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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31
Masonic.

INTERESTING OLD TINE "REMINISCENCES
The Athens cleaner Is publishing the
early history OF Masonry in that region,
by which we learn that the first Lodge
organized in Northern Pennsylvania
was at Great Bend in 1904, and the next
the same year at Wilkesbarre. The
former ceased to exist long ago, but the
latter Is in successful operation now. In
179S No. 40 was organized at Tioga
Point, (now Athens) and is in a prosper
Gus condition now. In 1907, between
the time when No. 40 was warranted
and organized, lodge was established
in Bath, in Steuben, then Ontario) coun.
ty, N. Y. Except at Canandaigua, and
the one in Newtown in 1894, there were
no lodges in our north in the State of
New York, and in the west there were
none nearer than Plttsburg, where one
had been established by the Grand
Lodge of Pennsylvania in 1888. The
only other lodge bordering on ours dur
ing the last century was the present old
Binghamton, which was established on
this side of the Chenango river, in the
then township of Union, IN 1899.
Among the Masons who visited the
second meeting of the lodge at Tioga
Point, as visiting brethren, was Col.
Thomas Baldwin, of Newtown, who was
member of the lodge there. He was
an early and well known settler on the
Chemung, and resided below Newtown,
near where the battle of Newtown was
fought by Gen. Sullivan in 1873.
He was himself in that battle rs an
Ensign, was wounded in it and taken
back to Tioga Point, where he remain
cd till Gen. Sullivan returned from his
expedition. Baldwin Creek, near where
this battle was fought, was named after
him. His descendants still reside in
Elmira. Zadock Elwell and Dan e lwell
were also there present as visitors. IA.
dock and Dan Elwel were brothers.
Dan came to Tioga Point in the same
month that this meeting was held. He
was born in Southeast, Duchess county,
n. Y, April II, 1774. He had taken
the three first degrees in Masonery in
La Fayctte Lodge, in Armenia, in that
county, in 1896. lie and his brother
Zadoc were both carpenters by trade,
and Dams first employment in Tioga
Point was on the house Of Clement
Paine ia l79S, which was the late resi-
dence Of John Drake, and burned few
months ago. He became a member of
this lodge March q, 1901, and was vo-
ted an honorary member Dec. 5, 1926,
which rank he held at the time of his
death. He died at Van Ettenville aged
04 years. He had been 70 years mason,
and was buried with Masonic honurs.
One Of his sons is the Hon. VIM. Elwell,
and who resides in Bloomsburg, and is
President Judge of that Judicial Dis
trict of this State. One of the grand
sons of Dan. Elwell was two years ago
pastor of the Methodist Church, at
Rome. He is Royal Arch Mason.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31

THE subject of women's suffrage be.
ing put to a practical test in the town
of Clarendon, Iowa, did not appear to
create that vast enthusiasm in the
breasts of the gentler sex that might
have been expected. The Board of
Registers, assuming to be the judges of
the law in the premises, decided that
all women of proper age were entitled
to vote, and accordingly register their
names. A number of married men
concluded to strike the names of their
wives from the list. The rest of the la
dies did the same of their own will and
behoof, and when election day camo
round not one lady appeared at the
polling place to claim the privileges of
voter. To say the least of it, the la
dies of Clarendon are to be compllmen.
ted for their good sense.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31

THE Orphans Court of Philadelphia
h as recently decided that it is the duty
OF an executor or administrator to OBJ
tain sea rches against real estate sold by
h i'm. In default Of taking out searches
the executor or administrator, il is sta.
ted, may be held personally liable to a
lien creditor for the loss of his claim,
even though an auditor has distributed
the assets and the report has been con-
firmed by the Court. The executor OF
administrator, it was held, has con.
structive notice of record claims and
is bound to retain sufficient funds
to meet them, or to bring them to the
notice of the auditor. Searches against
the real estate of the decedent should
either etaken out by the auditor or he
should require them to be produced by
the administrator.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31

PRoMIsSoRY NoTES.-.A man drew a
note promising to pay one hundred dol
lars. He used printed form but did
not close up the blank devoted to dol
lars, and after it passed from his hands
and became negotiable paper somebody
inserted fifty after the one hundred and
before the printed word dollars, making
the note read one hundred and fifty
dollars. The note thus altered got into
the hands of an innocent party, who
presented it to the dra ver but payment
Supreme Court decided that the maker
of the note was liable for the full face
of the note, because, through negligence,
he had not drawn line between the
written word "hundred" and its printed
word dollars" Any testimony the
drawer might ffer to establish the fact
that he gave note for only one hun
dred dollars must go for no thing, as
there was nothing ON the face of the
note showing that it had been altered"
Evidence of an alteration on the face of
the note would have changed the case.
We may furthermore add that the Chief
Justice added that such q ruling was
deemed necessary to facilitate the circu.
lation of commercial paper. Let this
decision be lesson to all drawers Of
promissory notes.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31
WINDOWS ApPRAIsEMENTs.

