MONTOUR AMERIGAN FRANK C. ANGLE. Proprietor. Danville, Pa.. Mar. 12,1903. REGISTER OF SALES. Emma A. Foust. sale of Farm stock, etc at her residence in West Hemlock township near Sheep's church, on Fri day, March 13th, at 10 o'clock a. m. John A. McMahan, administrator of William McMahan, deceased, will sell at public sale farm stock and imple ments at the residence of tin late Will iam McMahan in Liberty township, Montour County, near Pottsgrove, Fri day, March 20th, at 10 o'clock a. m. Clarence Peifer will sell at bis resid ence in Cooper Township, ou Thursday March Mb, at 10 o'clock, live stock, farm implements, etc. Elisha B< 11 will sell at his residence hack of Blue Hill, on Monday, March Kith live stock, farm implements, etc. WILL HOLD THE COMMISSIONERS High Sheriff Samuel Dietrick of Northumberland county has resolved to tight the constables of the county in their efforts to secure additional mileage and costs in the serving of court subpoenas, the lord high execu tive claiming that he alone is entitled to the additional amounts under the provision of the act of 1901. Hereafter the-heriff of Northumber land county will serve all subpoenas, and the matter of distributing them will Ix- taken entirely out of the Dis trict Vtt miev's hands. Mr. Dietrick will deputi/. tho constables from tho various districts to serve the papers and he will issue orders for their pay ment. The official served the following notice on the county commissioners. It l- -elf explanatory. To A. H. Cooucr, John H. Beck aud John Raudenbush, commissioners of Northumberland county. You are hereby notified that under tie- law- of the State of Pennsylvania I liav the sole and exclusive right to - rv« all subpoenas' issued on tho part «<f the Commonwealth subpoenaing witn -- - to l» in attendance upon tho - \ . ral -onus of Northumberland county; that I alone am entitled to compensation for the service of such subpoenas. Yon are further notified that I have authorized no Olio to ac- < vt in my name compensation from yon for the mileage and service accru ed up<n sach subpoenas, and that 1 will hol.l you responsible for my legal ft" -, as set ont under the act of 1901, fur the --rvice of all commonwealth urt subpoenas issued and served from the beginning of my term, to wit, January 1, 1 And you are farther n>itified not to make any settle rat ut with anyone for the service anrl niikiige accrued upon any subpoena issued on the part of the common wealth commanding any witness or witn< -st - to appear in attendance up on any of the courts of Northumber land county except they have author ity from ins otherwise I 11 hold you responsible. SAMUEL DIETRICH, High Sheriff of North'd Co. SIOOREWARD, SIOO Tne r< i ler> . 112 tills paper will be please? to • irn that then* is at least one dread' dls i i** that science tins been atilcto cure In all tSstuj'-s and that Is <~"*t*rrli. Hall's Ca t irrli t urt' is the only positive cure now kti urn to the medical fraternity. Catarrh 1» i.2 i constitutional disease, requires a « ii>• tuti<>■:.-11 treatment. Hall's Catarrh 'Jure i«> taken internally, acting dir-ctly up ■ ; the 1 i and mucous surface of the sys tem. thereby (.estmyiui! the foundation of the and giving the patient strength t»y ha: <iilife up the constitution ami assist ing i iturt .n doing the work. Tin- proprietors t m vi much faith in its curative powers t hat thtyoflwOx Hntral Dollars f«>r any rase that it falls to cure, fend fur list of Test iint mi ials. I J. i H FNF.Y & CO . i'rtips.. Toledo, O. ■sold by lirnKCtKts, price 75c. per bottle. Ilall - Family i'ill« are the best. A Good Thiug. Sanitary shaves and hair cuts will Ii- 111-ui*■ 11 ii the present bill on the ii gulatiou ot the tonsorial profession all 1m enacted into legislation, liar ! r- throughout the state are in sympa thy with the proposed regulations, which provide that floors and wood work in the shops shall be scrubbed at 1 one.