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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-30
BLOOMSBURY. PA. FRIDAY, MARCH 80 1884,
BRIEF MENTION
About People You Know.

Invitations are out for progressive euchr,
party at Mrs. Paul 4. Wirt's on Friday night
Geo. X. Heddens was the guest of hi.
brother, p. B. Heddens, last week.
Montgomery Smith spent the Easter holi
days at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Leverett, of Wilkes.
Barre, spent Eastsr Sunday in Bloomsbury.
Miss Helen Harman, of Noristown, is
visiting relatives in town.
Guy Jacoby Esq. moves into his new house
on Pine street.
Mrs. H. o, Rodgers of Haz!eton has been
wishing Bloomsburg relatives.
Albert Stookey of Shickshinny, spent
Easter among relatives in Espy
William Magill Esq, spent Easter with
his parents in Danvlle.
Carl Writ is at home from school to spend
his Easter vacation.
c. c. Peacock has sold lot of ground on
Fifth street to c. B. McHenry of Benton.
Louis Townsend and family of Berwick,
spent Easter with their Bloomsburg relatives.
II. V. White went to State College on
Monday to attend committee meeting.
M. P. Lutz is able to be out again, after
being in bed for several weeks
John p. Harmon of Conyngham township
has been quite sick. We wish him a speedy
recovery.
The Ladies' Whist Club was entertained
at Mrs. Hanly's, Berwick, on Thursday
night
Paul Armand has been spending lew
days in New York recently. He is foreman
of the Brass and Copper Works.
The Lafayette College boys were enter.
tanned at c. w. Miller's on Monday night
after the concert
Mr.. and Mrs Layton Runyon and Mrs.
c. w. Runyon left home on Monday to visit
relatives 10 Newark, Allentown and Bethle-
hem.
Little Miss Helen Fornwald was agreeably
surprised last Wednesday, by about twelve
of her little friends. Their mission was to
celebrate her fifth birthday, and their efforts
were well rewarded by the enjoyable time
they had
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-30
More Appointments By Collector
Herring.

Collector Grant Herring announces
the folio wing appointments: William
Il. Burke, of Scranton, general store
keeper and guager at the main office;
John F. Brosius, OF Clinton County,
to be deputy collector for Centre,
Clinton, and Union Count es; Sylvanus
Weaver to be deputy collector OF Nor
Hampton County; F. l.. Magee, guager
and storekeeper at Reigh's distil cry
in Union County; Joseph Habershaw
OF Clinton County, stamp clerk, and'
Jasper N. Brooks, storekeeper and
guager at Pleasant Mount distillery,
Centre County.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-30

The Lafayette College Glee, Banjo
and Mandolin Club gave very en-.
joyable entertainment at the Opera
House last Monday evening. No one
expected to find in them first class
professional company of artists, but
for amateurs they did very well. The
instrumental part was better than the
vocal, still every piece was vigorous
ly applauded, and the boys cheerfully
responded to numerous encores. They
are a jolly set of young gentlemen,
and they are out for good time with
IN proper limits, and they are having
it. Such organizations are always well
come here.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-30
ARGUMENT COURT.

Court convened Tuesday a. m. with
Judge keller and Associates Murphy
and Mlllard on the bench.
Bottlers license of Cameron & Sheep
transferred to Sheep & Giger.
Hotel license of Mrs. White at Espy
transferred to w. J. Purman.
Petition for rule to strike off salts
faction of judgment of A. ]. Ikeler VS..
B. & S. r. r. Co. as to costs. Rule
granted and returnable first Monday
of May court.
Allen Mann's executors VS.. John S.
Mann and Clinton Brobst. Petition of
Clinton Brobst for order to open judg-
ment. Rule granted, returnable May
court.
Lloyd Fox appointed guardian of
VIM. May.
Alice ID. Sharretts VS.. Luther B.
Sharretts. Libel in divorce filed.
Subpoena awarded.
J. d. Bodine VS.. Col. Co. Judg-
ment in open court for $4,000 by
consent Of parties.
Sale of real estate of Martha Cole,
decd, ordered.
Estate of Jacob Meyer. Petition
for rule to show cause why residuary
legatees shall not be parties to record,
&c. Rule granted returnable next
court.
John Harmony VS.. Mary A. Har-
mony. Divorce decreed.
Estate of David Stroup, exceptions
of residuary legatees presented.
John F. Chaplin VS.. L. A. Butt ct al.
Additional reasons for new trial filed
Now March 27th the within reasons
permitted to be filed under objection
of counsel for defendant.
Mary A. Knorr ct al. VS.. Blooms
burg Iron Co. Petition for a rule to
show cause why the appointment o.
the Receiver shall not be revoked OF
modified. Rule granted as prayed
for, returnable April 6, 1894.
In the matter of the appeal of VIM
Miller, of Berwick, where his appea
as defendant had been stricken off or
former occasion, the court again
reinstated said appeal.
A petition was presented to inquire
into the sanity Of John Vanderslice
with view of sending him to the
Danville Hospital, but the court in
formed the parties that notice had
been sent TO all courts not to send any
more patients as there was no room
The petition was ordered filed.
Time for filing an answer by the old
board of county commissioners, and
by ex treasurer Kline in the matter o.
the appeal from the annual settlement
was extended to April 9th.
Adjourned until April 9th.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-30
"PIRON" "PIRON" "PIRON"

