f toil U II II VOL 42. RLO OMSB UR G, PA., THURSDAY MAY tgo7. AO, 17. ADDING NEW ACCOUNTS AT THE Farmers National Bank. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $150,000. 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. CKEVELING, Pres. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH. The Vestibule is Being Tiled and other Improvements Made. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. The members of St. Margaret's Guild of St. Paul's P. IS. Church have taken it upon themselves to make some improvements at the church, and accordingly men are now at work laying tiling in the main entrance of the church. The tiling is of a very pretty pattern, and will change the entire appear ance of the vestibule. The door leading to the cellar, which was in the vestibule, has been removed to the other end of the church near the organ. The doots will be painted, and the possibility of arranging to ring the peal of bells by electricjty is being discussed by the ladies. If this can be done it will remove the six unsightly ropes which now hang in the vestibule. The vestry is preparing to have the outside stone work repointed where necessary, and have some re pairs done to the slate roof. QUARTER CKNTURY AGO. As showing the changes in the organization and among the work ers of St. Paul's Church we have beer, requested to print the follow ing which appeared in the "Lenten Annual" of 1882. Very many of these persons have passed away, and others have removed, so that but few remain of those who were identified with the church of twenty five years ago. The editor of this paper is the only one living of those who composed the vestry in 1882. The "Lenten Annual" gives the following as the organization in those days : Rector, Rev. L. Zahuer. Wardens, E. R. Drinker, B. F. Hartman. Vestrymen, J. H. Harman, C. C. Marr, Geo. E. Elwell, C. F. Knapp, Eli Barton. Secretary and Treasurer, B. F. Hartman. Sexton, W. W. Barrett. SUNDAY SCHOOL. Superintendent, The Rector. Assistant Sup't., E. R. Drinker. Librarians, Richard Drinker, Brower Brugler, E. R. Brown. Organist, Miss Mamie Knapp. Teachers : Miss Mattie Wells, Mr. James Dilley, Miss Sadie Van natta, Miss Esther Evans, Mrs. John A. Funston, Mr. E. R. Drinker, Miss Mamie Knapp, Miss Ada Brower, Mrs. N. U. Eunk, Miss May Ragan. Mr. P. E. Wirt, Mrs. Wm. Webb, Miss Annie Sloan, Miss Lillie Brown, Miss Jennie Harman, Mrs. Hervy Long, Mrs. Rishton, Miss Bessie Mc Kelvy. Weekly Lesson Review by the Rector. Rector's Bible Class every Thursday evening. Ushers, Richard Drinker, Chas. Funston, Brower Brugler, Clark Sloan. Choir. Organist, Mr. Geo. E. Elwell. Soprano. Miss Ada Brower. Alto, Miss Maud freeze. Tenor, Mr. Paul E. Wirt. Bass, Mr. L. S. Wintersteen. LADIES' GUILD. President, Mrs. John G. Freeze. V. President, Mrs. J. J. Brower. Secretary, Mrs. Levi Waller. Treasurer, Mrs. N. U. Funk. CHANCEL COMMITTEE. Mrs. Robt. Neal, Chairman, Mrs. Rishton, Sec'y. and Treas urer, Mrs. II. H. Grotz, Mrs. H. W. Sloan, Mrs. Wm. Webb, Miss M. MILLKISEX. Cashier. MRS. H. W. SLOAN. Though she had been in ill health for some months, and confined to her bed for the past three weeks, the death of Mrs. Harry W. Sloan was not looked for when it oc curred on Sunday afternoon at half past two o'clock. Last November she was first stricken with heart trouble, and from that time she has slowly de clined. Bright's disease set in and toward the end she was also afflict ed with dropsy. Mrs. Sloan was the daughter of Joseph W. Ilendershott deceased, and was born in Bloomsburg, near the river bridge. Her whole life was spent in Bloomsburg. She graduated at the Normal School in the class of 1871, and was married to Mr. Sloan on November 24th, 1879. She was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and in her younger days was active in church work, and prominent in the social life of the town. She is survived by her husband, and one daughter, Mrs. Harry S. Keller ; by a brother, Albert W. Hendershott, and a sister, Mrs. Capt. Jameson, both of Washing ton, D. C. The funeral was held at the house on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the services being con ducted by the Rev. J. W. Diggles. The burial took place in Rosemont cemetery. . . THE BISHOP'S VISIT. Rt. Rev. James Henry Darling ton