Home —For He Home The circulation of this paper is in creasing rapidly. It vvil pay you to advertise in the American. SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER YEAR DR. IRVING H. .JENNINGS, DENTIST. Office Hours 9A. M.to 12 M 104 MM St -< 11\ M.to 4P. »/ Danville, /'". shi I.tz, M. o. 425 MILL ST., I)ANVII.I.E, PA. Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines a Specialty W. H. AXtiLE, DENTIST OFFICE: 218 MILL STREET. eetli Kxtracted without I'ain. Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty. Equipped with the latest and most Improved Instruments and prepared to execute the most ditHcnlt work. DR. C. ii. REYNOLDS, (FORMERLY OP CATAVfISSA). Otfioe, OoDoaite Boston Store, Danville, Pa Dsottetry In all its branches Charge ModTßfe am! all work Guaranteed Established 1993 CONDENSED NEWS. The parks are heavily booked for this month. At present the news that the price of coal is advancing does not seem par ticularly terrible. An absence of rowdyism has been noticeable about Danville during the entire summer. This condition is a great recommendation for the police force. The residence being built by G. M Rhoop on Fast Front street, near the river bridge, is rapidly nearing comple tion. This month is the hardest in the year on young children. The greatest care should L>e taken that they are not given improper food. C. Leonard Foulk, this city, has been appointed District Grand Chief of the Knights of the Golden Eagle for this district. The weather predictions for August seem to be anything but pleasant. Threatening weather will open the month followed by a high temperature and hard electrical storms at frequent intervals. From the present outlook the future of Danville is brighter than it has been in many years. A prosperous and enjoy able winter can lie reasonably expected. Miss Harriette Woods, the well known soprano, in conjunction with Miss Dor othy Johustone the harpist, will in the near future till an engagement at Mays ville Park, near Shamokin. Dr. R. S. Patten, of Miliville, has opened an office for the practice of medicine in W'asbingtonville. The theatrical season will open in this city early in September. Shortest and quickest route to the Pan-American and Niagara Falls via Pennsylvania railroad, leaving South Danville at 12:15 noon, arriving at Buff alo at 7:40 same evening. Through coach or pullman from Sunbury. Charles Kinn. Ihe Mill street tobacco nist, is very seriously ill of stomach trouble at his home on Cherry street. Mrs. Helen Frazier is ill at her home on Centre street. E. M. Brumgart has been appointed superintendent of the Odd Fellows' Or phan Home near Sunbury, vice .1. L. Miller, resigned. Congressman 11. K. Polk, of this dis trict, has gone on record as strongly against fusion on the State tickei. Rev. Cnrtin Harman, of thi city, will pieach the sermon at the lip worth League anniversary held UT IV;- j terson Grove Camp meeting on 1 rid:; . August 10 The eighth of the series of dances given by the Penn Social orchestra will be held at Hunter's Park this evening. Potatoes are still going up in price and it is feared that there will be an advance to over $1.25 before the close of the month. The rejiorts of the j farmers in this section of the State are not encouraging. In the opinion of railroad officials heavy traffic to Buffalo has just begun, j It is believed that the number of pas- j sengers who will go in the next three 1 months will be nearly double that of j the past three, and that from this time j to the dose of the exhibition in Octo ber all trains will be taxed to their j limit. Charles Goldsmith, Esq.. of Philadel- ! phia, sou of Mrs. Samuel Goldsmith, is | improving after a serious illness of typhoid fever at Atlantic City. Reports of mad dogs are coming from j all sections. Too much precaution in this direction cannot be taken during the month of August. Pennsylvania Day at the Pan-Amer ican will be a great event. Special trains from all parts of the state will run. The fairs will be the next diversion to demand attention. There are now two car loads of lumber at the Heading Iron -Works, while more are expected daily. The fratner is ex pected to arrive ou Monday next and rebuilding will no doubt soon be under way. A meeting of the Danville High school class of 1902 is called for tonight at the home of DR Harpel at 7:30 o'clock. iUonlour jllSik "THIS COT 'NTKY WILL NHVLR BH ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDSWITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS." VOL. Ki--N(> yj. ISOMIHiiINIi M W IN POLES Important . Ec . billed by Howe and Polk. 11 owe it Polk have just entered upon j a hue of work which promises to give j their plant increased prominence and to j keep every department running at full capacity. Their latest departure is the I manufacture of steel telegraph, telep j hone, electric light and