DANVILLE INTELLIGENCER. VOL LXXV. GRANTED AND Our oitizous are immensely inter ested in the improvements which are on foot. Tlio actiou of Council and the various activities relating in h • Borough which grow out of it a e olosely watchod. Our people 1 ii day, however, were treated lo a de velopment wliioh did not seem to be ou the program. UpTowu residents who meaudored down to Mill street about < o clock in the morning were surprised to see a force of trolloy employes, some sixty in numbor,under W. F. Pasooe busily at work on the l.iwer end of Mill street near the entrance to tlio bridge. In a very short time an ox oavation for the track as required by the grade was completed nently halt a square and a gang followed placing tiie ties in position and spiking down tlio rails. Thus the work progressed and by noon the trolley road was com pleted as far as the Hoddens Honso. It was generally expected that the Danville aud Bloouishurg Elootrio Hailroad Company would begin yes terday to lay its tracks on Mill street; but almost every one had the portion of the street ill mind whole paving was in progress. Tlio movements of the large orew so busily at work hold the interest of the populace aud quito as many lookers-on lined each sido walk as wore at work ou tlio street. Mill street from the Montour House nearly down to the bridge was black with people. At one o'clock the trolley builders reaumed their work and the big crowd of spectators lined up in their anoustonied places on the sidewalk. Along about 2 o'clock an injunction was served on the Danville and B'ooinsliurg Eieotrie Railway Com pany by the Danville and Suubnry Electrio Railway Company praying tiiat the former conipauy bo restrained from layiug its tracks upon gronnd to which the latter claimed it alone had Hie legal corporate rights. The injunction was in toree just 'fifteen minutes when it was dissolved •by Associate Judge Thompson, who 'had granted it. A moment later the immense crew, by this time nearly a •hundred iu numbor, leaped back into the trench and the mingled sounds of .picks, shovols aud sledges driving iliome the spikes, made merry music until six o'olock aud oven after that hour until darkness settled over the town. By that timo the rails were firmly spiked down to a point slightly .north of Market street. President Judge H. K. Little being absent iu Loston the duty of granting 'the injunction devolved upon Asso ciate Judge Dr. S. Y. Thompson who was the only Associate ill town. Sher iff Maiers was also absent and Horace IBlue, Commissioners' olerk, was ap pointed by Judge Thompson to serve .the injunction. Duriug an iuterview Kiilay af ternoon Judge Thompson oxplainod to a representative of the AMERICAN this reasous for dissolving the injunc tion so quiokly after granting it. When ihe discovered that the injunction cov ered the trolley work throughout the ißorough, he said, ho did not consider the bail—one thousand dollars —sullic dent. He also discoverer! that duo aud Uegal notice had uot been glvon to the defendants During an interview willi W. P. iPaaooe it was learned that the Dan ville and Bloomuburg Eieotrie Rail way Company feels perfectly secure on wliioh Ins track is laid. In addi tion to this the Borough of Danville lhas euacted an ordinance gianting his company a right of way over the same streets aud lie declared that he would proceed to complete the road .until stopped by some procedure that was strictly legal iu its chaiacter. Autoiats Make Romarkable Trip. ¥. M. Owou and Will G. Brown Sat urday morning returned homo from their interesting auto trip to Buffalo and Niagara Falls. They made a most remarkaulo rec ord. During their long journey,which was made with Mr. Brown as chauffeur tliey oovoretl something liko twelve hundred miles, yot during this long trip they escaped accidents of all sorts not even meeting with a puncture. Nothing iu the way of ill luck occur red until the two autoists reached Mooresburg on their homeward run, Friday night. Here a heavy shower obliged them to pot up their maohino at the hotel aud remain all night. Sat urday morniug they found tho roads In such a muddy condition that they were obliged to complete their journey to Danville as best they could,leaving the maohlue at Mooresburg. The People Who Knock. To knock because a newspaper fails to give every sorap of news, so long as you take no pains to give the news man information, is oxooodingly more tliau unreasonable. Somo readors are awfully put out at times bocanso no note has been made of the arrival or departure ot fricuda visiting them, or of social affairs, or of lieaveu-sout babies that visit their homes over ulglit. The average reportor is no medium uor yet a mind reader, nil I gets the most of his news by pumping. At last the Wnild's Fair is begin uing to draw crowds. FIRE CAUSES MUCH DESTRUCTION Ono ot tho worst liti s that lisve oc curred since tho