The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-12-15

Henry 5. Cochran, the convicted
ex.chief weigher of the Philadelphia
mint, was sentenced on hIonda, ny
Judge Butler to pay iuc of 81 o,
aud Imprisonment IN the peritenulry
for seven years and six months.
The grip seems to be prevalent all
over the country. AT Omaha, Neb.,
there are over 500 severe cases besides
those of milder form.
The Standard Oil company is about
to develop the new oil fields in Sus.
quehanna and Bradford counties. 1t
has leased three cornered strip ex-
tending from Bradford in Mexican
county to Brooklyn, Susquehanna
county. where New York syndicate
is erecting derricks. This will include
Jefferson, Elk and Cameron counties
and part of Clearhe d, Clinton, Ly-
coming and Potter, small strip of
Sullivan and all of Bradford county
lying south of Towanda. This will
cover all the territory in Pennsylvania
where there are surface indications of
oil or gas, and prospecting will at once
begin on very extensive scale.
Dwight L. Moody, the we'll known
evangelist, has decided to go to Wash
ington this winter and conduct series
of meetings. He will be accompanied
by Mr.. Ira d. Sankey, who has been
MIR. Moody's assistant for several
years.
The following is the repsblicsn po
litical slate for 1894. Governor. ID.
E. Hastings Of Centre county Lieu
tenant Governor, Walter Lynn. of AL
legheny Auditor General, Amos H.
Mylin, of Lancaster; Secretary Of In
ternal affairs, Giles d. Price, Of Erie.
1t is said that both Quay and Gamer
on have united upon the ticket.
Ex-Presldent Harrison has nearly
completed the lectures he is to dellv-
er before the Stanford University and
he will leave for California about Feb
ruary Ist.
William johnson, colored, who was
found guilty of stealing mail pouch
while in transit from Doylestown to
Philadelphia, was on Monday SEN
fenced by Judge Butler in the United
States District Court to three years in
the Eastern Penitentiary. The mail
pouch contained some 400 letters, and
many Of them had checks and drafts
and other valuable papers in them.
Many of the papers we're destroyed by
Johnson according to the evidence.
A bill was presented Monday in the
House, to admit Utah as State.
Edward A. Williams, who undertook
to walk from New York to New Or
leans, in seventy-three days, without
spending cent en- route, arrived at
his destination at $3.50 p. M. Monday,
five days ahead of time.
News from Honolulu state that the
provisional government will resist
every attempt to restore the queen.
Again it is reported that the great
Keely moter will soon be completed
and ready to show to the world. The
power is claimed to be applicable to
all motive engines. He will soon
take out patents for all his inventions.
Fred Miller, the pedestrian, and
Gaess, his dog, who started to wall,
from Baldwin's Hotel, San Francisco,
to New York 3,2oo miles-on June
26 arrived in New York Monday. He
states he met with no trouble, except
want of food when he crossed Arizo-
ma and New Mexico. He managed
to obtain sufficient water by his can
teen, which held one gallon. Miller
was to complete the journey in six
months and had to depend entirely on
the public for food for himself and
dog.
They left Buffalo on election night,
Miller calling at every post office on
the way. He brings cards and
entry book signed by postmasters all
along the route. He came along the
Erie Canal towpath from Buffalo to
Albany. He says all through the
towns and cities in New York State
he was treated kindly.
Solid gold rings all prices at Hess