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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-02-11
VOL. 80
PRINTING THE BALLOTS,

The contract for printing the ballots
for the coming election has been
awarded to the COLUMBIAN at Sc. 80
per thousand for official, and 81. 50
for specimens. This is 50 cents less
per thousand than was paid last year,
but the commissioners now furnish
copy for the tickets just as they are
to be printed, whereas heretofore the
printer has had to copy them off from
the papers filed in the commissioners
Office. When the time of the clerk
and commissioners is considered in
making out the forms there will be no
great saving to the county. There
are to be Io6I5 official ballots and
1900 specimens. This is the least
number that has ever been printed.
The law requires that there shall be
IS ballots for every SO voters or frac-
tion Of SO. This would make about
1900 officials, besides the specimen.
This number has been found to be
excessive by experience, and has been
gradually cut down. The number of
specimens ordered allows only an
average of 80 to district. Whether
this is enough remains to be seen.
The Daily of the 3rd inst in speak
ing Of business before the commission
ers, says: y
"The greater portion Of the day
was taken up preparing the election
ballots for the printers. The old
board put this duty on the printer and
left 1t substantially to his discretion
how the ballots should be arranged,
and where mistakes were made the
county paid the bill for the correction. {"
AS we have printed all the ballots
since the Baker law was passed, we
cannot let this statement as to the
printers mistakes go uncorrected.
The form of the ballots has not been
left to the "discretion of the printer"
but proofs have uniformly been sub
mitted to the commissioners for their
approval. Very few mistakes have oc-
cured, and when they were the mis-
takes of the printer they were correct
ed at our expense. The county never
paid one dollar for correcting our
errors.
The only extra payment for tickets
was in February 1894, when the Ber-
wick ballots were reprinted by order
of the commissioners, after we had
completed them according to the form
approved by the board. Some OBJ
lection was made to the form, and
they were ordered reprinted. In
1895 the tickets for the districts EN-.
braced in Bloom Poor District were
reprinted by order of the commission
ers. At that time hardly two people
could be found who would agree on
the same form of ballot, and after
careful examination the commission
ers decided upon form. After they
we're all done, a change of form was
agreed upon by the county chalrmen
ofthe two parties, and the commission
ers, and they were ordered reprinted,
SO that, as stated before, the county
has never paid anything for the print
ers' mistakes.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-02-11

The question of an increase Of the
bonded Indebtedness of the town will
not be voted on at the election next
Tuesday, for the reason that the ordi-
nance was not adopted in time for
thirty days publication previous to the
election, as provided by law. The
resolution to put this question to a
vote of the people was adopted by the
Council on January aIsr which would
give it but twenty-six days publication,
hence the taxpayers will not vote on
this subject until a special election is
held.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-02-11

c. II. Moore, Sylvester Hutton and
Reuben Bellies appointed viewers for a
road in Fishingcreek.
In the case of Hidlay VS.. Angle, the
jury rendered verdict on Wednes-
day morning for the defendant.
Estate of Michael Fetterolf. Au-
ditor's report confirmed nisi.
In matter of account of M. E.
Stackhouse, administrator of estate of
Clinton w. Lewis deceased. H. A.
McKillip is appointed Auditor to pass
upon exceptions and make distribu-
ton.
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STUDENTS ONLY ADMITTED.

A regulation has been adopted by
the Faculty of the Normal School
iorbldding the attendance of any but
regular attendants of the school at the
Saturday evening literary exercises.
1t is said that this action was neces-
sary owing to the fact that about 200
children from town and number of
grown psople, were SO disordsrly as tc
disturb the meetings. Under these
circumstances the action of the
faculty is right. Those who wish tc
enjoy the advantages of the schoo
should not abuse the privilege. .
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-02-11

An investigation made by the Sen
ate as to the origin of the fire that
destroyed the state capitol, seems to
indicate that it started from the fire in
the open CRATE in the Lieutenant Gov
ernor's room, in some way getting
down through the hearth among the
tlmbers beneath. The testimony de
veloped the fact that no precautions
against fire had been adopted, no fire
brigade was ever organized among the
employees, and little if any extin-
gushing material was kept about the
buildings.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-02-11

The Bloomsburg Council of the
Royal Arcanum will hold a public
meeting on the evening OF the a4th
inst, when addresses will be made by
Grand Regent Leisenring, and Grand
Orator Weiss. Arrangements are
being made to make it an interesting
occasion. This is an excellent order
and gives cheap and safe life insur-
ance, as well as the benefits of So
cial fraternity.
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Bar Meeting.

