'iff ' ? 1 V ! ;. VOI, 31 BLOOMSHUKG, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, ISM. NO. 4: ENJOYED TOE TRIP. An Up-River Man Describes a Trip to Ojr Groat County Fair. A writer in the Wilkesbarre Record describing his trip from Wyoming to our fair, has the following to say: "At Bloomsburg Mrs. L. arid the writer walked through some of the pleasant, streets and saw the school buildinji on the hill, and viewed the fine churches and residences and ho tels and stores and factories, and were convinced that Bloomsburg is a hand some town, pleasantly located. Following the crowd we came to the fair ground, and secretary A. N. Yost kindly presented us with the free dom of the place. We found there say 15,000 busy, happy people, visiting, eating, drinking, viewing the exhibits, etc. The display ot farm stock.horses, cattle, sheep, swine and fowls was large and creditable. The needle work, the baking, the cooking, spicing and canning were fine and elaborate. The Presbyterian church of Blooms burg and the Lutheran church of Ru pert had boarding houses where good meals were served. Between the races trained dogs, donkeys and con tortionists amused the people. I saw no drunkenness or disorder to speak of, and the railroads handled the great crowds with safety and rapidity. Of course thousands of people came there in hacks, carryalls, wagons, car riages and carts, all way from a mile or two to twenty five miles around. I think 1 saw about two thousand rigs that had brought people there. I saw a good many people there, some cf whom I can still recall. Let me think; shall I tell where they reside? It would take too much space but they were generally well known people and all taking in the sights at the great show. An Aged Veteran Gone. Henry Barnd, an aged veteran and respected citizen, died at his home in Catawissa, on Wednesday of last week, aged about 63 years old. Deceased was a native of the Roar ingcreek Valley and was a blacksmith by trade. At one time he was engag ed in the hotel business in Philadel phia, he being last actively engaged several years ago as clerk at the Cata wissa Hotel. He was twice married, bis second wife surviving. .Three sons and a daughter survive his first mar riage, one son residing at Luzerne,one practicing medicine at Mud Run, the other a soldier in the Philippines. He was a veteran of the civil wa enlisting first in the three months ser vice in Co. E. 6th Pa. Inft., and upon the expiration of his term re-in)isted m the ;th Pa. Cav.. Co. C, in which he served from 1862 until his dis charge in 1S65. He was a member of Joe Hooker Post, 149, G. A. R, of Ashland. Mrs- Catherine Ringrose Mrs. Catherine Ringrose was sum moned to her -long home, Saturday morning last. The deceased, several years ago resided in Bloomsburg and occupied a suite ot rooms in tne uor rell building, on Main Street, but owing to old age and infirmity she gave up housekeeping and decided to live the residue of her lite with hei children. Mrs. Ringrose was eighty two vears of age. She was 1 christian lady and during her long life was al wavs foremost in all work that was likely to result to thegood of religion The following children survive Mrs. Delilah Sterner, W. R. Ringrose Bloomsburg) Miss Mary Ringrose, Mrs. Sarah Stackhouse, Berwick Ellis Ringrose, Espy; Elisha Ringrose Fowlersvihe: and T. W P.ingrose Philadelphia. The funeral occurred on afternoon with interment in cemetery. Monday Berwick liamaged by Tire, Fire broke out at the home of Perry Evans, located in that part of the town known as Port Noble, at about two o'clock Friday morning and before it could be extinguished ruined the household goods consisting of furniture, carpets, etc., and badly damaged the building. The alarm was sent in from box 21 in 'plenty of time, so it is claimed, to have gotten the fire companies out before much damage was done, but the alarm system was unequal to the emergency and as a result the destruct ive element gained a great headway before a sufficient number to combat successfully with the flames reached the scene. Counting hremen and all others who witnessed the conflagration the number would not have reached over fifty. Y. M. 0 A. NOTilS. Rev. J. I). Smith will address the Men's Meeting al the Y. M. C. A. Hall next Sunday afternoon. A cor- lal invitation is extended to both young and old men to be present. 