSBURG, FA.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1S97.
Kntrrrlt at thf Pott OJlr at Mooinshurg, I'a.
anvtid clam matter, March 1, IHMf.
BRIEF MENTION.
About People tou Know.
C. B. Mc Henry of Benton, was In town on
Friday.
Jolin Lazarus of Ashland, spent Sunday
in town. ,
John Mcllcnry of Stillwater, was In town
on Monday.
J. M. Stnvcr transacted business in Phila
delphia last week.
Valarius Cox and son spent two days in
Jeddo last week.
Rohr Mcllcnry of Benton, was a visitor
to town on Monday.
Alfred Crawford of Canby, Luz. Co., was
among our callers on Friday.
William Young, of Harrisburg, visited
friends In town on Saturday.
Harold C. Dayton, of New York transact
ed business in town on Tuesday.
John W. Uoldsworthy of Ccntralia, was in
town on business on Saturday.
11 r. rranic tseuis ot ficranton, was among
me visitors to town last week.
Dr. J. H. Montgomery of Buckhorn, spent
vvecmcsuay auernuon in town.
XV. A Murr Ksq., of Ashland, had legnl
Business nere on Wednesday.
John Moran, of Bellefonte, made a busi
ness trip to this town on Iucsday.
Mr. Alfrecl Kintcr of Norristnwn stopped
Between trains in town on Saturday.
John Burcher, of Wayne County is visiiing
us uruiner josepn in town tins week.
i.ouis uernnnrn, jr.. 01 intawissa, spent
ounuay wuii ins parents on rum btreet.
Art Colley, foreman of the tulo works at
Miickshinny, was in town over Sunday,
Mr. Frank White, of Hazlelon visited
relatives and friends 111 town on Saturday.
Miss Annie Gorman, who has been visit
ing in WilkeSl ai re, returned home last week.
Mrs. Jane McBiide and daughter Mrs. J.
u. jones went to v iiuamsporl on baturday
Mrs. William Klechner visited her daugh
ter, Mrs. William Scott at Milton last week
miss urate Boner, 01 Danville, is visiting
ner sister .Mrs. lit. merman on rourth
Street.
Miss bue I.invillc, of the Exchanre
vuxciy, viaueu iier parents in Berwick over
Sunday.
Mr. XV. II. hmilh, editor of the Itenton
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nffjl,!,i irunsacieu ousiness in town on
Monday.
Coleman Lewis, who has been confined to
Uie house by sickness for the last two weeks,
uui again.
Miss Helen Bloom of Trenton N. J. visit.
d Miss Louise Jameson at the Exchange
jiuic! mis weeK.
Grant Herring and V. II. Rhawn Ksqs.,
attended a banquet at Williamspott on
Andrew Jackson day.
Mrs. Asher Girton and children of Jersey,
town, visited her aunt Mrs. J. II. Stecker,
in town over Sunday.
After spending two weeks visiting friends
al Williamsport, Mr. and Mrs. John Custard
returned home on Friday.
Mrs. R. W. Oswald started for Ark ansas
on Tuesday to see her grandmother, Mrs.
v 1 llanly, who is seriously ill.
iuim vjuriruae ivenny, 01 llridgeville,
New Jersey, is the pleasant guest of Miss
(Nellie Ent on East Third Street.
. Edward Beagle of Scranton, who has been
r visiting friends around town for a few days,
' ii returned home on Saturday.
'. 'J, M. E. Rittenhuse and wife, of Briar-
creek, visited the latter' father II. M.
llockman, in town on Saturday.
Mrs Joseph Preston of East Third fiiro.f
-; who has been visiiing relatives in I'hiladel-
pbia for the last six weeks, returned home
,"4 this week.
'i . WiIbur F- Recder Esq., of Bellefonte has
been appointed solicitor for the commissioners
' i of Centre County, lie is a son of H. J.
Reeder of Caiawissa.
, ; Taul Harman, son of P. S. Har-
man, of Iron Street, celebrated his
' 19th birthday by entertaining about
eighteen young people at his home
;on Thursday night. Cards and
dancing took up a good part of the
evening.
