Home -—For lie Hone he circulation of this paper is in creasing rapidly. It will pay you to advertise in the AMEKICAN. ÜBSCRIPTIOJI $1 PER YEAR DR. IRVING H. JENNINGS, DENTIST. ffice flours A. M.to 12 M 10b Mill St., I'. M.to 4 I'. M. Danville, Pa. >1 SIII LTZ, M. I>. J* 425 MILL ST., DANVILLE, PA. seases of the Stomach and Intestines a Specialty W. P. ANGLIC, DENTIST T OFFICE: 218 MILL STREET. eth Extracted without Pain. Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty, .nipped with the latest and most improved Instruments and prepared to execute the most difficult work. DR. C. H. REYNOLDB, (FORMERLY OP CATAWISSA). DKNIIBI ffioe, Opposite Boston Store, Danville, Pa ntistry in all its branches. Charge Moderate and all work Guaranteed Established 1898. KiTST frim the neglected grapevines now. t. Patrick's Day on Sunday, March 'old weather for the public sale sea i. ill Fools Day falls on Monday this ir. Vinter seems to be a lively corpse t now. 'he Irving French company at the -ra house to-night. 'upils of the Sunbury public schools st be vaccinated at once, enturesome robins will soon putin appearance. lean up and cremate the garbage of ir cellars and yards, dvertisements of spring goods are advance agents of the bluebirds and delions and other delights, he dealer who is displaying spring ds most likely had a chill yester- A Runaway Wife" will be the open play of the Irving French company he opera house to-night, he Penn Social club will give a prc ssive sledge party in their rooms on nday evening. Jeorge Bedea has gone to house keep on Water street in the dwelling oc ied by the late Adam Sissman. Jail Carrier William Lloyd has taken his residence in the old Van Alen lse on West Market street. Miss Ethel Burdick is now employed the Montour and Columbia Tele jne exchange,increasing the day force three operators. Ir. and Mrs. Claik Kerns are the bap parents of a little son, who repre s the fifth generation in the family living. tral free mail delivery would b<*a it convenience to many farmers in section. Let it come soon. . G. Smith, of Williamsport, will e soon with his family to Danville, v'illiamsport Gazette and Bulletin. 'Hats off!" is the command of the rch wind. ,et this city offer strong inducements the location here of new industries, .aster confectionery is being dis iyed. WANTED: —Anyone willing to can ss can have salary and visit Pan iericau free. Address, H. W. CHASE, > State St., Binghamton, N. Y. ,/anville is one of the most orderly ies in the laud, here are indications of a large num of changes of residences the first of t month. he members of Beaver Lodge, No. Knights of Pythias, are very much ased with the growth of their order 'his city and throughout the country. 'hool children are already counting days until the close of the term, fhe Penn Social club has purchased 00l table from W. T. Pease. This ;anization already have a good bil d table. the annual Faster assembly will be' 'en under the auspices of Wyle's or •stra, on Monday evening, April Bth. lie mercury fell thirty degrees in /en hours Tuesday. Ve learn from the "Millheim Journal" t J. Malcolm Lauiie.of Belletonte.haa n appointed to the position of teller tie Centre County Bank of that place. has many friends in this city o will be pleased to learn of his ap ntment. Purim Feast. Ie following program will be render it the children's "Purim Feast" to teld in the B'nai Zion synagogue on <day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock: arture Mr. Wyleand Miss Heim them Mahoning Presbyterian church choir. tone solo Mr. Lyon •arian Melodies Mr. Wyle mo Solo Miss Ammerman em Mahoning Choir ■e numbers will be interspersed with i recitations by the Sabbath school Iren. The Bloomsburg delegation . probably render several musical sei ions. Montour American. "THIS COUNTRY WILL NEVER BE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDSWITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS.' VOL. 40—NO 10. FOCHT BALLOT BILL DENOUNCED Resolutions Passed by the Pomona Grange Yesterday. Pomona (Grange, No. 31, P. of H., rep resenting the counties of Montour and Northumberland, held its regular quart erly meeting in Red Men's hall, this city, yesterday. The attend ance was rather slim owing to the cold weather and rough roads. It was a lifth degree meeting, the sessions both morning and afternoon being devoted to business exclusively. Officers were present as follows: K. L. Montgomery,of Lewis township, Northumberland county, Worthy Mast er; J. K. Murray, Pottsgrove, overseer; Miss Emma Lewis, Chulaskv, secretary; Charles V. Ammermao, Esq., Danville, lecturer; A. L. Litchard, McKee's Heights, steward, and J. P. Frederick, W'atsontown, assistant steward. After the usual order of business per taining to the secret afi'airs of the order a resolution was unanimously adopted denouncing the Fociit Ballot Bill and urging onr representatives in the Legislature to support the Bedford Bal lot Reform Law. It was decided to hold the next ineet j inz at the home of J. P. Frederick, of i W'atsontown. on the first Wednesday in June. The meeting will be an open one. j Among the visitors present from Colum ! liia county yesterday were Mr. and I Mrs. 15. 