THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. THE COLUMBIAN. j r 1 BLOOMSBURG, FA. THURSDAY, ATR1L 4, 1901 Rnlertdalth Pom Offlr at Bloamtburg, Pa. $ troondclamimatter, March 1, I8NP. Orders for "Picturesque Blooms purg," to be filled by mail, must include 10 cents additional for post ge. Legal advertisements on page 7. Spring fever may be expected soon. Leases and notices to quit, for sale at this office. tf. Bloomsburg will soon be a victim of the trolley party fad. 1 I Lamps from 25 cents to $13 00 at Mercer's Drug & Book Store. ; . .m. J Ed. Row is now nicely located in the Sloan building, a few doors be low his old stand. If you want drugs or patent medi cines of any kind go to Mercer's Drug & Book Store. j A flock of wild geese was ob- j served wending their way over town Tuesday morning. j New goods in the late styles of Spring millinery now open at E. , Barkley's, 129 W. Main Street. I Trout season opens on the 15th of this month. Local anglers are making preparations for the event. , : A meeting will be held in Phila delphia Saturday to consider the abandonment of the Pennsylvania Canal. . 1 New and beautiful patterns in ' table dinner ware will arrive this week. Don't miss seeing them at L. E. Whary's. Subscribers changing their places of residence should notify this office so that we can change the address at the same time. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Kiner, have changed their place ot residence from this town to Wilkes-Barre. They moved on Saturday. C. R. Housel & Son's large stock f fruits, fish, etc., is attractively displayed in their new store room next to Hess jewelry store. . Spfxial. From this date to April fifteenth special prices will be given on Summit Ranges. They are quick bakers and fuel savers. We sell them as our leader, and rive a guarantee with every sale. L. E. Wiiary. Telephone. Good For 10c, Cash. On presentation, of this coupon at ISHTON'S PHARMACY, we will sell you a large 25 c. bottle of Magnetic Cough Syrup for 15 c. Cut out this Coupon and take it to Rishton's Pharmacy with 15c. and he will give you a large 25c. bottle of MAGNETIC (Sough $yrmp We do this in order to intro duce it into more general use and to prove to you that it is the very BEST REMEDY FOR COUGHS you ever tried. This Offer Closes April 15. Without the coupon the price is 25c. V. S. -Rishto.i. Ph. O. SaS3.UIla. Pharmacist. r The Newest and Best $3.00 Shoe for women. Light, flexible soles. Very Shapely and Easy. Name Stamped on Every Shoe. None genuine with out it. W. C. HcKINNEY, 8 E. Main St. Apnl ai and 26 are the spring arbor days. Games irom 5 cents to $r.oo at Mercer's Drue & Book Store. A former Bloomsburg merchant, in looking over an old account book Monday, noticed that during war times he paid 20 cents for a spool of cotton. Normal base ball candidates were out on Monday. Williams, the successful south-paw twirler of last season, will be in the box again this year. House cleaning time is upon us and you no doubt will want to paper a bed room, or some other room. Do not forget to see Mercer's line before you buy. R. II. Ringler has moved his of fice and repair shop from the Mover Building to the Opera House block on Centre street next, door to W. O. Holmes & Son. A number of patient men were noticed Monday along Fishing creek drowning worms and waiting for suckers to come along. They report various phases of luck. On Monday Peter Freeze, Wm. Krickbaum and Prof. G. E. Wilbur, auditors, began their work of pass ing over the accounts of the town for the year ending in March. . For the second time in eight years the snow and raiu stopped the town clock at seven o'clock Wednesday morning. The other instance was in January 1892. Our public school students are enjoying a spring vacation until alter the Easter holidays, when many will be occupying new homes, as this is the annual moving lime. . An electric railroad is to be built this spring to circle Harvey's Lake. The distance is nine miles. This will operate to make the well known summer resort more popular than ever. . The directors of the Columbia and Montour Telephone Company held a meeting at the Exchange Hotel Saturday afternoon. Hon. Rutus K. Polk, C. P. Hancock and F. C. Angle of Danville were in at tendance. By mutual consent the clothing stores of town are to be kept open one hour longer evenings. The volume of spring trade makes the change advisable. Hereafter the closing hour will be nine o'clock, instead of eight. Ex-President McLeod of the Reading Railway estimates that there is sufficient coal known of now to last for the next two hundred vears. Coal dealers, of this gen eration, at least, he says, need lose no sleep thinking that the supply will be exhausted. The Supreme Court has refused the petition for supersedeas in the f. J. Vanderslice vs William Krick baum case. A final decision will be made after the case is argued by counsel. This will take place be fore the Supreme Court in Phila delphia,. April 15th. The Catawissa News Item, last week, reported a successful opera tion by Dr. J. J. Brown, ol this town. Daniel Longenberger, a res ident of that town, had a piece of iron in one of his eyes. 1 he trag ment was removed, and the whole operation was successful. ' The loafine at the corner of Main and Market streets should be brok en up. Not infrequently