(0; M L HLOOMSIWRG, PA., THURSDAY DECEMBER if, 1909. NO AO. WHEN VOU WANT TO Open a dank Account Have a Check Cashed Borrow Money, or Make an Investment CALL ON TIIK OLD RELIABLE - The Farmers National Bank OK BLOOMSBURG Capital, SG0.000 Surplus $100,000 0 M. CREVEMXG, Pres. M. MILLEISEX, Cashier. DIRECTORS J. L. Movhr N. U. FrNK C. M. Crkvhmno C. A. Kl.KIM W. L. Wuitk C. W. Ritnvon Dr. J. J. Brown M. Miu.i:isj;n 3 Per Cent. Interest Paid on Time Deposits. ST. PAUL'S REOPENS. The Marble Floors Given by Mrs. George S. Robbins and St. Mar garet's Guild are in Place. MR. HIGGLES HAS WORKED HARD. St. Paul's Episcopal Church was opened for services last Sunday for the first time in eight weeks, dur ing which time they have been held in the Parish House while extensive improvements have been in progress. The church now pre sents an appearance which is equal-1 led by few in the diocese of liar- j risburg. j In the chancel, sanctuary, and nave, marble mosaic floors have j been laid, and cork carpets will be I placed in the pews. the iloors of the chancel and sanctuary are the gift of Mrs. George S. Robbins in memory of her husband, who was a vestryman and an enthusiastic church worker. St. Margaret's Guild, by con stant endeavor, furnished the floor ing of the aisles. The entile work is beautifully clone. The ground work is of Italian marble, with a border of red, blue and black marble from t rance. The chancel steps and the altar kneeler are of white Vermont marble. Built on a base of rein forced concrete, six tons of marble were required to cover the floor. The rector, the Rev. James W. Dingles, has constantly supervised the work, devoting most of hi? time to it. When the artisans had completed the floors, the woodwork throughout the church was covered with oust and stained with cement. Mr. Diggles and several men of the congregation spent many even ings in refinishing the wood, and in cleaning up the church, thus saving considerable expense. The congregations were large at both services on Sunday. In the morning Mr. Diggles told of the method of the laying of the floor, and of the sybolism in the designs and colorings. WOMAN DROWNED. Mrs. John Terry was drowned in the river at West Berwick on Monday morning. She had gone to the river for a pail of water, and it is believed that she was stricken with heart failure as she stooped over. She was housekeeper for Mr. Stewart who lives along the tow path only a few feet from the river. Soon after breakfast Stewart's daughter cime running into the house and said Mrs. Terry was in the water. Her brother seized a pole and ran to the river, within reach of the woman, but she failed to seize the pole. The boy then ran to a neighbor's and summoned help. Frank Lynn came aud at tempted to reach her with a boat, but her weight was so great, being about 200 pounds, that he was un able to lilt her in it. The woman was then unconscious. Other assist ance came, but before they could get her to the shore she was dead The deceased has relatives living at Northumberland aud Danville. THE CALABROS RELEASED. . Fortunato and Autonio Calabro, of West Berwick, who have been held for several days on the charge of implication in the West Berwick murders, were given a hearing Tuesday evening before Justice Fenstermacher. In the absence of sufficient evidence they were released. ENLARGING PLANT. The Irondalo Power House is Being Equipped To Use Harwood Current. ADDING NEW MACHINERY. The Columbia Power, Light, and Railways Company has a large force of men at work on the Irou dale power house, in preparation for the increased capacity which the plant will soon have for fur nishing power to Bloomsburg and vicinity. A new water wheel of four hun dred and fifty horsepower is being put in. This necessitates an exten sion to the race which is now in course of construction. The exten sion will have a forebay made of four hundred cubic yards of cement. Connected with the new wheel there will be an extension of the line shaft. A two hundred and fifty kilowatt belted generator for the railways will be added, and also a generator with motor attachment of the same capacity, likewise for railway power. A brick, concrete, and