RAILROAD TIME TABLES.
PENN'A K. R.
EAST. WEST
7.11 A. M. 9.14 A. M.
10.17 » 1215 P.M.
2.21 P. M. iHI "
5.50 " 7.51 "
SUNDAYS.
iO. 17 A. M. 1.81 M.
D. 1.. &W. K. .
EAST. WEST.
0.57 A. M. *>•(*•> A. M.
UI.IM " w *'• M
2.11 P.M. 4.88 "
•' "
SUNDAYS
6.47 A.M. 12.11 I*. M.
5:43 1' M "
Ptlll.A .1 READING R. K.
NORTH. SOUTH.
B.OS A. M. 11.21 A. M
4,01) P. M. 0.0-5 P. M
K1.00.M STRKKT.
805 A.M. 11.22 A. M.
4.02 ! J . M. 0.01 P. M.
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WILL BICE OF
GOAL ADVANCE ?
A new phase of tho coal famine has
arisen. The question now is, will the
operators raise the price of anthracite
011 Jan. 17. Owing to tho continued
stringency in the anthracite supply
comparatively little is heard concern
iug circular prices to be put into
effect by tho Reading and the other
big anthracite mining companies.
When distribution was resumed fol
lowing the return of the miners to
work, President Baer, of tho Reading,
in announcing tho circular put out
under date of Oct. -1, stated that those
prices would continue until Jan. 1,
1903. Now considerable anxiety is felt
by dealers aud consumers alike as to
the probable action of the company in
view of the fact that the independent
operators are securing from 50 to 75 per
cent, more for their coal than called
for by tho Reading circular.
A dispatch from Philadelphia, re
ferring to tho question of advance,
says:
"Officials of the company have lit
tle or nothing to say,and one of them,
when asked about it, said : Dou't dis
cuss it or agitate it.' It can bo said,
however, 011 pretty good authority,
that Jan. 1 will pass without the is
suing of a new circular, aud that the
present prices will be continued in
definitely. Tho sales agents of the
Pennsylvania railroad's anthracite
companies will moot today to discuss
tho question of prices.
"Tho great shortage of anthracite
is also likely to bring about a change
iu the Reading's method of dealing
with large consumers. Heretofore the
company has bi-en making yearly con
tracts with such consumers. These
contracts were made for a year, sub
ject to interruptions from strikes, car
shortage or other matters over which
the company could exercise no con
trol. Many of these contracts are about
expiring, and, while the officials are
silent 011 the subject of renewals, it
is known that the company has refus
ed to renew some out-of-town con
tracts, and if tho views of some of
the company's salos agents are regard
ed by tho officials there will bo 110
contracts made for tho comiug year.
Tho argument of those opposed to tho
renewal of those contracts is that
there will be no difficulty in dispos
ing of every pound of anthracite min
ed during the year, aud that every
consumer should bo required to pur
chase his coal in the open market. If
contracts are made they will probably
be for periods less than a voar. The
scarcity o c fuel is not by any means
confined to anthracite, and in this
city is presented the uuusual condition
of bituminous coal retailing at $"2.25
per ton higher than is a-ked by deal
ers 011 Reading tracks tor anthracite,
or $9 i>er ton.Unlike anthracite, this sit
uation is not the result of the scarcity
of bituminous or Hie inability to mine
it, but the failure of tiie railroads to
transport it."
Returned from Hospital.
Edward Wort-man, whose too was
amputated at the Williamsport Hos
pital about three weeks ago, arrived
in this city Monday afternoon on the
2:21 Pennsylvania train. He has very
nearly recovered from all effects of
the operation. The loss of tho toe
will inconvenience him very little and
he looks forward to a future of use
fulness. He was in most excellent
spirits yesterday, as was natural, con
sidering that 110 had been laid up with
his sore foot since last spring.
Fred Hurie,- of this city, who was
run over by the cars at South Danville
a month or so ago aud a portion of
whoso foot was amputated at tho
Mary M. Packer Hospital at Sun bury,
came home 011 the 2 :21 train Monday.
He also has very nearly recovered.
Dislocated Her Shoulder-
Mrs. Johanna Boderholm, of Fergus
Falls, Minn., fell and dislocated her
shoulder.She had a surgeon get it back
in placo as SO.JU as possible,but it was
quite sore and pained her very much.
Her son mentioned that ho ha l seen
Chamberlain's Paiu Balm advertised
for sprains and soreness,aud she asked
him to buy her a bottle of if, which
lie did. It quickly relieved her and
enabled her to sleep which she had
not done for several days. Tho son
was so much pleaded with tho relief
it gave his mother that he has since
recommended it to many others. For !
sale by Panics & Co.
Tiirew Him Into Greek.
Hat-less and shivering from cold a j
strange man, whoso clothes were froz- I
<!! i stiff, while icicles hung from his j
hair, Saturday night wandered into j
Muucy seeking the police. Ho ex- 1
plained that he had been held up and
robbed by six highwaymen who threw
liim into Muncy creek. He had saved
himself from drowning, but almost
perished from exposure. Ho was a
victim of the highwaymen who have
been operating mar Muncy and Halls
for several wet ks.
