r VOL. 35. BLOOMSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 22, ijjoO. NO. 12 CI)! II II Willi Hey V NT j V7 V VICTIMS OF AN ANGRY BULL FARMER STOUT AND HIS GORED TO DEATH WIFE By An Infuriated Beast John Mowrey't Ghastly Find Snow Concealed Their Bodies For Three Days. The absence of life and activity around the Michael Heller farm, near Mifflinville, aroused the curiosity of neighbors last week to such an ex tent that on Sunday evening John Mowrcy decided to ascertain, if pos sible, the cause of the unusual quiet ness and inactivity. Receiving no answer to repeated knocks at the door, he went to the barn. Here he found everything in a torn up condi tion, the animals, almost starved and famished, gave evidence that they had received no care or attention for sev eral days. Leaving the barn his at tention was challenged Dy a singular looking object, partly covered by the snow. An examination revealed the body of Mrs. Stout, terribly mangled, and close by lay the body of her hus band, torn and mutilated almost be yond recognition. It is the supposi tion that Mr. and Mrs. Stout had gone to the barn to look after the chores j that Mr. Stout was taking the cattle to water, when "he was at tacked by an especially vicious bull and gored to death. His perilous po sition was discovered by his wife, who went to his assistance and met the same fate. Mrs. Stout was tossed so much that scarcely any clothing re mained on her body. Her neck was broken and many deep gashes ap peared on her body. The shocking affair must have ta ken place before Thursday, as the bodies were covered with snow. The remains were taken in charge of by Undertaker Berninger, of Mifflinville, It is the saddest event that has ever occurred in that section, and in con sequence of which the whole com munity is in mourning. The couple had been married about three years and had been living on the farm a little more than a year. They were aged thirty-seven and thirty-five years respectively, and had no children. Mrs. Stout was a sister of A. 6. Heller, who, for a time, up to about two years ago, was the manager of the Artificial Ice Company plant in this town. The louble funeral, which occurred yesterday, was the third event of the kind that has taken place from the house in which they lived within a few years. Two step sisters of Mr!. Stout died at the same time, and a short time thereatter, two step broth ers were drowned in the Susquehanna River. Mrs- 0. 0. Marr Falses Away- Mrs. Susannah, the estimable wife of Chester C. Marr, after a protracted illness, died at her home on East Fourth Street Wednesday morning. Mis. Marr had been in poor health for a long time. About two months ago she suffered a severe paralytic stroke, since which time he life had been dispaired of. She at times, ap peared to get brighter, and would show signs of improvement, but last week her discomforts were increased by a second stroke of paralysis, which resulted in dtath. Mrs. Marr's maid en name was Kase. She was born in Northumberland County in 1825- She was married to C. C. Marr in i860. She, is survived by a husband and one daughter, Miss Dora. Mrs. Marr was a woman who de voted all her time to her family circle. She was held in high esteem and dur ing her life won the firm friendship of all who knew her, and leaves behind a remembrance that will not soon fade. The funeral will take place from the house to-morrow afternoon at three o'clock. Services will be con ducted by Rev. D. N. Kirkby, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, of which the deceased was a number. The remains of Marvin McHenry arrived here on the D. L. & W. Rail road, from San Francisco, Cal , yes terday, and were placed on the B. & S. train and conveyed to the home of nis parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ira R. Mc Henry, at Ben'.on. from where the funeral will occur to-morrow after noon at two o'clock, with military nonors. For Runt. Proctor Inn, well furnished, from Feb. 1st 1900. Rent cheap. Apply o Lr. hiwell or A. L. Fritz, Blooms burg, Pa. . tf MRS. FRAN0I3 P. DRINKER. After only a week's illness! Mrs. Francis P. Drinker died at her home on West Main street, on bunriav March 18. A faithful communicant of St. Paul's Church, she was always interested and zealous in its work and welfare. She will be much missed by the parishioners in the services of the church and in the Parish House activities. All who knew her,thorough- ly admired