THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG. PA. ft MM otKjin'rof THE COLUMBIAN. I'.l.OOMSBUkG, FA. THURSDAY, DKCKMHKK l!(t, 1W7 n .n'c 'it maltrr, ilurrtt 1, 1WS. J. C. Drown has sold his farm iti Mifflin township. . A fine new line of Wedding In vitations just received at thisotfice. Jacob Geisit:ger of l'orks, an old and valued subscriber, was iu town pn Wf'dlK'SflHV. Carl Brown is home for the holi days, visiting his parents, Mr. aud Mrs. Clark liiown. Souvenir Post Cards ore printed at this cilice. Half tones supplied. Mr. tuidMrs. William Ltveutt of Philadelphia spent Christmas litre with relatives. - - Repiuld Hemingway, instructor i:: mathematics at Mate College, is home for the holidays. Col A. Seely will Imvechnrgc; cf the Mummers' parade at ller v.ick on Nuw Year's Day. Mrs. Shaw and s-ou of Philadel phia are the guests of Mr. aud Mrs. 1'. 15. Foulke on iron street. . w - Joe W. Armstrong of Scrauton spent Christmas with his parents, Mr. and Mis. J. D. Armstrong. Over one hundred Italians have left West Berwick during the past mouth, to return to the old country. JIauy more are expected to go soon. Dr. F. S. Luther, President of Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., nnd Mrs. Luther will be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. K. Klwell next week. An electric motor will Le install ed in the Manual Training Depart ment at the Normal School, to run the machinery. A gasoline engine has been used heretofore. As usual at this season the two express companies were rushed with Curistmas packages. With two wagons each they were able to handle all the traffic promptly. Blaiue Saltzerjs now playing the piano at Dreamland, and siugiug solos, which adds much to the pleasure of the entertainment. He makes his music fit the pictures. Monday was a gloomy, wet, foggy day, and somewhat interfered with the Christmas trade. However judging from the numbers of people with packages, aud the crowded condition of the stores for the past week, the merchants are not com plaining. Commissioners' Clerk A. B. Black has a fine library, and is con stantly adding to it. He recently received a consignment of 31 books from London, all of them being old and rare volumes, one of which is said to date back to 1327. It is a manuscript. . A young man who was walking through the second floor of Pursd's store the other day saw a young lady whom he thought he recogniz ed, and he very politely tipped his hat. Receiving no response he approached closer, and when he found it was only a lay figure he blushed all to himself. For the drivers of funeral cabs to smoke either cigars or a pipe while driving to or from the church or cemetery with mourners in their cabs, is very bad taste to say the least. If they don't know any Letter somebody ought to tell them. It is a practice of too frequent oc currence in Bloomsburg. Services at the M. E. Church on Sunday were largely attended. Some interesting exercises were held by the Sunday school iu the morning, including vocal solos by Mrs. Knies, and C. O. Skeer, a chalk talk by Fred Holmes, and an address by M. I. Low. In the even ing 1300 people were present. An orchestra of 16 pieces augmented the organ. EVANS' SHOE STORE FALL SHOES. The assortment of EVANS Shoes firovMcs a shoe for every need, a style or every taste, a fit for every foot. Until you have seen these new mod els, or better yet, enjoyed the luxury of wearing one of them, you can not real ize what .shoe perfection means. You are cordially invited to come in aud see these new fashions. The Progressive Shoe Store CHAS. M. EVANS. The wise person always profits by the experience of others. A Michi gan farmer who had become afraid of the banks drew his $600 from the bank and deposited it in the bureau of his house. The next day the house burned down and the money was consumed. Another Michigan individual drew $400 from the bank and carried it in his pocket. A few days later he acci dently dropped the "$400" wad in to the flume in a beet sugar factory where he was working. It came out at the end of the flume convert ed into granulated sugar. The banks from which they drew the money have all along and are todav as sound as the rock of Gibraltar, ready to pay out every dollar 011 deposit. The men are out just one thousand dollars. - r State to AM Oi-chard Men. To Carrf Ocm'jnttra'.ioa Throughout tho Year Permanent Demonstra!iou Orchardi. State Zoologist Surface has pre pared tilans for rivin; nrarl ie.il :mrl 1 -.