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m.OOMSHUHO, TA.
fllFi:sl)AY, JANUARY , 1!M0
KutrrrA ai the I'liHt Oph-r, t!lnfiinHurii, I'a.
ansrcnHfliu'itH inntter, Mttrrti l,lsvs.
Legal advcrtisL'im nts on page S.
Snow fell last Saturday in Fres
no. California, for the fir.st time in
sixteen years.
We notice that a Nebraska hoy
ate sixteen bananas lat Saturday
and died. What a waste of trtiit !
A. W. Snyder, the enterprising
merchant of Mifflinville, was in
town on Monday.
If Cannon and Aldrich should
ever reach Heaven, would they
force up the price of lialos by in
bisting upon a high tarill on gold ?
Willianisport had a big fire early
on Sunday morning which did one
hundred and seventy-five thousand
dollars damage.
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Fred T. Ikeler, Ksq., was pre
sented with a very handsome gold
headed cane on Christmas by the
Men's Bible Union.
WHEN YOU'RE AS HOARSE as a crow.
When you're coughing and gasping.
When you've an old-fashioned deep
seated cold, take Allen's Lung Balsam.
Sold by all druggists, 25c, 50c. and sf 1.00
bottles. . l2-23-4t.
The new Manhattan bridge over
the East River between New York
and Brooklyn, which cost $15,000,
ooo, was opened to traffic last Fri
day. .
A Chicago man has threatened
to blow up the United States Sen
ate. He should curb his enthusi
asm, and remember that there are
still a few good men in that body.
Coudersport is also after muni
cipal ownership of its water works.
Necessary legal-steps will at once
be taken and the question placed
before the people r.t the February
election whether the borough shall
own its own water system or not.
Take a hint, do your own mixing.
Rough on Rats, being all poison, one
1 5e. box will sprcd or make 50 to 100
little cakes that will kill 500 or more rats
and mice. It's the unbeatable extermi
nator. Don't die in the house. Beware
of imitations, substitutes and catch-penny,
ready- fur-use devices. 13-23-.1t.
Krnest McDermott, a Brooklyn
milk dealer, was fined $75, for de
livering adulterated milk to the
orphanage of St. Joseph's Asylum,
New York. Analysis of the milk
showed that one quart of water had
been u.-ed for every four quarts of
milk.
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After smashing a plate glass win
dow and stealing a peck of gems, a
Chicago thief discovered that they
were imitations, and not worth
more than twenty-five dollars.
One more demonstration of the fact
that all is not beer that wears a col
lar.
The Mayor of Kverett, Massa
chusetts, vetoed a bill providing for
salaries for the Board of Aldermen.
To get even with him, the alder
men voted to abolish the mayor's
salary. What a splendid saving
to the municipality! If scraps like
this were universal, jui.t think how
prosperity would reign.
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Commander Robert E. Peary was
on his way to dine with a friend
when his automobile was stuck in
a snow drift. Before he reached
his destination his ears were frozen.
Now will some idiot use this as the
basis of an argument that he was
never at the Pole?
Frask H. Jermyn, of Scranton,
one of the wealthiest coal mine op
erators in the United States, was
struck and probably fatally injured
by a street car early on New Year's
fray in San Francisco. Mr. Jermyn
and a party of Scrantoniatis went
to the Pacific coast to spend the
winter months.
Ctetlclfatra Cry
OAPTORJA
Price $3.50.
PAIR.
E.YAHS.
The name of Hotel Lee, of which
I. A. Snyder is the proprietor, has
bec-n changed to Hotel Irvin.
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Alfred Hudson, a London police
man, died Tuesday, from injuries
received in a suffragette riot. The
gentle ladies must have been a bit
rough.
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A New Jersey farmer killed a
rooster for his Christmas dinner
and found a seventy-five dollar di
amond in its gizzard. The bird
had evidently been eating karcts.
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The oleomargarine store of
Young and Terwilligcr has been
closed. The proprietors deemed it
unprofitable to iav one hundred
dollars for a license while the price
of butter is at its present point.
forest preservation in Canada is
being urged actively, says an ex
change. It ought to be successful up
there. Canada has no Ballinger.
