DANVILLE INTELLIGENCER VOJ,. LXXVIL. LETTER FROM SAN FRANCISCO Miss Frances Keilman, Mrs Bausch's Niece, Tells of Experiences. Miss Lorene Philips yesterday re ceived a letter from Miss Frauces Keilman,the niece of Mrs. Bausch, in which the youug lady talks most in terestingly of the harrowing experi ences they all underwent during the past few weeks. The Bausch family, she says, are all safe. Miss Keilman tells graphically of the privations they have sufferod in San Francisco. She says their house at 2241 Sutter street, is not greatly damaged, although the the walls are cracked.The house next to the Bausch's toppled over and the occupants were rescued by chopping them out of the rooms. Miss Keilman says that after the earthquake and when the lire was coming toward their home the Bauschs took their furniture upon the hills aud oauiped there for a couple of days un til the danger was past. They are now hack in their home but are housekeep ing under great difficulties. Tlioy do not suffer drought or famine, as food is supplied to them when they goto the supply points aud stand in line. They have to cook over fires in the street as they are not allowed to light fires in the houses. They are allowed to have a candle lighted until 11 o'clock at night. Grant Herring Will Speak. Hon. Grant Herring will deliver the address in this city on Decoration day aud Rev. L. D. TTlrich will preach the memorial sermon on the Sunday pre ceding. Beyond these two addresses no defi nite arrangements have been made for Memorial day by Goodrich post, No. 22, G. A. R. The members of the memorial committee, whose duties among other things will be to decorate the soldiers' graves, have not as yet all been appointed. Jacob C. Miller, chairman, yesterday stated that fol lowing the custom of other places, this year, in all probability some of the Sous of Veterans will be given a place on the memorial committee. Before many years the work of decorating the graves and observing Memorial day will devolve wholly on the Sons ol Veterans and for the purpose of giv ing them practical lessons in the con duct of affairs and methods of decorat ing the graves it has been thought ad visable each year from now onto ap point on the memorial committee, with the members of the post, a correspond ing number of tlie Sous of Veterans. Every effort will be made in the sev eral weens intervening to secure all the customary features for Memorial day. There will be the usual march to the cemetery led by a band or other suitable music. Besides the veterans, the Sons of Veterans ami the woman's relief corps the usual contingent of school children bearing flags and flow ers will be in line. The news that Hon. Grant Herring has consented to be the speaker of the day will bo received with great pleas ure by the members of the post aud the large concourse of other citizens who annually take in the Memorial day address. Mr. Herring has the rep utation of being an able aud patriotic orator aud he will no doubt do full justice to the occasion. The memorial address as usual will be delivered at the cemetery during the afternoon. The memorial sermon will be de livered by Rev. L. D. Ulricli at 10:30 o'clock Sunday, May 27th. Along with the members of Goodrich post, the Sons of Veterans and the woman's relief corps will be present by special invita tion. Death of Mrs. Jacob Haier. Mrs. Helen Maier, departed this life at 2 :80 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Louisa Bloch, No. 16 West Mahoning street. The deceased was the widow of the Jacob Maier, who departed this life some four years ago. Mrs. Maier was in poor health for a number of years. Latterly she suffer ed a great deal,but her end was peace ful and without pain. She simply fell into a sleep, when the heart ceased and there was no awakening. The deceased was 73 years of age. She was one of the most widely known of our Jewish residents and was very highly esteemed. She was a native of Badeu, Germany. She came to Am erica iu early life, settling in Dan ville, where her subsequent years were spent. The deceased is survived by four sous ami four daughters: Israel, Elias, Eleaser aud Joseph, Mrs. Julius Heim, Mrs. Lewis Bloch, Mrs. J. E. Acker iiiau and Mrs. W. E. Wolf. Rev. Rue's Condition. H. E. Kift returned to Suubury from Waynesboro yesterday morning having been summoned there owing to the critical condition of Rev. Rue. Mr. Keft said the latest report concerning Rev. Rue's coudition is that he is un conscious and cannot recover. He is suffering from a breaking of veins (n the brain. ••Pythian history." Beaver lodge, No. 132, Knights ot Pythias, has presented to the Thoma* Beaver Free Librarv a copy of tin l "Pythian History." A FREIGHT GAR SMASHED A slight freight wreck occurred on the P. & R. railway just east of the station yesterday morning, which, al though confined to one car, came very near blocking the road for a while. The accident occurred