h n $ Our Job Depart ment is the best equipped in this section. See samples and get prices. THE LARGEST. THE OLDEST. THE BEST. TRY ITU YEAR. n ii i i ii i ii i VOL 2G. There -are fifty-scven lawyers In Bradford county. , ' Dr. I. W. Willits is putting down a. concrete pavement in front of his resi dence. , ) 1 Dennis Donovan is doiiig a' good job of sodding at the ' Presbyterian t uiurcn. Rev. Arthur Merrill will preach in tl Evangelical church on next Sun day evenirig ac 7:30 o'clock. A report afloat on the street on Monday mcr.iing that two boys were drowned at Krtpert at' the mouth of the creek on Sunday proved incorrect. The fram work of Sheriff Casey's new house on Iron street is up. Wil liam Weaver has the contract for the tarptftel''workJ ,f . . U. 1 i Ii 1 The vault at the Farmers Bank is completed. It t is a massive affair, . and was tnadojby K.i C. Morris& Co. df Boston. I ;l, '; ' ; The report that J. B. Knittle has withdrawn as a candidate for sheriff is not correct. He is still a candidate, and is traveling over the county, see ing the people. ; On July 3rd a petition was pre sented to the court asking for the ap pointment of viewers to divide C011 yngham township into three polling places. r-- ' ' ' , ' '' ' i ' Hon. C. R. Buckalew will prob ably be nominated by the Democratic State Convention as a delegate-at-large to the Constitutional Conven tion. ' The weather continues surprisingly cool for July. The mountain resorts everywhere are longing for a hot wave to drive the people from the heated ' cities to the mountain tops. The attendance at the Evangelical pic-nic at Oak Grove last Saturday was very large. Refreshments were served on the grounds. The supplies , were secured of M. M. Phillips & Son. ', Street Commissioner Cadman is at ' work on the stretts, cleaning up the ;. land and filling up the holes washed out by the heavy rain of last Thursday night. The downpour was tremendous and, all the .streams- tom rapidly -next dayVi J f ' ' ' ' o j 1 ; s The ' exeuisiony,of the American Mechanics at Central, Saturday Aug ust I4t,f promises to be very large. An excursion train will run from Watson- town over the W. $ W. It is thought . now that over 3000 people will be in the grove. ., . , .Campmeeting at . Rupert was well attended last Sunday. It is in pro gress this week, and will continue over next Sunday. Joseph Artope, in charge of the A. M. E. Church here, is con ducting the meeting, assisted by a number of ministers of that church. 1 ' A party 'of about twenty-five ladies and , gentlemen reached Bloomsburg . byi canal' boat 'last week 'Thursday evening. They were the employees of the Pennsylvania Canal' Company at 'Nahticoke,' Ply rriouth,and other points. ;Tbe boat is nicely fitted up with berths, ' and other conveniences. - They are on their way to Baltimore. ' r. 1 1 Letters of administration have been taken out by EJiasS- Frit on the estate of Samuel Fritz of Sugarloaf township, , Mr. Samuel Fritz, Vho j recently died, was in his 90th year, and a very active roan, being sick but a day previous ' to his death. He was a great sports man. At one of his trout fishing trips ' the past season he caught fifteen fine trout. He was one of the first mem tiers bflthd Episcopal Church at Coles Creek. ' ' ', ' ' 1 ( ' The planing 'mill' of Peter J. Suit, at Jamison City, was burned last week Wednesday evening at about half past six o'clock. The m'll had closed for the day, and no one was in when the flames broke out on the second floor. i. As. there " is no fire apparatus there, nothing could be done but to let it , .burn. Some boys were in the mill in the afternoon, and it is supposed that . in some way they unintentionally left fire there. There was no insurance on the mill, and the loss is $4000. ; The first carpenter work on the new parish building was done on Wednes day, when window frames for the base ment were made by Messrs Lowry and Sharpless. : While at work it came to light that Lowry was a great great grand-son of Rev.. Mr. Hopkins who was the first Episcopal minister here, and under, .whose.' ministrations the first church was erected on the lot a hundred years ago. - , ABNER WELSH. Abner Welsh of Orange township, was stricken with apoplexy at his home on Wednesday afternoon July aaml, and lingered until Friday morning at 5 o'clock, when he expired. He was attacked with the grippe in the spring, and was recovering from that, though still quite weak. After eating his us ual dinner on Wednesday he went to his room to take a nap, and was found at 5 o'clocic, speechless, though con scious, , His age was past 79 years. His wife and six children survive him, Prof. J. P. Welsh Principal of the Nor mal School being one of them. The funeral was held on Monday afternoon at half past three, services being con ducted by Rev. Dr. Davis. " Mr. Welsh was born October 10th 811, in Greenwood township, and spent hi life in this county. . He was a son of John Welsh, and is the last member of the family, all his brothers and sisters being dead. He was a man of sterling