Royal ouJtei the food pure, wholesome and delicious. 5 POWDER Absolutely Pure ROYAL BAKINQ POWDER CO., NEW YORK. THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, FA. | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1898. I Entered at the. Post Office at Blocrmsburg, Pa. f as second class matter, Hat ch 1, 1888. OUR OFFERS FOR 1898- We are able to offer our subscribers some special inducements for advance payments for 1898. THE COLUMBIAN, and New York World, times a week, $1.65. COLUMBIAN and Philadelphia Weekly Times x 45. COLUMBIAN and Demoresf s Maga zine, 1.7 j. I COLUMBIAN and Farm News , 1.00 ;• Subscribe now, and get the benefit t of these reduced rates. tf. ii • BRIEF MENTION. About People TOU Know. Miss Mattie Martin of Hazleton, has , been visiting friends in town the post week. L. J. Torvnsend and family of Berwick, •stated relatives in town over Sunday. Miss M. Stitael of McEwensville, was the pleasant guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Riddell over Sunday. Miss Elsie Thompson, an estimable young lady of Montoursville, is the guest of Mrs. W A. Evert on East Third Street. Mr. and Mrs. Amos Hartman of Buck horn, Sundayed with their son, F. B. Hart wan in town. Russel H. Karns, a prominent politician and Ex-Representative, of Sullivan, was seen on our streets Tuesday. He was ac companied by his son. O. A. Stonger, proprietor of the Grovania Hotel, cante up to town on Monday. He intends building an addition to his hotel building, as the present size of the building is inadequate to satisfy the public demand. William Housh of Williamsport, assistant electrician of the Central Henna. Telephone Company, was in town Monday, making sonic alterations on the switch board of the local exchange. Legal advertisements on page 7. A good likeness of Gehrad Snyder, of the Exchange Hotel, appeared in Sunday's Philadelphia Inquirer. Class No. 2 of the Baptist Sunday School will give an oyster supper at the Baptist Parsonage, Rock Street, Feb. 18. Supper from 5 till 10. Lea sps that will collect the rent of the whole year if tenant leaves before expiration of term, also notices to quit, for sale at this office. tf. The ladies' Exchange Sale of dressed chickens, prepared meats, pies, cakes, etc. will he held as usual in Clark's basement on Saturday morn ing. Miss Ida Benfey, the American Story Teller, delighted an apprecia tive audience in the Normal Audi torum on Monday night. Her facial expressions are truly wonderful, and her voice was grand. She recited Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables." This was the third number of the Students' Lecture Course. Gold Fish • |Ve have placed ourselves in a p' ];ition to supply our customers w th something which is so in st uctive, entertaining and beau tit ul, that people wonder why I th ay did not get them long ago. r We refer to | Bold Fish and Aquaria. I We have eyervthing you need to start one. Gold Fish, 20c. each. Fancy Geld Fish, 502aad 75c. es. Globes, 25c to $9. Aquariums Fitted Out. 60c to sl6. f > See them in our window. ' / v v W. S. P.ISETON, PL C\. I occults P. 0 Pharmaci t, Frank Paxton, brother of Lloyd Paxton of Rupert, died at his home in Philadelphia on Friday. A wife •and one daughter survive. The well known quintette, Reilly, Tasker, Hummer, Hower and Maize, will appear at the performance of "A Prisoner of War" at the Opera House Friday and Saturday nights. Judging from the lot of advanced spring style of hats received by our local clothing dealers last week, the fashionable color of next summer's headwear will be exceedingly light. S. B. Karnes, was on Tuesday ad mitted to practice law at the bar of this county. He is a son of Hon. Russel Karnes of Laporte, Sullivan County. Call and see samples of our new lithographing printing lor all kinds ot commercial work. It is new and very pretty, and costs no more than other printing. THE COLUMBIAN office, tf. The Lattimer shooting case is still going on at Wilkesbarre, but it is only a waste of time and expenditure of money. The prosecution told all it knew over a week ago, and it is only a case of rehash. George W. Welliver will sell a car load of fine Ohio horses, at the Exchange Hotel stables Saturday afternoon, February r9, beginning at one o'clock sharp. Persons wishing to puichase good sound horses will do well to attend this sale. The following letters are advertised February rsth, 1898. Leidy&Moyer, Miss Mary Jacobs. Cards. Charles Newhard, Mr. John Miller, Parson Robison. Will be sent to the dead letter office March r, I^9B. JAMES H. MERCER, P. M. The Bloomsburg Wheelmen will hold the second of a series of pool tournaments, at their headquarters on Third Street, tonight. There will probably be about twenty-four con testants. These