-0-. a i definite help to the orchard grow ers ot tins State, winch will be of greater value to all persons con cerned. The chief feature of the.e plans will be to carry demonstra tions throughout the entire year, showing how to treat some cen trally located orchard in each fruit growing district for all the pests and diseases that will be liable to attack it, and produce the most perfect fruit at the least necessary expense. These demonstration orchards will be selected at sites easily available for the public, and announcements will be made, giv ing the days when the oiKTatious for spraying, priming, cultivating, thinning fruit and other horticult ural work will be done, and the public will be invited to visit the demonstration orchards at these and other times and see for them selves how the work is performed, and later examine the final results of the care of this model orchard for the year. The work of inspec tion aud demonstration comes through the office of the State zoologist aud has reached and help ed thousands of persons in this State, aud there is such a demand for the local demonstrations that these will not be dropped during the spring, but the permanent de monstration orchard will be added as a new feature. It is probable that the demonstration orchards will be continued during more than one year in order that the public may have au opportunity for them selves to see the final results of this kind of work. Do It Today Now. Order 7he Philadelphia Press Daily, one year, and they will send you a Safety Razor with it. The value of 7he Daily Press one year and the Safety Razor is $8.00. The Press makes the unheard of offer of both for $3.50. Kach is a Christmas Gift in it self. The Press will mail the paper one vear to one address and send the Safety Razor to another if de sired. The offer is good only to January 1st. The executive committee of the Pennsylvania Federation of Liquor dealers, at a meeting in Wilkes Barre on Thursday, adopted a res olution declaring the present high license law the best means for reg ulating the liquor traffic. W ' $5,000 or New Trial. In the case of John B. Kraft, the Hazleton newspaper man, who re covered a verdict of $7,000 against the United States Express compa ny, Judge. Archibald at Scrauton granted a rule upon tha defendant ordering him to accept $5,000 or a new trial would be ordered. This action was taken as it was showu that Kraft had agreed, be fore the trial, to accept $1,500. He was injured by being struck by au express wagon at Hazleton. O -Tiw CI v 3C I A. II... U;,, I L'.i Linn Aiuiiuo Bnimht Rnara th 9'm UUM ' ' """"J iwufciu Signature of FISH. CULTURE. State Commissioner Median Points Out tho Growth ol tho Work of This Department. The State board of fishery com mission held its annual meeting at Philadelphia Saturday. Fish Com missioner Median submitted a re port showing that the work of the commission tor 1907 shows a mark ed increase over the work in 1906. In fish culture the output this year aggregates the total of 663, 2,)5i524. about two-thirds greater than the output of 1906. The State department is working in har mony with the national government and the outlook for 1908 is for a much greater output. The fish protective work has been very satisfactory. The total number of irrests for violation of the fish laws were 536. Total convictions, 477; total acquittals, 59; twenty two persons were sent to jail. The amount of fines imposed was $14, 805. The amount of fines paid was $3,295. Appeals to court, amount of fines $2,850. Sent to jail, amount of fines $2,669. The bulk of the violations were for infrac tions of the fish basket law, the gigging laws and improper taking of fish by drawing oft dams. It is among those who fish for the mar ket or for the table and petty sales and among a certain typi of for eign element that most of the fish law violations are to be found. There are 154 special wardens and nine regular wardens, includ ing the chief warden, and of this number it was necessary only to dismiss three for unsatisfactory con duet. The commissioner says that the appropriation for warden ser vice is only sufficient to employ nine men, although the law au thorises the appointment of twelve. As a consequence, each warden has from seven to eight counties to pa trol, and this cannot be do:u thor oughly. Ho therefore, asks for more wardens. The commissioner also recommends that the legisla ture be asked to increase the appro priations to hatcheries. HERE AND THERE. The Italian State lottery has dis tributed as high as $10,000,000 in a year. The laws of Norway compel a man who chops down one tree to plant three saplings. By emigration Europe loses 960, 000 natives every year, and iu the same period 200,000 return. There are 8,000 chemists iu the