V W I V VOL. 32 BLOOMSBURG PA., THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1897. NO. 29 STRAYSHOTS Tonics of Interest, Here, There, and Everywhere. Now that the voters ot Bloomsburg have consented to an increase of the bonded indebtedness of the town, the action of the council in disposing ot ( , p monev so raised, will be watched v'Ji interest. Every dollar of it should be applied to the exact pur pose tor which it has been raised, and to no other. Speaking of the indebtedness of the f.im reminds me of the fact that we have a debt, a big debt, a debt that is (TPttinf? no smaller very fast. What are we going to do with it ? It will i,ii-.. tn he naid some time, bv some body, and yet instead of paying off old bonds, every little while we find it necessary to issue a new batcn to r,n niT a floating debt that has ac- cumnuilated. Now, what's the matter? Well, we are spending more money tii an we are getting in. Council after council, year after year, a tax rate is laid that does not bring in as mucn mnnpv as council spends. For fear of offending a tender hearted consti tuency, members ot council lay a low my rate, and for the same reason spend a good deal more than their income, anil, like any otner uusiness, thai must cease, or bankruptcy will stare us in the face. There are too many private pulls. A crossing is nut in here because a relative of a member wants it : a new street is r.nened un there because somebody with a "null" wants work for his teams : an old street is widened and straightened at ereat expense, because nerhans a member owns pioperty on that street, and so it goes. There must be more strict economy, and bet ter judgment than has frequently been exercised, if this town is ever going to get out of a hoTe. And iusthere. another matter con nected with town affairs suggests it self, and that is our atxminai)ie sys tem of electintr a full new council everv vear. I verilv believe that this system is largely responsible for our big town debt. Nearly every man who pets on the council has some axe to grind. He grinds his axe, and at the end of the year steps uown, leav ing the bill to . be paid by the next council. If two only were elected each year, so that there would always he fnnr old members, this would not happen, for no member would want to incur bills this year that ne nimseit mint nrnvi1e for in some way next year. Under our present system the responsibility is too easily shifted on to the succeeding council. It's a sort of grab game. Get what you want and go out 1 If there is any wjv nf changing this system, the sooner it is done, the better for all concerned. The committee appointed at the last Democratic county convention to revise the rn les of the party, have been in session recently, and their re port is about ready. It was nign ume that enmo enrh etens were taken. No- body knows just what the present rules are. They were printed in 1880 in Damnhlet form, and the only way to find out what changes have been made since that time is to go through the newspaper files. The people want snmethinrr ttiov ran understand. Our oM rules are so complicated that one man has had to be called upon year a.;er year to figure out who the nominees are, and it is said mat ne didn't nlurnuc fiirnw the same wav. The object of these complicated rules was to prevent fraud, but they have s;3nally failed in this, for it is a well kuown fact that certain delegates are always in the market, and that they are regularly purchased. Let us have a system that wi" wipe oui wc Barney Doyle kind ot statesmen Who will be Sheriff ? That is a matter that I can't decide. William Mart nf li nhrshnrtr. Albert Herbine of Bloomsburg, and Hud O. Kline of Berwick are in the race, but irom pre sent indications it is impossible to predict who will make the nomina tion. Don't all start for Alaska at onoe. It is true that cold has been discover ed out there, but there will be plenty or people to dig it betore you can get there. "Not at home" is a phrase so generally used tha most servants Horimh1v understand its Purport i. e., the mistress of the house is not visible to her friends and does not wish to see them at that particular num. iiui mirequcnuy this answer of "not at home" leads to remr-ks at future meetings of an embarrassing nature. "I called late on Sunday hoping to see you j I suppose you had gone to evening service." Or, " I was so Eorry not to tind you at home on Tuesday morning. I came early, as I particularly wished to tell you," etc. inus tne embarrassed one is driven into a corner, and must con- tcss or remain silent. Why does not society allow of a little frankness in this matter ? Why is it supposed to be in such bad taste to say : " Mrs. A. cannot sec any one this morning," or, "Mrs. A. is at home, but is very much engaged ?" Callers would not consider this information to be a snub, and servants would infinitely prefer to ten tne trutn and to avoid the cross uuestioning which sometimes follows. 