at 6:10 o'clock just as a north hound freight was ap poaching the station. An air hose broke, which brought the car—a gon dola—to a sudden stop. The train was running at a good rate of speed and the rear section under the momentum bumped up against the disabled car with a force that nothing could with stand. The car broke iu two, one half piling up on the other half, the train, still in motiou, dragging the mass of wreckage a hundred feet or more. The damage was confined principal ly to the one car, which was pratical* ly empty, containing only a truck,con signed to W. F. Pascoe, at Shamoklu. The track, however, was effectively blocked. The 7:58 passenger train, was enabled to pass by taking the siding and thus was delayed only some fif teen minutes. Meanwhile the wreck crew was summoned from Catawissa and before noon every trace of the ac cident had been removed from the track. The car, reduced to a mass of kind ling wood, was thrown by the wreck crew down over the embankment, where during the day the wood work was sawed up into small pieces and re moved. The iron work will goto the scrap pile. Large Shipment ol Salmon. The hearts of local fishermen were made glad Tuesday by uews receiv ed from the State department of fish eries to the effect that on Friday a large shipment of Susquehanna salmou will be started on its way to Danville for the purpose of stocking the north brandi at this place. A number of our local Waltons, among them Johnny Moyer, Harry El lenbogen, M. H. Scliram, Ralph Kis ner, Eugene Miles aud William Lloyd, have for some time past been working with this end in view. A number of large mouthed black bass fry were placed in the river here a year or so ago and have thrived nicely. Susque hanna salmon, wall eyed pike aud pik perch are all the same fish. They are of most delicious flavor, gamy iu the extreme, furnishing the finest kind ot sport to the experienced angler. They are by no means as abundant as they ought to be iu the north branch and the local anglers would like to see them more plentiful. The shipment,one of the largest ever received in Danville, will leave the hatchery at Erie on Friday and will arrive hero on the 7 :07 a. m. W. train Saturday morning in charge of a special messenger. Notice of the shipment Tuesday was receivedjby several of the different men interested iu making application. They were re quested to reply to the department of fisheries immediately,giving assurance whether or not they would l»e on hand to receive the fish. hospital Trustees in Session. The trustees of the hospital for the insane held a regular meeting at that instituion Tuesday. The following were present: H. M. Schoch, of Dan ville; Dr. Shoemaker,of Wilkes-Barre ; Dr. B. li. Detwiler, of Williamsport; Howard Lyon, of Hughesville; W. F. Shay, of Watsoutown and O. G. Van- Alen of Northumberland. Hon. James Foster who was iujured in a runaway soon after his appointment as trustee, has not as yet been able to attend any . of the meetings, although he is recov- ering. Nothing was done at the meeting Tuesday beyond the mere routine of! proceedings. It was thought that the plans and specifications for the brick building to house the heat, light aud power plant would be on hand, but they failed to arrive. It was some thing of a disappointment to the board that they were not able to pass upon the plans. The trustees are very anx ious to award the contract for the building, which lias already been de layed quite long enough. The plans and specifications, how ever, are expected to arrive in a day or so, when iu all probability a special meeting of the trustees will be called aud the contract awarded. Among the bidders, it is understood, will be one or more of our local contractors. They Should Have It. The Civic club of Bloomshurg has inaugurated a movement for the est ablishment of a market house in that town. In the language of one of the members of the club "Bloomsburg curbstone market system is as ancient as tlie hills and is nothing if not satis factoiy." That was the view taken of the Sunbury curbstone market, which has been supplanted by a spacious market house that is in every respect satisfactory, accommodating a major ity of the marketers while the overflow constitutes a large sized curbstone market. Every progressive town should have a market house.