DANVILLE INTELLIGENCER \ OJ,. EXXVII. HHITII OF C I PI. J. 11. JOHNSON Captain Joseph H. Johnson, a man whose name in Danville come to he synonymous with honor and up right living, a man who numbered among his list of friends almost every body that he knew, lias passed from the midst of those who had learned to love him. It has been generally known through out town for the past two weeks that Mr. Johnson was confined to his bed with the complaint that during the past year has beeu fastening itself up on him—heart trouble. His condition, although serious, did not seem ex tremely critical until Sunday noon, when acute pneumonia set in. After that he grew rapidly weaker until death/rame at 9:50 Suuday evening. Captain Johuson was ♦>(> years of age, having been born at Pottsville on the 18th. of March, 1840. He came to Danville when but a lad of ten years. Here for a while he was an iron work er and later entered the grocery busi ness. For the past ten years lie has operated a dye works. He was a member of Mahoning lodge, No. 51H, F. & A. M.and of Calvary Commaudery.No. 87, Knights Templar. He was a prominent and consistent member of Pine Street Lutheran church for many years. He is survived by his wife and a sister, Mrs. Sarah Forred, of Plymouth. Captaiu Johnson was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, holding one of the proudest service records in the State. He enlisted at the outbreak of the late Rebellion, his eulistment taking place in a hall on Ferry street at the exact spot where now stands the house in which he died. The full war history of the deceased, as taken from the official records, is a rhetorical monument that will keep sil ent, stately watch for ages over the dust of a hero: "Enlisted, private, April 26, 1861, Co. C, 14th. Pa. Vols. Assigned to Gth. Brigade, 2nd. Division, Patter sou's Army. Picket, duty near Sharps burg, Md. , action Palling Waters, oc cupation of Martiusburg,Va..Advance on Bunker Hill, mustered out, August 7. 181;!. "Enlisted, private, October 21, 1801 Company H, 93rd. Pa. Vols. Promot ed to corporal. Sergeant, October I lst. lst. Sergeant, January I, ISM 2nd. lieutenant, May 1, 1863. Ist lieutenant, August I, 1804. Captain November 28, 1804. "Service: Aligned to Peck's Jiri gade, Coach's Division, 4tl». Corps, Army of the Potomac, Advance ou Manassas, siege of Yorktowu. recon noitre to Chickahotniuy Hiver ami Bottom Bridge.seven days before Rich mond, Seven Pines, detailed quarter master's sergeant ambulance corps, August, 1802—January, 1863! .Chautil ly, Antietam. Transferred to 3rd. Brigade, 3rd. Division, oth. Corps, on November i). 1802. Fredericksburg, Bnruside's second campaign, Clmucel lorsville second campaign. Marycs Heights, S.ileui lle : ,,'hts. Hanks Ford, Gettysburg, I'ituk.stuwn, Mi»»«• Hun. Transferred to 2ml. Division, oth. Corps, March IS, 1804. "lu command of company from May 5, 1804. Wilderness, Spottsylvrnia, Cold Harbor, Defenses of Washington, Fort Stevens, Berry vi lie, Strasburg, Charlestown, Bunker Hill, Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, siege of Petersburg. Hacthe's Ran, assault of Petersburg,Burkesville,Sailor's Creek, Appomattox Court House, Apri 11», 1805 ; surremler of Lee. Marched to Dan ville, Va. Marched to Washington, D. C. Grand Review, June 8, 1865. Mustered out .Tune 27, 1805. GROWING A SOD. The county commissioners are now fixing up the courthouse lawn, after w which it will be sown with grass seed. The material procured from flic river bridge when the litter was cleaned off a couple of weeks ago, did not prove 'sufficient for the top course aud in order to complete the work it was necessary to look in some other direc tion for fertile and productive soil such as would grow a good sod. Yes terday Ellis Rank was put to work with two carts hauling soil up from the meadow along Mahoning creek, which will no doubt fill tlie bill very nicely. The soil is obtained from the spot where John Keiui obtains clay for making brick, and the eommissiouers in. removing it do the brick maker a good turn by laying bare the de]>osits of clay. lu a short time the court house grouuds will no doubt be bloom ing like a rose. The grass on the south side of the building is already grow ing nicely and boards are very con spicuously displayed warning people to "keep off the sod." Did Spring Ploughing. Under the leadership of Mr. Oscar Vastine a number of neighbors with j teams assemblod at the home of Mr. | Claronce Philips,Mahoning township, Monday, aud rendered considerable as sistance by doing the greater part of his spring plowing. The social featuro was mnoh eujoyed. Ail were feasted on the good things furuisiied by the hostess aud her assistant, Mrs. Oscar Vastine. Those present were: Oscar Vastine,Clarence Hendersljpt, Michael McGraw, John Casey, E. L. White, Arthur Stetler, Jasper Stetler, Alfred Diehl, William filler, Charles Arter, Jasper Philips and B. L. Diehl, all of whom hope for the return of health and strength of their