THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA.
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THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOOMSBURG; FA.
J. S. Williams & Son,
m.OOMSBURG TA
Public Sale Criers and
General Auctioneers.
Mr- fifteen yparn experience. Satisfaction
(turanteed. Bout returns of any sale criers In
bla section of the state. Write for terms and
Hea. We nevrr disappoint our patrons.
STRAY PARAGRAPH 8.
Bloomsburg's big fair next
week.
You sometimes meet a woman
whose word does not have as much
weight as her biscuit.
The local talent minstrel ad
vertised for the Opera House next
week has been called off.
Don't- forget the opening bas
ket ball game of the season Friday
night, Shamokin vs. Y. M. C. A.
The Welsh Ladies' Choir of
Luzerne county will give a concert
in the Optra House Tuesday even
ing. We hear that a Clinton county
negro has just been arrested for
stealing a cow bell. He can keep
the bell and have a rattling good
time when he gets out.
-T-Scientists tell us that there are
deadly microbes in kisses. The
couple that have been in the habit
of meeting on the steps of the old
Presbyterian church may not be
aware of the fact.
From Eazleton to Philadelphia bj Trolley.
The granting of a charter at Harris
burg Friday to the Hazleton, Weath
erly and Mauch Chunk Traction
Company will make it possible to
reach Philadelphia by trolley from
Hazleton, a distance of 188 miles.
The new company, capitalized at
$100,000, contemplates the construct
ion of a stretch of road fifteen miles
in length from Broad street, Philadel
phia, via Beaver Meadow, to Weath
erly, thence to Xesquehoning, where
it will connect with the tracks of the
Mauch Chunk Traction Company.
It will be possible to travel from
Mauch Chunk to Philadelphia by trol
ley within three months, and from
Wilkesbarre to Hazleton about the
same time. The road to be built
from Hazleton to Nesquehoning will
furnish the required link to make the
journey by electric road possible.
The officers of the new comparf
are: Frank V. Lamed, Wilkesbarre,
president; Elmer Warner and Law
rence Tatleton, of Weatherly; J. M.
Stauffer, of Beaver Meadow; F. W.
Lamed, J. K. Weitzenkom, A. H.
B'oom and Christian Walter, of
Wilkesbarre, are directors.
Centennial Souvenir Book-
The Centennial Souvenir Book of
Bloomsburg and vicinity is an artistic
publication containing nearly fifty fine
naif-tone pictures. Among them are
public buildings, churches, streets,
views near town, and at Catawissa,
Rupert, Orangeville, Briarcreek, Cen
tral, and other points. The price is
nly 25 cents, and it ought to be' in
svery home. You can get nearly
iffy pictures for the price of one
photograph. For sale at the Columbian
)Qce.
A goo J canvasser wanted for Blooms-
'jurg. 4t
Bi-Ouuuty 0. Convention.
The Executive Committee of the
Columbia and Montour Christian
Endeavor Union met to plan for the
Vnnual Convention to be held at
Jerwick, Oct. 23 24. A programme
as outlined and invitations have
een extended to some of the best
Indeavor workers to be present.
The study of the Bible will be a
irominent teature of the Convention
ad much is to be made of the Quiet
our.
Endeavorers, come to Berwick and
elp to make the Convention ot 1902
te best ever held.
Secretary.
Menagh and Snyder, who were
warded the contract to paint the
tver budge at Catawissa, com
jenced the work on Monday.
THE OLD RELIABLE
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Absolutely: Pure.'
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE
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WHOLESALE ARRESTS AT CENTRAL1A.
Continued from 1st page.
lence used and the train was not
delayed over a minute.
Patrick Cain and Thomas Quig
ley bore out the testimony of
O'Donnell, and Fatrick Quigley,
Robt. White, Thos. Mumford, John
White, John Ileitis and Thomas
Kerrigan declared that there were
no threats made or violence used.
At the close of the testimony ar
gument was made by Judge Her
ring and Fred Ikeler and the Jus
tice held the defendants in their
own recognizance for their appear
ance at December court. Mr. Ja
coby's action in the case was wise.
Had he asked for bail from each of
the defendants, many of them would
have been unable to furnish it, and
they would have been kept in jail
at the expense of the county.