1ho following appraisemerts of real ana per-
sunul property set apart to widows OF decedents,
have been Med in the oiliCe of the Register oi
Columb bla county, under the Rules of Court, and
Will be presented for absolute confirmation, To
the Orphans Court to be held in bloOmsburg, in
and tor said county, ON Wednesday, the ID day of
May, lb1l at O'Clock Il. NJ, OF said day, un-
less exceptions to such combinations are proyi-
ousiy MED, OF which all persons Interested IN
SAID estates Will take notice:
'uuti' reisiuy, t1tr OF Locust town.
ship, deceased.
2. Widow of William Lut2, late OF l'lsAingcteeli
township, deceased.
.. Widow of Jonas IIolwlG, late Of Locust town
snip, deceased
4, Widow of John Miller, late :of Bglarcreel,
township, deceased.
o. Wido OF David Ecmley late Of Crtnqo
townshi Up, deceased.
q. Widow ofJacob o-dcn, late of Benton town
ship, deceased.
:; Widow Of Frede iels Naus late Of Beaver
township, deceased.
s. Widow of John u. Watts lu,c of C,utrc
township, deceGs d.
creek township deceased.
,,.,....,.oo, W. H.JACoBY, Register.
BloomsDaIg, Mar. 81, ISL
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31
VheeIc,.,S Cavalry We. Eu.Klux.


Our old war comrade, Bill Wyatt, of
the Sixth Georgia Cavalry, made ten
strike the other day. He captured three
of the Ku.Klux that Gov. Bullock has
been advertising for, carried them to
Chattooga Court House, got them con-
victed and sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for seven years, and came down
on Bullock for the prize money, s., 900
for the first, and 1000 each for the
balance making $1,000 in all. Bul.
lock paid up "like little man." and
Wyatt went home happy. This amount
of money is Chattooga county, all at
one time, will create tremendous ex.
citement. The beauty of the whole affair
is that these Ku.Klux were common
Radical thieves, and were playing l<u-
Klux to cover their stealing operations.
Bully for Wheeler's cavalry griffin
Is. C) Star
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31
Alaska,

The cost of the occupation of Alaska
by the United States is $40, 1888 month
besides supplies, and is divided as fol-
lows: Army, 5000; navy, So, 800 rev.
enue cutter, 50 200, and custom house,
800. The products are: Salmon fish,
last year. LOO barrels, sl4, 400. In adj
dition to this the fisheries yielded 1000
gallons of seal and dog-fish oil, worth
S2,40O. The fur trade has decreased ev.
er since in the United States occupation.
During the first year of American rule
this trade amounted to s35, 900, the sec.
ond, $4,000, and last year less than
$4,000. The number of Americans
and Europeans in Sitka, (more than
half of all there are in Alaska is 3,94C
tory is about $500. The Russian inhab.
itants are anxious to be transported to
some portion of the Cars dominions.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
A PPEAL NOTICES.

