A loie Paper -—For Hie Home lhe circulation of this paper is in creasing rapidly. It will pay von to advertise in the AMERICAN SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER YEAR DK. IRVING H. JENNINGS, DENTIST. Office Hour* 9 A .1/. to VI M. 10 4 Mill St., I I'. .)/. to !i I'. M. Danville, /'<*. Q SIIUL.TZ, M. U. 425 MILL ST., DANVII.I K, !*A. iliseases of the Stomach un.l Intestines a Specialty QR. W. I'. ANUI.K, DENTIST Ofkick: '-'lB Mll.l. Stubkt. eetli Extruded without I'HIII. Crown Hint llridge \N ork a JSpei'ialt>. Equipped with the latest and most tmproved Instruments and prepared t«> execute the most difficult work. DR. C. U. REYNOLDS, —DENTIST Office, Opposite Boston Store, Danville, Pa. Dentistry iu all its branches. Charges Moderate and all work Guaranteed. Established 1892. iiS NEWS. Only three more months of IHO2. The last of the tomato crop is being marketed. The new residence 011 West Mahon ing street, being erected by Harrison Shutt is approaching completion as fast as circumstances will permit. October may be able to reduce the temperature, but this will only ag gravate the coal situation. The suit instituted by Miss Maggie Watkins against Fred Graeber, both of Shamokin, on the ground of breach of promise, will likely come up for trial in court room No. 5, Philadel phia, next month. Tho great Milton Fair is now in full blast and attractions are greater and more varied than ever before. October is generally one of the most beautiful months of the year. If your taxes are not paid on or be fore October 4th you cannot vote. Look after this matter everybody. If the weather is favorable many Danville people will attend flio Milton Fair today. Talk up your town. Patronize your merchants and mechanics. Be liberal aud enterprising, and you will be happier aud more prosperous in con sequence. House plants are being potted and taken in before Jack Frost gets a chance to give them a nip. Local sportsmen are getting them selves iu readiness for the opening of the game season, which occurs on October 15th, and hunting stories will be the order of the day. Mildred Holland will produce Car ina Jordan's new romantic drama"The Lilly aud The Prince" in Danville this season. The poeple want coal and tliey want it bad. Danville will seud a large number of firemen to Bradford. Signs of fail and winter are partic ularly noticeable in the millinery store windows of our town. Because of the scarcity of coal in Catawissa, all the arc as well as the incandescent lights are turned off at eight o'clock every night—the hour for closing the stores, and from that time on Oatawissians tread the streets very gingerly. Lanterns made their appearance 011 the streets Saturday even lug aud were very much in evidence. It is estimated that there will be 1,000 men less in Mt. Carmel to re spond to the order for work when the strike is over. Every day large crowds are leaving over the Lehigh Valley railroad for the far west, and noae of these people intend to ever return. The Brown building, Mill street, is being painted and will look quite fine when the improvements are complet ed. A new porch is being built in front of the residence of James Grimes, No. 106 Upper Mulberry street. The weather man is increasing tho supply of mud. Lee S. Gillespie,advance representa tive of Murray & Mackey's big Comedy Oomiiauy arrived in this city yester day. The ballot to be voted lor in Nov ember wili be an unusually large blanket sheet, having tin, perhaps twelve columns, including the blank column reserved for the names of per sons not regularly nominated. While the coal bucket is empty the chauces are that even if tho dinner pail is full the food is uncooked. Ticket No. 52 drew tho pair of shoes chanced otT by the Washingtonvilie base ball club. The persistent rumors which are afloat relative to a strike settlement have led to the stopping of the exodus of hundreds of anthracite miners to the soft coal region. A Pottsville ap plicant to the Reading company for a coal supply wan informed yesterday by an official that he could get all tho coal he wanted by the last of the week. The gieat Bueknell-Carlisle Indian foot ball match on Athletic grounds, Williamsport, Saturday, October 11, 1902. Half fare rates on all the rail roads. iVUmtour "THIS CO! NTRY WILL NEVER HI: ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL UPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDS WITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS." VOL. 47—MO 40. WROUGHT TO BLOOMSBDKC Sheriff Kunrr l»roiit tlio 127 moil who were arrested in Oentralia Tues day for rioting to Bloomsburg hist evening. The warrants had been sworn out thore and when they wore served the defendants refused to give bail and demanded a hearing at Blooms hurg. So the sheriff had to provide transportation for his "prisoners." They all slept at their homes Tuesday night and were on hand bright and early yesterday