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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-01-16
MISCELLANEOUS.

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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-04-11
THE TROUT SEASON.

The trout season is almost at hand,
and it used to be that the days from
now on would be anxiously counted as
it approached, by hosts of sturdy fish
ermen hungry for the exhlleratlng
sport trout fishing affords. To day
its coming excites comparatively little
pleasurable anticipation, excepting
upon the part of those who have the
time and means to 60 to distant points
for its indulgence. -
Trout can thrive in wild land only.
They need the overhanging trees for
food and to prevent their crystal
homes from drying up. Only few
years ago there was plenty OF water
in many of our streams up to the mid
die of July that now are very low
ruinously so for the trout-by the
middle of July or the first OF May.
The necessity that has compelled
the saving of lumber in or adjacent to
the great railroad lines over which It
is sent to market has, however, been
the most murderous in its effect This
has required the building of Hood
dams. A twelve foot dam will back
up the water for four or five miles
widening the stream and driving the
smaller fish into. the little bayous, sc
to speak, that form along the edges
The dam is lifted and the poor little
fellows are left helpless to die on the
ground. The food sends the log'
tearing down the streams, sometimes
three and four deep and the older anc
larger trout are crushed to death be
meath them. Streams where TIM
thing is going on may be stocked yea
after year, but the fish can never gro"
to any size.-Er.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-04-11
TICKET sOALPERS.

There is law pending before the
Legislature of Maryland to prevent
Ticket Scalping' and to contine the
traffic in tickets to the authorized
agents OF the railroad companies; the
bill under consideration is similar to
that which has been so effective in this
State both in protecting passengers
and the railroad companies from the
loss arising from the purchase and sale
of fraudulent tickets or of tickets i'm
properly procured There were re-
Gently convicted in our courts num-
Der of trusted employees of the Penn
sylvania Railroad and Pullman Car
Companies, against whom the charge
of embezzlement was sustained.
These men were all respectable and
honest until they were tempted to
acknowledgement to the loss of
reputation and position, and, in fact,
into prison, by the ticket scalpers.
Every ticket fraudulently abstracted
or withheld by them, it was proved on
their trials, was subsequently sold to
the scalpers at largely reduced rates
and resold to travellers to be used a
| second time. Thus the railroad com
panies suffered severe losses, and III
cases where the frauds were discovered
in time the passengers holding the
scalpers' tickets were subject to loss
and inconvenience.
No railroad company is secure from
loss, no railroad conductor safe IRON
temptation, and no passenger free
from danger of buying fraudulent and
useles tickets, so long as ticket scalp
ing is legalized, The railroads that
are carrying passengers upon terms SC
favorable should be protected from
fraud, their employees from the temp
tation that robs them of home, friends
and employment, and passengers from
| Inconvenience or fraud. The law o
Pennsylvania is exceedingly popular
and a similar one should be among
the statutes of every State. Only
through and by the operations OF
like law can absolute security be at
forded to the railroad companies, thei
EMPLOYEES, and the travelling public
but until such law becomes common
in all STATES, travellers should refus'
to purchase from scalpers, lest they be
come involuntary partners in a fraud
ulent traffic, and suffer the consequen
ces of their own act.-fhttddetph't
Inquirer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-04-11
March 7-4w
EXECUTUR'S NOTICE.

EXECUTORS NOTICE.
ESTATE OF ELIZABETH MOORE, DECEASED.
Letters testamentary on the estate OF Elizabeth
Moore, late OF SugarlOaf township, columbia coun-
ty, Pa, deceased, have been granted by III Re is
ter OF said county to the underSlgne executor.
All persons having claims against the estate OF the
decedent requ sted to present them for settle
ment and those indebted TO the estate TO make
payment TO the undersigned without delay.
JESSE FRITZ,
4-4-6w' Coles Creek
Expcutor
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-04-11
THE COLUMBIAN AND DEMOCRAT IfnBIA col
Pensions for Everybody.

