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BIGAMIST AND THIEF.
That is What Pittsburg Woman Calls
John Taggart.
"Rev." John Taggart is again in
the limelight. His former wife,
Mrs. Vanllom, whom he recently
visited in Bloo...sburg and then
disappeared as mysteriously as he
came, has just received a letter from
a Pittsburg woman, who says Tag
gart married her sister. She died
in July about the time the ecclesi
astical fraud was romancing about
Bloomshurg. When he left he took
with him five diamond rings be
longing to his wife, or the last wom
an who supposed she was his wife.
The woman gave Mrs. Vanllom a
little of the fellow's history, show
ing that since he left her, he has
been married to at least three ether
women.
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TO LIGHT SHICKSHINNY.
A special meeting of the Shick
shiuny borough council was held
last week, Tuesday night to con
sider the proposition of the Colum
bia Power, Light and Railways Co.
to furnish the town with electricity
from Harwood to light the town.
As is well-known the plant is worn
out and may go to smash at any
time says the Echo. In June the
taxpayers at a special election voted
not to furnish money for a new
plant.
The Columbia people have offer
ed to run a line to the plant and
deliver the current there at 3 cents
per kilowatt if less than 60,000
kilowatts are used each year. If
the consumption is over 90,000 the
price will be 2 cents for a 24 hour
service. This is subje ct to a 30 per
cent, deduction for leakage. Cur
rent is offered at a Hat rate of
$50.75 for the arc light on a seven
year contract this price to include
the installation of new lamps, the
present ones being worn out, and
require nearly double the amount
01 current to run them that new
lamps will consume.
A. W. Dliy and Mr. Pohe ap
peared for the Columbia parties and
Isaac P. Hand, the borough attor
ney, was present. The contract
was found to be legally unobjec
tionable. A goodly number of tax
payers attended the meeting. There
was considerable discussion in
which outsiders took a hand. No
conclusion was arrived at and an
adjournment was taken until last
night.
Major Nutt Famed Barnum Dwarf.
Rodr.ia Nutt, last male survivor
of P. T. Parnum's famous midget
troup, and who as a member of
that dwarf combination became
known all over this country and in
Kngland, died last week at bis home
in Dorchester, aged 69 years.
Since retiring, 19 years ago, "Ma
jor" Nutt, as he was known, had
conducted a successful real estate
business. He was a brother of
"Commodore" Nutt, with whom
he traveled, under the auspices of
Barnum, and who died in i88t.
These two midget brothers have
been seen in Uloomsburg 011 several
occasions, some years ago. As our
memory runs they traveled with a
company of which Mrs. Tom
Thumb and Minnie Warren were
members.
To Form Township Spelling Leagues.
County Superintendent Ivvans has
formed plans for township leagues,
fashioned much after a base ball
league, in which schools will hold
contests in Mic-lling and rapid addi
tion. He introduced last year the
countv debatine league. Intense
Interest was manifested and great
crowds attended the various debates
in the county on the same niglrt.
CORRECT STY Mi IN
EVANS' SHOES.
EVANS' FALL STYLES are now
ready here every one a masterpiece,
best ideas of expert minds the
best shoemakin" of skillful hand, the
best material money can buy, and fin
ally the Evans way of fitting the feet.
"come in and loci: our shoes over.
Tho Progressive Shoo Store,
CHAS. KYI. EVANS.
Hygcnic Shoes for Children.
HAZLETON MAYOR SCORES PAR
ENTS.
Tfill- Who i tn RUmR for Wavwarrl
ness of Girls.
During the hearings the othe
morning, Mayor Smith, of Hazte
ton, took occasion to score the par
cuts who allow their children to
roam the streets at night with no
proper person to scs that they be
have themselves. 1 lie prisoners
before His Honor were charged
with insulting young girls and the
fact that the mayor witnessed some
of the doing was responsible for
his condemnation of the parents
"I was surprised and amazed,'
said the mayor, "by the actions of
girls from the age of 18 years to 25
who allowed drunken men.to accost
them and then stood and talked and
cut up with them on the streets
was also amazed to know that par
ents would allow girls of the age o
some I saw to be on the streets at
night on an occasion like last night
without proper company. If they
are injured either physically or
morally, I want to say right here
that the parents are primarily to
blame."
DENNIS WALKER.
The Daily Press of Riverside,
California, of September 22, con
tains an account of the wedding of
Samuel James Dennis, of Washing
ton, 1). C. brother of Prof. J. H.
Dennis of the Normal School, to
Miss Irene Mary Walker, of River
side, Cal.
The house was beautifully dec
orated with pink and white roses.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Dr. W. A. Hunter. The
bride was unattended, and was
given away by her brother (it;o.
Walker of Salt Lake City.
The bride, a tall beautiful girl
was gowned in a gray traveling
suit, and wore a large black picture
hat, and carried a bouquet of roses
and ferns.
