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Vol 27.
BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1802.
NO. 0
M. C. WoaJward will be a candidate
Tor re election as constable, at the
coming election in the town of Bloom
burg. C. H. Dickerman of Milton, has been
elected a delegate to the National
Democratic Convention from North
umberland county.
' The Philadelphia and Reading
i Railroad Company are re-painting
' ? their passenger coaches. They have
adopted an olive color, a color some
" what like the present Pullman cars.
M. P. Lutz has sold the D. W.
Johnson property on south second
- street to Davis Brooks for $800. Mr.
, Brooks will repair the dwelling and
; occupy it after April 1st.
The people of Greenwood township
that have not paid their taxes will
have an opportunity at the election
and save the five per cent which will
be added after February iSth 1893.
: Kx-Congrejsman, George W. Ladd,
': died at Bangor, Maine, last Sunday,
aged 73 years, He served two terms
in Congress. He was a brother-in-
law of Mrs. W. C. Leverett, of
' Bloomsburg.
Jesse Wirtman died in Ashland Co.,
Ohio, last week Saturday. He formerly
resided here and was a brother-in-law
of B. F. Hartman. He was born on
the Kuhn farm on the Espy road, and
i moved from here to Ohio in 1S33. He
.' was 87 years of age.
; On Monday afternoon the Jilooma-
bury Daily made its appearance. It
- is neatly printed, aud is issued at the
' Sentintl office. Whether Blooms-
. burg is large enough to sustain a daily
: newspaper, is a question that the fu
' turc must determine. We wish the
1 new enterprise success.
The meetings at the Opera House
began on Tuesday night, and the
- house was filled. The stage was oc-
. cupied by the choir, numbering nearly
one hundred, under the lead of Prof.
' Niles, and the clergy. Evangelist
.Smith made a strong impression upon
t an wno nearn mm.
Theta Castle K. G. E. of Blooms
burg went to Danville on Monday
t The Bloomsburg Cornet Band headed
J the procession. All returned at mid
, night, after having spent a pleasant
: evening. A parade, and a banquet
: ; at Smith's hotel ' were on the pro-
gramme.
Prof. Thomas Metherell has recently
published some waltzes entitled Lrhe
Mia Waltzes They are very pretty
and are dedicated to Miss Erne Hart
: man, of Bloomsburg. Prof. Metherell
has composed and arranged over two
hundred pieces of music, and if this
publication meets with proper en
couragement, he will publish others.
. He is a veteran musician and com-
poser.
One day last week S. C. Creasy re
i reived fifty dollars from the United
' States Mutual Accident Association
of New York, indemnity for two
: weeks loss of time occasioned by an
; . accident. I his company is repre
sented by John Wanick, and pays
5000 in case 01 ueain iy acciueni,
$35 per week for temporary disability,
with liberal indemnity for loss of hand,
foot, or eye. It costs $15 a year.
' There was much disappointment
manifested Monday evening by the
; young men who came over from Cata-
wissa to attend the play of the "Broom
Maker" at the Opera House. They
; expected to return on the eleven
o clock train of the Reading Railroad,
When they reached Rupert they were
detained for an hour and a quarter,
by the train on the Catawissa division,
which was held at Mainville by an en
gine that was derailed. Some of the
party walked from Rupert to Cata
wissa.
f. S. C. Creasy has remodeled the old
planing mill property to such an ex
tent that it cannot be recognized, ex
, cept as to location. The building has
til been freshly painted, additions and
. improvements made to it, as well as a
new boiler house, in which is placed a
new boiler, and a dry-house to be
heated by steam. New wood-working
machinery will be purchased, and the
old so completely repaired that it will
rJl be as new. When completed,
' hich will be but a short time, it will
e one of the best mills in this section,
! Tr. Creasy with, his usual enterprising
irit will no doubt soon have a large
rce of workmen at work filling
lers. A good planing mill is a real
. :essity in this place.
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For scrofula in every form Hood's
Earsaparilla is a radical, reliable reme-
tfy. It has an unequalled record of
cres.
