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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-07-24
SATISFACTION OF A MORTGAGE,

{. 7. No.-Sept. Term 1885.
In the matter OF the petition OF I. W. McKelyy
lor satisfaction OF a mortgage given by Bernard
seybert to Thomas Harder.
| COLUMBIA COUNTY SIS:
To b. +. Fortner, administrator of Thomas Uar
DER, late OF Catawissa, deceased and all persons
claiming TO be the owner or owners OF said mort
gage:
Whereds, II appears by the records In the office
OF the Recorder at bloomsbury, that a certain
mortgage dated the 3rd day OF April 1899 given by
Bernard seybert TO Thomas Harder, to secure the
payment OF certain money, recorded In Mortgage
BOOK NO. 2, page 32i, remains unsatlsaed. And
h"ere0S said Thomas Harder died on the-day OF
-lSdo' and the SAID Bernard Seybert is also be-
Aefeu W oe dead' Ahd Whereas, 1t Is alleged that
all the money due on said mortgage was paid
10 the said Thomas Harder prior to his DEATH and
legal presumption now exists OF the payment OF
said mortgage from lapse OF time ana Whereas.
Il W. Mckelvy present owner OF the mortgaged
premises has applied TO the Court OF Common
rleas OF said sounty where said premises are SIT
uated'praylng said court TO decreeand direct that
satisfaction be entered upon the record of said
mortgage,on payment of the. costs due on the same
ana the satisfaction so entered shall forever dis
charge ana release the lien OF said mortgage from,
the said premises Therefore all persons Interested
Us owners or holders OF said mortgage are required
py an order OF said court, TO appear at the next
Term oil said court TO be helda Bloomsburo nm
the 4th Monday OF September A. d., 1855. to an.
sWer the petition as aforesaid and to show cause
IL any there be, why said mortgage shall moi he
satisfied as prayed for In said petition,
n,"om NV ~ A.tS JOHN MoUREY,
'' -" Sheriff.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-07-24
Over The Cataract To Death
FATAL ACCIDENT ATTENDING THE OPEN
ING OF FREE NIAGARA.

BUFFALO, July 16,--A sad catastro
phe marred the celebration of the
opening of Free Niagara last evening.
The victim was Mrs. Annie Mcintyre,
of Welland, Ont, who has been re.
siding for some time past with her
cousin, Mrs. p. J. Murphy, of 545 Uti.
ca Street, this city. She went to the
Falls in the morning with Mrs. Henri.
eta Shields, residing at SAT Utica
Street, to spend the day. While walk
ing about to see the sights they reach.
ed the pier of the Goat Island bridge.
AS they were about to step upon it
Mrs. Mcintyre ran down a board walk
which leads to the stone abutmenv sup
porting the bridge. She called to her
companion to follow, but Mrs. Shields
did not do so. BY this time Mrs. Nc
Intyre was standing on the edge of the
pier, and, turning, she called to her
companion, "Oh you coward, don't be
afraid; let's look here" As she said
this she suddenly lost her balance and
fell into the stream below. Her body
was swept out of sight in a moment,
and but few of those on the bridge saw
it disappear. She was probably car
ried over the American Falls.
Mrs. Mcintyre was about 2S years
of age, and has been living in this city
for two months. She had separated
from her husband, to whom she was
married some eight or nine years ago.
She earned a living by taking in sew
ing. There is story ahoat that she
jumped over the cataract with the idea
of killing herself. The body has
been found.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-07-24
A Pertinent Question.

General Davis has been heard from
since his appointment Of an OK, Con
federate to clerkship in the Pension
office at Philadelphia brought down Oh
him the denunciation of the Republic
can newspapers. He does not seem tc
be much disturbed by the clamor.
lie wants to know in what consists
the great sin of his giving official EN-
ployment to q comparatively obscure
person who had engaged in the rebel
lion, when it was no sin for the Re.
publlcans to find place at Washing
ton for young Semmes whose father as
rebel Admiral destroyed millions OF
property on the ocean, and to give
high and profitable positions to Mosby
who as a guerilla murdered hundreds
of Union soldiers, and to Longslreet
who as one of the ablest of the rebel
Generals lod charges in battle that
shook the Union to its very centre.
A question of this kind ought to
abash the fellows who are making
such a clamor about General Davis
selection of an ex-Confederate as an
assistant. But it won't. They seem
to think that they have the exclusive
right to appoint rebels to Office -Har
rfs6urg Patriot
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-07-24
SATISFACTION OF A MORTGAGE
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA,

STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA,
COLUMBIA COUNTY IS:
In the matter OF the petition OF Mary Evans for
satisfaction OF mortgage.
Court OF Common Pleas, No. 2, May Term, 1885.
10 Is. +. Hartman, administrator and legal re-
preventative OF John Ramsey, late OF Bloomsbury,
county Aforesaid deceased, and all persons and
parties claiming to be the holder or holders or tho
mortgage In said petition referred Il; ;
Whereas, 1t appears that Thomas Harris late OF
bloomsbury aforesaid did on the 1st day of July,
A. d., lSi5, execute TO John Ramsey, a mortgage
IN due form OF law for $780, which mortgage Is
recorded In the office for the recording OF deeds,
&C., at Bloomsbury, In Mortgage Book 3, page l5O.
And Whereas, Thomas Harris the mortaagor died
ON OF ABOUT July 20, A. d., 1855, and John Ramsey
the MORTGAGE died In February, 1862 Ana Where
as IL Is alleged that all the money owing on said
mortgage was paid prior TO the death OF said
Ihomas Harris, TO the said John Ramsey. 1nd
""eTeoS' legal presumption of the payment OF said
nortgage now exists from lapse OF time and no
satisfaction appears on the record thereof.
anu hheTeds, Mary Evans, the owner OF the
ihortgaged premises, has applied by petition TO
,he Court OF Common Pleas OF Columbia county,
where the mortgaged premises are situate, pray
Ing said court TO decree and direct that satlsfao-
ZION De entered upon the record OF said mortgage
oy the. recorder OF deeds, onipayment OF the costs
uue relative TO the entry OF said mortgage or any
proceedings thereon, and the satisfaction so en-
Tered shall forever discharge, defeat and release
,he same mortgage, according to the Act OF As
semoly, approved June 10, A. d. 1881.
Ihefefore, all parties Interested as holder or
holders OF said mortgage are required, In pursu-
anoo Vi an order or the court TO appear at the next
term OF the court OF common Pleas of Columbia
county ON the fourth Monday OF september, A,
D., 1880, TO answer the petition as aforesaid and
snow cause II any they have why said mortgage
siaii not be satisfied according 10 the prayer of
the petitioner.
Dilllmeyer Atty. JOHN MoUREY,
uiy IL aw s1enn.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-07-24
Eligibility to Office.

We have been asked the question
recently as to who is eligible to a nom.
ination for Office, by the Democratic
party of this county.
This question can most easily be
answered by quoting Rule III of Chap
ter 3 of the rules of Nomination. II
is as follows "No person shall be
eligible to nomination by conven,
ton who has opposed the Democratic
ticket at the next prece ding election. =
Whether this applies to one who
has opposed the entire Democratic
ticket. or to one who has opposed only
a portion OF, we are not prepared to
state. The question has never been
brought before the convention, and
therefore no precedent has been estab
lished. If there is any occasion for
raising this question now, the proper
place is in the convention, as that is
the only tribunal that has the power to
determine the meaning of the rules by
which it is governed.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-07-24
A Serious Fire In Pittston.

Il
WiLKksBARRE, July 2l.-.-About half.
past two o'clock this afternoon flames
were seen issuing from Fosters crack.
er bakery, on Mill street, Pittson.
The alarm was Immediately sounded,
but before the fremen could reach the
ground the fire had spread TO adjoining
buildings and was making rapid head
way Tho local firemen, seeing they
could not master the flames, telegraph
ed to Scranton and Wilkesbarre Tor as
sistance and in response a fire.engine
from each city was dispatched to the
scene of the conhagration. Upon
their arrival the flames had spread to
six adjoining buildings and the large
handsome bridge spanning the Susque.
hanna was afire on the east end. The
wind was blowing in a northeasterly
direction and the business portion of
the town was in peril. To make mat
ters worse the water supply was en-.
tirely inadequate and the fremcn be-
came demoralzed.
All the available hands in the vicin-
ity were procured and the people pro-
ceeded to put out the fire on the bridge
by taking up water from the river. 1t
was slow work, but the task was final
ly accomplished after two spans had
burned. Three men who were on the
bridge at the time were carried down
in the burning debris when the spans
gave way, but were not seriously in.
jured. The bridge fire out, all hands
directed their attention to the burning
buildings and by their united efforts Il.
nally succeeded in extinguishing the
flames.
1t is thought that the loss by the fire
will reach nearly 100000. The heav-
lest loser is X. j. Ross, owner of the
Pittston Milling Company, whose four.
story mill was completely destroyed.
His plant was valued at $50, The
insurance is $25,00O. The loss on the
bridge is $4,000 The four frame
buildings were valued at $4,000 or
$4,000 each and Fosters cracker bak-
cry was valued at $4,000.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-07-24
A Lie Nailed.

