The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-04-20
{. PA, FRIDAY, April. 20. 1894.
BRIEF MENTION
About People You Know.

Mr.. Roody, of THE COLUMBIAN, Is anon o
the early garden makers this spring.
A. c. Tlidlay and w. S. Flecken stine
drove to Williamsport on Wednesday.
Mrs. W. S. Rishton is visiting her moth el
in Philadelphia.
Ex.sherf Samuel Smith called on Blooms.
burg friends on Tuesdly
Frank Shuman is building nea yeranda
to his home on Main street.
Miss Darrah, of New York, is the guest of
Miss Lydia Drinker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. w. Drinker and son. Of
Wilkes Barre, spent last Sunday in town.
Mr.. Eli Knorr spent few days in Phila-
delphia this week.
Robert Caldwell of Titusville is in town
visiting his grandfather, DIR. II. c. Hover,
aud other relatives.
John f. Cadwe II, formerly of Bloomsbur o,
is now engaged in the oil efining busine ss
with his brother in Titusvile.
j. S. Williams has been hobbling about
with cane for the past two weeks, the re-.
suit of sprained ankle.
We are glad to report Mr.. Edward Corel
at his post of duty after days absence
through sickness.
II. III. Fritz, Of Central, Pa, is among the
newly appointed post-masters of Columbia
county.
Among the recently married, we must
mention Nj. VIM. May and Miss Emma
Nost of this place.
Hiram Heller, an old soldier friend of
Lime Ridge, gave us a brief visit on the 10th
instant
Among town visitors we mention Wesley
IIartzel, Miss Kate Bower, Geo. w. Farver,
and Miss Frances Fox.
J. c. Hagenbuch, of Bloomsbury won the
prize of the second contest at target-shooting
which took place here on last Tuesday.
Though generally we'll preserved for one so
old, Mr.. Philip Unangst now needs the help
of cane.
Among those more severely vaccinated we
mention also Miss Elsie Patterson She is
much improved.
Among callers in Bloomsbury on Saturday
we mention George Troutman, and Corne-
Illus Fctterman.
Mr.. John Beers and family visited our
town this week TO attend the funeral of his
brother Jacob, who died at the asylum in
Danville on Tuesday night.
The critical illness of Mrs. John Culp was
the principal occasion for the recent visit of
her son-n-law, Mr.. S. NJ. Bard, Of Wilkes
barre, to this place.
Among the aged and patient sufferers
whose life is short from age, if not disease,
is the loved mother of Messrs. O. NJ. and
J. F. Long, of New Columbus.
Among callers who were youthful friends
of the writer, we are pleased to mention
Elias Furman, son of the Sheriff of Columbia
county some thirty years ago.
Anticipating warm weather E. Jacobs &
Son have fitted up very neat and attractive
ice-cream parlor at their stand on Main
street.
5. NJ. Bard, General Secretary of the
Y. M. c. A., spent Sunday in town. His
address to our young men was one of the
finest Of the season.
We have known for some time that Stan.
ley McTIenry, of Cambria, can play an organ
we'll, but did not know until Sunday last
that he also sings right well, indeed.
Among visitors to town, and callers at
THE COLUMBIAN Office on Saturday, we are
pleased to mention Michael Beshlne and
John McMichael, of Van Camp.
William Laycock has been confined to the
house for the past week with an attack of
rheumatism. He has suffered much from
this disease.
Chas. A. Pollock, promising young
Bloomsburger, recently won prize for SPELL
Y. Being stenographer, to spell well is
quite necessary.
l. II, Doane, of Berwick, was again the
prize-winner in the shooting match which
came off in Boomsburg on Tuesday. With
IS competitors, he won in the first contest
at live bird shooting,
Mr.. George ID. Edmondson, administrator
of the Hiram Reese estate, was in town on
Tuesday on business connected with his Of
fice He is also a live representative of the
New York Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Dressed in his new suit of navy blue, our
boyhood friend and schoolmate, Wesley
Knorr, resumes his duty as Chief of Police
of Bloomsburg. We verify believe that he
will be faithful to his trust without being too
officious.
The second child of Mr., Edward Barton,
died on Friday morning the I3th inst. The
burial of both Of these little loved ones took
place on Saturday, the I4th. Much sym
pathy is expressed and felt for the bereaved
parents.
We notice still in Bloomsburg, our Dem
cratic color-be0rer during the war, G. w.
Sterner. No matter as to political wrangling
when in camp, "Pet" never failed to show
his true colors for the Union when the order
came to forward march in the face of the
enemy who would have destroyed it.
Cornelius Wambold of New Columbus,
afflicted for years with stomach and heart
ailments, has succeeded in dslodging these
troubles but having concentrated their i'll
effects into his foot and leg, in the nature of
gangrene, it is feared that amputation will
be necessary before warm weather sets in.
Mr.. John Buckalew, of Fishugcreek, ex-
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