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Tho Aldermen Resolve to Lsxy s50o000
to Apply on Certificates Of
Indebtedness,
An adjourned mootinH Of tho City Council Was
held last evening 10 conntdor tho Appropriation

North Division.
Ali, f.nljcrtou moved az second amendment
tbat tbs Joiut Committee On stroota apa Alloys
prepare M ordinance Designating tue po'Aog-
places aud Judges Of. eleeuoa.
AID. Clark, Of tho Tonth, moved 10 subsu-
tuto that tho City Clerk report an ordinance
such as tho charter called for. Tbia was changed
to make tho report COMO from sho Inv
Department. and thib In turn was changed 80
10 10 include tho Committoo on Btreota and Al
leys Of tho three divisions. Tho motion was
oarrled. md IN motion Of Aid. Fitzgerald, Il
t.ns msda s thh ~ dntv of thn Gon,mtttan and ttc
mennTtnont to rat3ort noxt b,nnfiav oyonlnu:
rue Arruorn1ATioH p111.
was then takon up, tho pending motion boinR
far thn naTmnts ~ mnnny horotnfore borrnwnd,
~ 7;gratI, n1ovo' NJ tf,st In itcn ha insort.
ed. and dAIa. Cuiiprion moved tho previous dues.
tfon. which wAa ordored. Tho main question
h1 a,n 'n1n fo,}ntsirr }usa r yotn. ' -
W .s1e ioiio~.'s w VIZ VIZ % ,v. r,,zn.,, co
sins II H. Tni1gih VIA ouo Ct tho ritl1 VIII
cisrko Of tho Filth Ward. heiy, so.acr, Cnllsrton.
1lnah, Waterman, Campbell, Casu, Cleveland Qurk.
Ryan, Stout, MAhr, Lengachez Murphy, Lynch. Dick
inaou. Jonas3So; ,..,,,,, x.n.,, ,,..,.
of is sha Testi WsTd %hite9s. s' A''N''' o'AfA
Ih1s yoto *as not a. en1t1eiy ,1a iais representa-
ton. OF tho teoliog OF the Alaermon, lnas'nich
as ABOUT halt.h:dozoh mompeta o. ne Gouhel
VINO hhu a. hfat voted nhy cnanReu pe1ofo tno
vote was doelalad, IN ordoF to got ohanco to
move accommodation;
Ald. campbell moved fcoohsaiofasion OF the
Voto last takeo, nnn eaid thai ~ siS yonra expo
ronco IN legislative bodce. no ,,l hsa rover aoen
hue9 aa 1at;omp. 10 snoAo on ss u.ssuhs,oa: .si
Ald. Gn!lotton Ct i, roso 70 pom. q r. order nnd
oonan1oa snat tae apaakpl H. Aavp - suo 9MSsIn:
AZ. Oampnoi aaiu ~ suas 10 was LOO MUCH OF
gentleman 11ia nos 70 90 50.
A,l. GnAefton o., hopoo 30. ,.,u,
Aid. ChnRne4 tnan rtoeeoa9a WIN hla apeeen
~ uPposI.n ~ ~ tsoe'' 1lsnoas ~ "outa; ~
see me sJssom winch air. hayes nfu loaoGufntea
como oeok % plague nim aaa tho otnoe men VINO
hha aaals.ea lua IN putsine re provision aKalnsl
iesulng ponnh ~ tno Conat.suaon. 5ao was III
tnfo gonntatlohh 70 Pay taele snafo o. tho per
mhnoau improvements ZOE WHICH 'no ols'zona
tnH6t DO taxed. .
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-05-19
Miscellaneous.
TALE OF THE FRONTIER.

There had been murder at Red Fox
Run, one Of the tributaries of the Smoky
Hill River, in Western Kansas.
murder was not a novel thing in those
days, for of the eighteen men sleeping in
the unfenCed graveyard on top of the un-
dulatng right bank of Red Fox Run, not
one Of them had died natural DEATH
Eleven had been killed in the summer of
'67, by the combined band of Santanter
and Roman Nose, when all the tribes on
the plains united against the whites-lour
had been killed in her bar-room rows, one
in duel, and two by Wild Horse Smith
one of the most noted desperadoes that had
ever come to Red Fox.
