CONSIDER TBESE CASES Notwithstanding the vigilance of the j truant officer there is now and then a case which in the very nature of! tilings lie is unable to cope with. The truant not unusually combines along with the indolent heedless qualities | that make a poor student of him an astute and crafty nature which makes : liiui an adept in eluding the officer. ' There are cases, therefore, where the j truant simply has the best of it aud • the records at school show up badly | on that account. When truants of this nature have j parents or guardians, no matter how indifferent, there is some hope,as these , people under threat of arrest can be induced to co-operate with the officer. But when it happens that the boys are without parents and there is no one responsible for them it is altogether another matter and whether they aro at school or not depends upon whether i they want togo or the truant officer | is able to catcli them in a daily chase about town and "terri'ory adjacent thereto." Two of such pieces of hu man driftwood without any one direct ly responsible for them the officer has on his list at present aud the boys goto school when they want to, which is seldom. The question arises whether in such cases something should not be done that would be effectual in bringing the boys under restraint aud prevent them from pursuing a course that will be sure to make vagabonds of them. Why does not someone upon whom such duties devolve take the boys in hand and if it is necessary to send them to some iustitutiou where they will have to obey the laws that govern other people, then let it be done. Un der proper restraint there would at least be half a chance tlmt the boys would develop into lawabiding and useful citizens. Will Monopolize Court. Mount Carmel will practically mon opolize the attention of tlio judges and officials at the sessions of criminal court to begin at Sunbury the first Monday in May. Mt. Carmel will have almost fifty cases, all developed since the term of court held in February. The list Includes cases representing almost every known crime, from mali cious mischief, one of the lightest of the rainor offenses, to murder, the worst of the major crimes. There is a manslaughter case, two of highway robbery, one of criminal malpractice, several of assault aud battery, also some of aggravated assault aud battery with intent to kill, a speakeasy case, anil even a witchcraft case. The latter case is one of the oddest known, aud is quite a novelty for the present officials. It grows out of the defense to be made by Walter Heavy, now lodged in jail on a charge of bur glarizing the Parsick home on Vine street, Mt. Carmel. Heavy's friends allege that the pros ecution against him was instituted because of "information" gleaned from the incantations of several for tune tellers. They claim that Mrs. Miller, of Ashland, and other alleged fortune tellers held seances at the Par fick homo to discover the identity of the burglar, aud that the "witches" said tiie guilty man was Heavy. No doubt the story will be vigorously denied,but nevertheless the case is in teresting. ONE MAN'S VIEWS. A member of our board of trade a*id a practical business man Tuesday de plored that more is uot being done to promote the growth and development of our town. Our present industries, all of which are booming, theso pros perous times,he held, should see their way clear to expand, as a result of which our population would grow. The municipality should be carefully looked after in all its relations and he suggested that a taxpayers' association be formed as exists in many other places to see that there is no derelic tion of duty ou the part of those in office. A spirit of enterprise and of civic pride should be encouraged and this should extend to laud owuers in the immediate vicinity of town,whose property must rise or fall in value as Danville grows and prospers or stands still and retrogrades. This suggested to the gentleman that while the residents of Columbia county are prospecting for all sorts of minerals and are actually finding some land owners in the vicinity of Dan ville seem to feel no curiosity to kuow what may lie under their farms. lu these days when drilling has taken the the place of slow and expensive me thods in digging into the earth he thought there were few farmers who could not afford to do a little prospect ing. Coal in some quantities is known to exist as near cm Kipp's run audit is not beyond the range cf probability that underlying this immediate vicin ity are both oil and gas. It might be several hundred feet below, but the probability is that the outlay required to bore down in the oud would be a pretty good