D. D. Bishop of the Diocese of llarrisburg, visited St. Paul's Church last Sunday morning and confirmed a class of eighteen per sons. They were the following : Mrs. Harry Stees, Mrs. Edward Splain, Mrs. Robt. Splain, Mrs. Catharine Alexander, Misses Har riet Armstrong, Miriam Vannatta, Louisa Hartman, Ruth Stohner, Dr. Miller, Arthur McHenry, Arthur Himiller, Arthur Roan, Albert W. Duy Jr., Stephen Wells, Robert Rutter, Clay Hall, Oreu Sterling, Miles O. Shultz. There was a large congregation present and it was a delightful service. The Bishop's sermon was a most interesting and impressive one, from the text "For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily." The music by the vested choir was well rendered. The Bishop held services at Coles Creek on Saturday afternoon, at Catawissa at 3 p. m. Sunday, and at Berwick in the evening. - . - - Mrs. Hollingshead. Mrs. Ruphima Hollingshead, widow of William Hollingshead, died at the residence of her daugh ter, Mrs. D. C. Williams, at the Sheriff's home in Danville, last Sunday. She was taken sick on a Dauville trolley car a week before with pneumonia. She was 78 years old, and has resided here for a num ber of years. She leaves the fol lowing children: Wesley, of Wil-kes-Barre ; Mrs. Alice Jones, Mrs. George Kahler, Mrs. Frank Kash ner and Mrs. Frank Boone, of Bloomsburg; Mrs. John Christian of Grovania, and Mrs. D. C. Wil liams, ot Danville. The funeral was held at the home of Mrs. Kashner on Tuesday afternoon, Rev. J. E. Byers officiating- Sadie Sloan, Miss Ada Brower, Miss Sadie Vannatta, Miss Mamie Knapp, Miss Annie Sloan, Miss Emily C. Bower. The Ladies' Guild, of which Mrs. J. G. Freeze was so many years the President, has been sup planted by St. Margaret's Guild. DUE POLICY Absolute Safety, with Satisfactory Service. Hazardous or Speculative Business, Earnestly Discouraged. On This Basis We Invite Business. 0e QKfoom06urg Wm. II. Hidlay, Cashier. PETER DIETRICH GETS NEW TRIAL. Supreme Court Rcversei Judgo Evam. Peter Dietrich, convicted of mur der in the second degree at the Jan uary term of court, at Danville, has been gran'ed a new trial by the Supreme Court. The opinion set ting aside the conviction was hand ed down by Justice Elkin. The appeal on which the decis ion was made was based upon an error in the charge of the judge iti the lower court. Dietrich had pleaded not guilty and set up the defense that the killing was an ac cident. In charging the jury the trial judge said : We further say to you that the burden is upon the defendant Die trich to convince you beyond a reasonable doubt that the killing of Jones was purely accidental before he should be acquitted upon that ground. Justice lvlkin says among otner things: We are not familiar with any au thority which holds that when such a defense is set up the burden rests upon the defendant to show that the killing was accidental beyond a reasonable doubt. .Such a rule would shift the burden of proof from the Commonwealth, whose duty it is to establish the guilt of the defendant in all cases beyond a reasonable doubt. Justice Elkin points out that the defense of, accidental killing is clearly different in this respect from that of an alibi or insanity. District Attorney Gearhart of Montour ;ounty states that it is very uncertain whether Dietrich's case will come up for retrial at the May term of court or not. It is quite within the range of proba bility that owing to the difficulty of securing jurors there may be a change of venue. Court does not occur until the fourth Monday of May so that there is still sufficient time to pre pare for the trial. The great diffi culty will lie in securing a jury. A special venire calling for at least one hundred and fifty jurors would have to be issued. About three hundred persons have already been summoned in the two trials that have taken place. Whether uuder the circumstances a jury can be ob tained out of those remaining that are eligible who come up to the rigid requirements in such cases is a matter that involves some doubt. The district attorney says that a change of venue will not occur un less it becomes manifest as prelimi naries progress that a jury cau not be obtained in this county. The decision of the Supreme Court setting aside the verdict of murder in the second