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RIGHT IN IT.
Yes, the sidewalks are bad enough, but the
crossings are sufficient to take the sole right out
ol any self-respecting shoe. Now we've prepared
our soles to protect our customers' feet. We have
a strong, warm, tight shoe that just revels in mud
and slush—a shoe that will take you through the
worst crossing in town and come up smiling every
step. On sale at
W.C. McKIIMNEY'S,
Clark's Building. Main Street.
THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Sales.
MARCH 15. Richard Henrie will
•sell farm stock,.implements and house
hold goods on the farm of E. Kelchner
near Lime Ridge, in Centre township
at 10 a. m.
MARCH 16. Entire livery outfit of
A. C. Hidlay, at his livery stable in
Bloomsburg, consisting of horses,
buggies, harness, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For Sale.
A good square piano. Can lie
bought cheap. Inquire at this office, tf.
FOR RENT. Store and dwelling
house combined, at Pensyl Post office,
Franklin township. Good location,
by.F. Pens>l.
The Homelieft Mail in Bloomsburg
As well as the handsomest, and others
are invited to call on any druggist and
get FREE a trial bottle of Kemp's Bal
sam for the Throat and Lungs, a rem
edy that is guaranteed to cure and re
lieve all Chronic and Acute Coughs,
Asthma, Bronchitis and Consumption.
Price 25c. and 50c- 3 3 4td
Great bargains in men's, boy's and
childrcas clothing at Gross'. 2t.
750 different kinds of Foreign and
Domestic cloth already received for
Spring which will be made up to order.
Fine all wool suits, SB.OO, trousers,
$2.75 and upwards. Competition de
fied in .Bloomsburg, • either in make,
price, fit, quality or quantity of cloth
to select from Maier artistic Tailor,
Hatter, Clothier and Furnisher
Bloomsburg, Pa.
Many People Oannot Drink
coffee at night. It spoils their sleep,
You can drink Grain O when -you
please and sleep like a top. For
Grain-O does not stimulate ; it nour
ishes, cheirs and feeds, Yet it looks
and tastes like the best coffee. For
nervous persons, young people and
children Grain O is the perfect drink.
Made from pure grains. Get a pack
age from en viff grocer to day. Try it
5e helght'offec. 15 and 25c.
.0 expan ' 5.3- 4^.
recently
G-vr-J :count of moving all clothing
will be sold at and below cost until
April ist. L. Gross. 2t.
Do Your Feet Acho ?
bhake into your shoes Allen s Foot
Esse, a powder. .It cures Corn, Bun
ions, Chilblains, Sweating, Swollen
feet. At all druggists and shoe stores,
95c. Sample F'RKE. Address, Allen
S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. 3-3"4td
FOR RENT. -
Front room, 2nd floor, COLUMBIAN
building. Steam heat, gas or electric
light. One of the most desirable
offices in .town. Possession given
April 1 st. Apply to
If. GEO E. ELWELI..
Many School Children as? Sickly-
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for
Children, used by Mother Gray, a
nurse in Children's Home, New York,
break up Colds in 24 hours, cure Fev
erirhness, Headache, Stomach troubles
Teething disorders, and destroy worms.
At all druggists, 25c. Sample FREE.
Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy,
N.Y. 3 3 4td
Louis Gross will remove his cloth
ing Store to the Sloan drygoods itore
doors above the old stand April jsr.
No- n Main Street Bioomsburg. .at.
A fine line of new styles in wed
ding invitations just received at TH&
'COLUMBIAN office. tf.
L. T. Sharpless Co. Limited, have
nabbagc, celery, lettuce, onioas, and
potatoes. In the fruit line they have
Malaga grapes, Concord and Catawba
grapes,. oranges, lemons and bananas.
The Victoria brand of canned vege
tables is among the huest in the matket
and the Silver Cord canned fruits of
all kinds command a large trade. A
complete line of fine groceries, pro
visions! flour, canned meats, <fcc can
always be found on their shelves.
WANTED.— -A lot ranging from 25
<O3O acres with good building en. Ad
dress P. O. Box 14, Light Street, Pa.
| 7-1-tf.
