DANVILLE INTELLIGENCER AOL. LXXVII. GDARDSMLN GET NEW DNIFORMS The members of Company F, 12th regiment,N. G. P., as well as gnards iueii iu general are «leligl»teeen clamoring loudly for a eliange. What Ims been especially wanted is a new summer uniform. The old suits in use are hot aud dirty; no air can get through them. As a guardsman said, "they don't fit and can't be mode to tit. You can wash the color out,but not the dirt." While uutiearable in warm weather the duck material is uncomfortable in cold weather. The national forces are fully equipjHMl with the standard Khaki uniforms. The State troojra now come in for the service uniforms as fast as can be supplied. As the military administration of Pennsylvania has never heretofore been slow in getting what it wanted it is quite certain that our State will be among the first tore. ceive its allotment of much desired clothing. A Rush for the Carriership. Evidently a large proportion of the population in this country are of the opinion that a jw)sitiou under Uncle Sam is the one thing needful to soften down the harsh realities of life and make all burdens rest easier. This is well illustrated in our own town by the rush for the carriership on r. 112. d. route No. 2 made vacant by the resig nation of H. H. Stettler. Fortius posi tion in all there are some thirty five applicants. An odd feature of the case is that the applicants are all employed and are willing to step down and out from the positions they are holding and enter upon the carriership. It is probably not so much an increase of remunera tion that appeals to these men as it is the permauency of the position. The eagerness with which such a large uum l>er of men seek the carriership—men who evidently have given the matter full consideration—would seem to dis prove that the i>ositiou carries with it conditions that are burdensome, or in short that the position of r. 112. d. car rier does not pay. The examination will take pluce on next Saturday a week. According to indications the class will be one of the largest ever examined. Only one car rier is needed, but a certain number of good average will be placed on the list of eligihles to till any vacancies that may occur within a specified limit. Oarfield Literary Society. The Garfield literary society held its regular meeting in the high school room Friday afternoon. The fol lowing program was rendered : Piano Solo—Misses Mary Jenkins, Mary Fiunigan aud Nan Couuolley. Recitation— 4 4 Nat lire's Orchestra,' ' Miss Alice West. Reading—"Old Ace" Miss Mary Gramiu. Oration — 44 Growth of a Nation" Miss Laura Mann. Piano Solo—Beaver Hollobuugh. Debate — 44 Resolved,That the Orange aud Purple is a detriment to the high school aud should he discontinued." The affirmative, Harold McOlure and Miss Katherine Kenuner; the negative. Miss Florence Zeisler and William Breiteubach. The judges, Miss Ethel Chesnut, Jesse Taunehill aud Miss Lydia Woods decided in favor of affir mative side. tisaay 44 Unsuccessful Capers of a Hallowe'en Party," Miss Ada Luuger. Declamation 4 'Mark Anthony's S|teec.h," Mr, Stanley Morris. Hong by the society. For Uniform Fish Law. The legislative commission to co operate with fish commissioners of other, states will hold a conference with a similar commission of the State of Maryland at Aunapolis today. This Pennsylvania commission exists un der a joint resolution of March 1,1905, and was created iu order that uniform legislation might be arranged with New York, New Jersey, Delaware Maryland, Cauada, Ohio, etc.,iu order that, fish in boundary waters might be given equal treatment by the several States aud the dominion of Canada. The similar commission in Maryland recently invited the Pennsylvania com mission, through Secretary Hudson,to meet in Auna]>olis today and the meeting will be held. Numerous mat ters in connection with the lower reaches of the Susquehanna will be taken up and Commissioner Median | says that'the meeting is very likely to poduce very important results. prtfer for |2OO Cars. The Bloomshurg plant of the A. C. F. Company has received an order for 1200 cars from Argentine Republic government. The cars are to be gon dolas, flat, box aud cattle, all with steel underframes. The ca|)acity of the department that makes these*types of cars is KM) per month ; so that this or der alone will keep the department at work for a year. Auother department is filling an order for 1700 dump cars. DANVILLE LOSES TO WILKKS-BAHHE % A big audience was present at the armory Saturday evening and saw the Wilkos-Barre team defeat Danville by a score of 55 to 29. With the exception of i>arts of the first half the coutest was listless aud uninteresting. The Wilkes-Barre team came to Dan ville with but four men. Warreu John sou, of the locals, played forward for the visitors, and with the exception of Good, center, put up the best game for \yilkes-Barre, scoring 10 goals from the