A letter from "Veteran," in the
last issue of the Bucks County Intel
Hgencer says, among other things:
Almost the first act of this Demo.
cratic soldier General Davis) was to
order the discharge of three wounded
Union soldiers, and put iu the place Of
one of them his friend, Lieutenant
Col. Joseph Barbierre, of the Rebel
army, etc.
SO far as this relates to the discharge
OF three wounded Union soldiers, f"
there is not word of truth in il.
When General Davis took charge of
the Pension Office, there was not a
Union soldier, wounded or otherwise,
among the employees. There had been
one there, but Agent Norris discharg.
ed him few days before. The three
clerks discharged by General Davis
were young men, hardly in their teens,
when the war closed, and none of
them took part in it, unless it were to
cheer on tho stay at. homo patriots.
We are charitable enough to believe
that veteran was imposed upon. :
DoytestOaoa Dem ocrat.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-07-24
Baby Insurance.
SOME STATISTICS OF TIE NOVEL
BUSINESS.

The fact that babies are and for
some time have been insured is received
by many people with incredulity.
They hesitate to believe that there is
any such system of insurance. The
following, from the Lancaster Mtehi-
gencer, will serve to show. however,
that Baby Insurance is flourishing
feature of the insurance system and
that it obtains not only in the large
cities, but in tho interior of the coun
try:
A brisk looking young man was seen
recently stepping out of a one-story
house in poor and crowded quarter Of
the Seventh ward.
"What's up asked reporter, on
the hunt for news.
"Only some baby insurance business" 4"
was the reply.
1t may be little surprising to some
residents OF Lancaster to know the ex-
tent to which baby insurance is carried
on in this city. An agent of a promi-
nent New York company, the pioneer
of the business in this country, in
formed the reporter that two cOmpa.
nies having offices in this city that in.
sure in this manner carry from 1000,
to 1900 children, ranging in age from
to l2, Oh their books.
"Why,' he said, 81 have had occ a.
sion TO insure the whole household of
three generations, from tho grandpa.
rents down to the cradle"
1t is not surprising that this should
be as it is, when one reflects on the
very small premium, payable weekly
that is required in order to secure a
goodly amount of insurance. For five
cents week you can insure child.
aged from one to six years, and if il
dies the first year Sl4 is paid, and 80
on up to the eleventh year when the
amount payable is $l2S. After the
child is six years old you pay ten cents
a week, in which case the benefits will
be double those given above.
This system is an oulgrowth of the
industrial scheme of insurance that
in London forty years ago,
and in which the chief success has
been attained by the Prudential com. |
pany of that city, This company paid
'ut last year over $5,0O0,0O0 in bene. !
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-07-24
Mahone's Men Must Go.
THE PRESIDENTS RAID ON FEDERAL OFF
GALS IN VIRGINIA.

WASHINGTON, July lS.--It has beer
known for some time that the Presi
dent had determined to make raid
upon the federal officials in Virginia
and he has been quietly but effectively
replacing Senator Mahones friends by
Democrats. To-day the Official axe
fell upon the head of S. M. Yost, who
was postmaster at Staunton. Va. Mr..
lost has been one of the most active
and influential supporters of Senator
Mahone's policy in the whole state.
lie broke loose from the Democrat
10 party in 1872 and then when the re-
adJuster movement was inaugurated he
became its ardent advocate. lie is the
owner and editor of the Valley Vfr-
ginidn and has written vigorously in
support of the readjuster and Repub-
lican principles.
When Senator Malone made his ad
vance into the Republican ranks Mr.
fot accompanied him and carried al.
40 large personal following.
MIR. Yost was suspended to-day and
w. a. Burke appointed in his place.
II is said that Burke was mixed up in
some alleged trickery in regard TO the
connl during the presidential campaign.
Virginia Republicans in this city say
that there will be trouble in the Senate
over this case next Winter for Sena-
tor Malone is personal friend of
Yost and will make a strong fight in
his behalf
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-07-24
John L. Hill on Pennsylvania Politics.