HOOD'S PILLS cure Liver Ills, Bil
iousness, Indigestion, Headache.
Paay to take, easy to operate, asc.
Wilson M- Gearhart Dead.
Wilson M. Gearhart died at his
home in Danville last Friday night at
12.30 o'clock. He was an active man
and widely known all over the State
of Pennsylvania. At the time of his
death he was chief clerk of the State
Department at Harrisburg. He also
served in this capacity during General
Beaver's administration, which he re
signed to serve as secretary of the
World's Fair Commission of this State.
Upon the election of General
Hastings he was again made chief
■clerk of the State Department. For a
number of years he was prothonotary
and clerk of courts of Montour county.
In 18(73 he enlisted in the Union
army. He was assigned to provost
marshal's department at Washington.
In the same year he resigned to com
plete his education.
He was born in Rush township,
Northumberland county, and attended
school there; later he entered the
Danville Academy, and in 1865 gradu
ated from Dickinson Seminary, at
Williamsport.
Mr. Gearhart was chief clerk of the
State :Board of Pardons and one of the
trustees of the Danville State Asylum
for the Insane. He was an active
member of St. Paul's M. E. Church,
serving during the greater part of the
time as steward and trustee, as well
as superintendent of the Sunday
school. He was a member of Dan
ville Lodge, No. 224, F. and A. M.
also of Danville H. R. A. Chapter,
No. 239, and Calvary Commandery,
No. 37. He is survived by a wife and
three children, Dr. J. Beaver Gear
hart, Mrs. John;R. Sharpless, Hazle
ton, and Miss Emihne.
Mr. Gearhart was well known in
Bloomsburg. Some years ago he was
engaged in the plumbing business here
with the firm of Thatcher & Gearhart.
He had many friends in Bloomsburg
who sympathize with the family in
their affliction. The funeral took
place on Monday.
Lippincott's Magaaiae for March, 1898,
The complete novel in the March
issue of Lippincott's is "An American
Aspirant," by Jennie Bullard Water
bury. It deals with the fortunes and
misfortunes of a spirited young lady
who studies music in. Paris and hopes
to become a prima donna. The moral
drawn by the author for such as con
template similar efforts is, Don't.
"The Civil Authority" is a power
ful story of a weak-kneed sheriff, a
resolute captain, And .a company of
the: National Guard which attempted
to defend a jail against a mob. It is
by Kenry Holcomb Bennett.
Joseph A. A'tsheler tells how a
Federal and a Confederate soldier
were left together "After the Battle,"
and what occurred between them.
"Jim Trundle's Crisis," as described
by Will. N. Harben, came when the
Whitecaps proposed to whip Jim for
neglecting his family.
George Ethelbert Walsh writes in
structively on "The Status of Ameri
can Agriculture," and its transition
from ■ crude to scientific methods.
"The Antics of Electricity" are pcr
■trayed by George J. Varney. Neith
Boyce has much to sav about "His
toric Diamonds," and Frank H. Sweet
about "Pearl/seeking."
"The Archasology of Nursery
Classics" is traced by Agnes Carr
Sage. F. Foster, in "Literary Nomen
clature," deals chiefly with tke titles
of novels.
The poetry of the number is by
Mary JE. Stickney, M. S. Paden,
Grace F. Pennypacker, Charles G. D.
Roberts, and Clinton Scollard.
"Walter Baker & Co., of Dorchester,
Mass., U. S. A., have given years of
study to the skillful preparation of
cocoa and chocolate, and have devised
machinery and systems peculiar to
their methods of treatment, whereby
the purity, palatibility and highest nu
trient characteristics are retained.
Their preparations are known the
world over, and have received the
highest indorsements from the medical
practitioner, the nurse, and the intelli
gent housekeeper and caterer. There
is hardly any food product which may
be so extensively used in the house
hold in combination with other foods
as cocoa and chocolate: but bere
again we urge the importance of pur
ity and nutrient value, and these im
[ portant points, we feel sure, may be
relied upon in Baker's Cocoa and
Chocolate, Dietetic and Hygienic
Gazette,
THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBIki, PA.
ONE OF TWO WAYS.
