ODR CARPENTERS !l
ORGANIZE
The carpeutera of Danville and vic
inity have organized a local uniou of o
the United Brotherhood of Carpenters tl
and Joiners of America, tlie object be hi
ing to reduce the bourn of daily labor, a
to eeonre increased pay for work and o
in a general way to reap the benefits d
of the prosperity prevailing. o
The carpenters were organized last a
week by D. M. Post of Wilkes-Barro.
organizer for this district, who was 11
accompanied ta Danville by Joseph 11
Ephliu, a former townsman, now a a
member of the board of trustees of the s
Wilkes-Barre union. The officers elect- c
ed were : President. John L. Russell, 1'
vice preaident, J. O. Mowrey; record- r
ing secretary, Arthur Myerly ; financi
al secretary, O B. Switzer; treasur- L
er, William Price. John M. Sechler. 112
T. W. Bartholomew anil David Guest 1
were elected trustees.
Last night the uewly organized uu- i
iou held a meeting in the Friendship o
engine lionse, where it considered the 112
question of by-laws and adopted rates. «
Notice of action pertaining to the
latter will in all probability he given r
the contractors today. 1
The regular number of hours that s
carpenters worked in Danville up tot
the present was ten, although a good fl
many followed tlie custom of other >
places and worked only nine hours. '
The wages paid were S5 cents to 28 '
cents per hour, the latter being the i
contractors' figures when they charg
ed for day work. <
Now tliat. organization has been ef- 1
fected the carpenters will demand a 1
regular day of uiue hours. The wages
will be fixed at 28 cents per hour. The <
contractors when working on ropaiis i
and charging by the day will have to 1
fix the price at a figure that will al- 1
low them a profit, which will proh- '
ably be 30 or 31 cents per hour. :
There are twenty-six charter mem
bers of the union, but there are some 1
forty carpenters in this vicinity eligi
ble to membership aud, it is thought
the most of these will eventually joiu
* union. There is said to be nothii g
in the i^rganization that conflicts with
the contractors' interests aud these,
unless they happen to be members of
the lumbermen's association, am per
fectly eligible to membership. Iu fact,
a couple of the smaller contractors of
Danville are already members of the
local union.
The objects of the United Brother
hood are: To discourage piece work,
to encourage an apprentice system and
a higher standard of skill, to cultivate
a feeling of friendship among tho craft
and to assißt each other to secure em
ployment, as woll as to furnish aid iu
cases of death or permanent disability.
The initiation fee of all members
can not be less than five dollars. Dues
of beneficial members shall not be less
than fifty cents per month ; of semi
beneficial members and apprentices not
less than thirty cents per month. To
be admitted to beneficinl membership
a candidate must not be less than
twenty-one and not over fifty years;
he must be of good moral character
and competent to command standard
wages.
Apprentices under twenty-one or
candidates over fifty or persons in bad
health when they joined are classed as
semi-benefical members. The disabi 1 ity
benefit is graded according to length
of membership. There are funeral
b 'unfits, both for the member aud his
wife, the amount paid iu eacli case
also correspouding to the length of
time the member belonged.
John Batemnn in Charge.
John Batemau, formerly proprietor
of Lyndlinrst hotel, Shamokin, has
purchased the wholesale liquor store
of J. T. Kindley, this city. He assum
ed charge yesterday aud iu a short
time will have the business in perfect
running order in all its departments.
Mr Findley has purchased the Cent
ral Hotel at Plymouth, Luzerne coun
ty. His family has already removed to
Plymouth and he will follow iu a few
days.
Mr Batemau, the new proprietor, is
a native of Danville and grew to man
hood in this city. At the age of nine
teen he removed with his parents to
the coal region and during the greater
part of the subsequent time ho has
been a resident of Shamokin.
Mr. Bateman is an ardeut votary of
base ball and for several years was the
owner and manager of the famous clnb
of Edge wood park,Shamokin. It is his
intention, lie says, to look after base
ball in this city and under his influ
ence it is altogether likely that b»*e
ball, which in Danville lias lagged for
a couple of years past, may enter upon
a new lease of life.
EVIDENCES OP GOOD TIMES.
Saturday night, although not a gen
eral pay night, the mainstreetß of the
town were crowded with people. Many
were out merely for pleasure wains,
but many more were bent on shopping
tours, and went home laden with big
bundles. Danville merchauts generally
■av that trade is good, and they an
ticipate still better times as spring ap
proaches. Many of the stores liavo al
ready received part of the spring
stocks,aud the showing is most tempt
ing.
horse's Bite Caused Insanity.
