The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-03-16
THE COLUMBIAN AND DEMOCRAT, BIOOMsBURG COLUMBIA C(


List OF letters remaining In the Poet Of
fee at Bloomsbury for week ending Mar
13, 1888
Mrs Frank Faletar, John II. Hoff. Miss
Hettie Huntington, Mrs Anna 4. Jones,
Mr.. Harrie E. Kern, Ed Klever, Mr.. Ben
jamin Kresler, Mr.. Frank 3. Kline, Ed
: Lerch, Thomas Lewis.
Persons calling for these letters will
n please say advertised"
A GEORGE A. CLARK, p. NJ.
! The origin OF March Is traceable 10 the
Romans, who regarded 1t as the first month
Z OF the year until the style was changed
J.. The reason for considering it the com.
4 mencement OF the year was attributed to
the fact that In March decided symptoms
of vegetable growth were visible The
q Romans dedicated this month to Mars, and
called 1t Martius, because of the great iul-
Q portance they attached to war. Among
our Saxon forefathers 1t was known as
q Lene Monat, meaning length month.
One OF Rawlings horses, aMached TO a
:, meat wagon, was standing In the alley be-
" tween the COLUMBIAN and Rawlings build
ings Monday mornn when the desire sud-
q denly entered his head to take little trip
v on his own account, and he accordingly
d started of alone. He described a circle
n around the two upper buildings in the
block, and was rac ng down Main street,
when he was stopped in his mad career in
v front of Dentler's, or something more ser
! ious might have occurred
News has been received of the death Of
' a brother of Mr.. Ernest Perrin, son-in-sw
of Mr.. F. p. Drinker, by drowning In Lake
: Weir, Florida. He was out hunting and
q fishing with friend from Brooklyn, Mr.
e Grosjean, and they we're seen to start out in
o the lake in the boat, and nothing more WAS
seen Of them. The boat drifted to shore
full Of water. The body Of Mr.. Grosjean
e was recovered, but up to the date of this
g. writing Mr.. Perrin has not been found.
n Mr.. Geo. p Rowell, of New York., who
is authority on such matters, in an address
before the American Newspaper Publish
I ers' Association, at Indianapolis, proved
:. that five newspapers issue more than one
q seventh of the total edition of all the daily
g papers printed. The number of daily
newspapers in the United States now num-
bers about fourteen hundred, consequently
, the five which were referred to must each
10 sell an average edition two hundred times
e greater than the average of the others.
l. The conse Grafton of RI Rev. Thomas
McGovern, as bishop Of the Harrisburg
diocese Of the Catholic church took place
" at Harrisburg last Sunday morning AT
u least 1900 people witnessed the ceremonies,
. which were participated in by about one
u hundred priests, besides bishops and dea-
cons. A choir of twenty-five voices fur
nished music for the occasion. At the
close of the services all the clergymen were
n driven to Sylvan Heights, the new bishops
a residence, where a banquet was served.
Mrs. c. G. Sharpless, Of Catawissa, died
last Friday morning, and her death was a
70 great shock to her many friends. Her
maiden name was Sarah Alice McNinch,
=, and she was born in Northumberland coun
:, ty on December 29 184S. She married
s Charles c. Shsrpless in May, 1872, and her
i husband au1 three children survive her
The funeral took place on Monday after
noon and was largely attended Mrs.
Sharplcss was a member of the Nj. K.
Church, and an earnest christian woman.
J. Her bereaved husband and children haye
J. the sympathy of large circle of friends.
J., -------s---------
:, Peter Donahue, son of Florence Dona-
: hue died on Friday night after lingering
. illness, of consumption. He was employed
- on the railroad until his health failed A
wife and child sur rive him. The funeral
was to have taken place on Monday morn
II ing, and the friends gathered at the house,
:, and the hearse was in readiness, but owing
. . to the absence of Rev. Father McCann by
:, the failure of trains to connect, he having
= been at Harrisburg attending the Bishops
conservation, the funeral was postponed
until Tuesday morning, when services were
II conducted at St. Columba's church.
The difference in cost between lighting
the streets with electric light and with gas
; was illustrated in Wilkesbarre last week.
. Iue SOhuilttce ou HRutiuS tiici oticC's iS-
ceived proposals from both compani,s.
The Wilkesbarre Electric Light Co. agreed
Al to light 80 street lamps, all night for one
J. year or more, not to exceed three years,
B. for 800 cents per night, or $144 SO year,
10 while the Globe Gas Light Co, asked $640
r. for the same number of lamps. The elec-
q trio light is by far the incest light to have,
v while its cost is not more than one.fourth
that of gas.
h The following are being examined in
:. Pottsvlle for the position Of mine inspector
n in the Shamokin district: John T. Burns,
# Centralia Albert Ginsberg, Shenandoah
Daniel T. Griffith, St. Clair; William r.
n Harris Shamokin; John Jefferson, Nit. Car
mel; Arthur E Jones, Ashland; Isaac
Jones, Centralia; William P. Jones, Gilber-
n ton; Martin Kelley, Mncrsville; g Kramer,
d John Lecky, Shenandoah; William NJ. Nc
A. Murlrie, Ya,esVille; E. l.. Powell, Shenan-
doah; James Ryan, Ashland; William Tay-
IS lor, Frackvlle; A. G. White, Shamokin.