THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURO. PA.
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the Columbian.
BLOOMSBURG, FA.
THURSDAY, JANUARY si, 1S97.
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(round clan matter, March 1, lHKf.
BRIEF MENTION.
About People lou Know.
Gen. Ilartman of Willow Grove, was in
lojn last week,
Mr. Ctinrles Kyer of Orangcville, gave us
a call on Friday.
Mr. Elliot Lemons of Asbury gave us a
call on Monday.
T. II. Kdgar, of Stillwater via in Blooms
burg on Monday.
Geo. W. Miller, Sr., of Weatherly was In
town on Monday.
II. W. Kline of Stillwater, spent Friday
t the County seat.
William Brader of Allentown, spent Satur.
day in Bloomsburg.
Geo. S Robbins left on Friday for a busi
ness trip to New York,
Will Kelley of Ilnzleton, spent Sunday
with his parents in town, t
J. II. Maize, Esq. made a business trip to
Lebanon last week.
A. B. I Teller made a two days visit to
Hamburg, pa. last week.
Joshua Fetttrman passed his eighty-second
birthday on Wednesday.
Miss Mary Fornwald, visited her brother
W ill at Ecrauton last week.
C. B. McIIenry of Benton, transacted
business in town on Friday
W. K. Armstrong, made a business trip
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iu " nuamspori jasi week.
C. R. Woodin of Berwick, was among the
Tisuurs 10 lown on i uesuay.
II. W. Hess, of Mifllinville was among
ine visitors to lown on J"atiirday.
Harry Kline, spent Funday and Monday
vibuing iriencis nt wiikes-tiarre.
John Evans, of Danville, was in town at-
tending to business on Saturday.
Mrs. James Vought of Elyslmrg is visiting
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Mr. Walter Mayder, of Wilkes-barre
transacted business in town 011 Monday.
Mr. John Karner, of Altoona made a
business trip to Bloomsburg on Saturday.
Miss Annie Eyer left on Saturday for a
visit to iricnds at liazleton and l'ottsville.
Will Davis of Scranton, arrived in town
last week, on a visit to his brother ui.d sister.
Miss Margaret Laulach left on Saturday
for a three week's visit to her sister in Phila
delphia.
Miss Mngeie Moyer of Watsontown, visit
ed her father W. D. J! oyer on Fourth Street
over bunday.
Hon. G. W. Rhoads of Herndon, visited
his daughter, Mrs. E. II. Dieilenbach, in
town last week.
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Register and Docorder W. L. Sidler Esq.,
ef Montour county transacted business in
lown on Monday.
Miss Bessie Hagenbuch, of Espy visited
Miss Bertha Shoemaker on Sixth Street a
.. liw days this week.
Mrs. Susan Brugler, of Third Street, is
visiting her son Elmer, who is employed as a
druggist at Philadelphia. "v
Editor and pioprietnr, of the Ashland
"Local," J. Harry James, transacted busi
ness in town on Tuesday.
John LUis, manager of The Broadway, is
off on a month's vacation, and his pluce is
filled by Mr. Berninger of Catawissa.
Frank Meats and wife, after visiting rela'
tives in town for a few weeks, returned to
their home at Brooklyn, on Wednesday.
Harry Hull of Johnsvillc, N. Y. after
spending a week visiting his brother Rhodes,
on Fifth Street, returned home on Monday.
Miss Elizabeth Bowen, of Allentown and
cousin Miss Lotta Trepole, of Safe Harbor,
are visiting at Dr. G. W. Mifflin's on Second
Street.
Conrad Kreamer of Jerseytown, was
among thr visitors to town on Tuesday. He
is in better health than he was several
months ago.
Mrs. D. J, Waller, Sr., daughter Laura,
and Dr. D. J. Waller, left this week for
California, where they intend spending
several weeks.
After visiting Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Camp,
bell 011 East Third Street, for the last few
days, Mrs. T. W. Iiowser, nnd daughter re
lumed to their home at Sunbury on Mon.
day.
Miss Annie Woods who has been visiting
her aunt, Mis. J. W. Lewis, at Ilollidays
burg lor the past two months returned home
on Tuesday. Her aunt accompanied her
home.
