THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOOMSBURG. PA.
THURSDAY, AUGUST ao. 1903.
A5NUAL REUNION OF OLD SOLDIERS-
Convention ol Columbia County Veto.tm'
Auociitlon to bo Hold In Berwick on Sept.
7th.
The exercises in connection with
the annual convention of the Colum
bia County Veteran's Association will
be in every way commensurate with
the occasion. An idea of the arrange
ments that are being made for the
event can ne gained from the lollow
mg, which we take from the Berwick
Enterprise.
" The annual convention of the Col
umbia County Veterans' Association
will be held in this city on Labor
Day, Monday, September 7. Head
quarters will be established in G. A.
R. Hall and the convention will open
with a business meeting at 10:30 a.
m. at which time and place all mem
bers are requested to present them
selves in order to obtain the badge
of the association, and for the pur
pose of paying their annual dues.
In the afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
the members will repair to the spa
cious Y. M. C. A. Hall where they
will be addressed by a number of
prominent speakers, after which an
old-fashioned army camp fire will be
held on the Y. M. C. A. lawn, where
the old comrades will have the op
portunity of commingling with one
another and recounting their thrilling
adventures upon the field of battle
and other interesting reminiscences.
No one who has ever attended one
of the annual reunions of these old
veterans can forget the impression
made by the good fellowship existing
among them. Comrades together
they were in the early sixties, when
in the strength of virile and vigorous
manhood, they fought side by side
for the preservation of their country,
and to day finds these noble, gray
bearded, patriarchal veterans bound
together by ties no less strong than
those which marked the soul-stirring
and eventful days of the Rebellion.
The meeting this year promises to
be as full of interest for the comrades
as those which has characterized its
predecessors in the past and a good,
merry time is in store for all of the
veterans who attend. Last year the
convention was held at Stonytown and
a very interesting and instructive meet
ing was the result.
The present officers of the Associa
tion are Col. A. D. Scely, president;
Jenkin VV. Evans, vice president; Eu
gene Lenhart, treasurer, and J. B.
Hayman, secretary, and these gentle
men are determined that no efforts
shall be spared to make this year's
convention a complete success and an
event long to be remembered.
Falling as it does upon Labor Day,
the convention will have a double in
terest, inasmuch as the local labor or
ganizations will have a big parade
which will be well worth witnessing.
It has not been definitely decided
upon as yet, but it is quite likely that
the members of the Woman's Relief
Corps will serve a 25c dinner lor the
visiting comrades, and if this is favor
ably decided upon the announcement
will appear in these columns in due
time.
Goal on Westler Farm
There is a well founded belief that
the prospecting being done on the
property of George Westler on the
South Side ot Nescopeck mountain,
along the road leading to Mountain
Grove some eight miles from Hazle
ton, will eventually result in the dis
covery of coal in paying quantities.
For some time a number of capitalists
from up-the-river, including Mr. Stauf
fer of Shickshinny and CoL Ford Dor
tance of Dorranceton, have had men
engaged in drilling in the hope of un
covering a vein which could be profit
ably worked. These operations are
now being vigorously prosecuted. A
diamond drill has been installed and
a depth of ninety feet has been reach
ed and if the vein proves of sufficient
thickness a shaft will immediately
be sunk. There is little doubt among
coal prospectois and mining men who
have visited the Westler farm but that
coal will be found in paying quantities
and they are all unanimous concerning
the richness of the property. About
five years ago the discovery was made
by Mr. Westler thut coal existed on
bis property, and although he attempt
ed to drill, his efforts were not crown
ed at that time with success. The
vein it is said lies deep in the moun
tain and pitches toward the valley.
It is the earnest hope of the capitalists
now engaged in developing it that the
yield will meet anticipation.
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Of Interest to Law 8tudeuts.
The Pennsylvania State Board of
Examiners will hold examinations
for registration of students at law
on September 22 and 23, at Phila
delphia, Pittsburg, Harrisburg,
Wilkes-Barre and Williamsport.
The credentials of applicants must
be filed on or before September 1.
J. L. Meredith Iisq., is the examin
er for Williamsport.