Reading Iron Works woro burned sonn llin o years ago took place in tliia rity Sat jrday night. when the ham of VV. 11. An'inerman.tho one oil t'lo Pnrsel eslato idj.iiuiug anil the building oil tlin rear of Charles Woods' property. Mill street, were destroyed and much surrounding property dam agod. A horse and a cow lost their lives,while two carriages aud a quant ity of hay and grain went up in suioke. The fire was of mysterious origin aud burned with a fierceness and rapidity that mado it hard to control. That quite a conflagration did not onsuo was due to the pirsistentand well-directed ettorts of the lireiuen as well as to the fact that there was little wind blow ing and the surrounding roofs were thoroughly soaked with the rain wliioh had fallen during the day. The fire broke out shortly before 11 o'clock. The disoovory, it seems, was made by several persons at about the same time. The building by that timo was a seething mass of fire, the flames and smoke pouring out through the otovicos between the weather boards. Hon. It. S. Ammormau had called upon Prothonotary Thomas G. Vinc ent, and the two men wore standing at tlio front door of the Vincent home at tlio entrance to tlio alley loading down to the fire. They dotoctod smoke and wore just on the point of investiga ting, wlieu Calvin Lynn came running along shoutiug "Fire I" and pointing to the Ainmernian barn. R. S. Ammerman dashed dowu tho alley and was ablo to get one of tho doora open. The only liorso iu the building waa already surrounded by flames, which had burnod tho hair from his body iu large, spots and litor ally roasted the flesh. Mr. Ammerman succeodoil iu (liagging tho horse from the burning barn iuto the back yard of the family dwelliug,receiving himself severe burns about liia bauds Mr. Ammerman was no sooner iu tho backyard with the liorae than the flames burst from the burning liaru oil all sides aud driven by tho slight wind blowing Irom the weat roared over head raining spaiks aud fire brands dowu upon him. He saw that his only hope of escaping with the liorao was to lead him through the house to Mill street. Up to this poiut Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Aiumerinaii, who wore the only oc cupants of the house Saturday night, were sleeping soundly in a room on tlie first floor,a matter of less than fifty cot from where the lire was raging. They were awakened by the souud of the injured horse stamping on the walk outside the window and the des perate but futile efforts of R. S. Am merman to force open the rear door leading into the office. The fire department responded as promptly as possible after the first alarm was given. In sondiug in the alarm a groat ileal of credit is due to the thoughtful action of Miss Reila Adams, tho young lady on duty at the telophone exchange. The fire was ill full view from the Opera House, 011 the third floor of which tho exchange is situafod, and during the progress of tho fire tho burning brands flew into tho open windows of tho oxchange. As soon as the fire was discovered Miss Adams called up friendship En gine House, but owing to the lateness of the hour thore was no one there to respond ; without the loss of a mo ment,she oallod up P. M. Harrington, who lives near tho enigne house, ap prising him of the fire. Mr. Horrington is a member of the Friendship Fire Company and lie ran to tho ICngiue House and rang the boll, whioh soon brought together a number of the firemen. The blocked condition of Mill street unavoidable where pav ing is ill under way impeded tho prog ress of the firemen a little. The Friendship Company acted with this 111 view and lost hut littlo tiino by go ing loond by Front aud Chestnut streets. One of the companies in attoiupting to Mill atieot at Mahoning ran ino a pile of earth. A oouple of men were thrown and some confusion ensued but not much time was lost. The Continental and Good Will Companies had little diffloulty in reaching tho fire,lower Mill street and Penn street being open. When tho firemen roached the burn ing buildings not only wore the Aui mermati barn and the barn 011 tho Pur sel estate, both good-sized structures, doomed to destruction, but the flames had crept up the allay enveloping Mr. Woods' barn aud threatening to attack the barn on the rear of R. D. Magill's property,and thus communicate to the residence of Protliouotary Vincent. The largo building owned by Livery man C. C. Moyer 011 the opposito side of the alley from the Ammorman barn aud filled with cabs aud carriages was also on fire, the flames enveloping the entire eastern end. In addition all the fonces near tho burning buildings wero 011 fire aud the flames were running off in ull directions. The Amuierman barn was nearly full of hay and as a result not only was the fire rapid in the extreme, bat the volumo of blazo was enormous. Tho long tongues of flame literally licked the rear of the