The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-01-19


WEare under obligations to Geo. w.
Childs fora copy of the Public Ledger
Almanac for 1872.
IN cur report of the temperature of
Bloomsbury, for December, the maxi
mum is given as 3O'. 1t should have
been 5O'.
WILLIAM UNANGsT has purchased
the Walnut Hotel in Light Street for
$4,000 and will open it to the public on
the lst of April.
THE sale of the real estate of Fred
erick ShafTer, late of Centre township,
has been continued TO January 20lh, at
3 2o'clOcl, p. m.
THE Pennsylvania Central n. II. Co.
have leased the Danville, HaaletOn d
Wilkesbarre II. r.. for term of 30
years the lease to commence on the
1st Of March.
WE notice that in the vote on the
abolition of the Income Tax in the
House of Representatives at Washing
ton, Mr. Mercur voted against the
measure and in favor of the continuance
of the Tax.
THE upper portions of Columbia
County have always been pretty well
supplied with squirrels, but Chester
County, ifthe truth be told, is ahead.
White squirrels of the gray and red
species are caught there.
WE learn that Miss Oil of Blooms
burg, very nearly lost her life ON Satur-
day last, by falling from the cars at
Danville just as they were about start
ing. She was fortunately rescued with
out injury.
THEY do better in Lock Haven il the
way of snow storms than we Go here.
The last fall of snow which merely
whitened the ground with us, made eX-
celent sleighing in Lock HaVen-some
four or five inches of snow having accu-
mulated.
TIE Importance of giving ,Heridan'S
Corulry Condition Powders to horses
that have been out in the cold rain,
stood in cold wind, or drauI, 100 much
cold water, cannot be over estimated
no man should be without them who
owns good horse.
In the last number of the CO2umjidl
the insurance paid Mr.. w. b. Koons on
his house is stated TO be $500. ltshould
have been $4,000.
The companies in which he held pol
icies were the Aetna, Royal and Wyo'
ming, and the amounts due from each
were paid in full.
THE fourteenth fizzle in the way OF
snow storm took place on Tuesday.
People have rather lost faith in the
ability of this Winter to get up first
elias, article of the kind. Under the in
iluence of a few such seasons sleigh
making would become one of the lost
arts. The fifteenth attempt came OIL
on Wednesday.
THE vagarieo Of tho thermometer
lately are more exciting than pleasing
Nature seems determined to upset all
the rules which ought to govern thi.
season of the year. The fact that one
day is warm enough for Spring cloth
ing is no criterion that the next day
will not be cold enough to freeze every
thing solid. Looked at philosophically
this winter is failure.
On Friday last, through the careless
ness of some Of the railroad hands,
collision took place, at the switch below
the station at this place, whereby three
limestone cars, belonging to the Blooms
burg Iron Co., were considerably inJur
ed and a car of the Brown Line badly
wrecked. The latter now lies on III
side near the track, striking mOGu
ment of railroad uncertainties.
WE were pleased to see, not Ions
since, in one Of our exchanges, some
pretty severe remarks addressed It
several persons who, during au inter
esting lecture by Rev. Jno. S. G. Ab
bott, kept continuous coughing, Whicl
prevented many from hearing. Peo
pie who cannot refrain from coughing
had better stay away from such places
or else take a bottle Of Johhso"'S A"o
dyae LiaialeRt with them.
THE liiHonian gives an account of
freight train sailing into Milton, som
years since, with fine calf perched o
the cow catcher, which was afterWard
discovered to have been taken on 6
Catawssa. The innocent creature rod
the twenty-five miles without iujur.
and was taken off by an employee
the company, sent to the country, an
in couple of years matured into a fiji
COW.
SENATOR BUCKALEW has been al
pointed on the following committees
the Senate: Constitutional Reform
Congressional Apportionment, FEEDER
Relations, Education and Public Prin
ing (chairman). Capt. BrOckway is c
the following Committees in the Houst
judiciary General, Judiciary LocJ
Constitutional Reform, Counties al
Townships, Bureau of Statistics, Lab
and Cooperation and Federal Rel
tions.
ISAAC WOoDRUFFof Rush townshi
Northumberland county, had bl
which wandered to the house of
neighbor, VIM. Clark, whilst the m,
Of the family were tbrashing at t
barn. The bull got under the stra
stack and was there forty days and for
nights after which he released hims,
and walked mile. When weighed
was found to have lost just half