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The courier., 1902-04-05

An Easter luncheon was served to
the proud mammas while the dimpled
darlings cooed in the downy nests ar
ranged for them i'm the drawing room.
Mrs. Keefer was assisted by her sister.
Miss Grace Lucille Ashton. The fol-
lowing infants and their mothers were
present: Kathryn Lorain Young.
Florence Flick, Arnett Ricketts, Fol-
som, Donald Harlow Wilson, Catherine
Adriance Rudd, James Henry Stevens,
jr, Leland Edward Keefer, Ellis
Duane Alley, Anna Lucille Ayres, Rich
ard Hockett. Phillip Everett Sommer-
lad, Chas. Edgar Kettering, Eunice
Tuttle
q x 4
A pretty Easter event was a christ
o'clock in the afternoon at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. William NJ Clark.
Thrty-thir and o streets, when two
smiling babies, Dorothea Miller Clark.
granddaughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Clark
and daughter of Mr. and Mrs Will
Clark. and John Lyttleton Lyon, neph-
ew of Mr.. and Mrs. Clark, and son of
Professor and Mrs. T. Lyttleton Lyon
were christened. Reverend B. NJ Long,
d. D., of the Second Presbyterian
church, performed the ceremony. Miss
Miller of Omaha, sister of Mrs. Will
Clark, sang the hymn Savior. Who
Thy Flock Art Feeding" which was
set to music for the occasion by Mr.
Oscar Gareissen. Guests present were
Mr.. and Mrs. Rome Miller, parents of
Mrs. Will Clark, from Omaha: Mr.. and
Mrs. Eli Plummer, Miss Miller Miss
Spurck, Mr.. Miller and Mr. Aleck Shell
don.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. G. Gingery, who
have recently moved into a new home
at Tenth and streets were surprised
last Friday evening by a number of
friends who were principally members
of General Custer circle Ladies of the
G. A. R., and their husbands War
songs and other music were pleasant
features of the evening. Refreshments
were served. Those present were
Messieurs and Mesdames NJ. W. Han
cock, s. d. Eastman, J. l.. Grimes, H.
G.. Knight, John Carter, G.. B. Vaug-
han, G. NJ. Plumb. w. H. Hunt, B.
The courier., 1902-04-05

Dear Little
MY Mamma wants to know If
your Mamma will let you come
to my Easter party next Satur-
day afternoon.
Il guess you'd better bring your
Mamma with you.
GRACE LUCILLE KEEFER.
please let my Mamma know"
The courier., 1902-04-05

Mrs. Charles NJ. Keefer, in honor
of her little daughter. gave baby par
ty Saturday afternoon. Fourteen ba-
bies received the following invitation:
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10
A WEDDING AT LENOX.
s1oane-FieId NuptinIs of Regal Mag
nificcnce.

LEMON, Mass, July 0.-In pictur-
esque Trinity Episcopal church, sur
rounded with lavish floral decorations
and under sunny skies, Miss Leila
Vanderbilt Sloane, third daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Douglas Sloane
of New York and LenoX, and Mr..
William Bradhurst Osgood Field of
New York were married here yester
day.
The assembly of guests, the accouter-
ments of the ceremony, the value of
the wedding gifts and the wealth and
social prominence of all interested par
ties made the event the most magnifi-
cent of its kind that ever took place in
the Berkshire country. More than 200
guests, including representatives of the
most wealthy New York families, We're
present. The church was most elab-
orately decorated.
Rev. DR.. David II. Greer of st. Bar
tholomew's church, New York, offici-
ated, assisted by Rev. Harold Arrow
smith, rector of Trinity church.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10
President ut pittsburr,

PITTSBURG, July 5.-Half a mil
lion persons greeted President Theo-
dore Roosevelt in Pittsburg yesterday.
They came not only from Pittsburg
and Allegheny, but from the scores of
industrial towns within 100 miles of
the city. 1t was the distinguished
guests first visit TO Pittsburg as presi-
dent, and his welcome was most en-
thusiastic. From the Union station to
the speakers stand in Schenley park,
nearly four miles away, it was one
continuous cheer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10
The Old Liberty Bell.
One OF the Dearest Mementos Of the Early
Days Of American Independence.