But Wild Horse Smith was tried by a
jury, each time, at but a few hours after the
crimes, and it was proved to the satisfaction
of his peers, that the dead men pulled first
but Smith, with his usual luck and dexterity,
got in the first shot.
In view of these facts, no jury of that
kind, aud in that day, could do otherwise
than to bring in verdict of justifable
homicide, so Wild Horse Smith was ac-
quilted, and became the model of the many
bad men, and the terror Of the few good
ones.
He was tall, bony man of thirty.fve,
with gray eyes, long, dark hair, and long,
leathery cheeks, as devoid of beard as the
plains about Red Fox Run were Of trees.
Four or five families had moved into this
part of the State to farm in the rich bot
tom. Among them was Zachary" Bow
man, who had family consisting of his
wife and children, the oldest, Sarah,
a handsome, healthy y.looking girl of twen-
ty.
As there were very few young ladies in
Red Fox compared TO the number of men,
and as there was not one who at all equalled
Sarah Bowman in personal charms, she at
once became the belle of the settlement, and
was besieged by dozen marriageable men,
among whom Wild Horse Smith stood first
in his own opinion.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-05-19

1t has been lately mentioned that the
competition of the United States with Rus
sia in the wheat supply has produced great
depression at Odessa, the principal grain
market of the Black Sea. The United
States are evidently destined to do much to-
wards feeding the world. We have a vast
and fertile territory, which, compared with
Europe, is sparsely settled, so that the pro-
duction is far ahead of the consumption, to
say nothing of our superiority Of agriculture
and of machinery for cutting and marketing
and greater facilities for transportation.
Wheat, however, is only one Of the articles
of food which we can export to advantage.
American cheese, fish and oysters are now
found in most of the English and Continen-
tai markets. The successful shipments
which have been made of American beef are
a great triumph, and if they lead to large
foreign demand will have a beneficial effect
upon the cattle-raising regions of our coun-
try, especially Texas, whose immense herds
have not hitherto had much value beyond
their hides. We have various great marts
of trade in the interior, such as Chicago, st.
Louis, Louisville and Cincinnati, Ito say
nothing of coast shipping points like Balt-
more,) which have become ije@ts Of interest
in Europe in connection with its food sup
ply. Special mention is made Of Chicago,
which in Il great part four years ago was in
ashes, is now able to make AN exhibit which
is perfectly astonishirg,cspecially in'the line
of provision packing, in which il takes the
lead Of every city in the world. Forty-five
firms are in the pork business, thirty eight
of which cut up an average Of five hundre d
hogs day, The hogs packed last year
amounted to ,G9S, ,34S or in weight $4,000
to ms valued at S37 ,420, 600, still larger num-
Der of animals were brought to the city, but
were disposed of and sent elsewhere for
slaughter Chicago received in the same
time 920, Si3 head of cattle,
The receipts of wheat and corn at Chicago
last year were below the average, but still
amounted to the great quantity OF 75,j9j,OjO
bushels, and When we consider the area of
country producing the crops OF meats and
cereals we find the key to prosperity al
most unexampled in the history of cities, for
the same "back country" which sends its
crops to Chicago takes out the value thereof
in merchandise.
Chicago is but one of the great food d-gath-
ering centers of the country, while the whole
west, northwest and south, empires in ex-
tent, are teeming with the elements of ma
terial wealth, and give security that the
country of which they form the chief part
cannot long remain in state of commercial
and financial depression baltimore Sun.
