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TUB COLUMMAN.
bloomsburg, Pa.
THURSDAY, JULY ij, 1899.
Democratic State Ticket.
FOR JUDGE Of" SUPREME COURT,
SAMUEL L. MESTREZAT,
of Fayette County.
FOR JUDGE OF SUPERIOR COURT,
CHARLES J. REILLY,
of Lycoming County.
FOR STATE TREASURER,
WILLIAM T. CREASY,
of Columbia County.
DEMOORATIO COUNTY TICKET-
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
W. H. FISHER,
from the South Side.
WILLIAM KRICKBAUM,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER,
JEREMIAH SNYDER,
of Locust Twp.
FOR
PROTHONOTARY AND CLERK OF
THE COURTS,
WILLIAM H. HENRIE,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER,
J. C. RUTTER, JR.,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
JOHN G. HARMAN,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR COUNTY AUDITORS,
VVM. BOGERT,
of Scott Twp.
G. H. SHARPLESS,
of Catawissa.
Deinocralio Committee Call.
In accordance with the amended
rule, adopted by the last Democrat
ic convention, providing for the
election of a County Chairman, by
the newly elected committee of each
year, the members of the standing
committee will therefore meet at
the Court House, in Bloomsburg,
on Saturday. July 29, 1890, at 2
o'clock p. m., for the purpose of
electing their chairman.
I beg leave to state in this con
nection that it will be impossible
for me to accept of a re-election, as
I have new and increased business
interests that will require my whole
time and attention during the next
few months. In thus tendering my
resignation, I desire to thank the
committeemen, my friends and ev
ery Democratic voter lor the loyal
and united support they have given
me during my term as chairman,
and in the future, as in the past, as
chairman, or in the rank and file of
workers, the Democracy 01 Colum
bia county can, at all times, and
under all circumstances, rely on my
assistance, in whatever capacity it
may be required.
Very truly yours,
John G. McHenry,
Chairman.
Judge S. L. Mestrezat, Demo
cratic nominee for Supreme Court
Judge, has given notice to Govern
or Stone that he will resign from
the Bench of Fayette county Au
gust 5th. His successor will be
elected in November.
Ineersol. the infidel, the noted
supporter of agnosticism, is dead.
He will now be able to determine,
beyond all doubt, whether Moses
did make the mistakes that he
charged him with. Ingersol died
just as he had expressed a desire to
die, suddenly and without any
warning. He did not fear death, as
will be seen by the following taken
from one of his lectures:
"They who stand with breaking
hearts around a little grave need
have no fear. The larger and the
nobler faith m all that is and is to
be tells us that death, even at its
worst, is only perfect rest. We,
know that through the common
wants of life the needs and duties
of each hour their grief will lesson
day by day, until at last this grave
will be to them a place of rest and
peace almost of joy. There is for
them this consolation: The dead
do not suffer. If they live again,
their lives will surely be as good as
ours. We have no fear. We are
all children of the same mother, and
the same fate awaits us all. We,
too, have our religion and it is this
Helo for the livine Hope for the
dead."
A Communication'
I incidentally came in possesssion
of a few copies of the Legislative
Record; and I thought it might not
be amiss to look over what our pub
lic servants were doing for the bene
fit of those they were serving. I
came to the conclusion that they
were not in all cases working for
the pecuniary advantage of the tax
payers. I will cite a single instance.
Mr. Coray, of Luzerne county of
fered a resolution that the Chief
Clerk of the House of Represen
tatives be required to furnish for the
information of the House a list of all
the officers and employes, not
including the Speaker, Chief Clerk,
Resident Clerk, Journal Clerk,
Reading Clerk, Speaker's Clerk,
the Chaplain and Sergeant at Arms
and their compensation, together
with their certificates, setting forth
the days each one has been present
for duty, and whether they have
employed substitutes to perform
their work ; and if so the names ot
the substitutes; said information to
' be furnished on or before April 4th.
The above resolution may be found
in Legislative Record for March 27
1899.
The resolution is followed by 1
speech of the author setting forth
that it is known to him and to other
members of the House "that a con
siderable number of the officers and
I employes of this house have not
been 111 attendance upon their duties
since the opening of the session
Some of them have not been here at
all. Some of them have been away
half of the time or a third of the
time, and a considerable number of
them have employed substitutes.
