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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-02-03

TEMPERATURE of JANUARY 1871, at
bloomsbury, observed daily, three
times, at 7 a. m, at . p. III. and at 8 p.
M, as directed by Smithso nian Insti-
tute, Washington.
Maximum or highest temperature 5S'
on the 18th at . p. m.
Minimum or lowest temperature on
the 2jth at I a. M, 10.
Mean temperature of the whole
month 30 S.15o. II. H.
Much complaint is male at this of
flee in regard to the non.nrrival of the
C0iunijidn at its destination at the
proper time. We assure our readers
that the fault is not with US. The pa
pers are regularly mailed here, at the
proper time, and if they do not arrive
at their destination as they should, the
fault is entirely with tho Postmasters.
OF course we can not control them
Subscribers will obligc us by reporting
all failures and we will make every eff
fort to ascertain the cause and correct
the evil
REV. ID. j. WALLER has given notice
of his determination to resign the pas
torship of the Presbyterian Church o
Bloomsbury. Mr.. w. is a clergyman
of more than ordinary ability and we
believe his congregation will very gen.
orally regret his resignation. He has
occupied the position for 30 years. He
will continue to reside in Bloomsbury
At the recent Festival of the Young
Mems Christian Association, the prizt
chair was voted to Mr.. WALLER by 6
largo fnaioritv
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-02-03

DIR. LAwRENCE's WoMAN's FRIEND Cures all
Diseases peculiar to Females
jan.l7ly.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-02-03
MARKET REPORTS.
bloomsbury Market.

LUMBER.
Hemiock Hem Boards Fer thousand feet,,;,.."' sle %
Pine " lone inCh) .,.., lsa3l
Jost Scantling, Plank, (Hemlock) .......... 10 %
Shingles No. per thonsand',,.,...."",""", 90 60
Siding A" A" II. ....................,,S 90
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-02-03
ALSO

At the Same time ana place. all that certain
tract OF land, situate in the township of Scott,
Columbia county, Pa, bounded on the north by
lot OF II, q. trcVUling on the east by lot of Til
man FauS, on the s'UtE by an alley, ON the west
by a IubIc road leading to Light Street; said
lot being ;tbH ut eighty iOct front by one hundred
feet deep, ON which is erected II one and n half
story Frame Dwelling House. Frame stable,
with the appmtrnanccs.
Seized, taken in Execution, and to be sold as
th" property oi Edward {. Green, and Lewis c.
Green,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-02-03

UloomSburg, Dec. 30, lS7o-tf.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-02-03
I ICENSE NOTICE.

Comm iSSiuner'S Office.
iHcyt;-WM, kEGCKHNUM, CiCrl
Bloom sburg, Jan. ~, ISL.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-02-03

HENRY CARVER, A. NJ, Principal.
Bluomsburg, Jan. l3, lS7l-0rn.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-05
A Nilsson Scandal.

There arc various stories regard
ing the amiabihty of Nilsson. Per
haps it is none of the publie's business
whether she is amiable or otherwise
but it is pleasant to know something
about these little matters. There is
moral lesson to be gained from
them occasionally, and the moral les
son cannot be sneezed at with any
propriety. Miss Nilsson" we read,
has shipped her lover and travelling
companion, Mrs. Richards, back to
Europe together, and has gone of
with only her maid) with Judge
Stoughton and wife to their country
homo in Vermont. From there she
goes TO Newport with them, they
having taken the old Governor Gibbs
house for the summer. The story is
that Mrs. Richards has been gotten
rid Of for the reason that she is the
person who made the match between
mademoiselle and the young French
man who has recently been here, and
whom mademoiselle does not now
intend to marry. SO Madam Rich
ards and the lover were despatched
together and Nilsson is going to
manage affairs herself now, accord
ing TO the approved American plan"
The lesson is, that woman may not
be public favorte and at the same
time the choicest woman of any par
ticuar man. Miss Nilsson has wealth
and fame but she is spoiled for homo
purposes. Rochester Democrat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-05
Prof. Morse's Early Struggles.


