4 IS Vy !1 I i; 3! ! ri 1 1 H i I f 11 9 '1 3 If if I I '1 I ft , 51. S I ;!? "I ft ij I 11 A ' 1 !'( u 1 if ! ft ESTABLISHED iut Columbia JJcmorrat, STABulMIEn 1'!7. rcNHOI.!TATEt1H. fCBUMIK.) VKKY TIHKMUAY MDHXI.Ml Mloomaburff, the County at, of Columbia ; I'nuntr. Pennsylvania. GgO. K. KI.tVKLL Kditor. I). J. TASK EH, Local Kmtoii. l,R-. '. KOAX, Fokhiah. i nm.-tnxl.le tne.'our.ty ti.W rearm 1. nc; II. M If not paid 1u advance Outside th county, a yi-ar, "it rli-lr In ailvan.. All coiuiauulcatlons snould be addrftwil to TI1K COLUMBIAN. Ulwrnburi, Pa. THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1899. "poLi 'rTcuARbsr FOR I'ROIHONOTARV AND CLERK OF THE COURTS, C. M. TERWILLIGER, of Bloomsburg. FOR PROTHONOTARY AND CLLRK OF THE COURTS, WILLIAM H. HKNRIE, of Uloomsburg. FOR COUNTY AUDITOR, VM. BOOKRT, of Scott Twp. FOR COUNTY TREASURER, WILSON YEAGER, of Locust Twp. FOR COUNTY TREASURER, W.,13. SNYDER, of Locust Twp. FOR COUNTY TREASURER, JERRY SNYDER, of Locust Twp. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, WILLIAM KRICKBAUM, of Bloomsburg. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, J. W. PERRY, of Sugarloaf Twp. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, W. H. FISHER, from the South Side. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, JOHN N. GORDON, of Montour. FOR REGISTER AND'RECORDER, W. F. STOHNER, of Bloomsburg. FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER, DR. T. C. HARTER, of Bloomsburg. FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER, A. N. YOST, of Bloomsburg. FOR REG'STER AND RECORDER, J. C. RUTTER, JR., of Bloomsburg. FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, C. A. SMALL, of Catawissa. FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, JOHN G. HARMAN, of Bloomsburg. tw The above announcements are all subject to tho decision of tbe Democratic County Con vention, to be held Tuesday, Juno lath, Primary election, Saturday, June 10, 8 to 7 p. m The State Treasurer thinks the Commonwealth is in a bad fix financially, and yet the State Treas urer, as a member of the Capitol Building Commission, is in favor of appropriating $4,000,000, which the state hasn't got, to go on with the outrageous capitol job. Philadel phia Press. Quay Acquitted. The jury in the Quay trial acquit ted the defendant last Friday, and the same day Governor Stone ap pointed him United States Senator to fill the vacancy. Mr. Quay is "vindicated" by an acquittal in a trial where he plead the statute of limitations to bar out some damag ing evidence against him. The anti-Quayites declare that the war against M. S. Quay will go on. The action of the Governor is said to be unconstitutional, and without authority, and it is very doubtful whether Mr. Quay will be permitted to take his seat in the Senate. BTATE NEW8 ITEMS. Because she was accused of stealing chickens, Sarah Lloyd, of Forty Fort, brought an action in trespass for $10,000 damages against Rachael Seward, a neighbor,through her attorney. 12. D. Nichols. As a result of the same chicken episode, Mrs. Seward, through her attorney, John T. Lenahan, has filed a simi lar suit for $10,000 against Mrs. Lloyd's husband. .Mrs. J. Frank Wilson, the wife of a prominent business man of Wilkes-Barre, and J. Fred Watch erhouser, a young soldier, are miss ing, and it is claimed that they eloped last week. Wilson was atvay at the time and did not know of his wife's disappearance until the next day. He set out at once to locate her. On Saturday, it is stated, he found his wife and Watcherhouser in New York. Mrs. Wilson sur rendered all her jewels to her hus band. The Wilsons lived in good style. Watcherhouser is ten years younger than Mrs. Wilson. RACED WITH DEATH- Two Men and a Girl Drive Through Burning Forest. Tin- following is a special from Shamokin and appeared in this mornings' Philadelphia Inquirer: Behind a horse which was on fire and with over half a mile to travel through