THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. 5 p71 ( k Good Style, Good Fit, Good Wearers W. C. McKINNEY, No. 8 East flain St. THE COLUMBIAN. Zr'" BLOOMSBURG, TA. THURSDAY, JUNK 2S, 1900. Kterett at the I'o" Oficr at numnnturg, '. nn'DNif rMKO mailer, March 1, INNS. PURELY PERSONAL Kev. 11. C. Conner, of Hnrrisburg, is in h,wii this week. Miss Ilcssic llcndershott is visiting rela tives in l'hilaclulphin. lo-el li Furnian is home from Philadel phia, vUitin; his parents. Joseph II Halt, of the Philadelphia "In ijuirer." was in town this week. Miss Mary Hell, of West Fifth street, is risiting relatives in Millersburg. Congressman Kufus K l'olk, of Danville, jpent a short time here Monday. Richard Stiles, of Philadelphia, is the jiitst of relatives in this vicinity. William II. Coffmnn spent Friday after noon and evening in Northumberland. Mis. Kolaml Ikeler and son attended Half-Yearly meeting at Millville on Friday. Ira I'.vert of Philadelphia, is being enter vained by his brother, V. A. Evert on Fast Third St. C. H. Chrisman returned to Philadelphia yesterday, after n week's sojourn in town with relatives. lr. D. J. Waller, of Indiana, Pa., visited lis mother, Mrs. D. J. Waller, on south Market street. Miss Annie I Ititchin is spending her va vation with Mrs. Joseph Trelhaway, at WilkesHarrc. Mrs. Catharine Manges and Mrs. F. P. Johnson, of Danville, called .on friends in town on Monday. Kdward Caldwell, of (he mail delivery lorce, left on Monday for New York to spend bis annual vacation. Edward llarrar, of Newark. N. J., is in town this week. His many friends are pleased to see him. Ceo. D. Hartman has gone to Jamison City to purchase lumber for the Ilawlcy Slate Furniture Factory. . W. Jones, a former resident, now in business at Jonestown, was in town on Tues day renewing old acquaintances. Miss Klizahelh Jewett and Miss.Fmma Foster, of Williamsport, attended the com mencement exercises at the Normal. M. A. Comstock, of Central, one of our most prompt paying subscribers, made us a pleasant call on Tuesday. Mrs. James Magee attended the first of the pizza scries of the Herwick Current Events Cluo meeting Wednesday of last week. John (',. Mellehry, of Denton, delegate to the Democratic National Convention from this district, will leave for Kansas City on Friday, Dr. V. T. Vance, wife, and sister Km ma, t)f Orangeville, drove to IJloomsburg yester day, and attended the Normal Commence ment exercises. James Harvey, Sheriff of I.uzerne County, attended the Normal Commencement exer tiscs on Wednesday. His niece, Miss Ellen Harvey is a graduate. F. F. McCabe spent Sunday at Renovo. His wife and children, who had been visiting relatives there for two weeks, accompanied Vm home on Monday. Miss Martha, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Armstrong, of Milton, is the Juest of her grandma and aunt at the Comer 'f Catharine and Fourth streets. lioyd Maize arrived home from Yale on Friday. He established quite a reputation hr himself as a ball player, playing lett field for t-e second team of the college. Miss Dora Daubach, who is engaged as a teacher at Andolusia, is home spending her nnual eight weeks' vacation with her par tis, Mr. and Mrs. D.B. Laubach, on Fast Third street. Prof. F. II. Jenkins, registrar of the Nor Bal School, is in attendance at the com mencement exercises of Amherst College, this week. The Professor graduated from this institution in the class of 1SS0. BICYCLES! Cleveland, Wolff-American, Reading, $40 to $75 - 35 to 75 25 to 40 - 25 iagara, Wolverine, fsn i 25 " aim utt; samples. Second hand wheels for sale LARGE LINE OF BICYCLE SUKDEIESI AT LOWEST PRICES. Easy terms to buyers. -o W. S. RIshton. Ph.!G. Snt Biildinar. Pharmacist Telephone. FRANKLIN AM hf FITS THE FOOT. Men's, - $2.00 Boys1 - - 1.50 Youths', - - 1.50 Little Gents', 1.25 WANTED. A good team of working horses. Must be sound, and well broken. Thk Lkadf.k Store Co. I,Vi. Corner 4th & Market St., Bloonisburg. 6-21-tf Iola is making preperations for a big time on tlie 4th. The fellow who is always tired ought to be punctured. Short sermons are the most popu lar these hot summer evenings. IT. J. Kelley is the chairman of a Board of Trade, recently organ ized at Centralia. Tuesday was a scorcher. The thermometer hovered around the 94 mark all day. Ilazleton's population is 16,127. Ten years ago it was 11,872. A pretty good gain, that. Box paper 10. 