MONTOUR AMERICAN
FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Danville. Pa.. Apr. I 1901
COMMUNICATIONS.
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Washin£tonville Items.
Washingtonville, April 10. —A valuable
horse belonging to Benj Ware tell and
broke his leg today. Mr. Ware was driv
ing along the public road near Alex Bill
meyer's when the animal stumbled and
tell, causing a fracture near the fetlock.
The horse was killed.
Farmer in this vicinity have general
ly begun their spring ploughing. Sever
al will be ready to sow oats next week.
County Superintendent W. D. Stein
bach was in town today and purchased
a Bet of double harness at /cliff's sad
dlery.
A new base ball team was organized
tonight, which will be known as the
Junior Base Ball team of Washington
ville. Ross Heacock is Manager and
Secretary; John Robinson, Captain, and
William Seidel, Treasurer. The positions
will be tilled as follows William Sel
del, 1 b.; Isaiah Gresb,2 b.; Walter Kob
inson, 3 b.; Clav Martz, I. 112.; Elmer
Martz, c. 112.; William Wagner, r. 112.; J. C.
Kobinson, s. s.; Koss Heacock, catcher;
Allan Pollock, pitcher. Substitutes,
Fuller Kunyan and David Wagner. The
club will play its tirst game with Turbot
ville on April 20. It challenges any team
averaging 105 or 110 pounds to p!av a
game during the three weeks following
Saturday the 13th inst.
A Famous Old Canal.
The days of the Pennsylvania canal
are now numbered and soon the famous
old waterway will be abandoned forever.
Manufacturers and others who have
been using the water have been noti
fied to look elsewere for their supply.
The canal, which was built by the State,
came into possession of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company by purchase
in 1859. The Pennsylvania Canal, and
its branches, consist of 144 miles of
navigable canal, with a width at
water line of fifty-two feet, extending
from Columbia, Lacanster county, to
Northumberland, thence to Luzerne
county, and from Northumberland to
Loyal Sock, near Williamsport. Gen
eral Isaac J. Wistar is president of the
company, and Thomas T. Wireman, of
Harrisburg, is its chief engineer. It is
a model of canal navigation in its con
struction, and all of its appliances,
and in the maintenance of its sixty
locks (overcoming 277 feet in elevation),
99 houses for employes, 73 wasteways
and overflows, covering 7,322 feet of
surface; 309 bridges, 71 culverts, five
dams, across large streams; 33 aque
ducts, . comprising 2832 feet of super
structure; 193 canal boats. N lumber
boats, all involving a watchful care
and zealous supervision. Although
the traffic on the canal has not yielded
any profits to its owners for some
years, it is, nevertheless, a worthy
monument of the once famous lim of
Pennsylvania's system of internal im
provements which formed a memorable
part in the history of the Common
wealth.
Free Concert in Y. M. C. A. Holl.
The concert by the faculty of the State
Normal school assisted by Mrs. Vida
Bowman-Drum and Thomas Dailey,
which was given in the V. M. C. A. hall
Tuesdaynight \vasa thoroughly enjoyable
aflair. The audience was unquestion
ably the largest that 'ever convened in
Y. M. C. A. hall. Every inch of stand
ing room was occupied, the crowd ex
tending down the wide stairway and fill
ing all the space available on the tirst
floor.
The program, as printed in yesterday
morning's issue, was carried through in
a very able manner. The musical num
bers,all of which were classical were ren
dered with most pleasing effect, the
"Irish Folk Song" by Mrs. Vida Bow
man-Drum, and the violin solo by Mr.
Dailey, especially, winning enthusiastic
applause. Mr. Dailey received an en
core. Miss Welsh as a reader made a
fine impression. She has a strong and
pleasing voice and gives evidence of cul
ture along the line of elocution. Among
her three selections was"The Night
Watch," which was rendered with strong
dramatic ettect.
Improved Telephone Service.
The Shamokin Valley Telephone
Company started an all night telephone
service this week for the benefit of their i
many patrons. Miss Laura Grabb
er, the night operator, will be in the
exchange all night to answer calls of
patrons. The exchange will lie open
every hour in th»- week except on Sun
days, when it is open only from S:0'l to
1:00 and Ip.intoH p. m. This improved
.service will be greatly appreciated by
the patrons of the Montour and Colum
bia Telephone Company in this city.
Howe & Polk Grant An Advance.
Howe & Polk have granted an 8$ per
cent advance of wages at their Structur
al Tubing Plant, which affects all em
ployes except ordinary laborers, whose
wages remain at |l.oo per day. The ad
vance will go into eflect on May 1.
Howe A Polk are looking forward to a
very busy season. All our leading in
dustries are now in line for advance in
wages, which reflects no little credit up
on our town.
Rev. Heck And Family Leave.
