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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-11-26

widows ADVERTISEMENTS.
w The following appraisements OF real and
personal property SET apart to widows OF decedents
have been filed in the Office OF the Register OF Col
umbla county, under the Rules OF Court and viii be
presented for absolute confirmation to the Orphans
Court to be held in BlOomsburg,n and rorsad coun-
ty. on Monday, the 9th day OF Dec. 1850, at two
O'Clock p. m of said day unless exceptions TO such
confirmation are previously hed, of which all per-
sons Interested in said estate will take notice
/. WIDOW of Joseph C. Parker, late Of Greenwood
township, deceased.
2. Widow of Elisha Robbins, late OF Jackson town
ship, deceased.
3. Widow OF Peter Hayman, late of Brarcreek
township deceased
4. Widow Of William II. Price, late of Ceptralia
Borough deceased.
8. Widow OF Parsin Ewes, late OF Greenwood town
ship, deceased.
G. Widow OF Oliver Watts, late OF Centre township,
deceased.
p,oomisars aSEs'eSS SSy oaGs IRAGiony RSCiisI
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1 Al A G r e s,

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and 6s perches.
No 2, situate in East bloomsbury bounded and
described as follows to-wit: Bounded on the north
by otner lands Of the said Samuel shaer deceased,
the race Of the Bloomsbury iron Company being the
dividing line, the east by Fishngcreek and lands
of Matthias shaer the south by lands OF John G.
FreeRe and on the west by public road leading from
Bloomsbury to Mt. Pleasant, containing
NINETY-TWO ACRES,
and l4T perches.
These tracts of land are In high state OF cultva-
tion and whereon led houses and barns and
out-buildings In good repair.
Grain in ground reserved.
These tracts Will be sold subject TO such reserva-
tions and exceptions had and made by the Blooms
burg Iron Company IN deed to Samuel shaner de-
ceased And on
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER %, 1880,
at one D. m, at PARKER'S HOTEL. MILLvILLE,
q Tract or Land, situate in Greenwood township Co
iumbla county, bounded ana described as follows,
to-wit BY public road leading from Mlville to Sc
reno, by lands of James Masters ana Paryln Ewes,
by lands OF Palemon John and by lands Of William
| Robbins, containing 81 ACRES AND ll9 PERCH.
ES' This tract ts well tlmOered.
CONDITIONS OF SALE-Ten per cent OF one
fourth OF the purchase money 10 be paid at the srik-
ing down OF the property, the onefourth less the
ten per cent upon the first OF April, lss and one
half OF the remaining three-fourths Apil st lss2
ana the remaining one-ha of the remaining three
fourths April lst lss9 with interest from April list,
1881 payable annually. Unpaid purchase money to
be secured by bond and mortgage. Deeds and
mortgages to be paid for by purchasers. Possession
win be given April lst, issi
WILLIAM SHAFFER,)
b. f, HARTMAN Executors
JOHN AtPLhMAN, J
Nov. 20, scat
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Why = Juror Was Excused.


When the names of jurors were being
second three weeks of the term, young
man asked to be excused from serving on
the ground that his employer would
discharge him. Judge Pinkney thereupon
obtained the name of his employer and Or
dered an attachment to be issued for him.
Before this was done it was ascertained that
the party was in court and the judge
ordered that he be brought before him.
In answer to questions by the judge he said
that if his employee served on the jury
he would have to fill his place. Judge
Pinkney then asked him: "If this man
performs a duty imposed upon him by
the laws Of the state, do you propose to
discharge him?" The reply was he did
not exactly mean that, but if the young
man served he would have to fill his
place and could not then discharge the
new employee for the old one.
The judge denounced it as an outrage
that persons should by law be compelled
to perform certain duties and on that &C
count lose situations and be put to trouble
and annoyance by their employees. He
then referred to an instance where the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad had discharged
an employee on account of being compelled
to serve on the jury, although he had
written letter to the company explain
ing the matter. He hoped the Legislature
would take cognizance of this matter and
give the court power to punish persons
who discharge their employees for obeying
the laws of the state. In view of the facts
he ordered that the clerk be excused from
serving on the jury.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-22
BURNING ACCIDENTS.

