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{. IRVING 11. .JENNINGS,
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M.to 12 M 104 -v..
M.to 4 I'. M. Danville. I'l.
KHCLTZ, M 11.
4*_'. r )Miii Sr., DA.MVII.LE, I'A.
ses of the Stomach and Intestines
a Specialtv
. \V. P. AHU LIC,
DENTIST
)PFICE. -I s Mill StREICI.
Kxtrm-ted without I'iitn.
Crown ami Hriiine Work « speeialty.
pert with the latest and most improved
•irumentß and prepared to • xecutetlie
-i Tiittieult v>rb.
R. C. H. REYNOLDS,
—DENTIST. —
Opposite Boston Store, Danville, Pa,
•jtry in all its branches. Charges
oderate and all work Guaranteed,
sta Wished 1892
mm news.
rough the Hreakers next Tuesday
ard I'urpur is acting as deputy
•notary.
small boy is beginning to prepare
llow E'en.
barbed wire fence is one of the
r's greatest annoyances,
should be exercised to prevent
ion among the school children,
ighted forecasters are already
the course of political straws,
ral chestnut parties have arrang
o to the surrounding hills to-day.
ais just enough frost in the air
e pedestrianism a pleasant rec
chool children of this city are
good records for themselves in
nee.
stone pavement is being laid in
the home of Samuel <Tnlick.
•anville.
of fall and winter aie particular
able in the millinery store win
our town.
'atterson and family have taken
residence with Dr. C. Shultz on
.rket street.
Danville Schools will observe
iy by the planting of trees and
ate exercises.
K. Uover,druggist at Dr.l'aules*
>re, has resigned to accept a
in Pittsburg.
snal number of gunning ac
are already being reported
nt the state.
for Shamokin. The Danville
00l team may be able to stop
ges on Saturday,
dark very early now-a days,
rs, long nights and big gas bills
the matter now.
ter who does not vote and the
ho is indifferent to vaccination
in danger this fall,
r Walter Kennedy of the
r shoe store is ofrduty owing
ned ankle, which he sustained
while out ihestnutting a few
•row will be Arbor Day. It
be observed by every one who '
to plant a tree. The beauty |
y would be greatly enhanced
I more shade trees.
/ School Kally Day was observ- j
afternoon on Sunday at Saint j
I. E. church, Riverside, with a
esentation of thq school in at- i
An offering nf fl(j] was
officer Young says there is a
fin the number of truants
• frost began. Some of the
trying all kinds of dodges to
ftieer, but in the language of
"He is on."
last meeting of the Catawissp
icil VV. O. DeWitt, was elected
ndent of the electric light plant
• 1 operated by the borough.
t,t is a son of Dr. A. T. D« Witt,
ile, ami hitn-elf a former res
hat p>ac>*.
ED Wide awake representa-
Eastern Pennsylvania K •
se. Promotion sure if capable
ig business. References and
uired. Address The L. B.
cantile Co , "M I t.o:tlH Gran by
>rfolk. \'a.
gh the Breakers" comes to the
use, Tuesday evening, Oct 29
is of the melodramatic type
11 of stirring incidents aud
itnations. The comedy element
irked out and it is present
cast of capable players head
'S Emily l*>dd
the most enjoyable season of
nr. It is the season of natnr
»l splendor. As grand and
tit a view of the glories of
s may be found in all Pennsvl
pbe seen in Danville and its
If yon would see the beauties
ity of earth the lovely and the
;led in harmony on nature's
ad the hills among which this
■3 and gaze upon the vast pano
•autv and pictnresque land
id before the view, in all its
magnificence
4:1 1 112 -r'a. Trt'lV v 111 f^Vt%
f2^TrA!»^I IjH) Wil ,IA il 11%
•THIS CO! N'TKY Wii.l NEVER BE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIER ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDS WITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS
VOL. l<»--NO i:J.
WORKMAN'S
FATAL INjI'RV
Daniel H. Smith Sustains a Fracture of the
Skull.
The Reading Iron works about 2
o'clock Thursday afternoon was the
scene of a -hocking accident, which
about an hour afterward re-ulted in the
death of a well known and valued em
ploye.
Among the workmen employed on the
site of the old puddle mill clearing the
way for th" new superstructure beaig
built was Daniel 11. Smith, for a number
of years past engineer in th skelp mill,
who with -me others en _ I a
taking down the steam pipe, the full
system of which, some 7 or s inches in
! diamt ter.was left by I he i ecent tii e hang
ing in position some fifteen leet from the
ground. Mr. Smith wa- standing on a
ladder which leaned against the pipe,
engaged in unfastening a joint at one
end of a section. The j >int at the other
end ha 1 already been br ken, which, it
seems, weakened the pip ng beyond
what they had calculate I upo i and it
began to give way Mr. Smith seeing
his danger leaped from the ladder onto
the top of the furnace—unfortunately
right on tiie spot where the p pe fell. It
struck him upon the skull, bearing him
to the brickwork and pinning Irs head
under the immense weight.
