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BLOOMSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1905.
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ADDING NEW ACCOUNTS.
AT THE
Farmers National Bank.
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $I4O.O0O.
We are constantly adding new accounts and our business
is increasing at a very satisfactory rate. If you have not al
ready opened an account with us, we invite you to do so now.
In Point of Business Success and Financial
Strength this Bank Occupies Front Rank.
C. M. CKKVKLING, Prkh. M. MILLKISEX. Cashier.
BLOOMSBURG 23
YEARS AGO.
A3 John of Lancaster Saw It
In the Philadelphia
Press.
Many Changes Since Then,
The following article which ap
peared in the Philadelphia Tress ,ol
September 29, 1882, was written by
John F. Meginniss who was lor
many years editor of the Williams
port Gazette and Bulletin. He was
a historian and a polific writer,
siguing himself "John of Lancast
er," Many changes have taken
place in Bloomsburg since that time,
and nearly alluf the men spoken of
have passed away. To the older
residents the article will recall many
scenes of the past, and will show
the younger ones how Bloomsburg
has progressed. We reprint it in
full.
Bi.6omshurg, Sept. 25. This
pretty little town, the county-seat
of Columbia, is built upon a bluff
of Fishing Creek, and about a mile
from the North branch of the Sus
quehanna River. There are many
beautiful valleys on this river, chief
among them being Wyoming, whose
bloody history is known to all.
Bloomsburg, from its perch on the
hills, overlooks a grand sweep of
country. The river is bounded on
the south side by a tall mountain,
whilst in the rear of the town the
foot-hills rise tier upon tier till they
fall back iuto the wilds of Sullivan
county. A more beautiful location
for a town is hard to find. As the
Lackawanna and Bloomsburg Rail
road, running from Northumber
land to Scranton, sweeps by the
town a splendid view is afforded
from, the car window. As the
ground slopes toward the river the
sewerage is perfect. The streets
are unusually wide; the buildings
are generally brick, and, whilst
here are no costly structures, yet
there are many cosy private h6UseS,
which show that the owners sought
comfort more than style. On the
high ground in the rear of the older
part of the towti are many attract
ive dwellings, overlcoking the mag
nificent valley which stretches away
to the river affording a laudscape of
peculiar beauty. Still higher up
on a knoll stand the attractive
buildings of the Normal School,
which, from their conspicuous posi
tion are plainly seen from the car
window, and are always admired
by travelers.
A BIT OK HISTORY
The town of Blcomsburg was laid
out and named as early as 1802 by
a geruian settler named Ludwig
Eyer. In 1846 it became the county
seat of Columbia, after a long and
bitter fight with Danville, which
had previously been the capital. In
order to decide the question the
Legislature passed an act authoriz
ing a vote on the question of a re
location of the- county-seat, and it
was dt-cided by a popular vote to
remove it to Bloomsburg, the latter
place furnishing the laud and erect
ing the buildings, the money for
that purpose having been raised by
public subscription. This was in
1845, and it was thought that peace
and quietness would now reign after
thecounty-seat question was settled.
But such was not the case. In 1849
another bitter fight arose about the
formation of a new county, out of
parts of Columbia, to be called
Montour, with Danville as the
county-seat. The latter place still
smaated over the victory of Colum
bia in taking the county-seat away
lrom her, aud her people sought to
have a county of their own. Un
the 3rd of May, 1850, the new
MUST ANSWER
MURDER CHARGE.
Jacob Naugleand Clark Belles
Held for Shooting
Vincent Vide.
VICTIM DIED ON TUESDAY.
Friends of Vincent Vide, the
Italian who w s shot in West Ber
wick on Friday August first, have
caused the arrest of Jacob Naugle
and Clark Belles, the special police
officers of West Berwick who fired
the fatal shots.
The warrants were sworn before
Justice of the Peace Clem R. Weiss
and placed in the hands of Con
stable Miles Betz on Monday. He
immediately took the car for Ber
wick. He found Naugle and serv
ed the warrant on him. Belles was
at New Columbus attending his
father's funeral. Naugle was
brought to Bloomsburg Monday
evening and arraigned before Justice
of the Peace Weiss, but wa com
mitted for a further hearing Tues
day afternoon.
