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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14
BRIEF MENTION.
About People Iou Know.

C. B. MctTenry of Benton, was in town on
Friday.
John Lazarus of Ashland, spent Sunday
in town.
John McHenry of Saltwater, was in town
on Monday.
]. NJ. Staver transacted business in Phila-
delphia last week.
Valarus Cox and SON spent two days in
Jeddo last week.
Rohr McHenry Of Benton, was visitor
to town on Monday.
Alfred Crawford Of Candy, Luz. Co., was
among our callers on Friday.
William Young, of Harrisburg, visited
friends in town on Saturday.
Harold c. Dayton, of New York transact
ed business in town on Tuesday.
John w. Goldswor,hy of Centralia, was in
town on business on Saturday.
MIR. Frank Bells of Scranton, was among
the visitors TO town last week.
DIR. J. II. Montgomery of Buckhorn, spent
Wednesday afternoon in town.
w. A. Mari Esq, Of Ashland, had legal
business here on Wednesday.
John Moran, of Bellefonte, made busi Z.
ness trip to this town on Tuesday.
Mr.. Alfred Kinter of Norristown stopped
between trains in town on Saturday.
John Burcher, of Wayne County is visiting
his brother Joseph in town this week.
/ har1 t., -
Sunday with his parents on Fifth Street
Art Colley foreman of the tube works at
Shickshinny, was in town over Sunday.
Mr.. Frank White, OF Tazleton visited
relatives and friends in town on Saturday.
Miss Annie German, who has been visit
ing in Wilkesbarre, returned home last week
Mrs. Jane Mcbride and daughter Mrs. l.
ID. Jones went to Wiliamsport on Saturday.
Mrs. William Klechner visited her dauch
ter, Mrs. William Scott at Milton last week.
Miss Grace Sober, of Danville, is visiting
her sister Mrs. DIR. Bierman on Fourth
Street.
Miss Sue Linville, Of the EXCHANGE
Bakery, visited her parents in Berwick over
Sunday.
Mr.. w. ii. Smith, editor of the Benton
argus, transacted business in town on
Monday.
Coleman Lewis, who has been confined to
the house by sickness for the last two weeks.
is out again.
Miss Helen Bloom of Trenton n. 7. visit.
ed Miss Louise Jameson at the Exchange
Hotel this week.
Grant Herring and W. II. Rhawn Esqs.,
attended a banquet at Williamsport ON
Andrew Jackson day.
Mrs. Asher Girton and children Of Jersey.
town, visited her aunt Mrs. J. II. Stecker,
IN town over Sunday.
After spending two weeks visiting friends
At Williamsport, Mr.. and Mrs. John Custard
returned home on Friday
Mrs. r.. w. Oswald started for Arkansas
on Tuesday TO see her grandmother, Mrs.
Hanly, who is seriously ill.,
Miss Gertrude Kenny, OF Bridgeyille.
New Jersey, is the pleasant guest of Miss
Nellie Ent on East Third Street
Edward Beagle of Scranton, who has been
visiting friends around town for few days,
returned home on Saturday.
M. E. Rit,enhouse and wife. of Briar.
creek, visited the latter's father II. M.
Hockman, in town on Saturday.
Mrs Joseph Preston of East Third Street,
who has been visiting relatives in Philadel- |
Phia for the last six weeks, returned home
this week.
Wilbur T. Reeder ESQ.,, of Bellefonte has
been appointed solicitor for the commissioners !
OF Centre County. He is son of II. I. |
Reeder of Catawissa.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14
Try Grain-0! Try Grain-0 |!