1 hese meetings are interesting and profitable. With the faithful assist ance of the male choir the singing is an inspiring feature of the service. No one should miss the treat in store for next Sunday at 2:30. Carpenters are now at work on the Neal residence and in a short time will have our new Y. M. C. A. Home in excellent working order. The Ladies' Auxiliary are meeting with good success in their work pre paratory to the Fair and Bazaar which they are to conduct in the new Y. M. A. Home, Nov. 20 to 25. The people are responding generously and the ladies are encouraged to look for this event to be a great success. Let everybody lend a hand to help it along. Those who cannot do much do what you can. Those who can do largely should endeavor to measure up to their ability and thus enable this well begun work to measure up to the greatest expectations. Don t forget that on the 23rd of November the famous Rock Band will be in Bloomsburg. Particulars will be published later. Statistical reoort of the General Secretary from March 1st to Sept. 30th, 1899 is as follows: 9 Sessions of Bible Class held. To tal attendance 58, average 6. 14 Young Men s Gospel Meetings held. Total attendance 907, average 64. 14 Mixed Gospel Meetings held. Total attendance 3215, average 229. 25 Shop meetings. Total attend ance 750, average 30. 23 Boy s Brigade Drills in rooms. Total attendance 830, average 36. 1 Boys Reception. Total attend ance S. 12 Committee meetings. Total at tendance 39, average 3. 10,030 Visits to rooms (week days) daily average of 55. 4500 Inxitations to Gospel meet ings distributed. 270 Letters and postals sent out. 724 calls made by the General Secietary on Association work. 132 x pieces of reading matter plac ed on file as follows : 161 Monthlies, 616 Weeklies and 546 Dailies. Note The above report dates from the time the present Secretary came on the field. TKEASUKEKS HEPOHT. Annual statement of J. L. WoWerton, Treas urer, In account with Y. M. C. A., jHoomsimrg, fa., from November 1st, wm to bept. w, urn. Dr. To cash from O. W. ClieriDKton, Treasurer, $ M 81 To cash from Limited member ship dues 103 00 To cash from Full membe.shlp dues and Subscriptions U04 92 To cash from Ladles Ancillary . 150 00 To cash from Loan irora ansa Mary Bell WO 00 To cash from Loan from First National Dank w w To cash from Anlmotlscope En tertainment 83 9 To cash from Male Choir Coicert 58 a) To cash from Collections at Sun- ilnv Artprnnnn mnm.MitrH 0 Ut $1,787 cr. By cash paid C. K. Kesty balance due on salary ror io uu nui- ary for 18'JH and January 1H99 . .$,! 80 lly cash paid Kobert More, due tor service reuueruu iou uuu February 181W 81 00 By cash paid F. l. Dentler rent 10 January low By cash paid for llifht and heat, tllls of 1HN6, '97, '1)8 and a por-. tlon of 18iw e n By cash paid for periodicals for reading room iwo years) o. .. By cash paid for offleo supplies. .. 7 So By cash paid tor printing 6 Ji By cash pa'd Miss Mary Bell, note 100 00 By cash paid First National Bank on note 100 00 By cash paid 1). H. Coffman tor rent of Opera House 28 00 By cash paid W. Jit. Kocher, bill ot 18U7 for singing books 1 DO By cash paid interest ou loans. . . 13 VS By cash paid creasy & Wells for lumber (old bill) 10 .8 By cash paid C. D. Lynn, bill for incidentals 8 01 By cash paid O. I). Lynn, salary.. DM 00 By cash paid Kalph Ha llh, ser vice at rooms 5 By cash paid Kobert Moore 10 00 By cash paid expenses or speak er at Mens Meeting S 00 By csh paid 8. F. l'eacock, bill torsuiulrles '-1" By cish paid John Wolf, board hill fnr delegates 1 80 tiv euxli In bank subject to check 79 08 $l,7f7 !J7 Heport of the Treasurer of the ary. 1)r To cash from supper, member ship dues and contributions.... Cr. Byeashpald board of directors of Y. M. l'. A By cash paid for Janitor service at V. M.c. A. rooms from March 1st to September .SO, 18'.W By cash on huud subject to order ladles Auxlll '215 SO 190 00 as .w i 00 - 315 80 FANNIE PEACOCK, Treas, The following committees have been appointed to serve during the present year ending Sept. 30th, 1900 1. Executive committee a. in Yost. Chas. H. Campbell, J. L. Wol verton, O. W. Cherington. 2. Finance Committee W. I White. Thos. E. Hyde, Charles H Campbell. A. N. Yost, T. L. Wo verton. 3. Membership Committee Dr, Iraydon, John W. Lewis, C. 'V. Mos- teller, Frank P. Ever. 4. Devotional Committee C. W. Mosteller, Chas. K. Taylor, Thos. K. Hyde, J. I. I lamer. 5. Educational and Lecture Com mittee F. N. Turner, II. V. White. )r. M. T. Hess. 6. Rooms and Library Committee Dr. II. W. Champlin, Prof. L. P. Sterner, Trof. W. H. Detwiler. 7. Reception Committee H. W. Bittenbender, Horace H. Kramer, W. C. Mosteller, Lynn S. Whitmoyer, E. II. Ent, Ralph Smoyer, A. C. Kressler, S. C. Reynolds, Chas. O. Skeer, Ralph Smith, Harry Barton, ohn Traub, Theron M. Eves. 8. Junior Work Committee F. N. Turner, VV. L. Ritter, Ralph Smith. 