—Sunbury Item. Call Off the Hounds. There comes a complaint from a number of the farmers in this vicinity that many hounds and other hunting dogs are permitted by their owners to run at large and chase the game. No dogs are permitted to hunt game dur ing the months from January to Aug ust inclusive. Unless the practice is discontinued some of the dogs may he shot. fUDOD BUT TO TBUTH, TO LXBXBTT AKO ULW — MO FAVOR SWATS OB AKD WO WMAM IDKAIA AW*" DANVILLE. MONTOU H COUNTY. PA., FJtl DAY, MAY 11, 1900. GREEDY HAWK ATTACKS COW! 1 A singular story comes from Toby ! ) run hollow, which would seem to in- | dicate that a chicken hawk when huu- j gry is likely to attack almost any kind of prey, which may even include a : cow. On Friday evening,so the story runs 4 Mrs. Thomas Good of Toby run, ac companied by her two small children, 1 went out in the meadow for the cows. 1 As site approached she beheld a con- L flict going on between one of the cows and some object, which hail fastened itself upon the animal's back. As site drew closer she discovered the object to be a large chicken hawk, which as fast as dislodged would dart down again upon the cow and inserting its talous would claw the poor auimal un mercifully, tearing pieces of flesh out of her back. The cow meanwhile was nearly frantic, but the best she could do to defend herself was to throw her 1 horns arouud in an effort to drive off' the bird. Mrs. Good flew to the cow's rescue, but no sooner did the hawk leave the cow than it sought to attack the chil dren. The situation was really becom ing desperato, when Mrs. Good seized a club and entered into a determined combat with the bird. The hawk find ing itself worsted arose from the ground. After circling around for a few moments it spied a dog, which by this time appeared on the scene, and without any hesitancy darted down to attack him. This bit of indiscretion was the greedy bird's uudoing. Mrs. Good bringing her club vigorously into play succeeded in capturiug the hawk, which she dragged to the house in triumph, placing it iu a cage for safe keeping. Mrs. Good then called her husband and her father from another part of the farm ami told them of the occur rence. The cow, which is a valuable one, purchased from the Castle Grove herd, was found to bo badly clawed and suffered very much from the ef fects. Few Republican Candidates. The Republicans of Montour county, who have been very quiet up to the present, are giving some thought as to ■ candidates for the next election. While among the Democrats every office has a candidate and some,three or four, it is noteworthy that among the Repub licans there seems to be a dearth of early aspirants for local office. No time has as yet been set for hold ing the primaries aud the nominating . convention, but these will be at- t tended to in the near future and an effort will be made to find candidates for each office to be filled. , It is taken for granted that Presi- , dent Judge O. O. Evans and Associate . Judge Charles Wagner will each be a ; candidate. It is also regarded as prob able that Congressman E. W. Samuel will receive the endorsement of Mon tour couuty for re-election as he has iu Columbia county. Beyond these there are no aspirants ill sight. Can didates are wanted for assemblyman, ( sheriff, register and recorder. Republican leaders say that because no haste has been shown in the mat- { ter it must not be inferred that a strong man will not eventually announce him > self for each of the remaining offices land that if any prospective candidate of the opposite party is looking for ward to the possibility of a walkover 1 he is cherishing a dream that will not be realized. Harman Robbery Case Dropped. Shortly before adjournment Monday afternoon, District Attorney Small petitioned court for the release of James McNauuy, who is in jail at Bloomsburg on the charge of burglar izing the houge of S. H. Harman. Tlie court granted a nolle prosequi upon the petition and McNauuy was releas ed. The petition sets forth that Earl Thomas, witness for the Common wealth. testified before Guy Jacoby, Esq., at the preliminary hearing, that he saw McNauuy in the rear of the house of S. H. Harman immediately after the burglary was committed, ou j the night of January 6, 1906. Later ou April 30th., he signed a statement in | the office of Guy Jacoby, that the ( testimony he gave at the preliminary , hearing was untrue, which statemeut ! was made after the habeas corpus hear ing was had iu this case. The district attorney said he would I return an indictment for perjury i against Thomau. TAX PAYERS' ASSOCIATION. A tax payers' association,which has become popular in many other towns, is being advocated by some of our resi dents. Primarily such an organiza tion was intended to counteract tend ancy toward extravagance and to check unwise legislation on the part of councils; but of late years it has done good work in many towns such an ours, where the local legislative assem bly is not open to any such charge, by acting in harmony and co-operating with council. If the latter body is to represent the tax payers, it is reason ed.it can not l>e better assisted in thi* relation than by the tax payers them selves, who by organizing and looking carefully after their own interests, will be able to suggest mauy things t< council, which will be for the good ol the municipality. The pupils of the public schools art looking ahead with expectancy to tin I coming vacation. MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST ! | Pacts and