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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-06-22
Statement
MADE UNDER OATH,

To WHOM IT MAY CoNCtRN:-
In the year 1875 treated with Kendall s Spawn
Cure bone SPAWN of several months e. Owtb,
nearly half as large as hens egg and com le'ev
stopp' the 'amcness aud removed the eD]arye-
melt have worked the rise ever since very
hard, and he never has tesn lame, nor could see
any difference in the szs Of the hook joints since
treated him with Kendali's 81 avjn Cure
r. A. GAINES.
Enosburgh Falls VT, Feb 23 1879.
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 25th dag
OF Feb, A. D. 1879. JOHN G. JENNIE,
Justice of the Peace.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-06-22
READ
0%V THIS!

CONCORD, n. H., Jan. ?, 1880.
B. J. KENDALL & Co.:
Gcnttemen-We have beallti nj roam marc that
was given to lis on account If SPAWN on ht r log
VIII ch made her Gead lame. We to. k of her shoes
and lowed her to run in the barn yard in the fall
of the year, apply ng "K"ndas SPAWN Cure &C.
cording to directions. We did not uee her for a
month. She was entirely cured. and the bunch CON-
ptefely renovcd, and has never been lame SINCE We
state what we know to be fact. We have sold
twelve dozen bottles in the short time that We have
acted as your agents in Concord.
Respectfully yours,
UNDERHILL & KITTREDGF,
ArOtheCIrlee
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-06-22
CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC R'Y
WHO W,iH TIE sEocRaeAy or Tns COUNTRY

Us ne NJ0f1I ~OUUoSIIO6 Aul~ "
Its main line runs from Chicago to Council
Geneseo, Moline, Rock Island Davenport. West
Liberty, Iowa City, Marengo, Brooklyn, Grinnell,
Des Moines (the capital of Iowa.. Stuart, Allan
tic. and AvoGa: with branches from bureau bureau
tine. Washington, Fairfield Eld9n BenlKnap
Centrevile. Princeton, Trenton. Gallatln came
ron. LeavcnwOrth. Atchison, and Kansas City;
Vile; Keokuk to Harrington, Bonaparte, Ben
tonsport, Independent, Eldon. OttumWa, EDDY
ville Oskaloosa, Pella. Monroe. and Des Moines;
Mt. Zion to Keosauqua; Newton to Monroe; Des
Griswold and Audubon; and .Avoca to Harlan
road. which owns. and operates through line
from Chicago into the State of Kansas.
man Palace Cars attached, are run each way daily
between CHICAGO and PEORIA, KANSAS CITY.
ConNGII BLlrFs I'VE an, van
kee and Kansas City. via the milwaukee, and
Rock Island Short Line"
The "Great Rock Island" is magnificently
equipped. Its road bed is simply perfect and its
What will please you most will be the pleasure
of enjoying your meals. while passing over the
beautiful prairieS of Illinois and Iowa. in one OF
our magnificent Dining Cars that accompany all
neal as good as is served in any frst-class hotel
for seventy five cents
Approaching the fact that majority. Of the
people prefer separate apartments for different
purposes (and the immense passenger business
of this line warrantlng it). we are pleased to an
nounce that this Company runs Pullman Palace
PULLMAN PALACE CARS are ru1
COUNCIL BLUFFS: KANSAS CITY. A
all Ticket Agents in the United States
For information not obtainable at :.
II, r.. ABLE,
Vice President and General Manager.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-06-22

9SVo0tu Stto e0oS CubSs Sts0 SvS~s d.
Sleeping Cars for sleeping purposes. and Palace
great feature of our Palace Cars is SMOKING
SALOON where you can enjoy your " Havana
Magnificent iron bridges span the Mississippi
and Missouri rivers at all points crossed hy TINS
line, and transfers are avoided at Council Blnits
Kansas City, Leavenworth and Atchison con-
The principal Il. r. connections of
this great Through Line are as follows:
East and South.
Fl 4 II ESs5 8! K Ras with the LIS Ms anar
At WASHINGTON HEIGHTS. with p. c. & st.
Al Il SALE. with II. Cent R. 4 R. & IRA
At ROCK ISLAND. with "Milwaukee and Rock
| Island Short Line" and Rock 1sld & PEG: Rds.
| c. NJ. & St. p r. r. w @ ~
AtWEsT LIBERTY, with the B. c. R. & MR..
AtGRINNELL, with Central Iowa r. R.
AtCoUNCIL BLUFFS, with Union Pacific RI.
| At OMAHA. with &. & Mo. +. RI On Neb;)
At COLUMBUS JUNCTION. with b. RR.
| AT OTTAWA. with Central Iowa 4. r.; W..
| At KEOKUK, with Toll, PEG. & War; Wab., st.
! At CAMERON with H. st. J. r. r.
| .AtATcH1soN, with Atch Topeks & Santa Fe;
| At LEAvENwORTH, with Union Pac. anc Kan.
AtKANsAs CITY, with all lines for the West
! and Southwest.
rc aaiSGdN and an LEAvENWGRTH:
Great Rock Island Route are sold bJ
md Canada.
our home office, address,
f.. ST. JOHN,
CHICAGO, ILL
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-03-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
W ashingtOn, D. G. March 22, 1881.

