THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. 5 THE COLUMBIAN. BI.OONTsTiURoTrAi TH UI'SI AY, Al'(;r.STj4. 1905. Kiitrrrd at tit funt Ojrirf, Btomiiniurg, I'a, an tramil clapt mnltpr, Marrh 1, LOCALNEWS. The grapes are ripening. Leal advertisements on page 7. . Don't neRlct to be properly reg istered before Sept. 7, or you'll lose your vote in November. - - W. O. Holmes & Son bave been awarded '.lie contract lor laving the gas main out Kast Fifth Street to the hospital. . . . . . Keep in mind the fact that Don nelly & Hatfield's magnificent min strels will he at the Open House,! Wednesday evening, Sept. 6. - ' Samuel Metz is attending the P. j KJ. v. 01 v. oiaie vuuvt'uuuii i DuHois. as a delegate from Wash ington Camp, No. 319, of town. W. S. Reed, the genial grocery and fruit salesman will tender the members of the Pdoomsburg Wheel meu a watermelon party this even ing. The convention of the County Commissioners of the state is being held at Krie this week. None of the commissioners of this coun!y are in attendance. Vanity Fair, March and Two step by Chas. P. Klwell, on sale at all music stores. Second edition, 25 cents. tf. Francis K. Rote, of Greenwood Valley, Columbia County, died on Tuesday and will be buried this afternoon from the Friends' meet ing house, at Millville. Hon. Chas. H. Dickerman and daughter Grace of Milton, will sail from England on their homeward voyage on September 9th, reaching New York and home about the 15th. It is goiug to take some time for the farmer and the automobile to get on iriendly terms. He has finally adjusted himself to the bike and will in time to the devil wagou. . Milton had lots of fun with cur base ball team Friday afternoon. It was a veritable walk over for the visitors, and they won as they pleased. Score 8 to 1 . Hon. W. T. Creasy of Catawissa lias been appoiuted by Governor Pennypacker as a delegate tc the Farmer's Congress to be held a,t Richmond, Va., Sept. 1222. S. R. Bidleman and family, Fred T. Ikeler and iamily, II. Mont Smith and family and H. S. Bar ton and lamily, have returned from a week's outing in Laubach's Grove at Forks. Affection of the brain caused the death of Laura Peddle, stepdaught er of James Carey, at Mill Hall, Friday evening. She was twelve years of age and had been ill for several years. . Danville and Iiloomsburg will meet in a tennis match on the Y. M. C. A. court this afternoon. W. S. Rishton, Dr. Miller. Edwin H. Knt and K. F. Carpenter, will be the local players. Jas. II. Coleman came down from Forks on Monday and spent the day in town. He says that they propose to remain in camp until the weather compels them to seek the warmth of their town home. Carl Caswell has purchased a White Steamer, and it is one of the best in this section. He and M. Milleism rode in it from New York, and at Lancaster were joined by Mrs. Caswell and Mrs. Milleisin, reaching home on Sunday. Mr' and Mrs. Caswell went to Lewis burg in it on Wednesday.' A Man's feet are better judges of shoes than he is! When you luck your's into a pair of "Keith's Konqueror" Sliocs tlioy'll Icll you they're? com fortable at last. $3.50 and $4.00 Chas. M.Evans, Hucksters are reporting that tur keys will be very scarce next fall and winter, but it is likely that when Thanksgiving and Christmas campaigns come on there will be enough turkeys to go around. Manager Hagenbuch of the base ball team is trying to arrange a game of ball to be played for the benefit of James Price, who is ill with dihptheria. It is a commend able move, and deserves liberal pa tronage. Six hundred people attended the Silk Mill employee's picnic at Iulge wood Park, Shamokin, on Satur day. The itinerary and arrange ments were complete in every de tail, and tie affair was voted a complete success. - . Chas. P. Khvell will continue to teach during the summer months. Instruction in pianoforte, violin. harmony and composition. Send for circular or call at 233 West Third street, Uloomsburg. tf Louis Pucka!ev who has been on the road for a Roston shoe manufac tuiing company for a year past, has accepted a position with the Ilarman Advertising Company. He went to Pottsville in the inter of the company on Monday. Somebody must have told Tom Moore about the early bird and its friend, the worm. Tom is one of the promoters of the new bowling alley