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ESTABLISHED 1866.
'tfliftc Columbia grmorrat,
ESTABLISHED 1837. CONSOLIDATED 1869.
FJ PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING
Hloomsburg, the County Beat ot Columbia
county, Pennsylvania.
•vtso. E. ELWELL EDITOR.
D. J. TASKEU. LOCAL EDITOR.
GEO. (1. ROAN, FORKMAN.
TRRMB:— lnside the county SI.OO a year In ad
vance; $1.50 It not paid in advance Outside
ho county, $1.85 a year, strictly In advance.
All communications should be addressed to
THE COLUMBIAN.
Bloomsburg, Pa,
' THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1898.
CANDIDATES.
FOR STATE SENATOR,
\V. H. RHAVVN
of Catawissa.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
C. Z. SCHLICHER
of Beaver township.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
(South Side)
WILLIAM T. CREASY,
Catawissa Township.
FOR PRESIDENT JUDGEOF 2&TH JUDICIAL
DISTRICT,
R. R. LITTLE,
of Bloomsburg.
William M- Singerly Dies Suddenly.
William M. Singerly died very sud
denly at his home in Philadelphia
Sunday afternoon. Heart disease was
the immediate cause of death. He
had been suffering for about ten days
with a cold and had remained at home
since Wednesday although his in
disposition was in no way serious.
While sitting in his bedroom smoking
a segar he was seized with a violent
fit of coughing and immediately after
ward fell over dead.
William M. Singerly was proprietor
of the "Record" publishing company;
president of the Chestnut Street na
tional bank, and the Chestnut Street
savings fund trust company, which re
cently collapsed; and president of
the Singerly pulp and paper mill. He
was a member of the Fairmount Park
commission and until lately its treas
urer, and a trustee of the Philadelphia
commercial museum.
In 1887, upon the retirement of
Governor Pattison from office, Mr.
v Singerly took an active part in estab
lishing the Chestnut Street national
& \ bank, of which the ex-governor be
mS came the first president. Upon Mr.
1/ Pattison being called for a second
time to the governorship of Pennsyl
vania Mr. S:ngerly succeeded him as
president of the bank, and also be
came president of the Chestnut Street
saving fund and trust company.
Mr. Singerly was always an active
Democrat. In 1894 he was unani
mously made the Democratic candi
date for governor of Pennsylvania, and
entered with great energy into the
canvass, speaking in nearly every
county in the state. In all he made
over seventy speeches in upholding
the cause of Democracy. The nor
mal Republican majority was too
great to be overcome and his compe
titor, General Hastings, carried off
the prize.
During the national campaign he
supported the Palmer and Buckner
ticket, making a number of speeches
in its behalf in Pennsylvania, Dela-
ware arid Maryland, and organizing a
local association in aid of the move
* ment. He also took an active part in
forming the Pennsylvania bankers' as
sociation. Financial misfortune over
took Mr. Singerly during the last few
months of his life when, on December
33 last, the Chestnut Street national
bank and trust company were com
pe'.led to close their doors. Messrs.
Earle and Cook were made assignees
of the trust company and managers
of a plan looking to the liquidation of
the affairs of both institutions. Mr.
Singerly promptly turned over to
them evety personal asset he possess
ed, including his interest in the
It? "Record." Since then a receiver has
been appointed for the bank and the
affairs of it and the trust company are
in process of settlement.
INDEMNITY.
What we Claim From Spain for fho Maine.
If the Court of Inquiry holds Spain
responsible for the disaster to the
Maine it is estimated that the amount
of indemnity to be asked is placed by
competent authorities at $13,000,000.
This is on the basis of $5,000,000
for the battleship, SSOOO each for
every human life lost and $6,500,000
for the expenses incurred by the
United States and the loss of the
vessel's service. This sum will be im
mediately demanded and pressr-e
brought to secure payment in the
event that Spanish responsibility is
established.
The presentation of this demand
for indemnity wid be the first step to
follow a verdict by the Court of
Inquiry. The possibilities of war with
. Spain will be contingent upon her
willingness to pay such an indemnity
and make other suitable reparations.