Episodes CaaMbt in Passing and Briefly Related [or Benelit of News Readers. THE AMERICAN HEN. All praise to the great American hen! as a money producer, in food— flesh and eggs—Hhe lias 110 equal, and the only fault that we can find with her is that she refuses to lay eggs in cold weather, and thereby allows the l gambler in her products to squeeze the, public. If the hen would eveu up her' ugg laying, there would be in cold storage or stale product. Last winter,' due to the mild weather, the lien did fine, but she caused the wrath of the eornerers of the food products by leav ing millions of cold storage ej/gs on their hands, to he sold at a tremen- j dous loss. On Thursday of last week there were i received in New York City over 40,000 cases of eggs, containing 15,125,0001 white ovals, with a value of $250,000. ] Most of these eggs went into cold stor- ' age, to he sold as strictly "fresh" next wiuter. The secretary of agri culture reports that last year the eggs of the United States were worth more than the cotton or wheat, more than all the potatoes, the barley, the tobac co, the sugar cane and the rice. They almost equal the dairy product and are surpassed only by the corn crop,a good part of which is fed to the liens. The Congressional Record says that every three months the American hen pro duces more wealth than the capital stock of all the banks in the New , York clearing house. In two mouths she lays more value than the annual production of all the gold mines in the United States. Her eggs for six months are worth more than the year's production of pig iron. In less than two years the American hen could pay off the debt of the United States. Notwithstanding the money to be made from poultry, there is a demand far beyond the supply. Even at six teen to eighteen cents a pound, it is difficult, if not impossible to obtaiu poultry in the market, only at certain seasons of the year, and on one or two 112 days of the week. There is great opportunity for pay ing chickeu farms in the vicinity of towns or cities of any size. n * m OUTSIDE THE BOROUGH. Residents of Bloom readjust outside the borough have troubles of their own. The pleasant suburb partakes of the general characteristics of town life, but unfortunately the residents are without police protection. As a con sequence there arc many annoyances ami mild forms of disorder, which woukl not be tolerated in the borough limits, but which the suburbans have to tolerate. The township constable | is hardly expected to be as übiquitous as the town policeman. Boisterous ami mischief loving boys and young men who would not be permitted to whoop it up in the borough, in view of the conditions simply cross the line out in to the township, where they annoy the residents very much, often rendering sleep well nigh impossible. A well known resident of the township yes terday stated that the nuisance exists from year to year. During the winter j season there is a let up, but with the return of spring every night brings the usual serenade. At present things are at their worst. The matter is referred to the township authorities. ■t m K UNCOMFORTABLY COLD. People who were looking for warm er weather Tuesday ou arising yester day morning were surprised to find a temperature only a few degrees above freezing. The day wore ou but there was no relief. The sky was filled with clouds so that eveu the genial effecth , of the sun was deuied humanity. The cold was penetrating ; everyoue wore an overcoat and even gloves would have added to comfort. After all, however, it was not so cold as frequently occurs at this season of the year. At Rush township at 5:30 o'clock the mercury stood at 40 de grees ; at the Montour House, Danville, it stood at 45 degrees at the same hour, both temperatures being slightly above the frost limit. At noon mercury stood at 44 degrees in Danville. •t * * THE OLD SILVER DOLLAR. A poetic editor rolls this sweet senti ment out of his system: "How dear to our hearts is the old silver dollar, when some kind subscriber presents it to view—the liberty head without uecktie or collar and all the strange things that seem bright ami uew : the wide spreading eagle, the arrows be low it, the stars aud the words with the queer things they tell. The coin of my father! We're glad that we know it, for some time or other 'twill ! come in very well—the spread eagle | dollar, the star spangled dollar, the j old silver dollar we all love so well. " >. * ! TWENTY -HM"R liIRTIIS. | The iilimber ol births turned ill to the local registrar in (hisdistrict dur iug April was twenty-four, it will be , recalled that tit" :iti :i!»or of leaths dur ing last month were al.o twenty-four, which shows that the arrivals and de partures are pretty well balanced. ) Cultivate the flowers for the USH of the old soldiers ou Memorial <|ay. SYNOD MEETS ATHAZLETON i' Interesting Facts Concerning the Synod Those Attending Prom Danville. The thirty-ninth anuual meeting of the Susquehauua Lutheran synod cou- I vened in Hazloton yesterday. There are in attendance F. G. Schoch, delo ' gate from Pine Street Lutheran church,this city,and Mrs. E. D. Pentz and Mrs. W. E. Kase delegates to the Woman's Home and Foreign Mission , ary society. The Susquehanna synod wasorganiz ' w«l at Montoursville, Nov. 5, 1867, up !to whiclf time it was a part of the East Pennsylvania synod of the Luth ! eran church under the name of the I ' * Susquehanna conference.'' Its bound- j aries were centered along the west j aud north branches of the Susquehan |na river, from which it derived its ' | name. 