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the Cross Keys Hotel at Berwick.
Window frames have been set for
the second story of the new court
house.
C. W. Dickson of Berwick, has ac
cepted a position at Ridgeway, Pa
with the North-west Mining Exchange!
The trout fishing season will open
next Wednesday, the 15th, and con
tinue until July 15th.
There has been added a considera
ble number of new subscribers to our
list during the past week.
Spring term of the Normal School
began last week. The attendance is
larger than at any previous term.
Granulated sugar is now sold in the
cities at 4$ cents per pound by the
barrel.
Mrs. D. Stroup who has been con
fined to the house by sickness during
the winter is now improving in health.
The Land Improvement Company's
sale of lots continues through April,
on the last three days of each week.
C. E. Yorks, the new justice of
Sugarloaf, will make a very compe
tent official.
A reply to criticisms against the Rev
enue Bill was recived too late for this
week's issue. It will appear next
week,
The Supreme Court has affirmed
the case of Steel vs. Wisner, which
was tried before Judge Ikeler in Mon
tour county.
The time for holding evening serv
ices in the Lutheran church, has been
changed from seven o'clock to half
past seven.
T. O. Vanalen, head of the firm of
Vanalen & Co., operators of the Nor
thumberland Iron & Nail Works, died
at his home in Danville on Monday.
The Loyal Legion will meet next
Sunday, April 1 a in the Presbyterian
Church. All the children are urged
to be there.
The new Town Council was sworn
in on Monday last. They met for or
ganization on Thursday right. We
go to press to soon too give the result
Mrs. M. Wynkoop is making an
improvement to her frame dwelling
house on Centre street. The north
end of the building is enlarged and a
second story added.
Forty-five lots of the Land Improve
ment Company have been sold. Only
two were sold last week, as the sale
was adjourned on account of the wet
weather.
E. A. Rawlings furnished the Ex
change Hotel with spring lamb on
Easter Sunday. This is the earliest
that he has ever been able to get this
delicacy.
Warden Brockway, whose term of
office at the Wilkes-Barre jail has ex
pired, has removed his family to Ber
wick. He will give his attention to
his brick making and farming business.
Prof. Benedict, of Towanda, who
was offered the position of Chief of
the Educational Division of Indian
Service at Washington, declined to
accept. Sufficient time was not given
him to close up his affairs in Towanda.
Alfred Mc Henry, of Benton, went
to Philadelphia on Monday to lay in a
stock of General Merchandise for his
store. The people of Benton and vi
cinity should await the arrival of his
stock, as there will be special bargains
offered.
Guy Rawlings has purchased a hand
some watchmaker's lathe for use on
his bench in J. G. Wells' jewelry store.
It is the best of the kind that can be
procured. He will finish his trade
next October, and is supplying him
self with the necessary tools that he
will need when he becomes a full
fledged journeyman.
Mr. Frank Mears and Miss Annie E.
Walters were united in marriage Tues
day evening, by the Rev. J. P. Tustin.
The bridal party were driven to Rev.
Tuttin's residence in Mr. Winner's
rah. After being married they were
driven to the train to go on their bri
dal tour. After visiting tnends in
Wilkesbarre, Scranton, Nanticoke, and
other places, they will return to
Bloomsburg to live in their already
nicelv furnished house. A sister of
the bride and Mr. Charles Brobst were
bridesmaid and groomsman. I he
bride received many handsome pres
ents.
NORMAL SCHOOL NOTES.
The new term opened a week ago
last Monday with the largest attend
ance in the his'ory of the school.
This week about 25 additional stud
ents came in, making the enrollment
above 37c. When all have come who
have indicated their intention to
come, the number will not be much
short of 400 students. Prof. Coughlin
has moved his family to town. They
live in the brick house across the street
from the southern extremity of the
school grounds.
