4 THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, PA. ESTABLISHED 1866. lift Columbia Jcmorrat, JtSTABulSnKD 1837. CONSOLIDATED 1869. PUBLISHED SVKRT THURSDAY MOHNINU at Bloomsburg, the County Beat ot Columbia County, Pennsylvania. J SO. K. KLWELL EniTOB. UBO. O. HO AN, PORIMAN. Inside the county ti.OOayearln ad fftnoe; 11.50 If not paid In advance Outside tie county, I1.8S a year, strictly in advance. 411 communications should be addressed to THE COLUMBIAN, Bloomsburg, Pa. THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1S97. HEW BALLOT LAW, There is a bill now pending in the House at Harrisburg providing a simple lorm 01 tne Australian ballot system, instead of the bothersome, unsatisfactory blanket ballot now in use. There should be no hesitation in passine it. The bill was Drenared by the Ballot Reform Association of Pennsylvania. The chief merit of the bill now pending is that it does awav with .in indefinite number of party columns on tne ballot, grouping every candi and requiring the voter to mark every candidate for whom he wishes to vote. No name appears more than once upon the ballot, although all the party designations for each candidate are printed. The directions about voting are simple and easily understood, and independent voting is made just as A bill so sensible in its purpose and so simple in its application to the im portant requirement of securing a fair vote and an honest count should com- mand the support of every member of 1 .11 1 . . . Dom orancnes ot the Legislature. It is just to all parties and interests, and it enables each voter to declare his unbiased choice among the candidates presented at any election without danger 01 being deceived or misled. Any man who can read his ballot can find the names of the candidate's of his choice and those who cannot read can be assisted by some one who can. The bill is so great an improvement upon im existing ballot law that there should be no question of its enact ment. It should be among the first puis to oe advanced to final passage. Haste and Greed. The method by which the Dingley Tariff bill has been rushed through me ttouse ot representatives with out even a pretense of deliberative consideration or opportunity fnr amendment is made the theme of enthusiastic commendation by some of the more radical Protectionist journals. They will find littie sym- pamy in tneir rejoicing among men whose partisan zealotrv does not- opt the better of their judgment. To admit mat in one 01 tne most important functions conferred unon it hv th Constitution the House of Representa tives is deemed incapable of judicious legislative action is tantamount to a practical condemnation of our political system, i nere was no necessity for haste. The immediate need of more revenue was a pretense. There is enough money in the Treasury, with mc receipts irom day to day from customs and internal taxation, to de fray for a year to come, without dollar of added taxation, even fh enormous expenditure authorized bv tne rncy-iourtn congress. The ordi nary excuse for extra-parliamentary pressure, growing out of a close bal ance of parties in the House, did not exist. There was nothing hphinrl th extraordinary means adopted to push mc iingiey pin unsnaped and undi gested upon tne statute book except extraordinary greed. The measure as it stands proposes to increase the percentage of tav nrn dutiable articles above the enormous rates imposed by the McKinley act, and to curtail the McKinley free list. There never before was such a mons trous tariff measure in this or any other country. Its monstrosity accounts for tne method adopted to "jam it tnrougn, ana tor the brazen attempt to make it operative before del ivpru The devisers of it are in mad haste to begin business and declare dividends Record. It is