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VOL. 35.
BLOOMSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 19. 1000
NO. 1G
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REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
V. B. LAUBAOH AND 0- E. KREISHEH,
HOMINATED FOR THE LEGISLA
TURE AND THOMAS MENSOH
TOR SHERIFF.
Harrison, lor Coroner, and Hagenbuch lor
Jury Commliiioner William H. Woodin,
ol Borwick, Endorsed (or Congress.
The Columbia County Republican
Convention assembled in the Court
House Monday afternoon at two
o'clock. The meeting was called to
order by Chairman H. A. H'Killip,
and C. E. Geyer, of Catawissa was
elected president, and William Straub
of Centralia and C. B. Crispin, of Ber
wick, secretaries. Clyde C. Yetter
was appointed reading clerk.
Albert Duy, the intelligent young
son of County Secretary A. V. Duy,
acted as page for the convention'.
The roll was called, after which, upon
motion the temporary organization was
made permanent.
There were thiee named as dele
gates to the State Convention, Joseph
H. Catterall of Berwick, J. W. Golds
worthy, and Wm. Straub of Centralia.
The latter declined the honor, where
upon the other two were chosen by
acclamation.
W. S. Laubach and C. E. Kreischer
were named in the same manner as
candidates for Legislature.
Thomas Mensch was the only as
pirant for the office of Sheriff, and he
too was nominated by acclimation.
S. J. Harrison was named for cor
oner, and E. D. Hagenbuch for jury
commissioner. A resolution endors
ing W. H. Woodin of Berwick for
Congress; was presented and approv
ed by the convention.
The committee appointed on reso
lutions made the following report:
"We most earnestly approve the
true American policy of President
William McKinley and his expressed
purpose of maintaining the supremacy
of our flaz in whatever Quarter ot the
globe it has been won by the valor of
our soldiers and sailors.
"We indorse the wise, patriotic and
economic administration of Governor
William A. Stone. His impartial exe
cution of all laws, and the faithfulness
with which the departments are con
ducted merit the approval of all inter
ested in good government.
"We commend and indorse the
faithfulness with which Senator Boies
Penrose has cared fot the interests of
the great state of Pennsylvania in the
United States Senate and the assiduity
with which he has pressed the right of
or State to have its just and full repre
sentation in the higher legislative
body, and the fervor and zeal he has
displayed in urging the seating of
Governor Stone's appointee, the
matchless leader and eminent States
man, Hon. Matthew Stanley Quay."
At a meeting of the County Com
mittee, held subsequent to the Con
tention, H. A. McKillip was re-elected
County Chairman. He was empow
ered to fill any vacancies that may
occur on the ticket.
From the beginning, starting with
the primaries on Saturday,till the close
of Monday's Convention, it was a very
tame, uninteresting affair. There
was no opposition made to the regular
organization and the followers of Quay
bad things all their own way.
Republican Oonferenoe.
At the Republican Congressional
Conterence, held at the Montour
House, Danville, Saturday afternoon,
Cortez H. Jennings, of Lopez, Sulli
van county, was chosen presidential
elector, and James C. Brown, of this
town, and Col. L. M. Uement, 01
Sunbury, delegates to the
Convention, with A. G.
Northumberland, and H. A,
Bloomsburg, alternates.
Resolutions, endorsing
McKinley, were adopted.
National
Haas, of
M'Killip,
President
A happy event was celebrated at
the residence of J. J. Brower, on
Market street, at seven o'clock last
evening, when Miss Lulu Cole was
united in marriage to J. Howard
Michael. The ceremony was per
formed by Rev. J. D. Smith,ofthe Bap
tist Church,in the presence of only the
close relatives of the parties con
cerned. A wedding supper followed,
after which the bride and groom de
parted on a tour to Philadelphia.
Married.
On Thursday, April 12, 1900 at the
M. E. Parsonage, by Rev. W. M.
liysinger, Mr. Sterling Munson, of
Franklin, to Miss Ida May ' Watkins,
GRAND RALLY
At the Opora House to Express Sympathy
for the Boers,
The citizens of this county will
hold a public meeting, in the Opera
House, at Bloomsburg, on Saturday
evening, at 8 o'clock, to be addressed
by John M. Vanderslice, Esq., of
Philadelphia, and Fred T. lkeler,
Esq., of Bloomsburg.
Let every citizen who believes in
the right of the people to rule, and
whose sympathy goes out to the strug
gling Boers in their unequal struggle
for liberty against an empire of 400,
000,000 people, be present.
The boys should be there, in order
that they may learn what fiee govern
ment means, and what it cost to
achieve our independence from the
same power that is now trying to
crush two sister republics.
