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VOL. 34
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS
T Nominate Candidates for Town
Held Last Might.
Offices
There was a large and enthusiastic
gathering of Democrats at the Town
Hall last night, the event being the
annual caucus, for the purpose of mak
ing nominations lor the town and
ward offices. There were no contests
of any account, but nevertheless con
siderable interest was manifested and
when the meeting was called to order
at 7:30 a big crowd was on hand.
Freeze Quick was chosen chairman,
and W. B. Allen and Clem R. Weiss
secretaries.
The first in order was the nomina
tion of one person for President of
Council. There was but one name
presented, that ol Paul E. Wirt, and
having no opposition the nomination
was made unanimous.
'We are now ready for members of
Council" said the chairman, whereup
on the following were named: John A.
Cox, G. M. Lockard, Conrad Cronin
and Thomas Gorrey; W. L. Eyerly
and John Gross were appointed tellers.
The vote resulted as tollows: Cox 148,
Lockard 141, Cronin 158, Gorrey 86.
The first three having received a
majoiity of the vote were declared the
nominees.
For Justice of the Peace there were
two candidates, J. M. Clark and 1). R.
Coffman. The tellers appointed to
count the vote were Rush Zarr and J.
S.VVilliams.which resulted in 133 to 52
in favor of Mr. Clark, and he was de
clared the nominee of the caucus.
For School Director, C A. Kleim
was nominated without any 'opposi
tion. There were only three names pre
sented for Auditors. J no. R. Town
send, P. H. Freeze and William
Krickbaum. There being three to be
elected, they were made the nominees
without any vote being taken.
For Constable the names of Miles
W. Betz and F. R. Drake were placed
in nomination. The tellers were W.
E. Knorr and C. B. Christman. The
count showed the former to be the
choice of the caucus, the voting being
136 to 79.
This completed the work of the
caucus proper, after which each district
was assigned a corner in the room,
and the following ward nominations
made. '
First: Judge of election, Chas. Pen
syl; Inspector, F. C. Eyer; Registry
Assessor, C. B. Chrisman.
Second: Judge Geo. Belig: Inspect
or, Geo. Yost; Assessor, Frank Baum.
Third: Judge, Geo. Martin; Inspect
or, VK A. Evert; Assessor, Clem R.
Weiss.
Fourth, Judge, William Kashner;
Inspector, John Wanich; Assessor, W.
C. Cronin.
It was moved and seconded, that
the chair be empowered to fill any
vacancies that may occur on the
ticket.
No further business the meeting
was declared adjourned.
Pleasant Surprise Party.
A large and happy crowd of people
from Greenwood, consisting of two
tour-horse sled loads, invaded Blooms
vi burg on Tuesday, and proceeded to
the home of the Misses Rose and
Delia Staddon, where they at once
made merry. It was a genuine sur
prise, which added greatly to the
pleasure and enjoyment of the even
ing. Everyone present entered into
the festivities, making the occasion
one long to be remembered. A sump
tuous supper was served, to which all
did ample justice. The party was
composed of the following :
. J. C, Parker, Edna Parker, Grace Farker,
Mable Parker, Norman Parker and wife,
Frank Wilson, wife and three children,
George Miller, wife and one child, Theodore
Parker, wife and three children, Elijah Lem
ons and wife, Win. Kobbins and wife, Elmer
Parker and wife, Gertifl Dieffenbach, Samuel
Miller and wife, Henry Rote and wife, Os
car Yeager and sister, Orvy, Curt Utt and
sister, Jennie, Robert Van Horn and wife,
Enos Bangs, wife and daughter, Lizzie, J.
G. Girton and wife, Grier Derr, Kmma
Young, Bruce Parker, I B. Ikeler and wife,
Clara Merrill. Sarah Reese, Clinton Kitchen
and wife, Arthur Eves, Johnson Reese and
wife, Joseph Heacock and Amy Heacock,
Methodist Episcopal Church
Special revival services are in pro
gress in this church and the meetings
are growing in interest and power.
Three have professed conversion.
Five were at the altar Tuesday eve
ning. All Christian people are asked
to pray for the success of the meeting.
AU the regular services next Sunday.
The public is cordially invited to come
to the Sunday and week-night meetings.
TOWN COUNCIL MEETING-
The first 1899 meeting of the
Bloomsburg Town Council was held
in the council chamber of the Town
Hall Thursday night. President W.
0. Holmes and all the members but
one were present.
The first business to receive con
sideration was the river road near
Bryfogle's. The Street Comnv'ttee was
instructed to investigate the trouble,
and to ascertain what is necessary to
be done to put the thouroughfarc in
proper condition.
