Hon -—For the Home The circulation of this paper is in creasing rapidly. It wil pay you to advertise in the AMEKICAN. SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER YEAR DK. IRVING H. JENNINGS, j DENTIST. Office Hours 9A. M. to VI M. 10i Mill St., IP. M.to UP. Danville, Pa. MI'LTZ, M. D. 425 MILL ST., DANVII.LE, PA. Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines a Specialty W. P. ANULB, —DENTIST — Office: 218 MILI. STREET. eetU Extracted without Pain. Crowu and Bridge Work a Specialty. Equipped with the latent and most Improved Instruments and prepared to execute the most difficult work. DK. C. H. KEYNOLDH, (FORMtKLV OF CATAWISSA) OffltM, Ouuomta Boston Store, Danville, Pa Dentistry lu all It* branch** Charge Moderate and all work Guaranteed Established 18W. tii\OL\>EO NEWS. Still doubtful weather Country produce draws good prices. Summer visitors continue to arrive. Campaign fairy tales are about due. The oyster vacation is drawiug near to a close. The gutters iu front of many resi dents throughout the city have been nicely cleaned. Another me iu the prices of coal uiay be expected. The rural mail carrier who is obliged to carry a fair weather signal flag through a pouring rain may be pardon ed if he thinks things. People are losing faith in science. The prices of coal oil remains the same and there are still as many mosquitoes as ever. A mania for the enforcement of the blue laws is moving over the state. The interesting statement that Penn sylvania produces more steel than all ( of Great Britain will be made in the forthcoming report of James M.Clark, ' caief of the Bureau of Industrial Sta tistics. Berwick now has the handsomest and most convenient postoffioe building of any town of its size in the United States. The last dance of the series given by the Penn Social orchestra will be given at Pine Forest Park Thursday evening, August 28th < Have you any Iron or Steel Scrap for sale? E. B. Leaf & Co., Brown build- i iug, Danville, Pa. Hoover Bros', have enclosed their i lumber shed. i There is plenty of repair work for 1 the telephone companies this week. A dealer in this city says fewer bicycles have been sold this season than iu any previous season since introduced. The novelty has worn off. The Rev. Dr. Steans will occupy the pulpit of the First Presbyterian church, Hazleton, next Sunday. The first of September falls on Sun day. l lie Rev. L. D. Ulnch will return from an enjoyable vacation next Saturday. On Sunday the usual services at Trinity Lutheran church will be resumed. In the evening an anniversary service will »>e held and I fie attendance of every member of the congregation is especial ly desired. Oue year ago Rev. I'lrich preached hi* tirst sermon as pastor of Trinity church and during this short lime he has met with great success ami the congregation ha* prospered. The Sunday school picnics are about over. During the next few days the pastors of a number of the city 's churches w ill return from their summer recreation places, and the work of the churches will be carried on with renewed vigor. This is the season when the track men of the great Pennsylvania rail road system are busiest. The regular annual inspection of all the lines will be made next month. August will break all records for rail road passenger traffic. The horse chestnut trees are already beginning to shed their leaves, which is an indication that fall is approaching. An epidemio of distemper is raging among the horses in Williamsport. A uumber have died. It is stated that the disease is spread by the use of the public ; drinking fountains. Catawissa and vicinity was visited by , a severe storm yesterday afternoon. Many of the roads were badly washed out around Roaring Creek At little Roar ing Creek a number of small bridges were washed away. Political tiag raialugs are next in order. Weeds are growing high along the river bank. Farm For Sale or Exchange. A fruit and truck farm for sale on easy terms. Will exchange for town property. All kinds of frnit on land in cluding strawberries, black and red raspberries, black berries, dew berries, peaches, apples, pears, rhubarb etc. For particulars address Box 74 Danville, Pa. JHfitftirar ~\mmcm "TIIIS COI'NTRV WILL NEVER HE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDS WITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS." VOL. :J4. KILLED in AN ELECTRIC SHOCK At IluWc 6l Po.d a Mill Yesterday Morn ing. Charles Wesley Ammerman, an em ploye at Howe & Polk's mill,met an uu timely death early yesterday morning. Ammeruian was employed as a stock tr at this plant, taking the tubing from the "grinders" to the polishing machine. About four o'clock, while in the act of handling a piece of pipe, one end of it came in contact with an arc lamp flang ing averhead. In an instant a complete circuit had been formed. Ammerman received the full charge and dropped to the floor. His death occurred a few minutes later. The