friend. DOG'S HEAD There is a slight mad dog scare in the vicinity of Strawberry Ridge, as the result of which Charles Reeder, a young man of that place, may goto the Pasteur institute for treatment. The youug man bitten is the son of George Reeder, a promiueut resident. The bite was inflicted quite two weeks ago by Mr. Reeder's own dog. The ex act circumstances of the case have not been learned, but it seems that there was somethiug about the dog that aroused suspicion tiiat lie might have been afflicted with rabies. The wound was cauterized but as time wore 011 all things seemed to cause a feeling of disquietude ami in order to allay fears at the suggestion of Dr. Sliumau, the family physician, it was decided to send the head of the dog, which had been killed, into Veterinarian J. O. Reed,the local rep resentative of the State livo stock san itary board. When Dr. Reed received the dog's head ho immediately for warded it to Philadelphia for a bacter iological test by Dr. Leonard Pearson, the State veterinarian. Dr. Reed yesterday received a letter from State veterinarian Pearson report ing progress. The dog's head, he said, was in such shape as to exclude the practicability of the microscopic or speedy test aud made it necessary to resort to the slower test of inoculating rabbits, to ascertain whether or not rabies was preseut. At almost auy day a report based ou the rabbit ex periment may be received from the live stock sanitary board. Meanwhile the. State veterinarian advised Dr. Roed that if iu his opin ion the dog showed symptoms of rabies it would be well to have the young man bitten to take a course at the Pasteur institute without delay. Just what course would be pursued Dr. Reed yesterday could not state. Fractured Knee Cap Discovesed. A most remarkable case was brought to notice yesterday when it was dis covered that a young man, Charles Foust, of Danville, who was hurt by a fall last autuniu, had been existing for the past six months with a fractur ed knee cap, totally unaware of the serious nature of his injuries. Last fall Mr. Foust, who resides with his sister, Mrs. Truitt, Gulick's addition, was carrying a pail of water at ins home when he fell,injuring his leg. He was confined to the house for two weeks and received medical atten tion. Later lie began to make his way about with the aid of a cane,but his in juries did'notsoem to improve. Yester day moruing ho visited the office of Dr. Harpel, who at once diagnosed the case as a fractured kuee cap. Several other physicians were called into consulta tion upon the case, among them being Dr. I. G. Barber, wlio was able to make arrangements for the young man to receive treatment at the Marv Pack er hospital at Sunbury. Since his fall the unfortunate young uiau lias been in almost constaut ago n zing pain. He looks but the shadow of his former robust self, and has the appearance of having undergone a wasting illness. Yesterday as ho told his pitiable story to the doctors and received their disheartening verdict, the tears streamed down his checks. Since his fall, nature has been at work upon the fractured kuoe cap, with tho result that the broken edges of bone have become covered with cal lus ;so that before the process of mend ing can begin it will be necessary to scrapo the two edges of the fractured bone. Even then the doctors doubt if a thorough and permanent cure can be effected. Mr. Foust will goto the Sun bury hospital this morning. a New Boiler. E. J. LeDuc,proprietor of the "City ol'jParis," which was stripjjed of its boiler by low-hauging wires while passing under the river bridge at Cat awissa, Tuesday, will not permit the serious mishap to interefere with the digging of coal to any extent. Mr. LeDuc left for Wilkes-Barre yesterday to purchase anew boiler aud what oth er machinery may be needed to equip the craft and make it perfectly sea worthy. The "City of Paris" had a thrilling experience and the members ot the crew may feel thaukful that they did not go into the river along with the boiler. The life boat was also swept overboard and the crew was obliged to stick to the dismantled craft. The anchor was thrown overboard but it could not hold the big coal digger, which became the sport of the swift a short time the rope snap ped in two aud the anchor clung to the bottom of the river,while the boat bearing the men, swung down the stream The anchor is the second one I lost by Mr. LeDuc within a couple of weeks, the other one lying in the riv ! er here below the bridge, j Mr. LeDuc expects to find plenty of river coal in the vicinity of Blooins i burg, which will no doubt be very I much in demand during the summer, I especially if thero should be a prolong - |od miners' strike. By the time the ! river falls to the proper level he ex i pecte to have his coal digger equipped ] and ho will at once begin to dig coal. I The life boat,of the "Cityof Paris." which was swept overboard in the ac . cideut later was caught in the river ( hero aud taken into