Prof Morse tells an anecdote of his
early struggles. When he was at
Washington, employing all his ener-
gIes to obtain an appropriation from
the Government to erect a line from
Baltimore TO Washington, he had his
instruments at each end Of the Cap
itol, to demonstratoNto the members
of Congress the feasibility Of the
plan. He says: 81 talked to them,
and explained the working of the in
strument hour after hour. | gained
many adherents; still | saw that
many were incredulous, and many
even secuted at the idea as prepos-
ferrous, and pronounced my instru-
ment as the toy of crack-brained
enthusiast. 1t was toward the close
of the session, and there was still
about two or three hundred bills yet
to be passed before they came to
mine. 1t was late at night, and
finally | gave up in absolute despair,
and left the Capitol building with a
sad heart. | was bankrupt, having
expended all that | had on my dis
covery. | walked down the Capitol
steps with exactly fifty cents--all /
had in the world-and more dis
consulate individual it would be hard
to find After a wakeful night |
arose In the morning to find my bill
passed, and a new era in the history
of science commenced -
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-05
An Embarrassing Mistake.


Last Sabbath evening a young per-
son of the masculine gender, quietly
and genteely, as becoming those who
frequent the house of The Lord, walk
ed into one OF our churches. He
took a seat beside q young person of
the feminine gender. Tho young
lady was attired in a white gown,
fresh from the laundry, and guiltless
Of spot or wrinkle. With that in
stinctive neatness common to most
OF the fair sex, the young lady had
spread out the skirt of her gown as
much as possible, to save it from the
rumple incident to "a sitting posture.
The young man, on taking his seat,
did not at first observe the display of
drapery beside him After awhile
he cast his eyes around. They fell
on the white muslin, and be felt him
self growing red and white by turns.
Gould his--his, in short, could the
tail Of his shirt have escaped from its
confinement in his unmentionables +?
His hand trembled, but he surreptiti-
ously laid hold OF the lady's proper
ty, lifted his coat, and pushed it, as
well as he was able, under his panta-
looms. The lady, surprised at this,
to her, unaccountable maneuvre,
moved away little, but said noth-
ing. The young gentleman again
became interested in the sermon, but
glancing down at the seat a moment
or two after, beh cid, to his horror,
what ho supposed to be his unman-
ageable garment. With convusive
effort be clutched it in his shaking
hand, and was endeavoring to put it
where it should have been, if it had
been his muslin, when the lady mov-
ed far enough away to take her skirt
out of the reach Of the unhappy
young man. With an expression Of
countenance plainly depicting the
unutterable thoughts within him, the
young man took up his hat and hur-
riedly left the sanctuary.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-05

NAPOLEON AND EUGENIE-Thers
come well authenticated rumors from
Chiselhurst Of serious domestic diff
ferences. Louis Napoleon, it seems,
desires to return to the home of his
childhood, where his mother resided.
the castle Of Areuenburg, in Switzsr-
land. Eugene has no objection to
his going, but refuses TO accompany
him. She wants also to return home,
to tho beautiful land of Spain, and
take the young Prince with her.
Malicious people say that Eugenie
has long ceased to care for her hus-
band. She already openly exhibited
her Indifference for him when she
left Regent at Paris. After Sedan
her contempt became quite marked /;
she could not forgive him for having
surrendered instead of dying heroic
ally at the head of his army. The
first tete-d-tete at Welhelmshohe could
hardly have been pleasant one. AT
Chiselhurst she has as little to do
with him as possible and rarely APP
pears in his society.
I
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-05

s9-James r. Doolittle, says the
New York Tribune, has lost the little
dignity he retained after his invol-
untary apostasy from the Republic
an party As long as he held him.
self aloof from the scenes of his old
contests, bearing impartial testimo
ny against the wickedness of both
sides, we found him trifle dull, but
perfectly respectable. His isolation
gave him sort of style-like Saint
Simeon's on his Pillar, equal to him
in integrity and uselessness. But
he has sunk into q mere Office seek.
er at last, and accepted u nomination
with platform as shufling and hes.
itating as himself He will be easily
beaten and comfortably forgotten be
fore he is called upon to digest hi:
Thanksgiving turkey.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-05

c5 Since the Democratic papers
have tried 10 offset the Tammany
frauds with defalcations 10 the Inter-
nal Revenue Department, the facts
are being published. The First
Comptroller Of the Treasury has pre-
pared list of us Collectors whose
accounts are unadjusted, OF these,
seventy-nine are actual defaulters-
that is, have received taxes that have
not been paid into the Treasury
Thirty-six OF these defaulter were
appointed by President Lincoln, for
ty by President Johnson, and three
by President Grant, Lincoln's Adj
ministration is charged with $780,
III, Johnson's with s1,759 ,427, and
Grants with 64,591.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-05
nsa- The Boston Natural Histor