field. It was an off night for the Daville tossers,aud it would have been difficult for auy one not acquainted witli the members of the team to have recoguized iu them Saturday the same men who did such fine work recently against the Indians aud U. of P. The small boys—"the five cent rush" —were a factor iu Saturday night's game that, can not be overlooked. This gang has always beeu more or less ob streperous and auuoyiug at the games, but Saturday night they ran things with a high hand. Seated on the bal cony at one end of the floor they would strike or kick the ball whenever it came within reaching distance. When Charlie Lunger, the armory janitor, went among them to maintain order, they attacked him and nearly threw him over the edge of the balcony unto the floor below. But the crowning bit of nerve they displayed when they grabbed the ball during the second half, ran unto the floor and started a rough house contest of their own to the elimination of the regular players. The line-up: Wilkes-Barre. Danville. Powell forward .... Welliver Johnson . . forward Bedea Good center Sechler Hoar guard Peters Barber guard Russell Goals from the field—Good 12, John son 10, Hoar 2, Barber 1, Powell 1, Russell 5, Bedea 4,Welliver 'J, Peters 2. Goals from fouls.—Bedea 3, Barber 3. Happy Ending of Pretty Romance The Cherry vale, Kansas," Journal," of March 9th , contains the following interesting article about the marriage of two young people well known i this section : "A very pretty wedding was solem nized at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Ellsworth, on East Fifth street at seven o'clock last night, when Mr. F. Eugene Hageubuch, of Cherryvale, was united in the bonds of holy wed lock to Miss L. Gertrude Robbins, of Danville, Pa. But two or three friends of the groom and the members of the Ells worth family witnessed the ceremony. Promptly at the hour the bridal party entered the parlor to the strains of the wedding march from Lohengrin, play ed by Miss Metcalf. Rev. Vauordeu, pastor of the Presbyteriau church,then spoke the words that made them man and wife. After the congratulations a fine wedding supper was served. Mr. and Mrs. Hageubuch will reside on East Third street, where the groom has neatly furnished a cosy cottage for the reception of hih bride. "Mr. Hageubuch and Miss Robbins were betrothed in Pennsylvania, pre vious to Mr. Hagenbuch'scoming west six months ago and the wedding last night, was the culmination of a happy romance. "Mr. Hagenbiich is the manager of the undertaking department of D. C. Ellsworth & Son. Miss Rohbius is the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Bobbins, of Danville K. F. D. No. 1, and lias a large circle of friends ami acquaintances. Mrs. Hagenhueh is a native of Milton. "The young couple have the best wishes of a host of eastern friends." D. L. &W. Hay Goto Ashland. According to the Mt. Oarmel"ltem" it would seem that the D. L. & W. Railroad may possibly have iu con templation the building of a line through the Schuylkill region to Ash laud. On this subject the "Item" speaks as follows: "The oorps of surveyors that has been at work between Ashland, Mah anoy City and Tamaqua and is now proceeding through West Peun town ship is unquestionably surveying a route for a railroad. Iu fact, the en gineers 110 longer deny this but they will not say by whom they are em ployed. It is estimated that the sur vey, that has already been made has cost SIO,OOO. "The officials of the Delaware,Lacka wanna & Western Railroad will neith er deny or affirm the published report that it has established a tonnage iu the Schuylkill region and is piauuing to extend its line from Stroudsburg to Ashland." Many think that the work is being done in the interest of the Wabash Railroad,which is trying to get a line through Peuusylvauia between Pitts burg ami New York. Pushing Trolley Extension. Work ou the extension of the Sha mokin & Kdgewood trolley line is again in progress and will be pushed rapidly to the ofctfective points—Trev orton and Sipibury. The present contemplated terminus is the Weigh Scales to reach which will mean the building of about one aud one-halt miles of track from the present terminus at Uniontown. A gang of forty men are engaged grad ing the route much of which must be made through deep cuts of heavy shell roqk. pn acount of these conditions the road will not be completed before the first of May. Then the construc tion of the Trevorton branch will be commenced which will take several mouths to finish. —tJiMMB BUT TO TBUTH, TO LIBXSTT ARS UW-M FATOB SWAYS US AM) BO IBAI HUU AWE" DANVILLE, MONTOUR COUNTY. PA., FRIDAY, MARCH M», 190 U. ROAItMASTERS IN DEMAND The township supervisors, three iu number, elected under the Sprout's good road act of April 12,1905, met on the sth inst. ,the first Monday of March, for the purposo of organization,&c. ,as required by the act. Just as was pre dicted by mauy