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Don't Be Penned Up
by a cough when you can re
lieve it with a few dosea of
I Moil's Magnetic Con! Syrup.
'! xs 13 no ,ecrct nostrum, but a
: I good old fashioned remedy which goes
k;to the spot and does the work quickly
, -jand permanently. Try a bottle at 25c.
- and save a spell of sickness.
The best remedy known
for croup.
W. S. RISHTON
KS&Esiing
Legal advertisements cn page 7.
The spring elections this year will
be held on Tuesday, February 16.
Jack Frost had his nippers on this
section of the country this week.
There will be service in the Zion
Church on next Sunday at 10:30 A.
M.
J. H. Maize will move into his new
residence on North street on February
1st.
The grand national March takes
place on the fourth of that month this
year.
Saratoga chips are not near as ex
pensive to handle as those of the
poker variety.
The forecast of the week in Con
gress is like that of the weather-
slightly uncertain.
Election notices for the spring elec
tion for sale at this oflice at 10 cents
a dozen. tf.
l. W. Sterner has sold his mill
and Market street property to I. J,
uavenport ot 1'ly mouth.
Health Officer Hagenbuch reports
that there are only four cases of
diphtheria in town at present.
It is always well to lock the stable
even after the horse has been stolen,
as the thief may want the harness.
The mock trial given by Philologian
Society in Normal Auditorium on
Saturday evening was well attended
"Darkest America" which appears
at the Opera House Friday is a guar
anteed production, and should fill the
house.
ine iourtn annual gymnastic ex
hibition of the Normal School will
take place in Normal gymnasium to
morrow night.
Catarrh is a constitutional disease
and requires a constitutional remedy
like Hoods Siisapanlla, which pun
hes the blood.
A. L. ochoch, on Monday, sol I to
E. A. Kawlings sixteen head of cattle,
the average weight of which was fit
teen hundred pounds.
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The gold mounted pipe which was
chanced otf at the Central Hotel on
Monday morning, was won by John
Lewis ot Iron Street.
You can procure a copy of " Gone
Forever" at music stores, or by en
closing 40 cents and sending to D. J
Tasker, Bloomsburg, Pa.
There should be something said on
tombstones about husbands havi
been good providers and less about
" gentleness and ' love.
The oreachers ot the different
churches of Hazleton have concluded
that Sunday funerals are not right,
and have taken steps to prevent them.
ine people a'l over the country
will be startled during this month un
less I'rof. Coles, should happen -to
miss it in his predictions for January.
A number of young people spent a
pleasant evening celebrating the 12th
birthday of Ralph Ohl, on the corner
of East and Seventh Street, Monday
night.
M. L. McHenry, of Berwick, died
suddenly on Saturday evening. He
was constable of that borough for a
number of years. His age was sixty
four years.
Hunt up good men to run for your
municipal and township offices this
spring. The election of good, practi
cal men as councilmen, justices,
school directors and overseers is a
great saving to tax payers. , ,
fete
lis pit ted I
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Do not miss the fire scene at the
Opera House, January 26. See the
firemen carry children down a ladder
fiom a burning building. Taken from
an actual occurrence.
The "Sporting Craze," which ap
peared at the Opera House Monday
night was not very well attended.
The performance was good, and
deserving of a better house.
There seems to be little of en
couragement in prospect for the busi
ness conditions for the" new year.
Let us hope that the future will not
be as calamitous as predicted.
The following letters are advertised
Jan. 12, 1897 s Sylvester Jones, Rev.
Clarke Merrill, Miss Dillie Swoyer.
Will be sent to the dead letter office
Jan. 26, 1897.
James II. Mercer, P. M.
Procure tickets for the play at the
Opera House next Thursday, January
21st, by home talent. Between the
acts there will be some vocal music
by well known singers. The proceeds
will go to the organ fund of the Epis
copal church.
Those who will take part in the
entertainment at the Opera House
next Thursday evening, January 21,
have given much time lor the prepara
tion of the program. The public
should show their appreciation by
giving them a full house.
We have made arrangements for a
two column letter from Harrisburg
every week while the Legislature is in
session. It will be written by a cor
respondent who has opportunities to
get at the inside workings, and will
prove interesting reading.
