fcfl Frt 0 Mi Ml VOL J18. liLOOMSHUUG. PA. THURSDAY. MARCH W, 1903 NO. II A Dcsperaie Chance. Robbers Enter the New Eloctric Light Co's Storage House Sunday Evening. A Rough Game This. With the Scoro 15 to 14 In Their Favor Pittston Leaves the Kloor. Discovered but They Escaped. By a "despirate chance" wc dou't refer to the escape of the celebrated Kiddle I5ros. Irom the Pittsburg jail two years ago, but to the escape of the two robbers, evi dently youths, who succeeded, after being caught like rats in a trap as it were, in getting away from two policemen who stood guard on the exterior of the building, one with a club and the other with a revolver, waiting for their appearance. The building entered was the new Irondale Iilectric Light, Heat and Power Company's storage house next to R. li. Ilartmau's 6tore on Main street. The would be robbers selected what would seem to be a very unseasonable time for such an occasion. It was only eight o'clock in the even ing and the street was filled with people returning home from church. An entrance was effected through the rear door and they had proba bly been in the building some little time before they were discovered. It was Kugene Quick and Warner Kitchen who first discovered their presence. The occasional flashes of a dark lantern attracted their attention and after investigating to make sure that a robbery was being committed they intormed Chief of Folic-. Wesley Kuorr. lie secured the assistance of special officer Whilenight and plans for the cap ture of Hie robbers were made. The chief stood guard nt the rear door, wlnl.; Whilenight stationed himself at the front door. At a given mo ment Samuel Harniau shook the fro:.t door, at the same time de manding admittance, Instantly the robbers made a break for liberty. The first threw a roll of wire into Chief Knorr's face, which dazed him s.).u-vlu;t. IJeiore ho could mover himself sufficiently the two hiul goiun past him, one going Out and up Market street while the oilier tok down the alley. Several sijo'.s war-' fired after the former t.ul L lie y went uiae of the mark. Lantern in hand Chief Knorr traced i ham as far as West street, but here the trail was lot. A small leather cap, which one of them dropped in his flight, was picked u u and will serve as a clue in iipprehendiiiir the perpetrators. From all the descriptions it is evident that they were boys, whose minds hive become diseased from the reading of trashy literature. The dark lantern and a heater used for melting copper were found on Monday in the rear of Dr. House's lot. COST OF COUNTY BRIDGES. List year the estimate made at the begining ol the year for build ing and reparing county bridges wasio,ooo. The statement shows that over $22,000 was expended. This year the board of comniissiou eiseii.imatesthat it will take $15,000 for that purpose, and Commissioner Sterner says that they will endeavor to keep within that limit. Intersect ed as Columbia County is by so many streams, the item of bridges is Oiie that figures largely in the county finances. Resides the river the sections nf the county on both sides of the river are cut by smaller streams, and many bridges are necessary. The Mihlinville bridge when completed, will make four county bridges across the Susque hanna. Of these, the Catawissa bri-Jge was built by the state, and halt the cost of the lierwick bridge was p ltd by Liu.cme county. It is not surprising that this item in the statement is a large one. LI3RARY ENTEEi'AlflJlEEr Normal Awarded Game. An entertainment will be given in the Tree Library this evening by the five Ethel Ui.'iman, Eleanor Wi-'.b'i, Emaline KsVlinan, Elsie Yoi'-.s and Ethel Creasy for the bene fit of the fund. It will consist of music,' recitations, drills &c. The price of admission is 25 cents. These Utile n'l's have worked very hard, and have mold a large number of tickets, and thty well merit a full house. Ercouwiee them by your presence. What was unquestionably the roughest game of basket ball ever played in the Normal gyuina.ium took place Saturday night. Pitts ton was the opposing team with big, good natured John .McGuffy as the leading spirit. Right here we might say that McGuffy made good during the contest, scoring 1 1 of the visitors' 15 points. He was easily the best man on the Pittston team and without him the game would have been a cinch for Normal. In the very beginning Pittston registered a kick. They proposed to start play in the centre of the floor in accordance with the rules. Normal had always started play from the side line because of the obstruction in the shape of the hori stomal bar. ' For this game, how ever, the bar had been removed, and probably should have been left down as