The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1868-01-24

was badly kept, in shed ETC.,
18th July 1865, Post Office named
"Bear Run" established at Bear Run
and Joseph Z. Sands appointed Post
Master. The Petition on which this ac.
ton was had, asked for the new Office to
be called "Mount Pleasant Mills, on the
route from Bloomsbury to Muncy." 1t
was signed by citizens in the vicinity
of Bear Run and not by persons at
Bloomsburg, and was endorsed by
Henry NJ. Fuller, Member of Congress.
May 1856, the Office was changed in
location from Bear Run to Mordans-
vile and the old name "Mordansville''
restored. VIM. Hutchison was appoint
ed p. NJ. This was done upon Petition
of the inhabitants of Mount Pleasant
interested in the Office.
10Th April 1860 upon Petition John F.
Dietterich appointed p. NJ at Mordans.
Vile in place of Mr.. Hutchison, deceas-
ed.
3lst. July 1861. Dietterich was re-
moved and Sands appointed as p. NJ ;
since which time the Office has been
kept at Bear Run under the name OF
"Mordansville." This change was made
upon the following papers and endorse
ments:
l. Petition for Sands the Office to be
called "Mount Pleasant Mills" This
petition was endorsed and the change
recommended by "P. John, Editor Re
publican, William Robson" and others
at Bloomsbury. 1t was also endorsed
as follows: 81 concur; f. Stewart,
Delegate to Chicago Convention ~
concur; II. b. Wright"
2. Letter of p. John to Hon. w. w.
Ketcham, dated "Office ofthe Repu6H-
can, March Goth, 1861" in which he
says ~ am requested to write line
accompanying this Petition, Mr.. Sands
is one of our working men. =
The present Post Master keeps one
horse hotel. A few nominal Re-
publicans who like strychnine whiskey
are petitioning to have him retained,
but l tell you that the interests of the
party require that he be turned out.
Yours &c. p. JOHN"
This concludes the history of the Nor
dansville Post Office, except that a year
ago or upwards Petition signed by a
large number of citizens of Mount Pleas
ant was forwarded to the Post Master
General asking for the establishment
of the Office at old Mordansville where
it was kept before the change made in
1861.
But there is fact to be mentioned in
this connection concerning the discon-
tinuance of the Post Office at We!livers-
vile. That Office was established May
IL, 1858, and was discontinued Aug. %,
1866, when the Office at Eyer's Grove
was created. AS we stated in our for
mer article, the people at Eyer's Grove
did not ask nor desire that the Welli-
versville Office should be abolished. All
they desired was an Office for them
selves as the mail was carried by their
doors at any rate, on its way to Mill
vile. But we now ascertain that there
was q paper on file at Washington which
did the business. 1t was an application
for the discontinuance of the Wellivers-
vile Office from the Mail Contractor
and Post Master on route 1885, from
to Serene, and was signed
by Albert Hunter, contractor; by f. p.
Masters, p. NJ, at Serene; w. II. Hay
man, p. NJ, at lola, and By Joseph 4.
Sdnds, p. Dr., at MorddnsuiHe, Bear
Rum. The Department agreed to this
because the Revenue from
the office was small the compensation
Of the Post Master for 1864 being only
four dollars.
1t appears, then, that the change Of
the Mordansvile office to Bear Run in
1861 was made at the instance mainly
Of p. John and Of Frank Stewart of
Berwick, Republican Delegate to Chi
cago y that ii. b. Wright, NJ. C. bogus
assented to it that p. John
backed the petition, sent 1t on to WASH
ington himself, wrote letter urging
the change for political reasons, and de-
nounced the Republicans of Mount
Pleasant who opposed the change as ad-
dicted to strychnine whisky. And yet
Mr.. Sands denies that L. John chad q
hand" In the transaction! In fact, he
had not one but both hands in it, and
foul pen besides.
The Post Master thinks II important
to state that Col, Freeze drew petition
for his Bear Run Office at one time,
though neither he nor any one else at
sloomsburg signed it. But that was
away back in 1856 uheR there pas no Of
flee at AordaaspiN. 1t had been discon-
tnued in the previous year and there
no question about it pending. The
writing petition was a small favor
hardly worthy of remark, and certainly
did not commit the writer in after times
to the fortunes of Bear Run.
Every statement in our former article
was substantially true and fairly given,
except the one that Col. Scranton was
in the removal of the office.
In that single particular (Which was
not materially we We're in error.
BY rushing into print in concert with .
Pal6mOn John. the POst Master has