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 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