Atnmerman aud the Brown buildings. The tall apple and other troes at the rear of the Ma- Kill and the Woods properties alone saved tho store buildings there. The shrubbery and the tiailing vines which clothed tlie rear of the Ammerman (Coutiuued on Fourth Page.) TLXDOKD BUT TO TBUTH, TO IIBIITT ALiW-HO FA YOB SWATH US AH® HO VBAB BHATA A**" DANVILLE. MONTOUH COUNTY. PA., Pill DAY, AUGUST 2(i, 1940 STREET PAVING JSDELAYEI) Contractor D. J. Rogers has een delayed iu street paving during the last oouple of days by tho non-arrival of curbing. The small shipment wliioh reaohed Danville last week was all sot up oil Saturday aud Monday. Thus far this woek but little more has becu done thau to trim up the bottom of tho street and get tilings iu readiness for tho steam roller. Yesterday afternoon another ship ment of ourbing was rooeived anil last evening tho stone woro delivered along the street. Today tho setting of curb wilt be rosuuiod aud this braucli of tho work will probably occupy the re mainder of Iho week. The excavatiou along the two squares ou which the work is iu progross is now practioally completed and as noon as the curbing is set tho ateain roller will bo put on. Mr. Rogors has pur chased a now roller ot eight tons weight which oau bo increased to ton tons. He statod yesterday that the roller had passed through Harrisburg on its way to Danville and that he expected it to arrive at any day. Dur ing the early part of next week there fore, tho steam roller will bo at work ou Mill atreet. After the atreet is lolled the ties will be placed in position and courso of concrete will be applied upon which the brijk are to be laid. An iinuienao pile of stone orushed nt Mr. Rogers' own plant at Reifsnyder's oindor tip along with a lot of comeut is piled up near East Market aud Mill stroets con venient for use ill forming tlio first course. The paving blocks also aio nearly all on the ground piled up on the sidewalks. Everything is iu readi ness for tho latter stages of the work and whou that point is reached sur prising progress may bo made. But tow hands can be used to any advant age whilo the curb is boiug sot, but when that branch of tho work is com pleted a much larger force can be em ployed. Thomas Tully Badly Injured. B. F. Hulsizer of Milton,was arraign ed before Justice Dalton at 2 o'clock yostorday afternoon to answer the charge of assault anil battery aud larcouy. He pleadod guilty both to the assault aud battery and larceny and was committed to jail to await the action of the grand jury. Both the laroeny and assault, it Is alleged, were oomraitted on Tnosdav night. If Mr. Tully's face is to bo taken as evideuue the assaull was a most vioioua ouo. His loft eye yostor day was closed aud his olieek below was discolored and swollen. Above the eye was a deep gash and further upward ou the forehead was another out nearly as deep. He received sur gioal attention from Dr. Paules after the assault and yesterday his face was half ooncoaled by bandages and plas ters. Mr Tully was badly injured and before the Justice ho told his story with considerable effort. Mr. Tully keeps a saloon ou North Mill street. According to his acco.iut about G o'olock Tuesday evening Hulsizor,who waa no stranger at his place, entered his bar room and watching his oppor tuuity attempted to purloin a bottle of whiskey. The landlord, however, was suspicious and alleges that ho caught him in the act. Ho seized Hulsizer and attempted to hold him until tho polioe could be notified. The fellow extricated him self, however, aud turned on iiis cap tor raining four heavy blows upon his faoo. Hulsizer escaped from tho bar room and was uot apprehended until late at uight, when he was oonunitted to jail to await a hearing. Justice Dalton held Hulsizer for court, filing bail at S3OO for assault and battery and SIOO for larceny. In default of bail ho was committed to jail. Open Air Ooncert and a Dauc«. | Stoes' Hand will givo nil open nir concort at the Oourt House on Friday night, which will no doubt prove a mOHt doliffhtful entertainment. The last concert given by Stops' Baud at tiie weigh scales a couple of weoks ago was much enjoyed On that occasion, howevor.tho musicians com plain that tliey were macli annoyed and tlmt their playing was intorfored with hy the crowd which proHsod in upon them, the ohildron especially running ill among and jostling the players. The mombors of the hand hinnly ask that tlioy be givon room and some attempt bo made to check unruly boys when they next attempt to play opon the street. Stoos' Band wlli give a dance at Hunter's Park on Friday evening, September 2nd. In case of rain the dauoe will be held in tlio armory. A little later in the season the band lias arranged to chance off live tons of ooal at 2fi cents per chance,each clianco taking in the entire five tons. Judge Koch Gives Option. Pittsburg capitalists operating tho