"HE COLUlVlbiAls, t5L.OOMSbUHC ra.
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
POWDER
nvt pnwm CO., arw vnnit.
Karly cabbage plants for sale at
J. Garrison's, 5th street. 4-6 2t
Base balls, bats, mits, gloves,
masks, belts, etc., at Mercer's Drug
& Book Store.
THE COLUMBIAN.
Ul , h )MS UU KG, FA7
VI1UK UA, M IL 13, 18.J9.
KHtvmt'nt thp l"um Olid ill Ulmmirlnirg,
tf Kii'iwirt rlunr iii'i'cr, Man li I, ihmc.
1'a.
PUKLLY PLHSONAL
Bicycle sundries of all kinds
Mercer's Drug & Book Store.
at
Ikeler spe t lust week in New
1 1 .t n a lew il.vy at Wilkes
Mrs !' run
York City,
lohn Keny
barre Inst wo :
Jay Al en lia- n turned 10 icsume Ins stinl
ies al Sl.ilc mlcnc
Kev. 1). N lv r.,ln and family are spend
ing lh week in i.it)i.)n.
knh .i A'(i ii'i Mei of hanville. was in
town A few hours on I uesd.u.
CliarlcsAI.-Mirierh.in ' turned to Sink
ing Springs i.fter .1 two wee 's vacation
Dr. J .inies I'ursel ol . a-ion, lius been
spending a few das m town with relative.
II. Domer (.evsii ger.of i py, an employee
of this other; ,pent several days al hcranton
the past weeu.
Mis. Wiliia.n Lev. re i returned to
Philadelphia n Krid.lv, al.ei a pleasant visit
with relatives n town.
Samuel Crist .-nj.iv d .1 v . . t with his par
ents in town over itn l.iv. 'le is engaged at
flic carpenter lade at A i ke barre
13. V. lira has moved t-crc from Light
Street ..nd is im copil.-rt.ib y -eitled ii his
large new home o.i Kast I it i h street.
Mrs. II I'. .1 '"es f th's town re'urncd
home 1 ist cveiing iift-i a two wee's visit
with her fattv-i and sit-r at Silinsgrove.
Mi-s Lulu l ole lias 1 ee i confined to the
house for several w.-eks, by illness. Her
many fr ends h pe for her speedy recovery.
Charles Joh s .n retun e l home on Satur
day fio.n I.ai cas'er where he has been for
the past two n oaihs taking a course in hand
engraving. .
Miss Anna (l .nn.in an.l .!iss Mary Mc
JIale, two popuiar and vivac ous young ladies
of Wilkesliane aie the pli .sant guests of
the former's si -ier Mrs. Cringe V I'.nter
line. Window sbadesfrom 10c to 75c each
at Mercer s Drug & Book Store.
Prices low on wall paper and
window shades at Mercer's Drug &
Book Store
Don't forget the "Ancient Order
of Hercules ", in the Town Hall at
Espy to-morrow night.
Glasco Cameron has employed a
first class barber as an assistant. He
comes here from Huntingdon, Pa.
A nice lot of Clover and Tim
othy Seed, just received by the
Bloomsburg Store Co., Ltd. Prices
reasonable. 3-9
You can help the Bnnd along by
purchasing a ticket for the concert
to be given in the Opera House
Monday night next.
The nleasant weather has made
the roads throughout the country,
nd mrticularlv within the town
limits in excellent condition.
The residence ot Tohn White on
Seventh street is undergoing repairs
A new porch is being added to the
house and some other improvements
being made.
It is said that chicken thieves are
again plying their vocation up
the creek. Several henneries have
haen visitod and a number of valu
able chickens stolen.
What a lot of anguish would be
he mouths in this
town had a button on the lower hp
and button-hole on the upper one,
with a law to compel the owner to
keep it buttoned except at meal
times. Many a heart ache would
be saved.
The Fairy' King made by the
Luthy Peopie is the best $35-
wheel made, at Mercer's.
