VOL ?,?.
BLOOMSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, I9OJ.
NO. 50
NEW FIRE CHIEF.
William Kashner, of the Rescue
Company, Succeeds P. B.
Heddens. Clyde Hess
First Assistant.
A STORMY ELECTION.
William Kashner, of the Rescue
Company, was on Monday evening
elected to succeed P. H. Heddens,
whose term expires this month, as
Chief of the Woomsburg I ire De
partment. The ravens of discord
attended the election in full lorce,
and by their persistent, and un
warranted criticism stirred up dis
satisfaction and strife, to such an
extent that a goodly number of the
older and more peaceable members
of the department walked away and
left the meeting in disgust. !
There has not been the very best
of feeling in the department for
some time past, particularly be
tween the Good Will and Liberty
Companies, each claiming the right
to precede the other in position,
parades etc. The discontent, ap
parently, was gradually disappear
ing, however, until the last meet
ing of the Town Council, when the
Good Will Company was recognized
as the foil 1 th Company of the Town,
taking the position to which the
Liberty Company laid claim, since
which time trouble has been brew
ing afresh.
The recognition of the Good
Wills came at a very inopportune
time, as the tickets for the election
had all been printed and distributed
among the members ot the other
four companies, and this acknowl
edgment of the Good Will Com
pany's rights disrupted the elec
tion plans.
Backed by the action of Council,
the Good Will Company t claimed
that the office of second assistant
chief - belonged to them and they
accordingly voted for their candi
date, George W. Beagle. The
Liberty Company candidate for this
office was Thomas Morris and he of
course, received that company's
endorsement.
The resolution of the Couucil
made clear the former company's
claim to the office, and the election
board acting in accordance with
that resolution, decided that Geo.
W. Beagle was elected. The Li
"berty boys are not satisfied with
the lesult of the election, and
though they have not publicly de
clared themselves as to what course
they propose to pursue, it is under
stood that they don't intend to let
the matter rest as it is.
The other officers elected were
Clyde B. Hess, of the Winonas,
first assistant chief, and Jacob
:Stiner, of the Friendships, third
assistant chief.
DR. BARBER MAKES RECORD DRIVE.
What the driving record between
Bloomsburg and Grovania may
have been previous to Thursday
last we know not, but we do know
that there are few, if any horses
kereabouts, that can equal the time
made between the two points on
that day by Dir. I. G. Barber, of
Danville. The timers of the race
were A. Z. Schoch, President of
the Bloomsburg National Bank,
who stood at the telephone at this
end, and A. O. Stonge, proprietor
of the Grovania Hotel, who held
the transmitter to his ear, at his
hostelry. Both gentlemen, in or
der to be absolutely correct, set
their watches together. Dr. Bar
ber left the Court House here at
4:31 and reached Grovania at
4:50, having covered the distance
in just minutes.
There was no wager but the doc
tor had made the assertion that he
could drive it in twenty minutes,
and several of his friends doubted
his ability to do it.
He drove his bay mare, and Mr.
Stonge says that she was perspir
ing only slightly and seemed but
little fagged.
Boon Be 100 Years Old
wminmsnnrt will be one hundred
.years old on March 1, 190. and
there is already talk 01 propeny
celebrating the anniversary. We
can see no reason why such a cele
bration should not be a success.
ninnmuttnrir celebrated its one
W-flrdtVi hirthd.iv ill 1002, and
it was the biggest and best event of
A FEARFUL DEATH.
Walter Loreman, Agod Eight
Years, Ventures Too Close
to Machinery.
AN UNWITNESSED TRAGEDY
The lifeless body of his cicht
year old grandson Walter Lore
man, bound between the belts, is
the horrible spectacle that met the
gaze of Reuben Loreman, as he
reached the lower floor of the Red
Mill, in Hemlock Township Sun
day afternoon.
Work at the mill had been de
layed of late, owing to the lack of
power, and it was to take advantage
of the rain, which had swollen the
race, and get out some rush orders,
that Mr. Loreman had gone to the
mill on Sunday. He was on the
second floor, engaged at emptying
some corn into the breaker, when
the belt suddenly flew off the pulley.
He descended to the floor below to
learn the cause, and there found
his grandson, as above described.
The boys right foot was terribly
mangled, but death was probably
due to strangulation, as his cloth
ing was tightly drawn about his
neck. Whether or not he had made
any outcry is not known. If he did
the hum ot the machinery prevent
ed it from reaching his grand
fathers ear.
A physician was summoned, but
it was too late, life was extinct.
The body was removed to his
home, near by, and prepared for
burial by Undertaker C. G. Baker.
The funeral took place yesterday
morning.
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NEWSPAPER to obanue hands.
J. C. Rutter Jr., Register and
Recorder of Columbia county, has
purchased the Sentinel and Daily
printing office, and will take charge
on January ist. Mr. Rutter is a
newspaper man of long experience.
He learned his trade in The Col
umbian office about twenty years
ago, and has followed the business
ever since, until four years ago
when he was elected to his present
position. He was manager of the
Sentinel, for several years, and it
was under his direction that the
first daily in the county was started.
He established it at once on a sound
basis, and it has been a newsy
paper ever since.
Mr. Rutter understands all the
details of the business, and will no
doubt make a success of it. We
welcome him back into the editorial
ranks.
A PRETTY CALENDAR.
A calendar has been issued by
the Young Women's Christian As
snriatiou. It has a handsome card
cover printed in gilt, with a bar at
the top, tied witu suit, a nere are
twsuty-four pages printed on the
mimeograph, each page containing
scriptural quotations for each day
in the mouth. The top of each
page contains an ornamental de
sign, and altogether it is very attrac
tive as well as useful.
The calendar is the work of Miss
Webster, the secretary, aud she
has displayed rare skill and taste in
its preparation. Only one hundred
of them have been made, and they
are for sale for the benefit of the
Association. The price is only 20
cents. There will no doubt be a
ready sale for them.
.
Skating is Rare Sport
Not for many years has skating
been as popular as it is this winter.
This is probably because the ice
has been unusually fine. The
lovers of the sport were out in
large numbers all last week, the
crowds being so great at times that
it was next to impossible to get
along without running into some
ntio The wide water on the canal
...ou th. favorite Errouuds in the
early part of the week, but the
continued cold weather closed the
waters of the creek and then
Boone's Dam was the mecca.
Superintendent Hackett immedi
ately placed a number of lights on
the creek, which
illuminates a large area of the ice
and adds greatly to me conven
ience of the skaters. The rain of
Saturday and Sunday put a tempo
rary stop to the sport.
The High School closed yester-
Character of Our Investments.
w
R LIMIT Our Investments to Securities of the most
Substantial Kind; such Securities as are of Acknowl
edged Value, and easily Converted into Cash.
QjSfoomsBurg QWtonaf Q&mft
A. Z. SCHOCH, President.
WM. H. HIDLAY.Cashier.
THE BOX OPENED.
Corner Stone of Old Presbyteri
an Church ContalnedMany
Articles of Interest.
LITTLE AFFECTED BY TIME.
The contents of the tin box in
the corner stone of the old Presby
terian Church, which was removed
last week, was opened by Mr. Yorks
on .Saturday, and the contents were
made known by Dr. Hemingway
at the Sunday evening service in
the Presbyterian Church. It was
rather expected that the box would
contain some money, but such was
not the case. The contents were
as follows: A Bible bound in calf,
a confession of faith, bound in half
calf; Book of Psalms and Hymns,
bound in calf; copy of the charter
and incorporation of the church; a
brief history of the church 111 manu
script that shows that the first min
ister was Rev. D. J. Waller; a list
of the subscribers and the subscrip
tons of the congregation for the
building which ranged trom three
hundred dollars to fifty cents and
that the total subscription was
$2,271 and that the church was to
cost $3,000.
In additiou to this it contained
ten copies of the "Presbyterian,"
published in Philadelphia and dated
April 24 and May 3, 1847. They
bore the names of Cathcart and
Chamberlain, who were the new
subscribers to the periodical. A
copy of the United States Gazette,
also published m Pliiladelpuia, ana
dated May 12, 1847, bore the name
of William McKelvy. A copy of
the Columbia County Democrat
published by Levi Tate in Blooms
burg and dated May 8, 1847. Two
copies of the Danville Democrat
and Tariff Advocate dated February
5 and May 7, 1874.
A College for Berwick-
At recent conference of the East
ern and Central Pennsylvania divi
sions of the Evangelical church, a
committee was appointed for the
purpose of securing a location for
the Albright College now located at
Myerstown.
Rev. Isaiah Bower, a trustee of
the College, will endeavor to have
the college erected in Berwick.
Between four aud five hundred
students will be enrolled in the
school, and the building will cost
between $200,000 and $300,000,
Rector Resigns-
Rev. Erskine Wright, rector of
Christ Episcopal church, Danville,
on Friday night tendered his resig
nation to the vestry, to take 'place
on January ist. The cause assign
ed for Rev. Wright's resignation is
ill health, his physician advising
that he retire from all work for a
period of three months.
