DANVILLE INTELLIGENCER V OL. LiXXVII. AS TO NIHOGEN CULTURE M. S. Bond,the well known garden er of Chulaskey, was iu town yester day. Mr Bond's whole life has been spent in experiment ami study along the line of agriculture and his inind is a perfect storehouse of useful knowl edge ]>ertniuiiig to the cultivation of the soil. He was one of the first of the farmers hereabout to interest himself in the " inoculation of the soil,'* or nitroculture on crops of legumes, an article on which subject was printed in these columns last week. Mr. Bond says that while the dis covery is a most important one in chemical science it has been much ex aggerated and has been employed by fakirs iu separating farmers from their hard-earned dollars. The government never intended the discovery to be fanned out by pretended manufactur ers for speculative purposes, as all the scientific investigations couducted by the department are for the advance ment of agriculture free of expense. It occurred, however, that unscrupulous parties obtained some of the cultures from the department and commenced flooding the country with small pack ages of inoculated cotton at two dol lars each—sufficient (as they claimed) to inoculate a bushel of seed. Mr. Bond says that mauy attempts to grow cultures from the dry cotton prove failures. He pronounces the cot ton package culture a fake and states that the farmer that feels like throw ing away his two dollars has a legal right to do so but for his part, lie can succeed with clover,and peas when he supplies sufficient plant food in the form of potash, phosphorus ami nit rate. Mr. Bond does not deny that some soils lack the presence of bacteria be longing to the different legumes and states that he knows from observation that they can be supplied At the same time he says that tltcv inoculation of the seed will not cause barren soil to grow profitable crops iu the absence of potash and phosphoric acid nor will it benefit crops or soils where the leg umes have been recently grown. The culture that is necessary to iuoculate alfalfa clover will not have any effect on the red clover,peas or beans as each requires the germ belonging to its own species. The worthlessness attribute*! by Mr. Bond to some of the uirtogen cultures sent out in cottou is attributed to a mistake made in the manner of pack ing the nitrogen for shipment. The liquid culture was sent out by the de partment in unsealed tubes,the mouth of the vial being filled with cotton. It was not realized that the cotton would have any offect on the culture, but it really proved responsible for a serious deterioration iu the quality of the ma terial.. The cutlure is uow being dis tributed on a new basis and the de partment will in a short time no doubt succeed in redeeming itself iu the eyes of the planters and gardeners who had condemned its work in this direction. Report for /larch. According to the record of the local registrar of the State board of health and of vital statistics there is an im provement in the public health over the month of February, notwithstand ing that the damp and inclement weath er of March is supposed to be favorable for the prevalence of sickness. The report for Marcli shows as fol lows : Diphtheria,seven cases ; typhoid fever, five cases; pneumonia, four cases; chickeupox, oue case; measles, one case. During the month only one death followed from diphtheria. There was also one death from pneumonia. The other contagious diseases were not at tended with any mortality. The whole number of deaths occuriug during the month were twenty-five. In February there were six cases of diphtheria, ton cases of typhoid fever and five cases of pneumonia. The num ber of deaths in February were twen ty The number of births for March have not all as yet been turned into the local registrar. It will probably be the 10th of the month before the births are all recorded. The returns made up to yesterday show ten births for March, but that is probably only half the number that will be shown later. Dur ing the past, since the new law has been in effect, the births and deaths have pretty well balanced. The above report covers only the borough of Danville, Mahoning. Val ley, Mayberry, Liberty, Cooi>er and West Hemlock townships. It embraces the Hospital for the Insane. Soloist With Sousa. In the advance notices in the New York papers of the engagement of Housa's band at the Hippodrome, which will begin April Bth., the name of Ross Millhouse, coruetist, is mention ed as one of the four soloists. The oth er soloists who are classed with Mr. Millhouse are Elizabeth Schiller, so prano; Jeauette Powers, violiniste; and Herbert Clarke, coruetist. Lowrie—Knoble. Miss Ella Knoble, of near Elysburg, aud Mr. James Lowrie, an attache of hospital for the insane, were married by Rev. Joseph E. Guy, at the par sonage of the Shiloh Reformed church yesterday afternoon. The Crest Minstrel Co 'ftae CveHt Minstrel Cmni.iuiy will Kiveau entertiiiiiiiiHut in HtMlilenit' 11*11 at WaablnKtonville, Natm-ilm- evening, April 7th. FIRE BREAKS OUT AT KNITTING MILL A fire, evidently the work of au