LITTLE GIRL SHOT
BY BBOTHEB
With a bullet buried iu her head be
yond the reach of the doctor's probe,
Rachael Poff, the eight year old daugh
ter of O. William Poff, of Suubury, is
lying in a precarious condition at the
Mary M. Packer hospital.
Rachael with her younger brother
Lawrence, aged 6 years, were in Mr.
Poff's bedroom while Mrs. Poff was
down town shopping Monday and no
one was In the honse oxcept her four
small children.
The little boy discovered a 22-calibre
revolver in the bureau drawer. His
ourioslty was aroused by the polished
metal aud peculiar Bhapo of tho straugo
object. He held it in his hand, with
♦he muzzle pointing directly in his
sister's faoe,while lying iu bed,as she
bent over to look at it. The boy's fing
er tonohed the trigger, ti e weapon ex
ploded and the bullet struck the little
girl in the nose and penetrated deep
into her head.
With blood streaming from the
wound and with her face blackeued
with powder the little girl jumped
from the bed. She ran down stairs aud
out qf the honse to the house of a
neighbor,aud then back again, scarce
ly realizing what she was doing.
A dootor was hastily summoned aud
the Injured child was carried to the
hospital. For several hours tho surge-
OUB probed for the bullet, but with
out success.
Considering the serious nature of
the wound the child is doing wonder
fully well, and if 110 complications set
iu she will probably recover.
Workmen honor Foreman.
Charles Lehr.of Oatawlssa, foreman
of the work train,which has been em
ployed since last spring extending the
siding on the south side has beou very
signally honored br a number of Dan
ville wageoaruers.
The latter, made up mostly of heat
ers and puddlers, during the five
mouths that the big mill was shut
down found employment under Mr.
Lehr on the work train. The Danville
workmen, some twenty iu number,be
came very much attached to the foru
man, who has the reputation of being
very considerate and humane to tho
men under him.
Ah soon as the big mill started up
and the Danville men got back to their
old posts, with their first pay they be
gan to think of some way in which
they could honor their foremau of last
summer. They finally decided to unite
in the purohase of a line meerschaum
pipe for him.
The plan was successfully curried
out and on last Saturday ovening the
presentation took place in the waiting
room of the station. In additiou to
the pipe Mr. Lohr was presented with
a five dollar gold piece, which repre
sented a balauco on hand after tho
pipe was paid for.
Mr. Lehr was very much surprised
by the demonstration of good feeling,
but he was not too much disconcerted
to respond in a way that convinced
(he men that he appreciated the valu
able presents as well as the sentiment
of friendship and goodwill they sym
bolized.
Hodels of Beauty and Perfection.
A good many advance calendars for
I©o7, handed out by business firms to
favored friends, may be seen display
ed about town. Without exception the
new calendars are models of beauty
and perfection, whether viewed from
a sentimental or an artistic stand
point.
It in a fact that with eaoh succes
sive year the calendar idea is carried
to a higher degree of perfection. Ev
ery subject is employed that can pos
sibly appeal to the individual and hold
tils attention nntil the advertiser's
name and busiuoss is Impressed upon
*he mind. Thus, conspicuously abovo
•lie twelve mouths of the year, we
have scenes of domestic felicity, or a
barefoot boy. Another dealer, who is
a fanoier of chickens, dogs or horses,
fancies good pictures of these will
prove irresistible to everyone else and
he seleots them to stand guard over
bin name and business while the next
four seasons come and go.
By far the largest number of adver
tisers who have faith iu the efficacy
of calendars seem to believe that ev
erybody, admitting a few exceptions,
would rather look at a pretty face than
anything else iu the world. Thus we
have pretty girls galoro, iu all sorts of
poses, out numbering every other sub
ject ton to one. They do service on all
sorts of calendars, on those which ad
vertise the manufacture of beer and
the sale of tobacco as frequently as
they are displayed on calendars deal
ing with millinery, oonfectiouery and
other commodities dear to the femiu
ine heart.
MILTON'S WAY.
The borough counoil of Milton has
ordered tho assessment lists to be pub
lished in the town papers, and the
Milton Evening Standard,commenting
on thin action, nays: "There is no
pnblio matter in which all the citi
zens of a community are so generally
Interested as the valuations of real
estate, which forms the baHis of taxa
tion. The greater interest the public
takes in the affairs of the town the
better Its government is. The publica
tion of the assessment lists every three
years will get the average citizen in
terested in the valuation of property,
just as the pnblicatiou of the audit
or's report interests him in the town's
finances or the connoil proceedings
keeps him postod on borough legisla
tion. Comparisons tend to make better
assessments and publicity helps secure
more equal ratlngß between wards or
districts, and militate agalust favor
ltsm by assesors "
Will Take holy Orderb
Harmon Lorah, formerly of Dan
ville,after a visit with frleuds in this
tilty, loft Saturday for Blue Ridge
Summit, this State, where, as a lay
reader, he will have charge of the ser
▼ices In St. John's Episcopal church
during the illness of the rector Mr.
tiorah expsoti to Uk« holy order* in
tto« QMr future.
