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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-05

On Sunday morning two gentlemen
met at the corner OF Main and Market
streets near S. f. Peacock & Cos,
and one asked the other if he had
seen dispatch in the Saturday papers
stating that the proprietor of the Sands
& Ashley show had been arrested at
Shenandoah on a charge of bribery
and resisting an officer, and committed
to Jail without bail. At this point
stranger approached, and hearing the
remark, he stopped and said, "No, he
is not in Jail, for l am Che man." He
then proceeded to explain, saying that
the trouble arose from his discharging
a man, who claimed twenty FIVE dol
lars due for wages, There were but
six dollars due the man, and this was
offered, and refused The man went
before justice and took out writ Of
attachment, and an officer, came to
the circus and was about to seize
three thousand dollars worth of the
best ring houses, when the proprietor
told his men to put him out OF the
tent, which they did. The officer
then got out warrants for the propre-
tor for bribery, alleging that he tried
to bribe him when he went to serve
the first writ, and also for resisting an
officer. The Snowman was taken be.
fore the justice, where he was advised
to settle the case, the prosecutor de-
manding the sum of four hundred dol
lars and costs. This was refused, and
bail offered for appearance at court,
but the justice refused bail. The
Snowman then went to another justice
and entered bail in tP~ sum of $500,
and swore out warr.Ats against the
first justice for refusing to allow bail
in a bailable offense, and also against
the officer for false arrest, and both
were held in $1,000 bail for appear.
anCe at court.
This was the statement of the owner
of the show, and we give it as we got
it.
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Horrible Inhumanity.

The report comes from Selinsgrove
OF a most barbarous piece of treat
ment of William Hinkle, of Union
township, Snyder county perpetrated
by his wife. They are both old peo-
pie, Mr.. Hinkle being Is years Of age.
He is inirm and semi-demented and
was charged by his wife with being
violent at times. The poor authori-
ties had the matter brought to their
notice and went to the home of the
couple to make an investigation.
They found the old man tied IN his
bed, securely bound around his body
with a strap his hands were also
strapped together and his legs were
bound with chain and locked with
paddock He had been held captive
in this condition for about four weeks
when the authorities caused his re.
lease one day last week. 1t is said
the old man was found in a pitiable
condition. The chain from long con-
tact had imbedded itself deeply in
his flesh, causing severe suffering.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-05
July to be Cool and Rainy, Says Mr.
Hicks.


"My last bulletin gave forecasts Of
the storm wave to cross the continent
from the 25th to the aoth, and the
next will reach the Pacific coast about
the 20th, cross the west of Rockies
country by the close Of the goth, the
great central valleys July to 3 and
the eastern States about the 4th.
Average rains may be expected
through the central portions of the
United States, leaving a deficiency in
the extreme north west of Rockies
country about June 90, great central
valleys July and eastern States July
8. A cool wave will cross the west of
Rockies country about the 3D. great
central valleys July 4 and eastern
States about the 9th
Thec cool wave will inaugurate an
extended cool period and what is
herein designated as the cool half of
the month. Each month is usually
divided into about two weeks of cool
and two weeks of warm weather, and
the difference in the average tempera.
ture of those two periods is almost
universally of radical type. 1t is Of
great importance to know when these
warm and cool periods will occur.
Each of these twelve to fifteen days
warm periods has two storm waves,
two warm waves and two cool waves,
and each of the twelve TO fifteen days
cool periods has the same.
Most rains fall during the cool per-
iods and the evaporation and drought
symptoms are experienced during the
warm periods.
! challenge the world in making
long range forecasts of the warm and
cool periods, and whoever tests the
accuracy of these bulletins in forecast
ing these periods will find the forecast,
in that respect, wonderfully correct.
The rain belt for July appears to
extend from Denver to Philadelphia,
leaving large areas of drought in the
direction of Charleston and Key West
and from Chicago and Davenport to-
ward the northwest.
General forecasts for July and tenn
perature forecasts for the coming win
ter will be published in my next bulle
tin. | believe my calculations for the
coming winter to be reliable, and they
are of most important character. 1t
will be remarkable winter as to tenn
perature."
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-05
BERWICK BICYCLE MEET.

