POLLUTED WATERS SATS DR. DIXON Health Commissioner Samuel Q. Dixon in speaking of the work of pre serving the purity of the waters of the State in fulfillment of the duty laid upon him by the act of April 22, 1905, said : "A lamentable and tremendous amount of needless suffering, expense and death annually result from the wanton pollution of the streams of Pennsylvania among those individuals dopendent upon these sources of sup ply for drinking water. Tens and even hundreds of communities hang in the balance and at any time may have an epidemic of typhoid fever stalking through their midst and decimating their numbers. "Public and private corporations, however, even when earnestly inclin ed, are Often limited iu their powers to prevent sewage contamination of the source of water supply. "After years of affliction and at a terrific cost iu human life, it lias fin ally dawned upon the people that a higher authority than the municipal ity must grapple witli the problem aud afford a remedy. "The chief engineer of the depart ment, F. Herbert Snow, aud his as sistants are now traversing every part of the State, making examinations of sewerage systems and water supplies and collecting data witli respect to the quality of all of the waters in Penn aylvania. More than this is being done,sources of pollution and menaces which can be abated at ouce are re ported to the commissioner and in many cases a request on his part to the owner of the premises is sufficient to cause a removal of the meuace. The number of letters of encouragement and co-operation in this kind of re form received by the commissioner splendidly illustrates the willingness of tlie'citizens of the State to do what is right. Iu a few cases owners wil fully refuse to do away with the cause of the disease, in whicli event they are being brought into court or forced to comply with the law. "Another important feature of the commisssiouer's work is appealing to the municipalities, uamely.the utiliz ing free of cost to them of the services of the engineering departmeut iu con sultation and advice respecting the in stallation of new water works aud sewer systems and the extensions of existing Bystems. This engineering servioe does not interfere with the work of the engineer in private prac tice, but increases it. The State de partment gives free of cost the very best engineering advice procurable, which has already resulted in saving to municipalities large sums of money by obviating costly mistakes. Iu carry ing out the geuoral advice and sug gestions of tTie State department, the municipalities must employ their own but before plans are fiually adopted they pass for approval to the health commissioner. FELL FROn SECOND STORY WINDOW Little Mildred Mottern, aged about 2 years, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mottern, East Market street, had a remarkable escape from serious in jury yesterday morning. The child fell from the second story of the Mottern home unto a porch roof and thence to the ground. In alighting on the eartli she fell among some wiud ow sashes,breaking two panes of glass. Aside from some bruises about the head and a thorough shakiug up the little girl was uninjured. Snydertown Is Alarmed. Residents of Snydertown are greatly alarmed because of finding several black hand notices tacked on fences and barn doors. The writer of the notioes threatens to burn the town and take the lives of several citizens. Several suspicious characters have been noticed in the little town before these warnings appeared aud some of the residents believe that they are responsible for the notices being posted. This taken in connection with the recent serious fire iu the town which was of incendiary origin aud the strange actions of an uukuowu indivi dual who was noticed near the scene of the fire on several occasions before the conflagration has caused more ex citement in the place than lias occurr ed for many years. Many of the resi dents are now sleeping with trusty shot guns aud revolvers near at hand and any one found prowliug arouudat uight in a manner to excite suspicion aud alarm will likely receive several volleys of cold lead. The matter has been placed iu the hands of the authorities who are mak ing every effort to solve the mysterv. Filed Bill in Equity. The Northumberlaud county com missioners have filed a bill in equity in the Union county oourt against the erection of au intercounty bridge across the Susquehanna at Lewisburg. The contract was awarded last winter to the Owego Bridge company for ♦124,800. Northumberland's commis sioners, in petitioning to have the contract auuulled, allege unfairness ou the part of the old Northumber land county board iu letting the con tract in a hurry just Itefore leaving office, and collusion ou the part of the bridgo company. This is the boidge the specifications for which proved ex plicitly that it shall be constructed iu ■uch a manuer that traction cars of considerable size aud woight cau pass over it. These specifications add con siderably to the cost of the structure. A Peculiar Fatality. Herbort Klopp. a teamster iu the employ of Elmer Bardo, Jersey Shore, had Ills nock broken while driving Saturday morning, presumably by a severe jolt of the wagou. The accid ent was uot discovered uutil the horses stopped, when a driver