JUDGE EVANS OUSTS
A SCHOOL BOARD
Judge Evans took u decisive step to
ward the cleaning up of corrupt Con
ynghain township, Columbia county,
when he ousted the hoard of school
directors on Saturday and appointed a
new board, which is calculated to bet
ter serve the iuterests of the publio
schools. The openly corrupt condition
in Couyngham has been au oyesore to
the good people of Columbia for years
and strangely the very center of all
the rottenness seemed to bo just in the
place where all should be most cir
cumspect—in the schools.
Judge Evans' lengthy opinion,hand
ed down Saturday, is of great interest
as it treats not only of the misdoings
of the directors in Conyngham.but al
so goes thoroughly over the duties and
responsibilities of school directors in
geueral.
The opinion of Judge Evans starts
off by quoting from au opinion of
Judge Ferris in removing school di
rectors: "Popular government to en
dure must be basod on intelligent oiti
zenship. Upon this is built our soliool
system. The lever that controls the
machinery of that system has been
placed in the hands of the school di
rector and to him lias boen committed
a sacred trust. From him is demanded
hbsoluto fidelity in its execution. He
may tax the poeple and expend their
mouoy but only for specified purposes
and in the public iuterests. Their duty
is to care for the intellectual, moral
and physical health aud growth of the
children of the district. For this pur
pose he stands between the parent and
the government and from them ex
ercises a control which is their first
introduction into the domain of law.
From every point of view it is essenti
al that the director, who to the child
is the representative of the law,should
be law-abiding and scrupulous in the
performance of his duty. In this re
spect neither venality, incapacity or
negligence will be tolerated. So rigid
is this di'.ty that the school director
who fails to attend two successive
meetings of the board without suffici
ent cause may be summarily dismissed
from office by his fellow directors. So
j also ll ail the members of the board
] neglect to perform the duty enjoined
| by law, the court is authorized npon
I proper application, to declare their
I scats vacaut and appoint others in the
places.''
"On the 12th of November ten citi
zens of Couyugham presouted a peti
tion to court stating that diroctors of
tho district have during the past year
refused or neglected to perform their
duties as school directors. Tho peti
tion asked for a grille to show cause
why their seats should not be declared
vacant and other directors appoiuted.
In auswer, Michael J. Dixon, John
Monroe and Richard Cain came into
court aud said that since tho recent
death of Director Authouy McAud
rews, Charles Kostoubauder had been
elected to tho vacaucy and denied that
they now refuted to perform their
duty. Motion to dismiss the rule was
made for the following reasons: Ist,
Kosteubauder did not refuse or neglect
to perform his duty; 2, that Michael
J. Dixon, John Monroe, Richard Cain
aud Charles Ivostenbauder have since
November 24 performed tho duties of
school directors, aud Brd, that court
had uo jurisdiction to oust school di
rectors unless the whole board refused
to perform their duties.
• 'The first reasou assigned is irrelev
ant. Kosteubauder was not a director
when the proceedings were commenc
ed. As to the directors now perform
ing their duty that is to be determin
ed by the testimony. As to tho court's
jurisdiction, in this case, it appears
from evidence that all directors are
neglecting their duties. The motion
to dismiss the iulo is therefore refus
ed.
The evideuce shows that the direct
ors of this district have beou unfaith
ful to tho high trust comtuitteed to
them. They have been guilty of gross
neglect of official duty. The schools
have had practically no attention from
the directors this year. They failed
to supply tho schools with the neces
sary supplies and allowed ouo of the
schools to become out of repair. lu
Juno this year the board was hopeless
ly deadlocked. There were two fac
tious of the board, three on either side.
Tho business of the district was total
ly neglected. The best interosts of the
school children were made to suffer by
reason of those two political factious
contending fu- supremacy. The busi
ness of tin' district continued in this
deplorable condition up to tho grunt
ing of tho rule and in u measure still
continues.
From these reasons we conclude that
a state of condition* exsUt iu the Coo
yughani school d -ti:ct that impera
tively calls for tho removal of these
directors from office. It is therefore
ordered and decreed that the seats of
Michael J. Dixou, John Muuroe, Pat
rick Cain,Frauk Snyder,Richard Cain
and Charles Kosteubauder aro hereby
declared vacant; and Dr. Thomas Kea
ly, Frank Melkrautz, Thoma* Terry,
Frauk P. Breuuan, [John Payne and
Mai tin McDonnell are hereby appoint
ed school directors iu place of those
removed,to hold office until their suc
cessors shall have been duly eleoted
aud qualified.
