"HE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURO. PA. V AUavLUTsuLY PURE . Makes the food more delicious and wholesome torn tAiHa xxnn THE COLUMBIAN. The Elks had a banquet at the . . Susquehanna House, Catawissa, on BLOOMSBURG, FA. Tuesday night. About fifty mem- VI1URs5aV, MARCH ;r ber3 participated. KHtrri"i at tin-rt ojnrr at wntmmtntrg, ra. A large line of perfumery and nmmll clan matter, Marrh 1, IBM8. tQjjct oapS at MerCCf'S DrUg & We still have a number of calen dars to give to our subscribers who will call for them. On receipt of a two-cent postage stamp we will mail to any address in the county. purelTpersonal L. Grim spent Sunday with his father at Danville. Miss IClizal'Cth Kuhn, of Centre street, is visilini! relatives at Ml. Carmcl. Itarton liisel, spent Sunday in town. He is attending Wyoming Seminary at Kingston. William II. Magi II Esq., has been confin es to the house ly illness for the past few days. Frank I'hillips, proprietor of Cntawissa's popular penny photo gallery, wnsin town this week. Miss Florence Stcidle, of Iiiiighamion, X. Y., is the pleasant guest of Mrs. George W. Lnteriine. Alf.ed Mcllenry, manager of the Rlonmi burg .Store Co., went to the city on Tues day to purchase new goo U. George It. F.dgar is able to be out ngain aftei his sudden attack of illness, a notice of which appeared in our last isnc. Miss Hessie Kawlings came over from Frosty Valley, where she is engaged teach ing school and spent Sunday w ith her mother. Rev. G. II. Hemingway, of the Presby terian church, arrived home Saturday morn, ing from l.otk Haven, where he had been all week, assisting Kev. Wright, of that place. P. S Ilarnian, left on Wednesday, for Dansvdle, New York, where he will endeavor to recuperate his health by a three week's treatment at the large Medical Institution of that place. Miss Harriet, young daughter of Mr. and , Mrs. J. D. Armstrong, whose life has been despaired of for two weeks past, is consider ably better, and hopes are entertained for her recovery. Trios. Gorry attended the funeral of James Dougherty nt' Danville last Friday, The deceased was the father of V. H. Dougherty who had charge of the U. S. Express and W, U. Telegraph offices in this town somn years ago. Mr. ond Mrs. George S. Robbins arrived home on Thursday evening, from New York, where Mr. Robbins has been looking after tue interests of the Wirt fountain pen. Dur ing their absence they also spent some time at Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore. On Monday Mr. Robbins went to Chicago. A fine piano, good as new, cost $750, for 5100, at Thomas music store, Bloom. 3t Dieffenbach Bros, have chased a fine, large team of horses for their ice business. pur gray A large line of lamp chimneys all kinds at Mercer's Drug & Book Store. It is announced that Robert J. Burdette, the humorist, will soon wed Mrs. P. C. Baker, a wealthy widow of California. You can buy a good mandolin, or guitar, at Thomas', for $300, Bloom or Danville. 3t The Wheelmen's basket ball team will contest honors with the Williamsport Y. M. C. A. at Wil liamsport to-morrow night. Violin, guitar, banjo and mando lin strings, 5c. each, at, Thomas' music store, Bloom or Danville. 3t Rev. G. II. Hemingway will ad dress the Men's Meeting at the M. C. A. Hall next Sunday, at 2:30 p. m. All men welcome. ' Wanted; Girls for weaving, sett inz and filling- Carpet Works, 3-2 Bloomsburg, Pa. LA GRIPPE! Cured in 24 Hours, BV THE USE OF OUR LA $ GRIPPE PILLS 25 CENTS. o One box will cure a cold, or money refunded. An Instant Relief Foe Neuralgia and Rheumatism. MANUFACTURED ONLY BY W. S. Rishton. Ph. C 0iw:cit3 P. 0 Pharmacist T-lepUune NO 10Tikf DVvVOER ee., wtw yok. F. D. Dentler expects his stock here soon, and hopes to be able to open a shoe store at his old stand, some time next week. Ledgers, day books, journals, or der books, records and all blank books at Mercer's Drug & Book Store. Good Will Fire Co., of the sec ond ward, will hold their First Annual Ball on Easter Monday evening. Full particulars will be given later on. All the latest sheet music, for half the regular price, at Thomas' music store, Bloom or Danville. 