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VOL. 32
BLOOMSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1897.
NO. 34
NORMAL SCHOOL APPROPRIATIONS.
Was Governor Hastings Bight in Cut
ting Thenf Down.
THE WORK OF THE NORMAL SCHOOLS.
At Compared With the Result Securod by
State College-'The Governor' Position
Erroneous and a Blow at the Founda
tion ot Pennsylvania's Public School
System.
An appropriation of $130,000 a
year for the next two years to aid
students in the Normal Schools was
passed by the legislature at its late
session, and Governor Hastings ap
proved the bill. The money is to be
paid at the rate of fifty cents a week
to each normal student in the schools,
and $50 on graduation to each stu
dent who signs an agreement to teach
two years in the state. Already
$60,000 of this sum appropriated has
been paid over to the graduates of
1807.
The legislature also appropriated
$130,000 a year for the next two
years directly to the Normal Schools,
$10,000 a year to each as an improve
ment fund, for buildings, library, ap
paratus, or whatever the schools most
needed. This appropriation bill the
Governor refused to siun until the
trustees of the Normal Schools enter
ed into an agreement to accept
$7.;oo a year each instead of the
$10,000 voted by the legislature
And the schools have to waitfor the
nionev on the pleasure of the state
treasurer.
The legislature voted $87,832.50
to the state college, an institution lo
cated but a few miles from the gov
ernor's home. How different was his
action on this appropriation 1 He
sinned the bill at once without dis
count, and the money is ready for the
collene.
The Independent has no word to
say against giving public funds to aid
education in the higher institutions of
learnim?. It believes that it should
be done. It says nothing against
giving the state college the $87,
832.50 voted by the legislature, but
it hereby contrasts the action of Gov
ernor Hastings towards the state
college with his action towards the
state Normal Schools, and it com
pares the sums of public money re
ceived by the college with the
amounts received by the Normal
Schools.
The State College and the First
Normal School were organiied the
same year 1859. The State College
was built at public expense j the Nor
mal School was started by private
subscriptions. The State College has
received public funds from both the
state and the United States treasury.
The state has given it over a million
and a Quarter of dollars. And the
United States gives it nearly $40,000
per year bes'des the proceeds ot 700,
000 acres of public lards.
Altogether the state college has re
ceived $a.o.oco public money, nas
invested $810,000 in its plant and
has spent the balance,' $i,54000 in
current exnenses. In the twenty
eight years of its history it has used
nn ti.din.nan rrnhlic money, Or
$5S,ooo per year. It has graduated
340 students, ia per year, and each
for the public good in the public
schools of Pennsylvania, and a large
proportion of them work for small pay.
The average pay of Pennsylvania
teachers, outside of the cities, is less
than $300 per year, a shame to the
state.
Such is the history of each of these
institutions. Twelve other Normal
Schools have been organized since
1859. They have followed the ex
ample and methods of the first school.
All were built by private funds. All
have received state appropriations
and have invested the money thus
received in wounds, buildincs and
equipments. The aggregate value of
the property of all the Noimal Schools
exceeds $.t,oo,ooo. of which the
state has furnished $2,000,000, and
the schools have provided the rest.
They have sent out 15,000 graduates.
They have 286 professors and nearly
10,000 students, last year there were
9,263. Their libraries, apparatus and
equipment are worth a halt million.
inese schools nave done and are
doing a great work for the cause of
education in the state. Over $20,000,-
000 is annually spent on schools and
colleges in Pennsylvania, and the
Normal Schools are doing much to
make this money more useful than it
otherwise would be.
Governor Hastings was prompt to
give $89,000 to the institution which
spends $4,500 on each graduate, and
was slow, very slow, to let the Normal
Schools have $7.00 each after the
legislature had voted them $10,000.
Is further comment on his action
necessary ? The Edinboro Independ
ent.
MET ALMOST IN8TANT DEATH.
Conductor Sides, of Sunbury, Killed by
His Train At Milton.
Michael Sides, of Sunbury, a
Philadelphia and Erie Eastern divi
sion freight conductor, was run over
and killed near the Cameron street
crossing at Milton on Saturday.
Sides was in charge of east-bound
freight No. 60. The train stopped to
shift some cars on a siding, and the
unfortunate conductor was assisting
his trainmen when he met his death.
No one saw the accident, but it is
supposed that a sudden jolt of the
train threw him under the whiels.
When found he was lying across
the track with the wheels of a box
car resting on his body about the
nips. He was living when the crew
found him, but breathed his last
about ten minutes after they had
removed him.