body was removed to Geo W. Boat's undertaking establish ment and later in the morning taken to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Ammerman, Wall street. Ammerman was twenty-six years of age and is survived by his wife and a two-days old child. As a result of the awful shock Mrs. Ammerman now liesin an extremely critical condition. The funeral will be field on Friday morning at 10 o'clock. Interment will be made in the Lutheran cemetery. Riverside Uamp Elects Officers. The newly organized Camp of P. O. S. | of A., of Riverside, which was institut ed so auspiciously on Tuesday evening has elected the following officers: Past President, Jonas Sassamau; President, Charles ILttte; Vice President, It. B. Bird; Treasurer, E. \V. Young; Corres- ! pond ng Secretary, Elmer Fowler; Fin ancial Secretary, C. E. Mill?; Master of j Forms, Oscar Eberlj; Sentinels, John Unger and Mont. Knerr; Conductor, i William Nuss; Guard, Edward Hummer, i Trustees, Alex. Dimmiek, William l.ewis | and William Ktmbal. The forty-six 3harter members are: Charles Kennedy i Edwin C. Gross, David Spoils, H. S. Kimbel, E. Startzell, K. B. Bird, James Sassaman, William H. Lewis, Lewis ] Crick, William J. Nuss, Richard Fogle, Charles E. Mills, Jesse Snyder, Charles \ Rudy, L. I*. Orth, A. C. Dimmiek, Charles F. Hummer, Erank Lewis ' Walter Nuss, Fred Purpur, William Richards, E. W. Young, William Baylor, j E. M. Yeager, J. F. Riffle, J. E. Hum- j iner, Charles A. Bitlle, J. O. Eberly, W. W. Kimbel, Adam Weaser.Mont. Knerr, i Grant Huber, E. C. Fowler, John Uti ger, A. J. Oberdorf, M. Hess, L. R. I Richards, W. Mooris, F. R. Yeager, K. P. Yeager, J. Marshall, C. W. Shultz, C. P. Nuss, H. Cuthbert, C. M. Quick and ! J. A. Gottschall. A suitable lodge room will be selected in a few days. Knights of Pythias Union Picuic. The Sunbury, Northumbe land ami Danville Knights of Pythias lodges held their union picnic at DeWitt's Park on Saturday, which despite the inclement weather was well attended. The heavy showers during the day prevented the ( base ball game and interfered with sev- | eral of the minor events. Yet tlie oc- ! casion on the whole proved a tine sue:- ; cess. The visiting lodges arrived on the j 10:17 P. R. R. train and were taken at once to the Park. In the afternoon Stoes' bund rendered ; a very pleading concert program. Ttie bund also furnished music for the danc- | ing, which was largely indulged in by the young people. A number of amusing races .were pull ed of!, The fat men's race, barrel and bag races and an apple eating contest, 1 especially, contributed much to the ; pleasure of the day's outing. Badly Injured. The work on the temporary trestle on 1 the Heading road was delayed yesterday by a heavy fall of eai th which demolish ed a span of the trestle and badly injur ed Fred l.echance, one af the \v oik men. i It was txpeeled that the work would be finished yesterday but >t is not likely ■ that tiains will be running before to-i morrow Mr. Let'bcWce fe! about twenty feet and was injured internally. Afierbeing treated by Dr. Kimerer he was taken to his home in WiHiamsport. Master Carpenter W. W Murray was also bruis ' ed about the legs and arms though he continues in charge of the work. (JhoppiDg Mills Washed Away. One of the heaviest showers that has been known in the vicinity of Quitman for many years occurred yesterday after- j noun about 3 o'clock,causing great dam age to property in that section. The storm extended in the direction of Elysbut g. Crumley's dam was brok en and the Saw and Chopping mills be longing to P. S. Cromley were washed away. Hillside fields were badly wash- j ed and the ciops entirely destroyed. Semi-Mouthly Shoot. The regular semi monthly shoot of the Danville RitJe and Gun club was held at I DeWitt's Park yesterday afternoon. The i 1 following scores were made: HIT. MISSED. , | A. Lawrence 21 4 A. Fry 19 6 ! A. H. Woolley, lfi 7 L. Dietz, It!!♦ Dr. Adams, 10 15 Dr. Smith, 9 10 Machinery Arriving. The first large consignment of new machinery has anived at the Silk Mill, which is designed to fill the unoccupied floor space of the plant. The machin ery consists of winders, spinners, twist ers and reel'ng frames. Mr. Ilartman and machinists are working overtime in setting up the new machines. AGITATED The Borough Couucil Holds a Stormy Ses sion Friday Night, The borough council held a regular meeting Friday night. The proceedings, which hinged upon the question of sew erage, were marked by a good deal of feeling and bitterness, many of the com pliments hurled at each other by the members being of a nature that would not look well in print. Mr. Vastine moved that the Borough "Attorneys" be empowered to take whatever measures might l»e necessary to abate the nuisance complained of in Blizzard's run. M. I>. L. Sechler second ed the motion. President Kemmer refused to enter tain the motion on the ground that the borough only had one attorney instead of two or more as implied by the resolu tion. "Then," said Mr. Vastine, "I move that Edward S. Gearhart be elected as an additional attorney." This was seconded by Mr. Jones and carried by a I yea and nay vote, as follows: Yeas—Vastine, GPison, M. 1). 