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HUD NEWS.
Cherries are ripe.
The potato crop is promising.
The Susquehanna is still falling.
Soda water sales are on the increase.
The bang <>f the fire cracker is heard.
The summer vacation period is at
hand and the man with a wad is pre
paring t<> relieve himself.
Hospitals are preparing for the toy
pistol output.
A new platform is being laid at the D.
L. & W. R. R station.
A bouncing baby boy arrived at the
home <F Lieut. W. L. Clark, South Dan
ville, Monday evening.
Torpedo marbles will lie the latest
kind of July 4th noise makers and the
miall boy will have them.
Insects are reported more plentiful
iiis year than ever.
Part of Uncle Sam's Fourth of .Tnly
ratfit will be the 7.500 volunteers now
>n their way home. Many a happy
ionic will celebrate the Fourth and
hanksgiving day at the same time.
Erwin Hunter has purchased from the
Jamp Royal club an automatic piano,
hich will be installed among the at
ractions at his park.
"What is so rare as a day in June?"
sks the poet. Some of the days during
he present mouth have very rare.
Danville dealers should take notice
hat the bill prohibiting the sale of fire
raekers containing dynamite has been
igned by the governor and is now law.
Mt. (trove Camp meeting will be held
'lis year on August 7 15. Already ac
ive pr -parations are being made for a
tccessfnl meeting and the prospects are
ery promising. Applications are now
eing made for tents to the secretary,
« R . R. Owen, of Shamokin.
The estimates of the wheat crop for
as year range between "the l>est in
tany years" and"the best but one."
ither way of heaping up the measure
prosperity will be satisfactory.
A beautiful rambler rose bush in
•e yard of Samuel Gulick, South Dan
lie, is now in full bloom, and is ad
ired by many who have seen it.
The Milton Water Company will pipe
ountain water to their mains from
bite Deer creek and will on Saturday
)te on an issue of SIOO,OOO worth of
>nds to carry out their plans.
The senate has finally passed the
>use bill authorizing county oom
issioners to pay constables for
rvice rendered in court of elections
id for attending general, sj>ecial lx»r
tgh township and ward elections and
avelingexpenses sine** January 1.1H{»7,
all cases where the same remain un
iid.
The eighth annual convention of the
ate Luther League opened at Shamok
yesterday.
Danville's college men are nearly all
>ine for the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Voris, Reuben
oris, Mrs. John M Geise, Misses Mary
.cobs, Cora Moyer, Margaret and ERN
a Aten, Mrs. Jesse Am merman, Charles
Ammerman, Esq., William Seidel.Mr
id Mrs. F. W Peters, Mrs. Elias I. yon
d Simon Hodman spent yesterday at
ntz' farm about two miles above
ontgomery.
Dr. John 1! Deaver, the well known
rgeon, of Philadelphia, spent Sun
.y morning in this city. Dr. Deaver is
e general surgeon at the German
tspital of that city and was for fifteen
ars demonstrator of anatomy at the
niyersity of Pennsylvania.
John Kerns WAX in Bloorr.sburg yes
rday.
Eev. Morison to Preach.
The Rev. Charles Morison of Sunbury
II officiate at Christ Episcopal church
. Sunday morning at 10:30. The Rev.
r. Wright will conduct morning prayer
UL preach at St. Matthew's church,
inhury.
To The Trade.
We have just arranged with B. K.
loemaker, of Danville to Handle our
le of Pure Medicinal Rye and Malt
hiskies. We Guarantee their Purity
jchester Distilling Co.
Duffy Malt Whiskey Co.
Montour Ik American.
"THIS COUNTRY WILL NEVER HE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDS WITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS."
VOL. 4<>—NO 2(5.
minora sou®
IX SESSION
Seine Municipal Matters Briefly Discussed,
A Short Session.
Our borough fathers held a regular
meeting Fiiday night. The session was
short one, there being only routine bus
iness on band and but little of that.
Albert Keinmer presided. Other mem
bers were in their places as follows:
Dougherty, Jones, M. 1). 1.. Sechler,
Fetterman, Davis, Sechler, Yastine,
I.aurer, Brandt and Gibson.
A communication was read from Mrs.
John Barber, Ash street, who complain
ed of imperfect drainage which threw
the contents of a neighbor's sewer on
her premises. The matter was referred
to the Committee on Streets and Bridges
for investigation.
A petition signed by a large number
of second ward residents was presented
calling attention of council to the need
of a stable for the horses owned by the
Washington Hose Company. Council
is not averse to building a stable, hut
owing to the shortage of funds it asks
that the matter be held oil' for the pres
ent. The petition was placed on tile.
Mr. Yastine reported the footwalk
on the west side of canal bridge, Mill
street, as in need of repair. On motion
the Street Commissioner was ordered to
procure lumber for the repairs.
Chief of the Fire Department John G.