11. Diidine, of Rohrsburg, and T C. Wilson, of Millville. Only a Case of Chicken Pox. i A case of common chicken pox in the family of Benjamin Miller, of Hemlock street, was the cause of no end of excite Uient in th it part of town during yes terday and Tuesday. A little daughter of the family is down with the disease and some one started the story that it j was small pox. As a result those who I passed the hou«e took the opposite side i of the street. Dr. Paules is the attending physician j and several persons have taken the I trouble to call at his office to ascertain 1 the truth of t lie matter. There is no j small pox in Danville and probably with j the exception of the case in question no j chicken pox. Purchased By Will G. Brown. Will G. Brown has purchased the property, Mill and Penn streets, this city, belonging to his father's estate. Negotiations had been on foot for some time past but the transfer was not made until Saturday afternoon. The new purchaser will occupy the rear part of j the building, renting out the store room j and the upper front apaitments. John ; G. Brown, who occupies the building at present, will remove to a room on the opposite side of the street occupied at present by Harry Rhodes, the tailor. He will continue in the stationery busi ness. New Cart for the Silk Mill. Wagon Maker H. G. Salmon has just completed building a cart for use about the Silk Mill which is fitted with the Weitzel Safety Wagon Skein and the Laßae Patent Single Tree, both inven tions of Danville men. They are practi cal appliances and will no doubt rapidly come into general use. U. G. Smith was in town Friday in the interest of the Safety Wagon Skein and he claims that there is already a great demand for that article. A Sudden Change. Yesterday was one of the coldest days J of the season. Early in the morning the thermometer registered two degrees | above zero. There was little or no mod eration during the day and last night the cold was most intense. The change from the moderate weather of Tuesday was very sud len, the thermometer fall ing 30 some degrees in a few hours' time. Against the Henderson Bill. A committee consisting of George H. Smith, John P. Patton and J. M. Ilos tetter has been appointed by Mahoning Tribe No 77, Imp. O. R. M., to confer with the different secret societies of Montour county with reference to a protest against the Henderson Bill re cently introduced into the Pennsyl vania legislature. Death of Mrs. Morau. Mrs Thomas Moran, Centre street died at 9:30 oclock yesterday forenoon after an illness of ten days. She was 19 years i of age and is survived by her husband, a three year-old daughter and an infant son 17 months old. The deceased was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Trainor, West Mahoning street. Burned by a Plash. Robert May, 205 Chambers street,who works at the Reading Iron Works, was painfully burned about the breast and face by a flash from the rolls, Saturday last. He is under the treatment of Dr. Paules. He may not be able to resume work for some time. Leg Broken. Alexander Bonodanovich, a Polander residing on Bank street, had his left leg broken at the Reading Don works yes terday morning. He was working near a pile of iron, which accidentally fell over upon him. Thj fracture was re duced by Dr. J. R. Kimerer. Will Remove to Tonawanda. J. W. Lore, who recently purchased a large drug store in North Tonawanda N. Y , will remove his family from this city to that place next Monday. Mr. Lore arrived hereon Tuesday evening. DANVILLE, PA.. THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1901. | COMPLETING THE EXCAVATION Improvements at Convent Here Well Under Way. The excavation for the new chapel and the annex to the convent at this place is now about completed and the mason work will begin in a few days. An en ormous quantity of earth has been re moved, the digging at the upper side go ing down to a depth of sixteen feet.' VV. A. Shepperson of this city is the con tractor. The annex and the chapel, which ad join each other, will be two roomy, sub stantial structures, built of brick, the former 32x132 feet and the latter 41x57 feet. Together with the mansion they will form a rather in-posing pile of ma sonry. The chap* - ' .