considerable time was taken in putting it up and taking it down again, Pittston positively re fusing to start until it was remoed. Play finally started and for twenty minutes it was fast and furious. First one side would score a basket then the other. The half ended with Fittston having a shade the better of the argument, the score standing 10 8. In the second half the excitement knew no bounds. Marcy, who, owing to sickness was unable to plsy the first half, replaced Mac Avoy at Ce .lire, and quickly dis tinguished himself by throwing a basket, which tied the score. The applause at this time was deafening. The visitois then forged ahead, but their lead was brief, and again the score was a tie at 14 to 14. Mr. Jones, the Pittston umpire, who by his unfairness at various I stages of the game had been hissed by the audience, now realized that if he was to win the game for his side it must be done quickly, so he called a foul ou Machado at a mo ment when there was absolutely no excuse for it. The audience again broke into hisses and jeers, and cries of "put hi.n out," "rotten," filled the air. But he would not withdraw the decision. McGuflie threw the basket and instantly Martin,' the Pittston time keeper, blew the whistle signaling that time was up and the visiting team left the floor. Prof. Cope, who was acting as time keeper for Nor mal, hurried to the centre of the floor and stated that there was yet two minutes to play. He kept time with a stop watch pud had been very careful to take out all the time that the teams were not in play. Mr. Martin, on tbe other hand, used an ordinary watch and, according to those who sat near him and were iu a position to know, he paid little or 110 attentiou to it iu the last half. The move was evidently a pre arranged one, as the visitors, to gether with their time keeper, hur ried off the floor. They would not come back ana the game was awarded to Normal 2-0. To a mind unprejudiced, Normal played the better game. They re sorted to none ot that extreme roughness which characterized the work of the visitors, and their team woik was all that could be desired. A feature of the game was a basket thrown bv Machado from a difficult unle. In main strength alone did the visitors excel. "'1 lu umpire robbed us is an old story, but there is certainly merit in lh-j claim iu this instance It is well for Mr. Joues that iie was umpiring in Bloomsburg. Had he been in Ashland, Mt. Carmel or other towns thereabouts he would have been mobbed, as he certainly deseived. The line up follows: PITTSTON Position NORMAL Anthony forward. . . . Machado , 1 ) Corcoran McGuflie.... forward. MacAvoy , . f MacAvoy "00?e tt,mc- f Marcy Sheet. guard Kiland lilacklmrn .... guard Ruloff 0e (gfoomaBurg QWtonaf (ganft Is Conducted On Con servative Lines. And on that basis continues to solicit the business of responsible people, promising all of the courtesies that arc usually extended by an obliging and care fully conducted banking house. Z. SCIIOCII, President. WM. II. HIDLAY, Cashier. PAUL E. WIRT, Vice President. I Read My An on 5m Pace. J. LEE MARTIN, JEWELER. We carry a complete assort ment of Roger's Plated Silverware. Our patterns are now and up-to-date with PuUT.S ltKASOXATJLE. J. Lee Martin, Jeweler and Optician. Telephone 1S42. Carpenter's Tools Don't Fail to Get Prices on Disston Saws, Stanley Planes. Cermantown Hatchets, Hammers, Miller's Falls Braces. Yankee Screwdriver:- :tc. o rou s.u.i-'. i:v J.Q.Wells, General Hardware, Ul.OoMsliL'KO, Pa. L.'v.sical programs for the Faster festival are now in course of prepar ation by the various church choirs of town. Goals lioni held Machado, 3 Marcv. 2: MacAvoy, Riland Mc Guflie, 4; Dodge, Anthony. Goal from fou.s McGuffie, . Referee Tones. Pittston. Umpire Kyer Ploomsburg. Timers Cope, Nor mal; Martin, rittstou. LAST MEETIStt OF YEAR. Plie Hloomsburg Town Council held its last meeting of the year Thursday evening. The members were all present. The session was not a very lengthy one, but consider able business was transacted never theless. In regard to the proposed sewering of Last Fifth Street, town engineer J. C. Brown, stated that in or;ler to do the work properly, 142 feet of 12 inch pipe, 233 feet of 10 inch pipe and 517 feet of 8 inch pipe will be re quired. He submitted a profile which he had prepared. 