DANVILLE INTELLIGENCER VOL. LXXVII. LOCAL INSPECTION JiNOm 22 Captain J. Beaver Gearhart yester day received the following order from regimental headquarters at Suubury, relative to tlie annual spring inspec tion : Headquarters Twelfth Regiment In fantry, Third Brigade, National Guard of Pa., Sunbury, Pa., 26th, 1905. General Order No. 12. Pursuant to instructions from Major William P. Clark, Inspector Third Brigade, N. G. P., the several com panies of this Regiment will be in spected in their respective armories, commencing in each case at 8 p. m., as follows: January 15th, lilOfi. Company D, Field aud Staff and Hospital Corps. January 16th, 1906, Company A. January 17th, 1906, Company H. January 18tli, 1906, Company K, Field and Staff and Hospital Corps. January 19tli, 1906, Company I and Band. January 20th, 1906, Company G. January 22nd, 1906, Company F. January 28rd, 1906, Company E. January 24th, 1906, Company B. January 25th, 1906, Company C. 2. Officers of Field and Staff and Non-commissioned staff, resident in Williamsport, Pa., will be inspected at the armory of Company D, January 15tli. Those resident at Sunbury, Pa., January 18th. All others at their sev era! home stations. 8. All arms, state property, books and papers will be ready for inspec tion at 2p. m.of the day set for the inspection and so that time can bo saved bolts will be removed from the rifles in advance of the inspection. By order of Colonel Clement. M. H. T AGO ART, Adjutant. New Year Resolutions. The year 1906 is but a few days old and may still be classed as a kid. It will be some weeks before it will lay off its pinafore, but it is in this ad- , olesceut period that it affords oppor- , tuuity and occasion for people of con- 1 trite minds to "swear off" aud turn , over a new leaf. It would be impossi ble to estimate the number of resolu tions that have been made by parties , who have resolved to be good during the coming year, and longer, if possi- ( ble. The snap resolutions extend to and cover all manner of short-comiilgs. Drinkers resolve to stop drinking; smokers vow that they will no longer dally witli the seductive weed ; sworn*- ■ ers pledge themselves to total absten tion from "cuss" words; non-church ( goers allow their conscience to prick them for not being seen in the house of the Lord aud make a resolution to be in church every Sunday, aud, if possible, in a front pew. These resolutions usually hold good for a brief period and those who make them pride themselves in their rofor- ( mat ion. But in a majority of such cases the backsliding soon begins. The drinker, at a very dry moment, will conclude that a small snifter will do no harm ; the reformed smoker will yield to the alluring odor of pipe or cigar ;the swearer who Iftid determined not to indulge in profanity any more will find himself lapsing into his former imprecations; the party who ha<t determined to be at church reg ularly during the year, eventually has no difficulty in finding an excuse for staying at homo aud reading the Sunday newspapers. This unfortunately is too often the outcome of reform resolutions made at New Year. It may be safely said that to so impotent a conclusion three fourths of them come. But tfiis need not be so, and would not be if the res olutions were made iii*the right spirit and with manly determination to car ry them out. Threatened a Cardinal. ROME, Jan. B.—Cardinal Vincent Vannuteli, archpriest of the Liberian Basilica, received a note which was posted in Rome December 80, threaten ing the publication of compromising letters, said to have been written by the Cardinal, if he did not send one thousand lire ($200) addressed to the initials "C. E." to be left at the post office until called for. The Cardinal handed the letter to the police who this morning arrested a well-dressed man who asked for a let ter with the initials "C. E." The prisoner, whose name is kept secret and who protests his innocence,proved that when the black-mailing letter was posted in Rome ho was in Genoa, where he landed on reaching Italy from New York. To the Captain of Danville B. B. Team. Being unable to come to terms with : your manager, regarding our chal- J longe, wo hereby challenge you per sonally, for a game between our team and yours,under following conditions, viz: We will play you, "winner take all" for the gate receipts or, wo will make a benefit game of it, after pay ing our actual expenses, hall reift, printing, etc. Proceeds to be divided between both teams. We authorize W. C. Snyder of your town to make all ar rangements with you if you accept either of the above propositions. Sincerely yours, Calvary Basket Ball Team. ROBT. SOOBY, Captain. The Boston Star Specialty Company, in high class minstrelsy, will perform in the Hall at this TWto&ay evebiug- BOROUGH FATHKRS CLOSE THEIR BOOKS The Borough Council held a special meeting Saturday night for