It was a death blow. The man scarce
ly struggled. The scalp was torn from
one side of his head and the blood
streaming out formed a horrible pool,
which ran down over the side ol the
furnace in a stream.
It was a sickening -i tvac.e, but wir
ing hands were n>t wanting to release
and ni nister to the injured workman.
Drs. J. R. Kimerer and E. \ Curry in
response to a call were s >OM on tin -pot.
A cur- ry examination convinced ttie
doctors that the man wis beyond all
help. The injury consist > 1 of a very b i 1
fracture of the skull, involving one bal;
of the liea 1. The int i was unconscious.
He was place 1 upon a stretcher ami
borne by six of his fellow workmen the
start w as made on the - el journey home
ward. He was carried as far as Harry
Kllenhogens' store, Mill street, where
he was placed on Hosier's furniture wag
on and thus c -uveved to h's borne where
he breathed his last about 3 o'clock.
The deceased was sixty \eu> of age
aud unmame I. For many year- past
he was employed at the Reading Iron
Works, where he held the confidence
and esteem of his employers and fellow
workmen. He is survived by iliree
brothers, M. W.. W. L.and Colbert
Smith, all of whom reside in this city.
The deceased w:is a soldier in the Civil
War and is a member of Goo irich Post,
No. 22, G. A. R., this city. He served
for over three years, a 'lviiber of Com
pany F, Second Regiment, Pennsylvania
Artillery.
Vote for J. C. Miller for
Prothonotary.
Hunting Made Difficult.
1 hose of our local sportsmen who
have this season been out with their
guns say that they find conditions rela
ting to hunting considerably changed
throughout the county since 'he enact
ment of the amended law making hunt
ing on posted cultivated lands wilfull
trespass. It is not a rare thing to find
who e farms "posted'' and as quail—
the game mostly sought after at present
re nearly always 112 >und in cornfields
(■ron buckwheat stubble this becomes a
deprivation most keenly felt by the
sportsman. A hunter may drive many
miles befo'c fi ding any cultivated lainD
upon which he is permitted to enter with
out violating the law. Those of course,
who have personal friends among the
farmers or can bring some influence to
bear have no difficulty in gaining per
mission to hunt on cultivated lands and
it is these gentry who bring home the
big bags of g'ime. Fhe action on the
p;»rt of the agriculturists in generally
"posting" their lands shows that they
intend to lake full advantage of the law
amended for their benefit.
I'nder the protection afforded by the
game laws during several yeais past
quail hive been increasing m numbers.
This seagon they are unusually plenti
ful. It is said to he impossible t > walk
over any of the large farms of the county
without starting up a covey in every
other field or so. I'nder theamended law
which affords the birds s j| greater pro
tection, cutting down their chances of
being shot at leist one-half, from now
on they will no doubt increase at a more
rapid rate.
And this ha- stai •! some men think
ing. Sail a prominent farmer yester
dav and one, too, win has "posted" In
land that the "increase'' >n numbers
would not need togo on so very fir be
fo e the limit would be reached beyond
which the b r Is would become a menace
to the crops and it in bee me ntc
e>saiy for I lie agriculturalist to ask for
another am ndnieni ol the game law an I
to invite ia lie hnnlei a- a mean- of
protect ion.
Thus ftu there seems to have been no
clash between any < 112 the farmer- and
the gunners, the most of whom a- he
. onies true spoi-Mnen respect the law
by keeping otr forbidden i I-
Workman Struck by Billet.
William Shepanl I pper Mu berry
Street, au employe at the Stiuctural
Teoing plant, will be »■ able to work for
several days o« ing tu a painful accident
sustained Saturday aftern >n last. lie
was walking between the fu nace and
the rolls, when he was Mr ik by one .112
the billets just ther. t>e.i. ' pas-ed lie
sustained a |>airful lrjiiry on rlo lower
jaw and the right hand
DAN VILLI:, !' A .. 1 111 liSDAY. ()( TOPKI! :M .1 i M»1.
NO (H'ORI'M
.
Ten Guuncilinen Convene But Four Disap
pear.
The borough council conveneil Friday
j night Imt o Idly i noti.h there was no
| Bt~*ioti At 8 o'clock councilmen were
thick in and about the building. Some
! one counted ten of the borough law
maker* in a'l and then six of them—
Vastiue, M. I>. 1.. S; chler,Brandt,Davis.
1 Jones and Mcßain—filed into the coun
-1 cil chaiyber in 1 took their MM IS. They
i were joined by thief of the 1 ire Depart
! tnent John G Waite, and Borough s(,ti
, citors Edwai 1 S. Gearhart and 11. •v
Aminerm in, both of whom have been
very much in demand of late during the
agitation (if municipal light, sewerage
ami other mitters on v.h'ch council is so
nearly evenly divided. Finally some
1 one pulled out his watch ami found it
was quarter past eigiit, when it was dis
covered that the f.-ur other councilmen
!i:• ! my.-teriom I ** disappeared. The -ix
fa t'itul council tarried about the
i room tifteen minutes longer lioping that
one or more of the missing four would
i reappear, so as to give them a quorum,
but it w.is in vain.
