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BLOOMSBURG, PA. THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1900.
NO. 30
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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.
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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.
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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.
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