THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURCL PA
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THE COLUMBIAN.
M-OOMSBURG, FA.
It THUKSDAY, iMAY Hi 1W7
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o eeiond WdHit umtlrr, Marrli 1, 1HW.
J. W. Moyer attended the eon
ventiou of Gulden Eagles at Harris
burg this week.
Work on the paving of Market
Square is progressing, and it ap-
ptars to be a good job thus far.
.
The following letters are held at
the Ulootiisburg Post Office : Mrs.
Myra Lewis, Mrs. Klniira Lewis,
Mr. L. W. McIIenry, (2) Miss
Lillian Rhods, Mr. A. W. Wilson,
Mr. K. Hurber Wright.
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Here i.i Relief for W omen.
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dress, The Mother Oiuy i,'o , I.i'Hoy, N. Y.
B-2-U.
The same booths but not the pre
sent ballot boxes can be used at the
primary election on June 1st, next.
The county commissioners have
ordered new ballot boxes for the
primary election. The law re
quires that all ballots used at a
general election shall remain in the
ballot boxes now in use and are not
available for the coming primary
election.
The organ recital by S. Wesley
Sears in the Methodist Church next
Tuesday evening should prove of
nuusual interest to Bloomsburg
people, as Mr. Sears received a por
tion of his early musical training
here while his father was pastor of
the Church. lie has since broaden
ed himself considerably in his art,
laving studied abroad under Sir J.
Frederick Bridge, the Organist of
Westminster Abbey, and later un
der Charles Marie Widor, the dis
tinguished French Organist and
composer. Mr. Sears is Organist
and Choirmaster of St. Clement's
Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, a
Church which for many years has
been renowned for the excellence
of its musical services. As many of
our fellow townspeople as possible
should take advautage of the oppor
tunity of hearing him play the fiue
organ in the Methodist Church
next week. Silver offering at door.
GRAND JURY REPORT.
The grand jury made its report
to the Court on Friday as follows :
"That we have pursuant to our
jequired duties, investigated all
bills of indictment presented for
our consideration, and have passed
upon them according to, their res
pective merits. We have also
examined the public buildings and
find the same are in a clean condi
tion and we recommend :
"First. That the sheriff's office
be repapered and painted.
"Second. The treasurer's office
needs repapering and new linoleum.
"Third. We find the jail roof
needs new trough.
"Fourth. Floor in corridor ol
joil to be replaced with concrete,
also a new range and larger hot
water boiler for the kitchen at the
jail.
"Fifth. Also all wood work out
side in front of the jail be repainted.
"All of which is respectfully sub
mitted John W. Fortnkr, Foreman."
HIGH SCHOOL HONORS.
Miss Mae Gross has been ap
pointed valedictorian of the gradu
ating class at the High School;
Gladstone Hemingway, salutatori
an, and Miss Mary Sullivan, class
historian.
The closing exercises of the
school will be held in the Normal
Auditorium on the evenings of
June 4th and 6th.
PARISH HOUSE SUPPER.
. The members of St. Margaret's
Guild will serve a supper at the
Parish House on Saturday, May 18,
beginning at five o'clock. Supper
25 cents; ice cream and cake extra.
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MRS. L. M. SLEPPY.
Mis. Mary Lilly Sleppy, wife of
L. M. Sleppy, of Kast Fourth street,
died at the Joseph Ratti Hospital
on Sunday morning at 8 o'clock,
after an extended illness. She was
the daughter of Joseph Lilly, of
Light Street, who died some years
ago, and she was born March 5th,
1856. Her husband and one son,
J. Guy Sleppy, survive her.
The following brothers and sis
ters also survive: J. M. Lilly, of
Wilkes-Harre; Rev. W. II. Lilly,
of Jersey Shore; J. W. Lilly, of Se
attle, Washington; Bowman Trow
bridge, of Berwick; Mrs. A. P.
Stoddard, of Orangeville, and Mrs.
Etta Townsend, of Berwick.
The funeral services were held
from her late residence Wednesday
morning at 10 o'clock. The ser
vices and interment were private.
Interment was made in Rosemont
cemetery.
Mrs. Sleppy was a devoted wife
mul mother, and her death is
mourned by a large circle of friends.
CATHEDRALi)EDICATED.
St. Patrick's cathedral, Harris-
burg, Central Pennsylvania's most
magnificein building, was dedicat
ed Wednesday by the greatest as
semblage of Catholic church offic
ials and before the largest congre
gation ever gathered in Harrisburg.
One hundred and thirty clergymen
took part in the services and the
congregation numbered 1,500.
The services opened with a pro
cession of all the priests of the dio
cese of Harrisburg, which formed
in the parish hall, in the rear of the
cathedral, and proceeded around
the cathedral on Church street, en
tering the cathedral by the center
door, led by Mgr. J. J. Koch, of
Shamokin. As they entered the
chantors sang the Litany of the
Saints. Mgr. Koch sprinkled holy
water about the cathedral and re
turning to the altar sang the pre
scribed prayers.
