Home Paper -—For tlie Home Ihe circulation of this paper is in creasing rapidly. It will pay you to advertise in the AMERICAN. SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER YEAR DK. IRVING H. JENNINGS, . DENTIST. Office Hours 9 A. .»/• to VI M mi ' S, -> IP. M.to iP. M Danville. Pa. SIIUL.TZ, M. I>. 425 MILL ST., DANVILLE, FA. .Jiseases of the Stomach and Intestines a Specialty | VR. \V. I*. AROU, DENTIST OFFICK: 218 Mrr.r. STRKKT. ceth Kxtracted without I'nin. Crown and Mrldge Work a Specialty. nipped with the latest and most improved Instruments and prepared to execute the most difficult work. r>R. C. H. REYNOLDS, —DENTIST Office, Opposite Boston Store, Danville. Pa. Dentistry in all its branches. Charges MoJent* and all work Guaranteed Established 1892. mViMli \RK The railroads seem determined to break the freight blockade even if it becomes necessary to parallel their lines. One of thn features of the ice harv est now is that the principal part of it is elsewhere. When you feel bine and that every thing goes wrong, take a dose of Cliain berltin's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They will cleanse and invigorate your stomach, regulate your bowels, give yon a relish for yonr food and make yon feel that in this old world is a good place to live. For sale by Paules & Co. Druggists. The American Car and Foundry Company has secured an order for 600 hopper coal cars of 80,000 pounds cap acity for the Delaware & Hudson Coal Company, to be built at the Milton plant. Rural free delivery opens up many advantages to the farmers of Montour county. The best physic. "Once tried and you will always use Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets." says Will iam A. Girard, Pease, Vt. These Tablets are the most prompt, most pleasant and most .reliable cathartic in use. For sale by Paules & Co. J. B. Gearhart, the Bloom street grocer, is confined to his home with an attack of grippe. George W. Hendricks, tho woll kiiown tinner, continues very ill of rheumatism at his homo on Factory street. The scratch of a pin may cause the loss of a limb or even death when blood poisoning results from the injury. All danger of this may be avoided,however, by promptly applying Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It is an antiseptic and quick healing liniment for cuts, bruises and burns. For sale by Paules & Co. Druggists. Many an epidemic of diseaso can bo traced to foul cellars and filthy back yards. Mrs. Henry Jones, West Mahoning street, is seriously ill. One Minute Cough Cure gives relief in one minute, because it kills the microbe which tickles the mucous membrane, causing the cough, and at thf same time clears the phlegm, draws out the in flammation and heals and soothes the affected parts. One Minute Cough Cure strengthens the lungs, wards off pneumonia and is a harmless and never failing cure in all curable cases of Coughs, Colds and Croup. One Minute Cough Cnre is pleasant to take,harmless and good alike for young and old. Gosh & Co., Paules & Co. The new Washington two-cent stamp has been issued. It is not an improvement over the old two-cent stamp and people will regret the dis appearance of the old familiar face that required no label to tell the peo ple what patriot it represented. Iu reply to inquries we have pleasur in announcing that Ely 's Liquid Cream Balm is like the solid preparation of that admirable remedy in that it cleanses and heals membranes affected by nasal catarrh. There is no drying or sneez ing. The Liquid Cream Balm is adapt ed to use by patients who have trouble in inhaling through the nose and perfer spraying. The price, including sjiray ing tube, is 75 cents. Sold by druggists or mailed by Ely Brothers, 56 Warren Street. New York. Next Saturday is St. Valentine's day. It will furnish the interested teacher with an opportunity to show her special interest iu her children. Don't forgot tho little love message sent by mail, which means so much to every little child. A simple card board heart with teacher's "I love you" on it, will win a heart every time. Again, it is the opportunity for gathering the children together for a happy time for themselves or for an occasion when they can "work out" a happy time for some one else. Mysterious Circumstance. One was pale and sallow and the other fresh and rosy. Whence the dif ference? She who is blushing with health uses Dr. Kings New Life Pills to maintain it. By gently arousing the lazy organs they compel good digestion and head off constipation. Try them. Only 25c, at Paules «. Co. Druggists. "THIS COT NTRY WILL NEVKR BE ENTIRE! .V EREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDS WITH ITS OWN PRODUC TIONS." VOL. 48—MO T. 1 WATCHMAN IS WANTIiII The Borough council held a regular meeting Friday night, there being a bare quorum present consisting of Vastiue, Dougherty. Montgomery, Swank, Brandt, Gibson and Lloyd.