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COMNSEII XHffS.
Give thanks.
Attend the Baptist fair to-night.
Tnrkey will have the call to-day.
The Advent season begins next Sun
day.
The druggists are introducing hot
sodas.
The loot ball season will soon be over
and even the players will feel relieved
that a source of danger bus passed.
William Aten has opened a grocery
store at 61? Fist Front street. His son
Edward will manage the business.
Chief Minceraoyer and Officer Voris
have received their handsome new over
coats.
Theodore K Angle.of Lehigh Univer
sity, has be-'Ji selected as one of the edi
tors of the "Brown and White, the
University paper published semi-weekly.
Active preparations are in progress
for the special Christmas services at our
churches
W. D. Laumaster will conduct a
week's services in Sunburv in Decem
ber
Mrs. Olive Curtis has returned from
Mt. Carmel.
Remember, it is more blessed to give
than to receive. Therefore, make
some poor family happy on Thanksgiv
ing
Some of the country schools are very
poorly attended at this time owing to
many children being housed up with
oolds, measles and fever.
Boats are taken from the Sus
quehanna for the winter.
The first Thanksgiving of the century
will be a notable one. marking the most
prosperous year in our history.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Rausch, Clyde
Rausch, of Pottsville, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Rausch. of Philadelphia. Mrs.
Mary Kannewischer and Mrs. Kipphnt,
of Hochester. N. Y., were in this city
yesterday attending the funeral of
Charles Rausch.
Members of the Ladies' Auxiliary of
the Y. M. C. A. are earnestly requested
to attend the monthly meeting to be
held in Association parlor tbis evening
at 7:80 o'clock.
The next harvest that will occupy at
tention will bathe ice harvest.
Fool adulterations of all kinds should
be driven from the market.
Petty thieves are at work in different
sections of the borough.
Building operations in the city are be
ing hurried to avoid a premature cold
snap.
Miss Stella Moyer, Chambers street,is
visiting friends in Sunbury.
Make some p<x»r family happy, and
you'll be happier.
Mr and Mrs. Daniel Bedea and si>u,
of Shenandoah, attended the funeral of
Mrs Thomas Bedea. in this city yester
day.
The annual good resolution period is
approaching
The foot ball game this afternoon will
be largely attended.
Appropriate Thanks_'ivi»"
-r. cu arranged, and no one can
have an excuse for remaining away.
Thanksgiving ongbt to f>nt everybody
into good humor for giftgiving later
on.
W. V. Cooper, of Washingtonville,
was in this city yesterday.
Prothonotary Miller made a trip to
Benton yesterday.
At the B nai Zion Reformed Temple
this evening, Rabbi Adolph Meyer will
read the service in English and will also
preach a Thanksgiving sermon in En
glish. using as hi-, subject the 50th.
Psalm, 23rd verse. Who sooffereth
Thanksgiving gloritieth me; and to him
that ordereth his course aright, will I
show the Salvation of God." Mr. J J.
Newman will sing a bass solo. Mr.
Wyle and Miss Heiui will play. The
service will begin at seven o'clock
sharp.
Benjamin Andrews, the well known
grocery clerk, has accepted a position
with Laßue, the grocer, East Front
street
Loomis Taylor and Victor McHenry
are guests at the home of David Shel*
hart, Centre street.
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"THIS COINTRY WILL NEVER BE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OP ITS OWN DEM ANDSWITII ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS."
VOL. ) is.
SAU'L Mill 111 1.1.
INJURED
Driving With h s Aged FatLer he Meets
With an Upset.
Samuel Morrall, a well known citiz
en of Riverside, met with an accident
yesterday iti which hi- aged father mir
aculously escaped serious injury and as
the result "112 which he hansel! is confin
ed to his bed with several b oken bones.
About 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon
Mr. Morrall hitched up a colt he is ac
customed to driving and accompanied
by his father. Richard Morrall. started
for Danville. The colt had not been
driven for several dnys ;in«l \v;is cjuite
frisky. It started otl at a fast clip,
dashing out through the gateway al
most beyond control. Reaching the
street it turned too short and the bug
gy being an old one the front wheel
broke down.
Mr. Morrall senior was thrown oul
and he landed on the hard frozen ground
at full length The bug?y rolled over
upside down, pinning Samuel Morrall.
the driver, underneath The man held
onto the lines and was able to stop the
horse, which was quickly seized by Mrs.
Morrall. who witues-ed tiie accident
from the house and had rnn to their as
sistance. Constable Peter Fenster
niacher was also an eye witness and .ir
rived at the spot in time to render val
uable assistance.
Mr. Morrall was released from under
the buggy. It being evident that he
was badly hurt he was assisted to the
house where he was obliged to lie down.
