SODTH SIDERS DEMAND RELIEF; The approach to the bridge on the ■oath side,although a thread bare sub ject, with the advent of winter has be come such a nuisance that to avoid mention of conditions that exist there now would be to ignore the claims of the people who are inconvenienced by the muddy, illy constructed and dan gerous roadway. The approach from the end of the bridge to the railroad crossing is one slough of mire, which near J. H. Kase's store, where a sort of a basin is form ed, lias assumed a liquid state and flows over the trolley track toward Peter Burger's residence. Already the bridge from one end to the other is covered with a coat of mud deposited there oy the wheels of vehicles that have ploughed through the deep mud on the approach. Conditions being as they are already' the imagination can only picture what the approach will be like by next spring. Residents of the south side as well as the traveliug public, who are brought directly in contact with the slough of mud, which is dignified by the name of approach,are crying out loudly for relief in some foim. Several south siders who aired their views Tuesday stated that they look ed to the county commissioners of Montour to take the initiative in some plan that will at least bring temporary relief. It was suggested that if the two counties would furnish limestone suffi cient teams could be procured on the south side to do the hauling gratis for the Bake of the improved conditions. The south siders can not see why the county commissioners do uot pro reed to build the Hection of retaining wall on each side which devolves up ou the two counties jointly and con cerning which there id no dispute,leav ing the rest of the proposition to he fought out between Northumberland couuty, Uearhart township and the Danville and Suubury electric railwav couipauy. If this were done, they say, the approacli as far as the walls were but could be construct ed iu a propeil manner, which would relievo the sit uation a great deal. A member of the Montour county board of commissioners was interview ed later,who explained why the prop osition to build the short sections of retaining walls devolving on the two counties would not be considered at present. When these walls are built the idea is to make them conform witii the main retaining walls, which remain to be planned; otherwise with the massive wingwalls there will be three ■eotions of walls each unlike the oth er. The county commissioner stated that the local board in order to bring relief will endeavor to interest the Northumberland county board and the result will probably be that limestone will be procured and placed on the approach to obviate the mud nuisance during the winter. The commissioners will also have the driveway of the bridge scraped and the mud removed before freezing sets in. Appointed Lecturer. M. S. Bond, the Chulaskey truck man, and scientific farmer is enrolled again this year among the speakers foi the farmers' institutes to be belt throughout the State. He will eiitei npon his work the first week of Decern ber and will have as his field Lycom ing, Monroe,Pike, Wayne and Susque hanna counties. The first institute at which he wil participate will be held at Elimsport On the second week of Docomber in will he present at the State grange a Dubois and after that will uot resumi his work as lectnrer nntil January. Mr. Bond is one of the oldest prac tical workers in the fanner*' insti tutes In the State.He participated as i speaker at the first local farmers' in stitute in Pennsylvania, which wa held at Bloomsburg twenty-four year ago. He has always kept up his iu terest and has been a practical worke at the local institutes ever since. Hi has been enrolled among tho worker in every county of Peuusylvauia witl the exception of four. Mr. Bond is a self-made man. Hi reading has coverod a wide range, ii addition to which he has tiie beueti of many years experience iu farming during which he was always in ques of knowledge and by trial aud experi ment has acquired a vast store of pra ctical information uot found in books Rev. R. U. Jones, D. D. Kev. H. U. Jones, D. D., of Wash iugton, lowa, who rocently paid Dan vlile a visit, has been called to tin pastorate of Ohrist Episcopal churcl of Burlingtou, lowa, one of the larg est and most important charges in tin State. When iu Danville Rev. Dr Jones was a guest of Rev. W. C. McCor mack, D. D., pastor of Grove Presby teriau church. While here he otHciat ed in Christ Episcopal church am made an excellent impression. Excursionist Fractures Skull. Daniel Hurt/, of near Lewisburg was seriously hurt Saturday. He wa one of the party who left Lewisburf Saturday for Harrisburg on the speci al excursion train. At Montandon IK left the train audit started to pull ou before he was aware of it. In runuinj to catch the traiu he tripped over i signal wire aud fell, striking his hea( on a rail and fracturing his skull. Fishermen Fined $25.00 Each. The illegal fishing cases against H, O. Bowman, William Qolder aud C. M. Robbins, all proprietors of floui mills along Fishiugcreek, have beet! dually disposed of, the defendants pav ing $25 fines each. The men were arrested somestime ago by Chief Fish Warden J. W. Cris well, of Steelton, for the illegal use ot fish baskets. Berwick Bridge Half Completed. One-half of the Berwick bridge is now oompleted, the last piece of steel in the third spau being placed Satur day. The spau was swung yesterday. Weather conditions caused delay dur ing last week, hut an inoroased force is poshing the work rapidly along. DNKNOWN MAN HI,I,EH ON RAH An unknown man, with his head crushed and his body mutilated, was found along the Pennsylvania railroad tracks, a short distance above North umberland, on Sunday morning. And throughout the driving storm of Sun day morning the mangled form lay tiiere, while curious spectators gazed at it,but hesitated to remove it before the corner arrived to hold the inquest. On Saturday afternoon a man, who gave his name as Brown, was in Sun bury. Several boys who conversed with him,and who later identified his body, say that he was intoxicated. The man was last seeii alive in Northumberland on Saturday evening. It is known that he slept the previous night in an ash pit at the nail mill at that place. These are practically the only facts known. The badge he wore was of the Bing hamton fire department. No papers were found on his person. Coroner Dreher went to Northum berland Monday morning, but de cided that an inquest was unnecessary. The body had been taken to Under taker E. K. Bright's parlors where it is held for identification. Meanwhile telegrams have been sent to Bingham ton making inquiries as to the dead | man's homo and relatives. Will Ask for Appropriations. State iusaue hospitals in Pennsyl vania will ask the next legislature for kii aggregate appropriation of several million dollars for the erection ol' new DuiMings to relieve the overcrowded condition of tiiese institutions. The State asylum inHarrishurg will iflk for $400,000 for new buildings and additional laud,and it is expected sim ilar sums will he asked for by the hos pitals at Danville, Warren, Norris town, Weruersville, Spring City and Allen town. The State board of charities is now holding its biennial sittings for the purpose of hearing the applications of the various public and private institu tions for appropriations by the next legislature. The hoard was in session in Harrisburg three days last week for this purpose and will meet in Pitts burg during the coming week. After all the applications have been heard the board will prepare a roport for the information of the appropria tions committee of the house of rep resentatives at the next session. This report will be printed and ready for members of the legislature and the governor at the opening of the legisla tive session. Applications of the insane hospitals are being scheduled by .ludge Isaac Johnson, of Media, member of the State board of charities, and will not be made public until the report ip ready for the governor.—Philadelphia North American Where New Law is Defective. The following discussiou of the new primary election law from the Phila delphia Press coutains a number of in teresting points: There does not appear to be mucli doubt about the intention of the acl regarding tho nomination of borougl and township officers. A provision it Section 2 declares that nothing con taiued in the act shall prevent tlx nomination of candidates for borougl or township offices,or other offices uoi specifically enumerated in the act, ii ,the manner provided by existing laws, That is plainly a local optiou provis ion. If a borough or township want; to nominate its local candidates uudei the uniform primary system it can d< so; it it does not want to it cau mak< the nominations by the old methods This is the view taken by the secretary of the Commonwealth. In a letter tc the clerk of the Washiugtou countj commissioners he says,"the act ap plies to all election districts in tlu State, but if for any reason auy bor oughs or townships prefer making, their nominations as at present thej may do so". The law is defective in that it doei not designate any authority to deter mine whether a borough or towushij shall make nominations under the nevs law or the old one. Who shall decide that? The county commissioners can not, certainly. Can it he done by one party organization in the borough 01 township where all the other partj organizations may be opposed to "it': That would cause difficulties and proh ably confusion, for while one" part.) would be holding primaries one way another would bo doing something else. There is absolutely no single authority under tho law which ran decide this matter. The most sensible thing the county commissioners can do is io follow the advice of tfie State uenartmeut and be prepared for primary elections uudei