DANVILLE INTELLIGENCER.
VOI, LXXVI.
WHY NOT
FORT AOGUSTA:
Few people perhaps are aware of the !
rich historical interest that centers |
arouuri a noraber of points iu this see- i
lion of the Susquehanna Valley. Fol- |
lowing the course of the river, many !
places can be pointed out that
prominently iu tl.e early history of the
State, notable among these is the site
of old Fort Augusta near Suubory.
The fortification was erected by the
proprietary authorities in 1750 for the
purpose of affording protection to the
frontier settlements and friendly lu
diaus against the inroads of French
and Indians, who had begun to work
havoc in the State after Braddock's
defeat in 1765. As a strategical point
in Indian warfare.its location was ex*
rellent. Situated at the confluence of
the two brauohes of the river, it com
imanded a view of the country for miles
4n every quarter that hostile parties
•could approach. No heavy fighting was
done here. The strength of the post
prevented a number of attacks that
>had been plauned against it, but for
•oyer a quarter of a century the farm
•er§ of what are now Montour, North
umberland,Union and Snyder counties
fled to the fort for protection with
their families and live stock, when re
3>orts that scalpiug parties of Indians
were in the viciulty were brought to
the settlements. It frequently hap
ponded that these sottlerß were oblig
ed to remain here for months, in tents
pitched ou the level country around
the fort, aud go out in small parties
to work their fields.
•Little of the old fortification remains.
The magazine, the well aud the com
uiandant's mansion are still intact.
.For a long time the place was neglect
ed. The mansiou, familiarly known
as the "spook house"was the abode
of tramps for years, aud the inside
casing of the magazine was partially
• torn out to make a toundatiou for a
utable. A few years ago, the property
was bought by Mrs. Amelia Gross, au
English woman. It now serves her as
one of the most handsome residences
in Sunbury, She has picked up a nam
r of curious relics of the place and
arranged them iu conppiouous places
about her apartments. The interested
viaitor is cordially received and en
tertained at length by splendid descrip
tions of the fortress and the collection
of relics. The universal quostion wi:h
all who have seen the place is, *' Why
is not this historic old spot owned by
the State?" Steps have beeu taken in
that direction, hot for lack of concert
ed action,nothing has been done. Hon.
K.S. Ammerman expressed himelf some
time go as being iu favor of a State
appropriation to purchase the property
aud preserve it as one of the most im
portant landmarks of Colonial history
in the State of Pennsylvania. The
State has done well to set apart the
battle field of Gettysburg, the Camp
at Valley Forge aud other historic
places as public reserves,why not Fort
Augusta?
Enjoyable Party.
An enjoyable party was given at the
home of Mr. aud Mrs. Robert Mo-
Craoken, near Pott«grovc, ou Tuesday
evening. Those present were: Mr.
aud Mrs. Miles Bitierand son|Howard,
Mr. and Mrs. Rob rt McCrackeu, Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Gprriuger, and
daughter Edna, Mrs. and Mrs. Harvey
Rudy and daughter Jennie, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Heddings, Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Springer, Thomas Bitier, James
Smithers, Misses Jennie, Miunie and
Nettie Byere, Heleu Bowman, Nora
Long, Naucy aud Flora Fruit, Carrie,
Verna, Mary McCracken, Julia Stack
hoote, Mary Miller, Susie Barnick,
and Minnie Erwiu of Catawissa;
Messrs. William Long, John Fruit,
Joseph Zartraan, John and Charles Mo-
Crackeu,William Bitier, Peter Stump,
Dennis, Jacob ana Charles Springer,
Freeman Robhins, Fredrick Springer,
•Charles Boyer aud Alexander Maddis.
.Refreshments were served during the I
evening.
A Souvenir With a History.
Lewis Williams, the niue years old
'Bon of W. C. Williams, proprietor ot
the Baldy House, a few days ago, be
came the repossessor of a souvenir post
al oard that has a history. In Decem
ber 1903, Lewis mailed the card to Ed
ward Reynolds,a former Danville boy,
mow au engineer on board of a United
States warship, sailing iu Chiuese
waters. The souvenir was a picture of
'Christ Episcopal ohorch, this city,
just as it came from the pross. It was
*ent Mr. Reynolds as a 1004 New
Year's greeting, and it has beeu re
turned to the sender wouderfully trans
ferred and beautified A Chinese art- |
iet has changed the pretty church by j
doing the picture in maguificeut col- j
ors, creating a harmony that makes it !
a gem.
Do You See the Moral.
A woman in a neighboring towu
bought a new tangle 1 coffee pot from
a peddler. Iu the evening 6he showed
it to her husband, a hardware dealer,
who told h»r he kept the same thing
in his store for half the price she had
paid. "Well," said she, "why don't
you advertise? Nobody ever knows
what you have for sale."
Noah After the Flood.