they have no easy time of it in finding suitable persons for road masters. Associate Judge Frank G. Biee.who was in town Saturday explained some of the difficulties that his owu towu ship—Derry—has to contend with and he ventured the opinioii that every other township of the county will have the same problem to solve. The Derry supervisors divided the township roads into four sections re quiring four road masters. Of this number up to Saturday only one road master was obtained and the worst art of it was that uo one could see where the other three are to come from. Not only in Derry, but iu other towuships of the county, Judge Blee stated, there is a scarcity of men suit able for the position so situated that, they cau give their time exclusively or even to any considerable extent to work on the roads. Meu in the coun try generally live on land, which re quires about all their time, or they have other business, which they could hardly be induced to relinquish t' rthe position of road master with its re muneration of probably $1.50 per day. At the same time, Judge Biee states, the people of the county realize that the State is very much iu earnest and that to knep up with thegeueral prog ress of the times improved methods will have to prevail in road building. Every effort is l>eiug conscientiously made, he said, to comply with the Sproul's good road act of April 12, 1905, aud he has no doubt notwith standing trouble in finding road mast ers that the demand will be met even tually ami that all the difficulties in cidental to the change of the system will be adjusted. lustead of repairing the highways as lias been customary in the past,by fill ing up the middle with ground thrown in from the sides of the road, relat ing the same process year after year, from now on probably a section of township road each year will be en tirely rebuilt employing approved methods of construction. Those who favor tliis plan believe that the long stretch of bad roads in Derry town ship extending from the foot of "Dan ville hill" around through Washiug touville to Strawberry Hidge in this way in a few years time coultl be much improved and that the additional out lay would be scarcely perceptible. Valuable Dogs Poisoned. A dog poisoner in plying his uefar ious vocation in Danville. One of the last victims was Bounce, the tine briu dle bull dog belonging to George \V. Hoke, tlie liveryman, which gave up his life on Mill street yesterday morn ing. Bounce was a most intelligent canine and was a general favorite along the street. He had formed quite an at tachment to the policemen, uewspaper reporters and others seen daily on the street and it was his delight to trot along with these men as they made short trii»s about town in the perform Alice of their duty. Yesterday about 11 o'clock the dog made his appearance on Mill street but he was sick, iu a short time he was seized with a spasm. He recovered ap ]>aroutly and trotted up the street as far as the Baldy house where he was again seized with convulsions. He later made his way to the Montour House where he died. Up to the present we have not heard of auy one unkind enough to say that Bounce was mad, nor that in his case there was the least symptom of rabies. All who examined the dog seem con vinced that he was poisoned. On Tuesday a valuable bull dog be lonigng to George Gross, West Market street, died umler circumstances that could lie explained only on the theory of poison. Other dogs about the first ward have also died myster iously and on the whole Chief-of-Po lice Mincemoyer feels convinced that a dog ]>oisouer is abroad. Rev. Stevens Presiding Elder. Rev. KmoryM. Stevens,of Williams port, will receive the appoiutinent as j presiding elder of the Danville district of the Methodist church if the report announced by the Williamsport "News" is true. This is a question whichhung in sus]tense for some time, and the outcome is anxiously awaited by all members of that denomination. The Williamsport paj>er makes the I following statement: 44 'The Eveiling News' has learned from a reliable authority that at the recent cabinet I meeting of Bishop Berry and the pre- j I siding eiders of the Central Penusyl- j | vauia Methodist conference at Harris burg, it was decided that the Kev. Emory M. Stevens of Williamsport, | should tske charge of the Danville dis ( trict as the presiding elder at the com ing conference. While this action has Imen looked for by Mr. Stevens' friends there was enough uncertainty about it to keep all concerned in suspense." . Indiana Morses. A sale of 40 head of line Indiana horses will be held Tuesday, March 30, at the Ninth street stables, Blooms burg. Sale will commeuce at 1 o'clock. Don't miss this opportunity to secure of this good stock. COMMENCEMENT IN COURT HOUSE The high school commencement, this year will be held in the courthouse on Thursday, May 81st. Mr. Pursel reported that the high school