venture, and can be found with a shovel bright and early every morning in the week. On the occasion of Lymau II. Howe's semi-annual visit which will be Sept. 2, there will be shown many pictures taken during Presi dent Roosevelt's visit in Wilkes Rarre. The entertainment will be for the benefit of the Bloomsburg Hand. Miss Mary Spoonenburg, the pleasing daughter of Mr. and Mr. Samuel Spoonenberg, of Berwick, and Sam Yost, of near Bendertown were united in marriage on Thurs day afternoon. The ceremony was performed by Rev. A. Houtz, of the Orangeville Reformed church. -- . Catawissa is to have a new in dustry in the shape of a shirt fac tory, the machinery for which is already on the ground. The build ing formerly used as a shoe factory is the location, and F. L- Shuman is to be the manager. It is the purpose of the promoters to manu facture all kinds of shirts. B. F. Spouenberg, a well known resident of Berwick, fell down a flight of stairs on Sunday night and severely cut his lip, completely piercing it and severing an artery. The wound bled for several hours and the flow was stopped with great difficulty. He was so weakened by loss of blood that he has been laid up since. In St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, at four o'clock yesterday afternoon, William M. Huling of Williamsport, led to the altar Miss Dora L. Riugler, of West Third street. The ceremony was per formed by the pastor, Rev. Byers, and Miss Mary Albert presided at the organ. They will reside in Williamsport. The United States government has just made known its decision that neither husband nor wife can be subordinate to the other in a government office, such a state of things being considered subversive of discipline and good service. This was made known on the occasion of the chief clerk in the United States engineering office at Seattle, Wasli. , wishing to marry one of the womeu clerks under him. Your glasses may he partly rijht, and pro portionately helpful; but if they are not en tirely right you nre not netting all of the benefit you should. ONLY medical eye specialists can determine exactly what lenses are needed. Henry W. Champlln. M. D., OCULIST, Fishermen are complaining of the scarcity of fish. Some of the ex perts declare that this is the result of the presence of carp, the greatest destroyer ot young fish ever placed in the streams of the state. The proper thing to do is to war on the carp. The material for Mr. Yorks' house is uow arriving. A delay of several weeks has been caused by the non arrival of steel girders. Some of these arc now here, and so is the Vermont marble which forms the base and trimmings. The gray brick is also coming in now. The house will cost probably $30, ooe and will be one of the finest homes in this section At Stavertown, a suburb of Jer sey Shore, Tuesday afternoon, a double frame house belongirg to M. L. Staver, a brother of J. M. Staver of town, was destroyed by fire. Three othir houses were on fire for a lime, but the firemen and other citizens prevented their de struction. The burned home was occupied by John Kissel and Mi chael Hill. The fire started in the side occupied by the Hill family. In view of the serious condition of the Presiding Elder of this dis trict, whose duty it is to appoint a successor to Rev. Dr. Eveland. it is probable that the charge will not be filled for some time to come. Rev. Schwartz of Patton has been asked by the official board of the church to come, but no definite action has been taken for the rea son alove stated. Dr. liveland preached what was practically hi farewell sermon on Sunday at which time a large congregation was pres ent. He is arranging, however, to be here on Sunday Sept. 3, to ad minister the holy communion and preach in the evening. At a meeting of the official board of the church, last evening, ar rangements were made with Dr. Eveland whereby he will continue as pastor of the church during the month of September. While returning from the funeral of Elliott Pegg at Danville, Mon day afternoon a team belonging to liveryman Frand Fry of that town, hitched to a carriage containing the pallbearers, became unmanageable and ran away. When at a point on Bloom street, the driver realizing his utter inability to check the wild behavior of the horses turned them into the old cemetery