That is the name of the New Boys
Suit being introduced by ]. M. Gid.
ding & Co. the Clothiers. 1t has dou-
bic knees, double seat, is double sew
ed, and will give Double Wear, and
costs no more than the ordinary suit.
Their "Mother's Friend Patent shirt
Waist for Boys is also inviting your
inspection. If you want to see two of
the best things Qfor Boys WeaD in
the market, step into their store and
look them over, They will appreciate
a call from you.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-30
CHANGE OF TIME.

On and after Monday April 2, 1894,
the summer arrangement of trains on
the Bloomsburg and Sullivan r. r.
will be as follows
SOUTHWARK.
Morning passenger train leave jam
ison City $50 a. n.
A mixed passenger and freight leave
Jamison City I2.2o p. m.
Evening passenger train leave JAM
ison City 500 p. m.
Above trains will reach d. l.. & w.
depot, Bloomsburg 7.ao a. m, $40 p.
M, and 63o p. M, respectively.
NoRTHwARD.
Morning passenger train leave
Bloomsburg ID. l.. & w. depot, S.3S
a. m.
A mixed passenger and freight
train leave Bloomsburg d. l.. & w.
depot, 1880 p. m.
Evening passenger train leave
BloomSburg d. l.. & w. depot, 6.4o
p. m.
Reaching Jamison City, 1906 a. M,
loo p. m. and $40 p. m. respectively.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-30
"The Drummer Bow of Shiloh" was

"The Drummer Boy of Shiloh" was
played three nights last week at the
Opera House by home talent, under
the direction of Mr.. Fred. Weigle.
The attendance was small, owing to
unfavorable weather and the fact that
it was Holy Week, and services were
held in many of the churches. On
Tuesday night it was repeated for the
benefit of the cast, and the hall was
we'll filled. 1t is said to be one of the
best performances ever given here by
amateurs. The music was furnished
each night by c. P. ElwelPs orchestra
and it was well rendered and greatly
enjoyed.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-30

l.. S. Winterste. IN Esq. has sold his
interest in his Office building to the
First National Bank for $4,000. 1t
included his half interest and the
share of Clifton Knorr which was
bought by Mr.. Wintersteen some time
ago,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-30

At the annual meeting of the con
gregation of st. Paul's p. f. Church
last Monday evening, the following
persons were elected Vestrymen: @.
F. Knapp, J. G. Freeze, Geo. E Ell
well, Paul f. Writ, G. S. Robbins, ].
G. Wells, and John r. Townsend.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-30

This years annual Sunday School
convention is to be held in the court
house in Bloomshurg May "a and IS.
The executive committee are planning
in conjunction with the Bloomsburg
workers to have an interesting and
profitable time.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-30

A notice in the postofice advises
everybody to have their name printed
or written upon the upper left-hand
corner of the envelope, so that there
may be no occasion for its going to
the Dead Letter Office. Get your envel.
opes printed at this Office. 1t will cost
but trifle and saves lots Of trouble.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-30

There will be no services in ST..
Pauls p. L. church on Sunday next.
Sunday School will be held at the
usual hour,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-30

An exclamation heard everywhere
nowadays is "Dop't touch that arm.
l am vaccinated."
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-30

One coupon and ten
cents secures a part
folio Of Worlds Tair
Photos. See them at
this Office.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-30

THE Magic. City"
leads them all, and
can be obtained only
at The Columbian Office.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-25
BILLY AND THE BOY.
The Story of Horse Who Could IaHe
Care of Himself.


