CONDENSED DISPATCHES. taMe Urmia of the Wffk tit-telly and Ternely Told. The ItrltlKh pnrllnment will meet on Jus, 10. KIdk Edward hits fixed June 20, 1902, M the date for his coronation. The Big Lick, one of tho best mines fel the Ljkons valley of rei'.iiHylvanla, tu reported on fire. At Orange, N. J., one mnn was killed and four Injured by the collnpne of a landing In the course of erection. The Nobel prize for the eueottrnpe tent of pence nnd nrbltrntlon wan dl Tlded equally between lr. Henri Du mont and Frederick Tassy. Taradny, fep. 10. The president reappointed PoKtinns ler Van Oott of New York city. A HUoWHtorni In Texas caused ranch Ben to fear loss of live stock. AiiutIcuii were reported to be ex amining Iron ore hinds hi Iceland. Severe snowstorms hnve swept over Scotland and ninny pnrts of England. Two members of the Korean cabinet omve been UsmIsscd for being too Wendly to .Tnpnn. Miss Stone and Mnie. Tsilkn were Bid to have been definitely located in Bulgarian territory. Mnln). Doe. t. Serious riots of the unemployed oc curred at Lyons, France. The Australian legislature has pass ad a stringent compulsory arbitration law. The entire business portion of the Tlllnge of Gobies. Mich., was destroy ed by fire; loss," $ 100.0(H). A large cotton warehouse wan burn ed at Alexandria, Kgypt. The damage tB estimated at $750,000. Thirty-nine prisoners serving sen tences for minor crimes escaped from the lMrminglmui (Ala.) city jail by digging through a -sixteen inch wall. The Queen's hotel at Southsea, Eng land, was burned. Forty guests es caped from the building in their night clothes. Two chambermaids were suf focated. Snlardaj-, Dec, 7. Forty Turkish soldiers were killed in a fight with tribesmen in Arabia. Open approval of McKluley's assas sination was expressed at a Chicago meeting. A railway wtatlon at Frankfort, Ger many, was wrecked by a train which jumped the track. The Feruvlnn chamber of deputies has sanctioned a gold standard law which bad passed the senate. A temperature of 1j to 33 degrees below zero was reported In various localities in New York and New Eng land. The navy department was luformed thnt the gunboat Vlcksburg, about which anxiety hud beon felt, is safe in China. Friday, Dee. 6. Fog has stopped trulllc on the Seine it I'arls. Herbert Marx, who killed two men In Virginia, was exonerated by the girl in the case. The Dutch government has again an nounced that It cannot Intervene in South Africa. The main building of the Michigan ilknll company at Wyandotte was burned; loss, $500,000. General Chuff ee has ordered all the ports in Lagunu and Hatangus prov inces closed so us to cut off supplies to the rebels. Rear Admiral Endicott has nsked for ver 521,000,000 for the maintenance at the navy yards, stations and Im provements. Tliurxlay, lle, C. A destructive tire raged in the busi uess quarter of Jackson, Tenn. General A. D. Ifuzcn, formerly third assistant postmaster general, died at Washington. Lord Kitchener and Lord Milner aave been sued In England for deport tag Miss Hoblense from South Africa. Corean and Japnneae. The Koreans as a people are better defeloped physically than the Japan ese. They are taller and mentally are liberally endowed. retrospect. It is an evil day for the wife and Bother when she scans her worn face in the mirror, and asks the question, Does it pay? Does it pay to sacrifice p'jFjSvJI to wedded love ?" But JL ifjSi- tnere another ques- V FyviMt tlon wlnch rightly sJwyZ? takes precedence of M 3f3 Does it nav? It ii this: "Is it neces sary to sacrifice health and happiness to wedded love ? " Half a million women answer, No I They have bren weak and have been made W'rHrJ strong by Dr. Pierce's I Cr I i 1 Favorite Prescription. They were sick and Favorite Pruscrip I tion " made them well. It will do the same for almost every woman who gives it a fair and faithful A trial. It stops weak ening arains, neais inflammation and ulceration and cures female weakness. It tranq11ali7.es the aervet and encourages the appetite. I expected to become a mother, nd a threatened mischance greatly weakened me," wrilea Mra. E. A. Nation, of Witta Hpringa, Saaray Co., Ark., "and my old diaeaae returned. My hatband got another doctor for me but I nied to just drag; along and get no better. M last I told the doctor that if hia medicine did lot help me I would go hack to Dr. tierce's aedicinea, I did so, and by the time I had 'asm them one month I could do my own toaaewoNt, except washing, and tended my Tardea too. I was stouter than I had ever been Arhuc waiting baUy'a coming since my first by came (this one waa the sixth child). She ta bow etevcu months old and is a healthy child, Aa for me, I feel aa young now aa I did at eighteen years of age ; am thirty now. I can thecrfully recommend Dr. Pierce's medicine to ail afbrlag womankind." Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellet Cure jgUpusneM nd sick, headache. w 1 1 THE 8TATE AT A QLANUE. By the terms of his will Thomas Ford of Pittston, leaves his estate, valued at $400,000, to his daughter, Mrs. Edward Smith, of Palantine Bridge, N. Y. Mt. Carmel is threatened with a scarlet iever epidemic. One case resulted fatally, and a nuniDer of others have been reported to the Board of Health. Stephen Barnes, employed as a watchman guarding a quarantined small-pox house in Plymouth, was found dead at his post Friday morn ing. It is thought Barnes was strick en with heart disease. Dealers of Williamsport found guilty of selling adulterated milk and fined by the Court will now proceed against those from whom they obtained their supplies, alleg ing that they are the ones who tampered with the milk, and should pay the fines. Wilson Taylor of Williamsport, has been missing from his home since the latter part of November. Two tin pails and a knife belong ing to Taylor have been found on the river bank, and it is now be lieved that the missing man com mitted suicid. The Wilkes-Barre authorities have under consideration the stop ping of street cars between that city and the towns infected with smallpox. Officers are on guard at all the bridges rigidly guarding against the invasion of juuk deal ers and peddlers. The body of Philip Shull, a wealthy merchant at Wiud Gap, was found Friday morning in the hay loft of the storekeepers' barn near the big general store. A clerk made the discovery. The body was hanging from a rope tied to a rafter in a dark comer of the building. It was a case of suicide. Elijah Barnhart, of York, whose claim to be the champion corn husker of that county has never been disputed, this season husked 2250 shocks of corn in thirty four days. The shocks averaged six to ten hills and yield ed about one hundred and twenty ears to the shock, a total of 270,000 ears. Plymouth was placed under strict quarantine, Monday evening. Small pox victims are daily in creasing in numbers All street cars between Plymouth and Wilkes barre ceased their trips Monday evening and all communication be tween the two towns stopped except in cases whera it may be necessary to send in provisions. Officers are stationed on all the bridges and on all roads and no one will be. per mitted to pass unless he carry a special permit from the board of health. William O'Gara, of Shamokin, who had his back broken in a foot ball game at that place Saturday, November 30. and who was taken to the State hospital, at Ashland, on Monday afternoon, died at that institution late Thursday evening. His condition was considered hope less fiom the time of his admission, although he had improved some what in the past few days. It was but temporary, however, as he took a turn for the worse about 6 o'clock on Thursday evening, and his death followed soon after. Deceased was twenty-one years of age. His body was taken to his home at Shamokin at noon on Friday. This makes the tenth fatal foot ball accident of this season,, NOT ENCOURAGING- The first annual report of General Chaffee was not an especially en couraging document. He praises the military government of Manila and expresses the belief that a ma jority ot the inhabitants of the island desire peace but he has not been able to give the assurance that even where they want fighting to cease that they care to accept our domina tion. All efforts to secure a general surrender in southern Luzon have failed, several hundreds of rebels still being in arms there. President I Roosevelt in his message expressed the view that " the insurrection