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VOL 30
BLOOMSBURG, PA.. FHIDAY, JANUARY 11. 1895.
NO 2
THE GOVERNOR'3 MESSAGE.
In his message to the Legislature
Governor Pattison makes a minute
review of his administration of pub
lic affairs, going thoroughly into de
tails and covering over nine columns
of reading matter. Perhaps his most
salient point is contained in his wor
thy recommendations to the Legisla
ture in regard to more equitable taxa
tioh, and the urgent necessity for radi
cal amendment of prevailing tax laws
and regulations. We extract the fol
lowing as very pertinent to this
point :
" Under existing tax laws all manu
facturing corporations in this com
monwealth, however profitable their
operations, are exempt from corpora
tion tax. At least one hundred mill
ion dollars' worth of property thus
escapes taxation. The practical
operation of this principal has been
extended to gas companies, and it is
new being contended in the courts
that even electric light companies are
subject to the exemption. In some
instances the conditions still exist
which rendered it advisable for our
state to thus invite the investment
of capital on its soil, but I respectfully
submit that when a manufacturing
industry is enabled to earn a fair pro
fit on its investment it should be
liable lo the same taxation which
mining, agricultural and coinrrercial
ventures are obliged to pay. Corpor
ate enterprises, like gas and electric
light, heat and power companies,
ought certainly to bear their fair
shares of the burthen of state taxa
tion. No considerations upon which
transposition and like companies are
subject to taxation operate to fairly
exempt the electric light and gas com
panies. They are ordinarily not only
entered into for profit, but they are,
in practical operation, profitable to
their investors. I recommend, there
fore, that gas and electric companies
be specifically restored to the class
of corporations liable to state tax."
Of official fees the Governor re
marks: It was the purpose of the consti
tution, and of legislation passed to en
force the same, to rid the state of the
fee system and of the almost equally
obnoxious system of mixed compensa
tion by alary and fees. The payment
to the secretary of the commonwealth,
the attorney general and insurance
commissioner of part of their com
pensation in fees is a pernicious sys
tem and ought to be abandoned at
once by statutes prescribing adequate,
but fixed, salaries for these officials,
neither stimulating nor retarding their
energies in the discharge of their
official duties by hope of fee or pro
mise of reward. All fees or com
missions paid to county tieasuiers for
the collection of state taxes and the
enormous perquisites still attaching to
the office of register of wills in, certain
counties of the state for the collection
of collateral inheritances, should be
the subject of prompt legislative regu
lation and restriction."
In generalizing upon financial and
commercial affairs the governor re
marked to the Legislature.
"During the two years which have
intervened since your last assembling,
our fellow-citizens have not been with
out prosperity and manifold blessings.
Despite some depression in business
and in operation of our commercial
and manufacturing industries, there
have been steady advancement and
abundant occasion for thanksgiving to
a beneficent Providence. Our popu
lation has increased in numbers ; the
great estates of religion and educa
tion have grown and strengthened ;
the people of the commonwealth have
been visited by no special scourge nor
overwhelming calamity; charity and
benevolence have been unabated ; our
fields have yielded bountiful harvests,
and there has been measurable, if not
entire, recovery in our great industrial
establishments of their wonted activity
and of profitable return to invest
ment. " I am glad to again assure the peo
ple of the state that the financial
credit of their government is of the
very highest order j its revenues are
ample and, compared with the neces
sary expenses of economical govern
ment, they are redundant j the cur
rent balance in the general fund is
very large, and the small amount, of
state debt yet remaining is amply pro
vided for by the sinking fund laws. It
will be only a few years until the last
dollar of that debt is extinguished,
and, at the prevailing rate of state
taxation, the revenues will easily ad
mit of a continuance of the generous
appropriations for state education
which have been recently made. But
it is to be remembered that during
the past few years $1,700,000 direct
tax was refunded by the general
government, and large collections of
back taxes from delinquents were
made. There is nothing, therefore,
in the situation to justify wasteful ex
penditure or reckless legislation."
