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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-08-21
OF INQUEST.
ESTATE OF GEORGE HESS, DECD.

VI bhOhuE HkSS, DECD.
TO Rebecca Hess widow, Guava, Columbia
county, Pa; Clinton Hess, son, of the same place.
Ezekiel Hess, son, Coles Creek, Columbia county,
Pa'i Emanuel Hess, son. Unionvlle, Tuscola Co.,
Michigan; Elsie Hess, daughter, Guava, Columbia
county, Pa; Andrew Hess, son, whose last known
place OF residence was Watrousville, Tuscola
county, Michigan Angelina Gibbons, daughter,
lntermarried with l. b. Gibbons, of Central, Co.
lumbla county, Pa; Sarah Baker, daughter, in
termarried with Wesley Baker, Unltyyille, Ly-
coming county, Pa; Mary Elizabeth Fritz. daupb-
ter lntermarried with Amandus Fritz, Coles
Greek, Columbia county, Pa; Alexander Hess.
son, Sonestown, sullivan county, Pa.
Yoy are hereby notified hat petition for par.
tition OF the lands OF George Hess, late OF Sugar
ioaf township, deceased vas presented at an Or
phahs Court held at Bloomsbury, Pa on the 10th
uay OF July, A. d. 1885 and that an inquest In said
estate was ordered TO make partition to and
among the heirs and legal representatives OF said
decedent And II the said inquest shall be OF the
opinion That the premises cannot be divided with.
out injury to or spelling the whole, to value ana
appralse the whole OF the said real estate or the
several shares or purparts into which they may
divide It. '
IN pursuance OF said order an Inquest VIII be
heid on the premises described in said petition
situate In sugarloaf township, on the fourth day
OF september, A. ID. 1885, between the hours OF q
a, H. ana p. m,, when and where you can attend
YOU ueslre' JOHN MoUREY,
Aug.-7-tf sheuf
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{ $4,000, 900 of people are administer.

of 55,O00,0O0 of people are administer
ed. That so much has been accom-
plished in five months is remarkable ;
but then it must be remembered that
this has been done by "traitors" and
''rebels" whose sole object, as predicted
by the only truly good Republican par.
Twas to disrupt, paralyze and ruin"
The wonderful changes which can
De effected in a Government office by
the introduction of the thoroughly
business methods, in place of the meth
ods formerly in vogue, is strikingly ap-
parent in the Pension Office at this
time. The working force of the bu.
reau is 1l0 short of the full number
employed under the old administration.
Besides this, 214 of the clerks are alb.
sent on their annual leaves,and there are
thirty absent sick. Notwithstanding
this decrease in the working force,
amounting altogether to 354 clerks, the
amount Of work being done at the
present time, without any heightened
hours or over-working of the force, is
as large as was done by the full staff
of the clerks under Commissioner Dud
ley, and it is rapidly augmenting. Re-
Gently there have been one or two
clerks, both Democrats and Republi-
cans, dismissed because they relied too
much on their influence and not enough
upon their record, but beyond this
there have been but few changes re-
Gently.
The loud and braggart glorifcation
Of the Republican party, when the
count of money in the Treasury De
partment showed no loss, has not ceas-
ed to reverberate but that is
not the way the truly good officials OF
the truly good party have replenished
their exchequers. Investigations now
pending, and others that the country
will hear of soon, will convince the
most skeptical than an examination
of the books, and an elimination
of the crooks have come none toe
soon. The Republicans are trying tc
take political comfort from the fact, as
they put it, that implicated officials
who were lately dimissed from the
Coast Survey Office are all Democrats
This is not true; but even if it were
so, it is not easy to see how the cause
of Republicanism is helped any by the
discovery. The fact remains that what
ever irregularities existed were contin
ued under republican rule, and that il
remained tor Democratic Administra
to expose them and apply the necessa
ry corrective. The country is not sc
much concerned just now about the
politics of individual rascals, as it is il
having rascalities stopped. 1t is upor
the latter point that the record will be
made up.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-08-21

SCRANTON, Aug. IFS. M. Stetler,
the manager of the Union Coal Com
panys mine just above Green Ridge,
and an experienced coal operator, has
left the city with $4,000, which he
receiaed of the ID. & II. Company to
pay the miners and outside hands of
the U. G. Co.'S breaker. When the
miners entered the mines this morning,
they found that several of the mules
were missing, and they began to think
that all was not well, and following
their inquiry they traced Stelter up
and found that the check which he got
from the ID. & H. Co., was cashed at
the First National bank. He bought
ticket thereafter for Montana, to
which territory he is thought to have
gone. The miners are greatly excited
and swear vengeance if they do notre-
ceive their pay, The Company was
organized about year ago by Stetler
G. A. Grow and 4. S. Fuller as the
principal stockholders. Stetler having
been made manager with six thous
and dollar salary, Grow, superintend-
ent and Fuller bookkeeper, with salar
les of $500 and S 200 respectively.
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The Case Of Judd.


