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BLOOMSBURG. PA. THURSDAY. JULY, 10 1902.
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MRS, PETER 8- HA.RMAN-
At her home on Iron street, this
town, Saturday afternoon at four
o'clock, after an illness of several
months, Mrs. Rebecca F. Ilarman,
widow of the late Peter S. Ilarman,
was born anew and entered into eter
nal li'e1 For more than two weeks
htr condition had been very low and
the end had been momentarily ex
pected. Her ailment vas of a very
complicated nature and the prognosis
of the physician in the begin
ning oi her sickness was anything but
hopeful. At times, however, she
would appear to be much improved
and the family had hope for her re
covery. But it was not to be so, and
the end came peacefully Saturday
afternoon. Mrs. Ilarman was in her
sixty-sixth year. She was a woman
ot many good qualities, a faithful
member of St. Paul's Episcopal
church and was always willing to lend
her aid in the work of the parish, and
many friends will, as the days go by,
feel that a helpful influence has been
lost by her removal.
In 1856 she was united in marriage
to Peter S. Harman. The result of
the union was seven children all of
whom survive. They are Mrs. Daniel
Butler, J. Lee, Mrs. W. E. Hartman,
Mrs. C. S. Van Horn, John G., Mrs.
A. H. Stroh, of Christopher, Pa., and
Paul Z.
Three brothers and one sister sur
vive, Col. John G. Freeze, Peter H.
Freeze, of town; James P. Freeze, of
Salt Lake City, Utah, and Mrs.
.William Quick, of town.
The funeral occurred al two o'clock
Tuesday afternoon. Rev. D. N.
Kirkby conducted the services and
members of St. Paul's choir sang
"Abide With Me" after which the re
mains were taken to Rosemont ceme
tery and placed to rest in the family
plot. The pall bearers were A. Z.
Schoch, J. R. Townsend, C. W. Funs
ton, A. H. Bloom, J. L. Dillon and
Geo. E. Elwell.
Peter Freeze, the progenitor of the
family from which Mrs. Harman de
scended, was born in New Jersey and
was a soldier in the war of the Revo
lution, in the Jersey line, and served
until peace was declared. After re
ceiving his pay, in continental money,
be emigrated to Pennsylvania and
settled in Northumberland county at
a place called Tuckahoe. He mar
ried a young woman of good family,
by name Elizabeth Garrison or Garret
son. Besides a child or two who
died in infancy, there was one son,
James Freeze, and four daughters,
Rebecca, Rachel, Sarah and Mary.
James married Frances Gosse, a
daughter of John Gosse, in April
1823, by whom he was the father of
eight children, John G., Peter 11.,
Mary, James P , Rebecca E., the de
ceased; William R., who died in in
fancy; Christiann and Sallie Reed.
The Mifflinville Bridge Will be Built-
After a fight covering a period of
nearly two years the residents of
Mifflunville will have their hopes
realized. The court on Monday
made an order approving the pro
ceedings for a bridge across the Sus
quehanna river at that point. Im
mediately after this action by the
court the County Commissioners held
a meeting and passed the following
resolution, which makes the con
struction of the bridge an absolute
certainty. The resolution is as follows:
Resolved: Ttat the proceedings
for a county bridge over the Susque
hanna river at the village of Mifflin
ville as of December Sessions iooo in
the court of Quarter Sessions of
Columbia county and which was an
proved and confirmed by the order of
court made July 7th, 1903, be also
approved by the County Commission
ers and we also find and it so appears
that the said proposed bridge is nec
essary and would be too expensive for
the adjoining townships to bear.
Further, that a certified copy of this
resolution be made, filed in the court
of Quarter Sessions, and entered at
length upon the record in the said
proceeding.
That work on the bridge is to be
commenced at once is manifest from
the fact that after the adoption of the
above resolution, James C. Brown
was elected as the engineer to prepare
the plans and to superintend the
building of the bridge at a salary of
$5.00 per day with an additional al
lowance to pay for his necessary as
sistants. Mr. Brown was chosen by
the votes of Kitchen and Fisher, Mi.
Krickbaum voting for Boyd Trescott
of Millville.
The town council meets ia regit
lar monthly session tonight.
BISHOP TALBOT WILL NOT STAND
TRIAL-
Board of Inquiry of Episcopal Church Fails
to Find tvidence Enough to Justify
Indictment.
By a vote of five to four the board
of inquiry of the Episcopal church de
cided on Thursday not to return
Bishop Talbot, of the Central Penn
sylvania diocese, to the house of
bishops for trial on the charge of con
duct unbecoming a bishop, preferred
against him by Rev. Dr. L. Irvine, of
Philadelphia, whom the accused bishop
unfrocked for alleged scandalous con
duct while the priest was serving as
rector of St. John's parish, Huntingdon.
It is understood that Dr. Irvine in
tends presenting some new testimony,
in lact he so declared himself after
the verdict had been rendered, and
which, he claims will be sufficient to
warrant an investigation.