degree makes the Dietrich case a rather noted one. Dietrich has already faced a jury twice on the charge of killing James Jones. In the first trial a juror was withdrawn ; in the second trial, as above stated, he was con victed of murder in the second de gree. He will now be tried for the third time and the probability is that the three tria'.s may take place in the narrow limit of one year. Fred Ikeler, Esq., was the at torney for the defendant, and it was through his efforts that the case was reversed. WILL FINISH MARKET SQUARE. The paving of Market Square will begin next Monday, and be rapidly pushed to completion by contractor J. R. Fowler. An agree ment was reached to this effect on Monday night at a special meeting of the town council. QWtonaf QSanft A. Z. Scuocit, President. DIOCESAN CONVENTION. Wlil Meet In Sunbury May 14th. The annual diocesan convention of the llarrisburg diocese of the Episcopal church will meet in St. Matthew's church at Sunbury on May 14th and 15th. The convention will consist of about 200 lay and clerical delegates coming from every parish in the diocese. Col. John G. Freeze, George E. Elwell and Geo. S. Robbins are the delegates from St. Paul's Church, and A. W. Duy, Esq., A. Z. Schoch, C. W. Funston are the alternates. The Rector, Rev. J. W. Diggles will also attend. The convention will meet at St. Matthew's church at 7:15 p. m., May 14th. The Rt. Rev. J. H. Darlington, bishop of the Harris burg diccese, will read his annual report. After the convention a re ception will be given at the Parish House by the Young Men's Club to Bishop Darlington, the visiting clerical and lay delegates. At noon on May 15th the ladies of the church will give a luncheon in the Parish House. In the evening the Church Club of the Diocese of llar risburg will hold its semi-annual dinner in the Armory. Addresses will be made by Bishop Darlington, Mayor McClellan, of New York City, Bishop Potter, of the Diocese of New Yoik, and Health Commis sioner Darlington, of New York, who is a brother of the bishop of llarrisburg. The address of wel come will be made by Chief Bur gess Burrows, of Sunbury. Ar rangements are being made for oth er speeches. The Church Club is of comparatively recent organiza tion. Similar clubs exist in almost every diocese in the country and number among their members many of America's most prominent men. TOWNSEND'S NEW STORE. On Monday night the work of removing from the old store in the First National Bank building to the new one on the corner of Main and Center streets was begun by J. R. Towusend, and completed on Tues day. They are now open and ready for business at the new stand. The room is a very large one, and has been entirely done over. The ceiling is new, and the color ing is new. Many electric lights illuminate the store with great brilliancy. The whole scheme is an exhibition of admirable taste, and makes it one of the handsomest store rooms in this section. A splendid stock of new goods fills the shelves and tables. The custom ta'loring department is in the rear end ot the store, with en larged facilities. The v.ork room is on the second floor. In the base ment is the trunk department. A reception day will be an nounced later, when everything has been fully arranged. Services in 1777 to be Recoguized. The committee on appropriations of the legislature at llarrisburg has recommended that an appro priation of $1000 be voted in order to place a bronze memorial tablet in Zion's Reformed church Allen town, Pa., in honor of the services of John Jacob Mickley, who re ceived the liberty bell and concealed it in the basement of the church in 1777- John Jacob Mickley above named was a brother of the great grand father of Mrs. M. E. Eut of this town . Rev. Dr. Ganoe will deliver the baccalaureate sermon to the High School graduating class. Men Who Know Come Here for Clothes 5 FOR 1 TRADING STAMPS BEN CBDDINC Clothier, Hatter and Haberdasher. Exchange Hotel, Bloomsburg. Come in and see us, we'll treat you right. THE SPRING PRIMARIES. With the spring primaries draw ing nearer the interest among voters becomes paramount and the ques tion as to eligibility of voters is a matter of no little comment. There seems to be afloat an erroneous idea in regard to the voters who have moved from their wards and