DANVILLE INTELLIGENCER VOLUME 78. GOOD ROADS 111 n par The road supervisors of Derry town ship have gotten the "Good Roads" fever in earnest, having just sent in to the State highway department 8 ap plications for State aid in building highway in that district, with an ag gregate of 6 miles. They stand a good chance of getting it, too, if the high way department gets that $G,000,0i)0 appropriation that is spoken of iu an other column of this issue. The applications from Derry num ber as many as have been received from all the rest of Montour county put together. Before these applications from Derry were received there were 8 applications on file from this couu ty, numbered between 1 and 8, inclus ive. These latest applications are num bered between 9 and 16, inclusive. The pieces of road for which State aid haw been asked are iinportaut stretches of highway, and as such will staud a good chauce of being speedily cousiderert by the highway depart ment The people of perry township, as represented by their official*, de serve great credit for the progressive spirit they have shown. The applications are as follows : 1. Beginning at the Strawberry Ridge church, ou the Jersey town road, lo Boone's bridge. Oue milo. 3. Beginning at Strawberry Ridge, on the White Hall road, to the iron bridge at the residence of George W. Herr. Oue mile. 8. Reginniug at a point on the road from Strawberry Ridge to White Hall, near the residence of Charles Stamra, thence ou the road to po'nt in same. One-half mile. 4. Beginning at a point in the road at Billmeyer's park, thence on the Washiugtonville road, to a point in the road near Washiugtonville borough line. One mile. 5. Beginning at a point in the old i State road and line of Washingtonville I borough, near wagon maker's shop, j thence on Money road, to a point near « covered bridge. One-half uiile. < 6. li eg inning at a point iu the road < at the Park hotel and Washingtonville I borough line,thence on Danville road, < to a point near the residence of Sam uel B. Uresh. One mile.i 7. Beginning at a point in the road i at the Milton bridge, thence ou Mil- i ton road, to the line of Limestoue township.uear the residence of George B. Gresh. One-half mile. 8. Beginning at a point iu the road from Strawberry Kidge to White Hall, ' at the residence of W. L. Snyder, i thence on the Jerseytown road, to the residence ol Charles Heilman. One- i half mile. Promotions in Guard. Promotions iu the national guard Kmove a little more rapidly for a years, and there will be a great ige in the list of general officers le State troops if a bill introduced Tuesday night by Senator Godcharles, of Northumberland, is passed. The measure provides that after a man has served forty years iu thfrguard he may apply for retirement, and that when au officer reaches the age of sixty-four years he shall be retired without fur ther ado. Officers so retired are to be advanced to the next higher grade,and at the expiration of the commissions held at the time of retirement they may applv for new commissions at the higher grade, which they will hold as retired officers duriug good behavior, which virtually means for life. Offic ers on the retired list may be entailed for any duty, except commanding troops. "It in my idea to iutroduce a bill which shall be for the good of the guard as a whole," said Senator God charles is speaking of the measure. Senator Godcharles is conversant with guard matters and needs, having serv ed as inspector of rifle practice in the twelfth regimeut until less than a year ago. Laying Pipe at hospital. Up to the present the winter has not been sufficiently severe to hold up out of-door work ou the hospital grouuds. Oue of the most important pieces of work ever carried through during win ter is approaching completion at pres ent This is the laying of pipe to con duct water from the pumping station to the gate house, a distauce of fifteen hundred feet. The work has been in progress for some weeks past aud al though rendered uupleasaut aud at times difficult by the damp aud wet weather it has suffered but few inter ruptions. Three-inch pipe is being laid. A YEAH TOO SOON. After all the glorious time the peo ple of Ilazletou had at their "Old Home Week" it does seem too bad that a borough official should have | discovered that they had it just a year too soon. This dipcovery was in the shape of a seal which very elearly shows that 1857 wad the year of the organization of the borough. The Hazletou Standard says that now is the time for anybody to come forward who wants to engineer another re union next summer. Gray haired at 6. Boyd Ertwine, a H year-old son of John Ertwine. of Bloomsburg, who had dark hair, is rapidly becoming gray haired. Gray hairs were first noticed about a year ago. He enjoys goocj health and the cause of this per uliarity Is a mystery. PRQCCEDINCS OF COUNCIL David Kauk, Jacob Van Blohn, Henry Moulter, Jno. Wilhelui ami Jo seph Carpenter, residents of tlie fonrtli ward, appeared before council Friday night, to protest against the vacation of Cross street