morning to place them selves in the custody of tint sheriff. With his prisoners the sheriff left Oentralia yesterday afternoon, at 1.20 o'clock, in fourteen wagons. The American Baud, of Oentralia, accom■ panicd the party and it was seven o'clock last evening when they arrived at the Oolumbia county seat. The hearings were immediately begun in the courthouse, before Justice of the Peace Jacohy, and it was midnight before all were finished. Twenty were discharged because of lack of identifi cation and the others were field in their own recognizance to appear for trial at court. They were given sup per by the sheriff and sent back home. President Roosevelt has sent tele graphic messages to President John Mitchell,of the Mine Workers' Union; President George F. Baer, of the Philadelphia Reading railway pres ident W. H. Truesdale, of the Dela ware, Lackawanna & "Vestern railroad ; E. B Thomas, chairman of the Bond of the Erie Railroad ; President Thom as P. Fowler,of the New York, Ontario & Western railroad; President R. M. Olyphant, of the Delaware & Hudson Oanal Oompany,and John Markle, who is a prominent individual operator iu the Luzerne region. The messages, which were sent from Washington yesterday afternoon, were as follows: "I should greatly like to see you on Friday next, October i{, at 11 o'clock a. m. here in Washington in regard to tin; failure of the coal supply, which has become a matter of vital concern to the whole nation. THEODORE ROOSEVELT." That sent to the presidents of the railroad and coal companies and to Mr. Markle stated that a similar mes sage had been despatched to President Mitchell, and that to Mr. Mitchell stated that the presidents of the an thracite coal companies hail been also requested to come to Washington. President Mitchell immediately wired his acceptance of the invitation and will leave Wilkesbarre today for Washington. It is expected that all the other recipients of the messages will attend the conference, and im portant results leading to the settle ment of the strike are looked for. Another Oabinet meeting was held yesterday morning at Washington for the purpose of discussing the strike situation. For the first time since the strike President Baer, of the Philadelphia and Reading, has made a definite state ment and it has added significance be cause it comes at this time. Mr. Baer says; "The strike will end very soon; before cold weather sets in there will be plenty of coal for everyone." The soldiers of the Fourth Regi ment, in camp at Mt. Carmol, who were on guard duty Tuesday night, were drenched to the skin and the night was extremely hard on the troops. Early yesterday morning a small mob threw stones at a Lehigh Valley engine and passenger coach on the outskirts of Mt. Garmel. With this exception the region between Shamokiu and Mt. Oarmel was very quiet. Yesterday afternoon a detail of thirty-two soldiers of the Fourth were sent to the Mt. Oarmel colliery to take the place of the sheriff's dep uties. Oonimitted to the Hospital. Thomas Stout was picked up on Mill street early yesterday morning while acting in an unbecoming manner and placed in the borough lock-up. During the forenoon he was taken be fore Justice of the Peace Bare, where tw told a wonderful story. Different portions of the town he said, were full of camels. He saw a good many around the lock-up the night before; one climbed up on the roof an I fell down and broke its neck. It did not take the Justice long to see that tho man was insane and he temporarily committed him to the borough prison. The poor directors being informed, they had the man's condition examined into by Drs. Ourry and Barber who pronounced him in sane. Stout, who is single, about 150 years of age, it appears,was formerly in the hospital for the insane, but was dis charged as cured about two months ago. He fell into drinking habits, which brought on a return of his mania. He was re-comuiitted to the hospital last evening. New Sign. N. Z. Butterwick had an appropri ate and attractive sign representing a large watch painted on the north side of tlie building occupied by his jew elry store Monday. Ohris Hershey did the woik and that the job there fore, is a neat and artistic one goes without saying. Goal on Exhibition. A good sized chunk of coal is on ex hibition in the window of Frank Pet ers' cigar store, Mill street. A card announces that the precious black dia mond was found "in the quoit yard." ALMOST BURNT TO DEATH The dwelling house on tho Rogers homestead farm, Valley township, was burned to tho ground Tuesrday fore noon, anil Thomas Rogers, a son of the family,who was iu bed asleep,nar rowly escaped being burned to death. The Rogers farm, which lies near Indian Run Park, since the death ot tho head of the family, William R. Rogers, has been occupied by tho widow and a sou and a daughter, Thomas and Edith. The house was a commodious frame dwelling. The flues