DANVILLE INTELLIGENCER VOL LXXVI. EIERAL OF JJ, GAMS Harvey B. Gaskins, whose sudden death ocoarred on Thursday, was con signed to the grave a'ter noon. Th) funeral was held from the First Baptist church at 3 o'olock Sunday afternoon and was largely attended. The deoeased was a veteran of the Civil War and was Senior Vioe Com mander of Goodrich Post, No. 22, G. A. R. He was therefore laid away with all the respect andbonordue one of our nation's soldiers, a nnmber of the comrades of Goodrich Post follow ing him to the grave. Among the floral offerings was a beautiful pillow, the usual tribute from the Post be stowed npon every deceased member in good standing. The following comrades acted as pall bearerß: George Riley, Wesley De- Shay, Robert Miller, Samuel Lunger. Clarence Price and George W. Jack son. The services were conducted by Rev. John Sherman. Among thoße who attended the ob sequies from oat of town were: Miss Hattie Gaskins aud Miss Lavina Kane,of Scranton ; I"aiah Gaskins »ud wife, Howard Hixiou aud wife. Grier ' Hixson and wife, Lizzie Hixson, Will iam|HiXßon aud wife aud Sadie Hix son of Berwick ; William Gaskins aud wife, Beujamiu and Frank Gaskius of Sniibury ; Mrs. Ellen Pnrcel, Orauge ville, Charles Mummey. Clarenoe Melxell and wife aud Mrs. Clarenoe Seats, of Milton; John Watsou, of Chester; James Gaskins aud James Mummey, of Shamokin. Trolley Tickets on Sale. The Danville and Bloomsburg Elec tric Railroad is now supplied with tickets, hy the purchase of whioh pa trons will be enabled to travel over the line at a reductiou. The tiokets will be sold in books and me of thiee kinds. First is a workingmen's book,good between 5:30 a. ill. aud 7:30 a. m.and between 5 p. ra. aud 7p. in. The book contain* 30 tiokots and costs one dollar, thus re duoing the cost of a round trip from 30 cents to 20 cents. Next are general tickets. These are good at any time and can be purohased in books of 25 for one dollar, making the cost of a round trip 24 ocn:s. A third oiass are soiiool tiokets which are sold in books of 100 for three dol lars. These reduoe the oost of the round trip to 18 cents, bat they are good only on sohool days. Tiokets oan be purchasod at the office of the trolley oompany at Grovania.or they will be delivered to patrons in town in response to a few lines ad dressed to the oompan/. Superintend ent A. L. Davis, who resides at No. 603 Oiluroll street, generally has a sup ply of tiokets with him and will be glad to supply patrons. Superintendent Davis yesterday stat ed that lie eipeotea to be able to put the cars back on the fort? minQte schedule in a few days. A otew oil last Monday was put to work fixing up the bad spots temporarily. They have made excellent progress ml al ready the road is in pretty good shape. It will not be until about the mid dle of April that the general overhaul ing of the line will begin, ill which the traok is to be reballasted and rais ed higher. This part of the improve ment will be so arranged as to cause no delay whatever in tiafflo and oars will run on the forty minute schedule during the whole time that work is in progress. Attractive Home Wedding. The home of Mr. and Mrs. William Roth, Bloom street,was the soene of a pretty wedding Tuesday evening, which was attended by a large number of guests. The bride was Mißs Susie Diehl. of Exohange, aud William M. Diehl, of this city, was the groom. The wedding ceremony, beautiful in its simplicity, was performed by Rev. John Mortimer, of Williamsport,uncle of the groom. Tho Roth homo was •rtistioally decorated for the occasion with potted plants aud cut flowers. The bride wore an attractive gown of pale blue silk and carried a bouquet of roses. Miss Sophie Bartlow, of Ex ohange, was the maid of honor. She wore white mull aud carried piuk car nations. Edward Diehl, of Exchange, brother of the bride, aoted as best man. Miss Penrl Fenstermacher play ed the wedding maroh. After the oeremony an elaborate ■upper was served. The bride was the recipient of many beantiful and oostlv preieuts. Those present were: Kev. and Mrs. Johu Mortimer, of Williamsport; Kev. and Mrs. Ueorge Limbert and son Paul, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fisher, Mr. aud Mrs. William Roth mid daughters Oilve and Julia, Mr. aud Mrs. Jackson Good, Mr. ami Mrs. William-, Mary and daughter Grace, Mr. and Mrs Jacob Shall/, aud daughters E lua and Atta.Mr. and Mrs. Riuhaid Wliaphain, Mr. aud Mrs. Thomas M;iddeu,daugh ter Olive and sou Marvin, Mr. aud Mrs. Andrew Krum, Mesdames Joseph Diehl, Hannah Ruth, Thorn is Oolu.A G. Harris, Misi-e< Blanohe andOirrio Diehl of Kxchauge, Evelyn Moyer, Pearl Fensteruiauher, Kate Stronse, Jennie Strouse,Florence Jeubins, Alice FUher,Messrs. Jacob Johnson,Syhesl er Dougherty, Laiayette b'ou-t aud Ira Cliorm. The wooden awning in front of the Lew Woods building which will he oc - copied by Fallon Bros, in a short time is being torn dowu and will be replac ed by a canvas awning of modern