in the roar of Klopp's wagou went up to discover the cause of the delay. He found Klopp sitting bolt upright ou the seat, his hands clinched ou the reins, but dead. His head was hanging limply on his breast, audit was further fouud that his neck was broken. The road where Klopp was driving was quite stony and it is thought that a severt bump •auwd tke fracture of a vertebra. A TRIP TD CATAWISSA i To Montour American: —Oil Satur day I paid a visit to our sister town, Catawissa.aud with your permission I will give my impressions of tho new bridge now nearly completed aud of some other matters relating to the trip. I made the journey by trolley, at Bloomsburg taking the Columbia and Montour line. Every . person should make it a point to ride once in his life i on the cars of the Columbia and Mou tour line; lie then will have a higher estimate of our owu line—especially of the dignified manners of the crews and of the easy runuiug qualities of the cars. The Columbia and Montour car I rode in Saturday was the limit as far as rough riding was coucerucd, but what the trip lacked in personal comfort was made up in entertain ment afforded by the conductor, who seemed to consider it his duty to jolly the passengers. No matter who got on j or off, he was on familiar terms with I them all and for him the trip was one long frolic. Whether taking up tickots or returning change there was pretty j sure tc be a little side play between the conductor and passeugor that could not help but attract general attention to both, especially.to the conductor. Ou Saturday for the first the general public began to walk the new bridge, although the sidewalks are not yet in place and the driveway is scarcely more than passable,owing to the mach inery, the piles of railing,material for concreting, etc., that block the way. When the car stopped the passengers made their way down to the shore where the steam ferry boat, the famous Mary Ann, lay under steam. Before reaching the spot, however, the crowd was halted by the captain, an elderly individual in his shirt sleeves, who j climbed up over the bank and shouted to the approaching crowd: "Go back and try the bridge; they'll let you walk over. I can't get across this afternoon; it is too windy." This seemed remarkable, as there was only a summer breeze playing au4 there were no waves ou the river that bore the semblauce of whitoeaps. "Is that the Mary Ann?" one of the | crowd asked, who chorished an ambi tion to cross the river on the famous s craft. "Yes, sir," replied the captain, j "That's the Mary Ann" and lie turn ed his eyes fondly upou the noble vos- ! sel. " "It's too stormy today," he ad ded apologetically, "when I get her out iu mid stream,the wind blows her all about." Danville people will understand the stage readied by the work on the Cata wissa bridge when it is explained that the buckle plates are all riveted fast. No coucretiug at all lias been done as yet. Work has scarcely more than be guu on the sidewalks, ouly a few of the big irou brackets being iu posi tion. The bridge itself can hardly be .id mired. To an eye accustomed to the finely proportioned structure at Dan ville, at least, it seems illy proportion ed aud positively ugly. The length of the spans on the bridge hero is loss thau 200 feet, while those of the Cata wissa bridgo are a trifle over 300 feet long. To carry those long spans the trusses are about forty feet high, one third more than those of our bridge. The Oatawissa bridgo is not nearly so wide as tl.e Danville structure and the iron towering overhead is a narrow and compact mass that almost confuses the eye. Viewed from the bridge it may not be so bad but from either shore the complex mass of iron work looming up iutotho sky becomes the great fact; one loses sight of the structure as a bridge aud the effect as above stated is confusing. 1 It .is a question whether Oatawissa people see much about the bridge to admire. One well-kuown resident of the town was asked what he thought 1 of it,but he wouldn't commit himself. 1 Ho merely replied : "Well,it's a whole lot better than nothing and that's what we've had for several years past." RAMBLER. A Scarcity of Laborers. Several foreiguers came down from , Berwick Monday to work at the Read , iug irou works aud these yesterday were followed by a larger number who entered employment at the same plant. Au inquiry revealed that there is a . deficiency of laborers at our local in dustries, which at times makes it diffi ; cult to keop all departments in opera ! tiou. This scarcity of unskilled hibor [ is not merely tQjnporary,brought about by unusual conditions but it is a state , of affairs that has become chronic and was as much a factor to contend with probably a year ago as it is today. Takiug the Reading iron works as an example,of its seven linndred employes probably 25 per cent, are unskilled. It is a class of labor that is ompolyed in loading aud unloading the cars, that haudle the stock and that till various posts all about the mill. The majority of the native Ameri can workmen who may have original ly belonged to this class of wage-ear ners have worked themselves up iuto what in their estimation is more de sirable positions, loaving the work of laboring at the big mill to be done al most exclusively by foreigners. The group of men who