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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-09-08
Erupire States Valuation.

Albany, Sept. 1.-The state board of
equalization, comprising the elective
state officers, the lieutenant governor
and the speaker Of the assembly, met
yesterday and adopted the equalization
table for 1898, based on the assessed
valuations of real estate in each coun-
ty for 1897.
The assessed value of real and per-
sonal property taxable locally for all
purposes in the state for 1897 shows a
net gain over the assessments of 1896
of 1891 .e25, 1926, the increase in real pro-
perty assessment being over 5000, ,00O,-
900.
This enormous increase in the raal
assessment throughout the state re-
ccssitated a considerable change in the
list Of percentages, upon which the ta-
bic Of equalization is based.
The total assessed value of real pro-
perty in the state is s4,349, ,S01 ,526, and OF
personal property S54S, ,s09, ,493.
Compared with the preceding year,
the assessed value of personal property
Increased about $S4,000,000.
The assessed value of real estate In
New York county is s1.7S7. .066.O .O91, and
Of personal property 1901, ,664,741.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-09-08
Mr. G ads one's VIII.

Londor, Sept. 6.-.The will of the late
Right Hon. William f. Gladstone has
been probated. 1t shows that his per-
soral estate was valued at $50, 500
pounds. His will was written by him
self in an ordinary memorandum book.
1t is document of about two thou
sand words, and is remarkable speci-
men of penmanship. The second clause
of the will has reference to the fun
eral arrangements and says:
Commencing myself to the infinite
mercies o: God in the incarnate Son as
my only and sufficient hope, I leave
the particulars Of my burial to my ex-
ecutors, specifying only that they be
very simple and private, unless there
be conclusive reasons to the contrary.
And l desire to be buried where my
wife may also lie. On no account shall
a laudatory inscription be placed over
me"
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WIDOWS APPRAISEMENTS.

The following Widows Appraisemsnts will be
presented TO the Orphans Court OF Columbia
county, Sept. &c, 1893, and confirmed nisi. and
unless exceptions are filed within four days
will be confirmed finally.
Est. OF Christian NJ. Feeder, late of Scott
Twp, deceased Personality xsO(1
=, Est. of Samuel Thomas, late of Fishingcreek
Twp, Realty Sa)0'
EST. OF Peter sponenberg, late OF Centre TWP, i,
ueceaseu' Personally $3.50
Realty $2A0.
Est, Of John singley, late of Main Twp de-
ceaseu Personality sIY.50.
Realty 5000 90.
Est. OF william Shultz, late OF Madison Twp,
ueceaseu. Personally $500.
Est. OF Samuel Young, late OF jackson Twp,
ueceased' Personality S30000
a., Est. Of George Russell, late of Hemlock Twp.
deceased. Personally Si54@4
Realty sl4556
Est Of William g. Girton, late OF Town OF
Bloomsburg, deceased. Personality s2si.i5.
Clerks ONCE W.H, HENRIE.
Bloomsburg, Pa, CLERK o. q.
Sept. I, 1893.
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STRAY PARAGRAPHS.
Now that the cruel war is DER,
TO his sweetheart braver, prouder,
The soldier is coming home to tall,

Now that the cruel war is Ger,
TO his sweetheart braver, prouder,
The soldier is coming home to tall,
Another kind OF powder.
Equinoctial storms will soon be
here.
You have to be in he swim to
float loan
"A good watch will run home just
as well as on visit.
When Corbett arranges fight
his first thought is always his "sec-
ond."
No, it's a mistake. Women with
golden hair don't always have silvery
voices.
One can find considerable enjoy
ment in reading about the Beautiful
Snow" these days.
The Normal School Foot Ball
Team will commence practicing for
the fall campaign next week.
There will be considerable re-
pairing done on the Fair grounds be-
fore the exhibition commences.
What has become of Andree ?
He should come home, now that
Peary has started for the North Pole.
Did you ever notice how it
pleases some people to be persuaded
to do what they had intended to do
anyway
There is no use talking, the
Bloomsburg Band is rounding into
one of the finest musical organiza-
tions in this section.
-Waggles-I hear the most popu-
lar book of the year is "Our Bank
Book" Waggles-Don't you believe
it, for there's nothing in it.
-Bloomsburg will be somewhat
liveller next week. The Normal
School opens on Tuesday, and the
appearance of five or six hundred
students will make things seem old
fashioned once again.
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STATE NEWS.

