The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-07-06
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The Bethlehem steel mill will |
started next Monday.

C'Nt 'VVtVVV NoiuHitNs
The reduction of the public debt fer
June is estimated at Sl7,5OJ,O0O.
The Treasury reserve on July lst
amounted to Sl45,O00,O00. It is pro.
bable call for bonds will be made
during the present month.
Washington gossip is to the effect
that Attorney General Brewster will
shortly be succeeded by George s.
Boutwell,, of Massachusetts,.
James w. Poe, popular colored
speaker, is about starting on lectur-
ing tour through the south, intending
to talk about "The colored vote in
1884"
There are rumors of important
changes shortly to occur in the post.
office department. Postmaster General
Gresham is dissatisfied with some of
his associates.
The State Department at Washing
ton is investigating the matter of i'm
portation of paupers from foreign coun-
tries. There are ships loads sent to
New York every few days.
The work of cancelling check stamps
was commenced July LIST. 1t was done
in the top story of the Treasury depart
ment by about fifty ladies. There
were several millions of stamps can
celled
The Shops of the Philadelphia aud
Reading railroad company. at Reading,
are being enlarged. 1t is intended that
the principal part of the work for the
Jersey Central railr Dad will be done
| there.
A colored man named David Taylor
was committed to prison at William
sport on July lst, upon the charge of
murder. He is accused of having poi
soned a colored woman named Hannah
Jalbert.
A statute of ex-President Zachery
Taylor arrived at Louisville, Kentucky,
from italy, Saturday, and will be un-
yelled with appropriate ceremonies as
soon as it is placed in position in the
cemetery.
A dispatch from Reading says "The
Hes'ian fly is making sad havoc in the
wheat fields. IL the southern section
farmers report that they do not expect
more than four bushels per acre from
many tracts"
John ii. Alexander, "a bright look
ing dark mullato," from Oberlin, Ohio,
is among the applicants for admission
to West Point He passed the physi-
cal examination recently. He is in his
twentieth year.
Over the grave of the late John
Brown, in Crathie churchyard a monu-
ment is to be erected by Queen Victo
ria. She has ordered handsome one
from an Abernoer firm, and directed
that it be made of gray granite.
One of Nelson's men did few days
ago at Southampton, England, in his
10th year. He was gunner in his
time, and was present at the battle of
Trafalgar. Since l847 he has been in
retirement. living on pension.
The young Democratic association of
Baltimore has issued a card to the
Democratic voters of that city, in
which they urge them to throw off the
selfconstituted bosses who have as
sumed control of the party machinery.
The japanese government has decid-
ed to add greatly to the strength of
its navy. Itrecently increased its ex
traordinary appropriation for naval
purposes to S3O,O00,000, all of which
is to be expended within three years.
About five hundred locomotives have
been added to the Philadelphia & Read
ing railroad company's rolling stock by
the lease of the New Jersey Central,
which makes the total number of loco
motives in the hands of the first named
company l,lOO.
1t is rumored that the Pennsylvania
railroad company are discussing the
feasibility of erecting electric light
poles over the entire track from Pitts.
burg to Philadelphia. and do away
with the necessity for headlights on
their locomotives.
On Mondap afternoon aterrilic storm
of wind and rain visited Binghampton
n. Y. Many large trees were uprooted
and small buildings blown down. A
similar storm passed over Hartford,
Conn, where much damage was done
by the wind and rain.
The Bradford county democratic con-
vention at TOwanda on Saturday elect
ed S. w. Little, A. ID. Albert, w. l..
Lantz and Ira II. Smith delegates to
the state convention. They are in
structed for j. III. Powell, of that coun-
ty, Tor state treasury.
Governor Pattison, as soon as he can
get away from Harrisburg, will, with
his wife and in company with DIR. Hugh
Pitcairn and wife, drive from Harris
burg to Wilkesbarre. The Governor
will take riding horse, gun and
fishing tackle along
John Murphy, base ball player and
recently noted as crank, fired a pistol
shot at Carroll of the Providence nine,
on the ball grounds at Providence Fri
day evening. The ball missed Carroll
and struck another member of the club
named Mulvey. Murphy was arrest
ed.
Five gentlemen of Washington, Pa.
have formed themselves into a COM
pany to be known as the Washington
Heat and Light Company. They will
shortly sink gas we'll in or near the
town, from which they expect to sup
ply gas for heating and lighting pnr-
poses.
Miss Mary Packer, only daughter of
the late Judge Asa Packer, has had
the electric clock of the Lehigh Valley
railroad offices at Mauch Chunk 80 CON
nected with the chimes at st. Marks
u H. church that tha clock now atr;k 90