investment. nr. and Mrs. Mauser Entertain. Mr. aud Mrs. Alon/o Mauser enter tained a large number of friends at an oyster supper at their home at Grov ama Friday evening. Those present were : Misses Edna Shultz.Ella Boyer, Pearl Heberling, Hettie Pursel,Flora Linn, Ursel Mowrey, Emma Krum, Hebecca Hawkins,Beulali Kuorr, Dora Mowrey, Emma Foust, Cora Foust, Maud Fry, Annie Kapp, Celia Beaver, Alda Shultz,Flora Krum, Lydia Hart man, Martha Boyer, Pauline Mauser, Mary Mauser, Dorothy Welliver; Messrs. Guy Mowrey, Charles Krum, Joseph Cotuer, Fred Roth, George Heimbach, Arthur Foust, Charles Foust, John Thomas, Charles Thomas, • Roy Weavor, Clarence Cotner, Roy Fern, Hurley Cotner, William Drum, Charles Heimbach, Stewart Hartmau, James Beaver. Cleveland Boyer, John Dell, Curtis Walter, Mrs. John Wel liver, Mrs. Minnie Middleton. The Buckhorn charge of the Luther an ohurch has extended a call to Rev. G. D. Strall.of Breworton.New York, to take effeot May Ist. CONTRACT WAS NOTAWARDED | Tuesday was the date set for the . meeting of the trustees of the hospit- 1 al for the insane for the purpose of ' opening and examining the bids for I I building the heat, light and power plant at which electricity is to be em ; ployed. The occasion brought some twenty experts to Danville,representa j fives of the parties bidding, but they : were obliged to return home disap- I pointed,as the contract was not award- I ed. | The trustees present at the meeting were: H. M. Schoch of Danville : Dr. ,B. H. Detwiler, of Wilkes-Barre; Dr. Shoemaker, of Williamsport; Dr. Con nell, of Scrantou; Howard Lyon, of Hugliesville ; W. F. Shay, of Watson town, aud C. G. Van Alen, of North umberland. Mr. Van Alen, who was recently appointed, met with the trus i tes for the first time Tuesday. The session occupied all day. The trustees found tliomselves up against a weighty proposition. The specifica tions are voluminous, while the prop osition involving as it does electric ity leaves a good many different points to be taken care of; but what soemed to occasion the greatest delay was the difference of opinion as to which of the two sites should be selected. At the previous meeting held March 15th, Philip H. Johnson, of Philadel phia, the architect,submitted two sets of plaus aud specifications for the heat, light and power plant, one on the site first selected at the coal dump just west of the hospital buildings and the other at the rear of the hospital taking in the present steam power plant, where the air compressor main tained in connection with the new filter system is installed. Both sets of plaus aud specifications were adopted by the trustees aud bids were invited ou both of them. There were a dozeu proposals ou hand Tuesday and it waH in examin ing these aud considering other mat ters in connection with them that the time was largely si>eut. Each of the two sites has some features to recom mend it. The principal objection to the site at the coal dump lies in the , fact that, there will be a loss in power owing to the distance from the main buildiug,about a thousand feet. Those of the trustees who believed that the loss of power could be obviated saw many objections to the site at. the rear of the hospital, which involves a re buildiug of the present boiler house— objections which they were not slow to urge. On the whole there were so many matters to consider that night arrived before tlio trustees wore ready to award the contract and adjournment was agreed upon to reconvene at some date yet to he determined upon. Representatives of the bidding firms, experts aud others, numbering in all twenty or more appeared in Danville early in the day. Many sought in terviews with local contractors anxious to get their views as to estimates for certain lines of work, etc., the fact I implied seeming to be that if they got the contract the local men would be in line for sub contracts. Blue Print Ready. ! The blue print relating to North Mill street, prepared by Borough P Engineer Keefor, which failed to ar ■ rive in time for the regular meeting Friday night, was acted upon at a special meeting of council ou Monday night. It was approved in all res]>ects and delivered over into the hands of ( Borough Solicitor E. S. Gearhart, who will see that it gets to Harrisburg in t due time. The borough solicitor will make an other trip to Harrisburg to hurry up affairs in tiie State highway depart . ment. Council has now decided to . pave North Mill street along its entire length, provided aid comes from the . State. It will be a fine improvement . aud will add much to the value of projierty in the northern end of town. . Tlio same change will occur that took place in the