A ChIld's Clothing on Fire-A Mans Arm
On Saturday morning four-year-old son
of Harrison Grosh, of fLitiz, was SO terribly
burned that fears are entertained that it
may not recover. 1t appears that during a
brief absence Of his mother, the child while
playing at the stove set fire to the sleeve
of his dress, and in an instant his clothing
was in flames, and almost literally burned
from his body. His right side especially is
severely injured, and the arm, face, neck
and ear are burned to a crisp. His screams
brought assistance, or he would have
been burned to death. DR.. Shenk was
and is rendering all possible
medical aid, but the little sufferer is by no
means out Of danger.
John Kautz, young man who is en-
ployed at Harberger & McCullys foundry
on West Chestnut street, had one arm
severely burned on Saturday. He had
been pouring out some metal when the
sleeve of his shirt caught fire from a spark.
He did not notice it at the time but went
on about his work. Shortly, the whole
sleeve was on fire and the arm was badly
burned. before it was extinguished.
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of which Chairman McClelland had

of which Chairman McClelland had
kindly intended to relieve it. And
it was right for the convention to
do it even at the cost Of harmony.
Every man must do his duty and not let
any over-anxious fellow usurp his func-
tions, even if some peoples feelings are
hurt in the act. The next state conven-
tion is certain to do as the others have
done, and will make up its temporary
roll of those whose seats are uncontested.
We hope that this will be done harmon
iously, although from the refusal of SEN
atOr Wallace's friends and the MCGOWAN
people on the state committee to accept
the amendment to their resolution which
provided that the delegates whose seats
were contested should not be put upon
the temporary roll of the convention,
it would seem as though they we're not
disposed to be content with the settled
practice of our state conventions, and
pretend to ask, in the interest of har-
mony, that their friends shall !; he
admitted to a vote upon the ques-
tion of their own election. eapprehend,
though, that Senator Wallace has more
modesty and sense that his retainers, and
the Patriot encourages us to believe that
he will adopt a definition of harmony
hereafter which we can recognize as the
genuine article.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-22
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
TWO FIRES.

Barns Set on Fire and Burned.
Last night about 12 o'clock the frame
barn in the rear of the Fairmount hotel pro-
perty, 4Os and 4O4 East King street, occu-
pied by Christian Bender, was set on fire
and burned to the ground. A COW belong
ing to Mr.. Bender and horse belonging
to James Loller, perished in the flames.
A quantity of hay, feed, harness and other
things belonging to Mr.. Loller were burn
ed, making his loss 800 or more. This is
the second time Mr.. Loller has had horse
burned to death at the hands of an incen-
diary. The barn burned was All old frame
structure, not worth more than $50 or SIS.
The firemen were promptly on hand and
prevented the spread of the flames to other
properties.
Between and o'clock this morning a
frame barn and tobacco shed belonging to
Henry Hebrank, St. Joseph street near
Love Lane we're burned down, having been
fired by an incendiary-the same miscreant
perhaps who fired the Fairmount barn.
There were in the barn at the time of the
fire one horse and four cows, but these
were got out uninjured. The wagon, har-
ness and some farm implements were also
gotten out, but :several. chickens, two corn
shelters, hay, feed, washing machine,
corn, odder cutter, &C., were lost. An ad-
joining corn-crib, filled with corn was
saved, as was the pig-pen containing sew
eral pigs. In the shed was lot of corn
fodder which was destroyed. Mr.. He
brank's loss will probably reach $50O.s
The Humane fire company was promptly
on hand and did good service in preventing
the spread of the flames.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-22

SOME of our contemporaries are hasti-
ly jumping at the erroneous conclusion
that the Philadelphia Times is success
sively undertaking to start or help a
" boom'' for the several presidential
candidates whose biographies have re-
Gently appeared on it's front page. We
do not so understand the Ismes's purpose.
A great many prominent men, of greater
or less merit, in all parties, are being
actively canvassed for the presidential
nomination. The Times wants it's read
ers to know all about them all, and no
more valuable service can be done to the
waiting public nowadays than to throw
the fullest possible light on the political
record, the public services and the per-
sonal character of these men. Light
more light" is what is wanted. Of fair,
impartial biography there cannot be too
much to guide the people in wise
choice of chief magistrate.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-22
PERSONAL.