9. Music Committee O. H. Yetter B. Hartman, E. II. Ent. Building Committee W. L. White W. R. Kocher, O. W. Cherincton. REV. A. J- McUANN. Rev. Father A. J. McCann, pastor of St.' Columba's Roman Catholic church, has been appointed pastor of the Roman Catholic church at Locust Gap, by the Bishop of the diocese, and left for his new charge this morn ing. He has many friends here who are sorry to have him leave, and we believe that if Father McCann could have had his own way, he would pre fer to remain in Bloomsburg. This was his first parish. He came here more than thirteen years ago, just after his ordination. Many improve ments have been made in the church property during his pastorate and he has added much in the decoration of the sanctuary, and has made a collec tion of many handsome vestments Father McCann, by his gentlemanly and unostentatious manner, has enjoy ed the respect and confidence of the community, Protestant and Catholic alike, and the esteem in which he is held was evidenced by the presenta tion to him of a handsome purse on his departure, the contributions being made by business men regardless ot creed. We wish him success in his enlarged field of labor. His place here will be hard to fill. Old Maids Convention and Jts Results. The capacity of the Opera House was taxed to its utmost on Thursday evening of last week to witness the presentation of the laugh provoking entertertainment, "The Old Maids Convention and Its Results," given by home talent under the direction of Miss Anna Dunkel, for the benefit of Mr. S. C. Creasy's Sunday School Class. The entertainment was a big suc cess and netted the class, after all the expenses were paid, a neat sum. Mr. Creasy's Class, so we understand, pledged $100 to the church fund and this money will be devoted to paying off that obligation. It was one continual round of laughter from the calling of the roll, which was the first in order after the convention convened, until "Prof. Makeover," Paul Eyerly, and his able assistants, Ed. H. Ent and Robert D. Young appeared and its results were attained. The quaint costumes worn were thoroughly in keeping with the style ot long ago and added materially to the evening's pleasure. Probably the most applause winning feature was the reading of a paper entitled the "The Market Report." Every person connected with the affair performed their parts in an able manner which speaks well for Miss Dunkel, who not only personally conducted all the re hearsals but also transacted all the business pertaining to the entertain ment. , The vocal solo "Star of the Desert" by R. Franklin Colley, and the select ions by the male quartet composed of Messrs. Ent, Yetter, Linn and Colley, were excellent and the last features of the program, the two tableaux in which 1 00 school children participated, were most beautiful. Satisfactory Movinej Pictures. At this late day of modern enter tainments moving pictures, unless pre senteu in a new ana novel manner, together with all the realistic sounds are far from satisfactory. The Lyman D. Howe Moving Picture Co., that appears here in the Opera House on the evening of Friday, October 27th, will reproduce the very latest product in the line of moving pictures. They will all be life-size ard the collection was obtained from different quarters of the globe. Howe is the pioneer of this class of amusement, and his name in connection therewith is a sure guar antee of its excellence. SS The Columbian S PUZZLES. G. Edward Elwell, Manager. D. J. Taskkr, Ass.t. Manager. CONDITIONS. The conditions upon which the prizes are awarded for answers to the puzzles are these: 1st. 1 he first prize will be awarded to the answer bearing the earliest post mark as shown by the stamp at the Bloomsburg post office, and the second prize to the correct answer next re ceived at this office. 2nd. No prizes will be awarded un less correct answers are received. 3rd. Only subscribers to the '"Col umbian" or a member of their family can compete, and each answer must be accompanied by the following cou pon. Cut it out and write your name and address on it plainly. COLUMBIAN PUZZLE COUPON. : ! i 1 iName ! Address We received an unusaally large number of answers last week but only one was correct; that of Miss Margaret Laubach, which took first prize. As there were no other correct ones, the second prize was not awarded. o We will give another variety thii week, and all of them are easy. The prizes will be, first, a beautiful steel engraving, size 29x40 inches, entitled "April Showers," and second, an etch ing by a celebrated artist. word souare. Real estate. 3. Twelve o'clock. A tropical plant. 