committee had held a meeting in conjunction with the graduating class for the purpose of selecting a date and a place for holding commence ment. Nothing definite, however, was determined ui>on, although the class was very anxious that a date for com mencement at least be tixed, as the class is anxious to arrange details as to getting out invitations, &c. The date favored by the class was the first Thursday of .Tuue. Since the meeting with the class the high school committee met with the county commissioners and determined that the class could have the use of the courthouse for commencement at 110 expeuse beyond what might be re quired to remunerate the janitor. Borough Sui>eriutendent Gordy ex plained that the school term this year will terminate on Friday May 25th, which is much earlier than for many years past. He suggested that Thurs day following, May Hist, be selected as the date for holdiug commencement, as June 7th, the first Thursday, would be too long after the closing of the schools. On motion of Mr. Pursel, therefore it was ordered that commencement be held in the courthouse on Thursday, May 31st. Mr. Pursel reported that the tin gut ters at two places ou the roof of the second ward school baildiug are out of repair aud need painting. On motion the matter was referred to the build ing committee. Mr. Fischer reported that the jani tor of the first ward reports a shortage of No. 2 coal in that building; also that the second ward building has a large overplus of No. 2 coal. On mo tion of Mr. Fischer it was ordered that a quantity of No. 2 coal be haul ed from the second ward to the first ward school building. Prof. Qordy reported that Prof. Shaw, principal of the third ward schools, had failed to appear Monday morning and that yesterday he receiv ed a telegram from Professor Shaw dated at Pittston which stated that he would not be back until Wednesday. Meanwhile the borough superinten dent is filling Professor Shaw's place. Professor Gordy was uuable to state whether the professor is detaiuod on account of illness or some other cause. Treasurer Schram presented a state ment of finances to date which showed a cash balance on hand of |7213.88. Borough Superintendent Gordy pre sented a report for the last month as follows: Hoys registered during month, 568 ; girls, 606; total, 1174. Average attendance of hoys during month, 514; girls, 548; total, 1062. Percentage of attendance by l>oys during the month, 92 ; girls. 92 ; total, 92. Number of pupils absent during month, 670; number of pupils tardy during mouth, 287; cases of tardiness by pupils, 404; cases of tardiness by teachers, 1. Number of pupils who have not at tended 75 per cent, of time belonged, 84; number of pupils reported to the truant officer, 54; cases of corporal punishment, 12. The borough superintendent called attention to a remarkable feature of the report as it related to the third ward grammar school. lu this room each of the boys and each of the girls was present every day of the month, earning the remarkable showing of one hundred in i>ercentage all around. The truant officer presented a report which revealed that 195 pupils were on the sick list. There were nine cases of truancy. Six pupils were detained at home for want of shoes. Ten notices were sent out. The following members were pres ent: Adams, Orth, Pursel, Haring, Werkheiser,Trunibower, Heiss, Fisch er, Voußlohn, Harpel and Groue. The following bills were ordered paid: Standard Gas Co ♦ 2.47 William Miller 2.00 U. L Gordy 24.86 G. A. Kossmau 26.10 Roberts & Meek 7.45 E. \V. Peters 25.00| Surface Will Demonstrate. State Economic! Zoologist H. A. Sur face will be present at two San Jose scale demonstrations to be given in Northumberland county next Monday. Monday morning a demonstration will be given by Prof. Surface at O. B. Witmer's place, in East Suubury, j and Monday afternoon he will demon- | strate at William L. Nesbit's at East Lewisburg. It is thought that a num ber of people from this county will at tend the demonstrations. Dr. Groff, Prof. Surface's professional antagon ist, will be present at the East Lewis burg demonstration. Crabill's Fine Work. Evangelist Orabill, who will be re membered as having recently conduct ed a most successful series of meetings in the First Baptist church, this city, has just completed a four weeks crusade against, sin at Muucy. where 2#5 con versions were ma<\e. Broke Alley Record. '|oui Moore broke the alley record at Acheubach & Moore's bowling al leys last night when he bowled 267. ■ He bowled 8 strikes in succession, 2 spares and 9. PETITION TO LEGISLATURE A petition from Danville to the State legislature fc .varded over oue hundred years ago and containing among the signatures many well known names has just come to light iu a very curious way in the great New berry Library, of Chicago, a building famous as the repository of more old and valuable records than are