trolley poles, j something entirely new of the kind, de- I signed to supersede the tubular form of ' metal pole, in vogue up to the present. The inventor, G. V. A. Conger, of New- York. has been in this city for a couple days past, and Thursday, two poles at samples, the first ever assembled in this i city, were put together under his sup ' ervision. The poles are 30 to 32 feet in length, consisting of bars of"I " iron 2 by 2} inches fastened together by seven spreaders and collars, made of malleable iron, the top covered by a weather cap neatly embracing the three pieces. A patent on the new style of pole was granted to Mr. Conger first, May 1900, and again May 15)01. It may not be generally known to our readers that the wooden pole in the large cities of this country is pretty generally a thing of the past. Many of the city ordinances , prohibit them altogether. The tubular i iron pole in use is an awkward cumber : some aflair, made up of several sections i riveted together. If the claims made for Mr. Conger's invention hold good i his will undoubtedly be the pole of the I future. 1 n point of service and durabil ! ity after adequate tests it is said to com pletely till I In- bill, while constructed as . it is along light and graceful lines it is rather an ornament than otherwise to the streets. The pole weighs 40(1 to 450 pounds. 33J per cent less than the tub- ' nhir pole. It is planted in concrete at a | depth of three feet, just one-half of the \ depth that is needed for ihe tubular j pole. In raising the pole three men can j handle it as against five or six required ' for the tubular pole, while of course only one-half of the time is consumed in dig- • ging the holes. Howe & Polk off and on during the summer have been manufacturing "U" \ iron for Mr. Conger's poles, which was j shipped to Newark, M. .T., where the as sembling was done. Those poles were! sent to South America and Africa. The j poles assembled as samples in this eiiy I yesterday will he used as electric light poles in Brooklyn, N. Y., and are the part of an order of several ear loads. To a representative of ttiis paper Mr. , Conger expressed himself as very well j pleased with the samples and stated that I lie had given the exclusive manufacture of the poles to Howe it Polk. Consid- j ering the strong endorsements that Mr. j Conner's invention has received from eminent engineers and the future evid- j ently before it the Structural Tubing plant would seem to have a very im portant contract on its hands. J. 0. Houser's Resignation. J. C Houser, Borough Superintend ent of schools, has tendered his resigna tion to take eflect at tlie beginning of the next term. His action has caus ed great surprise not only among the school directors but also among our citizens in general. The school board ! held a special meeting Friday night last for the purpose of considering his re- i signation. The following members were j present: President Fischer, Orth, Berger,Curry Werkheiser, Barber, Green, Byerly. Black and Reefer. The resignation of Professor Houser was read. A motion that it be accepted was carried by the following vote: Yeas—Fischer, Orth, Berger, Curry Barber anil Keefer. Nays—Green and Werkheistr. Directors Black and Byerly were not present when the vote was taken. On motion oj Mr. Orth the Teachers Committee was instructed to secme ■pi plications for the position made vsicuit. Thestibu v of the r nlni-lt n re m.iins ll.e -ame foi .h< • yti. . Professor Houser is tilling his third term as borough Superintendent, enter ing upon the work here in 1894. lie pur poses to take up the practice of law and will apply for admission to the Montour county bar. Professor Houser is a graduate of the law department of Drake University, Des Moines, lowa. His diploma with the degree of L L. 8., represents hard stut'y during Ihe vacation months of several years. He also took a course in peda gogy in the summer school of Harvard University. The Veterans Taken Prisoners, The sham battle which signalized Ihe breaking of camp by Goodrich Post at DeWitt's Park last night brought out another large crowd. The engagement fought—a night attack —was between the veterans and National Guardsmen. The former opened lire and later charg ed upon the camp of the Guard. They were hotly repulsed and for awhile things sounded quite warlike. The veterans finally were captured along with their cannon. As prisoners they were then marched to the guard house where they were made to take the oath of allegiance, after which they were re leased. Well Known Lady Dead. Margaret, wife of If. T. Savidge, died at her home in Hush township, about four miles from this city, at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, aged 04 years. The funeral will take place Friday at 2p. m.from the Rush Presbyterian church. The deceased is survived by twodaught ers, Mrs. William P. Kulp, of