Planted the first froit, the grape,the
modt healthy of all the products of the
earth.
Speer, the oldest wiue grower in
" tho U. S., has viueyards ot the Por
tugal Grape from which his wines are
folly matured by great age aud valu
able for weakly persons in hot weath
er.
'YOUNG MAN
i HELD A PRISONER
Tlie river was the scene of several
startling events on Saturday,the result
' of people being in too inaoh of a hurry
j to test the strength of the newly form
\ ed ioe spanning the broad stream.
Tne lirst visitors were R. F. D. mall
carriers Bert MoOlare aud Clyde Start
z I. The former broke through the ice
at a very ilaugeroos plaoe near the
middle of the.river.aud would, doubt,
less, have drowned had not the latter
suooeeded in getting him out of the
water. In assisting his companion, Mr.
Startzel narrowly escaped breaEing
through himself several times, and af
ter the feat was aooomplished both
men found it difficult to return to
shore without a repetition of the trou
ble they iiad gone through. They suc
ceeded in doing so,though, after wliioh
Mr. McClure seoured a change of
clothing aud then in oompany with
Mr. Startzel, went to South Danville
via Northumberland, to deliver the
mail that narrowly escaped going un
der the ice.
Shortly after this a young man
named Frank Lewis had an adven
ture on the river, one whioh he
will likely remember for some years
to come. In company with Qalen
Morgan, Lewis, at 9 o'olock, walked
across ttie new bridge to the present
terminal,then descended a ladder with
the view of crossing over to this side
if the ice was strong enough to oarry
them. It only took Mr. Morgan a few
seconds to disoover that it wasn't,and
he returned to tbe bridge. Lewis was
of the opposite opinion. He thought
he aonld get over all right with a lit
tle caution, and made the start.
A glance convinoed him that it
woald be impossible to oross straight
over. An air hole and a long, broad
pieoe of very thin ice obstrnoted that
aoarse. Thene would have to be pass
ed aronnd and to do that necessitated
a long journey np the river to a point
opposite the terry landing. He moved
slowly,when he went at all. Frequent
stops were made to test the strength of
the ioe ahead,before risking his weight
upon it. At the expiration of au hour
he arrived at the point up stream for
which he had been so long striving to
reach. There his nerve deserted him
somewhat.
He was afraid to either proceed or
go back. Fiually he decided to crawl
over the spot he fearod to walk upon.
Failing in that he attempted to creep
the other way with like result. Then
he would stand up for awhile and
throw lumps of ice in advance of him,
witli a view of finding the safest path
way. After he had remained inaotive
for a short time as though planning
the next best move, he resumed th
crawling aot, first going one way and
then another. His various changes of
position, during whioh for a space of
over half an hour, he did not travel
the length of himself in any direotion,
showed the many watching him from
the Danville side of the river that he
wan surrounded by dauger and afraid
to move far in any direotion.
Meroury was only a few degrees
above zero. His position from the
Bliore looked perilous in the extreme.
The ice was iu suoh a position that
it seemed impossible for any one to
goto his rescue. "If he can't cross to
this side nobody call oross to him,"
and "If he don't drown he will freeze
to death pretty Boon," were few of the
remarks made by the spectators on
shore.
Then it wai that Daniel Ross found
a key to the problem. Taking with
hini a long pole for the two fold pur
pose of feeliug his way aoross the
treaoherous ioe and to use it to help
himself out in case he broke through,
he started slowly iu the direction of
the imprisoned man. He succeeded in
reaohiug Lewis and iu piloting him
safely to shore. The latter had been
on the ice nearly two hours,and when
he reached shore he said that he was
not suffering from his long exposure
to the oold.
Death of John Gasklns.
John Gaskius, a Oative of Danville,
and oonnected for many years with
the iron industries iu this city,died at
12 o'olock Sunday night. Last winter
he sustained a bad fall aud never fully
recovered. About two weefeß ago a
complication of diseases developed that
reßnlted in his death,
Mr. Oaskins was 69years of age.and
spent the greater part of liis life in
Danville. At the age of fourteen years
he entered the employ of Waterman
and Beaver, and remained with that
firm for twenty-five years, filling a
number of responsible positions. At
one time he resided in Kingston and
later in Tyrone,his absence from Dan
ville ooverlug a period of sixteen years.
The deceased is survived by his wife
and four children: Mrß. John O.
Brown, of Meriden, Conn ; Hurley, of
Los Angeles,Oal., and Ralph and Miss
Bertha of this oity.
Walker—Hurley.
Harry T. Walker and Mies Maud -M.
Hurley both of this city,weie married
|at the parsonage of St. Matthew's
| Lutheran church, Bloomsburg, Mou-
I day evening, by the Rev. John E. By
| ers. The couple were attended by Mrs.
' Harry Fields and Mrs. Walter Fields
of this city.