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"If you want an enlargement of
some departed one, consult us,"
advertises a Milton photographer.
That operation is generally attend
ed to by the minister in his funeral
sermon.
When You Put On Stockings
Of the heavier sort, do your shoes pinch,
and your feet swell and perspire? If you
shake Allen's Foot-Ease in your shoes,
it will give you rest and comfort, and
instant relief from any annoyance. Sold
Everywhere, 25c. Jhmt' accept any sub
stitute. 12-23-4t.
We wonder if it has ever occur
red to the suffragettes to put Emma
Goldman, on the trail. She'd
make things hum in no time, and
if she couldn't gel votes for women
she'd throw down the government.
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The value of the gems brought
into this country in 1909 was three
times as great as in 1908. Does
this indicate increased prosperity,
or more debts for father ?
"The world is a ladder for some
to go up and others to come down,"
says an old French proverb.
Mayhap Columbus had this in
mind when he first got the idea
that it was a lound affair.
"Nothing great was ever achiev",
eu without enthusiasm , wrote'
Emerson.
Was his inspiration furnished
by a very large head the morning
after?
Beginning January 10, and con
tinuing until January 20, there will
be aviation contests at Lcs Angeles
which arc expected to draw 150,000
visitors to that California metro
polis. Sixty entries are already
announced of biplanes, monoplanes
and dirigible balloons.
"Hell," said Dr. Julia Seton
Sears, Tuesday night in her lecture
on "Here and the Hereafter" in
New York, "is not a place but a
condition." Similar post-exam
thoughts have occupied the mind of
many a student.
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"Dr. Cook is reported as still be
ing in the north. Possibly the doct
or has struck another trail for the
pole," suggests the Willianisport
Gazette & Bulletin.
We doubt it. He has found it
plenty chilly in these latitudes re
cently. Many Children are Sickly.
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for
Children, used by Mother Gray, a nurse
in Children's Home, New York, Break
up Colds in 24 hours cure Feverishness,
Headache, Stomach Troubles, Teething
Disorders, and Destroy Worms. At all
druggists, 25c. Sample mailed FREE.
Address, Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy,
N. Y. ia-23-4t.
Employment Certificates Issued.
Professor L. P. Sterner has been
busy for the past week issuing em
ployment certificates to minors.
Under the old law these were ob
tained from Justices of the Peace.
Professor Sterner insists upon the
children being able to read and
write the English language intelli
gently before granting them the
permission to work. A few appli
cants have been refused.
Gilmore-Barkel.
William H. Gilmore and Mrs.
Harriet Barkcl were married at the
Methodist parsonage Tuesday even
ing by the Rev. IS R. Heckman.
Mr, and Mrs. Frank Girton were
the only witnesses to the ceremony.
Catawissa May Have Town Hall.
The Catawissa council passed an
ordinance Monday night authoriz
ing a loan of ten thousand dollars
to build a town hall. The proposi
tion will be presented to the voters
in February, and if passed, there
will be a temple of local govern
ment erected in the near future.
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New Year's Present for College.
On December thirty-firs; a half
million dollars was added to the
endowment fund of Trinity Col
lege, Hartford, Ccnnecticut by the
alumni and friends of the college.
Among the donors was J Pierpont
Morgan, Esquire, a trustee of the
institution, who presented one hun
dred thousand dollars.
Nngroes Can't Bo Elks.
By a decision of the appellate
division filed in the Westchester
county New York, clerk's office,
the decision of Supreme Court Jus
tice Marsciauser restraining the
Improved Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks of the World, a
negro organization. fro;n using the
ritual, password, elk pin and colors
of the Benevolent Protective Order
of Elks was affirmed.
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"Sol" Bucber Dead.
Solomon Bucher, who for many
years was a well known chancter
on the street:) of Blootnsburg, died
early last Saturday morning in the
National Soldiers' Home at Hamp
ton, Yirginia, where he has lived
since last March.
Bucher was iu the Civil War,
being wounded in the Battle of the
Wilderness. He had for many years
been employed iu this town by Dr.
T. C. Harter He was born in
Reading sixty-one years ago.