Don't Be Penned Up
by a cough when you can re
lieve it with a few closes of
Mian's Maplic Ccugh Syrup.
This is no lecret nostrum, but a
good old fashioned remedy which goes
to the spot and does the workf quickly
and permanently. Try a bottle at 25c,
and save a spell of sickness.
The best remedy known
for croup.
W. S. RISHTON
Latest U. S. Gov't Report
Legal advertisements on page 7.
"Marcy" to night. See it.
The days are growing longer.
A little less than a month till the
spring elections.
Spring styles will soon be on the
jump.
Lent begins on March 3, and Easter
comes on April 1 Sth.
It gives a person the cold chills to
watch a carver wliet his knife.
The attendance at the License
court on Monday was quite large.
Election notices for the spring elec
tion for sale at this office at 10 cents
a dozen. tf.
Despite the hard times the classes
in the colleges and universities are
unusually large.
Rev. Butts c&nducted services in
the A. M. E. Church on First Street
Sunday morning and evening.
Rev. Geo. Scholl ot Baltimore, Md.
preached in the Lutheran Church last
Sunday morning and evening.
East Third Street is being cindered.
After this covering is worn down the
street will be in fine condition.
Some Lebanon parties were in town
this week looking after a desirable
place to establish a match factory.
The flag on the Court House is
tattered and torn. It should either
be removed or replaced by a new one.
A stranger who registered as John
Liyton, of Ireland committed suicide
at a Wilkes-Barre hotel on Saturday.
York, Pa. has reached the bonded
debt limit created by councils, and
any increase must be voted by the
people.
William Moore, in point of service,
the oldest editor in Pennsylvania died
at Pittsburg last week, aged seventy
nine years.
Many seats have been sold for
"Marcy" at the Opera House tonight.
Don't fail to see it. " Reserved seats
at Slate's.
You will get the worth cf your
money, at the Opera House. "Marcy"
for the benefit ot the Episcopal Church
organ fund.
Passengers saw a robber take $25
from the drawer in " Pennsy's" ticket
office at Williamsport but thought he
was an employee.
"Marcy" is an assured success, and
there will be a good sized audience
to-night at the Opera House. Tickets;
5 35 and 5 cents-
The centennial of Sunbury as a
municipality will be celebrated on
March 24. Arrangements are being
made for a big time.
The attendance at the annual gym
nastic exhibition of the Normal School
on Friday night, was not as large as
on former occasions.
Prof. A. K. Aldinger, of the Normal
School left on Saturday, for Jefferson
Medical College, where he intends
taking a course in medicine.
John Rebman, lost his pocketbook
containing $20,000 in cash, checks,
and accounts, atNanticoke, on Satur
day, and found all but the cash $105
Mr. and Mrs. William Yost enter
tained ajiumber of young folks at
their home Wednesday afternoon, in
honor of the seventh birthday of their
daughter Lillie.
The following letteis are advertised
Jan. 19th, 1897 1 Mrs. Louisa Hess,
C. Meade, Mr. Louis White Will be
sent to the dead letter office Fb. 2d,
1897, James H. Mercer, P. M.
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J. S. Williams sold the property of
C. II. Morgan in Armstrong's addi
tion, to I). W. Armstrong for $900 on
Wednesday.
Some days ago the Benton post
office was robbed of about $300, and
the affair is causing some excitement
at that place. There is no clue to
the robbery as yet.
County Treasurer Fleckenstine has
begun his work in a regular and sys
tematic manner, and we have no
doubt that all his figures will be cor
rect at the end of the year.
The second number of the
Student's Lecture course will , be
George Kennan, on Adventures in
Arctic Asia, in Normal Auditorium
on Monday evening, Jan. 25th.
The borough of Ashland has been
sued by James J. Elliott of Shenando
ah,for $10,000 damages for injuries re
ceived by falling over a 10 ft. embank
ment. J. K.. Lockard, who has been con
fined to the house since November,
on account of a btoken leg, is able to
be around again. He made his first
trip to the car shops last week.