There was a good deal of important
b'i-ine-> pending Friday night, Bo.li mu
nicipal light anil the icnewal ofthecon
| tract with ihe StiMidarii Bkcliie Light
; Co. at a reduced rate would no doubt
have i on)e up in some shaj e Several of
th"se present were very indigmin' and
declared that those who pievcnted ■<
quorum did so with an objec .
Ine following bills being approved
were ordered paid by the committee:
WATK I! I>K I'A HT MEN T.
Regular employes $140.00
lhur<. I'. Patt on 16.95
j Hani- >n Hros. & Co 150.00
\V. F. Lunger 3.00
All •*ntic Refining Co 5.30
I" nited Telephone & Tel Co. '>.oo
Herman Hupp 5 00
II rv B. Patton 20.00
lIOROI (ill OKI'AHTMENT
Regular employes... £B2 ~>n
Street work and hauling 132.26
Work on culvert 356.85
S. ,]. Wciiivi r 14 00
H oo.ei Bros 10 4 s
r finnan Hupp 1 95
United Telephone & Tel. C 0.... 6.00
First Gunning Accident. ~
The iiist gunning accident atfecting
this immediate locality occurred Mon
day forenoon when Clarence Ephlin,
the U : -year-obl son of .Mrs. Julia Kpli
-1 in. Honeymoon, street, narrowly es
caped loi rig his right arm.
lie was hunting tn Toby Run Hollow
Standing his gun—a double-barrelled
one —against the fence he began to
gather chestnirs. A little later he pro
ceeded to climb over the fence. Seated
on the top rail he reached down for the
gun; in lifting the tire arm t le tribe's
caught in one of the lower rails with the
re.sult that both barrels went otf, the
double discharge taking etlect in the
tieshy part of his right arm above the
elbow, producing an ugly flesh wound,
lacerating the muscl very badly.
The injured boy *vas cared for at the
farm house of J. I*. Weaver nearby. l)rs
shultz and Newbaker were soon on the
scene in response to a call. They found
that the bone of the arm was not injur
ed nor the c rculati m interfered with.
The boy may have a very sue arm lor a
while, the doctors say, but no serious
results »! •' apprehended. He was brought
to his h' ine in this city at noon Mon
day.
It'the people want the best
service at their command
they will assure themselves
of it by voting the Republi
can county ticket.
A Pleasant and Profitable Trip.
I*. A; 1!. Station Agent Philip H. Foust
of this city and a number of the prin
cipal agent- of the Shamokin division of
the P. & R. railway have returned
from a very pleasant and instructive
visit to Philadelphia, the trip being
made Thursday in response loan invi
tation from the I'. & R. i til.vaj manage
ment through Division freight Agent C.
11. Morgan of Wiiiiatnsport.
The visiting agents were treated roy
ally at l'hila lelphia and given every op
portunity to acquire knowledge con
cerning the road which might be of ser
vice to them in discharging the duties
of their respective posts.
Engine No. 1o 1 a:,- placed at their
disposi 1 . by whidi they were enabled to
take in ad the terminals and transfers,
iiii- 'i ling Port Bidimond l.atci the>
were given use of a P. & R. tug for a
cruise along the river front on the Dela
ware, taking in all the principal wharves.
Kelly Beaver.
In the presence of a large number of
friends Miss J. Belle Heaver daughter
of Mr. ami Mrs Jesse Heaver, was mar
ried at 1\! Wp. m yesterday to Russell
E. Kelly of Snnbnry.
The ceremony took place in the pret
tilj' deeorated Christ Episcopal church
the Rev. Erskine Wright officiating.
The arrangements were carried out a>
publish* d in Tuesday's N"i \vs. Miss
Beaver made a pretty bride, she wore
a traveling gown of blue. A din
ner at the home of the bride's parents
followed the ceremony. Mr. and Mr-
Kelly left for New York and other East
ern cities on the'.' I 1 D L. &W. train
After a week's trip they will take up
their residence in Suiilum where Mr
Kellv is proprietor of a large drug
rmaiui'iis.
Brief Mention of the Doings of tour
Friends and Acquaintances.
Sheriff Michael Breekl.i 1 and wife re
turned last evening from I/ick Haven.
Miss Helen Savage, of Bloomsburg,
was the goest of Miss Hettie Brown,
Centre street, yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. William D etieubacher,
of Strawberry Ridge, iirove into this
I city yesterday.
Private Walter Payne will leave this
city. Friday, for St. Bonis, Mo., where
I he will. join his regimen'.
Mrs Morgan Weller, of Wilkesbarre,
j who ha- been the guest of Mrs. Charles
Animerman, South Danville, 'eft yester
day for a visit with frien ls iu Harris
burg.