shore. Appointed Auditor. | William C. Johnston, of Blooms j burg, has been appointed auditor by ' the auditor general as agent of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to re audit the accounts and dockets of J. C. Ratter, Jr.,for the entire time that he served as recorder of Columbia county. TLKDOKD BUT TO TBUTH, TO IJBKBTT AKB LAW—WO FAVOB BWATB US AXB WO WMAM ilk* DANVILLE. MONTOUR COUNTY. PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1900. MASONIC RITES PERFORMED All that was mortal of Captaiu Jo seph H. Johnson was consigned to the grave in Odd Fellows' cemetery yes terday. Not in many years has a fun eral taken place that has caused such an outpouring of our own citizens and brought here so many people from neighboring places, a fact which most eloquently attested to the high stand ing and personal popularity ofjthe de ceased. The funeral took place from Pine Street Lutheran church at 1:80 p. m. Rev. Dr. Shindel,pastor of Piuo Street Lutheran church, is just recovering froui an illness and was uot physical |ly equal to the task of conducting the I funeral. Iu his place Rev. U. G. My ers of Catawissa officiated. Rev. Mr. Myers knew the deceased for many vears aud ho paid a noble tribute to his memory. Among the musical num bers rendered at the funeral was a beautiful solo, "Face to Face," by Mrs. Arthur Matchett of Middletowu; also a quartette "Abide With Me," by Mrs. W. R. Paules, Miss Anna Fry, Robert Jacobs and Sam A. McCoy. The deceased belonged to Mahoning lodge No. 510, F. & A. M., and he was sigually honored by the members of the Masonic Fraternity. It would be difficult to recall an occasion wheu a larger number of the white gloved fraternity were iu line to follow a brother to the grave Taking in lodge 516 aud the sister lodge 2*24, present by invitation, there wore in the pro cession nt least fiftv members. The deceased had a flue war record. He was a member of the Union Vet eran Legion, but he was none the' less bound to the members of G A. R. and to all veterans by the ties of comrade ship, so that among those who gather ed around his bier yesterday a large proportion were survivors of the Civil war. In selecting the pall bearers the honors were equally divided between the two organizations of veterans. The remains were carried by D. R. Eck man, Dr. Juo. Sweisfort, and George Mears, of Rupert, representing the Union Veteran Legion and W. M. Hed dens,Thomas Mensch of Catawissa and Johu Levers of Milton, representing the G. A. R. The flowers formed a very beautiful tribute and comprised a large shield, in which were interwoven the letters, 44 U V. L.from the Union Veteran Legion ; a large compass and square wrought in flowers, the Masonic em blem, as a tribute from Mahoning Lodge No. 516. There was also a beautiful offering from the Sunday school class of jPiue Street Lutheran church taught by Mrs. Johnson, wife of the deceased as well as a large num ber of floral gifts from individual friends. The funeral was taken to Odd Fel lows' cemetery on two trolley cars, which met at Walnut and Pine streets. The Masonic fraternity in two columns that faced each other occupied the sidewalk aud extended nearly all the way from the church to Walnut street. Between the two columns of Freemas ons, who stood with uncovered heads, the casket on which was piled a rich profusion of flowers, was slowly and reverently borne aloug. The remaius were placed in the llrst. car which was occupied by the rela tives and intimate friends of the fam ily. The second car was given over to the masons and was crowded. At the grave the burial rites of the Masouic order observed. The following out-of-town persons were at the funeral: James D. Evans, J. (Towuey) Howe aud Mrs. Anne Vaußuskirk, of Scrantou ; Mrs. Sarah Forred and Alfred Forred, Plymouth ; Mrs. Wesley Eyer, of Bloomsburg. | Among the prominout Masons were : A. L. Fritz, Esq., Isaiah Hagenbuch, |R. F. Vauderslice and Charles Reice of Bloomsburg. Among the members of the Union Veteran Legion were: Captain J. B. Robinson, J. H. Maize, C. S. Furman, Lewis Coheu, Jacob Kellar, R. C. Buckalew, Zachariah Thomas, Klias Utt, Theodore Meudeu hall, of Bloomsburg; P. J. Baylor, William Miuier, Riverside; Dr P. C. Newbaker, Dr. Jno. Sweisfort, D. R. Kckman, Charles Woods t\ml Michael Breckbill of Danville. Taboo Big Beers. A movement is 011 foot amoug the hotel proprietors and saloon keepers of the county to form an organization for their mutual protection. A prelimin ary meeting has already been held and a committee of seven is now at work drafting a constitution and by-laws. It is expected that every liquor man in the pouuty will become a member. One of the objects of the organization will be to watch the proceedings of the leg islature at Harrisburg ami use influ ence to obtain changes in the laws governing the issuance of licenses. The matter of abolishing free lunches I and the use of largo glasses for beer have alroady been considered. Miss Bertha Kase Entertains. Miss Bertha Kase entertained a num ber of her friends at a taffy pull Sat urday evening at her home in South Danville,in honor of Miss Ireue Hum phrey. The guests were : Misses Jessie Kimerer, Edith Kramer, Kathoriuc Vastine, Messrs. Edwin Moore, John A. Kase, Will L. McCoy, Robert M. Jacobs ami Charles A. Hartt. Now that summer is near, the sug gestion is made by Good Health that everybody ought to live on the porch —read, sew,eat, lounge and uap there. 