VOL. 34
BL00MS13URG, PA., THURSDAY, JULY G, ISO!).
NO. 21
SCHOOL DIRECTORS MEETING.
Teachon Elected-Sevtral Changei-Nii-merout
Applications Next Term Be
gini Monday, August 26th Other
Butlneti ol Interest.
An interesting and important meet
ing of the directors of the Bloomsburg
School District was held in the library
of the High School building, Friday
night, with all the members present,
namely, Joseph Garrison, R. R. Little,
J. C. Brow.i, C. A. Kleim, W. E.
Rinker and J. C. Rutttr, Jr.
Treasurer Rinker presented his
bond in the sura of $10,000 with Wm.
S. Moyer and L. N. Moyer as sureties,
which was accepted.
The following resolution was
adopted:
Resolved, That the account of in
debtedness due the district from J.
K. Bittenbender, collector for the
years of 1895 and 1896, be placed in
the hands of attorney M'Killip for
collection, that he proceed to bring
suit upon the collector's official bond
if in his judgment it is necessary, to
secure the rights of the district.
On motion duly seconded and car
ried the salaries of the teachers were
fixed the same as last ' year except
that of any new teacher elected which
is $5 per month less than the regular
or old teacher. Janitors salaries same
as before. The school term was fixed
at nine months, beginning Monday,
August 28th, 1899. The lollowing
teachers were elected for the ensuing
year:
Supervising Principal L. P. Stern
er. First Assistant Principal W. P.
Mauser.
Second Ass't Principal Asa Cal
lender. Music Instructor O. H. Yetter.
Elocution and Eng. Lit. Grace
V. Correll.
A. Grammar Hannah Breece.
A. Grammar R. H. Hess.
B. Grammar Ida Rinker.
B. Grammar Alice Wilson.
Janitor at High school Isaiah
Holter.
THIRD STREET SCHOOL.
Principal Samuel Pursel.
C. Grammar Ella Allen.
A Intermediate Martha Brugler.
A Intermediate Alice Edgar.
B Intermediate Minnie Penman.
B Intermediate Minnie Terwilli
ger. A Primary Edith Maize.
A Primary Tillie Casey.
B Primary Helen Vanderslice.
B. Primary Mabel Moyer.
C Primary Emma Townsend.
C Primary Helen Carpenter.
Janitor John Gray.
Sweeper Mrs. Hannah Edwards
FIFTH STREET SCHOOL.
Principal Harry S. Barton.
A Intermediate Emma Cadman.
A Primary Mary Sheep.
A Primary May Blue.
B Primary Louise Robbins.
B Primary Anna Fox.
C Primary Anna Snyder.
C Trimary Stella Lowenberg.
Janitor Frank Deiterick.
The supply teacher was not elected.
The old teachers were re elected
except five. The new ones are Asa
Callender, Martha Brugler, Helen
Vanderslice, Mabel Moyer and Min
nie Terwilhger.
President Garrison announced the
appointment of the following com
mittees: Committees.
Buildings and Grounds J. C Brown
Jos. Garrison, C. A. Kleim.
Supplies Wm. E. Rinker, R. R.
Little, J. C. Rutter, Jr.
Finance J. C. Rutter, Jr., C. A.
Kleim, J, C. Brown.
Text Book and Course of Study R.
R. Little, Wm. E. Rinker and Jos.
Garrison.
Compulsory Education C. A.
Kleim, J. C. Brown, R. R. Little.
Grievances Jos. Garrison, J. C.
Rutter, Jr. Wm. E. Rinker.
The meeting lasted until after one
o'clock a. m. at which time an ad
journment was taken to Friday night
July 14th, at 8 o'clock.
J. C. Rutter, Jr., Secretary.
Cashier Obamberlin Dead-
Alvah E. Chamberlin, for seventeen
years cashier of the Lehigh Valley
Railroad at Towanda died Thursday
of Bright's disease. He was 55 years
old. He served as Sergeant Major in
the 171st Pennsylvania Volunteers in
1863-63 and was for a time in the
Treasury Department at Washington
and later Inspector of Customs in
New York.
We learn this morning that the
condition of our townsman P. S.
Harman is slightly improved.
ANU THEY DID EAT.