Mrs. John B. Sharpless, of Hazleton,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. Wilson M.
| Gearhart, West Market street,
i Thomas Vincent called upon the vot
ers in Dtrry township yesterday.
Harry Farnswoith of Philadelphia,
spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Famsworth, West Mahoning
| street.
Mrs. John Wallize and daughter, Miss
llattie, left Sunday for Philadelphia.
Samuel I'eliiiiiin, of Chicago, arrived
in this cit > Saturday.
Dr. K A. Curry was in Washingtou
vilU* yesteiday.
Henry Snyder and 'Squire Thomas
Kersweil, of \\ ashingtoi.ville were in
Danville yesterday.
Mrs. T. B. 'ne- ind daughter, v|i-s
Mae and Mrs. Normal) Van Horn re
turned la-t evening from a visit with
friends iti Bupi" t.
Thomas Curry, Jr. of Snnbnry, spent
s mday at the home of hi- fat her, 1 liom •
as Curry. Sr., West Mahoning sweet.
Col. C. W. Forrester, of Chicago,spent
Sunday nitli friends in Danville and
Kline-grove.
Fred. C. Wilson, telegraph operator
at Weigh Scales, spent Sunday at the
home of his father, David \\ ilson, Kase
ville.
Miss Marv Wilson, of Philadelphia,
and Mrs. Sal lie Bohr, of Milton, were
entertained at the home of 11. M. I rum
bower, Fist Market street, yesterday.
Walter Hover left yesterday morning
for Pittsburg, where he has ac -epte 1 a
position in one of the leafing drug
stores.
Mrs. Frank Perry, of Shuiuokin, w:i
the guest of Dr. and Mrs. Oscar -i.
Beniger, Mill street, yesterday.
Miss Harriet Fry. a student at the
Normal school, Bloomsburg, vi-ite 1 her
parents, Mr. and Mr-. Wilson Fry, Ash
street, Monday. Miss Fry bad just
returned from Lancaster, where she was
a delegate at the Convention of the N.
W. V. held at that place last week.
Miss Dell i II irtman, of Kas-vioe, is
visiting friends in Sunbury
Mrs. Julia Baker, of this city, spent
1 yesterday with friends in Bloomsburg.
Mrs. Margaret Smith, of tbi- city, left
• yesterday morning for a visit with
friends in Ninticoke.
Mis. William Strolinecker and Mrs.
(J. D. Bertolette, of Lewi-burg, were
guests yesterday at the home of 11. M.
Trumbowcr, East Market street.
Mrs S. C. Andrews, of Hornellsville,
; N. V., returned home yesterday after a
, visit with friends in this <• tv.
Mrs. 11. W. Sweigcrt, of la-wisiown.
i and Mi-', (iiibert Kulp, of Mi i nokin.arc
visiting at the home of the r parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander liillmeytr,
Washingtonville.
j James L. Barber, General manager of
the Shovel Works, left j ester ia\ on a
business trip to be absent until Satur
day.
Mis- Emma Gearhart, Bio .tn street,
; spent yesterday with friends in Blooms
burg.
Mrs. Daniel Gearhart'-, Ferry street,
left yesterday for a visit wi'h friends in
Berwick.
Mrs. F. K. lluiii left Saturday for
Sunbury after a short \i-it with her
| niece, Miss Simington, this city-
Mrs. 'ieorge F. Bimbert left yesterday
for Allentown, where she will attend a
| meeting of the Woman - ,'d•--i.o ary
i Society of tiie Kasteru synod oi the 1; •-
' formed church.
Mrs Tamar Gardner, of Biveisi le, is
visiting her grandson, ('hub <i; .<«,
Front street
Samuel lleller, of Berwick.came down
to this cit> mi his automobile Monday.
Accompanied by A. J. Beniger in the
; afternoon he took a trip to Washington
ville, where the two spent -eveial IMUIS
j gunning iu Mr. Billmeyer's wools
Mrs. Henry J. Aten and daughter,
! Miss Ada. of Baltimore ate visiting at
the residence of Willi i o Aten, B >i! >ad
: street.
Mrs. I W. Wagner. Front street, left
yesterdav 112 u a v - ! with friends in -dia
. mokin
Mrs. M try I • >•, of I Idyville, lowa,
I left for her h mi yesterday after a vi-it
lat the residence of Mi and Mi- lleni\
Harris, I ppei Mulberi> street
Mi-- Elizabeth I ovett Mill -tied, te
i turned last evening from a vi-it with
J fi lends in Shatnokin
Miss Sir.ili Simon, of lb cling, arrived
111 this city yester lay for a visit it tin
home of Daniel Milh , lb ml < k street
Mr. and Mrs. William Alines and Mr.
and Mrs Normau Amies, of Sunbury,
will attend the funeral of tin late / ■ di
ary T. Amies tin- afternoon.
|l)ll\ DUNCAN
i CONFESSES
j Implicated, he Says, in the Murder of Alex
ander Rea.
