Royal fptkcs the food pore, jiud delicious. &akiNo POWDER Absolutely Pure I THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMS BURG, FA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER I, 189 S. KtilPred at Hip Pont Office at bloom st)urg % Pa. \ a* second class matter, March 1, IHBB. Paper Free for One Month. THE COLUMBIAN will be sent free lo any person in the county, on re ceipt of the name and address on a postal. Don't be afraid to ask for it. You will get it only four weeks, unless ordered to be continued. A Free Book. F.very subscriber who pays all ar rearages, and one year in advance, will be presented with the Thrice-a week World for 3 months, or a World Almanac for 1899. The Almanac contains a marvellous compendium ot useful facts, and a complete history of the Spanish-American war, and a bat tle calendar. This offer is good until Jan. 1, 1599. tf To flaw Subscribers- For SI.OO we will send THE COL UMBIAN until January Ist, 1900, and ttie Thrice-a-Week World for three months, or a copy of the World Al manac for 1809 Subscribe now and get the benefit of this liberal offer, tf BALES- The John G. Freeze farm, situate in the town of Bloomsburg, will be sold at the Court House, on Monday, December sth, at 2 o'clock p. m., the sale having been adjourned to that date. PURELY PERSONAL lion. \\\ T. Cicasy was in town this morning. Miss Delia Reedy, spent Thanksgiving with relatives in Berwick. Miss Ikriha Shoemaker has been visiting friends in Berwick the past week. William H. Wooihn, of Berwick was in town on Monday. M s. James S. Woods of Derrs, is visiting h-*i daughter Miss Ida, on Iron .street. Miss Mary Knapp, who is teaching school at Reaver Valley, is home attending insti tute. Miss Blanche Gross attended the Annual Assembly of the Gem Social Club at Danville Thursday night. A. 11. Stroh. former manager of the Bloomshnrg Siore Company, now in business at Rittston, spent Thanksgiving in town. Mrs. W. G. Ferguson, has moved from Milton to llarrishurg, where she will reside in the future. Miss Louise J aim-son is the guest of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Hunt, at the Exchange Hotel. Hon Geo. Khonds, of Herndon spent Sun day in Bloomsburg, visiting his daughter Mrs. Edward Dielfcnbach. Mrs. Harry Depew of Bloomsburg is the guest of J. D. Ed.e and family on Carboy street, Weatherly —llazleton "Sentinel.** Mr. and Mrs Eugene F. Carp nter have returned home after a visit with the Intter's father at Ml. Cannel. Miss Margaret f aubnc'i attended the PadfH -Williams wedding at Berwick last Thurs lay. Miss Martha Mover of Bryn Mawr, Col lege. came home to spend Thanksgiving with her parents. Harry C. Wilbur, member "of the Fresh man class at Dickinson < oilege, Carlisle, spent the past week with his parents en First street. W. IT. Thrown has moved his family from Jersey Shore to Hloomsburg. lie is in the employ of Mnhoy lhos., a large installment house if Williamsport. We Will Open on Dec. Bth The finest, largest and most buyable line of tasty gilts for Christmas ever shown in town. We make a specialty of the fol lowing, and in these lines we say right here, and can back it up, that we are head and shoul ders above them all on quan tity, quality and price : sterling Silver Novelties, 25c. to $lO uo. 0 Leather Goods and Noveltlesaoe V S to $-.00 R Hand Decorated French China, M m 75e. to $8.1)0. M ■ ■ Perfumery nd Toilet Articles, 1 If IDC. 10 $H 00. G Hrlsl le Ooods.all kinds,2tc. to $6. lluyler's and Lowney's Confec tions. HOC to 80C. W" i>ave other beautiful goods, but on these lines WE LEAD. 7v*. 3. lU3i£i*G2f Ph. G„ Ocuasito P. 0 Pharmacist Teleplioue No. IffTJi Miss Helen Chrisman, who is attending school at Germantown, spent Thanksgiving with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Win. Chris man on First street. Frank Miller came home to spend a week with his parents. He is employed as steno. grapher and typewriter for Cox Bros., at Drifton. Miss Mary V. Milnes of Espy, who is leaching school in Madison township, is among the teachers in attendance at Insti tute this week. Mr. nnd Mrs. William 11. Magill spent Thanksgiving at Scranton. They visited Wilkes-Barre and other towns up the river on Friday. Daniel Sliertel of I'ottsvillc, is visiting at the home of his uncle, A. G. Briggs 011 Third street. He is a member of Co. A 4th. Ohio Volunteers, and is here on a furlough. ,lle was in Porto Rico three months, i Miss Rose Giddtng of Wilkesbarre, has been quite ill at the home of Iter brother, B. M. Gtdding on F'irst street. She is im -1 proving nicely, and will no doubt be out soon. James Sweeny of Ifazleton was a Jvisitor bete today. He was a student at the Nor mal twenty four years ago when the editor of this paper was a member of the faculty. Mr. Sweeny is a prominent Democrat, and has been a secretary of the Democratic State Committee. Legal advertisements cn page 7. Muncy is to have a new shoe factory, j The building lias been commenced. Spanish curios are expected by | dealers to cut quite a figure in Christ j mas gifts this year. j Seventy-six different tribes of In -1 dians are represented in the 888 pupils | at the Carlisle Indian