in cendiary, broke out in the outside ware house of the Dauville Knitting Mills about 8 o'clock last night,which caus ed a lot of damage and for a while threatened the destruction of the large mills. Fortunately the plant was j>artially in operation last night. Mr. Delauey, the superiuteudent, and the heads of several of the departments, were in the mill doing some extra work,otherwise the fire would have gained such head way as to have made it impossible to save the building. The warehouse in which the fire occurred,is a large one story frame structure, situated some seventy-five yards east of the mill. Just about 8 o'clock John Kern,who was on one of the upper floors of the mill,happened to lookout of the wind ow aud saw the flames climbing up the outside of the building, at the north-east corner. He gave the alarm and soou all hands, assisted by the residents of Bridal Row and others, were at work trying to extinguish the fire while the hoarse whistle of the knittiug mill sounded the alarm. At the very moment the fire was dis covered the men dragged out the mill hose aud iu a short time had a stream of water playiug on the fire. Unfor tunately the hose was about twenty feet too short, aud the employes work ed at a big disadvautage. The flames ate through the weather hoards aud soon the interior of the ware house was a mass of fire. Meanwhile the fire department responded, all four companies arriving about the same time. By this time the sceue was a lurid oue, the flames with a vast vol ume of smoke breaking out of the building and threatening wholesale destruction. It seemed only an instant until there were several streams of water playiug on the fire and after that it was only a few minutes until all was over. Nev er was there a fire extinguished more quickly, thanks to the perfect co-op eration ami well directed efforts of the firemen. The building is partially destroyed, but the greatest loss entailed comes through the destruction of the con tents. In the ware house was a large quantity of box shooks.aml these were all burned. In the huildiug also was a large stock of yarn which represents a good deal of money. A dozen or more large boxes of raw material were roll ed out of the buildiug before the fire men arrived by residents living near the mill. A good deal of yarn still remained in the ware house aud al though this did uot burn it was badly damaged bv water. The loss will be considerable. Mr. Goeser last night stated that there in a small insurance on the building and contents, but he was unable to state just what amount. He was pretty con fident that it will not cover the loss. Mr. Goeser feels sure that the build ing was set on fire by some one. Those who discovered the fire are also con fident that it was the work of an in cendiary. There was no fire or light in the building and the fact that the flames were discovered 011 the outside seems to give color to the theory of incendiarism Judge Bvans Visits Danville. His Huuor C. (J. Evans, the presi dent Judge appointed b ernor Peunypacker on Friday for the district comprising Montour and Columbia counties, paid a visit to this city yes terday for the purpose of meeting the Montour county bar and making ar rangements for holding court hero. Accompanied by his wife Judge Evans came down to this city on the 11:40 Danville and Bloomsburg trol ley car. During their stay in Danville they were guests at the Moutour House. At 1 :tfO o'clock the new Judge met the members of the local bar in the prothouotary's office. Nearly an hour was very pleasantly spent here in so cial chat and in making arrangements for holding court. Judge Evans com bines with his scholarly attainments and experience at the bar a good deal of personal magnetism and dignified and courteous manner, all of which admirably qualify him for a position on tho bench. Not a few of our towns people yesterday had the pleasure of meeting him for the first time aud all alike were favorably impressed. Judge Evans will hold iiis first court ' in Danville on Saturday, beginning at :2K) a. 111. This is the regular date for argumeut court. It seems, however, that there are no cases ready for argu ment so that the session will probably not be a long one but will bo occupi ed mainly by motions and matters of that sort aud will afford an opportun ity for all parties to get well acquaint ed. 011 Thursday of next week the mat ter of a receiver for the franviile and Sunbury street railway company will jbe argued before Juttee Evans in the ■ courthouse here. \V illiam Kase West j will represent the petitioners and ( James Scarlet the trolley oom|iauy. | The next regular term of oourt will i begin on t he fourth Monday of May. I Judge Evaus was informed yesterday that there will*be two homicide cases , lor trial. Qn Saturday a venire will i he issued for drawing jurors for the ' Hay term. Si*ty will be required. Soon will the snow shovel and the ice pick give way to the grubbing hoe and the garden rake. ■fUXgp BUT TO TBUTH, TO LIBKBTT Airo LAW—HO VATOB SWATS US AXD wo fIAI —ATA AW DANVILLE. MONTOUI? COUNTY. PA., FRIDAY, APRIL (», 