THE COLUMBIAN. bLOOMSBUhu, ra Makes the food more delicious and wholesome sown, wa rtnmt THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, FA. THURSDAY, MAY 2 J, 1899. KiHerett at the rout Offlc at Blorrmtbura, Fa. a ixt'imd clan matter, March 1, 188S. A GRLAT OFFER- Firm Journal From Now to Deo. Nearly Five Years. 1903, By special arrangement, made with the publishers of the Farm Journal we are enabled to offer that paper to every subscriber who pays for The Columbian one year ahead, for only $1.00, both papers for the price of ours only : our pa per one year and the Farm Journal from now to December, 1903, nearly 5 years. The farm Journal is an eld established paper, enjoying great popularity, one of the best and most useful farm papers pub lished. This offer should be accepted without delay. tf PURELY PERSONAL J. T. Brady, a Jamison City lumber ni thnnt, was in town Tuesday. Louis Bernhnrd, Jr., of Scranton, spent Sunday with his parents on Fifth street. J. II. Tenny, a well known resident of Erie, spent Friday and Saturday in town V. A. Deck, an Orangeville subscriber to the COLUMBIAN was in to see us on Monday. Mrs. lane Harrar of Muncy, has been the guest of Isaac Kline nud wife the past week. Miss Virginia Macdonnld of Philadelphia, spent the past week as the guest of Mis. James II. Mercer. Mrs. Charles B. Mcllenry of Benton, was the guest o Mrs. Alfred Mcllenry on Fifth street over Sunday. Mrs. Isaiah Hagenbuch is visiting friends in Philadelphia. She will also visit Wash ington, D. C. before returning home. D. E. Keeler of benton, atteuded the State Convention of Odd Fellows at Allentown last week, representing the Benton lodge. Charles P. Elwell of Boston, arrived in town Thursday and spent a week with his siother and other relatives. He returned today. Miss Stella Sterner left town Friday for Clinton, where she will reside in the future at the home of her sister, Mrs. E. Billing km. Rev. Arch Deacon Kiikby, of Christ church. Rve. N. Y.. father of Kev. D. N Kirkby. will preach in St. Paul's church next Sunday morning and evening. Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Wirt spent last week in Philadelphia and Washington, Mount Vernon, the home of Washington, was oc of the points of interest visited. J. Wellington Sands has been promoted to Tie position of assistant book-keeper at the Woolen Mill, lie has been employed in the wca.ng d:partment for some years. William II. Brown, who has been working at WP'seUarre for the liloomsburg Elevator Works, for several months past, returned to town on Satunlay. lie intends to remain acre in the future. Lawrence Tooley was at Miamokin over Sunday. He left Shamokin Monday morn ing at 4:45 and arrived here at 7:20. He says the Sunday trains on the D. L. & W. aie a good thing. Nuf sed. Rev. Dr. C. II. Hemingway , is attending the session of the General Synod of the 1 res byte: tan church at Minneapolis, as one of the clerical deputies trom this I'resbytery. 1, 11. Aikn.an is also in attendance as a lay com niss:oner. Mr, nnd Mrs. F. F.. Barber of Kansas, spent a few days with the family of Capt J B. Robison at Espy, this week. Mrs. Bar ler wps formerly Miss Millie Robison. They are on their way to Philadelphia to see their son "vacuate in a Dental College. S A. Goodhue is in Cuba where he went about the first of January, expecting to en trace in lumber trade with a gentleman, from Boston, who is thoroughly familiar with the jiJand. Mrs. Goodhue nnd children are visit ing her Bister Mrs. Hicks at Williamstown, y. J. laires Scarlet. Esq., of Danville, with At torncys Auten and YoujiUt of Sunbury, will represent L. S. Walters, a Mt. Canne! victim of the Dunellin wreck, who has brought stii Ivr $50,000 auunst the Lehigh valley rai load company. The case will come up at next session of court at Sunbury. II. C. Harman of Downingtown, came up on Saturday to visit his brother P. a. liar ' roan who is quite ill. He went to Orange nille on Monday to see his brother James B Well, how did you like the Bicycle Show Who can say now the Cleve. land Ball and Roller Bearing is not a great invention ? We still have one of those fine Cleveland Tandems for $50.00. Wolff