Rev. O. G. Heck left for York Tues
day in which city he will officiate as
pastor of the Duke Methodist
church, he having been appointed to
that charge at the late conference. Il«
was accompanied by his wife and chil
dren. A large party off riends of tii*
family were at the station and that i
much regret was felt at this breaking of j
ties was plainly manifest in the many j
tearful farewells which took place jus( j
(previous to the departure of the train. I
SHALL BLADE !
lll : A KNIFE
Cuntifiued from first page,
compunction and declares that if he
hadn't killed him his own life would
have been in danger. He has a marked
dislike for Attendant Heller and Sup
ervisor Swank and yesterday morning
he remarked that he would yet kill
them.
The testimony of the physicians, Drs.
Bobbins, Curry, McCuaig and Adams,
who performed the autopsy, wound up
the inquest. Their testimony agreed
that the wounds were all of such a na
ture as could have been produced by the
knife blade, if the patient could have
devised some means of holding it in the
hand so as to make it of eflect in
l striking the blows. The probability is
that Caprio wound a ball of string
around tlie end fashioned for the hinge
which he clutched in the palm of his
hand when he struck, the hlade pro
truding from between his lingers. The
string still tied around the knife gives
color to this theory. How the patient
came into possession of the deadly
weapon, will, of course, remain a my
stery. The wounds were all of a more
serious nature than described Wednes
day night. Death was immediately due
to the blow upon the breast, the weap
on there piercing the sternum and pun
cturing the aorta, or main artery, which
carries the blood from the heart. A
hemorrhage ensued, the blood pressing
upon the wind pipe and the air passages
leading to it and producing suffocation.
The jury rendered a verdict in accord
ance with the above facts.
A MEASURE OF MERIT.
Danville Citizens Should Weigh Well This
Evidence.
Proof of merit lies in the evidence.
Convincing evidence in Danville.
Is not the testimony of strangers.
But the endorsement of Danville peo
ple.
That's the kind of proof given here.
The statement of a Danville citizen.
Mr. Levi Alleger of 102 North Spruce, st.
says: I had much lameness in my back
right over my hips and ever lasting ach
ing over the kidneys. It hung right to
me, and stooping or lifting anything
caused sharp pains to pass through me.
I had pains between my shoulders and
running down my spine, which unfitted
me for my work. I could not sleep well
nights and was tired all the time. I read
about Doan's Kidney Pills curing others
of this trouble and I got them and after
taking them I felt all right. They are
the only thing which ever did me any
permanent good."
For sale by all dealers, price 50 cents
a box. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo. N. Y.
sole agents for the U. S.
Remember the name Doan sand take
no other.
Death of Joseph Levers.
Joseph Levers, a respected citizen of
Milton, died at his home on Centre
street Sunday evening about five o'clock
of kidney trouble. He was in the fifty
seventh year of his age, and is survived
bv his wife and son Edward. Mr. Lev
ers was a moulder by trade and had
been in the employ of the Milton Car
W r orks for over twenty years. He was
a good mechanic and an upright citizen,
lie served in the war of the Rebellion as
a member of Co. C, 187 th regiment, en
listing in Danville, and is a member of
Henry Wilson Post, Grand Army of the
Kepublic. His funeral will take place
on Thursday afternoon at half-past two
o'clock. Interment will be made in
Harmony cemetery.
The popular view of the relation of
the blood to human character and con
duct is marked in many a familiar ex
pression. We speak of there being "bad
blood" between people at enmity, of
blue blood" as indicating ancestry, of
black blood" as describing a treacherous
nature, and in many another phrase
mark our belief that in the mental,
moral and physical man,"the blood is
the life.' The one basis of a healthful,
happy and useful life is pure blood.
With the blood pure, disease has no
permanent lodging place in the system.
For this reason the use of Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery rids the body
of diseases which have their origin in
impurity of the blood. It absolutely
purifies the blood, carrying off the
waste and poisonous matter, increasing
the action of the blood making glands,
a,id building up the body by supplying
the Wood in quantity and quality such
as is esseatial to a condition of health.
It cures ninety-eight people out of every
hundred who give it a fair trial.
Brecht— Gernert,
Thomas Brecht, of Myerstown, and
Miss Dora Gernert, of this city, were
married at Sparrow's Point, Md. t on
April 4, at the home of Henry Brecht,
brother of the groom, the ceremony be
ing performed by Kev. Miller, the Luth
eran minister at that place. The bride
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Gernert of West Mahoning street, this
city, and has a large circle of friends.
The young couple will take up their
residence in Sparrows' Point where Mr.
Brecht is employed.
Dislocated His Shoulder.
Our townsman, W. B. Rhodes, who
with his family is spending the winter
at Natchez, Miss., met with a serious
runaway accident last week. Himself
and tamily,acw>«n|>anLed by a Mr. Boyd,
of Milwaukee, had driven to a point at
some distance from the city and were
just starting on the return drive when
the horse driven by Mr. Rhodes he
came unmanageable and ran away. Mrs.
I:bodes and children occupied another
conveyance, Mr. Boyd being in the bug
gy with Mr. KJtiodes. Both gentlemen
were thrown ou*. Mr. Rhodes' right
shoulder was dislocated and Mr. Boyd
was rendered unconscious by t,he shock.
Both gentlemen still sutler from -the ef
fects of the accident.