came down from Berwick on Monday were Hungarians while yesterday's contingent was made up of Italians. All the otiier posts about the mill, where skilled labor is employed are filled to the man aud there is no diffi culty in keeping them filled. The ouly trouble seems to lie iu the domain of unskilled labor aud this seems to be a > problem that defies solution at pres , eut. , Idleness is Expensive- It is estimated that the two weeks' i suspension of mining lias resulted in a F loss of $ 14,000,000 to the miners, oper p ators, coal-carrying companies and the ) merchants of the coal regiou. The 3 heaviest losers are the operators, who lost, by reason of uumined coal, ap s proximately $5,200,000. The loss in \ wages to the miners is over $!,000,000, 3 and the balance is divided between the 112 railroads and business men,the former i by loss of hauling and the latter in falling off of business. A PORTO RICO NEWSPAPER A copy of the "Porto Rico Review" a journal published weekly at San Juna, Porto Rico, has been received at this office. It is in pamphlet form and typographically it is a model. Each article printed appears iu the Euglish and Spanish language, side by side ou the same page. The first article in the issue of April 7th relates to our former townsman, John A. Beaver and reads as follows : "Mr. .Tohu A. Beaver, manager of the Las Palmas Hotel, leaves for New York on the steamer "Carolina" next Tuesday. Mr. Beaver's mission is to organizo a company for the purpose of taking over the Coamo springs hotel property and to place a daily liue of automobiles betweeu that most de lightful watering place and this city. No ouo cau uuderstaud why this op portunity has not long since been util ized by hotel aud transportatiou men. Tho baths at Coamo, with their natur al health giving properties, together with their delightful surroundings furnish as attractive aud as iuvigorat iug a retreat as tho tourists of this world have anywhere had prepared for thoir rest, improvement and euter tainnient. The road line,a paved street tor sixty miles—from here to the springs—is simply without a rival for automobiling. It is our wish that Mr. Beaver may succeed and his success is the succoss of all." CHANGES IN THE NATIONAL GUARD A new policy will be pursued this year by Gon. Gobiu when the division is callod together at Gettysburg for its annual encampment iu .luly, when it is expocted that maneuvers some what similar to that pursued at the encampment of the Third Brigade at Mt. Gretna will be carried out. It was decided finally that the an nual encampment be held from July 21st to July 28th, aud commanding officers are now making their arrange ments accordingly. Gobin, the new major general,will institute u uumber of reforms in the Guard,among which is the one chauge meutionod. Ho has long been au advocate of more thorough fcraiuing during encampment week ;aud some radical chauges are iu store. He is opposed to spending tho woek iu training that may bo obtained at any time in tho armories, and his uew sys tem is calculated to irivo the guards men a better idea of active service. Applies for State Aid. Limestone township has made ap plication under the Sproul good road law of May 1, 1905 for State aid to re construct one of the most important, roads of the township. At a moot iug of tho board of super visors of Limestone township held last week on motion of G. O. Wagner, sec retary. it was ordered that a petition as required by the act be presented to the board of couuty commissioners. The road described in the application is tho important highway leading from Milton to Limostonevillo aud theuce onto Washingtouville, Strawberry Ridgo, Exchange aud Ottawa. The distance to bo reconstructed is over a mile or, to bo definite, 0,(500 feet, be i ginning on tho Montour aud Nortli -1 umberlaud county lino aud oxteudiug i eastward ending at tho cross roads at Cramm's store at Limestoueville. The township complying with formality in its application agrees to pay when due ono eighth of the cost of the road. The county commissioners at their regular meeting Saturday acted upou the application for State aid from the supervisors of Limostouo township. As laid down by the law tho commis sioners on the presentation of tho peti ' tiou passed a resolutiou petitioning : the State highway department to un dertake the improvement of the high • way specified and authorizing the as sumptiou by the county of its share of tho improvement.9 The cost of tho improvement under the now law is to be borne, 75 por centum by the State, 12>£ per centum by tho couuty and 12).j i>er centum by the township or townships. 1 Liberty township last fall made ap • plication for State aid to reconstruct . a section of the highway leading from Henry Vincent's farm westward to ' Mooresburg. Limestoue, therefore, is the fourth township of tho couuty to i make application uuder the Sproul good road law. Fine Easter Program. The church extousiou service at the Piue Street Lutheran church was giv eu by tho Sunday school Suuday eveu , iug. The following program was ren ( dered: Anthem. Communion. Scripture Road iug—Harry Schoch. Hyinu—"Awake,Awake, O Earth." Responsive Reading. Gloria Patri. Soprano Solo—Mrs. Arthur Matchett Scripture Readiug—Miss Bruder.