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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-04-12

On the first Tuesday of May next con-
ventions of School Directors will be held
throughout the State to elect County
Superintendents. The importance of q
wise selection for this Office cannot be
over-estimated, and we gladly publish
the following concentrations of the
State Superintendent.
Pennsylvania will have 200, 900 chill
dren to educate in her public schools du-
ring the next three years, and her anuu.
al expenditures for school purposes will
most likely average full $4,000 GOO.
Whether these children shall be well
taught and trained or otherwise; wheth.
er this vast sum of money shall be iudic.
iously or injudiciously expended will
depend very much upon the men about
to be chosen to fill the office of Superin
tendent, for it will be admitted by all
who reflect upon the subject that as the
Superintendents so the teachers, as the
teachers so the schools, and as the schools
so in good measure the social and polit-
ical condition of the people.
In view ofthese facts, and appreciating
the power of an intelligent Press as an
agency in creating right public senti-
ment, feel it my duty to ask you to
impress editorially upon your readers,
both school directors and citizens, the
importance of securing the very best
man that can be found Willing to accept
the Office of Superintendent of Schools
in your county. No other office probably
has relation so vital to the interests OF
the people. Persuade the members OF
the convention, if you can, to lay aside
all eXtraneOuS considerations and allow
their choice to be determined by merit
and merit alone.
Pennsylvania has within the last few
yeas placed herself proudly alongside
OF the foremost educational States. She
is taxing herselffor educational purposes
as heavily as any other State In the Un-
ion. She is pouring out her money for
the education other children most gen.
erously, and it is the high duty of all
who have to do with the official man
agement of schools TO see that every
dollar thus contributed brings back the
greatest return of that for which il Is
given. Our people are willing to pay
for the best schools, and we must have
them. Let none but men fully qualified
be placed in Office of Superintendent,
and the rest is guaranteed.
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NEWS

AT meeting of iron manufacturers
at Pittsburgh recently, all sizes of iron
were increased in price three.tenths of
a cent per pound, and nails twenty-five
cents per keg.
IN Rhode Island at the recent election
Padelford, Republican, was elected Gov
ernor, aud Cutler, Democrat, Lieuton-
ant Governor. The Legislatures hope
lessly Republican.
THE Ways and Means Committee Of
Congress agreed TO report uniform tax
on tobacco of twenty cents per pound,
and consolidated tax on whiskey of
sixty five cents per gallon.
ANOTHER gross fraud has been eX-
posed in Congross-an act of the Legis.
lature of the territory to give more than
half a million to the Washington and
Piedmont railroad, which is without a
survey or located line, or dollar Of
property, aud having but question
able charter. The bill passed.
The Pacific II. II. is again blockaded
Wy u SuOM SNOl III, ONCI wv lCCI vi ShOW
having fallen at Cheyenne. a heavy
flood is reported in he Ohio river, and
much damage has been done.
THE earthquake in California, lately,
continued with increasing violence al
intervals during the week, in some
places doing immense damage and caus
ing great loss of life. at Lone Pine tho
buildings crumbled and fell, buryinf
nearly the whole population beneath
the ruins Over thirty persons were
: killed, and at least hundred were
wounded. For three hours the eartl
was in constant tremble, and chasn
, thirty.five miles long, and varying from
, three inches to forty feet in width, wa
t opened in the valley. Great distres
, prevails among the people who escaped
with their lives from the debris Of tn
, demolished buildings.
e 1t is said that tho Tariff bill and tn
s bill reducing internal taxation, whicl
5 are to be considered in Congress thi
week, will reduce taxation about Sl5
: 900, 600, q sum that is considerably il
8 excess of the estimate Of the Secretar
l. of the Treasury.
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The columbian.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Friday, ApriL IL, 1872.
IInrirnnfi Cor Envernnr.

Despite the warnings of the Press and
other influential papers, and the pro-
tests of the better class of Republicans,
the Radical Treasury ring have nomi-
mated Hartranft for Governor. WE CAN
AND MUST DEFEAT HIM. The Evans
frauds and other malfeasances must not
be covered up or endorsed by electing
to the Office of Governor the man who
had finger in the plot. Ulysses MercuI
of Bradford received the nomination
for Judge of the Supreme Court, and
Harrison Allen that of Auditor General
Let the Democrats be warned in time
and by prudent nomination, at Read
ing defeat this latest corrupt combina
tion of the Treasury Ring.
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PETIT JURORS.

Bloom-Thomas Geddis, Thomas Dollmau, W
B. Koons, William Silvers.
Bsavcr-MOscS Schlcher
B3rwick-William j. Knorr, Adrian Van IIough-
ton, s. Il. Walton.
Benton-Andrew n. IlIeler.
BriarcTcek-D w. MartZ, Josiah Z. MartZ.
Coutre-LafayetteC Greasy.
Catawissa-Samuel Diemcr, Daniel Xarr ir.
Fishingcreek-IamesN N. Jones.
Greenwood-WilliamJ j. Cox, Rob't M. Musgrave
Hemlocx-Johu Gruber VIM H. Shoemaker.
Locust-David Leibv, John Heiner, Adam Dim.
ming, Lucas Fahringer.
NJ ithin-Jacob Grover, Sam'l Beidleman, Charles
Weckheiser, John II. Brown,
Madison-Joseph Maust, jr.
MI Pleasantly. Il. Appleman, A. j. Ikeler, John
Ale.
Montonr-E. G. Ricketts,, John Snyder.
Pine-Willam i. Faus.
Observation-Disclosures LeYln.
Scott-James Meredith.
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r IST OF GRAND JURORS FOR
NAV TERM

Bloom-J ]. Robbins, Philip Ever
Beaver-GeOrge p. Dresbach Henry Hintnriite r.
Berwick-Charles b. Jackson
Briarcreek-Archibald Henry
Catawissa-Charles Kregh
entrala-Robert Gorrell,
Franklin-Owen Kostenbauder
Fishingcreek-AlfredP Preston.
GreenWood-WilsonM NJ, Ewes
Jackson-George Hurleman. Elisha Robbins.
Hemlock-Peter S. Brugler, William Appleman.
MadiSon-Fred. Derr, John Christian, James
Dildine.
Maine-GeOrgc Breisch
Montour-John q. Quick, Christian Ulewell
,,range-Georgs Appleman.
Pine-Jacob Long.
ScOtt-JOAn Waters
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COURT PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, the Hon. william Elwell, President
Judge of the Court of oyer and Terininer and
General Jail Delivery, Court of Quarter Sessions
of the Peace and Court of Common Pleas and Or
phan's Court in the 26th Judicial District, COM
posed OF the counties of Columbia, Sullivan and
Wyoming, and the Hon. Tram Derr and Isaac =.
Monroe Associate Judges of Columbia county
have issued their precept bearing date the l7th
day of February, in the year of our Lord, one
thousand, eight hundred and seventy-one, and to
me directed for holdinga Court OF Oyer and Ter
miner and General Quarter Sessions of the Peace
Court of Common Pleas and Orphans Court, in
Bloomsbury, in the county of Columbia, on the
first Monday, being the 9Th day OF May next,
to continue one week.
Notice is hereby given, to the Coroner, to the
Justices OF the Peace, and the Constables of the
said county of Columbia, that they be then and
there in their proper person ut 10 o'clock in the
forenoon of said 9th day OF May with their
records, inquisitions and other remembrances, to
do those things which to their offices appertain
to be done. And those that are bound by
recognizance, to prosecute against the pris.
oners that are or may be in the Jail of the
said county of Columbia, to be then and
there to prosecute them as shall be just. Ju-
rors requested to be punctual in their attend
ance, agreeably to their notices Dated at Blooms
,~-o, burg, the 5th day of April in the year
! LII ! of our Lord, one thousand eight hun
tO-) dred and seventy-two and in the ninety
fifth year of the Independence of the United
states of America. AARON SMITH,
Bloomsbury, April 5, 1872 Sheriff
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A DMINISTRATOR,S NOTICE.

IN ESTATE OF PHILIP W. srEELY, DECD.
Letters of administration on the estate of
Philip w. Steely, late of fBeaver twp, Columbia
county, deceased, have been granted by the
Register OF said county to Eli Ohl, administra-
tor. All persons having claims against the es-
tate OF the decedent are requested to present
them for settlement and those indebted to the
estate to make payment to the undersigned, ad-
ministratOrs, without delay.
ELI OIL,
April. l2,'2.6w Administrator
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VREASURER'S SALE

OF UNSEATED LANDS IN COLUMBIA co
Agreeably to the provisions of an Act of AS
sembly entitled an Act directing the mode of
selling unseated lands for taxes and other pur
poses, passed the thirteenth day of March, 1915,
the 18th day of March, 1917, and the 25th day OF
March, 1921. and the 9th day of March, 1917 the
tice to all persons concerned therein that unless
the County, Road, School, Poor, Bounty and
ed la Ids, situate in Columbia county. are paid
before the day of sale, the whole such paris of
each tract as will pay the costs chargeable there
on, will be sold at the Court House in the town
of Bloomsbury. Pa, on the 10th day of June, 1872,
and to continue by adjournment, from day to
day for arrcarages of taxes due said County and
costs accrued on each tract respectively.
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New Advertisements.
VOs. HARTMAN &JNO. sTROU5 E

TOS. HARTMAN & JNO. STROUSE
~ Supervisors of roads in Cutawissa townshi p,
in acct. with said township,
DR..
To amount of duplicate, $500 %
I" error due on last years settle
ment, -
CIR.
BY amount paid sundry persons for -a.
work &c. S49iJ ~
EXonerations, 81 90
cent, lG6 iS
Bond 50
s3l97 s5
BY balance due township, Sl7j O3
We the auditors of Catawissa township have
examined the acct. of Joseph Hartman and John
Strouse as supervisors of said township and find
this correct as above stated.
Witness our hands this Sth day of April 1872.
NJ. V. r. KLINE.
HENRY. HoLLINGsHEAD.
c. L, MARGERUM,
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SALE

OF SEATED LANDS IN COLUMBIA COUNTY.
Also the following lots, pieces or parcels OF
Seated Lands returned by the tax collectors are
to be sold at the same time, under the provisions
of an act OF Assembly, entitled An Act relating
TO the sale OF lands for taxes in Columbia Coun-
tyn
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resent n Philadelphia Wholesale Grocery House.
Address in confidence, " Grocer' Columbian
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National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-03-01
Honely Girls.

'How did that homely woman con
trive 10 get married ?" is not unfre-
quently remarked of some good domes-
tie creature whom her husband regards
as the apple Of his eye, and IN whose
plain face he sees something better than
beauty. Pretty girls who ARE vain of
their charms are rather prone to make
observations of this kind and con
seriousness Of the fact that flowers of love
liness are often left to pine on the stem
while weeds of homelness go off readi-
ly, is no doubt in many cases at the
bottom of the sneering question The
truth is, that most men prefer homeli-
ness and amiability to beauty and ca
price Handsome women are apt to
oyer-valc themselves, aud in waiting
step the market Their plain sisters, on
the contrary, aware of their personal de-
ticencies, generally lay themselves out
to produce an agreeable impression, and
in most instances succeed. They don't
aspire to capture paragons with prince
ly fortunes, but are willing to take any
thing respectable aud Noteworthy that
Providence may throw in their way.
The rock ahead of your haughtv Junos
aud coquettish Hebes-is fastilious,
They reject and reject, until nobody
cares to WOO them. Men don't like to
be slubbed or to be trihed with-a les
son that thousands of pretty woman do
learn too late Mrs Hannah Moore, IA
very excellent and pious person. who
knew whereof she wrote recommends
every unmarried sister to accept the offer
Of the first good sensible Christian lover
who falls in her way. But ladies whose
mirror, aided by the glamour of vanity,
assures them they were born for con
quest, pay no heed to such advice. Itis
/ noteworthy fact that homely girls gen
rally get better husbands than fall to
he lot of their false sisters Men who
re caught merely by pretty face and
igure do not, as a general rule, amount |
o much. The practical, useful, thought
nj portion of mankind is wisely 'ontent |
With unpretending excellency
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A Knowing Horse.

Philip Ashley, Of London, was un-
dou edly the best horse-tamer OF his
dav. and as Il Judge of what may be
called trick horse flesh, he has never
perhaps been equaled. He generally
obtained his stud from Smithfield car
ing, as he said ''little for shape, make,
or color E" temper was the only consid-
Grafton He rarely gave more than five
pounds for each For this price he OBJ
tained his accomplished horse Billy,
a great popular favorte, playful as kit
ten with those he knew, and deeply
versed in all the learning of the circus.
"Billy' could fire off pistols, take tea
kettle off blazing fire, lay the cloth,
arrange cups and saucers, and invite the
clown to tea All agreed that he could
do everything but talk But one day
Billy" was arrested by the Sheriff, not
on account of any extravaganza of his
own, but owing to the misconduct of n
groom, one Saunders, to whom he had
been lent. Saunders had been many
years in Astley's employ, and had bor-
rowed Billy TO exhibit him by way
of private speculation. This terminated
in the imp prisonment of Saunders in the
Fleet, and the sale of Billy" to the !.
highest bidder. For three years the |
fayorte was lost sight Of Accidentally I
one day two Of Astley's riders
discovered Billy" drawing cart in .
Whitechapel. There could be no ques
ton If the fact, for upon hearing a pc
culiar clicking together of the nails OF
the forefnger and thumb-oue Of the
signs or sounds Ashley had always EN-
ployed in training his Billy" had
pricked up his ears, pranced and danced
in a very remarkable manner The re-
cognition was mutual, "Billy's' present
proprietor was well content to part with
him at moderate price. "for, as he
explained, though he's the best-tem-
pered creature breathing, yet sometimes
he does cut such very rum capers that
we calls him the mountebank. Forth
with Billy was restored to his friends;
all WIS forgiven, and he reappeared in
the circus as though he had never been
absent from it, made tea and went
through all his " business, and so con
tinued toe for many years, dying at last
from sheer old age UNIVERSAL ly respected
and regretted.
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Publishing Under Difficulties.