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Thackeray, on sitting down to one of Del
monico's consummate spreads, exclaimed,
"Now, boys. don't let us say word.' This
showed, undoubtedly, nice appreciation
OF the good things before him, and general
sense of the requirements for the satisfactory
disposition of choice feast. Though Sc
rious discourse of any kind involving the
wrangle of argument or the tediousness OF
long narrative and stolid sermonzing, should
he banished from the table and be relegated
to the political hall, the bar, the newspa-
per-oiiice, and the pulpit, whence they usu-
ally come, entire silence while eating is by
no means desirable. "Chatting food, says
the old proverb, sis halfdigested," and there
is no doubt that quiet and agreeable con-
versation at meals increases enjoyment and
facilitates digestion. The crisp remark, the
brisk banter, the tart gossip, the spicy an
ecdote, the sparkling wit and bubbling hui
NOR, when served up in the intervals be-
tween the various courses of a meal, have all
the exhiarating effect of wine without its
danger, prevent dull pauses, and sustain that
lively flow of the animal spirits so favor
able to the due performance Of every func-
tion, especially that of the stomach and its
associated organs. The intrusion, however,
of serious discourse and topics of business
requiring deep thought and awakening grave
reflection or anxious emotion is fatal to good
digestion.
The reputation of many wit, humorist,
and philosopher is greatly due to their say
ings at the dinner or supper. from Rabelais
down to Charles Lamb, eating and drink
ing have ever been associated with wit and
humor and they and Johnson, Burke, Sher
idan, Rogers, Sydney Saith, Hook, and
many others would without their table-talk
| lose half their fame. Ben Jonson was in
| his best ard merriest mood over his sack or
ale, and is it not Shakespeare himself who
speaks of Setting the table in a roar ?"
These were all, for the most part, hearty and
thriving feeders, and who can doubt that
the Attic salt with which they seasoned
their feast stimulated the taste, excited de-
sire, and strengthened the digestion which
waits on appetite ?-Dr. ROBERT TONES, in
Harpers Magasine for ApTE
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so,ar I,iub. upon Insane Minds.

phv.icians have long been well awary
the sanative properties of solar hght'
until very lately, we believe, 1t was heN
directly applied in the treatment OF 'ns'
discusses. The idea of so applying /"
noo,. IN have originated with an ltaha
,,hys;cisn DIR. Ponza, director OF the asyiu
for the insane at Alossandria IN ltaiy.
fore pntting his method to prac'ical MI
,ho noctor consulted on the subject fathY
coooh; os III. astronomical observatory
pom. who had made the investigation
the sun a specially. The scientlhc 'esu
was much struck with the suggestioh' anu
his reply gave the results OF his own e1pT
ence in observing the moral effects OF dlne
ent colors of solar light. in the vio'e' ns'I
he has found something indescrioa''y n,eI
ancholy, depressing to the SOUL a iac' p'oO'
hlv indicated by the poets who have dres'e|
mechanically r, in violet raiment. III mig1
therefore be found that violet llgh' "ou'
exert a calming, soothing influence upon y
nervous excitement of persons Affected WIZ,
ocute mania Certainly the experiment "s
wsll worthy of being tried. And then rsth9
Secchi having instructed DIR. Ponza No"
obtain light OF the different shades requie'|
he suggested that the walls OF the cnanoe1
which should be used for the experimehp
ought to be painted of the same color as IN
GLASS of the windows, and that III oroer
favor the action of solar light, there ougn
tn be az many windows in the room as pos
sible so as to receive light directly at a''iei
ent hours of the day.
DIR. Ponza having followed the counseis o.
had received obtained excellent results. Al
ter three hours passed in the red room, say
the Doctor, patient affected with tacitur'
delrium became gay and smiling. Anothe
insane patient who had before absolutely re
fused all nourishment, the morning after be
ing placed in the same chamber called TO
break fast on getting up and ate 1t with sur
prising avdity.
A patient laboring under great excitemen
aud confined in a straight-jacket having bee
placed in chamber with blue glass window
and walls was found much more calm
les, than an hour. And another insane pei
son having been assigned to chamber ful
nished with violet windows and walls as h
sleeping room, asked to be sent home tn
next morning, declaring himself cured. I'll
left the asylum, is happy and always in goo
health" says DR.. Ponza. .-Patsbarg Tel
graph.