* Recitation—"Easter Morning," Mao Fox. Hymn— "The Stone Is Rolled ) Away." Scripture Reading—Mrs. Brooks, j. Recitation —"The Stone Is Rolled Away," Frank Kessler. Soripturo Readiug—Miss Werkheiser Recitation—"Easter Tide," Mildred Sidler. Hymn—"Raise the Stone and Thou Shalt Find Me." Responsive Reading. \ Soprano Solo—Mrs. Arthur Matched Hymn—"Hark the Song of Jubliee. " Benediction. I Al. Leech Dying. i Al Leech, one of the best kuowu - light comedians iu musical comedy, who appeared iu Danville last year in "Girls Will Bo Girls," is lying at the point of death at a hotel iu Lancaster. ' Leoch appeared ou the stage Monday i night aud gave a satisfactory perform - ance, although a very sick man. Tuesday he collapsed entirely,as the result of a critical" stomach disorder and attending physicians give no hope of his recovorv. Al Leech aud "The Three Rosebuds" were a head-line feature iu all tho large vaudeville houses of the country uutil two years ago, wheu they wero starred in music- I al comedy with HUCCOSS by William A. Brady. HOMOR OF THE mm UFFICB If he dared to do so the commissioner Df pensions at Washington could com pile a delightful volume, putting there in the Strang applications for pensions that come to his office. Some of these letters belong t;> the "too good to keep" class, ant I they find their way out into the world, where they add a good deal to the hilarity of nations. Some appli cants for pensions manifest the most childlike ignorance regarding the meth od of procedure necessary when apply ing l\>r a pen/ion. They seem to think that n'l they have to do Is to send an appl'cUiou to the pension office and Uii:-!e Sari will forward a check by re turn mail. S.J >N after the close of the civil war ti iv came to the pension office in Washington the following unique and P < t!'•: I application for a pension that w at the rounds of the newspapers years . go: to Con iwioi vOf Pensions Washington. . s tried in vain hi hen-st portion to obtain For wn nd received in Sixty one at first Battle of Bull Rim one* of oMoos sons so brave who went 10 the front the union to Fave . • • •• hllst Engaged in above said light a t b< 1 Shell took half my sight Not content by taking an Eye this l ;vaclv rous shell in Passing by toot. Eye Brow Clear of the bone ar. I.'. itme us unconscious as a stone burning a blister of Crystal Clear from the Jaw bone to the Ear but thanks to god my life was spared Cheek unil Eye brow but Slitely Scared ai • one IBj s was left to mo for lo wrljjht and read Poetre it i liat with th t ESye to see the day wh . unkel Sam his Cripples will Pay. Mr. h more recent is the letter sent to 112 » commissioner of pensions by an app. < :'iit who had contracted blood poisou'r.g In the following remarkable maum : I fo; ! lood poison by bcinge hit with a ,i i back from th<> frunt. w 11 you send my i n l 1 • SOS my wife « t t no.i • of it. She throde the e:r. Si war a rebbcl. I; v y npi nling and remarkable v..; .ither letter sent to the pension .»fi• c in which the applicant set forth his aims to a pension In this wise: • way is 1 i " War lngerf was a K : i of a ho.;. The llog war wanted t» r capt i':i i ll r foroge. We was ehasin i.og and che crawled threw a hole t I se of the hog Ito cr I thn w, i »• j t l stuck an i 1 1 Into wiggle out $ thr<the rales ■ ion my hod and no' ked ut • • I Co iiwt think the hog had not:.in to Co v.-ltli i.r line of duty, for I did i the hog Wlch she nover was « nit, so plese send along my pension. One nged pensioner had evidently ii!.! ' er by taking uut > himself wife lii his old nge, for love of gain seems have been the moiive of t!k» won).who married him if the following letter stsitcd the facts in the case: Dear Mister Government, Pleze to fix up my p< nshun papers so as my wife cant draw my twelve dolers a munt when I am ded. she &ay she marryed me for lov an to be a ole mans Darling but now I no it way for to jrlt my pensiiun on her self i>: beii . my s I lower so plese i«-t my pensh n end \ ' me but plese doant let i.; i to her 1 u got this from me or 1 would lave a hot time »-t li and times I hotter than l can stand. So when 1 send word t ; .:it i am no moar then send hi r t »if 3on v. ant to but not until the i n 11 * hut ■ itch i i is her just , . r mom $ an in a ,v< . . ntry «, rrut. One day there came to the pension oilice a very old and subdued looking nun v. h< aid s ■lj i )tter along he !. • r • c in By liis side was a ve y robust and perfectly self i i ant ; » 11 of perhaps thirty yea s of •. Wiit :i some one went forward to a ;'.; what was wanted the y : woman sliid: "We 1. I'll Just tell you. This Is my lit: .ml. an.l we ain't getting enough p ; it ain't. We're getting < aly $1 1 a month, and we kuow a man that w : n't in the war half as long a *. in..* hit j'Mnd was and didn't get a shot in htm and lie gits his sl2 a month, and we want our pension raised to that figger or more." One applicant was willing to give the most palpable proof of the genuineness of his Injuries, for he wrote as follows: If you don't think T was shott In the war i am willing to come on there and you or any one else can lay their finger on the bullet imbedded In my back wfclch panes me when I Ftoop or lay on It and which It has brousht on permnent dis ability so 1 can't work like I used to could I cuess If you would speak to Pres i.ii hi Mi l tell him about the bullet he would say to send on the pen lion nr.d any medikel doctor.would say the )• A doctor here will go his af fvdavi t that ho 1 as loyed his fingers on t:..