style. MANY MOVINGS ON_SOtJTH SIDE Tits ohanging of tesidence with the severance of old ties is pretty suie to have a saddening aspeot, but the moving of Joseph Woodruff, who took np his home in South Danville yesterday, was attended with a olroumstance that was especially pathetio. | Mr. Woodruff removed from near the Baptist churoh at Union Corner. His wife is an Invalid, who has been con fined to her bed for some years as the result of sn injury to her spine sus tained in a driving aocident. The Woodruff family removed into Arthur Myerly's residence on Gearhsrt street. As the procession of wagons filed into town aud stopped in front of the house to be occupied, while the rest were heavily loaded with household goods one—a olosed wagon—was ob served to contain a oomfortable bed on which reclined the form of the afflict ed woman. It is needless to say that it was the invalid who reoeived the firßt atten tion, being tenderly oarried into her new home and made comfortable be fore any thought was given to the un loading of the household goods aud storeß. There is muoh moving this spring about South Danville, Riverside aud the adjacent townships. Mrs. Salie Strawbridge, who lived on one of tlio Bowdeu farms,yesterday shipped her goods from South Danville to Williaiusport. Charles Morrall, tenant on Samuel Morrall's farm, Kipp's Run, will re move to the Mertz farm near North umberland. The Morrall farm will be teuauted by a family named Auoher, who come from the vloinity of North umberland. John Reiuheubaoh will remove from W. H. Ammerman's farm,beyond Riv erside Heights, to one of Simon P. Wolvertou's farms uearSunbury. Sim eon Wyant has removed from the Purdy farm below Kipp's Run to a farm near Suubury. _ Robert Mapstouo, South Danville, will removo to Suubury yet this week. Howard Farley has moved from Mrs. Z. T. Arines' residenoe to one side of the house owned by Charles Mills on Avenue E. William Nuss, recent ten ant there, has removed to the Jerry Hotteustine residence on C street. Grant Huber lias moved iuto one sido of William Chapman's house on avenue E. Krauk Ebner removes from John Laudau's house to William Metler's farm iu Rarh township. Ladles of Qolben Eagle. YORK, March 29. Beginning May 9 the Qrand Temple of Pennsylvania Ladies of the Uoldeu Eagle, will hold its annaal session in York, continuing for three days. The meetings will be held ou the third door of Odd Fellows' hall, and it is expected that 150 tem ples of Pennsylvania will be represent ed by delegates. Willi these represen tatives will probably oome 100 or more other ladies of the QoUlen Eagle. The grand temple offioeia are: Past grand templar, Mrs. Bell Sten er, Jersey Shore: grand templar, Mrs. Ella Fox, Lancaster; grand vioe tem plar, Mrs. Sarah North, Philipsburg; graud priestess, Mrs. Nellie Hernslok er, Allentiwn; grand marshal of cere monies, Mrs. Lizzie O. Lookhait, Phil adelphia ; grand guardian of reoords, Mrs. Josie Y. Walter, Philadelphia; grand gaardan of exchequer, Mrs. Margie E. Fagau, Lancaster; graud guardian of music, Mrs. Auna A. Oar son, Philadelphia; graud guardian of iuui r portal, Mrs. Maria O. Barnes, Johnstown,and grand guardian of out er portal, Mrs. Eliazbeth Peuton,Phil adelphia. The result of the election of graud temple officers for the eusulug year will not be made publio until the York meeting. However, according to the rule of succession Mrs. Ella Fox, of Lancaster, will become past graud tem plar; Mrs. Sarah North, Philipsburg, graud templar; Mrs. Lizzie 0. Lock hart, of Philadelphia, grand vice tem plar,and Mrs. Maria O. Barnes, Johns town, graud marshal of oeremonies. It is probable that the piesent grand guardian of records and grand guard ian of exchequer, at least, will be re eleotod. There aie no York candidates for grand temple officers. Tuesday night, May 9, will be spent at the High Soliool auditorium, where the giaud castle exercises are to take place. Wednesday night will be devot ed to a form of entertainment yet to be arranged. The temple officers as well as other members of the grand temple will take part in the grand cas tle parade of May 9. The women will ride in carriages. In this parade, it is said, will be nearlv 1,000 members of the uniform ed divsion of the Peuusylvauia Knights of the Golden Eagle. These will rep resent comraauderies from all import ant cities in tho state. In addition to these will be large delegations from subordinate castles from towns far and ueitr, and it is expeoted that the pro oe.ssiou will contain Beveral thousand men aud women. Ida,the wife of Silas W. Wolverton, curlier of Nicholas Avenue and Short street, departed this life yesterday af ter a ten days' illness of pneumonia. The deceased was forty-sjven years of age aud is survived by her husband and one sou, Boy I H. Wolverton The I fnnoial will be held at 1 p. m. Satur- I day. luterment in Odd Fellows' ceme tery. IMDCTO BUT TO TBUTH, TO ÜBKBTT FAVO* SWATS US AM ire MAM. AWE' DANVILLE. MONTOUR