VOL. 35.
BLOOMSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1900.
NO. 4
JASPER E. WILSON-
Jasper K. Wilson died at the Central
Hotel in Hazleton last Monday at one
o'clock, from an acute attack of ap
pendicitis. On Wednesday, the loth
inst., he went to Hazleton. On Thr-s-day
he went to Allentown, and was
not feeling well. On Friday he re
turned to Ha.leton, intending to reach
home that day, but rapidly grew worse
and was compelled to go to bed. His
lamily was notified, and on Saturday
morning Mrs. Wilso.i went to him.
The disease resisted treatment, and
last Saturday it was decided by the
physicians that an operaron must be
performed, and this was accordingly
done.
On Monday morning word was re
ceived by telephone that Mr. Wilson
could not long survive. His brother
O. T. Wilson, and his brother-in-law
I T. Sharpless, and his three daugh
ters started for Hazleton by the first
train, where they arrived ten minutes
after he had ceased to breathe. Mrs.
Wilson and T. J. Vanderslice, her
brother-in-law, were with him when he
died.
The remains were put in charge of
an undertaker, and the family came
home on Monday afternoon. The
body arrived on Tuesday morning
The funeral was held at the house
this afternoon at one o'clock, and was
conducted by Rev Dr. Conner, pastor
of the Methodist church.
This is a peculiarly sad case, and
his sorrowing family have the heart
felt sympathy of everybody.
Jap. Wilson was an honest man, an
upright citizen, a kind husband and u
good father. He was popular with all
classes who knew him, and was pos
sessed of a genial and jovial disposi
tion that made it a pleasure to be with
him. For the past twenty-five years
he has been a travelling salesman tor
Frishmuth Bros., tobacco dealers, of
Fhiladelplr.a, and this gave him a wide
acquaintance over a large territory
The deceased was a son of Nathan
ial Wilson of Pottsville. He was born
in that town on April 30, 1848, and
came to Bloomsburg about thirty-five
years ago, and has resided here con
tinuously. On June 14, 1876 he was
married to Araminta, daughter of our
aged townsman Joseph Sharpless, and
to them were born three daughters,
Edna, Nellie and Martha, all of whom
survive him. A brother and two sisters
also mourn his loss. They are Oliver
T. Wilson of Bloomsburg, Miss Emma
J. of i ottsville, and Mrs. Elizabeth
Sweppenhiser ot Philadelphia. For
several years past Mr. Wilson has
been treasurer of Rosemont Cemetery
Company, and was one of the active
movers in procuring and opening the
new cemetery grounds above town
He had numerous traits of character
that made him many warm friends,
and his genial presence will be miss
ed in other places, as well as around
the hearthstone of the pleasant home
that he had provided for his family.
Just in the prime of life, it is hard to
understand why he should be thus
suddenly cut off in the flower of his
manhood. But God's ways are past
finding out.
MBS, JAOOJB 01BABD.
Mrs. Jacob Girard, died at her
home in Light Street about five o'clock
Monday afternoon, after an illness of
only one week. At no time during
her sickness was it looked upon as
likely to end fatally, and her death
coming as it did, wholly unexpectedly,
is the cause of deep sorrow. The
deceased was an exemplary Christian
lady, and always took an active inter
est in church work. She was four
years past the meridian of life, and is
survived by a husband and two child
ren, Miss Iantha Snyder, who resides
at home and Byron Snyder, of Wil
liamsport. Before her marriage to
Mr. Girard, she resided in Blooms
burg and conducted a millinery store
in the room now occupied by J. E.
Bolig, sewing machine agent.
The funeral services will be held at
ten o'clock to-day from the house,
and the remains brought here for
interment in Rosemont Cemetery.
.
Mrs. I. H. Marr answered the
death summons at her home in Light
Street Wednesday evening of last
week, as the result of pneumonia.
She was 6ixty-four of age, and leaves
to mourn her death a husband and
six children. The funeral occurred
Saturday, burial beiner made in Stad-
don Cemetery, in Greenwood Town-
. snip.
