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THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOOMSHURG, PA.
THUKSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1007
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at tecona date mattrr, March 1, 1HH8.
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Many Children Ar. Sickly.
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Address, Allen H. Olmsted, Lo Koy, N. Y. 1-10-4
James H. Coleman is a candidate
for the Democratic nomination for
Presideut of Council.
Fred Ikeler Esq. will be among
the speakers at the Berwick Busi
ness Men s banquet to be held in
that place to-night.
Eugene F. Carpenter will con
test with Harry S. Barton for the
nomination for school director in
the Republican caucus tonight.
Steps have been taken for the or
ganization of a Men's Brotherhood
in St. Matthew's Lutheran church.
Thirty men attended the first
meeting.
To Break In New Shoes Always Um
Allen's Foot-Kline, a Powder. It prevents tight
ness and BllaU'rinif, rureB Swollen, Sweating.
Aching feet. At, all Druggists and shoe stores,
tto. Sample mailed FKKB. Address, A. 8 Olm
sted. Le Koy, N. Y. 1-10-tt.
Bradford county now owns its
splendid court house entirely free
from debt, the second installment
of $100,000 in bouds having been
redeemed on Saturday, December
29. The court house bonds were
dated January 1, 1897, and were
for $200,000. On January 1, 1902,
half of this amount was paid and
now the entire debt is wiped out at
the end of ten years.
Buying The Philadelphia Sunday
Press means getting a splendid
magazine free I Fine stories, clev
erly illustrated by authors like Con
an Doyle and Anthony Hope.
Splendid woman's department in
The Press every day weekdays
and Sundays Nothing half so
good anywhere else. All the news
sports are treated by experts.
Read The Press every day and you
will get all that's worth having.
EVANS' SHOE STORE.
We are Headquarters for
Useful X Mas Presents.
Men's Christmas Slippers in alll leather
and velvets,
PRICE. 60 cts to $2.0O.
Women's Fur Trimmed Felt Slippers
with flexible leather soles.
PRICE, $1.00 to $1.50.
Colors Black, Red and Drab,
Full line of Children's slippers and
shoes for Christmas.
The Progressive Shoe Store
William Whittaker, charged with
murdering his wile by cutting her
throat at Mt. Carmel several weeks
ago and who refused to have court
appoint counsel to look after his
case wucn called for trial at the
February term of court, saying at
that time, "I did it and want it ov
er with as soon as possible," has
undergone a complete change and
now desires to try and make a fight
lor 111s lile.
TudVe Harrv Alvan Hall has de
clined to entertain the petition of
citizens ot woodward township,
Clinton countv. nskin? the Court
to order an election to enable the
citizens to decide whether they
would v refer a cash road tax.
Judge Hall holds that so much of
me act as provides lor submitting
the subject to the popular vote is
unconstitutional, being a delegation
01 legislative power expressly re
served to the legislature.
Voters should bear in mind tie
necessity of the primary caucuses
and assisting in the nomination of
good men lor the vrrious town of
fices. Get good, clean practical
men nominated for council and
school director on both tickets and
then it isu'tso much difference who
is elected. The primary is the
foundation of eood local eovern-
ment, and the good citizen always
takes time to perlorm his duty as a
citizen by attending the nominating
meetings.
VICTIM OF DIPHTHERIA.
Mr. and Mrs. John Gross have
the warm symoathv of the com
munity in the affliction that has
come to them m tbe death of their
little daughter and only child. To
sephine. She was nearly eicht
years old, and was a bright and in
teresting little girl. It was suppos
ed that she had passed the danger
line in an attack of diphtheria, but
ner strengtn tailed and she died
last Monday morning at 9 o'clock.
The funeral was held on Tuesday
morning and was private. The
stricken parents, beinir in auaran
tine, were unable to accompany the
remains 10 tne cemetery.
A fine new line of Wedding in
vitations just received at this otfice
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KILLED A WILD-CAT.
While driving near Mainville last
rriaay aiternoon, Harry S. Keller
snot a wild cat that was in a tree.
His attention was attracted to it hv
his bull dog. He got out of his
wagon witn nis gun, and succeeded
in brineine the animal down anri
meaoernnaii? disoatciied it. Mr
Keller brought the animal home.
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Penny Stamps in Book Form.
Third Assistant Postmaster Kd-
v in C. Madden has announced that
preparations are being made to is
sue one-cent postage stamps in
book form, beginning about March
10th. There will be 2d stamos in
four sheets of six stamps each, in
terleaved with paramue paper and
bound like the two-cent books.