Rooms for about fifty additional
students were provided during last
term, and now all these rooms are
filled with busy workers. The dormi
tory presents the appearance of a hive
of busy bees. Prof. Welsh has been
elected a member of the American
Academy of Social and Political Sci
ence, an organization of college presi
dents, professors, and prominent edu
cators for the purpose of studying,
and discussing the social and political
questions of the day. "The Acade
my" one of the foremost magazines is
published by this society.
The question is being asked now,
what will be done next to accommodate
the growth of the school ? Will the
trustees put up another building?
What will the legislature do?
MISS GIDDINGS' C0N0EET.
Owing to the fact that too short no
tice was given, a small audience was
in attendance at the Opera House
last Monday night. As announced
last week, Miss Selina C. Giddings
is a pupil of Madame Julie Rive King
of New York. She is still in her
teens, but she plays with wonderful
precision, and fine expression, and her
selections embrace manv classical
pieces. At her concert here she
played composition of Heller, Gotts
chalk, Liszt, Chopin, the Moonlight
Sonata, by Beethoven, and other well
known composers. Her playing de
lighted all who heard her, and should
she come here again, it is very likely
that she will be greeted by a good au
dience. Mrs. G M. Repaz sang with
much feeling, and added much to the
pleasure of the coucert. Mis Maude
Runyon whose well known musical abil
ity as a pianist renders it unnecessary
to speak of it at home, played the ac
companiments. THE SUNDAY LAW.
The Law and Order, and the Sab
bath Associations of Philadelphia pro
pose to start a closing crusade against
the barbers, the cigar dealers and
druggists who do business on Sunday.
In retaliation these classes propose to
enter vigorously into the movement,
and to enlarge it into a crusade
against all who do work on the Sab
bath. This will include horse car
conductors and drivers, milk and ice
dealers, steam railway and steamboat
employees, hack drivers, and all per
sons who perform worldly employ
ment. It will stop the Sunday news
papers. The act of 1794 prohibits
all kinds of employment on the bab
bath, except work of charity or neces
sity. The necessities of the present
day are very different from those of
1704, and an enforcement of this law
so far as milk and ice wagons, street
and railway cars and similar employ
ments are concerned, will result in
making the law so unpopular that its
repeal will soon follow.
One Philadelphia cigar-dealer said :
"It's an old saying that the best way
to repeal a bad law is to enforce it.
If the Sabbatarians havn't courage
enough or means enough to enforce
the law against all its violators instead
of only one class of them we will help
them out in great style, and we can
keep it up as long as they do. Per
haps they will thank us for it, but I
guess some people will get pretty
tired of it. Everybody wants to know
what this town is coming to and may
be it's just as well to let people see as
soon as possible."
A proper Sunday observance should
be enforced. An enforcement of the
present broad law will probably lead
to a relaxation of its provisions by the
passage of a law that is more nearly in
touch with the requirements of the
times.
LEGAL MATTERS-
By a typographical omission last
week we were made to say that cer
tain letters testamentary would be
sold by the sheriff. There should
have been two different items reading
as follows :
Letters testamentary in the estate of
T. W. Smith late of Jackson township
have been granted to T. C bmith.
.( Property of Abijah Lewis in Fishing
creek township will be sold by the
sheriff at the court house on April
nth at 10 a.m.
BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1891.
WALLEE.
Samuel Roberts has moved on his
lower farm near Ira Thomas' mill and
his son George has moved on the one
near here, which he is going to farm.
As the,preacher, Rev. Hamlin, has
not come to Benton yet on account of
sickness, there were no services here
on Sunday evening. He is not ex
pected to preach before four weeks.
The Union Sunday School will be
organized at this place next Sunday.
Some of the farmers commenced
plowing last week but they gave it up
again and resumed their accustomed
places around their warm firesides, to
await the the further approach of
spring.
Samuel Remley has rented his
father's farm.
The public schools are now having
their "last days," wnich are generally
pretty well attended. We are inform
ed that one lad spoke no less than
nineteen pieces on one of these oc
casions last week.