Louis Ringer, of Alleutown, was
bitten five months ago by a horse, itud
as a result of the wound, it is believ
ed, he has become mentally deranged
so that he Imagines lie owns the Penn
sylvania and the New York Central
railroads and has boon spending money
lavishly on various purchases. He has
been taken into custody and his condi
tion will be investigated.
GOOD ORDER PREVAILS.
'The justices of the peaco in Danville
say that business is verv quiet iu their
departments, especially aloug crimin
al lines. The police also report mut
ters very quite, only an occasional
drunk being run in. This, however, is
• very satisfactory state of atfairs so
far as the general publio in concerted.
Public Sales in all parte of the
CtAuXty qtyw.
APPLICANT'S
NAME POSTED
!
Isaac Stein, tho Russian shoemaker
on Mill street, has the honor of being
the first alien iu Montour county to
seek citizenship under the new uatur- j
alizatiou laws aud regulations of Oct- j
ober, 1006. His name along with other
data required is posted iu theprothou
otary'a office, whereit attracts atteutiou
as one of the features of the uew law.
The procedure uuder the new reg
ulation, in several respects, is essent
ially different from the former law
and the standard of qualification is
slightly raised. The changes will he
come apparent if we glance at the
leading features of tho uew laws aud
regulations.
The aliou seeking naturalization
uapers, first, must declare on oath be
fore the clork of court two years at
least prior to his admission, after he
has reached the ago of 18 years, that
it is his intention to become a citizen
of the United States aud to renounce
forever all allegiance aud fidelity to
any foreign prince or poteutate, &c.
Secoud, not less than two years nor
more than seven years after he has
made such declaration of intention he
shall make, and fill a duplicate,a peti
tion iu writing signed by the applic
ant in his own handwriting aud dulv
verified iu which petition such applic
ant shall state full name, the country
irom which he emigrated, date of ar
rival in the United States, &c.
He must nut be a disbeliever in or
opposed to organized governments,
neither can he bo a polygamist, nor a
believer iu polygamy.
Sectiou sth, provides that the clerk
of courts shall immediately after fil
ing petition give notice thereof by
posting in a public or a conspicuous
place iu his office or in the building
iu which his office is situated, uuder
approDriate heading, the name, na
tivity aud residence of the alien, the
date aud place of his arrival iu the
Uuited States, &c., aloug with the
ua nes of two wituesses.
Section 8 provides that uoalieu shall
hereafter be naturalized or admitted
a* a citizen of the Uuited States who
can uot speak the English lauguagV.
Isaac Stein, the applicant, is the
Russiau Hebrew, formerly a soldier
under tlfe Czar, an interview with
whom relating to the conditions iu the
Russiau army aud the hard lot of the
Rnssian soldier was printed iu these
columus duriug the Russo-Japauese
war. He is an ardeut admirer of our
couutry and its institutions and iu ap-
plying for naturalization he is taking
a step that he has contemplated from
tho day he landed ou Americau soil.
Each district must hold a naturaliza
tion court under the naturalization
law and regulations of October, 1906
Iu tliis couuty Judge Evaus has select
ed the May term for holding natural
ization court.
SUPERSTITIONS.
There is nobody liviug uow who be
lieves that if you look over the left
shoulder at the new moon you are sure
to have—is it good luck or bad? Not a
siugle reader of the News who visits a
friend insists upou going out of the
ideutical door he entered lest he leave
his luck behind. Who now believes
that if you leave your homo in the
morning and turn back for something
you have forgotteu all your good for
tune for that day will vanish? Nobody
insists upou directly carrying a new
born baby to the topmost room iu the
house in which it was born,to the end
that it may always be high raiuded. .
None of the farmers or gardeners of
the twentieth ceutury bother them
selves about the "signs" that used to
command the atteutiou of their ancest
ors aud which were believed to have a
potent influence upou the crops. When
a baby will not grow we no longer
think of taking it to the powwower
who will put it through mysterious
processes aud presently present it to
its anxious pareuts every whit whole.
SHAKE-UP AT MT. CARMEL.
Au exchauge tells that Mt. Carmel
is to have a shako up. "The wrong
doer aud the law breaker will tremble
iu their boots, as Burgess Peunmau is
nosing out all that is had and suspici
ous, with the iuteutiou of prosecuting
oue aud all, great aud small." If halt
of the reports that come from Mt. Car
mel are true, that towu ought to be a
shining mark tor a real live reform
wave
Shortage of Locomotives.
Although there is uo shortage of coal
miuod and uo shortage of cars, New
York aud the New Euglaud states are
threatened with a serious anthracite
coal famine, because of a scarcity of
eugiues to haul the coal from the
mines iu this State.
Died at Sunbury.
The iufaut daughter of Mr. aud Mrs.
