BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24. 1803. NO M1IFLIN INSTITUTE. The Teachers' Institute for Mifflin, Main and Reaver Townships was held at Miffliriville, on Saturday, Feb. 18. The following teachers were pres ent : Miss Wayne, Messrs. Hess, Luz, Piatt, Johnston and Fctteroff, Mifflin; Misses. Andrews, Aten, and Brown, Beaver; Misses. Hassert, Houck and Mr. Yorks, Mains Trot. Noetling of the Bloomsburg Normal School, and Profs. Richardson and Crobaugh of Berwick. The forenoon session was opened with prayer by Rev. White. Freddie O'Brien and Itessie Rhodes then en tertained the audience with recitations: Trof. Noetling gave an interesting talk on the "Benefit of Education" in all walks of life. Supt. Johnston made an address in which he showed the neces sity of individual work; the need of pupils working for themselves, and the evil of the teachers doing the pupils work. Miss Hassert read an essay. "The Teacher in Social Life." After a declamation by Franklin Dry the institute adjourned till i;$o p. in. The chairman, Mr. Hess called the institute to order ; Miss Mary Aten sang a solo. Supt. Johnston was the fust speaker in the afternoon and made some very timely remarks. It is not right to let the child do only what he likes, to the neglect of the other facul ties. Each person is distinct and peculiar from every other person and the teacher should remember this. Something should be done to remedy the indulgence of the strong to the neglect of the weak. Present sacrifi ces mean, future gain. The teacher has a right to insist on the pupils do ing what he requires of him. Anybody can let the scholars do as they please, but it takes a teacher in the fullest sense of the word to develop the pupil's as they should be. It is not uncommon to find grown pupils devoting their time and attention to one or two studies. Have all pupils do reason ably well in all things and exceedingly well in one. The plea is not for more work, but for a better quality of it. Recitation, by Vere Snyder; Prof. Noetling spoke to the point in illus trating the need of Education to all classes of people. An educated farm -er will make as much from 50 acres of land as one without education from 150 acres. Youcannot give your boys and girls anything better than an edu cation. A man is more likely to fiind employment if he can do something more than dig ditches or shovel lime. Women should be able to do some thing more if thrown on their own re; sources than go to the wash tUD. One of the best kinds of tools is a good library. Every school should have a large dictionary and an encyclopedia; you want your boys and girls to get along with the best, therefore they should be given the best. Mr. Lutz took up the subject of Arithmetic and gave some useful hints in the proper way to teach it. Recitation, Misses Fetteroff and Echrote. Prof. Richardson then spoke at some length on Music, and Langu age; whoever can teach reading can teach music. An occasional song not only stimulates the scholars, but it rests them as well. Select reading, Harry Bowman. Miss .Brown read an essay on "Morals in our Public Schools." The committee on resolutions re ported the following : We, the teachers of Mifflin, Main and Beaver Townships resolve that Institutes are beneficial if attended by the patrons of the schools. We appreciate the address of Prof. Noetling in trying to inspire in the young the desire to make the most of themselves. In as much as it not only requires a deve'opment of the mental faculties to make "lawyers, preachers, and doctors, but that this develop ment is also necessary to make a sue cessful farmer or mechanic. We en dorse the criticism of Supt. Johnston concerning pupils choosing their own work during school hours instead of the teacher directing their work. J. F Fetteroff, J M. Ella Andrews, Committee Agnes A. Houck.) Rev. White pronounced the bene diction. In the evening Prof. Noetling de livered a very interesting as well as entertaining lecture on "Cranks that have moved the world, or the men for the Times. Bv taking such men as Columbus, Washington, Shakespere etc., who were often ridiculed as fan atics or cranks, he illustrated the need of men who have fixed principles and objects in life J. Preston Yorks, Sec, There was quite a blizzard on Sun day night, the wind blew, and the snow flew, and the cold crept in at every chink and crevice. Deep drifts obstructed the roads in many places on Monday. The thermometer got down to zero. BL00M3BURO OAR COMPANY. The Bloomsburg Car Company is one of the leading industries of this town. About 150 men are employed at present. The firm consists of J. K. Lockard, G. M. Lockard and R. W. Oswald. One