* Treasurer Ellenbogen presented a statement of finances which showed a cash balance on hand of $25180.82. Mr. Brandt called attention to tho danger existing at the Ferry street crossing of the D. L. it. W. railroad. Ferry street at that point is very much traveled and ho thought that some protection should he afforded the pub lic. He moved that tho clerk of the Borough bo instructed to address a communication to tho agent at the Danville station requesting him to lay the matter before tho railroad com pany to tho end that a watchman bo iustalled at the Ferry street crossing. The motion was seconded by Mr. Dougherty and it carried unanimous ly* Ralph Kisnor, attorney for tho Dan ville School Board, called attention of Council to a bad washout on Cham bers street, which threatens to impair tho foundation of tho Welsh Hill school house. The washout is fifteen feet deep and has already encroached with in four feet of the foundation wall. The next heavy rain, ho said, might undermine the building and he urged immediate action on tho part of Council, as in the premises the bor ough would bo responsible for any damage which might ensue. In this connection Mr. Montgomery called attention to the general bad con dition of Chambers street on Welsh Hill, which, lie said, renders the street at times almost impassable. On motion of Mr. Dougherty the re pairs on Chambers street at the school house as well as a! uoiuts adjacent were referred to the Committee on streets and bridges for investigation, who are to act in conjunction with the borough solicitor so as to be in formed on how far the Borough's re sponsibility extends. Mr. Gibson rais-'d the question whether it is an "unavoidable evil" that the electric lights of the borough should go out on every windy night. He cited many instances of late when large portions of the borough were in darkness. Other members had noted the same thing. List month's bill was referred to when it was found that it contained a rebate of fifty nine cents for "lights out." It seemed to bathe consensus of opinion that there was a mistake somewhere and that a larger reduction should have been made. Council decid ed to resolve itself into a commit tee of the whole tor the purpose of in vestigating the matter. Aided by the policemen the members will try to ar rive at tho sum total of tho lights out duriug tho month by making a memor andum of every light not burning care fully recording the date, tho length of time the light is out. On motion of Mr. Montgomery the clerk was instruct ed to inform tho Standard Electric Light Company that henceforth no bills will be paid unless tho proper re duction is made for the lights that wero out. On motion of Mr. Montgomery the Borough decided to purchase the pat ent shelving installed by Seidel & Baush in the City Hall store. The firm had offered tie.* shelving to tho bor ough for three mouths' rent equival ent to about SSL The question for Council to decide was whether or not to accept the offer. There was a divi sion and a yea and nay vote was tak en as follows: Yeas—Vastine, Dougherty, Mont gomery, Swank, Brandt. Nays—Gibson and Lloyd. Tho following bills were approved for payment: BOU u'GH DEPARTMENT. Standard Electric Light Co. . $151.10 Regular employes 82.50 Tax on Borough Bonds 88.00 11. B. Patton (i.75 K. J. Pegg 3.10 Standard Gas Co 4.20 Labor and Hauling 20.77 William Secliler 1.00 Joseph Lechner .75 WATER DEPARTMENT. Regular employes §147.05 Extra Labor IG. 18 Repairs 11.25 Washington Fire Co 3.65 Freight & dravage 2.55 U. S. Express Co .40 Quaker City Rubber Co .24 E. A. Adams 12.25 Atlantic Refining Co 83.20 Standard Gas Co 11.60 Joseph Lechner 15.35 Tax on Water Bonds 332.00 Candidates Are Working. These are tti • 1 lys when the candi dates are looking after their interests. It is seldom t'uit a set of men selected for office so generally meets the ap proval of the parties nominating them. Whatever they stand for in the issues before rl«o people their attitude all seem willing to concede is based on principle. There is a great deal of in terest manifested already and the election will no doubt bring out a large vote. Returned From Washington. Harry Billmeyer of Washingtonvilln son of Congressman Alexander Bill meyer, returned homo from a visit to the National Capital yesterday morn ing. Last week Harry attended the President's reception at the White House. Mrs. Alexander Billmeyer ami daughter, Mrs. Gilbert Kulp, are still at Washington. DANVILLE. I'A., THtIiSDAY KKJiIU AliY 12. 