Kev. John Reid, Jr., of Great Falls,
Mont., r«KWmmended Ely's Cream Balm
to me. I fcac emphasize his statement,
It is a positive,' ure for catarrh if used
as directed." R*'» (Francis W. Poole,
Pastor Central Pre* Cttwych Helena,
Mont.
After using Ely's Cream bauu; ,six
weeks I believe myself cured of catarm
.Joseph Stewart, Grand Ave., Buffalo,
N. «' The Balm does not irritate or
cause ouiezing. Sold by druggists at 50
cts. or by Ely Brothers. 56 war
ren St, New V
Busy Places.
Our freight houses are busy
iiese days. Merchants and draymen are
! ilit-r- unloading and hauling away great
'ooxes innumerable barrels and
crates and oiu manufacturers are busy
I loading ears with guxjU to be shipped
| to all parts of the country.
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LANE BACK ?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.
Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know of the wonderful
ii ij , cures made by Dr.
—ii Kfmer'sSwamp-Root,
i I '^ e S reat k'dney, liver
C bladder remedy.
- y \V Bis the gTeat med ; -
, >1 .s/ caltriumch cf the nine
\ V - \ hln ,een, k is "
Hill covered alter . of p2
p 2 >,' r _. Uijll scientific research by
■j _ |E"" | Dr. Kilmer, the emi
(| _ s - " nent kidney and blad
—| ■ der specialist, and is
wonderfully successful in promptly curing
lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou
bles and Bright's Disease, which is the worst
form of kidney trouble.
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not rec
ommended for everything but if you have kid
ney, liver or bladder trouble it will be found
just the remedy you need. It has been tested
in so many ways, in hospital work, in private
practice, among the helpless too poor to pur
chase relief and has proved so successful in
every case that a special arrangement has
been made by which all readers of this paper
who have not already tried it, may have a
sample bottle sent free by mail, also a book
telling more about Swamp-Root and how to
find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper and
send your address to
Dr. Kilmer & Co.,Bing
regular fifty cent and Hom«of Bwunp-Roo«,
dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists.
AMUSEMENTS?
Vogel & Big Minstrels.
The above organization will appear at
the opera house on Saturday evening
and will present one of the most novel,
interesting and pleasing entertainments
ever offered the amusement loving pub
lic. The program is overflowing with
rapid-fire fun and genuine surprises,
beautiful costumes, pretty music and
dazzling scenic and electrical effects
form an important part of the enter
tainment. The entire mammoth pro
gram is everywhere presented in abso
lute perfection, never curtailed in any
detail, a fact that makes this organiza
tion still more successful each successive
season. The management's motto has
beeu 'Perfection Makes Perpetual Popu
larity.'
A Good Company.
The Lester-Walter Stock company be
gan a week's engagement in the opera
house last night and presented"The
Prince of liussia, - ' before a crowded
house. The company is one of merit,and
the performance throughout was excel
lent. Mr. Walter is a young actor of
ability and his portrayal of the character
of "Alexander" was fine. Miss Leona
Leslie appeared to an advantage as Jose
phine, and she did some very clever
work. The supporting company is strong
and among those who deserve special
mention are Le Roy SDyder, Charles F.
Neilson and Miss Emma Bolton. The
play was finely staged,and the costumes
were handsome.
Between the acts clever specialties
were introduced by Emma Bolton, Will
iam Cushman, Johnson & Stanley, and
others.—Columbia Daily.
The Lester Walter Stock Company
will be the attraction at the opera house
next week.
DKAFNKSS CANNOT BK CI'HKD
by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There IN only
one way to cure deafness, and that is by con
stitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by
an inflamed condition of the mucous lining
of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube get*
inflamed you have a rumbling sound or Jm
perfeet hearing, and when it is entirely clos
ed deafness is the result, and unless the in
flammation can be taken out and this tube
restored to its normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever; nine cases out often are
caused by catarrh,which is nothing but an in
flamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send
for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY Si CO . Props., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family l'llls are the beat.
Defense will be Insanity.
It is thought that John Gulick who
murdered his mother and brother last
week and gave himself up on Sunday
will be tried for his heinous crime at the
next term of Northumberland county
court. The murderer has engaged coun
sel to defend him and there is now no
doubt that he will plead insanity. His
father, who is seventy-three years of
age, will be the chief witness. There are
two -charges of murder against him.
When asked by the justice, before whom
he was arraigned, whether fie was guilty
or not guilty Gulick was speechless. His
counsel, J. Simpson Kline, answered
"not guilty" in his stead. Throughout
the whole proceeding the murderer
showed no amotion. Neither does he
betray any feeling as he sits in his lone
ly' cdl where tlvere is nothing in the
environments to distract his thoughts
from himself and his inhuman crime.
Every precaution is taken to prevent
him from committing suicic'e. Kvery
thing but his bedding is taken from his
cell at 8 o'clock at night and not a liuht
but the one at the end of the long cor
ridor is left burning.