Meyersdale and Saulibury St. R. W. have acquired an option ou the Cum berland & Western Port Klectric R. W. Ex-Judgo R. H. Koch, of Potts ville, is president of the latter com pany. A mortgage of 11,500,000 is re ported to have been placed oil record at Somerset by the proposed pnrchas [ ing syndicate. It is stated that only | a controlling interest ill tho stc'Ck is desired. Botli roads are located in Maryland. SEASON OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES The curbatoue market Saturday waa found lined op on Lower Mul berry and Church alreets and Mill street, wliioh liaa been the home for the markot for so many years, will be banded over to tho improvements of street p.iving and the ooustruotiou of tho trolley liuo. Owing to the plautlng of trolley polos, wliioh was bognn ou Mill street Friday, it waa oouaidered impracti cable to hold markot ou that thorough faro this morniug. A discussion follow erl aa to which of aeveral streets wore beat suited to beoooupied at least tem porarily whilo the improvomouts on Mill stroot are uuder way. Mahoning, Lower Mulberry, Ferry aud Churoli streets all were considered. On motion of Mr. Reifanyder it was ordered that begiuniug with Saturday morning tho market be held on Lower Mulberry and Churoli streets. This arrangement,it was understood, was purely temporary,as a little later when paving reaohes the tower end of Mill streot, which will oauso a con gestion about Lower Mulberry street, it may bo nocosaary to remove the market to one of tho streets on the southern side of town, whilo still lator wliou tho improvements are all completed it may not bo found im practicable to bring the markot baok to Mill streot. | Friday was the date for the {an nual election to fill the varioua posi tions about the Water Works. Tlio election resnltod aa follows: Superintendent of tho Wator Works, P. J. Koefer;. First aud sooond enginoora, Jacob Byerly aud Edward Bell. Firemen, George Hullilion and Ed ward Wortman. A petition was received algnod by twouty residents of tho Third Ward asking that the alley running from Walnut to Bloom streets, across the triangular tract west of J. B. Gear hart's store, which is nnuecesaary and never used,bo vaoated by Council. The triangular traot at preaout has no ouo to take care of It aud is very unsightly aud the petitioners, all of whom reside near, agreed that if the alley intersocting it be vacated they will grade ani sod the tract aud see that it is taken oaro of. The alley aau only be vaoated by onacting au ordinance. Ou motion of Mr. Goeser it was deoided to vaoate the alloy provided tho petitioners will bear the oxpeuae incidental to cuict iug an ordinance. Ou motion J. J. Smith of Suubnry was omployed by the Borough as an inspector to look after the work of street paving. Mr. Smith is highly recommeuded. His salary is to be $2.00 per day. Mr. Roifsuyder reported that the caual bridge on Beaver street was fouud to bo uusafe aud that he had ordered it to bo nailed shut. W. A. Sechler,General Manager of the Stove and Manufacturing Company, he said, had made a proposition to the effeot that he would fill up the canal at that point provided the Borough or the D. L & W. Railroad Company would furuiah the pipe for a water oourse. Council was nucertain as to the own ership of the caual bridge aud no ac tion was taken. Considerable discussion was in dulged in oonccrning poles for tho new light plant. Mr. Goeser iu viow of the great number of polea that would accumulate upon our streetß favored tho leasing of polea from the Standard Electrio Light Company. Messrs. Vastiue, Lloyd and Reifany dor opposed suoh a oourse. Tlioy did uot liko tlio idoa of entering into a contract for ten years. They admitted tho inconvenience of having to con tend with 800 or more additional polea but they had entered into a contract with tho Rumaey Electrical Manufac turing Company which required thorn to furnish the poles and the mombera did not feel liko modifying the agree ment. Tho agreouieut proposed by the Light Company was read before Coun cil. Mr. Davis favored leasing tlio poles on Mill street. The agreement, however, inoludod the polos on Mill, Markot and Rloora streets. On motion of Mr. Lloyd, aeoondod by Mr. Reifanyder it waa ordorod that the light plant be ereoted according to the oontraot. Charles Clialfant, Esq., represent ing the Danville aud Suubury Street Railway waa before Counoil to pre aont au ordinance rotating to a right of way through certaiu stroets of the Borough. He handed the ordlnanoe to the clerk aud aeked that it bo re ferred to the Committee on Streets and Bridges and to tho Borough So licitor. No aotiou was taken. The following members were present: Davis, Deitrioh, Goes«r, Swank, Fenstormacher, Boyer, Roifsuyder, Vastine, Joseph Gibson and Lloyd, The following bills were approved for payment; BOROUGH DEPARTMENT. Labor and hauling #11(1.0!) Regular