American. $50. Reading. $25 to $50. Barnes, $50 to $65. Cleveland, $35 to $75. Fine for rent. Combination Tandem W. S. Rishton. Ph.JG., Ctoi33sit9 P. 0 Pharmacist lepbone No WH Powder to., tw vom. While in Hloomsburg Mr. Ilarman called at Thk Columbian oflke. and went out with a receipt for subscription paid up to April 1st I90I. lie has been a rea.lcrof this paper for many years, and it is gratifying to us to know that lie appreciates our efforts to publish a clcon and reliable newspaper. It is six years since Mr. Ilnrmnn's lust visit here, and then he drove up from Downingtown. Legal advertisements on pages 7 and 8. Gerald Gross while playing base ball yesterday, fell and sprained his arm. Tires from 5.00 per pair to 10,00 per pair at Mercer's Drug & Book Store. Pensyl has a new postmaster in the person of D. A. Munson who was recently appointed The Executive Committee of the Acricultural Society will hold a meeting Saturday afternoon. A nice lot of Clover and Tim othy Seed, just received by the Bloomsbure Store Co., Ltd. Prices reasonable. 3-9 The concert given by the band in front of the Court House Tuesday evening, was listened 10 Dy a targe crowd of people. To be entirely relieved of the aches and pains of rheumatism means a ereat deal, and Hood's Sarsaparilla does it. Hard shell and soft shell crabs, and brook trout were among the delicacies offered by Housel & Son to their patrons last Saturday. The marriage of Mrs. Mary Broadhead. of Berwick and Mr. Clarence Pratt of Roanoke, Virginia, will take place Tune ist. The bride to be is a erand-dauehter of D. C. Mcllenry of Berwick. For bicycle sundries, bells, cyclo- meters, lamps, toe cups, ouners, cements, saddles, tool bags, graph - a a or" i ites, pumps, wrenches, enamels. etc., go to Mercer's Drug & Book Store. Stephen Mensinger has again been jailed. It will be remembered that he in company with William Holler, escaped from the jail last August. He was apprehended by Frank Dieterick, near Shumantown. Rev. Charles Roads, D. D., of Philadelphia, will address the Men's Meeting in the Y. M. C. A. Hall uext Sunday afternoon. All men are cordially invited and every one who possibly can should be present to bear this noted Speaker. The Y. M. C. A. choir will sing. Candidates are all busy rounding out the campaign. Only two more weeks until we 11 see who s who. ... . . r t. - i . J einht candidates iur Register u Recorder: if all of them have friends in every township, the vote will be badlv split up. There are a few men in town who claim to know all about the situation, who the suc cessful candidates are, what town ships they will carry, and so on, but we don't. Politics are too un certain, we make no forecasts. The Thirteenth Annual Conven tion of the Columbia County Sab bath School Association will be held at Oiangcville on Thursday and Friday of this week. Prepara tions have been made by the resi dents of Orangeville to entertain all delegates. In addition to the County workers, Rev. Charles Roads, D. D., the state secretary and Mrs. J. Woodbridge Barnes, who has no superior in primary work, are to be present. The peace commission convened at the call of the Czar of Russia for the purpose of considering the dis armament of the strong nations of the world, is now in session at the Hague, Holland. This country is represented by five commissioners. If some method of settling diffi culties between nations can be agreed upon, the great standing armies and navies can be dispensed with, and thus relieve the people of a heavy burden. All who attended the Y. M. C. A. Choir concert in the Lutheran church Thursday evening, speak in the highest terms of the entertain nieut. Every number by the choir was charmingly reudered, especially "The Soldiers Chorus", from the Opera Faust. Another very enjoy able feature of the evening was the recitations by Mr. Charles A. Stuart of Wilkesbarre. All his selections were well chosen, and that he was highly appreciated was evidenced by the liberal applause given him. You can always find a large and well selected line of perfumery at Mercer's Drug & Book Store. E. M. Savidee, the confectioner has placed a very pretty and up-to- date soda fountain in his store. You