• fill a want that is very keenly f t .,t at present. The annex to the convent will contain twenty eight rooms. It will have all the modern conveniences, baths, steam laundry, &c. In addition to the orphanage which contains thirty nine children, the con vent itself has a very important mission and an enlargement was imperative. It belongs to the order of sisters of Christ ian Charity, six htm I red of whom there are in America. The mo her house in this country is at Wilkesbarre, whence the "sisters" are sent out over the length and breadth of the country to teach, take charge of orpanages, &c., as they may be needed. There is but one other j house belonging to the sisterhood in J this country and that is at this place, I which may be said to be a branch of the mother house. The convent here, however, is devoted to the care of the infirm and ths sick and so far as these are concerned it re presents all of America. It t*as select ed largely on account of its beautiful grounds and healthful location as a place where the sick might be nursed back to health and the last days of the aged sis ters whose long lives have been given to j suffering humanity, might be passed in ( retirement and tranquility. The num- 1 her of inmates constantly varies. At present there are some thirty-five sisters at the convent. Rev. A. M. Feeser is chaplain of the institution. He is a young man, but has had an eventful career. He was a pritst j in the province of Monte Cristi. Ecuador, South America, but was expelled in the 1 uprising against the government in 1895. Council Meeting. Friday night, the last regular meeting night of the pr sent council year, was destined to pass without a quorum. Chairman Keinmer, Vastine, Goldsmith, Jones, Fetterman and Deutsch were present. They waited for half an hour or more, hoping lliat the seventh mem ber would turn up, but waiting was in I vain. The time was spent in talking over the work of the past year,and some of the problems which will confront the new Council. Following are the retiring Councilmen j of the present year: Mr. Deutsch, First Ward; Mr. Ches- j nut, Second Ward; Mr. Ilolloway, Third j Ward; Mr. Amesbury, Fourth War J. Mr. Yastine of the First Ward succeeds him- . self. The other Councilmen-elect are as follows: First Ward, William Davis, ; Second Ward, M. D. L. Sechler; Third Ward, James Dougherty; Fourth Ward, Joseph Gibson. The following bills were ordered paid by the Committee: WATER DEPARTMENT. Regular employes $129.70 S. A. McCoy 20.00 Work on Annex 8.40 Atlantic Refining Company. ... 27.70 Standard Gas Company 8.40 Adams Express Company .55 Montour American 25.00 A. C. Amesbury 103.28 Joseph Lechner 33.30 BOROUGH DEPARTMENT. Regular employes $82.50 Street work 6.07 B. B. Brown 8.00 Standard Gas Company 3.40 Standard Electric Light Co 470.48 B. B. Brown, Health Officer 9.30 To Burn The Mortgages. Special services will be held in the St. Peter's M. E. church, Riverside, March 10th at 7p. m. The mortgages held against the church and parsonage prop erties have been satisfied and in connec tion with the exercises these documents will be burned in the presence of the congregation. The board of trustees will be represented by the president, J. L. Shannon; the Ladies' Aid Society by their president, Mrs. Emma Hoover,and the stewards, by William R Clark. An address appropriate to the occa sion will be delivered by the pastor,Kev. F. S. Yougbt. The choir will render special music. The public are invited to the services, especially those who have rendered as sistance in reducing the church and par sonage debt. The obligations against the board of trustees have been met by the united ef fort and the generous support of the congregation and friends. The pastor, especially,has been most untiring in his effort to wipe out the indebtedness and not a little of what has been accomplish ed is due to his labors. The mortgage satisfied represents SIOOO. Jubilee Singers. The Jubilee Entertainers of Montgom ery, A 1 i»., will sing in the Y. M. C. A. ball on Saturday night, March 10, for the benefit of the colored church at this place. The company has sung in Eng land, Scotland and Ireland and »he prin cipal cities of the United States. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Brief Mention of the Doings of Your Friends and Acquaintances. Miss Garner returned to Ashland yes terday after a visit with Miss Neta Moyer at Hotel Oliver. David Foust of W'ashingtonville was in town yesterday. William Beyer of Liberty township drove to Danville yesterday. Harry Snyder of Bloomsburg was a visitor in Danville yesterday. Miss Bertha Gaskins is visiting friends in l.ewisburg. Hurley Gaskins of Pittsburg, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Gaskins, Mil? street, accompanied by his wife, is spending the winter in Jacksonville, Fla. Mrs. A. T. DeWitt of Riverside left yesterday for a visit with relatives in Ilarrisburg. Mr. and Mrs Daniel Gouper of Lime stoneville visited friends in this city yes terday. Alex.