DANVILLE INTELLIGENCER
VOLUME 77.
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CHURCH HE
The First Baptist church yesterday
morn in# was the scene of a very pretty
wedding when Miss Goldie Johnston
became the bride of Frederick Lewis.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
John Sherman,pastor,at eight o'clock.
The church decorations were most
beautiful, in the scheme a profusion
of hydrangeas and rhododendrons be
ing employed with charming effect.
The bride was attended by Miss Edith
Heed as maid of honor and Miss Pearl
Vastiue as bridesmaid. The groom
was attended by Benueville Johnston
brother of the bride, and Benjamin
Rolston. ol Middletowu, N. Y. Miss
Irene Snper of Newport News, Va.,
rendered the wedding march from Loh
engrin. The ushers were : Roy Smith,
Harry Camp, Kdward A ten and Clyde
Snyder. Beatrice and Carrie Blue,
little daughters of George Blue, were
flower girls
Following the ceremony a wedding
reception was held at the home of the
bride's paronts, Mr. and Mrs. C. M.
Johnston, Grand street. Among the
large number of guests the following
from out of town wore present: Mrs.
Frank Haas, Miss Eva Levers, Mrs.
Joliu Cornelison.of Milton; Mrs. John
Super, Miss Irene Super, Newport
News, Va. : Mrs. Daniel Ilornberger,
Miss Bertha Persing, of Shamokin;
George Blue,Bellefouto; Mr. aud Mrs.
James Campbell, son and daughter,
Miss Mary Lawrence, Klinesgrove;
Mr. aud Mrs. Wilson Savidge, of Tur
botville; Mr. and Mrs. John Barry, of
Suubury.
The bride j j prominent among the
young people of the First Baptist
church and is popular and beloved.
The groom holds the position of tele
graph oj>erator at Grovania ami has
made many friends during his resi
dence of some three years in Danville.
The newly wedded couple left 011 the
10:19 D. L. & W. train for a trip to
Middletown, N. Y.,tl»e groom's form
er home. Returning they will take up
their residence in Danville.
The bride was the recipient of a
large number of presents,covering the
usual wide range of useful and orna
mental articles. There wore large
quantities of silver and china ware,
cut glass, table linen, couuterpaues. a
handsome rocking chair, a table, pict
ures, lamps, etc.
P. O. of A. Camp in Riverside.
A camp of the Patriotic Order of
America was instituted |in Riverside
Tuesday evening with a charter mem
bership of twenty-six. State President
Julia K. Richardson, of Philadelphia,
was present am' presided at the iustal
lation ceremonies.
The affair took place in the P. O. S.
of A. hall, Riverside, and beside the
State president there were present:
Mr. and Mrs J. B. Ritteuhouse and
L. B. Kitchen, of Berwick After the
initiation a banquet was served to the
members and their guests and a most
delightful social session was enjoyed.
The officers that have been elee tod
for the ensuing year am as follows:
Past president, Mrs. Mary (J ask ins;
president, Mrs Mary Gottshall; vice
president, Miss Annie Spotts; conduct -
or, Mrs. Bertha Hummer; assistant
past president, Miss Nettie Yeager; as
sistant president, Miss Claudia Vea
ger; assistant vice president, Mrs.
Elizabeth Shultz; ass is taut conductor,
Miss Hannah Yeager; recording sec.
retary, Miss Blancho liiiVel, assistant
recording secretary, Mrs. Tamar
Nuss; tinancial secretary, Miss Hutli
Dimmick; treasurer, Mrs. Eliazboth
Shultz; chaplain, Mrs. Annie Miuier;
guardian, Mrs. Elizabeth He 1 ford ;
sentinel, Mrs Ella Hall; orator, Mrs
Sallie Purcel; trustees, six months,
Mrs. Mary Gottshall; twelve months,
Miss Blanche Hit Tel; eighteen months.
Miss Annie Spotts.
Repairing Bowling Alley.
Work was begun yosterday oil the
repairing of Aclienhach ami Moore's
bowling alley for the comiug fall and
winter. Two men fron? the Brunswick
Balke-Colleuder company,of New York
City were at work yesterday putting
the alleys in fine shape. it. is the lu
tentiou to start up on or as near
after the first of September as possi
ble.
Bees Swarmed In Chimney.
