VOL 28 BLOOMSBURG. PA.. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3. 1S93. NO 40 The End of Irondale Furnace. OLD BUIL1)ING3 BEING TORN DOWN. NEW INDUSTRIES TO HE STARTED. Pease's Pnrohaso. The furnaces at Irondale were built about fifty years ago. At that time iron ore was to be found in large quantities near Bloomsburg, and the company made up mostly of Boston and Philadelphia capitalists, prosper ed greatly. During the war there was a mint of money in the iron business, and the two furnaces at Ironda'e were kept going steadily, turning out thirty tons or more a day, which at that time reached as high as $40 per ton. C R. Paxton was President of the company and resided at Irondale. On bis removal to Virginia nearly twenty years ago, E. K. Drinker became Superintendent, and moved out to the Irondale mansion. But the iron trade had declined, and the ore having been worked out in this section, most of the ore had to be transported by boat or cr, from Snyder county and Mary land, which increased the cost of pro duction. It has been said that for the last dozen years or more of its exis tence the company did business at a loss. In 1889 the plant was purchas ed by Messrs. Knorr and Wintcrsteen, and the entire management changed. But iron still continued to decline in price, and Col. Knorr's death occur ing soon afterwards, the furnaces were shut down, and have been operated but little since then. Recently the entire plant has been purchased by ft. C. Pease. The sale includes the furnaces and shops, store, residences and Morgantown houses, railroad tracks, and everything con nected with the furnaces. The work of demolition is now going on. One ofthe furnaces has been torn clown, also the blacksmith shop, and on the siu of the latter foundation walls have been laid for a three story brick build ing, which Mr. Pease says will be un der roof in thirty days. Inordei to raise money to carry on his enterprise Mr.jPease is circulating a subscription paper which reads as fol lows : "We, the undersigned, agree to take the amount of bonds drawn by II. C. rcase and to be secured by a first hen mortgage to be executed by the said il. L. Pease on a.l that certain real estate in the town of Bloomsburg known as the Bloomsburg Iron Co's. Property now held by II. L. Pease under article of agreement with the said Company. Said mortgage to be m the sum ot $75,000 and the bonds to be issued as hereinafter set forth nd to bear interest at the rate of six per cent, per annum payable semi annually, the principal made payable in equal annual installments of $3000, the first thereof navable Tanuary 1 1897. Same to contain the usual in surance clause for the benefit of the bondholder, which insurance shall not be for a sum at any time less than the mount of the bonds that may be un paid at such time. Also containing the usual clause providing for fore closure in case of failure, &c. Bonds to be issued as follows : $25,000 up on the execution of the mortgage and $1,000 for each 1000 square feet of floor space that may be erected on the premises for factory purposes, pro vided that such additional buildine shall be fitted up with shafting to con nect with power to operate the same, and the rental value of same inclu ding power and heat shall not be less than $100 for 1000 square feet of floor space. The mortgage to be made payable to trustees to be named by the subscribers " There is no reason why this should not be a profitable investment. It is supplied with excellent railroad facili ties, good water power, and everything complete for the operation of large manufactories. . Irondale was the centre of attri tion on Sunday afternoon. Hundreds of towns people walked out there to wuar, is uewg Oone. STEALING PIGEONS, t last week Thursday. Roy Crossley, Arthur Kmg, Thos. Metherell 3rd, and Gurley Lyons were arrested and wen belore Guy Jacoby Esq., charg d With StealiniT niironna Thlf mil .. f 0 -- essed to takimr liinls from Samuel "rsei and Geo. Moyer, and C. M. Creveling, and admitted that they had sto'en over 300 altogether in Bloom and the surrounding country. They old them to the Bloomsburg Gun t.. 1 . . o - - Uub. The boys were sent to jail to u trial at December court. Whiskers that are prematurely gray or faded should be colored to prevent we look of age, and