Only the members of the two
families and a few intimate friends
were present, among the guests
being Mrs. L. II. Dennis, of
Washington D. C. the mother of
the biidegroom.
After an elaborate wedding
breakfast the young couple started
east, and will reside in Washing
ton, where Mr. Deunis holds an
important position in one of the
government departments.
Some years ago he had charge of
the Manual Training department
at the Normal School, and has
many Iriends here whose good
wishes follow him.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Charles Coira is attending school
in Philadelphia.
R. K. Hartman went to New
York Tuesday on business.
George Low went to New York
in his automobile last week.
W. C McKinney of l'erwick was
calling on old friends here yester
day. Russell Kdwnrds of Light Street
was cperated upon at the Joseph
Ratti Hospital last Saturday.
William II. Clark expects to re
turn to his home in Florida some
time during the latter half of Octo
ber. J. M. Staver was among the
Uloomsburg people who took in
the Hudson-Fulton celebration in
New York this week.
HIS INJURY SERIOUS.
The injury received by John C.
C reveling, of Kspy, by jumping
from the bus at Shaffer's bridge
last week, is more serious than was
at first supposed. A bone in the
instep of his left foot was broken,
and some smaller bones in the low
er part of the foot, aud his physi
cian is ot the opinion that it will be
six weeks before he will be able to
go en the road again.
TROLLEY EXTENSION.
he Local Company May Reach
Wilkes-Barre and Sunbury before
Long.
It is said that it is the intention
of the Columbia Power, Light and
Railways Company to extend their
lines to Wilkes-Uarre and Sunbury
at some time in the n t far distant
Intuit-. Certain it is that this pro
gressive company will not be con
tent to stand still. Its splendid
management in the hands of ag
gressive men of affairs will soon
carry it beyond the limns of its
present territory, and we may con
fidently expect to see it become one
of the strongest electric corpora
tions in the state.
Improvements are now going on
in every department. A force of Go
men has been engaged recently in
erecting new poles between here
and Danville. It is probable that
the Columbia & Montour power
plant here will again be put in
commission temporarily until power
can be obtained firm Harwood, and
that the current will be supplied
from here to light Danville, and
the electric light plant at that place
will close down.
In every move since the consoli
dation of the several companies the
new organization has shown that
its intentions are for betterment all
along the line, both in equipment
and service, and while there has
been a great deal to do, the im
provements are being made just as
r-. pidly as possible.
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Middleport, N. Y. 9-23-3t
VICTIM OF TYPHOID.
Frank, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
D. Heckley of Harrisburg, died in
a hospital in that city on Tuesday,
from typhoid fever. He was four
teen years of age. He is survived
by his parents, a twin brother,
Daniel, nn older brother, Harry,
and sister, Winifred.
lie was attacked with illness
about three weeks ago while visit
ing at Shickshinny, and on going
home the disease was pronounced
typhoid, and he was placed in a
hospital.
He was born here, and only a
few weeks ago was here on a visit.
CONCERT.
The Lluielly Royal Welsh Prize
Choir will give a concert in the
Masonic Temple on Thursday even
ing, October 21st. This company
consists of twenty-six voices, every
one an artist. They have sung be
fore King Kdward aud Kmpcror
William. It will be a rich musical
treat.
LATE STRAWBERRIES.
Thr.e large luscious strawberries
were picked on 15. J. Brown's patch
on Monday. They were exhibited
in the show window of Vial's
tobacco store.
Stone Mill Over Century Old.
Built a hundred and fourteen
years ago and still used for the pur
pose of grinding chop and the
storing of grain the old stone mill
located along the creek just out
side cf Catawissa and owned by J.
H. Geary, is one of the oldest and
most remarkable buildings in this
section of the state.
The mill was built in the year
1795 by Christian Brobst, a brief
account of w hose life is now in the
possession of his grandson, John
Brobs:, of Catawissa, which was
then in Northumberhnd county.
Karly in life, he settled at that place
and soou began the erection of the
mill, having nothing but a rude lot
of tools to work with.
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Football News.
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Hugh Doyle's cartoons are clever
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Don't Neglect That Cough!
It certainly racks your system and
may run into something serious. Allen's
Lung Balsam will chuck it quickly mid.
per. mini ntly. For sale nt nil tlrurv.istc
9-30-41.
THE MAN IN THE STAGE.
A Tragedy of the Olden Days in New
York City.
A good many years ago, long
before skyscrapers and rapid transit
were thought of and New York
was just a big growing town, they
u-td to tell a Mcry that was ghast
ly enough to curdle the blood of
the most skeptical and to keep peo
ple of nervous temperament awake
of nights.