-Easton's public schools have
been closed on account of the heat.
Trying to board a freight train,
Clayton Thomas fell and was killed
at Milton on Friday.
Lightning struck ST. Peters Cath
olic Church, at Towanda, on Sunday,
causing loss of about 81, 900.
"A tramp, arrested at Hazleton,
for sleeping on the pavement, was
found to have $500 on his person.
Patrick Marion was brought
home from camp hospital and buried
with military honors at Ashland on
Friday.
While his mothers back was
turned, an infant son of A. w. Saus-
ser, of Easton, upset a crockful of
boiling water over himself and was
scalded to death.
While cutting wood with a
hatchet, Freddie Gabel, of Chambers
burg, dared his little sister, Mary, to
put her hand on the block, and then
accidentally chopped off three of her
fingers.
There were more than twenty
deaths, caused by the heat, in Phila-
delphia, during the past week, and
four times that many prostrations.
The thermometer hovered close to
the 100 mark. Work in many of the
factories was abandoned in the after
Moons.
The Shamokin Weekly Times,
says, eff the hot weather continues,
the school board will either close the
schools, or order one session a day.
In the school rooms, for several days,
the thermometers have registered be-
tween SO and e5 degrees throughout
the day, which is entirely too severe
for children.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-09-08
Overabundant War Revenue.

The war taxes are likely to yield
about $4,000, 900 per year. Add
ing to this sum the $500, 900, 900
borrowed through the issue of bonds,
the funds in the, Federal Treasury will
have been reinforced from extraordi-
nary sources of income to the extent
of $344, GOO. After all the war
expenditures shall have been betrayed
there will probably remain in the
Treasury an unused balance of $780,
coo,ooo.
No man could have foletold when
the war began that it would be merely
a three-months affair, and it was un-
doubtedly wiser to have more money
than to have less money than
was needed for pushing the fighting.
Our financial readiness to go on with
the war is alsoa very substantial make
weight In the negotiations for favora-
Bile terms of peace.
Taking it for granted, however, that
Spain has had bellyful of fighting,
and that the terms of peace will in
volve no use, for ready cash which is
not already apparent, the very large
surplus in the Treasury will become a
source of anxiety. There is not
sound money virtue enough in the
Republican party to take advantage
of opportunity and cancel hundred
million dollars of the floating debt.
The danger is that the surplus will ne
dissipated in unwarranted schemes of
expenditure. The country has had
such past experiences in Congresslon-
al dealing with Treasury surpluses as
to create apprehension for the near
future. .--E.x.
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Many People Turned Away.

From Evenin News, Danbury, Conn.,, Nov. ao,'s7.
The animotiscope was SO success
full upon the occasion of its other
visit to Danbury that people were
anxious to see it. Fifteen minutes
after the doors were opened last even
ing every seat in the building was
taken. Chairs were placed in the
aisles and all of the standing room
was occupied. At least one thousand
persons were in the building when the
entertainment began. Many others
went away, being unable even to get
standing room.
In the Bloomsbury Opera House,
Thursday evening, Sept. s. Diagram
now open at Bidleman's book store.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-09-08

DYsPEPsIA's CLUTCH. - DR.. Won
STAINS Pineapple Tablets are natures
most wonderful remedy for all disoi-
ders of the stomach. The digestive
powers of pineapple can be tested by
mixing equal parts OF pineapple and
beef and agitatlng at temperature
o. 1900 Fahrenheit, when the meat
will be entirely digested. Pineapple
Tablets relieve in one day. IS cents.
Sold by c. A. Klein.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-09-08

cause OF The thorough preparation OF the Amer
lean squadron. In the battle OF life. success
depends upon preparation. The Wiki KES-
tional opportunities for preparation that insure
success. It's Principal has had rare expert
ence In teaching and In obtaining positions for
oughness and practical application 10 business
requirements. Its course OF STUDY is thorough
and comprehensive. Investigate what It can
do for YOU.
ii. WALTER RATHBUN, Principal,
No. Anthracite Building,
Mtlkes-Barre, Pa.
S-25-l3t
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-09-08
A BRITISH VICTORY
KITCHENER REPORTS HIS LOSS AT
OMDURMAN.