The bladder was created for one
purpose, namely, a receptacle for the
urine, and as such it is not liable to
any form of disease except by one of
two ways. The first way is from im
perfect action of the kidneys. The
second way is from careless local treat
ment cf other diseases.
CHIEF CAUSE.
Unhealthy urine from unhealthy
kidneys is the chief cause of bladder
troubles. So the womb, like the blad
der, was created for one purpose, and
if not doctored too much is not liable
to weakness or diseases, except in rare
cases. It is situated back of and very
close to the bladder, therefore any
pain, disease or inconvenience mani
fested in the kidneys, back, bladder or
urinary passage is often, by mistake,
attributed to lemale weakness or womb
trouble of some sort. The error is
easily made and may be as easily
avoided. To find out correctly, set
your urine aside for twenty four hours;
a sediment or settling indicates kidney
or bladder trouble. The mild and ex
traordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp Root, the great kidney, and
bladder remedy, is soon realized. If
you need a medicine you should have
the best. At druggists fifty cents and
one dollar. You may have a sample
bottle and pamphlet, both sent free
by mail, upon receipt of three two-cent
stamps to cover cost of postage on the
bottle. Mention THE COLUMBIAN and
send your address to Dr. Kilmei & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y. The proprietors
of this paper guarantee the genuineness
of this offer.
SHERIFF MARTIN TESTIFIES-
The Lattimer shooting affair is still
before the Luzerne County court.
Sheriff Martin was put on the stand
on Tuesday. There was a rustle of
excitement when he took his seat in
the witness box. He was asked a
great many questions about his posi
tion and said lie was elected in 1895,
and took office the first Monday in
January in 1896. He spoke for an
hour without intermission. In speak
ing of the shooting he said : '-The
deputies and I were met on the road
by the strikers, and I asked them
where they were going.
"To stop the Lattimer breaker," a
lot of them cried. I told them they
must not go and tried to read my pro
clamation to them, but they crowded
around me, swearing at me and hust
ling me to one side. One man tried to
grab me and I then attempted to get
■hold of him, but the crowd then jump
ed on me and pounded me about the
body. I dropped my paper and pull
ed my revolver. One of the men tried
to snatch the revolver from me but
faded. Then he struck me an awful
blow in the face and knocked me to
my knees. I tried to shoot him but
my -revolver would not explode. Then
the shooting commenced. It lasted
about a half a minute.
"In the crowd I saw three men
armed with revolvers and one with a
knife, the latter made a stab at me,
but missed. Two men were shot just
behind me to the left. I was in the
direct line of fire."
At the conclusion of his story, he
was cross-examined by Mr. Scarlet.
Many minor details were brought out
but nothing was adduced to affect the
main story.
Italians Loyal to tha Flag-
Say They aro Beady to Fight for America
Against Spain.
The Italian Society of Jefferson
County, with a membership of 800
former subjects ot King Humbert, at
a meeting held Saturday unanimously
adopted the following resolution :
"We, the Italian-American citizens
of Birmingham and vicinity, deptore
the loss of the brave sailors, who
suffered death in the Maine disaster
in Havana Harbor, and we are ready
and hereby tender our services to de
fend the Stars and Stripes, the flag of
our adoption, at any time we are
called upon."
Accounts of the Maine disaster
printed in Italian were read before
the meeting and patriotic speeches
-were made. A prominent member of
the society says that every Italian who
has made America his home is only
waiting a call to arms in order to
prove his loyalty to this country.
The Musical C.viUege, I'reeburg,
Snyder county Pa., is one of the fore
most schools of music in the country.
$33 will pay for a term of six weeks,
instruction and board. Spring Term
will begin May 3.
For catalogue address,
He.\ry B. Moyer, Director.
3 3-4t-
The following letters are advertised
March 1, 1898. Mr. S. G. Creveling,
Mrs. Sarah Dewald, Mr. M. C. Gray,
Miss May Hoffsomer, Mr. W. H.,
Moyer, Mr. James S. Sharan. Cards.]
Mr. J. A. Brouse. Will be sent to ;
the dead letter office March 15, 1898. |
James. H. Mercer, P. M.
