A Home Paper —.For Hie Hoiee rhe circulation ot this paper is in creasing rapidly. It will pay you to advertise in the AMERICAN. SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER YEAR DR. IKYING 11. JENNINGS, DENTIST. Office lloiu * 0 A. SI. to r> M. 104 Mill St., 1 J'. St.to \l\ SI Danville. I'". siin.r/., m. o. 425 MiLI. Sr., Danvii.l.H, PA. Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines a Special Iv J yi. W. P. AX«I.K, DENTIST OFKKI:; -IS Mm -man. Teeth Kxtraeteil wit limit I'tiln. Crown and l'.ridm Work :i Specialty. K>|iili'|" 'l w" l ' 1 1"' tiitest mill most improved I nsl rn incuts and prejiiiieil l<> eveolite Ihe in«>s» ililliciill work. DK. C. H. REYNOLDS, —DENTIST Office, Opposite Boston Store. Danville, Pa. Dentistry in all Us branches. Charges Moderate and all work Guaranteed. Established lSiVi. t'llSlffiSEH M:\VS. Couneil mootiiif" tomorrow night. "The Fast Mail" at the Opora House tonight. Dmville liar: plenty of room for new industries. Secure reserved seats for Brooke's Marine Hind Orcliestra at the Opera House tomorrow night. An oyster supper will he given at the Salvation Army Hall on Saturday evening. The Reading goose hone weather prophet refuses to make weather pre dictions for the coming winter until lie has secured the breastbone of a goose that was born last spring. As the time of the year is at hand when diphtheria, scarlet fever,typhoid fever and other contagious diseases are liable to break out, citizens should see that their cellars and hack yards are thoroughly cleaned and placed in a sanitary condition. The opinion just handed down hy th i superior court relative to indebted ness of a township in Luzerne county, which is to the effect that townships must pay their own debts, is of far reaching interest and should be weigh ed well. The suit grew out of a town ship in Luzerne county with 7,000 in habitants having a debt of $r»4,000. The superior court directs that a spec ial levy he made on the taxables, based on the valuations as revised by the county commissioners. Tho hunting season will end Decem ber 15, and the woods from now until then will no doubt be (illeil with hunt ers. ' Miss Florence Eplilin, Honeymoon street, is convalescent after an attack of typhoid fever. The Pennsylvania and Reading rail road companies played Santa Claus a little ahead of the game,hut the thou sand* of men who get the benefit will be just as thankful. It was a joyful surprise. With a majority of people tho most interesting live stock exhibit at this time of the year is a pen of big fat t u rkeys. A young son arrived at the home of Mr. and Mis. William Boyer, Honey moon street, on Sunday. Miss Sue Miller, Market Square, is confined to her bed by an attack of grip. Building operations in the city are being hurried to avoid a premature cold sua]). An empty railroad car— unless it is being hurried for a load, is a scarcity these days. Invitations have been received in this city for the Catawissa Thanks giving dance. This promises to bo one of the social events of the season in this section of tli • state. Promi-' nent people from the surrounding towns have been invited. The possibilities of transportation are exemplified by the existing freight blockade. The trackage may have to be doubled. The Danville Defenders have arrang ed a foot ball game with the Calawissa team, which will be played at De- Witt's Park on Saturday afternoon. The game will bo called at o'clock and the ailmis-ion will lie 15 cents. No matter how lonn delayed the winter always finds us unprepared. Christmas magazines are to app< ar in spite of the weather. The Christinas numbers, however, stick closely to the calendar, while the weather follows its own sweet will. Wild geese have been flying south ward during the past few days. Council will convene at 7 o'clock Friday night, instead of at N o'clock, the usual hour, so as to give the mem bers an opportunity of utti tiding the concert by Brooke's Marine Hand Orchestra in the Opera House. The Prohibition Alliance "'ill meet, tonight atH o'clock. A foil attendance is nrged. John Olson, a Swede, who i-s em ployed in the Erie shops at Susque hanna, Pa., on Monday attempted to commit suicide,by - wallowinga quan tity of carbolic acid, lie escaped with a badly burned mouth. He said he "wanted togo to heaven." lie has twice been an inmate of the Danville asylum. _ „' v "THIS COUNTRY WII.L NKVI .R HI l-.NTIRKLY FRlili UNTIL IT SUPPI.IHS ALL OF ITS OWN DHMANDSWITII ITS OWN PRODI , : IONS." OL 47--NO IT. PREPARING ' The street commissioner has now completed the work of cleaning up the streets of the borough. The gutters are now open and the streets never pres- : ented a neater and cleaner appearance on the approach of winter. The dang er of flooded pavements caused by the choking up of gutters when the snow melts which was much feared lias now been removed. The street commissioner says that he never