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HIS LITTLE GROCERY.-He was clean
looking colored man of advanced age, and
when he entered wholesale house on
Vesey street, n. Y, one of the clerks polite
ly informed him that the situation Of por-
ter was already filled,
"Does look like man who'd be regard.
ed as porter" demanded the stranger.
"Ah! excuse me-"
"You is discussed, sab. Whar' is de fore.
man? Over dar, Ell? No, sar, don't want
to be porter. l'ze one OBJ the solid men oh
Newark, and Tze here on 'portant busi-
ness"
lie wanted goods. There were lots OF
goods there, and it was very easy to suit
him as to prices, but he had no money aud
no recommendations.
"De pay is sure in sixty days." he urged
"But you can't give any security"
"What you wants of security Won't de
goods be dar?"
"Iou may have sold them %
"Den won't dc money be dar, all counted
out on de counter? And if de money aim
dar won't be dar? And i'll amt dar an
de ole woman's gone, an de chillen can't be
found, can't | he frowed into bankruptcy
and all smashed up p
But he didn't get any goods.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-05-19
WHITTIER'S CENTENNIAL HYMN.

Our fathers God from out whose hand
The centuries fall like grains Of sand,
We meet to-day, united, free
And loyal TO our land and Thee!
10 thank Thee for the era done,
And trust Thee for the opening one.
Here where OF old, by Thy design,
The fathers spake that word OF Thine
Whose echo is the glad refrain
or rended bolt and falling chain,
TO grace our festal time from all
The zones OF earth our guests we call.
BE with US while the New World greets
The Old World thrCnging all its streets,
unyeiling all the triumphs won
BY art or toll beneath the sun;
And unto common good ordain
This rivalship OF hand and brain.
Thou who hast here In concord furled
The war flags Of gathered void,
Beneath our western skies fulhl
The orlent's mission OF good will,
And, freighted with Loves golden fleece,
Send back the Argonauts OF peace.
For art and labor met In truce,
For beauty made the bride OF use,
We thank Thee, while withal we crave
The austere virtues strong to save,
The honor proof to place or gold,
The manhood never bought or sold
o! make Thou us, through centuries long,
In peace secure, In justice strong;
Around our gift or freedom draw
The safeguards OF Thy righteous law,
And, cast In some diyiner mould,
Let the new cycle shame the old!
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POetical.
TIE LITTLE BLACK EYED REBEL.

A boy drove into the city, his wagon loaded down
with food TO feed the peo pie OF the Brishgoyerned
town;
And the little black-eyed rebel, so cunning and SO
Was watching for his coming from the corner OF her
eye.
His face looked broad and honest, his hands were
brown and tough,
The clothes he wore upon him were homespun,
coarse and rough;
But one there was who watched him, who long time
fingered nigh
And cast at him sweet glances from the corner OF
her eye
lie drove up to the market, he waited in the line
His apples nd potatoes were fresh and fair and fine;
But long and long he waited, and no one came to
buy,
Save the black-eyed rebel, watching from the cor
ner of her eye.
"Now who will buy my applesG" he shouted long
And "who wants my potatoes ?" he repeated to the
crowd
But from all the people round him came no word Of
areply,
Save the back-eyed rebel, answering from the cor
ner OF hor eye.
For she knew that meath the lining OF the coat he
wore that day
Were long letters from the husbands and the fathers
far away,
Who were lighting for the freedom that they meant
to gain or die;
And tear like silver gistened in the corner Of her
eye.
But the treasures-how to get them crept the
question through her mind,
Since keen enemies were watching for what prizes
they might and:
And she paused while and pondered, with pretty
little Sigh;
Then resolve crept through her features, and a
shrewdness fired her eye.
SO she resolutely walked up to the wagon old and
red
MAY have dozen apples for u kiss 2" she sweety
said;
And the brown face flushed to scarlet, for the boy
was somewhat Shy,
And he saw her laughing at him from the corner Of
her eye.
"You may have them all, for nothing, and more II
you want" quoth he.
81 will have them, my good fellow, but can pay for
them" said she;
And she clambered On the wagon, mlndlng 10. who
all were by,
With laugh OF reckless rompng in the corner OF
her eye.