1.. | Sechler, Fetterman, Jones and McLain. Nays—Kemmer, Dougherty, Sechler, ; Lauer and Brandt. Mr. Vastine then insisted that his ' original motion be put to a vote. This ■ was done, when the me.i-ure carried,the , vote being the same as the one record • ! on the preceding question. Mr. Vastine demanded to know by what authority the committee appoint ed to abate the nuisance in Blizzard's run had gone to the extreme of having the borough surveyed, dwelling upon the unwarranted cost, &c. It was field that the authority lay in a resolution adopted by council at a special meeting, which being referred to by ttie secretary was found to read as follows: "Mr. Dougherty moved that the Pres ident appoint a committee of two to act with the president of council to com municate with engineers in regard to the abatement of nuisance complained of in Blizzard's run." The committee of two appointed were Mr. Dougherty and George Sechler. It was at this point that the storm oc curred. The resolution read seemed to bear out Mr. Vastine, but Mr. Dough erty explained that in his opinion it was essential that the borough be surveyed before anything coul 1 be done with ; Blizzard's run. At all events, he said, J the plan is to survey the First Ward j only; at completion, the cost will be de- j termined, which will decide whether to | continue or abandon the survey. The Secretary reported that the Water Commissioners recommended that no change be made anion* the employes of 1 the water department for the ensuing ' year. Also that Ihe wages remain the ! same. The entire force, therefore, from the Water Superintendent down were re- ' elected in a body, there being only one I dissenting voice, that of Mr. Gibson. M. 1). L. Sechler reported that the - Bessemer Steel company has vacated , Beaver street, which, he declared is a , public thoroughfare. On motion it was ordered that the Bessemer company be | requested to remove notices posted for bidding trespassing. The following communication was sub mit ted to council: To GEORGE K. SKCHLEK, Esq., Member of Council 1 DKAK Sin: —The undersigned citizens of the First Ward residents along or near Mahouing creek herein notify you that the nuisance which has existed in said creek for some years past has be come unbearable; you will therefore remedy the same within thirty days or we shall institute legal proceedings against the borough to tlie end that this long suffering injustice shall be fully compensated for. The communication was signed by twenty-seven well known residents, "n motion of Mr. Vastine it was laid on the table for future reference. The following bills were approved for payment at council : BOROUGH DEPARTMENT. Regular employes $82.50 Street labor and hauling .'J5.35 Tax on City Hall 11(8.07 Geo. W. West 27.00 WATER DEI'A HTM EST. Regular employes $137.00 Kxtra work 1-10.52 Washington Hose Co 6.20 Atlantic Refining Co 4.00 Howe & I'olk 11.89 Curry & Vannan 9.10 American Car & Foundry Co. .. 280.03 Harry B. I'atton 20.00 Frauk N. Kramer Heard From. W. <». Kramer, this city, has received a telegram from his son, Frank N. Kratn er, of the Steamship Petrel, stating that the vessel with himself on hoard arrived at San Francisco, on Thursday the 15th., inst. The l'etrel will go into the dry dock for repairs, while the long absent , crew will beat liberty to revisit their • homes. Frank expects to be in |)an | ville by about the middle of September. He has been away from home for nine years, live years being spent in the navy. Frank was a gunner on the Petrel during the war with Spain the little vessel which distinguished herself so signally during the great battle before I Manila. Engagement Announced. The engagement has been announced of Miss Kmily DeSolms Kennedy, a prominent society lady of Philadelphia and J. Wellington Shannon, Ksq., also of that city. Mr. Shannon who is well known in this city is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Shannon, of Riverside. 11AXV1 LIjK, l'A.. TltritSDAY, At (ifST JJ. IJIOI. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.! Brief Mention of the Doings of Your Friends and Acquaintances. Miss Hilda Hornberger has returned from a visit with friends inSlianiokin. Mrs. 1). W. Jones returned to Pitts ton yesterday after a visit with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Sober, East Front street. Misses Ella and Laura Moses, who have been guests at the home of J. H. Cole, Bloom street, left for their home in Trenton, N. J.. yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Penman, of Scran- ; ton, were guests at the home of Mrs. j Perry Deen, East Market street, Tues- j day. Miss Bertha Hartzel, of Sunbury, is ! visiting friends in this city. Mr. and Mrs. John R. Jones spent j yesterday in Georgetown. Mrs. Daniel Keim, Vine street, visited friends in Sunbury yesterday. William Gibson and grandson, Ray mond, of Brooklyn. N. V., are guests ! at the home of Daniel Keim, Vine | street. Miss Mazie Thomas returned to Sha uiokiu yesterday after a visit with her sister, Mrs. William Leister. Brown building, Mill street. W. B. Chamberlin, of Torresdale. ar rived in this city last evening. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Seitz are visiting j relatives in Plymouth. Mr. and Mrs. William Lormer, of Sun- I bury, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Setli Lormer, Pine street. Miss Harris, of Plymouth, is visiting Miss Jessie Kimerer, Bloom street. John Brugler made a trip to Berwick yesterday. Edward Shultz was in Sunbury yester day. Henry Grove returned last evening from a visit in Harrisburg. DeForest Hummer, of Bloomsburg. j was a visitor in this city yesterday. John 1.. Evans transacted business iu Berwick yesterday. J. C. Antrim, of Wyoming, was in Danville yesterday. Miss Blanche Lowenstein left yester- 1 day for a trip to New York. Frank S. Price, of New York, with his wife and daughter Kthel, is vis ting his brother, Postmaster lT.oma? J. Price. Mr. Price, who is a native of Danville.is the detective sergeant of the New York police force. of Scranton, are visiting at the Titley homestead,corner of Railroad and Front streets. Mrs. Elmer Sheffer, of Williamsport,is visiting Mrs. H. D. Lyon, Lower Mul berry street. Mrs. John Eisenhart and Mrs. Lewis Titel arrived home Saturday night after a six weeks' trip, taking in California and Yellowstone Park. P. H. Foust, P. & R. station agent, left Saturday for a trip to Atlantic City and New York. During his absence the P. A R. station will be in charge of Cbas G. Cloud. Misses Lela and Anna Woodside spent Sunday with relatives at Packer's Island. Mr. and Mrs. William Kuhn, of Eas ton, are visiting at the home of D. A. Montgomery, Mill and Center street?. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Pursel, of New York, are visiting at the home of Mrs. Pursel's father, Hon. James Foster, Walnut street. Mrs. John G. Jenkins with her two children, of Alexandria, Indiana, is vis iting her mother, Mrs. William Hemic, Upper Mulberry street. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Orth are visiting the Exposition at Buffalo, N. Y. Miss Viola Lynch, of Philadelphia, is the guest of Mrs. John Landau, River side. Mrs. John Super, of Newport News, Va., is visiting at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Rufus v'astine, South Danville. Mrs. Jane Houtz visited Sunbury ( friends yesterday. I Harry Limberger, of West Chester, is j visiting his father on West Mahoning | street. Mrs. Eleanor Broch who has been i visiting her aunt, Mrs. Frank Ritfle. 1 Riverside,left yesterday for her home in j Denver, Colorado. Mrs. William llenrie returned to Gor don, Schuylkill county, yesterday after a visit with her daughter, Mrs. William - Yoris, Church street. Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Reese who have been visiting at the home of Mr. Reese's father, Cyrus Reese, Mahoning tow n- ; j ship returned to their home in Wash j tngton, D. C., yesterday. Mr. and Mrs I!. F. Kelly are visiting relatives in Scranton. Mrs. Pauline Gottshall is visiting rel atives in Sunbury. Walter Waite, of Sugar Notch,is visit ] ing his brother, John <• Waite, Ferry street. Mrs. Jennie Zeth and four children returned to Hopewell, Bedford county, yesterday after a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Large, South Dan ville. Miss Mary Welsh returned from a vis it to the Pan-American Exposition last evening. Mrs. Alex Swartz and daughter, of Bloomsburg, spent yesterday at the home of S. Lowenstein, Mill street. 1)111 TOWN SWEPT 111 FLOOD P. & R. Embankment Gives Way, Inundat itig a Large Portion of Town. Danville Sunday was visited by the greatest flood in its history. Portions of the borough have been submerged be fore. as the result of back water or an overflow from the river above town. But the flood Sunday, which inundated nearly half the town and wrought much damage, was also unique in that it came directly as the result of a downpour of rain. And an unprecedented downpour ' it was, which fell upon the earth in tor ; rents from about midnight Saturday un ! til 10 a. m. Sunday. Mahoning creek rose steadily, but at j 11 o'clock it was still within its banks. l.ong before that hour, however, the i two streams which intersect the borough known as Blizzard's and decider's run were both foaming torrents. At each of these streams the culvert under the P. & R. rail way was able to carry off only a small fraction of the water and the high embankment became an immense dam. back of which the water rose higher and higher, creeping up toward the eaves of the buildings and spreading over large