r ?nf i imriam Ri nnivieRi mrs PA. Ror'l make h ,no1 pure, wboletom. and dellclou. FQVOEn Absolutely Pure ROYAL BAKIhO PODM CO., NfW YORK. THE COLUMBIAN. 13 LOO MS H U R O , TA. TIIVKSDAV, Dl.CKMUKK i, 1897. Kulrinl ill Hi' l'iM Ojiti 11I IHiiiniislmrg, fa. ff terttiHl rum mrmrr. Aiiirvn J, "brief mentionT About People Tou Know. Frank Ouick of Now York, is visiting relatives in town. Geo. V.. Klwc'l mvlc n business (.tip tt rhila'lcll'liia, Wednesday. Iliin. and Mrs. Chirlcs K. liuckalcw left town Tuesday for I'loriila. C. W. Miller, Ksq., made a business trip lo SiTanton on Monday. W. II. Vandorlierolicn of l'hiladididiia risitt'd friendj in town over Sunday A. Z. Schocli returned home on Saturdnv from his hunt through (Jklahoiua. Mrs. K. V. Wliitmer of Thiladelphii, has kton visiting friends here the past week. II. II. lirown, Secretary of the I'riarcrcek Farmers' Mutual Insurance Co. was in town on Monday. I'mf. Ira S. I'rown of South Norwalk. Conn , is visiting relatives and friends in Eloon.sbuig. Frank C'rosslov, who h is been working for tit uncle in New York Slate is home visit ins n' rarents MU? I'.lla Stackhous- ami Miss I'mni.t M .n. of Berwick, ntter.ilcd the Institute in town this week. John Kollar of Oiangcvilk-, David Mauser oftirovani.i, and William Dm.ri of Crovani.i, were among the callers to our ofi'i.e iat week. Mr. Ifarry Fahrmt;rr of IVach Haven, isitcd with V. II. liittcnUnder at Kspy, this week. Mr. Fain ni;er male ni .tiy friends while in Lspy, who will be glad to lee him return. ' 1 Legal advertisements cn page 7. Christmas will be here in less than 1 month. Now is the time to get ycur snow shovels repaired. E. J. Brown has opened a coal yard near Oak Grove. Washburn's Minstrels, Opera House, Wednesday Dec. 8th. C. C. Peacock and C. W. Miller are building a dwelling at the corner of Eighth and Jefferson Streets. The Joel Foulk farm in Madison township was sold on Monday to Leidy Zeisloft. W. K. Armstrong made quite a record while out hunting on Thanks giving day. He succeeded in bring ing home thirteen quail, three pheas ants and a rabbit. Evcrvtioily iuyi So. . Cnscarnts Cand v Cutunrtlc, the most won 'Mill medical di'm-overv of the ape, pleus ntontl rcfruBlnnff to the tuslc, net pently nil positively on kidneys, liver iind bowels, WlHllsinir thn rnt.ii'n utj.rn liisni'l colds. cur iK'udnche, fever, linliltuiil c-ormtipatiou "ul ui.ioimness. I'lcaso buy und try a box V" V. V. to-dnv; 10, lio, Ml tents. Sold and truarauiecd to euro by till druggibts. Win m Mill Mpmi kmmm 11 in raw Perhaps when we fall asleep, but we "e not sleepy yet, so we beg to inform you that we have a Quartette ok Wonders which we offer you, and Euarantee satisfaction or we will cheer 'u ly refund your money. These are 'he Wonders : Headache crackers, . Neuralgia crackers, Dyspepsia Crackers, Cold Crackers. Ths P.-l:a i3 a more song, 10c. They can only be bought of the Manufacturer,. t W. S. HISHT01T, Fh. C cP?5iit8?.o. Pharmacist, The engagement of J. M. Giving of this town anl Miss Silverstein, of Duluth, Minn., has been announced. Joseph K. San-ls and wife returned from their wedding tour on Monday night. A fire plug will be it in near the Silk and Woolen nulls in order to give them better protection in case of fire. Benton is to have a. town hall, the erection of which is now going on at the corner of Center and Third Streets. The building will be 40x50. If people will wait awhile, they will not have to go to Klondike for gold, as it is said to have just been dis covered in paying quantities in Maine. C. II. Reice's meat market window on Thanksgiving was the most beauti fully decorated window of the kind ever seen in liloomsburg. A small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Splain of Columbia died on I Monday. Mr. Splain formerly resided in uiuuinsuurg. the lcachers institute opened in me ourt J louse at 2 o'clock M on day afternoon with a very large at- lenuance. C. M. Crcvehng ot Lime Kidgc, nas purchased a lot below the 1). I iv W. Depot on Market Street. It is said he intends building at once. iMore nunters come home empty nanned inese days, than heretofore This is one to me new came law which forbids the buying of any game. "Darkest America," pleased a good s.zeel audience at the Opera Hon Saturday night. The singing being especially hne. A. W. Sluiman lias moved into the house owned by William Krickbaum on l'.asi Street. Mr. Shumau was resident of Main township. The singing school concert at Lime Ridge last Saturday evening was grand success, the different numbers ueing reniiereu in sucn a manner as to leave little room fur improvement W. A. Nicely was appointed chief burgess of atsontown by Judge savicige last week. 1 he appointment was made to fii! the vacancy occasion ed by the death of Lorenzo Everett. William II. Gilmore has rented the room on the coiner of Main and Iron Street, and has stocked it with a com