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»te<l over the
news that an order has beeu issued
from guard headquarters announcing
that the several organizations of tin
guard will be furnished with the
United States standard Khaki uniform
consisting of blouse and breeches. The
issue will be made prior to the sum
mer encampment and special forms
Will he issued for the requisition.
The old duck or fibre-dyed service
uniform may have filled the want at
the time of its adoption, but the
guardsmen became very tired of it and
have l>een 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.