Sunbury, and Mrs. Ambrose Campbell who re sides at the homestead. LIFCTEI) WATER COMMISSIONER Andrew Schatz Chosen to Succeed E. 0. Voris. The borough council held a regular meeting Friday night,the principal busi ness on hand being the election of a water commissioner to succeed K. C. Voris, whose term expires, and who. it was understood did not desire re-elec tion. Mr. I.aurer nominated Andrew Schatz as Mr. Voris' successor. M. 1). L. Sechler nominated E. C. Voris. Mr. Schatz was elected, the vote being as follows: Schatz—Kemmer, Dougherty, Me- Lain. Vastine, I.aurer, Brandt and Gib son. Voris —Sechler, Jones and Fetterman. At a previous meeting Charles Jame son on behalf of property owners on West Mationing street whose lots border on Mahoning creek appeared before council asking that the long retaining wall built to protect the south shore be repaired at the expense of the borough. Some doubt was expressed as to wheth j er or not the wall was on borough prop erty and the matter was referred to the | borough surveyor. The latter last [ night presented a plan according to or- I iginal survey, which showed the wall to ! be on the property of the Heading Iron ; Company, which of course ended the • matter. The Fire Committee entrusted with the selection of 500 feet of hose for the Friendship Fire Company reported in favor of "Fire King," the hose represent ed by Curry & Yannan. On motion of Mr. Vas tine the committee's recom mendation was accepted and the hose ordered. On motion of Mr. Dougherty feet of sprinkling hose were ordered for the Continental U<>se Company. Mr. Vastine reported that our drink ing water is polluted by waste from the gas house at the Asylum, which drains into Toby Run and thence into the riv er. On motion the Secretary was order ed to notify the Hospital trustees of the nuisance requesting that it be abated. i). A. Montgomery was granted per mission to erect a barn on the rear of his lot corner of Mill and Center streets. On motion of Mr. McLain the Knights of the Golden Eagle, who intend hold ing a big demonstration in this city on Labor Day,were granted the use of Mark et Square for the purpose of erecting a stand to review the parade. The following bills were approved for payment: WATK.It DEPARTMENT. Regular employes $144 .*{o Extra work.. 24.(51 Washington Fire Co 3 25 Freight and drayage 21."M> Casper Diseroad 14.4U Andrew Schatz 7.1K) A. C. Amesbury 169.57 United Tele, and Tel. Co 5.75 American Car & Foundry C 0.... 13.58 Rensselaer Mfg. Co 113.00 Standard Gas Co ti.uO Joseph Lechner (>O.IO A. M. Peters 5.17 BOROUGH DKI*ARTMKNT. Regular employes $52.50 Street work and hauling 40.35 S. W. Armes 1.77 Cbas. Uttermiller 1.50 Joseph Lechner 2.61 Standard Gas Co .80 Standard Electric Light Co 470.38 llarrv B. Pat ton 20.00 New Evidence Discovered. One of the "Moser heirs" was in this ; city yesterday who stated that new evidence has accumulated very rapidly during the last couple of months, which has strengthened the case of the claim ants very much. The famous suit lor ejectment will begin at l'ottsville on September 2, James Scarlet, of this city, with W. 11. Staunton, of Buffalo, N. V., and J. M. Bechtel, of Pottsville, appear ing for the "heirs." From $10,000,OIH) to $18,000,000 are involved, the claim embracing 41li acres of land which be longed to Burkhart Moser. Among the new evidence discovered, it is alleged, is the original lease, under which the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company have held the land. The lease was for 99 years and expires neit year. Burkhart Moser was the eldest son of Peter Moser who came to this country from Germany in 17.'10, when about six years of age. Burkhart had four broth ers, Peter, George, Charles and Henry. Burkhart was a bachelor, while Charles died without heirs. The brothers were all residents of Montgomery county, re siding near Pottstown. The descendents of Peter Moser came to Montour county, the late Jacob Mos er who died near Mooresburg, May Hist last, being a grandson. Fred Moser and George Moser, Sr., of this county, are also grandsons. Among the new evidence are baptism al records anil important letters which establish the fact that Peter Moser and Burkhart Moser were brothers. When the heirs all turn up they will no doubt comprise a large number, but among them there will be none who will have as little trouble to prove their re lationship as the Montour county con tingent. Dislocated Her Knee Gap. Marv, the daughter of Lawrence Con nolley, A street, is suflering from the effects of a peculiar accident sustained, Sunday. She was walking over a board walk in the rear of the house when she tripped and fell, dislocating her knee cap. An injury of this nature is very rare. Drs. Kimerer and Thompson have the case in charge. DANVILIVE, PA.. Till lisDAV. AItU'ST .v. ISX»1. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Brief Mentiou of tbe Doings of Your Friends and Acquaintances. Mrs. Bell Daniels and daughter, Cath arine, ot Hochester. Indiana, are visit ing at the home of Mrs. J. K. Pursell. Albert Wert, of Carlisle, arrived in this city yesterday afternoon for a visit with Howard Clark, South Danville. Richard M. Jenkins, of Tyrone, is visiting his sister. Miss Mary Goodall, this city. Henry C. Snyder, of Washingtonville, circulated among friends in this city yesterday. Mrs. VV. H. Mauger, West Mahoning street, will spend a week at Mountain Grove Canipineeting. Mrs. Simon Goldsmith, of Dußois, ac companied by her mother, Mrs. Henry Sondheim, of Mauch Chunk, returned home yesterday after a visit at the res idence of Mrs. Samuel Goldsmith, Low er Mulberry street. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Foulk, of Salida, Colorado, who have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hatiey, Walnut street, left yesterday for a visit with friends in Bloouisburg. Mrs. Jennie Keggle and son, of Par sous, W. Ya., are guests at the home of Ahnim Larue, Front street. John Jacobs, Jr., of Pittsburg, is the gneot. of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Jacobs, Mill street. Miss Minta Shultz and Mitts Sara Vastine, of this city, left yesterday for a visit with Shamokin friends. Miss Sarah DeLong is spending a few days at Blue Springs farm, near Wash ingtonville. Mrs. I. H. Jennings and Mas. F. C. Angle left yesterday for a short visit in Philadelphia. Mrs. William Divers, of Watsontown, is the guest of Mrs. Fred Sweitzer, Mill s'reet. Mrs. A. Vincent (troupe, of Philadel phia, is a guest at the Deen homestead, East Market street. Miss Myrtle Lloyd, of Wyoming, is the guest of Miss Pearl Snyder, Last Market street. Mrs William G. Purse! returned home Saturday from a visit to Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Misses Jessie and Kdith Smith, of Sun bury, are guests at the home of C. L Foulk, Center street. Miss HH Sechler spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. J. K. Foust, near Mont andon. Mrs. H. M. Trumbower is taking in the sijjhts at the Pan-American Exposi tion. Miss Lynola Lohtnau, ofScranton, re- j turned home Saturday after a visit at the residence of Charles Hauver, Ferry street. Mrs. John lnnes, of Pittsburg, return- [ ed home Saturday after a visit at the i residence of John Carr, on East Market j street. Miss Nellie Mottern, of Watsontown, is visiting at the home of Mr. anil Mrs. Will iam Bomboy, Front street. Mrs. Hannah Sainshury has returned from a visit in Roanoke, Ya. Mrs. Henry Krum and son Henry, of Philadelphia, and Mrs. (ieorge Sticker, of Catawissa, are guests at the home of George Leighow, near Eidgeville. Our popular townsmen Edward Rey nolds and Samuel Johnston are so journing at the Pan-American Exposi tion. Mrs. Amos Vastine has returned from a visit with her daughter, Mrs. Harry Mains in Plymouth. Mrs. S. It. Watts and granddaughter, Miss Blanche Caul, East Mahoning street, have returned home from a visit with relatives in Dußois. W. 11. Jones and family, of East Mar ket street, spent Sunday with relatives in Trevortou. Mrs. Albert Dunn and Mrs. J. Henry Jacobs, of Hazleton, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Jacobs, Mill street. Mrs. Annie E. Stettler with her son, Harry, of Johnstown is visiting her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lunger, West Mahoning street. Mrs. Edward Lunger and children, Church street, returned home yesterday after a visit with relatives in Watson town. Clayton Snyder, of New York, return ed home yesterday after a visit at the residence of his father, Henry C. Snyder, Washingtonville. Mrs. Elmer Harvey, of Ivaseville, left yesterday for a visit with friends in Jameson City, Columbia county. Station Agent William Black returned I home yesterday from Philadelphia ) where he attended the funeral of his | cousin. Miss Martha Keim, Vine street, left j yesterday for a visit with friends in Sun- ' bury. Mr. and Mrs. F. (1. Peters and sons, Harry and Arthur, left yesterday for a three weeks' visit in Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Mrs. P. 11. Cotner, Lower Mulberry | street, visited friends in Snydertown j yesterday. Mrs. Harry Trumbower, Last Market ! street, left yesterday for a visit in Lewis burg. Miss Maggie James returned to Bloomshurg yesterday after a visit with her mother in this city. 1. S. Sterner returned to Montgomery 1 yesterday after a visit with relatives in . this city. ]UOf STRICKEN Sad Uase of James Ellis, Jr., of Near Ex change. James Ellis, Jr., a boy about 111 years of age, who resides with his parents near Exchange, this county, is hopeless ly ill of what according to symptoms just developed appears to be a well de fined case of tetanus or lock-jaw. James is a bright and manly young fellow, a favorite in the