Home Paper -—.For the Hotue i lie circulation ol this paper is in creasing rapidly. It will pay you to advertise in the AMERICAN SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR I)!i. lIiYi.NU 11. JENNIKGS, DENTIST. Office Hours ■j A. M.to 12 M W Mill St., I I>. M.to UP. M. Danville, /'<». Slll'l/TZ, M.l». 4*J'» Mii.i Sr., Panvii.i.k, I'a. i)iseases of Hie Stomach and Intestines a Specialty | yi. \V. P. ASGLK, DENTIST OHICK: "-MS MILLSTREET. eel li Kxtrueted without l'ain. frown unit liridge \\ ork u Specialty. tiqiilpi>ed with the latest and most improved Instruments and prepared to execute the moHt difficult work. DR. C. H. REYNOLDS, —DENTIST Officp, Opposite Boston Store, Danville, Pa. Dentistry in all its branches. Charges Moderate and all work Guaranteed Established 189*2. cSH hewsT Hats off to the goose-bone prophet and tlio ground-hog. They have made the scientific weather sharps look like thirty cents. The outbreak of typhoid at Ithaca, N. Y., is of a most widespread and startling character. The cause is evid ently in the contamination of its wat er supply and is another powerful argument in favor of legislation for the prevention of the pollution of streams. 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 j by Paules & Co. The zero weather of last week did not phase tho sparrows. They are just as pert and chipper as though cherries were ripe on the trees and tho "golden Summertime" was here. There is very little contagion in this city at present. When you feel blue and that every thing goes wrong, take a dose of Cham berlain's Stomach and Liyer Tablets. They will cleanse and invigorate your stomach, regulate your bowels, give ! yon a relish for your food and make yon feel that in this old world is a good place to live. For sale by Paules & Co. Druggists. Druggist R. D. Magill is confined by illness to his homo, West Market street. Mrs. Emma Shoemaker of Washing tonville.is filling a position as trained nurse in this city. 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. William Pollock is seriously ill at his home in Washiugtonville. Many sidewalks arc deep in slush. John W. Eyerly.the printer,who lias an attack of typhoid fever,is still very ill at his home on Sjiruce street. Mrs. George Treas of South Dan ville, is lying critically ill of pneu monia. It isn't always the shortest month that is the easiest on the coal pile. One Minute Cough Cure gives relief in one minute, because it kills the microbe which tickles the mucous membrane, causing the cough, and at th» same time clears the phlegm, draws out the in flammation and 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 Cure is pleasant to take,harmless good alike for young and old. (Josh & Co., Paules & Co. A jolly company of people, some sixty in number, were entertained at the home of S. F. Ricketts,Pine street, Friday night. The event was known as a "photo social" and was a decided novelty. Refreshment? were served. Tho occasion on the whole was very much enjoyed. An outbreak of smallpox at Nanti coke following tho outbreak at Mill ers' Mills and Mill Creek has caused the authorities of all the towns up and down tho Wyoming Valley to take all possible precautions to prevent su.;h an epidemic as swept the valley last year about this time. The cases have all been quarantined and are carefully guarded. A Weak Stcnnch causes a weak body and invites disease. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures and streng thens the stomach, and wards off and overcomes disease. J. 15. Taylor,a promi nent merchant of Chriesman. Tex.,says: "I could not eat becanse of a weak stomach. I lost all strength and run down in weight. All that money could do was d ne, but all hope of recovery vanished. Hearing of some wonderful cures effected by use of Kodol, I con cluded to try it. The first benefitted me, and after taking four bottles I am fully restored to my usual strength, weight and health." Gosh & Co. Paules & Co. "THIS COI.NTRY WILL NEVER BE ENTIRELY EREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF IMS OWN DEMANDS WITII ITS OWN PR< VOL. 48-MO 0. I KINK JlAllir CLOSE CALL Frank Martz of uear Washington villo, Friday morning escaped drown in« by tlie narrowest possible raargiu. His rescue was offooterl with difficulty and at great hazard. Altogether the event was one of the most thrilling that has taken place in that vicinity in myny years. Most persons are familiar with the extensive lim >stone quarries, lying on the right hand tide of the road lead ing from Washingtonville to Straw berry Ridge. They are not being worked to any extent and they lie there, deep excavations, which during rhe fall till up with water, which as winter advances freeze over, affording a choice supply of fresh water ice. It was while harvesting ice in