can form no esti mate of the amount and character of the work turned out by them without a visit to the shops. The handsome catalogue just is sued by them, and printed at this of fice, shows over thirty different styles of cars built by them. They arc at present filling an order for air dump cars to haul dirt from Brooklyn to Coney Island. These cars are oper ated by air, and are controlled by the engineer, the same as air brakes. The rotary dump car, patented by J. K. Lockard, is in great demand, and an order from the government is now being filled for a number of them. A contract for 40,000 tie plates for a street railway in St. Louis has been signed, and they arc now at work on it. It will make 100 tons of iron. Heretofore the business of this company has been principally in box, freight, gondola, mine, cattle and dump cars, but they have shown their ability to manufacture a higher and finer grade of work in a contract which is nearly completed. It is for cars for a cable road on Orange Mountain, N. J., for the Orange Heights Land Company. The road is 3700 feet long, and the perpendic ular height is 500 feet. There are two platforms 16 feet wide, one of which ascends as the other descends. The platforms are 40 feet long, and are surrounded by an iron rail. There is room for horses and carriages on the platform, and they can be taken up and down the mountain on the cable road. (Jn each platform is a handsome car for passengers. These cars are 6 feet wide, and 30 feet long, with seats on one side, lhey are highly finished, and each one con tains three handsome brass lamps on the ceiling. There are stained glass windows, and the outsides are painted in a rich deep maroon, with large gold letters on the sides. They are nearly completed, and wll be shipped soon. There is no reason why the Bloomsburg Car Company should not soon De making the hnest kind ot passenger coaches, as they have all the necessary facilities, and their ex perience of many years enables them to compete with any firm in the bus iness. R. B. Angell is the efficient book keeper, W. P. Meigs is draughtsman, and C. B. Ohl foreman of the shops, Laughed While Homeward Bound. The funny comedy, "Little Nug get, trade marked continuous laugh ter, which appears at the Opera House on March 3d, has been on the boards for the last nine years and those who saw it first are laughing yet. To des cribe the comedy more thoroughly we quote of an exchange "If he, who replaces a frown by a smile is as much of a benefactor as he who makes a blade of grass grow in a spot barren before, then a number of act tors last night got a score of credits on their final account. True, the smiles were generally of the horse laugh order, and nobody in the house seemed particularly sad even at the beginning, but H. S. Cawthorn's 'O Brady was irresistible and Dick Chalfant as "Billy Simpkins" was an inimitable fool Miss Bertie Conway as "Little Nuggett" even failed to overdo the "sweetness act" and her dancing was indeed artistic, and Knox Wilson as "Jakey the German, who rendered German parodies on the latest popular songs carried the house by storm. Miss Susie Forrester as "Mrs. Simpkins as well as Sam Con ner as the "Criminal Lawyer," seem ed satisfied with the part given them, without striving for distinction in other lines. I hose who went tor a laugh should feel better this morning, and those who expected more have only themselves to blame. As a facial and leg contortionist, Cawthorn can take the cake, even though he be less apt with his tongue than Mrs Simpkins." WHEN? A suit to obtain a crossing of the tracks of the D. L. W. R. R. by the Philadelphia & Reading at Bloomsburg was messed with some vigor a couple of years ago, and decided in favor of the Reading. It was understood that a depot would be erected on the Sloan lot on Market street and the tracks completed up Seventh street to Har- man & Hassert's shops and Neat's furnace. When will this be done ? SELIOUS ACCIDENT WITH MATCHES. Last Saturday afternoon about four o'clock F. M. Leader, General Man ager of the B. it. S. Railroad, and his little son Max, met with a serious ac cident. Mr. and Mrs. Leader had al ways congratulated themselves that their children would not meet with any accident from matches as they always used the parlor fuse, a match that can only be ignited by a substance peculiar to the match. Saturday Mr. Leader was not feeling well and did not go out of the house. In the afternoon he was reclining on the lounge down stairs, while Mrs Leader was up stairs dressing the children ; Miss Josephine Barkley, was spending thediy wKh the family. She curled the hair of Jamison a boy of five years. Max, a