THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMS BURG, PA. 1 i: ( i .-I . .1 n When you want to THE OLD The Farmers National Bank Capita.!, ;6o,ooo. C. M. CKEVELINd, Puns. D1RKCTURS: Grant Hi rrino, N. U. Funk. Dn. J. . Hrown, L. Mover, Dr. Wm. M. Rkrf.r, C. A. Ki.mm, WINTER MVo have tho most styles in Shoes. t v Our Stock Combines Style, Com- and from it YOU CAN suit any Purse. fiWe have them Chas. M. X HYGIENIC SHOES oxooxxxoooc THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMS BURG, FA. I THURSDAY, MARCH 19, lyo.v & Kterelaltlir runt OJIIt r at '".ii'C'ii y, l' I maiiiOrlaSH matter, Man h 1 ltoif. ; Columbia & Kontcur El. Ry. , ti?ii; rAm.ii i? i ctjim; I, lyoi.anU until fui titer notice V; Cnrs leave I'loom fur Espy, Almcclii. Lime i Ji.ikr, Berwick and in!ennetliute pomls us to'iuws: j A. M. S:oo, 5:4. (-iu T00' 7:4. S:2o, q t, 9:40, 10:20, 11:00, 11:40. I'. M. i?:'n. f.no. 1 :ao. 2.20. TioO. ,an. ) 4:20, 5:00, 5:411, 6:20, 7:00, 7:411, y:oi, 1 XKlo and (ll:oo Saturday mill's only.) I Leaving depart from Berwick one hour from time ns tiven above, (.Oinu.wntiny at ( 2DO n. m. f Leave Bloom fur Cntuwista A. M. 6:20, , : j:oo, 7:40, 8:20, 9:00, 9:40, io:oo( 11:40. i 1. M. I2:J, i:co 1:40, 2:26, 3:00, 3:10, :' 4:20, 5:00, 5:40, C:2o, 7:00, 7.40, h:2o 9:110 vijo, 10:20 and (1 1 :uo S.ittnday liiidus only. Cms returning t'.i ait liom Catawissa 20 J imilcs hum time. a given above .;. U. G. Mack kit, Superintendent. J Ihiy a Eurial Lot- It is undoubtedly the duty of ,! tvery householder to provide in . time for that which is inevitable, by J luying and paying for a burial lot, ,; before the sorrow and distress of death hurry the selection of a plot ,' and the Drenaration of a place of ' interment. Tins will not . - - 1 hasten i the day of need, but it will relieve the worry of the occasion and the anxiety about details. How very often this is nut off and put off, wulil actual death torces attention to that which ought to have been foreseen, and then nothing is ready. It often happens that the selection becomes unsatisfactory, and then a new location and another burial and extra expense and multiplied dis tress. Provide for the rest of the body while it is still in active life. ( Veil Telephone. . On cold days It if not necessary to "bundle up" with heavy, cumbersome clothing, if you wear perfect-fitting, tailor-made , Frost King or Frost Queen Chamois Vest These garments insure a maximum ot protection with t minimum of weight. Price, $3 00 f OS 61.1 BX W.S. RlSHfoN, Uaikct'wusre Pha:itacist. 'wXoTir In case you Jou't wear a cliamoid vest and catch cold, don't forget our COLD-I-CUFIE. It never fails to cure a cold in 1 1 1 a day or two. 0K'5i a r;uik Afvi'Uiii, Have a Chock ChsIkmI, Morrow Money or M;iko ;m Invest iiu;nt, CALL ON RELIABLE Surplus $60,000. M. MILLEISEX. Cashier. II. A. McKim.ip, C. M. Crkvfmno, C. Y. Runvon. SHOES complete lines of all SATISFY any ta.te and in all Leathers. Evans, FOR CHILDREN.. LOCALNEWS. Legal advertisements on page 7. ........ . -- Shad have made their appear atice 1:1 the local market. - - The I). L. & W. s itch to Ninth street is about completed. C. L. Rupert, the "old reliable," is receiving shad twice a week, and will continue to do so until the teason closes. Charles Krug will move to Witkcs-Barre April first. He has a new house ready for his occu pancy in that city. Tramps! Large and small, a very larce line at Mercer's Drug aud Book Store. . . . The Freas property on West Third street was purchased at Sheriff's sale on Saturday by county commissioner W. H. Fisher for $3,700. V. S. Keller of Benton is enlarg ing his store room by throwing two rooms into one. lie will lestde in the residence part, now occupied by A. II. Edgar. After a fight ot ten years Luz erne county is to have a new court 1 house. The plans were' approved by the Judges last week. It will be erected on the river common. S R. Bidleinau has sold his daily paper route to Bruce Dreisbach, who will