the quarry that Mr. Martz met with his narrow escape. With a two-horse sled ho had just driven upon the pond, which is nine feet deep. Standing in front of his horses he was trying to hack them into a proper position for loading when the ice suddenly gave way precipitating driver and horses | into the pond. Mr. Martz, who had ] hold of the horse's hit in sinkiug drop ped and t the animal's feet and thus was carried to the bottom of the pond. Driver and "horses were entirely out of j sight, but a moment- or so later they j rose to the surface. The man's head J alone was visible; he was close up to j the struggling horses and the next moment was struck by the frantic animals in their efforts to escape and was borne down agiin tin ler tin wat er. Joseph Halk, Russell Umstead, Charles Beaver, John Smith and George i Gresh, were also engaged in hauling I ice and were near the quarry when Mr. Martz broke through. In a few moments they were on the scene of the j accident and did what they could to rescue the man and horses. They were I defeated, however, in effort after effort ! by the treacherous condition ot the ice ! and the struggling team which rising and.sinkiug in the water imperilled i any one who ventured near them. Mr. Martz chilied and benumbed yet | made a desp.ir.ito light for life. Ris ing the second time he managed to keop his bead and shoulders above water, when his rescuers at the peril of tiieir livos ventured out to tho edge of the ice aud succeeded in grasping him. It was nearly fifteen niifiutes after the accident occurred that the half drowned man was dragged ashore. He was then in a state of seiui-conscious ness as a result of the shock and be numbing effect of the long exposure to the ice-cold water. The two horses were finally gotten out of the pond, but not until they j had torn their harness nearly into shreds and had detached themselves from the sled. One of the animals was slightlv injured and both, like their driver, were much the worse for their ice-cold bath. Mr. Martz is a married man about 30 years of age, who resides on the Rob inson farm in ar the quarry. By noon Saturday he had nearly recovered from all ill effects,although the mem ory of his narrow escape will remain with him for years to come. A Remarkable Case. I)r. P. G. Newbaker has a remark able ca>c under treatment in which the patient lias swallowed 110 nourish ment for a p> riod of thirty-five days and bids fair to survive for an in definite time longer. The case is that of Miss Ella Ben nett, Vine street,who is afflicted with multiple neuritis, a peculiar condition in which there is progressive paralysis, and which in tin present case renders the patient unable to swallow. Miss Bennett,who is forty-one years of age, j:ii ' Den something of an in valid a! ier 1 if". During a previous attack was unable to swallow for a period of seventeen days,but surviv ed. The ease at present is remark able as revealing iiow long a person can live without eating. Miss Bennett has been ill for about eight months and hopes of her recovery have been abandoned. Sickness is Decreasing. Public health in this city has im proved considerably during the last two or three weeks. There are still a few eases of pneumonia and typhoid fever, but the most of these are con valescent, while grippe,which a month ago, seemed to claim a victim in near ly every household, has abated wond erfully. There i-' not » case of infec tious disease in Danville. The improved conditions aro no doubt to some extent due to the colder and more healthful weather which came along about the middle of the month, it i-; impossible to foresee what isinsto.-' to. us between tho present and April Ist, but it is hoped that wo will have very little of the dis 'ase-hreeding weather that marked the latter part of January. Oar physicians, who a short time ago were busy night and day, aro now enjoying a breathing spell. Entertained, Mr. and Mrs. William Gethiug en tertained at their home, Grovania, Friday evening. The following wore tho guests: Mr. and Mrs. William Lazarus, Sr., and son Raymond, Mr. aud Mrs. William Lazarus Jr., George Kashnrr, and four sons and daughter, Norman Walter, Charles Low and three sons and Mrs. Rosa Hawk of Jorseytowu. A very enjoyable time was spent with music and games. A menu was ■ rwd during the evening WILL START ON MONDAY Tiio skelp mill of tlio Reading Iron Works, which has boon idle since bo fore the holidays, according to the plans of the company will start up on Monday. This is indeed, very good news. The skelp or twenty-inch mill employs about eighty men. Many of the posi tions carry with them very big pay, while the earnings of the men in this mill on the whole exceed considerably those of any other department of the big works. Superintendent Thomas stated