'HE COLUiviiJimK, ' Hj.GOMcibUKG. J. lumbmn. ESTABLISHED 1B. KSTABlIsH ED 1837. CONSOLIDATED 1WW. fUHLlMUBJ IVKny THUHNDAY MOKNINM Hloomsbui-fr, the 'ounty spat of Columbia t'nuntv, Pennsylvania. GEO. ft. ELWELL KD1TOH. l. .1. TASKKK. LOiAL KniTOB. OEO. ('. HOAX, i'OHKM AN Turns Inside tlifl county fl.OOayearlD ad rtncn: l.V It not paid In advance Outside the oounty, fl.in a year, strictly In advun,:. All communications should be addressed to TUB COLUMBIAN. Uloouisburg, Pi. THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1899. Democratic State Ticket. FOR JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT, SAMUEL L. MESTREZAT, of Fayette County. FOR JUDGE OF SUPERIOR COURT, CHARLES J. R LILLY, of Lycoming County. FOR .STATE TREASURER, WILLIAM T. CREASY, of Columbia County. DEM00EATIO COUNT! TICKET- FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, V. H. FISHER, from the South Side. WILLIAM KRICKBAUM, of Bloomsburg. FOR COUNTY TREASURER, JEREMIAH SNYDER, of Locust Twp. FOR PROTHONOTARY AND CI.ERK OK 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, WM. BOGERT, of Scott Twp. G. H. SHARPLESS, of Catawissa. Governor William A. Stone is expected to be present at the unveil ing and dedication of the Soldiers monument at Catawissa in the fore part of October. By a new order whi:h appears to have gone into effect only in time to catch the returns from the second quarter of the year, letter carriers now deliver matters pertaining to pensions such as checks and vouch ers, only to pensioners themselves, or some one with written authority to receive them as in the case of a registered letter. Heretofore the letters have been left at places where the pensioners were known to reside, but it is not done any more. T. H. B. Lyon of Mahanoy City, ex-judge of the Schuylkill County Orphans' Court, on Saturday last, filed with the Prothonotary of that county his papers of appeal to the State Supreme Court from the opinion recently rendered by the special court contest which seated Judge P. M. Dunn of Minersville, as duly elected over Judge Lyon at the election held on November 5. iSqs. The Lyon Dunn election contest lasted over three years, and cost thz county of Schuylkill in the neighborhood of 942,000. The Republican machine on Mon day was well oiled. A number of anti-Quayites or insurgents as they are termed by the organization leaders, who were so confident of the overthrow of the machine before the primaries were neld, were so completely surprised and thorough lv disffusted with the result, that they stayed away from the conven Hon and took no part in the pro ceediugs. $ 1800 is a pretty good price to pay for the commissioner ship nomination, but 11 we are tc believe a man, who claims to know, that is just what it cost the Repub lican State Committee. Accordine to the North American J'ractiioner, Dr. True, of Philadel tibia, has made auite extensive experiments with the juice of of the red tomato, for the purpose of discovering its virtues as a niedi cine. Dr. True's investigations have led him to adopt the juice of the tomato in cases 111 which the blood needs toning up. The United States Government and the German Government have also made exper iments and many facts of interest imvp Kpen discovered. During the recent war with Spain the juice of the tomato was utilized exteusively as a health preservative among cer tain bodies of troops, with results which were eminently satisfactory. STATE NEWS ITEU3 T. F. MeGinne?s, who was for many years superintendent of the Montour Iron & Steel Company, at Danville, died at Ilarrisburg on Tuesday. Dr. J. V. Cooper, one of the oldest practicing physicians in the state, was found dead kneeling by his bed in his home, at 105 Arch street, Allegheny, on Saturday. It was thought that while in prayer he was stricken with heart disease. The long continued draught is giving farmers in Clinton township much concern. Springs, wells and small streams, never before known to go dry, no longer yield the life giving fluid. Corn, tobacco and potatoes will be a small crop. Rain now will not help them. William Hoover, a woodsman from near Jersey Shore, who is do ing time in the Lycoming County jail for attacking Butcher Thompson, of Jersey Shore, with a cleaver, Friday night attempted suicide by cutting his throat with a pen knife. Asked why he cut his throat Hoov er said the devil told him to. During a fight at Girardville Monday night Paul Geneva, aged 28 years, drew a knife and plunged its blade into the back of his oppo nent, Anthony Mulick, aged 26 years, inflicting a dangerous wound. Mulick is lying at the Miners' Hos pital in a critical condition. Geneva fled and is still at large. Jealousy was the cause of the fight. The Board of Health and the School Board of Greensburg have decided to enforce the act of June iSth, 1895, requiring all children to ue vaccinated netore tuey are permitted to enter the schools. One of the oldest physicians there, whose experience dates back to the scourge in the early sixties, pre dicts an epidemic this fall 111 Penn sylvania. For the first time in the history of Free-land the saloons were tightly closed last Sunday, a crusade on Saloons and the base ball park has been opened by the ministers with gooa results, bunday ball games have been discontinued, but next Sabbath the saloon men, who are thoroughly organized, will insist on the closing of cigar, drug and confectionery stores. -Mrs. Stanley Kiff, of Athens. died Saturday afternoon from being run into by by a scorcher. Mrs. Kiff was crossing Main Street and failed to notice the rapid approach of a young man from South Wav erly. Miss Sadie Kiff the woman's daughter was immediately in front of her mother, and, to avoid a col lision with her, the wheelman swerved to the right, striking the mother. The Shamokin Silk Mill Co., with a paid-up capitalization of $70. 