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BLOOMSBURG, PA., THURSDAY AUGUST 27, 1908.
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W. L. White C. W. Runyon
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KILLED BY A FALL.
Mr. Hester J. BdHon Found Oead In
Her Home.
For some years past Mrs. Hester
J. Barton, widow of the late James
Bartou, has been residing at her
home on West Main street, below
Market Square. Her sister, Mrs.
Mahala Barkley, has resided with
her. Mrs. Barton was 79 years of
age, but remarkably active for one
of her years. Her sister 89 years
ol age, has been an invalid for a
long time, but able to go about the
house. On Monday morning when
Mrs. Barkley came down the back
stairway she found Mrs. Barton
lying at the foot of the stairs. Go
ing to the door she called to Dr.
House's family who live next door,
and the Doctor went over, and found
at once that Mrs. Barton was dead.
She was in her night dress, but
evidently had not retired the night
before, as her bed was undisturb
ed. Dr. John war summoned, and
found a wouud on the temple, her
face badly cut, blood oozing from
the nose and mouth, and the back
greatly swollen and bruised. It
was evident that she had been dead
for some time, as the body was cold
and the rigor of death had set in.
It is believed that Mrs. Barton
had prepared to retire, and for
some cause had started to go down
stairs when she fell. She had been
troubled with her heart for some
time. Whether she was stricken
with heart failure or apoplexy as
she reached the stairs, or whether
she stumbled, will never be known.
The death of Mrs. Barton in this
manner is a sad ending to a life
that was characterized by gentle
ness, charity, and a life long devo
tion to her church. She . was a
member of St. Paul's Episcopal
church, and a liberal contributor to
its support. Her charities were
unostentatious, and many of them
were knowu only to the recipients.
She attended service last Sunday
morning, and in the afternoon she
remarked to a friend that the rec
tor would be back from his vacation
by next Sunday; and she was glad
that he had not been called back
home to attend a funeral, as had ao
often happened in previous years.
Within twenty-four hours after this
remark the rector was telegraphed
the news of her death.
Mrs. Barton's maiden name was
Quick. She was a sister of the late
John G. Quick and Grier Quick of
Rupert, and Mrs. Barkley. She
was born in Rush township, North
umberland county, December 9,
1828. Her parents moved here
when she was a year old. She
married James Barton and lived in
Montour township at Barton's now
Keiter's, mill, until about 30 years
ago, when they moved to Blooms
burg. Mr. Barton died about 23
years ago.
The tuneral took place on Wed
nesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev.
J. W. Diggles officiating. She was
laid beside her husaaud in Rose
mont. BLOOMSBURG HEATING COMPANY
The plant and franchises of the
Bloomsburg Steam Heating Com
pany were sold last Saturday after
noon by J. M. Clark, Receiver, at
public sale. John T. Tracy and
Arthur W. Sharpless are the . pur
chasers, the price paid being $3,
600 clear of all encumbrances.
The plant will be put in good
condition, and operated by Messrs.
Tracy and Sharpless under the
name of ihe Bloomsburg Heating
Company. Heat will be supplied
by them at the same price as last
winter. They are enterprising men
and will no doubt make a success
of it.j
C. M. Crkvkmng C. A. Kuum
Dr. J. J. Brown M. Millkisen
A HANDSOME NEW STORE.
For the past few weeks altera
tions have been in progress in the
Titman Building on Main street for
the accommodation of Harry Ridk
er's Crystal Palace. The work is
now finished and tonight the open
ing of the place will occur. Mr.
Riuker is to be congratulated upon
the handsome appearance of his
store. It is surely very attractively
furnished and decorated, and one
must go a long way to find a stand
of a like character which approach
es it in tasteful arrangement. The
color scheme is carried out in a rich
red, with a light ceiling, and an
abundance of plate glass mirrors
empanelled in the walls. A rich
looking soda fountain of marble and
hard wood occupies one side of the
front of the store, and this is nicely
balanced by attractive show cases
of confectionery on the other side.
In the rear there is a spacious bal
cony for an orchestra, and this will
be first put to use tonight at the
opening, when Elwell's orchestra
will furnish music throughout the
evening. The lighting arrange
ments are of ample proportions,
there being both incandescent gas
and electric lamps. The floor is
covered with a heavy linoleum.
Neat chairs and tables fill the rear
of the room. No expense has been
spared in fixing up the establish
ment and as a result Mr. Rinker
has a stand such as one seldom sees
in a town of this size.
IT WOULD DRAW.
The officials of the Columbia
County Fair have decided that the
space inside the race track shall no
longer be used for tying teams.
This is a very wise provision, and
will eliminate the danger that has
always existed, of collisions be
tween racers and the teams and
people crossing the track.
It has been well suggested that
this space might be utilized to good
advantage by laying out a base ball
diamond, and then secure two of
the crack clubs, like the Athletics
and Brooklyns, to play on the
mornings of two days of the fair.
It is believed by the base ball en
thusiasts and many others that
these clubs could be procured at not
much more than has been paid for
some of the so-called "attractions"
that appear on the platform in front
of the grand siand.
