THE COLUMBIAN. ESTABLISHED i8f.fi. THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, Estahmsiikd 1S37. Consolidated 1S69 riiiii.isiiKD Evkrv Thursday Morning, At Hloomslnirg, the County Scat of Columbia County, Pennsylvania. CEO. K. EI.WEi.L, Editor. D. J. TASKEK, Local Editor. CEO. C. ROAN, Foreman. Terms :--Insiile the county $1.00 a year inl advance ; $1.50 if not paid in a.lvance. Outside the county, 91.25 a year, strictly in advance. All communications should he addressed THE COLUMBIAN, hloomslnirg, Pa. THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1901. TO THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS OF COLUMBIA COUNTY. Notice is hereby given that the Primary Klection for the purpose of voting to place in nomination one person for Associate Judge, one person for county Surveyor and five delegates to the state convention, will be held at the regular polling places in the various election dis tricts of Columbia county, (or il such places cannot be obtained then at a place in said district convenient to the regular polling place, which shall be determined by the member of the Standing Committee and the election boards of such districts where the regular polling places cannot be obtained) on Saturday June 8th, 1001, between the hours of 3 and 7 o'clock p. m. and the County Convention will be held in the Opera House in Bloomsburg Tuesday June nth, 1901, at 11 o'clock a. m. this call is issued in accordance with Art. Ill, Sec. 10 of The Democratic Rules, of Columbia County. Christian A. Small, County Chairman. J. K.RlTTEXBENDKR, R. G. F. Ksiiixka, Secretaries. Catawissa, Pa., May 7th, iqoi. . . According to evidence given be fore the United States Industrial Commission, the paper trust has added more than $4,800,000 a year to the cost of news print paper in this country. One witness said that he knew of twe newspapers which were each paying an increase of $150,000 a year in the price of paper used by them. The same witness said that all the promises made by the trust had been violated and that instead of reducing the cost of manufacture, it had been in - creased, and was now greater than under individual ownership of the paper mills. NORMAL SCHOOL ELLOTION. The annual e'ection for the choice of trustees by the stockholders of the iiioomsburg Literary Institute and State Normal School, was held on Monday afternoon at the school. The following persons were chosen for trustees on the part of the stockhold ers to serve three years: Jb. P. Bill- meyer, J. M. Clark, A. Z. Schoch, A. L. Fritz, all of whom have been on the board for some vears. The law requires that four persons shall be named, trom wnom two will be ap pointed on the part of the State. W. S. Moyer, Dr. J. J. Brown, F. P. Pur sel and J. R Schuyler were so named, and the first two will be appointed, Mr. Moyer to succeed himself, and Dr. Brown in place of Judge Herring who declined a re-appointment. To fill the vacancy for one year cr used by the death of Chas. G. Barkley Esq. J. R. Townsend and C. W. McKelvy were suggested to the state depart ment. Mr. Townsend will be ap pointed. I. V. Hartman and S. F. Peacock acted as tellers. The voters were treated to a very nice lunch of sandwiches and grape punch, the lat ter being a delicious new drink con structed under Dr. Welsh's direction. Unfermented grape juice and Apollin aris are the principal ingredients. . . . Work the Best Earned Tor Tramps Some of the towns of the state are taking steps to rid themselves of tramps. They all seem to have adopted the same methods. They are making use of the plan of com pelling the tramps to work. In Wilkes-Barre when a tramp gets into the city he has to saw wood. In other places he must break stone in the streets, and in others erect warehouses where employment is given the "knight of the road." Reports from all these towns are to the effect that the work remedy is effectual. The tiamp does not linger long when he finds that work is real, that work is earnest, for he is forced to work and not play at work. He has to work up an activity that opens tip the pores of the body, and this is deadly to the tramp principle. The towns that have tried the work remedy during the past weeks report a success that is beyond expectation, and the method will be continued with some additions and improve ments that will cause the tramp to shudder every time the name of any J these towns is heard. Warren Mirror. Since the chain and ball was ad opted in Bloomsburg, tramps have been very scarce. AN HISTORIC TOWN. A Baronial Hall, an lndi.it Fort, and Other Ancient Buildings Among the Attractions. On the 29th of April last a busi ness engagement called the writer to Johnstown, New York. Leaving