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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-12-14
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Our several merchants are making fine
exhibit of holiday goods.
G. F. Fleckenstine has bought the lot ad-
joining the Odd Fellows Hall, and is pre-
pairing to build store room upon it.
George is an enterprising chap.
Our town is having another convulsion,
all owing to the much talked of railroad.
Report has it that the contract for building
it had been left to the Collins Bros. of Phil
adelpha, and the Eolan Bros. of Reading,
Pa. think the reports are premature, as
the charter is not completed, nor has the
right of way been fully secured. But
l am creditably informed that a body of
Philadelphia capitalists have agreed to fur
nish the funds to build the same, at pro
rata of $12, 900 per mile.
Our supervisor of roads made some re-
pairs on our streets last week, for which
we are truly thankful. But it was only a
bite; try again Bartch.
Niblo was in error in his report in the
Republican of the dog difficulty. There was
no alteration; both Lilley and Baker
claimed the dog. But Jim's right to own
nership seemed to be the best as he still
has possession.
1t is rumored that one of Bloomsburg's
enterprising merchants is to wed one of
Orangevilles fair daughters about the holi-
days.
Niblo came down on me with heavy
hand, in his article in the Republican cou-
pie of weeks ago. Iquote the article
81 do not tell what saw in the different
store windows, as do not want to starve
the printers, by free advertising for the
merchants" How great Is your charity
Niblo, to starve yourself rather than the
printer, for l overheard you say few
weeks ago, that you were going to stop
writing, as it didn't pay, and you would
starve at it. Charity should begin at home
Barney. Look out for yourself and let the
printer do likewise.
Leap year is near and so are the ladies'
chances. Take advantage of it and chain
up some Of our bachelors. l overheard one
of them say few days ago that single
man was only half a man, and he was tired
of only being half and was going to get
married. He is awfully bashful, girls, and
you must be careful or you will frighten
off the game. am prompted to write
this article through sympathy for the ladies
and this particular bachelor You may
recognize him from the following descrip-
ton. He is of medium height, blue eyes.
sandy hair and mustache, and has habit
of carrying his head sidewise.
Our enterprisng furniture dealers Messrs.
Harman and Conner, are doing rushing
business. They haul goods off to their
customers in wagon loads.
DIR. zimmerman has moved in his new
house. 1t presents very attractive ap-
pearance, and is credit to the Dr's taste,
and to our town.
The articles of X. Y T. seem to have
considerable attraction for our people. 1t
is amusing for me TO stand aside and lis
ten to the various comments on the differ
ent items, and their guesses who X. Y. z.
is. Victims and all, take the articles good
naturedly.
We noticed the pleasant face Of F. C.
Frederici, the genial proprietor of the Light
Street Hotel in town on Tuesday. Fred
erici is the young peoples friend and Is
great on furnishing them sport.
XYZ
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Christmas ssins.

Tact, taste and the solving of problems
in finance are all necessary in the making
of Christmas presents In ten days Christ
mas will be here. If the presents are of
home manufacture they are well under way
by this time If they are to be purchased it
is well not to delay the shopping until the
last moment. Christmas presents can Of
ten be bought to the best advantage imme-
diately after the holiday season. 1t Is too
late to practice that form of economy in
buying presents for the coming Christmas,
but the suggestion may effect saving in
the distribution of next years presents.
1t is not necessary to enumerate the ad-
vantages of making Christmas purchases at
leisure. Any one who has chased about
from shop to shop on the day before
Christmas and squandered his money in
the making of a collection of inappropriate
presents, because he has not the time to
choose suitable ones, does not need to be
told of the folly of such delay, and of his
own accord will begin early next year 10
pick up articles here and there that fit in
neatly with unnten ,ional hints dropped in
the conversation of his friends. 1t is its
appropriateness which gives the chief value
to Christmas present, and it is because of
the appropriateness of the gifts that articles
in the manufacture of which time, care and
labor have been expended cause more
pleasure to the recipients than the uncon-
sidered bauble which is given as it is re.
ceived, without thought and without graft
tude.
The purchased gift can express as much
as the one conceived and made at home
with infinite pains, provided the necessary
be exercised in the making of
the purchase. The Christmas season is
one for the practice of llberality and gener-
osity. 1t is well to stint yourself that you
may give, but if the giving is felt to be a
burden it is better not to give. Do not
give for FORMS sake. Be sure that you
want to give before you give, but no not
run into debt or involve others in your sac
rifice. There may be an abuse of even the
beautiful Christmas custom. Do what you
can to keep the Christmas giving above the
cold, perfunctory habit which too Of
ten prevails in the making of birthday or
presents. -Phila. Press.
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IAN AND DEMOCRAT, BLOOMSBURY, COLUMBIA COUNTY pa

