VOL. 33
JOHN A- FUNSTON.
He Passes Away on Wednesday, After a
Long Illness.
John A. Funston, an old and
prominent and widely known resi
dent of Bloomsburg, died on Wed
nesday, a little before noon, after
an illness of several years. His
wife preceded him to the grave
about two years ago, and her loss
had a very depressing effect upon
him : aud he has been in failing
health ever since. The funeral ser
vices will be held Friday at 2 p. m.,
and will be conducted by Rev. D.
N. Kirkby, Mr. Funston having
been an active member of the Epis
copal Church for many years, a
vestryman, and an earnest support
er of all its projects. The hand
some stained glass chancel window
are the gifts of himself and wife,
and last Easter he gave a solid sil
ver communion service as a memor
ial to his wife.
The subject of this sketch was
born February 9, 1820, in Madison
Twp., this county, the birthplace
also of his father, Thomas A. Fun
ston, a native of Northampton Co.,
Pa. He was educated at the com
mon schools and at the Mifflinburg
Academy, Union county, Pa., and
remained at home, engaged in his
father's interests until twenty-five
.years of age, teaching school dur
ing the Winter mouths. He ac
cepted a position in the Irondale
Company store, Bloomsburg, Pa.,
in the year 1846 ; then, after a
summer in Pottsville, he took
charge of the store of Judge H.
Cool &. Co., in Beaver Meadow,
Pa. While there, in August, 1848,
a proposition to purchase the store
a d stock of Richard Fruit, of Jer
awytown, was accepted, Mr. Fun
con taking charge of the business
September 16, 1848. On account
qf failing health, in consequence of
close application for eight years,
the business was disposed of to
Conrad Kreamer, Mr. Funston re
taining a private interest of one
third, and retiring to spend a few
more years in collecting and secur
ing outstanding debts and book ac
counts. After the store business
was disposed of, Mr. Funston pur
chased what is known as the Tlios.
Barber homestead, on the east
branch of the Chillisquaque creek.
Mr. Funston later gave some atten
tion to dealing in real estate, and
owned several farms and properties
in the vicinity of Jerseytown and
Bloomsburg, finally selling his store
property to William Kreame:, in
1865, and his residence, in Jersey
town, to Dr. Thomas J. Swisher,
in 1867. In the same year he re
moved to Bloomsburg, and erected
his late dwelling, at Fifth and Mar
ket streets, where he has resided
since 1868. In the year 1868 at
tention was directed at the high
rate of road and poor taxes for the
township of Bloom, Bloomsburg
being within this township and be
ing unincorporated ; roads and
streets in town and township were
insuKßciently cared for, and under
the fiien existing plan of providing
for ilie poor and collecting and dis
bursing poor taxes, excessive
amounts were required to meet the
demands of a list of self-constituted
and undeserving paupers, that un
der the mild and liberal methods
then prevailing, preferred to live on
the community rather than work.
Seeing the demoralizing effects of
this high rate of taxation, and the
accumulating debt, Mr. Funston
called upon the Rev. D. J. Waller,
Sr., and, after a short interview, a
supplement was drawn transferring
the act for the Luzerne Poor Dis
trict to Bloomsburg. The move
was approved by leading citizens.
The' necessary enactment was
passed by the Legislature, appoint
ing Mr. Funston, Mr. B. F. Hart
man and Dr. J. Schuyler, directors
to buy a farm and establish a home
for the poor. The list of over fifty
paupers was reduced to sixteen,
owing to an unwillingness to accept
the new and comfortable home, and
the rate of poor taxes reduced from
10 to 3 mills. The incorporation
of the Town of Bloomsburg was
similarly effected. In 1868 the fire
and life insurance firm of John A.
Funston & Co. was instituted, the
late Charles Conner being associ
ated with Mr. Funston. An unus
ual number of important positions
of trust have been filled by Mr.
Funston, among others, that of
County Treasurer. He took a very
active interest in various improve
ments of the Town of Bloomsburg
and county, and has been a mem
ber of the Board of Trustees of the
State Normal School, at Blooms
burg, since 1868. He was married
January 23, 1850, to Almira Mel
ick, of Lightstreet, Pa., who died
about two years ago. He has
three children : Sara M., married
to Paul E. Wirt, attorney-at-law
and inventor of the now widely
known PaulE. Wirt Fountain Pen;
Eva Lilien, married to H. O. Rodg
ers, now of Hazleton, Pa., and
Charles W. Funston.
MRS. E. N. PERRIN BEAD.
The announcement of the death of
Mrs. E. N. Perrin, at Ray Brook, Es
sex county, New York, Tuesday morn
ing, was received with profound sorrow
by the entire community. The fam
ily, consisting of husband and wife and
little son Edwin, had resided in New
York City until quite recently. Leav
that city they went south where they
remained until the health of the de
ceased necessitated another change of
climate. Thinking the mountain air
would benefit his wife Mr. Perrin de
cided to move to Ray Brook, in the
Catskill Mountains, but the change
furnished no improvement, and she
died at half past three o'clock in the
morning on Tuesday. The deceased
was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.