Bloomsburg at 10:48 in the morning that place was reached after a ride ot twelve hours, and by changing cars at Scranton, Binghamton, Utica, and Fonda. It was afar 10 o'clock at night when the brakeman called out "Johnstown," and with one fellow passenger we started to walk towards the business center, there being no vehicles of any kind in sight. Arriv ing at what was said to be the best hotel in the town, we found its name to be the "Sir William Johnson," and after getting a good night's rest, in a very comfortable room, we made some inquiries next morning about why the hotel was so named, and tne question opened up a subject on which every resident of Johnstown likes to talk. Sir William Johnson is the real thing up there. He was "it" when he was alive. Just along side of the hotel is an old brick building with a cupola on top, and a marble slab on the wall which states that it was built in 1772. It was erected by Sir William, and lie pre sided there as a dispenser of justice. Since his time the voices of Alex ander Hamilton, Aaron Burr and other eminent men were heard in a professional capacity. It is said to be the oldest court house in the Uni ted States, and is very well preserved. Near this is the site of the first free school in New York, established by Sir William in 1764. There is an old Masonic lodge budding erected in 1794, and an old academy built in 1798. A jail built in 1772 still stands, and is yet used as the Fulton county prison. It was both a civil and military prison during the Revo lutionary war. ve got in, but had no difficulty in get'ing out, using the door as a means of egress. Any pris oner would find that it is just as im possible to break out of this vcneraM.. old prison, as it would be' to get out of a modern fortress. It has its Harlr cells, rings and chains on the floor. ana triple grates at the windows. It is excellently preserved, and as neat as a pm. Some piles of cannon balls are placed on the lawn in front, and our curiosity led us to ask some ques tions aDout them, but this would not be interesting; to all of our readers They were not interesting to us after we iouna mey were not relics of the past, but iust ordinarv. nlain. everv. day cannon balls. One of the places of ereatest inter. est is Johnson Hall, built iu 1762 by Sir William. It is said to be the only Baronial mansion now standing in this country. A stone fort about forty ieei square sun stands near the Hall. There were originally two of them. Thursday is visitor's day, but through the kindness of Mr. W. W. Wood who lives in the Hall, we were per mitted to enter and were very court eously shown through the building. The front door opens into a wide re ception hall, on one side of which is a large apartment now used as a par lor. On the other side are living rooms. Up stairs is the chamber where in 1766 was instituted St. Pat rick's Lodge, F. & A. M., of which Sir William was the Master. On the mahogany stair rail are marks made by the tomahawk of the Indian Chief Brant, from top to bottom, about a foot apart. A circular presented us says : "As to what moved Brant to these acts of vandalism, there are conflict ing traditions; one is that he left the marks for a sicn to the InHi.i to bum the house; and another that, assembled in the upper hall with friendly Indians, and hearinc nf the approach of a company of militia, he icii in naste and rage, inflicting the (? This is WHCKLE55nLumeeOlLSTOVE Made alio in (our larger sizes. Sold' everywhere. THE COLUMBIAN, savage blows in malice. This historic mansion was the scene of great activi ty during the life of Sir William and the center of an influence which large ly shaped the destinies of the United Colonies." Sir William is buried in St. John's Episcopal church yard, where a small marble slab covers his grave. It bears this inscription: "Sir William Johnson, Bart. 1715-1774. He was a British general and colonial officer and was born in Ireland. His unrle, Admiral Warren, received a large land estate from his wife, and gave Sir William the management of it. That is how he got there. Those who want to know all he did there must get an en clopedia and find out. It is too much for us to tell from memory just now. Johnstown is a beautiful place of over 12,000 inhabitants. It has fine business blocks, beautiful homes, some well-paved streets, and a city government. The chief industry is the preparing of skins for glove mak ing, and the manufacture of gloves. It was our privilege to go through one establishment, not a very big one either, and the Superintendent in formed us that they handled about 200,000 skins a year. They use elk, deer, yak, and most every kind of hides, most of which are imported