THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. Shoes fortable $3-50 THE COLUMBIAN. BI.OOMSBURG, FA. THURSDAY, MAY II. 1905 Kittrrtd at li t Vnf OJtlrr, Bit ommrq, fa. an nermttl cUi matter, March 1, ItWH. THE WBEELMEN'3 EMOKER. The first smoker arranged by the new entertainment committee of the Bloomsburg Wheelmen, Messrs. Gerald Gross, Harry J. Achenbach, J. Warren Lee, William Calhoun and Rebcr Mcars, and held at the Club House, Tuesday evening, was an unqualified suc cess, in every way. In response to invitations sent out, members to the mmiLer of about one hundred and twenty-five assembled to taste the comfoitsandprolected joys of the Club. It was truly a most delight full evening. Calhoun's orchestra of seven pieces discoursed good music, which together with vocal solos by I. 11. Abrams. Dr. A. K. Aldinger and D. J. Tasker, and some choice selections on Geo. W. Hess splendid phonograph, con stituted a very pleasing musical program, which was immensely en joyable. Nearly all of those who took part in the recent minstrel show were present, and they added to the pleasure of the evening by rendering the opening overture. The profuse and artistic use or cut flowers added greatly to the appearance of the rooms, and the interior never looked prettier. On entering the Club House each man was handed a favor in the shape three cigars, a holder and a carna tion held together with a bow of ribbon. Delicious rsfreshments prepared by Mrs. Edward Leigbow were served. The whole affair from beginning to end showed that great care bad been taken in making the arrange ments, and the entertainment com mittee is to be congratulated for the delightful eveuiug provided, which aside from the pleasure, will go a long way toward endearing the tie of friendship that exists among the members. A FIRE BOARD- A fire that for a time foretokened serious proportions, and which was the result of carelessness on the part of some boys, who were burn ing the contents of some waste paper baskets 011 the rear of the vacant lot, from the front of which the old Presbyterian church has recently been removed, occurred about half past five o'clock Thurs day afternoon. The youngsters dumped the paper on a heap, ap plied the match, and left. The names followed the paper covered surface to a frame building, form erly occupied by Robert McBride as a paint shop, and in an instant almost, the whole structure was ablaze. An alarm was turned in from the box on the corner of Cen ter and Main street and the Winoua boys, who have established a repu tation for promptness, were the first to reach the scene. They con nected with the plug on the corner at Third street, and soon had the flames under control. The building standing somewhat apart from the other structures, to gether with the fact that the roof on it is tin, were decidedly fortu nate circumstances. Otherwise the firemen would have had a serious conflagration to combat as there was a strong wind blowing at the time. Both the Fenna. and the United Telephone Companies suffered from the result of the fire. The intense heat melted the messenger wire, of the torruer company, and the heavy cable dropped into the alley colliding with the latter com pany's wires, impairing the service On a number of lines. Spruce Run had a wedding on Tuesday. The contracting parties were Harry Kd'.er and Miss Gert rude Williams. Rev. W. II. Hart man was the officiating clergyman aud the ceremony took place at the home of the bride. The groom is a popular young man of Millville, A Man's feet are better judges of shoes than he is! When you tuck yonr's into a pair of "Keith's Konqueror" they'll tell you they're com at last. and $4.00 Chas. M. Evans, ACEXT FOR ItliOOMSHUKU. LOCALNEWS. Legal advertisements 011 page 7. Kdith Driesbach, daughter of I rank Driesbach, of Roaringcreek alley fell down a flight of stairs, Saturday evening, and broke her left arm at the wrist. Now is not the proper time to brag about your wealth stocks, bonds, shares, fast horses, blooded cattle and so forth the assessor is mak ing his annual rounds. Miss Kva Rupert arrived in Bloomsburg Tuesday evening from Sante Ke, Mexico, where she spent the past year, doing mission ary woik in connection with the Allison school. A magazine writer wants to know the four sweetest words in the Knglish language. "Kuclosed please lind check is a quartette that is liard to beat when addressed to a newspaper man. William Wilson of Forks was the victim of a painful accident on Tuesday and as the result of which he lost the first two fingers of his left hand. The mishap occurred in a saw mill where he was employed. . Charles P. Iilwell will receive pupils in pianoforte and harmony. Terms reasonable. Call or 1 ddress 233 West Third street. tf Joseph Cowan, E. K. Freas, and S. D. Dole