'j The reasons for witlulrawiug from I I the mother synod were the large and undeveloped region lying to the north of the synod which it was believed could be more readily reached and de veloped under the direction of a sepa rate organization clothed with full power for the organization of church es, also because of difficulty to secure entertainment for a large body and the long distances of many of the members iu attending synod. The synod at its first regular meeting held iu Sunbury, I reported a communicant membership of 4,661 and $850.80 for benevolence. The synod organized with eighteen ministers aud fifteen laymen. The Susquehanna synod has had a splendid history and large growth. The synod ranks high iu the general body as to her liberality, the standing of her members aud the value ami cou ditiou of her church property. The Susquehanna syuod is noted for her fine churches. She has* also a college aud theological department at Selius grove known as Susquehauua univer sity. This institution has done a good work and has sent many efficient men into the ministry as well as qualified j laymen into the church. During the I thirty-nine years the synod has been | in existence the amount of money rais ed by the syuod for all purposes has been $2,201,180.28; ot this amount $320,517.35 has beeu for benevolence. The synod is composed of sixty-three ministers and one layman as delegate from each of the fifty pastorates, some of the pastorates having several con gregations. There are eighty-three churches, the church property being value at $776,445. The communicant church membership is 13,545, with seventy-seven Sunday schools, having 13,349 scholars, the Sunday schools contributing in one year $13,179.18, of which amount $3,945.90 was for bene volence. In addition to this the synod I has several stations. There are thir teen studeuts for the ministry and 15 men have been ordained for the gospel by this synod. During the past year 1,629 youths were instructed in catechic al classes. Members added during the year, 1,610. The Youug People's so cieties have a membership of 3,603 aud contributed $2,805. 71, of which $639.42 was for beuevolence. Eight youug men studying for the ministry are receiv ing funds from this synod. The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary society, which this year holds its anuual session iu conjunc tion with the synod, was organized at Northumberland in June, 1881. They celebrated their silvei jubilee last year. They number fifty societies with . a membership of 1,627 and have con tributed during their orgauizatiou the sum of $33,873.03. This latter society has its owu officers and work and is independent of the synod, though an outgrowth of it aud in perfect harm-, ony with the synod. Fumigate House. *' Don't move into a house that has beeu previously occupied uutil you have had every room thoroughly dis infected. " 1 That's the timely word of admoni tion Health Samuel G. ' Dixou gives out. "This is the seasou of the year," said Health Commissioner Dixon Sat urday "when on all sides we see peo ple moving from one home to another. Soap and water are spleudid things, but unfortunately they will not kill germs of disease that may lurk iu the new home aud briug the hearse to the door too soon after the moving van . has driven away." Health Commissioner Dixon sug gests that before occupying a house from which another family has moved away all the rooms be fumigated with formaldehyde gas, aud he describes iu a circular issued by the department au effective aud economical method ol generating this gas by the addition oi a 40 per cent solution of formaldehyde to crystals of cheap commercial potas sium permagauate 88 In Sunbury Jail* At present there are eighty-eight prisoners confined in the Northumber ; land county jail at Sunbury,and Ward en McDonnel has a very large faniilj , to care for. This is the largest nuiu . her of persons iu the jail for a loujj time aud the warden says that if iiuj more are committed they will have t< bring their beds along as every avail . able cot is occupied. When Wardei McDonnel took charge there were onh forty-eight prisoners in the fort am 112 this increase shows that businesn ha picked up some. FUNERAL OF COLONEL ECKMAN I All tlmt was mortal of Colouel C. W. Eckmau