were supposed to be iu good condition and how the fire originated is a mystery. Tuesday I morning Mrs. Rogers left home early I to attend the curbstone market in this ' city. The daughter, Miss Edith,after completing her household duties weut to school leaving her brother, Thomas, who is employed at the Reading Iron Works and is this week on night turn, asleep in one of the upper rooms of tho house. The youug man was interviewed in this city last night. He said ho was awakened by a noise down stairs caus ied by some one kicking in the door. His room was full of smoke and the crackle and roar of seething flames fell on his ears. Neaily the whole house was enshrouded in fire and it was all that he could do to get out of his room without coming in contact with the flames. He owes his deliverance, which was clearly providential, to the timely ar rival of Supervisor Roup, who was out j trying to employ hands to work on i the roads. Mr. Roup discovering the j 1 house on fire and finding no one about ( tho premises felt justified in making an investigation and to effect au en- | trance he broke in the door. At night there was nothing re- ( 1 maining of the house but a heap of , ashes. All tho furniture, household 1 i stores and every bit of clothing wore , i consumed. The building was insured. | First Day of Rural Delivery. The four carriers of the rural free j , delivery service in this county made their first trips yesterday. They start- j , ed from the post office in this city yes- j terday morning at eight o'clock and | were back by three in the afternoon. ! , Tho wagons ordered from Adrian, ! j Michigan, had not arrived so three of them used buggies and the fourth hail j a two seated carriage. Each carrier ; wears a badge on his cap with the t route number and the words: "United j States Rural Mail Carrier." Tliey sold quite a number of stamps, ! 112 registered some letters and took appli cations for quite a few money orders. : ( There are inauy residents along the ] routes who have not put up the priv- j j ate mail lioxes, as required by the ' government. Unless this is done they i will not receive any mail from the ' j carriers. The boxes must comply , with the regulations of the post ottice 5 department and must bo located so that ( the carrier can have access to them without leaving his vehicle. , As to the Soldiers' Monument. Apropos of the article which appear- i ed in these columns recently relative j 1 to the soldiers' mouumsnt, several in- j < quiries have been directed to this paper > as to what progress is being made by the solicitors. Two of these persons I represent sections of the borough in either of which little or no soliciting 1 ' has been done and they express great | ' surprise that a full canvass of the town has not been completed by this ' time. ' A reasonable inference would be 1 that the solicitors, who certainly have ' the welfare of the project at heart, 1 are devoting all their spare time ' to the work in hand and that every ' townsman will be seen in the im- j mediate future and will have au oppor tunity of responding with a liberal ' subscription. Perilous Pastime for Children. Car jumping by some very small children has become quite au evil along the line of the 1). L. & W. rail road and if something is not done to | break up the practice it will not bo long before there will bo another dreadful accidont to chronicle, Im- j itating the example of their elders these little fellows, seize the moving freight cars as they pass and attempt to gain the step, although they gen erally fail. As is quite natural there are many very narrow escapes. A little girl the other day was caught in the act of placing pins on the track and removing them after flattened while the train was iu mo tion. A more perilous feat for a child can not be imagined. Has Accepted a New Position. George D. Payne for many years past, in the service of John R. Ben nett, at Castle Grove, has accepted a position with a wealthy English fam ily who have just arrived in tjiis country from Europe. Mr. Payne'on Saturday evening left for Now Y'ork ; to enter upon the duties of his new 1 position. His family will remain in this city for some time longer. Mr. 1 Payne is a gentleman generous in 11a- j tare and fine social qualities which j make him immensely popular in fra ternal circles. He has been a resident of our city for a number of years past. Moved From Nebraska. Adolph Rieck, of Omaha, Nebraska, j who was summoned east at the time of his mother's death, has decided tore- I main here and has brought his family j from Omaha to this city. Mr. Rieck will locate either iu Wilkesbarre or , Utica, N. Y. DANVILLE, l'A.. Til UK .«\Y. OCTOI'.EI! 2. IJIO2. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Mrs. Mary Knoebol, of Elysburg, is a guest of Mrs. L. R. Mitchell, South Danville. Mrs. C. H. Cowan and daughter, Madeline,of Stonington, Connecticut, are visiting relatives in this city. Miss Ethol Bunlick has returned home from a trip through Rhode is land, Connecticut anil Massachusetts. Samuel A. Y'orks, of Philadelphia, spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. S. A. Y'orks, West Market street. Lewis Steiubreuner, of Troy, N. Y r ., spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. | Auuie Steiubreuner,East Front street. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Mills, of Bloomsburg, spent Sunday with Mr. Mills father, Charles Mills, in this city. James Murray,of Montgomery,spent Sunday at the home of William \S\ Davis, East Front street. Mrs. George Brawn, of Chester, is visiting at the home of her father, D. R. Eckman, South Danville. Mrs. John B. Rote, of Harrisburg, spoilt Sunday at the home of Mrs. W. M. Goarhart, this city. Miss Maine Young, of Benton, is visi:iug at the home of Will H. Curtis, East Front street. Miss Julia Hnber, of Bridgetou, N. J., is tho guest of her sister, Mrs. A. B. Russel, East Market street. D. F. Dieffenbacher, of Williams port, spent Sunday in this city. Clark Kern, until recently an em ploye Of the Danville Knitting Mill, in this city,has accepted a position in tho stocking factory at Watsontown. He spent Sunday with his family in this city. Mrs. Cottrell, of Shamokin, is vis iting at the home of Patrick Mc- Caffrey, Ash street. Miss Mary Baldy,of St. Paul,Minn., is the guest of Mrs. H. B. Meredith at the State Hospital. Elliott Morgan Pegg, a midshipman of Annapolis, Mil., has returned to the naval academy after a month's vaca tion spent in this city. Miss Edyth Black, of Scranton, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fields, Pine street. Mrs. Ella Haney, of Williamsport, visited her mother, Mrs. George Cross ley, in this city, yesterday. Samuel Robison of Rochester,N. Y'., is visiting bis uncle and aunt, 'Squire and Mrs. J P. Bare, Lower Mulberry street. Mr. Robison is a son of Joseph Robison, Liberty township. Miss Jennie Waite, Ferry street, i< spending several days at Milton. H. Y. Lorah.who has been the guest of his sister, Mrs. George Snyder, Upper Mulberry street, left yesterday for his home in Sherburne, N. Y'. Mrs. Ed. Y. Seidel and little son, William, returned home last evening from a visit to LeWistown. Mr. and Mrs. William Berger, of Strawberry Ridge, spent yesterday in this city. Dr. and Mrs. F. E. Harpel and daughter, Frances, spent yesterday with friends in Shamokin. Mrs James P. Thomas, of Wilkes barre, who was in this city attending the funeral of the late John D. Will iams, returned home last evening. J. Lemly, of Philadelphia, is spend ing a week with friends in this city. Mrs. M. E. Miuconioyer, of Milton, who has been visiting her son, Will iam in this city, has returned home. Mr. and Mrs. D. N. Sechler, of Cincinnati, Ohio, are guests at tho home ot Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Yorgy, East Market street. Mr. Sechler grow to manhood in this city. Sydney and William Iloffa.of Wash ingtonville, left yesterday for Phila delphia, to resume their studies in the Medico-Ohirurgical College. R. S. Miller, Center street,has gone to Wilkesbarre for a few days. W. J. Caldwell, of Milton, was a visitor to this city yesterday. Edward M. Dailey, of this city, has returned to Philadelphia to resume his collegiate studies. Mrs. G. B. O'Connor spent several hours in Sunbury yesterday afternoon. Frank Jacobs, of Chicago, is visit ing relatives in this city, which was his former home. Andrew M. Reese, of Shamokin, called on friends in this city yesterday aud went to Bloomsburg in the after noon. Mrs. D. L. Davis, of Nanticoke, re turned home last evening after several day's sojourn in this city. C. W. Diehl, of Strawberry Ridge, was a county seat visitor yesterday. I. N. Gordon,of Scranton, called on Danville friends yesterday. William Gross, the well known Philadelphia drug salesman, wa« in Danville yesterday. Mrs. Kate Aton, of Baltimore, is visiting relatives in this city. Mrs. Rebecca Sechler, ot East Dan ville, left yesterday afternoon for Milton. Miss Sallie Minceinoyer.of this city, has gone to Milton for several days. Mrs. Charles M. Eight left yester day afternoon t'or her home in San Antonio, Texas, after visiting her mother, Mrs. 1. 11. Torreuco.at River side Heights. Mrs. Reese Richards, of Edwards ville, who spent several days in.this [ city, returned home yesterday. C. O. Carpenter, the now physical director of the Y. M. C. A., arrived ! yesterday afternoon from Reading. Herbert Wyle spent yesterday in Mil ton. D. W. Draper, of Wilkesbarre, was ' in this city yesterday. 