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THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOOMSBURG, FA.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1897.
Xntrrett at the I'ont Ojn at BUxnnHmrg, 1'a.
ti mtnut cla Matter, March 1, im.
OUR 0FFEE8 FOR 1898-
We are able to offer our subscribers
some special inducements for advance
payments for 1898.
The Columbian, and Aran York
World) three times a week, $1.65.
Coixmman and Philadelphia Weekly
Times 1.45.
Coixmman and Demoresf's Maga
zine, 1.75.
Columbian and Farm News, 1 00
Subscribe now, and get the benefit
of these reduced rates. tf.
A HANDSOME CALENDAR.
Every subscriber who has paid in
ailvaiice for The Columbian will be
presented with a handsome calendar
for 1898, by mail. Every one who
pays during December will also
receive one. Those who come first
will have several designs to select
from. tf.
The first of the year is a good time
to square up, and take a fresh start.
Owing to carelessness on the part
of some, and the hard times on the
part of others, a much larger number
of our subscribers than usual, have
not paid for The Columbian during
the past year. Statements have been,
and will be sent to all who are in ar
rears, and those who receive them are
earnestly requested to make payment.
Please do not lay them aside with the
idea that any time will do. We need
the money now.
A building 170x35 feet, two stories
high is being erected by G. Snvder,
owner of the Exchange Hotel proper
ty, between the Opera House and the
Hotel. The first floor will be used
for a livery office and carriage room,
and the second floor for sample
rooms &c. Since purchasing the
property Mr. Snyder has put many
thousands of dollars on it in improve
ments, and is not done yet.
The indications are that the holi
day trade will be better this year than
for several years past. The merchants
have made greater preparation for a
big trade, and already the shoppers
are out, the stores being crowded
almost nightly. All the leading deal
ers in town are represented in this
issue of The Columbian, and a
perusal of the advertisements will show
where to get just what you want.
Harry L. Evans, a compositor
in the Daily office, and Miss Lizzie
Umstead were married at the home of
the bride's parents at Swenoda, on
Thursday of last week. Tne cere
mony was performed by Rev. E. B.
Dunn, of Washingtonville, in the
presence of abo. t fifty invited guests.
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Fragrant
Offerings.
. EXQUISITE PERFUMES form a tempt
"g part of our Holiday stock.
.STERLING SILVER Novelties in beau
Will varieties.
LEATfTSMJ nnnnc in fnrm nf nockct
ooks. letter books, dressing cases, unu Uoz.
01 beautiful articles in leather.
Hand Painted Novelties
to dainty array and cheap in price.
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"OK AT 0U3 WINDOWS.
We Taka Magasino Tickotr.
BRIEF MENTION.
About Peoplo Tou Know.
Mis Carol .1 Kitchen is assisting at the
JJroadway store.
George Hart is clerking In S. R. Ridlc
man s book store.
Tuni Harmon has a stiff knee, and 1
obliged to use crutches.
Col. A. P. Seely of Berwick, spent a few
nours in town on Monday,
F.lwell Funk is among the Normal exenr
sionists to Washington this week.
Miss Maud Derr is assisting in J. E, Roys'
jewcuy More during the holidays.
Dr. S. D. Geisingcr of Ileightstown, N. J,
visited in Dtoomsburg over Sunday.
A. W. Dribelbis of town, was one of our
pleasant callers during the past week. '
William Kase West Esq , of Danville,
was a visitor to lilootnsburg on Monday,
W. L. Sidler. register and recorder of
Montour County, was in town on Monday
J. M. Amerman of Forks was in town on
1 ucsday.
Thos. B. Frit of Central wa among our
callers on Wednesday.
T. D. Robbins of Lime Ridce, assessor.
and general nurseryman, spent Wednesday in
town.
J. E. Snyder of Mifflin spent a few lionrs
in town on Wednesday.
XV. A. Marr, Esq., of Ashland, had busi
ness in court on I ucsday.
N. G. Monroe of Wayne County, lias
iicen visiting with his cousin W. M. Monroe
at Kupert,
U. S. Ammcrman, Esq. of Danville, was
a visitor to town rriday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Funston gave an
eicgant course dinner to a company ol eight,
inst naturuay evening.
Clias. Eyer was ainonc our callers on
Tuesday. I If paid up his subscription and
secured one 111 our IS93 Calendars.
U. F. Edgar of Stillwater, ex-County Com
missioner, was in town Wednesday. We are
glad to sec him out again, after his long ill
ness.