1 FRANCISCO REAL INFERNO DUE TO EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE Worst Earthquake in American History Visited Upon San Francisco Yesterday—lndescribable Dam age Done—Fires Still Burning; and Fire Fighters Are Powerless. Tho most horrible and the greatest earthquake iu American history occur red yesterday morning at San Francis co and the magnitude of the horror seems to grow witli each succediug bulletin. It destroyed telegraph and railroad facilities. There were a succession of shocks, many of thein of great destructive violence and the messages indicate that a large part of the city's business section has been razed to the ground and the debris is on fire without Ad equate water protection to fight the flames. Other bulletins indicate a loss of life that cannot bo measured in the con fusion attending the cataclysm. Tho earthquake shocks ceased at 8 :80, eastern time, having commenced at 5:13, and it is probable that the worst is over so far as the movements of the earth are concerned. But the awful fire fieud still remains to be reckoned with. Panic has reigned iu the city since the first shock, none kuowiug when another upheaval might reuder them homeless,or hurl about them buildings of the sort that have already fallen. The worst feature, after the earth quake shocks had passed, arose from the fires which broke out simultaneous ly iu many parts of the city and seem ed to be spreading in every direction. Late messages indicate that the flames are fast approaching the magni ficent docks aud wharves for which the harbor of San Francisco is famous and that these may fall victims to the devouriug monster which broke water mains and destroyed fire apparatus. The most alarm ing part of the dire event is that each succeeding telegram increases rather than diminishes the terrible news. SAN FRANCISCO, April 18.—San Francisco was partially wrecked by earthquake at 5:10 this morning. Shock lasted three minutes. A thou sand buildings damaged and destroy ed. I.oss of life reported great. No water and fires all over city. All wires except one gone. City hall, costing seven millions in ruins. Modern build ings suffered less than brick and frame. Terror aud excitement indescribable. Most people asleep aud rushed iuto streets uudressed. Buildings swayed and crashed, burying occupants. Pauic in down town hotels. Lick house bad ly damaged but no loss of life report ed there. The Palace and St. Francis hotels stood the shock. People flocked to the telegraph offices to send messages to friends aud were frantic because there were 110 wires. The greater damage was done to buildugs south of Market street, where mostly they are frame ami teueraent houses. Fires occurred in every block in that district. BA. M.—lu the confusion which reigns everywhere it is almost impos sible to learn details of the disaster caused by the earthquake this morn ing. In general it may be said that the district lyiug between Market and Howard streets from the bay as far west as the City Hall has been badly wrecked. The hotels iu the vicinity of Third aud Market streets were badly sluikeu up but there seemed to bo no loss of life. The "Call" and "Examiner"* buildiugs as well as the Western Un ion building have been badly wrecked. The large department stores in the neighborhood were also ruined,but the earthquake occurred at au hour when they were empty ami 110 loss of life is reported. Tho Valencia hotel, hew teen Seven teenth and Eighteenth streets, on Val encia street, a five story frame build ing, toppled over into the street, bury iug seventy-five persons in the debris, only the top story remaining intact. Further east 011 Market street toward the ferry slips, is a section occupied by cheap lodging houses aud hotels, and here the loss of life is reported to be very great* though the extent of it could not be ascertained at this hour. Fires are burning in a number of places along Market street and the water mains having" burst, the author ities have resorted to dynamite to check the progress of the flames. The residence section of the city while badly shaken,reports no loss of life or erious damage. LOSS OVER $100,000,000 j As Associated Press dispatch last j ! night said that conservative estimates : placed the lodt in Son Francisco well : over #100,000,000, and growing larger | with each report. LELAND STANFORD DEMOLISHED j Lclaud Stanford university, the great est school of the Wefet, and in many particulars the finest in the world, was . practically demolished. One student, from Nebraska, was killed. BETWEEN 500 AND 700 KILLED Late Associated Press dispatches last night placed the killed between 500 and 700 The figures are constantly changing, however, audit is impossi bio to tell as yet the extent of the fatuities. Lent will soon be a memory—just like the umbrella some one borrowed of you. POOR OUTLOOK IN COAL SITUATION NEW YORK, April 18.