'THE FARMERS' DAILY MAIL Associate Judge Frank G. Blee of Derry township, was in this city yes terday afternoon. Mr. Blee's farm is situated on rural free delivery route. No. 2 and the mail wagon passes his door. Yesterday for the first time iu his life he knew what it was to enjoy the convenience of a daily mail. Ho received his batch of letters and news papers, just as he arose from the dinner table. Mr. Bleo says that the effect ot rural free delivery will be to bring an ad ditional charm to country life. Here tofore, he says, especially during the busy season the farmer found it im possible to visit the post office more than once or twice a week. He then ' >nj»ht home such au accumulation of reading matter that it was impossible to peruse it except in the most des ultory way and as a consequenco 110 missed much valuable information. With rural free delivery in forco the farmer each day as odd moments oc cur has something new to read. Mr. Blee says that at his farm he now receives the daily newspapers two hours before the borough of Wasli ingtonville, which has fout mails daily and where the people think tliey are pretty well fixed in the way of mail facilities. Murray and Mackey Co. Coming. This company it' not to be compared with organizations known as reper toire companies, but is one of the strongest stock companies on the road today. The young romantic actor, J. M. Douavin still heads the company, and the management have surrounded him with a first class acting company, among whom may be mentioned Joseph I'. Belmont, Burke O'Neil, Harry Hooper, Cato S. Keith, J. M. Hamil ton, Will H. Shine, Florence Murray, Virginia Ludgate, May B. Hurst, Gus Lent/, and others. 011 Monday night October fith the Murray & Mackey com pany will open a weeks engagement at the opera house presenting "Dang er's of a Great City" with all scenic and costuming effects used by the New York production. The long tire some waits between acts will be done away with by introducing high class vaudeville numbers, headed by the Murray's. Ladies' tickets will be issued to a limited number for Monday night only. Prices for the week 10, 20 and iJO cents School Building Going to Ruin. The "Flat" school house 011 West Center street,disused for a decade past, but for many years an indispensable factor in educating our young, is fast going to destruction. A more forlorn or disgraceful appearance can scarce ly be conceived of than is presented by the old building. There is hardly a pane of glass remaining in the wind ows, ami 011 the Center street side even the sash has been broken in un der the bombardment of stones. At several places the weather hoards have been ripped off and the whole build- j ing bears the appearance of having withstood a siege. The school build ing is held by Thomas West, of Ply mouth, under a three years lease, ac cording to the terms of which he is obliged to keep it in repair. While in business in Danville, however, Mr. West made 110 use of the building. Tho school board will probably take some action at its next meeting look ing to the protection of the building. Sinking a New Oesspcol. The County Commissioners are hav ing a large sink hole dug 011 tho East side of the jail to relieve the cesspool which has been in use since the new jail was built and is therefore over charged with sewage. The new sink is dug to a depth of over fifteen feet for the purpose of reaching sand or other porous substance through which the sewage will percolate and disap pear. Th old cesspool which adjoins the new one was never satisfactory in this respect and the only way to emp ty it will be to tap its contents into flie new and deeper sinkhole. The new excavation involves a great deal of work and will be enclosed al most to the top with a stone wall laid dry. The work is little more than half completed at present. The Grand Jury Makes Report. The Grand Jury's report presented to Court shows that the public build ings are all in good condition. But few recommendations are made, the most important being that tho county pay for the telephone recently install ed in tho county prison. They look upon a telephone in the jail as a big convenience at the present time, one that will greatly facilitate tho conduct of affairs relating to the institution. It was also recommended that a suit able mat be purchased for tho hallway at the side entrance of the jail,as well as a number of blankets "nd other kind of bedding for the prisoners. Annual Kally of Sunday School. The annual rally ot the Mahoning Presbyterian Sunday School was held Sunday afternoon and the room was well filled despite the rain. There was special music rendered, with an ac companiment. by an orchestra. Ad dresses were made by Rev. Charles Oliver of York,and Mr. 11. B. Schultz, superintendent of the Sunday School. The collection amounted t 51. In the j evening the Christian Endeavor So . cioty also held a rally,at which au ad i dress was made by Rev. Oliver. | PETER STARTZEL'S 1 COAL DIGGER Peter Startzol, of South Danville,is one of the latest investors in the coal "digging" industry. Mr. Startzel ' owns a farm, which is intersected by , the Shamokin Creek. The stream con j tains a big deposit ot coal fresh from : the