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TIIURSDAY, MAY 19, 1898.
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BRIEF MENTION.
About People TOU Know.
DeForrest Hummer spent Tuesday in
>Yilkes-Barre.
Miss Katherine Richard went to Wilkes-
Barre on Tuesday to visit friends.
Miss Margaret l.aubnch spent Su.ulay
with friends at Mi'lville.
A. If. Bloom has been elected Treasurer
of St. Paul's Church.
Miss Alice Barton has returned tohh r
home at Espy after having spent '.he winte 1
with her sister at Evansvillc, Indiana.
John Gilbert and wife of Philadelphia ar
rived in Lloomsburg o.i Saturday. Mrs.
Gilbert will remain for a couple of weeks.
Mrs. Dr. I). W. Conner of Wilkes-Bar re,
has been visiting her parents Dr. and Mrs.
J. C. Rutter on Market Street the past week.
Chas. P. El Aell who has been home for
the past two weeks returned to the Conser
vatory of Music at Boston on Wednesday.
W. W. Hirlinger, is taking a course in
fine watch work under J. E Roys. He has
been conducting a small jewelry store at
Huntingdon Mills, Lu7. Co.
Dr. Joseph Reifsnyder, assistant surgeon
of the 12th Regiment, spent last Thursday
in town to sny goodbye to his relatives. The
regiment has been ordered to Tampa.
Leg?', advertisements cn page 7.
Mrs. Noah Mauser, died at her
home in Mifflinburg, Union county,
last Wednesday, aged 61 years.
Deceased was a sister of Henry
Ohl of this town.
Columbia County's share of the
State appropriation for public
schools this year will be $43,026.34.
This is an increase over last year of
$422,126.
T. H. Edgar of Stillwater has
the contract to bnild a new house
for Elias Utt 011 Third Street above
Iron. The old building is being
torn down.
The United States battle ship
Oregoii under the command of Cap
tain Clark is coming heme over her
usual course, regardless of the
threats made by the Dons to cap
ture her. Meeting the Spanish
fleet doesn't seem to worry Uncle
Sam's Jack Tars.
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W. S. RISHTOU. Fh.G.,
OrracEite P. 0. Pharmacist
Earl McHenry, son of W. M.
McLlenry is seriously ill.
A severe thunder storm passed
over this town Monday afternoon.
The State meeting of the Odd
Fellows is going on at Wilkesbarre
this week.
Revs. M. E. McLinuofthe Luth
eran Church and G. H. Heming
way of the Presbyterian Church
exchanged pulpits Sunday evening
Men and medicines are judged by
what they do. The great cures by
Hood's Sarsaparilla give it a good
name everywhere.
The new bridge over the Sus
quehanna River is about completed.
The first team passed over it 011
Monday.
A new metal ceiling is being
placed in Hess Bros. Jewelry store.
The work is in charge of W. O.
Holmes.
The anti-Quay men took no part
in the Republican convention on
Monday. Had there been any
offices to be passed around, things
might have been different.
Rev. G. H. Hemingway started
Wednesday morning to attend the
meeting of the General Assembly
of the Presbyterian Church in ses
sion at Wynona Park, near Chicago.
S. E. Reynolds is mov ; "g his
house from the front to the back
part of his lot on Fifth Street. He
intends erecting a more commodi
ous dwelling on the site of the old
building.
White & Hadler, who have been
running a feather renovator •' the
Sloan building on Market Street for
the past two months have moved their
machine to Berwick.
Bloomsburg's base ball aggrega
tion went down before our neigh
bors up the river Saturday by the
time of 3to 3. Berwick was
greatly strengthened by out of town
players.
Owing to the war tax the price
of beer lias gone up $1 011 a barrel.
It has been intimated that by rea
son of the extra cost the bottom of
the glass will be nearer the top
than heretofore.
The Pennsylvania College of Gettys
burg defeated the Normal School ball
team Friday afternoon. Score sto
3. The Normals are not doing very
well this season. This is their third
strange defeat.
The man killed on the D. L. &
W. Railroad on Friday ni o ht last
was Harry Meade, and not Frank
McHenry as was reported. Frank
was greatiy surprised on arriving
home a few days ago to learn that he
was supposed to be dead.
The plan proposed by a Chicago
man, to ask every citizen of the
United States to contribute one
dollar toward building a battleship
to be named after the Maine would
110 doubt meet with popular ap
proval and receive a quick res
ponse.
