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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-09
PENNSYLVANIA NEWS ITEMS.

The Farr eight hour law will be
enforced at Hazleton.
The peach crop in the eastern
part of Pennsylvania is Of tremendous
size.
Pennsylvania Master Horse
shoers are in convention at Harrisburg
this week.
The National Commandery of
the United States Regular Army and
Navy Veterans will meet in Reading,
beginning next Monday.
Martin Moran, of Providence,
Lackawanna County, who died last
week, was III years old and believed
to be the Oldest resident in this state.
Readings embarrassed building
and loan associations will settle their
debts to each other upon a three per
cent basis on or before January /,
1899.
-Ex-Mayor Charles B. Sutton, Of
Wilkesbarre, died on Monday, aged
sixty-seven years. He was a republi.
can in politics and served two terms
as mayor of Wilkesbarre. He was
prominent in Grand Army circles.
Ex-Governor John P. Altgeld,
of Illinois, addressed an audience OF
about 5000 people at Washington
park Philadelphia, Monday afternoon.
His subject was "Municipal and Gov.
ernment Ownership and Government
by Injunction"
The mammoth manufacturing
plant, Mendelssohn park, near Nc
keesport, containing the Mendelssohn
piano works, the Barckhoff organ
works and the Dickson & Wood brick
works was burned to the ground at an
early hour Monday morning, entailine
loss of $4,000.
Legislator Walter E. Ritter Of
Williamsport, announced on Tuesda,
that he would accept the Democratic
nomination for Auditor General given
him by last weeks State convention
at Reading. The Young Mems Dem
ocratic Club, OF which Mr.. Ritter i:
president, is making preparations tc
have monster ratification meeting.
The Luzerne County Democratic
Convention Tuesday was largely at
tended. The greatest enthusiasm
prevailed, and, after hard days work
good ticket was placed in the field
There was stiff fight for the head O
the ticket, that of District Attorney
There were three candidates--Colone
T. R. Martin, S. S. Herring ant
Bernard McManus. Two ballots were
necessary for a choice. Martin lee
on the first ballot, and was nominated
on the second, after Herring had with
drawn.
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Dunn's Weekly Review of Trade,

"Failures in August were in num-
Der not II per cent. less than in
August, 1896, but in amount of La.
bilities 1913 per cent. smaller. July
and August show lower average Of
liabilities per failure than has ever
been known in any year or even in
any quarter of the % years X. G..
Dun & Co. have kept quarterly
records. The improvement is also
well distributed, extending to nearly
every important branch of business,
but in clothing, jewelry and unclassi-
fed trading only two months Of the
past Al have shown smaller failures,
in general stores and furniture only
three, in groceries. hats and iron
manufacture only four, in hat and
chemical manufactures only FIVE, and
in clothing manufacture only six
months Of the Al. The ratio of de-
faulted liabilities to payments at clear
ing houses has been smaller in July
and August than in any other month
since early in 1898.
August was the first month in
which the daily average Of settlements
through clearinghouse exceeded
materially that Of the corresponding
month of 1892, the excess at the
principal cities being 1873 per cent
Nor is this due, as might be supposed
10 activity in stock speculation, fol
the stock exchange clearinghouse
now disposes of very large share o.
transactions, SO that they affect bank
exchanges far less than five years ago
The volume of business here has beer
distinctly larger in other than specula
tive lines than it was then, and ir
textile goods phenomenally large
though slackening this week, buyers
having nearly completed their inita
purchases. With an extraordinary
movement in gram, heavy real estate
and building transactions, and in
creased business in iron products. th'
month was clearly the busiest Angus
ever known"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-09
AN IDLE MOMENT.