plete line of children's toys for the holidays. The entertainment given by th pupils of the Third Street school in the High School Building Friday night was well attended. The whole program was rendered in a very satis' factory manner. The following letters are advertised November 30, 1897. Mr. II. R Ludlow, Miss Lizzie Moyer. J. A. Rothannt. Will be sent to the dead letter office Dec. 14, 1897. James II. Mercer, P. M. Remember the Saturday morning sale of dressed chickens, pies, cakes, etc. in Mr. Clark's basement on Centre Street. The members of the Ladies' Exchange desire borrowed pans and plates returned to Mrs. I. k.. Millers or to the place of the sale. The sentence of Theodore Eisen hower, the Schuylkill county murderer, was on Wednesday commuted to im prisonment for life in the State peni tentiarv. It was a close call, as the authorities of Schuylkill telegraphed the Governor on Tuesday to know whether they should proceed with the erection of a scaffold. Washington Camp No. 1 7, P. O. S. of A., of Light Street, will celebrate the soth Anniversary of the Order on Saturday evening, December nth, by holding a public meeting in the M. h. Church at which time addresses will be made by State Vice President, A. U. Lesher. Prof. E. E. Garr and others. William Butler, Judge of the United States District Court at Philadelphia, has been seriously ill at his home at West Chester for several days. His condition is still critical. He has just celebrated his 75th birthday, and by reason of his advanced years was en titled to a retirement five years ago, of which he declined to take advan tage. The youngest couple ever granted permission to marry in iierks County, appeared in the Court House at Reading on Saturday and took out a license. They are John II. Seyler and Miss Emma Youse. The groom, who is sixteen years of a'e, is very youthful m appearance and small for his years. He applied several weeks ago for a license, but was sent back tor his parents consent He came Saturday with the necessary consent and the license was issued The bride is but 14 years old and a mere child in appearance. I hey at traded a great deal of attention when it became known that they were going to be married. A Philadelphia woman cave birth o triplets last week. Thcv were bovs and the remarkable feature connect ed with their appearance is the fact that the hair growing on each head is so different from that on the other wo. One is jet black, one bright red and the other white. In sentencing two confessed chicken thieves Judge Brubaker of Lancaster said : "It is a wonder that the farm ers in this county don't use their shot guns on mauraders, thieves and tramps n protecting their property. If the court lived in the country lie would do it. I he county would be saved a large amount annually if the thieves were weeded out that way." Bishop McGovern has transferred farm of two hundred acres at Milton to the fathers and brothers of the ociety of the Divine Word, for the purpose ot starting a Catholic protec tory for needy boys. The Protectory ill be m charge of Fathers Pell and Fisher, of Lancaster and Father Katil. if St. Anthony's Church, Lancaster, vill have charge of all the arrange uents for the proposed home. Women in Maryland are permitted o wear men's apparel. In a test case in Baltimore the authorities decided that there is no law that forbids the wearing of men's garments by women, providing no oflense is committed against public modesty. In one state therefore women have the right of free and unlimited trousers, cutaways and bell-crowned hats without asking the aid or consent of anybody. News was received Saturday that the typhoon which s vept over the Plnllipine Islands on the 6th of October was the cause of one of the worst disasters that has been reported from the Southern ocean in many years. Thousands of lives were lost including many Europeans and the lamage to property was appalling Several towns were completely wiped away. It is estimated that about 400 Europeans were drowned and that fully 6000 natives perished. Dickson defeated State College at foot ball at Sunbury last Thursday afternoon. It was not because Dick son has the best team because such is not the ca?i nor did she play any better ball, but the over confidence of State College seemed to make her players careless and as a result Dick son ran away with the game. It isn't bad judgement to think that State College can -ueieat Dickson nine out ten games. Harvard University students have undertaken to erect a religious guild hall in memoiy of the late Phillips Brooks. The nucleus of a fund has already been secured, and there can be no doubt that the laudable project will yet be accomplished in a befit ting manner. The scholarship and eloquence, as well as Christian zeal, of Bishop Brooks merit such remem brance. At tne University of Michi gan the Episcopalian students long ago dedicated a guild hall