a burning forest, Jerome Heck and William Moody sat to day in a buggy, holding three-year-old Nellie Wilmer. She was protected from the flames by being wrapped in blankets. The men suffered with the ani mal, in whom lay the salvation of the party. The race began, and though the horse fell time and again the goal was reached with no fatali ties. The men were burned and almost dead from smoke. So was the horse. The child escaped with out injury. Fires on Mahanoy mountain, which raged yesterday and to-day threat ened the timberland of II. M. Kulp & Co. The firm's lumber camp is at Indian Park. Heck is foreman, and called upon Moody to accom pany him to the end of the burning woods. Heck ordered a horse and buggy. The men invited Nellie Wilmer to accompany them, she being a daughter of one of the lum bermen. The abandoned road was travers ed to reach the fire the quickest. Alter traveling some distance a wind carried sparks from the fire down the valley and soon a bier blaze hemmed in the party. They were at first in imminent rlanuer rf suffocation, owing to the Immense cloud of smoke. Quickly protecting tne cnua, tne men prepared for flight and at once entered upon the thrilling ride tor life. COUNTERFEITERS CAUGHT. A Gigantic Swindle Brought to Light, During the past week one of the most stupendous schemes for swindling the government ever known, has been exposed, and the accused persons arrested. They are William Jacobs and W. L. Kendig, cigar manufactur ers of Lancaster; two engravers nam ed Taylor and Bridell of Philadelphia; Deputy Collector Downey and James Burns of Lancaster, and ex-United States .District Attorney Ellery P. Ingham, and his law partner Harvey K. Newett of Philadelphia. Jacobs and Kendig are large dealers in cigars and in Kendig's building was found all the machinery for making revenue stamps. There was also found the plates for making a $100 silver certifi cate. This counterfeit had been is sued, and was so well executed that the government had to call in the en tire issue of that kind. It is estimated that the government has been defraud ed cut of over $400,000 by the use of counterfeit stamps on cigars. Mill ions of cigars so stamped are being found all over the country, Taylor and Bridell are the engravers who made the plates; Downey received money from Jacobs at different times to keep him posted as to whether the secret service officers were on his track, and Burns was a sort of watchman around the buildings. Ingham and Newett are charged with attempting to bribe a secret service officer not to perform his duty in ferreting out the counterieiters. i he two latter have a hearinz todav in Philadelnhia. All the others have given bail or are in jau awaiting trial. Ellery P. Ingham is a son of Judge Thomas J. Ingham, of Laporte, Sul nvan county. He asserts his inno cence, and his friends are confident that he can prove it. It is said that Jacobs and Downey have confessed. The daily naDers have sunken of this case as one of the most danger ous and extensive counterfeiting plots in the history of the United States. 1 nis is probably true. It is also spoken as one of the cleverest detective catches on record. As it seems to have been eoinu on for five vears. it is much more to be wondered at that it was not detected much sooner. TJ- L. & W Centralize Shops In accordance with the nolicv fore shadowed by the Republican in its previous articles, the work of central ization is being pushed in the car shops of the D. L. & W. It was announced authoritlvely that the car shops would be retained at Kingston. With regard to the changes men tioned in connection with the Blooms burg division, the plan of running the through freight engines o the Blooms burg division, from Scranton to North umberland, with a change from Kings ton to Scranton, is in the nature of an experiment. In connection with this the Sunday passenger service may be altered by a 9:50 train from Scran ton inlhe