now apparent that while the "Concert of Europe" was shedding tears out of its lelt eye, it was wink ing to the Turks with the right to go right on and butcher the christians in Armenia j and now the same game is going on in the Island of Crete, where the "Concert of Europe," the Al'y of the Turk, is shelling the Christian army and starving Christian women and children. President McKinley has ' sent "Little Breeches" alias "John Hay" over to England, as ambassador near the Court of Queen Victoria, and for the next four years he will have no "better business than loafing round the throne." PENNSYLVANIA NEWS ITEMS. Citizens of Wilkes Barre will hold a mass-meeting to protest against and increase in water rents. The first National Bank of Greensboro, has authority to organ ize with $50,000 capital. York's police census gives that city a population of 25,613, an in crease of 10,000 in ten years. Before his books had been exam ined, Tax Collector, W. S. Bal', o- Erie committed suicide with strych nine. Altoona's Driving Fark Associa tion has decided to spend $10,000 on extra lands and thus capture the nextbtate air. Dr. Swallow stole a march on the State officials at Harrisburg and made a tour ot the ruins of the Capi tol on Saturday. Abrakeman named William Fitz patnck was beheaded and cut to pieces by a shifting engine at Read ing on Saturday. Fifty thousand persons are ex pected to visit Reading when the Sons of America celebrate their semi centennial there. Bishop Rulison, of the Central Pennsylvania Episcopal diocese, con firmed a large class of catechumens at Pottsville on Sunday. The exhuming of several hun dred bodies in Potter's field, at York, began Monday. $ 1 50,000 High School building will be erected on the site. Farmer Amos Shoepe's frighten ed horse, at Harrisburg, dragged him down a steep enbankment, and there tne animal, on its back, kicked him to death. Easton is making great prepara tions for the annual conclave of the Grand Commandery, Knights Tem plar, ot Pennsylvania, to be held here May 24-27. Howard Morgan, ased in driver, employed in the mines of the Kingston Coal Company, at Wilkes Barre was crushed to death by a jumping car on Saturday. The Young Men's Christian As sociation, of Danville, last week ten dered a large reception to Hon. J. H. Littieheld, ot Brooklyn, N. Y., a form er law student of President Lincoln. A Chinese Equal Rights League has been formed in Chicago, 111., for the purpose of Americanizing the Chinamen in the United States and asking for them the rights of citizen ship. FEEDING TRAMPS. A woman living in Annville, a village 01 JLebanon County, in order to find out how many tramps she feeds has been keepine: count of them and reports that from the last of jwarcn 1S90, to March 1897 she mrnisned meals to no less than 419 weary walkers. The statistics bring up anew the everlasting problem of what to do with ablebodied tramps. If they have the aouity to work it is an outrage that they remain a charee unon a im munity with no return for the charity. T a. 1 m cut no adequate and satisfactory sys tem of compelling them tn earn a livelihood has yet been put in practice anywhere. The authorities of Altoona have recently enforced a law which compels every tramp caught begging wunin tne city to serve a term at hard labor at the municipal stone pile, but other cities have similar laws, and vet the evil is not checked. A rigid en forcement of the law may protect Altoona, but' it will foist this undesira ble class of loafers on the surrounding towns, which will thereby suffer so much the more. It is often hard to discriminate he. tween the deserving and undeserving poor and unfortunate, and tender. hearted citizens often give alms to the latter ciass tor lear they may be deny ing ihe former. But if everv rnm. munity had a workshop for strong and healthy tramps and a hospital for the lame and halt, this indiscriminate charity would cease and the tramp problem would be partially solved. For the tramp will live iust as loner a he can impose on the peoDle. He will die when he is compelled to work or go nungry. 