Upon the return of the bride and
groom to this city they were present
ed with a check for (300 by Mrs. Jeu
' nil) Walker,mother of the groom. Mr.
| and Mrs. Walker will reßide iu this
oity.
TLKDGKD BUT TO TBUTH, TO ÜBKBTT AHB IO.W—HO FAVOR BWAYB US AND NO FSAS BHAIA AWE*
DANVILLE. MONTOUR COUNTY. PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1905
WOMEN HELP
DESERVING POOR
Since the reorganization of the Wo
man's Benevolent Association about a
month ago the members of the society
have been laboring with a zeal that in
most commendable. But notwithstand
ing tho energy and determination with
which the women enter into the work,
they are so greatly hindered by a laok
of funds that the results obtained aro
very discouraging.
The requests from deserving aud
needy persons, mostly widows with
large families, have been numerous,
but the soceity has beeu unable to sup
ply the wants of many because of a
laok of funds. Goal, provisions aud
olothing are the articles most sought
after.
The collection at the Union Thanks
giving service, which is always given
to the Association, amounted this year
to (14.25. No othor contributions have
beeu reoeived. With these small re
sources the women have oarried on the
work of relieving the sufferings of the
deserving poor. This rnouey has now
been exhausted,aud the society is with
out any fuuds whatever to carry on
the work.
The women of the Association ask
the people of Danville for contribu
tions to the good oause iu whioh they
are working. It is only at this one
time in eaoh year that they request
aid. Iu mid winter thoy ask you to
give from your plenty,a rnito to cheer
the livos of those who have not even
the bare necessities of existence.
Many Fouls in Game.
A fair sized audience witnessed a
game at the Armory last night betweeu
Mt. Oarmol and Danville iu whioh one
team played baskot ball and lost, aud
the other team did not play the game
and won. The Una! scoiu was 43-20 in
favor of Dauville.
The game was a procession of fouls,
the greater part being oalled on Mt.
Oarmel. There were twenty foulß and
thirteen times out of the twenty the
visitors wore penalized.
The Mt. Oarmel boys were advertis
ed as beiug a strong, fast aggregation, I
and they were all of that. They pass
ed the ball beautifully,aud their team
work was close aud fast,but they were
rather weak iu shooting goals. They
played all around the Dauville team
in the first half scoring 14 poiuts to
Danville's 10—fouls not counted. The
half ended with the score tie at 1(5-16,
the iooals having scored on six fouls.
In the second half Mt. Oarmel, dis
couraged by the insistent aud unneces
sary foul calliug.and probably discov
ering that no amoout of good playing
would give them the game, fell away
from the good ball they played in the
first half and lost out.
Danville did some very pretty goal
throwing, making a number of loug
aud difficult baskets.
The line-up:
Mt. Oarmel. Dauville.
Larnett forward Hayes Bedea
Early forward Welliver
MoOale center Sechler
F. Barr guard Barry
S. Wener guard Poters
R. Barr.... guard
Goals from field—McOale ft, Early
2, Sechler 7, Hayes Bedea 4, Welliver
2, Peters 2, Barry 1. Goals from fouls
—Hayes Bedea 11, B\ Barr 2, Early 2.
Umpire, Harry Welliver. Time of
halves, 20 minutes.
Experiencing Great Trouble.
The R. F. D. mail carriers have ex
perienced uearly as much trouble this
week iu coveriug their routes as they
did the day after the late blizzard.
Many of the public roads have boeu iu
au impassable oonditlou. Supervisors
of the several townships have done
very little toward opening the thorough
fares. Portions of the immense snow
drifts which blockaded the highways
and obstruoted trafilo of all kiuds,
have reoeivcd little attoution. The su
pervisors in several of the lowushjpß
are derelict in their duties, and the
farmers in that sectiou are censured for
not compelling them togo to work and
open the roads.
The farmers expeot their letters aud
newspapers to reaoh them promptly,
but many of them make little effort iu
providing a way for the mail carriers
to reach them. And in uot doing so
they are breaking a portion of tho
agreement they made, when petition
ing the government to establish the
present rural delivery routes. They
agreed to aid in keeping the roads open
and they are not doing it. Frequently
they have stood on their door steps
since the storm, aud watohed the car
riers breaking a path through the snow
in order to reach their homes to deliv
er mail. But they made no attenint
to aid Unoie Sam's representatives iu
the disoharge of their dnties. They
want their mail, but they care veiy
, little what difficulties the carrier has
to ooutend with to get it to them.
Its np to theso farmers now to take
some steps toward compelling their
Supervisors to open the roads for the
mail oarriers. If they do not the
government may take the matter iu
| hand.and then Bometliing will be doue
j and that quiokly.
Street Assessments.
This is the last week for paying
1 street paving assessments, and after
Saturday night all remaining unpaid
I will bo placed in the hands of a col
' leotor. About one half of the assess
• inents have been receipted for by city
olerk Patton, and many more, perhaps
) all, will be paid within the specified
time.
