THE
COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG,
PA.
First National Bank,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
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With over 4000 National Banks doing business
in the United States this Hank stands 41st on the
Roll of Honor in the United States and IGth in
the State of Pennsylvania, making it the Strongest
Bank in the County.
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E. AV. M. LOW, President, E. 1). TUSTIN Vice Pres.
J. M. STAVE R, Vice Pres. E. F. CARPENTER, Cashier
THE COLUMBIAN.
ESTABLISHED 1866.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
Established 1837. Consolidated 1S69
Published Every Thursday Morning,
At liloomsliurg, the County Scat of
Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
CEO. E. ElWELL, Editor.
n. T. TASKI'.R, Local Editor.
GEO. C. ROAN, Forum an.
Terms: Inside the county $1.00 a year
IB advance; $1.50 if not paid in advance.
Outside the county, $1.25 a year, strictly in
Advance.
All communications should be addressed
THE COLUMBIAN, WoomslmrR, Ta.
THURSDAY, AlGlTsi, 1902.
CENTENNIAL LOAN EXHIBIT-
The old Presbyterian Church has
been beautifully decorated inside,
under the supervision of the Civic
Club, and the articles for the exhi
bition are now being gathered in
and placed in position. Much time
and labor has been expended by
the ladies in preparation, and the
Loan Exhibit will be a .place well
worthy of a visit not only from
every resident ot Bloomsburg, but
from every visitor to our town
during the Centennial. There will
be many very interesting things to
see, among them being a set of
genuine autographs of all the Presi
dents of the United States, from
Washington to Roosevelt. The ad
mission has been placed at the very
low price of ten cents, and a very
liberal patronage is hoped for.
All persons having articles to
loan will confer a great favor by
sending them to the Exhibit Hall,
if not large, and those whose
articles are too large to carry will
kindly have them ready to send
wuen the wagon calls for them. All
articles must be in by Saturday.
Daylight Prisms.
Within recent years it has been
discovered that glass can be so
constructed that it throws rays
of light in such a way that places
cut off from outside light can be
brightly illuminated. The glass is
flat on the outside and corrugated
on the inside, so that it has the
same effect as a prism. It is in
use in several places in town,
among them being the basement at
the Normal school, and the Post
Office. L,. N. Moyer will use it in
his residence to lighten the dining
room. The basement of the Colum
bian office has been greatly im
proved by the insertion of "these
lights. Heretofore it was necessary
to have gas lights in our basemeut,
even on bright days, the rear of
the room being almost in total
darkness. Now
iu ace piainiy in the iarthermost
corner even on dark days. We
snail be pleased to show our day
light prisms at any time to any
one interested in the matter.
Ad Old Resident Dead-
David Savage, one of Bloomsburg's
oldest residents, died at his home on
Iron street, above Fourth, Tuesday
evening. The deceased was within
two days ot being seventy-seven years
01 age, ne naving been born m Mifflin
township on August 22, 1825. Mr.
aavage had been in poor health for
some years past due principally to his
advanced age. He was a machinist
by trade, and for a number of years
was engaged in the manufacture of
4hc Victor Washing Machine.
His survivors are six children, Mrs.
M. v. McHenry, of Stillwater, Mrs.
A. H. Ednar, of Benton, Mrs. Jacob
Johnson, of Bloomsburg, Miss Mintie,
who has been living at home, and
Amos S. and Thomas of town. The
funeral will occur tomorrow.
The Centennial Chorus will
rehearse in the Methodist Church
this evening. Monday evening a
rehearsal will be held in Normal
Auditorium and the last rehearsal
iu the Methodist Church on Tues
day evening.
Mt- Pelee in Eruption Again- Pierce as Ever
Martinique Volcano Blows off Its Head and
Throws out Huge Boulders and Volumes
Of Boiling Mud.
With all the vividness of the erup
tion itself, the catastrophe of Mt.
Pelec was brought to the very eye of
the Buffalo public last night. The
skill of the maker of pyrotechnic dis
plays must have been taxed to the
limit to creats such a wonderful awe-
inspiring production as that witnessed
by thousands at Olympic Park last
nignt.