After the hearing was over the
men were given their suppers; forty
of them were fed at the St. Elmo
and the remainder were divided up
between the Hedden's Hotel and
Gilmore's Restaurant.
They were allowed to remain in
the Court House all night. They
started for home at half past eight
this morning.
The Republicans say the Demo
cratic party has no issue. The De
mocratic party replies that 40 per
cent increase in the cost of living,
without a corresponding increase in
the income of the masses, is an
issue. While a Republican Con
gress was in session; while the Re
publican party was in power and
was able to remedy this condition
of affairs, it was asked again and
again to do it. Did it do so? Not
a thing; the Republican party has
not done one solitary thing; has not
passed one act that would tend to
lower the price of commodities; not
one thing has been done in the way
of restricting immigration, so that
the labor of the American workman
would be better paid,
With an enormous increase in
his cost of living; with little or no
increase in the amount of what he
receives; with nothing done by the
Republicans to force the Trusts to
compete with the outside world;
with nothing done to further re
strict the pauper labor of Europe,
is the American workman satisfied
with the statement, that the Demo
cratic party has no issue? Burling
ton County (A'! J.) Democrat.
Carlisle Indians-Bucknell Football.
Reduced Rates lo Williamsport via Pennsyl
vania Railroad.
On account of the football game
between the Carlisle Indians and
Bucknell College, to be played rt
Williamsport on Saturday, October
it, the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany will sell excursion tickets to
Williamsport, good going on October
xi, and returning until Ootober it,
inclusive, from Bellefonte, Renovo,
Elmira, East Bloomsburg, Mt. Car
mel, Lykens, Harrisburg, Middleburg,
Coburn, and intermediate stations, at
rate of a single fare for the round
trip (minimum rate, 25 cents.) 2 2t
The Normal second team will
meet the Catawissa eleven at Cata
wissa next Saturday afternoon.
Bloomsburg's Great Fair
The 48th Annual Fair of the Co-
urrbia Cour.ty Agricultural Society
! be held at Bloomsburg, Oct. 7. 8,
9 and 10, 1902.
Nothing is being spared by the
management to make this the best
fair of all.
This is the great annual reunion ot
old friends. Your friends will expect
to meet you at the fair.
Large purses are offered in speed
program.
Novel and up-to-date attractions
secured.
Wednesday s races will be 2.21
class pace, 2.22 trot 2.40. class for
county horses. Thuxsday 2.17 pace,
2.27 trot and 2 08 class trot or pace,
Friday 2.13 pace, 217 trot and 2.25
pace.
The outlook is very encouraging for
an exceedingly large exhibit in all
classes. Special rates and excursion
trains on all railroads. Look for
schedules at your nearest station.
Always Full of News.
The Philadelphia Press has one of
the strongest news services in the
world. Special correspondents in all
the capitals of Europe and the mi
portant cities of this country; exclu
sive correspondents in all the cities
and towns within its circulation; ex
elusive privileges of using all news re
ceived by the New York World, the
New York Tribune, the St. Loui
Globe Democrat ', the Boston Journal
and the Cincinnati Commerctal-Trtb
une; and the service of the Associated
Press keep Philadelphia's Great
Home Newspaper lull of the latest re
liable news every day. The Tress at
one cent daily is within the reach of
all. and vou can hardly afford to d
yvithout it.
LONQ LITIUATIOS ENDED-
Title to a Sullivan County Coal Tract Settled
After t Legal Contest Laiting Nearly
a Quarter of a Century,
What is known as the Jackson
tract of coal land, lying in Sullivan
County near Bernice, has been in
litigation for many years, and the
final struggle took place on Mon
day Sept. 22, at Laporte before
Judge Hart of Williamsport,
specially presiding.
In September 1880, B. Rush
Jackson who claimed to own a third
interest in this land, sold it to his
sister, Emily L. Patrick of Towan
da, for one thousand dollars, what
would have been a very small price
but for the fact that B. R. Jackson
had no paper title, the estate of
Geo. D. Jackson his brother, claim
ing to own the whole tract. This
dispute was settled by a bill in
equity in Bradford county, filed in
188 r, and ended in 1887 by a de
cree ot the supreme Court ordering
the executors of Geo. D. Jackson
to make deeds for a one third in
terest to the estate of Josiah Jack
son his father, and one third to
Emily L. Patrick, assignee of B.
