ifff fl fl Our Job Depart ment is the best equipped in this section. See samples and get prices. THE LARGEST. THE OLDEST. THE BEST. TRY IT YEAR. if VOL 26. Mr. A. Z. Schoch lias put down concrete paement in front of liis res idence. The Choral Society will begin its fall rehearsals at Y. M. (J. A. Hall on Tuesday evening, September ist, at 8 o'clock. The top of the court house tower is enclosed, and the slate is on. Chas. E. I lower has the contract for the plastering, and is pushing it along. The name of N. U. Funk Esq. should have appeared in the list of Directors, in our recent article on the Farmer's National Rank. It was omitted by mistake. Wm. Krickbaurn, proprietor of the Sentinel, Charles Krug and Charles Rcice were in attendance at the Mon tour County Democratic Convention on Monday; It is reported that on account of the abundance of fruit in Union County apples are selling at 20 cts. a bushel, pears at 25 cts. a bushel and plumbs arc given away. Clark B. Stewart was committed to jail on Monday by Peter Swank F.sq. a Justice of Locust township, charged with being intoxicated in Slabtown on that day. Wm. Chrisnian, Esq., has been se lected by the Trustees of the Mission ary Institute of Sclinsgrove, to look after their interest in the matter of the Stroup legacies. The Missionary In stitute will receive about twentv-fivc thousand dollars. Mr. Clark Callender of Cambra, and Miss Ida M. Miller were married at the M. E. Church in Mainville on Wednesday, August 19th. A reception was held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. M. M. (Seiger in Mainville, after the ceremony. Our congratulations are extended. Houscl will reopen his fish and ovs ter market Sept. 1, 1891, in the David Stroup propeity, a few doors above the stand formerly occupied by him, where he will be prepared to furnish all customers with fresh fish and oys ters. A parlor will be nicely htm ished, where ladies can be served with oysters in every style. The Singer controversy has already gone too far in the newspapers. It is high time for all parties to drop the matter so far as the public prints are concerned. If Mr. Singer is guilty of anything that renders him unfit for the ministry, he should be tried m a tri bunal of his own church, properly constituted. So lar as The Coi.um bian is concerned, quite as much space has been devoted to this sub iect as is deemed judicious, and no further communications will be pub lished. A regular meeting of the Columbia County Medical Society was held at the Susquehanna House, Catawissi, on Tuesday last. Drs. Redeker, Fulmer and others reported interesting cases which were discussed by the Society. A friendly interchange of wit and repartee added to the pleasure of the occasion. Urs. Arment, Redeker and Sharpless were appointed to prepare papers to be rsad at the next meeting. Thirteen w;re present. A feature ol every meeting is a dinner free for all mem bers who attend. The Sir Knights of Theta Castle No. 276, K. G. E., take this means of expressing thanks to the people for their liberal patronage to the late ex cursion, and of offering their sincere regrets that dissatisfaction followed. They desire the ieopb to understand li.f tl-,o.r u.ii- nnt ri'Simnsililc for the UIUI l J 1 V-J - J tardiness of the trains or the lack of t the new erounds. which rendered it not only unsatis factory to their patrons but humiliat- nrr tn tVipmeel VPS .inn families. The b - P-ietlo mlufrtiprl nnthinir but what they had experienced at the lake last year and wee lead to expect this year. The barn on J. S. Blue's lot on East street was destroyed by fire on Mon day. Smoke was seen issuing from th ham hv Alfred Girton. who lives n thi pvtpnsion of Third street, nhnut a nuarter nast six. He notified Mr whn was at supper, an then started for the Town Hall to th alarm. The barn was occu pied by John Hunt, who had three sleiirhs. harness, rnhfe yv. in it at the time. All of these'were removed. The fire started in the loft, and its origin is unknown The barn was insured for $200, and the loss on it is about $500. The steamer was brought out and fired up though there was no necessity iur u THE POTTSTOWN VISITORS On Wednesd- v. Aue.. n. the S. hnnl Furnishing Company of this town was visited by a Committee of six gentle men from the Hoard of Education of the Borough of Pottstown, Montgom ery Co., Pa. They came fur the pur pose ol inspecting the factory where justly celebrated "Orion" desk is made, ana the appliances with which it is made, and for the sake of exam ining the details of the workmanship of this superior desk, with a view to purchasing desks for a urge High School building now in the course of erection They made the inspection on invitation extended to them bv the bmpany through their agent, Mr. J. M. Binder, of Pottstown, who is on the teaching corps of the Pottstown Board of Education. The party arrived with the t : s8 train at ine r. x k. depot where car riages awaited them and thence they were conducted to the Company's plant by Manager A. Z. Schoch, and 1). S. Hartlmc, Instructor in Manual Training at the