The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-08-16
BRIEF MENTION.

Barton Pursel, clerk at Pursel & Harman's
is off this week on a vacation.
Mrs. w. II. Moore, and Mrs. J. B. Nc.
Henry spent Sunday at Mountain Grove.
Cyrus Robbins. Of Asbury, visited the
county seat on business on Tuesday
William B. Shultz, Of Rohrsburg, an old
subscriber, was in town on Monday.
r. c. Neal, Of Harrisburg, spent Tuesday
in town with his father.
daughter has come to the home of Mr..
and Mrs. r. Rush Zarr.
c. H. Lawel is home from Philadelphia
for two weeks vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Perrin of New York,
are visiting at f. p. Drinkers.
P. p. Bliss, of Philadelphia, is spending
part of his vacation in town.
Miss May Barkley went to Waukegan,
Ills, on Monday, on a visit.
Mrs. Sylvester Solleder and children are
on two.weeks vacation among friends in
Benton.
Hon. c. r. Buckalew and wife we noticed
among passengers on the down train on the
B. & S. on Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Layton Runyon and daughter Miss
Maude, went to Atlantic City on Thursday
to spend week.
Will II. Carter, of Mahanoy City, land
agent of the Lehigh Valley Coal Co., spent
Wednesday in town.
w. A. Kile, the Democratic veteran of
Sugarloaf, was one of the delegates from
that township on Tuesday.
Ex.treasure, Adam Johnson was one ofthe
attendants at the county convention on
Tuesday.
Miss Hastings, former teacher at the
Normal, has been visiting Miss Eva Rupert.
Her residence is in Hartford.
A. Lincoln Tustin, who has been out
West for some time for the benefit of his
health, has returned home.
]. C. Wells and family, Miss Bess Kuhn
and w. c. Sloan, spent Saturday and Sunday
at Ganoga Lake.
Charles Marsch, of New Columbus an
old subscriber of the COLUMBIAN, took
recent visit with his family to the home of
Rev. Clark Calender, of West Nanticoke.
Mr.. William Neal was seized with an at
| tack of illness last Saturday night, ana is
still feeling the effects of it, though some.
what improved.
A young son Of J. X. Pensyl is dangerous.
ly sick with what the attending physician
now pronounces brain fever. The patient is
an interesting boy about years old.
Mr.. Rhone Prescott, of the Mllville
Tablet stepped in to call briefly on the
COLUMBIAN during the convention on Tues
day afternoon.
I. Jamison, who was assistant editor of
this paper for more than year, is with us
again this week, filling his former position,
and helping us out with rush of work.
Mr.. Amos Buckalew, who has been so
long and seriously afflicted, and whom we
had been led to hope might recover, is now
reported as very weak and nervous, and be-
yond all hope of recovery.
Ex.Commssioner, b. f. Edgar, took
hasty waddle to catch the train at Zaners' on
| Tuesday. The train was on time strictly,
and Mr. Edgar got there by brushing the
morning dew of the grass pretty lively.
The young son of Mr.. A. Biery, the un-
dertaker, who was so seriously injured re-
Gently by a fall across board, is reported to
us as in critical condition. 1t was neces-
sary to perform surgical operation recently
with the hope of saving his life.
Taking on flesh rapidly !. NJ. Gliding,
the clothier. He is getting too big for his
clothes-that is those he used to wear. He
claims however, to be able to fit all shapes
| nI 81 nd te rati, aly
secure against nakedness.
| Matthew McReynolds, c. P. Elwell, E.
II. Harrar Alex. Cohen, P. F. Reedy
and II. II. Crease, left here Mon
day morning early for Roarngcreek,
where they will camp out for the week. w.
A. Hartzell took them down. Frank Parks
is doing their cooking.
Mr.. E. F. Stevens, wife and two children,
of Acme, West Virginia, are taking brief
outing among friends at New Columbus.
Mr.. Stevens, once poor farmer boy is now
principal of the hourishing Stevens Coal
Company of West Virginia, having acquired
much of his financial success through his
executive ability ana good business manage
ment.
Mr.. 1. w. Hartman will join the Ocean
Grove eXcursionists, and, after spending
three days at this popular summer resort, he
will spend the balance of his time in Phila.
delphia with his son in.law and daughter.
| Mrs. Hartman expected to accompany her
husband, but the rush for camp-meetnl
having filled their old apartments at the
Grove, she concluded TO remain at home
this season.