—The strike situation looks darker today then at any time since the operators aud min ers' representatives have been holding conferences. The oi>erators have preparod a letter to the miners answering the miners' demands for arbitration in which is said that there is uothingto arbitrate, claiming that all questions were settl ed by the previous strike commission. The reply is lengthy. In one place it says: "You are responsible for the suspen sion of work. There was no good rea son for ordering the men to stop work pending our negotiations, which had been delayed by you, especially iu view Of the fact that we were willing to continue to pay the wages fixed by the strike commission." "NOTHING FURTHER TO OFFER" In conclusion the letter states: "We have no other suggestions to make than those contained in our former propositions, aud we regret that you have declined both of them. We have nothing further to offer." MITCHELL WON'T ACCEPT. Indianapolis, Ind. April 18.—It is believed by those close to President Mitchell who is here attending the soft coal miners' convention, that he will refuse to accept as final the anth racite operators' letter rejecting the miners' offer to arbitrate the different questions in dispute and that he will demand that another conference bo held to try and reach a settlement. All that Mitchell would say for publication this*morning was, "we have not reached the anthracite mat ter yet." He was not a little surpris ed at the action taken by the operators in making their flat rofusal. It is the belief of many that the op erators will refuse to hold another con ference as they state that their reply is final. Brick Yards in Operation. Keim has already begun the work of makiug bricK for the season, all four of his brick yards having | started up. Some brick were made on Friday, but these later were damaged by the rain. Yesterday the season opened in earnest and taking in all four of the yards Mr. Keim has some twenty-five men employed. From now on except when the weather is rainy each of the yards will be in operation every day. A little later on two ad ditional moulders may be put on, which]williucrease the combined prod uct of the kilns very much. Pending the adjustment of difficul ties between the coal operators aud the miners Mr. Keim is uncertain as to what measure of success may at tend the season's work. Should there bo a shortage of anthracite coal it will be impossible for him to burn brick, as his kilns are not adapted to bitumin ous coal and wood suitable for the purpose here has become a commodity so scarce as to be practically out of the question. Mr. Keim is now engaged in ship ping brick in large quantities, 500,000 going to Bloomsburg aud 100,000 to I Suubury. SEVERAL MORE AUTOMOBILES. J It is altogether likely that during the coming summer J several automo biles will be added to those now iu commission in Danville aud immediate vicinity. The fact is known that there are several prospective purchasers and it will probably be only a short time until the new machines are in evid ence. It is also rumored that at least one automobile will be for hire aud will be run in any direction out over the country roads at so inuoii per hour. A popular route, it is believed, will be found to lie in the direction of Wash ingtouville aud Strawberry Hidge, which have always proved favorite ob jective points for hack parties and others when out for pleasure. A long j er ride of course, will be between Dau | ville aud Milton and Danville aud I Bloomsburg An automobile run over the river bridge through Riverside aud out over the State highway proves in tensely enjoyable. Indeed, it would bejdiftlcult to turn in any direction in the midst of our delightful scenery and not find a route that would pos sess an especial charm in the pleasant summer weather. FINE HIDING HORSE. I James Scarlet, Esq., lias purchased a thoroughbred saddle horse, which is 1 undoubtedly one of the finest little animals that ever came to town. The horse is seal brown in color with flow ing mane aud tail and was purchased of Mr. Scarlet's friend, J. M. McClin tock of Wilkes-Barre. James Scarlet, Jr.,is very much devoted to horse back riding, but the little thoroughbred, it is understood,will be used by both fa ther and son in taking exercise. MASKED ROBBERS BOLD OUTRAGE Like the star chapter of the most thrilling piece of fiction on the deedß of bad men in the far west is the story of a bold robbery that was committed along the border limits of Suubury Tuesday night. The scene of tho outrageous event was the home of John Lower, track walker for the Pennsylvania railroad