NEARLY READY
TO ORGANIZE
Matters incidental to the formation
of the niedical Protective Association
by tho Montour County Medioal So
oiety, are progressing. Nearly every
thing i» in shape for organization, the
committee having its work about com
pleted and its plans formulated. With
the view of organizing the physicans
will meet in a short time.
The move to organize a Medical Pro
tective Asson<ation in this countv has
stirred up the physicians in other ooun
tles in the state, and they hate decid
ed to act too aud protect themselves
against dead beals by forming similar
associations. With that objeot in view
they have written frequent letters to
the local physioians, requesting in
structions aud advice in the matter.
In the faoe of all this oomes the in
formation of a more glgantio move by
physioians. The Amerioan Medioal
Association has a bill introduced, in
Congress asking for a charter,in order
that it may beoome a chartered organ
ization and be under the proteotion of
the laws ot the United States. Con
sequently dead beats will soon find
hard traveling all over Uncle Sam's
domain, and the service of a physiolan
difficult to procure.
Will Not be Tolerated.
Saturday evening, the Danville and
Bloomsburg trolley company did a
rushing business. Oars in both direo
tious wrre crowded. Everything went
smootlil/ until the last oar was en
route from Bloomsburg to Danville,
then a disturbance took place.
Between Bloomsburg aud Grovania
an altercation was started between
some of the passengers that threatened
to cause troublo right there, but It
soon quieted down. After passing the
latter pl»ae, however, the disturbauoe
was renewed, and for a while matters
looked Beriouß to tho peacefully dis
posed passengers on the car. Loud,
boisterous language was indulged in
and only the prompt action of cooler
heads prevented a general riot and,
doubtless,some broken heads.in whioh
the iuuooent, likely, would have had
to suiter with the guilty.
The company is determined that Sat
urday night's disturbance shall not be
repeated. It will not tolerate any such
actions. A corps of offioers will be in
waiting to nab the violators when the
car stops. Whether that will oocur at
Danville or Bloomsburg will depend
upon which way the car is going when
the tiouble occurs. "A word to the
wise should be sufficient."
First Used in England.
The first rural delivery route was
started iu 1897, under President Me-
Kinley, as au experiment. The tre
mendous sucoesß of the method has been
unexampled. However, it must not be
assumed that this is a Yankee inven
tion. It has been used in European
countries for many years,and in Great
Britain it lias been extended that there
is hardly a distriot so remote that the
carrier does not visit it at least onoe a
day. The system wan established in
the British Isles long before it was
begun in tho Uuited Stutes.
In its first year in the United States
forty-four rural mail routes were es
tablished, at a cost of {40,000. The en
ormous success of the method is shown
by th« fact that for the fiscal year end
ed June 30, 1904, nearly thirty million
dollars were paid out on rural free de
livery account For the fiscal year up
on which wu have now entered, {20,-
81 ,(100 have been appropratod for the
continuance and extension of the rural
mail service. There were 24,666 rural
routes in existence at the end of the
fiscal year on June 80 last; 9,446 new
routes have been put into operation
during the fiscal year. On October 1,
1904, there were 27,135 routes establish
ed, and the service was being extended
at tho rate of about 800 a month.
Schedule of Spring Inspections.!
The schedule for (he inspections of
the Third Brigade have been forward
ed to tho United States government,
aud the aunounoement of the detail of
an army officer to make tho inspection
for the War Department may be ex
pected at onae. The schedule will nave
to be chauged some because of arrange
ments now being made to s*nd troops
to Washington on Uaroh 4th,but these
changes will not affect the schedule of
the Twelfth Regiment, whioii is as fol
lows :
March 23, Company B, Williams
port; March 34, Company A, Lewis
burg; March 25, Company H, Lock
Haveu ; March 27, Company E, Sun
bury; Maroh 28, Company D, Will
iamsport; Maroh 29, Company F, Dan
ville; Maroh 30, Company K, Sun
bury ; March 81, Company I and the
band, Williainsport; April 3,Company
O, Williamsport. The details of the
inspection have already been published
aud now that the dates an made
publio the companies should be very
busy in preparation. It is particular
ly necessary that the non-oommisslon
ed officers should bo thoroughly posted
for their patt in the inspection will be
considerably more than they have been
accustomed to in the past.
D. Y. M. Club Sleigh Ride
The D. Y, M. Club of this city en
joyed a sleigh ride to Mooresburg on
Saturday. Those present were: Misses
Mary Welsh, Sara Pritohard, Bessie
Soidel, Lucretia Berger, Helen Seidel,
l'liurza Baynham.Rnth Dietz, Ida Ed
moudson, Maty Morgan, Edith Shep
person, Helen Hurley, Sara Deibert,
Ida Evans aud Wanda Whapham; Ed
ward Woli aud Walttr Reese.