mines. As Mr. Startzel owns both banks of tho creek he has au advant age in getting at the coal which othor.s do not possess. To facilitate the work of extracting tho coal Mr. Startzel is having a dredg ing machine built after the fashion of j those employed at Sunbury. The machine, which is being built by Hoov er Bros, at South Danville, is very nearly completed. The boat is in the form of a flat some fifteen foet long by six foet wide. Tho boiler aud en gine, which are combined, are already iu position 011 the boat. The steam coal digger, being built for X. P. LeDuc is already in the riv er above town, completed with the exception of a few finishing touches and waiting for the river to fall to a proper level when it will be put to work. A seven foot flood is running at pres ent, which has had the effect of cut ting down the output of river coal considerably. When the water is high the dredging machines manage to keep at work during daylight with some difficulty, but at night it is im possible to operate the machine with any degree of success. Up to the pres ent high water the "diggers" ran 011 double turn extracting in the aggre gate a large quantity of coal. It is much to be hoped that the rains will discontinue so as to per mit the river to fall that the work of getting out coal may proceed unin terrupted. March of the Grand Army. Washington is making big prepara tions for the entertainment of the Grand army of the Republic, which will hold its thirty-sixth annual en campment in that city on October, 7, 8, tl and 10. It is estimated that the attendance will reach :500,000. On Monday, October f>. there will be a floral automobile parade,a parade of the Improved Order of Red Men, de dication of Camp Roosevelt on the White Lot, with an address by Sec retary of State John Hay. Tuesday there will be a naval parade aud a public meeting of welcome. Wednes day will be the big day of the parade of the Grand Army, which will be review ed by President Roosevelt and.<Oom mander-iu-Chief Torrance. Thursday will be devoted to business sessions. The headquarters of the Department of Pennsylvania will be located at the Ebbitt House. The White Lot will be reunion headquarters. Magaziue of the High School. The first issue of the Danville High school magazine will make its ap pearance 011 the first of November. It will contain eight pages, devoted to news of the High School,aud the pu pils will make every effort to have it bright and interesting. There will he eight issues during thii school year. William Watkin is editor-in-chief and Bert McOlure is assistant editor. Tho business manager is George Maiers and Edwin Moore is the advertising manager. Each department of school work and the proceedings of the Garfield and Lincoln Literary societies will have a reporter to record each month just what is being done. The athletics will also be fully covered by a report er who will tell of the prowess of the foot ball team. The magazine will not only be valuable because of its ed ucational features.but will be interest ing to parents aud friends as well as to those who attend tho High School. The Second Case. 011 Saturday evening Dr. O. 11. Swenk reported to the board of health that Harry W. Mullnor, the father of the child suffering from small-pox,had contracted the disease. Mr. Mullner had showed pronounced symptoms for several days past and 110 was carefully watched until the disease developed. The board of hoalth feel confident that there will be no spread of the disease from the Mullner home. —Snubury Item. To Mandamus Operators. Hazleton, Oct. 1. —The People's Al liance, having abandoned hope that Governor Stone will call a special ses sion of the legislature to adopt laws forcing a settlement of tiie coal strike, will now take the matter into the court. It will enter mandamus pro ceedings against the coal companies for not fulfilling the provisions of their charters to supply the public with coal. A meeting to discuss the matter was held last night. Gymnasium Will Open. The Y. M. C. A. gymnasium will open tonight for the season, with Mr. O. C. Carpenter, as physical instruct or. Young 1 whose memberships are paid up in * enter this class. No one will be allowed 011 the floor who is in arrears. The boy's class will be organized tomorrow afternoon at 4:15 o'clock. Second Growth of Buckwheat. H. E. Cromley brought to this office yesterday buckwheat from the farm of T. .1. Betz, iu West Hemlock township. The wet weather has caused I a second growth of the grain. ES r rAI»IjISIIED IX 1855. | SENTENCED BY JUDGE LITTLE Court convoued on Saturday morn ing with President Judge R. R. Little and Associates Dr. S. Y. Thompson and Fi;uil; G. Rico on the bench. The principal business on hand was the sentencing of those found gnilty nt court during the week. Sentence was first passed on James McCoy, Joe. Rogers and Richard Wil son who were convicted of breaking into a freight