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BRIET"MENTION.
About Teople lou Know.
Bruce Jones spent Sunday at Ilazleton.
Mrs. R. C. Neal is visiting her relatives
here.
Miss Sadie Rider of Fernville is visiting
relatives in Philadelphia.
Dr. H. \V. Buckingham of Burnsides, Pa.,
was in town this week.
Frank Sloan of Baltimore visited relatives
in town last week.
P. B. Ifeddens and wife Sundayed with
Danville friends..
Mrs. John Cummiogs is visiting friends at
Mechanicsburg this week.
W. B. Cummings attended the Prohibition
State Convention at Harrisburg last week.
Mrs. Amos Buckalew is visiting at New
Columbus, 1.U7. County.
C. C. Trench of Leesburg, Florida, is
transacting busines, and calling on old friends
in town.
Miss Clara Roys of I.vons, New York, is
visiiingat vlie home of her brother J. E.
Roys, on Market Street,
Mrs. Russell Andrea? returned to her
home in Wdkcs-Barre on Tuesday after a
few days' visit here.
George S. Robbins and wife who have
been in New York City for many months
past relumed home Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ikclcr visited the
latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Millard
at Centralia the past week.
Miss Elsie Currin, who has been visiting
friends at Wilkes-Barre for some time past
returned home on Saturday.
Mrs. H. N. Fellows and daughter Miss
Susie of Scranton visited at the home of F.
R. Carpenter on Fifth Street over Sunday.
Mrs. Lizzie Shaw went to Philadelphia on
Tuesday to have her son Willie enrolled as a
student in Girard College. She was accom
panied by Mrs. B. P. Foulk.
Among the Bloomsburgers who are attend
ing the State meeting of Knight Templars at
Harrisburg this week, aie II A. M'Killip,
G. E. Wilbur, C. F. Knapp and J. M.
Staver.
The following letters are advertised
May 24, 1898. Mrs. Anty Creveling,
Mrs. William Hartzel, Mrs. Henry
Rich, Mr. Spencer Starr. Cards. N.
S. Snyder. Will be sent to the dead
letter office June 7, 1898.
O. B. MELLICK, P. M.
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The Bloomsburg wheelmen held a
smoker Friday night.
G. Snyder & Son are repapermg
the interior of the Exchange Hotel.
George Aurand will move from
Plymouth to Bloomsburg in the near
future.
One of the ever familiar oigan
grinders put in an appearance on our
streets this week.
Montoursville has a new industry.
A large brick manufacturing plant,
with a capacity of 3500 brick per day.
Martin Adams, a well known and
respected resident of Berwick, died
Monday morning, aged fifty-nine years.
This is one of the wettest springs
of recent years. Nearly every day
brings its rain.
Edward Dieffenbach had his head
badly cut by falling at his ice house
on Tuesday.
The President and four members of
the Town Council went to Berwick on
Tuesday for the purpose of examining
a stone crusher.
The Ladies' Auxilliary to the Board
of Missions of St. Paul's Church will
give a missionary tea in the Parish
House tonight.
The need of a good Spring Medi
cine is almost universal and Hood's
Sarsaparilla exactly meets this need.
Be sure to get Hood's.
Plain George Dewey will answer the
purpose very nicely when parents are
bothered as to what to name their
son.
The annual Columbia County Sun
day School Convention will convene
in the Lutheran Church at Espy next
week.
Col. Ent Post 250 G. A. R. will at
tend service in a body at the Lutheran
Church Sunday morning. All soldiers
are requested to fall in.
The band concert on Market Street
Saturday evening was a musical treat.
The cornet solo by Lambert Mc-
Henry being especially fine.
The Democratic State Convention
will be held at Altoona on Wednesday,
June 29. The Democrats of that
city are making extensive preparations
for the event.
Instead of filling up their columns
with state news, a greater part of
which never occurred, the city dailies
now contain page after page of badly
conjectured war news.
The flashy red suits of the Blooms
burg Wheelmen attract a great deal
ot attention. They are so loud that
one can almost hear them when they
pass by.
William H. House], steward of the
Normal School, has just completed a
path around the Normal Athletic
Field for the benefit of the many
cyclers of the school.
We are indebted to J. Fischor &
Bro., of New York for a copy of a new
and effective march entitled, "The
Patriotic American." The melody
throughout is bright and catchy.
