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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-14
THOMAS E. PROCTOR DEAD.

Thomas E. Proctor, owner of the
large tannery at Jamison City, and
President of the United States Leather
Company, and one of the best known
leather dealers in this country, died
after very brief illness at his resi-.
dence, on Commonwealth Avenue,
Boston, last Friday morning. The
precise nature of his illness is not
stated, but from the suddenness of
the attack 1t is thought that death
was due to heart disease. Mr.. Proctor
was at his place Of business on Essex
Street, apparently as we'll as ever, on
Tuesday, but on Wednesday he COM
planned of weakness and remained at
home, where, however, he transacted
more or less business. Thursday he
was much worse and grew gradually
weaker until at nightfall his condition
was regarded as very serious. The
end came at 8 o'clock Friday morn
ing.
Mr.. Proctor leaves a wife and four
children. James H. is connected with
the company, 7. Emerson, Jr. is in
Harvard, the elder daughter is the
wife of Charles G.. Rice. The younger
daughter is unmarried. That Mr..
Proctor was multi millionaire is
conceded in financial circles, where
his level-headed business sagacity has
long been a matter of envious com.
ment.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-14
1.-THE Little speculator."

From the rise to the final fall of the
curtain laughter rules supreme in
"The Little Spectator" as produced
ty Eloise Willard and her company of
first class comedians, the play has a
plot and all the uproariously funny sit
uations are naturally introduced. Real
estate speculation in western town
and incidently number of the fads OF
the day are all cleverly satlrized.
Miss Willard will assume five distinct
characters. The specialties are novel,
bright and taking and the interest is
never allowed to lag. Opera House,
Friday, 18th.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-14
LOVE LAUGHS AT LOOKS.
A Hasty Marriage Due to Opposition by the
Brides Parents.

A telegram from Wilkes Barre dated
December S, reads as follows:
A decided sensation was created in
social circles here to-day by the hasty
marriage of w. H. Brosdhead 10 Miss
Mary Jackson Van Tassell, an heiress,
OF Berwick, Columbia county. In the
summer of 1893, Broadhead, who was
then major Of the Ninth Regiment,
N. G. P, attended the encampment
OF the Third Brigade at Berwick and
while there met Miss Van Tassell.
The parents of the lady were opposed
to the major and did all in their
power to separate the lovers, but with
out success.
This morning Miss Van Tassell
went to Boomsburg ostensibly to do
some shopping. While there she met
Major Broadhead and together they
went to the marriage license clerk,
who filled out the necessary document.
From here they fastened to the Meth
odlst parsonage, where Rev. w. G.
Ferguson, the pastor, performed the
marriage ceremony.
The Broadheads are well-known
family In Pennsylvania. The major
represented Wilkes Barre in the last
session of the Legislature. The newly
married couple are at present in this
city, but will go to Colorado, where
the major is interested in a silver mine.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-14
New Station on Pennsylvania R. R.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Co. will
change the name of the station at
Bloom Ferry to East Bloomsbury and
establish an agency at that point for
the sale of tickets and the checking of
baggage to all points on that System
and points beyond to take effect Dec.
18th inst. The magnificent county
bridge across the Susquehanna River
between Bloomsburg and East Blooms
burg, and Girton's Omnibus Line by
which Bloomsburg passengersare trans
ferred to and from all trains are
great convenience to the travelling
public.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-14

The case now on trial in court is
that of Ash Bros, against the
Berwick Water Co. The claim of the
plaintiffs is for damages to their mill
and distillery property in Briarcreek
township by diverting their water sup
ply and thereby weakening their
power. Messrs. Rhawn, Herring and
Scarlet are the attorneys for the
plaintiffs, and Alexapder Farnham
Esq, of Wilkes Barre, {. B. Jackson
and c. c. Evans Esqs,, of Berwick,
are attorneys for the defendant. The
case has occupied all the week thus
far, and has been hotly contested at
every point by the able counsel on
both sides.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-14