In accordance with a custom estab
lished several years ago, the members
of the Bloom School Board partook
of a banquet Friday night, during an
intermission in their school work. It
was served at the Grand Restaurant,
on Centre street, and covers were laid
for eight. The menu was all that
could be desired and was prepared
and served in a faultless manner in
fact, it was voted by t.iose present to
have been the most elaborate banquet
thus far partaken of by the Board
upon these occasions. The many
good things placed before us consisted
in part of the following :
Clam Chowder,
Soft Shell Cral.s,
Fried Spring Chicken nnd Dressing,
Sliced Tomatoes, Cucumbers,
New I'ens,
Fried French Potntoes,
New Beets, Lobster Salad,
Olives, Kananas, Oranges, Nuts,
Coffee, Scgars.
These dinners are given by the re
tiring Secretary and Treasurer of the
Board at their expense hence the
taxpayers are not called upon to share
in the expense nor the banquet.
Those who occupied chairs around
the table were : Directors Joseph
Garrison, J. C. Brown, C. A. Kleim,
W. E. Rinker, R. R. Little and J. C.
Rutter, Jr., and Principal L. P. Ster
ner and J. E. Wilson, one of Mr.
Kleim's bondsmen. Secy.
"Welcome, set down your venerable bur
den, And let him feed.'' Shakespeare.
Off For Camp.
A large crowd ol people gathered on
Main street early Monday morning to
witness the departure for camp of the
Boys Brigade of the Young Mens
Christian Association. It required
three big wagons to carry the equip
page and provisions. The boys were
all under heavy marching orders, and
as the column proceeded up Main
street, it presented quite a soldierly
appearance. The eyes of the many
spectators followed the youngsters un
til they passed from view around the
turn in the Light Street road, and the
notes of the fifes died away in the dis
tance. The location of the encamp
ment is near Forks. Following is the
personel of the company: Ralph Smith
captain; F. N. Turner, commander;
William Ritter, colonel; C. D. Lynn,
major; Harry Barton,commissary sear
gent; Isadore Cohen, Reg. and Row
Hemingway, Harry Jacobs, Eugene
Quick, Verus Ritter, Carl Krum,
Willie Peacock, Walter Brooke, War
ren Turner, George McLinn, Robert
Redeker, Lewis Moyer. Neil Christ
man, Bruce Bomboy, Joseph Deam
aree, Carl and Paul Champhn, Harry
Andreas, Geo. VanBuskirk, Raymond
Redeker, Clare Henrie, Mayberry
Hughes, Chas. Chamberlin, Claude
Bittenbender, Chas. Hower, Chas.
Beishline, Robert Wolverton, Ralph
Mutchler, Chas, Lanyon, Joe Allen,
Geo. Waller, Tommy Turner.
Key- D. E- uply's Change
Rev. D. E. Rupley, of the Lutheran
church, has been unanimously elected
pastor of St. John's Lutheran church,
Lock Haven, where he will assume
charge August 1. Rev. Rupley has
been pastor of the church here during
the last three years, and the announce
ment that he had accepted a call from
Lock Haven came in the nature of a
big surprise. Mr. Rupley is highly
esteemed by all classes here even out
side the membership of his church,
and his leaving is much regretted. He
is an earnest, faithful worker in his
church and his pastorate here has been
very successful Montgomery Mirror.
Rev. Rupley was formerly pastor of
the Lutheran church at Espy.
$2700 In Revenue-
Deputy Robert Buckingham con
cluded his work of se'ling internal rev
enue stamps this evening. A scribe
dropped in the Commercial to-day and
Mr. Buckingham stated he was taking
it rather easy today, most of the deal
ers having been supplied yesterday.
He added that his experience in Mt.
Carmel has been that the cash was
more rapidly forthcoming than in any
other town in this district, the majority
having paid up the first day. About
$2700 is taken out of town tor Uncle
Sam's coffers. Wednesday's Mt. Car
mel Star;
Proctor Ian
Salesmen will be at Proctor Inn,
Jamison City, on Friday, July 7th,
from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. and furnit
ure and carpets will be offered for
sale. It will be the only opportunity
to buy on the premises.