The display was without doubt the
greaiesi mat nas ever been seen in
Buffalo. A few years ago the Ameri
can nag or some inscription in a set-
piece was thought to be wonderful
But fireworks, like everything else,
nave advanced. I here have sprung
up in tr.e meantime new men with
greater genius. Not stopping at what
was nrst considered to be marvelous
the wcrk has still advanced until last
night found a wonderful fireworks pro
duction. It seemed almost audacious
to attempt to reproduce such a sner.
tacle as that of the eruption of Mt.
reiee.
As it began to dawn upon the spec
tators tnat the set piece was assum
ing to protray accurattlv what it was
meant to represent, the spectators were
too awe-stricken to applaud. In a
short time, however, there was a mur
mur round the grandstand, then ap
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IJirtuse. aiiu sucn applause! It was
well merited and perhaps that is the
reason it lasted so long.
1 hose who attended said that the
display was perfection; that it not only
was entertaining but that it was his
tory reproduced in such a vivid way
that one never could forget it. There
was a feeling of satisfaction at the
entire evening's programme. The at
tendants were courteous, and the nlav.
ing of the 74th Regiment Band was
good. uuttalo Conner, August 13
1002.
The above display was given by the
iioya fire Works Company, of New
orx. 1 he same company will fur
msn me display tor tiioomsburg Cen
tennial next Thursday night.
Exceptions Tiled by Electno Kail way
Uompany.
Exceptions h ave been filpr! Kv tVi
lK , , ,. - - - J
oiumoia fvc Montour Electric Rail
way omoanv to the- mmrt r
Judge Little in the matter of cross
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ing me river bridge at Catawissa.
The Company claims that thf
unions are exacting beyond reason.
dim mat tney will not accept them
iuc company will now nrrsnw
to carry passengers over the bridge
n ti. .... . . .
wiiu au omiuous, 01 me style used
on Broad Street Philadelphia, years
ago. The exceptions were filed by
tne Company's attorney James
ouarier. or. uanville.
Camp Idleness was broken yester
day, and all the campers have re
turned home.
Lost Hair
'Mv hair ramA k.. t. , j
ful, and the gray hairs began to
creep in. I tried Ayer's Hair Vigor,
and it stopped the hair from com
ing out and restored the color."
Mrs. M. D.Gray, No. Salem, Mass.
There's a pleasure in
offering such a prepara
tion as Ayer's Hair Vigor.
It gives to all who use it
such satisfaction. The
hair becomes thicker,
longer, softer, and more
glossy. And you feel so
secure in using such an
old and reliable prepara
tion. II.Mikrft!,. All iranWi.
If your drugKint cannot miiiuly you.
end na one iluIW mid we will einreoa
you a hottlo. llu turd and gy the mm,
J- CiVk CO., Lowell, Mua
Democratic Candidate for Congress.
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Charles H. Dickerman,
The Democratic Concrrfccinnnl
conference for the Sixteenth dis
trict of this State, which turt nt
Laporte, Sullivan countv. vestcr-
day, was as expeditious in its work
as it was wise in its choice of candi
dates. Few Congressional confer
ences have two candidates to name
and it is equally rare that nomina
tions are made on the first ballot,
where they are practically equiva
lent to an election. The conference
at Laporte, however, unanimously
nominated Mr. Alexander P.ill
meyer, of Montour County, to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of
the late Rufus K. Polk, and with
the same unanimity selected Mr. C.
II. Dickerman, of Northumberland
county, for Representative iu the
Fifty-eighth Congress.
Both gentlemen are worthy of
the honor bestowed upon them.
The services of Mr. Billmeyer will
be limited to the short session of
the present Congress and will aflord
little opportunity for conspicuous
work for little work other than that
of making appropriations for the
departments is considered usimllv
But whatever he may do he will do
wen and acceptably to his constitu
ents and with credit to himself.
ine nominee tor the long term,
however, Mr. Dickerman, ' of Mil
ton, will have abundant oonortunitv
10 uo goou. 1 ne iMtty-eighth Con
gress will largely shape the issues
for the next Presidential camn.iicrn
and the highest order of ability will
be required.
For these reasons the crmfprpnr
was wise in the unanimous choice
ot Charles H. Dickerman for the
long term. A capable and success
ful business man, he has in an emi
nent degree the qualifications for
me service, while his high charac
ter will command thf nfi,-tA,,
and respect of his associates on the
n . .
noor. j ripe scholar and learned
in the law as well as experienced
in Dusiness, ne will be able to bring
every element that will promote the.
interests ot nis constituents into
their service. But he is most wide
ly known as a business man nnri
the business interests of his dis
trict will appeal to him most close
ly and constantly. Hannilv lii
election is a foregone conclusion.