tracts. The water was in the second story of the P. I . brewery, also in the second story of.John Stcininan's residence, A street, and of several other houses near the brewery. The bottling establish ment Aib lifted from its foundation and turned bottom upward*. At Seehler's run the imprisoned wat ers rose to an immense height, submerg ing John ft. Bennett's ponds and tlie tall trees on the spot which line ih' J driveway. It was like an immense lake which extended up the hollow a- far as ' the eye could see. The pressure was enormous ami about 10:M0 o'clock the railway embankment broke. It was a grand sight as the wat er, released, like a river da-Led down over the meadow below, roaring, foam ing and throwing it* spray high in the air. Eighty feet of the embankment, i which is here some thirty feet high, was swept away in a moment, the rails ami cross ties remaining int ict and spanning the wide cha-m. The muddy water spread out in an 5 immense sheet S or IU feci deep cover ing everything in sight I'hecantl was tilled to overflowing and for once the abandoned old waterway was of service in conducting the excess of wa'er harm ltssly out of town. !• or hour after hour it nobly did its work, full and overflow ing bearing along a rapid current, which j 11111*' Irive mi»"i it'll v ifil n.'<v l H 1 . at the upper end oT the borough. Rolling on over the canal the swollen waters spread out over East Market j street and there is scarcely a cellar from j Reaver street to the end of the borough 1 that w as not tilled or partly full of water. 1 In many instances the flood reached the j first floors of the residences, walls at i cellars have caved in and everything about the premises and streets are cov- j ered with a thick deposit of mud. The j water came so suddenly that at many j places the carpets could not be removed in time and they were ruined. About noon the embankment above t the culvert at Blizzard's run showed i signs of weakening. The sidewalk over the arch on Walnut street was the tirst to fall, leaving a forbidding and danger- : ous gap. A few minutes later the em- ! bankment on the upper side, which was J soaked by the water split along the edge of the ties, the detached •portion falling over into the* water. That neither the street nor the railroad was any longer safe was obvious and a rope was stretch ed across each to prevent travel. Blizzar.Ps run, which usually covers j the D. L. iV; W. track during high water, j augmented hy the terrible overflow at Seehler's run created a great deal of j damage about the D. L..V W. station. In every part of the depot the water was ' IS inches to 2 feet deep. The platform j was raised from its foundation and every j thing about the building given a thick, deposit of mud, which it required several days to remove. The D. L. A W. track was much damaged, being un- : der water from above the Shovel factory nearly down to Mill street. There were j several bad washouts, at one of which j the track gave way which caused a load- i ed coal car to upset. The heavy irn-u table was lifted fiom its bed, carried nearly a hundred feet and deposited on the track. I The barn on the Blizzard property was swept away. Along D. L. iV W. Avenue | I the water reached to nearly the second j story of the houses. Several families had to be assisted to places of safety,] among them tlife household of John j i Deutsch, who had to he removed iu a i boat, Peter I'. Farley acting as pilot. About noon Mahoning creek over flowed its hanks. The bridge at Center street was lifted lrom its abutments and ' a portion of it carried away. Northum berland and Center streets were flooded I to the depth of several feet. About this time it seemed that a good portion of the borough was under water. Below town the flood was as high as ' anywhere. The old canal boats floated away. The water rolled over the sides of the canal in a steady stream,subinerg : ing John Keiin's brick yard, ruining his floors, spoiling 40,000 green brick and washing away the foundation of his kiln which is tilled with brick ready for burn ing. Mr. Keim also loses So,ooo brick in his yard above town. He estimates his loss at sume $1,20W , The P. L. Brewing Company sustains I considerable loss Many kegs floated I away, in addition to which damage was r done to the ice plant and machinery. ' (Continued on page 4th.) PREPARATIONS For the Eleventh Annual Convention to be Held in This Oity. The eleventh annual convention of the Danville District Epworth League, will he held in St. Paul's Methodist Episcop al church on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. Ist, 2nd and 3rd. Pre parations are well under way to make this convention equal, if not, excel all others in spiritual, educational and soci al advancement among the young peo ple of the Methodist church. The pro gram, which will be participated in by many of the well known workers iu the Epworth League, promises to be very