The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-05-03
THE COLUMBIAN.

Public Sale Criers and
General Auctioneers, Nj
tF Fifteen years experience. satisfaction he
guaranteed Best returns of any sale crers In IN
ebis section OF the state. Write for and str
dates. yer disappolnt our patrons, Is TO,
SALES. be-
MAY 5TH, Iooo.-The assignee
of William Neal and the executor III
of William McKelvy, deceased, ne
will sell the property known as the ye
Mcclure Farm, on the Susque- &c
hanna River, below Bloomsbury. ex
containing about SO acres, with sp
frame dwelling house, barn and
outbuildings, at the Court House, ..
in Bloomsbury, at II o'clock a. III. =,
A subscription has been started olt
IN Hazleton for Mrs. Shields, wife sal
of the late Rev. d. H. Shields. an
Rev. w. w. Kirkby, d. D., of an
Rye, N. Y, is expected to oficiate mt
in St. Paul's Church on Sunday. OIL
A very interesting letter from -,
New Orleans appears in this issue, tII
written by Bloomsbury lady who '
is temporarily sojourning in the
South. Bl
A chicken soup supper will be ~, H.
given in the P. O. S, Of A. Hall at e., n
Light Street, this Saturday evening ' ~,
for the benefit of the Epworth ~ ~
League. Tickets IS cents. ou a,,
The Royal Arcanum will have sh
an open meeting at their hall to- pr
morrow evening. The wives of ea
members have been invited, and a VIC
musical and literary program will lal
be rendered, followed by refresh
ments.
J. c. Millard, Eugene White of
night and Miles Betz, the commit no
tee Of the P. O. S. of A., of this sh,
place, last week visited Starr Island wa
Park, about two miles from Mon po
louisville. The order will hold its SUI
annual picnic there on July 21st. 6ft
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day, Mrs. John Walters, of North bo
cumberland, committed suicide. She Re
wanted to die and pointed revol- tl,
yer direct ct her heart and fired.
The bullet struck rib and glanced
off, the wound causing her death cei
few days later. the
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d. L. Swank and Mrs. Mary De- sa,
Long, both of Bloomsbury, plight bic
ed their trorh at the residence of be-
Mrs.M. E. Greasy on Thursday last. wa
The ceremony was performed by lib
Rev. w. M. Frysinger of the M. E. to
church. They will go to house the
keeping in Fernville. Wi
The new stamp books have ar aI, 1n
rived and are now on sale at the w.
postoffice. They are of vestpocket m in.
size, convenient to carry, and con- ~:
tain twelve two-cent stamps, and W..
~ ner nroc,r3es % the rosn;h;i;ts, to's oe pill
the stamps sticking together.
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The boys and girls should read .n' m
the Farm Journal 1t will help W.. wa
keep them on the farm We will an az,
send it five years, the remainder of ~ ~,
iSCOJ anu al vi lSOly i9O<, i9O1 | NJ
and 1904, to all who subscribe for ~,
the COLUMBIAN; both papers at the W. W.
price of ours only. a.,
Deep mystery surrounds the find on
ing of set of human bones in an pr
old disused clubhouse Of the Penna. th'
Railroad near the freight station, pr
at Milton, few days ago. The L.
skeleton appears to be that of poo
child Sensational developments OF
are looked for. MI
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Walter DeFrain was arraigned
before Justice Jacoby Monday, for ,,;i
having hit Harold Ehrhart, of t;r
Sixth street, on the head with th
stone. The accused, it appears, ~
has borne bad reputation for a TO, m
long while. In default of bail he ", m
was imprisoned i'll the Jail. The y
wound inflicted on the youngster' M
head might have had fatal termi- or
nation. q;
Arthur Kunkle and Miss Mary | tn
Wilhelmina, were married at FL pa
mira, last week. The brides parents ki
were kept in the dark as to the or,
wedding until it was all over. They go
didn't even know that Kunkle was pr
paying attention to their daughter. bo
Their surprise on being informed po
can easily be imagined. The groom
is a son of our townsman Charles co
Kunkle, and is an employee of the su
Lock Haven Silk Mill The bride tn
is a resident of IerseY Shore In