can eet the finest toilet soap that we have ever run across, 6 cakes for 25c at Mercer's Drug & Book Store. The Philadelphia Press, Times, and North American of Saturday contained excellent likenesses of the late Hon. Charles R. Buckalew. The latest style in type for visit ing cards has just been received at this office. Special prices given to Normal and High School students. The greatest hit yet is the Toilet Soap that you can get at Mercer s Drug & Book Store. Two poxes , for 25 cents, three cakes in a box, it 1.4 hitrhlv oerlumed and is fine for o the money. The market gardens in the vicin ity of Espy are now very attractive and look very promising. Vege tables of all kinds are growing nicely and the prospect for a large I yield is most favorable. There has been a change made in the Normal base ball team, Berry has been replaced behind the bat by Neuton. and Lewis who has been the sub. has been placed at short. Just how the change will work we don t know. The Montour American says that Danville has been divided up into districts for the purpose of soliciting contributions for the erection ot a public fountain. It is probable that it will be erected some time during the summer. You can get an extremely neat and tasty picture frame at Mercer's Drug & Book Store tor 30 ana 35 pents for single and so cents for double, 75 cents for three, 90 cents for four 1. 00 tor live, 1.25 lor six pictures in a frame. David Laubach of Raven Creek, about sixty-five years of age, was overcome by a paralytic stroke last week. We are pleased to note that at this writing he is improving. He is a brother of Daniel b. Laubach, of East Third street this town. Classes two and four of the Bap tist Sunday school will give a lunch supper in the room formerly occu pied by the Broadway cash store, tomorrow (Friday; evening, be tween the hours of 5 and 10 o'clock. Tickets 15 cents, ice cream and cake extra. Judging from the number of people going and coming from the station the placing of Sunday trains on this division by the D. L. & W. Company was a wise move. We noticed that both cars on the train going north Sunday evening were pretty well filled up. The Stove Works at Danville are busier at present than at any time in their history at this season oft. e year. The foundry is runn ing six days per week. The orders are heavy and the shipments are correspondingly large for both the home and the export trade. C. L. Rupert, the well known truck gardener, is on his daily rounds with a fine lot of green stuff of his own raising. He cal s at your door.or will fill your orders prompt ly, and what he sells can be re lied on as bieug clean and-fresh, and prices always right. .I According to yesterday's Phila delphia papers an epidemic of small pox in a virulent form has broken out at Nicetown. m the north wes tern section of the city. Sixteen cases, within a radius of three squares were discovered on Tues day, all of whom with many more were taken to the hospital. Dr. Briggs has been ordained and is now preaching 'christian love and religion, but his enemies, who ap pear to be numerous, are determin ed, so thev say. to force him out of the Episcopal church as they did out of the Presbyterian. This action on the part of his adversaries is up-to-date christianity-and there is plenty of it. Window curtains and wall paper orices rierht at Mercer's Drug & Book Store. For the third time this season, Normal defeated Demorests of Wil li.amsport on their own grounds Sat urday. Q to 2. Dave Williams, the Normal t wirier struck out 13 of the tht opposing batsmen. He has' won a warm spot in the hearts of all those who have watched him, per form, and his work in every single game in which he has officiated proves him to be a good one. For bicycle repairing the Blooms- burg Cycle Works cau not be beat, shop rear Moore s Shoe store. Is a deceptive disease TROUBLE thousands have it and don't know it. If you want quick re sults you can make no mistake by us- incr Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root, the creat kidney remedy. At druggists in hfty cent and dol.ar sizes. Sample bottle by mail free, also pampnlet tell ing you how to find out if you have kidney