A swarm of luuoceut little honey
bees has been causing Harry Gibbons,
a farmer of Benton township, Colum
bia county,all kinds of trouble during
the past several days, and just what
method it will be necessary for him to
employ to get them hack into the hive
he has not been able to determine.
Ou Saturday last the bees came to
his home and took up their abode in
the chimney of the house. Mr. Gib
bous tried to hive them, but the little
fellows ptysistently refused to enter
the hive. Coming out of the chimney,
they flew all about the house ami the
family was obliged to remain indoors
to avoid being stung, but in spite of
this precaution one of his children
was stung several times.
Mr. Gibbons tried smoking out the
bees, aud was iu a manner successful
in driving them away from the house
foi a time, but they again took refuge
in the chimney, and should they re
main there, Mr. Gibbons will no doubt.
have considerable trouble iu getting
their honey.
Providence is kindest to those who
look out for themselves.
1 HARASSED
BY BURGLARS
| For the second tnpe within a few
; weeks burglars attempted to rob the
j home of Goorge Deibert, in Toby Ruu
I hollow, early Tnesday morning. , The
j thieves were prevented from accom
plishing their designs only by the
timely awakening of Mrs. Deibert and
the harking of the watch dog.
On the occasion of the first attempt
to burglarize the Diehert home th
robbers had already gained admittance
to the house, when Mrs. Deibert was
awakened by the presonce of the men
in her room. This occurred just three
weeks ago.
Tuesday mo mint? nhont 2 o'cloc
Mrs. Deibert, who sleeps in a back
room down stairs, heard a peculiar
scratching noise in tly front of the
house. She quietly called the dog,aud
the animal upon hearing thesouud be
gan to bark furiously and to ruu back
and forth through the lower part of
the house. Mr. Deibert was awaken
ed by the barking, but mado only a
casual investigation,thinking his wife
had been mistaken.
Tuesday morning, however, wheu
the front of the house was opened, the
work of the burglars was clearly dis
cernable. They had taken a cushion
off a porch chair and placed it under
neath one of the windows of the r»>oin
directly in front of the apartment us
ed by the Deiberts as a sleeping cham
ber. They had even sawed through
several of the slats of the shutter, and
opening it, had removed nearly all the
putty from one of thepauesof glass in
the window,when evidently they were
disturbed in their work.
Naturally the Deiberts are very much
exercised over the repeated attempts
to rob their home. They say they have
some suspicion as to who the guilty
parties are. and that but for the lack
of corroborative evidence they would
make arrests.
Big Shipment of Bass Fry.
Toiuoirow one of the biggest ship
ments of bass that ever arrived at this
place will be turned loose in the north
branch. The shipment made is in ac
cordance with applications simultane
ously sont in, by a number of local
fishormcn and is in pursuance of a
well defined policy not only to replace
the fish annually taken from the riv
er, hut, if possible, to restock the
stream up to a point that will make
fish as plentiful as they ever wore in
times before modern conditions cou
spired to make game fish scarce.
The bass fry, which are shipped from
the Pleasant Mount hatchery by Sup
erintendent N. 11. Puller, are all of
the small-mouthed variety and will
comprise a large number of cans sent
011 application of W. G. Pursel,Dr. J.
J. Kline,M. H. Schram.W. VV. Davis,
George Rowe and others. The fish fry
will arrive at the 1). L. & W. station
on the 4 p. in. train tomorrow and
according to agreement will be met by
a committee who will formally take
over the fish and receipt for them. The
bass fry will b-3 distributed along the
north branch between Reed's island
and Cameron.
The department of fisheries has dem
onstrated that it is possible not only
to compel obedience to fish laws but
:ilso by maintaining hatcheries and
systematically restockiug streams to
more than counterbalance the loss of
game fish brought about by stream
pdlution whether caused by coal (lilt,
or refuse of other sort.
It was not many years ago that bass
were in danger of becoming in
the north brand). Yet at the present
time there are probably as many fish
of that variety in the river ai at any
time in the past. Some of the bass
hooked during the few days past were
monsters. Joseph lleiiu laat week
caught one measuring nineteen inches.
