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VOL 40.
BLOOMSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1905.
NO. 11
LAST MEETING
TOWN COUNCIL.
Llttlo of Importance Consider
ed, and the Retiring Board
Rounded up Its Bust,
ness in Short Order.
Inventory Of Fire Department.
The last meeting of the retiring
Town Council held in the Council
chambers Satutday evening was a
record breaker for brevity. The
session convened, performed all the
business that came up and adjourn
ed in almost less time than it takes
to tell it. There was but one, Mr.
Pursel, missing when the roll was
called, and his absence was enforced
by sickness.
The first matter heard was Chief
G. Kdward Lewis' inventory of the
Fire Department. This list show
ed a total membership ot 360, 273
of whom are in good standing. . The
department has 650 feet of hose, all
of which is in good condition. All
the equipment, with the exception
of the Winona hose carriage which
was considerably damaged at the
Quick coal office fire by reason of
the water having been turned on
before the hose was off the reel, is
in a good state of repair. Before
concluding Mr. Lewis recommend
ed that 500 feet of hose be purchas
ed for the use of the department,
and also that supplies be purchased
for the Good Will Co.
There was some little discussion,
after which a resolution was passed
authorizing the Good Will Co., to
purchase chemicals to the amount
of $5.00.
Representatives were present from
the Friendship, Rescue, Liberty
and Winona fire companies to ask
Council for their 1904 appropna
lions. The money is needed thev
said to pay some bills incurred in
making improvements at their
various quarters.
F. P. Hagenbuchmadeconiplaiut
to Council concerning the water
which by reason of the filling in of
the alley along his property on
East street bad directed it into his
cellar. The Street Commissioner
was instructed to investigate and if
possible right the wrong.
A communication was received
from Dr. S. B. Arment of the Board
of Health, setting forth some mat
ters which a compliance with the
law had made it necessary for him
to do.
Messrs Rhodes and Gigger con
stitute a committee which was ap
pointed to ascertain the probable
cost of extending the sewer from
Cherry to Locust street on East
street. Their proposition occupied
more time than any other matter
before the Council, and a lively
discussion prefaced the appointment
of the committee . They will re
port at the uext meeting.
Dr. S. B. Arment in explanation
of the bill passed at the previous
meeting for goods furnished the
Wagner family, stated that the
family was afflicted with diphtheria,
and that the authorities of Hemlock
township, where they resided was
making no move to relieve them.
He accordingly in order to prevent
the possible spread of the disease to
Bloomsburg.quarantined the house,
and furnished the necessities. The
bill he said will be collected by the
Town solicitor from the Hemlock
township authorities.
A strip of land along the rive.',
of no apparent value to the Town
just now, was rented to C. B.
Robbins, for $4 per month.
Chief of Police Wesley Knorr re
ported that he had lodged 23 tramps
and made oue arrest during the
month.
There was no ether business, and
the meeting adjourned.
Accommodations For Ministers.
Accommodations have bee,n ar
ranged for the entire number of
ministers who will be in Berwick
during the M. K. conference. The
entertainment committee has been
at work for a number of weeks, and
Rev. Gilbert states that now all of
the 300 or more had been provided
for, and the names of the ministers
with their places of entertainment
will appear in the program. Rev.
Gilbert and the committees are
completing the program and the
many services and speakers are fast
being arranged.
GRIM REAPER'S
RICH HARVEST.
Many Well Known Residents
of this County Called from
the Activities of Life
During Past Week.
Squire D. W. Lenahan Dead.
The grim reaper, death, has been
active throughout Columbia County
the past tew days. Almost at every
turn, there can be seen evidences of
the visitation of the most unwel
come visitor. Among those who
have answered the last summons,
are several well known people, men
and women who stood high in the
various communities in which they
resided, and whose passing away
has occasioned deep gloom and
called forth many expressions of
genuine sorrow.
D. V. LBNAHAN.
In the death of Daniel W. Lena-
ham, which occured at his home in
Mid Valley, early Tuesday morn-
lug, there has bien called away
one of the best known residents in
the anthracite coal regions of the
state. Few there are m Bloomsburg
particularly among the professional
and business men, who did not
know Squire Lenahan, and not one
is there who did not respect and
admire. He had the distinction of
being the oldest school teacher in
Columbia County, having tauirht
for a period of forty years. He also
served several terms as justice of
tne peace.
The affliction which caused his
death was gaul stones, from which
he had long suffered. Saturday
evening, he conducted a hearing
ana complained ot leeling unwell.
