Home Paper —.For the Home |he circulation of this paper is in creasing rapidly. It will pay you to advertise in the AMERICAN. SUBSCRIPTION $i PER YEAR DR. IK VINO H. .lENN IN OS, Office flour» 9A. M.to VI '/ !0 $ Mill St., I At. to 4 I'. -»/• Danville, Pa. ! / HHdl/rZ, M. i>. I u 425 MILL ST., DANVII.LK, PA. Diseases uf the Stomach :tn<! lntesiines a Specialty Qll. W . I". A»(il.K, DENTIST OtKII K -IK Mill >1 I I KT. #e!U fc.xlrttolf'l without I'.iin. Crown and BrMis Work .speciali) j Equipped with the liil<*»t HIMI mo"l iuiprovi il j lastruun-iits |>iV|wii'<<t lu < \ecnl** t In* i most illtthiilt work. DR. C. H. H EVNOIiDS, i>entist - Mill - »t-, Danville, I'M. i Dent Mr? 'n nil its Branches. Ctu.rges Mi*lerai« HUII •* wi.rk Wnttritnteed 1 MM'' ' COMiSED SEWS. WANTED —Small and largo tracts of woodland. Send full 'lesoripf ion and price. New York & Penn'a Go., Lock Haven, Pa The Hies are here for good. Good crop growing weather. Neit Fourth of July it is likely some additional featares will ho cut out. Alientown uses 500,000 gallons ot water daily, an average of 150 gallons per day to every man, woman and • child. Thero is a probability that the Penn tsylvania Canal' Company will repair the break in the dam at Snnbury if stfie people in that suction will bear a .portion of the expense. The liio4 Willi unsport directory ■gives that city 44,542 population. Williainsport is one of the most pro gressive inland citifs in the state. •Seasonable weather makes the farm er aud the merchant happy as well as busy. so.ae of the July dividends come in the shape of good weather we will be satisfied. Ovor three hundred people were poisoned by eating iee cream at a pie mo held at Elizabethville on Monday. Five physicians were hurriedly sum moned from nearby towns and al though a number of the victims are erf It very itl no deaths aro expected. In order to bring illegal liquor deal eis to terms the Sous of America and the American Mechanics' Lodge of St. Claire, Schnylkil county, have offered |IOO reward lor the arrest of all such dealers. Summer is speeding,and the improve ments in this city shonld he started at once. It is to be hoped the casualties of the 1904 Fourth wilt full below the casualties ot its immediate predeces sors. It is in order now to enumerate the casualties aud figure up the losses. Four months' association with Kuro li'l army and daily observation of its methods have convinced Oscar King Davis that the best thing Russia e»n do would be to negotiate for terms of settlement. That opinion is growing Capitalists of Runovo and North Band are discussing the advisability of constructing a trolley line from Reuovo to North Bend, and there is a stroug possibility ot the project tak ing definite shape in the near future -China,according to the latest census, contains a population ot over four hundred millions, or more than one 'quaiter of all the inhabitants of the world. It is believed the casualty list lias beeu materially reduced as a result, principally, of theetTnits of the news papers. The National Cash Registry com pany of Dayton, Ohio, will send one thousand of its employes to the World's Fair, paying their transportafion and for their admission to the grounds during five or six flays Among these employes are six hundred girl- Bloomshurg merchants now Hose their stores at fi p. m. The farmer is now getting busy,and his work is in the sunshine. Berwick church goers have petition ed council tor a enifew ordinance. " After a lapse of three months, when the last case of small-pox developed at Williamsfort, the dread diseas<» has again biohen out in that city. The manufacturer will have enough blank cartridges on his hands to fill early orders for future events, if he is fortuuate enough to receive any/ A terrific rain storm, accompanied j a severe electrical display, broke i Wilknsbarre Tuesday night Ir ! '• heaviest thunder storm of the j Th» streets were flooded for a ' The Shatoukin papers publish nine cases of injuries, more or less serum-, in that town, resulting from itlt ot July explosives on Monday. | Lynian H. Howe, of Wilkesharre, the moving picture man, who is well remembered in r)„.v,l|e, i. still in a Philadelphia hospital Hllfl vvill j irob . ably pndergo another operation on the knee which has given him so much trouble during the past few years I HIS COUNTRY WILL NEVER BE ENTIRELY EREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDS WITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS." VOL. 49-NO 27. 