that the outlook as it relates to the skelp mill is promising enough,al though the orders on hand at present are not large. That the situation just ifios starting the mill is taken in itself a* encouraging; the future, it is thought, c m be relied upon to take care of itself and no one seems to fear hut that the mill will he able to make good time. Superintendent Thomas states that } the business outlook in general is very bright and he anticipates a very brisk J season ahead. The Reading Iron Works j with the skelp mill in operation will employ between seven and eight hun- | dred men, nearly seven hundred being ' on the payroll at the present. That ! tiie Reading Iron Works is a big factor ! in the town's prosperity thus become; j very apparent. No Quorum of Council. There was no quorum at Council j Friday eve. There were but six mem- ' hers present: Vasfiue, Montgomery, ■ Swank, Dougherty, Patton and Lloyd. ; Burgess Pursell was also on hand. A quorum was especially desirable that night, as it would have been the last j regular meeting of_tho present council. ! A special meeting will bo held 011 the j night of Monday, March 2nd,when the i old council will adjourn sine die and | the new council will be organized. The members who will retire are: First ward, George Secliler; Second , ward, Albert Kemracr; Third ward, j John Patton; Fourth ward, A. L. j Brandt. They will be succeeded as follows: First ward, George Reifsnyd er; Second ward, Grant Fenstoriuach er; Third ward, .T. H. Goeser; Fourth ! ward, David Gibson. The following bills on hand Friday night were ordered paid by the Finance I Committee of Council. WA TE R DE PARTM ENT Regular employes $137.00 Extra labor 39.1)5 Rensselaer Mfg. Co !)4.H0 Morning News 12.00 Wm. Murphy's Sous 13.00 E. Kneler Company 7.75 Danville Intelligencer . 25.00 Harry B. Patton 20.00 BOROUGH DE FARTMEN T T Regular employes |82.50 Labor and hauling . 20.44 William Sechler 1.00 Morning News 25.00 Danville Stove & Mfg. C 0..... .14 United Tele. & Telegraph Co. 14.85 Paul Swentek's Accident. Paul Swentek, landlord fo St. Elmo Hotel, Saturday night had the mis fortune to fall and break oue of the bones of his left leg. Mr. Swentek had just closed iiis hotel and was entering his residence when the accident occurred. The stone step at his front door was covered with a thiu coat of ice,resulting from water freezing which had dripped down from the eaves. As he stepped upon the stone he slipped and fell, his left leg receiving the weight of his body in such a manner as to cause a fracture about three inches above the ankle. Mr. Swentek was unable to rise to his feet. Ho called for help and his nephew, Joseph Oeseher.who was just leaving the hotel, rushed to his as sistance. Ho was carried up stairs and Dr. S. Y. Thompson, the family physician summoned. An examination showed that the fiactnre was not sosrions as it might have been, the smaller of the two bones of the log alone being broken. It will probably be some six weeks be fore Mr. Swentek will fully recover, but at the end of a week or ten days, Dr. Thompson thinks ho may bo able to encase the broken bono in plaster of Paris, so that tlio man can move around and attend to his business. Eugene Moyer's Condition. Eugene Moyer who was injured by being thrown out of a wagon in a run away about two months ago improves very slowly .although his many friends are not without hope that he will fully recover in time. It is indeed a trying ordeal and it is remarkable how thejentire community shows its sympathy for the unfortun ate man. There is scarcely an hour 01 tlio day Hi at some one does not call in or that iuquiries aro not made at the door concerning bis condition. More than this; day after day nearly ever since tho accident,rich feasts and del icacies of all sorts have been brought in until the entire family feel them selves indebted beyond measure and hardly know how to express thoir gratitude. Kindness, however, never gofs unrewarded and these acts sink very deep into the hearts of the afflict ed man and bis family,who are made to feel that hard is their lot, there aro others around them willing and anxious to help them bear their burd en. County Commissioner George Leig how who has been \ ry seriously ill of pneumonia is recovering slowly. He was able to sit lip yesterday. DANVILLE. PA., TIIUItSDAY FEI.UUAItY 2<>. PERSONAL PAIAGHAPIIS Kalpli Phillips of Pottsvillo, former stenographer at tlio Reading Iron Works, was a guest over Sunday at the homo of W. H. Manger, West Mah oning street. Mr and Mrs. Ernest C. Rogers, of Snnbury, spent Sunday with relatives in tliis city. Miss Delia Swayze spent Sunday with friends in Catawissa. M. J. Higgins of Passaic, N. J., formerly agent of the United States Express Company here, spent Sunday with