DANVILLE INTELLIGENCER
VOLUME 78.
RiRMD OffKERS
HE ARREST
The P. & 11. railway company, which
for some timo past has suspected that
it is being systematically robbed of
coal, established indisputable evidence
of that fact yesterday morning and as
the result of the discovery a resident
of the foreign quarter was arrested
and committed to jail.
The story of the arrest contains some
sensational features. As soon as the
railway people became convinced that
large quantities of coal were being stol
en here while in trausit,Special Otllc
ers Pursley and Simmers were put on
the case.
The two officers made it a point to
be on the ground yesterday morning
about four o'clock, before daylight,
just at the time when the south bound
freight carrying largo qantitiesof soft
coal was expected to pass through. No
sooner did the train come rolling into
town than the officers, who were hid
ing, discovered that their trip to Dan
ville was not in vain.
*As usual the train—a long ouo—stop
ped north of the station, which left
the rear end standing iu the vicinity
of Sycamore street. Scarcely had the
cars stopped when a man made his ap
pearance and mounting a car proceed
ed to fill a bag with coal.
The officers were after evidence of
an indisputable sort,and they permitt
ed the man to carrv off three bagfuls
of ooal ; when he returned for the
fourtli bagful Officer Pursley proceed
ed to make an arrest. He failed, how
ever, io properly size up his man, who
was a stout and wiry fellow and no
sooner did Pursley lay hold of him
than he clinched with the officer. In
the struggle the two men fell down
over the high embankment, which
flanks the railroad at that point. The
officer physically was hardly a match
fo the coal thief and no sooner did he
regain his feet than he was thrown
down again and repeatedly the two
men rolled over and over not stopping
until they were at the foot of the em
bankment and within a few feet of the
creek, which flows by at that spot. By
this time officer Simmers had come to
the rescue and the two officers hurried
the arrested man down to city hall,
aud delivered him to Oh ief-'»f-Police
Mincemoyer, who put the fellow in
the lock-up. The man arrested gave
his name as George Gudalevich aud
his residence as 011 Sycamore street.
Eight o'clock was fixed as the time
for the hearing. Meanwhile the two
P. & R. policemen, accompanied by
Uhief-of-Police Mincemoyer. visited
the dwelliug of Gudalevich aud in the
kitchen found the three bags of coal
abstracted from the train yesterday
morning while in the cellar was a de
posit of four tons of soft coal.
Upon being arraigned before Justice
Oglesby Gudalevich declared that he
had picked up the coal alougsido the
railroad. The justice held him for
court iu three hundred dollars bail,
which he was uuable to procure at
that time and consequently was com
mitted to the county prison.
Gudalevich has a wife aud five chil
dren. After ho was committed to jail
some of his friends in the foreign
quarter began to interest themselves
iu the matter. About noon through
their efforts a bondsman was procured 1
aud the man was released until court.
Repolnting Church Walls.
T. L. Evans' sons, who last summer
were awarded the contract for report
ing the walls of the Grove Presbyter
iau church, have begun work on the
building. It will prove a difficult aud
rather slow job. It is true, the eutire
exterior surface of the walls will not
have to be goue over, as there are
mauy places where the mortar placed
between the stoues when tlie wall was
laid up some thirty years ago still re
mains firm aud intact.
The most difficult part of the work
lies iu the front of tlio building and
the steeple. Scaffolding will have to
be erected here reaching up the steeple
as far as the stone Work extends. For
other portions of the building, a port
able scaffold will suflice, which not
being attached to the building, can be
moved along ns the work advances.
The work will occupy about two
weeks.
NEW FORM OF AMUSEMENT.
The Mouesseu Daily Independent in
forms us that "tne children of Moues
seu have buckled onto a new form of
amusement." It turus out that they
have taken to the sliug shot,an inven
tion that was not even new in the duvs
when the youug shepherd of Bethle
lieni slew tlio giant champion of the
euemy of the ]>eople with a smooth
stone from the brook. From that dny
to this the sling shot has been a
menace not only to Philistiues but al
so to the most amiable meu and wo
men. A "new form of amusement!"