community. He was taken very strangely ill a few days ago, the symptoms lying mostly in a pecul iar condition of the muscles, with pain of greater or less severity. On Tuesday Dr. J. P. Hoffa, of Wash ingtonville, was called. As soon as he entered the room the physiciau de tected symptoms of the deadly mala dy. It was exceedingly difficult to get at a ' history of the case, as neither the boy : nor the parents could recall that he had come in contact with a rusty nail or anything of the sort, an injury from | which is likely to bring on lock-jaw. Some two weeks before the boy had \ run a splinter under the nail of his large ! toe, but it was a very slight afltir and j although it caused some pain at the time it was soon forgotten. The examina -1 tion of the toe revealed a faint flush | around the nail, which convinced the i doctor that it was there that the disease ! had its origin. j Tetanus is a very painful and usually fatal disease, scarcely one person in a hundred afflicted ever recovering. Death of Frank L. Voris. Our citizens Friday morning were grieved to learn of the death of our for mer townsman Fiank L. Voris, which occurred at the home of his father, E. C. Voris, Ferry street, at (»:20 o'clock. This ■ death is especially sad, as the deceased was a young man of fine parts, with a promising business career before him, happily married, the son of aged ami devoted parents, upon whom the blow falls very heavily, indeed, as less than six months ago they follow ed an ehler son, William, to the grave. Frank was thirty-five years of age. The cause of death was nervous prostra tion, his illness covering a period of ten days. For some years past lie has resid ed in Baltimore, Md., being employed as a travelling salesman. Accompanied by his wife about two weeks ago he arrived in this city for a visit with his parents. His health had not been the best for some time previ ously. He took ill soon after hi« arrival and grew rapidly worse. By last Tues day all hope of recovery was abandon ed. The deceased four years ago was mar ried to Mi>s Minnie Krebs, of Tamaqua. He is survived by his wife, as well as | his parents and two brothers, Charles of this city and James,of Perth Amboy, N. J. The Republican County Convention. j The Republican county convention was | held in this city Saturday last. W. L. Gouger was re-elected County Chairman and H. M. Schoch delegate to the State convention. Mr. Gouger came into the convention with twenty-two delegates as against Mr. Ruckel's six. Mr. Schoch had twenty votes for State 'delegate and I). C. Williams eight. Dr. S. Y. Thomp son, for Associate Judge; J.C. Miller,for Prothonotary, and C. W. Cook for County Treasurer, had no opposition and each was nominated by acclamation. The convention [was called to order by County Chairman W. L. Gouger, af ter which Charles W. Wagner was chos en president anil W. V. Oglesby, Esq., and George C. Laubach, secretaries. Thi» following delegates responded to the roll call: Anthony township—William Satter son and J. L. Bitler. Cooper—W. E. Rishel. Derry—ll. C. Rishel and G. W. Roat. Liberty—Thomas Perry and John Springer. Limestone —C. W. Wagner and Win field Irwin. Mahoning—E. G. Wertman and E. L. White. Mayberry—D. W. Foust and William E. Bird. Valley—Frank Hendricks and Thomas Gething. Washingtonville—G. W. Cromis, Sr., and A. A. Sweitzer. West Hemlock—Matthew Mans and William Gething. Danville—First Ward, W. V. Oglesby, Esq ; Second Ward, Harry A. Schick and Harry E. Seidel;Third Ward,l). C. Jones ; and George W. Laubach; Fourth Ward, i Harry Kneibler and Thompson Jenkins. j Republican Standing Committee. The following persons were chosen as members of the standing committee at the Republican county convention Sat urday: Anthony—Peter Rishel and H A. Snyder. Cooper—Benjamin Kashner and Charles Rishel. Derry -George W. Roat and 11. C. Rishel. Liberty—William Ford and Charles F. Stahl. Limestone —C. W. Derr and Winfield Irwin. Mahoning—Martin Bloom and E. G. Wertman. Mayberry—William E. Bird and J. W. < iearhart. Valley—Gilbert Fenstermacher and Joseph Churni. Washingtonville A. A. Sweitzer and Geo. W. Cromis, Jr. West Hemlock— W. W. Gething and Matthew Maus. Danville —First ward. Geo. R. Sechler and Frank G. Schoch; Second ward, Harry E. Seidel and Harry A. Schick; Third ward, (left open); Fourth ward Joseph Gibson and Thoinpsou Jenkins. | A BASE BALL How Catcher Rantz was Laid out at Satur day's Game. One of the most serious accidents at tending base ball in Ibis section thus far during the season occurred at De- Witt's Park Saturday afternoon last dur ing a game between ttie Shovel Factory nine and the Structural Tubing team of this city. The victim of the accident was Frank Rantz, catcher for the Structural Tub ing team. He was standing on the home plate with his attention evidently ab sorbed by his part in the game. Mean while