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The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-28
Auction Sale at Lakewood.

Closing out at auction sale at Lake
wood on Saturday, October 80, at 10
O'Clock, and will be sold at public auc-
ton to the highest bidder, all stock
and farming tools, horses, pigs, hens,
chickens, plows, scythes, rakes, wagons,
hay rack carts, double and single har-
ness, sleds, pungs and sleighs, all the
furniture contained in both hotels lately
known as Lakewood and Lakewood
Inn, consisting of rs full chamber suites,
mattresses and springs, carpets, COM
mode sets, blankets, sheets, pillows,
curtains and fixtures, dishes, silver
ware, glasses, tables, chairs, rockers,
ice chests, refrigerators, side boards,
table linen, napkins, kitchen ware.
stoves, ranges, heaters and cooking
utensils, fifty dozen hand and roller
towels, also lawn settees, swinging
chairs, targets and rifles, and everything
connected in and around Lakewood
grove and Lakewood Inn.
This is your opportunity as this stuff
is all practically new and in perfect con-
dition, and will be sold without reserve
to the highest bidder at the above men.
toned place, formerly known as Hayden
lake, Madison Center.
A nice hot lunch will be served free
at noon to all patrons of the sale. Re
member the date, weather permitting
Saturday, Oct. 80, commencing at Il
o'clock, a. 81. Henry Washburn, auc.
tioneer.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-28
M ARRIED.

Brighton-Oct. Il. by Rev. E. ]. Whitman.
MIR, Perley Wyman and Miss Sadie Ramona,
both of Brighton
Concord, Oct. l0-By W W. Hamblett, Esq.
Edward C. Rollins and Miss Carrie NJ. Healey,
both of Concord.
Concord, Oct. 24-By W. W. Hamblett, Esq,
Melvin F. Burns of Concord, and Miss Elsie E.
Cooley of New Portland.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-28

Frederic Small, the representative of
Sampson, Murdoch g. Company, the Bos-
ton publishers of the New England Bust
ness Directory and Gazetteer, is in town
in the interests of the forthcoming vol
ume of that publication for 1898. The
New England Directory is too well known
a publication among Maine business men
to need much description, it having been
before the public for more than two
score years. The first edition of this
work was published in 1856 and has been
issued regularly for Al years. Covering,
as it does, the six New England States,
classified by business, city or town and
postotfice it is invaluable as a book of
reference to merchants, manufacturers,
professional and other business men.
The issue of '98 promises to we'll sup
port the excellent reputation this book
has enjoyed so long.
---z - ~zs - -
Mr.. Reuhn X. Greer of Middleboro,
Mass, is the guest of his sister, Mrs, S.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-28

The best way to test good coal is to
put 1t with fire. Give our coal test
and you will find 1t the best In the
market. STANDARD COAL Co.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-28
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Job Pruning.

The Job Printing Establishment connected
,ith the SOMERSET RRRoRrRR IL prepared to
40 all classes of work. the richest rs well as the
most common Jobs. Competent and expert
snoed workmen are employed and fargo
stofk of paper, envelopes, advertising, we'd
dinx and business cards in great variety
orders of dances, bills of fare, programs ETC.,
etc printed In great variety Of styles on short
notice. Commercial printing speciality
Orders BY mail will receive careful attention
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-28
DIED.

Skowhegan, Oct. 2O-Mrs. Sarah Vigue, aged
So years, 10 months.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-28

Mr.. Reuhin X. Greer of Middleboro,
Mass, is The guest of his sister, Mrs. S.
Fl. Atwood, this week.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-10-14
He WON S5OO,OOO.
Remarkable Claim Against Favored Son IN
Will Case.

A contest has arisen over the Will
of Thomas r. Morgan of Canton, o.,
whose estate is placed at something
over $I,ooo,ooo. Three sons were
made benehciaries to the extent OF
one-twenty fourth each of the estate.
Another son was given ten-twenty-
fourths.
1t is charged by the three sons and
other heirs that the favored son used
some hypnotic influence over Mr.
Morgan, which induced him to give
HIM more than his legal share. 1t is
known that the son favored has ire
auently exercised mesmerlc power
over the others, and the contestants
of the will set up the claim that such
power was used on the decedent
Morgan and President Mckinley
were intimate friends. The president
was about to make public appoint
merit to Consulate for which Mr.
Morgan had been chosen when deati
suddenly came.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-10-14
LEMUEL AMMERMAN DEAD.
Former Congressman and we'll known Law.
yer and Financer.