other jiortiou of Mill ( street. The driveway will be made : narrower, which will result in a cor responding widening of the sidewalks. In addition to this a sewer will be l laid along the east side of North Mill street from Ceutor to Chambers street. ! The sewer will be of 8-inch terra cotta pipe to connect with each of the dwel lings and from Mill and Centre stroets it will be carried down to the rear of the armory where it will connect with the northern terminus of the present sewer. Danville Defeated. Fresh from a conquering tour through the West, where they earned the title of champions of the United States, the Tamaqua basket ball play ers came to Danville evening and easily took the locals into camp. It is doubtful if such brilliant bask ot ball was ever seou in Danville as the Tamaqua boys put up at that time. The locals, too, were playing good ball, aud made the champions work for each point. Iu the first part of the second half especially the Danville boys for a while out passed aud out tossed Tamauua, but the spurt soon passed off and the visitors once more started forging ahead. Fogarty, one of Tamaqua's forwards, that night won the distinction of making a record for goal throwing iu one game, tossing 27 baskets. Score was 10.1-48. The line-up: Tamaqua Danville. Fogarty...... forward Bedea forward . Welliver O'Douuell forward Johnson Mulliuer ... center .Secliler Kinkaide guard Gilmore guard Russell Hough ...guard Peters Goals from field : Fogarty 27, Mul liuer 12, O'Douuell 8, Hough 4, John son 7, Welliver 5, Secliler 4, Bedea 2, Russell 2, Peters 2, Gilmore I. Goals from fouls: Bedea 2, O'Douuell 1. Trains Taken Off. On account of the mines 'beingfclos- I ed down two of the miners' trains ou 1 the Pennsylvania railroad plying be- i tweeu Shamokiu and the collieries i have been taken off and will not be re- i placed until the strike question is set- < tlad and op«ratious resumed. , 1 LEGAL CAMPAIGN iIPENSES There are many inquiries as to what are legitimate election expenses under the corrupt practice act passed at the rocent extra session of the legislature. Ijjie act defines them as follows: 1. For printing and traveling ex penses and personal expenses incident thereto, stationery, advertising, post age, expressago, freight, telegraph, telephone and other public messenger service. 2. For dissemination of information to the public SI. For political meetings, demon strations and conventions and for the pay aud transportation of speakers. 4. For the rent, maintenance and furnishing of offices. 5. For the payment of olerks, type writers, stenographers, janitors and messengers actually employed. fi.f For the employment of watchers at primary meetings aud elections to the number allowed by law. 7. For the transportation of voters to and from the poles. 8. For legal expenses, bona fide, in curred iu connection with any nomina tion or election. Theso are the authorized expendit ures. Candidates or treasurers of political committees are forbidden to pay, lend, give or lend, agree to pay, give or lend either directly or indirect, ly any money or other valuable thing for any nomination or election ex peuses whatever, save as declared in those eight exceptions. Considerable latitude is allowed as may be seen. All the expenditures permitted are perfectly legitimate however. There are sume things that both candidates and political committees must do, and there is no purpose in the new law to interfere with anything that may be proper to promote the interests of a candidate or party. The purpose is to prevent the corrupt ues of money in politics, to prevent the purchase or support through bribery, either with money, or othor valuable thing, such, for iustauco, as the promise of a fut ure office. It puts iu more ilefiuite form the principles of acts which have been iu existence for many years. The law provides for an accounting by which the candidate aud the trea surer of the party committee must stute under oatli just how much raouoy has been expended audgivotho details of such expenditure. Iu fact the state ment must be itemized, and the law rtates very clearly what are legitimate expenses. Furthermore, every expense account incurred by a candidate for a state office must be filed with the sec retary of the commonwealth, aud can didates for other offices must lilo with the clerk of the court of quarter ses sions. Chief Clerk Bartho has now in course of preparation blanks to be sent to all candidates for state office, including senators and members of the houso of representatives, aud they must all file their accounts, which will be open to public inspection. Theso blanks will bo forwarded to candidates from