1 he above mav be interesting to those who have been reading the anicics contributed by citizens and published in the Dailv last week. Bloomsburg, as every one knows, gets mure man its snare ot this class of people, and thev will continue tn gather here just as long as they are given a warm place to sleep, and a breakfast in the morning, and about the Only way to get rid of them is to follow Altoona's example. The "Concert of Europe" nuts one in mind of "Six Shanghai roosters" daring a little Bantam. Six bandits, readv to disnarrh the victim so soon as they can agree upon a division of the spoils. Six cramhlers at 9 rr,nl - - -w vui -w 41 which the teace of EuAbe is the stake, and Turkey keeps gaime. Cascarets stimulate' live? kidneys and bowels. Never sicken, reaken or gripe, toe. 4-1-iy. W. J.JjRYAN VISITS YO&K. Addresses a Large Crowd From His Hotel ' Window. William Jennings Bryan arrived at York Saturday afternoon from Lin coln, Neb., and was met at the sta tion by ex Lieutenant Governor Chauncey F. Black, whose guest he was over Sunday. The crowd at the de pot cheered Mr. Bryan. He left for Washington, D. C, on Monday. Mr. Bryan held a reception Satur day evening at the Colonial Hotel. He also addressed a large crowd of people in Centre Square, from the hotel window. The Philadelphia Ledger is evident ly in favor of keeping Dr. N. C. bchaner in his position as Supenn tendent of Public Instruction. It has this to say : "He has been capacitated fof the duties of the position by long expert ence as a teacher and by an intimate knowledge of the public school system and ot the school laws. He has proved a most pains-taking and efficient official. He has the advantage ol four years experience, and a resulting knowledge of the immediate needs of school administration in Pennsylvania, To disturb him in a nonpolitical office because he happens to be a Demo crat would be a piece of stupid blunder ing. The State ought to hold fast to him as long as he shall behave him self, because he can better serve the people than could any new man." Makes life misery to thousands of people. It manifests itself in many different ways, like goitre, swellings, running sores, boils, salt rheum and pimples and other eruptions. Scarce ly a man is wholly free from it, in some form. It clings tenaciously until the last vestige of scrofulous poison is eradicated by Hood's Sarsaparilla, the One True Blood Purifier. Thousands of voluntary testimonials tell of suffering from scrofula, often inherited and most tenacious, positive ly, perfectly and permanently cured by Lnldl Sarsaparilla Prepared only by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. Be sure to get Hood's and only Hood's. in are tne beat after-dinner llOOa S PUIS pills, aid digestion. 26c TRAVERSE JURORS. FIUST WEEK. J 1 r"wl m W T. nam.Nu T t UnTTnnn. n 11' Suyder, B. K. tiliarpltss Simon Sliuffer', John Beaver Bbor McAfee, Panlol Swank. Benton uscar Sutton. Benton two V. L. fchultz. ltnrwIi'U .Tnwnti klrrnni Wm wnn... nr j ' I . ' T 1U1. IIHUIA, IT 111. Hlldebrand, Geo. V. Johnson. nnarcreeic Tiiomas E. Hrlttaln. Catawlssa twp lltnr Whltner. Center A. H. Bower, Wm Hoffman. Cent,ralla-V'm. Benson, .'olin W. Conner. Cleveland Oulen Bird, Samuel Miller. COnVncham iKJliin HnvAr Vranlr llMnnar. Patrick Haley. risningcreek Cyrus Robbing, Olden Stokes. (JrPOnTA'nArl U 11 Annlumnn t" 1 . u uwu ... nmficwnm .chub A. .f. Derr, M. J. Kline, Frank Mather. iicuuucK reward uirton, David Stroup. Madison Kobert Johnson. Main Boyd A. Hawk. Mtfflln Charles Wenslnger, C. v. Miller. Mt. Pleasant Isaiah Howell, Clark smith. Orange . F. Conner. Pine I. I.. Eves. Scott George swlgart, Levi Weaver. 