THE FOURTH IN BLOOMSBURG-
The national holiday passed off
very quietly in Bloomsburg. The
town was entirely deserted. A great
many took in the celebration at Dan
ville, while a number went to Benton
to witness the demonstration at that
place. All the business places, with
the exception of the drug stores, were
closed all day. The only accident
which occurred here as a result of
fireworks nd powder explosions, be
fel Elmer A. Milheim, a member of
the Bloomsburg Band. The Band
was marching down Main street to the
D. L. & W. depot, and just in front
of Housel & Son's fruit store, Mil
heim stepped by a huge cannon
cracker, which exploded, teiring the
flesh off the calf of his leg and other
wise mutilating it. He was picked
up in an unconscious condition and
conveyed to his home in a carriage.
It appears that when the band first
made its appearance on the street,
Irvin Housel, in order to liven things
up a little, and give the boys a sort
of a salute, lighted the cracker and
threw it out in the street, in nlentv
time for it to explode before the Band
reached the store. The fuse, to all
appearances, .was damp, and after
waiting several seconds, Mr. Housel
concluded that it had gone out. It
was left lying unmolested until the
Band appeared, and when Milheim
was in the act of stepping over it,t
exploded with the above resulc.
The Steamer Bidu't Go.
On Tuesday morning at about six
o'clock the Friendship steamer was
hauled down to the station with the
intention of taking it to Danville to
take part in the parade. For some
reason this was abandoned, and the
steamer was returned to its quarters in
the Town Hall.
Under no circumstances except a
call from another town in case of fire,
ought the steamer to be taken awav
from home. It was purchased for fire
protection and not for parade, and it
is especially needed here on the 4th
of July when the danger of fire is
greater than on any other day in the
year. A standing order should be
issued by the Town Council that the
steamer cannot be taken out of town
except as above stated.
A Pretty Wedding.
A very pleasant wedding took place
at noon Thursday, June 29, at Union
Corner, Pa., the contracting parties
being Prof. William C. Johnston, ex
Superintendent of schools in Columbia
county, and Miss Ella Woodruff of
Union Corner. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. W. G. Watkins of
Scranton, at the home of the bride's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wood
ruff, and was witnessed by a large
number of the immediate relatives.
The wedding march Lohengrin was
beautifully rendered on the piano by
Miss Carrie Pensyl of Elysburg. Little
Miss Rebecca Mutchler of Trenton,
N. J. acted as maid of honor, while
Master Stanley Johnson of Luzerne
was best man.
The decorations were both artistic
and elaborate and added greatly to
the occasion. The young people are
well known and highly respected. Mrs.
Johnston taught for several years in
Columbia county, but was compelled
to abandon her chosen calling in or
der to take care of an invalid and
helpless mother. Since the expiration
of his second term as county superin
tendent Prof. Johnston has taken a
course in law and was recently gradu
ated from the Universitv of Pennsyl
vania. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston will
make their residence for the present
in Bloomsburg where they have many
friends and well wishers. They are
now on their wedding tour in New
York and Canada.
At the Pariah House-
Arrangements have been made with
Miss Bernice Castello, of New York,
to give an entertainment in the Par
ish House next Monday evening, July
10th, at 8 o'clock, for the benefit of
the church. She is a dramatic reader,
impersonator, and vocalist, and comes
very highly recommended. She ap
peared in Danville one evening last
week and those present pronounce it
a charming entertainment. A goodly
number of tickets have already been
sold, and a fine audience is assurred.
Don't miss it. It is for a good cause
and you will get full value for your
money. The date was unavoidably
postponed from last Monday to next
Monday, the 10th inst. Tickets can
be procured at this office, or from
canvassers, or at the door.
MEN30H MOBRIDE WEDDING-
Daniel Z. Mensch, a popular young
resident of this town, and book-keeper
at the First National Bank, and
Miss Mary Belle McBride, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. Smith McBride,
and for several years a teacher in the
public schools of Luzerne County,
were the principals of a very pretty
and largely attended wedding which
was solemnized in St. Matthew's Luth
eran Church, on Market street, Thurs
day evening last. The church was
arrayed in holy state, and decorated
with various kinds of flowers. When
the bridal party entered the edifice
and proceeded up the isle to the
strains of Lohengrin's wedding mirch,
played by Mrs. William Brooke, the
scene was one of exquisite beauty.
The words which joined their hands
and made them partners for life, were
spoken hy the pastor, Rev. M. E.