190». MNLMOL ENCAMPMENT Yesterday was an important day in the history of Mnemolotou Encamp ment No. 10, when GO new members wore initiated into its mysteries and its session was honored with tho pres ence of the officers of tho Grand En campment. Among the Grand Officers present, who arrived during tho fore noon, were: P. C. E. Mihlhouse, of Pottstown, Grand Patriarch; Herman Roller, of Philadelphia, Grand Junior Warden; Usher A. Hall, of Philadel phia.Grand Scribe; Harry H. Hughes, of Philadelphia, Past Grand Patriarch and George J. Lafferty, of Pottstown, Past Chief Patriarch. These officers iu connection with the officers of Mnenioloton Encampment, No 40 duriug the afternoon and even ing conferred the various encampment degrees upon sixty candidates. This is an infusion of now blood in to the encampment which will make it one of the strongest in this soction and will have a revivifying influence upon the encampment of Milton, Sun bury, Shamokin, Catawissa, and oth ers in towns near by. Tho Encampment is the higher order of Odd Fellows and bears the same re lation to the subordinate lodges that the Chapter does to tho symbolic lodges of Freomasonry. The encamp ment branch comprises three degrees, illustrating and exemplifying the sub lime principles of Faith, Hope and Charity ami this is supplementary iu its teachings to the well-known princi ples of the subordinat • lodge, which are founded upon Friendship, Lovo and Truth. Its degrees are elevating, instructive and ornate; they broaden in every way the splendid conception of tho Brotherhood of Man and the Fatherhood of God, lifting moral pur pose to a high plane of excellence. Mnemolotou Encampment is forty six years old audit had experienced soma of the infirmities of age. Its purpose was partly defeated by a lack of new blood needed to recuperate its energies and to give it a new aud sus tained imp'tus to prosperity. The ad vantages to be derived from a connec tion with the Encampment could only bo brought to the knowledge of the members of the subordinate lodge by one trained iu its schools and conver sant with its methods. The active members of the Encampment, there fore, decided to bring bore Samuel McKeover, Past Grand Master, of Pennsylvania, who should visit the lodges and inform tho brethren of the opportunities, privileges aud benefits to be found in the Encampment branch. The meeting of yesterday afternoon aud last evening with its extraordi nary number of initiations is the re sult of his two weeks' work iu this place. In view of the remarkable accession to an already existing encampment, Grand Patriarch Mihlhouse gracious ly consented to bo present iu person and with his accompanying grand offic ers confer upon tin* applicants the var ious degrees. Mr*. Perry's Store Robbed. The siore of Mrs. Lizzie Perry, No. 708 Perry street, was robbed on Satur day night. Mrs. Perry's little son Daniel was the first to enter tho store Sunday morning. Ho was surprised to find the front door open aud things generally topsy-turvy. The door as well as tho jamb, were, indented, revealing where the burglars had used a jimmy iu forc ing an entrance. ► An investigation showed that tobac co and cigars wore missing to tho value !of some twenty dollars. There is no clue to the burglars. The thieves first attempted to get in through a window opening on the al ley, but failing in this it seems they tackled the door. Thomas Lee, who sleeps ou the first floor of tho building adjoining, heard ; some one about the store for a couple of nights previous to tho robbery, but ho thought it was some one hunting boxes and he gave no alarm. New County Bridge Needed. Tho County Commissioners have de cided that a new county bridge is necessary over a branch of the Chillis qnaque Creek just beyond Exchange. Au iron bridge has been decided upon as tho most economical in the end. The stream is a small one but the bridge required at that point will bo some forty feet in length. As Council contemplates removing tho canal bridges in the borough, in which event they will bo offered for sale, the County Commissioners may decide to open negotiations with Council for the purchase of one of the bridges for the point above referred to near Exchange. Tho borough could afford to sell the bridges considerably below the cost of new ones, which would enaido tho Commissioners to effect and tho Flyer crashed to gether a small caboose was the only car attached to tho former. Extraor dinary as it may seem the latter was not damaged iu any way nor did it leave the track after the crash which almost destroyed tho two locomotives. Instead the coupling between the eu igne and caboose was broken and tho latter was shuttled back along the rails for about 50 yards before it came to a standstill. A Mother's Recommedation. I have used Chamberlain's Cong Rem edy for a number of years and have no hesitancy iu saying that it is the best remedy for coughs, colds and croup 1 have over used in niv family. I have not words to express my confidence in this remedy.—Mils. J. A. MOOHE, North Star, Mich. For sale by Panics & Co. Druggists. Mrs. Mary A. Faux is ill at her homo on East Market street. JOB PRINTING The olice of the AMERICAN ban furished with a large assortmcn o job letter and lancy type and y> - materia generally, the Publisher announces to the public that he prepared at all times to execute ir. the neatest manner JOB PRINTING Ofali Kinds and Description our prices before yon place your orders. Iltl.li IMllll S4OO ll.tll. Jesse Casbner and William and Elmer Roan, who were arrested Sun day charged with breaking into th«- creamery of Cooper and Savidge, at Washingtonville,were arraigned tor.