the pur pose of winding up the business of the year 1905. With one exception every member was present as follows: Gib son, Reifsnyder, Vastine, Sweisfort, Bover, Jacobs, Magill and Hughes. Chief Engineer of the Fire Depart ment Edward Purpur presented his re port for the year 1905. He enclosed an inventory of the equipment of each of the four com panies and recommended the purchase of gum coats and four pairs of gum gloves for each company, to bo used by the men who work at the nozzle. Nine alarms of Are were res]ioudod to during the year, which is consider ed a very fortunate showing. In each case the loss was small and was cover ed by insurance. The total loss sus tained by fires during the year is put down at one hundred dollars. In four cases the damage was inconsiderable; in four cases the loss was estimated at ten dollars ; in one case, that at the P. A R. Railway, the loss was S6O. On motion it was ordered that the report of the Chief of the Fire De partment be accepted aud the recom mendations as to rubber coats and gloves be referred to the Committee on Fire for investigation. Chief of Police J. C. Mincemoyer presented his report for the Police De partment, which showed that during the year 1905 there were twenty-nine arrests for violations of Borough Or dinances. In twenty-two cases the offenses were drunkennoss or drunken ness aud disorderly conduct. In one case the offense was drunkonnuess and cursing aud the penalty paid consisted , of thirty-days in jail. Another case was fighting and the penalty paid was thirty days in jail. There was one case of fast driving aud one case of obstructing the sidewalk. In the "drunk and disorderly" cases the penalty paid was in all cases seveu dollars. A plain drunk was only two dollars. There wore several cases of "disorderly conduct," in which drink did not seem to play a part, the penalty being five dollars. During the year 156 tramps were sheltered in the lock-up. On motion of Mr. Goeser it was or- , dered that the report of the Chief-of- Police be accepted and placed on file. On motion of Mr. Dietz an order was irawn in favor of the Chief of the | Fire Department for his annual salary of fifty-two dollars. It was ordered that the fourth quart- , erly appropriation of $37.50 duo the fire department be paid. On motion of Mr. Magill it was also ordered that the annual salary of twen ty-five dollars be paid the Executive Board of the Fire Department. On motion of Mr. Vastine it was : ordered that irou guard rails be erect- . ed at the canal culverts both at Ferry and at Church streets as a precaution against accident, at those points. Jacob Slielhart appeared before Couucil and complained that while he ' has gone to the expense of repairing the sidewalk in front of his property on Mill street,the pavement adjoining his own belonging to the Chalfaut and Rodenhoffer properties respectively is permitted to remain in a very bad con dition. Ho said he had reported the neglect previously aud he read the Borough Fathers quite a little lecture warning them against the fault of dis crimination. On motion of Mr. Goeser it was or dered that Messrs. Clialfant and Rod enhoffer be notified to repair their pavement in thirty days,otherwise the Borough will have the work done at the owners' expense. Mr. Dietz complained that the Ror ough light is turned off too early these winter mornings, stating that it has become a matter of common complain in the Second Ward. Borough Elec trician Jones was called upon to ex plain and he stated that- the plant at this season is not shutdown until 6:40 or 6:45 a. m. After discussion it was agreed that this was a matter that' should be left to the discretion of the engineers, who it is believed are men of judgment and quite conscientious in the matter. No one denied that at hour above named daylight is coming on quite rapidly, nevertheless Council favored extending the limit of light a little, if need be. While on the subject of light Mr. Reifsnyder took occasion to praise the quality of light and the general efficacy of the municipal plant, incidentally paying a uico little compliment to Borough Electrician Jones for faithful aud intelligent service The prisoners in the lock-up during the year ate sixty-one meals at the Borough's expense. The meals were furnished by the Chief of Police, who as shown bv the list of bills paid re ceived $9.15 for this branch of service. The following bills were approved for payment: BOROUGH DEPARTMENT. Regular Employes . $115.00 James Gibson 1.50 I Thomas Reifsnyder 21.92 John Hixsou 8.75 1 J. C. Mincemoyer 9.15 i A. C. Amosbury 40.95 j Frank Scliram 4.12 • Sarah McCuou 5.00 Standard Gas Co .25 Labor and Hauling . 54.25 T. L. Evans' Sons 100 Reading Irou Co 14.00 B. B. Brown 82.02 Dr. C. Shultz 12.95 G. A. Rossman 45.76 WATER DEPARTMENT. Regular Employes $114.88 Robert Anns . 