COUNTY<sPA., FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1905 MINISTERS RETURN TODANVILLE The 87th annual Central Pennsyl vania Conference closed yesterday af ternoon at 3:25 when Bishop Kitz- Rerald had finished reading the ap pointments. The 1905 Oonfeienoe at Berwick has been remarkable in a number of ways, and will long be remembered by those who attended its sessions as a week of pleasant memories and lielpfu lnesa. The session was marked e specially by the expediency with which all business was traoßaoted, and by the total ab sence of the lengthy and heated dis cussions that have ofttimes in the past detracted from the pleasure of the oc casion, and held np the business be fore the meeting. At both the morning and afternoon sessions yesterday the audienoe taxed the capacity of the big church. As the end drew near the exoitement was in tense and all centered npon the Bish op's appointments. Danville and Riv erside were extremely fortunate to have the preachers of Trinity, St. Paul's and St. Peter's returned. They men and flue ministers, and their ooußolentious work in this vicin ity has won for them a host of friends who would have been deeply grieved had they been removed. TUESDAY MORNING. Devotional services were oonduoted by Rev. O. T. Donning, D. D., of Harrisburg. Bishop Earl Oranston, D. D., LL. D.. of Washington, D. 0., hy request of Bishop Fitzgerald oooupied the ohair. The journal of Monday's sessions was read and approved. Following yesterday's order confer ence entered into exeoutive session; and door keepers were appointed. The relation of John O. Grimes was chang ed from supernumerary to eSeotive. J. W. Whoiley was admitted as an elder on his credentials from the Unit ed Evangelical Ohuroh. He was call ed before the Conference and the us ual questions asked. The executive session was closed and the room was auioklv filled. The Bishop announced that the ap pointments were ready as soon as the Oonferenoe was prepared to hear them. 2 The report of the Board of Ste»aids was read and adopted. It allowed an iuorease over last year of $437.00. About 64 per cent, of last year's esti mates was paid. $31,165 was estimat ed for next year. Joseph R. Gray was granted a superannuated relation. The order of the day was taken up and the Conference invited Revs. James Hunt er and B. F. Stevens, who had com pleted fifty years in the miuistry, to address the conference. A letter was presented from Rev. Stevens, lie being unable to be present. Rev. Huntor then addressed the conference. The address was requested for publication iu the minutes. The report of the Committee on Diokinson Seminary was supplement ed by an address by Rev. A. 8. Bow man, agent for the Seminary. A collection was ordered for R. L. Armstrong, who relinquishes active work, and is without support in his sickness. The apportionments to the various dißtriots were read by Rev. W. W. Evans. Bishop Cranston, in taking leave of the conferenoe spoke a few words. Various standing oommittee* were announced. The oonferenoe vigorously protested against the passage of the Pali! and Ehrhardt bills now pending ID the Legislature. The treasurer read hi* report.Bhowing a total of $104,149 rais ed for benevolent purposes. Various other reports were adopted. Upon motion conferenoe adjourned to meet at 3 o'olock. AFTERNOON SESSION. The afternoon business session was opened by singing "Jesus Lover of My Sonl." The morning's jonrnal was read and approved. The last of the oommittees' reports were read and aooepted as follows: on Temperance, Deaooness' Work, Per iodicals, Tracts and Auditing. The statistical seoretary then read his report, whioh showed an inorease, in many itemß over last year. The fol lowing interesting items were gather ed from the report: Full members,6s,- 700; probationers, 6484; local preaoli ers, 118; deaths, 708; infants baptized, 3428; adults baptized, 1544; number of otiurahes, 627, valued at $3,347,302; number of parsouages, 212, valued at $525,564, pastor's salaries, $217,223; present indebtedness, $245,281. The motion to adjourn sine die, af ter the reading of the appointments, was then passed. Bishop Fitzgerald dosed the session by reading the last verses of the Book of Matthew and singing livmn 720: "Ohildren of the Heavenly King As we journey let us sing." The Bishop then read the appoint ments and Conference was dismissed. Following are the appointments of the Dauville District. Presiding Elder, Amos S. Baldwin, Sun bury. Ashlaud, H. C. Pardoe. Beach Haven, G. M. Remley. Beaver Meadow, H. W. Newman. Benton, W. H. Benford. Berwick, First Ohuroh, R. H. Gil bert. Berwick, Calvary, J. O. Grimes. Bloomingdale, W. E. Ruth. Bloomsburg, W. P. Eveland. Buokhoru, Supply. Oatawissa, R. M. Snyder. Catawissa Circuit, E. M. Ohlloote. Oentralia, E. E. MoKelvey. [Continued on Third Page. ] CREO-RESINATED WOOD BLOCKS Our reporter ''as gleaned abatoh of valuable Information concerning the paving blooks to be used on tiie □ew river bridge as well as concerning the whole system of flooring and strength and oapaoit; of the bridge, wliioh in bound to prove of interest to the general reader. But few people have been permitted to examine these blooks, although for several days past a shipment has been on the aiding at South Danville. The blooks are about the size of ordinary bricks—eight inches long, three inches wide and 4 inches high. They are of yellow pine saturated or Impregnated with oreosote, a complex mixture ob tained by the distillation of wood tar, which is remarkable as a deodorizer and preservative and haa properties which render wood treated with it well-nigh iodestrnctible. In the trade the bricks are the "Oreo-rea inated wood block." They will be laid, not flat, bat apon the side, the grain being vertioal. Tliey are noise less and the blocks are oonsidered the moat durable of any paving material known and are becoming popular for ÜBe on stroets, several thoroughfares of New York Oity being paved with them. 3 Each blook weighs three and a half pounds. This fact suggested some in quiries which brought out some amaz ing facts. Iu all 17f1,000 blocks will be required to pave the driveway of the bridge, representing an aggregate weight of over 300 tons. The concrete and sand forming the substructure of the flooring is estimated at 600 tons giving a total weight of 900 tons in dependent of the iron buckle plates upon whioh the flooring rosts. The carrying capaoity of the bridge distributed over the entire floor sur face is 2000 tons or the weight of a train of oars. The carrying strength is 3000 pounds to the lineal foot. To be more explicit the floor has been proportioned to carry a concentrated load of 25 tons, covering a floor area 4(1 feot long by 8 feet wide. A New Base Ball Venture. A meeting was held last night, at whioh final arrangements were made that secure for our town the coming season a goo 1 winning base ball team made up in part of home players. 9. A. McCoy was delegated by the Danville Base Ball Association to meet a number of players, who propose to conduct a team on the 00-operative plan. The meeting was held at Uo9h's drug store. An agreement was enter ed into whereby for a nominal consid eration the club of players was grant ed the use of the Old Timers' uuiforms for the season. Several of the players each will put a sunt of money iu the enterprise. Ad ditional fuudß wil be realized from au entertainment in the Opera House for the benefit of the Base Ball Club by Smith and James, Home Talent Minst rels which will probably be held on the first Saturday after Eaßter. The new club proposes to equip it self in good style. It will be made up principally of liome players, the best to be found in Danville. What va canciea exist will be filled with somi professionals from abroad. Nothing will be omittted to give our town a good, fast base ball team. The season will probably open about May 37th. Engineer and Contractor Here. B. H. Starr, of Philadelphia, Chief Engineer, and William 3. Markee.cou traotor of the Danville and Sanbury Electrio Railroad Company,arrived iu this oity yesterday to be on hand for the beginning of work on that liue. Repreaentatives of the firm of Cald well,Barry & Oompany,whioh has the oontraot for laying the flooring and the trolley traok on the bridge were expeoted to arrive in tliia city yester day, but owing to some delay they failed to put iu an appearance. Meanwhile work is advanoiug very rapidly on the bridge. The work of riveting down the buokle plates is about oompleted. The floor on the lower sidewalk for nearly three spans j is laid. But little more would seem to remain undone, but to finish the lower sidewalk and complete the rivet ing of the overhead work. Workmen yesterday were engaged in inserting bolts in the upper sidewalk which were omitted in the hurry incidental to getting that part of the bridge ready for trafflo. Change of Schedule. The Danville and Bloomsburg Eleo tric Railway has temporarily changed its schedule. The time between Dan ville and Bloomsburg is now one hour iustead of forty minutes. The oars now leave on the hour. It must be remembered that oars leaving Danville on the even hours only connect with cars leaving Bloomsburg for Berwick on odd hours. Tlie temporary change is made on acoouut of the coudition of the track incidental to spring weather. As soon as the track is put into perfect repair for tlio summer the cars will return to tin former schedule. Returned to Old Stand. B. F. Kelley of Northumberland street, has taken charge of the black amithing department of the Salmon Carriage and Wagon Works, 8011 anil 808 Church street. Mr. Kelly had oharge of Una staud some years ago and he hopes to meet all his old pa trons. He is prepared to do horse shoe ing and all kinds of wagon and gener al blaokamithing. JUNE FIRST FOR COMMENCEMENT The dates of the Baccalaureate ser mon and High School Commencement were settled by action of the School