When the time arrived for the
hearing on Tuesday the Squire's
office was so crowded that it was
decided to go to the Court room.
The throng immediately hurried to
the Court I louse, only to be dis
appointed as the prisoners waived a
hearing and were taken to jail. An
effort will be made to day at two
o'clock to have them released under
habeas corpus proceedings.
Hon. Grant Herring is assisting
District Attorney Duy in the pro
secution, while Fred Ikeler and
William Rimes represent the de
fendants.
The shooting which was reported
in our last issue took place on July
30, wes the outcome of an alleged
violation of an ordinance prohibit
ing the discharge of firearms with
in the borough limits. In the party
of infractors, who it is said were
shooting mark, was Vide. The
two special officers appeared on the
scene, and endeavored to suppress
the sport, when the trouble ensued.
The hearing today 'will doubtless
attract a large crowd. Many wit
nesses have been subpoened and
the fact of who fired the first shot
in the affray, the policeman or
Italians will in all likelihood be
brought out
Vincent Vide, the Italian, died
from the effects of the wound at the
Scranton hospital Friday at 6 p. m.
o'clock.
The wound which caused his
death was the one inflicted on the
left side between the neck and
shoulder. He has been completely
paralyzed since the affair occurred,
his spine was injured and he grew
continually weaker until the end
came Friday evening.
Vide is a man of family having a
wife and one daughter living in
Italy. He is 2y years of age and
has been in this country but a very
short time. He was buried at
Scrautou 011 Sunday.
Drivo to Biilineyer's Park Was Delightful-
The following gentlemen enjoyed
a drive to Biilineyer's Park, Wash
ingtonvillc on Sunday: William
Gray, Silas Creveling, Spates Wel
liver, A D. Shuinan, Harry Barkel,
C. Miller, J. P. Fritz, Chas. Sands,
Wed. Wright, Charles Kitzrailler,
Cleat. Jones, William Almond,
Frank Gensemer, Gus. Tanner
and Jacob Rhodes of town and Dr.
Cotarell of New York. Returning
in the evening the party took supper
at the City Hotel, Danville.
Continued on 4th page 3rd Col.J
Wellington Manning will repres
ent the Winona Fire Company at
the State Firemen's Convention to
be held at Scranton in October.
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Cowkrvativk Banking Along Progrkssivk Links
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Has preserved its integrity, and has gained a little each
day in strength, in' scope and in the confidence of the
public. Governed by this policy, this DANK expects to
continue to grow both in its capacity and its opportunity
to serve, and to that end invites the patronage to which
it believes it has proved itself entitled.
A. Z. Scuocil, President.
Wm. II . II in lay, Cashier.
Fifth Street Sewer
Now a Certainty
By a Vote of Four t Two,
Council Decides to Con
struct the Drain
Discussions Were Spirited
After many lenghty meetings,
lively discussions and seemingly
unnecessary parrying, the Blooms
burg Town Council met Monday
evening and decided to construct
the Fifth Street sewer in accord
ance with the plans originally sub
mitted by Town Engineer James
C. Brown. A twenty-four inch
pipe will be laid from the river to
the canal. At the canal it will be
connected with the twenty-four
inch pipe which is now doing ser
vice, and a smaller sized pipe will
be laid out Fifth street.
The sewer proposition was taken
up the first thing, and the discus
sion opened when President Yetter
made known the following commun
ication from the Bloomsburg Land
Improvement Company:
Bloomsburg, Pa., Aug. 5th, 1905.
To President and Members, of
Council.
Gentlemen I beg leave to ad
vise you of the action of our Board
of Directors at its meeting August
5th, relative to the proposed
Fifth street sewer, which is as
follows to wit; Our company will
agree to convey to the Trustees of
the Ratti Hospital, or to such per
sons as they may designate, the
corner lot on Fifth street, opposite
said hospital, valued at $825, the
lot adjoining thereto, valued at
$750, and one lot on Sixth street,
valued at $300, for the purpose of
assisting in raising a fund for the
construction of said proposed Fifth
Street sewer, upon the following
conditions: That the said sewer
shall be constructed of sufficient
capacity aud at sufficient depth to
sewer our company's lots on Fifth, J
Sixth and Six and one-halt .streets;
that the said Sewer be built on
Fifth street as far east as Park
street, aud also that satisfactory
assurance be giveu our company
that the sewer shall be built on
Sixth street by the Town of Blooms
burg as far east as Park street with
in two years. This proposition to
cease and determine, unless accept
ed within 30 days from the date
thereof.