are ped estrains insulted as they pass by. This is almost a nightly offense, but more noticeable Sunday evenings when people are returning from church ns the gang is usuany aug niented in numbers. The largest line of juvenile books and prices right at Mercer's Drug & Uook Store. Gold pens and pencils for either lady or gent at Mercer's Drug & Book Store. The Bloomsburg School Direct ors will meet to-morrow evening in the High School Building. , The Paul IJ. Wirt lountain pen either plain or gold mounted at Mercer's Drug & Book Store. , . James II. Mercer was apprised on Tuesday of the death of his mother, which occurred at her home in Ohio. James Reilly has taken his son Chris, in partnership with him in the barber business, and the firm is now j. Reilly & Son. . Edward Brobst has severed his connection with the Bloomsburg Water Company, He filled the po sition of engineer. His successor is John Gray. Con Cronin has been awarded the contract to lay the rails for the trolley line, letween this town and Berwick. The work will be com menced just as soon as the rails ar rive. The A. & T. Biograph Company came home Monday from a two weeks successful tour. The com pany gave excellent satisfaction to good houses through the southern part of the State. The Laymen's Association of the Methodist Episcopal Church held a meeting at Chambersburg last week. The church of this town was rep resented by Jas. C. Brown, L. M. White and L. T. Sharpless. The newly elected members of Town Council have taken the oath of office. They will hold the first regular meeting to-night at eight o'clock, at which time a town solic itor, chief of police, and other ol fices to be filled by Council will be disposed of. The dead body of Daniel Longen berger, aged sixty six years, who disappeared from his home in Shen andoah during March, while sup posedly temporarily insane was found Monday on the Little Cata wissa Mountain. Death is attri buted to starvation and exposure. A letter received by Mrs. Dr. I. W. Willits on Friday conveyed the news that her son Dr. J. C. Reif snyder had again been ordered to the Philippines. It will be remem bered that he was just recently pro moted to assistant surgeonship of volunteers, with the rank of captain. In a pool shooting contest, last week, oetween six members of the Bloomsburg Wheelmen and a like number representing a similar organization, of Danville, the locals were defeated. Another match, we understand, is being arranged, when the locals hope to regain their lost laurels. Many a school girl is said to be lazy and shiftless hen she doesn't deserve least bit of it. can't study, easily falls asleep, is nervous and tired all the time. And what can you ex pect? Her brain is being fed with Impure blood and her whole system is suffering from poisoning. Such girls are wonder fully helped and greatly changed, by taking nam Hundreds of thousands of schoolgirls have taken it during the past 50 years. Many of these girls now have homes of their own. They remember what cured them, and now they give the same medi cine to theirown children. You can afford to trust a Sarsaparilla that has been tested for half a century. tl.M tlll. All tauttli. If your bowels are consti pated take Ayer's Pills. You can't have good health unless you have daily action of the bowels, u cu. a koi. " one box of Ayor't oured my dyipapslit." L.U. Cahhwiix. Juu.1'2,1609. lUth, N.Y. Writ thm Dootor. If you liv any eonipUtnt what.Y.r and deitre th bait medical advlcv you can poMtbly recetva, writs tin doctor freely. Tou will raceWa a prompt re ply, without cent. Addr.it, r - -a- aai A A Oi n r it ,n"- w PS UK the BHryShe I 4 WTO PURELY PERSONAL C. It. Campbell of Uriarcreck, wai In town toitay. C. C Trench returned from Florida on Wednesday. Dr. and Mf. Bruntr spent hunday with the formcr'i parents at MiIIviIIb. Editor Kdtfr of the Denton "Argus" was In town a few hours Tuesday. Miss Ella Mourey, of Kulp, is visiting at Rcy. J. V. Thomas home. Ias Elsie Faust is spending n week In Sunbury with relatives and friends. Mrs. P. S. Harman and son, Taul, will start for Utah next Monday to visit relatives. l.loyd Kitchen, a student of Wyoming Seminary, is home for the Easter vacation. Mrs. Russcl Andreas, of Wilkes Harre. is visiting her father C. I. Sloan, on Market Street. Master Rictiimt Oswald, of Berwick, spent Monday in town with G. Edward El well, r. John R. Townsend went to Philadelphia Tuesday to hay new goods for the Star Clothing House. Miss Annie F'ox is visiting her sister Mrs. J. S. Gilbert at Reading this week. She will return home on Saturday. Miss Eva Mcllenry, of Benton, daughter of (. F. Mcllenry, was entertained by friends in town Saturday. Mr. John Btugler and duughtcr, of Dan. ville were in town Tuesday to attend the funeral of Eaylon Runyon. J. C. Hrown returned home Sunday even ing from Chambersburg, where he had spent three days transacting business. Mrs. Edward Sleppy and son have been spending tome time at her mother's, Mrs. 1 1 assert, corner of Catharine and Fourth Street. E. S. Fornwald. who has been confined to the house by illness for more than a week is again at his post of duty in the D. L. & W. Railroad station. Mrs. William Leverett of Philadelphia, arrived in town Tuesday to spend Easter with her relatives. Mr. Leverett will arrive to-morrow to remain