just across the street from the Grove Presby terian church and jumped for his life, as did the other occupants of the carriage. In alighting, Guy Mowery struck a sharp slope and broke both bones of his right leg The others were considerably bruis ed. Mowery was conveyed to his home at Grovania 111 a trolley car. The carriage was a complete wreck. The young man at whose funeral tbey were acting as pall bearers was the late appointee to the Naval Ac cademy from this congressional dis trict. It is rumored in Berwick that im mediately upon the completion of steel plaut which is now in process of construction, the American Car & Foundry Company, will build another of equal size there. It is also said that one hundred more houses will be built in the near future. Our sister town is certainly booming and the rents and cost of living are keeping pace with the great industrial activity. A well known business man of the town, in conversation with the writer Tuesday evening, said that he vacated a room on Front Street be cause the landlord increased the rent from $14. to $40. per mouth. Another man, who conducts a lunch wagon in the rear of the Hotel Morton, is paying $15 a month rent for the little plot of ground on which his wagon stands. In Bloomsburg $5.00 a month would be considered enormous Mrs. Waller Critically 111 Mrs. Julia Waller who has been confined to her bed for many mouths with a broken hip, became much worse a few days ago, and her son and daughter, Dr. D. J. Waller of Indiana, Pa., and Mrs. Hand of Brooklyn, were summoned home. Mrs. Waller has been un conscious most of the time, and her condition this morning is very critical. Her advanced age, over yo years, renders her rtcovery very improbable. A. TJ- Lesber. a Trustee At the state convention of the P. O. S. of A., in session at DuBois, Pa., the following officers were elected: State president, William J. Swope; vice presideut, II. E. Buffiugton; master of forms, K. C Hendricks; treasurer, I. C. Smith; secretary, William Weand; conduc tor, O. S. Lutz; inspector, George A. Eschj.camp building trustees, A. U. Lesher, R. B. Clayton, II. Stager and Frank P. Spies. PURELY PERSONAL Mrs. John K. Vunnntta of t.ewiMown, ii viniting relutivcs in town. Win. F.. Trior of Willi.tmsport, was n lilootnsliiiri; visitor on Monday. K. K. MeCalie of I.cwistown greeted his m.iny fiictid; in town this week. Percy Currin i.nd Lawrence Clewell of I'.erwick, spent Sunday in liiooinslurg. I'.. It. 1'ii-tm as in town ovti Sunday, lie returned tf) New York on Monday. V iili.im I.evercit Ks'. of Philadelphia is spending this week with relatives hcic. Miss I Isie I-aust, of tins oltlie, spent Sund.iy w th Miss l.lla StoUer, at aners. Mrs. Waldo Stevenson and thiee children, of Ltilia, nre the gi.cts ot the Mtses Clark. Mr. and Mrs. C. W, lumlon went J o Wilki -s-IIarte in tlicir aiitomuliik-uii Wednes day. Kev. J. K, livers, pastor of the Lutheran church arrived home from his vacation last week. (. Iwle Kemp and Warl.ind Lvans arc spending this week at Patterson drove camp meeting. Hurley I'.ilrjir, who 1lM been spendn-g the past year in the south, it visiting relative in town. A. J. Zcisloft of Jerseytown, was noticed moving energetically about our strceis on Monday. Percy Prewington of the Denton "Argus" give us a pleasant rail wliilo in town on Tues lay, Mis. Koht f )enl ami children are spending tliis week at the home of her parents, near liuckhorn, Druce Ldwards of Lock Haven, has been visiting his mother, Mrs. C. P. Sloan on Mar ket Stieet. Ivfrs. A. W. Sharplcss and Mrs. Jos. L. Sharpies arrived home from Atlantic Ci'y on Monday. derald (iross and Chnf. M. Kvans arrived home on Thursday from a ten day's sojourn at Atlantic City. A. II. Armstrong of the Ilarman Advertis ing Agency, mane a business trip to Harris, liurg on Monday. l'oyd F. Maij Ls., sient Sunday in town with his parents. He left for New York Monday morning. Prof, and Mrs. Mark Creasy have return ed to their home at llawley Pa, after a visit with relatives at Light Street. Miss Martha Frimirc?, of Philadelphia is r.ncndtng two weeks with hor parents, Mr. and Mrs (. P. l'rytiiire on Last Street. County Sup.