has , bocome an affair of local banditti and marauders who deserve no ' higher reeard than the brigands of ' portions of the old world." but General Chaffee does not confirm j this in any way. ' Two of General Chaffee's recom- mendatious are quite opposed to the viewsXrf the government. He urges that no further material reduction of troops be made before January 1, 1903, and goes on record against General Corbtn's plan of concen trating the troops in large bodies except in the vicinity of Manila. General Chaffee also declares that there is but one certain and relia ble way of ascertaining the progress ot the people in sell-government by observation by the army. Pa triot. ! A horse drawing light loads can ; average twenty miles a day (or twenty years. THE COLUMBIAN, MUNICIPAL Aff AIK3- A New Corporation to bo Known at tho Citizen's Electric Light and Power Co. Thursday night was the regular monthly meeting of the Blooms burg Town Council. The President and all the members were present. The first business taken up after roll call was the matter of paving the alley between the Court House and Wirt building. In view of the fact that the property owners have expressed their willingness to bear their part of the expense, it was moved that the Town bear its share of the expense. Carried. Mayor Ikeler stated that com plaint had been entered regarding the dangerous condition of the pavement in front ot the old Presby terian church, due to the accumula tion of snow and ice, and also in relation to the pavements in front of properties of C. W. Runyon and C. A. Kleim on Main street. On motion duly seconded the ordi nance requiring the cleaning of pavements is to be enforced. Car ried; On motion duly seconded the ordinance aforesaid is to be repeal ed and another covering the essen tial points contained in the former with, such additions as may seem proper is to be prepared by the So licitor. On motion duly seconded the So licitor and Secretary were instruct ed to prepare said ordinance ready lor printing and same to be etven out by bids. Solicitor Ikeler appeared and stated that arrangements had been made to settle the Walp damage case for the sum of $500.00, and also said that the otiginal viewers appointed by the Court, Messrs. Robbins, Kunkle and Fahringer, had asked lor their pay. On mo tion duly seconded the matter is to be left to the discretion ot President Ikeler, the Solicitor and the Fin ance Committee. The Solicitor further stated to Council that suit had been entered against the Town by the Land Im provement Company for the rent of Oak Grove Park on an old lease of 1890, but which had been renewed three years later. Solicitor Ikeler stated that Messrs. C. C. Yetter, Alexander Schwarz and W. R. Chapin ask that an ordi nance be passed granting the right to locate and construct ouildings, erect poles and wires upon the streets and highways, and to con struct a railroad switch for the pur pose ot supplying light, heat and power by electricity within the Town of Bloomsburg, the above gentlemen being the representa tives and promoters of a proposed corporation to be known as the Citizens' Electric Light and Pcwer Company, of Bloomsburg. Mr. Yetter appeared on behalf of the company and stated that the object of the proposed company was to interest local capital as far as possible, and that the balance would be obtained from outside sources. He stated lurther that the company would apply lor a charter immediately and that the work of constructing the plant would be begun at the earliest possible mo ment. Solicitor Ikeler read the pro posed ordinance. It was then taken up and passed section by section and finally approved as a whole. Fire Chief Harman appeared and read amendments as adopted by Fire Board and asked Council to adopt them. The motion to adopt the amend ments was lost. On motion duly seconded there are to be no changes in by-laws and constitution of fire department. Carried. In the matter of fire hose which was reported by Jonn Lewis as being short, the same was referred to the Fire and Water Committee to report on at next regular meet intr. The Secretary was directed to issue orders for bills approved, after wnicn the meeting adjourned. "How many servants have