1 he basket ball team of the Nor
mal School defeated the Quaker City
Wheelmen before a big crowd in the
gymnasium last night. Score it to
A LAMENTABLE SIuHT.
A woman, apparently fifty five or
sixty years ot age, in a recumbent
position along the roadside, near the
entrance to the new Rosemont Cem
etery, covered wiih frozen, mud to
such an extent that it was almost im
possible to tell whether she was a
human being or not, is the lamentable
sight that met the gaze of Chas. Shaf
fer, while on his way to Bloomsburg
early yesterday morning. Undecided
as to whether the object was dead or
alive, Mr. Shaffer hurried on to town
and related his find to poor director
Isaiah Hagenbuch, who in turn in
formed several other gentlemen and
the number went to the scene to
make an investigation. On their
arrival they found the woman stand
ing up, with her clothing frozen about
her, and a man, prosumably her son,
seated on the bank a short distance
away without any shoes on his feet.
The latter seemed rather loathe to
accept the proposition of the gentle
men to return to town where they
WQuld be furnished with something to
eat, but insisted that he would build
a hre ami thaw the woman out. liut
her wretchefl appearance and apparent
suffering appealed to the sympathy of
the beholders, and they were ut in
an omnibus and conveyed to the lock
up, where they were given something
to eat, and allowed to remain until
they were warm, after which they were
assisted on their journey by the Poor
authorities.
The man stated that they were
from Kansas City and intendtd going
to Binghamton, N. Y., and that they
were totally without money. They
had sat down along the road the night
before about half past eight and both
went to sleep. The appearance of
the ground in the vicinity where they
had rolled about looked moie as if it
had been occupied by swine than
human beings. The woman is the
possessor of a very strong constitution
or she could never have survived
through the night.
POOL TOURNAMENT.
What was by great odds the most
interesting pool tournament ever held
by the Bloomsburg Wheelmen, took
place at the Club House Thursday
evening. Former champions, and
sharks in general, were defeated by
unknown quantities, thus furnishing
surprise after surprise. But not until
the final game did the most unexpect
ed occur. Frank Roys, with the score
21 to 8 against him, started in and by
handling himself in true professional
fashion, succeeded in pocketing twelve
balls and winning the prize. This was
what is known as a handicap tourna
ment. Each man was rated according
to his ability, which was based on the
records made by him at previous
matches. The system gave good satis
faction and it is likely that all future
tournaments will be conducted in a
like manner. It places every man on
an even footing. For instance, if
one has shown himself to be quite
oroficient at the came, he will have
to make the limit, 25 balls, while his
opponent, who is less skillful will only
have to make, say 18 or 20. In the
above case, Mr. Roys had to get 20
balls and his opponent 24, which shows
that had it not been tor the handicap
Mr. Roys would have lost.
Awarded a Verdict.
Mrs. Emma E. Lewis has received
a verdict of $6,941.66 for the death
of her husband, which resulted from
an accident which befel him while
driving over the llunlock's Creek and
Muhlenburg turnpike, a few years
ago. The point where the fatality
occurred is a short distance east of
the llunlock's Creek station of the
D. I.. & W. Railroad. Mr. Lewis
was driving with a double team, when
darkness overtook him; the horses, it
is supposed, turned off the road, and
as there was no guard rail to prevent
such accidents at that time, the whole
outfit went over the high embank
ment. He was well known, and has
a large number of relatives in the
upper end of this county, where he
was born and raised.
Briarcreek Insurance Uo. Election.
At the annual election of the Briar
creek Farmers' Mutual Insurance
Company, held January 8th, the fol
lowing directors weie chosen :
Lat. Creasy, A. W. Speer, J. II.
Eck. T. N. Gordon, Geo. Conner, A.
P. Youne, D. K. Laubach, S. E.
Morse. H. C. Barton, H. J. Seely, J.
G. Swank. II. H. Blown. The Board
orcanized by electing the following
officers: J. C. Swank, Pres't., II. C.
Barton V. P., Laf. Creasy, Treas., II.