Deau Clark, of Sunbury, died yester
day. The funeral will take place Fri
day moruiug at 11 o'clock at Reed'*
station. Mrs. Clark, the mother, was
formerly Miss Kimpel, daughter of
Charles W. Kimpel, of Reed's station.
The Shortest Bill.
Tiie shortest bill yet introduced in
the legislature the preseut session is
this by Senator Felker: "The first
day of Jauuary, commonly called New
Year's Day. shall hereafter be a legal
holiday."
WHISPERINGS OF SPRING.
The sunny side of the street yester
day afternoon had a strong suggestion
of sprint*. Passiug aloug the way,
one instinctively listened for the chirp
of the robiu aud the mellow srtaius of
the discordant street piano.
Returned from hospital.
John Reiloy.who was injured iu the
coastiug accident on Ash street, Feb
j ruary 19th., has been dismissed from
the Joseph Ratti hospital. He is very
I much improved.
Mrs. FranklinS. Keller, who suc
cessfully underwent an operation at
. the Joseph Ratti hospital, several
weeks ago, has returned to har home
ou Church stcuet.
Pllithe
f|l li^a^SpKildren
I or f e omo
l|^W%cK^»U
They usually want
| You remember the hunger you had
V^Jj - _jj omc C ooking counts for much
*"» in the child's health; do not imperil
it with alum food by the use of poor baking powder.
Have a delicious, pure, home-made muffin, cake or biscuit, ready when fhey
come in. To be sure of the purity, yoy must use
HAVAI BAKING
I if UTAL POWDER
Royal makes a difference in your home—a difference in your health—
a difference in your cooking.
ROYAL is absolutely Pure.
WHEN ICE WAS jj
S3O PER TON I
A. M Peters, seated iu his cozy
office ou Mill street, last night, grew c
reminiscent He noted that ou March 1
3rd, thirty-nine years ago, iu 1868, 'c
with his pareuts he removed from the ( 112
first ward to the second ward of Dau- t
ville aud began his career as au ice- i
man. He recalled that on the day the J.
moving occurred the snow lay ou the j -
ground three feet doep.reaching to the
window sills. i
The transition from snow to ice was i
au easy oue for Mr. Peters aud the
subject of ice suggested au interesting i
array of facts relating to the ice busi- j
uess which covered nearly half a cent- i
ury of time. i
Upon moviug to Sageburg Emanuel
Peters immediately went iuto the ice ,
busiuess and Arthur, then a lad of)
about 13 years was his right baud man.
As boy and man Arthur has beeu in i
the ine business ever since. He related
several interesting ;ircumstances iel -
ative to his busiuess last mglit. One
of these is that at one time owing to<
scarcity they retailed ice at #1.50 per
hundred weight or S3O per ton. The j
ice that summer was shipped from
Maine* Those who thought they were ;
paying exorbitantly for ice last sum- j
mer would do well to reflect on the i
figure quoted by Mr. Peters.
Incidentally, whether ice was plenti
ful or scarce there uever was a season ;
iu the loug interim siuce 1868 when
the Peters ice wagon was not daily on
its rouud through the town. Amoug
the patrons now are some whose grand
pareuts were supplied with ice by Mr.
Peters aud whose parents were also
amoug his patrons, affording instances
in which three generations have beeu
supplied by the same dealor. Allusion
to the"three generations," it is true,
makes it souud as though Mr. Peters
were a patriarch, but we beg to refer
our readers to the figures quoted when
it will be seen that Arthur is still a
1 young fellow ou the sunny side of
' fifty.
Building Church vVith Pennies.
Members of the Presbyterian church
at Sayre have adopted a uovel method
by which to raise money for the erec
tion of a uew church at that place.
The idea is an exemplification of the
old adage, "Take care of the peuuies
aud the dollars will take care of them
selves. "
The object is to gather a "mile of
peuuies," aud to do this eacli member
has beeu provided with a narrow strip
of paper a foot in length The obverse
•tide of the strip is divided into spaces
just large euougli to hold apenuyeach
' »u<l is covered with glue. The reverse
side coutaius a description of tho plau.
This description coutaius an au
uouueemout to the effect that "Your
foot briugs us ouo step nearer the
£oal. If you miss your foot we come
short Not a case where a miss is as
<ood as a mile." Each strip of paper
will hold exactly sixteen peuuies, aud
tho members of the cougregation are
urged to stick their spare peuuies ou
the strip of paper,aud when they have
accumulated a foot of peuuies to turn
. them over to the treasurer of the fund.
I It is calculated that when the mile of j
pennies is received tne sum of #844 48 (
will have beeu added to the building
fuud.