Charles Coleman moved to Pine
Summit last Thursday, where he is
going to take charge of a hotel
Joseph Yorks is going to visit his
son Henry, who lives at Oriole, this
week.
Willliam Butt, who has been very
low with pneumonta, is recovering
slowly.
We learn that some of our neighbors
are very desirous of making money ;
they drive to Jameson City and sell
their butter for twenty cents a pound
while the hucksters will pay twenty
three at their door.
ENT POST ANNIVERSARY.
The public meeting at G. A. R.
Head Quarters Monday evening to
commemorate the 25th anniversary of
the G . A . was pleasant and well at
tended. ' he ci'crgy, the ladies, and
many citizens were there, and the
programme was as follows:
Prayer, Rev. Wm. C. Leverett: Song
Bloomsbuig Quintette, Messrs Brower,
Campbell, Sterling, Brady, and Betts;
Address, Post commander, Wm. C.
Shaw; Reading General order etc. from
General Veasey, National commander,
F. P. Drinker; Song Epluribus Unum,
Ira. V. Drinker; History of Col. Ent
rost No. 250. Ihos h Geddis; Song
Quintette: Address, Rev. Heilman:
Song, Quintette; Address, Rev. Patter
son; Address. Rev. Gallowav: Song
Quintette: "Army Bean" song by C.
fornwald and comrades: Address
Chaplain Edwards; Remarks, officer of
Day, Dawson; Song "Old Mousque-
taire, F. P. Drinker; Song, Quintette;
Song "Old Canteen," Comrades; Clos
ing remarks, F. P. Drinker; Prayer
Rev. Heilman; Presentation of a
beautiful G. A. R. Rug to the Post
by James McGee. . The Prayers
and addresses by the clergy
were eloquent and strong, the songs
well rendered and appropriate and
1 hos. k. Oeddis history of the post
well worded and concise. All present
seemed well pleased and called the
evening a success.
SUPREME 00UET.
The list of cases for argument in
the Supreme Court for Luzerne and
Columbia counties will be heard dur
ing the week beginning April 13th, at
Philadelphia. The cases from this
county are Hoffman vs. Bloomsburg
x bullivan K. K. Co., Markle vs.
Borough of Berwick, Roaringcreek
Water Companys Appeal, Lore s Ap
peal, Main School District Appeal. The
attorneys concerned in these cases are
Hon. C. R. Buckalew, Col. J. G.
Freeze, L. E. Waller, C. G. Barkley,
L. S. Wintersteen, S. P. Hanl;y, C.
B. Jackson, C. C. Evans, C. W. Mil
ler, R. R. Little, B. F. Zarr, W. H.
Rhawn, C. E. Geyer.
Tohn Rinker died suddenlv last Fri
day morning at his home on Main
street, about one ociock. lie had
worked at the car shoDS all dav and on
his return home complained of being
unwell. Alter retiring he - was seized
with a coughing fit, and died before
medical aid could be summoned. His
age was 69 years. His wife, four sons
and two daughters servivce. He was
buried on Sunday afternoon, and his
tunetal was attended Dy the American
Mechanics, of which body he was a
member.
MILLYILLE BOROUGH CASE-
Judge Ikeler heard the argument on
exceptions to the report of the Grand
Jury approving the application for in
corporation of Millville as a borough,
on Monday.- Grant Herring repre
sented the petitioners, and Messrs. Lit
tle, Maize and Elwell the exceptants,
Most of the morning was consumed in
the argument The judge took the
papers and reserved his decision.
CENTRAL-
I thought a little news from this
section would interest the many read
ers of your paper, and will write what
has come under my observation the
last week ; which has been a cold
snowy one for this time of year. I
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and vicinity.
Mr. Sitler has his residence nearly
completed and with his new wife will
feel quite at home. Jno. Herring is
looking for about the same kind of a
habitation, at least you would think so
if you would see the cows milked near
ty-
Mr. Lary is in his new home and
ready for any kind of carpenter work.