II. Brown Sec.
ROYAL AROANUM INSTALLATION
The officers of Bloomsburg Coun
cil, No. 957, Royal Arcanum, elected
to serve for the year 1900, are: Re
gent, Edward H. Ent ; Vice Regent,
I'. B. Hartman 1 Past Regent, John
S. Woods; Orator, Harry S. Barton;
Secretary, Geo. E. Wilbur 5 Treas
urer, C. S. Furman j Collector, F. I).
Dentler ; Guide, J. C. Brown; Chap
lain, Fred Holmes; Warden, C. H.
Kline ; Sentry, Toseph L. Townsend :
Trustees, J. C. Brown, Dr. W. M.
Reber, W. S. Moyer.
A public installation was held in
the Council Hall on Friday evening,
which was attended by a goodly num
btr of members, with their wives and
friends. The installation ceremony
was performed by Past Grand Re
gent T. Bryson Hines, of William
sport, and Past Grand Vice Regent
Druckemiller, of Sunbury.
At its conclusion Regent E. H.
Ent announced that a program had
been prepared, and it was then pre
sented, each numbet proving to be
very acceptable, as encores were
called for after each one. There was
a vacal solo by Miss Mabel Peacock,
accompanied on the organ by Mrs.
Fred Holmes; a recitation by Mrs.
John L. Richardson ; singing by the
Royal Arcanum Sextette, consisting
of Messrs. Lynn, Barton, Hartman,
Eyer, Ent ami Bidleman ; and a fe
male quartette, composed of Mei
dames Ent, Holmes, Vanderslice
and Hess. This was followed by
very interesting addresses by the vis
itors, Messrs. Druckemiller and Hines,
ana a lew words by rrot. wuuur,
who closed his remarks by announc
ing that the committee on refresh
ments was now ready to perform
their duties. A substantial collation
was served under the direction of W.
II. Housel, and this, too, was appar
ently enjoyed. It was eleven o'clock
when the gathering dispersed.
The Royal Arcanum has a large
membership of representative men,
and besides affording cheap and re
liable insurance, it has many very
pleasant social and fraternal features
Young men who want insurance will
do well to look up the Royal Arca
num. Death of Mrs. Oliarles Kitzmiller-
Mrs. Charles W. Kitzmiller, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Lau
bauch, of East Third Street, this
town, whose serious illness with
iyphoid fever was mentioned in two
previous issues of this paper, suc
cumbed to the disease at the Episco
pal Hospital in Philadelphia Friday
afternoon last, at about one o'clock.
O.i Thursday she manifested signs of
improvement and the attending
physicians informed her father and
sister Miss Margaret, who had been
summoned there a tew days previous
that there were chances of recovery.
The hope proved to be short lived
however, as the next morning, the
disease took a sudden tern for the
worse. It was decided to perform an
operation, which was done, but her
condition was so weak that deat'.i
followed shortly afterward. The last
two weeks of her life were filled with
creat suffering, yet with all of it there
was not a word ot complaint. She
kept her' spirit above all depressing
influences, and by her words of hope
and confidence of the hereatter, in
spired those who surrounded the bed
side when the end came.
Mrs. Kitzmiller was admired by all
who knew her, she possessed the
sincercst cenialitv and her demise is
deeply regretted.
The remains were brought to
Bloomsburg on the 6:40 Pennsylvania
train Saturday evening. The services
were conducted at the house Monday
afternoon at two o'clock, bv Rev. D.
N. Kirkbv, of the Episcopal Church
Interment was made in Rosemont
Cemetery.
The surviving husband and two
little children have the deep sympathy
of all.
The Philadelphia Inquirer is
authority for the statement that
Oscar Ent and Harry Derr have been
matched for a pool tournament, for a
purse of Sts oo. The first of the
series toon piace one evening iasi
week, Deer besting his opponent 119
to 81. The match is to conclude
with 600 points.
Sessions of the Ancient and Accept
ed Scottish Rite, 32nd degree
Masonry, were held in the Masonic
Hall last week, Thursday and Friday
About seventy five members from
other places were present. A ban
quet was served at the Exchange
Hotel on Thursday evening.
AFPENDJOITIS AND PERITONITIS.