1 HCUTIVESESSION As anticipated in these columns the Borough Council held a busy session Friday, but the greater part of it took place behind closed doors. A large number of bids were on hand covering both th > sp-ieio< ations for street paving and for the electric light plant and the councilmen preferred to consider them in executive session. The council chamber presented an unusual and business-like appearance. A large portion of the floor space was taken up with samples of paving brick and the plans for the light plant oc cupied a prominent place, while the comfortable arm chairs along the three sides of the room were occupied with strange faces, men representing the different paving firms and electric light concerns that wore bidding. There were some eighteen of these representative* present along with a good many of our townsmen who had crowded into the room. Treasurer Ellenbogen presented a statement of finances to date, which showed a total cash balance of s!),of>7. • 70. On motion of Mr. Vastino it was ordered that *I2OO be paid to D. J. Rogers on account of culvert contract. Mr. Reifsnyder of the Committee on Streets and Bridges reported the Mill street culvert as approaching comple tion. Work is at present held up by changes rendered necessary in the gas and water pipe. It will be finished in a few days. Mr. Fenstermaoher moved that the Water Commissioners be authorized to proceed to erect a retaining wall along the river bank at the Water Works. Mr. Swank seconded the motion. Messrs. Reifsnyder, Goeser and Vas tine did not approve of Council thus surrendering its authority to the Wat er Commissioners. Such work, they held, should rest wholly with Council which should s.-e to it that estimates are properly made and contract award ed to lowest bidder. The question was put to a vote and was lost. The wall will be considered later. On motion of Mr. Goeser the quart erly appropriation due the Firemen was ordered paid. Mr. Vastino moved that Council go into executive session to open and con sider the bids for street paving and an electric light plant. Mr. Swank sec onded the motion. Mr. Lloyd objected to transacting business behind closer! doors. The question carried, however, on a yea and nay vote as follows: Yea—Davis, Reifsnyder, Vastine, Swank, Boyer, Montgomery and Jos- i epli Gibson. Nays—Lloyd, Dietrich, Goeser and Fenstermacher. At 11 :30 o'clock it was announced that the contract for street paving had been awarded to D. J. Rogers of this city. Inquiry at the Council Chamber brought forth some additional facts. The contract was awarded to Mr. Rog ers at .*-2.17 per square yard and 60 cents per foot for curbing.. Reese- Hammond clay blocks are to he used. The specifications call for si* inch concrete foundation. The following bills were approved for payment: WATER DEP AR T MENT Regular Employes |UO.OO Labor on streets ... 58.36 Reading Iron Works 1'.t.00 Standard Gas Co (1.20 TrUmbower & Werkheiser 4.H7 Boottinger & Dietz 2.20 H. B. Patton 20.00 A M. Peter? 4.88 BOROUGH DEPARTMENT Standard Klectric Light Co s4s;"# 06 Regular employes 82.50 H. B. Patton 50.0 Montour American...... 51100 Labor and hauling 42.75 George F. Keefer 87.50 Trumbower & Werkheiser 4.77 Boottinger & Dietz 1.75 Labor on Sower 152.42 Carl Hilseher 4.B'J Harry B. Patton ...... 5.17 Will G. hrown 1.80 A bill of B. B. Brown was referred to the Committee on Ordinance and Police. Large Rocks Marked With Buoys. Unless the river shall take a rise the ferry will have a very short career of usefulness before it. The river is approaching its lowest stage and the hlg rocks everywhere are beginning to protrude from the water. The current is so weak that it has scarcely any effect upon the flat boat, tod passing from the northern to the southern landing it is impossible to make any progress at all without pol ing. Returning from the South side it is some better,hot the speed even then is little more than a snail's pace. The naphtha launches are having a hard time of it. During the week past there hag been scarcely a trip that the little boats did not collide with rocks. About the Fourth of July the most dangerous of these obstructions were marked with buoys and they can easily lie avoided. As the river falls, how ever, new rocks aro constantly coming to the surface and these have to be reckoned with. Revisiting Dauville, After an absence of many years in Florida Samuel J. P irdoe is visiting old iriends in Danville. He is a guest at the home of hi-, sistei in-law, Miss Fannie Hartuian, Mill street,. Mr Pardon is on his way to Rochester, N Y., where he intends spending the summer with his daughter, Mrs. Min nie Roy Shoop. NEW CULVERT ! AT THE CANAL The work of lowering the water mains at the canal has now been com pleted by tlie Borough. The twelve inch main was lowered into the culvert last week. On Tues day morning work was begun on the smaller or eight inch main, which was finished up last evening. The work progressed rapidly without a hitch ot any sort. Neither was it necessary to stop the pomps even for a short inter val while the work was in progress thereby cutting off the water from