Constable J. M. Conrad of Upper Au
gusta township, Northumberland county
who took Gulick into custody, through
his attorney yesterday presented his
claim for the 112 100 reward offered for his
capture. The County Commissioners
refused to pay it, ,cpntending that as
<Julick gave himself up the constable is
not justly entitled to the money. If the
reward is paid at all one-half of it will
likely goto the boy Mettler Surgeon who
discovered the murderer. Gulick sleeps
most of the time and eats well.
Guide to Washington D. C.
Can be necujjs-y 1 from P. «& R. Ticket
Agents by persons expect togo
with the excursion to Washington on
Thursday, April lHth. Special through
coaches from West Milton for pass
engers leaving Danville at 7.82 A. M.
Tick's good also on the 11.25 A M.
train ij'toy '.yver allowed at Philadel
phia returning. fo>.'-i>ets good eleven
days. Round trip raU. P»nville
$0.55.
To The Trade.
We have just arranged with B K.
HuwtWi.kvr, <>f Danville to Handle our
line of i'nu Rye and Malt
Whiskies. We Giwwt"" their Purity
Rochester Distilling Co.
Duffy Malt Whiskey Co. j
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source of the trouble. I have permanently
w cured hundreds of cases of persistent headache -J-
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I examine your eyes, will tell you if your £
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No charge for examination.
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SCIENTIFIC OPTICIAN & JEWELER.
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A CENTURY EECOBD. I
THE VALIANT NINTH REGIMENT IN
FOREIGN AND INDIAN WARS.
Organised to Fight Kramer In 1798.
Bftttln With Engllik, M«xlcan»,
Spaniard* and Chinese—With Scott |
at Landy'a Luie and In Mexico.
[Copyright, 1001, by O. L. Kilmer ]
1861, but threJ
months before the lowering of the flag
on the memorable fortress the stars
and stripes were fired upon In Charles- |
ton harbor over an attempt to carry
relief to the Isolated garrison.
Major Anderson abandoned his posi- |
tion in Fort Moultrie on the 20th of I)e- |
oember, 1800, without orders from [
Washington and for the reason, as he |
reported to the war department, that
he believed that the state government
of South Carolina meditated a hostile
act. The day after Anderson retired to
Sumter the governor of South Carolina
sent him a courteous but peremptory
request to return to Moultrie. Ander
son replied that he "could not and
would not" return. The governor then
called in person to say that there was ,
an understanding with President Buch- j
anan tliut no re enforcements should
be sent to any of the forts In Charles- i
ton harbor and that in moving the gar- ,
rlson of Moultrie to Sumter Anderson
had re-enforced the latter. That strap
day an armed steamer sent a party to
seize Qafttle Plnckney, and a demand
was ma<le for the surrender of the [
United States arsenal at Charleston.
Some one In authority had the nerve (
to stand by Anderson, and on Jan. S
orders were sent to Lieutenant Charles
K. Woods of the Ninth Infantry, then
on duty at Fort Columbus, New York
harbor, to proceed to Charleston on
the steamer Star of the West and carry
troop* to Fort Sumter. Within a few
hours after receiving the order Woods ,
embarked with 200 men. two officers and
a surgeon. The soldiers were recruits
In welting at Fort Columbus for trans
fer to the Ninth regiment, then sta
tioned on the Pacific coast. The pas
sage to Charleston was made in three 1
days, and at midnight on the Bth the ;
steamer, with her lights out, stole j
Into the harbor. A strange steamer, :
tying in tb® main ship channel, was
encountered ju»t before daylight, and
she retired up the channel, firing rock- ]
eta and burning red lights for signals
of alarm.
The Star of the West kept on her '
course until within three-fourths of a
mile of Bumter and Moultrie, when she j
was suddenly fired upon by a battery
masked on the north end of Morris |
Island. The steamer sailed close to the :
Island In order to avoid the fire of Fort |
Moultrie, as the commander had been j
warned that state tropps were in pos- ,
session of Moultrie. Evidently the j
state government had also been warn- |
ed by telegraph from New York of the j
sailing of the relief expedition to Sum >
ter, for the South Carolinians had j
made full preparations to give the par- ;
ty a warm reception. The battery on |
Morris island had been planted espe- |
daily to guard the channel. It was
manned by cadets of the South Caro- 1
linn Military academy, under command j
of Major P. F. Stevens, and Cadet
George E. Haynesworth fired the first
Sfaot.
The Star of the West carried the !
usual American ensign when fired '
upon and immediately ran up a full
sized United States garrison flag at
the fore, but this was not respected. I
and the shots flew thick and fa;?t, chief- j
ly passlug over. The range was a
trifle over half a mile. One shot bare
ly missed the m a ehlnery of the steam
er, and another richochet shot struck
the fore .chains above the water line, j
Fort Sumter's guns did not attempt :
to help the steamer, and those in
Moultrie were silent. Lieutenant
Woods saw some steamers passing
down the channel for the purpose of
cutting the Star of the West off from (
retreat and, getting no sign from An
derson in Sumter, turned about and
barely got across the bar on the fast '
ebbing tide.
Young Flaynesworth, whom the [
South Carolinians always credited 1
with the first shot of the war, after
ward fought for the defense of Fort j
Sumter when attacked in 1863.
