8 THE COLUMBIAN. lil.OOMSBURG, I'A. Tnri:siAY, jn.v 27, 1905. TROLLEY OBSTRUCTIONISTS. iuntmry Bewspaper DiwuMes Property Owner Who Obstruct Progress- Clsctric Railroads Connecting Leading Cen tral ol Population Develop the Sections Through Which They Pass, as Well as the Towns. The Sunbury Item says : " It is in unfortunate circumstance that the No-thumberland Count Trac .ion Company is having trouble in ecuring the right of way bvtweeti Vftst Lewisburg and Northumber land. Notwithstanding the import ince of this road to public interests, uid the individual advantage to rties living along its line, there re obstructionists among the con iguous property holders who for me personal reason oppose its .construction by refusing to grant he right of way. This line is in ended to be an extension of the wewisburg, Milton and Watson own railway, which would com plete the connection between the upper end of the county and the ounty seat, and moreover would onnect that part of the county with be coal region and Danville, lloomsburg and Berwick by the ;nes from those points which are icing extended to Sunbury. With o or three exceptions the right of ay has been granted by the land owners between East Lewisburg nd Northumberland, a distance of line miles, but these are sufficient 0 obstruct the progress of the uterprise. It is a case similar in rinciple to the fact that a weak .nk limits the strength of a chain. )ne or two obstructionists are aough to block such an enterprise, lthough all others along the line nay be favorable. Why there are arties who thus set themselves gainst the public interest, as well s their own, is difficult to under tand. When it is considered that .very acre of land along this road trill be enhanced in value by its onstruction, and that the conveni- ace of travel and communication r all the residents is an inestima le quantity in the problem, there -hould be, all along the line, a gen ral cooperation with the compeny roposing to build such a road. It 1 a creditable circumstance that . ,nong the scores of property hold- rs along the line less than half a ozen are acting as obstructionists, ut it is to be hoped that the few ho are refusing to grant the right iway may look at the matter in a tore liberal and enlightened light efore it is too late to begin the jikling of the road this season. Jtherwise the company may be put the expense and delay of running lotherline." TDSTIN AND GREEN- The disagreement between K. B. '. ustin and Col. W. C. Oreen has aised the sale of a large number shares of the Green Consolidated opper stock by holders in this sec tion. Mr. Tustin is still a director . the company but has resigned as easurer and director of the Green '.old Co. ' During a visit over (inday with his family here he .; ive out a statement of the trouble ith Green. As to the causes ading up to it he says: "It was about the time that Col. reene had declared his second bi louthly dividend on the stock of ie Greene Gold Company that my jspicions as to the legitimacy of .e dividends being declared arose, was treasurer and a member of the cecutive committee of the com my, and being satisfied that the vidends were being earned I went the company's office and asked to e the books. I was informed by ie assistant treasurer, who is a tool :' Greene's, that I could not see ;eui; that Col. Greene had given istructions that no one was to have . cess to them. If the treasurer ol ie company could not have access 1 its books the situation was enough 1 arouse my suspicions. I asked ) see the receipts for the bullion nipments returned to the mints here the gold had been sent either t this country or Mexico, the only laces to which the gold could have een shipped, but the assistant reasurer informed me that he didn't ave them. When I asked where ..he money had come from to pay .ie dividend he informed me that ol. Greene had furnished it. "My suspicions were then so well founded that I determined to have t thorough examination of the prop rty made, for as one of the board directors of the company had I dlowed the stockholders to be paid mearned dividends, uiider the laws f New York State, I would have een liable to the stockholders. And l believed then and I am more than tver convinced now that the only course that was open to me was to jaake an investigation and if my lifieutnatism. What !i Hip ?e of telling t tie rlirturimtla tiiat lie tela as If hid Joints were belnu din lo'.Mlcd ? llo know tlmt Ills Buffprltids tiro very tirnh like tli" tortures of the rack. I!'"'