THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. (XXOC XXXXKXXXX0XXXX ) WINTER We liavo tlio most coinplelo linos of all stylos in hoes. Our Stock Combines Style, Com fort and Service, and from it YOU CAN SATISFY any taste and suit any Purse. 3 We have them in Chas. M. HYGIENIC SHOES XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Li . . . The Farmers National Bank OF ii&acmsiiUKG, PA, Capital, $60,000. .... Surplus $60,000, A strong, progressive bank the-business affairs of a community, and it should be gratifying to know that the aims and efforts of this bank are to promote the welfare of its customers as they would their own. You are cordially welcome to call upon and consult us at all times, before making your investments. Deposits received from $1.00 up to any amount; the same courtesy shown to all. 0. M. CKEVEMNti, Prks. DIRECTORS: C. A. Klkim, J. L. MoYF.K, V.m. M. Reber, H. A. McKillip, N. U. Funk, Grant Herrino, THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, TA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1 903. WUerMl at thr Pom Ofltre nl Blnnnmtnirg, Pa. anHOoudolusi mutter, iltirvlt 1, lSbfc. Columbia &. Montour El. Ry. TIJli: TAIII.IC I IH liFFKl'TJl NIi I, 1902, ncl untU further notice Cars lenve Bloom for Espy, Almcdi.i, Lime Ruic, Berwick and iiilciiin.di.iic points as follows: A. M. 5:00, 5"-4 O:jo 7oo, 7:40, 8:2o, 9:00, 9:40, 10:20, 11:00, 11:40. -P. M. n:ao, 1:00, 1:40, 2.20, 3:00, 3:40, 4:20, 5:00, 540, 6:20, 7:00, 7:40, 8:2 ), y:ix, 10:20 ana (1 1:00 Saturday nights only.) Leaving depart from Iierwiclc one hour from time an given above, commencing at :Oo a. m. Leave Bloom for Catawissa A. M. 6:20, J:oo, 7:40, 8:20, 9:00, 9:40, 10:00, 11:40. I. M. 12:20, l:0O 1:40, 2:20, 3:00. 3:40, 430, 5:00, 5:40, 6:20, 7:00, 7.40, 8:209:00 140, 10:20 anil (11:00 Saturday mollis oniy, Carl returning depart from Catawissa 20 aiuiutes trom tune as given above D. G. Hackett, Superintendent. Oould Easily 8ee That She Was a Widow tu. ....,..,., ,.,,,! in-r. Km th Pt inter, 1 . o,ritn by a widow and as related by the New York Herald was intSese words: "As 1 married three soldiers, I don't see how you can git out of holding that I am a widow of at least one of them. 1 done my duty to one and all of them, and I laid them out side by tide, as you bee by visiting the sometry f Oak Hill, where they lay at rest under their names and dates, with one poem covering all: 0 Lord, who maketh man to live For but a fleeting day You have it in Your power to give As well as take away." (Bell Telephone. oOn cold days It is not necessary "bundle up" with heavy, cumbersome clothing, if you wear perfect-fitting, tailor-made Frost King or rost vfueen . Chamois Vest These garments insure maximum of protection with minimum of weight. Price, 13.00 X worn bals t W. S. RlSHTON, Markctlscmare PhaimaciEt. -o Note: In case you wfnr n. rJinmoia vest and don't catch cold, don't forget our COLD-I-CURE. It never fail to cure a cold in a day or two. SHOES all Leathers. Evans, FOR CHILDREN. -i - i ... wields a powerful influence in M. MILLEISEN. Cashier. J. J. Brown, C. W. Runvon. C. M. C"EVE1.ING, L0CALNEWS. Legal advertisements on page 7, . . The Parish House is to be wircu for electric light. . Seven years 111 business is our reference. Gein Steam Laundry The Irondale Electric Light Company has moved its office to a room over Ben Gidding's store. Robert L. Runyon has been ap pointed a Notary Public for Blooms burg. a Callendar pads, large and small for loo for sale at this office singly or in quantities. i8-3t . Rev. Dr. Ege of Philadelphia preached in St. Paul's church Sun day morning. Wellington Moses, of Pine Sum mit. will sell out next month and move to Kentucky. . Miss Bess Rawlings who has been ill for about two weeks, is now con valescmg. Plans are being prepared for twelve story office building at Wilkes-Barre. The site alone cost $159,000. Sunday will be Washington' birthday. The banks will all be closed on Monday in observance of the event. Benton Grange, N0.88, of Col timbia Co., organized more than thirty years ago, added fifty one members in 1902. - You can find the nicest and largest line of bibles, large and small Bloomsburg at Mercer's Drug and Book Store. A. C. Hidlay who for the past two years or more has conducted the hotel at Rupert has moved