The jury in the case of Franklin
Monroe on trial at Wilkes-barre for the
murder OF Samuel McNeal, et Hun
locks Greek, returned verdict of not
guilty.
The stockholders of the Danville
Steel Works have agreed to accept the
proposition of the preferred creditors,
by which the plant will be transferred
to a new company, to be organized i'm
mediately. Some $4,000 new capital
will be invested, and the liabilities of
the present company, amounting to
Sl25,0OO, will be accepted and paid in
one annual and six semi-annual Install
ments. The works will now continue
to run up to their full capacity.
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ITEMS.

The case Of James Mutt for the kill.
ing of N. l.. Dukes, which was changed
from Fayette to Allegheny county, has
been set down for trial on the first
Monday in January.
The Danville Sun says that Mrs. f..
X. Hale, of that place, has in her pos
session, as the result of six years work,
a silken bed quilt in which there are
1871 individual pieces of silk. To
sew these together it took 1900 yards
OF thread. 1t weighs, completed, eight
pounds. The pieces Of which it is com
posed are of different colors, and is
pronounced by those competent to
judge the handsomest quilt of the kind
ever seen hereabouts. 1t is all her own
work, and received the finishing touches
last week.
LONDON, Dec l9.-Mr. Guy, O'Don-
nelPs solicitor, in letter to the news
papers begs that the members of the
jury which tried O'Donnell will conf
dentially communicate with him, as he
desires TO address them upon matter
of extreme urgency. He says that all
other means of communicating with
them have failed. As he was refused
a copy OF the jury before the trial he
has been unable to ascertain their id.
entity since.
A meeting of the liberal workingmen
was held at Torquay tonight for the
purpose of getting up petition to Sir
William Halcourt, the home secretary,
to commute ODonnells sentence. A
letter was read from Mr. Samuelson,
QiberaD member of parliament, denoun-
ciug the object of the meeting, aud a
motion in favor of petition in O'Don-
nells behalf was defeated by large ma
jority.
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The New York Herald of last Mon
day published an interview with G Ii.
George B. Mcclellan.
81 have come, said the reporter, ''to
ask your opinion on tariff reform as an
issue in the next presidential cleo
ton"
"There are many men, answered the
general, "who can give you a better
answer than / can. Having for my
part long since renounced all active
participation in politics, do not wish
by any published statement to create
the impression that l am speaking any
thing but my individual opinion, as
any citizen may at crisis like the pre-
sent. The man who is in position to
read the signs of the times to-day must
see, if he is not blind, that fiscal ques-
tions are the real questions of the day,
and all others must give way before
their discussion
"Do you think the democrats will
have the courage to make square is.
sue on the tariff"
"Yes, do, said General Mcclellan,
with earnestness. "The time was, not
many months ago, when it would have
cost any congressman his reelection to
have spoken favorably of free trade.
To-day, while free trade is not thought
of by any politician as of immediate
application, there are many members
who preach its doctrines as an ultimate
ly good thing for the United States
and many more who are gaining po-
lltical strength by fighting for low
tariff.
'1n this connection may quote to
you what prominent member of con
gress from Illinois told me last spring.
He said that not only in Illinois, but
further northwest and west. in the last
election the winning men in both the
democratic and republican parties were
those who preached low tariff. These
alone met with sympathy from the peo-
pie. And that sympathy | believe is
growing
"Where will the strength of the low
tariff party lie p
"Mainly in the west. 1t is there
that the fight will be fought, and it is
there that we shall learn shortly wheth-
er we are TO remain in existence as q
democratic party, with all our excel
lent traditions. or whether we are to
be forever wiped out of existence
through our own cowardice in falling
to meet this issue 1t is an inevitable
one, and will give the victory TO any
set Of men that will take it up"
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From Light street.