of Bloomsburg passed through Hazleton in an automobile on a centuiy run from Sunbury, in cluding Danville, Berwick, Tama qua and Pottsville. They made it in five hours. Hazleton Sentinel. The recent minstrel performance given by the Bloomsburg Wheel men will net that organization auout $350.00. wnen it is con sidered that the expenses for the two nights amounted to something like $275.00 some idea of the pop ularity of the Wheelmen shows can be had. Not very long age an economical young lady came into the Colum bian office to get some invitations printed. She wrote the invitation ana made it read "your presents is requested." She was'nt making much of a mistake after all, but it is considered very bad form to put it just that way. Joe Lyons, formerly of Blooms burg, now living at Newark N. J. has been visiting relatives here and at Millville for the past week or more. Joe has been in the show business for the past several seasons and is now under contract with the " Pair of Couutry Kids Co" for the season of 1905-06. m Geo. W. Hess, and family are now at Mifflinville arransnnc their affairs in the way of making gar den, and getting the house in shape preparatory to moving there for the summer. Mr. Hess aud familv have, for several years past, been spending the heated period at the delightful little town along the river. It is an ideal place for those who enjoy eettiner awav from the noisome damps of the town. A short time ago some men were engaged in putting up telegraph poles on some land belonging to an old farmer, who disliked seeing his wheat trampled down. The men produced n paper by which they said they had leave to put the poles where they pleased. The old farmer went back and turned a large bull in the field. The savage beast made after the men, and the old farmer, seeing them running from the field, shouted at the top of his voice: "Show him the paper! Show him the paper!" HENRY W. CHAMl'LIN, M. D., KYK, BAR, NOSH AND THROAT Sl'KCIALIST Ent Building, Bloomsburg, Pt In order to increase the pressure of the main leading to the Normal School, the Water Company is changing the house service pipes on North Iron street from the eight to the twelve inch main. Work on the addition to the High School building was com menced on Monday. The cellar will be excavated and the founda tion laid by which time the 9chool term will be over, and the contract ors will be ready to start on the brick portion of the building. Berwick wasn't pastime for Normal, yesterday. Aldinger didn't think the services of the regular men were needed, and he sent in a lot of subs to play against the visi tors. But even at that, it was jug bandied, and uninteresting, Ber wick failing to tally while the locals gathered in eight. McCloud of Danville, was in the box for the visitors. A life partnership was formed at the residence of James Miller in Espy, Thursday evening, when his daughter Miss Effie, was united in marriage to Daniel Milnes. of the same place. A numoer of invited guests witnessed the pretty cere mony, and the parlor was beauti fully decorated for the occasion. B. R. Yohe, mail carrier on rural route number two from the Blooms burg post office, and Miss Carrie A. Harman, an estimable young lady, of town were united in marriage on Thursday last. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. W. P. Eve land at the M. E. Parsouage at five o clock in the afternoon, and the happy couple took the 6.05 train on the D. L. & W. in the evening for a short tour. Their many friends extend best wishes. They were sitting over along near the noithern approach to the dam aged river bridge at Catawissa Sun day evening, waiting for the trolley car. Their words were plainly audible to the writer and two other gentlemen who were also waiting for the car. "Oh my goodness, you must not do that. Why you have certainly put your arm right around me," said the girl. "That's true," said he. "Well I can't per mit it," said the girl. "I will give you just two hours to take it away." Among the visitors to Blooms burg on Saturday were Col. Joe Lesher, editor and proprietor of the Selinsgrove Times, and Wm.WagonJ seller, who is preparing himself for the practice ot law, in the office of Senator Simon P. Wolverton at Sunbury. Col. Lesher is a candi date for Commissioner of Snyder County, with bright prospects of success. His paper, which is among the best inland Democratic weeklies of the state, crmes to our table every week, and we are always pleased to receive it. Danville is planning a monster Fourth of July celebration. Fire companies and secret societies for a radius of nearly a hundred miles have been invited, and efforts are being put forth to make the event one of the biggest the town has ever had. The day is to be one of double.significance. Beside