Dr. A. T. DeW itt was called, who after
an examination discovered that Mr.
Morrall's left collar bone, his lett
shoulder blade and a rib on his lett side
were broken in addition to which tin
man's left arm, which was pinned un
derneath the dash board, was temporari
ly paralyzed as the effect of the concus
sion of the nerves.
Mr. Morrall senior escaped with a few
brnises. it will be remembered that In;
narrowly escaped death in a runaway a
few vears ajjo, bis wif«> on the occasion
sustaining injuries from which she died
Thanksgiving Eve Dane?.
About forty couples attended the as
sembly, given by the Penn Social Club
orchestra, in the Armory last evening,
and everybody* enjox ed a delightful
time. A selection from "Florodora"
was played as an opening number and
an excellent program of standard dance
music followed. The orchestra was
augmented to eleven mu>>.ei<ns. includ
ing a trap drummer. An excellent
lunch was served iu the hall at 11:30
o'clock.
Funeral of M ra. B. cUa
The funeral of the late Mrs. Thomas
Bedea was held y sterday after
noon at two o'clock. The remains were
taken from the residence on East Mar
ket street, to the Fin-t Baptist church,
where services were held by the Rev. L.
B. Twiehell. The pall bearers w< r.-
George Rowe William Davis, D. C.
Williams. John Neil. Robert Uiliams
and George Stillwell. The funeral was
largely attended. Interment was made
in the Odd Fellows cemetery.
Enlarged Kitchen F«ci!iti s.
The addition to the kitchen at the
Hospital for the Insane, for the erection
of which the State at the last legisla
ture appropriated .<2.000 is now being
built and will be completed about the
holidays. The building of brick forty
by twenty-one feet and one story high,
and when completed will enlarge the
kitchen facilities considerably, filling a
long felt want.
I
Another 6 od Entertainment.
Ernest Bennett,the well known pianist
of Nantieoke will give a recital at, the
Y. M. C. A. in the near future He will
be assisted by Miss Lane, a soprano of
excellent reputation. Tbis entertain
ment will be inc uded in the free course.
Mr. Bennett well known in tbis city.
He frequently visits at the home of.l.
B. McCoy. We*t Market street.
Young-Price.
John W. Young, Centre street, and
Miss Emma R. Price, East Mahoning
street, were married l>tst evening by
Rev. C. D. Lerch, at the residence of
the officiating clergyman at s o'clock
The newly wedded couple v II reside on
Centre street.
}ye Burnt
William Fallon We-t Market street,
Itoss roller at the ReaOinif Ir >n Works,
had his eye very badly burned by a
fla*h from the rolls while at work on
Tuesday night. Dr Curry gave him
surgical attention.
A Venison Dinner.
William S. Bogart. landlord of the
Billmever Hotel, Strawberry Ridjfe.will
give a venison dinner on Thur.-d iy,
December 1 Invitations will be issu
ed in a few day- ,T. B. McCoy, of thi-<
city, will b- the caterer.
Rev. Dr. Vaughn.
Rev. Dr. Vaughn, President of Seoul
College, Abiliene. Kansas occupied the
pulpit at St. Paul's M. I . church last
evening. Dr. Vaughn will spend
Thank-Diving in Danvilk.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jameson and
daughters. Mary and Catharim arriv
ed in this city last evening to spend
Thanksgiving at the home of Mn.
Samantha Jameson, West Mahoning
street
DANVILLE. PA.. Till RBDAY, NOVEMBER 28. 15)01.
!MR. LAI MASTER'S
I SUCCESSOR
J. L Broughton of Auburn, N. Y., will
Probab'y be called.
A mc ting of the Board of Directors
of tli • Y. M. C. A. was held last Friday
evening. The question of a successor
to Mr. Laumaster came up forconsider
at 0n..1. L. li rough ton of Auburn. X.
Y.. will probably be called to this posi
tion. Friday eve it was decided to com
municate with Mr. Broughton. request
ing him to come to this city and on Tu
esday night next to meet with the
Board of Directors Mr. Broughton is
a yoniur man, a college graduate and is
very highly recommended. The follow
ing communication was approved for
publication:
The directors of the Young Men's
Christian Association of Danville take
great pleasure in announcing to the
public that the financial difficulty in
which the Association was involved at
the time of their former communica
tion (in September last) has been hap
pily adjusted, and the Association plac
ed in a condition to coir inne its work
for a period • 112 at least two years.