BLOOMSBURG BRASS & COPPER CO.
The historv of the manufnrinr nf
brass in the United States, dates b ick
to the vear i8jo. At that time Aaron
Benedict associated with him Israel
Coe in the manufacture of brass but
tons. It Was the ho.mt of Cru that ho
had helped to roll the first sheet of
born in the vear tint ami died 1mt n
miw uiftivi. 111 iiuciiua. vuc Was
short time ago in Waterbury, Conn , a
city tarnous lor its industries in brass
and Conner and owincr its celehrifv
mainly to his energy, perseverance and
nis lanxee snrewuncss.
Aaron Benedict, before his associa
tion with Coe was manufacturing bone
and ivory buttons, and in the year 181 a
when the British war ships closed our
pen ts the demand was greatly increased,
as most of the buttons had been im
ported. I he fashion soon chanced
and called for a snuff colored coat and
brass buttons. . Up to this time all the
brass buttons used had been imported.
Coe and Benedict now turned their at
tention to making brass buttons, and
to do this they were obliged to import
their sheet brass, which was hauled
overland from Bridgeport and New
I laven to Waterbury. The margins of
me utisiness and the uncertainties as
to getting the metal were very great ; Coe
concluded that the metal could be
made thinner, thus making a larger
profit, and as the British manufactur
ers did not roll it to suit them they
now began to roll their own metal in a
small way. Not having the necessary
machinery, nor even a supply of cop
per, they bought worn out copper
kettles, made a proper alloy and
melted the whole in an iron furnace,
carted it with oxen to an old iron roll
ing mill at Woodville near Litchfield.
They succeeded, and decided to build
a rolling mill of their own in Water
bury, brought their copper from the
shores of Lake Michigan and was as
tonished the first year to find that their
output was sixty thousand pounds of
metal This was the fonndation of
the brass and copper business in Amer
ica, and it grew gradually, making and
supplying the demand for all kinds of
brass goods until now the annual out
put is many millions of pounds.
About the vear i8;o the first seam.
less brass and copper tubes made in
America were drawn by the American
I ube works in Boston, working under
English patents. - About twenty years
after, several other manufacturers
turned their attention to this branch
of the business but the high prices of
tne tubing owing to tl.e crudeness of
the machinery and the limited supply.
prevented its general use until about
ten years ago when the machinery be
ing greatly improved and four new
manufactories engaging in the business.
the prices were greatly lessened and
the quality of the tubes almost per
fected. On the 19th of February, 1891, pro
posals were opened for the building
of the Bloomsburg Brass & Copper
company s 1 ube works.
The contract was awaraeu to Thorn
as Gorrey. In the month of March
ground was broken on Ninth Street
near Catharine, on land civen by Rev.
D. J. Waller to Richardson & Richard.
the then proprietors, as an inducement
to locate their works in Bloomsburg,
Excavation was made to a solid gravel
bottom on which a twenty-eight inch
foundation was laid at an average
depth of five feet. The building is 15a
feet, 8 inches long, 7 8 feet, 4 inches
wide, one story, 35 feet from floor to
gable, built of brick with 13 inch walls
and ao inch pilasters, covered with a
metal roof, supported by eighteen ia
inch trusses, spanning the entire width
of the building. The floor is laid on
heavy loists, first with two inch plank.
over which is laid 1$ inch maple and
is supported by 105 brick piers 1 the
boiler room is 35x30 feet, in which is
a one hundred horse power boiler
built by Criukshank, Moyer & Co., of
Danville, fa., also a water tank with a
capacity of 3,000 gallons which is fed
by a pump from a well sunk inside the
plant. The engine which is a Corliss
make of one hundred horse power is
set just outside the boiler room. It
has a six ton fly wheel with a two foot
face which drives the main shaft run
ning the entire length of the Works.