8uifarlnar ftllluh Pftrnmnn Vra i.nK.nh SECOND WEEK Jonea, Kobert Morris, George Moyer, Joalau jtouluu u. jt, moMonry. Benton two. P. P. role. Rprwlnlf rtoo. V Millar Ulan UAn.nn. m P. swaye. """" Carawlfmn .Taremlnh Pnvnalii.a a a t-i baugh, John B. Former. neuter u. a. unorr, William Edwards, U A. Kemley. uonyngnam Patrick Bradley. Barnard Welch Flshlusoreek W. L McHenry. Greenwood J. G. Uirton. Hemlock Wm. Earnest. Jackson John Fritz Locust Wm. Adams, J. W. Snyder. . Main-John H. Hartzell. MllHln Jacob Gruver. Oraug A. J. Kdcher. PlHA ti W llnlHran 1) V V .1 -n Lyons n-amuiiucr, a. a. Houck eoreelt L Ch'rrtngton, Samuel Scott Charles Hess. REGISTER'S NOTICE. KnHul.l..h.i . ., . .... ..vu.Ui. i. unlcl(j given iaj mi ifgnLees, credi tors and other persons Interested la the estates of the respective decedents and minors that the following administrators,' executors,' guardians accounts have been filed In the ofllce of the Keglster of Columbia county, and will be pre sented for confirmation and allowance in the day, May 8, 1897, at S o'clock p m. of said day. o. i. Tne first and final aceount of N. Rich art, executor of Kaehael Hlchart, late of Scott township, deceased. No. 8. First and final account of fplpr g. Mill, executor of Lydla Kel inline, late of Berwick Nn. S. Th. .fUMlln, rif !... U..I . - ' ui ...-ill j jmi irr, rxecutor of John Mourev, lute of Mifflin township. Hwor't i "nal aocount 0( Susanna K. sel, late of Bloomsburg. no The acoount of John Q. Barktey, ad ministrator, o. t. a, of Susan B. Funston, late of Bloomsburg, deceased, and filed by Win. deceased. muuuu . oariuey, .-ii . ii'i nwiUHl Ul UPO. VI , Nn.fi. Tha tint ..4II..1... iZ: . 1 "iiimui juiuer, mie oi Hem lock township, decased. S' 7i 1 "e first a nd final account of J. D. and W. K ArmMlrnna ml... n .... .......... .... . nt r p r .im.il i. .J-"" """""""-ruiors , - ni-vronni, wuu was me ad ministrator ot Joseph B. Shaffer, late of Blooms- ... ..I... ii in i wxiuuiib in ueo. 11. HlimiriHI. Ulitllil ailm iil.i i..i.-k Nn a UnnnnA on fln1 ............ , . , ....... .i i in vii ui uiiuuii, uum- mer, late ot Jackson township, deed. no. . First and final account of Jo?enhW late ot Madison township. ' No. la First and final account of William J. Whltmoyer, administrator ot Adam Whltmoyer, late of pme township, dcd. "r, No. 11. First and final account of Aaron Boyd. 5 .... . .' itty x.nipu n, urauer. 111 n- orou'l'lren of KmniaM. Bradet, late of l!entre niiuuil uuvcaocu. NlT. 1(1. Tha i ... am, Ann, .... & . , ...au ni4 iiuifi nuuuUUli Ul 11. 11. Butine, testamntry guardian of the pei-son and estate of Lillian M., Samuel K. and OtttC. Kline, minor ohtldren ot John S. KUne. late of Benton township, deceased. ' JQHH t fiilil SUITS FROM S18.00. No. Is. First, and final aeconnt of John R. Rhodes, aduilnlslrntor of olcslla Rhodes, late of Minim township, deceased. No. 14. First, account, of L. K. Waller, eirccutor ot K. W. Tubbs, late of Bloomsburg, deceased. No. 15. The second and final account of Alexander G. Tless, administrator of Samuel Uess late ot Benton township deceased. No. 18. The first and final account of Charl'i F. John, Fredlell. Shuman and Emma J. Hitler administrators of llarman G. John, late of Main township deceased. No. 17, The second and partial account of William R. Demon and Cyrus Pcmott, execu tors of Jacob Demott, late of Madison township deceased. No. is. Second account of I. W. McKelvy surviving executor of William McKelvy, late of Bloomsburg deceased. No. 19. First and final account, of clarence A. Peterman, administrator of Renjamln F. Poterinan, late of Benton township deceased. No. 80. Third aocount of "L. K. Waller execu tor of U.M. Andrews, lata of Hloomsburg. No. 81. First, and final account of J. B. Mc Henry, Short IT, Trustee, appointed by the Or- Ehans Court to make sale of Heal Estate of allle Johnson and Kllza Fruit, under proceed ings in partition. No. Si Third aocount of I. W. McKolvy sur viving executor, of William McKelvy late of Hloomsburg deceased. No. 83. The first and final account of F. W. Redeker, guardian of the person and estate of Henry Karle Hess a minor child of Keed Hess, late of Scott township deceased. C. B. KNT, April 8rd., 1897. Bcglster. SHERIFFS SALE. By virtue of a writ of Levari Facias Issued out of the Court ot Common Pleas ot Columbia county, Pa., and to me directed, there will be exposed to public sale at the Court House In Bloomsburg, Pa,, on MONDAY, MAY 3, 1897, at two o'clock p. m., all that certain hereinafter described piece or lot of land situate In Bower's second addition to the Borough of Berwick, In said county and state aforesaid, bounded and described as follows, to-wlt: Situated on Fourth street beginning at the corner of lot number one on said street, thence by said Fourth street forty-nine and a half feet to lot number three, thence by same one hundred and sixty-nve feet to a one rod alley, thence by snld alley forty-nine feet and a halt to lot number one, thence by the same one hundred and six ty flve feet to the place of beginning. Being lot number two In said Bower's second addition of Berwick, whereon la erected a DWELLING HOUSE and outbuildings. It being the same lot of land granted and con veyed by Indenture under the hands and seals of Isaiah Bower and Hannah, his wife, bearing date the fifteenth day of September, A. D. 1880. Seized, taken Into execution at the suit of Agnes It Vandersllce et al., vs. Joseph R. Van. dersllce and T. J. Vandersllce, administrators of Mary G. Vandersllce, deceased, and to be sold as the property of Joseph R, Vandersllce and T. J. Vandersllce, administrators of Mary G. Vander sllce, deceased. 3. B. McHENHY, Roblson, Atty. Sheriff. 4-s-ts. oave nionev dv mivinc a O 1 , . bicycle for cash. For $35 we ive as good value as can be ad in anv 85 wheel. Our $50 bicvcles for service nn durability are equal to the us ual $100 wheels. We have a few second handed bicycles in iair condition. Uur prices are the lowest considering quality and in buying from us you will not burden yourself with an unnecessary debt. We do first-class repairing at reasonable prices. Bring in your work. Bloomsburg Cycle Co., 4-l-6m. ReariitPounm.. Ft You'd Show Good Taste If VOU Selected vnnr nnn from OUr Stock. Fine woll paper is like fine clothes al ways noticed and admired. We couple beauty and novelty of design with a quality of paper which is seldom equalled. , All we ask is your eyes, our stock will do the rest. fflerchan TT'AAkitri W I K . "r a iv Room Mouldings to match all papers. WILLIAM H. SLATE, EXCHANGE HOTEL 8LD. - H. TOWK CORNER ITAIN & MARKET Sts I TROUSERG BLOOMSBURG PA. I FROM 05.OO. DON'T GET Rome, they say, was not built in a day. No more, by your leave, is a New Dress. It takes tbat long sometimes to select one. With all the time which intervenes between now and Easter there will be some foolish virgin caught napping. Don't let it be you. Come and see how inexpensive we can clothe yuu so as you will be "in it" on Easter day. Dress Goods. We hardly have the space here to tell you all about our new and pretty dress goods. They ate here in abun dance for you, holding out their hands to be taken away. Each one has a particular story to tell of its own love liness. Come and hear it. 36 in. wide, all wool, Spring Suit ings, 23c the yd. 38 in. wide, Jamestown Spring Suit ings, will not shrink or spot, 41c a yd. 38 in. all wool, Spring Suitings, for separate skirls, 50c the yd. 38 in. all wool Plaids, Shepherds in all colors, and mixed plaids, 60c. a yd. 44 in. all wool, Novelties, 90c, $1.25. $1.40, $1 50 a yd. Twenty Davs Special Sale cf ouu rair jja.ee curtains. at 29c at 60c. at 7Sc. at $1.00. at 1.25. at 1.40. at 1.50. at 1.65. at 1.75. at 2.00. at 2.25. at 2.75. at 3 25. at 3.10. at 4 00. You will want a pair this spring to wash and dry your curtains on. The Star is the best the market affords, and are elegant. Once used, never will do without. $1.50 the pair. 50 pair, worth 50c, 5 " " 8Sc, 25 " " $1.00, So " " 125. 