T 1 . F . . .
omr jnaepenaem, llarnsburg, Pa.,
Aug. 15th, 1902.
J- H. 000BEAN FOE SENATE-
The Democratic Conferees nf Hip
tweuty-forth Senatorial district
composed of Lycoming, Montour,'
Sullivan and Columbia Counties
met at Williamsport last night and
unanimously re-nomin.iteH T T-Te,ir,r
Cochran, of Williamsport. for the
State Senate. The organization of
the conference was Alfonsns Walch
of Laporte. chairman, and Seth T.'
iUcLorniick. of Williamsnnrt nn
William Chrisman. of Bloomsbursr
secretaries. The conferees were?
Columbia Wm. Chrism an r
Bloomsburg. and Charles
dall, of Catawissa.
Montour Tames Rvan nf Dan.
ville, and P. F. Brennan. nf Kv.
change.
Sullivan Alfonsus WnUh ar,A
John Flynn, of Laporte.
ycomine Seth T. McComnVt
and George B. Wolf, of William
sport. The P. O. S. of A.
Nay Aug Park, Saturday, was a
success. Between one th
and eleven hundred adult tirk-ets
were sold. Countincr children n,,H
all the attendance was about thirteen
hundred. Several towns along the
line of the B. & S. railroad were
represented as was also Catawissa
and other places. The excursion
ists were favored with P-onH weatho,-
aud the day throughout was a de
lightful one.
Isaiah, the infant son nf Mr
Mrs. Joseph Zeigler, died Tuesday
afternoon.
Sixteenth Congress District.
DlOKESSiO AND BILLMEYER.
Nomlnaled For Congress by Ace tarnation
Laporte on Thursday.
A spirit of unanimity permeated
the conference of Democrats held
at Laporte 011 Thursday of last
week, and Charles H. Dickerman
of Milton, aud Alexander Billmeyer
ot wasniugtonville were nominated
tor the long and short term, re
spectively, by acclamation. The
conferees lor the long term met at
one o clock. John F. Gibbons, of
Mr. Linncl, presided as chairman
with W. O. Sechler, of Danville
and A . C. Johnston, of Blooms
burg, secretaries. Shortly after
the perfection of the organization
Andrew ly. l-ritz of Bloomsburg
withdrew his name and instructed
his conferees to vote for Dickerman
This left Mr. Dickerman with an
open field and upon motion his
nomination was made unanimous
tor the short term Alexander
Billmeyer had no opposition and he
too was unanimous v nominated
11ns conference met after the nrl
journment of the long term confer
ence, w . W. Xyan, of Xorthum
beilanu was chairman, and John
G. McHenry of Benton and Her
bert Cummings of Sunbury, secre
taries. The conferees were!
Dickerman Montour James F.
Ivlliot, Kxehansre; W. A. Sechler.
Danville; Northumberland John
1. Gibbons, Mt. Carmel; W. P
Selmach, Shamokin; Sullivan
Frank Megargel, Sonestown; B. F
McCartey, Kstella.
Billmeyer Columbia John G.
Harman, Bloomsburg; John G.
McHenry, Benton: Montour Geo
Cottier, Strawberry Ridge; Patrick
Lurriu. Danville: North
laud W. W. Rvan. Shamokin-
11 . Cummings, Sunbury: Sulli
van. 1. Mullen. Laporte: T. H
Stackhouse, Kagles Mere.
i-ritz Columbia W. W. Ttlaek
and W. C. Tohuston. Rloomshmrtr
Prominent Democrats from differ
ent sections of the district were
present, Milton beinsr esneeinllv
well represented. The nominations
meet with general approbation and
mere is no ttoubt but what hnth
candidates will be given handsome
majorities this fall. Old Columbia
County can be relied unon to rfo
her full share of the work.
CbB tennial Envelopes-
There are still on hand about io.-
000 centennial envelopes, about
40,000 havinsr been sold. Thece
were ordered by the committee and
tne profit goes to the centennial
fund. It is desirable to f!i4noce nf
these now so that accounts can be
closed as soon as the eveut is over.
l hey are on sale at the stores of
Bidleman, Mercer, J. W. Mover.
Hartman, Pursel. Harrv Wilson
Rishton, and at this office. The
price is 10 cents a nack. or nt
the rate of $2.75 a thousand in
larger quantities. As they are
a eood thini? for the t own at ant
time thev can be used after the
centennial as well as now. Who is
the next buyer?