Our supervisor has been fixing our roads
by cleaning the cutters, but they appear to
need a little more fixing.
Andie Jacoby has returned from the
West and has taken to himself wife. We
wish him a long and happy life
Silas Young is doing good business in
the lumber trade,
There was an oyster supper up at Reece
Fairman's on Tuesday evening.
We were glad to see G. B. Ent on our
streets the other day.
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Harper's Bazar.
ILLUSTRATED

Haper's Bazar is at once the most brilliant and
useful Household Journal In existence. 1t Is the
acknowledged arbiter OF fashion In this country
It's fashion plates are the newest and most stylish;
and Its pattern sheet supplements and economic.
suggestions alone are worth many times the cost
OF subscription Its illustrations OF art needle
WORK are from the best sources. Its literary and
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poems, and essays are by the frst American and
European authors. Its choice art pictures would
MI portfolios and Its humorous cuts are the most
amusing TO be found In any journal In
America host OF brilliant novelties are prom
ised for 1884.
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A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE

ESTATE OF JOHN J. STILES DECEASED
Letters OF administration on the estate OF John
d. Stiles deceased, late OF Fishingcreek township
Columbia county, PENNSYLVANIA, deceased have
been granted by the Register OF said county 20 the
undersigned Administrator. All persons having
claims against the estate of OF the deceased are re-
quested To present them for settlement, and those
Indebted 10 the estate 10 make payment 10 the
undersigned administrator without delay
NJ A. ZIMMERMAN,
Administrator,
NOV 23rd Forks, y. o.
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The Legislature adjourned last Fri
day at noon. Crawford of Philadel-
phia returned his full pay to the state,
$ls70,00, and quite number of mem
bers returned $ll0 each, being the
pay for the eleven days adjournment
at the beginning of the extra session.
Speaker Faunce being one of the num-
ber In the Senate, Coke, Gordon and
Emery returned their full pay.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-12-14

Those republican papers that are
harping so constantly on the cost of
the extra session not only lose sight of
the fact that the cost was made by the
refusal of the republican senate to leg
islate, but they also forget that in
1881 republican legislature wasted
100000 of the states money in a
factious fight over the election of a
United States Senator.
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A UDITOR'S NOTICE.
ESTATE or BENJAMIN BKHME, DECEASED.

ESTATE or BENJAMIN BkHME, DECEASED.
The undersigned auditor appointed by the Or
phans' Court OF Columbia county, TO make distri-
button In the hands OF the administrator In the as
tate OF benjamin Behne, late OF Locust township.
deceased, Will SIT ut his ONCE In Bloomsbury on
Monday, December 3lst, 1883, at . o'clock, a. m
when and where all parties Interested In said es.
tate must appear and present their aims and
those Indebted TO he same 20 make payment To-
the Undersigned without delay.
II. v. WHITE,
dec 7-ta Auditor.
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dec l4-4w
Pc N N S VI V A N A.
AN EDITOR, AN ALDER
NAN AND Il MINE
FOREMAN HEARD FROM


DAsvILLE, Pa, Oct. 80, S3.
About rs months ago suffered very severely
from that terrible disease, catarrh In the head.
Hearing DR.. Thomas Eclectric OIL recommended,
purchased bottle and used IL according TO direc-
lions. IL was but short time until discovered the
offensive breath had been troubled with for sew
throat was cured, We have also used IL In our
family for rheumatism and can highly recommend
II for that. VICTOR A. LOTIER,
Editor Record.
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EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.