car 011 the D. L. & W. railroad. Ralph Kisner, who with Harry Bare defended the three men during trial, made a strong plea for clemency. Each of the men when call ed before the bar declared that he was not guilty. McCoy, whose home is in Wilkesharrc.has a wife and four small children. The other two had little to say concerning themselves. The sent ence imposed was as follows: McCoy, whose case seemed to call for some clemency,was sentenced to pay a line of five dollars, the costs of prosecution and undergo an imprison ment in the county jail for a period of six months. Rogers and Wilson were sentenced to pay a fiue of five hundred dollars, the costs of prosecution and to undergo imprisonment in tho Eastern Peni tentiary for two years and six months. Joseph Dietrich, wiio was convicted of vagrancy, was sentenced to pay a fiue of ten dollars, the costs of prosecu tion and to undergo an imprisonment in the conuty jail for a period of six months. October f.th was selected as a date for Argument court, S»:a« a.m., being fixed as the hour for convening. Foot Ball Here on Saturday. Last Saturday the rain prevented the game of foot ball from being play ed at DeWitt's Park, between tho elevens of the Danville and Northum berland high schools. A game was scheduled for this Saturday at North umberland but Manager Randall Jacobs, of the Danville team, has suc ceeded in having it played here this coming Saturday. This will be the opening game and a large attendance is expected. The line-up of the Danville team is as follows: Left end.Edmondson ; left tackle, Slattery; left guard, Jones; centre, Raver ; right guard, Campbell; right tackle, Snyder; right end, Pegg; quarter back, Rosenthal ; left half back, Lenigor; right half back, Mc- Clure; full back, Lunger; substitutes, Harman, Shultz, Walker. Tho schedule of the local ejeveu will be: October 4, Northumberland High School at Danville; October 11, Normal Reserves at Danville; October JB,Milton High School at Milton ;Octo ber 25, Northumberland High School at Northumberland; November l,Sha mokin High School at Shamokin; November S, Shamokin High School at Danville; November 15, Hazleton High School at Hazleton; November 22, Catawissa High School at Cata wissa; November 27, Milton High School at Danville. The Y. M. 0. A. Gymnasium. C. C. Carpenter, of Reading, the now physical director of the Young Men's Christian Association, arrived here Wednesday to assume his duties. He will meet those who desire to en ter the classes for physical exercise, at H o'clock this evening. The gymnasium and baths are in excellent condition,having been great ly improved during the last few weeks. They have been neatly paint ed and additional apparatus has been putin the gymnasium. There is con siderable interest being taken in this department of the association work and the physical classes are expected to be very large during the winter. The Gymnasium Committee intends organizing a class for business men, to meet at such time as will best suit those who join. The boy's class will bo formed on Friday afternoon after tho schools are dismissed. Relaying the Tiling. Workmen are engaged in relaying the tiling over a large space in the rear portion of Christ Episcopal church. The floor over that part of tho building although in good condition seems to have sunk a little dnring the twenty years that the church has been standing. Concrete will be used to raise the floor to the proper level be fore the tile is relaid. The work is tedious and proceeds slowly; it will probably occupy the greater part of the week. Samuel H. French & Co. of Philadelphia are doing the work. Pleasant Birthday Party. A birthday party was tendered Mrs. William Miller, at her home in South Danville, Monday evening, the occa sion being her forty-fourth birthday. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Hummer, Adelaide Hummer, Mrs. Jacob Hummer. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hoffner, Marie Hoffuer, Mr. and Mrs. George Gulliver, Ruth Gulliver, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Miller, Frank Hummer, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Groce, Anna Kniss, Nellie Rebuck, Ella Mil ler, Anna Miller, Bessie Miller, Jacob Miller and Mr. Pollock. Band Extends Thanks. Sloes' Military Band has extended a vote of thanks to Montour Castle, No. IBCI, Knights of the Golden Eagle, for its kindness in presenting the band with fifteen chairs for its new room, on Mill street. George Bachinger, of this city, was a business visitor to Sunburv yester day. JOB PRINTING The oOice > the AMERICAN btin furnished with .i large a-sortmeu of job letter and fancy type and.of. materia! generally, the Publisher announces to the public that he is prepared at all times to execute tn the neatest manner JOB PR INTI NO Ofah Kinds and DescSrpti. n Out r place your order.