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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-06-05
AUDITORS NOTICE.
designed Estate OF Enmoy Die,,eric

'''TVI0U E"THVV U EHlWOT UItIleFICN.
Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned.
appolhted an Auditor on Exceptions and to
maxi uistrlDution OF said estate, will attend nj
the once or Charles -. jackson, ESD, I'm Bcr-
WICK, on Thursday June 25, 1891 at eleven
O'clock IN the forenoon, and perform the duties
sons Interested In the said estate and the fund
ior LOT distribution are requested to appear. Fall
, uLe 70 attend ana make claim legally proved
fund. H -. 'Te 80 va '"i"
May 20, ~. LEVI E. WALLER.
q Auditor
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An attempt was made last Thursday

An attempt was made last Thursday
morning to steal the body of the ia
nous Snowman p. T.. Barnum, who is
buried at Bridgeport, Conn. Two
watchmen were stationed near the
grave, but they must have been sleep
ing. 1t may turn out that it is only a
way OF advertising to keep Barnum's
name before the public.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-06-05
CANDIDATES. CARDS.

The following is a list OF Candidates for
County ofIlces to be voted for at the delegate
election held saturday, August sth, 1891, be-
tween the hours or and O'Clock p. m. Nomi-
mating Convention, Tuesday, August 1lth.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-06-05
SHERIFFS SALE.

BY virtue OF writ OF Levari Facias issued
out OF the Court OF Common Pleas Of Col. Co.,
Pa, and to me directed, there will be sold on
The premises, In the town OF Bloomsbury, Pa,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-06-05

BY virtue Of sundry writs of vend. Exs., Lev.
Fas. ard Fl. Fa. issued out OF the Court of Com
mon Pleas Of Columbia County, Pa and to me
directed, there will be sold upon the premises of
the Fishingcreek Lumber Co. In Jameson City,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-02
ENGLISH POLITICS.

LONDON. Dec. I--ur. BallOuc OelFeteu
political address at Huddersfeld yester.
day. In the course of his remarks lie said
that Ireland as an electoral cry was played
out. The Liberal leaders appeared to be
Ia doubt whether to play on home rule or
the agricultural vote. Mr.. Gladstone
took one side and Sir William Vernon
Harcourt the other. This was Judlclous
arrangement, being so planned that what
ever turned up winning card they could
carry the game between them The queS-
tion presented bv the condition OF the
agricultural laborer in Great Britain de-
served better treatment than to be banded
about between wirepullers. Ihe question,
10 fact, wns one of supreme, absorbing H.
terest, ard the UnlODlsts could claim thab
they had shown a willingness 10 treat it In
broad liberal spirit The Liberals had
promised to deal with the question Of viii
iage douncils, but this was but clumsy
method of putting coping stone on local
selfeovernment. 1t was not likely that
village councils would materially alter the
condition of the labOrer.
After announcing that Mr.. Chaplin,
president Of the board of agriculture,
would at another day introduce small
holdings Ill, Mr.. BaifOur pointed out hat
some difficulty would arise from the vital
difference between the conditions IN Ire
land and the conditions in England, In
the former country, he said, small holdings
were already in existence, while in the lat
ter they had to deal with large estates and
with buildings which would become
worthless by conversion into allotmeuts.
He sympathiZed with the desire to re-
establish the yeomanry in England; but
small pr0prietors ought to consider
the great difficulties they would
encounter from lack of capital,
machinery, etc. lie suggested co-opera-
tive farming as a possible remedy, but be
frankly admitted That no hope OF this
could be realized in tue immediate future
Still it was an ideal to be sought after
He rather doubted the success of the Lib
erals espoUsal Of the agricultural ques-
tion. Their heads, be said, had been
turned by election successes Mr. Morley
had as little resemblance to the Prophet
Daniel as Lord Salisbury had to Belshaz
Kar. If the coming six years were as fruit
ful in surprises as the last SIX had been
Mr.. Morley would probably conclude that
he might find a more profitable occupation
than that Of prophesying.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-02
lei ESNOPEN.

