in n nuii ii i u i V0L2(. Davenport's .store closed up on Monday. Rev. Bruce Birch will preach in the Evangelical chi-ch, next Sunday even ing at 7:30 o'clock. Snyder county democrats have de-cl- ed against a constitutional con ventior During the storm last Sunday at Unityville several buildings were un roofed and others struck by ligi. "ng. There will be a lawn festival at the Reformed church on Friday and Sat urday evenings of next week, Septem ber 4th and 5 th. I.afayctte Unger and wile of Unity ville. came down Thursday to attend a re-union of the Ohl relatives at the Fair grounds. It was the birthday of Henry Ohl. Reuben Hess' grove at Rupert was ir great demand last week. It ' w" occupied Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. It is a beautiful grove for family picnic pa..ies. Rev. D. J. Waller, Sr., has put con crete steps from the street to his lawn, aud pavement inside the yard. The brick sidewalk on the street has leen raised about a foot and relaid. H. Bollini, the photographer, for merly at Roshon's gallery, is located for the present at Jamison City, in John Bush's house. He is offering a dozen $3.00 cabinets for $1.00 for ten days only. Next Monday, August 31st, is posi tively the last day that town taxes will be received by Robert Buckingham, Treasurer. After that the duplicate will go into the collector's hands, and five per cent will be added. Thursday of next week is the last day for registration. You must at tend to it yourself, you can not leave it to a Committeeman. Examine the registry books at once and see if your name is on the book, you will find the book at every polling place. x m Grand Army Day at Mt. Carmel on September 9th, will be a big day. Members of Ent Post who expect to attend, should supply themselves with a pack of G. A. R. cards with their name and Post printed thereon. They can be obtained at this office. Hon. E. M. Tewsbury writes from Williams' Grove that the boom there for the Democratic nomination for Auditor General is for James G. Mc Sparran of Lancaster county, a farmer, Granger and Alliance man ; and for Gen. Dick Coulter of Westmoreland for Treasurer. He thinks it would be a strong ticket. At a meeting of the Benton Agri cultural Association held May 5 th the following officers were elected T C. McHenry Pres., Elliot Lemon, vice Pres., J. B. Laubach, Treas., H. O. McHenry, Secy., Chas. Wesley, Librar ian; Directors, Z. A. Butt, C. A, Belles, T. H. Edgar, F. E. Smith, Geo. Derr. Fair to be held Oct. 7, 8, 9 and ioth' H. O. McHenry, Secy. A subscriber at Unityville has shown us a receipt for subscription signed Elwell and Bittenbender, which was given him last year by a man who gave his name as Myers, and said he was our collector. We have no such collector and we would advise our own subscribers as well as those of all other papers, to pay no bills to stran gers unless they can show satisfactory authority. The country is full of swindlers. Robert Pursell, brother of Issac and Sylvester Pursell of Hemlock town ship, died at his home in Vicksburg, Michigan, on the 18th inst., aged 92 years, 3 months and nine days. He was a brother-in-law of B. F. Hart man. ' Six children survive him, a'l re siding in the west. He wasj probably the oldest Mason in the country, hav ing been initiated in Bloomsburg when but twenty-years old. ' He learned the irade of a tanner with Isaiah Willits at Catawissa, aud went to Michigan about 1840. His first wife was Miss Chrisman of this town. J. S. Blue's barn was burned last Monday. On Tuesday morn morning three lengths of hose, 150 feet, from the Winona Hose Carriage, was stretched along Centre street on the pavement by Col Freeze's proper ' ty, and has been there ever since, o" was there a week after the fire. Ti ' is gross negligence, and if the coun. 1 would waken up and t l"e some inter, est in the nublic proper they would appoint some one to have cont'd of the entire fire apparatus 01 tne town, and then such things would not occur. A CLOUD BURST. MUCH tV MAGE DONE 1V MONDAY'S STORM. Monday was a rainy day, and at about half past four in the afternoon the c'imax was reached. The heavens opened their flood gates and for