coinnany. Mr. Lower resides iu a small house near the creek bridge be low the dam on the outskirts of Sun bury. Bidding his wife and three chil dren goodbye he left iiis home after supjier Tuesday evening. Sometime between ten aud eleven o'clock Mrs. Lower was aroused out of her sleep by a banging at tho front door. Before she realized what was going on the front door was battered open and three men,all wearing black masks over their faces, entered her room aud dragged her from tho bed. Frightenifig the defenseless woman | into submission by tolling her that if . she made but a siugle outcry or at tempted to give an alarm in any way that they would kill her, and display ing large revolvers the robbers rough ly seated Mrs. Lower on a chair. The next act of the masked robbers was to gag their victim aud tie her securely to the chair. Before they completed their work she had sustained a num ber of scratches tfn her face and bruises on her body. 1 Duriug the time consumed by such operations the eldest of the three chil dren was awakened and seeiug the men in the room became frightened and be gan to scream. One of the three men rushed to the bed, grabbed the child aud shook it roughly,but discontinued his act of violence upon receiving pro mises that it would remain quiet. Leaving one of their party to stand guard over Mrs. Lower in the bed room the other two robbers made a systematic search of the entire house for plunder. Bureau drawers were turned upside down on the floor, closets were ran sacked and every nook and corner was carefully searched. The entire reward the robbers reaped was ninety-five cents in cash and seventeen packages of chewing tobacco. Without releasing their victim the robbers hurried from the house and made their escape. Mr. Lower when he returned home for lunch about mid night found his wife in the same con dition she had been left by her assail ants. Although she was unable to see their faces, from their dress, general makeup, and speech, Mrs. Lower be lieves that the masked robbers were tramps, who came and departed on a freight train. "Jesus of Nazareth." All audience that taxed the capacity of the Grove Presbyterian church heard a most finished rendition of Os wald Allen's cantata, "Jesus of Naza reth," Sunday afternoon. A great deal of the charm of the oc casion lay in the fact that it was an undertaking entirely new in Danville. In mauy of the large cities the cantata is used on occasions of sacred import ance, and the unqualified success of its first usage in Danville [makes a re petition most desirable to those who admire this class of music. The Grove church had been beauti fully decorated for Long before 4 :30, the time given out for the beginning of the cantata,every seat in the church auditorium was occupied, aud people who came later were seat ed in the Sunday school room. The chorus of twenty voices, had been rehearsed under the direction of Mr. Irvin Vaunau, aud the eusemble work was rendered with a finished ex cellence that was a credit to the cap ability of the director, and to the in dividual worth of each member of the choir. It was thought during the earlier part of the week that Miss Emma Gearhart, who sang the leading soprano role, would be unable to sing on ac count of a severe cold. She recovered sufficiently, however, to be at the final rehearsal Saturday evening, aud yes terday rendered the soprano solos of the cantata with charming effect. Little Girl Breaks Arm. Gussie, the six-year-old daughter of | Mr. and Mrs. George Bedea, Factory j street, while at play Saturday after- ! noon fell and fractured her left elbow. A board had been removed trom the fence enclosing the lot and the little girl was in the act of skipping through the aperture when her foot caught on the lower rail and she fell foremost through the fence striking her left arm in such a way aq.to fracture the bone at the elbow Jbfnt. 'Dr. P. C. Newbaker was called who set the broken bone. The fracture oc curring as it does right on the elbow joint complicates matters somewhat, but the physician hopes that the frac ture will heal without auv permauent injury to the arm. Heilman—Beyer. Miss Ada M. Beyer,of this city, and Charles S. Heilman, of Strawberry Ridge,were united in matrimony Sat urday. The nuptial knot was tied by Rev. G. D Lerch at the home of the bride's father, Philip Beyer, corner of Nassau and Front streets, at half past four o'clock in the afternoon, the ring ceremony being employed. Some twenty guests were present. After the ceremony a flue wedding dinner was served. The newly wedded couple will reside at Strawberry Ridge. DEALERS UNABLE 10 BUY COAL With the (testation of mining over the anthracite region—with the con sequent refusal of the operators to ship a pound of coal from the mines and with a miners' strike of greater or less duration one of the probabilities of tho immediate future, Danville, like many other towns of the State as far as the question of hard coal is concerned faces anything