employes 83.50 j Franklin Boyer 75 Montonr American 00.50 Frank Schram 1.00 WATER DEPARTMENT. Regular employes $138.83 F. Q. Hartmau 85.01 Franklin Boyer 62.55 Mrs. M. T. LeDuc - 89.00 Frank Schram 2.67 J. B. Cleaver a. 70 I H. B. Patton 20.00 PASSED HER 90THMILESTONE Mrs. Hannah 0. Russell, widow of Andrew F. Russell, granddaughter of Qenoral William Montgomery, the founder of Danville, ou Tuesday pass ed the 00th milestone on life's jour ney. Yosterday alio was found seated coutontodly in a pleasant apartment of tho old Montgomery mansion at the corner of Mill and Bloom streets sur roundod by the relics of her early life, while tho day wliioh marked the be ginning of another year of earth shed its sunlight and tho fragrauco of tho vintage season auspiciously about her. Timo has indeed dealt kindly with the venerable woman. Hearing may be slightly Impaired, but memory and eve\y other faculty of the mind is keen and iu conversation it is difficult to realize that one is faciug a person of four score yoars and ten. Mrs. Russoll is one of two grand children of General William Mont gomery who still survive, the other one beiug Mrs. Caroline Haseltino of Youngstown, Ohio. Of the moro re mote descendants of the fonndor of Danvillo there are a largo number in cluding not a few of tlio most promin ent pooplo of our own town. Mrs. Rujsell is the daughter of Alex ander Montgomery,a brother of Daniel Montgomery, for whom Danville was named. A daughter of Daniel Mont gomery, Mary,became the wife of Dr. Magill. Another daughter married John O. Boyd. The children resulting from these two marriages, grandchil dren of Daniel Montgomery for whom Danvillo was named, aro R. D. aud .Tamos Magill, Mrs. Hannah Shultz, Mrs. Mar.v Kline, Jamos Boyd of Har risburg; Joseph Boyd of Danville,and Mrs. William McClnro of Columbia. Tho late D. M. Boyd of this city, whoso widow and daughter, Miss Elsio, live in Danville, was also a son of John C. Boyd and grandson of Daniel Montgomery. Mrs. Russell is a charming conver sationalist and after imparting tho above facts as to gonoalogy indulged injseveral pleasing bita of description of life as it existed hero when she was young. It was Mrs. Russell's father, Alex ander Montgomery, who iu 1820 built the brick residence below the site of the old furnaces on Northumberland atreet, which for many years past lias belonged to the proprietors of the Iron Works aud occupied by the fami lies of their superintendents. Mrs. Ruasell was born ill a log house a short distance below the site of the proseut brick dwelliug. Her father was own er of all the land reaching to tho riv er aud extending from Lover's Leap to Church street. The entire tract wua under cultivation aud cut up iuto fruit ful fields. Even nt a much lator period tlio only houses in Danville beside the Mont gomery Mansion at Mill and Bloom streets was n small numbor of bouses clustering about tbe ridge of land iu the vicinity of wbal is now the Mont oar House. Mrs. Russell remembers wben an index board stood where the weigh scales are at present located pointing southward with the legend: "This way to Dauvillo". The town then was not iu sight from that point. Mill street was a country road and passed over a deep hollow, which left the head of a man on horseback alone iu view from the Montgomery home as he'rodo southward into Danville. Mrs. Russell took occasion to correct the prevailing error that "Bald Top" as it is known now was from tiiiie im memorial destitute of trees. Timo was when it was clothed with timber the same as othor portions of Montour Kidße. It was Mrs. Russell's father who denuded the mountain at that point of its timber. Ho attemptod to farm the mountain top but was soon glad to abandon the idea. It was easy enough to raise wheat or rye ou Bald Top, but it baf fled the farmer's skill to get the crop down from the mountain. One year's experience was all Mr. Montgomery wanted. The lino old brick dwelling orectod by Alexander Montgomery is remark ably well built and was a pretentions dwelling in its day. It is to some ex tent tire proof and nono but kiln dried lumber was used in its construction. Mrs. Russell yesterday showed her visitors a roll of wall paper left over when the parlor was papered 81 years ago. Mrs. Kussell soon after her mar riago, with hor husband removed to Davenport, lowa. The couple wore among tbe pioneers of the town. They were the tenth family in the place. During their residence in Davonport they built a dwelling with a cellar, which was the first luxury of that kind known iu Davonport. Aftor four years they returned to Dauville. Mr. Kussell departed this life some twenty years ago. Mrs. Kus sell happy in her old age continues to reside with her children in the old mansion built by her famous grand father, which has bcou her home for nearly fifty years. Trolley Oars Have Arrived, Tho trolley care for tbe Dauville