Every Democrat appointed under this
Administration is not q thief, not at oil ;
but every thief appointed so far Is Dem
ocrat and recommended by Democrats
Press.
Perhaps the Press has not heard of
| the case of G.. Z. Judd, the special
agent of the Labor Bureau, who has
Just been arrested for horse stealing,
and who is found to be Jail bird Mr..
Wright, Labor Commissioner, says that
Judd came to him with strong ere
dentlals from Senator Teller, Senator
Bowen, Mr.. Chilcott, Judge Goldth-
waite Of the Supreme Court of Colora-
do, Representative Rowell of Illinois,
and others, all of whom spoke of him
in the highest terms. Several said they
knew him well, aud that he was pecu-
liarly adapted for the office. On these
recommendations Mr.. Wright made
the appointment
Soon afterward Mr.. Thomas, the
Colorado member of the National Dem.
ocratic Committee wrote to Mr..
Wright criticising the appointment as
| unfit. az Judd, he said, was an unsav-
ory character with bad record. This
charge Mr.. Wright reported to Judd,
with a request for an explanation.
Judd telegraphed that the charge was
wholly false, and that his life would
defy the strictest scrutiny. Not salts
fed with this, however, Mr.. Wright
referred the charges to those who en-.
dorsed his application, and in reply his
hackers repeated their recommends
tions, affirming that Judd's character
and record were stainless, and sug-
gesting that Mr.. Thomas must be
thinking of another Judd. Influenced
by these representations, Mr.. Wright
let the matter drop, and the next he
heard from the irreproachable Mr..
Judd was his arrest for horse stealing,
and his admission that he was guilty
of that charge, and that he bad al
ready served two terms in the Colora-
do penitentiary for similar offences.
To make sure that there was no con-
fusion in Judds case, Mr.. Wright tele-
graphed to Mr.. Thomas, whose reply
left no doubt as to the identity of the
prisoner. He was accordingly dis
missed by order of the Secretary of
the Interior.
Nearly all those who urged Judd's
appointment are republicans, and
Wright is republican who still holds
over. In this connection the follow.
ing from the Springfield Republican
an independent republican paper is not
out of place.
"The Republican charge that every
case of rascals and incompetents un.
covered in the public service and turn.
ed out is case of Democratic rascals
and incompetents, as in the Coast Sur.
vey and other places, is the best COM
pliment Mr.. Clevelands administration
has yet had. An administration which
has the courage TO dismiss its own par
tisans when they are caught in bad
government can generally be trusted
to look after the other fellows. But
why did the Republicans tolerate so
many bad Democrats in Office ?"
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Miss Brinckle's Bondage.
A SANE WOMAN KEPT TWENTY-SEVEN
YEARS IN TIE HARRISBURG
ASYLUM.

