8, THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. tI you ever see a snow Storm in summer? We never did; but we have seen the clothing at this time of the year to covered with dandruff that it looked as if it had been out in a regular snow storm. No need of this snowstorm. As the summer sun would melt the falling snow so will melt these flakes of dandruff in the scalp. It goes further than this: it prevents their formation. It has still other properties: it will restore color to gray hair in just ten times out of every ten cases. And it does even more : it IV feeds and nourishes the roots of the hair. Thin hair becomes thick hair; and short hair be comes long hair. We have a book on the Hair and Scalp. It is yours, for the asking. If you do not obtain all the btnflu you expected from the ue of the Vigor, write the doctor about It. FrobaVy there l ioim difficulty with your gen eral ayiteoi which may be easily re- IK. J. C. AVER, Lowell, If ate. a. Addrefli. L7VVwVV THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG. PA. J. S. Williams & Son, BLOOMSBURG, PA.,; Public Sale Criers and General Auctioneers. tw Fifteen years experience. Satisfaction naranlped. Hwtt returns of any mile crlera In thlH section of the NtatA. Write for terms and dates. ver disappoint our patrons. 1-6 PURELY PERSONAL F. K. Carpenter and wife went to Phila delphia, on Saturday. Harry Little is home from Buckncll Uni ersilv for the holidays. John Kenyon left on Monday for a few days sojourn in Center County. C. ti. Iiarkley, Ksq., transacted legal Ims. inessal Mauch Chunk last week. Miss Ella Lemons is assisting E. M. Savidgr, the confectioner, this week. Miss Edith Miller is assisting at liidle man's Book Slore during the holidays. Thomas Gorrey, Jr , has accepted the management of Dr. Blakislees' Danville Drug Store. Mrs. Samuel Wigfall has gone to Phila delphia, where she will remain over the holi ays. Miss Edna Wilson, on Saturday returned from Philadelphia where she had been visit ing fi iends. Mrs. Lawrence Pflagcr of Jamison City, was the guest of Mis. II. C. Jones, in town on Monday. Editor V. 11. Smith, of the Benton "Ar gus," gave our office a brief, but pleasant call, on Friday. Barton Bisel is spending his vacation in town. He is a student at Wyoming Semin ary, Kingston. George V. Whitmire of Buckhorn, while in town on Monday, gave our office a pleas ant business call. Warren Edgar and wfe of Stillwater spent Sunday in town, as the guests of Mr, and .Mrs. George H. Hunt Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Kelchner have returned from a visit to iheir son, Charles E. Kelchnrr in Philadelphia. Dr. V. H. I'm man returned home, on Tuc.-day evening, from New York City, after an absence of several days 1 1: 1 ry Keller, a student nt Lafayette Col lege, is spending a two week's vacation with his I an'iits on Market street. Dotiad Snyder and two children, Hilda and Gehiad W., spent Sunday with the for mers parents at the Exchange Hotel Mrs. William Leyerelt of Philadelphia, arriveu in town yestenlny and will spend a week with her sister, Mrs. Geo. E. EIwcll. Mis- l.eral:ir,e Conner, n popular young lady f Orangeville wes the guest of the Misses Carpenter on Fifth Slreet, on F riday. The isses Mary and Martha Clark, of M tkei Mreet, relumed home on Saturday from sin extended visit with Harrisburg relatives. Mis!- Maine Weaver will leave today for Marl hi, hio, where she will make, an ex tended visit with her aunt, Mr. Dr. K. C M. Lewis. Mis ura'-e t,lossen ot lierwick, has ueen assi-ting nt the Local Telephone Exchange ihe st week, during the illness of Miss Margaret Lauhach Kev. E. a. liateman has been chosen pa-l' r of Ihe Culvary Lntheian church, fhil 1 I hia. He is a son-in-law ol our tounsu un, 1 W. Hurtman. Pi .. U. II. Vetter left on Monday for Sun 1 11 r , where he will have charge of the Mus of the Teachers' Institute for Nor thu I e land County this week. Elmer L. Kitchen, of Kohrsburg, son of Coir i commissioner, Nehemial Kitchen left l outlay for Nornstown, to attend scIiikii. His father accompanied him, a d wi! - ed a few days in Philadelphia. Mr and Mrs, W. S. Moyer of Market Sirir, returned home from Philadelphia, Satinday afternoon. Their daughter. Miss vlaith... who it attending school at th Nanui Park Seminary, Forest Glen, Md accompanied them home for her holiday i lpr Hit ipr vacation. Dicken's double vest chains for $2-35 at J. K. Roys'. Guaranteed to give satifaction. Jonas II. Hughes of Lime Ridge, has been granted an increase of pen sion from $6 to $8 per month. Bibles, either large or small. Prices, from 30c. to $7.00,' at Mer cer's Drug and Book Store. 