8 It is a common practice for people to lay aside money for a special object; to prepare for a particular need ; or to provide against n possible emergency. Our facilities for handling such InivinovM nrn mnsf nvppllrnr. WliPn OBJLCT money has been left with us for a spe cific purpose, we carefully carry out the desires of the depositors. j!. y. 'i ,? , v A SPECIAL sk .-'i 'i. i? i-n- Farmers Nafl Bank, Bloomsburg, Pa. Ent Building, Next to Court House. VM. S. MO YE It, Pkksidknt. A. II. BLOOM, Cashiek. THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG. PA. J. S. Williams & Son, ISI.OOMSBURG TA Public Sale Criers and General Auctioneers, tr Klftpcn ypnrs experience. Pnttsfu.'tlon jaaranired. Hint returns of any Rule criers In this section of the state. Write for terms and dates. We never disappoint our patrons. FOK SaLU AND TOR RENT- For Sale: A brick store build ing and dwelling, together with stock and fixtures One of the best locations in Bloomsburg. Apply to J. C. Ruttcr Jr. 8-1 tf. For Salu : Two good farms, in a good state of cultivation. Good buildings, never failing water, abundance of good fruit. Any one wishing to buy, come and see. Teimseasy. Gkorgk Ruckus, 9 19 . Oraugeville, Pa. For Sale. A steam boiler for house heating purposes. Good as new. Satisfactory reasons for sell ing. Inquire of Dr. J. C. Rutter, Bloomsburg, Pa. 8 1 tf Public Sale. Wm. Chrisman, executor of the estate of J. L. Gir ton, late of the Town of Blooms burg, Pa., deceased, will sell, at public sale, on the premises, on Fri day, October 25, 1901, valuable real estate, consisting ot two frame dwelling houses and a barn. Sale to commence at 10 o'clock a. m. Public Sale. On Thursday, October 17th, at three o'clock in the afternoon, II. M. Win gert, Trustee, appointed to make sale of the real estate of John Snell, late of Ceutralia, will sell on the premises in that borough, property consisting of a two and one-half Story frame dwelling house, two story frame kitchen attached, stable and outbuildings. All in good con dition. Public Sale. Wm. C. Robison, administrator of the estate of Houston Robison, late of Scott Twp., deceased, will offer, at pub lic sale, on the premises, on Fri day, October 4th, 1901, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, a tract of land, situate on the road leading from Espy to L,ightstreet, contain ing 138 acres and 25 perches, in cluding a brick dwelling house, barn, &c. Also a frame dwelling house and lot in Kspy, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. For Sale: A good fixed focus camera, taking pictures 3 by 44 inches, good as new. Fitted with time and instantaneous shutter, two diaphragm stops, two tripod sock ets two view finders, ground glass and door, and two double plate hold ers. A good all around camera for amateurs. Call and examine it at The Columbian office, or address. X Y Z 267 Market Street, 4f Bloomsburg, Pa. Take your bike to the Blooms burg Cycle Works, rear ot Moore's store, for all repairs. The Milton fair is going on this week. Inclement weather interfer ed with yesterday's attendance. Warren Lee is the instructor of a dancing class which meets in Dent ler's Hall every Friday evening. ' ' A two per cent, dividend on the capital stock of the First National Bank of Millville was declared on Tuesday. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Schacfer has designated Friday, Oct. 25, as autumn Arbor Day. Plant a tree. G. F. Barker, electrician for the Columbia and Montour Electric Railway Company arrived in town on Saturday. lie assumed his posi tion on Monday. Miss Clara Ililborn aged thirteen years died at the home of her par ents Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Ililborn in Williamsport on Monday. The remains will be interred at Millville today. . The Wilkes-Barre Wheelmen, a ten-year-old organization, disbanded Thursday evening oF last week. On the following evening a public auction was held and all the club's belongings were disposed of. Au tomobile clubs are now iu order. For Croquet Sets, from 85c. $2.25, go to Mercer's Drug Book Store. The inspection along the line of the Pennsylvania Railroad will be gin on Monday. It takes a week or more to go over the railroad and its branches. A Hazleton school teacher, says the Harrisburg Patriot, beat a pupil ith the American flag. Probaoly she thought this the easiest ay to gut stripes on his back. . . - - Tomorrow has been designated as Pennsylvania Day at the Pan American Exposition. Governor