friends in Danville. Miss Gertrndo Phillips of Berwick, spent Sunday with relatives in this city. Miss Alma Campbell is visiting rel atives iu Catawissa. Thomas McCaffrey spent Sunday in Nanticoke. Miss Mintie Eckert and Miss Alice Gasner of Reading are visitiug at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. McCoy, West Market street. Miss Mary Kmicinski is visiting rel atives in Mf. Carmel. E. J. Coxoy of Sunbnry, spent Sun day in this city. Councilman A. L. Brandt who is employed in Milton, spent Sunday in t his city. Miss Mary Murray, East Market street, spent yesterday with relatives in Sunbury. Peter Kelly left yesterday on a busi ness trip to York. Mrs. Genrgo Rowe, East Front street, spent yesterday with friends in Sunbury. Mrs. Frank Trumbower has return ed to Wilkesbarre after a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Trumbow er, East Market street. Mrs. H. Cuthbert and Mrs. E. Cuth bert, Riversido were guests of Sun bury friends yesterday afternoon. Ross Keefer spent yest rday with friends in Bloomsburg. E. G. Kline returned to Bloomsburg yesterday aftor a short visit with friends in this city. Mrs. Clara Brandou, East Markot street,left yesterday 011 the 12:15 train for a visit with relatives in Philadel phia. Miss Rose Dugan, Mill street, left pesterday tor a visit with her parents it Mt. Carmel. J. E. Moore left yesterday on a busi ness trip to West Virginia. D. H. Burt, formerly manager of ho Grand Union Tea store here, was in this city yesterday between trains. Mr. Burt, who is engaged iu the sale jf laundry machinery, is living in Philadelphia at present. 1). L. Mauger, Traveling Passenger \geut for the P. & R. transacted busi less in this city yesterday. Nelson Woods transacted business in Catawissa yesterday afternoon. Miss Sarah Heimmiller returned to Bloomsburg yesterday after a pleasant risit with friends on East Market itreet. Bradley McLain left yesterday for a risit with friends in Catawissa. D. U. Hunt transacted business in NlitTlinburg yesterday aft 'moon. Mrs. L roy Th >mas, Pine street,left yesterday for a short visit with friends in Bloomsburg. Miss Alico Murray of Pottsgrove, tvas the guest of Danville frienos yes erday. John Troub and sou of Bloomsburg, spent yesterday with relatives in this ?ity. D. F. Gouger and wife of Limestone rowuship, called on friends iu this •itv yesterday. Miss Hattie Adams, Miss Elizabeth Flullihen and Miss Grace Rieketts last n-euiug returned home from a visit to Shamokiu. Mrs. Fred Purpnr of Boyd's Station returned home last evening after a vis it with Mrs. Louisa Nice of South Danville. Miss Simington returned home last sveniug from a visit in Sunbury where *he attended a birthday party given in honor of the twin children of Mr. »nd Mrs. Charles A. Sidler. Mrs. Daniel Keim, Vine street, last evening returned home from a visit with her daughter, Mrs. Edward Ger inger, at Sunbury. Miss Lottie Gabel returned to Sun bury last evening after a visit with Miss Nellio Cuthbert, Riverside. The Easy Pill. DeWitt's Little Early Risers do not gripe nor weaken the system. They [Hire biliousness, jaundice, constipation and inactive livers, by arousing the secretions, moving the <owels gently, yet effectually, and gi ing such tone and strength to the glands of the stom ach, liver and bowels that the cause of the trouble is removed entirely. These famous little pills exert a decided tonic effect upon the organs involved, and if their use is continued for a few days there will be no return of the trouble. Gosh & Co. Panles & Co. Will Remove West. John Lobach of West Hemlock town ship, has advertised his farm of.">< acres for sale, along with all his live stock, farming implements and liouse hol 1 goods. Mr. Lobach intends to re move to lowa. He will be accompani ed by William Brittainand 'Bert Wei liver, young men of West Hemlock. UUAKTERLY MHKIIM; Tho quarterly mooting of Pomona Grange, No. 31, which was held in G. A. R. Hall,this city,yesterday brought a largo number of our agricultural friends into town. The grange is an organiziton which places woman on an equality with man. Sho is initiat ed into the full mysteries of the order, is permitted to hold office, and may even become M istor of tho grange. Among those attending, therefore, in addition to the heads ot' families were the wives and daughters ot many. Tli-', mooting, which lasted all dir. was purely a business one, the sessions being held behind closed doors. Among the proceedings which tlie public is permitted to know was the adoption of a resolution asking the active support of our Representative and Senator it securing the passage of the bill now pending appropriating £281,00.) to tne Pennsylvania State College for an ay ricultural building and equipment and for the support of D qnrtmouts