I THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, PA. ESTABLISHED ISfifl. mt (TotumMa gcinotrat, JBHTABulSllKIl 18:17. CONSOLIDATED IBM. I-OUUSIIKJ 1VEKY TIIL'HSDAY StOKNINO HloomsburK, the County neat, ot Columbia count. T, Ton nsylvnnla. OEO. H. KIAVKLL Kpitok. 1), .1. TACKEK. I.Oi'Ai. KHITOH. UEO. C. HOAN, l'OHKMAN. Tim: Inside t he county tl.oo a yearln nd Inot: ll-SO II not paid In advnncr Outside tue county, $l.S5 a year, strictly In advanor. Ml communications should bo nddrrRwd to TUU col.t'MHIAN. Uloouisburg, Pa. THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1S99. Quay's friends arc claiming that they can get enough Democratic votes to secure his election. This is follv. as there is not a Democrat in the Legislature base enough to betray his party in that way. And if there is one base enough, he wouldn't dare to do it. According to State Treasurer Beacoin's annual report, the re ceipts for the year are about $1, 000.000 short of the estimate. The disbursements during the year ex ceeded the receipts by about the same amount. The obligations due on November 30 were $5,000,000, and the available balance, $2,229 617.1a Unless further trouble among the natives arises. Admiral Dewey will come home in the spring to enjoy rest, also to receive the sword of honor presented to him by Con gress. It has not yet been decided as to who will make the presenta tion. It may be dene by President McKinley, at the White House, or it may be presented by Secretary Long. The committee in charge of the arrangements is making extensive preparations for the inauguration of Governor elect llliam A. btone which will take place on Tuesday the 17th. The parade will take place in the morning and will con sist of six regiments of the National Guards. Grand Armv Posts, Sous of Veterans, Political Organizations and State Officials. The new bankruptcy laws, framed by Congress, and which have re cently gone into effect, while they possess many features of undisputed merit, do not redound to the benefit of the county sheriffs. The reason for this is that a large proportion of the business of the sheriff s office resulting through insolvent debtors promises to be transacted under the new bankruptcy laws through the district laws of the united States. This will sacrifice the fees of the sheriff. The Superior Court opened its first i8gy session at Scranton on Monday. Judges W. W. Porter, W. D. Porter, recently elected, and Dimner Beeber, the appointee to succeed the late Hon. Howard J, Reeder of Easton, took their seats, Fitting tributes were paid the mem ory of the late Judge Reeder by President Judge C. E. Rice and Attorney Russell C. Stewart .repre senting the bar of Northampton County in which Judge Reeder was born, lived and died. The recent New York poisoning cases have led to secret experiments through which, it has been discov ered, that a person may be poisoned and the most rigid examinations will not furnish any evidence of the cause of death. For instance, the drug may be put in the bath tub, in whicn case it is sure deata, or placed in perfumery and given to a person to inhale, a method which is equally as dangerous. It s now believed that many of the sudden deaths, which have occurred in New York, and which were attrib uted to various diseases of the heart, were victims of this poison ing practice. Verily, the rapid strides of the criminal inventor is shattering our belief in the old adage, " murder will out." T3E SENATORIAL SITUATION. The present outlook in the Senator ial matter is that the Democratic Sen ators and Representatives will nomin ate Hon. G. A. Tenks for United States Senator. No better nomina tion could be made, if there were th most remote chance of his election But with the large Republican major ity in the legislature, it is absolutely certain that the Senator will be a Re publican. If the Democrats will mak some concession to the anti-Quay element, the combination would b strong enough to select a man who will not be under the control of Quay, and the latter's defeat would be a stunning blow at the Quay machine in this state. By standing out for a straight party nominee, the Democrats will drive the Antt Quay Republicans to vote sitters for him, or for some man whom he will name and control. Fus ion is far preferable in our judgment because by it there is a chance to throw off the Quay yoke, and to dis rupt the Republican' party. No party advantage can be gained by an at lempt to do an impossible thing. In a long article last week the Sen tinel endeavors to make it appear that Judge Herring committed a great wrong in directing a verdict lor the defendant 111 the suit of Wil- iam Case and wife against the D. L..&W. R. R. Co. The opinion of the court published last week in Thk Columbian gives his reasons fully and clearly for his action. If he is wrong, the Supreme Court will correct the error and send the case back for a new trial. If he is right, that court will affirm it, and that will end the matter. It is a common practice for the courts to grant non-suits, and to direct verdicts for the defendants, when, in their judgment, the plain tiff fails to make out a case ot negli gence on the part of the defendant, or the plaintiff's testimony itself discloses a state of facts which, as a matter of law, constitutes contribut ory negligence on the part of the plaintiff. Judge Herrine held that by the act of Mrs. Case in volun tarily leaving the train at an un usual point, she took her own risk, and was guilty of contributory neg ligence, and could not recover dam ages, and therefore he took the case from the jury and directed a verdict for the defendant. We do not propose to discuss the merits of this case, and would not have mentioned it again, but for the publication of the article above allud ed