Waite called attention to the need of
new hose for the Friendship .Fire Com
pany. The matter was referred to the
Fire Committee.
Crossing* were ordered laid at alley,
rear of Trinity M. F. Church, Ferry
street, also on alley at Goodwill Hose
House and at an alley on Hailroad
street near the residence of Walter Wil
liams.
The following bills were ordered paid:
BOROUOH DKI'AHTM KST.
Regular Employes I 82.50
Street Labor & Hauling 89 1)3
A. H. Grone 15.:>0
Hureka Fire Hose Co 17.50
11. B. Patton 20 00
WATER I>E I'A ItT.M EST.
Regular Employes $142.80
A. H. Grone .90
Hiram Blecher tt.oo
National Meter Co 45.00
John Christian 3.50
Atlantic Refining Co 4.00
A Successful Entertainment.
The sociable of the Junior society of
Christian Fndeavor held at the Grove
Presbyterian church, Thursday night,
was a tine success, financially as well as
otherwise. The little people who
figured in the interesting program of re
citations, singing, &c. acquitted them
selves with credit.
The object of the social was to raise
money for the new flagstone pavement
in front of the church and grounds,
which in cost will run up to several bun
dred dollars.
The Juniors, thirty-three in number,
in January last were each presented j
with ten cents accompanied with there- ;
quest that they increase the sum in any
honorable way, begging excepted. The
13.30 thus presented Thursday night had
grown to S3O. In addition some S2B j
were realized from the sale of refresh- ]
ments, while the proceeds of the bags in ,
which each person attending placed a
contribution amounted to about SIOO '
more. The proceeds of the evening
netted at least $l4O. There was a large
attendance.
Was Awarded A Gold Metal.
The closing exercises of St. Ann's
Academy, Mallinckrodt Convent, Wil
kesbarre, were held Thursday afternoon.
Seven young ladies having completed
their course received diplomas. Among
the number was Miss Coletta Goeser,
daughter of J. H. Goeser of this city,
who was awarded a gold medal for pro
ficiency in French. Miss (2o< ser also
participated in the performance of a i
melodrama in the German i ngue enti
tled, "Das Gloeckleiu V. Inn -f.ier."
The following persons from this city
were present at the closing exercises,
returning to Danville yesterday: Rev.
J. A. lluher, Mr, and Mrs. J. H. Goes
er and son Carl, Misses Dora and Geacey i
Frpelding. Miss Mary Kuiiecinski and
Miss Mary Lechner. At VVilkesbarre Mr.
Goeser was joined by his son Joseph,
who is a student at Canisius College, at
Buffalo, N. Y.
Death of Mrs, Rudy.
Mary, the wife of James Rudy, Fast
Danville, died on Thursday evening af
ter a long illness,aged thirty years. The
deceased is survived by her husband
and four children.
Phillips —Hartman.
Elmer D. Phillips and Miss Fstella A ;
Hartman, both of Washingtonville,were
married in this city on Thursday after
noon. The ceremony was performed at
the parsonage of the Reformed church,
Bloom street, the Rev. George K. Lino
bert officiating.
Five Thousand Dollars Benefit.
The officers of Lotus Conclave No.
127. Improved Order Heptasophs Friday
night presented to Mrs. A. M. Gearhart
a check for five thousand dollars, the
amount due her as benefit on the death
of her late husband.
Notice.
All members of the Boys' Bible Class
Y. M. C. A., are urged to come at once
and get their tickets for the picnic to
morrow.
J. J.Stewart left yesterday for a busi
ness trip to Taylorville, Lackawanna
| county.
HIE MERCHANTS'
PICNIC
Fully 3000 People Picnicked at Hunter's
Park Yesterday.
The merchants' picnic held at Hunt
er's Park yesterday has gone on record
as one of the best attended and most
successful events of its kind that lias
ever taken place in Danville. A con
servative estimate places the number of
people in attendance at at least three
thousand. From one end of Mill street
to the other the stores were closed and
this usually populous theroughfare bore
a deserted appearance during the entire
afternoon. All the hacks available were
busy conveying people out of town. The
Knitting Mill shut down during the af
ternoon and the employes were among
the pleasure seekers at the Park.
The people enjoyed themselves in var
ious ways. The "razzle-dazzle" was
well patronized. It is, indeed, a novel
form of amusement and is bound to be
come popular. Stoes' band discoursed
some popular selections and was much
complimented on its music. There
were refreshment stands in plenty, dis
pensing ice cream, lemonade and candy.
The principal attraction of the after
noon was the slack wire performance in
front of the grand stan lon the fair
ground. Professor DeVan give a fine
performance on the trapeze and on the
revolving ladder The trained dogs dis
tinguished themselves by remarkable
performance, one of them walking the
rope and the other climbing a ladder
forty feet high and diving down into a
net. The grand stand was crowded with
spectators, while large numbers of others
occupied points of vantage elsewhere
where the performance could be seen.