and respected her sterling Christian character and lofty princi ples. She died, as she had lived, confident in the support and "com fort of a reasonable, religious and holy hope" in favor with God and in per fect charity with the world. She was laid to rest at Forest Hill cemetery, Scranton, in the family burial plot, on Tuesday. ' Services were conducted at the house by Rev. D. N. Kirkby at 9.30 o'clock, and tne remains were taken to Scranton on the ic.47 train. Mary Chamberlin Diinker was the daughter of John M. and Martha S. Chamberlin. Her father was for many years a Justice of the Peace in this town. She was born in Bloomsburg, December 12th, 1842, and was mar ried to Francis P. Drinker October 13th, 1864. She leaves her husbahd, and three children, William W. and Francis P. Jr. of Scranton, and Mrs. W. P. Meigs of Bloomsburg. The eldest daughter, Martha, wife of Ed win N. Perrin of New York, die 1 last fall. Mrs. Drinker was the only dau ghter in her father's family. Sue had four brothers, Mills and John, both deceased; James W. who lives in Virginia, and Michael whose home is at Dunmore. Her last illness was of brief dura tion. On Saturday March 10th she was compelled to go to bel with a heavy cold, which soon developed into pneumonia. In the early morning of the 1 8th she died. The memory of her happy disposition, affable tempera ment and many admirable christian qualities will linger long with the many tnends who Knew ner wen ana who mourn her loss. CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS. The annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church closed at Hazleton on Wednesday. I he leading feature of the closing session was the appointment of pastors. Rev. B. C. Conner, who has been pastor here for the past five years has been assigned to Ridge Avenue Church, Harnsburg. The appointments for the Danville District are as follows : Presiding elder, William Evans; Ashland, Edwin Witman; Beech Haven, Samuel i ox; Beaver Meadow, Isaac Cadman; Benton, John Wil helm; Berwick, Richard Gilbert; Bloomingdale, Jacob Diebel; Blooms burg, William Frysinger; Buckhorn, Timothy Tubbs; Catawissa, Samuel Wilson; Catawissa circuit, Elmer Mc- Kelvey; Centralia, John W. Buckley; Conyingham, Richard Brooks; Dan ville, St. Pauls, Benjamin Diramick; Trinity, Orlando Heck; Elysburg, James Glass; Espy and Lime Ridge, William H. Hartman; fcxceisior, Frank H. Brunstetter; Fountain Sorine. Charles H. Barnard; Free- land. William W. Hartman; Gordon, Reuben Wilson; Harveyville, Wil- liam Rothrock; Hazleton, Diamond, Alfred Miller; Hazletor., St. Paul's, Isaac N. Moorhead; Irish Valley, Olivtr H. Albertson; Jamison City, Pierren Frecin: Teanesville and Auderrietf. John Biskel; Jeddo, Wil ham Armstrong; Jerseytown, JJavut Brouse; Jonestown, Samuel Oarnil; Mifflinville, George bavidge; Milnes ville and Lattimer, Amos Bruce; Mount Carmel, William A. Houck; Nescopeck, Joseph Clemens; North umberland, Tosiah Mumper; Orange ville and Light Street, John Grimes; Park Place and Delanco, Wilson Van- dermark; Riverside, Freeman Vought; Rohrsburg, Seth Creveling; belms Grove. Henry Former; Shamokin, First ('hnrch. Alexander Miller; Sec ond Church. Crawford Benscoter; Shamokin Mission, Lewis Dyer; Shick- shinnv. John Douuherty; Silver Brook, Robert Allen; Snydertown, Robert Armstrong. Sunbury, James Stem; Town Hill. Edcar Heckman; Trever ton. William Hamhn; Waller, James rtflttpns: WauwalloDen. Philip Tho mas; Wi-shingtonville, Thomas M Phillips; Weatherly, Robert M. Sny der; White Haven, S. Milton Frost. Candidates for the Normal Schoo Kn. hnll team made their first ap- nnnraiiPG Oil the diamond Tuesday The makeup of the inK will not be known for severa weeks. COMMITTEEMEN MEET. DELLUATE3 OH03EN TO THE DEMO CRATS STATE CONVENTION. John G. McHenry, of Bonton, Rocommendcd as Delegate to the National Convention, Which Moots at Kansas City July 4. In response to the call of Chair man of the County Committee C. A. Small, the committeemen assembled in the Court House ac eleven o'clock on Saturday. First in order was the roll call. This was performed by W. . Evert, county secretary. As a com mittee on resolutions the chairman ap pointed W. T. Creasy, C. II. Dildine, Wilson Rhtads, Peter Jones and John Langan. Nominations of delegates to the next State Convention were asked for, and the following gentlemen named : Willits Demon. Millville; Russel Karris, Benton; Dr. H. V. I lower, Mifflinville; John G. Harnian, Bloomsburg, and W. B. Snyder, Roaringcrcek. According to the party rules five are necessary, and no more than that number being placed in nomination, the secretary, wan in structed to cast the vote. The committee on resolutions hand ed in their report as follows : 1. That we emphatically favor the re-nomination for rresident that matchless leader and great expounder of Democratic principles, William J. Bryan. 