to Bloomsburg. This was the coldest morning of the winter. The thermometer at seven o'clock registered seven de grees below zero. . Dr. B. F. Waeonseller of Selins grove has been the guest Jof his sister Mrs. L. T. Sharplessin town the oast week. The doctor has been quite seriously ill of late. B. F. Armstrong of the local Y M. C. A, will go to Welliversville on Saturday where he will conduct a bible conference in Kitchen' church Saturday evening, Sunday morning and Sunday evening. Joseph Pursel has resigned from the agency of the Adams Express Company in town. J. L. Faust of Sunburv is here filling the position until a successor to Mr. Pursel is selected. Of the two hundred and nine votes cast in the first ward 011 Tues day there were but twenty-seven straight tickets, thirteen Republican and fourteen Democratic. This would seem to show that the voters did not hew very close to the party liues. . .. ii' Lamps! Large and small, a very large line at Mercer's Drug and Book Store. Rev. A. B. Batholomew of Phila delphia will address the Sunday afternoon meeting of the Young Men's Christian Association. A number of Catawi.ssa people attended the production of "Romeo nd Juliet" in the Opera House Tuesday evening. Rev. A. Houtz who for the pnst several days has been ill at his home in Oraneeville. is. we are pleased to state, recovering. We have just received a very large ine of some of the latest books Please call and see them at Mercer's Drug and Book Store. . . . The postoflice at Iletlerville will be abandoned after March 2nd as that section will be included in the fiee rural delivery route which starts from Nescopeck on that date. The Alumni game of Basket Ball is sure to be an attraction at the Normal Gymnasium Saturday after noon at 2:10. Some of Normal's recent Basket Ball stars will be in H15 game to defeat their Alma Mater's present team. Dr. J. S. John has purchased trom the VanHouten Ten Broeck Company of New York, an X ray machine. The doctor believes m keening up with the inarch of progress. The new apparatus wii he of inestimable value in the prac tice of his profession. William Jennings Bryan wil speak at Mt. Carmel Thursday evening, Feb. 26 under the auspices of the lodge of F.Iks or that town The subject has not been an nounced, but it will be non-politica in character. A treasury olhcial tells us our paper money when soiled carries many germs, some of dangerous diseases, but that it may be cleaned with a little soap and water. Well, we'd like to say that we have the soap and water. - John M. Buckalew, of Fishing creek, known and esteemed from one end of Columbia to the other, was a town visitor on Friday. He called in the Columbian office for a few minutes pleasant chat while here. He is in good health aud bears his years well. The Normal basket ballists lost to the Ninth Regiment team of Wilkes-Barre in the Armory, that city, Saturday evening, by a score of 23 to 6. The school boys at tribute their defeat, in a large measure, to the very slippery con dition of the floor. John McITugh, aged 37 years of Centralia died at Mercy Hospital, Wilkes-Barre on Saturday, after three weeks' illness with heart trouble. His remains were taken to the home of his sister Mrs. Will iam Johnston, at Centralia, Satur day evening and the funeral oc curred Monday. The annual missionary anniver sary of the Methodist Episcopal Sunday School was held in the church Sunday morning. A large congregation was present and a good program of music, recitations, anthems and addresses was render ed. The offering tor missions, was a very generous one. The next engagement at the Grand Opera House will be on Thursday evening Feb. 26, when Stirling & Cornell will present the talented young comedienne, Alma Stirling, in the new and successful comedy drama, "A Daughter's Devotion," a play of the Pennsyl vania Oil country, full of realism, comedy and pathos. Tomorrow evening is the date of the Friendship Fire Company's annual ball. The affair as usual will be held in Town Hall. The boys have had a good sale of tickets and the financial success of the event is assured. Good music has been secured and the evening is bound to be one of pleasure to all who attend. A laborer on the S. B. & B. Railroad of Italian extraction was seriously injured on Friday. A heavy piece of masonry fell upon