'Old Southern Life," drew a good house Saturday night last. The entertainment pleased many of the attendants. " Look before you leap." " Be sure you get Hood's Sarsaparilla when you call for it, and you will find health in its use. About one hundred and fifty people accompanied the Normal School Students excursion to Wash ington, D. C. on Monday. If you want a nice calendar, Christmas card, booklet, or books of any kind, go to Mercer's Drug and Book Store. Ask to see the new style of visit ing card at this office. Can't be told from an engraved card, and costs less than half as much, tf Mr. and Mrs. K. H. Little have moved from Scott township to this town, and are occupying a suite of rooms in the Phillips building on Main street. Charles W. Stewart and Miss Sarah J. Burget were married by R. H. Ringler, Esq., on Monday. They are residents of Northumber land. Mrs. George Lockard wishes in this wise to thank the friends and neighbors who so kindly assisted during her recent affliction, the death of her husband. V. H. Henrie and John C. Rut ter Jr. , have received their com missions for Prothonotary and Reg ister and Recorder respectively, and the same have been recorded. Sample copies of the Columbian, the Farm Journal, and the New York lirice-a-Wtek J I ora', are distributed in Bloomshurg this week. Read our club offer and be come a subscriber. J. E. Roys will engrave free, any article bought at his store. He does not scratch it on with a machine, but does only hand engraving. Ar tistic engraving greatly enhance the alue and beauty of an article. One of our Danville exchanges is of the opinion that it is poor bus iness to tell a boy that ' ' riches or the presidency may be made his." It continues : 'Poor ideals those. The boy runs a good chance for prison who bends all his aims for either of them." The marriage of Miss Ivy Joice, the attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Callenburger, of Milton, and William E. McMichael. of Berwick, will occur at the Evangel ical church, Milton, to-day. The many friends of the groom herea bouts extend felicitations. D. L. Chapin's store, warehouse and barn, at New Columbus, were destroyed by fire Friday night. Cause, unknown. The .store and warehouse were unoccupied, but the barn contained some live stock and grain. One horse perished in the flames. The property was part ially insured. The supreme court has decided that the shade trees in front of a man's residence belong to him al though they be loacated on public property. The case in which the decision was rendered was one in which the uroperty owner sued a telephone company for cutting off the limbs of his trees. The decision is of interest to all property holders. 1 An indiscriminate proclivity to run his household to suit himseli, led a resident of near Port Noble to attempt assault, Sunday evening. with rage 111 his heart and a stove shovel in his hand, he chased his paramour across one of the streets near by threatening to whip her. She would not stand still long enough to bz whipped and no harm was done. Solid silver Roys' for 25c. thimbles at J. Engraved free. E. The telephone and telegraph syndicate recently organized in Philadelphia and New York has bought the Phoenix Telephone company, of Altoona, which owns a competing line with the Bell com pany, operated all over that section. The price paid was nearly $300,000, a hadsome increase over the par valuation. The Central Commer cial company connects with the Phoenix, near Tyrone. 1 urn ii a 1 . Cart loads of periumery, in 35 different odors, at Mercer's DrtiK and Book Store. Fountain Pens at J. E. Roys en graved free. Will Guernsey, piano tuner, will be in town on the 26th, and remain a few days, Leave orders at this office. 2t. The Jury Commissioners are at work this week selecting names with which to fill the jury wheel for 1900. J. E. Roys has the largest stock of plated and Sterling Napkin Rings, 25 cents up. Engraved without extra charge. The Calvary basket ball team of Wilkesbarre, went down before the Normalises in the Gymnasium last Friday night by the score of 18 to 3- At a recent meeting of the Cen tralia Borough School Board, it was decided to open night school, if the enrollment of scholars will warrant it. The exclamation of one and all who see our line of lamps, is " Oh what a nice line of lamps you have got I ' ' Yes, and the prices are right, at Mercer's Drug and Book Store. N. Malfaira has a nice lot of fresh fruits, now kept inside the store on account of cold weather, clear toys, home made, 15 cents a pound or two pounds for 25 cents. Large stock of candy from 5 cents to 30 cents a box. Exchange block. Clergymen are reminded that the present law requires them to pub lish marriages in at