THE COLUMBIAN, BL00M56URG, Pa.
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iM.irnl'iii Matter, March l.lKf.
Now is the time to plant sweet
TH'ilS.
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R. K. Hartman is now giving red
star stamps.
Tlie license ot the Central Hotel
has been transferred to Mrs. Kline.
Reimard Bros, have the contract
for building an addition to the Stui-
buiy Silk Mill.
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Seed onions aie now on sale, and
many are preparing to plant them
for an early crop.
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An orchestra has been organized
at the Magee Carpet Mills, under
the leadership of Davis Brooks.
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W. O. Holmes has entered the
field as a Republican candidate for
the office of county commissioner.
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. McColium
celebrated their golden wedding at
the home in Espy on Tuesday last.
For headache Dr. Mllc' Antl-Paln PIIIb.
The Rev. W. K. Kunkel of Mil
ton will preach in St. Paul's church
next luesday evening at 7.J0
o'clock.
Rev. Robert F. Gibson, rector of
Trinity Church, Williamsport, will
nreach in St. Paul's church this
evening at 7.30 o'clock.
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By a decisive vote in congress it
has been ordered that the motto
"In God we Trust," shall be re
stored to all coins of the United
States.
Papers have been filed in Harris-
burg for George R. Styers of Ber
wick, as the Republican local option
candidate for the legislature in this
county.
A wreck occurred on the S. B.
& B. R. R. at Eyers Grove Junc
tion on Monday, by the spreading
of rails, and a freight train was
thrown from the track.
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A petition was presented in court
on luesday by W. C. Johnston
Esq., askine for three polling
places in Briarcreek township. The
matter was held under advisement
F. L. Fous' has purchased forty
one acres of land belonging to the
estate of G. W. Corell deceased
The laud is near Bloomsbure. on
the opposite side of Fishing Creek
The consideration was $1500.
Two black bears were seen by
Charles Miller on the river hill in
the woods of Jacob Fetterolf last
week Wednesday. A party started
in search of them, but the bears are
still at large.
li. II. Sheppard is the new
superintendent of the Bloomsburg
division of the D. L,. & W. rail
road. He entered upon bis duties
last Sunday, He has been station
ed at Syracuse, N. Y.
Though 125 men are at work on
the court house at Wilkes-Barre, it
is said that at piesent rate of pro
gress it will take three years to
complete the structure. The Times
leader thinks that the cost may ex
ceed $2,000,000.
Mrs. Susanna Kline, widow of
Harman Kline, died at the home of
her son near Jonestown, on Sunday
night.' She was the mother of
James M. Kline who was buried
last week. Her age was 82 years.
The funeral was held yesterday.
Mrs. Mary E. Roadarmel died at
the home of her son, Frank Road
armel, on West Third street, aged
66 years. She bad always lived in
Bloomsburg, and was a member of
the Methodist church. The funeral
was held on Wednesday, Rev. H.
C. Heckman officiating,
Application has been made bv
District Attorney Small for the rev-
ocitton of the license of the Colum
bia Brewing Company. It isalleer
ed that this company has sold to
fpealc tastes and other unlicensed
places in West Berwick. The mat
ter will be heard in court on the
first Monday in April.
Miss Ctara A. Vandcrslice died
last Saturday afternoon at the home
of her brother, William P. Vander
slice, near Shaffer's bridge, after
an illness of a week, from paralysis.
Her age was 50 years. She was a
member of the Lutheran church,
and an earnest Sunday school work
er. The funeral was held 011 Tues
day afternoon, Rev. J. E. Byers
officiating.
Mother Cray's Swent PowJen for Children
Successfully used by Mother Gray,
nurse in the Children's Homo in New
York. Cure Eeverishness, Had Stomach,
Teething Disorders, move nnd regulate
the Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over
10.000 testimonials. They never fail. At
all DritRgists. 25c. Sample FREE. Ad
dress Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
3-5-4t.
Harry S. Wilsuh has moved into
the Smith property on Scott town
hill, and will open his new bakery
this week. He will be prepared to
serve his customers with every
thing in the bakery line, and all o
the best. He has been running a
wagon for some time and his pro
ducts have been on sale at Mrs
Barratt's.
A meeting of delegates from
Councils of the Royal Arcanum in
this section will be held at Wil
liamsport on Friday afternoou to
organize "The Associate Councils
of the Susquehanna River Valley
Representatives will be present from
Lock Haven, Bellefonte, Jersey
Shore, Muncy, Watsontown, Mil
ton, Lewisburg, Suubury, Blooms
burg and Berwick,
J. Lee Plurumer has issued his
Declaration of Independence. The
State Machine gave him a nomina
tion for State Treasurer, but it fail
ed to elect him, and Mr. Plumnier
writes that he will take no more
orders from the gang and will vote
for no gang measures unless they
are right, and he will oppose the
re-election of Senator Penrose
Plummer writes very much like a
reformer, but the reform of politi
cians of his style is usually super
hcial and soon wears off.
