Home -—Fir the Home :o: j The circulation of this paper is in- | creasing rapidly. It wit pay you j to advertise in the AMERICAN. SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER YEAR DR. IRVING H. .JENNINGS, DENTIST. Office Hours 9 A. .»/. to l'l M 10/, Mill 'Sr., /1\ M.to i /'. '/ Danville. /'<«. 425 Mii.i. Sr., DANVILLE, I'A. )iseases of the Stomach and Intestines a Specialty [) H K DENTIST OFFICE '-18 MILL STREET. <M»tli Kxlracted without Pain. Crown and I'.ridne Work :» specialty. Iqulpped wttli the latest an«l most improved Instrument* nml prepared to execute I lie most ditfii-tilt work. DR. C. H. REYNOLDS. —DENTIST.— ffiee, Opposite Boston Store, Danville, Pa. entistry in all its branches. Charges Moderate and all work Guaranteed. Established 1892 Such men as Dr. S. Y. hompson, J. C. Miller and harles W. Cook ought to be ected without any effort, id they will be if the think g voters will reflect a mo ent before casting their bai ts. These men combine erything that is desirable public servants; fitness and ility characterizes each and I of them. We desire to call e attention of every reader) the advantage to the coun of having such men in of and believe the thought ones who give it consider )n will vote for them. i OMIEIiSEII SEWS. •llowe en ( tober's last day. e trees are becoming bare, e weather is beautiful, but rain is •d. >s Royer in "Next Door on Satur light. ■ rabbit season will open on Fri- Sovember 1. itney 's San Francisco Minstrels at pera Honse on Wednesday evening . State Game Association is after )me pirates in the northern part state. window curtains have been hung residence portion of the jail. A. •»t did the work. Friendship Fire company is mak ■eparations for its annual fair to be n the early part of December. The date will be made known later. few days the anxious politician . ndidate will either l>e out of his • or will attract more of it by re ; consolation. practice of burning leaves about is attended with some danger and hould be taken to prevent file ' •ouimunicating to fences or out ; ngs. oyster supper to have been given ladies of Pocahontas lodge in the oom formerly occupied by 11. M. ion Nov, 2nd,has been indefinite tponed. toes are an inferior commodity ason, being badly afflicted with a 112 rot, which necessitates cutting half of them away before they for cooking. Shiloh Reformed C. E . society i represented at the Bi-County j ition, which will be held at *bnrg Nov. 4, and 5, by Misses | . Bookmiller, Martha Kocher and "oulke. our county school children are j ating a vacation during the week ember 18th, while the teachers •nding tbe thirty-sixth inuual in to be held in the Danville High rooms season 's exhibit of Chrysanthem ' local green houses is the finest e ever seen. There is nothing in al realm which has found more rs than this Hower. lers and all other good citizens arrange to be at the polls No -sth. ille High school foot ball team y Normal school team on Normal oomsbiug, Saturday afternoon ell Day was celebrated in every the anthracite coal region yes- Newbaker. who lost a portion and in an accident last week we to note is advancing very rap ng the road to recovery. TED—Wide awake representa n Eastern Pennsylvania. Re >use. Promotion sure if capable ing business. References and ■quired. Address The L. B. ercantile Co.. 314 to3lß Granbv Norfolk Va •THIS COUNTRY WILT. NEVER BE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDS WITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS' VOL. 4<>~\o I L Vote for Doctor Thompson for Associate Judge ANNUL (IIMHIIIIN : Of the Sabbath School Association of Montour County. The eleventh annual convention of | the Sabbath school association of MUD | tour county will be held in the Trinity j Reformed church, Strawberry Kidge, on i Thursday, November 21st. The session will open at 1:30 p. in., j with devotional exercises conducted by Kev. George K. Limbert of this city, j liev. J. W. llell will deliver tiie address of welcome. Conference on Teachers' Training will follow conducted by Kev. C. W Oliver, of York. "Mound Table" will be preside I over by Mrs. A. \V. Drinkwater, of Williams port. A solo will be rendered by .Miss Mar garet Arnnierman of this city. General Secretary W. 1). l.aumaster. of this city will give a Bible reading. There will be several impromptu ad dresses followed with reports of com mittees, which will bring the afternoon session to a close. The evening session will open at 7 o'clock. Devotional