Should Have Been Done Long Ago-
The hysterical haste with which the
government authorities are pushing
the preparations for the defence of the
comparatively unprotected seaports
against the attack of an enemy, shows
that such measures were neglected
while the country has been drifting
into a dangerous situation. Ordnance
and ammunition that should have
been on hand ready for use, are being
hurriedly manufactured. Last Sunday
workmen were engaged all day in a
snow storm putting heavy guns in
position in some of the uncompleted
fortifications around New York. And
it has been just discovered that New
York harbor might be protected by
submarine torpedoes, the fatal effect
of which has been demonstrated in
Havana harbor by what was probably
a treacherous trick on our warship,
which was sent down there without
proper precaution against such treat
ment. If we should happen to drift
into a war with even so comparatively
weak a power as Spain, we are afraid
that we should find our nation far
from being thoroughly prepared for it,
notwithstanding the hundreds of mill
ions that are expended by our gov
ernment, annually, in matters that are
ot no substantial benefit to the country.
—Ex.
The History of a Month-
History is being made rapidly these
days. Event has succeeded event
with such startling rapidity that few
well-intormed persons even have been
able to keep a coherent idea of what
is occurring. It may be well to give
the record of the month with the date
of the principal events arranged in a
consecutive manner, as follows :
Jan. 24 —The Maine ordered to
Havana.
Jan. 25 —Vessel arrives in Havana.
Feb. 9 —The De Lome letter pub
lished.
Feb. 14 —Formal demand made on
Spain for disavowal of the Ue Lome
insult.
Feb. 15 —The Maine destroyed in
Havana harbor.
Feb. r7 —De Lome's letter form
ally disavowed.
Feb. 21—Court of Inquiry opens
at Havana.
Feb. 22 —Signs of Government pre
paration for an emergency.
Feb. 24 —Belief in Spain's com
plicity in the Maine explosion steadily
strengthening.
These are the leading events of the
month which ended last week. One
event, however, which is probably the
most significant of all but which can
not be credited to any particular day,
is the self-restraint and self-poise of
the American people exhibited all
through this trying period. They have
proved that they are not a nation of
hotheads but a stable, balanced people,
capable of meeting a crisis temperate
ly but firmly, while ready for any
emergency.
All these events will find place in
history and make the present period
one of the most interesting and mo
mentous in the closing years of the
Nineteenth Century. It is well to
keep track of them to day also.—
Press.
PENNSYLVANIA NEWS ITEMS.
—The grangers of Clearfield county
have all adopted resolutions asking
Congress to discontinue the free seed
delivery. They say such delivery
does the farmers no good.
—The body of Williams who was
drowned in the river at Montgomery
on the morning of November 29, last,
has been found along the shore of
Elk River, near Reybold Md., 200
miles from where the drowning occur
red.
—The Knights of Malta in Phila
delphia and vicinity are making ar
rangements to celebrate the 850 th
anniversary of the Order, by giving a
grand banquet in a prominent hotel,
or, the evening of St. John's Day,
June 24th next, at which it is expect
ed to have a number of Grand and
Supreme officers present.
—The Pennsylvania railroad has
given out orders .'or the construction
of roo locomotives at its o,vn shops.
The engines will be ofvaiious capacity
and designs, and will be distributed
all over the system. It is customary
to ass'gn the locomotive construction
work at this season of the year, but
100 is an unusually large number for
a preliminary order. Last year only
seventy-five were built and it was
found necessary later in the year to
order 10 more. The highest number
built in any one year is 160.
STARTLING OALOULATIONS-
Young Joe Lieter, the nervy broker
who showed some of the old time
speculators that the rising generation
is the real thing, is going to realize
heavily on his big wheat deal. The
magnitude of this young plunger's deal
may be better realized when it is
known that the 12,000,000 bushels of
wheat which he owns, if made into
flour and barreled would reach from
Chicago to New York four times,
placed end to end and if made into
b.cad would reach around the earth
four times placing loaf alongside loaf.
THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG. P/V
Opportunity for Young Men-
Two Tonawanda N. Y., fathers are
advertising for husbands for daughters.