crossing by the P. & R. railway company. The gentleman, all of whom with one exception, reside on Cross street, appeared on behlaf of the residents of the fourth ward,who it is alleged, are much inconvenienced by the closing of the crossing. Men going backwards and forwards to and from work object to going out of their way to use the undergrade crossing, which, it wasal lged, is muddy and wholly objection able. The committee claimed that peo ple living iu the vicinity of Cross street are iu a manner cut off, and to reach the southern side of the railroad it is necessary to travel the alleys. j The committee was informed that the ordinance vacating tlie crossing was j duly published, when the citizens should havftakeu advaurage of the ! opportunity aud made their objections ! known to council. The present, it was urged, is too late a day. Ou motion of Mr. Russell the award- j ing of the contract for printing the | book of borough ordinauees was post- j poned nut i 1 next Friday night, when a special meeting will be held to ex amine samples aud award bids. Fred : K. Miller, of Williamsport. who is a i prospective bidder, was present at the j meeting that night and explained to the couuciiiueu the difference between j a '"sewed" aud a "stitched" book, a ! distinction which was not well under | stood here. The specifications call: for a "sewed" book, which it wa3 j learned,would add considerably to the cost. The samples to be submitted next Friday night are to contain both sew ed aud stitched books and different grades of paper, none of which are to be below tho six cents grade. At S*:.lo o'clock council went into; excutive session for the purpose of j considering the report of Burgess Rog-1 ers aud George B. Jacobs relative to j their interview with President Trues dale aud other officials of the D. L. & | W. railroad compauy concerning the I matter of piping the abandonod canal. [ au account of Which was printed iu these columus last week. The following bills were approved for payment: BOROUGH DEPARTMENT. Regular employes $115.00' Samuel Mills 11.60, J. O. Lake 90.00 United States Tel. Co 18.00 Washington Fire Co 2.00 James Gibson 7-50 Standard Gas Co .75 Sweetou-Crossau Eleo. Co 8.50 Rumsey Elec Mfg. C 0... . . 93.65 State tax ou $-15,800 bonds 181.20 Harry B. Patton(Sec'y) 4.50 Labor aud hauling .... .. 57.51 Lahor ou sewer 26.25 Welliver Hdw. Co 15.54 WATER DEPARTMENT. Regular employes $164.80 P. 11. Foust, Agt 101.60 P. & R. Coal & Iron Co 178.18 Friendship Fire Co . 25.86 Harry Ellenbogen. ... 808.00 Labor at water works 8.25 Standard Gas Co 8.28 Atlantic Refining Co 28.38 Boiler insurance 20.00 Oyster Dinner. There are indirect as well as direct benefits that accrue from rural tele phones, as was shown yesterday, when a large number of the subscribers ou the Peoples system ou line No. it, gath ered at the home of Jackson Balliet iu West Hemlock township, and partook of one of the finest oyster dinners that was ever served in that section. The pleasant affair lasted all day, aud ev erybody had a fine time. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Balliet, Mr. aud Mrs. Chester Balliet, Mr. aud Mrs. Walter Shultz, Mr. aud Mrs. T. J. Betz, Mr. aud Mrs. Lloyd Bomboy, Mr. aud Mrs. J. W. Ande, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Wampole, Mr. aud Mrs. J. H. Hartman, Mr. aud Mrs. C. J. Deighmillei, Mr. aud Mrs. W. Boyd Moore, Mr. and Mrs. W. Parke Moore aud Mr. B. F. Crossley, Mr. aud Mrs. D. C. Mausteller, Mr. aud Mrs. B. F. Brobst; Misses Ella Brobst, May Maustellor, Grace Mau steller, Ethel Dcighmiller, Bessie, Sarah and Edna Aude, Myrtle Shultz, Myrtle Ande, Ivy and Mary Betz, Hazel Shultz, Mildred Shultz, May Wampole; Harry Hcberaud Paul Mau steller, Truman Aude,Reginald Shultz, aud Earl Wampole. A Box Car Avalanche. David Sluimau ami his family live on a side hill near Maiuville, and the P. & R. tracks run along the hill just abov < their home. Yesterday as a freight train was passing the spot, a heavily loaded house car toppled over' aud came rolling and bounding down I the hill directly towird the Shuuiau . home, stopping, however, about ten feet from the kitcheu door. The car was loaded with plows audi other heavy farming implements, aud j for a while it looked as if destruction was die fate of the Shumans, but an apple tree in the way diverted the course of the car. When it stopped the | roof of the car flew off and plows,har rows aud other of the' contents were distributed over the house and sur rounding oouutry. | It is well to be slow to auger when the other man is the better fighter. TLKDOKD BUT TO TRUTH. TO LIRJERTT AJTD LAW—NO FAVOR BWATB U8 AJO> WO WMAM BAU DANVILLE, MONTOUR COUNTY. PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 2r>, 19Q7. ■IIFES ran | The petitions of Liberty, Limestone and Derry townships of Montour coun ty, presented to court last week pray ing that the system of working out the road tux be abolished,were refused by Judge Evans in au opinion handed down Saturday, 011 the ground that the proviso of*he act of assembly of April 12, 1905, is unconstitutional and void. Judge Evans' opinion is cl?