There never was a time in the his
tory ot our country when there was
greater need for both men and boys
to be aroused to the importance of
keeping alive the fires of patriotism
and love of freedom, to the end that
"government of the people, for the
people, and by the people might not
perish from the earth."
The meeting will be non partisan
Judge R. R. Little has consented to
preside. Turn out and make the
meeting a creat success. Ladies are
invited to attend.
COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
Pleased the People.
The following complimentary lines
are taken from the Shickshinnv Echo
of Friday :
"The benefit, at Miller's Hall, Sat
urday night, for the fire company, by
Bloomsburg talent, was a very good
entertainment. "Tony, the Convict,"
was a better play than the name im
plied, and was very creditably pre
sented, all the characters being well
taken. The part of "Tony" was
played like a professional by Paul
Harman and he was ably seconded Dy
W. H. Coffman, as "Weary Wayside,"
whose portrayal of the hobo was a
neat bit ot acting. Mr. Robt. Grotz
acted the villain's part acceptably and
Miss Margaret Hendershott, as Lena,
was charming, and portrayed the char
acter in a finished manner. The
troupe as a whole, compared favora
bly with the best that come to Shick
shinny. The illustrated songs, by
Mr. D. J. Tasker, was a pleasant feat
ure, and his singing was roundly ap
plauded." Shickshinny ttank-
Shickshinny's new Bank organized
with $25,000 capital stock and the
following directors : Jesse Beadle, M.
B. Hughes, F. J. Post, I. A. Miller,
E. v. Garrison, G. M. Beadle, R. M
Tubbs. M. I. Low and G. M. Tustin.
Beadle was elected President
and R. M. Tubbs, Vice President
The Shickshinny stockholders are
Jesse Beadle, E. W. Garrison, I. A.
Miller, R. M.Tubbs, Geo. M. Beadle,
Dr. M. B. Hughes, F. J. Post, Dr. W.
L. Chaoin. S. A. Bachman, M. J.
Rittenhouse, A. C. Shaw, H. L. Deit-
rick E. S. Stackhouse, and Dr- A.
Davison and T. W. Ruckle of Cam
bra. The balance of the stockholders
are from Bloomsburg : G. M. Tustin,
Murrm T T.OW. W. D. UeClCleV, M. A.
McKilliD. E. B. Tustin, F- R. Car
nenw. Tas. C. Brown, and R. F.
Colley.
Services in M- Evangelical Ohuroh.
praVer meeting Wednesday April
g at p m preaching on Thurs
, v eve b v Rev . N. Young at 7:30
m. Preaching
on Friday eve
by
Pastor. Preaching on oaiuruay
Rev D. L. Kepner at 7:30 p
Sabbath School Sunday 9:15 a.
. r
by
Prfarhinc and Communion 10:30 a. m
Junior K. L. C. E., 2:30 P- m- Senior
K. L. C. t-. ( U lon meeting; uol" V"
rj-.hirxT hv Dr. Tucker of Harris
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burg, 7: 30 P- m- . . , ,
A hp.irtv invitation is extended
to
all these services.
J. W.
Bentz,
Pastor,
Last Chance.
The last chance to get the Farm
r,.,,,,, fnr nearly five years is nearly
-aa Wf have onlv six more left
Cliuvu ' rrt
contract. 1 hese
.:n n th first six people who
namely, old
cherrihers who pay all arrearages
Hate, and a year in advance from now
and nPW subscribers who pay a year
in advance
BUM ' . 1 '
if von want H. uuu
VESTRYMEN ELECTED.
At a meeting of the congregation
of St. Paul's Church held on Monday
evening, the following persons were
elected Vestrymen to serve for the
ensuing year : John G. Freeze, John
R. Townsend, Geo. E. Llwell, Paul
E. Wirt, Geo. S. Robbins, J. L. Dil
lon and J. G. Wells. A vestry meet
ing was held immediately afterwards
and the following organization effect
ed : Secretary, Paul E. Wirt : Treas
urer, A. H. Bloom j Committees on
finance, Messrs. Wirt, Townsend,
Wells 1 on pews, Freeze, Robbins,
Bloom ; on buildings and grounds,
Elwell, Dillon j on music, Wirt, El
well. A vote of thanks was extended
to the choir for the very excellent and
inspiring music at the several services
on Easter. It was ordered that a
financial statement for the past year
be printed, anil placed 'n the pews
next Sunday. Adjourned to meet on
April 30th at 7 30 p. m. to elect
deputies to the Diocesan Convention
which meets at Scranton in May.
"The Monasteries of Florence-"
Vlnconl Ravi, ot Boston School otThe
logy, In the Congregational Church.
