53f (J : - I r i r. VOL 31 FREE DELIVERY. THE GOVERNMENT IN3PE0T0R IN BLOOMSBURQ TO-DAY- Hugh J. Gorman, a Post Office inspector who hat been detailed by the Government to inquire into the feasibility of establishing free delivery in this place, arrived here last night and registered at the Exchange Hotel. To day he was taken through the town and a thorough inspection made. He was accompanied by Post Master Mercer, Hon. Grant Herring and H. A- McKillip Esq., who explained to him the utility of making this a free delivery station. We go to press too early to give a report of his investiga tion. METHODIST CHURCH. Official Members Chosen Tor The Ensu ing Year. The fourth quarterly conference of the Methodist Church was held Satur day evening Dec. 28th, 1895, Rev. E. H, Yocum presiding. The follow ing officers and committees were elect ed to serve during next conference year, beginning about April 1st 1896. Trustees-G. VV. Correll, J. C. Brown, M. P. Lutz, -L. E. Wharv, S. C. Creasy, L. N. Moyer, C. C. Pea cock, V. R. Ringrose, and Dr. J. J. Brown. Stewards W. R. Kocher, David Armstrong, John J. Wagonseller, Dr. M. J. Hess, V. Claik Richart, F. B. Hartman, L. T. Sharpless K. C. Ent, B. W. Jury, W. M. Weaver, W. W. Achenbach, Dr. J. W. Bruner, Orval H. Yetter. Recording Steward W. R. Kocher. District Steward J. C. Brown. Committees." Missions I. W. Hartman, M. I. Low. S. E. Reynolds. Church Extension W. R. Kocher, Dr. M. J. Hess, W. dark Richart. Sunday Schools J. C. Brown, L. T. Sharpless, K. C. Ent, Tracy-u!JjV Pastor, W. M. Wea ver, the t Jesident of the Ed worth League. : v ' - Temperance M. P. Lutz, G. W. , Correll, W. B. Cummings. Education O. H. Yetter, Geo. E. Enterline, Dr. J. W. Bruner. Freedman's Aid L. N. Moyer, Dr. J. J. Brown, W. R. Ringrose. Church Records M. P. Lutz, K. C. Ent, W. W. Achenbach. Parsonage and Furniture C. C. Peacock, Mrs. M. E. Creasy, Mrs. Mary Knorr, Mrs. E. A. Raw lings, Mrs. Freas Brown. Church Music L.T. Sharpless, J. C. Brown, F. B. Hartman. Estimating Pastor's Salary J. C. Brown, S. C. Creasy, C. C. Peacock. Conference Claimants G. W. Cor rell, L. T. Sharpless, L. E. Whary. S. C. Creasy was elected lay dele gate to the annual conference which meets at Williamsport March 18, and J. C. Brown was elected alternate. Rwport for 1895 of the Young Men's Christian Association. 25a meetings of a religious charac were held during the year with a total attendance of 22,697. Meetings for men and women, men's meetings, women's meetings, meetings corAkge meetings, jail meetings, evangelistic meetings, tent meetings, street meetings, bible lectures bible readings, bible club, union bibie class, bible training class, boys' bible class 15. 34,859 visits were "made to the rooms, a daily average of 1 1 1. 205 was the average attendance at the Men's Goscl meeting, Sunday afternoon. professed conversion. 21,612 invitations were distributed. 975 tracts tre given away. 56 young men were given assistance. Recep tions, members' meetings, entertain ments, lectures and practical talks were given by the social and educational-departments. Marriage Licenses' Interesting Facts Connected With Their Issuance. 'During the past year 318 couples ; "took out licenses to marry. Of these 318, December had the largest num ber, 40 couples securing the necessary . papers during that month; June comes next during which time 36 licenses were granted, and April, 26. The lowest number granted in any one month during the year was in July, during wnicn oniy 17 licenses were issued. During the time that the license law has been in effect, since October, 1885, Columbia county's Clerk has granted a total number of 2977. THAT POPULAR LADY. For twenty days the Leader depart ment store cave to each nennn u purchased goods to the amount of nuy cents a ticket entitling them to one vote on a fine gold watch which was to be presented to the lady receiv irg the highest number of votes. The votes were counted last Friday by W. L. Eyerly of the Columbian and Mr. James Coleman, in the