BoarcTMonday night. On motion of Mr. Adams it was or dered that Rev. Dr. M. L. Shiudel be invited to preach the baooalanreate ser mon in the Pine Street Lutheran church on the evening of Sunday, May 38th. On motion it was decided that tie evening of Thursday, June Ist, bo set apart for Commencement exercises, whioh aie to be held in the Opera House. It was deoided on motiou that Dr. Harpel, President of the Board, present the diplomas to the graduating class aud that he make the presenta tion speech. On motion of Mr. Fischer it was de oided that the graduating class be giv en fall financial management of affairs relating to Oommencemenr. On motion it was also deoided that the Sohool Board as last year, donate the snm of ten dollars to the graduating class to assist in defraying the expense of getting out invitations. Borough Superintendent Uordy sug gested that the High School Commit tee be empowered to settle all disput ed questions which may arise relating to Commencement. It was the sense of the Board that the Superintendent's recommendation was a good one aud on motion it was adopted. A shortage of coal was reported iu the First and Third Ward school build ings of the Borough. Ou motion of Mr. Oreene it was ordered that the excess of coal in the Second Ward cel lar be distributed in the other wards as needed. On motiou the Friendship Fire Company was awarded tiie liaul in«. The time-honored rule forbidding pupils to appear upon the school ground until 8 :30 in the morning and 1 o'clock in the afternoon was uncer emoniously knocked out last evening. The above re6triotion ou pupils have been very nupopular with the Sohool Boards of recent years. The rule, what ever objections there may be to it,was adopted to remedy conditions which at one time Were considered well nigii intolerable. It has been iu force quite 20 years. Whetl er the rule should be rescind ed or not has been a mooted question with the present Sohool Board for nearly two years past. Last night Mr. Pursel brought the question to an is sue by moving that the pupils be per mitted to assemble on the sohool grouuds at Ba. m. aud that they he given the freedom of the school grouuds during the whole noon intermission. The Board seemed to be in a mood to act aud without a dissenting voice it rescinded the old rule aud adopted the new one. The following members were preaeut Monday night: Harpel, Ortli,Greene, Burns, Pursel, Werkheise<\ Vonßlohu, Fischer, Adams. Jacobs, Trumbower and Haring. The following bills were approved for payment: Teachers and Janitors (1733.00 Roberts and Meek 11.82 Standard Eleotrloj,Light Co. . 1.40 Remington Type Writer C 0... 8.30 William Miller 8.00 Ambrose Robinson 5.07 Qeorge Mock 7.00 Friendship Boys' Subscription. The solioitors for the Soldiers Monu ment fand canvassing the different wards of the Borough are meeting with oonaiderable encouragement. Hon. Jamea Foster, Chairman of the Monu ment Committee, in an interview yes terday stated that the work has at last reached a stage when the results seem to justify sangniue expectations. For awhile, it WBB true, things went slow ly. It seemed to be diflioult for the Soliciting Committee to get down to work, but now in two of the wards, a | great deal of the territory is covered. Iu the remaining wards less has been | accomplished, but the solicitors will be rightly down to work in a day or so. | While no doubt a few persous of amplo means will contribute munifi ' oeutly toward the monument, yet it is a faot generally recognizud that the bulk of the money will have to be rais ed by popular subscription, whioh is just and proper, as it is only by re flecting personal sacrifice iu this way that the memorial when completed will staud in its broadest sense as a tribute from the people. The Committee takes the view that there are but few persons who oan uot afford to contribute something. And if the contribution be forthcoming, great or small, according to the means of the giver, the whole problem will be solved with very little delay or trouble. The suggestiou is made that every household, whioh feels friendly to the monument enterprise, talk the matter over and decide definitely up on some sum to subscribe. Iu this way the work of soliciting will be mnoli facilitated. All those not yet visited may rely upou it that they will be called upou ill the very uear fnture. The Friendship Fire Company has j done a very graceful thing by makiug a contribution iu addition to what sums maybe subscribed by iudividual members. The Committee as a body subscribed twenty-five dollars to con stitute itn offering made in honor of the soldiers living or dead who are now or have been members of said fire company. You can't live but once on this earth. I What la the use of living if you deny j yourself every innooent amusement. ' By so doing you are old before your j time. Take a night off aud see the Sun Minstrels which will appear iu this oity tonight. RURAL SCHOOLS GRANT DIPLOMA