least one news paper. Failing to comply with the requirement got several ministers in serious trouble in the central part of the State recently. One of the large show windows of Townsend's Star Clothing House contains a unique attraction. There is a fish pond with live fish; in the circle a fountain is playing and at night the fountain is illuminated with different colors of alternating electric lights. Trailing vines and plants add to the beauty of the window. The other window is fill ed with many pretty thing for the Christmas trade. Next Sunday being Christmas Sunday, the Philadelphia Inquirer will be specially enlarged by the addition of a handsome Boys' and Girls' Christmas Book of 32 pages, printed in beautiful half tones and colors. This fill be attractively bouhd and stitched in the same shape as the Inquirer Cook Book, which was issued a short time ago. Two other special color sections will be issued and 110 effort has been spared to make this number of the Sunday Inquirer unequaled in every respect. Those who have their lines out to hook a census-taking position will find that it is one of the poorest political jobs afloat, if they manage to land it. It is but little better than carrying country mails. Enumerators are only paid $2.50 for ei'ery 100 names turned in, and taking into consideration that they must ask a long list of questions for every name put down aud make out three copies of their report it may be estimated that the compen sation for the work is small, in no instance aggregating $125. The Farm Journal gives no chromos, puffs no swindles, inserts no humbug advertisements, and does not devote one-half its space to telling how good the other half is. It is published monthly aud circulates from Maine to Oregon, and from North Dakota to Texas. Every home in Columbia county would have more sunshine and hap piness 111 it did Jarm journal go there regularly. We are prepared to send it for five years, from this time up to December, 1904, to every subscriber who pays up his subscription for the Colum bian a year in advance, and to all new advance paying subscribers. The election for officers of the Bloomsburg Fire Department for the ensuing year was held in the Council Chamber of the Town Hall, from six to eight o'clock Monday evening. The election board consis ted of Mayor Holmes and one mem ber from each company. The new officers are as follows : Chief, Will iam May, of the Rescue; First Assistant William Coffman, of the Winona; Second Assistant, Arthur Smith, of the Good Will; Third Assistant, George Cavanee, of the Friendship. There were no contests with the exception of First Assist ant. Paul Harman was the regularly nominated candidate lor that posi tion. The Friendship Company nominated William Coftman, and his nomination was endorsed by the Good Wills. The vote was, Coffman 42, Harman 27. The chief next year will be selected from the Winona Company. Solid silver single teaspoons for 85c. and up at J. E. Roys'.. En graved free. Our congratulations are tendered our townsman F. H. Wilson, and wife, over the arrival of a young son Monday morning. A collision of trains at Nescopeck on Thursday, resulted in a caboose being crushed to splinters. No casualties occurred. lne recent establishment ot a dancing school in Berwick has con siderably aroused the more sedate residents and they want the pass time stopped. 1 Private George E. Deppen, of Company K., Sunbury, has been appointed by Colonel Clement to be regimental quartermaster-sergeant of the Twelfth regiment, N.G. P. There was a large attendance of relatives and friends at the funeral of the late George M. Lockard, which occurred Saturday afternoon. Rev. B. C. Conner conducted the services. The almost total eclipse of the moon, which occurred Saturday was watched by many people. Not a cloud appeared in the sky to mar the view, and the sight was a very pretty one. An Indiana farmer has stolen a march on nature by grafting a to mato upon a potato vine. lie thus raises a crop above and below ground at the same time. The American Agriculturist says that both vegetables were of good quality. Dr. G. H. Welliver has in course of erection a barn 32x90, near the Tube Works, which he will use, when completed, to stable his horses from the time they arrive here until the sale days. The Dr. is one of the most extensive dealers in west ern horses in this section. The condition of the wheat fields in the county the farmers say never was better. The Hessian fly made its apoearance in some fields, but too late in the season to do much harm. With a favorable winter and spring a great crop is assured next vear. A new lot of leases just printed at this office. They contain