Warren H. Eyer and Matthew Mc-
Reynolds, last week signed the papers
making them members of the engineer
corps, of the United State Army.
They expect a call at any time.
The merchants of town will close
their places of business at one
o'clock 011 Decoration day and re
main closed for the balance of the
day.
The Pennsylvania State Editorial
Association will have their annual ex
cursion the week of June 27th. Phila
delphia will he made the headquarters,
with special excursions to Washington,
Gettysburg and Atlantic City.
The Post, of Raleigh, N. C., is re
ceiving subscriptions, for the erection
of a monument to the memory of En
sign Worth Bagley, who was the first
United States officer to be killed in
the present conflict with Spain.
Charles Reice received a letter from
his son Chris, who is a member of
the Twelfth Regiment. He says they
have been, transferred from Mt. Gretna
to Fall Church, Va., about eight miles
from Washington, D. C.
During his remarks Sunday even
ing Rev. D. N. Kirkby of the
Episcopal Church, paid a glowing tri
bute to the memory of Gladstone.
He spoke in the highest possible terms
of the life and character ot the venera
ble statesman.
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The Press of Philadelphia has
coined a new word, and it is cer
tainly expressive. "Deweyize,"
says the Press , ''"To clean iip the
enemy in complete style; word
originated at Manilla ; used collo
quially in America.
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 11, 1898, between the hours of
3 and 7 o'clock p. m., and vote for
persons to be nominated tor the vari
ous offices subject to the rules of the
Democratic party of this cvunty.
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.
J. A. Hess has altered the front of
his restaurant by moving the large
windows out in line with the pave
ment.
President McKinley yesterday
issued a call for 75,000 troops. Of
this number Pennsylvania will be
called upon to furnish 6465.
Plans for the erection of the new
addition to Moyer Bros, drug store
have been completed, and work will
be begun at once. B. W. Jury will
do the work.
The volunteer company are drilling
regularly twice a week in the Town
Hall. The meetings will be kept up
until a call is received, which in the
opinion of the Captain, will be in a
few days. About sixty men are en
rolled.
The story man got in his work
again as usual. Word reached Blooms
burg Sunday afternoon that Sampson
had sunk twelve of the Spanish ships,
and but two of the American boats
had been disabled. out to
be the same old story only it was a
day later.
The Normal School and Blooms
burg base ball teams had things equal
ly at Normal Athletic Field Saturday
afternoon. "Pop" Watts, the old
timer, was in the game, and the way
he handled the pigs skin reminded one
of older, times. The school boys won
by a score of 5 to 4.
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Bishop Talbot last week appointed
Rev. Edward Knapp of Geneva,
N. Y., as rector of Grace Episcopal
Church, Riverside. Mr. Knapp will
officiate at Grace Church until Sept
ember 1 st, when it is expected a regu
lar rector will be placed in charge of
the Episcopal Church at Northumber
land, Riverside and Catawissa.
It is said that there are a few mem
bers of the Bloomsburg Gun Club
who shoot like Spaniards—that is
miss everything they shoot at. We
don't know how true this is, be
cause rumors of shooting are so un
reliable these days, that a person
doesn't hardly know what to be
lieve.
About the most unhappy mortal in
the universe is the boy of 17 or there
abouts who possesses an all absorbing
desire to ardently love some pretty
girl and at the same time possesses a
large stock of big red pimples that will
not disappear from view. Trouble in
its worst form never worries man at.
any period in life to the extent that
pimples do when mixed with "calf
love." r
Advice to j
iConsiimpiiveSi
| There are three great reme- f
? dies that every person with I
I weak lungs, or with consump- |
j tion itself, should understand. |
I These remedies will cure |
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| stages ; and many of those |
I more advanced. It is only |
1 the most advanced that are |
2 hopeless. ' Even these are J
| wonderfully relieved and life |
I itself greatly prolonged.
| What are these remedies ?
I Fresh air, proper food and l
scon's Emulsion
I of Cod-Liver Oil with Hypo- |
I phosphites. Be afraid of j
| draughts but not of fresh air. |
I Eat nutritious food and drink |
t plenty of milk. Do not forget I
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We carry the Largest and
Most Complete Line of Spec
tacles and Eye Glasses in the
county. We furnish skilled
service and guarantee a perfect
fit.
EXAMINATION FREE.
T. IE. ZESO-STS.
OPTICIAN.
NOTICE.