1.50 Ellis Rank 12.04 T. L. Evans' Sons... 5.35 Fidelity & Casualty Co 30.0(1 Atlantic Refining Co 28.H Joseph Leehner . 2.8< John Hixsou 4.2t E. Corman O:iX H. B. Pat ton 11.01 1 Fr(ink Schram 2.0( ' Stiuulard Gp» Oo .' A. . HWcry PWtra..,m,. >«■ 20.(X TLKDGKD BUT TO TBUTH, TO T.TRItRTT AJTD LAW—NO FAVOR SWATS US m SO nui WHAT.!. AW*." DANVILLE. MONTOUR COUNTY. PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1900. REPUBLICAN 1 '^CONVENTION 1 Colonel Wosley R. Andrews, the - Republican State Chairman, on Tuos -3 day night sent out from Washington t the call for the State Convention. It - will be held at Harrisburg on June 6. , Candidates will be nominated for Gov ernor, Lieutenant Governor, Auditor. - General and Secretary of Internal Af - fairs. Membership in the convention will ' be based upon the vote cast for Roose velt in 1904, so that the body of delo • gates will be large. Philadelphia will i have much to say because of the num- T her of delegates which are entitled to go from that city. I The full text of the s cail is as fol lows : i January 2, 1906. To the Republican Electors of Penn sylvania : ; lam directed by the Republican • State Committee to aunouueo that the Republicans of Pennsylvania, by their duly chosen representatives, will moot in convention at the ()]>era House in the City of Harrisburg, 011 Wednesday, i June 6, 1906, at 10:80 a. m., for the purpose of nominating candidates for the following offices, viz: | One i>orsou for the office of Governor, i One person for the office of Lieuten ! ant Governor. One person for the office of Auditor General. One person for the office of Secretary of Internal Affairs, and for the transaction of such other business as may be presented. 2 In accordance with the rules govern ing the party, the representation in the State Convention will be based up ion the vote polled at the last Presi dential election. Under the rules each legislative district is entitled to one dolegate for each two thousand votes east for Republican Presidential elec tors in 1904, aud an additional dele gate for every fraction of two thou sand votes polled in excess of one thousand. By order of the State Committee. W. R. ANDREWS, Chairman. Herman P. Miller, Secretary. Roll Call Brings 200 Responses. The "roll call" at the Pine Street, I Lutheran church Sunday night brought out a largo congregation and the ser ; vices throughout were of a very iuter j esting nature. After the usual opening services I the 23rd. Psalm was read ; hymn No. , i 169 was sung, after which the pastor, Rev. Dr. Shindel, le;l in prayer. This was followed by the singing of hymn No. 149, after which the choir render- : ed an anthem. Next came the "roll call", embrac ing the names of those wljo at one j time or another were members of the ■ ! Sunday school (luring Dr. Shiudel's • pastorate, but who are no longer con- ! | uected with it, a large number of whom are living at a distance. A j > number of letters had been receiv od from those nuable to attend. These , were read along with the responses < ! that came from those present, when the long roll was called. In this way ! about two hundred of the old time i members were heard from. i There was another anthem by the j choir, after which Daniel S. Bloom, J who was superintendent of the Suu- i day school fifty years ago, gave some reminiscences touching in a very in teresting way on the teachers aud pu pils alike in that long departed day. Nearly four hundred dollars were raised Sunday, $227 accompanying the responses of the old time scholars. ' The members of the church contribut ed the rent, placing $l6B in the box. i The congregation joined in singing, [ "When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder," 5 I which was followed with doxology t and benediction. Mrs. Kennedy Laid to Test. ) Mrs. Margaret Kennedy, of River i side, whose death occurred at 3 o'clock i i Monday morning, was consigned to 1 the grave in Mt. Vernon cemetery yes | terday afternoon. r j The deceased was 67 years of age. ! i She was a life-long resident of this j • section and was a well known and 1 j highly esteemed woman. She was the , | widow of Lafayette Kennedy, who do-j J parted this life 16 years ago. She is " survived by oue daughter, Mrs. John \ j Clarke, of Kliuesgrove.and three sons: 1 , Charles, of Shamokin; Walter, of Buf- j ! falo; and Harry, who resided with his J mother in Riverside. 3 1 The relatives and friends mot at the > house at 1:30 o'clock yesterday after - noon and after a short service at 2 j ' o'clock proceeded to St. Peter's M. E. church. The funeral was quite large ly attended, the services being con -0 ducted by the pastor of St. Peter's, 0 Rev. E. T. Swartz. 3 The pall bearors were :W. R. Clark, 1 2 Joseph L. Shannon, Samuel Gulick, 5 Eli Hoover, John McCloughan aud 2 Peter Burger. The following out of town persons . attended the funeral: Mr. and Mrs. 0 William Fisher, of Catawissa; Mrs. I 0 George Trometer, of Shamokin ; John | 2 Clark and sisters, Alice and Bertha,of j ? Klinesgrove ; Mrs. Arthur Kennedy, of ; ° Creek, and Mrs. Henry j 8 Howell, of Danville. 