3t Sheriff Black is carrying his left hand in a bandage. lie received a scratch, which resulted in blood tioisonmcr. and has had a very sore and painful hand. We are niakine a special sale of wall nancr this soring. Get our prices before you buy. A a. aw Mercer s Drug cm Book btore. The ladies of the Lutheran church of I'.spv. will serve supper, ice cream. &c, in the Town Hall at that place on Saturday evening. Judge Little has appointed II M. Hinckley, James Scarlet, Col. J. G Freeze, and Grant Herring a com mittee on revision of the rules of court fortius district. George B. Jacobs, the baker and confectioner, has disposed of his business to A. IL Neyhard, of Millville. He expects to take pos session about the 20th. The Y. M. C. A. takes pleasure m announcing tue engagement ot Lyman H. Howe for one of his superb animotiscope entertainments on Friday evening April the 7th. Eight applicants for naturaliza tion were examined on Monday by C. Evans and Guy Jacoby Lsqs. Seven of them were approved of and one rejected. They reside at Locust Gap. Mr. E. C. Wells has retired from the firm of Creasy & Wells, owing to ill health. The firm name re mains unchanged, as S. C. Creasy and J. G. Wells will continue the business. The people of Millville and vicin ity are rejoicing over trie estabiisn- ment of a daily mail service ou the C. P. & W. R. R. Hereafter they will receive their mail twice every day. Seven new members were initiat ed in Theta Castle, K. G. E. Mon day evening, and two more reinstat ed, making a total of nine. the Eagles are rapidly increasing 111 members. Rev. J. D. Smith gave an in teresting and able address at the Sunday afternoon meeting of the Young Men s Christian Associa tion. The music was also a. very enjoyable feature. We have been requested by the management of the Opera House to announce that the prices for Faust to-night will be 25, 35, 50 and 75 cents, instead of $1.00 as has been rumored on the streets. " Don t Tell Them Where You Found Me," is the latest popular song. Words and music are by Rev. Thomas Delaney. It has a pure sentiment and a catchy air. Ask your music dealer for it. The first thunder shower of the season visited this section Saturday nip-lit. Sharo and vivid flashes of lichtning illuminated the sky, while the thunder was ciuite heavy. This is regarded as a harbinger of early spring. The Bloomsburg & Sullivan Rail road Company will run a special train to Bloomsburg Tuesday even ing, giving all those who desire it an opportunity to witness Denman Thompson's great play, "The Sun shine of Paradise Alley." Prices, 25. 35. 50 and 75c. Bikes! Bikes! Bikes until you are suited at Mercer's Drug & Book Store. Prices from $22.50 to $75-00. We have some hanging and hall lamps that will be sold at a reduc tion at Mercer's Drug & Book Store. W. K. Armstrong is thinking of locating in Benton, and going into the drug and hardware business. He has not yet fully decided. A nice lot of Clover and Tim- othv Seed, lust received by the Bloomsbure Store Co.. Ltd. Prices reasonable. 3"9 "Don't Tell Her Where I Am To-night." is the title of a beauti ful ballad, which will be ready for sale in a short time. It is a prettily worded incident of the ball room, by D. J. Tasker. Leave your order for a copy at the music dealers now. The Pupils '.Term Concert, in Normal Auditorium, was largely attended Monday evening. The program, which was taken trom the works of the lamotis composers Schubert and Mozart was beauti' fully rendered. Altogether, it was a most delightful night s entertain ment. Tooth Brushes, Hair Brushes, Clothes Brushes, Combs, etc., etc., at Mercer's Drug & Book Store, Miss