The new revenue cutter Is a record
cutter, too.
Wigsby was asked what mine was
the best to invest in, and replied, Mine
own"
Boys will be boys. This Is nonsense.
Boys will be men--if they live long
enough.
Every man Is of the opinion that he
paid terrible price for his experience,
while Others got theirs at bargain
counter.
The late Princess Alice of Hesse did
much for the progress of women, and
her memory is fondly cherished by
those who were benefited by her kind
ness.
Tar and feathers do not seem to be
an antiQuated mode of punishment. at
least In Nebraska, where a man was
recently tortured for cruelty to his
step-daughter.
The Machias, Me-, Union tells of an
Auburn man, who has been confined to
sickbed seven weeks now, and who
wrote book three years ago ON How
not to be sick"
Husband-Why are you so anxious
for me to insure my life? Devoted
Wife-Well, darling, what chance
should l have of marrying again if you
left me peniless?
Il have proposed to seven girls this
summer already" said Timmins, "and
| haven't been able to get accepted
once. Dinged II l am not beginning
TO feel like one of my poems"
A French gentleman. who had heard
rum called spirits, went into a hotel
and called for glass of punch, re-
questing at the same time that 1t
should be made of ghosts from the
Vest Indies"
There Is wealth OF subtle logic in
the epitaph inscribed on the tomb of
a North Carolina moonshiner: KILLED
by the government for making whiskey
out of corn grown from seed furnish
ed by congressman"
Miss Madeline Pollard, who disap-
peared from public view after her sem
sational suit against Congressman
Breckenridge, is living quietly in Lon
don, and is understood to be studying
with view to engaging in literary
work.
A watchful and eloquent parrot
hung in the saloon Of John Stadler, in
Muncie, Ind. The proprietor and his
family slept up stairs. A fire broke
out while the occupants were in deep
slumber, and they were alarmed in
time to save their lives by the parrot
constantly shouting: Fire! Fire! Get
me out!"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-09
Did Not Like Texas.

In the old civil docket recently
brought to light in the court house at
Greensburg, Pa, there are several
cases recorded against George Wash
ington. In the course of the year
1887 three claims were entered
against him to compel him to pay
taxes. The humorous clerk of that
time has written the following under
the claims George Washington,
ESQ, appeareth not to like taxes.
-Ee.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-09
MISSING LINKS.

Fish stories are now in their prime.
Pleasure may be shadow, but It
uses heap of substance.
Boston has dead mans curve which
Is even worse than New York's.
In the fifth century before Christ re-
fined copper was deemed as precious
as gold.
He who knows the world will not
be too bashful. He who knows him
self will not be impudent.
During Queen Victoria's reign the
taxes in Great Britain have doubled,
and trade has increased sevenfold.
Queen Victoria, In returning thanks
for past favors, gives notice that she
will continue business at the old stand.
She-Of course, you all talked about
me as soon as | left? He-No, dear;
we thought you had attended to that
sufficiently.
The Boston Transcript thinks that
the two most attractive places In the
country for conventions are New York
and Boston.
Your personal affairs are of mighty
little concern to the world unless you
have been doing something that you
oughtn't tc.-Life.
Hood, In describing the meeting of a
man and lion, said: THE man ran
off with all his might, and the lion
with all his mane."
The following is an advertisement in
a Kansas paper: Man and wife desire
board and room in private family
Must have storm cave"
Many persons Of irregular habits and
lives charge to our climate numerous
aches and pains which are the result
OF their own heedlessness.
The Atchison Globe says: We find
IN the course Of day that we have
all the outdoor exercise we need in
lodging people who ride wheels.
In New Zealand the boys swim riv-
ers and climb hills to go to school.
Here they frequently stay away from
school to swim rivers and climb hills.
Railroad engineers in Germany are
rewarded for carefulness. If they run
ten years without accident, each engi-
neer receives gold medal and about
five hundred dollars in cash.
The number of immigrants who ar
rived in New York during the fiscal
year just closed was 180,556, OF whom
lO6,O40 were males. Total immigration
to the United States was some 100000
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-09
Important Pension Decision.

An important decision for pension,
ers' widows have been given by Assist
ant Secretary of the Interior Davis,
that where the evidence shows the
cause for pension was complicated
with a disease which was the immedi
ate cause of the soldiers death, the
widows claim on account of the death
from these complications will be sus
tanned, the death being held to be ir
the line of duty in the service.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-09
Devoted to Bryan.
Chairman Garman Says Democrats Pui
Him Next Jefferson and Jackson.

