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WASHINGTON HEIGHTS ENGLISH AND FRENCH
SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
1850 Wyoming ave-, cor. 10th ST.
ie1S-tiyI Miss FRANCES MARTIN. PrincinaI
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-28
THE LICENSE MONEY.

There has been some quibbling as
to whom the license money should be
paid some contending that the
county treasurer must receive it all,
and Others that it is to be paid out
direct to the county and township
authorities in proper proportion. The
following opinion from the county
solicitor settles the question for the
present at least:
CATAwISsA, Pa, Dec. I0, 1894.
Mr.. ]. R. Fowler, Treasurer
Dear Sir:-The liquor license mon
eys are pay able to the County Treas
urer. See act of I3th May, 1887,
Sec. 9, p. l.. III. If the persons tc
whom such licenses are granted
should neglect or refuse to pay you
within IS days after the licenses are
granted, the grant of licenses will be
held revoked, and no licenses can
issue. w. H. RHAwN,
County Solicitor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-28

Daniel S. Jones was instantly killed
at Mt. Carmel on the roth, by a troll
ley car on the Shamokin and Mt.
Carmel electric railway. The man
had been standing along side the
tracks for some time and was in an
intoxicated condition. The motor
men in passing him with their cars
rang the gongs, but he made no signal
to stop. Several cars had passed up
and down several times but he showed
no signs Of a desire to get on the
car. AS car No. S was returning from
Shamokin, they noticed the man
ahead leaning against wire pole.
He was leaning up against the pole
with his head hanging down as man
naturally does in drunken stupor.
He did not move and as the car had
passed him before, no particular at
tention was paid to him and the car
went speeding on. Just as the car
reached the point he made a lunge
as if to grab the car and fell beneath
the wheels, the car rolling him and
bruising his body and head, and al
most sev ering his arm. The deceas-
ed was aged 81 years and worked at
Hickory Ridge with his step-son,
where they boarded together. The
family reside at Mlffiin Cross Roads,
Columbia county, and consists of wife
and eleven children. He had rented
house in Hickory Ridge, and was
going to remove his family there after
the holidays.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-28
THEIR NAME Is DENNIS,

Two members of the Faculty of
the Normal School united their hearts
and hands and lives in the bonds of
matrlmony last Friday evening. They
were Prof Joseph Dennis of the
ancient language department., and
Miss Susan Elliot, of the model
school. The ceremony was perform
ed by Rev. p, A. Heilman in DR..
Welsh's parlors, in the presence of the
other members of the Faculty. After
the ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis
entered Buckalew's carriage to go all
by their lone selves to the East
Bloomsburg station, there to take the
train fer wedding journey. But the
other teachers would not have it that
way, and so without the knowledge of
their victims, they had Buckalew's
hack in waiting behind the buildings,
and after Prof. Dennis and bride had
reached East street they were surpris-
ed at the approach of the hack con-
tanning the Faculty, who accompanied
them to the train and saw them safely
off, and made it lively for them all the
time. On returning to the school the
teachers sat down to nice lunch
prepared by Mr.. Housel.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-28
No Reading Depot on Market Street,

McKelvy & Neal brought suit
against the Bloomsburg Belt Railroad
for land taken by the railroad to lay
a track, several years ago. There was
a report Of viewers assessing damages,
and from this there was an appeal,
and the case was called for trial at
last Court. After the plaintiffs had
examined all their witnesses and had
closed their case, the counsel for the
defendant, Messrs Rhawn and Herring
filed paper in which the defendant
disclaimed all ownership to the right
of way. and abandoned the same to
the owners Under these peculiar
circumstances the court withdrew
juror, and the case was continued.
The abandonment of this land by
the Belt road shuts off all connection
with the right of way above, and
leaves no way open for the P. &
R. to reach Market street, and con-
sequently there will never be depot
on Market street on the Sloan land,
under the present circumstances.
More than this, the rails Of the
Belt road have occupied the middle
of Seventh street for the past five
years. II this declaration of abandon
ment is final, and the Belt line is
absolutely defunct, the Town author
tiles should repeal the ordinance
granting the right OF way on Seventh
street, and cause the rails to be re
moved theretrom. 1t would be proper
for the Council to ascertain from the
officers of the Belt road their inten-
tions concerning Seventh street, and
If the right of way is abandoned, then
remove the rails.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-28
Death of Mrs. Swank.

