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THfi COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA.
America's
THE COLUMBIAN.
HLOOMKBURO. PA.
J. S. Williams & Son,
BLOOMSBURG TA
Publi Sale Criers and
General Autineers,
tr Klftppn years experience. Niittfnctlon
ftmranteed. Heat returns nf any mile rrlers In
bl8 section of the state. Write for terms Hnd
dntes. ver illsitppolnt our patrons. !-
SALliS.
Feb. 28, 1900. Charles G.
Barkley, administrator of Conrad
Kreamer, deceased, will sell per
sonal property horses, cattle,
hogs, farm implements, hay, &c.
at Jerseytown, Pa., at 9 o'clock a.m.
March 3RD, 1900 W. B. Penn
ington, administrator of Mary Dries
bach deceased, will sell real estate
in Fishingcreek township, contain
ing 2 )i acres with a good two story
brick dwelling, and stable. Sell at
2 p. m. on the premises. See adver
tisement. March 17, 1900. Mrs. K. A.
Rawlings, administratrix of E. A.
Rawlings, deceased, will sell real
estate in Blootnsburg, on the pre
mises, at 2 p. m., including a two
story frame dwelling, frame meat
market building, stable and out
buildings. See advertisement.
On Wednesday, March 14, igco
at one o'clock p. m. on the premises
in Mill Grove, Columbia county,
Owen V. Cheriugton, administrat
or of the estate of Lawson Hughes
will expose to public sale, three
tracts of land. Also on the premises
in Hughesville, on Tuesday and
Wednesday March 22nd and 23rd,
twenty-seven lots.
Save up your money, boys, for
we are going to show you the nic
est and best line of bicycles this
spring that you ever looked at. It
will only be about sixty days until
you will want one, and then you
must not fail to call at Mercer's
Drug and Book Store and see the
different makes.
Postage stamps in book form will
soon be on sale at all the offices in
the country. They will be sold at
the rate of twelve stamps for a
quarter, and the covers, besides pro
tecting the book when it is carried
in the vest pocket, will contain a
miscellaneous lot of information
about postal affairs.
" The Turtle," a musical comedy
which has been quite successful for
several seasons past, and of which
people booked iu matters theatrical
have, no doubt, read more or less
about, was to appear here ' this
week, but for some reason or other
failed to turn up. There are not
many shows coming our way at
present.
Miss Cora Riggleman, of Shuman
station, in Beaver Valley, who is 22
years of lge, during the past fall cut
and hewed without aid over 2,000
railroad ties. These ties were haul
ed out of the woods by her without
the aid of any one and shipped to
the Cross Creek Coal Company.
Miss Riggleman is of sturdy build
and handles the axe with great skill.
Don't think that the winter is
over. It was in February last
year, you will remember, when
Pennsylvania was visited by a ter
rible blizzard, accompanied by
weather which was noted for arctic
severity. No, the winter is not
over yet, and we may have an ele
gant sufficiency of the " beautiful "
before the robins return.
People given to a close study of
the almanac have called attention
to a very rare astronomical feature
which belongs to February, 1900,
namely, that it will have no new
moon. A moonless month has not
occurred since February, 1866, and
will not, it is said, occur again for
a vastly greater space of time.
An exchange says that merchants
who want newspaper men to roast
grocery peddlers, cheap John stores
and the like, would make news
paper men feel more like doing so
if they would quit using free letter
heads of soap firms and wholesale
gargling oil envelopes, baking pow
der statements, sidewalk advertise
ments and rubber stamps, and
would patronize the home printing
offices.
S. R. Bidleman is prepared to show
new patterns of wall paper for 1900,
at the lowest prices. He has the
agency for the only wall paper factory
that is not included in the Trust.
3-I-tf
Greatest Spring Medicine,
The gross receipts realized by
the Wednesday Club from the en
tertainment on Tuesday are $142.80.
This sum is set apart for the Library
Fund, the expenses of the enter
tainment being paid by the club.