saw such an accumulation of leaves in his life, as lay upon the streets this fall, due no doubt to the wet season. How to get rid of them formed quite a problem. Immense quantities were carted away. Where at. all practicable they were gathered up in heaps and burned on the street. Street Commissioner Deen has also given Blizzard's Hun a good cleaning j out from the I). L. & W. Railroad up to the borough line. All accumula tions of whatever sort have been thrown out so that the channel,reliev ed of all obstruction, will drain off the j water in time of heavy rain with little flooding. The I). L. & W. Railroad Company today will put a force of men at work cleaning out tie* culvert under the 1). L. & \V. track, which was reported at the last meeting of Council as badly tilled ii]) and likely to cause consider able flooding when the first high wat er occurs. Barber Shop Burglarized- The barber shop of Thomas Evans, Bloom street, was broken into Sun- : day morning and about seven dollars' worth of toba:co was stolen. The I goods were contained in the window and all the burglar had to do was to smash the glass and abstract the to bacco. The shop evidently was not entered by the burglar. There is no clue to the robber, al though it is known that the shop was broken open after 1.30 o'clock Sunday morning. At that hour the police officers passed down Bloom street and found everything all right. This is the second time within a few years that Mr. Evans' shop has been burglarized. Foot Hurt in an Odd Way. Miss Fredericka Kauflmau, of the Montour House, injured her right foot in an odd way Friday and is suffer ing considerably from the effects, j While at work in one of tho bedrooms she struck the foot against the sharp edge of a chair rocker. Although the pain was intense she soon recovered and went on about her work. Short ly afterward the foot began to swell and Miss Kauffman became unable to walk. Dr. James Oglesby was sum moned and an examination showed that a small blood vessel had burst in the foot. The patient was taken to the residence of Mr. James Rielil, Front street, where sho was resting easily Friday night. Knee Out With an Axe. David Huber of Riverside, was ob liged to use crutches yesterday as the ' result of au accident he met with on Thursday. He was carrying an arm ful of wood into the house, holding the axe in his right hand. A kitten 1 ran under his feet, which caused him j to stumble, falling with his knee up on the sharp edge of the axe. A deep gash was inflicted, which bled pro fusely. He will be lame for some , time. Work on New Bridge Begun. Work was begun on tho new iron bridge over Mahoning creek at Center street yesterday morning. W. B. Cum-! mings, of Columbus, (J., representa tive of the Nelson & Buchanan (Join pany, .-. rived in this city Tuesday nighl to oversee the erection of the new bridge. He is stopping at Hotel Oliver. Mr. Cummingsyesterday stated that tiie bridge may be completed by Fri day night, if not delayed by the stone masons, whose services will be needed as the work progresses. Birthday Party. Miss Ethel,tho daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Shannon, South Danville, last evening was tendered a surprise party in honor of her twelfth I>i rt 11- day. Among the guests were: M irgu • ■rite Gearhart, Bertha Clayton, Nora Smith, Ollie Smith, Nellie Smith, Carrie Woodruff, Leah Kase, Mary Gramm, Alice McCloughan, Margaret Kimhcl and Mabel Kinibel. Building New Coal House. A force if irpeinters of the Dela ware, La< I .iwanua and Western rail road, is at \\t.rk at the passenger sta tion in 111 city building a coal bouse It is located on the north side ol the track in the roadway used by wagons, this road being owned by the com ' pany. The old coal house at the east : end of the station platform will he ! torn down. Time Extended. A general order has been i>suc<l from the Adjutant General's office ex tending the N. G. P. rifle practice season until November 2'.). This ex tension was not needed in the Third brigade and it is doubtful if either ot the others will profit by it. There art i still a few men not qualified as marks men but with the opportunity they i had while oil riot duty thrown awaj there is little likelihood of their beinj: qualified now. ji;Mt (ll ; l-'OOT Fred Henrie, Upper Mulberry street, this city, was run over by the cars at South Danville Sunday night and had the end of his right foot severed. The accident occurred shortly be fore 10 o'clock, just as extra freight No. was pulling into the station. Henrie and a companion were walking along the tracks a short distance above the crossing. It was impossible to learn Sunday just how the accident happened. The engineer, IJ. C. Coop er, stated that ho was in his place at j the right side of the engine and did ' not know that anything had occurred j until the fireman called out that they i had struck a man. It is stated, Itow | ever, by others that Henrie, who was walking between the two tracks,seem- j ! ed to become bewildered and at the I very moment that the train was upon him stepped over in front of it. The ' engine ran over itis right foot just ; above the ball, severing the toes and leaving them suspended only by a i shred of flesh. Beyond this he did 1 not seem much injured with the ex ception of a verv badly scratched and : bruised face caused no doubt by fall ing in the cinders, as lie was thrown violently to one side by the train, which was moving at the rate of about I.j miles per hour. The injured man was carried into the gentlemen's waiting room at the j station and Dr. .1 R. Kimerer and Dr. > N. M. Smith, of South Danville, were ; called. The physicians after an ex amination decided that the best plan would be to send the man to the Mary M. Packer Hospital. The freight which struck Henrie, meanwhile was waiting at the station and the conductor was willing to take Henrie along to Sunbury. Sunbury 1 was called up and arrangements were perfected for receiving the man. The doctors carefully dressed the in juries and prepared Henrie, for his trip to Sunbury, after which he was carried into the caboose of the wait ing t rain. Fred Henrie of this city who was struck by the cars at South Danville. : Sunday night, was.it seems, injured much worse than was at first suppos ed. The bones of the right foot, tin toes of which were severed by tho cars, were found so badly crushed as to render amputation necessary at the ankle. The Mary M. Packer Hospital was called uii by 'phone Monday after ; noon and information to the above ef fect was received. The injuries sustain ed about the face although painful arc not considered serious. Neither do there appear to he any internal injur ies, although the body is very badly bruised. Henrie is a single man residing on Upper Mulberry street. For some years past lie has held the position of "rougher" at the Reading Iron Works . He will be detained at the hospital for several weeks. An Evangelist Coining Here. A special meeting of the Danville ministerial association was held Mon j day morning in the parlor eif the | Y. M. C. V.and the services of Fer dinand Schiverea, the well known : evangelist, have been secured to con duct union revival services in this city for several weeks. Mr. Schiverea lias been in Bloomsburg for some time and has been very successful there. | He is to come here next Tuesday and | will remain at least two weeks and i probably longer. Tho invitation extended to him was by Rev. C. D. Lercli, Rev. N. E. ! Cleaver,of Trinity M. E. church ; Rev | E. B. Dunn, of the United Evangelic al church; Rev. H. C. Harman, of St. ' Paul's M. E. church; Rov. M. L. Shiiutel, I). I)., of tin- Pino Street Lutheran church ;Rev. G. E. Limbert, |of Sliiloli Reformed church; Rev. L. iB. Twichell, of the First Baptist church ; Rev. R. .T. Allen, of St. Pet- I er's M. E. church, South Danville. I The Mahoning alid Grove Presbyterian churches, and General Secretary W. i 1). Laumaster, of the Young Men's Christian Association, j While the arrangements for holding i the services have not been perfected • they will probably be held in the ! Mahoning and Grove Presbyterian : churches. There will be further au i nouncement made of the time and 1 place of holding the meetings. Mr. | Schiverea is an earnest evangelist and ! much good is looked for from his I work in this city A Dangerous Pastime. Harry Hinii.son of Mrs. Peter Kinn, ! Church and Lower Mulberry streets, ' j will be confined to the house for a couple of days as the result of an ac cident sustained yesterday. With some ' other boys lie was amusing himself by ' extracting tie- ball- from gun shells • and exploding litem by means of a Just as he had inserted the fuse t in one fro ii which the ball was re ' ] moved it went off prematurely, the | flash burning him quite badly about i the face. I Death of Mrs. Harry Rossiter. Mr-. Bertha 1.. Rossiter,wife of Harry '' 1 E. Rossiter,died yesterday morning at her home in Sunbury. She was a 'I daughter of M \ and Mrs. S. Snvder ♦ and was born in Danville on February e j Si'.s. She leaves a husbaud and three daughter The funeral will he v held at her I vie home on Saturda\ >' afternoon. I>. .incut will be made in g the Poml'rct M inor cemetery, Sun 1 bury. DANVILLE. PA.. TIIIJItSDAY NOV KM I !KI! 2(1. 1'.10.'