wlf fkv Tift fiifif'iMrtiy nv rr VOL 44. RL O OMSD UR G, PA., THURSDAY JANUARY SO, 1910. AO 3. WHEN YOUjWANT TO" Ooen a ttenk Account Have a Check Cashed Borrow Money, or Make an Investment CALX. ON THE OLD RELIABLE - The Farmers National Bank OF BLOOMSBURG Capital, S60.000 Surplus $100,000 0 M. C LEVELING, Pres. M. MILLEISEN". Cashier. DIRECTORS J. L. Moykr N. U. Funk C. M. Crkvkmng C. A. Klkim W. L. White C. W. Runyon Dr. J. J. Brown M. Miu.kiskn 3 Per Cent. Interest Paid on Time Deposits. CONCERT AT NORMAL To be given under the auspices of the Music Department of the School in February. MRS. MILLER REORGANIZES ORCHESTRA On the evening of Monday, Feb ruary seventh, there will be Riven a concert in the Normal Auditor ium by the Students' Orchestra and the Choral Society, under the aus pices of the Musical Department of the Normal School, supervised by Mrs. John K. Miller. The new orchestra, compased en tirely of students of the depart ment, has been organized by Mrs. Miller, who has given much time to its work during the past several months. The brasses have been eliminated and the softer instru ments retained. Fourteen violins, two flutes and a harp is the present makeup, and those who have heard the rehearsals have been greatly pleased with the combination. The Choral Club, made up most ly of students of the school, hns been drilled by Charles O. Skeer. The concert is to be given as the work of the students, not of pro fessionals, but from the pleasure derived heretofore from similar en tertainmeuts. one may expect a de lightful evening, as a great deal of labor has beetr expended in prepar ing for the concert. The programme will be in two parts, the first consisting of three numbers by the orchestra, and a cycle of songs by Miss Blanche Letsou. The second part will be a Cantata, "The Gypsies," by Julius Bteker, snug by the Choral uut, with orchestral accompaniment. It will include seven numbers with incidental solos. The soprano so los will be sung by Miss K. Maud Smith, the alto bv Miss Ruth Doty, the tenor by Mr. R. F. Colley, and the baritone by the Rev. t. Dickson. That the concert will be a sue cess is assured, and it remains for the music loving people to Blooms bure to show their appreciation o the lime and labor which bas been given to it. CARPET MILL ELECTION. The stockholders of the Magee . ' .i 1 Carpet Company held meir annual meeting last Saturday, and elected as directors for the ensuing year Edward Bailev. of Harrisburg; H G. T. Martin, of New York City C. M. Creveling, of Almedia: John W. Evans, Berwick; Willie uaw, A. F. McCollum, James Magee 2nd of Bloomsbure. The hoard oreauized by the eleC' tionof the following: President? John W. Evans, of Berwick; vice president, Willie Law, of Blooms burg; treasurer and general mana ger James Magee 2nd, of Blooms burg; secretary, MissC. E. Kelly of Bloomsbure. Mr. Magee reported that two million yards of carpet had been manufactured in 1909. FOREST FIRE DAMAGE SUIT. F. P. Creasy, of Mifflin township has brought suit for $t,ooo againsi the Pennsylvania Railroad conipa ny for fire damage to his timber land, situated alone the river, be low East Bloomsburg, caused, it is alleged, by sparks from locomo tives which carried no spark pro tectors. Eight acres of woodland were burned, and valuable oas, chestnut, oina and hemlock trees destroyed. The action was brought by Fred Ikeler, Esquire. ONSISTORY MEETING Will Be Held Next Week In Caldwell Consistory Cathedral Begin ning Tuesday Evening. MANY FROM OUT OF TOWN. Caldwell consistory will hold its winter session in the Cathedral be ginning next Tuesday, at which ime there is expected to be a large class of candidates present to be made members of that body, and to bring the membership close to the one thousand mark. Many out of town members will be prestnt, including several Thirty-third Degree Masons. The meetings will start on Tues day evening, when Enoch Lodge of Perfection 140 will hold a busi ness session. Work will begin at nine o'clock Wednesday morning and continue until ten o'clock in the evening, when a lunch will be served. Thursday's work will begin at nine o'clock and continue through out the day. The