the new law in all districts. It is quite certain all boroughs and township* will come to it iu time. If there were no other reason it will be done on ac count of tho cost. The expeuses of the primaries under the new law are paid by tho State; if they were held under the old law as may be doue if so de sired, each party will have to pay the expenses of its own primaries, as here tofore. No doubt it will be preferred that the State put up the money. Tho controversy now going on,how ever, makes it evident that the pro vision about borough and township candidates must come out of the act, or he amended so as to designate some authority to decide when the act shall apply. Bach Shot a Deer. William Hendricks, Front, street, who wirli Charles Grim, Railroad street, returned Monday evening,from a hunting excursion in Centre couut> called at this oftico yesterday and gave an account of their success. Mr. Hend ricks and Mr. Grim each shot a deer, the former a doe weighing 110 pounds, and the latter a five-prong buck weigh ing 205 pounds. Both deer were shot in Brush valley narrows, eight miles from Mifflinburg. The doe was ship ped to Danville but the buck was cut up in camp aud distributed among the hunters. Mr. Hendricks says that the deer are very numerous in Cent re county. Him self and Mr. Grim saw three during their trip. PETITION BEING CIRCOLATED A movement is on foot to subdivide the third ward of the borough of Dan ville making of the ward two voting districts instead of one as has always existed heretofore. This measure has been advocated ow ing to the large number of votes poll ed in the third ward, which imposes a heavy burden upon the election board there. Things were brought to a crisis at the last election when the count was not completed umil 7 o'clock the next morning. In times of such sus pense voters do not like the idea of waiting so long before the result is made known. Neither does the elec tion board relish wading through so many votes for a fixed remuneration, which is no more than is received in districts where the vote is only one fourth as heavy or even less. A petition is being circulated ainoug the citizens of the third ward, to which signers are readily obtained, asking that the voting district he divided for reasons above set forth. The petitioners pray the court to ap point tnree impartial men as commis sioners to inquire into the propriety of granting said division who shall proceed in the manner provided by act of assembly in that behalf, and who, or any two of whom, shall report to the next court of quarter sessions of | the county together with their opin ion of the same. | /lay Install Stone Crusher. i E. S. Macdonald, who is iu charge lof the affairs of the John K. Bennett estate has a project on hand, which,if ; it pans out properly, may result in a new industry of some magnitude, that will employ our wage-earners and add a new and valuable material for road construction, l On castle grove farms there is a vast I epos it of a brown flinty rock, which i upon being tested has been found to | be apparently harder than limestone. Some of the rock has been used iu re pairing Bloom road and it seems to answer the purpose better than any thing that has ever been used. Mr. Macdonald contemplates install ing a stone crushing plant at castle i grove and going into the stone busi- I ness 011 a very largo scale. Yesterday he sent specimens of the stone to Har risburg and Washington in order to j get the views of the experts at those 1 places as to the composition of the j rock and to determine whether or not I it possesses any qualities that would I make it especially valuable in road construction. Meanwhile Mr. Mac donald is gathering information as to the cost of installing a crushing plant i and the demand iu this section for I such material in road construction. Will Call It Square. Frank J. Walker is one 01 our towns men who raises chickens merely for a pleasure aud a pastime, but of late his good nature has been greatly im posed upon by certain unprincipled vandals who during the night, select the best of tthe fowls, takeaway with them the major portion of the bird and leave behind the head to remind "Chick" of his loss. Now the kind of chickens that Mr. Walker raises were never meant for eating purposes, and are valued at a figure somewhat above the price of the ordinary barn yard fowl. Iu fact Mr. Walker's chickens are game birds of an expensive variety. Several weeks ago three disappeared aud Saturday , night two more followed. "Chick" isn't moved by a spirit of meanness when he states now that he thinks the chicken thieves have taken their share from his coop. He says, further, that he is .willing that the raiders be left alone with their loot, if in the future he is left alone with his chickens. If, however, the depreda tions are continued Mr. Walker will bo after the hen suatchers with a "big stick", aud if the thieves are at all acquainted with