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NO. 12
VOL. 32
BLOOMSBUItG, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1897.
CONFERENCE 4PP0INTMENT8.
The following appointments for the
Danville District were made this week,
by the Conference of the M. E.
Church, held at Carlisle.
Danville District Ezra H. Yocum,
Sunbury, Presiding Elder. Ashland,
Oliver S. Metzlcr j Audenreid, Will
iam W. Hartman s Beaver Meadow,
Isaac Codman t Beach Haven, Henry
B. Fortnerj Benton, Oliver H. Al
bertson; Berwick, A. R. Miller
Eloomingdale, T. H. Tubbs t Blooms
burg Benjamin C. Conner j Buckhorn,
William II. Hartman Catawissa,
George M. Klepfer j Catawissa cir
cuit, George S. Womer j Centralia,
Charles M. Barnitz; Conynghani, K
S Baker j Danville St. Paul's, Geo.
D. Penepacker ; Trinity, Orlando
G. Heck Elysburg, Josiah C. Mum
peij; Espy and Lime Ridge, Theodore
M. Haven; Freedland, Reuben E.
Wilson ; Gordon, Alfred L. Miller j
Harvcyville, John Vrooman j Hazle
ton Diamond, N. E. C. Cleaver s St.
Paul's, I. N. Moorehead j Irish
Valley, Frank E. Hartman ; Jeans-
ville, T. P. Benford ; Jerseytown, D
T. Brouse : Jonestown, F. C. Beyers j
Mifflinville, J. II. Diebel : Milnes-
ville, Lattimer and Jeddo, John C.
Bickel; Mount Carmel, W. A,
Houck Nescopeck, Wilson E. Van
dcrmark: Northumberland, J. A,
DcMoyer ; Orangeville and Light
Street. Nathan B. Smith ; Park Place
and Delano, J. G. Grimes 5 Riverside,
Freeman S. Vought $ Rohrsburg, S.
A. Creveling 5 Selinsgrove, E. Mf
Chilcoat: Shamokin First church,
Thomas S. Wilcox; Second church,
Joseph D. W. Deavor j Shickshinny,
P. P. Strawwinski ; Silver Brook, W,
S. Hamlin ; Snydertown, Richard
Brooks ; Sunbury, George Leidy ;
Town Hill, G. V. Savidge; J. B
Doty (supply) 5 Trevorton, W. W.
Rothrock; Waller. Elmer E. Mc-
Kelvy j Wapwallopen, R. M. Snyder 5
Washingtonville, R. J. Allen
Weatherly, John W. Buckley ; White
Haven. Norman H. Smith ; William
T. S. Deavor, Professor St. John's
College, Annapolis, Md., member of
Wapwallopen Quarterly Conference.
Trolley Passengers' Peril.
by Glass In a
Fifteen ol Them
Badly Cut
Crash.
A trolley collision on the Lehigh
Traction Company's line occurred at
Yorktown, about six miles south of
Hazleton, in a dense fog, at 6.30
o'c'ock Saturday evening, in which
fifteen passengers narrowly escaped
with their lives. Motormen Rodgeis
and Fowler were caught in the crash,
the latter sustaining injuries about
the head that may result fatally.
Fifteen of the passengers were serious
ly cut by flying glass.
The accident was due to the
changing of the schedule at one end
of the line, and not at the other.
WILL OF MRS. FREAS BROWN.
The will of Mrs. Sarah J. Brown
was probated on Saturday. It is
dated June 13th, 1896 wilh a codicil
dated November at, 1806. T. C.
Brown, W. S. Moyer and C. C. Pea
cock are appointed executors. The
household furniture and clothing is
divided among twelve neices who are
named in the will. After making be
quests to several of her relatives and
to those of her deceased husband
amounting to $9000, she disposed of
the remainder as follows : To the
Trustees of the First M. E. Church,
of Bloomsburg, the sum of $1000 in
trust to be invested and one-half of
the interest to be applied to taking
care of the cemetery lot and the other
half to be applied to the payment on
preacher's salary j to the executors in
trust $500, the income of which to be
equally divided between caring for
the graves of Freas Brown s parents
in the Brown Cemetery at Mifflinville
and the other half to the care of the
graves of Mrs. Brown's parents in
friends Burying Ground at Catawissa;
the sum of $2,500 for a pipe organ
for the new M. E. Church, Blooms
burg ; to the Old Ladies Home in
Philadelphia $2000, to be known as
" The Mrs. Freas Brown Fund 5 " to
the M. E. Orphanage, of Philadelphia
$iooo, to be designated " The Mrs.