tournaments are creating considerable interest. A country editor puts the old ques tion in a new shape, and says to his subscribers: "Brother, don't stop your paper just because you don't agree with the editor. The' last cab bage you sent didn't agree with us either, but we didr.'t drop you from our subscription list just on that ac count." Mrs. Elizabeth Yohe, died at the home of her son-in law, Henry Lud low, Saturday afternoon, aged about eighty years. She is survived by a husband and six children, as well as twenty-three grand-children and thir teen great-grand-children. Mrs. Yohe has been an active member of the Evangelical church for more than forty-five years. The funeral took place Monday. Three tramps held up Bud Geiger at Milton early Sunday morning, and after taking everything he had in his pockets, made him take off his shoes and hand them over, and he was com pelled to walk home in his stocking feet. Beggars and bums are becoming so numerous in the town, that the authorities will hold a meeting to adopt some method to get rid ot the nuisanc?. Jamison Oity and Vicinity, We have had summer here the last few days which has about swept away all the snow. There is still consider able yet back on the mountains, it being about three feet. All kinds of work seems to be ready for those that tollow woods work. The saw mill is running at Jamison City. A large steam winding locomotive, with the name on it, viz: "Camden Tannery," is hanling logs from the west branch of Fishing Creek to this mill, and with the lumber loaded on cars from Hummer and York's mill and back along the line, it keeps the hands busy early and late. Our new church at Central is filled quite often. We have the help of Revs. Thomas and Parker. Both are beloved by the people very much, and hope they may return from Conference to us again. Our Sunday School numbers about seventy-five membeis. All take a great interest in our Sunday School, considering others being so near, this is considered a great showing. Miss Emma Lamon is visiting at her father's at Central. Miss Florence Yorks has returned to school after three weeks' illness. Peter Yorks, who was ki'led re cently, was one of those good hearted fellow whom you so frequently meet in the lumbering sections. He will be missed by not a few. Prospectors are about to commence work looking for mineral on lands of Amandus Fritz and those adjoining. Game and fishing are getting slim, and now people are looking for other prospects. The Institute at Jamison City on Saturday was a success, there being more than could find seating room. This kind of work is a great help to us all. s . # THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. Notioe to the Democratic Voters of Oolnmbia County. Is hereby given that the execu tive committee, the committee on Rules and the officers of the last Democratic convention will meet in public session on Saturday Feb. 19, at 10 a. m. in Court House Room No. 2 for the purpose of taking final action relative to the adoption of the new Rules governing our primary nominations and county coventions as passed upon by the last Democratic convention held Aug. io, 1897. All Democrats-who feel interested in this important matter are requested to be present. The members of the standing committee will please note that this is not a general committee call but committeemen all who can are specially requested to attend the above stated meeting. The regular annual committee call will take place in March and due notice will be given of the same. JOHN G. MCHENRY, Chairman Dem. Standing Committee. IS HARD LUOK. The humors of election day are many and varied, but oftentimes those least interested in the contests at the polls are the victims of some thing that is not intended to be funny. Tuesday afternoon, a farmer, who was noticed standing in front of a well known restaurant seemed to be the picture of misery. Swinging in his index fingers, which were partly clasp ed behind him, was a gallon demijohn —empty, of course. The tightly locked door of the restaurant was only a few feet in front of him but on it was a sign -'Election Day." A large quid of tobacco in the mouth of the tiller of the soil was shifted un easily from one side to the other as he stood and scanned the notice, and his face bore a rueful look. Several onlookers enjoyed his discomfiture, while his attitude, mien and expres sion brought to mind that old familiar song "Thou art so near, and yet so far." BTATE NEWS ITEMS —Congressman Kirkpatrickhas been elected president of the Northampton County Bar Association. —Adam Kuckner, a wealthy real estate owner, aged 78, of Schuylkill county died on Saturday from the effects of falling over a chair. —Allentown has received $13,459,- 28 