Sides was about 45 years of age,
and was one of five brothers, all
freight conductors. He was married
and leaves a wife and six children,
his family residing m Sunbury. He
had been connected with the Phila
delphia and Erie road for twenty-
seven years, and was a faithful and
tr'sted employee. H s remains were
taken to Sunbury Saturday morning,
graduate has cost the public $4,5
The last colleee catalogue names
fortv-four nrofessors and teachers as
emploved to instruct 224 students of
whom four are crraduates. thirty-five
seniors, forty-one juniors, forty-eight
sophomores and ninety-six freshmen-
Besides these there were twenty-nine
unclassified and thirty-eight sub-fresh
men and four instructors to teach
them.
Thi. first Normal School in the
state has had $250,000 from the
state treasury. It invested every
dollar of this in its plant, and also
invested $250,000 of other moneys
received from private individuals or
earned by its management. Not one
dollar of running expenses has it ever
paid from public funds. For the
quarter million dollars of appropria
tion, thjr state now has the use of a
half million dollars invested in the
Normal School plant.
This school in twenty-eight years
has graduated 1,500 students, and
these graduates have really not cost
the state a dollar.
The state college graduates, though
costing the public $4,500 each, enter
into no agreement to remain in the
state or to engage in public employ
ment. Over one hundred of them
are employed outside of Pennsylvania,
working for large corporations, and
they receive large pay as chemis;s
and enj," leers. Having had $4,500
public mo..eys spent on each, they
ought to be able to draw large salaries.
The Normal School graduates work
THE SUN'S FREE SCHOLARSHIP.
The Williamsport Slot's free schol
arship contest closed on Monday of
last week. The first prize, three
terms, was won by A. P. Staltz, the
second two terms, W. E. Worthing
ton and the third one term John H
Ryder. The prizes include tuition
board and all necessary expenses
The following is Dr. Welsh's reply to
the Sun after being notified of the
result of the contest :
Bloomsburg, Pa., Aug. ao, 1897.
The Sun, Williamsport, Pa.
Sirs: I have yours of recent date
announcing the result of the scholar
ship prize con'.est in connection with
your valuable paper. You miy as
suie the young men who have been
so fortunate that it will give me
pleasure to look after their intellectual
welfare here to the best 01 my aDiiuy.
Many improvements and changes
have been made in the equipment of
the buildings and grounds ot the
school for the ensuing year, and there
will also be valuable apparatus added.
so that these young men will enjoy
the latest and best educational ad
vantages, and after they get here they
will appreciate more tuny man aouui-
less they do now wnat a oeneiacior
your paper has been to them.
I strongly recommena to mem uc-
ginning school at once so as to get
started with their lenow scnooi maics
early in the year, and thus make cer
tain of not dragging behind in any
branch.
Cordially yours,
J. P. WELSH.
Principal.
tiORDA ASSASSINATED.
J. Idiarte Borda, President of Uru
guay, was assassinated yesterday while
attending a fete in celebration of the
independence of Uruguay, which was
achieved on August 25, 1825. The
weapon used was a revolver, and the
assassin was promptly arrested. The
crime was committed as the President
was leaving the cathedral where a Te
nnm had been sung. The assassin
is a youtn named Arredondo.
tv. hm hall came at Athletic
Park Saturday afternoon between
T.iVht street and a nine from the
Parnet Mill came to an abrupt end-
th innine. One of
a - 1
the bill tossers from the up-crees
town accused Bowers, the Carpet
Mill catcher of cheating,-and the latter
i,nmi verv wrothv and struck his
accuser a stinging blow in the face.
A fierce fist fight followed and had it
not been for interference on the part
of policemen Betz, a riot would have
resulted. The score when the scrap
took place, which ended the game
was 17 to 15 in favor of Light Street.
The advertised list is as follows :
Elizabeth Deitzer, James Forber,
Jesse Hotlingshead, Adda Johnson,
Mrs. Mary Miller, John J. Reilly, Jas.
M Rote. Henry won. robiai-ncuiy
Wolf Will be sent to the dead letter
IMPORTANT CKUKOH DEDICATION.
The large new stone Methodist
Episcopal church of Bloomsburg, Pa.,
will be dedicated Sunday September
19, 1897. This is one of the largest
a Ml most conveniently arranged
churches in all this section of couniry.
1 he main audience room will seat
about twelve hundred people and the
Sunday School room eight hundred
people. The dedicatory services will
be full of interest and will doubtless
bf. enjoyed by many outside of
Bloomsburg. Bishop Charles II. Fow
lew D. D. LLL) one of the most gift
ed of all the Methodist Bishops, will
preach the Sunday morning sermon
and on Monday evening will deliver
his celebrated lecture on "ABRA
HAM LINCOLN." Rev. D. H
Moore D. D. the popular editor of
the Western Christian Advocate, Cin
cinnati, Ohio, who is one of the most
eloquent ministers of the west, will
preach on Sunday night. Quite a
number of the former pastors will be
present to lend interest to the occa
sion. The dedication of this chuch
will be a memorable event in the his
tory of the town and community and
will doubtless be witnessed by a very
large number of people.