HENRY w. LONGFELLOw has had the
opportunity of three times declining the
offer of a foreign mission.
The Duke of CUMBERLAND refuses to
sanction the marriage of the Princess
Frcdcrica to the Baron Deuswell Ram
mingen.
Hon. JOHN WELSH recently received a
letter from the president of the Union
university, to the effect that he has been
appointed chancellor of the university for
the years 1901. He accepted.
The National journal Of Education, the
organ of the National Teachers associa-
tion, published at Boston, pays high COM
plimcnts to Professor A. N. RAUB's series
of readers.
Manager j. II. HAvERLY, was the victim
of bold robbery at the Providence depot
A valise containing valuable articles and
private papers, estimated by Mr.. Haverly
to be worth 81, 200, was while being check
ed by a negro servant, snatched and carried
off by a thief, who succeeded in getting
away with his plunder.
Judge SANFORD E. CHURCH, who has
from time immemorial been spoken of as
not only possible governor of New York
state, but also as one who might become
president of the United States, is a gray
eyed man, somewhat inclined to be fat );
and, from the severity of his manners, is
not popular. He has very fine mind,
but is hard and sour.
]. G. HOLLAND, editor Of Scribner's, is
about sixty years old. He is called ''Doc-
tor" because he graduated as physician.
His nom de plume of Timothy Titcomb
was used by him in series of letters to
the Springfield Republican but it
reached the height of its popularity when
his publishers issued "Bitter Sweet He
was at one time an editorial writer on the
staff of the Republican but of late years
he has been entirely devoted to the mag
aZine.
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LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.

In Skowhegan, Me-, the Catholic church
was totally destroyed by fire. Loss $4O,-
900 F.; insurance 1000.
A gambler named Horne shot one
Adams through the neck at Path Portage,
MINI. Adams is reported fatally wounded.
The first through car to Port Royal over
the Cincinnati Southern railway, arrived
in Port Royal, S. c., in thirty-four hours
from Cincinnati.
Rev. Thomas Eyans, of De Galien, was
accidentally shot in the abdomen on Fri
day night by Maynard Inglisby. His con-
ditioa is critical.
The saw mill at Hemingway lake, near
Stanton, Mich, owned by Slaght & Son
and Herdman & Harris, was burned. Loss,
$15, 900 insurance, Sc, 900.
Mississippi steamboat men all report the
rivers very high. The Bocuff and Ouachita
rivers are rising rapidly. 1t is feared the
heavy and continuous rains will weaken
the levees.
Henry Campbell was stabbed by Daniel
Delaney in fight in liquor store on East
One Hundred and Eighteenth street, New
York. Campbell was taken to the Belle
vue hospital and died in few minutes.
Indians attacked a ranch twelve miles
from the mining camp, in the Chinati
mountains, and killed one man and carried
off boy. Lieut. Bulls and troops are in
pursuit of the marauders.
A despatch from Halle, in Prussian-Sax-
ony, says: A collision has occurred be-
tween two passenger trains at the railway
station here, and it is stated that seven
passengers were killed and large number
injured. Several railway carriages were
shattered to pieces.
In St. Paul, Minn., large meeting of
Catholics was held in answer to letter
from Father Nugent, of Liverpool, asking
for assistance in removing females from
Ireland to some Catholic colony in this
country. The meeting recommended the
location of such family at the Catholic
colony of Munville, Big Stone county. A
collection of 5000 was made, which will be
forwarded to Father Nugent and be de-
voted to paying the expenses of twenty
five families to the colony named.
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The Right Kind OF Harmony.