from State Treasurer Haywood, the amount of the city's share of the State's public schools appropriation. —Governor Hastings has fixed tfte dates for the executions of four mur derers, as follows: Frederick C. Rock well, Erie, Tuesday, April 26th; John R. Lamb, Alleg'neney, Thursday, April 21 st; Patrick Banya, Elk, Tues day April 26th; Walter E. Goodwin, Tioga, Thursday, March 31st. —The Lehigh Valley Railroad station at Catasaqua was entered on Sunday night by a thief who stole a considerable sum of money. —The New York Car Works Com pany of Buffalo, N. Y., will build a plant at New Castle to employ 3500 men. —The clothing store of D. A. Bengman, at Jersey Shore, was robbed of SSOO worth of merchandise on Sunday. —At Beliefonte Saturday a long continued litigation, that has cost about SI,OOO, exclusive of attorneys' fees, ended with a verdict for the plaintiff for six cents. The action was one in trespass brought by Alice Garbrick against J. B. Gentzel, to settle a dispute over a strip of land forty rods long and six feet wide. Besides the six cents the plantiff got about two-thirds of the land in dis clute. "Just as Good as Scott's and we sell It much cheaper," is a statement sometimes made by the druggist when Scott's Emulsion is called for. This shows that the druggists themselves regard Scott's Emulsion of Cod-Liver Oil with Hypophos phites of Lime and Soda as the standard, and the purchaser who desires to procure the "standard" because he knows it has been of untold benefit, should not tor one instant think, of taking the risk oi fusing some untried prepa ration. The substitution of something said tj be "just as good" for a stand ard preparation twenty five years on the market, should not be permitted by the intelligent purchase-*, Bo sure you get SCOTT'S i that the man and Ash are on the wijf 50c. and SI.OO, all druggists! a SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, Ne I ITq J. _ drop in and look over our mag nificent assortment of WATCHES. We Lave them in ALL SIZES, including EVERY STYLE. A good nickle watch for $2.50. A solid gold watch for $19.00. Over one hundred watches to choose from. J. E. ROYS. A written guarantee goes with every watch. A Sensible Man Would use Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs. It is curing more Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Croup and all throat and lung troubles than any other medicine. The pro prietor has authorized any druggist to give you a Sample Bottle FREE to con vince you of the merit of this great lemedy. Price 25c and 50c. COUET HOUSE NEWS. What Has Occurred There Since Our Former Report. MARRIAGE LICENSES. The following marriage licenses have been issued by Clerk W. H. Henrie, since those last published. Bruce Kile, and Miss Joey Hess, both of Jackson township. C. I. Houck, of Mt. Pleasant town ship, and Miss Minnie H. Eves, of Greenwood township. G. L. Raup, of Berwick, and Miss Nora Fullmer, of Buckhorn. Charles W. Turney, of Bloomsburg, and Miss Maggie Darby, of Williams town. Oscar Rarig, and Miss Amelia Stokes, both of Roaringcreek. James McHale, of Brynesville, and Miss Mary Rowan, of the same place. TRANSFER OF REAL ESTATE. The following transfers of real es tate have been recorded in the office of C. B. Ent, register and recorder, during the week. Franklin L. Shuman and wife to Harriet Murray for land ii> Catawissa. Charles S. Harder, et al., to Thomas E. Wildsmith, for land in Blooms burg. John Webber and wife to Michael Gruber, for tract of land in Hemlock township. John Hartman, Adm., to John Miller, for tract of land in Hemlock township. John S. Neihart et al., to Percival Foulk, for tract of land in Hemlock township. Percival Foulk and wife to Mathias Heller, for tract of land in Hemlock township. George E. Sponsler to Milton S. Freas, for tract of land in Briarcreek township. John W. Shuman and wife to Samuel Dalious, for tract of land in Main township. A. L. McHenry Admr., to Samantha E. Kreamer, for tract of land in Benton township. Isaac Martz and wife to Duval Dickson, for tract of land in Briar creek township. Elijah Hess and wife to Elmira E. Masteller, for tract of land at Elk Grove. SHERIFF'S SALES. The Sheriff sold at the Court House Saturday afternoon the following : Property of Susan Carl in Locust twp. to Geo. W. Yeager for $5. Property of Bridget Gillispie in Centralia to Citizens Building and Loan Association for $5. " The Webb sale was settled. Bloomsburg Manufacturing Com pany's plant to L. E. Waller tor ss,7°°- —The Northampton County Com missioners have granted the County Treasurer an increase of one-fifth of . 