Additional Particulars in Regard to the
Fighting in the Soudan-Gordon 10
Avenged and DIahdism is Ended-The
Dervishes Fought Fiercely.
| London, Sept. 5.-The war office at
40 o'clock this morning received re-
port from the commander of the forces
at Omdurman stating that the number
of officers and men killed in the fight
ing which resulted in the victory of the
Anglo Egyptian expedition over the
Dervishes was fortysix officers and
men killed and 3SS wounded.
! A special dispatch to the Daily News
says that the Lancers, who hacked
their way through the Dervish lines In
the face of murderous fire, were en-
trapped by the nature of the ground.
They were advancing in proper forma-
tion with scouts thrown out, when they
suddenly discovered force of seven
hundred Dervishes in the bushes.
The Lancers charged swiftly at the
Dervishes, who fell back upon a still
larger force, with the result that the
Lancers found themselves exposed to
the fire of two thousand men at close
quarters.
In the charge they lost. two officers
and twenty men killed and four off,
GERS and twenty-one men wounded.
The few additional particulars of the
fighting at Omdurman received here
this afternoon show that the only Bril-
tish officers killed were Lieutenant
| Grenfell of the Twelfth Lanciers and
Captain Caldecott Of the Royal War
wick regiment. The Anglo-Egyptian
casualties are divided as follows: Bri-
tish, killed rs, wounded 1o4; natives,
killed 81, wounded 22S. officers wound
ed, II, of which seven were British.
The evening newspapers continue
their felicltation upon the victory and
declare that Gordon is avenged and
/ Mahdism killed.
The latest reports say that the for
| ces are still in pursuit of the Kha-
!ifa.
The report, together with further de-
tails contained in last nights London
dispatches, follows:
The remnant of the Khalifa's forces
has surrendered. l have a very large
number of prisoners. Cavalry and
gunboats are pursuing the Kha!ifa ani
his chiefs. They have only 4j0 fight
! ing men with them.
! visited Khartoum to-day and found
IT d complete ruin. The people are de-
lighted. hhartoum is the best posi-
tion. Omdurmtn's stcrch was unbear-
able, and therefore 1 have moved to
EhurShambat. The wounded are do
ins well.
The English newspaper correspond
ents are unanimous in their acknowl-
edgements OF the bravery of the Der
wishes.
The news of General Kitcheners VIC
tory over the Dervishes at Omdurman
was received with the greatest satis-
faction here, where it is held that Eng
land has at last wiped out the stagma
attaching to her defeat in the previous
expedition to the SouGan.
Early this morning crowds gathered
about the statue In Trafalgar square
who was killed at Khartoum on Janu-
airy 2S, 1885, after having been bcsieged
! in the city by the Dcrvishes for S37
days.
Some one had placed on the pedestal
a placard with tthe inscription, "Av-
enged at last" and when the people
saw it they burst out into loud cheer
ing.
The feature Of the battle was q
charge of the Lancers on a large body
of the enemy who vastly outnumbered
| them.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-09-08

Every voter, no matter of what po-
litical faith he may be, should mark
what the Democratic candidate for
Governor says in the following SEN
tence, which is taken from his speech
at Bedford Springs recently: When
the power of the State becomes
the private capital of faithless offic-
ials, it is common expedient Of
the benehciares of such misused power
to seek escape from accountability to
the citizen by frantic appeals to the
opinions, prejudices and passions of
party majorities on federal questions. "
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-09-08

There is no political advantage in
the war for either political party, says
the Sullivan Re0ieao. The Republi-
cans happened to be IN power when
the war was declared, but the Demo-
Gratis have given it their loyal and
active support. In regard to the in
efficiency displayed, the Republican
papers are now the most active in de-
nouncing Secretary Alger. Some
other issue will have to be found to
fight about.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-09-08

DRoPsY AND HEART DIsEAsE.-A
great cure and great testimony
For ten years suffered greatly from
heart disease, futtering of the heart
and smothering spells, made my life a
torment. l was confined to my bed.
Dropsy set in. My physician told me
to prepare for the worst. tried DIR.
Agnew's Cure for the Heart. One
dose gave great relief, one bottle
cured the dropsy and my heart. y
Mrs. James Adams, Syracuse, N. Y.
Sold by c. A. Klein I
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-09-08

|. Itching. burning, creeping. crawl
ing skin diseases relieved in a few
minutes by Agnew's Ointment. DR..
Agnew's Ointment relieves instantly,
and cures letter, salt rheum, scald
head, eczema, ulcers, blotches, and
all eruptlons oil the skin. 1t is sooth-
Ing and quieting and acts like magic
In all baby humors, irritation of the
scalp or rashes during teething time.
35c. box. Sold by c. A. Klein. 8
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-09-08
SHERIFFS SALE.