School. i Christmas toys are occupying a conspicious place in the confectionery stores. ; The Central Pennsylvania Tele phone and Supply Company is run ning a new line to Catawissa. A baby girl arrived* at the home of Ralph G. Phillips, on East street Thursday last. Judge McClure, of Lewisburg, brought home a deer as the result of a hunt in Mifflin County last week. The question of teaching short hand in the public schools is being considered by the Williamsport school board. A total eclipse of the moon will occur December 27. The eclipse begins at 5:57 and ends at 7:26 o'clock in the morning, Charlie Crossley and William Vanßiew went to Danville this week, where they were examined and accepted in the regular army. N. S. Tingley has returned to Bloomsburg and opened a tailoring establishment on the third floor of the COLUMBIAN building. Walter Laubauch has added a shoot ing gallery to his pool and biiiiard room in the Exchange Hotel base ment. Clean the snow and ice from your pavements promptly. If it is allowed to thaw and freeze, it is almost impos sible to walk on it. Lieutenant Siviter opened a recruit ing station at Danville this week. Any one desiring to join the regulars can do so. William Samuels has enlisted in the regular army, and when last heard from was stationed near St. Louis. T. Clarence Ilarter has announced himself as a full fledged candidate for Register & Recorder for this coming June election. * Some millers are pressing flour into cube or brick form, hard enough to handle in transportation. It is claimed to be less expensive than using barrels. A counterfeit ten dollar note ot the series of 1891, check letter B, with the portrait of Hendricks is reported to be in circulation. Be on the lookout for them. Harriet Beecher Stowc's Immortal "Uncle Tom's Cabin" will appear at the Opera House tonight. Indi cations give promise of a large at tendance. Dr. Mark Lincoln, who commit ted suicide in Philadeldhia by in haling gas, is remembered by many people in town. For a year he at tended school at the Normal, room ing with Dr. Tom Powell, of Hazle ton. The hallway in the COLUMBIAN building has been newly papered and painted, large glass has been put in each office door, and a toilet room fitted up with the latest conveniences. It is now one of the most desirable office buildings in town. The store windows of town are commencing to assume a holiday appearance in the wares that are be ing displayed. Many are tasteful and contain some new departures, all of which the longing eyes of the shoppers will feast upon for a month. l -'E COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA Nice young chickens were sold on the street this week for seven cents per pound. All forms of scrofula, sores, boils, pimples and eruptions, are quickly and permanently cured by Hood's Sarsap arilla. Ralph G. Phillips has a new ad vertisement elsewhere in this issue. His photographs give the best of satisfaction. Tioga County buckwheat buyers are offering from 70 to 80 cents a hundred pounds for buckwheat de livered at the cars. The Bloomsburg Wheelmens' progressive party took place Tues day evening. Front all accounts Harry Achenbach is now in the lead for the silver cup. An interesting game of basket ball, for the Normal school cham pionship, took place in the Gym nasium, Monday afternoon, between the White Triangles and Hustlers. The contest was a scientific exhibi tion and resulted in a victory for the former. Score 10 to 6. John Kenyon, manager of the Tel ephone Exchange is the proud posses or of an interesting relic. It is a handsomely polished walking stick, purchased in Porto Rico and presented to him by a former employee of the Telephone Exchange, Wilbur Fisher, who just returned from that place. During the past few weeks we rave been sending sample copies of this paper to school teachers in the county. Supt. Miller recommends that every teacher should read a good weekly newspaper, atid as an inducement we will send the COL UMBIAN to teachers at a reduced price. Write for particulars. Mrs. Harvey Reituard died after a protracted illness at her home in Fernville, Saturday morning. She was about twenty-eight years of age and well liked by all who knew her. A husband and two childten sur vive. The funeral, with interment in the New Cemetery occurred on Monday. We notice by some of our ex changes that the popular Irish Com edian Tony Farrel is showing in many Pennsylvania towns. It has been several years since Tony was here. He was a great favorite with Bloomsburg theatre goers, who al ways turned out in goodly numbers to witness his play "The Irish Cor poral." The Clover Club, composed of young people of town gave a dance in Evans' Hall last evening in hon or of Wilbur Fisher's return from Porto Rico. The music was furish ed by Metherel's orchestra. Re freshments, consisting of ice cream, cake and coffee, were served. It was largely attended and a general good time was had. According to the Dushore Review George Sheafhour, of Loyalsockville, went to the woods back of his house one day last week about 3:00 p. m. He killed a 250 pound bear, two coons and an opossum. He was not feeling well, so he went