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THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOOMSBURG, FA.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 189 S.
Hater ed at the Poet Ojjlce at Bloomeburg, Pa,
* second close matter, March 1, 1888.
PURELY PERSONAL
George Sloan is home from Baltimore on
a visit.
Dr. D. L. Pratt, of Towanda, spent last
Thursday in town.
P. Thomas drove over from Bear Gap on
Friday to attend the Fair.
Miss Anna Reber, of J.ewisburg, spent
Saturday and Sunday in town.
Mr. and Mrs. \Ym Blecher, of Danville,
visited Miss Lizzie Solledcr last week.
W. S. Fleckenstine, of \Yilk?s-Barrc, was
among the many visitors here last week.
J. Harry James, Esq., of Ashland, was
in town last Thursday, attending the Fair.
Miss Gertrude Heim was the pleasant
guest of Miss Blanche Gross over Sunday.
Miss Margaret Hawley, of Northumber
land. spent Sunday with her brother in town.
P <-County Commissioner Ezra Stephens,
'■i Sugarloaf township, was in town on Mon
th J'
Klias Gross, of Danville, visited his
hrifibers in tow.t Irs' week ard look in the
fair.
M-Si Martha Whitmer, of Scranton, spent
a few days in town last week, attending the
Fair.
C. D. Herring and wife of Wilkesbarre,
were among the liloomsburg visitors last
week.
Miss. Carrie Fleckenstine of Wilkesbarre,
spent Friday and Saturday with friends in
town.
Mrs. Samuel f'ursel went to Philadelphia
on Tuesday to attend the wedding of her
brother.
Miss Bertha McHenry, of Stillwater, was
the guest of Mrs. George B. Hunt during
the Fair.
Ira C. Deitrick visited in town last week.
He has been living in the west for a num
ber of years.
Louis Bernard Jr., of Scranton, spent two
days in town last week visiting his parents
and attending the fair.
Mrs. Sleppy and daughter, Miss Grace,
of Kingston, have been visiting relatives in
town the past week.
Our former townsmen, F. M. Everett, and
George Sterling of Ml. Carmel were visitors
to the Fair last week.
Miss Gertrude Goldsmith, of Danville,
spent a few days with her sister, Mrs. Max
Gross, on First street.
S. O. Bogert of Philadelphia, who has
been visiting his brother William at Espy,
returned home on Tuesday.
Russel Andreas and family, of Wilkes
barre visited Mrs. Andreas' father C. I*.
Sloan, on Market street over Sunday.
Louis J Townrend and family, of Ber
wick, visited the former's parents and at
tended the Fair- Thnv remained over Sun
day.
Miss Jennie Sayres, one of Millersburg's
popular young ladies has been the guest of
Miss Delia Geisinger at Espy for the past
week.
Miss Emma Johnson and Grace Renner,
twe popular young ladies of Northumber
land, spent a few days last week in town
with relatives.
Geo. W. Bartch, of Philadelphia, who
'ormerly conducted a merchant tailoring es
tablishment in the First National Bank build
ing was in town on Saturday.
W. R. Kocher and Fred B. Harlman, at
tended the State Convention of Sunday
School" at Johnstown this week. They were
the delegates from this county.
Elmer Kline of Sioux City, lowa, will re
turn to that place this week, after having
spent several weeks visiting his parents Mr.
and Mrs. Clark Kline of Espy.
Robert Hawley, of Bloomsburg, spent the
fore part of this week with his father, Al
f-ed Hawley, and his sisters, at their home
on Maiket street.—Northumberland Press.
I have secu.ed the sale of the finest
line of Confectionery in the world.
ALLEGRETTE'S
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Are unsurpassed in richness and fla
vor. Always fresh, at
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In quarters, halfs and pounds.
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Tiept>.: No
Legal advertisements cn page 7.
The Union Coal Company, of
Shamokin, paid out over $lOO,OOO in
salaries last week.
George Aurand has moved into
the brick house on the corner of
Center and Fourth street.
J. E. Roys, left on Monday for New
York, to replenish his stock of jewelry
cut glass etc., for the holiday trade.
Miss Lillie Doak,Bloomsburg's lead
ing dressmaker is in Philadelphia this
week, looking up new fall and winter
styles.
Say "No" when a dealer offers you
a substitute for Hood's Sarsaparilla.
There is nothing "just as good." Get
only Hood's.