but a cheerful outlook.' Simultaneously with the shut down the shipment of coal at the mines ceas ed. Upon inquiry yesterday it was learned that not one of our local deal ers is able to procure a pound of coal. The orders placod by the local dealers are acknowledged but thero is no as surance when they will be filled. The card employed by the D. L. & W. com pany iu acknowledging the receipt of orders has the following stamped upon it in red ink : "All orders subject to ability.to ship aud to prices when shipment is made." No one doubts that affairs iu the coal region are drift ing oil toward a prolonged miners strike aud uaturally under the circum stances there is curiosity to know just what surplus coal the dealers have ou hand. In all the yards here it is practical ly the name. The dealers are busily engaged in filling the big orders plac ed during February aud March by local consumers who had means for purchasing a big stock of coal, the room for storing it aud were astute enough to foresee that a clash between the miners and operators was unavoid able. It may take some weeks yet to deliver all the coal previously ordered aud until this is done it will be diffi cult to tell just what margin may re main to meet the general demand. The dealers, however, feel morally sure that by the time they have their orders all filled the quantity of coal on hand iu their respective yards will not be worth taking into account. All of which implies that unless some un foreseen circumstance occurs to pre vent a miners' strike, before the sum mer is half over Danville will be with out coal in the dealers' yards. It is true by exercise of wise forethought probably hundreds of families have their cellars filled but there are hun dreds of others- -those who purchase coal iu smaller quantities,as they con sume it—who will need coal and will be unable to procure it; therefore, while a miners' strike might not bring about exactly the same conditions here that prevailed three years ago, yet thore would be much inconvenience and privation. The heavy snow, which fell during March was indirectly responsible for the fact that the local dealers have not a larger supply of coal on hand. It was during this time that the dealers plan ned to rush ont their coal to fill the large orders ou hand, thereby gaining space iu their yards, which they hop ed to have filled by additional ship ments from the mines to supply future demands in the spring and summer. The heavy snow, however,blocked the streets, or reudered them nearly im passable with slush and mud, either holding up the work or making it im possible to deliver coal with ease or facility. The consequence was before any considerable space was gaiu | ed in the dealers' yards affairs between the miners and the operators readied a crisis and the mining of coal ceased. Local dealers have poor hopes of re ceiving any coal from the enormous surplus stored up by the railroad com panies, especially if the strike should continue very long, in which event the coal will all the more likely be needed by the corporations for their own use. TRAILING ARBUTUS. Trailing arbutus, the first wildwood flower of spring, lias beeu iu full bloom for the last week aud many arbutui? parties have scoured the moun tain slopes for the dainty blossoms. Arbutus, which a few years ago was quite plentiful in the woods, is gradu ally becoming extinct. The flower will not grow iu gardens or green houses, but must be iu the woods to thrive. Persons in search of the delic ate clusters of flowers are too eager to obtaiu large bnuches, and iu consequ ence, the whole plant, roots and all, is torn from the ground. This, with the cutting of timber and numerous forest tires, threatens to make this most fragrant of flowers rare in this vicin ity in a few years. Even now, those in search of it must goto certain fav ored places away from the patli of spring flower gatherers to be success ful. The flower lias two colors, pink and white. The pink flowers are gen erally the larger and grow iu large clusters. As a rule the pink flowers grow under the leaves and in shaded places. The flowers grown iu the bright sunlight are usually white, al though there are exceptions to both cases. Sunlight lias a tendency to dark en the flower. Arbutus is the first out of-door plant to bloom in the spring, yet late in the fall it buds again aud at times, when the fall is very late, it comes out in full bloom and a few of I the fragrant sprays can be found at I that time. ■ • Little Olrl Bled to Death. Sylvia Porborteo, a child, bled to death at Shamokin last night as the result of severing an artery in her neck. The child had stepped upon a chair to get a drink from the sink when she slipped, and falling, broke the glass she held in her hand. Apiece of the tumbler pierced her neck, and she bled before assistance ocrald arrive. NO 21 TRUSTEES AGREE ON SITE The trustees of tlie hospital for the iusaue, who, it seems, held different views as to where the new