The following letters are advertised
May 17, 1898: Miss Etta Harman,
Miss Lizzie Henry, Mr. George Kelly,
Mr. W. Montgomery, Tomas Plesniar
ski, Miss Ella Wolf. Cards. Miss
Bertha Hollister, Mrs. H. N. White.
Will be sent to the dead letter office
May 31, 1898.
O. B. MELLICK, P. M.
Mrs. Robley D. Evans, the wife of
"Fighting Bob," has a larger personal
interest in the Navy than most wo
men. Hei husband commands the
lowa, her brother commands the
Indiana, her son is on the Massachu
setts, her son-in law is on the New
York, and her two daughter and her
niece have volunteered as nurses and
are now taking instruc.'on at a
hospital.
A gang of burglars made a raid on
Rupert Thursday night of last week.
L. H. Boody's house was entered by
breaking the kitchen window. At
tempts were also made to rob the
Hotel, Yost's dry goods store and one
or two other private residences. The
marauders, were frightened away be
fore they had time to accomplish their
work.*'
In Arizona, an applic nt for enlist
ment in the cow boy brigade is given
a lasso and goes into a corral and
catches a wild mustang, which he
proceeds to saddle, bridle and ride.
When he has got him under control
he dashes at full ppeed down a lane
with a revolver in each hand and
drives the nails in the fence,as he
goes. If he can do this he is accepted
! without medical examination or ques
tion as to his standing in the church.
If Weyler will get' within a dozen
miles of this a ß gregation of terrors his
ambition to die for his country wi)f be
speedily 1 call zed. Each one has
promised to lasso or shoot the old
butcher if an opportunity ever occurs.
THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Democratic Primary Election and County
Convention Call.
The Democratic voters ot Columbia
County will meet at the several places
for holding of the general election, in
their respective districts, on Saturday,
June ii, 1898, between the hours of
3 and 7 o'clock p. m., and vote fpr
persons to be nominated tor the vari
ous offices subject to the rules of the
Democratic party of this county.
The newly elected judges of each
election district will meet at the Court
House in Bloomsburg on Tuesday,
June 14, at 11 o'clock a. m. and count
up the vote which each person has
received and place on the ticket.
One person for Congress.
One person for State Senator.
Two persons for the State Legisla
ture.
One person for President Judge.
One person for County Surveyor.
Five delegates to the State Conven
tion.
Under the rules each election dis
trict will elect a judge and two in
spectors and one committeeman.
JOHN G. MCHENRY, Chairman.
R. G. F. KSHINKA, Secretary.
STRAY PARAGRAPHS
—Summer weather.
—Lawyers who can make one
suit last, are considered economical.
—The Central Pennsylvania
Telephone are improving their ser
vice.
—Some people say that office
seeking dentists have a "political
pull."
—No, Willie dear, the mother of
a litter of puppies is not called a
dogtna.
—There are several alleys in
town that need the attention of the
health officer.
—A great many of the citizens
of town have taken their flags
down. Let them fly until the last
gun is fired.
—The mad dog season will soon
be here. See to it that the canine
is muzzled, before you make friends
with him.
—Sampson is keeping up his
fruitless search for the enemy and
allowing the Spaniards to fortify
the Cuban coasts. The longer the
invasion of Cuba is delayed, the
harder it will be to effect a landing.
—ISAACSTEIN TO COHEN :
"How vas it dot your store vas 011
fire vonce ?" "COHEN TO ISAAC
iSTEIN : "It vas de blumber, vot
did idt." ISAACSTEIN, soliloquiz
ing, "I guess I embloys dot blum
ber in de future.
—Jonathan has a little ram,
Its name is Kat-ah-din ;
It runs upon the- waters blue,
And will make the Spaniards
skin.
It is a funny little ram
And has no fleece of wool,
It is a butter, so they say,
Like the one that went to
school.
The rumor on the streets Satur
day night to the effect that Samp
son had engaged the enemy in a
great naval fight whereby the New
York and seven Spanish ships had
been sunk created 110 little excite
ment. The report it is said, reach
ed this place byway of a message
to East Bloomsburg. But it doesn't
matter how it got here, it had the
desired effect, and the Sunday
papers went like hot cakes.
The Island of Cuba is 730 miles
in length and has an average width
of 80 miles. Havana, the capital is
78 miles from Key West, which
distance can be covered by a dis
patch boat in four hours. The
area of Cuba is about 44,000 square
miles. Smaller than the state of
New York. It has a population of
1,600,000, of which but a small
proportion are Spaniards.