Pauline, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sharpless, of First street, is an exceptionally bright child for her ace. blie was asked by a neighbor, at her home last night, who was in her class at school, and without any hesitancy whatever, she went over the list of pupils, numbering about thirty-five, alphabetically, naming the girls first and boys last. The child is only six years old. Her memory is truly remarkable. A feast for everybody who will come to the Sterner House, opposite the Lutheran church, Market Street, Friday evening, March 10th, from 5 to 10 p. m. Behold the good things Cold Ham, Savory Meat, Cold Roast Beef (home-dressed). Crisn Potato Chips. Boston Baked Beans (brown and juicy), Cabbage, Pickles, Bread, Biscuit, Butter, Tellv. Coffee, etc. Yes. and all for 15 cents. Cake, Sherbet and Cream extra. Proceeds for Lutheran Y. P. S. C. E. Lamps, burners, shades and all lamp fixtures at Mercer's Drug & Book Store. An appeal has been taken out by the plaintiff in the damage suit of Martha and William Case vs. the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company. It will be taken to the Supreme Court, which sits for the Eastern District of Penn sylvania in Philadelphia next month. The suit was tried twice in the Col umbia County Courts. The first trial resulted in a verdict of $8,000 for the plaintiffs, and the second, in a verdict for the Company. The largest line of box papers in Bloomsburg are at Mercer's Drug & Book Store. 10 to 50c. per box. "Shorty" Wetzell, lormerly a well known ball player, of Belle- fonte, and who played last year with the Toledo inter-state team, died in a Dayton hospital a few days ago of heart disease. De ceased was 31 years old, and was born in Morris Run, Tioga county. Loci Haven Democrat. "Shorty" was well known 111 town. He played with the Dan ville State League team a few years ago, and also with several other towns hereabouts. He was a nat ural ball player : could hold down third base in faultless style, and on more than one occasion, was a fac tor in Bloomsburg's defeat, by rea son of his fast fielding and good batting. P What Shall l Be Done FOR THE DELICATE GIRL You have tried iron and other tonics. But she keeps cale and thin. Her sallow t complexion worries you. Per haps she has a little hacking cough also, fler head aches and she cannot study. Give her : Scoil's Emulsion j The oil will feed her wasting f oooy 1 tne glycerine win sooinc her cough, and the hypopbos ohites will cive new power and vigor to her nerves and brain. Never say you " cannot take cod-liver oil" until you have tried Scott's Emulsion. You will be obliged to change your opinion at once. Children especially become very fond of ltt and infants do not know when it is added to their food. joc ind $1.00 1 (11 druggist!. SCOTT 4 BOWKE, ChemUu, Ntw York. The words of praise bestowed upon Hood's Sarsapariila by those who have taken it prove tne merit of the medicine. J. E. Roys has leased the prop erty of Mrs. Worthington on Fifth street, and will move in about May 1 st. Frank Wilson will then occupy his own property to be vacated by Mr. Roys. A large line of bibles and hymn als and all stationery at Mercer's Drug & Book Store. Albert Kelley, messenger boy for the Local Telephone Exchange, was severely shocked by a live wire while assisting some linemen in re arranging the wires at the Steam Company's plant baturday lore noon. He was in an unconscious condition lor nearly fifteen minutes. Rev. J. W. Shanahan, pastor of the Church of our Lady ot borrows, of Philadelphia, lately appointed Bishop of this, the diocese of Ilar- risburg, has declined the proffered honor. He says he knew his name was being considered at Rome for the appointment to the Harrisburg diocese, but he did everything to 1 prevent the nomination. No play of recent years has had so much of genuine interest to the public as Denman Thompson's The Sunshine ot Paradise Alley , which is