Bloomsburg now has 14 places
licensed for the sale of liquor at retail
as hotels and restaurants,! wholesale
liquor store, and 2 bottling establish
ments,'making a total of 17.
J. K. Bittenbender's new house on
the corner of Fourth and Locust
Streets is fast nearing completion.
When completed it will make one of
the finest houses in that end of the
town.
The American Stationer of Jan.
14, says :
" On January 4 Stephen Farrelly,
as manager of the American News
Company, New York, filed in the
United States District Court for the
Southern District of New Yoik two
certificates showing the amount of
sales of the " Ever Ready " fountain
pen which had been made by the
American News Company and its
several branches. The , certificates
are in accordance with an order of
November 10, 1896, made by Judge
Lacombe in the case of Paul E. Wirt
against the American News Company
for alleged infringement ol his foun
tain pen by the defendant company
in handling a fountain pen called the
" Ever Ready," or more properly in
accordance with the terms of the
bond which the defendant subsequent
ly filed as one of two alternatives im
posed by the order. The first ceitifi
cate is dated November 30 and gives
the amount of sales of pens " of the
form known as the " Ever Ready "
as 187 from November 14 to that
date. The second certificate is dated
December 31, 1896, and gives the
number of such pens sold from Nov
ember 30 to December 31, 1896, as
316, " so far as reports, to the New
York office " have been received.
" It will take," the certificate contin
ues, " some time to get reports from
distant points and all further sums
will be put in subsequent reports."
Last Evening's Entertainment,
A Good-Sized Crowd at Association Hall
Well Pleased.
Last evening, at Association Hall, Prof.
Lyman Howe exhibited his wonderlul ma
chine, the animotoscope, to a large and ap
preciative audience. The word wonderful
has become one of such common usage in
these days of wonders that it seems almost
inadequate to express a full conception of the
auimoiuscope. The audience was led from
a state of delightful expectancy and uncer
tainty to wonder and nstonishment.
Kvsiy one who attended the entertainment
will be pleased to hear that Professor Howe
has agreed to remain in the city and give
another entertainment to-morrow evening,
at which the prices will be reduced to 25
and 35,cents.
Last night's exhibition was opened with a
collection of selections by the phonograph,
which were rendered in a delightfully clean
and distinct manner. The most interesting
feature was of course, the animotiscope.
Views of almost life-size were run oil one
after the other, ranging from the most
laughable and ridiculous to the most excit
ing. The most realistic of all was the fam
ous ISlack Diamond express of the Lehigh
Valley nilroad, which was pictured as
thundering by at the rate of 60 miles per
hour. An . encore was demanded The
glimpse of the ocean on Manhattan Iieach
after a ktorm was very fine, and a person
could easily imagine that they were looking
out of a large window upon the actual scene.
Much merriment was occasioned hy the in
vitation of Professor Howe to the audience
to record its own noise nnd confusion.
When the invitation was given everybody
tried to make just a little noise at least, and
a number of the Association boys gave their
yell. The machine was then reversed, nnd
the confusion faithfully reproduced. The
program to be rendered on Monday evening
is the same as that given List night.
Williamsport Grit, " of Jan. 17th.
The above entertainment will be given at
the Opera Hbuse Monday night. Benefit of
the Lutheran Church.
A huge block of granite, the largest
ever set free by blasting, was recently
taken from a quarry in Concord, N,
H. It measures 106 feet in length
by twenty in height and twenty
feet in width.
rOR Kent, the west half of a
double house on East Third 6treet,
UloomsDurg. rossession given on
December 1st. All modern conven
iences. Rent reasonable. Apply to J.
W. Conner, Orangeville, or D. W.
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sarsaparma
Sense.
Any sarsaparilla Is tarsapa
rilla. True. So any tea is tea.
So any fluur Is flour. 13 ut grades
differ. You want the lest. It's
so with sarsaparilla. There are
grades. You want the best. If
you understood tvirsaparilla as
well as you do tea and flour it
would be easy to determine..