The Louisiana Purchase Exposi-
ton management have determined to
take il possible, the old ''Liberty Bell"
from Philadelphia to St. Louis Tor ex-
hibition at the Worlds Fair in 1902.
If the effort is successful it will be the
first visit to the territory west of the
Mississippi river of this sacred memento
of early days Of American indepen-
dence.
A psychic influence is in the pro-
phetic inscription of the bell "Pro.
claim Liberty throughout all the land
unto all the inhabitants thereof
Levitlcus XIV 10" cast on it quart
er of century before 1t accomplished
its epochal task of calling the colonies
to the first public reading of the Dec
laration of Independence, six score
and six years ago. There is gratifica-
tion to the morbid and sentimental
hint at the mutability of things in the
crack which has parted the sounding
lip of Liberty Bell and silenced it for
ever. Persons who do not know ask
with surprising interest how the bell
came by the crack, and are disappont-
ed to learn that it came, not in fire or
battle, but from the impact of its own
clapper on July s, 1885, while tolling
the funeral of John Marshall. 1t was
cast in London in 1882, and it was
cracked by blow of its own clapper
month after il was hung in the state
house at Philadelphia. Pass & Stow,
Americans, recast it on the same model
and with the same main inscription.
The first recasting was unsatisfactory
and it was re.cast again.
Contrary to the popular impression,
the bell did not ring at Philadelphia
on July a, 1916 after the passage of
the Declaration of Independence. Its
service to American Independence
was that it called the colonists to a
public meeting at the state house on
July 8. 1916, at which the Declaration
of Independence was first proclaimed.
If Liberty Bell goes to St. Louis 1t
will be the sixth journey which the
bell has taken. The bells first journey
was from Philadelphia to Allentown in
1777, to save it from falling into the
hands of the British, when the Amerl-
cans evacuated Philadelphia. The
other tour journeys of the bell have
been to American expositions: To
New Orleans, on the east bank of the
Mississippi river. in 1885; to Chicago
in 1898; to Atlanta in 1895; and to
Charleston in 1901.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10
Jessie Morrison Sentenced.

Ell DORADO, Kan, July 9.-Jessie
in the second degree for killing Mrs.
Olin Castle at the latter's home here
in June, 1900, by cutting her throat
with Il razor, has been sentenced to
twenty-five years in the penitentiary.
A motion for new trial was over
ruled. Miss Morrison, who has gone
through three trials, took the sentence
with little show of demonstration.
The case will be appealed.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10
Increase in Circulation.

The large increase Of circulation
OF the local newspapers goes far to
show that the intelligent farmer is
waking up to the value of the local
periodicals. The farmer can't al
ford to be without one or two of the
local papers. 1t is his paper which
points out the condition of affairs in
the business world. 1t is the paper
that points out to him the swindlers
that are coming to fleece him out OF
as much as possible. 1t is the
newspaper that posts him in regard
to the things which are of the great
est Importance to him financially.
No farmer, no matter where he
lives or what are his circumstances
can afford to go without his local
newspaper. And it is to his inter
est to boom that paper in every
way, for it is his friend and it's
prosperity is his gain.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10
New York Markets.

FLOUR-Dull, but steady; Minnesota
patents, SiGi4,l5; winter straghts, So 756I
4.lo; winter, extras, $S.75qS.S5; winter pat
ents, $An4.l0
WHEAT-Quiet and easy because of
liquidation and more favorable crop news I;
September 7Sl2aS7sc.; December, 79A@
I9lac
RYE-S Steady; state, 63a6ic.: c. /. f., New
York, car lots; No. western, 65hc., f. o.
tORN-Opened firm with the west, then
eased off with wheat; September, 6iIaq
Coo.
OATS-Dull and weaker owing to liqui-
dation; track, white, state, 57Ql63c.; track,
PoRK-Firm; mess. $l9,25q2O; family.
S2l
LARD-Firm.
BUTTER--Firm; state dairy, l7lkQ2Olkc
creamery, 1SlaM2lhc.
CHEESE-1rregular; new, state, full
cream, small. coored, fancy, l0a10A
small white, 10MlOhc. large. colored, 9Ia
d94sc.; large. white, 9lam99sc.
SUGAR - Raw steady; fair refining,
l3-l6c, centrifugal, 96 test, 5-l6c; re-
fined steady; crushed 5,l5c.; powdered,
4.75c.
TURPENTINE-Dull at 47@47&c.
RlCE-Firm; domestic, 4l2q6hc.; Japan,
4SM5c.
6SsM6Mc,
,HAYaosteeady; shipping 6OqS5c; good to
choice, 90m 95c.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10
Centennial Envelopes.