- b •!! t w: h 1 , ■ 1 ■ 112 as soars of \\ r \. h« r ' I tit und bled for my country wlch it 1j America and Cnion forever. THE COOKBOUK. When soaking beans a tiny pinch of soda in the water will be an Improve ment. It is better to steam green cabbage, caulifiov, or und tin* like. A sprinkling Df salt should be applied to the vege tables before they are put into the steamer. To keep soup let it remain covered with a coating of fat. as this excludes the air and helps to preserve the stock. If the soup has no fat use clarified dripping for this purpose. Bread which has been cut in slices and then allowed to become stale may be freshened by folding the slices in a napkin, putting them in the napkin into a paper bag and placing the bag In a hot oven for a quarter of an hour. If a cake fulls in the center the open ing of the oven door and the conse quent rush of cold air may account for it, too much baking powder may have been used or the mixing may be at fault. Never slain or bang the oven door when a cake Is inside. The Iti-uNon. Teacher- You've been a very good boy for the la t day or two, Bobble. I haven't seen you fighting with the other boys or romping in the school room. Ro'bic V s'm I got a stilT nec!:. CleveJ.m ! I .en lor. NENV MARRIAGE SERVICE. A country paper up the state tells of a justice of the peace who was called upon to perform a marriage ceremony. It was his first attempt and lie was at a loss to know how to proceed, but rose to the occasion. He commanded the happy couple to stand and be sworn as follows : 44 Do you solemnly swear that you will obey the constitu tion of the United States and |of the State of Pennsylvania, and to perform the duties of your office to the best of your ability, so help you God?" The couple nodded assent, and the justice continued: 44 Thou by the power in me vested by the strong arm of the law, I j pronounce you man and wife,now and forever, and you shall staud commit ted until the flue and costs are paid, J and may the Lord have mercy upon your souls.'' DANVILLE RIFLE AND GON CLUB The Danville Rifie and Gun club has leased the grounds at DeVVitt's Park for another year. An informal shoot was held last Friday and from now on the regular semi-monthly shoots of the club will be a feature of the attrac tions at the park. More than this the members are looking forward to the holding of a touruameut this season, which will bring together all the ex pert shooters of the country. Tho Danville Rifle and Gun club is one of tho leading organizations of its kind, among its number being some of the best marksmen of this section. A. 11. Woolley is president; W. E. Lung er, secretary, and Robert Y. Gear hart, treasurer. The ground at DeWitt's park, on which a magna trap is installed, is un surpassed in many respects. Neverthe less, the club this year will install some additional improvements making it one of the finest shooting grounds hereabout. The success of the regular shoots have been iuterferred with during the past two years. During the summer of 'O4 the feny, which provod unreli able. had to be depended upon solely in getting backward and forward ov er the river. During the early part of the summer of 'OS similar conditions prevailed, tho result being that some of the members lcAc their iuterof^ In addition to the fact that wv uow have a bridge the members of the club aro looking forward to the probability of the Danville and Sunbury street railway company running cars to the park the coming summer and the shoot ers show a good deal of enthusiasm as they talk over what they will accom- | plish between uow and fall. Duriug tho present week a meeting | will be held for the election of officers ' for the ousuiug year. Property Being Destroyed. Farmers residing along the Philadel- ' phia & Reading Railway and the ; Notheru Central Railroad between ; Shamokiu ami Suubury aro complain ing bitterly about the actions of illeg al car riders, who while tho trains are passing their homes staud on the cars and deliberately throw stones and coal through the windows, thus damaging their property and eudaugering the lives of tho inmates of the houses. The farmers say that every day windows are stfaashed by large stones aud women and children retreat to safe coruers wlieu a freight train passes. Not only do tho illegal car riders de stroy the farmers* property but. rail road men say that thero is hardly a switch light between Shamokiu aud Suubury that is uot destroved or dam aged. The farmers declare that if the il legal car riders continue to destroy their property and eudangeriugthejlives of residents aloug tho liuo of the rail roads that they will appeal to the au thorities for assistance. Surprise Party. A genuine surprise party was given Mrs. Jackt-on Rhone, of Derry towu hsip, when about fifty of her friends and neighbors gathered at the family resideuce on Saturday. Tho ladies present proceeded at once to prepare a sumptuous diuuer, consisting of nearly everything that would tempt the ap petite. Aud amid tho best of good cheer the fame \yis partaken of by the The event was in honor of Mrs. Rhone's sixtieth birthday, and she was remembered