Next to the boiler house is the cast
ing shop where the proper mixtures
and alloys are made and the metals
melted in crucible furnaces. It is then
poured in revolving iron moulds in
which is a clay core 1 the tubes when
cast are four and one half feet long
and when cooled after being thorough
ly cleaned are ready for the next stage
of the process which is that of anneal
ing. They are now taken to the muf
fle, an arched furnace 30x5 i feet, in
the construction of which 35,000
pounds of iron were used, with walls
and top two feet thick, and brought to a
red heat with a cord wood fire. They
are now taken out and when cool are
thrown into a pickling tub of sulphuric
acid and water, which thoroughly
cleanses them, when they are ready
for the first process of drawing. The
first draw is made with a dydraulic ma
chine operated by a Worthington pump
working against a pressure of 1500
pounds to the square inch, which pro
duces a force of 150,000 pounds against
the piston of the hydraulic machine.
To this piston is attached an arbor or
steel rod on which the tubes are slipped
and the immense power then forces it
through a steel die which reduces the
thickness of the metal and lengthens
the tubes. They are again annealed
and pickled and are ready for a second
draw made in the same way, using a
smaller arbor and die until the thick
ness of the metal is sufficiently reduced
to make the draw on the chain bench,
beginning with the largest and running
down to the smallest size which draws
a tube 3-33 of an inch in diameter.
The operation of the chain benches is
novel and interesting. By means of
tapered steel arbors the inside diame
ter of tubes can be made to vary the
thousandth part of an inch ; the end of
the tube is reduced by a pointing ma
chine and the tube slipped over a
mandril ; the pointed end is then shoved
through a die and is clutched by a pair
of tongs which are hooked in an end
less chain of square steel links working
over a heavy cog wheel turned by very
powerful gearing, drawing the tube to
the desired gauge and finish. '
Besides all the special machinery
used in drawing tubes there is a com
plete machine shop attaehed to the
plant for making dies and keeping the
machinery in repair. All the machinery
is of the very latest and most approved
pattern, much of it, no'ably the hy
draulic and largest chain bench being
the improvements of F. J. Richard,
the General Superintendent of the
Works. The mixing of the metals in
the casting shop requires a full knowl
edge of metals and alloys to get tubes
free from flaws to diaw true and
smoothly and with a perfect finish.
Seamless tubes are used by ship build
ers, engine and boiler makers, in the
construction of sugar refineries, brew
eries, distilleries, artificial ice plants,
by plumbers, pumpmakers, for brass
furniture, rolls for printing presses, and
all purposes requiring tubes which
will stand a heavy pressure.
Tons 01 tubes are standing around the
plant in various stages of completion,
ranging from heavy five inch castings
to finished brass copper and bronze
tubes 7-64 of an inch in diameter.
The building is solid and substantial,
well lighted and ventilated. The whole
plant is thoroughly equipped for the
business with an annual capacity of a
million pounds of tubing. Night work
is provided for by electric light supplied
by the Bloomsburg Electric Light Co.
The Works are heated by exhaust
steam from the pump. Within a short
time a wagon and foot bridge will be
put across the canal at Catharine street
and the I). I & W. R. R. Company
are making arrangements to run a
switch direct to the Works.
Four acres of land are owned by the
Company on which they dig the clay
and sand they use in making the cores.
The land has a frontage on three
streets and is admirably located for
enlarging the plant as the business may
demand. The Works were originally
started by Messrs. Richardson and
Richard of Waterbury, Conn., with
the assistance of some of our leading
citizens, who subscribed to a loan of
$15,000. Both gentlemen are native
Pennsylvanians, the former at one time
a resident of Bloomsburg. Both are
practical men in the business and Mr.
Richard is said to be one of the most
expert tube makers in the country,
On the 1st of December, 1891, the
business passed into the hands of the
Bloomsburg Brass & Copper Compa
ny, a corporation with J. L. Richard
son and r . J. Richard at its head.
About $60,000 are invested in the
plant which gives employment to thirty-five
men, most of whom are from
Bloomsburg, which number will be in
creased as quickly as the additional
and special machinery which is being
rapidly added, is placed in position,
and the Works sharing in the solid and
substantial growth of Bloomsburg are
destined to become one of its leading
industries. For much of the histori
cal data in the above article we are in
debted to the Iron Age.