tiie man who makes t'ie statement they will know that lie will do just about as he says. Renting P. O. Boxes. A new wrinkle has been put into the post officii regulations. The local office has received instructions from the postmaster general which read as fol lows : "Box rents must be collected at the beginning of each quarter for.the en tire quarter, but no longer. Ten days before the last day of each quarter postmasters are required to place a bill bearing the date of the last day of the quarter in each rented box. If a box holder fails to renew his right to his box on or before the last day of a quarter the box shall then he closed aud offered for rent,aud the mail will be placed in the general delivery." RETALIATION. A singular controversy is brewing in Suubury. The railroad men of that town claim that the merchants have instigated an order from headquarters against blocking crossings. The Broth erhood now intends to retaliate by starting 21 Brotherhood store aud tak ing their trade away from the local dealers. The trainmen claim that the order imposes hardships upon them by forcing them to uncouple and rerouple cars more than would ordinarily be required. NEGLECTED BUT WORTHY The teachers of Lancaster county have adopted a resolution asking the legislature at its coming session to pass a law providing for the pension ing of public school teachers after they have readied a certain age. Much is to be said in favor of the pension ing of such worthy public servants as teachers, but it is to be feared the present generation will • have passed away before the desired legislation be comes a part of the law of the Com monwealth. Two weddings took place in the foreign section of West Berwick Sat urday evening and one in Briar Creek. Since the ban lias been placed by West Berwick officers ou Sunday wedding celebrations, the majority of the wed dings take place Saturday evening. THE STATE'S GREAT LIFE-SAVING WORK The Stato ilepaitmeiit of health cou tinuos to nave the lives of hundreds of poor children throughout Pennsylvania t>y the free distribution of antitoxin for diphtheria. This is given out both for curative purposes and for immuniz ing the other members of the house hold who have been expose'd to the iisease. DECREASE IN DEATH RATE. From October 10 to November 10, this month, clinical reports returned to the department by physioians for 478 cases treated with the State's free »nitoxln recorded only 43 deatiis. This jives the very low death rate of eight per cent., an evidence of the splendid results Commissioner Dixon's free iistribution of antitoxin among the poor is securing. Moreover, during that period of thirty days the clinical reports that have come in thus far show that 418 persons were immuniz 3d, in other words, vaccinated against the disease. Nearly all of these were little children who might have gone lowu with diphtheria but for the States' wise charity. The antitoxin division of the de partment of health acting through its five hundred distributing depots is kept especially busy at this time of the year for uot only is this the season when diphtheria flourishes, but more find more antitoxin is being used, as its benefits are tried and approved. FEW ATTEMPTS AT IMPOSITION. The health commissioner is loud in his praise of the co-operatiou he has received from the physicians of the State and the distributors. There have beou few if auy attempts to impose upon the free distribution of the anti toxin for the poor. The doctors of Pennsylvania, Dr. Dixon says, have shown themselvos well worthy of the confidence placed in them. He also praises the faithful manner in which the distributors have performed their duty, aarranging to have their dopots accessible to physicians at all hours. A Question ? Does the new primary election law ,pply to boroughs and townships? That is the question that is causing i discussion of no little magnitude in Janvillo and throughout Pennsylvania list at present, and a decision one vay or the other will mean a great leal to Montour county, for the mau ler of holding primaries in every elis rict in the county depends upon how he question is solved. The proviso fn the law that reads as follows is causing the discussion : "Provided, that nothing herein con fined shall prevent the nomination )f candidates for borough or township jffices, or other offices not herein specifically enumerated, in the manner provided by existing laws." DIVERSITY OF OPINION. The county commissioners are in terested in this matter, but tliero is much diversity of opinion as to wlieth sr or not tiie primaries in boroughs and townships should be held under the provisions of the uniform primary net. Section two of the uuiform prim ary act provides that "two primaries shall bo held each year in every elec tion district of this Commonwealth." This is followed by the above quoted proviso. If the electors of any borough 01 township desire to make their nomina tious for