A Fleshy
Consumptive
3 Did you ever see one?
; Did you ever hear of one? ;
;! Most certainly not. Con- J>
! sumption is a disease that !
; invariably causes loss of !
j flesh.
! If you are light in weight, j!
; even if your cough is only ;
; a slight one, you should <
certainly take !
: Scott's Imtisiicn i
\ of cod lever oil <with hypo- \
■ phosphites. No remedy '
! is such a perfect prevent- I
; ive to consumption. Just ;
the moment your throat '
I begins to weaken and you I
; find you are losing flesh, ;
! you should begin to take it. '
! And no other remedy ;
; has cured so many cases ;
'< of consumption. Unless ;!
I you are far advanced with
; this disease, Scott's Emu!- ;
! sion will hold every in- ; >
| ducement to you for a |
; perfect cure.
' All Druggists, <oc. and si. [
, Scon & BOWNE. Chemists. N. V. I J
J. E. ROYS.
LET YOUR
OPTIC
NERVE
. TRANSMIT
THESE FATS
TO YOUR BRAIN.
We carry tlie Largest and
Most Complete Line of Spec
tacles and Eye Glasses in the
county. We furnish skilled
service and guarantee a perfect
fit.
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T. EL
OPTIC I AX.
SPANISH ARMY.
Number and Efficiency of its Soldiers in
Cuba-
On Paper the Castilian Strength is 130,-
000 Men—Scarcely Half the Number
Effective, and all aro Poor Marksmen-
Terrors of Rainy Season Overrated.
The war department has very full
confidential reports of the numbers
and efficiency of the Spanish army in
Cuba. The latest reports date from
December, 1897, and are as follows :
There are fitty-six first battalions of
infantry in Cuba, with an effective
force on paper of 1,000 men to each
battalion. There are fifty-six second
battalions of i,coo each, rank and
file. Besides these battalions there
are twelve rifle regiments, each hav
ing on paper 1,200 men. There is
also a railway regiment of 1,040 men
and a telegraph battalion of 1,272
men. These two last named regi
ments have been kept busy in repair
ing and maintaining the railways and
telegraph lines and defending them
from Cuban attacks. Notwithstand
ing these forces are kept constantly
in the field, the railways and tele
graphic lines are constantly broken
and communications are everywhere
uncertain aud have been interrupted
within five leagues of Havana.
The rifle regiments in Cuba are
armed with the German pattern of
Mauser rifles. This is 331 caliber
arm, capable of very rapid fire in the
hands of expert soldiers, but the
Spanish private soldier is the worst
shot in Europe. They have no regu
lar small arm training in fire tactics,
and as most of them never saw any
kind of arm previous to their draft
into the army they are slow at learn
ing the manipulation of the delicate
machinery of the modern small bore
military rifle. The greater portion of
these troops, however, carry the
American Remington rifle of .43 cali
ber, fitted with a bayonet. It is an
excellent arm of its kind and was
made at the Remington works, Ilion,
N. Y., a quarter of a century ago.
General Lee and Captain Walter
B. Barker, consul at Sagua la Grande,
who during the late war was a staff
officer of the Confederate general,
Joseph R. Davis, of Mississippi, both
say that, even in the militia days of
the first three months of the late war,
they never saw such absolute ignor
ance of everything military as is dis
played by these so called "veteran
troops" of Spain on the island of
Cuba. Though there is, on paper, a
force of 130,000 men, the effective is
scarcely one-half this number. The
rank and file is woefully ignorant that
great difficulty is had to find men
with sufficient education to act as
noncommissioned officers, and as the
efficiency of all armies is greatly affect
ed by the noncommissioned men, ser
geants and corporals no wonder that
of Spain has sunk so low.
There is just a suspicion of uneasi
ness in Washington that Spain may
make a dash at some of the southern
seacoast towns. The great troopships
in which the 130,000 men now in
Cuba were brought here from Spain
are most of them still at Havana and
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At greatly reduced prices from those now prevailing. It will pay
you to buy one of these nobby suits, if you do not need it right
away, for at the prices we have placed on them, it would be a
wise purchase for you. Come and see the goods, then you can
tell.
Silk and Wool
Dress Goods.
As a general thing high qual
ity won't speak too low in price,
but in this dress goods stock of
ours we have bound them to
gether so tightly that one can
not get away from the other.
It will pay you to examine.
45 in. Vigoroux, all wool, 62c yd.
(Actual value, 75c yd.)
50 in. all wool black Serge, fine
quality, 50c yd.
34 in. all wool Mixtures, neat
effects, 25c yd.