DaTH BY HER OWN HAND
Mrs. Jit. Purtel, Endt Her Lite by Hinging.
It is said that our time is fixed,
and all our days are numbered; how
long, how short, no one is aware,
but we do know that duty requires
us calmly to wait the summons, nor
dare to stir till Heaven shall give
permission. This knowledge, how
ever did not prevent Mrs. Jas. Purse!
from venturing on a world unknown
But there is a cause for her violation
of the divine law. Her mind for
more than a week had been unbal
anced and her husband having not
ed the symptoms had kept a close
watch on her movements. On the
day just preceding the commission
of the act, he had taken her to Dan
ville for examination by a physi
cian of that city. On retiring that
night she told her husband to sleep
alone as he had had but little rest
the several nights previous. She
said she was feeling a great deal
better and her husband complying
with the request went to another
room.
Some time during the night she
arose and possessing herself of a
lighted lamp sought out the wood
shed where she secured a hammock
which she employed to end her life.
One end of it was tied over a beam
which she reached by means of a
box, and the other end fastened
about her neck, she then leaped out
into space. Her lifeless body was
discovered Saturday morning bv a
daughter who had gone to the shed
ior wood.
The deceased had a number of
relatives in this vicinity and the
shock attendant upon the announce
ment or her tragic end was a severe
one. She is survived by a husband
and three daughters beside three
brothers, Frank Crossley of West
Hemlock, Wellington and Robert
Crossley of Buckhorn. The funeral
occurred from the home near Gro-
vania Monday morning, and inter
ment was made in the Straup Ceme
tery.
We have a nice line of wall paper
and as cheap as the cheapest, ot
Mercer s Drug and Book Store.
Promising Apple Orop.
Preparations Commenced to Provide Cold
Storage For Product.
This year's apple crop will be a
record-breaker. Experts who have
figured on it declare that it will be
large enough to provide every man,
woman and child in the United States
with half a barrel of fruit that caused
"Paradise Lost" to be written. Last
year's output of pippins was a big one,
but this year's crop tops it by a million
barrels, the comparative figures by
barrels being 47,625,000 for 1902,
and 48,600,000 tor 1903. The Press
says already preparations are being
made at the cold storage warehouses
for the reception of Philadelphia's
share of the crop. In addition to
holding the record for quality this
year's output is expected to establish
one for quality.
Tires, inner tUDes, cements, bells,
pedals, toe clips, grips, pumps, sad
dles, &c. at Mercer's Drug and
Book Store.
An Afflicted Family
Seldom indeed, is fate so oer-
verse as it has . been in the Girton
family, of Greenwood township, of
late. 1 ney nave had so much sor
row, and it is hard to understand
why a family should be so sorely
afflicted. On Saturday morning
the head of the family B. F. Girton
passed away in death, aged 69
years. He was one of the most re
spected residents of the township,
A little more than a week nrevious
a grand-daughter, Esther Manning,
aiea at btaten Island and her re
mains were brought to Greenwood
and buried from the home of her
grand-father. Now Esther's mother,
Mrs. Manning and another daugh
ter are lineeriue near death's door.
The funeral of Mr. Girton took
place on Monday, interment in the
Kramer Cemetery.
Listen to the Goose Bone Man.
Elias Hartz, of Reading, who has
been foretelling the weather by read
ing the breast bone of the gocse, for
seventy-five years says that the weath
er we are having is the coldest that he
has ever experienced at this season of
the year. He predicts early frosts
and says that he would not be sur
prised if the corn crop would be ser
iously damaged. He says it is a
little too early to predict what the win
ter will be.
The following letters are held at
the Bloomsburg, Pa., postoffice, and
will be sent to the dead letter office
Sept. 1, 1003. Persons calling for
these letters, will please say that "they
were advertised. July 20, 1903 ,
Mr. Ray Long, Jacob Box 404.
One cent will be charged on each
letter advertised.
J. C. Brown, P. M.
THE COLUMBIAN,
Good Pills
Ayer's Pills arc good pills.
You know that. The best
family laxative you can buy.