steel fire proof addition has been built at the eastern end of the power house to accommodate the high tension switch boards, and the transformers for the Harwood current- There will be two of these transformers, each of three hundred and fifty kilowatts, and they will receive the twenty-five thousand volts of the high tension current and step it down to twenty three hundred volts for local consumption. - - - JAIL DELIVERY FRUSTRATED. It was developed at Monday's session of court that a wholesale jail delivery was prevented in the nick of time about three weeks ago by Sheriff Ent and his son Millard Hut. A short time after supper the lat ter heard a mysterious noise which aroused his attention. He called to the Sheriff and they both went to the rear jail yard where they found thre; prisoners already out, with the rest following. At the point of revolvers they forced the three into jail, and made examina tions. An iron bar in the bath room window had been sawed off, and a rope of bed clothes had been let down. Within a few more minutes the prisoners would have made good their escape. Those known to have been active in the attempt are: Toth Gope, West Berwick, serving a year for burglary; John Gobash, serving a year for larceny; John Zongrone, a West Berwick Italian; held for as sault; Samuel Collar, of Philadel phia, said to be implicated in freight car robberies ou the Read ing; Peter Matsko and John Cazp, of West Berwick, convicted at the September term of Court for feloni ous assault and battery, aud who are facing long terms in the peni tentiary; Joseph Kelly, of Danville, awaiting trial for the larceny of a furnace from Mrs. George B. Wright, of Bloomsburg. They were all put on a bread and water diet, and kept in sepa rate confinement. Yesterday seven of them were brought into court for trial. Zon grone had been released and his whereabouts are unknown. The evidence of Sheriff Ent and Millard lint was insufficient to con vict five of them, but the Court advised the conviction of Collar, Zongrone, aud Gape, aud the jury therefore returned such a verdict. A sentence of six months and a fine was handed out to the three. I -COMPTROLLER'S CALL.- UKPORT OK THU CONDITION OF t$t Q5footne6urg QWtonaf (ganft At the Close of Business November i6th, 1909. RESOURCES. U. S. Honda - - Loans and Invest ments Furniture and Fix tures Cash and Reserve $100,000.00 G22.974.99 8,000.00 89.483-8 1 $820,458.80 WM. II. IIIDLAY, Cashikr. IN COURT. A Considerable Amount of Routine Business Transacted; Attendance Not Very Large. SOME MINOR CRIMINAL CASES. The regular December session of court opened on Monday with all the Judges on the bench. The fol lowing routine business was pre sented: Harry Stees, Esq.,' moved the Court for the appointment of an auditor in the estate of W. W. Bar rett, late of Bloomsburg, deceased. I he filing of the report of V. H. Rhawn, auditor, in the estate of Honora Burke, late of Centralia, deceased, was on motion of E. J. I'lynn, Esq., continued until De cember 7th. In the estate of Abraham Stine, deceased, on motion of C. A. Small, Esq., the report of inquest in the proceedings in partition is continu ed until next term. In estate of Amelia Apple, late of Locust township, on motion of C. E. Kreisher, order of sale contin ued. Same in estate of Elias Seely, late of Locust township. In the case of Armour 6c Co. vs. Edward Fertile, of Berwick, who holds a judgment for $;oo against the defendant, John G. Harman, Esq., presented a petition for a rule to show cause why the judg ment should not be opened and the defendant let into a defense. The defendant alleges in his petition that he was oulv 20 years of age when lie signed the note upon which judgment was entered. A rule was granted as requested. Mr. Hannan also filed his report as master in the divorce proceed ings of Freda Rabb Hall vs. Walter Hall and recommended a divorce, although the master thought it would be good only in Pennsylva nia. II. Mont. Smith, Esq., presented the return of sale of the real estate of John S. Boone, a weak minded person for confirmation nisi. Clinton Herring, Esq., presented a petition signed by more than 25 taxpayers of the township of