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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