25 " " 1.65, 25 " " 1.90, 25 " " 2.00, 50 " " 2.25, 50 " " 2.50, 50 265, 5 " " a.75, 12 " 300, 15 " " 400, " " " 3 75. 12 " " s.oo, Curtain Stretchers. BLOOMSBURG, PA. lot Mere . . Pot Covers but easy, comfortable, stylish shoes That's what up-to-date men want. That's what we sell nl we don't draw heavily on pocket books eitJ ? FUtinf feet k our specialty, and we assure perfect comfort o everyS patron We carry tne largest stock of boots, shoes and rubS ?nTe county, and all new and fresh and bright. Every Z evei? shape, and prices not too high nor to low 7 SHERIFFS SALE. Court of common Plea, or Columbia county, Pa and to me directed, there wm be exposed to pubuosale at the Court Douse la BlJmaburg, ' MONDAY, MAY 3l ,807. at two o'clock d. m.. an th-i- ... parcel of land bounded and described as follows tO-Wlt! HltlllltA In """"""lOWS, bia county. pT. ? . 0 -a w Qtuuv m line nr lly. thence by nnVaVr. rvu """oouse north seventy, one and three-fourth w.o. . " ' . B'o vtwi; uue Hundred perches to a post, thenee by same south sev! enty-one and three-touith degrees west one hundred and thlrtv.nin n.i,u! . onB .. . , vu stuue, the place ol beginning, containing 48 ACRES more or less. Belzed, taken Into ot BusanFox.now tn th. . ."u"1 v . w vuo tiropeny ol c. A. Dodson. Herring. Itty. " SEHD. Hatter. LEFT. Muslin Underwear. Why, making it will waste your time when you can buy it here as well made and of as fine material as we can give it to you in, and at such prices. The articles are made just as well as you can make them, and the muslin as good as can be bought, then, well the price is all you can ask. Shoes. Did you ever wear a pair of our shoes ? Why not try a pair ? It will pay you. They are the best shoes for wear and style to be found. Cheaper than you can find anywhere in town. If you once wear a pair you will be a customer of ours always. Groceries. Do you know we sell the best Groceries in town ? We do, and are proud of it. For quality of goods we are cheaper than anywhere. If you will try us once, you will know what we claim is true. Cornstarch, guaranteed perfectly pure, equal to any, Sc the lb. Mackerel, nice fish, 2 for 25c In iolb. kits, No. 1 fish, $1.00. Country lard, (we sell nothing else) 7c the fc., 4 for 85c. Prunes, 7080, others sell 8090, 5 Sis. for 25c Rice, whole grained, 5 lbs. for 25c Canned Peas, xoc, iJc, 14c, 18c and 25c. Our 120 Peas are equal to any 16c peas in town. Beans, large Marrowfat, 6c a qt., or 5 qts. for 25c. Lima Beans, 7c a qt., 4 for 25c Rolled Rice, same thing as rolled wheat or rolled oats, in 2tb. packages, 15c a package. 999 "WIDOW'S APPRAISEMENTS. be'ID1iS."fi,r!n?.W,(l0w'8 Appraisements wlU coumS m 1h toHlue.VrPnan8' wwrt ol Columbia n?ed SW"i' n1 "Hess exceptions are 2medllabSout1e.day', tnereat WmDecon- dH.'fl ,f, K- J- CoIe 'te ol Jackson twp. deceased , Personalty $aoo.U). tWD8to0iJ,(eoa, M'arO. ttt ol Centra twp. deceased, Personalty 10.00. Eltlt.nf WjuI... n . . d J(-Hrt kT. ro'r.'1- ss, late otMimintwp. a eceasfcd, Personalty siio.ba Kealty $8tt.aa twn vT.vLo . aess, late ot Hueartoai JeTea-sed, PeSltV UU. 0t Cent" MiirvniSLi0iiUHK-.uuur teotthe Bora ol 7.b4, Healty, Mi84 ' " roreomuw, Bjoggni6: Apra 1, IBI S'J.-q GET YOUR JOB PRINTING DONE AT THE COLUMBIAN OFFICH