Peuuies are likely to become a mighty
1 scarce article iu Sayre within a few
i mouths, unless the treasurer of the
fuud seuds them back into circulatiou
again immediately after their receipt
' by him, for it would be a rather ser
ious problem to collect 84.488 peuuies
iu a commuuity of about 10,000 popu
lation unless they were used over aud
over agaiu.
Prison Board Too Good.
1 The prisou officials of Luzerne coun
ty have beeu charging the city of
Wilkos-Barre 45 cents a d#y for board
ing city prisoners,aud have been feed
ing them ou choice meats, iuoludiug
i tnrkey occasionally. Mayor Kirkendall
aud City Attorney Mcllugh have pro
tested against these pyicds, and say i
they will uo longer pay for such choice 1
boarding
The youug man from Plymouth wli ■
married ou a capital of 75 cents prob
ably banked on his wife's ability to
wrestle with a wash tub.
ATTACKED ON
STREETS OF CENTRALIA
Two nieu are now belliud the bars
ot' the Columbia county jail at Blooms
burg,aud several others are beiug look
ed for, charged with a murderous as
sault with kuives on William Merton.
a prominent resident of Centralia. who
uow lies at the Miners' hospital at
Ashland covered with stiletto wounds,
which may result iu death.
The men arrested are James Lacli
rock aud Tony Baese, and were cap
tured only after a hard chase by Dep
uty Sheriff Coudy Laugdon aud Con
stable Oweu Caiu aud others.
Oue of the assassins was placed un
der arrest at Big Mine Run, after sev
eral shots had beeu fired at him by the
pursuers The other, more desperate,
pulled a kuife ou Sheriff Laugdou
1 when he attempted to arrest him aud
would in all probability have stabbed
| tho officer were it uot for timely inter
ference.
Merton was returning to his home
in Centralia after midnight Sunday
moruiug, when six Italians, all for
eigners, all intoxicated, met him aud
begau addressing him iu Italian. In
an instant ho was surrounded aud af
tor several stilettos had been plnug
jed into his back he fell to the pave
ment. Then the swarthy sons of Italy,
maddeued by the sight of blood, set
about to murder their victim. They
plunged their sharp stilettos into his
| face, neck, chest aud abdomen and
would uot have stopped uutil they had
accomplished their purpose but for the
interference of some citizens who hap
peued aloug. No Sooner had they
reached the spot, however, than three
of the assassins covered them with re
volvers and forced them to retire, but
other citizens arriving, the Italians j
lied.
The wounded man was carried to a
nearby house and later takeu to tho
hospital where it is said he has over
thirty wounds.
Those who were implicated in tho
affray and who have not yet been ap
prehended are said to be Mike aud
Tony Gedro, Touy and James Panero.
Three of them live at Marion Heights.
It is thought the foreigners mistook
William Martin for his brother Ed
ward with whom a number of them
had a fight receutly, and James Bease
made a murderous assault ou him, be
ing arrested aud taken to the Blooms
burg jail with his brother and Lac
ratch by officer Laugdon and assistants
Monday night.
School Entertainment.
A very interesting aud enjoyable en
tertainment was given by the pupils
of Madden's school, in Liberty town*
ship, ou Saturday. The program was
arranged aud prepared by the teacher,
Miss Grace Billmeyer. George Moser
save a number of selectious ou his
phonograph. The exeroises were very
well attended.
The program was as follows:
Song—"Jolly Boys."
Dialogue—"Little Cherry"
Recitation —bv Edith Miller.
Song—" Jesus Wants me for a Sun
beam."
Dialogue—"The Auuiverary Meet
ing".
' Recitation—Kathryn Miller.
j Recitation —Sidney Moser.
Dialogue—"The Baby's Sad Fall."
Song—"The Baujo's Silent Now."
Recitation —Miuuie Ware
Dialogue "How Edith Helps!
i Things Aloug."
Dialogue—l'm Lost."
Recitation—Stella Beaver.
Recitation—Elmer St. Clair.
Dialogue—"Trying to Raise the
Price of Butter."
Recitatiou— Edith Miller.
Recitation—Laura Beaver. •
Song —"Baby is Going to Bylo
land."
Dialogue—"Taking the Census."
Recitation—Kathryn Miller.
Soug—"Nellie Gray."
Recitation—Edith Miller,
pialogue— 'The Bashful Boy."
Recitatiou—Russel Moser.
Dialogue—"The Second Topsy. "
Recitatic u—Stella Ware.
1 Recitation—Lizzie Beaver.
Recitation —Li Hie Beaver.
Dialogue r" The Model Class." :
Song-*" Marohiug Through Georgia*'
Recitation—Frank Hageubach
Recitatiou—Elsie Beaver.