another player was making a run, little dreaming but that Rantz was fully cognizant of all that was going on and would take care of himself. The runner was rather a heavy man and he came in to base with a bound which imparted to his movement a momentum sufficient to knock down an ox. His shoulder struck Rantz on the left side in the region of the short ribs. I'nder the force of the blow the luckless catcher was knocked off his feet and thrown a considerable distance. Falling he struck his right side. No one doubted but that Rantz was 1 badly injured. He soon rose to his feet, however, but a very short time after ward fainted. In response to a call Dr. Wiutersteen hurried over to the Bark and found ttie . man suffering intensely. His left wrist ! was badly sprained and he was in a state of collapse as a result of the shock. The spot of the body struck is poorly adapt ed to withstand the force of such a blow and it was feared that internal injury miiht have been sustained. Rantz was placed on a cot and thus I removed to his home, 105 Cooper street, 1 in one of Liveryman Ikeler's hacks. Spauish American War Veterans. A meeting of Breckbill-Sherwood camp, Spanish-American War veterans, w as held in the Armory Monday night for . the purpose of muster-in. Major C. P. Gearhart presided and Paul Groff acted i as adjutant pro tem. The following veterans signed the roster: Major Charles P. (iearhart, Hon R. K. Polk, Lieut. F. M. Herrington, James Henderson, Edward Cooney.Qeo. Gross, Michael Connelly, Kiley Watts, Strawbridge Rounsley, Lieut. W. L. Clark, 11. L. Dreifuss, Charles Kiener, Frank Keefer, William Russell, George McElrath, Martin Landau, John Spotts, ; Thomas Jameson, Capt. J. Beaver (iear hart, Rtinard O'Blosser, James Kramer, Harman Sechler, James Hodge, W. D. Holloway,Charles Howe,Charles Haney, George Strassner, Charles Clark, Edwin j Roberts, John F. Toohig, George Ober ' dorf, Jacob H. Johnson and Joseph E. Burk. Hon. R. K. Polk, Harman Sechler, F. M. Herrington, and W. L. Clark were chosen delegates to the National Conven tion of Spanish-American War Veterans which will be held in Buffalo on Septem ber 7th. Major C. P. Gearhart, Edwin ' Roberts, W. I). Hollowey and Paul | Grofl were selected as alternates. Struck With Bed Hot Bar. John Johnson, a colored boy, employ ' ed at Howe <Sc Polk's Structural Tubing | Works, was very badly burned Saturday afternoon. Johnson works at the rolls, jit being his business to "lead out" the ; bars after passing through the rolls. The accident was one of a kind which | frequently happens. Ihe bar rolled in ! stead of being of full length which usually keeps its place in a trough or groove provided for it happened to be a short piece, which proved difficult to handle and like a red hot spear flew wild in the direction of the luckless colored boy. Johnson saw his danger and endeavor ed to escape. He was struck, however, by the end of the bar on the outside of the right foot, just below the ankle, the hot iron ploughing through the flesh into the bone. He became nearly frantic with pain, while the loss of blood soon I rendered him weak and faint. He was conveyed to his home in one j of Mr. Ikeler's vehicles which just then came along. Dr. Curry has the case in charge. School Board Meeting. A joint meeting of teachers and dir- j ectors was held in the High school room Monday eve for the purpose of cons der- 1 ing the adoption of books recommended ' by the teachers' committee. The following directors were present: j Fischer, Orth, Barber, Keefer, Burger,; Green and Byerly. Less than a dozen teachers were present. The following , books were adopted: Nichol's Aritlunelic, Book I (t l doz en); Painter's Introduction to American Literature (21 dozen); Buchanan and ■ Mincbwitz' Yin Rotnae,(2dozeni; Went- , worth's New School Algebra, (50 copies) j Williams' Choice Literature, (45 copies), j Morris' Historical Tales, (25 copies): ' Carpenter's Geographical Readers (2"> j copies); Shiuiniell's Pennsylvania Citiz en (108 copies). Mrs, Price Entertains. Mrs. T. J. Price entertained a large, party of nearly a hundred at DeWitt s \ Park yesterday afternoon in honor of her son, Edward and daughter, Florence. The occasion was highly enjoyed. Mauser Reunion. 