But you don't. How should
you? When you are going to
buy a commodity whose value
you don't know, you pick out
an old established house to
trade with, and trust their ex
perience and reputation. Do so
when buying sarsaparilla
Aycr's Sarsaparilla has- been
on the market 50 years. Your
grandfather used Ayer's. It is
a reputable medicine. There
are many Sarsaparilla
bat only one Ayer's. It
cures.
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J. E. ROYS.
Needed to see the superior
quality of our
1.
It flashes out upon the eye so
blazingly that one can't
help seeing it at
a glance.
Every Article
we show voices its own merit
and substantiates every
claim we make.
RICHNESS, elegance and fash
ionableness are the distin
guishing features of
our Jewelry exhibit
J. E. ROYS.
Thoughts of Home.
I stood at my parlor window
And gazed on the city fair
With its hundreds of happy faces
And its thousands filled with care ;
Of the hurry and worry and bustle
Yipm early dawn till even ;
And then I thought where is there rest,
And my spirit wnisperea : iieaven."
And then my thoughts went wandering back,
To a peaceful village home
Where the sun shone bright from morn till
night
On an old house all alone
With its vine-clad porch, where the children
played
In their childish innocent glee.
And oh : how 1 longed for those days again
When all were happy and free.
Free to enjoy life's purest joys,
The pleasures of home and friends,
But the Father above said it is not well
That this joy should longer last,
So, Angel of death, speed down to earth
And from that happy home,
Bring back the dearest of all that flock
And whisper to those bereft ;
That the joys of this world are fleeting
And unto earth's mortals given ,
To show them a glimpse of the lasting joys
In the beauty and glory of heaven.
By Mrs. A. W. Hanson.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
You can get all kinds of wall paper
at Mercer's from the cheapest to the
most expensive.
Mil ! !
Highest prices in cash paid for hides
at P. Solleder & Co's. leather store.
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Stationery of all kinds at Mercer's.
Don't forget Mercer when you want
anything in the drug line.
Faiibanks' Scales books for sale at
this office. tf.
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NO X RAYS
JEWELRY
Mercer has a fine line of wall paper
A COAT
We 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 " " $5.00.
A $10.00 " " " $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 lota of dress materials
that we will include in the coat sale. So here's a chance far
you dress goods buyers, as well as the coat wanters. It irill
pay you to see them.
Underwear.
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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 pices of ladies' flannel skirts to
move them quickly. Now is your opportunity of procuring m
first-class woolen Bkirt 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.
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Have you Money to Invest in a Cape or Coat?
If so, then you can save from 25 to 40
Cents on the Dollar, by seeing us.
There are many other articles just bought which we offer
at the same discount. v
The Coat and Cape prices you
have read before, " but we' re
peat them."
Coats were $17.50 now $12.50.
Coats were Si 2.50 and $15.00
now $9.50.
Coats were $7.50 and $8.50
now $5.00.
Coats were $5.00 now $3.75.
Misses and Childrens' same
discount.
Fur Capes at less than manu
facturer's ' prices. Plush and
Cloth ones at a big discount.
Blankets are selling: at the
Having just returned from the city with a big lot of do
mestics, we can offer special bargains in them. A good yard
wide unbleached Muslin for 4c yard. Bleached Muslin yard wide
at 5c. Hill Muslin 6Jc. Apron Ginghams 5c. New lot of that
extra Muslin 20 yards for $1.00.
I. W. HARTMAN & SON.
IN offering our patrons the compliments ot the
season, and thanking them very heartily for
their patronage during 1896, 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 facilities for doing both
work and business, so that we open the new year
decidedly in advance of any house ol 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, Ave remain
. Yours very truly, .
HESS BROTHERS
Jewelers, Opticians and Stationers.
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SALE.
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prices offered in our last advet
tisement. Furs are one of the articles
you can have at a dead loss.
Ladies' muslin underwear,
and outing cloth night dresses
are in our list for a light weight
purse.
Curtain sale will soon begin,
we are ready with a good assort
ment for a new house, or for the
change of houses. "Call and
get our prices before you make
a purchase."
Bloomsburg, Pa.
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PHARMACIST.
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Campbell, Bloomsburg. 11 19-tf.
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