- Just ice-of-the-Peace Ogles by in this city Monday afternoon. Each of tlio defendants was held for trial at <-ourf. The burglary had aroused a gr>-:« deal of interest and the Jo»tiee> office was crowded, while a number of others curious to hear the testimony were unable to gain admittance. The hearing was fixed for 3 o'clock but it was some time later, before the accused men, who were confiu> d ir jail, were brought down to the' Squire's office. The information, which was sworn to by WiHiam Savidge,was r* el to the trio and they were asked to plead guilty or not gnilty. Jesse Cash tier repeated the story he told on Sunday, that he had no knov ledgo of how ho had gotten into t. creamery. "I was there," he said, "but I do not know how I got there." Each of the Roan boys said: "I was not iu the creamery." William Savidge, who resides over the creamery, was the first withe- He was aroused by the breaking of gla-- He got up but did not venture flown stairs immediately. He called vigor ously for help. Later he joined in a search of tho premises and was present when Jesse Casbner was fonud iu the boiler room. He smelt the odor of whiskey about Casbner, *>ut ho did not seem to bo drunk. Casbner said William and Elmer Roan were with bin*. Nothing was missed. An at tempt to break into the creamery was made just two weeks before which led the witness to think that the intrud ers might have been after money, as both of these dates were days when payment is usually made at the hos pital. Winfield Gresh, who played a very prominent part iu the raid on the burglars was the next witness. He is 21 years of age. He was aroused iu time to see two men in the act of en tering the window. He could make no identification, as no part of the men were visible to him but their heads which rose above the pile of boxes which they had displaced. Ho shot twice into the window after them. He was present when the base ment was searched and Jesse Casbner was found in the boiler room. He identified Cashner as the man fouud iu the creamery. He said that the wind ow through which entrance was effect ed was effectually concealed by a pile of crates agaust the building. He himself did not know that there was Swindow there. Ho had seen Jesse Cashner and the two Roan boys about 10:30 o'clock Saturday night. "They seemed all right then." John Cooper one of the partners, lives nearly opposite the creamery. Ho heard Mr. Savidge call loudlv for help. Ho iu turu called some other neighbors and then dressed. Mean while Winfield Gresh armed with his shot gun, was out in the street all alone. With fifteen or twenty the wit ness searched tho creamery, but gave up without fiudiug auy one. Cashner was not discovered until a little later when the two partners and a Jew oth ers made a second visit to the cream ery to see if auy butter had been stol en. They were much surprised to find Cashner there and Savidge asked him what he was doing. "Warming up," was tho reply. Ho was not intoxicat ed "to hurt him." Christian Heckondorn was one ol tho citizens who was aroused by the call for help. Ho heard the report of Gresh's gun. Later ho saw two men run away from the creamery. He did not think that Cashner was under the influence ot liquor to such an extent as to be unaccountable. Peter Haupt saw Jesse Casbner and Elmer and William Roan at Yerg's corner, Washingtonville, about mid night. They were not drank. Jacob Springer, who works for Alex Billmeyer, while returning home from Washingtonville about midnight met Jesse Cashner and Elmer and William Roan on the road they were "cursing and swearing" and had taken their coats off. The Justice considered the testi mony sufficient to justify holding the defendants for court and he fixed bail at :?400 each. Railway Men Growing, The Brotherhood of Railway Train men shows the following figures for the last year: Number of lodges org anized, 32; net gain iu membership, 8454 ; total membership,s4,ooo amount paid in death and disability claims, |882,000; amount iu treasury,sßo*s,ooo. The brotherhood beyond a doubt is steadily gaining ground. It has a great many members on the local roads and seemingly is doing much to promote the welfare of the rank and file. Nearly Forfeits his Life. A runaway almost ending fatally, started a horrible ulcer on the leg of.l. B. Orner, Franklin Grove 111. F»r fonr years it defied all doctors and all re medies. But Bncklen's Arnica Salve had no trouble to cure him. Equally good for Burns, Bruises, Skin Eruptions and Piles. 25c at Paules & Co's. Drug Store. Misses Sallio and Amanda Shellen borger of Philadelphia art* guests of Miss Julia Strouse, Castle Grove Farm.