The tale went that of a summer
niuht a husband and wife, return
ing home from the theater, entered
a Fifth avenue stage far downtown
and for many blocks were the only
occupants. A little above Four
teenth street, however, the stage
came to nn abrupt stop, the door
was opened, and three young men
entered. One of the three had evi
dently been drinking heavily, for
his companions were obliged to
help him to his seat. The door was
closed behind them, and the stage
continued its journey northward.
About ten blocks farther on one
cf the vouncmen rose and. bidding
his friends good night, stopped the
stace and alighted. A few minutes
later the second of the three said.
"Well good night, Dick," pulle
the strap, stepped to the sidewalk
and walked off through one of the
side streets. There remained in the
stace only the husband aud wife
and the young man who was obvi
ously under the influence of liquor
and who satin a crouching attitude
in a corner of the staue under the
dim flickering lamp.
After a time the husband noticed
that the young man's head seemed
to be drooping as if in sleep, and
fearing that he might be borne be
vond his destination, he rose, tap
ped him on the shoulder and called
attention to the number of the
street they had just passed. There
was no response, and the husband
repeated Irs words, leaning over as
he did so. Then he suddenly
straightened up, turned to his wife
and said quickly, "We will get
out here."
She began to protest, but ne
simply repeated the words, palled
the strap and helped h.r to alight.
As they stood under the corner
lamppost she turned qtiestioningly
and asked him why he insisted on
getting out of the bus so far below
their destination.
"Because," he replied, "that
vounn man's throat was cut from
ear to ear."
Politeness. .
Politeness consists in concealing
from other people the fact that they
annoy you.
If a man springs up from his
seat in a crowded or to g.ve it to a
woman, that is politeness. If he
permits his wife to drag a chair
from one room into the other, while
ne is smoking and reading the
evening paper, that is innocent ab
sorption. It pays to be polite when it
doesn't cost anything.
Politeness originated in the gar
den of Kden, when Adam fell
merely to oblige live. (And yet
they say that man is selfish!)
We should always be polite to
our inferiors in the presence of
our superiors. Nothing is more ef
fective. The mau who is truly polite
never forgets himself. Such a man,
if he is obliged to kick another
man down-stairs, will always see
that his hat is sent out to him.
Children are naturally impolite,
until they are taught that they
cannot hope to make much money
without.
Always be polite when you are
borrowing money from a friend.
Remember that it doesn't cost any
thing to give him the impression
that you are going to pay him
back. ,
There are two kinds of polite
ness: politeness to yourself and
politeness to others.
When you come home late at
night, for example, even if you
are very tired, always remove your
hat aud coat before gefing into
bed. It is little attentions like this
that constitute you a gentleman.
At the same time, do not disturb
your wife if you can possibly avoid
it. It is the height of rudeness to
awakeu a sleeping lady.
The polite man is always wel
come every-where. That is, almost
everywhere except at a bargain-
counter, a fire, or a financial panic.
Then he is de trop.
Thomas L. Masson in October
Lippincotts.
Many Noted Runners Invited
Berwick Marathon association
will send out this yveek oue hun
dred invitations to runners through
out the State, inviting them to
compete in the annual Marathon
race which will be held on the
morning of Thanksgiving Day,
Xe vein! er 25U1.
A Dollar Limit on Checks.
When Charles Farvvell wasSena-
or from Illinois he acquired pojses-
sion of two checks signed by Ben-
amin Harrison, President of the
United .States, for sums less than a
dollar in ta:h case and framed them
and hung iheni up in order to make
merry over them, because he re
garded the writing of a check for
nineteen cents or sixty-five cents as
ictty and ridiculous, and he dis
liked Mr. Harrison exceedingly.
But it never occurred to him or to
any other human being that the
drawing of cherks for the fraction
al part of a dollar ought to be made
penal offense, vet under a law
which Congress passed last winter
Mr. Harrison might have been
fined $500 and sent to jail for six
months for each oi those two
checks.
In all the history of fool legisla
tion it would probably be impossi
ble to find anything more grotesque
than this. If felonies ought not to
be created except under grave
necessity, what shall be said of the
idiocy of making a felony out of
thn exercise of a natural right
which has been utilized time out of
mind and which is the business ot
no one except the person who
draws the check, his creditor, who
is willing to accept it, and the bank
that holds the deposit and is will
ing to bother with so small an item?
Section 17S of an act to codify, re
vise and amend the penal laws of
the United States, which will be
come a law January 1, next, reads
as follows:
"No person shall make, issue or
circulate or pay out any note, check,
memorandum, token or other obli
gation for a less sum than one dol
lar, intended to circulate as money
or to be received or used in 'lieu of
lawful money of the United States;
and every person so offending shall
be lined not more than 9500 or
imprisoned not more than sis.
mouths or both."
