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THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
THUKSl'AV, APRIL iC. 1903.
Changes on the P- & R.
Along the P. & R. lines from
Philadelphia to Williamsport, exten
sive improvements are being made in
many places, and the company finds
difficulty in securing the necessary
number ot masons, bricklayers and
carpenters to push the work with the
rapidity that is needed to accomplish
what is contemplated before the win
ter months again set in and compel
outside work to cease. Many stations
are to be overhauled. At Gordon a
ao,ooo gallon water tank is to be con
strutted and other improvements are
being made, requiring a large amount
of masonry. Since the recent inspec
tion of the road by Vice President
Voorhees a number of changes on the
Catawissa division have been halted.
The work of installing the block sys
tem on that division has been sus
pended entirely and preparations for
double tracking the road from White
Deer to Montgomery have been dis
continued until further orders. The
Catawissa road has not been capable
of handing the large volume of freight
and it is thought that Mr. Voorhees'
order means that most of the freig'U
will shortly be sent over the Shamokin
division.
Blank books and all stationery at
Mercer's Drug and Rook Store.
Amusements-
The local theatrical season is fast
drawing to a close. There are but
four attractions yet to appear, they
are "Wine Woman and Song,"
April 21st; "East Lynne," April
24th; "King of the Coal Fields,"
April 28th,and Barlow and Wilson's
Minstrels, May 2nd. Taking it all
the way through the season has
been a very successful one. The
attendance at every show with the
possible exception of one or two,
where the troupe's reputation pre
ceded them the attendance has been
good. This can be attributed in
no small measure to the electric
railway. And should the road be
built to Millville and Orangeville
this summer and there is every in
dication that it will be, business at
the play house will be still better
next season. As good patronage
makes it possible to secure strong
attractions, we may look forward
to the appearance in Bloomsburg
next year of some of the "top
notchers."
We would call especial attention
to the attraction for next Thursday
night "East Lynne." This is one
of the standard plays and will be
given with all special scsnery and
a strong cast. The demand for
seats will be large.
Death of a Former Resident.
Irvin Smoyer, died of consumption
at the home of his aunt Mrs. Minnie
Fox in Mifflinville on Friday. Death
came after a long illness, he having
been afflicted with the disease for
many years. The deceased formerly
resided in Bloomsburg. While here
he conducted a tailoring establish
ment, and was located in the room
now occupied by John Bush as a con
fectionery store. He was thirty-four
years of age and leaves a wife and
five children. George, a surviving
brother who also lived here several
e.;rs ago, during which time he was
a student in Dr. M. J. Hess' dental
office, now resides at Newport, Perry
County.
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Attended the Easter Dance-
Bloomsburg was well represented
at the Easter Dance, held at Cata
wissa Monday evening. The follow
ing were present : Misses Edith
Miller, Claire Gross, Bess Bachman,
and Bess Rawlings, and Messrs. Boyd
Maize, Alfred Armstrong, W. Clark
Sloan, Gerald Gross and Howard
Clark. Our people report that it was
one ot the most delightful terpsichorean
events that Catawissan's have given
tn recent years.
THE OLD RELIABLE
Absolutely Pure'
WERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE
fYf
The Mw CounQil.
Continued from 1st page
son of having to wait until the regu
lar or special meetings of Council
in order to obtain building permits,
he would suggest that the Presi
dent and Town Engineer be em
powered to grant them during the
present year. On motion, duly
seconded, the suggestion was
adopted.
Mr. Reimard called the attention
of Council to the fact that a num
ber of sidewalks in various parts of
the town that were ordered to be
relaid last fall, had not received any
attention, and stated further that
complaints had been entered against
several property owners relative to
the bad condition of the sidewalks.
Bills of the month were presented
and orders drawn.
A communication from C. E.
Hower was read, in which he stated
that he wanted $50 per year rental
for his barn now occupied by the
Town. The rent in the past has
been $4.00 per mouth. President
Townscnd stated some immediate
action was necessary as the lease on
the building will have expired be
fore the next regular meeting.
The president was thereupon em
powered to appoint a committee
with power to act. Two other
barns were offered one by Derr
Bros, for $50 per year and one by
J. C. Rntter for $3 per month.
Complaint of the condition of the
crossing at Fifth and Spruce Streets
was entered by Prof. J. ri. Dennis.