ptesence of a number of disinterested parties. There had been about 4000 votes cast, Mrs. O. B. Mellick received 605 votes which was the highest number received by any one and hence she was awarded the watch. Miss Martha Creasy, was the second high est with 460 votes and Miss Bessie Rawlmgs was third with 231 votes. There were a large number who were close to the 200 mark. Among those receiving a large number of voles were Mary Jones., Ella Donahue, Mm. Wm. Ferguson, Clarissa Pea cock, Alva Kitchen, Ethel Bierman, May Stangley, Laura Ohl, Giace Benedict and Lizzie McBay. The watch is a beautiful one, and no doubt will be appreciated by the recipient. Did You Hear liim? Col. James M. Scovil fully main -tained his reputation as an earnest, forcible and eloquent speaker at the meeting in the Onera House last Sunday afternoon. It was the fifth anniversary of the Young Men's Christian Association, and notwith standing the severe weather the Opera House was filled with people, who were anxious to hear this cele brated man who had lately espoused the Master's cause. It was a plain, practical talk, and from the first to the last he held the attention of the entire audience. He gave a brief review of his life, and stated that whilst he had held positions of honor and trust he never found in them the satisfaction he did in the service of the Lord. He is a firm believer in the efficacy of nraver. as those of his aged mother followed him all thronrh life and ultimately were instrumental in his salvation. The music of the orchestra was grand, and every one enjoyed the solos of Mrs. W. C. Mul- ford and Mrs. Elmer Melick. The brief report of the secretary showed that the association was in a trood condition, and a grand work had been accomplished by them during the past year. . Thirty men had accepted Christ, and the men's meetinc had an average attendance of over two hun dred. This is an institution which should receive a liberal support by our people. . Publio Installation. The officers of Ent Post, No. 250 G. A. R., were publicly installed in their hall on last Friday evening. The installing officer was M. P. I.ut anri the officers installed were Zachariah lhomas, Post Commander; Thomas Brown, Sr. Vice Commander; F. M. Gilmore, Jr. Vice Commander; W, O. Holmes, Sergeant; Chas. Kunkle, Officer of the Dav: Daniel Lauhach. Officer of the Guard; r. Sloan, Adjutant; W. C:. C.hiiu, xr Jori Vf, R. Ringrose, Quarter Master; vm. 1 nomas, quarter Master ser geant; N. B. Fowler, Chaplain. Alter the services retreshments con sisting of sandwiches, regulation nrmv bean soup, with hard tack, and de licious coffee was served by the wives olthe members. The proceedings were further enlivened by music which was furnished by the band. It was a pleas ant evening and thoroughly enjoyed uy an present. The Spring Eleotions The Soriner election are not a owat ways off and the substance of the law relative to these elections may not be out of place at this time. The elec tions next Spring will take place on Tuesday, the 18th day of February. According to me Act 01 tne Legisla ture of 1893, the nominations by party primaries for borough and township officers and School Directors must be filed eighteen days before the election, which will be January 31st, and nomi nation papers fifteen, davs before th? same, which will be February 3d. It is a sate rule not to wait until the last day, but to file the certificates as early as possible. WEDDING BELLS. Mr. E. B. Loche, of Sharon Pa., Supreme Deoutv of the " Protected Home Circle" a fraternal life insurance company was married last week to Miss Susanna L. McCormick, of Mil ton. Mr. Loche organized a circle of the above insurance company in this place last fall, and is known to many ot our readers. BLOOMSBCItO, 1A.. TIIUJtSDAY. JANUARY HEW ornoERs. The following have been elected to serve as the officers of the Young Mens Christian Association for the ensuing year : President S. C Creasv. Vice Presidents H. G. Supplee ana vv. it. jjrooke. Recording