To those who came so nobly to the res
cue of the Association in its hour of
dire distress is due the gratitude of all
who are interested in the mom l ami
spiritual welfare of vonng men—espet-i
--ally the young men of our own com
munity: awl the directors talc . his op
portunity of publicly exprcs-M.tr their
appreciation of the courteous and iilc-i
al manner in which their appeals were
res-ponded to by the citizens generally.
The universal rejoicing over the im
proved financial condition of the As
sociation has, however, lieen clouded by
the resignations—taking effect Dec. Ist
- of Mr William D. Laumaster, the
General Secretary, and Mr. Charles li.
Shelhart. the Assistant Secretary. The j
latter, though with us but a compara
tively brief period, has during that time
greatly endeared himself to the manage
ment by his manly Christian character
and unvarying courtesy in the perfor
mance of his duties. In Mr Laumaster,
the General Secrelary, the directors re
alize that they are losing the services of
one whom it will be extremely difficult
to replace. Thoroughly versed in the
duties of his office, capable, painstaking
and conscientious in discharging the
samt. and withal a genuine Christian
man.he severs his connection with the
Association to the deep and lasting re- (
gret of every member of the Board.
That success abundant and abiding
—may attend the labors of Messrs. Lau
master and Shelhart wherever their lot
may be cast is the sincere wish of their
many friend- in and out of the Associa
tion.
By orm-r of »i.„
BOARD OF DIRECTORS, Y. M. C. A.
The board of directors of the Y. M. C.
A. held a special meeting Tuesday night
to consider the matter of a successor to
General Secretary \V. D Laumaster
whose term expires on December Ist. J.
L. Broughton, a candidate for the posi
tion. arrived in town Monday and was
present at the meeting of the board last
n'u'lit. Mr. Broughton, although but
2.i years of age, seems exceptionally
well equipped for Y. M. C. A. work. He
is a graduate of ilie University of
Rochester. For the last fifteen mouths
he has been assistant secretary of the Y
M. C. A. at Auburn, N. Y., where the
association numbers GOO members. His
home is at Covington wyoming county, j
N Y. He is a person of pleasing per
sonality and on th- whole he made a
most cxcelleut impression.
The board of directors, however, sev
eral of whom are of the opinion that
the work here requires a person of more
years and experience, were not ready to
take final action Monday night,but will
hold the matter under advisement. W.
V. Oglesby, Esq.. was elected acting
secretary pending ihe choice of succes
sor to Mr. Lanmaster. Mr. Bronghton
left on the 40 D. L. & W. train for
Aabui n.
Mr Lanm ister henceforth will de
vote his talents to evangelistic work,
lb- is already under engagements which
occupy the most, of his time until spring.
<)n December .1 hhe will enter upon a
series uf special me» tings in Sunbary.
On January sth he will begin a season
of evangelistic effort in Renovo. Fol
lowing that he will labor for a while in
Spring Mills, returning to Sun bury in
March. Mr Lanmaster will conti» no
: t,., in Danville, where he has been
chosen as one of the board of Y. M. C.
| A. directors.
Transferred to S-hamokin.
Harry Morgan during the year past
boss lineman of the United Telephone
and Tele raph company.has been trans
ferred to the i-hamokin district. He
left Monday morning for his new
Held. Raymond Keeler will succeed
Mr. Morgan in this district.
During his stay in this city Mr. Mor
gan made a number of friends who will
| regret to hear of his departure.
Will Give an Oyster Supper.
The members of the Germania Verein
will entertain their wives and lady
friends at an oyster supper to be held in
their rooms in the Moyer building on
New Year's eve. Good music will be a
feature of the evening.
N.i Mtasles in Danville.
While measles are fcpidemio in some
! parts of the county it is gratifying to
note that there is not a single case ot
that disease in Danville. Health ottioer
B B Brown yesterday stated that the
number of houses placarded with diph
-1 tberia cards are now reduced to two.
I'ERSONAI.
puiAtmnis.
Brief Mention of the Doings of Your
Friends and Acquaintances.
The Rev. J. Raker, of the Lutheran
Orphans' Home at Topton. Berks
county, visited the Rev. L. D. Llrich.
Church street, yesterday.
Ben Rogers, a student at Dickinson
college. Carlisle, is visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. T J. Rogers, Mill street.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Adams, of
South D-tnville, left last evening for a
visit with Snnbnrj friends
Mr. and Mrs J. W. Fields returned
to Harrisbnrg yesterday.
The Rev. J. C. Mumper returned to
Northumberland yesterday after a visit
with the Rev. R. J. Allen. Riverside.
Bert Yastine. of South Danville,play
ed with the 12th regiment band at the
Americas club hop in Snnbury, last even
| ing.
Miss Nellie Shick is visiting friends in
! Snnbury.
Carl Brown, of Olean. N. Y. , spent a
few hours in th s city yesterday. Mr.