worth, of strict integrity.and sound judgment, and his neighbors will mourn 'his loss with the bereaved fami ly. He had been a! member of the Presbyterian church for over fifty years One of his most noticeable character istics was his open heartedness and his fondness for the society of young people. His hospitable roof was the almost constant resort of the young ftiends of his children, who always left with regret. ! ' He engaged in the lumber and farming business most of his lif and acquired considerable property. He was a careful and conscientious busi ness man, and his judgment was fre quently sought by his friends, and was always cheerfully given. Not only his own community, but the entire county has lost, in his death, a valued and re spected citizen. EAST BENTON. .The lecture, of Mr. Tokeo.Noya, the Japanese last Friday night, at St. James was instructive and highly en tertaining. The audience was not large owing to a thunder storm raging at the time of the coming together of the people. ( ; .;. . ! : . 1 Children's day was observed at St. James on last Saturday , night The decorations were profuse, elaborate and most beautiful. The exercises con sisted of ainging.Teeitattons, declama tions and concert speaking. -The children were appareled corresponding to the decorations and occasion. . All the parts were well rendered, reflecting great credit on the Committee having the entertainment in charger Children of any community can' always be relied upon when having .competent leaders. The grain and, hay are nearly all gathered. Last Thursday night week ago, a copious rain swelled the streams, washed the roads and soaked the ground,, and corn 'took new start in rapid growth, and the outlook for heavy crops was never more promis ing. . . Bruce Cary. the genial landlord of the Cambra hotel, has made ample provision' for. the accommodation of the traveling public and has also erec ted a platform for the amusement of the young people who are invited to indulge in a grand hop on Thursday night of Aug. 6th. A sumptuous feast will be prepared for all comers and rates will be mod erate. ; , : : V j William Ruckel of Fairmount is in a condition of momentary . expectation of death. From present appearances the pota to crop in our community will be over abundant. Look out for peaches, they are coming too. Herman Albertson filled the pulpit at Hamiline, Stillwater and other points last Sunday, . , j 1 Rev.T. H.. Tubus superintends the Hamiline S. S. Strange tljat game should disappear as the days of lawful taking and shoot ing draw near. A profitable and edifying sermon might be preached by every preacher in the country from the- text, "Mind vour own business". And if heeded by preacheis aud hearers what a change there soon would be in the country. Try it. ; k , . J.. G. Wells returned last . Saturday from Philadelphia, where he took a special course in fitting of glasses in cases of errors Jf refraction. He is a graduate of Bucllin's school of ' Optics in New York,' and this, special course enables him to fit glasses for any case of error of refraction. In cases re quiring jt,, atrophene will be adminis tered by a physician. Mr., Wells is ready to guarantee satisfaction in all cases where glasses are fitted by him. H place of business is in the Co lumbian building. . , , . , , BLOOMSBURG PA., FRIDAY, JULY 31 1891. HENRY MILNES OF ESPY COMMITS SUICIDE. FOUND DEAD IN 11 IS ROOM. Last Friday evening a young man tolerably well dressed went into' the Bristol House, Providence, engaged a room and registered as H. R. . Espy, Espy, Columbia county, Fa." At 15 o'clock next morning gas was found escaping from his room and when en trance was gained, Espy was found lying upon the bed dead, suffocated by gas. He still retained some of his outer clothing and it was evident that he had committed suicide. This be lief was strengthened by the finding of the following remarkable passage writ ten Uon a table found near the bed : "Is it not a singular thing that I, who am still in the fairest months of adolescence and who so far from abus ing everything, have not made use of the simplest things, have become sur feited to such a degree that I am no longer tickled by what is whimsical or difficult ..That satiet, follows pleasure is a natural law and easy to become understood." A telegram to Espy failed to find anyone of that name who lived there. The Scranton Tribune of Monday gives the following account of the sui cide '1 , Saturday morning the dead body of Henry Milncs was found lying - , e . 1 . t. . 