BY THE COURT."
Psoples Bank L'lrector.s.
At a meeting of the stockholders of
tho Peoples bank, ot this city, held
Saturday afternoon the following di
rectors were elected: John Doster,
John Ellis, James E Smith,- O. F.
Ferris, Howard Shttltz, Thomas Ben
field, David Thomas, Samuel Lowen
stoin aud J. H. Cole.
To Prepare for Banquet.
The members of Goodrich post, No.
22, G. A. R., will meek on Monday
night, December 25th. to make ar
rangements to celebrate and partake
of a banquet iu their hall on January
7th . at which time the uwely eleoted
officers will be installed.
Oue is meeting with tho man or the
woniau with tho mysterious bundle lu
increasing nmnhen thesa days.
SCENE OE OISOBDEB
1 SMif CORNER
The third ward in the vicinity of
the armory was tho scone of a good bit
of disorder Saturday, in which the dis
turbing element were some forty boys,
who succeeded in making it miserable
for Bloch and Beuzbach aud managed
to elude the police, whenever the lat
ter appeared, so that the ball went on
merrily pretty nearly all day.
Bloch & Beuzbach. who are engag
ed iu taking au inventory fonud it al
most impossible to proceed with work.
There was a perfect bedlam outside
and at times it seemed that a surging
warfare was in progress, the shout aud
yells, iudicatiug challenge aud defi
ance, being varied with the sound of
broken glass as stones were hurled
through the windows of the upper
stories,
Such conduct is a disgrace to any
town that makes a pretense of keepiug
things deceut aud orderly. Probably
the police will find some way of get
ting hold of the ring leaders, which
will have a good effect on the rest.
The corner at Bloch & Beuzbach's has
been a popular loafiug place for a long
time, but it is only within a roceut
period that things have become quite
so bad.
Corner loafing is a nuisance any
where and when tolerated only for a
little while it is pretty certain to de
velop into disorder. Men who would
be above any unseemly conduct on the
street often fall into the habit of tarry
ing a little too long 011 the street cor
ners and thus unconsciously become
factors in bringing about the condi
tions complained of. The only way to
keep down disorder on the streets is
to keep the corners perfectly clear, it
is very hard probably to draw the line
between the iuoffoudiug sensitive
young man and another class in whose
favor nothing can be said,hut the cor
ners can be kepi, clear. The sensitive
well-meaning man when told to "move
ou," on second thought will smother
his pride and make tho best of it,
while tho other class are entitled to no
cons iderati o)i.
THIEVES BUSY
ON TIONDAY NIGHT
IContiuued from First Page. 1
Leaving Mr. Miller's residence tho
robbers next visited the premisos ad
joining occupied by S. O. Phillips.
Here they were evidently frightened
away, as Tuesday morning a black
overcoat of good quality and in good
repair was found lying on the ground
below one of tho windows. It had been
trampled into the snow aud was froz
eu fast, iudicatiug that the burglars
had decided to force the windows open
and were using the'overcout to conceal
their foot prints. Aloug side the over
coat lay the pair of gloves thut hud
been stolen from Robert Miller, uoxt
door.
Tho overcoat,which is the only clue
that might lead to tho detection of the
thieves, was taken to oity hall, where
it was viewed by a good many people
Tuesday, but up to last evening 110
one had identified thegurmeut. Wheth
er it belonged to the robbers and was
discarded for the overcoat taken at
Mr. Miller's or was stolen from some
place iu town where tho loss has not
as yet been discovered is a fact that
may develop later.
BURGLARS IN SO. DANVILLE.
Robbers also operated iu South Dan
ville Monday night and made a *most
determined attempt to break into C.
S. Smith's store,Suubury street. They
actually succeeded in getting into the
residouco portion of the building, but
were frightened away.
Sometime during tho night 0110 of
Mr. Smith's daughters was aroused by
a noise. She called her father and ou
looking out tho window saw a stout
heavy man run away from the build
ing. It was not thought that any one
had been in the house, however, and
the family rested easy until moruing,
when it was found that tho dwelling
portion had been broken iuto. The
roar outside door as well as the cellar
door aud the door leading up stairs
stood opeu. Nothing was missing.
The door leading from the residence
portion iuto the store as well as the
outside door of the store was securely
locked by a bar fastened on tho inside.
At t!ie side of the store is a door,
which of late yoars has not been used
and is planked up on the inside. This
point had first been attacked by the
burglars.who cut out a portion of a
panel large enough to insert a hand.
Reachiug inside they came in contact
with the plank and found that enter
ance could not be effected thore. A
portion of a panel was also removed
from oue of the window shutters at
the rear; entrance, however, was not
effected through the window, but
through the rear door. The same mys
terious method to open the door seems
to have been employed here as at the
houses entered iu Danville, which
would imply that the burglaries were
all committed by the same gang .