R. H. Ringler is our authorized
collector, and is now engaged in
calling upon town subscribers.
Invitations have been sent out
for the wedding of Grier Quick and
Miss Corrine Brown. The ceremony
will take place in the Methodist
Church Wednesday June ist.
The Central Pennsylvania League
season was to have opened Saturday,
but for some reason or other the
start wasn't made. Perhaps the other
towns are in Bloomsburg's fix—no
money in the treasury.
Mrs. E. F. Reese died at her
home in Punxtawney, on Monday,
after a long illness. The deceased
was a sister to D. J. Tasker of this
office, and was thirty-seven years
of age.
The Quay men claim that Wanna
maker doesn't even make the contest
interesting, but according to some of
the reports from different sections of
the state the Senator is not having
such an easy thing of it.
By the terms of her will which
as filed in the surrogate's office
for probate last week, Mrs. Annie
S. Paton, widow of Wis. A. Paton
of New York, leaves SIOO,OOO to
Princeton University.
News from the Klondike is scarce
just now. The war is crowding
everything out. The fever to go to
Cuba is far greater than it was for
the gold.fields. This condition of
things forces one to believe that our
people prefer shooting Spaniards to
hunting for the yellow metal.
There are quite a number of men
in town who do not like that brand of
prosperity that fixes wages at $1.25 a
day and flour at $1.75 a sack. A few
weeks ago 10 hours of labor would
earn a sack of flour now it takes 14
hours; then a dollar would purchase
4-5 of a sack now the dollar has de
creased in purchasing power until it
will only buy 3-5 of a sack.
Another week and no naval fight.
If the Spanish Cervera's purpose is to
keep out of Sampson's way he is suc
ceeding very well. It is utterly im •
possible for our fleet to catch the
Spaniards, because in all our ships,
even cruisers much speed has been
sacrificed for armament, and as a re
sult the Dons are too fast for us.
Miss Anna L. Dunkel of the
Boston College of Oratory, assisted
by her class, will give an Elocu
tionary and Dramatic entertainment
in the Orangeville Academy on the
evening of June the 4th. The pro
gram will include several short
plays, Delsartean \york and some
specialties with colored lights.
Admission 10, 15 and aocts.
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION,
HARRISBUKG.
Reduced Rates via Pennsylvania Railroad.
For the Republican State Conven
tion to be held at Harrisburg, June
1 to 3, 1898, the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company will sell excursion
tickets on May 31 to June 2, inclu
sive, from stations in Pennsylvania
to Harrisburg and return, at rate of
single J are for the round trip (mini
mum rate 25 cents), gooi to return
until June 6, inclusive.
COMPENSATION HERE.
The flour of the family costs a little more. We admit there are houekeq
ing expenses that have grown suddenly, but there is nothing alarming in that;
they will shrink again when the new crop comes in. We meet the advance m
your grocer's bill by trimming a share in your dry goods bill. There is com
pensation for high priced provisions in the low priced dry goods quoted here.
55.50 Tailor made Suits.
Of fine Serge, fly front jacket, silk
lined, skirt percaline lined, closed
seams, well worth $7.50.
Black Mohair Skirts, full lined with
percaline, at $4.50.
Hoisery and Underwear.
Ladies' fine ribbed vests, 10c.
Ladies' ribbon neck and sleeve
ribbed vests, i2^c.
Ladies' Lisle thread vests, 25c.
Leather Stockings.
t!t liß® iiil
Not leather, but will wear like
leather, for boys and girls.
All sizes, 25c pair.
Ladies' seamless hose, 10c.
Ladies' plaid hose, 50c.
See our Special hose, 25c.
Wash Dress Coods.
COMPLETE LINES—
-31 in. fine Organdies, 15c yd.
All Linen Suitings, 17c yd.
Navy blue plaid Linens, 18c yd.
Yard wide percales, 7c yd.
Fine Dress Ginghams, 10c yd.
Black Dress Coods.
A large line of plains, figured twills,
tamese, serges, &c., at prices you will
not mate again soon. If you have a
black goods need, see this stock.
Cloves.
Try our one dollar kid glove.
85c Chamois white glove.
50c black silk gloves.
H. J, CLARK 6l SON, Bloomsburg, Pa.
Iff. mm i'i sour
MARKET SQUARE DRY COODS HOUSE.
We have Volunteered
and joined the procession to furnish every lady who wante
a Shirt Waist this week.
