III! II li M 11 i J i i ll ill ill VOL. 35. BLOOMSBURG, PA. THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1900. NO. 30 w TOVOTfllUWTIDl? SiLL FRAMED j I OIULL rd TRADE 1 1111 u Jill The Movement Endorsed by Many Business Men. Meeting Next Week, Thursday Night, For Organ ization. Active measures for the organization cf a Board of Trade have been taken, and it is now an assured fact. A paper was circulated and signed by 113 mcn representing different business interests and the professions. The paper and the signatures are as follows : Wiikkkas, Tlic best results, in any com muni;v, can only be had by the employment of its lnlxr and capital s And believing that concert action on the part of those having material interests is necessary to alTord such employment, and knowing that in other localities efforts in this direction have been made by the organization of local boards of trade, we, the under signed, agree to organize a Board of Trade for the Town of Bloomsburg, Pa., the man ner of organization and mode of operation to be agreed upon by a majority of the sub scribers hereto, at a meeting to be convened when not less than fifty have subscribed to this agreement. It being further understood that each sub scriber hereto shall be liable for the pay ment of an annual subscription of five dol lars, the first annual installment thereof payable when the required number have sub scribed hereto, a meeting convened and a treasurer elected to receive the same. Jno. K. Townsend, W. O. Holmes & Son, I'aul K. Wirt, I.. E. Waller, A. Z. Schoch, Am. E. Lt. & Gas Co., J. C. Wells, G. M. Tustin, .LXSharplessCo.Ltd, Kobt. K. Little, James Magee, 2d, S. R. liidleman, F. U. Vorks, Geo. W. M ifflin, F. Y. I'ursel, Gehrad Snyucr, F. I). Dentler, A. N. Yost, Louis Gross, 1. K. Vannatta, T. C. Hartcr, J. L. Dillon, J. II. Mercer, C. li. Knt, Alexander l(ros.& Co., J. E. Roys, II. G. Supplee, F. W. Redekcr, W. R. Kocher, I. W. VVillitts, James M. Staver, Win. Chrisman, E. C. Caswell, E. B. Tustin, Jerie Geese, C. W. Funston, W. L, Demaree, E. W. M. Low, C. L. Cronin, Geo. S. Robbins, J. H. Giger, II. J. Clark & Son, Frank 1. Eyer, Wm. E. Hartman, W. J. corell, F. 11. Riddle, K. C. Duckulew, Andrew Graydon, Thomas Gorrey, J. Lee Ilarman, (Jrant Herring, H. V. White & Co., J. P. Welsh, O. W. Cherrington, W. L. White, F. II. Wilson, G. II. Welliver, L. V. Kase, Ceo. E. Elwell, F. M. Keiner, B V Gidding, C. A. Kleim, A. II. liloom, J. C. Kutter, Jr. C. C. Peacock, Ikcler & Ikeler, S. U. Atment, C. W. Miller, . M. guick, C. S. Vanllorn, F. J.Richard, M. J. Hess, X. llawley, Jr., II. G. Eshleman, F. N. Turner, John Ilarman, William II. Slate, w. S. Rishton, J. J. Drown, Josiah Ralston, H. W. Champlin, E. P. Williams, I. W. Hartman & Son, E. B. Brower, L, N. Moyer, S. E. Reynolds, Wm. l,oweiiberg, F. M. Kelly, W. II. Lyer, Mifflin & Terwilliger, Ceo. P. Ringler, E. F. Carpenter, J. I). Armstrong, L. P. Sterner, G. A. McKelvy, J. Lee Martin, M. P. Lutz & Son, J. C. Brown, W. II. Brower, 1L A. M'Killip, J. S. John, Clyde C. Voter, G. B. Mellick, James MacEwan, W. M. Keber, J. S. Williams & Son, N. U. Funk, Samuel Wigfall, W. S. Moyer, Harry Stees, J- W. Bruner, Samuel H. Ilarman, II. Bierman, II. F. Dieffenbach. In pursuance of this paper a meet ing was held in the Exchange Hotel parlor last Thursday evening, at which aDout 40 of the signers were present. I" C. Teacock, Esq., was choosen temporary chairman, and S. F. Pea cock, secretary. After some general discussion a motion was adopted that a committee of five, including the chairman, be appointed to prepare a plan of organization, and to suggest the names of officers, and make report m a meeting to be held at the Court House on Thursday evening, at 8 The chair appointed the following persons as the committee : C. C. Pea cock, J. C. Brown, Geo. E. Elwell, H. v. White and L. Gross. The committee held a meeting on Thursday evening and worked several hours, but were unable to comolete their labors, and so adjourned until rnuay evening. A general meeting will be held at the Court House next ihursday at 8 d. m. The paper is still onen for signers. and all persons who desire to become members are requested to attend the "leeting and sign the paper. Money to Loan. $1400 to loan on first mortgage on town property, at 5 per cent, and mcs. Appiy t0 Ge0i E Eii