*rly in line with those rendered by several | other courts in the State. The questiou of abolishing the sys- j tem of working out the road tax was voted on in several of the districts of | Montour county, but, with the excep- | tion of Mahoning township, it did not j carry. How the unconstitutionality j of tlie act may affect tho latter town ship, where tlie system of taxation for i working the public roads has been j changed to conform with the new law romains to be seen. It was iu consid ering the petition from Liberty town ship that Judge Evans handed down j his opinion, which of course applies I to all. The opinion is very clear and cou- j vincing and makes the court's position ! plain. Omitting a few paragraphs, where the views of other courts are quoted, Judge Evans' opinion as hand ed down follows : The petition in this case sets forth "That they are taxpayers of the said township of Liberty, said county and State aud as such desire to avail them selves of the benefits of the act of the general assembly approved April 12th, 1905, wherein it is provided, among other things, as follows: That any township may by a majority vote of the electors thereof at the February municipal election, after I Irty days' prior notice thereto, chang llie sys tem of taxation for working the pub lic roads; such election shall be aut 1 ! orized bv the court of quarter sessi' «? ! upon petition of at lea*t twenty-., J taxpayers of said township. The portion of the act of general as sembly of April 12th, 1905, P. L. 142, which purports to authorize the court to order aud direct an election to de termine whether the system of tax ation for working the public roads shall be changed is found iu the third proviso of section two of the act, which provides as follows: "Provid ed, however, that a township, may, by a majority vote of the electors thereof, at the February municipal election, after thirty days' prior no tice there if, change the system of tax ation for working the public roads, j Such electiou shall be authorized by the eourt ot quarter sessions,upon peti tion of at least twenty-five tax payers of said township aud auy such town ship which shall have abolished the work tax, shall annually receive from the State fifteen per centum of the amount of road tax collected in Raid township, as shown by a sworn state ment of the board of township super visors,furnished to the State highway commissioner ou or before the fifteenth day of March of each year." Under this section of the act have we the power aud authority to grant the prayer of the petitioners? We think not. Under section 33 of the general road law of A;.-.! loth, 1834, it is the duty of the supervisors to give parties rated with taxes full opportunity to work them out, before proceeding to collect them The act is meudatory aud must be substantially obeyed. Otherwise there is no power to issue a warrant for their collection. Tho opportunity to work out the road tax is a condition precedent to collection by legal pro cess. ~ Thus the law stood at the time of the passage of the act of April 12th, 1905, now nnder consideration. The legislature does not attempt to take this right from the taxpayer by direct euactmeut but delegates to a majority of the electors of the different town ships of the Commonwealth the right to do so. This, as we view it, is a clear de legation of legislative authority. If this petition were allowed and the order made as prayed for, a majority of the electors of Liberty township, voting at the municipal election held on the fhird Tuesday of February next would determine whether or not the taxpayers residing within said town ship would have the opportunity to work out their road tax lor the ensu ing years. This would be a clear dele gation of legislative authority to the majority of the electors voting at said electiou aud clearly offends against sec. I articlo II of the constitution cf Peuusylvauia, which provides "The legislative power of this Common wea'tli shall be vested in a general as sembly, which shall cousist of a senate aud house of representatives." The tax payer, under the eeueral road law of April 15th, 1834, without au electiou, Ims the right to work out his road tax. and of *his right he can not be deprived except by positive en- j actmeut of the law making power of rii<' (Commonwealth. Sec. 7, artvde 111 of the constitution provides that, "The general assembly shall not pass auy local or special law regulating the affairs of counties, cities, townships, wards, boroughs or school districts." The act of assembly under oonsideration clearly offends ; agaiust this section of the coustitu | tiou. | (Quotation of authorities confirming the last paragraph). We are therefore of the opinion that the third proviso of sec 2 of the act of April 12th, 1905, P. L 142 is clear ly in conflict, with sec. 1, art I and sec 7, art 111 of the coustitutiou. We therefore hold that the proviso of the act of April 12th, 1905 is un constitutional aud void, and we have uo power