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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-07-13

The veto of the numerous items il
the general appropriation bill meets
with general approval. Even Col
Mcclure, who has been sharply critici
sing Pattison, speaks of it thus, in the
Philadelphia Times.
'Governor Pattison swung his veto
tomahawk yesterday among the super
fluous perquisities contained in the
general appropriation bill. There will
be wailing and gnashing of teeth
among the boys to-day in consequence
To all appearance the pruning was i'm.
partial, applying to Democratic House
employe and Republican Senate officer
alike. The veto of the postage aud
incidental perquisities struck Attorney
General Cassidy as well as State Treas
urer Baily aud Auditor General Lem
on. Ex-Secretary Dunkel will mourn
the folly of spending $1,000 for fitting
up his Office before he knew whether
the bill would be paid by the state
or not. Librarian Delaney will have
the pleasure of paying his own expen,
ses and salary for the coming year, il
he has any. The fellows who have
wisely advanced $4,000 for public
grounds and buildings for 1881 aud
1882 will have TO wait for their money
till a more obliging administration is
inaugurated and the old board walk
will answer the purpose for while
longer, On the whole, the looping of
seems to have been reasonably judi
sious and gives one more illustration
of the wisdom of the constitutional
provision which allows Governor to
veto separate items Of the general sup
ply bill.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-07-13
The Wild Woman in Ringtown Woods,

SHENANDOAH, July Slater devel-
opments lead to the belief that the
wild woman in the Ringtown woods,
who chased several lads a few days
ago, is the missing Mrs. Gensler, of St.
Clair. Her friends secured the woods
this afternoon in search of her, but
failed to capture her. 1t is believed
that she has taken refuge in some of
the mine caverns between here and
Ringtown. A strict watch will be
kept tor her reappearance. Mrs. Gen.
sler, about three weeks ago, took sew.
eral children walking in wood. She
disappeared at the time, leaving the
children in the thicket, and has not
been heard of since-unless the wild
woman is she. She was, apparently,
perfectly sane when she started out
with the children.
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Summer Prices at Oak Hall.
Lower now than for years past.

To speak with our rural friends through the out-of
town press is too slow tell daily story. We
only give general facts here and claim visit to Oak Hall
for details Of this be certain Oak Hall will always
give the best bargain The best service at the least cost
is our purpose regardless Of profit and loss.
To-day the popular bargains are Mems 5000 True
Blue Al-Woo Flannel Suits, Mems S2.oo fancy Cassi-
mere Pantaoons, and Large Boys Ayrshire Cashmere
Suits at $425. Half prices only. They will be continued
and only referred here specimens Of what will
do for you when you visit us.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-07-13

The convention of Wednesday was
run by the machine as usual Quay,
Magee, Leeds, Rowan, and all the old
Cameron lieutenants were on hand is
suing their orders, while the indepen-
dent leaders of last year. Lee, Stewart,
Emery and others, sat in quiet seclu-
sion. They have been whipped back
into the traces, and have forgotten the
stalwart abuse heaped upon them last
year. While the leaders thus tamely
submit, will the $4,000 Independents
through the state submit to being deli
vered over to the party that so recent
ly denounced them as traitors
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-07-13
Poker in Texas.

Private "Jim" Wlutersmith, caudi-
date for doorkeeper of the House, tells
of game of poker he once saw in
Texas town, where the players put
the cuspidor in the middle of the table
for fear the cards would be "put up
on them if they turned their heads to
spit. Sometimes" he continued warm
ing up to his work, "when there are
no cuspidors the players are obliged to
expectorate down their vests. They
play under umbrellas so that nobody
can look down through peep-holes
in the ceiling and give their hands
away. When one player announces
that he has four kings and another
player asks what his high is no further
inquiries are made. 1t is taken for
granted that there are eight kings out,
and the ranking side card takes the
pot
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-07-13

