The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-12-10
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ing, Pa, said he hoped God would paralyize
him i he was not innocent. Within few
days he was stricken with paralysis, and he
is now firm in the belief that it was in con-
sequence of his impious prayer
A Pennsylvania law provides that all mon.
ey put into a stock ckholder's hands as q wager
may be seized and devoted to the support OF
the poor. The statute is sixty years old
and has long been dead letter. The poor
board Of Scranton, however, have under
taken to enforce it in that city.
1t is strongly suspected that il Simon
Cameron were placed in Queen Victorias
stocking as Christmas present he would be
accepted
In Chester county a Miss Emma SINNERS
obtained verdict of $1,000 for breach of
promise.
In the case of Helen +. Cunningham
against Shorlstheimer & Stammp, of Emi-
ra, for injury to means of support in conse-
quence of liquor sold to plaintiffs husband
by the defendants, the jury rendered ver-
dict in favor of Mrs. Cunningham for seven
hundred dollars.
The medical student of Maine must dis
sect before he can become an NJ. ID. but the
law provides that no bodies shall be dissec.
ted except those of ex' cuted criminals, and
another law abolishes capital punishment.
Mr.. George West of Easton who caught
the large six pound and quarter black bass
in the Delaware at Sand's Eddy, has been
awarded the Ayfeld and AROat prize of fish
erman's outfit.
A company is about being organic d in
Clinton county for the purpose OF manu-.
featuring sewing thread from wood
The Texas railroad is now operating 5l7
miles OF line.
The Thanksgiving proclamation Of Gov
ernor Thayer, of Oregon, comprised only
dozen lines, counting date, signatures and
all else.
There are 100000 acres of sugar land in
Texas which can grow 5000, 600 hogshead Of
sugar and 377,OOO,OOO hogsheads of mo-
lasses.
The California vintage this year is esti-
mated at from II, 100000 to $4,000, 900
gallons.
81 will now treat of the tariff ssue,' said
an orator in the last campaign. "Be jabers"
sail Iris .'x,.,'l . tha
crowd"
Henry Winant, of Richmond Valley Staten
Island, one night recently heard n strange
noise In the cellar of his house, and, procur-
ing a lamp, started TO learn the cause. On
reaching the bottom of the cellar steps he
saw a large cat glaring at him. The animal
attacked Mr.. Winant with its teeth and
claws, and in the fight the lamp chimney
was broken and the light extinguished
Finally Mr.. Winant got hold of bar of iron
with which he killed the cat. In the strug,
gle he received several scratches and had hi,
clothing torn. The animal weighed twenty
three pounds. For months it had been
seen running about the woods near Mr.. Win
ants house, and it never failed to attack a
human being when au opportunity offered
Gene.al TonIbs will erect in Georgia
factory at cost of 100000.
A ressmaker at Minneapolis, whose love-
recently parted from her most tenderly
pined for him until her reason was unsettled
He had set out for business trip and was
expecting to return in a short time bnt SHE
could not wait. She started for wall
along the railroad track, and became poss
essed with the idea that she was communing
with his spirit The ghost told her who he
was and related the circumstances of hi,
death. The ghost conversed with her freely
and told her not to be frightened. She wen
home, took a good dJse Of strychniDe anc
died.
The Brookhaven Miss Ledger says -
"A few days since | met an old friend and
hunter, J. ID. Blue of Lincoln county, who
informed me that for the past two years a
certain buck has been in the habit of eating
up the cow peas Of he neighborhood. Sew
eral times they have tried to entrap him,
but to no purpose. Last Wednesday Mr.
Blue was feeding the hogs when favorite
hound old Sport gave a yelp and going
TO famous stand in the Homoncnitto
known as the begun stand he shot large
buck, with the following marks and a
medal, which l will describe "A swallow
fork on her left ear and underbit on right
with small clip on tail. The medal was
brass and bore the seal of Kentucky, and on
one side was the figures 1890. On skin.
ming the deer, which weighed III! pounds
dressed, Mr.. Blue found porcupne quill
deeply imbedded in the flesh, with words
family inscribed, Kentucky shall be oul
frontier, 1862"
The good times promised in the event o.
Garfield's election are coming with ven.
geance. In New York on Monday Of last
week there WAS no less than four failures
G. Rishley & Co. wholesale coffee merchants
Julius Seibert, wholesale dealer in tobacco
Elisha r. Tsy lor, dealer in mems furnishing
goods, and Chauncy Holt, printer, made as
signments "for the benefit of their creditors
The Indebtedness of these several firms
amounts to a couple of million of dollars.
The liabilities of G. Rishey & Co. are
$500 765 SO and the assets available ar,
S229,O47 "a
Agents and Canvassers make from $25 t