INCREASING
IN POPULARITY
Progress is making rapid strides iu
these early days of the Twentieth
Ceutury. Changes and innovations
are visible in every department of life
even in localities the most remote
from the great centres of business and
population. This is especially true of
tlie steam laundry, which has become
such an important factor iu the affairs
of today, creating something akin to
a revolution in many households,
eliminating the terrors of the weekly
wash day and giving tho geutlemanof
the present collars and cutis that bear
a gloss and a finish which would have
put to shame the product of domestic
art which sufficed for wear until a
recent date. Teu years ago if any one
had predicted that within much less
than a decade tho young men of the
farm woulrl be wearing linen launder
ed by machinery the prophecy would
no doubt have been laughed at by tho
conservative people of tho rural reg
ions.
Nevertheless the farming communi
ties were not slow in yielding to the
spirit of the times and it is a fact that
today not only nearly all of Montour
county, but much of the territory ly
ing 011 tho other side of the river in
cluding Kliuosgrove, Rushtown, and
Elysbnrg in addition to South Dan
ville aud Riverside patronizes tho
steam laundry of this city. Regular
agencies have been established,huckst
ers and othors who make regular trips
among the farmers collecting and de
livering linen as a "side line."
The steam laundry business is a con
stantly growing one, which seems to
know no "periods of depression."
Tho machinery employed is constant
ly undergoing improvements, so that
what was up-to-date a year ago today
is apt to be obsolete.
To keep up with the times a Stand
ard Collar and Cuff Ironer has been
installed at the Danville Steam Lauu
dry, which would seem to reach the
acme of perfection, both in the sim
plicity of construction aud the remark
ably fine results obtained.
The collars and cuffs are run under
a heated cylinder. The pressure, which
is applied by a lever, is maintained
by elastic steel springs. A simple do
vice attached operated by simply re
versing a hand wheel changes the
work from a gloss to a domestic finish.
Tho new machine requires hut one
operator and turns out 300 dozen col
lars aud cuffs per day, which equals
three times the product of the com
bined ironer formerly in use.
The Four D's.
Charles Spurgeon once said that
their were three great enemies toman
"dirt, debt and the devil.' He might
have added one more d aud included
dyspepsia. The evil results of this
disease could hardly be exaggerated It's
effects are felt in mind and body, and
are as far reaching as the effects of the
curse that was laid on the Jackdaw of
Rhfeims which was cursed in "eating
and drinking and sleeping, iu standing
aud sitting and sitting and lying." The
good effects of Dr. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery are most marked in ag
gravated and chronic cases of dyspepsia.
It enables the stomach glands to secrete
the necessary quantity of digestive
fluids, and this at once removes that
craving or gnawing sensation so com
mon to certain forms of indigestion. It
tones and regulates the stomach, in
vigorates the torpid liver and gives the
blood making glands keen assimilative
power. "Golden Medical Discovery"
cures ninety-eight per cent of those who
use it. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are
superior to all other laxative medicines
when the bowels are obstructed.
Good Effect of Factory Laws.
The prosecution by the Factory In
spection Department of people who
secure employment for children under
the ago of 13 years by illegal means
such as svveariug that they are of legal
age, or giving them a certificate to
tho effect that they can read and write
tho English language when they can
do neither, has been going on ever
since the law was enacted, audit is
tho intention of Factory Inspector
Campbell to prosecute whenever lie
finds the law to have been violated.
The Scrauton cases of Itst week
where a woman was fined SIOO for
swearing that her child was over 13
years old, and where a Justice of tho
Peace was held for trial for giving a
child who could neither read nor write
a certificate that she could iu order
that she might obtain employment,
are not isolated by any means. Since
Mr. Campbell became Factory Inspect
or he has prosecuted over one hundred
alderman and justices of the peace for
violating the law as did the Scrauton
mau.aud several hundred parents who
wero coining their children's lives
into cash have been compelled to pay
fines because the children were under
age and the parents had committed
perjury in order to put them at work.
The Lost Boy Recovered.
Harris, tho eleven-year-old sou of
George I). Edmondson, East Market
street, was the innocent cause of a
good deal of excitement Sunday night.
He le't- home shortly after noon Sun
day ; his absence during the afternoon
was considered nothing uuusual, but
when the supper hour arrived and he
did not putin an appearance tli • fam
ily became very much alarmed. Two
hours later excitement readied a high
pitch and the little fellow's disappear
ance was noised pretty much all over
town and largo numbers of people were
assisting in the search.
Shortly before nine o'clook ho was
found playing with the children at
Webster Fount's, all unconscious of
the great oxoitement he had caused.
During tho afternoon he had dropped
in at the Foust residence and as even
ing approached accepted an invitation
to tako tea with the family.
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NATIONAL
MILITARY HOME
Our former townsman William Wal
lace, at present an inmate of the Na
tional Military Home at Dayton, Ohio,
is spending the holidays with old
friends in this city. Mr. Wallace has
now spent a year at the Dayton in
stitution and lie relates a very inter
esting story of life among the veter-
Tho National Military Home at
Dayton is one of several similar in
stitutions maintained by the United
States government in different sections
of the couutry. The vetoraus at Day
ton number 5003. There is something
very unique in a description of the
Home, which covers 040 acres of land.
The soldiers are domiciled iu brick
buildings in companies varying in size
from fiftv to one hundred and fifty
men. Life lias somo curious pliazes in
this community of old soldiers. It is
town in itself considerably
more than half the sizo. of Danville,
in which the population are all males,
all elderly and all to some degree dis
abled, who go through the daily rou
tine of life as one family. The meals
are served at two tables,one following
tho other, each table seating 2000 men.