to l>e found iu any institution of its kind iu the country The jietition bears the date of IHO2 anil is of interest as revealing how in adequate the facilities were for trans portation at that early day. It whh be fore the day* of the canal or railroad, when the country was undeveloped, anil there was no other way of getting the products of the prosperous settle ment here into the market than by shipping by arc down the Susquehanna or by hauling long distances over prim itive roads, which meant mountain climbing aud the fording of streams. As will be seen by the petition the river.eveu presented obstacles to trans portation aud the citizens of Danville were content to pray for improvements many miles clown the stream satisfied with the advantage that would in directly accrue to them if this great common highway were made navigable at all seasons. The lietition was discovered among other old records by Mr. Philip H. Miller, of Chicago, who was looking over a lot of old papers for altogether another purpose. Now it happens that Mr. Miller was a native of Danville; he was at once attracted by the old petition aud lie saw of what interest it would be to the present residents of our town. He at once made a traus cript of the petition, which he sent to a relative, Mrs. \V. H. Andy,this city, together with a fnll explanation of all the circumstances relating to its dis covery. The petition is as follows: 3 To the Senate aud House of Repre sentatives of the State of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met. The petition of the subscribers here bv sheweth : That at a time when the happy re turn of peao has bv its immediate op eration greatly diminished the neat value of our produce we believe it will well become a wise and virtuous leg islature to turn its attention to the improvement of the roads and river* so that transportation may be facilitat ed ; which the late liberal prices bj prompting industry to a more exten sive cultivation of new lauds in the interior of the country lias very much discovered the necessity of ;all of which leads your petitioners to beg leave to recall your attention to the reports of the commissioners—Heading Howell, , William Dean and Frederick Antes in the year 1790 and that of Timothy! Mat lack, Samuel M'Clay and John Adlum of the same year, 1700, partic- j alarly as they repseet that part of the \ Susquehanna river at aud near Mc | Kee's Falls ami that part of north-east branch of said river designated as! Crook's ritfles and riffles near Ten] Mile run; not because these are the! only places wortli notice, but because we are assured from full experience! that if those place;; were improved there will scarcely be a time through the whole summer but a boat can car ry half it load from Mahouiug or Dan ville to Columbia and so great is the quantity in produce, in Hour exported from Danville that all the boats on that part of the river were employed last season from the opening ot the winter till harvest aud were in sufficient to transport it; aud by hav ing these places improved we presume a considerable quantity of produce might be transported through the whole season. We, therefore, pray your honors will be pleased to approp riatejthe sums mentioned in the above reports to these particular objects, not doubting but as soon as the Governor can command the money persons will be found who will undertake and ex ecute the above improvements much to the advantage of the public as well as to your petitiouers. And as duty bound they will ever pray. (Signed) William Montgomery, Johu Gray William Whittaker, Henry Best, John Montgomery, Benjamin Houck, James Giles, Robert Gelir, John Donaldson, James Low, James Casterline, Samuel M. Farreu, Thomas Woodside, Robert Fairman, J. Brady, John Russell, Wil liam Cott, William Sheriff, Alex. Cott, James A. Larson, John Huntingdon, Daniel Montgomery, William Mont gomery, George McCall, John Boyd, William Cornelison, W. P. Maclay ami Daniel Montgomery, of Northumber land. The above communication, the rec ords show, was read in the Assembly January 26,1802, and was laid over for further consideration. Cave in beared. The Lehigh Valley Coal Company has ordered all the occupants of prop erty on Locust Avenue, at Centralia, to vacate as soon as possible as they fear that section of the town which in undermined is seriously threatened. Locust avenue is the principal business portion of the town and a large amouut of mouey has been invested which it is helieved will be lost. 30th Wedding Anniversary. The thirtieth anniversary of the wed ding of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rowo, was celebrated yesterday at their home on East Market street. A number of their friends called during the day and extended their congratulations. NELSON GETS DECISION "Battling" Nelson was given the de cision on points iu the six round bout with Terry McGoveru at the National Athletic