IN HOUSE AND SENATE.
The republicans of the house of rep
resentatives at Harrisburg will hold
their caucus for the nomination of a
speaker on the eveniug of December
81. It is understood pretty generally
that Frauk B. McClaiu, of Lancaster,
will be the speaker, and that Clerk
Garvin will bo re-elected. Resident
Clerk Johuson will likewise be re
elected. Iu the senate it is said that
Presidout pro tem. Woods, of West
moreland county, will bo re-elected;
also that Chief Clerk Judd will sue
oeed himself. The usual vacati mof
( two weeks will be cut down to five
days, owing to the desire of the re
publicans to pass propor amendments
to the uniform primary act.
Munter Will Attend Meeting.
State Highway Commissioner Joseph
W. Hunter will attend the meeting of
the Columbia county supervisors to be
lielo at Bloomsburg on Thursday, at
which time the State highway laws
will bo talked over, and Commissioner
Hunter will explain many points on
which tho supervisors havauot a dear
understanding
DRY CHRISTMAS
IN COLOMBIA
The allied efforts of tlie Sabbath ob
servance association, the W. C. T. U.
and the minsiteriums of Columbia
county, in the form of numerous peti
tions and ret-olutions, have resulted in
an order of the oourt that closes nil
bars in the county on Christmas day.
The order was issued on Saturday
and reads as follows : In the court of
quarter sessions of the peace in and
for the county of Columbia, now Dec
ember 15th., 1906, it is hereby ordered
and directed by the court that the
clerk of said court of quarter sessions
shall have prepared and printed a not
ice to this effect: That all licensed
places, hotels, restaurants aud saloons
for the sale of iutoxicating liaours,
either spirituous, vinons or malt,
within this county, shall close the bar
parts of their respective place of busi
ness on Monday night, December i' 4,
lOOfi, at 12 o'clock midnight, to keep
the same closed until 5 o'clock Wed
nesday morning, December 26, to the
end that no sales of liquor shall be
made on Christmas day. Iu the event
of auy violation of this order by any
licensed place, hotel, restaurant or
saloon keeper, and being brought to
the attention of oourt, an application
for license for such place for such vio
lation occurred will be refused.
This notice to be delivered to the
several constables in the several wards,
boroughs, towns aud townships through
out the county, and the same to bo
forthwith served by the said several
constables upon hotel, restaurant aud
saloon keepers and wholesale dealers
within their respective districts with
out any cost to the county; it being
part of the duty of said officers to is
sue orders ot this nature without com
pensation. By the Court, (Signed i
CHAS. O. EVANS, P. J.
•IAS. T. FOX, A, J.
Pleasant Surprise Party.
A pleasant surprise party was tend
ered to Samuel Heimbach at his home
in East Danville Thursday evening in
honor of his 83nl birthday.
Those prosent were Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Heimbach, Mr. and Mrs. James
Morrison, Mr. and Mrs. Oalvin Ever
ett,Mr. and Mrs. Woodward Morrison,
Mr. and Mrs. Barton Foust, Mrs. Re
becca Baylor, Mrs. David Heimbach,
Mrs. .Tamos Risliel, Mrs. John Crorn
ley. Misses Dora Morrison, Verna Mor
rison, Laura Morrison, Mae Heim
bach, Florence Everett, Elsie Everett,
Hannah Morrison, Gertrude Morrison,
Messrs. Kersey Foust, Ralph Baylor,
George Heimbach, Raymond Morrison,
Samuel Morrisou. Joseph Baylor,Ray
mond Everett and Mr. and Mrs Robert
Pennman. of Bloomsburg.
Should Isolate Contagion.
"The money saving alone makes it
common senso for the householder to
immediately have a case of communic
able disease properly isolated," said
State Health Commissioner Samuel G.
Dixon Saturday in discussing ways in
which people can protect themselves
against disease.
"If a case of scarlet fever, for in
stance, is immediately isolated in a
room as remote as possible from other
occupied rooms iu the house," con
tinued Dr. Dixon,"the chances of the
other members of the household es
caping the infection are manifoldly
increased, Leaving out the question
of the parents' duty to safeguard tlie
lives of their other children and their
neighbors' ohildreu,think of the actu
al economy there is in the taking of a
little simple precaution at the outset.
"Iu addition to isolating the case,
there should be hung over the door of
the sick room, and it requires little
trouble and expense to do it, a sheet
kept moist with a disinfecting solu
tion. This solution may be prepared
by dissolving eight bichloride of mer
cury tablets In one gallon of hot wat
er. It should be noted that this is
poisonous.