Recitation—Russel Moser.
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION
HEAR IT. CARMEL
| A terrific explosion of dynamite,
dynamite cartridges and blasting pow
der occurred at the Richards colliery,
between Mt. Carmel and Centralia
Tuesday morning at 8:15 o'clock.
Teriible havoc was created. At least
80 persons were more or less injured,a
number of the company's buildings
were blown to atoms, and the towns
of Centralia Mt Carmel, and
other smaller places were rocked on
their foundations, and much damage
done to property.
The exploded material consisted of
5000 kegs of dynamite, 5000 dynamite
cartridges and (50 kegs of powder. All
this was stored in the company's pow
der house. It is thought that the cat- j
astrophe was caused by an over heated j
steam pipe.
One of the wonders of the affair is
that there was not a big loss of life.
There were at least 50 people in the
immediate vicinity of the explosion,
and mauy more in the shattered build
iugs. Lewis Dowie, of Mt. Carmel, is
the only mail seriously injured,and he
was removed to the Miners' hospital,
where it isjwnouuced that he is not
expected to recover. This man was
chopping wood 150 feet away from the
powder house when tlie explosion oc
curred. Others in much closer proxim
ity escaped unhurt or with sliglit in
juries. Most of the injuries received
were from falling buildings. There
was no one in the powder house when
the explosion occurred.
The Richards colliery is located be;
tween Centralia and Mt. Carmel, be
iug but a short distance from the lat
ter town, and for tliat reason Mt. Car
mel received the brunt of the shock.
Buildings were nearly overthrown,
plaster was shaken from the walls,
wall hangings and articles on tables
thrown to the floors,and the glass was
shaken from nearly every window in
town. The brokeu window glass was
so thick on the pavement along the
main street in Mt. Carmel,that it was?
shoveled off like snow. The damage
wrought in the town is estimated at
over SIOO,OOO. The damage to the com
pany's property is about $25,000.
The fiue new Polish church at Mt.
Carmel which was just completed last
summer, had a number of handsome
aud costly stained glass windows im
ported from Italy. All these Windows
were completely demolished.
At Centralia the entire town was
shaken aud every building rocked, but
no serious damage was caused.
Amoug the shattered buildings are
the blacksmith shop of the colliery,
■ carpenter shop.two engine nouses, the
superintendent's hom -, aud the colli
ery offices. About 700 men aud boys
| will be thrown out of employment uu
til repairs and rebuilding are com
( pleted.
Party in West hemlock.
Mr. aud Mrs. Charles Pursel euter-
I tained a number of their friends at
their home in West Hemlock town
|ship 112 Friday evening. A fine time was
enjoyed by all. Refreshments were
served.
j Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Pursel, Mr. and Mrs. Heury
| Gable. Mr. aud Mrs. Albert Hartman,
| Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cicssley aud son
I Glen, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Crim,
Misses Mary Crim, Maggie Gable,
Emily Crossley.Libbie Pursel, Messrs,
Wellington Pursel, Blaiue Hartman,
; William Gable, Charles Maus,Charles
Crim aud Jesse Crossely.
Children's Party.
! Mr. and Mrs. Willard Mottern euter
i tained a party of children in honor of
I the 4th birthday of their daughter
j Heleu, at their home ou Railroad
I street, Saturday. Those present were
i Ruth Gulliver, Catherine Evans,Eliza
i bptli Grotty, Thelma Mottern, Susie
Ward, Alice Hauev, Elsie Mottern,
I George Musslemau, Miles Motteru,
j Howard Ward, Palmer Mottern, Ethel
Repert.Mrs. diaries Ward, Mrs. James
j Hauey, Mrs. Motteru. The children
| were eutertaiued with music aud
i games Refreshments were served.
John Housemau.of Pennsburg,Mont
gomery county, tias lost by death, re
cently. two horses aud six cows, wd
an investigation has led to the con
glusiou thit some enemy has poisoned
the auiuial*
'FARMERS' TRI
CODRTY PICNIC
The Farmers' tri-county picnic as
sociation held a meeting at the court
house ou Saturday foreuoou. The com
mittee ou grounds was instructed to
select a place for holding the next pic
nic. Beyoud this all matters pertain
ing to the annual outiug were
thoroughly discussed, during which
suggestions were made, which, if act
ed upon, will result in making the
farmers' picnic the grandest success in
the way of au outing that has ever
been achieved in this section.
The date selected for the next meet
tug is the third Wednesday in August.
Whether the grounds selocted will be
the samo as last year or some other
park will depend entirely on the ac
tion of the committee in whose hands
the matter rests at present.