the entire Borough as it was at first thought would have to be done. By shutting down the gate at Mar ket street and the one atSwentek's al ley between 9a. m.and 8 ji. m. tho work was very satisfactorily complet ed without depriving anyone of water with the exception of those establish ments on Miil street between the two gates lowered that happened to get water from the small main. The Borough yesterday finished fill ing up the deep trench north and south of the canal so that uow the culvert can bo returned to the hands of con tractor Rogers, who will finish np the work of grading. Probably by the close of the present week this import ant improvement will be completed. Labor Day Picnic. Montour Lodge, No. 49, Amalgamated Association Iron, Steel and Tin Work ers are planniug for a gala event on Labor Day in the form of an immense picnic to be held at Hunter's Park An effort will be made to secure the presence of one or more of the nation al officers, who will deliver addresses. The features of the day will include a parade from tho lodge room in Arm ory Hall to Hunter's Park. The oc casion will bo enlivened by a brass baud, in addition to which there will be dancing with good music afternoon and evening. All the sports that us ually go with a picnic of that sort will bo provided for. A tug of war will be pulled off for the silver cup, which at the Stove Moulders' picnic was won by the iron workers of the Reading Iron Company's plant. No intoxicating liquors will be al lowed at the park. Refreshments,how ever, of nearly all kinds will he for sale on the grounds. A small admission fee will be charg ed, which will entitle the holders of tiokets to a chance on Rate prize. Montour Lodge, No. 49, A. A. I. S. &T. W., has been in existence only since January Kith last. It has already three hundred and fifty members and is flourishing nicely. The membership is composed exclu sively of employes of the Reading Iron Works. Those belonging seem to take a warm interest in the affairs of not only the local lodge but also the org anization in general. It is regarded as beneficial in many ways, especially as relates to death benefits, which are one hundred dollars. Paving Proportion is Popular. The paving ptoposition since the awarding of the contract is very ex tensively discussed about town. The improvement is one very generally ap proved of. For many years past Rtreet paving has been agitated but the present is the first in tho history of the town that tho proposition has assumed tangi ble shape. It is very easy iu imagina tion to see a new Mill street as it must soon appear,mudless and dustless neat ly paved from curb to curb with the cream colored Reese and Hammond blocks. Samples of the brick to bo used in paving for the edification of passers by are exhibited iu the window ot M. H. Schram's store and also in the window of O. M. Leniger's pharmacy. Woodcock are Reported Plentiful. Woodcock came into season on Ju}y Ist and quite a number of local sports men have been making excursions to the fields with their guns during the last couple of days. As a general thing the birds are reported as plentiful. Woodcock are the only game iu season at present. Upland plover will come in on the 15th inst. L. C. Deitz, who went down the river after woodcock yesterday bagged a rattlesnake which possessed a great er interest than twenty woodcock. Mr. Dietz was walking over one ot J. H. Cole's farms when he suddenly came upon the serpent, which was a mons ter. He did not see the snake until his foot was almost upon it. He was hold ing his gun in such a position that he was enabled to shoot the rattler before it could make battle. The reptile measured four feet in length and was as thick as a man's wrist. It had nine rattles. Mr. Deitz brought the snake along back to towu and duiing the afternoon it was on ex hibition at his place of business on Mill street. He will have the skin tanned. The Oreed. Tho State Board of Health is sending copies of a vaccination "creed" to the different local secretaries throughout tho State. The creed relates that vac cination is the only known sure pre ventative of smallpox. Danville Won. The Y. m. C. A. base ball team of Bloomsburg crossed hats with a team of this city at the Nail Mill grounds on Saturday afternoon. If was a well played game. The score was 4t02 iu favor of Danville. DANVILLE. PA.. THURSDAY JULY 7 1904. I'ERSONAL l-AHACR.U'HS Frank Walker of Philadelphia, is viHititiK at the home of hid parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. N. Walker, East Market street. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Freeze of Brooklyn, arrived in this city Satur day for a visit with relatives. Miss Bertha Eger of New York la visiting her sister, Mrs. H. Wyle, Cross Keys Place. Miss Jennie Waite returned Satur day evening from a visit in Parsous, Luzerne county. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Holder of Sunbury, spent Sunday at the home of George Hoffman, D. L. & W. avenue. Dr. John Yorks of Philadelphia, is visiting his mother, Mrs. Martha Yorks, Ohnreti street. Mrs. J. H. Woodside is visiting rel atives in Philadelphia. Miss Anna Lovett of this city, is the guest of her oousiu, George Lovett, in Philadelphia. Dr. Nita Kichards of Bloomsborg tiansacted business in this city yester day. Ralph Foulk was a Berwick visitor yesterday. Mrs. L. G. Little returned yester day from a visit with relatives at Mill ville. Miss Anna Johnson of Northumber land visited friends In this oity yes terday. H. Moleuski of the P. L. brewery transacted business in Nautiooke yes terday. Mrs. J. H. Gernet left yesterday for a visit with relatives in Baltimore, Md. Sup't. T. M. Ryan,Master Mechanic H. Shumaker and Train Master T. J. McOann, of Scranton, officials of the D L. & W. R. R..transacted business in this city yesterday. William Stahl of Sunbury, transact ed busiuess in South Danville yester day. Charles Hunter was in Shamokin yesterday. Benjamin Gaskins of Sunbury, was a visitor in this oity yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Graut of Sha mokin, were visitors at the State Hos pital yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Woll returned yesterday from a visit with relatives in Berwick. Reese Edmondson transacted busi ness in Berwick yesterday. Mrs. Joseph Ohrisman of Blooms borg, visited friends in thia city yes terday. William Smith, Grand street, has returned to Sunbury after a visit with his family in this city. Mr. and Mrs. George Keller return ed to Riddlesbnrg yesterday after a visit with relatives in this city. A. V\ Pierce and son Raymond left yesterday for Philadelphia, New York city and Connecticut. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Hoover return ed home from a visit to Millville, N. J., last evening. Elmer Mowry returned home from a business trip to Shamokin last even ing. W. Kase Weßt, Esq., returned home from Harrisburg last evening. Miss Stella Ellenbogen of Philadel phia, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Rebecca Elleubogeu, Lower Mulberry street. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bucher of Riv erside, returned from a visit in Oata wissa yesterday. Nortumberland Oounty Sunday Schools. The Northumberland Oounty Suuday School Association will hold its next annual convention in Shamokin on September 22nd aud 23rd, in the First M. E. church. At a special meeting of the Ministerial Association held yesterday a committee was appointed to oooperate with the executive board of the association in preparing a pro gramme for the convention. Efforts will be made to procure able speakers from the state organization aud else where,and a profitable convention will no doubt rest t. All Suuday school workers of Northumberland cojnty should attend the sessions of the con vention and get the greatest amount of good out of it. The convention will no doubt be a suocess iu every way and Shamokin will give the visiting delegates a hearty welcome. Short Session of Argument Oourt, Court couvened iu special session at 1:30 o'clook yesterday afternoon with Associate Judges Thompson and Blee on the benoh. Following is a sum mary of proceedings: Danville & Bloomsburg Street Rail way Company vs. James D. Magill et al. Upon notice of James Scarlet this case was continued until July 14,1904, at 1 p. m. United Telephone and Telegraph Company vs. James D. Magill et al. Upon motion of Charles M. Clement this case is continued until July 14th, 1904, at 1 o'clock p. m. The bond of Dallas Snyder,guardian of Charles Snyder was approved. Purchased the Sunbury Item. William R. Rolubach of Snnbury, has purchased of F. K. Hill, the Son bury Daily Item and the Sunbury Weekly American. Comfort aud shirt waist have saut fashiou to the rear. HOW HIE FOURTH WAS CELEBRATED The weather on Fourth of July was all that oouid be desired. The temp erature of the atmosphere was Just about right to make the shade iuvit ing. There were very few people who re mained in town daring the day. Many of those on this side of the river who did not attend the firemen's picnio at Hunter's Park, picnicked on the Cy cle Path or at other inviting places in the vicinity of Montour Ridge or Blue If 111. There was the usual amount of uoise during the day and at night an interesting display of fireworks. The people of South Oanvilla and Riverside and many from the farming communities for miles around spent the day at Dr. DeWiU's beautiful re sort. The park was crowded. It is estimated that at least 1,500 persons were in attendance during the day. The Danville Ritle and Gun Oiub held a shoot during the afternoon, which was well