the department. Danville aud those for county offices must bo supplied bv the county commissioners. Delays Trout Fishing, Fish Commissioner Meeliau has issu ed the following warning iu connec tion with the opening of the trout sea sou : "The trout season is fixed by law to open April 15th. That date this year falls ou Sunday. Tlio season, will not, therefore, open until next day, Monday, April ltitli. Any oue caught fishing ou Sunday, will uot be pro secuted for fishing on Sunday, but for having iu his possession fish caught out of season. The penalty for fishing on Sunday is a fine of $25. but the penatly for catching fish out of season is $lO a fish. This warning is issued in order that there may be no misun derstanding between fishermen aud employees of the department of fish eries. '' Destroyed by Hire. After Mr. F. G. Delbaugh,of Lower Augusta township, Northumberland county, attended market at Sunbury Saturday morning he learned that af ter he had left (iome fire broke out iu his smoke house which was consumed with a quantity of moat in it, the lire communicating with an adjoining chicken house, which was also burued with a number of fowls. Although these buildings were not far from his residence the latter was not ignited. No one was at homo but Mrs. Del bough. The fire evidently originated from matorial that was being burned for tlio smoking of ment. Col. C. Bow Dougherty Promoted. The aunouncemeut of the appoint ment of Colonel C. Bow Dougherty, of the Ninth regimont, Wilkes-Barre, to be Brigadier General commanding the Third brigade, National Guard, to suc ceed General Gobin, promoted to bo Major General, will be mado next week by Governor Penuypacker. Col ouel Dougherty is the oldest colonel in commission in the brigade, aud uatur ally succeeds to the command of the brigade. Installed Officers. A delegation of Odd Fellows con sisting of Dr. Jno. Sweisfort, district deputy, and John Foust, Robert Rich ardsou aud D. C. Williams, as mar shals, drove out to Washingtouville and Exchange Saturday night at each of which places they installed the newly elected officers iu the Odd Fel lows lodge. Dr. Sweisfort aud Rob ert Richardson officiated at Wasliing tonvillo and D. C. Williams and John Foust at Exchange. Favor the Widow. The term of the postmaster at Ash land being about to expire there were a number of applicants for the office, but all of them, including the present i incumbent, who would like to have i had auother term, have withdrawn in < favor of Mrs. Patterson, widow of i Congressman George R. Patterson, who I died some three weeks ago iu tlio < midst of his congressional term. Presi- I dent Roosevelt will probably appoint ( h»r thii WMk. i HATE TOD MONET THBNFOMIGATE IT Bankers of Pennsylvania will at once get ready to fumigate all money that passes through their hands, and from a health point of view this is the proper thing in order to ward off con tagion. State Health Oommissioner Samuel G. Dixon will call upon bank officials thoughout Pennsylvania to assist him in checking the spread of disease by taking tiie precaution to fumigate money before it passes out the bank's hands. Dr. Dixon has fouud disease produc ing germs on filthy paper money in circulation and says that undoubtedly rnany cases of communicable disease throughout the State must be traceable to infected money. He lias prepared the following cir cular letter to be sent to every bank in the State which he believes will not only prevent infection but be of direct benoflt to the institution itself as a business proposition. "As the germs of disease are fouud in'money in circulation, the depart ment of health respectfully suggests and requests that you co-operate with it in the protection of the health of our people by fumigating all money received by your bank before it is again putin circulation. Such a pre cautionary measure, I am confident, will avoid many cases of sickness and deatli in your community. "The disinfection of money maybe accomplished by spraying with a form aldehyde solution or exposing to the fumes of formaldehyde gas." Dr. Dixon's attention was called to }he importance of washing and disin fecting money through the action of a bank in the eastern part of the State, which invariably fumigates all of the paper money that passes - through its hands thus insuring immunity from disease germs. This vas a pretty good idea, and led the State health com missioner to send out the above cir cular. Another bank in the western part of the State gives a bath to the dirty paper money that it receives. It places the notes in a basin of clean water, and in a short time the ac cumulated filth scales off and the note, after being dried, becomes crisp and clear as if just issued from the print ing press. In New Quarters. Adams & Company's express with William M. Secliler as agent has taken possession of its new quarters in the building adjoining the Baldy House, Mill street. Electric light was putin the build ing Monday but all the furniture is not yet installed that is required to accommodate the business. It will he several days before the office will be fully equipped. Only one wagou is in : use tip to the present. Whether or not another wagon will be added will de -1 velop later. 