Mr.
The audience in the Congregational
church on Tuesday evening was given
a literary and oratorical treat in the
lecture by Mr. Vincent Ravi of the
Boston school of theology on the
"Monasteries of Florence."
Mr. Ravi visited those monasteries
last summer, with his lather, having
returned to his birthplace for a short
visit, also having in contemplation this
ecture. His father was formerly a
monk in one of the monasteries, but
became a Christian minister about
thirty years ago.
The speaker's descriptions of the
art in these monasteries, the quaint-
ness of the architecture, the beauty of
the natural scenery about them, also
their history and the noted men who
have ministered in them, were cogent,
logical, beautiful, oratorical and
poetical. His cogency and concise
ness revealed the acuteness ana logic
m 1
of his Scotch ancestry, and his lm
agination, his poetic instinct and ora
torical powers revealed the warm, im-
aeinative, poetic, Italian nature, ms
description of Vallombrosa, with his
word mctures of the scenes which
surround it, presented in his natural
and yet forceful way, will compare
favorably with the best things of our
ereatest orators. t-verett Herald.
Presbyterian cnurcn, wonciay April
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23rd, admission, a silver ottering.
A Double Wedding-
Hiram Runyon, of Philadelphia,
and Miss Pauline Smith, of Main
ville. and F. W. Gearhart, of Al
toona, and Mrs. Mary C. Farnsworth,
r T)lnAiKnrir fnrmoH the rnntrart-
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ing parties of a happy double nuptial
event, at the snuman notei, iviain-
ville, Wednesday morning. ine
guests in attendance were limited to
nnlw the immediate relatives. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev,
J. D. Smith, of this town. The
brides are grandmother ana grana-
dauehter. After a sumptuous wed
ding dinner had been served, and fe
licitations extended, the nappy cou
rses took the P. & R. train for Phila
delphia, where Mr. and Mrs. Runyon
will reside. Mr. and Mrs. Gearhart
will take uo their residence in Al-
toona.
An Octogenarian Dead.
Levi Cox, who is perhaps known by
nearly every resident of iiioomsburg
on account bf his long residence here,
died in the eighty-first year of his age,
at his home on West Main street,
Saturday evening. The surviving
members of the family are a wife and
tMO children. Miss Ada, living at
hnm and Mrs. Norman Smith of
T ime Ridire. The funeral was held
Tuesday afternoon at one o'clock,
conducted by Rev. Dr. Hemingway of
the Presbytenan church.
The Andrews Opera Company gave
satisfactory presentation of
th. nnera "Carmen." last night. The
leadinc female portion ot the organ-
ization sang their parts in a pleasing
manner, and displayed voices of un
usual sweetness and power, especially
Miss Mvrta French, as "Carmen,
The audience was not as large as the
entertainment deserved.
A little daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
E. F. Row, was seriously scalded by
talliner into a tub of steaming hot
water on Friday. For a day or two
the little one's life was despaired ot,
but she is g.reatly improved now and
will recover.
A Prized Instalment
Claude M. Stauffer on Thursday
purchased from T. Vandeweken, of
Brussels, a genuine Mictieiot violin
made in the year 1750. The violin
bought by Mr. Stauffer some time
ago was exchanged as part consid
eration on thUone. The violin was
obtained by Mr. Vandeweken from
a violin collector and violinist by
the name of A. Parent, in Pans.
The violin is valued at six hundred
dollars. Hazleton Sentinel.
Mr. Stauffer having- graduated
from the Normal School of this
town, a few vears since, is well
known here. He has participated
in many Bloomsburg concerts, and
his playing was always greatly en
joyed.
The Easter music iu nil the
churches where special programs
were arranged, was well rendered.
At St Paul's Church at the early
service every seat was tinea, ana
the music was pronounced to be
one of the most pleasing services
ever rendered there. The choir
sang well, and Mr. DeForest J.
Hummer, the oreanist. is entitled
to much credit for the very skill
ful manner in which he executed
the elaborate and diffcult music on
the organ. At the close of the ser
vice each member of the choir was
presented in the Parish House with
a lovely boquet ot flowers by Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. S. Robbins. At the
10.30 a. m. and 7.30 p. m. services
excellent sermons were preached
by the Rector. Rev. D. N. Kirkby.
Miss Flora Housel, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Foster Housel, died
of consumption at the home of her
parents in Milton on Friday. The
deceased formerly resided in Blooms
burg and since moving away made
many extended visits to relatives
here. She was an estimable young
lady, and her death is deeply re
gretted. The funeral took place on
Monday.