Billy was n veteran among horses.
He had lived twenty-nine years ana
six months when knew him, ana all
+ba+ +;r,o be had been learning how to
tol,a ca,.e of himself without troubling
others 10 look after him. His reputa-
tion had never been good, though the
older he grew the worse he grew, ac-
cording to his masters statement For
my part | always thought the horse
was justified in his treatment of those
who ill-treated him.
Perhaps if he had been better tenn
pered he might have been turned out
to grass in his old age and had little or
nothing to do. AS it was no one was
fond of him, and since he was able to
draw moderately heavy loads he was
harnessed regularly and made to work.
He had been known to bite, to kick, to
run away, though no one believed that
he had really been frightened.
sit Is just ugliness, wanting to show
what he could do to be hateful" said
his master, one day, when the hired
man came home with the news thai
Billy had SHE'D at bicycle, ha6
run into a wagon and broken it and
the one to which he was harnessed into
"slivers," as the man expressed it.
This fright" if it really was one
cost his master fifty dollars, and Billy
forthwith had binders put on him. III,
never SHE'D again, but the binders die
not improve his temper.
One day when he was just abou
finishing a meal which he was taking
out of pail set in front of him on tn,
ground, a small boy came past with ;
long wisp of straw in his hand. II,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-25
Beware of Ointments.

Beware of ointments for catarrh that
contain mercury, as mercury will surely
destroy the sense of smell and complete
ly derange the whole system when en-
tering it through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used ex-
cept on prescription from reputable
physician, as the damage they will do
is ten-fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure
manufactured by F. ]. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, o., contains no mercury, and is
taken internally, acting directly on the
blood and mucuous surfaces of the sys
TEN. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be
sure you get the genuine. 1t is taker
internally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by
f. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free
s5y Sold by all druggists, price 75c. pei
bottle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-25
As Good as n Dog,

In South America, boy who wants
to own pet animal gets monkey in
stead of dog. Sometimes he can buy
a monkey already trained, and If he
can do so he is very happy boy, be-
cause wild monkeys are ugly little fel-
lows and it takes a long time to teach
them how to live with civilized people.
A South American boy has to pet a
monkey because there are not enough
dogs in South America. But with the
South American boy nice tame mon
key with soft fur hair and swapping
black eyes is very highly priced, and
he becomes attached to it, just as an
American boy becomes attached to his
collie or his Newfoundland; SO he does
not feel the need Of good dog.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-25
Large Foreign Cities.

Of cities with more than one hun.
dred thousand population England has
thirty, Germany twenty-four, France
and Russia each twelve, Italy ten,
Austria-Hungary six, Spain five, Bek
GUM, the scandinavian states, Rou-
mania and the Balkan islands each
four, the Netherlands three, Portugal
two; the total in Europe being one
hundred and sixteen great cities. Asia
has one hundred and five, China having
fifty-three and British India thirty. In
Africa there are seven, in America
forty, of which the United States has
twenty-six; South America nine. Aus
tralia has only two large cities.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-25
MARCHED DOWN THE STREET WITH HIM

did not know him, but he knew small
boys when he saw them, and had no
love for any of them.
The boy stopped and Billy kept on
eating. The boy went nearer and
nearer the curb, and at last reached
over and ticliled Billy's nose with the
straw.
Billy made believe at first that he
did not feel it, and the boy became
bolder and bolder and ticlled harder.
Billy finished eating, and then had
time to attend to him. Suddenly he
tossed his head, caught the boy by the
back of his jacket, lifted him off his
feet and marched down the street
with him. The boy screamed, but nc
one was near enough to seize him.
They did not go far, and before any
one interfered Billy stopped and shook
that boy exactly as man might have
shaken him for punishment, then
dropped him, turned and walked back
home.
No small boy dared to meddle with
Billy after that, and, although the lad
was not hurt, he had one of the worst
scares of his life.-Louisville Courier
Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-25
EVER THE SAME.
Egypt Not Much Different Than 1t Was
Centuries Ago.