1 per cent in his commissions, which ■however are not to exceed S2OOO a [year. OASTOXIIA. Tii (M- The Kind You Have Always Bo'igtit as* 3. CIARKS'. We call your attention this week to our line of BLACK DRESS GOODS in all the leading weaves and styles of the coming season. This Black Dress Goods Stock is second to none for quality, style and price. We buy no tricky black goods ; none but the beak makes find room here. Our line of the famous PRIESTLEY'S BLACK GOODS is now complete, and we claim they are the best black goods made, and so conceded by the trade. None but the best Aus tralian wools are used. All yarn dyed goods. The finish k perfect. We invite you to examine this showing of liladk Dress Materials. We think an inspection will repay you. We here mention four items, but come, see the goods. 42 in. all wool Priestley Poplins, 80c yd., worth to day SI.OO ayd. 48 in. Black Mohair, 59c yd., 46 in. Drap D'ete, $l5O yd., worth $1 75. 50 in. all wool Cassimere Serge,. 50c yd., worth 62^0 LINENS. We call your attention to our Linen Department whr-re yon will find complete lines of table linens in all grades of bleached and unbleached. Towels in all grades, Napkins, Doylies, Toweling. by the yard, Lunch Cloths, Pattern Table Linens. Linen Sets, etc. Prices are in the buyers favor not withstanding the former tone of the market. See the 72c Bleached DamaA; the towels at 29c pair; Turkish towels at 25c pair; toweling at yd.; plaid linens for cushion covers. Silverware, Roger's Make, in knives, forks, teaspoons, tablespoons, etc., at prices lower than usual for these high grade goods. Sheets and Pillow Oases, torn and hemmed, made of best muslins, abo*t as cheap as you would buy the muslin. See the goods, and we think you will be convinced it, will not pay to make them. Pur Baby Carriage Rsbes at reduced prices. Wool Undershirts at reduced prices. Dress Skirts at reduced prices. Try our Skirt, all lined, at $1.49. Eiderdown House Sacques reduced in price. Percales, yard wide, all grades. All Black firocade Sateens, Trimmings all kinds. CLARK & SON. IW. HAETMI SON. The reason that we have a clean stock, when busy times come, is that we make Special Sales two or three times a year to clean up broken lots. And now the balance of this month we offer all linen goods at cut prices. Table Linens, bleached, for 84c yd., was SI.OO. " 62c " " 75c. " 44c " " 50c. Unbleached, for 68c, was 75c. " 44C, '• 50c. " 32C, " 39c. " 30c, " 35c. " 22c, " 25c " 16c, " 19c. Napkins, for $2.39, was $2.75 dozi " 1.75, " 2.00 " " 1,50, 1.7-5. " " 1.38, " 1.50. "• " 1.15, " 1.25 " " .85, " 100 "• All the other goods advertised last week will be continued in this salt: for February at prices named, viz., Muslins, Ginghams, Calicoes, Shirtings, Oil cloth, etc. 1. W. HARTMAN & SON. " H. W. SLOAN * Clearing-Out Sale. Having rented my store room to Louis Gross, the Clothier, I must vacate the 100 m now occupied by me. The Satire Stock must be Closed Out. Commencing Monday, January 3rd, 1898, I will offer the citizens of Bloomsburg and vicinity the Greatest Values in Dress Goods, Hosiery, Table Linens, Silks, Underwear, Towels, Silk Velvets, Gloves, Napkins, White Dress Goods, Silverware, Counterpanes, Embroideries, Percales, Flannels, Laces, Lawns, Ladies' Cloths, Stamped Linens. And all other Dry Goods, Notions, and Fancy Goods usually kept in a first class Dry Goods Store. THIS STOCK MUST BE SOLD. I have lost sight of Profits and Cost in this Closing Sale, The first comers will have the best selection. You cer tainly will save money. All goods will be sold ViOAfcH ONLY and at prices you will not duplicate again. Everything in the store in this sale. Special discount to dealers. H. W. SLOAN. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. Bsiate of J. R. Evans, late of Bloomsburg, Pa., \ deceased. Notice is hereby given that letters testamentary on the estate or J. R. Bvans, late of Blootntburg, Pa., deceased, have been granted to Andrew L Fritz, to whom all person* indebted to said estate are ret/vested to make payment, a rA those baring clMtns or demands will make '.nown the same without delay, AXPRRW L. FRITS, 2-1 WW. Bzevutor, TOWELS for 95c, was $1.25. pair. " 44C, " s&c " " 22c, " 25c " Turkish Towels, 44c, was 50c. 22c, " 25c. others lower ami higher. COUNTERPANES, 6 or 8 different kinds and quality, some as low as 48c and up to $3 50. Large table cloths in patterns re duced from $3 to $2.25. The Ladies' Muslin Underwear will be continued at our JANUAR? RE DUCED PRICES. On many of the be* you can save one dolla.-, and save thousand of stitches. It Keeps the Feet Warm and Dry. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder. It cures Corns. Bunions, Chilblains, Swollen, Sweating, Damp feet. At all druggists and Shoe stores, 25c. Sam ple FREE. Address, Allen S Olmsted. Leßoy, N. Y. 5
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers