The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-11-26
News Items.

Why don't Sweden have to send abroad
for cattleY Because she keeps her Stock
holm.
-- The only man not spoiled by being lion
lied was the Prophet Daniel.
Anna Dickinson makes her debut as an
actress in New York, in December.
Elk. Governor Curtin has gone to Colo
RADIO, and will be absent about three weeks.
Ten million dollars ofcountcrleit green.
backs were burned at the Brooklyn navy
yard yesterday by order of the government.
The Egyptian Khedivc has sent to
England for financial experts to straighten
his budget and find out how much he
owes.
Senator Dawes, of Massachusetts,, was
seriously injured at Pittsfed, on Saturday
last by the kick of horse, which he had
been riding.
A letter was recently received at the
Harrisburg postollice, addressed-"To the
Secretary of the Eternal Affairs at Harris
burg, Pa"
The aggregate weight of Mr.. Joseph
Weigel, wife and daughter, of Port Clinton,
is us pounds The father weighs 297, the
wife 22O and the daughter POI pounds.
james w. Croft ex-sherilf of Luzerne
county and eX-member of the Legislature,
died at the age of seventy-nine on Tuesday
of last week. He was the first postmaster
of Carbondale.
"A man of Bradford county, Pa, left his
wife of seventy-eght years, several weeks
ago, out of mere jealousy.
Noisy little boys in Cincinnati are told
that right in the centre of the hind hOots
of every live mule there is little lump OF
gold, which can be easily dug out with a
penkniie.
JOHN Surratt married Virginia lady
last year and is now teaching school at ii
village in Maryland, about twenty miles
thence. Miss Surratt married Treasury
clerk, but Immediately after the nuptals he
was dismissed from the department.
-Straw-The Republican vote in Iowa
this year fell 5000 short of the vote cast ior
President Grant III 1872, while the Demo
Gratis polled 10, 136 more votes than ever be-
lore.
The Secretary of the navy has arranged
that United States war vessel shall call
10 collect aud transport to the Centennial
the works of American artists resident III
Europe.
Cheese prepared in a copper press SER
iOusly poisoned family uear Railway, n
j.
"A little girl named Mary Loughuey,
aged II years, whose father resides in Pitts
ton, was drowned on Wednesday, in Dun
more Nnlle drawing pail of water from
II well, she slipped and fell into the water
head dOwnwards. Before she could be res
cued she was dead
We do wish Hon. Aleck Stephens
would make up his mind to do one thing or
the ether. His obituaries have been on the
standing galley tor the past three years.
The latest report Ofhis health is such as to
excite very serious apprehension5 among his
friends.
1t is reported that movement is on
foot III Plymouth Church TO have Henry c.
Bowen's name dropped from the roll OF
mem bershlp, as has been done in the case
OF Mrs. Moulton and Deacon West. Bowen
says he will not be driven from the church
but will, most certainly, defend himself.
On Friday last little daughter of Mrs.
Thos. MsGowan, of Oxford, Chester county,
was suddenly killed by the lodgment OF II
hickory nut in her throat. The children
were eating nuts, when the little one, aged
about two years, put a whole nut in her
mouth and choked ON it.
Dell Norris, of Darby township, Della
vars Geega ee9gHantYa Poin!ed ggnnat Charles Price,
irearm to be unloaded. The gun went oil,
tearing the entire lower part OF Prices face
away, and scattering his teeth and jaws over
the room.