We the undersigned Commissioners OF Colum-
bia County, will meet to hear appeals for ls7l, as
For the townships Of Beaver nud Main, on
Friday. April 2lsl, at the house OF j. H. lohBeh-
berger, In Malnvillc.
Mlnln, Saturday, April 22l, at the house OF
Aaron Hess.
Brlarcreek and Berwick, Monday, April 2lth,
at the house Of q. w. Maugar. IN Berwick
Centre, Tuesday April 2jth, at the HALFWAY
House.
Madison. Greenwood and Pine. Wednesday
April 10Th, at the house OF H. Parker, In Milville
Jackson, sugarloaf and Benton, Thursday,
April 21th, at the house of WF.Plattc, In Benton.
Fishngcrocls, Friday, April 25th at the house
of Emandus Unnngst.
orange. socurday, April 10Th, at the house Of
Rohr Mclienry.
Scott Tuesday, May I'd, at the Court House, in
BlOOmsbug.
MI. Pleasant, Montour and uemlocls, Wednes-
day, May 3ld, at the Court House In Bloomsburg.
Bloom, Thursday, May ith, at lie Court House
Catawssa and franklin Monday, May Bth, at
the house of j. B. Kistler, in Catawissa.
Roaring Creek and Locust, Tuesday, May 9th,
at Shutdown,
conynaham and Ccntralla, wednesday. May
10Th, at the house of william P,iiler, In Centra-
liza.
The hours of meeting will be between o'clock
A, NJ, aud o'clock r. NJ each day, wh en- and
where parties can attend II tney THINK pr oper.
We also take occasion here to state that we
Will give to each board OF Auditors, by IN tlmG
lUth next, all blanks necessary Ia relation To
tnelr autcs as appraisers OF sheep damage; be-
ing DIHnk-uAtL copy of laws, aud certincatcs up
on which to report da uagc; and thut we Will is-
sue no orders upon amy certinCatcs alter that
date unless the auditors nave nrst iled their
oath i'll THIS oilice.
Tno Jaw and instructions are plain. The law
making parties liable, not only Tor the sheep
| killed Dy dog or dogs, but also Tor any Otnct
damage done to nOck Of sheep Is not re-
| ptutuu.
Great injustice may be, and no doubt, has been
due, nom she idea, that man need not XIII ms
one else, no matter now many sneep hc nlty liiIl
| OF has KILLED.
DOES touul within an enclosure killing sheep,
| should then aud there Du Killed.
1ne dog luna, whtcn Is somewhat III ufrCar
| now, eau soon De put at par, II the law is lhllh
1ully ,urrlcJ out.
| Assessors are especially directed togo to every
| taxable IN has district.
| by tnat means they Will be able to make &
proper RETURN
| l.acn person VIII be served with notice of his
| valuation. And II hC Is rated Win anything ni
mas not, 1t Is ms duty 10 attend the appeal. ii
| wall MT 10 to clnim at me hands vi a Collector
that u party mad no dog, or that lie has none AT
| the time ths collector called On nlm lOr his tIN.
| The uJOyu blanks have, Ia most cases D-ul
| seat 10 tuc Assesaois, with Nssess-b ul.s, ant
| VIII be dellfc4clus above stated.
WM. G. QUICK.
GYku3 KYJBinnlNs, commiss'rs
| COMMISSIONER 5 once.
| dHcst:-WM. kRICKBAuM. C!CI...
| BlOolnsburs, March Il, Io'l-jt
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31

THE Brooklyn Eagle recently pub.
lished long article on gambling and
gamblers" from which we take the
following:
" Young people will gamble. The
church has its lotteries and its grab. bags
at fairs the press teens with the brill
liant schemes ofs fortune. making by
drawing numbers from the wheel; the
poorest the lowest, white and colored,
together will risk their last cent for the
prospect ofa " hit"-in policy, with one
chance against four in their favor; Wall
street will gamble in stocks; even the
Sunday Loafers, who swarm the docks,
in warm weather, will have their game
of draw, while the younger crowds in
dulge in pitching pennies, keeping an
eye keenly peeled to sight "peeler."
Young women gamble with their beauty
peace of mind, health, reputation, and
happiness as the fearful stakes, losing
fortune, hope, life, everything, by one
rash hazard of the die. They gamble
with their health by late hours, con-
sumption thin soled slippers and spider
tapered waists.n
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31

THE first use made of power in
France is to coercc opinion and muzzle
the press. No matter the party, the
Opposition press is q danger and a ter
ror. Orleanist, Bonapartist, Legitimist,
Red, they cannot bear ventilation and
free air. The Jenguer, Mot d OrGre,
and other papers are suppressed. No
great loss perhaps in the fact, though
serious in principle. But all new polit.
ical Or social economy journals are for.
bidden' The thing that is and the
hing that is TO be, are included in one
condemnation. The Frenchman does
not yet und erstand that grumblng is
the safety-valye of the free machine.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31
The Conviction Of Holden.