exercises will he conducted i by Kev. A. B. llerr of PoMsgrove. The address of the evening will he delivered by Kev. H. C. Harm an of this city on the subject: "The Sunday school as , a Factor in the Making of Character." ; Mrs. A. W. brinkwater will sjive a talk on "Primary work." .Miss Ammermaii will render a solo and Kev C. A. Oliver will give a talk on "Bible study for Spiritual Growth." Each Sunday school is requested to , send two delegates and to contribute one dollar or more (or State and county work. Free entertainment will he furnished, delegates being requested to semi their names to Kev. .1. W. Bell, Strawberry Kidge, Pa. . All ministers and Sunday school sup erintendents in the county are members of the convention and their presence is urged and desired. They wiii kindly secure '.he appointment and attendance of delegates and make repeated an nouncements of the committee in their churches and schools. All who are in terested in Sunday school work are cor dially invited to the convention. PENNSYLVANIA. This State, more than any other State in the I nion, has been the bene ficiary of the Republican policies s () ably advocated by the martyred Presi dent. It is unnecessary to refer to the smoke and flames belching forth from her many furnaces, that were idle and i becoming junk under the policies of the opposition. The eyes of the world are upon you, voters in Pennsylvania. Are you going to re-endorse the national poli cies and thus speak for the further up building oft lie industries of this great State by an old-time majority for the State ticket, or are you, through dis sensions and petty quarrels, going to become assistant Democrats and place Pennsylvania in the doubtful column in the Congressional elections next vea r'f Puddle Mill Ready to Start. A considerable portion of the puddle mill at the Reading Iron Works is al- j ready uuder roof. A few days ago the j announcement was made by the man- i agement that the puddle mill, which is j now ready for operation, will start up 1 next Monday. There now seems to be I some hitch in the arrival of lumber, so | that it is not certain that the rolls and engine will be under roof by Monday, a circumstance which may necessitate a postponement of starting up. Death of Patrick Conley. Patrick Conley, an old and esteemed j resident of the Third Ward, died sud- j denly Saturday afternoon at the ad vane- j ed age of 84 years, death being due to a ! general decline incident to advanced j years The deceased was bom in Ire-' land, but emigrated to this country many years ago. His wife preceded him to the grave eleven years ago. He is survived by three children. Michael ; Cornelius an ! Mary, all of whom reside ' at the parental home, Mill street. Vote for Doctor Thompson for Associate Judge. Vote for Charles W. Cook for County Treasurer. Vote for J. C. Miller for Prothonotary. A Very Late Haymaking. While his neighbors were nusking . corn Saturday last Judge Benßeld was "hauling in" hay, an<l an abundant well developed crop it was, comprising ! several acres of meadow land It is no j unusual thing for farmers to cut a sec ond crop of hay, but the work mostly I comes along early in September. It is due to the late rains this season that hay making is made possible so near the first of November. Several of the handsome stained glass windows of Christ church have been 1 shipped to Philadelphia for repairs | Vote for J. C. Miller for ! Prothonotary. U AKi»IMi AGAINST Four Oases of Diphtheria in the Second Ward. There are four cases of diphtheria in the second ward and the disease is be ginning to interfere considerably with the attendance at school. Borough Sup erintendent U. L. Gordy assisted by the principal and teachers is taking every precaution to prevent the spread of the disease lest an epidemic ensue similar to what the town of Northumberland has experienced, which necessitated the 1 closing oft lie schools, places of wor . ship, &c. j In dealing with the children from in ! fected families Superintendent Gordy is being governed by the School law,which j provides for their exclusion from school j for a period of thirty days after recovery I and disinfection. A circumstance, which leads to em barrassment an«l often to a misunder standing with the parent, Professor Gordy says, is the fact that the attend | ing physician in furnishing pupil* with certificates setting fortli their recovery and removal from d m .'IT <>f contagion is apt to be inlbienee