to, which was calculated to pre judice the public mind not only against the court, but also against the defendant m case of another trial; but we shall refer to another case to show that the action of the court was not unusual. Some years ago Albert E. Cadow brought suit against the D. L. & W. R. R. Co., for damages, for in juries received by himself from a fall while crossing the tracks at East street in this town. His leg was broken, and he alleged negli gence on the part of the defendant in not having planking all the way across the street, between the rails. The details of the suit are not ma terial. Suffice it to say that it was as close a case, if not closer, than the present one. The suit was tried before arbitrators, who gave the plaintiff an award of $4300. The company appealed, and it was tried in court, before Judge Ehvell, who at the end of the plain tiffs evidence and without hear- 1115 the defendant s side, grant- ed a non-suit, on the ground that Cadow could not get damages, because he was guilty of contribu tory negligence. Cadow's counsel moved to take off the non-suit, and after argument, the Court granted a new trial, on the ground that he erred in granting the non-suit. Ow ing to Judge Elwell s illness, Judge Dreher presided at the second trial, and he refused to take the case from the' jury, and they rendered a ver dict of $4500 for the plaintiff. In refusing a new trial Judge Dreher said in his opinion that he would probably have taken the ease from the jury, if Judge Elwell had not struck off the non-suit and granted the second trial. The defendants took t. e case to the Supreme Court, and there it was reversed, and de cided in favor of the railroad, show ing that Judge Elwell was right in the first place, when he took the case from the jury. The decision of the Supreme Court will determine whether Judge Herring was right or wrong in the present case, should the matter be carried to that tribunal The following, concerning an im portant decision of the Supreme Court, is from New Ideas, Philadel phia : "No decision of the United States Supreme Court has attracted more widespread interest than that delivered by Chief Justice Bradley, exempting agents, canvassers, sales men, etc., from all special tax, county and town taxes. All such special licenses or tax laws are de clared unconstitutional, and any law officer who attempts to enforce them is individually liable for dam ages." Poisoned Blood Disagreeable Itching Spread All Over His Body-Sleep Disturbed - Hood's Sarsaparllla Drove Out the Poison and Cured. "I have bean poisoned every summer (or yean. Last summer the poison came out on me worse than ever before. I would frequently be awakened during the night by the Itching. I would scratch myself, but Instead ot being relieved the trouble spread to different parts of my body. I tried various remediei which people recommended to me, but none ot them ever helped me, I made up my mind the poison could not be cured un til my blood was pure and then I decided to take Hood's Sarsaparllla. While tak lng the first bottle I felt relieved from the itching. I kept on taking the medicine and it has entirely cured me. I am npw on my fourth bottle and I can sleeD soundly at night." William Kan, 8120 nvBiiiiuiii direct, rniiaaeipnia, ra. Hood's Sarsaparllla Is the Best In faot the One True Blood Purifier, All (Ii ubkIsU. l: six for 5. (let only Hood's, W a a v. AltrA llwnw ill UQllU i 1 nOOCl 8 PHIS take. essv to ouerate. a. DON'8 REVIEW. In speaking of the present busi ness conditions, Dun's Weekly Re view of Trade says : " The year begins with the kind of business demand that counts. For months there has been a rising demand for materials, but now the crowding demand for finished pro ducts begins to advance prices, in the iron and steel industry about 1 per cent., without, quotable changes in pig, except at the East. Beams have advanced $2 per ton, angles $t, bars $t, and plates are strong, with an Australian order for 32,000 tons refused at Chicago because the works are already overcrowded. Many thousand cars are covered by orders at Pittsburg, 0,000 tons bars arc taken for agricultural works at Chicago, 105, 000 tons rails are taken by the Pennsylvania Com pany, the Midland Railway Com pany of England has ordered 20 locomotives from the Baldwin works and many other home and foreign orders are reported. The demand has never been greater at the be ginning of the year than it is now. Nor is there discovered reaction 111 the boot and shoe industry, al though shipments in the holiday week were smaller than for some years. New orders are of fair quantity, and about as large as can be expected until the question be tween manufacturers and leather producers has been settled. A new factory, said to be the largest in the country, if not in the world, is about to be erected at St. Louis, and expansion in business at the West is remarkable. With hides a shade higher at Chicago, leather is also a fraction higher." STSiY PARAGRAPHS. Baggage men are tlie only peo ple who know how to check the grip- Among the agreeable remedies, honey ought to be good for the hives. There are some lively times promised at the Republican caucus next week. A young man who will stag ger on the streets in order to make people believe he is intoxicated, when he isn't, is utterly devoid of good sense. Notwithstanding the fact that beer has fallen in price, from $7 to $5 per barrel, and the saloon and hotel keepers still sell at 5c. a glass. The drop didn't benefit the con sumer any, very few drops ever do. The deputy register and recorder of Clearfield county is authority for the statement that the records in his office show that 31 children born in that county in the last six months have been named after Admiral Dewey. And the end is not