to order the election prayed for. And now Juuuarv 18th, 1907 peti j tion refined. By tin 1 Court, CHARLES O. EVANS. P. J. Gold Tied About Waist. I Mrs. Margaret 11. Phillips, of Siia mokin, who lived a sort of hormit i lilo apparently in waut, died on Sat ? urdaj when it was found that she had » tweuty |2O gold pieces sewed in little - bags about her waist aud was also the 3 possessor of government bonds upon - which the interest had not been col lected. j Reading has 22,180 buildings, of which 18,839 aro constructed of brick. In CITIS I IEIIIJ FBI ; William E. Pensyl, wlio with J. H. Et liworth aud Samuel Duumoyer, was found guilty, Wednesday, of conspiracy ot defraud J. M. Vouglit of a horse, was on Saturday sentenced to one year | in the county priswi. I Pursuant to adjournment,court cou -1 veued at three o'clock, Saturday after \ noon, to hear argument on a motion | for a new trial in Pensyl'a case. His I Honor C. C. Evans and Associates j Frank G. Blee and Lloyd W. Welliver | were on the bench, j W. E. Pensyl was brought down from jail where he had been confined ! since his trial. At the court hous&-ho j was met by his wife, who remained at his side until the case was disposed of. William Kase West addressed the I court at some length, setting forth | various reasons why a new trial should |be granted,the principal of which was | that in the attorney's opinion Pensyl j should have had a separate trial. Hon. H. M. Hinckley, private attorney for tlie prosecution, followed, sustaining | the validity of the verdict, the court's charge and the conduct of the case throughout. Charles V. Amerman, at torney for Pensyl,followed stating his objections. Judge Evans very promptly gave his decision, discharging the rule aud denying the motion for a new trial. District Attorney Gearhart immediate |ly move , .it sentence be passed on the defendant. Pensyl was according ly called before the court. The seutence of the court was that William E. Pensyl pay the oosts of prosecution aud a flue of $25 to the j Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for j the use of Montour county and that he j undergo an imprisonment in the couu |ty jail of Montour county for oue j year, to be computed from this date j aud to stand committed until the seut ence of the court is complied with. I Ethworth and Dunmoyer with whom Pensyl was convicted, were sentenced to two years in the penitentiary last Wednesday. Pensyl was reoomttiend ed to the mercy of the court. A PLEA FOR CLEMENCY. Ralph Kisuer, Esq., addressed the court in behalf of Mrs. Elizabeth j Krebs and Mrs. Laura Harr, w ho plead ed guilty to larceny aud were sentenc ed to a year in the county jail. He presented a petitiou signed by 143 persous, including the victims of the shop lifters' theft aud others, which prayed the honorable court to recousider the seutence imposed upon the two women aud to extend clem ency. Mr. Kisner in a stroug light set forth the extenuating circumstances alleged to exist. He repeated the story printed in the News, as the result of au interview with the women, to the effect that they were doped and didn't know what they were doing when they purloined goods from the stores. Mrs. Krebs, the attorney explained, was taken ill on the train coming to Danville, aud drank of some liquor proffered by astrauger.whioh.immedi ately caused odd sensations aud Anally led to a condition in which all was a blank. It was while in the latter state that the woman's nature changed aud she became a shop lifter. Jndge Evans heard the attorney's plea and then askod the latter how he would explain Mrs. Harr's conduct. Mr. Kisuer then stated that Mrs. Harr had also partaken of the myster ious beverage on the train. Later in the Judge Evans made an order refnsingthe application for a modification of sentence. Second Ward Primaries. The Democrats of the second ward held their primary election last night. P. J. Keefer was chosen president and Newtou Pursel, secretary. The following nominations were made: Couucilmeu, 3 years, Ira C. Everhart; 2 years. William Moyer; school director, P. J. Keefer; const able, Jaoob SViuters; auditor, Graut Gnlick; judge of election, Alex. Ash ton, Sr ,; inspector, Samuel W. Wel liver; overseer of the poor, Thomas Welliver. George W. Loighow and Samuel Welliver were chosen as dele- J gates to the borough aud district con- ) | veutiou. Will Take in Hard! Gras. I Joseph Lowenstein and C. P. Harder i . 