in teresting. r l he tirst session of the convention will be held on Tuesday evening, Octo ber Ist, the last session Thursday even ing, October :ird. One of the features of tfie program will be the prominence given Junior League work, and the Dis trict Superintendent of this department, Mrs. G. E. Wilbur, of Bloomsburg, isar ranging an interesting meeting for Tues day afternoon. Oct. Ist, from 3 until 5 o'clock. Mrs. Annie E. Suiiley, General Superintendent of Junior Leagues of the Methodist Episcopal church, will he present at this meeting. Every Methodist preacher in tfie dis trict is an ex-officio member of the con vention. Any charge on the district,not having a Society or League, may be re presented in the convention by its past or and two ottier delegates appointed by the Sunday School Board or hy its pas tor. The Leagues of St. Paul's, Trinity and St. Peter's churches are sparing no efforts to make the convention a brilli ant success. Extending the Telephone Lines. Since the United Telephone it Tele graph company purchased many of the independent telephone lines in this State last winter a gradual extension of the system has been made and during the next three months most of the short connecting lines in this vicinity will he completed. Montour county subscribers will then be given an excellent long dis tance service with the large eastern cities. Some of the extensions recently made in this district are from Shauiokiu to Seven Points, a new line between Sun bury and Lewisburg and a connection with the Home anil Commercial lines in I nion anil Centre counties. On Tues day General Supfc. (ieorge B. Wright with his local managers and some fifteen linemen from this city commenced work oil the new line from Wa«hiiioi<-in.ui'J>i Munpy. ruts snort extension will like ly be completed in four weeks. At Muncy connection will be made with the new Williamsport and North Branch Telephone company and from |the Lum ber City direct communication with Al toflna and the west will soon be com pleted. School Board Meeting. The school board held a meeting : Thursday niyhtf, r :I>> purpose of electing ! an assist int in the High school to suc ceed Professor .1 C. Carey who was elect- j ed to I he l'i i ncipalshi p. Mr. Green of the Teachers' Committee submitted a report recoaimending that I D. V Dieffenbaclier, Principal of the j Third Ward Grammar school, be elected j assistant in the High school. On mo- | tion the recommendation was adopted. 1 A vote was taken hy which Mr. Dieflen- j baclier w as unanimously elected. Messrs i Fischer, Orth, Green, Werkheiser, Keef- ! er, Berger, Fenstermacher and Barber j were present when the vote was taken, i Messrs. liarpel, Black and Byerly ap- j pea ring later. The question of tilling theTbird Ward j Principalship made vacant by the pro- I motion of Mr. Dieffenbaclier next oc- j ; cupied the board. It developed that j there are a number of applicants, the ; most of whom reside at a distance. Let- j ters of recommendations were read as to the relative attainments of Charles F. Null, of Perry county; Elmer D. Bar- i nettand .\. C. Barbeheun, of York I ! county. These three seem to be the , most available candidates and upon one , of them the choice will undoubtedly i | fall. High School Foot Ball Tuam- i The candidates for High school foot t ball team met in the school room Monday J evening. From all appearances the lovers of this sport will witness a num ber of good games thec miing fall. The boys will begin preliminary practice at once in order to get the best material. I Edward Ammerman, of Dickinson Coll- j i ege, Carlisle, will coach the team. A new code of signals and a number of "new plays will he introduced. Chall enges have been issued to the High school teams of Lewisburg, Bloomsburg, | Shamokin, Catawissa and Milton. Howard Lunger will again he the man ager and George Maiers captain. The season will open about October Ist. Peter Dietiich Entertains. Peter Dietrich entertained a number of friends at his home on I'pper Mul berry street on Tuesday evening. Those pre-cnt wen: Misses E.Zielenbaeh. W. ! Becker, L. Slangier, L. Hankey, K. Mayan, M. Slangier, (.'. Hofer, F. Hofer, i E. Ilock, E. Rodenhofler, K Koch, L. Mayan, \V. I.eDuc, E. Beyers. Miss . (irace, of Newark. N. J., and Miss Agnes < Yeager, of Philadelphia; Messrs. E. Dailey, C. Hilscher,.!. Snyder, H. Oesch s er, Zielenbach, J. Winiger, J. t'del- I hofen, W. Michaels, T. Murray, J. Grau s sum, 11 Rodenhoffer, J. Hock and Mr. . Schrae, of Philadelphia. Fred and Al bert Smedley and Charles Prentiss fur nished the music. KKTA HUSHED f\ 1855. TllliSE PRISONERS WERE cm Two Escape Troui Jail, but Six Prefer to Remain. Montour county came very near being; the scene of a wholesale jail delivery Monday. As it was two of the worse prisoners confined in the county jail made their escape and are now at large. The story throughout is a remaikable one, the part relating to the