A separate table made up of the offic
ers, musicians aud other attaches of
tho Homo accommodates about one
thousand.
The government is very liberal in
dealing with its veterans. No ono is
excluded who can establish tho fact
that he served in the Union Army and
can produce a certificate from a re
putable physician showing that ho is
disabled. The inmates of the home
are permitted to retain tho use of their
pensions and regardless of this fact are
clothod aud fed by the government.
Moreover, those able and disposed to
work are given something to do about
the Home aud are paid for it, the
wages ranging from $8 to sls per
month.
Mr. Wallace soon after entering the
homo was given tho position of Com
pany clerk. He later became United
States Mail Carrier and 011 May last
was promoted to the position of drum
major, which ho has since held. There
is a large farm in connection with the
Home, which affords employment to a
large number of the veterans.
There are two churches at tho in
stitution, a Congregational and a
Catholic church, the pastor and the
roctor being supported by the govern
ment. Every veteran is given a mil
itary funeral. Mr. Wallace says tho
deaths are of very frequent occurrence
and sometimes number threo per day.
Nothing is omitted in the line of
amusement that might add to the
pleasure of the old soldiers. The
band, ot 34 pieces, is oue of the best
in the country. The open air concerts
given 011 the campus during the sum
mer evenings are a feature, which at
tracts many visitors from Dayton. All
Opera House with a seating capacity
of 1(500 is maintained at the Home.
During the winter season the baud
concerts become frequent attractions
on the stage. There are also perform
ances by theatrical companies, lectu
res and entertainments of other sorts.
There are also club rooms at the
Home, reading rooms, Grand Army
Hall and pool aud billiard rooms.
Everything about the home is 011 a
large scale. The beer hall is 50 feet
by 150 feet. Strong drink is prohibit
ed at the institution and can not be
obtained nearer than two miles. The
veterans, however,must have beer and
the authorities have doomed it best to
gratify them in this respect. The
profits of tho beer hall last year, Mr.
Wallace says, amounted to $('>5,(XX), all
of which was applied to the support
of tho music, and the purchase of del
icacies needed by tho veterans con
fined in the hospital.
Mr. Wallace, who has a fine war
record, was nearly a life long resident
of Danville. Another circumstance
which adds to the interest of his nar
rative is the tact that ho is a second
cousin of General Lew Wallace, the
author of "Ben Ilur."
Red Men Enjoy a Banquet.
Mahoning Tribe, No. 77, Improved
Order of Red Men, held a banquet at
their Wigwam 011 Mill street, 011 Sat
urday evening at which the following
delightful program was rendered :
Presiding Officer W. J. Burns.
Organist. Miss Julia Strouse.
Singing Opening Ode of Tribe.
Prayer Brother Ross.
Address .. Rev. Dunn.
Duet Dorothy and Win. Forney.
Recitation Miss Edna Farley.
5010.... Miss Jennio Foulk.
Recitation Miss Diehl.
Solo Master Win. Forney.
Recitation Mi-.s Margaret Kapp.
Recitation.. .. Mr. John Detwiler.
Solo Miss Dorothy Forney.
Recitation Miss Julia Strouso.
Singing Aten's Quartette.
Recitation Miss Lewis.
Solo Miss Chesnut.
Recitation .. Mr. Detwiler.
Essay . Miss Rank.
Singing Aten's Quartette.
A special feature of tin program
was the pantomimic imitation by
John Detwiler. "Attacked by an lu
dian"and" A negro stealing watermel
ons" were produced most naturally.
The Rod Men are noted for their
hospitality and in this r< spect they did
not fali behind Saturday night as they
were very liberal with their refresh
ments.
New Ceutury Comfort.
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Bruises; conquers Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
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Almost Smothered.
Galen Hoffman and wife, who livo
a short distance from Rebuoks, Nor
thumberland county, were almost suff
ocated with sulphur gas from a stove
on Sunday night. Tho stove was in
another room and the lid in some way
was knocked off and tho gas filled the
entire house. Both were so ill at last
reports that they were not expected to
rocovor
THE YOUNGEST
SOLDIER
Much lias boon said about tlie young
est soldior in Hie civil war ami quite
otten we hear of such persons. Sha
mokiu ami Hughcsvillo several weeks
ago claimed the "youngest soldier"
tut that distinction, without doubt,
belongs to Danville.
Several weeks ago when the death
of William Taylor occurred at Sha
mokin his friends gave him the honor
of being the "youngest soldier in the
civil war," he having enlisted at the
ago of 12 years, !) months and 2 days.
The gentleman certainly enlisted at
an early age, but from Hughesville
comes the report that at that place
resides a gentleman, the Rev. I. B.
Christ, who entered the service of the
United States when 11 years of age,
enlisting in Company G, One Hundred
and Thirty-eighth regiment, Pennsyl
vania Vuluuie.i. l , which was recruited
at Gettysburg, as a drummer boy, and
served for two and a half years, so.
curing an honorable discharge for dis
abilitios, as lie had been wounded at
tho battle of Cold Harbor, his right
arm being permanently crippled.
During his service lie was in seventeen
battles, among them being that of the
Wilderness.
Tho drummer boy was accompanied
in his service by an elder brother, who
acted as guardian or "godfather" to
him, looking after him throughout
his service. This elder brother lost
his right arm in the battle of the Wild
erness, the drummer boy's brother as
sisting to carry him off the battlefield,
lie himself being carried off in tho
same manner several months later at
Cold Harbor.