He was informed that the matter
would be attended to.
SPECIAL MEETING.
The Council met in special ses
sion Tuesday night, with a full at
tendance. The purpose of the
meeting was to hear the appoint
ment of committees by the Presi
dent, and to accept the bond of the
treasurer W. B. Allen.
In making known his appoint
ments, President Townscnd stated
that the first named in each inst
ance is the chairman. The com
mittees are as follows:
Finance Pursel, Reimard and
Hughes.
Light Culp, Pursel and Giger.
Highways Hughes, Cox and
Giger.
Fire and Water Reimard. Culp
and Giger.
Sanitary Cox, Hughes and
Reimard.
The bond of Town Treasurer W.
B. Allen in the sum of $15,000
with Louis Cohen and D. W. Arm
strong as sureties, was read and ap
proved and the secretary was in
structed to administer the oath of
office to Mr. Allen
The following special policemen
from the various wards were then
appointed:
First Ward A. M. Wintersteen,
Eugene Whitenight, Kdward Splaiu
and Benjamin Burrows.
Second Ward George Belig, F. '
P. Baum, Clarence H. Hower,
David Coffman, William Dictterich
and Thomas Trump.
Third Ward-Theodore L. Smith,
Harvey Giger, Daniel Stiner and
George Gearinger.
Fourth Ward John Corbett,
Frank Dietterich, Wesley Shutt,
George Jacoby and William Rupert.
Inasmuch as the laborers had
been granted an increase of wages,
it was decided that the compensa
tion of the special policemen be in
creased also from $1.25 to $1.50 per
day.
It was moved and seconded that
the Bell Telephone Company be
asked to install telephones in the
residences of President Townsend
and Chief of Police Wesley Knorr
in return for favors granted said
company by Council.
The matter of taxing electric
light, telegraph and telephone poles
iii town was referred to the Town
Solicitor.
A petition was presented bv W.
B. Ferguson, and signed by citizens
residing below the carpet mill, ask
ing that Snyder Run from the car
pet mill to the line of the Boone
property be dredged and drained.
Mr. rerguson stated that the peti
tioners had already raised $115 for
the purpose, lie was instructed bv
President Townsend to collect as
much money as possible toward de
frayiwr the expense that would be
created by said improvement. The
matter will then be relerred to the
Sanitary Committee.
It was decided that in the future.
when any of the fire companies
desire the use of the Town Hall
for dancing, they must apply to the
President for permission. It ap
pears that the lock on the door of
the room on the third floor was
broken during the progress of the
Uuerty Co s. dance Monday nisrht
The secretary was instructed to
notify the Liberty Company to re
pair the damage at once.
The Sanitary Committee was in
structcd by President Townsend to
investigate and see what is best to
be done in regard to extending the
sewer on i,ast tilth Street.
THE COLUMBIAN,
Bilious?
Dizzy? Headache? Pain
back of your eyes? It's your
Iiverl Use Ayer's Pills.
Want your moustache or beard a
beautiful brown or rich black ? Use
Buckingham's Dye
SOcta.ofdrugglittorR. P. Hill 1 Co., Niihut.N.H
J- . Roys Will Not Move
It was announced some time ago
that J. E. Roys would vacate the
front room in the Columbian
Office at the expiration of his
lease. Since that a new arrange
ment has been made, and his lease
renewed for a period ot five year!.
His room will be somewhat en
larged, and changes will be made
in the Columbian rooms that will
also give us more space, thus giving
what both parties needed, namely
larger quarters. The entrance to
this office will remain as before,
through Roys' Jewelry store.
Cigars. The Sweet Jaras ire
the finest in Bloomsburg for a 5c.
smoke, try them, at Mercer's Drug
and Book Store.
Opening of a New Uburch-
With impressive services, the Epis
copalians of this place says the Ber
wick Enterprise formally opened their
new church Sunday. Easter music
rendered by a vested choir of boys
lent a sweet and melodious chartn to
the auspicious occasion.
The new edifice is the realization
of the efforts of Rev. D. N. Kirkby
and of the rector, Rev. Diggles, whose
untiring efforts have achieved much.