It is rumored, says a special from
Danville this morning, that the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
will abandon its canal along the
north branch of the Susquehanna.
It is also rumored that the towpath
will be utilized as a bed for tracks.
A recital will be given in Normal
Auditorium on Monday evening
next at 8.30 o'clock. The program
isau excellent one. Those who will
take part are Signorini Ravi, Miss
Bowman, Miss Pontius, Mrs. Sutliff
and Mr. Breon. This one, like all
Normal entertainments promises to
be a delightful event.
Terpsichorcan devotees, to the
number of about twenty couple, at
tended a masquerade ball in Kvans
Hall last night. Music was furn
ished by Breon's Orchestra. Some
of the costumes were very grotesque.
The affair was in charge of H. D.
Edgar, J. D. Armstrong and T. B.
Moore.
The case of J. II. Eisenhower
against the Centfalia School Dis
trict, which has been in litigation
for a long time, was disposed oflast
week, by the Superior Court at
Williamsport, affirming the decis
ion of the Columbia County Court
and deciding in favor of the school
district.
Several men are at work digging
the cellar for the new hose house of
the Rescue Fire Company, in the
rear of William Yost's restaurant,
on Fifth street. Members of the
company are soliciting contributions
and the response thus far has been
most liberal. The Rescue, in point
of membership, is the largest com
pany in town. They are a good
natured lot of fellows.
The Calliepian Literary Society
will hold its annual reunion this
Thursday evening, Feb. 22nd.
They have -ngaged as the lecturer
of the evening, Rev. Albert II.
Smith, whose subject for the even
ing is "America's Uncrowned
Queens."
The Society earnestly invite all
their friends, and their friends'
friends, to this occasion.
The manager of the Opera House
announces that on Saturday evening
March 10th he will have as an
attraction Porter J. White in
"Faust." Mr. White for many
years was an understudy of Lewis
Morrison's and is considered by a
great many people to be Morrison's
superior. His fame has preceded
him and the audience will no doubt
be large.
If you want a good, clean, honest
straight forward paper that already
is welcomed in thousands of rural
homes throughout the country,
then let us send you Farm Journal.
Its editor knows what to print, but
better yet, knows wiiat to leave out.
We will send the farm Journal the
remainder of of 1900 and all of 1901,
1902, 1903 and 1904 to everyone
who will pay up promptly his sub
cription to the Columbian; both
papers at the price of ours only.
A tramp, apparently under the
influence of whiskey, sought shelter
from the biting cold Saturday uight,
in the hallway of the Town Hall.
He was stumbled over by some
members of the Winona Fire Com
pany when they were leaving the
building about midnight. Their
first impulse was to put him out,
but as he was thinly clad, they con
cluded to let him remain. On being
questioned, he said he had walked
all the way from Raleigh, North
Carolina.
Friday's Williamsport Sun says:
"Joseph Swank, whose horns, up
to a month or so ago was at Muncy,
is reported to have gotten into trou
ble near Blootnsburg. He was em
ployed by Charles Creasy, at Cabin
Run, Columbia county. Last Tues
day evening he went to the post
office and secured the mail address
ed to Mr. Creasy, and then disap
peared. Among the mail were
several important letters that Creasy
was expecting. Efforts were made
to find Swank and yesterday he was
located on a farm, about a mile
north of Bloomsburg, where the
misappropriated mail was recover
ed. Creasy, at first, was inclined to
arrest the young man, but subse
quently decided to let him off."
Ladies' and gent's pocket books
good styles and good quality at
Mercer's Drug and Book Store.
Charles Krug, of this town, has the
contract and is now engaged in the
erection of a dwelling house for F. L.
Shuman at Catawissa.
The report of the condition of the
First National Bank, appears else
where in this issue. This is an ex
ceedingly sound financial institution
as a glance at the report will prove.
You should never call a man
a liar, because it very frequent
ly excites altercations ot a serious
and sometimes fatal nature. If you
really believe he is prevaricating,
say lie is suffering from palpitation
of the imagination.