The Harrisburg Patriot says that Sena-
tor Wallace desires, above all things
political, the unity and harmony of the
party Which is very sensible desire,
and we are glad to hear it and hope it
will bear fruit. But we have some appre-
hensiOn lest Senator Wallace's definition
of harmony requires state of mind
which demands his mastery of the party
and which more resembles the submis-
sion of a slave than the amicability
of a freeman. When people are
permitted to have things their own
way they are naturally inclined to har-
mony; and there are facts in Senator
Wallace's career which seem to indicate
that his devotion to harmony requires
this ample basis. We cannot see, for in
stance, upon what fair argument he con-
cluded that he was putting himself in
harmony with the Democrats of the Col
umbia district by securing the non-con-
firmation of their excellent candidate
for supervisor whom Mr.. Hayes
had appointed; nor do we per-
ceive Senator Wallace's devotion
to harmony conspicuously shining
in the successful combination made by
his adherents, under his instructions,
with the MCGOWAN members from Phil
adelphia in the state committee, by
which the chairman of the committee
was directed to put the delegates of
that Philadelphia faction upon the con-
vention's roll. 1t is so purely a matter
for convention to decide who are it's
members that it was thrusting a very
useless contention upon the state COM
mittee to ask it to determine the
regularity of one of the Philadel-
phia parties. The question might as
well have been submitted to the differ
ent county committees and Demo-
cratic debating societies whose decisions
would have had just as much effect.
This Senator Wallace well knows, be-
cause the state convention at Pittsburgh
SO declared when Chairman McClelland
attempted to make upa roll for it accord
ing to Senator Wallace's idea of how it
should be made up. This attempt
of Mr.. McClelland was made in
strict pursuance of Senator Wallace's
idea of harmony; and the refusal of the
convention to accept it was certainly an
exhibition of inharmoniousness it did
not agree that the chairman should make |
up its temporary roll, putting upon it such
of the contestants as he liked. But then
it is to he said in defense of tho conven-
tion's refractorinesss that it was but
minding its own business, the trouble
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To Give . oCOncert

The Pittsburgh Telegraph has this to say
of a former Lancaster music teacher " Prof.
J. E. Gleffer has long been known here
abouts as hard-working and deserving
musician and teacher, and now proposes to
strike out for the first time as an i'm
pressario. He will give concert at Ma
sonic (German) hall, Allegheny, on Tues
day evening, March 3Oth. Mr.. Gleffer will
be assisted by Mr.. JOS. Gittings, the
pianist Mr.. J. T. Irwin and Mr.. A. Stern.
These three are strong tripartite team.
Then there is Herman Mayerhofer, basso !;
A. w. Kredel, baritone Mrs. Grabowsky,
alto Miss Gschwender, mezzo soprano !;
Mrs. A. Walz, soprano, and the Allegheny
Quartette club. The concert promises to
be a success, and will be followed by a
sociable evening, wherein the Great
Western band will figure prominently.
Success to Gleffer."
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THREE CASES FOR THE CORONER.

Suicide Of Marcus BOppe-Sudden Deaths OF
George Croft and Cora Hall.
Marcus BOppe, German, about 46 years
of age, committed suicide by hanging
himself in the garret of Christian Hage[
gans's hotel, on East King street, this
morning. Boppe had been at the hotel
since Saturday. He did not get up at his
usual hour this morning, and the bar
keeper, upon going to the garret, found
him dead. He had tied a scarf around his
neck and the bed post, after which he let
himself fall, and in that position died. The
deceased had no home, but for a number
of years was employed in the carpet-room
of the prison. The coroner was notified
and he impanelled jury composed of
Jacob s. Strine, A. B. Ayers, c. NJ. Strine.
Charles Peterman, John Snyder and w. E.
Kreider, and they found a verdict ofsuicide.
The body was taken to the almshouse for
interment.
Sudden Death Of George Croft.
George Croft, a retired farmer, who re-
sided in Paradise township, about mile
and a-half east of Strasburg, was found
dead in bed on Saturday morning. About
o'clock daughter of Mr.. Croft, who
slept in room near that of her father,
arose and spoke to the old gentleman, who
answered her. She then went down stairs
to prepare breakfast and about Q o'clock
she called her father, but, hearing no an
swcr, she went into his room and found
him dead. It is supposed from the posi-
about getting up when death overlook
him, as he had his stockings on and was
lying across the foot of the bed. Deputy
Coroner H. G. Book, of Strasburg, upon
being notified of the death had a jury
sworn, composed of Jacob Bachman,
Jacob E. Croft, NJ. D., David E.
Croft, David Kemmerly, Christian H.
Hoover and Robert Downey. They viewed
the body and returned verdict of death
from paralysis of the brain. The deceased
was about 10 years of age. He leaves two
sons and two daughters, all of whom are
grown.
Cora Hall Dies from Unknown Causes.
On Saturday afternoon Cora Hall aged
two years and two months, daughter
of Thomas r. Hall, colored man,
who resides in Lancaster township,
between the water works and the
died suddenly. The little girl
Of feeling ill in the morning
when she was taken with violent cough.
She died between 4 and o'clock in the
afternoon. Coroner Mishler held an in
quest on the body. The jury was composed
1f ]. w. Samson, A. Cunningham, w.
Thompson, E. Stone, E. S. Samson and ].
Daveler. They found that the little girl
,ame to her death from "unknown
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6TATR ITEMS.