One, by the name of Hull will give to
the winner ot his daughter, Emily,!
age thirty-five, $50,000. She already
has $30,000 and a prospective one
third share of her father's $150,000.
James Pingree will give to the man
who marries his daughter, Lillian,
SIO,OOO in cash and an established
business. More-over she is one of
two heirs to her lather's $75,000.
Strong Today
Because Hood's Sarsaparilla
Built Up His System
Child Was Woak, Had Night Swezta
and Poor Appetite.
"Our youngest child was in a bad con
dition. One physician said the trouble
was malaria and another thought it came
from tho stomaoh and liver. Meantime
the ohild kept growing weaker. He had
night sweats, poor appetite and various
other troubles. We worried along for
two years, and then we determined to
try Hood's Sarsaparilla, and from the
first day we noticed a change in our
little boy. We kept on until he had
taken about three bottles. Today ho is a
strong, hearty child. We have always
had to keep him indoors in winter, but
last winter he was out with otlierchildren
and we found no trace ot the old troublo
returning." Alfred Harsiiberokr, 70
Washington Avenue, Altoona, Pa.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is the best—in fact the One True Blood Purifier.
Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $5.
Hn nf ii e pillc do not
lIOUU 5 rll gripe. Druggists. 1250.
HiORIDA.
Last Tour of the Season via Pennsylvania
Railroad.
The last of the popular Pennsyl
vania Railroad personally-conducted
tours to Jacksonville will leave New
York and Philadelphia by special
train of Pullman palace cars on Tues
day, March 8.
Round-trip tickets, valid to re
turn on regular trains until May 31,
1898, and including railway transpor
tation in each direction, and Pullman
accommodations (one berth) and
meals on special train going , will be
sold at the following rates : New York,
$50.00; Philadelphia, $48.00; Can
andaigua, $52.85; Erie, $5485;
Wilkesbarre, $50.35 ; Pittsburg, $53-
00 ; and at proportionate rates from
other points.
For tickets, itineraries, and full in
formation apply to ticket agents ;
Tourist Agent, 1196 Broadway, New
York ; Thomas Purdy, Passenger
Agent Long Branch District, 789
Broad Street, Newark, N. J. ; Thos.
Pi. Watt, Passenger Agent Western
District, Pittsburg, Pa. ; or address
Geo. W. Boyd, Assistant General
Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station
Philadelphia.
Just try a toe. box of Cascarets, the
finest liver and bowel regulator ever
made. 4 i-iy
Everybody Saye So.
Casenrets Candy Cathartic, the most won
-1 Iffnl medical discovery of the age, pleas
ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently
and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system, dispel colds,
cure headache, fever, habitual constipation
and biliousness. Please buy and try a box
of C. C. C. to-day; 10, 20, fiO cents. Sold and
guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
Leases that will collect the rent for
the whole year if tenant leaves before
expiration of term, also notices to
quit, for sale at this office. tf.
THE
FUNDAMENTAL
PRINCIPLE
On which our shoes are built
is merit. They must be good,
we have them made so. Not
content with things as they are
we go on making them better.
Out ot it comes the best foot
w'ear possible.
FULL LINE OF
HOSIERY and
UHBS&WEAB
W. liTTloore.
Coynes Iron and Main Sts
• i Mßrsausr a l
tfajgFLOWERSI
t 1M WM PANSIES, NASTURTIUMS 1
I wlw SWKKT PUS. one Pkt. of I
r VMIH each variety for only C nlo i
I unaiHMiiitHhMiOblgi I
1 Inslodint om cop, of IBM c&ulogoo ml n.ral Cuituro, I
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Clcrt&it^^ffoud
L --V j ■
A SPRING GREETING.
We beg to inform our friends and the public in general that we have
enlarged our business by adding a full line of ready to wear Clothing for
men, boys and children.