. hr vnnt M Avion' Is Whllt will KT nmtK'iitly curi' Ills til swims Tlint, ncoircliiig to thousands of prntcftil testimonials. Is Hood's Sarsaparilla It promptly neutralizes the nrld In the blood on whli h the tlisenfte, depends, com pletely eliminates It, and stremrthens the system nt'iiinst Its return. Try Hood's. suspicions were confirmed to expose the fraud, thereby doing my duty to myself, my family and the pub lic. "This, I have done and the re stilt is public and back of the re ports from the best experts in min ing properties in the country that I have already made public are two from equally as reliable a source which I have not yet made public, and all of them confirmed my sus picions that the dividends on this stock had not been earned." - - BIGLER JOHNSON HANGED. Bigler Johnson was hanged in the jail yard at Towanda on Tuesday morning for the murder of his wife and her niece, little Annie Benja min, at their home, near Macedonia, Bradford county, last September. The drop fell exactly at 10:05. Johnson had a four foot fall and his neck was broken. The crime for which he was hanged was one of the most atro cious ever committed in the state of Pennsylvania. On the night of September tStb last a house occu pied by Mrs. Bigler Johnson and her niece, Annie Benjamin, in Macedonia, was totally destroyed by fire. About six o'clock the following morning the neighbors discovered the charred bodies of the woman and little girl. The re mains were far beyond recognition and as soon as possible interment was made. Since the fire started early in the evening, it was hard for the neighbors to believe that the two victims were caught in a death trap, and an investigation was made with the result that on a stone step there were blood stains. Later in the ruins two oil cans were picked up and a crimson stain of blood was found from the house crossing the field. Bigler Johnson, husband of the woman was then arrested and later Charles Johnson and Alonson John sou, brothers of Bigler Johnson, Nancy Johnson, a sister, and Mrs. Sophia Merritt, mother of the boys. Charles Johnson made a confession shortly after his arrest. He said that he and Alonson burned the house but did not commit the mur der, but that Bigler had done it. The motive was the estrangement existing between Bigler Johnson, and his wife. They separated some time before the tragedy and in the proceedings which followed, the court ordered the husband to pay to his wife the sum o) $6 a month. He obeyed, but reluctantly, and one month before the murder a he was paying the money, he stated that that was the last his wife would get from him. Charles Johnson was the first' to be placed on 'rial and was found guilty of murder in the first degree. Bigler pleaded guilty and was sentenced by Judge Fanning to be hanged. He later made a confession exonerating Charles who has not been seuteuced yet, and an effort is being made to save Charles' life. The Johnsons are descendants of the Johnsons of Revolutionary fame, who wielded such influence among the Mohawk Indians. The "Pool Tribe" of which Bigler was a member, was founded by an uncle of Martin Van Bureu, eighth presi dent of the United States, named Anthony Vanderpool. The "Pools" are of swarthy com plexions, so much so as to indicate a mixture of Indian or negro blood. Whatever their origin they have degenerated into a lot of ignorant, dirty, uncouth people, many of them only about half-witted. They have intermarried for three or four generations, which would account for their mental calibre. For fifty years or more they have been known as a generally worthless set, the men usually landing in the lockup for drunkenness when. they came to Towanda. Years ago on circus day it was almost as much cf a siiht to watch the "Pools" come to town as it was to see the show. While they are low down in the social scale none of them has ever been charged with so serious a crime before. So far in the investigation that is going 011 in Philadelphia the police canvass of the city shows that there are over 31,000 fraudulent names on he assessors lists. The Director of Public Sarety believes that there are 60,000 names illegally on the lists. O BsantU Blpatan .mwc Tin Kind You Haw Always Bought THE COLUMBIAN, TRUSTEE'S SALE -OF- VALUABLE TOWN LOTS. The undersigned Trustee, appointed by the Court of Common Pleas make sale of real estate tion, will expose to