TARRYTOWN, n. Y, Dec 1.-At o'clock
tonight the Chicago express, which leaves
New York at 6 O'Clock p. m, came along
at a laundering speed, and, before the en-
gineer could stop the train, crashed into q
CrotoD local standing on the track in front
of the station Of the New York Central ut
this place. Fortunately no one of the pas
sengegs was seriously hurt.
When the crash came the widest ex-
element prevailed. The cars of the local,
consisting of two passenger coaches and a
compartment car, were telescODed and the
locomotives were badly wrecked. The
passengers of the local train, as the latter
was standing at the depot, were warned of
the approach Of the Chicago express and
had barely time to get out Of the cars when
the crash came. Had there been a large
number of passengers on board the local,
many lives would undoubtedly have been
sacrificed.
The passenge in the express had little
or no warning of the accident until the
crash came. They were thrown from
th cir seats, and, when somewhat recov-
cred from the shock, rushed wildly from
the cars.
The system of block signals is used
along the road, but the prevailing opinion
is that the signal was not set to warn the
express of the danger ahead. 1t is re-
garded as miracle that the engineer and
fireman of the express were not killed in
the crash.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-02
A EREIGHT COLLISION.

CRAwFORDsvILLE, Ind, Dec. IA
costly collision occurred this morning just
north of Charlottesville on the Monon
road. a through freight from the south
COlided with a local from the north on n
high embankment, totally demolishipg
both engines aud about l02 cars loaded
with merchandise and hogs. The trains
were both going down grade, the foot Of
the grade being "A bridge over Sugar creek.
Although the engines were in plain sight
OF each other for nearly a mile, the grades
were such that the accident was unavoid-
able. Engineer Henderson of the local,
seeing that the collision would take place
on the bridge, crowded on steam and
cleared it, collidIng with the through
freight just south of the creek. The crews
ali jumped and escaped serious injury, ex-
cept Henderson, who leaped just before
the engines struck and was dangerously
hurt The accident was the result Of a
mistake, occa=ioned by iliegible orders
given Conductor Blsnckeuship of the
local at Lafayette. The loss viii be enOr-
nous, as both engines, the cars aud the
freight are total losses. Henderson, who
is seriously injured, lives in Lafayette.
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AN ENGINEERS REVENGE.

BERNE, Dec. IA terrible accident hap
pened today, owing to the uncomfortable
passion of d man, who so allowed his tenn
per to overmaster him that he became a
veritable maniac and wiIfuly sacrificed
the lives of TWO Of his fellow workmen aud
a number of other persons. The engineer
employed on the railway line running be-
tween Aargu, Switzerland, and Waldshut,
u town of Baden on the Rhine, had COM
mitted some infraction Of the rules of the
road and was discharged.
Watching for a favorable opportunity,
the engineer entered the cab of a lOcomo-
tive, and, opening the throttle of the en-
gine as wide as possible, jumped from the
cab and let the locomotive dash down the
track at full speed, just as train loaded
W tn passengers came rushing from the
opposite direction on the same track.
There was a terrific collision. Both en-
gines were wrecked, filling the track with
a mass of debris. The engineer and fire
man of the passenger train were cau2ht in
the wreck and instantly killed. The pas
sengers on the train were flung in ali di-
rections by the terrible shock of the col
lsion. Three of them were fatally injured
and nearly all the others suffered from
bruises Of q more or less serious nature.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-02
THE CHICAGO CORN SQUEEZE.

CHICAGO, Dec. 1.-The Evening Journal
saws: 1.-THE board of trade people had a
good many "irons' to watch this morning.
The closing up of the November corn deal
has given rise to complications which viii
have to be Strengthened out in the courts.
The clique houses assert that 100, 900
bushels cover about all that was defaulted
on the final settlement. Bartlett-Frazer
and others holding contracts sent out bills
this morning, calling for the differences
between the short sellers prices and the
close yesterday at Is cents. The default
ers will of course fight for the average
price of the last day, when the range was
from 20 to Is cents. TIE matter received
put little attention in the pit today. The
members were too busy looking out for the
future. Many believe that the squeaze
will be followed up in December. 1t can
easily be done if advertising the fact does
not prevent short interest. New corn
receipts will furnish very little contract
stuff, unless shippers or receivers resort to
kiln drying"
A representative of s. V. White & Co.,
was on the floor today distributing checks
for the payment of the so cents on the
dollar, accepted by the Chicago creditors.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-02
BRAZILIAN LIARS.