1 will leave this morning for a tour of • i the southern States,with Now Orleaus, 1 Louisiana, as the objective point Mr. Loweusteiu aud Mr. Harder , will time their trip so as to be in New Orleans during the week of the world 6 famed Mardi Gras carnival. Their first stopping place will be at Washington, 1 D. O. They will also stop over at Atlanta, Georgia; Birmingham, An ' bama and many other southern citiet j They will be away about six weeks. Road Law Valid. An opinion has been handed down by Judge McOlut'e, of Union conuty, relative to the constitutionality of the Sproul road law. which was called iu t to question ill au action brought by the taxpayers of Kelly aud Buffalo j townships, that couuty. against the electiou of supervisors in those towu ships. Judge McClure's position oil u the quostiou is entirely opposed to those opinions which have been hand ed down by other members of the bench, iucludiug Judge Evans. Ho if maintains that the law is oonstitu c. tioual aud valid. ram WHINS L. P. Wagner, of Washiugtonville, left yesterday for a business trip to | New York aud Philadelphia. Mrs. I. Grier Barber returned yes terday from a several days' visit with her sou. Miles, at Wilkes-Barre. Mr.s. Margaret Eyerly, who has beeu spending several months with her sou at Bloomsburg, has returned to reside on East Market street, this city. Mrs. Walter Fields and Mrs. Harry Fields will spend today with friends at Cameron. Mrs. Samuel Frazier, of Scrantou.is visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs. W. H. N. Walker, East Market street. *Wm. L. McCoy and R. E. Disque.of Pittsburg,nrrived yesterday from State college, for a visit at the home of the former's parents, Mr. aud Mrs. John B. McCoy, West Market street. W. R Clark returned Monday even ing from a pleasant vacation trip to Philadelphia and Now York Citv. Mr. Clark will this morning once more take up his duties at the South Dan ville station. Miss Rea Johnson left, yesterday for an extended stay in Philadelphia. Miss Julia Argrave is visiting frieuds iu Philadelphia and Chester. Public Urged to Attend. The s'jhool director's association aud especially those who have charge of , the arrangement of the program, feel i confident that the sessions iu the Y. j M. C. A. hall ou Friday will be among | the most interesting ever held iu this city. For this, aud some other rea sons, the News has been asked to urge that as many of the people of Montour . county as possible,both from towuand country, attend the meetings. This will be the fiist time that Dr. j N. C. Suhaeffer, superintendent of pub lie instiuotiou, has ever visited Mou tour county. He is our foremost ed ucator, a man of forceful ideas aud possessed of the power to express them clearly and interestingly. He will speak at both the morning aud after- j uoou sessions. D. L<\ Fortuey, Esq., of Bellefoute, is also au able speaker. He, is oue of the prominent school direct- I ors at Bollefoute, ami has 011 a num ber of occasions read papers before the State directors' association at Harris burg. Like Supariuteudeut Schaeffer, he will speak both morning aud after uoou. Tnese two men will discuss subjects pertinent to the oractical side of the public schools. They will uotdoalwith theories, but will get right down iuto the pupil's seat, as it were, aud tell ' of things that they know to be true ; from years aud years of experience. There is a strong disposition, and rightly so, too, uowadays, to advance the standards of eduoatiou. New stud- s ios are added (to the curriculum, high er standing in class is demanded, aud rules are being more strictly euforc- | ed. It is nearly always the case, how- j ever, that the directors are anxious to advance further aud faster than tlieir constituents will permit. The directors, as a rule, have made a more or less close study of the needs of educatiou. They see the demand for increased nctivily aud thoroughness in j this age of progress. Every citizeu should become by his owu appoiutmeut a school director,aud make it his business to study the needs of the most important institution for good that the country possesses. There will te no better opportunity to be come conversant with some of the more important phases of public school activity, tliau ou Friday, when Dr. Schaeffer and Mr. Fortuey will ad dress the directors of Montour couu ty. The morning sessiou will convene at 10 o'clock sharp, aud the afternoon session at 1:80. Annual Report. At the last meeting of the trustees of the Thomas Beaver free library a report wis preseuted, which showed that the circulation of hooks amount ed to 20,449 during the year ending with December 31st last. The largest number issued iu auy mouth was dur ing January—3,44o. During February | the library most of the time was elos | ed for repairs aud only 198 books were I issued Iu March 3 283 books were tak j eu out. From this ou as spring advauc | ed the number of books taken out each j mouth grew less. Iu August, when peo | pie probably are uot iucliued to read I very much but 1,423 books were issued, j which is the smallest number found jon the report. As winter approached | the number began to climb again. Iu j November the number of books takeu j out numbered 2,768. ! During the year 303 cards were is sued, which implies that that number of new patrons were added to the list of library readers. Fines during the vear aggregated #79 47, a sum which )-aid for more than one-half of the required. has Danville Any ? I It is said that civil service men aro ; iu this vicinity for the purpose of se i curing evideuce against some persons who have been selling lottery tickets which are said to be fake schemes. Some of these lotteries are nothing