take possession on April 1st. Mr. Dreisbach is a worthy young man and we wish him sue cess. Joseph Turner, formerly pro prietor of the brick hotel in Orange ville is now conducting a hotel at Shickshinuy. His hostelry is locat ed only a few steps from the D. L & W depot. . On March 28, Ivmily Shoemaker will sell a lot of valuable personal property consisting of household eoods etc. on West Street. Sale ! will commence at one o'clock in the afternoon. You can find the nicest and larges line of bibles, large and small in Bloomsburg at Meicer s Drug and Book Store. M. N, Shoemaker of Millville had one of his legs broken a week ago Saturday, by the tilting of stationary engine wlncu lie was moving. Dr. Gordner of Millville and Dr. Shumau of Jerseytow 11 were called in aud set the broken ltmb. One of our upcreek subscribers informs us that a considerab amount ot clover is irozen on van ous farms in his section and he pri diets a short croo next season The grain, he says, is all right. , We have just received a very large line of some of the latest books. F lease call and see them at Mercer's Drug and Book Store. The remains of Mrs. Milton R. Cox, who died at Danville Sunday evening, were brought to Blooms burg Tuesday afternoon and in terred in Rosemont Cemetery. She was seventy-seven years of age, and is survived by a husband, who resides here. j During the year 1902 the Grange in New York increased their metu berphip by over 6000 tntn. tiers. Two new counties were added, forty new Oranges were organized nnd 1 the interest is spreading and is des i tined soon to cover the state. Hair brushes, nail brushes, cloth brushes, tooth brushes, nailbrushes etc., at Mercer's Drug and Hook Store. Andrew Carnegie is extending his generousity. His latest move in this direction is an offer to pay half the cost of a now pipe organ for St. James Lutheran Church, Ashland. He stipulates however, that the church must first liquidate its present debt of $500. The man who has een prescrib ing the weather for the last month, should have his engagement can celled. He has given us enough water to put the two sprinkling wagons in town out of business for the entire summer if the wetness could be divided into sections. "When the Bell Tolls" attracted fair sized audience to the Onera House Saturday evening. The company throughout was a capable one. The plot was a deftly woven one and several of the climaxes in- tenslv dramatic. A return engage ment has been booked for next sea son. John Drake, of Millville, one of our prompt paying subscribers made a btihiness trip to town on Tuesday, and while here dropped in to ,-ce us. lie said the roads have dried up wonderfully and in all except low places, die highways between here aud Millville are reasonably good. . A - The members of Fort Grange, Xo. 951. Huntingdon county, eon tempi itc building a new hall. On Saturday, Feb. 14th we had a very pleasant and probtable meeting. four new members were received and more are expected. Our grange could not be in a more nourishing condition. Mrs. Mary Ann Kcster died after a few days illness at her home in Millville on Saturday, aged 82 years She was born in Roaring Creek, Nov. 2 182c. The immediate cause of death was paralysis. Her husband John P. Kester, died 2 1 years ago. One daughter, and four sisters, the latter all residing in the west'survive. Louis Bagger & Co., Patent At torneys, Washington, D. C, report that on last Tuesday "Mr. Otto Kemper, a resident of this place, obtained a valuable patent for iin provemenls iu Garment Clasps. A printed copy 01 this patent will be furnished free to any reader of this paper on application to the above named attorneys. Mention this paper when writing. Ten people now constitute the inside working force of the Colum bian Oifick. They are not en gaged on any particular spurt of special work, but on our regular. steady run of job printing. Our facilities are unequaled in this sec tion, and our continually increasing