the Wrigleys ?" "Two 5 a deaf cook and a dumb waiter." Philadelphia Bull etin. Soft Harness Ton eaa make year bar nese aa soft aa a glove and as tough aa wire by usln ElIKKKA liar. I leas Oil. You can sngtoea lis life make it last twice aa long as It ordinarily woold. EUREKA llcrcsss Oil make a poor looking har ness Ilka new. Mad of pure, heavy bodied oil, es pecially prepared lo will. Stand ilia weather. Bold everywhere in csns all alaaa, Mi lj STANDARD OH CO. BLOOMSBURG, PA. FEOM EAST BENTON. The most sympathetic and oblig ing people in any community are the dear lawyers, who plead so im ploring and earnestly for the poor (?) criminals and all others who may get into trouble of various kinds and who need their aid. We were much amused to see the Judge call the boys up last Tues day a week ago before his honor and examine them, after which, giving them certificates to positions in various institutions some in the county jail, some, perhaps, in the penitentiary, and still others in re formatories in other parts of the State. Those educated in the schools of vice and crime get posi tions as well as those educated of a more honorable type, but the occu- rations are of opposite character istics. Herein is an object lesson for our boys and girls to distinguish and choose in which class of schools they would rather be educated, and under which they would rather hold positions in the different insti tution? of our country. The high est graduates, or those taking great est degrees in the criminal schools, are furnished striped suits, while those of the college graduates are obliged to furnish their own suits of their own choosing. This :s an interesting question and profitable lesson for our boys and girls to study thoroughly. Honor crowns the one class, while disgrace covers the other. Our acknowledgements are due A. Bruce Black, Deputy Sheriff of Columbia County, for a copy of Like Expressions, of which he is the author. This is a neat little vol ume of 112 pages. Thanks, Bruce. Gomer Keefer and Hattie Stine, of this place, were married last Thursday. On Wednesday of this we?k it is reported Rus Seward and Sadie Tubbs, both of Cambra, were also united in matrimony. Rumor says that still another couple joined for tunes in wedded bliss in the vicin ity of Cambra, the bride being a daughter of Will Robbins, of Cam bra, while we have not learned the name of the groom. Thus happi ness goes on forever. The thermometer registered 12 degrees below zero last Friday morning at this place. Miss Lena Drescher, daughter of Alvin Drescher, of this place, is afflicted with pulmonary troubles and suffers a great deal by spells. Last baturday we visited Altred McHenry, of Cambra. for the pur pose of copying the affidavits re garding the old Salt Well, where boring for oil will commence very shortly. We wish to keep the peo ple informed regarding the pro gress of this enterprise, and also wisu to show tae people what the prospects are, as set forth in the accompanying affidavits. The au thors of these affidavits have been dead many years, but they were men of sterling integrity. lhe following is a true copy of the original affidavits in possession of the Secretary of the Pine Creek Oil Co. Luzerne County SS: On this aoth day of Tune 1S65, be fore me, the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, personally appeared Peter Boston, who being duly sworn says; that he is a resident of Fairmount, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania! that he is 69 years of age, that he had the job of boring the Salt Well near Cam bra, said County, commencing about the year A. D. 1826,-that he bored said well and gave his personal atten tion to it, that at the depth of 200 or 300 feet, while boring after night, there commenced coming out of the well a strong smell, something like sulphur only a great deal stronger, and on examination in the morning the water that continually flowed out of the well was of a blue black color, and that the smell came from the water, that for at least 20 feet on the surface of the water in the creek be- low, this water made quite a scum; that he is now of the positive opinion that that dark water of offensive smell was coal oil, and he has so expressed