an nour tne water fell in tor nts. The run coming down by the Liohtstreet road became so swollen that the culvert across Main street could noc ca. y off the water, and backing up it came tearing over the fence of C. W. Neal's lot at corner of Ma;n and Lightstreet road, and rushed down the street in a resistless flood. Much damaee was done to George Martin's property just above the Neal lot. His cow and pigs were saved with difficulty and many of his chickens were drowned. On Main street the strea..i occupied the entire width of the stu.t and over flowed the pavements. The store pavement in front of C. W. Neal's lot, which had just been relaM was com pletely torn up. Nc ly every cellar from East street to Iron on the east side of Main, was filled with water. Among those suffering the most were Andrew Solleder who had a lot of leath er in his cellar. The run in the rear of his lot over flowed, and the lot was more than a foot under water. J. 11. Mercer's cellar was flooded and his loss may reach $1000. The water was about four inch j deep on his store floor. He had a large stock of wall paper in his cellar, which is a complete loss, besides (' ugs. oils, &c. jerry 11 ess shoe stoie and Evans & Eyer's clothing store were a'ao flooded, the water running through the stores and filling the ce'lars. Fortunatellv neither of them had muca in their cellars. C. C. Marr's residence is in the rear of his store, and his dining room, kitchen and some other rooms are in the basement. The town authorities had opened a ditch to lay a sewer on Iron street across Main, and the dirt thrown up formed a dam which turned the water down Iron street, flooding Mr. Marr's store cellar, and all that portion of the basement occupied as a residence. The frrniture was over turned, the carpe;s ruined, ...d about fir r inches of mud left on the floor. His loss may reach $500. D. A. Creasy ' cellar also had several feet of water in it Below Mr. Ma..'s but little damage was done on Main. The cellar of the Episcopal Recto, y had about four feet of water in it, but being well drained this ran out before next morning. The water ran over the pavement at the Post Office, and if it had risen four inches more it would have gone into the basement of The Columbian office where much valuable machinery would have been damaged. Iron street was flooded. Everv house between Main and Third had several feet of water in the cellars. Charles Krug's barn was over flowed and the horses were removed through water three feet deep. Third street between Centre and lion came in for a big dose. W. C. Ritchie, Mrs. McBride, JohnJArm strong, Mrs. Watson, Fath:: McCann, Mrs. Gruver, P. Unangst .in fact every property along the street had water in the cellars except J. K. Bitten bender and the Rawlings property. Centre street from Third to Fifth was also flooded, and much damage done. In Scott town the cellars of W. For tune, Thomas Metherel and others, were full of water. The board side walk in front of James Magee's residence on Fifth street was torn up. Big washouts occurred on Scott tow 1 hill, and on Market street at the Grange store. On Sixth-street much of the water from all the streets unit ed and completely submerged the D. L. & W. track. Down at the School Furnishing Company's works it was like a river. The water came into the buildings and considerable damage was done to goods ready for ship ment. Along Sixth st eet cella- were filled, and the lot back of Giger's Hotel was covered with water after the storm had ceased. But little damage was done on East street. The shops of the Bloomsburg Car Company had a foot or mote of water in them, and it is hard to .estimate the loss. The D. L. & W. train south at 4.05 got only as far as Danville, The north bound train due here at 6.36 reached here at 7 o'clock, and laid at the depot until 1 1.30 on account of the culvert being washed out at Creve ling's this side of Espy, and destruc tion of several hundred feet of track. There were slides below between Rupert and Catawissa, .. two be tween Cataw'ssa 'and Da. ' 'e. The B. & S. evening train did not get down until I uesday morning' ow ing to several washouts this side of