Governor Pattison filed six more
vetoes in the Office of the secretary of
the state last Friday, all of them ap-
preparation bills. They are as follows:
House bill No. "a entitled, San act
making appropriations for the support
of the Society of the Home for Friend
less Women and Children, of the city
of Scranton House bill No. 25 enti
titled, "An act making appropriation
to the Rosine Home, Of Philadelphia; >
House bill No. 30l entitled, "An act
making an appropriation for the Union
Home of Old Ladies, in the city OF
Philadelphia !" House bill No. 407 en-
titled, "An act appropriatlng five
thousand dollars for furnishing and i'm
proving the Meadville hospital, in the
city of Meadville, Pennsylvania )
House bill No. 425 entitled, "An act
appropriating ten thousand dollars for
maintaining, furnishing and improving
the Hamot hospital, in the city of Erie
and state of Pennsylvania !" aud house
bill No. $50 entitled, San act making
an appropriation to the Pittsburg Dis
pensary.
He gives strong reasons for his ac
tion, and discusses the subject a
length.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-07-13
Ruin Following the sparrow's Death.

READING, July S.-The farmers in
this section now have startling theory
for the spread of the Hessian fly and
the wheat worm in their grain. AT
the last session of the Legislature an
act was passed empowering persons to
destroy the English sparrows. These
birds are being slaughtered by the
wholesale, and the farmers say that
the flies and wolms increase just in
proportion as the sparrows are killed
The latter they say, formerly destroy
ed the insects, but now the bugs have
full play among the wheat.
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OTHER ITEMS CUT OFF.

The Governor vetoes the S2,635, ,4G
appropriated the Commissioners of pub.
lie Grounds and Buildings for a def
cheney in 1881 and the $1,000 which
the Legislature would give Ex-Secre-
tary of Internal Affairs Dunkel to reim-
burse him for the purchase of furniture
and repairs in 1880. These items, the
Governor says, should not be in "a bill
to provide for the ordinary expenses Of
the government for the year 1888.
He will not allow 5 900 in addition to
the amount already granted by law fol
postage, express charges and other in
cidental expenses of the State Treasur-
er, Auditor General and Attorney Gen.
eral. He vetoes the $4,000 for bal.
ance of salary due DIR. Diller Luther,
secretary of the State Board of Chari
ties, because the law requires such an
appropriation 10 be made by separate
bill. He will not allow 81 900 for sup.
plies for the Senate and House from
March ! until the close of the session,
saying that the contingent fund should
furnish money for this purpose.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-07-13

Judge Smell, at Washington, has fined
a man $40 for "running down" bicy
Gle. He said that sin the eyes of the
law a bicycle is carriage, having in
common with other carriages equal
rights to the streets and highways, pro-
tected by the same laws, and their ri
ders are ameuable to the same road
laws governing the drivers of other We
hicles
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-07-13

The intrinsic value of the trade dol
lar is 1852 cents, of the standard dollar
S4.93 cents, and the Mexican dollar
$3.50 cents, The coinage of the trade
dollar was authorized by act Of con
gress of February. 1878. At the close
of the fiscal year lSSl-S2 there had
been coined of trade dollars S35,050.-
$50. A larger part of this coinage has
been exported and is now in foreign
countries.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-07-13

Archbishop Purcell of the Roman
Catholic church, was buried at the
Ursuline Convent, Ohio, on Wednes
day. The funeral was a very impos
ing one.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-07-13

Samuel j. Randall was endorsed for
President in 1894 by the Lawrence
county democratic convention.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-07-13
The Champion Veto.
THE GOVERNOR PRUNES THE GENERAL
APPROPRIATION BILL.

