Home Paper—— ——.For tie Home The circulation of this paper is in creasing rapidly. It will pay you to advertise in the AMERICAN. SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER yeah DR. IRVING 11. JENNINGS, DENTIST. Office Hours 9A. M.to 12 Mm Mill 1 P. At. to U P. M. Da nude. Pa. SIItXTJ, M.l». 425 MILL ST., DANVILI.K, PA. Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines a Specialty \V. P. ASULK, DENTIST OFFICE: 218 MILL STREET. Teeth Extracted without Pain. Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty. Equipped with the latest and most improved Instruments and prepared to execute the most ditticult work. DR. C. H. REYNOLDS, (FORMERLY OF CAWAWISSA). DKN7IBI . Office, Opposite Boston Store, Danville, Pa Dentistry iu all its branches. Charge Moderate and aU work Guaranteed. Established 1892. ANNOUNCENENT. I hereby announce myself as a candi date for Jury Commissioner, subject to the decision of the Republican County Convention. J. P. WEAVER, Mahoning Township. CONDENSED NEWS. Why not have a trolley line'.' Political aspirants are numerous. Republican primaries Friday evening between the hours of 7 and 9. The Merry-go-round at DeWitt's park is doing a rushing business. Most of the Danville lodges will pic nic during August. The District Attorney will be busy at the next term of Court. July is now on the last lap, but Au , guest will probably break the heat record. The canipmeeting at Mountain Grove is near at hand and from all indications the attendance will be very large this year. Yesterday's showers were appreciated by the town folks and farmers alike. Allow no garbage to accumulate dur ing the hot weather. Deadly disease may follow. The pulling out of a drawhead of a car in a west bound freight train on the Pennsylvania railroad at South Danville yesterday delayed the 12:38 p. m. pass enger train one half hour. The repairs to be made at the various school buildings in this city will be com pleted within a few weeks. The tenth annual reunion of fhe Sus quehanna Lutherans will be held at the Milton park, Milton, Pa., on Thursday, August 23. The Schuylkill Valley Telephone com pany has 3,000 'phones, which will be - operated in Schuylkill county shortly. The f!unilies of Dr. Cfbieron Schultz, Thomas Vincent and A. If. Grone held their annual family picnic at Dr. Schutz' farm in Valley township yesterday. National Guardsmen are looking for ward to the coming camp with eager ness. Owing to the extreme heat the Silk Mill was not operated on Saturday. Political buttons are appearing on every.other coat. A daughter arrived at the home of Photographer I. C. Lee, Mill street, yes terday. Bedea, the barber has had an attrac tive sign painted on the building occu pied by him. The festival, at St. Peter's M. E. % Church, South Danville,was well attend ed on Saturday night. * Many portions of Montour county are said to be suffering seriously from the continued drought. The Episcopalians of Mt. Calrmel will shortly erect a new church. Miss Ida Gallagher has accepted the position of supply operator in the ex change of the Montour & Columbia Telephone company. Stoes' band will furnish sacred music at the Y. M. C. A. open air meet ing at the foot of West Mahoning street Sunday afternoon. The R. R. Y. M. C. A., of Sunbury, will hold their annual picnic at Pax tang park, Harrisburg, on Saturday. Some 1500 people are expected to attend. The fare from Sunbury is fl. Let us have the trolley line before an other year. A. J. Blue and John I, Budman will leave in a few days for a bicycle trip through New York state. They will visit Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Elinira and other cities. Mrs. Hannah Geringer desires to re turn thanks to the friends and neigh bors who so kindly assisted her in her recent bereavement. The A. M. E. church, of Bloomsburg, will commence their annual camp meet ing at Rupert, Saturday, July 28, and lasting over two Sabbaths. All are in vited to come anil have a good time in the service of God. Best of order will be observed by all; no intoxicants allow ed on or about the grounds.—Daniel Newsom, pastor. In Saint Paul's M. E. church lecture room this evening the Rev. Richard Gil bert, of Berwick, will give his interest ing series of stereopticon views, taken at the Mountain Grove camp meeting. 