There will be meeting of the Bar
Association in the court room on Sat-
urday, 18th inst, at ten O'Clock, to
consider the report of the Law Ii
brary Committee for the years ISo4-5
@; also to consider ways and means,
and to elect a secretary.
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William +. Greasy assumed the D,

William T. Greasy assumed the po
ston of editor of the "Seotinel " last
week. He possesses ability, is a
strong Democrat, and a gentleman,
who, we believe, will not stoop to per
sonal journalism. He delivered his
salutatory last week, and on the ad
journment of the Legislature he will
be actively connected with that paper.
We welcome him to the editorial fra,
ternity, and wish him success in his
new field.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-02-11

Mrs. A. H. Dreisbach died at the
home Of her daughter, Mrs. J. D.
Shaffer, on Friday morning at four
O'Clock, aged fifty six years. Her
health had been failing for some time
past. Her husband, G. w. Dreisbach,
died some years ago, and Mrs. Shat.
fer is the only surviving member OF
the family. The funeral was held at
the house on Monday afternoon at Two
O'Clock. conducted by Rev. l. NJ
Patterson.
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BASKET BALL.

The finest game Of basket ball ever
played in this town took place in the
Normal gymnasium on Friday night
last, when the University of Pennsyl-
vania lost close ard hotly contested
game by the score of II to 10. The
attendance at the game was very
large, good many people from other
towns being present.
The game was somewhat delayed at
the start, owing to the fact that man.
ager Abbott, of the visitors objected
to Worthington's playing, claiming
that he was professional, but they
finally came to terms, and the game,
started with Worthington in his posi-
ton. The Normal boys started in
with dash, for in 80 seconds from
the time the game was started, they
threw two baskets, and for while
the noise was deafening. These two
baskets, practically won the game, as
the visitors braced up, and when time
was called at the conclusion of the
first half, the score was a tie-7-7.
In the second halt, the Normal
boys kept up the good, and after a
half minute of fast work Young made
a very good play, throwing a basket
from the forty-foot line.
The passing of the ball was one OF
the features of the Normal teams
play, and it being done as it was, SO
accurately, made the exhibition very
pretty one to witness.
For Pennsy, the work of Milligan,
was exceptionally fine.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-02-11

"Voluntary slaughter" was the
verdict returned at Sunbury Tuesday
night, against Patrick Boylan, vino
fatally stabbed Frank Roarly, at
Locust Gap, in October last.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-02-11

The choir of St. Paul's Church viii
give a chicken and flannel cake sup
per IN the Parish House on the eve
ming of February IS. from S to 9
o'clock. Supper IS cents. The pro
ceeds will go in the organ fund.
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COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