morn than frauds as no drawings are - ever held aud no prizes awarded. " 1 i) j Mrs. H. W. Muvett.of Wornersville, • Berks county, has a cactus with 14H flowers. IUK MM ; SIB Peter J. Keefer. superinteudent of 1 the water works, is just now battling with the microbes aud from present iudicatious it does uot seein that lie is , goiug to get worsted. As is uatural during high water the river is dirty aud objectiouable iu the extreme. What makes people more thau usually dubious of its immunity from germs is the fact that it is the first flood of auy proportious since the outbreak of typhoid fever at Scrautou, * j Berwick aud other towus, the sewage of which finds its way into the North * branch. The cleansing out of the chan uel, which has brought down an im mense quantity of coal dust and dirt ? of other sorts from the coal region i j towns, is not above suspicion of de i positing ou our shores with the above ! waste matter the microbes that breed typhoid fever. fielioving; that the state of affairs , forms an exigency that demaudsprompt aud careful actiou, Mr. Keefer has ad dressed himself to the task of briuging j j the filter plant up to its highest de gree of efficiency. Notwithstanding that the crews at the water works are careful and reliable the superintend ent is giving everything his persoual 1 supervision, lie was busy as a nailor ' about the plant yesterday. It was with a dubious shake of the head that he watched the inflow of ! dirty water that foil into the settling ! tauk ; this, however, gave place to a ! smile of gratification as ho viewed the I stream of crystal and appareutly pure ! water that poured out of the filter tub* ; into the reservoir, ready to be pumped into the mains. Contrasting a glass ot the later with the dirty water pumpod j directly from the river he suggested , the question whether it would be possi ble for the process of filtration to I eliminate so much dirt without taking with it a fair proportion, if not all,of the buoteria. It is tine that the maximum of alum is beiug used in the process of filtra tion but no oue will object to the greater uso of alum if it carries with i it additional assurance that the bac teria are eliminated. i The filter tub that is being ro-equip -1 pod with shaft aud gearing of larger pattern will probably go into commis sion today. While it was out of service the plant has beeu laboring uuder con siderable handicap, two tubs being obliged to do the work that was form erly accomplished by three. That good results have been achieved speaks all the better for the efficiency of the sys tem. /let Death Under the Cars. * Wilham Martiu.sou of Mr. aud Mrs. Frank Martiu, Spriug street, was kill od uuder the cars at Schuylkill Haven at 9:30 o'clock yesterday moruiug. j The sad news reachoi this city a short time after the accident and was in the form of a telegram addressed to P. H. Foust, P. R. statiou agent. Details were lacking. All that could be gathored being that William had , met his death uuder the cars aud that ! he was instautly killed. The deceased had beeu in the employ of the P. & It. railway for several years as brakemau. For a while he i was fltgmau, but recently he was em ployed as brakemau in the yard at Schuylh-ill Haven. He was oue of a largo family of sous aud daughters of this place, his sur- j viviug brothers beiug Johu, Thomas and Frank; his sisters, Winifred (Mrs. ' James Dailey), Alice (Mrs. Harrv | Ella '.Mrs. Robert Paugh) , and Misses Mary and Maggie. The deceased was in his twenty-sec ond year and was a single mau. He was popular aud was much beloved nor only by the members of his own house , hold, but by the wide circle of youug people witli whom lie was acquaint ed. A visit to the Martin home.stead yes terday found the family stricken with grief; the aged mother especially could hardly oriug herself to realize the dreadful import of the telegram, which had beeu received only a short time before. William,it was explaiued,was a kind brother aud a dutiful sou. lie paid a visit to his pareuts the day fol lowing Christinas aud that was the last that ho was home. The family thou, in view of the perils, tried to persuado him to abaudou railroadiug but he didn't seem to view the matter iu a serious light aud continued ou as brakemau. Frank aud Thomas Martin, father , aud brother of the deceased, loft yes terday afteruoou for Schuylkill Haven aud will returu this afteruoou accom -1 pauied bv the remains. Duo notice of i the fuueral will be given. 