- Diehl transacted business in Berwick yesterday. James Gresh of Turbotville was in Danville yesterday. S. K. Hummer and daughter, Miss Lulu of South Danville, attended a fun eral in Bloomsburg yesterday. Mrs. Mary Eckartand daughter Lizzie ' of Wilkesbarre are visiting at the home i of Charles Rudy, Bloom road. Joseph H. Kase was in Bloomsburg yesterday. Mrs. John Hennessy, after a visit with relatives in Danville left yesterday for her home in Pittsburg. She was ac companied by her mother, Mrs. Mar garet Barrett, who will take up her re sidence with Mr. and Mrs. Hennessy. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Albeck of Milton visited friends in Danville yesterday. I J. J. Newman left yesterday for a busi ness trip to Philadelphia. R. H. Woolley was in Bloomsburg yes terday. Frank Reilly was in Bloomsburg yes terday. Raymond Keeler was in Catawissa yesterday. Miss Mar ha Carodiskey is visiting friends in ] somsburg. Mrs. Ad* v Stevens, of Philadelphia, is the guest "Mrs. P. B. Keeler, East Market stree. Mrs. Simon Dreifuss visited friends in ; Milton yesterday. i Miss Louise West returned from a vis- ! it in Philadelphia last evening. Rev. C. W. Raver returned from Scran- j ton last evening. Mrs. J. O. Wolverton, of Sunbury, spent Sunday at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bucher, in ' Riverside. Mrs. Starick, nee Miss Jennie Hiler, j left for Northumberland on Satur i day after a visit with Mrs. W. G. Brown on Factory street. Professor John G. Henderson aud ; family, of Williamsport, spent Sunday ! in this city as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Foster, Bloom street. Mrs. Robert R. Little and Mrs. Parvin Sterner, of Bloomsburg, were guests at ■ the home of F. G. Peters, West Mahon ing street, Saturday. Prof. Roy Foulk, of the Stopper & Fisk orchestra, Williamsport,spent Sun day with his parents on Lower Mulberry street. Stuart Rote, of Ilarrisburg, spent Sun day at his home on West Market street. Miss Nellie Mottern left Saturdty for a visit in Watsontown. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Bennett return ed from Watsontown on Saturday. Mrs. J. W. Krieger and little daught er spent Sunday with friends in Cata wissa. Miss Minnie Shultz left Saturday for a visit with relatives inShamokiu. Mrs. Amos Yastine has returned from a visit witn her daughter, Mrs. Mains, Plymouth. Miss Maud Werkheiser, of Buckhorn, is a guest at the home of C. C. Long, on West Mahoning street. Rev. J. I). Cook, of Renovo, is a guest at the home of John Sechler, Ferry street. Mrs. Catherine VanNostran has re turned from a visit with relatives in Pittsburg and Chicago, William Cuthbert, of Louisville, Ky., is visiting his father, Edward Cuthbert, in Riverside. This is Mr. Cuthbert's first visit home in 19 years. Rev. L. F. Brown, formerly of this city, was among the clergymen who at tended a special meeting of the North umberland Presbytery at this city, Monday. Mrs. Mary Hinton, of Wilkesbarre, is visiting at the home of James Shultz on East Market street. Mrs. Edward Newbaker.of Audenried, is visiting at the home of Dr. P. C. New baker, West Mahoning street. Mr. aud Mr?. Johu Bachinger, of Ply mouth, are visiting at the Bachinger homestead on Upper Mulberry street. Successful Meetings. I The meetings at Salvation Army Hall on Saturday and Sunday evenings con ducted by Major Edith Marshall assist ed by Captain 11 at tie Core attracted very lar«e audiences. The exercises were full of interest. Major Marshall is a fine talker and soon won her way into the hearts of her audience. The singing of Captain Core was a delightful feature of the meetings OLD OFFICERS REELECTED The New Council Was Organized Monday Night. The Borough Council for 1901-2 effec ted an organization Monday night. The old officers were all re-elected. There was no opposition for any of the posi tions except those of Street Commission er and Borough Solicitor. Contests for other offices, where they existed, were fought out before the meeting. The ses sion was brief and harmonious, the en tire business being pushed through in a trifle over a half an hour. The old Council convened at 8 o'clcck with the following members present: Kemmer, Jones, Goldsmith, Fetterman, Vastine, Sechler, Laurer and Brandt. The minutes of the last previous meet ing were read and approve i. A bill from the Borough Treasurer of I $l5O and one from the Borough Solicitor ! of SIOO were approved and ordered paid, ] after which the old council adjourned j sine die. ! Joseph Hunter, Justice-of-the-Peace, | administered the oath to the new mem ; hers as follows: William L. Davis, and Amos Vastine, First Ward; M. D. L. Sechler, Second Ward; James F. Dough erty, Third Ward; Joseph M. Gibson, Fourth Ward. THE NEW COUNCIL. Albert Kemmer