A day or so later William Lloyd hook
ed one measuring 1? inches. During
the present season Mrs. Winters is
credited with catching one which
measured inches.
it is interesting to know that the
above fish,as large as they are, are not
record breakers. The largest bass on
record hooked from the river here was
caught by Jacob Miller some years ago
aud measured between 24 and 25
inches. Another monster,which mea
sured 22}$ inches and weighed 4 pound
ami ounces, was caught by M. ii.
Sch ram a year or so ago.
Shamokin Mas a Prince.
Adolf Van Ziel, prince of Wurteni
hurg and special embassy is a Shamo
kin visitor. No Jono knows he is a
prince save himself. Adolf arrived in
that town a short time ago coming
from New York to take the position
of a painter at the new Oraeber hotel.
He is doing ordinary painting. That
is all so far as his trade goes.
But Adolf claims he is of royal
blood. He bauds out a highly engrav
ed and embellished card bearing the
title "Prince Adolf vou Ziel." He
talks of Germany and his title, saying
lie is here to study American life, to
learn of our people,customs aud habits,
to study the workings of the great
trust and lastly, and most important,
on special ami very secret mission
which he absolutely refuses to divulge
lie says it is most important. He is a
middle aged man. very well educated,
refined anil speaks the German langu
age like a native. Ho expects to re
main iu Shamokin until Saturday
when he will leave for another part of
be couutry.
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DANVILLE. MONTOUR COUNTY. PA., _FRTDAY, AUGUST 24, 190 U.
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STILL DEADLOCKED
The principal busiuess before council
Friday was the election of a water
commissioner. Several ballots relat
ing to the matter were taken, but the
final result was a deadlock, the vote
standing precisely the same as at the
close of the previous meeting. The
water comniissionership, tiierefore, is
still unsettled.
Council, when the subject came up.
proceeded to vote for the two candid
ates nominated at the previous meet
ing—George Reifsuyder and Charles
Pusey. A vote resulted in a tie as fol
lows :
Reifsuyder—Vastiue, Boyer, Bedea,
Finnigan, Gibson and Hughes.
Pusey—Sweisfort, Russell, Dietz,
Eiseuhart, Jacobs and Angle.
It being evident that the same dead
lock would continue Mr. Russell mov
ed that both candidates- be dropped
and a new candidate be selected. This
was lost by the following vote:
Yeas—Sweisfort, Russell, Diet/., Ja
cobs, Finnigan.
Nays—Vastiue, Boyer, Bedea, Eisou
hart, Gibson, Angle and Hughes.
In order to break the deadlock Mr.
Jacobs nominated \V. G. Pursel as
water commissioner. Mr. Russell sec
onded the nomination. Another vote
was then taken with the following re
sult .
Heifsuyder—Vastine, Boyer, Bedea,
Finuigau, Gibson and Hushes.
Pusey—Sweisfort, Russell, Dietz,
Eisenhart and Angle.
Pursel—Jacobs.
A hot discussion followed as to
whether the six votes cast elected Mr.
Heifsuyder when Mr. Jacobs to relieve
the tension begged permission to
change his vote, withdrawing Mr.
Pursel. A vote was then taken on a
motion to carry the election over to
the next meeting. This resulted ill a
tie. No further ballots were takeii,
however, and council adjourned with
out settling the matter.
Paul Swcntek appeared before coun
cil and protested against the u*e of
cinder in repairing the alley at It is
property. He urged that brick or ce
ment be used for a distance of ninety
l'eet from Mill street. On motion of
Mr. Jacobs it was ordered that the
committee on streets and bridges as
certain the cost of paving or repairing
with concrete the alley for the dis
tance of ninety feet and report the
same at the next meeting.
Mr. Vastine called attention to the
bad condition of East Market street
and he declared that a heavy taxpayer
on the stroet threatened to proceed
against council for neglect. As a first
step toward repaviug the street he
moved that the borough proceed at its
own expense to pavo the intersections
of Ferry, Pine ami Church streets.
Mr. Boyer socouded the motion which
was lost by the following vote:
Yeas—Vastine, Rover,Hedea, Eiseu
hnrt and Hughes.
Nays—Sweisfort, Hussell, Dietz, Ja
cobs, Finnigau, Gibson and Angle.
On motion of Dr. Sweisfort second
ed by Mr. Vastine. P. J. Keefer was
re-elected as superintendent of the
water works and su])erinteudent of
sewers to serve the ensuing year.
On motiou of Dr. Sweisfort second
ed by Mr. Vastine, the present em
ployes of the water works—Messrs.