The governor's message is a very
lengthy but sensible animadversion
upon the finances of the State; upon
improved methods for imposing taxes
and collecting rcvc.ue ; upon banks
paying no in.erert yet using State
funds. It urges changes in election
l?ws so that he who runs may read
correctly j recommends another at
tempt at co.1stitutio.1al amendment
looking' to the abolishment of poll
tax. It recommends a scheme of
intermediate circuit courts so made
up of common pleas judges as to re
lieve the supreme court of the State.
It condemns the wide variance of
sentences for the same offense among
judges. It urges stringent legislation
to restrain railro. d discriminations,
and favors fine and imprisonment as
punishment. It opposes consolida
tion of companies that should be com
petitive for the common good. It
favors county supervision of the more
important wagon roads, and it pro
mises the enforcement of the laws
whether good bad or indifferent dur
ing the official term of the present
incumbent as governor.
The Grangers.
At the meeting of Pomona Grange,
No. 5, on Friday, January 4th, a very
fair representation was present from
Columbia and Lower Luzerne coun
ties. After remarks as encouraging
as the untoward circumstances and
discriminating laws will allow to that
most worthy citizen, the farmer, they
passed a resolution, at least, opposing
the repeal of the oleomargarine law
now in force. Everything else being
adulterated these days, the soap
grease man is getting nervous over
his anxiety to make butter (so called)
out of his grease. As to selling it for
the pure stuff by simply swearing to
it, he can soorl arrange with his con
science for that, if the grangers will
only permit the law to be repealed.
If the health of the individual who
eats artificial butter is somewhat af
fected, that's rather to the advantage
of the doctor than to the disadvantage
of the oleomargariners. If the farmer
has a real or a pretended friend in the
halls of legislation to-day this is one,
of the issues upon which he should
bob up conspicuously in behalf of
pure butter, &c. This little boon
would not seem too much for cen a
granger to ask, namely, that butter at
least be saved from the mad rush for
wealth through adulteration.
After some interesting remarks upon
the social features of the grange, &c,
Mr. Hiram Brown, of. Light Street,
gave the result of the auditor's report
concerning the flourishing condition
of the Briarcreek Insurance Company,
and its dealings with and relations to
farmers or thi: few who still own their
farms, in spite of inequitable taxation,
pie ladies prepared a good dinner
and the grangers showed them what
to do with it before they adjourned.
There is nothing wrong with the ap
petite of the granger, but he prefers
to take his butter, &c, straight. And
in our opinion he ought to ha,re it
so.
Grand Army Officers for 1895.
At the recent annual meeting of
the Grand Army boys of Bloomsburg
the following officers were installed
for the ensuing year :
Post Commander, VV. O. Holmes;
Senior Vice, Zac Thomas ; Junior
Vice, F. M. Gilmore ; Chaplain, N.
B. Fowler 1 Surgeon, C. W. Kunkle ;
Quarter Master, W. R. Ringrose;
Adjutant, C. P. Sloan; Officer of Day,
Thos. Brown ; Officer Guard, P. S.
Moyer ; Quarter Master Sergeant,
Wm. Thomas j Sergeant Major, W.
C. Shaw ; Inner Sentinel, Jacob Hart
zell ; Outer Sentinel, R. J. Morris.
Beans, beans, not Boston baked
beans, but Bloomsburg soup beans,
were served though not strictly ac
cording to the style of camp cooking.
The occasion was enjoyed by all pre
sent. Skaters Drowned-
The following sad drowning at
Wilkes Barre, on the 6th inst., exem
plifies the danger of skating some
times. Joseph Hill, ( son of James Hill, a
commission merchant) aged 15, and
Miss Edith Pettibone, aged 14, were
seen skating on the river at a late
hour on Saturday night. They have
since been missing ar.d it is believed
they skated i Uo a hole in the ice and
were drowned. Young Hill's hat was
found on the ice on Sunday afteinoon.
A decided improvement is that
already observab'e through the en
larged window of the First National
Bank of Bloomsburg. Though most
open to view it is yet most secure tn
being both burglar and fire proof.
COURT HOUSE NEWS-
At twelve o'clock noon on Monday
the term of John Mourey as sheriff
expired, and his successor, J. Boyd
Mc Henry was sworn in and entered
upon his duties. Mr. Mourey will
make Bloomsburg his home, and W.
N. Hosier, his affable and efficient
deputy, will continue to reside in
Fishing Creek as heretofore. Both of
these gentlemen retire with the best
wishes of their many friends.