But Danville claims tho honor of
having among its citizens tho youngest
soldier who served during the civil
war. The following appeared in Sat
urday's Philadelphia North American:
"Tho distinction of having among
its citizens the youngest soldier who
served during the civil war undoubted
ly belongs to Danville. It is true the
honor is contested by other localities,
but in every instance where the facts
are verified it is found the youngest
soldier went into service when about
twelve years oid, rarely below that
age.
"Tho Danville claimant is C. P.
Harder, who enlisted at tho ago of ten
years and six months. He was the
youngest of five brothers, all of whom
entered the Union army.
"Mr. Harder spent more than two
years in the service, and had the hon
or of being one of the boys detailed to
drum on the occasion of Abraham
Lincoln's funeral.
"Mr. Harder is a member of the
Montour county bar. He served a
term as sheriff. He was a member of
the Danville school board and served
throe years as its president. He is
now postmaster."
HERE'S A GOOD THING.
Something you can Readily Believe as its
Danville Evidence.
Grant Aten of No. 4l:i Church street,
Danville, Pa., says:—"l have suffered
a great deal from rheumatic neuralgia
affecting my whole nervous system and
seeing Dr. A. W. Chase's Nerve Pills
recommended. I got a lx>x at Gush's
Drug Store and tried them. They prov
ed a splendid remedy giving mo prompt
relief in every way. I rested better and
do not suffer from those continuous
headaches and feel stronger and better
and have more vitality than before.
I cannot speak to highly of them."
Dr. A. W. Chase's Nerve Pills are
sold at 50 cts a box at dealers or Dr.
A W. Chase Medicine Co., Buffalo,
N. Y. See that portrait and signature
ot A. W. Chase, M. I). are on every
package.
A Terrific Explosion.
Twelve boxes containing five hundred
pounds of daulin.or mining dynamite,
exploded near Shamokiu at three
o'clock Monday morning. A number
of buildings were slightly wrecked
and the report was heard for many
miles, but no one was killed or* in
jured.
Tim dynamite was stored in a small
shanty at tho roar end of William
Fisher's lot at Burnsido colliery. The
shanty was heated by steam from the
colliery which caused the dynamite to
explode. The building was blown to
atoms and the houses in the near vi
cinity were more or less damaged.
Window panes wore broken into frag
ments aud peoplo were thrown from
their beds.
Tho shock of tho explosion was felt
throughout Shamokin and as far down
the road as Gordon. Several large
windows in Shamokin were broken,
causing great excitement, tho people
thinking that t here was an earthquake.
Less than a.hundred yards from the
shanty is located the main building of
tho colliery in which tho blasting
materials are stored in large quanti
ties. At tho time -of tho explosion
several tons of dynamite Was stored
in it, but strange to relate it did not
explode.
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their use. Only T>oc, guaranteed by
Paules <fe Co. druggist.
Entertained at Dinner.
Mrs. Frank Berger, of Washington
villo, entertained a number of friends
at dinner at her home on Saturday
last. Those present were:—Mrs.
Jonathan DoLong, Mrs. Mary Crom
ley, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Wagner,
Elinor Cottier, Mrs. George Hoddens,
Mrs. Adam Smith,of Washingtonville,
and Miss Nellie Johnson,of Pine Sum
mit.
MOST BUY
THEIR OWN UNIFORMS
The news that tho new uniforms
will soon be issued has caused a feel
iug of depression among the officers of
the National Guard. The state pays
for the uniforms of the men, while
the officers foot their own bills. The
uniforms of most of the men holding
a commission are in good shape and
would be permissible for a year or
two. These have now to be thrown
aside useless, aud they are not avail
able for business wear, and an entire
ly now uniform must be purchased.
Another inequality of which the
officers do not complain, hut which
they speak of as one of the things
which need adjustment, is tho matter
of service pay of the commissioned
and tho non-commissioned officers. A
first sergeant of infantry, with his al
lowance for reimbursements, receives
$3.50 a day, quarters and rations and
clothing. A second lieutenant of in
fantry receives §"1.89 a day and has to
provide his own provisions, uniform
aud accoutrements. As a financial
proposition the commissioned officers
think the non-coms, as they are call
ed, have decidedly tho host of it.
An order has been issued from Na
tional Guard headquarters announc
ing that the Guard will be inspected
in the armories of the different organ
izations beginning February Ist, un
der the supervision of the Inspector
General, who will arrange and an
nounce the dates iii future orders. As
all of the organizations whose uni
forms are in bad condition cannot be
reuniformod in time for inspection,
allowance will be made iu the rating
for tho condition of the clothing. This
year the inspections will be very rigid
and it is proposed to weed out the
poor companies and supplant them
with companies that will always bo
up to the standard. The order says
that all organizations in inefficient
condition will be made tho subject of
a special report, and will be disband
ed unless there bo extenuating circum
stances that wairaiit their retention
in the Guard.
Y. M, C. A. Buildings.
Tho Young Men's Christian Associa
tion is having a remarkable growth in
those days, as will be seen from the
following items: —
Newark, N. J., by the will of the
lite Cyrus <). Baker, receives $20.000,
to be appliod to its Endowment Fund.
Oakland, Cal., has purchased a site
for a new building for $38,000, «ize
l!il x 150 feet. The present building
will bo sold.
Hut $s,00;) more is needed ti com
plete the building fund of SIO,OOO at
Lexington, Ky.