THE coLU MBlAN
and New York Twice
a Week World for
$l.75 in advance Try
them.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-14

Il
at it and then go inside and see his
extraordinary display. You will be
sure to find there something that will
suit you, and please the one to whom
you present it.
PURSEL & HARTMAN.
For the first time this house has
made holiday display and it includes
onyx tables, lamps, silk shades, Aus
trian china dinner and tea sets, Limo
ges cups, saucers, trays, after dinner
coffee and chocolate sets, jardinieres,
glassware, chamber sets, &c. If moth
ing is wanted in this line, they have
dress patterns, fur capes, handker-
chiefs, chenille table covers and cur
tains, and an endless variety of other
things.
JONES & WALTER.
Shoes again, and in quantities, quail
tiles and prices that cannot fail to
please. An immense stock to select
from, with slippers and patent feathers,
for the men, and fancy shoes for the
ladies, are holiday suggestion.
J. M, GIDDING & co.
While looking around here and there
for Christmas gifts you'll be attracted
no doubt by many little nicknacks
which are almost worthless and of lit
tie use. Buy something that is useful,
something that will make the receiver
think of you every time it is put on.
What nicer Christmas gift can you
give father, brother or husband than
smoking jacket or house coat? What
would please son or brother better
than a nice macintosh rain-proof coat
or a nice umbrella, gloves, handker-
chiefs, suspenderS, muffler, all and any
of them very nice and useful. Gid
ding & Co. have prepared very ex-
tensive assortment Of holiday gifts not
costly and yet very pleasing to the re-
ceiver
I. w. HARTMAN & SON.
This firm has devoted considerable
space on one side of their store to
dishes. The stock embraces ROYAL
Bonn, Japanese, German and Limoges
ware, in ice cream, fruit and toilet
sets, bread plates, saucers, salad bowls,
after dinner coffees, &c. The floor
space is largely occupied by albums,
pictures, frames, box goods, lamps,
blocks, and great assortment of de-
sirable articles. This house has for
years made large display at the holi-
day season, and this year they surpass
themselves.
J. R. TOWNSEND.
Mr. Townsend can always be relied
upon to show you the correct thing in
clothing, neckwear, gloves, and gen.
tlemen's furnishings, hats, &c. This
season his stock is selected with great
care, and he offers some choice goods
for gifts.
CAPwELL.
The Market Square photographer is
prepared to do holiday work in photo
graph or crayon in the best of style,
and he invites an inspection of the
products of his gallery.
J. SALTZER.
What could be more acceptable
than a piano, an organ, or a sewing
machine for gift ]. Saltzer's ware
rooms are full of them, as we'll as all
kinds of musical instruments. A visit
will satisfy you that his store is the
place to buy anything in that line.
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d. w Kitchen has been unfortun

d. w Kitchen has been unfortun-
ate in business, and has been obliged
to close his Office. A bill of sale was
made by him to his wife for the stock,
goodwill and fixtures belonging to
his business. Executions have been
issued since, and as Mrs. Kitchen
claims all the goods, it will require a
trial by jury to ascertain whether they
belong to her, or to his creditors. Mr..
A. w. Duy is in the Office managing
the business for Mr., Kitchen.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-14

The demand uron
our columns for adver-
tising space certainly
shows that business
men recognize the val
ue Of THE Columbian"
as an advertising me-
diun1.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-14

in design, tasteful in execution, and
attracts all passers-by Take a look
at it and then go inside and see his
extraordinary display. You will be
sure to find there something that will
suit you, and please the one to whom
you present it.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-09-22
,MANCHESTER'S SHIP CANAL.
1t Is Beginning to Loom Up as a Large
Sized White Elephant.