was chosen temporary j chairman ami Sam A. McCoy temporary ! secretary. On motion of Mr. Yastine, 1 Albert Kemmer was elected permanent j chairman. On motion of Mr. Sechler I Sam A. McCoy was made permanent secretary. On motion of Mr. Fetterman the salar ies for the ensuing year were fixed the same as last year. They are as follows: Chief-of-Police, SSO; police assistant, SSO; Street Commissioner, SSO; Receiver of Water Rents, S4O; Clerk of Council, sls; wages on the street, $1.15; Borough Treasurer, $150; Borough Solicitor, SIOO. On motion of Mr. Davis, Harry Ellen bogen was elected borough treasurer. Mr. Vastine nominated H. B. Dcen for street commissioner; Mr. Jones nom inated John Evcritt. Follow ing is t!ie vote: Deen—Davis, George Sechler,Yastine, Fetterman, Kemmer, M. D. L. Sechler, Goldsmith, Dougherty, Laurer, Brandt, and Gibson. Everitt —Jones. Mr. Dien receiving the majority of votes he was declared elected. George Sechler nominated J. C. Mince- j moyer for Chief-of-Police and James F. j Dougherty nominated John G. Voris as j assistant. Nominations were declared J closed, after which both were elected by acclamation. Mr. Dougherty nominated K. S. Am merman for borougu solicitor. Mr. Vas- j tine nominated E. S. Gearhart. The i vote was as follows: Ammerman—Davis, George Sechler, j Fetterman, Kemmer, Dougherty, Laur- j er, Brandt and Gibson. Gearhart—Vastine, M. 1). L. Sechler, j Jones and Goldsmith. Mr. Ammerman receiving the majority j of votes he was declared elected Bor- j ough Solicitor. Mr. Yastine nominated George W. j West for borough surveyor,who was un animously elected. On motion the officers' bonds were fixed the same as last year. The secretary read the rules governing council previously Mn force and these j were on motion re-adopted. On motion it was decided that the night of meeting remain unchanged, the first and third Friday of each month at 8 o'clock. Inter-Collegiate Debating Team. The Pennsylvania Inter Collegiate Ora | torical Union will hold its ninth annual j contest at Gettysburg on Friday night, j Arthur L. Crossley, of West Hemlock \ township, this county, is one of the rep- , resentatives of the union who will par- j ticipate in the contest. Mr. Crossley is j a very promising young man and last ■ June won the first prize in the junior oratorical contest at Lafayette college, j He also took a prize in the oratorical! contest in the Pennsylvania C'hatauqua : at Mt. Gretna last summer. That he will acquit himself with credit in the contest at Gettysburg on Friday night, there is little doubt. The Phila delphia Press of yesterday prints the portrait of Mr. Crossley along with those of William 11. Hess, of Swarth more College; Howard E. Shiiner, of Muhlenburg College; William 11. I let rick ,of Pennsylvania College, and El ward E. Kelly, of I'rsinus College, the other representatives of the I nion who will take part in the contest. Martin Luther. One of the many pleasing features of the "Martin Luther*' entertainment to be given at the opera house March 13 and 14th., will l>e the musical selections. The following is the program: < Jverture Orchestra. "The Son of Got! ' "The Palms "Gloria Chorus of 100 voices. "Luther Rally Hymn" "Jesus Shall Reign"' , "German Carol' "Evening Prayer. Chorus of 20 male voices. "Lead Kindly Light "..Chorus of Nuns. "Over the Line" (solo) "Ave Maria" (solo) "Ein Feste Burg" Chorus. Preparing for Spring Trade. All indications point to a big business being done this spring by Danville mer chants. Some of the stores are daily re ceiving big invoices of spring and sum mer goods. NORTHUMBERLAND PRESBYTERY A Special Session Was Held in This City Monday. A special meeting of the Northumber land Presbytery was held Monday af ternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the lecture room of the Mahoning Presbyterian church. The meeting was held for the purpose of acting upon the request of the Rev. G. ILJohnson for a dissolu tion of the pastoral relation between himself and the churches" of Elysburg and Rush and to grant a letter of dis missal to Mr. Johnson to the Presbytery of Philadelphia North. These requests were granted and the provision of a minister for these churches left to the congregations until the regular meeting of the Presbytery, which will be held at Jersey Shore April 15th. Rev. Dr. Steans of this city will officially declare these pulpits vacant on Sunday, April 14th. The Presbytery also granted a letter of dismissal to Rev. F. F. Christ ine to the Presbytery of Lima, Ohio. Those in attendance were: Revs. J. E. Wright, D. I)., Moderator, of Lock Haven; W. T. L. Kieffer, of Milton; J. D. Cook, of Renovo; O. G. Morton, of Sunbury; G. 11. Hemingway, I). D., of Bloomsburg; James Carter, of Williams port; L. F. Brown, of Mill Hall; George H. Johnson, of