112. ♦ "THIS COI NTKY WILL NEVER RE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDSWITU ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS." VOL. TV-NO ;JO. MOKE TEACHERS' ' SALARIES RAISED Miss Musselman, Miss Bloom and Miss Bennett Receive Advances. A regular meeting of the School Board was held Monday night with the follow ing members present: President Fisch er, Orth, Harpel, Green, Werkheiser, Burger, Fenstermacher, Lunger, Keefer, Curry, Barber, and Black. It was voted to remove the plaster in the annex of the Fourth ward build ing and replace same with hard finish; also that the wood work be repainted." The work of repairing furnace pipes was given to W. E. Bowyer. It was decided that Will G. Brown ex amine and repair the locks on the doors of the ThiAl ward building. It was moved and carried that all bills presented to the board hereafter be laid over for a period of two weeks. The board members were of the opinion that the bills have been paid too hurriedly. The rates of tuitions were next brought up aud the prides charged by various nearby towns were presented. In each case the tuitions were larger than those of the local schools. The question was referred to the transfer committee. A communciation was received from Miss Musselman aaking that her salary be raised and a motion was made to lay the communication on the table. This motion, however, was lost and it was voted to reconsider the salaries of Miss Musselman; also Miss Bloom and Miss Bennett. It was decided that these salaries be raised. Miss Musselman's from $55 to $t»0; Miss Bloom's from SSO to $55; Miss Bennett's from S4O to $45. It was voted that Architect Brugler superintend the painting of the Third ward school house. The bids for this work were read as follows : W. 11. Messer #314.00 Emerson Adams 311.75 C. F. Hershey 341.00 Tli£ contract was awarded to Mr. Adams. The following bids for flooring in the First and Third ward buildings were read: G. F. Reifsnyder §142.00 S. M. Trumbower 137.50 Casper Diseroad 115.00 The work was let to Mr. Diseroad,pro viding he signs the contract within the next 3 days. Bills were also made for the repairing and painting the window blinds, but it was decided not to make these repairs at present. The following bills were ordered paid: John R. Lunger $13.40 (J. F. Reifsnvder 71.01 15. G. Carpenter & Co 20.35 I) J. Kogers 2.75 I). C. Williams 9.50 j Isaiah Dawson ...... 3.75 j John Everitt 8.00 Bover & Baker 7.72 Thomas Vincent 8^9.78 Ezra Haas 3.75 George W. Herdricks 0.05 W. H. Orth .' 35.15 1 MORNING NKWS - 8.40 REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION The Republican County Convention j will be held in the Court House on Sat urday morning, July 28th, at 10:30 o'clock. The primaries will be held on Friday evening, July 27, between the hours of 7 and 9 o'clock at the usual voting places. Mr. Titers Father Seriously 111. John Titel, father of Lewis Titel, of this city, and Bloomsburg's oldest citi- j zen, is seriously ill at the home of his , son-in-law, Hiram Palmer,on West Third street, that place, and on account of his advanced age little or no hopes are en- i tertained of his recovery. Mr. Titel was | 101 years old on the 10th day of last November. Mr. Titel, accompanied by Dr. S. Y. Thompson, called on his aged j father Tuesday. Athletic Association Boat Ride. An athletic association was recently formed by a number of young men of this city, which is to be known as the* Danville Athletic Association. A boat ride to Cliulasky will be given by the Association on Friday evening, to which the public is invited. Tickets 10 cents. The Association is arranging for a field day at DeWitt's park early in August. Will Double Its Capacity. Some big repairs are now in progress at the plant of the Danville Rolling Mills, which indicates that it will soon be in operation again and its capacity will be doubled. Work was commenced yesterday on the erection of 3 double puddle furnaces and three high uiuck rolls. Just when the mill will be started Supt. Mallen is unable to state. Improvements Progressing. The -work of improving the Y. M. C. A. building is being pushed as rapidly as possible and will probably be com : pleted within a short time. The carpenters and plasterers have completed their work and the painters and calciminers will begin work next week. Three new baths-one shower and two tubs —have been put in. No Agreement Reached. No agreement was reached yesterday by the employes of the puddle depart ment of the Reading I-ron works and the company. As a result the bars were drawn yesterday afternoon and the pud dle mill will probably not be putin op eration again this week DANVILLE, PA.. Till HSDAY. Jl LY 20. 1900. A lilt DAY I'llll BEAVER LODGE Arrangements Completed for the Annual Picnic on August 1. The committee having in charge the arrangements for the big K. of I'. picmc to be held at DeWitt's park Wednesday, Aug. 1, have arranged a very interesting program. The first event, which will occur at 1 o'clock, will be a five inning base ball game between the fats and leans. John D. Evans will captain the fats and A. C. Amesbury the leans. The umpires will be George W. Miles and Lewis Byerly. The prize will be a silver cup. The other events are as follow.