Those who attended the bicycle
races at Berwick last Saturday pro
nounced the day a great success in
every way. The results in the several
different events were as follows
One mile novice-won by Thomas
J. Thomas, Bloomsburg VIM. Nc
Michael, Berwick, second II. l..
Knies, Bloomsburg, third. Time. 2'45
Fifteen mile road race, starting
from Bloomsburg Court House and
finishing on track at Berwick-won
by Peter Gstalder, Williamsport G..
A. Gardner, Scranton, second J. N.
Harry, Berwick, third. Time. 42:G7
one fifth seconds.
One mile Club Handicap--won by
J. N. Harry; William Williams, Sc
cond Charles Deu, third. Time,
a:452.
One half mile open-won by c. w.
Krick, Sinking Springs; c. T. Miner,
Binghamton, N. Y, second; c. f.
Coleman, Scranton, third. Time,
I:IS two-fiths.
One mile Columbia County Cham.
pionship-won by John G. Harman,
Bloomsburg J. N. Harry, Berwick,
second Thomas J. Thomas, Blooms
burg, third. Time, a:4o and one
fifth.
One mile open-won by c, w.
Krick, c. T. Miner, second J. B.
Corcer, Scranton, third. Time, 2:r6t
One half mile Boys Race-won by
William McMichael, Berwick Clar-
ence Lenhart, Berwick, second.
Time, I:I0R.
Two mile Handicap-won by r.
w. Grouse, Philadelphia ; J. c. Hen
derson, Lewistown, second; Peter
Gstalder, Williamsport, third.
Time, 4:52.
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NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

The duplicates for 1895 are now in
my hands for collection" All dog,
state, county and school taxes paid
before Saturday August 18th, reduc'
ton Of FIVE percentum will be allowed.
l will be at the Office of Guy Jacoby
Esq, over Post Office on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, August, IS, 10
and II and Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, August 22, 23, and "a
between the hours of 2 and 6 o'clock
in the afternoon to receive taxes.
]. K. BITTENBENDER, Collector.
6-28.4t. I23 West Fifth st.
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Y. N. c, 4. NOTES.

The Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation is conducting Gospel Meetings
in the tent, Market street near Sixth,
every night this week, They are in
charge of Evangelist, Rev. Sam Blair,
of Altoona, who is doing a practical
and effective work.
Sunday afternoon at a:3o o'clock a
meeting for men only will be address
ed by Mr.. Blair. These meetings
have been attended by crowds, as the
tent is one of the coolest and best
places to spend an hour Sunday afrer-
noon. We want 400 men out to the
meeting next Sunday.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-05

Governor Hastings has appointed
William Conpell, of Scranton; Repre-
sentative William T. Marshal, Ale
gheny; Senator ]. Henry Cochran,
Williamsport; Alexander Dempster,
Pttsburg, and Harvey H. Hubert,
Philadelphia, executive committee of
the Cotton States exposition COM
mission. The governor has called a
meeting of the commission for July 9.
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OUR CLUB OFFERS.

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THE COLUMBIAN and the Phaadel-
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THE COLUMBIAN and the NeD York
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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-05

Some Of our weekly exchanges an
nounced last week that they would
issue no papers this week, on account
Of the 4th, sin accordance with the
general CUSTOM 1t is not the custom
in this county, and has not been for
years. THE COLUMBIAN is published
fifty two weeks in the year. This
week we go to press a day earlier
than usual, and the office will be
closed on Thursday.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-05