"For me to live is Christ, and to
die is gain"
1t was a large and sad-hearted COM
pany Of relatives and friends that fol-
lowed to the grave on Tuesday of last
week, the remains of Mrs. 7. G..
Swank. 1t was day upon which the
whole community could unite in ten
der expressions of sympathy for the
bereaved family, and there were many
hundred who felt the loss of a personal
friend.
Mrs. Swank had for several months
been a victim Of that dreaded disease,
Brlght's disease of the kidneys, and
had for the past SIX weeks made that
heroic fight for life, possible only to
the determined will and triumphant
faith.
Although her death had been ex-
pected for several days, it came at
last on Saturday evening, Dec. 18th.
with prostrating effect known only
to those who are suddenly called upon
to say the last goodbye to those they
love most dearly.
The end was peaceful transition
to the state of those who are "asleep
in Jesus" and the last words relative
to happy meeting in that better land.
The world likes to hear of the SEN
sational and the unusual, but the un-
written history of many home has
in it more that is truly heroic and
goes farther to mould the character
of our sons and determine the destiny
of the nation, than the brave deeds
of the battlefield or the wise and
comprehensive acts Of our legislative
halls.
Mrs. Swank will be remembered as
one of those who find their greatest
happiness in ministering to the needs
of those they love, and raising
happy, devoted family within happy
Christian home. A true woman,
loving wife and devoted mother,
consecrated Christian and an active
worker-her memory is rich legacy
to all who knew her.
A short service was held at the
house at 1880 o'clock, after which
the procession proceeded to the Ber-
wick cemetery where burial service
was conducted by the Woman's Re-
lief Corps of which she was men,
ber; the funeral sermon being preach
ed in the Baptist church by the pas
tor of the deceased, Rev. Albert H.
Smith.-Beraoiek INDEPENDENT.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-28
VOL 30
LUZEhNEs BUILDINGS.
Decision Rendered Which Denies County
Commissioners the Right to Pur-
chase Land without Authority.


The long expected and important
opinion ip regard to the right of the
County Commissioners to purchase
land on which to erect a court house
was handed down at Wilkes Barre
last Monday by Judges Rice and
Lynch. After quoting the recon-
mendations of two succeeding Grand
Juries for new court house, Judge
Rice says;--
"The question OF our decision is
that these reports and the approval
thereof by the Court are sufficient to
vest the County Commissioners with
authority to purchase land on which
to erect the proposed new court house"
In regard to location of the new
court house, the Judge quoted several
laws of the early history of Wilkes
Barre on the rights of the County
Commissioners which restrains them
from purchasing any desirable location
for a court house except on the
square. The Judge then quotes the
arguments Of the plaintiffs and de.
PENDANTS and several other points Of
law on the subject Of county buildings,
and, after reviewing the same, says -
First, there is nothing in the Ian
guage of the acts Of 1855 and 1886
nor in the action of the borough pur.
suant thereto to prevent the location
of court house elsewhere than on
the Public Square. Second, as the
law stood prior to the acts of 1883,
the County Commissioners would
have discretion and power to buy
land if needs be upon which to erect
new court house, recommended by
successive Grand Juries, although the
Grand Juries in their reports did not
expressly mention the purchase of
land. Third, the act of 1883 super
seded that of the Tenth Section Of
the act Of 1884 in this particular, as
was intended to furnish not only a
complete but an exclusive method for
the purpose named in the act. Hence,
to give the County Commissioners
authority to buy land, or to take land
by condemnation proceedings, upon
which to erect court house, there
must be the reports of two successive
Grand Juries that the county requires
ground at the county seat for the
purpose Of erecting the same"
While Judge Lynch does not assent
to all the foregoing conclusions, and
particularly to the act Of 1884, he
agrees in all findings of the fact and
in the general conclusion that the
County Commissioners have not the
authority to purchase land without
the approval of two successive Grand
Juries. The County Commissioners
now will present the question to the
next two Grand Juries.
If this question had been raised in
Columbia county when the new Jail
was built, the Jail would now stand
where the High School is, and where
1t ought to have been built.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-28
The Police Inspector.