1t appears that the people of Man.
chester are beginning to find that their
Wanted ship canal is something of an
elephant ON their hands. The chairman
of the canal company has submitted to
the municipal authorities report which
does not make them feel very good.
His figures show that at the end of the
current year the canal deficit will
amount to GAG, S62, and unless some
thing can be done about it, nobody
knows exactly what, the city will have
to meet the interest of the bonds in
1896, which means an increase of taxa
ton of shilling ~ pence on the
pound, or about per cent.
1t appears, too, that the canal com.
pany has entered into sundry obligations
which the corporation knew nothing
about and to meet which will make a
tremendous drain even on the resources
of the corporation. The canal will,
moreover, have to keep dredges at work
at a cost of about $50, 900 a year, and
more capital is called for to meet the
extra expenses Of digging the canal
The chairman advises the taxpayers
TO make no further pledges to the canal
and announces that he proposes to re-
sign the position of chairman, as he
Noes not feel equal to the task of extri-
eating the canal from its difficulties.
This all makes showing very different
from the roseate reports Of the canal
which have been coming across the wa
ter,-New Orleans Picayune.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-09-22
An Infant Phenomenon.

A real infant phenomenon keeps all
the medical men and pedagogues of the
good old town of Brunswick iii a state
of wonder and delight. The little son
of local butcher, baby Just 2 years
old, can read with perfect ease anything
written or printed in German or Latin
characters. A few weeks ago three
Brunswick doctors had the baby intro
duced to them at the house Of one of the
learned gentlemen. The first thing the
little one did when brought into the
consulting room was to stand ON his toes
st the table, reading ont from the books
that were lying about. When Is months
old, the baby liked books and newspa-
pers better than lollipops and toys, and
whatever the parents playfully told him
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-09-22
WHAT A CANNON BALL CAN DO.
Chance Shots In the Chilean War That
Went Through IroncIads.

finance shots In the Shilean war That
Went Through Ironclads.
In dwelling upon the wonderful pow
er of the guns of the Indiana, Albert
Franklin Matthews i'll an article on
1.-The Evolution of Battleship' i'll
The Century, gives illustrations from
the recent Chilean civil war, showing
the effectiveness of the smaller sizes of
breechlOading rife guns.
A shot weighing 250 pounds from an s
inch gun of Fort Valdivia in Valparaiso
harbor struck the cruiser Blanco Enca-
lada above the armor belt, passed
through the thin steel plate on the side,
went through the captains cabin, took
the pillow from under his head, dropped
his head on the mattress with thump,
but without injuring a hair, passed
through the open door into the mess
room, where it struck the floor and then
glanced to the ceiling. Then it went
througha wooden bulkhead an inch thick
into a room % by AZ feet. where 40
men were sleeping in hammocks. 1t
killed six of them outright and wound
ed six others, three Of whom died, after
which it passed through a steel bulk
head inches thick and ended its course
by striking battery outside, in which
it made dent nearly two inches deep.
1t was filled with sand. Had it released
deadly gases no one knows what dam
age it might have done.
A $50 pound missile from 10 inch
gun in the same fort struck the same
vessel on it's inch armor. 1t hit square
on bolt. The shell did not pierce the
armor, but burst outside the vessel. 1t
drove the bolt clear through, and in its
flight the bolt struck an inch gun,
completely disabling it. Such is the
power of the smaller sized guns.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-09-22
Cleopatra's Rival.

The beautiful Octavia, the wife of
the great general, but weak and infa-
nous, Antonius, was woman of rare
personal integrity and moral worth.
When Antonius for the second time,
and this irremediably, fell under the
sway of the Incompatible destinations
of Cleopatra, Octavia not only main
tanned the dignity of her husband S
house and took care of her own and An
tonius' children, but also those he had
had by Fulvia, one of his previous
wives. OF this Fulvia Plutarch slyly re-
marks:
1t was her ambition to govern those
that governed and to command the lead
ers of armies. 1t was to Fulvia that
Cleopatra was obliged for teaching An
tonius due submission to female author
ity. He had gone through such a course
of discipline as made him perfectly
tractable when he came into her hands.
Westminster Review.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-09-22
CAPITAL AND CONFIDENCE.
All That Is Needed For the American Peo-
pie to Start Up Again.