These goods have been selected with the greatest care. Being PRACTICAL TAILORS of
long experience, we have selected goods that will give the best wear and satisfaction to our cus
tomers. Our chief aim has been to get the very best values the maker could give consistent with
quality and make. Our system of doing business will be the same to all, in fact a child can buy
of us with the utmost confidence. Our stock is now complete with Spring Novelties. We invite
you to call on Friday evening to our MUSICAL OPENING, and be convinced for yourselves that
the place to buy your Spring Clothing is at
TOWNSEND'S,
The STAR Clothing House of Bloomsburg.
PUBLIC SALE
OK VALUABLE
TOWN LOTS.
The undersigned administrator c. t. 8. of
Catharine Weaver deceased; also attorney In
fact for the belts of Catharine Weaver, deceas
ed ; and the committee ot .Margaret Weaver will
sell at public auct'on, at the Court llouse In
Bloomsburg on
SATURDAY, MARCH 19th, IS9S,
at 1 o'clock p. in. all that certain lot of ground
situate la the Town of Bloomsburg, on Market
Street, between Third and Fourth streets,
bounded as follows : Beginning at a corner on
Market Street on line of land of if. C. Hartman,
thence along said street south twenty-five de
grees fifty-six minutes west seventy-three and
seventy one-hundredths feet, to a corner of lot
of F. I). Dentler, thence along said lot south
sixty-four degrees fourteen minutes west
one hundred ninety-two and thlrty-nlue ono
hundredth feet to an alley, thenco along said
alley north twenty-five degrees west seventy
two and eighty one hundredth feet to lot of
11. C. Hartmun aforesaid, thenco along said lot
nurth sixty-three degrees fifty-eight, minutes
east one hundred ninety-one and seventeen
onr-hundredth feet to Market Street, the place
of beginning, whereon Is erected a dwelling
house, and barn. This Is one of the most desir
able building lots In Bloomsburg.
TEIIMS OF SALE: Ten per cent, on day of
sale ; Balance ot one-fourth on July Ist., 1893,
and the remalo'ng three fourths on April Ist
1 if).
C. W. IUNSTON,
Administrator c. t. p. of
Catharine Weaver dee'd
and attorney In fact for
heli-; of Catharine Wea
ver dee'd.
GEO. E. EL WELL,
Com i ttee of Margaret Weaver.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of E. J. Cole, deceased.
The undersigned Auditor, appointed by the
Orphans' Court of Columbia. County, to mute,
distribution of the funds in the hands of the
Administrator to and among the parties legaly
entitled thereto, will meet the parties interested,
for the purpose of his appoln-inent, at his office
in the Town of llloomsburgo Pa. on Saturday th■'
)9lh day of March .4. I). 1898 at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon of said day, when and where all persons
are requested to present their claims against the
estate of said deceased or be forever debarred
from coming in for a share thereof.
W. A. EVERT,
Auditor.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
By \ Irtue of a writ ot pi. Fa. Issued out of the
Court of Common Pleas of Columbia county and
to me directed there will be exposed to public
sale at the court house In Bloomsburg, Pa., on
SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1898,
at two o'clock p. m. the following described
real estate situate In Mala township, Columbia
County, Pennsylvania, bounded and described
as follows, to-wit: Bounded upon the north by
land ot William Harmony, east by land of 8 c.
Beagle, south by land of J. W. John and Mary
Hankus and west by land ot David John, con
taining twenty-four acres of land, more or less,
upon which Is erected a frame dwelling house
and stable.
Seized, and taken into execution on the suit
of Catharine Decker vs. Wm. and John Har
mony and to be sold as the property of John
Harmony.
CHHISMAN. W. W'. BLACK,
Att'y. Sheriff
SHERIFF'S SALE.
By virtue of a writ of Levari Facias, issued
out of the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia
county, Pa., and to me directed, will be exposed
to public sale at the Court House, In Blooms
burg, on
SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1898,
at 3 o'clock p m., all that certain piece or parcel
of laod situate In the town of Bloomsburg, Col
umbia county, Pa., bounded and described as
follows, viz.: Beginning at a point In the west
line of land of E, C. Caswell, one hundred and
thirty and a halt feet south ot sixth street '•
thence along said line south twenty-four de
grees and forty-live minutes, east one hundred
ar.d eighty and live-tenth feet to a post, twenty
live feet from the center of tract ot the most
northerly siding of the Bloomsburg and Sulli
van Railroad; thence by land ot satd Kallroad
by a right curve with a radius ot three hundred
and seventy-eight feet for n distance ot two
hundred and slxty-slx feet to a post; thence
parallel with said sixth street, north sixty-four
degrees and forty minutes, east one hundred
and ninety feet to the place of beginning.