by a number of useful ami beautiful presents. Those preseut were : Mr. aud Mrs. Jaeksou Rhone, Mr. aud Mrs. Johu Rhone, Horuellsville, N. Y. ; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shumuker aud family, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Rhone aud family, of Catawissa; Mr. aud Mrs. William Lo bacli, Jr., ami family, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Carr and daughter, Mr. aud Mrs. Normau Bcchtel aud sou, Mrs. : Harvey Shultz and children, Mrs. Wil liam Lobaeh.Mrs. Joseph Hawke.Mrs. Daniel Raker, George Cooper, A. D. ! Crossley, Wilbur Crossley, the Misses j Alice Hester, Emma Rhone, Pearl and 1 Stella Crossley. Switch, Hug and Kiss. Following their strange religious custom, 44 iu atonement of the suffer ing of Jesus Christ ou crucifixion day,"on Monday hundreds of Polish and Russian people erased each oth e over hills aud streets of the mining j patches at Shamokiu, the women | throwing water on men aud the latter | switching the women on their backs. After the switching, the women al lowed themselves to be hugged and kissed and escorted to dauce halls and to parties. These festivitios.always held Easter Monday, will be carried over uutil to uight. Tho celebratiou this year was more exteusive tliau ever, owiug to so many meu being idle. Iu many iu stances young meu,after kissing girls, asked them to become their wives. No marriages will occur uutil the col lieries resume and the bridegrooms eloct earn the price of the-ceremony. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Signature of WHAT RUMOR SAYS. It is rumored that several young school ma'ams belonging to the local corps aro plauuiug to leave the work of toaching aud enter married life. The subject has been remotely hinted at by the school board on several oc casions recently. No oue seems to kuow just where the vacaucies are likely to occur, which makes the school directors all the more auxious about the matter. Thore are some very fine teachers iu the local corps whose places would be very difficult to fill should report prove true. I All the registrars receutly appoint. ' ed by the state commissioner of health are to receive badges which will show ' their authority to enter houses, where contagion exists. The badges will be their insignia of office. HORSE FALLS AND BREAKS SHAFTS A curious chain of coincidences were noted on Mill street Saturday after noon. They were all brought about by an automobile from Bloomsburg, which by the way in all its relations was very orderly aud well managed and did nothing to merit notoriety. On Friday the sight of this automo bile caused the horse of Hon. R. S. Animerman to cut up some capers, which resulted in the animal falling on the pavement aud breaking the shafts. On Saturday afternoon at about the same hour the same automobile at nearly the same spot was making its way aloug when another horse took fright and fell on the pavement break ing oue of the shafts. The horse that did the stunts on Saturday belonged to Jesse Shannon aud his performance was worth wituessing. He was hitch ed in front of the meat market. At the sight of the auto he roared aud thou coming down ou his feet slipped ou the pavement and fell. He was agile, however,aud the same moment, sprang to his feet agaiu. To quiet the horse J. H. Huut, tho druggist, ran out to catch him by the bridle,but the animal with a mighty plunge forward severed tho harness iu half a dozen places ami jumped clear out of the shafts. The tie strap also suapped in two but the horse was caught before ho managed to get awav. In addition to the badly damaged harness one of the shafts was found to be broken. JURORS DRAWN"" FOR MAY COURT i Jury Commissioners Ourtis Cook aud i W. B. Moore on Monday began the work of drawing grand aud traverse jurors for May term of court, 190(i. By I yesterday noon they had completed 1 their work. Following is the list of ; grand aud traverse jurors: GRAND JURORS. Authouy township.—Johu F. Dei hi, •Tudiah Sehooley, William Marr. Cooper township.—Benjamin Buck. Dauville, Ist ward.—William K. Limberger, Samuel Dotwiler, Wil liam T. Speicer. Danville, 2nd ward.—Wilson M. Ryan, Dauiol V. Fettermau, John Springer, George Boyer, Henry ,J. A ten. Dauville,3rd ward.—Patrick Dailey. Derry township.—Clarence Rishel, C. G. Miller. Liberty township.—Thomas M. Van saut. Limestone township. John M. Smith, Cyrus Coleman, rS. F. Welliv er. Mahouiug township—William Oweus, J. C. Rishel. Mayberry township.—W. B. Faux. Valley township.—Simon Moser. West Hemlock township.—John C. Hondorshot. TRAVERSE JURORS. Authouy township. John Coleman, Daniel Bomboy, Ambrose A. Love, Gideon Hartman.P. F. Hreuueu, Inane L. Acor. Dauville, Ist ward.—ll. B. Boon, Patrick Mcßryan,Thomas Reifsudyer, George Leuhart, Edward F. Fallon, James V. Gillaspv,Rush Yerrick,Wil liam H. Andy, Dr. Jonathan Sweis fort, Edward Purpur, George S. Maiers. Dauville, 2nd ward.—Wosloy Har tzel,Leauder Kocher.Calviu C. Ritter, Andrew Hellor,Charles Deitz,William Roat, D. R. Williams, Isaac Rank. Dauville,3rd ward.—Alfred Yerrick, James Martin, Elias Lyon, George B. Jacobs, Henry Divel, Conrad Ateu, Theodore Doster, Johu Kilgus, Jacob Ateu, Robert Mellon. Dauville,4th ward—Augustus Heiss, James Gibson,Ktlwaril Hallmau,James McCormick, Frank Straub, Frank Henrie, William Pickens. Derry township.