to Bishop Hobart. The Boston mystery is still un solved. On the 27th of April just a little over seven months ago Grace Stevenson, a beautiful millionaire heiress disappeared from her home, and up to the present time her parents have never heard from her. On the day mentioned above the young lady tripped out of the house to do some trifling errand at the corner store, She had nothing but slippers on her feet and no wrap over her shoulders. There have been all sorts ot thereories advanced, but the mystery is as thick as ever. Thus is the Grace Stevenson case passing into history as one of the most profound mysteries of late years, while her parents languish and fade away in its blight, and the world wonders and reads with absorbing interest the slightest possible clue to its solution. A sensation was sprung in the Kaiser murder case at Norristown on Saturday, when James A. Clemmer, who was arrested for complicity in the crime, admitted that he fired the shot while Kaiser held his wife s head. Elizabeth DeKalf the "woman in black," who has played a prominent part in the case has also made a con fession. According to the report she was reading a newspaper account of the conlession ot Mrs. mck, when she threw down the paper and asked to see the District Attorney. One of the officials of the District Attorney's office was sent for, to whom she said : "I am in about the same position as Mrs. Nack, and I don't propose to be caught any more than she was. I was betrayed into your hands," she continued, "by a sneaking lover, who decoyed me from Trenton, and I do not propose to slip my head into a noose to save the head of another lover." Don't Tobaoco Bplt aud Bmoko Your Lifo Away. . If vou want to tjuit tobui eo usintf cukIIv and forever, boinuilo welbU'mnf, liuifnelu', l ull ot new lifo uud vitfor, luko Kii-Tu-llao. tlio wnudur-worki'V, tlmt xnnkcB weuk men etronp. Many Kulu ton pounds in U'U duvs. Over lec.juoi'iii'od. liny No-To-Dno or your drui!b'i8t. undor Kiwruntoo to euro, boo or $ .00. Iiooklot and sample mulled free. Ad. tSU'il'ns Uomedy Co.,Cliicuo or Now V01U. GROFULA. One of America's most fa mous physicians sayst "Scrof ula is external consumption." Scrofulous children are often beautiful children, but they lack nerve force, strong; bones, stout muscles and power to resist disease. For delicate children there is no remedy equal to 'A '0 if to 8 Scott's Emulsion Jj of Cod-liver Oil with Hypo- phosphites of Lime and Soda. o It fills out the skin by putting; good flesh beneath it. It makes $ the cheeks red by making; rich $ blood. It creates an appetite for food and gives the body i sower enough to dieest it. Be rt sure you get SCOTT S Emul- sion. $ Jj joe. and f 1.00 ; ill druggists. $ SCOTT BOWNE, Chemists, New York. X T3.CA44IiAtf4lu4jjtle44btfi4tSAjQ4&jS5 J. E. ROYS. k - "V BO YOU KNOW That many Silver-Hated arti cles, marked Quadruple Plate, are not even a good Single Plate ?, And !o You Know That many Solid Silver articles marked Sterling fall considera ble short from being 925-1000 fine or real Sterling? There is no law governing these marks. We carry only the finest Gold and Silver articles, made by the most celebrated and reliable manufacturers, and we guaran tee ever article wc sell to be just as represented. Jeweler and Optician TO ADVERTISERS. Don't be taken in by take advertis ing schemes. There is only one way to reach the entire public who buy, and that is by using the newspaper. This is the time of year when busness men are besieged with, schemes for advertising, in which so far as to be nefit themselves, they might as well throw their money in the street. You reach more legitimate buyers by ad vertising in one edition of a newspa per than in a dozen such ventures. This is also the time of year in which the people are commencing to look around tor Christmas gifts and conse quently every advertisement is care fully read, as everybody wants to pur chase where they can buy the cheapest. A THRILLING MOMENT FOR FIVE, Caught, at Night, on a Trestle Before a Rushing Engine. While John Gorman and family, consisting of wife, and three children, were in the centre of the Rupert tres tle last Friday night a Reading freight train ran on the structure. Gorman carried a lantern and frantically wav ing it, attracted the attention of En gineer Funk and Fireman Schmeck. Air brakes were applied, and Gor man, hurrying the family of five, had almost reached the end of the bridge, when the headlight enveloped them. They waited for death and were over joyed by the pilot of the engine stop ping a few feet from Gorman, who was covering the retreat of his family. Qreat Musio Offdr. Send us the names and addresses of three or more performers on the piano or organ together with ten cents in silver or postage and we will mail you sixteen pages full sheet music, consist ing of popular songs, waltzes, marches, etc., arranged for the piano and organ. Address : Popular Music Co. tf Indianapolis, Ind. Book Lost. The person who borrowed Vol. 15, County Court Reports, from tjie office of Geo. E. El well, will confer a favor by returning the same at once. tf TDO TOU ZKHEsTOW That we are offering special values now in l.ariir' nn.l rMI,lr.t. r jr both in cloth and plushes. You certainly cannot nflorcl to miss this opportunity ef tavfur on your coat purchases. Wc will offer some special values in Lress Goods that will wi you to see. J Coats and Capes. Boucle Coat, full silk lined, fly front storm collar $5 50 A cood value nt ti.no o - 1 . Misses' Beaver Coat, storm collar, fly front, half silk lined, at $2.98 Ladies' Plush Cape, made of Sall9 It T.I 1 , . .. iMignsn riusn, silk lined, Thibet edged collar and fronts, big sweep, hieh storm collar, nt C en cj ' " " r j Ladies' double cloth cape, trimmed with braid on top cape $1.98 And many others equally as low. We invite inspection and comparison. Fur Capes AND COLLARETTES. Full line of these stylish garments, in the popular furs of th season. Prices, from $2.98 upwards. Dress Braids, In new style sets, and by the yard. Stamped Linens, ETC. Doylies, 5c , upwards. Centre pieces, 25c, upwards. Tray Cloths, ajjc, upwards. Cushions of all kinds. Cushion Tops, Down Cushions, Pin Cushions to cover, in round, square and oblong shapes. Satin-Covered Pin Cushions, Fancy Cords, Embroidery Silks, Hon iton Braids and Thread, and all arti bles pertaining to fancy work. Underwear. For ladies and children, in separate garments and combination suits. See our 29c. Ladies' Vests and Pants, our outsize Vest and Pants for stout ladies at 31c. each. H. J. CLARK & SON. DiPiHM & MARKET SQUARE DRY COODS HOUSE. Without a visit to our store and an inspection of our Christmas Stock, you can have no idea how far your money will go in the purchase of a present About December 1st thir stock can be seen. Persons with a little money can purchase a nice present out of our stock. Those with a full pocket can have just what they need tor a present. The tables will be filled with all the latest in novelties from 5c to $10.00. We are after something never seen in Bloomsburg before ; and you are after articles never before given as a Christ mas present. We have them. Our store ig so arranged that persons can walk around the tables and in front of dish department without being in the way of other lookers, and yet be in touch with a clerk ready to answer your questions. I. W. HARTMA1M & SON. XiWAS PRESENTS Christmas Presents. The place to' buy them is at HESS BK,OS, Who are now readv with the finest and largest stock we have ever exhibited. We have DIAMONDS, Solid Gold, Gold Filled, Silver and Nickle Watches ; Onyx. China, Porcelain, Plastic Marble, Iron and Wood Clocks; Solid Gold, Gold Filled, Nickle, Aluminum and Steel Spectacles, which will be fitted by a Graduate Optician and Doctor of refraction. SOLID GOLD, GOLD FILLED, AND GOLD PLATED JEWELRY QUADRUPLE PLATE AND STERLING SILVERWARE. The very latest and newest decorations in Fine China and Royal Teplitz ware. Wood, Leather, Celluloid and Plush Manicure, Toilet Shjr, ing and Dressing cases. Albums, Mirrors, Bibles, Books, Purses. Pocketbooks, Folding Pocket Kodaks, Cameras, &c., &c. Now is the time to buy, as the early customers get the. best selection. Goods engraved free. HESS BROTHERS Jewelers, Opticians and Stationers. TELGPHONE- Dress Goods. This is a department of our Rtow you should not fail to v;sit and exam ine the materials shown there. So-in. all wool Suitines cor. 38 in. Silk Mixed Novelties... .50c yd 3s in. an-wooi novelties 35c. jd A lot of Silk and Wool Novelty Dress Materials, in dress pattern lengths, at 75c yd Eiderdown S acq ues. Good, warm and Btvlish. for house wear, in newest effects. Colors Mni pink, green, red and grey. 1 nces, trotn 92c. upwards. Silks. We are showing a handsome line oT Silks for waists. New combinations, at moderate prices. Umbrellas. A special lot of Gloria Silks, nnt handles, at .$i.tj Special Black Dress Goods. We mention two numbers here. 50 in. all-wool Serge. 45c yd 50-in. all-wool figured Black Satin Berber, at 75c yd Separate Dress Skirts. Here are two kinds that are vetj popular. Black Figured Mohairs, all lined and velvet bound, at $a.oo All-wool Serge, in Black and Navr Blue.all lined and velvet bound,$a.jo The fathers can find presents for their sons and daughters. The h band can make a nice choice for wife, and wife for husband. The yotmg lady can be pleased with one for a gentleman friend. The young man can more than be pleased with some thing that will mane a lady happy. Children will find many articles that will rejoice them in presenting to father, mother, sister or brother. Now with all these before you, will it not pay for a visit to our store and see tdie CHRISTMAS DISPLAY. Christmas Presents. Bloomsburg. Pa SOI
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