The custom of employing substi
tutes is not a new one." Those
positions pay six or seven dollars a
day most of them. A substitute
can be employed for one or two
dollars a day. Now just why the
substitute might not hold the office
at one or two dollars a ciay, and
save the tax payers the four or five
dollars extra, is something that
plain people do not understand.
Mr. Coray says further on "I ac
knowledge the fact that some of
these officers have not even employ
ed a substitute." They must draw
their salaries a little on the style
practiced by light fingered gentry
when drawing funds from a bank.
Upon reading this resolution togeth
er with the remark made by Mr.
Corav ("and his remarks were not
contradicted by auy opponent of the
resolution) I supposed it would pass
by an overwhelming majority, but
I was mistaken, the overwhelming
majority was the other way. Forty
eight voted for the resolution, sixty
eight against it; and eighty-eight by
their silence coincided with the 68
making one hundred and fifty-six
who were opposed to having the
officers or employees to tell wheth
er they did the work for which they
received their money, or whether
they got it gratuitously. One of
the opponents of the resolution, Mr.
Bliss (see same Record, page 1466)
said, "he thought it pretty small
business to investigate matters of
that kind." That is if we have
more offices and officers than the
work requires, with salaries too,
three or four times as much as the
work can be done for, it is small
business to inquire whether the
person employed has been in his
place or not. Tax payers may get
wakened up ere long, then woe be
to those who have favored squand
ering the people's money.
There is one thing that I should
like to call the people's attention to,
the representatives from our district
both voted for the above resolution.
Mr. Creasy favored it on the floor
of the House, read to them the law,
that they were violating, when pay
ing out unearned money. This
leads to the supposition, that he
will make a very good man to have
charge of the treasury. But let tax
payers be on their guard; there are
a great many who would oppose
having the treasury guarded by an
honest man. A Tax Payer.
An opinion,
01 considerable 111-
terest to building and loan
associa
tions, was delivered to Banking
Commissioner Powers, last week,
by Attorney General lUkin :
' If the building and loan asso
ciations," Mr. Elkin says, "adopt
unreasonable by laws, or are trans
acting tneir Diisiness in a manner
which offeud sound business princi
pies so as to be prejudicial to the
best interests of the shareholders
and the public generally, it is not
only your own rignt, but your
duty as well, to have the evil cor
rected. Since many of the associa
tions of this character have hereto
lore adopted ana used the expense
fund method, you should exercise
discretion about enforcing any new
rule in reference to the same. Am
ple time should be given to the as
sociations to make all necessary
changes in their method of doing
business, so that no hardship will
fall upon any of them, all the while
keeping lin view the ultimate end
of doing away with the- system.
'HE CUl.U1viomi,
44 To Err is Human."
'But to err all the time is criminal or
idiotic. Don't continue the mistake of
neglecting your Hood. When impurities
manifest themselves in eruptions or when
disordered conditions of stomach, kidneys,
liver or bowels appear, take Hood's Sar
saparilla. It wul nuke pure, live blood,
and put you in good health.
3fccd& SaUafatitfa
CHAUTAUQUA.
Last Low -Rate
Excursion
Railroad.
via Pennsylvania
On July a8 the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company will run the last special
excursion of the season from Phila
delphia, Baltimore, Washington,
Reading, Altoona, Bellelonte, Lock
Haven, Shamokin, Wilkesbarre, Sun-
bury and Williamsport, and principal
intermediate stations to Chautauqua,
N. Y. Special train will start from
Harrisburg and run on the following
schedule:
Special Train
Leaves.
UarrUhurg 11.35 a.m.
Sunliurv 1 2. 59 p. 111.
Moiiiamlon 1. 15 p. m.
Willinmsport 2.30 p.m.
Chautauqua Arrive at 10.30 p. 111
Excursion
Kate.
99.40
7. So
7.65
6.65
Connecting Trains Excursion
Hate.
Leave ilkesfonrre (v.bunb'y) 7.30a m 99.70
1 Round-trip tickets, sjood to return
on regular trains not later than Aug
ust 26, will be sold at rates named
above, and at proportionate rates from
other stations.
