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THURSDAY, SKI'TKMBER ai. 1899.
Democratic State Ticket.
FOR JUDGE OF SUTREME 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.
DEMOOEATIO COUNTY TI0KET-
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
W. IL FISHER,
from the South Side.
WILLIAM KRICKBAUM,
of Bloomsburg.
IkOR COUNTY TREASURER,
JEREMIAH SNYDER,
of Locust Twp.
FOR
PROTHONOTARY AND Cl.ERK OK
THE COURTS.
WILLIAM H. HEN'RIE,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER,
J. C. RUTTER, JR.,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
JOHN G. HARM AN,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR COUNTY AUDITORS,
WM. BOGERT,
of Scott Twp.
G. H. SHARPLESS,
of Catawissa.
O. T. Wilson will run for County
Commissioner as au Independent
Republican.
" Politicians are beginning to wear
their blandest smiles these days
and they are given to much hand
shaking with the farmer and the
laborer as he comes in from the
country cr emerges from the work
shop. John N. Gordon announces him
self this week as an independent
candidate for County Commissioner.
We give it space in our paper for
the cash price of such advertise
ments, as that is our business, and
not for the purpose of encouraging
independents.
John M. Garman, Ex-Chairman
of the Democratic State Committee,
is reported to be in a critical condi
tion, at Hot Springs, Arkansas,
where he had gone for health.
Shortly after his arrival there he
sustained a slight stroke of paraly
sis, and later he was attacked by
malarial fever.
Candidates Must Pay.
The following case has just been
decided at Allentown. The dis
patch to the Philadelphia daily pa
pers on Friday says :
"A case of peculiar interest to
candidates and politicians was de
cided here to-day. The plaintiff
was A. S. Rabenold, former Demo
cratic county chairman. Joseph C.
Rupp was the defendant. The lat
ter was successful in securing nom
ination as one of the assemblymen
on the Democratic ticket. Under
the rules of the party assessments
were levied on the successful can
didates for the purpose of raising
money to defray the legitimate ex
penses of holding primary elec
tions. "Under this rule the defendant
was asked to pay $125. He paid
$50 of his assessment. The de
fendant was defeated at the general
election, but paid $25 after that
time to Rabenold. The balance,
$50, he declined to pay, and there
fore, the suit was brought.
" On settling his accounts Chair
man Rabenold found himself out
of pocket about $200. The defense
was that assessment of candidates
are unlawful, and that the plaintiff,
as chairman of the county commit
tc. cannot demand from the de
fendant the amount still due unless
he shows that all of his expenses
were such as are authorized by law,
either for printing, traveling ex
penses, the dissemination of knowl
edge to the voters, or the holding
of meetings.
" A motion by the defendant that
the plaintiff be non-suited, made
after he closed his case, was refused
by the court. The jury brought in
a verdict for the plaintiff for $50."
JERSEYTOWS-
Rev. Dr. W. W.Kvnns preached
nil cxcelkut sermon in the M. U.
Church here on last Sabbath
Hotel Crawford needs some plast
ering Delet e it is complete.
We shall refer to the miserable
board walks of Jerseytown till she
has better ones. One young lady
came very near bci.ig a cripple for
life lately, at the depot.
We shall refer to the miserable
condition of the cemetery till it is
repaired.
Dr. Kvans. in his Sunday School
talk last Sabbath, referred plainly
to the necessity of repairing the
church. We have an idea that the
ladies will see to it that new carpet
is placed around the altar and in
the aisles, while the men folks will
attend to the other improvements.
Rev. D. J. Brouse has built a
gem of a church at Millville and
repaired the Eycr Grove church"
through his Evangelistic agency
and perhaps before he leaves this
circuit the church of Jerseytown
will put on a renovated appearance.
Some talk of raising the flag
again over the Colonnades, Temples
and Towers of Jerseytown soon,
where speeches will be made.
liver Sash law is putting up a
new barn, or stable.