Freas Brown Fund ;" to the
Woman's Home Missionary Society,
M. E. Church $2000 5 to the
Preachers' 4Rid Society, M. E. Church
$10005 to the Bloomsburg M. E.
Church $,1,000 as the last payment
on the mortgage debt ; to Dr. Stokes,
manager of Ocean Grove Association
$500, for church purpose ; to
Trustees of Bloomsburg M. E. Church
$1000 to be by them invested and the
interest to be expended in keeping
church parsonage in repair ; to the
M. E. Hospital in Philadelphia $5000
to endow a free bed and to be known
as " The Mrs. Freas Brown Bed ;
to the loan fund of the Church Exten
sion Society $10,000, to be invested
and the income used for the purposes
of the society, and the residue to be
divided between the loan fund of the
Church Extension Society, The
Missionary Society, M. E. Church,
and the Old Ladies Home of Phila
delphia.
The estate will foot up to about
$50,000.
PEARL BRYAN'S SLAYERS.
No doubt many of our readers have
read more or less concerning the foul
murdo, which was committed a little
over a year ago, and for the benefit of
those who have been reading the
case, we print the following account
of the execution of the two prominent
young men, whom a jury convicted of
the awful deed !
"The once promising lives of Scott
Jackson and Alonzo Walling, the
young dental students, paid the penalty
on the gallows at Newport, Ky., Satur
day for the murder of the sweet faced
country girl, Pearl Bryan, of Green
Castle, Indiana, and the extinguish
ing at the same time of the tiny spark
of life that had driven her to despera
tion through tear of open shame. The
scene was Fort Thomas and the date
Feb. 1, 1805. The victim was de
capitated to prevent identification and
the head has never been located.
A big crowd gathered about the
jail early Saturday morning in an
endeavor to see the execution. The
crowd, however, dwindled when the
news reached it that Jackson had
made a statement and it became the
general opinion that the governor
woul.l interfere for a few days at least.
The final decision came from the
governor at saying:
"No respite. i
The procession formed at 11:31
and marched to the scaffold. The
ropes were placed about their necks,
the black caps adjusted and at 11:40
the traps were sprung. Jackson was
pronounced dead in twenty minutes.
Walling was suspended for twenty-
three minutes before life was extinct.
Walling's last words as he left the jail
were, as he pointed to Jackson: "That
man can save me if he will. I die an
innocent man. I was not there when
she was killed."
COURT HOUSE NEWS.
What Hat
Occurred There
Former Report.
Since Our
CAKE WALK.
Preparations are being made by
David Boughton, manager, for a grand
cake walk, ana fiance 10 oe neia in
Evans1 Hall on Wednesday evening,
March 11st. Over two hundred in vita.
tions have been sent out, and it is
expected that a larce number from
Wilkesbarre, Scranton, Williamsport,
and other places will be present to
contest for the prizes, which will be a
14 karat gold watch to the first and a
large cake to the second couple
Good music will be in attendance.
Tickets for cake walk and dance
$1.00 per couple, single admission
5c
End of the World.
Rev. John Riley, of Shirley, Indiana,
who has made a life study of astrono
mical calculations, has issued a state
ment predicting the end of the world
in 1808 or iooo. The clergyman is
sincere in his belief, and the result cf
his prediction, his congregation, which
is one of the largest in the state, have
begun preparations for the final leave
taking. Hundreds are being convinced
dai'y. Mr. Riley formerly filled a
pastorate at Tionesta, Forest county,
Pa., and is well known in Western
Pennsylvania.
Called to Bloomsburg.
Rev. R. N. Harris, pastor of the
Congregational church of town, has
been called to conduct a series of
evangelistic services i in the Trinity
Reformed church at Bloomsburg, be
ginning on Monday evening next, and
will leave for that place Monday
morning. Rev. Harris has a wide
reputation as a successful leader of
6uch meetings. Mt. Carmel Item of
Saturday.
HUGGED THEIR FAIR ATTORNEY.