The President shows signs of yield
ING to the radical pressure for an
extra session. / speak of it as radical
pressure, for it is that and nothing else.
The real object of those who desire an
extra session is to send committees OF
extremists into the Southern States for
the purpose of upsetting the Congress
ional elections in that section. In short,
they desire to restore the condition OF
things there during the Grant admins
trations. Anarchy in the South means
Radical Supremacy in the North. lris
said that Malone, who seems determined
to earn his price is importunate i'll his
demands for Southern investigations.
How completely this proposed reopening
of the ''Southern Question" is opposed
to the letter and spirit of Garfields in
augural, will be seen when we remember
that he asks us all to forget sectional ques-
tons of fifteen years ago. 1t he shall
Weld, as he now seems likely to do, and
call the extra session it will be almost rs
clear a case of bulldozing as was that of
Mr.. Hayes.
The Senate did yesterday what was
hoped of iC-conhrmed by a unanimous
vote many of the nominations made by
the President That of Stanley Matthews
was not among them, and Il unanimous
vote can hardly be expected in that case,
though there is no doubt of majority
vote.
The Republican Senators hesitate to
attempt TO elect new Senate officers. This
il at least in part due to the fact that
some respectable Senators object to Geo.
c. Gorham as Secretary of the Senate,
aud il is known that no other Republican
can get Mahones vote and be elected.
Malone and Gorham are as inseparable
as the Samese Twins. 1t was under the
tainted auspices ofGorham that Malone
first come in personal contact with Re
publicans-with President Garfield and
others. If Gorham were satisfactory to
the better class of Republicans the Sen
ate officers would have been elected
when the Committees were. But, then,
if Gorham was the kind of man he ought
to be the trade with Malone would nev
er have been made, and the conservative
Senators would be in control of the Sen
ate to-day.
Secretary Blaine has been compelled
TO limit the number of otiice-seekers he
will receive. His health has suffered Sc
verely from the constant pressure upon
him. He has had as many callers as the
President, and in his case they did not,
as with the later, fold up their tents at
the close of business hours and steal
away. On the contrary they made night
hideous for the Secretary. There is a
kind of idea abroad among Republicans
that Blaine's affabiity means an office for
each man who sees him. In reality bluff
and unmagnetic Hannibal Iamlin, from
the same State has provided Iplaces at
the public crib for ten men where Blaine
has similarly favored one.
For the first time in history the ex-
penses of the inaugural ceremonies, in
Guiding procession, ball, illuminations
etc, have been paid for out of the re
oeipts. All money subscribed has been
returned by the committees in charge
HILTON,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-03-25
General News.

The importation of American pork has
been prohibited by the Austrian govern
ment.
The new court house at Honesdale is
said to have cost one-fftieth of the en-
tire valuation of Wayne county.
The late Senator Carpenter could rc-
peat some of Shakespeare's plays from
beginning to end and studied the Bible
for its grand poetry and rhetoric.
The Mining Heraldis the name of q
new paper to be published monthly for
the Mining Institute of Shenandoah.
The barber arrested in Altoona for an
infringement of the Sunday law, was
fined four dollars by the magistrate, and
has taken an appeal to court.
A barberis said to live in Altoona who
breathes through his ears. He claims to
be able to live ten hours with his mouth
and nose hermeticaliy sealed.
The new secretary of the navy is a
very much married man, having now his
fourth wife. The two first died, the
third he was divorced from, the fourth
is still with him.
Mr.. Peter Herdic has sold the
right for his transportation coaches in
Washington city for 100000, and APP
plication for city rights are being receiv-
ed from all parts of the country.
The State Senate has canfrmed the
nomination of DR.. E. f. Higbee as Su-
perintendent of Public Instruction after
April lst, when DR.. Wickersham willre-
tire. Hes is said to be man of eminent
qualities.
The citizens of Bethlehem were horri-
fed few days ago by the discovery
that number of boys attending the
public schools were in the habit of carry
ing pistols. A thorough investigation is
being made by the directors and teach
ers.
IMPORTANT TO TRAVELLERS Special in
ducements are offered you by the Burlington
Route. 1t will pay you to read their adver-
tisement to be found elsewhere in this issue.
| March Is 40-w
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-03-25
\ AND DEMOCRAT, BLOOMSBURY, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA

The following il the list of appoint
ments of Danvilc District of the Cen
trail Pennsylvania Conference Rev. J. H.
McGarrah the former eloquent preacher
of this charge who has been at York for
the last two years is appointed presiding
elder of Altoona District and Rev. T.. H..
Yocum the pastor of this charge for the
last two years, presiding elder of Will
Transport District. The recognition of
the ability that serves this pulpit is com
plimentary.
w. w. Evans, =. t., p. o. Blooms
burg, Pa.
Ashland, J. A. DeNIoyer.
Beach Haven, &. r. Dunning, one 10
be supplied.
Benton, G. w. Dunlap, o. T. Metz.
Ter.
Berwick, M. L. Smyser.
Bloomingdale, John Horning, J. II.
Mortimer
Bloomsbury, John Donahue.
Buckhorn, &. V. Savage.
Catawissa, j. b. Polsgrove.
Catawissa Circuit John Lloyd.
Centralia, II. l.. Armstrong
Conyngham, r. II. Wharton.
Danville, St Pauls, J. NJ. Lantz
Danville, Trinity, p =. Strawinski.
Elysburg, G. II. Day.
Espy and Light Street, II. G. Ches-
ton.
IIazleton, G. Il. Gray.
IIelfenstein and Gordon, III. n. Min
nigh.
Hickory Run, G. E. King.
Evansville and Audenried, George
Warren
Jerseytown, 7. ii. Tubbs.
Mitllinville, G. l.. Benscoter.
Mt Carmel, S. NJ. Frost.
Muhlenburg, J. g. Brown.
northumberland, +. II. Swartz.
Orangeville, Il. o. Clees, one to be
supplied.
Riverside, Daniel Hartman.
Selinsgrove, j. w. Buckley.
Shickshinny, NJ. i. Drum
Shamokin, J. S McMurray.
Snydertown, III. b. Fortner.
South Heberton, G. NJ. Larncd,one to
be supplied.
Stockton and Beaver Meadow, n. b.
Smith.
Sunbury, II. c. Pardoe.
Trevorton, J. r. King.
Washingtonyille, Edmund White.
Weatherly, p. +. Eyer.
White Haven, w. c. Hesser.
II. A. Curran, Prof. State Normal
School. Member Bloomsbury Quarterly
Conference.
sUPERNuMERARY AND sUrERANNU ATED
PREACHERS.
c. w. Marshall, Alem Britain, j. p.
Bobb. j. w. Leckie.
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lie Voted Right,

The river harbor bill appropriates SILL
100000. Senators Thurman, Wallace and
Herman vigorously opposed its passage
in its present shape but all resistance
was VAIN. The bill is an outrage, and
provides for improvements that the states
in which they are to be made, should
pay themselves, for they alone will reap
the benefit. We are glad that when the
bill was in the House our Representative
from this district Hon. Robert klotz re.
corded his vote against it. We commend
his course and wish all the other Demo.
cratic members had initiated his good
example Congressman should exer-
else great caution rs to how the money
people is expended, and vote against
all reckless eXtravagance.-Monroe
Democrat
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-03-25

When Hayes finished his administra
ton by the act of crowning disgrace, the
nomination of Stanley Matthews to the
United States Supreme Bench, and
which the Senate would not even CON
slider, it was thought that Mr.. President
Garfield would spare the country the hu
miliatiouot renewal of the nomination.
But no! The name has been sent in, and
as the Senate with Malone is republican,
it remains to be seen if Matthews can be
confirmed. Judging by the expressions
of the newspapers, the purchase OF Ma
hone and the confirmation Of Matthews
would give this administration send off
which would send it even below that OF
Hayes. We are sorry the President has
thought fit to repeat the blunders OF
Hayes. For this one there is no appa
rent excuse, and most certainly no de
fense.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-03-25
Appropriations to Normal Schools.