- a week. A barber must -v ;i out every day. lie cannot al low anyone to sleep in his shop or per mit ativ employe- to treat any custom er for :i skin disease unless the barber i- a lie .us. .i practicing physician. All barbers must keep their finger nail- an. He must cleanse his hands tie roughly immediately after waiting on a custom r. He can not under any' <ip inn-tan ■ blow hairs from a per son's n- -k after giving him a hair cut. In-t »d lie must use a towel or a fine liair'brush in removing the *' tick - ler-." The brush, as well as razors, an £ fim' -. mu>t !>e sterilized in hot wat r or a solution of formalin within five minutes after use. Tin- is considered essential to kill stray microbe-. The barbers are warned [not to wipe their hands ujoo or blow their breath upon razor -1r ps while putting edg< - on razors. Particular -tres- is laid upon the neee-»ity of giving every customer a towel which is warranted to be (lis inf* et 1 every day. N"W o*atfit Before July 1. Ht lore July J every soldier in the National t«u ird will be equipped with an ntire tew outfit in clothing. The enli-' I military strength of the United State- today is 1MH,2.V.» men. There are 730 commissioned officers and s,; i; . nlist- d men in tin- organiz ed N iti nil Guard of I'ounsylvania, »h< ' rs including four generals, 4* g< i;- •»! i »ff. -.".'1 regimental, field and staff and 4f<J company officers. The total num!»• r <.f men in Pennsylvania available for military service is given as 95T,7«»2. B. R. Gearhart Hanker 15. H (iearhart, who has ]i. n confined to his home, Bloom -tr> 't, with an attack of grippe for ■in day- past, was much better yes • t ll i v p. cts togo down to the '.tank ; .dav hotild the w . nth r prove favorable. PENNELL DEAD, WIFE DYING BUFFALO, N. Y., March 11. —Dr. Mead, house surgeon at the Sisters' hospital, said at 9 o'clock this morn iug that Mrs. Penuell was still uncon scious and that it was impossible to state her exact condition, as she was too weak and her vitality too low to allow an examination. From a reli able source comes the information that Mrs. Penuell is dying and that the surgeons are doing everything withiu their power to prolong her life. Medical examiner Dauser, who was called to the scene where Attorney Arthur Peuuell was killed last night, received orders from the district at torney's office at 9:30 o'clock this morning that under no circumstances were the remains of Penuell to be shown to any one. In the order to Dr. Dauser, District Attorney Coatsworth said that not even the police captains or detectives were to bo admitted to the dead house. When asked why these orders had been issued District Attor ney Coatsworth refused to talk. Four days ago a newspaper man chatted with Peunell at his home. He paced up and down the confines of a small room and in the twenty minutes spent in the talk ho stopped at a table four times, poured out and gulped down huge draughts of whiskey at each stop. He begged at the time that his palp able nervousness bo not commented on in the papors on the following day. Yesterday ho was again seen by a reporter. His actions were indicative of a guilty mind. Penuell was closely questioned and he was allowed to be persuaded that suspicion was diverted from him and towards another. "Does it occur to you, Mr. Pen uell," he was asked," that the lunche on that was found on the table in Bur dick's 'den' ou the morning after his murder was discovered was tho sort of a luncheon that a man would set out if he expected a woman visitor?" "Well, 1 should say that it was not," said Pennell, carofully. "The papers said that tarts aud cheese and some crackers were there. Truly, not the sort of a lunch that a man would select. I know that I should never put out such a collection of eatables and drinkables." Penuell by this time was fairly at his ease. "You know, do you not, Mr. Pen uell, that the messenger boy, Martin, who nearly ran over a man in front of the Bordick house on the night of the murder says that he could identify the man if brought face to face with him?" Penuell went white in an instant. Then he leaned over and said faintly, "No, did he say that? Are you sure that he said it? Do you believe that he could?" Then lie stopped. He would not say any more. He would not discuss the case at any greater length. He closed the interview in an agitated manner and bowed the vis itor out. The official report of Attorney Pen noll's injuries, as made public by Medical Examiner Dauser,at 10 o'clock this morning, is as follows : I—The fracture of all of the facial aud cranial bones. 