Sheriff McIIenry moved from
Benton to Bloomsburg on Monday
and took up his residence in the
County jail. On Friday night last he
and his wife were given a grand fare
well surprise party at the McIIenry
House, Benton, when about two
hundred and fifty people of the town
gathered there to pay their respects
to their departing townsman. Will
Kline, Mr. Mcllenry's son in law,
was the originator of the surprise.
There was music, and dancing, and a
delicious supper, and games, and a
general good time. On Monday
evening the sheriff was again sur
prised by a number of friends who
called upon him in his new home,
and the band gave him a serenade.
Trie county auditors, M. W. Monroe
W. A. Driesbach, and W. F. Stohner,
entered upon their duties on Monday.
C. M. Terwilliger was chosen clerk
to the board.
Judge Rice will preside in court at
the special term beginning next Mon
day, the 14th inst, when the case of
Mary Vanderslice's administrator
against the estate of Mary Snyder,
deceased will be tried. Judge Ikeler
is a witness in the case, and therefore
could not preside.
John B. Casey has entered upon
his duties as deputy sheriff.
Ex sheriff Mourey has moved into
Mrs. Phillips' property on Welsh Hill.
There has been no appointment
for Turnkey at the jail, the commis
sioners prefering to wait until Sheriff
Mc Henry could make known his
wishes. There is no friction in the
matter.
Sheriff Mourey on Saturday sold
the following properties : James M.
Dewitt lot in Fishingcreek twp., sold
to Grant Herring, attorney, for $550.
Sale of farm continued.
A. H. Kitchen, farm in Orange twp.
to Mary A. Lemon and Nehemiah
Kitchen for $3,700.
. John Wolf, lot in Bloomsburg, to
Grant Herring, attorney, for $300.
Lot of Israel Maier in Bloomsburg,
to W. J. Baldy for $3,300.
Mainville Building Association
property, postponed until next Saturday.
Eoonomy is Wealth.
At a cettain flag station on the B.
&. S. a passenger recently found a
tramp in charge of the whole concern.
Though the poor fellow's boiler was
dry, and he had no steam on to speak
of, he still knew how to make the best
of the situation by. tuning up the
stove in grand style, and by arranging
his bed near it on the soft side of two
fence boards. These he elevated a
little at the head in order to let the
warm air have a chance under him as
well as over him. While he slept the
sleep of innocence and listened to the
cruel elements outside he seemed to
realize that he was monarch of all he
surveyed, while the B. &. S. found the
quarters and fuel Being questioned
by the passenger, ( who noticed his
coat had a striped look about it ) as
to whether he was the track walker he
replied " No, I am not the track
walker, still I walks the track when I
can't ride. This is hard weather,
pard, and if I don't walk up I must
walk down somewhere. I say, is
there a box-car or something on the
train you are going to take ?" The
passenger replied that he was afraid
boxes would be a little scarce on the
passenger train, and the tramp, not
being particular as to direction, con
cluded he would go the other way.
Just then a young lady came into the
bed-room of the tramp and he gallant
ly hustled about, storing his bed and
boards in the fuel-room ( ticket office )
and he even went so far in making his
toilet as to tie his shoestrings in order
to appear to good advantage in the
presence of a lady. Now, it so hap
pened that the young lady was with
out escort when she entered the de
pot, her father having driven off to
avoid meeting the cars with his horse,
and but, for the presence of the other
passenger the lady would have been
in rather dangerous company, as any
one may see, while waiting there for
the train. We think that depots with
out attendants should take their
stoves down in winter as a matter of
economy, not that we are unprejudiced
against tramps unduly.
The State Editorial Association
will meet in Harrisburg on the 24th.
ANNUAL ELECTIONS.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the First National Bank of
Bloomsburg on Tuesday the following
officers were elected : Directors, E.
W. M. Low, C. R. Buckalew, A. Z.
Schoch, M. I. Low, E. B. Tustin.