Thirty-secoud Degree will be conferred on Thurs day evening, after which the usml banquet will be held. INVALID RESCUED PHYSICIAN. While Dr. Everett, of Millville, was brinizine Matthew Lawtou to the Joseph Ratti Hospital on Sun day to be operated upon for appen dicitis, his sleigh struck some nea vv snow drifts near Mordansville, and was overturned. The physi cian was pinned under the vehicle, and as the horses started ue was 111 a dangerous position, the more so because one ot ins wrists was neip- less through a tall. Mr. Liwton who hid been thrown to the other side took in the situation quickly, ran to the horses be as and quieted tnem. After Dr. Everett had been extri cated, the two pupcured another sleigh, and continued their drive to the hospital. Owing to the excitement and ex ertion, it was deemed best to post pone the operation upon Mr. law ton until Monday, when it was per formed. His conditiou was found to be much worse than was thought, and he is now at the Hospital in a serious state SLEIGH ING ACCIDENT. An accident be ell Mr. and Mrs Arthur Heimiller last Thursday evening while they were driving in n sleieh irom Berwick to lilooms- burg which resulted in the death of the horse which belonged to nv prvman Frank Derr. Upon reaching the trolley irestie r,pnr Willow Snriucs. the runner caught in the guard rail of the track and overturned me sieigu, the occupants out. The horse dashed up the incline and started across the trestle dragging 1p!.1i iinon reaching the open part, it leaped off, falling into the Gulrl lflnw hrp&tmcr US DaCK. 11 iinrHv afterward. The sleigh was little damaged. MERGER RUMORS. New and startling rumors have been making their appearance al most daily for the past week in re gard to trolley mergers, aud glit tering stories of twenty million dol lar companies at Scraulou, Stand ard Oil at Harrisburg. have been floating about, just what the move amounts to has not yet been offici ally stated by the Columbia Power Light and Railways Company. Surptising developments, however, are promised. 1909 1910 The New Year. The year about to close, following the serious financial de pression of 1907-8 has been a reasonably prosperous one. Gen eral business has wonderfully improved so that the coming NEW YEAR promises great prosperity, and consequently a consider able accumulation of money to deposit in a sound bank. The record of this Hank has been one of unbroken success, and never before has it been so well prepared to meet and satisfy the needs of its patrons. If you are not already a patron of this bank, we cordially invite you to start in with the NEW YEAR, assuring you that a trial will prove mutually pleasant and profitable. tfy Q0foome6ur2 Qtaftonaf QSanft WM. II. IIIDLAY. Cashier. LICENSE COURT. Busy days at the Court House while the petitions were being heard. ALL OLD LICENSES RENEWED. The session of License Court, held this week was a busy one. Petitions for renewals of all the old licensed stands in the county were received and all of them were granted. Many new applications were made, and to nearly every one of these remonstrances were filed. A tew of them were withdrawn in the face of the opposition. The new petitions around which probably the most interest has cen tered are those for a bar at Mill- ville and fcr a new hotel in Blooms burg in the building owned by Dr. C. F. Altmiller at Sixth aud Mar ket Streets. There has been no licensed place in Millville for nnny yea's, and there was a strong opposition. The pbn to make the Market Street building into a hotel, which would he conducted by Anthony Menzhach, has met with remon strances also. The decision of the Court on the new petitions has been deferred un til Saturday. SPELLING CONTESTS. County Superintendent Wm. W. Evans is goiug to start another con test which will undoubtedly stir up fully as much interest as the de hating contests, which he has run so successfully for the pest two years. , The new departure is to be a se ries of spelling contests, starting lo cally in the various schools. Then there will be district contests among the winners in the schools. Fol lowing this there will be a contest participated in by the