The Governor has vetoed items
amountingto to $42,l3O in the general
appropriation bill. He has depressed
the spirits of the clerks and other EN-
ployes of the Legislature by depriving
them of pay for the extra time. The
only employees not effected are the pages
and watchmen, who are paid by the
day. Prominent lawyers of both
houses say, that under the law the
employees are onl yentitled to what the
Governor allows them.
The most disgusted man on the hill
is Librarian Delaney, from whom $3,-
600 are cut off, the Governor deciding
that he must content himself with $500
for the years 1888 and 1884 or earn his
living at something else.
Many of the clerks and employees
have spent all they earned in the regu-
lar session and incurred debts which
they expected to pay with the extra
compensation.
SOME OF THE MAtaIED.
The Governor strikes out $3,250 for
the chief clerk, journal clerk and mes
sage clerks of the House and $4, $50 for
the Senate clerks, for pro rata pay, ac.
cording to their respective salaries, for
every day of the regular session of the
Legislature exceeding one hundred
days, on the ground that they are sal
aried by the year. The chief clerks
are deprived of $1,000 apiece for the
year 1884, when the Legislature will
not meet, because the Governor thinks
that whatever little work there might
be to do then could be done inst as
easily this year. lie strikes out SS,-
600 to pay the employees of the House,
for time of the regular session beyond
one hundred days, holding that they
are engaged "by the session" He does
the same thing in the case of other Sen
ate employees, for whom $1,000 were
appropriated. The chaplain of each
house must also be content with S3 a
a day for one hundred days. All these
employees except the salaried clerks
will, however, be paid for the extra ses
sion.
The Chief Clerks of the senate and
House will not get $500 apiece, "or SC
much thereof as may be necessary fol
taking care of the electric clocks, etc,
f, during the recess Librarian Delaney
cannot have 81, 200, "or so much there
of as may be necessary" for postage,
labor, express charges, etc. for 1884,
when, ii his past custom be continued
Delaney's postage" will be for CORES
pondence in the interest of the bosses
= his "labor' in the same cause and his
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-07-13
The New Pamphlet Laws,
TIE LEGISLATURE PASSES 253 BILLS AMI
TIE GOVERNOR vEToEs 60.

The work of the regular and special
session of the legislature was only
known in its results when Governor
Pattison cleared his table of the last
bills before him. OF the go bills in
troduced in the senate and house, 2j3
were passed finally in session cover
ing 1856 days. OF this number 60
vetoes have been sent in or filed in the
state department. No bill became a
law By refusal of the body of the
legislature in which it originated to
sustain the veto, OF the 253 measures
passed, 1913 have became laws, The
thirty-four bills signed Friday by the
Governor are as annexed
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-07-13
AUTHORIZATIONS IN DETAIL.

Appropriation TO the Northern Home for Friend
less Children Phladelphig, $1,000.
TO the Lackawanna hospital, Scranton-s50j0
for maintenance, 1885, $4,000 Tor extension OF the
buildings and 80, 600 for 1854.
Pennsylvania reform school at MOrganla-tSi,-
400 for 1888 and 1884, for the payment OF salaries
TO pay interest on bonded debt OF si5,OOJ-i500
Insurance 81 800 Tor repairs to steam heating ap-
paratus $500 for the organ In chapel $500 for
payment OF temporary loan, $4,000, provided no
Indebtedness shall be contracted hareafter with
out authority OF law and that no labor shall be let
out by contract after expiration OF present con-
tracts. There are no other conditions touching the
drawing OF appropriation aud furnishing OF sup
plies,
10 the Mercy hospital, Plttsburg, i3OOOl 10 hnisl
and furnish the buildings provided there hail be
paid In each year $4,000 by voluntary contnbu'
tions.
An act relating to certain military claims ON nle
In the office OF the auditor general, $4,000.
A supplement OF an act entitled "An act regulat
ing lateral railroads" approved Mays, 1882 au-
thorlzng the owners or lesses Of iron ore or coal
mines TO construct lateral railroads from the
mines TO the railroad, public road or naylgable
stream within the county In which such mines are
situated.
RAILROAD PROPERTY WHEN LEASED,
An act relating TO certain contracts lor Oh
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-07-13
FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1888.

Five deaths occurred from sunstroke
in Philadelphia last Saturday, and six
on Friday.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-07-13

The English army in Egypt is alarm
ed at the spread of the cholera.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-07-13
HAY FEVER.