Uuited States aud a very large pro portion of these are employed iu industrial work. The value of the shipping pass ing through the Suez caual iu the course of a year ie $55,000,000, aud the great bulk of this is English. Saturday is the busy day of the Loudon firemen. In ten years London had 3,393 Saturday fires, against 3,002 on Monday, the day they were least frequent. William Cox, a trainman, was pinned fast for two hours uuder the wreckage of three freight cars in a wreck at McCauley, Columbia county, yet escaped without injury. The average sperm whale is about 59 feet long and weighs ito.ooo pounds, and will yield 60,000 blubber (from which 48,000 pounds of train oil can be made and 3,000 pounds of whalebone. ) Jesse L. Livermore, the plunger who cleaned up $3,000,000 in Wall street, and now has 300,000 bales of cotton, is only 28. Ten years ago he was marking prices on the board of a Boston broker's office. Mrs. Elizabeth Vasbiuder has passed the century mark, yet lives alone near Phillipston, Clarion county, does her own housework and is able to read aud thread a needle without the use ot glasses. The magnificent New Calvary Protestant Episcopal church in Pittsburg, erected at a cost of $550,000, the finest iu this country outside of New York, was dedicat ed with imposing services on Thurs day. At the age of 60 years Thomas McGuire, of North Scrantou, was presented with his twenty-first child on Wednesday night. Of their twenty-one children nineteen are living and all are enjoying good health. Forty chickens were stolen a few nirrhts aero from Mrs. Mahala Ctaig's hennery in Berwick, but she found a watch in the hen This was traced to M. Gries and he has beeu arrested for the theft. There are 1,454 applications for liquor license iu Schuylkill county this year, which is about 20c less than last year, when only about 1,100 were granted. Half the ap plicants this year have remon strances against them. MRS. CAREY FREE OF MURDER CHARGES. Mrs. Bridget Carey, who was re cently acquitted in Philadelphia of the charge of murdering her two children, was on Monday formally treed from the additional charges of having killed Patrick and Cecelia Cook, and released iu time to eat her Christmas dinner with her cousin, Mrs. Bridget McDonald. On behalf of the Commonwealth Assistant District Attorney Gray admitted that the evidence in the Cook cases was not so strong as iu the case of the children, and that it was useless to go before a jury. Sympathetic neighbors and rela tives were on hand to greet the woman as soon as she was dis charged, and all expressed confi dence in her innocence. The final scene of her protracted ordeal took only a few moments. Immediately after the Court opeu td, Assistant District Attorney Gray, without preliminary formali ty, made this brief statement to Judge Carr : "If your Honor pleases, I have a motion to make with regard to the case of Mrs. Bridget Carey, who was recently acquitted of the mur der of her two childreu. We have two remaining bills of indictment, one charging her with the murder of Patrick Cook, the other with the murder of Cecelia Cook. We have thoroughly and carefully in vestigated each of these cases, and find that there is not as much evi dence as there was in the case of the children. There is not suffici ent evidence to go before a jury. We desire, therefore, to submit the bills for verdicts of not guilty." As the defense had no objections to this procedure, the two bills were at once submitted, and verdicts of not guilty taken. Then followed the demonstration of sympathy. Mrs. Carey stopped from the prison er's dock, a free woman, and, lay ing her head on the shoulder of Mrs. McDonald, burst into tears. A brief talk with her nttorney, Ed win M. Abbott, fallowed, while, the Court clerk made out her formal discharge. Mrs. Carey was then surrounded by twenty or more ad miring friends aud neighbors, grasping her hand and expressiug joy at her release. One aged wo man, who lived near her, grabbed her about the neck and kissed her repeatedly. Then the crowd liter ally swept her toward the door aud into the corridor, where she was deluged with congratulatory words. As she weut away with her cous in, Mrs. McDonald, Mrs. Carey expressed her satisfaction and thanks to the District Attorney for releasing her in time to eat her Christmas dinner iu freedom. "I have no hard feelings," she added, "against those who have prosecut ed me. I suppose they thought they were doiug right. But even the witnesses against me must have known I was inuoceut. I expect to live with my cousin, Mrs. Mc Donald, for the present." She made a more complete state