The Centennial envelopes are here
and are in great demand. They ar
rived on Monday and nearly half Of
them are sold already. The envelopes
contain half tone cuts of the Town
Hall, High School, Court House,
and Normal School, representing the
town, county and state. The words
Centennial Celebration of tine found.
ing of Bloomsburg, Pa. August rs
and go, 1902 also appear. AT the
upper lett corner is small space fot
a business card. This is an excellent
way to advertise the celebration, and
everybody who writes letters can help
the cause along by using them.
They cost about the same as ordi-
nary envelopes. Amy printing Office
or dealer who desires to handle them
can procure them at the COLUMBIAN
OFFICE at the. wholesale price. They
are now on sale at Bidleman's and J.
w. Meyers, where they can be
bought by the pack or in smaller
quantities. This Office will not self
less than $50, and a small charge is
made for printing the business card on
the corner, if wanted. The price
without printing is $a75 a thousand,
$I.3S for 500, 10 cents for a5o-
Printed, $3.50 a thousand, I.So for
soc, 100 for $50. Get your order
In now 1t.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10
THE STATE AT A GLANCE.

-" Prot" Kretz, of Reading, spent
twenty-four hours hypnotized in a
grave, and was dug up smiling, to the
disgust of a mob of sightseers looking
for excitement.
"A sad home coming was that Of
John Moyer, of Sham okin, who re-
turned from three years service i'll the
Philippines to learn fonthe first time
that his father had died two years ago.
While Northern Central freight
train was leaving Sunbury for Mt.
Carmel Monday, Peter Rockefeller
fell from the rear end. HIS head
struck against sill and was crushed
SO badly that he will die.
BY the premature explosion of a
large cannon Murray Helder, OF
Selinsgrove, ten-year-old boy, was
fearfully burned Friday about his face
and one of his eyes was ruined.
Monday afternoon Edward lie.
kicker, aged twenty, of Lewisburg,
and John Gingrich, aged twenty-one,
OF Lebanon, both carpenters, fell from
the roof of the new St. Peters Catho-
lie church, distance of forty feet,
and both were instantly killed.
After a spirited debate Monday
night the Shamokin School Board
resolved to abolish corporal punish
ment. Professor Joseph Howerth,
Superintendent OF Public Schools,
said that punishment made boys
vicious and ugly and that teachers
could reach students better through
the heart.
During thunder storm on Mon
day lightning played a peculiar prank
on the farm of Walter Earnhart, at
Liberty Square. Five COWS, bull
and heifer were inclosed in a field
in which there were no trees. The
cattle were widely separated but were
all instantly killed by one bolt OF
lightning.
Rev. A. w. Lilly, d. d., a re-
tired Lutheran Minister, died Mon
day at his home in Mechanicsburg,
Pa. He was born at Turbotville,
Northumberland county, December
8, 1922. In 1855 he accepted the
call to Zion's Lutheran Church, ol
York, Pa, where he remained for
forty-four years, retiring to Mechau-
icsburg few years ago.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10
THE PRESIDENTS VACATION.
RoosevcIt's stay mt oyster Hay Is For
Rest and Recreation.

OYSTER BAY, n. Y, July Tn dis
cussing the presidents stay at Oyster
Bay Secretary Cortelyou today said
that there seemed to be considerabl
misapprehension as to some features
of it. He stated that there would be
no elaborate office established and that
the only clerical force maintained
would consist of two stenographers.
Arrangements have about been con-
cluded for the use of two rooms I'm the
bank building for office purposes, and 1t
will be there that the president will
transact most of his business when he
comes into town.
Both the president and his secretary
have planned to make their brief holi
days as restful as possible and to that
end will transact in Oyster Bay only
the most immediate public business.
Everything else will be transmitted to
Washington for attention there, either
by the regular White House force or, in
eases where other action is required, by
the various departments.
The people of oyster Bay seem to
resent the presence of secret service
men, as they believe that the president
is perfectly safe from bodily harm.
The strictest surveillance is main
tanned, however, despite these protesta-
tions.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10
Eagles Mere Excursion Thursday July 3lst

To accommodate persons desiring
to visit the beautiful Lake of the
Eagles " for day at moderate cost,
the Philadelphia & Reading Railway
will run special trains Thursday Jnly
3Ist as follows: Leave Bloomsbury
$50 A. NJ, Leave Catawissa 6.3o
A. NJ, Leave Rupert $40 A. NJ,
Leave Danville 6.57 A. NJ, and ar
rive at Eagles Mere 1000 A. NJ.
Returning leave Eagles Mere $50
p. NJ. stopping at above named points.
Tickets will be sold at special rates
CT $3.50 for the round trip, good that
day only on special train in each
direction as noted above.
Sale of tickets will be limited to
seven hundred, for which number
ample accommodations will be pro-
vided. 1T.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10
The Winona Fire Company boy