John Dunlap, a farmer living
near A then, Pa., has the body of
a dead calf that is one of the Strang
est freaks ever seen in that section
The calf has four ears, but these
are attached to a single head. There
is but one neckj that extending to
tha centre of the breast. From
there two chests ar- bound togeth
er, and attached to each of these is
a separate body perfect in forma
tion, with four legs and four feet.
The two bodies are as symmetrical
as those of an ordinary call.
A hearing was given the Espy
Hotel license case on Tuesday,
which had been continued from
regular license couit. In support
of the application Mr. Chrisman
called W. G. Hagenbuch, Clinton
Hartman, W. A. Snyder, W. A.
Hess, Eli Scnneidman and N. J.
Englehart. The evidence of the
three former witnesses was to the
effect that the minors whom it was
claimed had secured drink at the
hotel had informed Mr. Gruver,
the clerk, that they were over 21
years of age. The evidence of the
three latter witnesses was to the
effect that the prosecution was
brought by Charles Schug because
he had ill will toward Gruver, the
clerk. The Court took the papers
and will render a decision later.
County Commissioner.
T fcerehv announce myself as a
caudidate for County Commissioner,
iubject to the rules 01 me demo
cratic party, If elected I promise
tn rtorfnrm mv duties tO the best
interests of the entire people of the
county.
C. J. WBM.IVBK.
Bloomsburg, Pa.
Heavy Blow for Sttnbury.
Nearly Seventy Railroaders Lose Positions
and Will Likely Leave Town.
Following the laying off of about
45 men on the Lewistown division
of the Peunsy last week nineteen
men on the Suubury division were
laid off. The conditions existing
on the Sunbury division are much
the same as those at other points
along the line. The contraction of
business left the company with
more tw.-n than necessary to handle
the traffic, and a reduction in the
force was necessary.
One by one the men who have
lost their positions have called at
the company offices nnd received
the official statement that their ser
vices nre 110 longer needed. Most
of them are already seeking new
positions. Some of them are con
sidering the proposition to go to
the wet, where it is said that there
is work to be obtained.
Many of the men discharged
were property owners, and some of
them were intending to build in the
spring. It is estimated that nearly
seventy men have lost their posi
tions and that fifty lamilies will be
lost to Sunbury.
l'r. Mil.?' Antl-I'iilti rills relievo pnln.
SAMUEL McHENRY.
Having arrived at the ripe old
age of eighty-eight years, Samuel
McHenry passed away at his home
m Rohrsburg, on Wednesday after
noon. He had been in good health,
considering his age, until a week
previously.
He spent most of his life farming
in Greenwood township. He was
a veteran of the civil war. Mr.
McHenry was one of the oldest
subscribers of this paper, having
taken it in Col. Tate's time and
earlier, when it was the Columbia
Democrat,
He was a country gentleman of
the old school, and a life long Dem
ocrat.
His wife and the following chil
dren survive him: McClellan Mc
Henry, at Hazleton; Hervey, at
Philadelphia, and Rose at home.
Funeral services will be held from
his late home in Rohrsburg Satur
day morning at 10 o'clock. Inter
ment will be made at Rohrsburg.
C. E. Welliver Announces for Com
missioner.
Among the announcements -this
week is that of C. E. Welliver, of
Bloomsourg, for County Commis
sioner, subject to the rules of the
Democratic Party. Mr. Welliver
was born and raised in this county,
is a carpenter by trade and for sev
eral years worked at constructural
bridge work, both lines of which
would be of great benefit to any
County Commissioner in the trans
action of the business of that office
In the conduct of every business in
which he engaged Mr. Welliver has
always been successful, and being a
life long Democrat he is fitted for
the position to which he aspires.
Bloomsburg Daily.
Turner Exhibit at High School.
The famous exhibit of the copies of
most celebrated paintingsof Ancient
and Modern times will be displayed
in the High School in Bloomsburg
from Wednesday April 1st to Sat
urday April 4th.
At the evening entertainment a
small admission fee of :o cents will
be charged. The net proceeds will
be used to procure pictures to decor
ate the recitation rooms.
Our citizens had the privilege of
attending a similar exhibit last
year and every one who attended
spoke in the highest praise.
Adam Tritt's Body Found.
The badly decomposed body of a
man was found in the Chesapeake
Bay at Turtle Point, on Saturday.
It was identified by Superintendent
Lut ton of the York Bridge Compa
ny as that of Adam Tritt, one of
the victims of the bridge disaster.