1900. BARKS DESTROYED BY FIRE The general confusion incidental to moving was considerably accentuated Monday by the breaking out of afire, which practically destroyed two hams, communicated to two dwellings near by and kept the fire department busy for nearly an hour. It was just two o'clock when the alarm was sounded and a column of black smoke visible from nearly every part of town was seen pouring sky ward south of East Market street near the line separating the first and second wards. The fire was found to be locat ed in two frame barns which stood ad-1 joining on the premises of the Wil liam C. Johnston estate and of Joseph Ephlin.No. 321 and No. 328 East Front street, respectively,and abutted on the alley at the rear of Thomas .T. Price's residence. The Friendship, the Washington and the Continental fire companies were soon upon the ground and were play ing upon the fire. One of the barns was a mass of Haines when the firemen arrived, while the other was also 011 fire and was apparently doomed. The barn on the Wlliam C. Johns ton estate was used by T. J. Price for housing (he pony belonging to his sou, Edward. The pony was iu the barn when the fire broke out, but was rescued just in the nick of time by James Murray, who discovered the fire. Mr. Murray was walking up Cedar street when he detected smoke just outside the barn. He investigat ed and found the board fence which separates the two lots and leads up to the barn a mass of flames, which had already communicated to the barn. He gave the alarm and quickly proceeded to take the pony to a place # of safety. He led the little animal from the barn just as the devouring flames seized one side of the stall. Joseph Ephliu, the owner of one barn, is in Wilkes-Barre. Others, how ever, including his mother, were iu the house assisting to move his house hold goods. All hands as soou as the fire was discovered rushed to the barn and with buckets filled from the hyd rant fought heroically to quench the fire, but to uo purpose. In an instant the flames leaped over head and a large quantity of hay took fire. From that moment the barns were doomed. On every side of the spot are wood en buildings, some in close proximity and all dry and inflammable. All that was needed was a fire brand or a spark to set them off. Fortunately there was uo wind and the firemen while play iug on the burning barn were able to keep the fire from spreadiug. All three companies worked heroically and not withstanding that the two frame barns were easy prey to the flames they suc ceeded in extinguishing the fire before either of the buildings were wholly in ruins, although damaged to such an extent that they will have to be torn down. Soon after the arrival of the firemen James T. Magill iu the face of danger rushed into the barn and drag ged out a set of harness, a box of oats aud some other articles. When the flames were extinguished and the firemen were reeling up their hose there was a cry of fire 011 East 1 Front street and it was discovered that the roof of the fine residence of Mrs. G. W. Myerly, East Front, and Cedar streets a square away, was 011 fire at two places and was blazing briskly. The big crowd that had assembled made a rush to Front street and were repaid by witnessing some very ex peditious and well directed work of | the fire department, which in a short 1 time had the fire on the roof extin- ' guished. Two other buildings nearer the burning barns were previously sot 011 fire by sparks and much damage was prevented by the same effective work of the fire department. As to tiie origin of the fire it seemed to be the consensus of opinion that it was caused by the burning of brush in one of the yards. The people assisting to move Mr. Ephlin's goods did not deny that they had burned some straw in the back yard, but they declared that it was at a safe distance from the barn and that they stood by, carefully watching the fire until the last spark was extinguished. Mrs. Prout who occupies the adjoining premises deni ed that there was any fire at all on her side, as she was employed eleswhere and was not even at home during the day, BLAST FURNACE SITE. The large hot water heater main tained in connection with the blowing engine that still remains at the Bes-" semer blast furnaoe was loaded on the j cars yesterday preparatory to being shipped to Philadelphia. The remains of the blast furnace that still lie on the site do not present a pleasing picture. Viewed from East Market street, especially, the aspect is positively dispiriting,one that might not be calculated to give a stranger a very high estimate of the town. A gentleman in touch with the situation states that by the first of June in all probability the site will be cleared. This is euoouragiug.even if a thorough oleaning up can not he accomplished earlier. Hit by Cannon Ball. Everett Foresmau, a four-year-old boy who resided with his lmrents at New Columbia, above West Milton, was struck by the fast northbound Reading passenger train known as the "Cannon Ball," Monday afternoon and received injuries from which he 1 died an hour later. AN