In answer to query from a New
York paper as to whether the growing
prosperity Of the country has shaken
the faith of Democrats and Populists
OF this state IN the silver issue and
whether their loyalty to Mr.. Bryan as
leader is as great as ever, State
Chairman Garman sent the following
"The Democrats in general con-
slider any present evidences OF pros
perity due entirely to accidental cir,
cumstances, and we can see no special
reason to believe that prosperity is
here except by squirt. Nor have
the Democrats lost faith in the silver
issue. Their loyalty to Bryan has
become a devotion. He is placed
next to Jefferson and Jackson in
Democratic esteem"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-09
Building and Loan Associations.

The annual report of the Banking
Commissioner upon the building and
loan associations of the State contains
several interesting features First of
all 1t shows that despite business de-
preston and hard times the people of
small means, who are the chief share
holders of these associations, continu-
ed to save money during the entire
year, the assets Of the 1913 local as
sociations having increased more
than seven per cent. over the assets
reported for the previous year. 1t
shows, too, that only one. third of the
shareholders are borrowers. Forty
two new associations were chartered
and only five failures occurred among
the strictly local associations.
The general conditions of these as
sociatlons Is shown to be sound, and
their affairs we'll and economically
managed, an exhibit that should lead
to a very marked addition to the
$Io7,ooS,IIo.So which stood to their
credit last year. Times are better
now and there will be more money IN
the hands of the working people for
investment. The report shows that
on the whole there is no sounder form
of investment, for while the rates of
interest secured are moderate the in
vestments are safe, and those who put
their money IN are reasonably certain
to get it back when they want it, with
a secure and moderate increase. The
rate of interest is above that paid by
the savings banks, and the encourage
ment for investing small savings in
this way is very great.
There have been some cases of
mismanagement brought to light dur,
ing the year which should serve as a
warning to all local associations to
take nothing for granted. The sud-
den death of one man who was an
official in not less than twenty associ-
ations in an inland city, leaving his
accounts in confused and tangled
state, emphasizes the necessity for a
complete annual exhibit of the &C.
counts of every association to an au-
dlting committee composed of men
who will audit There is a tendency
IN the smaller towns, where every
body knows everybody else, to entrust
the entire management of one or
more associations to well-known
citizen of admitted integrity. Such
men are liable to die suddenly or to
become embarrassed in their own
affairs, and the only safe way IS to
exact such clear system of accounts
that no matter who dies or fails in
business the shareholders of every as
sociation shall be able to know to a
cent the condition of their invest
ments.
While the Bank Commissioners re-
port shows that on the whole the con-
ditlon OF these associations is sound
and that they are wisely managed, it
should be the aim of the shareholders
OF each association to improve upon
this until there is no further room for
Improvement. The few failures that
have occurred show where the weak
spots are, and should serve as object
lessons upon what to avoid in future.
= Times.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-09
RuEsel & HaFman,
BLOOMSB URG, PA.

penitentiary.
Moore, who attempted to commit
suicide while in Jail at Hollidaysburg,
appeared in Court with his throat
wrapped in a bandage. He told
Judge Burlington that Moore was not
his night name, but declined to give
the latter, for fear his parents in
Philadelphia would learn Of his dis
grace.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-09
Postal Robbers Ruse In Court,

William Moore and James Lewis,
IN the United States Court at
Willamsport, on Tuesday, were found
guilty of robblng the post Office at
Barnesboro, Cambria County. Moore
was sentenced to five years, and Lew
is to four years and six months in the
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-09
oSb ACRES,

being the same tract OF land which Edward
Ritchie and wife by deed dated the i2th day OF
Dec. 1881, granted and conveyed TO |. X. Tit
man, recorded Jan. 81, 1884 in Deed Book 81 p.
1877.
The second thereof-beginning at a post, a
corner OF land OF Thomas Poke; thence along
line OF said Poke, south 80 degrees east 40 per-
ches TO a post; south i5 degrees east 62 2-lO
perches TO post, thence by land of Edward
Richie, south 80 degrees west 50 $40 perches to
a rock oak; south 79 degrees west 76 5-i0 per-
ches to a chestnut north ~ degrees east 10 5-l0
perches TO a white pine; south ~ degrees west
"a perches TO a post; thence by land of James
Masters north I'm degrees west llS perches TO
post on bank OF creek; north 42H degrees east
55 perches to a hemlock, south 7SH degrees east
SO perches to white pine; north ESQ degrees
east l3 perches TO post north 42H degrees
east 33 5-i0 perches to post. south STA de-
grees east IS perches TO post, south IN de-
grees west IS perches to post north s7h de
grees west AZ $40 perches to the place OF be-
ginning, containing 1888 Acres, II Pelches'
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-09

The corn crop in the west is below
that of last year, and the prices are
higher Spectators have turned to
corn in preference to wheat, and the
fact that Europe may have to take
our corn as we'll as wheat, in order to
have sufficient food supply has tended
to send the prices up.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-09
SHERIFFS SALE.