The following named gentlemen
were elected directors of the Farmer's
National Bank last Tuesday s
Wm. S. Moyer, C. M. Creveling,
P. A. Evans, Wm. Gingles, C. W.
Runyon, Jos. W. Eves, N. U. Funk,
C. A. Kleim and Wm. Kreamer.
The Bloomsburg Banking Company
at their annual election on Tuesday,
chose the following gentlemen as the
Board of Directors : John G. Freeze,
B. F. Sharpless, H. J. Conner, D.
K. Sloan and Geo. L. McIIenry.
Col. Freeze was elected President
and Attorney; H. H. Grotz, Cashier;
R. H. Ringler, Clerk.
The Bloomsburg Water Company
met for annual reorganization on
Tuesday evening. There was a
change effected in the board of
officers by the selection of A. B.
Cathcart for Secretary and C. W.
McKelvy, Sr., for Treasurer. Mr.
Everett s resignation as Secretary of
the board will take effect on the 15th
instant.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Bloomsburg & Sullivan
Railroad Co. on Tuesday last the fol
lowing officers were elected : Presi
dent, C. R. Buckalew 5 Vice Presi
dent and Treasurer, Samuel Wigfall ;
Secretary, H. J. Conner ; Directors,
Morton McMichael, E. W. Clark, Jr.,
J. H. Kershaw, Charles Evans, L.
E. Waller, J. K. Grotz, S. Wigfall,
H. J. Conner. At a meeting of the
board F. M. Leader was continued
as General Manager.
T. M. 0. A. Officers for 1895.
This association rendered a very
creditable report at the close of the
fiscal year ending; January 8th.
The board of officers chosen to
direct affairs during the ensuing year
are as follows :
President S. 0. Creasy ; vice presi
dents, Prof. G. E. Wilbur and Dr.
Andrew Graydon; recording secretary,
A. N. Yost ; treasurer, John E Ster.
ling. The directors are W. H. Brooke.
Prof. C. II. Albert, M. I. Low, E. B.
Tustin, W. B. Cummings and W. R.
Kocher. The spiritual director, or
general secretary in charge of the
rooms, is Mr. Boas, a recent appointee
who has the work well in hand, and
who is attentive to duty and ably
assisted by Mr. Kesty.
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC CONCERT.
A concert will be given in the
Opera House on Friday evening, Jan
uary 1 8th, which will present rare
talent. Those who will take part are
Mrs. Luella Wagner, soprano soloist,
who has been connected with grand
opera, and who has a charming so
prano voice, Miss Adcla Breakstone,
of Wilkes-Barre, reader, who has a
high reputation in her line ; and the
following well known home Ulent :
Miss Vida Miller, soprano, Miss
Maude Runyon, pianjst, Mr. R. Frank
Colley, tenor, Mr. C. P. Elwell, violin
ist, and Elwelfs Orchestra. Tickets,
50 and 35 cents, can be obtained at
Slate's book store. The curtain will
rise at 8:15. Bloomsburg is possessed
of better musical talent than can be
found in most towns, and the concerts
that have been given here, are ot a
high grade of excellence, but the pub
lic has not shown a proper apprecia
tion of these entertainments. - There
is some times complaint made that
the character of the performances at
the Opera House is not of a high
grade, and yet when an opportunity
is given to attend a first-class perfor
mance, the people do not avail
themselves of it. This ought not to
be the case with this concert. The
prices are low and the hall should be
filled. Secure seats at once.
DEATH.
Mr. Joseph E. Frederick, whose
serious illness we referred to last week,
died about 9 o'clock on Thursday
morning at the home of his son in
law George C. Roan, on Third Street.
The funeral will take place at the
huse on Saturday afternoon at t
o'clock.
GOVERNOR'S INAUGURATION.
The Pennsylvania R. R. Co., will
sell excursion tickets from East
Bloomsburg to Harrisburg January
13th, 14th and 15th and will be good
for return trip January 16th, at a
single fare for the round trip.
Local Institute.
Benton, Jackson and Sugarloaf
twps , held a local institute on Satur
day at Benton, Pa. Teachers present,
Benton twp. C. L. Hirleman Corn,
of Arrangement, Supt. Johnston Pres.
F. S. Smith, See, P. G. Shultz, Todd
Butt, John Austin, Myron Edwards,
Miss Anna Edwards, Anne Tubbs.
Jackson Ardcn Hirleman, Mi.stes
Joso O'Brien, Ella Hess and Blanche
Fritz.