The new Town Council at its
first meeting Thursday night, made
several changes, in the way of ap
pointments. The proceedings of
the meeting will be found in another
column,
Hon. R. M. Tewksburv, ex
member of the Legislature from this
district was stricken at his home in
Catawissa on Saturday with a severe
stroke of paralysis. He is in a very
critical condition.
We have been informed that the
telephone connection at Kspy has
been discontinued. This instantan
eous means of communication with
our suburban village has been a
great convenience.
A respected resident of Mifflin-
ville, in the person of George Dur-
in, died of old age at his home at
that place Tuesday morning. He
was seventy nine years of aga and
was a soldier in the civil war.
Charles Geese carried off the first
prize at the Bloomsburg Wheelmen
progressive euchre party Monday
night. Harry Achenbach second,
and the "booby" or consolation
prize was awarded II. D. Ivdgar.
The viewers appointed to locate a
bridge over the river at Mifilinville,
will meet at that place Monday 17
inst at eleven o'clock iu the fore
noon. They are George B. Patter
son, Hubert it. limine, ana L,utner
Kyer.
The Normal School will open
the base ball season on Saturday,
April 22. They will have as their
first opponents, the strong Wyom
ing Seminary club. Warren H.
Eyer has been chosen umpire for
the season.
The concert given at the Opera
House on Tuesday evening was a
success artistically and financially.
Miss Kaiser has a highly cultivated
voice and her selections showed it
off to good advantage. Dr. Edwards
gave some recitations 111 a pleasing
manner. Miss Maude Runyon play
ed the piano accompaniments with
her usual skill. A large audience
was present, and the applause was
evidence of the lact they all were
pleased.
Wall paper is selling because it is
cheap at Mercer s Drug & Book
Store.
Bicyclists opposed to paying fines
had better keep off the sidewalks in
town. The chief of police has been
authorized and instructed to enforce
the ordinance in regard to this mat
ter. A great many have been mak
ing a practice of using the pavement
itr order to prevent running through
a small mud hole or low place in
the road. It is a great inconveni
ence to be sure to be obliged to get
off your wheel and take a few steps,
but nevertheless, it is a great deal
cheaper, to walk that short distance
than it is to ride on and pay a fine.
II. W. Bittenbender has just
completed a course of instructions at
the Champion College of Embalm
ing in Scranton, and this together
with his long and successful ex
perience in undertaking, enables
him to announce to the public that
he is fully prepared to attend all
calls in this line. The writer en
joyed the privilege of attending
several sessions with Mr. Bitten
bender in Scranton last week, and
is quite satisfied that the knowledge
attained 111 that school is very es
sential in the business of first-class
undertaking. D.
Blank books, box paper, memor
andums and tablets of all kinds at
Mercer's Drug & Book Store.
The Williamsport Base Ball Club
has been organized with John
Shaffer, well known in Blooms
burg, as captain. The players will
be Applegate, Booth, Gair, Ken
ney, Bevicr, Andet and Hutchin
son, an old Central League player.
The club has not adopted a name
yet.
A telephone company, says one
of our exchanges, has been organiz
ed at Greenwood to put into opera
tion a line to Millville and other
places. The officers of the concern
are Alfred Heacock, president; E.
E. Parks, secretary; and W. A.
Bangs treasurer. The lne it is ex
pected will be in operation in a
short time.
The Columbian reporter, while
taking a walk around town, dropp
ed iu to see Con Cronin's new
store on Leonard street. The store
while not so very large, is a neat
model, and everything about the
place is up-to-date, neat and invit
ing, it is stocked wun a nice iresii
line of groceries, and Mr. Cronin
says he is very well pleased with
his trade so far.
Some unknown patriot gets off
the following : " I've licked a dozen
stamps to-day for telegrams I sent ;
I licked and stuck one on a bill,
with which I paid my rent. I
licked a stamp to paste upon a note
which I renewed, and then I licked
another to make the mortgage
good. I've licked these stamps to
show that I respect my country's
will, and now I'd like to lick the
man that introduced the bill."
Legal advertisements cn page 7.