In the Senate the other day Mr.. Hoar
presented petition OF 5000 citizsns
and soldiers of the Western States"
asking that pension of at least eight
dollars a month be paid TO every sol.
dier aud sailor who served in the ci-
vii war and received an honorable dis
charge. tg..
We shall be surprised If modest peti.
tions of this sort are not poured in upon
Congress in increasing numbers every
year till these 5000 soldiers and citi.
zens, and million or so more. are
made happy. The surplus is great and
the claim agents are industrious.
The reckless extravaganza which
Congress has already shown in regard
to pensions has encouraged the claim
agents to hope for even better business
and bigger profits than they have at
present. The House of Representa-
tives has passed Mexican War Pen,
sion bill giving pensions on the ground
OF service merely, without any regard
to the need of the pensioner. Repre-
preventative after Representative and
Senator after Senator brings in bis little
bill for adding to the length of the pen-
sion list and the tax bills. fy.i. .
1t is no wonder that in this way SOL
diers and sailors of sound body should
be influenced to believe that the Gov
ernment ought to contribute to their
support, though they are perfectly able
TO support themselves. 1t is no won.
der that they should not see that it is
hardly consistent with proper self
respect for healthy men who have
served in the army or navy TO demand
from the Government which is due
only to men who are actually suffering
from the effects of wounds or disease
received in the army or navy. A false
idea Of the object of pensions has be
come generally diffused. Perhaps the
paternal theory of government is max.
ing such progress that Congress, after
pensioning every man who went to the
war, will kindly put its hand in the
peoples pocket and pension every
man who stayed at home. Perhap,
the monstrous charges which will bt
entailed upon the Government fol
years to come may make the nex
generation understand the subject bet
ter. ..... ......... ...
Senator Logan ought to be indignan
because these Western soldiers anC
citizens went to an Eastern Senator
with their little petition. 1t is just thu
kind of petition he would like to hav,
charge of. But Senator Logan wants
to scatter the surplus with smiling
hand. His ample lungs dilate Will
the wind of emotion, and in the matte
of pensions there is need of littl
common sense. If majority of tn
Senators possess that quality and littl
courage, they will see by the petition
and similar propositions the danger o
throwing away money for pension
that are not absolutely necessary. Th
Government has already been more tina
generous. 1t cannot afford to subjec
itself to still ,eater burdens.
BY way of impressiug this fact upo
the thoughtless, it would be an excel
lent plan for the Senate to refuse t
approve the Mexican War Pension bll
which the House most unwisely passed
D ~. Y. Sun.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-04-11
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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-04-11

The Lock Haven Democrat says
that five cases in which Lock Haven
has a vital interest have recently been
decided against it. The cases were
those of Clinton county VI. the City OF
Lock Haven, and the claims We're for
maintaining insane asylums of the
state, Some of these cases have been
in litigation for number of years, but
Judgments were not given against the
city until now The first judgment is
for $4,000 the second for $793,5l ;
the third for S2,742 26; the fourth for
Sl,264,4O. and the fifth for Sl,366sl ;
total, SH, 1868.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-04-11
A Lady Deputy Sheriff.

The youngest daughter of the Frank
lin county sheriff, Miss Ada Kurtz, was
recently sworn in as deputy sheriff of
Franklin county, Her first work was
the serving of some wrts in Greencastle
which, it is said, she did as we'll as any
man. She passed through Harrisburg
recently with handcuffed prisoner
for the Eastern penitentiary.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-04-11

In the last twenty years the Govern
ment has paid for interest ON the pup
lie debt the enormous sum OF w,
089,OOO,OO0 a sum which would detray
all the expenses of the Government
excepting interest on the public debt
for nearly nine years to come, at Tho
present rate of expenditure and to'
nearly thirty-fve years if expenses
could be limited to what they were IL
1860.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-04-11
4 DMINISTRATORS NOTICE.
ID ULE ON PARTIES.

Il ~.
Adam Kline VS.. John Kline ct al In the Court
OF Common Pleas OF Columbia County. NO. u
December Term 1882.
TO Adam Kline, John Kline, william Kline,
Daniel Kline, Rebecca Blue, william Swisher and
Mary Ann his wife In right OF said wife, and Frank
lin Metz and Christina his wife, in right OF said
wife. You and each OF you are hereby notified
that a rule has been taken In said court In the
above stated case on the parties named, to appear
In said court on before the first Monday OF May
1884, to accept refuse real estate or show cause
why the same shall not be sold. '' ID ''' 4-
' JOHN MOUREY,
Mar Ia 4w Sheriff.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-04-11
There were A persons killed at Dan

There were persons killed at Dan
vile Virginia, in the negro riot, and
SO in the Cincinnati uprising Can it
be possible tina, John Sherman will al
low this matter to rest without having
Senate Committee appointed to in
vesligate into the causes which brought
about such terrible demonstration
against the majesty of the law fu.l
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-04-11

Reports of reduction in wages on
the Pennsylvania Railroad are emphat-
ically denied at the office of the COM
pany. The officials admit that reduc-
tions in force, wherever possible, have
been made, but there is no intention OF
reducing wages.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-28
Whose Property Are WeddIng-Prc-
senfS:
New York Herald. !