Oil City has but three small cigar manu-
factories, but an extensive dealer pro-
poses starting large one in short time.
Frederick A. Rhue, of the firm of Rhue
Bros, one Of the largest tobacco houses in
Allentown, has died suddenly.
Mr.. Edison sold his patent on the cleo
tro-motograph to the Western Union tele-
graph company, on Saturday, for the sum
Of t1OO, 900.
Car No. "a of the Seventeenth street
railway ran over George Forsell, eight
years old, injuring him SO that he died
Winter street, Philadelphia.
The Allegheny county Democratic prim-
aries resulted in victory for Tilden, the
anti-Tilden forces securing but 30 dele
gates out of over 500 to the ten different
senatorial and legislative conventions.
Some of the striking miners in the Clear
field district have returned at the old price,
The following mines are working: Norris
dale, Decatur, Derby, Campbell, Brothers
and Moshannon. In these mines from 300
to 400 miners are at work. Everything is
quiet. The rest of the men are holding out
for an advance of ten cents.
The Publishers nnion, an association
composed of the editors of country news
papers published in Western Pennsylvania,
met in Pittsburgh last week to fix upon a
uniform schedule of rates for advertising.
A vote taken OH presidential preferences
was as follows: Blaine, Is; Grant. 5;
Washburne, S; Tilden, 10; Parker, 5 :;
Hancock, 5.
Hancock was brave soldier Tilden a
good governor Bayard was and is states
man Fields is an honest and liberty loving
judge and patriot Parker, a man of un-
questionable ability and integrity Sey-
shafts of jealousy and partisan hate and
so on we might name dozen more, any
one of whom is worthy of the undivided
support of the Democracy, and any one of
whom would make better chiefexecutive
than either Grant, Blaine, Sherman,
Hayes, or Logan.-Norristoun Reoiew.
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Carried on BY An EAglo.

In Person county N. c., ,as the little three
year old child of Mr.. William Murray was
sitting on stile feeding chickens. a large
eagle swooped down on the chickens,
scattering them in all directions. As the
child was moving off, the eagle made a
second swoop. catching tho child in its
talons, and with its prey rose in the air,
but the child was too heavy, and the
eagle managed to flutter short distance
to the limb of a decayed oak. Its talons
were so entangled in the clothing Of the
child that it could not get loose, and the
weight soon made it come down to the
ground. The frightened father of the
child came up and killed the eagle. The
child save some deep scratches was unin-
jured.
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Wanfed-An Audience.

The lecture which was to have been
delivered by VIM. Parsons in Fulton opera
house on Saturday evening did not come
of, owing to the non-arrival of an audience.
For tho same reason the lecture by the
same gentleman in Reading on Friday
evening was indefinitely postponed.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-22
That Big Rcd Apple.

II the Examiners young man will con-
suit the terms of our wager he will find
his claim to the apple which adorns the
INTELLIGENCER sanctum about as preten-
tious as his allusion relative to his
hitherto good character" The prize is
open to all who choose to contend for it in
an honest manner, but sneaks whose i'm
pudence doesn't stop even at getting in at
the back window and attempting to take
that which they have not the least title to
are informed that the fighting editor has
has been given custody of our apple and
that he has mighty little consideration for
petty burglars.
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from what know Of his views I should
say that he would accept the nomination
if it were teudered him. I think. however,
he would be entirely satisfied if a
Democrat could be nominated at Cincin-
natl who would represent his principles
and his views and who would stand firm
for the condemnation of the monstrous
frauds which cheated the American people
out of their rights and struck such a dan
gerous blow to their liberties. The con-
demnation of these frauds must be the key
note of the coming campaign and the
battle-cry of the coming canvass"
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At Tear Down Church. :"

At Tear Down Church, Warren county,
Iowa live the families of HOW'RE and
Westfall, between whom deadly feud has
long excited. The other day Reuben
Westfall was shot in the head by some one
in ambush, and suspicion being directed to
one George Wheeler, he was arrested and
confessed his guilt. He stated he was
hired by the Howries to shoot the entire
Westfall family at 900 head, and when
the last one was disposed of he was to have
5000 extra. Wheeler's statement is con-
frmed by circumstances and on its strength
four of the HOwries have been arrested
with two others of their gang. The re-
mainder cannot be found at present.