Feminine Suspects Released From Jail Grew
Demonstrative.
There was a unique scene in Court
at Wilkesoarre on Monday when
Hester Brace and Sarah Miller,
colored, alleged accomplices in the
blowing-up with dynamite of the house
in the mountain, near that city, m
October, 1 894 were released for lack
of evidence, after being detained in
As
Normal School Notes.
This evening, there will be a pub
lic exhibition of the work done in the
school in reciting and declaiming.
which usually goes under the head of
" Rhetoricals. Admission will be by
ticket, which can be had free at the
N. S. office. The following is the
program.
Overture, Northern Light, Schlcppergrell
B. S. N. S. Orchestra.
The Unknown Speaker Anon
E. O'Connor, Corry, Pa.
The Lady of Shalott Tennyson
Gertrude freeman, scranton, 1'a.
Storm and Sunshine George F. Root
Tumor Model School
Hacarin the Wilderness N. P. Willis
Frances R. Conner. Bloomsburc, Pa.,
SDeech on Ameriean War Wm. Pitt
Eucene Brennan. Edwardsilale, Pa.
Asthore Trotere
Delia Geisintrer. Espy. Pa.
The Courtin' Lowell
Mvrtle Swart. Hallstead, Pa.
The Patriot and Traitor Geo. I.ippard
M. J. Franey, Shenandoah, Pa.
Caprice RolUson
urcnestra,
Briar Rose Ujahner Hjorth Boyescn
Eleanor Sears Kimble. Itonesdale, fa.
The Double Anniversary, '76 and '63
jail over two years on suspicion,
Tudore Lvnch told them they could go
, , - . ' .1 - rl rliiic Arltima
the dusky prisoners ran w me s.ue u. ....... -
w.v.. , ,
Luzerne s only woman attorney, threw
their arms about her and wept. Many
colored spectators lustily cheered this
act of gratitude.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
The following marrage licenses
have been issued by Clerk W. II.
Ilenrie, since those published last
week.
L. J. Drake, Welliversville, to Miss
Martha E. Christopher, of the same
place.
Samuel Muftley, of Light Street, to
Miss Carrie Creasy, of Centre township.
TRANSFER OF. REAL ESTATE.
The following transfers of real es
tate have been recorded in the office
of C. B. Ent, register and recorder,
during the week.
Geo. Miller, et al. to J. P. Fincher,
for tract of land in Main township.
J. P. Fincher, et al. to William
Creasy, for tract of land in Main town
ship.
Elmira Reichart, et al. to Geo. W.
Shuman for tract of land in Main
township.
William McKelvy and wife to Peter
Appleman, for tract of land in Montour
township.
T. Sanderson Lazarus, to William
Yost, for land in Bloomsburg.
Thomas A. Strong, to Margaret M.
Parser, tor tract of land in Jackson
township.
Andrew A, Kressler. to Geo. W.
Kressler, for tract of land in Pine
township.
Bloomsburg Land Improvement
Company, to Alvaretta Bittenbender,
for land in Bloomsburg.
William F. Hauck and wife, to
William Breisch. for tract of land in
Beaver township.
Adam Fetterolf and wife, to Mary
Breisch. for tract of land in Beaver
township.
T. W. Evans and wife, to Ella G.
Magee, for land in Bloomsburg.
J. W. Evans and wife, to Ella G.
Magee. lor land in Bloomsburg.
Peter C. Dreishbach, to Hugh Mc-
Affee, for tract of land in Beaver township.
Margaret Bradley to Patrick Brad
ley for land in Centralia.
J. R. Fowler, Treasurer, to John
Moury, for tract of land in Fishing-
creek township.
Bud Double, an English Setter,
which was the property, of the late
C. P. Armstrong, was sold last week,
by W. K. Armstrong, one of the ad
ministrators, to Capt. T. G. Town-
send, U. S. A., of Washington, D. C.
The animal has always commanded
the admiration ol dog fanciers, and
the price paid is said to have been
big.
The sale was made througn an
advertisement in a publication known
as " Forest and Stream" and had
but one insertion. Mr. Armstrong
received letters from all over the
country.
Another proof that advertising
pays.
DR. SWALLOW ACQUITTED.