UNPLEASANT SPECTACLE It is superfluous to remark that tramps are not fastidious. Iu the ex tremity ol' their necessities they do not object to seeking shelter in the stalls with the cattle of the farm. It remaiucd for Danville, however, to afford an instance of a hobo who par took of the food rejected by a dog—al though he may not have been aware of that fact. Will (r. Brown, who relates the cir cumstauce, owns a dog, which sub sists ou the ofl'als from the table at the City Hotel. Tuesday after the evening meal a liberal installment of food was carried over from the hotel to Brown's repair shop iu which the dog is kept. The dog took the food, picked out what Jae wanted, but rejected three buckwheat cakes, some potatoes and some other remnants of food. These Mr. Brown yesterday morning gather-1 ed up and threw out of the window, where they remained during the day. About five o'clock last evening a wcebegone specimen of humanity came meandering along the alley from West Mahoning street. He was a typical hobo, dirty and ragged and evidently hungry. As he walked by Mr. Brown's shop he spied the discarded food on the ground. His face at once lighted up; he hesitated only a moment and then made a dive for the food, picking up the three buckwheat cakes, which he ate ravenously. Again he returned to the food and devoured what remain ed. The spectacle was not a pleasant one and none could believe that any but a famishing human being would resort to such an extremity. Several persons, benevolently inclined, among them ROT. Father Feeser, chaplain of the Holy family convent, happened along about the time of the occurrence and learning of the affair had their sym pathy aroused and they caused a dilig ent search to be instituted for the man but the hungry individual had sudden ly disappeared and ho could nowhere be found. Injured in Runaway. Howard, tlie nineteen-year-old sou of Councilman .John L. Russell, met with a bad accident about five o'clock Monday afternoon and "upto a late hour last night the full extent of his injuries could iiot be ascertained. Howard was engaged in driving Murray's delivery wagon and was de livering goods in the vicinity of the P. & R. station when an accident of some sort occurred, as the result of which the young man was thrown out of the wagon and the horse ran away. Just what happened no one seems to know. The horse attached to the driv erless wagon was caught as lie was ruuuing down Walnut street while the driver was found lying near the depot, only half conscious and unable to tell what had taken place. As soon as the horse and wagon were returned to the store another driver took them in charge and started out to hunt up Howard. Meanwhile the lat ter was carried into the station and well cared for. When the wagon ar rived he was placed iu it and taken to t]je home of his parents,corner of Wat er and Cedar streets. He seemed to bo suffering vory much, and hail no recollection of what had occurred. Dr. Barber was called, who made a careful examination hut was unable to find any symptoms of con cussion of the brain or other serious injury. It seems pretty clear that in falling out of the wagon he struck the 1 back of his head and his shoulder. Dr. Barber was of the opinion that the in jured boy was suffering from the shock and that he would come around all right in a few days if he remained quiet. Four hours after the accident last night the young man remaiuod iu the same state, unconscious not JJouly of the incidents of the runaway, but also of all that, had occurred previous ly during the afternoon. Party Near Washington ville. A delightful party was held at the home of Jacob W. Mart/, near Wash ingtonville iu honor of his birthday. Various amusements were afforded during the day. The pleasure of the occasion was greatly augmented by the fine graphophone music furnished by Howard Billmeyer." Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Martz, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Martz, Mr. and Mrs. Al len Martz, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bill meyer, Six. and Mrs. John Reeder.Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kniss. Mr. and Mrs. William Moser, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Martz, Mrs. Allen Wertmau, Mrs. Juliet Martz, Mrs. Susan Girtou, Misses Laura Martz, Mary Moser, Eva Philips, Helen Martz,, Vera Martz, Miriam Wertmau; Messrs. William Martz, Oliver Billmeyer, Roy, Stuart and Lester Martz and Alviu Moser. Four Months Fuel Stored. The indications of a tie-up of the anthracite and bituminous coal mines of the country lias brought out uumer | ous estimates of the stock on iiaud. I These vary from forty to seventy mil ; lions. Conservative coal operators say I that the stocks of ooal on hand through i out the country amount approximately to tous, of which 80,000,000 tons are bituminous and 530,000,000 tons 'anthracite. This stock is sufficient to , meet all demands for a j»eriod of four ' months, Painting Letter Boxe% The mail boxes and posts supporting . the same iu the borough are all receiv ing a coat of groeu paint,Charles