Our trip to the city last week was to
purchase Shirt Waists, Lawns, Madras
Cloths, Organdies and other thin dress
goods with linings, &c.
A better line of ladies', misses' and
children's Gauze Underwear we never
have shown before.
Black Silk and a full line of other
thin Gloves and Mitts for Summer is
now in our stock.
Our assortment of Stockings for
ladies, misses, children and men is
quite complete in colors, sizes and
prices, from 5 c to 50c pair.
If you can't coine this week for a Shirt Waist, then come
next, or before the line of sizes are broken. They w ere care
fully selected for our trade, aud are of the newest aud latest
patterns, 50c to $1.50.
I. W. HARTMAN & SON.
READING SESQUI-OENTENNIAL-
Reduced Rates via Pennsylvania Railroad.
For the Reading, Pa., Sesqui Cen
tennial Jubilee, June 5 to 12, the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company will
sell excursion tickets from stations on
its lines 'n the State of Pennsylvania
to Reading and return at reduced
rates. For specific rates and condi
tions apply to Ticket Agents.
This celebration promises to be one
of the greatest events in the city's
history. Monday, Wednesday, and
Thursday, June 6, 8, and 9, will be
special days. The celebration will
close with a grand masked carnival
on Saturday night, June 12. 2t.
The School Appropriation-
The distribution of the State ap
propriation to the public schools, has
been made up. As we stated in our
last issue Columbia County's share is
$43,026.34. The distribution this
year is made on the basis of $66.07
for each teacher, $1.07 for each taxa
ble and $1.62 for each child of school
age. The appropriation heretofore
has always been made on the basis of
the number of taxables, with the re
sult that the cities received the bulk
of the money. Under the new method
the districts with few schools and
teachers are considerably benefitted.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
White Dress Goods.
A grand collection of White Dress
Materials of all kinds,
Corded P. Ks., all grades.
Special lot of India linons at aoc yd
White duck, yd., also in pink
light blue and navy.
Summer Corsets, 44c.
E. Z. Waists for boys and girls, aye
Lace & Derby Curtains.
We have secured some Special val
ues in goods. See the lace curtains
at sl, 1.35, 1.45, 1.65, 2.48, 3, 4.47
per pair.
Derby Curtains at $2, 2 93, 5 and
7.50 pair.
SILKS.
Our line of silks suitable for dresses
waists and separate skirts is up to date
with newest effects at moderate prices.
Ribbons and Laces.
Your every want can be supplied
from this stock.
Fancy ribbons, 23c yd.
Wide moire taffeta ribbons, 84c.
Dainty Valenciennes Edges and In
sertions. Edges from 23c piece of
12 yards up.
See the new 4-in-hand Ladies' Tin.
Also the white P K Puff Ties.
You will see and feel hot weather
in a few days. Then the cry will be
'lawns for a cool dress." Take time
by the forelock, buy whilst the assort
ment is good.
A fine and neat cape or a well fit
ting Spring Jacket is quite dressy.
We have them.
Ready Made Jacket Suits in the
late colors.
Ready Made Dress Suits in plain
and plaids, $t to $lO.
Wrappers to slip on warm mornings
and evenings, 75c to $2.00. *<.
Marriage.
TRAINER—LYONS. At the hone
of the bride's parents in Bloomsbdig,
May 19 th, by Rev. H. C. Munro, Mr.
Frank D. Trainer and Miss MyraA.
Lyons.
HOOD'S PILLS cure Liver Ills, Bil
iousness, Indigestion, Headache*
Easy to take, easy to operate. 2Sc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Cail and see samples of our new
lithographing printing lor all kinds of
commercial work. It is new and very
pretty, and costs no more than other
printing. THE COLUMBIAN office, if
FOB BENT.
Rooms on 3rd. floor, COLUMBIAN
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tf. GEO. E. ELWELL.
If you want lithographed bonds,
certificates of stock, checks, drafts,
diplomas, or any thing in that
the COLUMBIAN office can furnish
them. See samples.
A fine line of new styles in wed
ding invitations just received at TH*
COLUMBIAN office. t£
Lithographed bonds, stock certifi
cates, and checks are furnished at
THE COLUMBIAN office. tf.
Leases that will collect the rent for
the whole year if tenant leaves before
expiration of term, also notices 10
quit, for sale at this office. tf,
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