NtN tih llitAthsl
Are weddng-presentS the property OF
The wife or the husband! This curious
question has been raised in the English
courts.
Madame MERCER sued Mr.. Williams for
a bill OF goods to the extent Of five thousand
dollars, supplied before the lattcr's mar
rage. She recovered judgment and levied
on Mrs. WilliamS's Jewels. They were
wedding-presents and were claimed by tue
husband a. hi property. The ease Wa,
tried before Lord Chief-Justice Colcridgc
and jury. He instructed the Jury that
in law the articles belonged to the hu'-
band, and that accordingly the sui against
the wife could not be maintained.
An appeal was taken to the Diyi-
sional Court. The judges were equally
divided. Then the Court OF Appeal was
called upon To decide the question. 1t
held that both the wedding presents and
other valuablcs owned By Mrs. Williams
before her marriage became the property
OF her husband, but that their ownership
had been transferred 20 her by an ante
nuptial agreement. This agreement pro-
vided that all property Of the wife should
be assigned 10 trustees for named purposes
"Cxcept Jewels, trinkets. ornaments OF the
person, add articles OF the like nature
These, as was declared in the agreement.
should belong TO her for her separate Use.
The case was then carried to the House
Of Lords, which has just given it, opinion.
II sistsins the decision Of the Court OF APP
peal that the jewels were the separate
property OF Mrs. Williams under the ante
nuplial agreement. They were, therefore,
liable 10 seizure 10y her creditors. The
views Of the House OF Lords on the qne--
ton whether wedding-presents become tue
property Of the husband or belong 10 the
wife do not appear In the report OF tue
opinion. The inference Is that the House
agrees with the Court Of Appeal on this
mimi also.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-28
4 FATHERS AEFUL CRiNE.
lie Poisons His Four Children 90 shield III n
from n Life of Poverty.

from n Life of Poverty.
A Springfield (O) special SAYS: Pow
crty. unguarded uucrances, which brought
him under The ban o! libel law, and de-
spondency over his troubles, led pr. John
Maxwell, Il hitherto respected citizen. 10
attempt the lives OF his four children aud
himself. pr. Maxwell came from Selma.
o., few month, ago and sought TO estab-
lish practice here. Patients were few.
and his small means soon became exhaust.
cd. To-day he seemed less despcndcnt
than for week or more. and. yielding 70
his persuasion. his wife went up town on
an GRAND. Immediately after her depart
urp Maxwell mixed potion OF aconte and
chlorOform, and, taking his four little chill
dren, Two boys and two girls, 50 bed
room. gave each q dose, from which one h.
already dead and two more will die before
morning.
After administering the poison the I'M
natural parent saturated towels ia chlor0
fOim and placed them over The mouths OF
The children whom he had lid out in the
bed for death. He then drank a quantity
OF the drug himself. and, Tying down on
The bed beside bis little ones, put another
towel, soaked in chiorOform, over his own
mouth and nos'rils.
After an absence Of several hours Ms.
Maxwell returned home, and, going up
stairs. found her cniiIc family in all uncon-
sciou, condition. Her terrified screams
soon brought nPighb0rs 10 the house. Her
second daughter, Laura. aged twelve, was
dead. The others and the pcrpetratUr OF
tie horrible chine were Still alive. Max
well was at once pulled Of the he'd aud
dragged up and down the street until he
partially Tegained consciousness. Doctors
administered several kinds oil antidOteS,
and with electric batteries tried TO hold the
rapidly ebbing life in the three children.
Up 10 late hour tonight their efforts have
proved oil Use with only one child. and the
two Others are rapidly sinking. JDon con-
sultaiicn the doctors agree that the muir
dereT used bis knowledge OF chemistry 10
80 mix the poiSOnS that no known anlidolc
would have any effect. Late tbi, evening
Maxwell had 20 far recovered as 10 warrant
his removal to Jail
TN bureau in the room were found two
letters from Maxwell to hi, wife. one Of
which was dated five DAYS ago and declared
his intention Of killing himself and taking
hi children with him to heaven He de-
clared he could not longer face poverty and
distress, and rather than have hi, children
struggle with adversely he would put an
epd 10 their lives with hi, own hand. The
letters clearly indicate that the sicScning
deed was contemplated for some time. and
The cunning with which the poison was
mixed was beyoad doubt the result OF
careful experiments.
Mrs. Maxwell T. tO.nie ht on the verge OF
madness. and the general verdict is ihat
her husbands troubles had dcihroncd his
reason.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-28
I-iZEHELL.