1 on a Deo in a room 01 me iiristoi House, providence. Death was due to suffocation by ga, which Milnes turn ed on with the' evident intention of distroying himself. Friday morning Milnes went to the Bristol flouse and registered as "H. R.1 Espy, Espy, Columbia county, Pa." Saturday morning a chambermaid who was passing by the room assigned to Milnes detected the odor of gas com ing from it. She informed the propri etor, Mr. Rorick, who succeeded in gaining an entrance to the room. Mil nes had not disrobed the night previ ous and Mr. Rorick found the body lying across the bed over the covering. From an open gas jet gas was flowing. There was no indication of suffering on the man's features. In the dead man's pockets were found a number of lead pencils, a pocket compass, a package of cigaret tes and a small sum of money. On the bureau lay a tablet on which was written some peculiar sentences under the head of "Egotism." A memorand um was alsd found in his pockets which showed that during May and June he had done some work for J. H. Ritten house, the civil engineer. It was this clue that led to the identification of the body. Mr. Rittenhouse was sum moned and he said the body was that of Henry Milnes, a civil engineer, who had been in his employ. Milnes was 2$ vears of age and the son of the late William Milnes. On May 10 he was married to Miss Grace Eaton, daughter of James H. Eaton, of the West Side. The marriage cere money took place in Binghamton and was kept a secret until June 9, when Miss Easton's parents were informed of what had taken place. The funeral was held at Espy on Tuesday afternoon. , 1 4 WALLER. Several candidates passed through here last week, each wanting the same office. Some will have to be left. Elmer Strauch's children who have had the scarlet fever, are getting about well. ' . A great many are now taking advant age of the huckleberry crop. They are real full in some places on the mountain, but are now getting pretty well picked. Rattle snakes are scarce this year, but some take a bottle of medicine along and use it whether they are bitten or not. The Columbian is improving all the time and is certainly taking the lead as a newspaper. , . Mrs. Paul Klin'ger, who, has been seriously ill, is improving slowly. Mr. William Butt was visiting friends in Bloomsburg over Sunday. i During the shower on Saturday after noon the lightning struck a tree near J. P. Vorks' house, and splintered it to the ground. ' Messrs. M. S. Remley and B. L Englehart have been helping some of the "expect to be sheriffs" hunt up the democrats. ' . Special arrangements have been made for excursions to Scranton on August 4. 8 and 13, to witness 'Pain's Last Days of Pompeii. On those dates trains will leave Scranton at 1 1. IK P.'m.ifor all ooints to Northumber land. The rate is sinele fare for the round trip." See advertsement for further particulars. Henry Hetler of Hetlerville has re painted his residence, a portion Of which has been rebuilt. ' It makes a fine' appearance. J The naintintr was done by Rudy Berninger of Mifflin. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. Bloomsburg Pa. July , '91. Council met persuant toadjurnmcnt with all members present except Allen. George Shultz representing Rescue II. & L. Co. reported their leather hose in poor condition. Rest of hose, the new, 500 feet, good. Need a short service rope, for hose carriage, about ao feet J rope. A. M. Wintersteen, representing Friendship Fire Company reported leather hose, 350 feet, fair condition. Have only 500 feet hose that can be used with steamer presure. Should have 500 feet more for use, in case reel was empty with other hose drying. Need 100 feet cottcn street rope. Would like to have six suits of rubber coats and rubber boots for Company's use at fires. Mr. E. C. Wells appeared and ask ed Council to take steps soon toward the repairing of Sixth street, and have same in good condition before wet weather set in. He suggested cinder ing Mr. Charles Kunkle appeared and asked that a crossing be placed across alley on Catharine street, between Fifth and Sixth streets, on Wnst side. On motion of Messrs Rhodes and Furman it was ordered to make crossing-Messrs C. W. Miller and C. C. Pea cock appeared and made proposition with reference to a bridge across canal at foot of Catharine street. They stated if Council would have the bridge constructed all the property owners on Eighth street from Iron street to I). L. & V. R. It. switch, had agreed to pave with same paving as was now around the new Presbyterian church. Messrs Gorrey and Willlits moved that the town engineer be instructed to make a survey of Market street and propose plans and specifications for its improvements to be forty feet in width from 1). L. &. W. R. R. to North side of Rock street, except at street crossings and Market square, which are to be improved full width. Plans and specifications to be submit tert at next meeting of Council. Car ried. Mr. Rhodes voting no. Dr. Willits moved that the drain, from rear of Car Company's shops to Canal, be ordered put in, according to the survey made. Seconded by Mr. White. All voted in favor except Mr. Rhodes. President decided motion carried. On motion of Messrs White and Gorrey secretary was directed to ad vertise for bids for the construction of said drain. Bids to be received until August 6th. Mr. Furman moved that the solicitor be instructed to prepare an ordinance directing the opening of West street from Third street and Fourth street, and from North side of D. L. & W. R. R. to Eighth