Hardly too new.
Chestnuts Shipped to Seattle.
The fame of C. K. Sober's Irish val
ley chestnut groves lias reached frout
coast to coast. It is safe to say thai
there are none liner grown on tlib
plauet.
Mr. Sober has given time and atteii'
tion to the perfection of bin chestnut
crop. The average chestnut
inches across and % of an iucl
long.
There has just been shipped fron
the Sober groves a carload of chest,
nuts to Seattle, Washington. Then
were about 500 bushels of chcstuuts ii
the shipment.
11-YEAR-OLD GIRL
VICTIM OF FIRE
One of the most shocking and heart
rending tragedies that has over taken
place in Danville occurred Saturday
afternoon, when the clothing oi little
Lizzie McVev, the eleven-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Mc-
Vey, Ash street, took tire, the last
shred nearly burning from her body,
tho injuries in dieted being of such a
serious nature that death resulted
about twelve hours later.
Tho terrible occurrence took place
shortly after one o'clock. The familv
of Harrv Hancock, who resided a coup
le of doors from the McVey home, wore
moving and some papers, which had
lain under the carpet, had been carried
out into the back yard and set on tire.
Tho fire, it was supposed, had burued
out and the several women who were
assisting at tho moving were busy in
the house, when they were startled by
loud and agonized screams in the back
yard while nearly at tho same moment
Margaret Powers and Cora Scott, two
little gins playing in tho rear, came
flying front crying that Lizzie McVey
was on fire. Mrs. Hancock, Mrs. En
gene Harder,and Mrs. George F. Jtoud
man, followed by Ralph Fisher, who
was battling the goods, instinctively
rushed into the back yard to save the
child.
A spectacle followed that will haunt
theui to their dying days. The child
was already a pillar of flame aud,
frantic with pain and terror,could not
be controlled loug enough to make the
efforts to extinguish the fire of any
avail. While Ralph Fisher, regardless
of his own safely tried to tear the
clothing off the child, Mrs. Harder aud
Mrs. Hancock seized a rug with the
intention of smothering out the fire,
but before thev could use it the child
broke loose from Mr. Fisher and made
a dash for Mrs. Boudmau. Every one
was in peril of being set on fire by the
frantic child, who screaming aud beat
ing off the flames that darted up
around her face dashed first in one
direction aud then in another. Mrs.
Boudman barely escaped coming in
contact with the burning child, when
Mr. Fisher, assisted by Wallace Scott,
who by this time had arriv d. again
caught the child aud tore from her
bony the remuant of clothing that still
retrained on her person. In the oper
ation both men wero burned about the
hands, Mr. Fisher so badly that he was
unable to continue at work.
The child herself was a frightful ob
ject. Her hair aud her eyebrows were
burned from her head. Her face and
her lips were shockingly burned and
the blood oozed from her mouth. Her
oue limb from her hip to her knee was
burned raw, while ou hor entire body
from her knees to the top of her head
the skin was burned off in large spots.
Notsvithstanding she did not lose con-
kOine one flew to Frank Russell's
grocery, >» square or so away,and call
ed Dr. Pautcs by telephone. Pending
the physiciau's arrival the (illihi bore
her awful agony in a way that was ro
markahle. Her little body with its
awful tortures presented a picture that
melted the stoutest heart, while the
nauseating odor of burned flesh added
to the horror of the situation.
As soon as Dr. Paules arrived the
usual remedies in such cases wore ap
plied. The body was wrapped in cot
ton, which excluded the air and
brought some relief. The child seem
ed to rest fairly easily Saturday even
ing, but while the doctor did what he
could to assure the family he could
not lose sight of the fact that the in
juries were of a very grave sort. The
mouth was still bleeding and the
amount of injury sustained internally
could not be fully ascertained. In cases
of that kind, even when the patient
promises to recover from the immedi
ate effect of the burning, it frequent
ly happens that a stomach derange
ment follows that results in death
| lu the case of little Lizzie McVey
tie result did not long hang in the
balance. Her injury us can easily be
imagined was of the very gravest sort-.