Sunday his condition grew worse.
and despite the medical aid given
him, he passed away.
Squire Lenahan was born in Ire
land in 1840, and came to America
when he was but fourteen years of
age. He worked as a miner for a
number of years, or up until he met
with an accident at the Logan
colliery and lost a leg. This com
pelled his retirement from manual
labor, and he immediately set about
to prepare himself to teach school,
which profession he followed up to
tne time or his death.
MRS. REBECCA MCHENRY.
The death of Mrs. Rebecca Mc
Henry occurred at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. C. F. Kendall, in
Brooklyn, N. Y., on Monday, after
an illness of about a year. Mrs
McHeury was born in Center town
ship, this county, seventy-two
years ago. For forty years or more
she resided in Orangeville town
ship. Three years ago she went to
Brooklyn to live with her daughter.
Her immediate survivors are five
children, namely the daughter
above mentioned, Mrs. Henry
llagenbuch of Jackson township,
Mrs. A. Kocher of Orange town
ship, Mrs. P. K. Vannatta, of
Bloonibburg, and E. D. McHenry
of Philadelphia, and a brother,
John DeLong of Light Street.
The remains were brought here
from Brooklyn on Tuesday and
taken to Orangeville for interment.
RETJBKN I.. RICH.
Reuben L. Rich, a prominent
Millville resideut for many years
past, died at his home on whit is
known as Sunnyside Farm, Tues
day evening. He was afflicted with
a complication of diseases, and was
considerably eufeebled by old age.
The end came peacefully, and his
spirit took it's flight just as dark
some night was coming on.
The deceased is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. H. D. Trivelpiece
of Williamsport, Miss Mary L.
Trivelpiece ot Berks County, and
Miss Bess Trivelpiece, at home.
The funeral will be held from the
Friends Meeting House, at Mill
ville tomorrow morning at, ten
o'clock.
MRS. HENRY COOPER.
The life work of Mrs. Cooper,
wife of Commissioner Henry
Cooper, of Montour comity, came
to an end at the Cooper homestead,
near Washiugtonville Tuesday
morning. Her husband survives,
as does also the following children,
Lloyd, William and Calvin Cooper.
Calviu Shultz of West Hemlock
township, this county, is a brother
and Mrs. Hiram Turner, and Mrs.
John Johnson of Jerseytown are
sisters of the deceased. The funeral ,
INTIMATKLY ossnniuted with nil Round ttu.lno.R Is the SO If X It
It ASK. It asulxts every legitimate enterprise, but dlnronrnges liiiziinlou"
Speculation, It combines the working enpitul of the community anil applies it
wliero incmt needed while its dtrongtli promotes the gtuhility of all the under
takings of Its customers.
The Sound, Conservative, Progressive Policy of the
Iloomsbupg I7Qtf onQl 13anK
Perfected by experience enables it to render these services with unusual ac
ceptability mid success. AVVOUSTS WELCOMED.
A. Z. Schocii, President.
took place this morning.
MRS. HIRAM ASH.
The community in the vicinity
of Benton is very much saddened,
owing to the death of Mrs. Hiram
Ash, which occurred early lues
day morning. Mrs. Ash was one
of the very kindest of old ladies.
and had her life been spared until
the coming July, she would have
been seventy-four years of age.
Surviving her are a husband and
the following children: Thomas
and Bruce, of Benton, and Hosea,
of near Benton; Mrs. George Hart
man, of Benton, and Mrs. Reuben
Seigfned, of Berwick, and the fol
lowing brothers and sisters: Thos.
Davis, of Sioux City, Iowa; Chris
tian and Reuben, of Benton, and
Mrs. Oliver Palmer and Mrs. Har-
man L. Stine, of Hamaline church
The funeral was held this morn
ing.
MRS. SARAH J. LOWERY.
An attack of neuralgia of the
heart on Sunday, March 5, termi
nated in the death of Mrs. Sarah J
Lowery, at the home of her daugb
ter, Mrs. S. M. Runyon on East
Third Street, this town, Monday
Mrs. Lowery' s name before ruarri
age was Dildine, and a good part
of her life of sixty-five years was
spent near Jerseytown. Three
daughters and . one son survive.
They are Mrs. W. E. Rinker and
Mrs. Runyon of town, Mrs. J. C.
Wolf of Millville, and W. W. Low
ery of Berwick.