street. All voting aye except Mr Rhodes. On motion of Messrs White and Gorrey iron crossings across gutters were ordered placed at P. O. crossing and Farmer's National Bank and at Jefferson street crossing on Second street. Adjourned to July ao, 1891. A WELL LIGHTED TOWN. It is the purpose of the Town Coun cil of 'Bloomsburg to have electric light on all the streets of the built up portion of the town. There will be 51 lights, which will probably be plac ed within the next thirty days. The lights will be located as follows : On lirBt &treet,9X corners of West street, Market street,-1 Centre street, Iron street, North street 5 On Second Street, at comers of Leonard street, Railroad street, West street, Jefferson street, Market street, Centre street, Iron street, East street, Penn street, and at corner of Wood street and East Second street ; On Third St. at corners of Barton street, Leonard street, Railroad street, West street, Jefferson street, Market street, Centre street, Iron street, East street, and Penn street; On Fourth St. At corners of West street, Market street, Centre street, Iron street, Catherine street, East street ; On fifth St. at corners of Railroad street, West street, Market street, Centre street, Iron sfeet, Catherine street, East street, at bridge on Fifth street, and two lights in Oak Grove Park ; On Sixth St. at corners of West street, Market street, Iron street, Catherine street ; On Seventh St. at corners of Catherine streets, East street and corner of Spruce street and road lead ing to Berwick ; On Eighth St. at corner of Catherine street, and East street; In Port Noble at corner of Market street. The editor of the Dushore Itiview says that he is not a candidate for de legate to the Constitutional Conven tion. B. F. Collins . and A. Loagan Grim are the Democratic candidates in Sullivan county. . TWO VOTING DISTRICTS IN SUGAR LOAF TOWNSHIP. un trie a 2a ot beptemoer 1390 a petition was presented to the court asking, for a. division of Surarloaf township into two election districts, On the same day, Samuel Neyhard, J, H. Maize and C A. Kleim were ap pointed commissioners to report upon the expediency of dividing the said township into two election districts. Their report was filed at December court and confirmed absolutely at Feb ruary court last, finding in favor of a division. The line as adopted is as follows : Beginning on the line be tween Luzerne and Columbia counties at a point twenty perches north of a marked ash tree, thence on land of Frank Getz and others south S9 de grees west 170 perches, thence south 84J degrees west 64 perches, leaving house of Lloyd Giberson or the right in 547 purches, leaving house of Abraham Hess on the right, in 74S perches, leaving house of George Fritz on the left, in 1006 perches, leaving house of J. W. Diltz on the right, 1804 perches to the line between Jackson and Sugarloaf townships. The following decree has been filed by the court s And now July 24th 1891, the report of the commissioners dividing Sugar loaf township into two election districts having been confirmed on the 4th day of February 1891, the division as made by said commissioners lying south of the division line shall be known as South Sugarloaf District, and the other shall be known as North Sugarloaf District. In South Sugarloaf District the elec tions shall be held at the house of Albert Cole, where now located at Cole's Creek, and in North Sugarloaf District the elections shall be held at the hotel or public house of Elijah Albertson, where now located in Cen tral. At the next election, and until others are duly elected and qualified, the election officers in South Sugarloaf District shalll be as follows, viz : Jessie Hartman, Judge ; HJ S. Cole, James N. Pennington, , Inspectors, and in North Sugarloaf District the election officers shall be as follows, viz : Peter K. Shultz, Judge; Joshua B. Hess, Ezra Stephens, Inspector. ; EPHRADf PARKsT "Old Ephraim" as he has been for many years familiarly known, has gone the way of all men, and his mor tal remains were buried on Thursday afternoon at a o'clock, from the house of his son-in law, Glasco Cameron. For several months he ' has been suf fering from the effects of grippe, but was able to be up and dressed. On Tuesday he remained up stairs, eat ing . his dinner there. About two o'clock his daughter found him lying on the bed, and a moment later he gave one gasp and died. His age is not surely known, but it is supposed to be about seventy-three years. Everybody knew Ephraim. His quaint speeches had made him a unique reputation. No one else could ever make the same speech, and he never attempted to reproduce exactly the same words, for they were not in the dictionary. : He found . much enjoy ment in thus amusing others. Parks was born in Carlisle, but he lived here for a long time. For nearly twenty years he was employed by Judge El well as gardener and hostler. At one time Ephraim started to have a his tory of his life written out, and had got along far enough to tell some in teresting incidents, but