R. Jackson, it beiug found by the
equity proceedings that Geo. D.
Jackson held it in trust, and was
the owner himself of the other third
only.
On the same day that B. R. Jack
son sold to Mrs. Patrick, a summons
was issued by the First National
Bank of Towanda against B. R.
Jackron as surviving partner ci
Jackson Bros., and a short time
afterwards a judgment was entered
in Sullivan county by II. Gravely
against the same parties. This lat
ter judgment was purchased by
Bernice W. Jackson, widow of Geo.
D. Jackson who at one time repre
sented this district in the state
senate, and upon it an execution
was issued, the one third interest
of B. R. Jackson which he had
previously sold to his sister was
levied upon, and sold at sheriffs
sale, Mrs. Jackson buying it for
$50.00. So that this one third in
terest of B. R. Jackson was claimed
by two parties, one being his sister
ho bought u of him for a valuable
consideration; the other being a
subsequent purchaser at sheriff's
sale, who claimed that Jackson was
insolvent at the time, and that the
transfer to his sister was null and
oid, it having been done to de
fraud creditors. And upon this
situation there has been twenty-one
ears of litigation, the details of
which would be dry reading. A
bill in equity was filed iu Sullivan
county iu 18S1 in which the title to
the land was incidentally raised,
and this was decided in favor of
Mrs. Patrick in 180s after sixteen
ears of litigation.
But the Jackson claimants were
not yet satisfied, and still insisted
on being recognized as owners, so
that in order to secure a tenant who
would work the mines which had
been idle since 1886, a lease had to
be drawn appointing a trustee to
whom all royalties could be paid
until the true ownership was ascer
tained. After using every effort to
compel the Jackson claimants to
bring suit in ejectment, W. L.
Woodruff, son of Emily L. Patrick,
did so, against the executors of
Bernice W. Jackson, and this is the
case that was tried at Laporte last
week, resulting in an agreement
that judgment should be entered
for the plaintiff with the same
effect as though there had been two
verdicts in ejectment, thus giving
the claimant under Emily L. Pat
rick a clear title to the one third
The royalties in the hands of the
trustee amounted to nearly $13,000
And there is a large amount of
coal yet to be mined
The counsel concerned in the
case tor the plaintifl were Grant
Herring, Geo. E. El well of Blooms
burg, E. J. Mullen of Laporte and
R. J. Thompson of Dushore. Of
these Mr. Elwell had been connect
ed with the case since 1889. Judge
Elwell was counsel up to the time
of his death in iSo.s. For the de
fendant were R. A. Mercur of To
wanda, Seth McCormick and Addi
son Candor of Williamsport, and
A. Walsh of Dushore. Mr. Mercur
is the only living counsel who was
connected from the beginning in
1881.
More than twelve people who
have been connected with the cases
have died since the litigation began,
including all the original parties,
two judges, a master 111 chancery
and a number of attorneys. The
case in different forms has been
three times in the Supreme Court,
and would 110 doubt have reached
there twice more but for the set
tlement which lias just been effect
ed.
The Artificial Ice Company could
not manufacture any ice last week I
owing to tne uon arrival ot r.n in
voice of ammonia. They supplied
their customers with ice secured
from Creasy Bros, of Catawissa
aud Pocono Mountain.
Up 5tairs
Down Stairs
This is a time when it's befitting to paraphrase ; necessity is the mother of ex
pansion. In this case expansion is more applicable than invention.
MORE ROOM You, our patrons prompt us, yes, compel us to keep on build
ing, enlarging, and we obey, willingly.
Flannelette Shirt Waists.
All the newest shades of green,
red, blue, pink, grey and tan
stripes, made with double box
laits. A good imitation of
rench flannels. Price $1.00.
Walk ing Skirts.
A good style skirt in grey and
black made with slot seams in
verted plaits at bottom with six
rows or stitching and seams,
finished with straps and buttons,
price $7.50.