Will R. Wilson's New York play
about Inspector Byrnes is called "rhe
Police Inspector" Police plays have
been produced before, but this one is
entirely new here. 1t is promised by
the management that the play will be
handsomely staged and that the Goth
am scenes will be faithfully represent
ed. The company producing this de-
tective story is said to be an able one
and while part of it attends to pre-
senting the story, there is also por-
ton of it which contributes pleasing
specially acts to enliven the somewhat
sombre story of crime and its detec-
ton. Mr.. Wilson seems to have
based this play upon some OF the
things he saw in New York, when he
was a newspaper reporter, and he has
with a newspapers mans accuracy,
placed them upon the stage correctly.
The characters commonly met with
down town in New York are to be
seen in the play. There are the fresh
newsboy, the organ grinders and noisy
negroes, the tough girl and the boot
black.
Opera House, Monday, December
3Ist.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-28
An Impostor,

Last Saturday girl about eighteen
years of age visited a number of res
licences in town, and solicited contri-
buttons for the Epworth League, re-
ceiving small sums Of money at sew
eral places. She said that she had
also been requested to solicit for the
NJ. E. Sunday School. Inquiry has
proven that the girl had no authority
to beg for either Of these organlza-
tions, and as she has not turned any
money over, it went down into her
own pocket. The name of this girl is
withheld for the present.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-28

The entertainment at Espy last
Friday night, by the Star Dramatic
Company, was a success. 1t is an
amateur organization and this was
their debut. They played the drama
entitled "The Last Loaf Those
taking part were John K. Miller,
Adelia Geisinger, Chas. Abbott, w.
Bittenbender, Martha Robson, Mr.,
Harry Phillips, Mrs. Phillips, H. F.
Rice, F. S, Nagle, Harry Frame, G.
B. Bittenbender, S. K. Worman and
Domer Geisinger. The attendance
was large, and fair sum was realized
for the purchase of a bell on the M
E. Church. All of the company ac'
Quilted themselves admirably. The
entertainment will be reproduced this
Saturday evening,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-28
The Musicale

A very small audience was present
al The Lutheran Church last Thursday
evening, but those who went were well
repaid The program consisted OF
N, music and recitations by Miss Grace
"a'l' an accomplished young lady
VINO is visiting Miss Bessie Kuhn ;
vocal music by Miss Vida Miller and
MI, Frank Colley, and violin solo
Dpy Frof c. P. Elwell. Miss Maude
Nunyon presided at the piano.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-28

sullivan bought goat, for which
ne pad S5. Shortly after he received
att, tax bill on the goat of SIS. He
sa.1 sa',ed on Rafferty,, the assessor, and
sa'u "Why do you tax me $S on
.y y goat when / paid but SIS for him p
s,,' well said Rafferty,, 81 have care
y read what the statutes say, and
hn.sdS; ,eadS; Whoever owns property a
sa'ung on the street shall be taxed
" a running foot"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-28

"The Little Tottoon" which was
performed at the Opera House on
Tuesday night, was very lame affair
according to those who attended. 1t
is reported that the troupe is an
amateur party from Scranton.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-28

"The Police Inspector, which will
be played in the Opera House next
Monday night, is highly commended
by the press wherever it has been
given.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-28

Benjamin Wagner of Newlin spent few
hours in town on Monday, and will read his
newspaper for the coming year, knowing that
it is paid for
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-28

The demand uuon
our columns for adver-
tising space certainly
shows that business
men recognize the val
ue Of THE Columbian
as an advertising me-
dium.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-28

B. F. Brobst of Hemlock was in town
with load of nice apples on Saturday. He
made arrangements to get the "World I"
twice a week, with this paper, while here.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-28

Geo. Masteller of Hemlock township took
time on Friday to drop in our Office and pay
us friendly call. He will read his paper
for whole year in advance without fear of
being dunned for IL
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-28

Kent Hosler, son of Deputy sheriff w. N.
Hosler, spent Tuesday in town with his
father. Kent is teaching school in Roaring.
creek township.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-28

Prof. Noetling will spend the holidays al
his home in Selinsgrove, Pa. Will return
to resume his duties at the Normal on Jan
uary Ist, 1895.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-28

Ben. Vannatta, Morris Broadt, Herve
Furman, Harry Wilson, Frank Der, Boyd
Furman Henry Knorr, Thos. Moore, VIII
l.. Crist, Willie Rice and Howard Furmar
spent Christmas day with Danville friends.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-28

DR.. A. Graydon sent out some very neat
holiday greetings to his friends on Monday
They were photographs including his resi-
dence, a scene on the canal and the words
"Holiday Greetings" and were his Owl
work.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-28

II. d. Manning has been visiting hi
brother, William II. at Brighton, New Yorl,
where the latter is an extensive and success
full nurseryman.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-28

Cyrus Robbins, of Asbury, was visitor
at this Office on busnes on Saturday. Being
of quiet disposition and afectionate nature,
he sadly mourns the recent loss of his loving
wife
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-28

THE COL UMBIAN
and New York Twice
a Week World for
sl.75 in advance Try
them.
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-17
cLEoPATRA's NEEDLE