L. P. Albertson is quite busy at his
new hotel and with Mr. Hastings ex
pects to do quite a truck business.
Tony Bush keeps on the move fixing
up around his new residence.
O. W. Lansh feels better since the
election is over and is ready for spring
work. I. F. Lamon is busy getting
ready to build and make garden, his
wife Lilie has returned from a two
weeks visit from Plymouth and Brier
creek. All the saw mills are running
steady on this branch. Mr. Stohner is
mail carrier and the agent at Depot.
Jamison City, well it looks like last
years' bird nest, empty nothing going on
except the lanneryand Hub factory.
Owing to the sheriff sales on the 3d
inst there was quite a number of law
yers and others interested.
Among those we might mention Mr.
Freeze, Mr. Elwell, Mr. Wintersteen
Mr. Fritz, also Prof Deal and J. B.
McHenry. Some of them with their
guides, Dr. Hartman and Prof Deal
hired the Jamison livery took in Central
and Elkgrove; also noticed Dr. Colly
and Mr. Parker, managers ot the Ben
ton shirt ractory.
Will write you concerning the speck
led beauties in our next
Yours L.
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
At an adjourned session of the court
held on March 27th , the hotel license
01 John W. Kline in Conyngham was
transferred to W. F. Rhoads.
Restaurant license of John Bush in
Sugarloaf transferred from burned
building to another building on same
lot.
Hotel license of Mary Smith in
Beaver transferred to C. A. Shuman.
W. Mosteller appointed guardian of
G. W. Wampole.
C. W. Runyon appointed guardian
of William Walter.
C. F. Mann appointed gnardian of
minor children of Elizabeth Mann.
J. M. DeWitt, P. J. Shultz, and H.
H. Hulme appointed inspectors of a
bridge in Sugarloaf near M. J. Tripp's.
Assignee of R. Brener & Co. dis
charged.
John Cadman vs. B, & S. R. R.
Co., M. E. Seybert, P. Creasey, G. L.
Johnson, G. W. Appleman, John Hip-
penstiel appointed viewers to ass ess
damages.
ADJOURNED COURT, APRIL, 6
On petition, the office of supervisor
of Scott declared vacant as to John
Watres. Wm. Robison appointed to
fill vacancy.
1 homas Gorrey appointed guardian
of minor children of John Hennessy.
P. Swank, Clinton Hower and Ben
jamin Beaver appointed viewers of a
road in Roaringcreek near Geo. Craigs.
A number of cases were argued.
Adjourned to April, 13 at 8 a. m.
An Exoiting Cooking Main
Northumberland, April c. A
cocking main was held to-day a few
miles from here. A throng of five or
six hundred witnessed the fight from
this place, Scranton, W ukes-Barre,
Kingston, Bloomsburg, Danville, Lan
caster, Marietta, Harrisburg, Sha
mokin, Sunbury and Williamsport.
The contest was between Northum
berland and Danville. The stakes
were $150 a side, which Northumber
land won. Altogether $600 changed
nanas. cany tnis morning a. Lincoln
Moore, of Bucknell University, who is
filling the Baptist pulpit here, went to
Sunbury to get the Sheriff to stop the
fight, but both he and his deputy were
out of town. Some of the other
ministers denounced it from their pul
pits.
The following letters are held at the
Bloomsburg, Pa., post office and will
be sent to the dead letter office April
ai, 1891.
Miss Minnie Crawford, John P,
Hartzell, Mr. Franklin R. Pierce, Mr.
nenry Williams.
Persons calling for these letters will
please say they were advertised April
7,1801..,
One cent will be charged on each
letter advertised.
' A. B. Cathcart, P. M.