0 4 Protracted Heelings. Protracted meetings are being held j 9 each evening at the United Evangelic-1 K) al church by the pastor, Jlov. E. B. \ Duun. The meetings will contiuute dur- J] ing this and next week. X) —-- ■ Many a Ckiristniuß ttteo thta ash X3 pfW ntAv. HOW FRIZES WEREA'WARDED New Yoar's day dawned bright and clear. Tho pir was crisp aud bracing without being uncomfortably cold aud ill conditions were favorable for the full enjoyment of the day. The mummers turned out iu force. All predictions were fulfilled and the New Yoar's parade surpassed the dis play of last aud of all previous years. It was a grand procession, oue that could uot be outdone in grotesque ami outlandish conceptions, the maj ority of which bore the stamp of orig iuality; while in point of numbers the wouder was that in a town tlie size of Danville so many people could be found willing to join the mummers, considering how much real hard work aud exposure was involved. The fan tastic procession extended along Mill street from Front street to the First National Bank. Hundreds of people wore present j from the neighboring towns of Blooms-! burg, Catawissa aud Suubury. Mill street was th rouged and presented an appearance that could be compared only to Fourth of July. All present were delighted and carried home with them recollections of the New Year pageant which will suffice to amuse them for many days. Prizes were awarded to the mum mers as follows: 1. Uncle Tom's Cabiu Party—five dollars. 2. Betsy Ross—oue tou of coal. 3. Man aud Monk—one ton of coal. 4. Man aud Boar—box of cigars. 5. Giraffe—oue box of cigars. 6. Scare Crow—oue toilet set. 7. Satan—one umbrella. 8. House for Rout—one sack of flour '9. Auto Party—two shirts. 10. Siamese Twins—l dozen photos. 11. Boy Drum Corps—five pound ot candy. 12. Whole Blank Family—one fancy cake. 13. Hod Carrier and Wife—one sack of flour. 14. Barber Shop Party—oue sack of flour. 15. Human Frog—pair of gloves. 16. Rip Van Winkle—a hat. 17. Fishing Party—sack of flour. 18 Drum Major—pair of gloves. 19. Futhor Time—a pipe. 20. A. D. K. Band—fine picture. 21. The Parsou—one cup aud brush. 22. Man and Goat—oue whip. 23. Rod Riding Hood—mirror and easel. 24. Esquimau a watch. 25. Happy Hu Hi hens oue box candy. 26. Negro Woman—a sack of flour. 27. Japanese—one rug. 28. Old Soldier with big nose—half pound baking powder. 29. Dick Turpiu—one jack knife. 30. Negro Dandies—one box of cig ars. 31. Boy and Dog—one pocket knife. 32. James Scarlet, Jr., Frank Sidler aud Hugh Pursol, oue box candy. Dismantling is Begun. Work was boguu yesterday on the dismantling of the North Branch Blast furnace recently purchased hy Frank Samuel, of Philadelphia. The dismantling will bo iu charge of George 11. Poulterer, of Philadel phia, who accompanied by Furuiau Mathers, as assistant, and four expert dismantlers arrived in Danville ou Tuesday evening. No time was lost and yesterday morn iug the old furnace was attacked,eight men being at work. Some tou men additional will be employed this morn ing. The uumbor will bo increased from time to time uutil thirty meu or more are at work, which will probably be the maximum number that can be employed to any advantage. The office building was cleaned out and a stove installed yesterday so as to make it answer as a comfortable headquarters while the dismantling is in progress.. Mr. Poulterer stated that some three mouths might bo cousumed iu tearing down the furnace and get ting rid of the material. Much de pends upou the kind of weather that follows. Deep suows and rough weath -lor would of course preveut the com ! pany from carrying out its plans, laid iu anticipation of milder weather. Al ready a number of men have applied j for employment. Among tho product of tho dismantl ing will bo not only machinery, some of which is still iu fairly good condi tion aud may be used,but also railroad j irou, lumber, stoue aud brick in largo quantities, fire brick,as well as red or ! building brick. Tho material will all be sold ou the ground for spot cash. The furnace being dismantled was built in 1872 and somehow never came up to expectations. It is safe to say that it has boon idle duriug at loast one-half the time. It was built as an anthracite furnace aud during the greater part of its history it possessed the disadvantage of uot beiug of mod- I efh equipment. House Party at Turbotville. On .Saturday last a jolly party of j young people gathered at the home of Mr. aud Mrs. Elmer Derr, at Turbot ville, where a delightful house party ■ was held. j With the exception of Miss Blanche Pursel and Raymond Pursel, of Frosty ' Valley, and Miss Mary and Frank Fry |of Dauvillc, the party was composed I of