public sale, upon the premis es, at tha corner of Wood and East Fifth streets in the Town of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, on Friday, September 1st, 1905, at 2 o'clock p m., the following tracts of land in the Town of Bloomsburg, being 55 Town Lots in NeaFs Addition to the Town of Bloomsburg. No. I Beginning at a point on the southern line of East Third street, in the Town o' Uloomslmrg, 40 lect west ol the western line of 1'enn street; theiKC south 65 degrees 56 minutes west, 120 feel; thence in a line parallel with the western line of l'enn street south 24 degrees east, about 183.05 leel to the northern line of an Alley; thence liy the northern line of said alley to a point 40 feet west ol the western line of Penn street; thence north 24 degrees west, 183.05 feel to the place of beginning: Being lots numbered 2, 3, and 4 in the plot or plan of Neat's addition to the Town of lilootnsliurg. No. 2 Beginning at the southwest corner of the intersection of Third and Wood streets in the Town of ttloonisburg, thence by the southern line of Last Third street south 65 de frees and 56 minutes west to a ,oint 40 feel from the eastern line of l'enn street; thence by line parallel with said eastern line of l'enn street, southwardly to the northern line of an alley; thence by said northern line of said ahey, 364.fl feet to the western line of Wood street; thence by said western line, northwardly 183.55 to t,,e lll!Ke ,,f beginning: Being lots num bered 7, 8, 9, 10, It, 12, 13, 14 and 15, in the plot or plan of Neal's addition to the Town of Bloomsburg. No. 3 Beginning at the southeast corner of the Intersection of East Third and Wood streets, in the 1 own of Hloomsburg, thence by the southern line of the said East Third street, north 65 degrees 56 minutes east, 344.8 feet, to line of land of the Bloomsburg Land Improvement company; thence by line of tand of said Company south 38 degrees and 33 miuutes east to ihe northern line of an alley; thence by said northern line of said alley 392 feet to the eastern line of Wood street; thence by said eastern line of Wood street north, wardly. 183.60 feet to the place of beginning: Being lots numbered 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24 in ihe plot or plan of Neal's Addition to the Town of Bloomsburg. No. 4 Beginning at a point in the northern line of East Fourth s'reet, in said Town, at its intersection with the eastern line of Chestnut alley, thence north 66 degrees east, 48.6 cci; mence uy line parauei wun me western line ot l'enn street, noitli 24 degrees west, 184 feet to the southern line of an alley; thence by said southern line of said alley south 47 de. grees 49 minutes east, 201.2 feet to the place of beginning: Being lots numbered 46 and 47 in the plot or .lan of Neal's Addition to the Town of iiluomsburg. No. 5 Beginning at a point in the northern line of East Fourth street, in said Town, 121. 5 feet from the western line of Wood street, thence by said northern line ol East Fourth direct, north 66 degrees east, a distance of 181 feet; thence north 24 degrees west, 184 feet to the southern line of an alley; thence by said southern line south 66 degrees west, 81 feet; thence south 24 degrees east, 1S4 feet, to the place of beginning: Being lots numbered 36 and 37 in ihe plot or plan of Neal's Addition to the Town of Bloomsbure. in Block marked "E". b No. 6 Beginning at the northeast corner of the intersection of East Fourth street and Wood streets, in said town, thence by the northern line of East Fourth street, north 6f e.r. ; Brce east, 28j feet; thence north 24 degrees west, :84 feet, to (he southern line of a 16 foot alley; thence by the southern line of said alley south 66 degrees west to the eastern line of I said Wood street; thence by said eastern line stuilh 24 degrees east, 184 fect to the place of beginning: Being lots numbered 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 am1 34, in the plot or plan of Neal's No- 7 Beginning at a point in the southern line of East Fourth street, in said Town, at its intersection with the eatern line of Chestnut alley; thence by taid southern line of East Fourth street north 66 degrees east 76 feel; thence South 24 degrees east, 113. 