"it will be readily appreciated that
by confining the infection to one room
the expense of disinfection and destruc
tion of infected articles that under
other circumstances it might seem best
to sacrifice, would be materially de
creased. The room chosen for the con
finement of the scarlet fever patient
will, of course, have been stripped of
curtains and upholstery and all other
furniture not necessary for the com
fort of the occupants.
"As a money saving proposition,
therefore, don't lose a moineut iu ad
equately isolating a case of scarlet
fever, diphtheria or other comuiuuic
able disease and keep it isolated. "
Hr. Cotter's Turkeys.
Lawrence Cotter, of Dorchester,
Mass.. until last summer in charge of
Castle Grovo greenhouse, where his
son, William Cotter, at present is in
stalled as manager, will feast on Penn
sylvania tnrkey on Christmas. Charles
Lyon, at his meat market oil Mill
street has two fine turkeys, the pro
duct of Montour county farms, dress
ed and ready to ship to Mr. Cotter
One weighs 10 pounds and the other
22 pounds.
Good Work Recognized.
As a recognition for meritorious
work O. R. Shilling, in charge of the
Prudential life insurance offices in
this city has received n present of a
handsome leather suitcase. Today two
of the Danville staff, J. E. Pfahler
and C. C. Fisher, will receive each a
gold pin with a piece of the roclt of
Gibraltar as u setting.
These gifts are for work done dur
ing a week of special effort in Septem
ber, when the staff of the local office
wrote |IB,OOO insurance.
First Death In Forty Years.
A remarkable fact incidental to the
death of Samuel DeMott, of Millville,
is that his is the first death in the
Millville lodge of Odd Follows siuce
the organization of the lodge forty
years ago. Like the lodge, the deceas
ed was forty years of ngo.
fir. Hlppensteel in Charge.
William Hippensteel, of Fairview,
ha* aisumed charge of the paddle de
partment of tli« Beading Iron worki.
! "ONLY RICH MAN
IN STATE'S PRISON"
Griffith J. Griffith, of Los Augelos,
Gal., lias served his sentence of two
years for shooting his wife and ouce
more is a free man. Griffith J. Griffith
enjoyed the distinction of being "the
only rich man iu State's prison," bat
what will interest our readers more in
his checkered career is the fact that
ho grow to manhood in Danville, has
many friends umoug our citizens and
at least ouco iu recent years paid our
town a visit.
There is scarcely a man iu his early
fifties who spout his boyhood iu the
third ward of Dauville but remembers
Griffith J. Griffith. Several of these
wore talking Tuesday, who were the
first to meet him, when a boy of some
fourteen years, he came strolling into
Danville. He was sorely iu need of
friendship and help aud lie found both
of these in Danville, a fact which in
later aud more prosperous years he
held iu grateful romembrance.
Griffith's parents died when he was
very youug. He was born in the coal
region, in the vicinity of Pottsville,
nud when he came to Danville he made
the journoy over the mountains on
foot.
The boys of the third ward on his
arrival took him in hand, procured
something for him to eat and furnish
ed him with temporary quarters. In
tills way lie was brought to the atten
tion of Benjamiu Mowrey, a black
smith whose shop was located at the
corner of Mill and Chambers street.
Mr. Mowrey liked the eoy aud gave
him a home in his family. When he
came here Griffith could neither read
nor write, but through the kindness of
Mr. Mowrey aud others he acquired a
fair education in Danville.
lu early life Griffith drifted west.
Then came the news that ho had ac
quired wealth and had distinguished
himself among philanthropists by pre
senting the city of Los Angles witli a
magnificent pork of 3000 acres. Later
came his visit to this city, winch re
sulted in the erection of a monument
in the Lutheran cemetery at this place
to the memory of Benjamin Mowrey,
his former friend and benefactor. Next
came the story of the dark tragedy
which cast a blot upon his name, and
now we have the news that he lias ex
piated liis crime and is rendy to begin
life anew.
The "Los Angeles Times" in dwel
ling on this dark episode of Griffith J.
Griffith's career says:
"His sontence of two years has been
reduced to twenty months by the good
conduct rule. He is about to change
his occupation from that of laundry
girl to that of capitalist. Griffith went
into prison in straightened circumst
ances ; he is coming out rich again.
His property lias been working for
him while he sorted laundry in the
penitentiary.
"After giving his wife i65,000 cash
Griffith had little except theLosFeliz
rancho comprising between 700 and 800
acres, now worth SIOOO per acre. Part
of the rancho lies in the Fernando
Valley, surrounding the 3000 acres,
that compose Griffith park his gift to
the city.
"Griffith says he feols that his term
in the penitentiary is the best tiling
that ever happened him,as it has brok
en him of the drink habit.