Sugarloaf A. C. Park, John Fritz,
E. O. Ilea, II. E. Long, Misses Nora
Harvey, Nora Laubach and Mrs.
Laubach.
Opened with prayer by Rev. Malt
map, then Prof. Sutliff, of Blooms
burg Normal discussed decimal when
and how they should be taught. Supt.
Johnston talked on graded studies ar
ranged for the use of teachers of Col
umbia County as per printed guide
distributed during County Institute.
Afternoon session opened with sing
ing by Male Quartet and Miss Bessie
Appleman, organist. Recitation by
Miss Maud Savage. Recitation by
Master Lane Smith, " Work Your
own Way."' Essay by Miss Nora
Harvey, " How to Study the Child's
Mind." This was a very instructive
paper. Singing by Male Quartet.
Recitation, by Miss Pearl Crossley,
followed by Miss Lue'la. McIIenry
and Miss Jennie Ruckle. Dr. T. H.
Carey gave an address on School
Government. School officers should
have experience as teachers to fully
know wants and qualifications of
teachers. He illustrated by compari
son of profession and avocation of
life, who would be the most compe
tent to teach and govern a school a
miller, a farmer, or an experienced
teacher.
Govern the order of the school
room by being orderly ; reprove by a
look of the eye ; call attention of dis
order by a tap on the desk; don't
threaten ; be positive, not negative.
Pupils are quick to observe your weak
points, and when all moral suasion
fails to bring the incorrigible to ob
serve good order use the rod. Make
an example that will awe to submis
sion. Be so orderly yourself that you
attract admiration and respect.
Singing by pupils of A. C. Park's
School. Recitation by Miss Ger
trude Hess, " Did you ever get a
letter ?" Miss Dunie White gave a
juvenile, contralto vocal and instru
mental recitation. Miss Anna Hess
and Miss Mattie Shultz, " Over the
Hill to the Poor-house." Music by
the Choir. Miss Sue Stapleson,
teacher of elocution, gave the au
diance a treat by one of her recita
tions. A. C. Park, teacher from
Sugarloaf, read a paper, " Thorough
ness of Primary instructive teaching.
Recitation by Bernard Fritz.
F. S. Smith discussed briefly a paper,
" The Common School the safe-guard
of Liberty," showing that the dangers
of American Liberty are not from for
eign foes but the foreign pauper and
criminals being ignorant and vicious
creating strikes and anarchy, and the
rapid accumulation of wealth, creating
incoporated monopoly bringing into
clash capital and labor. In conclusion
he showed that the motto " Eternal
Vigilance is the price of Liberty,"
does not mean to-day what it did a
century ago. It means education of
the masses j more compulsory school
law ; making the franchise a test of
ability to read and write.
Prof. Sutliff, of Bloomsburg Normal
discussed Arithmetic, statement meth
od. Institute closed by singing by the
Male Quartet, all present feeling that
the exercises were edifying, and that,
our schools were progressing and
bringing the common people to a
higher plane and that education is
light and liberty, and the safeguards
of our nation.
F. S. Smith, Secfy.
THEY WANTED MONEY.
Timothy Reardon, Daniel Dillon
and W. E. Brindle completed their
sentences in the County jail on Mon
day and were discharged. They cal
led on the county commissioners and
asked for money to get out of town
with. Of course, they was refused as
there is no authority for it. They
then went to District Attorney Hanly
and demanded money, saying that as
he had them convicted, he ought to
furnish means to take them out of
town. Failing again, one of them
threatened to do some petty act that
would send him back to jail. In fact
they all left the jail reluctantly, pre
ferring to stay there until spring. If
convicts were put to labor they
wouldn't be so ready to get in jail, and
would be glad to get out when their
time is up.
Call at the Columbian office and
get a handsome calendar for 1895.
i We give them away to adults, tf.
BRIEF MENTION
About People You Know.
Morris Ellenbogen has accepted a clerk,
hip in the ttore of J. M. Gidding & Co.
Ernest Rice U filling the position of sten
ographer in the law oliice of Robert R.
Little Esq.
The affable Mr. N. Kindt, of Wellivers
vitle, favored thii office with a friendly call
on Saturday.
W. II. Brooke will move into F. M.
Everett's house on West street, when the
latter vacates it.
