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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-08-24
Meat Will Be Cheaper

The statement that meat is going
to be cheaper few months hence,
will be heard with interest by house
keepers. 1t is made by ]. +. Church,
lately the president of the National
Live Stock Association. He reports
that there is great increase in the
number of cattle, sheep and hogs
that are being fattened in the West,
and that the price of desired meat
of all kind is likely to come down
soon.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-08-24
Democratic County Ticket.

FOR PROTHONOTARY AND CLERK
OF THE COURTS,
c. NJ. TERWILLIGER
of Bloomsbury.
FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER,
FRANK w. MILLER
of Centralia.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
CHAS. L. POHE,
of Catawissa.
Jerry A. HESS
of Bloomsbury.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER,
M. II. RHODES
OF Bloomsbury, Pa.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
CHRISTIAN A. SMALL
OF Bloomsbury.
FOR COUNTY AUDITOR,
C. L. HIRLEMAN
HARRY B. GREASY.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-08-24

the Equity Court the Quarter Ses
sions Court, and the Court Of Over
and Terminer.
The Common Pleas is Jury
court the Oyer and Terminer is q
jury court; one branch of the
Quarter Sessions is a jury court
The Orphans Coult and the Equity
Court and the general Quarter Ses.
siois are not.
The first week of every term OF
the court should be allotted to the
non jury business, to wit Petitions,
motions, bills, answers, arguments,
sureties of the peace. cases of de-
sertlon, divorces, audits, sales, re-
ports on roads and bridge views,
constables' returns on roads, hotels.
etc, etc. and the great nameless
multiplicity of miscellaneous busi-
ness which takes up time and re-
quires attention, and is important
enough not TO be run through the
mill as if the Court House was
on fire
If all the non jury business is
set and fixed for the regular quart.
erly term OF court, one week will
be pretty we'll taken up. and in
stead of using up the first Monday
OF every month, except July and
August, and running lawyers and
suitors TO an argument court the
said argument court, which is a
nuisance, ought to be abated, as a
nuisance. Thus all the non jury
business could be disposed of decent
ly and in order.
On the MondaJ of the second
week, the Grand Jury, and the
criminal traverse jury and the de-
PENDANTS and witnesses and the
general Jail delivery should appear
and answer as they were bound to
do. Then allow no flimsy excuse.
See that a continuance is for good
cause; try the case carefully, with
out undue haste, and let even hand.
ed justice be done. If it takes three
days, we'll and good, if it takes all
week, then every case has been
heard, and every man is on the way
to serve his sentence. or he goes
about his interrupted business,
freed Of the fear of punishment, and
of the laws delay.
On the Monday Of the third week
the CO.. mon Pleas jury, and the
parties and witnesses and counsel
concerned attend the court. satisfied
that nothing is in the way of prompt
trials, as per the list of causes. At
the present term, for instance,
there are forty three causes. No
body pretcnds that they can be
tried at the tail end of the criminal
week or even one tenth of them.
And so the most important and
business litigation of the county
goes over and over, term after term
because the time is taken up by the
business which must be done. and
which is non jury business. No
man can tell when the miscellaneous
business will be finished. No man
can tell when the Quarter Sessions
will end at any term of court.
Therefore no man can tell when the
civil jury business will be or car
be reached.
The rule is to get all the miscel'
laneous and criminal business done
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-08-24
Pioneer Banker Dead.

+. V. Rockafellow, Wilkesbarre's
pioneer banker and the first city
treasurer, died on Thursday from
complication of diseases, aged II
years. In 1897 his private bank
failed. and since then he had been
living iE retirement.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-08-24

and out of the way, so that when
the civil list is called, Thursday or
Friday in two weeks court, no time
is left, and witnesses and suitors
who came the first day, 90 home
with cases untried, Oh the last day
Such things ought not to happen.
REFORM.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-08-24
Received Telegram Announcing Death.