Elysburg; A. B. llerr, of Pottsgrove, and Dr. W. A. McAtee ami Dr. W. I. Steans, of this city. The Elders present were: J. P. Welsh, PH. I)., of Bloomsburg; L. I. Meyer, of Williamsport; W. S. Pollock, of Ex change; C.C. McWilliams, J. F. Pitner, of Elysburg; aud William Scott, of Rush township. At a meeting of ministers and elders of Northumberland Presbytery held in this city yesterday the following resolu tion was adopted by a unanimous rising vote: The Presbytery of Northumberland his learned with distress and alarm of the session of the National Congress for the transaction of ordinary business held on the Sabbath day, March 3rd. This needless disregard of the Lord's Day is at once a violation of the civil law, an affront to the Christian consci ence of the country, an evil example to law breakers in general, a wicked de parture from the reverent customs of the fathers of the Republic and an of fense to Almighty God, the gracious Giver nf the dav of rest It io against the general welfare, deserves universal reprobation and we earnestly hope may not prove a precedent for future meet ings of our National Legislation. Western Man's Visit East. George M. Cotner, of South Central, Kansas, Monday afternoon, left for his home after a month's visit with relatives in this county. Mr. Cotner, who is a native of Strawberry Ridge, emigrated West sixteen years ago. He is engaged in farming and threshing and has be come a widely known and substantial citizen. On his return home yesterday he was accompanied by Mrs. Susan Boone and Miss Carrie C. Patterson, ®f Strawberry Rklge,who will take up their residence at South Central. Mr. Cotner states that a large pro portion of the population in that sec tion of Kansas is made up of Pennsylvania folks and that every year these hold a grand reunion. On that occasion it is determined ho«v many wish to revisit their old homes in the Keystone State, when special rates east are easily procured for the party. South Central is near Wichita, the scene of some of Carrie Nation's saloon smashing. Mr. Cotner states that while Kansas is a prohibition State there is a very large saloon element there. Liquor is sold with impunity, he said, because it is difficult to secure a conviction, it j being next to impossible to get a jury i in which there are not saloon men or ! their sympathizers. The temperance j element long ago gave up the fight and j there was no agitation until Carrie Na tion took hold with her little hatchet, lu some of the larger cities such as Wichita a sort of a compromise is effect ed by proceeding against the saloon as J a nuisance. All a liquor seller has to do is to pay his fine at regular intervals and goon .selling. Dorris-Kea. On Tuesday, March sth, 1901, at the residence of Mr. Williamß. Chauiberlin, Torresdale, Philadelphia, Mr. John 1). Dorris, of Huntingdon, Pa., and Miss Anne M. Bea, of Danville. Mr. Dorris is one of the leading At torneys of Huntingdon county. He is i also attorney for the Pennsylvania rail- ! road company. Mr. and Mrs. Dorris j will goto house keeping in Huntingdon. ! Hartman-Keefer. Austin Ilartman, brother of F. (J. Hartman proprietor of the silk mill,and Miss Mabel Keefer, both of Danville, were married Monday night. The cer emony was performed at the parsonage ofShiloh Reformed church, by Rev. George E. Limbert, at 8 o'clock. Miss Sadie Kear acted as bridesmaid and Walter Kramer attended the groom. Mr. and Mrs. Ilartman will res de in Ibis city. Surveying on New Trolley Line. Engineering work has been commenc ed on the proposed trolley line between Berwick and this city. At present a corps is engaged in running preliminary lines between Catawissa and Rupert and it is thought that the location of the line i between those two places will shortly be made. As shown by the preliminary lines, the road at that point will be built through the narrows parallel with the D. L. & W. tracks. ESTABLISHED FN 1855. NO REPAIRS ON CANAL For First Winter in its History Orders Are Withheld. Hugh D. Quick, division superintend ent of the Pennsylvania canal, was in town Tuesday. He stated that orders for the customary repairs on the canal made during the winter have thus far been withheld, a circumstance in line with recommendation by the directors to the shareholders of the company that the canal be abandoned. Mr. Quick admits that things look as though the waterway may be put to no use during the coming summer. It is true that repairs are uowhere so urg ent that the canal could not goon duty without them, but for the company, should it intend to use the canal,to neg lect all repairs at the oue season of the year in which tl'ey can be made would seem to be a questionable policy and form a departure never made by the company before. The canal company owns some 142 boats, which lie at different