boy of three years seeing Jamison, inquired of his father if he could have his hair curled. The father told him to go up stairs and see Miss Barkley about curl ing it. The two children went up stairs together. They were gone but a few minutes, when a sharp scream was heard. Mr. Leader rushed to the stairs to see the cause and discovered Max at the head of the stairs with his clothing all ablaze ; he rushed up, seized the child and endeavored to ex tinguish the flames by wrapping his coat around the child; failing in this he rolled him on the floor. Mrs. Leader quickly secured a piece of Brussels carpet and succeeded in extinguishing the flames. Mr. Leader was badly burn ed about the riht hand and arm and some upon the lelt hand. Little Max was burned about the face, neck, hair, arm and right side of the body. The excitement and anxiety completely overcame Mr. Leader and he fell in a faint after the flames were smothered. At present both are doing well. The physician in charge thinks nothing seri ous will result. Little Jamison being questioned says Max climbed upon a chair and having secured the box of parlor fuses, ignited one upon the box, and set fire to his apron. A GRAND CONCERT. On the evening of Tuesday, March 7th, this town will be afforded an op portunity of hearing a musical treat of rare excellence at the Upera House The obiect of the entertainment is to raise funds to procure proper monu ments to mark the sites of the four forts that once existed in this county for the protection of the settlers from the.Indians, and one at Van Campen's grave, near (jrangeville. I he pro gram has been arranged by Miss An nie Jameson and Miss Annie Ent, and they have secured the services of the following persons : Miss Kate D. Sheain, leading soprano of Holy Trinity church, Philadelphia, Miss Toseohine Richardson, contralto, of Broad street Presbyterian church, Mr. Fred Davis, bass, and Mr. J. Y. Glis- son, tenor, of the church ot the .Re deemer, Philadelphia This quartette is one ot the very best. Miss Deem er of Williamsport will play a piano solo, and Mrs. Scarlet of Danville will sing. Chas. P. Elwell will render 1 violin solo, and his orchestra will con tribute a number or two. Miss Annie Ent will play a piano solo, and ac- company tne singers, ivir. u, n. .1 r r t t Yetter will sing a bass solo. This will form a most attractive pro gram, and the object ot the concert should draw a very liberal attendance. Don't forget the date, March 7th, and secure seats now. MENDENHALL BOWER. A beautiful wedding was solemn ized at Berwick on the 15th mst, at 1 2 o clock high noon, in the Metho dist Episcopal church, between Miss Elizabeth E. iiower, youngest daughter of Hiram R. Bower, and Mr. Luther w Mendenhall. court stenographer and notary public of Pittsburg. The cere mony was performed oy the Rev, Richard Hinkle, of Berwick, assisted bv Rev. A. V. Bower, of New Canaan Conn., brother of the bride, and Kev, H. S. Mendenhall, ot Berwick, father of the groom. The bridesmaids were Misses Lois Yetter, Belvidere, N. J. Bertha Zehnder. Danville, Pa. ; Eliza beth Brockway and Prudence Menden had. Berwick; maid of honor, Miss Florence Bower, Carlisle ; ushero, El wood W. Zimmerman and Robert M Fulton. Pittsburg, and Tames L. Ev ans, Berwick ; best man, James Mendenhall, Pittsburg: pages, Miss Leonore Smith, Tarrytown, N. Y., and Master Harold Bower, Carlisle. Christian Endeavor. We begin this week the publication of a column of matter devoted to Christian Endeavor work, and shall continue the same tor the next six weeks at least. If it meets with ap proval, it will be continued as a per manent feature. How do you like it? VOTE IN BLOOMSBURG. l'hc following is a list of votes cast at the Township Election, Tuesday, February, 21st, in Bloomsburg. FIRST DISTRICT. President of Council. ohn G. Freeze 46. F. P. Drinker 04 Members of Council. Thomas Gorry 188 Stephen Knorr 179 W. O. Holmes 125 C. C. Peacock 125 W. H. Swentzel. 71 W. H. Houscl 64 Wm. Kramer 43 as. Mc Bride 10 School Director C. Brown. 159 K. Bittenbender 103 Tax Collector. M. C. Woodward 75 L. D. Kase 60 Assistant Assessor. Miles Betz. . , , 74 P. Sloan 60 Judge of Election. Wm. Knorr 60 E. Wilson 60 Inspector of Election. ohn Q. Barkley 69 Fred Holmes 65 SECOND DISTRICT. President of Council. G. Frzee 27 F. P. Drinker 68 Members of Council. Thos. Gorrey 131 W. II. Housel 31 Wm. Kramer 19 W. O. Holmes 45 Wm. Swentzel 112 C. Peacock, 47 S. Knorr in as. McBride 80 School Directors. . K. Bittenbender 95 . C. Brown 87 Tax Collector. M. C. Woodward 60 L. D. Kase 37 Assistant Assessor. P. Bau.r. 45 W. Mears 39 Judge of Election. W. W. Barrett 60 II. J. Hartmann 30 Inspector of Election. Pugh 43 :. T. Hendershott 41 THIRD DISTRICT. President of Council. J G. Freeze 85 1. r. Drinker 99 E.B.Brown 1 Members of Council. Phos. Gorrey 131 W. H. Housel 217 Wm. Kramer 106 W. O. Holmes 159 C. C. Peacock 155 W. H. Swentzel 97 Stephen Knorr 129 Jas. McBride 34 School Director. J. K. Bittenbender 177 J. C. Brown 185 Tax Collector. M. C. Woodward 10 1 L. D. Kase 83 Assistant Assessor. J. B. Casey 95 J. H. Kase 77 Judge of Election. H. G. Housel 83 Josiah Ralston 90 Inspector of Election. Peter Freeze 87 B. W. Hagenbuch 95 FOURTH DISTRICT. President of Council. John G. Freeze .