The diseases which head this article
seem to be growing alarmingly pre
valent. Several recent cases in this
vicinity have aroused interest, and
many questions have been asked as to
the nature of these diseases. The
names are commonly mispronounced,
as though the suffix were etis. The
best authorities give the i the long
sound, as though it were spelled
tyetis.
For the information of those who
care to know, we quote the following
from the New National Encyclopedia.
"Appendicitis is inflammation ot
the vermiform appendix of the excum,
a worm-like, blind sac in the lower
riht side of the abdomen. The causes
are various, exposure to cold or damp
ness, or some indiscretion in diet,
being the most usual. In a large pro
portion of cases, foreign substances
are an active factor in the production
of the disease when a catarrhal condi
tion of the mucous membrane already
exists. In the absence of this condi
tion, foreign bodies may remain and
cause little or no disturbance ; but
should the membrane become in
flamed, ihey add to the irritation by
occluding the lumen of the appendix,
thus favoring ulceration of the walls,
perforation, and even gangrene of the
whole organ. Catarrhal inflammations
f the appendix are common and fre-
uently chronic, but have not hereto
fore been recognized as appendicitis.
everal forms of this disease are now
recognized, as acute, chronic, and
recurrent; also rheumatic appendicitis,
wnich is observed in cases presenting
rheumatic diathesis. Acute, severe
attacks occur when the bacillus com
munis toli is present in a virulent form,
rid if this condition be associated
with a fxcal concretion or other for-
ign body causing pressure, there is
nminent danger of necrosis, perfora
tion, and death. The symptoms of
appendicitis are intense, cramp-like
pains, wnich may not at first be located
in the right i;iac fossa; nausea, if not
vomiting ; njidity ot the abdominal
walls, especially of the right side and
efore the pain localizes itself; consti
pation generally, but diarrhtea occas
ionally; intense thirst; a disposition to
flex the thighs upon the abdomen ;
and extreme tenderness at the seat of
the disease. The inflamed appendix
may generally be felt by deep palpa
tion. Extreme local tenderness at this
spot is a valuable diagnostic sign dis
tinguishing appendicitis from general
peritonitis. In moderately severe cases
pulse-rate and temperature are not
seriously affected, but a sudden fall in
temperature often indicates perfora
tion and is therefore a suspicious
symptom. Medical treatment frequent
ly affords relief, but many practition
ers recommend excision of the appen
dix as the only radical cure, and also
as a preventive. This operation is
now performed with great success, the
rate of mortality being only two or
three per cent., exclusive of cases in
which surgical interference is made
during an acute attack, when the
mortality is much larger perhaps 15
to 20 per cent. Complete natural
obliteration of the lumen of the ap
pendix has been observed, resulting
in a spontaneous and permanent cure.
The vermiform appendix is a slender
blind sac opening from the intestines,
from three to six inches lon, and with
a calibre about that of a tobacco-pipe
stem. .It opens into the crccum, on
its inner and posterior wall. It
found in man, the orang, certain
lemurs, and the wombat, being large
and functional in some of the lower
ani. rials. Fcecal matter from the
bowels may enter this tube and cause
inflammation. This is usually allayed
by treatment, but if an abscess forms
there is serious danger of its producing
an opening in the wall of the appen
dix. admitting fcecal matter to the
abdominal cavity, and causing fata
peritonitis. In such case a surgical
operation becomes necessary, the
aperture being closed or the appen
dix excised.
Peritonitis is inflammation of the
peritoneum,, including metro-pento
nitis, suppurative peritonitis, tubercu
lar peritonitis, and adhesive perito
nitis, with encysted inflammatory ac
tions and local adhesions of opposed
parts. Treatment must be extremely
active and early to be of any avail.
The peritoneum is a serous mem
brane, enveloping the whole of the
abdominal vscera, except the open
ends of the Fallopian tubes in the fe
male, where it becomes continuous
with their mucus lining.
Perotonitis often results from ap
pendicitis, though there are many
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other causes. There is hardly an af
fection of any of the abdominal vis
cera that may not oe its starting
point.