ESTATE OF SIMON FRY DECEASED
Letters testamentary on the estate OF Simon
Fry deceased, late OF Centre township Columbia
county, Pennsylvania, deceased have been granted
by the Register OF said county TO the UNDERSIGNED
executor. All persons having claims against the
them for settlement and those Indebted TO the es
tate TO make payment TO the undersigned Without
delay.
Light Street, Col. CO., Pa. Executor
Nov l6.6w
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SCRANTON, Pa, Nov. Q, ,ss.

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Ing II years OF housekeeping. have used several
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satisfaction. M. L. BLAIR,
Alderman 5th Ward.
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93 ACRES.

more or less, whereon are erected a two-story
stone dwelling house. barn and other outbuildlngs
TERMS OF sALE.-Ten per cent. of one-fourth
OF the purchase money to be paid at the striking
down OF the property; the one-fourth less the ten
per cent. at the confirmation OF sale and the re-
naming three-fourths In one year thereafter, with
interest from confirmation nisi.
Purchaser to pay for deed
GEO. A HONS,
dec Its Administrator.
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SCRANTON, Pa, Nov. o, ,s3.

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ceived speedy relief by the use OF Thomas Eceo-
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A GODSHAL,
Mins Foreman.
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The Tariff Issue.

WHAT GENERAL MCCLELLAN THINKS
OF 1T.
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PIANO
TABLE COVERS,

Our magnificent stock of
EMBROIDERED CLOTH PIANO
COVERS
Is attracting much attention.
All the goods were MANUFACTURED
to our order and imported direct.
We have all the latest styles in
VARIEGATED BORDERS
AT very moderate prices. We
have them in
"A, Ga, 7 4, and S.4 sizes,
And in all the new designs and
colorings. We have also a com.
plcte line of
CARDINAL AND TURKEY
RED TABLE CLOTHS
In all sizes and grades, with nap.
kins to match.
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FEW TERMS OF THE PRESS.

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The Pres s

THE roREMoaTREPUpLIc Nrws?APgR
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ORPHANS COURT SALE
OF VALUABLE
Real Estate!

Pursuant to an order OF the Orphans Court OF
Columbia county, Pa, Will be sold at Public Sale
on the premises In the township OF Mifiln In said
county, on
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dec Its
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HARPER'S PERIODICALS.

Per Year,
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-06-27
He'd Like to Know, Too.

A sailor who thought he had bee,
cheated by second hand clothier /,
buffalo, returned with the garment an,
demanded his money When this WA
refused, he shouted out: :
here p .w ~ - 0N'o y yot
"Vhell, who shall il be?o
-, II want to see the party who own.
80 do l."
Where is hep To
Dots What I'd like to know myself
You see, my trent, my uncle Isaae first
opened this sthore, und he failed md
assigned Den my fadder-law he rms
u und burns oudt, und ships off to New
ork' Den my brudder Moses runs it
anu pays ten cents on der dollar. Den
my wife goes into peesnees und makes
me agent, und shust when feels dot 7
hat scooped her oudt of eafery shilling
ilong comes her cousin NIT shottle1'
mortgage on der last old coat. IF Won
'an tell me who owns dis place 7 ike 70
gu you such suit of clothes ash would
made king feel stuck up all oafer"
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For Farm Boys to Learn.

From a Western paper we extract
the following practical remarks, that
Will be useful to every one on a farm
How many of the boys who read
this paper could clay off, an acre Of
ground exactly, providing one of the
dimensions are given them ? Now
Hoe Handle" likes to be useful, and
l have taken some pains to make out
a table, and | would like to have
t every one of the farm boys learn il.
There are 100 square rods in an acre
and there are 800 square yards in
one rod. This gives 1910 square
yards in one acre
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Brazil and The United States