CHRISTIAN
ENDEAVOR RALLY
A rally of the Keystone Leagues of
Christian Endeavor, wliiali embraces
Danville, Lewisburg, Milton, Dewurt,
New Columbia, West Milton and Ma
zeppa.wlll be held in the Uuited Evan
gelical church at Milton this afternoon
and evening. The progrum,which will
be interspersed with inspiring music,
will be as follows :
2 P. M.—Devotional seivice con
ducted by Rev. U. F. Swengel, presi
dent. Committee reports. Bible Head
ing by Rev. J. A. FOBS. "The Christ
ian Endeavor Prayer Meeting," by
Rev. L. Dice.
7:80 P. M.—Song service led by A.
B. Seal. Devotional, Ray S. Daubert.
Chorus by Junior K. L. C. E. "The
Lookout Committee in Relation to
other Committees," Rov. J. W. Thomp
son. Reoitatiou, Miss Crumbling.
"The K. L. O. E. and the Temperance
Oause," by Rev. E. B. Dunn. "The
Outlook for 1905 in Christian Endeav
or Work," Rev. E. Crumbling.
New License Law.
The bill introduced by Senator God
oharles in the Seuate provides that in
eaoh judioial district containing less
than five hundred thousand population
the governor shall appoint three exoise
commissioners. They are to hold ottioe
for five years aud shall he paid salaries
based on tho population of their respec
tive distriots, as follows : Less thau
40.000, {250; loss than 100,000, |500;
less than 200,000,1700; more tiiuu 200,-
000 {I,OOO, with mileage aud other ex
penses. The salaries aud expenses are
to be paid by the counties. After next
January the powers conferred upon
the oourtß of granting licenses is trans
ferred to the exoise commission. The
oommisßion shall conduct publio hear
ings of applications for lice nso, having
authority to issue subpoenas,etc. From
any final order or decree of the com
mission granting oi refusirg to grant
an appeal may be taken to the Su
preme or Superior oourts. The bill
makes no change iu the present system
of filing aud publishing applications,
filing of rtmonstrauces, conduct of
hearings, regulations of the sale of
liquor and punishing violators.
Tour Party Next Sunday.
The party of Sabbath School work
ers now touring the State under the
auspices of the Pennsylvania State
Sabbath School Association will be iu
Danville noxt Sunday.
The tour party consists of six por
sons.all of whom are experienced Sun
day School workers. The parry also
includes a male quartet. Hugli Cork,
of Philadelphia,the General Secretary
of the State Ausociation; W. G. Lau
des, of Philadelphia, State Field Sec
retary ;Mlss E.G. Lincoln,of Philadel
phia, W. J. ErJmaii, D. D., of Ger
muntown.lrvin C. Van Dyke,of Hunt
ingdon and George F. Sawlo.of Arena,
Wis., will accompany the party.
The members of tho party will ad
dress the congregations at the different
churches Sunday morning and even
ing. Sunday afternoon at 3 :30 o'< lock
a mass meeting of the Sonday School
workers of Danville will be held iu
the Pine Street Lutlieian ohurch. At
this meeting the quartet will sing, and
addresses will be made by Mr. Cork,
Mr. Landes and Dr. Erdmau.
Death of Rabbi flayer.
The Rev. Adolph Mayer, formerly
pastor of the Benai Zion congregation
of this oity, died Friday moruing at
the home of his son, the Rev. Eli
Mayer, 263 Berkley street, Philadel
phia.
Rabbi Mayer was 61 years of age,and
was a native ot Germany. He came to
this country in early life. His resi
dence in Danville covered a period of
thirteen years, and during that timo
his happy disposition won him a host
of frieuds who will learn of his death
with much regret.
Last February the Rev. Mr. Mayer
was compelled to resign as pastor of
Benai Zion congregation on aocouut
of ill health. He spent most of the
past year in Baltimore. His condition
gradually grew worse aud a complica
tion of diseases developed a few months
ago.
No Trace of Johnson.
After having writteu to all his rela
tives throughout the oouutry the con
viction is growing firmer that Charles
JoliDßon, the Oatawissian who so mys
teriously disappeared while on hiH way
home from Bloomsbnrg to
before Christinas, has met with ac
cidental death or wait thu victim of
foal play.
Johnson has a number of relatives
throughout the country, iuclading a
number in the west, ami to each rela
tive to whose home it was thought he
might possibly have gone letters ex
plaining his disappearance were sent,
> but the answer from all was to the
efleot that they had seen nothing of
him, bat that if he did turn op the
family would at once be informed.
j Below Zero Saturday Night.
Sunday morniug was one of the cold
est of the season, ttie theimouietors in
tiiis city varying from 10 to 13 degrees
below zero. Places nearby report even
lower temperatures. At Millvilie the
thermometer registered 20 degrees bo
low zero, and Ht Benton 14 degrees be
low. All day yesterday the mercury
was way down, hut toward evening it
rose some,registering 18 degrees above
at the Moutour House at 12 o'clock
iMt night.