Atty., "wumsourg, j"a. tf Jess Sweigert and Jos. Fausey, In the Hands of the Law. Both Parties Reside in Espy- Fausey Released on $800 Bail. Tuesday night, about half-past eleven, as Night Watchman A. V. Hower was coming up the alley, be tween the Exchange Hotel and the B'oomsburg National Bank, his atten tion was attracted by a horse and wagon, standing in the rear of the old Presbyterian Church. He waited awhile, thinking of course, that the owner would put in an appearance. Corcluding lhat something was wrong, he hastened to Main street, where he met Chief of Police Wesley Knorr and Miles Betz. After relating h; hnd to the officers, the three repaired to the alley and conducted a thorough search. They were about to give it up for a hopeless job when they came across a man lying prostrate in the alley with a coil of telephone wire, containing about 5,280 feet, by his side. Upon questioning him the of ficers learned that the wire was the property of the Columbia & Montour releprone Company, and that he had stolen it from the basement of the old Presbyterian Church. Unable to give a satisfactory explanation, he was arrested and placed in the lock up over night. At a hearing before Justice of the Peace Guy Jacoby, Wednesday after noon, the man gave his name a3 Jess Sweigert, and said that he resided in Espy. He admitted having commit ted the theft. He said the horse and wagon belonged to Joseph Fausey, of Espy 5 that Fausey had agreed to buy all the wire he could steal, and had loaned him the horse and wagon to haul it. He gained an entrance into the basement with a key, he hav ing recently been in the employ of the Telephone Company. Both were held for Court Sweigert for having committed the theft, and Fausey for receiving stolen goods. Fausey fur nished bail in the sum of $800. Sweigert was taken to jail. ABOUT " F ARU NEW8." We have just learned that some of our subscribers, to whom the Farm News was sent as a gift, in 1897, are still receiving the paper, and that they have been getting notices from the publishers, claiming pay for more than two years. When the paper was ordered by us, in each case the cash was sent with it to pay for one year. We kept no record of the mat ter, supposing that at the end of the year the paper would stop, or, if it didn't, that each person receiving it would refuse to lift it. We never be fore had notice from any one that the Farm News was still coming on. Had we known it, we would have ordered them all stopped. We would suggest now that all who are getting it shall refuse to take it out of the office, and that all who have had letters from the publishers should notify this office, and we will do what we can to get the best settlement with them. Hotel Gilmore was threatened with destruction Saturday. Robert Hawkins, the colored porter, was walkint? throuch the bar room, carry ing a gallon can filled with gasoline, when, in some mysterious manner, it caught fire. The fluid spread over the floor with great rapidity, and it required the combined enorts 01 a dozen men to extinguish the blaze. The can was kicked out into the street and a hose turned on. An alarm was turned in and the Friend ships and Winonas responded, but their succor was not neeaea. 1 ne 11, in some places, was scorched, iut the damage was only trifling. Court Frocedings. Court convened on Monday with a full bench. Good Will Fire Company et. al. vs C. M. Hess et al. Hearing in open court. Motion to dissolve preliminary injunction filed by defendants. Plain tiffs entered motion to continue pre liminary injunction. A nnliration of transfer of hotel license from Lemuel Drake to Conrad Ifland. Refused. -- The Bloomsburg Wheelmen, will uot have a race meet this year. John Cole, of Coletown, Crush ed Beneath Wagon Wheels. Riter Goss, of Red Rock, Will be Called Upon to Answer A Serious Charge. Death beneath the wheels of a heavy farm wagon, is the fate which befell John Cole while he in com pany with a friend Jrcob Dirk, were returning home from a bic)cle ride Saturday night. The casualty occurr ed a short distance above Benton. The circumstances of the tragic affair, in so tar as we have been able to gather them are as follows: Saturday afternoon Cole and Dirk left the;r home in Coletown, with their bicycles to ride to Benton. They reached thf'r objective po'nt, and remained there until