Death proved kindly and came to her
re'ief shortly after midnight.
How the little girl happened to take
fire is not exactly known. With the
other two little girls both smaller than
herself.it would seem,she was playing
in the back yard of the residence be
ing vacated. Whether she revived the
flame and continued to feed it with
paper aud thus took fire,or in playing
accidentally came in contact with the
smouldering embers no one seems to
know. It is a very sad affair. Lizzie
was a bright aud lovable child aud
the stricken parents have the deepest
sympathy in this the hour of thoir sad
trial and bereavement.
Elysburg Couple Wedded. ,
Miss Sadie Reichenbach aud Simon
P. Haas, both of Elysburg, were unit- j
ed in matrimony last evening.
TI»o ceremony was performed at 8
o'clock by Hev. Rishell, pastor ot the
Elysburg M. E. church, ut the homo
of the bride's mother, Mrs. Mary
Reichenbach, near Rushtown. Ouly
the immediate families of the con
tracting parties and a few invited
friends were present. Mr. and Mrs.
Haas will reside for the present at
Klysburg.
Of course Mr. Rockefeller Isn't tied
to business." Bverybody knows that
he has managed to lay up a modest
little sum which enables him to live
without working more than he really
cares to.
BUT TO TBUTH, TO ÜBKSTT UTB LAW—HO FATOB SWATi XBI AHB »• WUAM Hi 11 1»"
DANVILLE, MONTOUR COUNTY. PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 19()(i.
en won
IS HIftEIED
Employed in Painting I).
L X: W. Station—Fine
Improvements.
The D. L. &W. railroad company
yesterday completed the extensive con
crete work emhiacing station platform
and lengthy walk dowu to Church
street,on which a largo force of work
men were employed for nearly lour
weeks. The concrete gang is now
off the ground and their place is
occupied by the painters who aro giv
ing the station and other buildings a
new coat of paint. All must agree that
tho D. L. & W. railway company is
showing a vast amount of enterprise
and the sum total of improvements
made is rather more than was to be
expected in one season.
Embracing platform and pavement
leading to Church street, the stretch
of concrete work constructed is over
five hundred feet in leugth Tho plat
form was completed last week. Tho
pavement, which was thrown open to
the public yesterday, is a very fine af
fair and is a feature that will he es
pecially appreciated by the traveling
public.
Before the concrete pavement was
constructed, people on approaching or
leaving tho station walked close along
side the track which, when trains
were passing, made it just a little
dangerous. Tho concrete walk, there
fore, has been laid at tho extreme
southern side of the tract owned by
ths railroad company, some ten feet
from the track. It was stated at the
station yesterday that the strip be
tween the walk and the rails will be
sodded over.
Between the station platform and
the concrete pavement, opposite the
alley coming down from Lower Mul
berry street, is a wide driveway cob
bled with heavy stones to be used by
teams approaching or leaving the sta
tion.
All that is needed now is to com
plete the painting, when the 13. L. &
W. company can boast of improve
ments that will compare favorably
with any other company and cast the
P. & R. station, with its homely
gravel walks, far in the shade.
Hallowe'en Spirit.
The youngsters have already caught
the hallow e'en spirit aud the streets
are becoming pretty noisy at night.
Last evening some boys appeared on
the street with horns, but they were
promptly repressed by the chief-of
police, who read the law to the youth
ful serenaders in emphatic terms.
Time wan wlieu it was customary to
begin the celebration of hallow e'en
about two weeks before the (late on
which it occurred and to keep it up
for a week or so afterwards. It was
very entertaining to the youngsters
but life was hardly worth living to the
other soven-tenths of the population.
No considerate person who has not
forgotten that he himself once, was
young, will deny the juveniles the
privilege uf observing hullowo'en with
ail that such observance implies, but
let tin saturnalian revelry as far as
possible be confined to oue niftjht. This
should be quite suflicient for all sensi
ble young people who have been taught
that older persons have rights which
they are bound to respect.