Brown was a former resident of
Bloomsburg and has many friends in
Danville.
YI Grace Bradbury returned home
-atin-day, after a visit at the residence
.1 Mrs. Mont. Gearhart, Front street.
.Mrs W. I. Steans and son Irvin re
turned from Mifflinburg Saturday even
ing
Mr. and Mrs. George M Reed, of
Shreveport. Louisiana, who were ex
pected to arrive in this city on Wednes
day last, reached Danville on the (5:1i5 ;
D L. A- W. trHin Saturday evening.
John Hummer, a carpenter at the .
Reading Iron Works.sp- nt Sunday with
his family in Bloomsburg.
William Bjerly, of Williamsport.
spent Sunday at the home of his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Byerly. Wal
nut street.
Mrs. George A. Rossman spent Sun
day with friends in Bloomsburg.
Miss Bessie Frick returned to New
York Tuesday after a visit with rela
tives in this city.
Mrs. M I) Kline is visiting friends in I
Philadelphia
Mrs. A. A. Geisinger left Tuesday
for a visit with relatives in Marion.
Ohio.
Miss Martha Christian, stenographer I
at the Hospital for the Insane, will
spend Thank-giving in Catawissa.
Miss Margaret Edtnondson returned
from a several weeks' visit in Allen
town, yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Steinmiller are
spend UK Thanksgiving at Williams
ihirt.
Miss Malinda Cleaver returned to
Philadelphia yesterday after a visit !
with relatives in this city and Sonth
Danville.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Curry, of Brook- i
lyn, are visiting at the home of Thomas
Curry, West Mahoning street.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Richards, of |
Snnbury. attended the Shultz-Woodside
wedding in this city yesterday.
W. H. Orth left last evening for Har
risbnrg where he will spend Thanks
giving with his mother, who is ill.
G. M. Hornberger. a student at Le
high Univers ty, arrived iti this city
yesterday for Thanksgiving.
Misses Olive Lunger and Ruth C'aro
diskey left yesterday for a visit with
friends in Wapwallopen.
Miss Minnie Zaring, of Shamokin, is
visiting at the home of Mrs. Ida Baldy,
West Mahoning street.
Lewis and George Steinbreuner, of
Wilkesbarre. arrived in this city last
evening for a visit with their mother.
Mrs. Annie Steinbrenner, East Front
street
Mr. and Mrs. William Curry.of Scran
ton, are visiting at the Curry home
stead .
Miss Amelia Hartman. of Scranton.is
visiting at the h<»me of F. Hartman,
Water street.
Miss Mabel Levy, of Berwick,is visit
ing friends in this city.
Miss Laura Peyton is visiting friends :
in Sunbnry.
Mrs. M.,1. Dieffenbaeher, of Niagara
Falls. N. V who has been visiting her
mother, Mrs. Mary Faux. East Market
street. l<-ft yesterday for Pittsburg.
John Jacobs, Sr.. returned from avb
it in Hazleton last evening.
Charles Fenstermacher. of State Col
lege. arrived last evening to spend
Thanksgiving at the home of his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. James Fenstermach
er, Valley township.
Rev. C. D. Lerch is spending today at
the home of his parents, Mr and Mrs.
|S. P. Lerch. Paradise. Northumber
land county.
Miss Emma Ebling, a student at
; Bucknell, arrived in this city yesterday
to spend Thanksgiving.
Mr and Mrs. F. H. Yannan and son,
j Walter, left yesterday for a visit with
; relatives in Coatesville.
William Boyd returned to Scranton
yesterday after a visit at the home of
1 Jasper Gearhart, Bloom street.
Mr. and Mrs. William Williams, of
; New Columbia, attended the funeral of
' Mrs. Thomasßedea. in this city yester
day.
Mrs. J. C. Peifer left yesterday for
New York city.
Mr. and Mrs. Willinm Rausch.of Ber
wick, attended tho funeral of the late
[ Charles Rauoch In this city yesterday.
PISHING THE
IMPROVEMENTS
The Knitting Mill Making Room for New
Machinery.
Carpenters are very busy at the Knit
j ting Mills getting things in readiness
! for the invoice of sixty-eight new knit
: ting machines alluded to in a recen'■ is
| sue of this paper In addition to the
removal of the office on the st ootid floor
where the space will be utilized for
manufacturing, importaut changes ar>
also being made on the third floor. The
1 mending room there has been cut down
j one half, crowding the menders sonte
, what but still proving large enough for
j the work. The floor space obtained by
| the change will be used for three addi
I tional winders which are made neces
sary by the installment of new knitting
machines.