Rob | son being the artist employed. The | painter took Mill street, yesterday af ternoon and that ho made a good job ' of the work all seem to agreo. POLICEMEN MAKE TEN ARRESTS There have been developments about town during the last few days which would seem to indicate that the noise, profanity and general disorder which digraees our principal street after dark,especially Sunday nights, is about to be brokeu up. The police have re sorted to extreme measures ami since Monday have made no less than ten arrests. The hoodlums who cause nil the trouble constitute a big crowd. Some are wholly bad aud are entitled to uo consideration; others may be merely giddy or thoughtless aud their prin cipal offense may consist of the fact that they are prone to seek bad com pany. To all intents and purposes, how ever, they are »U in the same category aud they prove a great nuisance, not to say a disgrace, to the town. It is the custom of this crowd, on Sunday nights, especially, to loiter about Mill street, forming groups in front of cigar stores or at street cor ners where they make themselves just as objectionable as they know how. Time and again the officers disperse them, but as soon as the police turn their backs the hoodlums practically own the street. Their language ?s shocking, in point of profanity and ob scenity reaching the extreme limit. Add to this their swagger aud bravado, their crowding and jostling on the sidewalk and we have conditions more in keeping with a town on the frontier than an old municipality like Danville where the blessiugs of civilization are supposed to manifest themselves in general quiet and orderliness. On Sunday night the hoodlums did their worst ami they have been paying the penalty ever since. One group took possession of the sidewalk in front of Udelhofeu's tobacco store and another the street corner at J. H. Cole's hard ware store. At either point their con duct was such as to oblige podestrians, especially ladies, to take the opposite side of the street. At a later hour the hoodlums took possession of Bloom street and their conduct along the thoroughfare caused a great scandal. Chief Miucemoyer decided to adopt drastic measures and the two officers got busy at once trying to discover the names of the offenders determined to make an example of them. So dilig ently and to such good effoet did they work that by yosterday the officers had discovered the identity and caused the arrest of no less than ten and still there are others. Some of the boys were arraigned before Justice Oglesby aud others before Justice Daltou. At neith er place was the fine for disorderly couducf imposed, but the boys were let off with a reprimand after paying the costs in the case amounting to two dollars. In consideration of the fami lies the names of the boys arrested are withheld at this time. At the hearing they all promised to abstain from such disgraceful couduct iu the future. It remains to be seen whether they will live up to their promises or fall back into their evil ways. Should the lat ter occur they may rest assured that there is another arrest iu store for them,when there will be no remitting of fines and they may expect to receive the full measure of newspaper notor iety. Working Hodel Installed. William H. Rishel, whose iuveu tion, the boltless rail chair to take the place of splice plates was recently de scribed iu these columns, has complet ed a working model and has installed it on the track of the D. L. & W. rail road here; where it seems to fill the bill very nicely. Mr. Hisliel's device is iustallcd on the siding about midway between the i station and the stove works. It was very easily placed in position by re moving the fish or splice plate and in every respect it seems to bear out the theory of the inventor, holding the rails firmly on the ties and keeping them perfectly even so that the car wheels run over them without the least jar. The model, which had to be ham mered out in a blacksmith shop and consists of several different plates riveted together, presents a somewhat crude appearance and hardly does jus tice to the invention. If the boltless rail chair becomes a success it will be perfectly feasible to roll it in one piece ; and there will not be a bolt or a rivet employed. In this way it can be very cheaply manufactured. It is a well known fact that the rail road companies are looking for a de vice of this sort, which will obviate the uuevenuess of surface at the joints of rails and do away with the bolts which add much to the cost of rail road construction and are unsatisfact ory in other respects. Mr. Rishel there fore, was vory readily granted per mission to use the D. L. & W. track in giving his invention a trial and there is no doubt but that the railroad people are watching the result of the test with quite as much interest as the inventor himself. 