and Bloomsburg Street Railway Company, a full description of which was given in these columns last, week, passed through this oity yosterday enroute to Bloomsburg. Tho cars were taken co Bloomsburg puroly as a matter of convenience, the plan being to unload them at that plaoe onto the tracks of the Columbia and Montour Street Railway Oompauy and to bring them down over that line to tbe traok of tbe Danville & Blooms burg street railway at Fishing Oreek. l'hu ears will be brought to Danville on September 10th. Tho "Bloomsburg Daily"of yester day confirms tbe AMERICAN in its flattering description of the trolloy oars. The " Daily"says : Tho new trolley cars for the Dau ville aud Bloomsburg Electrio rail road, arrived at tho D. L. & W. sta tion tltis morning The cars are of a i handsome design aud are tho finost in this section. WORK ON BRIDGE Tlio sab contractors who will build tlie piers and abutments of the new river bridge bogan work Tuesday. Only half a dozen men or so were em-" ployed daring the forenoon, the work done being limited mostly to the re moval of irons, &0., preparatory to the tearing down of the two spans of the old bridge remaining. Daring an interview with Messrs. Barry and Leonard, two members of the contracting Tuesday a rep resentative of the AMERICAN was informed that tlio work on the bridge, if possible, from now on will prooeed without any interruption. The planß of the contractors are somewhat dis arranged through the non-arrival of the cranes, &c., which,lt seems, have gone astray. Those were shippod at Gonncllsville a week ago, but yester day their whoreabonts were not known A tracer was sent on their track and pending their arrival at Danville a limited number of men will bo kept at work tearing down tlio old straoture. The contractors will build a trestle work enrrying a iloublo railroad traok cloar across the river just below the bridge, which will communicate with the Pommy tracks by moaus of a switch. The proposition to build a switch in tersecting the land of H. H. Vastlne, Hoover Bros. anil J. 11. Kaso has been almndoiiod and the switch will come in below tlio bridge, branching off from the siding below the cattle yard and iutcrHooting tlio land of W. F. Qearhart. Six big steam power derricks will he installed in the river to raiso the material from the cars ou the tempor ary trestling,which will bo built some four foet above the water. In addition to the six steam derricks, the plant will contain a steam concrete mixer, which will be installed at tlio Sooth side of the river. All the modern ap pliances will be employed and the work will prooeed rapidly. There are 4,400 cubic yards in the oontract and with the facilities at command 100 yards ean be completed per day. According to the terms of the con tract Messrs. Oaldwell, Barry and Leonard are requirod to have the south ern abutment and the pior next to it completed iu 40 days. By that time the King Bridge Company will come ou with the iron work for the super structure. By the timo the first span is completed the sub-contractors will have other piers ready aud thus the two departments of the work will ad vance at the same rate. By the fif teenth of December the sab-contractors mast bo through with their work and oft' the groand. According to calcula tion the King Bridge Company with the iron work will be olose upon the heels of the sob-eontraotors daring the entire job aud when the finishing touches are put upon the last pier and abutment the superstraoture will be nearly completed. Thus it will be soen that prospects are fair for an early completion of the bridge. Preliminary Injunction Refused. A special session of court was held Saturday morning with Associate Dr. S. Y. Thompson on the benoli for the purpose of hearing argument on an injunction prayed for by the Danville and Sunbury Street Railway Company restraining the Danville aud Blooms burg Street Railway Company, et al., from laying the tracks of that rail way ou certain streets In Danville. The Danville andSnnbury Company was represented by Charles Chalfaut, C. C. Yetter and W. Kase West. James Scarlet of this city aud Grant Herring of Bloomsburg represented tlie Danville aud Bloouisburg Street Railway. The applicants were provided with a bond of #SOOO. Ou opening tlio caso Charles Chalf aut requested the attorneys for the de fendants to state whom they represent ed. In responding Mr. Scarlet ex plained that he represented the Dau villi! and Bloomsburg Street Railway Uompany, tlio Danville and Rlvorslde Streot Railway Company, W. F. Pas coe, The Standard Construction Com pany, the Borough of Uanvillo anil all porsons interested. After hearing argument by the counsel the preliminary injunction was rofuseil by tlio Court, the bill to remain without projudioe. Old Fair Grounds as a Farm. Liveryman Erwin Hunter has tills year raised four hundred bushels of oats on tlio old fair ground