escape, especially, which was eliected in a man ner that might have been considered next to impossible. The door leading into the cage in ad dition to a stout padlock is secured by a !»lge or slide an inch wide which on the manipulation of a bar enclosed in a box ou the wall moves out an inch or so ef fectually covering the interstice be tween the door and the frame support ing it. Shortly after dinner Monday Mrs. Breckbill had occasion to remove some bedding from the cage, receiving the same from one of the prisoners at the door. She is quite positive that she re locked the padlock; also that she turn ed the lever which pushes the slide out over the edge of the door. It appears, however, that she forgot to close the door of the lever box, or to remove the key- from the lock. The box is to the left of the door and pre sumably out of reach of the prisoners. Last night it was found by experiment, however, that a man with a long arm by climbing to the top of the door ou the inside could reach out between the bars far enough to touch the door of the lev er box and .swing it shut, which brought the lock with the keys within reach. Once having the bunch of keys it was an easy matter to select the right one and unlock the cage door, the padlock being easily within reach, as was also the lever which throws back the ledge or slide. About 2 o'clock the Sheriff's house hold was aroused by an excited voice in the hallway exclaiming: "Mrs. Breckbill, the prisoners are get ting out!" The voice was that of George Crossley, himself a prisoner. The Sheriff being absent Mrs. Breckbill hurried to the spot to find that it was only too true. Joseph Caidy and William Splain, both of whom were awaiting trial for larceny, had skedaddled. Caddy left a pair of worthless slippers behind and escaped in George Crossley's new shoes. The rest of the prisoners—six in num ber—were dozing in their cells when the escape was made. Upon awaking they (.'ndtly and Snlnin nnd fnnnd tho door unlocked. At night the prisoners were all lock ed in the cage as usual. It was a cur ious fact to reflect upon that oniy a few hours before they might all have walked out into freedom and yet preferred to re main behind bars. Some one expressing surprise that they had not all taken advantage of the opportunity to escape Crossley remark ed: "We were not going to miss a cinch like this. Grub here is all right!" New Principal for Grammar School. The school board held a special meet ing Tuesday night, the following mem- 1 bers present: Fischer, Harpel, Barber, 1 Byerly, Fenstermacher, Werkheiser, Green and Black. The principal busi- 1 ness on hand was the election of a teach- '• er for the Third Ward Grammar school to succeed 1). N. Dieffenbacher who was ■ last week elected to the Assistant Prin cipalship of the High school. After careful consideration the board seemed to favor the election of a male '• teacher for the vacancy. E. B. Barnet, late Principal of the Delta schools, York county, was recommended. A vote was takeu by which Mr. Barnet was unan imously elected. The attention of the board was called to the bad condition of the roof on the old part of the Third Ward school. On motion the matter was referred to the Building anil Repair Committee, Mr. Keefer, chairman, with instructions to advertise for bids for a new roof. The advertisement will appear in the daily papers. Miss Bessie Klase was nominated and elected as supply teacher. Married in Suubury. Miss Bessie Keener and Otto S. Gray both of this city were married last Sat urday afternoon at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. Frank Jacobs, in Suubury. The Rev. J. 11. Weber of that place performed the ceremony. Miss Sadie Keener of this city, a sister of the bride, was the bridesmaid, Frank Jacobs acting as best man. After the wedding a dinner was served. Only the immed iate relatives of the contracting parties were present. Both the bride and groom have a wide circle of friends in this city. Mr. Gray is employed as a bakei at the . Stale Hospit.il. An Enjoyable Eveuiug. | Mrs J. II Epldin was tendered a party j on Tuesday evening at her home, 22t> | Honeymoon street, in honor of her 45th | birthday anniversary. Excellent re i freshments were served and the evening i was pleasantly spent. Those present were: Mrs. Mary Freeze, Mrs. Henry Ateu, Mrs. Daniel Shultz,Mrs. C. Askin, Mrs. Brent, Mrs. 