DR. |. 11. DARLINGTON
CHOSEN BISHOP
The spooial convention of the Dio
cese of Harrisburg of the Protestant
Episcopal church held a busy session
at St. Stephen's ohuroh, Harrisburg,
yesterday for the purpose of selecting
a bishop for the new Diucese to succeed
the Rov. Dr. William T. Manning, of
New York, who was elected at a con
vention held at Lancaster reoently and
declined.
The candidates were as follows :
Rev. Frederiok F. Reese, D. D.,ieo
tor of Christ church, Nashville, Tenn.
Rev. James Henry Darlington, D.
D , rector of Christ ohuroh, Brooklyn,
N. Y.
Rev. Paul Matthews, dean of St.
Paul's cathedral Cinciunatl, Ohio.
Kev. Charles F. Willams, D. £>.,
dean of Trinity cathedral, Cleveland,
Ohio.
Rev. William Frederick Faber, rec
tor of Qrace chorob, Lookport, N. Y.
Rev. William H. Van Allen, D. D.,
rector of the Oharob of the Advent,
Boston.
Thirteen ballots were taken before a
choice was made. At 2:30 o'clock in
the afternoon a ten minutes recess was
declared during the progress ot the
twelfth ballot in order to allow the
clerical delegates to disouss the situa
tion. The recess stretohed to thirty
minutes aud at the end of that time
the twelfth ballot was taken. It show
ed that Dr. Darlington had gained two
of the olerioal votes. O. Lame Mun
son, Esq., of Williamsport, a lay dele
gate, then took the floor and made an
earnest appeal, saying that the united
support of the delegates is necessary to
a successful Diocese. He said that the
votes already cast for Dr. Darlingtou
represented three-fourths of the com
municants in the Diooeße. This appeal
produced the desired result, the elec
tion of Dr. Darlington being made
unanimous after the thirteenth ballot.
Dr. Darlington has been rector of
Christ ohuroh, Brooklyn, N. Y., for
twenty.two years and has been remark
ably successful. For many years he
was chaplain of the 47th Regimont,N.
Y. National Quard. He makes lots of
friends and IB a good preacher and a
great worker. Christ ohurch, Brook
lyn, is the largest parish iu that Dio
oeso,having 2000 comunioants and over
(1000 attendants.
Dr. Darlington was born in Brook
lyn, N. Y.,in June, 1856 and is there
fore 43 years of age. He is in the
prime of life aud has taken pereoual
control of all the details of his large
parish. He graduated at the New
York University in 1877. Then spent
three years at Prinoeton college in
speoial study, receiving the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy and has sinoe re
ceived tho degree of Dootor of Divin
ity from the N. Y. University, where
lie was appointed as lecturer. He is a
member of the Exeontive Committee
of the Church Congress, chairman of
the Ohurch Bnilding Fund of his Dio
oese and was Archdeacon of Brooklyn
for many years.
Dr. Darlington is a prayerbook
churchman without frills or eooentrioi
tit's with a large oharity for the feel
ings aud opinions of others. Both Mrs.
Darlington and he are descendants of
old Colonial families aud will be pop
ular iu the uew Diocese. The Harris
burg Diocese is fortunate indeed inse
ouring Dr. Darlington for Bishop.
Few Cases of Truancy.
There does not appear to be mnoh
complaint about truancy in this city,
yet there are jome heads of families
who are not as regardful of the oom
pulaory school law as they should be.
or as the welfare of their ohildren
would require. They are not sufßoi
outly insistent upon regular attend
ance. Parents are responsible for the
appearance of their children at lohool.
The penalty for dereliotion in this
matter, under the law, is fine and im*
prisonment,but even a law officer does
not care to see it inflicted upon par
ents, though they may be cclpably
negligent of a most important doty.
Instead of punishment the gentler mea
sure of persuasion is commonly resort
ed to, hut when that fails more heroio
measures may be adopted. It!■ un
fortunate if this is necessary, for it
means trouble to the delinquents and
oxposure in the newspapers when snoh
cases are ventilated.
The Stite wants every one of its
children to receive an eduoation. That
is why it has passed school laws, and
made provisions to enforce the attend
ance of pupils. Right thinking par
ents are auxious that their offspring
should be well educated,and they even
make saorifious, if necessary, to bring
that about. Surely, when an eduoation
is offered to overy child in the com
munity, without mouoy and without
price, it is the bounden duty of all
parents to see that such opportunities
shall not be thrown away.
Orange Officers Installed.
Danville Orange, No. 57, P. of H.,
met Saturday afternoon at the home of
A. C. Mauser, Oooper township, and
iui tailed ofHoere for the present year. I
Mr. Mauser was mado master of the
grange,aud meetings will be held reg
ularly at his residence on the aeoona
and fourth Saturday of taoh month.