X he identification was made by a
receipt for a tnouey order found in
the pocket. The body was so bad
ly decomposed that it was necessary
to bury it there.
Hon. William Chrisman.
The name of William Chrisman
is announced in this issue as a can
didate for the legislature. Mr.
Chrisman is well known in this
county, having already served the
public in the office of District At
torney, and represented the county
in the legislature for two terms.
He has legal ability and legislatlvo
experience, and he asks the Demo
cratic voters for their support at
the primary election on April nth.
Beus (he
Signature
,lhe Kind You Have Always 8t3l
Of
Dead Languages a Waste of
Time, Says College Head.
Time is Comlna. He Adds. When Un to Date
Institutions Will be Ashamed to
Teach Them.
"The study of Greek and Latin
in colleges and high schools is a
waste of time. They are absolute
ly worthless, and the time will come
and will come soon, when a respec
table, up-to-date institution will be
ashamed to have them in their list
of studies." This was the state
ment of President G. Stanley Hall,
ot Clark University.
I consider them worse than
u-fless," he continued. "They use
time that could be so advantageous
ly used in other ways. The trouble
is, Greek1 and Latin are dead, terri
bly dead. They are not even
ghots of ghosts or shadows of
shadows, and the time spent in
their mastery might better be spent
in something of more use. It is
true that 60 per cent, of the pupils
in the high schools take these stud
ies, but it is only because they are
planning to be teachers, and that
profession is already overcrowded.
I here are two theories in re
gard to the study of these languag
esone that it Is necessary to true
culture and the other that the men
tal training is beneficial and help
ful in mastering modern languages,
but both of th"se, according to my
belief, are false theories."
There is a great deal of truth in
ur. naii s statement, it a young
man wants a purely ornamental
education it is well enough for hira
to have a smattering of Greek and
Latin, just enough so that he can
say ne nas siuuiea uiem. 11 he in
tends to enter one of the learned
profession?, as a teacher, a clergy
man, or a lawyer, a knowledge of
these ancient languages is quite
necessary. Otherwise, his time
may be much more profitably spent
in studying branches that will be of
practical use to him in his life
work.
Thirty years ago there were very-
few if any colleges that granted the
degree ot Bachelor of Arts except
to those who had pursued a certain
prescribed course, including .he
dead languages. Today there are
many, which, under the elective
system of studies, grant that de
gree without asking the student
whether he knows even the Greek
alphabet.
A knowledge of these laneuaces
is certainly desirable and beneficial
to the man of liberal education, but
the development of other lines of
study has been so rapid within the
past few years that time can be
spent to much better advantage on
branches of more direct practical
oenent and usefulness.
Two Murderers Hanged.
Charles Warzel, murderer of
Mattie Bolinsky, his sweetheart.
was hanged at Pottsville last Thurs
day, on the same gallows that six
of the Mollie Maguires expiated
their crimes over 30 years ago. The
condemned man bore up well until
he stood on the scaffold. There he
burst iuto tears and declared that
he had not slain the girl for money,
but that he had always loved her.
As soon as he made this declaration
he swooned and fell. Without
waiting for him to recover con
sciousness the Sheriff's deputies
raised him to an upright position,
placed the noose about his neck and
let the trap fall.
As the man had steadfastly de
clared that he had no recollection
of the crime, and had put in a de-
tense ot insanity, his brain was sent
to Philadelphia for examination.
MUKDERKR WARNS YCUNG MEN.
"Please, for me, sound a warn
ing to all young men to shun, as
though hell, bad women and whis
ky." These were the last words of
Morris B. Holmes, 25 years old,
who was hanged at Pittsburg on
the same day for the murder of
Nancy Miller, his sweetheart. He
entrusted his warning to Rev.
Charles Miller, who accompanied
him to the gallows. Holmes main
rained to tlie last that he had no
recollection of the murder.
Receiver Appointed.
A bill in equity was filed in court
on Tuesday, asking for the ap
pointment of a receiver for the
Pennsylvania Paper Company at
Catawissa. Otto Hartman, one of
the employees, is the plaintiff. The
trouble arose from the non-payment
of wages, it being alleged that there
is due the sum of $6000 for wages
for the past two months. An in
junction was granted, and L. C.
Mensch appointed receiver.
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Bloomsburg, Pa.
Large strings of suckers have re
cently been caught by Bloomsburg
fishermen.
There is no special season fixe4
by law for the catching of "suck
ers" in this town. They have been
caught by day and by night, and
even on Sundays, with any old
thing as a bait, or with scarcely
any bait at all. But just now the
particular species of "suckers" to
which we refer is not biting so
vigorously. The season for them
is about closed, and the fishermen
whose bait has been so voraciously
swallowed will now have to hunt
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