Want your moustache or beard a
beautiful brown or rich black r Use
Buckingham's Dye
50cti.f druffltttsrR. f. Hillli Co., Nuhut.N H
FROM COURT HOUSE CORRIDORS.
"Not much for you this time"
said Prothonotary Terwilliger to
day as the Columbian man walk
ed into the office to see what was
doing in the way of marriages. A
look at the docket bore out his
statement. The market has de
clined considerably since June. We
know of several events that are
booked for the latter part of Sept
ember, and this leads ns to believe
that Autumn weddings are grow
ing in popularity. Well, let the
wedding bells ring out in the clear,
cool airs of Autumn, when the
woods themselves are decked in
bridal array, and all the world sings
a hymn of thanksgiving. The fol
lowing licenses have been granted
since our last issue:
John J. Earley and Miss Anna
McKearns, both of Locust Dale.
Kimber Boudman and Miss Mary
Beaphy, both of Roaringcreek town
ship.
William H. Wonn, of Philadel
phia and Miss Carrie E. Erdman,
of Catawissa.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
B. B. Brobst and wife to C.en.
Boone, Centerville.
John Greenlv Sr. to Abraham
Greenly, Pine township.
Tohn Greenlv and wife to Ah.
ham L. Greenly, Pine township.
SHERIFF SALES.
At the Court House, Saturday,
Aug. 22, 2:00 p. m., property of
Galen C. Shultz, situate, in Boro.
of West Berwick.
At Court House, Saturday, Aug.
22, 2:00 p. m., property of J. K.
Sharpless, situate partly in Franklin
and partly in Catawissa township.
At the Court House, Saturday,
Sept. 5, at 2:00 p. m., property of
Hessel Lewis ic Co., situate in
Bloomsburg.
At the Court House, Saturday,
Sept. 5, at 2:00 p. m., property of
Samuel W. Henry, situate in the
Boro. of Berwick.
TROLLEY FLASHES
' There are no dull days on the
trolley road. One car leaving Ber
wick Saturday had 03 on board.
Attached to ft was a trailer on which
there were 73. The seating capacity
of the first car was thirty. Crowd
ed I don t mention it.
The business is not all confined
to the upper end either. On the
Catawissa division conductor
Achenbach, from 12.20 in the after
noon until the last trip that night
collected $66.00 in money and 450
tickets.
The bridge at Catawissa is a
popular promenade. Every night it
is thronged with people, who walk
back and forth until the last car
leaves and the lights are turned off.
The bridge has, ever since its con
struction, been a favorite walk, and
its illumination by the Trolley
Company has imparted charm.
John Sullivan is considered one
of the most careful motormen on
the line. He appears to know every
crook and bend in the road, and
handles the car with perfect ease
and grace.
There is one less cat in Scott
Town, since Friday night. The
little animal was lying on the track,
when a car came along and ground
it to pieces. It was asleep or deaf
or else the ears that it trusted be
trayed it.
Conductor John Mausteller, is
one of the oldest, in point, of ser
vice on the road. He says it is ths
healthiest business he has ever been
engaged in. He says he never felt
better in his life, and his appear
ance justifies the assertion.
No cracked collars at the Gem
Steam Laundry. Try us.
Rewarded for Party Work
William J.Mui, rpublic school teach
er and Republican party worker, at
Shamokin, was appointed assistant
postmaster by Postmaster John W.
Zerby. The salary is $1,200 annual
ly. The present incumbent is Ches
ter Kulp, brother of lormer Congress
man Monroe H. Kulp. There were
numerous applicants for the plum.
The writer is of the opinion that
divorce would be entirely done
away with if married couples were
compelled to live three or four
blocks apart, and could see each
other only by sneaking up an alley
and going in the back way after
dark. Every little bit we see
things that argue in favor of the
practicbbility of this plan.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
DOO OWNERS TAKE JNOTIOC-
Exlitlng Evldtncei ol Hydrophobia Compels
Action.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania :
State Live Stock Sanitary Board.
Regulation relating to dogs in
Columbia County.
The attention of all owners of
dogs in Columbia County is called
to the following order of quarantine
Quarantine of dogs adopted by
State Live Stock Sanitary Board.
August it, 1903.