Pomona Orange, No, 31, of Uontour
and Northumberland coonties, will
hold its regular quartorly meeting, lu
Urand Army Hall, this oity, on Wed
nes lay, February 15. The distriot com
prises about twelve granges, and a
! good turnout on the part of the mem
bership is expected at tho meeting.
MONTOUR COUNTY
FARMS'INSTITUTE
The Montour Oouuty Farmers' In
stitute, under the auspices of the De
partment of Agriculture of Pennsyl
vania, will be held in the Methodist
ohuroh, ' Washingtonville, February
13th and 14th. Although these Insti
tutes nre designed and conducted for
the education aud advantage of farm
ers, yet all who ure interested are In
vited. The program follows:
MONDA Y AFTERNOON, 1:80.
Call to order.
J Prayer—Rev. Bryuer.
Muiio.
" Address of Welcome— O. V. Amer
ican, Danville, Pa.
Response—Hon. Thomas J. Phillips,
Ohester County, Pa.
"The EffeotofFeed on the Quantity
and Quality of Milk"—Prof. Wells W.
Cooke, Washington, D. C.
"Renewed Fertility, How to Qet
It"—Hon. Thomas J. Phillips,Chester
County.
"Breeding, Feeding and Profit in
Hogs"—Amos B. Lehman, Franklin
County.
"The Horse, His Origin and What
He Demands"—Dr. E. E. Tower, Vet
erinarian, Susquehanna County.
Music.
Adjournment.
EVENINGS 7 :15.
"Our Insect Frieuds and Foes"—
Amos B. Lehman.
"Feeding from the Silo Throughout
the Year"—Prof. Wells W. Cooke.
Musio.
Recitation—Miss Rogers.
"The Farmor Should be a Business
Man"—Hon. Thomas J. Phillips.
Recitation—Miss Appleman.
Music.
Adjournment.
TUESDAY MORNING, 9:30.
Music.
Question Box.
"The Value of Farm Manure and
How to Retain it"—Prof. Wells W,
Cooke.
"Tuberculosis"—Dr. E. E. Lower.
"Commercial Fertilizers, Their Na
ture and Use"—Hon. Thomas J. Phil
lips.
"Comparison of Profits; Dairy vs.
Beof Cattle"—Amos B. Lehman.
Musio.
Adjournment.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, 1:80.
Musio.
Question Box.
"Forago Crops an a Substitute for
Pasture"—Prof. Wells W. Cooke.
"The Ohloken, a Source of Profit"
—Hon. Thomas J. Phillips.
"Infections Diseasos of Farm An
imals"—Dr. E. E. Lower.
" Legumes for Feed aud Fertility"—
Amos B. Lehman.
Musio.
Adjournment.
TUESDAY EVENING, 7:15.
Muiso.
Question Box.
Reoitation—Miss Lelghow.
"Handling Milk, and Butter Mak
ing"—Prof. Wells W. Cooke.
Reoitation—Ambrose Olapp.
Musio.
"The Wife's Share"—Hon. Thomas
J. Phillips.
Recitation- Miss Belle Lowrie.
Closing Song.
Adjournment.
darfleld Literary Society.
The regular meeting of the Garfield
Literary Sooiety was held in £he High
School room Friday afternoon, at
whioh the following program was reii
dered;
Piano Solo Miss Jenkins
Recitation "Baby in Ohuroh"
Miss Cole.
Essay "Perseverance Is Success"
Mr. Jobbom.
Deolamation. ."Part of Garfield's
. Speech on Northern Territory"
Mr. Ortli.
Debate—Resolved, "That the free
book system is more harmful than
beneficial".
Affirmative, Mr. Morris aud Mr.
Linker; negative, Miss Steiubrenner
and Mr. Shultz. The judges decided
in favor of the negative.
Song Sooiety
Reoitation "My Aunt"
Miss Newberry.
Oration...." Dauger That Threat-
eus Our Nation"
Robert Jacobs.
Deolamation "The Nation's
Need of Meu"
Mr. Tanuahill.
Reading "A Lightning Story"
Mr. Engle. .
Meeting of Eligibles Tonight.
Oolouel George S. Brown, of Sha
mokin, division organizer of the Sons
of Veterans, arrived iu Danville yes
terday to make the final arrangements
for the formation of a lodge of that
order in this city.
Colonel Brown has for some time
beeu endeavoring to interest the sous
aud grandsons of Danville veterans in
the organization, and a large number
have expressed themselves ai being
thoroughly in favor of the movemeut,
and desirous of becoming members of
the order.
The oH soldiers are espeoialy anx
ious to have a lodge of the Sens of
Veterans in Danville. The order is an
auxiliary to the Grand Army of the
Repnblio, and the members are able in
many ways to assint the G. A. R.