Dr. Harpcl tellsof a novel experi
ence in his practice. Mrs. Jame
Wertman of Cooper street is tin
mother of twins, a seven pound bo?
born on .Saturday morning, April I
and an eight pound girl on Sundan
evening, April 934 hours apart
The novel feature is while beim?
twins, yet their birthdays will come
on different days. Danville JVevs.
SPRING BUDS.
This store is aglow with
goods as bright as the buds. Many articles are exact copies of
nature's own work. We invite you to this showing of spring
goods, of dependable kinds, in their several grades. All boughi
For cash, and will be sold for cash only. Below we mention t
few items:
The Wheelmen of this city de
feated the Penn Wheelmen of Dan
ville for the second time at the Club
House on Third street last evening,
the score was 66 to 54. The prize
offered, a handsome mantel clock
will remain m Bloomsburg.
Bicycle Show
FOR
BLOOMSBURG,
Wednesday, April 12th
There will be a cycle show
and demonstration of the great
Cleveland Wheel
AND
Roller Bearing
By An Expert,
in thfi room formerly occupied
by the Bloomsburg Banking
Co., on the above date. It will
be of interest to all, whether
tou are a wheelman or not.
" lfc2r Ladies especially welcome,
Remember the date, April 12
W. S. R1SHTON,
OPPOSITE POSTOFFICE.
There will be a meeting of the
Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite in
Masonic Hall on Thursday April
20th. A large number of members
from out of town will be present,
and a banquet will be held at the
Exchange Hotel in the evening.
Danville has taken on a new lease
of life, everything in the town ap
pear$ to be on the boom. A raise
of fifty cents on every ton of iron
from the Mahouiug Iron Works is
promised 011 and after May first.
We take pleasure in noting this
good news.
The new hose carriage for the
Good Will Fire Company has arriv
ed. It was taken from the Town
Hall to the Company's quarters iu
the lower end of town Tuesday
evening. The boys, about fifty in
numhpr 111,1 rle n rrood showing as
they paraded down Main street.
A rerrnitiiifr office has been es
tablished at Pottsville, with Andrew
M nses. Second Lieutenant of the
Seventh Artillery in charge, for the
purpose of enlisting able bodied
men between uie ages 01 10 aim
fnr the United States army. lhe
compensation runs from $13 to $34
per month.
Sarah B. Eves, widow of the late
Charles W. Eves, crossed the bora-
. . H J-.. aT.-..- ..irvt-if Vic
er line last mursuay, unci ni...,...
of severe and continued sunenng,
at the age of 67. She was tne
daughter of George and Margaret
Masters, and tne mouier m vc
children, four ot whom survive uer.
Thus, one by one we are being
gathered.- MiUvine laviei.
TV,e Pnnimissioners on Wednes-
.
day awarded tne contract 10 jjuu
tmtie mm nami mc uum-
of the Court House to Harry Smith
of Philadelphia for $20. As he
climbed to the top ot tne aome uy
means of a ladder and rope, ne was
the cynosure of all eyes. He moved
about from one side of the weather
..1..- T-rff3rr pime.
vane to tne oiuei vnu 1"
t t? Ravnire ot Tackson township,
was in town on Monday and while
here gave this office a pleasant call.
Tie had in his possession, a large
chicken hawk, captured in a steel
trap on his farm by two young uuys,
Arden Remley and Harry Loug.
The bird measured four feet and
one inch from tip to tip. It was a
handsome specimen, and Mr. rav
age said he intended sending it to a
taxidermist aud have it mounted.
Business calling us on Monday to
to the upper end of town near Oak
Grove, we took occasion to visit the
steam flouring mill of Ikeler &
i'i 1 .! tm. :ii ; .. . tl.
r lecKeiisiiiie x 11c 111111 is uul uie
largest building of the kind in the
county, but every Inch of its three
I floors and basement is utilized, and
all available space is filled with
machinery of the latest kind for the
manufacture of flour and other mill
products. The storage capacity for
grain is 6000 bushels, and the cap
acitv of the mill is 70 barrels of
flour a day. The product of this
mill has already gained a wide re
putation. R. R. Ikeler who has
active charge of the mill, has had
long experience in the business,
aud knows how to make flour.