now in the third year of its success and which will be seen at the Bloomsburg Opera House Tuesday evening. Its interest is broad in its scope, and the touches of pathos, bits of comedy, and re alism, make it an entertainment well worth seeing by everybody, old and young. The keynote to its success is in affairs to be found anywhere on the great East Side of the metropolis near the docks. If it be the highest achievement of the playwright to show virtue her own feature and scorn her own image", then has Mr. Thompson been successful beyond his fondest expectations 111 his "pictures of New York life." A large and powerful company of twenty people appear in the play, and there is also the Acme Male Trio and the famous Boston Verdi Ladies Quartette. Doan's Kidney Pills.Drake's Kid ney Pills and all Patent Medicines at Mercer's Drug and Book Store. The following amusing story is told of Mr. Porter J. White, while giving his, the greatest of all ' ' Faust productions, at the Au ditorium in St. Louis, Mo., two seasons ago It happened that one of the stage hands had opened a trap door of the stage between the second and third acts to procure a necessary piece of scenery. Mr. White, in crossing the stage at that time, and not noticing the removal of the door, stepped into it, and only saved himself from falling through by grasping one of the in sulated electric wires, which so thickly cover the stage floor. The man below, alarmed at tne noise and so impressed with the scene in the first and second acts, on looking up and seeing his Satanic Majesty hanging through the opening, yelled, It's no use. Hell's full, the devil can't get in." Mr. White will give a magnificent production of "taust" at the Opera House to-night. See our line of 10c toilet soap, three cakes for 25c Drug & Book Store. at Mercer's Will Exchange- Have $2300 Penn Elevator Bonds and several desirable parcels of I Bloomsburg Real Estate which I will exchange for Ingrain Carpet Mill Bonds. Box 408, Bloomsburg. 3-2. Valuable Beal Estate Sale. Property on North Market street, late residence of VVm. Neal, will be sold at public auction in front of the Court House, Saturday March nth, at 2 p. in. Terms made known on day of sale. The house is open tor inspection at any time. (Signed.) D. M. & James Bovd. 2-23 3t. A Bare Chance. . 1 A very desirable business for sale. Best locition in Bloomsburg. H. M. Hockman offers his business, stock and fixtures for sale on easy terms. AJNiNUUlN (JLMl. IN 1 O. For Rent. Second floor Inquire of J. G. Wells. office room. 2t. WANTED 1 Reliable man for Manager of Branch Office I wish to open in this vicinity. If your record is O. K. here is a good opening. Kindly mention this paper when writ ing. A. T. morris, Cincinnati, u. Illustrated catalogue, 4 cents post- ace. 2-10-ot. HOOD'S PILLS oure Liver Ills. BIN lousness. Indigestion. Headache. Easy to take, easy to operate. 28c. CLARK Spring Dress Linings. You will find this department of the store ready with the best line of Dress Linings and find ings in the county. All the newest and best of the several qualities are now here. French and English miruotns, Italian Cloths, Twilled Linings, Perca silk Linings, in plain colors, Fancy Percasilks, new patterns, Midnight Fast Color Percalines, Selicias, Satteens and Cord Ef fects. Good Selicia at 10c yd. Fancy Percasilks at I2icyd. Bone Casings, Beltings.Bind- mgs, btays, iiooks ana Eyes, Placket isuttons. with uorcis, Collar Canvas, Ducks, &c. Spring Dress Trimmings. This don.irtmnnt offers VOU all that is new and up to date in the wav of trimmings for Spring. Bow Knots, new Gimps, new Appliques, new Jets, new Fronts, new Chilfons, new Gauzes.new Braids, new Shining Ribbons, new Buckles, new Plackett Buttons, new Spring Braids. Do you know that while Black is to be exceedingly stvlish this season, we are ready. Spring Silks. Our lines of new Silks, for Waists, Dresses and Skirts, are now