200 niles of New Road. 1 State Highway Commissioner Hunt j er expects to build more than 200 miles of good roads in Pennsylvania during the present year. The time limit for making applica tion for this year's appropriation for State support for the building of roads expires on April 30. Blanks have been | sent by Commissioner Hunter to every township in the State. GROUND BROKEN AT STOVE WORKS The Danville Stove and Manufactur ing company has broken ground for the new fire proof building, in which are to be housed the patterns used at the plant. The fine collection of pat terns belonging to the works repre sents quite a hundred thousand dollars iu money and probably could not be replaced for that sum should they be destroyed, to say nothing of the delay that would be sure to ensue while uew patterns wore being made. It will be recalled that the recent fire at the Stove Works broke out in the wing of i the building in which the ]>atterns, were stored—that some of them were damaged by fire and smoke and that the whole collection escaped destruc tion by the narrowest possible margin. To bettor protect the patterns it was at once decided to erect a new build ing at least approximately fire proof. The work was necessarily delayed un til the snow disappeared and the frost passed out of the ground. The build ing being erected is east of the plant at a safe distance away. It will be of brick 120 feet long and 3f> feet wide, 12 feet to tlio squaro.. There will not be a window in the building,light be ing admitted through twenty sky lights in the roof. The door will form the single openiug iu the structure. About .one hundred thousand brick will bo required for the building and these are already on the ground. The stone, also, which are from the dis mantled blast furnace, are delivered. The work is in charge of J. F. Mon tague, the veteran carpenter of the stove works, who has superintended the construction of all the buildings, that have been erocted in connection with that plant for many years past. George Beyers has a contract for the stone and the brick work of the new building. The work will be rushed along very rapidly and it was stated yesterday that by the last of May the new pattern house would bo completed and iu use. Preliminary Survey Made. There is no doubt but that the re coustructiou of North Mill street un der the Sproul good road act of May 1, 1905, will be one of the early im provements set on foot in the borough this year. The second preliminary step in the actual procedure was taken on last Saturday when Borough Survoyor Georgo F. Keefer assisted by Street Commissioner E. S. Miller made a survey of the street. From this survey a blue print will bo mado, which will be sent into the State highway department and will form the basis for further proceedings as prescribed by the act. The survey shows that some excavation will be necessary iu reconstructing the street, especially near the northern end, but the cutting and tilling will be much loss than was expected. The committee of council composed of Amos Vastine, Jacob Boyer, John Hughes, Georgo Jacobs and T. W. Bedea, accompanied the borough sur veyor Saturday and from now on will keep closely in touch with tho succes sive steps of the work. They are de termined, they say, to take advantage of every moment of time that can bo gained and that if their efforts count for anything by tho Fourtli of July the work will bo well under way. The visit by the full committee Sat urday seems to have decided the ques tion as to whether the whole street shall be paved or a portion of it mac adamized. All now are iu favor of a pavement from Center street to the P. & H. railway crossing, even if not be yond on the couple hundred feet of the thoroughfare that lies between the railroad crossiug and the Mahoning township line. APRIL SHOWERS. Four days of April sunshine were followed with gentle April showers last evening which settled the dust that was becoming an unpleasant fact or and moistened the earth so as to start the tender blades of grass. Except along the fences on the north em slopes of land the snow has already disappeared. There was no frost in the ground and as fast as the snow melted the earth dried off. The country roads, which up to last week, were perfect quagmires, aro already drying off and &t a few places the highways are get ting dusty. An occasional robin is seen about town and there seems no reason to doubt that spring has come to stay. John Keim the brick manufacturer, has everything in readiness at his yards to begin tiie making of bricks. He will likely commence moulding next Monday, if not before. The farmers are not discouraged at the lato spring. A well-known agri culturist the other day explained that in a season such as the present the crops are likely to mature just as early as when spring opens up in March. In the event of the latter a certaiu amount of cold unseasonable weather is likely to follow in April, which retards the growth of crops. A very favorable circumstance the present year lies in the fact that ow ing to the absence of frost in the grouud the late snow in melting sank iuto tho eai th, which is now saturated witfi water to an extent that could not have been attained under any other circumstances. Under the growing crops everywhere will lie u groat res ervoir of moisture, which will