The publication of the Uundee Weebly
in Illinois has been discontinued. This
is the sixth time that the Wetkiu under
successive proprietors, has come to an
untimely end and in its final issue the
rules are turned and the resources of the
office in the way of ghastly cuts of cof-
fins and ombstones are exhausted in the
effort to render suitable mortuary honors
to the expiring journal. And rs the
editor had many gaping columns at his
disposal which should have been filled
with paying advertisements but which
ewing to the penuriousness of the non
advertising population of Dundee were
not so occupied, he took occasion to fill
the vacant space with earnest and un-
equivocal expressions of his candid opin.
ion in regard to the place and its in
habitants. His description of Dundee
is hardly calculated to attract immigra-
ton to that particular part Of Kane
county. He calls it Chicago burned
into a crust by the fires of misery San
Francisco shocked by the earthquakes
of meanness into grabbing after pennies
and cold victuals and declares that if
Gabriels horn is ever heard within its
precincts its sound will be drowned out
by the clamors of its hungry people
it an invitation to free lunch
He pathetically alludes to his own trials
while endeavorng to escape starvation,
and recilus the melancholy experience
Of some Of his predecessors who had
been deluded by fair promises into the
disastrous experiment of publishing n
newspaper ''in the foul graveyard" as
A warning 10 printers who may hereafter
De enticed to burv their talent in so I'M
promising field. And finally, with /
glee he directs the attention of .
lis readers to cut which he tells them I
the identical train OF cars in
which he intends to leave for any place
IN the known earth which will take him
'ut OF sight of the dead things that walk
he streets of Dundee. If the editors
was equal to his disgust, he did
lot wait to observe the effect of his val
dictory upon the minds Of his patrons.
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An iowa Marriage.

A divorce case with some new features
was brought into Chicago Court
Stephen Il. Hicks asks that he be care.
fully relieved from the bonds Of mntri-
mony now existing, as he says, pro fo,p,a,
between himself and one Anna. The
complainant says that upon the 2Sth
day of November last, he being resident
of and farmer in the county Of Black
hawk, in the state of Iowa, visited the
town Of Waterloo, having in his custody
Il wagon load of wheat for delivery, on
commission, to n warehouse man in the
town. As n return load he had to take
back quantity of stone, awaiting the
loading of which he stood upon the street
corner, where he met one Alfred Alline,
who was in buggy drawn by team Of
horses. Alline stopped and invited com
plainant to ride with him. He rode, rs
he supposed, upon his friendly invita-
ton, when he was carried to Allines
house. During the ride there was some
friendly converse. When the ride was
completed Alline invited complainant
in. He objected. by reason of some
thing he saw in the invitation which in
dicated danger, but being induced there
W ~ tit i'IplltI VI pIStbl anu tut
threat of shoot he did alight and en-
tered the house. Having entered the
house he was encountered by one Anna
Severance the defendant3 and her aunt,
Clara Severance. Being in custody of
these females, the man Alline left shortly
to return with some person who was
to be Justice of the Peace,
whereupon Alline produced lawful au
thority for complainant's marriage with
the woman Severa nee. Having procured |
this, Alllne demanded that the MAJ riage
should take place forthwith. and because
if he did not, then there would be kill |
ing. Under these threats the ceremony
WIS gone through with, but under
luress and without consent, and there
upon complainant left defendant, where
fore, under all these circumstances, he
claims that the marriage is void
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sonable to suppose that their latal expert
ence here, through the matchess defence
of these heroes and heroines, was mstru-
mental in saving hundreds OF the dwellers
on the frontier from the horrors oi an In
dian massacre
Seldom did it fall 10 the lot OF the early
settler, to win more brilliant crown
than John Kilburn earned IN his glorious
exploit. Peak got the only wond oi his
party, receiving II ball in the hips, from ex-
po.nre at port-hole, which, unhapplly'
for the lack Of surgical care, caused hls
death on tho fifth day. The Indians never
again appeared in that neighberhood, AZ.
though the war did not terminate tn
eight years afterwards. John kllbnrn
lived to see his fourth generation enjoying
the benefit of high civilization on the
spot he had rescued from the savages
W bat amount OF destruction he had his
companions made among the sayages u
was impossible 20 tell as they carefully
carried of and concealed their dead.