"Iu spite of Mr. Griffith's protesta
tions of reform it is said there is no
prospect of a reconciliation with his
wife, from whom he is divorced.
"His wife was a rich Miss Mcsmer
—heiress of an old Los Aiigoles pione
er. They were married fifteen years
ago. After tiieir mariage Griffith be
came a frequent tourist down the
cocktail route. Two years ago the
community was thunder struck to learn
that lie had shot his wife.
"He had gone to their room at the
Arcadia hotel at Santa Monica with
a loaded revolver, commanding his
wife to fall 011 her knees and answer a
lot of maudlin questions.
"She was too much frightened to do
more than plead piteously. So he shot
her. \VMinded she rushed to the win
dow and tiirew herself to a porch, a
full story below, escaping death some
how."
Holiday Shoppers Out En Hasse.
People of Dauville this year decided
to act upou good ad .-ice and they ac
cordingly startod out early to make
their purchases for Christmas. Any
one who observed our streets Saturday
must have been keenly alive to that
fact.
Throughout the afternoon the stores
were woll filled,but it was during the
evening that the holiday shoppers were
ont en masse and the clerks scarcely
found a breathing spell. By 8 o'clock
here and there along Mill street the
windows revealed large gaps where at
tractive articles had been sold and re
moved. The windows generally were
replenished iu short meter by the en
terprising proprietor and fresh attrac
tions broucht uew customers. Tliread
iug their way homeward through the
throng could be seen the satisfied pur
chasers, loaded down with packages
galore, among which very often were
sceu a diminutive wheelbarrow for
the boy and doll coach, if uot the doll
itself, for the girl.
Hoilday shopping will be distribut- j
I ed through the entire week, culminat
ing iu a rush on Saturday night, which
iu turn will be followed with a final
wind-up ou next Monday night. j
Danville merchants deserve credit
for the enterprise they have shown. It
can be said for them that the windows
here show np better than iu any of onr |
neighboring towus, while the prioes j
are more popular. Obviously any one j
who leaves Dauville to purchase
Christmas preseuts elsewhere will be
the loser.
XO SCARE BURGLARS.
The burglary sea res yesterday hav
wrought excitement to a high pitch,
especially among the weaker sex. One
lady ou the south side of the river has
thought of a novel scheme to rid her
self of the robbers should tlioy invade
her premises. She intends to keep a
half dozen big dynamite fire craokers
in her room at night, and then if any
man tries to get into her house lie
will have to undergo a regular spread
Fourth of July fuillad*.
[DECISION THAT
AFFECTS DANVILLE
A decision has beeu handed down by
the supreme court of the United States
that iu its principle.affects a caso now
pending iu this county, between the
borough of Dauville and the D. L. &
W. railway, as well a every municip
ality in the couutry where a railroad
operates.
The railroad commissioners of the
State of Mississippi undertook to com
pel the Illinois Ceutral to stop certain
through trains at the town of Magno
lia, which has about 1200 inhabitants.
The court held that the railroad com
mission had not the power to disrupt
the schedules of the railroad aud thus
prevent the railroad from complying
with the coutract for the expeditious
movemeut of the United States mails.
The priuciple involved Is of import
ance because it discloses ouo of the
means that the D. h. & W. may use to
justify the iguoring of the Danville
borough ordiauce.
A State court has also taken a sim
ilar view in a recent decision, which
was handed down before the United
States supreme court passed upon the
subject. Iu Westmoreland county,
Pennsylvania, the court of common
pleas, has held that the borough of
Suterville had no right to onforce an
ordinance restricting the speed of a
through train to tou miles an I our
within the borough. luterferenco with
carrying the United States mails be
ing one of the grounds 011 which the
opinion is based.
Wall Street's Bad Condition.
Wall street or that portion of it
leading from the D. L. & W. railroad
to the four cemeteries on the hill is in
a notoriously bad condition aud those
who travel it with funerals find cause
for a great deal of complaint.
That portion of Wall street was
never in a worse condition than yes
terday. The mud, it is true, is not
deep, but the street is badly washed
and large stones protrude from the
ground, causing vehicles to jolt badly
and making it difficult for the horses
to drag a heavy load up the hill.
The street lying as it doos on a hill
side should receive especial care in
order to keep it iu good condition.
The principal neglect seems to lie in
the gutters along side the street, which
are not properly constructed, even if
they are kept open, and whenever it
rains the water runs down the middle
of the street carrying away the mat
erial of which the street is con
structed and leaving the big stones ex
posed.
Surely none will dispute that Wall
street, which is the only way of reach
ing the four oemeteries from town, is
important enough to be kept in the
very best of repair. Its present condi
tion is a grave reflection on the bor
ough of Danville, within whose con
flues the road is located. Obviously,
whatever methods have been employ
ed to carry off the water have failed
and council should give the matter
special attention and after fixing up
the street to make travel easv should
devise some method of drainage that
would be effectual in carrying off the
water. Whatever is done should be
done immediately, as it would be too
bad if the street should be permitted
to lie in its present condition all win
ter.