Normal School, who is from Pottstown. and well acquainted with the gentlemen comprising the party. They all expressed themselves as highly pleased with the appliances of the factory anil the superior me chanism of the desk. They were then driven to the Ex change Hotel and partook of supper. Ihey then retired to the oltlce of v. V. Billmcyer, Secretary of the Company, where arrangements were concluded foi the purchase of desks to furnish their new building and icveral rooms in old buildings of the town. During the remainder of the evening they were cordially entertained by Manager Schoch and Secretary Billineyer, On Thursday morning they accom panied Mr. Hartline to the Normal School and after being introduced to Principal Welsh, were shown by him and Mr. Ilartlir.e through the buildings of our Normal. The entire party were highly pleased with the school, and several were heard to remark that if they had sons or daughters to send to a Normal School this would be the oie. They liked the home-like appearance of the buildings and rooms, and wre delight ed with the location of the buildings and the beauty of the well kept lawn. They again visited the Desk works in order to see the desk set up and to take a desk with them to show to the remaining members of the Board, and to say "Good-bye" to their genial hosts. They all spoke enthusiastically of the many Courtesies shown them by the Company, the complete equipment of the works, the excellent workman ship of the desk, the beauty of the lo cation of the town, and the enterprise and hospitality of the people, lhe party consisted of the following well- known gentlemen, all representative citizens of Pottstown, Mr. Wm. Smith, chairman of committee, and for thirty years member of the Board, Mr. George Harrison, President of Hoard, Mr. Allen Wells, Mr. Wm. Focht, Mr. Reifsnvder. Col. Mintzer, a veteran commander in the late war, and a well known G. A. R. man, and Mr. J. , Binder, agent for the company. The excursion of the K. G. E. to Harvey's Lake last Friday was a great success so far as numbers were con cerned. Eighteen cars drawn by two engines started from here, and thre more coaches were taken on at Ber wick. About fifteen hundred peqple went on the excursion. There has been considerable complaint about the lae'e of accomodations at the Lake. The train reached here on the return, between 9 and 10 o'clock in a drench ing rain, and those whose friends did not meet them with waterproofs and umbrellas, were thoroughly soaked. The Bloomsburg Cornet Band furn ished excellent music lor me occasion We were favored with a ride behind W. A. Hartzell's trotter, "Silver Star" recently. As he went spinning along at more than a 2:40 gait, he didn't take the dust from any other horse. Silver Star is a fine specimen of the Patchen and Hambletonian stock. The work of carving the capitals on the stone columns in the portico of the court house is slow and tedious. It is being done by two experts who seem to work entirely by the eye, and with out anv nattern before them. The carving is elaborate, and is well done, The workmen have been at it for about ten days1 T. Saltzer and family are in atten dance at the Farmer's Encampment at Mt. Gretna. The White Sewing Machine Company, the Miller Organ Company, and the Estey Piano and Organ Company will each have large exhibits and their agents have special reauests to be present Mr. Saltzer is one of their most popular agents. BLOOMS1W11G. PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1S91. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. Bloomsburg has invested in a steam fire engine $2900 ; in hose and oth' fire apparatus, probably ' a building to keep the apparatus, $15 -000. The town pays $1000 a year for water for fire protection. Not withstanding all this outlay, the fire department is without organization, and whenever a fire occurs there is no head or front to it. Everybody is chief engineer and as many orders are issued out of as many mouths as there happens to be firemen on the ground, while gratuitous suggestions arc liber ally offered by the bystanders who al ways go to a fire to look on, and not to work. There is no reason why this should be so. There is a constitution and by-laws for the organization of the fire department, regularly adopted by the 1 own Council; though it has become dead letter by reason of the indif ference of the council. Some further regulations are needed concerning the use of the steamer. It is sheer non sense to connect it with a plug every time there is a fire. It is light that it should be kept in shape for imme- late use, and in case it is needed t should be ready for action, but the tendency thus far has been to connect ith a plug whether it is needed or not. In most instances the hose carriages arc first on the ground, and have their connections made before the steamer reaches the fire. To disconnect the hose and connect the steamer might result in disastrous delays. Let us have some regulation about this. There should either be a recognized head of the department, or else the council should designate with in what limits of the town the steamer shall be used. MIFFLINVILLE- number of our people aceompan- ed the excursion to Harvey's Lake Friday last. 1 he Joseph Gearhart land was soul on Irtday of last week to Samuel Kncht for four hundred dollars. There will be a chicken and waffle supper at this place on the 22nd inst., conducted by the ladies of the Evan gelical Lutheran Church. John Breisch of Main township, is busy with his steam separator in this vicinity, threshing the farmers grain. Quite a number from here are at tending camp meeting at Mountain Grove, the extra train passing through here, making it very convenient. Plums and nearly all kinds of fruit are quite plentiful. Mr. m. Steely of Shenandoah, is visiting his mother this week. Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Hess ot Ru pert, were the guests of E. Sweppen heiser on Sunday. borne bad bovs must have thrown cold water on our fire company and put it out, without the aid of a 'Chemical Engine. A. B. Creasy is the happiest man in town, and is agreed to keep the young tramp who came to his home last week for his board and clothes. Mrs. F. Zehna of Nescopeck, and Mrs. S. Yost of Black Creek, are vis iting their brother, Rev. S. P. Boone. Obediah Swank ot near Hetlerville, died on Monday the 17th, after a lin gering illness. Mr. Swank has been a kind, honest and very much respected citizen, an affectionate father whose place here cannot be filled. 'Two sons, G. B. of Sugarloaf, Luzerne Co., and D. L. of this place, and two daughters, Maude and Mary, survive him, Mrs. Swank having died some three years ago. LIGHT STREET Mr. D. J. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. A B. White went to Ocean Grove Mon day. Miss Aggie Vanderslice of the west and Miss Clara Vanderslice of Mt Pleasant, visited Mrs. G. P. Reighard Monday, Mr. and Miss Hahn who have been visiting at Jose Keim's returned home on Wednesday last. B. W. Melick is putting up a cider mill on the Melick property at the up per e id of town. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Gerard, Miss Maggie Shew and R. W. Ent attended the picnic at Harvey s Lake. Our band has purchased some new instruments and are improving rapidly so much so that tor a town like ours the band can't be beat. T, S. Grimes attended the Moun tain Grove camp meeting. C B. H,nt s have added one more to the family, not a dish washer either he says. Mrs. Thomas W. Hartman of Espy, died at her home last Friday, aged about 40 years. Her husband and four children survive her. The funer al took place on Sunday at ten o'clock. NEW TEACHERS AT THE NORMAL SCHOOL- Mr. Wm. Butts of New Brunswick, New Jersey, has been selected by the trustees of the Normal School, as di rector of vocal and instrumental music for the ensuing year. He is a graduate of the Westfield, Mass., State Normal School, and while at Westfield he was organist in the Episcopal church and was an organ pupil of Prof. Zuctman", Principal of the Springheld Conservatory of Mu sic. He taught music one year in the public schools at Riverton, Nebraska, and one year in the schools of Apple ton, Wisconsin. While in Appleton, he studied on the organ under the di rection of Prof. J. Sylvester, Professor of music in Appleton University. For the past two years he has been director of music in the public schools of New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he had two thousand children under his instruction. Perhaps r.o city in the union is more advanced in public school music, than New Brunswick. Prot. IJutts has attended two ses sions of the National Summer Music School at the New England Conserva tory of Music, Boston, Mass., in addi tion to which he has studied piano and harmony under Dr. S. N. Penfield of New ork City, and vocal culture un der Mme. Roderick of New York. He is at present organist and choir direc tor in the Presbyterian church at Me tucban, New Jersey, although he is a member of the Episcopal church. Prof. Butts has been for some time employed by Ginn & Co., of Boston, publishers of the Mason Music system, to write reviews and criticisms of diff erent works on music as they appear from the different publishing houses, and he will doubtless continue to do work of this kind during his 'connec tion with the Normal. He is a good singer, a successful or ganist, a skillful pianist, and above all as the highest recommendations as a tearj-er ot both vocal and instrumen tal music. The Bloomsburg Normal School is to be congratulated on se curing the services of a young man of such high attainments and such broad xpenence, and it is to be hoped that the music loving people of the com munity will show their appreciation of the efforts of the trustees to get the best music teacher that money can se cure. With the election of Prof. Bakeless to the chair of Ancient and Modem Languages, Miss Foulk, of Collamer, Pa., as assistant teacher of Reading, and Mr. Sutliff of the class of '91 to assist in the common branches, the faculty of the school for the coming ear is complete, and we believe that no school in the state can