45 in. silk Grenadine with satin
stripes, §1.75 yd.
24 in. black Taffeta Silk, the
dollar kind, at 75c.
27 in. black satin Rhadames, all
silk, at $1.15.
Domestics.
20 yds. good Muslin, 1.00
Yard wide Hill Muslin, 6c
Columbian Cheviots, 6c yd
Madras Shirtings, 10c yd
Best blue Calico, 5c yd
Best red Calico, 5 c yd
Good Ticking, yd
Best fancy Prints, 6c yd
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Terms Gash, One Price, the Lowest, Bloomsburg, Pa.
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MARKET SQUARE DRY GOODS HOUSE.
BUNTING
In red, white and blue, not affected by sun or rain. Flags in
piece or by the yard. Every house should have them. °
Whilst the farmers are lamenting
over too much rain, we are opening up
new Spring Goods for them.
Somebody will buy one of the nice
Tailor Made Suits of us, as others
have already done. More on hand.
The Single Dress Patterns in fine
Organdy Lawns at $6, are beauties.
Last Saturday was Baby Cap and
Cloak Day with us. We carry a line
of at least 200 Lace, Silk and Lawn
Caps and Hals, with a good line of
long and short Cloaks.
1000 yards of 4c Lawn in good dress shades. Many people
buy them for comforts. We have other lawns at 8, 10 1214
15 up to 35c yd.
!. W. HARTMAN & SON.
Mantanzas. They carried 1,200 to
1,400 men each nearly 4,000 miles.
Had Spain an enterprising general, it
would be easy enough to put a couple
of brigades abroad these transports
and early some morning land them
anywhere from Pensacola to Beauport,
S. C., espacially if there were a couple
of warships along to cover the landing
parties. By destroying the telegraphic
lines communication could be cut off
from the world for twenty-four hours,
and in that time ships could be load
ed with provisions, an indemnity
levied and collected, and the brigades
could be back on Cuban soil before
the rest of the United States would
know what had happened.
There seems to be but one man in
the Spanish forces now holding Cuba
who might dare attempt so daring a
dash, and that is General Parrado,
whom all well informed persons con
sider the ablest and most enterprising
general Spain has on the island next
to Captain General Blanco. He is
young and has shown marked capa
city for command and has Captain
General Blanco's confidence to a de
gree not shared by any other general
officer. Were the antagonist France
or England there would be the great
est uneasiness for fear such a coup de
main might and probably would be
attempted. Spain has not been given
to dashes of this sort in her almost
constant wars, and yet England cap
tured Havana just in the manner in
dicated and held it as long as she
cared to. It is the unexpected that
often happens in war, and the war and
navy departments are now considering
how such a stroke can be best guard
ed against.
There is much talk abroad nowa
days about the terrors of "the rainy
season" in Cuba. Its dangers are
vastly overrated. Captain Barker has
been in Cuba four years, and he says
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Here is your opportunity of
procuring the season's newest
effects in wash materials of all
kinds.
Fine Organdies at I2jc yd
36 in. fine Madras Dress Ging
hams at 12 J-c yd.
Fine printed Madras, 15c yd
Black and white Lawns, 10c yd
Whits Press Goods.
Our line of White Dress Ma
terials is very complete now.
French Organdies at 44c yd.,
66 in. wide.
Piques at 25, 28, 30c yd
Summer Corsets.
We have a most excellent
Summer Corset now at a very
little price for good grade at
47c each. Sizes 18 to 30.
Also full lines of the regular
lines of Corsets.
Cummer Underwear.
Complete lines in long, she t
and no sleeve vests in all g ades.
See the 12$, 15 and 25c goods.
The Thin Dress Goods are now
being put to the front in our store, as
warm days will soon hover around.
Shirt Waists of Lawn, Percale,
Dimity, or some other thin goods, -ie
being looked at and sold, 50c to $2.00.
If you would save your eyes and
thousands of stitches then buy ready
made Baby Dresses, and Skirts. We
have them in long and short ones.
CAPES AND JACKETS,
A good line.
> he has never seen but one "rainy sea
• son " in all that time, and it was no
more to be feared than a tropical
climate usually is as at any time.
General Lee corroborates this and
i declares that ten miles away from the
badly kept seacoast towns Cuba is as
healthy as any country south of the
Potomac or Ohio. If men will eat
sparingly of tropical fruits, keep out
of the dew as far as possible, let
spirits alone and live decently, neither
■ the rainy nor any other season in
Cuba need have terrors for them.
—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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