points along the line of the canal, a half a dozen or more at this place. Unless these are to be permitted togo to ruin, to rot down where they He, it will be necessary to use the canal to effect their removal. It would therefore be unsafe to predict that water will not be turned into the canal next spring. Our citizens may well regret to see the day when the canal is abandoned, as it will no doubt prove next to impossible to keep the big waterway, which cuts through the centre of our town, in any thing like a presentable condition. The disgusting appearance of the big ditch during the three or four months in win ter when the water is out, with the ac cumulation of rubbish and sewage that covers its bottom,may convey some idea of what the canal abandoned may be like during the whole year round. On Foreign Missions. Hon. Daniel W. McCurdy, of Clear field, delivered an address in St. Paul's M. E. church Sun«'ay night cn the sub ject of "Missionary Work." A very large congregation turned out to hear him, the spacious auditorium revealing few if any vacant seats. Mr. McCurdy is a zealous Methodist as well as a fluent and able speaker. He is a layman and he spoke from a layman's stand-point. li«v. H. V. llarmaii iutroduced him as 9 man "who serves God as a business and practices law to pay expenses. '' The speaker declared himself a believ er in old fashioned Methodism with its shouts and hallelujahs. If the church would survive, he said, it must stand by its amen corner, its class meetings and old-fashioned revivals. The discourse no doubt succeeded in awaking the congregation to a full re alization of its duty in the cause of foreign missions. The individual, he held, who gives but one dollar when he could spare five is not only retarding his own spiritual growth, but robbing God and robbing himself. Churches likewise make mistake,acting upon the unchrist ian principle that a church's first duty is to itself, many spending money upon buildings, etc.,that might be devoted to the missionary cause. What is subscribed is often given in the spirit in which a bone is thrown to a dog, saying: "Take it and go." With enlarged national prestige has come enlarged national responsibility. The Philippines constitute a new field for our missionaries, which we can not ignore without ignoring our duty to God' and the flag we have planted there. Will Succeed Mr. Buckingham. A. G. Haas, of Shamokin, 011 Monday received appointment as district deputy revenue collector to succeed Robert Buckingham, of Bloomsburg, who has tilled the position for the last eight years. The district comprises Mont our, Columbia and Northumberland couuties. The salary is SI2OO per year. Mr. Haas is a prominent Republican of the "Stalwart" faith and is at pres ent secretary of the board of education. He will assume the coliectorship on April Ist. The appointment holds good for four years. The Irving French Company. The Irving French Co. will open a three nights engagement at the opera house to-night. The company comes to us very highly recommended. The press throughout the western states have been most lavish in their praise of the Irving French company -and the pnblic has responded in generous style. The play selected for to-night is "A Runaway Wife." Prices 10, 20 and HO cents. Ladies free to-night only, if accompanied l>y an escort with one paid 30 cent ticket. Little Boy's Bad Accident. Solomon, the 11-year-old son of Al bert Gensberger, East Front street, while playing with some other boys in an alley near Tripner's bakery, Friday, ; fell upon a bottle which broke under his j weight, the glass inflicting a gash three ' inches long on his left leg. The bleed ing was profuse and the little fellow had to be carried home. Dr. Thompson was called, who inserted several stitches in the wound. Dancers' Carnival. Miss Neta Moyer will conclude the first term of her children's dancing class on Friday evening by giving a carnival. Ensemble and fancy dancing will form an interesting feature. The little ones will be dressed in appropriate costumes There will be a may pole dance and a cake walk. JOB PRINTING The office of the AMERICAN uc ing furnished with a large assortmen of job letter and fancy type and job material generally, the Publishei announces to the public that he i« prepared at all times to execute in the neatest manner JOB PRINTING Of all Kinds and Descrption. Get our prices before place your orders. SfILUIEH HOY'S EXPERIENCE William J. Longenberger Writes From the Phillippines. The following interesting letter de scribing the experience of an American soldier in China and the Philippines is from William J. I>ongenberger,a Danville boy. The letter, which was written at Manila on January Bih, is addressed to the writer's mother, this city. Relating to China the letter reads: On the 4th of September with twelve others I was put on guard over six boat loads of provisions for the troops at Pe kin. We were 10 days making the trip. Our food was very poor. There was a Chinaman on my boat who could speak a little English and he used to accom pany us out through the country in search of chickens, eggs and whatever we could tind to eat. On one of our trips we killed a young cow, which we dragged to the boats with the help of three Chinamen, whom we forced to as sist us. During our trip I was tired at once but not hit. 1 did guard duty at Taku from September 24 until October 4. We had it very hard and got only every other night for sleep. The water and rations were bad. I was taken very sick with chills and fever. There was no doctor within twenty miles and I thought my time was up. When we arrived at Tien Tsin 1 could hardly walk. It was a rough cold night and 1 had to sleep on the ground. The boys were very good to me though and as 1 had only one blanket they covered me with theirs and built a fire and made hot cofiee for me. Iu the morning they took me to the doctor. My temperature was 104 and I was ordered to the general hospital. I had typhoid fever. I was in the hospit al until November 6th. We left Cbina the day before Thanks giving. I ate my Thanksgiving dinner on the transport Rosecrans; it consisted of bread, coffee and rice. The trip across the Red sea occupied 32 days. On tie sixth day we were struck with a typhoon, a storm such as few vessels live through. Nearly all the soldiers got seasick and couldn't get out of their bunks. We passed a wrecked chip and a life boat with three Chinamen in it. Wheu the poor fellows saw our boat coming close they began to pray by kneeling and bumping their heads on the boat, but we didn't try to pick them up, for our Captain had orders not to pick up any Chinamen, besides it was too rough to try to get near them. It brought tears to my eyes as we passed them leav ing them to their fate. The women of China are very good looking, when they are dressed in their best, for everything they wear is of the finest silk. Their hair is done up very slick and they wear a sort of a bloomer costume. I became acquainted with a wealthy American, Walter B. Tuttle, who hand les the exports and imports of the United States government. A comrade and my self were assigned to guard duty over him. It was there that I learned to eat at a rich man's table, as we took our meals with him. There are two Chinese interpreters associated with Mr. Tuttle and these invited myself and comrade to a Chinese holiday dinner. It was a fine meal. Their houses are built of brick furnished in the finest style of Ameri can art. The daughter, of one, 19 years old,has never had her feet bandag ed and she looks like an American girl. We landed at Maubau, l\ 1., on De cember 29. The weather corresponded with that of Pennsylvania in July and August. Cocoanut trees are grow ing on all sides around us, which are full of monkeys, parrots and birda of the prettiest colors. We have been expecting an attack from the Filipinos, but they havn't at tacked us as yet. WILLIAM J. LONUKSBERUKR. May Never Be Discovered. The murder of Thomas McHenry, at Rohrsburg, on the morning of February 3rd, promises togo unavenged. There has been no arrest made and there is not likely to be. The murder was one of those rural crimes which puzzles detec tives because of the seeming lack of a motive on the part of any known per son. Detection of the murderer setma extremely unlikely, because at of the commission of the crime all of the inhabitants ol that sparsely populated district were in bed. The ehance of any one being on the road and recognizing the fugitive was reduced to almo."t noth ing. Rumor had connected the murdered man's brother, McClellan McHenry, of Hazleton, with the crime, but so far no evidenre has been found that would in criminate him.— Bloomsburg Daily. In Honor of His Fortieth. Seth C. Lormer was pleasantly sur prised by a number of friends at his home, corner ol l'ine and Walnut streets last evening in honor of his 40th birth day. The party was arranged by Mrs. Loriner. A line lunch was served. The following members of the Washington Drum Corps of which Mr. Lormer is a I member were present: William Reed, David C. Williams.Thomas Roney, Grant Gulick, Frank Rowe, Charies and Harry Kinn and James Freeze. Others present were: Mr. and Mis. Peter Winters, Mr. and Mrs <l. W. McLain, Mr. and Mrs. John Vastineand Mrs. Sarah Saunders Tnistees Elected. The following trustees were elerte I af St. Paul's M K. church Mon lay night: John li. Rote. David Thorn. is, Je»H# R Cleaver, Robert A dam*, William l.im berger, Dr. K K. liar pel, John I . Kvans, WilIU P.rmvn and Dr. II Reynold*.
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