Chief Mincemoyer has succeeded in
keeping the observance of the Fourth
of July within a sane and sensible
limit and it is probably not going too
far to assert that no will succeed in
holding down the youngsters when it
comes tor hallowe'en. Meanwhile all
lovers of comparative good ordor and
quiet will applaud his efforts.
Broken Rail.
Uuder the weight of a heavy freight
train a rail on the D. L. & W. Mill
street crossing broke about noon yes
terday. The train passed over in safety
but the break sufficed to reveal how,
notwithstanding well built roads and
ordiuarv care costly accidents may oc-
The rail had every appearance of I
being sound on the surface,yet apiece ;
some eight iuches in length embracing
the top or flange broke off, revealing a
bad defect in the body of the rail.
The break was immediately detect
ed by persons near the crossing and
the rail was removed and a new one
putin, between the time of tlio mis
hap and the arrival of the 2.11 pass
enger train. Had the accident occur
red out on tlio line where it might
have passed unnoticed for the time be
ing it is easy to understand how a bad
( wreck might have occurred on the
i train that followed.
Never Regained Consciousness.
Daniellio Austatia, the man who
was caught in the_flywheol as lie was
I starting the engine at the rolling mill
lat Berwick Tuesday morning,and hav
• iug been thrown into the cogs, was so
' badly battered and crushed that he
| was taken to tho lietwick hospital in
a hopeless condition, died yesterday
I morning at 4 o'clock. He did not re
| gain consciousness after the accident.
Operators Ciet a Raise.
I The telegraph operators and tower
i mon 011 the Shamokiu division of the
; Heading railway wero notified Tues
i j day that, taking effect. October Ist.,
r I their wages are increased $5 and $lO a
month respectively.
WHAT PENN SAW BEFORE THE DEDICATION
Rl IT GOVERNOR^O®^S^^EMOVED
LI U I BtroKt Tilt PRCSIULUT AKHIVLU
lira ffi
bnjj ns
County Commissioner C. W. Cook,
of Valley township, while attempting
to control a runaway horse Monday
was dragged nearly a square, but
escaped without very serious injury.
It happened about 5:30 o'clock. Mr.
Cook untied his horse,which had been
standing in front of Joseph Smith's
meat market, on Mill street, and was
in the act of stepping into tlio carri
age when the horse, taking fright,
sprang forward ami begau to run. Mr.
Cook, who had not yet gotten into the
vehicle slipped down iusido the wheels.
He had succeeded in grasping one of
the lines, and either entangled in this
or else pluekily holding on hoping to
stoj) the horse lie was dragged under
neath the buggy all the way from the
meat market to the armory, whore he
was caught by the wheel and rolled
around several times like n ball.
At this point the buggy and the man
parted company, the former dashing
along.out Mill street and the latter
laying iu the street momentarily
stuuued. The thrilling spectacle was
witnessed by M. 11. Schraui aud one
or two others, who immediately ran
to the assistance of Mr. Cook, who did
not seem very seriously hurt aud was
able to rise unassisted.
Tho man was blooding from two
gashes, one above and the other below |
the left eye. There was also a bad |
abrasiou on his nose and an injury on 1
one leg below the kuee. Ho also com- •
plained of internal pains. He was as
sis ted to Dr. Paules' drug store, where!
his injuries were dressed. It is not
thought that he is seriously hurt.
Tho horse was caught on North Mill
; street and returned to the owner.
j Flooded With Buckwheat.
Although there have been reports of \
a shortage in tho buckwheat crop in
some sections,the experience of a Ben- j
| ton miller yesterday would seem to
contradict the reports,says the Blooms
burg Daily.
i John J Mather, of Benton, was iu
need of a quantity of buckwheat, and
foariug that he could not get the sup-1
1 ply he wanted, he started an agent out
through the country iu au effort to ]
buy up buckwheat at 00 cents a bushel. 1
In two hours he was offered more
buckwheat than he could use. Other
millers report the same conditions.