1 o 1 such as, "When do you expect your . , . . . . . mistress oacic r " uo you expect her in to luncheon ?" "Is it any use my waiting until she returns ?" Or, pcrnaps another member ot the tamiiy is inouired for. and this is additionally perplexing to a servant who is desir ous of carrying out a mistress orders. In the afternoon hours manv servants j . are allowed to say : " Mrs. A. is at home, but she is just going out, and this is satisfactory intelligence ; cards j a j are handed in without further parley. TI. . -t . . i nc oujecuon to saying "cannot see anv one this morning or "this alter- noon" is supposed to lead to the in ference that illness is the cause there of. The objection to saying "very much engaged " is a strong but un reasonable one, considering now mucn it explains, and what a common- sense view of the matter it would be to all concerned. A test case has been made of the alien tax law, in Philadelphia. It is claimed that it is unconstitutional in several respects. Since the passage ot the law the courts have been nood- ed with annlicants for naturalization. Manv aliens who have been in this country a long time never thought of hecominer citizens until a tax is put o on their labor, and now thev want to - - j be naturalized, not trom patriotic motives, but merely to avoid the tax. It is to be hoped that the law will be upheld by the courts and that the Judges of this county will fall in line with many others, and refuse to ad mit to citizenship men who cannot sneak English, and who can't even tell who the President of the United States is. BASE BALL- The Bloomsburgs met defeat at Lock Haven on Thursday last in a ten inning game. The contest up to the tenth inning was very close and exciting, but just at that point the boys kept up their reputation for losing extra inning games, and made two bad errors, the opponents then secured three hits which netted them four runs. The score at the end of the tenth inning was Lock Haven 12, Bloomsburg 8. McNealy pitched for our boys. Demorests defeated us on Friday, for the first time in six games, and the reason ot our downfall was be cause Michael Dunn, who has been pitching good ball of late was simply peaches and cream, for his opponents. He was either tired out or weary, at any rate, he was sent to the stable be fore the game was over. Hallman took his place. Score. R. II. E. HloomsburR 2 o o O o o O I 58 12 3 Williaiiisport o 30133a 00 12 16 5 Batteries, Dunn, Hallman and Chamberlin, Delaney and Bates. Um pire Forred. Our r.luh closed the first series at Milton, on Saturday, and lost by a score of 8 to 4. It isn't necessary for us to go into details and give the cause of our defeat. The story can easily be told. We were outplayed, and tnat is the whole sum and substance ot it. As usual, for seven innings we were right in the game and held our own fairly well, but just at the critical time we lost sight of the ball, and while our bovs were busy collecting their thoughts Milton spurted around the bases and took the game, score Milton 8, Bloomsburg 4. A DAMAGE SUIT. Mr. Puterbach Claims Damages Irom I. W. Perry, for Injuries to a Horse. That was an interesting, law suit that was held before P. K. Shultz Esq. at Central last 1 uesday afternoon, tne litigants bein a Mr. Puterbach. as plaintiff, and J. W. Perry the well- known landlord of Llk Grove as de fendant, both ot Sucarloaf township. On July 2, Mr. Puterbach was driving up through Jamison City, when a team ran into him, demolishing his wagon, and severely injuring his iiorse. The team belonged to J. w. .ferry, and was driven by a man named Wilcox. Puterbach sued Perry for damages, alleging that Wilcox was the servant of Perrv and was in the performance of his master's business when the ac cident occurred, and that the master is liable for the negligence of his ser vant. On the other hand Mr. Perry alleged that be had loam d his team to Wilcox to take some boarders down to Jamison City to draw their pay, and that Wilcox was not employed oy him on this occasion. This raises a very nice legal ques- . 