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VOL 38.
BLOOMSBURG. PA. Til U USD AY. JULY 2, 1903
NO. 27
A TRAGIC DEATH.
AT THE LIBRARY.
To The Public:
It is no longer considered a violation of banking ethics to auk for
whnt we would like to liave, and acting on tho theory that wlint is
greatly worth having is certainly wortli ankiug for.
Isaac Clrton Meets Fearful End
at Stillwater Paper Mill.
ACCIDENT UNWITNESSED.
Saturday had the Largest Cir
culation of any one Day.
469 Registered to Date.
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Isaac Girton, an employee of the
Stillwater Manufacturing Company,
met a horrible death at the paper
mill, about half past ten yesterdry
morning. There was no one near
when the accident occurred, and
the account of the manner in which
it happened is of course supposi
tion. The belief is that the unfor
tunate man was attempting to ad
just the belt on the big fly-wheel
when he was caught, and was car
ried from the second story with
awful speed down into the engine
room and back again to the second
story, and then hurled out upon
the floor. His body when found
by Harry Berlin and Charles Wes
ley, two other employees of the
mill, was crushed and bleeding and
the clothes were torn iu shreds.
He had cried for help and Berlin
and Wesley heard him, but they
reached his side too late, life had
already departed.
Mr. Girton was a man of excel
lent character, and he commanded
the respect and admiration of the
whole community. He manifested
a deep interest in things religious
and was the Superintendent of the
Methodist Episcopal Sunday School.
He was sixty years of age, or
thereabouts, and is survived by a
wife and five children, namely,
Arthur Girton, of Buckhorn, and
Hattie, Winifred, Calvin and John,
residing at home. The funeral will
be held at his late residence in
Stillwater, tomorrow afternoon at
one o'clock. Services will be con
ducted by Rev. A. Houtz, of
Orangeville, and the remains will
be laid to rest in the cemetery at
Light Street.
MRS. TAE0D0BE L. SMITH-
The announcement ot the death of
Mrs. Theodore L. Smith, which oc
curred at the hospital, Pottstown,
Tuesday night, came as a shock to
the relatives and friends from which
they will not soon recover. Death
was the result of an operation which
she recently underwent. Mrs. Smith
was thirty-nine years of age and leaves
to survive her a husband and three
children, Ida, Cleo and Theodore.
She was kind hearted and gentle
spirited, and she goes from earth
leaving behind her many hearts that
are sad because they know her no
more.
In church work the deceased was
specially and earnestly interested.
She was a devoted member of Trinity
Reformed Church, and was promi
nently identified with its affairs. The
remains will arrive in Bloomsburg
over the P. & R. this afternoon. The
funeral will take place tomorrow
afternoon at four o'clock. Rev. J. D.
Thomas will officiate.
WALTER L. HYSSOSG.
Walter L. Hyssong, died at Lewis
town, yesterday. He had been ill
only four weeks. He was afflicted
with quinzy, which developed into
blood poison. From 189 1 up to
about four years ago he resided with
his parents in Bloomsburg. Since
that time he has been employed as a
machinist in a manufacturing plant at
Lewistown.
His parents Mr. and Mrs. A. L
Hvssonc, were at his bedside cons
tantly from the beginning of his ill
ness until the end came. He was
twenty-three years of age. His many
voune friends in town will learn of
his death with sorrow. The remains
will be buried at Lewistown to
morrow afternoon.
Mrs. Betsy Lowe of Catawissa
celebrated her ninety-eighth birth
day on Wednesday of last week.
In spite of her age she is in posses
sion of all her faculties and in good
health. She always spends her birth
day with her granddaughter Mary
P. Yost at Rupert, and very fre
quently she covered the distance to
and from Rupert on toot. This
time, however she patronized the
trolley, which by the way was her
first ride on a moter car.
A force of men under the direc
tion of Street commissioner Ney
hard is improving the appearance
of Third street. The grass and
weeds is being removed from the
gutter aud the other accumulations
from the street removed.
The public library is daily grow
ing to greater proportions. There
is hardly a minute in the day that
there is not some one there either
inspecting, looking around or bor
rowing books. "Saturday," said
Miss Kttinger to the Columbian
man as he was making the rounds
yesterday morning inquest of news,
' 'was our largest day. On that day
we circulated 65 books of faction, 2
of religion, 3 of science, 8 of his
tory, 3 of biography, 5 ot literature,
and 2 of art making a total of 85.
Up to the preseut time there are
registered 469. This is a right good
showing, although the number
ought to be larger.
The library has been established
for the use of the public and every
one is entitled to its books. There
appears to be a prevalent belief that
some payment must be made before
books cau be had or that the priv
ileges of the library arc entitled to
only those who have contributed in
some way or another. This is an
erroneous impression. The library
is free to everybody. The only
condition is that the borrower must
take good care of the book and re
turn it to the library at the end cf
the time specified.