P. Drinker of this town, and was born
here in January, 1866. Her mother
was at the bedside when the end
came. Her husband and son, father,
mother, a sister, Mrs. W. P. Meigs, of
Bloomsburg, and two brothers, Fran
cis and William of Scranton, survive.
Mrs. Perrin was blessed with an ex
ceedingly large circle of friends. She
was a most estimable lady and her
demise is deeply mourned.
We have not been informed as to
the funeral arrangements, our only in
formation being that it is to take
place in New York either to day or
tomorrow.
4:
Prof. Howe's War Graph entertain
ment, for the benefit of the Epworth
League of the Methodist Church, in
the Opera House, Thursday and Fri
day evenings, drew two immense au
diences. The exhibition was indeed
meritorious. Scenes are given as
they actually transpired. Possibly
the most worthy of mention, although
they were all very good, was the bom
bardment of Mantanzas, by the flag
ship New York, and the dynamite
cruiser, Vesuvius, in action. The
noise, which is always attendant upon
occasions of this kind, such as the
hissing of steam, report of the ex
plosions of shell and gun cotton, rum
bling of the water, its wave, all pro
duced, making the views strikingly
realistic. The Endeavorers, no doubt,
realized a nice sum.
When Rev. Dr. Mitchell, the aged
and esteemed pastor of the Presby
terian Church, at Mt. Carmel, opened
the door of his residence to go out
yesterday morning, says Friday's
Shamokin Times , he was startled to
find a basket on the stoop, in which
was a strange, three-day-old baby,
wrapped in a shawl. He picked it
up and took it into the house where
it was cared for until the poor author
ities relieved him by finding a home
for it. Who the castoff belongs to
is a mystery, but officers were at once
put on the case in hope of finding the
mother.
The Berwick Band, with 20 car
riages of veterans, will represent the
up-river town at the gathering of old
veterans, to be held at OrangeviNe on
the 24th of this month. Many more
old soldiers from Fishingcreek, Fair
mount Springs. Espy, Benton, Rohrs
burg and other places, are expected
to be present. It will be a great day
for those who took part in our late
civil war, and the restoration of the
union. Bloomsburg will, no doubt,
send a good sized delegation. The
parade, we are told, is to take place
at ten o'clock sharp.
Burglars broke into the C. M.
Creveling general merchandise store,
at Almedia, early Sunday morning.
The drawers were all rifled, but, for
tunately, a few pennies and nickels,
was all the money secured. Several
other articles were taken, including a
few cigars, a revolver, and a pair of
pantaloons. An entrance was gained
byway of the cellar. The clerk has
been sleeping in the store for some
time past, but just on this particular
night, he had been out. The robbers,
whoever they were, no doubt were
aware of this.
The Y. M. C. A. meeting will be
held at Oak Grove as usual Sunday
afternoon at three o'clock. The ad
dress will be made by Rev. J. D.
Smith.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 15, 1898.
POLK NOMINATED FOB OONOREBS.
After an extended conference,
I having adjourned from Eagles Mere
to Sunbnry, Rufus K. Polk of Mon
tour county was nominated for Con
gress on Wednesday morning by
the Democratic conferees of the
Seventeenth district on the fifty
first ballot. At the time of taking
the fiftieth ballot the conferees told
the candidates that there was no
possible chance of an agreement—
Fritz, Polk and Davis all insisting
on the nomination. Mr. Walsh
having withdrawn in fivor of Mr.
Polk gave him a decided advantage.
There was a large delegation from
Montour county present who took
the ground that they had not had a
Democratic congressional nominee
since 1856; that they had been ten
years in this district, and every
other county had a nomination ex
cept theirs, and that this was their
turn and they would hold out.
After every endeavor to secure the
nomination for Mr. Fritz by our
conferees, it was found that there
was no possible chance to nominate
i man from Columbia county. Mr.
Davis also saw no way out for him
self. Mr. Fritz and Mr. Davis then
agreed that they would go before
the conference and instruct their
conferees to vote for Mr. Poik.
They then carried out this agree
ment by both going before the con
ference and instructed the conferees
from their counties to vote for Mr.
Polk, and made his nomination un
animous. Mr. Polk is a well-known
business and society man of Dan
ville, and is a grandson of ex-Presi
dent James K. Polk. Mr. Polk is
first lieutenant of Company F.
Twelfth Pennsylvania Volunteers
Infantry, and is at present stationed
at Camp Meade with his company.
He is about 32 years of age and a
native of Tennesseb. He was grad
uated from Lehigh University in
1887, and then came to Danville |
and took a place in one of the de
partments of the Montour Iron Com
pany. Later he became and still is
general manager ot the North
Branch Steel Company and also a
member of the iron manufacturing
firm of Howe & Polk, both import
ant industries of Danville.