—George W. De- Green, Daniel Frazier, W. L. Whip i pie. Peter M. Dietrick. | Liberty township.—William E. Boy er, W. C. Bobbins. Lmestoue township.— F. J. Derr, Clyde Biddle. Mahoning township.—^William E. Heller, William G. Miller, Neal P. Wilson, James Morrison, Jerry Donov an, Henry Wiromau, Beujamin L. Deihl, Ralph Leighow. I Mayberry township—lsaiah Vought. | West Hemlock township.—McKelvey Stine. BEST FOR THE BOWELS If you haven't a regular, healthy movement of tha bowels everyday, von're IU or will be. Keep your bowela open, and be well. Force, in the shape of violent physic or pill polaon. Is dangerous. The smoothest, easiest, most perfect way of keeping the bowels clear and slean Is to take EAT 'EM LIKE CANDY Pleasant, Palatable, Potent, Taste Oood, Do Good, Never Sicken, Weaken or Gripe; 10. 25 aud 50 cents per box. Write for free sample, and book let on health. Address 433 Sterling Remedy Company, Chlcaoo or New York. KEEP YOUR BLOOD CLEM Charles V. Amerman, Attomey-at-L vv Notary Public DANVILLE, PA. INBURANCB, UEN'L LAW PRACTICE UNITED 'PAONB, 21)2 G. SHOOP tJUNT. PRESCRIPTION DRUfIOIST, Opposite Opera House. 'I4NVIM.K, I'KNN'A Patronize A. C. AMESBURY, Best Coal iu Town. RdADITO SEAL THE MAUSOLEUM The graud mausoleum iu Odd Fel lows' cemetery the work of T. L. Evaus' Sous, is uow completed and ready to be sealed. The large 25-tou derrick was takeu down ou Saturday and nothing now remaius but to clear up outside wheu the maguiflcent tomb built to withstand the ravages of time, will be left alone with its treasure of mortal dust to carry its message up through futiiro ages. At an earlier stage of the work some description of the grand tomb was giv en. The fact was then established that it was the finest and the costliest piece of cemetery work ever attempted in this section, but that description falls far short of doing justice to tiie mau soleum as it appears when completed. Many milos might be traveled before we would see anything like it. The interior of the tomb,ceiling and all, is formed of Tennessee and Grey Bend marble,all highly polished. The floor is tiled. Tiie chasto and beauti ful tints of the marble omployed har monize nicely and the general effect ou ouo standing between the four cata combs on each side is pleasing in the ex treme and it might not immediately oc cur to one that he is loitering in the solemn receptacle of the dead. The entrance is between four stately pillars,supi orting the facade,on which is chiseled iu raised letters the uame "Geisenger." The entrance is enclos ed by handsomely carved bronze doors, which arejprotected by outside grilled doors also of bronze. At the rear of the mausoleum is a staiued glass window four feet, six iuclies by three - feet, two inches. It boars a beautiful picture, the well known representation of our Savior knocking at the door of the tomb. The beautiful window, BO appropriate iu its conceptiou, adds a peculiar charm and sanctity to the sombre pile of granite aud marble. There are already six bodies in the mausoleum, those of persous intimately related to Mrs. Geisinger, formerly buried iu the cemetery but which liavo been disinterred and in new caskets, tightly sealed, have been consigned to their places iu the catacombs. There are altogether eight such receptaclos for the dead in the grand mausoleum, which leaves two yet to be filled. The mausoleum is built upou a solid bed of concrete, nine feet deep, which rests upou the eternal rock. It is six teen feet long, fourteen feet wide aud sixteen feet high to the comb of the roof. It is constructed of Barrie gran ite and is laid up in immense blocks. Among the large stones employed are two used iu the roof, which weighed fourteen tons apiece. To give some idea of the ponderous nature of the work it might be stated that the roof aloue, which is composed of only tlireo stones, weighs thirty-five tons. We T Doctors If you arc suffering from impure blood, thin blood, de bility, nervousness, exhaus tion, you should begiji at once with Ayer's Sarsaparilla, the Sarsaparilla you have known all your life. Your doctor knows it, too. Ask him about it. Unless there is dally action of tlie bowels, poisonous products are absorbed, causing head ache. biliousness, nausea, dyspepsia, ami thus preventing the Sarsaparilla from doing its best work. Ayer's Pills are liver pills. Act gently, all vegetable. M Had* by J. O. Ayr Co., Lowell, Mass. Jm Also manufacturers of JLI 112 HAIR VIOOR. /|i f£} |*c AfllJE CURE - A. JLUWf O CHERRY PECTORAL. We have no secrets ! We publish the formulas of all our medicines. WM. KASE WEST, ATTORNFY-AT-LAW. N*. 880 MILL STRBBT, DAN V ILLS. CHARLES CHALFANT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, N*. ItO MILL STREBT, DANVILLB WILLIAM L. SIDLER, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. \ COB Mil L AND MARKET STSIRTS, •ANVILLI. 1»«« prr«orlpll ii.