Three years ago the first farmers'
picnic in Montour county was held in
Hunter's park, and, although gotten
upon short notice.it proved a well-at
tended and most enjoyable affair. The
idea of such an outiug annually prov
ed popular with the farmers and an
association was formed at the flri»t
meeting. It was made a tri-county
affair and since then has become an
enormous proposition
The last outing was held at DeWitt's
park and was attended by an enormous
concourse, all farmers, with few ex
ceptions. A conservative estimate
placed the number of people on the
grounds at over four thousand. After
providing liberally for sports, etc., a
balance of some sixty dollars remain
ed in the hands of the treasurer and
will be available for the next picnic.
The committee, of which George M.
Leighow is chairman, is already busy
with plans for auother year and is de
termined that the picnic next summer
shall eclipse the outing of last year.
I* is planning to secure a baud for the
occasiou,iu addition to which it is al
together probable that the surplus will
be applied to procuring a first class
eutertaiuer from some of the larger
cities, whose performance would be
something new and a source of much
delight to hundreds of farmers and
their families.
The idea of a speech, even on econ
omic subjects is not so popular as it
ouce wi s The outing is desigued an a
day of )• t and recreafiou for the farm
ers aud while a few may be int* rested
by far the larger number on that day
do uot care to puzzle their brains
about matters relatiu»-to the wealth
or resources of the country or the en
actment and the administration of
laws. Besides, while on this grouud
the speaker is pretty sure to tread
dangerously near the line of partisan
ship, which is under the ban at the
tri-couuty picnic, a resolution,appear
ing ou the minutes of the association
to the effect that politics must be stud
iously excluded, aud by which it is
uuderstood that candidates are not ex
pected to visit the picuic for the pur
pose of electioueeriug.
At the same time the committee
realizes that something in the way of
eutertainment is uoeded, but it must
be amusemeut that amuses—something
will appeal not ouly to the men.
but also to the women and the chil
dren of the farm. Fully comprehend
ing the needs the committee is now
castiug about for the proper kind of
amusement. That there will be some
surprise in store for the farmers at
their next annual piciuc seems alto
gether likely.
Stole From Collection Plate.
Peculation of the offering of the
congregation of the Methodist church,
Shamokiu, from the collection plates
is the grave charge hanging over Wal
ter Witmer, one of the ushers of the
churoh. The accusation is to be in
vestigated by the board of trustees.
The peculation amounts to a large
sum, the exact amount of which is
not known. Theft of the offering was
discovered from the fact that several
of the members had uot been giveu
oredit for the payment of their week
ly dues. The envelope system is used
aud the members place the amount of
their pledges toward church support
on the collection plate.
The accused is one of the ushers who
take up the collection in the church.
Before turning over the alms basins
the ushers retire to the vestibule. This
is when the thefts were made.
Owing to the reticence of those in
vestigating the matter it could not.be
ascertained whether the trustees will
prosecute the offender. According to
one trustee nothing will be done uutil
his guilt or innocence is absolutely
established
It is said that some seusatioual de
tective work was employed to trace
out the offeuder, including the lay
ing of a marked $3 bill in the plate
which lead to the detection of the
culprit.
Died at Sunbury Hospital.
John B. Marshall, a well-known and
life-loug resident of Montour county,
died at the Mary M. Packer hospital,
Sunbury, at 9:30 o'clock Saturday
moruiug.
The cause of death was pneumouia.
i The deceased, who lived with his sou,
I Harry Marshall, on Fousfc street, was
taken to the hospital ou Tuesday last.
His condition was serious from that
time ou and admitted little hope
For a number of years past the de
ceased lived in Danville and was em
ployed as a puddler. He was farmerly
a resident of Liberty township.
The deceased was fifty*three years
of age. A wife, seven sons and two
daughters survive. The sons, all of
whom reside, in this city, are : John,
George, Harry, Charles, Ed ward, Lafa
yette and Calvin. The eldest daugh
ter, Mrs. Frank Eugler, resides io
Philadelphia; the younger daughter,
Catherine lives at home
Injured Hand.
While Frank Keiner, an employe on
the South Danville work train, was
assisting to unload rails on Satuiday,
oue of the rails caught his right hand,
smashing throe fingers. Dr. Barber
dressed the injury. Amputation will
not be necessary.
Reports from around the town in
dlcate that there will be quite a num
ber of June brides this yvar.
DM PLANS TO
GATHERJTATISTICS
From the 87,757 cases of communio
able diseases reported to the State de
partment of health during the year
1906, there is considerable interesting
aud valuable information to be gather
ed. There were 24 431 cases of typhoid
fever reported, 6,902 cases of scarlet
fever, 10,842 cases of diphtheria and
23,72!) cases of measles, the balance of
the cases bieng distributed among the
other communicable diseases.