The Winona Fire Company boys
intend making their appearance
feature of the centennial parade.
AT meeting held Tuesday evening
great enthusiasm in the matter was
displayed. Inasmuch as the COM
pany is without uniforms and the
condition of the treasury at the
time will not warrant purchase,
it was decided to rent uniforms for
the occasion from a costume house
in Philadelphia. They will be of
colonial style, with the typical
white long hair wig and complete
in every way. With forty men
fitted out i'll this manner, headed
by the justly celebrated Catawissa
Military Band, they are certain to
make a beautiful showing. S. H.
Harman, q. Ed. Lewis and Will
lam Morris are the committee on
uniforms.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10

Expectorating on the sidewalk is
all offensive habit that is prohibited
by ordinance in most well-regulated
towns. The spirit of reform in this
direction has not struck Bloomsbury
yet, though it is not because such
action is not needed. The habit is
not confined to the loafers who in
fest the street corners. On Sunday
evening number ofvery nice young
men sat on a front porch on Main
street and cast their surplus saliva
on the pavement to such all extent
that church goers on their way
home almost had to swim to get
through it.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10

For the meeting of the Young
Peoples Chsistian Union Society
of the Presbyterian church the
Lackawanna Railroad will sell eX-
cursion tockets to Tacoma, Wash. !;
Portland, Ore; Seattle, Wash.
Vancouver or Victoria, B. c. at the
very low rate of 5000 for the
round trip. Tickets will be sold
July 10th to goth, inclusive, and
will be good for continuous passage
to the first Colorado, Wyoming,
Montana or Assiniboia point, west
of which points stopovers will be
allowed at pleasure up to Sept. 10.
The final limit for return will be
September 18th. st
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10
Gold Heel. Lowers worlds Record.

NEW YORK, July 7.-On a track
that was lightning fast and before Il
crowd of 25000 persons f. c. McLe-
wee & Co.'S Suburban winner, Gold
Heels, favorite in the betting at 13 to
10, galloped home an easy winner in
the Brighton handicap at the Brigh-
ton Beach race track. He not only
lowered Jack Points record of 2:04 80,
made in 1900 but established new
The time was 2:03 40.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10

The Catawissa Car Shops will
start work on Monday. Several
good orders have been booked, and
the Company anticipates pros
porous future. The plant will be
operated with soft coal, large
supply of which has been pur-
chased. The working force will be
limited for a week or two, after
which it will be increased and
every department run to its fullest
capacity.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10
Frank Shaffer pitched the afte

Frank Shaffer pitched the after
noon game of ball on the Fourth for
Steelton. Steelton lost the game 7
to I, but it was not due to Frank S
pitching, his work was perfectly
satisfactory. DR.. Aldinger played
in both games. That he made fa-
vorable impression is evident from
Che following paragraph which was
included in the report of the games
in the Philadelphia papers. "The
afternoon game was replete with
brilliant plays. DIR. Aldinger, phys
ical director of the Bloomsbury Nor
NAL, played first base for the Steel
ton Y. M. c. A., and put up two
great games"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10
Cham berIain Hurt.

LONDON, July S.-While Colonial
Secretary Chamberlain was driving In
Il hanson along Whitehall yesterday
the vehicle collided with a post at the
Mr.. Chamberlain was thrown forward,
and his forehead was knocked against
a window of the cab. The window
was shattered.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10

The Carpet Mill ball team was
defeated three times last week.
Twice at Mt. Carmel on the Fourth
and again at Sunbury on Saturday.
The scores were 1875, 9-S and AZ.
Wandering Willie Setley" pitch
ed the second game for Mt. Carmel
and the boys touched him up for 10
hits. This was a ten inning con-
test.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10

F. P. Billmeyer and A. J. Will
iams, executors Of Peter Billmeyer,
deceased, will sell on the premises
in Liberty township, Montour
county on Friday July 25th at two
O'Clock in the afternoon, real estate
consisting of a farm of I3o acres,
improved with large frame dwell
ing house, bank barn and other
outbuildings.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10