Bell and Byerly.engiueers, and Messrs
Hitllihon ami Wertinau.firuuieu-were
re-elected to serve another year.
The ordinance relating to the paving
and macadamizing of North Mill street
was approved on first reading after
which on motiou of Mr. Bedea the
rules were suspended and the ordin
ance was given two other readings
aud was finally adopted.
A communication was received from
the borough solicitor urging caution
and deliberation on the part of council
in accepting the extension of A street
and taking action to legally complete '
the vacation of Cross street. He advis
ed against accepting the extension of
A street until after the suit of Dens
berger vs. the borough of Danville for
damages alleged to have been sustained
by the plaintiff in the making of such
extension is first tried and finally dis
posed of by the court.
In the second place, the solicitor
stated, that rain storms re|>eatedly de
monstrated that nothing short of cob
ble stones or something of that sub
stantial character will ever proporly
and permanently meet conditions on A
street. He therefore hold that the ex
tension of A stroet should be accepted
only after due deliberation and a care
fully prepared motion. On motion of
Mr. Vastine the communication was
accepted and ordered spread upon the
minutes. By this action, it is under
stood, the vacation of Cross street
aud the consequent abandonment of
the grade crossing at that point, so
much desired by the P. <& R. railway
company, is still at some distance in
the future.
On motion of Mr. Boyer it was ord
ered that the crossings on Bloom
street where the roadbed is being rais
ed be relaid with vitrified brick and
that the trolley company be requested
to pave its )x>rtion of the crossings
with the same kind of brick.
On motiou of Mr. Bedea the street
commissioner was ordered to raise the
crossing at Church aud Front streets
to couform with the pavement as ie
paired by Herbert Myerly at his prop
erty there.
The lover of out-door life is now in
his glory.
Grand Ovat
at Edgewood
Harmonious Congressional Confer=
ence==John G. McHenry, of Ben=
ton, the People's Choice==Many
of His Friends There.
HIS ELOQUENT SPEECH
ON Eof the grandest and most complete events in local politics was the
Democratic Congressional Conference of this Sixteenth District, which
was held at Edgewood park, near Shamokiu, on Tuesday, and plain
ly illustrated the popularity of the candidate and the friendly feeling of his
large circle of friends.
The regular nine A. M. o'clock train on the Peun'a railroad brought
more than an extra car load of the close Columbia county friends of the can
didate, and at the South Danville station the number was increased by an
enthusiastic crowd of admirers ; at Sunbury more joined, and by the lime
the park was reached we would venture to say that at least four Intndred of
the many friends of Mr. McHenry were with him. Among the number were
Hon. "Farmer" Creasy, Hon. John G. Harman, Ex-Congressman Dicker
man arid other leading and representative Democrats throughout the four
counties comprising the district.
The conference, which had been postponed from July 31, owing to
the illness and subsequent death of Rohr McHenry, father of Hon. John G.,
convened at one o'clock and the organization was effected by the election of
John. G. Scouten, of Sullivan county, as chairman. The meeting was then
called to order by Mr. Scouten, after which the name of John G. McHenry
was placed in nomination by Hon. C. 11. Dickerman, of Milton, in a neat
and appropriate address, and was seconded by George E. Elwell, of Blooms
burg, tuid there being no .opposition, Mr. McHenry was nominated unani
mously.
Mr. McHenry, having been formally apprised of his nomination, re
sponded in a strong and vigorous address, thanking the conference for the
greate honor conferred upon him, anil outlining his policy during the coming
congressional campaign.
The conferees from the different counties composing the district were
all present and were as follows : Northumberland—Hon. C. 11. Dicker
man, ot Milton, anil J. 1. Welsh, of Slmmokin; Sullivan —Hon. Alphonsus
Walsh anil John G. Scouten, of Dushore; Columbia—George E. Elwell,
Esq., of Bloomsburg, and Dr. 11. V. Hower, of MifHinville; Montour—W.
G Purscl and Harry Ellenbogen, of Danville.
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A Life-Sketch of Hon. John (J. McHenry.
John (i. McHenry was born in Benton
township, Colmnhia County, April 20,
1868. lie was educated in the public
schools of the township and the Orange
ville Academy. lie Iwgan work on the
farm at an early age, having hauled lum
ber to Bloomsburg when he was but
thirteen years old. At sixteen he took
his place as a regular hand on the farm.