Everybody who has money is tired
of getting per cent or no per cent for
it. Every business man who has been
living on his oars is crazy TO do some
thing or engage in something he under
stands. Every enterprise which has
been dormant is feeling its way for cap
ital and confidence. Labor is every
where eager for work and employers
still more eager TO open their works. 1t
only reauires the normal machinery of
the country TO move i'll a normal way,
for consumption TO again make demands
upon production.
When the history of the late panic
comes TO be written and the troubles in
cident TO il, one of its remarkable fea-
lures will be the effect upon railway
traffic, upon all business of SO, 600, 600
people, of those who had to and those
who had no need to economiZe, but did
so in every possible way. When one
family uses the old stove with the
cracked lids and paSteS paper over the
broken pane of glass and does not renew
any of the furniture or crockery, when
they wear last years clothes and go
from food which might be luxurieS to
food which simply supports life, the eco
Monies are demonstrated which follow
a total or partial loss of income.
Precisely that process has been going
on for two-thirds of a year among 80
per cent of our population. 1t has made
clear the fact that the American people,
who are charged, and probably justly,
with being the most eXtravagant people
in the world, can live as closely as any
body when it becomes necessary. But
the effect upon merchants, middlemen
and carriers in the volume of their bust
ness and their profits is disastrous be-
yond any process which has ever affect
ed the business of the country.-Chaun
cey NJ. Depew in New York Tribune.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-09-22
THAT UNREFILLABLE VIAL.
How the New Device Resists Attempts to
Use 1t a Second Time.

use III a second Time,
What do you think of a bottle that
can be filled only once-a vial that Is
as worthless after its original contents
have been exhausted as tomato can?
A Boston inventor has devised such a
bottle.
Some time ago Park square phar.
macist asked him to exercise his inge.
nuity on bottle for the use of a pro-
prietary fluid which could not be filled
a second time, thus preventing the man
ufacturers of limitations from Offering
spurious preparations in such of the
special bottles as they might be able to
buy
The vital principle of the new device
is cork float with rubber pad at the
back, located inside a glass cap in the
neck, which closes instantly whenever
an attempt is made to fill it. This float,
once against the entrance, is held in
place by the weight of a glass ball at
tached to a chain, having the play Of
half an inch
The original contents find their way
out through interstices i'll the cap to a
groove in the neck of the bottle into
which no knives or tools can be thrust.
All parts of the invention are of glas;
except the chain and floats and will be
blown in when the bottle is made
Boston Transcript.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-09-22
he remembered, with the result that,
at the age of years, he reads with per-
feet case Westminster Gazette.
j. NJ. Barrie Going to samoa.