A large crowd was at the Park last
night. The DeVans gave another in
teresting performance. Dancing was a
feature of the amusement well patroniz
ed and enjoyed. It continued until a
late hour last night.
Miller Taken to Bradford.
Chief-of-Police Murray of Bradford,
arrived in this city on the 0.58 D. 1.. &
W. train, yesterday morning, for the
purpose of taking the spectacle agent
identified as "Joe" Miller, to Bradford,
where he is wanted for stealing a horse
and buggy.
The suspect, who had been in jail
since Saturday last, was very glad to get
out of doors again. He accompanied
the officer willingly enough, although he
protested that he is not the man want
ed and that lie will be able to prove his
innocence.
He will be given a hearing at Bradford
on Saturday next. There will be two
important witnesses, one residing in
Bradford and the other out in one of
the suburbs of the town, with each of
whom the thief after "hiring" Livery
man Weaver's horse and buggy held a
lengthy conversation as to ttie roads,
Ac. If the eye glass man arrested here j
is the guilty party, they will be able to
identify him. Among other witnesses
at the hearing will be a couple from this
city, who will testify as to some con- j
thcting statements made by the accused j
Saturday morning last when taken be- j
fore Justice Bare.
Officer Murray, who with his prisoner !
left on the 12:15 Pennsylvania train yes-'
terday was accompanied by Liveryman]
Weaver, who had been prosecuting a
fruitless search in this section for his j
horse and buggy stolen since Sunday
last. He has not been able to locate the j
horse and buggy reported as sold near j
Tubotville recently under suspicious '
circumstances.
Mr. Weaver states that in following
up different clues since losing his horse .
and vehicle he has found at least forty I
others who have suffered likewise and |
have never been able to recover their i
property. The information received in ;
the search is often misleading and the 1
expenses of travel before long equal
the value of the property stolen.
A Japanese Student.
Nabataro Tamaoki, a native of Japan,
student at the preparatory school at
Carlisle, returned to Berwick yesterday
after a visit of several days with Edward
Ammerman, of this city. The young j
"Jap" is a bright an 1 witty fellow, full j
of life and jollity, who comes from a|
very good family in Japan. His father j
is identified with the management of a |
line of steam ships. One of his brothers |
is a physician in Berlin, Germany, and !
another an artist in Paris. The young j
foreigner, who is just mastering the i
rudiments of English, made a number j
of acquaintances while in this city, who
will remember his visit with pleasure.
Closely Contested Ball Game.
The newly organized "Danville" base
ball cluh crossed bats with the Y. M. C.
A. team at DeWitt's Park yesterday. It !
was a most exciting game throughout,
ttie Y. M. C. A. team winning by a score
of '> to 5. The winning run was made in
the ninth inning on a close decision and
made a sensational finish.
Hummer and (Josh were the battery
for "Danville," William and George
Maiers officiating for the Y. M. ( A.
Edward Williams made an efficient um
pire.
Pleasant Picnic.
A basket picnic was held at the home
of Miss Margaret Yarion, Bloom road,
yesterday, which was very much enjoy
ed. Those present were: Florence,
Mary and Helen Hartline,Bessie Baylor
Blanche Gass, Myrtle Angle, Bertha
Heller. Joseph and Thomas Vation.Roy
Angle, Howard Baylor and Charles
| 1 leller.
DANVILLE, PA.. Tlll IiKDAV, JUNE 27. 1001.
PERSONAL
PARAGRAPHS.
Brief Mention of the Doings of Your
Friends and Acquaintances.
CashierS. A. Yorks left yesterday for
Coles, Columbia county, where he will
spend a few days fishing.
Mrs. Willard Kisner and son, Clare,of
Bloom street, left last evening for a vis
it with friends in Bloomsburg.
Misses Carrie and Katherine Hoflman
returned last evening from a visit with
friends in Northumberland.
Mr. and Mrs. Christian Ritter and
granddaughter, Eva Spoouenburg, de
parted yesterday, for a visit with rela
tives 'ii Sunbury.
Master Harry Leisenring left yesterday
for a visit with relatives in Milton.
Mrs. Charles Hauver left yesterday
for a visit with relatives in Milton.
W. I). Kline, of Sunbury, transacted
business in town yesterday.
L. O. Moore, of Boston, Mass., left for
home yesterday after a six months' vis
it with Danville friends.
Miss Cora Seidel, of Washingtonville,
visited friends in this city yesterday.
Mrs. 1). M. Boyd and daughter Miss
Klsie, are visiting friends in Bellefonte.
Miss Elsie Wilson,of Hartleton.l'nion
county, returned home yesterday after
a visit at the home of Dr. and Mrs. I. G
Barber.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Smith and
daughter Clara, of Wyoming, returned
home yesterday after a visit with Mrs.
Smith's mother, Mrs. Henry Kerns, Mill
street.