The hunting season opened on Sat
urday last, and sportsmen could be
seen at an early hour in the morning,
starting out to try their luck.
The Sunbury band, cousidered one
of the best musical organizations along
the Susquehanna discoursed beautiful
music at the fair on Saturday,
With the exception of a few arrests
made for practicing sure-thing games
on the ground, there were no unusual
occurrences during the fair last week.
"The Sleeping City' held the boards
at the Opera House Friday and Sat
urday nights. There is lots of room
for improvement in both the caste and
play itself.
All the Sons of Veterans from
every Pennsylvania town desiring
to participate in the Peace Jubilee
at Philadelphia next week will be
given free transportation and the or
ganizations will also receive free
board while in the city.
J. C. Hitchner "The Mark Twain
of Wyoming Valley," will deliver his
famous humorous lecture, Tid Bits, in
the Tabernacle on Thursday evening
Oct. 27, 1898. Do you want to laugh
and grow fat, then do not miss Tid
Bits.
Our. townsman William Shaw, has
in his possession a well-preserved sup
plement of the Ulster County (N. Y.)
Gazette , dated December, 1779, con
taining a full account of the death
and buiial of George Washington.
It is an original copy and Mr. Shaw
prizes it very highly.
"How was business today," asked
one fakir of another, coming up from
the fair ground Saturday evening. "On
the hog," said the other fellow. "The
old Rubes, why you couldn't sell
them a d thing." We are glad
to hear it. They have been reaping
a harvest at our fair for several years
past and perhaps some of them will
stay away in the future.
The following letters are held at
the Bloomsburg, Pa., postoffice, and
will be sent to the dead letter office
Nov. 1, 1898: Mrs. Gertrude Grey,
Miss Sarah Horts, Edw. Kleen, Miss
Ma'y Rephew, W. C. Poyer, J. C.
Rankin, Miss Jer.nie Clarke Smith.
Persons calling for the above
letters will please say that they were
advertised Oct. 20,. 1898.
O. B. MELLICK, P. M.
By the accidental discharge of a
gun in the hands of John Coyle,
Peter McDonald was instantly kill
ed at Ashland on Saturday. They
had been friends since childhood.
In the morning they started out for
a hnnt. In going through the
woods, Coyle who was some dist
ance behind was endeavoring to
catch up, and in some way or other
the trigger of the gun came in con
tact with some bushes discharging
it, the contents striking McDonald
directly in the left breast and heart.
Great excitement has been created
in the vicinity of Williamsport over
the reported discovery of gold.
Thomas J. Davidson, a business man
residing at a small town above
Williamsport, recently picked what he
believed to be gold quartz. He sent
it to a Denver testing company and
Saturday received from the company
a certificate of assay, which states
that the piece of quartz contains 161
ounces of gold to the ton. Mr. David
son has leased several hundred acres
of land in the vicinity of the place
where the discovery was made.
The question of whether Con
stables are entitled to receive pay
for services at the polls was brought
before the Commissioners of North
ampton County, and they were in
structed as follows: The law giving
Constables fees for attending polls
011 election days was passed in June,
1895. All Constables, therefore,
who were elected or appointed prior
to that time are not entitled to re
ceive any pay, as it is contrary to
the Constitution of the State to in
crease the emoluments of an office
during the term of an incumbent.
Those Constables who were ap
pointed or elected since the passing
of the act will be entitled to receive
pay for sendees on election day at
the polls.
THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, PA.
E. J. Stetler, is building a new
house on East Fourth Street, in the
Neal addition.
The curbstone market is getting
smaller, There were but few wagons
on hand this morning.
A brick crossing is being placed at
the crossing of Sixth Street near the
Farmers' Produce Exchange.
Yesterday was Lafayette day.
Many towns in this state celebrated
the event in a fitting manner.
Mrs. John Lawall will move this
week to Philadelphia. Her son
Charles is employed in that city.
Prof. F. H. Jenkins has begun
the erection of a dwelling house on
West Fifth Street. B. W. Jury is
the contractor.
Rupert and Chrisman had a large
eating stand on the Fair Ground last
week, where they served oysters in all
styles, and other eatables. Their
tent was well patronized.
William, the twenty-year-old son
of ex-sheriff Breckbill of Danville,
died Tuesday afternoon. He was
a member of the Company F 12th
Regiment, and contracted the dis
ease which resulted in his death,
while at camp.