11l at Allentown. Harold Heller, who is associated in the electrical construction business > with his father. W. A. Heller, in this 1 citv, is seriously ill with typhoid fev > or at the home of his father-in-law at Allentown,where he aud his wife went to **isit about Christmas time. Tlall Carrier Off Duty. * Arthur Freeze, local mail carrier, * was not able togo over his route yes -4 terdav owiug to aiujured hand. Frank 5 11. Russell.regular substitute, filled tho vacaucy. I At Old Rush Baptist Church. The weekly prayer aud praise ser vice at tho old Rush Baptist church , will be held this evening. Preaching « sorvioe will be held Sunday morning at 10:30. All aro cordially iuvited. IlElffl FOR HORSE SHI G. H. Lewis, who stated that he lives OD "The Widow Vastiue's farm, uear Boyd's statiou," drove iuto towt with a horse and buggy yesterday af teruoou, bent ou a trade. He got iutc a horse deal at the White Horso hotel, North Mill street. There weromanv couflictiug stories concerning the terms of the trade but the outco'me of it all was that Mr. Lewis got arrested ou the charge of horse stealing, aud was put to auy amount of trouble. The heariug took place before Jus tice of the Peaco W. V. Oglesby at 8 o'clock last uight aud attracted au enormous crowd. The information was made by Charles Beyers, chargiug the accused with stealiug a horse, which lie described as a "sorrel, with white face aud three white feet." The testimony of the complainant I was to the following otfoct: Lewis came to the White Horse hotel aud soon let the fact be known that lie was open for a deal. In no time Mr. Bey | ers, the landlord, aud Lewis had ef I fected a trade of buggies. Mr. Lewis then indicated that he wanted to get rid of his horse aud set the pirce at fifteen dollars. Mr. Beyer was willing to give ouly ten dollars. Later it was decided to split the difference and a price of $12.50 was agreed upon, the money beiug paid over in the presence of a witness. The question theu arose as to how the mau from Boyd's station was to get to his home. At the suggestion of the laudlord it was arrauged that Mr. Lewis was to bo permitted to use the horse aud the road buggy obtained from Mr. Beyers on the homeward drive; he was to be accompanied by a second party who was to ride the horse, hack to Danville. Before the time arrived for starting, however.it was alleged that Mr. Lewis broke open the stable, abstracted the horso aud the top buggy, both now the property of Mr. Beyers,aud by a rapid drive by way of Ferry street, soon struck the river bridge. Mr. Beyers alleged that he detected Lewis just as lie ,was starting ou the oirovritous route homeward aud saw him thrash the horse to get a good start. I Mr. Boy ers ran up Mill street and caught the horse ou the river bridge. The horse and buggy were hauded ovqr to the chief of police, while Mr. Lewis fell into the hauds of OlHcer Voris. The heariug was very amusing. The man from Boyd's station denied that there was anything like horse stealing about it; it was ouly a trade, ho said. He denied everything that had been testified to, aud was disposed to dom inate the situation. The oliief of pol ice was endeavoring to throw a little light ou a disputed point when Mr. Lewis told him to keep still, that he-had nothing to say iu tho matter. Justice Oglesbv dismissed the case. The mau from Boyd's paid the costs. Mr. Beyor aud Mr. Lewis settled all differences,the former taking the horso aud the top buggy and gavo the latter the road buggy, as his share. It was nearly nine o'clock by the timo Lowis emerged from the squire's office aud begau to devise some means of getting home with his horseless car riage. A Social Dance. One of the largest and most pleasaut , dances of the season was held on Mou- j day evening at the home of Mrs. ( Augusta J. Maus, Valley towuship, iu : honor of Charles Maus, J. Blaine Hart- j man and Jacob S. Tanner. During the j evening elaborate refreshments were , served. Delsite brothers furnished the j music. Those present were Mr. aud Mrs. j Albert Hartman, Mr. aud Mrs. Hiram Shultz, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kitchen, 1 Mr. aud Mrs. Matthew Maus, Mrs. John Tauner, Misses Florence Wilson, Blauche Pursel. Mary Fry, Carrie Flick, Bessie Aude. Mary Orim, Lib bio Pursol, Flora Fruit. Annie Turner, Bessie Wilson, Naney Fruit, Blauche Wilson, Lillian Gleams, Edna Aude and Margaret Gable; .Messrs. Walter Wilson, Peter Saudel, Wellington Purs el, Hoy Shultz, John Fruit, Spencer Arter, Joseph Bryant, Freeman Rob bins, William Davis,Charles Johnson, Harry Bousiuger, Purdy Arter, Frauk ' Fry, Elwood Crossley, Raymond Pur sel, Charles Crim.Roy Vought, Harry Hawkins, William Gable, Frank Tan ner, Samuel Laubacli, David Tauner, Lloyd Umstead, Albert Tauuer,George Betz aud Thomas Aude. Funeral of Hrs. Newham. The remains of Mrs. Mary Newham, who died at Denver, Colorado,ou Fri day, arrived in this city last evening ou the Pennsylvania's 5:55 tram The fuueral will take place tnis afteruoou at 2 o'clock from the residence of Mrs. William Shepperson Sr., Fast Front street. Interment will be made in the Episcopal cemetery. Friendship's Annual Inspection. The annual company inspection of the Friendship fire company will take place at the regular meeting on Satur day oveuiug. All the company prop erty. including uniforms, etc.,will he inspocted by the foremau aud his as sistants. i Underwent an Operation. j Mrs John Krieger, of Suydertowu, I uuderweut a serious operation at Sha- I mokiu on Monday, when a large tumor | was removed from her abdomen. The : . operation was successful aud unless complications set in she will