-: One hundred yards dash. Watermelon race. Handicap bicycle race. Wheelbarrow race, the prize an orna mental cup. Apple match. Tug of war. Bicycle race. Blue rock shooting c'ontii*., prize a K. of P. design. There will be dancing during the af ternoon and evening. The mu-ic will be under the direction of II 'i-t.-eri Wyle Hacks will begin runninir to ilie park at Ba. m., from the court li<>u«.e and from the corner of Blouui :m 1 Mill streets. Baskets may l>r l» ft at tlu* bar ber shop of Kinney Evans, .Market street; the courthouse an I at I'lioni is Evans 1 barber shop, Bloom atree>. Ail members are requested to secure tickets from the committee composed of Wesley Hollabaugh, Charles Getz, Edward Pur pur, Claude Guest, Edward Rudy,David Evans and John G. Waite. The Trolley Would be in Operation. Were it not for the stubbornness of several land owners between this city and Bloomsburg a portion of the Dan ville-Bloomsburg-Berwick trolley line would now be in operation. When the MONTOIK A.MKKK AN of Feb. 8, announced that a survey for the line would be commenced on that date, the probability of the project was somewhat scofled at. The fact that such men as Hon. B. F. Meyers and his son-in-law, EJlis L. Mumtna, of Harrisburg, were in terested in the enterprise, however, made those who are acquainted with Mr. Meyers' relations with the Harris ' burg and Wiikesbarre trolley lines,think differently. For the first time since the survey was completed Mr. Meyers and Mr. Mumnia are now going over the proposed route. Tuesday morning they were in this city and in the afternoon they went to Bloomsburg. Mr. Meyers Tuesday expressed him self as being pleased with the survey and stated that if difficulty had not been experienced in the securing of the right of way from two or three parties be tween this city and Bloomsburg, a por tion of the line would now be in opera tion. As soon as these cases can be ad justed, which will likely be shortly, the work of construction will begin. Very Serious Runaway Accident. Mr. and Mrs. Simon Moser, who re side near Washingtonville on the Wash ingtonville road, while returning home from market in this city on Saturday, met with a very serious accident. About four miles from this city on the road leading from the Fenstermacher tannery to the Ed. Boyer distillery, which is a very dangerous one, the horse stumbled and fell over a steep em bankment, dragging the wagon and its occupants with it. Both Mr. and Mrs. Moser were badly hurt. The former was cut and bruised about the head and face Mrs. Moser was pinned between the wagon and fence, and was severely cut and bruised and has seyeral ribs broken. A Runaway Horse Breaks Its Neck. A valuable horse belonging to Livery man P. W. Leas was instantly killed as the result of a runaway Sunday evening. The animal had been rented by John Baker, and while driving near the grist mill it became unmanageable and Mr. Baker alighted from the buggy. The horse ran toward this city and in doing so came in contact with anoth er vehiole coming in the same direction. The runaway in some manner tripped and fell,alighting on its head and break ing its neck. Deafli was instantaneous. A Costly Fight. A performance almost as interesting as that of a circus took place in the alley at toe rear of Eckert's boarding house Friday afternoon. Joseph llale and James Fedder, employes at the Reading Iron Works, had some little dispute aud as their discussion grew quite hot, they adjourned to the alley to tight it out. They were just finishing the first round when Officer Yoris ap peared and promptly arrested them, j At the hearing before Squire Bare, the parties were charged with disorderly conduct. They were fined $7 each. A Victory for the "77'5." ! The "77's" easily defeated the Blooms burg J.unior base ball teinii at DeWitt's Park on Saturday afternoon, the score being 15 to 5. The battery for the home team was composed of Klase and Rob inson and Savits and Riching were the points for the juniors. The attendance was unusually large. Will-be Overseer of the Cooking. Robert Miller has beep engaged as overseer of cooking for Company F,dur ing the coming encampment. Mr. Mill er has acted in this capacity several times before. THE DISPOSITION OF BESSEMER PLANT Will be Made at a Special Meeting of Stockholders, On Monday, July 30, it will be decid ed what disposition will be made of the plant of the Danville Bessemer Steel Company. The following notice of a special meeting has been received by the various stockholders of the com pany : "A special meeting of {he stockhold ers of the Danville Bessemer Company will be held on the 30th day of July, 1900, at 11 a. m., at the office of the company, 419 Market street, Camden, N. J., for the purpose of votiiig upon the question of conferring upon