The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-07-20
BRIEF MENTION
About People You Know.

Mr. c. B. McHenry was a Bloomsburl
visitor on Tuesday.
A. NJ. Freas, Esq, Of Wilkes. Barre, wa,
in town on Tuesday.
w. B. Taylor's family are spending the
week at Arbutus Park.
Mrs. A. w. Jones is entertaining Mis-.
Mcclure, of Wilkes Barre.
John G. Harman, Esq, is the champion
fast bicycle rider Of this county
Miss Jennie Scott, of Catawissa, is visit.
ing her aunt, Mrs. DIR. Willis.
Miss Edith Thomas is having a brief out.
ing among friends at Hughesvile.
Mrs Erath and her children are visiting
her mother, Mrs. Geo. Hassert.
Mr.. Daniel Rhinard, of Berwick, was in
town on business on Monday last.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Andreas, Of Wilkes.
Barre, are visiting At c. p. Sloan's.
Col. G. Freeze went to Mauch Chunk on
Tuesday, and was absent several days.
Mr.. w. l.. Stevens, Of New Columbus,
was in town on business on Wednesday.
Mrs. DR.. Bierman is entertaining her
friend Miss Appleman, Of Philadelphia
Mrs. Q. B. Mellck is entertaining her
sister, Miss Martha Bachman, of Shamokin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Heddens entertained Nix.
and Mrs. Daniel IIeddens, of Danville, on
Sunday last.
Miss Anna Conner, accompanied by sew.
eral lady friends, took the train on Monday
morning for Lehighton.
Mrs. Crawford has rented rooms on the
second floor of Wells building, and will
open millinery store.
Among Bloomsburg residents who are fix
ing up about their homes, we mention Mr..
Eli Jones, on East street.
Mr.. John Phillips, of the Hughesvile
email, was caller at the COLUMBIAN
office on business on Thursday.
Mrs. Caldwell and son, Edward f., start.
ed for Ireland last Friday to visit relatives.
They will be absent two months.
Mrs. Rebecca Carman is visiting at Ben
ton this week, from whence she moved scme
few months ago to her home on Normal
Hill.
Mr. James Trump, of Forks, Pa, was in
town on legal business on Friday last. In
common with the rest, we notice that James
is growing older.
Rev. A. ]. McCann held services at the
house of Mr.. Flynn in Jamison City on
Wednesday morning. He goes there reg
ularly once a month.
Mr.CF Knapp, the old and reliable insur.
ance agent of Bloomsburg, left here on Mon
day to visit Mechanicsburg on business con-
nected with his agency
NJ, Er,J Tl.,I.,
worthy theme-that of singing with true
spirit of devotion-in his address before the
Y. M. c. A. last Sunday.
Mr.. J.. c. Henderson, of Lewistown, was
one of the principal participants in the re-
cent bicycle race to Berwick. He took
three of the prizes back home with him.
We acknowledge receipt and appreciate,
but we can't read, the japanese paper kindly
sent us from Tokyo, Japan, along with the
kind compliments of Frank G. Carpenter.
c. &. Barkley, Esq, has three law stud-
ents registered in his office. They are How.
ard Patterson and William Hutton, of
Bloomsburg, and Edward Flynn, of Centralia.
Paul Bliss, son of the we'll known evan.
gelist, who has been spending a few weeks
in Bloomsburg, assisted in the singing at the
ilCSDNlSiIdl NlAulNi ldob Sh44hst}s TIC he'o
an excellent voice.
About fifty persons took dinner at Proctor
Inn last week at the Episcopal excursion,
and ten couples remained over night and
had dance at the hotel in the evening. All
were pleased with the hospitality of landlord
Howell.
Mr.. Tom Johnston, of Lewistown, accom-
panied by George Keter and Benjamin
Vannatta, rode to Lewistown on their wheels
on Monday. They left here at 4:3o a. m.
and arrived at Lewistown at 2 p. m, stop
ping as minutes for breakfast and one hour
for dinner.
X. Buckingham, Esq, will start to-day on
a summer trip. In company with his
brother-in-law, DR.. Biddle and family, of
Ashland, he will sail from Philadelphia to
Boston by steamer, and will visit New York,
Coney Island, and other places. He will be
absent about ten days.