Stone and staff will attend. Short exercises will be held in the Academy of Music. One year and two months confine ment in the Eastern Penitentiary is the sentence passed upon Edward Splain in the court at Danville Sat urday. Beside this he will have to pay the costs of prosecution, and a fine of $250. The charge was larceny. There was a mad rush on the First National Bank ofShenandoah last week, caused by depositors drawing their money out. They were frightened by a report that a bank of New York owed the Shen andoah $207 ,ooo. After it was learned that the rumor was untrue the money was re-deposited. The apple crop which promised to be large, will, it is now believed, be very small owing to so much of the fruit falling from the trees. This s a result of a plague of caterpillers which is denuding the fruit and other trees. It is probable that the apple crop for winter use will be a total failure. In orchards where the trees have been laden the ground is covered with fallen apples. . Do you want a good second hand bicycle? If so, go to Mercer's Drug be Book Store. One ladies' wheel $9.00, with new tires; one gent's wheel, style, Sentinel, a bar gain at $11.00; one gent's wheel, style, Reading, for 11.00; one high grade Columbia wheel, gent's, for 9.50, on Reading Special, with coaster brake, for $16.50. New ast year; one Crescent tandem for $25.00. The legion of friends of Albert Harry were visibly touched by the announcement of his death which occurred .at Lis home in Berwick early Thursday morning. He possessed those kindly traits of character which never fail to make friends. His illness which was in the nature of an abscess of the lungs. naa its beginning over eleven weeks ana irom its very incipiency was serious. He was twenty-nine years of age and is survived by three brothers, one sister, one half brother and one half sister. The Holy Communion will be administered tinder the pastorate of Rev. A. Houtz, as follows : Briar creek, October 13, at 10:30 a. m. Zion, October 29, at 10:30 a. m. St. Tames, November 3, at ro:i a. ni.; Hidlay, November 10, at 10:30 a. m. Preparatory service and congregational business meet ing on the afternoon of Saturday T. M. 0 A- ANNUAL EEFOETS. Statistical Report of General Secretary, for the Year Ending September 30th, 1 901 . 50 Young Men' Gospel meetings held in building. Total attendance, 8584; average 51. t Mixed Gospel meeting held. At tendance 400. 19 Special meetings held. Total attendance 275, average 14, t profess ed conversion. 22 Evening prayer services held. Total attendance 205, average 9. . 7 Mixed meetings for Bible study held. Total attendance 107, average 5- 9 Cottage prayer meetings held. Total attendance 75, average i. 23 Boys Brigade meetings held. Total attendance 538, average 23. 14 Board meetings held. Total at tendance 100, average 8. 6 Committee meetings held. Total attendance 25, average 4. , 1 Meoibership meeting, (annual election). Attendance 21. 2 Social receptions held. Total at tendance 475, average 237. 7 Boys' socials held. Total attend ance 170, average 24. Daily visits to building by men and boys 19760, average 66. 19 Sessions of Educational classes held. Total attendance n8,average 6. 1600 Invitations sent out. 290 Letters and postals sent out. 1 135 Calls made by General Sec retary in interest of the work. REPORT OP 3. T. WoJ.VEHTON THEASUKKH, . Cl'UKENT EXI'KXSK ACCOUNT. Receipts. Balance in Treasury October 1, HO I $ 13 K Membership fees and Subscrip tions collected 109J 00 Anniversary collection 8 00 Fire Insurance l'o 10 01 Mule of old sinking books A SO Sale of new si iik1h books COO Collections for new Hinging books 21) W Celled ions lor special meet ings 8ft 90 Subscriptions for paymrnt of "Christ Un Standard'' Sale of old stove Miscellaneous com cos ntulinroi m.x.ta Salary'lo Oeneial .-secretary.. K12 00 Kurnlture and lepatrs 40 Mt rain beat CI 00 Oas 4(1 B2 Coal 10 00 Uepalrtng stam pipes IB 4s MuKU.Inc Unluers 10 85 Singing books 87 Special Gospel meetings X 90 Printing and oftlce supplies... H 60 State Committee work 10 00 Assistants at building 8 00 Incidentals and sundry bills . 85 88 Interest on notes 9 00 Noto paid First national Bank 200 00 Keeordlng deed, Ac ...... 6 00 Cutting and hauling Ice 10 14 rerlodlcals for reading room.. so so cash In bank to balance 6:) 'jo law 26 Liabilities. Note at First National Bank... 200 00 - Assets. Cash In bank t CS 2J Uncollected subscrip tions yo oo loo tj Liabilities In excess of assets. 