adjoining his park. The crop was threshed out yesterday when the yield was determined as above stated. Mr. Moser with his steam throshor was oinployed aud did the work very quiokly, threshing just one hundrod aud twenty bashels of oats in one hour. The oats was cut aud shooked some days ago and the threshing was done directly from the field. The oats is only ono of several good crops that Mr. Hunter this year has raised in the old fair grounds, which in point of prodnctiveness is very admirably hold ing its own with the farms of the oounty. Plate Glass Broken. The large plate glass window of Leniger's drug storo was broken by a stone which straok it during the fire Saturday night. The stoue—or rather the mere fragment of oue —pioked up is said to have been hot, which has givon rise to the theory that it came from the fire, where the heat" probably oausod an explosion. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS Mr. and Ura. Henry Aten of Spar rows Point, Md.. arrived in this city Satorday for a visit with relatives. Mrs. O. S. Books and son William returned on Satorday from a visit in New York. Mrs. Ida Shaffer sf Northumber land spent Sunday with relatives in this oity. Bliss Cornelia Proat lias returned from a visit with relatives in Phila delphia. Miss Luoinda Leighow loft Saturday evening for a visit with relatives in Plymouth. Miss Anna Angle left on Satorday for a visit with lior brother Percy Angle in Detroit. Laundryman W. E. Kase is taking in a trip to the St. Louis Exposition. He is taking In Tonawanda, Buffalo and Niagara Falls en route. Mrs. O. J. Qauger of Sullivan, 111., is visiting at the home of Henry M. Trumbower. East Markef street. Miss Florenoe Miller and Miss Eliza beth Hurst of Wllkesbarre, are guests at the home of W. B. Grubb, Factory street. Will O. Maiers returned home from a trip to Boston, New York and West Point yesterday morning. Jaoob Doster'lhas returned home Irorn an extended trip in the west where he took lo the St. LOUIB exposi tion besides vlsitiug Ohioago and oth er points. Mrs. Jane M. Oarr last evening re turned home from Allegheny, where she spent the past year. Miss Ida Sweisfort Is visiting friends in Bloomsburg. Thomas Painter of Pottsgrove is the guest of Lawrenoe Hallman, Oooper street. J. J. Roderick, postmaster of Canal Dover, Ohio.accompanied by his wife arrived in this oity last evening for a sliort visit with old friends. Mrß. Frank Shellißrt left last even ing for a visit to Hazleton. Miss Bessie Reeder of Shamokin, Is visiting at the home of Eliaa Wood ruff, South Danville. A. M. Diehl left yesterday for Soran ton. Samuel Bailey was in Sanbury yes terday. Charles Hartley of Soranton, spent yesterday with Danville friends. E. A. Burdiak of Olyphaut, former ly of this city, returned home yester day after a several days' stay in Dan ville. F. Q. Hartmau transacted business in Shiokshinny yesterday. O. H. Looklioof of West Hemlock township, left yesterday on the 10:19 D. L. & W. train for St. Looia, Mo. Harry Mitohell of Berwick, spent yesterday In this oity. Walter Marshall was In Bloomsburg yesterday. Mrs. J. H. Eyerly and Miss Hattie Albeck will leave this morning for a visit with friends in Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Dr. W. Austin Pegg, of Ossian, lowa, arrived in this city yesterday for a visit at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Pegg, Bloom street. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Luokenbill of near Danville are attending the Hein ly family reunion at Kutztown. They will vißit relatives in that place for a week. Simon Ellenbogen returned yester day from a several days stay in Will lamsport. Miss Kmeline Lyon is vißiting friends in Bloomsbnrg. Miss Edith Jenkins is visiting friends at Rushtown. Miss Ada Ne}hart returned to Wat sontown yesterday after a visit with Danville friends. Miss Eckert returned to New York Oity yesterday after a visit with Miss Helen Hoifmau, West Mahoning stieet. Edward Kase of Philadelphia, is visiting at the Kase home, West Mark et street. Charles Whispell transacted business at Bloomsburg yesterday. Samuel Btyer, West Hemlook town ship, left yesterday tor St. Louis, Mo. James Ooruellsou of Oatawiasa, transacted busiuess in this city yester day. Laying Pipe in the Oanal. The D. L. & W. railroad company , yesterday began the laying of pipe In the oanal for the new onlvert at Churoh j street. The pipe arrived several days ago and yesterday morning was un loaded from the oar and rolled to the apot where it is needed. The pipe ia of cast iron three feet in diameter, ! eaoli joint, with one exoeption, being twelve feet long. The pipe is very unwieldy and heavy and is handled with difficulty. How- 1 ever, with the facilities at hand no difficulty is anticipated in getting the 1 several joints into position in the bot tom of the oanal. The water oourse formed by the pipe, eight