of Agriculture and Forestry. A resolution was also adopted op posing the pissing of the Brownlow National Road bill. The objection to this m 'usure was based principally on tli number of offices it created,which tho members thought was opening the way for many abuses. Addresses were delivered by H. H. Brown of Light Street, Columbia County, and W. J. Beidelmm of Bloom>burg, both prominent grange workers. Recitations wore rendered with very pleasing efT-iet by Miss Letta Merrell of M:iusda!e and Miss Sfelli MeWill iatns ot' Moorosburg. Porno la Grange No. 31 takes in the two counties of Montour aud Nor thumberland and those attending there fore, represented rather a wide area. Among those pros 'lit the following were noticed: William Curry and J. A. Merrell of M.iusdale; A. Miuse.',David II ini bach, and J. I'. Weaver of Cooper township ;Calvin VY. Derr, CI irk Ben field and Charles Wagner of Cali fornia; Alfred li. Lite-hard of An thony township; M. t?. Bond of Cliul askey; J. L. Voris aud J. 13. tfurrav of Pottsgrove. The next quarterly me itiug will be held on tho last Wednesday in May with Eldora Grange on the farm of A. H. Litehard, Anthony township. A Bad .Runaway Prevented. John Halderman, ot this city, while driving a two-horso sled Monday morning by his superior horsemanship prevented two bad runaways. He was tim ing out East Mahoning street toward Mill street, when one ot t!n* single trees became detached and striking the horse on ti• hind legs caused him to run. Belli horses were frisky and they were soon beyond the driver's control, dashing along at a mad gallop. At the opera bouse corner they turn ed down Mill street. At this point a thrilling spectacle was witnessed. A ; woman was on the crossing who did not see the team until it was upon her. Escape seemed impossible, but tiie driver,who still hung on the lines, managed to turn tho team a little to ' one side; it was by barely a hand's ; breadth that the sled missed the wo man. At the canal bridge the driver took I a fearful ri =k. The horses were on a dead run, but be turned them to the right down the steep hill leading to Hunter's livery stable. Every one ex pected to Fee the sled overturned, but : it remained upon its runners. Ap- j proaching tho livery stable the plucky i driver turned the horses to the right 1 guiding them squarely up against the | building so that they wore obliged to stop. The single tree which caused the trouble was replaced aud the team with the samo driver started out again. I On Mill street, near the scales tho , single tree came loose again and the horses ran away the second time, j North Mill street was full of sleighs and wagons, some coming, some going i and many tied along the sidewalks. Mr. Halderman won a great deal of i admiration as be held onto his post guiding the frantic runaways as best j he could.threading his way in and out among tho numerous vehicles. Time j and again it seemed that collii-on j could not bo avoided, but the driver managed to steer clear. At tho steam grist mill he stopped the team by the same tactics that ho employed at the livery stable—by running the horses up against the wall of tli • building. At the Mary Packer Hospital. James Edgoworth Sr., was admitted to the Mary Packer hospital, Suiibury, yesterday. Mr. Edgeworth s case i- a most peculiar one. About two months ago he fell and injured his left hip. The bone was not broken nor was there any dislocation aud yet he was unable to walk. It is thought that tho i treatment at the hospital will be of i great benefit to him. His son James Edgeworth, Jr. and Eugeno Dorau ac companied him. DeWiti's Witch Hazel Salve- The only positive euro for bleeding, itching and protruding piles,cuts,bums, bruises, eczema and all abrasions of the skin. DeWitt's is the only Witch Hazel Salve that is made from the pure, uu adulterated witch hazel - all other are counterfeits. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salv smade to cure counterfeits are made to sell Gosh & Co., Panics & Co. SHORT SESSION OF Colli' February Court, which went into session in this city Monday, will go on record as one of the shortest t nil ' ever held in this county. Upon eon | vening it was discovered that tl;er i was only a small amount of burin* j pending and practically no cir d - manding trial. It wi.s therefore docid ed to dispense with the travers • jurn - and tho Sheriff was instructed t ) pro ceed at once to notify them tli kt their services would not be medod at this term. Court convened at 10 o'clock with !l. J?. Little, President Judge.and .-- -o dates, Dr. 3 Y. Thompson an I Frank G. Bloc on the bench. Judgi Edwards of Lackawanna county wi ex Tected to preside. Ho arrived on thu '.>:O6D. L. & W. train and w>s pre.