1 . 1 . . I tion. The case was amy triea uy n.. T.. Fritz. Esa.. for the plaintiff, and the defense was well taken care of by A. W. Duy, Esq., assisted by narry Stees who took notes of evidence, both students in the law office of Ikeler & Ikeler. Over twenty wit nesses were examined, and a large nnmher of snectators were present. Justice Shultz will render his decision next Tuesday. DIED SUDDENLY. A. B. Kaufl'man. who for years has been filling the position as station airent for the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company at Rupert, died suddenly at about 10:30 ociock rn day night. The deceased had been stricken with paralysis two times be fore and the third stroke on rrway ni.rht resulted in his death. He was aged about forty-four years and leaves a wife ar.d seven cnuuren. 111c funeral services were held at the house inRupert Sunday, and the re mains taken to Reading tor punai. The second series of the Central League opened at Athletic Park on Tuesday, with the strong Milton ag gregation as our opponents. The game was one of those heart breaking, hair raising kind, when sitting still is next to impossible. Up to the eightn inning the score stood i. to 2 in favor of the Miltonians and their Mr. Walk er up to that time that had been tiitr.hincr unfathomable ball. But his noodle got rattled, or his arm went back on him or something and he got himself in such a hole that even the home rooters pitied him. Before the 1 1 tun was over and the smoke nid clear ed awav eight Blue Birds flew across the rubber, and the thought of the eight runs caused Walker to sit down in the pitchers box disgusted with his own work. It took some talking to et him to finish the inning. While all this was going on Mr. Everson, a recent arrival in town was pitching good ball, and our victory was largely due to his steadiness in tne oox Score : R. II. E. liloomsburg 00002008 o 10 12 3 Milt. IC102I002 O 6 0 2 Batteries, Everson and Chamberlin ; Walker andTobin. Umpire, torred DIAMOND CHIPS. Watch us in the second. The Williamsnort rooters are be ginning to talk again, the Demorests won a game or two. The Gazette ami Bulletin can't get through talking about the way the Demorests hit our Michael Dunn last Friday, but it never says a word about the thumping we gave J-ioyd nere on Wednesday. Wait till Delaney pitches over here. What we'll do to him will be a plenty. Walker and Conroy, two of Milton's hest ball tossers. have deserted them. Bert Everson is a recent addition to the Blue Bird's pitching department Umpire Worthington's work is giv intr general satisfaction. That his reputation as a wanderer should not depart from him, the non orable William Setley, late of every where, and subsequent to that of Mil ton. Pa., took his departure on a train of side door Pullmans. While with us he put up a most excellent article of ball, and his skill at the business led men to pive him advance money, and to otherwise entice him until the moral fire of the man snapped and Willie urns irone. He took his departure, but thanks to a watchful management, he took nothing else and if he so wills he can return again and see the games from the bench. Mtltonum. OHUROH WEDDING. On Saturday morning at half past nine J. L. Martin and miss l.mma Correll were united in marriage in St. Matthew s Lutheran Church be fore a largo number of invited guests. Miss Lucv Cosncr. of Pittston. Miss Edith Correll, sister of the bride, Miss Martha Runvon of Bloomsburg. ami Miss flrace Correll. cousin of the bride, of Nayasaki, Japan, were the bridesmaids. The (lower girls were Grace and Blanche, sisters of the bride. Tames Mooney, of Pittston, A. T. Uit.icr. of Allentown. Howard Correll, brother of the bride, and Rvron Sticknev. of Bloomsburg were . .. ushers. The wedding march was beautifully plaved bv Miss Renallart- zel. of Philadelphia. After the cere mony the newly married couple were tendered an elaborate wedding dinner. at the bride's home on Fourth Street, after which they took the 10:49 train on the Lackawanna road tor Cort land. New