recover. NUMIiER 17 It lEEK OF ;| fpiSK i j The meeting booked for this city on | February 7 for the purpose of orgauis iug the township supervisors,at which State Highway Commissioner Hunter i will be present, is being looked for ward to with a good doal of interest not only by the supervisors,but also by all those interests 1 in good roads and the methods to be employed to obtaiD them. There never was a time when more eulightenmeut was needed. The alleg ed unconstitutionality of the proviso of the act of assembly of April 12, 1905, will form a subject of discussion aud the townships whose petitions to change the system of taxation have beeu turued down by the court will be glad to hear the views of such au emin ent authority as the State highway connn'ssioner. The State highway commissioner will also bo asked to throw a little light ou tho status of affairs relating to tho two sections of State highway constructed iu this county, which are sTill incomplete after the lapse of a year or more. The whole matter is in explicable both to the county and the two townships in which tho roads were reconstructed. The first and most im portant stretch of highway liea iu Mahoning township, between the bor ough liue and Valley township This was partially constructed in 1904. The contractors did some additional work on the highway duriug the fall of 1906 —but loft it iu a coudition that did not meet the approval of either the coquty or the towtiship. The county paid s<>oo aud Mahoning township made a small payment, but both re fused to pay their full allotment until the road was made to conform to the specifications. To iuquire into the state of affairs, State Highway Com missioner Hunter visited our county aud after inspecting the road is alleg ed to have agreed that the highway is not finished according to specifica tions. It was thought that the result of all this would be that the road would be speedily finished in a way to meet ap proval, but, although some work was done in 1905, duriug last summer the coutractors did not appear on the ground. The section of highway between the valley township line aud Wise's hotel at Mausdale constructed during the summer of 1905, is also alleged to fall short of specifications. It was thought the contractors would reappear last summer and complete the work, but like the contractors on the other prop osition, they seemed utterly uucoucerii ed iu tho matter. Neither Montour ouuty nor Valley township has paid ouo cent for the secoud section of tho highway. Moan while, it is true, the townships have a fairly good ioad, where a very poor 1 road existed before, at tho outlay of ouly a nominal sum iu oue case and the expenditure of no money at all iu the other. What puzzles the most is to under stand the secret of the contractor's in difference ; have they beeu paid for their work? This is one of the points I that the local road makers will seek to | bo oulighteued ou. All will be glad to learn why tho State submits to such dillydallying and whether or not it in tends to bring the contractors to time. Meanwhile tho county as well as the townships are firm in their resolution not to mane auy payment on the high way until the work is completed ac cording to specifications. Zero Weather. The second spell of zero weather that we have experienced this season came aloug yesterday morning. At 5:45 o'clock,according to tho Montour house record, mercury stood at 2 de grees above, but the the coldest hour had not beeu reached; at 7a. m.the mercury stood at the zero point. Dur ing the forenoon, although the sky was cloar aud the suu shone with brilli ancy, it remained very cold. The best that mercury could do by 11 o'clock was to climb to degrees above zero. It was ou December 19th that we had our other aud first taste of zero weather, mercury on that date going down two degrees below. That night was a trifle colder, but the weather warmed up somewhat duriug the day following. Outside of these two dates the only approach to really cold weath er was ou Monday, December 24, when mercury was six degrees above zero. The most of the time this winter mer cury has been considerably above 80 degrees. On Tuesday, Jauuary Bth,the thermometers stood at 52 degrees above. The ice men are again taking heart. The pouds are already covered with ice, but whether there will be a har vest worth gathering will depend up on whether or not the cold wave will ooutiuue a week or more, or as in the past this season it will be speedily followed with a thaw. Will Stop Smoking. The Bloomsburg school board is de termined to break up the praotioe which has been prevalent for some time of the studeuts smoking on the school grounds and on the way to and from school. This fact was emphasis ed at a meet iug of the board last week when they approved the action of Sup erintendent Steruer in suspending two boys who had been caught smoking. The boys were present at the meeting aud wheu promising that they would refrain from smokiug they were allow ed to return to 6ehool.
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