The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-08-11
NEWS ITEMS.

The national debt was reduced about
fourteen millions of dollars in July.
Cleaness and purity make Parkers
Hair Balsam the favorite for restoring
the youthful color to gray hair.
A heavy rain storm passed Easton
ON Monday, causing considerable dam
age. Several buildings were struck by
lightning.
During the several thunder storms at
Scranton on Monday afternoon, the
lightning struck into house occupied
by family named O'Boyle, killing a
girl aged twelve years.
The Pennsylvania is placing in each
engine on its road box containing
pins, needles, bandages, ETC., to be
used in case of accident to any of the
men.
The issue of standard silver dollars
from the mints for the week ended Au.
gust was $227,00O against $3.50, 900
for the corresponding period of last
year.
1t Is not generally known, but 1t Is a
fact, that the first bill passed by the
! present congress was a measure grant
ing the franking privilege to Mrs. Gar
field.
An oil we'll on Bold Ridge, Butler
county is flowing at the rate of one
thousand barrels per day.
Some strange disease is killing birds
in different parts of New Jersey. They
are found dead upon lawns and roads,
and each with hard lump or swelling
in the thIoat. Robins, wrens, sparrows
and thrushes are all affected alike.
1t is said that the Reading Railroad
Company have notified the contractors
that the Shamokin & Lewisburg rail
road must be completed by the 1st OF
January, according to contract.
Jobber Scranton voted for the river
and harbor steal, bu. Editor Scranton
condemned it. The one was working
for snacks, the other for buncombe.-
Wilkes Burre Record
The right of a woman past the age
of 21 to marry whom she pleases has
just been vindicated in Missouri. The
father of Laura Robbs, aged 27, at
tempted to hold her to continued ser
vice in the paternal home by locking
her up in room when she had made
a verbal contract to become the wife O
George w. Bishop. A writ of habeas
corpus unlocked the door, and the1
the marriage took place in spite of the
fathers objections.
A Cincinatti physician says that dar
rhGa and summer complaint can be
cured by exposing water in blue bot
tie to the sun for half hour or up
ward, and then giving one or two
teaspooDfuls each hour until symptoms
change. Water thus affected by tn,
sun he declares to be a great pervine
and refrigerant rs well as an astrin
gent.
On Thursday of last week whil
Barnum's show was about to be trans
ferred from Troy, N. Y to Glovers
vile, one large elephant, Emperor, fol
lowed by three Others, became unrul,
and rushed through the streets o
Troy. They were attracted by th
bright lights in the Rensselaer, Raj
Mill and entered it, causing stamped
among the employees. In the confu
sion Emperor stepped into the no
| hlnnms an1 bu,un1 hic Goat tarr;bl =,
Being maddened by the pain he rushed
out of the mill and soon got on th
main street where he took revenge Oh
everything that came in his way Sew
eral persons were caught and hurled il
the air, or dashed against some build
ing, and many We're seriously injured
1t was not until eight o'clock the mex
morning that they could get him unde
control. $4,000 damages were paid,