Tames Reillv's Barber shop, in
the room formerly used as a ladies'
narlor in the Central Hotel, has
been fitted up with new cases new
Llldlia. VV Via, .avstu ,
new everything;. Three chairs
en-ible customers to be waited on
oromptlv. Chris Reilly is the assist
ant to his father, and he is fast
acquiring the skill of his sire in the
tonsonal art.
Frank Eyer has severed his con
nection with the Bloomsburg Store
Company and has commenced busi-
ness for himselt at his tamers siana
- . . . . , . .
on West Main street. The vacancy
at the Store Company has been fill
ed hv Howard Michael who for
some time oast has been an em-
nlovee of the Hawley Slate Furni-
:..
John Tooley, Sr., died at his
linme in Danville on Monday after
a lintrerinc illness. He was born
in Ireland Tune 2.s, 1832 and imi-
grated to America in 1852. He
settled in Danville a few years later
and has lived there ever since. A
wife, five daughters and three sons
survive. One ot tne latter is Law
rence Tooley of this town.
Extensive improvements have
been made, and are still going on
at the Central Hotel, by the new
landlord C. B. Ent. Painting,
papering, new furnitnre ffcc, are
amone the improvements. Mr. Ent
is doing everything in his power to
please the traveling public, and his
hotel will no aouot De ciassea among
the best in this section.
T. G. Swank, ex-county commis
sioner met with a very painful acci
dent a few days ago whereby the
thumb nail of his left hand was torn
off. He was assisting a neighbor
in nioviii2 and his hand was caught
hptween a heavv barrel and the
side board of the wagon. The pairi
nttpndant noon an injury ot this
kind is excruciating.
William Gray left ou Wednesday
for Dubois, to accept a position in
the car works at that place. He
secured the situation through the
recommendations given him by two
other Bloomsburg boys, who have
been employed there for several
montti3 past.
Georce H. Welliver was unable
to purchase any norses ai uunaio
this week, consequently the sale
. . v-v or .
advertised for April 20th has been
postponed. Horse flesh has taken
I a big upward stride during the past
1 few weeks.
Double
Breasted
Frock
It a matter of pride
with us to have the beat
bere for our customers
and to have it at a right
price.
We would like you to
notice the superior fit
and wearing quality of
ur Hart, Schaffner &
Marx clothes and see
how little we aak for
thorn.
They're the kind ad
vertised In the leading
magazines and worn by
good dreasers everywhere.
Our furnishings are the best that can be had.
Our Bicycle Clothing now in.
We sell trunks, valises, dress cases and telescopes.
Ben Qidding
BLOOMSBURG, PENNA.
Come in and 9ee us we'll treat you right.
The Leader Department Store.
Springs.
Before the advance in prices
we placed an order for springs.
This was nearly a year ago.
They are all in 150 of them
and we are willing to give you
the beneht of our early buy
ing. The sizes are 4x4 ft., and
4x6 ft, fall length. In fact,
size to fit any bed.
Our special leader is a full-
sized spring, woven wire top,
$2.20 It would be cheap at
2.75- We can give you a
coiled spring, full size.for $2.50.
Higher prices tor better goods.
10-Wire
WOOL VELVET
CARPETS,
Hade, Laid and
Lined,
90 cts.
Brussels,
the 60c.
kind.
Haveonly
100 Yds.
Left.
Furniture.
It is probably useless to tell
you that our stock of furniture
is new and fresh. Every dealer
tells you that. We wish we
could talk to you personally,
right in our rooms, with the
furniture betore you. We
could show you wherein is the
difference between our stock
and that quoted at lower prices.
We aim first at quality. We
don't want the stuff to fall apart
within the first month after
you get it.
We carry furniture for every
room from the kitchen chair,
at 50c. apiece, to a dining
room table at $30. Also, all
between.
THE LEADER STORE
iff
Hattresses.
We are sorry to say that we
have a larger stock of mat
tresses than any other store in
town.
We can hardly understand
how it was done. We placed
an order for 150 and received
300. Manufacturer savs we
gave an order for this many,
but our memorandum showed
only 150. However, we kept
them at a price. From $2.50
to $10.00 the prices run, and if
you need a mattress come and
make us an offer. The stock
I must go down to normal.
Onyx
Carpets,
20c.
Just Left,
50
Yards.
Furniture.
Here are a few
want to close out :
things we
DINERS! The? were $8.
We will eel what we have of
them tor $0 a set.
We have a heavy box diner,
which we sold . regularly for
$14.00 the set. Just a few
left, and they will go for $9.00.
We have a full-sized white
enamel bed, which we have
been selling for $8.00. We
will sell a dozen of them at
$6.50 apiece. And you know
white beds are white beds in
these days of high prices.
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