TH3 COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG. PA.
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THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOOMSBURG, FA.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1897.
Kntrred at thr Port Offlr at Wixmxttmrg, ra.
uremia claim matter, Marrh 1, 1888.
BRIEF MENTION.
About Poople Tou Know.
L. II. Knse of Riverside, made a business
trip to town on Tuesday.
Frnnk Aurand of Jersey City, visited rela
tives in town over Sunday.
Mr. John Orady of Wilkesbarre, was a
Bloomsburg visitor on Tuesday.
Hnrry Ifouck of Scranton, spent Sunday
with his mother on Market Street.
John Sunder of Dlair County, was a
Dloomshurg visitor on Wednesday.
Sam Carliauh the Iron Street barber
visited his mother at Milton last week.
William Bcishline of Welliversville, made
this oflice a pleasant call on Wednesday.
John Kenyon spent Saturday In Berwick
on business lor tlie lelcpho.ie Company-
Frank T). I'arks went to Wilkesbarre, to
attend the funeral of a nephew on Tuesday.
Mr. Hnhn. a prominent lawyer of Wilkes
barre had legal business in town on Tues
day.
Mr. Will iam Moran of Wilkes-Bnrre. was
among the visitors to Bloomsburg on
Saturday.
Mrs. V. N. Aucstadt of Montandon. is
the guest of Mrs. II. S. Ilassenplug on East
Street.
Phin ITeddens and family spent a day
visiting relatives and friends in Danville
last week
Ralph (',. Thillips went to Itarrisburg on
Tuesday to attend the State Photographer's
convention.
J. S. Williams went to Wilkcs-Barre on
Tuesday to cry a horse sale for W. B.
Moore.
Mrs. Dr Edward F. Smith of New York,
visaing ner motner, Mrs. sainuci jvnorr,
on Fifth street.
Margaret McBride, of Light Street visited
her aunt Mrs. Jane AlcBride ort Third
Street this week.
M iss Edna Wilson left on Friday for
Wilkes-Barre, where she will spend a couple
vi wccks visiting aiiss Mae Wilson.
Rev. D. N. Kirkby wci.t to Williamsport
on aionuay 10 attend the winter session of
the Archdeaconry of Williamsport, which
began Monday evening and closed Wednes
day evening.
James Dougherty, who has been spending
his Vamtinn with rnlntiuna n.wt fi-iml
town, relumed to his work at Philadelphia
on rriday lie was accompanied down by
Daniel Duller and Charles Wanich.
John Knies, Jr., who has been the very
uuuging cierK in me Hardware stpre 01 h. i.
Peacock S: Co., for sometime past, left town
vesterdav to accent a tintitinn fnnnirlv
by his father, as traveling talesman for Ross
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ot v-u. 01 riiision.
Coal dealers are striking it rich
these days.
Watch for the ground hog's shadow
next I uesilay.
The November election, it is said.
cost Luzerne County $19,326.16.
Highest prices in cash paid for hides
at P. Solleder & Co's. leather stort-.
i-i-3t.
The 506 pupils at the Carlisle
Indian school last year earned $19,-23S.
, I The weather on Monday was very
"I much in sympathy with the ice har
..',vesters. Report says that Hazleton is flood
ri?d with dangerous counterfeit silver
dollars.
.; Election notices for the spring elec-
tion for sale at this office at 10 cents
' - a dozen, tf.
I There is plenty of skating at present,
;(and the young people are enjoying
.the sport.
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The growth of nails on the left hand
requires eight or ten days longer than
those on the right.
: The increase in liquor licenses in
J Luzerne county this year is 100.
i This makes a total of-13 2 7.
Don't Be Penned Up
tiby a cough when you can re
lieve it with a lew closes of
i .Hia's I6l!s ki Syrup.
This Is no secret nostrum, but a.
cood old fashioned remedy which eoes
r . to the spot and does the work quickly n
fnu permanently. 1 rv a Dome at 35c
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.
Court next week.
The agricultural department at
Washington is now making the free
distribution of seeds for spring
planting.