quite late in the evening. It was nearly eleven o'clock when they mounted their wheels and started on their homeward journey. The trip until they reached a point just across the Edson bridge, was without inci dent. Here they overtook four men in a big wagon. Desirous of reaching home as soon as possible, and as the road was not sufficiently wide to pass, Cole called to the driver of the wagon and asked him to allow them to pass. His request was met by a sarcastic re joinder, which to give it verbatum was "no d man can go around this team." Concluding that the driv er was under the influence of liquor, and realizing the danger surrounding an attempt to pass, they remained in the rear until about a mile had been traveled. Cole then thinking lhat he could go around, made a spurt, to one side, but he wa noticed by the driver Riter Goss, who, maliciously and will fully turned the team over on him. The unfortunate man was crused be neath the huge wheels of the wagon. Fully aware of what he had done, and knowing that his victim was either seriously injured or dead, Goss never stopped the wagon, but continued on, Dirk was some distance behind his companion at the time, and when he arrived at the spot where the accident had taken place, was horrified to find his friend lying by the roadside and blood flowing from his mouth. He called to him but received no answer. Then bending over the prostrate form he found that life was nearly extinct. Dr. Winley of Benton was hastily summoned, but death took place be fore he arrived. A conveyance was secured and the remains taken to Ben ton and placed in charge of undertak er Ira McHenry. In compliance with the law in such cases, a coroner's jury was impanelled on Sunday, composed of Dr. J. W. Winley, S. F. Appleman, J. J. Mather, Dr. I. E. Patterson, Russel Karns and Lowry Cole. The finding of the jury was as follows: 'The dead man was John Cole,and that he came to his death on the pub lic road leading from Benton to Jami son City and at a point near Edwards dam where the mill race crosses the aforesaid public road in the township of Benton, on July 21, about 10:30 p. m., by means of a wound inflicted by a wagon passing over the head of John Cole causing a multiple fracture and that the wound was administered and death caused by the wilful, malicious and unlawful act of one Riter Goss and others by wilfully and maliciously running down John Cole and deliber ately driving over his body and crush ing his skull, thus causing his instan taneous death." Armed with a warrant for the arrest of Goss, Constable Boyd Gibson, went to Red Rock on Sunday. He secur ed his prisoner, and brought him to Bloomsburg Monday morning. With out bail, Goss was given a cell in the jail, where he will remain until the September term of court. John Cole was born near Unity ville about twenty seven years ago. At the age of four years he became a member of the household of Lafayette Unger, w'ih whom he lived until he was eighteen, when he began life for himself. For more than a year past he had been employed in a saw mill at Coletown. From a person who was intimate with him, we learn that he was of a quiet disposition, and res pected in the neighborhood in which he resided. There are more prisoners confined in the Columbia County jail now than at any other time during Sheriff Clack's term. Delay Has Been Caused by the Refusal of a Few Owners Along Line to Release. President B. F. Meyers in Town. Ex-Congressman B. F. Meyers and E. L. Mumma of Harxisburg, arrived in town on Tuesday on business con nected with the proposed trolley road from Danville to Berwick. Mr. Mey ers is President of the company. He has had large experience in trolley roads, and after going over the ground he is satisfied that the road will prove a paying investment. He says that if the right of way could have been secured when the project was first started, the cars would have been running now. Releases have been obtained from all the abutting owners along the line but a very tew, and these few have thus far blocked the progress of the road. Had releases been obtained to as sure capitalists and large money cent ers that there was no possibility of in terruption by the public or individuals along the line, the road would have been constructed without asking resi dents of this community to invest in either stock