ClingIng round his brawny neck, she clasped her
fingers white and small,
And then whispered "Quick the letters thrust
them underneath my shawl
Garry back again this package, and be sure that you
are spry!"
And she sweetly smiled upon him from the corner Of
her eye.
Loud the motley crowd were laughing at the strange
unglrish freak,
And the boy was scared and painting, and so dashed
lie could not speak:
And "Miss, Ihave good apples," a boder lad die
cry;
But she answered, "No, thank you," from the cor
ner OF her eye.
With the news OF loved ones absent TO the deai
friends they would greet,
Searching them who hungered for them swift SHE
gded through the street.
''There Is nothing worth the doing that 1t does moi
pay 70 try"
Thought the little black-eyed rebel, with twink,
in her eye.
Will CARLETON, in Huper's Mgozi"e jo
June,
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The New York Herald publishes a des-
patch from Poughkeepsie, New York, CIV
ing an account of recent eruption or up
heaval in the highlands at the base of Su-
gar Loaf Mountqin. The eruption ap ears
to have taken place on Wednesday last,
when there was "A violent upheaving of the
EARTH accompanied by loud report and
great quantities of dirt were thrown down
the mountain. There were two upheavals
en- Wednesday night and one on Thursday
morning, each followed by the fall of ad-
ditional quantities of earth, so that the
amount of debris has greatly increased since
Wednesday noon. A large white wood tree
about foot in diameter and fifty feet high
was hurled thousand feet, from the top of
the hill to the railroad track below where it
struck boulder and was split i'll half a
gardener living near the scene of the up
heaval, says that the land was saturated
with water, several streams running through
the grounds, and that these streams have re-
Gently disappeared, On this statement the
theory is put forth that an immense quantity
of water percoating through the sandy soil
met at one point and formed an underground
lake, which having filled up the cavern in
which it had formed, at length found a vent
for its growing volume of water by lifting
the earth above it and huring it down the
hillside. The water released from its prison
rushed down the mountain side, cutting deep
ravines and carrying everything before it,
Great throngs of people visit the scene Of
the upheaval daily to see the embankments
of the ravnes and cavern crumble away and
fall into the chasms left by the streams of
water,
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.
uAtsrIerr nutfnTn

BAPTIST CHURCH.
Rev. ]. p. Tusin, (Supplv.)
sunday ServlccS-lhL u. IN. and 6k p m.
SUNDAY SChOOl-9 a. IN.
Prayer Meetlng-Every Wednesday evening at 6J1
SEA free. The public are nvi ed TO attend.
ST. MATTHEW'S LUTHERAN CHURCH.
Minis er-Rev. J. McCron.
sunday Seryces-lOH a. IN. and GBp. m.
sunday SchoOl-9a. m.
FRA, er Nee iug-Every Wednesday evening at 6<
Seats free. Nopcws rented. All are welcome.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Minis'er-Rev. stuart Nit 9hell.
Sunday Servlces-iOk a. lii. and on p. m.
PRAYER Nee ,ing-Every Wednesday evening a, Ch
seas free. No pews rented. Strangers welcome.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Presiding Elder-Rey y, $. buckingham.
sunday Services-1Ok and 6k y. m.
Bible Class-Every Monday evening at 6,d o'clock
Young Mems Pra' er Nee ing-Eyery Tuesday
General Prayer Meetng-Every Thursday evening
O'Clock.
REFORMED CHURCH.
Corner OF Third and Iron streets.
rastor-Rev. 7. f. Hormeier.
ResldenCe-EaSt street, opp. Third street.
sunday services-1Oh a. IN. and p. IN.
sunday Schools p. H..
Prayer Meeting-Saturday, p. m.
All are invited There is always room.
Services every sunday afternoon at o'clock at
deller's church, Madison township.
ST. rAuL's CHURCH.
sunday Serylces-1oK a. m., O.! p. m.
sunday Schools a. IN.
First Sunday In the month, Holy Communion.
= Services preparatory 70 Communion ON Friday
evening before the st Sunday In each month.