-t ;ir wh n court conveued. Judge 112 ittle 1 :sr week was holding court in Luzerne county and ho did not know whether lie would get through there in time to op n court here Monday, lit; accordingly irrauged with Judge Edwards to preside at court hero dur ing his absence. A slight misunder standing, it seems, was responsible for both jurists appearing on tho S" ne Monday morning. Judge Edwards returned to Scrauton on the train. Philip Buyer was appointed tipstaff to wait on the Grand Jury and David Steffin and Andrew Billmeyer, tip staffs, to wait upon 11 i • court. Tho constables of tho various dis tricts made their returns. No viola tions of law were reported. Under the rule in force at present the traverse jury does not app ear un til the second day of court. The grand jury was on hand. John McMahon was sworn in as foreman. It was then discovered that there was only one civil case open for trial. The case of Commonwealth vs. Jesse Cashuer and of Commonwealth vs. Elmer and William Roan, clnrg d with breaking into the creamery at Washiuglonville, should a true hill b found, will have to be tried ;it a court of oyer and terminer and conseqiu nt ly can not be disposed of at the pn - sent term of quarter sessions. Of the other cases on the criminal list there are none ready for trial. Under the circumstances it was not thought worth while to incur the cxpi use of bringing the traverse jnror- int ; town and the ease which might h.av ben tried was continued. The court found upon consulting with tho sheriff that nearly all the traverse jurors reside in or about the countv seat and could bi leached with little inconvenience. The sheriff then - fore was instructed to proceed with out a bit of delay to notify the traverse jurjrs that they would not be wanted at this term. Among other business transacted Judge Little signed a decree in di vorce, releasing Jasper B. Perry and Elizabeth Perry from the bonds of matrimony. A subpoena in divorce was granted in tho case of Clara S. Brown and Augustus M. Brown. It was adjudged that the cost of building a new bridge over the north branch of Chillisqaaquo in Anthony township would be too heavy tor the township to bear. It was therefore ordered that the said bridge and pro ceedings be entered of record as a county bridge. Tho report of the viewers for a new road in Mahoning township, begin ning at Charity Gillaspy's barn and ending at Jacob Becker's house was confirmed absolutely. The report of the viewers laying out a public road in Liberty township and also vacating a portion of a public road in same township was confirmed nisi, width of road fixed at and one third feet. The report of the viewers against vacating tho Old Ford ro id in Cooper and M ivl) rrv townships was continu ed nisi. In the case of Common wealth vs. \V. L. Gouger, District Attorney Ivisner moved that the court proceed to sen tence the prosecutor and the defend ant Thereupon the court sentenced David Ruckel,prosecutor,and William L Gouger, defendant,to each pay one half of the costs of prosecution accord ing to the verdict of the jury. In tho matter of the motion in arrest of judg ment as to David Ruekel, Judge Lit tle expressed himself as follows: "We invariably instruct the traverse jurors and I suppose that we did it in this case that it would lie a hardship to the prosecutor where ho brought tho prosecution in good faith and fail ed to maintain the prosecution to place the cost- upon him,but wl.ere-the facts indicate that the prosecution was not instituted from purely disinterested motives tli" jury can make disposition of the costs. We do not feel like interfering with the verdict in this case in any re spect". There was a short session of Court Tuesday forenoon, which was mere ly long enough to receive the report of tho Grand Jury and to take its ver dict in the two Commonwealth cast -. Rather more than ordinary interest attached to the latter which were the only cases submitted, namely, Com monwealth vs. Jesse Cashuer and Com monwealth vs. Elmer and William Roan. Tho defendants were charged with breaking into the creamery of Cooper & Savage at Washingtonvillo on Sun day morning the Hth., inst. Cashuer (Continued on Fourth Page.) ESTAIiL! -HKI I V 1855. EKUn-SEVEKII MILESTONE and mod prominent citizens, who.-t business career In- b ; a identified with tli:* hi ' IT of Ui; villi* during two generations, yesterday celebrated his eighty-s- . if!i bit 1 ! itlay. It will b n >i I that "Ir. Laabaclt'* natal rlav < ceurred on the samo dale with t at ( i tin' lather of Ili-* Coun try, which lend additional iuf»>n -t to the event, although th-ro is much about hi hirtii liy at present which is quite remarkable in itself, a* Mr. Laubaeh in piling his eighty-seventh mile stone, i» in lull ] os.se.-sion of all his faeultic , enjoys life keenly and bids fair to <• many additional birth days. Mr. Laubach was in a highly rem iniscent mood, .