his foot crushing it into a shapeless mass, He was taken Jto the office of Dr. Gardner, who with the as sistance of Dr. John, dressed the injury after which he was sent to the Wilkes-Barre Hospital. The following letters are held at the Bloomsburg, Pa., postoffice, and will be sent to the dead letter office March 3, 1903. Persons calling foi these letters will please say "that they were advertised Feb. 19, 1903": Frank T. Tennings (2) Elizabeth Miller, Harry Miller, LeRoy Smith. One cent will be charged on each letter advertised. J. C. Brown, P. M. No cracked collars at the Steam Laundry. .Try us. Gem PURELY PERSONAL I.. S. Jncoliy of Iierwiclc wag in town on Wedneailny. l.ouin Grots i alill confined (o the liouie with rl.eumatigin. Miss Klizahrth Evans ii quite sick at her home on Third itreet. Mr. Ulei Ob!oer of Rhorsbnrg attend ed to business in town on Wednesday. Mm Lillian Vonmtu is at Lewistown visiting her brother J. L. Vnnnatta. Miss Ksther Grayrion of llimeatean, T., h the guest of Dr. and Mrs, A. K. Aliliner. Miss Lillian Sloan went to Wilkcs-Darre to-day where she will visit her sister, Mrs. Andreas. William Bachm-m hai arrived home from visit with Baltimore and Washington friends. Mr. and Mrs. Hope Purinnn of Norhunv berland were guests of relatives in town over Sunday. Miss Sara Seeslioltz of CaUwissn wai the cust of Miss Ivllth Miller on Centre street on Monday and Tuesday. Mrs Rev. Alem Britlain has returned home fiom an extende t visit with her broth er at the National Capital. . W. C. McKinney will move to Berwick on April first, and open a shoe store. Arthur Roati will assist him in the store. The standing timber of Canada equals that of the continent of Europe and is nearly double that of the United States. Porter J. White and his excellent company will appear in Blooms burg March 10th. He is not play ing "Faust" this season. . . m . C. W. Miller aud a Philadelphia contractor were looking over the proposed line of the Miliville and Bloomsburg trolley oh Wednesday The interior wallsand wood work of the Exchange Hotel are being newly painted. Landlord Snyder is contautly making improvements Barnum's big circus is expected to show iu Hartisburg and Sunbury the latter part of May. It will also exhibit in either Bloomsburg or Danville. The management is un decided as yet, which of the two towns to take. There was a quiet marriage solemnized at the Lutheran parson age yesterday morning. The parties were George E. Beaver and Miss Jennie E. McLinn both of Perry county. The bride is a niece of Rev. McLinn. The ladies and friends of the Lightstreet Epworth League will serve dinner in the dining room of the P. O. S. of A. Hall, Saturday February 21, upon the event of the annual district convention of the P O. S. of A. The patronage of visit ing delegates, members of the Light street camp and the general public are respectfully solicited. Price of dinner 25 cents. - TheD., L. & W. with its usual progressiveness and desire to make the service on its road the best that can be had, has recently purchased twenty-tight new palace cars. These cars are of the very latest and most improved pattern that the Pullman people make. They include sleep ers and palace and observation cars and will be run on through trains the old cars being relegated to the side lines. As an organization the Grange is a deliberative body, conservative in its action, well grounded in its principles, equity to all people and the interests and thoroughly estab lished as one of the leading institu tious of our land. The responsi bilities of membership, therefore, are large and the opportunities for use fulness are still greater. It is our duty to be true, vve cannot be more, we should not be less. W. F. Hill. ' At the recent meeting of the Pennsylvania State Grange over four hundred delegates aud several hundred visitors were present. One hundred and thirty-three mem bers were initiated in the 6th Degree. The reports of the Secretary and Treasurer showed larger receipts and a larger net increase in member ship during the year 1902 than in any previous year for a decade. Harmony and enthusiasm were marked characteristics of the meet ing. Siravelle's production of Romeo and Juliet at the Opera House Tues day evening, proved to be a pleas ing attraction. The audience was not large. This was