York, where the groom has accepted a position in a large jewelry store. The groom is the youngest son of Mrs. Sophia Martin 01 town. t gen tlemanly and trustworthy voting man and for severAl years past nas been pmnloved in the lewelrv store ot I. r-. The bride is a daughter of W. J. Correll, who conducts a large furniture store on Main street, ana is a highly respected young lady. Their many friends all join in wishing them a long and happy lite. BROKE HIS ARM. I). A. Creasv. O. H. Yetter and several others started out Monday evening for a bicycle ride up the river road. They went up as far as Lime Ridge where they turned and started pack. When near the Almedia grave yard they met a young man by the name of Aaron Boone, who was riding in a very reckless fashion, and betore he rnnid turn his wheel, he and Mr. Creasy collided, the wheels going together with considerable torce throwing both riders abruptly to the irround. Mr. Creasv's arm was brok- - - - . . en above the elbow, besides sustaining hruises. Boone fared better inasmuch as he was only scratched up a little. The bicycles were siigntiy hent. but not bad'v damaged. Whether Boone was running on time or not we do not know, but irom an renorts he was going entirely too fast for the public road, and others who make a practice of riding at orea neck speed, should take warning. CTTTXfZ- Reductions Do you expect to travel. We've a large and com plete assortment of Trunks, Telescopes and Valises at all prices. A Good Trunk $213 and up. Means great savings to Suit Buyers. You shouldn't heaitate long about buying suits at present prices. We've about 120 Suits that are strictly all wool and fast color in light, dark and medium colors; also pin checks and color plaids, some sold at $G..r)0, some $7.50 and others as high as 9 and $10, but we're cleaning up the season's broken sizes, hence any suit in the lot for S5.00. This is probably the greatest Suit Bargain this or any other store in the county has ever put out, and if you value money you'll join the throng of buyers this week. Of course the better and best suits are here for the men or boys' in all th'e popular mixtures and plain blue or blacks at 7.50, 10, 12, and $15. Every Straw Hat in the store at absolute cost to close out. SUMMER UNDERWEAR and all other outfittings are here. Qiddiog's Negligee Shirts at Reduced Prices. Sweaters. Belts, etc., all reduced to make room. A GEAND KEfOEMED KEUNION. The pastors and the people of the Wefnrhied Church wi.hin the bounds of the Wyoming, the cast and the west Susquehanna Classes, win assem ble m a picnic reunion at im-h Island near Northumberland, on Fri day August 6th. A nu.abcr of promi nent sneakers are engnc J for the oc- cu-.on. special K.. k.. rates wui secured. All are invited. HIGHLY SPOKEN OF. The following highly complimentary notire is taken from the liunaio ex press. Mr. Scarlet is for the defense in tne Benham poison case npw being tried at liatavia Mew YorK. 11 says: The feature of the day was, of course, Lawyer scarlets address to the jury. It was a masterpiece, no less hv reason of the things it leu un a.ii.! than for what it said. It was d livered with all the eloquence of the silver-tongued Pennsylvania!!, who is a master of oratorv. It had its effect .and it made no very rash promises as to what would be proven. Still, if the defense can make its case as M . Scarlet outlined it, the jury will have a difficult task on its hands." As the eloauent Pennsvlvanian waxed warm, jury and audience alike s.it snell hound. It has been evident since the trial began that the brains and eloauence ot the delence were centered in Lawyer Scarlet, and nis delivery of the opening oration, no less than his words, showed his mas terly skill as a pleader. 0AMP MEETING. The twentv-sixth annual meeting of the Mountain lirove camp Meeting Association will be held at Mountain Hrove August .1 to Aug. 12. The re- CJ 1 lig'ous services will be in charge ot Rev. E. H. Yocum. 1). 