Millvillo people. Tliey wore : Misses j Edith Eves, Nina Eves, Margaret Eves, Mary Sauds, Manio Gardner, Lilliau j Gardner, Laura Koster, Margaret Hel» ler, Born ice Eves, Jessie Ikoler, Irene Ike lor, Messrs. George Sands, Millard j Eves, Dr. Curtis Eves, Dr. darl Eves, Myron Eves, Herbert Henrie, George i Henrie, Arthur Henrie, Carl Grimt&t | «by UrlmW ahli Hbifcttl ikfelbV. TWO REGISTRA TION DISTRICTS The uew Act to provide for immedi ate registration of all births and deaths, which affects every oommuu ty, at the Hospital for the Insaue where deaths and removals are likely to be of daily occurrence causes some thing akin to a revolution in methods. Under the law formerly in force W. H. Orth, Chief Clerk, held the posi tion of Deputy Inspector uuder the State Board of Health and was em powered to issue burial aud removal permits, which rendered it very con venient. Whether under the new law a registrar can be appointed whose jurisdiction shall begiu aud eud with an institution like the Hospital or whether all business relating to burial or removal permits will havo to be transacted with the registrar whose district embraces the Hospital is a matter on which full information has uot beeu obtained. Iu the first place let it be stated that the Hospital for the lusaue with its populatiou of some 1200 a community in itself—indeed, it might be added au afflicted community, in which the death rate runs high. Somo inquiries were made along this line yesterday when it was learned that a death may occur each day for several days iu succession, although it was thought that one death a week at the Hospital might be a pretty fair average for the year around. Conven ience, therefore, in such matters as burial and removal permits count for a great deal. The above suggests "cnie very inter esting facts concerning the disposition of the dead at the Hospital, in a gen eral way of the half a hundred or so~ of unfortunates who each year end their dreary aud troublous careers at the Hospital for the lusaue uoarly all are shipped away from the institution to points designated by relatives, who make themselves responsible for the burial. In very many iustauces the relatives aro fouud only after a long aud vigor ous soarch carried ou over a wide ter ritory. Not uufrequeutly those who should be near ami dear to the deceas ed eudoavor to keep iu the dark ami when run down resort to mauy sub terfuges to avoid takiug care of the remains. A rather commou trick is to permit the remains to lie at tho Hospital uutil, as these people view it, decomposition must have far ad vanced, when they tliink tho body will have to be buried ou the Hospitjil ground. Such people deceive them selves very much; after a reasonable interval they are very emphatically in formed by the Hospital authorities that unless the body is forthwith tak en away,umler tho law it will be ship pod to Philadelphia where it will fiud its way to the dissecting table. Such information generally has tho desired effect. The relatives and friends do thior duty in tho premises aud tho body is removed. The Hospit al authorities aro very persistent and leave uo stoue unturned to fiud the relatives. As a result uot more than tliree or four bodies duriug the year find their way from the Hospital to Philadelphia medical colleges. It is also true that- a very iucousiderablo number of bodies from the Hospital are interred in tlie little cemetery ou tho grounds, the number being limit ed to those that figure iu extreme cases iu which decomposition unexpectedly sets in, before they cau be shipped either to the relatives or to the medi cal colleges. Tliero is au odd case at the Hospital at present, in which a poor unfortunate who is in possession of euougli means to bury him deceutly, will probably have togo to tlie dissecting table. The man died a few days ago. Au effort to fiud relatives or at least any capable of bearing the expense of buryiug him proved fruitless. The overseers of the poor iu the district to which he be longs refuse to use the money in his possession to provide a decent burial, but want to apply it to reimburse the poor district on which the patient is a charge. They even put iu a claim for a gold watch, which belonged to the uutortunate man. This is the status of the case at present. Whether the Poor Board cau be induced to relent aud pursuo a more humaue course remains to be seen. Committed to Jail. Thomas Sheppard was arraigned be fore Justice of the Peace Daltou yes terday afteruoou to answer the charge of assault aud battery committed on his wife, Mrs. Mary Sheppard. Ho was arrested Tuesday uight on a warrant sworu out by his wife. He was placed iu jail pemling a hearing. Justice Daltou yesterday afteruoou held him for court iu S3OO bail, which he was unable to procure. Iu default he was committed to jail. The Firemen at Bloomsburg. The next convent ion of tho Four