ment of her plans to Mrs. Anna Melloy, next door to Mrs. Carey s old home. Mrs. Melloy was in the Court room aud accompanied her part way to her new home. "Mrs. Carey told me she would not return to Hamilton street," said Mrs, Melloy later, "but would probably go up the State to her old home at Centralia, Columbia county, after a few days. She said the attend ants at the prison had been very kind, helped her to get sewing work and showed her consideration iu every way. She seemed stouter and in better health than formerly. The sympathy of all her neighbors was with Mrs. Carey, and, know ing her for years, we could not be lieve that she would deliberately kill her little children." Mrs. Rebecca Welsh, who now conducts a boarding house where Mrs. Carey lived at the time her two children died, was another neighbor who went down to the Court room to bid Mrs. Carey God speed. She confirmed the state ment that Mrs. Carey would not return to Hamilton street, aud also that her neighbors generally be lieved her innocent. She was only sorry that she had not been called to testify for Mrs. Carey at the trial. Envelopes 75,000 Envelopes carried in stock at the Columbian Office. The line includes drug envelopes, pay, coin, baronial, commercial sizes, number 6, 6, 6i, 9, 10 and 11 , catalog, &c. Prices range from $1.50 per 1000 printed, up to $5.00. Largest stock in the coun ty to seltet from. JERSEYS Combination and Golden Lad FOR SALE 2 Cows, 3 Heifers aud 12 Bulls. S. E. NIVIN, Undenburg, Pa. 5-23-iy That Little Green Ticket 1 Which has been placed on the Suits, Coats and Children's Coats at the Garment Department of The Clark Store, makes you 1 a NICE SAVING on your purchases of these goods. Its just so much money in pocketbook, and they are the great est Coat," Suit and Children's Coat VALUES NOW OF FERED. Your inspection invited. THE CLARK STORE. 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The coal miues of the United States are killing three times as many men per 1000 employed as those of most European countries. In the last 17 years 22,840 men have given up their lives in the mines of this country. As many violent deaths have occurred in the mines during the last six years as during the preceding 1 1 years. The numher of fatal accidents each year is now double that of the year 1895. In 1906 6861 men were killed or injured in the mines, the killed numbering 2061, and the injured 4800. These facts have been gleaned by Government experts, acting un der orders from Secretary Garfield, of the Interior Department. The statement in the bulletin that an increase in the number and in the seriousness of mine explo sions may be expected to continue has already proven prophetic, for since the words were written t'uere have been three mine explosions, costing nearly 500 lives, one iu Pennsylvania, followed by the Moti on gah and Alabama disasters. Don't Try Uncertain Rccipet. It is entirely unnecessary to experi ment with this, that mill the other recipe. Get from your grocer, for 10 cents, a Eaekage of "OUR-PIK" Preparation lemuti, Chocolate or Custard for mak ing pies that arc sure to be good, ia-ia-4t, at the prices to suit. ; Great :AW FABLES Bloomsburg, Pa.. ELECTION NOTICE. The annual meeting of the stockhold ers of the Bloomsbu.y National Bank, of Bloomsburg. Pa., for the election ol directors for the ensuing yer r, will he held at their banking room, Tuesdajt, January 14th, lyoi, between the hours of 11 and 12 a. tn. WM. 11. JIIDLAY. 12-12-44 Cashiet ELECTION NOTICE. The annual meeti ng of the Stockhold ers of Tho Farmers National Bank of Bloomsburg, Pa., fur the election of Di rectors will take lace at U.cir banking room, Tuesday, J-mnary i.jth. K;a8, be tween t'ae hours of 2 nnd 4 p. m. M. MU.LKISEN, i2-5-4t. Cashier. ELECTION NOTICE. The annual meeting of the; liolicv 1 win vi hid jil LiiLKi A 1 ::... .linn' Insurance Company of Lime Ridge, will be held at the ball of Centre Gm XNo, so f. ot II. on Tucsdav. Tan urn. 1 nnn nnrvvin mr. mm, 11-0 rt in ...... w, .... HIV Llll UUII WL I dnil n ,1. f.. ..1 t irtnrc .......... .1 and for the transaction of such business as may properly come a said meeting. II. II. IROWM 12-12-te. . Seen! EXECUTOR'S NOTICE KMaie of Martha F. II, 1,1, nun, hit OJ lit owrg, lM'C,u;U, Notice is hereby h-ivimi Hint li ttot tanicnttry on the cst.ite i,f Mart n ....... iianman, late ot Bl"xinislviri-, C of Columbia. Pa.. Iimvm licn , ivm A. N. Yost, to whom all persons ii eci 10 sam estate are i-eone-sted to payment, ana those lvwim el demands will make known th without delay, A. N. II-3I-6t.
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