Those voting in favor of the bishop
were:
Rev. Dr. J. G. Powers, of Potts-
ville; Colonel Fred W. Reynolds, of
Bellefonte; H. M. North, of Columbia;
Rev. Dr. G. C. Foley, of Williamspoit,
ot the Central Pennsylvania diocese,
and Rev. Dr. Huntingdon, of the
New York diocese.
Those voting to have the bishop
placed on trial were: Rev. Dr. W.
B. Bodine, of Philadelphia; Rev. Dr.
Hodges, of Baltimore; Rev. Dr.
Parks, of New York, and Mr. Thomas,
of the Maryland diocese.
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A Sudden and Severe Storm-
Saturday evening at five o'clock
the sky was clear, scarcely a cloud
affected the heaven's blue, but in the
brief space of half an hour what a
change had taken place, the sky was
dark and tempestuous, the wind was
blowing with cyclone velocity and the
rain was descending in torrents. The
gutters were oveinowed and the
streets transformed into good sized
streams. The damage was small in 1
Bloomsburg, but from inquiry by tele
phone we learn that various parts of
the county suffered considerable loss.
Jackson Hummel, of Cleveland town
ship, was one ot the biggest losers.
His barn was struck with lightning
and totally destroyed. Whether the
building was insured or not we are
not able to state, but it is to be hoped
that it was and sufficient to indemnify
him for the loss.
A fiery bolt descended upon a barn
belonging to Eli McHenry at Benton
but only slight damage resulted.
The D. L. & W. R. R. station at
Berwick was struck but a prompt re
sponse of the fire companies saved
the structure.
Jonestown, Millville, Stillwater and
other towns felt the force of the storm
but little real damage was done at
either places.
In the direct path of the storm
many trees were uprooted while
others were entirely bereft of their
limbs or foliage.
Officers Installed'
Twelve members of the Knights of
the Golden Eagle of Catawissa in
cluding District GrnJ hief David
L. Henry, paid Theta Castle No. 276
a fraternal visit Monday evening and
installed the following newly elected
officers of Past Chief, J. E. Bunting;
Noble Chief, C- G. Sober; Vice Chief,
E. J. Stetler; High Priest, William
Lowenberg; Venerable Hermit, C. E.
Whitenight; Master of Records, Jno.
W. Lewis; Clerk of Exchequer, W. E.
Shafler; Keeper of Exchequer. C. W.
Funston; Sir Herald, B. F. Giger;
Worthy Bard, H. S. Barton; Worthy
Chamberlain, August Hagenmeyer,
Jr.; Ensign, Curtis J. Deily, Jr.; Es
quire, Bruce Miller; First Guardsman,
Harris Werkheiser; Second Guards
man, I. B. Giger; Trustee, H. C. Ru
lon; Representative to the Grand
Castle, F. W. Redeker.
The Catawissa delegation was com
posed of P. B. Ervin, G. D. Haider
man, E. B. Guie, A. F. Harman,
Nevin Hartman, William Gellinger,
B. B. Schmick, O. P. Kostenbauder,
Martin Kostenbauder, Frank Frey
and Sidney Seibert.
At the conclusion of the ceremonies
the entire party was invited by Dr. F
W. r.edeker to the Fairman's Restau
rant where lunch was served.
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Oashier Eleoted-
The vacancy in the cashiership at
the Farmers National Bank has been
filled by the election of J. N. Thomp
son, of Middleburg, this state. Mr
Thompson has been the cashier of
the Middleburg National Bank for
some time and consequently is a man
of extensive banking experience. His
l election was unanimous.
The strength of a bank depends not so much upon its Capital and
Surplus, as upon its careful, painstaking, conservative management; by
unremitting attention to every detail of its business; restricting its opera
tions to legitinate enterprises, and eliminating all speculative ventures.
Upon, tliis Basis We Solicit Your patronage
THE-
Bloomsburg National Bank
A. Z. SCHOCH, President.
WM. H. HIDLAY; Cashier.
Read My Ad on 5T11 Pace.
"3TOTJ
Can buy a 14 Karat solid
Gold Ladies Watch
fitted with a Waltham or
Elgin movement for
$15.00
Guaranteed.
At my Jewelry Store.
J. Lee Martin,
Jeweler and Optician.
Come in and look at them.
Telephone 1S42.
I Have Moved
Into my own yellow
front building-, former
ly occupied by lien
Gidding's clothing
store, and am receiv
ing the following
Summer Goods:
Hammocks at Cost, from
75 cents up.
Mason Jars 1 quart (0c. per
dozen. 2 quart Ho per dozen.
Tin cans oOcts. per dozen.
Full Line of Ice Cream
Freezers on Hand.
J. GK WELLS,
General Haehware.
Railroad Officials Visit Bloomsburg
Bloomsburg had a visit on Satur
day from several of the D. L. & W.