5 feet to line of la nd of Mrs. Ilassert; thence south 66 degrees one minute west to the eastern line of Chestnut alley; thence by said eastern line northwestwardly 125.7 fect to the place of be ginning: lieing lot nunber 48 in the plot or plan of Neal's Addition to the Town of Bloomsburg. No. 8 Beginning at a point in the southern line of East Fourth street in said Town, 157 feet east of the eastern line of Chestnut alley; theme north 66 degrees enst, 40.5 feet; thence south 24 degrees east, 107.2 feet to line of land of Airs. Ilassert; thence south 63 de grees one minute west to the eastern line ot lot No. 50 in Neal's Addition to the Town of Bloomsburg; thence by said eastern line of lot No. 50 noitliwardly, 109 32 feet to the place of beginning: Heine lot numbered 5l in the nlot 01 nlan of Will's A.l.htim, 1,1 tl T,u., I of liioomsburg. I ' No. 9 Beginning at a point in the southern line of East Fourth street, in said Town, j ,2I-5 fert wesl of lhe western line of Wood street, thence noith 66 degrees cast,l2l.e feet I lo ,lle western line of Wood street; thence by said western line south 24 degrees east 1S4 feet to the northern corner of an alley: thence by the northern line of said alley south 66 de 1 giees west, 121.5 fe!t '- l1'"" of beginning: . Being lots numbered 57, 58 and 59 in the , plot or plan of Neal's Addition to the Town ot Bloonisuurg. No. 10 Beginning at the southeast coiner of the intersection of East Fourth and Wood street in said Town, llience by lhe southern line of East Fourth street north 66 degrees e.ist 360 feet; thence south 24 degrees east, 184 feet to' the northern line or an allej- thence , by said northern line of said alley south 66 degrees west, 360 feet to the eastern line of lot , No. 56; thence by said eastern line north 24 degrees west, 184 feet to t'.ie place of beginning Being lots numbered 60, 61. bi, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67 and 68 in the plot or plan of Neal's I Addition to the Town of Bloomsbujg. Jso. 11 Beginning at a point in the northern line of East Fifth street, in said Town at its intersection with the western line of Wood street, thence north 24 degrees west 184 4 feet to the southern line of an alley; thence by said Southern line of said alley south 66 de- grees west to line of land of- ; . thence south 190 degrees east to the northern line of East Fifth street; thence north 64 degrees 49 minutes east 62 feet thence north 27 degrees and forty minutes west 18.4 leet; thence north 63 degrees and 54 minute east, 61. 8 feet; thence south 27 degrees and 40 minutes east I9.4 teet to the north ern hue of East fifth strret; thence by said northern line norih 64 degrees and 40 minutes east, 62.1 leet to the place of beginning: Being lots numbered 71, 72, 73, 74 and 75 in the plot or plan of Neal's Addition to the Town of Bloomsburg. '- No. 12 Beginning at a point in the northern line of East Fifth street, in said Town at Its intersection with the eastern line of Wood street, thence north 64 degrees and 40 minutes east, 120 feet; thence north 24 degrees west 180.7 feet to the southern line of an alley; thence by said southern line south 66 degrees west , 120 feet to the eastern l.ne of Wood street; thence by said eastern line of Wood street south 24 degrees east to the north em hue of East Fifth street, the place of beginning; Being lots numbered 76, 77 and 78 in the plot or plan of Neal's Addition to the Town of Bloomsbure The above described lots are admirably situ ated for building purposes, and are located along cast 1 nira, cast i-ourth and East Fifth streets south of the Normal School orooertv i of the Town which is rapidly Increasing in value. a aratt ot these lots can be seen at the office of Fred Ikeler Esq. TERMS OF SALE. Ten per cent, of one-fourth at the striking down of the property and the balance of the one-fourth nn trir Ictrla,, n( nnt u. innc and the remaining three-fourths in one, two or three years there after, as the purchaser may desire; said remaining three-fourths to be secured by bond and mortgage, with interest at five per cent payauic ocun aimuaiiy. ucca 10 De aeiiverea on the 1st day of October 1905. FRANK IKELER, Fred Ikeler and Geo. E. Elwell, Trustee. Attorneys. The Zion Ref. S festival in Mr. G. grove at Forks, on S. will hold a M. Laubach's Saturday even In addition to hot bean soup The Orange- ing, Aug. the 5th. the usual supplies, will also be served, ville Band will be All are invited. in attendance. BLOOMSBURG, of Columbia county, to after an action in parti The foundation walls of F. G. 7 s . , m a 1U1 uuuse on Market street are completed, 'lhe grey brick to be used, and which come from the south are not vet