Selxed, taken Into oxecutlon at the suitot
E. K. Ikelcr, assignee, vs. Bernetta Mcars et a!.,
and to be sold as the property of Keystone
Foundry and Machine Co.
W. W. BLACK,
Itolor & Ikeler, Sheriff
Attorneys. 3-3-ts.
Annual Salt of LADIES' LIMH.
ot accumulation of odd sizes
T* WG4C t an( j unsa i a ble styles from the stock
TnffllfPPnpnf?' P as t season— NOT A 811
WIIAI ANAUCEMEIIU OF IT! Every garment fresh from
the best manufacturers in the land.
No sweatshop rubbish from the dingy lofts of the
house—
j-uist t3n.e reT7-erse—
It is the cleanest of Underwear fresh from
clean well ventilated factories.
It is the perfection of Underwear, cut by the
best skilled artists of the cutting table.
It is the best of Underwear, designed, put to
gether and finished by the hands of healthy
rosy-cheeked girls.
Remarkable Values Caused tho Purchase for tho
Bis; Sale.
Plain figure facts of economy is the power
ful inducement we offer to the throngs of
buyers who attend this sale.
Bc. Corset Covers, good muslin,
perfect in make, bound edge.
3 to a customer. Match it.
12c. Corset Covers, cambric :
nansook edging, pearl but
tons. 3to a customer.
Match it.
25c.Corset Covers,Lansdale cam
bric, 3 styles, square, round
and V neck, dainty trimmings.
Quantity limited. JMatch it.
xgc. Drawers, good muslin, no
trashy cheese cloth kind, two
tucks, full size. 3 pair to a
customer. Match it.
25c. Drawers, the good old fruit
of the loom muslin, five £ inch
tucks. 3 pairs to a customer.
Match it.
FLUFFY RUFFLED SKIRTS
That will figure in the enthusiasm of the great under muslin
sale, 28c., 49c., 75c., 79c., 98c., SI.OO, $1.25, $1.35. $1.50.
We have such confidence in the line that we sell them with
returnable privileges good for one week.
DRESS GOODS.
We have had brought to us, and have gone and looked over
the lines of Spring Dress Goods that a.e shown by the best mills
in this country, and lue best importing houses that we can find,
and have made a selection that we think we can suit you all if
we get a chance. We put them on sale this week.
F. P. PURSEL,
East CORSER'S
.street. NEW SHOE STORE. | Ml
Big Bitws-Ia Sboes 8
500 pair Women's shoes, sizes 1 to 4, at
SI.OO A PAIR.
Genuine Dongola Kid, with good soles aud
counters, always have sold at S2OO and
$2.50. They are small sizes, and for that
reason go at SI.OO a pair. They'll not le
here long at these prices. If you can't wear
them your children c_n, and the} 7 are just as
big a bargain for them as for you.
This is weather for gum si oes aud gum boots. We have
them at lowest prices. Men's gum ooots $2.00.
CORSER'S
I! JLQ ttMSBURG.
AHmOYAEsv
lINDEP.GAR.MENT.fI
49c. Gowns, good muslin cam
bric ruffle, pearl v attons, full
width and full length. 3to a
customer. Match it.
98c. Gowns, Lansdale muslin,
embroidery edging on front,
neck and s'eeves, cut very
full. Quantity limited.
Match it.
98c. Cambric, frr't of the loom
muslin, variety of new utyle
yokes. Best styles go first.
Match it.
85c. Chemises, embroidery edge,
low neck, wide ruffle at bot
tom. Think of such a price.
Match it
28c. to $1.25 Chemises, cambric,
nansook and lace edging, all
new styles. Quantity limited.
Values wonderful.