was consigned to the grave iu Odil Fellows' cemetery oil Saturday. The funeral was very largely attended. Nearly two car loads of people took , the 10:17 train at South Dauville aud k at Roaring creek proceeded iu a body from the station to the beautiful home of the deceased. Kefore the services began the re mains were viewed by nearly everyone ' present. All were impressed with the natural and almost life-like appear ance of the deceased. The body repos ed iu a beautiful casket, ou the foot, of which aloug with n large flag grace fully folded lay the beautiful sword— the gift of his soldiers—with its blade of inlaid Damascus steel, its handle studded with jewels aud its scnbliard of silver mounted iu gold. The services were conducted by Rev. Edward Haughton, rector of Christ Episcopal church of this city. He paid a most beautiful tribute to the memory of the deceased. He had indeed a kind ly, sympathetic audience aud when iu successiou he took up the ruling traits of Colonol Eckmau's character and showed that iu all the relations of life lie was actuated by pure principles and a kiud regard for others, those who had known the deceased so loug aud so well deep iu their hearts reg stered a silent ameu. Iu these days when so many meu go wrong—when those iu public office prove false to the trust reposetl in them.wheu greed and avarice stalk abroad aud a disgrace has falleu ou the American home—iu these days, the speaker declared, such lives as Colouel Eckmau's are needed as an example to show how men can be true to their country aud make great sacrifice for it—how they canal ways be influenced by what is gooil ' and beautiful -how they cau be loyal to the heart, to the home and to those who love aud depend upon them. While Mr. Haughton was speaking the robius were singiug cheerily among the trees aud shrubbery aud the mild 1 spring atmosphere was redolent with the odors of blossoms aud flowers. All nature seemed to bo in harmony with the eulogy being pronounced and the tender recollections of the deceased that lingered in evory heart. Some- 1 how one could not but reflect that to ' die as Colonel Eckman had,beloved by his fellow mull, was to win the approv al of heaven and thus death seemed to be robbed of its worst terrors. Shortly after 11:30 the casket liter- ■ ally covered with tlowral offerings, • was borne out to the road aud placed 1 iu the hearse. The active pall bearers : were: James Scarlet, Esq., C. P. Han- 1 cock, M. H. Schram, A. H. Woolley, 1 W. G, Kramer aud .1. C. Peifer. The J honorary pall bearers, choseu, repre sented Goodrich Post No. 22, G. A. ' K., and Mahoning [lodge No. 516, F. ' & A. M., both of which the deceased 1 had for many years been a member. The veterans representing Goodrich Post were: .T. H. Hunt, Samuel Mills, 1 William Treas, Augustus Woods and 1 D. D. Williams; the lodge members were: George Maiers, W. L. Sidler, 1 John E. Koberts aud E. S. Miller. : The remains, followed by the funer al party ou foot, w'ere takeu to the Koaring creek station.tlie funeral pro- 1 ceediug by the 12 o'clock passenger ' train to this city. At South Danville the train was met ; by another hearse and a number of ' cabs auil the journey was completed to 1 Odd Fellows' cemetery. Awaiting the ' train at Soutli Dauville was a delega- 1 tion of Company F, uniformed, some twenty-five in number, who joiued the ' cortege. At tlie cemetery neither the 1 Masonic nor the G. A. R. burial rite ' was observed, the body beiug consign ed to the grave with the impressive I service of the Episcopal church. The following persous from out of town attended the fuueral: Mr. and Mrs. George Darbev and Harry Henc h of Harrisburg : Formor Judge William M. Rockafeller, of Sunbury; Gail Haulev, of Shamokiu ; Frank and James Kckmau aud Mrs. Oscar Heller, of Kliuesgrove; Dr. Marion 1 Vastiue and William Risliel, of Cata wissa ; William Stiefuagle, of Ber wick, aud Lewis Rodeuhoffer, of Buf falo, N. Y. 1 Iron rioulders' Annual Outing. Tlie Irou Moulders' Uuion No. 124, is preparing for a monster picnic which will be liehl at DeWitt's Park on Sat urday, June lfith. So far as kuowu it will be the first big picnic of the sea- ' sou. A program of sports will be arrang ed yet during the present week. The ' picnic will be the usual all day affair and will include a game of base ball between the "strong Springfield team 1 aud a picked team of Danville. There [ will be good music and dauciug dur ; iug the day aud evening. A faucy rocking chair will be given . away on the occasion. The chair has already been selected and may be seen in the window of Dos ter Bros' store, Mill street. , Tlie iron moulders coustitute a very stroug organization and their picnics in the past have beeu very successful aud well managed affairs. Five Years and SSOO. Patricio IJllauo, better known as "Patsy Patsy," was sentenced by Judge Evans at Blooinsburg,yesterday, to 5 years at hard labor in the eastern