over Easter Mrs. W. S. Rishton went to Danville Fri day, where she was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. II. Woolcy. On Sunday Mr. Rishton joined her and spent the day there. They returned home in the evening. We have a nice line of wall paper and prices are low. . Mercer's Drug & Book Store. A. J. Kindig has cnanged his place of residence from Bendertown to Fishingcreek. Window curtains I2, 25, 39, 4S and 50 cents each at Mercer's Drug & Book Store. Mr. Carl Foy and Miss Ella Tittle were married in the presence of a few relatives and intimate friends by Rev. J. D. Thomas, of the Reformed Church, at the home of the bride's parents on Railroad Street Wednesday afternoon. The Co-Operative Building and Loan Association oi Baltimore, a conceru which has among its stock holders quite a number of our towns men has passed into the nands 01 a receiver. A circular letter to tne stockholders from one of the officials states that the action was forced by numerous applications for with drawal brought on by the failure of several other smaller organizations. A fuller and more complete report is to come later. Window curtains, both plain and lace, with fringe to match, at Mer cer's Drug & Book Store. Death of Mrs- Elias Giger. At the home of her daughter, Mrs. Edward Yost, East Third street, this town, Monday morning occurred the death of Mrs. Elias Giger, after a pro tracted suffering, at the well advanced age of seventy years. In life the deceased was weil known and highly respected. She has been a resident of Bloomsburg for over twenty-four years. She emigrated to America from Berkshire, England, where she was born in 1813, and three years later came here and took up her residence.' Her husband iMias Giger, died the fore part of March She is survived by five children name ly: Mrs. David . McCullin, and Mrs. John McCandish, Philadelphia; Arthur wheeler, VanWert, Ohio; fcdwin Wheeler, Bradford, Pa., and Mrs. Yost at whose home she died. The funeral was held from the house yesterday afternoon. Services were conducted bv Rev. G. H. Heming way. Interment in Rosemont. Wc invite particular attention to our showing of "Elite" China. This make of china is now most popular and a few pieces should bo in your collection. "Elite" plates are made, costing from Co to $100 a doz. U. IvilM V, Ll'l l il, tt,1, It If we can't suit you, we will take your order for special kinds. L. E. WHARY. Ail-- '''K'iK Goods for Easter. It's only a short ways off now. Our lines in all de- partments are complete. We mention a few lines: Tailor Made Suits, Kid Gloves, Ribbons, Laces.Trimmed S Hats, Hosiery, Underwear, Neckwear, &c. 5 EASTER KID GLOVES. All the newest shades, as well as black, in hooks and clasps. 2 clasp kid gloves, 75c a pair. 2 check Suede kid gloves, $1 00 a pair. Lacing kid gloves $t 00 a pair. 2 clasp Mocha gloves, 90c a pair. DRESS C0023. We are showing full lines of the leading dress materials for spring, in all the newest effects of the season. You should see them. LACES AND EMBROIDERIES A large line of, these are ready for you in all styles. Our line of Allovers, for waists and yokings.is large, in black, white, butter and and Arabian color. Narrow laces of all kinds. TAILOR MADE SUITS. We show full lines of these in the newest styles and the leading materials of the season. See our suit at $9 85. H. J. CLARK & SON The only make of Rubber Shoes and Boots in the world that will stand this test of elasticity and strength. For sale by 0. We have fitted a private and guarantee correction. GEO. W Dr. of Refraction, Graduate Optician and Jeweler, Bloomsburg, Penna. TO MEET THE DEMAND FOR A CHEAPER LAMP Than Fairy Lamps for decorative purposes, we recommend PYRAMID CANDLE LAMPS, which, for lowness of price and beauty of design, are unap proachable by anything in the market. They are designed for decorative lighting. Price, See our line of JEWELER AND REFRACTING OPTICIAN, 45 West IIavj Street, - - BLOOMSBURG, PA First-class watch and jewelry repairing. LACE CURTAIN SALE. If you have or will have a need for lace curtains, you cannot afford to miss this offering of curtains. All in the newest patterns, full length and widths, and at prices to please you. Compare with any you know of, for quality, style and prices. Prices range from 75c a pair upwards. TRIMMED HATS. When you read this no tice we expect to have our spring line ready for your selection. All the newest shapes and materials, N. Y. trimmed, ready to put on and wear, at moderate prices. See them. CORSETS. All the newest shapes are here the new straight fronts. See our one dollar line. A good line at 50c. HOSIERY. We offer you some big values in hosiery. Our 19c Hercules school hose is the equal of many 25 cent goods. Ladies' fancy hose, 15c upwards. Men's fancy hose, 15c upwards. GOLD SEAL Riubbers, -o- Perfect fit, Unrivaled In Style, Unequaled For Durability. You want to have clear sight, and you must have your eyes properly cared for. Even if glasses are not necessary, there are attentions the eyes should have. Let tts direct the care of your eyes. A little of our advice now may save you a great deal of in convenience and pain later. Our examination will reveal what you need. optical room, test your eyes tree, IH IK 25c. Per Lamp Silver Candle Sticks.
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