Miss Adrianna Physick Brinckle was
recently released from the State Luna
tic Asylum at Harrisburg, where she
had been confined for twenty seven
years on the charge of "extravagance
and eccentrlcity.' She is daughter
of the late DR.. Draper Brinckle, ply
sioian who enjoyed large practice
and moved in the highest circles of
society in Philadelphia thirty years ago.
Miss Brinckle was an acknowledged
belle, but was extremely 'xtravagant.
An unfortunate crisisin the financial
standing of her father made it impossi-
BILE for him to pay her bills. Adrianna
was unable to overcome her extrava-
CANT habits, and "to save the family
honor" Miss Brinckle was sent to the
asylum entering the institution July,
1858.
When the twelfth annual Conference
of Charities and Corrections met in
Washington last June, one of the dele
gates made statement which led to
an investigation, and Miss Brinckle
was visited at the asylum and a
committee reported that there was no
evidence of insanity in her case, Rep
resentative of the State Committee on
Lunacy visited her, and then the order
came and she was sent out free wom-
an. Upon her arrival in Philadelphia
she was taken TO the convaescents' re-
treat near Glen Mills, where she is be-
ing tenderly cared for.
Miss Brinckle is gray haired wom-
an of 90, in the full possession of all
her faculties, and in good bodily
health.
On Saturday Patriot reporter in
terviewed DIR. Gerhard, Superintendent
OF the State Lunatic Asylum relative
to Miss Brinckle's incarceration in that
institution during the past 27 years.
The doctor said that he considered
Miss Brinckle silly, weak. minded and
irresponsible. A few months ago, in
reply to letter from the Lunacy
Board, he made the same statement.
The Board thought differently, how.
ever, and ordered Miss Brinckle's re-
lease.
"She, said the Superintendent, "was
not penned up as people are led to be,
lieve. She was given the privilege of
her ward and the grounds. She had
the privilege of communicating with
her friends in Philadelphia as often as
she chose, and also to write letter to
the Lunaoy Board once month" The
Superintendent considered her practi-
cally charity patient, and said he
was happy she was taken away.
81 have frequently conversed with
her." continued the superintendent,
"about her condition, and have told
her she was not capable of caring for
herself Chief Justice Woodward, of
the Supreme Bench of Pennsylvania,
was frequent caller on Miss Brinckle,
and If he thought she was sane he
would have made efforts to have her
released. The superintendent remark
ed that the affair had been given much
publicity though it amounted 10 little
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-08-21
Harrison ys. Orwig.

Lewisburg was greatly excited again on
Tuesday over the Harrison-Orwig contest
regarding the boundary wall between the
the Cameron House and Mr.. Orwig's resi-
dencc. Whenever Mr.. Orwig is absent
from home Mrs. Harrison takes advantage
of his absence to tear down portion of
his property. Tuesday she appeared upon
the ground with three workmen and com
mcnccd cutting off two feet of Mr. Orwig's
porch Three or four women of the house
constituted its only defenders. Two
nicccs of Mr.. Orwig, who Glanced to be
visiting their uncle, quick as lightning ad-
justcd the hose and turned a full stream OF
water on DR.. Harrison and the workmen.
large crowd quickly gathered and
cheered on the plucky girls. Dr. Harrison
threatened 10 throw an iron down on the
girls II they did not desist, but at this the
crowd became infuratcd and threatened to
demolsh the new addition to the Cameron
House and tht doctor with IL If he dared
to lay IA hand upon the girls, who by this
time had climbed up to within close range
Of the workmen who were taking of the
roof and placing the nozzle close to the
workmen's faces gave them the benefit OF
the full stream. The workmen got an um.
brclla and tried to shield themselves, but it
was useless. The girls had enlisted for
the war" and were bound to fight it out
on that line" and after battling for an
hour and half they had the satisfaction
of seeing their enemies lay down their
"arms" and surrender. Large crowds of
the most respectable ladies and gentlemen
of the place gathered around the girls and
chccred them on. If there was any one in
the crowd that sympathized with the other
party it was not demonstrated during the
contest A complicated law suit is now in
progress After the battle with the water
was over Mrs, Orwig procured the services
of man with shot gun to keep the Ear-
risonites away.
AS q result of the conflict, warrants were
issued for the arrest of the ladies. In the
evening Constable McFadden undertook
to make the arrests, but he found the
house locked, and an indignant crowd pre-
vented his forcing the door. They after
wards gave bail.-Sunbury Democrat.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-08-21

Life is comparatively easy in Wash.
ington just now. The heat of last
week has subsidized from fifteen to twen-
ty degrees. Men have resumed their
collars, neckties and coats. Women
have resumed-but l cannot go into
particulars. The President has taken
TO the woods. The Cabinet is divided
geographically only. The Postmaster
General is in Madison, Wisconsin.
The Secretary of War is in Salem,
Mass. The Secretary of State oscil-
atos between his home in Delaware
and the Department in Washington.
The other Secretaries, believe, are at
their posts, but have Just returned to
Washington after two weeks absence,
and / must make the confession, un.
parallelled in journalism, that there are
one or two things that do not know.l
The work in all the departments has
not been for years 80 well systematized
and pushed as at present. This is the
comment of all who have long had
business with Pension, Patent, Land,
Indian and other bureaus of the Gov
crnment service Methods have been
improved, abuses eradicated, barnacles
have been scraped off competent men
have been appointed in place of drones
and sh,rks; new life, new energy, and
ola fashioned honesty have been infus.
ed into the complicated and labyrin-
thine system through which the affairs
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"Dear Mary: am coming home to-
night after dark. Don't tell anybody,
but leave the front door unlocked.
s.GEoRGE WFNTwoRTu."