Long Branch Letter In the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Mr.. Hill said "It is absurd to talk
about Pennsylvania having $4,000
Republican majority-the same which
she gave to Blaine. Blaine was the
favorte son of Pennsylvania, and his
defeat at the National Convention on
two former occasions had made him
rather popular with Democrats. OF
course, he got all the Independent
votes, and the regular Republicans
voted for him, and then he had the
support of all the mines and manu-
factures. We have lost Pennsylvania
in past times on State elections. The
fact is that the Republican majority of
Pennsylvania is just about what Phila
delphia is able to make it, There is a
Republican majoIity in Philadelphia,
when harmony exists in that city, of
from $4,000 to 10000 votes. The
rest of the State is pretty nearly even
ly divided. AT the present time there
is not as much harmony in Philadel-
phia as existed at the Presidential
election"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-07-24

A prominent Democrat informs rs
that he received a letter from Hon.
John b. Storm few days ago stating
that he entirely endorsed our recent ar.
tlcle on "The Democratic Appointing
power in which we found fault that
Congressman only count with the ad.
minlstration, and that many other good
and true Democrats are ignored. We
are glad to learn that Mr.. Storm takes
the proper view of the matter and that
he even goes so far as to express the
wish that as far as he is concerned he
would prefer being relieved of all ap-
pointing responsibility and annoyance.
We believe if we were the Congress-
man of the District we would come to
the same conclusion. We never be-
lieved that MIR. Storm felt the least in
cllnation to exercise any arbitrary
power over the Democracy of the Dis
trict or surrounding districts by virtue
OF his office, and his letter referred to
proves that we judged him correctly.
We take special pleasure in thus referr-
ing to this matter because, we are free
to say we do not entirely agree with
our representative in regard to single
point of political faith, which fact be-
ing known to many of our readers, we
feared the article in question, relating
to the appointing system, might be
construed as an intended attack upon
Mr.. Stern. As we are now satisfied
that we all understand each other. we
hope to continue to be open and out
spoken through these columns and dis
cuss political subjects fairly according
to our sincere conviction and best judg.
ment.
Such is Democratic liberty which all
rlght-minded mon Internationally en-
dorse and recognize.-Mauch Chunk
Democrat.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-07-24

John Roach, the ship builder, on
Saturday last made an assignment for
the benefit of creditors, with prefer
ences of $4,000. His republican
friends are saying that his bankruptcy
is caused by the refusal of Secretary
Whitney to accept the Dolphin for the
government, which was built by Roach
under contract, and failed to come up
to the requirements. AS the price of
the Dolphin was $4,000, and Mr..
Roach has already received $275,OOO
of this, it is hard to figure out his fail
ure from this cause. Whatever may
have brought it about the country gen.
orally will regret it. One thousand
hands will be thrown out of employ
ment at his ship yard
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-07-24

The whiskey men have been given
to understand that they will have to
pay up the back taxes that will have
accrued during the seven months end
ing with July, amounting to more than
S5,OOO,0OO, but they will hereafter
have to pay the tax as it shall be coll
ectable. The McCulloch suspension
will prove no boom to them, but cum
ulative hardship When Secretary
McCulloch set aside the law and virtu.
ally made them a loan of these millions
for seven months the whiskey men
counted on further extension when
August came around. They are bound
to be disappointed. They may 90 in
to the money market and get a loan
there, in the expectation that congress
will help them out with a further ex-
tension, but they will be disappointed
in this. 1t ought to be said that Com
missioner Miller has from the first had
no thought of continuing the McCull-
och extension. The whiskey men
have had no chance in him at any
time.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-07-24

The July moon fulls on the 2Gth a,
6:33 p. m. The moon in her last quar-.
ter is in conjunction with Neptune on
the sth at 6;59 a. m, being at that
time 2 degrees and 33 minutes south.
She is at her nearest point to Mars on
the 9th at 3:43 p. m., being degrees
and minute south. She is in con.
junction with Saturn on the 10th at
5:4sp. m, being degrees and 7 min
n.es south. She never draws near
the evening stars. She is in coniunc.
ton with Murcury on the 18th at 6:57
a, m, being five degrees and 80 min.
utes south, and with Venus four hours
later, at 1921 a. m being 8 degrees
and so minutes south. She is in con.
junction with Jupiter on the 18th, at
POP a. m. being 8 degrees and 7 min
utes south, and ends the circnit with a
conjunction with Uranus on the 10th
at 6;27 pm, being at the time "a min,
utes south.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-07-24
Happy Disappointment.
LONDoNs VICES NOT DUPLICATED IN
NEW YORK.