who wish to cast a ballot at the comiug primary election. When an attor ney was asked yesterday as to the position of a man who had changed his place of residence and had moved to a ward where he had not been a resident and where he had not registered, he said : "No voter is eligible to vote at the coming primary election to be held in June if he has moved from the ward in which he has been registered pre viously. Of course this does not disqualify him for the coming Nov ember election, since there are the three registration days to be held before that time arrives. Everyone who votes at the coming primary election, however, has to be regis tered in the ward in which he re sides and unless he is so listed it will be impossible for him to cast a ballot." An effort is being made to amend the primary law so that the voter who moves on the first of April will come in for a vote through the sixty day residence as re quired by law. By this plan the man who moved with the open ing of April would be able to register by placing his name with the county commissioners and would obtain residence and voting privilege in time to be a resident in the new home for sixty days before the date of the June primary elec tion, which is stated to be held on the first Saturday in June. The legislation is deemed imperative, and seems to be a necessary altera tion to the present act governing the situation. Ex, The benefit recital giveu by Miss Rosa E. Vollrath at the Normal on Monday evening was well attended and greatly enjoyed by those present. She was :n excellent voice, and saug charmingly. Mr. Escauaverino's violin playing was also excellent. Misses Starr and Birge presided at the piano. You'd be astonished, if you knew the number of Men tint now come here for their Clothes, who formerly patron ized the Custom Tailor. Our determination to excel in the Clothing business and jtir constant efforts to make Manufacturers come up to our standard has resulted in the production of such Clothing as any Man would be glad to wear. There's as much difference between our Choice Garments and the other kind of Cloth ing as there is between genu ine diamonds and the imita tion sort. We'll hitch more value, style and satisfaction to your Dollar than you're apt to get anywhere else. Come in and satisfy your self. We've all the time there is take what you want of it. Large Enrollment for Summer School. The fourth annual session of the Columbia County Summer School opens in Benton on May 6th, and from present indications will exceed in the matter of number of pupils any of the previous terms. The number of pupils during the past three terms has averaged about one hundred, and all who have at tended have teen much pleased with the course and with Benton. There are several changes in the faculty this year which is as fol lows ; General Supervisor, Wm. W. Evans, County Superintendent; Principal, E. E. Beare, Principal Benton School; Assistant Instruc tors, Harlan R. Snyder, Principal West Berwick Schools; R. V. Wolfe, Priucipal Scott Township High School; A. S. Fritz, Princi pal Sugarloaf Township High Schools; Daniel J. Snyder, Princi pal Orangeville School; Samuel Claman, Principal Fishingcreek Township High School; Special Instructors, Sarah A. Steigerwalt, Lansford Primary Schools; S. H. Dean, Superintendent Mt. Carmel Schools. . , . Chicago University Gets $2,000,000 More. John D. Rockefeller has given to the University of Chicago $2,000, 000 and opened the way for the university to outstrip Harvard in size and become the largest institu tion of learning in the country. The gift consists of real estate upon which it is designed to extend the institution. This gift makes the University of Chicago a $30,000,000 institu tion. Mr. Rockefeller had previous ly given 5-'.324.322 and other friends had sent in presents aggre gating $5,872,000. Within the last sixteeu months Mr. Rockefeller alone has given $6,000,000 to the institution. The latest gift embraces the long strip of land lying on the south side of the old Midway Plaisance, extending from Chicago Grove avenue to Madison avenue, taking in the full blocks between Sixtieth and Sixty-first streets, Lexington and Greenwood avenues and Ellis and Ingleside avenues.
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