After a period of 33 years it appears
J probable that another one of the mur
, derers of Alexander Kae may be brought
to justice. Sheriff Roland Beddall, of
j Schuylkill county, on Tuesday, received
I a telegram from Stout's mountain, Ala
| batna asking whether one "Kit Kanie,"
j alias John Dongan, was wanted hi that
| county for the '"murder of Bae."
Dongan, it is said, has confessed that
|he assisted in '.he murder, which took
: place aea-'Centi alia in the reijji of the
I Molly Maguire-. Patrick Hester, leader
:of the gang, and Dooley and Mcllugh,
! confederates, were tried ami hanged at
! Bloomsburg. Requisition papers will
| no doubt be made out and the self con
| fessed tnniilerer be braught north for
i trial.
Alexander Kae, whose family are
i among the most prominent residents of
I Danville, in IS»JS was superintendent of
the Bells Colliery, near Ceutralia. One
October morning ho started to drive
from I'ottsville to the colliery for the
1 purpose of paying the men. When half
way, as his horse was drinking from a
trough lie was -h >t at from ambush and
afterward clubbed to death. A watch
and SIU was ad that the assassins secur
ed, the money for the miners ($l9,O'X))
having been t <ken to the woiks at an
1 earlier hour by a clerk.
In addition to Hester, Dooley and Mc
■ Hugh, two others, Dongan and Kelly,
I were arrested sis accomplices, but the
evidence w:<s not strong enough to con
vict them. Kelly later confessed to the
crime
The Republican vote of
this county must he gotten to
the polls in its entirety.
Many Veterans iu Line.
The late Daniel 11. -hnith, who was
buried Sunday afternoon with military
honors, was followed to the grave by
i one of the longest c ilnmn of veterans
ever seen at a soldiei's luneial in this
city. Considerably before \! o'clock,
'lie hour et for the funeral, a large con
course of people had assembled at the
residence'. West Market street, among
whom in addition to the two dillerent
military organizations represented were
a hundred or more employes of the
Reading Iron Works, fellow workmen
who had toile I bv ttie side of the de
ceased for many years—who esteemed
him for b - generous traits an 1 now at
the last solemn moment had assembled
lo do honor to his memory. The ser
vices were conducted by the Bev. Dr.
M.1.. Shindle, pastor of Pine street
l.uiherau church.
The deceased bad a tine military rec
ord and was a member of the I'nion
Veteran Begion, of Bloomsbure, an or
igi ization to which no veteran can he
,l >ng who did not serve three years or
I over during the Civil War. Comrades
from the Bloomsburg organization were
presi nt at the funeral as follows: B. H.
Seesholtz, Catawissa; George Mears.
Rupe.t; Bewis Cohen, Charles Forn
! wald, Benjamin Sharples.s, William F.
Gilmore, Boyd Robinson, B.C. Bucka
i lew, Jacob Keller, Fiias I'tt, Charles
Fuimanand J. 11. Maize, of Blooms
burg. Those were joint dby the follow
ing members of the I'nion Veteran Be
gion of this city Dr. P. C. Newbaker,
Dr. J. Sweisfort, D. R. Eckman, Capt.
■J. 11. Johnson, sheriff Michael Breck
bill, Paul Dubin, Charles Woods, Mich-
I ael Shires, John McChne, / T. I'homas
and William Minier.
The pall bearers w rc: John Hunt,
A. C. Angle, Bevi -echler, Z T. Thomas,
John McClure and William Minier, the
three fiist mentioned representing
Goodrich Post, No. ti'J, <i. A. R., and
' the three latter, the Union Veteran be
. ion. Draped with the American flag
and covered with flowers the coffin was
borne down the long path from the res
idence to the street between two solid
lines of veterans Seven guardsmen se
lected as a liring squad Irons Company
F, 12th regiment, N. G. P , took their
stations about the hearse and preceded
by Goodrich Post and other veterans
with the Washington Drum Corps the
match to the Odd Fellows' cemetery bc
! gan. The burial services were left in
'the hands of Goodrich Post and were
performed with due solemnity and
effect. The day was exceedingly fine
and the last rites at the grave were wit
nessed by an assemblage nearly as large
as had gathered at the residence.
C. W. Cook will make a
£00(1 Countv Treasurer. Note
o
for him.
The Burglar Escaped.
A burglar who had forced an entrance
into the warehouse of W. B. (iouger was
surprised last night while in the act of
overhauling the contents of the office
de-k. One of Mr (Monger's men, Thom
as \. Schott, Jr., accompanied by Frank
Fry,had occasion to enter the warehouse
about 10 o'eh ek. Once inside they be
came aware that some one was in the
building and actually caught of
I,nu when the lantern they canied went
• u'. I hey lost no time in getting out of
e.i ii , when thi \hi their lantern and
it entered the warehouse By that
time the burglar bad made bis escape.