BY virtue OF writ sof Fl. Fa., issued out OF
the Court OF Common Pleas and to me directed,
there will be exposed to public sale at the
Court House in Bloomsbury, Columbia county,
Pa, on
SATURDAY, SEPT. "a, 1893,
at two o'clock p. m, all that messuage or piece
of land situate In the town OF Bloomsbury,
county OF Columbia and state of Pennsylvania,
bounded and described as follows, to-wit: Be-
ginning at the southeast corner of Market
street and sixth street, thence along the south
side OF Sixth street north sixty-four degrees
and fifJy-six minutes east seventy-seven and
two-twelfth feet, thence north sixty and one
half degrees, east one hundred and twenty-one
feet and two inches to Whitman's alley
thence south twenty-five degrees aud fifty-six
minutes, east fitty-four feet to land conveyed to
Delaware, Lackawanna q Western Railroad Co
by d. j. Waller and Julia Waller, his wife ;
thence fifty-seven and one-half degrees west
one hundred and ninety-eight and one-half feet
to Market street thence north twenty-five de-
grees and fifty-six minutes west seventy and
one-third feet to the place OF beginning, where
on are araoted q
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Camp Meade, Mid5latovn, Pa,
Special Reduced Rates via Philadelphia &
Reading Railway.

The Philadelphia & Reading Ry.
announces that during the continu-
ance of Camp Meade, at Middletown,
excursion tickets, good for two days,
including day of sale, or from Satur-
day until Monday, will be sold a!
special rates. For information as to
rates, time of trains, ETC., consult any
P. & r. ticket agent.
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AUDITORS NOTICE.


11''3''V' % tV7'' ''' ]r'VcT ''O''' S'0o'5'''o'I'
The undersigned auditor appointed 6p the Or
phaltS' Court tT Columbia County, 10 make dis
trtbttton or the tds in the hands OF the admin
istratoT, 10 ana among the parties legally entitled
thereto, tctU meet The parties Interested FOR the
purpose or Ids appointment at his Office IN the
90, A. D. 1873, at 10 O'Clock IN the forenoon OF satd
dav, trhen and l1here all persons are required TO
present their claims against the estate or sdtd de-
ceased or be debarTed .JfOnt coming IN ion a
share thereof
9-1-3t w. A. EVERT,
Auditor,
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Majority for Afrikander Bund.

Cape Town. Sept. THE government
victory at the polls in Mitenhage prac-
tically ends the elections. which have
resulted in the return to the assembly
Of forty members of the Afrikander
bund and 81 Pregressivsa.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-09-08
NOTICE OF INSOLvENCE.

In the matter OF the petition OF William Heff-
ron, an insolvent. To the creditors OF said petit
tioner:
Notice is hereby given that a petition OF
William Hebron, has been filed In the Court OF
Common Pleas OF the County OF Columbia, pray
ing the Court for the benefit OF the fnsoivent
laws or this Commonwealth, and for dis
charge Hereunder. The SAID Court has fixed
the Court as the place. and on Monday Septem-
ber 26, A. ID. 1893 at 10 o'clock A. NJ. as the time
for hearing the said petition.
W. A. EVERT,
Attorney pro Petitioner,
Sept. /, 1898.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-09-08

Should the Republicans of New
York nominate Teddy Roosevelt ior
Governor, it is very likely that the
Democrats will endorse him and
make his nomination unanimous.
He seems to be the choice of the
people, and the Democrats will not
oppose public sentiment.
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EXECUTRIX' NOTICE.

Estate " Peter SoIeder late Of Bloomsbury, Pa.
deceased
Notice is hereby gigen that letters testdHLeitdrl
ON the estate or Peter S0leder late or the torn OF
Bloomsbury, Columbia COUNTY, Rd., deceased,
haze been granted 10 Mary H. SOl,ede7 resident Oj
said torn, 10 trh0ln all persons tndebted TO said
estate are requested TO make payment, ana those
hGUing claims or demands 1CiU make knotcH the
same t1ithOt:t delay.
MARY H. SOLLEDER
o 1-6L. E1eCtttrfI.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-09-08

81 have been a Republican since
1860 but our party now stinks in the
nostrils of any decent man. If the
people are willing to uphold this cor
ruption and dishonesty, God save
the country !-Ex-Postmaster General
John Wanamaker.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-09-08