The circulation for Monday was
as follows: Adult Fiction 30,
Sociology 3. Literature 2, Travel i,
History 2, Total 38. Juvenile
Fiction 23, Literature 2, Biography
2, Travel 1, Total 28, grand total
for the day 66.
E. L- MYERS.
The death of Elisha L. Myers
occurred at the home of his daugh
ter, Mrs. Thurma Peacock, on
Center street, this town, early Sat
urday morning after a brief illness,
with indigestion.
He was a good, quiet, unobtru
sive citizen and respected by all
who knew him. A good many
years of his life were spent as an
agent, selling the Singer sewing
machine. He was born in Cambra,
Luzerne County, and was 74 years
old. He was twice married, both
of his wives being dead. The
children by his first wife who sur
vive are, Mrs. Peacock, Edward
and G. E. of Bloomsburg, and
Merritt, of Lancester, and by his
second wife, Lettie Myers, of Ber
wick. Mrs. George Walton, of
Yuba City, California, and Mrs.
Carl Judsou, of Los Angelos, Cali
fornia. The funeral took place on
Monday, with interment near
Shickshinny.
DR. J. R- KIMERER.
Dr. J. R. Kimerer, died suddenly
at his home in Danville about six
o'clock yesterday morniug. He
was in good health when he retired
the night before. About five
o'clock in the morning his daugh
ter was awakened by strange sounds
coming from her father s room, she
immediately investigated, and found
him in the agony of death. She
hastened to help him, but death was
too quick and he expired in a few
minutes. He was 43 years of age
and was well known throughout
Columbia county.
Found Death in Well's Depth
Mrs. Sarah Young of Danville,
committed suicide on Friday by
jumping into a well containing
fifteen feet of water, at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Harry Harman
of Catawissa. She had been in
poor health of late years, and dur
ing the past few months had evinc
ed signs of mental derangement.
She was at no time violent, and to
a casual observer her ailment would
not have been apparent. She fre
quently hinted at self destruction,
but her allusious were always very
distant, and her freedom was uot
interfered with.
The deceased was the wife of
William Youug, of Danville. An
other daughter, Mrs. Robert Moody
resides in Danville.
The proprietor of the East
Bloomsburg bus line says that the
trolley has made big inroads ou his
business. Passengers now take the
car to Catawissa in preference to
riding to East Bloomsburg in the
bus.
0e Q&foomoBurg
Solicits the accounts of all ropponttiMe people, promising all the court
esies that are usually extended by nn obliging and carefully conducted
banking house. We propose to continue to conduct our business on
safe and strictly business lines, believing that such a course will be to
the best advantage of tho public generally.
A. Z. SCHOCH, President.
A MARKED IMPROVEMENT.
The improvement made by the
Bloomsburg Band since the new
director W. II. Calhoun has taken
hold of it, is noticed by every one,
The music Saturday evening washy
far the best that has been rendered
by the organization for some time
past. The band made a wise choice
in electing Mr. Calhoun as director.
He is a musician of individual
opinion, interpreting with his own
understanding and working out his
own ideas with pains and with faith
in patience, earnestness and devo
tion. His ideas are high and his
sincerity, aspiration and assiduity
worth all the praise aud admiration
he has won.
The Band has been engaged by
Secretary Armstrong ol the Young
Men's Christian Association to give
a sacred and patriotic concert on
Sunday afternoon which will no
doubt bring together a large num
ber of people. Because of this en
gagement the Saturday evening
concert will be omitted this week,
but on the following Saturday even
ings, when the weather in favorable,
concerts will be given in different
parts of town. There is little doubt
but that the town will give the Band
every support and we feel sure that
with the proper co-operatlou of the
members with the director there is
a bright future in store for it.
The present personnel of the Band
is as follows: T. L. Gunton, man
ager; W. H. Calhoun, Sr., leader;
Daniel Calhoun, piccolo; W. J.
Perry, E. clarinet; Edward Cal
houn, E. clarinet; William II. Cal
houn, Jr., Solo B. clarinet; Heury
Schwinn, 1st clarinet: Zehnder Low,
1 st clarinet; Clyde Hower, 1st clar
inet; Davis Brooks, solo cornet;
Lloyd Hartman, solo cornet; Frank
Hower, 1st cornet; Clarence Kuapp,
2nd cornet; Cleveland Giger, 3rd
cornet; George W. Moyer, 1st alto;
Clarence Piper, 2nd alto; James
Reaser, 3rd alto; William Kuorr,
1st trombone; Guy Kuorr, 1st trom
bone; John Brooks, tenor; George
Knorr, baritone; I. W. Barton, bass;
Fred Bitner, double B flat bass; S.
W. Shutt, bass drum; Albert Shutt,
cymbals; C. B. Gunton, snare drum.