Mrs. M. Andrews and Mrs. W. J. Wei
rick, of Sunbury, were visiting friends in
this city yesterday.
Misses Laura Thornton and Nellie
Schick spent yesterday with friends in
Sunbury.
Frank Schreyer, of Milton, spent a
few hours with Danville friends yester
day.
Ralph Seidel, of Washingtonville, was
in town yesterday.
Rev. (i. E. Limbert, of the Shiloh Re
formed church and Rev. N. E. Cleaver,
of the Trinity M. E. church attended
the commencement at the Bloomsburg
Normal school yesterday.
Miss Blanche Goldsmith, of Philadel
phia, and William Goldsmith, of Du-
Bois, are visiting their parents, AI r. and
Mrs. Samuel Goldsmith, Lower Mul
berry street.
Master Philip Johnson, of i he Chester
Springs Orphan School, is visiting his
mother, Mrs. Anna Johnson, Walnut
street.
Prof. William J. Strickland, of Mt.
Carmel, is visiting relatives and friends
in this city. Prof. Strickland was a for
mer well known resident of Danville,
being prominent in musical circles.
Mr. and Mrs. Max (irosK and children
of Bloomsburg, spent Sunday with rela
tives in Danville.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mills,of Blooms
burg, spent Sunday with Mr. Mills' par- j
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mills, Sr.,
West Mahoning street.
Mr. and Mrs. James Yandevender, of
Northumberland,spent Sunday as guests
of W. Kase West, Esq., this city.
William Magill, Esq., and wife, of
Bloomsburg, spent Sunday with Mrs. !
Magill's mother, Mrs. Henrietta Kauff-j
man, Mill street.
Rev. Erskine Wright returned Satur
day from Somerset, w here he attended
the Krebs-t'hl nuptials.
Miss Lois Boyer, of Plymouth, is the
guest of Mrs. Ida Baldy, West Mahon
ing street.
Charles Yerrick, of Philadelphia, is
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rush
Yerrick, West Mahoning street.
Mrs. Matilda Sheriff left Saturday for
a visit with her daughter, Mrs. A. G.
Marr, Maysville, near Shamokin.
Mrs. John Henrie left Saturday for
Philadelphia and Atlantic City.
Miss Eleanor Frick, of Brooklyn, is
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex
Frick, at the Montour House.
Supreme Organizer of the Order of
Heptasophs, John 11. Cruett, spent Sat
urday with B. P. Harris, Lower Mul
berry street. Mr. Cruett iseditor of the
"Advocate," the official organ of the
"Heps."
Mrs. Frances Scott and daughter,
Emma, of Milton, spent Saturday with
friends in this city.
Misses Mary and Agnes Kuiiecinski,
are visiting friends in Shamokin.
Mr. and Mrs. R. 11. Curtis, of Mt.
Carmel, spent Sunday at the Curtis
homestead, Front street.
Mrs. Frank Heim and son Scott, are
visiting friends in MifHinburg.
Professor Charles Weaver, of Wilkes
barre, is visiting his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John P. Weaver, of Toby Run
Hollow.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Moyer have re
turned from the I'au-American.
Miss Jennie Bastian, of Sunbury, is
visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
William Brent, East Front street .
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Blakesly and
children, of Long Branch, N. J., are
visiting at the home of Aleni Sechler,
Kipp's Run.
Miss Minta Shull/■ has returned from
a visit with friends in Shamokin
Edward Books, of Cumberland, Md.,
is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.
S. Books, Mahoning street.
Mrs. Charles Watson, Sr., of Phil
j adelphia, is the guest of Mrs. I'. E.
1 Maus, Mausdale.
ANNIVERSARY
Of the Laying of the Comer Rtone of Christ
Memorial Church.
Twenty years ago Monday, June 24,
1881, the cornerstone ofChrist Episcopal
church, this city, was laid with impos
ing ceremonies. The event Mon lay
was observed by the congregation with
special services of a very interesting
character, appropriate to the day, St.
John the Baptist's, and signalizing the
advent of a new epoch in the history of
this old and influential parish.
There are many persons living who re
member the former church which oceu-
I pied the site on which Christ Episcopal
' church now stan.ls. It was a conimo
i dious, rather imposing structure, archi
tecturally quite up to the times and one
that easily ranked with the finest church
buildings in the diocese, as the present
structure with probably one exception
is unsurpassed by any house of worship
| in the diocese today.
During the summer or early fall of
18'_'8 the foundation wall of the old
church was raised. On Thursday, Oc
tober 23, 1828, the corner stone was
laid, the same year in which the bridge
over the Susquehanna was built and
railroad projects were in agitation, there
being a population of less than 1000
people.