present a better array of experienced specialists in its faculty. CAMBRA ITEMS- Mr. William Ruckel is still on the ecline. His recovery is doubtful. A few days ago we had a very inter esting race between this place ana Clarkesview, a distance of more than two miles. The friends of John I rescott bet a small sum of money that he could run the distance between the two places sooner than anv man could drive the same distance and return. Mr. William Bake who has a very able horse accepted the challenge. He drove both ways which is more than four miles m seventeen minutes. Air, John Trescott who was the winner, ran the distance in sixteen and one half minutes. As this road is hilly we think it was a good record for both parties. Rev. J. Greene, a colored man from Long Pond, ureacned a very mteres ting sermon at Hoover's school house last Sunday. He attracts a larger crowd than the white ministers. There are some beautiful tents being erected on Patterson Grove camp ground. A short time ago Penington s store at Fairmount Springs was broken open one nicht and ravished. 1 he robbers are not yet caught as we have heard. Mr. Bowman Cortright of Shicks- shinny and Miss Minnie h. rox, daugh ter of J. T. Fox were married 1 hurs- day afternoou at 3 o clock, at the res idence of .the bride s parents, by Rev. S. W. Sears. Charles Greenwalt of Espy, dug six potatoes in his garden patch whose aggregate weight was 8 pounds They were found in different hills. He does not know the variety of potato to which they belong. E. A. Rawhngs is putting steam heatin? annaratus in his residence. W. J O. Holmes is doing the work. JACOB MILLER DROWNED. Jacob Miller of Espy was found in the bottom of the canal Wednesday morning He had been clerking in the grocery store of Jacob Blasser, lo cated at the canal, and was accustomed to rising early. Charles Creveling and Robert Hunter, both young men also clerked in the same store. The three slept over the store. About 4 o'clock Mr. Miller got up, dressed and went down stairs; at half past four Creveling got up, went down stairs and found the door leading toward the canal un locked and outside a pitcher full of water; he supposed Miller had filled the pitcher and was somewhere out side the building. A little later Hun ter arose and as Miller did not make his appearance the two began a search. They soon afterward gave the alarm that Miller was missing, and as they found the pitcher near the canal, the conclusion was drawn that he had fall en in. Grappling irons were secured and the canal was dredged downward. Then fish hooks were secured and the downward course continued. It was then proposed to dredge upward, and about fifty feet above where the pitch er stood the body was toinui, at nait past eight o'clock. He was dressed with underclothing and shirt, pants. coat and heavy boots. No marks of violence were found upon his Doay. He had been suffering with headache for several days and had a severe at tack the night previous, lhcre was but little water in the body so that death must have followed soon after he fell in the canal. He may have been seized with some violent sickness and lost all self-control. An inquest was held before Robert Howell, Esq., with the following jury : Dr. F. W. Redeker. Samuel Mckamey, Ixlwara Hartman, Ira Sayers, Nicholas Seybert, and Clark Kressler. The verdict was, death by accidental drowning. The drowning created quite a sensation in Espy, and nearly the whole town were along the banks when the body was drawn out. A STABBING AFFRAY. John Earnest was lodged in jail in Bloomsburg on Monday, having been arrested for stabbing his brother, William Earnest, and Brit Cleaver. Exaggerated reports of the affair have been published throughout the state, saying that William Earnest and Clea ver were both dead. Such is not the fact. Both are wounded severely but jt js believed not fatally. All the partie3 iive jn Locust township. The facts are as f0nows, as near as we have been able to gather thein. Saturday mnr;nir An.nist Sth. the Earnest brothers.accompanied by Cleaver.went to (jatawissa to have a big time. They drank whisky, and after raising consid erable disturbance about the town started for home. When within a mile of Johnson's woods near Elysburg, where a sociable was being held, the trio became engaged in a wrangle over some small matter. John Earnest called his brother a liar and a fight followed. The latter was badly beaten and Cleaver's eyes were blackened. Finally the men agreed to go to the neighboring brook, wash themselves and then go to the sociable at John son's woods. After making a little outward improvement on themselves the Earnest brothers and Cleaver walk ed to the sociable. The crowd was a large one. Young and old were pres ent from the surrounding country. The three men entered the school house, ate some refreshments and then walked to the door. While the trio were standing together a second dis- nute arose and before the mass of people were aware of it William Earn est lav in front of the school house with blood flowing trom a cut in nis back and side. It is claimed William told his brother he knew too d much, whereupon John drew the knife and committed the crime. Before Tohri Earnest had time to draw the blood-stained knife from the wounds in his brother's side Cleaver leaped up on him and he too was stabbed by John, who escaped. He was arrested at or near Sunbury by constable Harry Beaver on a warrant issued by C. Ellis Esq. of Catawissa, and lodged in jail as above stated. FIRE IN ORANGEYTLLE. On Tuesday morning about two o'clock the cry of "fire" aroused the citizens of Orangeville, and it was dis covered that the large flour mill of David Herrinc was enveloped in flames, and it was entirely destroyed. there being no fire apparatus of any kind within reach. 