Appleman and Eveland, two long
time and highly respected residents of
the village of Rohisburg, arrived in
our town on Monday, fully deter
mined to wipe up the earth with our
stock of quoit tossers. The place
selected for the contest was in the
rear of Smith's blacksmith shop, on
MarksJs street. The distance was
measured, and the hubs placed to the
satisfaction of all, after which the fun
began. Appleman "proved himself to
be a pitcher of the first water, and it
looked for awhile as if he would go
back to his home with several scalps
and a clean record, but after he had
succeed in laying low two of our best
men, he met his Waterloo. Whe 'er
stage fright is responsible for his de
feat or not, we cannot say. He
wouldn't talk about it, and the sun
wouldn't throw any light on the sub
ject, because it had gone down- Fol
lowing was the result of games :
WON. LOST.
Appleman 4 2
Williams 4
Appleman 4 o
Smith o 4
Appleman 2 7
Tasker 7 2
Eveland 1 7
Tasker 7 1
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
Court convened at 9 a. m. Saturday
with his Honor Grant Herring and
Associates James T. Fox and J. U.
Kurtz on the bench.
John T. Kamp et al. vs. Jno. Ap
plegate. Petition for rule, &c. Rule
granted, returnable to first Monday of
November at 10 a. m.
Petition of W. K. Armstrong, guar
dian of Warren Armstrong, for an
order of Court to sell real estate at
private sale. Prayer granted.
Estate of Mathias Gingles, de
ceased. Petition for citation, di
rected to Philip Sidler, executor.
Prayer granted. Returnable thirty
days after service of rule.
Petition of the Pastors Association,
Pastor and parishioners of St. Ignat
ius church for leave to borrow money
on mortgage. Leave granted.
T. L. Gimton is administering the
finishing touches to his new house on
Market street. The building is
erected with material of the very
best, and will be another addition to
Bloomsburg's handsome residences.
Hundreds •*#*•
of Dollars
will be saved by buyers of
SUITS, OVERCOATS,
SHOES, HATS,
UNDERWEAR, &c„
Who visit this store this fall. We've told the story
before ; it's this : We are giving up our business in
Bloom and have placed our entire stock, embracing
a ? J* does now over Thirty Thousand Dollars worth
of fresh, seasonable goods which must be sold out
completely in a very short time. Of course you'll
save most on large purchases, but you can save on
even the smallest purchase, as every article is to be
sold at manufacturers' cost, in some instances below.
Hundreds of fall Suits for Hen and Boys.
Hundreds of fail and winter Overcoats for Hen and
Boys.
Hundreds of Hats in Stiff and Fedora for Hen and
Boys. i
Hundreds of pairs of Fine Shoes for Men, Boys,
Women and Children.
Read These Prices! Visit These Stores!!
When you come to buy it means dollars in your pockets.
sls suits and overcoats at $ll.OO
sl2 suits and overcoats at 8.50
$lO suits and overcoats at 7.50
$7.50 suits and overcoats at 5.50
$5 suits and overcoats at 3.75
$5 boys' children's suits and overcoats, 3.50
$4 boys' & children's suits and overcoats, 2.90
$3 boys' & children's suits and overcoats, 2.25
2.50 boys' & children's suits & overcoats, 1.75
Hundreds of pairs of fine Ladies' Shoes
are here at a mere shadow of their former
prices, 98c for shoes worth $3.
Men's and boys' shoes in blacks and russets
tor winter wear, plain or calf lined, at one
third less than regular prices.
BOYS' REEFERS. Reefer Suits and
Vestee Suits, hundreds of them, ages 3 to 8,
at one-third, in many instances one half their
regular prices.
BOYS' AND MEN'S WOOL SWEAT
ERS. Men's regular $1.50 kind now 89c.
with white stripe, maroon and lemon stripe.
Boys, 75c., green with red stripe, or all the
plain colors.
Men's vomoses, cardigan jackets, $2 kind
SI.OO.
Underwear in wool, camels hair, etc., one
third less regular prices. Fleece lined un
derwear, 50c kind 35c.
This Sale is positive. We shall give up
our rooms as soon as this
stock is gone.
GIDDINCT& CO.,
The
White Nearly opposite Court House,
Front. Two doors below post office.
50c neckties, 39c. 25c neckties, loc.
White and colored shirts at nearly half
price.
Gloves and mittens at one-third less than
regular prices.
Men's heavy shirts $1 kind at 50c.
Bicycle coats for .fall, $3.50 kind $1.75,
half-price.
HATS—Stiff and soft. Boys' hats and
caps from one-tbird to one-half less than reg
ular prices.
Men's and boys' pants, in all about thir
teen hundred and fifty pairs, at one-third less
than you can buy them elsewhere for,
STORM O V ERCO ATS—A chance to buy
one for about one half ; $lO kinds at $5, $8
kinds at $4-
MACKINTOSH COATS—BIue, black,
grey and tan, sl2 kinds 8.50, $lO kinds 7.50,
$7.50 kinds 5.50, $5.00 kinds 3.50.
Trunks Telescopes, Valises, Traveling Bags
from $lO to 7-50, from $8 to 5.75, $6 to 4.50.
Boys' Waists in warm flannel for winter
about a third less than you cau make them
for, $1.25 and 1.00 kinds 75c, 75c kinds 50c,
50c kinds 39c, far less than you can make
them for.
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