Total Il67
You will notice that the (a) Pri-
mary, the Secondary, the (a) lnterme-
diate grades and the High School will
be too large, and if possible the teach.
ers in these grades should be relieved.
The first three grades can be relieved
in part at least by promotions, but the
High School can only be relieved
either by the formation of a new
grade, or the employment of an ad,
ditional teacher. favor the adoption
of the former plan which must be
done in another year. Our course Of
study is from one to three years short
er than in the other graded schools in
this part of the State. Therefore pu'
pills reach the High School from one
to three years sooner than they would
if the course were longer.
READING.
Reading especially in the Primary
school, is the most important branch
in the common school curriculum. 1t
is indispensable to the pupil because
it gives him the power to get thought
and feeling through the written or
printed word. The printed word
must be known before it can be read
intelligently. The pupils in our pub
lie schools for the past several years
have been taught the word by the
Word Method of teaching reading.
The results of this method in the Pri-
mary grades were fair but in the other
grades unsatisfactory. With the de-
sire of finding better method, in the
latter part OF Sept. 1894, you intro
duced the Pollard Synthetic Sound
System of teaching reading in two of
the four (b) Primary, or First Year
rooms. Your object was to have it
in operation near the Word Method
that you might be able to compare
their results. Here is the statement
of the conditions under which the new
system was introduced and a compaii-
son of the most important results.
The Word Method teachers began
their work three weeks before the Syn
thetic Sound System was introduced.
The former had special training in
their method, and from four to six
years experience in the school room.
The Pollard teachers had no special
training in their method, and were in
in its use. The former
taught 500 words, the latter more
than 1900. All the pupils were in
structed in phonics. Very few of the
pupils taught by the Word Method
could pronounce the simplest word
that they had not been taught. Nearly
all pupils taught by the Syr'he-i -ic
Sound System acquired the power to
pronounce plainly, correctly and intel
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-05

The ID. L. & W., Railroad Com
pany is running an extra freight train
through this place every afternoon.
The large increase in tonnage is due
to the Lackawanna Steel Companys
having purchased the Cornwall iron
ore mines at Lebanon, and all this ore
is being hauled via Pennsylvania and
ID. l.. & w. roads, to Scranton, where
it is manufactured into steel.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-05

A new order issued by all express
companies permits the aggregate
weighing by agents Of two or more
packages shipped from a city on the
same day to one consignee, even
though the packages all come from
different houses. All packages, how
ever weighing less than twenty
pounds, will be estimated as weighing
twenty pounds.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-05
PRINCIPALS REPORT.

AT the close of the term of the
Bloomsburg Public Schools, L. P.
Sterner, principal submitted the fol-
lowing report:
To the Bloomsbury School Board:
GENTLEMEN have the honor to
present to you the following report of
the progress and condition Of the pub
lie schools of Bloomsburg with some
statistics concerning the same, for the
year ending June II, 1895.
STATISTICS.
Number OF pupils enrolled during term lInl
Increase over enrolment Of last term, i6
Average attendance during the term, 1g1
Eo EerGSnaE2 ot pa5s enrolled in High School, ' G}5
Percentage of attend In S, during term 81
No OF visits by patrons. IS
Number OF visits by directors, 100
Number OF visits by others, 90
Number OF teachers meetings, -
ROLL OF HONOR.
Thirty-hve pupils attended every
day of the term, and it gives me pleas.
ure to present the names Of those who
made this bright record, and to add
that all of them with one exception
were promoted during the year. Reas.
enable patrons need no stronger evil
dence Of the important bearing of reg
ular attendance upon the pupils pro-
gress than this list of names furnished
Those on this roll Of honor are Geo,
Helen, Zoe and Scott Vanderslice,
Lucy, Susie and Matte Coffman,
Verda, Mary and George Corell, LYDIA
and Willie Ahlemann, Hattie and
Charles Drake, Tilly and Mayberry
Hughes, Clara Fornwald, Mary
Knapp, Gertrude Rinker, Bruce Pen
man, Charles Mari, Ray Neyhard,
May Rhodomoyer, Blanche Williams.
May Hess, Howard Kahler, Lizzie
Strohm, Edith Kesty, Deily Johnson,
Nola Cook, Ethel Kelley, Frank Shat
fer, Mary Lewis, Anna Lloyd and Cur
It's Pifer.
EXAMINATIONS AND PROMOTIONS.
The problem OF examination and
promotion is one of the most difficult
in the management of your schools.
What shall be the length of interval
between promotions ? Shall it be the
same in all grades? How shall the
fitness for promotion be determined d?
Shall the promotion be made solely
upon examination results or upon the
teachers estimate ? Or shall both be
considered? l have made the class
interval in the a Grammar and High
School year and in all other grades
at least a half year. In the primary
grades the estimate of the teacher has
as much weight as the examinations,
in the Intermediate and Grammar
schools both receive careful consider.
alton, while in the High School the
pupils promotion depends almost en-
tirely upon examination results. This
plan is not iron-clad but has been
modified now and then TO suit the
conditions. The examination papers
of all pupils are preserved until the
opening of the succeeding term, so
that dissatisfied patrons or Others can
examine them if they SO desire. The
following table shows the number Of
pupils examined and promoted during
the year.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-05