The Harrisburg Patriot denounces ap
preparations to Normal Schools and de-
nounces them as mere rivals to colleges,
which, like the latter should depend up
on private support.
The Patriot is grossly in error. The
"Colleges' we have in this State (aside
from the strictly medical and theological
institutions are mere academies or high
schools-high only in pretentions-and
their graduates are of no value as teach
ers. They are not instructed in and do
not understand the business of teaching.
In long experience we have constantly
observed them as failures in that respect,
partially or wholly. On the contrary,
the Normal School graduates rarely fail
as teachers. Their instruction in that
direction has so far at least been thor
ough and most successful. This is the
leading purpose of the Normal Schools
and the other instruction their pupils
receive is only incidental, but equally
thorough. This g.eat commonwealth of
Pennsylvania expends from eight to ten
millions of dollars annually upon the
Common Schools alone, one aud half
million Of which is paid directly from
the State Treasury. 1t would be the
height of folly to spend this enormous
sum upon the Common Schools and yet
not provide them with the most compe-
tent teachers obtanable, and they must
be produced in abundance. There is
yet not suhiciency, much less an over
flow. When this latter phase occurs,
County and City Superintendent may be
dispensed with, and great saving thus
effected. The efficiency of the Normal
School graduates as teachers will also
greatly reduce expenditures, while. impart-
ing superior instruction,
The State appropriates large sums of
money annually to reformatory and
charitable institutions, to Legislatures
and to Office holders, and it would be at
once the extreme of folly and of mean
ness to refuse the comparative pittance
it gives the Normal Schools that the
most efficient of teachers may be sup
piled to its Common Schools. If the
Legislature, or the Pariot should be
possessed of an economical fit they can
easily save the amount appropriated to
the Normal Schools in the reduction of
the number of Office holders and unrea
sonable salaries, ten times over-the lat
ter to point out and the former to enact
the reductions required. "God save the
Common Schools-the guerdon of the
| free !"-C Clinton Democrat.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-03-25
Associate Judges.
SOME ACCOUNT OF TIE FAYETTE COUNTY
CASE.

The constitution of 1874 provided by
its judiciary article that whenever Il
county contained more than forty thous
and inhabitants, it should be erected into
separate judicial district, and that the
Office of Associate Judge not learned in
the law is abolished. David w. b.
Dumbauld and Griffith Roberts were AS
sociate Judges not learned in the law of
Fayette county when the new constitu-
went into effect, and afterwards, when
their terms expired, they were reelected,
and the question arose whether Fayettc
county was separate judicial district,
Green county having been attached to it
for certain purposes. If it was, then
Dumbauld and Roberts, not being learned
in the law, had no rights as Judges. a
quo warranto was issued to test the mat
ter In the early part of the session of
the Supreme Court, a decision was rend-
cred in favor of the Judges, but afGeS n re-
hearing the court rtreversed its former decis-
ion Judges Sharswood and Paxson having
changed and turned a minority of two
into a majority of four Justices Mercur
Gordon and Green now dissent, They
say that no part of the constitution in
relation to the Judiciary should stand
alone, but it should be taken rs a whole,
and that sit cannot be contended that the
legislature intended to take from the
Inhabitants of ore county rights which
are enjoyed by those of another county
Had the original decision been permit
ted to stand, Dauphin county, as is well
known, would have been included with
Fayette, as it is judicial district of q
similar formation.
Attorney General Palmer and Hon. G.
r. Buckalew represented the Common
wealth in the argument of the case.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-03-25
WilliamspOrt's Money Tied Up.

WILMAMsroRT, March 1S.-To-day
City Treasurer Longsdorf received an
order from Judge McKennan restraining
him from paying out any more of the
city funds until certain mandamus exc
cutions for the payment of interest on
bonds are provided for. This order
blocks the wheels of the city govern
ment, and to make matters worse every
member of the Select and Common
Councils, together with the City Treasu-
rer, have had rule served on them by
the Sheriff of Columbia county, to appear
before Judge Elwell on the 26th inst,
and show that they are not in contempt
for neglecting to obey the order of the
Court to provide for the payment OF in
terest on the city debt
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-03-25
NOIICE IN PARTITION.
ESTATE OF WILLIAM KELcusER, DECEASED.