In his sermon Rev. Diggles spoke
of the movement to secure the new
church, stating that over 100 years
ago the Episcopalians purchased a
lot for a church site here, but did not
fulfill their fondest desires until the
new edifice was erected. Rev. Dig
gles and his parishoners are in per
fect harmony ad all are happy in the
possession of their new house of wor
ship. Bear Old Mother
When time scatters white flakes
over the once dark glossy hair of the
dear old mother, and plants furrows
on the cheek which you can remem
ber as once being smooth and pink
then is the time to love and cherish
even more tenderly than ever before,
that mother in the home. The eye
may be dim, but it never fails to glow
with love for man or woman who was
once her little child, her sands of time
are nearly run out, but her affections
will last to the end. Then watch over
her, as she watched over you ; cheer
her declining years with your own
never waning devotion. She is your
mother, whose place no ether has or
ever can fill. For years she gathered
you in her arms in times of childish
troubles; do not forget now to some
times hold her arms to your heart and
kiss her withered cheek.
To Enforce the Fish Law.
Now that the season is here for
catching trout, it behooves the angler
to be careful in his full observance of
the fish laws, and the authorities will
endeavor to enforce them to the strict
est letter of the law. Wardens will
patrol the streams during the season,
and having the authority to examine
the baskets of any fisherman, only the
legal sizes should be taken from the
streams. The nimrods predict a
good season for the speckled beauties,
and with an enforcement of the law,
there will be enough at all times to
provide a good day s sport without
depleting the streams.
Epidemio of Smallpox
At Proctor, a small village about
twenty-four miles above Williamsport,
smallpox in virulent form is epidemic
and the school board has been organ
ized into a Board of Health, and the
town has been cut off from the out
side world. There are over twenty
cases in the place and a most deplora
ble state of affairs exists, as the dis
ease has been raging there since
January.
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The Rupert Club have opened
their club house for the seasou.
A. C. Ilidlay is in charge. He in
formed the Columbian reporter on
Saturday that thieves have been
operating about the place. One
night last week two coons and two
rabbits were stolen. Only a few
days before he had been offered
twenty-five dollars for the coons.
They were fine specimens and
greatly admired.
ItccpliiK llouKe fir tlie lira 1 11,
The limit, is an exacting tenant. It's house
mast le kept clean and fresli or there will be
trouble with the landlord. The brain need,
n constant supply of good, wholesome foods
uJt the new cereal, tastes good and sup
lilies the nourishment needed, because uf "
IS mtale from brain 8trer.gthe:iiny grains, in
vigorates the lired system and kmdlcr ac
tivities. You will like "" at any mca'.
Grocers sell 3-ia ly
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
IIRE BOARD MEETING.
The Bloomsburg Fire Board held
a meeting in the Town Hall Tues
day evening, with Chief of the De
parlment P. B. Heddcns in the
chair. The members present were
W. II. Gumore, Harry Giger, b
W. Shutt, Clinton Ohl, 15. D. Alli
son, A. B. Nay lor and W. W.
Hartman.
By casting the deciding vote,
Chief Ileddens settled the question
with which the Board has long
wrestled, that of precedence as "the
fourth com pany of the department."
The vote was a tie, at three each
for the Good Will and Liberty,
when Mr. Ileddens voted for the
latter, thus disposing of the matter
finally.
Mr. Naylor moved to have E. D.
Allison replaced by Frank Ed wards
as Third assistant chief, but the
motion was defeated.
The resignation of Curtis Welli
ver, as secretary of the board hav
ing been accepted, Clint Furman
was elected in his stead.
S. W. Shutt announced that the
Rescue Company will bum the
mortgage on their hose house in
the near future, and he extended
on behalf of the company an in
vitation to the other companies to
be present.
The needs of the Good Will, and
Rescue Companies a police rope
and a dozen bottles of solution to
be used in the chemical engine for
the former and two steel bars and a
five gallon oil can for the latter,
made known by Mr. Naylor and
Mr. Shutt, it was announced by
Mr. Ileddens would be supplied.