With the completion of the present
alterations every foot of floor space will
be occupied. There will then be 205
knitting machines installed with other
; new machinery in proportion. The in
| creased capacity will bring the number
! of hands employed up t J about BCO and
| raise the product of the plant up to 550
dozen pair per day
The Knitting Mill is one of the most
modern and best equipped plants iti this
section of the state, including in its pro
duct goods of the finest grade and work
manship.
Montour County S. S. Convention.
The eleventh annual Sunday School
convention of Montour county was held
as announced on Thursday, Nov. 21st.
iu Trinity Reformed church.Strawberry
Ridge. The first session opened at I :H(i
and continued three hours. The church
was comfortably filled. Rev. .7. W.
Bell, pastor of tin church, and Yice-
Presideut of the Association, presided
at both sessions. The opening devotion
al exericises were conducted by Rev. ( J.
E. Limbert, of Danville, the theme be
ing "The Proper Observance of the
Lord's Day," A goodly number were
present from Danville and vicinity The
speakers from abroad. Rev. C. 11. Oliv
er. from York, and Mrs A. M Drink
water from Williamsport, engaged the
attention of the audience giving the
Sunday school workers valuable hints
and instructions. The choir of the
church led the singing with marked ef
fect. Mi->s Margaret Ammermati, of
Danville, played and sang a thrilling
solo and a quartet rendered several sel
ections.
At the evening sessions the speakers
from abroad were h°ard on other sub
jects in the line of Sunday school work.
Rev. A. B. Herr. of Pottsgrove, con
ducting the devotional exercises. Be
sides the ninglng led by the clioir Miss
Ammermam rendered another solo si ml
Mr. Larunaster and Mrs. J. 11. Johnson
sang twu Oueis. :vir. Lanmaster ais«
gave a Bible exercise. A very enjoy
able letter to the convention from Rev.
A. B. Bowser, now at Millville, X. J.,
was read. Liberal collections were
taken at both sessions tor the State and
County work.
The following were elected as officers
of the Association for the coming year:
President. Rev. J. XV. Bell; Vice-Pre
sident. Rev. C. D. Lerch; Recording
Secretary, J. M. Kelso; Corresponding
Secretary, D. R. Williams; Treasurer,
F. G. Schoch; Snpt. Home Department,
Mins Katherine Bennets: Supt. Primary
Department, Mrs. W. X H. Orth; Snpt.
Normal Department, Rev. G. E. Lim
bert.
Valuable Dogs Poisoned.
A dog poisoner has been at work in
the vicinity of West Market and West
Mahoning streets. Up to date some
half a dozen canines, valuable and other
wise. have received their quietus as the
result of this cruel and cowardly
crusade.
It was several w» eks ago when dogs
belonging to families in that part of
town began to disappear. What be
came of them remained a mystery until
last Saturday when evidence of poison
was found.
The valuable bird dog belonging to
Louis Kehl, West Mahoning street,
which seemed entirely well, Saturday
morning, daring the afternoon was tak
en violently sick and died in trreat
agony the same evening. Only last
week \'r. Kehl refused fifty dollars for
h s dog,which was one of the best train
ed in town
0*» ."Saturday morning a valuable dog
belonging to Henry Cavanangh, West
Market street, was found dead, circum
stances pointing to poisoning. The bull
dog belonging to George (iross, XVest
Market street, which was a familiar
object as be trotted along by bis mast
ers side, was taken sick Saturday morn
ing and died at noon of that day.
There is no clue to the identity of tho
person or persons engaged in the poi
soning.
Transferred to Pittsburg.
H. H. Allen, district superintendent
of the Prudential Life Insurance com
pany in this city, will on January Ist
lie transferred t>. Pittsburg, where he
will assume the management of one of
the large offices of the company. Mr.
Allen came to Danville from Shamokin
and during his six years' stay here has
advanced the interests of his company
to a great extent. His successor has
not as yet been appointed.
A Substitute Teacher,
Miss Alice Gearhart will have charge
of the South Danville Grammar school
until Miss Pfahler the regular teacher,
who is now indisposed, will be able to
assume the work again
I SCHOOL BOARD
j IN SESSION
Thomas West Wa t.s to Lease the old Flat
School House,
The school board held a regular session
Monday night. The following members
responded to roll call: Fischer, Burger,
Ortli. Green, Barber, Werkbeiser, Reef
er Byerly Black and Harpel.
Borough Superintendent Gordy on be
half of the borough teachers requested
that the schools be closed on the week
of December 16th to enable them to ac
company the excursion of the Blooms
burg Normal school to Washington, D.
C. The request was granted, the holi
day vacation being extended to cover
two weeks, beginning December 16th
and ending December*iso.