The ceremony of laying the corner
stone was conducted by the Masonic
fraternity and constituted an event un
doubtedly tiie most noteworthy in the
j early history of the town, one surpass
| ed only in impressiveness and imposing
! qualities by the laying of the corner
■ stone of the present struct ure fifty-three
years afterward, an event which was
| witnessed by many still living. A uews
paper of the day states that the proces
sion including clergy, Freemasons, and
Parish officers formed and after a short
march entered the Court House where a
sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr.
Pigot, Grand Chaplain of the R. W. G.
Lodge of Pennsylvania. Thence to the
sile of the church the procession moved
'gorgeous with banners, music, liyhts
and a remarkable display of the sym
bolism of the order.
On October 25, 1829 the old church
was dedicated, the Rev. Henry I'stick
Onderdonk, I>. !>., Assistant Bishop,
t fliciating, assisted by Rev. James De-
I'ui, Rictor of the Parish and two other
clergymen, l'he cost of the building is
given as $ lO(M).
At Christ Church Monday there was
Holy Communion at 7:-'0 a. m.and
Morning Prayer and Holy Communion
at 0 a. m, conducted by the Rector, Rev.
Erskinc Wright. The anniversary was
celebrated at the evening service. The
sermon on tlie occasion was preached by
Rev. Dr. E. 11. Eckel of Christ Episco
pal church, Williamsport. The discourse
was a very able one thoroughly appro
priate to the event founded upon part
of the collect for the day "That we may
truly repent according to his preaching;
and after his example constantly speak
the truth, boldly rebuke vice, and pati
ently sutler for the truth's sake. ' Rev.
Charles Morison of Sunbury, read the
lessons and Rev. W. K. Kunkle ol Mil
ton, chanted the prayers.
The special music which marked the
event was of a very high order. Follow -
ing is the program rendered by the
choir:
Processional, The Church's One
Foundation, Aurelia.
Confession, )
Absolution, Stainer.
Sentences, j
Psalter Blakely.
Magnificat Anima Men, Harrison.
Nunc Diuiittes, Harrison.
Creed and Versicles, Stainer.
Hymn,.. ."Pleasant Are Thy Courts
Above," Lyte.
Hymn, "Christ is Made a Sure
Foundation," Neale.
Solemn Te Deum, Warren.
Recessional, Alleluia Sarum.
A New Base Ball Team.
A new baseball club is being organiz
ed in this city. It will include among
its members a number of old time play
ers, who figured in base ball in the days
when Danville stood in the front ranks |
as a base ball town. It will probably
show some old-fashioned scores and re
vive an interest in the national game.
Jesse Shannon is named as manager and
W. E. Gosh as captain. The posi
tions will be filled as follows:
Klase, p; Shannon, 1 b; Yerrick, 2 b;
Hancock, ss; Ross, .'! b; Gosh, If; Oher
dorf, c; Ammerman, rf; Hoffman, 1 b.
Among the towns that the new club will
play in the near future ate: Watson
town, Milton, Shamokin and Berwick.
His Seventy-first Birthday.
The seventy-first birthday of Aaron
Bogert, of Liberty township was very
pleasantly celebrated on Monday last.
The allair took the nature of a surprise
and was very successfully carried
through. Among the guests were:
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Steinbach, Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Hilkert and son, Mr.
and Mrs. A. C. Courson, Mr. and Mrs.
William Sterner, Mr. and Mrs. 11. 11 art -
' man, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Zeliff and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. David Heim,
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Pannebaker, Mr.
and Mrs. William Bogert, Mr. and Mrs.
J. Bogert, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Corneli
' son, Mr. and .Mrs. Elmer Bogert, Mr.
' and Mrs. Frank Hartman, Mr. and Mrs.
I). lleim, P.. C. Stainer, Miss Wilda
I'annebaker, Mrs. William McCracken,
Mrs. Joseph Gresh, Jeremiah Gresh,
1 Mrs. James Boudinan.Miss Bertha Bow
ers, Miss Jennie Cornelison, Mrs. Thom
as Madden, Mrs. Dora Robbing, Thom
as Bogart, Miss Blanche Bogart, Roy
! and Winifred Cornelison and others.
TEACHERS
The Corps of last Year Re-elected with but
two Exceptions.
Tbe school board held a regular meet
ing Monday night the session, which
was devoted principally to the election
of teachers and adjustment of salaries,
being a very long and busy one. The
following members were present: Fisch
er, Orth, Burger, Barber, Green, Werk
heiser, Keefer, Fenstermacher, Curry,
Harpel, Bverly and Black.
Ou motion the Secretary was ordered
to advertise for bids for coal. Charles
Leighow and John Lunger were nomin
ated for the position of weigh master,
Mr. Leighow receiving six votes as
against Mr. Lunger's live was declared
elected to the position.
The committee on teachers and certifi
cates submitted a schedule of salaries,
which in a general way based the re
muneration of all teachers below the
High school on the kind of certificate
held, practice of teaching, grade of
school and experience. The schedule
after a long discussion was adopted with
some modification, which left salaries
practically unchanged.