At the age of nineteen the develop
ment. and direction of nis business career
was begun. Mis father, the late Rohr
McHenry, was operating a mercantile
and lumber business and a small distill
ery in connection with his farms. In
1001 the distillery business wan incor
porated, the subject of this sketch IH»-
canie the head of the company, and, un
der his management, it has attained
great success. It is now one of the larg
est establishments in the State, produc
ing an annual revenue to the United
States Government, on its present pro
duction, of half a million dollars.
Mr. McHenry was a studious boy and
in early manhood addressed himself to
the investigation of public questions.
Under the tutorship of Professors Harbin
and Fritz he studied the classics and lit
erature during his leisure moments and
at night read law in the same way. He
pas.-ed the preliminary .examination and
was duly registered as a law student, but
never applied for admission to the bar
for the reason that environment combin
ed with the force of circumstances com
pelled him to enter permanently into a
business career.
During 1807-8 Mr. McHenry was Chair
man of the Democratic County Commit
tee of Columbia County and attracted
the attention of both State and local
leaders by the clean and able manage
ment of his campaign. To such an ex
tent was his organizing and executive
ability appreciated that he was invited,
and finally prevailed upon, to accept the
District Chairmanship of a Division com
prising seven count : es and including the
counties of the Sixteenth Congressional
District, which made him a memlier of
the State Executive Committee.
Prior to Mr. McHenry's county and
district management the Republicans
had secured control of the Sixteenth Con
gressional District in the election of
"Farmer" Kulp, but during the period
of Mr. McHenry's management the dis
trict was swept back into the Democratic
column by the election of bis personal
friend, Rufus K. Polk. Subsequently,
when Mr. Polk desired to withdraw from
public life, he urged Mr. McHenry to In
come his successor, but for business rea
sons he declined to enter so actively into
politics.
When his neighlx>rs in the northern
part of Columbia county determined to
establish a National Hank at Benton. Mr.
McHenry, though among the younger of
the nnml>er, was unanimously chosen its
president. Without relinquishing his
other business interests and engagements
he gave it sufficient time and attention to
develop its possibilities with the result
that only a little more than four years
old it is now one of the strongest of the
younger banks in the country.
The success of this enterprise led Mr.
McHenry to suggest to the State Grange,
of which he is a memlter, the expediency
of a chain of banks under the auspices of
the Grange. He had no idea of partici
pating in the work, but made it a feature
of an address delivered at one of the an
nual picnics ot the organization during i
the summer of 11)05. it met with the 1
instant and enthusiastic endorsement of
the workingmen of the Grange and Mr.
McHenry was at once invited to under
take the work. Already a very busy
man, he protested, but finally yielded to
the import unties ot his associates in the
order and entered upon the task. Two
banks have already been opened, the
lirst at Tioga, Tioga county, and the
other at Patton, Cambria county. Both
have already attained a measure of suc
cess far beyond the most sanguine ex
pectations. Ten others are in process of
formation and will IM» organized by the
close of the year.
Mr. McHenry is a man of domestic in
clinations and spends Ins leisure with his
wife and son in his charming home on
the farm on which be was l»orn. His
home is a bower of l>eauty and comfort.
He has a private electric plant which
illuminates his bouse and grounds,
which, sheltered by bills, shaded by
fruit and forest trees and moistened by
oopiour springs, is a veritable Utopia.
(Continued on page 2.)
HEPTASQPH'S
ANNUAL OUT!
The annual outing of Lotus Concalve
No. 127, I. O. H., and their friends
which took place in DeWitt's park yes
terday, was a well attended and suc
cessful affair. It was a basket picnic,
while among the sports were base ball
aud dancing, Fetterman's orchestra
furnishing the music.
An incident in connection with the
picnic was a fall-out between the com
mittee and the liverymen of town
which caused some controversy and
feeling. The facts as generally un
derstood are that the local liverymen
decliniug to haul people to the park
for five cents per head as advertised—
the committee on arrangements went
to Bloomsburg aud Catawissa and em
ployed hackmen there who uuder
a private arrangement were willing to
adopt a five-cent fare for the day.
