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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29

John Kreamer, brother of William
Kreamer of this town, and Conrad
Kreamer of Jerseytown, died at his
home in White Hall, Montour Co.,
on Tuesday night, aged about 90
years. Three daughters survive him,
Mrs. David Cox, Mrs. Jacob Welliver,
and Mary, all residing at White Hall
The funeral will be held at the house
on Friday morning at 10 o'clock.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29

Deemer Bidleman, editor Of the
Shickshinny Democrat came down
with the base ball club, and with
many others from that place, witness
ed the defeat they received at the
hands of the Normal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29

William Achenbach of Orangeville,
died Saturday morning, aged about
forty-fve years. He had taken a
heavy cold, which turned into pneu-
monia, and the latter resulted in his
death. He leaves wife and three
sons. The deceased was well known
and highly respected citizen. The
funeral took place on Tuesday morn
ing.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29

The services of J. S. Woods has
been secured by Monroe H. Kulp &
Co. to assist in procuring the right of
way for railroad to be built from
Lewisburg to large tract of timber
land recently purchased by that firm.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29

Isaac A. Dewitt, well known resi-
dent of Greenwood township, aged
about sixty-three years, died at
Williamsport, where he had gone to
undergo a surgical operation, on Sun
day. The deceased was we'll known
throughout the County. He was a
surveyor, and unmarried.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29

If the ordinance concerning the
use of bicycles on the street is dead
letter it ought to be repealed. $50
long as it is the law of the town it
ought to be enforced.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29

The Bloomsburg correspondent to
the Harrisburg Patriot doesn't seem
to care what he sends IN. He report
ed to that paper that the thermometer
had dropped twenty degrees in less
than an hour on Monday.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29

The Susquehanna Synod of the
Lutheran Church will be in session at
Watson,own from May 4th to 10th
inclusive An unusually interesting
program has been arranged.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29
Everybody Says So.

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most won
derful medical discovery Of the age, pleas
ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently
and positively on Kidneys, liver and bowels
cleansing the entire system, dispel colds,
cure headache, fever, habitual constipation
and bilousness. Please buy and try box
of Z. c. G. to-day; 10, 25, SO cents. Sold ana
guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29
A cloud burst at Guthrie o. T.,

A cloud burst at Guthrie o. T.,
Yesterday resulted IN terrible loss of
life and destruction of property.
Dozens of lives have been lost, but
Just how many may not be known for
weeks, hundreds of houses were
wrecked, for miles farms were COM
pletely ruined, bridges and tracks were
washed out, and railway traffic in
every direction is at a stand still.
The loss of property will amount to a
million dollars.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29

Mrs. Sallie Young, an aged widow
lady Of Jackson township died on Sun
day. The deceased was sister CT
Rhor McHenry of Benton. The
funeral took place Tuesday.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29

The Cubans' struggle for freedom
was very forcibly portrayed before an
intelligent audience in Normal Audi
torium on Monday night by Rev.
Russell H. Copwell, d. ID. of Phila-
delphia.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29

Send for a copy of Tasker's Beautiful
Song 'Gone Forever. The very latest.
Pronounced by critics to be the pretti-
est song ever written. Price 20 cts. AT
music stores or sen. upon receipt OF
price by David ]. Tasker, Bloomsbury,
Pa. If.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29

The Columbia County Agricultural
Society are paying the premiums
awarded at last years exhibition, at
the Office of A. N. Yost, Secretary.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29

William B. Lohr of Selnsgrove, de-
livered an interesting address at the
meeting of the Y. M. c. A. Sunday
afternoon.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29

For riding his bicycle recklessly
through the streets on Friday evening
Lee Miller was fined $3.ao. There
are others who have been in the habit
of this, and they should take warning.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29

People who must eat oranges,
bananas and peanuts on the street
should throw their parings and shells
and paper bags in the cutters and not
on the pavement. Orange and banana
peels are dangerous things to step on,
to say nothing of the dirt that is made
for somebody to clean up.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29

The speeches of State Chairman
John M. Garman and Congressman
Joseph C. Sibley which are printed in
this issue, should be read by every
Democrat in the county. They have
the right ring, and show clearly the
present political situation.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29