the coming spring election under the new primary act, they sliouh 1 signify such intention by filing witli the county commissioners petitions l'oi nominations. If such petitions are nol filed with the commissioners no bal lots will be provided for use under the uew primary law auil the primariot can not be held uuder this new law, but will have to be conducted uudet the old system, tliat is in the mauuei observed before the passage of the uni form primary act. , MR. THORN S ADVICE. Chief Clerk Thorn, of the State de partment, at Harrisburg, has issued r statement iu which he says: "I would advise the county com missioners to make all necessary ar rangements for the holding of the winter primaries iu the several bor oughs and townships of the respective counties, and to provide supplies auc equipment for each election district, as required by section 7 of uniform primary act. They should also provide ballot-boxes for exclusive use at prim ary elections, in oreler that the boxes in use at general elections need not be disturbed." CHILD LABOR. At present the law of Pennsylvania permitß boys of 14 to work on tho out side of the anthracite ininos aud boys of lti to work inside. In the bitumin ous region boys of 12 are allowed to work. Chief Roderick, of the State bureau of mines, favors uniformity »ud thinks 1-4 would be a proper age. l'lie Wilkes-Barre Record doubts the wisdom of his suggestion, believing that the boy has rights which the ■State should guard and that a lad of 14 is not well enough educated to leave ichool aud get down to his life work. It isn't fair to the boy. Under preseut iircunistauces, however, it does seem ;hat the State should either make a lew carefully guarded exceptions or dse provide for the living of large amilies whose heads are dead or dis ihled. GOOD ADVICE. Here is some advice given to its readers by the Scrautou Republican. It is equally applicable throughout the whole of the wide exteuded domain of Santa Claus: "Now is the best time to buy articles which you iuteud to URe as gifts, and the soouer you get about it the better. Regular prices prevail aud the clerks are all atteu* tion. Better bargains can be had than you will bo able to obtain later". However that may be, the sooner you get this Christmas shopping business disposed of the better. So much illegal fishing has been done lately between SuuKury aud Harris bnrg that the State game warden de partment has placed an extra force of wardens along the Susquehauua river. AN APPEAL TO LITTLE MONTOUR The lutelligeucer has received a letter from John H. Laud is, superin tendent of the United States mint, at Philadelphia, who along witli Dr. N. C. Schaeft'er, superintendent of public instruction, aud other leading men of the Commonwealth, is an active mem ber of the Thaddeus Ste*ens Memorial association aud is anxious that the friends of the common schools through out the State be familiarized with the objects and purposes of the Stevens memorial movement. Little Montour stands almost alone as one of the counties that has as yet made no contribution to the fund. Mr. Landis would like to have the borough aud county superintendents aud the principals of the various schools in our county take up the matter, and promises to give such aid in the work as may be desired. He thinks during the county institute, which takes place the week after next,a fine opportunity would be presented to get the school teachers interested in the Stevens me morial movement. The communication encloses a letter from Dr. N. C. Schaeffer, State superintendent, who is president of the Thaddeus Stevens Memorial association. Dr. Schaeffer makes an appeal similar to Mr. Landes and likewise invites correspondence promising to give all the aid ho can to help along the work in the various counties. Or. SchaefTer says: "It is gratifying to state that the fund intended for this memorial, an industrial school for imligont orphan boys is generally growing. Mr. Stev ens' own money,bequeathed under his will, amounts to about 180,000. The State of Pennsylvania has appropriat ed |50,000. The public schools and friends of education in the State have contributed about SIO,OOO, and from reports received from nearly all the counties we have reason to believe that the latter figure will be very ma terially iucreased in the near future. We urge upou our friends the push ing forward of this work as speedily as possible. All contributions must be entirely voluntary. We want none oth j er. Each county, city or town, must decide what plan to adopt to raise money for this work. Superintendent aud directors must fix a day on which contributions can bo received in the schools; entertainments can bo gotten up; festivals or sociables can be held for the purpose, etc. " Thaddeus Stevens is regarded as the great champion of the free school sys tem. Anyone desiring a copy of his great speech in opposition to the repe al of the school law of 1834 can obtain