OASTORIJS..
Tbotio- /) The Kind You Have Always Bought.
3.
Iryihe COLUMBIAN a year.
TEI.BTHONE
WE MAKE YOISOME \
SPEOAL PRICES
FOR THE SH*T MONTH OF FEBRUARY.
We invite everybody to ca'.nd you will find just what you are looking for.
The largest and best scted stock of fiiroqpries in the County.
2 pounds light or dark Money 25c llest Prunes, large, pound 15c
2 cans best Tomatoes.. 25c Large California Prunes, 3 pounds 25c
3 cans good Tomatoes 25c Nice Largb Raisins, 5 pounds for 25c
4 cans good Tomatoes 30c Nice Evaporated Peaches, pound loc
2 cans Victoria Corn Skinned llSims. pound loc
3 cans good Corn c Plain Hanoi, pound 9 C
4 cans best Peas c California H rms, pound 7c
3 tans good Peas t 2 lbs. New York Cake Cheese 25c
I can French Peas, best 1 package Coke's Gelatin 15c
Good Hickory Nuts, quart 4 packages Macaroni, good 25c
25 lb sack Buckwheat Flour 4c I gallon can good Maple Syrup SI.OO
Potatoes, bushel 8012$ lb. sack Corn Meal I2c
Mrs. Winslow's MincMeat, G cts, a Pound.
Jamiaca and California Oranges, nice Bmons, Lettuce, Celery, Bananas,
Cabbage, Apples, inick at all times.
Brick, Roquefort, Sweitzer, Pine Ale and Cheeses.
®as~ Goods Delivered Promptly. (
£• il sfravplm\ Idea..*
Bloomsbubg PA.
_ _
Valuation of Real Estate and fcrsonal Property 01
Columbia County at the Trierial Assessment
for 1897. \
! l a llt * s = 1
DISTRICTS. k, bs a g 1 *5 3
| I SSl** I
S p, - s
Acre9 Acres. No.
Heaver 38Hii 7isi 40* 211578 $ lofflMi *l4 #*. 178 1:812$
Benton Boro 77 36s| 152] 118.310 28185 SSI Wo| 81 nu| 148806
Benton Twp 27WS 1 8.161 8 207086 10370 802 05 235 8462 22973
Berwick. ..f. 20 2811 785] 78753.1! 10GI20 127 to 25| 44.V 898.18.1
Bloom, R. 1182! 803 1005511 122750 183 W 011 165 1134896
Bloom, W 8 888 6771 1131480 114400! 2211 l> 51 746 1258212
Brlnrcreek 2371 8875 184 420741 2U500i 203 10 311, 5813 ; 466 70
Cstawlssa Boro 81 188 464 45959.il 7.1920j 82, 2. 23 420, 534; 31
cstawlssa Twp nil 4817 ill 1622771 75101 123 39 124 2?80 11,6029
Centralis, Ist, . 150 188 156800 80-ilO 18 304 13, 240, 191.890
Centralla, 2ud j 175, 117000 268401 21, 90 8; 180, 114790
Cedtre 782 105.Hl! .79 518096! 16640 311 1174.1297 5431 5.12426
Cleveland 2415| 9247' 212916 10250 2m| 8830177; 27181 282709
Conynghain 1519 8965 299 02798,1 85310| 238 8900, 39 .45 722940
Plstllngoreek 89231 12752 55| 391427 15190 : 401' 13450 5840 421207
Franklin 1519, 0120 1 18140.1| 77:W 162. BPS' I 2490, 198015
Greenwood 5588! 10782 87 354280 198.10 413| 11264! .. 55881 89.1482
Hemlock 1589; 7871 104 3162451 15560 230 , 997" 1 2 5340 87,115
Jackson SCHH! 5875 Hi 101295| 4.lo; 171), 6180 II *M\ 114.150
Locust 21271 8396 34 ! 296668 16860 ! 328| 10140 24 3630 , 827298
Madison 1481' 17258 ST I 381175 13110 4e9 9820 3414160 )08'2G1
Main 1641 5367! 851 213812! 14020 18 " 8300 1501140 219314.