patronized and afford ed entertainment for a large number of lookerg-on. Base ball, however, was the absorbing feature of the day's amusements. The game in the after noon between the Old Timer Reserves drew a large orowd, but interest prin cipally oentered on the game in the forenoon between two olubs oomposed mostly of old-time players gathered from Riveiside and South Danville. This oontest was witnessed bv at least seven hundred people. The following interesting bit of de scription is from an eye witness: "While the soore seemed to indicate that it was a slugging match suoh was by no means the case. On the oontrary it was the result of scientific banting aud sacrificing wbioh advanced the runners. "The special features were a three base drive by Treas with the bases full; Farley's phenomenal fielding in center and Major Uearhart's base run ning, which was resplendent with grandeur and daring, no less than five stolen uases falling to bis credit. Oulick also covered himself with glory at short." Following was the line ap, the first of the two nines winning oat on the score of 12 to 11: Frank Buoher c., Frank Hummer p. and 2b., Charles Shiffner lb. and p., William Hurphy 2b and lb , John Morphy 3b., W. W. Oulick as., Harry Noss If , B. B. Bird of., 0. M Mills it. Parson Robinson 0., Edward Ham mer p. and 2b., Dallas Hammer p. and 2b., Darrow Eokman lb., Charles OeasySb., H. L. DeWitt at, J. W. Treas If., John Farley cf., O. P. Gear hart rf. The Fourth wound up with a grand display of fireworks on the Park. Our neighboring Borough of Washing tonville did itself proad on the Fourth of July. The people thronged into the town from many miles around. Every feature of the day was a marked suc cess. The parade led by the. Orangeville Band was one of the largest ever seen at Washingtonville and was full of interesting features. The parade marched to Blue Springs . Farm where Mr. DeLong was serenaded by the hand, the paraders lining op on the spucious lawn. Refreshments were served to the entire assemblage by Mr. DeLong, after which the parade re turned to Washiugtouville. There were two games of base ball between Washingtonville and Turbot ville. The soores were as follows: Forenoon game, 8 to 7 in favor of Turbotville; afternoou game, 11 to 3 in favor of Turbotville. At 7 p. m. a fine address was de livered by Rev. O. W. Bryner. Rev. Bediokian also made soma choice re marks. The base hall festival in the even ing was a pronounced success. The display of fireworks was the best ever seen at Washingtonville and was witnessed by au immense con course of people, who had driven In from the surrounding country. Bcrubbihg out Post Office. The post office clerks yesterday put in several hoars very diligently scrub bing the tiling on the tioor of the post office corridor. The tiliug had become muoh soiled aud the olerks could coueeive of no better recreation than might be ob tained in polishing it up a little.They went about the work in a thoroughly business like manner, applying the mop and scrubbing brush in a way which would do the most good. They had their reward in securing results which would turn the average scrub woman green with envy. Timely and Valuable Suggestions. Many people,especially women who lead closely confined domestic lives, suffer from what in general terms is called " nervousness." Among all forms of treatment none has eveu ap proaohed in suocess the intelligent use of Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy, of Rondout, N. Y., which promotes an easy and natural aotion of the digestive organs and imparts tone to the nervous system. New Superintendent. Herbert T. Hecht of Scranton, the new Superintendent at the Reading lion Works, has entered upon his duties. Along with his wife he is living at the Montour House. It's a little tough to have to pay sobool taxes when there is no school. A YOUTHFUL HIGHWAYMAN A boy wearing kuee breeches success fully held ap Had robbed a woman in front of the Grove Presbyterian church on Monday night. It was abont ten o*olook when resi dents In the vioinity of the choroh were startled by a woman's criea,call ing loudly for help in tones that were fall of terror and dismay. Several persons including John and Theodore Doster and the Rev. Or. MoOormack rushed to the spot and found a young woman who stated that she had been held up and robbed of her parse. The highwayman, she (foaoribed as a mere boy, who after taking her parse had disappeared down the alley leading to the rear of the Grove choroh. By that time, however, the miscre ant had attained a safe distance and a search In the alley afforded no olew. The darkness prevailing at the spot made it impossible for the lady to notioe her assailant at all closely and she is enable to give a good descrip tion of him. The woman robbed—Miss Kate Bey ers