This would not interfere in any
way with the racing, and would
almost certainly draw an immense
crowd. The suggestion is surely
worthy of consideration.
MARRIED FORTY YEARS.
Mr. aud Mrs. L. E. Whary cele
brated the fortieth anniversary of
their marriage on Thursday last.
They have resided in Bloomsburg
during that time, and Mr. Whary
has beeu engaged in the tinning
and stove business for a longer pe
riod, at the same stand he now oc
cupies. He has in the past few
years added plumbing and steam
heating to his lines. His record as
a business man aud citizen is first
class.
He is an officer in the M. E.
church, sfud Mrs. Whary is also
active in church and temperance
circles.
SEPTEMBER COURT CHANGE.
By a change in the time of the
regular sessions of court, the Sep
tember terra will open on the fourth
Monday of that month, instead of
the first Monday. Such a change
ile Tudee Elwell was
on the bench, at the suggestion of
the members of tne uar, oui m
Judge Little's time it was changed
back.
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LEONI MELL1CK.
Prominent Philadelphia Attorney Succumbs
to Diteate.
After an illness of a mouth from
acute Bright's Disease, Leoni Mel
lick died at his apartments at 1220
Spruce street, Philadelphia, on
Monday. The remains were brought
to East Bloomsburg on the Penn
sylvania railroad this morning, and
taken in charge by Undertaker
Baker, aud at two o'clock this af
ternoon were taken to Light Street
where they were interred in the
family plot.
Mr. Mellick was a son of the late
Jacob and Elizabeth Mellick, and a
brother of O. 3. Mellick of this
town, and Pulaski Mellick and Mrs.
Samantha Brown of Light Street.
He was born at the old Mellick
homestead in Light Street in 1851,
and spent his youth there. His
age was 57 years.
He was prepared for college at
the Bloomsburg Literary Institute,
and entered Yale, where he took
the classical course of four years,
graduating in 1874. Later he went
to Germany where he studied in
Heidelberg University. Returning
to this country he studied law with
Samuel C. Perkins, Esq., in Phila
delphia, and was admitted to the
bar in that city in 1877, where he
built up a large practice and a high
reputation. For some years past
he was associated with Col. Shel
don Potter and Henry L. Dechert,
as the legal firm of Mellick, Potter
and Dechert.
He was a vice-president of the
Art Club, a member of the Univer
sity and of the Bachelors' Barge
Clubs, a member of the library
committee of the Pennsylvania Bar
Association, and president of the
Yale Alumni Association of Phila
delphia. A few mouths ago he
presided as toastmaster at a banquet
given by the Yale Alumni Associa
tion of Philadelphia to William II.
Taft.
Mr. Mellick was a hard student,
and prepared his cases with the
greatest care. His assiduous devo
tion to his profession was probably
the chief cause of his death, as he
allowed himself little or no time for
rest and recreation. His taking off
in the vigor of manhood, when all
his mental powers were at their
best, is a source of deep regret and
sorrow to his many friends.
OUR JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Concerning the formation of a
special Judicial district of Columbia
county, of which this paper spoke
last week, the Philadelphia Press
says : ,
. "Columbia county is looking for
ward to the time when it can be
come a separate judicial district. It
lacked but a few hundred of the
necessary 40,000 inhabitants when
the last census was taken, and will,
no doubt, have full measure when
the next enumeration is made.
There still will be one difficulty,
however. Columbia is now joined
with Montour which has a popu
lation of little more than 15,000
to make a district, and if Columbia
is given separate judicial dignity
something must be done with Mon
tour. It cannot be made a district
by itself for want of sufficient pop
ulation, and it would be surround
ed by counties themselves entitled
to be separate districts. Under the
provisions of the Constitution it
Vioirn tn h attached tn T.v.
coming, Northumberland or Co
lumbia, and as the latter county is
the smaller of the three the natural
course would be to attach Montour
to it."
A. Z. Schoch. President.
MORBID TASTES.
Man is morbid. We have con
stant proof of this. A murder is
committed, and people flock to the
place to look things over; an unfor
tunate workman falls from a lofty
height and a crowd gathers to see
hts mangled remains loaded into an
ambulance; several persons are
burned to a ensp in a building and
the police have trouble in keeping
back the crowd who wants to see
the charred corpses; a negro is
lynched by a mob, and an enterpris
ing citizen photographs the victim
swinging at the end of a limb and
makes charmingly ghastly post
cards of the picture, while another
chops down the tree which has
served as a gallows and sells it in
little chunks to ready buyers for
souvenirs.
The pages of the daily papers are
covered with attractive descriptions
of how so-and-so cut his throat, or
what were the last words of some
body else just before he choked
himself to death on his suspenders.
The papers are to blame for this.
True, they are furnishing the kind
of reading matter that most people
enjoy, and are increasing their cir
culation among the classes that like
this sort of thing, but are they up
lifting humanity to so great an ex
tent as they like to make themselves
and others believe ? Although they
are not to blame for the inherent
morbiduess in their readers, they
are culpable of unduly encouraging
a tendency which is not compatible
with the highest type of refinement
and propriety.