* KILLED AT BUFFALO Thursday morning a telegram wa reeeiv. il in tin- < itv Mating that John D. Williams had h •> a .eriously injur ed in Buffalo, N. Y. This was fol lowed shortly afterward by a long dis tance telephone message which con | veyed the information that Mr. Will iams had been killed. His son, John Williams, left for Buffalo immediate ly and arrived rI. re that night. The sad messages contained no details a> to how the fatal accident occurred. Mr. Williams was a highly. -teemed resident of this city and made his homj here all his life. He left sev eral times to take positions in other steel plants, but his family remained here and Danville was always his home. His position at Buffalo was that of assistant to the general mauager and he was ill charge of the mill of the United Steel Tube Company. John D. Williams was a native of Danville and was engaged iu mill work for nearly fifty three years He was aged sixty-three jear- and was only ten years old when it.- first enter ed a mill. His progress wa> -teady aud he held many responsible pos itions. He was superintendent of the Cock Robin" rolling mill, -uperiu tendent of the Co-operative mill and superintendent of the "Rough and Ready" mill. After th> Co-operative was succeeded by the North Branch Steel Company he was with the latter firm. He also worked in the big stoei plants at Pittsburg, Chicago and was with Charles H. Twist, also of Dan ville, at Tiffin, Ohio. He went to Buffalo nino months ago as assistant to Mr. Twist, who is general manager of the United Steel Tube Com pany. If was while iu this position that Mr. Williams was so suddenly deprived of life. He leaves a wife, a son and four daughters: John Williams, who is book keeper iu the office of the Struc tural Tubing Works; Mr< William Diet/., of Plymouth; Miss Mary Will iams, a teacher in the public schools of this city; Misses Margaret ami Elizabeth Williams. A brother, David D. Williams, is also a resident of thi? city. Eleven brothers and sisters *nr vive him out of a family of sixteeu Funeral of John D. Williams. The funeral of John D. Williams, Sr., who was killed by a train Wed nesday night at Buffalo, took place Saturday afternoon from his late residence. East Front street. The at tendance was very large -ind the ttoral tributes were many. Rev. W. 1 Stcans, of Elmhurst, Lackawanna county, formerly pastor of the Mahou ing Presbyterian church,conducted th> services. Interment was made in Odd Fellows' cemetery. The pall bearer were Thomas A. Evans, Dr. S. Y. Thompson, Dr. E. A. Curry, Hon H M. Hinckley,H. H.Formau and David Shelhart. Among those who attended the fun eral from out of town were: Mr. and Mrs. William D. Williams. MissLilli an Williams, of Pottsville; Mr- Ann Thomas,of Lykens; Mrs. D. L. Davis, of Nanticoke; Mrs. Sarah Thomas, of Wilkesbarre; Mrs. Walter Reese, of Nanticoke; I). .1. Williams, of Lee Park ; Jacob Reese and Mrs. Rachaet Bickley, of Harrisbnrg; David Morg an, of Philadelphia ; Joshua l> W ill iams, Lewis D. Williams, Mrs. Ed wards, Mrs. Mary Evans,Mrs. Kachael Lewis, Mrs. Margaiet Morgan ami Miss Maine Davis, of Plymouth Sudden Death of a Child. Joseph Ryan, aged seven years, son of Michael Ryan, died suddenly Sun day afternoon of paralysis of the heart, fallowing an attack of diph theria. The boy's parents reside ou Grand street and moved here recently from Corning, N. Y. Josef h was taken ill two weeks ago with dipti theria,but made a sjieedy recovery, the quarantine being raised a week later. Sunday afternoon he was seiztd with paralysis and passed away in a few minutes. The parents have no relatives here and have the deep »ym pattiv ot all in their sorrow over the loss of their beloved son. A Word of Warning. There are an exceptionally large number of thi< v. > and pickpocket* ott the move this fall, and iu view of flu large crowds that will congregate here next week attending the Fair it is reasonable to presume that cl :ira< t ers of this sort will gravitate to this section. If you live in the country, keep some one with a trusty revolver on the premises while the rest are away. Do not come to the Fair witl a large sum of money, or many valu aides about your person. You may get pinched.— Bloomsburg Daily. An Afternoon Party. Mrs. George^fiedeagavi a party Sat unlay afternoon in honor of tie third birthday of her daughter. Gussie. Those present were: Leah Waite. Pauline Waite, Alice Waite, Kleanor Deutsch, Susan Ro--,Ktta iv -». Hi- Ross, Frank Lunger, Rodney Leslie. Samuel Hunt and Harold Freeeze. Former Ronte Discontinued. As a result of the rural free delivery which went info effect October Ist, the mail route to Kaseville as prev iously maintained will l»- discoot inu ed, the carrier ou rural fret delivery route No 3,carrying with him a clo-.-d pouch for that point. William «'hurui and son, Ira, who have held the Ka-«- ville route for the last eighteen months ou Tuesday made their last trip.
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