the same by addressing the treasurer of the association, John 11. Laud is, Millersville, Pa. AWFUL TIHES IN SHAMOKIN The people iu the Shamokiii district have gotten so used to the awful reigi of terror that exists over there thai but little more than passing uotice ii given to the robberies and murder! aud suicides that are of daily occur rence. The following article picked at ran dom from one of the Shainokin papen shows h„ow long association has taugh them to treat lightly and even humor ously a crime that would have dom credit to the wild west iu its woolies days: It was a dark and stormy evening and Heading shop employes were seat ed arouud the fire when the foremai turning—"Great Scott Bill, what'i that V' It was an apparition stauding in tin doorway and the sho*) men who liar been recounting ghost stories as thej ate their midnight lunch, paused. Like the Seventh King in Macbetl the stranger was covered with blood He staggered through the door ami fel down. The men revived him with hot cotfe< and food when the Hungarian tolr them that he had been assulted UOQI the Five Spot, the bloody angle ol the Fifth ward. Three men had beat en him, took his little money and left him for dead. Officers are now investigating tlu man's tale. Wallv Kapinski is hi* name aud he is now lying in a critical condition at his south Pearl street boarding house. Rural Delivery in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania has shared in a notable dergee the vast strides made in HKWhj the rural free delivery^system. Lancaster couuty has become the banner district of the service, with ninety-five routes, covering in round numbers 2,500 miles of road and serv iug 8,850 families, or a total of 40,00< individuals. Density of population aud the network of roads covering the couuty have made a more perfect org anization possiblo than iu any other I county in the country. The government spent iu Penn sylvania for rural delivery $1,4*23,560. In return for this 2,00»> routes are iu operation, covering 46 200 miles of road aud serving 812,500 individuals Petitions for niuety-six additional routes are .on file,and the comiug year ! will witness further exteusious. Iu ' nineteen couuties the service has been j perfected. | For the coming year the»depar k ment I has uuder consideration perfected and 1 complete service for three more couu | ties—Cambria, Erie and Green. In the last fiscal year 207 routes were established, the last twenty of which were mapped out since June 30th. > , In honor of Birthday. A few of the friends of Lewis Hed dens were very pleasantly entertained | yesterday afternoon at the home of his 1 parents, Mr. and Mrs. L>. B. Heddeus, i Mill street. The orcasiou was iu hou ! or of Lewis' 7th birthday. The guests : wore Marion Heddeus. Louise Butter ! wick, William Manger, Frank aud | Orville Startzel aud Warren Hcddens. j The people cau nearly always dis criminate between a fraud aud the I real thiug, but sometimes they get fooled. PLACED UNDER SIOOO BAIL The first ward in the viciuity of Mill street became tho sceue of consid erable excitement Saturday night at au hour when most people had retired to their homes and quiet had settled down over town. It was about ten o'clock. Justice of the Peace W. V. Oglesby had gone hou e and his office was closed for the niglit. He was called out and responding found James V. Gillaspy, the well known hotel keeper, waiting for him The latter desired to lodge informa tion against Clarence F. Blue, charg ing him with making threats. Form ality was quickly complied with aud on the strength of the information n warrant was issued for Mr. Blue's ar rest, which was placed in the hands ol Chief Miucemoyer, who, accompanied by Officer Voris, started out to makf the arrest. According to Mr. Gillaspy's story he was ou his way to the barber sliof about 9 :30 o'clock, Saturday evening, when he was accosted by Mr. Blue, who threatened to kill him and als( his sou. These tiireats, it was alleg ed,followed a similar outburst by Mr Blue at Gillaspy's hotel during tlx forenoon and the complainant, in tin information,alleged that he wasafrau of bodily harm. Indue time the officers appeared with the defendant, who during the hearing, which followed, strenuously denied that he had threatened to kill Mr. Gillaspy and his son. Tho just ice, however, regarded the ca«e as a prima facie one ami in view of the serious charge decided to hold the de fendant in one thousand dollars hail, both for his appearauce at court and to keep the peace. At a later hour a bondsman was procured. PENNSYLVANIA IS SECOND IN WEALTH WASHINGTON, NOV. 21. According to a forthoom ng mono j graph to be issued by the census office l on the wealth of the United States by States and Territories for 11)04 as com pared with 11)00. Pennsylvania ranks second in real wealth,the total figures now amounting to $11,473,820,306, as compared with $9,315,140,116 foui years ago or an increase of #2,158,480,- 290. The total wealth for Pennsylvania in 11)04 is divided up into the follow ing items: Real property and im provements, SO. 591,055,581 Live stock, 160,190,22' Farm implements and machinery, 541,759,94! Manufacturing rasichiu ery, tools and imple ments, 515,945,03* Gold and silver coin and bullion,.. 