Sec'y. W. II. Browcr Treasurer F. N. Turner. Directors A. N. Yost and M. I Low. Trustee A. Z. Schoch. The board of Directors the following gentlemen : Prof. C. it. Albert. W. 1$. Cummings, E. B. Tustin, W. R. Kocher. A. N. Vnst and M. I. Low. The Trustees are Cn inhn r. Freeze, C. W. Miller, L. E. Waller,' W. R. Kocher. M. P. Lutz and A 7. Schoch. CUBA AND THE CUBANS. The lecture announced to be eiven on "Cuba and the Cubans" by Miss Anna Buckbee being the first in the Students' Lecture Course, for this year was a most entertaining and profitable one. The views are in every way all that can be asked, clear, well defined and of a good size. The subject matter of the lecture was most happily chosen and given in a most elegant and entertaining phrase. Ever) feature of it was just what is needed to make every' intelligent reader of the daily newspaper, appreciate more fully and more clearly the real difficulties as existing in the island of Cuba. The only regret to be expressed is that there were not more of our citizens out to hear this entertaining and instructive lecture. THAT SUPPER! The supper given by "Aunt Jemima " and her assistants in their quaint old plantation costumes in St. Paul's Parish House last Thursday evening was a greater success than even the most sanguine had contem plated. The griddle cakes were just perfect, and the manner in which they disappeared was the best evi dence in the world that the cooks thoroughly understood the culinary art. The coffee was delicious as in deed was everything which went to make up the supper. Over two hun dred were served and a neat sum was added to the treasury. Bond Sale. The bond sale came off at the Court House last Saturday as previous ly aJvertised. The only securities sold were as follows: One $500 car pet mill bond, to C. W. Miller atty., for $491 75. One $500 bond of the Artificial Ice Company to same, for $49'.75- 4 shares of the Farmers' Produce Exchange stock, par value $5.00, to Peter A. Evans for $1.40 per share. 22 shares of Silk Mill stock, par value $100, to Joseph Ratti for $98. A Good Showing. The net earning of the Post Office at this place last year were $8,117. I his is largely ii excess of the re ceipts of the offices at Nanticoke, Danville, Lock Haven, Lewisburg, Milton, and similar places. Now give Us free delivery. This office, whilst it is classed as a second class, is that in name only, in all other respects it is first class, with a capital F too. Efficient Post master, capa ble assistants and first class service. Many Deaths in the Oounty. While the holiday season broucht joy to many households through this broad land there are those into which death's blighting sting entered to leave a sorrow which only time can comfort and a vacancy which nothing can fill. No matter what the occasion, death seems alway to be with us,- and just when we least expect it some loved one is stricken as if more to illustrate our ephemeral existence here than to mark the closing of a finished life. Prognostications For January, According to the prophesy of Rev. Ira R. Hicks the St. Louis prophet the weather durine Tanuarv will be as follows: Disturbances from 3rd to 6th.. clear to 8th.. then blizzards and storm over the 14th followed by a cold wave and more storms, from the roth, to acth, storms will alternate with clear days. The latter part of the month will also have storms, es pecially from 27th, to 30th. The auditors from the severa townships composing the Bloom Poor District are making their annual settlement. LELAND T. P0WER3. January 16th. The second entertainment of the Students' Lecture Course will fall on January 16th. Thursday evening. Mr. Powers needs no introduction to a Bloomsburg audience He has been here three times before, and each appearance eave him a lartrer nouse man the one preceding. He comes this time in "Lord ChnmW." w - o an entirely new program adapted from A. 1 1. 