2. That we recommend as delegate to the Democratic National Conven tion from the 17111 Congressional Dis trict, John G. McHenry, late County Chairman, and hereby instruct our delegates this day elected to the com ing State Convention, to use all hon orable means to secure his nomina tion. 3. This committee most heartily endorses the wise and conservative leadership of our National Commit teeman Col. James M. Guffey. 4. As delegates at large to the Democratic National Convention we instruct our delegates this day elected to the coming State Convention, to use all honorable means to secure the nomination of Col. J. M. Guffey and Hon. Rufus K. Polk. 5. We most heartily approve the record of our present Congressman, Hon. Rufus K. Polk. William T. Creasy, Peier Jones, C. H. Dildine, . Wilson Rhoads, John Langan. There being no further business on hand the meeting was given to dis cussion on various subjects. Distri bution was made of by-laws and rules, which were recently prepared and printed, after which the meeting ad journed. The attendance was very small, many districts Deing witnout repre sentation. HELPLESS BEFOtCE ANQRI FLAME3. House and Wagon Shop Destroyed at Almedia. A distructive fire, the origin of which 1 . 1 was an overneatea stove, visuea Almedia, Saturday afternoon, and completely destroyed quite an exten sive wagon and carriage shop, and a dwelling house. The former was the property of N. J. Englehart, and the latter, that of John Shellenberger. The fire was first discovered in the varnish room of the carriage factory. The stove had been neglected, until it became red hot and ignited some combustible material. The flames spread rapidly, and in almost less time than it takes to tell it, the entire structure was enveloped. Alraedia's entire population gathered on the scene, but were powerless to render any assistance. There were several new wagons in the factory, all of which were burned up. The loss to Mr. Englehart is a severe one, as his property was uninsured. Mr. Shellen berger was more lortunaie, dui nis in surance will not begin to cover his loss. Dropped tbs Fowls and Fled. A would-be chicken purloiner was foiled in his attempt to relieve David Savage's hen house of three of its finest specimens Saturday evening. He had succeeded in entering the apartment and lifting from the perch three hens, but in so doing some of the other chickens became disturbed and the cackling attracted the atten tion of some neighbors. Mrs. L. D. Kase and Mrs. P. A. Evans both heard the noise and had stepped out side their doors. While exchanging opinions as to the cause, a man stealthily emerged from the building. They commanded him to halt, but he dropped the fowls and fled. 00UNQIL PROCEEDINGS. Council met Tuesday evening March 20th 1900. Members present W. O. Holmes. Pres.; J. S. Blue, W. E. Demaree, T. L. Smith, J. A. Cox and C. Cronan. The President stated that during the past year no new work had been commenced or expenditures of any amount been made without a state ment f the resources of the town be ing placed before the council, and the expenditures made accordingly, and requested the Secretary to explain where the increased indebtedness came from. The statement of 1 899 and 1900 were carefully compared and it was found that all expenditures of last ear had bt-en decreased with the ex ception of the Fire Department which was increased $2,700 00 making a total increase of the debt last year of about $990.00. A petition was presented , for the extension of the sewer on Seventh street to the Gas Works which was granted. The ordinance givine franchise to the Bloomsburg & Berwick Electric R. R was re enacted in favor of Co lumbia & Montour Electric R. R. Meeting adjourned to meet Thurs day March 22nd at 7:30 at which time tne audito;s are requested to be present and explain where the incrcas ed town indebtedness comes from. An Enjoyab'e Trip- In company with Mr. S. C. Creasy Tuesday morning the writer lett Bloomsburg about 8 o'clock for a trip up Green Creek to look after a