James Kocher has left the com
posing room of the Benton Argus
and purchased a half interest in the
Examiner, a weeklv oaoer nnhlisherl
at Nicholson, a suburb of Scranton.
He has our best wishes for success.
Dragged'Down
Feeling
In the loins.
Nervousness, unrefreshlng sleep, despon
dency. It U time you were doing something.
The kidneys wero unclently culled the
reins In your case they are holding the
reins and driving you Into serious trouble.
Hood's Sarsaparllla
Acts with the most direct, beneficial effect
on the kidneys. It contains the best and
safest substances tor correcting and toning
these organs.
eductions
IN 5T0CK.B IN PRICE.
ALL CLOTHING
Ireduced in price!
, Call and See
The Bargains We Offer.
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THE CLOTHIER,
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HOUSE
HOLD LINENS.
WAITE
BED
SPREADS.
The August Sale Begins This Week.
In buying Dry Goods as in buying anything else,
prudent people always consult what thev believe to bp
their truest economy.
In the sale of the above
to your economy. These
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best and this is the one chance of a six months to re
plenish the home with these needfuls
than you are in the habit
prices. Kinuiy investigate.
Bleached Damasks.
The Bleached Damasks start
at 20 cents.
60c all linen damask 62 inches
wide at 49 cents.
75c all linen damask 62 inches
wide at 65 cents.
85c all linen damask 72 inches
wide at 69 cents.
98c all linen damask 72 inches
wide at 78 cents.1
1. 10 all linen damask 72 inches
wide at 89 cents.
1.45 all linen damask 72 inches
wide at 1.29.
i.75 all linen damask 72 inches
wide at 1.50.
2.3 s all linen damask 72 inches
wide at 1.85.
Pillow Slips.
45x36 pillow slips I2jc.
45x36 Utica pillow slips ioc.
45x36 " hem'ched p. slips 25c.
Bed Spreads.
We make this the bed spread
chance of the year. Can't al
ways divide profits with vou
but we do it now.
1.25 bed spread at 95c.
2.75 ." " " 2.39
2.00 " " " 1.7?
The Sale of Towels and Kitchen Crashes.
Plain cotton and linen Tnwelintrc - i ,
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ings, all bought for this event.
towelings at 1 1 cents: and so you
c uiyl j n,i vrtinr.tt. iu
F. P.
The New York authorities, in
teaching the children of that city
how to swim, are no doubt doing
much to save human life. The
board of education supplies the
swimming teachers and the city
furnishes the floating bath houses.
Every child in the city has access
to the swimming schools girls on
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
and boji on Tuesdays, Thursdays
and SaUaninys. Surely, it is a good
idea.
SHEETS,
PILLOW
SLIPS.
cmnhasizod itpm w rir.r
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special linens nro now nf fl.nlr
of paving; yes much lower
Table Damasks.
Bleached or Unbleached.
Every wanted grade, every want
ed width, and prices cut to the
very narrowest profit. Look
ahead people will appreciate
this chance.
Unbleached table Linen
25c Unbleached table linen at
20 cents.
45c Unbleached table linen at
39 cents.
50c Unbleached table linen at
44 cents.
56c Unbleached table linen at
45 cents.
90c Unbleached table linen at
70 cents.
1. 00 Unbleached table linen nt
89 cents.
Sheets and Pillow Slips.
Ihey are ready to use, and at
mese prices tney cost you but
very little more than the mat
erials. An economy of labor as
well as price.
81x90 sheets at - 51c
81x90 " anchor brand at 68c!
90x90 " " 5C
8 1 X90 hemstitched sheets.anchor
brand at 85 cents.
90x90 hemstitched sheets.anchor
brand at ne rpnt-o
b" yiass rowei-
10 cent toweliugs at 8i 12A cent
will find them reduced'.
tACJl CUSTOMER THIS WEEK.
PURSEL.
Silk tassels and pencils for pro
grams for sale at this office. tf
TA1L0E-MADE EDITS.
N. S. Tingley has accepted the
agency for Reinach, Ullman & Co.
of Chicago, merchant tailors, and is
ready to' supply made-to measure
clothing at prices lower than can be
obtained elsewhere. He has a large
line of samples to select from. His
place of business is the third floor of
the Columbian building.
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