40 Tl AH current bills have been fully paid. Should there be anv outstanding, It Is not known' by the management or the. Association. KirUKl UK J. b. WUIAKHTOM TKKANUKKK. IV AiN'nTTVT with uitii i.fxri ii'vn . V' ' V L . . ...... UllllJL.IU X I. . U Kecelpts. 1B00. N Oct. l, balance In treasury Collections, old subscriptions. Nov. ft, L. M. White, new sub scription mill. Jan. 30, Ladies' Auxiliary 400 CO warcn a. it. creveung. (tie- ceased), new subscription. Aug. Hi, Charles O. bkeer, ad ditional new guosuripuon. An exchange says: Traveling men tell some wonderlul tales about the dry weather in Kansas. At uoage L.iry it is so dry that pigs nave to De soaked over night m order to make them hold swill. West of Salina, water is wet on one side only, and dust is blowing off the rivers. Down at Wichita poor Mrs. Lease has to run a well trough the clothes wringer every morning to get water enough to wash her clothes. But think of the ferryman hauling water eleven months in the 4 no 5 7 00 $ 1J83 2(1 2 91 261 00 500 6 00 50 00 $725 47 Disbursements. Jan. 8, Interest on bonds 90 00 Jan. 80, Note and interest at First national nariK wm uu May 6, w. l. Kilter carpenter ing on building 1 80 July 1, Interest on bonds 90 00 Aug. 1H, Bloomsburg National , Bank, (tond No. 181 100 00 Bloomsburg Nat ional llank In terest on Dona oas no Cash In bank to balance 88 02 f 720 47 Assets. Building and furniture loooo 00 Cash In bank 8H 02 Oood subscriptions Unpaid.... 244 00 10284 02 Liabilities. Bonds In Bank 8S00 00 Assets In excess of liabilities.. 87 02 KBPOHT OK MKS. KDWIN H. ENT, TKKASl'K- KU OF TUB ItAI'lKrv Al X1L1 A K I OF TIIK V. M.C. A., FOR YKAR KNDINO BE!' TKMUKlt 8UT1I, 1901. Kecelpts. Cash on hand Oct. 1, 1900 4 86 Kecelpts irom utzaar ov. i to. 24 685 10 Membership dtes and other Bourcps 87 80 Cake and Tie sale Sept. 21, '01. 20 00 t 597 76 Disuursements. Bazaar expenses 74 03 Treasurer of V. M. C. A 4O0 00 Janitor s salary yd'OO incidentals o s Cash In bank to balance..... ... 2187 I 5o7 '.6 THE mi (IF OUR Sheriff Knorr was on Tuesday made the custodian, until the next term of court, of John Yykolyco, of Ceutralia. He was brought to Bloomsburg by Constable John Langdon, after having been given a hearing before Squire Black, of Centralia, on a charge of assault and battery. The first trolley to Berwick went on Saturday. On board was a party of about thirty ot our representative towns-people, together with con tractor M. D. F. Scanlon and wife and other officials ot the road. The car left Market Square ot 11.30 and reached the terminous of the rail way at the lower end of Berwick at 2:25. According to the new sched ule cars will leave here for Berwick every eighty minutes. A Great Foot Ball Event. The first great football event of the season will be the game between Iiuck nell and the Carlisle Indians at Wil liamsport, Oct. u. Assurances have been" given to the Williamsport Merch ants' Association, who are interested in having the game a success, that it will positively be played to a finish. The Indians are well known to be strong players, and the merits of Buck nell are well established. The game is to be called at 2:30 p. m. Excur sion rates of one fare for round trip have been granted on several roads, within a radius of 100 miles. Williams port will be the center of attraction on Oct. 12. L New Ten-Collar Counterfoil. A new counterfeit $10 Treasury note has reached the Secret Service Bureau. It is a photolithographic production of two pieces of Japan tissue, between which red and blue silk fibre has been distributed. The work is. poorly done and th seal is brick red. The plate work is bad and the back of the note is a muddy green. The note in hand has the check letter B, series 1880, portrait of Webster, Lyons, register, Ellis H. Roberts, treasurer. In the Shoe bus iness is in know ing what to buy and buying it. -TIIE- Herrick Shoe, FOR WOMEN, is a shoe of high uahty, perfect t, best stvle, and above all, good wear. We have them in Kid and Patent Leathers 1 WE HAVE THE W. L. DOUGLAS SHOE FOR MEN. W. H. MOORE, Cor. Main and Iron Sts. Chains, We have largely increased our line in all qualities and fully guarantee satisfaction with every chain that we sell. We mean just- what we say, and will give a new one for every chain that does not wear as repre sented. J. E. Roys, Jeweler. 53d Snniuersarvf. 53d OCTOBER, 1848. OCTOBER, 1901. FALL OPENING. 