AN INTERESTING RELIGIOUS GATH
ERING-
The North Branch Conference of
the Susquehanna Synod of the Luther
an Church held its Biannual conven
tion in Espy from Monday until Wed
nesday of last week. This Conference
covers the country from Shamokin
Mt. Carmel and Selinsgrove up the
North branch to Hazleton. Because
of La Grippe and other engagements
several of the brethren were missing
but the session was a most delightful
one and was greatly appreciated by
the people of all denominations in
Espy as was manifested by the large
attendance at every session. In addi
tion to the routine business of the con
ference there were a number of inter
esting d.scussions on practical subjects
such as "The true elements of a revival
and how to be conducted," on which
Rev. Wagner of Hazleton read a paper
of so great merit that it was ordered
printed by conference for circulation
among the people. It was a most
clear biblical statement on this often
misunderstood subject, and the Luth
eran view as held and practiced. The
other subject discussed were "The
Prayer meeting" The Sunday school
work, The Superintendents," "the
teacher," "the Scholar," in all of
which the whole conference took part,
lay delegates as well as ministers.
From the report of the different Pas
tors nearly all the congregations in the
Conference have enjoyed most gracious
season of refreshing during the past
six months. Passion week is being
observed with more and more interest
every year, some of the congregations
holding an early twilight service even
on good Friday, and Easter morning.
These special seasons have brought
new life to the church and large ac
cessions were reported from all over
the conference. It would appear from
the reports of the different Pastors
that the work was never more pros
perous, the ingatherings never as large,
and the future never more hopeful.
Rev. Glaze and his people gave the
conference a warm welcome and most
hospitable entertainment. The church
was elegantly decorated with Easter
flowers.Band the music was made a
special feature of the exercises. To
all, the exercises seemed only too
short.
Reporter.
Hick's Prediction for April.
Clear, frost weather will follow the
storms of the 1st and and, until on
and about the 5 th it will turn warmer,
with cloudiness and rains. The oth
and 1 oth is shown in the calendar as
the next storm period. April rains,
scattering hail storms, with snow in
the north, may be expected, rrost
and cold will follow. April showers
will gather into wider and heavier
storms about the 16th and 17th. The
2 2d, 23d and 24th are regular storm
days, in which some active rain and
hail storms will occur. A very warm
atmosphere, with restless electric
clouds, may admonish of possible
danger. In the north snow need not
surprise, followed by the regular fall of
temperature, perhaps to freezing.
There are reasons to expect very act
ive, reactionary storms on and about
the 23d and 29th. April ends cool
to cold.
A Pine Greek Bear's Adventure.
The late severe snow-storm was
hard on the bears in the wilds of pine
creek and caused them to come out in
search of prey. A Fall Brook railroad
man, who came in on a late tram, tells
that a man named William Spangler
had a thrilling experience with a bear
the night of the storm. He started to
walk down the track from Ansonia to
the shanty of a man living in the gorge
about four miles below. He had got
ten into thejwildest part of the gorge,
when a very large bear slid down the
side of the mountain and confronted
him on the railroad track. He had
nothing but a large hunting knife to
defend himself. The bear, which was
ravenously hungry, attacked him and
a lively tussle ensued. Spangler struck
right and left, and inflicted several se
vere wounds on the bear, which had
the effect of greatly enraging it, At
last it made a dash for him with open
mouth and as he held the knife up
right in his hand he thrust it into the
mouth of the beast, which closed its
jaws upon it. He dare not withdraw
his hand and the knife was fast in the
roof of the mouth of the beast. It
struggled fearfully, but he held . on,
while the blood spurted in a stream
over his arm and into his face. He
evidently had severed an artery, for In
a few minutes the bear rolled over
dead. Just at that moment a train
came up and took Spangler aboard.
He looked very much like a pie-sticker
in a Chicago slaughter house, but hav
ing killed the bear he was the hero of
the hour. Muney lAtminary,
NO. 15
PERSONAL.
Will Sears visited his parents this
week. He is located at Huntingdon.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Wells went to
Philadelphia on Monday,
Miss Mira Rutter returned last
week from Hughesville where she
spent several months with relatives.