ready for your approval. Corded bilks at 50c. yard. Plaid Silks at 50c. yard. 27 in. Black Taffeta Silks, 90c 27 in. black batin micness, 96c yard. Satins, of all colors, 75c yard. Fancy Stripe Taffeta Silks, 90c. yard. I. W. HARTMAN & SON. Another Special Sale ! This time in Silk Ribbons, for two weeks, at prices far below regular retail. o . Every lady in all the - country is aware that we have been leaders in the sale of Ribbons. direct from the factory, in short to be sold at special cut prices. invite examination. The wonder is how we can buy a 25c Ribbon to sell at 16c. Or a 39c one to sell for 25c. 10c one to sell for 7c. 7c one to sell for sc. Sc one to sell for 3$c. The new Spring Ginghams, cales and early Spring goods are coming in many already on the tables. The Linen Sale was quite satisfactory to us. They are now in the regular stock for spring sale, with Muslin Underwear, Petticoats, Skirts, &c. New line Collars, Neckties, &c., just in. not soiled. When about to make up any Fashion Book. March number taken for " Monthly Designer," I. W. SEND OS HQ MONEY. kA A yTiiiiMiiiiiiifiiiiit''"iiiiiiiriiiiitTMirTiiiinrririTi r nirinir ,n 1 I I I 1 HMdsofMKtiMlrwtd'Dont vndui'jnv- i I E-UUU: i M ft r m- . I money. Jiot your nutaa AtnanA toup'rriends Al.lU jam )ovlii.: 9 wuJy.reiuni nuw tnr mogui icem AQurcsaacnuttJvavYrj.i m..uaimtra:pauT.j REPAIRING A Specialty. If you have a watch or clock to be repaired, do not fail to bring it to us, where it will be accurately repaired by a scientific workman, who can put old, butch ered watches, in perfect order, and skillfully re pair the finest watch you may have. Work promptly done. Prices reasonable. All work guaranteed. jr. ie. m, Jeweler. &o Serving Machines. Anyone can now make Sew ing Machines, tne leading pat ents having run out. We offer you a machine, the equal of any forty-dollar machine sold, for the small price ot $17.00 casn. No commissions or time pay ments to make up. Come ana see it. Examine it all com plete. Neiucst Spring Petticoats. We are now showing the largest and most complete line of the season's handsomest styles and materials (except silk goods), ever shown in the town. All the new, pretty, bright colors, look like silk, wear bet ter than silk (but not silk). Then the new Stripe Effects, Fancy Moreens. These goods are all full width, made neatly and perfectly. Some have ex tra bindings on deep ruffles, corded, tucked, and small ruf fles. A full line of plain black,in new materials. A good many have the Silk " Swish," so de sirable. We say come and see this display of newest Spring Petticoats, whether you wish to buy or not. We want you to see them, examine the mak ing, materials, &c. And the prices are moderate. Last Call on Coats and Capes. What remains of these goods this week, almost at your own price. Many will do for eariy Spring wear. A few 30 in. Plush Capes at $7.00, $8.00 and $9.00, worth double and more. Last call. Act quick if yon want. Now a large lot has come to us lengths, and they with others. 1 o know the trutn or tnis . They run in all numbers, col ors, quality and prices. The narrow for trimmings, or chil dren's hair ribbon, the wide and medium widths for ladies' neck ties, &c. (Ladies wear high neckties). Seersuckers, Madras Cloths, Per of Ladies Linen Cuffs, Linen Only exchangeable in sizes when garment, consult our Standard of sheets free. Subscriptions at 85c. a year. HARTMAN & SON. cosr-TOojRQXHiNfi. - - -,r ..i.mn,..- ne mQ lend -Lull ii.iOiuu, II 1 I ' eenl. each. Send u& ti MUM ndm I lilfforMlf lUliAl. Sll Ik- I dhkcicii S-93-4t. Her Picture, Or Anybody's Picture, If it comes from our stu dio, is sure to bear the im press of the skill and care we devote to every photo graph we make. Our Prices ? Just Right. Never mind the weather. o THE PHILLIPS STUDIO, f ATM UTDr-cm MAIN STREET. Oprwsite Episcopal Kectory. II-24
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