Aged Railroad Pensioners.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany, according to a compilation
just completed, is shown to have
226 employees who are over eighty
years of age, and who were retired
when they were seventy years, or
younger, and have received annual
pensions ever since. A similar
compilation made recently shows
that the Pennsylvania railroad has
1,350 active employees who have
been with the road forty years or
more, and 1,013 additional men
who, btfore they were retired on
pension, had served the road more
than forty years.
University Aeronautics.
That aviation is a study not lim
ited only to a few experts in this
country and abroad is shown by
the action of some of our universi
ties. Cornell has included the subject
in an engineering course, and Penn
sylvania has gone even one better,
for undergratUiites have an aero
plane in course of construction on
the university campus which will
be ready for flight very soon. The
"Philadelphia I" as it is called,
has been made entirely by the stu
dents ov studied scientific lines,
and the faculty is pioud of the
achievement of these men.
Grange Meeting Tomorrow.
Pomona Grange No. 5, consist
ing of Columbia and lower Luzerne
counties, will hold its first quarter
ly meeting of 1910 in the Grange
Hall, iu Blootnsburg tomorrow
morning. The session will be oc
cupied with the transaction of reg
ular routine business.
The afternoon sessiou will con
vene at 1:45 o'clock when the fol
lowing program will be rendered:
Music by the Grange; Prayer by
the Chaplain, Rev. W. R. Whit
ney; Address of Welcome, William
Chrisuiau, Esq., of Blootnsburg
Grange; Response by A. P.Young,
of Valley Grange; Music by the
Grange; Vote on the banner. The
subordinate Grange gaining the
highest number of members during
the past quarter is awarded a ban
ner, and at this time it is decided
where it shall go. Recitation, An
na Robbins, of Orange Grange;
Fixing the place for the April
meeting of the Grange; Installation
of Officers; Suggestions for the
good of the order by newly install
ed officers and others; Recitation,
Mrs. Knappof Blootnsburg Grange;
Reports of Committees; Music.
A meeting will be arranged for
the evening if any members desire
to take the fifth degree.
Dinner will be served by the la
dies of the M. E. church.
DEEDS RECORDED.
The following deeds have recent
ly been entered on record by Re
corder of Deeds Frank W. Miller:
A. C. and F. Co. to Isabel Sophia
MacDonnell for property in Ber
wick. Eliza K. Dickerman to Isabel S.
MacDonnell for property iu Ber
wick. Mary M. Parr estate to W. II.
Parr for tract of land in Mifflin
township.
Edward Foley and wife to J. W.
Shantnhan, Bishop, for property in
West Berwick.
David A. Grassley and wife to
J. W. Shannahan, Bishop, for prop
erty in West Berwick.
Grant Herring and wife to lames
E. Oviatt fcr property in Blootns
burg. John W. Hodman to Thomas J.
lloff. .i.-ui for propel ty iu Blootns
burg. E. II. Sitler and wife to W. W.
Eves for property in Blootnsburg.
Lydia E. Watts and others to H.
K Watts for tract of land in Pine
township.
Thomas Kressler and wife to
Mary Strausser for tract of land in
Pine township.
Evan Gibbons to Leon Stout f..r
tract of land in S.igarloaf township.
L. Czeruecke and wife to Annie
Potnperaitis for property in Ber
wick. L. H. Boody and wife to A. C.
Fisher for house and lot in Rupert.
C P. Pl'ahler and others to Sarah
Hess Geiger for properly in Cata
wissa. Elizabeth Ueeder estate to E C.
Suit, for a house and lot of ground
in Catawissa.
II. W. Hess and wife to Daniel
Force for tract of land in Fishing
creek township.
A. C. and F. Co to Andrew Fo
ley for a bouse and lot of ground in
West Berwick.
James M. Shew estate to W. S.
Fisher for property in Scott town
ship.
Charles at.d Sarah Reichart to F.
P. Gruver for property in Main
ville. W. II. Wagner and wife to F. P.
Gruver for property in Main town
ship. C C. Peacock and wife to Josiah
B. Boone for undivided one-fourth
interest in 23 acres of land iu Mt.
Pleasant township.