1 he matter was thoroughly discussed, and although no definite action was taken, it is highly probably, that the sewer will be con structed. All the residents along the street are complaining that their cellars are filled with water, and there is no way to get rid of it. The walks along the properties of C C. Peacock and William CofTman on West Main Street, were made the subject of complaint, and the secre tary was authorize 1 to notify the own ers to pave them or the work would be done by the town, with the usual penalty added to the cost. The Street Commissioner was in- sti ueted to ascertain the cost of build ing a twenty-five foot road with two stone cu'.verts on the route of the pioposed road at Iron Dale and to investigate and relieve, if possible the situation at Park Street, against which much objection has been raised by the residents. The Secretary was instructed to notify the Trolley Company to make repairs to their road where same is dangerous to travelers. The recent disturbance at the Methodist Mission was reported to Council, and Chief ot Police Knorr was instructed to investigate. Mr. Kashner reported that com plaint ha 1 been made to him, in re paid to the burying of horses at the foot of Catharine street. It appeals that a number have been buried there of late, and insufficiently covered. The matter was turned over to health officer Webb, who is to see that the horses ahca.ly buried are covered with three feet of earth, and to forbid the burial there of horses in the future. The bills were paid, and the meet ing adjourned. i.-w;ljwyg,r''l'pt:!rTf!t TOE PffELIO LlEEAUY. There are now about 2250 books in the public lilrary. Of these, 750 were given at tlie start, 500 nave been contributed through the book reception scheme, and 1000 have been purchased with money in the hands of the library committee. In money $715. 46 has been coutii- buted through the book reception scheme. 1800 circulars were sent out to individual' requesting each one to contribute a book named. To these circulars there have been al out 375 responses Monday was the first day that no money has been received since the circulais were sent out. Pictures of Bancroft and Brown ing were presented by Dr. Fry singer 011 Tuesday. Among the wants of the library are the following : Anv magazines that are worth binding; Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms; Mrs. Oliphanc's Works; Webster's International Dictionary; Standard Dictionary of English Language; Spier's & Sur enne's French & English Pronounc ing Dictionary; Men and Women of the Times; Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World; Lewis & Short's Latin Dictionary; Johnson's Uni versal Cyclop 'dia; Hoyt & Ward's Cyclopedia o; Practical Quotations; Jlaydeu's Dictionary of Dates; Funies-V Concordance to Shakes peare; Century Cyclopedia of Names; Century Atlas of the World; A.ppIeton's Annual Cyclopjdia; Sets of Balzac, Dumas and Kipling. Any book will be acceptable. . A YOUNG INVESTOR. The youngest stockholder in the Industrial Building & Loan Associa tion is Warren Sluitt, son of vv J. Shutt. lie is a boy of six or seven years, and earns his own money by carrying papers. He comes to every monthly meeting and makes his own payments. That boy is likely to suc ceed in life. Will Sail For Europe. Misses Mary and Martha Clark will sail for Europe with their sister Mrs. R. C. Ned of llarrisbtirg, en the 28th of March. They expect to speud some time in Italy. When the little buds appear, And the birds begin to sing It's time to get from winter Clothes Into the garb of Spring. WS SIR, it's t'nu; mwfor yon to Mossom out in your Sluing togs. Your Suit and Overcoat are here waiting for you. Think you'd better call early and try them on for we want to le sure that everything is just right. If you haven't yet made your selec tions, vou'll find it an casv task here now we have so many new things to show you- that Ave are hound to please you somewhere ajong the line. Suits in new Cheviots, Cassiineres, Serges and Worsteds. Overcoats and Top Coats in Coverts, Meltons and Worsteds long, short or medium lengths. Men's new Spring Bonnets, too, to top off the jrood clothes effect. Bloomsburg, Penn'a., Corner Main and Center Sts. t3t- Come in and see us, we'll treat you right. f 3 Jj IF YOU ant I to buy protitably and I save money for your- self vou cannotnass j us bv. Our stocks are large and what is better, they arc clean and well selected. We make it a point not to allow any stock to accumulate. When anything moves slowly, we work it off by cutting prices at once. This is what we are doing with our ...Carpet Stock... Remnants will be made. We have a few. They run all the way from 5yds., up to 30, and all grades from the cheapest up to thebest. Prices run from 20C. Bring the measure of your room with you. You can probably find just what you want, and the saving will be 35 per cent. New stocks on 2nd floor. Spring i ' V warn w J -m j . m m s w w w w J. The Leader Store Company Ltd., 4th and Market Stieets. If v voo to OS. 5 J M0UR I
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