-68 t. P. Drinker...; 47 Members of Council Thos. Gorrey... 101 W. W. Housel 52 Wm. Kramer 97 W. O. Holmes 46 Wm. Swentzel. , . , 29 C. C. Peacock 52 S. Knorr.. 177 Jas. McBride Si School Director. J. K. Bittenbender 109 J. C. Brown 83 Tax Collector. M. C. Woodward 73 L. D. Kase 39 Assistant Assessor. Isaac Yost. 77 J. E. Heacock .' 22 Judge of Election. , A. Herbine 79 W. C. Shaw 25 Inspector of Election. Peter Jones 78 W. J. Shutt 31 COURT PROCEEDINGS. Clara Long vs. W. H. Chcrrington, slander. Jury called, case tried. Mrs. Long is a daughter of Sheriff Mourey. The defendant slandered her character, and was called to ans wcr for it. James Scarlet Esq. ap peared for him. Two witnesses were called by the plaintiff and the slander was proven. The jury found a verdict of $350 fjr the plaintiff, who was re presented by W. II. Rhawn and Fred Ikeler. Levi N. Lutz vs. D. C. Bond. Case tried, verdict for the plaintiff for $108. So. J. R. Schuyler & Co., vs. J. Mager, ct al, continued. Irine Knies vs. the Town of Blooms burg. This was for damages for neg ligence on the part of the town, in not keeping the street in good repair. John Knies and family moved from Mifflinville to Bloomsburg early last spring, and as they were driving on the new street opened through the Land Improvement Company's land, they broke through a ditch covered with ice, and Mr. Knies who was holding the child, Irene, on her lap, was thrown from the seat, and the child was thrown from her lap, and it was alleged, received injuries for which d image was asked. The jury consisted of the following persons : Calvin Girton, J. C. Waltz, Joseph Davis, Eli Welliver, Francis Runyon, James Stackhouse, Robert Runyon, Daniel Cotner, H F. Spangler, W. L. Cole, Horace J. Hartman, and Robert Potter. Fred Ikeler and W. H. Rhawn were attorneys for the plaintiff, and J. B. .Robison and C. G. Barkley for the town. The jury was sent out at 6:30 on Saturday afternoon, and the verdict was taken on Sunday mornir g. Thty found a verdict of $1250 for the plaintiff. Sale ordered of St. John's Evangeli cal Lutheran lot at Berwick. Gideon Michael, vs. J. L. John. Judgment in open court for $46.86 by consent. E. B. Loder & Co., vs. Doretta Dreisbach. Judgment by consent for $35-i8- All jurors not empaneled in the Knies case were discharged on Friday. W. W. Pealer, Henry Bowman and Isaiah White appointed viewers of road in Benton township, near Ira Hess. S- D. Neyhard, Louis Cohen and Louis Lowenberg, appointed viewers of ioad in Orange twp., near Jos. Henry. Boyd Trescott, Aaron Smith and Henry Deighmiller appointed viewers of road in Madison twp., near dwelling house of C. W. Eves. Jos. W. Eves, Wm. Beishline and Geo. F. Kindt appointed viewers of a road in Madison twp., near John Mc Ninch. J. C. Brown, Geo. F. Craig and Wm. H. Beaver appointed viewers of road in Locust township, near Ezra Yocum's. Samuel Neyhard, I. B. Gibbons and Peter K. Shultz appointed reviewers of a road in Fishingcreek twp., near G. M. Howell's store. H. H. Hulme, J. B. Case and Chas. Gibbons appointed viewers of a rcad in Fishingcreek township, near Pealer town. The same were also appointed viewers of bridge in the same town- shiP- . ... J. O. Edwards appointed inspector of election in Southwest Berwick in place of A. N. Sherer, resigned. M. V. B. Kline appointed to tne same office in Catawissa in place of M. A. Bibbv. resigned. Lewis E. Davis appointed juage 01 election in 1st ward of Centralia bor ough in place of Edward Dempsey resigned. Mr. George W. Bertsch has closed out his entire stock, and on Monday last he left here for Reading, where he has rented a store room and will open a tailoring establishment. Mrs. Bertsch will ioin him shortly, and they will make their horns at Keading. uuring the years that they have resided here, they have made many warm friend!!, and their departure from our town is deeply regretted. May prosperity at tend them in their new home. People all over the country are sending to Mr. Cleveland articles of apparel with the request that he wear them at his inauguration. A Philadel phia