due to two reasons. First because the weather was bad, and secondly because peo ple who subscribed for tickets did not purchase them. The list con tained the names of at least seventy five of our theatre going people, and represented the sale of one hundred and fifteen reserved seat tickets. The manager of the troupe counted on this number being pre sent. He was disappointed how ever, as not more than ' twenty of the subscribers called for their seats. , SPRING MATERIALS of all kinds are now being put on sale all through the store. Their brightness appeals to you in every way, in newness, in quality, in design, and in stylish- ness. We invite your inspection. White Materials. Have now a showing which is the largest we have ever shown, and the handsomest line. Mercerized Etimines 25 cts. a yd. and up. Mercerized Madras 20 cts. a yd. and up. Mercerized Canvass 18c. a yd. and up. Spring Watsts. Our lines of these are ready in Silks, Crepe de chine and Mercerized Materials. Silk Waists from 3.50 up Crepe de chine Waists 7.50. Mercer ized Waists from 2.00 up. Notions, Fancy Goods. All those little useful arti cles and many novelties arp ready. Beaded chains, pearl necklaces, broches, new belt buckles, new belts, sash pins, waist sets, etc. Remnants. At a big reduction from former prices to close. You should see them. Black and colors, waist lengths, skirt and dress lengths. H. J, f r m mm j.tt ww wMam and ' A Handsome Pair of Shoes for sny member of your family can be had here, and SHOES YOU CAN FIND NO FAULT WITH, because there's no fault to be found. There is every thing in being well shod, and we know our Shoes strike the acme of excellence in footwear. You can't help not only finding but taking Comfort in Shoes Like Ours, which present a happy combination of superiority iu the main points of fit, style, material, workmanship and prices. For instance our $2.50 Colonial Dame, and Bordman Shoes for Women. F. D. DENTLER. S TALK NO. 45. Get Up! Get Up! That's what our alarm clocks say to you, and you must S be deaf if you are not waked up by the noise they will make. We have just received another case of the popular nickle alarm J clocks, the best that can be had for the money. If you want a more ornamental clock, we can show you J a large variety in plain or fancy wood, iron, porcelain, gold, &c. J All guaranteed. G-eo- T7s7 Hess, 5 Optician and Jewelkr, BLOOMSBURG, PENNA. Cloissoniere Vases. j French Plaques, $3.50. Fancy Austrian Vases 75 to 5.00 i German Vases, $1.00 to $5.00. Fancy Bohemian Vases, Japanese Vases. $ 1. co to $4.00. ; Japanese Jardinieres, Bronze Figures $2.50 to $6.00. V??..!.0.6; Salad Bowls, Cereal Sets, Chocolate Pots, Mayonnaise Bowls, Berry Sets, Fruit Plates Cream and Sugar Sets, Salts and Peppers. Tea Pots, Fern Dishes. Pictures, Bon-Bon Dishes, juread and Butter Plates, Soup Plates, Dinner Plates. We carry these articles in Japanese, French, Austrian, Ger man and Bohemian ware. I I Mni'Hri JEWELRY AND ART GOODS. j, Lee luai telephone 1842. FARM FOR RENT. 160 acre farm for rent. . Inquire of J. K. Boone, AlmcdiaPa. tf Pl-HvV for either ladv or gentleman, and the finest line in old Columbia county to select from at Mercer's Drug and Book Store. 1 a t Spring Silks. Our lines of these are now ready in black Foulards, wash-t able Silks, etc. Washable Silks 50c. Foulard Silks 50c. and up. 27m. black Taffeta 88c yd. 36in. black Taffeta 1.25 yard. i Dress Trimmings. The newest spring effects? in galloons, braids, bands, ap- phque, drop ornaments, ton-J gres, ouuoas, etc., is ready for your selection. New Neckwear. now 1 A big line of the newestf spring neckwear is now on sale. ' t Dress Linings. All the newest linings with all the staples are ready for your selecting. Ticos all col- J ors. Spun glass, percalines.i Erma linings I2jc. yard. Umbrellas. J Special lot of Mercerized J cloth, choice handles 93 centsj each. I CLARK & SON. t 1 1 THE $3.00 and $3-50 SNCLE CAM Shoe TAlLOii-MADE SO ITS- N. S. Tingley has accepted the agency for Reinach, TJllman & Co. of Chicago, merchant tailors, and is ready to supply made-to-meaR.ire clothing at prices lower than can be obtained eisewnere. ne nas a large ''"e of samples to select Jrorn His r ( harness is the third floor of I ihe Columbian building. 4t
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