Ask your Grocer to-day to show you
a package of GRAINO, the new food
drink that takes the place of coffee.
The children may drink it without in
jury as well as an adult. All who try
it, like 1t. GRAIN-O has that rich
seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is
made from pure grains, and the most
delicate stomach receives it without
distress. + the price Of coffee. I5c.
and csc. per package. Sold by all
groceIs. II 4td.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14

The "Sporting Craze" which ap-
peared at the Opera House Monday
night was not very well attended.
The performance was good, and
deserving of better house.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14

Procure tickets for the play at the
Opera House next Thursday, January
sIst, by home talent. Between the
acts there will be some vocal music
by well known singers. The proceeds
will 60 to the organ fund of the Epis-
coDal church.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14

Mary, wife Of George Meyer, who
has been IN i'll health for some time,
died at her home on Railroad street
on Sunday night, aged about fifty-nine
years. A husband and one son sur
vive. The funeral took place on
Wednesday at three o'clock.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14

We have made arrangements for a
two column letter from Harrisburg
every week while the Legislature is in
session. 1t will be written by cor
respondent who has opportunities to
get at the inside workings, and will
prove interesting reading.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14

A number of young people spent a
pleasant evening celebrating the eth
birthday of Ralph Oil, on the corner
Of East and Seventh Street, Monday
night.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14

The gold mounted pipe which was
chanced off at the Central Hotel on
Monday morning, was won by John
Lewis Of Iron Street.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14
ANNOUNCEMENT is.

For RENT. The west half of
double house on East Third street,
Bloomsburg. Possession given on
December Ist. All modern conven-
fences. Rent reasonable. Apply to J.
w. Conner, Orapgeville, or ID. w.
Campbell, Bloomsburg. II-I9-tf.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14

Those who will take part in the
entertainment at the Opera House
next Thursday evening, January 81,
have given much time for the prepara-
ton of the program. The public
should show their appreciation by
giving them full house.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14

There seems to be little Of en-
couragement in prospect for the bust
ness conditions for the new year.
Let us hope that the future will not
be as calamitous as predicted.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14

M. l.. McHenry, of Berwick, died
suddenly on Saturday evening. He
was constable Of that borough for a
number of years. His age was sixty
four years.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14

You can procure a copy Of "Gone
Forever" at music stores, or by en-
closing 40 cents and sending to d. ].
Tasker, Bloomsburg, Pa.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14

There should be something said on
tombstones about husbands having
been good providers and less about
" gentleness and lave"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14

Do not miss the fire scene at the
Opera House, January 90. See the
fremen carry children down ladder
from burning building. Taken from
an actual occurrence.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14

"Darkest America" which appears
at the Opera House Friday is guar.
anteed production, and should fill the
house.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14

The preachers of the different
churches of Hazleton have concluded
that Sunday funerals are not right,
and have taken steps to prevent them.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14

A. Z. Schoch, on Monday, soil to
E. A. Rawlings sixteen head of cattle,
the average weight of which was fit
teen hundred pounds.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14

The people all over the country
will be startled during this month un-
less Prof. Coles, should happen to
miss it in his predictions for January.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14

The following letters are advertised
Jan. IL, 1897: Sylvester Jones, Rev.
Clarke Merrill, Miss Dillie Swoyer.
Will be sent to the dead letter Office
Jan. 26, 1897.
JAMES II. MERCER, p. M.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14

The fourth annual gymnastic ex-
hibition of the Normal School will
take place in Normal gymnasium to-
morrow night.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14

The mock trial given by Philologian
Society in Normal Auditorium on
Saturday evening was we'll attended.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14

Catarrh is constitutional disease
and requires a constitutional remedy
like Hoods Sarsaparilla, which pur-
fies the blood.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14

Health Officer Hagenbuch reports
that there are only four cases of
diphtheria in town at present.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14

1t is always well to lock the stable
even after the horse has been stolen,
as the thief may want the harness.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14

Election notices for the spring cleo
tion for sale at this Office at 10 cents
a dozen. f.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14

G. w. Sterner has sold his mill
and Market street property to l. J.
Davenport of Plymouth.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14

Saratoga chips are not near as ex-
pensive to handle as those of the
poker variety.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14

The grand national March takes
place on the fourth of that month this
year.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14

The forecast of the week in Con-
gress is like that OF the weather.
slightly uncertain.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14

J. H. Maize will move into his new
residence on North street on February
Ist.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14

There will be service in the Zion
Church on next Sunday at 1880 A.
M.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14
J. E. ROYS.
J. e. ROYS.