Mary, wife of George Moyer, who
has been in ill health for some time,
died at her home on Railroad street
op Sunday night, aged about fifty-nine
years. A husband and one son sur
vive. The funeral took place on
Wednesday at three o'clock.
The accounts of the Bloom Poor
District were audited on Monday by
an auditor from each of ti e several
townships in the district, who are P.
H. Freeze, Bloom ; I. A. Dewitt,
Greenwood : Boyd Trescott, Millville;
J. E. White, Scott; O. M. Hess,
Sugarloaf. They met at the Poor
House.
The whole country seems to have
struck a financial crises, and Blooms
burg, which has heretofore ielt very
little of the hard times is now getting
its share of it. But if people who know
the least about the running of things
would do a little less talking, the con
dition of affairs might be bettered,
and the town enabled to overcome
her financial reverses.
We call the attention of our read
ers to the advertisement of Jonas
Long's Sons, which appears in this
issue. Their great annual clearing
sale, the biggest event of the year, is
now in progress and many rare bar
gains are offered. . These events are
annually looked forward to by many
who wish to obtain a supply of first
class merchandise for future events.
The price cutter has done his work to
perfection, and it may truthfuly be
said that a dollar will now go further
than two dollars on ordinary occasions.
Their stock is a massive one, com
posed of high grade merchandise, and
the firm intends to move it quickly to
make room for their Spring stocks.
All goods will be delivered free of
charge to your address, which :s an
additional inducement for you to pur
chase at this time.
Chauncey Depew, in a speech at a
meeting of railroad men, said if our
own Sunny South was across the
ocean, inhabited by the same people
that live in it now, steamship com
panies would have to build additional
ships to carry people, who from curi
osity would travel across an ocean to
view the interesting sights to be seen.
The South is too close to our homes
to interest us. No more truthful
words were ever spoken. Thousands
of Americans know nothing of the
home life, the industrial pursuits, the
lives of the Sable sons ot southland,
who as slaves and freedmen form a
large part of the population of the
former slave states, the happiest and
most improvident race of people in
the world. Their cheerfulness and
good humor has carried them through
all the vicissitudes of changing for
tunes i their tractibility and kindness
of disposition has endeared them to
all people that Jiave lived among them;
their history has not been written all
that is known of them is the carica
tures that have tfeen palmed off as
truth. Darkest America, the attrac
tion afthe Grand Opera House, Fri
day evening, Jan. 15, is the title of a
stage spectacle that aims to present
the home life of the negro as it was in
slavery and is in fieedom, from plan
tation to palace. A large company of
genuine southern negroes enact the
different characters. Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Lucas head the company 1 many
interesting specialties are introduced.
The whole entertainment is refined
and elevating, See the Big Parade
at noon. Reserved seats at Slate's
book store. Prices 25, 35 a"1' 5 c's-
Before
Retiring....
take Ayef 's Pills, and you will
sleep bet.cer and wake la better
condition for the day's work.
Ayer's Cathartic Pills have no
equal as a pleasant and effect
ual remedy for constipation,
biliousness, sick headache, and
all liver troubles. They are
sugar-coated, and so perfectly
prepared, that they cure with
out the annoyances experienced
in the use of so many of the
pills on the market. Ask your
druggist for Ayer's Cathartic
Pills. When other pills won't
help you, Ayer's Is
THE PILL THAT WILL.
J. E. ROYS.
Only a Broken
JEWELRY
CTCHES
Only a train not made
only a 'man very mad
and several hours delay
ed, all because he has de
layed having his watch
repaired.
Begin the new year by
being prompt, and save
time oy saving your
time-piece.
All repairing guaran
teed, and charges reas
onable.
J. E. ROYS.
I regard the entertainment given by
Mr. Lyman H. Howe with the ani-
motiscope and phonograph, as one of
the most enjoyable I have ever wit
nessed. The reproduction by the
phonograph of the famous music of
Sousa and the Cadet Band of Boston,
is truly wonderful. Many favorite
songs of the day were rendered with
charming effect. The living pictures,
as shown by the animotiscope, rank
among the wonders of this century.