For specific rates and time of con
necting trains apply to nearest ticket
agent. . 7-20 2t
Reduced Rates to the Seashore
Annual Low-Rato Excursions to Atlantic
City, &c, via Pennsylvania Railroad.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has arranged for three low-rate
ten-day excursions for the present sea
son from Williamsport, Sunbury, Shen
andoah, and principal intermediate
stations (including stations on branch
roads), to Atlantic City, Cape May,
Ocean City, Sea Isle City, Avalon,
Anglesea, Wildwood, or Holly Beach,
on Thursdays, August ic and 24,
1899.
Excursion tickets, good to return
by regular trains within ten days, will
be sold at very low rates. Tickets to
Atlantic City will be sold via the Del
aware River Bridge Route, the only
all-rail line, or via Market Street
Wharf, Philadelphia.
ror information in regard to spe
cific rates and time of trains consult
handbills, or apply to agents, or . S
Harrar, Division Ticket Agent, Will
iamsport, Pa.
Stop over can be had at Philadel
phia, either going or returning, within
limit of ticket, provided ticket is de
posited with agent at Broad Street
Station immediately on arrival. 72721
Watch for Second Coming.
A great sensation has been caused
in Clearfield by the extraordinary re
vival meetings of the Free Methodists
in the Clearfield Park. A few days
ago some sixty men and women came
to the park and formed a camp meet
ing. They were from McKean, Elk,
Clarion and Cameron counties. 1 hey
parade the streets of the town before
each of their meetings, singing hvmns
and exhorting the crowd. At their
meetings, their religious ecstasies re
call the tales of the revival of the
last century During a heavy storm
one woman laid , for two hours in a
trance, another ran up and down in
front of the platform until she dropped
exhausted to the ground. Others
watch nightly for the second coming,
Great crowds attend the meetings.
lleouty la llluud Deep.
Clean blood means a clenn skin. No
beauty without it. l.'asearets. Candy C'utluir-
iia clcun your blood uud keep it clean, by
itininu un the lazy liver and ilriviiiii all im-
purities from the body. 1 login to-day to
(uiiiHii puii iicfl, nous, uioiciiuh, blncklieaan,
...1,1...... 1 ' ,
11K1 111. 11 Hii-Kiy unions complexion uy iiiKini.
Cascai-ets, beauty for ten cents. All drug
jisih, aiiMiactiou guurunteca, iuc, &c, OUc
-
bi.uOMjbJriL, 1
RED
The Red Tag Sale is something more than a name or place.
jE3ZE3ZD IS THIS SIO-HST OP SJL.-A.TTO-IHrX'IEK
and this week we slaughter prices, fight and left, for your benefit. It means money in
your pocket. Come and see for yourselves, and yon will find goods cheaper than you
ever saw them before. The reason is
We Must Hake Room for Fall Goods.
And remember, if you are not satisfied with your purchase, you can have your
money back.
FAIR
STAR CLOTHING
LUTHERAN
EEUNION
PARK.
AT ISLASD
Reduced Rales Via Pennsylvania Railroad.
On account of the Lutheran Re
union at Island Park (between Sun-
bury and Northumberland), on
Thursday, August 3, the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company will sell excursion
tickets from Lock Haven, Wilkes-
Barre, Tomhicken, Bellefonte, Mt.
Carmel, Lykens, Harrisburg, and in
termediate stations, to Sunbury and
return, good only on day of issue, at
rate of single fare for round trip; min-
mum rate, twenty five cents.
For the accommodation of persons
attending this Reunion from points on
the Lewisburg and Tyrone Branch,
returning, train No. 101, which leaves
Mantandon on arrival of train No. 1,
leaving Sunbury at 5:43 p. m., will
be run through to Bejldonie.
Tickets will be sold on August 3rd
only.
The Shenandoah Water Works,
supplying the town and suburbs
with water is evidently a valuable
piece of property. At a meeting of
the borough council last week M.