Directors of the Scrauton, Pa., As
sociation added $15,000 to their already
generous gifts, to complete the build
ing; $21,000 additional is needed, and
is being secured.
Xenia, Ohio, roceivos by the will of
Mr. Milieu, a deed of a piece of prop
erty, on which is a substantial stone
and brick three-story building, valued
at $30,000. The Association has oc
cupied the second aud third floors of
this building for the last fifteen years,
rent free, through the generosity of
Mr. Milieu. The rented stores wilt
yield an income of SI,OOO.
Tho new building of Ansouia,Conn.,
Association, was dedicated October
21th. If cost over $50,000. The nucleus
of the building fund was the gift
of a man of limited means wno was
with heart and soul interested in tho
Association work. The site was a gift
of Mr. Mark Buckingham
The dedication of the new building
at Augusta, Ga., occurred October
l'Jtli. The address was delivered by
Governor Northeu. At the opening
reception, October 28th, the building
was crowded with the best peoplo of
tho city, and at the first religious ser
vice following a deep revival spirit
prevailed.
The Home Paper.
Did you ever stop to think what an
untiring and steady letter writer a
good local piper is. Wejk after week,
year aftoi year, it goes on telling of
marriages, births and deaths, the com
ing and going of the people, tho suc
cess and failures, the accidents, im
provements, parties, revival meetings,
socials, in fact all events of all kinds.
All is grist that comes to the hopper
of a good local paper. Why, if you
wore to undertake to write a letter
each week to an absent friend and tell
half the news your local paper gives,
you would soon give it up in despair.
The supposed pleasure would soon bo
como a tiresome bore, and they would
grow shorter, further apart aud final
ly ceaso entirely. What is the differ
ence? Because with a newspaper it is
business. People in a live town re
cognize this and take pleasure in giv
ing the editor news items you would
never learn.
Mad Dog Runs Amuck at Mainville.
Tho good people of Mainville were
terrorized on Saturday by the appear
ance of a mad dog in their midst.
After running amuck for sonio time
during which it is said to have bitten
several other dogs and some cattle,tho
rabid canine was dispatched by a well
directed shot while in the vicinity of
the Koster flouring mill. Fortunately
no persons woro bitten by the beast.
A close watch, will however, be kept
on tho dogs and cattle alleged to have
been bitten and they will be killed
should they display any symptoms of
hydrophobia.
Cut this out and take it to Paules &
Co's drug store and get a free sample
of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets, the best physic. Tliev cleanse
and invigorate tho stomach, improve
the appetite and regulate tho bowels.
Regular size, 25c. per box.
By the Aid of Newspapers.
An officer of one ot Chicago's big
gest savings banks tolls Printer's Ink
fliat "thousands of persons have open
ed accounts in the bank who had
never before saved a cent, simply be
cause Ihe advantages to be gained by
having a penny laid up for a rainy
day had been called to their attention
through the columns of tho news
pa)Kirs.''
HARD ON
MR. JAMES
Tho Philadelphia Record yesterday
contained the following item under
the head of"State News."
"For murderous assault and jail
broaking, U. Y. James was sentenced
at Bloomsburg to 10 years' imprison
ment. ''
The above will lie recognized by our
readers as a sample of tho "trash"
sent out from Blooinsiiurg to the Phi la
delphia newspapers under the guise of
news. Lacking enterprise to hunt up
facts for themselves tho penny-i-liii'-r
--t'lere so z ■ uj on the American
as a rich mors aland readily work over
its contents. The item clipped from
tho Record,which rorosonts the innoc
ent victim of an attempt 1 hold-up a,
the highwayman who has gone t<> the
penitentiary, is a sample of their u -st
efforts. There is scarcely an item re
i lating to Danville that does net eon
tain a glaring inaccuracy.
Danville,of course is out of Blooms
burg's jurisdiction but the penny-a
liner there gets over the difficulty by
unblushingly changing the so no of
whatever event he has in ban I. II •
either represent■; the affair as taking
place at Bloomsburg or he jugtrh s
j with the facts in such a way as to de
lude the Philadelphia editors into the
impression that Danville, Mausdule,
Riverside" an 1 otic r local it i>s are more
! suburbs of Bloomsburg and the stories '
as they appear in print often convey
this idea. While this may not he very
; creditable to the Philadelphia men,
: who at least ought to know tho rudi- j
! nients of local geography, it reflects in I
a worye way on the correspond* ut, who |
deliberately resorts to lying in order
to realize a few cents on news which
| belongs to another field.
! Specials of this sort emanating from
Bloomsburg generally posse-., tho ad
ditional fault of being stale, although
j this fact is very cunningly concealed
: by the fertile-minded correspondent
| who simply changes the date. Thus
'an event which occur.«• I here three or
' four days in the past is aid to loom
up at Bloomsburg as taking place
"last night."
On the whole a few of the Philadel
-1 pliia dailies are made at time?, to ap
pear little short of ridicul ms through
1 the manipulations of the Bloomsburg
correspondent.
FAIR EXCHANGE.
A Now Hack for an old one—how it is done
in Danville.
The back aches at times with a dull
indescribable feeling.making you weary
and restless: shooting pains shoots
across the region of the kidneys, and
again the loins are so lame to stoop is
agony. No use to rub or apply a plaster
t> aba-kin this condition. You can
not reach the cause. Exchange the bad
luck for a new one. Follow th • ex
ample of this Danville citizen.