There is a dance for almost every
week in Catawissa. Tuesday night S
went was diversion, gotten up by
m exclusive few who do not wish
20 mix with the hoi polloi, who us
ually attend the open to all dances.
rhe occasion was an invitation at
air, attended by the smartest OF
he young people from Bloomsbury,
>atawissa and one or two other
owns. Music was furnished by
Schwarz's orchestra.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10
Mohawk Valley Under Water,

UTICA, n. Y, July S.-The Mohawk
river has risen above its banks from
Rome eastward, and water now covers
thousands of acres of heavy grass
ready to harvest and all the bottom
lands devoted to mixed farming. In
some places in the Mohawk valley
farmers have lost nearly all the crops
of this year. They will be covered with
dirt and debris and thus spoiled.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10

In noting the explosion at Joseph
Schain's store at Berwick last week
we neglected 10 mention the fact
that Jerry Kunkle was severely in
iured. He and a clerk were engag-
ed repairing the acetylene gas gen
orator when the explosion occurred,
and he was carried distance of ten
feet. His injuries are, a badly
burned face and arm. The clerk
also sustained a few burns.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10

Danny Brewer, colored, was
taken to the asylum at Danville on
Tuesday by Constable Miles Betz.
He had been confined in the Jail
for some time past, but became
so violent that it was necessary to
remove him to the Asylum. EXces-
sive rum drinking appears to be
the cause of his mental derange-
ment.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10

Robbers opened the safe in Daniel
Knittle's Office at Catawissa Friday
night, and enriched themselves to
the extent of about $40. They
secured the booty without the use
of any explosives, and opened the
safe by finding the combination.
The door of the safe was open when
Squire Knittle went to the office
Saturday morning.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10
Titus Wins Apuiu.

LONDON, July &C. S. Titus of the
Union Boat club, New York, who won
his preliminary heat with Louis Scholes
of Toronto in the Diamond Sculls, yes
terday beat w. j, Fields of Exeter,
oxford, easily by three lengths; time,
DIN. IFS. The betting Is now even mon
ey on Titus chance Of winning the tro-
ply.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10

Owing to the rainy weather in
this section. The farmers have
considerable trouble in harvesting
their wheat. In the low lands it is
almost impossible to use a binder
to cut off the grain as the ground is
so soft from the continued rains.
Where the wheat has been cut and
shocked for few days it has begun
to grow.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10

The young men of Espy had
quite an elaborate display of fire.
works on the river front Friday
night. A contribution was taken
up early in the evening, with which
a supply of sky rockets, Roman
candles and flower pots were pur-
chased, and about eight thirty they
were set off, to the delight of the
populace.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10
POpe's Jubilee Kent.

ROME, July All the members Of
the American college at Rome, includ-
ing Rev. DR.. Thomas Kennedy, rector
of the college, and Fathers McCate
McCourt and Mullin of Philadelphia,
were present last evening at the fetes
held at the Vatican in celebration Of
the pope's jubilee in honor of the twen-
tyfourth anniversary of his corona
ton
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10

]. Z. Bunting was thrown from
a bloomsbury & Sullivan R, r. To-
comotive on Sunday and was quite
painfully injured on his arm and
face. The accident occurred at the
water tank while he was drawing
wa,er, and was caused by the en-
CINE being started before he had the
feed pipe disconnected.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10
AT the Fourth of July celebra-

At the Fourth of July celebra-
ton at Pittsburg Judge Penny-
packer and Robt. +. Pattison rode
side by side in the same carriage.
An exchange says it was an un-
usual sight but not one that any
Republican or Democrat will criti-
,ize. They divided the cheers OF
he multitude, and neither will
.eceive a vote more or less next
November OH account of this.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10

Give the peddlers the cold shake.
They pay no taxes, and have nc
interest in your community. They
are ten times more likely to cheat
you than merchant who is located
and has a reputation to sustain.
And again, merchants should take
their own advice to heart, and buy
at home, instead of sending out OF
town for everything they need that
they do not happen to keep in their
own shop.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10
Live stock Market.

CATTLE - Steady; choice, $r15Q75O;
prime. 675@7l5 good. $G@6.SO; veal
HoGs~Active; choice heavy, $SdS1O;
mediums, S.S0M7S5; heavy Workers. $L75
@7So; light do. S.7Oa775 pigs, S7OllI76;
roughs. S6Gi7.50.
SHEEP AND LAMBS SLOW; best weth-
ers 81 1000, ,25; .culls and common, sl.5092;
choice lambs, $6Q6b0