Odd Fellows in Session.
The grand encampment, I. O. O. F.,
of Pennsylvania, is assembled at York
in annual session. The report of the
grand scribe shows that there are 16,-
086 Odd Fellows in the State and the
number of encampments is 252. The
increase in membership during the
year was 1,077. Iu the prize drill of
tho Patriarchs Militant Canton York
won for the second time the Stokes 1
medal and forty dollars for the best'
drilled cautou iu the State. Canton
Altoona took the Cogswell medal and |
twenty-five dollars for second prize.
Canton Tyrone won tho third prize
and fifteen dollars in cash.
If West Chester's new law is enforc
ed—a doubtful proposition—it will
cost $5 to spit 011 the sidewalk here
after.
IRON FLAG STAFF
AT HOSPITAL
The authorities of the hospital for
the insane are about signalizing the
completion of the line improvements
just installed hy eroding a 125-foot
flag staff,which will lift the stars and
strips to ail altitude that will make
them visiblo for miles around.
Aside from this fact, however,there
is a story hanging on the flag staff it
self, which latter has no parallel in
anything iu this section being entire
ly of irou. The flag staff, which was
furnished by Buchanan & company, ar
rived at tlio hospital Monday and yes
terday afternoon was hauled from the
cars to the site 011 the grounds where
it is to bo erected.
The iron pole,which is intlio form of
ji series of tubes jointed together is in
two parts, one part being 0:3 foot, and
4 incites long and tfce other 03 feet and
4 inches long. The two sections as
shipped lay sido by side taking in the
entire lougth of two cars. The total
weight of the pole when the two sec
tions are united will be no loss than
five tons. At the bottom the big tube
is 14 inches in diameter; it tapers to
four inches at the top
It will be raised at the very spot
whore the smaller wooden polo stood
that was erected during the Spauish-
Amorican war—iu front of the hospit
al about midway between the main en
trance and the gato house.
W. A. Shopporsou had the contract
for hauling the iron polo. Owing to
its great size and weight it proved ex
| ceedingly difficult to handle on wheels,
but Mr. SJiopperson managed to trans
port it froui the cars to the site it is
I to occupy without mishap. Still more
! difficult piobably will be tho work of
raising tho 125-foot iron staff". First
i of all an immense foundation of cou-
I crete will have to be laid in which tho
i polo will bo sunk to tho depth of niue
j feet To assist in tho raising a trench
I will be dug, in which tho iron pole
will lie at a slant with its lower end
on the level that it will occupy when
raised. An immense gin polo will be
erected by the means of which the flag
staff will be swung into a vertical posi-
I tion. The iron polo at the hospital is
the first of the kind to he erected iu
• this vicinity.
Will Learn Engineering in Texas
Lloyd Harris, son of our townsman
A. G. Harris, left yesterday for Can
yon City, Texas, where lie will enter
the employ of his brothor, George \V
Harris, who is division engineer 011
the Santa Fe railroad. It is the inten
tion of the young man to learn civil
engineering from the practical side of
the profession.
Two Cent Mileage Assured.
S. N. Williams,secretary of tho State
board of trade, says that enough can
didates for tho legislature are ou rec-
I ord as favoring a two cent fare flat
railroad rate to ensure tho passage of
necessary* legislation at tho coming
session.
Re*. J. E. Huber.of llauover, form
er pastor of St. Hubert's church, thi»
city, visited friends in this city yes
terday.
There is a multiplicity of purtj
' names in the State this year.
PERSONAL
PARAGRAPHS
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Aroy, of
Lattimer, spent Sunday at the homo
of Thomas Lewis, who is an uncle of
Mrs. Arey.
Robert Bibby, of Milton, spent Sun
day with relatives in this city.
George S. Maiers, of Shaniokin,
spent Sunday with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs George Maiers, Market
street.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hoffman, Miss
lamina Brown, Miss Dorothy Nace,
Miss Ethel Hoffman and William
Smelsor, of Snnbury, and Mrs. Hay
Hoffman and tlie Misses Henna and
Alico Huffman of Point township,
Northumberland county,spent Sunday
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Petor
Winters, Pino street.