County Associatiou of Firomeu will bo held in Bloomsburg iu Juue. Al ready the fire companies of that city are making preparations for the event and it promises to be an affair second only to the Columbia county fair. Another Hercantile Appraiser. Another ex-county commissioner has gone into the mercantile appraising busiuess as is seen from the following item clipped from the Sunl/ury Daily Item t , "George Raudenbush, one of the re tiring county commissioners, has bfefe'n wtfttWtire afcfcWvfeV." A CHAT WITH MR. LAIiMASTER In an interview with William D. Laumaster, former General Secretary of Danville Y. M. C. A., relative to evangelistic work, to which he is now devoting his out ire time, wo are pleas ed to loaru that his efforts have been fruitful of good results. His first en gagement, was in Philadelphia, under auspices of the Presbyterian Evangel istic Association, where he spent a month in teut aud shop meetings, work ing at various points in the city under a tent, ako at noonday shop meetings in the Baldwiu Locomotive Works. His next, appointment was at Pen Ar gyl, Pa., where he spent two weeks. From this point he.went to Suubury, Bloomsburg, Milton, Shamokin, Ber wick, Selius Grove and Central Pa., spending from two days to two weeks in each place. His appointments at this time extend to April Ist. When asked how he liked his new field, he replied: "I am well pleased with it in every way. Of course, it means close application, hard work aud absence from homo, but these things aro uecessary iu this field of religious work, especially if one ex pects to be of lasting benefit to his fel lowmen.'' Mr. Laumaster admitted that evan gelistic work, like all other forms of religious effort, has its peculiar diffi culties; but this is to bo expected, paticularly iu places where interest in spiritual matters is at low ebb. "Personally", Mr. Laumaster said, "I do not believe in or practice sensa tional, sentimental or extravagant methods to win men to Christ. The times demand the same old gospel message for all men, and it must be proclaimed so as to reach the head and heart and not simply the emotional nature. Men must be saved through an intelligent conception and a delibe rate aceeptfflice of the truth of God's Word. "I have no sympathy with that form of evangelist,* 1 Mr. Laumaster ex plained, "that seeks to amuse the peo ple, or that would work up an "amuse ment" for the sake of securing a crowd ;or that would unkindly criticise the churches or ministers; or that would introduce uuseriptural or man made methods of any kind. These practices only serve to bring the work of evangelists, as a whole, into dis favor with thoughtful Christians and, in some places, closes the door for special work of any sort. "There is a right way to the hearts i and consciences of men,and it is found through the Word of God. If rightly presoutod and properly applied, it will accomplish the end iu view." Mr. Laumaster has boon very strong ly endorsed as an evangelist. A very kind testimonial which came to our uotico lately reads as follows: "Mr. Laumaster has enjoyed a wide experieuce both in Y. M. C. A. and evangelistic work. Ho knows the scripture aud lie knows men. His ad dresses are straightforward and right to the point. He does not dodge an issue. He knows human frailty, but ho also knows Diviue power,and with the loving sympathy that is ever a part of those who live iu close fellow ship with their Elder Brother, he is •able to lead men to whore they can see the light." Another reads: "Evangelist Laumaster presents God's Word iu an attractive manner. He is*earno4t, manly and fearless, but withal his messages are full of the spirit of God. His Bible readings are gems. Tlie people of B— would do well to hear him at his afternoon and eveuiug meetings. He talks to shop men at noon every day.'' The News joins with others of Mr. Laumaster's friends in wishing him continued success during this uew year in his new field of labor. Hasonic Temple at Bloomsburg. The deal has beeu practically con summated whereby Caldwell Sover eign Consistory S. P. R. S. will se cure the present building and lot of the Youug Men's Christian Associa tion located at the northwest corner of Market Square, Bloomsburg, which means the erection of aY. M. C. A. building in a more central location, and a building, which will bo much more pretentions than the present build iug, beiug built of at least several stories, permitting store rooms ou the first floor, to be used as a means of rev enue for the association. It means the erection of two buildings that will beautify Bloomsburg to an extent that cannot at first bo appreciated. For the Consistory it will be an ideal location for a temple, tlie best possiblo location iu the towu, while the Mou's Christian Associa tion will also gain greatly by the sale inasmuch as the purchase price deter mined upon is $12,000, which means a clear profit to the association of $6,- 1 000 above the purchase price f?oni the i Noal estato several years ago. With ' the money realized from the sale the Y. M. C. A. will have the nucleus of a fund to which will be added the contributions of.the citizens of the I will result iu the securing ! of a building that will be a credit not only to the associatiou but to tlio towu as well. The sale moans the addition of two of the finest- buildings iu the town. —Bloomsburg Press. Hetty Greeu is one wealthy widow who is not in the marriogeable class. She would scald any bold mau who • wtfuM dbife Ivy siWgfe to liteV flinty hßaVf. COUNTY OFFICERS SWORN IN The uew county officers have enter ed upon their duties. District Attor ney-elect Major C. P. Gearhart, was inducted into office at high noon, .Monday, Prothonotaiy Thomas G. Vincent administering the oath. The County Commissioners-elect—Charles W. Cook, George M. Leighow and George R. Sechler—were sworn in at the same time, Register and Recorder W. L. Sidler administering the oath of office. The Couuty Commissioners at once proceeded to organize, C. W. Cook being chosen President and George M. Leighow, Secretary. There was a ml hot contest for the jKwitiou of CommismoiierH' Clerk and there was a good deal of curiosity to see whether Horace C. Blue, incum bent under the old board, would win out or oue of several other applicants who considered their claims for the IMjsitiou good. The questiou was set tled by re-electing Horace C. Blue, who has proveu a very efficient Clerk iu the past. Edward Sayre Gearhart was chosen Solicitor by the Board of Couuty Com missioners. Dr. Shultz, Dr. Curry iiud Dr. Wiutersteen wore choseu physicians, each to serve a year in the order above? mimed. John Reppert was chosen as janitor for the Court House. The last official act of the retiring Board of Commissioners on Saturday last was the appointment of James Rvau lis Mercantile Appraiser. The County Auditors—Thomas Van Saut, of Liberty township; Amandus Shultz, of Derry township and J. H. Woodsido, of Danville—were sworu in to office at high noon Tuesday. Farmers Conduct Fire Insurance. The Montour Mutual Fire Insurance Company held its aunual election on January Ist. The following directors were elected: James Shultz,Emanuel Sidler, Charles V. Amerman, J. A. Merrill, Heury Cooper, William Cur ry, J. W. Lowrie,L. C. Shultz, C. M. Lesher, P. S. Bruglor, M. L. Sheep, N. E. Sidler, Harrison C. Kase. A. D. Crossloy, William C. Ruuyau and J. M. Shultz were elected as aud itors. John F. Mauser, Melviu Shultz aud Samuel Scott were choseu election officers. The Montour Mutual Fire Insurance Company, was organized during the summer of 1904, and has just issued 1 its second aunual statement. The showing is quite an encouraging one. There are no liabilities, while the total assets are $24,869.92. The amount of insurance iu force January J, 1906, was $466,808. Amount of premium notes in force January 1, 190(5, $24,- j 436.84. The above insurance company is nuule up of farmers and takes none but rural risks. Diphtheria Claims a Victim. Nollio May Reed, daughter of Mrs. Oscar Roilley, No. 6 Pine street, died of diphtheria at oue o'clock yesterday morning,aged 12 years ami 11 mouths. The child was not supposed to be crit ically ill by her mother, but during Tuesday she took a change for the worse aud the case ran s]>eedily to a termination. It was the first death from coutagious disease that came up before local phy sicians aud undertakers siuco tlie new law went into effect, Monday. It was a good object lesson to reveal just how much official formality has to bo com plied with—how mauy troublesome details havo to be inquired into and ou the whole how much more work is entailed upou physicians and under takers by the new law. In cases involving diphtheria and other infectious diseasos burial has tc take place iu thirty-six hours after death aud there cau be no funeral. Iu yesterday's instance the little victim who passed away at 1 a. m., was bur ied about 4p. m., interment taking place iu Fairview cemetery. A Handsome Hemorial Gift. Mrs. J. C. Biddle, of Fountain Spriugs has presented Christ church,at that place, with a beautiful silver communion service aud baptismal font as a memorial to her brother, the late Robert, Buckingham, Esq., of Blooms burg. The gift is a beautiful oue aud is much admired. Ex-Member is Dead. M AIIANOY CITY, Pa., Jau. 3. Captain William E. Joues, a former member of the Pennsylvania Legislat ure, died suddenly today at his home in this city, aged 44 years. Captain Joues was a prominent member of the National Guard aud served ou the staff of General Siegfriod. Funeral Tomorrow. The funeral of Aaron Williamsjjwill take place at 2 o'clock Friday after- 1 noon from the residence of Thomas Williams, Toby Run. Interment in Episcopal cemetery. Gymnasium Classes. Tho