Buckingham's Jye excels all others in coloring vwp or black. BLOOMSBURG 13 A BOROUGH. The Town of Bloomsburg is the corporate name of the municipality and has no other significance than to give it a name. By the Act of 1834, Purdon 196 pi 1 (1883) the courts were empowered to incorporate any town or village and any town or vil lage became a body corporate and politic by the name so given or sanc tioned by the court. The Act of 1870, 0 rganhing the Town of Bloom burg, in the 12th Sec. speaks of the "corporate name of said town" and provides for suits and defenses. The Act of May 5, 1876, Purdon 205 pi. 81, speaks of a borough or incorporated town. The word is not and but or, and the word used is sig nificant in this place. It groups them together as coming under one general head, as hotel, inn or tavern; horse, mare or gelding; and the Acts of As sembly concerning boroughs are no doubt applicable to all municipal or ganizations which exist at the date of the Act. When the Town was organ ized the Legislature could and did subject it to certain of the general borough laws, and relieve it from others; but it docs not follow that general municipal regulations passed afterward do not include it, although not mentioned by name or other des ignation. Moreover, Judge Elwell decided in an opinion filed by him, that the town of Bloomsburg was to all intents and purposes a borough: and it would be curious if a general Act should not include, under the constitution of 1874, all the organizations and in corporations of municipalities within the State. Local and special legisla tion is forbidden, and the Act of May 23 l893 's steP m direction of bringing all municipal governments of that class those less than cities in to uniformity. Bloomsburg is a borough under the name, style and title of "The Town of Bloomsburg;" and since 1874, at all events, subject to all the general laws passed relating to boroughs. If tao, then are subject to the Act of May 23, 1893, and must look out for a change in the officers and manage ment of our local affairs. The com ing election must not be neglected. Its importance is manifest. We are more than ever needing clear heads ami steady hands. Let us look to it in time. Querist. KELLAR. That Man of Marvels, Kellar, whom some experts think something more than a man, will give in Bloomsburg, his new and wonderful entertainment. We are prone in these material times to decry magic and deem its profes sors humbugs. The fact is that the advance of science continually reveais to us novelties such as the story books of old never dreamed of and goes far towards strengthening our belief in the almost supernatural powers of such gifted men as this greatest of American magicians, lie comes 10 Bloomsburg direct from Daly's theatre after an extraordinary season ot 3 months in that dramatic temple of fashion in the metropolis. His per formance will be fully equal to his great reputation. Among his novel ties are, Nana saniD, agnosiro, aj tarte. the Maid of the Moon, "Oh," or the Mysterious Disappearance of a . t .il- i:t-t Human being irom a Dnuianuy ngni- ed stage, "Out of Sight," "lyto," Mrs. Kellar's marvelous performance in Karmos, and other feats of ancient and modern mysticism which must be siit-n to be aDDrfciated. Kellar will be at the Opera House on Friday evening, Nov. 3rd. RAILROAD DIFFICULTIES. .It seems there has been a dispute between the Lehigh Valley and the W. & N. B. concerning the right of way at Satterfield, and on Monday night, October i6x the latter company took possession of a strip of ground where the Lehigh Valley was grading for a switch. The W. & N. H. put down their own ties and rails and took other steps to make their occupancy nermanent. On Friday, the 20th, a large force of Lehigh Valley men ap peared on the scene, tore up the dis puted switch and laid one of their own, laying a temporary switch right over the site of the new depot, an old locomotive was run onto the site, jacked up. the track pulled out from under it, and the locomotive dropped down in the mud. All this looks a if there would be no understanding reached between the two roads as to runniner trains to Towanda over the Lehieh Valley tracks. The trouble is greatly regretted in this locality, Du shore Keview. ANNUAL CONFERENCE. The Third Annual