Iregard the entertainment given by
Mr.. Lyman H. Howe with the ami
motiscope and phonograph, as one of
the most enjoyable l have ever wit
messed. The reproduction by the
phonograph of the famous music of
Sousa and the Cadet Band of Boston,
is truly wonderful. Many favorlte
songs of the day were rendered with
charming effect. The living pictures,
as shown by the animotiscope, rank
among the wonders of this century.
GRANT HERRING.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14

Rev. d. E. Rupley has moved from
Espy, where he has been preaching
and gone to Montgomery, where he
will fill the pulpit of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church. He was pastor
at Espy, but owing to poor condition
of his health, he thought change
might prove beneficial.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14

The spring elections this year will
be held on Tuesday, February I6.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14

Jack Frost had his nippers on this
section of the country this week.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14
Highest Of all in Leavening PowerLates us Govt Report
RH!A!:.!!! g! RRskiH& Rs%as&7
ABSOLUTELY PURE

Legal advertisements en- page 7.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14

13 dress patterns at $500
each were 500 to 50 90.
All wool serges, 25c., in
many colors.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14

Chenille table covers, SOC. for
the S1.19 ones. Others at the
same discount. A nice stand
cover for SOC.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-08
Only a Speck of War.

The western counties of Colorado
have been saved from another in
vasion of sheep Ind war between
the cattlemen and sheepmen has
beer averted. 1t seems that nu-
merous sheep men in Utah were
under the impression that the quar-
antine proclamation issued by Gov
ernor McIntire would become void on
his retirement from Office on jan
uary Is, and while Governor Adams
was getting ready to issue a new
proclamation they could move their
sheep into the state and be in pos
session of the ranges before any
thing could be done to drive them
out.
There was no thought of violating
the law, but It ,1as believed the sup
posed technicality could be taken
advantage of. The sheep men how
ever, were honest enough to COM
municate with DR.. Gresswell, state
veterinary surgeon, and he consult
ed with Governor McIntire. The
latter declared that the office of
governor never died and advised the
doctor to see Attorney General Carr
and get his opinion on the matter
General G arr rendered an opinion
shortly after in which he declared
| that the proclamation held in force
until it was rescinded by an execu-
tive order. It was not issued by
the governor as person, but as an
Official, and the governor, as in the
case with the king under the old
common law, never dies. The sheep
men will not attempt to INVADE the
state now, Mr.. Gresswell says.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-08
Range Prospects Not Gloomy.

A prominent cattleman says that
he does not view the remaining
months of winter with any alarm and
says that while it may eduaI the win.
ter of 1867 in severity, the condi-
tions are so changed that the disaster
of that winter could not be repeated
During the summer of 1886 larger
number Of southern cattle, were turn
ed loose on the northern range was
fed off until it was as bare as a pave
ment before winter set in. The
southern cattle, unused to hard
weather, would not get out to feed,
but would hover into a brush
thicket, under a cut bank or get iuto
some old cabin and remain there
until they would freeze to dea tn
In some cases fifteen or twenty
head would be found piled up in little
cabins around the country, where
they had endeavored to escape from
the storm. In other cases fat an
imals were known to break into hay
corrals near ranches and freeze to
death standing in feed up to thier
bodies because they were not ac-
customed to the northern winter
weather. There is sure to be some
loss next spring. but. 1t will pro-
bably be greater after the green
grass has started, when the cattle
became very weak and unable to get
out of the mud holes OH the ran ge.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-08