By u singular fortune the Ninth regi
m««t had no further connection with
tha civil war than that narrated of
tho Star of the West expedition. The
recruits were forwarded to the post on
the Pacific, and Lieutenant Woods was j
promoted and assigned to volunteer
commands. Beginning at the battle of j
Shiloh, where ho was colonel of the I
Ohio, he fought under
Grant and Sherman to the end of the
war, winning the brevets of major
general in both the volunteer and regu
lar service. At Bentonvllle he com
manded a division, and possibly
Haynesworth's last shot was aimed at
his line.
; Bit If the Ninth missed glorification
14 ifye clv'J war that Is the only con
flict of the republic in which Its ling
was absent, orgauiw/4 to Jjght the j
French in 1708, It had no etiautii to
prove Its mettle, but in the battles on j
the Canadian border In 1814 its Hag
was often bathed in blood. The Ninth i
fought gallantly In defense of Fort j
| «wt«, at Luudy's I-ane, In the j
brigade led by General Scott, was the
i only regiment of the command left to
j rally upon after the desperate fighting
which decided the day. According to
the custom of those times, the Ninth
was credited to the state of Massa
chusetts, and congress awarded honors
: to the Bay State for the prowess dis-
I played by her sons at Lundy's Lane.
In the Mexican war the Ninth was
j led by a volunteer colonel, but in this
I case volunteer was not another name
' for "greenhorn." Vermont, the home
| of heroes, numbered among her sons
| Truman Bishop Ransom, a soldier by
I training and spirit. He had establisli
j ed and drilled the Vermont militia and
' also Instructed men for the United
States navy. When the government
; called for troops to fight Mexico, Ran
i som volunteered and before the first
I batUe was colonel of the Ninth. Tho
j regiment at that time counted among
| its subordinates William B. Taliaferro,
j who was one of Stonewall Jackson's
; brigadiers; John S. Sloeum, killed at
i Bull Run at the head of the First
Rhode Island volunteers, and Jesse A.
I Gove, colonel of the Twelfth Massa
! chusetts, killed at Gaines Mill,
j Colonel Ransom was killed at the
storming of the citadel of Cbapultepec
j In a crisis similar to that which cost
j the life of Colonel Liscum at Tien-tsin.
The Ninth was in the division of Gen
j eral Pillow and was selected to follow
i on the heels of the voltlgeurs who
! stormed the wall outside the citadel,
! and in case of disaster to the stormers
or delay In their attack the Ninth was
to charge forward in a skirmish line to
the crest. Half way up the ascent the
stormers met with a check, anil the
Ninth rushed forward only to find the
way blocked by troops who would not
'or could not press on. While trying to
: urge the line forward General Pillow
j was wounded and Colonel Ransom
j shot dead when he was close up to the
| storming party showing his men the
way to the crest. The fall of Its leader
did not dismay the Ninth. It crossed
1 the wall surrounding the castle and en
tered Into a race for the citadel with
the Eighth Infantry. Two lieutenants
of the Eighth who were conspicuous in
this affair afterward made history as
i generals in the Confederate service.
These were James Longstreet and
j George E. Pickett. Longstreet was
shot down while the line was strug
gling up the hill, and Pickett took the
flag under his care. Hurrying forward
i to plant the colors on the dome of the
citadel, Pickett found Major Seymour
of the Ninth ahead of him and the flag
of the conquered Mexicans lowered
I from the staff. The flag of tho Eighth
| being the first at hand, Major Seymour
I ordered it run up to replace the Mexi
| can banner.
[ General Pillow found numberless he
j roes among the rank and tile of the
Ninth at the storming of Chapultepee.
j He named 17 officers and 11 enlisted
j men for conspicuous bravery during
j the attack on the wall and citadel,
i Fate seemed to have destined the
Ninth for service on the Pacific coast,
I for as soon as the Mexican war closed
| the regiment was rushed to northern
j California.
A history of the battles of this regi
' ment with Indians for over half a cen-
I tury would be a thrilling rouiauce. it
j fought with everything in war paint
| from Arizona to Oregon and even en
• dured the exile of Alaska. Spokaue
! and Sioux, Cheyenne and Apache, have
| faced the white men under the flag of
i the Ninth, but they never once covered
| that flag with defeat. In a campaign
' against the redskins back in the fifties
| a contingent of the Ninth numbering
I 150 men was surrounded by hostiles
| near Fort Walla Walla. The Indians
j forced the fighting all day and after a
| sundown charge retired to wait for
! morning. The soldiers had barely
i
CHARLES K. WOODS, U. S. A.
[Commander of tho Star o( the West expedition in
January, 1861]
' three rounds of cartridges per man,
and it was 7."> miles to the nearest post.
! JJefore daylight the little column,
j which was mounted, charged through
I the Indian camp made rui'ning
fight of 24 hours without losing a sin
gle man.
It was not inglorious ease for the
Ninth during the civil war, for the sav
drfea were continually making forays 1
and raiding the settlements. Then fol
lowed the era of railroad building,
when the Cheyennes, Sioux and Apa
ches gave the troops on the plains no
respite from war at its fiercest.