Stillwater. Trains ran on Tuesday BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, LSM, though not on time. At the Y be low town the embankment was torn out. Some damage was done at the Carpet Mill, and at Mcars' Factory. At the latter place the water was over the boiler in the engine house, and the horses were removed from the stables with difficulty. The water was pumped from the cellars of J. H. Mercer, Isaiah Hagen buch, A. Solleder, D. A. Creasy, Fath e McCann, Mrs. Watson and others by the fire steamer and members of Friendship Fire Company. At the Catholic church the steamer got stuck in the mud, and it was necessa to send for Nathan Chromis to come with his team and pull it out. The boys worked all night very faithfully. It is impossible to estimate the to tal damage, but it will reach several thousand dollars. No storm of re cent years has been so disastrous. A HANDY ARTICLE- Messrs. Lockard and Oswald are the 0 .ers of a patent granted Aug ust 4, 1 89 1, for an improved satchel and bicycle lock, which for simplicity, convenience and neatness of design, has no equal. It is an indispensable article for every person who travels. It is intended to lock a bicycle so that it can w ith safety be left on the street, and can also be used by travelers to lock a satchel or coat to the car seat when they wish to go to the smoker, get on the train for lunch or leave the car for any purpose. It can be used in the same way at the theatre, thus securing the seat as well as the lug gage. It consists of a chain with an automatic lock, there being no key to get lost. Iheprce is $1.00, and it is cheap at that price. It can conven iently be carried in the vest pocket A rangements have been made to manufacture them in large quantities. a..d a liberal discount will be given to the trade. The proprietors are push ing business men, and they will no doubt make a success of it as it is an article that will sell on sight. EAST BENTON- A few weeks ago, John Wenner of Van Camp, aged about 7 1 years, f om the force of circumstances, was obliged to jump Oil from a load of oats on the solid barn floor, or strike the same with his head. He was terribly jammed up, but no bones were broken, neither sustained internal -injuries. It will be several weeks before he can walk. Fortunately he is convalescing com fortably, although it might have re sulted fatally. Week ago last I uesday Isaiah Crev- eling of Van Camp and Alice Kuckel of Raven creek were joined in holy wedlock. William Ruckle of Fairmount was buried week ago last Sunday. A sister w.ote to us from Michigan that from 3 acres, they obtained 132 bushels of wheat, and from 2 acres, 52 bushels of rye, and the weather at present, is both, hot and dry. V hat is the difference o the mater ial interests between Columbia and Montour counties that the latter should endorse Grant Herring's course in the Senate when assembled n Convention while the former was silent ? Verily." a prophet is not without honor save in his own country. LIGHT STREET, Rev. Mendenhall of Berwick preach ed in the M. E. church Sunday even ing. Miss Martha Bachman, who has been visiting her sister Mrs. O. B. Mehck has returned home to Shamo- kin accompanied by Miss Lettie Whit ney. Mr. and Airs. Case of Numedia vis ited their daughter Mrs. Silas Young. wr. vv. 6. Melick of Wilkes-Barre is visiting his parents. Mrs. John Kitchen of Shamokin is visiting her parents. 1 he severest storm of the season passed over this place Monday after noon, doing considerable damage. WALLER- Miss Alverda Everhart went to Phil adelphia last week, where she expects to stay for some time with her brother Charles. Several of the young ' folks had a very pleasant time Wednesday evening at Mr. Tho npson's sociable. Mr. W. B. Fritz, of Kansas, who has been visiting friends in this vicinity, started for Michigan last Thr-sdav. About the hardest rain, that was ever known in this part of the count -y occured here Sunday afternoon. A great deal of damage was 0c ,e to the roads and outstanding crons. The thrashing machines are now kept busy all the time. The crops seem to be a little above the' average ; una year. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS- Council met in special session Aug ust 13th at call of the President, with President Harman and members Allen Rhodes, Gorrey, White and Willits. The President announced first busi ness to be to award contract for put ting in the drain from rear of Blooms burg Car Co's shops to North Branch Canal, the proposals having been re ceived at last meeting. Mr. Gorrey made a motion to reject all the proposals. Seconded by Mr. Rhoads and carrried by the votes of Gorrey, Rhoads and Allen. Mr. Gorrey moved hat a netting be made and that bids be received un til Aug. 27 th. Seconded by Mr. Allen and carried. Dr. Willits moved that the Commis sioner of Highways be authorized to commence work on the improvements ordered for Market St., on Monday Aug. 17L1. Engineer Brown instruct ed to furnish grades. President Har man authorized to contract for the stone at two and a b. If cents per ton of 2,000 pounds. Motion seconded by Gorrey and cai.Ied. Mess. White and Allen move'd that the Secretary be instructed to order for the Fire Co's for use at fires, four teen pair gum boots and coats. Car rijd. Mr. Rhoads moved that the Presi dent be instructed to order the Com. of Highways to attend at once to pav ing of all unpaved portions of Eighth St., if owners after a short notice fail to attend to it themse'ves Seconded and carried. Dr. Will'ts moved that the Solicitor be instructed to prep' e an ordinance which shall prohibit the laying of wood en pavements upon any street within the section of the Town bounded by rirst, Penn, Sixth and West . Sts, or upon any of the streets named as the boundry. Seconded by Mr. White and carried. On motion of Mess. Willits and White, an ordinance to widen Fifth St. between Catharine and East, was un animously passed. 1 or lollowing ordinance was passed on motion of Mess. White and Gorrey: Ordinance No. 59, to widen and open portions of West St. Sec. i. 1 hat the portion of West St. from Third to Fourth shall be opened and widened to the width of 49 feet by adding to the width there of 30 feet on east side there to be taken from this adjoining properties. Sec. 2 That a further portion of said West St., be opened as a public highway from the north line of the right of way of the D. L & W. R. R. southward to Eighth St of the width of 46 feet. The following bills ordered paid, on motion of Mess. Willits and White: Wes. Knorr, Chief Tolice In June. 9 8.50 I'cter Kehoe, police service " . 1. 00 J. D. Jones, " " . 1 .00 Kobt. McBride, " ' . I.00 Nat. Chromis, " " " . 2.00 1-. Drake, " ' " . 1 .00 P. K. YanaUa 130 index boards . 33.80 Uit. Do painting roof. iq.20 Water Co. Setting 2 fire hydrants.. 21.53 " July Water rent 50 hyils. 03.33 ' ' Water for Town Hall Jt 'y I tO Oct. I Q.T Creasy & Wells, lumber to Aug 5U1. 52.65 VV, Kunyon, Sundries to July 7. 35.00 I). L. & W. k. R., freight 1. 20 (i. A. McKelvy, polish..,, I.30 Globe Gas l.t. Co. lighting Sts., in J my 102.3s Eshleman & Wolf, Sundries 77-15 W. 13. Cummings, Sec. July 15.00 Total Adjourned to Aug1 27th. 466.85 The Freas Brown monument is completed, and is a massive and beautiful piece of work. It is of gran ite, with granite posts and markers, and large urns of the same ma terial at two corners of the nlot. The , - - - - 1 - rail between the posts is of galvanized iron. 1 he entire weight ot the granite is nineteen tons. T. L. Gunton had the contract for the work, and went to Vermont to select the material himself. The cost of the monument complete was about $3000. The Knights of Malta w:'l have a reunion at Oak Grove Aug., 59. The touowing Commantlenes will be pres ent from abroad. Berwick, Nanticoke, two Comman- denes from Wii esbarre. two Com manderies from Willtamsport, Hobbie, wescopeck, Danville, Lewisburg, Ed wardale, Hazle Oil and Dilfto. . There will be a grand p--ade in the afternoon at 2 P. M. The p?