here. Hr. arrival the building will be pushed " Fuiy as possioie. i lie mansion will be one of the finest in town. PA XXX0O0O0OO Mid Summer Many of our prices are made on goods we had, others were bought at very low prices and are olTcred same way. Lonsdale Cambric short lengths 9c yd. Light Calico, short lengths 4c yd. Grey Calico, by the yd as wanted 4JC I2jc Dress Ginghams 9! cents per yard. 12J1 to 1 8c Lawns, qJ cents per yard. 5 cent Lawns, 3 J cents per yard. Black Pins, ie a box. Store Open Saturdays and Pay Days Until 9 o'clock Other days closed at 6 o'clock. jr i euecKsson to' jV TTT7 A TT TT Os IS ALIiS Always restores color to gray hair, all the dark, rich color it used to have. The hair stops falling, grows long and heavy, and all dandruff disappears. An elegant dressing. u i'L'S't"'' NOTICE. Notloe Is herr-hy bItpti that thn Town of Bloomsburg will receive bid tor p.vlnir Ontor giriMM trora Main or Second street .o south mde of line .Hoy. All bldii to be In by Tlnirmluv, July MT, l'J05, at o'clock r. m. and to be accom panied oy a certified check or ono hundred dollars (HO).(Hn as a deposit to guarantee the performance of the contract. The Town re serving the right to reject any or all bids. I'lans and siieclflcallnns for Bala patlngcan be exa mined at ihe ofllce of James C. Brown, Town Knirlneer, and the material to be used lo be ap proved by the Committee on Highways. C. a YKTTKK, Pres. Attest: Fkibzi Quick, Secretary. You'll Not be Happy till your Feet are Easy. When in need of Shoes come in and we will fit your feet with good com fortable shoes. Shoes made of Good, Honest Material by Good Practical Shoemakers. W. H. MOORE, Corner Main ami Iron Sts., BLOOMSBURG, PA. USE BLACK DIAMOND WHISKY .11 tt DR. KENNEDY'S FAVORITE REMEDY Pleasant to Take, Powerful to Cure, And Welcome In Every Home. KIDNEY AND LIVER CURE Dr. David Knnnedy'i Favorite Remedy is ailnptod to all an! and bolli seiea, affording permanent re lief In all ! canned hy Impurity oft lie liliiml, SiM'h an Klilnev. Itlmliler and l iver Coin. ilitlntn curea CunUUou and Wuukneti.ua peeiiliar to women. It proves iicceMifiil In casca where all utlicr medi cine, have totally fulled. Ho iitfurerahnuld dcapair aa long aathii remedy la untried. It haa an unbro keu record of iiiccim for over SO veura. and lias won host of warm friends. Are you suffering from any dlacane tracealilc to the cancel mentioned t if to, r, Kennedy ,a talced hla personal and professional reputation on tleitatemeut that favorite Uemedy will do you Bond for frwu trial bottle and booklet eon. talnlng valuable medlraladvice on the treatment of varloui diaeaaei. Write aleo for an "Easy Teat' for finding ou tl f you have kidney disease. Address Dr. Ititvld KenufMly 'a Nona, Komlout, N. V, REMEMBER, the full name I s Dr. David Ken nedyja FAVOlU'l'K KKMKDY.madeat Iton.lout, N. Y., and the price is m.oo (six bottles Ss.00) at II druggists in the Uulted States. Canada and lorulu countries. 0KXX OOOOO JKXX Clearing Sale 39c. Silk Mulls, 25 cents per yard, 1.25 Shirt Waist Suits, 95 cents each. 1.25 Shirt Waists, 95 cents each. 2.25 to 3.00 Night . Dresses, 1.09 each. 3.00 Shopping Dags 195 each. Odds and Ends in ISelts. 9 cents each. Safety Pins, 3c dozen. VEGETABLE SICILIAN Hair Renewer Our Pianos are the leaders. Our lines in clude the following makes : Henry F. Mii.lkr, Brewer & Pryor, Kohler & Campbell, and Radel. IN ORGANS wo handle the Estfy, Mili.er.I1.Lehr & Co., AND BOWLBY. This Store has the agency for SINGER HIGH ARM SE !!'. " ING MACHINES and VICTOR TALKING MA CHINES. WASH MACHINES Ilelby, 1900, Queerj, Key. stone, Majestic. J. SALTZEH, Music Rooms No. 105 West Main Street, Below Market. BLOOMSBURG, 1U NOW IS THE TIME of year when von think of denning limine, nlso of cleaning up the rtib blsh and foul matter which has ac cumulated about your preniincs, to guard ngaiiwt sleknoHS, but do you ever give the Hecond thought to the old built-in uiiHunitnrv Plumbing Fixtures wlilch breed disease right in your own houses. If you think of installing r am ready to mote you good luieei on STAXDAHl) SAX1TAHY MFO. ro'.S Kixtim t (load all fully guaranteed. All Jobbing of Plumbing and Healing Promptly Attended to. I. M. UEILLY, 4.W Centre St 15ell 'Phone Beagle Studio, Prompt attention given Photographic Work Crayons, Framing, Copying and Bromid Enlargements. Made at Snort Notice. The BerigleStudiG MAIN AND CENTRE STS.
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