Club at. Philadelphia last night. The big crowd that was pres ent was not at all pleased with the fight, and there was a strong impres sion that it was "fixed." The big auditorium was packed to the doors, inauy from a distauco hav ing come to Philadelphia to see the light. The betting at the ring side was slightly iu favor of Nelsou. Iu the first two rouuds the fighting was slow and clinching frequent: Mc- Goveru had the best of the argument in these two rounds. Disapproval was expressed by the audience with jeers and hisses. In the third round the real fightiug began, Nelson gaiuiug strength and McGoveru becoming weaker. McGov eru also seemed to have the best of the 111 i r4l. lu the fourth Nelson came forward strong and (hiring this and the follow ing rounds was easily the master of the ring. ' McGoveru stayed until the eud of the sixth. THE LOCUSTS ARE COMING. Prof. H. A. Surface, state economic zoologist, is authority for the state ment that this is the year for the ap l>earauce of the seventeen year locusts. These locusts are among the most mys terious of nature's productions in the insect line. Every seventeen years these cicada emerge from the earth, screech through the summer, lay their eggs aud give up the ghost. The noise they make is anything hut pleasant aud resembles somewhat the music made by rapidly drawing a cross-cut saw across the edges of a wash boiler. It is erroneously supposed that the locusts do great damage to fruit trees aud shrubbery by eating the buds and leaves. Nobody has as yet been found who will swear that the cicada eats anything. He seems to be so busy rasping out his unearthly sounds that he hasn't time to eat. The only dam age the locust does is to bore holes in to the limbs of trees aud doposit eggs therein. This kills the limbs. When the young get big enough they bore in to the ground aud keep on boring un til they get so deep it takes them seventeen veal's to get back to the sur face. 1 People iu this section of the country need not be alarmed over the prospec tive appearance of the seventeen-year locusts. The worst thing about them are the names applied to them by bugologists. The life of a locust is brief and full of trouble. He is regard ed as a delectable morsel by many kinds of birds aud his eggs are sought by the gourmands among the insect tribe. Less Coal is Consumed. The boilers recently "overhauTeTTt the Water Works aud from which five bushels of scale were extracted are now oil duty again. The theory that every one-sixteeuth of an inch of scale adds ten per cent, to the cost of fuel is well sustained by the experience of the firemen, who state that siuce the re moval of the scale their labor is con siderably easier ami that they are uot oblige 1 to shovel nearly so much coal in a given time. The second set of boilers were also opened, but they were found in first class condition containing little or no scale. Both boilers are now good for another year of steady service during" which time, if the hot water filter sys tem, does what is expected of it, there I will be no deposit of scale iu the boil- I ers. The water works and (lie light plant are uow both in first class condition and what is just as gratifying they are in safe and comi>eteut hands. The citizens of Dauvillo have faith in mu nicipal ownership as demonstrated by the fact that they have adopted it both iu the matter of water aud street light ing. No expense in either department has been spared to procure a first class aud modern equipment. Both plants are much admired by visitors. Pleasant Party. A pleasant party was given Tuesday evening at the home of Noah Stump, Liberty township. Those jiersent were : Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Acor, Mr. and Mrs. George Reichard, Mr. and Mrs. William Blue, Mr. and Mrs. William Starner, Mr. ami Mrs. David Hiue, Mr. and Mrs. George M. Dye, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Stump, Mr. and Mrs Johu Long, Mr. and Mrs. William Clewell, Mrs. Jane Stump, Mrs. Nora Clark, Misses Carrie Long, Wilda Sheets, Sallie Neiss, Lizzie Sheets, Messrs. Thomas Perry, Raymond Acor, Sam uel Stump, Walter Reichard, Luther Riechard, Franklin Stump, Harry Cle well, Paul Clewell,Peter and William Starner. The evening was spent with music and games. A sumptuous sup per was served. Oibson Pictures in Demand. Tho Gibsou Pictures that are being given wi(h the Sunday North Ameri can arc taking Danville by storm. Last Sunday tho looal tattlers could uot supply tho demand. Next Sunday one of Gibson's greatest pictures, "The Purting Wall," will lxi in each North Ainericau. Be sure to order in ad vance from your dealer. RIVER CO MNO FACTOR The water commissioners, who dur ing the last miners' strike relied al most entirely upon river coal, realize that iu the event of another strike the river article will prove a poor sub stitute to depend upon. It is the con sensus ot opiuiou among those who