1 - me comcay made famous by Mr. E. H. Sothern. Remember the date January 16th. Diagram now open at siate s iiooic store. Admission 50 cts, rarmors' Institute Held Under the Au- spioesofthe Department of Agricul ture of Pennsylvania, in the Opera House at Catawissa, Penn'a, Wed nesday and Thursday. January 15 16th, 1896. Exercises Publio and Free. All Invited to Attend. are Programme First Day. Wednesday Morning. 9:30 o'clock. Organization Music Frayer. vaiue 01 crimson v-iover, ' Hon. Geo. T. Powell, Ghent, N. Y. "Potato Culture,".. .Hon. N. li. Critchfield, Jenncrs, I'a. Mt'SIC. " Soiling v. Pasturing." ..lion. fc.. M. lewksbury, Catawissa, Ta. Wednesday Afternoon. 1 130 o'clock. Music. Question Ikx. "What do the Signs Indicate," A. P. Young, Millville, Pa. Music. " How to build up a Successful Dairv : Feeding, etc." (Illustrated ly charts) Hon. Geo. T. Powell. "Dignity of Labor," i.. 13. Bowman, Berwick, Pa. Wednesday Evening. 7:30 o'clock. Music, Catawissa Orchestra. Prayer Question Ilox Selection Miss Zua Guie, Catawissa. Piano Duet, " Golden Bells," Mrs. t. K. Dent, Miss Fannie Keiler. " Needs of Agricultural Education in our Public Schools," Hon Geo. T, Powell, Music Catawissa Orchestra Programme Second Day. Thursday Mornino. 9:30 o'clock. Music Prayer Question Box. "Corn Culture," Frank hvans, Berwick, "Insects and Fungus Blight! on Fruit Trees Value of Spraying for Same." Hon. Geo. T. Powell. Music. "Crimson Clover in Columbia County," A. P. Young. The Farm Dairy,"...IIon. N. B. Critchfield Thursday Afternoon. 1 : 30 o'clock. Music Question Box. "Pear Culture,". ..F. F. Merccron, Catawissa "Care of Farm Horses," Hon. N. B. Critchfield. Music. Paper by E. II. Little, Esq., Light Street. , Subject to be selected. "The Hen," ...R. G. F. Kshinka, Berwick, "Why Agricultural Depression in our com paratively new country ? Is there any solution?" Hon. Geo. T. Towell Thursday Evening. 7:30 o'clock Music...... Catawissa Orchestra Praybr, Selection Mist Alia Long, Catawissa Hi'ih School, Recitation, "Farmer Stebbins' Sons," 1, ...Charles Ileiss, Catawissa. Piano Duet Miss Katie Eyer and John lSerger "Ideal Education for Farmers' Sons and Daughters," Dr. N. C. Schaelfer, Supt. Public Instruction, Harrisburg. Music Ca'iwissa Orchestra Ask Questions. A Question Box will be kept upon the Secretary's desk and all are invited to place therein such questions as they wish to have discussed during the session. At a proper time, disignated by the meeting, these ques tions will be referred to some one for answer, or orougiu up lur general uiscussion. The loregoing order will he followed as closely as possible but other exercises will be Introduced it tound desirable. Vocal music will be furnished by home talent, chiefly under the leadership ol Prof. 1. W. Vought. tot further inlormation and programmes apply to l.UTHKR cykr, j ere kostenbauder, Wm. T. Creasy. Catawissa, Pa. A full attendance of the members of Washington Camp No. 319, P. O, S. of A. is requested at their hall this Thursday evening. Brother Hon. E. R. Ikeler will deliver the address, nd delegations are expected from adjoining camps. Let the hall be crowded. Committee. Duncan Clark's Female Minstrels held forth in the opera house last Monday night. It was advertised as being the hottest show on Earth, and we understand it came up to the ad vertisement. An effort was made in the afternoon by some of the church people j to prevent the performance, but in this they were unsuccessful. 9, 189G. SN EVENT aIways l00ked forbythecloth- ing buyers in this community has been the RED LETTER SALE of J. M. Gid ding & Co., the clothiers. Each year in January they inaugurate a stock reducing sale which they have named RED LETTER, on account of mfarking the reduced price in red ink direclly underthe regular selling price of each garment. This is an oppor tunity that one should not miss if any clothing at ail is needed in the family: fJO.OO unit sand overcoats, Red Letter irrice $15.00 15.00 n.Q 1J.00 9 " - . 