peuiteutiary aud to pay a flue of SSOO, 1 after having beeu found guilty of sev s erely cutting auother dago on the head at Centralia several weeks ago. COUNCIL AUTHORIZES SEWERJXTENSION The borougli council Friday had its hands pretty full iu disposing of matters pertainiug to sewer extensions. It grappled with tlie subject iu au earneßt, busiuess-like way and reveal ed by its action that it is favorable to a steady extension of the system to take iu the greater part of the borough. A petition was received from the Thomas Beaver Free Library aud the Youug Men's Christiau Association asking that the sewer system of tlie borough be extended so as to enable both above named institutions to take advantage of the same. James Scarlet, Esq., was present iu the interest of the petition, explaining the defect iu the drainage at the library building and the urgent need of relief. Mr. Sweisfort moved that the bor ough sewer be exteuded down Ferry street and connected with the sewer on Front street, the Y. M. O. A. ami the library to pay for the cost of joining the sewer, but to he exempt from the usual fee for connecting as well as the anuual rental. The motion carried unanimously. Dr. Sweisfort, of tlie sewer commit tee, made report on au application for sewer extension ou Walnut aud Lower Mulberry streets, which was referred to the committee at the previous meet ing. He rojiorted in favor of extend ing the sewer from Church street out both Waluut street and Lower Mul berry street, as far as wanted. Sup erintendent Keefer took exception to the report aud at his advice it was ordered that the sewer be exteuded from Church street out Lower Mul berry street to the first alley leading northward, which it follow as far as the rear of Lewis Byerly's property. Ou motiou a uniform sewer rate of one dollar per year was fixed for cel lar drainage in the borough with $lO for connecting. Borough Electriciau Jones presented his report for the month of April: Number of light reported out—iu caudescent, 3; arc lights, 2. The plant ran 2.">"> hours,4s minutes. Cost of ruuuing, $243.02. A number of rcsideuts aud taxpayers living iu Gulick's addition, second ward, preseuted a petition askiug that they be given the benefits and cou veuiences of borough light aud water. The following are the signers: Henry Trutt, Pierce Brill, R. H. Morris, E. H. Morgau, Eugene H. Moyer, Archie Earp, M. E. Beyer, Howard J. Ward, Joliu Barry, Thomas Crumb, .TohuCarr, Jr., C. N. Childs, Thomas Joliu, Mar garet Crumb, Mrs. Louisa Crumb, Em mauuel Diuimick, Mrs. Mary J. Gulick. Howard Ward appeared be fore council iu the interest of the petitiou, explaining that a large num ber of the residents would be water takers. Ou motiou the petition was referred to thecommitteeson water and light. Ou motiou the Staudard Electric Light company was ordered to num ber its poles as previously directed by council. On motiou it was decided to adver tise the canal bridge at Wall street for sale with a view to removing it. It was also ordered that disused boilers urchased at scrap rates, be laid in the caual ou which a culvert be con structed. The stoue will be giveu to the water commissioners for the pur pose of constructing a retaiuiug wall at the water works. The culvert will be constructed of cinder and ashes that accumulate at the works of Curry & Co., and other firms. Ou motiou of Mr. Russell it was ordered that the water commissioners be given permission to construct a re taining wall at the water works. Mr. Vastiue stated that additional light would be installed on West Mah ouiug street aud Railroad street as soou as the residents comply with council's request and trim the trees ou the street so as to admit of the free passage of light. Borough Treasurer Elleubogeu pre seuted a report of finances to date which showed a total cash balance on hand of $7556.36. The following members were pres ent: Vastine, Boycr,Sweisfort, Diet/, Bedea, Flnuigau, Jacobs, Eisenliart, Russell and Angle. Chairman Gibson being absent Amos Vastiue was chos en president pro tem. BOROUGH DEPARTMENT. Regular employes $115.00 Labor, Light Dep't 9.00 Washington Hose Co 1.45 Joseph Lechner 14.90 Atlantic Refining Co 39.15 D. C. Williams .. 4.42 John Hixson 9.95 H. L. Gross, (Interest) ... 50.00 Standard Gas Co 25 Charles Snyder 3.75 James Daily .... 14.00 Welliver Hardware Co ... ~.. 5.40 Labor aud Hauling . 91.77 George Diehl 15.00 G. A. Rossuian ... 40.80 B. B. Brown (Health Officer).. 13.50 WATER DEPARTMENT. Regular employes $157.00 Labor at water works 82.18 Labor on streets 10.50 P. & R. freight 24.15 W. T. Shopperson 33.24 Joseph Lechner 4.80 Washington Hose Co .60 A. C. Amesbury .... 2.25 Welliver Hardware Co 4.65 Standard Gas Co . 3.99 P. & R. Coal and Iron Co .. 