I by his own judg ment and not the sclnxii l.tw. Ii is out an ; unheard of thing for tin- pupil t<> reap pear at school armed with a physician's ; certificate ten days or even a week af | ter the quarantine lias / «-e'i raise 1. : Professor Gordy is not inclined to I question the judgment of t'te attending i physicians, who undoubtedly know their business. Granting that a week ! or ten days are sufficient, yet the fact remains that the school law has adopt ed a wider margin of safety. Section seventy-three of the school ! laws and decisions of Pennsylvania very painty sets forth what is required of the sc'iool principals in the premises. It says: No child or other person belonging to or residing with the family of any per son or residing in the same house in which any person may be lo cated who is sullering from small pox variola or varioloid, scarlet or typhus fever, diphtheria, diphtheretic or mem branous croup and like infectious diseas es shall be permitted to attend any pub lic private, parochial, Sunday or other school in said municipalities, and all school principals, Sunday school super intendents or other persons in charge of such schools are hereby required to ex clude any and all such children and pel sons from «uid schools, such exclusion lo continue for a period of "thirty days'' following the discharge by recov ery or death of the person last atilictcd 1 in said house or family and the thorough ' disinfection of the premises. THE VOTER'S DUTY. You and each of you have :t duty to perform. Do not shirk that duty by staying away lrom the j>olls. Do not drop your ballot until you have care- j fully considered tlie effect ol your! vote. You know that when you voted for President McKinley you benefitted yourself, and you voted for him the second lime. The bullet of the assass- ' In has undone your work. Roosevelt is President. Vote to endorse and up hold him. Note to tell him you will surely elect a Republican Congress to j help him carry the country to a great-] er prosjierity than ever before, and in doing so, you vote to benefit yourself I and to continue the present good i timet. Purchased the Best Property, j A H. Grone an I Leniger Bros, have | jointly purchased the llest property on i Mill street. They will erect a fine brick building on the corner, with two com modious store rooms fronting on Mill street. The upper one of these will be occupied by L niger Bros, and the lower : one by A. 11. Grone. The bargain was j c osed Tuesday. The price paid was • $5900 Salvation Army. The temperance meeting at the Salva ; lion Armv hall tonight promises to be !an interesting one. Kev Harry Curtin | Ilarman will deliver an address. .Mrs. , R. J. Allen, of Riverside, will sing. There will also be some short talks and j readings. The meeting will open proun tly at 8 o'clock and will last one hour. All are invited. Corn Husking Party. Jacob Baker, Sidler Mill,gave a ladies' | corn-husl;ing party yesterday consisting ! of Mrs. Adaline Ovveus, Mrs Sarah But ler, Mrs. Ivlna Tompson, Mrs. Amelia Mel Ii n. Mrs Gussie Burns, Mr*. M irtha : Baker, Mrs. Ada Thomas, Kliza i beth Owen*, Miss Kathryn Baker, and | Mrs. Jacob Baker. A very appetizing ' supper w is served. Mrs. Goldsmith Injured. Mis. Samuel Goldsmith met with a . painful accident at her home on Lower ; Mulberry street late Tuesday evening. | She was walking through a dark hall in i the front of the house an I fell over a | trunk bruising herself severely about ! the chest and face. Though confined t<> | her room no serious injury is feared The campaign is now on its last lap and the Republican outlook in Montour county I was never brighter. DAN VIIXK. I'A.. Till liSDAV. OCTOIiKK SM. liM> 1. Vote for Charles W . Look ! for County Treasurer. PERSONAL I'tiuuuiiis. Brief Mention of the Doings of Your Friends and Acquaintances. Mrs. Elizabeth Morrall. Lower Mul berry street, left last evening for a visit with Mr. and .Mrs. Charles *>nvdor, in Northumberland. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Weillver and Ed ward Welliver, of this city, and Hon- Lloyd Welliver, of Exchange, left this morning for Wilkesbarre, where tbey will attend the funeral of Mrs. J. s. Sanders, which took place in that city this afternoon. Miss Carrie Harlaud, of Scranton, will i return home today after a visit at the residence of D. C. Jones, this city Samuel Harmon, of Bloomsbutg, was a visitor in town yesterday. Mrs. Carrie Funston returned to Col ; umbia yesterday after a visit with friends near Mooresburg. Mrs. M. L Shindel is visiting friends j in Shauiokin. Mrs. Jennie Byers spent yesterday with Sunbury friends. Mrs. D. C. Williams left yesterday f"i a visit with friends in Harrisburg. Mrs. George A. Stock visited friends ' in Sunbury yesterday. Mrs. Laura Waters returned to Phila delphia yesterday after a visit it the ! home of her father. Samuel Bailey, Ea-t i Mahoning street. Mrs. George E. Stock returned to | Gettysburg y ester lay afer a vi > tat the S home of her son. Dr. George . >t t»ck, Bloom street. Wiil Forney, of South Dinville. was in Sunbury yesterday. Mis. Annie Shaner and Miss Mary shaner are visiting relatives in Shauio kin. Mrs. C. W. Runyon, of Bloomsburg, and Mrs. F. A. Hitler, of Allentown, re turned to Bloomsburg Saturday evening after a visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs Edward Pent/.. East Market street. Mr. and Mrs. William McCloud, <>f Sunbury, spent Sunday with relatives in this city. Miss Eleanor Friek, of New York, ar rived Saturday evening for a visit with her parents, Col. and Mrs. A. .1. Frick. E. G. I'anl and wife, of Washington, 1). C., have been spending a couple of days in Danville as guest- at the Mon tour House. Mr. Pau>, who has paid this city several previous visits, is con nected with the I'nited States Geological survey and is interested in records be ing kept here as to the variations of water levels on the liver. Mrs. J. R. Davis, East Market street, has returned from a visit with her -on, David R. Davis, at Pottsville. Alfred Darmotir left yesterday for Steubcnville, Ohio, after a visit with Eugene Kinn, corner Church aril Lower Mulberry streets. Mr. Darmour served in the same regiment with Mr. Kuin in the Philippines. R. 11. Woolley left yesterday at noon for Philadelphia. John Jacobs, of Pittsburg, will arrive in this city today for a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs John Tacobs, Mill street. Mrs. Thomas Curry ami daughter, Mrs. Lizzie Fisher, of this city, spent yester day with friends in Sunbury. Mrs. Jacob Weil, of Philadelphia, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bloch, Lower Mulberry street. Mrs. Parry Deen and daughter, Miss Nell, East Market street, left yesterday for a visit in Scranton and at Harvey's Lake. Miss Emm.'i Gearhart, Bloom street, visited friends in Bloom-burg yester day. Mrs. J. W. Lowrie and daughter, Miss Anna, of Strawberry Ridge, drove into this city yesterday. Mrs. Abigail Geisinger, Centre street, left yesterday for a visit with friends in Kingston. Mrs. Sarah Moore and Mrs. E. K. Pur sell, of this city spent yesterday with friends in Bloomsburg. Dr. J. I'. 11 off a and his wife drove in to this city yesterday morninp. Rev. Adolpli Meyer, of this city, left yesterday for a short stay with fiiends in Bloomsburg. James Arthur and Lorctta Perry, of this city, left yesterday for a vi-it with relatives in Wyoming. Kev. Charles Mori son, of Sunbury, was the guest of the Rev. Erskine Wright, I'ine street, yesterday. Detective Pnrselv, of the I'hiladel ! phia iV Heading railway, transacted | business in this city yesterday, Mrs Delia Kelly and son, Joseph, of Scranton, returned Imme yesterday af ter a visit with Mrs. Benjamin F. Kelly, Water street. W. T. Sbepperson transacted business | iu Sunbury yesterday. .1 L. Evans returned from a drive to | Sunbury yesterday. Mrs. ( harles 11. Ammennan and Mrs. | Jane (,'arr, of this <ity, took the 2:21 1 trunfor Wilkesbarre yesterday after ' noon, where at 2 ill this afternoon they will attend the funeral of their sister. Mrs. ,1 s Sander-. P. M Dietrich, William Laid acker and John Churm, of Washington ville, were in Danville yesterday. Gilbert Kulp, of Shauiokin spent last evening in this clt v Get out every Republican | voter. RENEWED j Special Meeting of Council With Every Member Present. The borough council held a special I meeting Saturday night at which the ac ■ tion of the previous meeting was recoil ; Mdered and it was decided to renew the | contract with the Standard Electric Light company, i At s o'clock sharp Chairman Kemmer I took his seat. His gavel fell with a loud ! ring when it was noticed that every i chair was occupied, a circumstance I which does not frequently occur. The president stated that the object of meeting was. first, IO reconsider the ■ motion to enter into a new contract ; with the Standard Electric l-ight com- I pany which was voted down on th° I evening