David Shultz, Jas. Kinlin, Squire
Smith, lively in his old days, and
Lu Cramer, who expects to marry
his wife pretty soon are prominent
farmers in this section.
Jacob Wiiitcrsteen is stocked with
some fine horses on his farm.
The Veteran's Association at
I Millville went off well on Saturday
A good band from Benton and the
Drum Corps gave us fine music. A
good dinner, bv the ladies in the
crove. After dinner speeches and
camp fire till tine to take the cars
and carriages for home. Some ol
the speakers were too auxuxis to
speak too long. When will the
orator on such ocasious learn judg
ment when others are to speak ? I
would sell the hog that gets into
the trough or he would be the first
pork that would enter into pickle.
l-amihar faces were there. J. .
Evans of Berwick, James Ammer
man and Trump from Forks, Am
merman from Lightstrect, Henry
Bowman from near Orangeville,
who now with his son owns the
Wesley Bowman Mill, stocked with
new imported machinery costing
over $1,000. The Veteran's Asso
ciation meet at Benton next year.
Merchant G ingles has received a
new installment of goods and deals
largely in grain and flour obtained
from Truckenmiller, of atsontown
and Ikeler of Bloomsburg.
We should not fail to mention
that the radiant face of our popular
Sheriff, W. W. Black, was plainly
visible at Millville on Saturday.
W. W. Dye visited Jerseytown
on Saturday, of Strawberry Ridge.
He is running the blacksmith busi
ness night and day. He has been
there for, the past ten years and
keeps the same excellent stock of
iron on hand.
A VISIT TO THE BILLMEYER FARM.
Recently we departed from home
a few miles and landed within one
mile af Washingtonville and seven
miles from Danville, and found Mr.
Alexander Bilhneyer engaged in
loading seven wagons of hay, part
of a second crop, timothy and clo
ver, from the same field. The first
crop of hay he realized between
800 and 900 tons ; the second crop
will yield 100 tons. He has 175
acres of corn, and will average 120
bushels to the acre, which amount
to 20,880 bushels on his farms. We
have seen the corn fields, and a
more thrifty corn we have never
seen in Pennsylvania, Iowa. Illi
nois, or anywhere else. The oats
is not thrashed, but the yield, nt
least, will be 8,000 bushels. His
12 farms will yield between 4,000
and 5,000 bushels of wheat this
year ; raises all his own clover and
timothy seed, and it is pure seed.
We see the clover in his wheat
stubble bright, strong and green
which will yield a ton to the acre.
Second crop all yet to be cut.
The home farm was formerly wet
land ; has thoroughly drained it,
and drawn the water from it, and
formed nine fish ponds that are
filled with fish of different vari
eties. The farms have the best
modern buildings, in the best of
shap, and they are certainly packed
full to their utmost capacity.
After going over the farm with
Mr. Bilhneyer he conducted us into
his park of thirty acres of heavy
timber, the old native timber, of
symmetrical trees four feet across
the stump white oak, red oak,
swamp oak, pine oak, hickory,
birch, maple and elm timber. In
the still hour of sunset we sat under
the umbrageous trees to view the
multitudes of squirrels, grey and
fox squirrels, racing over the
grounds, and sporting on the limbs
of trees. It certainly was a great
"He Laughs Best
Who Laughs Last'
A hearty laugh indicates A degree of
good health obtainable through pure blood.
As but one person in ten has pure blood,
the other nine should purify the blood
with Hood's Sarsap&rilU. Then they can
laugh first, lust and all the time, for
TP
How Arc Tour Kidney. I
Pr Tlobhn' Simrn.wt Pllln enr? all MdnpT Ills. Sam.
pie free. Add. bierliug iiuiu.dy Cu.,Clilciwiuor N. Y.
sicht, such as we never saw before
Now come tne wild turkeys, that j
were numerous, tat and beautilui.