49, The Boston Natural History
Society has received present of a
specimen of the Sucking Fish (Eche-
neis Remord) which, we read with in
terest, fastens itself to the keel of a
ship, and thus delays its progress
Spectators have amused themselves
by finding in the lower animals types
of mankind. We have ourselves no.
ticed kind Of Sucking Fish on two
legs which is in the habit of attach
ing itself to the municipal ship and
making it sail in highly unsatisfac-
tory manner, while, at the same
time, growing fat in the most mys-
terious way. We don't say that Mr..
Tweed, for instance, is an EcheneiS
Remora, for that might be libelous,
but we do say that he is an odd fish,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-05
Stretched.

A Milwaukee woman lately got on
a rampage" and was scolding the
neighbors, hired girl and every
thing in general, when her husband
en- tered and interposed a mild word.
This added fuel to her temper, and
she opened her mouth for an angry
reply, but q spasm contracted her
cheek, her lower jaw fell, and she
could neither speak nor shut her
mouth, but remained in that condi-
ton. her tongue hung out, and her
eyes nearly started.out of their sock
cts. On examination being made, it
was found that she had dislocated
her jawbone in her violent effort
to make singing reply TO her hus-
band.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-05
Sunny Rooms.

Every woman is wise enough and
careful enough TO secure for house
plants every bit of available sunshine
during the cold winter months
Great care is taken to get southern
aspect from them. Indeed, if one
can secure no other than north
wind for her plants, she has too much
love for these unconscious inauimate
things to keep them at alt She
would rather leave them in the cold
to die outright than finger a martyr
existence in the shade.
Humanity needs sunshine quito as
much as plants. Men and women
having a fair degree Of strength, and
the use Of their limbs can obtain an
outdoor glimpse Of the sunshine, now
and then and if they choose to do
so, let them live in rooms with only
a north exposure. But if it is posi-
bic, let us secure rooms into which
every ray of sunshine that falls in
winter may enter-for the little ba-
bies who are shut up in the house,
invalids who cannot leave their
rooms, and aged people who are too
intirm to get out of doors.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-05

s5r Boston is to have a goose-race
new there, but an old diversion al
the West. Four actors are to con.
tend, not in making geese of them.
selves, but in an aquatic race in tnbs
six geese to be harnessed to each
craft, and the race to take place on
Charles river early this month. One
man enters white, one a brown
one a gray, and the fourth a yellow
goose; and the race promises to be
funny ifnot fast. The manager of 8
theatre gives the purse.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-05

say An Illinois woman committed
suicide by hanging herself to an
apple tree. At the funeral neigh
Dor, noticing the sad appearance of
the husband, oonsoIed him by saying
that he had met with a terrible loss.
Eyes" said the husband. heaving a
sigh, "she must have kicked awfully
TO shake off six bushels of green aps
Piles that would have been worth q
dollar bushel when they got ripel'
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-05
EsY. Miss Mary Turrnll "

- MISS MARY IyffeIl, a young
woman employed in the watch facto-
ry at Elgin, ILL.,, was lately caught by
the hair in shaft, jerked from the
floor, and her scalp completely sever
ed from her head. Seven hours az
forwards two doctors discussed the
propriety of replacing the scalp, and
at last came TO the conclusion to do
so; and now the poor girl is said to
be doing well.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-05

sO-Dr Franklin recommends a
young man, in the choice of a wife,
to select her from bunch, giving as
a reason that when there are many
daughters they improve each other,
and from emulation acquire more
accomplishments, and know more
and do more than a single child spoil
ed By parental fondness.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-05
i q. SCOTT.