Neuralgia is the prayqj ol the nerves
for pure blood.. Hood's Sarsaparilla
is the One True Blood Purifier and
nerve builder.
An exchange says : " All horseless
carriages are not propelled by elec
tricity or steam power 1 some are
drawn by mules.
Mt. Carmel is suffering from an
epidemic of measles. It is said that
there are at present more than two
hundred cases at that place.
Rabbi Adolph Mayer, of Danville,
addressed the men's meeting in Y.
M. C. A. Hall on Sunday afternoon.
Mis subject was "A Farm for Sale."
Ik looks as though we are not to
hear the uncle of the menv sleitrh
bells this winter, thousands of people
are praying for snow notwithstanding.
Robert Roan had a slight paralytic
stroke on Tuesday, affecting the left
side. No serious consequences are
rooked for.
The fact that Scranton capitalists
have subscribed largely for $25,000
of its stock, has induced a Williams
port shoe company to remove to that
city.
John Bailey of Shamokin, fell from
a Reading freight train onto the ice
in crossing the river bridge at Sun
bury on Monday. His condition is
serious.
"The Actors Holiday" was nresent
ed at the Opera House on Friday
night.. It was net much of a drawing
card and the performance was not up
to the average.
The cold wave struck town on Sun
day nicht. The thermometer register
ed one degree below zero on Monday
morning, the coldest morning we
have had this winter.
Horse sales in this section are not
very well attended at present, but
people need'nt wonder at it when
thoroughbred horses are selling for
$00 a dozen in Kentucky.
Bloomsburg is not the only place
where the office of tax collector is not
sought after. It is an unenviable posi
tion at any time, and especially so in
these hard times when many people
have no money to pay their taxes with.
Arrangements are about completed,
and Bloomsburg is to have a match
factory. The building which will be
of brick and one story hich will be
located in the southwestern part of
the town.
Evangelist Reed, in imitation of
"ham Jones' abusive methods, told
the church people of Shelby ville, Ind.,
that their town was "one of the worst
outside of hell," and they have de
manded an apology.
Closing Out His Stock.
As T. A. Hess has arranged to tro
t a o
into other business, he will close out
his entire stock ot boots, shoes.
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slippers and rubbers at actual cost.
Those who call now will have the
best assortment to select from. Here
is a chance for bargains.
Notice,
The coupons for interest on our
bonds which were payable at the
Bloomsburg Banking Company will be
paid at the First National Bank of
Bloomsburg, Pa.
Bloomsburg Brass & Copper Co.
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TI1E NEW" GAME.
A new game is being introduced in
several colleges throughout the country
and is destined to become very popu
lar. The new game is called "fist
ball." The ball is of unusual size
being in the neighborhood of four and
one half tcct, and at this size the
great elasticity of the ball is said to
be something wonderful. The game
is carried on by two clubs, just like
base ball. The side drawing the lot
begins by pushing the ball with the
fist into the air, and continues to push
it up until it touches the ground by
being touched on the slant. Each
strike which directs the ball upwards
without striking the ground, counts
one point. As the ball touches the
ground, the other side gets it and be
labors it in the same way. It is said
to be very exciting. A number of clubs
are being formed, and they are all in
unison in declaring it the greatest
game of the day.
MAEK TWAIN PENNILESS-
The Great Humorist Working Hard In London
to Pay ofl Hit Croditort.
Few of Mark Twain's many friends
know of the plucky fight he is making
with adversity, or how badly he has
been used by fortune. In a word,
Mark Twain, who a couple of years
ago thought himself a rich man, is
to day worse than penniless. Since
his return from Africa, a few months
ago, he has been living in very mod
est lodgings in London, going no
where and seeing but one or two
friends, working all day and every day
at a history of his trip around the
world. With the proceeds of this book
he hopes to be able to pay off his
creditors and to leave something for
his family.