The statement is repeated, and il
seems likely to be true, that Mr.. and
Mrs. Barrie are contemplating honey
moon jaunt to Samoa to visit Mr.. r. L.
Stevenson. The South sea exile's visit
ors have been many and varied, but
Mr.. Barrie would be the first brother
novelist to make the journey. West
minister Gazette.
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day. On Commission row il was said to
ne the duliest day in months, with the
bottom out % prices. Even Irish potatoes
were lower. With melons the market is
Slutted and apples are becoming abundant.
bringing s. per barrel. Pe1rs are IN good
supply: Poultry is weak and eggs advanc--
ing. Shippers will pay but II cents, but
II IS well known that parties who are
packing eggs in cold storage houses are
paying T. cents. Sugar are still upward
in tendency, although quotations are UNI
changed East. The market advanced yes
are complaining of a quiet trade.
The local grain market continues active
as compared with months past. yet the at
tendance on Change is not as large nor
the bidding as spirited as a week ago.
Talk is heard that rates are being cut.
t~eriaiize. Track bids yesterday ruled as
Wheat-No. ? red. 4sl4c; No. red. 45lac;
c9rn-No white. 55isc; No. 2 white. 551sc:
No 3 white, 551zc for one color;
No. white, Sic; No. 2 white mixeo,
3lzc; No: 3 white mixed. 53lac; No. 4 white
low. seize: No. 4 yellow, ACC; No. . mixed.
SIC; No. 3 mixed. SIC; No. 4 mixed, soc;
oatsNNo. ? white. s21ac; No. 3 white.
Size; No. 2 mixed, zoe; No. 3 mixed. &c;
ftye~No. :. 40c for car lots; s4c for wagon
Rran. $3.50.
Hay-No: l timothy. $50; No, ? $3.50:
ton.
Poultry and other Produce.
prices Paid by Shippers.)
Poultry-Hens, &c per ID; spring chick
ems. Sc; cocks, &c; turkeys. toms. &c per 10:
hens, &c per ID; ducks, sc per ID; geese, 81
per dOZ for choice.
Eggs-Shippers paying lie.
Butter-Ctoice, l2u15c.
H~oney-l64lSc.
Feathers-Prime geese. 30132c per Id;
mixed duck. 20c per Id.
Beeswax-aOc for yellow: 15c for dafS.
WoOl-Medium unWaShed, 13c; CotSwcld
and coarse combing, 1lI12c; tub-washed,
l6u22c; bury and understandable, 5Q10C
less.
HIDES, TALLOW. ETC.
Hides-No. l G.. 5. hides, 3&c; No. 2 c.. S.
hides, 2Ac; No. l calf hides, 6l2c; No. {.
calf hides. &c.
Tallow-No. 1 tallow. 4l4c; No. 2 tallow.
sac.
Grease-White. &c; yellow. 312c: brown.
&c.
Bones-Dry, sl2G1S per ton.
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REAL-ESTATE TRANSFERS.


Eight Transfers Yesterday. with n
Total Consideration of $J,211.
Instruments filed for record in the re-
corder's office of Marion county. Indiana,
for the twenty-ft IT hours ending at . p. m.
Aug. %, 1894. as furnished by Theo. Stein,
abstracter OF titles. Hartford Block. No. 81
East Market street.
James II. Witty to Nathan H.. Car
ruthers. lot 10 in Jefferson Park
Laura A. Igelman to Henry Rem
fiery. lot 80 in Browns southeast
Clarence f. McAllister to b. F.
Greig, lot u in Pattison's University
place addition TO I~rvington. ........... 900
Newton Wilson to Benjamin +. Greig,
and wife. lots Is and II in Patti
sons University place addition TO
lrVlnStOn 20
Greig and wife, lot Z in Pattison's
University place addition TO Irving
Anna +. Thomas TO Jude T.. Hen
bricks. lot 10 in square Ii in 5. A.
Fletcher, jr.'s, northeast addition. l
Joseph w. Heightshoe to Joshua G.
Fraser, lot 81 in Willard place.. $50
Ella V. Richie to Sarah D.. Bone,
lot 9 in Atkins & Perkins's Uni
versity place addition. 5000
Transfers, s.; consideration ...........s5,2 l1
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AT NEW YORK.
Ruling Prices I'm Produce at the Sea
hOnrd,s COmmercinl M~etrnnnIis.