one OF the most gigantic mining
deals ever set on foot in this section.
He has bonded the entire region
between the Homestake group onthe
east, Gold run on the south, Poor
man gulch on the west anb Dead
wood gulch on the north.
The engineer, who has spent ff-
teen years from Alaska to Mexico,
has studied and sampled the ground.
He pronouuces it a veritable
mountain of free milling ore of all
grades. His report doomed the
rambling guesses over the value of
the new find. There has been a
rush to get close to the area under
bond, covering upward of $50 acres.
There are many old favorites con-
cerned in the deal. The list includ-
es the Durango, the Cheyenne and
the Swamp Eagle, The Swamp Ea-
gle was tor many years the richest
specimen mine in the Hills, and was
only forced into second place by the
Holy Terror. The Durango has
earned many fortunes.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-08
NORTHWEST SHIPMENTS
A Decrease of ~ Per Cent From
the Shipments of the
Previous Year.
WE MARKETED MANY HEAD

Not the Banner Year for Rang
ers.-The Season Not Very Sat-
isfactory.
From the best and most accurate
figures at hand relative to western
range shipments for 1896, The STocK
MAN sums up the matter as follows:
Cattle shipments from the west
ern ranges this season, for the first
time in number of years, show a
marked decrease over previous years
And by a coincidence the decrease
from the previous year is almost the
same as it was in 1889. In 1888 the
stock shipments from the western
ranges was less than 100000 head,
and this year it is not expected to
exceed that figure by more than
thousand. In 1889 the ag gregate
shipments had fallen to 100000, a.
decrease of 40 per cent, from the
previous season. But by 1896 they
we're at high water mark, 431 600
head. This season the shipments,
have fallen off ~ per cent. In five
weeks 125, 900 head were rushed to
market, and in one week 80, 900.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-08
Irrigation Meeting.

An irrigation meeting was held in
Rapid City on Saturday last and the
proper utilizing Of Rapid creek
water for irrigation purposes was
discussed at length. Heretofore,
much of tho water has been was ted
and the supply cut short. A meet
ing will be held at Wood & Bnell S
law office on the 10th and steps
taken to correct the matter and aid
the irrigation cause in general.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-08
Attention. Ranchers.

The Tom Sweeney Hardware Co.,
Rapid City, has several tons of fine
alfalfa seed for sale in any quantity
at hard pan prices. Write to them
or call at the store.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-08

that all the drift was full of gold and
two new towns have already sprung
up in the camp. There was a crazy
run of prospectors, and surveys have
now been made as far west as Bear
Gulch and Niger Hill, fifteen miles
away. Candid miner are predict
ing that the golden glory OF Cripple
Greek is to be equaled, if not dimmed
by Ragged Top.
Gold fever, which has been pre-
valent for the last few years, is now
a raging epidemic. When Yellow
Creek camp was discoved, about two
years ago, Black Hills people were
amazed at the richness of the de-
posits. The ore averaged $50 ton.
This was enough to make the COM
munity mad and the woods have
been full of adven turers and search
ers ever since. There is not a foot
of ground for miles and miles around
that has not been scrutinized.
Gold finds were made in ground
which has been traversed and re-
traversed annually for twenty years.
Ragged Top was practic ally de-
serted. 1t was assumed to have no
gold. All the miners are now re-
peating the old axiom that gold is
where you find 1t.
Balmoral and Nerve City are so
excited that day and night are all
the same. Bankers and bu IS
men of neighboring cities are daily
investigating and bonding new dis
coveries. The streets are full of
strangers, who come for a day and
then disappear down the gulch or
across tbs cliffs. It is the revival
of the spirit Of '49. The word that
it is poor mans camp was widely
spread. Laborers in the mills and
from distance are getting their
pay, buying a tool or two and hasten
ing to the edges of the claims which
are already being worked or have
been staked out Men swarm in
from their little mines and tell that
the gold crops out through the lime
at the grass roots.
The one cry here at this time is
to take to the hills and find easily
secured fortunes as big as those
which others have made in the same
district by the expenditure of great
capital. Ragged Top has been miss
ed until this time because it's forma-
tion is entirely different from that
OF Bald mounts!n, Ruby baisn and
Yellow creek. There ores are fonnd
between the quartzlte and shales,
and are encountered in the porphyry
the dlkes running down in some in
stances to depth of $50 feet. Rag
ged Top, on the contrary, is in lime
save the big part which seems to be
IN gold.
The Dacy mine is near the summit.
Its owner is a new Stratton. The
engineer who started the work dug
ten feet under the surface, The ore
secured there assays at $3.50 ton.
1t is the talk of the town that the
vein is pronounced practically with
out limit. There will be practically
no cost in working it. The Black
Hills have neAer had such rush of
gold prospectors. John Pierce has
! come from Sioux City and started
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-08
STORY OF RAGGED TOP
Complete Account Of the Camp
Which is Causing the Big
Stampede.
THE POOR BECOME WEALTHY