A man has the same natural
right to settle a bill for eighty-two
cents with a check that he has to
pay a bill for $82 by a check, the
creditor being willing to accept the
payment and the bank offering no
objection to the smallness of the
item. The Government has no
right to interfere with the fraction
al check. For transmission bv mail
the check is a great convenience
money orders aud drafts are often
troublesome to procure; they are
always less convenient to a person
with a bank account thaa his check,
and while many dealers do not
want small cheeks sent to them,
and in some places like New York
the charge for collection is a heavy
commission on a small check, that
is wholly a matter for the parties
concerned The mail order houses
are glad to have small checks sent
to them, and if they are willing to
take them it is none of the business
of the United States of America.
Finally, the penalty is prepos
terous. Two cent rate law3 have
been set asice by the Courts because
the penalties provided were oppres
sive. Yv Hat could be more oppres
sive than a fine of S'ioo and six
mouths in jail for writing a check
for ninety cents especially if it is to
go oy man, through which it is
quite oat of the question to seud
ninety cents in money?
The law is an offense against
common sense, and it should be
repealed on the first day o: the
next session of Congress.
Phila. Record.
Since the above was in type!
somebody at Washington has de
cided that this law does not mean
what it says, aud is not applicable
to a check on a bank. A test case
will soon be made.
Duty on Aeroplanes.
That the Payne tariff law will
subject aeroplanes imported into
this country to a duty of 40 per
centum ad valorem is indicated by
a reply which has been sent by the
customs division of the Treasury
Department to an inquiry from Kr
nest LaRue Jones, of New York,
editor of an aeronautical publica
tion. There is no specific provision
in the tariff law for the assessment
of a duty on flying machines, but
the customs officials, assuming that
the motor is the most valuable part
of an aeroplane, expressed the be
lief, that the basket clause ol the
metal schedule will govern the duty
to be levied upon aeroplanes.
The Wrights have named a price
of $7500 on their machines, and the
duty on one of the Wright aero
planes built at their British or
French factories, therefore, would
be 3375j
The following letters are held at
the Bloomshurg Ta., Post Office.
Michael Anderson, Harold Long,
Messrs. Bloom Bros., Mr. Richard
Metherill, Mrs. A. Kdwards, Mr.
G. R. Wheeler, Mr. II. L. Good
bar, Mr. Louis J. Weigand, Mr.
A. W. Linden, (2) Cards Mr.
Thomas Reese Jr., Miss Mary Rob
bins, Liusman Whitmer.
FOR SALE
Tlio lino roidencc pro
city of the late .Judge I'
well is for sale.
Location :
AVest Third Street bctwcci
Jefferson and AVcst Street,
Description:
Two storv and attic, bricl
and frame. rooms. LV
about (Hi by 212 feet.
FJJAME BAKN
AND COW STABLE,
large garden, abundance c'
fruit trees.
The house has a Steau
Heating Plant, Bath Boon
Stationary Bange and Wn&i
Tubs; "Water, Electric Light,
and Gas.
Will be sold on easv
terms. Apply to
GEO. E. ELWEI.L,
Attorney.
V
Bloomsburg, Pa.
Our Pianos
are the leaders. Our lines in
elude the following mukes :
Ciias. M. Stieff,
Henry F. Miller.
Brewer & Pryor, Koiiler &
Campbell, and Radel.
o
IN ORGANS we handle the
Estey.Miller.H. Lehr&Co.
and bowlky.
This Store has the agency for
SINGER HIGH ARM SE W.
ING MACHINES and
VI CI OR TALKING
MA CHINES.
WASH MACHINES
Ilelby, 1900, Queen, Key
stone, Majestic.
J.SALfZEtt,
Music Rooms No. 105 West Main
Street, Below Market.
EL O OMSH UR G. FA
REVIVO
RESTORES VITALITY
"Made a
Well Man
Bf5w Piwase
"Aind Health
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PIVENOII XXIJ3Vr33I3-V
produces lino i-cmiIU In ao day. It act!
iiowerfiuly undquiiUly. ('uri'swheu others loll.
oung niuncun ruitulu tln ir lost niuniioo4 and
old men mnv recover their youthful vigor b
using 1(I V I0. n quickly mid quietly re'
moves Nervousness, Lost Vitality, Sexual
Weaknoss Burn as Lost Powor, Fulling Memory
Wasting Diseases, and effects of self-abuse or
excess and indiscretion, which untlts one for
Htudy, business or ruurriuge. It not only cures
by stunlng at the Rent of disease, but la a great
uervo tonlraml Mood builder, bringing
buck tho pluk ulow 10 mile checks and re
storing tho tire of youth. It wunls off an
prouohingdiheuso. Insist on having It K VIVO,
" ?iirrn ltva bo oarried in vest pocket. Hv
mull, 1.00 per package, ornix for (15.00. We
give free advioe and counsel to all who wish lb
with tfiiurauleo. Cimilurs free. Address
ROYAL MEDICINE CO., Marina Bldg., Chieigo, III.
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