On motion it was decided to place an
insurance of $350 on the Welsh Hill
school house. Placing the insurance
was left in the hands of the secretary.
The following communication was re
ceived :
THE SCHOOL BOARD,
Danville, Pa.
GENT LEM KM : —I am going to place 80
knitting machines in thi* mill which
will give employment to at least that
many more hands, but upon investiga
tion i find lam going to be severely
handicapped for room To be prepared
in case 1 am not able to get all my ma
chinery, iVrc . in this mill I should very
much appreciate it if you would kindly
grant me a lease for five years on the
old school house formerly used by above
company in return I agree to keep
said building in good repair. Hoping
you will kindly grant me this favor.
1 remain yours truly,
THOMAS WEST.
On motion Mr. W est srequest was re
ferred to the building and repair com
mittee with power to act.
Dr. Barber reported some dissatisfac
tion throughout the borough on the
score of doctors' certificates granted as
permission for pupils to attend school
after contagion, the charge being that
discrimination is being made in favor
of certain parties who may stand in
with the school board.
A long di-eussion ensued in which it (
was mad*' pretty clear that no unfair
ness is intended and that the whole r
miration arises from a misunderstand t
ing. A boy or girl in whose home con
tagion breaks out may be sent to ihe
residence of a relative and thus escape
the disease. In such a case the pupil is
very justly permitted to return toschool
before another who has had the mis
fortune to be under quarantine. One
.112 these cases is often taken as a paral
lel of the other and thus a misapprehen
sion arises.
During the discussion Dr. Harpel
took occasion to say that in his opinion
diphtheria is not contagious in the
manner as represented. The disease is
transmit te I.he said, by the microbes
getting n o the mouth of a person aud
coming into contact with the mucous
membrane. Dr. Barber concurred with
him in this view.
On motion Borough Superintendent
ftordy was instructed to investigate and
see to it that no one associated in any
way with contagion is permitted to 1
attend school in violat on of the pro vis- t
ions of the school law. I
The following bills were approved for i
payment:
Teachers and Janitors $1798.00 k
Thos. (i. Vincent 87.50
Geo. D. Edmondson 45.00 r
Jno. \V. Farnsworth 37.50 112
Edward Gorman 00.00 h
L>. R. Williams 50.00 i
W. 11. Ammerman 49.50 £
W. E. Young 2.50 t
J. H. Cole 1.51 c
A. M. Peters 1.25
Hoover Bros 2.00 I
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Old Industry Sold Saturday. 1
The plant known as Huber's foundry j
East of Church street along the canal '
which was exposed to public sale. Sat- i
urday morning last, was purchased by I
Liveryman C. Moyer for $775. The
price at which the property was knock- ! '
ed down is considered quite a bargain. !''
Mr Moyer will not operate the plant. J 1
but will use the building for storage ; a
purposes. 11
Hnb'-r's foundry was quite an import
ant one among the earlier industries ol 1
the town. Ruber's plow |},
1 was protrcmi by patent,
was for many years in general use over J
a large section of the state. I" addi- j '
tiiin to plowo uitier lines of agricultural 1
implements and castings of all
were turned out in big numbers.
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A. M. Diehl Wedded.
Our well-known townsman. A. M.
Diehl. has taken unto himself a wife.
The marriage took place at Lewistown
on Friday, the bride being Miss May u
Hanst. of Altoona. It appears that it c
was not until after the wedding th tt
anything was known of the interesting v
event in Danville. Details, therefore, i
have not been learned.
Epidemic of Measles. 112
Measles are epidemic in the vicinity ,!
of Washingtonvllle. Dr. .1. P. Hoffa "
Sunday attended eight cases between 1
2 and sp. m. The measles were lately 1
imported from XVatsontown by a family 1
who attended a funeral there. The '
spread of the disease has been very rap- >
id. Unless there is an abatement soon '
th<* disease may interfere seriously with
the schools.
Howard Clark, of State College, ar
rived home last evening to spend
Thanksgiving with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. R. Clark. South Danville '
ESTABLISHED IN 1855.
I WHERE LIFE
IS l\ MM,EIi
J Shooting at Random in the Borough
Limits
According to all accounts lift? in the
Fourth Ward, especially in tb>• vicinity
of the school grounds must afford a fail
parallel to the experiences of a wild
wot town. Indiscriminate and ran
dom shooting, it seems, is the popular
diver jiou of the people or at least of
certain classes.