A telegram was received by Will
liam Jones of Pine township. this
county, on Sunday conveying the
sad intelligence of the death of his
son John, which occurred in Cali
fornia. Only meagre details are
known, but it seems that the young
man was injured in an explosion on
Saturday, and was so badly injured
in an explosion that his death
followed Saturday night. He was
twenty.three years Of age and left
this county about year and six
months ago for the California oil
fields. To those with whom he
was acquainted the announcement
OF his death will come as a shock.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-08-24
Whitenight Reunion,

The relatives and friends of the
Whitenight family will hold a re-
union and picnic at Keim's Grove,
Rupert, on Friday, August IS.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-08-24
Lutherans To Meet In Danville

Danville has been selected as the
meeting place for the semi-annual
sessions of the Danville Conference
of Pennsylvania Ministerium of the
Lutheran Church. The meetings
will be held in the Trinity Lutheran
church, that town September 18TH,
10Th. and goth.
The Danville Conference includes
thirty ministers who will be present
in Danville at that time. 1t has
been IS years since conference met
in Danville. A program of the
proceedings will be arranged later.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-08-24

THURSDAY. AUGUST "A, 1905.
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t.
 H. E. MARTIN NAMED
To Succeed G. L. Morris With the
 "Hot Western.''

The appointment of H. E. Martin as temporary superintendent of the Little Rock and Hot Springs Western railroad, to succeed George l.. Morris has been made permanent by Presi dent w. c. Fordyce. Mr. Martin as sumed the duties of the position some two weeks ago, when MT. Morris res ignation was asked for by the compa n.y. but at the time it was stated that he would fill the position for a short time only, and until the com. pany could select an available man. In accepting tht permanent superin, tendency of the Little Rock and HO Springs Western Mr. Martin takes charge of the Pine Bluff Western which is controlled by the same peo- ple but he does not relinquish his po- sition as general superintendent of the Hot Springs Electric Light, Gas and Water company. In the dual role Mr. Martin now finds himself he will have his hands full, but his friends are certain that h's employers and the public will he well satisfied with his work.
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WILL STAY IN LITTLE ROCK WILL NOT onco OUT OF SOUTHERN BASE
 BALL LEAGUE.
NeW Company Will Be Formed and Canvass for Subscriptions to
 Begin at Once.

Practically all doubt that Little Rock will remain in the Southern league was cleared away last night When General Manager Simpson of the street railway company announc- ed at meeting of business men held at the board of trade that the company would extend it's tracks to the gates of West End park if d com pany is organized of sufficient strength to take over the franchise of the Little Rock association and guarantee that Little Rock Will con- tlnue to have a club in the Southern league, says the Gazette.
 Ihls announcement was what the men interested in the retention of the franchise in the city were waiting for and as soon as it was made. those who were present expressed the ut most confidence that sufficient money could be raised to pay all the debts of the old association and put the club on a paying basis. Arrange ments were made for the appoint ment of committees of business men, who will begin at once a canvass for subscriptions and it is believed that With the assurance that the street car company will extend it's line to the fark, there will be no difficulty in raising the necessary funds.
 In the meantime no action will be taken toward disposing of the Little Rock franchise. President Aaron Frank of the old association express ed his desire to do everything possi- ble 10 keep baseball in Little Rock and to this end agreed 10 hold the transfer of the franchise 10 some oth- CT city in abeyance until January ,. at least. This, it is expected, will give the committees time to make their canvass and determine whether it will be possible to prevent the sale of the franchise
 II is proposed to form a company with a capital stock of from S7.5OO to S1oooo. This will provide for the payment of the debts of the old as- socatiOn. which amount to about $5,- 800, and leave working balance to carry the club through the season of 1906.
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WARM DEBATE INDUCED IN BY JUDGE KER. WIN AND MIR. GOULD AT
 ELKS. Gould's Speech Interrupted by Arthur Murray, Who Accused Gould of
 FaIsehood.

Accepting the invitation of County Judge E. J. Kerwn, Sheriff James Gould, candidate for county judge against Mir. Kerwin, met the latter In joint debate at the Ells theater Tues day night. Despite the exceedingly inclement weather, there was a very fair crowd present to hear what the two opposing candidates for the coun- ty judgeship had to say.
 Many personal allusions were in- dulged in at the joint debate, and things grew quite warm for a time.
 Judge Kerwin was introduced to the assembly by Joe Cook. Judge Kerwin at once launched into de runciation of the alleged "snap" pri- mary, set for the 10th of next month, and said that a fight was being made against him to keep him from getting an endorsement term because he had done his duty
 MT. Gould's rejoinder was as warm as Judge Kerwin's lead.
 A sensation was created when Ar thur Murray interrupted the speech of Sheriff Gould by telling him he was telling falsehood.
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EIGHT BOYS EXPELLED
 FROM SCHOOL