Eagles Entertained
The boom session held by Theta
Castle Knights of the Golden Eagle
in their hall Tuesday night was a
success notwithstanding the un
favorable weather conditions. More
than a hundred and fifty guests
were present and all enjoyed them
selves to the fullest extent. The
entertainment consisted of music
by members of the Normal School
orchestra, an address of welcome
by Fred B. Hartman, a recitation
by Miss Mary Correll, two vocal
solos by Mrs. Harry Barton, several
selections by the Cryder family
orchestra of Willow Springs, an ex
cellent address by Rev. G. H.
Hemingway and vocal solos by II.
Domer Geisinger aud D. J. Tasker.
At the conclusion of the program
refreshments of an excellent quality
were served.
The committee in charge of the
affair was composed of Dr. F. W.
Redeker, Geo. P. Ringler, J. W.
Lewis and Henry Knorr. The ar
rangements were complete in every
particular and everything passed
of! without a break.
The council of St. Matthew's
Lutheran church has received a
commuuication from Andrew Car
negie in which he offers to pay
half the cost of a new pipe organ
for the church. The congregation
for vears has been desirous of pur
chasing a pipe organ but their fi
nances would not permit of it. . Mr.
Carnegie s generous offer makes
the way comparatively easy and it
is auite likelv that the orcan will
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soon be forthcoming.
The Williamsport Gazette and
Bulletin has issued a very handsome
souvenir edition in commemoration
of its centennial anniversary. It is
printed in book form, and contains
fifty pages. The matter is well pre
pared, and the number is beauti
fully illustrated. The Gazette and.
Bulletin is recognized as one of the
leading daily publications of Cen
tral Pennsylvania.
One of the interesting features of
the Sunday services in the Presby
terian Church was the wiping out
of the indebtedness on the church
property. Sufficient subscriptions
and pledges were received to cancel
the mortgage. The congregation
is to be congratulated.
The trout fishing season came
yesterday and notwithstanding the
fact that the continual rains have
made the water too high for suc
cessful ventures a number of our
most ardent lovers of the sport de
parted for the head waters of Fish
ingcreek equipped with tackle and
lures for the capture of the speckled
beauties. For ninny days they
have been talking about the glori
ous sport aud anticipating the pleas
ure of it. If you have never walked
along a brook, rod in hand and
creel on hip do so this season and
realize that life holds a great pleas
ure that you have missed.
Among those who left Tuesday
night to .be on hand where the
trout live early Wednesday morn
ing were W. B. Allen, Oscar Alex
ander, Jerry Hess. Harry Derr. O.
B. Mellick, J. M. Kliue aud Ed
ward Pursel.
You Know Where
We Keep Store.
Do You Know What We
Are Exhibiting?
Just Head Descriptions of
a Few 0 fieri 11 gs.
SUITS.
Black, navy or fancy cloths
with new blouse Jackets, lined
with good taffeta and trimmed
with fancy braids, newest sleeve.
Skirts mostly walking lengths.
Our Price, $15.00
DOWN PILLOWS.
Good muslin coverings, 18 to
24 in., prices start at 25c., run to
$2.00 each.
3ILK COATS.
Black silk Monte Carlo coats
lined with mercerized lining,
large turn over collar trimmed
around edge with cream Venise
Applique.
Our Price, $5.00
OUT WO&MS.
The Most Destructive ot Early Insects lor
Tendor Plants.
The most destructive insert of the
early spring, especially to young and
tenaer plants, are tne cut-worms,
which live in the soil and come forth
to feed onlv at merit. Thev are not
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often seen because thev are concealed
during the daytime, but their work is
too wen known to every one who has
tried to make an earlv earden or has
planted corn on a grass sod. They
do their destructive work by crawling
out of their subterranean burrows at
niuht and cuttinir off the vounrr nl.int
just at or beneath the surface of the
sou ana eaung away the part they
choose to use as food. Some species.
known asIClimbinor Cut-Worms, rlimh
trees at nicht and feed on the vouru
buds and the leaves of trees, especial
ly truit trees. I hey are of course
quite destructive. The work of cut
worms is similar to that of earth
worms, excentine that the latter
generally draw the end of the plants
into their burrows after having broken
it on or pulled it out, while the for
mer generally eat awav a nortion at
the base and leave the remainder
where it fell.