Grant Herring.
Rev. D. E. Rupley has moved from
Espy, where he has been preaching
and gone to Montgomery, where he
will fill the pulpit of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church. He was pastor
at Espy, but owing to poor condition
of his health, he thought a change
might prove beneficial.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For Rent. The west lialf of a
double house on East Third street,
Bloomsburg. Possession given on
December 1st. All modern conven
iences. Kent reasonable. Apply to 1.
W. Conner, Orangeville, or D. W.
Campbell, Bloomsburg. 1119-tf.
Try Grain-0 1 Try Grain-0 !
Ask your Grocer to-day to show you
a package of GRAIN O, the new food
drink that takes the place of coffee.
The children may drink it without in
jury as well as an adult. All who try
it, like it. UKAlN-O has that rich
seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is
made trom pure grains, and the most
delicate stomach receives it without
distress. the price of coffee. 15c.
and 25c. per package. Sold by all
grocers. 1-7 41a.
A COAT SALE.
have reduced the prices on all coats to close them out
quickly, Now is your chance cf buying a coat for little money,
and the best part of winter before you for wearing it. First
comers get the choice. They are all of this season's newest and
choicest coats.
A $12.50 ladies' coat for $8.50.
A $ 7.50 " " 18 $5.00.
A $1000 " " " $7.00.
And other grades higher and lower. Don't delay, Now is
your time for buying a high grade coat for little money.
Dress Goods.
We have reduced the price of many lots of dress matcriale
that we will include in the coat sale. So here's a chance for
you dress goods buyers, as well as the coat wanters. It will
pay you to see them.
Underwear.
You want underwear this weather. We think it would
pay you to examine our lines. Both ladies' and children's
goods.
Flannel Skirts.
We have reduced the prices of ladies' flannel skirts to
move them quickly. Now is your opportunity of procuring a
first-class woolen skirt for little money,
Leggins, wool hoods, ice wool squares, wool caps, children's
caps.
Outing flannel night gowns full line.
Kid Gloves.
Try our one dollar kid glove.
H. J. CLARK & SON.
I. W.
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We know there is a strong temptation for ladies to look the county
over for special bargains these days.
There are many of them who have heard of our special Cut
Price Sale thi3 month, and are coming to look. In many in
stances they find a Cape, Coat, Dress Pattern, Underwear,
Gloves, Hosiery, Blankets, Fascinators, Leggins, Wool Caps,
or some article down almost to the half regular price.
A few special prices will be
named:
Night dresses of outing cloth
Were 89c. now GOc.
Were GOc now 50c.
Chenille table covers, 89c. for
the $119 ones. Others at the
same discount. A nice stand
cover for 09c.
13 dress patterns at $5.00
each ; were $7.00 to $9 00.
AH wool serges, 25c, in
many colors.
Remember the longest part of
and a Cape or Coat will be a great comfort.
IN offering our patrons the compliments ot the
season, and thanking them very heartily for
their patronage during 189G, we are pleased
to say that as the curtain rises for 1897, it finds
us still "on the stage," better equipped than ever
to act our part as the leading Jewelers and
Stationers.
During the past year, in spite of the "hard
times" we have been pushing ahead adding to our
stock and increasing our facilitiea for doing both
work and business, so that we open the new year
decidedly in advance of any house of our kind in
Columbia county.
We appreciate however, that it is but by the
kind patronage of our friends that success can be
maintained, so in the future as in the past, shall
always strive to merit their favor. We remain
Yours very truly,
HESS BROTHERS
Jewelers, Opticians and Stationers.
TELEPHONE.
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The blanket list is worth
seeing.
The $5.00 ones now $3.75.
The $3 50 ones now $2.69.
The $3.00 ones now $2.25.
The $2.25 ones now $1.69.
The $1.50 ones now $1.00.
The 75c. ones now 59c.
Ladies' misses' and Child
rens' coats at prices that will
take them.
Capes a few left that we
don't parley much about price
if they please you.
cold weather is ahead of vou.
I. W. HARTMAN & SON.
Bloomsburg, Pa.
Market Squaw
Opposite P. O. PHARMACIST.