heat, Unlit and power plant ought to be located, have come to an agreement concerning the site. The new heat, light and power plant will be located at the rear of the main hospital building on the site at present occupied by the lumber yard. Thero were some things to reoom mend the site for the lient, light and power plant originally selected, at the cOal dump, west of the hospital build ings, not the leaHt of which was the fact that fuel could bo unloaded direot ly from the cars into the coal bins that feed the boilers, thereby eliminat ing the expense of re-handling the coal as might bo necessary if another site were selected. Among the disadvantages taken into consideration by the trustees was the fact that the coal dump is about one thousand feet away and that to select that [joint as a site would be to neces sitate the construction of a massive conduit between the plant the buildings through which to transmit the heat, light aud power, that would involve an immense amount of work and would eat up a considerable slice of the appropriation of |91,- 000. Iu addition to this it was a ques tion whether there would not be a loss or waste of powor in carrying steam and electricity so far. The-outcome of tlio matter was that the sito at the rear of the hospital was selected for the heat, light and power plant. The coutract for the building will be awarded ou Friday when the build ing committee of the trustees will hold a mooting at the hospital for the iusane. The heat,light and power plant will be of brick,a plain one-story structure, 107 feet long and Ci) feet wide. It will be built on a substantial stone found ation. Work for the Street Sprinkler. Happy springtime is here,the season of budding vegetation, also of dusty streets. We are just now passing through that brief though vexatious period that lies between the inclement weather of early spring and the limit of possible freezing, before the street sprinkler has gone into commission and while the sun and the wind aud the traffic of busy wheels conspire to pro duce dust—dust that blows into peo ple's faces, that blows iu through the doorways and windows aud soils the furuiture—dust that becomes worse with each succeeding day and from which there seems to be no earthly es cape. {.Whero is the street persons have askod this;'question dur ing the last few days. Ask the firemen who previously aseumod the contract to keep down the dust aud they will ; probably tell you that the water sup erintendent lias not yet caused to lie erected tlie stand pipes that supply the street sprinkler with water. Ask the water superintendent and he will tell you that until the limit of freezing weather is reached it is not safe to erect the standpipes, as the water might freeze, which would cause the pipes to burst. There seems to be but one way out of it in this unhappy period aud that is, if we are confront ed with dust, to grin and bear it. Iu the present case, however, there is consolation in the fact that we have about readied the limit. A leading member of the Friendship fire company last evening stated that there is little danger of freezing after this date and judging by what he advanced the street sprinkler is looming up in the distance and in a very few days It will bo on its rounds again. Will Patrol Tracks. The Reading railway company lias inaugurated a plan through which it can save its property from damages anil destruction. Commencing this week track watchmen were placed along the entire main lines, covering the roail east as far as Tamaqna and west to Williamsport. They travel iu a relay system, patrolling this im mediate vicinity as follows: One starts at Carbon Run and paces to Big Moun tain, the next from Big Mountain to Excelsior aud so on along the whole routo between the points named above. Upon reachiug a telegraph office they must report to the operator there, time of arriving aud leaviug that point,and the operators along the line make a report of the watchman's movements to headquarters at Tamaqua hourly. Thus is a systematic rocord of their doings kept up. The whereabouts of every one on the many beats is known at all times and just where he can be found when wanted. The object of this as stated above is to protect the tracks and the property along them, the company stating that it Is not go ing to run any risks of depredations being committed, but will try to pre vent such from happening. New Silk Mill for West Berwick. A concern known as the W. E. Baer Silk Mill Co., after much negotiating lias finally secured land in West Ber wick for the erection of a silk mill at that place. Two large brick buildings will be erected at once,and it is hoped that the mill can begin operation in four months' time. It is said that be tween 200 and 250 hands will be em ployed. The company already has large plants in operation at Patterson, N. J., aud Lehighton, Pa ,and the West Berwick plant will bo a branch of the large mills.
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