000, was organized Monday night. The following officers and direct ors were elected : President. John Klinger, Passaic, N. J ; secre tary and treasurer, John N. Eagle, Passaic, N. J. ; directors, John R. Frame, Paterson, N. T. : M. H. Kulp, Shamokin, and C. R. Sav- idge, Sunbury. The mill will con tain 200 looms. When improve ments are completed at least 300 hands will be employed. The ca pacity of the mill will be doubled next year by building an addition. For the fourth time during the past three years the office of Bor ough Supervisor, at Ashland, has been made vacant by death. About two years ago John Carr was found dead in a mine breach, near his home, and his son, John, was elected by Council to serve the re mainder of his father's term. Be fore the time had expired the son passed away. Frank Mullen was elected Supervisor at the following spring election, and he died before his term had expired, and Monday the fourth was added by the sudden deatli ot Martin Ernts. He was about in the morning, attending to his duties, and ate a hearty dinner. About one o clock he was stricken with apoplexy and died an hour later. BIG BREAKER IN ASHES One Hundred Thousand Dollars Loss. The new Mt. Lookout breaker, at Wyoming, owned and operated by the Mt. Lookout Coal Company, was burned to the ground Monday morning, entailing a loss of over $100,000 and throwing 800 men and boys out of employment. The blaze was discovered by an engineer on the De'aware, Lacka wanna and Western engine. Fire companies from Sturmerville, Wyo ming, West Pittston and Pittston, were rushed to the scene, but could do nothing to stay the progress of the flames. The origin of the fire is un known. . All trains off the D. L. & W. Rail road were delayed on account of the fire. The down train, due at Blooms burg at 8:43, did not reach here until nearly it o'clock. "Keep to Your Place and Your Place will Keep You. ' ' Without good hcAlth tve cannot keep situations nor enjoy life. Most troubles originate in impure Hood. Hood" s Sarsa parilla mikes the blood rich and pure, And thus promotes good health, which tvill help you "keep your place." Cocd& Sateafjaill TALKS BY THE WAY. The skeleton of the mastodon. just dug up near Newburg, is the ! eieventn example ot such remains which Orange county has furnished, the first having been discovered in 1794, and the succeeding ones at intervals during the present cent ury. The one found in 1845, now at the Boston Museum, is known as the finest specimen in existence, the bones being nearly perfect. It was eleven feet tall and its length was seventeen feet. It is expected that between this time and September 20 from 1,500 to 2,000 carloads of melons will be shipped out of the Indiana "water melon belt." Watermelon raising has been reduced to a science. In the vicinity of Posey ville, Ir.d., there are mori than 2,000 acres in melons. By scientific growing they run hundreds to the acre, and their weight has been gradually worked up to a point where they now tip the scales at seventy and eighty pounds. Abraham Stingley, an eccentric resident of Northwest Missouri, who died at ihe age of ninety three at his home, near Ravenswood, Mo., a few years ago, was a most ardent Democrat, and had voted for every Presidential candidate from Jackson to Bryan. Among his pe culiarities it is recorded that he " never gave a note, never paid a cent of interest, never took a dose of medicine trom a physician and never lost any of his teeth, al though they were worn down to the gums at the time of his death." Nathan Tinker Draper, of Grand Rapids, Mich., will be 106 years old on September 6. He was born m New London, Conn., has been married twice, but both wives are dead. The old man draws a pen sion of $12 a month because of the killing of one of his sons in the War of the Rebellion, but never saw any service himself. He has been a gardener nearly all of his life, and is still able to do a little " fussing " about the yard, but not for any length of time. He says he remembers Thomas Jefferson verv well, but never saw Washing ton. He has been a smoker all his life, but never to excess. He also drank liquor in his younger days, but never to an intemperate degree. Firmin Moindrou, a California sea captain, is making his plans to attend the Paris Exposition, and is going to sail in the trunk of a red wood tree. " I will build a schoon er from one of the largest trees in Humbolt county," says. "The hull will be one solid piece simply the trunk of the tree hollowed out and hewn into shape. I will take a tree from 22 to 24 feet in diain eter for my boat. She will be 48 feet long, 1 5 feet beam and ten feet deep, and will be rigged as a schooner. I will sail from here go around Cape Horn, or through the Strait of Magellan, cross the Atlantic and down the Seine to Paris. I want to be ready to start in time to reach Cape Horn about Ihe last ot December ot this year so that I will arrive in Pans by May of 1900, HOOD'S PILLS cure Liver lilt, Bll lousness, Indigestion, Headache. tay to take, easy to operate. 