NEYHARD RETURNS.
S. D. Nevhard. local agent of the
Cosmopolitan Building & Loan Asso
ciation of Syracuse, New York, who
left town a few weeks ago, was arrest-
at the home of his brother-in-law at
Catawissa. on Saturday night. He
was given a hearing betore Justice of
the Peace Tacohy, wno demanded
one thousand dollars bail, and as
it was not forthconv'ng, Neyhard
was sent to jail. It is alleged that
he swindled Dr. W. H. House ot
this town out of something like $1700
by means of a note to which were
forged the names of William Ames-
burv and George Beagle as endorsers,
He was arrested at the instance of
Beagle.
"Judaism as 1 Enow It."
On next Sunday evening in the
Methodist Tabernacle Mr. Jacob
Finger, a student in the Syracuse
University, who is preparing for the
ministry, will deliver an address on
"Tudaism as I know it." It will be
interesting and instructive, giving valu
able information on an i-nportant sub
ject. The friends are asked to bring
a silver offering to help Mr. Finger in
his effort to secure an education.
BASE BALL.
The team went to Shamokin on
Monday but wet weather prevented
play, and the trip was made for
nothing.
On Tuesday the Milton sluggers
came here to dispute honors with the
locals. For four innings it looked
very much Bloomsburg but alas it
didn't last. With the score 3 to o
against them, Milton, who, by their
continued sticking at it no mattei
what the score is, have gained tin
reputation as strong finishers, went to
bat in the fourth inning, and with a
good exhibition of stick work, coupled
with a little misjudgment on the part
of the wanderers, who travel undc4
the name of Bloomsburg, scored six
runs, which was enough to win the
game, as the locals saw their finish
when hve men crossed the rubber.
Smith, a young man from Wilkesbarrc,
who had been sent in to pitch for the
sole purpose of sending us up one
notch farther pennantward, was hit so
hard in that disastrous fourth, that he
was kindly asked to retire. Hepting
took his place, and it was very evi
dent that had the change been made
sooner, there would have been a differ
ent story to tell. Score :
R. H. E.
Milton 00060011 x 8 12 2
Rloomsliurg 200I 2000 o 5 9 2
Batteries, Willig and Hutchison, Smith
Hepting and Patchen. Umpires,
Forred, Walker and Brandt.
DIAMOND CHIPS.
Just another.
Oh how we miss Seavers.
There must be more ginger in the
playing. Come, wake up.
What are we coming to? Defeated
with Willig in the box.
We find more trouble in defeating
Milton on our own grounds than any
team in the league.
Staltz has no superior in left field.
JUMPEU FROM A TRAIN-
On Monday afternoon two deputy
sheriffs of Luzerne county were bring
ing a prisoner up on the N. & W. B.
railroad. Just after the train left
Kipp's Run station, below Riverside,
the prisoner made an excuse that he
wanted to go to the front of the car,
and was allowed to go. The door
was open, and he ran out and jump
ed off the front platform. He landed
on his feet and started across the field
to the woods near the river. The
train was stopped and the officers gave
chase, loading their revolvers as they
ran. The prisoner was a man about
seventy years old, but he ran like a
boy. The writer was on the train,
but was unable to learn who he was.
Some said he was under arrest for
some criminal act, and others said he
was a lunatic whom they were taking
to the Asylum at Danville. Whether
crazy or sane, he gave two officers the
slip in broad daylight in a very suck
wav. We have not learned whether
he was recaptured.
Fish Commissioner's Dilemma
GIDOINC'S
August Reductions
Are now the rule throughout our store.
STRAW
50 cent kinds
75
$1.00
HATS.
it
39 cents.
50
75
it
office, August 31,
J. II
1897-Mercer,
P. M.
Mr. R. V. West, who has been
Superintendent of the Electric Light
Company for several years, has resign
ed, and exnects to remove to rnua
delnhia about the 5th of next month
He has been an efficient and obliging
manager, and has made many friends
here who will regret his departure,
His aunt, Miss Ware, and his sister
Miss Tessie. will accompany him. Miss
Ware has been a faithful member of
the Episcopal choir, and her place
will be hard to fill.
James Sheenan, died at the Gold
Cure Sanitarium Tuesday morning.
The decer'ou arrived in town only
last Thrv.day a 1 was taking the
cure at the above institution. He
was forty years of age a leaves a
wife and four children. The remains
were takui to his home at Shenan
doah for interment.
In view of the failure of the Legis
lature to make the usual appropna
tion to the Board of Fish Commis
sioners, a circular has just been issued
bv the Commission and the Penn
sylvania Fish Protective Association
to the officers of all the fish protective
associations in the state, calling
convention to meet in Harrisburg on
September 15 to act on the sugges
tion of Governor Hastings to raise a
fund of $25,000 and to consider other
matters for the encouragement of fish
culture. The proposed plan is to
have every association pledge $500,
to be paid in semi-annual installments
of $125, with the understanding that
the money is to be refunded if the
next Legislature can be induced to
make the necessary appropriation.