Ex-Representative Lemuel Ammer-
man. who was elected from the
Lackawanna district and served in
the Flfty-second Congress, and who
was resident of Scranton, where he
was well known as fnancier, lawyer
and politician, died suddenly of heart
disease Thursday afternoon at Bloss.
burg, Tioga County, where he was in
company with his business partner of
many years, exLieutenant Governor
l.. A. Waues.
Lemuel zimmerman was born in
I846. He was a fellow law student
with Ex-Governor Pattison, Judge
James Gay Gordon, and w. F. Har.
rity, Of Philadelphia, in the Office of
the late Lewis Z. Cassidy, of Phila.
delphia, ex-Attorney General Of Penn.
sylvania. Besides his career in Con.
gress, he was Scranton's City Con
troller in 1887, and in 1886 was ap
pointed by Governor Pattison reporter
OF the Pennsyvanla supreme Cour
decisions. He was president of th'
Lackawanna Valley Traction Com
pany and Blossburg Water Company
vice president of the Spring Brool
Water Supply Company, one of th'
biggest water supply combinations ii
the State the Scranton * Pit,stol
Traction Company, the Brooksid'
Coal Company, and the Manshel
Water Company. He was one of th'
executors of the Handley 100000
estate. Mr.. zimmerman died worth
million dollars. He had been MAJ
ried three times, and leaves a wido'
and son and daughter, children b
his present wife.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-10-14
For Selling Drinks That Kill.
Barkcap Arrested. charged with !nvoun-
tary Manslaughtsr.

Robert Kline, of Richlandtown.
Pa, was taken to Doylestown on
Thursday by Constable Burgstresser
on a process issued by Coroner kuns'
man, charged with "unlawtully caus'
ing the death of H. Oscar Horne" a
youth aged IS years. of near that
borough. The charge is virtually one
of involuntary manslaughter, and is
the result of the finding of the Coron-
er's jury in investigating the death OF
Young Horne, who was found dead in
his fathers barn on Sunday morning,
September 10.
The testimony showed that Horne
with several young companions, nae
been drinking heavily the night be
fore at a hotel in Rlchlandtown
where the deiendanr tended bar anf
the post-mor.em showed he had dice
of acute alcoholism. Judge Yerke
held Kline in the sum OF $4,000 t'
appear at the December term o
Court.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-10-14
Fads in Medicine.
its plant

There are fads in medicine as in
everything else and a "new thing
frequently sells for short time SIM
ply because it is new. But in medl-
cine, as in nothing else. the people
demand and will be satisfied only with
positive, absolute merit. The fact
that Hoods Sarsaparilla has stood Its
ground against all competition, and
its sales have never wavered but have
remained steadily at the top, demon
strates, beyond any doubt, the infrln'
sic virtues of this medicine. The new
things have come and gone but Hoods
Sarsaparilla rests upon the soho
foundation OF absolute merit and 1T
power to cure, and its sales continue
to be the largest in the world.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-10-14
Prosperity Coming.

The crops this year are not larger
than they have been for some years.
The four largest crops of corn ever
raised in the United States yielded
$500 900 900 less than the four smallest
crops. Not only is this anomaly true
OF corn, but also of potatoes and to
some extent, OF wheat.
The foreign demand for wheat Is ex-
cellent European countries will not
give the yield that was expected, and
the deficiency will be filled by Ameri-
can wheat, which now is twenty cents
higher this year than last
The price Of potatoes Is double what
it was last year. Corn has advanced
three cents over last year, and cattle
fifty cents per 100. Wool Is third
higher and sheep has advanced
fourth in value. There has been little
change in the price of oats or dairy
products.
The increases in price will result II
putting money into the hands OF far
mers. This will be used to pay credi
tors, who will liQuidate Indebtedness
Thus prosperity will illuminate IN
whole country within short time
Assistant Secretary Of Agriculture
ii. Brigham in an interview.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-10-14
ORDER OF COURT FOR
SPECIAL SESSION.

Now, Sept. 2gnd, 1897 Emergencies having
arisen requiring traverse jury IN the Court OF
oyer and Termner, and also for SPECIAL
SESSION OF the several Courts OF Quarter Sess-
ions OF the peace, general jail delivery Court OF
oyer and Terminer, Orphans court and Court
OF Common Pleas In ard for Columbia County.
1t Is ordered that such special session or term
OF several Courts shall be held at bloomsbury,
in said county. commencing on TUESDAY, the
goth day OF October, A. d. 1897, at ten o'clock In
the forenoon OF said day, and shall continue FOR
period, or term, OF two weeks, ana that o
tri erse Jurors, to serve In the said Court OF
Oy,i and Terminer and Court or Quarter scss.
ions oi the Peace for and during said special
term ui two weeks as aforesaid.
BY THE COURT.
Attest ". II HRNRIE. Clerk.
Clers' Oflice, Bloomsburg, Pa.
e-!2-Y
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-10-14
COST OVER $4,000.
Expense OF the Hazleton Strike-An lnspec'
tor Resigns.