are iu a positiou to know what they are talking about that the days of riv er coal are practically over. Up to the time of probably the last strike it would seem that methods bordering upon the wasteful were prac ticed at the mines. Uu the culm banks aloug the river and the month of the creeks were dumped with the coal dirt not only vast iiuautities of the very smallest sizes of coal but also a pro portion of No. 112» aud even larger sizes. With each flood, the culm banks were cut down by the water, the coal dirt ami coal alike hciug carried down the river. Since the last strike, it seems, the coal companies have practiced methods of greater economy aud .have been much more careful to extract all sizes of coal, uo matter "how sriuill before placing the culm ou the dumps. The evidence of this lies in the fact that during the last couple of years river coal, especially of the larger sizes,has been becoming scarcer and scarcer. Last season Mr? LeDuc of our town fouud the river bottom practically bare for miles above and below the bridge and iu order to secure any return for labor and investmeut was obliged to take his coal digger up stream, iu the vicinity of Bloomsburg, where little coal had been extracted and where sev eral extensive beds reinainod that were deposited there ou previous years. It is the general opiuiou that iu that sectiou as well as iu the river here iu the future will be fouud only widely scattered deposits and these will be made up almost exclusively of coal dirt. Iu case of a strike among the anthra cite miners the water commissioners do not expect to find river coal either satisfactory or an abuudant substitute for the regular graded article shipped from the mines, uow iu use. They have, however, takeu care to have a large supply of good coal on hand. One of the water commissioners last eveuing said that iu the eveut of a strike a little coal could be made togo a great way and a plan would be ad opted, if necessary, whereby the water works could be kept in operation prac tically all summer with the supply of coal now ou baud. Live stock Brings Good Prices. The public sale 011 the farm of our townsman, William Vastiue, located half a mile below Cameron, took place yesterday and was very largely attend ed, upwards of a hundred persons from Danville aud immediate vicinity being present. Some fifty persons took the 0:15 D. L. & W. train, which 011 this occasion was j>ermitted to stop op-1 jMJsite the farm. Public sales are not nearly so com mou this season as during years past when there was less profit in farming. Yesterday's sale, therefore, which was a large one, had some of the charms of novelty and a big crowd was the re sult. Bidding was quite spirited and as a general thing good prices were secur ed. Horses sold as high as two hun dred dollars,ranging between one linu i dred and forty dollars and the former figure. Cows sold as high as fifty dol lars. Mr. Vastiue, whose home is on West Market street, formerly managed this farm himself. The frequent trips back ward and forward over a distance of live miles or so became very weari some, however, and Mr. Vastine de cided to rent out his farm. He will henceforth live retired. Saturday Was Pay Day. Saturday was pay day ami as a re sult during the evening increased ac tivity was discernible along all lines of business. The activity was notice able even at tlife post offices where wage-earners were crowding around the money order window waiting their turu to send money away in the mail. The fact is stated that there are a good many employed at our mills, whose wives and children reside at Lebanon and other places and that these work men like dutiful husbands and fathers regularly remit* to their families. This has been going on for so loug that the attaches of the post office have become accustomed to it aud regularly look forward to the evening after pay day as a busy time at the money order window. The uou resident workmen, it.is ex plained, consist principally of those who came here when the Danville Rolling Mill was started up. Houses not available then and the men have never found a time since when houses of the kind to suit them could be easily obtained. Game Was Canceled. The basket ball game that was to have been played here last night be tween the Danville team and the Old Bucknell Stars was cancelled yester day moruiug by J. Beaver Gearhart upon receipt of a message from man ager Thompson of the Stars stating that three of the meu advertised would not appear m the game. The three men who would not have been able to play were Anderson, Griffith and Mc- Connack. They were compelled to stop playing on account of business. NO 16 ILLUMINATED BY ELECTRICITY j The arc lights are uow practically [ all installed iu the big mill at the Heading Iron Works, by last evening j some twenty-seven being in position. Eight or ten more will be installed on the outside or possibly on