Bills were presented as follows; and
orders drawn for the same:
W. 1.. Dcmnrcc, for lumber $ 5.35
Geo. M. Hughes, for work 3.62
Policemen, for service 8.00
Chief Knorr, salary 40.00
G. 1". (Juick, Secretary 20 00
Electric Light Co 432.90
Lock Haven Clny Co 11.89
Moyer Bros., Milse 33
Water Co., lire plugs ami water 251.S5
Harman & Hnssert, Coal 2.90
A. L. Hyssong, soft coal 4.50
Creasy & Wells, lumber 15,07
1. Hagenlmch, health officer 12.50
W. C. McKinney, boots for firemen. . 32-50
John G. Harman, attorney for
Joseph Ratti was present and read the
agreement between the Town and Mr.
Ratti in relation to changing the
course of the Snyder Run, near the
Silk Mill and the erection of a culvert
for the same. Tin's brought forth con
siderable discussion, but finally on
motion, duly seconded, the agreement
was ratified and received the proper
signatures.
Solicitor Ikeler appeared and in
formed the Council that the Town had
been sued by the Land Improvement
Co., for the purpose of obtaining the
unpaid rent or sum claimed by them
for Oak Grove. The matter was held
for consideration.
Geo. Yost representing the Good
Will Second Ward Fire Company
stated that their Company is now in
proper condition and organized with 43
members in good standing. Through
W. II. Gilmore the Company asked
for 500 feet of hose, truck, axes and
buckets etc.
Demaree moved that Council buy
500 feet of new hose and a truck and
secure a building for the said Com
pany to keep the same in, and also in
which the Company can hold their
meetings. Seconded by Hartman and
carried.
Reice, Keefer, Bomboy and Fred
rick, local meat dealers, with their
counsel B. F. Zarr, appeared before
Council and complained about the
many country butchers who come into
town and peddle meat, contrary to
Town ordinances. They ask for an
ordinance to protect them. The mat
ter was given to the solicitor for con
sideration. This concluded the business, Coun
cil adjourned.
Aged Woman Sold.
Elmlra Quick, a Widow, Put up at Auction in
Pike County.
The custom of selling the poor, dom
inates in some counties of this state.
The following account of the sale of
an aged lady comes from Lackawaxen
township, Pike County: "Mrs. Elmira
Quick, a widow 78 years old, has been
sold at auction to the highest bidder
by the overseers of the poor. Strange
to say, Mrs. Quick wag her own purch
aser. The woman, who has resided nearly
the whele of her life in Lackawaxen
township, has long been a town charge,
and year after year was sold "for her
keep." The successful bidder, in ad
dition to receiving a small allowance
each week for the maintenance of the
woman, managed to secure much
work about the house at the hands of
the unfortunate woman.
Mrs. Quick became tired j of such
treatment, and her mind has long been
at work to devise some scheme where
by she might thwart the poormasters
and bidders, and on the day of the sale
she sat silently by while the bidding
was being conducted.
One dollar and fifty cents was bid,
and the auctioneer was about to close
the sale when Mrs. Quick jumped to
her feet and exclaimed:
"Five dollars per month I can
maintain myself on that amount."
In vain the auctioneers tried to
secure another bid, but finally were
compelled to sell the woman to herself."
The following letters are held at
the Bloomsburg, Pa., postoftice, and
will be sent to the dead letter oflke
Jan. 24, 1899 :
Mrs. E. Bowman, Mr. F, Floyd,
Newt. Guthrie, Adam Moser, Mrs. II.
Strang, Mrs. Dora Stevens, Mr. A. E.
Strad.
Persons calling for the above
letters will please say that they were
advertised Jan. 12,1899.
O. B. Mellick, P. M.
BLOOMSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY
ME. WALKER APPOINTED BTENOli-EAPHEK-
The following order was made by
udge Little last Saturday :
In re application of Newton Walker to be
nppoii
pointed as official Stenographer of the
ivcral Courts in Columbia and Montour
couutic
cs. Now, Janmry 7, 1800, upon the
plication of Newton Walker, hereto at--lied,
ho is hereby appointed as the official
tad
St
cnogr.ipher of the several Courts of the
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Icrcd that the Prothnnotary make a ce rtified
copy of the application ami appointment and
his order, and forthwith transmit the same
0 the Prothnnotnry of Montour county, to
tiler" of record in that oltlce.
RollERT K. LlTTt.K, P. J.,
26th Judicial District.
This action of the Court will be
heartily commended by many mem
bers of the Bar, and by a large num
ber of the people generally. Mr.
Walker is a thoroughly competent
stenographer, and filled the position
for many years very satisfactorily. He
is not a politician, and was first ap
pointed because of his merits in his
profession.
Mr. J. D. Howery, of Danville,
the retiring stenographer, was an
obliging and competent official, but
being a young and active man, he
can find another position much easier
than Mr. Walker could. '
Kerosene as a Boavorage.