New Offioers For Bloomsburg Wheelmen-
The annual meeting of the
Bloomsburg Wheelmen for the elec
tion of officers to serve for the en
suing year and for the transaction
of other business pertaining to the
welfare of the organization, was
held in the Club House at nine
o'clock Tuesday evening. The
meeting was decidedly tame com
pared to that of last year, owing to
the fact that there was no fight tor
any of the offices. With the ex
ceptiou of the two librarians and
the treasurer there is a new man in
every office. There was an ex
pressed wish on the part of the old
Board ot Governors that they be
excused from further service, many
of them having served as long as
seven years'.
In deference to their desire they
were allowed to step down and out.
The new officers are as follows:
President, Thos. B Moore; Vice
President, Prof. James Goodwin;
Treasurer, William C. Snyder; Sec
retary, D. J. Tasker; Assistant
Secretary, Louis Buckalew; Board
of Governors, Ralph G. Phillips, A.
C. DeSheppard, R. F. Vandershce,
Dr. F. W. Redeker, Frank W.
Roys, B. W. Furman, S. R. Bidle
man; Auditors, F. R. Holmes,
George Low; Librarians, E. M.
Holmes, W. M. Morris.
The report of the treasurer, show
ing the receipts and expenditures ofi
the year and the present condition
of the club was read The club is
practically free from debt and there
is a substantial balance in the hands
of the treasurer, all of which con
sidering the fact that several hund
red dollars were expended during
the year for new furniture and im
provements is very gratifying.
Very few purely social organiza-
tions with the dues only fifty cents
a month can compare with the
Wheelmen. Since the organization
of the club some eight or teu years
ago two or three associations of a
similar nature in Bloomsburg, as
well as two that we know of in a
neighboring town, have fal'eu by
the wayside owing to their inability
to meet the expenses. But the
Wheelmeu, by reason of the wise,
judicious and conservative manage-
ment of its board of governors,
Wm. II. Hidlay, Cashier.
to paint your house
with
Lucas
Paints
(Tinted Glois)
than with other paints.
They're better, too.
Made of pure mate
rials, spread better, go
farther, look h a nd
somer, last longer.
Your painter ought
to know it
FOR SALE BY
J. G. Wells,
General Hardware,
Bi.oomshi'Ro, Pa.
which has always been composed of
careful business men, has stood the
test of time and is today stronger
numerically and financially than it
has been at any time in its history.
This happy condition of affairs is
due to the wisdom and managerial
ability of the retiring Board of
Governors, namely Louis Gross,
Geo. P. Ringler, P. K. Vannatta,
J D. Armstrong, E. K. Rowe. T.
B Moore and Harry Townsend, as
well as to the retiring President
and secretary E. F. Carpenter and
Warren Lee.
The Club House furnishes a place
where the members can go and
spend a pleasant evening in social
intercourse or innocent amusement.
In fact it is just about such a place
as More bad in mind when he wrote:
"Though few the days, ihe
happy evenings few,
So wrra with heart, 10 rich
with mind they flew,
That my full soul forgot
its wish to roam,
And rested there as in
a dream at home 1
Will Attend Sister's Wedding.
B. A. Gidding and Joseph Gid-
ding left this morning for Duluth,
Minn., where they will attend the
wedding of their only sister, Miss
Sarah Rose Gidding to Mr. Max
Stern, a prominent young business
man of Chicago. The ceremony
will be solemnized at the home of
the bride's brother J. M. Gidding,
formerly of Bloomsburg, now at the
head of an extensive merchandising
business in that city, at six thirty
o'clock next Wednesday evening,
March 22, and will be witnessed by
only the immediate relatives of the
two families.
Thev deDarted 011 the 10:49 D.
L. W. train and will go by that
route to Buffalo, where they will
take the Wabash Railroad to Chi
cago. At Chicago they will take
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul, and from St. Paul to Duluth,
by way of the Missouri Pacific,
reaching their destination Saturday
evening.
They expect to arrive home on or
about March 25th.
Mrs. Dr. Reber has rented rooms
in Berwick and is preparing to
move up there. Her son W. McK.
Reber holds a position with the A.
C. & F. Co.
The whole world smiles,
Its heart with good will beating;
And it bears to all,
A happy springtime greeting.
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one of our New Spring Suits and a
New Spring Hat and, perhaps, a few
doses of fresh Spring Haberdashery.
They'll make you look like a new man
and our prices will make you feel .
like one.
You'll get satisfaction, and the "col
lateral" here is always money back, if
anything goes wrong.
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Corner Main and Center Sts.
Come in and see us,
we'll treat you right.
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Couches in any style or
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The quality and style sug
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Bloomsburg.
Prices from
$10.00 to $25.00.
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4TH AND MARKET STREETS.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.