literature was not in his line, and he gave it up. He voted the Democratic ticket for many years and rejoiced in the repu tation of being the only colored Demo crat in the town. Though luring baits were sometimes offered to shake his political faith, we believe he always stood by his convictions. To him at last is "Justice revealed." CAMBRA ITEMS. Mr. Clark Callender has just finish ed his new barn. They say that it is complete in all parts. He even has water which is carried in pipes at the side of each horse's manger. Mr. Bruce Carey seems at home in the hotel which he keeps in nice order James McHenry seems to have a very large trade. The closing of the upper store has increased his business. The people of this place are begin ning to make calculations on attend ing the Patterson Grove Campmeet ing. We hope that campmeeting time will not bring another cyclone, for some people of this section who had such an experience last year in the cy clone storm are quite frequently fright ened when they see a heavy shower rising-. . . . , All crops of this section, except hay are seemingly good. '1 1, Berries are abundant, and are gen erally taken care of. NO. 31 PERSONAL. Miss Ella Vox is home from Phila delphia for six weeks' vacation. Miss Beth Runyon is at home from Philadelphia on a visit. W. B. Cummings and B. F. Arm strong are at Nortnfield. Mass. Mrs. Weigand of Hazleton is visiting her parents here. Mrs. Clarissa Peacock and daught ers are camping at Mountain Grove. Charles Unangst Esq., of New York is visiting in town. J. R. Fowler of Pine Summit spent Monday in town. Miss Hattie Sloan is visiting at Wilkcs-Barre. Rev. W. C. Leverett is visiting in Boston and other eastern cities. ' Dr. G. Stuart Kirby of Matich Chunk is visiting at Mr. I. S. Kuhn's. His wife is at the sea-shore. E. E. Bittenlender of Grand Rapids Michigan, will visit friends ii: this sec tion Friday and Saturday. Ex-Commissioner Washington Parr was among the visitors to town on Tuesday. Hon. E. M. Tewksbury shook hands with his friends in town on Wednes day. Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Ltttle spent several days during the past week, at Proctor Inn. I. M. Demott of Greenwood town ship was in town last Friday on busi ness. Miss Carrie Jameson who has been ill for several weeks, is able to be out again. Mrs. C. E. Whitesell and daughter of Roaring Brook are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Brown. Miss Lizzie Rosenstock of Phila delphia is spending a few weeks with her brother, George Rosenstock. Mr. Richard Kitchen, one of Green wood's most substantial residents, was in town Saturday. Mrs. E. M. Shelden of Hughesville, and daughters, Annie and Laura, are visiting at Bloomsburg. Edward S. Moyer returned home on Saturday after an absence of three months in Michigan and Ohio. . Mr. and M rs. E. W. Elwell of To- wanda, are visiting their . relatives in Bloomsburg. Mrs. Pennepacker of Philadelphia, mother of Mrs. W. S. Rishton, is visit ing Mr. and Mrs. Rishton and Miss Sade Sloan. Dr. H. W. Buckingham is laid up in the hospital at Phillipsburg with a broken leg, the result of a fall. It is a simple fracture, just above the ankle. W. T. Creasy of Catawissa township was in town on Wednesday. Mr. Creasy is among the most intelligent farmers in the county, and is one of the champions of the farmers' interests. He thinks straight and talks it well. ' Miss Nancy Mary Sisson, of Ten- nafly, N. J., Miss Louise Robinson, of Binghamton, N. v., Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Sisson, and Mr. Hodgedon of Scranton, are visiting Mr. E. P. Will iams and family. Mrs. Wolf, the milk-woman, expects to sail for Germany soon to visit her mends. . She has never seen them since she came to this country many years ago. She will be accompanied ' by a fnend from Hazleton. . Mr. William L. Manning and fam ily, of Brighton, N. Y., are visiting relatives in this county. , They former ly resided in Jackson township, and removed trom mere to Brighton sev eral years ago. Mr. Manning is ex tensively engaged in the nursery busi- ness and it is very gratifying to his many friends liere to know that he is prospering. He was among the most reliable democrats of the county, and his departure was regretted by hosts of friends. However, he returns about once a year, and a call from him is always highly appreciated. Wait for the Golden Eagle Pic-Nic at Harvey's Lake, on August 14. Guide boards have been rut up at all the street corners in town. A young man named Hosier, who works for R. Seybert in Mifflin, on the Horace Schweppenheiser farm, cut his foot seriously one day last week. Daniel Knorr; candidate for sheriff. was keot at home last week hv l.ir.rt. . - j - f Varbuncle on his n?ck. He is on the toad again and will try and make un lost time. ' 1 Col. Freeze has ordered, at consid erable additional expense to himself, that the tower to St. Paul's Church be raised to seventy fjet,' instead of sixty eight as at first intended.
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