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 50c per box at Mercer's Drug &. Book Store. Huckleberries are ripening rapid ly and within a few days the delic ious berry will be on the market. George Ilittle, aged about 78 years, died at the home of Samuel Girton, in Hemlock township, on Friday. Thursday last was the longest day of the year, and according to the almanac, it marked the begin ning of real summer. Danville will have no fair this year, and probably not for many years to come. The grounds will be advertised and sold. Do you read what people say about Hood's Sarsaparilla? It is curing all forms of disease caused or promoted by impure blood. An excellent cut of Uie Normal School base ball team, from a photo graph by Phillips, appeared in Monday's Philadelphia J'ress. Win. II. Magill and wife have gone to house-keeping in the house belonging to Mrs. Creasy on the corner of Main and Jefferson streets. Warner little son of D. A. ITitplipii nf town, accidentlv shoi himself in the index finger, while playing with a pistol a tew days ago. A hntme on the Redliue farm, in Greenwood township, was totally consumed by fire Monday morning. Luckily, the insurance wm cover the loss. At the meeting of the Alumni of Lehigh University at South Bethle hem last week, Hon. Rufus K. Polk was elected Honary Alumni Trustee. Isn't it strange some of our en terprising playwrights do not write a drama entitled "Aguinaldo ? " What a long run such a play would have. Trimmed and untrimmed hats and bonnets late styles, greatly rpHnrerl iii mice for remainder of the season at K. Barkleys, 129 West Mam Street. zt Harry Derr captured a black bass below the Red Rock bridge on Tuesday that measured i8i inches and weighed nearly 4 pounds. It was certainly a beauty. Rev. S. K. Bateman was on Sun day last installed as pastor of Cal vary Lutheran Church, Philadel phia. He is a sou-iu-law of I. W. Hartman, of this cowu. The residence of R. H. Wooley, at Danville, was struck by light ning and considerably damaged du. ing the progress of a severe thun der storm Tuesday evening. Mrs. James Lunger died at her home in West Nanticoke, Saturday June 16th, after an illness of about six months. The deceased was a sister of Joel Roberts of Fwtou. mm Kven the telephone was talked over before it was invented. Several of our organizations will participate in Sunbury's Fourth of July celebration. Lamps, burners, wicks, chimneys, globes, shades and all other lamp fixtures, at Mercer's Drug & Book Store. The editor and proprietor of this paper is in Hartford, Conn , this week attending the commencement exercises of Trinity College. C. M. Daubach's store at Guava wis broken into on Thursday night of last week and two hundred dol lars worth of goods stolen. A recruiting office to secure men for the different branches of the United States Army, has been open ed at Danville Capt. Silas A. Wolf, of the 4th U. S. Infantry, is in charge. Norman I less and Miss Dorothy Waters, two well known young people of town were married at the Lutheran Parsonage by the pastor Kev. M. K. McLinn, Thursday evening of last week. County Superintendent John K. Miller has joined the benedicts. His bride is Miss Marion Ilarter, an accomplished young lady of Del aware, Ohio. The wedding oc curred last week. They will reside on First street, this town. To-morrow's Royal arcanum pic nic, which will be held on the cam pus and grounds of Bucknell Uni versity promises to be a rouser. It will be the 23rd anniversary of the founding of the order. Last year's picnic at Milton was attended by about 4,000 people. Notices to the effect that all tramps found begging within the town limits will be arrested and fined, and if without money to pay the same, will be made work it out on the streets, have been posted in conspicious places about town. The mandate is signed by Mayor Ikeler. Isaiah Ohl was badly crippled at the Bloomsburg Manufacturing Company's plant Monday after noon. An iron of ponderous size, fell squarely on his feet. He was conveyed to his home on Fast street in a carriage. The injuries are quite serious. Beginning Thursday, July 5th, aud continuing until the first of September, the merchants of Bloomsburg will close their places of business at 6:30 o'clock three evenings of each week. This is a popular move and will give the clerks an opportunity to enjoy the cool breezes of evening. Danville was visited by a des tructive fire early Tuesday morn ing. The blaze was located in the Lyons building on Mill street. The structure was occupied by Levy and Rosenthal, china merchants ; Shellhart & Rhodes, tailors, aud the exchange of the