the board «of directors full authority to sell, assign, transfer and dispose of all or part of the .vhole property to this corp oration, and to divide the .proceeds of said sale, with other moneys in the treasury, among stockholders of record at the time such distribution is made* No other business will be transacted." The stockholders are asked to sign and return by proxy immediately if they are in favor of this sale and distribution. • Lizzie Kuorr Attempts Suicide. Miss Lizzie Knorr. daughter of -Mrs. Mary Knorr, who resides at the home of William Myers, on Railroad street, at tempted suicide in Philadelphia on Mon day morning by turning oil the gas in her bed room and then going to sleep. Miss Knorr formft-ly resided with her parents in this city and was well-known here. With her sister, Mame, she left Danville some years ago and .they took up their abode at 153S Seybert street, Philadelphia. It was here that she at tempted to take her life. The Philadel phia North American in giving the de-- tails of tlie attempt at suicide sijys that Clara Lewis, who resides in the same house with the Knorr girls was aroused by the fumes of the escaping gas early Monday morning. It was found that Lizzie had locked herself in her room, j turned on the unlighted gas and lay down to sleep it all away. In an un conscious state she was taken to the German Hospital in an ambulance. The doctors were at first unable to say whether the case would result fatally. A telegram received by the girl's mother ! yesterday, however, stated that she was 1 slightly better. Pleasant Hack Party. A hack party, given in honor of Miss Marie Shoener, of shaniokin, drove to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Shultz in West Hemlock township, on Monday j evening. Those present «were: Misses Sara Waters, Bertha Newbaker, Annie ! liempe, Maggie Doster, Emma Bird, j Nellie Jameson, Minta Shultz, Louise j McClui'e,Bertha Crossley,Naomi Shultz; ] Messrs. Harry Farnsworth and Val West of Philadelphia; Harry 15. l'atton, W. V. Oglesby, Esq., Dr. L. K. Cleaver, Charles Lyon, Charles Seubert, and Will Eggert. Entertained Many Friends. A large number of friends were enter tained by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bucber, of Riverside on Saturday, in honor of Mr. Bucher's twenty-second birthday. Seventy-live guests were present for din ner and supper. The Riverside Social Club and Mr. and Mrs. George W. Roat, of this city, presented Mr. Bucher with two very handsome chairs. He also received many other gifts. Guests were present from Catawissa, Sunbury and this city. It Required Many Bricks. The brick wall, which is in the course of construction around the grounds of Castle Grove, is a gigantic piece of work, and when completed 295,000 bricks will hiive been used. Yesterday work was commenced on the south wall, which will require 120,- 0)0 building the west wall 155,000 bricks were used and 20,000 were used in the gateway. The wall is 17 inches wide at the base and is 24 inches at the top, including the coping. The grounds near tire gate are being beautified and rearranged. Marsliall-Cripps. At the residence of the groom's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. .1. I'». Marshall, Water street, last Tuesday evening occurred j the marriage of George C. Marshall, a well-known young man of this city, to Miss Elizabeth Cripps,daughter of Will iam Cripps,engineer at the State Hospit al gas plant. A number of friends wit nessed the ceremony, which was per formed by the Rev, J. F. llower. Mr. ami Mrs. Marshall will reside with the former's parents. • Adopted New Books. An adjourned joint meeting of the School Board and the teachers was held Tuesday evening with ten directors and thirteen teachers present. The follow ing new books were adopted: Gordy's l'. S. history to replace lJarnes' history, Nichol's Arithmetic to replace Milne's Arithmetic, Barnes' system of vertical writing to replace the Sheldon system. Coming Picnics at DeWitt's Park. The following picnics have been book ed for DeWitt's Park: July 20, Evangel ical church and Sunday school; July 27, German Lutheran church and Sunday school; Aug 1, Knightsof Pythias; Aug.,- 7, Masonic order of Catawissa; August, 11, Clark family reunion; August, 2(1, Yoris family reunion. The new drinking fountain is already doing good service. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Brief Mention of the Movement of Your Friends and Acquaintances. Mrs. Margaret Young, Mrs. William Young and son, Lewis, and Miss Alice Himes spent yesterday in Catawissa. Bernard Enright is visiting friends in Wiikesbarre and Seranton. Miss Charlotte Persiug and William lvemp were guests yesterday at the Hinckley cottage, Roaring Creek. W. 11. Ammerman made a business trip to Catawissa yesterday. Miss Clara llorton is visiting relatives in McEwensville. Lieut. William Clark, of South Dan ville, was in Sunbury yesterday. The Rev. O. G. Heck left yesterday for a trip to Harrisburg. Charles Newberry attended a funeral in Milton yesterday. MissS. W. Browne is visiting Harris burg friends. Andrew Pohl left .yesterday for Miami City, Ohio, where he will take up his re sidence. Mr. and Mrs. John Rawn, of Shaniok in, were the guests last evening of Mr. and Mrs. I). C. Jones, on Mulberry street. Miss Maggie Tooley, of Philadelphia, is visiting her mother, Mrs. John Tooley, Vine street. Miss Mary Mover, of WilHamsport, is visiting relatives in this city. Mrs. Clarence Flick and children left yesterday for Lake Winola. Judge Holloway and family will leave for that resort today, where they will spend six weeks. Miss Helen Jameson, of Berwick, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Sauiantha Jameson, West Mahoning street. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Gearhart return ed last evening from a ten days' stay at the Delaware Water (jap. Mrs. Adin It. Myers, of Pittsburg, formerly Miss Ivy Rishel, is visiting at the Rishel homestead on East Front street. Mr. and Mrs. T. F". Patterson and daughter, Miss Abigail, spent Sunday at Harvey's Lake. Miss Bridget Murphy, known as sister Mary Beneti, of the Convent of Mercy, Pittsburg, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 1!. Murphy, First street. This is her first visit in nine years. Miss Rebecca Gearhart, of Lewisburg, was the guest Sunday of Mrs. Catha rine Van Nostran, Riverside. William S. Metier, of Brooklyn, N. Y., is visiting at the home of Oscar Rase. 1 Mill street. Sister Mary Fides, of the Convent ol , Mercy, Pittsburg, formerly Miss Belle j Sbepperson, of this city, is visiting her j parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Shepper- j son, East Front street. Mrs. A. A. Geisinger returned from a trip to Philadelphia yesterday. Mrs. James Yandling left yesterday j for a visit of several weeks with Mrs. J. j S. Short, Seranton. Philip Dechant, of Middlptotf n.Conn., called on friends in this city yesterday. Master Harry Ricketts, of Wiikesbarre j is visiting at the home of Frank Howe, West Mahoning street. Miss Laura Divel is visiting friends in Milton. Miss Cora Moyer is a visitor in North- | umberland. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Pursell. of Pliila- ' delphia, wire guests over Sunday, at j the home of 1). A. Montgomery, Centre street. Miss Etneline Gearhart returned Sat urday from a visit with friends in Har risburg. Dr. Thomas B. Holloway, of Philadel phia, spent Sunday with his parents ! in this city. Roy Sechler, of Philadelphia,is a guest at the home of Charles Robson, East Mahoning street. George Cromley has returned from the Mary Packer Hospital Sunbury, where he has been undergoing treatment for ' sometime past. Miss Sarah Wilson is visiting her sis ter, Mrs. Aug. Diener, Williamsport. Mrs. Jennie Jordan is visiting rela tives in Gettysburg. Miss E. 11 Stevens, of Philadelphia, j is the guest of Mrs. T. F. Patterson, Northumberland street. Mrs. J. R. Sharpless, of Hazleton, is visiting her mother, Mrs. W. M. Gear hart, West Market street. Miss Harrietle Alexander, of Phila delphia, is visiting her sister, Mrs. W C. Davis, Mill street. Miss Kate Reynolds is visiting rela tives in Williamspor^. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Yoris, of Balti more, are visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elijah C- Yoris, Ferry street. Miss Nellie Watt, of York, is a guest |at the home of Gen. Sec. W. D. Lau master, East Front street. Charles Beaver, of Jacksonville, Fla., is visiting relatives in this city. Miss Catherine Berkley, of Lewisburg, is the guest of Mrs. J R. Rote, on West | Market street. Miss Minnie Shultz spent Tuesday in | Bloomsburg. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dietz are visit i ing relatives in Howard, this state. Miss Clara Ilackett and Miss Joseph ine Cousart returned Tuesday»from a ( visit in Dußois. Miss Fill a James, of Shaniokin, is vis iiting relatives in this city. HIS NAME WAS WiNFIEL!) S. TOBIAS The Man Who Took An Overdose of Lau danrni Wednesday Evening. The nanie of the man whose death, from an overdose of laudanum, occurred in this city on Wednesday night, was Friday found to be Winlield Scott Tobias. He could not have been very well known in this section and it is thought that the only living relative lie may have is a sister residing in Harris burg. As the dead man was not William a second inquest was held Fri day afternoon. From the evidence there was no doubt that Winlield Scott To bias was the name of the man. lie is Said to be from Berrysburg, Dauphin county. William James and Edward Coleman of Salmon's carriage shops identified the man. They had worked with him at Mausdale a year ago. The dead man had lodged at the Heddens House at different times for several weeks aud the last time he was there, lie left two valises in the care of Land lord Moser. Mr. Moser did not know the man's name, but Friday morning he viewed the dead body and at once recognized the man as the lodger. I u the valises were found about fifteen dollars in cash, a good suit of clothes and a book, on the fly leaf of which was written the name "Winlield Scott To bias." Iu another book was found the following inscription: "Mrs. Kate Mes sner, 410 Briggs street, Harrisburg—this is my sister." 