Then the fifty lawns and deer, when
together feeding, was a sight not
easily forgotten, also five elk. How
the squirrels and deer feed on the
acorns and hickory nuts. These
animals can all be seen from the
veranda of his residence when feed
ing. '1 he residence is a beautiful one,
surrounded with flowers and trees,
and a beautiful carpet of green.
He has an interesting lamily. Two
accomplished daughters, who grace
the home and make things interest
ing and lively Maine and Flor
ence, ana one son, Hiram.
Florence graduated at Dickinson
Seminary, in 1898, at my alma
mater.
Mr. Bilhneyer has two large lime
kilns, 22 feet high, with breasts of
stone 30 feet high. These yield all
the lime necessary for his farms,
and the quarries are on his farms.
He has 140 head of horses on these
farms and about 100 head of cattle,
lie is greatly engaged in the manu
facture of white oak lumber. He
has extensive timber lauds in Clar
ion and Clearfield counties, and got
out a great deal ot lumber in ir
ginia and Maryland.
This is an unexaggerated state
ment of what we saw in regard to
the Bilhneyer estate. It is good
enough without exaggeration. One
thing certain, and we say it upon
our own responsibility, that all this
is not easily beat in this state.
Mr. Billmeyer's land is in prime
order. He doesn't bother with
poor land, and is one of the best
farmers, not only in Pennsylvania,
but anywhere else. They call hi 11
the Farmer King. Nix.
STATE NEWS ITEMS.
Dr. James Eldon, for fifteen
years principal of the Central Nor
mal School, Lock Haven, has ten
dered his resignation and will re
tire from school work.
W. C. Young. Esq., treasurer
of the Wyoming Valley Trust Com
pany, at Wilkes-Barre, died on
Tuesday of apoplectic paralysis,
Deceased was well known in bank
ing circles.
Great destitution exists among
the striking miners at Nanticoke.
An appeal has been issued for food
supplies. Thirty-eight hundred
men all told are on strike, and most
of them are married.
Frank Newhart, of Edwards-
ville, who is charged with murder
ing his wife last June, was placed
on trial at Wilkes-Barre Monday.
His counsel made a futile attempt
to have the case continued.
Michael McGuire, while at
work iu the Schernmelfeng Mills,
at Instanter. fell upon a circular
saw Monday and was cut iu two
McGuire was 20 years of age, and
1 lived
in Clarendon, and formerly
worked in the State Hospital at
North Warren.
John Mintzer was stopped by
two highwaymen Sunday night,
near Luke Fidler colliery, as he
was on the way home to Spring
field. He refused, to give up his
watch ind was stabbed in the head.
Mintzer is seriously wounded. The
highwaymen fled.
Samuel, 14-year-old son of Ja-
oxixa.
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NOW 1 1ST.
We have lots to interest you. Our
Fall styles in Ready-Made Clothing;
have been selected with care, and our
HATS AND FURNISHING GOODS
will be found to be the latest in style.
Call and examine the new styles,
I just
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For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature
cob Schmidt, of McKeesport, met
with a frightful death there Monday
morning. 1 he lad attached a rope
around a cow's neck and then about
his body, and started to drive the
animal to pasture. 1 he cow became
frightened nnd ran away, dragging
Schmidt half a mile. The boy's
head came in contact with a large
stone and was almost knocked off.
Lewis 1 Riser and Philip Paul
Sunday evening found the skeleton
of Daniel Strausser in a ravine be
tween Mt. Carmel and Potts' col
liery. The clothing was identified
as that of Strausser' s, who left home
last Fourth of July to pick huckle
berries. Since that time large num
bers of men and boys, under the
leadership of Grand Army veter
ans, searched for Strausser, who
was an old soldier. It was thought
he had fallen into a mine breach
and that his fate would remain a
mystery. He was 51 years old
and is survived by a wife and four
children, all of whom identified the
clothing, which was taken to Mt.
Carmel with the skeleton.