New YoRK, July Pat is likely
that no less than half dozen separate
Investigations of vice in New York
have been made during the past week,
all under the incitement of tho PaU
MdH Ga@ette's revelations of deprav-
ity among London aristocrats, and in
expectation that similar facts as to
the wrongs of very young girls would
be developed. There has been a hap
py disappointment. AT least two
newspapers, whose editors had made
up their minds to duplicate, if not ex-
ceed, the English sensation, were con-
vinced by the work of the reporters
that the material for such purpose
was not in existence. Several charity
organizations have also looked into
the subject and arrived at the same
conclusion. The Rev. DR.. Talmage
happened to have been previously in
formed.
Taking hint from a sermon by his
friend Spurgeon, and further led on by
letter from that great preacher, Civ
ing confdentially an idea of the extent
of the crimes now divulged to the
world, Talmage resolved to thorough
ly acquaint himself with the truth as
to New York. This was at the time
when he was getting ready to deliver
a series of discourses on night scenes
in the metropolis. He talked with po-
lice officials, with journalists, with
agents of societies and with inmates Of
reformatory institutions. All assured
him that, while juvenile depravity was
sadly common, there was no such thing
in New York as a regular traffic in in
nocencp. He declares that he was
glad to conclude that there was no
need for the contemplated sermons.
However, the present comparative
guiltlessness of New York in this re-
spect is in part due to reform. A year
ago the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children set about the ex-
tirpatlsn of what there was of illegal
ly young vice.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-07-24

John 9. Fremont was the first candi-
date of the Republican party for Presi-
dent, and he ran on the strength of be-
ing pathfinder. He is really some-
what remarkable man, made 80 by the
passage of the years, and says he camp
ed on the sites of the present cities of
Chicago, Minneapolis and Salt Lake
city before the first inhabitant of either
place had put up his cabin
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-07-24

The president will lie absent from
the seat of government the whole of
the month Of August. He will be-
take himself to the "north woods of
New York, and will not take the shop
with him. He will leave il all behind.
He will go equipped for securing for
himself the greatest possible amount
of recreation and rest. 1t will go hard
with:the Office seeker who obtrudes in
to his seclusion. Certain members of
the cabinet will probably join him
there for time, and there will be a
company Of chosen friends to help him
get the most out of the campaign.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-07-24
Council Proceedings.

Regular meeting of Council conven.
ed July 10th at s o'clock p. M, the
president and all members present.
A petition from property owners
and residents on Second street, west
OF Market, asking for sewer extension
on said street, was, on motion, receiv.
ed and filed.
Mr.. David II. Jones applied in be-
half of Mrs. Jonas Mann, asking Coun.
Gil TO accept water trough which
she has placed along SIDE of the pub
lie road leading through her land, and
approve the same according to act of
Assembly having reference to public
water troughs. On motion the street
commissioner was instructed to ex.
anime the said trough, and also in
quire into the expediency of placing a
public trough on said premises and
make report at next regular meeting
of Council.
The Fire Board presented a report
which was read, on motion, filed.
MIR. Sharpless moved that the Presi-
dent and Messrs. Hagenbuch and
Sterner be appointed a committee on
supplies and repairs for the several
fire companies-carried.
The reports of the Commissioner of
Highways for the months of May and
June were read and approved.
Bill of G. M. Vanderslice for S22.5
for publishing annual statement, was
presented and read On motion it was
ordered that the Secretary issue an Or
der for said printing for the amount of
SLIPS according to resolution of March
70, 1888, relating TO amount to be paid
for publishing annual statement. Bill
OF u. A. Potter presented for publishing
annual statement and other printing.
On motion it was ordered that the same
be likewise amended, and that then the
Secretary issue order for same.
The total amount of bills passed for
May and June was S54l.76.