30.19 The Philadelphia preacher who told a New York audience that in a century there will be 100,000,000 negroes in this country must have been determin ed to make the fnture look as black as possible. NO 24 nmi HI J. D. Magill Plans the Erec tion of a Fine Dwell ing on the Spot. The triangular plot of ground at the lower end of West Market street own ed by John Marshall and known as the ark lot is about to become the site of a modern residence built by James D. Magill to command a view of the beautiful expanse of scenery embrac ing the broad sweep of river with the wooded heights of Montour ridge on one side aim the broad sweep of farm laud on ttie other. Mr. Marshall retains fifty feet of the eastern or broad end of the lot con taining the two dwellings. All the other portion, some 250 feet on Water and West Market streets,lias been sold to Mr. Magill. The consideration Is one thousand dollars. That portion of the lot heretofore famous for its excel lent strawberries,this year, will yield its last crop, which will be marketed by Mr. Marshall. After the crop is disposed of the lot will pass into the hands of the purchaser. Mr. Magill yesterday outlined his plaus. He has always been charmed, he said, with the romantic outlook from the ark lot and now that it lias become necessary either to remodel the homestead on West Market street or to build a uew home he has decided on the latter courso. At the present stage he can not give a definite description of the proposed dwelling beyond the fact that it will bo built with special reference to the scenery, affording a convenient outlook down the river. The Magill homestead on West Mar ket street was built in 1814 and there fore lacks only eight years of being a century old. Instead of making any material alterations, therefore, Mr. Magill says the house will be preserv ed as a landmark. Laid to Rest. Mrs. Jacob Maier, whose death oo curred Sunday, was consigned to the graveTu the Jewish cemetery yester day afternoon. The funeral took place at 1 p. m.from the residence of Mrs Louisa Bloch, a daughter, No. 16 West Mahoning street, where the deceased had her home for some time previous to death. The services were conducted by Rab bi Joseph Zeisler, minister of the B'nai Ziou congregation,of which the deceased was an old and honored mem her. The pall bearers were: Harry Kllenbogeu, K. L. Marks,Henry Drel fuss and Samuel Bloch. Among those from out of town who attended the funeral were : Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Wolf, of Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. Eleaser Maier, of At lantic Oity ;Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Acker man, of Boston; Mrs. Emma Maier and daughter. Miss Helen Maier, of Sunbury ; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Cohen, Mrs. Oscar Alexander, Mr. and Mrs. Max Gross and Mrs. Lewis Gross, of Bloomsburg. Sign Painters at Work. A couple of very expert painters in the omploy of R. O. Maxwell of Tren ton, N. J., nrrived in this city yester day for the purpose of repainting the large Coco Cola and other signs, wliioh occupy the sides of buildings and oth er large exposed surfaces. The men begau work on the side of the Mansion house restaurant and soon had a crowd of interested spectators. Only a slight alteration was made in the lettering, the painters in the main following old lines. The paint was applied with wonderful rapidity with no apparent attention to detail, yet wiieu the work was finished, it show ed up all right aud at least from a distance appeared artistic. R. C. Maxwell does the work for the advertisers by contract. The painters, lie employs,are evidently in a class by themselves, who possess the ability of getting over an amazing amount of work in a short time. Hade Agent at West Pittston. The " Wilkes-Barre Leader" on Tues day, in its Plymouth department has the following to say about a well kuown young man of this city, who is carving out a career in the busy local ities up the river: "For his faithful services here as telegraph operator at the D. L. & SV. station, Thomas C. Irland has been made agent at the West Pittston sta tion. Mr. Ireland began his uew du ties this morning. George Lawrence, the local agent, tendered Mr. Irland a reception at his home Saturday night. Those present were: Harry Scott, David Oweus, Thomas Owens, Thomas Jenkins, A. E. G. Keene, Wil liam Yaple, A. E. Williams, George S. Chamberlain, Seph Reese, P. O. Hartman, Reese Llewellyn, Leslie Hobbs, William Rowe ami Samuel Curnow." | Mr. Irland is the sou of James M. i Irland, the Mill street photographer, i He took his first lesson in railroading at the D. L. & W. station, this oity. j The news of his rapid advancement i will be received with pleasure by his i many friends in Danville. | Funeral of Hiss Christian. Miss May Christian, whose death oc- I curred Monday afternoon, will be ' buried today. The funeral will take i place at I) o'clock this morning from ■ the family residence, corner of Bloom i and Ferry streets. Interment will be made at Millville.
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