« u ROSSMAN & SON'S PHARMACY, | 145 MILL STREET, DANVILLE, PA. Two R*|Ut«r«4 PhirmtcliU In ehirp ! Par* Freak Dnip and full lln« of Fmfmt Med Id bos and VwdrlM. mi OIUH GOOD COLD SODA. I j j CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH PENNYROYAL PILLS c° u Jr Uold metallic boxes, sealed with blue ribbon. Toke BO other. KrAiw dangereui aobatl tatloiss ud Imllktlom. Buy of your Druggist, or aend 4c. In stamps for Psrilralan, Tntl. monlala and » Belief for Ladlea." in letter, Sfl 10,000 Testimonials. Hold by OHIOHBBTBB OBBMIOAL 00. I 91— HMIIMB HUN, PA. M—ttan ttk >to» BIG RAIN BRINGS FLOOD CONDITIONS A heavy downpour of rain Saturday night caused the streams to overflow and with the dawn Sunday a sigh? was beheld that could ouly be com pared to the spectaclo presented ou sev eral momentous occasions in the past when flood conditions prevailed and mucii damage was done iu Dauville. The rain began about dark Saturday evening, a veritable downpour, whioli overtaxed the spouting aud the gutters of the streets. Iu a moment it seem ed everything was under water. The streets were badly washed audit was a good roof, indeed, that did not leak under the deluge of water that ]>oured dowu upou it. After an hour or so t here was a let up in the rain, which was followed after an iutorval with another,though a less severe shower, aud so it kept ou during the night aud up to about it o'clock Sunday morning, the clouds broke aud the welcome suu shine appeared. Meauwhile.au enorm ous quantity of water fell. Long before midnight Blizzard's run rampage. It had not risen to a very great height before the huge pipe, 3 feet in diameter, sunk in the brewery lot for the purpose of cou ductiug water of the creek proved in adequate and there was a big overflow above, whioli inflicted great damage on the properties of Lawrence Snyder and that of August Tlieim as well as upon the brewery itself. Tiie eastern line oft lie'brewery lot, where the stream enters tiie big pipe is enclosed by a tight board fence, whioh Saturday night acted as a dam to hold back tiie water. All about the creek for several hundred feet up the stream was inundated. Larry Snyder's promises comprising a large lot set out iu young fruit trees was under feet of water, which extended up to the very threshold of his house. The water lay to a still greater depth on the next property below, owned by August Theim and filled the cellar of the dwelling to the depth of_three and a half feet. Damned up by the board fence above the brewery tiie water broke out into Spring street and covering the width of the thoroughfare swept dowu to a point below the brewery, where it poured back into the channel of the creek. Mr. Suyder, who was one of the principal sufferers, thought that the stream when at its height would form a pretty good object lesson for council and he accordingly summoned Presi • dent Gibson aud several other mem bers besides street commissioner Mill er and had them ou the spot at half past four o'clock while the rosy dawu was painting the sky. Council there fore. will have no difficulty in under standing the true conditions and no doubt will be able to suggest a speedy remedy. A visit to tiie spot Sunday reveal ed a bad stato of affairs. The water had receded but everything about the Snyder aud the Theim premises was covered with slime and mud, fruit trees were beut over, fences were torn dowu or swept away. Aloug the front of tiie brewery on Spring street deep gullies are cut iuto the street whero the dammed up waters passed in seek ing a new cliauuel. Bolow the brewery tiie lot belongiug to Mrs. Lee was also badly damaged by tiie high water. The fences are lifted out of the gronnd.the soil is badly washed aniljcovered with trash. Tiie caual abovo Church street was bauk full of water and all the low 1 land ou the northern side [was over flowed. Fortunately, however, Bliz zard's run provod adequate to carry off all the excess and there was no dam age. Not ouly low land east and west of Railroad street was under water from the caual to the D. L. & W. tracks, but also in the vicinity of the Statu hospital a wide tract was submerged, embracing not only tiie caual, and the ■ trolley tracks, but tiie wagou road,also makiug it necessary for vehicles to I drive iu the fields for a short distance. The D. L. fc W. Raiload company did a wise tiling wheu it raised its tracks, for high as the water was yes terday at uo place was it upou the railroad, which now answers as a sort of a dam to throw high water back in to Blizzard's ruu, which as above stat ed now suffices to carry off the excess of water. Mahoning creek was bank full yes torday morniug, being on a level with the bottom of the canal at the aque duct. Yesterday afternoon it was stat ed that if the creek rose anv higher the mill would not be able to ruu to day, but toward evening it was uotic ed that the water was falling. The river continued to rise up to a late hour last night. It was then above the fourteen foot mark and was high er than at any time for mauy months past. nines Flooded. The heavy rain of Saturday flooded mauy mines throughout the coal re gions aud owing to"the miners not working there is considerable diffi culty in getting rid of the water. , THOMAS C. WELCH, ATTOANEY-AT-UW. District Attorney of Montoar County H* 107 MILL STRBBT. DANVILLB. J.J.BROWN,M,D. THE EYE A SPECIALTY Eye.s testd, treated an fitted with glasses. No Sunday Work. 311 Market. t.. - - Bloomsburg. Pa Hours—lo a. in.to sp. in. D R J7 SW E fs> OR T, DENTIST. Uses ODONTUNDER for the pain leas ex traction of teeth. Dentistry in all its branches and all work guar anteed. CHARGES REDUCED. Opposite Opera House, Dsnv lie
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