Mr and Mrs. J. li. Keeler, of Mil
ton, are visiting at the home of Mrs.
P. B. Keeler, Mill street.
Mrs; J. 11. Colo and Mrs. Elizabeth
Greenawalt are enjoying a visit to
Buffalo and Niagara Falls.
Mr. and Mrs. George Billman,
daughter Barbara, and nioee, Miss
Mary Johnson, of Heading, are visit
ing Mrs. Billmau's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Divol, Church street.
Mrs. Frauk Woodside, of Sunbury,
spent Sunday at the homo of J. H.
Woodside, Mowory street.
Houboii Boyer,of Wilkes-Barre,s]>ent
j Sunday with li is family on Honey
moon street.
Adam Wagner, of Washiugtouville,
spent Sunday with friends iu this city.
Mrs. J. E. McQuaig. wife of Dr. J.
E. formerly of the hospital
staff, is'visitiug Miss Olive Thompson,
Bloom street.
Curtis Feinour, of Pottsgrove, spent
Sunday at tho homo of Mr. and Mrs.
George A. Rossmnn, Pino street.
JoseplTY. Sochler.of Sunbury, spent
Sunday with his family on Front
street.
Mr. and Mrs. Valontine [Clark, of
Irish Valley, were the guests of Rev.
C. W. Haver over Sunday. Mr. Clark
owns a pastuerized milk plant that
disposes of 500 quarts daily.
Miss Margaret Austin, of Scranton,
spent Sunday at the homo of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank liussell, Vine street.
Miss Bessie Hess spent Sunday with
friends in Bloomsburg.
Miss Amelia Hartman has returned
from a trip to Philadelphia and At
lantic City.
Miss Laura Pock returned to Phila
delphia yesterday after a visit at the
homo of Miss Pauline Farnsworth,
I West Mahoniug street.
I Misses Carrie Hoffman and Mae
Dreifuss spent Tuesday evening with
I friends in Bloomsburg.
I Frank Tiorney,of Bloomsburg, spent
. yesterday with friends in this city.
James Scarlet, Esq., was a Sunbury
, visitor yesterday.
I Fletcher Kitchen and Frank Zeigler
• of Bloomsburg, spent last evening with
! friends in this city.
4 J. B. Watson was a business visitor]
in Scranton yesterday.
E. S. Kase, of Lebanon, arrived in
112 this city for a several days' visit yes
terday.
I. UNITZ'
FINE HENNERY
Will Propagate Thorough
bred Single-Combed
White Leghorns.
The handsome residence of Rev. O.
M. Baruitz, South Danville, is rapid
ly approaching completion and by
November J at, it is thouglit.it will be
ready for occupancy. A conspicuous
feature of the establishment is (he
largo and finely planned hennery in
tlierear, which just now is receiving a
coat of paint.
As indicated by the building Mr.
Barnitz is a chicken fancier and in
tends to enter upon the raising of
chickens on a very largo scale. It
would bo a mistake,however, to fancy
that he intends to enter into conipeti
i tion with the farmers, raising chick-
I ens of the common breed for killing.
In the first place he will devote him
self to the propagation of the choicest
and most expensive breeds of fowls,
which will fiud a ready sale among
chicken fanciers and farmers who do
siro to improvo their Jk breed of fowls.
There will bo a large surplus of eggs ,
and these will likewiso be disposed of
at advautage for brooding purposes.
The heuuery alone is well worth a
visit. It is built according to modern
and most approved ideas and is un
doubtedly without a parallel anywhere
in this section. It consists of two
wings one story high with a central
building 18x18 feet and two stories
high. Each wing is seventy-five feet
long, twelve foet wide and contains
two divisions. Walls and ceiling are
plastered and the floor is of cement.
One of the wings faces the east and
the other the south. Thoro are numer
ous windows, which admit abundant
sunlight.