County treasurer Geo. S. Flecken
stine is the other partner. Both are
gentlemen with whom it is a pleas
ure to do business, and we are glad
to record the fact that their plant is
running to its fullest capacity.
Mgtr
1 '
Do you take cold with
every change In the
weather? Does your throat
feel raw? And do sharp
pains dart through your
chest ?
Don't you know these are
danger signals which point
to pneumonia, bronchitis, or
consumption Itself?
If you are ailing and have
lost flesh lately, they are
certainly danger signals. The
question for you to decide Is,
Have I the vitality to throw
off these diseases?"
, Don't wait to try SCOTT'S
EMULSION "as a last re
sort." There Is no remedy
equal to It for fortifying the
system. Prevention Is easy.
Scott's
Emulsion
prevents consumption and
hosts of other diseases which
attack the weak and those
with poor blood.
SCOTT'S EMULSION is
the one standard remedy for
Inflamed throats and lungs,
for colds, bronchitis and con
sumption. It is a food medi
cine of remarkable power, A
food, because It nourishes the
body; and a medicine, be
cause It corrects diseased
conditions.
, )oc. and $1.00, all druggUta.
SCOTT & BOWNE, ChtmUta, Ntw York
Monday's issue of the Philadel
phia Inquirer contained a cut and
an extended account of the political
career of Hon. John R. bcott, a
former Bloomsburg boy. Mr. Scott
is the youngest member of the Leg
islature and is representing the
Fourteenth ward of Philadelphia
He is a graduate of the Central
High School of that city. He studied
law at the University ot Pennsyl
vania, but left before the completion
of the lull term, and was admitted
to practice at the bar six months in
advance of the other members of his
class, and today is admittedly the
leader of the Junior bar of the enm
inal courts. About 20 years ago he
together with two or three other
brothers, lived in Bloomsburg with
his mother Mrs. Jane Scott, who
will be remembered by many of our
residents as having conducted a bak
ery in the Exchange Block.
Stricken in Church-
Mrs. David Kline of Plymouth was
taken suddenly ill with heart trouble
while attending a lecture at the M. E.
church in Kingston Tuesday evening,
A physician was summoned and every
thing was done to revive her, but she
continued to grow weaker and in
about a half hour after being stricken
she expired. Friends took charge of
the body until the arrival of undertak
ers, Ferguson & Fredricks of Ply
mouth, who took charge of the re
mains. The sympathy of the entire
community will go out to Mr. Kline
and his family, who will miss a devot
ed wife and mother. Mrs. Kline had
an amiable disposition and was a con
sistent worker in the M. E. church of
Plymouth. She is survived by her
husband and three children, Harry of
Dorrenceton andVValter and Mary who
reside at home. Wilkesbarre Record.
She was formerly Miss Phoebe Laz
arus, a daughter of the late Stephen
Lazarus and was born m Benton town
ship this county, where she resided
with her father until grown up. She
will be remembered by many of our
readers.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Wanted. At once 200,000 feet
drv chestnut boards. Also, beech.
birch, soft maple, ash and basswood
boards. Hawley-Slate Fur. Co.,
4-6-4L Bloomsburg, Pa
HOOD'S PILLS cure Liver Ills, Bll
lousness, Indigestion, Headache.
easy to take, easy to operate, zdc
LA . tesEOtM '
mm I
mm P
the brightness of new spring
Spring Dress Goods.
In all the newest effects of the
season are here tor your approval.
38 in. all wool Vigoroux 39c yd
50 in. Black Cheviots, 85c yd.
(Usually $1.00 a yd).
40 in. silk and wool juarcei
ia," $1.00 yd.
Hosiery.
You will find this department
filled with the reliable kinds.
Hercules school hose, 2 pr 25c
Hercules bicycle hose, 19c pr
Ladies' black hose, 25c pair
Ladies' lace hose, 45c pair
Spring Suits.