II. G. Eshlemati has moved fii
plumbing establishment to the rear
01 nis residence on tne.L,ignt Street
road. The clace vacated bv him
on Main street below Market, is
now occupied by G. W. Sterner as
a flour and feed store.
The young people are still wish
ing for the pleasures of winter
sleighing. Well, what is more de
lightful than holding z ribbons
over a fleet-footed stepper to the
tune of the merry sleigh bells, and
skimming swiftly over the frozen
surface of rural roads, seated in a
cozy cutter with a pretty girl beside
you and all wrapped up in comfort
able robes? G'lang!
A movement is on foot in Hazle
ton looking to the organization of a
flower society, the object of which
is to encourage the growing of
flowers and plants in the yard. It
is claimed that many ate interested
in the project. Bloomsburg has
many beautiful yards, and the
orginization of such a society would
no doubt serve to make them even
more beautiful.
Persons who contemplate moving
in the spring should remember that
April 1st will come on Sunday this
year. As there is a superstitious
idea that moving on Friday or
Saturday is sure to be attended
with bad luck, the probability is
that the popular moving day this
year will be on Monday, April 2d.
But as all people are not supersti
tious, considerable moving will be
done on Friday and Saturday pre
ceding the first of April.
The postal authorities have de
cided to place a placard in every
one of the 75,000 postoflices in the
country on which will be exposed
the general plan of the green goods
men in search of victims. New
York is the headquarters of these
swindlers who devote their atten
tion just now to the merchants in
the interior towns. Anyone foolish
enough to deal with them should
be duped.
Shamokin is having no end of
excitement at present over the arrest
of three couucilmen charged with
having accepted bribes in connec
tion with street paving. James
Delaney, Richard Phillips and
Robert Thompson, councilmen
testified that they had received
bribes from a number of other
councilmen to influence their votes,
and that they acceoted the money
in order to give the authorities a
chance to prosecute the guilty per
sons. An experiment, in the way of
free rural mail delivery is now being
made in this county. The route
begins at Berwick, and extends
down along the Briarcreek road,
until within two miles of Light
Street. From this point it extends
across several townships, passes the
post orhce at Lime Ridge and fol
lows the river road to Berwick. The
route is about twenty miles in length
and it requires a day to cover it.
AGENTS WANTED To sell the
Marsh Reading Stand and Revolv
ing Book Case. Best office or li
brary article ever patented, and sells
EVERYWHERE ON SIGHT, at A good
profit. Why stand id'e with such a
chance to make money ? Ask the
publisher of this paper to show you
sample of this stand, or write us for
full particulars at once.
(1 4(16 m) Marsh Mfg. Co.,
No 54a West Lake St., Chicago.
For Bunt.
Proctor Inn, well furnished, from
Feb. 1st 1900. Rent cheap. Apply
to G. E. Elwell or A. L. Fritz, Blooms
burg, Pa. tf
An acquaintance remarked the
other day, while engaged in a con
versation, " Do you know there is
no surer test of a woman's refine
nicnt than the tone of her voice-?
I don't think there is much chance
for failure in the indication that it
furnishes. You can go along the
streets and hear the harsh, sttidonl
voice of some females, probably
yelling at their children, and you
can easily form an opinion of the
kind of persons they must be.
Then again you will hear a mild,
gentle voice that tells of refine
ment." These facts cannot be dis
puted. The voice, as an indication
of refinement, is not to be discred
ited. "The blood is the life." Science
has never gone beyond that simple
statement of scripture. But it has
illuminated that statement and Rivun
it a meaning ever broadening with the
increasing breadth of knowledge.
When the blood is "bad or impure it
is not alone the body which suffers
through disease. The brain is also
clouded, the mind and judgment are
aflected, and many an evil deed or
impure thought may be directly traced
to the impurity of the blood. No one
can be well balanced in mind and
body whose blood is impure. No one
can have a wholesome and pure life
unless the blood is pure. Foul blood
can be made pure by the use of Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medal Discovery.
When the blood is pure; body and
brain are alike healthy and life be
comes a daily happiness.