home for an early sup per. He is mourning over the scarcity of game. He says it is almost impos sible nowadays to get a decent bag full. A. W. Jones has purchased the interest of Ira J. Thomas in the Jonestown Flouring Mill. It is said to be one of the best equipped Mills in that section, and the new firm Kimble and Jones are thorough ly competent. Mr. Jones was a member of the firm of Jones & Wal ter, former shoe merchants of this town, but just now is conducting a shoe store in Wilkesbarre. The first snow of any account fell on Thursday. It began to come down early in the morning and continued until the ground was cov ered to the depth of about two inches. Several of our people, anxious to have the first sleigh ride of the season hustled their cutters out and the jingle of the merry bel s was heard in the afternoon and evening. Mr. Claude C. Paden and Miss Gertrude Williams were united in marriage at the hom.e of the bride's mother, Mrs. R. H. Williams, on Mulberry street, Berwick, Thursday last, by Rev. Rev. Geo. H. Stephens. The wedding was a quiet one and was only witnessed by the relatives and connections of the contracting parties. On returning from their wedding tour, they wilt reside in Ber wick. The following letters are held at the Bloomsburg, Pa., postoffice, and will be sent to the dead letter office Dec. 13, 1898 : Miss Bertha Hartman, Mr. Ncrman Hall, Mr. C. N. Kreischer, E. C. Keim, and Mrs. Elizabeth Zeigler. Persons calling for the above letters will please say that they were advertised Nov. 29, 1898. O. B. MEI.LICK, P. M. The Washington Post is of the opinion that the war tax will not be abolished and there will be 110 tariff revision by the coming Congress. A barking dog frightened A. L. Farley's horse on East street, this morning, and the driver, being unable to hold the animal, was thrown out just as he was making the turn out Fifth street. He escaped with a few bruises. Mr. Farley lives near Ash land. TEACHERS INSTITUTE. Unusually Large Attendance. Interesting Exercises. The Annual Teachers Institute for this county, opened under most favor able circumstances in Normal Audi torium Monday at 2p. 111. The at tendance is larger than usual, two hundred and forty five teachers out ot two hundred and fifty six being en- j rolled. Rev. David N. Kirkby opened the institute with devotional exercises, after which he made a short address to the teachers. Prof. J. P. Welsh then delivered the address of welcome. After music by the Institute, Mrs. Mathilda Coffin Ford, read an able paper on "Learning to Read." In the evening Dr. John D. De.Motte deliver ed his lecture on "Electricity and Civilization." Tuesday morning, Supt. Miller call ed the Institute to order at 9:15. The devotional exercises were led by Rev. J. D. Smith of the Baptist church. Dr. DeMotte was the first speaker, he addressed the teachers on "Your point of view." Prof. O. H. Yetter led the institute in music. The remainder of the session was occupied by Mrs. Mathilda Coffin Ford on "Reading." Supt. Miller appointed the follow ing committee to select a classical course of reading for the teachers of Columbia county: E. E. Garr, Ber wick; L. P. Sterner, Bloomsburg; Boyd Trescott, Greenwood; Miss Correll, Bloomsburg; Miss Beaver, Locust. The lecture in the evening was by John Temple Graves, subject: "The Twentieth Century Woman." Wednesday's sessions were all large ly attended. There appears to be more interest manifested than in form er years. The instructors of the day were, Dr. N. C. Sahffer,"Civil Govern ment." Dr. Jacques W. Redwav, "Physiographic Regions of the U. S." and Dr. Lincoln Hulley, "Essential Things in U. S. History." Last evening a reception ;was ten dered the teachers by the faculty of the Normal School in the Gymnasium. Desperate Encounter with Masked Men at Danville. A special to the Inquirer from Danville on Wednesday says: "Seven masked robbers created a reign of terror in this place last night during a raid upon a gristmill and the Polish Lithuanian brewery. At the former place a safe was blown up with dynamite, but only a small amount pi money was found. No one offered resistence during the grist mill affair, but when the brewery was approached an excit ing battle resulted, in which Frank Lesch, an engineer attached to the plant, was shot in the head and thigh, in addition to having his head badlv cut in several places with a slug shot. Mack Curry was club bed and thrown into a coal bin, while James Lake, night watchman, received severe treatment when he was overpowered and bound. Before the desperados had time to dynamite a safe in the office the police and townspeople were hurry ing to the scene, causing the gang to disperse. Up to this evening no trace of the burglars had been ob tained. The police of the surround ing counties have been notified to maintain a sharp lookout." A Fleshy Consumptive I Did you ever see one ? I ; Did you ever hear of one? ; ; Most certainly not. Con- I I sumption is a disease that I ; invariably causes loss of ' ; flesh. i I If you are light in weight, ! | even if your cough is only | a slight one, you should ■ certainly take I §eot}'s Emuslien j of cod liver oil