trouble. Address, Dr. Kilmer & uo, uing hamton, N. Y. The Supreme Court has reversed the lower court of this county in the suits of William Case and wife against the D. L. & W. R. R. Co., and sent them back tor a new trial. Mrs. Mary M. Phillips has er ected a platform on the awning, at her building on Main street, tor tne accommodation of her guests. It will make an excellent place to view the happenings of our main thor oughfare during the warm summer evenings. John G. Mcllenry has had tele phone connection made with his distillery near Benton. His plant has recently been enlarged, and greatly improved by the introduc tion of the latest machinery, and I his product has attained a wide repu tation for purity and flavor. First come first served ; so march up and pay for the Columbian a year ahead. This will secure that good little paper, the Farm Journal, for the balance of 1899 and all of 1900, 1901, 1902 and 1903, nearly five years, without any further pay. Shall we hear from you within one week ? - The Normal School and Blooms burg Wheelmen have arranged for a series of base ball games to be played in the very near future. The latter have just been organized. We are not able to give the line up, but from reports the club will be com posed of the town's best available talent. We received a postal card from our former townsman C. C. Trench, on Saturday requesting us to change the address of his paper from Lees- burg, Florida, to Knoxville, Ten nesee. He says the weather down there has been very dry, and that the water melons and cantelopes are a total failure, drying up on the vines. There has been a change in the schedule of the Pennsylvania Rail road. According to the revised time table which appears elsewhere in this issue, the first train leaves East Bloomsburg for Wilkesbarre at 7:42 a. m. and returns at 12:14. The early train which heretofore left Catawissa at 6:4.5 a. m. has been dispensed with. The settlement of the estate of Mary Snyder deceased is approach ing an end. After being befoie an auditor for several years, the con test being over a claim brought aeainst thz estate by assignees of Joseph R. Vanderslice, a final argu ment was heard by Judge Metzger two years ago on exceptions to the auditor s report. Owing to illness and a pressure of other business he has been unable to dispose of the case, and fixed Tuesday for a re argument. This was heard, and a decision is looked for soon by the parties. This case was certified first to Judge Rice by Judge Ikeler, who was a witness in the suit, and upon Judge Rice's going on the Superior Bench it was sent to Judge Metzger. "Pride Goeth . "Before a Fall." Some proud people think they have strong constitu tions, and ridicule the idea of disease. Such people neglect their health, let the blood run down, and their stomach, kidneys and liver become deranged. Don't be fooliah about your health- Use Hood's Sarsaparilla and you will prevent the fall and save your pride. Scrofulous Hip Disease - " My boy Willie had scrofulous hip disease from baby. Abscesses developed. Months at I the hospital, with best treatment, did no good. They said he would nsver walk again. He was helpless and wasted away to nothing bat skin and bone. Hood's Sarsaparilla had helped me, and I gave It to lilru. Imagine my delight at a wonder ful cbango. Abscesses all healed, crutohes thrown away. He Is now tall and stout, perfectly well and the thanks are all due to Hood's Sarsaparilla. Other mothers with crippled children should know this." Mas. Kmma V. Dvff, Walpole, Mass. Nervousness-" I was weak, nervous and very delicate, staggered In attempting to walk. Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills made me well. I feel like another person." Mas. Lizzie Shrbbkbt, Conduit Street, Ext., Annapolis, Md. Dyspepsia-" We all use Hood's Sarsa parilla. it cured my brother-in-law and myself of dyspepsia. I owe my life to it." M. 11. Kibk, 607 Franklin St., Philadelphia. 