. MISSIONARY The meeting of the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary society of St. Paul's M. E. church hold yesterday afternoon possessed an unusual in terest owing to the presence of Mrs. Purdy of Sunbury, District secretary, and Miss Purdy, a missionary of Pue bla, Mexico, both of whom gave talks. The attendance was something larger than usual, there being present not a few ladies from other churches who are interested in missionary work. Mrs. Purdy gave a very interesting talk setting forth many facts relative to missionary work in the district that were full of encouragement to the members. Miss Purdy's talk possessed a pecu liar interest coming as it did from one who had so actively participated in the work sho described and who had so recently returned from the mission ary field. Sho began by paying a fiue compliment to her co-worker. Miss Limborger of this city, whose persev erance and progressive teaching she said, has contributed in a marked de gree to bring tho mission school of Puebla up to its present high standard of excellence. The girls school at Puebla is of especial interest to tho young Peo ple's Missionary societies of Central Pennsylvania Conference,as it is to its support that their contributions are applied. The mission school embraces a ten years' course, beginning with the kindergarten and ending with the normal department. Some three hun dred pupils are in attendance and the school is partly self-supporting. Miss Purdy states that infidelity pievails in Mexico to an extent little dreamed of in this country. The young of many families even of the most aristocratic and wealthy class, receive no religious instruction whatever. In fidelity isopeuly taught in the schools. Christianity is described as a system which belongs to a bygone day—a sys tem which perhaps had its uses under once existing conditions, but which has now given way to a better system of philosophy, which is understood to mean agnosticism or some other form of infidelity. The superior methods employed in the mission school and the especial pains taken to develop character seldom ftiil to impress the parent if at all discerning and thus very many young girls front the better families are placed in the mission school, where they are brought under Christian training and where in many instances they adopt the Christian faith. A characteristic trait of the Mexican people, is their extreme politeness. This is not only manifest in the pup ils, but Miss Purdy states that during all the years that Miss Limberger and herself have been identified with the school at Puebla, neither of them has been the object of the least discourtesy nor received an unpleasant word front any of the patrons. The jieople, re gardless of their unbelief, are intellig ent and polished, many of them hav ing completed their education in Euro pean countries. Miss Purdy described another class steeped in ignorance and fanatical to the last degree. Altogether she re gards Mexico as a missionary field that the Protestant church can not afford to overlook. Thanksgiving Foot Ball. The management of the Danville De fenders has secured the Milton team to play here on Thanksgiving Day. This gives au assurance of a good game and there is no doubt that the attendance will be largo. The Defenders are prac ticing dailv and are greatly strength ening all the positions. Tho game of last Saturday, with tho Sunbury Buffaloes,has given them considerable confidence. Tho Buffaloes are consid ered very fast and the fact that Dan ville prevented them from scoring, with practically all the playing in the local territory, is au indication that there is good material in the De fenders. For Saturday afternoon Catawissa will be the opposing eleven and the game will be played at De- W'itt's Park. Tho visitors have been playing good foot ball and the contest promises to bo very close. The local eleven will lino up as follows: Left end, Pegg; left tackle, Fischer; left guard, McCormick; centre, Raver; right guartl, Miller; right tackle, Dougherty; right end, Snyder; quart er back, Rosenthal; left half back, Lewis; right half back, Met'lure, captain ;full back,Leuigor or Edmond son. A Carpenter's Bad Fall. William Houghton of Sunbury,a car penter employed on the Pennsylvania Railroad, fell front the railroad bridge at Mainvillc about noon yesterday and sustained a compound fracture of the , arm and several minor injuries. Hough ton was engaged in shifting a plank overhead when he lost his footing, falling a distance of about twenty feet. The injured man on his way home I last night was a passenger on the* west bound train due at South Danville at 7:51. Rabbits May be Sold. The open season for rabbits began on November Ist. and continues until December 15th. Secretary Kalbius, of the Game Commission, in a recent in terview, stated that rabbits could be bought and sold, likewise squirrels, as neither are included in the list of game t hat cannot be sold or offered for PERSONAL Frank Jacobs and Otto Gray.of Sun bury, were the guests of William Keener over Sunday. W. J. Riddle a-nl family of l'i tts hurg, an- guests at the home of Henry Rempe, Walnut street. George Fox of this city spent- Sun day with friends in Catawissa. Mr. and Mrs. (Mark McUloskey spent Sunday with friends in Catawissa. Robert Thompson, of Berwick, spent Sunday in this city. Miss Cornelia Prout, Grand street, has returned home from