Centuries Ago.
The characters in 1.-THE Thousand
and One Nights" may be almost i'm
agined to step out of their setting of
words and to take form and glow with
the generous warmth of life before
ones very eyes. The natives still
drink the same coffee and out of the
same cups; they smoke the same pipes;
they wear generally the same dress;
they play the same primitive instru-
ments that whisper the same strange
and plaintive tones; the funeral pro-
cessions wend their way along the
streets as of old; the popular festi-
walls or moolids are still observed with
the same untiring capacity for enjoy
ment; the public reciters still prac.
tice their profession before admiring
crowds; the water carriers still carry
their burdens so welcome to thirsty
lips except in the houses of the rich
and thoroughly Europeanized food is
still eaten with the fingers and in the
same manner, and the hands are
washed with the same basins and
ewers; the mosque of El-Azhar still,
says the Gentleman's Magazine, at
tracts its crowds of students.
Even the old wooden locks and keys
are still in use, and the water jars are
still kept cool in the lattice work of
the overhanging mushrabiyeh win
dow frames. Instances of this sort
might be multiplied hundred fold
1t is indeed wonderful change and
contrast that is presented to the eye
when you leave the e s'pean and
enter the native quarter. And the
mind and feelings turn in unison and
become attuned to the changed scene.
The sense of taking part in a new
and different life steals over you, and
you temporarily throw off your affinity
with the west and the nineteenth cen
tury. The clock of time is for the mo-
ment put back for you.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-25
BUSINESS BRIEFS.
pc McDonald's cheap shoes.

See McDonald's cheap shoes.
Use Pillsbury's Best XXXX Flour.
Go to McDonald's for good furniture.
Parties supplied with ice cream, cakes,
ETC., by Laubach at reasonable rates.
Fackler has the finest and largest as.
cortment of fine candies and ornamented
cakes for all occasions.
"Orange Blossom" the common-sense
female remedy, draws out pain and
soreness. Sold by w. w. Grover.
Every family should have box of
Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills, the use
of which will cure most of our alImehts'
In case of hard cold nothing will re-
lieve the breathing so quickly as 10 rup
| Arnica and Oil Liniment on the chest.
Sold by DIR. Schilcher.
Wall paper will be hung at 20c. per
double roll from now until March /.
Also all paper reduced from to 10c. per
roll at A. A. Bachman's.
All those who have used Baxter's Man
drake Bitters speak very strongly in
their praise. Twenty-Five cents per bot
tie. Sold by DR.. Schilcher.
The name of n. II. Downs still lives,
although he has been dead many years.
His Elixir for the cure of coughs and
colds has already outlived him a quarter
of century, and is still growing in fa
vor with the public. Sold by DR.. Schil
| cher
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-25

mined to go home and get my gun ana
pay him back for the scare he had Civ
en- me. Besides, had no intention OF
losing the property had dropped on
catching sight of him.
| reached home breathless and ex-
cited, filed both ny coat-poclets with
buckshot cartridges, shouldered my
gun and started back as though my life
depended on my haste.
Sure enough, the snake was still
there, his head resting on the branch,
and his eyes just as restless and alert
as ever.
approached as near as | dared, and
let fly, with both barrels at once,
straight for his Uranium | had no
sooner done so than the whole tree
seemed to quiver with the convulsive
struggles of the monster, us he writhed
in his agony, and wound and unwound
himself from the branch of the tree,
that stretched like a giants arm over
head. The leaves and twigs fell in
showers, while moths and other in
sects were disturbed by the myriads.-
Presently, however, all was still,
and the forepart of the snakes body
hung lifeless from the branch with the
head almost blown en- 5irely off.
/ then recovered my box and net,
with the butterfly that had caused me
so much trouble, and was gazing at
the snake, now hanging Imply on the
tree, and wondering if could possibly
secure him, when perceived a motion
higher up in the tree, and, to my hor-
ror, saw another, equally large, slowly
descending. But had had enough of
snakes for one day, and declined the
contest, and hastily gathering up my
paraphernalia I started homeward at
brisk pace.
do not, of course, know what size
this particular reptile was which en-
countered, but the natives assert that
they grow to length of thirty-threc
feet or over, and | should say that
this one was fully as long.
have called it the story of a "py.
thon," that being the local term, but
| believe the snake in question be-
longed to the species called royal rocl,
snalSes.-A. Taylor, in Golden Davs
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-25