The priests then moved to the
rectory, and thence preceded the
bishops and clergymen to the cathe
dral, the procession ending at the
sanctuary, when Professor Freder
ick C. Martin, the organist, played
a prelude. Bishop J. W. Shan
non," of the Harrisburg Diocese,
celebrated Pontificial High Mass,
at the gospel of which the dedica
tory sermon was preached by Bish
op E. J. Garvey, of Altoona. At
the close of the sermon the Grego
rian Te Deum was sung.
Deeds Recorded.
The following deeds have recent
ly b?en recorded by Recorder Mil
ler: C. W. Miller and wife to G. F.
Dieffenbach for lots in East End
Park, Bloomsburg; consideration
$500.
J. M. Robbins and wife to G. F.
Dieffenbach for lot of ground in
Bloomsburg; consideration $275.
A. R. Pennington and wife to
Edna Harrison for a let of ground
in Benton; consideration $1200.
J. B. O. Colemau et al. to S. T.
Seybert for lot of ground in Briar
Creek township; consideration $500.
J. S. Cole and wife to Ralph Cole
and Harry Cole for 114 acres and
64 perches of land in Benton town
ship; consideration, maintenance
and support of grantors.
Charles Wanich and wife to Elsie
M. Casperson for lot of ground in
Espy.
Elsie M. Casperson to Susie A.
Wanich for lot of ground in Espy.
Catherine Smith to Harry E.
Smith for lot of ground in Berwick.
Ella G. Stewart to Daisy Mulli
ner for tract of land in Greenwood
township.
James P. Tursel et al. to G. W.
Yount for lot of ground in Blooms
burg. Emanuel Diltz and wife to Lizzie
B. Klinger for tract of land in Cen
ter township.
M. E. Stackhouse to Marks Gra
ham for lot of ground iu Blooms
burg H. W. CHAMPLIN M. D.
EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT.
Particular attention to examining and treat
ing children's eye.
Eut Building ' Bloomsburg, Pa,
PRINCIPAL'S REPORT.
Prof. L. P. Sterner, Supervising
Principal of the Public Schools,
made his monthly report to the
School Board last Friday evening.
It is as follows:
The eighth month of the present
school term ended last Tuesday
with an enrollment of 1077. The
average daily attendance for the
month was exactly one thousand.
The percentage ol attendance of the
pupils in the High School building
was qixi; in the Third street' build
ing 96, and in the Fifth street
building, 97 . There were but
few cases of truancy during the
month. The pupils' monthly re
ports were better this mouth than
last, and I conclude that they are
aware of the fact that the final ex
aminations are near.
The senior examinations closed
today. The questions were pre
pared with great care, and the re
sults, excepting a few cas.es, were
satisfactory. One senior was ex
amined in the subjects in the Class
ical course, one in the English, two
in the Normal and five in the Bus
iness course. I have tabulated the
marks made by each one iu each of
the branches and will report these
orally.
Our Commencement week this
year will begin the first Sunday or
second day of June. In the even
ing of that day, Dr. Ganoe has
promised to preach the class ser
mon in the Methodist church. On
the Tuesday evening following,
June 4, we will have the annual
contest in declamation, and 011
Thursday, June (th,the Commence
ment exercises. If you decide to
close the schools on Memorial Day,
the term will end Wednesday,
June 5th.
.Since making my last report I
have examined seven schools in
spelling. Of the 264 pupils exam
ined but three fell below eighty.
Of 46S in 13 schools examined only
five have fallen below the standard.
This is a creditable record in this
branch. The final examinations in
Arithmetic will be held two weeks
before the close of the term, and
the other finals the last six days of
the term. Some of the examina
tion questions have been prepared,
and tlie p'an of holding the exami
nations has been carefully formu
lated. Respectfully submitted,
L. P. STERNER.
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The line includes drug envelopes,
pay, coin, baronial, commercial
sizes, number 6, oi., cm, 9, 10
and 1 1 , catalog, &c. Prices range
from $1.50 per 1000 printed, up to
$5. 00. Largest stock in the coun
ty to selret from.
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The Profanity Habit.
In all the catalogue of vices aud
sins there is nothing so seuseless as
the habit of swearing. It degrades
a man without giving any recom
pense. A drunken man may for
get for a time his troubles, or he
may feel, briefly, a sense of exhila
ration preceding the after period of
remorse and shame, but the pro
fane man derives no form of pleas
ure from his profanity. His is the
shame without recompense, and if
he feels no remorse, then so much
the greater is his shame.
Profanity is the language of the
illiterate and the vulgar. Our lan
guage is of such vast vocabulary
that no educated man need employ
profane words to help express his
thoughts. One cannot conceive of
a man like Roosevelt punctuating
his conversation with profauity.