joints in all, will be nearly one hundred feet long. On this the ground will be dumped until the entire area over the oanal ia filled op to corres pond with the width of the street In cluding sidewalks. ( Preserving and oanning la the order of the day among housekeepers. NO. 41 MANY REPAIRS RECOMMENDED The School Board held a regular meeting Monday night. Considerable time was given to the subject of repairs needed on the roofs in order to plaoe the bulldingß in good condition for the next term. At the last meeting D. C. Williams was appointed by the Board as an expert to examine the sev eral buildings and report as to their oonditiou. In accordance with the Sohool Board's request Mr. Williams last night made a report as to tho neoessaiy repairs. ' In the First Ward the report showed 1 that the slate roof, valloys and gut ters of the school building need re r pairs. All the tin work should be re r painted. The tower needs six new glass. J I In the Second Ward, repairs were reoommendod for the slate roof and ) gutters. In tho Third Ward the roof of th» building needs repairs on slate, snow shoe aud gutters. The tin shonld be repainted. In the Fourth Ward the roof needs repainting and the gutters repairing. Tlie tower needs five now glass. On the frame building the trap door and chimney need repairing. On the Welsh Hill building repair* were recommonded for the slate roof and ohimney. Gutters need repair ing and painting. On motion of Mr. Oteene Mr. Will iams' report wa9 accepted and the reo ommendations were placed In the hands of the Building and Repair Committee. A communication was reoeived from J. M. Hostetter, foimer prinoipal of the Third Ward Orammar Sohool,stat ing that he is an applicant for a State Permanent Oollege certificate aud ask ing for a certificate from the Board here to the effect that he taught three years suocoasfully in the Borough, whioh is a qualification neoessary to entitle him to the college certificate. On motion of Mr. Pursel it was ord ered that the offloerH be instructed to sign the certificate as requested. The contract for making the two chemistry tables needed in the High School ws awarded to S. M. Trum bower, whose bid was (30. W. H. Farley was another bidder, his figures being *39.75. On motion it was deoided to pur chase one-half barrel of Kathairo dis infectant for use in the several schools of the Borough. On motion it was decided that tho schools be olosed on Labor Day, Mon day, September sth. Mr. Greene called attention of the Board to the extent to whioh school books are defaced by pupils. The Bor ough Superintendent was on motion instructed to notify the teachers that the resolution must be carried out whioh was previously adopted, to the effeot that the parents must stand good 1 for all defacement of the text books which occurs while in the hands of their children. The following members of the School Board were present: Harpel, Orth, Greene, Burns, Pursel, Haring, Werk heiser, Von Blohn, Fisoher, Trum bower, Adamß and Jacobs. The following bills wore ordered paid: Rebecca Lovett I 32.50 Montour Democrat 10.75 Mrs. Dye and Mrs. Hime 20.00 Emery Shultz 1.80 D. 0. Williams 5.60 Friendship Fire Co 88.68 Ezra Haas 65 Casper Diseroad 13.78 Boyer Bros 11.45 Mrs. Anderson 4.00 P. & R. R. R. Co 107.83 Mrs. Mary E. Kinn 20.50 John L. Russell 19.50 U. L. Gordy 2.13 Labor Day at DeWitt'B Park. One of the features of the Labor Day pionio which Dr. DeWltt is makiug arrangements for at his Riverside Park will be two games of base ball be tween the Old Timer Reserves and the Bloomsbnrg Y. M. O. A. The morn' Ing game will take plaoe at 10 o'clook sharp and the afternoon game at 3 o'olook. The Old Timer Reserves have been playing very good ball and It U a well-known fact that there is noth ing slow about the Bloomsbnrg team. Eaoli of the two games will poaaess a full measure of interest. Dr. DeWitt on Labor Day will throw his park open to the public as on the Fourth of July, when so many people found rest and recreation at that re sort. In addition to base ball there will be foot raceß, dancing and sports of various kinds. i Dr. DeWitt's park never presented a more attractive appearance than at 1 present. The dense foliage oasts cool 1 and refreshing shadows all around; the grass, which grows abundantly ia 1 well trimmed and the park with its 1 ponds and refreshing wells holds ont an invitation whioh it is hard to re sist on a summer day. I New Wash Pipe. 1 The Water Commissioners have men at work diggiug up the "wash pipe" at the rear of the Water Works, which ' are used to drain off the water used in washing the filter tubs. The river bauk at this point has moved slightly sinoe last winter, whioh has caused the terra cotta pipe uaed to apread apart. The old pipe will be thrown out and to prevent a repetition of the trouble iron pipe will be substituted. The work will be flnlahed in a day or so.