Pennsylvania Telephone Co. All are losers to a considerable extent, but the first mentioned suffered the most. Included among the residents of our town now is a Japanese family. The household consists of a mother and six children, aud they came here from Tokia, Japan. The move to our midst is said to have been inspired by a desire on the part of the mother to give the chil dren the opportunity to take advan tage of Bloomsburg's excellent schools. Their name is Kahger. J. B. Hall "the professional horseman," who in company with his parents, moved from Ohio to Orangeville, has departed for Clinton, Mass., where he will as sume work until fall. Mr. Hall is a thorough gentleman, aud although a comparative stranger, yet he made many friends in Orangeville, who join in wishing him abundant suc cess, and will welcome him back at any time. The project started by citizens of Suubury to have busquehanna Uni versity removed from Seliusgrove to Suubury will be opposed by the people of Seliusgrove to the limit of their ability. beveral meetings have been held in Suubury to further the project, and it is likely that a public meeting will be called at Seliusgrove to take steps to in sure the retention of the institution there. The Bloomsburg Juniors jour neyed to Danville on Saturday and met defeat at the hands of the "77's" of that city, score 10 to 9. The umpire was a Bloomsburger, and should have eiven his home town at least a fair deal, but one of the Juniors informs us that he was dead against them. The unfairness of a base ball umpire, when a team losses is proverbial, but the work of that official on this occasion, if all reports are true, carries off the pnlm. Since Independence Day follows next Lord's Day, a patriotic service will be held 111 the Reformed Church on next Lord's Day morning. Wouldn't a ride to Berwick on a trolley, while the shadows are lengthening these warm evenings be enjoyable? But how idle is such talk. Howard Michael, who has been clerking for the Bloomsburg Store Company for several months past, and Noah Brandt, of St. Louis, have purchased a grocery store at York, this State. Both are well known, active, enterprising young men, and have the best wishes of their many friends for success. The strike of the moulders at the Desk Factory, caused by a reduc tion in wages, has been declared off, and the men have returned to work. The strike appears to have been a most foolish move and entirely un warranted. After an idleness of two weeks, during which time they gained nothing, the men now re turn to work at the same wages. Supt. Henry Lewis, of the Fast em Flectrical Construction Co.; William S. Mover, of this town, C. P. Hancock and F. C. Angle, Ksq. , ot Danville, representing the Montour & Columbia Telephone Co., went to Washingtonville yes terday for the purpose ol selecting a route and to decide upon the con struction of the line to that place. The erection of a pole by the Montour and Columbia Telephone Company in front of Dr. I. K. Patterson's residence in Benton, created quite an excitement one day last week. The Doctor came to Bloomsburg to procure an injunc tion, and during his absense the pole was planted. He was very indignant to find the pole up when he arrived home, and immediately cut it down. Now it is said that the matter will go to court. The many patrons of R. C. Sheep's barber shop will be pleased to learn that he has secured the ser vices of an experienced and skillful shaver and hair dresser, in the per son of Guemey Lyons. During the past two years Mr. Lyons has been in the employ of some of the best in the business, and comes here with a recommendation of the A 1 order, from Mr. Stuck, the acknowledged leader in his profession of Sunbury. This addition should add to Mr. Sheep's already extensive trade. Five years is a good while we know, and in that time some may move and some pass over to the great beyond, but the Farm Journal will come just the same to every one who takes advantage of the clubbing offer which the Colum bian has with its publishers. Just think of it! The remainder of 1900, and all of 1901, 1902, 1903 and 1904. Nearly a five years' subscrip tion to the farm Journal to every one who will pay up at once to the Columbian; both papers at the price of ours only. Revised list of second-hand bicy cles, at Mercer's Drug & Book Store : One Fairy King, with new Morgan ik. Wright tires, for $1 8.00. It is better than any new $25.00 wheel on the market. One Dayton for $14.00, one Envoy for $10.00, one Columbia for $6.00, one Colum bia for $5 00, one Crescent, new tires, for $11.00, one Columbia for $10.00, one Alton (a $40 wheel, new this year has not run one hundred miles), for $25.00, one la dies' wheel for $12.00, one tandem Cleveland, with new tires, $30.00. J. Benton Brittain died Friday evening at the home ol his daughter, Mrs. M. L. Line, at Wilkes-Barre, of typhoid fever. The deceased was 61 years old and 25 years ago practiced dentistry in Shickshinuy. He afterward removed to Wilkes Barte where he followed his profes sion for some time. He is survived by his wife and the following child ren: Mrs. M. L. Line, Miss Kva lineA., Miss Lulu, Raymond and Russell, of Wilkes-Barre, L. L. Brittain, of West Pittston, Mrs. S. S. Fritz, Hill, Columbia County; William, of New York City. Burial at Wilkes-Barre, Monday afternoou. Sinksiiiiny Echo. Next Monday will mark an epoch in the history of Millville. On that day the First National Bank will open its doors lor business. Several years ago a building was erected with this end in view, but it failed to produce the desired result until now. The directors have fitted up the rooms in the most approved style, with beautiful counters, desks, time-lock safe, etc. The services of Mr. G. W. Rombach, an experi enced banker of Watsontown, has been secured for a short time to assist Cashier C. M. Kves in his work, which at the start it is ex pected, will be more than after it has been in operation for a while. As to the success of the institution, iV.t en:s to !o Tabh't CLARKS' Store JUNE NEWEST DIMITY. Just from olf the looms. The last printings of the season, and, of course, the newest patterns. They are the 20c quality, but we place them on sale at 15c a yard. SAILORS. The newest shapes are here, just from the makers. Jaunty styles. Yours to admire, and to buy, if you see fit. Rough satin straw sailor at 39c. A regular 500 grade. Rough straw sailors, 25c. Split straw sailors, 70c. Big values in trimmed hats to close the season. VELVET RIBEONS. Everybody wants them, a perfect rage. All the wanted widths are here this week. Satin back baby, or No. 1, 3Sc pc Linen back baby, or No. 1, 30c pc. Also a line of No. 7 in col- ors, for ties. Also polka dot velvet ribbons. They tell us velvet rib bons are scarce, but we have them and at all prices. H. J. CLARK & SON. s SWILL QXFQRDS. No shoe ever and beauty of the 9 PATENT KID OXFORD. It makes any foot look attractive and a pretty foot all the prettier. It is delightfully easy and gives excel lent service. Other styles for all Queen Quality 'round wear, golf ing, wheeling. For all OXFORDS USes, all occasions. 1 1 Light and Graceful. Watch, Thimble, or Cut Glass. If neither you want For Graduating or Wedding Presents Come to the store. It's larger than this space and there is More in it in Proportion. GEO. "W HESS, OPTICIAN AND JEWELER, 56 E. Main St. Bloomsburg, Pa. WettElBg GUte. Intending purchasers of wedding gifts should bear in mind the fact that the Gorham Sterling Sil ver and Dorflinger Cut Glass are the most important houses in their line. The Gorham reputation is due largely to its ability to produce constantly the choicest specimens in sterling silver at reasonable prices. Dorflinger's reputation is due largely to the highly polished and clear cut and producing new and attractive designs. Bric-a-Brac, Imported Wares Only, Artistic designs in Japanese wares Cloisoniere vases, pot pourri jars, inkwells, etc., in beautiful de signs. Call and examine mv line. J". XjIEjIEEj IMI.A.IRI'IIfcT JEWELER AND REFRACTING OPTICIAN, 4.5 West Main Street, - - BLOOMSBURG, PA First-class watch and jewelry repairing. Talk. I 28TH. BARGAINS IN JEWELRY. We place on sale, this week : Collar button sets of 4 at 10c set. Beauty pins, 6 for 5c. Enameled beauty pins, 6 for 5 c. Good luck pins, 12c each, usually 19c. Medallion Broches, 39c ea. Enameled broches, 10c ca. UNEERMUSLINS. Complete lines of night dresscs.corset covers, draw ers, skirts, &c. All nicely made, in clean workrooms, cut full and good materials. A good gown at G8c. A fine corset cover at 50c. A Cambric drawer at 50c. See the white skirt at $1. NECKWEAR. Satin stock collars,3 for 25c Satin stock collars, corded, 21c. each. Satin stock collars, plaited, 1 8c. Mull stock collars, with bows, 50c. Mull stock collars, with ends, 50c. Pk stock collar, with tie,25c Satin band bows, 15c. Satin string ties, 15c. made has the style QU&OT ft 250F.D.DENTLER SOLE AGENT, Bloomsburg, Fa. is what to give
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