R. R. officials. They came for the
purpose of planning the extension of
a switch across the canal to the Har-
man-Cogger Co., the Dillon Green
house Co. and the Richards Manu
facturing Co. The construction of a
switch to these industries will greatly
facilitate the large shipments. Work
on the proposed siding will, it is ex
pected, be commenced in the very
near future.
Other imDrovements, which were
given time and consideration on Sat
urday, all which it is the company s
intention to make, are raisins the
station, sodding the ground and plant-
ing flowers. i his will add wonder
fully to the appearance of the station
and its immediate surroundings.
WE WilEE EASY
The newlv organized Bloomsbure
base ball team never had a look in
with Snrincfield after the third in
ning yesterday afternoon. Up to
that point the game was good and
interesting. There was some nice
bits of fielding, especially by John
Reighard at second Dase. ine
Columbian did not have a representa
tive on the field, but from one who
was there we learn that there were
seveial exDlosions ot wrath over the
decisions of the umpire and the yells
of the audience made the life of the
official decidedly miserable.
Art McHenry of Benton, was be
hind the bat for the locals, and his
playing is highly complimented. The
score by innings follows:
Springfield, 0005110a 0-9
B'oomsburg, 10200000 0-3
Batteries Welter, bkoskie and
Moore, Lyons and McHenry. Hits,
Springfield 12, Bloomsburg 9, errors
Springfield o, Bloomsburg 4. Umpire
Sheep.
Henry Summers is dead at the
home of his son Harry in Almedia.
He breathed his last yesterday
morning. Six children survive,
Mrs. Terre Gross, of town, Edward
of Rupert, Charles of Kspy, John
and George of Exchange and Harry
at whose home he d'ed. The fune
ral will be held touionow morning.
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The Fourth at Eanville-
A special train on the Reading rail
roid carried a large number ot Blooms
burgers to Danville to witness the cel
ebration on July 4th. Friendship
Fire Co. No. 1 turned out in Roodly
numbers, and headed by the Blooms
burg Cornet Band they made a fine
appearance. Rescue Hose Co. No. 4
participated as the Darktown Brigade
with the Almedia Band in the lead
attired as "Hayseeds." They attracted
much attention and made lots of fun.
The regular train on the Lacka
wanna carried many people from here,
there being six coaches on the even
ing train up, all well filled, and most
ot the passengers getting off at Blooms
burg. The parade was a good one, con
sisting of seven bands, two drum
corps, seventeen fire companies, sol
diers, G. A. R., P. O. S. of A., &c.
Two games of base ball were played
at DeWitt't Park, and fireworks in
the evening closed the celebration.
Mrs. Anna A. Pornwald-
Mrs. Anna A., wife of Charles S.
Fornwald, died at her home on West
street, this town Sunday afternoon,
after an illness of only a short time.
The deceased was a daughter of the
late Elisha B. Bidleman and was born
in Bloomsburg in 1856. Her entire
life was spent here. She leaves a
husband and seven children, namely,
Charles, of New Yoric, and ii,lisha,
George, Edward. Clare, Lenon and
Lenora, all residing here.
Mrs. Fornwald was a taithtul mem
ber of Trinity Reformed Church.
The funeral took place yesterday
morning, services were conducted by
Rev. J. D. Thomas.
Injuries Proved Fatal.
Mrs. Philip Graham succumbed to
the injuries sustained in the fait down
the canal embankment last week, at
her home in Almedia on Friday morn
ing. She was aged nearly fifiy-eight
years and is survived by a husband
and five children, Christopher, of
Rock Island, 111.-, Philip, of Pawnee,
Neb.: Mrs. George Baker, of Berwick)
Mrs. Annie Walden and William who
live at home.
The funeral, with interment in the
Almedia cemetery, occurred on Tues
day.
The Leader Dep't. Store.
WARM ?
WEATHER
SPECIALS.
Hot weather should be here and will be here. Take
our word for it. Then you'll be glad you took ad
vantage of this special sale.
Madras, Waists
Reduced
From $1.00 to 75c.
o
Striped and Figured
Lawns, Waists
Reduced
From $1.35 to $1.00
o
Black Silk
Tourist's Waists
Reduced
From $2.25 to $1.75
Pink and Blue
Chambray Waists,
Circular Flounce
Tucked
From $5.00 to $4.50
o
Lawn Suits
Ruffled Skirts,
Tucked Waists
From $5.00 to $4.50
o
Lawn Suits.
Waists Tucked and
Lace Trimmed
From $6.50 to $3.50
COME
-TO THE-LEADER.
CARPET
EMNANT S ARE
DOWN
IN PRICE. Usual clean up at the end of
the Carpet Season, and by the way, this season is
the best carpet season we have had for years.
Now if you want a good bargain, come and bring
the measure of your room.
Our 90 and 95 cent Brussels
We will sell for 75 cents.
All Wool Velvets, our $1.00 Grade
we will sell for 75 cents.
The grade called Sultanas, 20 cents.
THE LEADER
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STORE.