'Mie verdict by the jury was the same as Thursday with the exception that the name Winlield Scott Tobias was substi tuted for William Davis. A telegram was .sent to Mrs. Messner Friday morning informing her of her brother's death, but at 7 o'clock Friday night no answer had been received. During Fri day afternoon the Chief-of-Police of Harrisburg was called by telephone and instructed to inquire whether the dead man had relatives residing in that city by the name of Messner. In reply Poor Overseer Kerns Friday night at 7.3d received the following telegram: HAKRISIIUKO, Pa., July 27. P. M. K URNS. Embalm body. It will be brought here. Signed, J. F>. KOURTZ, Chief-of-Police. As the body was already in a badly decomposed state, I'ndertaker Roat had just made the burial at the Poor House farm and the grave had been partly cov ered up, when a messenger handed him a copy of the above telegram Poor Overseer Kerns answered the telegram at once stating that Tobias had been buried. From the tone of the telegram it is supposed that the sisteV of the dead man has been found and that she will have the body sent to Harrisburg Ethel Herrington Surprised- Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Herrington gave a pleasant surprise for their daughter, Ethel, at their home on East Market street, Saturday evening, in honor of her eleventh birthday. -The evening was pleasantly spent by the children playing in the Square and later they marched to the home of Ethel's grand mother, Mrs. Jennie Herrington, t piano music, furnished by Miss Annie Miles. Here refreshments were served, among which was a cake surrounded by eleven candles. Ethel received many handsome presents. Those present were: Elsie Moore-, ler, Ruth Flick,. Margaret Barber, Isabel Wetzel, Bertha Cloud, Eleanor Corman, Alicf and Florence Ileim, Clara Det weiler, Mira Saunders, Florence Price, Lou Davis, Pearl Vastine, Rena and Elsie Gulick. Little Girl's Narrow Escape. Catherine, the eight-years-old daugh ter of Eugene A. Moyer, of 19 Penn street, had a very narrow escape from being seriously injured on Mill street, Saturday evening. The child was in the act of crossing Mill street, near the Hotel Oliver, when a horse driven by a farmer, down that thoroughfare, at a quite rapid pace, struck and knocked her down. The an imal passed over the little girl and by the time the ivermanaged to stop she was lying ' plessly under the carriage. Wheth jiieof the horse's hoofs struck her or a ..heel of the wagon passed over her body, both she and spectators of the accident are unable to state, but one of her arms and one of her thighs are badly bruised. The child's narrow escape was witness ed by many people who were on tha street in that vicinity at the time. Third Brigade Inspection. The Third brigade, N. G. P., of which the Twelfth regiment is a a part, will be inspected at camp on Aug. 9, beginning at 7 o'clock in the morning. The in spection will be | (receded by a review by the ailjuant general. Officers to be dismounted at review. Inspection drills will follow immediately! the gen eral inspection. The inspection drills will be confined to battalion drill, ex tended order and outpost duty, and will be under the direction of the brigade in spectors. Phonograph Party, A very pleasant phonograph party was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs John Jenkins, Church street, last even ing, in honor of Miss Lizzie Ryan, of I lazUton. Those present were: Misses Maggie and Ella McCaffrey, Yettie Stangier; Messrs. I-rank Ickes, Frank Aten, Lewis Rieck, Carey Savery and Patrick McCallVey. KSTAIiUsiIFJ) IX 1855. Mill. KECEIVES MIMING FOUNTAIN Was Presented By the Ladies of the W, 0. T. U. Last Friday Night. Council met in regular session Friday ■ evening .villi the following members j present: Messrs. Vastine, Sechler, Fet j ternian, Jones, Goldsmith, Ilolloway, Brandt and Amesbury. Mr. Kemmer being absent, Mr. Ilolloway was on motion of Mr. Jones, elected president pro-tem. A committee composed of Miss Mary \ oris, Miss Sue Colt, Mrs. M.L. Douglas, Mrs. Amos Vastine and Mrs. Alice Beaver, representing