'lhe tenth annual reunion of the Mauser family will be held in the Ridge ville grove, Wednesday, August 21st. All the Mausers and their friends are cordially invited to be present. Walter Oberdorf left yesterday for Shamokin. KSTABLIKIIED IX 1855. | PHILIPPINE OBJECT LESSON Native's Shack and Implements of Peace and War. What is unquestionably the finest col lection of Philippine curios that has as yet reached this section arrived at South Danville Tuesday morning as a part of the personal belongings of T. .Tudson Vastine, principal musician in the band of the 4l»rd regiment, I'. S. Vols., whose recent arrival from San Francisco was noted in these columns. The collection, indeed, is a museum in itself, The most interesting object pro bably is a model of a native house, some 22 inches by 18. The model, which to the minutest detail is a faithful count erpart of a nativ# shack, is constructed of the same material, bamboo, roofed with "nipa." It is an instructive object lesson and from it alone can one obtain a correct idea of a Filipino shack, which may be 10 by 12 feet,one story high, and supported by pots three feet or so above ground. It contains a large hall or apartment opening on one side into a row of bed rooms and on the other unto a broad veranda. It has no chimney,as no fire is used in the house, cooking be ing done on the outside. The roof is effectual in turning the water, but the building is no protection against the cold, as the air blows through the loose ly constructed sides and floor. The pigs aod chickens of the family are domiciled under the building. I n the collection there is a beautiful rug, soft and flexible, deftly woven of sea grass,upon which the Filipino sleeps and in which he rolls himself when the night becomes cold. There are also brooms anil water buckets, odd in the extreme; beautiful delicately wrought fans, one made of ivory, another of pea cock feathers and still another of sandal wood, every movement of which as it is used throws a delicate fragrance in the face. There are eight canes all of which are curiosities, and one—of ebony tip ped at eacii end with Filipino silver— which is of no little value, by reason of the rare and delicate carving with which its entire length is decorated. The weapons of the collection form no small part, representing bolos and daggers of every description, some crude enough in appearance, but many finely wrought and mounted on handles of caribou horn. Some of the designs, especially that of a Malay "crese," are especially cruel and murderous and give a good idea of what our boys in the Philippines were "up against." One of the weapons which Mr. Vast ine values very highly is a dagger by which lie was stabbed in the face. The scar of the wound remains but the Fili pino who inflicted the gash is no more, as he was shot by one of our soldiers before he could strike the second blow. Another interesting article is a jug of "beno" or Filipino whiskey, a clear and colorless liquid, almost pure aloohol distilled from rice. It is a highly intoxi eating drink and a short indulgence in it will unbalance the mind. Beno, it is said, was responsible for the outbreak of insanity among the American troops in the Philippines. Mr. Vastine since his return has been treating his friends to a taste of beno, but a "taste" invari ably was all that was desired, as it has a villainous flavor and is not at all adapt ed to the civilized palate. It would be useless to attempt to en umerate one half of Mr. Vastine's tine collection of curios. It would require at least one-half a day to look them all carefully over. Miss Boden Badly Injured. An unfortunate runaway accident oc curred near Union Corner Sunday in which a popular young lady well known in this city sustained a serious injury. About 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon as Miss Jane Boden and Balph Kellar,of Kingston, were driving down the Union Corner hill their horse took fright as they attempted to pass another vehicle and a runaway ensued. Both occup ants were thrown out of the buggy. Mr. Keller escaped with some bad bruis es, but Miss Boden was very seriously injured. Dr. J. B. Kimerer, of this city, was called to administer. He returned about 8 o'clock Sunday night. Miss Boden's left limb, he stated, was broken just above the ankle, in addition to which there was a compound dislocation of the an kle. The tlesh was badly lacerated and one end of the broken bone protruded. Altogether her injuries are such as to confine her to her home for many weeks. Miss Boden is the daughter of John Boden, proprietor of the Hursch farm. Cbildrens' Outing. The Salvation Army will take about 150 children to DeWitt's park tomorrow for an outing. Those in charge are work ing very hard to make the affair a suc cess, their object being to gather in that class of children outside the Sunday schools who have had no outing. Hacks will run from the Hall on Ferry street, starting at 7:30 in the morning anil continuing until all the children are in the park. Children will be carried free; adults will be charged five cents fare. At evening hacks will be found at the park for return to Danville. Popular Resort. That DeWitt's Park has become a popular resort was never more strongly attested than during yesterday after noon. when no less than four bodies were seeking diversion at the same time. While the large crowd of children being entertained by Mrs. T. .1. Price were holding a carnival, the Bitle and Gun Club was pulling otf a