mornings and a 1:58 train in the afternoon. The plans however, are not yet fully matured. Superintendent James Hughes of the D. L. & W. boiler shop, Scranton, has resigned after a continuons service of 47 years. His successor has not yet been named. Scranton Republican. THE COLUMBiAN, In and About Forks. Farmers are busy plowing and the soil is in excellent shape for agricul ture. Wm. Unangst is able to be out again and do slight chores. Lawrence Jenkins has received an excellent violin from friends in Wyom ing, and will receive instruction on it. He plays "When I was a Boy," with admirable effect. Lawrence is an apt pupil. The creek has been too high for good trout fishing. Jacob Geisinger who has been con fined to the house nearly all winter with rheumatism is gaining very pe. ceptibly. He has swelling attended with excruciating pain. How many Registers and Record ers are we going to have; judging from the candidates ? J. G. Hornet is the popular gauger of the Edgar distillery. He took pos session on April 8th and is a native of Bradford county. The distillery is in charge of Alfred Edgar, the surviving partner of Edgar and Beishline. Hardy Edgar is busily engaged put ting up three large barns for Daniel McHenry. His plaining mill is runn ing full time. Nevin Ale is running two farms this season, his own and that of William Unangst. Mr. Unangst is not able to do the work on account of infirm health. E. M. Laubach has a helper in manufacturing pumps. His business has so largely increased that an extra force is necessary. I he wheat crop never looked more excellent this time of the year. The aiarcn winds were very gracious this season. This is news: There are more candidates in the field than will be elected. Among our many friends at Benton we found Mr. Jno. Heacock still afflict ed with rheumatism, so that he has been confined to his home for fifteen years, yet he converses very pleasant ly void of pain, but an inval d not. withstanding, and sits upon his wheel ed chair. He is a stock halder in the Shirt Factory, which is one of the first enterprises of Benton. The force ot this factory is about forty men and women. Their work goes to Phila delphia principally. We were pleas antly conducted throueh the factorv by Jno. F. Wright, Superintendent of tne tactory. Air. Wright is very effi cient as superintendent with enlarged experience as a machinist, and is now running a bicycle repairing establish ment in Benton. Dr. Mathers and wife of Rhorsburg, visited merchant Ammerman and fam ily on Saturday last. The doctor is up to his eyes dehorning cattle and repairing horses; has a fine patronage. Rhorsburg has an excellent Liter ary Society largely attended. E. J. Bowman is expected to deliver an ad dress before it on forthcoming Satur day night. The Hazleton Plain Speaker in commenting on the inmates of the Hopital for the Insane, at Danville, says: "The common laborer leads in the list of patients, and farmers are a close second. Miners are third. The cause of insanity in most cases is ascribed to worriment, and from the large number of patients under treatment coming from the ordi nary walks of life one is led to be lieve that the poorer classes are sub ject to the greatest worry. This is undoubtedly true. Of the trades and professions there are comparatively few patients at the asylum. 44 Every Path Hath a Puddle." The puddle in the pathway of most lives is a defective circulation due to a blood sup ply that instead of growing clear and strong like a moun tain brook, is stagnant and impure. Puddles may be puri fied, however, and become limpid streams. That is what Hood' sSarsaparilla does with human blood. It clarifies, purifies and strengthens the blood, and when this is accom plished, the vital organs, liver, lungs, kidneys, bowels, are all braced and in vigorated. Jt never dinpimint. Dyspepsia "Sufferea everything but death for yeur with dyspepsia. Nothing relieved nio until I took Hood's Sursnpu rillu and It made and kept mo well. C'un eat anythliiK I wish." Mas. Kuokne Mubi-hv, Hull's Mill, Dunbury, Conn. Impuro ElOOd-" Five yearn I snlTereil with pliupka 011 face und body. Hood's Sarsaparllla cured me pernmni'iitly. It hIho cured my father's carbuncle'." Ai.utur K. Ciiast, Tuallii City, Cal. 