The British postofice department
runs the telegraph system of that
country, but private capital has been
trying to get hold, partially at least,
of the telephone lines. The post
master general having been inveigled
into making some concessions of
rights to the National Telephone
Company, great outcry has been
raised by the people against his
course and the dispatches state that
he has promised to recede from his
position, The municipality of Glas-
gov, which is deep in socialistic ex.
periments, has headed the protest,
and organized the cities of Great
Britain into an anti-monopoly league,
to resist all attempts of private capi-
talists to get hold of the telephone
system. This is pretty good testi-
mony to what the British people
think of public management of com
munication, after trying it for twenty
years in the case of the telegraph.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-25
ALMOST FORGOTTEN.
The Mysterious Relic of Prehistoric
People.

People.
On the shores of brittany there is Q,
mysterious relic of forgotten ages
which escapes the attention of most
travellers. Far out in the Moriban sea
across which legend tells us Arthur
sailed with his knights in pursuit of
the dragon-rises a little island. 1t
can be reached in n boat from the
coast only in calm sea. A Breton
shepherd has a solitary hut upon il
and feeds few sheep.
Crossing the grassy slope off which
they browse, the traveller finds himself
at the foot of the hill, in the face of
which has been excavated a great tun-
mel or cave, floored, walled and rooted
by huge fiat rocks.
Some arch@ologists say that this cav
ern was the work of the worshipers of
the serpent god of Hoa-a race that has
passed into oblivion.
The learned traveller knows only that
the mysterious cavern antedates all
history; that the rocks of which it is
built came from the mainland, dis
tance of more than one hundred miles
inland. No rocks like them make any
| part OF the geoloSlcal tormatlon OF the
island.
Even with our modern engineering
knowledge and machinery it would re-
quire vast labor and skill to bring these
enormous blocks of stone and place
them SO securely as to defy the wear
and friction of ages.
How were they brought here by men
who had, perhaps, few mechanical ap-
pliances-nothing but the strength OF
their bodies and their faith in strange
god?
The race who built the temple are
dust. Even their names ages ago per
ished from the earth. Their religion
is vanished. These stones are the/mon
uments of their indomitable resolution
That defies the fight of years.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-25
Orphans In Australia.

According to the Medical Times Oh
Philadelphia Australia is a country
without an orphan asylum. Every
where local committees keep record of
families with which destitute child
may be placed, and the children's COM
mittee of the destitute board selects a
home suitable for each child that comes
under it's care. On an average one dol
lar and twenty-five cents week is al
lowed for board and clothing, but in
no case are foster parents selected who
are so poor that the adopted child will
suffer hardship. 1t must be sent to
school regularly until the age of four
teen years, when it is put to work.
The local committee watches over each
adopted child and sees that the condi-
tions are all fulfilled. The earnings of
4 boy of that class from fourteen to
eighteen are put in the postal savings
bank, and at the latter age he can be-
gin his career with a little ready
money. As n result the state has
raised citizen at a cost of seventy
dollars a year and saved no end of
outlay for courts, prisons and reforma-
tories
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-25

A Maine farmer who recently visited
Boston tells how he got the better Of
the deadly trolley-car: ~ stood" he
says, right on the track when one of
them dummed skypole cars came a-buz-
zing along, and thought I'd just see
if they'd run over me. They hollcred
and yelled for me to get off the track,
but | didn't bulge an inch, for had as
much right there as they had, and they
just hauled the thing up stock-still
afore they got ter me. All mans got
ter do is to stand up for his rights, and
them Boston fellers dassn't run over
him"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-25

If the people owned and operated
the railroads, as they do the postoffi-
ces, would all the lawyers and city,
county, state and national officials and
editors be given passes? Do they get
postage stamps free? Would the
the people pay the lawyers $14, ,OOO,-
600 a year? Would it be necessary
to collect ten million year from the
people to spend in advertising?
Would the people need the services
of ten thousand freight and passen-
ger agents to pull and haul the peo-
pie to get them to use the roads that
pay them? Does the postoffice de-
partment hire men to travel over the
country and solicit men to send their
letters over this or that route? All
these non producers and many more
can be dispensed with or put into
some vocation where they will do
some good. These are the elements
that hoodwink the people in the in
terest of the railroads because they
are paid f@ it.