County Superintendent O. W. Derr this spring will inaugurate quite a de parture in the rural schools,whioh in* volves an examination at the end of the term aud the granting of diplomas to those who pass successfully. Since ho has beeu County Superin tendent Mr. Derr has beeu striving to make the course of study in the rural schools as nearly uniform as possible, although lie does not believe in carry ing uniformity to au extreme which would destroy individuality in the teacher, whioh he recoguizes as a cou dition only under which the best re sults are attained in the eoiiuol room. In order to attain to something like uniformity the Illinois Course of Study, the game as is taken for a guide in Columbia aud Northumber land counties, as far as practicable is being applied in the schools of Mou tour Couuty. Mr. Derr believes that nothing will hold the schools down to this idea of uniformity so effectually as au annual examination to take place at the end of the term in which uniform ques tions are employed. Iu addi'.iou, by granting diplomas to those who at tain a cieditable average he hopes to place before the pupils au incentive that will iucite them to diligent study and influence them to remain in sohool until the completion of the course. The diplomas will be of the kind de signed expressly for the rural schools aud will bear the signatures of the County Superintendent aud the pu pil's teaoher The annual examination—the first of the kind ever held in the rural schools of Montour County—will be held on uext Saturday morning, April Ist. The pupils examined will embrace the A classes of the different schools. In each township all the pupils to be ex amined will assemble iu one of the school houses of the district, designat ed iu the list below, where the exami nation will be conducted by twoteaoh ers selected by the Superintendent from the corps of that township. The uniform questions, selected by the County Superintendent,will be sent to the examiners by mail aud aie uot to be opened uutil the examination takes plaoe. The following shows where the examinations will be held and oy whom conducted: Anthony township—Cross Roads, Miss Mohr aud Mr. Smith, exatuiuerg. Coopor township Valley Sohool, Guy Mowery, examiner. Limestone township California, Mr. Sohuure and Mr. Hartmau, ex aminers. Derry township—Strawberry Ridge, Mi»s Muuro and Miss Love,examiners. Liberty township— Oak Grove, Miss Robinson and Mr. Taylor, examiners. Valley township—Sidler's School, Miss McNiuch aud Mr. Mack, examiu ers. Mahoning township Mechanics ville, Miss Blizzard aud Mr. Krum, examiners. Mayberry township Hall Sohool, Miss Robbins, examiner. West Hemlock—Styer's Sohool, Mr. Styer, examiner. A Phenomenal Tlarch Day. It is certainly a novel experience to hear people complaining of the heat in the month of March, uot heat that is only relative, but summer heat aud the genuine article at that with the thermometers establishing records t hat would do credit to the latter part of June. To add still further to the an omaly while these oondtions prevailed many of the hydrants about town,froz en last winter, had not yet melted out and less than a week had elapsed since the ice stopped running on the Susque hanua. Notwithstanding the heat, the idle question," Is it warm enough for you I" was uot much indulged in yesterday; people were after real information aud as the perspiring individual took off his hat aud mopped his brow he asked iu a tone that betrayed a suggestion of petulencc : "Say, how hot is it!?" To answer that question it was only necessary to take a glance at auy of the thermomet ers ou duty along the street. They were all workiug hard. At the Mon tour House mercury stood as follows: 5 :30 a. m. ,46 degrees ; at 12 in., 75 de grees; at 2 p. m.,82 degrees. At South Danville at noon it was 77 degrees; at 2p.m. it was 83 degrees. At 2:30 p. m.the thermometer in front of Jacob Goss' barber shop, Mill street, whioh j was exposed to the sun, registered 100 degrees. The latter was the degree of heat that pedestrians were exposed to who had business ou the suuuy side of Mill street. There was very little air stirring aud to measure the full degree of dis comfort allowance must be made for the fact that as a rule liumauity was ' ; wrapped in winter clothing and that , i the houses were still warmed artiflci- | allv. It was about the same thing as ! though a person a few days before the Fourth of July should fire up his house, get into heavy woolen clothing aud then vigorously strive to keep • cool. | March has undoubtedly produced a ! few record breakers before,but wheth- I er the weather bureau kuows of an ' other March day quite as hot as yes ! terday is a fact that mauy people are | desirous of fiuding out. 1 j Don't discard your heavy under wear. Sprlug is fickle. ESTABLISHING A GAUGING-STATION r Joliu O. Uoyt and H. D. Oomstock, two representatives of tliti U. S. Geo • logical Survey, were in this oity yes- I terday