There are a ereat manv kinds or
species of cut-worms but they are so
neany aiiKe mat only an expert can
ceneiall recoenize the different
and they are uniformly obnoxious',
worsing Dy simitar methods and
generally attacking similar plants, in
the same manner. They are the
larvaj, grubs, or "worms" of common
grayish to dark-coloreJ and thick
winded moths or "millers" about an
inch or more in extent, which fly
around lights so abundantly a little
later in the summer. Thou
cylindrical, about a quarter of an inch
in diameter, and about an inch long
when fully grown, and dark or about
me coior ot the soil, marked with
stripes.
They pass the winter as immature
larva; in the soil and in the early
spring they become active and are
prepared to eat the first available
growing vegetation. They then feed
and grow foi a while, and next become
pupas or chrysahds in cells in the
ground. After a short quiescent pupal
period they emerge asjiransformed or
winged moths, and tly about in search
01 meir mates and suitable places to
deposit their eggs. They die after
these are found and the eggs are laid.
, As with most winged insects, es
pecially of this general type, they do
not take any tood of importance in
this adult state. There may be two
or more broods per year, owing to
tetnpeiature and food supply. They
are most destructive in the early
spring because then they are most
voracious ar.d there is but little un-
cultivated vegetation available for
them to feed upon, and the cultivated
OADTOrilA.
Bean the 1 lie Kind You Have Always Botiriit
Drop in Our Store and sec
with your own eyes.
W. B. CORSETS.
Style No.
917 is a
model
made to fit
the aver
age figure
It's a fully
gored bias
cut dip
hip Cor
set with
the hose
sewed
right o n
the corset;
and you
will agree with us when we fay
it is the biggest value for one
hundred cents that ever came
to Bloomsburg, Jli.oo
plants are smallest and their depre
dations are therefore most conspicu
ous and serious.
As the eggs from which they hatch
are laid in the previous fall and the
larva; attain a partial growth before
winter we see why they are most
abundant in corn on soJ ground.
They have been feeding on the grass
and clover, but when this is destroyed
by plowing they are forced to attack
the young corn plants.
RK.MKD1ES.
There is no one remedy that is en
tirely effective, but if the following
are combined we are sure relief wilt
be obtained. 1 Destruction of ali
weeds and grass and unnecessary
vegetation, especially in gardens.
This will reduce their numbers in the
summer and fall so they will not be so
destructive the following spring, a.
Hand picking, by finding; where they
have cut off plants and by digging
slightly beneath the warfare n th-
soil, find and crush the larva;. This
is particularly effective just after a
rain when their furrows or tunneli
can be readily seen, looking like
ridges made by minute moles. We
know a practical and extensive farmer
who regularly practices this method
every spring thus going over all his
corn fields and effectively destroying
the insects. 3. Plowing in the late
fall so their cells in the ground will be
broken and they will thus be de
stroyed. 4 Board traps made 07
placing, boards on the ground in the
garden and picking the cut-worms
from under them in the daytime while
there concealed. 5. A New Eng
land writer savs he h.i tn.n 1...
chickens to hunt for and exterminate
the climbing cut-worms by first kill
ing a few on the trround nnrW th.
trees and as the fovls eat them tries'
cam iu bcrar.cn there tor more. 6. -
l oison bran is effecti ve as a nm'cc.n
and is about the only means of apply
ing a rcai insecticide. Stir one tei
spoonful of Paris Green into a quart
of water add
w fwuuu
brown sugar or one pint of molasses
with this moisten a a.illnn r,r Kr.
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(adding a little more water if neces-
sary.; ;,tir the noison mivtnr,.
through it well. Put a
fore the growing plants or where the
becus win ue planted, a few steps
apart all over the field, and cover it
with soil to keep domesticated fowls
mm nnding it. It will kill the
cat-
worms, but Wl akn
kill chickens if
they find and eat it.
WW HUM PRIZE Wilis.
Von 6 first nnd 3 .ec.'.nj prizes at I'-lootus-Iwu
County Kr last fall, wi,i, t011
l'air ent:reJ.
. l8'and Rod, s. C.
1st Rhode island Red. R.
C. 1st White Wyon
dottes. EgB fro,,, pen, beaded by those winner.
1.50 for 15-ist White Crcted
B'ack Polish, I j cBBS, tjiCOf
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36 Del. Ave., I'utston, 1'a.
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