In the central building there is a
well by the side of which a gasoline
engine au<l a force pump will be in
stalled. The second story, which com
mands a view of both wings of tfie
henuerv, will he ovoutually occupied
by a watchman.
Mr. Baruitz, who is occupying the
VauNostrand homestead pending the
completion of his new dwelling, has a
flue lot of choice fowls on hand. These
are all thoroughbred single comb
white leg horns,commonly called ' 4 egg
machines" because of their wonderful
capacity for laying. There are one
hundred hens and the same number of
roosters. On November Ist these will
all be installed in the wing facing the
south.
The other will# will be usod for the
incubators ami the ' 4 brooders". Tlie
first incubators will be set about Jan
uary Ist. By Juno 18th all tho chick
niiß will be hatched,at which time Mr.
Barnitz expects to have at least 1000
fowls on hand. One half of these will
have to be sold in order to get the
uumber of pullets required for the
next season.
Mr. Barnitz is thoroughly posted on
all that relates to the propagation of
fancy breeds of chickens and every
thing will bo conducted in a scientific
manner. To promote health among the
fowls a portion of the hennery will bo
set apart as a "hospital." To inspire
terror in tho minds of chicken thieves
a ferocious dog will have freedom of
the premises at night. A dog with a
record has already been purchased and
yesterday left York by express for
South Danville. Ho is an old fashion
ed bull dog, which was on exhibition
at the dog show at Richmond, Va.,
and more rocontly at tho big York
fair.
Danville Has New Club.
Danville is to havo, this winter, a
musical club that will be a crodit to
tho town, tho organization having
been established upou a firm basis un
der the auspices of the Y. M. C. A.
The club, to bo known as tho Y. M.
C. A. Mandolin and Guitar club, of
Dauvillo, was organized at the As
sociation building Monday evening by
the election of John Heuning, presi
dent; James Kase,socrotary; aud Gen
eral Secretary Beruhard, treasurer. A
musical committee, composed of John
Heuning, Walter Foust and James
Kase, was appointed ; also Thomas A.
Foltz, Thomas McDormott aud Ed
ward Johnson were named as a com
mittee to select club colors.
The personel of the club is as fol
lows : Mandolins; Harry Woods, Frank
Eggert, Thomas McDormott, Frauk
Grove, William Reese, Edward John
son aud Austin Kiase ; guitars; James
Kaso, Charles A. Hartt, Johu Winner,
Charles Woods and John Heuuing;
banjo, Thomas Foltz; violin, Walter
Foust.
The club will meet every Monday
evening in tho Association building
for rehearsal. Tho object of the club is
to furuish music at the entertainments
in the Danville Y. M. O. A., and also
the organization will accomodate As
sociations in nearby towns if its ser
vice aro desired in an amateur way.
Only Three Cases.
Our readers will be glad to learu
that diphtheria, which caused some
auxiety a few weeks ago, is gradually
dying out. There are said to be ouly
three houses iu towu that are placard
ed at present. The situation was at no
time alarming, it is true, but diphth
eria is a disease that it is uover safe
to trifle with. The school board as
i well as heads of families were happily
ou the alert aud the disease was check
ed before it gaiued much headway.
NO 4
fOUR ROUTES
CHANGED
The notification of the rearrange
ment of the rural free delivery routes
emanating from the Danville post*
office has been received by Post Mas
ter W. L. Gouger. The changes will go
into effect on the first of November.
The changes on the Danville routes
are the result of a visit to this city
from Rural Inspector Shoenberger
made early in September. The routes
to bo changed are Nos. 1. 2, 3 and 4.
The other routes will remain the same
as heretofore. The changes greatly im
prove the rural service that centers iu
Danville, and among other things in
creases to a considerable extent the
number of homes that will be served
daily with mail by the rural carriers.