The office floor \\a- strewn with papers,
showing that the burglar had made a
diligent search for valuables.
He on the winning side;
vote the Republican county
ticket.
Action Brought to Recover from Borough
for Two Days.
A special term of court for the trial of
civil spits began Monday morning
witb-ludge R. R. Little and Associates
Thompson and Blceon the bench.
Nearly the en'ite day was occupied
with the damage suit of William 11. J.
Blizzard vs. the Borough of Danville.
This is the fourth action brought by the
Blizzards against the borough to re
cover damages for detriment and injury
sustained from Hoods and the polluted
condition of the run which flows
through their premises.
The damages recovered in the jneced
ing 1 rials aggregate In the pies
en' action, which is brought to recover
for tw > days, April 2and ■'!, 1897, the
damage- asked are SIOOO. Under the law
the plaintiff may bring a suit for every
day th it the nuisance is permitted to
exist. Xo one will be surprised, there
fore, t i learn that there are still pend
ing ten suits against the borough with
Mr. Blizzaid a- plaintiff covering irreg
ular periods between Apiil :!, H97 and
the present.
James Scarlet and H. .VI. Hinckley
, Monday represented the plaintiff,
while R. S. Ammerman and Edward S.
i Goat hart looked after the interest of the
j borough. Some half a dozen witnesses
i testified for the plaintiff. The defense
offered no testimony. Mr. Hinckley
addressed the jury for the plaintiff and
Mr. Gearhart for the Borough.
Judge Kittle in his charge instructed
the jury to bring in a verdict fo l ' the
plaintiff -that nothing remained for
them to do but to fix the amount of the
dam He reviewed the testimony
to show that the nuisance complained
of in the formei suits existed on April 2
! ami :i, ISU7, and even continues up to
j the present in as great if not greater de
; gnc. The judgments rendered in the
three suits brought for continuation of
the nuisance, be said, establish the
right of tht-plaintiff to recover in the
present case. In addition to thedam
agesactuallv sustained by the plaintiff,
the court said the jury had the right to
inflict puuitiye damages in an addition
al sum so as to induce the borough to
abate the nuisance.
The Jury in the ca>e of Williaui H. .1.
Blizzi.nl, the charge trespass, agreed
upon a verdict about 5 o'clock Tues
day morning after being out all night.
In view of the Judge's charge, which
stated that the verdict must be for the
plaintiff, the only thing resting in doubt
was the amount of damages to be award
ed. There was a good deal of interest
manifested to know just how the twelve
men would look at the matter.
The verdict returned by the Jury
awarded damages in the -utn of $590. Of
this. f25 was for actual detriment or
damage sustained during the two days
of April 2 and 3, 1597 and the balance,
punitive damages inflicted on the
borough for neglecting to abate the
nuisance.
The verdict is the heaviest that Mr.
Blizzard has yet obtained agaiust the
borough. The worst features are the
facts that nearly five years remain to
pay for and that the nuisance com
plained of still exists, while it is no se
cret that the plaintiff intends to bring
suit after suit uutii the nuisance is final
ly abated. To fight the matter in court is
obviously only to waste so much time
and money, as is shown by the Judge's
charge in this as well as in previous
cases, which clearly establishes the bor
ough's liability for damages as long as
the nuisance is permitted to exist and
leaves nothing for the jury to decide
but how much the borough shall be
made to pay for its neglect.
The verdict in the present case might
he taken as an indication that the pub
lic is becoming tired of this litigation
and impatient of the somewhat stub
born and inconsiderate attitude of the
borough in refusing to abate what has
over and over been demonstrated to be
a most flagrant nuisance. Citizens in
general Tuesday were very much stir
red up by the verdict rendered. The
justice oi injustice of Mr. Blizzard's
claim uo longer enters into controversy:
it is now a cold matter of law. It is eith
er the abatement of the nuisance or the
payment of damages indefinitely.
That the borough council came in for
its share of censure is only natural.
While it is true that the pollution of
Blizzard's run has given our borough
law makers some concern vet there has
always been a division as to how the
nuisance might be most effectual! v abat
ed with the result that one faction some
how managed to defeat the plans of the
other,so that in the end nothing materi
al was accomplished.
At this juncture a great deal devolves
upon council. The first thing to be
done is the abatement of the nuisance
in Blizzard's run. There is no excuse
for any division as soon as a feasible
plan is proposed. That it is an improve
ment needed above all others uo one
will dispute now. Bet council act as a"
unit as becomes public spirited.conscien
tious men working for the good of the
borough and that alone, abandoning
whatever pet projects may stand in the
way of neeessaiy action.
Get out every Republican
voter.
Will Select a Pastor.
A meeting of the members of the First
j Baptist church has been called for Wed
tie-day evening, Oct. 30th, for the pur
pose of selecting a pastor. The Rev. b.
B. Twitchell, of Lebanon Springs, N. V.,
who so ably tilled the pulpit on Sunday.