1 he mill was fifty years o'd, and had just been newly weather boarded ana painted, it was the intention to place new machinery in the mill, but this had not yet bee done. It is reported that there was an insurance of $6,000 on the build ing. NO. 34 PERSONAL. Judge and Mrs. Ikelcr went to At- lantic City last week. Mrs. Jane McBridc is visiting friends at Easton this week. Rev. W. C. Leverett returned home on Tuesday after a month's absence. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Wigfall went to Lake George on Wednesday. Thomas Gorrey's brother John, who resides in the west, is here on a visit. Harry Fine, a former employe of this office, now of Newark, N. J. is visiting his friends at Lightstreet. The Misses Runyon entertained a large company of invited guests on Ihursday evening. Miss Rebeca Armstrong and Miss Katharine Elwell of Towanda are vis iting friends here. Miss Budd and Miss Leader of Philadelphia are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Leader. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Dillon spent the past week in T oronto, Canada, at tending a Florists' Convention. Charles McAfee of Laubachs was badly bruised by a timber falling from a trcstling on the B. & S. last week Thursday. Henry Frayne of Espy, the designer and pattern-maker at the boat yard, is one of the best mechanics in this sec tion. He has built a number of fine row boats. Dr. and Mrs. Hughes are entertain ing four ladies who did some very creditable pedestrianism on Tuesday, ' alking from Orangeville to Shick shinny; they made 14 miles in six hours. The party is composed of Mrs. Lizzie Bowman and daughcer, Miss Vida of Philadelphia, Miss Geor gia Purcell of Bloomsburg, a.:d Miss Anna Patterson of Orangeville. Skickshinny Echo.- NIPPONO PARK EXCURSION. About 1000 people went to Nippa no Park on Wednesday, over the B. Sc. S., the W. &. W., and the Penna. Railroads. General Manager F. M, Leader had charge of the trair Twelve cars started from Bloomsburg, well filled, at 7.20, and two engines took them to Orangeville when four more carloads from points above, were taken on. The train was divided in to two sections of eight cars each, and taken to Watsontown by engineers Fortune and Casey. There the train was again united, and hauled by a large Penna. engine to the Park, about it miles above Willianisport. It is a fin: place and afforded all the attractions that were advertised. It is owned by an association of which Dr. Steckel of Wi'liamsport is President. Returning, the excursion left the Park at 5 o'clock and reached Bloomsburg at 10. It was well arranged all through, and no comp'aints were heard. Gilmore's band furnished the music. Was It a Murder? A MAN KILLED BY A TRAIN WHILE HIS COMPANION LOOKS IDLY ON. Centralia, Aug. 17. The town is very much stirred up over develop ments in the case of Anthony Dough erty, who met his death on the Lehigh Valley Railroad at this place at 1 1 clock Saturday morning. . Dougherty, it was claimed by some, was under the influence of liquor and lay down on the tracks to sleep, while evidence giv en at the Coroner's inquest tend to show that the man was foully dealt with. Lawrence Burns, a young man well known in this locality, was in com pany with Dougherty all the evening and the engineer claims that when he looked from his cab he noticed the one man lying on the track and the other standing close by.' He gave all the necessary danger signals, but neitu- - er man moved. He also reversed the ever, but too late to save the man's . life. When the train stopped he and the firemen alighted and questioned Burns as to who the man was. He- gave his name as Dougherty, but of fered no reason why he stood ly ana saw the man's life crushed out when he could easily have drawn him off the track. The jury met yesterday, and. after hearing the evidence, failed to agree- on a verdict, many ot the jurymen claiming that the man wa3 murdered while others favor the accidental the ory. Burns gave several conflicting stories in regard to the artair, ana to make tne evidence more strong agamsr, him he has disappeared and his where abouts are unknown. I he last seen of him was yesterday when he boarded a train for Shamokin. George Hohman has opened a sew ing machine office in the store room recently occupied by Miss Morrel. He came trom Berwick.
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