53 years ago, October, 1848, I. W. Ilarttran. theenior mem. ber of our firm, engaged in merchandising in Bloomsburg, Pa., and has continued up to the present time. Prosperity, reverses and again prosperity. Crowned, dethroned and again recrowned, the persistent effort of the members of this firm 'till to-day, in the enlarged and reconstructed store rooms, are now displayed the best assortment of the most stylish goods, practically free from a single article out of style ; absolutely free from a price, mark above anv other store, and generally above in quality and below in price of other stores. Proof positive of this fact is plainly shown by our increasing trade Never before in these 53 years have our stores been so well stocked with the goods appreciated by the purchasing public as now this October, 1901. We ask the public to call in and examine our goods, and pass comment on our stock, to us direct. If there is a weak spot please tell us. Wc want to find any points that the public would be better pleased to find different. We want this store we want this stock precisely as the purchas ing public want to find it. We think it's reached that point now. We'll listen, and thank you for suggestions. New Suits. New Dress Goods. New Blankets. New Coats, all lengths. New .Silks. New Comfortables. Is ew elvcts. ew Underwear. . New Laces. New Infants Coats. New Dress Trimmings. New Waist Flannels. New Hosiery. New Jewelry. New Gloves. ' New Handkerchiefs. New Table Linens. New Pillow Tops. New Chenille Curtains. New Writing Taper. New Fancy Goods. New Dress Skirts. New Waists. New Underskirts. New Corsets. New Lace Curtains. New Derby Curtains. I. W. HARTHAN & SON, BLOOMSBURC, PA. Dangerous $5 Counterfeit. A dangerous counterfeit of the $5 Indian head silver certificate' his reached the Treasury Department from the Northwest. It is a photo graphed etched work, on a fair imita tion of government paper, with the red and blue fibre lines marked in with ink. The small lettering is poor, especially the words "register"' and "treasurer," and the lath-work lines are broken in nlaces. A stronsr dis tinguishing mark is a period after the script word "dollars," on tne lace ; there is no punctuation in that place on a genuine note. The following letters are held at the Bloomsburg, Pa., postoft'ee, and will be sent to the dead letter office Oct. 15, 1 90 1. Persons calling for these letters will please say "that thev were advertised Oct. 1, 1901": Mrs. Elizabett. Boleny. One cent will be charged on each letter advertised. O. B. Meixick, P. M. We invite particular attention to our showing of "Elite" China. This nuke of china is now most popular anil a few pieces should he in your collection. "Elite" plates are maile, costing from $0 to $IC0 a doz. We have some kinds in stock. If we can't suit you, we will take your order for special kinds. L. E. WHARY. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx THE F. M. LEADER wwvwwwwvww Bargain Store, Lockard Building, Main and Centre Sts., BLOOMSBURG, - - - PENN'A. THE LARGEST AND Best Bargain and Novelty Store IN COLUflBIA COUNTY. Make your headquarters Lere when in town. The following are our offer ings for hot weather pleasure and comfort : ' Croquet Sets, "The Best," at 90c. and $1.10. Hammocks, all styles, from 75c. up. The Children's Delight Juvenile Garden Sets, 10c. and 2oc. Our line of Summer Stationery cannot be matched for style, quality and price. The "Hahn;' Hammocks and Marguerite Chair. New and pleasing. Sterling Wicklesa Oil Stoves, for summer cooking, Extra Fine Fibre Water Coolers. Once tried always used. The "Hess" Perfumes, unexcelled. All scents. The E. & B. Non-Corrosive Ink. The best in the world. . The Famous U-No O Shoe Dressings and Polishes. Floral and Plain Crepe Pappr. All colors and designs. A full line of Fine China and Crystal Glassware. Best assortment of High Grade Low Priced Jewelry iu town. Our line of Tin, Granite and Agate Ware, cannot be excelled. Reed Anti Rusting Tinware. We guarantee it. Celebrated Wade & Butcher Cutlery. You know its quality. Baskets, all kinds and sizes, at prices that will astonish you. Swift's Celebrated Snap and Wool Soaps. Best toilet and laundry epaps made. Hundreds of other articles too numerous to mention. Our motto, "Quick Sales and Small Profits, and Fair Dealing to All." We shall be pleased to see you at any time. SPECIAL ATENTION GIVEN TO MAIL ORDERS. Try us and be convinced. F. M. LEADER, p. o. box 558. Bloomsburg, Pa. preceding. year to keep his boats running. 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