Fort Smith, Dec. 20-Because they would not tell the names of the pu- l'lls who are supposed to have scat tered books and papers in the high school, eight of the boys attending tie school are said to have been ex
 pelled by the school board It is claimed that the high school was broken into and that books and pa pers were taken from the desks and piled in the floor The school board made a diligent effort to ferret out the perpetrators, but has failed to do SC thus far and it appears that the expulsion of eight boys is due to their failure or refusal to tell who perform ed the act complained of. Judge John H. Rogers, who is president of the board, declines to discuss the matter.
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TO ANNEX PART OF TERRITORY
Bill to Enlarge Arkansas Introduced
 by Mir. Wallace.

Washington, D. G., Dec. 19.-Repre sentative Wallace of Arkansas has in troduced the following bills in the interest of the state:
 Providing for annexation of Choc- taW and Cherokee nations by Arkan- sas, authorizing Arkansas to extend it's western boundary line so that it will begin at point 40 miles west of the southwest corner of Missouri and run south to right bank of Red river, and thence down said river to the Louisiana line.
 To designate Bayou Bartholomew river, in Arkansas, as navigab1e.
 Senator Clarke and Congressman Reid have left the city for Arkansas, where they will spend the holidays.
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NEW SUITS.

Orlean Smith sues Maria WashnS ion and others in the chancery cour' to foreclose mortgage on lot b block z. Woodruff's addition.
 Robert B. Dodds and others sue Robert H. and l.. V. Barnes Tn the chancery court to foreclose vendor lien on a tract of land in 1s-4-7.
 j.. w. Monk sues the unknown helfs of John G. Tobin in the chancef! court to quiet the title in the plalntlH to the west half of lot 6. block l. J. w. Mons addition No. 2.
 The Citizens Light and Transit company sues J. w. Dutton in the circuit court on note for $l57.
 S. l.. Bobo sues the Sawyer ana Austin Lumber company in the GIT cult court for damages in the sum ol $150.
 The Globe Soap company sues the Travellers Fire Insurance company the circuit court, and prays judgment for $40.
 R. A. Bird sues J. c. York in the chancery court to foreclose a vendors lien of $S50 on lot 5, block 15, Cock rill's addition, south.
 Alex Perdue sues A. J. Mitchell ir tre chancery court to foreclose a ven 'cr's lier for $1,740 on a tract of land
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GouLDs TO IMPORT ITALIANS

The Gould system plans to fill in the waste places along it's lines in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas with Italians, and to this end it is pro- rosed to establish a steamship line having for it's American termini the ports of New Orleans and Galveston. If the plan be approved by George J. Gould, to whom it has been submitted
 the steamers to be put iii the service will be sufficient in number to have one arrive each week at the ports named. It is stated that the plan embraces agents of the railroad in Italy and other parts of southern Eu- rope, who will seek quality as well as quantity, and that there is no in- tention of. conducting the steamship lines for direct profit to them. which would mean the unloading of all sorts of nndesirab ble people on the United States, but with view to the ulti- mate benefit of the Gould roads, which have many millions of acres of good land tributary to their lines that are not occupied and which will not be occupied for decades unless some such movemtnt is undertaken. While the initial cost of the undertaking ---'r No large. it is believed that in the ecd the investment will be good one.
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KISS ACHIEVEMENTS WEAPON.
Threatens Orange Woman Thus in
 Demand for Money.

Orange, N. J., Dec. 19.-A highway dinary weapon of his craft. and in stead employs k sses to force his vic tin.e into submission. He is young and tall and his latest victim says, handsome and well dressed. He is at large but the police declare they are on h's trail.
 Mrs. Jessie Cheesman of Oakwood and Central avenues had an encount- or with the newest hiehwayman while on her way home through OakWood avenue. Her arms were filled with bundles gathered in her Christmas shoDping, and as she strode forward, her head bent to the storm. she could not see the youth who stepped from the roadside to the path directly m front of her. The first thing she know he had his arms about her.
 Mrs. Cheesman began to upbraid the man. when he demanded money. When she refused he threatened to KISS her.
 Come on. now" he said, "money CT I'll kiss you.'
 Rather than submit to this huniF- ation. the woman Was about to give the hiehwayman what money she had when she heard a mans footsteps III the road behind her. She took couf- aae and shrieked for aid. The scream were heard, and the highwaymah hearing the unmistakable footsteps or a rescuer, turned and fled. lie got neither kiss nor money.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-12-20
SPUR CONTRACT
 s,s,>tf s-1TggEA GRAPH1C'S ITEM WITH REFER ENCE TO TT DID NOT COME FROM MIR, DICKEY.
Mir. M. p. Russell Says Contract Was ,-e,..s, '4. 4 Recalled by Cotton Belt and
 Never Returned.