-ade will form at Oak Grove, and march out Fifth street to Mar'..et, up Market to inira, out Third to West, out West to Main, up Main to East, down F'ast to the Grove. Should it get dry and become dusty parties are requested to sprinkle tne street The No..nal School on Wednesday received a large steam ironing machine weighing 3200 pounds. They wi"' get a mamoth washer in a few days. TH2 BPTZBAOH HOMICIDE- THE CENTRAL POOR DISTRICT SEND MARX LONO TO INVESTIGATE THE REPORT FROM SUPERINTEND ENT SCHULTZ. The recent death of Anthony Butz baeh, at the Danville hospital for the insane, under circumstances which pointed to homicide at the hands of a keeper, prompted the Central Poor District, whose charge Butzbach was, to send one of their number to Dan ville to investigate Marx Long went thither, and has returned with the fol lowing report from Dr. Shultz, giving a full and fair statement of the unfortu nate case : The State Hospital for the In- sane, Danville, fa., August 13, 1801. Hon. Marx Lono, Director Central Poor District, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Dear Sir : In compliance with your request personally addressed to me this morning in behalf of your board, I give you below the facts con cerning the death of Anthony F. Butz bach, recen.'y an inmate of this hospi tal, commu.jd and maintained by the Board of Central Poor District of Lu zerne County. At about 6 o clock on the morning of Saturday, August 1, Andrew Brown, an attendant in the employ of the hos pital, heard a shriek for help coming from an apartment some ten yards away from where he was at the time occupied. When he came to the place from whence the call proceeded, he found the patient, Butzbach, and Marion B. McHenry, another attend ant, engaged in a struggle with each other, the patient apparently hav ing the advantage of his attendant. Before Brown had completely sepa rated the two Butzbach had sustained injuries from which he died in about thirty-three hours that is, at 3 p. m. Sunday. Violent assaults were made on Butzbach by McHenry after the latter had been rescued from danger by Brown. The above facts appear from the sworn testimony given in the coroner's inquest. The verdict of the inquest was to the effect that Butz bach died from the shock of physical injuries inflicted by McHenry. Browri had been in the service of the hospi tal, as attendant, about twenty-one months, and McHenry fourteen months. Butsbach was considered a more than ordinarily dangerous patient from his bodily strength, but much more from the nature of his insane delus ions. He was, therefore, not allowed to mingle with the other patients in his ward, as is usually done, but he was secluded alone during the day in a hall 8x26 feet The attendants were instructed not to go into this hall un less at least two were together, for natural protection in case . of trouble with the patient. McHenry took the risk, at this time, of entering this hall and doing the work in Butzbach's room alone, or unaccompanied by another attendant. As soon as it was ascer tained how the trouble had arisen Mc Henry was discharged. As near as I can recall this was done by noon. As early on Monday as the attorney of the hospital could be communicated with, arrangements were made for the inquest, with the exception of the hour, this was fixed later, after the; friends of the deceased had been in, fonned of the cause of death ana con sulted when they, or their representa tives, if they wished it, could be pres ent. A nephew of the deceased was present at the inqnest at 2 p. m. on Tuesday. From the time of the injury to the hour of death the unfortunate man re ceived such medical and surgical treat ment and care of attendants as his condition seemed to require. 1 he infoi. nation before the justice of the peace, on" which the warrant of McHenrys arrest issued, was made by one of the trustees of the hospital. ' A report of the whole matter, so far as I thought it called for or desired, was promptly made to the Committee on Lunacy of the Board of . Public Charities, as the law requires. Should your board desire any fur ther information on any point relating to this affair, I need hardly add that I will cheerfully give it so far as I can. Before concluding this communica tion I wish to assure you, that with the exception of the immediate rela tives of Mr. Butsbach no one can more sincerely regret this deplorable occur rence than 1 nn. T am nUr eni-"that the trustees of the hospital as weft as my