McLinn. Miss Mary Moore, of
Phoenixville, Pa., was maid of honor,
while Mr. Frank Patton of Highland
Lake, acted as best man. The brides
maids were Miss D. Louise McCreary,
Wiikes-Barre, Miss Carolyn Wallace,
Kingston, Miss Mary Harman, Hazle
ton, and Miss Agnes Fortune, Blooms
burg. John Schwartz, Hazleton, Harry
Harman, of the same place, and
Freeze Quick and Dr. J, S. John were
the ushers.
At the conclusion of the ceremony
a reception was held and a sumptuous
supper served at the home of the
groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
S. Mensch, on Third street.
Mr. and Mrs. Mensch left on the
Penna. Railroad for a wedding trip to
several of the principal cities, and up
on return will reside here.
Shocking Suicide.
We take the following account of
the self destruction of Edward Beyer,
Jr., from the Danville JVavs. He was
related in Bloomsburg, being a broth
er-in-law of Miss Sarah Harp, Mr. and
Mrs. William reiser and Mr. and Mrs.
Howard R. Jones :
"Valley township, Montour county,
was the scene of a shocking suicide
early Monday morning, Edward Beyer
Jr., being the victim. The scene of
the tragedy was a piece of woodland
near the home of the deceased, which
is situated at the foot of a large hill oh
the road leading from Beyer's distillery
to Washingtonville. The place will be
easily located in the mind by those
who are accustomed to drive in that
direction, when it is stated that the
prenvses contain a well-kept fish pond.
The owner was a person of consider
able thrift and ingenuity. He was the
inventor of an ice-box for wagons,
which to some extent are in use by
butchers and milk-men. A year or so
ago his hoUse burned down. The loss
fell upon him rather heavily and he
became despondent.
Monday morning before breakfast
he shouldered his gun and went into
the woods, saying that he was uoine to
hunt squirrels. Not returning, his wife
partook of the morning meal alone
As time wore on and he did not re
turn she became very apprehensive
and started out fn search ol him. Be
fore proceeding far she came across
his body lying at the foot of a tree. It
was a clear case of suicide. The un
happy man had removed his shoe and
stocking from his right foot; then load
ing his gun had placed the muzzle in
his mouth, pulling the trigger with his
toe. He accomplished his object well.
His brains were blown out, death of
course being instantaneous.''
STRAY PARAGRAPHS.
Even the best blood woiks in
vein.
It seems incredible that a woman
can be bad form who has a good figure.
Never swallow a cherry stcne,
your stomach does not need another
pit.
Undressed Kids are in vogue
along Fishing Creek. Fashion papers
please copy.
No young lady will object to the
cold treatment of a young man who
orders ice cream.
The summer girl may have a
good many engagements, but the tele
phone girl gets the most rings.
D. L. Manger has been appointed
traveling passenger agent for the
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
Company with headquarters at
Williamsport, in place of F. E.
Bansher, resigned. The change
went into effect last Saturday.
Congressman S. W. Davenport,
of the Luzerne district, has op
pointed Fred Bacon, of Harvey ville,
a cadet to Annapolis.
BEN. GIDDING.
We will sell all
MEN'S AND BOYS'
SUMMER
SUITS
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13 OFF
REGULAR PRICE.
BEN. GIDDING,
CLOTHIER,
Bloomsburg, Penna.
The Leader Department Store.
Lawns. 3c. to 25c.
Linens, for dresses.
You never saw
their equal for 25
cents.
Madras. Large as
sortment PK's 15
to 25 cents.
WANT TO
GET i HOT ?
Buy flannel underwear, but
if you want to be cool, use
CRASH
for your skirts. 20c. per yard.
CARPET BARGAINS.
Just received 500 sample lengths, 42 inches loner. Cot
ton, 15c apiece, wool, 25c, tapestries, 50c apiece.
MATTINGS.
A.11 mattings 10 per cent, off, to close out what we hav.
Large assortment. No other dealer carries the stock we do.
BRUSSELS.
We are still selling our best 10-wire Brussels for 7 Sc. Oth.
ers want 85c for same makes and patterns,
ALL WOOL EXTRA SUPERS.
Anything we have in stock, to close out, 55c.
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prices on ladies' neckwear.
Large assortment belts and
belt buckles.
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HOSIERY. Prices, 5c up. Best Lisle thread underwear 2c
Knee pants, for ladies, 25c. 3 '
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For Fly Time.
Screen doors and windows.
Good goods at low prices.
These are in our grocery de.
partment.
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