The attempt to collect morbidity re
turns in the cases of communicable
diseases has been made in several large
cities,but in no State has such reporir
ing been made compulsory thrQughout
the rural districts until the system in
augurated by Health Commissioner
Dixon in Pennsylvania was putin
force.
It has also been Dr. Dixon's desire
to make these reports more compre
hensive thau any heretofore collected.
Reports of communicable diseases
in the rural disricts are made diroct
to the department of health aud also
to the county medical inspector by the
physicians in attendance.
It has been the custom to restrict
the list of reportable diseases,and this
has been due rather to a subserviency
to public opinion which looked upon
all public health with suspicion, than
to any lack of recognition of the im
portance of the diseases ou the part of
health officers and physicians. With
increasing knowledge of the exact
causes and methods of transmission of
many diseases has cornea development
of methods of prevention, and modern
sanitation demands that this knowl
edge be used for public beueflt.
Iu connection with the reporting of
communicable diseases by the physic
iaus Health Commissioner Dixon said
recently, "I cauuot too strongly ex
press the gratification I have experi
enced at the hearty and prompt re
sponse which I havs met from most of
my fellow physicians to this new and
somewhat unusual demand upon their
time and attention.
"During the coming year I feel sure
we will get far more reports from the
physicians than we have been doing,
for the prompt placarding of every
case in the rural districts by the health
officers that we are now appointing
and the disinfection of the premises
' upon the termination of the case, will
|be an added incentive to the pliysic
-1 ians to report their cases promptly.''
Other Counties Heard From.
| County Commissioners' Clerk Horace
O. Blue yesterday mailed several doz
en copies of the county statement to
\ neighboring counties of the Common
j wealth. This was done, according to
custom in retnrn for statements re
ceived from the commissioners of
thoße counties. Our genial clerk took
a special delight in returning the com
| pliment for the reason that little Mon
j tour has nothing to be ashamed of in
I her financial showing and reveals an
j amount of liabilities in excess of as
j sets that is flatteringly small in com
parison witl) any of the other counties
heard from. This sum as shown by onr
present financial statement iu Moil
- is |S, 884.26.
Iu Columbia county the liabilities
iu excess of assets are $168,228.57 ; iu
Union county they are, 185,553 77; in
Snyder county, $26,327.16.
To fully understand the significance
of Montour county's showing it is
only uecessary to refer to the county
tatement of 1897 when the liabilities
iu our county in excess of the assets
were shown to be $30,953.84. All who
have the figures of this year's state
ment before them must argee that the
reduction of debt iu Montour connty
during ten year's time is something to
be proud of.
The snow flurry made bad roads in
places.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
TRUSTEES SALE
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE &
Personal Properly
Pursuaut to au order issuing out of
the District Court of the United States
for the Easteru District of the State of
Pennsylvania, the undersigned Trustees
of the estate of William H. Latimer,
Bankrupt, will expose at public sale
or outcry, at the Couit House Steps,
in Danville, Montour County, Penn
sylvania, on
SATURDAY, Mar. 9, 1907.
at 2 o'clock p. tn.
the following described real estate:
All that oertaiu farm tract of land
situate partly in Derry aud Anthony
townships, county of Montour, State
of Pennsylvania, bounded on the North
by public road leading from Washing
ton villa to Exchange, on the Kast by
lauds of Roup, on the South
by Chillisquaque Creek aud lamU of
Howard Billmeyer, on the West by
lauds of Kleemau. Diehl aud Love.
Containing three hundred aud seventy
one acres and forty perches, common
ly kuowu as John R. Bennett farm.
ALSO AT THE SAME TIME AND
PLACE THE FOLLOWING DE
SCRIBED PERSONAL PROPERTY :
About twenty six tons bailed hay;
about three tons bailed straw; About
thirteen hundred aud fifty bushels of
shelled corn ; about one hundred bush
ols of oats
TERMS OF SALE:—ReaI Estate,
Three thousand dollars shall be paid
in cash upou striking down of the
property salauce within thirty days.
Personal Property: Twenty-five per
enturn of the purchase price to be
paid upou striking down of the prop
erty balauce at the time of delivery
within thirty days.
J. HECTOR McNEAL, Trustee.
M. BRECKBILL. Auctioneer.
Pale,
Nervous
Then your blood must be in
a very bail condition. You
certainly know what to take,
then take it —Ayer's Sarsa
p:;ii!lj. If you doubt, then
consult your doctor. We know
what he will say about this
grand old family medicine.