of October 4th and, second, il J the will of council, to provide for the j legal execution of said contract. Mr. Dougherty moved that the former j motion be reconsidered, which was j seconded by George Sechler. The mo ; tion prevailed. Following is the vote: Y'eas —George Sechler, Fetterman, Kemmer. Dougherty. I.v urer, Brandt I and Gibson. Nays—Vastine, M I). I. Sechler, Mc- I Lain, Jones and Davis. The contract was then read, when it | was found that since the rejection, at the previous meeting a still further re -1 duction had been made, the offer of the company now being to furnish arclights l at $72. For $433.7") per month or $5205 per year the Standard Electric Light company obligates itself to furnish 05 arc lights of 2000 candle power each and I o5 incandescent lights of 2") candle pow 1 er each. Mr. Fetterman moved that, the presi dent of council be empowered to ex ecute a contract as offered by the Stand ard Electric Light company for a period of three years. The motion was second ed by Mr. Gibson. M. D. L. said he couldn't un derstand why council wished to give the lighting of the borough over into the hands of a trust, especially, since the -auie members who 112 ivor the measure now a few months ago were in favor of borough light. Mr. McLain said he found the people of his ward generally opposed to it. Mr. Vastine said that the First Ward, which he represented, was opposed to renewing the contract. Mr. George Sechler declared that he lA' J represented the First Ward and tli.it he found people in favor of it. Mr. Brandt explained that he original ly was in favor of borough light, but that things have changed and that there are other matters now such .as pertain to sanitation, which require an outlay of money more important in his opin ion than borough light. The session was on the verge of be coming warm when the question was put to a vote. The motion carried as follows: Yeas—George Sechler, Fetterman, Kemmer, Dougherty, Laurcr, Brandt and Gibson. Nays Vastine, M. 1). L. Sechler, Mc- Lain, Jones and Davis. The above action in entering into a three years'comract for light, notwith standing the sentiment in council in favor of municipal light, would seem to dispose of the question of establishing a borough light plant in a way to make further agitation of the matter futile for the present. Dr. S. Y. Thompson for As sociate .Judge is looked upon as a sure winner. He is grow ing more popular every day. Let his majority be as large as possible. Kicked to Death by a Horse. Mark 11. Carev, of Derry township, i who resides two miles this side of Ex change, was killed Sunday by the kick |of a horse. He entertained some visit ors during the day and was assisting to hitch up the team preparatory for their leturn home, when the accident occur ed. The visitor was leading one horse, and Mr. Carey was following with the ! other when the animal in the lead kick ' ed, both hoofs striking Mr. Carey in the abdomen, producing nearly instant death. The deceased was about 70 years of age and unmarried. He is the owner of a fine farm and a frequent attendant of , our curbstone market. He was a prom inent odd Fellow, a member of the Ex change lodge. South Danville Schools Up-to-Date. The South Danville school, both grades of which ire taught by young ladies from this city, are in a very flour ishing condition. The attendance is exceptionally good, while the course of study has just been extended by tbe in troduction of nature work. I'pon graduating at South Danville pupils arc prepared for the High school of tlr.s city. Miss Mary Pfahler has the upper grade and Miss Prudence Blizzard the primary school. Funeral Friday. The funeral of the late Daniel Beber will take place from the home of T. F. Moyer, West Mahoning street, Friday morning at 10 o'clock Rev. W. I. Steans will conduct the service. Inter meet will be mada At Milton Vote for Doctor Thompson for Associate Judge. SCHOOL HOARD IN SESSION Purchase of Cyclopedia Authorized by the Board. The .School Board held a regular meet ing Monday night, the session being an unusually short one. ;i trille over half an hour in length. The following mem bers were present Fischer, Ortb, Burg er, Black, Green, Harpel, Werkheiser, Curry, Reefer and Fenstermacber. Truant Officer Young reported a go<>d deal of sickness amoug the patrons of school which kept children at home; otherwise he found little to contend with and was getting along nicely. Mr. Ortb reported that Curry & Van