The following letters are advertised
April 81, 1897. Miss Mary Anna
Schaeffer, A. Steam, Miss Sarah
Young. Cards. G.. E. Brobst. Will
be sent to the dead letter Office May
II, 1897. JAMES Ii. MERCER, P. M.r
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29

A big hack load of members of the
p. O. S. of A. from this town went to
Rhorsburg on Friday night and insti-
tuted a camp at that place.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29
Attention Comrades

of Pealer Post No. 435 G. a. r. it is
the wish of the Officers of the Post
that all members be present on Satur-
day evening May 1, as business OF
importance will come before the post.
Jas. F. TRUMP,
Com. of Post.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29

Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away
II you want to quit tobacco using easily
and forever. be made well, strong, magnetic,
full of new life aud vigor, take No-To-Bac,
the wonder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. Many gain ten pounds IN ten days.
Over 40O,O 900 cured. Buy No-To-Bac OF your
druggist, under guarantee to cure, 5Oc or
300. Booklet and sample mailed free. Ad'
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New YORK
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29

George Davis has been appointed
postmaster at Centralia, the commits
sion of Barney Doyle having expired
the seventeenth of this month.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29

Theodore Havemeyer, vice Presi-
dent of American Sugar Refining
Company, known as the 'Sugar King,
died at his home in New York on
Monday. He is closely related to
our townsman, F. c. Eyer
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29

Health and vigor are essential for
success. Therefore make yourself
strong and healthy by taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29

The Bloomsburg & Sullivan Rail-
road Company will build a new bridge
over Fishing Creek, below Benton.
The contract for the stone work has
been awarded 10 Evans & Son, of
Danville. Warren Eyer, of this town
will be the engineer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29

John Mensch of Montour town.
ship, is having his house and barn
painted. Robert Mcbride is doing the
work.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29

Among the list of Pennsylvania
postmasters appointed last week, we
notice J. ]. Myers, for Nescopeck
and ]. S. Seward at Unityville.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29

Steady employment and liberal
wages is offered in another column by
Sears, Henry & Co., Geneva, n. Y.
They are a reliable firm. 4-I-4td.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29

When a mans wife believes in his
religion it i; pretty good evidence
that he has the right kind.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29
Legal advertisements on page 7.

Armour K Co., have moved to
their new building on the corner of
Centre and Sixth Streets.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29

T. l.. Gunton has started the foun-
dation for new house on Market
Street.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29

Get your job work done at the
COLUMBIAN Office.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29

II. ]. Pursel, auctioneer, sold the
Barton property on Nam Street, to
E. B. Brewer on Thursday for $4,oo5.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29

who could imagine that this should be
The place where, in eighteen ninety-three
That white worid.wonder Of arch and
dome
should shadow the nations, poiychrome. ID.
Here at the Fair was the prize conferred
On Ayers Pills, by the world preferred.
chieago-iike, they q record show.
Since they started-so years sgo.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-29
Ayers Cathartic Pills

Ayers Cathartic Pills
have. from the time OF their
preparation, been a continuous
success with the public. And
that means that Ayers Pills
accomplish what is promised
for them; they cure where
others fail. It was fitting.
therefore, that the worldwide
popularity Of these pills should
be recognized by the Worlds
Fair medal Of 1893 "a fact
which emphasizes the record
50 Years of Cures.
Evening journal., 1897-10-20
ONE MORE VICTIM.