Rev. Erskine Wright assumed
charge of Christ Episcopal church
on March 5th, 1899. Before com
iug to Danville he was assistant
rector 111 St. Ulemeut s cnurcli,
Philadelphia.
Normal Olosud for Holidays
The Normal School closed yester
day for the Holidays and the stu
dents are leaving today for their
respective homes to spend the vaca
tion which will extend until after
New Years. This is the vacation
that overshadows all others of the
year, and the beaming faces of the
students showed the happy antici
pation of meeting their parents, and
receiving their kindly remembrances.
(Ueefuf0rt0f
mas (present
(Here's a few of them.)
Mrs. Potts' Irons, Dover
Irons, Bissell Sweepers,
Wringers, Nickleware, Carv
ing Sets, Enamel Ware,
Pocket Knives and Shears.
Mechanical Toys,
Skates, Sleds
andTool Chests.
FOR SALE BY
J.G.Wells,
General Hardware,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
MI83 MARION HABTEE-
Mrs. Marion M. Harter, aunt of
Mrs. John K.- Miller, died after an
illness of several weeks, from a
cancerous affection at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Miller, in the Fetter
man housa on Main street, at half
past ten Monday morning. Miss
Harter had been a victim of the
above ailment for more than two
years past but only for a few weeks
had she been poorly, aud up until
the day preceding her death she
was able to be about the house.
She was a public spirited woman,
and assisted in starting the public
library, and always took a lively
interest in matters pertaiuiug to its
success. Besides her neice, Mrs.
Miller, she is survived by three
brothers, two residing in Minne
apolis and one in Chicago. Private
funeral services were held at the
house Tuesday afternoon conducted
by Revs. Hemingway and Kirkby.
The remains were taken to Dela
ware, Ohio, her former home for
burial.
BRIEF COURT SESSION-
,
A brief session of court was held
on Monday with all the judges pre
sent. W. C. Johnston was appointed
auditor of public accounts. ,
In the articles of agreement be
tween J. R. Shultz and John V.
Shultz, a petition was presented by
the former for the ordering of a
specific performance of contract,
which was granted.
Petition of Edward Reese, to have
certain real estate conveyed free of
dower, filed and petition granted
by the Court.
Petiiiou'of James L. Evans,
guardian ad litum of Howard Mo
harter, to convey real estate, which
was also granted by the court.
The court adjourned until the
first Monday in January.
The Stock Bought In-
Two blocks of the capital stock
of the Fanners National Bank, one
of ten and another of five shares,
was put up at auction in front of
the Court House Saturday after
noon, but on account of the lack of
bidders, they were not sold. The
block of ten was offerred first and
bid up to $238 a share, and the
five was run up to $236. Both were
bought in by A. W. Duy, attorney.
A CHRISTMAS
GREETIKG
"We extend to our army of Friends and
Patrons a Christinas Greeting.
The year about closing shows the largest
business of our experience.
Thanks To Y01:, our friends, for your
ardent support and cordial indorsement of
our endeavors.
Excuse us if we failed in any respect, and
do us a Favor by til lowing us to rectify.
AVc have still higher ideals better things
to be done during 1001.
Your enthusiastic commendation of our
endeavors gives us great encouragement.
Thank You Again, and a Herry
Christmas To All.
N QDDING
Corner Main and Center Sts.
Bloomsburg, Penn'a.,
Come in and see us,
we'll treat you right.
That KEG in Our 4th St., Window.
Have von looked at it?
HAVE YOU GUESSED the NUMBER $1
i
of tacks that we have hammer
ed into it.
plain sight. Nothing con-
used in
purchas-
The KEG is- Ining goods
in our
store e n-
raled about it. titles you to
a guess. Dont
We even put a mirror b L tOQ ,ate
the back so you can see The &ifts wi,!
be given
the other side.
How Many tacks
are Hammered
into it?
Have
vou
Guessed
Thursday Eve.
Dec 24th
at 9 o'clock.
Mr. W'm. Ilidlay Consider the value of
of the Bloomsburg the gifts. There are 5 of
National Bank them, all desirable arti
is custodian ofcles. Then, how easy it Is
the envelope to get one of the 5 gifts.
in wl nch is Large stock to choose
placed thefrom jn every depart-
:::irent and every dollar's
of tacks worth you buy entitles you
I f f n (rupee
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THE LEADER DEPT. STORE,
4th and Market Streets,
BLOOMSBURG. PENN'A.
jday. It will open on aionuay.
the kind ever held m ims wcuuu.
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