It is no unusual thing for a person
there to hear the report of a gun and
the next moment to discover that he or
she has escaped being -hot by a very
narrow margin. A lady walking in her
garden lately was startled by the report
of a gun and the next moment a ballet
whizzed by and embedded itself in a
tree near by. A valuable dog trotting
along one of the principal streets a day
or so ago fell a victim to one of these
stray bullets and lost his life. Matters
reached a climax at the residence of ex-
Councilman Joseph Murray the other
day. The delivery wagon of Hoffman's
meat market had just driven up. Mr.
Hoffman was waiting upon his customer
when a gun went off and simultaneous
ly with it a. volley of shot struck the
side of the house and rattled down up
on the stone walk.
The school board is very much ex
ercised over the state of affairs, lest the
lives of the pupils be endangered. They
arc determined that the practice of dis
charging tire arms in the borough, which
is clearly in violation of the ordinance,
must be stopped. The attention of the
police will be called to the matter.
Reclaiming Waste Land,
Extensive improvements are on foo
at the farm belonging to the D. M.
Boyd estate at Boyd's station which
will result in reclaiming some
eighteen acres of waste land. The im
provements consist in digging a new
channel for the purpose of diverting the
waters of Logan's run and a small trib- i
utarv which periodically overflow the
meadow, cau-ing a dense growth of
brush and rendering the land u.ifit for
cultivation or pasture.
The undertaking is quite a heavy one.
The new channel, 12 to 14 feet wide,
and 3 feet deep, will have to be cut
nearly the entire distance from the
wagon road to the river. The excava
tion has already extended some six hun
dred feet, the work having been in pro
gress during one month, with some
thirty men
the now channel being cut, men arb at
work over the large tract to be reclaim
ed cutting down the trees, clearing (
away the brush and digging out the ,
roots, so as to prepare the land for culti- ,
vation.
Th'- improvements work a great
mange which give Tnin es a different ap
pearauce in that part of the farm. The
work, which is tinder the BUpc~ v j s j on 0 f
John Wands, will be pushed alon s a 9
rapidly as possible until further progress
is prevented by winter.
A Pretty Home Wedding.
Ira Claude Everhart and Miss Ann
Evaus. both attaches of the Hospital for
the Insane, were married Tuesday.
The ceremony was performed at the
new and handsomely furnished resi
dence of the wedded conple, East Mar
ket street, at 11 a. m. by the Rev. Harry
Curtin Harman before a few immediate
relatives. Arrangements had been made
for a public wedding, which was to
have taken place today but which ow
ing to the very serious illness of the
groom's father, was declared off and
the private wedding of Tuesday de
cided upon.
A large number of very beautiful
presents principally from the Hospital
were received by the bride. The new
ly- wedded couple left on the 2:11 D. L.
&r W. train for Benton, where the par
ents of the groom reside.
Physician at Harrisburg Hospital.
The board of managets of the Harris
burg Hospital has selected Charles W.
Jennings, of 142t< North Second street.
this city, to succeed Dr. John Howard
as one of the resident physicians at the
institution. Dr. Howard left for Eliza
betliville, N. .T., on Saturday. Dr. Jenn
ings is a graduate of the high school of
t hiq f*it v mui ...
medical department of the I Diversity
of Pennsylvania. He will not occupy
bis new position until next week. —Har-
risbiirg Telegraph.
F)r. Charles Jennings is well known in
Danville. He frequently visits his broth
er, Dr. I. H. Jennings, West Market
street.
Advent Sunday.
Sunday. November 24th., was the last
Sunday of the ecclesiastical year, and
next Sunday will be the first of advent
or new church year.
The period of between three and four
weeks, from Advent Sunday to Christ
ma- eve. i* named by the Catholic church
the season of advent. During it she de
sires that her children should practice
fasting, works of penance, meditation
and prayer, in order to prepare them
selves for celebrating worthily the ad
vent or coming of the Son of God in the
flesh, to promote his spiritual advent
within their own souls and to school
themselves to look forward with hope
and joy to his second advent when lie
shall come again to judge mankind.
Will Give a Sociable.
Mrs. George Seehler will give a soci
able at her r< sidence, 242 West Mahon
ing street, Thanksgiving night, for the
benefit of Cbrißt Episcopal church.
' Everybody invited.
JOB PRINTING
The office u! the AMERICA* bei«f
furnished with a large assortmeit
of job letter and fancy typr and job
material generally, the Publisher
announces to the public that he is
prepared at all times to execute ia
the neatest manner
JOB PRINTING
Of all Kinds and Descrption.
Get our prices before plact
your orders.
GRIM REAPER
AT WIIRK
Death Claims a Number of Residents With
in the Past Week.
The Sail Death of Margaret Leuhart.
Our readers will be grieved to learn of
the death of Miss Margaret Lenhart,
daughter of Philip H. Lenhart, Lower
Mulberry street, which occurred at 7:30
o clock Friday niaht after a protracted
illness of typhoid fever.