168,388,78* Railroads and equipment 1,420.608,004 Street railways, tele phone & telegraph sys tem, Pullman and priv ate cars, shipping, electric light and pow er stations, * 570,452,542 All other property, 1,992.809,111 There has been an increase in rea property and improvements of $1,193,' 000,000 in the four years from 1900 tc 1904. Live stock shows an increase ol over $36,000,000 in the same period There was an increase in manufactur ing machinery, tools, etc., of almos i $224,000,000. In railroads and equip ments there was a growth in value o: about $285,000,000. There was an in crease in street railways, telephom lines,electric light and power station: of $42,500,000. KILLED, AT CENTRAL!/ : Autliony McAudrews, it promincu mini of Oeutralia, nud who lias beei j conspicuous of late iu the Gouynghau j school squabbles, was killed yesterda; I about uoou by a fall of coal iu tin j Midvalley colliery, No. 1, Conyuglinn I towuship, Columbia county. I McAudrews was one of thebes i known aud most skilled miners of thu | section. He was digging out a holi . for a blast when the coal overheat | gave way aud fell on him. He wai caught aud buried under tons of coal. After a timo tho body was dug oui j lifeless aud badly mutilated. McAudrews was a member of tlx Oouyugham school board, aud gaincc i much notoriety through his oppositioi to Prof. Kelly, the recently oustet principal. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought SignaTuro of Not So riany Excursionists. The pen ny-a-mile excursionists are becoming scarcer. A fruit 5000 visitors inspected the capitol at Harrisburg on Saturday aud as compared with the . 15000 crowds that, thronged the new edifice on several Saturdays previous. At the South Dauville station Satur , day 70 tickets were sold. Among those from this city and vic inity who took in the excursion were | Rev. and Mrs. John Sherman,Mr. and i Mrs. E. A. Adams, Mrs. Edward Wetzel, Mrs James Rishel and sou Melvin, Mrs. Harvey Longenberger, Mrs. George B. Wintersteeu, Mrs. Frauk Yeager, Mrs. John Peokworth, Mrs. Jasper Perry, Mrs. Alfred Yer- rick, Mrs. William Roat, Misses Isa belle Wetzel, Margaret Krmn, Bessie ; Evans, Rose Dailey, Flora Casliuer, ■ Lena Campbell, Jessie Jordan, Alice Gross, Bridget Ryan, Claudia Yeager. ; ! Hannah Yeager, Fleda Kinibel, Rev. 1 I Charles (Jaruer aud sou Dauiel, Mor- ! . rill Moutague, Jacob Hoffman, Frauk , I Casliuer, Frank Crum, George Amies, Bernard Shevlin, Thomas Gill, Fred | Rupp, Beaver Hollabangh, William i . Prit:har<l, Foster Jenkins, John D. 1 • Evans, Charles Getz, Wesley Holla baugh, Jesse Heudricksou, George Ueudrii-kaou, Ambrose Robinson. i HOLD CAUCUSES AS HERETOFORE The question of whether or uot the uniform primary act applies to bor oughs and townships, which, as ex plained in our last issue, is causing much discussion throughout the State ou Saturday, was decided in the ne<ja , tive by the board of county commis sioners of Montour county, j The decision was reached during the afternoou at the regular meeting of the board and was based on the best i legal advice that could be obtained Accordingly, all the different bor- I oughs, wards and townships of Mon tour county, as heretofore, will hold caucuses for nominating officers for said boroughs, wards and townships. . Blank certificates as usual will be fur nished by the county commissioners to I the differeut voting precincts of the I county. As relates to the counties, however, it is different and there the uniform primary act applies in all its provis ions. The county officers to be elect ed next year will all be nominated un der the new primary election law. In the case of the boroughs, wards and townships, it will no doubt prove a relief to tiie candidates to be assur ed that instead of petitioning the county commissioners for a place 011 the ticket in a few weeks they can safely leave their candidacy in the hands of their friends to be fought out at the primaries as heretofore. Commissioners' Clerk Horace C. Blue was one of the first hereabout to discover that boroughs and townships are seemingly not included in provis ions of the uniform primary act. He 1 placed himself in communication with the board of commissioners of neigh- | boring counties and found that several of these had placed the same construe- ; tiou upon the act that he had. In Ly coming county for the spring election the uniform primary act will go into force in YVilliamsport,which is a city, but elsewhere in the county, in the boroughs and townships,caucuses will he held and the candidates nominated as formerly. A JOURNALIST'S KICK. The Miltou Evening Standard de clares that