Choice articles telling of battle,
murder and sudden death are ac
companied by illustrations portray
ing the victim, his relatives back to
the tenth generation preceding him,
and the hat pin or potato masher
with which his light was snuffed
out.
After this a few weeks are spent
in a search for the villain, if the
case happens to be a murder, and
people stop in the midst of their
breakfast every morning to read of
the latest developments as set forth
in bold headlines.
In the meantime something of
international importance occurs; a
great invention has been perfected,
a monarch is crowned with great
splendor, or an important treaty is
ratified; any one of these matters is
lucky if it gets a single column on
the steenth page, and the public,
after reading the heading, will turn
over to the most revolting tales of
horrible accidents and Tead every
word.
If u gentleman in an out of-the-way
village is neatly carved up and
nicely packed in an old trunk and
stood away in the woods for a few
months, the finding of him in this
uncomfortable position later on stirs
up more interest than the discovery
of a continent, and the smallest de
tails of the case are remembered
long after the once bleak shores of
the new land have become civilized
communities.
As long as the public press shall
continue to cater to the tastes that
prefer accounts of murders, robber
ies, divorces, and other horrible
things, so loug will that kind of
taste continue to be the prevalent
one.
WILL TEACH AT DANVILLE.
Miss Ella Allen has been elected
a teacher in the third grade in the
third ward public school at Dan
ville, to fill the vacancy caused by
the illness of Miss Alice Smull.
Miss Allen has been teaching in the
Bloomsburg schools for the past
fifteen years, and is a very capable
teacher. She will enter upon her
duties next Monday.
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THE WEATHER.
Some Cool Mornings and Evenings for Au
gust. During the past week the weath
er has been more like fall than it
was like dog days. The following
is the record for the past seven days,
at 7 o'clock a. m. Friday, 48 de
grees; Saturday, 58; Sunday, 60;
Mondav. si: Tuesday. 53; Wednes
day, 52; Thursday, 52.
The first continued rain that has
fallen in many weeks began on
Tuesday evening, and fell most of
the night. It was a boon to farm
ers who are ready to plow for fall
seeding, but the ground has been
too dry for plowing.
For the past week it has been
unusually cool for August.
RETURNED TO TOWN.
After spending most of the time
for the past seven weeks at his
delightful summer cottage up the
creek, Commander E. E. Bitten
bender of Ent Post, G. A..R., has
returned to town to devote his at
tention to the arrangements for the
dedication of the Soldiers' Monu
ment. He is giving much time to
preparations for one of the greatest
demonstrations Bloomsburg has
eve had.
During the summer Mr. and Mrs.
Bittenbender have entertained large
numbers of their friends, at one
time accommodating twenty-five
oeonle with lodtrine. Their gener
ous hospitality is proverbial. .
SUNDAY CONCERT.
A concert is to be given by the
Citizens' Band, under the direction
of Prof. Chas. P. Elwell, in front
of the Town Hall on Sunday after
noon at three o'clock, under the
auspices of the Friendship Fire
Company. The following program
has been arranged:
1. March. Grenadier Guards. Losey
2. Overture, Lustspiel. Keler-Belu
8. Entr-Act from "Mile Modiste"
Herbert
4. Italian March, A Franesa-Mario
Costa
5. a. llallad, Bweetheart Days. Halley
. b. fionir. The Palms Faure
6. The Heavens are Telling, from
"The Creation." Haydn
7. Idvll. The Qlow Worm Llnke
6. rejection. Fantasia Hubbell
America.
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SEHD
TIME TO BUILD.
Labor and Building Materials Cheaper Than
For Some Years Past.
There is a good deal of building
going on in the various parts of the
city, says a recent editorial in the
Chicago Tribune. There ought to
to be much more, according to the
testimony of those who have studied
conditions in the industries connect
ed with building. An editorial in
a recent number of the American
Lumberman makes the assertion
that material and labor can be
secured on more advantageous
terms now than at any time within
the last five years. If that "is cor
rect, then the time to build is right
now. The warehouses are full.
There are large stocks on hand of
lumber, building hardware, lime,
cement, and all the other materials
needed in construction. While
there has been no special announce
ment of reduction in prices, com
petition is accomplishing the same
end. People want to get business
and they are ready to make con
cessions to secure it. Glassmakers,
lumbermen, hardware dealers, brick
and stone men in fact, those who
handle almost every article of con
struction are anxious for sales.
The mills and factories which have
been running on short schedules or
have shut down entirely are eager
ly awaiting opporunity. The work
men who have been idle are ready
to handle the machines and will
have more zest in it because of their
enforced inactivity. Money is much
easier. The banks have funds
available and at reasonable rates.
Yellow pine, hemlock, spruce,
northeru pine and hardwoods are
offered at considerably lower rates
than those of last year. In fact,
no matter in what direction the
would-be builder may turn, he will
find conditions far more satisfactory
from his point of view than for a
long time. Under such circum
stances all that is needed for a
building boom is a general appreci
ation of the situation. Those whose
interests lie along the line of build
ing trades are awaiting the activity
certain to come when people awaken
to the chances now available. Those
who have wanted to build but have
held back because of high prices
have a splendid opportunity at the
present time. The right time to
build is now.