Free. Dr. Pierce's Common Sense
Medical Advisor, 100 5 pages, 700
illustrations, is sent free on receipt of
stamps to defray expense of mailing
only. Send 21 one-cent stamps for
paper covers, or 31 stamps for cloth,
to Dr. R. V. Pierce, 663 Mam Street
Buffalo, N. Y.
Tjrms of Settlement.
A number of coal operators and
their attorneys met in Hazleton a few
days ago for the ostensible purpose of
considering the claims of farmers along
the Catawissa Valley for damages
caused by coal ditt in the water
courses. The claims range from $500
to $5,000 each and it is believed that
terms of settlement will be offered.
There were present: Attorney S. P.
Woiverton, Sunbury; W. J. Richards,
Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.,
Wilkes Barre; Wesley K. Woodbury,
Pottsville ; attorneys Kaercher and
Farquhar, Pottsville; E. A. Oberren
der and S. C. Smith, superintendent
of the D. S. & S. R. R., Driftonj E.
L. Bullock, Audenried; W. E. Lath
rop, Lehigh Valley Coal Co., Wilkes
Barre, and F. E. Zerbey, Hazleton.
Wilkes Barre Record.
Asks Damages For Dog's Bite-
Frank H Smith, nf Sllinsrrnvp.
.B..,
brought suit in the Snyder county
grove to recover $2,000 damages for
K - - .1 j . n . - .1 l :
liuc a. inuu uug iniuuicu upun ills
two-vear.nlrl rhiht last Tulv fr
Smith alleges negligence on the part
of the borough in not taking steps to
regulate the running at large of dogs
which were bitten by dogs infected
with rabies.
I. W. Hartman & Son. I
7ic. "Store Doings."- 7lc.
Sale.
I. HABTMA1T &c SOIfcT,
Those who are thinking and listen
ing to money Baving opportunities are
people who patronize these gales.-
Closed eyes to such reductions, on
goods so useful, means money lost.
IOc ladies' linen collars for 7$c
loc ladies' cuff bifttons for 70
IOc ladies' embroidery silk, all colors 7$c
15c linen fringe, yard. jc
15c colored dress braid for yjc
15c doylies '. .Ic
12c shirt waist sets for.
i2c slockinette shields for..,.
1 2c kid purses
lie infant's bootees
loc dark flannelette, yard
fl.33
520. saved.
If you buy one item, or more, you
save as you see above. Look ! Think I
Act!
71c. "Store Doings."- 7lc.
Sale.
I. W. Hartman & Son, Bloomsburo;, Pa.
New Officers for D. I. & W.
It is stated that on March 1, Vice
President Edwin R I loldcn will sever
his connection with the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Company, and that his resignation
lias already been presented to the
Board of Directors of the company.
The resignation is not unlooked for,
as it was announced at the liir.e that
Samuel Sloan retired from the presi
dency and William II. Trucsd.ile was ;
elected to succeed him, that ftir. 1101
den would follow suit. Since Presi
dent Truesdale has been in charge of
this company the policy has been
changed and there has been a general
improvement made throughout the
system. Mr. Holden's duties consist
ed principally in looking after the an
thracite coal trade of this company,
and under his directions the output or
production of anthiacite coal by the
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
was exceedingly large, generally more
than its allotment. It is stated in coal
circles that under the old regime this
company was instrumental in often
causing a break in coal prices, as it
was then the policy to get rid ot its
coal and not keep a large stock on
hand.
Since President Truesdale has been
in charge there has been a change,
and while Mr. Holden has remained
at the head of the coal business this
company has not been so aggressive
as it formerly was and has lived up to
all agreements. The Vanderbilt inter
ests are influential in the Lackawanna
Company, and it was through this
interest that the changes in the head
were made. It was generally under
stood at this time that plans were in
contemplation for radical changes in
the management and policy of the
road similar to the changes carried
into execution in the New York Cen
tral Railroad on the election ot S. R.