- iturday and dw d I in a very eut rtlining way on the leading events >f his life. He was born alien tI•• nr mil' abov 1] utoii, ' olambiu -'ounty, on Psbroiiry 22, 181«. He wat yoaug<-st of eleven cliil Iron and i the only one surviv ing. llisb; t!i vva- recorded in tin* 'd famil Bible by his father himself and i> v y quaintly written in Pi-an ■iylvanii .•■num. Trmslard it re ids: "February 22, ISH;. My -on Christ ian was burn at mid lay". Then fol lows the sign of the zodiac at that time reigning, which m the minds of the people of that day controlled to some extent the d. itinies of m n. The old Bible containing the family record, which is printed ing rman and Ji ars the data of 1 i- oue of Mr. Laubach's most highly prized hoirlooms. Tiief .milj record shows the Laabaeli famiiv generally to b • a loag-live 1 o-i>. <).' Christian's broth er- and si 112 i-s fiv» reached a r mark able age. IF i- br ler (i or.; liv■ 1t < be 98 years o! 1: i -i-tor, Susan Moore, was 1)3; aao Si •• -i>t r, Polly Iseler, was 91; Kal i) »vi- die lat ; Hannah Conner WMS si; Tw . other >i-t >rs, B' tay 0010 all R ibe•» Ikel r, did comparatively early UJ, cl, re-p . live ■ said of two I);* i T-i, John ml Fre l orick, who parsed aw iy aged, r sp e tively, tin and >!7 \ ; Mr. Laabaeli < , to Danville in IS), when .*1 y a 112 a_- . For . iuht years he cl >rkeil or Poter Baldy. At this time the i; a works w re nevi-r dreamed of an i Danville wis little I . ! I ■ lire of Danvili at that • arlv <1 ay,win u Mill street between tin canal and Bloom street, was lined by a crod • "worm" fen >, which euclo-ed on either sid •eu iva !•>• or tra :- oi pasture land. Of ail t ! adult popu lation that Mr. 1...hi h found when he came to Danville .so far as he knows but two bv-id - Isim-. If are living—Mieha 1 W ill ' and Wadiing ton Barj - . Mr. Laubach .-t irt. 1 bu-iu. -- for himself in 1545. In 1-Vi he built the block which e at iiii- I resii! 11 and the si or. room ad,;, ining.in which lie did basiness for fifty years. He has witnessed many ehanj. in hi- long "areer. The tow iha grown from a ■onntry villa;: : tu important tuana fMtsring town. Th conditions of life md trad " Inn ill und. ■, change dnce h» came to Danville. When h • treat into basim ss whiskey was a •ommodity handl 1 by nearly all. iealeis. It sol i for 2 e. nt> pi gallon wholesale and 10 c* nts per gallon re rail. There w»rt u " important dis tilleries here, one on the present -it.> Df the silk mill aud the other a couple >f miles down the river, the rnins of which still exist. An iutere-ting fit connected with Ihe life of Mr. Laubach i> that he is dill shaving him,- If with th ■ same razor which lie ns -l wh o' h - ;irst b ■- gan to .share. It has been in con tinuous use orer - ventr years. He purchased it at a store in (>rangevillc when a boy. Tic- h uidle is a primi tive-looking 1 >oi: affair,hut the blade, which was originally v ry wide, has been ground down an 1 looks modern t-uough. The razor i- of the very besr material and will very easily serve another geueiation. Entertained Friends. A sled load of young folks from Bloomsburg sp nt a very pleasant evening at the home oi' Percy Shultz, East Market street, .Monday evening. Those prt -i nt were: Irma II ller, Lois Welliver, Bessii Lemons, Bessie Bead ershott, Su-au Martin, Lulu Kankel, Ida Moore, tiiacc Fn\-. Lizzie Lut/. Laura Watkins. < 'omly Ob rn ndcr, Albert Sliutt, Albert Meiiele, Clyde Hower, Kaymond Hummer, Frank Girton,OHn All', o h, dev. i< 1 (rirton and Dayton Me onl tin i dlowing from this city M - ■■» Jlairgie Hixsou, (irace Shultz, l>irtha .Tones, Mand Hurley, Minnie Shalt/, M iggie Wag ner, an 1 Lena Campbtdl, Harry Hix son,Joseph lir itenbach. .To: oh Smith and Thoma - Sin; t Goldfish for the Y. M. C. A. The' Young M u's Christian Associa tion has in its parlor a very large aqnarium.contaimug a numb r of gold fish. Several months ruo, Mis. Will iam Kelly, a lorm r resident of Dan • Association building with a nambar of iriend-. and heing interested in the aquarium, suggested that there were not enough li.-bin it.and that she would s e th'it m re ~ . id d. t)n Saturday -In made th • \s-ociati n a present of si\ line lisli through Lcniger Bros.,w hich weri a 'ccpted with plea sure and thanks. JOB PRINTING i he olice of the AVERICAK bcin . irnntVi with a ai jje l^ottmcß job letter and fancy type and jo!- o materia generally, the Publish*i announce* to the public that he it prepare at aii times to execute ir. the neatest manner ~J()r» PKIXTING Ofah Kinds and Description is&f G-1 our j - s before y n p'act your orders. ii.HLli.il Ml; snw No: .vith-ia ding tl. a r« .rmmri. joint i -till several mm fin in the firttir. it was leettod at a mentis* of tho 8-hool Board Monday t>, invite H> v. George E. Limhcrt, paster c* ' . • liarculaor ate sermon. Borough Superint tident «G<>rdy hi . ■. 