It was considerably after 9 o'clock
when the board down to the election
of teachers. The former corps was re
elected with the exception of Sarah
Williams, a teacher in the second grade
of the Second Ward, and J. M. Hostet
tcr, principal of the grammar school of
the Third Ward.
D. N. Dieffenbacher was elected as
successor to Mr. Ilostetter, which left
the Second Ward grammar school open,
there being no applicant. When it came
to electing a teacher in place of Miss
Williams there was a lively wrangle, ow
ing to a division in the Committee on
Teachers and Certificates. The rankest
kind of personalities were indulged in
and altogether the affair was no credit
to the board. As an outcome of tbe
matter both Miss Mary Williams
and .Miss Prudence Blizzard were
nominated for the second grade of
the Second Ward, Mr. Keefer nominat
ing Miss Williams, who was elected by a
majority of two votes.
Teachers for the ensuing term were
elected as follows:
High school—Principal, IT. L. Gordy;
first assistant, J. C. Carey; second as
sistant, Mrs. K. A. Coulter.
Grammar schools—First Ward, Sallie
M. .Musselman; Third Ward, 1). N.
Dieffenbacher.
Secondary schools —First Ward, Hose
A. Gallagher; Second Ward, Katharine
Bennetts; Third Ward, Rachel Goodall;
Fourth Ward, 1,. Malissa Bloom.
Fourth Grade —First Ward, Winifred
Kvans; Second Ward, Mary Welsh; Third
Ward, Klsie M. Wilson; Fourth Ward,
Sarah Moyer.
Third Grade —First Ward, Laura S.
Divel; Second Ward, Sarah Pritchard;
Third Ward, Blanche Lowrie; Fourth
Ward, Til lie James.
Second Grade —First Ward, Janette
Pickard; Second Ward, Mary Williams;
Third Waul, Sarah S. Wilson; Fourth
Ward, M Alice Bird.
First Grade —First Ward, Catherine
Cunningliam;Secoud Ward, Viola Young;
Third Ward, Jennie Lawrence and Sara
Cunningham; Fourth Ward, Nellie Gre
gory.
Supply teacher—Mary Pfaler ,
Janitors were elected as follows, sala
ries to remain the same as last year:
First Ward—Robert Miller; Second
Ward, Daniel Pensyl; Third Ward, John
Lester; Fourth Ward, John Lunger.
W. E. Young was elected as truant
officer.
The following bills were approved for
payment:
D. K. Pensyl, §7.50
Charles Chalfant 7.90
William Miller, 4.50 (
Granddaughter of Baron Trcziynlny.
Mrs. Sarah Gibbs, of Milesburg,Centre j
county, who with her daughter, Miss j
Olive, is visiting at the home of Law- j
rence Hallman, Cooper street, has a very 1
distinguished line of ancestors. She is a ■
daughter of H. P. Trcziynlny,and grand- j
daughter of Baron Charles Trcziynlny, I
who was exiled from Poland in 1793, '
one of the engineers who navigated the
Susquehanna from its sinnce to Mary- j
land, a record of which will be found at !
Harrisburg.
Mrs. Gibbs' father was the first white
bov born in Phillipsburg, then, 1800,
a village of tbe Corn planter tribe of
Indians. The boy was adopted as a j
white chief by the Indian tribe and had |
a bow and arrow tattooed on his hand. !
The oldest son of 11. P. Trcziynlny '
was killed at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, j
18(12. The only surviving son, Charles H. '
and Mrs. R. J. Gibbs, live on the Trczi
ynlny homestead, which they own. The j
daughter was one of the organizers of
the W r . R. C. of Pennsylvania at Pitts
burg; also ex-President ol Corps No. 3.
Conductor of State of Pennsylvania.
Frank Watson's Narrow Escape.
Charles Watson received a telegram
in this city Tuesday from his brother,
Frank,who came near falling a victim to
tbe gieat Klkhorn flood. West Virginia,
Saturday night last. Mr Watson profit
ed by timely warning and rushed from
his hotel to high land, leaving all his
personal belongings behind. Therefore,
although he lost everything except the
clothing on his back he saved his life.
It is with a sense of relief that Mr. Wat
son's friends in this city learn that he
has survived the catastrophe. The total
loss occasioned by tbe flood will ap
proach f3,000,000. The loss of life is
variously estimated at from HO to 200.
KKTABMSHED fX 1855.
DEATH OF
DHHCESS MOVEH
Buried With Masonic Ceremonies Tuesday
Afternoon.
John A. Moyer, Chief Burgess of Dan
ville, died about 4 o'clock Saturday
morning last after a protracted illness.
The news of his death occasioned little
surprise, as it was well known during
Friday preceding that he was in a very
critical condition, as the result of a
serious complication of diseases.
The deceased was in his 48th year.