from South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, and other points. There are about 1 30 such skin mills in Johnstown and Gloversvil'e, the adjoining town. Most of the skins are made into i gloves right there. I Our visit was made very pleasant by having in our company B. Rush ! Thomson, Esq., of Dushore, one of ' the leading attorneys of Sullivan I County, and by meeting a resident of . Johnstown who formerly resided at Dushore, Hon. B. Rus-h Jackson. Mr. ' Jackson was at one time a prominent and prosperous merchant, and repre sented Sullivan County in the legis lature some years ago. It was through his courtesy that we were shown the J many points of interest, and to him ; we are indebted for a very pleasant visit in Johnstown. Thia Bifrnnture ia ou evory lxx of the ponulne Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets , the remedy that cures a cold In one day Wallace Shows' Equestriennes One of the greatest difficulties that the managers of the great modern circuses have to contend with is the dearth of acrobatic equestriennes. Not one girl out of a thousand who essays the art ever achieves success, and not one out ot a hundred of those who succeed ever attain eminence. In all the world there is probably not more than half a dozen who are considered truly great. At the head of this little coterie of celebrities stands beautiful Blanche Reed, this season under en gagement to The Great Wallace Shows. In point of poise, grace, dash and daring agility her riding simply defies all description. Nothing she does looks difficult nor appears indeed to require effort. She is secure and as much at home in her unstable posi tion on the heaving, bounding back of a galloping horse as is a society Lelle on a ball room floor. Her routine of repertoire of feats and evolutions is so varied that she can completely change her act at every performance for days at a time. In all she does there is naught that is commonplace. She scorns the ordin ary and abhors the conventional. In the vernacular she begins where the others leave off, and ends in an un approachable achievement of aero. batic agility that is at once paradoxi cally unattainable and past belief un less seen with one's own eyes. She is with the Great Wallace Shows at Bloomsburg on Tuesday, May 2 1 st. Ithe SmnailSesi: BLOOMSBURfi. PA. Hoods Scrsaparilla Han won miccrp far beyond tho effect of advertising only. Tho true mcnt of its wonderful popu larity is explained entirely and only, by its unapproachable Merit. Unsod upon a prescription which cured peoplo considered incurable, which uecomplished wonders astonish ing to the medical profession, Hood's Sarsaparilla Includes tho concentrated values of the beK-known vegetable remedies, united by inch nn original and peculiar com bination, proportion and process as to secure curative power peculiar to itself. Its cures of mild mid extremo cases of scrofula, eczema, psoriasis, and every kind and degree of humors, ns well as catarrh and rheumatism prove Hood's Sarsaparilla the best blood purifier ever produced. Its cures of dyspepsia, biliousness, nervousness, loss of appetite and that tired feeling make it the greatest atom ach tonic, nerve-bnilder and strength restorer the world has ever known. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is a thoroughly good medicine. Begin o take it TODAY. Oct HOOD'S, NEW INDUSTRY. IN BIGHT. There is a fair prospect now for the establishment of a canning factory in Bloomsburg. Mr. R. S. Harlan, of Scranton, has been here looking around, and he is much pleased with the town and surrounding country, and desires to move here to secure the benefit of our educational advan tages for his children. He has been filling the position of superintendent of a factory at Green's Place, and this establishment closed its first year with a profit of about 20 per cent. He is also connected with the Blue Ridge Canning Factory, which began business three years ago in a cider mill building and have a plant now worth $75,000. The products of these factories are all kinds of canned vegetables, soups, jellies, jams, 'pre serves, &c. They give employment to a large number of hands for about hall the year. Such a factory would be beneficial to farmers especially, as it would give them a market for sweet corn, peas, tomatoes, beans, pumpkins, berries and fruits, and at better prices than they can now get. The establishment of this industry depends largely upon them, as they must take stock in or der to get it started, The Board of Trade has had the matter in hand, and on Monday L. N. Moyer went to Scranton as a com mittee from the Board of Trade, to make some inquiries. He learned from men who knew Mr. Harlan