At Santiago the Ninth dashed over
j "Hell's Crossing" and charged up to
! Fort San Juan. Needless to say that
j the nioord of Lundy's Lane and Cha
: pultepec was not Iptipfet}.
i did not eclipse the glories won iu a ietV
; tury, but rather gave a splendid ell
; max. Geohuk L. Kilmer.
I
I WOMAN AND FASHION.
V or Ontiloor Sprint* Wear—lllooniinn
lliitw— \ Sinhi*l Wliile Serii«*
('out n me.
The ■-!klrt and jacket of this model
j are made of warm looking and yet not
heavy material. Homespuns or vicunas
j would look as well as broken pattern
I English cloths, which have a good deal
| of style besides the advantage of not
/- \
FOR OL'TUOOK WEAK.
creasing or getting shabby. It would
be nice to have a dress of this kind for
out of door wear in the morning. White
i cloth lapels would be more in the style
\ of this class nf costume than silk, but
| the latter is preferable for a costume
j not exclusively intended for travel.—
j New York Telegram.
I
Fllouiiilns Hat*.
The picture hats of the Frenchy order
that will be worn later in the season
will leave the impression that the trlm
j mer stood iu a garden and trimmed
from the bush or tree. When your hat
suggests that, you may rest assured
you are wearing the right thing. The
\ poetry of nature is the latest cry in
millinery where flowers are used. We
' find the long ostrich plume on low
1 crowned, wide, circular brimmed hats
1 fixed as grando mode. Indications
1 point to the abandonment of all small
' birds. Women themselves are showing
' a sensitiveness to wearing them lest
they be commented upon too freely in
' public places.—Abby E. Underwood in
I Woman's Home Companion.
• 1
A Smart Spring; Coattime.
The gown lias a white serge skirt,
box plaited and mounted on a deep fit
] ted yoke, but with points, and bordered
with a band of tiie serge. At the hem
it is trimmed with five bands of light
blue canvas, four narrow and one wide.
1 The smart little Eton jacket is of blue
1 canvas, slashed at either side of the
1 front, with tlie edges held together by
1 a band of canvas fastened at the ends
| with a gold button. The slashes and
WHITE SEKUE WITH BLUE.
■ all the edges are bordered with a nar
row band of the white serge, and the
large sailor collar is of the serge, fall
ing over a second collar of tucked white
muslin. The canvas sleeves widen be
low the elbows, are slashed and border
ed with serge and fall over very full
undersleeves of white muslin, finished
with a plaited cuff and a frill of the
same. The blouse is of the muslin, and
the cravat and belt are of black taf
feta.—Philadelphia Ledger.
Faptiionw For Boys.
For really little boys nothing is better
than the sailor or Russian blouse suits.
They rise superior to the flight of time,
with its ever changing fashions iu
clothes for men, women and girls. The
small boy in his middy suit, with the
long, flaring trousers or knee breeches,
is always in fashion and always at
tractive to look at. says Harper's Ba
zar. The Russian suits have been a
fad for mouths past and are certainly
picturesque for the small boy from 3
to 8 years of age. They will still be
worn this next summer
t'nlliuK the Doctor,
A good story is told of I)r. X., who Is
the physician in charge of the female
wards of one of our best known chari
table institutions. One evening about
9 o'clock Mary, a new Irish servant
girl, knocked at the door, saying:
"Doctor, the head nurse wants you
to come down to supper."
The doctor, swelling in his pride of
superiority above the nurses, sent the
Irish girl away with a curt message.
Ilalf an hour later the head nurse came
to his room looking very serious.
"Po.-toi " she said, "No. 8 i» yery but}
Indeed. I think you ought to see her at
once."
"Why did you not let me know be
fore V" was the reply.
"Why, doctor," said the nurse. "I
sent you void b> Mjiiy half an hour
ago."
"The fool!" -aid the doctor. "She
told me to come down to supper!"
"Why," said the nurse, "I sent you
word to come down to eight!"
An inquiry made the whole thing
clear. Mary thought it more polite to
pity "<'oj! ( u <lown to supper" than t<j
say "Come down to ate."—Pearson's
Weekly.
F«rJITIN(i A Wll.lM AT
AN ADVENTURE THAT MADF ONE
MAN SHV OF THAT KIND OF BEAST.
He In Willi iiK to Go u Luiik Hny
Around to Avoid Ferovioun Ani- 1
mala, Gv«n Ttiouijl. Scleuce Suyn
They Will Flee tit Man'* Approach.
"I have read in tbe papers certain
scientitie assertions that no wild ani
mal will voluntarily attack or pursue
a human being, but tliat. 011 the con
trary, the fiercest of them, as tradition
and the tales of woodsmen classify
them, will make haste to escape the
possible sight of man, unless, in des
perate cases, hunger may urge it to ap
proach him, its most dreaded foe. such
cases being extremely rare," said a
matter of fact and veracious New York
business man.