Three of these hacks from the above
towns were on baud early in the morn
ing aud were to be followed with an
other in the afternoou. Each was dis-~
tinguished from any other vehicle of
the kind that might appear on the
street by placards displayed ou each
side, which contaiued the words:
"Heps' Hack—s cents. "
It was a question whether during the
rush that might occur in the afternoon
the hacks that adopted the five-cent
fare would be able to carrv all the
people. The local liverymen early re
solved that they would not come upon
the street. There were some people
who took sides with the liveryineu and
did not like to see teams from out of
town employed while our own livery
men were waiting for business.
Several prominent Heptasophs ex
plained the situation in this wise : The
committee had advertised that people
would be carried to the park for five
cents, and at least several of the liv
erymen had agreed on that figure; for
the Heps to have come out with a ten
cent faro 011 the day of the picnic
would not have been troating the pub
lic fairly. The local liverymen would
not carry people for five cents so that
nothing remained but togo out of
town for the hacks. There are some
250 Ileps in Danville and these togeth
er with their families and friends, it
was reasoned, would make a large
crowd which would keep the hacks
busy and oven at a five cent fare would
repay them well. It was adverted to
that there is a general objection to a
ten-cent fare and that it will have to
give way to something more reason
able. At a ten-cout fare, it was held,
a man with a family of several per
sons is often deterred from visiting
the park by the cost of hack fare.
During an iuterview a loading
aud representative liveryman stated
some fads that may bo new to the
public. To begin with, he stated, peo
ple have an exaggerated idea of the
profits made at a ton-cent fare by hack
ing 011 the occasion of a picnic. One
liveryman, he said, is credited with
having realized forty dollars, which
is probably true, but during the great
er part of the day he had four teams
out. The common run of earnings for
a hack on such occasions is twelve to
fifteen dollars. Speaking for himself
the highest ho ever realized in a day's
hackiug was sixteen dollars. Hacks
are expensive; they are hard 011 horses
aud 011 days when they are employed
extra men have to be hired and he felt
quite sure that a five-cent fare would
not repay a liveryman for his invest
ment, for his risk and trouble. As for
the burden imposed on large families,
he said, hackmeu always make it a
practice not to charge for children un
der ten years of ago. •
It is true that on a few occasions,
such as church picnics, liverymen had
hired their hacks for a fixed sum, say
four dollars, but that it was under
stood that for that consideration only
four trips were to be made, each way,
and that for all over four trips the
liverymen were to receive extra pay.
This arrangement, he declared, the
Heptasophs were not willing to en
ter into.
New Physicial Director Here.
The Y. M. C. A. has another new
physical director. James O. A ins
worth, of Wilmerding.Pa. ,was in this
city yesterday and after lookiup over
tho local field decided to accept the
positiou which had beeu offered liim.
It will be remembered that another
man, Harry Felix, of Reading, had
accepted the positiou, and had con
tracted to be in this city about the
first of September. After having left
Danville for several days,however, he
communicated with General Secretary
Heruhard to the effect that he had
changed his mind and that he would
not fill the position of physical di
rector at the Danville Y. M. C. A.
It then devolved upon the secretary
to look after another man. He had
one in view, and in answer to a let
ter, Mr. Ainsworth came to this city
yesterday.
Mr. Ainsworth has had seven years
experience iu gymnasium work, and
is now assistant physical director at
the Wilmerding association. Resides
being an all around athlete, Mr. Ains
worth is au expert on the mats. He
will come to Danville as near the first
of September as possible.
Broke Collar Bone.
Mrs. Andrew Krum, an aged resi
dent of East Dauviile, had the misfor
tune to fall as she was gettiug out of
bed Saturday morning, sustaining a
fracture of the collar bone.
Mill OBTAINS
BETTERTERMS
A commuuication was received from
* State Highway Commissioner Hunter,
Yesterday, which clears op a misun
derstanding existing between the bor
ough and the highway department in
a most satisfactory way.
From the first it was the plain un
derstanding between the borough and
the State highway department that
under the Act of 1905 the State would
pay for the reconstruction of three
fourths of a street twenty feot in
width, or 15 feet, which would leave
the borough a trifle over the same
width of the street to pay for. This
view was also held by one of the eng
ineers of the State highway depart
ment, who met with council about a
month ago. Had it not been that the
portion of the reconstructed street that
the borough would have to pav for was
limited to about one half the width,it
is doubtful if council would have seen
its way clear to enter upon the im
provement at this time.