The Supreme court of the United
States has rendered a decision declar
ing James E. Boyd, Democrat, the
duly elected Governor of Nebraska.
The best cure for rheumatism or
neuralgia is Salvation Oil, used accor
ding to directions. 35 els.
The news from the seat of war is
constantly contradictory j but not so
from Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup; every
report concerning it proves it to be the
best Cough Syrup known. Only 35 cts.
a bottle.
Court House Changes.
THE OFFICERS TAKE POSSESSION OF
THEIE HEW QUARTERS
On Monday morning last the new
offices in the court house were all
ready for occupancy. rrothonotary
Quick moved into his office several
weeks ago.
Judge Ikeler's private office is the
corner room on second floor front,
next to Wirt's block. It has a hand
some Brussels carpet on the floor, a
table, writing desk, steel book case,
chairs &c. The furnituie in all the
rooms is of oak. It is a handsome
and com foi table office. In the hall
just outside the door is a water closet.
The next room to the Judge's is a
private room for the use of counsel
and clicms. It has linoleum on the
floor and is furnished with a large li
brary table, and arm chairs.
On the opposite side of the hall in
the rear of these two rooms is the
Law Library. It has steel shelving
and is conveniently furnished for the
purposes for which it is intended.
Next to the counsel room on the
front is the apartment for ladies. It
has Brussels carpet, table, cha:rs, sofa,
wash stand and water closet. This is
one of the greatest improvements in
the building. In the old court house
there were no accommodations for
women, and female witnesses called
before the Grand Jury were obliged to
wait in a room immediately adjoining
the men's toilet room.
The Grand Jury room is the largest
and lightest on the second floor. It
has linoleum on the floor, and a large
library table and chairs. Wash bowls
and closets are specially provided for
this body. On Wednesday morning
when the reporter looked in upon
them the Grand Jurors looked as hap
py as kings, They are an unusually
fine looking body of men this week
On the third floor is the Equity
Chamber, and the County Superin
tendent's office, not yet funvshed.
The former will be used for argument
courts, and special sessions of court
when the business gets in such shape
that two courts are needed.
The commissioners' office is on the
first floor to the right as you enter.
It is handsomely and appropriately
furnished. Commissioners Edgar, Sands
and Rittenhouse and Clerk C. M. Ter
williger look happy and contented in
their new quarters. The Commission
ers may well be proud of their work
for they have shown good judgment in
the completion and furnishing of the
building.
Sheriff Moury occupies his old quar
ters, and Register and Recorder Camp
bell also remains in the old place.
Treasurer Kline now has the Commis
sioners office all to himself.
On Monday morning White N.
Hosier of Fishingcreek township,
entered upon his duties as deputy to
Sheriff Mourey.
David R, Coffman has been appoin
ted Janitor of the building, at a salary
of $35 a month.
The entire front of the court house
was illuminated on Monday night and
presented a very fine appearance.
DEATH ON THE RAILROAD.
Last Thursday evening Mr. Joseph
Lins, living a short distance below
Catawissa, met with a horrible death.
He and his wifo had been to Tamaqua
to attend the funeral of his mother-in-law.
On their return to Catawissa,
Mrs. Lins started home, while he
remained in town with his friends. In
the evening he started down the track
of the Pennsylvania railroad, and
when between the bridge and the de
pot at the junction, he was caught by
an engine. His body was carried
across the bridge, while a leg was cut
off and dropped through the bridge
on the ice. A little later the evening
train came along and while waiting for
orders, discovered the body. It was
soon identified by his brother, and
taken to an undertaker's. In the
morning the body was sent to the fam
ily. The engine that ran over him
did not stop, for they knew not that
they had killed a man. If the second
train had not stopped for orders, it is
probable that the body would not
have been discovered before morning.
Jerome T. Ailman gave an excellent
address before Grange at Catawissa,
Monday evening. A number of mem
bers from this side of the river were over
to hear him. Mr. Ailman has been
employed to give a series of addresses
before the Grangers in this and adjoin
ing Counties. He is a graduate of the
Normal School class of 187 1.