"If that is so, I had a little experi
ence once with a wild animal that must
have been the most desperately hungry
beast that ever longed for food. The
occurrence was in northwestern Penn
sylvania, where one winter I had some
business that called me ten miles from
the county town to one of the back
woods districts. It was late in the aft
ernoon when I started on my return to
the village. The way was over a lone
ly, narrow, crooked mountain road, bor
dered by deep woods much of the dis
tance. Toward dusk, as I was round
ing a short turn in the road, my horse,
which had a good deal of spirit, shied
suddenly and sprang forward on a
furious run.
"At the same instant an animal with
glaring eyes plumped down from some
where and landed in the sleigh at my
feet. It had evidently leaped from a
tree at the horse, the quick movements
of which nervous animal had defeated j
that purpose, and the attacking animal j
had alighted with its fore feet on the
robe that lay across my lap. it glared '
furiously at me, with its face not more
than two feet away, as it clung to the
robe witli its sharp claws, growling
fiercely. I had never seen a wildcat,
but 1 knew instantly and instinctively
that I had one to deal with here, and
it seemed to be a very large and sav
age one at that. I had 110 weapon, but
fortunately the whip that stood in its
socket on the dashboard was loaded at
the butt.
"Clinging to the reins with my left
hand—the horse was running away—l
quickly drew the whip from the socket
and struck the wildcat on the head
with the heavy butt That caused the
animal to loosen its hold on the robe
and drop into the snow at the side of
the sleigh, but the agile and furious
beast was up in the fraction of a sec
and and with one bound sprang on the j
back of the sleigh, which had a low
body.
"Although the horse was running
madly away along the narrow and
crooked road, throwing the sleigh from
side to side and threatening it con
stantly with destruction against some
rock or stump, I was obliged to drop
the reins and leave the result of the
runaway to chance, for the wildcat
was struggling desperately to gain a
foothold in the sleigh and fight me at
close quarters. I knew that if the
sleigh should happen to come into col
lision with any obstacle heavy enough
to wreck it I would be no match for
the catamount, now wrought to the ut
most ferocity, fighting It on tbe slip
ping snow, even if I were unharmed by
the collision, so I strained every nerve
to conquer the determined beast while
I still possessed the advantage of foot
bold in tbe sleigh.
"Once I thought it was all up with
me, for as the sleigh was carried
abruptly round a short turn in the road
by the speeding horse one runner
struck a stone or a root, and the sleigh
careened and ran at least 5U feet on the
other runner alone. I mechanically
threw the weight of my body toward
the upper side of the sleigh, all the
time raining rapid blows on the head
of the wildcat with the butt of the
whip, and forced the sleigh down to its
balance on both runners again. A few
more blows after that, and I was re
joiced to see the detei mined and tena
cious beast first loosen one claw, hang
for a second or so by the other, while it
tried to seize the top of the back of the
sleigh again with its teeth, and then
tumble to the road and lie motiouless
in the snow.
"I dropped back ou the seat limp
and weak and too much unuerved to
make the least effort to obtain control
of the runaway, which was still rush
ing wildly along the uncertain road,
made still more uncertain by the gath
ering darkness. The horse ran at least
three miles farther and theu begau to
slow up and at last stopped half way
up a long and steep hill from sheer
exhaustion. 1 had by this time recov
ered sufficiently to take charge of the
horse again and drive the rest of the
way tQ the town, which wasn't far,
and where I arrived with the horse
covered with foam, a sleigh splintered
and covered deep with scars and
scratches made by the desperate wild
cat and myself so badly used up by
nervous shock that It was three days
before I was able to get about again
In anything like good condition. 1
never heard whether the wildcat was
killed by my blows or not, but I have
an idea he was. I hope so. Science
may be all right In declaring that wild
animals will hasten to flee at the very
suspicion of man's approach, but it'
ever 1 qm going anywhere and bear
there are wildcats in that direction I'll
go around some other way."—New |
York Press.
There is a bill before the Indiana leg- j
islature providing that 110 marriages, j
shall be celebrated in the state unless
the contracting parties have been
passed by a board of physical exam
iners consisting cf two mothers, two
physician ami an jttorney. If the bill
pecomos a law the huuiau race 114
Indiana will doubtless improve at a
rapid rate, but really the 1100siera are
pretty hale, hearty and healthy peo
ple, and are in no greater need of
physical improvement than the rest
Of mankind. There is a good deal of
nonsense in the various
to regenerate the race by statutory
enactment which are occasionally |
sprung on state legislatures.
Next summer ought to be a great
baseball season—tliat is if there shall
then be as much expert baseball play
ing as there hss been expert baseball
financiering i>y magnates during
the last month or so.
What Could He »*)'t
"Charley, dear," k.aid youug Mrs. Tor- 1
lips, "i going to turn over a new
|eaf."
''ln what connection?"
"I'm going to quit being superstitious.
I have always disliked to begin anything
Ou Friday."
"Yes; it is very silly of you."
"Well, your arguments have convinced
me. You know that new dres3 I was
talking to you about?"
"V-yes,"
"Well, I'm going to start out and buy
the material on Friday just to show I'M
Aot afraid."—Washington Star. '
Mrs. Fitzsimmons Stops the Show.