We now and again meet a man
who is iu all other particulars a
gentleman, and yet who has fallen
into the profanity habit to such an
extent that the most disgusting
oaths slip into his conversation un
awares. Such a man is to be pitied,
for his speech will constantly be
tray him. The oath slips out in
the presence of ladies aud with due
embarrassment he apologizes.
Apologizes for what ? For not
being a gentleman. The oath slips
out in the presence of gentlemen
and he forgets to apologize. The
profanity habit is so senseless that
any intelligent man should be
ashamed to acquire it. Omitting
entirely the religious aspect of the
profanity habit, it indicates a lack
of culture and a want of considera
tion for others inconsistent with
gentlemanly conduct. And what
doth it profit ?
uda fellows bijhngs.
friendship Festival.
Friendship Fire Co. No. 1 will
hold a festival iu Town Hall ou
Friday and Saturday, May 17th
and 1 8th. The public should give
them a liberal patronage.
Buniv. 01116 Itlllu 1 uu naro wnaja
Signature
Of
HARTZ, GOOSEBONE WEATHER
MAN, DEAD.
For Forty Years Ho Had Forecasted Condi
tions in Hit Way.
Klias Hart., of Reading, the
famous goosebone weather prophet,
lied Saturday at the Friends
Asylum, near Philadelphia. Ilartz
was known all over the country on
account of his peculiar weather
prognostications. Mr. Ilartz was
92 years of age and he has foretold
the weather as indicated by the
markings of the goosebone for
nearly 70 years. Some months ago
he was taken to the Friends' Asy
lum because of infirmities incident
to old nge. He gave goodly to
many friends and said that he had
made his last prediction from the
goosebone. He was a picturesque
old man ; was personally known to
thousands of jK-ople in Reading and
Berks County and had a large num
ber of followers, who, with him,
never took any stock iu Govern
ment reports but had implicit faith
in Mr. Hartz's method of foretell
ing the weather. He received letters
from all parts of the country.
I e was born in western Berks,
near tlie Lancaster County line,
and when a youth was apprenticed
to a miller, who had a local reputa
tion as a goosebone weather pro
phet. Mr. Hartz always declared
that the art of reading the goose
bone correctly was a science, and
he became an adept. For the last
40 years his forecasts have been
eagerly looked forward to by the
people of Pennsylvania aud neigh
boring States.
It was his custom to select a
goose born in the spring of the year.
This he would carefully raise and
watch until the following Thanks
giving Day, when he would enjoy
the fowl for his dinner. Ou this
date he would be besieged by neigh
bors, friends and newspaper men
to give them his reading of the
goosebone. No one ever questioned
his accuracy, and if he predicted
blizzards, severe cold weather aud
heavy snows, it was taken as a fact
that that would be the state of the
weather for the ensuing winter.
In January he would give a sup
plemental reading of the goosebone.
Mr. Ilartz never despised the low
ly ground-hog and admitted upon
all occasions that it was a valuable
adjunct in determining the state of
of the weather.
He claimed that in his long ca
reer he only made one mistake, and
that w as when a wag palmed off on
him the bone of a gander. After
that he carefully looked after the
goose from whose boue he made his
forecasts. Planners, particularly
believed in his predictions and they
frequently consulted him as to put
ting out their crops in spring.
About 10 years ago the country
enjoyed a mud fall, and during the
Thanksgiving season Mr. Hartz
issued his famous warning, "Fill
your coal bins," at the same time
issuing a portend of a disastrous
winter. Many laughed at Hartz.
Hundreds took his advice. It was
the severest winter in a generation,
and Hartz's reputation was more
firmly established than ever.
HUMAN HEAD DUG FROM RIVER
BED.
Coal Diggers in Suspuehanna Near Sunbury
Find Head ol Man in Bucket,
Men operating a coal digger in
the North Branch of the Susque
hanna River, near Boyd s station
a little above Danville, shortly
before noon last Saturday, dug Up
a human head. The discovery was
made when the contents of one ol
the buckets on the endless chain of
the machine were emptied on a flat
and the employees noticed a mass
of matted hair protruding from the
combination of coal and dirt. When
examined the object was found to
be the head of a human being in a
badly decomposed state.
From appearances the head had
been in the water for a long time.
It had been cut from the body close
to the chin by a sharp knife and
there were several stab wounds on
both sides of the face. It is be
lieved the head belongs to the head
less body which was found floating
iu the river below Sunbury several
months ago, sewed up in a burlap
sack.
The gruesome discovery of the
head was made by Frank Baylor,
one of the employes of the digger,
when it was seen to appear on the
endless screen. The engine was at
once stopped and the head left ou
the screen while Justice E. W.
Young, of Riverside was notified.
He in turn nrtified Coroner Dreher,
of Northumberland county, who
directed that the head be embalmed
by the undertaker. This was done
and later in the day a jury was em
panelled, finding that they believe
the man to whom the head belonged
had been murdered.
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