The Sunbury nail mill has been
sold to Philadelphia, Pottstown and
Harrisburg capitalists. The price
paid was SI2,ooo. The new com
pany will repair the mill at once and
start it as soon as possible. Five
hundred men and boys will be employ
ed. The mill has been idle since
April 1900.
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promoted

ENROLMENT THE COMING TERM.
To aid you in determining the num-
Der of new teachers needed, and to in
dicate the necessity of lengthening the
"Course of Study" have prepared
the following table showing the proba-
BILE maximum enrolment in each
room. In this estimate, l have not
made any allowance for the pupils
that will be forced into the schools by
the comDulsorv school law:
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-05

The following letters are advertised
July ?, 1895. Mr.. Isaac Bullick (2)
Mr.. John Connor, F. w. Farwell, Mr..
G. NJ Holden, Janes f. Jones, Mrs.
Jennie Ludlow, Mr.. G. w. Purseil,
Mr.. James Sulther, Miss Maggie Will
Jams. Will be sent to the dead letter
Office July 70, 1898.
JAMES II. MERCER, P. NJ.
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The Superior Judges Appointed.

Governor Hastings on Friday ap-
pointed the following judges of the
superior court James A. Beaver,
Centre Howard ]. Reeder, Northam-
ton; John ]. Wickham, Beaver; George
B. Orlady, Huntingdon; Charles E..
Rice, Luzerne E. N. Willard, Lacka-
wanna Henry J. Mccarthy, Philadel-
phia. They were sworn in on Mon
day.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-05

The centennial edition of the Will
transport Gazette ant Bulletin is a
credit to that paper and the city it is
published in. 1t has a handsomely
illuminated cover, and is profusely il
lustrated with cuts of buildings, and
portraits Of prominent citizens. 1t is
a valuable souvenir
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-05

Samnel ]. Johnston of Light Street,
and Miss Irene l.. daughter Of w. G.
Girton of Bloomsburg, were married
on the 26th Of June, by Rev. G.. H.
Brandt at the Reformed parsonage.
Both were graduates in the class of
'o3 at the Normal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-05

The Benton separating station is
now II running order, and daily ship
ments of milk are made to the
Bloomsbury creamery.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-05

The Bloomsbury Carpet Works
have shut down for a week to make
some needed repairs to machinery.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-05

J. S. Williams will go to Pittsburg
to cry horse sales for Grant Shuster,
on the 5th and 9th insts.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-05
81 SOM
COOL. cool.
midsummer Clearing Sale
Ladies' Waists.

Made of soft finish percales, full
sleeves, yoke back, worth 81 90, now
8sc. All laundried.
lot of unlaundried ladies waists,
made of best prints, I5c.
lot dark color waists, 3oc.
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Ladies' Wrappers.

A fine lawn wrapper, full sleeves,
full width, ruffle around yoke, now 95c.
Fine dimity wrappers, full sleeve, 5
in. ruffle around yoke $I.45.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-05

The hotels at Eagles Mere and
Highland Lake are filling up. A
prosperous season is looked for by the
hotel men.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-05

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castorin
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castorla.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-05

Mercantile licenses must be paid
by July roth.
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India Linon.