Conference of the North Branch of the Susquehanna Synod of the Woman's Home and 1'oreign Missionary Society of the Evangelical Lutheran Church met at Catawissa, Tuesday evening, Oct. 31, 93, with a goodly number of delegates present. The meeting was opened by sing ing "Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken." Mrs. J. R. Dimm, presi dent of the conference presiding. Mrs. Dimm chose for the scripture lesson of the evening, the story of The Good Samaritan as found in St. Luke 10: S-37 a"d made some very practical remarks on the same as applied to ourselves as to who is our neighbor in a missionary sense of the word. This was followed by prayer by Mrs. G. P. Frymire of Bloomsburg. ! Miss Martha Berninger, in the name of the Missionary Society of Catawissa gave the visiting delegates a cordial welcome which was responded to by Mrs. J. L. Miller, of Sunbury. Recitation "Thora" by Miss Hattie Abbott of Catawissa. Mrs. Wm. Chrisman read an excel lent essay "The Christian Spirit a Missionary Spirit, in which she set forth very clearly that if we have the love of Christ in our hearts we will be ready to do what we can for those who do not know him. A collection was then taken up to defray the expenses of the conference. After singing by the choir "Under the Shadow of his Wing," Rev. S. K. Bateman, of Philadelphia, one of our home missionaries who now has charge of the mission of which Rev. F. P. Manhart was formerly pastor, was in troduced. Rev. Bateman gave a very encouraging report of the returns for money expended in Home Mission work, both in souls brought to Christ and money paid back to the Mission Board by those helped. He spoke very torcibly ot the need of more churches, especially in the arge cities, and the difficulties our missionaries have to contend with in establishing them. After presenting the needs of the work in general he presented the needs of the work that ay nearest his own heart, the needs ot his own work, and asked the delegates to present the matter to their res pective societies and ask them to do what they can for them. After a vote of thanks to Rev. Bate man for his encouraging and instruc tive address the meeting closing by singing the Doxology, and the bene diction by Rev. Myers. WEDNESDAY MORNING. The mornine session was opened by about twenty minutes' devotional exercises, after which the business of the conference was begun with roll- call of delegates and reading of the minutes of Tuesday evening's session. The president appointed the necessary committees. Mrs. T. Anna Kistner of Selinscrove and Mrs. vVeaver of Sunbury each read a paper on the subject, "ishould our contributions for Church Exten sion be made, in every case, an un conditional c.ifttothe church aided?" It was Mrs. Ktstner's opinion as well as Mrs. Weaver's, that in the main it was more beneficial to give our contributions as a loan 10 oe re turned to the Board of Missions when the church aided is able to do so, as by so doing the fund can then be used to help other struggling churches. After these papers the matter ot helping some particular mission was discussed. The conference had no authority to take any definite action, but a motion was made and carried that each society do what it can to help Rev. Bateman in his worn at Philadelphia. Although this was the third meeting of the conference it had not as yet adopted a constitution, and Mrs. 1 . A. Heilman then presented a constitution for the consideration of the confer . ... . i- ence. The constitution was nrsi adopted item by item and then as a whole. fra A N. Warner of Northumber land, gave a talk on "Synodical Con- ninnt Fund." which was 101 owed Dy remarks by several of the ladies on the enhiprt. Reading by Miss lUia ivnitiic 01 Catawissa. Sinninir. 'I need Thee precious Jesus," and prayer by Rev. Griffith closed the morning session. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. vfro vm.tn Kleiner of Hazleton 1,4. a. .!.. -' conducted the devotional exercises. nt(1 r1nrin(r th illC f f-""--- -o - mnminar session reported immediately after the devotional exercises. The election of office's for the ensuing year was next in order. 1 ne lormer omc all r.