Whereas, by writ OF partition issued out of the
Orphans Court OF Columbia county to me directed
tested the third day OF March, A. D., 1ss1 COM
Of certain messuage and tract Of land situate IN
Minitn township in said county, bounded on the
by lands of George Feter, containing about forty
seven acres OF the estate or William Kechner, late
OF the township and county aforesaid deceased, to
and among the heirs aud legal representatives Of
the said d'cedent, IN such manner and In such pro-
rected, II the be done without prejudice to
or spelling the whole, but II such partition cannot
be made or the said premises cannot be divided into
shares or pOrparts OF equal value then to apprase
the same or the several shares or purparts into
which the same may be divided by the said Inquest
day OF May next:
Now hereby give notice to al heirs and legal
above named and TO all persons interested in the
partition OF his said real estate that an inquest Will
be held for the partition or valuation OF land above
Monday, the 25th day cr APRIL 1881, pursuant to the
said writ and order OF Court and between the hours
Of ten o'clock Ia the forenoon and three O'Clock in
The folio wing are heirs and persons interested in
the estate OF said Wn. Kelchner deceased, namely;
]. John Kelchner, brother OF decedent; II, Jacob
helehaer a brother Of deGedent; ILL., hidren and
Was a brother Of decedent, to wit; 1. Ezabeth in
termarried with John Gearhart; 2. Mary, intermar-
reg red Win Win Ssmsei Gearhar ReeGce
"a daughter OF said George Kelchner, deceased who
was Wth but
Fisher and Clara Drehr. unmarried 5. Children Of
Lydia, "a daughter OF Nd George Kechner, deceas-
ed), who was intermarIied with William Ash but
now deceased to-wit: George Ash and William Ash;
Nv. Children and grandchildren OF Catharine sis.
Ter OF decedent, who was intermarricd with Charles
Fredrci, but now deceased, to-wit: /. lily Ann,
intermarried with Amos Cole; 2. Maria, ntermar-
ried with Philip Wntersteen; B. Charlotte, ,intermar-
married with Ira Hines; Sophia, ,intermarrledw with
Asa Howard 5. Lydia tintermarrien with Charles
brown; G. children Of Mary(a daughter OF said Mrs.
Catharine FredrcD who was interlnarred with Hi
ram H. crown, (who yet survives but now deceas-
ed witt Mary Catharine, intermarried with John
Bonner; Augustus Brown and Aaron Brown; I. DAN
lei Fredrlc :. Isaiah Fredric and 9th Josiah Fred.
rlcl.
Z. II. ENT,
Sheriff of Columbia county,
Sherin's Ohice, bloomsbury,
March II, lSsl.4w
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-03-25

The scenes IN the Pennsylvania House
of Representative on Monday night
beggar description. They were the
most uproariously disgraceful of this ses-
sion, which has been marked by many
scenes unbeftting the dignity of legis-
lative body, and it is to be doubted if
they have often been equaled in previous
years. During the session from half
past seven o'clock until ten, the House
did no business at all except to pass three
bills on first reading, on one which the
yeas and nays were called. The House
applauded one speaker and hissed anoth-
er, the speaker pounded with his gavel
until his arm must have ached and still
motions were hurled at the clerks head
in rapid Succession without regard to
the order of business. The filibusterer
was rampant and he practised his art on
every motion that came before the
House The speaker at length complete
ly lost his temper and evidently his head
as he made some grossly unparliamentary
rulings. The main cause of the row
seemed to be that the Philadelphia mem-
bers have made up their minds to have
no business transacted by the house un-
til their pet schemes are put through.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-03-25
HOW TO GET SICK.

Expose yourself day and night,eat too
much without exercise; work too hard
without rest; doctor all the time; take
all the vile nostrums advertised; and
then you will want to know
HOW TO GET WE'LL.
Which is answered in two words-Take
Hop Bitters! See other column.-Ec-
3lrpsS
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-03-25
How Ii Was Done.

"IIow do you manage" said a lady to
her friend, SO appear sohappy and good
natured all the timer" Il always have
Parkers Ginger Tonic handy" was the
reply, sand thus easily keep myself and
family in good health, When ! am well
! always feel good natured." Read about
il in another column.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-03-25

| grhe Schuylkill canal is reported clear
OF ice, and the probabilities are that nav
igation will soon be resumed. There
will be over 500hoats in use the coming
season, and the trade promises 10 be
brisk,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-03-25
Mossrs. Eyarts, Thurman and How

Nlessrs. Eyarts, Thurman and Howe
have a snug thing in being appointed
commissioners to the European monetary
conference. Each commissioner is to re-
ceive five thousand dollars, and the secre-
tary of the commission will receive three
thousand dollars. In addition to the pre-
scribed pay, all reasonable expenses, TO
be approved by the Secretary of State,
are to be paid by the Treasury.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-03-25

1t has been discovered that the sup
ports of the bell of one of the school
houses in St. Clair was almost ready to
tumble down. The bell weighs about
1000 pounds, and was hung directly
over the stairway by which the scholars
enter and leave the school.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-03-25

Frank Pfeifer an inmate of the Eas-
tern Penitentiary, killed his room mate,
John Mcbride, and then hung himself in
his cell, one day last week. Some wri-
ting found on a slate seemed to indicate
that Pfeifer was connected with the mur
der of Emma Bittenbender in Monroe
county