night alter dark. Don't tell anybody,
but leave the front door unlocked.
GEORGE WENTWORTH"
On the day preceding the firing Of
the mysterious bullet Mrs. Wentworth
showed this missive to neighbor, at.
ter which she burned it. Before Mrs.
Wentworth was removed to the hospi.
tai the officers arrived, and she said
that she believed there were two revol-
vers in tho house. One of them was
in trunk in the back room and the
other, she said, she had discovered, to
her surprise, few days before in the
bottom of one of her rubber boots,
"whcrc her husband must have put it.
This last was large weapon with a
white handle The rooms were search.
ed and the first pistol was found in the
trunk, none of the barrels had been fir
ed. The weapon with the white han
die had disappeared.
Suspicion at once fell upon the hus-
band, but he succeeded IN establishing
an alib. Mrs. Wentworth recovered,
and, finding that it was impossible to
live longer with her husband, she
agreed to separation, and, some weeks
after the shooting affair, returned to
her home in the Provinces. To the
last she persisted IN her declaration
that her story of the attempted mur.
der was true in every particular. To
day dealer, who had taken the stove
from Mrs. Wentworth's house, found
concealed in the ashes under the back
draft, the remains of the white-han-
died pistol. This discovery confirmed
the suspicion that the woman had ar
ranged an elaborate scheme to shoot
herself and secure the punishment of
her husband for crime of which he
was innocent.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-08-21

The axe is working with encourag-
ing activity at Washington if it is
true, as reported, that Assistant Post
master General Stevenson is making a
Democratic postmaster in place Of a
Republican removed, every six minutes.
One hundred day, which is now said
to be the rate, amounts to 600 a week
and the very formidable total of 31,-
200 year. 1t is hard to see how the
axe could be made to swing faster than
that and do effective work, but it is re-
ported that after the weather gets cool
er its motion will be made still more
rapid 1t is evident that the Assistant
Postmaster. General is a very robust
officer.
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COURT PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, the Hon. WILLIAM ELwEL

" HEREAS, the Hon. WILLIAM ELwELL
w President Judge OF the Court OF oyer and
Termlner and GeneralJail Delivery, Court OF Quar-
ter Sessions OF the Peace and the Court Of Common
Pleas and orphans Court in the Goth Judicial Dis.
trict, composed OF the counties Of Columbia and
Montour, and the lions. James Lake and f. L.
Shuman, Associate Judges of Columbia county,
have Issued their precept bearing date the 10th day
OF May In the gear OF our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-hve, and to me directed for
holding Court OF oyer and Terminer and General
Quarter Sessions OF the Peace, Court OF Common
Pleas and Orphans Court, In Bloomsbury In the
county OF Columbia, on the fourth Monday, being
the 2sth day of Sept next, to continue for two
weeks.
Notice Is hereby given to the Coroner to the Jus.
tlces OF the Peace and the Constables of the said
County OF Columbia, that they be then and there In
their proper person at 10 o'clock In the forenoon of
said ssth day OF Sept. with their records inqui-
sitlons and other remembrances, to do those things
which TO their of1ces appertan 10 be DONE And
those that are bound by reoognizance TO prosecute
against the prisoners that are may be In the Jail
OF the said county OF Columbia to be then and there
TO prosecute them as shall be Just. Jurors are re-
quested TO be punctual In their attendance.
agreeably TO their notices. Dated at Bloomsbury
(11@>) the 10th day OF August in the year OF our
l.. 5. LORD one thousand eight hundred and
lN~>) elghty-tive and In the one hundred and
states of America
sherih's onlce, JOHN MoUREY,
Sleriu.
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)LUMBIAN AND DEMOCRAT BLOOMsBURG COLUMBIA COUNTY, Pa

cret for week, and was particularly
anxious that his son should not know
Of it. In the room were scores Of
boxes, packed and addressed, contain.
ing wedding cake and upon table in
the centre of the room were several
large dishes of the cake ready to be
packed in the large number Of empty
boxes which were piled up on one end
of the sideboard.
Lord Coleridge's wife is not an
American, as has been reported, but an
English woman, though she has travel
ed extensively in America. She is the
daughter of the late Henry Barring
Lawford, who was connected for many
years with the Bengal civil service
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-08-21
Uol. Barbiere Resigns.
AN EX-CoNFEDERATE FORCED BY CRITI
CIsM TO LEAVE A PENSION OFFICE.