recent purchase of a fine timber tract, pass ing through Light Street, Otangeville, via Forks, thence to Jonestown, where one mile more of a drive brought us to the old Buckalew Homestead, find ing it just about dinner time as we halted at the door of the genial A. M. Stevens, who recently moved from Kyttle to this place to look after the interests of Creasy & Wells for the next 3 years in getting the bark to market and the manutacturing of the lumber, shingles and lath. Mr. Stevens was just going to get a bucket (of water from one of the large springs, when he noticed a large black water snake, which he killed. The snake was nearly 4 feet long, and none of us seemed just so very thirsty at that time His good wife soon had one of her palatable dinners tabled and you should have seen the eatables disap pear. After dinner we walked out in the woods where we found Mr. L. M. Petitt and his men placing the ma chinery which consists of a large saw mill, and lath mill. Mr. Petitt is an experienced sawyer and by the care used in setting his mills we are sure the out-put will be well manufactured. We then took to walking over the tract, which consists of about 260 acres of the best timbered land it has ever been our privilege to look at. Hemlock of immense diameter and unusual he:ght predominates, though oak, pine, chestnut, beech and birch are in abundance. It will require four different settings of the mills, and 3 years to handle the bark and get to market the probable three million feet of lumber, four million shingles and four million plastering lath that this tract will produce. The place is his toric, it being the home of the father of the late Hon. C. R. Buckalew as well' as the present home of Capt. J. M. Buckalew who was not only a good soldier, but was appointed by ex-Gov ernor Pattison on a commission ot 5 of which Mr. Buckalew was made chairman, to locate and discribe the forts of Pennsylvania, and as we spent the evening witn him and his wife and looked the two volumes over, and lis tened to him relate his experience in getting up the work, and adding his reminiscences ot the early history of the locality in which he lives, we were most delightfully entertained and sur prised at his retentive memory. After being royally taken care of for the night at the home of Mr. Stevens, at 9 o clock in the morning we started for home, when two miles below Jonestown we passed 4 hunters, two of which were Hess boys by name. We observed hanging over their shoulders fox skins and upon inquiring they told us they had captured seven the two old ones and five young ones. They did not know how many got away. We arrived home at 12 o'clock, hungry and tired. Fred B. Hartman. There are many guesses being made as to the population of Blooms burg. They run from four to eight thousand. In our opinion, five thousand is au approximate conjecture. ."The young man who is neglecting one of the successful career. 4 1 111 1 I . 11,1 I We still have a few Storm Coats and Heavy Winter Over, coats, which we will sell at greatly reduced prices. Bee Gidding BLOOMSBURG, PENNA. $fS Come in and ?ee us we'll treat you right. Carpet What is the use of your looking: over a few rolls of poorly chosen Car pets, when we offer you a selection from a stock larger stocks in the county combined. You will not have to pay us one cent more than you do elsewhere. So it is to your advantage to Bargains ? Yes. Lots of them. We have sold over one-half of the 10- wire Btussels we had, and which we were offering at 60 cents, made and lined. Can you find its equal ? WE KEEP FURNITURE, DRY GOODS, GROCERIES. But what we want to talk about this week is We'll talk about the other things later on; but to-day our story is CAR PETS. Just look us over, but not over look us. The Leader DEPARTMENT STORE. does not heed his dress most important steps to TOP COATS IF you think of buying t top coat this season we would like to show you the new styles made by HART. SCHAFFNER 6 MARX English Covert Cloths and Whipcords, Cheviots, Vicu nas and soft i nished Kerseys, silk sleeve linings, strip seams, horn buttons: also made of the stylish double faced goods with fancy plaid back. HART, SCHAFFNER 4 MARX TAILOR - M ADC ClOTHO. Facts ! than all the other deal with us. til it- !l lit i .if i. fS ? i i. r 4 ''" V) ; J I 'A i i "i ' i i.-i r i.-.r mi - . x '7 . f 1 i .'1 r-T i 1 . ' '. ' . ! '' s 'V r . I - 'V "U. '! 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