shoot, Danville and Bloomsburg were playing a game of ball, while deep in the grove the veter ans of Goodrich Post were enjoying camp. JOB PRINTING The office of the AMERICAN uein 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. our prices before place your orders. TUB SOME WAS Hi TO 7 Bloomsburg Walloped by Danville Yester day. The tifth game of base ball between the Bloomsburg nine and the "Old Tim ers" was played at DeWiti's Park yes terday afternoon. The largest crowd of the season witnessed the contest and though pretty much one-sided there was enough in the game to interest the ' rooters," as Bloomsburg made many ridiculous plays, and piled up a sur prisingly long column of errors. Gilbert of the Berwick team occupied the pitchers' box for Danville and his work was gilt-edged. He struck out ten men, three in succession being his record for the eighth inning. He was equally effective with the bat, having a total of three hits, his two-base hit in the second inning bringing in two runs. Boss played a star game at third and made three hits. Gosh also had his eve on the ball making four hits. Hoffman at first covered himself and the bag with glory accepting the fourteen chances without an error. His home run drive to left field also made the score larger. The game was decidedly interesting un til the sixth inning when the Blooms burg "fans" completely lost their nerve, their errors netting six runs. After that they became disheartened. Catcher Sheep made the "star" error of the day, throwing (he ball far enough over second base to permit two runners to walk home. The "rooters" were very ex asperating to the visitors, taunting them fiercely. Schaffer, the right field, who is also Bloomsburg's crack pitcher, had a few "George Ades" thrown at him and in reply said: "What did *l' do to you at Bloomsburg?" In conversation with a number of gentlemen from that city it was learned that eight other men helped defeat the "Old Timers" on the occasion referred to. This game decided a series of five in favor of the "Old Tim ers." The detailed score follows: DANVILLE. R. H. O. A. K. Gosh, cf 2 4 1 0 0 Yerrick, 2b 1 0 U 2 0 Boss, 3b 1 3 2 6 0 Oberdorf, If 11 1 0 I) Sechler, c 2 2 8 3 4 Hoflman, lb 1 2 14 0 0 Shannon, rf 3 11 0 0 (iaskins, ss 2 0 I) 3 0 Gilbert, p 3 3 0 0 0 Total 16 16 27 14 4 HJ.OOMSBI'K<«. K. H. O. A. K. Lewis, If a 3 1 0 U Beighart, 3b 11 3 5 2 Splain, 2b 1 2 2 2 0 Cofimau, ss U 2 Shaffer, rf 0 0 0.0 U Williams, lb 11 14; 0 2 Lyons, cf, p 0 1 0 2 0 Sheep, c 2 0 3- 0 2 Bichie, p, cf 0 0 0 3 2 Total, 7 10 24 17 10 Danville 0411260 2 x—l 6 Bloomsburg, 101 20000 3 7 Earned runs, Danville, 4; Bloomsburg. 1. Two base hits -Gilbert, Gosh, Boss. Three base hits—Lyons. Home run— Hotlman. Sacrifice hits—Yerrick,Gask ins, Lyons, Bichie. Stolen bases—Shan non, 3, Gosh, Gilbert. Struck out by Gilbert,lo. Bases on balls —off Gilbert, 2; off Richie, 1, off Lyons, 2. Left on bases —Danville, 9; Bloomsburg, 7. Umpire, New baker. Struck by a Train. William, better known as "Major" Heller was struck by the 4:53 passenger train, on Friday evening and although he escaped serious injury he was given a fright and a shock that he will not for get very soon. He was walking down the D. L. & W. track on the outside of the rail and when about half way between the Stove Works and the station he was overtaken by the train. He seemed unaware of its approach until it was upou him and was unable to get out of the way. He was struck on the side and thrown to the ground. The engineer stopped the train to de termine how badly the man was hurt. Heller fortunately escaped with a coup le of bruises on the right arm. He was driven to his home, Grand street, by Charles Gardner. The engineer of the train said that he sounded the whistle and tried to stop the engine. Heller was struck as the train slowed up. Ralph Shannon's Bad Fall. Balph, the fourteen-year-old son of Clark Shannon, was quite ill Tuesday as the result of a bad fall which he sus tained Monday evening. Mr. Shannon in making some alterations about his greenhouse bad a large boiler removed which left a pit some seven feet deep more or less exposed. In working about the spot Balph fell into the excavation alighting upon his shoulder and head. He struck the hard cement tioor and it was at first feared that he was very ser iously hurt. An Old Time Pitce. I)r J. Beaver <>.urhart has come in to possession of an old "jjramlfa'her's clock" which undoubtedly ranks very high as an antique. The works, which have all the ap|>carnn<-e <>l antiquity, bear the date 1064. Ttie clock lor many years had been in the possession of Miles Walsh. Election day this year will l>e Tues day, November sth It has been pub lished as the 12th. but this occurred through confusion, as the proper day is the first Tuesday after the first Mon day.
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