B. F. Foulke of Hemlock township, was
in town falurday, and paid up his siibscrip
lion. He isa pleasant man to du business
with.
Mrs. Henry Hodgdon and two children,
c I .Minneapolis, are visiting her unc.e, Mr,
I.. Runyon and family. After Christmas she
will go to Asheville, North Carolina, to
spend the winter.
Legal advertisements cn page 7.
Yesterday was the last of the hunt
ing season. Hunters should bear
that fact in mind.
The pulpit of the Baptist Church
was occupied on Sunday by J. T.
Auams, of Uucknell University.
If the present weather continues
banta Llaus will not need a s'eigh to
make his Christmas call on the little
folks.
J. S. Williams has moved his office
from the First National Bank building
to the Columbian building, second
floor.
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A second statement was mailed to
our town subscribers within two weeks,
by mistake. We know that with most
ot them, one is enough.
Miss Clyde Bartholomew of Wilkes
barre, has been secured by the Normal
School as assistant instructor in
Languages.
A counterfeit two dollar treasury
note is in circulation. It is of the
series 1891, check letter D. plate No.
27, No. B. 12,756,528.
Joseph Giger of Center to .vnship,
who has a reputation for raising large
porkers, killed two hogs last month
that weighed 1035 pounds. They
were sixteen months old.
For chancing off turkeys recently at
Williamsport men were arrested and
fined to the amount of $20.90. The
police of that city are determined to
break up the raffling games.
T. D. Holt, of Tamaqua, Charles
Kitzmiller and John Kenyon, of town
took a two days hunt up at Unityville
last week. They returned with twenty
six rabbits, fourteen quail and six
pheasants.
Creasv & Wells have purchased
eitrht new wood-workinff machines for
their planing mill, and will have them
in operation Dy the miuuie 01 January.
This will out the mill in first class
shape, and enable it to do all kinds of
work in that line.
Those of our subscribers who have
so cheerfully and promptly responded
to our request for settlement, nave
our hearty thanks for their action. It
is a pleasure to do business with such
people. There are still quite a large
number to hear from.
The Van Litiw Lectures,
Prnf. Van Liew's lecture on Slums
of New York on Saturday evening,
drew an audience 01 aoout 120010
the M. E. Church. On Sunday even
ing fully fifteen hundred people listen
ed to his talk on Footprints of Christ.
The lectures were very interesting
and the pictures were clear and good.
Ohristmas Fresouts
P. Solleder & Co.. have just receiv
ed a lot of Hart Mountain Imported
night and day singing canaries in
nnme order, also fancy brass cages
and bird supplies.
Monday January 17th is the date
for holding license court.
A stock company is being organ
ized at Shamokin for the purpose of
publishing a Polish weekly paper.
We are in receipt of a copy of the
Philadelphia Record almanac for
1898. It is a complete reference
library and record of events.
Will Guernsey, an expert piano
tuner, is in town, and orders for
tuning ran be left at this office. From
personal knowledge we can recom
mend Mr. Guernsey as a thoroughly
satisfactory tuner.
A wedding in which there was a
tinge of romance, says the Phila
delphia Record, occurred in Potts
grove on Monday when Jonas Haas
aged 70, married his brother's widow,
aged 65. Mr. Haas' second wife is a
sister of his first, who died about a
year ago. Her husband Peter Haas
died ten years ago.
The Philadelphia Times will accord
ing to its announcement give a prize
of $1000 to the four ministers preach
ing the best sermon during 1898. The
sermons will all be printed in the
Sunday editions. The assurance that
all the preachers will do their best,
should fill the churches during the
coming year.
P. Solleder & Co. is the place to
buy your shoe making outfits cheap.
Have just received 2 large barrels of
Patent Reversible Iron Stands of four
different styles. A large stock of sole
leather, strips of leather, cut soles,
hammers, knives, clinch nails, cement,
threads, etc. Wholesale and Retail
at Rock Bottom prices.
i2-i6-3t.
There is a movement on foot to
get a new trial for Walton Goodwin,
who in September was convicted for
murdering his wife at Wellsboro, and
who is now awaiting the naming the
day of execution. The ground for a
new trial is the allegation that one of
the jurors who convicted Goodwin,
when drawn on the panel said : "If I
get on that jury I'll do my best to
hang the devil.
The large attendance at the illus
trated lectures at the M. E. Church
indicate that the people are attracted
and entertained by such exhibitions.