! have been afflicted
Tor 20 years, during Au-
gust and september,
with Hay Fever, and
tried various remedies
without relief. | used
Ely's Cream Balm with
favorable results, and
can recommend II to
all alllictCd. X. w.
rOwSLEY, lCN-MayOrl
Elizabeth, y. j.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-07-13

Apply by little fin
ger Into the nOstrllS
BY absorption it effect
ually cleanseS the ma
sal passages OF ca
tarrlill virus, causing
healthy sCcretionS. 1t
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-07-13
ALL F0R NOTHING.
Why ih~ Doctor was Disgu-icd, and what
NIght hnNc boon nnne without Him.

"Well WIFE," said DR.. F., a. he entered his
house which was situated In cosy village In CEN
trail New York, 81 have got back trOm long and
dreary ride away down among the mountains,
and all to no purpose whatever The messenger
said the man wouldn't live Till morning, when the
the simpleions had only had sense enough to put
a BENSON'S CAPCINE POROUS PLASTER ON his
stomach he would have been all right in an hour
or two But some folks are slow to learn" added
the old physician, swallowing the cup of stcaining
tea which his wife had Just poured for him.
Doctor F. was right, Yet people do learn, even
though slowly. Tie rapidly Increasing use of
Bcnsons plaster proves this beyond question: and
the good doctors are certain to be saved much of
their needless toll In all diseases capable of
being affected by II plaster BensOn's acts efficient
ly ana at once The genuine have the word CAP
CINE cut In the centre. Price - cents. Sclbury
u Johnson Chemists n. \. july l3IW Il
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"express charges" for the iransporton
of the packages to a Kearns, a Congdon
or some other political auctioncer. Nor
can the Librarian get 81 800 for seer
vices during the recess ending Deem
Der 81, 1888.
Neither the Resident Clerk of the
House nor Delaney will be given their
$1,000 appropriation each "for clerical
and other services which may dcvolsc
upon them" in 1884. The Govcrncr
says: "The fact that the Librarian is
made the custodian and distributor of
supplies for the Legislature and de-
partments does not call for his expeudi
ture of ST., 200 for the year 1884 Buh
he and The Resident CLERK are given
fixed annual salaries for the years when
thtSAssembly is not in session, and the
law did not deem that they were cnti-
tied to or should receive any compcnsa
ton for years when it was not in scs-
sion.
"The item of $500 for the Libra.
rian for the recess ending December
81, 1888, seems to have been put into
the bill at some late stage by amend
ment, being inserted above the part of
section nine which required the Libra
rian to place seventy five copies of the
Legislature Record at the public bind
cry, to be bound for the use of the
Senate and certain officers. Eighteen
hundred dollars is a large sum to give
the Librarian for placing in or carrying
to thepublie bindery seventy-five books.
This is part of his duty, for which
heis paid ayearly salary, and he is given
$1,000 additional to pay for labor and
express charges, which will cover any
cost of shipment of these books to Sen
ators and others.
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SOME MYSTERIOUS POINTS.

"This bill appropriates altogether to
the two chief clerks and the resident
clerk aud librarian $4,000 for services
and expenses in year when there will
be no regular session of the Legislature,
and for the entire recess, from the ad-
journment of the Legislature this year
until its reassembling in the year 1885,
$4,000 The various methods by
which this sum is distributed through
ont this bill under various designations,
such as expenses labors, services,
express charges, etc, is very puzzling
and mysterious.
81 am un,ble 20 comprehend
how any such sum can be
needed or can be properly used in Il
period when no session is being held.
The practice, under various forms of
words, of making these Offices perpet.
ual, at large compensation and great
expense, has in the past gown into a
regular system. l feel disposed to see
if it cannot be safely abandoned. Any
tritling necessary service they may
have been accustomed TO perform in
lhe past few years, when there was no
session, can, | think, easily and at very
little expense be performed in other
ways by those within the line of whose
duties such services would legitamately
| fall"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-10-13

THERE seems to be considerable feel ing among King Alfonso's subjects to ward France on account Of the insult oi the rabble of Paris to the youthful b. thario. It is also said that Germany has addressed an energetic note to France concerning the insult offered inc Span lsh King. The fact i5 that 1t IS one of those peculiar cases which has placed France in a very awkward position with out any lack of courtesy on her part. When France invited the boy to visit that country they did not know tbat he walld be rendered and would accept a colonelcy of a German regiment. There was a kindly feeling existing towards the boy prior to hIs visit to Germany, but after he became a colonel of Ger man regiment the average Frenchman boiled over with indignation, and the youthful King should have known better than to go among that excita- ble people after beng fondled by the bitter enemy of France. The
 