1).. presiding elder of the Danville district. The miisie. a verv snecial feature of Moun tain Grove, will again be in charge of Wm. J. Kirkpatrick, of Philadelphia, aided by efficient assistants. The books to be generally used will be "The Methodist Hymnal" and Songs of Sovereign urace. Movd Kelchner died after a brief illness at his home in Kupert I hurs dav last, aged thirty four years. The deceased was the proprietor of the Rupert Hotel and leaves a wte ana two smaM children. He was well known by many m Bloomsburg having been employed a tew years ago in tne 1. a 1 her shoo of E. P. Roe. The funeral took ulace on Tuesday, inter ment in the new Koseinont cemetery. Among the Scenes of His Childhood. Buckhorn, Pa., July 20, 1897. Dear Editor Columbian, Alter heing confined to my bed at my home for four weeks with the severe illness of ulceration 01 tne Dowe!S anu when restoration began to make its . . 1 welcome return I was movea out ncrc to the scenes of my childhood, at the home of my father, A. B. Hartman, where I havt -""en siowiy recovering since last Frida. Am now able to walk around the yard with a cane, having been wonderfully reduced in flesh, and should the weather ever get fine think I would soon be able to walk and ride out in the country. Here like in all other pla es time has left its mark, and as I look back, (for 35 years of my life were spent in this little village. I am lost to know what has become of the then good old staid residents, sucn as jonn iic Revnolds, Jacob Hariis Sr., T. J. Vanderslice Sr.. Isaac Leidy, M. G -shoemaker. lohn Hartman. ftl. Wardin and many others, who were an honor to the little town, as well as . . . t being Ftrong factors in the county worn generally. But these have gone, and sons and dau. 1 ters and strangers have - tanen up the work, a iew 01 tne then ritizens are still here, such as I a. Purse . II D. M curiae, w. v. Moore, Wm. Ohl, A. B. Haitmen and a few others. The people are all well to do. Their hospitality knows no end. The surrounding community is one of the best agricultural producing that lies out doors, of which the bountiful harvest just being garnered a ttesfs. The wants of the piace are well provided for, there being two churches, a graded scnooi, one store, one utnci, two smith shons. wagon and shoe shop and millinery store, with Dr. Montgomery, tne popular pnysician, to look after the health pf all. In conclusion would say it is a pleasure for me to go in and out amnniT these neonle. For nere I play. ed as a boy, went to school, Sunday School and singing scnooi, unucu wun the Church, later taught school, had charge of the choir, played in the band., and in my weak way neipeu 10 run the little town macnine generally. yours Kespecuuuy, Fred. B. Hartman. Heavy Pine for Dr Swallow. Is to Pay $500 and the Costs of the Two Trials. Rev. Dr. S. C Swallow was on Mondav sentenced bv Tudge Simon- j , ton to pay $500 fine and costs lor libeling Captain John C. Deianej', Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds. When he was called for sentence Monday morning he was surrounded by a number of ladies and some ot the members of the Prohibition party. As he retired from in front of the Judge's bench he was presented with .. . . f ... n a big buncn ot wnite nowers. vi. Swallow is also to pay the costs in the suit brought against him for libel by the Soldiers' Orphans' Commission. Ills attorneys will take the case to the Superior Court. There is one school board in this state that means to prevent its female school teachers getting married, it possible and Dunbar has it. For years the board has had trouble m filling the vacancies caused by the marriage of its women pedagogues and it has finally become so weary of its tax, that a drastic move was decid ed upon. The bourd has adopted this resolution : " Teachers must not make love while employed by the board or during school hours. The violation of this rule will be sufficient cause for dismissal." A terrible explosion occurred yes terday in the armory ol the Winches ter Repeating Arms Company at New Haven, Conn., whereby seven people were instantly killed and five more were seriously hurt. The en tire building was blown to pieces and fragments of human bodies were scattered about in a sickening manner. The explosion was caused by the misplacing of a cartridge that was in process of loading. Watermelons are bringing big I prices. While climbing down the hill above the B. & S. Railroad near Red Rock bridge, Mrs. George Bills, of West First Street, slipped and full to the ground below a distance of about seventeen feet. Two of her ribs were broken, her right shoulder bone cracked, besides receiving several other painful bruises.
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