nan are making the castings needed for the furnace in the Second Ward «chool; also that a janitor has been pro cured for the Welsh Hill school. A broken furnace door in the Second Ward building was ordered repaired, while the Building and Repair commit tee was instructed to look after a stove in the stick of the Fourth Ward build ing which was reported as drawing | badly. On motion of Dr. Harpel it was de cided to purchase the Century Cyclope dia for use in the High school. The price named is foS. Mr. Keefer alluded to the prevalence of diphtheria and thnu?ht disinfectants ought to be freely used about the school buildings. This led to a discussion as to the relative merits of the different kinds on the market, when it was decid ed to leave the matter of disinfectants in the hands of the physicians on the board. The secretary stated that most of the fire insurance—s3o,ooo in all—carried l>y tlie district on the different school build ings will expire during next month. It was explained that representatives of several new companies have sprung up in town during the past year who now insist upon their share of the insurance carried on tlie school buildings. The renewing of the policies was left in the hands of the building and repair com mittee with instructions to make an equal division as nearly as possible among the local agent*. The following bills were approved for payment: Teachers and janitors $1525.50 Band, McNally & Co 21.75 W. E. Young 5.00 I'. S. Express Co .50 George H. Smith .75 Abram La Hue 2.07 Fred H. Miller 3.75 Vote for J. C. Miller for Prothonotary. Vote for Charles* W. Cook for County Treasurer. Vote for Doctor Thompson for Associate Judge. With Masonic Ceremonies. All that was mortal of Zachary T. Armes was consigned to the grave in Mt. Vernon cemetery Thursday afternoon. The funeral was one of the largest that has taken place in Riverside for some time past. The services were conducted by Rev. Erskine Wright, rector of Christ Episco pal church. The choir of St. Peter's M. E. church, Riverside, rendered the hymn, "Nearer. My God, to Thee." and two other selections. The pall bearers, which represented the two Masonic lodges of this city, were as follows: Amos Vastine, W. H. Am merman, Daniel L. Bloom, Will G. Kramer, George Maiers and E. S. Miller. The Episcopal burial service at the grave was followed with the Masonic ceremony. The turnout of Free Mas ons was quite large, there being three hack loads in hue. The following persons from a distance attended the funeral: Mr. and Mrs. Norman R. Armes, Mr. and Mrs. Will iam H. Armes, Mr. Walter Armes, of Sunbury; George Kinter and daughter Mary, William Kinter, Miss Mary Kin ter, Miss Sara Kinter, Mrs. Dennison, Dr. A. T. Poflenberger, of I)auphin;Mrs. 11. L. Schneider, Miss Cordelia Schneid er, Mrs. Bruce Carey, of NescopeckMrs. Jacob Sechler, of Jersey Shore: Mr. and i Mrs. N. 11 Campbell, of New Haven, Conn., and Mrs. Rosella Pursell, of i Bloomsburg. The duty that every Re publican owes his party next Tuesday is to stick to the ticket. If all follow this rule the victory will he suprising. Struck by Falling Pulley. Fred Jacobs met with a painful injury Tuesday afternoon, lie was assisting to remove a lot of saw dust from the ice house at the rear of the confectionery and stood on an elevated platform un dor the pulley, which broke as a heavy load was being raised and fell striking him upon the head. lie was consider ably stnnned ami sustained a bad gash upon the back part of the head. Dr. Curry gave the injured man attention, inserting several stitches. Coming Wedding. The wedding of Miss Emma Bird, of this city, to Mr. John Jacobs, of Pitts burg, will occur, Thursday. November 14, iu this city. The wedding it is said, will ho a very quiet one. For County Treasurer vote for Charles W. Cook. KSTAJJMSIIEI) IN 1855. Vote for J. C. Miller for Prothonotary. AN HIGHLY PRIZED HEIRLOOM Handed Down Through Four Generations of Time. There is scarcely a school boy or a school girt old enough to study local history but is familiar with the sad fate of Robert Curry who was murdered by the Indians and the thrilling escape of his wife who at the same time was tak en captive. It is not so generally known however, that the identical pair of scis sors still exists with which Mrs. Curry cut the bands of bark with which the ludians had bound her. On Saturday last it was the privilege of a representative of this paper to see and examine the historical pair of scis sors, which a highly-prized heirloom have been handed down through four generations. They are now owned by Miss Hannah Welliver, of West Hem lock township, this county,whose grand mother Mary Caldwell, in her girlhood, as Miss McWilliams lived under the same roof with Mrs. Curry and at the latter's death fell heir to the scissors. Robert Curry and his wife were among the pioneers of this section. With one child they emigrated from the north of Ireland in 1772, settling on Mahoning creek. On June !