We published yesterday, says the
Lancaster Inteltigencer, a full account
of the conviction of William w. Hol-
den, Governor of the State of North
Carolina. After patient and thorough
examination, In which the accused was
given every opportunity to refute the
grave charges brought against him, he
was solemnly adjudged to be guilty in
manner and form as he stood indicted fol
high crimes and misdemeanors. Being
entrusted with the protection of the
lives and property of the citizens of the
State, and commissioned to guard the
Constitution of the Commonwealth and
to execute the laws thereof, he import
cd band of sanguinary ruffians and
turned their arms against a peaceable
and unorending people. Under au.
thority given him by some were seized
without any warrant of law, thrown
into loathsome prisons and tortured in
the most cruel manner to make them
confess to deeds they have never com
mittcd. Men who had committed nc
offsnce were hung up by the neck, and
other gross indignities, such as only
savages are accustomed to employ
were practiced upon them. When an
appeal was made to the courts by his
victims they were denied the sacred
privilege of the writ of habeas corpus
and civil law was laid PROSTATE before
the feet of armed violence. The Trea
sury of the Commonwealth was plum.
dered to pay the bargains, whom he
employed, to wreak vengeance upon
those whose only offense was the exer
else of that freedom in political action
which is the inalienable right of every
American citizen. Having been sol
emnly arraigned for crimes of such
magnitude, he was ably defended. and
allowed the advantage of every ancient
judicial right during the trial. The ev-
idence against him was overwhe lining,
and he has been formally adjudged to
be guilty, and sentenced to be depos ed
from office, and forever deprived of the
rights of citizenship in the State OF
North Carolina. That the verdict OF
the High Court Of impeachment was
eminently just and proper, no man who
read the evidence can doubt. The
whole country is interested in seeing
the majesty of the law preserved invio.
late, and their cherished Institution de.
Tended from such assaults as were made
upon them by this man Holden.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31

SUSPENSION is working incalculable
injury to industrial pursuits in this
quarter. a general exodus of skilled
mechanics is threatened. We can lily
afford to part with so many of our best
citizens, but it is not in the nature o.
things that they can be expected to re
main here and encounter the anxieties
and deprivations incident to the toe
frequent strikes and SUSPENSIONS of the
coal trade. .-Luzerne Union.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31
How to Act In Cnsn of Poisoning.

The Journal Of Health says: "What.
ever is done must be done quickly. The
instant person is known TO have
swallowed poison, by design or acci.
dent, give him water to drink, cold or
warm, as fast as possible, a gallon or
more at time, and as fast as vomited
drink more. Tepid water is best, as ii
opens the pores of the skin and pro.
notes vomiting, and thus gives the
speediest cure to the poisonous article.
If pains begin TO be felt in the bowels,
it shows at least that part of the poison
has passed downward; then large aud
repeated injections of tepid water
should be given, the object in both ca
ses being to dilute the poison rs quick
ly and rs largely as possible. DO not
wait for warm water take that which
Is nearest at hand, cold or warm, for
every second of time saved is of i'm.
mence importance ; at the same time
send instantly for physician, and as
soon as he comes turn the case into his
hands, telling him what you have done.
This simple fact cannot be too widely
published. 1t is not meant TO say that
drinking a gallon or two of simple wa
ter will cure every case of poisoning
but it will cure many, and benefits all
by its rapidly dlluting qualities"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31

PETRIFICATIoNs IN THE SANDSTONE.
The sandstone Of which old Table
Rock mountain is composed has been
making revelations. Mr. Pickrell dis
covered in the stone quarry there, this
week, two well. defined petrifications t;
one of the bones and a fin, apparently
of salmon, and the other i've perfect.
ly formed rattles of a snake. They
were imbedded many feet in the sand
stone formation, still they look as fresh
as though they had been buried but a
iew months. Mr.. Pickrell informs us
that petrified salmon nearly perfect
have been found in the same quarry.
These are interesting facts touching the
comparatively recent formation of the
present features of the country within
view of Boston city, for the same kind
of fish still swim in Bois, and precisely
the same kind of reptiles crawl among
the rocks upon its bankssas those whose
bones and forms are imbedded in the
mountains.-Ldaho Statesman.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31

a PARIS correspondent to the Lon.
don Daily Nevs of man-milliner Worth
who threatens this country with his
presence, and describes the females who
patronized him in the days of the inn
perial regime in Paris. "Cocodetts of
the Court" says this correspondent,
'cocodes of the Bois, wives of specula.
tors, shoddy squaws from New York,
Calmucs recently imported from their
native steppes, doubtful Italian prin-
cesses, gushing Polish countesses, and
foolish English women, merrily raced
along the road to ruin," under the SUI
pervision of this demoralizing man
milliner.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31
Fire in the Woods,