1 The new quarters are probably not as convenient as Groue's book store, 1 which lias a rear door on the alley, through which the goods could be loaded aud unloaded directly on and off the wagon. In the new quarters the goods handled will have to be car ried across the pavement and the front door will liavo to be used exclusively. Miss Elizabeth Fischer, daughter of School Director Jacob Fischer,lias ac cepted a position witli Adams and Company as clerk. She entered upon ' her duties Monday. ON THE RAILROADS. The congestion of freight trains on . the Pennsy, which held up things about Soutii Danville only a week or so ago, seems to bo no longer in evidence. In , fact quite a falling off of freight is re ported. Ou the P. &R. apparently there is uo diminution of traffic, although it is noticed that ou all trains there are more empty cars than loaded ones. This is bocanse in view of a probabil ity of a coal strike on all the lines the foreign cars are being sent back to the . roads to which they belong. The P. & R. company is shipping its own empty cars to Newberry Junction and to the coal region, where they will be kept until needed. Flyer Wrecked In Landslide. Plunging at high speed into a land slide at Port Clinton, Monday even ing, the Wilkes-Barre "flyer" ou the Pennsylvania railroad was badly wreck ed. The locomotive, containing engineer Harry Hoffmeister aud fireman Wil liam Weismiller, went down the 16- foot bank to the Reading railway, and both men were badly hurt aud were taken to the Pottsville hospital. The passengers were transferred to the Reading, as the Pennsylvania was blocked all night. The passenger coaches kept the track aud beyond being violently shaken, none of the passengers were injured. SATURDAY NIGHT. Mill street was thronged Saturday night as it had not .been for months previously. It was the first Saturday night on which the weather was any thing like agreeable and the weather conditions as well as the approach of Easter had the effect of bringing out a crowd. The spectacle, indeed, was a most enlivening one after the dull season, in which few persons appear ed upon the Btreets that were not bent upon business. The stores wore their i gayest Easter attire aud presented a i beautiful appearance. That the merch ants did a good business goes without 1 saying. , ONE TOWNSHIP'S PLAN. The supervisors of West Chillisquu que towusliip,Northumberland county, at a meeting held recently, laid a tlirje mill cash road tax. This tax is to Jao pnid in cash. It was decided, however, tliat taxpayers conld have the privilege of working to the amount of their tax if they elect to do so and comply with the stipulations agreod 11 pon by the board. They must bo read to come when the supervisors call up ou them. All work must be done by the hour. Toams will be paid thirty oents au iiour and shovelers and labor- Ms twalv« and a half cants. MBO>§\ in line M make moire|w THE SATURDAY Iff EVENING "POSTMr • the people in your town, to get them 112 / /to let you deliver it every week. In a few weeks you'll have a regular list of cus ,£r , tomers and be making money steadily. fwUr /■ Jaßßtßw. You don't need a cent to start in. We r jfiSv % send ten copies of THE POST free. Sell * $8 / these at sc. the copy and that furnishes all the money you need tc buy further supplies. Sit Ifiw 112 jtfr' down now and write us a letter that you want to get aSfj in line to make money and we'll send you everything >7'' y° u necc * to start. An education at any business college in the country free to boys who sell a certain number of copies. <(wr $250 in Extra Cash Prizes Each Month to Boys Who Do Good Wor|^ THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY 1728 Arch St., Philadelphia WILL HAVE COUNT ER PROPOSITION Miners Were Busy Yesterday Preparing It lor Today's Conference— Contentions. NEW YORK, April 11.