colleagues in the administration of its affairs and the care of its inmates share the same feelings. Very truly yours, S. S. Schultz, M. D., Supt. Wilkes-Barre Record. The Bloomsburg School Board will meet this (Friday) evening, when all the teachers are expected to meet with them and s'gn the agreements for the I NO. 35 PERSONAL. Miss Madge Campbell has been visiting friends in Mahanoy City. J. G. Wells went to New York on Wednesday. F. H. Brumstetler has moved from Orangeville to Williamsport Miss M. J. Hess of Benton is spend ing a month at Eaglesmere. Miss Margery Metzgcr of Williams- port was the guest of Miss Dillie Rob- bins dvring the past week. Hon. E. M. Tewksbury and family of Catawissa are spending the week at Williams' Grove. Mrs. Moses Kinsey and Mrs O. Taylor of Newark, N. J. are guests of Mr. L. Runyon and family. Mrs. White and children, of Phila delphia are visiting at Mrs. M. E. Ents. Judge and Mrs. Ikeler spent a few; days at Ait Gretna Farmers' Encamp ment last week. , Frank P. Pursel and Frank A. Ike ler attended a hop at Hotel Shikellimy last Friday night. Dr. B. Y. Gardner returned Wed nesday afternoon from a visit in Dela ware and Maryland. Dr. H. W. Buckingham of Phillips- burg in visiting his mother. He r cently met with an accident breaking his leg. Mr. and Mrs. Hand, Miss Laura Waller and David J. Waller 3rd went to Eaglesmere on horse back on Sat urday, returning on Tuesday. Mrs. T. H. Wolf started for Ger many on Monday morning to visit her brother and sister whom she has not seen in thirty years. Mrs. Annie Scott and daughter, Miss Emma Eden, Miss Annie Hassipin and Morris Early of PhiladelDhia are the guests of C. E. Reice. Robert and Mrs J. McBride have returned from their visit to Easton and Ocean Grove. They report a pleasant time. Prof, and Mrs. Pratt leave Bloom- burg on F riday for a visit to their par ents in Pittsburg. They teach in Reading, AUentown and Bethlehem this winter. Miss Dora A. Niles has iust return ed from Southampton, Long Island, where she has been spending the summer attending the Shinnecock Hills Summer Art School, under the tuition of the renowned artist, Mr. Wm. Chase of New Vork. The Democratic State Convention will be held at Harrisburg next week Thursday. The delegates from this county are Daniel McHenry, Luther Eyer, Jerry Fowler, and D. F. Curry. The death of S. P. Hanley has caused a vacancy in the delegation, to be filled by the county committee. : There will be a Gvand Musical and Literary entertainment for purpose of painting the A. M. E. church of Bloomsbarg. Thursday evening Sept. 3rd 1891, at Bloomsburg Opera Ho i This will be one of the best ever had by colored people. An Oration will be delivered by J. H. Artops or Yale Seminary. The entertainment given by Misses Runyon at the residence of Mr. L. Runyon on Market street last week Thursday evening was a most enjoy able affair. There were nearly one hundred guests present, those residing out of town being Mrs. Moses Kinsey and Mrs. Orriana Taylor of Newark, N. J., Miss Sarah Gilbert ot Catawissa the Misses Davis and Mr. Morton Davis, of Orangeville; Miss Gould and Mrs. White of Phila delphia , Mrs. C. P. Hand of Brook- Iyn, Mrs. Shipley of Cincinnati and Mrs. J. Shuman of Catawissa. Chairs were arranged in the parlor. and the guests were treated to a musi cal program of eleven numbers con sisting of selections by the orchestra led by Charles P. Elwell, vocal solos by Miss Ella Fox, Mrs 0. A. Taylor and Miss Beth Runyon j duets by Misses fox and Runyon; Instrument. al solo by Miss Annie Ent , and quar tettes by Mrs. Taylor and Misses Runyon, Fox and Miller. , The last piece on the program was a waltz by the orchestra, and as this began the chairs were removed and those who wished to indulge in danc ing were given an opportunity, until the party broke up well into the morn ing, at an hour that indicated that everybody had enjoyed themselves immensely. The refreshments were delicious, and nicely served, and a 'o gether it was one of the most enjoyable social events for many seasons. The Berwick fair will be held Sept ember a, 3. 4, and 5. t
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