CISM TO LEAVE PENSION OFFICE.
Joseph Barbiere, the ex-Confederate
Colonel whose appointment to clerk
ship in the office of Gen. w. w. H.
Davis, the new pension agent in Phila-
delphia created such a storm of indig-
nation among the Republicans of Penn
sylvania, and has been attacked and
condemned by a large number of
Grand Army posts in this and other
States, resigned his position on the
18th. He was taken sick shortly after
the furious attacks OH his appointment
began to appear in the papers and
wished to resign at that time, but Gen.
Davis, who is warm personal friend,
refused to listen and granted him a
leave of absence. The cause of the
unpopularity of the appointment lay in
the fact that Col. Barbiere is the author
of book published soon after the war
in which he reviled Lincoln and the
people of the North in the most vitu-
perative manner. Gen. Davis has been
attacked for making the appointment,
and it was for this reason that Bar
biere has desired to resign.
After some reflection, and on being
assured that Barbiere earnestly desired
to retire, Gen. Davis accepted the res
ignation.
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Twenty Years in Jail.
JAMES HENRY RELEASED AND STILL PRO
TESTING INNOCENCE.

James Henry was released from the
Lancaster County Prison last Wednes-
day, after serving twenty years. SEN
tence for horse stealing and incendia-
rism, crimes which he now protests his
innocence as he did at the time of con.
viction. Henry is now 66 years old,
has lost an eye since his incarceration,
due to the poorly lighted cells of the
prison, and this iniirmity, combined
with an attack of rheumatism which
has incapacitated him from WORK for a
long time, leaves him ill-equipped to
renew the battle of life on leaving
prison, penniless as he goes forth after
his long years of service
Henry's story, which he has persist
emily adhered to through these long
years, is that, being a widower, he left
Baltimore, his native city, in search of
work as broom-maker found his
way into Southern Lancaster County,
and, while walking along the road, he
was invited by a man drivingin bug.
gy to ride. He declined, and the
stranger tied his horse to fence near
by and disappeared. While Henry was
drinking coffee at farmhouse half an
hour later, the door was burst open and
a number of men rushed in, seized him,
and, before he was aware of their OBJ
ject, had him bound hand and foot.
They accused him of stealing the horse
which was tied to the fence outside.
He made a narrow escape from being
lynched, the crime with which Henry
was accused being the elimination
OF q long series of outragcs in the
Southern end of the county.
His story has been sufficiently corro-
borated in general important details as
to throw doubts upon his guilt, and he
would doubtless have been pardoned
before this had he been possessed of
means or any friends to urge his
case.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-08-21
General News.

ST. Louis, Aug. 17.-Maxwel was
positively identified by the keeper
of the pool room of the South
ern Hotel as the man who played
pool with Preller the day pre-.
vious to the murder also by the trunk
deaaler of whom he bought the trunk
in which the body of his victim was
packed and by the druggist at whose
store the chloroform was purchased
by Maxwell the day of the murder.
Maxwell's GOODNESS seems to desert
now and then, but only for an instant.
He sat to-day for photograph lie
has retained Hon. John |. Martin, OF
this city to take charge of the defense.
Among his visitors today were the
Mayor and City Council, three min
listers, one priest and several ladies.
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 2l, 1885.

Mrs. Grant has grown much attach.
ed 10 the cottage at Mt. McGregor,
where the General died. 1t is report
ed that she will remain there a large
portion of her time, as she feels better
able to bear her loss in that retired
place. She has left the cottage but
once since her husbands death.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-08-21
COMMISSIONERS SALE.

VIII be held at the Court House in Bloomsbury,
on Thursday the 10th day of September 1885, at ID
O'CLOCK, a. IN, agreeable TO the provisions OF the
all the right title and interest acquired by the
SAID commissioners In the following lots pieces
ana parcels or unseated and seated lands, hereto.
lore purchased by them at Treasurers sale and
held ior period OF more than 1ive years the day
nal owner, ~ ~ ~ 'o'