—The couut er-propostiou of the operators that the authracite strike commission consider only two of the miners' demands, | namely, rates of wages and an adjust- 1 ineut of complaints by the board of conciliation will be rejected by the mine workers in its present form. The counter-proposition of the operators includes many restrictions aud lim itations that are altogether objection able to the miners. The miners' scale committee met today at the Ashland house to consider this latest reply of the operators to the demand for arbi -1 tration and it was indicated that a 1 counter-proposition will be drafted which will be presented to the oper ators at the joint meeting tomorrow. MINERS WANT SPALDING. The operators say today that the situation is with Mitchell and his men, and upon them depends whether or not there shall be peace in the hard coal industry. The miners point out that i the operators, by astute wording that l the anthracite commission bo required i to arbitrate the situation, have lost to the miners one member of the commis sion, who was a great friend of the mine workers, Bishop Spalding, of ? Peoria. The bishop has recently suf fered severe attacks of paralysis, and is consequently unable to serve. The i operators in the counter-proposition state: "The members of the anthracite strike commission, or such of them as may be able aud willing to act, shall be requested to decide, etc." This clause prevents anyone from serving in Bishop Spalding's place and as the bishop was appointed on the commission by President Roosevelt at Mitchell's request, they think it only fair that the president be asked to ap point someone in his place. This re quest will doubtless be incorporated in the miners' counter-proposition. THINGS MINERS WILL REJECT. The elimination of tlie miners' de mands to only the question of wages aud the adjustment of complaints by the board of conciliation will be flat ly rejected by the miners. The mine workers contend that the question of the eight-hour day is one of great im portance to the worker, and the scale committee will insist that this ques- i tion be submitted to the commission j for arbitration. The mine workers are j of the opinion that there must be some ' modification on the proposition of the l operators that the question of rednc- 1 tion of wages should be arbitrated as well as the question of an increase, i How far the miners will carry their 1 objection to this position of the oper ators that questions of reductions, as 1 well as increases be arbitrated, is not! known. David Wilcox, of the Delawaro and Hudson company, lias stated that he is prepared to show that the coal in dustry is in such shape 'that the price of fuel should bo reduced, and that there should be a decrease in wages. Arrests for Sunday Selling. Seventy saloon keepers of Schuyl kill county were arrested Sunday by the Law and Order society for Sunday selling. Yesterday attorneys for the society, asked the court to revoke the licenses of all of the defendants. The large number of violations of j the law is considered extraordinary,in . view of the fact that the society only ' j a few months ago secured the convic-' i tion of upward of 100 dealers for sim- , ilar offenses, and six weeks ago the,, license court distinctly warned every 11 dealer of the necessity of keeping clos- | \ ed on Sunday. j Ileavy Weight Champion. Donald Herring,son of formor Judge Orant Herring,of Bloomsburg,lias been decided champion heavy-weight wrest ler of the inter-collegiate contests. Wrestlers from Princeton. Yale, Col umbia and Pennsylvania contested in the match and although Yale captured t lie contest by the greatest number of points, the individual heavy-weight championship was captured by Her ring. He was easily champion as none of the bouts in which he took part was of more than two miuntes' duration. ELKS WILL TAKE SNOW BATHS [I In tbe Mid-Winter, That's What the Western Fairy Tale Says And 'Tis True. Members of Danville lodge No. 764 * B. P. O. E. are preparing for the Elks ' reunion to be held in Denver, Colo rado, this sutnmor. A good sized del • egation of the local lodge will see the ? wonders of the west. ) Snow balls in the summer time will 5 be one of the features of the reunion i to be held in Denver, next Jul v. Sixty miles from Denvor, on the new Moffat ■ road, there are banks of perpetual snow > lying beside the tracks, aud quantities I'of this will be brought down whffci F | the great parade is passing through ■ the streets of Denver, and the Elks 11 will learn how it feels to plunge their 11 hands in cooling snow while the sum - j mer sun is blazing down upon their ! line of march. | The snow that remains in the moun tains during the summer does not 3 easily melt when taken to a lowor al ' titude. It exists two miles above the j sea level all summer long, and as Den ver is one mile above the tide, there is plenty of snow to turn the great re union of the Elks into a unique