It is urged in behalf of this proposi
tion that if the Commission is compell
ed to stop now for lack of funds it
will require six or eight years to get
into shape again, and that in the
meantime there will be no fish of
any species for distribution.
The new grist mill owned by Fleck
enstine and Ikeler started operations
this week and is running full time;
manufacturing the finest kind of flour
The mill is situated on Park street,
M..J is equipped with all the latest im
proved machinery. It adds another
industry to the town, and should be
appreciated by the people and will no
doubt be liberally patronized.
The Columbia County Sabbath
School Association convened in the
Methodist Church at Centralia, last
Sunday afternoon. Addresses were
delivered by A. W. Spear, of Cabin
Run and Fred Bower, of Berwick.
$1.25 and 1.50 kinds $1.00
BOYS' WASH SUITS.
$1.00, 1.2o and 1.50 grades, 75 CTS.
Special prices on Golf Hose
and Sweaters, to close.
Men's soft bosom Shirts, white
collar and cuff bands,
39 cts.
Medium weight Men's Suits, suitable for
cool weather, at Special Prices.
Qidding's
CHANGED HANDS.
On Tuesday morning Samuel Bidle-
i .i . -r
man assumed tne ownersmp oi wc
Exchange Book Store, having pur
chased it from W. H. Slate. He has
been in the store for a number of
years, and understands the business
thoroughly. He is always obliging
and courteous to customers, ana is
therefore deservedly popular, and will
no doubt command a large share of
the public patronage.
A party of young men from town,
Wilbur Fisher. AL Kelley, Michael
Tracy, Harry Shaffer, and two or
three others, are having a jolly time
camping along Huntingdon Creek, a
short distance above forks, iney
report that there is an abundance of
fish in the creek at that place, and
that scarcely anv skill or effort is
required to catch them.
The Democratic State Convention
will be held in Reading next Tuesday.
As the recent county convention did
not elect delegates, and none have
been appointed by the standing com
mittee. how is Mis county to ce
represented ?
Rev. S. C. Swallow of Harrisburg,
editor of the Pennsylvania Methodist,
will address a meeting to be held in
the Opera House, Monday evening,
September 6th. Mr. Swallow is the
Prohibition candidate for State Treas
urer.
The smallest child born in this state
for some time was that born to a
family in Hazleton a few days ago.
The infant, it is said, weighed but
twenty-four ounces and was perfect in
every respect.
Elmira Megargel, an estimable lady
of Orangeville, died at that place on
Sunday. Deceased was aged about
fifty-four years. Her death was caused
by cancer of the stomach. I he tu
neral took place yesterday.
The receipts of the post office at
Shamokin have increased to such an
extent that an extra appropriation of
$400 for clerk hire has been deemed
necessary.
Perhaps He's With MoGinty at the Bot-
i torn of tbe Bea
Sufficient time has elapsed since
the departure of the brave Arctic ex
plorer, professor Andree, for the
north pole in his famous balloon, to
have some word of his safe arrival on
the other side. Hence there is much
concern felt as to his fate and many
are beginning to fear the worst and
make the assertion that he will never
accomplish what he set out to do and
return to a more hospitable clime.
Many are hoping now against hop
for his subsequent arrival and th
danger of his undertaking is lealized
more fully than ever. It is safe tD
say that if he should be so fortunate
as to make the journey, in safety and
bring back the story of the frozen
regions of the north pole to civiliza
tion, there will be few heroes of mod
ern times that will receive greater
credit and honor. All the world
loves a hero and his service to science
may prove incalculable.
Judaism as I know it " is the sub
ject of a talk to be delivered by Mr.
Jacob Finger, a student in the Syra
cuse University, at the Methodist
tabernacle next Sunday evening.
No one in ordinary health need be
come bald or gray, if he will follow
sensible treatment. We advise cleanli
ness of the scalp and the use of Hall's
Hair Renewer.
Judge Savidge rejected 50 out of
100 applicants for citizenship at Sun
bury on Monday, because of their
ignorance of local, state and Federal
forms of government.
Montana mentions a mine that was
bought for 95c and sold for $r,8oo,
000. Klondike should understand
by this that it is not the only pebble
on the gravel train.
Rev. J. Mnrlyn of Orangeville,
preached in the Presbyterian Church
last Sunday morning and evening.
Arthur Driesbach was arraigned be
fore Squire Jacoby on Monday after
noon, charged with assaulting two
young girls. The parties consented
and the case was settled.
Michael Angeolello, who shot and
killed Senor Canovas del Castillo, the
Prime Minister of Spain, at the baths
of Santa Agueda on Sunday, August
8, was put to death on Friday.
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