1 jjjujjsiui.ij.imy ninr nil 1 r 1 1 iifir Hood't Plllicr llrer Ml, tht non-Irritating tnt uj othtrtlc to Uk wrih Hosd't Btiiriilj AH ERIC AN! The handsomest line of choice Wash Materials are now ready for you. Made mostly by the best American manufactur ers, and in many respects, are superior to the foreign made goods. Of course, we show some foreign ones, too, but we desire more particularly to call your attention to the lines of American Made Wash materials. 32 in. fine Organdies at I2jc yard. Handsome printings. 30 in. choice Dimities, I2jc yard. 30 in. Vola Suitings, ioc yd. 40 in. Plain Color Lawns, all colors. Fast Black Batiste. Dress Ginghams. Plain Chambrays. And many others. We invite you to come and see, Wash Dress Silks. A complete line in the new est effects of Plain and Trimmed Dress Skirts, in Crashes, Ducks, Pks, and all Linen Dress Skirts. Skirts from 39c upwards. Fans and Parasols. Full lines of both are here, in good assortments, for your chos ing now. Watst Silks. In great assortment of styles. A few patterns of those Taffeta Waist Silks at $2.00 the pattern yet. Draw String Wash Silks at 50c yd. 36 in. Wash Silks, black and white, 85c yd. Belts, Buckles, &c. Leather belts, belt buckles, neck buckles, belt pins, beauty pins, shirt waist sets, &c. 1-Fold Oak Screens. Eilled with silkaline.for $1.58. Also, screens to fill. Decoration Day. Store closes at 1 p. m. for bal SHOES! SPECIAL To meet all the require ments of trade. Everything used in this line 44 the best." Quality Style, Fit. F D Defective Eyes Can be made to see Eerfectlv and the trou le entirely removed, by PROPERLY FIT. TED Glasses. My long experience is at your command. I examine your eyes FREE and tell you whether or not you need glasses. Can supply all kinds of OP TICAL GOODS AT MODERATE PRICES. J. E. Jeweler. CHARTER NOTICE. In the Court of Common Pleat for Vie County of Columbia, of May Term, So, Notice is horeby given that an application will be rnudo to thn suld Com i on Mouniiy June Stb, 18KI, at 1U a. 111 , undi'i' Die Act or Assembly ot the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled "An Act to provide tor the incorporation and Ktigulntlon or certain Corporal luus," approved April H'Jth, 1874, and the supplements thereto, for the Cliartor of an Intended Corporation to be called "The lMoomxbuiv Firemen's Keller Association" the cUarter anaobject whereof is, the maintenance ot a society tor benenclal or f rotecltve purposes to Its members, and for Uese purposes to have, possess and enjoy all the rights, benents and privileges ot the said act ot Assembly and Its supplements. The proposta cnarter is now on nie in me Prothonotar) 'a oflloe. 11. A. M KILI.II'. ttollultor. Cotton Crepon, the seasons newest material. Corded Madia Cloth, Printed Cordon Batiste, 18c. Printed Pks, all styles. Dublin Linens in colors. Plain and Fancy Ducks. Sergmes, in Plain and Stripes. ance of day. Shirt Waists. A choice line of waists are here for your choosing, from 50c to $2.50. tome ana see tnem. Women's Suits. Here is your opportunity. Ev ery suit must go. Prices greatly cut to move them. Don't you think you better see them ? Ribbons and Laces. Of the wanted kinds are here in great assortment for your chosing. Insertions in lace and embroidery. All over laces. Ribbons, all widths and colors. Sergine. A handsome cotton dress ma terial, for skirts and suits, at 2 and 16c yd. See them. Gloves. A full line of silk. Taffeta silk, and kid gloves, in black, white and colora, are now ready. . . CLARK & SON. SHOES! LINE DEMTLER Critical Judgment 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 of work. In both the plat lnotype and carbonette finish, that are exclusive with us In Bloomsburg. MB I I" TO DATE. O THE PHILLIPS- STUDIO, MAIN STREET. Opposite Episcopal Rectory. 11-24 ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Kstate of David (lost, laU of Sugarloaf Town. Letters administration on the estate of David tioss, aoceasod, having been granted to tbeun- aersiirnea administrator, all persons Indebted 10 siua estaio are requested and those having claims will make known the same without delay to WILLAUD W. GKARHAHT. J. M, Fhitz, Administrator. Attorney. Clurksvlew. Luzerne, Co., Fa. HOOD'S PILLS cure Liver Ills, BIN lousnesa, Indigestion, Headache. Kasy to take, easy to operate. 2 So. to make navment i A' .Xt ?! f )
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