Dress Skirts.
One of the latest styles in
black dress skirts is made with
box plaits from waist to bottom
of skirt with two groups of taf
feta bands. Lined with good
percaline nicely made, price
$7-50.
Fur Collars.
Real Martin Collar with nice
tails, full at neck and equal to
the kind we sold last year at
$7.50. A nice lot of these now,
but probably none later at the
special price of $$.00.
As many of our
compelled on
postpone our
M. A,
Park," and we
three grand
At
?Kr Vsb successor to'
FSTFHES
Thursday,
(ST0LSE
1 00 LOTS During these three sales we will
positively sell 100 Lots at public auction
without reserve or limit.
100 P R ES E N TS. -During these sales we will
give away 100 presents each day, not to
those who buy, but to those who attend.
"EAST END
On Berwick Road and Trolley Line, just beyond
Eighth St. A beautiful tract. Come out and
see, and remember you buy
AT PUBLIC AUCTION.
New England Suburban Improvement Co.
Local Office, 120 West Main Street.
Mr. Herbert Harris of Milton,
and Miss Mary K. Savidce of
Northumberland were married last
week. The bride is a graduate of
the Normal. She is well known
and has many friends in Blooms
burg, who extend best wishes.
Next week during the Fair the
town will be full of crooks as usual.
Keep your premises securely locked
when away from home, and do not
leave any money or other valuables
lying around loose. When in a
crowd look out for pickpockets.
floreRoom
Neck Ruffs.
Cant describc.too many.white,
white and black.black and white,
black, complete new stock, $1.00
to $12.50.
Infants Caps.
Silk caps in plain, or with
niching around face. More kinds
than you may care to see, all
sizes, 25c. to $1.50.
Ladies' Coats.
Every day brings new gar
ments to our stock, more kinds
now than at any time in the
past. They are new and differ
ent from others, and our gar
ments fit. Kersey Monte Carlo,
nicely trimmed, $10.00.
Children's Coats.
The hard sizes to find, the
kinds of coats mothers can't
make to please themselves. We
have them in cloths or velve
teens, all colors, for 2 to 5 year
sizes, $2.00 to $C.oo.
Blankets.
Wool blankets, part wool
blankets, cotton blankets, white,
grey and red, 49c. to $7.50 pair,
readers already know
account of continuous
advertised sales
have therefore
sales there on
Friday and
R 2,
2 R. M. Each
Lack of coal has compelled the
Pennsylvania Paper Mills at Cata
wissa to close down. This is the
second time that the mills have had
to close because of the scarcity of
coal.
"The Fatal Wedding" gave ex
cellent satisfaction to a standing
room only audience at the Opera
House Thursday evening. The
company was booked here for a re
turn engagement on Dec. 27, but
owing to their failure to use special
scenery as agreed, the contract was
cancelled.
It's
Needed
Fancy Ribbons.
New stripes in all silk taffeta
ribbons, worth at regular price,
25c., this special lot at 19c. yd.
Infants Cloaks.
Long cashmere cloaks in plain
or trimmed, lined and wadded,
but can be washed, $1.00 to
$5.00. ,-t
Reduced Curtains.
We want to start our new cur
tain department with new stock,
hence we offer $3 00 lace cur
tains, 3$ yds. long, and in several
patterns, at per pair $2.45.
White Curtain Poles IOC.
While we are making room fo:
our curtain department we offer
15c. white poles with ends and
brackets, complete, for each,
10 cents.
Kid Glows.
Our best selling glove is thj
dollar 2-clusp. in all colors. We
have tried many kinds and find
this glove best wearing of any
thing at $1.00 per pair.
we were
rains to
on "East
End
hold
decided to
Saturday,
AND
4,
Day.
For the annual encampment, G.
A. R., the Lackawanna Railroad
will sell round trip tickets to
Washington, D. C, at rate of one
fare. Tickets will be sold October
4th to 7th, and will be good for re
turn leaving Washington up to
October 14th. Upon payment ot
fifty cents additional return limit
will be extended to November 3rd.
Stop-over will be allowed at two
points in each direction. Special
excursion fares will be granted
from Washington to nearby battlefields.
PARK"