the inside near the edge of the mill. In addition to those nearly fifty incandescent lights will be distributed about the mill and in the machine shop and other build ings belonging to the plant. The big mill, lighted up by electric ity, is indeed an interesting sight, which will become nil the more strik ing when the incandescent lights are all added. It is nearly as light as day and presents a wonderful contrast to when the darkness and gloom of the big plant at night was relieved only by the fitful glare from the furnaces or the dull light of the coal oil torches homo hither and thither by the work men. Naturally the employes appreci* ate the change. One of them remark ed last evening that he could not un derstand how they got along before electricity was installed. Where before they stumbled about, the mill in the dark now at every point where the least danger exists an arc light sheds its brilliant rays upon the spot. At most portions of the mill the arc lights are not more than twenty-live yards apart. The Reading Iron Works hero is one of the best equipped plants in this sec tion. It is running full, with the ex ception of the skelp mill,and has been in steady operation all winter, which is a record to be proud of, as it has seldom occurred in the past that thGre was a winter when a halt did not oc cur during the dull months. In this connection it might be stated that notwithstanding that it is the dull season there are probably no idle men in Danville who are able to work and want employment. It is stated as a fact by a geutlemau in a position to know that there is scarcely a day but the various departments of our big in dustries are handicapped for the want of the right kind of help. TRYING THE MUD. One would think that about the last thing to venture upon the country roads in their present state would be a traction engine, yet one of the r. 112. d. I carriers last evening related that he I found one section of his route very j badly cut up yesterday morning by one ! of these cumbersome machines, which I had ploughed its way through the | mud. The heavy wlmels had cut down j to rock bottom ami the road, bad enough I before, was well nigh impassable for a light vehicle after the traction en j gine had made its trip. The above suggests that automobiles are not taking very long trips now adays, even though the rear tires are equipped with chains to help them ov er slippery places. The river bridge. Mill street, with its pavement and the State highway would afford a pretty good speedway for automobiles, even in winter, were it not for the section of Mill street, not yet paved, which just now is in nearly as bad a condi tion as the couutry roads. Notwith standing the muil automobiles have been covering this run occasionally during the several weeks past. To Burn all Wooden Cars. The Pennsylvania railroad company is about to start a huge bonfire in a field adjoining its Lucknow shops, just west of Harrisburg, which will burn indefinitely, as long indeed as there is left on the road a wooden coal car. Orders have been placed at the shops that no more wooden cars of 40,000 or ">O,OOO pounds capacity shall be repair ed. All are to be run out at the end of a siding and burned. No effort will be made to save any of the woodwork, as the expense would be greater than the profit to he realized therefrom,and the scrap iron will be gathered up af ter the cars have been burned. The company is building no more wooden coal cars ami those in service are fast wearing out. They have been i weakened by being hauled between the | big steel cars now used in the coal I traffic and hundreds of them have been , crushed by sudden stoppage of trains, j causing wrecks that have cost the com pany hundreds of thousands of dol- I lars. The officials have decided that !it will be ciieaper to destroy all of them than to pay for the damage caus ed by their breaking, so all of them I are to be burned. Sale Postponed. Last Saturday was the date selected for the public sale of the properties belonging to Mrs. Mary Hofer. The projjerties were put up but there was no sale. The personal property gwas disposed of after which bids were invited for the real estate. The prices offered were not of a sort to encourage the owner and the sale was declared jxwtpoued for one week. Killed Valuable horse. Hugh Oliver, the contractor, lost a valuable horse between this city and Milton Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Oliver was hauling a load of household goods to Milton and had gotten to a point, on the other side of Potfsgrove when the horse fell and broke his leg. He was compelled to shoot the animal. Mr. Oliver hired another horse from a farmer and proceeded on his way. Pittston Saturday Night. The above team will play the Cham piouship Game at the Armory next Saturday night with the Danville team, each team having won three games the I deciding one will be a corker.