The officials ofthe National Guard,
through the governor and adJutant
general, have drawn warrants on the
state treasury to the amount of SII5,-
900 for the payment OF expenses Incl
dent to the calling out Of the Third
brigade and Philadelphia City Troop
for the suppression of disturbances in
the Hazleton coal regions. The $Ir5,-
900 represents the cost OF pay OF the
troops and partly quartermaster stores,
subsistence and transportation, and
500, the price of flag purchased fol
use on the ground occupied.
Major w. S. Millar, of Scranton
has resigned from the position OF in
spector of the Third brigade, Nat'ona
Guard of Pennsylvania, which he mas
held for over two years.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-10-14
Business Still shows an Increase.
Finished Iron Products Stronger with Demand
0u.running Capacity Of work.

r. G.. Dun & Co.'S weekly review
of trade says:
While failures were the smallest
ever known in any quarter since 1892
and business payments through banks
the largest by Sa6S,ooo,ooo ever
known in September the spectators
who profess anxiety about Cuba, or
fever at the south, or municipal
election, still have some influence.
Helping them just now is the fact
that after extraordinary purchases for
replenishment of stocks from any sec
tion or town there must necessarily
be for time less buying from that
quarter Yet business is still increas
ing, the productive force steadily en-
larges, the distribution of wages
affords an increasing fund for pur-
chases, and the foundations are laid
for larger business hereafter.
Crop reporters who have widely diff,
fered nov agree in putting the yield
OF wheat about $50, 100000 TO $780,
900, 900 bushels, which is nearly 200
900, 900 bushels more than will be re
| quired for home use, keeping stocks
as they were July I, the lowest tol
seven years.
A large increase in the production
of pig iron, with heavy realizing sales
of lots held on speculation, has caused
a decline Of fifteen cents to $1,000
for Bessemer at Pittsburg, though
gray forge there has advanced 2!
cents, and pig iron is stronger a
Chicago and eastern markets. Bu
finished products grow stronger, wit
demand outrunning the capacity O
works in operation in many branches
so that delays in delivery are in sheet
and tin plate bars embarrassing, an
| in some other branches orders can
| not be filed within one or two months
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-10-14
GREAT THINGS COMING.

plans by tho Agricultural Depart.
Nc" ment ut Washington.
,,..r, News gives the following out
Tho plans of the Agricultural de-
par, tho Agricultural department in
-, vears had carried out the original
p pi,oa of the free seeds distribution"
. ~ nlan would not have been degraded
~. n, tbe wasteful farce 1t Is, and the
nnotests INF, that have gone up all over the
pvn,rv against its continuance would
vO uover have been heard. The present
nood of the department is preparing for
= sensible distribution next year, or
ratber he is putting In operation plan
1as which the distribution of seeds OF
Now and rare plants Is a small feature)
,rhich cannot fail to be OF great benefit
,o the country in that most important
~ all things--the dlversifying of its In
Justries Professor Wilson has COM
menced the investigation of agricultur-
al conditions abroad, and in furthering
,be idea has adopted n policy OF util-
ting the services OF experts who are
abroad. and Of enlisting the help Of
government appointees sent to foreign
posts. According to Washington dis
match he has consulted with several
recently appointed ministers and con-
suls with the result that they will for
ward reports as to certain lines of ag-
ricultural work In the countries to
which they are sent. Consul Buck. the
nav minister to Japan, will forward
seeds of legumes, bulbs, etc, with ex-
nanatory notes, while Mr.. Patterson,
consul to Calcutta, will report on agri-
cultural products in the far Southern
attitudes.
professor Plum of Perdue university
is going abroad, and, as side issue
has been commissioned to report on the
condition of dairying in the countries
he visits Other scientists will go tc
Australasia and to Mexico, and the lat
ter will collect specimens and data
which my be desirable from the semi
arid regions. Advantage will be taker
OF the visit of an expert to Centra
Asia and tree seeds from there are ex
pected. Professor Hanson, of the agri
cultural college of South Europe, will
be sent eastward to bring seeds ant
legumes. Special efforts will be mad'
to obtain the latter in various places
because of their power to bring nitro
gen from the atmosphere into the soil
Secretary Wilson says it is his in
tention to prosecute a vigorous searcl
of foreign high and dry attitudes 70
yegetation that may be introduced witt
success in similar attitudes in thi
country"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-10-14
Islnnchinr Celery.