Last week a communication was re
ceived from the State highway depart
ment stating that the borough was un
der a wrong impression—that the State
under the act could pay for recon
structing only three-fourths of It! feet
in width instead of three-fourths of 20
feet. This communication, which was
read at a special meeting last week,
jarred the councilnien considerably.
With the State paying for ouly twelve
feet the borough would have to meet
the cost of reconstructing some 20 feet.
'The additional cost was considerable
and for awhile the fate ot the North
Mill stroet improvement hung in the
balance. Council finally decided togo
on with the work
In the communication received yes
terday the State highway department
completely re verges itself and states
that the understand in# now is that the
State will pay for three-fourths of the
cost of reconstructing a road 20 feet in
width. The reason three-fourths of ltf
feet was mentioned iu the former let
ter, the communication states, was be
cause of a misunderstanding. This,
indeed, is good news, as it brings the
conditions back to what they were in
the beginning, the State paying for
about one-half of the reconstruction
of the highway.
Met With Injury at Station.
Mrs. Parraelia Keeler, who resides
with her daughter, Miss Anna M. Keel-1
er, No. 351 Mill street, met with a
painful accident at the Bloom street
crossing yesterday morning.
She met the 7.55 train with a friend,
who was leaving town. The friend
boarded the train while Mrs. Keeler
stood on the platform with a package
iu her hand, which belonged to the
person leaviug. Mrs. Keeler was in
the act of handing the package on the
train when the latter suddenly started.
Acting on impulse without thinking
of the danger she seized hold of the
railiug as she tossed the package on
the platform.
The train starts quickly at that point
and as it bounded forward it gave the
woman a sudden lurch turning her
quickly upon her foot, with the result
that her ankle was badly sprained.
She suffered intense pain, her ankle
swelling so badly that she was unable
to walk. A vehicle was procured in
which she was driven home from the
station. Last evening she was doing
very well and, although recovery may
be slow, it was conceded by those
familiar with the accideut that Mrs.
Keeler was fortunate that worse in
juries were not sustained. Had she
beon thrown from her feet she could
hardly have escaped coming in con
tact with the wheels.
Jack Wilson Under Arrest.
John Wilson, better known as "Jack,"
who duriug lost.spring operated a bar
ber shop on Spruce street, this city,
was arrested yesterday morning in con
nection with a robbery at Suubury
and is now behind the bars.
"Jack" appeared in Danville laßt
spring aud was here until the latter
part of June, when for reasons best
known to himself he left.
The Suubury Daily Item has the fol
lowing to say concerning the arrest:
Some time duriug last April a daring
robbery was committed at the barber
shop of Oscar Speece, ou North Third
street, opposite the Peunsy station,
Suubury, and over sixty razors were
stolen, valued at two hundred dollars.
Later Officers Gross aud McPherson
found that Wilson had left Suubury
aud had gone to Danville where he
had opeued lip a barber shop, using
the stoleu razors to start himself in
business. A short time later Wilson
quit the barber business and got away
before the officers could capture him.
The officers then discovered where
Wilson was keeping the razors aud by
the aid of a search warrant the stoleu
goods were recovered. The officers
kept a lookout for Wilson and fie was
captured when he returned home Wed
nesday morning, and placed in jail.
Big Potatoes.
Three very large potatoes were ex
hibited at this office yesterday. The
largest weighs oue pound aud two
ouuces, while the others were nearly
as large. The big potatoes were raised
by Joseph Hitter, East Danville, who
has a crop of fifty bushels grown ou
oue-eighth of au acre.
The earth,solid as it seems, is at the
mercy of hidden forces.
NO 48
STRUCK BY AN
MILE
A most unfortunate aocident occurr
ed at the corner of Penn and Mill
streets about 9 o'clock Saturday morn
ing, when Josoph Fausnaught, a lab
oring man, was run over by F. H.
Vannan's automobile.
Mr. Fausnaught's injuries, it U be
lieved, will not prove of a serious na
ture. but the accident is nnfortunate
in that it should have been caused by
Mr. Vannan's automobile, for there is
no more humane, more careful and
withal more experienced autoist than
Mr. Vaunan, who was himself acting
as driver when the man was struok.