the W. C. T. U. appeared before council stating that the drinking fountain had been erected on the situ designated by council and that it would formally be presented to the Borough Saturday night at 7:30 o'clock, by James Scarlet, Esq., on behalf of the W. C. T. U. On motion of Mr. Fetterman the la dies were given a vote of thanks for their noble work. On motion of Mr. Vastine, Council (ledided to attend the exercises on Sat urday evening and receive the fountain as the property of the Borough. On motion of Mr. Fetterman the Street Commissioner was instructed to notify the property owners throughout the city to trim their shade trees so as not to interfere with the lighting of the streets. A complaint was received by the Building and Itepair Committee and submitted to Council, stating that John Springer had recently built a stable on his property, in the vicinity of Cooper street, within twenty feet of a neigh bor's house. On motion the clerk was instructed to notify Mr. Springer that he had violat ed the Borough ordinance by erecting a barn without first securing a permit from Council. l'he following bills were ordered paid: WATER DEPARTMENT. 1 tegular employee §144.30 S.*A. McCoy 20.00 Jos. Lechner 10.03 Crandall Packing Co 0.93 Central Penn'a Telephoe and Sup ply Co 35 Montour and Columbia Telephone Uo 6.00 American Car and Foundry C 0. .. 3:51 37 Montour American G.OO U.S. Express 30 BOROUGII DEPARTM EXT. Regular Employes 82.50 Street work 49.14 D. C. Williams 2 20 William-Quigg 3.75 Child Surrendered to its Mother. A special session of court was held last Friday morning, with Associate Judges Divel and {Thompson on the bench. The only business transacted was the hearing of a habeas corpus case. Mrs. Anna Taylor, of Shamokin, in stituted the proceedings to recover the possession of her son, aged 3i years, from the Convent of the Holy Sisters, in this city. Mrs. Taylor testified that she had been married to Thos. J. Taylor in Shamokin four years ago. Two chil dren were born unto them, a son and a daughter. The wife claimed her hus band treated tier shamefully, and fin ally she was driven from the house. On June 23, a separation was agreed upon with the understanding that the husband was to keep the boy# with him. Mrs. Taylor .stated it was not long before the child had been placed in the Orphanage at the Convent 111 this city. Mrs. Taylor was then crossed examin ed and an effort was made to show that the husband's unkind treatment was due to the fact that the witness had not been true to Mi*. Taylor; also that she was unfit to have the custody of the child. Thomas Taylor, the husband, was present, but lie had nothing to say. After hearing the proofs, the Court or dered that the child be delivered to the mother, Anna E. Taylor, for custody and maintenance. Was a Queer Sort of a Joke. James Murray, who was a few weeks ago reported killed and later as having been seriously injured while attempting to alight from a freight train at Addison, N. V., has at last been heard from and the appearances are that Mrs. Murray has been made the victim of an attempt at a most cruel joke. At first, it will be remembered, a man, whom Mrs. Murray did not know and who had left this city with Mr. Murray called at hrr home and informed her that her husband was dead. Shortly afterwards she received a telegram, say ing that he was seriously injnred. This was without doubt a "fake" telegram as she was not required to sign for it. On Saturday Mrs. Murray received a letter from her husband, who is at Jol iett, this state. The letter stated that lie had not been injured nor was he ever at Addison. He also stated that he left this city alone. Mrs. Murray is inclined to view the whole matter as a joke and says that if she could but learn the perpetrators, she would bring them to justice. Mausdale Won. A team composed of Mausdale gun. ners, defeated a Washingtonville team on Saturday by a score of o<> to 02. Fol lowing are the members of the teams and their scores: Mausdale —Lewis Fig les, 11; J. Fry, 10; A. Fry, 10; A. Law rence, 11: J. l'ittsworth, 11; C. Lawrence, 7; J. l>eitz. 0. Washingtonville—N. L. Wagner, 10; C. Moser, 11; A. C. Cour son, 11; C. Oyster, 112; A. E Seidel, 8; D. Callahoon, 7; A. Gresh, 0. JOB PRINTING! The office of the AMERICAN oeing furnished with a large assortinen of job letter and fancy type and job material generally, the Publisher announces to the public that he is prepared at all times to execute in the neatest manner JOB PRINTING Ofall Kinds and Descrption. B-WGct our puces before plac ing your orders. PRESENTATION OF THE FOUNTAIN The Handsome Gift Accepted by the Bor ough Saturday Evening. It seemed as though every resident of Danville turned out ou Saturday even ing to be present at the formal presen