of No. 532 Bloom street—was call ed upon by a representative of this paper yesterday. She told a remark able story showing to what a deplor able degree, depravity, nerve and au daoity exist in at least one boy, who was enabled to plan and executo a hold-op unaided. She had been to Hunter's Park, she said.and was returning home op Bloom street alone. She had with her a small sum of money approximating half a dollar,whioh was contained in a parse suspended from her belt by a ohain. When near the Third Ward Bchool House she noticed a boy walking near. She unfortunately noted nothing olose ly about him, bat distinctly remem bers that he wore knee breeches and a sailor hat. The boy passed her and when joet east of the railroad crossing he step ped over to the opposite side of Bloom street. Miss Beyers unsuspecting harm kept on her way toward home. As she approaobed the ohuroh the boy recross ed the street and oome op with her just as site arrived opposite the Iron gate. "Give me that pocket book!" he gruffly demanded and at the same mo ment snatohed the woman's pone. Miss Byers instinctively grasped the parse herself and In the brief straggle thai enaned the chain snapped in two. Before the woman ooald collect her self to aot the thief with her parse in band went legging it down the pave ment as fast m he could ran, disap pearing in the alley. Bloom street in front of the Grove Church is one of the most poorly light ed spots in town and is very moch dreaded at night. A movement was set ou foot yesterday, wbioh has as its object the seooring of more light. Ooaneil at its next meeting will be appealed to to make some aotion whioh will at onoe relieve the situation. 18wallow gays He Has Not Spoken Tet. The announcement that one of the ofilolals of the Prohibition National Oommittee had re-engaged the conven tion hall at Indianapolis for July 20 to 22 yesterday oaused an idea to be oouio general that Kev. Dr. Silas G. Swallow would decline the nomina tion of the party,and that the conven tion would be reassembled. Dr. Swal low stated, however, that he had told no one his intentions, and would not make a statement until later. "Have you intimated to any one your intention in regard to the nomi nation?" asked a reporter of the doc tor last night. "No. 1 have not. I have done noth ing other than seud the telegram al ready published" answered the dootor, who went onto state that he had re ceived a telegram from National Chair man Stewart yesterday, stating that he would be here soon to see him. "When he oomes, and we cau talk things over, I may have something to say. Tenth Annual Uampmeeting. The Huntiugtou Valley oampmeet ing, whioh has been made the Dan ville Distriot campmeeling, will oele brate the tenth anniversary by holding the meeting over two Sundays this year. The meeting, whioh will be in charge of Presiding Klder Baldwin, opens on Saturday. Aagust 20th, with the reunion of the Huntington Valley Veteran Association. Sunday August 21, Kev. D. S. Spencer, L D., of Tokio,Japan,will preaoh in the morn ing and in the eveniug deliver an ad dress on Japan,illustrated by a power ful stereopticon. Dr. John Krantz, of New York, will preaoh the seoond Sunday, August 28th. Dr. R. H. Gil bert, of Berwick, will have oharge of the children's hour; Rev. G. Murray Klepfer.of Altoona, will be the musi oal director; Mr. K. B. Bockalew, of Harrisburg,state secretary of the Rail road V. M. O. A., will conduct a morning bible stndy aud Rev. and Mrs. G. M. Remley, of Beaoh Havan, will have oharge of the Kpworth League meetings. Rev. P. P. Eyer wilt preach the sermon on Old Polks Day, Mouday, August 2tf. An acety lene gas plant is beiug installed to light the grove, auditorium aud oot tages. Reservations at the hoarding hall and cottages may be secured by addressing K. M. Tubbs, secretary, Shlokshinuy, Pa Drew the Fountain Pen. Miss Mary Wetzel drew the fountain pen at Hunt's drug store on Monday 1 night. t ESTABLISHED IN 1855 CONTRACT _ The contract for erecting the munic- I pal eleotrlo light plant on Saturday night was awarded to the Ramsey Electrical Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia at figures falling slight ly below #15,000. In order that the public might have full information as to the proceed ings while in executive session on mo tion of Mr. Keifsnyder, seconded by Mr. Vastine, it was ordered that the bids for Mill street paving be re-read and the contract be awarded in pub lic. The proceedings which followed Sat urday night showed that the first thing done on Friday night was to look over the samples and select a kind of brick. Council, it appears, as a unit favored the clay brick, rejecting the shale briok. The first thing, therefore, to do was to decide on one of the several kinds of day samples, taking into con sideration prioes