Josiah B. Boone, Guardian, to
John C. Creveling for the undivid
ed one-fourth interest in 23 acres of
land in Mt. Pleasant township.
George W. Davis estate to Her
ry Benfield for a property in the
Borough of Centralia.
Charles W. Home and wife to
John W. Rari.4 for a tract of land
in Locust township.
F. P. Grover and wife to Alice
Long for a property in Main town
ship. Josiah T. Little to Harry J. Lit
tle for a tract of land situate in
Scott township.
II. J. Little and wife to Austin
Ohl for a tract of land in Scott
township.
T. P. Fritz and wife to Reece
W. Fritz for a tract of land in
Sugarloaf township.
Daniel Cottier's heirs to William
L. Cottier for a tract of lan -I in
Madison township.
Rosetnout Cemetery Company to
James G. Ouick for a lot of ground
111 said cemetery.
NO WONDER SHE'S CROSS. -
TUo wouiun who han a thoumtnd petty carca an J
annoyances wliilu uliu Kutfura with licailncho or siile
actio miiHt not bo hlamed if Bho ciuinot always bo
angelically amiable. What sho nouiU is lliniiuhtful-
leva from her family anil Buch a simple ami natural
rcMiu'dyan I.ane'n Family Mi'ilicini", tin' hi-rb tea that
makes weak women mroni; anu wen. noui oy uru,
gigl and deutcru, tt.c.
Philanthropist Dead.
Darius Ogden Mills, banker,
financier, California pioneer and
philanthropist, died at 9:30 Tues
day night at Millbrae, his winter
home, near San Francisco, of heart
disease. He was 84 years old.
His daughter is Mrs. Whitelaw
Reid, wife of the American Ambas
sador to Great Britain.
The greater part of his tims
since 1880 has been spent in New
York, where he built a system of
hotels and lodging houses for the
poor, founded a training school for
male nurses and was active in many
other charities, besides beiug heavi
ly interested and until recently
active in many great financial en
terprises. His holdings in upward of 30
corporations, in whose affairs he
once took active part, are said to
represent not less than $60,000,000.
Makk a NOTK NOW to get Ely's
Cream bulin if you are troubled with
liasul eatarrli, hay fever or cold iu the
head. It Is purllyinK and soothing to
the Hutmltivo membrane that lines Hie
air passages. It is made to overoome
the disease, not to fool the patient by a
short, deceptive relief. There is no co
caine nor mercury in It. Do not lie
talked into taking asubstitute lor Kly's
Cream Buhu. All dniRgists sell
It. Price 6O0. Muilod by Kly Bros., 60
Warren Street, New York.
TRIED REMEDY
M FOR THE GRIP.
Ask your Druggi.t tor a Fret 1'e
runa Almanac for 1910.
Another Cave-in Near Scranton.
Mrs. Catherine Horan, 85 years
o.d, of Carbond.ilo townshi
seriously injured Tuesday
p, was
after-
noon when the three-stoiy frame
dwelling iu which sh ; lived drop
ped 50 feet into the mints and was
wrecke.l.
Mrs. Horan was dug out of the
ruins by a gang of workmen from
a ne.irby colliery.
Thecave-iu occurred at 1 o'clock,
and the surface for several hundred
feet on all sides of the house has
dropped from 30 to ,50 feet into the
mines.
Stata to Distribute Pheasant E?g.5.
The New York state game farm
located near Sherburne will have
in charge the distribution next
spring of pheasants' eggs for hatch
ing, which will be placed in the
hands of farmers and others with
out cost to the individuals.
An old pheasant will raise two
broods of from twenty to twenty-five
birds a year. They are insect de
stroyers, and farmers will be inter
ested to know that their favorite
food is the potato bug. Manager
Rogers calculates to have 15,000 of
the birds this year and next year
to raise between 50,000 and 60,000.
Don't Wait Till You Cougb and
Sneeze.
Don't wait till you begin to cough
and sneeze take Humphreys'
"Seventy-seven" at the first feeling
of lassitude and weakness and you
will never have a cold because the
checked circulation of the blood
the cause of all colds will be re
stored and the cold broken up be
fore further developments.