yet. Z. G. E. Rulings. By the recent legislation of the Su preme Castle, Knights of Golden Eagle, the following decisions are ot interest: Members who have been sus pended for non payment of dues, and are over the age limit prescribed for reinstatement, will be furnished a dis. missal certificate free of cost, in case said member desires to form or join a veteran castle. A sir knight can be elected in his absence. Castles cannot take in honorary members. Grand chiefs, noble chief, grand templars and noble templars become past officers at the end of the te.rm for which they were elected irrespective of the matter of instalation. A brother who has been deprived of his sight after he has received the second degree shall be entitled to receive the third degree. Deaf and dumb persons cannot become a member of the order. A Japanese cannot become a member of the order. The fact that a grand chief succeeds himself as a f rand chief does not de prive him of his right to be admitted to the supreme castle as apast grand cniet. CALIFORNIA. Extraordinary Tour v!a Pennsylvania road Rail America is a great country. In variety and grandeur of natural scenery it is unrivaled. To traverse it, to be hold its diversities and its wonders, is a liberal education, a revelation to the immured metropolitan citizen. The Personally-Conducted Tour to Cali fornia under the direction of the Penn sylvania Railroad Company, which leaves on February 9, affords a most excellent opportunity to view the vast variety and boundless beauty of this marvelous land. The party will travel over the entire route in the model Pull man train ot smoking, dining, sleep ing, and observation cars exhibited at the World's Fair, Chicago, and subse quently at Atlanta, Nashville, and Omaha. This train will be placed in service for the first time on this oc casion, and will be in charge of a Tourist Agent and Chaperon, who will look after all details of the trip, as well as the individual wellfare of members of the party. Stops will be made at Mammoth Cave, New Orleans during Mardi Gras Carnival, El Paso, Los Star Clothing' House During the Month of January, will offer Special Reductions in All Winter Goods Hust be sold to make room for Spring Goods. WE WILL OFFER BIG BARGAINS IN STORM FOR MEN AND BOYS. Come and see the Big Basgalas la Winter Gags At Townsend's Star Clothing House. UT t n We have just finished taking stock, and we find it larger than it ought to be. There is only one way to re duce it, and that intend to figure on goods. This sale will til January 15th. 25 pieces of Dress Goods that have never been sold for less than 56c. per yard, and one of can buy, go at this sale for 28c. per these. A lot of All Wool Cloths, worth from 25 to 50c, at I9c Ladies' Muslin Underwear, at prices that will save you money. Drawers, at 12 l-2c, worth 25c. pair. Night Robes, at 25c, worth 50c. nuslin, 36 inches wide, unbleached, as heavy asAp pleton A, 10 yards for 49c ; 10 yards of fine unbleached fluslin, 36 inches wide, 34c; 10 yards of Hill Muslin, 49c; 9-4 Unbleached Sheeting, best goods, sell at this sale at 15c. Hen's Underwear, worth 50c, for 25c, as long as it lasts. Silverware, 25 per cent. off. China, 33 1-3 per cent, off until January 15th, 1899. We will put on sale a lot of Ladies' Shoes, not all sizes, at 98c. A lot of Men's Shoes at 98c. A lot of the best makes in Shoes, and the newest toes, one lot worth $3.50, at $2.98, and one lot, worth $2.75, at $2.49. If you are going to buy a Bed Room Suit this Spring we can save you money, if you buy it by January 15th. Broom Corn has advanced from $60.00 to $140.00 per ton. We have some brooms on hand and our cus tomers will get the benefit of it. Brooms, worth 35c, we will sell for 19c, until January 15th, 1899. F. P. PURSEL. Angeles, San Diego, Redlands, River side, Pasadena, Santa Barbara, Mon terey, Del Monte. Santa Cruz, Mount Hamilton, Menlo Park, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Glenwood Springs, Colorado Springs,Manitou and Garden of the Gods, Denver, and Chicago Nineteen days will be spent in Cali fornia. Round-trip rate, including all necessary expenses during entire tri, $400 from all points on the Pennsyl vania Railroad System east of Pitts burg; $395 from Pittsburg. For itin erary and full information apply to ticket agents; Tourist Agent, 119C Broadway, New York) or address Geo. W. Boyd, Assistant General-Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadel- Iphia. i-ia 3t COATS AND AFTER is to put the knife cost, but what price will move the commence January The rolice of Reading have raid ed a club of one-legged men for their excessively hiliarty and too great partiality for the growler. It was very appropriately named, the Peg leg Club, one of the principal con ditions of membership being that the applicant wear an old fashioned woodeu leg.no new-fangled artificial limbs being tolerated. All the members, 27 in number, were ped dlers and fakirs and were sent up for 30 to 60 days each to give their hilarity time to cool down. Tuesday night was another cold oue.the thermometer on Wednesday morning registering 5 degrees below zero. ULSTERS, TAKING. into it. We do not 4th, and last un the best makes we yard. Don't miss worth 20c, we will POLITICAL UARDS. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, JOHN N. GORDON, ot Montour. FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER, J. C. RUTTER, JR., of Bloomsburg. DR. T. C. HARTKR, of Bloomsburg. FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, C. A. SMALL, of Catawissa. r- Tlie above announcements are all aubjeot to Hie duvUlnu of the Deinoci-dtlo County Con vention, to be held Tutwluy, June IS16, ltwu. 1 iiuiai uieubiuu, ottburuny, juuu ju, a to 7 p. lu. .1,
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