News from France of the increasing
popularity ot kerosene as a beverage
suggests the possibility of agitating
differences between the Standard Oil
Company and the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union. The new habit
has made more progress in Paris than
elsewhere, and is under observation
there by the guardians of the public
health. The petroliques seem to be
gin their evil courses not because
they are out of humor with alcohol,
but because kerosene is the only stim
ulant they can get. It produces an
intoxication which, though a low spirit
ed affair, has its attractions for the
experimenters. How unwholesome
kerosene is in its effects, and whether
it is worse than alcohol, has not yet
been fully determined. Meanwhile
alcohol is in no present danger of be
ing crowded out of France. The num
ber of wine shops has increased twenty
five per cent, in twenty four years,
and in the larger cities the consump
tion of wine varies from forty to sixty
gallons a head, besides more or less
spirits and beer. Thirst like that
must either be restrained or rated by
home products. There is no prospect
that any considerable part of it will
ever be allayed by kerosene. E. S.
Martin, in Harper's Weekly.
Elected President of a College
Dr. J. P. Welsh, Principal of the
Normal School, has received an in
vitation from the founders of a college
for women in this state, to become its
President, at a salary considerably
larger than he has been receiving here.
The matter was brought to the atten
tion of the Board of Trustees, and at
a meeting held on Tuesda, January
3, a resolution was unanimously pass
ed, offering Dr. Welsh a substantial
increase in salary, if he will remain
here. He has not yet decided finally
what he will do, but it is hoped by the
trustees and friends of the school that
he will remain here. He is the right
man in the right place, and the school
has made woDdeiful progress under
his management. On Monday morn
ing the faculty and students of the
school presented a long petition sign
ed by every teacher and boarding
pupil, asking the Dr. to remain. What
effect such pressure will have upon
him we do not know, but we trust that
his decision will be to remain at the
Normal.
Since the above was in type we
learn that Dr. Welsh has decided to
continue in his present position.
An Enjoyable Time
Through the generosity and kind
ness of F. P. Pursel, in furnishing the
team and sled and allowing the store
to be closed a half hour in advance of
the usual time, his clerks Miss Rose
Staddon, Miss Delia Staddon, Miss
Jennie Utt, John Kneis, Charles Sterl
ing. Arthur Werkheiser and their
wives, enjoyed a sleigh ride out to
Baltis Sterling's in Hemlock township,
Tuesday evening. They had prev
iously sent word to Mr. Sterling and
everything was in readiness when they
arrived. An excellent supper was
partaken of, They returned home at
a seasonable hour. They are all loud
in their praise of their employer, for
giving them the opportunity to spend
such an enjoyable time, and also to
Baltis Sterling and family for .their
part in the event.
COURT HOUSE NEWS. ,
What Has Occurred There During tho Week.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
The fallowing licenses to wed have
been issued by Prothonotary William
II. Henrie since January 4th :
Mike Andees, of Wilburton, and
Miss Anna Kravik, of the same place.
Geo. W. Mattst, of Madison Twp.,
and Miss Lizzie R. Bowman, of Or
ange township.
Jacob J. Eddinger, of Berwick, and
Miss Minnie A. Mensinger, of Ber
wick. George Ellis Klingerman and Miss
Mattie J. Davis, both of Beaver Twp.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Following is one week's record of
real estate transfers, as recorded
by C. B. Ent :
Frank W. Heller and wife to John
Fine for land in Millville.
Reuben N. Smith, Exr., to Catha
rine McIIenry, for tract of land in
Berwick.
Anna McKamey et al. to Grace
McIIenry, for tract of land in Ber
wick. C. C. Peacock et al. to F. E. Mil
ler, for land in Bloomsburg. .
sheriff's sales.
The following sheriff's sales are
advertised :
At the Court House on Saturday,
January 14th at 2 o'clock p. m. prop
erty of Abram R. Fedder and Eliza
beth Fedder, situated in Miftlin
township.
At the same time and date, property
of Samuel Fedder and Etta Fedder
situate in the village of Mifflinville.
At the same time and place prop
erty of William B. Cummings situate
in Bloomsburg.
At the same time and place proper
ty of James Magee 2nd., F. J. Rich
ards and J. L. Richardson, situate in
Bloomsburg.
At the Court House on Saturday
January 28 at 2 o'clock p. m. property
of the Magee Carpet Works, situate
in the town of Bloomsburg.
BAD BEEF FEU TO TROOPS.
Nasty, Stringy Scraps Sent to General Miles
Army,
Major General Mi'es and his fight
on the beef sent to Puerto Rico has
stirred up a regular hornets' nest.
Here is a synopsis of reports furnished
the Dodge commission:
Major Baker Anything but pala
table. Lieutenant Colonel Miner Utterly
unfit as an article of diet.
Colonel Powell Produced disorder
ed stomachs.