hurry along the crops during this motith and next when drought conditions in some degree are likely to prevail. Tho snow heaps are growing heauti ully lens. SAD DEATH OF DANIEL F. ROSS Daiiiel Foster Ross succumbed last evening at 8 :30 o'clock to the compli cation that followed the slight iujury he received about ten days ago wheu he wrenched his leg oil a loose board just outside his home. The abscess that set iu on Sunday kept the young man iu the most ag onizing pain, that lasted almost until the end. Yesterday morning the phy sicians in attendance gave up all hope of recovery, but the sufferer remained conscious until about 4 o'clock yester day afternoon. Dauiel Ross had a large circle of friends among all classes iu this vic inity. He was a member of Montour Castle, No. 18«, Knights of tlie Gold en Eagle and of the A. A. of I. S. & T. Workers. He was employed at the Reading iron works, and with liis fel low workmen as well as with others of|our townspeople he was respected and admired for his quiet and pleas ant manner and for his pleasing per sonality. He is probably remembered best by a number of Danville people as the captain of the naphtha launch that he operated on the river after the old bridge was swept away. The deceased was twenty-six years of age, and is survived beside his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ross, by the following brothers and sisters : Mrs. William Coinmou, Mrs. Charles For ney, Frauk. Susan, Etta, Tillie and Elsie. Feast of the Passover. In common with Jews all over the world the congregation of B'nai Ziou is making preparations to celebrate the feast of the Passover, which will be gin on Monday evening next and con tinue seven days. The Passover ser vices will be held iu B'nai Ziou tem ple on' Monday evening at 7p. m. At 10 a, m. Tuesday Rabbi Zeisler will deliver a Passover greeting. The feast of the Passover will bo celebrated the world over by the Jews. The Passover lasts seven days from the eve of the fourteenth day of the month of Sivau until the eve of the 21st of the same mouth. During all these days no Jew oats leavened bread, and in celebrating this feast,they eat mat zos, known as unleavened bread, as their ancestors did after their miracul ous deliverance from bondage in Egypt and on their march through the Red Sea. § The feast of the Passover called Pas sacli is celebrated in commemoration of the deliverance from Egypt where the Jews had been oppressed by the Pharoahs. To the credit of the Jews it is stated tlfat they were the first of all the nations who had the courage to assume the burden and to take upon themselves the responsibilities incid ental to going out into the wilderness and starting a uew home rather than to remain in bondage, where while heavy burdens were imposed on them their material wants were all suppli ed. Not all of the seven days of the Passover are holy days in the strict sense of the term, only the first and the seventh day, as it was only on these days that the bible prescribes holy con vocation in the respective houses of worship. All Jewish citizens have supplied themselves with a sufficient quantity of matzos and as to opportunities for religious uplifting during the Pass over it is not saying too much that Rabbi Zeisler will conduct the ser vices «in a befitting manner and make very impressive. Northumberland Presbytery. The regular spring meeting of the Northumberland Presbytery will be held at Montgomery on Monday and Tuesday, April 16th and 17th. The meeting will convene at 2:30 o'clock on the afternoon of the first day. The | opening sermon will be delivered by the retiring moderator, the Rev. Geo. H. Hemingway,D. D. ,of Bloomsburg. Among the more important matters to come before the meeting will be the reports on the condition of the church es, aud the state of religion by the Rev. William Charles Hogg, of the First Presbyterian church of Williams port. * Surprise Party. A pleasant surprise party was held Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Wertman,Grand and Honeymoon streets, in honor of Mrs. Wertman's twentieth birthday. Music and games helped to pass the evening after which refreshments were served. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. George Wertman, Mr. and Mrs. Jon athan Baylor, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Cook, and children Charles, Stella and Anna, Harry Wertman, Miss Amelia Lehman, Wesley Cooper aud children, Grace, William and Walter, Miss Ida Moser and Miss Isabel Snyder. F. P. Angle Manager. The Minstrel Association of Lehigh University has disposed of funds in its possession raised by the students in dramatic performances by giving SIOO to the base ball team, $25 to the la crosse team and sls to the University Y. M. C. A. The association elected F. P. Angle, manager; F. V. Bechtel, assistant manager; J. W. Stair,music al director,and L. Thomas, stage nian agor.