com memorating the signing of the declaration of independence, it will also signalize the completion of the handsome new bridge across the river. A number of the local fire companies will attend as will also the Catawissa Band. Governot Pennypacker has sign ed the Philadelphia "ripper" bill, and thereby shown that he is con trolled by the bosses of his party whose bidding be dare not disobey. It is said that the price of his action in this matter is a seat on the Supreme Beuch of this State. The man whose grotesque state papers are the laughing stock of the na tion would fill the state reports with unique literature, even if they were not good law. Though he rips them, just nominate Penny for Supreme Judge.and see Philadelphia poll her usual majority for him. They cant get from under the lash. Patrons of the National Game were woefully disappointed in the showing made by the Susquehanna University ball team in the game against Normal Saturday afternoon. They were accredited with having shown considerable strength against one or two of the Tii-State League teams, and people went to Normal Field expecting to see a close con test. But oh, how their expectation were frustrated. The exhibition was the weirdest given auy visiting aggregation in a long time aud Noimal's runs seemed to come so dead easy that the rooters couldn't enthuse. "Back to the woods" was flung at the dowu river bunch from different sections of the bleachers and their playing justified the sneer. The game ended with the score Normal 12, Susquehanna 1. PURELY PERSONAL Roland Heeler and family spent Sunday at Millville. John I)rnke of Dcrwick was among our callers on Tuesday. Charl O. Skcer in home from tlic Boston Conservatory of Music Chnrles Hill of Denver Meadow was a Bloomsliurg visitor on Monday. William Welili, of West Pitt'ton, was in Bloomsliurg a short time on Monday. W. H. Coffman will go to Willinrrnport tomorrow where he expects to spend few days. 1. R. Alrarrs and I). I. Hummer of Ber wick attended the Wheelmen' smoker Tues day evening. Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Housol are spending a couple of weeks with their son Harry at Philadelphia, J. Wesley Moycr attended the State Con ventinn of the Knights uf the Golden t'.ngle at ) ork this week. Moses Mcllenry, one of Stillwater's well known and respected residents transacted business in town on Monday. Geo. I.aTourette of Danville played the cornet with Calhoun's orchestra at the Wheelmen's smoker Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. George S. K.ibbins of New York are spending this week in town. They are occupying their house on Normal Hill. A REMARKABLE OCCURRENCE. About half past eight Monday night, the residence of Solomon Hurst, on Catharine Street, was made the target of a bolt of light ning, that tore off the siding on the gabie end, damaged the roof and ignited a fire in the attic. The fire however, did but little damage, as workmen from the Harman Cogger plant, near by, hurried to the scene with some hose and ex tinguished the flames before they had time to effect any very serious damage. The occurrence was most remark able, in as much as no warning sounds preceded it, and the bolt descended from an apparently cloudless sky. The flash broke forth, with a suddenness and un expectedness that was startling, I and the concomitant illumination of the earth was blinding in its brilliaucv. Death oftSimon Stave- Simon Shive, a former well known and conspicuous business man of Bloomsburg, passed away in death at his home at Esther Furnace Sunday morning last at the advanced age of ninety years. Mr. Shive was at one time among the leading real estate owners of the town. The entire corner on Main street extending down to the 1 alley on Iron street now occupied by the Moore, Keller and Moyer building belonged to him as did also the plot of ground on Iron street above Fourth, where Wm. Hutton is new erecting dwelling houses. Two daughters, Sarah Shive and Mrs. Mary Wolf, survive. The re mains were brought to Bloomsburg on Tuesday aud interred in the family plot in Rosemont Cemetery. Death's Second Visitation The grim reaper entered the Hart household, at Bellefonteon Tuesday for the second time within a week. Only on April 26 the father, William Hart was removed to the great be yond, and relatives in Bloomsburg had little more than arrived home from attending the obsequies, when on Friday morning last a telegram was received here announcing the sad intelligence of the death of the son George. The deceased had been ill but a short time and his death was sudden. He was born and reared to manhood in Blooms burg, having learned the drug busi ness with Geo. A. McKelvy. His last visit here was in Septem ber, seven months ago, when he spent nearly two months with his aunt