Mark Twain lost practically every
thing when Webster & Co., failed,
and the lecture trip around the world
which he undertook with the hope of
retrieving his fortunes did not turn
out a financial success for him. So,
over sixty years of age, in poor health
and in a strange country America's
greatest humorist is perhaps working
harder than ever befoie.
HEAVUN LIKENED TO NEW YORK.
EVANGELIST MOODY'S IDEA OF REWARD
AND PUNISHMENT HEREAFTER.
Evangelist Moody spoke to a big
congregation at Carnegie Hall, New
York, Sunday afternoon. He said in
part : " You and I are hurrying to
another world. This place, you know,
is not our home. There is a brighter
place for us if we want to go to it.
And it's a country like ours. Heaven
is a city I ke New York. I believe
that. I'm helped along in life by
thinking ot that and of meeting. my
friends there.
" And it there is a heaven, as you
all believe, there must be an opposite
place, call it hell, or perdition, or
whatever you like. If I see a man
doing wrong, doing what he ought
not do, cursing or blaspheming, then
I know that he's not going the same
way I'm going. A man who wilfully
and angrily thrusts a dagger into my
heart is not going the same way I'm
going. There is no road without two
ends. We know what the straight
road is. If heaven is one end, where
is the other ? or does death end all ?
" It's settled in my mind that
heaven is a place of joy. And do you
think that a carnal man is going to
heaven ? Can death change him ?
Do you think that death can change
a man's character, or that death can
change a bad man into an angel ?
Oh, no ! It is only those who will now
follow the right path that will enter
heaven. We shall see our friends,
whom we know were doing good, and
we'll have the angels and cherubim
and seraphim. Oh, we'll have a
select company in heaven I"
Employer Died In Her Arras
For half an hour on Tuesday Mrs.
Rebecca Withey, of Williamsport, was
compelled to sit in a sleigh along a
lonely ronl and hold in her arms the
body of Jacob Metzger, who while
riding with her expired from heart
disease, superinduced by the intense
cold.
Mrs. Withey had engaged to do Mr,
Metzger's housework and they were
on their way to the latter's home, when
he fell over against the woman's
shoulder and expired without an ex
clamation. Mrs. Withey could not drive and
hold the corpse in the sleigh, too, so
she sat and held the rigid form in the
seat until a farmer came along. "
THE L0.NO AND SHORT OF IT.
A tall western girl named Short
long loved certain big Mr. Little,
while Little, little thinking of Short,
loved a lass named Long. To make
a long Btory short, Little proposed to
Long, and Short longed to be even
with Little's short comings. So Short
meeting Long, threatened to marry
Little in a short time, which caused
Little in a 6hort time to marry Long.
Did tall Short love big Littk less
because Litt'e loved Long.
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AYER'S
Cherry Pectoral
would include the oure of
every form of disease
which affeota the throat
and lungs. Asthma, Croup,
Bronchitis, Whooping
Cough and other similar
complaints have (when
other medicines failed)
yielded to
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral.
J. E. ROYS.
NO X RAYS
Needed to see the superior
quality of our
JEWELRY.
It flashes out upon the eye so
ulazingly 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.
Certificates and Nomination Papers.
January 29th is the last day for
filing certificates of nomination for
township and borough officers.
February 1st is the last day for filing
nomination papers for township and
borough officers.
February 4th is the last day for
filing objections.
Candidates who wish to withdraw
must do so by Februaiy 4th.
The following letters are advertised
January 26, 1897. Miss Mary Eckert
Miss Mamie Edmunds, Mrs. Julia
Kline, Benjamin McKeever, Mrs.
W. B. Moore, Anthony Richardson,
Miss Edna S. Schooley, Miss Emma
Smith, Mrs. Smothomus, George
Swires. Will be sent to the dead
letter office February 9, 1897.
James H. Mercer, P. M.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
You can cet ail kinds of wall paper
at Mercer's from , the cheapest to the
most expensive.
For Rent House, second door
east of Geo. S. Lockard's, East 1st.
Street. Cheap. Inquire at this
office. tf.
For Rent. The west half of a
double house on East Third street,
Bloomsburg. Possession given on
December 1st. AU modern conven
iences. Rent reasonable. Apply to J.