9Q0 10.00 a 7 5Q 8.00 ' - 600 7M " " 5.00 and so on throughoutthe entire cloth ing stock. Naturally, earliest buyers get best selections. The tannery at Jamison City has resumed work after a protracted shut down. This is certainly good news for the employees. When in opera tion a large number of men are em ployed. The following letters are advertised anuary 7, 1896. Miss Kate Hart man. Mr. f. L. Tones. Mr. ToseDh Krissmer. Will be sent to the dead letter office January 21, 1896. James H. mercer, P. M. The viewers appointed by the Court to assess damages caused by the opening of Jefferson Street, met last I uesday. After being sworn and viewing the ground, they adjourned until next Monday, when they will hear the testimony. The revival services in the United Evangelical church are meeting with great success. Eight persons have knelt at the altar. Four have profess ed conversion, and quite a number of requests for prayer have been re ceived. The Liverpool, Pa., "shooters," who paraded their streets on New Year s day, were a comical and mirth provoking lot of young fellows, out for a good time. They had it and made everyone laugh at their innocent sport. The American Damper Regulator Company is meeting with success in the sale of their dampers, as they give entire satisfaction wherever they are used. Several have been recent ly placed in manufactories at Williams port. J. P Wright, the superintendent of the Benton Shirt factory narrowly escaped being killed on Saturday, at the Benton depot. He got on the train to speak to a passenger and jumped off again after the train was moving from the depot. His feet slipped off the car step and he fell to the ground with his head only a few inches from the rail. The partnership heretofore existing between C B. White and J. W. Con ner of Orangeville, manufacturers of farm implements, was dissolved by mutual consent on January 4, 1 896. The business will be continued by Mr. Conner, who will conduct it in the same straightforward, honest man ner, which has characterized it for the past sixteen years. 2 W. H. Brooke has' purchased a lo from Mrs. I. S. Kuhn on Fourth Sjreet adjoining her residence. The Judges appointed by the Gov ernor, to hear and decide the Lyons Dunn election contest in Schuylkill County, have fixed upon Friday the 10th inst. to meet in Pottsville, and convene the Court for the trial of the case. The commissary general of the German army has just ordered 500, 000 pounds of dried apples from a Knoxville, Tenn., firm. Should those Dutch soldiers get all those schnitz into them and then get into a battle where they would have to "take water" there would be the worst busted up army over there the world ever saw. watchman. The hotel formerly conducted by George W. Sterner changed owners Wednesday. William M. Hartzell has leased the building, and purchased the furniture and fixtures. The license was transferred to-day and he takes immediate possession. Peter Reedy, formerly of the " Exchange " has been secured as manager, and it is the intention of Mr. Hartzell to make it a first class hotel in every respect. Another new, necessary and useful kitchen tool, the Christy S. I. B. Spatula or Handy Kitchen Knife, more wonderful than the Christy Bread Knives. We will mail sample to any address in the U. S. A. on receipt of 50 cts. Agents wanted in this vicinity. Write quick for terri tory. The R. J. Christy Mfg. Co., Clyde, Ohio." A number of the people from the different churches of town met in the Lutheran church Monday afternoon from 2:00 to 4:30 p. m., and spent the time in devotional service. It was a delightful meeting for all concerned and another proof of the oneness of the Christian church. The first half hour was presided over by Rev. Patter son of the Presbyterian church, the second by Rev. Ileilman of the Luth eran church, the third by Rev. Brandt of the Refoimed church, the fourth by Rev. Weeks of the Baptist church, the fifth by Rev. Conner of the Metho dist church. A large number of the members took part also. The even ing services in the different churches NO. I were largely attended. f i J
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