A meeting of Town Council was
held on Thursday evening.
President w. o. Holmes and all
the members Thomas Corey, Charles
Kunkle, f. A. Rawlings F. J. Rich
ard, w. r. Kocher and w. ID. Brobst
were present.
A permit to build two story house
on north side of east Fifth street was
granted to c. C. Peacock.
Messrs. Kocher, Richard and Kun
kle, members of the Finance Com
mittee, submitted the following in
the case of DR.. J. r. Evans against
the Town Of Bloomsburg. The amount
claimed by DIR. ]. r. Evans was
$r74I.a5 for I64 feet Of ground, shade
trees, grape vines, berry vines, fruit
trees, coal house, &C., destroyed in
opening Jefferson street. In order to
compromise the matter we suggest
that the Town pay to DIR. Evans
$500 and for this amount he will re-
lease the Town of all claims TO date.
Brobst and Rawlings moved that
the report be accepted. Carried un-
animously. Same to be submitted to
the Solicitor for proper preparation.
Notice from Board of Health was
received notifying Council that Isaiah
Hagenbuch has been elected Health
Officer of the Town of Bloomsbury at
a salary OF $Io per month. Same
received and filed.
In the matter of opening SCOTS
alley through land owned by w. L.
Demaree the latter made the follow
ing proposition: 81 will give the Town
an alley same width as present alley
for $3.50 and the balance of the land
east of the alley about fourteen feet
more or less for $Ioo providing the
Town accepts the latter within three
years"
On motion of Kocher and Richard
Mr.. Demaree's proposition was ac-
cepted without dissenting voice.
Town Treasurer Yost sent in a
request that the Town furnish him
with sufficient money to pay the inter
est now due on Town bonds. After a
short discussion, on motion of Corey,
duly seconded by Richard and un-
animously carried, the President was
authorized to negotiate a loan of
$1,000 for thirty days for the purpose
Of paying the coupons now due on
bonds, and that the Treasurer be ms
tructed to retain the license money
soon to be paid the Town, to pay off
said loan of $I,oo
Bills were presented, read and the
Secretary directed to issue orders for
the same as follows;
Bloom Store Co., goods for B.
F. Taylor, ordered by board
of health. S 6s
O. B. Mellick, cement and team
work at corner Iron and
ocConu. II 10
Paragon Plaster and Supply Co.
for plaster at corner Iron
and Second streets. II OF
Meyer Bros, 2 bottles chloride I 90
Steam Co., three months steam
at Town Hall ....... 90 81
Water Co., 81 hydrants. -. SO II
Arlington Shultz, police, ar
rests ....... I 90
F. Drake, police, 3 arrests. -. 50
l. Hagenbuch, Health Officer,
two months salary. -. go 90
P. H. Freeze, I'll days work. IS 90
&c. Brown, publishing ordinan-
ces and printing slips. ..... II 50
J. c. Brown, printing Order
BOOK. SO
Greasy & Wells, lumber. -. a. "a
Harman & Hassert, material,
coal, repairs &c. 40 4s
Policemen Knorr and Culp. :. SO 90
Secretary Rlngler ......... 90 90
An order was also directed to be
drawn in favor of DR.. Evans for $500
and given him as soon as all proper
releases are filed.
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grave

Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Rishton have
issued invitations for a large party to
be given az the Club House on Mark
ct street, on Thursday, the 18th inst.
in honor of Mr.. Frank H. Sloan and
his bride, of Baltimore. 1t will no
doubt be the leading social event OF
the season.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-02-11

Mrs. John Zaner, of Fishingcreek,
died last Thursday night, aged over
seventy years. Her husband and nine
children survive her. The funeral
took place on Monday morning, Rev.
A. H. Houtz conducting the servic es
at the house, and Rev. E. A. Sharretts
at the church. A large concourse of
friends followed the remains to the
grave
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-02-11

]. Howard Patterson, son of Rev.
|. M. Patterson, was admitted to the
bar last week. He read law in the
Office of c. G. Barkley, Esq.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-02-11

Prothonotary Henrie is the father
of an entirely new son, who arrived in
Catawissa on Sunday.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-02-11

NOalS from Held, MOOre 2 Det-
wiler 8; Young 1; Milligan 8; De-
Loire I. Goals from fouls, Moore /,
Milligan 2. Time, 2 twenty minute
halves. Umpire, Abbott, N. of P.
Referee, DR.. Van Horn. Timer C.
B. Lutz.
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CONFESSION.

Dear pussy. love you, and Is your true
friend,
Cause l saved you whippin' to-day,
When cook missed her custard. and every
one said
1t was puss that had steaIed 1t away.
lou know you are naughty sometimes,
pussy dear,
So In course you got blamed, ANAL that!
An COOK took stick, an she 'cared she
would beat
The thief out that mizzable cati
But I-didn't feel comfor'ble down in my
heart,
So saved you the whippin' you see,
Cause L went to mamma an telled her |
'spect
She'd better tell cook to whip me.
Cause her custard was stealed by bad
little girl,
Who felt dreffely sorry with shame.
An 1t wouldn't be fair TO whip pussy. in
course,
When that bad little girl was to blame!
Was il my little grille ?' my dear mamma
f' dreffely scared, but nodded my head,
An then mamma laughed, "Go find nurse,
There's some custard to wipe off a little
girls dress"
Well then, course they knew
1t was l, an not you,
Who stealed all the custard an then ran
away.
But it's best to be true
In the things that we do,
An'-thats how saved you a spankin' to-
day.
-CHurch1nnn.
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Hare Hunting.