The Crary lectures to be given in the
Opera House every night during the
week begining February 7th, on illus
trated tours through the most inter
esting portions of the world, and the
price of admission will be no more
than a silver collection. Tickets for
the entire course of six lectures are
only 75 cents, sit gle admission, adults
20 cents, children 10 cents. ' Tickets
will be sold after January 1st.
MOTHER McKlNLEY DEAD.
Mrs. Nancy Allison McKinley,
aged mother of the President, has
passed away. Her death occurred in
Canton, Ohio, at an early hour on
Sunday morning. Almost two weeks
had elapsed since the stroke of paraly
sis which was at once pronounced
fatal. The end came very quiet and
peaceful. There was no struggle, she
seemed to sleep her life away. She
was born in 1809, and married
William McKinley, father of the
President in 1827. The funeral took
place on Tuesday.
Lutheran Church Services,
Sunday School 9 A. M., C. E.
Prayer Meeting 6 P. M. Preaching
by the pastor at 10.30 A. M. on
'Confession of Christ ' and at 7 P.
M. on the Theme "The Opened heart
of Lydia."
To these services the public are
cordially invited. M. E. McLinn,
Pastor.
General Debility
and Loss of Flesh
Scott's Emulsion has been the
standard remedy, for nearly a
quarter of a century. Physicians
readily admit that they obtain re
sults from it that they cannot get
rom any other ilesh-torming food.
There are many other oreoara-
tions on the market that pretend
to do what
SGOTT'S
EMULStON
does, but they fail to perform it
The pure Norwegian Cod-liver Oil
made into a delighttul cream, skill
fully blended with the Hypophos
ohitcs of Lime and Soda, which
r . ... t !.tf d.
arc sufcu vaiuapie tonics,
makes this preparation an
ideal one and checks the
wasting tendency, and the
i)atient almost immediate
y commences to put on
flesh and gain a strength
which surprises them.
llo sure you K'l SCOTT'S Emulsion. S that th
m.n ami li.h are on tha wrjppor.
50c. anil 1 1, 00, all druggists. .
SCOTT c BOWNE, Chemists, Nw York.
JONAS LONG'S BOSS AT SOBANT0N.
The starting of Jonas Long's Sons
great department store at Scranton
on Friday evening marks an epoch in
the history of the "Electric City"
long to be remembeied. It is the
first really metropolitan store that
Scranton has ever had, and judging
from the vast crowds that attended
the formal opening, and that have
thronged the big establishment every
day since, it seems to be appreciated.
The mammoth building occupies
the corner ot Lackawanna and Wy
oming Avenues, on which stood
Scranton's greatest hotel for many
years, the "Wyoming," is four stories
high and built of white stone, iron
and plate glass. It contains five
acres of floor space upon which is dis
played every article of necessity or
luxury which man or woman may re
quire : Dry goods, millinery, notions.
shoes, bicycles, groceries, furniture, a
cafe, carpets but it is useless to
enumerate. They may not have
threshing machines or locomotives in
stock but they will order them if
wanted.
The stock represents over $300,
000 in capital, and the well known
reputation of this enterprising firm
made by years of honest and consci
entious dealing in Wilkes-Barre will
surely follow them to Scranton, where
it is confidently predicted that their
fondest hopes of success will be fully
realized.
The Wilkes-Barre store will con
tinue to ride upon the seas of prosper
fty with renewed vigor and facilities
for closer buying and even greater
bargain giving.
Here's health to this energetic firm
and their enterprises.
Every newspaper has the same
experience when it makes an effort
to gather 111 some of its long out
standing accounts. The majority
ot subscribers come in cheerfully
and pay up, when reminded that
they are several years behind, and
many pay a year in advance to make
amends for being 111 arrear. But
there are always a few kickers on
every list who are offended when
the editor asks for his own, and
they call at the office to tell hiin the
things that he has heard so often
that he knows them by heart, and
has become hardened to them. Here
are some of the stereotyped com
plaints : One says he didn't suh
scribe for the paper in the first place,
never wanted it and don't want it
now ; nothing in it but advertise
ments, and the paper is no good
C I his man has taken the paper from
the oihee lor five or ten years, and
discovers it is no good only when
asked to pay for it.)
Another disputes the account,
doesn't owe the amount claimed,
has receipts at home to show it,
but always forgets to bring them
along. (When errors are made in
this office, they are always correct
ed on the production of a receipt.
They very seldom occur however.)