This is i' > flr»t one at ion your doctor would
an I \ *-.• ■ • ,i • ll
tli. • s iil>*oliitH)
ami vein- l.n'vHs i ulur liy' takii'K luxntive
dose/of Aycr'H PHI*.
jm Mad" Vv J.C. Ayer Oo.,T.nwMl. Mas*
A 1.? HA!R VIGOR.
f\ fjO h Q AG; n owe.
fIL -A. X% Vtf 3 .' : (JK/ PECTORAL
V. e hi' • publia'i 3
t l .. • ■ ■ j
To Ciet Big Appropriation.
The public schools of this city will
| be greatly benefitted by live uew sehool
appropriation bill which allows the
. sura of $18,000,000 for education.
| The apprlpriation bill presented to
, fcne house Monday night ami members
of the committed are showing of the
great reforms instituted in the word
iug of the bill, which carries a total
, of $22,879,000.
The school system has been reeoguiz
' ed to the extent of $ 13,000.000 which
is $2,000,000 mure than last year, and
| the department of health also secures
au increase.
All the shouting is due to the fact
that the capitol expenditures have
, caused a move for the eliminatiou of
the slipshod methods of fluaucial
! housekeeping that have prevailed iu
State administrations.
It is proposed to strike out of all
| appropriation bills the joker which
roads "to bo uaid out of moueys iu
the State treasury not otherwise ap
propriated." It was clause
. that the #9,000,000 "trimmings" were
' placed iu the new capitol and the
State printing was paid for, and uu
dor a similar clause that all mouey
was paid for bridges erected by the
State.
I"The publfc schools this year, " said
Chairman Sheatz,"will be given $13,-
000,000,and there will be a special ap
propriation ot $705,633 to the board of
publio grounds and buildings, which
will bo sufficient to cover all expenses
for the next two years, including sal
aries, supplies, coal, the care of the
capitol and everything as it is now.
Tli is meaus that, uulike the old board,
the new board will not have the entire
general fund of the treasury at its dis
posal.
CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH
PENNYROYAL PILLS
DIAMOND BRAND
j
LADIES I Ask your Druggist for A
CHI CHHS-THR S PILLS In RED and /j\
GOLD metallic boxe9, sealed with Blue< O )
Ribbon. TAKE NO OTHER. Buy of your \/
Druggist and nsk for CHI.CIIES.TEB'tt V
KNOLISII PILLS, the DIAMONI> BRAND, for
twenty-five years known as Best, Safest. Al«
vays Reliable. Sold by Druggists everywhere.
'IIJCHEST23R CHEMICAL CO., PHILA., PA.
J J. BROWN
THE EYE A SPECIALTY.
| Kyes tested, treated, fitted with /las
ie ♦m 1 artificial eyes supplied.
I Market Street, Bloomsburg, I'a,
Hours —10 a. m. t«» 5 p. m.
DR. J. SWEISFORT,
DENTIST.
: Uses ODONTUNDfcR for the painlene er
; traction of teeth. Dentistry in all
; t its branches and all work guar
anteed.
CHARGES REDUCED.
Opposite Opera House, Danv lie
j i. r UUOi ! J: i,
! PRESCRIPTION ORUBBIST,
Opposite Opera Mounts
- I'ENNi
ROSSMAN & SON'S PHARMACY,
S4G MILL STREET, DANVILLE, »*,
Two WMgitfw* FhirmirliU In shtrg*
rut FrMk Drag* and mil lln* of r»M»l
MadlclaM and fvndrlaa.
s rui 019 AM fIOOD OOLD WD*,
Patronize
A. C. AMESBURY,
Rent Coal In T nwit'.
BEST FOR THE
BOWELS
If yon haven't a regular, healthy movement of the
bowels every day, you're 111 or will be. Keep your
bowels open, and bo well. Force. In the ahape of
violent physic or pill poison, la dangerous. The
6moot heat, easiest, most perfect way of keeping
the bowels clear and clean ia to take
EAT 'EM LIKE CANDY
Pleasant, Palatable, Potent, Taste Good, Do
Good, Never Sicken, Weaken or Qrlpe; 10, 2S and
60 cents per box. Wrlto for free sample, and book
let on health. Address 433
Sterling Remedy Company, Chicago or Naw York.
KEEP YOUR BLOOD CLEM
"ON THE OTHER HAlfl}".
The Miltou Standard admits that the
coal tax proposed by the bill now b(.
fore the legislature would yield the
State a revenue of $!i,o00,000. But it
looks at the oilier side of the question
aud observes: "Ou the other baud it
would probably be takeu as au excuse
by the operators for adding ten or
twenty cents a ton to the price of ooal.
In the cud the consumer would pay
the tax, as lie always does. "