1hr "sconrge - Good Feeling -- Taii Meu.
lConcspendence oi the Richmond Dispatch.i
TAzEwnLL COURTHOUSE.
November %. 1854.
There continues 60 he good deal OF
amusement among the people in conse-
quence of the coaGrd going therounds Of
the press about the distress and destruc-
ton prevailing in the Southwest in conse-
quence Of the late drought, the " strange
disease dc. Happily the worst disease
prevalent in this section tMahOneism) Is
rapidly disappearing.
The people take great interest In the pro-
ceedings Of the present session Of the Lcgis-
laiure. and are anxious that IL may be
characterized by none OF the partisan
methods that baye prevailed in some former
Legislatures. The general feeling here.
where the feeling has been most bitter. Is
that The war Is over" and heartily greet
sill The many pacific utterances Of the Dis
patch and other conservative papers.
saw Il group Of some twenty men near
the courthouse to-day. not one Of whom
was less than six feet high. How is that
for tall
The storms are partially abated; but
where. oh , where l. the fodder! have
on the authority OF well-known gentle
man that every shock OF corn.iodder in a
hlll.feld belonging 10 Rev. Mr.. Kelly. near
the head OF Clinch, had been utterly and
entirely eliminated"
have just seen DIR. Jaeger, from the
" Forks on Sandy, the locality where the
sensational correspondent said most misery
existed. and he said that there has been no
"misciy" there. especially since the cleo
lion. MAX,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-28
F0ur t0Iored children Hurried tn
Death.

The LecsbuTg Mirror says: A small
dWelijng-house. situated or the SbOr, hill,
near HIllsbOro', in this county. was de-
stroyed by Gre last Friday afternoon, and
four children were consumed in the flames.
The house was occupied by Henry Jackson
and robert FUR tcOlorcd mem and their
families. During the afternoon, the men
being absent al work, the two women, wives
Of Jackson and FUR, went INTO the village
OF HiilsbOr0' to make some purchases,
leaving four children, ranging in age
from one 10 six years. locked up m the
house. During their absence the fire broke
out how is not known. The house, with
its contents. including the four children,
was entirely consumed, ~ was also about
500 in currency belonging to jackson.
The parents are said TO be very respectable
people. and much sympathy Is expressed
for them in their sad bereavement 10y the
community in which they hive. The fol-
lowing day subscription was set afoOt for
the benefit OF the bereaycd families, which
soon realized from So To 500.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-28
Explanations of the Votes In Iowa.
California, and Nevada.
by Telegraph 10 ilc Dispaich,


WASHINGTON. November 2i.-Senafor
Allison. Of Iowa, who has iust come to
town. has no explanation to give for the
tremendous reduction in the Republican
majority Of his State. A. he l. a warm
personal friend a. Mr.. Blaine, he would
not like 10 admit that he candidacy Of that
gentlemen had anything TO do with il. In
reference 10 the suggestions that Repubil-
can senators make IN organized opposition
10 the new Presidents appointments. Mr..
Allison thinks IL l. too soon 20 form any
conclusions. In his opinion Republican
policy IN the senate will not be determined
until Mr. Cicyelsnd indicates his own line
OF tactics. He thinks. as do most other
members OF Congress who have reached
Washington. that very little business OF
consequence beyond The passage Of appro-
pfiation bills will be- transacted this win
ter. The Republicans IN the scoate. be
said, will be strong enough TO get along
without Malone and Riddleterger, al
though he has no doubt that these two
senators will continue "a act with them a.
usual after the 4fii OF March
An explanation reached here to-day OF
the causes producing the overwhelming
Republican triumph in California and Ne.
yada, and which was such surprise 10 the
National flcmocrutic Committee, more par.
ticnlarsy - 10 Ncvpda. which they had
tsslly expected 70 choose Cleveland electors
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-28

csp,sIn Veal. arrived IN Hampton RaslS
AIih cargo Of gnano irom the ISLAND II
Pedro Caycs. situetnd near Jamaica. IN
latitude re north aud longitude 10 5s'
west. which island Il claimcd by the csis-
tom-house authorities here to he one OF the
gsxso-,siands OF the Uuited states. Coz
leesef Bewdfn seized The cargo Yesterday
and reported The cssc 10 the District Attor-
ncy. who caused IL 10 be libeiiei By the
United states marshal and imposed
the pensI tax al fifty cents per
ton. The owners OF the cargo. Messrs. e..
de Csrdova & Co., of New York, have fiIci
their protest, in which they claim that the
islands arc dependencies OF Jamaica. and
have been subject 10 the jurisdiction OF the
Governor OF Jamaica and 10 the British
Government since the year lG6a. They
also cleim tbs, the question OF posse sion
was settled IN Baltimore some time ago,
ard say they win bold the United States
Government responsible for detention, &c.
Collector Bowdcu consulted the Treasury
Department in Washington before pro-
eeeding. and was advised TO take action.
The case VIII come up in the United States
Court, and NAV assume the importance OF
a national dispute between Uncle sam aud
John Bull, g.