New YORK, March Twenty
square miles of wooded land on the
south shore of Long Island were burn
ed over yesterday, and thousands of
cords of wood and other property were
destroyed, the total loss being not less
than 100000. The fire began near Mer.
rick, and burned W estward to Oakland,
passing closeto several small villages,
which were saved only by great eXer-
tions Of the inhabitants No lives were
lost or dwellings burned during the en-
tire progress Of the fire.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31

PoLITICAL.-Electio will take place
during the coming month in Connecti-
cut and Rhode Island. On Monday,
April Sd, in Connecticut a Governor
and other State officers, and members of
Congress will be chosen, and on Wednes-
day. April 9Th, in Rhode Island, State
officers and members of the Legislature
will be voted for. In Connecticut the
Republican candidates for the principal
positions are Marshall Jewell for Cover
nor, and julius l.. Strong, Stephen
W.Kellogg, Henry III. Starkweather
and George Cofiing for Congress, the
first three having been members of the
forty-frst Congress. The Democratic
candidates are James L. English for
reelection as Governor, and Alfred r..
Goodrish, John Kendrick, John w.
Stedman and William ii. Barnum for
Congress, the last named gentleman
having been member Of the forty. first
Congress. In Rhode Island Seth Padel-
ford, the present incumbent, is the
Republican, and Thomas Steen is the
Democratic candidate for Governor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31

UNDER recent State legislation, a cor
poration composed of Messrs. Thomas A.
Scott, j. n. Mccullough and five or six
Others, known as the Pennsylvania Com
pany has resumed control of the leased
railroads of the Pennsylvania Central.
The stock of this corporation is nomi,
nally 100000, ofwhich $4,000, 900 will
be paid the Pennsylvania for its inter-
est in these leases, all of which will be
turned over to the new company.
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OoURT PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, the Hon. william Elwell, President
Judge of the Court of Oyc' ana Termincr and
General Jail Delivery, Court of quarter Sessions
of the Peace and Court OF Common Pleas and Or
phau's Court in the 10Th Judicial District, COM
posed of the counties of Columbia, sullivan and
Wyoming, aud the Hon. Tram Dcrr and Isaac :.
Monroe Associate Judges of Columbia county
have issued their prccCpt, bearing date the 9th
day of March in the year of our Lord, one
thousand, eight hundred and seventy -onc, and to
me directed for holding a Court OF oyer and Ter
miner and General Quarter Sessions OF the Peace
Court OF Common Pleas ana Orphans Court, III
Boumsbprg in the county of Columbia, ON the
first Monday being the lst day OF May next,
to continue one weeks.
Notice is hereby given, to the Coroner, to the
Justices of the Peace, and the COnstabluS of the
said county of Columbia, that they be then and
there in their proper person at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon of said iSt day OF May, with their rec
ords, inqusiiions and other remumDIunccs TO
do those thugs which to their Offices nppcrtain
to be done. And those that are bound By
recugnlZance, to prosecute against the pris
oners that are or may he in the jail OF the
said county OF Columbia, to be then and
there to prosecute them as shall be just. Ju-
are requested to be punctual in their attend-
aucc, agrecably to their notices. Dated at blooms
49,, burg, the Tth day of March, in the year
l.. $. of our Lord, one thousand eight hun
49, dred and seveniy-one ana in the ninety
fourth year OF the Independence OF The United
States OF America. AARON SMITH,
Bluomsburg, March ", ISL. Sherin.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31

A SEARCHING investigation will be
made by the French National Assembly
into the corrupt practices Of contractors
for supplies during the war. Many
cases of frauds are reported in which
immense contracts for articles at exorbi-
tant prices were made, the articles, on
being tested, proving utterly worthless.
Shoddy is evidently not confined to
this country.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31

IT is said that Mr.. Gladstone, the
English Premier, is in Strengthened fl.
nancial circumstances. 1t may be very
well. 1t is 20 the credit of human ma
ture that comparatively few great
states men in any country abuse the IA
cilities of their exhalted position for
their own private advancement. They
are, for the most part, in moderate cir
cumstances, and spend in their public
duties more than they draw from the
public purse.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31

NATIVES Of the Sandwich Islands are
much pleased with the pretty postage
stamps of one, six, and eighteen cents
denomination, which have recently
been introduced into the islands. These
stamps are violet, green, and pink in
hue, and are stamped with the heads OF
native Hawaiian dignitaries. There is
an immense trade in them, as the
natives buy them for talsmans.