Go hear the realistic Comedy drama
" The Rocky Mountain Waif Little
Goldie, at the Opera House Friday
evening February 5th.
"Little Goldie" at Opera House
this (Friday) evening.
NORMAL SCHOOL NOTES-
Everybody agrees that the last
entertainment in the Students' Lecture
Course, that given by Mrs. If. E.
Monroe, on England, Her Shrines and
People, was a most enjoyable one,
but we come now to announce a
fourth entertainment which will afford
our citizens a most profitable enter
tainment and a literary treat.
Our next number is that of the
wonderful and widely known imper
sonator, Mr. Leland T. Powers. He
comes to us in the role of "David Gar
rick." This is his pet entertainment,
the one on which he prides himself
most highly. Those who saw Mr.
Powers two years ago in David Cop
perfield do not need an introduction
to this prince of impersonators and
caricaturist.
David Garrick, as is perhaps well
known, was a great English actor and
mimic, having played in all the leading
theatres of London and the Continent.
It has been said of him : No greater
actor ever lived than David Garrick;
and this is the man whose plays will
be presented to us by Mr. Powers on
Friday evening, Feb. 12.
Diagram is now open at Brooke &
Co's. Book store.
Another great event in the history
of our school is also about being con
summated ; indeed, it has already been
decided that we are to have an addi
tional building. The demands upon
us for rooms for the coming Spring
term, have been so unusnal that a
house near the school, has been rented
to be used as an additional dormitory
for our promised over-flow of students.
This together with other rapidly
growing needs of the school, were the
inducing causes that influenced our
broad minded trustees in the matter
of building. An architect has already
been on the ground, made a survey as
to the best location and will report
very soon. Whether we shall have
our present large dormitory extended
or an independent building erected
has not yet taken definite shape, but
more room we must have. Among
other things proposed, there will be
additional recitation rooms, a new and
more accessible manual training de
partment, more dormitory room and
a splendid gymnasium. In the matter
of a gymnasium we take occasion to
say that this will be no mean affair.
The plans include that it shall be one
of the largest in the United States,
and completely fitted up. It will have
a hard wood floor and well adapted
for roller skating, also a running track
of not more than nineteen laps to the
mile. Other equally interesting fea
tures are contemplated, but have not
yet taken definite shape, and hence
cannot be discussed at this writing.
MELVILLE.
Nettie Patton of Columbia, came
on Saturday, the 30th, to see her
father, James Masters, who is quite
sick.
Dr. Christian, who has been con
fined to his room for a few days from
sickness, is now seen on the streets
again.
Mrs. W. B. German had an attack
"Gripp" some three weeks since which
compelled her to remain indoors. She
is now going out for the first.
Chas. Dodson met recently with
quite a bereavement, on Wednesday
the 37 th, at 10 o'clock, they buried a
sixteen year old son, an eighteen year
old daughter was unable to go to the
funeral At five o'clock they sent for
a doctor but she was then past re
covery. She died about eight o'clock
that same evening, and was buried
Saturday at 10 o'clock. The bereaved
family have the sympathy of the en
tire community.
Joseph Kitchen is on the sick list.
Mrs. E. B. Hoyne, wife of conduc
tor Hoyne, is on the sick list.
Lucy Robbins of Iola, died on Sun
day, the 31st. Funeral services held
at the M. E. Church, Feb. 3nd, at 3
o'clock, Rev. Decker of Jerseytown
officiating.
The old Humphrey Parker estate
was sold at auction on Saturday the
30th, for $3075, Norman Parker was
the purchaser.
Editors Potter and Trescott of the
Tablet have been under the doctor's
care for a few days.
Henry Warner, known as ' Hank"
Warner, died Tuesday night, Feb. 3.
You can never tell what a slight
cold may lead to ; it is best, therefore,
to give yourself the benefit of the doubt,
and cuie it as soon as possible with
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. A day's delay,
sometimes an hour's delay, may result
in serious consequences.
Liberal salary and expences raid.
See advertisement in 1 another column
headed Good Salary by Sears, Henry
& Co., Geneva, N. Y. They are a
reliable firm. 1-39-41.