THE FEARFUL INCREASE OF DISAS-
TER FROM SMALL BEGINNINGS.
A prominent gentleman of Brooklyn re-
turned from his vacation feeling in perfect
health As a result he was careless. The
next thing was a cold; then pneumonia,
then death. Nearly all physical troubles
start with a cold and this is just the sea-
son when it is most easily taken. Some
sudden change checks the action of the
body. clogs the circulation, and lays the
foundation of death. Stop the cold I'm its
start and you stop the disease. A cold re-
quires the stitch i'm time
There are many ways Of attempting tC
stop a cold. but all physicians now agree
that there is only one sure way, and that
Is, by the use of pure stimulants The
pores must be opened the circulation
aroused and vigor awakened. Nothing
now known to the world does this so Ger
tainly as Duffys Pure Malt Whiskey. Il
is remedy, not beverage. 1t has beer
used for years, and is the most popular
remedy before the public. Many doctors
clergymen and temperance people endors,
it for it's hcalth-giving qualities, and Il
has become a family necessity
Many INSCRIPTIONS dealers claim the.
have something Just as good" Beware
of all such claimants, and secure only the
genuine
Evening journal., 1897-10-20
AFTER INDIAN VINES.

Whites Who wish to become suunvv
Men and Secure Valuable Lands.
According to the recent ruling of the
interior department August is was the
last date on which it was possible TO
qualify as a Cherokee citizen in the
Cherokee Strip" and as a consequence
great number of scheming white men
were hunting Indian girls for wives, TO
take advantage of the laws and become
a sqHaw man before that date.
Each Indian girl is entitled TO 100
acres of land in the Indian territory and
a share in the large sum of money held
in trust by the government for the
Cherokees. Thousands of white men
have already acquired valuable lands
by marrying into the tribes, and all the
eligible Indian maidens were being
courted with as much ardor as titled
foreigners display in their efforts to
win the hearts and fortunes of Ameri-
can heiresses.
Notwithstanding the mercenary mo-
tives of their suitors, the Indian girls
readily accept marriage proposals from
white men, observation having tnught
them that most squaw men treat their
wives with more consideration than
do the full-blooded braves. The
boom in the matrimonial market be-
came greater as the day approached
when citizenship rights mightno longer
be acquired by marriage, and all the
ministers on the reservation and even
over the Arkansas border had their
hands full. Many of the Cherokee girls,
despite their dark skins, possess con-
siderable beauty and much intelligence,
and some of them are graduates of the
best Indian schools.
The results of intermarriage with
whites are being watched with interest
by students of the Indian question, and
the belief is gaining ground in the west
that the allotment of Indian lands in
severalty and the gradual assimilation
of the Indians by the dominant race will
in a few years relieve the government OF
the problem that would otherwise never
be satisfactorily solved.-Cincinnat
| ENQUIRER.
Evening journal., 1897-10-20
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The senate of Cambridge university
recently rejected by 1,713 to e62 votes,
the grace to confer the title of b. A. on
properly qualified women students.
Rev. DR.. w. II. Hickman, pastor at
Terre Haute. Ind. has been elected
tice chancellor of De Pauw university,
and has been assigned the special task
OF securing funds for the current ex-
penses and the endowment of the in
btitution.
Mr.. Martin. the new manager of
passenger traffic on the Baltimore g.
Ohio railroad, has declared to his men
that the Sundays belong to them and
their families. and he is arranging the
schedules of the road so that they will
not have to work on that day.
The highest honor which has ever
been conferred on an American artist
abroad was recently won by Henry d.
Tanner. a colored artist of Phila-
delphia. The French government
bought for the Luxembourg gallery the
picture he exhibited in this years salon,
The Raising of Lazarus"
Rev. DR.. Charles II. Parkhurst has
announced to his congregation that he
will in the future withdraw from all
public work, and devote himself most
exclusively to the welfare of his church.
This means that he will no longer be at
the head of the City Vigilance league
and of the Society for the Prevention OF
Crime, in both which capacities he has
demonstrated himself to be master
Evening journal., 1897-10-20
A GERMAN NOTION.