festiv al. The Moffat Road is being built } from Denver to Salt Lake City, Utah, and is now in process of construction, j; and this is the first time it has been possible to bring snow down to Denver j for the purpose of astonishing crowds ot visitors who come from where the snow vauishes'as soon as the breath of I April|touche* it. I PASSENGER TRAIN :| STRUCKFREIGHT t Traltlc on S. H. Si W. Division ol Penn sy Tied up by a Rear End Col l llsion Above Nescopect II , The uoou Pennsylvania passenger train from Wilkes-Barre arrived an hour lato owing to a wreck at Retreat j siding, just above Nescopeck, which 5 1 occurred at 8:30 o'clock yesterday ' I morning. The passenger train leaving South '! Danville for Wilkes-Barre at 7:11 rail into the rear end of a freight train at the Nescojieck Biding through some ' misunderstanding of signals. The \ engine of the passenger and the ca -1 j boose of the freight train were both 1 j badly smashed up, both crews as well > as the passongers on the train all es -1; caped uninjured. Some of the freight crew were in the caboose as the pass enger approached, aud seeing that a J collision was imminent they jumped ito safety, just in time to be saved from being crushed with the car. [ The wrecking car was soon on the j scene, and after two hours' labor the track was cleared, but it was several hours more before tratfio could be re stored. The Trout Season. With the opening of the trout season next Monday the fishermen of this sec tion are getting their paraphernalia ready bout on enticing the wily trout, The dealers in fishermen's supplies have been busy supplying tackle aud the other nooessaries and the next few days will find the wide-awake angler ready for his first "cast." FINE HORSES. ! The Hanover Brewing Company has I | purchased two fine teams of iron I 'greys, which arc much admired by our townspeople. The animals were pur chased at Georgu W. Weaver's horse sale at Milton on Saturday and were brought to this city ou Sunday. One team weighs 2800 pounds and the other 3,300 pounds. Will Qo South. Five hundred men will leave Sha- I niokin and Mt, Cprniel this week for j North Carolina where they will be' . employed in the construction of 800 ! miles of railroad. The wages paid will! range between $1.50 and 18.00 per day and transportation will bo furnished to the point of operation. Dance on Easter Honday. The annual Easter Monday dance will take plnoo this year as usual at the armory. Music by a seven-piece orchestra. MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST Pacts and Episodes Caught in Passing and Briefly Related lor Beoelil ol News Readers. BULBS MURDOCK. Kor Hcveral month* nu article has been going the ronndfi of the press to the effect that a fortune of 1300,000 awaits a former Danville man uameil Murilock, who cannot be found. The article states that there is uncertainty about tlie man's first name which is either Amiel, Einille or Albert—that lie was born in Massachusetts in 1823, a son of Bartlett and Hannah Mo'- dock—that those interested in locating him have traced him to Danville, Pa., where in JB*sl he was married to Miss Henrie. It was known that he enlist ed in Brooklyn in 1865 and records have been found of his discharge in 1871. After enlistment however all trace of him has beou lost. Joseph R. Patton and others well re member Murdock when lie lived in Danville These men are able to set tle the question as to his first name, which was "Miles." Murdock was a very gentlemanly and clever man and held a position in the office of the Montour iron works. While in Dan ville, about 1856, Ito married Miss Lucretia Henrie, who sometime after ward secured a divorce. •i n m GOOD OUTLOOK KOR WHEAT. Tlie Government report concerning the growing wheat shows a slightly lower average April condition than that of a year ago. At that time tho official estimate of tho condition per centage was 91.6, and that made pub lic yesterday was 89.1. A few states like Kansas, and some of smaller pro ductive capacity, show an appreciable shrinkage, which brings the general average 2.5 points below that of last year, although the condition of the crop in some states is higher than it was then. The slight comparative deteriora tion, however, does not indicate an unsatisfactory crop outlook, as tlie present condition is unusually high even for April, and has been exceeded but three times in that month during the past fifteen years. Tlie April figures are usually higher than the condition at harvest, but there is margin for some decline from the present high promise without material reduction in the aggregate yield. Unless there shall be serious future impairment of tlie plant the