LONDON, Dec. 1-Advices from Brazil
regarding the situation In Rio Grande do
Sui are of an extremely conflicting char
acter. A dispatch was received today
from the Brazilian minister of foreign af-
fairs stating that Immediately upon the
restoration of the legal government of the
state, and after the deposition of Dictator
Fonseca, the insurgents laid down their
arms. The foreign minister's dispatch
further says that Ferdinand Lobe. who
was sent to Rio Grande do Sui as a repre-
sentative of the government, has been
satisfactorily received by the people
This dispatch does not IN any way agree
with the statement telegraphed yesterday
that the people of Rio Grande do Sui had
refused to obey the orders sent from Rio
dc Janerio, instructing the authorities to
restore Governor Costhilos TO power; that
the national guard had been modified that
the greatest excitement prevailed and
that a serious outcome was looked for.
Brazilian dispatches are evidently
colored by the wishes of the senders. and.
OF course, with the censorship of the
cables removed, each side endeaYors to
impress the outside world with its own
view OF the situation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-02
The KANSAS THIRD PARTY.

Topeka. Kan, Dec. 1.-The Peoples
party central committee this morning
gave to the public an address Of 5000
words A large part of the address Is
taken up with the old-time wall or dis
tress, but the announcement is boldly
made that the Peoples party proposes to
continue as a political organization, and
TO use all legitimate means for success.
The committee reviews the election re-
turns, claiming that the Peoples party
poIIed {. .2S2 more votes than were cast for
Willis and that the Republicans polled
%, UOJ less than were cast for Humphrey.
TIE action OF the Democrats has made the
committees Indignant, and it serves notice
that fusion is out of the question.
In discussing the results Of the recent
industrial conventions at Toledo and In-
dianapolis the committee declares that
they were eminently satisfactory, and
particularly encouraging To the Peoples
party. The Farmers Alliance, the
knights of Labor and other labor organi-
cations are declared to be political,
though not partisan, organizations. The
claim made by the Republicans that the
Peoples party is composed Of Anarchists
and obstructionistS is answered by the
charge that this is an insult to the farm
ing population Of Kansas, which controls
the new party and composes its member
zh
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1892.
Earper's Magazine.
ILLUSTRATED

The Magazine viii celebrate the fourth Cen
tenary OF the Discovery Of America By It's RE
DISCOVERY, through the articles giving naoT'
thorough exposition than has hitherto besr
made Of the RECENT USPHBCEDESrED DEvEI-
oPTNfEsT OF oUR COUNTRY, and especially In
the GREAT WEST. Particular attention viii
be given V DRAMATIC EPISODES or AMERICAS
HISTORY.
The Field or THE STKT FUaOPE-As WAH
will be described ia a Series u Papers On tbe
Danube From ne Biaek Forest 70 -hs Black
sea. - by PoULTSEY BIGELow and +. y. ATI~
LET. illustrated by Mr. MTLLsT snA AIFfssU
PARsoSs Articles viil aiso bs given on ths
German. Austrian and Italian Arms1es, Illus
trated By r. DE- THCIsuEUP
Nr ". j. HowKIIs win contribute a new
novel. a world of Chacce." ekaractsTist8esl-
IL American Especiai pr0rntbencs =!A -
gwen % SHORT S1oBIEs. which VIII p coz
tributed by 7. 3. AIDBIcH- x II. DAVIS. A
CoSAs DOTLE. MAEGAHzT DEIASD. Mis-
WooLsOS. Kad other popular ETlfers-
Among the literary featgrss viii - PEssos-
Al RKsnygscEzCEs og EATHAyTEI BAgTHofsSg
ty his College slass-Taste ard lifelong tr3sDd.
H0KA-Io BRIDGE and Persotsl McTnoar %
the Br9~nIngs. b. Assn THACGE5sAT I.{TcfTE-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-02
THE cHFRokFE STRIP.

TAHLEQUAH, L T., Dec. 1.-The informa-
tion is given out by member OF the COM
mittee appointed by the Cherokee govern
ment to confer with the Cherokee commits
sion that nearly all Of the preliminaries
for the sale of the Cherokee strip to the
government of the United States have been
com 5'eted. The representatives of the
national government have telegraphed TO
Washington for further instructions, and
the conferences have been postponed until
an answer can be had from headquarters.
ARKANSAS CITY, Kan, Dec. L-CoL
John Andrews. secretary of the Business
Mems club OF this city, received dispatch
today from Captain c. w. Lille, known
throughout the west as "Pawnee Bill"
which stated that he will arrive here to-
morrow for the purpose of organizing
companies with the view of securing homes
and organizing towns on the Cherokee
atriD
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-02
LIE CHINESE REREIS-