The jury in the case of the soldier's
orphans school commission at ilarns-
burg against Rev. Dr. Swallow, editor
of the Pennsylvania Methodist, charg-
e& with criminal libel, returned a ver
dict on Tuesday morning of not guilty,
but defendant to pay the costs. The
libel case of J. C. Delaney, superin
tendent of public grounds and build
ings against Dr. Swallow, was at once
taken up, and will no doubt occupy
the attention of the court for the re
mainder of this week.
DON'T NEED THEM.
Docs are entirely too plenty in the
south-eastern end of the town, and
their owners don't seem to care a
great deal what becomes of them.
The residents of that section have
come to the conclusion that poisoa
will stop their barking all night long,
and many of the worthless canines
are receiving their quietus in this way.
SENT TO JAIL.
For stealing soap, beans, etc. from
the Bloomsburg Store Company Store
last week, and selling the same Wi)l-
ian Lockard and Ed. Correll were
arrested. In default of $500 ba:',
they were sent to jail. It is said they
sold their stealings to one Fra.k
Rhodomoyer, and a search waira .t
was also issued for his premises.
It was charged that there had been
crookedness in some of the contracts
made by the commissioners of Brad
ford county for the erection of the
new court house at Towanda, and an
investigation was made by the andi-
tors. of which the Towanda Review
says: "The auditors of Bradford
county finally completed their labors
yesterday afternoon, and their report
was filed with the commissioners. It
is a document of more thaa usual
interest this year, becouse of the
thoroucrh investigation that has been
made of the contracts for construct
ing the court house. The old board
of commissioners is surcharged wim
$5,800.06, for commissions paid the
architect and for overpayments to
Contractor Bradley."
The spring shirt
much wall paper.
bosoms are very
A slight fire in the Grace Metho
dist Episcopal Church at Harrisbuig
which is now occupied as the State
Capitol, created a great scare Satu-
iiav .norning. I he hre was causea
bv an electric light wire, and it burn
ed a hole in the floor under the stair
way leading to the main entrance.
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Two page boys discovered me names
and an alarm was sounden, dui me
House employees soon put out the
fire.
The following letters are advertised
March at. 1807. Andrew Came',
Mr. George Coleman, Miss Emma
Dodson, Mr. C. II. Fisher, Miss
Velera Hess, Miss Lizzie Hine, John
Keefer. Mr. Thomas McCann, Mr.
WillL.n Mvers, T. L. McMullin, Mr.
Waren Puree!, Thomas Steward,
Daniel Waters. Will be sent to the
dead letter oTice April 6, 1897
Tames II. Mercer, P. M.
There are a great many young men,
and some not quite so young, who, if
thev make a wager, and happen to
loose never get through finding fault,
and kickinn at the fellow who won.
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1 nis is very unsportsmanlike, .uckimg,
as we all know, is a game of chance,
some one is always sure to loose,
dame fortune will not always smile on
you. and if you can't aflord to loose
the amount you wager, why tne oesi
plan is to keep your money in your
pocket.
M. E. Yetter of Kansas City, a
brother of W. H. Yetter of this town,
died on Tuesday of last week. His
remains arrived here on Thursday
evening. The funeral took place from
W. H. Yetter's house on Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock. Interment was
made at Fisher's Church.
Splendid Mens' all-wool suits, $5 00. Splendid Youths'
all-wool pants, $3.75.
Always Interesting
tetiiifiriiwiwi
is what you'll find news from this store. Just now it's
particularly so, because it's about something you or
your boys will need, and very shortly too, and you
certainly want to know where you can do best in buy
ing. T'would be perfectly natural for U3 to tell you g
that our prices are the very lowest in this community 1
for A 1 Quality, but we want -you convinced of that
fact. We want you to have thorough confidence in
what you buy here. Your interests are ours. This
store is your store We want to better it every day
for you as well as for ourselves. We want you to see
by a personal visit that we are truthful to our patrons.
We sell everything to clothe man or boy from head to
foot, Suits, Overcoats, Hats, Shirts, Underwear, Ho
siery, Gloves, Neckwear, Canes, Umbrellas, Mackin
tosh Coats, Sweaters, Boy's Waists, Knee Pants, Men's
extra pants, Trunks, Valises, Traveling Bags, Etc.,
and we guarantee our prices fully 5 to 10 per cent, be
low others or your money returned.