Oct. 13th, will probably be called.
i:sTABLISIIFJ> IN l«sr,r>.
4
! Jailed at Pottsville for a Crime Committed
by Another.
M. I'. McLaughlin, Esq , of I*«»ttavilie
District Attorney of Schuylkill county,
arrived in this city Tuesday night for the
purpose of looking up evidence which
may result in establishing a ease of false
imprisonment, restoring to liberty a
young man of good family who
seven years of prison life ahead of hii*.
About ;< o'clock in the morning of
February 4th last a daring hold-up along
with one or uioie burglaries was com
mitted in Pottsville. During the after
noon of that dayman by the name of
Jno. Gillespie was arrested as one of the
guilty parties, the identity being estab
lished bv a citizen who encountered the
robbers the night before. The man pro
tested his innocence, but was held for
court, found guilty, and sentenced to
seven years' imprisonment in the county
jail.
While awaiting triil Gillespie wrote'
to the Chief-of-Police of Sunbury re
minding him that on the night of Sun
day. February 3, and tlie morning of
the 4th when the robbery for which he
was accused was committed he was in
the lock-up at that place. The Chief-of-
Police was one of the witnesses at the
trial but he was not quite positive as to
his dates so that his testimony fell short
of its object.
Gillespie, although of habits that
would bear reform, it appears, belongs
to a very good family of Pittston. It
was not until after his incarceration that
his relatives learned of his predicament.
They immediately interested themselves
in his behalf and are now back of the
movement to secure his release.
Gillespie claims that on the night of
Saturday, February 2nd he was given
shelter in the lock-up at this place, pro
ceeding the next day to Sunbury, where
as before Mated he spent the night fol
lowing. A correspondence was opened
with Chief-of-Police Miucemover when
it was learned that the latter has in his
possession evidence whi 'h may prove
potent in accomplish ng the object
in view.
Our policemen it appears are in the
habit of keeping a record of every hobo
sheltered by the borough and referring
to the list they found that the name—Gd
lespie -was there as claimed in connec
tion with the date of February 2 Chief
Minceuioyer has no difficulty in recall
ing Gillespie who, he says, was about 25
years of age and something of a hobo in
appearance. He was let out of the lock
up between and 1" o'clock "Sunday
morning and our officers are pretty well
convinced that he left here for Sunbury.
i The evidence obtained is relied upon to
j establish an alibi by tixing the date of
the night spent in Sunbury a> that of
February 3rd.
Gillespie's greatest offense, it appears,
consists in bearing a marked resembl
ance to one of the robbers that operated
in Pottsville. His case is to be laid be
fore the Board of Pardons at its next
meeting and Mr. McLaughlin's visit to
this city Tuesday was for the purpose
of obtaining such evidence as the board
i may demand.
Charles W. Cook will make
a good County Treasurer.
Local Team Defeated,
j In twenty miuute halves the High
j School team of this place met defeat at
; the hands of the Shamokin High School
| eleven at the latter place, Saturday af
ternoon. The score • was 22 to 0, and
j our boys claim that the result was due
to the bad tieid on which the played
and hard luck. Everything seemed to be
against them; they lost the toss up and
were compelled to play uphill against
the wind in the first half.giving their op
ponents such a lead that the boys be
coming discouraged in spite of their ef
forts were unable to score. During the
game three of our men were disabled,
two subs were added while the third
inHti was compelled to finish the game
Following is the line up, and sum
mary :
UAXVII.I.I-: POSITION- -HAM K. iN .
Edmondsou Left end Womcr
Gross Left tackle L'eard
Corman Left guard ) Rhodes j
Gaskins Centre Farrow
~ , v Malick
Badey 1 Bight end Barron
Angle i i Shoop
Dougherty Bight tackle Felix
1 .Bight end Applegate
Schultz i p
Rosenthal Quarter back M Fisher
McClure Left half-back 1 . li-lier
Leniger Bight half-lmck } o.\ i
Maiers ... Full-back . . Thompson
Touchdowns Beard. Thompson, Pi-ti
er, Wolf Goals from touch-down*
Farrow, Fisher. I' mpi re. Dr. Angle.
Beferee. .1. H. Welsh. Linemen
Bhodes and Payne. Time of halves, 20
minutes.
Improvements Nearly Complete
The improvements that the borough
has on foot along Blizzard's inn are
about completed. The ne\* culvert on
Walnut street is already in -uch -li ipe
as to permit travel and it is thought
that it will be fully completed by the
middle of the present week
I The street Conimi.--ioner lias finished
cleaning the run on the Blizzard prop
erty The stone and gravel deposited
1 by the high water has been carted away
and the place now seems none the w< * -e
for the great Hood.
I The candidates are hustling May
' the best men win.
JOB PRINTING
The office of the American
furnished with a large a--ortmen
of job letter and fancy type and job>
material generally, the Publisher
announces to the public that he i«
prepared at all times to execute in
the neatest manner
JOB PRINTING
Of all K Inds and Descrption
our prices before place
: your orders.