'Erysipelas-" My little Rlrl Is now fat and healthy on account of Hood's Barsapa rllla curing her of erynlpelas and eczema. It Is our family medicine, as we all take it." Mas. H. O. Wmkatlky. Port Chester, N. Y. ISSWSSMStSHKUUIfj JlooA't Pllli curs Htw llli, ths non lrrlttln and ""oiily c.timrUc to lain Hth MioPii.imfriifc i,LOO;v1bt5Uri: ' ' '''' AT TOWNS END'S Star Clothing Euba Smithers'g Christianity. BT BKNJ. D. DILLKnUST. Yer talk about yec Curlstlans, eh? yer needn't talk to me; Uv course et ain't a C hristian s place ter talk uvfo'ksycrse; But tnir's too man people, In the flm place, to bectn, Thet's makln' chrlstyanlty a cloak ter hide their sin. Thar ain't no use tr. talkln', perhaps I'm purty blunt ; But I've studied on tnes subjec', an' I doneet with a grunt. I've got etlnmy knowledge-box, an' tharcl's goln' ter stay; An' yer'll never ketch Kube Smlthers sleepln' on a rainy day. Yep, Christianity's all right; yer've got ter keep up steum. An' use It fer a mantle, not a stn-conceallng screen. KI yergoln' ter be a Christian, be a Christian through and through ; Ef yer don't, yer'll pay up fer et ; later on yer'U And thes true. Gosh I I hate ter talk uv people when I can't talkuv 'em well. But thar's times a feller's piraled, and he's got ter oreaic tn' spell, But th' spell kin go unbroken, an' I'll take no speshul one, But thar's fo'ks In all yer churches thet will beat Old Satan's drum. Now yer'll wonder at my flkln' ef I ain't a sort uv gourd ; Ef I e'er attondea meetln'ln th' house uvour dear Lord; Ef I ain't well, sorter cranky ; ef my cogs ain't kinder caught, ; Kf I ain't advancln' ldees which yer think amount ter naught. Well, 111 tell yer, I'm all business; what I am, thet's what I am ; An yer'll never ketch Itube Smlthers Jolnln' church ter do a man. Nope, Kube Smlthers ain't no Christian, ef thet's whot yer Christians be ; Ho'll Jes' take a dlffer'nt method fer ter serve th' Lord, yer see. I ain't much ter go ter meettn', but I treat my neighbors white, An' I try ter teach my .'am'ly what ter do an' do It right. " Th' Lord loves a cheerful giver ; " thet I've got beneath my locks. An' I al'ays he'p th' church fo'ks when they're kinder shy on rocks. Frien's, th' day uv doom is comtn', an' some say t ain't very far. Don't yer fret about Kube Smlthers, fer he hopes ter meet yer thar. But ez fer th' two-faced Christians, on thet day they'll fall like rooks, ' An' they'll set ter brlmuln' uver Satan's conter- butlon-box. Wellington D. Weidenbeimer died of apoplexy at his home at Limestoneville, Montour county, Saturday. The deceased wa n justice of the peace for nearly two score years. He was about seventy years of age, and had the esteem of all who knew him. The surviving members of his familv are a wifr and six children. Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It cures Dainful. swollen, smart ing nervous feet, and instantly takes tne sting out of corns and bunyons. It is the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Allen's Foot-Ease makes tight or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain cure for sweating, callous and hot, tired, achinir feet. Trv it to-rlav. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores. ay man tor 25c in stamps. Trial pack age free. Address, Allen S. Olmstead, Le Roy, N. Y. . 