The Rush of 1915 Brought Vivid
ly to Mind.-A Second Cripple
Creek.
Never since the balmy days Of '76
has the Black Hills country been
worked up to such fever heat over
our new gold. finds as since the phe-
nomenal strikes at Ragged Top in
the northern Hills about mont h
ago. 1t can be truthfully stated
that the gold fever is rampant and
the scenes of earlier days are being
enacted over again in the rush for
riches at Ragged Top. From ever y
campin the entire Hills miners are
rushing to the new ell dorado and if
the strikes continne the fame of
Cripple Greek bids fair to give way
to the new bonanza. In olden time
was said that "All roads lead to
Rome = The expression can now
be modernized into all roads lead to
Ragged Top At Portland, J, where
the roads from Deadwood and Lead
meet, the sight that meets the eye
is strange and peculiar one. The
highway is thronged with vehicles
of every description. Men on foot
and horseback are either going to
the famous camp or returning from
it filled with enthusiasm over the out
look. Wagon load after wagon load
of lumber, household goods, mining
tools and supplies are constantly go
ing to the camp. From the adjoin-
ing camps half of the business men
are at Ragged Top looking up sites
and putting up buildings either for
branch houses or with the I'M ten tion
of permanently locating there
Two towns have been located,
Balmoral and Nerve City. and what
a month ago was simply a craggy
mountain region is today a bustl.ng,
hustling town of over 1000 people.
There has not been such a scatter
ing with ore pans, picks and stakes
since Bald mountain and Ruby baisn
put tile miners into a fury. The
diggers who first broke ground in
the new field have been out but little
more than month, a nd it is esti-
mated that fortune day has been
the average. It has been d poor
man's bonanza, the mineral appear
ing on the surface and the assays
Of the quartz taken from the surface
and sent to the smelters run from
$50 to 800 a ton, with frequent
assures producing as high as $500 a
ton. Ragged Top has been passed
over time and again by the men who
came to the Hills for a speculation.
1t is in the limeston formation. A
lettering miner, dreaming of ricdes,
put in his time rambling over the
precipitous cliffs overlooking the
canyon to the east. There were
open assures and out cropping
shales, and, picking out favorable
spot, he started camp. He struck
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-06-03
The Making of Tubing.

One Of the most important parts OF
the bicycle, because it is the most III
evidence, is the tubing. The manufac-
ture of tubing is now carried Oh to a
large extent in this country, althoagh it
is but recently that the home production
has reached a stage OF perfection where
it could successfully compete with that
of the English concerns.
There are a number Of methods Of
making tubing, but the IL mostly Ill
vogue at present is what is termed the
cold drawn process, and iG is OF this style
of tubing that ali the high grade ma
chimes are at present being made. The
machinery required is ponderous, and
the power required to draw ont q piece
of steel without heating it is another ex-
hibition Of the perfection Of modern ma
chinery.
There are a number of variations TO
the method employed, one of which con-
sistS III taking a piece of steel i'll the
shape of a bar or in8Ot. This is bored
through the center. It is then passed
through a die, after which 1t is heated
and treated to a bath III a secret prepa-
ration which removes the temper that
the drawing process imparts. This is re-
peated "a number Of times, and each die
used is smaller than its predecessor with
the result that the tube grows smaller
and longer. This is continued till the
tube is the right diameter and gauge
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