Getting the Obelisk Absard Ship q Pretty
Piece of Engineerine.
Zone of the pleasantest recollections
I have to look back on" said Adam
johnson, lis the fact that was one of
the party that helped to run up the
American colors over Cleopatra's needle
when it was being taken down to be
carried to New York. Our vessel was
out in the Mediterranean with a rowing
commission, and we were ct Alexandria
at the time the obelisk was being NOV
ed. The big stone had been presented by
the Egyptian government to this coun.
try, but the people were wild about hav-
ing it moved. We had to place q guard
around the men who were working ON
the shaft, and even then there was al
most q riot.
But that was one Of the prettiest
pieces of engineering work have ever
seen. The engineers who were moving
our shaft had a couple Of big wooden
cases built that fitted around the needle
like the pieces of wood around the lead
in pencil. There were couple of pro-
jectiles on each side of the castings Just
ON the center Of gravity in the shaft,
like the trunnions on q cannon. Under
these they put lifting jacks and just
picked that immense stone of its
pedestal, swung it around horizontal
and then lowered it as gently as could
be on a long sliding way. with cannon
balls under it for rollers. They had q
square hole cut III the stern Of the
steamship and slid il into .he hull
through that and replaced the shcathing
outside.
Under the shaft in the inside of the
pedestal there were a lot of bronze toads
and ornaments and the Lord Knows what
not that the Masons claimed We're placed
there by some of their progenitors cons
ago. / don't know anything about that,
though, and you can leave it or take it,
as you choose
1.-The British were not half SO slick
with the obelisk they carried over to
England. They cased it up in big
sheet iron arrangement like boiler, riy-
eted it in and fioated tine whole thing
off through trench dug in the sand
down to the water. Then they rugged
jury sails on it and towed it over to
England, but they lost three or four
men off it before they got it in port and
had all sorts of time generally
"A couple of years afterward l saw
the British obelisk set up on the east
bank of the Thames, and when l came
home the first thing went to see was
ours in Central park. Washington
Post.
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-17
A CHILD'S DAYS JOURNEY
Little Feet Which All Day Long Mark tn
Passing MOments.

Passing MOments.
How many miles day the little feet
Of young children will travel is often a
source Of wonderment to parents who
lovingly watch them. This restless &C.
tivity was never better illustrated than
by very old story, which may interest
readers of this column.
A grandfather who had little to do
except to watch the curious antics of his
grandchildren as they played around the
house resolved that for one day he
would follow one little fellow who
seemed especially restless, prying into
everything from morning till night.
1t proved much more of O job than he
had expected. Noon came, and if the
child was not wearied the man was, but
he had set out to go wherever the child
led, and he persevered. Toward night
there came a sudden end to the expert
ment, when the child crept through be-
tween the rounds of a chair where the
space was entirely too narrow for q
grown man to follow. He had to &C.
knowledge himself beaten at last.
Whether the baby turned back and
winked one eye at its grandfather the
story does not tell. No doubt, however,
the baby's mother thought he did
Boston Budget
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-17
The Dog In British Poetry.

In the medieval metrical romances
are found the first noteworthy references
i'll our language to the dog. Thomas the
Rhymer Of Ercildoune wrote ''Sir Iris
tram" some time in the thirteenth CEN
tury. The story is familiar, of course,
but the pathos of it is here augmented
by the knights dog also being brought
under the spell Of the fatal love potion:
An hounde ther was biside
That was y-clept HOdain.
The coupe he licked that tide,
Though doun it sett Brengwain.
Tristram and the beautiful Isolde OF
Ireland,
Thai loved with all ther might,
And Hoiain dede al so.
When Tristram was banished to Wales
and fought for Trianour
The king n welp he brought
Bifor Tristrem the trewe.
His name was Peticrewe.
OF him was michel prus.
Gentleman Magazine.
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-17

A tall young man, with q pretty
young woman, sauntered across Inde-
pendence square yesterday afternoon
when Old Sol was at his hottest. When
they came to the ice water fountain. the
young woman stopped and picked up
one of the tin cups, aud seeming it
ruefully shook her head at her compan-
ion and laid it quickly down again
The next thing was to slip off q small
suede glove, and placing the pretty
hand it fitted under the stream she
filled its palm with water and drank
from it three times And the next thing
was to see the young man bend over the
same palm while he held her wrist to
balance the novel cup, and five times it
took to satisfy him, and right willingly
did the pretty young woman fill it and
place it to his lips. Both actors were
perfectly unconcerned, and after the
young man had dried the young wom-
ans hand in his pocket handkerchief
they sauntered in . down town direc.
tion.-Philadelphia Record.