-v elected, viz: Mrs. T.R. n!mn slin;rrove. nresident: Mrs. F. II. Jenkins, vice president Mrs. M. Li. sninaei, uauvmc, rcunw;, uu Mrs Weber of Sunbuiy, treasurer. Miss Kate Hummel of Northum berland, read a paper on "How can we perpetuate our organization and its work?", followed by Mrs. Kistner of Ha.lcton on the same subject, lo perpetuate our work we must make our society meetings interesting, we must instill in the hearts and minds of the children a love for the work and we must educate the young people to the needs of the work. The president called on Rev. A. N. Warner for remarks on the subject; he said he thought the work could be perpetuated by establishing a mission within the bounds of our own Synod. JJr. Anna b. Kugler, medical mis sionary in India, having arrived, Mrs. J. R. Dimm formally presented to her the $1000 contributed by the Susque hanna Synodical Society to endow a bed in the hospital to be built at Guntur, India, Mrs. G. P. Frymire and Mrs. P. A. Heilman unveiling the tablet that is to be placed beside the bed in the hospital. . Dr. Kugler was then introduced and gave a very interesting and encourag ing report of the work in India. To give an account of her address would occupy too much space, but no one could hear her without feeling that every effort that has been made to christianize heathen India has been more than repaid both to the mission ary in the field and the church at home. About half-past four the children came in and Dr. Kugler told them of her Sunday School in India and many other things equally interesting to the children. She also showed the girls a dress, such as they wear in India, made by one of the boarding-school girls. It was very neatly done and would have done credit to one of our high school graduates. Ihe afternoon session was closed by singing by the children and prayer by Rev. Heilman. WEDNESDAY EVENING. The evening session wa3 opened by a voluntary and an anthem by the choir followed by devotional exercises. Mrs. 1. H. Jenkins, of Bloomsburg, gave a Bible Reading on prayer. It was very well prepared and showed clearly that it is our duty to pray ; that in prayer we should give thanks as well as make petitions ; that we must pray often ; that it we would have our prayers answered, we must comply with the conditions as set forth in the Bible, that is, we must pray in faith ; we must make our lives conform to our prayers, we must pray in sincerity and we must piay in Christ's name. Mrs. Dimm, delegate of the Syno dical Society to the General Conven tion at Omaha, Neb., June 22-26, 1893, then gave a report of the con vention which was full of interest and contained many suggestions in regard to the work. A number of the children and young people of the Sunday School then rendered an allegory. "Crowning the Sunday School Angel." This allegory set forth the fact that while order, lit erature, music and love are all impor tant the Bible is the essential factor in the Sunday School, before which all other factors must bow in humble sub mission. A reading "Put Your Heart in It," by Miss Ida Walters. While the col lection was being lifted the conference was favored with a duet "Lead I hou Me On," by Mr. and Mrs. David Derr. This was followed by two reci tations, ''Tommy's Prayer," by Miss Lillie Tahringcr and "Jamie by Miss Bessie Harder. Rev. Griffiith, former'y a home mis sionary in Nebraska was called for and was asked to tell us something of Home Mission work 111 the west. He spoke particularly regarding sending boxes to the missionaries in the western field and gave some very timely suggestions on the subject. A male quintet sang "Nearer My Home" and Rev. Griffith pronounced the benediction. May the inlorma tion gained at this Conference and the inspiration received be carried by the delegates to their respective socie ties and may it be productive of a greatly increased interest in mission work at home and in the foreign field. Kellar, the Magician, will appear in the Bloomsburg Opera House this week fnday evening. Last year when he was here every seat was filled. His tricks are certainly wonderful, and if it were not known they were per formed by sleight of hand, it would seem that he must be assisted bv some supernatural agency. Reserved seats at Dentler s. A house belonging to Dr. H. A, Robbins on Rock street, occupied by Mrs. iMia Kline caught hre from a flue on Monday morning. It was extin guished with