—Philadelphia Press. There is plenty of evidence seen daily between the teeth of minors to prove that the cigarette law is still be -1 ing violated. NO Li) EXPRESS BUSINESS IN DANVILLE The removal of Adams Express office into separate quarters, which will take place early this week, has turned the thoughts of many of our older resi dents back to a time when the express business hero was on altogether a dif ierent footiug. In conversation Satur day Robert Adams, who was connected with the express office here for forty three years,gave au interesting descrip tiou of the beginning of express busi ness in Danville, of its development and the various chauges that have af fected it. E. W. Conkling was the pioneer of the express business in Danville. Thi first express company to do business here was Howard & Co. In 1854 when the Catawissa railroad was completed as far as Catawissa Mr. Conkling ran a wagon from Catawissa to Danville daily. When the railroad was finished as far as Danville the express business li#re properly commenced, Mr. Conkl ing being the agent of Howard & Co.. A couple of years later the Interna tional Express Co. secured exclusive privileges for its business on the Cata wissa railroad. Howard & Co. then retired but did not leave the road. They continued paying railroad fare of messenger daily, who used a carpet bag carrying small packages and mon ey. Howard & Co. took the case to the courts and received a decision set tiug fortli that common carriers must give equal facilities to all as far as they are able. lii consequence of this decision How ard & Co. again went on the railroad, the two express companies occupying it together. This did not continue long, the International giving up the contest and retiring. After a few years Howard & 00. was merged into the Ceutral express. The latter company also did the ex press business on the Lackawanna & Bloomsburg railroad, but withdrew from the latter road after it was acquir ed by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western company, which did its own express business for a time. Eventual ly discovering as other railroads in the East have done that the express business is more satisfactory carried on by an outside corporation, the D. L. & \V. Co. gave the United States Express Co. the privileges. About 1871 the Suubury & Hazleton railroad was completed and the Cent ral Express Co. secured the express privileges over it, which company was merged with Adams & Co. oxpress that continues to occupy said road. Adams & Co. succeeded the Central on the Catawissa railroad. After the latter road was controlled by the P. & R. railway company Adams & Co. held privileges until the P. & H. people organized their own express company. In 1887 Adams & Co. purchased the express business from the P. & R. rail way company and operated on said road for about two years. Then find ing that the business could be reached at nearly all important points by the Pennsylvania railroad Adams & Co. threw up the contract with the Read ing and have since dono all their busi ness here over the Pennsylvania rail road. Mr. Coukling continued to bo agent here up to the time of his death in 1887, at which time Robert Adams was appointed agent of Adams & Co. ex press. Mr. Adams, who was connect ed with the business from its inception continued as agent until 1897, when he resigned and A. 11. Grone was ap pointed agent. Mr. Grone continued in charge of Adams & Company's busi ness up to the present. As previously stated he will be succeeded by William M. Sechler, after the office is remov ed. The express business in the early days was something entirely different from what we are accustomed to at present. Said Mr. Adams : "At the time the Catawissa railroad was started there were no fast freights. Freight trains as a rule were very irregular,sometimes not arriving from Philadelphia ofteuer than twice a week. In consequence a great deal of heavy freight was shipped by express. I recall one time when Waterman & Beaver, who owned the company store and an individual known as Cheap John, who conducted a store, got into a rivalry in the sale of blankets; at that time it was no unusual thing to unload half a car load of big boxes sent by express. An extensive business was done during the war of the rebel lion, not only in sending boxes to the hundreds of boys in the army, but also in shipping goods to George McAlpin, a sutler, who received great quantities of provisions from Neal McCoy of Jersey town. Has Removed to Riverside. Rev. Charles Barnitz, former pastor of St. Peter's M. E. church, River side, now retired from the ministry, has moved to South Danville and tak en up his residence in Mrs. S. K. * Hummer's dwelling 6n Gearhart street near St. Peter's church. It was twelve years ago that Rev. Mr. Barnitz was pastor at Riverside. He liked the place and formed attachments there, however,and now having retired from the ministry he has decided to make his home there. Rev. E. T. Swartz, the pastor, being too ill to officiate Rev. Barnitz will occupy the pulpit at St. Peter's M. E. church on Sunday next, morning and evening. The pure food law does not define | the status of Limberger cheese, but I fortunately the cheese is able to speak 1 for itself.
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