there ought to be a special meeting of the Miltou town council "every mouth for the purpose of al lowing the members who have person al axes to griud an opportunity to <!o so without interfering with the legiti mate business that conies before that bod v." The trouble is the council did not adjourn the last meeting uight un til the solemn midnight hour, and the editor didn't like it He declares that "all the really important hnsiness could have beeu transacted in two hours." Perhaps; but then theaverage councilman or school director or mem ber of a city board is never in as much hurry as the newspaper man is. WASPS' STINGS MAY Bli FATAL Wasps that had built a nest in the Wallet church at Waller, Columbia county, swarmed out of the nest dur ing a protracted service Tuesday even ing and stuug Mrs. William Robertj, of W T aller, so severely that she is not expected to live. The service was in progress when Mrs. Roberts felt something on the back of her neck. It was a particular ly vicious wasp,and it stung her three times on the back of the neck and three times on her hand before it could be killed. Mrs. Roberts was taken home, and Dr. Sidney Hoffa was summoned. Dur ing Tuesday night Mrs. Roberts had twelve convulsions, and the same con dition continued all day yesterday. There was,last evening,but little hope for the woman's recovery. Will Force 2 Cent Fare. As the time approaches for- the var ious State legislatures to meet, high passenger officials in the various rail ways in the country are manifesting a good deal of concern. It is pretty gen erally understood that arrangements have been made for the introduction of bills having for their object the re duction of the maximum rate which may be charged for passenger traffic to a basis of two couts a mile. It is certain that bills of this nature will be introduced in Pennsylvania, Indiana, lowa, Wisconsin,lllinois and Missouri,and in several of these States a majority of the members are already pledged to a support of these measures. There is a moral certainty that in most of the cases the contemplated j laws will be passed, and the roads ' must be prepared to meet the issue. It may be that the resistance of the " passage of these laws will not be as bitter as it would have been a few years ago. Ex perk- nee has shown that j in States which already have such laws —Michigan and Oiiio—and in the cases of such roads as the New York, New llavon aud Hartford, which voluutari -' ly have reduced their rates to a two- | cent basis,the teudaucy invariably has | been toward an increase in travel | which has more than compensated for i the reduction. I It has been found that the low rates are au incentive to travel, and as the ' cost of hauling full trains is no great er than that of hauling empty ones, it is considered a good business proposi , tion to make-such rates as will fill the trains on all occasions. Should subsequent experience not sustaiu this theory, the roads say that nothing will remain for them to do but to reduce the service to such an extent as will keep them safe. ONE WAY. James Berkley, of Northumberland, bitterly denounces the compulsory ed ucation law, and due to defying this act of assembly he is now serving I forly-eight hours iu the Snubury jail, j I Beckley aud his wife were brought be- | fore Justice of the Peace Carpenter charged with not sending their daugli- ; ter to school. The testimouy produced ! showed that the girl had been absent | from school thirty-four days out of fifty. Beckley said he would govern his own household and that ho did not ! give a rap for the law. When fiued two dollars he refused to pav and he ! is now the guest of Warden McDonnell. ' My Hair is Extra Long Feed your hair; nourish it; give it something to live on. Then it will stop falling, a r d will grow long and heavy. Ayer's Hair Vigor is the only genuine hair-fpod you can buy. It fjves new life to the hair-bulbs. You save what hair you have, and get more, too. And it keeps the scalp | clean and healthy. p The best kind of a testimonial jj "Sold lor over sixty years." ■ M M®do by J. C. Ayor Co., Mas*. P Also manutoctinora of Li /Ip sarsaparilla. I rphmmk .tar ~ " G. SHOOP HUNT. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIST, <)| |at >• o|><M i House. OANVII.I I- I'KNN'A J J. BR'JV ♦{ THf £Y£ A SPECIALTY. Kyes test* 11. treated, i1.i0.l willi -Hit »nil jvt iiri.il eye «n;.jilii-il. Mark.: Tireet, lilooiiisluiri;, , '<- Fours 10 it.in. t■.T p. ui. Charles V. Amerman, Attorney-all « Notnry Public DANVILLE, PA. INSt'HANrK, UEN'I. LAW I'KAITII'K DR. J. SWEISFORT, DENTIST. Uses ODON HINDER for tin- painless el traction of teeth. Dentistry in all its liranrlies anil all work unar anteed. CIIAROtS REDUCED. Opposite Opera House. Dtrnv lie WW. KASE WEST. •1 IbRNrY-AT-LAW, K«. s*o MILI. STRBBT, DANVILLE. CHARLES CHALFANT. ATTORNKY-AT-tAW Re 110 Mill. 91 RfiHT, DANVII I K WILLIAM L. 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