NEW YORK, Aug. MISUNDERSTANDING,
1900 brls; exports, $500 brls; sales, Il, 100
packages. The market was quiet and lower
to sell, buyers holding off. Winter straights
irregular and pressed for sale. Southern
flour more active; sales. 800 packages. Rye
flour fairly active; sales, $50 brls. Corn
meal steady. Rye quiet. Barley malt
steady.
Wheat-Receipts, 263, 500 bu; exports, 105.-
GOO bu; sales, Abs, 000 bu futures. $4,000 bu
spot. Spots were dull and easier; No. .
red, in store and elevator. 5Sc; ahoat, 5Ssc:
f. O. b., 59hc: No. l Northern, 677sc deliv-
cred; No. l hard, 657sc delivered. options
opened weak under easier cables and
foreign selling, but promptly rallied on
light receipts and talk of bad weather in
Germany 1t was strong during midday,
but later declined under easier late cables
and realizing, closing at &c decline. No. .
red, May, 6624G6I5sc, closing at 661sc; Au-
gust closed at 5Sc; September, 5S5sn59i2c,
closing at 5S5sc: october, 5S&G594c. closing
SIC. ~
Corn-Receipts, 146, 400 bu: exports. $50
blu; sales, $685. 900 bu futures, 5000 bu spot.
! Spots were duh and easier. No. 2. Gle in
elevator, Gle afoat. Options weaker and
very dull. but became strong and advancing
! afternoon and the close was heavy at $c
net decline. May, 56l2d57Ac, closing at
561sc; August closed at Gle; September, 60Go
603,c. closing at soc; October, 59Ad601sc,
closing at 59Ac; December, 57l2q5S1sc, clos
ing at 5712c.
sales. 100 bu futures. 2l6.00O bu spot.
Spots were firm and active; No. ?, 5Ss4c:
No. ? delivered, S41sc; No. 8. 33c; No. 2
white, 371ac; No. 3 white, 36lAc; track mixed
western, 34d35c; track white western, 37@
4Sc; track white State, 37a4Sc. Options
opened dull, but were generally firm all day
in sympathy with cash oats. closing at "a
Ac higher; August, closed at 33.sc; Septem-
Der at 3lGS43sc. closing al 344c: October.
35Q35l2c, closing at 35@sc; November closed
at 36c.
Hay a shade easier. Hops dull and weak.
Hides dull. Leather quiet. Beef steady. Cut
picked hams. 115sTl2c. Lard steady; west
ern steam closed at s. asked; city At nc;
sales. 100 ~tierces: refined steady. Pork firm.
Butter quiet; Western dairy, 13ianl6c;
Western creamery, 2GU241zc. factory, 136
15izc; Elgins. 24;ac; state dairy, 14d22isc;
State creamery. fS02+iAc.
Cheese firm; State, large. Sa4Q9isc; small,
Sug1sc; part SKINS, ai-G6i4c; full skins,
Eggs steady; state and Pennsylvania.
lSc: Icehouse. i5GIsIec: Western fresh. lsia
017l2c; cases, S2.OOG35O; receipts. 6,Sl2 pack
ages.
Cotton seed oil steady; only moderately
active on local demand.
Coffee Options opened steady at unchang-
ed prices TO 10 points advance, ruled gener-
ally firm on stronger cables and smaller
Santos receipts and full deliveries: closed
steady at a l0-polnt net advance; sales. 49,
500 bags, including August at IA. 70G1475c;
l September. li.05c: October. B.S0c; Novem-
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Oils.

WILMINGTON. Aug. steady:
strained, SIC; good. 9Oc. Spirits of turpen-
tine steady at 2534c. Tar steady at 10.
Turpertine quiet; hard, 81; soft, $1.O; vir-
gin. $2.a0
NEW YORK. Aug. 22.-Petroleum heavy.
Pennsylvania oil-Sales none. September OPP
~tions-Sales none; closed az soc bid. Lima
oil-SaleS none. Rosin dull and turpen-
tine dull.
OIL CITY. Aug. Irrational transit GER
tificates opened, at. SOs4c: highest, SOAc;
S7,oS7 brls; runs, S., 7O1 brls.
PITTSBURG, Aug. 22.-Petroleum-Na-
tional transit certificates opened at S0stc;
closed at 0$lc; highest. S0s4c; lowest. S0Ac.
SAVANNAH. Aug. 22.-Spirits of tur-
pentine-Nothing doing; sales none. Rosin
firm at 81.