"Seventy-seven" breaks up hard
stubborn colds that hang on Grip.
Handy to carry, fits the vest
pocket. All drug stores 25c.
Humphreys' Homeo. Medicine Co.,
Cor. William and Anu Streets, New
York.
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Keep The Money At Home.
An Ohio concern is sending cir
culars here, offering to furnish an
outfit of printed stationery for
$3.85, in advance, customer to pay
express charges, which would be
60 to 75 cents.
We will duplicate the offer, save
you express charges, will guaran
tee as good if not better .stock, and
you can see just what you are get
ting belore you pay for it.
Don't send your money away
from home for printing when you
can get the same thing for less cash
right here. tf.
SERVICES
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AND MEDICINE
A reliable physician of thirty
years' experience oilers rnft ser
vices nml medicine free. Would
you like to be cured to slay
cured? If so, wnle him your
symptoms and he will send you a
course of medicine that will do you
good and the prescription, so at
any time should you want more of
the treatment you cau eel it from
the druggist and the medicine will not cost
you over twenty or twenty-five cents a month.
This is an oiler every afflicted person should
avail themselves of. You certainly have noth
ing to lose and will benefit grentiv from this
unparalleled oiler. Address. J.W.Mfrrow.M.D.,
State Saniiurium North Bcnnlnulun, VI.
I'lewe pui tin Jfflfii St., un yimr letter.
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Disease
.and Health KCVIVU
RESTORES VITALITY
"Made a
Well Man
THE
of Me."
produce! line renulla In 80 laj. It acts
powerfully undqulckly. Cui-eswhen others fall.
Young men can rtwilii their lost manhood, and
old men niny recover their youthful vigor by
using 111: VIVO. It quickly and quietly re
moves Nervousness, Lost Vitality, Seiual
Weakness such as Lost Power, Fulling Memory,
Wasting Diseases, and effects of nelf-abuse or
excess and Indiscretion, which unlits one for
Nludy, business or marriage. It not only cures
by starting at the siatof ill son so hut Is a great
nerve tonic and blond InilMcr, bringing
back the pink glow to pule cheeks una re
storing the lire ol youth. It wurris off ap
proaching disease. Insist on having l(i:l ,
no othor. it can be carried In vest poekot. lly
mail, $l,0O per package, or six for 5.00. We
Hive froe udvloe and counsel to all who wish It,
with guarantee. Circulars froe. Address
ROYAL MEDICINE CO., Marina BldB.. Chicago, III.
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FOR SALE!
The fine residence prop
erty of the late Judge El
wcll is for sale.
Location :
West Third Street between
Jefferson and West Streets.
Description:
Two story and attic, brick
and frame. ll rooms. Lot
about r,(J by 212 feet.
FliAME BAHX
AND VOW STABLE,
large garden, abundance of
fruit trees.
The house has a Steam
Heating Plant, Bath Boom,
Stationary Bange and Wash
Tubs; Water, Electric Light,
a nd Gas.
Will be sold on easy
terms. Apply to
GEO. E. ELWELL,
Attorney
Bloomsburc, Pa.
Our Pianos
are the leaders. Our lines in
clude the following makes :
' Ciias. M. Stieff,
Henry F. Miller,
Brewer & Pryor, Kohler &
Campbell, and Radel.
IN ORGANS we handle the
Estey, Miller, H. Leiir&Co.
AND BOWLBY.
J his Store has the agency for
SINGER HIGH ARM SE W.
JNG MACHINES and
VIC2 OR TALKING
MA CHINES.
WASH MACHINES
Helby, 1900, Queen, Key
stone, Majestic.
J. SALT ZER,
Music Rooms Aro. 105 West Main
Street, Below Market.
EL O OMSB UR G. PA
HOTEL KERNAN
European Plan. Absolutely Fireproof,
in the heart of the business section of
BALTIMORE, MD.
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Luxurious Rooms, Single and En suite
With or Without Baths. $1 Per Day Up.
Palatial Dining Rooms. Unsurpassed Cuisina
Shower and Plunpo in Turkish Baths
Free to Guests.
JOSEPH L. KERNAN, Managor.
Send for Booklet.
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