A list of the Democratic meetings
to be held throughout the County,
will be found elsewhere in this
issue. Good speakers, well versed
in the issues, will be present, and
every democrat should make an
effort to be present.
James P. Freas, of Berwick, who
had been taken to the M. E.
Hospital at Philadelphia some time
ago for the purpose of having an
operation performed died at that
institution Sunday night. He was
well known in this town.
Miss Grace V. Correll, will give
a dramatic recital in the Opera
House tomorrow evening. The
program will be interspersed with
musical selections. Miss Correl is
a graduate of Emerson College, and
teacher of elocution in the Blooms
burg High School.
A wind storm of a cyclonic nature
swept over this town Tuesday night,
and a repetition of the destructive
storm that visited this section about
two years ago, was feared by many
people. It passed off, however,
without doing any damage, but it
caused some of our residents to
stay up till a late hour.
An exchange says: "Col. Will
iam Stone, the Quay machine candi
date, spoke to a few Republicans at
the Sunbury court house Monday
afternoon. Several other apostles
of the lost cause also made lengthy
and very tiresome addresses. The
applause from the small audience
was feeble and infrequent."
We are informed that chickens
have to roost high in Pine township
if they escape the band of thieves,
who are making nightly raids on
the hen coops of that locality. Our
informant who conducts a poultry
annex to his place in Pine says he
has lost about two dozen in the
past two weeks. An effort is on
foot among the farmers to form an
organization to catch the sneak
thieves.
The two shows known as Dia
mond Dew's amusement Palace,
and the Egyptian Dancing Girls,
secured the right of the association
to exhibit on the fair ground last
week, on the promise of giving a
performance that ladies and chil
dren could attend. They didn't do
as they promised and were ejected
from the ground on Friday morn
ing or just as soon as the Society
had been informed of the charade
of the entertainments they were
giving.
The Mauch Chunk Gazette says
of Judge Herring, who presided at
Court in Carbon County last week:
"Judge Herring, of the Montour
Columbia district, who is presiding
specially during this term of court
because of Judge Craig's illness,
favors the late lamented Eckley B.
Coxe, of Drifton. He has the same
strong, striking cast of features,
and when he smil&s this likeness
seems to grow greater. Mr. Coxe
also had an abundant crop of hair
like the distinguished judge."
A team belonging to J. E. Lon
genberger of Maiuville, which he
left standing at the corner of Main
and Market Street while he trans
aded some business at the First
National Bank, became frightened
at a band of music which was on
its way down to the fair ground on
Saturday, and turning around very
abruptly upset the wagon to which
they were hitched, throwing the
occupants, Mrs- Longenberger, a
daughter and two small children
out into the road. All escaped seri
ous injury but one of the children,
who sustained several severe cuts
on the head.
The State Convention of County
Commissioners is being held at
Clearfield this week. William
Krickbaum and John N. Gordon,
of this county, are representing
Columbia County.
PI C. Bundy, the well-known huck
ster, had an eating stand on the Fair
ground this year, making twenty con
secutive years that he has followed
the business. The rain was too much
for him, however, and on Friday he
moved out.
The Bloomsburg Wheelmen, held
the first of a series of euchre parties
Tuesday evening. Prizes were
offered to the persons making the
most points. The first prize was
won by G. A. Clark, and the
second by D. K. Butler. The
pleasure of the evening was not con
fined to card playing alone, as the
Wheelmen had secured an enor
mous lot of chestnuts and had them
boiled. The evening was delight
fully spent.
J. F. Corser exhibited his patent
folding sewing table at the fair, also
his patent folding seat for sewing
machines. Both of these are very
useful inventions. The table is light,
well made, and quickly folded when
not in use, by a devise which enables
it to be done, without the operator
stooping over. The sewing machine
seat is adjusted to the frame of the
machine and when not in use is fold
ed up out of the way under the ma
chine. They can be seen at the
store room on Main Street, formerly
occupied by Corser as a shoe store.
Stung in the Throat-
Charles Matz, of Tyrone, was the
victim of a peculiar accident one day
last week. He was visiting at Dry
Hollow arid was drinking sweet cider
out of a barrel through a small gum
hose, when a yellow jacket. was
sucked up through the hose into Mr.
Matz's throat. The bee stung him
three times in the throat and breast,
and the stings swelled up until Mr.
Matz nearly choked. By the use of
a tube the throat was kept from en
tirely closing up and the victim pulled
through, but he will not drink cider
out of a barrel hereafter.
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