Another man comes in very in
dignant because he has been noti
fied that unless he pays up by a cer
tain date he will be sued. He thinks
the editor must be pretty hard up
when he has to sue for a little
amount like that, forgetful of the
fact that his account is one of several
hundred that make together a large
sum.
And so on to the end of the chap
ter. If everybody would pay for
their papers every year and not let
a big account run up, it would be
much easier for them, they would
be better pleased with the paper,
and there would be no necessity for
the editor to print duns in his paper
every little while.
J. E. ROYS.
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Christmas
Presents
What is more beautiful or
more precious than something
usetul in toilet articles mounted
with
STERLING SILVER,
or some piece of jewelry en
graved with a beautiful mono
gram. 1 here is truly nothing
that will take its place or fill
the heart with greater pleasure
and gratitude. Don't fail to
see our magnificent assortment.
We carry only the finest and
positively reliable goods. All
articles hand engraved without
extra charge.
t. 22. avoirs.
Jeweler and Optician.
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Christmas
: Buyers
Will find our line of Useful and Ornamental
Articles Consisting in part of Dress Patterns,
Silks for Waists and Skirts, Black Dress Goods,
Coats, Capes, Furs, Kid Gloves, Table Lb ens,
Towels, Napkins, Eiderdown Dressing Sacques,
"Lmbrellas, Framed Pictures, Hosiery, Handker
chiefs, Separate Skirts, Underskirts, Pocketbooks,
Bags, etc., Neckwear, Silver plated ware, Mit
tens, Toilet Articles, Colgate's Fine Perfumery,
Muffs, Curtains, Silks and Velvets, Fascinators,
and many other articles suitable for gift giving.
Dress Goods.
A good line suitable for gift
giving in all the newest effects,
at popular prices, both in black
and colored. A Special black
figured, 4G in., black satin, all
wool, at 75c yd.
Fur Collarettes.
Good lines, new effects, neck
scarfs, muffs, &c, suitable for
Gifts.
Framed Pictures.
We show good lines of these
goods for Holiday buying.
R J. CLARK & SON.
I. W.
Only ten days for shopping before
year. There is good sense in selecting
Don't forget that whilst we advertise
5000 Christmas presents, that linen
nankins, linen and cotton tniveli 1i
table cloths, real Marseilles counter
panes, wool and cotton blankets, are
all included in the list, and thev are
among the useful.
HARTMANS. the Deonle sav. is the
place to dick ud a Dresent that no
other house keeps.
We exnect to see our eieht clerks
busy every day selling Chnstmas pres
ents. Come before the last few days
of next week, when the crowd will be
great.
Included also in our Hat of 11 .fiii
presents are 3000 handkerchiefs for
men, ladies, misses, boys and children
MRTMN
In all this nrenaration nf small arriVlos f-r anA ...r..i
.r -r -
nave not lOSt SICht Of warm onrmcnta
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on hand a cood line nf Fur Pmsh anA
of Jackets, many of them at reduced
XIViAS PRESENTS
Christmas
Presents.
The place to buy them is at
HESS
Who are now readv with the
ever exhibited. We have
DIAMONDS,
Solid Gold, Gold
Nickle
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, Shav
ing and Dressing cases. Albums, Mirrors, Bibles, Books, Purses,
Pocketbooks, Folding Pocket Kodaks, Cametas, &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.
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Umbrellas.
We show full lines of Ladies
and Gents in new assortments
to-day, suitable for gift giving.
Coats and Capes
Always make a useful gift.
Our lines of Ladies' and Chil
dren's Coats offer good assort
ments, at low prices.
Dressing Sacques.
Right here is an article that
will suit almost any lady.
SEE THEM.
Christmas, which comes but once
early.
at 3. S. io
to $3.00.
XS . S 35. S 75c, p
Good sellers for the little ones:
Dolls rule the house just now, with
horses, wagons, engines, goats, cats,
birds, rabbits, trolley and steam aa
small trunks, children's pianos, bureaus,
beds, cradles, cupboards, small carpet
sweepers, and dozens of other article
which will please children.
Good sellers, and acceptable to
ladies: Vegetable and fruit dishes.
10c to $4.50. Celery dishes, 59c to
$2.75. Decorated plates, 10c to $1.50,
with a thousand other fine China and
Japanese ware.
Furs for children, boas for ladiea.
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prices.
I. W- HART MAN & SON.
Christmas
Presents.
BROS.
finest and lare-est stock we have
Filled, Silver and
Watches ;
Bloomsburgr, Pa
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