25c. tK mm a ( X l( N HHJIW J(H 1 V iSEIR E MO . HI Will offer, during the month of August, Scmo 2200120.011.0.1137" IBi Bargains MUG 1 m LiiU 36 If you are going to the Seashore to hear " What Are the Wild Waves Saying do not forget that you want A NICE SOFT SHIRT AND A CRUSH HAT. We have them just in. Just the thing to travel in. CAPi STAR CLOTHING :io.nno: Wilkes-Barre Bicycle Meet The Grand National Circuit Races on Sept. 1 and 2. $1,500 In Prizes. Over 100 of the Crack Professional and Am at. eur Riders In America Entered. The racing event of the year will be the annual grand National Curcuit Bicycle Meet of the West End Wheel men, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., at West Side Park, on Friday and Saturday, September 1st. and 2d. I This will surpass anything of the ind ever attempted bv this popular club and will be one of the biggest meets held in Pennsylvania this season The expenses will foot up to about $4,000. G00J thmps come high, but there is nothing too good for Wilkes barre. Springfield, Mass., used to have the honor of holding the most important race meets annually, but this year Wilkesbarre has wrested it away from old Springfield. An excellent program has been ar- anged for each day and $1,500 will be paid out in prizes. There are more than 100 entries, including all the best professional and amateur rac ing men on the track to day. At no other meet this year will there be seen a larger array of field riders and men ot prominence. It will probably be the only time that so many of the crack riders will ever be seen together as many of them are going to Europe for a term of years at the close of the season. It will be a gala occasion for cyclists as excursions will be run and excur sion rates given on all railroads cen tering in Wilkesbarre. Not a crack rider, either profes sional or amateur, of any note but what will be present and take part in the races each day. The West End Wheelmen are hust lers and always get up highly satisfac tory meets. This year, however, the meet will eclipse all former efforts and will be greater and more elabor ate than ever. The entries close on August 26th. The following letters are held at the Bloomsburg, Pa., postoffice, and will be sent to the dead letter office Sept. s, 1889. Persons calling for these letters will please say " that they were advertised Aug. 24, 1899 : Mr. Samuel H. Dodson, Mr. D. S. McKee, Mr. C. Leo. Geeting, Mr. Jacob Snyder, Mr. Aimer Florreal, Mr. Frank Trombley, Miss Helen M. Wells. One cent will be charged on each letter advertised. O. B. Mellick, P. M. Perfumery, soap of all kinds, toilet articles of all kinds, tooth brushes, from 5c. to 50c., at Mer cer's Drug and Book Store. Queen Quality For Women $3.00. Style, Fit, Wear. None Better. W. C. McKINNEY, No. 8 East Main St. Am mumim nt Jl H H r.JiXUKll X 'I H J I n Jf H i. I owwsEas E xHIiS HHEISE I Ai FUfflSHM GOOE MID-SUMHER STYLES IN : MATS : AM i SffllTS. AT TOWNSEND'S AUGUST FURNITURE i NEWS. Our August Furniture News has scarcely beeen scarcely touched upon in the papers. Bed Room Furniture and Sideboards In the Favorite Wood. You can have a white enameled bed and choose a bureau and wash stand that will go with it nicely. These prices iust to hint. Bed room furniture at Bed room furniture at Bed room furniture at Sideboards at $10 Sideboaids at 12 Men's Shirts and Collars. The white unlaundered shirts have been selling fast, but we have all sizes left. It is little wonder they sell so fast. The bargain was remarkable. They are made by one of the best makers to sell at 75c. It is out and out good fortune that makes them 49c. Dress Goods. Choice and pretty stuffs cheap. Every one of these of ferings spell the word bargain. When you may obtain 42c goods at 23c, and 85c goods at 37ic, well it is surely a bargain harvest time, isn't it ? Big Reductions in Summer Skirts. The summer skirts are ready to take their leave now. Just to give them one great forward push out of the door these Wednesday we will have F. P. OUR MIDSUMnER Clearing Sale flighty Bargains, Cut Prices, Begin with us on Summer 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;Mainand.Centre.' ALFREDJMcH ENRY, Manager ES'S I HOUSE, $14 9o that will be $17 00. 1G 00 that will be 20 (X). 21 50 that will be 25 00. 00 that will be $12 50. 35 that will be 15 00. prices have been cut like this: $2 75 skirts, now $2 00 ; $4 25 skirts at $3 00 ; $2 50 skirts at $1 50. Muslin Sheetings And Calico. The best indigo blue calicoes wecanbuy.at 5c; good bleached muslin, 10 yds for 49c; bleached muslin, equal to the Hill's, 10 yds for 59c; unbleached mus lin, 10 yds for 39c; best un bleached muslin, 10 yds for 50c; 10-4 sheeting, unbleached, at 1 2jc ; 1 5c ginghams reduced to ioc per yd. Teas and Coffees. We are agents for Chase & Sanborn's teas and coffees, and can safely say they are the best goods you can buy. They own and control their own planta tions, so you always find their teas and coffees the same grade of goods. These coffees sell from 1 sc to 40c a pound. Teas, irom 00c to 51 00 a pound. a fresh lot of watermelons. Pursel. Goods from Tulvnth. Now is We will have great values to See the goods, get the prices
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