quoted, quality, etc. Here again Counoil was unanimous, deciding upon the Reese Hammond block made at Bolivar, Pa. These brioks were covered by only two of the bids on hand— those of D. J. Rogers of this city and I. J. Lerch and 00., of Reading. Mr. Rogers agreed to put down the pavement for 13.1? a cubic yard,with 60ceuts a foot for curbing, on a six inoh concrete foundation. The figures in the bid of I. J. Lerch & Company were |2.34per oubic yard with 75 cents per foot for curbiog. The contract for paving Mill street, therefore, was awarded to D. J. Rog ers as the lowest bidder. Both in curb ing and paving Mr. Rogers' figures were the lowest. T*iere were five bids in all, but it was only in the two above named that the brioks stood the breaking test applied. The others, too, were higher in price. It was nearly nine o'clock when Council got down to the regular work of the evening, which was to award the contract for installing an electric lighting plant. Bids were read from four different firms, only two of which, however, agreed to install the entire lighting plant. These were Keller Pike & Com pany and the Rumsey Eleotrioal Man ufacturing Company of Philadelphia, the latter being represented at the meeting by E. I. VanDoran. The Val ley Iron Works of Williamsport and the Hairisburg Foundry and Maohine Company had pot tabids for furnish ing the engine. Tnere was also a bid from John R. Walleze of this eity (or erecting the pole line. Tho figure® named were 1397. The Ramsey Company, which asr««d to famish the entire plant, including engine, was the lowest bidder. There was a deep-rooted sentiment in Coun cil, however, in favor of the Harris burg engine, which it.was understood, was not the kind inoluded in the Rumsey people's bid. F. W. Jackson representing the Har risburg engine, was present and was called upon tor some information. He presented a number of facts relative to engines in general and the Harris burg product in particular, which seemed to strengthen the conviction of the Counoilmen that the Harrisburg engine was the one they needed. Mr. VauDoran seeing the drift of seutiment gracefully acquiesced and explained that he would agree to sub stitute the Harrisburg engine for the one whioh he had seleoted, although the latter in his opinion anil in the opinion of experts generally was first class in every respect aud was quite as good as any. Mr. Vastine moved that the oontract for putting up and completing the electric light plant be awarded to the Rumsey Company of Philadelphia at 112 14,t>62.40, the engine to do the work at 65 pound pressure instead of at 85 pounds as originally bid,the borough to be liable for an additional cost of not over |245 for the change. George Reif snyder seconded the motion. The question was ilisoassed at con siderab'* length, Chief Burgess Pur sel w' was preseut giving Coancil the ' jneftt of his views. The question oa'.ied on the following vote: Yeus—Davis, Keifsnyder, Vastine, Swank, Boyer, Goeser, David Gibson and Joseph Gibson. Nays—Llovd and Dietrich. The two genttemeu in the minority explained their position, whioh was not one of antagonism to municipal light; in their opinion the vote was premature aud should not have been taken until after the public election was held to decide the question of in creasing indebtedness. J. B. Nicholson, agent for the Bul lock Electrical Co., of Philadelphia, was also present at the Counoil meet ing aud took a lively interest in the proceedings. The public manifest keen interest in the proceedings of Council relating to the two important improvements of municipal light and street paving. It is regarded as very fortunate that the lowest bidder for paving happened to be a local contractor. Mr. Rogers, who holds the contract for building the uew culvert on Mill street, has carried the work through very espedi- : tiously and it is believed that he will make a good job of paving. Counoil is warmly commended for its good judgment in the selection of paving briok or blocks. Cn Satur day morning the news reached this place that Harrisbarg had jast adopt ed the same blocks—Reese-Hammond— for paving seventeen streets of that city. Our Borough is protected by a satisfactory guarantee, covering a period of ten years, given by the Reese Hammond Company. It will require sixty car loads oi about 450,000 blocks to pave Mill street froiu the bridge to the Northern building line of Center street. JOB PRINTING The office of the AMERICAN being furnished with a large assortment of job letter and fancy type and job material generally, the Publisher an nounces to the public that he is prepared at all times to ex cute in the neatest manner JOB PRINTING Of all Kinds and Description CONTRACT FOB THE BRUM Attorney William Kase West last evening returned home from Harris burg, where on Tuesday he was