This branch of sport has a host of
earnest supporters throughout the north
ern states and Canada, and many fine
dogs are kept for the sole purpose of
driving the white fellows. Some hunt
ers use native foxhounds and crossbreds,
such as are used to drive deer. Needless
to say, the man who regularly hunts
deer and hares will keep certain hounds
for each kind of work. Hounds schooled
to drive hares are a nuisance on a deer
hunt, owing to their tendency to follow
the lesser game when the greater is
wanted. Smart barriers are excellent
for hares, but perhaps the best dogs for
the purpose are good sized beag1es.
These enterprising fellows are unex-
celled as trailers and have fine voices,
while they are just large enough to have
the necessary speed. The very small
beagles will trail enthusiastically and
make fine music, but they are compare
lively slow. Moreover, their short un-
derpinning is not the best pattern for
work in deep snow, in which the cream
of the hunting is usually to be had, The
very small beagle is dear little dog,
true, game and interesting, but he shows
to best advantage Oh the trail of the cot
tontail. Outing.
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English devotees of the hunt are meet
ing with occasional disaster on account
of the growing habit among farmers of
inclosing their lands with wire fences,
sometimes barbed, in the place of rail
fences. A few farmers are so obliging
rs to take down these wire fences in the
winter; others tie red rags on the wire,
80 that the obstruction may be announc-
ed in time to the horsemen, but a few
farmers who are against the hunters on
principle say that if men are going to
ride over their lands they can do SO at
their own risk and refuse to announce
the presence of wire. The other day a
six season mare, as clever a hunting
horse as was in the district, was liter
ally cut to rags, the strand of barbed
wire being run loosely through the top
of a hedge and tapping around her like
snake when she was brought down.
The mare was shot, and the rider escaped
a broken neck only by miracle. This
happened in one of the most fashionable
hunting districts. London Letter.
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THE PUMPKIN.

All, on Thanksgiving day, when from east and
from west,
From north and from south come the pilgrim
and guest,
When the gray haired New Highlander sees
round his board
The old broken links of affection restored,
When the care wearied man seeks his mother
once more
And the worn matron smiles where the girl
smiled before,
What moistens the lip and what brightens the
eye.
What calls back the past like the rich pump
kin pie2
Oh, fruit loved of boyhood, the old days re-
calling,
When wood grapes were purpling and brown
nuts were falling,
When wild, ugly faces we carved in its skin,
6laring out through the dark with candle
within,
When we laughed round the corn heap, with
hearts all in tune,
Our chair broad pumpkin, our lantern the
moon,
Telling tales of the fairy who travelled like
steam,
In pumpkin shell coach, with two rats for
her teaml
John G.. Whittier.
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DENSITY OF POPULATION.
The Most ThiclSly Peopled Spot In the
World Is In New York City.