Respectfully yours,
N. U. Funk, Sec'y,
Bloomsburg Laud Improvement Co.
This proposition, of course, super
seded the former one, which had to
do with the settlement of Taw suits,
etc.
Mr. Yetter, taking the initiative,
said the lots were, in all probability
worth $1800, but what the town
most needed was the money, and
that unless the hospital agreed to
furnish the requisite cash, he would
oppose it.
Councilman Chas. W. Runyon
voiced his protestation to the Land
Improvement Co's. proposition,
and stated that the understanding
at the last meeting of Couucil was
that nothing would be done with
the sewer unless some one would
furnish the $1800. His remarks
were decidedly succinct, and he
concluded by stating earnestly, "We
don't want their lots, we want the
money."
Mr. A. Z. Schoch, representing
the trustees of the Joseph Ratti
Hospital, took the floor nt this
point and said that they would take
the lots and give $1500 for them.
He didn't think that Council should
demand more. The sewer, he said,
ought to be constructed whether
there was a hospital or not, and
$1500, in his opiniou, was a good
price for the lots, all that they were
TINWARE
Because of Kcpairs
on Building we will
close out
AT COST
ALL
TINWARE.
For Sale by
J. Q. Wells.
worth.
Town Solicitor Grant Herring
expressed himself. What he con
sidered the greatest barrier was the
assurance wanted by the Land Im
provement Co. that 1500 additional
teet of sewer would be laid on Sixth
street within two years. This, he
said, was entirely out of the ques
tion. This Council cannot bind a
future Council.
Consideiable discussion ensued,
until Mr. Schoch suggested that
Council go back to the sewer as
first proposed. It built according
to the original plans, the Hospital
Committee, he said, would contrib
ute $500 toward the cost. This
struck Council favorably and Mr.
Giger offered a resolution that if
the parties interested contribute
$500 when needed, the Town will
construct the sewer in accordance
with the plans submitted by the
Town Engineer.
Mr. Deily gave the resolution a
second, and upon roll call Giger,
Deily, Mifflin and Yetter voted
aye, and Runyon and Rboades no.
As the sewer will necessitate the
expenditure of more than $1000, in
which case the approval of the
Court of Quarter Sessions is neces
sary. President Upon motion was
authorized to procure said approval.
In the matter of the Millville
Bloomsburg Trolley, touching the
use of certain streets for the laying
of its tracks, it was decided that no
tracks should be laid on Main, East,
Fifth or Market streets. Mr. Yet
ter is of the opinion that arrange
ments can be made with the Colum
bia & Montour Co. to land passen
gers at Market Square, and he ap
pointed a committee to investigate
and make a report.
A motion by Rhoades that the
Town purchase 500 feet of fire hose
precipitated a somewhat unexpect
ed situation, aud the ensuing few
minutes were full of action and
provoked no little merriment among
the spectators. The committee
recommended the purchase of Eu
reka hose at 90 cents per foot, or
$450 for the amount needed, but
Mr. Runyon. had a sample of Titan
hose guaranteed to stand a pres
sure of 500 pounds, and to las tor
five years, and which, he argued,
was just as good as the Eureka,
that could be bought at 63 ceuts a
foot, of $315 for the 500 feet. The
discussion which followed was de
cidedly animated and highly amus
ing. Mr. Runyon would not stand
for any opposition to his views on
the matter, and when Chief Lewis
attempted to explain the merits cf
the Eureka hose he was caustically
told to go aud sit down and wait
'till Council asked him for advice.
This terminated the hose matter,
aud no action was taken.
' Mr. Rhoades complained of the
negligence on the part of the Street
Commissioner, in the way of re
ports. By failing to render such
reports he is not complying with
bis coutract.
The bills were paid and the meet
ing adjourned.
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