The exciting causes ot appendicitis
are two-fold, the mechanical and the
nfective, and these may operate sep
arately or in combination. The me
chanical includes distension of the
ntestinal canal, resulting in conges
tion and inflammation ; the entrance
of foreign bodies, such as seeds, &c,
in the appendix, there acting as
sources of irritation ; and injuries
from strains or blows. Only about 12
per cent, of the cases are believed to
result from entrance of foreign bodies.
Constipation has an important bear
ing in the production of the disease.
It is frequently asked why it is that
these diseases have been known only
in recent years. The answer is that
the progress in medical science has
led to the discovery that they are
separate diseases. J. hey us id to De
known as inflammation ol the Dowels.
The Last ot tha Series-
The last musicale of the January
series, in the rrespytenan inurcn,
will be given Monday, January 29. at
3:30 p. m. No admission is charged,
but a free-will offering at the door.
The following program is being pre
pared :
1. Toccata in F . Bach
, Miss F.lsie 1 licks.
2. Winter Hall
Misses liowman, Kavi nnd Miller.
3-4-
5-
6.
7-
Flute solo Selected
Mr. F. I). Miller.
The Brighter Day Macheronl
Miss liowman.
"Trouble in the Amen Corner'Harbauyh
Mrs J. L. KicharJson.
Elegy Schumann
Misses liowman, Ravi and Miller.
Violin solo Traumerei Schumann
Mr. Hreon.
8.
9-
'Show Me Thy Ways," Torrenle
Sitjnorina Ravi.
Duet Selected
Messrs. lireon anil Miller.
10.
"O Night Wind Waft Thy Ferfume
Kare," I Floersheim
Misses liowman, Knvi and Miller.
'Funeral March of a Marionette,"Ciounod
Mrs. R. F. Colley.
II.
What ? Where ? When ? t
The Lyman H. Howe Moving Pic
ture Co., ft the Opera House, on
Thursday evening, February . ist.
Come and see the Boer war in Africa
and our own soldiers in the Philip
Dines. Get your seats in advance.
"Nuffsed." .
Trousers
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AEOUT 1R COUBT HOUSE-
Register's Notices, Sheriff's Sales and Other
Legal Advertising.
Accounts in the lollowing estates
have been filed in the Register's of
fice, and will be confirmed nisi on
! Monday, February 5 th :
I Estates of Sylvia S. and Sarah
I Jones, minors ; minor childien of D.
i F. Lutz ; Alex. McCarty, deceased 5
(Lloyd C. Shaffer, minor; Catharine
A. Welliver, Jacob Hummel, Moses
Everett, Jno. Hill, N. B. Creasy, T.
J. Vanderslice, M. G. Vanderslice,
David Strauser, Isabella Bogart, Ja
cob Nuss, Clerk Callender, guardian
of minors of Joseph B. Hess ; C. F.
Buckalew, minor; H. S. Menden
hall ; Henrietta Yost.
sheriff's sales.
The following Sheriff's sales are
advertised in the several county pa
pers :
FEBRUARY 3RD.
Sale at the Court House at 2 p. m.'
Property of Samuel Reinbold, in
Locust township.
Property of C.
E. Hagenbuch, in
Centre township.
Property ot E.
A. S. Brown, in
Mifflin township.
Property of Calvin J. Dick, in
Briarcreek township.
FKURUARY IOTH.
Property of Mary J. and C. B. Ohl,
in Bloomsburg, at the Court House,
2 p. ra.
Property ot O. D. L. Kostenbauder
in Catawissa, court house, 2 p. m.
Property of Jas. M. Reilly, in Cen
tralia, on the premises, at 2. p. m.
Property of J. S. Vorks, in Jackson
township, at the Court House, at i
p. m.
WIDOWS APPRAISEMENTS .
Have been filed in the office of the
Clerk of the Courts in the following
estates :
Benjamin Bitler, Samuel Camp,
Cyrus A. Heller, Ihff Arter.
Dr. Chamnlin is temporarily occupy
ing an office in Mrs. Ent's block, tiack
of rooms formerly occupied. Entrance
from side next to the court house.
The doctor will occupy his former
quarters after reconstruction ot the
building.
Guernsey, piano tuner, will be
in town all next week.
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