The Most Thiclxly Peopled Spot In the
World Is In New York City.
In The Century is paper by Mrs.
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, ON "Places In
New York, " in the course of which the
author says: Cross the Bowery now, and
you will enter the famous Tenth ward,
true tenement house district, forming
part of the most crowded city quarter
in all the world. AS a whole, the city
of New York below the Harlem river
(the Island of Manhattan) is more dense
ly peopled than any other city in the
world, counting 1882 persons to the
acre, while Paris counts 1862. Then
one-sixth of the entire population of all
New York, reckoning now with the
parts above the Harlem, too, is concen-
trated upon I'll acres of ground. Here,
ON the lower east side of our town, in
the summer of 1894, there dwelt some
824, 900 souls, averaging 4766 to the
acre, and certain section of this great
area, the Tenth ward, showed a local
acre average of 626 26. The most thickly
peopled spot in Europe is the Jew quar-
ter in Prague, but it is only one-fifth as
large as our Tenth ward, while it shows
density scarcely greater than that of
the whole of the I'll acres in which the
Tenth ward is contained-485.4 per
acre.
Nor is this the worst that our I'll
acres can reveal. Sanitary district A of
the Eleventh ward, bounded by Avenue
B and Second street, Columbia, Riving-
ton and Clinton streets, contains 32
acres, and in the summer of 1894 each
of them bore 1885, 4 human beings This
is the very thiokest, blacklist coagula-
tion of humanity in all the known
world. No European place of anything
like the same size even approaches it,
and its nearest rival is part of Bombay
where the average population over an
area of 46. 06 acres is 759 66.
Yet it should be remembered that,
while our acres are thus more heavily
burdened than any others, places can be
found in European as in Asatic towns
where people are more uncomfOrtabiy
crowded within doors. There the houses
are low, but New York tenements are
very lofty, and thus our floor space to
the acre is much more extensive More
over, although we are now more crowd
ed than ever before, our sanitary state
steadily improves. During the decade
which closed with 1874 our death rate
was 30.27 per 1000. During the one
which closed with 1894 it was 24.07.
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beautiful group, thronging all about
me, and as l saw them come I thought
l knew their step, and as they shouted
l thought l knew their voices, but then
they were so gloriously arrayed in ap-
parel, such as l had never before wit
messed, that 1 bowed as stranger to
stranger. But when again they clapped
their hands and shouted, Welcome,
welcomed the mystery all vanished,
and found that time had gone and
eternity had come, and we We're all to-
gether again i'll our new home in heaven.
And I looked around, and I said, care
we all here?" and the voices of MANY
generations responded, "All herep'
And while tears of gladness were rain
ing down our cheeks, and the branches
of the Lebanon cedars were clapping
their hands, and the towers of the great
city were Ginning their welcome, we
all together began to leap and shout
and sing, ''Home, home, homeP'
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"A Word or Two

10 sufferers from catarrh will not be amss
il cure can be offered. EIy's Cream
Balm has become favorite 10 all sections
of the United States. Your cold in the
head will be quickly relieved by it, and
the severest tack of catarrh will yield
to, and be perfectly cured by a thorough
treatment. Catarrh is not blood dis ase.
but an Inflammation Of the passages Of
the nose apd throat, due to climate
changes.
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How He Gauyed Tt.

"Johnnie," said the farmer, "gc
down in the cellar and draw a pitcher
of that sweet cider. Take candle with
you.
"Don't need no CANDLE" said John,
ME.
"Ah, my little man." said the min.
lister, who was staying overnight, "you
must have quite an accurate judgment
to have filled the pitcher in the dark
without running it over. -
"Aw," said Johnnie, sit amt nc
trick at all When it got up to the firsi
joint of my thumb, I stopped. Gin.
cinnati Enquirer.
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Only q Ouarfar

Teacher-Yea know, Johnny, if you
cut an apple in two each part is called
a half
Johnny-Not if my brother Dick cuts
it. The part I git amt never more'p
about a quarter of il, ma am. Chicago
Tribune
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Galbara, an Arabian giant who was
brought to Rome by the Emperor Clau-
dius to serve in the imperial bodyguard,
was feet 9 inches high. Pliny says
that he was the tallest man ever seen In
ROma - .', l. -
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Do not wear impermeable and tight
fitting hats that construct the blood
vessels of the scalp. Use Halls Hair
Rsnewer occasionally, and you will not be
bald
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-12

"Fsint heart" said the nervous young
man, meyer interviewed the girls
father"
And, brscing himself by tremendous
effort, he rang the door bell. Puck.
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"It must have been a very tender.
hearted butcher who killed this lamb"
said the Cheerful Idiot, pausiDg in the
saving of his chop.
"Why?" kindly asked the shoe clerk
boaider. "He must have hesitated three
or four years before striking the fatal
blow. w."-IndianapoIis Journal
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funerals of our dead. Father and moth
er, with interlocked arms, like inter
twining branches of trees, making per-
petual arbor of love and peace and kind
ness, then will forget thee; then, and
only then. You know, my brother, that
100 times you have been kept out of sin
by the memory of such a scene as have
been describing. You have often had
raging temptations, but you know what
has held you with supernatural grasp.
I tell you a man who has had such a
good home as that never gets over it,
and man who has had a bad early
home never gets over that