Prince Bismarck, the eminent Ger
man statesman, is credited with having
expressed his opinion OF the Monroe
doctrine. The following are the terms
OF a dispatch sent from Leipsic to Ber-
lin and thence to this country:
"The ex-chancellor is quoted as say
ing that the Monroe Doctrine is uncom-
mon insolence toward the rest of the
world and does violence to the other
American and European states with
American interests. It would be analo-
gous, the prince is said to have added,
II Russia and France combined to dis
allow frontier changes inBurope, or the
preponderating powers in Asia, Russia
and Great Britain arrogated the right
not to change the political status
without their consent. Continuing,
Prince Bismarck is reported to have re-
marked; Their great wealth, due to the
soil OF America, had led American leg
islators to overestimate their own
rights and underestimate the rights Of
the other American and the European
states"
The Monroe doctrine was enunciated
TO protect the weaker powers on the
American continent from the intoler-
ance and aggression OF the land-grab-
bing and gold-seeking powers of Eu-
rope. II was to prevent colonization
by force, and to protect the weak from
the strong that the doctrine enunciated
by President Monroe became by force OF
circumstance n part OF the unwritten
international law. While some OF the
European nations have refused to rec
ognize its validity. none has dared to
try to break It, and persisted in the
face of the protest OF our government.
We are not supporting our Central and
South American neighbors in all that
they do, but we are here to see that
they get fair play in their business
dealings with people who are more
powerful and crafty.
Our protectorate is moral rather than
material and that is what gives It such
a great influence. We have no treaty
entanglements to hamper us in the
prosecution OF work of protection
when occasion demands. The vaunteC
splendid isolation" OF Great Britain ii
as nothing compared with the free foo
which we enjoy.
Prince Bismarck may think what h'
pleases about the doctrine, but neither
he nor any other European Statesman
who does not want to precipitate wa
will seize any more territory in th'
western hemisphere with the idea o
keeping 1t.
Evening journal., 1897-10-20
is A DEATH TRAP.
A Novel Plan OfPrOtectiOn to the City
of Halifax.

of Halifax.
It is probably not generally known
outside of the English officers in COM
mand of the station that Georges is
land, IN Halifax harbor, is huge pit
filled with water, and that if an at
1acldng party succeeded in passing the
forts at the entrance TO the harbor and
landed they would be precipitated into
the water and drowned. The surface
of the ground is sodden and planted
with shrubbery. and is apparently
solid, but the only really solid part of
it IS narrow board walk on which
the sentries pace to and fro. In case
an invading party took the island for
the purpose of commanding the city of
Halifax they would break through and
fall into the pit about IS feet below
the surface. The excavation was made
about 60 years ago. and the secret was
kept for not less than 30 years.
It was not until 1867 that the dis
covery was made by two men in boat,
drivenl ashore in a gale. One of them
attempted TO make mis- way TO the
dwelling occupied by the garrison ond
suddenly disappeared. His companion
happened to get footing on the board
walk. Discovered by the sentry, he was
summarily elected from the is,and. be-
ing placed aboard his boat and being
sent adrift in the storm. He succeeded
in reaching Halifax. The man who
broke through was drowned. The
story got spread about, but was not
believed, and as no civilians are per
united to land at Georges island the
peculiar system of protection is today
practically a secret.-N. Y. Mail and
Express.
Evening journal., 1897-10-20
LEES -sPROUL.

Chester, Pa, Oct 2O-Miss Anna
SprOul and Albert Victor Lees, Of this
city, were married last evening at the
Third Presbyterian Church. The we'd
ding was yellow and white, the floral
decorations being yellow and white
chrysanthemums, and there was fash
iOnable audience present. The cere-
mOny was performed by the pastor OF
the church. Rev. NJ. ]. Mcleod. The
bride, who is the daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. James SprOul, OF Eighth and But
Ter streets, and was given away by her
father, wore a white brocaded taffeJa
trimmed with chiffon and applique lace
and pearls. She carried a bouquet of
maiden hair fern. She was attended
by her sister, Miss Mary l.. Sproul, as
maid of honor, and the bridesmaids, all
children, a unique innovation. were
Anna Shakespeare. Rachael Hannum,
Ida c. Houston, of Chester, and Flor
ence Walker, of Philadelphia The
ushers were Chester Cullingworth, OF
Mt. Vernon, n. Y; George E. Ward
Chester; Paul S. Dewitt. Philadelphia:
Walter l.. Rhodes. Media. The besl
man was Harry l.. Rhodes, OF Media.
The groom is an employe of the Del
aware County Bank. and the of ex.
Register OF Wills Thomas Lees.
Evening journal., 1897-10-20
THEIR WEDDING DAY.