The Suit department offers
you some extra good values
while they last. Fly front jacket,
flare skirt, both all silk lined,
per suit, $15.00
See the $10, 811.50, $18 suits.
We have them down to $5.
Linens.
We have never shown you as
good a line of Linens of all
kinds as we are doing to-day.
60 in. Cream Damask, all
linen, 50c yard.
72 in. Bleached Damask, all
linen, 85c yard.
18 in. all L,inen lowehng,
heavy, 7c yard.
19 in. ulass lowehng, c yd.
Pretty Petticoats.
The handsomest line of these
goods shown. Some you would
take for silk really like silk,
but not prices, from 75c to
$4-5.
Silks for Spring.
Fashion dictates pronounce
silks the correct article for
spring. We have prepared a
grand collection for your selec
tion larger and better than
ever the assortments.
Corded and Plaid Silks, 50c yd
Fancy Taffetas, $1 a yd
27 in. Black Satin Ducb.ess.96c yd
21 in. Shirred Silk, with ' Satin
stripe, $1.65 yd
Untrhnmcd Millinery.
We now have open the larg
est line of Flowers we have
ever shown, in the newest colors
for spring We sell you good
flowers for little money. Roses,
violets, poppies, crushed roses.
&c. Also hats to trim, trimmed
sailors and walking hats. Come
and see the display.
Special Silks.
We place on the counters a
lot of fancy silks, away below
the regular prices. These goods
sold from 90c to $1.25 yd. We
will sell them while they last at
69c a yard.
Lace Curtains.
The greatest values in these
goods we have ever shown. See
them, compare them with any.
Choice, new work, from $6.50
per pair to 45 c. Derby Curtains,
in all grades. Curtain materials
by the yard.
Shirt Waists.
A full line of Silk and Cotton
Waists in new effects. Cotton
Waists from 50c up. Silk Waists
from $8.00 down.
H. J. CLARK & SON.
I. W. HARTMAN & SON.
o
If Every Lady Could See the Spring Dry Goods Trade as We See
it, 2he Would Make Her Purchases harly.
o
Warm weather will come
with a " rush," and then soon
the assortment of Wash Dress
Goods will be reduced. Our
advice is to you to buy now.
The stock is fresh and lively,
and dress makers are plenty.
Our $5 Tailor-Made Suits are
well lined. The $7.50 Suits
have better material and better
linings. The $10 and $12 50
Suits have extra good material
and are better all through.
They are in the newest colors.
We talk about our $5.00 worth of ladies' misses' and chil"
dren's Muslin Underwear, from a 9c. cor&et cover to a night
dress for $4.50. Skirts and drawers are included in the stock.
bpn ng Capes are ready for your look.
We name single dress patterns
in all w ool for spring, at $3.00
and up. No two alike.
Our black goods make up
nice for a skirt. Prices run
from 25c to $2.00 a yard.
Made up dress skirts in many
colovs, from $1.00 to $8.50. The
$8.50 every one will know is
better than the $1.00 one.
Don't wait until the first warm
day or evening for a new shirt
waist, for then your choice and
size may be sold, and special or
ders are hard to fill.
Have you seen the new lawns,
seersucker ginghams, percales,
Madras cloths, &c just opened,
with our line of white dress
goods.
I. W. HARTMAN & SON.
SHOES! SHOES!
SPECIAL
$2 50
LINE
CriticalJudgment
finds no flaw in our Photo
graphs. Let your friends de
cide we know their opinion
will be complimentary to our
work.
Skill, taste, experience, with the best
of modern appliances and equipment
all these we employ to make your
picture perfectly satisfactory.
We are showing several new styles ol work,
lnbotli the plnt.luot.yno and carbouette tlntsu,
that are exclusive with us In Moouisuurtf.
UK lip TO UAI ft.
0 - i
THE
PHILLIPS STUDIO,
MAIN STREET.
Opfosite Episcopal Rsclory.
11-24
To meet all the require
ments of trade.
Everything used in this line
"the best." Quality,
Style, Fit.
F 0. DEWTLER
I. ....