4-13 4-t-d CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Stature ELECTION NOTICE. Agreeably u, the provisions of an act of As Sfiuolv piiased the Win day of April 167 the annual iiiHutliiK of the stockholdors of the iuU i..t7iiiij iubiilum, nuu nuilfl INor- mul Huhonl of the 8lxth UlHtrlet will be huhl on tween the hours of two and four o'clock 1 11 the bchool In the Dormitory In the Town of Blooms- " v wiue luur persons will be elected Trustees on tho part of the stockholders . ,v .... M ui wuutj jrrum; me Huulo tlmo Mix persouB will be nominated to tho Sun. Ctrl nrjtnljuit. nt Until In Inut...in- . . -M , , uunu jiiBuuuuuii irjui ww cn no mnvunnnlnt turn t.i.atuou nn . . ; Btate to aorve for a period of three veara. and one for a period of two years to mi vacancy oauaod by the death of John A. FunHton. 3 Values That Eclipse Them AH High Grade Goods at Low Prices. vroezx OUR ALL-WOOL SUITS AT Are marvels of cheapness to all who see them. LOTS OF BARGAINS- R P. Women,s$2 Shoes At $1.29 a Pair. This latest offering of the Shoe Department is remarkable. The assortment comprises the very newest and most approved shapes for spring wear. Goods that if purchased in a regular way would command $2.00. They are in Polish and Eutton, and the price, $1.29 a pair. n usl i n Underwear A great opportunity for frugal women to replenish the supply of undermuslin is presented to day. We snapped up a lot of these high grade underwear last week, and offer them this week at one-fourth less than regular price. Ladies night robes at 65c, worth 85c; skirts, with full hemstitched ruffle, at 85c, worth $1 10; ladies' drawers, worth 35c, at 28C. Special Black Taffeta Silk. 24 inch wide, regular $1 qual ity, at 75c. One 36 inch wide silk, we could not buy to sell for less than $1 50 per yard, we will sell this week at $1 15. Dress Goods. Every wantable kind of ma terial is included in this dress goods stock. We spend months and months of attention to pick ing this stock of goods, which fashion has decreed as correct. Grey cheviot, 50 inches wide, good weight, for tailor-made suits, fi 00 a yard ; 8 pieces of neat.mixed effects.regular price, 56c, we will sell at 40c per yard; heavy cheviots, in herring bone and plain effects, at 59c the regular 75c quality. Porch Rockers. You will want to be comfort able this summer, and possibly, F. P. Pursel SPECIAL SALE! o . Now is the time to p-et bargains nnri i Ladies; Tailor-Made Suits, from $S.oo up. Ladies Fur Collarettes, from $2.00 up Uur sales in Shoes increases dailv I VrliW t?; cu 79C up. Gents' Fine Shoes from 080 , r Shoes, from Good Muslin, 3lc Our Itnd tt95i ?' P- Good Calicoes, 3c. handle the SlI&tedK S co1mP-lete' e and boys. Corsets, for 24c up Stockings for ladies, misses good?e always right. I? will pay you rS. Bloomsburg Store Co., Limited. Corner Main and Centre; ALFREDJMcIIENRY, Manager $3.75, $5, $5.98 House Pursel. don't want to pay much to make yourself that wav. Our porch rockers will do it,' and the $1 50 kind we will sell you at $1.29, the $2 kind, at $1 49. Bed-Room Furniture. We handle the line manufac tured at our home factory. Mark the word exclusively, for no one else in town can get these goods. There is no line in the state better. The way we buy these goods, and the saving in freight, packing and hauling, we can save you at least from $5 to $8 a suit. Look around, come to our store, and we will prove it to you. Women's Tailor-Hade Suits There is not a suit in this stock that icn'f There isn't one that is not right up to date, in cut, style and fin ish. If the skirt is not the right length we have it made to fit you before you take it out of our store, so you don't have to go home and get a dressmaker to fix it for you. Price, from $5 to $22. Special Offer In Our Grocery Department. One gallon cans of apples at 25c, worth 35c; Tandem peas, worth iRrv turn 0-1 no e- tV ery kind of VanCamp's soups at 10c a can: prnllnn pane f 1- syrup, from one of the maple camps in York State, for $1 2 per gallon; the best tomatoes that are canned, 2 cans for 25c. I Iritlrvan 1 jcmons ana bananas. We are no-pnto f- t, 1 tees and tac ,n tu u Chase & Sanborn's. We sell these Coffees frnm t iln lb; teas, from 40c to $1 a lb. ,
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