that he is a first class man in every way and thoroughly competent in this bus iness. He also learned from those who had invested in canning factor ies that they were perfectly satisfied with their investment, the first year paying over 1 2 per cent., notwithstand ing many drawbacks tint would prob ably not occur again. We believe it is a good thing, and it is certainly worth looking after. Pan-Amencan Exposition, Buffalo. N, Y. May t to October 31, 1901. For the above occasion the follow ing fares and arrangements will atmlv w t) I I ' from Bloomsburg via the Lackawanna Railroad: Season tickets, $13.50; ten-day tickets, $9.60 ; five-day tick ets, $7.00. season and ten-day tick ets will be sold every day, five day tickets on Tuesdays and Saturdays only. All tickets will be limited to continuous passage in both directions. Fares to Niagara Falls will be 25 cents higher than the five and ten-day fares quoted to Buffalo, but the sea son tickets will include the trip to Ni agara Falls without extra cost. Three fast trains each day. For further par ticulars apply to ticket agents. 5-2H Games from 5 cents to $1.00 at Mercer's Drue & Book Store. If your dealer does not hive them write to the nearest agency of ATLANTIC REFINING CO. 1 Townsend's CLOTHING HOUSE. SPBINS OFFER I WE HAVE DECIDED TO GIVE A FREE EXCURSION To The Buffalo Exposition. Every purchase of one dollar's worth of goods, bought at Townsend's Clothing Store, will give the buyer a chance to go to Buffalo free. We will commence on Saturday, the 27th, to give out tickets with goods sold from that date. ON HAY THE 31st we will present the lucky customer with a free ticket to Buffalo for five days, at Townsend's CLOTHING STORE. ram Exploiting flay Merchandise. Much of your outfitting for summer will be done in May. A backwaid season is in a measure responsible for this. Yon'll find much to interest you as a purchaser in this Store at this time. Never better fortified for doing business to our mutual satisfaction. Special Suit Sale. These Tailor made suits will interest you. They're special lots.specially priced, stylish, and well made, ex cellent selection of weaves to choose from: $ 7.29 Suits reduced to $ 10.00 " " 6.29 8.79 9-5 9.98 10.98 14.98 11.50 12.00 12-75 17.00 Special Offer of Separate Skirts and Separate Jackets. $3.50 Jackets reduced to $1.98 500 " " 5.00 " " 1 5 00 Eton " " 1 6.00 " " 4 00 Skirts reduced to 4.00 " " 15,00 " ' " 550 " " " 2.49 3 25 2.98 3 75 1 98 2.49 3 5 3-5 Dress Goods Extra Value. You'll find the following Dress Goods offering well worth looking into. Not much space to exploit their merits here. Just three lots to point the way. At 49c. a lot of odd piec es worth at least $1.00 At $t.oo those Prunellas, any color you want. At 85c. those Cheviots 50 inches wide, sponged ready to make up. Summer Underwear. For men, women and children, just the timely weights that you'll wear this warm weather: Ladies' Ribbed Vests, 5c. IOC. " . " short sleeves I24c. Men's vest and drawers 25c 50c. Children's Vest 5c. " " I2t0 25C. and NEW For Information, Ratei, .to., 1.9 main T.. aurraio. 4. anoaowAV, n.v ciohth 4 olive axa T. LOUIS. I r. Clarke, t. w. lee. O.n'l Sup.rint.nd.nt. Oen'l Patt.ngar S 'e v HANDLE. Boys' Vest 25c. " drawers 25c. Furniture. Bed Room Furniture, Sideboards, Couches, Rock, ers, Dining Chairs, Dining Tables, Parlor Tables, Fur niture of all kinds. You have your house cleaned ? If you need any Furniture come and see what we have. We know we can save you money if you want good Furniture. We don't handle the cheapest kinds. We don't think it pays. Bed Room Suits, $18 00 to $50 Sideboards, 12.00 to 35 Fancy Rockers, 1.75 to 10 Couches, 7.50 to 18 Extension Tables, 4.50 to 18 Dining Chairs, 4.00 to 18 The Wrapper News. , Fine showing of Wrap pers, well made Wrappers, 8 good material. ' Wrapper prices nowadays are very tempting. Wrappers, made of the very best grey prints.at 79c Wrappers, made of best calico, all colors, 90c to $1. Wrappers, made of best grey calico, made with a flounce and trimmed, at $1. Lace Curtains. This is the time to buy them. We have never sold them lower and have never shown as big an assort ment. The patterns are elegant. You can't spend the same amount for any thing to put in your home that will improve it like curtains. Price,3sc to $8 50. 31 We will have avcar of York State Potatoes week. this F. P. PURSEL. Ihe HANDIEST AND BEST WAY TO HANDLE A PAN IS BY THE aaammmuum Handiest and Best Route between the PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION j YORK is the fp addrett toa adhhi t.. euieaaa. CXCHAKiaC PLACI. N. V. d. d. Caldwell Ag't. Trattio Manager. Hi
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