By virtue OF a writ Of Fl. Fa., issued out Of
the Common Pleas OF Columbia County Pa, and
to me directed, there will be exposed to public
sale at the Court House, In Bloomsbury, Pa, on
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1897,
at 2 o'clock p. NJ, All those two messuages,
tenements or tracts OF land situate in the town.
ship OF Greenwood, county OF Columbia, and
state OF Pennsylvania, the first thereof bound
ed and described as follows, to-wit: Beginning
at a post, corner OF land OF Thomas Poke;
thence south aH degrees west lCoH perches;
thence north SIN degrees west Ice s-l0 perches,
north 216 degrees east ~ perches, north ~ de-
grees west 6s perches TO post, south 79 de-
grees west GA perches to a white pine; north 2Ia
degrees east l6 5-lO perches TO chestnut, south
70 degrees west 76 :-lO perches to a rock oak;
south so degrees west 60 $40 perches to a post
south 45 degrees east ~ perches TO the place OF
beginning. containing
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-09
are erected
FRAME DWELLING HOUSE.

whereon are erected
FRAME DWELLING HOUSE,
barn, wagon shed, and other out buildings, fruit
trees and water on premises. The land is In u
high state OF cultivation for growing grain and
grass. .sbeing the same property which W. W.
Ewes and wife by deed dated day OF April, 1871,
granted and conveyed toll X. Titman, recorded
the 81 day of Jan. 1891, In deed book 81 p lss
excepting thereout and therefrom the second
tract, 2s acres sold to John shultz, and acres
sold to Henry Warner which two deeds do not
appear OF record
Seized, taken into execution at the suit oil
Jos. w. Ewes, now TO use OF Edward Richie vs..
l. X. Titman and TO be sold as the property OF
|. X. Titman.
j. b. MCHENRY, Sheriff.
IKELER & KELLER, Attys
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-09
Fall Opening! Fall Opening!

We ready to show you all the latest styles in FALL
GOODS that be in the markets of the world Here
they in almost countless numbers for your selecting Don't
delay until the best gone they too stylish and mex
pensve let pass Goods going price but bought
early and you that advance
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-09
JardiniereS.

When you move your flowers
inside and want Jardinieres, we
ask you to see ours. Our line
is the largest in town and our
assortment of shapes and sizes
is complete.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-09

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1897.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-09
Groceries,.

We are prepared to offer you
rare bargains in this depart
ment. We have made double
efforts to please you and we are
offering you goods here now at
prices that they cost to buy
! wholesale. You may buy the
same priced goods elsewhere
| but how about the quality of
them. Will you give us a
trial.
Evening journal., 1897-08-17
INSANITY IN PRISONS.
Comparative Statement as to the Num-
Der In New York State.

Albany, Aug. 1.-THE state prison
commission today issued statistics show
ing the number Of convicts confined and
employed in the state prisons and coun-
ty penitentiaries and the number that
have gone insane since Jan. 1 last, as
compared with similar statistics for the
first eight months of 1886 This state
ment was prepared In consequence Of
the reports that insanity was increasing
TO an alarming extent In the Kings
county penitentiary, due to the idleness
of prisoners.
The statement shows that there were
3S cases of insanity this year, compared
with 81 last in the state prisons and 33
this year compared with 20 last in the
penitentiary. This makes a total in
crease Of insanity in the penal institu-
tions Of the state this year of II. In the
Kings county penitentiary there were
II cases, but the statistics show there
were 16 cases during a similar period of
1896. On Aug. I. out Of a total state
prison population of 3,297. an increase of
over the number confined on that
date last year, $500 were employed. as
compared with 3.O05 last year. an in
crease in the number of idle prisoners of
SOi,
In the penitentiaries 2s62 out of 1886
confined were employed, as compared
with 1914 at work out Of a population OF
/ 4,210 last year. A notable fact in con-
nection with this Is a decrease in the
number confined of GIL, which leaves the
increase Of idle and sick men this year
but Il more than the number last year.
Evening journal., 1897-08-17
Report on the Gold Rush.