W. Conner, Orangeville, or D. W.
Campbell, Bloomsburg. n-19-tf.
Stationery of all kinds at Mercer's.
Don't forget Mercer when you want
inything in the drug line.
' Mercer has a fine line of wall paper
to select from.
TWO DOLLARS FOR ONE.
That is what you can make your money do in the way or
Coat Buying now. Two dollars will buy four dollar coat.
Values. Don't you think it will pay you to see them. This
is the way we are now selling them.
$10.00 coats now $5.00. $15.00 coats now $7.50.
7.00 coats now 3.50. 12.00 courts now 6.00.
Blankets and Comfortables.
This is the kind of weather for them ; and yet we have
reduced the prices to close them out. You had better see
them.
Dress Goods.
We have reduced the prices on many lines of these goods
to move them quickly. An inspection of them would pay
you;
Corsets! Corsets!
We have purchased from an overloaded manufacturer a
lot of corsets. Thoroughly made of Jean, Satteen and striped,
full boned bust, and long bones, flossed top and bottom. A
regular 65c. corset, but our sale price will be 50c. pair. Full
line of R, & G. American Lady. We call attention to our
"Model Form" Corset, without doubt the best high bust corset
on the market for the price, one dollar. Try it.
4-4 Hill Muslin, 6$cyard. Lancaster Ginghams, 5c yd.
Hosiery.
Full lines, all kinds, all prices. 3 special lots noted here.
Heavy bicycle hose, sizes 6 to 11, at 15c pair.
Heavy bicycle hose, sizes 6 to 11, at 18c pair, 95c 4 doz.
Men's regular made, sizes 9 J to 11, at 1 8c pair. 96c i dox.
Underwear.
Good lines yet to select Irom. All prices. Closing out
some numbers at reduced prices.
Embroideries and Laces.
Full lines for muslin wear, and children's wear now ready.
H. J. CLARK & SON.
One Price, The Lowest for Cash.
I. W.
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It is not how much you pay
but how much
MTIiM
"If the goods are of a cheap make, then you pay dear for
them. If they are good goods sold at a Sacrifice Sale to clean
oiuoik, Li-icii juu jjtivo a uaigaiu.
See the nrioes in nnr Tannarv
Clearing Up Sale.
COATS that were $17.50 now
$12.50 (latest styles),
A few $12.50 and $15.00 ones
at $9.50. Others that were $7. 5o
and $8.50 for $5.00. The $5.00
ones for $3.75.
Misses' and Children's the
same cut in prices. '
CAPES from $40.00 to $30.00,
$17.50 to $12.50, lower ones
lower prices.
Fur caocs soecial bargains.
Furs, fascinators, heavy gloves, wool caps, a lot of nice dress
goods in patterns for $5.00 (were 7.00, 8.00 and $9.00), winter
shirt waists, feather boas, chenille table covers, heavy cloakmgs,
remnants of calicoes, embroideiies, ginghams, &c. A new lot of
muslins as low as 4c a yd., also new outing flannels, calicoes,
ginghams, &c, just in new, fresh from the city.
I. W. HARTMAN & SON.
IN offering our patrons the compliments ot the
seasoD, 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 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. We remain
Yours very truly,
HESS BROTHERS
Jewelers, Opticians and Stationers.
TELEPHONE.
6c. pound for 3 days.
SATURDAY
ITONDAY
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Telephone Connection ,
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for your purchase of eoods.
it pays you."
Ladies' outing flannel night
robss reduced from 89c to 69c
69c to 50c only for this Special
January Sale.
Blankets are going this cold
weather at our prices.
Think of a $3.50 pair for $2.69.
A 2.50 " " 1.69.
And so on down in others.
Men's heavy wool and half
wool underwear are in this sale
at a big cut in prices.
Also a lot for boys' an d girls'.
(tfig ones tor liig Men.)
Bloomsburg, Pa.
Market Squam,
i Opposite P. O. PHARMACIST-