The deceased was twenty yearn of
age. She was a member of class 1901
of the local High school and graduated
with honor. No sadder death has oc
curred in this city for a long time. The.
only daughter of the household.she was
stricken down in the bloom and pride of
youth and a place has been made vac
ant that can ne%*er be filled. What ren
ders the case doubly sad is that the
father of the family is also lying very
low of typhoid fever and may not re
cover.
Beside her parents, the deceased girl
is survived by the following brothers:
Gonger Lenhart, of Mainville, and
James, Lewis, Philip, Jr., and Ralph, of
this city.
Mrs. T. W- Bedea Passes Away.
Sarah A., the wife of Thomas W.
Bedea, East Market street, died after a
protracted illness at 9 o'clock Saturday
evening. Mrs. Bedea had been ill for
nearly two years and for the past three
months has been confined to her bed.
She was the daughter of James Jones
and was born and raised in Danville.
During life she was a devoted and con
sistent member of the First Baptist
church. Besides her husband, four sons
and one daughter survive: Miss Annie
George, Hayes, Harry and Clark.
Mrs. W. G. Hughes, of McKeesport;
Mrs Thomas Bevan, of New Castle, are
sisters, and James, John and Thomas
Jones of this city are brothers of the
deceased.
Sudden Death of Mrs. Mary 0. Moyer.
Mrs. Mary C. Moyer died at the homo
of her daughter, Mrs. Thomas Johns,
East Market street, at three o'clock yes
terday morning. Death was caused by
a complication of diseases though Mr*.
Moyer was only taken seriously ill ou
Monday morning. She was <l6 years of
age.
Besides Mrs. Johns the deceased is
survived by another daughter, Mrs.
Ivy Eye, of Philadelphia and one son.
Eugene A. Moyer, of this city.
Death of Mrs. Harry Mains.
Mrs. Harry Mains, the daughter of
Councilman Amos Vastine of this city,
whose critical illness has been noted
from time to time in these columns,
died at her home in Plymouth, Luzerne
county, Thursday evening at 6 o'clock.
The deceased was ill for nearly a year.
She was a woman of refined Christian
character, and during her long illness
she was always res'gned and bore her
suffering with patience and forti
tua>
Mrs.\f a j U(J whose Christian name was
Ella. wass om on t( ie homestead farm
near Boyd s sv.tj oli an( j n p to her mar
riage resided in i -nville and vicinity.
She was 82 years of <-, t » an( j j 8 sarv jved
by her husband and an son-
J. H. Vastine of Shamokin , n( j WiUjani
Vastine and Beeber Vastine. o ji
city are brothers of the deceased.
Death of Charles Rausch.
Our citizens Monday were pained to
learn of the death of our former towns
man, Charles Rausch, which occurred
at Pottsville Sunday morning. Up to
some ten years ago when the deceased
removed to Pottsville, he was one of
our best-known citizens. He conducted
a meat market for many years here, his
last place of business being on the east
side of Mill street justsonth of the canal
bridge. He was an enterprising citizen
and held the confidence of his fellows
in all the various relations of life. At
the time of his death he was sixty years
of age.
The deceased is survived by four sons
Fred.Charles, Walter and and Clyde. He
was a member of Lotus Conclave, No.
27, I. O. H.; of Myrtle Lodge No. 850,
and of Mnemoltou Eucampment, No.
80,1. O. O. F., of this city.
eraf"responsible positions in Danville,
among them being that of councilman
and school director. He was also coun
ty commissioner.
Old Resident Passes Away.
George Frederick Salzman. an old
resident of this city, died at his home
on Nassau street at five o'clock yester
day morning. Mr. Salzman had beeu
ill for several years, death l>eing due to
a complication of diseases. He is sur
vived by a wife, two sons and two
daughters Edward, of Natalie; Jacob
Yetter. of Philadelphia ;Mrs. Rosa Shaf
er. of Pottstown, and Miss Irene, of this
city.
The funeral will In* held on Saturday
afternoon at 1 o'clock. Interment will
be made in the Presbyterian cemetery.
No Services.
On account of Conference duty there
w ill be no services next Sunday. Dec.,lst
l*ioi, in Trinity Lutheran church. Oak
Grove, Liberty township, this couuty.
Services again. Dec. 15th 1901.
D. L. FOG I.EMAN, Pastor.
A Sermon to the K, G. E.
All members of Montour Castle, No.
1S«, K. G. E., are requested to meet at
10 o'clock next Sunday morning, to
march in a body to the Trinity Metho
dist church where they will hear a speci
al sermon bv the Rev. N. E. Cleaver.