Mrs. H. A. Millard of 122 East Front
street, says:— "I was doctored for
Bright s Diseases but could not got per
manent relief. Owing to rheumatism 1
was not able to walk without a cane
i and in addition to this 1 was very uinch
j bothered with pains across uiy loins and
an embarassing weakness of the kid
■ neys. 1 took almost everything I could
hear about without obtaining success.
! Doan's Kidney Pills *iiil me more good
| than any other remedy I ever used.
They positively relieved the aching in
my back and the annoyance from the
' kidney secretions. They gave mo re
lief not afforded by any other medicine."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cent. Foster-Milbnrn Co., B'iffalo, \
Y., sole agents for the U. S.
! Reniber the name Doan's and take
I no substitute.
Not a '"Charity."
"The appeal which the Young Men's
j Christian Association from time to
i time makes to businessmen is not,aud
( ought not to be regarded as an appeal
! for charity. It is, instead, the asking
of an expenditure,on the part of those
to whom the request is addressed, as
legitimate to the futherance of their
business enterprises as that which is
incurred for police or fire insurance or
any other layout which has regard for
I the protection and preservation of
' their property interests. If is as *s
j sentially legitimate, and yields as
| much in return, as tho very money
paid to the employe himself. In short
| it is a sum which ought to be set apart
each year as an improvement and
betterment fund, and the man who
fails to give heed to the call of the
j Association, after once being made
, acquainted with its merits, makes so
j grave an error as to reflect upon the
j soundness of his business judgment."
—James H. Echols.
Inducted Into Office.
On Monday next tho now District
' Attorney, Ralph Kisuei*, will he in-
I ducted into office together with the
| three County Commissioners-elect:
' George Leighow, C. W. Cook aud
j Henry Coojier.
Tho oath of office will hi adminis
tered a*, high noon by Prothouotary
Thomas G. Vincent.
A great deal of interest now centers
| on the selection of a new clerk for the
Board of County Commissioners. J.
I C. Peifer, who has filled the position
iof clerk so acceptably for nineteen
j years, is not a candidate for the place
j under tho now board, a-i he intends
I embarking in business There are
! soiuh half a do/, mi applicants for the
I clerkship on either of whom the hoao.'
i may fall. I'lu* annual salary attached
is SSOO.
Delivering Coal cn Sunday.
At Lewisburg it was foam! ii«iv»ary
to deliver coal on Sunday last. This
is the first time in rhe history of that
I town that such a thing has boon found
necessary. Tho shipments of coal to
Lewisburg have been few, and when
a carload arrives there is one gran 1
rush of people to got a portion of the
coal, "n Saturday a oar load arriv* <1
there for W. B. Smith, and the scene
that occurred during the distribution
was unusual. Residents of tho town
with buckets, baskets, wheelbarrows,
wagons, etc., suriound
ed the ear,and farmers from tho conn
try districts woro on hand with sleds
and wagons.
A LIBERAL OFFER.
The undersigned will give a free
sample of Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets to any one wanting a
reliable remedy for disorders of the !
stomach, biliousness or constipation
This is a new remedy and a good one.
Paules & Co
BANK OFFICERS
ELECTED
Tlie lirst meeting of the stock lir>l>i
ers of the People's Bank under tin
charter, which wan by th.
station Wednesday, I2lth, was
held at their hanking house in tie
Opera House block on Saturday after
noon. As soon as the interior is liui«ii
("l and tin fixtures placed in |>ositioii
the hank will b ready for !»u-in< s>.
An announcement of tie- opening will
hi; made in a few days. A nunilier of
alterations have bet n made in their
rooms. Two large windows ha\ ten
added on the Mahoning street side
affording excellent Tie- tir
proof vault has been < omph-ted and ;t
burglar proof safe which recently ar
rived will placed inside.
The following officers were elected
at Saturday's meeting: Directors, 4.
K. Smith and <». S. Ferris, of Ber
wick, Joseph Ralti, of Bloomshiirg,
.lames L Brenii-n, of Kxrh;iU|{e, J.
11. Cole, John Bonlicid, John Duster,
•Ir., David Thomas and Samuel M.
Trumbowor, oft city. John Beti
field was elected Piesideut, J H
<'ole. Vice-President, and J. i' Wat
son, cashier.
Innocently Imprisoned.
There was much „ty and happiness
at the home of Mrs. Kvan Kerlin, at
Shamokin, last week, when Kvan, her
son, returned home after an nbstuci;
of almost six years. Fivo years of
that tint i was spent in the Pottsville
jail for a hold robbery committed at
Shenandoah. It has always h en ion
tended that the Shamokin young man
was innocent of tli • crlm •. but efforts
to secure his relaese failed.
Kvan Iv -rlin was reared tom mhond
by oae ot the sweetest christian wom
en of Shatnokin, hut boy-like he be
came wayward. When a bold Shen
andoah burglary took place one night,
Kcrtiu and several others were cap
tire I near Pottsville anil charged with
the crime. The Shatnokin hoy plead
ed iuno.'e ie •, but lie WIS coiivictcl
with the others and sentenced to serve
live years in the S -liuylkill county jail
List February a to.igh ch
named Campbell, was arrested at
j S'ioh in lo i'i and seat t » jai lon i rob
bery ciiarg • While tV'iv h • eonfesM
e 1 to a fell iw prisoner t!i it K> rlin was
inuoe.siit. This infouuitioa was im
; parted to the prison offiet ils.buf when
they requested 4' implicit to make a
clean breast of the affair, lie refused
The in \t t t was then dropped until
! last August when Cinpbell, who hid
been released from jail, was shot
! while prowling in the vicinity of
Slienandoih. He was taken in a
(Condition ro the Miners' hospital.