Sugar loaf, asking the Court for an order fixing an election for the purpose of voting on a change in the meth od of paying the road tax of said township from a money to a work tax. W. C. Johnston. Esq., presented a similar petition from the taxpay ers of Pine township, and the pray er of both petitions was granted by the Court. Upon a petition presented by C. A. Small, Esq , Alexander Knouse was appointed constable of Benton borough to succeed Jeremiah Kline who resigned. Mr. Small also presented his re port as auditor in the estate of De lilah Cramer, which was confirmed nisi. Upon motion of Fred Ikeler, Esq., Saturday was fixed as the time for the hearing of the equity suit of Thomas Harder vs. Cata wissa Borough. The hearing to be had before Judge Evans and con clusive as to all parties. On motion of W. C. Johnston, Esq. , the master in the divorce pro ceedings of Geo. W. Campbell vs. Jennie Campbell was continued over the term; aud 111 the divorce pro ceedings of Lewis Kliugerman vs. Ida Klingermau, aud S. B. Crouse vs. Ella Crouse, Mr. Johnstou asked Continued ou pugeS LIABILITIES. Capital Stock, - $100,000.00 Surplus and Profits 60,392 93 Circulation - icx-.ooo.oo Bank Deposits, - 10,820.53 Individual Deposits 549,245.34 $820,458.80 A. Z. SCIIOCII. President. OPINIONS HANDED DOWN. Judge Evans Refuses New Trials in the Reiniard and Houck Cases, and Sustains Scott Town ship Case. On Monday morning Judge Ev ans handed down four opinions. In the case of Cora A. Reiniard and Ho.vard R. Reiniard against the riooniiburg & Sullivan Rail mad, tried at the May term of court in which the jury returned a ver dict for the plaintiffs in the sum of $2,500, the c se growing out of in juries which s'ie received when she. wkh her children, was retracing her steps to Sugarloaf crossing from Laubach's, the conductor having failed to stop the train, Judge Ev ans denied the motion for a new trial and judgment non obstante veredicto. On the motion for a new trial in the case of the Commonwealth vs. Peter Matsko and John Czap, cou victed at the September term of court of feloniously assaulting Wasyl Gidosh, of West Berwick, upon whom sentence has not been pronounced pending the motion for a new trial, Judge Evans denied motion. In the Houck fire damage case, twice tried in the courts of this county, with the jury deadlocked for 52 hours when it was placed ou trial during February term, 1909, and in which the plaintiff at the second trial, secured a $300 verdict, Judge Evans denied the motion for a new trial. In the action instituted against Ellis Ringrose. who was charged with neglect of duty and with hav ing paid himself a salary out of the road funds of Scott township, while holding the office of Supervisor, the Court sustained the judgment of Justice C. R. Weiss. The hear ing was held before the justice who found that there was not sufficient evidence to support the claim of plaintiff, and entered judgment in favor of the defendant. The plain tiff filed exceptions to this finding, and took the case to court by a writ of certiorari. The court dis missed the exceptions and affirmed the judgment. TOWN COUNCIL MEETING. At Monday evening's meeting of the Town Council, business relat ing to the fire department, paving, and various other matters was at tended to. An executive session followed the regular meeting, when the claims of M. G. Creasy and C. II. Giger were considered. Both of these men allege that their horses died of lockjaw as a result of step ping upon pieces of scrap iron that were in the refuse with which East Seventh street is filled. Mr. Creasy claims $300, and Mr. Giger $150. Both claims were put iuto the hands of the solicitor, Johu G. Harman, Esq. for settlement. FOR INCREASE OF PENSION. A petition has been presented to Congressman John G. McIIenry askiug that Congress may grant an increase of pension to Charles P. Sloan of this towu, who has long been in a helpless condition. He will introduce a bill at this session. Mr. Sloan served honorably iu the Civil War, and was for many years a leading figure in Ent Post, G. Ai R. until his illness prevented him from further activity. 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