Roauoke.V:- , and Baltimore, Aid. Mr. and Mrs. George Hendricks, of this city, went to White Deer yesti r day afternoon. Mrs. S. J. Elliott of Lewistown. ar rived in this city last, evening for a visit with Iter daughter, Mrs. Ed. G. Seidel, Bloom street. I. X. Grier,Esq.,left last evening on a business trip to Wilkesbarre and Scranton. B. C. Many, of Washington, I). C , was in this city yesterday on a busi ness trip. W. S. Dunkclbergor and son.of Sit:i mokin, spent yesterday in this city. D. Roth and J. S. Tvrell, of Syra cuse, were business visitors to this city yesterday. C. W. Moore, of Reading, called on friends in this city yesterday. Henry Blum of Syracuse.speiit a few hours in this city yesterday. Miss Sarah Williams, who has been visiting Iter parents in this city, re turned to Philadelphia yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Riddle,of Pitt-- burg, who have beeti visiting Mrs. Riddle's sister, Mrs. Henry Rempe, Walnut street, are spending several days at Picture Rocks. Charles A. Yagig, of Williamsport, transacted business in this city yester day. Mrs. Edward Gciinger, of Sunbury, is visiting relatives in this city. Mrs. .lames 1). Kramer lias returned from a visit of several weeks at Atica, liifl. C. S. Books arrived in this city from Altoona yesterday for a short visit with bis faintly on West Mahon ing street. Miss Emma Shipe has returned to Iter home in Sunbury after a pleasant visit in South Danville. Rev. IJ. B. Twichell, ,'pastor of the First Baptist church, is spending a few days at his old home tit Barryville, N. Y. David D Williams.of this city, was in Sunbury yesterday. Miss Agnes McCarthy left yesterday morning for a trip to Philadelphia and Chester. Gt-orge Bachingcr transacted bnsi iless in Sunbury yesterday Gotner Thomas was in Bloomsburg yesterday on a business trip. E. S. Tripner, of Lewistown, form erly ot this city,returned home yester day after spending several days in Bloomsburg and Danville. Mrs. William Pease ot Philadelphia, arrived in this city hist evening for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George F. Smith, Palace Hotel. Mrs. Daniel Byerly returned from a weeks' sojourn in Philadelphia last evening. Her husband, who is under going treatment at the German Hosp ital, is pronounced out of danger. Samuel Mowrey returned from a vis it to Philadelphia last evening. Joseph Lecltner, the Mill street plumber, spent a few hours in Creasy yesterday. James Henderson, of the Sr. Elmo hotel, called on his friend T. M. Law- i ler, at Sunbury yesterday afternoon, g Mr. and Mrs. James Sowers, of Philadelphia, are visiting relatives in this city. Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Pnrscll return ed from a five weeks' visit to Chicago last evening. Miss Emma Kuebler, who was tin guest of Mrs. G. A. Rossnian, Walnut street, returned to her home in Sun bury last evening. Mrs. Gertrude St. Clair and Miss Annie Tit-el, of Milton, spent yester day in this city. Arthur McCloud.of Sunbury, called on friends in this city yesterday. Roscoe Thurston of Sunbury, was in this city yesterday. No Heavy Snow This Winter. A weather prophet says that the real cold weather won't set in before the middle of December, and per! aps not then, for tin- reason that the snakes are still to be seen on top of the ground. He says that snakes invari ably take to their holes for the winter at least two months before cold weath er set- in for good. That there will he no snow he regards as certain from the fact that the mountain grass i- not high enough to insure feed to the mountain birds and fowls. Nature, says be, is not cruel enough to staive the innocent birds. Trying to Save Gulick. J. Simpson Kline and George B. Reimeiisnyder, of Sunbury, were in Harrisburg yesterday before the Board of Pardons in behalf of John Gulick, j who killed his mother and brother I and who is under sentence of death. I The commonwealth was represeuted by District Attorney 11 W. Cumuiiugs 'DAILY REPORT OF TIIE RIVER A complete daily flood report of tin rivers of Pennsylvania will be inaugu rated by the United States Weather Bureau at the Harrisburg office, p, . ' ginning December Ist. At the pres ent time there are a number of sta tions along the Susquehanna, but they only report when an inch or more rain falls within twenty-four hours, which would mean a probable rise of six feet at Harrisburg. Daily meas urements of the height of the North Branch are taken at this place by Ed ward Bell, who submits weekly re ports to the Harrisburg office. Under the new system dispatches will be sent every day from Bingham- ' ton, Towaiida and Wilkcsbarre on the ' 'North Branch of the Susquehanna; Se'insgrove, below the junction of the two branches, aud Huntingdon on the Juni ita river. These reports will b receivs d in time to be made a part of the daily weather map, so that the stage of tl e river can be seen. It is expected that