(ofsoott & Hlcklin, Patch GroyeD
NOTARY PUBLIC. Will collect claims, convey
N lands, pay taxes and attend 20 any legal bust
ness. Any business entrusted 20 me will receive
prompt attention. 4mJ*
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-05
Sermons In stones,
Books in the running brook
And good in nverYihing.

ssy-It is a fact not generally
known that all the gold sent East
from San Francisco now comes
through the mail-bags. 1t is put up
in small boxes, weighing two or three
pounds, and each box sent as a regis
tered letter. In this way the cost of
transportation is about one per cent,
while the express companies charge
five. One hundred thousand dollars
thus passes daily through the Omaha
Post-offico.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-05

s6y- Darwin accounts for the origin
of the fittest by assuming q constant
tendency to variation in nature, 9TH
erwise there could have been no ma
terial for the exercise of selection. -
But another professor refers the
change to the process of acceleration
Of growth, and accounts for this by
various influences acting upon the
growth-torce-namely, physical and
chemical causes, use. and effort. Re-
garding the last, he INDUCES in q Gu
rious speculation: Suppose there
"were no part or organ to use. Such
"must have been the condition OF
"every animal prior to the appear
"ance of ian additional digit or limb.
81 am disposed to believe that the
"growth-foree may be by the wolf,
'tion Of the animal as readily deter
"mined to locality where an exec
"utive organ does not exist, as to the
"hrst segment or cell of such an orr
"gan already commenced, and that,
therefore, effort is in the order OF
slime tho first factor of acceleration. F."
Which of you by taking thought,
said our Lord, can add one cubit un-
to his stature? But if the new theo-
~ of volitional acceleration of growth
is sound, it is quite possible that man
has only to keep on wishing for two
noses, and in the course of genera
tions the second nose will beoin ia
sprOut.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-05
sea "Nasby" Is ENGAGED in writin,

s@-" Nasby" is engaged in writing
a lecture in which be narrates the
experiences of an Apache Indian sent
out by his tribe as missionary to
raise the American people to their
moral standard. The conception is
q bright one, and will enable Nasty"
to Ego through" all the humbugs Of
our civilization.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-05
say-An eminent lawyer has come

sG-An eminent lawyer has come
to the conclusion that marriages per.
formed on Sunday are illegal, mar,
riage in this country being a civil
contract. Ifthis opinion is sustained
by the Courts, the salaries Of our
clergymen will receive large aug
mentation by a duplication Of the
ceremony. But our poor children
born outside the bonds-what will
become of them
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-05
Tobacco's Startling Facts and
Figures.

According to the statements of DR.
Rnbio, the number OF lunatics is
much greater ia northern countries
where the consumption of spirituous
liquors and the use of tobacco ia
much greater than in southern coun-
tries, where the people are very So
Der and small smokers. According
to M. Moreau, not a single case OF
paralysis is seen in Asia Minor, where
there is no abuse of alcoholic liquor,
and where they smoke a kind of
tobacco which is almost free from
nicotine, or the peculiar poison in to-
bacco. On the other hand, insanity
is frightfully increasing in Europe,
just in proportion to the increase ia
the use of tobacco. 1t appears that
from 1880 to 1892 the revenues from
the impost on tobacco in France rose
from 81, 100000 to 98, 1888, 1873, "A ire
mendous figure to have disappeared
from the pockets Of the people into
smoke. But hand in hand with this
increase in the consumption of tobac-
co there appears to have been during
the same period an augmentation of
the number Of lunatics in France
from 5000 TO $4,000, or rather co.
600, if we take into account other
lunatics.
If ono tenth the alleged evils of
tobacco smoking be facts, the entire
human race must be seriously injured
by the Tndian weed !" for it appears
that the average annual consumption
by the whole human race of 1,000,-
100000 is at least 20 ounces -four
pounds six ounces) per head, and the
total quantity annually consumed is
100000 tons, or 4,480,000,00O lbs
weight.
1t, is howevar, to the young, that
the evil Of smoking is likely TO be
the most disastrous. Whatever ben
eft may be derived from smoking
in maturity and old age, it is obvious
that the young cannot need the fioti-
tious aid of narcotic. Parents
should look to this, and prevent the
most deplorable physical or moral
consequences of the habit of their
children. Many young man dates
the ruin of his health back to the
first Whit of tobacco, which, by dint
ofnausoous practice, he was at length
able to smoke, in the foolish imita-
ton of manhood. That smoking
must impair the nervous system of
tho young seems certain, and that
it may lead to drunkenness or excess
in drink is more than probable, from
the thirst which it necessarily occas-
ions.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-05