He filled the oflice of Burgess very ac
ceptably. He was a man retiring in dis
position and well thought of. He was a
machinist by trade, and for many years
past an employe at the works of Curry
& Yannan. He is survived by his wife
and one son, Hurley.
All that was mortal of Chief Burgess
John A. Moyer was consigned to its
last resting place in Odd Fellows' ceme
tery Tuesday afternoon. The remains
were followed to the grave by a large
assemblage. No honor was withheld to
which he was entitled, either by virtue
of his office or of his exemplary life as a
plain and honest man..The borough
council attended his funeral in a body.
Business among the merchants was gen
erally suspended between the hours of 2
and 8:30 p. m. The machine shop,black
smith and pattern shops at the works of
Curry & Yannan where the deceased
was employed for so many years, were
closed during yesterday afternoon, the
employes attending the funeral.
The services were conducted by Rev.
L. D. t'lrich ofTrinity Lutheran church
at the late residence, Grand street.
There were flowers in abundance, mark
ing the esteem in which the late Bur
gess was held by many.
Burgess Moyer was a Free Mason, a
member of Mahoning Lodge, No. 516, of
this city. He was given a Masonic buri
al, there being some thirty members of
the cralt in line. The pall bearers were:
Henry Divel, Jesse Klase, Cyrus Cbilds,
| George Jacobs, D. L, Bloom and John
Eisenhart.
The following persons from out of
town attended the funeral: Mrs. Luth
er Linker and Mr. and Mrs. William
Metz, of Williamsport; Mr. and Mrs.
Jacob Moyer, of Berwick; Mrs. Fred
Kramer, of Steelton; Edward Heberl
ing, of Ilarrisburg; Alfred Yandling,Miss
Netta Yandling and Mrs. Lulu Hartman
of Northumberland.
A Difficult Operation.
The following from the Wilkesbarre
Record will be of interest to the resi
dents of this city.
One of the most difficult operations
known to surgery was performed in this
city a few days ago and the fraternity
are interested in the case because of the
age of the patient who is well along in
years. The operation became necessary
from the accumulation of pus in the
small cells of the ear and involved the
mastoid bone. To open the head of a
young person to perform this operation
is regarded as the last and only resort,
but John Nungesser of Danville, Pa.,the
patient in this case is past 05 years of
age and has mnde a splendid recovery.
He is stopping at the home of his daugh
ter, Mrs. Loveland at 1-50 Blackmail
street. Drs. Taylor & BucKmau per
formed the operation.
Annual Election.
Washington Camp No. 304, P. O. S. of
A., of this city, held its annual election
Tuesday, June 25. The following offic
ers were elected: President, Stephen
Nevius; Vice President, John Nevius;
Past President, W. A. Lesher; Master of
Forms, F. Henrie; Conductor, C. E.
Byers; Inner Guard, D. F. Eyerly; Out
er Guard, James Fox; Trustee, F. Hen
rie. Fred Henrie was elected delegate
to the State Camp, which meets at Ilar
risburg in August.
Entertained Berwick Friends.
Mrs. 11. J. Aten entertained a num
ber of Berwick friends at her home,
Foust street, yesterday. Hi the party
were: Mrs. Dora Hopper, Mrs. Hannah
Frantz, Mrs. James Kleckner, Mrs.
James Lee, Mrs. Sallie Kausch, Mrs.
Ella Kroft, Mrs. James Dickson, Mrs.
Augie Whitman and Mrs. Kate Moore
head.
During the day the ladies took in the
merchants' picnic and visited the State
Hospital.
Resolutions of Condolence.
A special meeting of the Borough
council was held Monday night to make
arrangements for attending the funeral
of Chief Burgess John A. Moyer. It
was decided by council to attend in a
body; also that the merchants be re
quested to suspend business between
the hours of 2 and 3:30 p. ni.
A committee consisting of Messrs. Gib
son, Jones and Fetterman was appoint
ed to draw up resolutions of condolence.
Birthday Celebration-
Mrs. Clarence 11. Frick entertained
about fifty childreu at her home, Bloom
street, Tuesday evening fei honor of the
ninth birthday of her son, Clarence. In
the early part of the evening a donkey
party was given. Dancing, various
games and choice refreshments all com
bined to make the evening enjoyable.
Keiuer—Moore.
Miss Minnie Keiner of this city and
Mr. LeonO. Moore of Boston,Mass.,were
married at Wilkesbarre on Friday last.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. W.J. Hill, of Wilkesbarre. The
newly-wedded couple will leave in a
few weeks for Boston, Mass., where
they will reside.
JOB PRINTING
The office of the AMERICAN oeing
furnished with a large assortmen
of job letter and fancy type and job
material generally, the Publisher
announces to the public that he is
prepared at all times to execute in
the neatest manner
JOB PRINTING
Ofall Kinds and Descrption.
Get our prices before place
your orders.
ACCOUNTING !