winter wheat production this year is likely to be as abundant as was that of 1905. BUSINESS AND RELIGION. Business principles applied to relig ion are as successful as sound religious principles applied to honest business. In Knoxville, Tennessee, the;pastor of the First Cumberland Presbyterian church, at his wits' end to chock a falling off in the attendance at his Bible school, roceutly inserted a pago advertisement in a Sunday morning paper inviting young men to come to his meetings. Tlie eft'eot was instant aneous. As a result of one insertion of the advertisement the membership of the Bible class increased one-third, and scores who had never heard of it became sufficiently interested to write and inquire concerning the work. The ohurcli officials sav that one hundred dollars—the cost of the advertisement —was never spent more advantageous ly for the cause of religion. * * • AN ALTAR CROSS. H. W. Lewis of Philadelphia has presented a gilded altar cross to Trin ity Lutheran church of this city. Mr. Lewisjis ajwealthy man. who liasjre membered several other churches in this vicinity in the same generous way, among them being the Lutheran church at Selinsgrove. Reading Cutting Time. The Tamaqua Courier says:"The Philadelphia and Reading shops at Catawissa, Milton, Newberry and Tamaqua have been placed on three quarters time. This move was made 1 iii accord with the general retrench ment policy that the Reading will carry out during the suspension of work at the mines. At'Shamokin and Gordon the engine house men have been placed on half time, while those at Mahanoy Plane have been placed 011 quarter time." Wholesale Revoking. Following the seventy arrests for Sunday liquor selling in Schuylkill county, the sensation of the year was sprung in court Monday when Judge BechteljOu motion of attorneys for the Law and Order society granted rules upon 49 salooukeepers to show cause why their licenses should not be revok ed, All these saloons aro in Shenan doah, and as 50 more similar cases are to be brought in that town, which has a saloon for every 30 voters, the num ber of drinking places is apt to be cut down by two*thirds. Is Y Hair S That's too bad! We had no ticed it was looking- pretty thin and rough of late, but naturally did not like to speak of it. By the way, Ayer's Hair Vigor is a regular hair grower, a per fect hair tonic. The hair stops coming out, grows faster, keeps soft and smooth. Ayer's Hair Vigor cures sick hair, makes it strong and healthy. The best kind of atestimonial— "■old for over ii»ty y*ri." A SV"- 11 — A\ _ SAI&APAIILU. flyers BEST FOR THE BOWELS If yon haven t a regular, healthy movement of tht ® vor y da y,' y o, «' re ill or w 111 bo. Keep yonr •£???!.» «E en, t« Forc «i In the shape of violent physic or pill poison, is dangerous. Ths the bowels clear anil clean Is to take EAT 'EM LIKE CANDY Pleasant, Palatable, Potent, Taste Good, Do Good, Never Sicken, weaken or Gripe; 10, 25 and 60 cents per bo*. Write for free sample, and book let on health. Address 4XJ Sterling Remedy Company, Chicago or New York. KEEP YOUR BLOOD CLEM J,J. BROWN,M. D. TEE EYE A SPECIALTY Eyes tesed, treated an fitted with glasses. No Sunday Work. 311 Market :L. - - Bioomstiiiii. Pa Hours—lo a. m.to sp. m. D KJ. S W ElB FOR T, DENTIST. (Jses ODONTUNDER for the pain Josh traction of teeth. Dentistry in all its branches and all work guar anteed. CHARGES REDUCED. Opposite Opera House, Danv lie IHOMAS C. WEL'wH ATTOItNEY-AT-LAW. unmet Attorn#/ of Montoor Ooaaiy R* 107 MILL STREET, DANVILLE. Charles V. 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Buy of your DruggUa, Jr Bend lc. in *tnmp<i for Parlli-ulan, Teatf monlala and •• Keller for Ladlea," In UiUT, »y return .Hall. 10,000 Testimonial#. Sold by ill Jiruggista. OHICHHBTHR OHKMIOAI, 00. 8100 Bladiaon Mqnare, PHII MeaUai Ikli CASTOR IA For Infants and Children, The Kind You Have Always Bought Sigtrureof "TOWNEY" HOWE. J. T. '.Towney) Howe of Scrnnton, same down to this city Sunday to !ec liis old friend,Cnptnin J. II Jolm iou, who is on the nick list. Mr. Howe, who is mi aldorman of the city )f Scrautou, began life in Danville »ud is personally known by every resi lent here of middle life and upwards. He never visits the town hut lie meets with a royal welcome He is a news paper man and learned his trade in Danville under Charles Cook. Hp ffent to Bfooinshurg ami Berwick wor|t ng on file newspa] ers there, after A'liich he returned to Danville where le enlisted in the Uuited States Armv luring the Rebellion. After tlio war le drifted to Scranton where for over hirty yeaia he wan on the "Fcrantou Republican."
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