s@.A bare-h aaded, bare-footed
little boy astonished a worshiping
congregation in a Massachusetts,
town, on a recent Sunday, by rush,
ing into tho church and exclaiming.
"Whcre's my papa? The pigs are
ont 7"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-05

aeA- "What is the annual corn crop
of kertucky?" asked foreign tourist
Of Kentuckisn. II can't exactly
say" he replied, "but / know it's
enough to make all the whisky we
want, besides what is wasted for
bread"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-05
raA Chicago paper records the fol-

r%A Chicago paper records the fol-
lowing fact, which may be cited as a
wonderful fulfilment of dreams: A
man dreamed dreadful dream-that
his child was scalded to death He
took every precsution against such a
catastrophe, but precisely in five
weeks and two days after the dream
the little boy was run over by wag-
on, and escaped uninjured.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-05

sG-A writer in the British Quar-
terry, In a paper on Hereditary Leg
islators," presages the abolition of
the House of Lords, and says that
exalted rank, derived from birth
alone, must be permitted to die out
by the fiux of time"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-05

NOTARY PUBLIC, Claim Agent, aud Agent for scy
IN eral Of the best Iife and Fire Insurance Com
paucs Va the country. Also Licensed Auctioneer. al
business entrusted 70 him will be promptly ATTENDED
TO- al Casayille Wis 2l-l7
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-05

sa-On a gate post in front of
farm house in Illinois, is a sign which
reads as follows: "Take warnin'-
No trac, nor life inshurans, nor so-in-
masheens wanted her."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-05

seS- Now my little boys and girls"
said teacher, 81 want you to be
very quiet-so quiet that ysu can
hear a pin drop" in a minute all
was silent, when little boy Shrek
ed out, "Let her dropl"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-05

TAn immense orang-outang re-
Gently made its appearance at Gates
vile, Texas, aud the whole commune
ty turned out to look after him,
How like brothers they all must have
felt, thus going like prodigals to q
common ancestor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-05
re- Where Il ghostlv and watery

sA-There is ghostly and watery
intelligence from Ballston. Fifteen
years ago, the revered spirit of the
great Franklin communicated to
Medium the fact that in a certain
locality was an undiscovered boiling
spring. They bored, and up the wa
ter bubbled. Which is very queer
indeed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-05

A FISH SroRY.-A fish mystery is
troubling COancil Bluffs. Spoon
Lake, placid sheet of water near
that city, has never been known to
contain fish "to any extent" until
recently, when it's waters not only
swarmed with myriads of finny mon
sters, but the surrounding shores are
alive with fish. Thoy have come in
such enormous numbers that the
waves wash them high and dry on
the shore where they lie knee-deep.
dead and putrefying. The fish trade
in Omaha and Council Bluffs has be-
come prodigious. The fish seem to
be greatly astonished at their new
surroundings, and stick their beads
from the water and open their mouths
as if they wanted air. A little boy
takes flat board and wades into the
water and in ten minutes throws out
as many fish as wagon can carry,
varying in weight from two to five
pounds. People who have lived in
the neighborhood for years declare
the phenomenon precedented, and
various wild theories are put forth
inexplanation. The prevalent belief
is that the swarm came into the lake
by subterranean passage, during
late storm, while a few venerable
observers contend that the Missouri
overhowed its banks and flooded the
lake with catfish and perch.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-05
UNITED STATES HOTRL,

y. elise proprietor, Duuleith, H., near steam
~. boat Landing and Passenger Depot Genera
stage office tor Patteyilo, Lancaster and points East
sahlng In connection with the hotel. 1880
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-05
''1ItN ~ - HNHi' v, y IN
HUMPHREY g. CLARK,
BAN I&ERS

Ban * 4 rs
BLOOMINGTON. wISOONS1N
DUY AND SELL GOLD AND GOVERNMENT
ID Bonds and Eastern Exchange. Prompt aiten
ton given 20 collections a. AT points and the pay
mcut % taxes Deposits received and loans neyifiss
ted Advances made upon approved securities In
tercst allowed on special deposits at best current
rates 224btf
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-05
CARRIER HOUSE,

m CARRIER, proprietor, Boscobel, Wis. Meals pro-
vided before time, and patrons assisted with
baggage. Promptness, and no delays at the Carrier
Innan- HlnLIInv nlfachad