The greatest wearer and washer Of
all thin white goods, Ialc up.
Colored Swisses, full lines, choice
colors and styles, a5c.
Striped and plaid dimities, ralc. up.
Lappet silks, 32c. Wash silks, 29c.
Swivel silks, 25c. China dress silks,
sac.
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White Dress Goods.

The thin dainty dotted swisses al
ways look cool, and positively are good
wearers. Prices 2oc, upwards.
Fine satin stripe cords I5c.
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Call and see the typewriter paper
at this Office. tt.
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.ALL GOODS SOLD FOR CASH.
H. j. CLARK g. SON.
w. HARTMAN g. SON
MARKET SQUARE DRY GOODS HOUSE

WE ALWAYS CLOSE ON TIE GLORIOUS 47H or july,
day with big cut prices of dress goods
special lot reduced fine which will be worth waiting
Dontyo weather We
patterns ys that choice goods
shirt
before after the 4h and them Gloves
paas silver belt buckles white metal buckles studs
How would dress goods for I2Ic We have it.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-05

AT the close Of the term of the
Bloomsburg Public Schools, L, P.
Sterner, principal submitted the fol-
The oasis., 1895-11-23
News Notions and Novelties.

Spanish and English Interpreters and Dictionaries, Mexican Mining and Stamp Laws, Sonora and Mexico Maps, Opals, Flligree Silver, Drawn, Linen and Souvenir Spoons, Maga zines, Blank Books and Stationery, Pocket Cutlery Smokers Articles, Toilet Goods, etc., etc.
 SONORA NEWS COMPANY.
The oasis., 1895-11-23
NoGALES NOTES.


 visiting the line cities several days this week.
 Walter L. Vail. of the Empire ranch was in Nogales this week attending to some cattle shipments.
 Tuesday United States District At torney E. E. Elllnwiod was q visitor at Nogales He came in on Monday evenings train and remained until Wednesday morning.
 We Sell the Best.H Drew, Selby X Co. $ fine shoes, combining all the lux uries of fit, style and quality, at prices which defy competition. The Red House-R. Vasquez.
 Tuesday MT. John Henderson was made glad by the arrival from Boston, Massachusetts, of Mrs. H. and the little Hendersons. He went part Of the way east to meet them.
 Last week Mir. P. La Forgue, general manager of the Boleo company, at Santa Rosalia, Baja California, was at NogaleS, en route to Santa RoSalia, returning from visit to New York.
 Tuesday MT. Walter l.. Vail re- ceived from Los Angeles telegram from his wife informing him of the birth of a daughter-thes seventh child. He is in receipt of numerous congrat- ulations.
 Thursday two Chinese travellers came to the boundary and requested the privilege of passing through the United States in transit to the celes tlal empire They are being held up while the necessary documents can be prepared by the United States con sul at Nogales, Sonora.
 Col. Roberts, United States consul at Nogales, Sonora, has invited to take Thanksgiving dinner with him a couple of democratic officials on this side of the line whose affection for each other is proverbial. Col. R. says he will erect a fence on the table and seat his two guests on opposite sides.
 Wednesday MT. ". A. Watson, chief engineer of the Sinaloa & Sono- "a Irrigation Co.,, was visitor at No gales. Mr. W. reported that his com pany has completed fye-sixths of the work of construction on the great ca nal from the Yaqui river, and are making preparations to resume work and push to completion the other one- sixth
 At the round house one day last week John Benedict got his toe caught by the reverse lever of 6 locomotive, severely injuring the member men, tioned. He had occasion to move the lever, which worked so hard he could not doso without exerting additional force. He gave it the force, and then it went farther than he intended, catching his foot which was in just the place where the lever stopped
 Tuesday Moreno Brothers received from the east a very fine pair of blooded hogs for breeding purposes. They are of the White-China variety and came from the breeding pens of one of the most noted fine stock raisers in the country, at Cleveland, Ohio. The pair of animals cost s66.0O in gold delivered at Nogales. From this stock the enterprislng owners expect to breed fine strain of hogs.
 News Notions and Novelties.