after the service has beou started tin number of places send ing in the daily report will be added toon the North and West, brauches and the Juniata. This system of flood reports has been in use on the Ohio river for several years and has proved of incalculable value to shippers and dwellers along the banks. Millions of tons of coal accumulate at Pittsburg in low stages of the river, and when reports of a rise in the Allegheny and Monouga licla rivers are received instant prep arations arc made to take advantage of the rise and get the boats down on tin flood. If the flood is to be a disastrous on* of unusual height, then shippers can prepare for if and secure their boats from being swept away. The dwell ers along the banks are also advised when a flood is coming and can make preparations to prevent that destruction which would happen if they should he caught unawares. The Susquehanna i- given to rapid rises and carrying destruction in it path. With the installment of the new system all the dwellers along its hank - will have several hours notice of a rise and its probable height. There are numerous industries that lie along the river banks which are affected by floods. To them the information will be most valuable, as it will remove an element of uncertainty that now pre vails. The new service will enable the people to tell there aliftost to an absolute certainty how high a flood to expect. The amount of water in the Sus quehanna river is just now a subject of additional interest, as the question of making it a navigable stream is now under discussion. Millions ot dollars are being spent upon the Ohio river to keep it navigable at all seas ons of the year and the government is induced to do so because of the enor mous traffic that the stream carries. A comparison of the stages of water in the Susquehanna rivei and those in the Ohio river shows that during the past year the Susquehanna for most of the time bad much higher water. Oapt. B. F. Keefer Passes Away. Captian B. F. Keefer, a prominent Sunbury contractor and a brother of Peter J. Keefer, superintendent of the Danville Water Department, died yes terday morning at his home after an illness of nine months. It was not un til several weeks »go that he was com pelled to remain in the house and on Sunday his condition became serious. The deceased was well known lien and is survived by a wife and four sons, Clyde, Harrv, Frank and Ed ward, all of whom reside in Sunbury. He also leaves three brothers aud two sisters, Jacob Keefer, of Keefer'- -ta i tion ;Peter J. Keefer,of this city : Mrs. McCloughan, of Rushtown; Charles Keefer and Mrs. (_}. W". Stroll, of Sun bury. Captain Keefer was a man of public spirit and served Sunbury as its Chief Burgess anil was for twelve years a member of the School Board. He built many of the large buildings in Sun bury, among them being the Mary M. Packer Hospital and the Neff house. He served throughout the Civil War from the time of the first call for vol unteers until its close. At Muncy he raised Company H, One Hundred and Thirty-first Pennsylvania Volunteers and was elected its captain. When mustered out he was in command of the regiment. He was aged sixty-four years and was born at Keefcr's station, between Sunbury and Snydcrtown. Calvin Keefer, ot South Danville, is his nephew. Joseph Keefer, Sunbury i division passenger engineer, who was killed several years ago in a collision at Neseopeck was a brother. The fun eral will be held tonioriow afternoon, at 'J:3O o'clock. Interment will he made in the Sunbury ct metery Liquidating the Indebtedness, i The congregation of St Paul's M. |E. church this week will pay off -ix i hundred dollars of the eightei n hun dred dollars remaining of the in debtedness inclined by the remodeling of their edifice. The entire cost of the improvements was fifteen thousand dollars and tin rapid liquidation .if the debt speaks volumes for the liber ality nnrt spirit of enterprise which i 1 marks the congregation Tin tw- lv<- I hundred dollars remaining will b< wiped out lief ore the expiration of • auot Iter year. The weather man has made him-' 1 solid with the people this fall i:sTAiiUsiu;i> in isr>r,. Tin; i in xiv ! INSTITITK County Superintendent of >.