or bonds of the road, and thus the risk of the investment would have been assumed by foreign capital ists. Should it prove a financial fail ure the loss if any, would not fall on local capitalists, and should it prove successful, as it undoubtedly would, it would afford to local investors an op portunity to put their money where the investment would be safe and the returns sure. Mr. Meyers is so well satisfied that ' the road will be a success that he says the probabilities are that the line will be constructed from Bloomsburg to Almedia very soon. As before stated the whole line can be built with fore ign capital, but the money centers will not invest in a short link, as it is too small a matter for them to go into, and hence the money for this link must be raised locally, and Mr. Mey ers and his friends are willing to sub scribe a liberal amount towards it. Mr. Meyers and Mr. Mumma went home on Wednesday. sheriffs sales. Sheriff W. W. Black had a good sized audience at his office in the Court House, Saturday afternoon. Four properties were disposed of in quick order. The bidding on the first two was quite lively. Property of Samuel Knorr, in Cen- tre township, to Lafayette Trivelpiece for $4,000. Property of Mary J. Pursel, in Hemlock township, to Sat ah J. Brown's executors for $800. Property of Silas Getz, in Fishing- creek township, to A. W. Duy, Atty., for $135. Property of Samuel Neyhard, in Bloomsburg, to Anglo-American Sav ing and Loan Association for $100. J. G. WELLS, Successor to S. F. Peacock & Co., Market Square. Hay Rope, Scythes, Forks, &c, Canning Boilers. Corue and see my bargain table, on which I am closing out a lot of goods at cost and less. 0T. G-.'WEIl.IL.S, General Hardware, PRUDENTIAL PEOPLE. With the thermometer at 100. With ice at 70. With thin coats at 50. With Summer Suits at lower quotations. With Pantaloons ingin price. With white and Vests declining. With Boys' Clothes with out a margin of profit. With giltedged stock that goes without trust. Can it be wondered that so many prudential people make investments with us? Ben, Gidding, Bloomsburg, Penn'a. 1352 Come in and see us we'll treat you right. VVViMVWVVrVVVVVyvVVVVrVVVVVVV JpiS A LiUlNU UliY to July 5lst, when we take m- yentory. But it's coming, and at that time we want to leel ourselves poor in goods. Our rule is to move slow-selling goods at any price. We won't wait until the last week in July to put the knife into the prices, but we start now, when the goods are seasonable. AVe mention a few things : Silks. Suitable for waists. Silk remnants, 20, 25, 40, 50 and 70c. Their value is just double this. White dimity, reduced from 20c. to 121c, and from 15c. to 10c. Shirt Waists. Which were good value at 50c., now 25c, and oth ers that were o5 and 50c, now 20c. Bargains in Doylies & Crash Silks We are closing out Richardson's wash silks at 3 5 c. per skein. We are also closing out our stock of doylies. These arenew goods,bought for this season.but as we have decided to discontinue selling this class of goods, the price will be just cut in half. Grocery Department. You certainly must like the goods we handle. The business in this department is steadily growing every month. We will serve you better, the more business we get from you. Rugs, Rugs, Rugs, Rugs. We have them, from the small velvet rug, 18x30, to the carpet size, 12x15. No one can show you the line of these goods that we do. Consider what it means to give you a selection out of 40 rugs, and at all prices. We will give you a velvet rug, suitable for a porch rug, at $1.10. $1.50 would be a reasonable price for them. Uur carpet etocK is tun. We keep it so. The newest de signs and colorings are always eeeu on our floors. We will close out our mattings at cost price. 4TII AND MARKET droop- fancy Remnants Of Marseilles, to close, from 28c to 18c. Barred Nainsook, re duced from 20 and 25c, to 10 and 15c. Shirt Waists. Of India linen, Pique and other seasonable stuifs, were $1.00 and $1.25. To close out the lot, 50e. Shirt waists, which were $1.50, $1.75 and $2.00, now $1.25. STS., BLOOMSBURG. hi 1 ii .f, i ! 'lii ': ' Nil IX V L ' 1 .' to L i h Jr.- ' ; Hi ! ''t .H .1- i 1 i w, iV a ; km ( i 5:.' ' ; " i ( .l .!-. j-H 0 km ! Si '..Ay r-l.i ! . r'ri' . h i . ' i: ; n m i; ii!!' m ft ii,.-.
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