No Smoking.
Two bovs were recently suspend
ed at the High School for smoking,
by Prof. Sterner, and the School
Board last Friday approved his ac
tion. The practice of smokinc on
the school grounds, and on the way
to and from school, is to be broken
up, and it is a good thing.
Electrio Light for Orangeville.
The Orangeville Borough Council
has passed an ordinance giving to
J. W. Conner the right to erect
poles and wires for electric lights.
Mr. Conner intends to push the
work, and the pretty Nob Mountain
town will soon have an opportunity
to light its streets and homes with
modern illumination.
H. W. CHAMPLIN, M. D.
EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT.
Particular attention to examining and treat
ing children's eyes.
Knt Buillng. 1ix.11 bur?. Vi
PAIR OF SLIPPERS OF
HUMAN SKIN.
From Body ot Railroad Man Killed Near
Williamtport.
A pair of I10i4.se slippers made
out of a man's dermis and epider
mis to be more plain, made from
skin taken from the body of a man.
The very thought makes creepy
graveyard chills ripple up your
spinal column causing an uncanny
ghastly sensation. But neverthe
less this is true and a Sunbury man
is the possessor of these very same
slippers, which the members of his
family will not allow him to wear
around the house, forcing him to
keep them locked in his room and
to carry an insurance policy against
nightly visitations of ghosts. There
is an interesting story connected
with the slippers, as follows:
Several years ago a railroad man
was killed while at work near Wil
liamsport. None of his relatives
could be located and as no friends
came forward to claim the body
and give him a decent burial the
body in some manner reached a
hospital in the northern part of this
State where it was dissected. One
of the doctors at the hospital was
interested in a tannery and secur
ing the skin from the man's body
he sent it to the tannery and had i.
tanned. It was then taken to a
Muncy shoemaker who made from
it several pairs of slippers and a
number of pocket books aud tobacco
pouches.
Tha shoemaker displayed these
goods at his place of business and
told Irom what they had been made.
As a result the good people of
Muncy were so horrified that the
shoemaker was boycotted and he
was forced to leave the town. Just
at this time the Spanish-American
war had started and he enlisted in
the United States Navy, serving
through the war as an orderly to
Rear Admiral Bob Evans. Some
time after the close of the war he
took sick and died but before his
death he presented a pair of the
slippers to his cousin and it is this
cousin who now resides in Sunbury
aud who still has the slippers.
In appearance the slippers are of
a sauron color and are very soft and
pliable. In telling of the slippers
the owner stated to a newspaper
representative that he had refused
an offer of one hundred and fifty
aoaars tor them.
Deeds Recorded.
The following deeds have been
recorded by Recorder Miller since
those last published :
Joseph W. Ritteuhouse to Harriet
a. tiauct tor 3 acrej and 55 perch
es ot land in Ueaver townshio: con
sideration S'lso.
A. Z. Schoch. trustee, to Tohn
W. Lewis for lot of ground on
fourtn street, Jiloomsburg; consid
eration $tooo.
Isaac Romick to Tohn Shelhamer
and Ida Shelhamer for 100 nerdies
of land situate in Center township;
consideration $125.
Ellis Robbins and wife to A
Evans for 44 acres and 24 perches
or land in fine township; consider
ation 200.
J. S. Edwards and wife to Tru
man N. Oman for 8 acres and 1 1 2
perches of land in Orange township
consideration $2350.
lacob Oman and wife to Truman
in. utnan tor 100 acres of land in
Mt. Pleasant township: considera
tion Stooo.
J. W. Sands and wife to Samut 1
I. Goodman for lot of pronnd on
Poplar street. Bloomsbure: consid
eration 2000.
S. W. Dickson and w fe to W. T.
Mansfield for lot of eround on
Spring Garden avenue, West Ber
wick; consideration $228,65.
Trespass Notices.
Card signs 'NoTrespassine" for
sale at this office. They are print
ed in accordance with the late act
of 1903. Price 5 cents each, tf
Clemency Didn't Work.
Mrs. Lizzie Krebs and Mrs.
Laura Harr will have to languish
in the Montour county jail for one
year, for stealing goods from Dan
ville merchants. Every effort was
made to secure the clemency of the
court, even the merchants whose
goods were stolen joining in a peti
tion for their release. The attorn
eys on both sides, and all parties
interested thought they bad the
matter all fixed up so that the wo
men could go free, but Judge Ev
ans didn't see it that way and so
gave them a year. Perhaps the
sentence was a little salty, but the
court was right in not permitting
the women to depart unpunished.
