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
<in the posegaiou of legal corporate
rights. As Mr. Pasooo explained it
■his company has a charter for all elec
itria railroad over the thoroughfares
>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
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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.