'H. Shick, Mrs. Ben jamin Cook, Mrs Hawk, Mrs. M. I>. L. Sechler, Mrs. William Farley, Mrs. 1). J. Rogers, Mr, and Mrs. J. Patton.Mr. and Mrs. M Snyder, Misses Mabel Askin, Pearl Brent, Minnie Ephliu, Florence Ephliu, Gray Voris, Frank and Theo. Geringer, Clarence Ephlin, Charles Reed, of Lewisburg, and Charles P.elles, of Pittston. JOB PRINTING The office of the AMERICAN oein furnished with a large as>sortmen of job letter and fancy type and job material generally, the Publishei announces to the public that he is prepared at all times to execute in the neatest manner JOB PRINTING Of all Kinds and Descrption. (SjT'Get our prices before place your orders. i ANOTHER SCALP WAS AIMED Lewisburg Defeated by a Score of 8 to 1 Tuesday. The base ball game between the "Old Timers" and Lewisburg drew a good sized crowd to DeWiu's Park Tuesday afternoon. The interest taken in the sport seems to increase in Danville and there is now every assurance that in this city at least the national game will he well patronized for the balance of the season. A succession of errors in the second inning by short stop Irvin of the Lewis burg's, netting five runs to the home team, made the balance of the game somewhat uninteresting. The visiting team was composed of very young fel lows and outside of the exceptional in niug, put up a good game. Gilbert as usual pitched an elegant game and though giving six men passes to first, he struck out eight batters and made two clean hits. The visiting players were very gentlemanly, an absence of "kick ing"' forming a conspicuous part in the contest. The detailed score follows: DANVII.I.E. li. IF. O. A. K. Gosh, If 11 0 0 0 Yerrick, 2b 1 0 5 3 0 Ross, 2b 3 0 4 2 1 Hoffa, c 1 2 7 11 Hoffman, lb 0 1 10 0 0 Sechler, cf 0 U 0 0 0 Shannon, rf 0 1 0 0 0 Gilbert, p 1 2 0 4 0 Gaskins, ss 10 0 12 Total 8 7 2fi 11 4 I.EWISBURG. R. H. O. A. E. Wagner, If 0 0 0 0 0 Edwards, 2b 0 0 3 1 2 Wylie, c 0 0 4 0 0 Darlington, 3b 0 0 1 10 Irvin, ss 0 0 4 2 4 Kauffman, cf 11 3 0 0 Myer, lb 0 0 S 11 Hitter, rf 0 1 0 0 1 Johnson, p 0 1 0 2 0 Total, 1 3 23 7 8 Danville, 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 x—B Lewisburg,! 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 o—l0 —1 SUMMARY —Put out by interference, Sechler. Put out by batted ball, Myers. Struck out by Gilbert, 8; by Johnson, 4. Bases on balls Gilbert, G; Johnson, 2. Two base hits, Kaufman. Umpire, Buck. The Famous Welsh Bros.' Shows. There is no manner or form of enter tainment that excites equal enthusiasm in the hearts and minds of children as much''Truth''in rpirarW nV'i&WLiS 'lA' maturer years as well as those who have grown gray with the weight of years. There is nothing that recalls with more vivid presentation the enth usiasm and excitement of youth. The sawdust ring with the healthy smell of pine, fresh and invigorating. The fun ny clowns, the trick donkeys, the lem onade and peanut venders of early days pass in panorama before us when the bill-boards, with ffaring posters an nounce the coming of the circus. The Welsh Bros.' Show recalls ye olden times more truly than any of the tented shows to-day; one ring, after the fashion of early days, with the truly funny clowns and a long list of marvelous acrobatic, contortion, ierial, trained animals and other acts, following one another in rapid succession. Two com plete performances are given afternoon and evening at '2 and 8 o'clock The big free street parade takes place at 10:30 a. in., an allsurpassing, glittering pageantry. The show will pitch t?uts at Danville, Wednesday, Aug. 28. Annual Reunion. The annual reunion of the survivors of the 132 nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Vol unteers, will be held this year at Can ton, BradfoJd county, on September 17. The town of Canton is located on the line of the Northern Central railroad about 90 miles from Danville, and is the home of Co. C of this celebrated regi ment. A number of the veterans of Company A have already decided to attend the reunion. A very pleasant time is anti cipated, as the citizens of Canton have arranged to give the survivors a tine re ception. Orders for excursion tickets can be procured ov applying to James rost er. Au Early Morning Nuisance. Cleanliness is declared akin to godli ness, but there are times, notably early in the morning, when demonstrations of cleanliness are provocation of the op posite of godliness and are generally looked upon as nuisances. A promi nent figure at the store door or on the sidewalk at this season of the year, es pecially on the principal business street in Danville is the man or boy behind the broom, busily engaged in the task of disposal of sweepings from the estab lishment in which he is employed. Oc casionally there is encountered a sweep er who believes that pedestrians have some rights which he is bound to re spect and he will rest upon his broom until the passer—by «jret« beyond raii'.e of the du-t. Wrv ulten there is an ut ter disregard »112 men's imm icula'e linen and women's dainty dresses, and the wearers are compelled to either pass through a Hon lof dust nr walk out in to the street to escape it. This nuisance can be minimized by the u c e of wet saw dust or the judicious sprinkling of ilie store floors before the sweeper settles down to business and such a consumma tion is devoutly wished by many pedes trians. Labor Day. will l»e a big gala day in , this city. Everybody should have a good time.
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