Reports from Cuba indicate that pro
sperity and tranquility prevail through
out Cuba, that everybody is satisfied
except a few political aspirants and
that the administration of Governor
Magoou is a great success.
MASTERS SALE
OP VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE !
In Equity.
3y virtue of an Order of the Court
of Common Pleas of Montour County
granted to him for such purpose, the
undersigned will expose to public sale
upou the premises situate in the First
Ward of the Borough of Danville,
County of Montour aud State of Penn
sylvania, ou
Saturday, Dec. 29th, 1906
at two o'clock in the afternoon of the
said day, the following described roal
estate, to wit:
All those two certain town lots of
laud situate iu the First Ward of the
Borough of Dauville, County of Mon
tour and State of Pennsylvania,bound
ed aud described as follows, viz:
THE FIRST THEREOF,—Fronting
I thirty and five tenths feet on Water
street ou the South, two hundred and
) thirty two feet on alley on the East,
| twenty seven and uino tenths feet on
1 alley on the North and two hundred
| and forty feet on lot of land hereiuaf-
I ter described on the West, beiug Lot
I Number two iu plau of lots laid out by
A. G. Voris.
' THE SECOND THEREOF—Fronting
! on Water street ou the South, lot Num
ber four of Lewis Byerly on the West,
j au alley ou the North aud lot Number
two hereinbefore described ou (he
I East, containing iu front thirty aud
I five tenths feet on Water street, two
| hundred aud forty-eight feet on Lot
Number four of Lewis Byerly, twenty
seven aud uiue tenths feet on allev and
two hundred and forty eight feet on
Lot Number two above described, be
ing Lot Number three iu plau of lots
laid lut by A G. Voris, aud where
upou are erected a
Two-Story Brick Dwelling House,
aud other out buildings, with the ap
purtenances. To be sold at the suit of
Paul M. Smith vs. Daniel Smith et al.
TERMS OF SALE:—Twenty five
per cent, of the purchase money shall
be paid in cash upou the striking
down of the property, and the balance
thereof shall be paid on the confirma
ion of the said. Deed to be delivered
to the purchaser or purchasers thereof
upou confirmation absolute of the sale
aud the payment of the balance of the
purchase money, aud the cost of writ
ing deed shall be paid by the purchas
er or purchasers.
WILLIAM L. SIDLER, Master.
MICHAEL BREOKBILL. Aoatloaiar
JURYMEN ARE
BEING NOTIFIED
Sheriff George Maiers is sending out
notices to the citizens of the county
who have been drawn as jurors to
serve at the next term of court, which
will convene on January 14th.
The hour of meeting, 10 a in. is
definitely stated but the sheriff is won
dering whether a few of the jurors
will not be tempted to presume upon
the court's clomency and in order to
suit their convenience delay their ar
rival into town until a later hour. All
such, the sheriff thinks, should t.ake
warning from Judge Evans' action in
Columbia county, where at last court
all jurors not present when the roll
was called were fined one day's pay.
It is not clear to some people why
we have court both in January and in
February. This is accounted for by the
fact that tiie coming court up to the
present year was always held in Pec
ember. It generally conflicted with
the holiday festivities and for this
reasou the court last year, in response
to a petition, made an order changing
it as above described.
Several important cases will come
up for trial at the next term, which,
it is believed, will clean up things
pretty well and probably leave no
business for the February term.
A very important and interesting
case that will come up for trial will
be that of Clarence Carr the boy who
is accused of pushing little George
Fausnaught into the old soaking pit
at the Bessemer steel plant and of
thereby causing his death. Clarence
has been in jail since the 19th of .Inly
is a general favorite not only
with the prisoners but also with the
sheriff's family. He is a beautiful
singer and his sweet and childish tones
beguile many an honr about the
gloomy prison,which otherwise would
hang very heavily on the hands of
those incarcerated.
The case of Tate, alias Ethworth,
and Dunuioyer.fako horse dealers,who
attempted to defraud M. H.,Vought out
of a horse, as well as the case of Wil
liam E. Peusyl, who is held in con
nection with the same affair, will nl-
so come up for trial at the next term
of court. This (luring the last
few days lias assumed a new interest
by reason of tins serious illness of Tit»,
who was taken il I\V:I with grippe. IF
was necessary to call two physiei tus
to the jail. Confinement sets very
hard on the uian.
Richard Me ' >nniek w ii i< uiiu
ed.with impersonal iug an officer. *ci' .
is also in jail Htid will b" tried at ri; •
next term of court.