Below are given the four rearrang
ed routes as they will be after the first
of November:
ROUTE NO. 1, has been changed to
take Bald Top and returning to enter
Danville by way of the dug road. A
number of new subscribers are added
to this route. No. 1 now runs from
the Danville post office north and
northwest to Mausdale; west to Tem
ple corner ; noith to F. W. Diehl cor
ner; west to Davis comer; northwest
[ and northeast to Purtou corner ; north
and wost to Bogart corner; west,
southwest and northwest to Flick cor
ner ; northeast to Long corner; north
west and southwest to Robinson school
house ; westerly and southwest to J.
Billnieyor corner; soutiieast and sontli
via Oak Grove to Bergor corner; east
to Sheppersou; southwest aud south
east on Bald Top road to Danville
post otfico. Length of route, 22.5
miles.
ROUTE NO. 2 has been rearranged
and bottorod, 8 or 10 new homes being
served. The carrier on No. 2 will leave
the post office and go northeast aud
northwest and north on Washiugtou
ville road via Mausdale and Penu ho
tel to A. J. Carr corner; southeast and
oast to Dietrich corner; southeast aud
southwest to Ed. Boyer corner; south
east to Dyor corner; northerly and
northwest to H. Cooper corner; east
to Ortman corner; southeast,south and
southwest to Houdricksou corner ; west
to Thomas Rogers' place and retrace;
south aud southwest to Blue coruer ;
east to \Viuterßteeu corner; south,
southeast and southwest to Danville
post office. Length of r0ute,23.1 miles.
ROUTE NO. 3 lias been "improved
both for carrier and patron and sever
al new homos have been included on
the route. On No. 3 the carrier will
leave the Danville post office and go
northeast aud northwest to Forks;
easterly and northeast to Styer corner;
east to Paul Mausteller place and re-
trace to Styer; west, to Benfield cor
ner; north to Williams corner; easter
ly to Moore corner; northeast and
northwest, via Swonoda to Crossley
corner; southwest to Sheep school
house; northerly to A. Shultz shop;
southwest, to B. Shultz corner; south
east. and southerly to Sidler corner;
southwest to Forks; southeast and
southwest to Danville post office.
Length of route, 21.7 miles.
ROUTE No. 4 has been rearranged
so as to accommodate about 8 new
patrons. The carrier will leave the
Danville post office and go northeast
and east on Bloomsburg road to Hag
onbuch corner; north to Foust corner:
northwest to Everett corner ; northeast
and north via Gulliver corner to D.
Purcell corner; west to Monro school
house ; south, southwest and west to
E. White corner; north to S. W. Pur
cell comer; east to Moore school
house; north to Evarts corner; west
to Sandal corner; northwest,west aud
southwest to Kase corner; north and
west to Bennett corner; south aud
southwest to Forks; southeast and
southwest to Danville post office.
Length of route, 20.miles.
The prospective patrons on the re
arranged routes should show their ap
preciation of the service that is being
extended to them by procuring and er
ecting their boxes at once, aud there
by beiug in readiness on the first of
November. Boxes can be procured
from any of the hardware dealers in
Danville. Tho specifications that must
bo complied with, in regard to the
boxes can be seen posted in the Dan
ville post office corridor.
To Pay Councilmen.
A bill has been prepared by a mem
bor of the State senate and it will be
presented to the next general assem
bly, to provide compensation for the
members of city and borough couucil*
and of schools boards. It will limit
the amount to bo paid according to
the population of the municipalities,
aud is proposed to [go into operation
in March, 1908.
Appointed Chaplain.
Rev. E. M. Gearhart, pastor of Trin
ity Lutheran church in Sunbury, has
been appointed chaplain at the Odd
Fellows orphanage to succeed Rev.
G. VV. Fritsch, of Suydertown, who
movod to Danville. The new chaplain
will goto the orphauago every two
weeks and fill the pulpit in the
church.—Sunbury Daily.
Bear Scared the Hunter.
i
I While hunting on tho N esc o peck
I mountains yesterday morning, Arthur
I Warantz came face to face with a half
, grown bear. Warautz, scared out of
his wits,stood rooted to the spot,while
bruin, probably as much frightened
as the man,ambled otf into the woods.
. Warautz returned home aud did no
more hunting yesterday.