Cyrus Robbing of Ashury, was in town
hut Saturday. He was county commission
er some years ago.
J. K. Lcckard sailed from New York for
Cuba on Saturday, on business for the
Kloomsburg Car Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hoffman pleasantly
entertained invited friends at their home
last Saturday evening.
On Tuesday Miss Jennie Crist, of Tine
Summit, was the ;ucst of her cousin Will L.
Crist, of the "Daily."
Mr. A. J. Evans, the clothier, who has
been sorely afflicted with dropsy for some
time, is still suffering from this malady.
Mrs. John Lawrence of Lewisburg, re
turned home on Saturday last after a pleas
ant visit with Mr. and Mrs. Selleck, music
dealers.
Joseph I'. Sands of Bowling Green, Ohio,
brother of C. L. Sands of Mordansville, is
spending the winter in Florida, for his
health.
In the list of pension certificates issued to
Pennsylvanians on December 19th we find
the name of Dcnnison Brink, of Blooms
burg. Clyde C. Yettcr, general agent of the New
York Life Insurance Co., has presented us
with a beautiful calendar for 1895, for which
he has our thanks.
Mrs. Phillips, the popular caterer, and
her son Frank, are now visiting at Fingall,
Ontario, Canada. They expect to make a
rather extended visit.
S. A. Goodhue and T. B. Hanly Esq.,
attended the annual meeting of the Yale
Alumni Association at Wilkes-Barre last
Saturday as guests.
W. A. Evert, through love and duty, spent
a few days at Harrisburg and Williamsport
recently. It was an enjoyable trip of busi
ness and pleasure combined.
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Sloan, gave a very
nice birthday dinner on the 9th inst., the
occasion being the 13th birthday of their
interesting-daughter, Miss Lois.
An enjoyable social gathering was that
given by Mrs. Elizabeth Dodson last Thurs
day evening to a few friends. She had amply
arranged for their edification and for a deli-,
cious repast.
A young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed.
ward J. Stetler died last Saturday at the age
of 4 years. Croup was the ailment which
brought her young life to a close after a very
brief attack.
Mr. N. J. Hendershott, recently some
what indisposed, we are glad to report as
again able to take his meals regularly, A
little touch of grip touched him lightly dur
ing the unfavorable weather.
Thomas C. Kocher, Levi Z. Kocher, and
Rolandus Kocher, executors of the will of
James Kocher, deceased, of Centre town
ship, transacted business at the County seat
in connection with the estate on Saturday.
J.G. Wells went to Philadelphia on Tues
day, and will be absent for several weeks,
taking a special course in optics at the Medi-co-Chirurgical
Hospital. He will male a
specialty of the optical business. Lee Mar
tin has charge of the store during his ab
sence. Miss Martha Bachman, of Shamokin, was
taken sick last week while visiting Mr". O.
B. Mellick at the Phillip's Cafe. Her limbs
having been paralyzed, Mr. K. C buckalew
was engaged to carefully convey her on a
cot in a sled to the depot. Being placed on
the cars and made as comfortabie as possible
she was taken home. Word has since reach
ed here that she it no better.
A Successful Surprise.
Friday, January 4th being the fifty
second birth day of Mrs. T. J. Vander
slice, her husband determined to
have the event celebrated by giving
her a surprise. Accordingly, a few
days previous to the event, "he, assist
ed by a number of the most intimate
friends of his better half, began making
preparation for the feast. On the
morning of the 4th Mrs. V. was
" spirited away " to Lime Ridge where
she spent the day with her son R. F ,
being accompanied by some friends
from town. During her absence pre
paration was being made in her own
home for the feast that was to follow
upon her return. About half past
five o'clock Mrs. V. and the friends
who had accompanied her, returned
home to find the home already oc
cupied by upwards of fifty persons,
who were anxiously waiting her return,
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sharpless, parents
of Mrs. V. being the most distinguish
ed guests. After the excitement o;
casioned by the surprise had abated,
a supper was served, which would
have done credit to Delmonico. The
evening was spent very pleasantly,
and all returned to their respective
homes wishing a return of many oc
casions of the same nature.
A Guest.
A slide of snow front the roof of
the Columbian office temporarily di.
placed some electric wires.