It was simply a piece of 111 luck all
around. Mr. Vannau.who was on hii
way to Will G. Brown's garage, was
coming down Mill street wholly with
in the speed limit, giving warning at
intervals when he saw danger ahead.
About the time he reached the Brown
building Joseph Fausnaught. who was
on his way to the livery stable, step
ped off the pavement in front of the
City hotel and started down Penn
street. At the same instant Mr. Van
nan swung around the corner with his
automobile, striking the man almost
before he had left the crossing.
It was a shocking spectacle. The
man was knocked down and in an in
stant was under the machine. Mr.
Vaunan struggled heroically to stop
the auto, but with what momentum it
had gained it bowled along ten feet or
more, rolling and dragging the man
underneath.
That Mr. Fausnaught was not kill
ed or fatally injured is little short ol
miraculous. Thnt he was painfully
hurt was evident. He was unable to
walk while his cries could be heard a
square distant. No one was more ac
tive in looking after the man's relief
than Mr. Vanuan himself, who, while
others carried the injured man into
the hotel, hastened to Dr. Newbak
er's with his antomobile and with scar
cely any loss of time had the physic
ian oil the spot. Here Dr. Newbaker
soon after was joined Dy Dr. Paules,
the family physician.
The injured man was placed on a cot
and niado as comfortable as possible.
A cursory examination failed to reve
al any very serious injury. No bones
were broken. There were contusions
about the thighs,but no serious abras
ions on the body, although the condi
tion of the man's clothing indicated
how roughly he had been used.
The injured mail was taken to his
home, No. 424 Walnut street, by Mr.
Vaunan. At last accounts he was still
bedfast, but was resting as comfort
ably as could bo expected under the
circumstances. The physician is hope
ful that there will be no complica
tions.
Boy Sustained broken Arm.
Edward Buckley,a boy about twelve
years of age, sustained a broken arm
at tbe Heptasophs picnic yesterday. It
is the first serious accident which has
occurred at that resort this^suininer.
Edwaril Buckley is the sou of Johu
Buckley, Cooper street, aud is a very
active little follow,generally first aud
foremost ill all sports. At the piouic
yesterday Edward took much delight
in operating the big drum. This is
essentially a tread-mill aud the trick
is to keop it rapidly revolving aud to
maintain a positiou on top. Few are
able to keep it ruuuiiig very long aud
generally take an ungraceful tumble.
Edward had uot much experience in
operating the machine aud went the
way of most others. Iu falling he
struck his right arm on the ground and
on arising complained of great pain
and was unable to use his arm.
This was sometime during the after
iioou and it was not until evening that
the injured boy presented himself at
the oftlce of Dr. Panles for surgical
aid. lu examination revealed that the
radius or smaller bone of the forearm
was brokeu a short distance above the
wrist. The bone was set, after which
the boy was taken to his home.
Enjoyable Dance.
Au enjoyable evening was spent at
the home of Mr. aud Urs. William
Hollabaugh Monday, when a dance was
giveu iu houor of Mr. aud Mrs. A. L.
Kline, of Lewisburg. Those present
were: Mr. aud Mrs. William Holla
baugh, Mr. ami Mrs. Stephen Nevius
aud sou, Mr. aud Mrs. Joseph Long,
Mr. and Mrs. John Sweitzer, Mr. and
Mrs. Abraham Keefer, Mr. and Mrs.
Kline, Mr. aud Mrs. William Lunger,
Mrs. Margaret Brooks, Mrs. Mazie
Lynn,Miss Margaret Hollabaugh,Miss
Bertha Sweitzer. Miss Irene Davis,
Miss Ooldie Mockiuheim, Mrs. Mary
E. Leutzer, Frank Nevius, Arthur Mc-
Williams, John Erlston.Olyde Keefer,
Sidney Fonst, Charles Gardner.
The music was rendered by Stephen
Nevius, Elwood Nevius, Joseph Long
and Frank Nevius.
The New Postal Card.
The new form of postal card, nearly
square, aud printed iu a delicate bine,
is beginning to make its appearanoe.
It bears au exact likeness of President
Grant. In form aud appearance it is
a decided improvement over the card
now iu general use.
The aerie of Eagles at Canonsburg
has purchased from the Kitchie estate
a business bnilding in Pike street.
The price paid wis 115,000 and after
being remodeled will be occupied as a
home by the local members of the ord
er.