patronage is evidence of the fact that our work and prices are satis factory to our patrons. From our mauy articles received the past few weeks from various sources it will be seen that Robert Sherman and his excellent com pany, presenting "My Friend From Arkansas", is strictly a first-class rttraction, with more originality and novel features than any com pany that has yet visited us. It re mains to be seen how they will be' appreciated, at the Opera House, Saturday evening, March 21. Hon. E. B. Norris, Master of the New York State Grange says: "Fraternity is the hand-maid of civilization, the parent of hepe, joy and goodness. Fraternity has garn ered lofty aspirations It has made fraternal society a paradise arrd home a heaven. All honor to fra ternity. Wisdom sits within her gates and beauty adorns her courts, but the greatest of all her achieve ments is the growth of fraternity in the minds and hearts of men and women." B. F. Rice of Rspy has entered the field as a candidate for the office ot Sheriff, under the rules ol the Democratic party, and his name is announced in this paper under the head of Political Announce ments. He is a son of the late Jesse Rice, and is now engaged in the sale of agricultural machinery for Osborne v& Co. This is his first appearance as a candidate for a county office. Should he be the choice of the party he is capable of filling the office to the satisfaction of the public. For Rent F.nd Farm. or Sale My West E. W. M. Low, Lime Ridge, Pa. PURELY PERSONAL L. M. frevvliii of .111 Camp spent Tuesd.iy in town. II. P. (.'h.inil'eilin of Reading : spending a lew day in town. Larl Crmvfor l of Wilkes-fJarre spt'nt Sun day in town with friends. Mm I r. J. S. La..inis or Mt. Carmel in visiting relatives in town. Geo. H. Hummer of JamUo i City was in town a few hours tn S. tunlny. Mr. nnd Mis. 1 . 11 II ickeit returned from their wedding (rip tin Tne-d.iy. Miss Martha I runire h on it visit to her Sislcr Mrs. Frank Kirl ut Watsnntown. Mis. C. W McKcIvy nnd daughter M.ir. gan.t si.eut the past week in Philadelphia. W. I'. Mel(js spent eveial day in New V'ru k this week i.n business for the Car Company. John Wankh, nn insttinnce ae;cnt of New York Citv, visited his parents 111 I'ernvillc over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Llmcr Person of William sport were the yuesia of K. V. Zarr on Last street over Sunday. Mrs. 1 r. ltitner, of Allcntown, and two children are i-itiii'j her parents Mr. nnd Mrs. C. W. Kunyon. Clarence L. Sauttcis, was the guest of Mr and Mrs. C. I'. Wilson over Sunday, lie returned to his home in Williamsport on Monday. Mis. Arthur V. Clark and liitle daughter. of I larrisliur.', spent last week with rela tives here. Mr. Claik c.tmd up and spent Sunday. They ail returned home on Mon- d-'y- Charles F'etterman, of Centralia, was brought to liloomsbtirg Friday evening by constable Quigley and placed in jail. He is charged with assault and battery with intent to kill. His wife is the complainant. Mrs. Jennie Waterman aged thirty-eight years, died Tuesday evening from the effecis of a para lytic stroke, at the house of Myron I Low, where she hid for some time been employed as a domestic. The only relative surviving, so far as we nre able to learn is a daught er, living at Ilonifclisvillc, N Y. The writer was stopped the other day by a fellow who took occasion to complain of one of our town contemporaries. We gave him little tune and less consideration. It was ,-i waste of time and words. If you don't like the paper stop your subscription and do not advertise in it. To condemn a paper that you are paying your money to support is worse than absurd. The first raft seen on the Susque hanna River in years, says a dis patch from WilkesBarre yesterday, reached this city today. it was in charce of seven men, loaded with lumber, and was enroute from Tutrk bannock to Ilarribtirg." It will be air unusual sight to the people living along the river hereabout, a great many of