October 20 will be a date long remem-
bered by many a fair girl who to-day
gave her life into the keeping of her
favored suitOr. That the morning
dawned with rain detracted a little bit
from the happiness of some, but to
others 1t mattered not at all, for they
argued how could a rainy day affect
their future happiness and prosperity ?
And so preparations went on Just as
merrily, the ceremonies will be Just as
pretty and interesting, the brides as
pretty and radiant, and the grooms as
handsome and proud as If Old Sol had
deigned to shine forth in all his glory.
Miss Ella Null, daughter of John A.
Null, will be married to j. Frank
Pierce, son of j. Jackson Pierce, this
evening. The ceremony will take place
ait the home of the bride, No. 406 JEFF
fersOn street.
John A. MahOney and Miss Nellie f.
Long, two of the best-known young
singers of the city, will also be mar
ried this evening. The ceremony will
take place in Sacred Heart Church
Tenth and Madison streets, at O'Clock
Rev. M. X. Fallon, Of st. Paul's r. c.
Church, will officiate. Miss Annie
Long, sister of the bride, will be brides
maid, and William f. McNulty will be
best man. A reception will follow al
the home of the bride, No. AIT Jeffer-
son street.
A number OF Wilmington guests will
be at the wedding of Miss Caroline
COOch daughter of Mr.. and Mrs J. Will
kins CoOch, and w. S. SchoOlfield, oI
Pocomoke City, Md. The ceremony will
take place at Glasgow.
Miss Addie l.. Bentz and Harry Hurs'
will be married this evening ait the resi-
dence Of the brides parents, at Twelfth
and Washington streets. Rev. John ID
G. Hanna, of Union M. IL. Church, will
perform the ceremony.
Several Wilmington folk have been in
vlted to attend the wedding of Mis-.
Bertha Elizabeth Nesbitt. daughter o
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Clay Nesbitt, O
Port Deposit, to b. Brentnall Lathburg
of Philadelphia. The ceremony take,
place in Tome Memorial Methods
Church, at Port Deposit, to be followed
by a reception at the house Of Mrs
Jacob Tome. a sister of the bride
Miss Mary Hahn, daughter OF Mr.. an,
Mrs. George Hahn, of near Odessa, will
be married to James II. S. Gam, o
Port Penn, this afternoon. The cere
mony will take place at Augustin
| Park.
Miss Margaret r. Green, daughter o
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Green, of Rock
land, will be married to Frank Comfy
of Henry Clay, this evening. The cere
mony will take place in Mt. Lebano
Church, and will be witnessed by sev
eral Wilmington people.
Evening journal., 1897-10-20
CONTRACT FOR A BIG MOTOR.
REPORTED CHANGE OF THIRD
STREET BRIDGE POWER FROM
FIVE TO FIFTEEN

As a result of the Third street bridge
investigation by evy Courtment in that
district, Charles H. Heinel was award
ed a contract to place in a fifteen-horse
power electric motor to drive the draw
machinery.
Heretofore a feeble fve-horse power
motor has driven the machinery, and it
has been ntirly inadequate and so light
that it did more swapping and burn
ing out more than it did effective work.
The bridge is still being turned by
hand, and this week is having more
troubles of Is own.
On Monday morning fourteen tug
boats passed out of the draw between
and z o'clock, each requiring a spe-
cial turn. The boats are engaged in the
dredging contracts on the river or the
harbor Of refuge work at the Break
water. Residents of South Wilmington
ar con the eve of petitiOning the secre-
tary of war to prevent, in sem way,
this wholesale river traffic at that hour
in the morning on the ground that il
keeps men from their work so often
that they lose their jobs; that such a
/ condition of affairs has seriously de-
preciated property in South Whining
ton.
This morning was so rainy that people
of South ilmington- coming to work had tc
patronize the trolley cars and started from
! their homes about $50. boarding the cars
and paying fare In South Wilmington. Al
the same hour vessels and tows began tc
20 through the Third street draw and IN
the half hour to Z o'clock six tugboats
/ wagc-earncTs on the cars that some wen
/ back home disguised.