establishing a gauging station. < These stations are established at long intervals along the Susquehanna ■ system. There is one at Biughamton, > another at Wilkesbarre and still anoth -1 er at Danville. On the West Branch the only ganging station is at Will ■ iauisport. On the main stream there i is a station at Harrisbnrg. The object i is to obtain data couoeruing the vol ume and the variation of the onrrent and velocity, which are embraced in 1 the annual report of the U. S. Qeo- I i logical Survey. The information thus 112 imparted ig of espeoial interest to the i general publio in these days when j ■ eveiy stream is being considered in i couueotiou with its value as a possi ■ ble water power. By means of a current meter sunk I in the river the government represent f atives yesterday determined the veloo- I ity of the stream at the present stage. ' The experiment is repeated at different ' times during a given period to deter ' mine the velocity of the river at var ' ions heights. The disoharge of the > stream as based upon its veloolty and > is easily estimated for the different ' seasons of thu year. I Under the direction of Messrs. Hoyt and Oomstock a trough-like contriv ance seoured by lock and key has been > installed along the upper sidewalk be -1 tweeu the shore and first pier from which is lowered a plnmb line to get the exact height of water, whioh is ' taken every day and recorded, being turned into the U. S. Geological Sur vey at regolar intervals. Edward F. 8011, engineer at the Water Works, is the looal representa tive of the Geological Survey, who has charge of the gauging station. He was in charge of the station here be fore the bridge went away and carried out instrootions very faithfully, tak ing the height of the river daily. Wheu the bridge was carried away the apparatus, whioh was attaohed to the lower sidewalk, was destroyed, so that the records dnriug the past year are necessarily incomplete. Inspection oi Company F. The annnal inspection of Company F, Twelfth Regiment, N. G. P., took > plaae in the Armory last night and was conducted by Major Clark, of Will iamsport. Uajor F. P. Fremont, of the Regular Army was also present. Major Fremont's presence lent ad ditional interest to the inspection. He iu the son of General J. G. Fre mont, whose untiring explorations and brilliant military career made him famous the world over. Major Fre i mont, wlio is a man or middle life, is himself a soldier of distinction and has rounded out 28years iu the United . States Army. His busiuess last night was not to take any aotive part iu the inspection, but merely to make out an independ ent report and forward it to head quarters. The government desires to know what degree of efficiency exists in the National Guard and which of the variotis companies of anyone regi ment are the bust prepared and could render efficient service if called upon immediately to quell a labor trouble. , Major Fremont stated that the Na tional Guard of Pennsylvania is very highly esteemed by the government as a factor in preserving peace. At pres ent the Pennsylvania guard is having ; hard lines, and is likely not to show ' up exceedingly well this spring owing to the new tactios reoently adopted and the entirely new principle involv ed in drill. He foresees better days for , the Guard wheu the new armory bill , becomes a law. He even hopes to see the (lay wheu the Guardsmeu will be paid for attending drill. At present i many sacrifices are exacted of the members of the National Guard. Compauy F was subject to a very rigid inspection last night. There was a good attendance, forty-four includ ing officers being present. As to the 1 result of the inspection, of course, nothing will be known until after the in-peotors report is turned iu to the , government. Major 0. P. Gearhart was also pres ent at the iuspeotion. Eagles to Have Attractive Home. The looal aerie of the Fraternal Or der of Eagles will, trom the first ot April, oooupy the rooms in the SO3- ond story of the Opera House blook i recently vaoated by the Penn Sooial olub. The most phenomenal sucoess has attended the looal chapter since its in stitution in this oity on the 29th of Au gust last. There were initiated at that time 8!i members. The membership has siuoe steadily grown until now there are 121 names on the roll. The organization which is both social and > beneficial is in excellent condition finauoially. The members are planning a number i of delightful social events fortheoom- I iug Rummer season. Entertained Friends. > Mr. and Mrs. 0. H. Risliel enter i tainud a few friends at their home, , Snnnyside Home, Cooper township, . on Friday. Those present were: Mr. 1 . and Mrs. George Leighow, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Shultz, Mr. and Mrs. B. s ! L. Diohl.Mr. and Mrs. Olarenoe Pliil j ips, Mr. aud Mrs. Charles Arter and daughter Bertha, Mrs. John Miller, . Mrs. Marie Kuorr, Edward Wertmau aud Master Oliver Augle. NO. 19 MEETING