The public have some rights which
must be protected, and the action
of tbe court may deter other women
from getting drunk and shoplifting.
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Robbers Torture Man and Wife.
While Hot Poker Used to Extort Money From
Couple Residing Near Mt. Carmel.
Six masked men entered the
home of Stephen Chester, near Mt.
Carmel, Wednesday night, last
week, bound Mr. Chester and his
wife with ropes and burned them
with a poker, in an effort to obtain
money An armed posse has search
ed the woods in the eastern part of
the county for their assailants,
whose identity is unknown.
Chester was known to have had
several hundred dollars, but this
money had been sent to a relative
in Europe several days before. He
and his wife were at supper when
the masked men entered and blunt
ly told the purport of their visit.
Chester handed over twenty cents,
saying that this was all the money
he had. "You lie," shouted one
of the ruffians, aud in a moment
man and wife were seized and
bound to their chairs, while one of
the strangers pushed a poker into
the stove, bringing it to a white
heat. The clothing was stripped
from Chester's legs, and the poker
was laid against the flesh many
times, the men meanwhile endeav
oring to force him to talk. All
Chester could i.0 was to reiterate
time and again that he had no mon
ey, but the men desisted only w hen
he became unconscious.
Mrs. Chester, who had been a
helpless, horrified spectator of the
outrage, then received the attention
of the robbers, who tore off he:
shoes and applied the hot poker to
the soles of her feet. She, too, be
came unconscious, and the men left
the couple and ransacked the house
fleeing to the woods.
When Chester regained con
ssciousness he managed to free
himself and liberated his wife.
His house is in a lonely spot, but
he succeeded in attracting the at
tention of a passerby, and soon
an armed band were hunting for
the fiends who committed the
crime.
Chester says that he could not
identify any of his assailants and
no clue exists.
Mrs. Mary Boice.
Mrs. Mary Boice, widow of the
late Daniel Boice, died at the home
ot M. K. Applcinan on Iron street,
last batunday even;ne.
She has been residing at Berwick
for some years past, but came down
here to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Appleman a few weeks ago, and
consented to remain and take
charge of the Appleman home for
a time. On Monday of last week
she was taken ill with pneumonia.
and her condition was critical from
the first and she gradually grew
weaker until the end cme.
She was a dauehter of Michae
and Martha Sanders of Mahonin?
township, Montour county, and
was born December 1st 1829. She
was married to Daniel Boice in 1847
&ne resided here until February
1898, when her husband died,
when she moved to Bet wick and re
sided with her daughter. Mrs. M.
L. Jarrard. She was a life long
aud consistent member of the M
E- Church.
Ten children were born to her
and ot these six survive : Frank
Boice, of Chestnut alley. Blooms
burg ; Mrs. George McCracken,
Jiast beventn street, Berwick ; Mrs
Hettie Fellows. East Seventh
street, Berwick : Charles M. Boice,
of Wilkes-Barre : William E.
Boice, West Third street. Berwick:
Mrs. M. L. Jarrard. East Eiehth
street, Berwick. Three brothers
and a sister also survive her: Tho
mas H. Sanders. Danville : William
n. banders, Doylestown ; J. S.
Sanders, Wilkes-Barre, and Mrs.
Eme A. Fetter, Philadelphia.
The funeral took place on Tues
day afternoon, Rev. O. G. Heck
of Berwick officiating. The inter
tnent was in Rosemont.
A Memorial Day Measure.
At the prtsent session of the
legislature Hon. Thomas V. Coop
er will introduce a bill authorizing
the county commissioners of the
several counties of Pennsylvania to
appropriate annually a sum not ex
ceeding one hundred dollars to each
G. A. R. post in their respective
counties to aid in defraying the ex
penses of Memorial day. The act
is not to apply to cities of the first,
second or third class. This will be
a popular measure, as with the in
creasing years and decreasing num
bers, the scattered membership in
the country districts find it more
difficult to raise sufficient funds to
pay for the necessary expenses of
Memorial day observances.
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
The Republicans of Bloomsburg
win hold their caucus for the nomi
nation of town officers, at the Town
Hall tonight at 7:30 o'clock. J. E.
Fidler is the ouly candidate in the
field for President of Council, and
will no doubt be nominated.
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