his opinion ever since he became acquainted with coal oil, that he has no interest in this matter, but if a company is raised he is willing to take a share in it. Sworn and subscribed before me this aoth day of June 1865. Peter Boston. D. L. Chapin, Justice of the Peace. The following affidavit is also in Possession of the' Secretary. Luzerne County SS. On this aoth day of Tune x86, be fore me, the subscriber, a Justice cf the Peace, personally appeared Jeriah Vanhorn, who being duly sworn, says: That he is a resident of Huntington, said county, aged 62 years; that he was frequently at the Salt Well spoken ot by Peter Boston in his affidavit made this day, while he was at work there; thac toward the last of the boring he saw the same water that said Peter Boston described in his .bto: Bsaritba Bifaatara Of The Kind v"u Haw Always Bougtt affidavit; that the water in his opin ion was quite as thick as thin tar and about the same color, and of a very offensive smell, and that he has no interest in this matter. Sworn and subscribed this day and year above written. Jeriah Vanhorn. D. L. Chapin, Justice of the Peace. The Pine Creek Oil Company has been incorporated under the laws of the state of Pennsylvania and are now ready to commence boring oil near the old Salt Well mentioned in the ah.iv attirl-iiMta nrwi nrp nfTcrtntT a limited amount of stock at 50c. per share, par value $1.00. P. S. The shares will be offered for a short time only at 50c. A Great Meeting of titockmen- The third annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Live Stock Breeders' Association, will be held at the Monoiigahcla House, Pittsburg, December 18 and 19, 1901. Every breeder is cordially invited to at tend. Here are some of the good things which enterprising breeders will appreciate : O. E. Bradfute, oi Ohio, will discuss beef cattle topics, management of beef herd and grow ing steers for market. S. H. Todd, the veteran breeder of hogs and sheep, will talk on these topics. L. P. Bailey, a prominent breeder, of dairy cattle, will give a valuable talk on the future of that industry. Prof. J. Fremont Hickman, of the Ohio Experiment Station, will give some practical points on silage and its value to the breeder. Dr. II. P. Armsby, of the Pennsylvania Experiment Station, will discuss the only apparatus of its kind on the continent something of inter est to all feeders and breeders. Dr. Leonard Pearson will take up the conformation of the dairy cow, and promises to upset some theories about it. Prof. Geo. C. Watson talks poultry, the only Bob Seeds trots out his interesting hobbv. ' forage crops, and W. F. McSparran tells about raising calves. This is not all but come and hear the I rest. A grand opportunity to learn. I to meet old friends and make new ones. Rates on railroads, 2 cents per mile east of Pittsburg. Apply for card orders to E. S. Bayard, Sec'y, Box 65. East End, Pitts burg, Pa., stating line over which you travel. Bear, the y 1M Kind You Haw Always Boujrfft You Throw When you neglect to buy from merchants who offer you a cash discount in RED STAR STAMPS. Tli.lt nr n ...n ..,nu I. .. M..A..i. ' 11- .... . . . ....7 i.7 iiiciiutims sniipiT as a casn discount 10 inauce you to uuy ior cash. With these RED STAR TRADING STAMPS you can get, at our stores, any of the '""""'i nauusuinc aim scitil-cuuic arucies have to give away. Parlor Clocks, Onyx Tables, Chiffoniers, Hall Racks, Morris Chairs, Fine Watches, Genuine Cut Glass, We have never, for any cause, refused to redeem DESed. Star Trading: Stsmaps. No matter where collected, they may be redeemed at any of our stores. Red Star Trading Stamp Company, at I. W. HARTMAN & SON'S, Bloomsburg, Pa. Local Branch of the Home Coupon Exchange Company, 68 Market Street, Newark, N. J The following merchants give KED STAK STAMTS. Buy from them i Bloomsburg, Pa. I. W. llaitman & Son, dry goods, cloaks, suits, taniy goods and notions. B. Gidding, clothing, gent's furnishings and hats, 44 W, Main St. W. C. McKinney, boots and shoes, 8 E. Main street. C. S. Furman, valises, traveling bags, trunks and harness 119 V. Main street. George P. Ringler, drugs, cigars and confectionery, 130 E. Main street. C. R Stecker, groceries, 155 W, Main