A meeting of eligibles will be held
tonight at 7 :3Q o'colck in the Q. A.
R. Hall,at which matters preliminary
to the formation of a lodge in Dan
ville will be dlsoassed.
NO. II
BRISK BUSINESS
FOR MERCHANTS
Yesterday was a busy one for th»
merchants of Danville. They did •
larger business than at any other tim*
since the holidays. Stores of every de
scription, were well tilled with custom*
era from the time they were opened
in the morning until late in the after
noon. Groceries, hardware and de
partment stores, alike, enjoyed an ex
tensive trade.
What was the reason of suoh a sud
den boom? The reader may ask.
"Because of the unusnally large
number of outsiders in town, " is th«
reply.
The natural bridge did it. More peo
ple visited town yesterday, than at
any one time sinoe the break-up in tb«
river a mouth ago. And they didn't
all come from Riverside either, al
though there were vast numbers from
that place. They oatuo over in groups
and purchased from the raerohanti
what they were in need of; in many
instances, considerably more. Not
knowing how long the present bridge
would be passable,or when they might
have another opportunity of coming to
Danville,they invested heavily in sup
plies. Of the many that went acroxa
the ice in the direction of South Dan
ville yesterday afternoon and evening,
few, indeed, were without a buudla
01 large basket, and some were burd
ened with both.
Among the throng were many farm
ers and their families. They had not
had a favorable opportunity to orosi
the river to Danville for many weeki,
and availing themselves of the presait
one they came from many sections in
Northumberland county. Leaving their
teams on the Sonth side, they walked
acro-s the ice.and after purchasing ei
tensively from the merchants, return
ed in the same manner.
Today will very likely be a repetition
of yesterday. And every day there
after as lung as the ice remains. with
the exception that: business will be still
better when tho natural bridge be
comes strong enough to carry teami.
The activity inaugurated by the river
freezing over, speaks volumes of the
need of the new bridge. Every d y
that the river can't be orossed aggre
gates a loss of thousands of dollars to
Danville. Through it the business of
the merohauts in this city has been
I greatly injured. The amount of money
they have failed to roalize on account
of South side people being unable to
get to town to transact business with
them, would nearly if not altogether,
have paid for the building of the
bridge.
" A Qenerous Thelf.
As the result of the fire at the Gil
laspy House Sunday morning, the pro
prietor, J. V. Gillaspy, sustained a
heavy loss other than that cansed by
the blazo in the toilet room. He was
made the victim of a member of that
class of the light fingered craft known
as generous thieves—those who steal
part and leave the remainder to ward
off suspioion that anything has been
taken.
WlieD called down stairs to open
the doors so entrance oonld b*
gained to tho apartment in whioh the
Ore was located, Sunday morning, Mr.
Qillaspy was In his room changing hii
clothes. Alter he received the start
ling summons, he was obliged to draw
on a few extra garments before ha
oonld rospond to the alarm. Thla h*
did hurriedly and started from the
room, leaving on a stand a pooket
book oontaiuing $l6O. The money wu
in two rolls, each in separate apart<
meuts of tho pnrse. One contained (100
and the other fGO. The purse was part
ly open leaving the latter roll exposed
to auy one entering the room, but the
larger sum was so concealed as to be
invisible even after a close examina
tion of the smaller one.
When the fire had been extlDguiah
ed, Mr. Gillanpy returned to his room
to complete his toilet. The pocketbook
was still on the stand, apparently 10
the same position he had placed It and
sliowiug no indications of having been
tampered with Having no suspioion
that a robbery had ooourred.lie put tbe
purse lu his pooket without examining
it. He had no ocoasiou to use any of
the money the pocketbook oontained
until Monday afternoon, then he dli
oovered that some of it was missing.
From the s(>o roll of bills the thief had
extracted |4l, leaving the owner sl9.
He showed a slight generosity, but,
perhaps, if he had seen the |IOO roll be
would have added a few more dollar*
to liis share.
Death of William Crlpps.
William Cripps, tho well known su
perintendent of the State Hospital gaa
plant, died Saturday morning at 7:80
o'clock of stomach trouble, after an
illness of fonr weeks.
Mr. Oripps wan a native of Ireland,
and was (S3 yearn of age. He oarne to
America in 18(1(1, and had been em
ployed at the hospital for thirty years.
He was well read, and conld converse
most interestingly upon a wide range
of topics. He was a member of Uhrist
Episcopal chnroh.
The deoeased Is survived by four
ohildren—Mrs. William Wintersteen,
of Mooresbnrg ; Mrs. George Marshall.
William and Thomas Oripps, of thli
city; and two sisters-Mrs. George
Johns and Miss Aunle Cripps.
Saturday Is Pension Day.
Next Saturday is pension day. Thoo
sands of honest and patrlotio veterans
of the civil war will sign vouchers for
pensions justly due them for service*
rendered.