Mifflin 1512| 8791 277 , 810465 21120 250 8620 187 : 13°1 843UJR;
Mlllvllln 37! 536 121 126048; 15820 , 09 2200 56,183 ljfflilßs
Montour 826! 4231 38 ! 266965! 1|380! 140, 4950 183 T>|^4RB4BS
ML Pleasant 15141 8169 1 218145! 8920 , 312 91,10 29! 2415 V
Orange' 144!' 5634 118' 29436.1! 2 010 - 276 7470 197 8370 82621
Pllle 805 ij 67;8 6| 189786: 8.180 261 8010 229, 2791 159,1
Honrlngcreek 4.185 56-2.3 1 146530 720.' SMU 8140 126 1F9.1l '.6371
Scott 141 3977 347 ! 426295 37310 230 7330 175 8388 , 4743!
Sugarloaf 6692 5578 127 165635] 22290 213) 7215 182j 8220 1068t
-2821' 1844.10 5202 8 10517691' $ 9:14375 6763 1221-272 51H.1'584192 $ 11757 M
Notice Is hereby given tlint the County commissioners sitting as aboard of ltevlslon will ai
tend at tlielr olllco In Bloomsburg for the purpose of llnally determining whether any of Hi
valuations of the Assessors have heen made below a Just rate according to the Intent and meat
lag of the Act of Julv 27th, 1842, and to raise, reduce and equalize the same according to lav
March 14 for all districts on the south side of the river. March 15 for all districts west of lit
Klshlngcreek, and March 16 for balance of districts, being those through which the said cree
passes and those wholly on the east side, at which time and place all persons for themselves an
districts desiring to be heard can attend. The returns will be open for Inspection until said ri
vision Is completed.
WM. KKICKBAUM, ) County
JOHN N. GO K DON, > Commissioners.
NEUKMIAH KITCHEN,)
Attest:—D. Z. MENSCH, Clerk.
Commissioners' omce, Bloomsburg, February 18, 1893.
THE •
BROADWAY
the March.
The old Anglo-Saxons called the
month upon which we enter, " Hlyd
Monath, " which, by interpretation,
means Storm Month. Under the old
Roman way of reckoning, this was the
first month of the year, and continued
to be so in England until 1752. There
is just two things about March which
may be unfailingly predicted. The
first is bad weather from the Signal
Service, and the second is big bargains
from us. We propose to let the winds
do the blowing, we will do the sehing.
Bargains for Now
Coffee mills, 19 and 35c ea
Tubular lanterns, 45c ea
Best spool cotton, 3 for toe
Cotton batts, 6, io, 1 ea
Embroidery hoops, 4c ea
Men's night shirts, 48c ea
Men's unlaundried white shirts, 47c ea
Large size bleached cotton towels 10c
White knitting cotton, 2c ball
4 leaf clover stick pins, 4c ea
Feather stitch braid, 4, icc pc
Black jet trimming, 3, 6, 8c yd
Carpet beaters, 8c ea
Ingrain carpet samples, 23c ea
io£ inch fry pans, 10c ea
Large size Turkish bath toilet soap,
4 pieces for sc.
Large dining room pictures, $1.50 ea
Decorated Hen butter dishes, 10c ea
Ename.ed steel oatmeal boilers, large
size, 50c.
Decorated opal salt ar.d pepper shak
ers, 5c ea.
Square dinner pails, 20, 25c ea.
Wash boilers, 48, 75c ea
Japanned laid cans, 35c ea
Agency for
Bntterick Fashions.
Hsspectfally Submitted to the
Jasli Trado Only by
TIB BROADWAY MI,
Moysr's Now Building, Main Ctroet,
BLOOMSBURG.
PHIL WEIA OPTICAL COLLESL
GEO. W^HESS.
BLOOMSBURO, PA.
He was born in Columbia Co., some
thirty two years ago. At nineteen
years of age left home to serve an ap
prenticeship as a watchmaker and
jeweler at Hazleton, then went to
Mifflinville, then to Watsontown, and
and in 1892 started in business at his
present location.