tation of the new public fountain to the borough by the local W. C. T. I*, branch. Long before the time set for exer cises the crowd commenced to assemble and when Stoes' band reached the scene it was impossible to get anywhere near the fountain, The band rendered several selections after which Attorney Scarlet in behalf of the ladies made an excellent present ation speech, in which he detailed the efforts which have been put forth by the donors to secure the fountain. Charles Chalfant Esq., accepted the fountain in behalf of the borough with an ajddress. He spoke of the tine location ,and of how the gift would be appreciated by the citizens of Danville. The exercises were attended by the members of both the W. C. T. U. and the Borough Coun cil in a body. Music by the band con cluded the exercises. It now remains for Council to decide whether or not the fountain is to be re gularly supplied with ice. • Mountain Grove Camp Meeting. The twenty-ninth annual meeting of the Mountain Grove Camp Meeting As sociation will open Wednesday, Aug. 8, to continue until Thursday, Aug. 18. The opening sermon will be preached at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday. The Kev. K. H. Gilbert, of Berwick, will conduct the children's meeting and the Rev. Dr. Frysinger, of Bloomsburg, will have charge of the young people's meeting. The Sunday school, under the super intendent*}' of Myron I. Low, which has been so very successful in past years, will be-held at 1:30 p. m. Special atten tion is called to this service, and the presence of all is earnestly desired. The music, a very special feature of Mount ain Grove will be in charge of Prof. Orval H. Yetter, of Bloomsburg, aided by efficient assistants. The communion service this year will be held on Tues day, Aug. 14. The most liberal provisions have been made for the accommodation of minis ters of the Danville District who may at tend the meeting. Those tenting on the ground with their families will be fur nished with one tent free, except where choice of location is granted, when one dollar will be charged. All others will be provided with sleeping accommoda tions in the new and comfortable Pre achers' home free of charge. Kev. F. S. Vought, of St. Peter's church, South Danville, will have charge of the pre achers' home. Among those who manage the affairs of the Association this year is G. M. Shoop, of this city. The Verdict Set Aside. President, Judge Penny packer, of Common Pleas court, No., 2, Philadel phia, has tiled an opinion setting aside the verdict in the case of W. F. Waters, who recently obtained $47,000 from the Atlantic Kefining company for the loss of his eye sight- Waters was represent ed by Charles Goldsmith of Philadel phia, son of Councilman Goldsmith, of this city. The plaintiff was a minor in the employ of the Ketiningcompany and the reason for the setting aside of the verdict was that the boy's earnings, while thus employed, were not mad« known to the jury. Left Clothes on Railroad Track. A Mill street lad, named Alex Grimes, on Saturday went in swimming to his sorrow. With a crowd of boys he was enjoying a swim in the canal, near the brick yard, below town, and thought lessly enough he left his clothes lying on the Lackawanna railroad track. As a consequence the first train that passed made Grimes' apparel look like a sieve. Thomas Heilly's hat was on the track and was also cut up. Grimes man aged to borrow sufficient clothes with which to get home and it is likely that hereafter he will be more careful in se lecting a spot in which to leave his be Miss Breut Entertained. Miss Pearl Brent entertained a num ber of her girl friends at her home on Front street, Tuesday evening. Music, by Misses Stella Burgner and Dora Jen kins, together with various games form ed the evening's amusements. The fol lowing were present: Misses Ella Camp, Sallie Woodside, Elizabeth Heed, Hannah Prout,Cordelia Kramer, Pearl Brent, Mae Brent, Edith Jenkins, Verna Heed, Stella Burgner, Dora Jenkins. * Prohibition Nominations. The Montour county Prohibition ex ecutive committee has made the follow ing nominations: For sheriff, David Gibson,Fourth ward;for associate judge, Cyrus F. Stver, West Hemlock town ship; for jury commissioner, William L. Antrim, Third ward. Vice chairman Kisner presided at the meeting. A Very Sad Case. J. F. lless and J. A. Kams, Overseers of the Poor of Fishingcreek Township, took Mrs. Jacob Kline, of the same township, to the Danville Hospital for the Insane Tuesday. Mrs. Kline is the wife of the man taken to that institu tion Monday by Sheriff Black.—Bloomg burg Daily. Will Play in Sunbury. The "77's" of this city will cross bats with the Sunbury Pennsylvania Kailroad team at Sunbury, Saturday.
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