-hool- Charles \V Derr i working hard to tuake the coming annual institute a succtand ha- the hearty cn-opetatinn nf all the teaehi r- of the countv. This will h th< fhirty-seventhteachers' in stitute and it will he held in thi- citv on Dcftenilier I. I and 5. <>n Monday morning. December, I from nine o'clock until no<in the teaele rs will In enrolled at thi court house. The op> ning - -sion of the in stitute will h • held in the auditorium of the Danville High School, In-ginn ing at two o'clock. Tiie order o* ex ercise, will he i- follows: Invocation. Itev. Harry Cortin Harman; address of welcome, Ralph Kisner. Ks«j.; music, direct ;i by Hamlin Cogswell; "The Thinking Shop," W. W. Dxa trick ; music, Kami in Cog swe 11 amental Prrinciple- in Teaching," C. 11. A! 1 rt In the < veiling, at eight oYloi k, the Hogers-Grilley Concert Company *ll h. at the Danville Opera Hous The Tiie-day morning program will j he: It ocation, Hcv. (» K Limbert; musi , In-fitutc>; "How Brains Grow | iitifl Work," \\ \V. Dear rick : singing ami instruction. Hamlin Cogswell; "A Working Outline in Geography," C. H. Albert; music. Institute; Ad dies-;, Hon. (>. T. Cor-ou. In the afternoon there will b- mu-ic by the In-titnte, "Five Imiiortant Step-in Teaching Proci-s," C. H. Albert ;music and instruction. Hamlin Cogswell; "Cultivating Brain?,' \V W. Deaf rick; sj, iK jng, Institute; "School Sentiments," Hon. O. T. Cor-j son. In the evening, at the Opera Hons , Di D. F Fox will lecture on "A Neglected Cavalier," and mo-ical selection will he rendered by the Danville High School Mah 'Quartet Wednesday morning: Invocation, lie v. Adolph Mayer; -inging. Insti tute; addn - . Dr. D. F. Fox; music, Hamlin Cogswell: "The Great Thing in Education," W. W. Deatrick ; sing ing, Institute*l wo Schools I attend ed," Hon. O. T. (^orson. Wedn sday afternoon . music. Insti tute ; address. W. <'. Johnston. Ks«|. ; "Physical Education," Dr. A. K. Al dinger; music, Hamlin Cogswell; "Order of Development,"' W. W. Stetson; music, Int-titute ; ' Originali ty in the Teacher," Hon ' T. Cor son. Wednesday evening : Af the Opera House, lecture by Prof. John B. De- Motto oil "A Plea for Posterity." Music by the <»irls Quartet of the Danville Hi ah s;.{,<w.i. Thursday morning: Invocation,Kev. L. B. Twichell ; music, Institute; "I'eadiug an Unprinted Page" and "A Master's Me-s:ige," W. W. Stet son ; music. Institute; address, Frof. John B. DeMotte: music, Hamlin Cogswell; "Primary Work," Supt. Harman. Thursday afternoon : singing. Insti tute ; "One Phase of a Teacher's Pre paration," W. W Stetson; "Rote Singing, "Hamlin Cogswell; "Some Essentials," W. W. Stetson. Thtfrs day evening: Maro, the Magician. Friday morning: Invocation, Rev. Erskine Wright; music, Institute; "What Next," YV. W. Stetson ; miscel laneous business, rej>orts commit tees, singing. Institute ; address,Supt. Harman: adjournment. The following aro the Institute offic ers; Executive committee, Charles W. Derr, U. I. Gordy, James Curry; secretaries. Mi— Mary Jane -, Walter Lowrie; committee on resolutions. Prof. J. C. Carey, Miss Anna Roat, Miss M. C. Madden, Mis- Prudence Blizzard, Prof. E. B. Barnett audi tors, (J. Carroll Wagner. Mont Derr, Miss Mary Williams ; enrolling clerk-. Clyde Hoddens, I). N. Diefeubaclior; timekeeper, Rash Schaeffer; commit tee on permanent certificates, D. N. Diefenbaclier, chairman. Mi-- Anna Sidler, secretary, Mont Derr. The Montour county association of Directors will nit t in the courthouse on Thursday afternoon,at two o'clock. There will he an address by Su.it. Harman. Business of sji -ci»l import ance will be transacted and all direct rs are request d to attend. Here's the Oldest Deer Slayer. George Kuarr. ot i'routville. Clear field county, who lack- but a few ! weeks of h ing s " y< ir- Id. i- -till an active nitiirofl. lie w>nt to Clearfield county with th pioneer generation, when every man wa- » hunt' r. Every fall he has dsvoted sonic time to his favorite recreation the chase, until now so fond of it that advancing v ar fail to keep him from ir. He ha- not missed hi- ,»inm .1 hunt for big game for a peril d "t sixty-fiv' y ir- He ac cotnpanies a | irty t«» the nionntains each t »I 1 in the deer ■ i-o:i and -j»-nd> a portion of tli> - i-mi it tie- hunting camp anil enters upon the limit with as much enthusiasm i-anvotle rnn m ber of the party, and usually with as Jlo.nl results He >- vet physically aide to -tan I a "I iv - liutit well and has lost none of his reliance ntnin his t rusty rifle Venlict for Gouier Tliomas. The jury in the ease of Gomer Tliom a- v- (r. W Piitterson returned a verdict in favor of th plaintiff award ing him the -urn of fifty dollars, the value of t he or ran. without interest. This brings the full price of tin* piano up to s3?*«, which Mr. Thomas contend ed was tin* figure agreed upon. The jury arrived at i verdict before mid night Tuesday, which was sealed and presented to the court yesterday morn ing JOB PRINTING The o*hcr of th« AMERICA* betrg furnished v. ith a -r>rtn. r of job letter and fancy type andy mater it generally, the f'ubi*th«r announces to the pubr that he prepared at ail time te> tcutc »* the neatest manner JOB PRINTING Of all Kinds and Desrrip* n I fjtl i r :M< - > hrl> >rc v n place your order WSSHIMWIiS 15 fimtt A r» ,r. nlatif' of ih< Am- ri» »n yesterday »njnved HI int. rent ing conversafion with Dr C II Ir vin. of Kti-an, for.». wl»o with his wife and little srai, m a guest at Me liow of Dr. J. R Kinnrer. Dr. Ir vin, who holds » .