In simple justice to MT. S. M. Dick ey, the local agent of the Cotton Belt railroad, the Graphic VII state that he is no sense whatever responsible for the following statement, printed iii the Graphic Tuesday afternoon:
 ''It is learned from what is believed to be a highly reliable source thSt Superintendent Pecks action in order ing the Russell switch to be taken up is said Ky him 10 he due to the fact that the Russell company declined to Cotton Belt from damages as a result el the building of the switch Busi- ness mon who have had experience with railroad companies say that it is custcna1y for the railways to require the signing of such release before building a spur track for the benefit of any concern. It is said that the Russell company declined to sign the docun ent, and as result the spur was taken up.'
 The Graphic did not get it's informa- tion from Mr. Dickey or from any bcdy who alleged to have the infor nation from MT. Dickey.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-12-20

The board of stewards of the First Methodist church has rem membered the new pastor, Rev. T. Y. Ramsey with very substantial Christmas gift. The salary heretofore paid the pastor of that church was sf,5O0 a year. The board, on Tuesday night, raised the salary $500, making it S2,- 900.
 The board was organized at the meeting Tuesday night by the election of T. w. Sparks as president: G. w.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-12-20

Lindsay, secretary and treasurer; Dr. j. F. Simmons, incidental steward [. 0. Huber, James Walker, and Alex Powell, music committee.
 The following members of the board were present: w. T. Young James Gould, R. L. Rutherford, Dr. J k. Simmons, H. B. Russell, Alex. Rowell, James Walker, J. c. Cross Mercer Sligh, Jno. w. Gibson, c. o Huber, B. Johnson, T. c. Chestnut T. w. Sparks.
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MT. Russell's Statement.

MT. M. F. Russell of the Russell Grocery company read the foregoing statement in the Graphic, and said to the Graphic this morning that the contract referred to was sent to his firm to be signed, but before it was signed was called for, and that he had not seen it since, and that the Cotton Belt officials had never return ed it to be signed.
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LACK OF CARS
lid Has Caused the Shutdown of Heading Factory.

VT of cars on the Iron Mountain tYrAbuted as cause for shutting \ fhe saw at Dimmons and Ben factory Tuesday. Gen. se aseenmplaint is being heard about Ai6ability of the Iron Mountain to 1ah eonugh cars to supply the de-
 and this disability has con-
 shut down operations at the
 2 factory, so reports say.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-12-20

lekOa, Wash, Dee. 19.-Pierrc Wildshoe, chief of the Occur d'Alcne Indians, received one day last week tobacco pipe, or calumet, which is somewhat of a curiosity and an in teresting relic of tho days when say age tribes were still struggling for supremacy in the country east of the Rocky mountains.
 The pipe, which was inclosed in a pretty ornamented canvas case, is made of pipe stone, calcareOus rock, found in some parts of the west. The bowl. which is four inches in depth, fits into an aperture in the stem, and is of the same material. The stem is twenty inches long, exclusive of a short mouthpiece. It has square sides
 and has been hollowed out from end to end with a fine drill, or other small instrument. Through this aperture is inserted a narrow wooden tube con meeting the bowl of the mouthpiece at the opposite end. The weight of the stem and bowl approXimates four pounds. There is pretty ornamenta- ton by inlaid beads and some crude attempts at carving.
 A chief of the Fathead tribe, whose Fnelish name is Peter, came from Montana to present this pipe to his friend. Chief Wildshoe, at De Smet mission. on the Occur d'Alene feser- vatiOn.
 According to Peters story, which vas told a few days ago in broken F,nglish to correspondent on the train between Wallace and Tekoa. Sitting Bull was it's orioira1 owner. The warr or had it in his possession several years previous to his death, and it's fragrant eybalations were more than once the symbol of peace after a coni1 ct Wlth the soldiers of the United States or with hostile savaSes.
 Sitting Bull was killed in skirmish with a detachment of regular troops at Pine Ridge agency, South DaKota in December, 1S9O An under or sub chief, whose name was not learned then assumed command of the tlloe and took possession of the Warllke accoutrements and other fleets of war belonging to his predecessor. me implements of war were buried Wl'h the old chieftain, but the pipe, the emblem of peace, was retained as memento of the dead.
 Time passed till decade and hal1 had flown and the owner of the valued relic had been called to his reward, leaving the calumet to other hands.
 About this time Peter, the Flathead chief, appeared among the Sloux' aho' seeing the calumet and learning US history, succeeded in getting it by ex- changing two of his best ponies. After 9 short visit with Sioux friends, ne returned to his own camp and then started on his mission of frlendshlp 10 the Occur dAlene, bearing the em- blem of peace to present to the latter chief.
 A man on the train on which CAle1 Peter was a passenger, hearing the old mans story. was impressed Wlth it's truthfulness, and offered money TOT the relic far in excess of the value or the ponies wh oh were given III eA' change. He was met, however, With { positive rfusal.
 "Me no sell it; me give i'm to Wlld- shoe. big Couer d'Alene chle1, as the reply and no inducement could De offered to alter his determination.
 The presentation took place at De smet mission the following day, ana Wildshoe prizes the gift highly, for us history, no less than for it's intrinsic worth
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WHAT TAXPAYER
 WANTS FROM SANTA