whom have never seen the like. Tire raft has not passed Bloomsburg yet. Charles B. F.nt announces his name as a candidate for Sheriff, under Deiiiorrutk rules. Mr. lint is well known throughout the count v. having filled the office of Registtrarrd Recorder for two terms from 1 Sot 1j lSo'J- Hemideau excellent official, and would no doubt make the same record in any other office to which he might be elected. He conies iroin c ne 01 rue best known families in the county, being a grarubon of the late Hon Peter Ent, and a nephew of Gen W. H. Ent. Execution for Sair.oo has been issued at Reading at the iu-tarrce of the Lehigh Coal vS: Navigation Com pany agarnst .t?6 persons through out this region, all Bernard Moscr "heirs" who lost tiieir case after nianv vears of litigation for coal lands worth Si ? .000.000 around Tainan ua. More than half are women. Sheriffs and deputies will at once begin work, and the costs will amount to much more than the executron. borne Uerrs nave no oronertv and the remainder must 4 pay all. . Seven vears in business is our reference. Gem Steam Laundry . , - - The name of William W. Black of Bloomsburg is announced as candidate for Sheriff, under Demo cratic rules. Mr. Black has fille the office one term, and is therefore thoroughly familiar with its duties The law does not permit a man to hold the office two terms iu success ion, but this is a mistake in the law, as it takes most of his term for a sheriff to become familiar with the office. - Mr. Black made a first class sheriff. He was attentive to his duties, and prompt in their per formance. His election for another term would not be without preced ent, as the same thing has been done in the past. NOTICF. All portions holdine rrcf.rvl Slock nf tho IlliHiniihiHKSIIk MlllniPltil-lhif Annl 1st, lii-a, ean rxi'lmnse siiine for in'W Issiif nt stuck bi'itrlnir Interlinear, ft I"'1; p,'r''' l'-i'Hbl "i'iiiI nnniiiilly; or upon niriniHlpi" "I i hi'ir1 mock tho I list N'ailnrntl Hank of Kin' m uni't; will pay inn amount, or uun.e with inicu.-,! untluilnv A mil Ul, 11W1. a-'- M O A. STO HIAi Beari tbt 1,19 U ,,av' l,vavS """S MllSInery, Our Exhibit of Fine Trimmed Hats, Flowers, Foliage and Millinery Novelties Wednesday March 25 We are prepared to do Millinery work in all its branches, and do it right, at moderate prices. H. J. f9SSBaBflBBBSXBBBBBBBBaBBBB9lBSBSB j A 4 svMsU ik' 5 li 1! rfi, rt -i 1 111' One Uncle Sam Sewing Machine. To the person returning to 113 the greatest number of certificates before August 1st, will be presented a Fine Drop Head Sewing Machine with all necessary attachments, guaranteed for five years. . O One Certificate given with each Pair of UNCLE SAM SHOES. F. D. UENTLER. BBBBBBeB Q . What's I Wrong? ! Your Eyes? : Why? Probably store aud let may be the cause of your headaches. O-eo- "a7 Hess, Oi-tician and jKWKi.fR, BLOOMSBURG, PENNA. J. LEE JEWELER. Fine Jewelry and Diamonds. Fine Leather Goods. Fine Umbrellas. cordially in vite j'our inspec tion of our line of goods. No better as sortment shown outside of the large cities. J, Lee Martin. A cry for women is coming out of Oklahoma now. The industrious, successful young bacbelors of that recently Loomed territory wp H something more than the glorious climate and fertile soils that they have nnd so call to the East for wives. What a harvest of old maids they ore likely to gather in Oklaho ma ere long. k Thursday,! and 26, '03. CLARK & SON. THE $3.00 CLE and $350 FEE1E2 Vi - you need glasses. Step in my us examine your eyes They HARTIN, Fine Cut Glass. Fine Imported China. Fine Bric-a-Brac. WE TAILOS'MADE SUITS- N. S. Tingley has accepted the agency for Reinnch, Ulhnan & Co. of Chicago, merchant tailors, and is ready to supply niade-to measure clothing at prices lower than can be obtained elsewhere. He has a large line of samples to select Irom. His place f-f business is the third floor of the Columbian building. 4:. 1 : 1
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