-mantis ion awkr the Pr> «hft>riao Board cf Porpttn Missions, i- physic i ir, m t rg ••» in charge «»f tli'- Junkin M- mortal Hw pital and fii Mll y i iilut< *• rtnij Di-jwii-arT and Surg- ty af Fit-an In company wirli hi« family h > it nmr wiaduK «P »T> *r'» vacation in thi* ennntry. On the BiwtnNrth of DP eember tl»«-y will ail from San I rai- Cisco for Ja|>aii via tf»< Sand* iet» I lands. Corea. which ba« »n j«T»d in<i> pendance *iuc«» U» »*r kivi a China iud Japan. i- nu«m:>tr with a population of Is,onn.orw> it .. » eoautry of infinite r. «mr'- .. n. irlr all of which ft main to *l, v |r -. <| Among tlw mineral* are not only an abundance of hard aii'l *oft r *al. iron and copper, hat al*o gold and «ilv r. Ir li in ■;iu'anion* r-oantrr with val leys of purposing fertility Then' an- a good many Boodhista and folio worn of Confucius in C -r< -a hnt thr hulk of tie populationan giv en ov.-r to ancestral worship. Tley are of a peaceful and r fin< 1 trj and offer no opposition to the innovation of western civilization. K; trie railways and > lertric light ar qaite coinmou throughout the < ropire There i< a complete sT-*tem, with rural fr. • itelivi ry and parcel post. Anions; the ffonigiir- who have drifted into th country Ane-n can* hold the macy in trade Anions Prof. -tint- t!i Pr. rf. nan church wa- the fir-t to inter npon missionary work in Corea.Tb> M th odi-t church, who-, gn at tm--ionarv field is in India, w aluo n pw- nt> d in Corca. hnt thi> jjr- at w -rk tli r ha- ht i n don- hv t! Pr-■-! vt. rian-. In the mi'<i<in with which Dr Irvin i idcntificd them ar«' af j rr- :it 'J* 4 or dain<-d clergymen and l»> i hfsiirian- Three hnndn d chnrcf<»-* and eh»| • 1» have h< hoi It tnd (aid for hv tl:. native Coreaae. Tho?" convert«-d to ('liri.sfianity ntiniN r at I vt it,'* 1 " Dnrinc > years p»*t tw aty-f.v- <Tnri-f ian rwhool- and twocollefji - hav- h-»*n Th< -' hooN w»*r' hail* and are nn]>port» d hv th Coreans ; tl,. coll* K' howv. r. w» r»> limit and »r •*n|>|iorf«-»l hv ciiarcfte* in fit I'nif ! Stat«*.« The intredactioa of Christianity meets with practically no opf*-ition unJ I»T. Ii •in no « i i.-.i . < Iri 111 1 world pri -■nf> -nch a frnittnl ti-■ l<l for missionary etTotr a- <" >r* ». Af the order of tlf Emperor the "Christtan X'Ws." the i »p»>r print» lat tl: M;- sion. is s >nt fo ev.-ry govrnm-nt office in the empire and pnid for by the go* ernmtMit ;ten copies ar> r»>eeived at tln> royal palace. The hospital becomes a great factor in winning the Koreans, as they are fie re shown the b» n» fio nf fia«'> of Cliri-fiaa ciritization. l"(»w;ud- 4 erases are treated yearly. Da s years "is,•**) cases have l>- • a i treatm nf. Tin ->■ inclnd t«■» ~or,;ical op rations Oti" off tiie dreaded diseases is leprosy. Dr. 1 has come in contact with consides over JOOO cas.'s of this di- a- > of the major operations that I Inn called upon to perform w ron lejurs. Mrs. Irvu;, who i- a sist-r of Dr. J. K. Kimerer of this city, iv. rv r ... interested in missionary work. -V fonndefl and has charg * oft "nlv nighr school for girls in Oor>a l>r and Mr- Irvin went to I* - ».itam i afelv after th- ir marriag alw»«t years ago. Hoderick. their T y»*ar ohl son. was boru in (Tor.-a and is mining his first visit to Am ri a He i- a bright little lad and -j ,ih>l eC< " an langnag a- fluently a- Kngli- L l Sow Safe :n Er._'Lu. Jam - Cliainey. who muni' r» >! Wm M.n k. a |K>polar v< UII; ro »■ » prominent inth'i* tid< -fr t -.ii<>on at >h:troi>!»in il ■ot -it y - igo. now in Knglati 1 areorditwt«> infetma tion recctved It will tw r» memh« rvil ttiat after com milting th« crime the fellow wtiih running from the sceti> 11 *nd hmk» his ha: on Mr! t • r tint It I He was raptaird an lat t trial wts found guilty in th> - mid ifc*gre. and sentenced to ». rve s« % • n year* in jail When « ntenr* d tin mard> r->! * w ed he would make his eseaj» and In did in a sensational manner, lie m.»d> a false k v and toftetle-r with Jam* Hums, Jr.. off Shamokin m»d i »- cape to the yard. Tle y mat ag« d lo mecare a rope and throwing it over the top of the wall climbed to tl t«»p and le»|ted to th« ground in.i • - »• ! Tliev were i:iv« ii chase as far .*» Ihn vllle wle re all trae. -cf them w> r» lost. Kor -«-Vi n»l y< ars t'haimy awl hisjpal nia«l»' tlwcir l»«-a"l«|uarters near ljatrobe. bnt finally commg 112» arful of arr»'*t. the niurd> r»*r onei-iV !• r » f«»r Philadelphia where In wa« -sea. V that |>orf In- hoard- >1 a tramp st< ani- r lor Kngland. his i alive h-»m. t''rain i'V'S wife is ia Indian Territory.hois keeper for a form* r r- <idrnt of Sha moktn. Burns, it is alleged. vt»i d Shanioktn on 'hflereiit ns. hui eluded re-arr. St. Children at Turkey Sapper. The pric»- for children at fhe Y M t'. A tark« v -c.pper thi* •!. mat: »ill Is- *i"i cent-. Tins taclii i » < ' iHr « under twelve r-i»r« i»f «. Th«-r- will !»• no tickets tor chil«lr>-n but th«- |>rn ■ can he j>aid at the fable
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