December 19, 19O5.-Dear Santa Claus Please put note in the city councils stocking asking for stepping blocks on Barraque, street at the crossings of Poplar and Cherry, sc pedestrians will not get stuck in the mud. A TAXPAYER.
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&awton, Ok, Dec. 1S.-Thrashing Non is a late novelty in Greer hty, and it has proved such a &derfully remarkable success that % process may be continued and
 ffYed until thrashing machines
 ba manufactured for the dispos.- Moi the raw cotton in the boil the 1Se as for wheat and oats in the
 of farmers and ma |&ishts have proven that the new 6fure will ultimately be success prediction is forged that the
 pn thrasher may supplant the
 bn gin. Charles Brown, a Greer r ty farmer of the new school, re- nSly gathered 2OS0 pounds of partial oben cotton bolls that had been ected by the frost and could not vea opened sufficiently wide for the king process, took a load to a Ieat thrasher and ran it through the Dafator in the same manner as IeS&. The cotton was later taken Sagin and turned out a fine bale, 'fxkdng 513 pounds.
 HsSC. Newton, on whose farm the fA21Yer was situated. stated that he sinated that there are enough half gn bolls on his farm to make twenty lAthe entire amount of which be totally lost save as winter for cattle were it not for 4 " thrashing process. Other rtl of that vicinity have large ld3 such cotton and the saving in Immunity alone will amount to hundred dolalrs.
 most important commendable
 Of the process is that the cot being ginned was almost ehly cleaned of trash which VI cessarily mixed with the cot t0 the thrasher. The Brown bale
 br 10 cents a pound, which m top price for middling cotton sl day of the sale.
 pa Wear in the cotton section ac ds of thous;.--ds of dollars are ril account of frost preventing the fol ming of the late bolls. If the ah process should prove a gen. ds ecess this loss could be min ml o a very large extent.
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PROBATE COURT.

Letters of administration on the es- tate of J. M. Smith were issued to Hattie Smith.
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A $500 CHRISTMAS GIFT

BOARD STEWARDS METHODIST CHURCH REMEmgER PASTOR RAISE OF $500 IN HIS sALABy
 BOARD ORGANIZES AND ELE OFFICERS WITH TOM ''e'N' e' r's'0eN' .4s44 -al zzst zs ! sk <
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For Men Only

make clothes for men only. Fit and workmanship guaranteed. Eisen- kramer, the tailor, above Citizens bank, Second avenue, corner Pine street.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-12-20

wilson and wife of Princeton spnests of the Trulock Tuesday
 loon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-12-20

The average daily attendance for the month ending November 10, 1905, is as follows:
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c. A. Snapp of Little Rock was visitor Tuesday afternoon.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-05-25

The funeral sermon of little Johnny
Steinbach, who died with scarlet fever
a few weeks ago, was held Sunday
afternoon in the Odd Fellow hall. He
was the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph
steinbach. Rev. Stegner of st. Paul
oficiated.