>, 1780, as Mr. and Mrs. Curry were traveling on horseback from Northumberland to the Mahoning set tlement now occupied by the site of Danville they were overtaken by a band of Indiaus. Mr. Curry was killed and scalped, his skull being battered into fragments by the tomahawk. Mrs. Currv was taken prisoner. She was young and beautiful. The savages greatly admired her long black hair. They told her that she was a "heap pretty squaw" and as sured her that they would not harm her. Their intention was to carry her into captivity. They started on a journey westward. In a densely wooded hol low, located in the present limits of Liberty township not far from Moores burg they camped for the night. They securely bound their captive, tying her hands and feet with bands of hickory bark. Suspended by a string fastened at her waist Mrs. Curry had a small pair of scissors, which, it seems, the Indians did not notice. When she thought her captors were sound asleep she managed to get hold of the scissors in such a way as to enable her to sever the bands of bark which bound her ankles and to make her escape. She was soon missed and finding herself pursued she concealed herself in the top of a fallen tree. It was a moment of thrilling suspense to the poor woman as the savages with lighted torches trod round the spot. One Redskin mounted 1 the fallen trunk and holding his lighted torch aloft peered into the tree top, ex claiming: "Come out, squaw; we see you." She lay quiet, however, and the In dians finally moved on. Mrs. Curry survived until 1820, when she was buried by the side of her hus band in the .old cemetery on Bloom street. A few years ago the bodies of both were removed to the new Presby terian cemetery. The scissors area very small pair,prob ably not more than three inches in length. A relic of greater historic inter est or one more highly prized by the many descendants of Mrs. Curry in this county it would be difficult to imag ine. Those who support Jacob Miller for Prothonotary will be voting directly in their own interests. Mr. Miller's record proves this. Ensign and Mrs. Young's Farewell. Ensign and Mrs. Young of the Salva tion Army have been notified from the general headquarters in New York that they will be removed from Danville to a new field of labor. They have set their "farewell" meeting for next Sunday evening. Meetings will be held also 011 Monday and Tuesday evening. They have not been notified as yet just where they will be located: only that they will leave next Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Young have been very successful in their work during the past year and their removal will be regretted by many friends. Ensign and Mrs. Heift, form erly workers here, will also be removed from Du Bois after a year of successful labor Next Door. Apropos of things farcical, a first rate booking at the Opera House is the revised pantomimic trick spectacle "Next Door" in a 20th century coat of paint, as it were. This farce, for farce it is in every sense of the word, i- a series of amusing incidents and ex traordinarily clever acrobatic gyrations. The musical numbers are all new. This bill will be at the Opera House on Sat urday night. New Bar Fixtures. Carl l.itz has placed a handsome back bar with large plate glass mirrors in his restaurant on Mill street With a num ber of other improvements this makes the place a very attractive one. This is the last week of the Pan-Am erican exposition and it is to be regrett ed that its financial SIKHVSS wasn't equal t<i its merit. Vote for Doctor Thompson for Associate Judge. . JOB PRINTING The ofticeof the AMERICAN being furnished with a large assortmen of job letter and fancy type and jo!