Dog owners are warned that dis
regard of this notice may lead to
the destruction of their dogs and
that they themselves may be pro
ceeded against legally.
Leonard Fierson,
State Veterinarian.
Harrisburg, Pa.,
Aug. 1 1, 1903.
Whereas, there is reason to be
lieve that the disease of raDies
or hydrophobia exists in Columbia
County and the nature of this dis
ease is such that for the present
that all dogs within certain limits
must be snspected of spreading it,
it is hereby ordered by the author
ities of the State Live Stock San
itary Board, under the provisions
of the Act of March 27, 1903, that
all dogs in Columbia County are
hereby declared to be in a state of
quarantine and must be strictly
confined or firmly secured on the
premises of their owners, and not
allowed to run at large, or enter
public highways excepting when
led and muzzled with a well fitting
muzzle, that will effectually prevent
biting. This quarantine shall re
main in force for 90 days from the
date hereof or until removed by the
State Live Stock Sanitary Board.
Attention is called to the follow
ing sections of the above mentioned
Act.
Section 3. Should dogs be per
mitted to run at large, or escape
from restraint or confinement, or to
go without muzzles, in violation of
the quarantine or regulation, or
order, established by the State Live
Stock .Sanitary Board, to restrict
the spread of rabies or hydrophobia
as provided by this act, such dogs
may be secured and confined, or
they may be shot or otherwise
destroyed and the owner or owners
thereof shall have no claim against
the person so doing.
Section 4. Anv person violating
the provisions ot this Act or of a
quarantine, or a regulation or order
to restrain, confine or muzzle dogs,
duly established by the State Live
Stock Sanitary Board, for the pur
pose of restricting the spread of
rabies or hydrophobia, in the man
ner provided in the other sections
of this act, shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor : and upon con
viction shall forfeit and pay a fine
of not less than ten dollars not
more than one hundred dollars at
the discretion of the Court.
A verv nrettv nuntial event was
celebrated at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. T. P. Frederick on Licht Street
Road, Tuesday at high noon, when
Mrs. Frederick s daughter Miss
Bertha May Low, was united in
marriage to Jacob Johnson of Jersey-
town. Rev. Byers. of the Lutheran
church performed the ceremony.
Miss JJaisy L,ow was bridesmaid and
Howard M. Johason was best man.
Miss Delia Geisinger presided at the
piano. The house was beautifully
decorated and a weddine dinner was
served after the ceremonv.
A demented woman. Fannie Kv-
ler bv name, created a reicn of terror
at Catawissa yesterday afternoon
and evening. Her conduct was
violent during the afternoon but
her wild behavior reached a climax
about half past seven last evening
wnen she broke the window glass
in the house with her bare hands
thereby cutting herself severely.
1 ne anair created the greatest con
sttrnation and the house was sur
rounded with people.
Mrs. Elsie Ernest, of CoatesvilU
is visiting in the family of her
nephew, J. D. Armstrong. She
was called here to attend the Timor.
al of Mrs. Hiram Sterling, her
nusDana s sister, ot JNew Columbia,
whose funeral occurred on Tues
day. Mrs. Ernest will remain heri
about two weeks.
Thomas Edison now nromises
that automobiles shall be as cheap
AM . 1 ' , .
' s auu uuggies. nt declares
that he has solved the problem of
providing them for the poor as well
as the rich.
Bruce Tones is ratjidlv reenvpriner
from the effects of
wf. HVtVU
performed upon him for appendicites
ana win De aDie to leave the Hospi
tal in a snort time.
Charles H. Fornwald. whr. fnr
some time past has been residing in
Sunbury, has moved back to
Bloomsburg.
The July number of the Normal
School Quarterly was issued from
this office last week.
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18c Dimity and Satin
Striped Batiste 9c. a yd.
Every yard of printed
Wash Dress Goods sell
ing up to 1 8 cents a yard
has been put on our
table of goods reduced
to 9 cents a yard.
TouDg Men's Christian Association Men
fish and Preach in Lumber Oamps.