Qiddin
Mothers, we want you to see our summer line of child
ren's novelties.
Scotch Overplaids, very stylish for spring, large " line,
men's, boys' and children's.
PIOTUEES OF PEIZE TIGHTS-
Bill Introduced In the State Legislature
Making Viatscope and Similar Exhibi
tions illegal.
As a result of a conference held
Monday evening, participated in by a
number of legislature leaders, a novel
bill was introduced in both branches
on Tuesday. C. C. Kauffman, of
Lancaster presented the measure in
the Senate and a Philadelphia Repre
sentative took charge of it in the
House. The bill is aimed directly
at the exhibition of facsimiles of prize
fights, and other illegal doings, or
events, by means of the viatscope,
connematograph, biograph or any
similar machine or device. An effort
for speedy action will be made for the
purpose of blocking the heralded in
flux of Carson City pictures. In dis
cussing the matter Monday night
Senator Kauffman said he had receiv
ed a number of letters on this subject
from clergymen and others. The bill
is introduced makes an exhibition
such as indicated a misdemeanor
nunishahle hv a maximum fine of
$1,000 or six months imprisonment
A new swindle is being worked in a
number of towns by two confederates
in this manner : One of them goes
into a store and purchases a small
article, paying with a bill which has '
been previously marked. Picking up
his change he departs. In a few
minutes the other enters and buys a
cigar, after standing around a few
minutes he asks the clerk for his
change. The swindler insists that he
has paid and remembers it very dis
tinctly because the bill he gave the
clerk had a very fami'iar mark upon
it, which he describes. The clerk
looks in the till, finds the bill as de
scribed, gives him his change .and
apologizes for detaining him.
Centralia High School has reached
third place in the voting contest for a
library to be given by the Phila
delphia Times, and is far enough
ahead of the next lowest to hold the
place. If it keeps climbing up as
rapidly as at present it will reach a
better place than third. Send in the
coupons. Among the contributors
not mentioned last week are Rev. A.
T. McCann, and Freeze Quick.
Harry Hendershott and Miss Laura
Creveling were married on Thursday
evening of last week at the Lutheran
church, bv Rev. McLinn. None but
the intimate friends of the contracting
parties witnessed the ceremony. They
took the Reading train tor a wedding
tour. On their return they will reside
here.
The' Glee and Banjo clubs of
Lafayette College will give a concert
in the Opera . House Friday night.
The College claims that these musi
cal clubs hold a high place among
other organizations of the same kind
anywhere. They gave a concert in
Bloomsburg about three years ago.
Admission will be 25, 35 and 50 cents.
Reserved seats can be had at blate s
bookstore.
The unusually large congregations
at the different churches on Sunday,
was due to the fact that the Metho
dist Church was closed, the pastor
Rev. Conner being m attendance at
Conference.
Thornton Freeze received a severe
shaking up at the Car work's on Satur
day morning. His clothes were caught
by a line shaft. He was discovered
however just in the nick of time.
The music department of the Normal
held its eighth term concert in Normal
Auditorium on I riday night. A large
number of music lovers were present.
Admission was by ticket.
Robert McWade, supported by a
gflod company, appeared at the Opera
House Monday night in his original
veision of that standard play "Rip
Van Winkle." The performances is
said to have been very satisfactory.
The mens' meeting in Y. M. C. A.
Hall on Sunday afternoon was address
ed bv M. I. Low of Lime Ridge. He
took for his subject "Help at Hand."
W. H. Person of Allentown, aged
about thirty-five years, well known in
this section, died of heart disease, last
week. Robert L. Runyon of town
attended the funeral which was held
on Saturday.
A petition is being signed and will "
be presented to the Town Council at
its next meeting asking for the open
ing of Park Street, so as to enable
people who are building to drive in
to their properties.
Mrs. Harvey Hess, aged about sixty
three years, died at her home in
Mifflinville, on Friday morning. Her
death was caused by pneumonia. A
husband and a son survive. The latter
is employed at Binghampton, N. Y.
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J. U. Kurtz of Berwick, came down
Tuesday morning, and took up his
Commission as Associate Judge, to
which office he was recently appoint
ed by the Governor.
C. C. Marr has moved into the
house owned by William Kramer on
Fourth Street.
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