pres ent with the Committee on Publio Grounds and Buildings when the pro posals for building the river bridge at this place were opened. The King Bridge Company, Mr. Weßt says,is thoroughly able to comply with all the conditions and he has no doubt but that that firm will receive the con tract on next Tuesday. There were twenty bidders nu Tues day. Twelve of these withdrew, as it | was evident they oould not compete with the others. The highest bid was I made by the Milliken Bridge Com pany, the figures being $2;i8,830. The I bids ranged from that sum down to the figures of the King Bridge Com pany. The next lowest bidder was the Pennsylvania Steel Company at |149,- 000. The other bids ranged from |l7O, - 000 to 1190,000. Should anything ocoar so that the oontract would not be [awarded to the King Bridge Company the next to re oieve the contract, Mr. West says, would be the Pennsylvania Steel Com pany. Danville is especially lucky in the matter of a new bridge and is way ahead of other places. Of the eight bridges to be contracted for next Toes day ours is the only struoture that was destroyed by the late flood. Eaoh of the other bridges to be let were de stroyed a year or two years aj?o. Messrs. Cooper, Leighow and Cook, [ County Commissioners, who along with the Northumberland county board and their attorney were present io Har risburg on Tuesday, returned home yesterday morning. A Mice Point of Law. The Dauphin oounty court was again called upon to give a judicial interpretation of an act of Assembly Wednesday, when Judge Kunkle sat to hear argument on the exceptions fil ed by Attorney General Carson to the report of the viewers recommending the rebuilding of the Catawissa bridge crossing the North Branch of the Sus quehanna river. Judge Kunkle was asked to adjudi cate the act of 1895, which provides that the State shall replace all bridges destroyed or carried away. The bridge in question was a steel sir not ore of four spans, and during the great flood of last March two spans were oarried away. A jury of view recommended that a new bridge be boilt at Imgw diiMM'ww and of greater strength than the form er one, af a coßt of 190,000. Exceptions were filed to this report on behalf of the Commonwealth, the Attorney General alleging that the bridge was dot destroyed within the meaning of the Act of Assembly and that the State was not required to erect a structure at a greater cost than the one destroyed. Deputy Attorney General Kleitz ap peared in the interest of the excep tions and asserted that the main ques tion involved Was as to whether under the act, the State was required to re build a bridge which, as he contend ed, was not wholly destroyed,but was meTely damaged and as Colombia county was the custodian of the bridge, it is the duty of the county to repair the damages "The main purpose of the excep jtions" he said, "is to obtain a judic ial interpretation of the act and have the court decide if the State uuderthe act, must rebuild the bridge." Lyman D. Gilbert representing the Commissioners of Coinmbia county, argued that the bridge was destroved, as it no longer spans the river, and was rendered useless for the purpose for which it was erected. Early Closing. The promoters of early closing have achieved a degree of success that they scarcely dreamed of when they begau the agitation of closing the stores at six o'clock during the summer. The date set for early closing togo into effect was Tuesday.July sth. The movement met with but little or no opposition,although on Tuesday night the closing was not universal by auy means. There was little business done, however, and those who kept their stores open had plenty of time to weigh the matter in their miudß. The result of their deliberations was nearly wholly in favor of early olos iug and last night at 6 :30o'clock there was only one store open along Mill street. The stores olosed of course did not include millinery establishments, tobacco and cigar stores, confectioner ies and the like. The one store open, it should be explained, manufactures and sells confectionery as a side line. Mill street at an early hour last night took on a quie' and deserted appear ance quite in contrast to what is seen when the stores are o]teu. And this is 1 the state of affairs that will exist dur ing the summer. The stores will now close at,B p. m , Saturday nights excepted, between the present and October Ist. New Bwitch at Qrovania. The P. & K. Kail way Company has built a switch at Grovania from the main track to the site of the power house to be built by the Danvlle and Bloomsburg Electric Railway Com pany. Owing to the non arrival of rails work is much retarded on the WoT ley line. Only a few men can work and these are employed in leveling up the track.
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