Callaway as president of that com
pany. Mr. Truesdale is understood
! to have been the personal choice of
William K. Vanderbilt, and since his
appointment ha has done considerable
work in bringing the Delaware, Lack
awanna & Western more to the front
in improving its train service and in
other matters which have been of
great advantage to the company.
RESIGNATIONS OF THE PAST.
Shortly after President Truesdale 's
election it was reported that a num
ber of the older officials of the com
pany who had been for many years
associated with President Sloan would
also retire from active duties. The
first resignation was that of Andrew
Reasoner, for twenty-eight years sup
erintendent of the Morris & Essex
Division. In April Frederick II. Gib
bens, the treasurer, who had been con
nected with the company since 1869,
sent in his resignation, to take effect
on June 1. Willis D. Hager, general
purchasing agent, who had been in
the Lackawanna service for thirty-four
years; John McKenna, chief detective
with a record of twenty-four years'
faithful service, and W. R. Storrs,
manager of the local department, who
had been employed by the company
for many years, sent in their resigna
tions in May.
The next month William F. Hall,
stead, of Scranton, the second vice.
I. W. Hartman & Son.
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FEBRUARY 22 TO 28, INCLUSIVE.
BLOOHSBURG, PA.
New Embroideries.
New Laces.
New Allovers.
New Cambrics.
New Long Cloth,
New Dimities.
New White Goods.
New Percales.
New Muslins.
New Ginghams.
New Madras.
New Sheetings.
New Tickings,
ALSO 1
Factory lengths of
embroideries and inser.
tions in 5-yd. lengths,
25c. per piece to $1.25
per pice;. About 750
yds. of the 5-yd. pieces,
bought before the ad
vance In price, now so
marked. You'll find
them in I iu. to 6 in.
widths. lon't wait, or
all may be gone.
here
IOc
loc
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loc
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7jc
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7c
2I
82C
$1.10
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IMS
You have used all
sorts of cough reme
dies but it does not
yield; it is too deep
seated. It may wear
itself out in time, but
it is more liable to
produce la grippe,
pneumonia or a seri
ous throat affection.
You need something
that will give you
strength and build
up the body.
SCOTT'S
EMULSION
will do this when everything
else fails. There is no doubt
about It. It nourishes
strengthens, builds up and
makes the body strong and
healthy, not only to throw
off this hard cctrgh, but to
fortify the system against
further attacks. If you are
run down or emaciated yon
should certa'nly take this
nourishing food medicine.
Koc. and ft.no, ill drucqifits.
SCOTT & BOWNK, Chtmistf, New York
president and general manager, who
had been connected with the com
pany since its organization, tendered
his resignation. Wuhan K Iiolwil',
had been in the employ of the Lacka
wanna since 1868, resigned his place
in July.
Marriage-
Brugi.er MacDonald. On
Wednesday, February 14th, 1900, at
1 2 M, at the Tioga Methodist Ents-
copal Church, Philadelphia, by the
Rev. S. W. Gehrett, D. D., Mr. El
mer George Brugler and Miss Virgini
Holwell MacDonald, both of Phila
delphia.
The bread which received the first
and second premiums at the Columbia
county fair in 1898 and 1899 was
baked from tae Leader flour manu
factured by Ikeler & Fleckenstine.
11-30 smos
HOOD'S PILLS cure Liver Ilia, Bil
iousness, Indigestion. Headache.
Easy to take, easy to operate. 25c
I I. W. Hartman & Son
Sale.
Thinking men and thinking wom
en think about the advantages to be
gained at this store. Money well
spent. More than 2o per cent, saved
and still buy exactly what you want
now.
witch cloth for 7
tooth brush for 7Jc
drss comb for jc
child's round comb for 7$
hemstitched handkerchiefs, for men or
women 7c
loc decorated China plate for 7lc
10c decorated China desert plate for 7l
ioc dolls for 7c
loc doll table for jfi
loc child's jean waist for 7e
ioc photo frame for 7Je
82,c
27JC. saved.
Had you rather feel this saving in
your pocket, or see it go?
Sale.