1 ;. .. j i.-> aire wly leading o suaw r>>of-ntinn imonK the m*ra! of the gridaaring • laps, who are nndei the impression that it devolves open th-m to select a mini-be for the .« r-noo. U« soggM#t ed that the s-hool 1 :»r.| r ik- aj. not only tii«> nutter ol haecalaore \tv> ser mon, hut al «> th.' solijeet r.f dr» 4 for ;! • ; -' • ■ h ii:, i,,; ij i- t, ■ - and deciding vMcr or not the clas shall wear caps and gowns. Oa motion ni Dr. Harped it was de cided that tin- school hoard r..k* hot,, una r« nferred t«. oat ».f rii - lands of the class. Oti motion of Mr. G. nit was de rid< (1 that an invitation be extended to k v.(l orge E. Limb rr to ;m>s< h the baccalaureate sermon in Shiloh Rt formed clinrch oa the evening of May :)lst. On motion of Mr. Keefer the hoaril also f!< i i- ] against <"»• - and gowns. It iwas the consensus r,f oj in ion that the (jirls look much prettier in white graduating dresses and the boy- ibbcFi wore natural in their custom »ty at tire. Mr. I* i-Hier, one of tie* d< l-'jtares, preseut d a report of the prore dings of the Stat Director-" (' nvcution held February I2tli aud 13th. He considers tiie trip worth al! it eo-t. He enumer ated the different sp« *ker» who held forth and gave the substance of many cf the addre - s, all ol which were in tensely practical and prog re dve in toue. What gratitiel Mr. Fischer Gs|rer*ially was the fact tiiat while many nf the addresses wer • onspanng in Wm i-- criticknot adbooiaaud school hoards none of their strictnres applied to Danville, wiiicli be found to b« in the front ranks as relates to the pd plo.vm nt of good teaching t ih-nt, *!w* payment of salaries and the clt*an ad ministration of school affairs. Samuel Werkheis- r was also a dele gate to the State Teacher-' Cotiv« n tion. Borough Superintendent Gordy pre sented a report, explaining to what extent he had been |» n.■fitted b? hi# ait nuance at the St i Su »'rint» nd eut-' Convention. H< explained how tin public school system is beginning to reach out and especially com mend •d tlie commercial coarse, which the •urriculums of a good many of the Iliuli Schools throughout If State al ready include. On motion a vot. 1 ot tf tanks was ex -nded to tlie Snperint <ud> nt ind del ■gates for their attendance at the tw •o»ivenri>.!is and thi' ex • !I nr re] ort presented. The following bills were approved 'or payment: tabu Hixson £1.53 P. C. Murray & So., .. •>.*.*> Soidel & Bausch 1.0.1 Facob Mills . i.io 5. W. rkhi iser 10. Ci X. E. Young . . 10.00 J icob Fischer.. ... lO.tei "Our Land for Christ." The most of the Sunday St .00l- in heir exercises Sunday made a fif ing reference to Washington'*- Flirtl.- lay. At the Mahoning Pre-hyf. nan hurch the <-x> rcise- were wholly of ,i jKH-ial nature, a patriotic m rvice teing adopted, entitled, "Our Land or Christ".The attendant. ■ was oau - tally large. Tlif program was made up of rc-p-ei ive reading, spirited singing and irayers. A feature of the -s>rvi» wa lie primary exercise. A recitation •nt it Kd "What Our Colors m< an" wa endered in a very pleasing mann< r hv hree little girls: Ethel Morrison. Dorothy Welliver and Mary West. "Our Country and How it gft-w" ,vas a map study conducted by Samnel diller. It was vi ry intere-ting an i ■ouveyed much information on th arioos acquisitions of territory ma I luring the lii-tory of « ur country. "Presbyterian Horn Mission- and low they Grew" was also an int> rest iik topic, w hich » nlarged ujmn by ho superintendent <»f the Sunday -rliool, llnward Shultz Tho offering, which was devot-'d to [hunt Missions amounted to -r:*t. Prayer was offered by liev. N. F. stahl, who officiated at Mahoning Presbyterian church Sunday. The same service was adopted at the Lirove Presbyterian choreb. Owing to he illness of the supcrintt nch-nt of tlie Primary department tli exerci-« - relating to the small scholars were imitted Tli program was not > loso ly adhere! to. Prayer wat '1 by Rev. S. Maxwell Morri-on. who til! >! the pnlpit at the Grove Pre-foyterian tdiurch Sunday. The i> ■< a-i> n %v.*«- very interesting. Appeal Dismissed. In the matter of the |«x«r district of Franklin town-flip v<. Danville and Mahoning ]*> or district, an appeal for an order of removal of Sarah l*>.i-'. Judge Hart this morning rendt • *d the following deci-ion : "And now, Feb diiaiv th- ub rof r> aiov tl is •< n firmed and appeal dismissed at the costs of the appellant, and it is order ed that the poor district of Danvilh and Mahoning pay the poor district ot Franklin township, apju Hants, h reasonable costs and charges as it if bylaw entitled to receive."—Will iamsport News
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