To enjoy celery perfectly blanched.
care must be exercised in the earthing
up, so as not to allow any OF the SOIL
10 get into the centre or heart or ths
plant, otherwise it may be spoiled.
When this work has to be done by one
man. it is a convenient way to first tie
he stalks up together, not too tightly.
or It may rot, but just close enough
without pressure to prevent the en-
trance of any soil to the heart. ln
large gardens where several men are
kept, the most expeditions way Is to
have three men do the work. one man
On each side OF the row or rows to dig
up the soil and place 1t In position
against the plants, while the third
man straddles the row. and In each
hand gathers together the stalks and
holds them up till the other men put
she soil in position. AS the work
progresses the soil is to be somewhat
.Ompacted with the hands. Three good
handy men will do this work very
quickly after little practice. On soils
containing many insects, or earth
worms, or where celery is liable to rust
badly from the iron in many soils COM
the best and most satisfactory way Is
TO use boards, a foot or so in width,
placed on edge on each side or the
rows, about six inches apart, accord
ing to the size of plants. There Is
much difference of opinion among
growers as to the best method OF
o!anching celery to best secure that Pc
cuiiar nutty flavor found in we'll
olanched celery, many claiming the ne
cessity of earthing UP, but we hnd
that celery can be blanched just as
well and be just as tender by the use
of boards as by the earthing up pro-
cess but If boards are used longer
time should be given to blanch. This
method has the advantage OF clean
rustless, and wormless stalks. Fol
summer use the sclf-blanching va
reties only should be used.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-10-14
BREWERS ORGANIZE A GIGANTIC
TRUST.

The preliminary steps to the organ
ization of great combination OF
Pennsylvsn MIA breweries, with the title
of the Central Pennsylvania brewing
company and an enormous capital,
was taken at a meeting held in Phlla-
delphia on Friday.
The firms concerned therein are
Casey d. Kelley, E. Robinson x Son,
NJ. Robinson & Son, the Lackawanna
brewing company and the Michael
Hand brewing company, all of Scran-
ton the Reichard & Weaver brew
ing company, of Wilkes-Barre the
Hazleton brewing company, OF Halle
ton the Hughes brewing company
and the Hughes & Glennon brewing
company, of Pittston the Hartung
brewing company, of Honesdale the
Krautex brewing company. OF Car
bondale, and the Dixon brewing COM
pany, of Dixon. The capital will be
$Io,o 900.
To days meeting was attended only
by the attorneys who arranged the
legal details of the consolidation and
looked over the titles to the plants
and properties of the various brewer
les, all of which, according to the
plan, are to be transferred to the
general company. Another meeting
will be held later when the brewer
will be present to sign the contracts
and give official approval to the plan
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-10-14
Invalid Poultry keepers.

1t used to be the fashion to recon-
ment poultry keeping as just the one
thing for invalids. In these later times
We read things like this: I'VE must
caution the invalid. as we would the
lazy man or woman, to keep out or the
poultry business. We know of no busl-
ness which is so exacting In its re-
quirements, nor which demands longer
hours, nor closer application" Isn't
there middle ground somewhere!
And Is not the fact that those in the
business engage so small an amount OF
help partly responsible for the Ions
hours and the exactions? With the
right kind Of help and enough OF 1t
there are many classes OF invalids wht
need not find the business so extremel.
exacting. But there's the rub. Wher'
can they get that help?
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-10-14
sPANlARDs BADLY DEFEATED.
Admit Loss Of Fifty Men in a Noun
tain Battle.

Havana, Oct. 7.--Colonel Rotger
has been engaged with an insurgent
force at Carmen, this province. The
enemy, the Spanlards say, occupied
high positions in the interior of the
mountains in that vicinity, and in this
manner they explained the fact that
Colonel Rotger lost 10 soldiers killed
and that he, two of his officers, an
army physician and the man who
guided the troops, in addition to 90
soldiers, were wounded, showing, the
Spaniards admit, a loss of nearly SO
men killed and wounded. AS against
this, the Spanish officials only claim
the insurgents left one captain and
one private killed.
FILIBUsTER's CARGO CAPTURED.
According to the bulletins issued
to-day from the headquarters of the
Spaniards a Government force has
ambushed and captured boat having
on board 2o7 boxes of ammunition
and has also seized s4o boxes of am.
munltion, which the troops found
ashore. Both of these lots of ammu-
dition, it is stated, belonged to an ex-
pedition which landed at the mouth
of the River Arimao, in the district o
Clenfuegos, province of Santa Clara
recently.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-10-14
Among the Iron Mills.
Report From the Various Centres Of Indus
trial Activity.

