The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-01-09
Weakly Persons Wine.

Old and infrm persons need some mild
tonic .or gentle stimulant, especially in
warm weather. The wines made at Speer's
Mount Prospect vineyards, in New Jersey,
called Speer's Port Grape Wine, is used in
the Atlantic States as the best tonic wine
known, and is regarded as pure, and is very
popular among physicians. For sale by G
A. Klein Bloomsburg Pa,
The last product to which California soil
has been found well adapted is opium, of
which a superb quality, much superior to the
opium Of commerce, has been raised in the
Sonona Valley. The only obstacle to its cul-
tivation is the fact that labor costs more than
in the Orient, but that is offset by the better
quality of the domestic article, and the alb
sence of heavy duties. There seems to be
hardly any product of the earth that cannot
be raised in some parts of the Golden State
Tea, figs, oranges, bananas, olives, dates, even
the cinchona tree and poppy plant grow there
along with the fruit and vegetables of tenn
perate climes.
property Of the late Judge Packer, President
Of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, was recently
filed with the Philadelphia Reg of Wills.
1t shows total of $6,573,S74, including
| stocks and bonds amounting to S5,Sl6,927.
l67 500 shares of the Lehigh Valley Railroad
stock constitute the bulk of the estate, the
remainder consisting of coal aud iron stocks,
shares in Mauch Chunk and Bethlehem gas
and water works and real estate. In the in
ventory, tie only Philadelphia property ap.
pearing is the house, No. 722 Spruce street
In the inventory Lehigh Valley stock is ap.
praised at $3.50, at which figure it stood
several months prior to the death of the de,
ceased millionaire, but as it has since climbed
to S52.5O, the real value of the estate will
probably reach over 81 100000.
AS the King and Queen of Spain wert
driving through the.gate of the Royal Palac
on the evening Of December 3Oth, a youn.
man dressed as work man fired shot from I
revolver at the royal carriage but his ain
was bad and nobody was hurt. The ball ha
since been found and weighs one ounce.
passed close to the head of one of the roya
footmen. King Alfonso was driving at tn
time, The would-be assassin was imme
dately arrested and has confessed his crime
His name is Gonzales, and his age 10 year,
He is waiter by occupation, and nativ
of Galcia.
?, A horrible accident occurred one nigh
last week in Scotland. There is ralroa
bridge over the Firth of Tay, about two mile
long, 1t took eight years to build it, and tn
structure was considered the greatest eng
neering achievement of the age As trai
was crossing during severe gale the bride
gave way, and the entire train, with all o
board, were plunged ninety feet below int
the boiling waters Of the bay. Not a sol
survived to tell the story. A number
spans disappeared, and it is not known whetl
er the train Jumped the track and broke Il
iron spans, or whether the piers, which we
, based on sloping rocks moved out of plac
= Divers have been unable to find the wre,
, up to this time, There is no way of telliI
A how many were on the train, aud it is es
: mated that from eighty to three hundr,
/ lives were lost.