A nartv of PhiUdelnhia Association
.j 1
men, under the leadership of their
versatile Rprretarv. has lust returned
from the1 lumber region in Potter
County, Pennsylvania, where they
have been enjoying a two weeks vaca
tion and holding services among the
lumbermen employed in the three
camps in that county. The men went
in at their own expense, enjoyed their
vacation in rough camp headquarters
snent their davs in fishinz and recre-
o
ation and the evenings by giving con
certs and holding popular services
with the lumbermen, who have little
to vary the monotony of their hard
work, except by such "talent" as is
native in the gang in which there mav
be some one who plays a violin, a
concertina or a jews-harp, or has a
repertoire of popular, topical or plan
tation songs. The men from the
Young Men's Christian Association
are good musicians, can tell a good
story, sing a popular song as well as a
gospel song, and while they are not
preachers are used to conducting ser
vices and addressing men in a way
that men understand.
A special correspondent writes from
camp, "The visitors first took dinner
with the men of one camo and showed
by their appetites and table manners
mat tney were neither angels nor pro
fessional evangelists. The first formal
visit to the camp was a social song,
popular songs in chorus, solos by the
visitors and lumbermen, iolc f arm
stories by everybody who could chip
in, ana a general good time in which
a tew eosDel songs were not out nf
place. On way to the camp, a party
oi umoerraen was met, bound for the
Association camp, who thought that
the plan had been for them to go to
tne meeting rather than for the meet
ing to come to them, and thiv u;t
they were bound not to miss it. All
tne later meetings except one, when
a reception was given the lumbermen
by the visitors at their tent, were more
distinctly religious, and a colored cook
proved to be a gospel soloist. Sever
al men developed unexpected talent,
and all contributed to the general im
pression felt by the lumbermen, that
these young men who were out for a
vacation, had a kind of Christianity
that they could appreciate." These
camps are manned chiefly by young
men strong, husky Americans, un
married and no more virtuous than
single men in barracks are reputed to
be. More open-hearted hospitality
than is manifested in the lumber
camps would be hard to find anywhere
and the direct religious service was as
acceptable as the entertainment
It looks as if this kind of vacation
party would be undertaken by the
Associations of Pennsylvania under
the direction of their State Committee
more extensively next summer, and
quite possibly in the Christmas vacation.
WANTP-KKVBKAL INDUHTKIOUH PKH.
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. 'eVeU y.ea a"d Wltn lHIKO Capital, to
Sti1 i1K5 "ninu and axenu for auoomuru.
and protltable line. Permanent- enuaSSmunt
Weetlv oasn salary of $18 and all travel i i ex.
ponw-a and hotel bills advanced In cuau earn
r. Kler'ne not essential. Mention
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THEbTATE'8 URU8ADE AGAINST
IMPURE FOODS.
Phenomenal Record Made by th. Dairy and
Food Commission During the Last Four
Months-Beer and Whisky Analysis.
Stale Dairy and Food Commis
sioner Warren has issued a statement,
giving a summary of the suits institut
ed by his department since his term
of service began, April i.
In all 50a cases have been ordered
by the commissioner, and the prelim
inary report3 of chemists indicate that
there will be at least 150 more suits
to order before the close of August.
It is expec.ed reports will be re
ceived the earlier part of next week
on a number of liquor samples from
chemists. Many brewers and other
liquor dealeri are urging Secretary
Cntchfield and Commissioner Warren
to thoroughly probe the beer and whis
ky question, so that those who make
or sell pure beverages may not sutler
through competition with the doctored
and drugged stuff that is sold, and
which is little better, many claim,
than poison.
The total cash receipts of his office
to date have reached almost $16,000,
this sum of money representing fees
for oleomargarine and renovated but
ter licenses, and fines imposed in
prosecutions against violators of the
Dairy and Food laws of the Common
wealth. This phenomenal showing
will probably be eclipsed by the op
erations for the next three months
ensuing, as an unsually large number
of suits against violators of the laws
were instituted during the past week.
The commissioner cannot reach
the manufacturers of goods that are
unlawful when they are non-residents
of the State 5 consequently, must hold
the local dealer or representative re
sponsible whenever a suit is recom
mended as a result of a chemical ex
amination into the merits ot the arti
cle o! commerce.
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