With many of the iron mills report
ing a better demand, with a number
OF concerns passing from the receivers
to their owners hands, and with long
idle plants being put in operation,
prospects in iron and steel seem
brighter.
Top Mill Furnace, of the Wheeling
Steel and Iron Company, at Wheeling,
". Va, which has been out of blast
for some time, is soon TO be put in
operation.
The Alburtis Furnace. OF the Tho
mas Iron Company, at Alburtis, Pa,
is shortly to resume operations.
No. Henry Cay Furnace, of Eek
ert & Bro, at Reading, Pa, has been
blown in.
The Dayton Coal and Iron Com
pany, Limited, of Dayton, Tenn, is
so rushed with work that it is making
preparations to put in blast its No. 2
furnace.
Hannah Furnace, of the Mahoning
Valley Iron Company, at Youngs-
town, o., has been put in operation,
after long idleness.
The Birmingham Rolling Mills, o'
the Birmingham Rolling Mill Com
pany, at Birmingham, Ala have beer
put in operation after an idleness o
three years. About 1900 hands are
now employed.
The Star Iron and Steel Works, o
Lindsay & McCutCheon, at Allegheny
Pa, have been put in full operation
The open hearth department at th'
plant Of the Pennsylvania Steel Com
pany, at Steelton, Pa, is in active op
Grafton.
The entire plant of the Pennsy
vania Bolt and Nut Company, a
Lebanon, Pa, is being operated nigh
and day.
1t is stated that the Old Dominic
Nail Works, of the Old Dominic
5 Iron and Nail Works Company, {
Richmond, Va, are working full time
I The plant of the Alabama Rollln
Mill Company, at Gate City, Ala,
running full time in all departments.
The entire pudding department. ;
the Crescent Iron Works, of tf
y Whitaker Iron Company, at Whee
;, ing, W. Va, is now in operation.
The tinp'ate plant OF the Elwoc
Tinplate Company, at Elwood, Ind
is running full time. with good pro
poets for a continuance.
d 1t is stated that the Indiana Ire
Company, at Muncie, Ind, has lease
the old Darnall iron mill, which HI
v been idle for three years. The stal
ing of this plant will give employme
!, to large number of additional me
-, Work has been resumed at Il
$ Hollidaysburg Iron Works, of tt
r. Hollidaysburg Iron and Nail Cor
g pany, at Holldaysburg, Pa. The
" works have been idle for long tim
ii The pudding department at Il
National Rolling Mills, of the Natio
+ al Tube Works Company, at M
,r Keesport, Pa has resumed oper
:. TORS after an idleness of about fl
10 months.
# The Great Western Tinplate Coz
s. pany, of Joliet, ILL.,, has its tlnpla
,- plant running triple time.
as The plant of the Valentine lr
r Company, at Bellefonte, Pa, whi
IA has been idle for several weeks, is {
pected to resume work shortly.
t. The Coleman Shields Company,
Id Niles, o., is soon to put in operate
;tc ,,l,nt
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-10-14
It Is Not Lawful.

There is a point in the new COM
pulsory education law that many peo-
pie may not have considered. 1t is a
violation of the provisions of the law
to employ any minor who cannot
read or write the English language
unless he has attended an evening OF
day school for a period Of sixteen
weeks during the preceding year.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-10-14
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Estate OF Parson Ed,cards, late Of Madison totcn-
ship, deceased.
Notice is hereby gtren that letters or admins
tratiOn on The estate Of PdrsOn Edtcaids, late "
Madison tOiDnship, deceased, hare been grdHitd
tO the undersigned ddniinistrrltriI, 10 'chOm all
persons indebted 10 said estate are requested TO
make payments, ana those hdUiRg cams or de-
iiands lDiH make knOl1n The same lDitloW delay
10 ADALINE C. EDWARDS,
quick, Aup. Administering,
iO-7-6t. JerseptOlCn Pa.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-10-14

The mission of Hoods Sarsaparilla
is to cure disease, and thousands OF
testimonials prove it fulhlls its mis-
sion well.