 French authorities were sorely tried, no doubt, and would have with drawn their invitation to Alfonso to visit Paris, could they have done so without directly insulting his majesty. The French have made a slight apology to Spain, but it has not proved a sufli- cient balm for the magnitude of the wound inflicted on the youthful king. It is one of those little unpleasant oc- currences in which no one is greatly Co blame. The best thing Alfonso can do IS to choke down the insult and let 1t pass. But in our opinion Germany has gone out of her way to heap coais on a smouldering fire by instructing France as 70 her duty, and she may live to re- gret her dictatorial manner toward sn hunbled nation. Tt IS a long lane that has no turn" and France may some day strike Germany at a dIsad- vantage. It would be much better Tor Germany to pursue more friendly course toward France, instead of keep ing up bitter animosities, which must sooner or later burst forth and bring on a general European war
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-10-13
EASTERN.

BosTov. Oct G.-The executive coun- cil rejected by four 10 five the nomIna- tiCu, r.. c. Walker (colored) to be judge pi tLe municipal court of Charleston district; Walker was immediately re- nominated by the coverIor.
 ALBANY, \. r.. Oct. 6.-In ihe St. Ju ien-Irinkett race, St. Juiien was the favorite before the Grst neat at odds of SjO to S20, but after the first heat Trink- ett sold four and five tu one. Triukett l1ppei S-. Julien all the way in the two first heats, passing him just before reach ing the wire. Tn the third heat Trinkett had sn easy victory, winning in a jog.
 CHICAGO, Oct. G-A public announce ment will be made tomorrow by Mr. Edgar l.. WaEemau of tue new literary enterprise to be begun Christmas day |. It will be weekly literary journal to be called "Ihe Current" for which ample capital has been provided. Among the list of contributors are the names of many distinguished literary men and women i EITage and America.
 NEW YORK, Oct. S-A cable dispatch to the World from London says the new s from China "a of the gravest character q. Word has just been received that Charles Seymour, of Wisconsin, United States Consul at Cart ton, has been assasslnated by a mob.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. S-Up to : o'clock last evening the tate department { hal received no advices that an ou.- rreak had occurred a' Canton, or that U. 8. Consul Seymour had been killed. fhe state telegrGphed to China early yesterday morning upon learning of the published rumor of Consul Seymour g ieath, but no reply to the inquiry had been received.
 DENVER, Col. Oct. S.--A special meet ing of the stock holders of the D. D. Rio Grande railroad company held to-day at Colorado Springs unanimously passed resolutions authorizing the creation of a general mortgage of Sj0OOo.000 and ponds issued under It which shall run 20 days and bear five per cent interest.
 The issue shall never exceed S3O,000 per mls outstanding. including prior mortgages and only ol finished roads, iEree-guarigr ot the entire stock " s rep s5uted af the meeting.
 NEW ORLrAys. Oct 9.-Ths Plea yu. e's NatcI.E specIal says sixl cen ieaths have occurred to date from smallpox 0u tEe IarVlIo plantation. Concordiz parisl
 MoEr1ourGv, Oct 9-Your cores p ndeut was informed tonight by ths Montgomery quarantine office, just from Brentou. thg. ihe malignant fever there IS nothing else hut yellow fever and is spreading. He reports r cases and two deaths To-day the traius of the Mo- bile E Montgomery railroad pass B-eu- ton without stopping. Dr. C7rthia, State Health Officer, advises q qqaran- 'lne between here and Pensacola and % rigid enforcement between Breuton and wares. The weather is hot: no rain for over three months; everything IS dried mp.
 JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct. 9.-A Sunp;erville special says There Is unmistal-sble yellow fever at Ponsofko. three miles from Sump5srville; tbe man cvme from Miliview, near the Warning ton navy yard