-' material generally, 'he Publisher announces to the public that lie is prepared at all times to execute in the neatest manner JOB PRINTING Of all K inds and Descrption. i-^TGet our prices before place your orders. Vote for Charles W. Cook for County Treasurer. THAT mm MEETING The Court House Was Crowded in Re spouse to the Call. The Court Mouse was packed Tuesday night in response to a call for a citizens' meeting. The action of the meeting in eflect sustained the live minority mem bers of council who are in favor of muni cipal light, oppose sewerage, and ad vocate the immediate abatement of the nuisance existing in Blizzard's run. Dr. I*. (J. Newbakcr was chosen chair man and J. 11. Wallize Secretary. After a short address by the Presid | ent repeated calls were made for E. S. Gearhart, Esq., who responded, dealing in a very pointed way with council, the subjects -of sewerage and municipal light, paying as he wont along a nice compliment to the five minority mem bers of council who "have stood so nobly by their guns." He declared that $60,000 would not sewer Blizzard's run —that it was not a sewer that was want ed but a job. The proper way, he said, to abate the nuisance is to indict the brewery for polluting the stream. Speak ing of a survey, he said, he did not know who authorized it, but a survey was made and now, if he has been prop erly informed, there is a little bill of $2,200 to pay—for results which could have been obtained of O. H. Ostrander for $25. who on a prior occasion made a topographical survey of the town. Addresses along the same line were made by ex-Councilman Joseph Mur ray, F. P. Johnson and several others. Amos Vastine speaking for the minority in council stated that they had a plan for abating the nuisance in Blizzard's run that did not involve sewerage and they only asked that the citizens and taxpayers stand by them. T. F. Patterson moved that the chair man appoint a committee of five to draft resolutions relating to the subjects discussed. The motion carried, where upon the following committee was ap pointed: Dr. Harpel, David J. Rogers. W. G. Williams, Wellington Koto and Ilenry L. Gross. Another citizens' meeting will be held Saturday night when the committee will report. Vote for Charles W. Cook for County Treasurer. Vote for Doctor Thompson for Associate Judge. Vote for J. C. Miller for Prothonotary. Miss Jennie Lovett's Guest. Aliss Jennie Lovett, Vine street, en tertained a very interesting guest over Sunday in the person of Miss Anna (ioyitney, au Indian lady belonging to the tribe of Pueblos, who occupy lands in the Northwestern part of New Mex ico. .Miss Goyitney, who is a graduate of the Indiau school at Carlisle, and is now completing a course at the Blooms burg Normal school, was brought East some twelve years ago. Although retiring in her manner she converses with an easo and fluency which is quite remarkable considering that the language used is one of anoth er race and acquired only in recent years. Her mind is well stored with in formation. Her manners and language betray the best of breeding and reflect a great deal of credit upon the training school at Carlisle. Miss Goyitney says that her people are very slow in availing themselves of the advantages of civilization. They till the soil, but have a rather hard time of it on the hard arid lands thev occupy which can only be made to yield by ir rigation. she would much prefer to live among the white people of the East, she says. After graduating at Bloomsburg she ex pects to spend a year or so teaching in Pennsylvania but after that she consid ers it her duty to return to her people in New Mexico and impart to them if in her power some of the benefits that she has received from her contact with civ ilization. There is no excuse for a stay-at-home Republican this year. The Undergrade Crossing. There are but little prospects of the undergrade crossing at the P. & R. track on Walnut street being built this fall. Owing to a delay in obtaining the grade necessary from the borough the plans have been kept back far beyond what was anticipated, bringing the beginning of the work too near the approach of winter. Charles W. Cook will make a good County Treasurer. Coming Home. Samuel M Waite has received a letter from his son, Samuel K. Waite, who is at l'ort Douglas, salt Lake City, stating that his term of enlistment is about ex pired and that he will be home by Nov ember 10th. Salvation Army. Thursday evening Rev. Harry Curtin llarmau will speak at the temperance meeting. Mrs. It. J. Allen, of River side, will sing. The service throughout wi'l be interesting I)« . 11 t miss it. Vote foi J. C. Miller for ; Prothonotary.
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