Railway Register.
Brazil, as is well known, is the large.t
political division Of South America, liz
area being equal to that of all Others
combined. Lying, as it does, under the
burning sun of the equator there Is a
wonderful and luxuriant vegetation
Its chief product is coffee, but a hundred
other articles are grown in the greatest
abundance. Rich woods, rare medicinal
herbs, dye stuHs are found in boundless
hmitless quantities, jewels, gold, silver
and other minerals abound. England
France and Germany almost mSnono.
llze the foreign trade of this immense
nation, for owing TO the barbarous and
sihort-sighted policy of our government
there are few American vessels to divert
TO our shores some of that commerce
winch would make our manufacturers
rlch' We buy coffee from Brazil we
nave much that we could give in return
put we allow other countries to do this
and reap the resultant benefits, When
the proposed Three. Americas Railway
reaches Brazil it will find an established
system OF railways with which to con,
meet we expect that it will be possible
10 go from st Louis to Rio Janeiro
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VEGETABLE REMEDY, Is ENTIREI v,
= lsAle and when taken according IN direct;o,I
"o'eI lalls " cure. Read the following Certi6cata
WNoNA, Miss, March 6, 1884
DR. w, p. HoNGUE-DRAR SIR.-About 81.
years agol commenced the use of morpbins f iN
ne . 10 which was greatly subject The habit
sIeW upon me until IL took an enormous =.
nave any elect and my headache steadily 5re, "
III sho meantime the headaches or tho u,ornhi se'
vi uotll mad impaired my eyesight until e. ~
most nund, and for two years mast INV r,onthi ~,
R, , nad entirely ceased While In This cond;
noA, ana feeling that was fastening IA an mn ti
y grave, my husband heard OF your inedicinn NY
ntals' ana Drought me a bottle I romma.nnnS
i nsie y auout eight weeks ago and nov aftar AZ
~ phy TWO bottles am entirely cured ma 'a
VI the morphine habit but also Of tbe sicl bonyy
Seuo when formerly distressed me "a mnch NJ
9yesight IS better than II has been for ian vea ny
AN an now entirely regular In my periods T AZ ~
GeI tne slightest desire for morphine and doSt ~
neVe ever VIII again. In fact Ii has maJo "
woman Of me, and feel that cannot smtSc;antlr
cypress my appreciation Of the good yo,,r ,rnry
~! !ul Coruvais has done me- / wish This copld 49,
'he eye OF every woman on earth A"e0'
Yours, Respectfully, SHE II VIN-r
no., III ~ huu my endorsement 10 what NV wis.
nus SAID above. believe Cortynlis l. Wit VIZ
hundred dollars bottle to any op,m eater VI Vle
MannFoo,,ros, 7. ]. KENT
ERWIN, GAYDEN & TONGUE.
ro, WfNoNA, Miss.
May %, lSS3-l0w.
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South Mississippi Lumber Notes.
!. y. Lumherman.l

N o. Lumberman
The capacity of the eleven saw mills
IN the vicinity of Moss Point, Miss.
may may be roughly estimated at about 400
ooO to $4,000 feet per day. They are
located on both sides of the Dog river
ana the streams from which they / receive
thelr logs drain very extensive terri.
tory including Mobile and Washington
counties in Alabama. The Mississinn;
counties contributing timber to tbespo
mills are Harrison, Jackson. Greene
Kerry, Marion, Jones and Covinoton
me PRINCIPAL streams are Pascagoula
Lear and Chickasaha rivers. These are
good logging streams the wear round
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again allowing nine square feet to
Inc yard, 212A square feet to the rod
1850 square feet to the acre, and
We have another table:
10 feet by 1888 feet acre
l2O feet by 1913 feet acre
2i0 feet by 1915 feet--1 acre,
$40 feet by 80 feet-l acre
22O feet by 1893 feet-l acre

WHERE weeds are too large and
stand too thick for good work in the
ordinary way with cultivators or
shovel plows, an effective method Is
to run turning" pillow along the
rows of corn, the bar side next 10
the row, running as close as possible
throwing very shallow fnrrow
away from the corn. Then clean ont
the hills with hoes and by hand If
necessary, and in few DAYS com.
mence cultivating in the regular
way. The weeds or the corn mnst
be destroyed, and we have known
instances where it was impossible to
get rid of weeds about hills of corn.
using extra hard work.