a garden hose and buck ets, but considerable damage was done by the water. BRIEF MENTION. About Pooplo You Enow. Rev. F. W. Hiller is visiting Irof. and Mrs. G. E. Wilbur. Hon. A. L. Fritz returned from the World's Fair last Saturday. William Gilmore was in the city this week buying new Christmas toys. C. A. Kleim is the happy father of a second daughter, born on Monday. Ex-Sheriff Samuel Smith of Still water, spent last Saturday in town, and was warmly greeted by his many friends. B. F. Dreisbach of Berwick, was in Bloomsburg on Tuesday. He handles musical instruments and sewing mach ines. Benton was well represented in town last Saturday, among the visi tors being Editor Smith of the Argus, Eli McHenry and G. B. McHenry. Mr. Edward B. Tustin. cashier of the First National Bank, and Miss Helen E. daughter of Rev. W. G. Ferguson, will be married in the M. E. church on November oth at nine o'clock. TEACHER'S LECTURE COURSE. The Teacher's lecture course has been arranged with great care. The very best avilable talent has been se cured : Monday evening. Illustrated lec ture. John B. De.Viott. rrof. DeMott is the most scientific and highly entertaining lecturer on the platform of to-day in America. Henry Grady. Tuesday evening. Levin Irvin Handy. Mr. Handy's lecture on "Patrick Henry" is a lecture on an orator by an orator. Dr. T. B. Noss, Prin. Cal. State Normal Sohool. Wednesday evening. Col. Geo. W. I iiain. Unequalled in humor, he is also unapproached in pathos. Logical to the core. To a pictorial memory, keen, incisive judgment, and a sun lit imagination, Mr. Bain adds a pleas ingpresence, faultless manner, and a voice of mellow compass and subtlest sympathy. Miss Francis Millard. Thursday evening. The Ollie Tor- bett Concert Co. Miss Ollie Torbett succeeded in ex tracting more of the concord of sweet sounds from the most musical of all musical instruments, the violin, than even a cultured and charmed audience could admit the possibility of. Jirooklyu JJaily Standard. The audience listened spell-bound to Mr. Isidore Moquist s exquisite piano playing. Jf. Y. Hun. The famous Lutteman Sextette given voices of unusual sweetness and power, such as seem the product of the land of Jennie Lind, cultivation and association has blended tnem so that they seem to respond to a thought. Jst. faul Freai. Tickets for the course $1.50. The public can purchase tickets on and after 10 o'clock A. M., Thursday, Nov. 2nd. RETURNED HOME. Mr. F. M. Hartman of Salida, Col orado, who has been visiting friends here for some tyme, left on last Wed nesday for Mosoria, where he will stop a few weeks with his parents. From there he will go to Salida, which he now calls home 1 having held a position there as clerk for the Rio- Grande Hotel Company for nearly four years. On his way here he took in the World's Fair ; and will stop at many other places of interest which he en joys very much. Mr. Hartman left Pennsylvania tor the far west nine years ago. (then a boy.) During his absence he has been through many of the western states, and he came back a gentleman in every respect, which friends as well as himself can be proud 01. He leaves many warm friends here who wish him abundant success through life, and hope that he will make many more visits. This is a touching poem from the Lawrenceville Herald'. Who weeps with you when you are sad, and laughs with you when you are glad, and smiles at you when you are mad? The editor. Who has to be both kind and wise, and never (hardly ever) lies, and when he does creates surprise ? The editor. Who owns a heart as well as cheek, is possessed of spirit, proud, yet meek, and lives on forty cents a week? 1 he editor. Read Simon Long's appeal THE CLOTHING POSITIVELY GOING OUT OF BUSINESS. 20,000 llllil WORTH OF ELEGANT Clothing, Hats, & Furnishings. MUST BE BEFORE THE FIRST OF JANUARY More Clothing than any two Stores in Bloomsburg. Ihe LATEST Styles and the Newest Goods all to be Slaughtered, Sacrificed. Elegant Suits at way below cost. and get an Chreseaat, LIGHT or HEAVY Weight, at almost your own price be fore the selection is gone. FINE SILVER WATCHES AND JEWELRY at almost give away prices. PRICES SPEAK for them selves now at the loo' STOKE 01 NOW 1. wmi STORE. 5; I! I A v. ill m
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