Y. M. C. A. men's gymnasium classes will start on full schedule at 4:13 o'clock this afternoon and at 8:15 o'clock this evening. It is desired that all former members, iu addition to the new men, present themselves for ex ercises and recreation at the gynyiafl ium on Moiitiay ami Thursday at the above sVatfed timfe. Does ybb!r good cfa •till wfctyr? NO (» GENTLEIiiN OF THE JURY GRAND JURORS. Anthony township— Elmer Kertuer, Joliu Martin. Cooper townßliip Jesse Weaver, John Kruuiui. Danville, Ist Ward—Arthur M. Hed dens, Harry Rnpp, George Garduer, W. H. Kaufman, William Fallon. Danville,2nd Ward—William Boyer, Thomas Swank. Danville, 3rd Waid--Jacob O. Mill er, John Dalton, Daniel MoClood. Danville, 4th Ward—M. J. Ryan, Oharles Mottern, Wilson Prv. Derry township—Hugh C. Ki-hel, Jacob S. (Jinstead, Charles Patterson, Mahoning township—James Good. James Lewis. Mavberry township Jeremiah Vonght. Valley township— Norman Beyer. TRAVERSE JURORS. Anthony township—James Rnssell, David Ulrich, David Smith, Miles Holdren, Alfred Bitler. Cooper township-A. J. Winter steen. Danville, Ist Ward- John Straob, Arthur J. GearharS, Emanuel Sidler. Danville, 2nd Ward—Charles Baker, John M. Gibbons. Abram Berger, John Anderson, Charles Lelghow, Abram Laßue. Danville,3rd Ward—Michael Reilly, Clark Pnrsell, Joseph Aggie, Thomaa A. Sohott, A. H. Grone. Danville, 4th Ward—Daniel Bloom, Peter Dietrich. Albert Lloyd, Franois Hartman,Benjamin Harris, Walter O. Greer.,Nealey Gething, John Udelhof fen. Limestone township—Norman Tay lor, Peter D. Werkheiser. Liberty township—William J. Clark, Samuel Henry, Jonathan Stahl. Mahoning township--James Hickey, William Hartzell, llenjamin Diehl, Willard Kiener, Edward Mam, Oscar Koclier, Otis Knapp, Jr , William Steinmiller. Mayberry township—Clareuce Cleav er. Valley townthip—Frank Heudriobs. John Mack. West Hemlock township—Morgan J. Williams, Matthew Mans. Waßliingtonville—George Holdren, Clarence Seidel. New Year's Entertainment. The New Year's entertainment and social at the Y. M. C. A. was some thing of a departure this year, bnt notwithstanding proved a fine success. A large number of people attended filling the hall comfortably. The so cial was largely informal in its nat ure, the people being at liberty to come and go and to movo about at pleasure, the seats in the hall being arranged to suit the occasion. Some two hours wero delightfully whiled away. Delicions coffee and ham sandwiches wero served in the adjoining room by the ladies' auxiliary and nearly all present at some time dnring the evening partook of refresh ments. The following program was render ed : Piano Solo—Miss Stella Doster. Trio—Miss Ammerman.J. B. McCoy and W. R. Miller. Vocal Solo—Miss Ammerman. • Recitation—Mr. Cutler. Cornet Solo—Harry Latimer, accom panied on piano by Mrs. W. H. Lati mer. Vocal Solo—Carlton McHeury. Recitation—Miss Lovett. Recitation—Harry Schocli. Piano Solo—Miss Ada Lore. Recitation—Mr. Cutler. Mr. and Mrs. Pannebaker Enter tain. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Pannebaker entertained the following persons, Fr iday evening, at an old time dance giv en in honor of their nephew and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Joll, of South Fork, Cambria county. Music was furnished by Delsite and Hend ricks. At midnight refreshments were served. Those present were : Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Curry, Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Curry, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Feaster, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ben nett, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Joll, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hilkert,Misses Min nie Roberts, Eugene Curry, Edna Stahl, Marjorie and Bessie Shade, Hattie Burns, Emily Lewis,Wilda Pannebak er, Margaret and Eloise Curry, Eliza beth Bennett, Florence Hilkert, Wilda Joll, Messrs. Lee Burns, Robert and William Simington, Francis Bowers, Samuel Shade, Clarence E. Leidy, Frank Crosslev, Albert and Oliver Billmeyer, William B. Stahl, Walter Reicharil, Herbert anil John Hend ricks, Francis and Roy Feaster, Charles and Benjamin Tanner, Edward Leslie, John Curry, Charles Bennett, Stanley Hilkert. The Catawissa Bridge. If the contractors prophecy rightly pedestrians will be able to walk across the'river bridge at Catawissa by Feb ruary Ist. Yesterday all the material arrived for the first of the two spans that) re main to be built, while with the ex ception of ono oar load all the lrob work is on hand for the secoed epau. In two weeks' time the contractors ex pect to complote tile first span and with anything like moderate woatbex they expect td have the bridge port able by the middle of the winter. Ev*ry goofl resolution th»t yrnj, juj. hens to wfll atfc efrftagtb to yMf 1 cWitfeV.
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