Washington, Aug. 17.-William J..
Jones, United States commissioner to
Alaska, assigned to st. Michaels, has
sent to the interior department the fol-
lowing report on the gold rush in a let
ter dated at Dyea Aug. 4:
Nearly 800 people are on the Dyea
and Skaguay routes, and both trails
are blocked. People are throwing away
their packs and provisions and rushing
headlong to the mines. Great distress,
hardship and suffering and possible
death from hunger and exposure Is sure
to follow next winter. an opinion that
is entertained by all old Alaska pros
pectors who have visited that part OF
the world in late years and know the
situation"
Mr.. Jones is one of the two men
whose duplicate appointment for the
same post created a complication which
has not yet been Strengthened out
Neither man yet knows that the other
has been commissioned.
Evening journal., 1897-08-17
NEW TRICK TO DRAW TRADE
shrewd business Man Who Takes Adj
vantage OF Human Curiosity.

shrewd business Man Who Takes Adj
vantage OF Human Curiosity.
On a street off one OF the main thor
oughfares q plainly-clad young man
stood gazing into the window OF a shoe
shop. A messenger boy, thinking the
object of the young mans attention
must be something worth seeing,
stopped and gazed. too. The pair were
joined by q clerk on his way TO lunch,
and presently quite n little crowd had
gwa1med up There was nothing spe-
cial to see, after all; just tiers of com
monplace shoes, with labels announcing
their prices. AS fast as the people in
the crowd found that il wasn't one of
those idiouc mechanical toy monkeys,
or a live sparrow-the latter is a great
curiosity in a window-they passed on.
One or two, perhaps, went into the shop
for further inspection of some pair of
shoes that had caught their fancy.
The young man waited until the
crowd had quite melted away. Then he
strolled on to the next corner. A strag-
Cling group of men turned past him and
toward the shoeshop. He overlook
them and walked briskly until he
reached the window that seemed to at
tract him. There he stopped short and
began to gaze at the shoes with an
earnestness that was conspicuous
Every one Of the crowd following
paused to investigate the attraction
One of them went into the store tc
look further. The rest went on, the
young man with them as far as the
! corner.
a dozen times an hour, all through
that afternoon, was the performance
repeated. At six o'clock the youth him.
! self entered the store.
Everything satisfactory, I hopeY
he said to the well-dressed man near
the door.
"Quite so. Come again tomorrow,
was the answer. And the well-dressec
individual handed the youth a large
white coin.-Chicago Times-Herald.
Evening journal., 1897-08-17
Standing Of the Clubs.
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Charles Compton, the actor. died in
London.
a locomotive ct the government works
at Tybee island, near Savannah. fell
through a trestle and killed several per-
sons.
George Seymour, who has been in
hypnotic state for four weeks, awoke
with violent convulsions and 10 now
able to converse.
In the case Of John Waltz. charged
with the murder of Jacob Lemon in
Forest City, Pa, the jury has returned
a verdict Of murder in the second degree.
A gun burst on board the British third
class cruiser Champion while practicing
off the Norwegian coast. dangerously
wounding an officer and seriously in
juring three other men.
A steam ferryboat plying between the
old and new towns of Dresden was cap
sized by the wash of a large steamer.
More than so people were thrown into
the water, and several are missing.
Evening journal., 1897-08-17
Murder and Suicide.

San Francisco, Aug. 17.-John Mas
terson. aged rs, shot and killed John
Kurran. his nephew, and fatally
wounded himself. Kurran was the pro-
prietor Of a grocery store and employed
his uncle as clerk. A few days ago he
discharged the old man. Masterson
appeared at the store later, and after a
few words with his nephew drew pis-
tol and fired three shots at Kurran. who
fell after the third shot, which took ef-
feet in the left breast Masterson then
attempted to kill the youth who had
succeeded him as clerk, but the latter
fled. Masterson turned the weapon
upon himself, inhicting a fatal wound
in his head.