Mellet and P. J. Ferguson, repre
senting a syndicate, appeared and
made a proposition to lease the
water works for ten years. In re
turn for this privilege they will pay
th borough $5000 each and every
year, and give the borough free use
of water for use at fires, etc., and
will pay the interest on water bonds
as it becomes due. The water com
mittee of council filed a report in
opposition and the matter was re
terred to a special committee.
A son of Ira Ebner, of 150 Nes-
quehoning street, fcastoti, la., a
former resident of Columbia County
left his home on March 6, last, since
which time no trace of him has
been found. He was niteen years
old, five feet four inches high,
weighed 130 pounds, had blue eyes,
dark hair, and wore a dark suit,
light, low crown hat and cotton
fleecelined underclothing. It any
body eau give information ot his
whereabouts, it will be thankful y
received by the sorrowing parents
"Necessity knows 110 law." It is
a law 01 nature mat tne oiooamust
be kept pure, and Hood's Sarsap
arilla does it.
for Rent.
Rooms on second floor nont, over
B. Gidding's clothing store. Inquire
of J. G. Wells. 6-i tf.
HOOD'S PILLS cure Liver IHs, Bil
iousness, Indigestion, Headache,
asy to take, easy to operate. 25c.
Queen Quality
For Women.
$3.00.
Style, Fit, Wear.
None Better.
W. C. McKINNEY,
No. 8 East Mai St.
TOw&Se
bum
TAG
FOR TEW DAYS,
DEALING IS THE MOTTO AT
MID-SUnnER OFFERS.
Tempting
Summer Silks.
Tempting for their goodness
and prettincss, doubly irresist
able, because of their low prices
to-day.
At 39c. A lot of wash silks,
20 in. wide, in stripes ana
plaids.
At 50c. the yard. A lot of
wash silks, 20 in. wide, in stripes
with a heavy cord of white.
Colored
Shirtwaists.
At 79c. each we offer all our"
colored shirt waists, in stripes
and plaids. These goods sold
during the season from $1 00 to
$175. They are the Munson s
waists, and we can safely say
they are the best fitting waists
in Bloom.
Pique and Linen
Skirts Reduced.
We have a lot of these skirts
on hand and they must be sold.
The only way is to cut the price,
and we have done so. The
first on the ground get the first
pick. I
Tailor-Made
Suits.
Don't think because it is late
in the season you can't find a
nice lot of tailor-made suits.
They have become a staple
thing and you can save money
by buying now.
Our $1250 suits at $998.
This is made of good Covert
cloth, jacket lined with satin,
F. P. Pursel.
OUR MID-SUMHER
Clearing Sale
nighty Bargains, Cut Prices,
Begin with us on Summer Goods from July nth. Now is
your time to save money on
Shirt Waists, Dimities, Organdies,
PERCALES, LAWNS, &c.
Do not miss this opportunity,
offer you during the next month,
before you buy.
Bloomsburg Store Co., Limited.
Corner Main and Centre. - ALFRED McHENRY, Manager
nnv.'j isJ
"SB
SALE!
1
THE
HOUSE.
I skirt lined wkh a nice, fine per
I caline, and bound with S. II. P.
M. Binding.
$11 00 suits reduced to $8 89.
Trimmed with black satin and
lined same as the Si 2 50 suits.
Housekeeper's
Linens.
These hints of pretty and
scrvicable linen, at prices that
housekeepers will be glad to
know about.
I2JC. All linen Huckaback
towels, 36x18 in., hemmed ends,
would be cheap at 18c.
25c. Fine Huckaback towels,
all linen, hemstitched ends, 40
x 20 in.
72 in. wide bleached all linen
toweling, nice quality, at 49c
the yard.
Other prices.Gs in.wide heavy
all li nen damask, at same price.
Was 60c.
72 in. wide, handsome pat
terns and good quality, at 73c.
Was 85c. to $1 00.
We will give you special
prices on sideboards and bed
room suits until August 15th.
These goods will be higher from
that time on.
Remnants.
We have gone through our
stock and picked out all the
small pieces, and marked the
number of yards and prices on
each piece.
We have not considered the
cost, but what t hey will sell for
quick. We will have them
ready Tuesday morning, and
you will find some very cheap
goods.
We will have great values to
See the goods, get the prices