4. Caves. II. A tree. 3. Steps. A trap. 4- Upright. 5. Made by birds. III. POSITIVES AND COMPARATIVES. A body of water; to meditate. An animal sac; a female relative. A pain; a portion of land. Very cold water; an unpleasant noise The whole amount; part of the year 6. An explosive; a reckless forager. IV. CHARADE. My first is an animal rodent, Its color slate or gray; My pussy cat would be content, With one for lunch today. The farmer leaves the field behind, His home and rest to seek; His brow is white, but you may find, My second on his cheek. The naughty schoolboy dreads my whole, The dandy swings it through the street; Tis found in baskets, mats and chairs, And makes a cool and easy seat. V. WORD SQUARE. A kind of tree. 4. To place. A kind of bird. 5. Part of an arch. Fragments. 6. To seek again. 0 All answers must be sent in on or before Monday, Oct. 30th. o Address all communications to Manager Puzzle Dept. The Columbian, Bloomsburg, Pa. Answers To Last Week's Puzzles. 1. May, Man, Charles, Henry, Rhone, Black, Don, Duck, Clear, Dead, Buffaloe, Greene, Keene, Chili, Race, Sicily, Woods, Pines, Liberty, Brest, Fury, Tear, Wrath, Lookout, Ham, Wolf, Racket, Bear, Moose. Beaver, Fox, Deer, Sable, Plover, Piireon. Friendlv. Cooks. Baker, 1 ur. key, Sandwich, Cork, Bourbor, Rye, Orange, Buffaloe, Worms. The Moutour Democrat says "President Judge Little is a hustler. We are glad to say there is no tem porizing or dallying in his court and cases are disposed of and gotten oft the difcket, one lingering case being non suited. Judge Little is all right and all there and his decisions show good common sense and legal acumen. lor Bale, A good double cylinder 2 J horse power engine. Inquire at this of fice. to-26 tf. VARIETY! You get fult.value for your money when you buy the Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothes. They are " ready to wear " clothes with all the advantages of the line merchant tailoring, and none of its drawbacks. You get the style, the service, the good fit and the good, looks, without the high price. We have the H. S. & M. Suits and Overcoats in all sizes, in many styles, at various prices. Wherever this Paper Goes Please receive it as a personal call, bearing a most cordial invitation to the large stock ot Fall and Winter Clothing, which must necessarily be good to be comfortable. You can go poorly clad in Summer, but about this time of the year you want to be think ing of the best there is in comfortable clothing, both cheap and good. Some clothing is made to sell, some to wear, some clothing is made for both. That's our kind. U Give us a trial. Bee Giddimig, White Front, Bloomsburg, Pa. G. A. R. Building. The Leader Department Store. Furniture Repairing & Upholstering. We Have re-opened our repair department, under experi enced management, and are prepared to do all kinds of repair and upholstering work at short livered. Red Flannel Underwear. Wo nrp rlnsino- out a line honestly all wool and we have sold a great many of them at $1, but to get rid of the balance we cut the price f. Ladies' Waists. We have a new line of these goods, in flannel and mercer. ized cotton, neat fitting ana tasty in appearance. a for 50c, the best for $2.00. Ladies' Suits and Look at our $8.00 Suits. These are silk lined throughout. Carpets ! Carpets ! ' We are cleaning up a lot of remnants and slow sellers. If we have enough to cover your room we can give you a decided bargain. All carpets will be higher in price for spring, but with us, you'll always find us lower in price, and with a larger assort ment, than anywhere in the town. We have one or two rolls, suitable for chamber carpets. The price has been right along 30c To close out the dropped patterns we make the price 20c. We have also a few rolls which we sold for 45c. We'll make the price 25c. to close. Kindly bear in mind that no one can sell you so cheaply as we. You are dealing with first hands. FREE We have a lot of carpets, suitable for buggies. Come and buy $1.00 worth of anything and put a fresh carpet in your carriage. Galvanized Buckets. We have eight dozen heavy buckets to sell. Extra well made for a special purpose. We intended ordering eight, but by mictil-n thrt eifht dozen were shipped, and so we want to sell them quickly. They would be Give us 65c. for two of them and The Leader Fourth and visit our store, to see notice, Goods called for and de- of these goods at 25c. They are Jackets. We have them up to $18.00. good value anywhere at 50c. wc a let tnem go. Store Co,, Ltd. Harket Streets. . ti -1 : i t ! 'If- IS f: I ii' . 1 .1' 1 '1,1 I.' ' Mi I I? IT- Ji I ft
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