He w.h on the point of making an
j other confession regarding the in
| nocenee of Kvan Kerlin,when his con
dition took a healthy turn and here
; covered without unsealing hi* lips re-
J girding the burglary for which the
Shamokin young man had probably
1 served almost live years innocently.
Overcame Paralysis.
For the lirst time in twenty-eight
years Miss Deliah Breech, of Cata
; wissa township, (Columbia county get
! out of lied one day last week and
i dressed herself, unassisted.
I This act is little less than miracu
lous for all these years it was thought
she was a hopeless paralytic.
She has been out of bed a nnmher of
times but always with assistance and
never has she been able to walk. Her
one side was affected, and her condi
tion all these years has been critical.
When she succeeded in getting up
and dressing herself,entirely unassist
ed the entire family was amazed.
Since then there has beeu no relapse
and it is thought her recovery i> now
only a matter of time.
Officers After Brass Thieves.
Special oflh i .-s of the Reading Com
pany arrested five boys at Tamaqua.
(in Tuesday, changed with stealing
brass from the yards at that place.
The boys names are Harry Berkert,
Harry I.adv. John (.». Rater, K. O.
Knlf. Thomas Robinson, and their
ages range from thirteen to eighteen
years. The boys plead guilty and their
cases are now in the hands of the di
triet attorney of Schuylkill county.
At Reading last week James Seifert.
who bought brass stolen from the
Reading Company, from bovs, was
sent to the Berks county jail for six
months and sentenced to pay costs and
a fine. The Reading officers are de
termined to break up this briss steal
ing and will arrest and pros, ute to
the end any man or l>oy, whom their
detectives secure evidence against,
and any junk dealer in whose posses
sion the goods are found.
To Extend Trolley Road.
The approval of the court. Monday,
ot tic modified agrcem -nt between the
Columbia County Commissioners ami
the Columbia & Montour Electric
Railroad and M. K. D. Scanlan A;
Company, whereby the latter are en
abled to cross the Catawis-i liver
bridge, removes the last obstacle that
blocked the extension of the troll, y
tracks into Catawissa.
P. 0. S. of A. Officers.
At a meeting of Washington «' ini| .
Xo. MM, P. <> S. of A.. Mi last
evening, the following officers wen
elected: President, <ieoige Wert:i>an :
Vice-President, Harry Wert man. M
jof F.. D. F. Kyerly; Conductor,
Lamar Kelly; F S.. J. V Wilson:
U, S, C B. Wil-on; Treasurer, l>r.
C. Shut!/.: Inspector. I. Rank; t». <r ,
Stephen Nevius; Trustee. (Jeorge
Wert man.
Inter County Bridge.
Judge Savidgo has ; sued a man
damus on the Northumberland county
commi-siou i r- to proceed in connec
tion with the State and enramis-ioners
of Union county in the building of
the free bridge across the Snsipiehann i
river at l.ewishurg. This i- in furth
' erance of tin- act providing tor su« ii
; structure passed by the State legi»l t
lure through the efforts of Senator
Fociif, the bridge to built bv the
commissioner- of the two couutie-.
and the State to pay one half the ex
peuse.
A FAMILY OF
BLACKSMITHS
As the widow of a man who was for
y.-ars tl.e mo-s prominent blacksmith
in this section, and th mot! rof four
blacksmith*, and the moth i in law of
another, the death of Mrs Harry Fink
at her home at Roaring Cre. b at ten
oVlmk Moieiav night, after a I «
hours illness, is of particular iw»te.
Apoplexy wa.- tie .an-* •>! I.» r death
and she was -trieu.-n wltil* milting in
a rocking chair. fall;ug to th- Bmr
When a |»hy*ici m ;i' iv i| -be was «l
n-.wly in then ip or >1 ath.
Her husband, who died only » few
years ago, at the ..f eighty years,
was until within t.vour three year-,
of his death, to If found at his anvil
every day, and, as a hlftck-mitb, he
enjoyed an unique re; atati«i>. He was.
(let haps, one ot tier In t known men
in this section.
The family m • -v-uttally o«e nf
blacksmiths. Four -ons -urvive tie
mother and all an |.i »• 1.-miths: Jobi,,
of Slabtowu; Jw <ib. of Numidia;
David, of Catawissa, and (M-ori:**. of
K ading. Her daughter. Mr- H iffo-
Jones. liv. : at R. wiing. while le-r
hu-liand is employ' t as a
with the United States <»ov rnm nt
All wbo t3S<» Atonrz '» tr> atin na*n|
catarrh will g«t tb>* b> 4 r <;il*- fr..ni
Hy s IJqnid Cream Uilui Pri«-- incin*!-
ing spraying tain I. <-t<. >l>l by tlmir
iristsor mailed by Bl* Br>- .V 5 Warren
sr ■ v
Sew t Orleans S»-pt. |. Mam
Messrs. Kt.v IJl£' »S I <• i|d tv* Im*
ties of vonr t ream Baim to a nxteiwr
Win Lanilwrton. 1415 De'a<*hais.- >r
New I>rlemn« he hs- i th- ti■> '- r
ties jiving htm w- ti l-rful and r.i -*
satisraetory n-ults. «»!-.» VV M |»t ie
Phannacist.