Pr. Hess always had a desire to be
come proficient in optics, and in 1894
came to Philadelphia to receive in
structions from a manufacturing op
tician, and also matriculated in our
college and received our Master Op
tician's Diploma. And now, after
three years of successful practice and
unremitting study he receives our
highest degree, that of Doctor of Re
fraction.
Dr. Hess is not only a progressive
merchant, standing in the front ot the
business men of Bloomsburg, but he
is also a zealous student of optics, and
has proven himself a competent and
scientific optician. He is withal a
pleasant gentleman to meet, and his
patients are all friends, and his friends
all patients.— From the Keystone,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Mr. Hess is a member of the firm
of Hess Brothers, Jewelers and Opti
cians, Bloomsburg, Pa , and all desir
ing glasses will do well to consult him
before purchasing elsewhere.
Eyes Examined free of Charge.
CORRECTION GUARANTEED.
...HESS BBOTHEES,..
Jewelry t'tora. BLOOiMSBURG, Pa.
GET YOUR
JOB PRINTING
DONE AT THE
COLUMBIAN OFFICE
JONAS LONG'S SONS'
WEEKLY CHATS.
WILKES-BARRE, PA.,
March, 3rd, 1898*
" GREATER WILKES-BRRRE'S
GRERTEST STORE*
OPENING DISPLAY OF NEW SPRING
US ID IS UK
Most magnificent exhibit of the
choicest Dress Materials ever made
in Wilkes-Barre; the richness,
elegance and variety of the show
ing will amply repay an trouble
ladies may put themselves to in
order to attend ; many of the rarest
novelties are exclusive to our firm
only; prices emphatically lower
than ever before quoted 011 fine
goods.
SILKS.
22-inch Black Satin Duchess,
value 65c.; at per yard, 49c.
Black Silk Mirror Velour, value
51.25; at per yard, 75c.
Black Gros Grain Satin Figured
Damasse Silks, new designs, pure
silk, value 5i.00; at per yd., 67a
Pure Habutai China Silks, in
plain colors, value 59c.; at pet
yard, 39a
Satin Duchess in small designs*
suitable for evening wear, colors*
sky, cream, Nile pink, ecru, allT
pure silk, value
67 cents.
23-inch China Silks, strict-
value, 75c.; at per
Black and White Shepherd
Check Taffeta, very heavy quality,
value, 98c.; at per yard 75c.
Handsome effects in Black Silk
Grenadine, all pure silk; at per
yard, 49c.
45-inch Black Silk Grenadine,
very stylish; at per yard, 95c.
DRESS GOODS.
1,860 yards of 38-inch Silk and
Wool Plaids, Armure ground, value
65c, at per yard 38c.
Superfine Coverts in new shades,
51 inches wide, very fine value for
$1.25, at per yard 98c.
Ten pieces of 49-inch Navy
Blue Crystal Storm Serge, value
75c., at per yard 49c.
Splendid assortment of new fa
brics intSilk and Wool Novelties,
especially striking are the two
weaves Alticians and Cordizans, the
newest and prettiest effect shown,
value sl, at per yard 75c.
Handsome assortment of Silk
and Wool High Class Novelties,
specially light in weight, will take
the place of figured silks, value
$1.75, at per yard $1.25.
BLACK DRESS GOODS.
Black Freza Crepon, value 9Sc,
opening sale price per yard 56c.
Celebrated Salt's Black Ar
.norette, value 51-s°> opening sale
price per yard 98c.
48-inch All Wool Crystal Storm
Serge, value 75c., at per yard 49c.i
46-inch wide All Wool Black
Henrietta, finest twill, rich silk fin
ish in jet black only, value {sl. 39,
opening sale price per yard 98c.
It is pleasing to note the confi
dence well informed women place
in the select choice of our silks and
dress goods. Your personal ideas
or the advice of your dressmakers
firfds the most satisfaction here ;
by our standard of "the finest
goods in Wilkes-Barre" and our
ability to give you the lowest prices
we'll keep going on increasing the
popularity and widening the circle
of the department's friends and
customers.
S®-A request for samples and
prices promptly attenaed to. Mail,
Orders receive the same attentionl
as if you're personally present
The Leading Establishment
Largest in Liberality.
Largest in Enterprise.
5.