-riiiteii 'cm Willhm W. Lvans and wife will !e.ive on Saturday to spend a week at the Patterson drove Campmeeting Mrs. W. S. Kishton and sons Masters Tom and Myron departed this morning for a week's sojourn at Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Moss F.lderof the Berwick Store Company, accompanied by his wife, are enjoying a ten d.iys vacation, at his old homo at Mordans villi. A. N. Yost, secretary of the Bloomsburg Driving Club, spent Friday in Wilkes Darre looking up entries for Friday and Saturday's races. Mr tnd Mrs. Win. Drandt hass teturm d to their home at Chamliersburg, after a visit with the lalter's parents on West Fifth street. Rolit E. Hartman is in th city this week buying new goom, forfait and winter. Mrs Hartman is with him. They will be home Jaiurday. ' Captain 1). W Holly and wife of Bcr wick and Alexander Campbell of Denton ate guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Knox of Williamsport, John G. McHenry of Benton attended the meeting of the Lodge of Flks Thursday evening. Un friday he went to Scranton, returning home Saturday. lOWliER INDIGNANT- J. R. Fowler is highly indignant over the action of the Town Council Monday evening in awarding the Center Street paving contract to D. J. Kodgers ot Danville. He stop ped payment on the certified check covering his own and Mr. Town send's share of the paving expense, given to Council, and positively says that unless they abrogate the action, and give the contract to the local bidders, either O. B. Mellick or Thos. Gorrey, not a cent of his money, will he give toward the paving. He seems very resolute in the matter, and refers to Council work as "special legislation, nothing else." What bearing this will have on the matter, we are not able to say. Seriously Hi With Diphtheria. James Price, the ball player, who returned to Bloomsburg some time ago, after having played with the Milton team, is lying serioMsly ill with diphtheria. The house is under a strict quarantine, and a traiued nurse is in attendance. Price is one of the most popular members of the local team, and his affliction calls forth a general and deep expression of sorrow. Damp Fire and Festival- Ent Post G. A. R. will hold a camp fire at Kleim's Grove, Rupert, September 15th and 16th at which time old-fashioned bean soup and hard tack will be served. Also a chicken and flannel cake supper, each clay from 5 to 9 o'clock. Steel for Bridge The approaches to the Nesconeck creek bridge are being filled in. 1 he steel is expected any day and it will not be many weeks before this bridge is entirely completed. The King Bridge Company will build the bridge. OASTOnXA, Bean th. The Kind You Havu Always Bought Fall Opening Of the Newest Styles in Representing all the newest creations of the coming seas on. Its to your advantage 111 several ways to see and buy t1ic.se stylish garments now. Newest Fall Coats (Will also be shown in the latest styles. Everything is from the Fashion Centre in the Most Correct Styles and at prices that will appeal to you. We invite your inspection of this showing of Fall 5uits and Coats. Fall Black Dress Goods All the newest and most popular Black Dress Goods , are now ready. Ulack has received the approval of Dame , Fashion. Our lines in all kinds of goods are very complete j We invite your inspection of these BLACK GOODS. ; New Fall Hats Our lines of the newest "READY TO WEAR HATS," are now ready in the newest shapes of the coming season. See them. Fall Cravenette Suitings The genuine "CRAVENETTE" Suitings. The best made. Very popular for suits and rain coats. When you buy these "Cravenettes" you get the best goods of the kind made. See that the stamp "Cravenette" is on the goods. The Clark Store. TALK NO. G7. SAVE 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. O-eo. Hess, Optician and Jiwklkr, BLOOMSBURG, PENNA Alexander Brothers & Co., DEALERS IN Cigars, Tobacco, Pipes, Confec tionery and Nuts. o Fine Candies. Fresh Every Week. Peitn"2" Goods jl. Specialty. 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. B, BROWER'8 BLOOMSBURG, PENN'A. HOTO For the Satisfactory Kind in Up-to-date Styles, go to Capwell's Studiot (Over Ilartmau'g Store) BLOOMSBURG PA. We pri'mptiyhtoiiiTpBand FoCiy'? irtajax'iusi Sand inixlel, bkuU:li or iihoto ..iv ntmu lor (rBeroiMrt on imtt-ntHbllity. For free book. SrrTRADE-MARKS Opposite U. S. Patent Office ' Jsh,ngton d.c, ; : 1 s
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