winners of the district contests. Mr. Evans is one of the most enthhsiastic and hard-working superintendents the county has ever had, a fact which he is constantly demonstrating, as shown by his efforts in furnishing the schools with interesting and pleasant work outside of the regu lar routine. SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING. The Town Council met Monday nieht to discuss the financial condi tion of the town. As the treasury is at low ebb, and many bills are coming due, it was found necessary to take some step toward collecting immediately $15,000 of back taxes ou the 1907 and 1908 duplicates. Collector W V. Robbins was in structed to make these collections within ten days or levy on personal property. The Council further decided to negotiate a loan of three thousand dollars to pay current bills until the taxes should be collected. ONE FOOT, $5000. William II. Hile, whose foot was amputated at the Joseph Ratti Hos pital as the result of a hunting ac cident last fall, has sued the Fidel ity and Casualty Company, of New York, to recover $4100 on a policy issued in September, insuring him lor one year against bodily injury. It promised to pay $5000 in case of the loss of one foot. After the acci dent $900 was paid to Mr. Hile. He has now taken this action, through bis counsel, Fred Ikeler, Esquire, to obtain the bahuce. A. Z. SCIIOCII. President. WHO IS SHE? Man Arrested in Philadelphia is Wanted iu Shenandoah on White Slave Charge. BLOOMSBLRG WOMAN WITH HIM. Joseph Tito, 24 years old, an ac tor, was arrested in a house on Ka ter street above Eleventh, in Phila delphia, 0:1 Saturday, by Detective Williams on a warrant charging him with violating what is known as the white slave act. The detec tive, however, w:.s unable to find Rose Spaniard, 17 years old, a beau tiful girl who Tito is accused of having enticed from her home in Shenandoah, Pa. Tito was in company with a young married woman from Bloomsburg, Pa., when the detec tive found nim, He acknowledged that he had seen Rose in the city, and that he had an appointment to meet her that afternoon at the gen eral Postoffic:, but he denied hav ing any knowledge of her where abouts. Detective Williams searched the Kater street house from cellar to garret, but could not find the girl. He had a warrant for Tito's arrest sworn out before Justice J. P.R a mont, at Shenandoah, by Mrs. Ma ry Spaniard. Tito was committed to the City Hall police court for a hearing at Shenandoah. Some curiosity has been excited here to find out who the "young married woman from Bloom tburg" is. DIETRICH RELEASED. Peter Dietrich after standing tri al four times for the killing of James A. Jones, serving a year's sentence in Luzerne county jail and being deprived of his liberty for nearly four years, is again a free man, says the Danville JVejcs. Dietiich, it will be recalled, at his fourth trial, held in Luzerne county 011 a change of venue, ou September 26, 1908, was found guilty of "voluntary manslaugh ter" and later was sentenced to one year's imprisonment in the Luzerne county jail. Peter got full benefit of the law of commutation and his term was reduced two months. He was re leased from prison last Saturday and spent his first day of freedom in Wilkes-Barre. He came to Danville, Monday, registering at the Baldy House. ( He is looking well. He says he was kindly treated at the Luzerne county jail, for the greater of the time having charge of a ang of prisoners who were working out side the jail. He has planned to remain in Danville. He will embark iu some kind of business, he says, and en deavor to begin life over agaiu. HARWOOD CURRENT SOON HERE. The steel towers to be placed on either side of the Sus quehauna river above Berwick and Nescopeck to carry the high tension wires of the Ilarwoo d Electric company across the Susquehanna have arrived. The foundations have been completed for some time and with the towers placed iu posi tion the Harwood current will soon be in use in uanville, Bloomsburg and Berwick. UP-TO-DATE CLOTHING 'STORE! SEE THE NOW ON I Window, TGOH CORNER CLOTHING STORE EBY HAT DISPLAY IN SELwS
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