Brooklyn, Sept. 7.-Brooklyn's gal
liant cavalrymen. the heroes Of Porto
Rico, are on their way home to meet
the reception Brooklyn is eagerly wait
ing to give to them.
Troop c left Porto Rico Saturday
morning at o'clock. They are due
here Saturday.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-09-08

Mrs. Wheeler" John, there's a
burglar downstairs. MIR. Wheeler
(sleepily)-" l guess not, dear" Mrs.
w" Yes, l heard him stomble over
your wheel" Mr.. w. (excitedly)--
/" The clumsy brute; I'll 60 down
and give him piece of my mind
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-09-08

The proposition for peace con-
ference of nations, which is now be.
ing considered, nearly knocked the
European countries off their pins.
Well, it was enough TO startle them.
Just think who proposed it-Russia.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-09-08
3-STORY BRICK STORE AND
OFFICE BUILDING.

frame warehouse and other frame buildings.
Seized and taken into execution at the suit OF
a. q. Supplee and Alfred Girton, executors OF
the estate Of G. W. Supplee, deceased, vs.. The
Farmers Produce Exchange, Limited, and to be
sold as the property OF the Farmers Produce
Exchange, Limited. w. W. BLACK,
Tustin, Atty. Sheriff.
9-1-ts.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-09-08

Autographed bonds, stock certih-
Gates, and checks are furnished at
THE Col JMBIAN office. If.
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Strong Today
Because Hoods Sarsaparilla
Built Up His System .
Child Wac Weak, Had flight Sweats
and Poor Appetlta.

Cniid wac weak, Had Night SWeat3
and Poor Appetite.
"Our youngest child was in bad con-
dition. One physician said the trouble
was malaria and another thought 1t came
from the stomach and liver. Meantime
the child kept growing weaker. He had
night sweats, poor appetite and various
other troubles. We worried along Nor
two years, and then we determined to
try Hoods Sarsaparilla, and from the
first day we noticed change In our
little boy. We kept on until he had
taken about three bottles. Today he is
strong, hearty child. We have always
had to keep him indoors in winter, but
last winter he YVES out with other children
and we found no trace of the old trouble
returning" ALFRED HARsHBERaER, 20
Washington Avenue, Altoona, Pa.
Hoods SarsaparilIa
Is the best-in fact the One True Blood Purifier.
Sold by all druggists. sl; six for 90.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1898.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.

DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
GOVERNOR,
HON. GEORGE A. JENKS.
of Jefferson county.
O. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,
HON. WILLIAM f. SOWDEN,
of Lehigh county.
SECRETARY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS,
PATRICK DELACEY,
of Lackawanna.
JUDGES SUPERIOR COURT,
WILLIAM TRICKET,
of Cumberland.
c. NJ. BOWER,
of Centre.
CoNGRESSA1AN-AT
JERRY N. WELLER,
of Carbon.
F. P. IAMS.
of Allegheny.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-09-17
ON CHANGE
Conditions as Shown by Transactions
on Wall Street

NEW YORK, Sept. 16.-There was re-
currence of fears of a squeeze in the money
market today. This had the effect of bring
Ing the morning advance in prices of stocks
to standstill. The dizziness that followed
invited operations by the pears. They CEN
tered their attacks on Sugar, which was
but feebly supported at any time during
sharp rallies on covering Of shorts. They
effected decline of over five points in this
stock, and worked a reaction in the whole
list, earlier advances being entirely wiped
out, with a few exceptions. The decline
did not bring any very heavy offerings and
was effected on light transactions on most
stocks. There was profit taking by
room traders, but no resumption of the ur-
gent liquidation which was characters tic
or the market earlier In the week. Active
support was withdrawn, however, and ma
nipulation to advance prices was aban-
doned for the time being. The earlier part
of the day saw very active market and
industrials maintaining their leadership
Tobacco made new high mark at 1917, as
did New York Airbrake at 104.
The grangers were in good demand, but
there was no apparent effort to advance
prices. There was slightly higher range
gold was engaged in London today for i'm
port. so that no further crisis is expected
in the money market. London bought
stocks today, but turned seller after prices
had advanced and the engagements of gold
for imports had been anticipated.
The bond market was moderately active
and prices were quite firmly held. Total
sales, 81, 1850, 900.
United States fours, old and new, and
the fives advanced a in the bid prices to-
day. The demand for the threes was much
curtailed. The price ruled at 1865 all day.