I TllkllJJM,
One More Step Would Have Taken Mrs.
Fultz to her Doom.
Mrs Margaret Fultz. Last Mahoning
street, yesterday,stood face to face with
death in a terrible form, the escape being
one of literally a hair's breadth.
Mrs. tultz, who is an elderly lady,
was returning from the other side of
town along Church street. She reached
the D. L. & W., crossing just as the
10:19 passenger train, east, came rolling
into the station.
Mrs. Fultz, however, who is quite
deaf, did not hear the train and stepped
, upon the crossing at the very moment
the cars came along. The onlookers
were horrified and averted their faces,
as the woman seemed in the very act of
stepping in front of the wheels.
She did escape, however, but on such
a narrow margin that the locomotive as
it dashed by knocked a bag of sugar
out of her hands. So narrow was the
escape that theengineer was sure he had
struck the woman and stopped the train
on the spot.
It is thought that Mrs. Fultz at the
very last moment discovering that the
train was upon her involuntarily threw
out her hands, which were struck by the
cylinder of the locomotive.
The woman escaped injury from the
cars, although yesterday afternoon she
was prostrated from the etlect of the
terrible fright
Frank Newbaker Badly Injured.
Frank Mewbaker. son of Dr. P. C.
Newbaker, this city, yesterday met with
a most unfortunate accident, one which
will render him a cripple for life. For
several months Frank has been em
ployed in the handle factory of the
shovel works,where be operates a handle
turning lathe.
The machine consists of a sort of a
cylinder revolving very rapidly in which
are set a series ol knives that act upon
thesquare stick of wood designed for a
handle.
About half past 10 o'clock yesterday
morning the lathe became clogged up
with shavings and to clean it out Frank
reached in under the cylinder with his
left hand, as be had frequently done be
fore. While in the act his hand unfort
unately was caught by the rapidly re
volving knives and drawn into the
machinery.
In the twinkling of an eye the greater
part of the hand was chopped into bits,
leaving only the thumb and forefinger
intact. To be prepared for such an em
ergency the company has a supply of
stimulants and other necessary requisites
on hand, -o that the injured man was
well taken care of while word was sent
to his father and an effort made to reach
several other physicians by telephone.
Dr. I. G. Barber and Dr. Newbaker soon
arrived at the shovel works. Prank was
placed in Dr. Barber's buggy and driven
to the office of Dr. Paules, where the
terrible injury was dressed, the follow
ing physicians assisting: Drs. Paules,
Kemerer, Curry, Barber. Wintersteen
and Newbaker
The entire outside half of the haud is
gone, including the little linger, the
ring finger an I one-half of the middle
finger, also the metacarpal bones, (in
the palm) belonging to the little and
ring fingers along with several small
bones of the wrist.
Last evening the patient was resting
easily.
Funeral at the Convent.
"Sister'" Trudberta died at the Holy
Family Convent, this city, Saturday
last and was buried Tuesday, Rev. A.
M. Feeser, the convent chaplain,officiat
ing. Interment was made in the bury
ing ground connected with the convent
The deceased was twenty-one years of
age and died after a protracted illness of
consumption.
Those present at the funeral from out
of town were: Mr. and Mrs. Anthony
Frantz, Mrs. Clara Longer, Mrs. John
Gross, Misses Cecelia and Eva Frantz
and Jobn Frantz, of Wilkesbarre.
It'every Republican makes
one vote for the ticket the re
stilt will he tremendous. Just
try it.
Line Nearly Through.
The new brauch of the I'nited Tele
phone and Telegraph line connecting
this city and Muncy has nearly reached
completion. I'he construction gang of
twenty men uuder Superintendent Will
iam S. Kotli.w ho have been working this
way from Muncy, have got along with
the work as far as W'ashingtonville and
in a few days will complete the distance
to this city. The line when finished
will give au enlarge service, affording
direct communication not only with
Muncy. Wiliiamsport and .lersey Shore,
but also with Cotnlv in our own county.
Drove to Milton.
ihc following young people of this
city last night enjoyed a hack ride to
Milton where they were entertained at
the In Mne of George Keai. Misses Sarah
Christian, Both and I Isie Carodisky.
Mabel Gearhart, olive Lunger, Rose
Bverly Carrie Price, Mary Harris, Annie
Geiinger, Josephine \ndrewsand Carrie
Harlan, the latter of Scranton; Meters
.! hn llenning, lolin Thompson, Joseph
Lowensteiu, Thomas Toohev, Frank
Ldmondson, Charles Pursell, Arthur
Hedden-. Albert Dreifuss, Edward Fal
lon, Harry Powell, Harry Cromwell and
Walter Payne.
Progressive Euchre.
Ibe first oi a series of wintei euchre
parties will be given by the Penn Social
club at theii rooms. Opera House block,
this evening