Peter Dietrich, -ouleiirod lo t!i.
penitentiary,whose case was appealed,
pending action hv the supreme court,
is still in the comity prison. It was
just ten months Friday since Diet
rick stepped over the threshold of the
county jail ou the night nf the tragedy
in which James A. Jones lost his life.
DON'T GET SUSPICIOUS.
Here is a suggestion hy the ' llere
and There*' roan of the Johnstown
Tribune that some Danville husbands
should cut out and paste where they
will see it once or twice a day : "It'
your wife asks yon for sf> or $lO about
this time of year, and refuses to tell
you what use she proposes to make of
it, don't be too suspicions- She is go
ing to buy you a nice Christum* pre
sent that you won't have any use
for."
CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH
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Ribbon. TAKBNOOTHKR. Buy of your W
Druggist nud ask for CIII-CHES-TEB'S v
KNULINII I'ILLA, the I»IAMO\l» lll(AM», for
tweuty-five years known as Best, Safest. Al
vavs Reliable. Hold by Druggists everywhere.
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WM. KASE WEST
AirURNFY.AT.LAW,
No. BSO MILL STREET,
DANVILLE.
I CHARLES CHALFANT.
ATTORNBY-AT-LAW,
It*. 110 MILL STREET,
DANVILLE
|
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ATTORNET-AT.LAw,
1 COB MILL AND MARKET STREETS,
•AN VIILI
Veteran Forecaster Retires.
Elins Ilartz, the noted goosebone
weather prophet, of Reading, who haw
proguosticated weather conditions for
seventy years, is 92 years of age and '
very feeble. Last week he was tabeii
to the Friends' home in Philadelphia,
where he will pass the remainder of
his days.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature of
The hospital for the insane is pre
paring to give the patients a big time
on Christmas.
The boyi and girls are looking about
the §torsi with interested eves that*
•r«»i»g«.
For
Dandruff
There is one thing that will
cure it Ayer's Hair Vigor.
It is a regular scalp-medicine.
It quickly destroys the germs
which cause this disease.
The unhealthy scalp becomes
healthy. The dandruff disap
pears, had to disappear. A
healthyscalp means a great deal
to you —healthy hair, no dan
druff,no pimples,no eruptions.
The best kind of a testimonial
"Sold fur over sixty years."
A Made by J. C Aynr Co , Lowell, MM*.
a—u 9 SARSAPAKILLA.
flyers ItRk^ECTORA^I
Jurors far January Term.
GRAND JURORS.
Anthony township—George O. Bar
tlilow, Morris N. James, Lew is Martin.
Danville, First ward—.lolm L. Camp
bell, Charles Lotier, William A. Heed,
George S. Mai ere; Second ward-
James Bros ins, Jacob Boyer, Newton
Pursel ; Third ward—Arthur Mowrey,
Jacob Doster, Joseph Schmidt: Fourth
ward—Bernard Shevlin.
I Liberty township—J. D. Ootner.
Mahonins township—Frank Goring
er, S. B. Kocher, William Hickey,
Ralph Ritter.
May berry township—William Getty.
Valley township—Thomas R. Rog
ers, Elmer K. Reun.
West Hemlock township—■ O. .?.
Deightmiller, Walter Shultz.
TRAVERSE JURORS.
Anthony township—J. S. Deuueu,
David A. Cox, Daniel Albeok, John
H. Kuhns.
Cooper township—Wellington Hart
mau, C. D. Garrison.
Danville. First ward—Harry Elleu
j bogen, Jesso Klase, Robert Adams,
| William Q. Turner, Harry Rapp, Eu
Mile?,, Charles Haag, Charles O.
1 Cloud, John "H. (ioruet,lsaac Hoffman,
Joseph L. J* raiiie, John R. Miller, W.
B. §tartzel. Second ward Jacob
Diet/, Harry Camp, Grant Fenster
niaeher. Third ward—George Tilson,
A I. Voris, Micliael Rielly, Samuel
Mortem. Harry Fields, Joseph Divel.
Fourth wuril—Fred Buohenberger*
Fre I Ploch
Deny township—Charles Hileman.
.ToJm .\*»heufelder, George P. Cotner.
I l.ibmy township—Jesse U instead,
W r Hobbius, Joseph Hagenbuch,
Jolu Colem-in, J. E. Geringer, Jona
than Stall 1.
i Limestone township—Peter 1). Werk-
I Iteiser.
Mahoning township—C. C. Moyer,
Elijah Bell. Michael fireckbill.
Valley township—William Gething.
H C P. Gtarhart.
Washingtonville—A. L. Heddens.
: Chai les W. I >err.
i West Hemlock township—James H.
Geinor.
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DANVILLE, PA.
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DANVILLE, PENN'A
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ATTORNIT-AT-LAW.
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DANVILLE.
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