Pews rented but everybody welcome
EVANGELICAL CHURCH.
Presiding Elder-Rev. A. L. Reeser.
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miles from the settlement, he was himself
shot by some person or persons secreted near
his route. That his arm was broken, and
he would have come back at once, but fell
in with an army train returning from Pond
Greek, and the surgeon gave him all atten-
ton, and took him on to Harkcr, where
he had been for ten days under attend
ance.
This was all said in a plain fearless way
that accounted for everything, and should
have carried conviction with it but the
judge had made up his mind, and with well
affected solemnity, passed the sentence of
death, and then pointed to a tree back of
the Coyote Saloon as very suitable place
for the execution.
There was no want of ropes and Frank
Cotton WAS at once seized, aud the jury,
with wonderful zeal, were about to pick him
up and carry him to the tree, when they
were startled by piercing cry, and the next
instant, Sarah Bowman. pale us II spectre,
with her hair disheveled, and her brown
eyes twice their usual size, rushed in and
threw her arms about Frank Cotton.
"Men you are about to become murder
ers 2" she shrieked, and the bravest started
back in alright.
"Do you want the murderer Of Henry %
she asked, fastening her eyes on Wild Horse
Smith
YES Yes !" cried the crowd.
"Then seize him. | saw him do the deed,
and there he stands -
Her long white finger WAS pointed at
Smith, who now turned liyid, foamel at the
mouth, and finally hissed,
"It's liew
"Sezc him before he escapes, and hear me
out"
There was ring of command in her
voice, and some OF the party drew their
pistols, and laid their hands on tie judge.
Then Sarah Bowman told how she had
been up the run, gathering flowers, the
morning of the murder how she saw henzy
and Frank Cotton shaking hands when they
parted and then that Wild Horse Smith
rode down ravine, out ot llcr2y sight
soon after which she heard three shots and
then saw Smith galloping away a. if in
pursuit of Crlton.
"Wild Horse Smith is the only man in
this part Of the country who has Spencer
rifle and here are three shells | found
near Hcnzy's body. Whose gun will they
ft?"
The shells were passed from hand to hand;
they were Smiths, the body was cXhumed d.,
and the balls found to fit the shells, and
Frank Cotton showed a similar bail that had
been taken from his arm.
How quick the current of public opinio n
changed, and how bravely they resisted
Smiths efforts to get away They saw
through all and felt that the brave girls
illness was the result of the shock the mur-
der gave her He confessed, deiiantly, and
was hanged back OF the Coyote Saloon, with
the rope that was prepared for Cotton. Then
another grave was added to those on the
bank of Red Fox Run-numher twenty
and the bit of board at the head hal ri dely
carved on it "Wild Horse Smith, hanged tol
the murder of lIenzy"
Red Fox Run is well to-do, law abiding
place now, within sound of the locomotive
whistle. Sarah Bowman is Mrs. Cotton ,anC
while Frank thinks her the hest woman il
the world, everybody in that region think
her the bravest.
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Columbia County Official Directory

President Judge-Wllliam Elwell
Associate Judges-1ram Derr VI. q. Hughes.
ProthOnOtary, &c.-B. Frank Xarr
Court StcnOgrapher-S. N. Walker.
Register ReCorder-Mi inmson II. Jacoby.
District Attorney-John NJ. CLARK.
Sheriff
Surve tor-Isaac Dewitt.
Treasurer-Dr II. W. MCTeynolds.
CommlsSoners-John Herner, \. W. Mc1ienry,
Joseph Sands.
Commissioners Clerk-Wam Krickbaum.
Audtors-M. V. b. Kline j. Il. Casey, 4. b. Brown,
COrOner-Charles q. Murphy.
Jury UommlsslOners-,IacOb II. Fritz, william II.
UT.
County Superintendent-Willa liam II. Snyder
Bloom Poor DlstrlCt-Directors--O =. Ent scott,
WIN. Kramer, bloomsbury and Thomas Crevellng,
SCOT, q. l.. Ent Secretary.