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.
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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
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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.
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Unless there is dally action of tlie bowels,
poisonous products are absorbed, causing head
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preventing the Sarsaparilla from doing its best
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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.
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Hours—lo a. in.to sp. in.
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its branches and all work guar
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Opposite Opera House, Dsnv lie