clauses providing for payment of water rent by tenant; waiving benefit of ex emption; that rent may be collected for the whole term if tenant at tempts to remove goods without paying rent due, etc. 3 cents each, or 25 cents a dozen. Jt The dance to be held tomorrow night in the the Town Hall under the auspices of the Rescue Fire Company, promises to be a very en joyable affair. The Fourth warders have labored industriously for the success of the project and it is quite certain that they wi.l be rewarded by a large attendance. Member of the Board of Poor Directors of Bloom Poor District Isaiah Hagenbuch, was last Friday requested by letter from the Dan ville Poor Directors, to remove W. Mitchell and family, a wife and three children. They are a charge on that district, and the Danville Poor Officials claim that they belong in Bloomsburg. Eli J. Ohl, was kicked by a horse at his home in Hemlock township one evening last week. He was unconscious for several hours. Medical aid was sent for and he was made to rest as easy as possible. We have since learned from the physician in attendance that Mr. Ohl's condition is very much im proved. Five prisiouers of the jail, incar cerated on various charges, were placed at work filling in the ap proach to the River bridge last week. The men perlormed the work in a way that convinced the County Commissioners, who had gone to inspect the job that they were per fectly familiar with that kind of labor. , R. S. Bowman has been appoint ed post master at Berwick, and will take charge of the office on January 1st. It is by no means a new posi tion for Mr. Bownnn he having served two terms before. L. J. Townsend, who has been post master for the past three years, has accept ed an official position with the American Car and Foundry Com pany. The bread which received the first and second premiums at the Columbia countv lair in 1808 and 1809 was baked from t.ie Leader flour manu factured by Ikeler & Fleckenstine. , 11-30 2mos For Built. Proctor Inn, well furnished, from Feb. 1 st 1900. Rent cheap. Apply to G. E. Elwell or A. L. Fritz, Blooms burg, Pa. ' tf I. W. Hartman & Son. A MERRY CHRISTMAS ALMOST HERE. PPP f FNT. OFF Ne.irlv 2; ner cent, off of the of CLOAKS, JACKETS AND CAPES. Ladies' Jackets, were $ta so,now $9 75 10 00 7 So 5 00 7 5 5 00 6 7S 10 00 95 95 95 95 95 95 Odd Jackets ' 11 11 11 . 1 Golf Capes 11 11 ii 1 5 Doll Reduction. Dish Table Cover Reductions. More, Too. 50c Dolls reduced to 34c 25c Dolls " 19c 50c Toys " "34c 25c Toys " " 1 6c 50c Cups and Saucers " " 35c 25c Cups and Saucers " " 19c 1 00 Scrap Books ... . " " 59c 4 50 rhoto Albums... " " 2 50 2 50 Photo Albums. . . " "150 1 00 China Dishes.... " " 69c 1 25 China Dishes.... " " 75c 25 China Dishes... . " I. W. Hartman Rev. M. E. McLinn will address the Men's Meeting at the Y. M. C. A. Hall next Sunday afternoon. The service commences promptly at 2:30. All men are invited to be present. If one were to judge from the moderate temperature which has prevailed since December has been with us, we would imagine it to be nearer Easter than Christmas. Everything has changed, even the weather as well as many other feat ures which were characteristic of an old fashioned Christmas time. Sure ly times have put on a different air since" the days of our grandsires. The Wilkesbarre board of trade has taken up the cudgel against fake advertising, and truthfully says: "The only kind of advertis ing which pays, is that of ;he news paper, and if merchants would com bine for the purpose of refusing pat ronage to programmes, it would be money saved for the merchants, and just so much more to devote in the legitimate channels of trade." The remains of Oscar Conner were consigned to the grave in the Benton Cemetery, on Tuesday. His death occurred from heart dis ease at his home above Benton two days previous. He was a respected resident of the upper end, was a veteran of the Civil war, and had his life been spared a fesv more months his age would have reached the allotted three score and ten. A wife and ten children, six daughters and four sons are left to moourn his death. There are conflicting opinions re garding the question "When does the twentieth century really begin?" The definition that a century con sists of too full years should make the question plain and place the date January 1st, 1901, instead ot 1900, as many hold the date to be. As there are 100 full years in a century, it is evident that to com plete the first century 100 years must have passed, to complete the second 200 years and so on up. To complete the nineteenth century 1900 years must have passed which would be December 31st at mid night, and the next date must be January 1, 1901. Several college presidents contend that we enter upon the 20th century January isc, 1900. The Eminent Kidney and Bladder Specialist. The Discoverer ot Swamp-Koot at Work In Hit Laboratory. There is a disease prevailing In this country most dangerous because so decep tive. Many sudden deaths are caused by It heart disease, pneumonia, heart failure or apoplexy are often the result of kidney disease. If kidney trouble is allowed to ad vance the kidney-poisoned blood will attack the vital organs, or the kidneys themselves break down and waste away cell by cell. Then the richness of the blood the albumen leaks out and the sufferer has Brlght's Disease, the worst form of kidney trouble. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root the new dis covery Is the true specif io for kidney, bladder and urinary troubles. It has cured thousands of apparently hopeless cases, after all other efforts have failed. At druggists In fifty-cent and dollar sizes. A sample bottle sent free by mall, also a book telling about Swamp Root and its wonderful cures. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Blnghamton, N. Y. and mention this paper. Kl7 tea 11 I I. W. Hartman & Son. regular price of our entire stocfc " Plush Capes 1 ta 50 8 so now IS 9S 15 9S 95 95 9S 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Children's Jack'ts" 50 5o 00 95 95 Reductions. Bureau Scarf Reductions. 75c Metal Framed Mirrors reduced to 39c 1 40 Large Framed Pictures " 75c Smaller Framed Pictures " IMITATION IRISH POINT. i 25 Bureau Covers.. " 75c Bureau Covers... . " 1 25 Table Covers.. . . " 75C 39c 69c 5S 79c & Son, Bloomsburg, Pa WANTED SEVERAL PERSONS FOR District Otlioe Managers in this State to rep resent me in their own and surrounding counties. Willing to pay yearly $600, pay able weekly. Desirable employment with unusual opportunities. References ex changed. Enclose self-addressed stamped envelope. S. A. Park, 320 Caxton Iiuilding, Chicago. 12-21. 16t Boyd Shaffer was arraigned before 'Squire Jacoby on Monday, on a warrant sworn out by Harry Mitch ell of Berwick. According to Mitch ell's story, he in company with a young lady, were walking on Fifth, street Sunday evening, when they were accosted by Shaffer, who, without any provocation whatever, struck him, breaking his hand. Boyd denies the charge and says that there were no blows struck at all: He gave bail in the sum of $500 for his appearance at the Feb ruary term of court. A collision between Tooley & Company's delivery wagon aud that ofW. W. Watts, occurred at the corner of Third and Center streets Monday evening, about six o'clock. The electric lights were out at the time, and the darkness made it impossible for either driver to see any distance ahead. Tooley's wagon was upset, and its contents consisting of tied up packages of groceries and provisions were strewn along the street. The shafts were also broken. The horse tore loose front the vehicle, and ran up Center to Main street where it was caught by Max Gross. The other wagon was not damaged to any extent. Murders in Pennsylvania Never in Pennsylvania's history has there been so many men under sen tence of death as there are at the present time, and this fact makes it probable that the coming year will be the banner one from an execution standpoint, in the nineteenth century. Governor Stone, has now, in his pos session papers indicating the convic tion of fourteen murderers, the date for whose hanging it is his duty t name. Fine Holiday Groceries- L. T. Sharpless Co. has a fine line of seasonable goods. Their stoct embraces, cranberries, oranges, lemons grapes, dried fruits, canned soups, canned vegetables, canned meats, cheese of various kinds, fancy cakes and crackers, fine syrups, nuts, bweet potatoes, olives, pickles, ham, bacon, flour, fine teas and coffees, and a thousand other good things to eit, and for household use. Prices right. Goods delivered. 3t7 Gilmore's Toy Bazaars. Gilmore has made a new depart ment this year in the toy business am! has opened a branch store on Market Square. Both stores are full of all kinds of things to please th; children at Christmas time. To enumerate them would fill a column. Call at the other store if you can't find what you. want in the first one you visit. Miss May Gilmore has charge of the Mar ket Square store. 3t For Bale I A lot of 23 acres, with house and" barn, 8 acres of timber, good water, fruit, etc., loca'.ed in Hemlock towa ship, 3 miles west of Buck Horn. Terms reasonable. Address, B. F Biobst, Buck Horn, Pa. 11-30 4t For Sale. A good double cylinder 2$ horse power engine. Inquire at this of fice. i-a6 tt 1
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