WITH ME SUCCESS T. S. Pettijolin and Charles V. Am erman, representatives of the People's Telephone Construction Company.have now pnt in some three or four days in the interest of the rural telephone sys tem of Montour oonnty and they de clare that they have every reason to be encouraged and express the utmost confidence in the suooess of the under taking. A number of farmers iu the county have already been visited by the rep resentatives of the Company. It has | been the exception rather than the I rule that these people have not been 1 won over to the enterprise and have I declared their intention of taking stock. As explained inn previous art . icle the system is to bo built on the ' co-operative installment plan, which makes it possible for almost every home to own a share of stock aud a 'phone. Undoubtedly the best interest of the farming community as well as of every other community at the pres ent day demands a telephone service. The progressive farmers visited, the representatives say, are thoroughly alive to all the advantages to be deriv ed from the 'phone in a business or utilitarian way, while the ladies of the household are not one wbit less enthusiastic, seeing among the more remote benefits increased oheei and an added charm, which must come to the isolated homes iu the country when the houses are all linked together with the telephone, making it possible to break up hours of loneliness with uliats wth neighbors and even to com municate with the neighboring towns. The two gentlemen back of the enter prise here by no means underestimate this silent though potent influence ex erted by the female folk in favor of the rural system. At present it seems that several rural telephone lines with Waehlng touville as a central offiae are an as sured faot for the near future. Sever al representative farmers of the coun ty as soon as approached not only took stock but instantly took hold of the proposition in a practical way to as sist the promotion aud aro accomplish ing material results among their neigh bors. All the names secured have not as yet been forwarded to Danville,but a partial lilt of signers in the hands of Messrs. Pettijolin and Amerman, have been handed to the Morning News for publication. It will be notioed that the list contains the names of oor most public spirited oitizens and the most successful aud progressive farm ers in the oouuty. Following is the partial list: Hon. Alex. Billmeyer, Washington ville; E. M. Mowror, William 8. Bog ert, D. A. Cox, William H. Dye, O. E. Boone,H. A. Snyder,E. H. Kream er. Strawberry Ridge; J. J. Axe, W. H. Leighow, Forred W. Miller, Levi Fortner, Jerseytowii; M. L. Sheep,W. O. Krumm.J. W. Lowrie, Jerseytown, R. F. D., No. 1; Jacob Kreamer, George Hill, White Hall; D. F. Goug er, and J. C. Benfield, Milton, R. F, D., No. 1. ; O. A. Wagner, Ottawa. The above names insure as the first constructed a line extending from Washingtonville to Strawberry Ridge thence to Exchange and White Hall. Other lines to.be taken up in succes sion will be one extending through California to Limestoneville ; one to Moorebsurg and still another to Potts grove. As soon as the Washingtonville exchange syßtem is completed the pro moters will turn their atteution to other portions of the county, finally introducing the proposition to the farmers of Geariiart and Rush town ships, Northumberland county. Death of Hrs. John DeLong. Mrs. Amelia DeLoug, widow of the late John DeLong, died last evening at 9:30 o'olook at the home of Mrs. Mary A. Johnson, Church street. Mrs. DeLong was 81 years of ase last September. For a number of years her health has been failing, and for two year* she lias been confined to her bed. The deceased was one of the old est members of Trinity Lutheran church,and always took an aotive part in chnrch work. Due notice of funeral will be given. The several shade trees on Mill street removed last fall when street paving was inaugurated to the eye are not only conspicuous by their absence bat their refreshing Bhade is much missed. It was not until the Bun began to get liis work in yesterday that people, ao onetomed to the trees, fully realized what they had lost. However, the street is muoh improved by the remov al of the trees, aud even those form erly benefitted are not disposed to complain. •t •» m Messrs. Pe(tljohb jtnd Amerman are still hammering away at the rural telephone proposition. The farmers seem to fully realize that it all de pends upon their attitude toward the enterprise whether or not any of the proposed lines shall be established very soon. One of the promoters yes terday asserted that with proper en couragement one of the lipes might be got iu working:dttier inside of sixty days. WWW .{ Reports are that the Southern straw berry orop will be a reoord breaker this Spring, aud that shipments will Begin in Borne quantity in about four weeks. . One can sniff base ball •in the air now.
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