Major Humphreys Nasty.
Colonel A. T, Smith-Unfit for issue
to troops.
Major O Brien Nauseating.
Captain J. W. Duncan Not a
proper food.
Major Van Home Nothing more
than refuse.
Major Jackson Soon become nau
seating. Colonel Haskin The meat was
generally disliked.
Lieutenant Colonel McCrea Black
and stringy.
Captain Best Not inviting.
Brigader General Vide Slimy look
ing mass of beef scraps.
Major Thompson Men will not
eat it.
When General Miles was informed
recently that it is said the contract
ors who furnished the beef intend to
sue him, he replied:
"Let him go ahead."
He was informed that through his
failure to go under oath the war com
mission did not regard him as entitled
to the protection which they claim to
afford every witness.
"I don't require their protection,"
he said, shortly.
General Miles was reminded that
General Corbin testified that paymas
ters were sent to Puerto Rico as soon
as they were desired by General Miles.
"General Cordin is mistaken, and
it is not the only instance as to which
he is mistaken," said General Miles.
"Forty vessels arrived at Puerto Rico
after we arrived there, and not a pay
master was among them."
Mrs. Everett died suddenly Tues
day morning, at her home in Rohrs
burg. She and her daughter lived to
gether, and during the absence of the
latter a neighbor went in the house
and found the old lady lying on the
floor. Millville Tablet.
C. R. Buckalew, E. W. M. Low, M.
I. Low, J. H. Vastine, E. B. Tustin
and W. H. Hidlay were on Tuesday
elected directors of the First National
Bank.
12, 1S99.
THE FINAL SALE I
OF THE
ADDING & CO. STOCK
OF
Cnifc
Overcoats,
Storm Overcoats,
Boys' Reefers,
and
Men's and Boy's
Pantaloons,
is now going on. The goods are Be
ing sold regardless of cost.
ivcrytliing Must Be
This is your last and greatest op
portunity to clothe yourself and fam
ily at almost
tlALr KLuULAK PRICES, J
but do not delay,
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FINE SHOES
At private sale. Those
who cannot attend the
auction sale of Shoes can
buy at private sale every
day until 2 p. m., and
from 4 to 7 p. m.
The Leader Department Store.
riuslins and
Cambrics.
Our special sale of these goods
will continue through all of
January. Bear in mind that we
are selling such well known
brands as Lonsdale, Fruit of
Loom and Dwight's and that
every piece is full 4-4 wide. No
DRESS
To make room for our incoming Spring stock we have re
duced the price on all our Dress Goods, also on all our woolen
stuffs. In some cases the price has been cut in half.
Blankets and
Comfortables.
Broken lines will be closed
out at a close figure for cash.
These cold nights make blankets
fee1, friendly.
CARPETS.
A long cry to April 1st, but it's coming, and you'll need car
pets, furniture and shades for your new house at that time.
Make your selections before you are crowded for time. We will
make it up for you and put aside until you are ready.
There are many reasons why we can sell you Carpets cheaper
than anyone else. We control the manufacture of our own
goods. We pay no jobbers' or commission men's profits, nor
any freight. This is a saving alone of nearly 5c. per yard, and
of our advantage you reap the benefit of low prices. Just keep
these figures in mind when you look at Carpet elsewhere.
We offer four dropped patterns in honestly all wool Extra
Supers, 45c' per yard. They would be cheap at 55c.
An allrwool fillled Cotton Warp Carpet, two patterns we do
not intend carrying again, 35c. Cheap at 50c.
A heavy part cotton-filled Carpet. 35c. Patterns all good
and fresh.
You know we have a reputation on our 25c. Carpet. It is
sold at this price in almost every large city of the country.
For Chamber Carpets, we show two patterns in red, at 12 Jc,
to close them out. The goods are not very hefty," neither is the
price.
Full lines of Shades. Lace Curtains from $1.50 up to $10.00.
We don't ask you to buy. Look at our goods before you place
your order elsewhere.
OAK BED-ROOM SUITS, 7 pieces, just as an opener, $15.
We rent chairs and furniture for parties and entertain mentst
The Leader Store Co., Ltd,,
Fourth and flarket Sts.
NO. 2
AT AUCTION I
Entire stock of Fine
Shoes, upwards of $fi, 000,
to the highest bidder for
Cash. Sale every day
at 2 p. 111. and 7 p in.,
I until stock is disposed 01.
Feb. 1st
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HarTwo Doors Below Postoffice.
27 in. goods among them.
Canton Flannels.
You will make a mistake if
you do not lay in a supply at the
present low prices.
There are 10 weeks of stormy
weather ahead of us yet and you
will need all of your warm
clothing.
GOODS.
Coats and Capes.
We are giving up our Cloak
Department. Come and make
us an offer on anything we
have.
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