The Topeka State Journal says
the latest corn story from northern
Kansas is that the corn crop is so
high that the wind is shut off from
the wind mills and the farmers have
to pump water by hand for their
stock. Of course, you're not ex
pected to believe it unless you want
to.
Reduced Bates to Lewisburg Fair.
Reduced rates to Union County
Fair, at Lewisburg, Pa., Sept. 26 to
29, 1899. On account of the above
the Philadelphia and Reading Rail
way will sell excursion tickets at the
low rate of single fare for round trip,
with a minimum of 25 cents, to Lew
isburg and return troni Newberry,
Bloomsburg, Catawissa, Mt. Carmel,
and intermediate stations. Tickets
to be sold and good going, September
26th to 29th inclusive and good to
return until September 30th, 1899,
inclusive. Good train service is
afforded by the use of regular trains.
For time of trains and rates of fare
from various stations consult ticket
agents.
KOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
JOHN N. GORDON,
of Montour Twp.
To Cure ('uitallputlnn Vurovvr.
TuUo Cisciueta dimly CiUliurllc 10o or ISO.
It C. U. 0. tail to cure, Urutfgisw refund money.
Queen Quality
For Women
$3.00.
Style, Fit, Wear.
None Better.
W. C. McKINNEY,
No. 8 East Main.St.
r
in, at
TOWNSEWD'S
CLOTHING
THE
AUTUMN 1 UNDERWEAR
IS READY.
A chance to get mires' arid boys' ribbed, ileeced- under
wear, at almost half price. Thcs are not a lot of odds and
ends, but fresh, new .;oods from the maker. The same quality
of goods we sold last season very fast. The email sizes at 10c.,
and advanced in price as the sizes enlarge.
The larpe sizes we sold at -loc. We will sell the goods
from Thursday to the first ot October, if they last, the small
size at 5e., and advance the price on each size ; the largest size
will cost you 2Sc. This is the cheapest lot of underwear we
have ever offered. Don't miss the chance. -
Enjoy the Opening Days of Autumn
Dress Goods.
There are many safe variations of might and quality, with,
this safeguard always present, Never too cheap to be really
cheap aud good. Never foolishly extravagant. Maybe, this
list of Black Dress Goods will more fully explain :
Black Crepon, in many styles,
at 75c to $2.25 the yard.
Cheviot, from 56c to $1.25 the
yard.
Storm Serge, ready sponged,
to make at once, from 30c. to
Si. 40 the yard.
Special values in Henrietta
But our store holds
Venetian
$1.00.
Cloth, from 50c to
75c Whip Cords. 45 inches
wide, at 56c.
Camel's Hair effects, 58 inch
es wide, in all colors, at $1.25
Women's Suits.
Jaunty, stylish, reasonably priced. Have you seen the
Venetian Cloth Suit we are selling at $12.00 ? It is the most ex
traordinary suit value ever we have had. Perfectly tailored, of
great style, and in every coloring which is in vogue. Se,e them.
F. P. Pursel
OUR MID-SUMHER
Clearing Sale
ilighty Bargains, Cut Prices,
Bejrin with
us on Summer
your time to save money on
Shirt Waists, Dimities, Organdies,
PERCALES, LAWNS, &c.
Do not miss this opportunity,
offer you during the next month,
before you buy.
Bloomsburg Store Co., Limited.
Corner Main and Centre. ALFRED McIIENRY, Manager
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8s
2.
HOUSE.
at 80c the
Serge, 45
yard, and fine Black
inches wide, at 56c
the yard.
Black Mohair, from 35c to
J$i.35 the yard.
Cords, in different widths,
from 70c to $1.20 the yard.
the boquet of colors.
the yard.
Mixed Cheviot, Plain Cheviot.
Storm Serges, in all colors, from
50c. to $1.40.
50c. Henrietta, in all colors,
all wool, 38 inches wide, at 40c
Goods from July nth. Now is
We will nave great values to
See the goods, get the prices