NEW YORK, Dec 1.-The Hong Kong
Chinese newspapers Swim Ye Bo of Sept.
22nd said: ''1he revoluUionists number
100000 able-bodied men. The imperial
army now in the field is incapable of meet
ing this emergency"
1t is rumored in New York that pre-
timinary skirmish occurred recently at the
port of Shanghai between two Italian gun
boats and the navy OF the Chinese, in
which the two former were sunk in deep
water. 1t is further rumored that the
powers sent the two Italian boats on a
trial battle, or test, with the Chinese gov
ernment and that the newspapers were
not allowed TO publish the facts.
BRUSSELS, Dec 1-Dispatches from the
Belgian missionages in Mongolia give
further particulars of the recent troubles
in the north of China They state that
the missionaries at Taku have escaped to
the mountains. The priests and nuns
were horribly i'll treated. II is feared that
some of the Belgian missionaries were
killed at Chaoyang
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-02
4 CONVENT SCHOOL FIRE,

NEwBURGH, n Y, Dec 1.-The large
building known as the children's depart
ment of the convent of Our Lady of
Mercy was destroyed by fire this morning.
A milkman making his morning rounds
at daybreak saw flames pouring out of the
windows OF the first story. There were
250 boys asleep on the third and fourth
floors The building is 100 feet long and
90 feet wide, with an annex The whole
eastern end seemed to the milkman to be
on fire. He alarmed the sisters, who were
asleep in the convent, which is separate
building, and they hurried to the rescue
of the lads. In very few minutes all
were out of danger. The larger boys and
sisters carried out the smaller children.
Many of them had nothing on but their
night shirts, but most of them saved their
clothes. Nothing else was saved. The
sisters say that the children had scarcely
got out of the building when the flames
had seized upon every part of it. Moth
ing but the walls were left.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-02
A BROKEN ARCH

HELENA, Mont, Dec lon Sunday the
west span of the Great Northern bridge
over the north fork of the Columbia river,
six miles from Columbia Falls, FELL carry
ing with it nine men, three of whom are
dead. Three of those who escaped death
are thought to be fatally wounded The
dead are Hugh Bromley, John Dooley and
Patrick Lane. The three who will prob
ably die are Leonard Heninger, Neil Stuart
and Martin Waen. Peter McAnnaliy is
also SO badly wounded that his recovery is
improbable. Four immense guy rods fell
from the top and struck a support of a
false arch, causing it to give way. All of
the framing work was nearly completed,
and only the last span was to be bolted.
This span was sixty feet long, and the
men fell, in an awful crash of timber and
iron, distance of eighty-four feet, two of
them being pinned under several feet of
water The accident will delay the exten-
sion OF the Great Northern about two
weeks
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-02
THE BLACKBURN EXPL OeION,

LONDON, Dec. Efforts to recover the
bodies Of those who were killed in the 0as
explosion in Blackburn Market Yesterday.
when three houses were blown to pieces.
are being pushed as rapidly as possible.
Already four bodies have been recovered.
and it IS pretty certain that large num-
Der axe stIll in the ruins
Atternoon-A dispatch from Blackburn
states that the searching party has found
five more bodies in the ruins The debris
has not yet been cleared away, and ii is
feared that more bodies may still be under
the wreck. The man who had charge #
the gas-meter, the explosion of which
caused the disaster was arrested on the
charge of having caused the death of those
who lost their lives by the explosion. He
was subseQ Quently released on bail.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-02
Edison and His Visitors.

About Orange you can hear number
less stories of Edison. Everybody likes
him. One man, who had for years been
in his employ as an experimentalist, told
OF visit a number OF men-Jay Gould,
Sidney Dillon, Cyrus Field and others
paid to Edison at the laboratory one
day. Edison came out Of his workroom.
where he was busy, and shook hands
with Mr.. Field. At that instant some
thing popped into his head apropos Of
the experiment he was at work on. He
never gives an idea time to escape him.
Without word Of excuse to the mag
mates, he turned on his heel and hurried
into his den again. They waited and
waited, and by aud by, tired out with
delay, wended their way down stairs.
Shortly afterward Edison came out and
asked:
Where did those paupers go:'
Down stairs
did they walk"
"Yes."
"That's right / don't want EN- 70
wear the oil OF my elevator"
Then he stood around and told stories
TO his men. He is great man for
stories, aad it IS a tradition among bis
employees that they can tell him the
same story every day for a week and Re
viii never tire Of il. nor IN fact show
any sign OF having heard il before. -
brakes Magazine.
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The black Ironwood fCordalia ferrss),
found only IN southern FIovida, 10 more
than % per cent. heavier than water.
a maiI PhIln.onner.