Mrs. G. M. Repaz of Williamsport
was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. F. M.
Leader during her stay in Bloomsburg.
Rush Zarr has been seriously ill the
past two weeks, but is now improving.
He was taken ill while at home irom
college on his Easter vacation.
William H. Hoy of Northumberland
has been promoted from the position
of freight conductor to conductor of
passenger trains on the D. L. & W.
Judge Metzgar was in town on
Monday and presided in court to hear
some motions in cases in which Judge
Ikeler was interested formerly as coun
sel.
S. B. Fornwald of Washington. In
diana, came here on Wednesday to
visit his friends. He has not been
here for sixteen years. He is a broth
er of Harry Y ornwald. and they went
up to Pine township on the same day
to see their father Daniel Fornwald,
who is very feeble from an attack of
the grip.
The new bank is ranidlv approach
ing completion, and will be ready for
businesss in a short time.
F.dward Eberman of Lancaster, the
President of the Fishing Creek Lumb
er Company, has made an assignment
for the benefit of his creditors. His
liabilitcs .re $400,000, and his proper
ty may pay his debts.
Rev. P. A. Heilman preached his
anniversary sermon to his members of
the Lutheran church last bunday.
During the past year, from April 1890
to April 1891 a good work has been
done in the church, and there are
briirht prosoects for much good work
to be done during the coming year.
Mr. Nathan Kreischer, of Centralia,
and Miss Sadie Shaffer, of Blooms
burg. were married at the home of the
bride s parents, on March isth, by the
Rev. W. C. Leverett, Rector of St
Paul's Church. Many relatives were
present to give their congratulations
and good wishes to the young couple,
and to enjoy the sumptuous dinner
which followed the ceremony.
Henrv Williams fcolored died at
,
his home on North Main street last
Friday afternoon aged about 34 years.
About four vears ae-o his lunes be-
O f
came diseased and he has been com
plaining most of the time since, and
has not been able to do any work.
He was down town Monday, but in
the evening took his bed and gradually
grew worse. Funeral services were
conducted by Rev. H. J. Edwards.
A very elaborate dinner was served
at Phillips' Cafe last Sunday. The
menu consisted entirely of French
dishes, and the dinner was well patron
ized. All who partook were loud in
their praises. The bill of fare includ
ed oysters, soups, fish, releves, spring
lamb, beef, chicken, entres, veget
ables, salads, pastry, cakes, ice cream
crackers and cheese, nuts, fruit, tea,
and coffee. For all this the price was
but 50 cents.
John M. Nuss, of Mainville, died at
his home last Saturday evening at six
o'clock, after an illness of nearly three
years. Since 1872 he has been en
gaged in the milling business with the
firm of John M. Nuss & bon. J lis
age was 76 years, 8 months and 6
days. His wife and four children sur
vive him, Mrs. D. B. Fettcrolf, Mrs.
B. A. Hawk, Sallie, J. B. Nuss. The
funeral took place on Tuesday at 10
a. m. Revs. Dechant and Auman
officiating.
Mr. Nuss was an excellent man,
and a good citizen, and will be greatly
missed in the community.
Large and enthusiastic audiences
have greeted the "Ben Hur". tableaux
wherever they have been presented.
1 he people of Bloomsburg and vi
cinity will have an opportunity to
witness this beautiful entertainment on
Friday evening, May 1st. when the
series of some twenty-two tableaux
will be given in the Opera House un
der the management of Mrs. E. K.
Bradford of Washington, D. C. who is
the originator of these presentations of
the striking scenes from Gen. Lew.
Wallaces' great novel The costumes
will reproduce as nearly as possible
those of the times of Christ,
The Scranton Truth says; "It
would be hard to conceive of an enter
tainment more refined or of an even
ing that would offer . more profitable
treasure than was offered by the lab
eaux of Mrs. Bradford.
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