Men Idle in Hint District.
There are -aid to Is 5,000 ni n idb
in the Ninth District, and th ot'i rs
of the C. M. W. A . in tie vicinity of
Pott k'l!|e,hav•• d *ii|-ti to i»-%tii.-r facts
and statistic- b- iiiinr •ntl •» t »—•, and
then lay the matt rI• 112• >r«- th- Anth
racite Strike Commission Hundr d
of men are leaving th reitum be.m--
no work can be bad Th n mb'-r- of
the Tremont nniou say that tie- con
ditions are particularly »-atc in tle-ir
vicinity.
Every Bo:t!e of CLaniberla.n's Ooaeh
Remedy WarraEted.
We guarantee ■ v rr I ttl- "t t'li »m
--lierlain's Cough Remedy and will re
fund the money to anyone wle« t- n«.r
it is tied aftT u-i.i_' tw>.-thiols nf t!»».
eoutents. This i- th l»-t remedy in
the world for la irrip: - . , . i, (
croup and whooping cimgii and i
pleasant and safe to take. If ;t-t. it
any tondeney of a i <dd to r>-<«ult in
pneumonia. For sab- by Paul - vV «*<>
P. 0. S. of A. Offi' <»rs Elected.
Tin- follow tag offic rs wre flo-lwl
at a reijul ir o- Wa-htngt
Camp, No. .V">7, P. «> S of A . ..f
Riverside, which wa ! Id on Mondav
evening last: P. P., W. J. Nus,; p.,
William I>-wis; V P.. J. <> - : ioll
M.of F . Frank I.' wis. R S. "y, C
K. Mill-: F. > y. K !! K»«ler;
Treasurer. K. W. Vouu«t: Conductor.
Rols-rt Bnw'k-: iriiard. J «» Eb»*rly;
Inspector. William Mori - Trust. .
A. C. Diuamick.
Crup
The ]»• *ultar r-iugh v\ !.i ndi-afe
cronp. i< usoallv well!;nt»*n to tlo»
mothers of eroopv cbildnn No time
should be lost in th tr - itui- ir of it.
and for flu- | ir] li in- 1 i
ruceived mor> uiiiver a' i -o\ »i than
Chaml<erlain's t'ouirh R. rn .iy. i'o
not waste valuable tine in ex| •ri
menting wiih untried r>m.-die-.
matter how highly »I.v rr »v It. re
commended. but give Ibis medicine i
dir.ct ..| ai I al' -'in :n- <>f .-nup
will <|uickly *ti-a| .r I - k : ! v
Panics A" Co.
Pools of Crude Oil.
Freight car- were I nr_- -tuft I m
the Philadelphia ami K«'id ng yar i- »t
Newberry Jiinetion Sir » :• '
when a hole was kuockt-.s tti .-
mens» t ink car ti' i-d * r er« i
roleum. I.VH) gallons ot wtn. ii ran ear,
forming a lake m tle» n> * rk ..i th.
tracks.
Fearful that a sj> : »-k o- hot . .k»:
from apas-iag bn oneHiv ■ _ ig-i *
the oil and can—' a di-astr.'tts blase in
the yard, which I- I : Nil d Wi'l
valuable fr* iiillt. tie rail: • r« w
are forc.- l to » rk in t yard w
in an appr. hensive -rai I i- ri•
panic.
Finds W,y t. Live Long.
The startling wiin>. . m» ntofal>i
covery that will-or lenntti . lite
is made by • ditor «> II i*>wn.y. 112
Churnbn-t o, Ind "I «i- t -r i»
lie write*, "th it l»r Kind's New f»»-
covi-ry tor Con-umptiori is tie n*«»»t
infallibl rent ly that I have .*er
known for Cough-. Colds and «»rtp
It'- invaluable to i up!' w i w as
'lungs. Having tin- wonderful nrA
j cine no oite n« ■ d dres<l Pncamiiei* «»r
Consumption Irs relief is instant and
j cure rtain. " Panics A Co. guarantee
ev-ry •"> ' • and fl 1 I »n*l sive
i trial t>ottles tree.
Whv Caleudar Are D ay
Merchant- an I «>tb« r- ] 1 »•
cd orders tor 1.-al .feiars aie won
d. riiii: why the order- h iv>- ( • n d
laved. A letter from ala . »ie<idar
i mannfactnrer fullv \t I »n< th. -it
nation. He -»y- 'Tb n>o4iti>iw
; tbisyear Ii '• nth wer ; -ve hav
,» T ,. r ,»11 m thee le idar business
ilHvinit to the »1 -trik. t'> • )£r»-af r
:>art of the consumer- in the mal reg
tons teluse It" ptae their orders on
I til conditions wer.- - t»l ! Tl«e r>*
snlt was that abont f«>u m >f*f ! b.s
ii. -- his t> -n pi! I ni'l r<- *i- I ißf >
two mouth-' tine,ami th-- *to *s ha*.*
tiern entirely cleaned oat. white new
i ones bave hail to be manufactured to
rtll tli many orders awaiting ship
meat."
Will M--'t Toe-day, Jan .irt 6th.
The Legislature will m». 112 at twelve
o'clock, noon, on tlie first Tu» s«lav of
January, making their nt. ting time
for the corning -s»on mi Tu- --lav
1 Jannarv Hth, IVO-'t