umbrella manufacturer has just forwarded an umbrella to the Presi dent elect with a note expressing the hope that he will have no occasion to use it at his inauguration. The papers of Scranton are enthas tic in their praise of Wood's College, Over four hundred students are in at tendance, and a large number leave the institution each month to accept business and stenographic positions. PERSONAL. E M. Gilmore went to Philadelphia on Tuesday to attend the annual re union of the 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry. L. E. Waller, Esq., attended the College banquet at Wilkesbarre on Tuesday evening. Elmer E. Durns, for several years past employed by O. W. Bertsch as a coat maker, has returned to his home in Bethlehem. Dr. J. R. Montgomery of Mifflin ville spent Saturday in Bloomsburg. He enjoys a high reputation as a phy sician, and is a staunch democrat. Between Tuesday and Saturday of last week there were printed and bound at this office the election bal lots for twenty-six voting districts. It was done without interfering to any great extent with our general job work. Mr. I). H. Burwell of Zanesville, Ohio, will deliver an address in the interest of the W. C. T. U. in the Presbyterian church of Orangeville on Saturday evening, Feb. 25. All in vited. John R. Townsend is making ar rangements to open a gents' furnishing . and tailoring establishment in the ' store room vacated by G. W. Bertsch. As he has been in the business in this town for more than twenty years, with David Lowenberg, his success is as sured, now that he is going to engage , in it for himself. Col. A. D. Seely, of Berwick, has been appointed by the State Board of Health, Deputy Inspector for the dis -r trict composed of the borough of Ber wick, Townships of Nescopeck, Salem tnd Briarcreek, with full authority to enter upon and inspect all premises and see that the same are kept in proper condition to insure good health in the community. Independent. A lyceum has been organized by the colored people, and a debate took place last week Wednesday evening, in the A. M. E. church, the subject being "For which will a man go far ther, woman or money ? The partici pants were William Henson, Mrs. William Dennis, George West, and David Dillon. The judges decided in favor of woman. An exchange during the recent cold snap, got on the loliowing pathetic wail : "Backward, turn backward oh time in thy flight, give us July again just for to-night ; we are disgusted with snow and witn ice, hear our rich warble and take our advice : turn back the clock till it reads August one, give us some dogdays, give us the sun ; give us mosquitoes, and give us the flies, but turn on heat before every one dies ; bring back our straw hats and good linen pants, give us a chance to live, give us a chance 1 News was received here last Friday announcing the death of William . D. Edgar, son of Mrs. Isaiah Hagenboch, at Buffalo, Wyoming. Th? cause of death is unknown yet, and must have been sudden, as he had telegraphed his mother to come out and visit him. She started on Saturday. Mr. Edgar earned his trade in this office. Later dispatches give the informa tion that he died of neuralgia of the heart. We take the following from the Crawford (Nebraska) Tribune, giving an account of his whereabouts while in the great west. Every old-time Crawford citizen has a warm place in his heart for the bril liant young journalist, and will drop a tear to his memory, for it will come all unbidden to his cheek as he reads the announcement of his death. He was the first one to enter the field of journalism in our city, he and Charles E. Short starting the Lrawtord Cres- cent when the town was in its infancy. For some time after he severed his connection with the Crescent he was in partnership with the writer in the publication of the Clipper. About a month ago ne associated nimseii witn Mr. DeBarthe in the publication of the Free Lance at Buffalo, Wyoming, a paper which gave every evidence in point of ability of soon taking the lead in Wyoming journalism. The dis patch telling of Will's death was re ceived last night by his brother-in-law I. C. Dietrick, and came to the people of this community like a clap of thun der from a cloudless sky, and was a terrible shock to his sister, who is al most prostrated with grief. Brass and Ooppar Company. At a meeting of the Brass and Cop per Company last week, the following officers were elected : President, L. E. Waller : Secretary, C. C. Peacock . treasurer. J. L. Richardson ; Directors, L. E. Waller, W. S. Moyer, C. C. Pea cock, W. D. Beckley, H. A. McKillip, L. S. Wintersteen, J. L. Richardson.
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