street. S. R. Bidleman, books, wall paper, stationery and picture framing, 28 E. Main street J, E. Roys, jeweler and optician, Main street, J G. Wells, hardware, housefurnishings, paint, oils, glass, wood and willow ware. Gem Steam Laundry, J. E. idler, rear Farmers National Bank. W. J. Corell &. Co., furniture, 159 W. Main street. VV. F. Hartman, stoves and tinware, 150 E. Main street. II. E. Wasley, millinery, 112 W. Main street, Gomer Thomas, pianos and musical instruments, 41 E. Main street. Beagle Studio, photo and water color, crayons, corner Main and Centre streets. J. Y. Hidlay, groceries, provisions, bulter and eggs, corner Iron and Sixth streets. A. Rawlings, meats and provisions, 126 Muin street. F. M. Leader, meats and provisions, Centre street. Catawissa. Pa. Exhibition of premiums at New York Cash Store. J. C. Fox, boots and shoes, Main street. The New York Cash Store, groceries, provisions, butter, cheese and eggs, Mini street., i Mammoth Fuiniture Co., furniture and caipets, Main street. T, E. Harder, fuiniture and carpets, Main street. Geo, B, fchawn, housefurnishings, Main street, ) Danville. Pa. Exhibition of Premiums at R. Foulk & Co.'s, 319, 31 Mill street. A. Schatz, boots and ahocs, 5 E. Market street. Bernheimer. clothing, gent's furnishings, 264 Mill street. Leniger's Drug Store, 133 Mill street, N. Z, Butterwick, jewelry, watches and clocks, 239 Mill street. 1. 11. Tohnsor, millinery, 12a Mill street. Danville Steam Laundry, 30 Canal, R. Foulk & Co., gioceriet and provisions, 319, 331 Mill street. Oomer Thomas, musical instruments and pianos, Mill street. " Henry Divel, meats and provisions, Mill and Mulberry streets, W. J. Thomas, wall paberand window shades, 124 Mill street. Heaping u They Have 8owa, The plight of Pittsburg in the scrimmage between the "ripper" factions of the Quay machine is not one to excite pitying sympathy. Her city government has beeri made a foot ball for the teams with her full knowledge and consent, and her citizens have "rooted" for one gang or the other as the game progressed. When the Bigelows, backed by Stone, Potter, Elkin and the rest of the Quay team, broke through the Flinn line and scored a touchdown Pittsburg applauded the play by giving to Stone's mnn, Potter, a rousing majority. Now that Stone has kicked the ball into the middle of the field, and Flinn has caught it, Pittsburg's yells of "off-side" excite only derisive laughter. The score is even, it is Flinn's ball, and the teams are in a confused scrimmage, a squirming, biting, kicking and slugging mix tip in the mire of squalid politics. The decent people of Pittsburg had their opportunity to register a protest against this game when Stone's man, Potter, caught in the act of making the Supreme Court a tool of political cracksmen, was placed upon the State ticket as the representative of ripperism. They gave to Potter a majority which could be construed only as an en dorsement of all that he represent ed, a ratification of the ripping up of their municipal government and a grant of full power to Governor Stone to carry out any deals he had made, involving control of their affairs. The vote of Pittsburg shows that there was no revolt of decent Republicans against the ma chine. Only the old-line Demo crats made any fight against the combined forces ot. the plundering factions and their opposition was more partisan than patriotic. There are good citizens in Fitts burg, plenty of them, no doubt, but they failed to indicate at the late election that they give serious thought to the responsibilities of citizenship or even have an in telligent regard for their own in terests. Pittsburg, least of all the cities of the State, can pretend that there was anything unexpected in the playing of one local machine against the other in Governor Stone's rip ping game Sht had received just what she bargained for, and if she finds the price somewhat stagger ing, she must remember that gov ernment by the worst always comes high. North American. Money Away we nave on exniouion. can ana see wnat we Gold Reception -v Chairs, inn Ladies Writ'g Desks r ine rarior .ijamps, Beautiful Pictures, Musical Inetrume'ts Parlor Tables, Couches.
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