JUDGE PERSHING DEAD-
Hon. Cyrus L. Pershing died at
his residence in Pottsville, Monday
morning. He was born in Youngs-
town, Pa. February 3, 1825. He
began the study of law in 1849 and
was admitted to the bar a year later
He soon began to take an active
part in politics, and in 1856 came
within a few votes of defeating his
opponent for Congress in a strong
Republican district. He was again
defeated for Congress in 1858, but
two years later was choseu to the
lower branch of the Legislature, in
which body he served five years
consecutively, being au active par
ticipant in all the exciting debates
of the Civil War period.
In 1869 Mr. Pershing was made
the Democratic candidate for a seat
on the bench of the Supreme Court,
but was defeated by Heury W.
Williams, Republican, by 8,791
plurality. In 1872 he was made
the candidate ot the Labor Reform
ers and Republicans of Schuylkill
county for-President Judge of the
Court of Common Pleas, to which
position he was elected over Judge
Ryan, the regular Democratic can
didate, by more than 3,000 major
iry. Judge Pershing remained on
the bench until August, 1899, when
he resigned, although he had near
ly two years aud a half of his third
term to serve. His resignation was
caused by protracted illness, his
poor health for several years pre
ceding it having rendered the con
stant care of a physician necessary.
In 1875, be had been made
(Uaftonaf Q&anft
WM, H. HIDLAY, Cashier.
A Full Line of New
HAMMOCKS
FROM
1.00 to 8.00.
AH this Year's.
No Old Patterns
Carried Over.
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FOR SALE BY
J.G. Wells,
Coner&l Hardware,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
the Democratic candidate for
Governor of the state but was de
feated by the late General John F.
Hartranft by a plurality of 12.000.
Judga Pershing was one of the
ablest Pennsylvania jurists of his
day. During his 6rst term ou the
bench he presided at the notable
trials of the Mollie Maguires, mem
bers of the secret oath bound orga
nization which so terorized the coal
regions, and sentenced a number of
them to death. He was a terror to
evil-doers of every class, and during
his first term on the bench, at
tracted general attention by senten
cing the commissioners cf Schuyl
kill county to an imprisonment for
two years and to pay a heavy fine,
for neglect and corruption in the
discharge of their official duties.
YUOOA CYANIDE M. & M. 00.
A number of people in Blooms
burg are interested in Yucca Cyan
ide Mining & Milling Company.
Over 60,000 shares of the stock is
heldlhere. Capt. W. T. Hall, the
fiscal agent, has opened an office in
Mrs. Hendershott's building next
to McKelvy's drug store, which is
handsomely furnished and with a
complete outfit for showing the
workings, ore samples, etc. His
son Walter is filling the position of
clerk and typewriter. The Mohavt
County Miner, published at King
man, Arizona, in its issue of June
20th, contains the following item
concerning the Yucca property,
known as the San Fraucisco Mine
It says :
"It is rumored that an immense
body of rich ore has been encount
ered in one of the drilts from the
400 level of the San Francisco mine,
Cedar Valley. Superintendent Pick
ering is.getting in machinery for the
mill and mine, a big compressor
plant haviug gone out a few days
atro. This plant will be installed at
the mine and air drills put in for
shaft and drift work. Under the
present management the mine has
been brought to a high state of
development, so much so that it is
thought advisable to equip the mill
with late machinery and keep it
running ou ore from the develop
ment now being carried on. No
stopin;; will be done for some
time."
These mines are under excellent
management and give promise ot
great results.
BQQMr
Gee Whiz!
What a day the Fourth of July is I
It's the day of all days. How are you
fixed to enjoy it ? If you are not comfort
ably clothed you can't get all the enjoy
ment out ot the day there is in it.
TTow about a Flannel, Serge or Crash
Suit a soft Negligee Shirt a Straw or
Panama Hat thin Underwear w arm
weather Neckwear, etc., etc. Look over
your wardrobe and see if there is not some
thing wanting, and then come here with
your wants and you'll have plenty of
money left to celebrate. Don't wait until
the Fourth for we ehall be
Closed From Noon, July 4.
Bloomsburg, Penn'a.,
Corner Main and Center Sts.
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Come in and see us,
we'll treat you right.
The LEADER DEPT. STORE.
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Style & Quality IsT
Wash Silks - - 75c 50c
Challies 20c
Fine Madras - - 35c 25c
Fine Batistes - izc 10c
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I Fine Lawns . - f5cc j
Mercerized Oxfords 5oc 30c I
Plain Oxfords "
j Striped Grenadines 40c 30c
! Cotton Voiles - 35c 22c
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; Kenilworth Reps 30c 20c
! Grass Matting - 50c 37
China Matting 30c 20c
: Ingrain Carpet 35c 20c
I Velvet Carpet - 1.25 1. 00
The Leader Store Co. L'tU
4TH AND MARKET STREETS.