DEXifn
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Suit Against Danville Bessemer Company
and its Directors.
Ihe Danville Bessemer Company and
its directors are defendants in a suit at
law begun, Tuesday, in Common Pleas
Court, No. 5, Philadelphia. The plain
tiffs are Hugh A. Mullen, Edward VV.
Patton and Samuel Lamond, owning
500, 500 and 200 shares respectively in
the Danville Bessemer Company.
The suit is against A. Loudon Snow
den, Charles A. Porter, LudwigS. Fil
bert, Kennedy Crossan, Frank Samuel
and the Danville Bessemer Company.
Messrs. Snowden, Porter, Filbert and
Crossan, it is alleged, were promoters of
the company. At the organization
meeting, August 21, 1899, a set of direct
ors were chosen, say the plaintiffs, none
of whom had any real interest in the
company, but were elected to follow the
instructions of the defendants. The dir
ectors, it is alleged, soon after the or
ganization, authorized the purchase of
the North Branch Compauy's plant at
this city from Frank Samuel, who is a
son-in law of Colonel Snowden.for st>oo,-
000, without notice to the stockholders.
'1 his was done, it is charged, in spite of
the fact that the defendants held an op
tion to purchase at a price not exceed
ing $275,000. 'The property was con
veyed to Samuel for "one dollar" and
by him a - id his wife to the Danville
Bessemer Company.
"Thus the defendants," declare the
plaintiffs, "unlawfully reaped a profit
for themselves of $.'525,000 at the ex
pense of the stockholders," and an ac
counting of the transaction is therefore
demanded.
Resolutions of Condolence.
The following resolutions of condol
ence were adopted at a special meeting
of Council on Monday uight:
Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God
to take from our midst the Chief Mag
istrate of our municipality, Chief Bur
gess John A. Moyer, and
Whereas, While submitting to the
pleasure of His Divine will, yet we can
not refrain from vouchsafing our senti
ments of his sterling worth and useful
ness to the public. Therefore, be it
Resolved, That we hereby express our
testimony to the faithfulness, integrity
and ability with which he performed
the duties of the oflice which he occupi
ed and to the uniform courtesy and
frankness which characterized his every
action, whether business, social or
charitable. We hereby extend to his
bereaved family our sincere sympathy
in the loss they have sustained and
direct this testimonial to be placed upon
the records of this municipal body as
evidence of the high esteem in which he
was held and further that a copy there
of be furnished the family of the deceas
ed. Signed,
WILLARU FETTERMAS, )
JOSEPH .TONES, [Com.
J. M. GIBSON, j
Dr. Emerick and Fifty Cent Fees.
The Philadelphia Press ofSunday con
tained an interesting description of Dr.
Martin Luther Emerick of Hickory Cor
ner, Northumberland county,the young
physician who treats as high as 350 pati
ents a day, whose charge for consulta
tion and medicine is only fifty cents, yet
who as a result of his immense popular
ity has a practice which nets him $25,-
000 per year.
What gives to the story a local in
terest is the fact that there is scarcely a
train that leaves Danville in that direc
tion that does not carry one or more of
onr residents to Georgetown enroute to
Hickory Corner for consultation with
Dr. Emerick. Yet there is nothing re
markable about the doctor, except his
fifty cent fees. His methods are per
fectly legitimate. He even does not ad
vertise.
Espy and Its Long Lived Inhabitants.
The little town of Espy, Columbia
county, affords a remarkable instance
where longevity among the inhabitants
seems to be the rule. A well-intormed
resident of our town who has just re
turned from a visit there has furnished
us with some surprising figures.
The town has a population of a trifle
more than 400 souls. In the place there
are eight persons over eighty years,thir
ty-two over seventy veais and sitfty-five
over sixty years. A safe average of the
105 persons in question is 72 years,
which is certainly hard to beat in a
town of less than 500 population. Good
sanitation must obtain in Espy along
with a general observance of the rules of
health.
Engagement Announced.
The engagement of Mrs. Carrie J. Hit
ter, of West Philadelphia, to Mr. Harry
Edgar Snyder, of Germantown, is an
nounced. Mrs. Hitter was formerly Miss
Strohecker, of Lewisburg, while Mr.
Snyder is the son of our townsman, Mr.
Joseph 11, Snyder of Grand street. He
holds an official position with the Am
erican Ice Company. The wedding will
occur early in September at the bride's
home in Lewisburg.
At DeWitt's Park.
The picnic held at DeWiit's beautiful
Park under the auspices of St. Peter's M
E. church yesterday was largely at
tended, ovt r -100 people visiting the pic
nickers during the day. An excellent
dinner and supper were served, both of
which came up to the usual high stand
ard. Many Danville people took din
ner and supper.
Drowned at Seattle.
Martin Billmeyer, a nalive of this
county, is reported drowned at Seattle,
Wash. He was on his way to Klon
dike.