Owing to the sudden illness of Mrs.
Fitz --millions, who portrays one of the
t leading character- in the play, there was
no performance of ' Ihe Honest Clack
«niith" at Sunbury last evening. Mrs.
Fitzsimmons appeared with the com
pany at Harrisburg Tuesday night, but
was taken suddenly ill at the Common
wealth Hotel early yesterday morning.
Her condition was so serious that two
physicians were called and under no
circumstances would 'hey permit the
patient to be removed.
Columbia's Copper Plant.
Columbia county's copper plant locat
ed near Central at the foot of North
Mountain will resume as soon as new
machinery, being installed, is placed in
position. The capacity of the plant is
250 tons of ore per day, the ore yielding
0 per cent copper.
STATEJIKST OK
VALLEY TOWNSHIP.
Jacob Roup in Acct. with Valley Twp.,
as Supervisor for the year ending
April sth, 1901.
nit. cit.
Amount of Duplicate sssl 97
License Tax 57 00
Received from I>. W. Koust 2 00
Return Tax 7 07
Unsealed laud 4*
Work (lone by Citizens . Jilt (#i
Bridge Material 12 41
Hardware & Tile. 40 50
Shed for Machines 1 00
Counsel fees 2 50
Repair for Road Machine-. 1 tij
Supervisors Services 81 days at
81.50 per day... 121 50
Books 30
Making Duplicate 1 90
Bond Ac Oath 125
Township Watering trough IS 00
! Percentage on collection $421 20 . 21 56
i Audit or fees 2 50
t'se i>f House '.V. I». Wise 1 00
Printing Statements :j 00
Exonerations 2 M
Order to l>. 1». Williams 2> 80
Interest on order II 20
Paid to I), li. I*. (.'hiids IS 57
»18 58 tiHl 21
Balance due Township 227 37
918 58
Audited this 5 day April 1901.
Wm. It. Richardson. • ,
O.C. Jenkins. , Auditors.
D R. P. Childs iH Acct. with Valley
Twp., as Supervisor for the year
ending April sth. 1901.
DR. C'R.
Amount of Duplicate §sis 88
License Tax 57 00
Received from t >. Treasurer for
use of machine.... . 708
Received from Mahoning Twp... 12 00
$594 96
Work done by Citizens $403 04
Wagon Watering Trough &c ' 13 85
Tile& Bridge timber 12 47
Posts A: Rails 5 00
j Stone for Road .. 11 90
Order from .tos. Churm 14 20
Attorneys fees 2 50
Blacksmithing Handle (i Sand.. t> 55
Supervisor Services r>s days at
>1.50 per day 87 00
Duplicate Book Bond it Oath.... 2 75
Return Tax 1 50
Exonerat ion 1 97
Percentage on collection SliMi 00. 9 50
12Perch of Stone for Bridge 40cts
per perch 4 80
Publishing Statement 3 00
Auditors fees 2 50
Use of house W. D. Wise. 1 00
Received from Jacob Roup $lB 57
013 53
Audited this 5 day of April 1001
": , c:y,.,;a;S" lson ';A-ai.or».
STATEMENT.
The following is a statement showing the
aggregate value and assessments made by the
respective assessors of the respective Wards.
Districts, and Townships in the County of
Montour and State of Pennsylvania. Trien
nial assessment ot Real Estate made in the
year 1900.
An t bony Town slii p, $401.557
Cooper Township, 149,718
Danville, l'irst Ward 825,775
Danville, Second Ward, 428,.*10
Danville, Third Ward, 8)4,220
Danville, Fourth Ward, 814,130
Derr.v Township, 259,935
Liberty Township, Ktt,B2o
• Limestone Township,.... 441,141
Mahoning Township, 284,.'!96
M aberry Township, 83,856
Valley Township, 140,151
Washingtonville Borough, 59.7H5
West Hemlock Township, 92,22-!
Total 54,752,02 R.
NOTICE.
Public notice is also hereby duly given that »
Saturday the thirteenth day of April A. D.
1901. betweei 'be hours of nine o'clock in tbe
forenoon ant ir o'clock in the afternoon,
and the office 'be County Commissioners
of Montour Cot intnesaid county Court
House, in Danv, Pa., have been appointed
as the time and place respectively, for finally
determining whether any of the valuations of
the said assessors have been made below a
1 list rate, according to the meaning and in
tention of tin' Act of Assembly in such specific
behalf made and provided.
H. C. Sandel ( County Commissioners of
(i. W. Miles Montour County.
Wesley Perry I
County ( ommissioner's Office. Danville, P»
March 25th, 1901.
AOMI.MSTKATOR'S XOTHE.
Estate ot George W. Steinman, Lafe
of Derry Township, Montour County.
Pennsylvania, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that letter of Ad
ministration upon the above State have
granted to the undersigned. All persons in
debted to the said Estate, are required t«>
make payment, and those having claims, or
demands against the said estate, will make
known the same without delay »o
LEVI MOSEH.
Administrator.
RALPH KISNER,
Attorney.
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