Mrs. Bluett on Center street. Sentiment Favors One Nominee, There appears co be gaining throughout the State a sentiment in favor of one Democratic nominee for the Superior Court bench, al though the advocates of three nom inations are numerous. The matter will probably not be settled for certain until the day before the con vention, when a conference of State leaders will be held at the Common wealth, which will be the head quarters of Col. J. M. Guffey and State Chairman Hall. Exhibiting Berwick Work. The American Car and Foundry Co. in Berwick have sent five cars to an exhibition in connection with the international railway congress, now in session at Washington. The exhibit is an event of world wide importance among the rail roads and car building industries. A. H. McCollura died on Thurs day night at the home of son-in-law, S. Ii. Gearhart, Wilkesbarre, aged 59 years. Death was due to paralyMS, from which he had been a sufferer for six weeks. He form erly resided at Jerseytown and operated the tannery at that place. Spring Dress Goods You will find the most complete line of the leading Spring Dress Materials at THE CLARK STORE and at the lowest prices. It will pay you to see them if you need dress goods. Mohairs. Very stylish this season, Our lines " are very good. 50c. mohairs in black, blue, brown, green, white, join mohairs special value at 56c. yd., black, brown, and green, 65c for embroider ed mohairs. 50c for fancy figured mohairs. White Dress Goods. The finest lines of these goods the 7 he Clark Store has ever placed on sale. 30c French lawns 45m wide for 19c yd. Dotted Swisses 17c to 84c yd. French mus lin 45in. at 50c. Batiste 4$in. at 45c. India linons 10c to 30c yd. Women's Undermushns, A new big line of these ' goods now on sale at The Clark Store consisting of night gowns, drawers, cor set covers and white skirts. All cut full, good materials and the making none bet ter, the prices the lowest. Come and see them. Bungalow Silks. In the new rough weave in white, marine, brown, and pongee. 27m wide at $1.00 yd., the equal of any 1.25 silk sold of like weave. Spring Covert and Silk The Clark Store. TALK NO. 67. HAVE YOUR EYESIGHT BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE The proper care of the eyes will save all the worries and miseries that neglect of them will surely bring. Correctly fitted glasses will remedy the ills already begun. Skill and experience alone can adjust glasses properly. G-eo. TXT". IKCess, Optician and Jiwii.er, BLOOMSBURG, TENNA a Alexander Brothers & Co., DEALERS IN Cigars, Tobacco, Pipes, Confec-1 tionery and Nuts. : n 5 Pine Candies. Fresh Every Week. J?eitt-2- Gooes a. Ss'ecia.XjT-st. SOLE AGENTS FOR JUPITER, KING OSCAR, WRITTEN GUARANTEE, COLUMBIAN, ETC. Also F. F. Adams & Co's Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco. ALEXANDER BROS. & CO., Bloomsburg, Pa. IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF Carpets, Rugs, Matting and Draperies, Oil Cloth and Window Curtains You Will Find a Nice Line at W. m BEQ WBB'B BLOOMSBURG, PENN'A. Feasted on Trout. Alfred Mcllenry, cashier ot the Columbia County National Bank at Benton, feasted on trout Tuesday. The day previous his son Earl caught three speckled beauties, the largest of which measured 13 inches. So tickled was the boy that he ran all the way home and told his father to get tho yard stick to measure it. The fish was the largest caught hi that vicinity this season. That it put up a game Pght is attested by the fact Karl broke his pole in getting it out of the water. Black Dress Goods. You will find this stock contains black goods for all purposes and they are the correct kind. "Priestley's" black goods stand at the head of the list. None better, few so good. Come and see them. Silk Hatisle In white, colors, a fine sheer material in white and colors. We make the price 25 cents yard. Hosiery and Underwear. The most complete line of hosiery for Ladies' Miss es and Children at The Clark Store in black, tan, white. Dress Silks. You may have a silk need. If so see this stock. All the newest styles and at prices to please. 27in. changeable at 74c yd. 27m. Nippon silks 75c yd. 27in Black Taffeta 75c yd. Fancy Silks in good assort ments. All prices. All Over Laces. A large line of these for making the popular all over lace waist and tokings, pric ed from 50c yd. to 3.50. See them. White and Ecru. Coats from $4.98 to $12.00. Leases and quit notices for sale at this office 4t. LADIES res ) Dr. La Franco'! UaQMROULNXU Safe, Quick, Reliable Regulator Buparlor to other remfduw fold at high prtoas. Our guaranteed. ucueaafulty uata by orari yuo.aov wninen. rrU', i tuii, aru- lata or by mall. ' uy man. iwiuuuDiaia uookiai iim Dr. LaVrauco, Philadelphia, I 1
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