He Tzs SIX years Old. short for BIS age,
and baret0ote1 ard dirty. His eyes were
sharp and wA.caful, and his face was liHed
aud Old lie ran awzy from s1hCoI for
weeks AZ . t}EDe. and secured alleys ard
instiuctiveiy sToIls1 al TIE conTentfocsl
ard dseorogs paths of childnood v Wbsa
he listened % adFGSLig.oas and promised
% amend. rs inner ear Vas deaf and his
wor5s wers from tze lips outward. hut Ae
voiced h1s gSnaEns experiences ard rezsc-
tiou w}gh :he erEVsfy of q 1a2Tieo.
Il thfak ! { rather se a gtri. thsT oors't
szss % zazns klckA- -S-D@sxosf Fra ps>@.-
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the separation she heard things from
members of the family pointing toward
the earl's improprieties.
Sir Char,es Russell-What mattersS
The witness replied that it was much
against her wish to mention them, as she
had heard them from the dowager Countess
Russell Lady Agatha Russell, and Hon.
RoIIo Russell. She had also received a
letter from Lord Carlisle.
The letter from Lord Carlisle was read.
1t contained no allUsion to misconduct by
the earl
Recurring to the alleged cruelty of her
husband, the countess said that the earl
often showed her away when she tried to
kiss MIN, and had struck her when she
was trying To make up quarrels with him.
The court then adjourned before the
crosse eTaminatiOn was finished.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-02
BuCkEYE-HOOSIERs

lNDIANAPoLIs, Dec The reoort of
Professor MeudenhslL chief OF the -nfted
states geouetlc survey, coucerujng the
lnoiana-O1lo boundary line was made to
governor Chase today. 1t Is a duplicate
Of that made 10 Governor CamrheII st
Columbus yesterday Ohio disputed tbe
correctness of the Indiana line, claiming
that it WAS too far east at the northern ev9
tremity OF the state. The survey OF PRO
fessor Mendsnhall and assistants shows
that il Is one mile east OF its proper place
at that point, conyerging to the proper
point at the southern extremity. This
would give Ohio nearly leo square miles OF
Indiana territory
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-02
THE HOG CROP.

CHICAGO, Dec. 1.-The Farmers Review
viii say in its next Issue Reports on
the condition and movement Of hogs have
been received from thirteen states. Iu -
per ceut. OF all he counties reporting the
condition IS good, the animals are healthy
and fattening rapidly, ana little or no dis
ease OF any kind exists. About IS per cent.
OF the counties report the general condi-
tion as fair, and only ; per cent report the
condition as poor. with some hog cholera
existing. Ohio. Kentucky, Wisconsin,
Minnesota aud the Dakotas make no men
ton Of disease
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-02
MEXICAN PlOTTERS

CITY OF MEXICO, Dec 1.-The Mexican
minister IN Guatemaia reports that here
are over 10000 Mexicsns in that country
and that II is an open secret that, sooner
Or later, these people will demand annex
alton 70 Mexico, as the Texans did to the
United States years ago. The plan is not
rlpe vet, but as soon as the revolution
BREAKS our in Guatemala, steps will be
taken TO carry out the scheme, and il NAV
be taken for granted that any attempt at
= revolution will be assisted by the
NeXicans
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-02
the DEwOCPATlC CONVeNTION.

INDIANAPoLIs Dec 1.-The Commercial
club OF this city has adopted resolutions
inviting the Democratic national commit
tee 10 hold the next Democratic convention
IN indianapolis. pledging Itself for the ex-
penses and for making ample arrange
mentS for the convention
NEW YORK. Dec. The Democratic
state central committee met az ne Hoff-
man house this morning. Every mem Der
was present, excepting Hugh Mclaughlin
Of Brooklyn Tne session lasted but few
minutes. Resolutions were adopted TO
Jhe effect that the best interests OF the
party would be subssrved by making New
York the meeting place OF the national
convention
KANSAS CITY. Dee 1.-The Commercial
club aE "a meeting tonight resolved to
make an effort, through q committee OF
business men, TO have the Democratic ma
tioHal convention held in this cisy.