PERSONAL.
Henry M. Rupert made his first trip
on the postal route between New York
and Pittsburg last week.
Col. A. D. Sccley presided over th
Grand Jury this week with dignity an
grace.
Alexander Knouse and brothci
G. W., returned from their Wcsten
trip Friday of last week. They were
a"; sent nearly four weeks.
Samuel M. Hetler, formerly of
Mifflin township, is traveling for J C.
Bright & Co., limited, manufacturers
of and dealers in refined and lubricating
oils, at Williamsport.
John Knies moved to Bloomsburg
from Mifflinville on Monday, and oc
cupies the Robbins house on Rock
street, recently occupied by A. C.
Freas, Esq. His hotel at Mifflin has
been leased by Benjamin Pennypacker.
The regular meeting of the W. C.
T. U. will be held at Mrs. Jap Wilson's
on Tuesday February 9th at three
o'clock.
The fifth annual union of Old Boat
men, Portage Railroad, and Forward
ing Men, will be held at Newport
Perry Co., on February 18 and 19.
DEATHS-
Mrs. Lavina Ilendershott died at
the home of her son N. P. Hender-
shott at Kingston, last Friday, at the
advanced age of eighty years. Her
husband, Aaron Ilendershott, died
about six years ago. For a number
of years Mrs. Ilendershott his been
afflicted with blindness. Until a few
months ago she resided at S. L. Pot
ter's on Sixth street, and then
went to Kingston to live with her 'son.
I he remains were brought here and
the funeral services were held at Mr.
Potter's on Sunday afternoon, con
ducted by Rev. S. W. Sears of the M.
E. Church, of which the deceased was
a member. Two sons, Napoleon P.
of Kingston, and Charles H. of
Bloomsburg, survive her.
Miss Mary Agusta Robison, died at
the residence of Thomas Webb last
Tuesday morning, after an illness of
several years. She was a daughter of
the late William and Betsy Robison,
and a sister of J. B. Robison, Esq., of
this town, Mrs. Ario Pardee of
Hazleton, Mrs. G. B. Markle of Phila
delphia, and Mrs. Alfred Barber.
She was born in this town on January
35, 1836, and lived here all her life
with the exception of a few years.
She was a member of the Presbyterian
church, and funeral services were con
ducted at the house of her brother on
Third street on Friday, by Rev. I. M.
Patterson. '
Again the destroying angel has en
tered the home of the late E. S. Fritz,
at Central. This time it called for his
daughter, a young lady almost 36 yrs.
old. This call takes half of the once
happy family across the river.
Miss Esther A. Fritz was born March
14th, 1866 and lived with her parents
until five years ago last April, when
she moved to Benton where she fol
lowed a very successful business at
dress making. In this, she was an ar
tist. She has been a member of the M.
E. church since a child ; spending
more than half of her days in Christ's
cause. She died January 3 1st, 1893,
and leaves a mother and brother. Her
father died December 10th, 1891.
Miss Steinmetz of Lancaster County
who was visiting in Bloomsburg during
the first week in December, with Miss
Alleman, also of Lancaster, and who
oftimes went to Catawissa to visit her
sister, died suddenly last week, and was
taken home a corpse. She was about
18 years of age and had the appearance
of perfect health. La Grippe was the
cause of death.
Samuel A. White died at his home
in Lightstreet on Monday morning
aged about twenty-two years. He was,
for several years agent of the B. & S.
R. R. Co., at Jamison City and was
an excellent young man. The funeral
took place on Wednesday. He was
an adopted son of A. B. White.
Shedrach Warr died on Friday at his
home on Eighth street, of pneumonia.
He had worked in the furnaces for
many years. He was buried on Mon
day, The funeral of Mrs. Fisher, mo:hei
in-law of J. M. Shew, will take place
today, Friday, at the residence of Mr.
Shew in Lightstreet. She was ninety,
six years of ige.
An infant child of Mr. and Mrs. C.
B. McHenry of Benton, died last week.
Millions of people are starving in
Russia.