2— A compound comminuted frac ture of the right thigh. :5—A fracture and dislocation of tho left elbow. 4—A compound comminuted fracture of tho left shoulder blade. s—Fractures of tho third, fourth, fifth and sixth ribs, near tlie spinal articulations. »'>— A compound fracture and disloca tion of the left knee. 7—A collie's fracture of the left wrist. B—A deep cut, two inches long,run ning vertically down the back between tho shoulder blades. That Lawyer Pennoll was a believ er in lifo insurance is attested by the number of policies In held in differ ent companies. In an interview short ly after the Burdick murder. Mr. Peu uell bad refused to discuss a publish ed report, that in- had taken out a large amount of life insurance during the past year. "This is truly a ]»ersonal affair," he said. Tho truth of the matter is that, most of the |200,000 insurance Penuell is said to have carried was placed during the past five roars. The insurance is nearly all of the two kinds of twenty year payment insurance and ordinary life insurance, each of which kind affords a cash settlement at the end of twenty years. The insurance was placed as fol lows: Travelers' Insurance company, $75,000; Equitable Life Insurauce So ciety. s*'i. r ),000; New York Life Insur ance company, $'25,000; Mutual Life Insurauce company, >=25,000, and an other company, SIO,OOO, the uanio of which could not be ascertained. STORY OF THE TRAGEDY. BUFFALO, March 11.—Arthur R. Penuell, co-respondent in Edwin L. Burdick's divorce suit, was killed at <> :liO o'clock last evening, by plunging in his automobile over a twenty-foot precipice into a stone quarry. Mrs. Penuell,who was in the vehicle with him, was so badly injured that it is not thought she ean recover. Just prior to starting out for the ride Pennell had been informed that Harry Martin, a messenger boy, believed lie could identify liim as the man he had seen standing near the Burdick house the night Burdick was murdered. The close connection between these events revived the police inquiry into Peunell's part in the Burdick mystery. It is felt hero tonight that the case is now near a complete solution. Pennoll's death was most dramatic, and the nature of the tragedy leads the police to suspect suicide. Kensington is a suburb of Buffalo, and .lamenthal (Quarry, where the tragedy occurred,is a bleak and barren -jiot. Tho edge of the cliff is ten foot from thi' curb of the driveway. At the tint" Kensington avenue was nearly deserted. It was dark, and a heavy rain was falling. Only two persons, so far as known, saw the death plunge. These witnesses say that in spite of the bad weather objects were discerni ble thirty feet or more ahead, and the road was clear. They first saw the automobile when «112 AS TO YOUR EYES % il/ They may need a little assistance when reading or sewing in T l|/ the evening. lie proper assistance is correct glasses hut they must he ||\ ■l' right otherwise they may do more harm than good. W I have hail ten years of practical experience wi It over two :-j w thousand of our Danville people,is that a good record? When 1 V 4/ say I can give your glasses as good as science, skill and experi- , ence can make 1 tell you the truth, let me prove my claims. 'f\ J, EYES TESTED FREE. iti '»< ft HENRY REMPE. '»* <M. GRADUATE OPTICIAN. ..(jfr V. •5? - it was close to them. The machine, a Stanhope, with a hoop top. was being driven at a rapid pace, and as it noar ed tho two men they observed a man with his hut off, leaning out of the right side. No cry of distress was heard, and there did not appear to bo anything the matter with the automobile. They were about to turn off and allow the machine to pass, when tho man sud denly seized tho bar and gave it a quick turn. Tho action swerved tho automobile quickly from tho path anil the next instant the car plunged over the edge of tho precipice and disappeared. Then the terrified onlookers heard the first outcry. A piercing scream rang out as the machine plunged into the quarry, twenty feet below the sur face of the road, and after that all was still. Hastening to tho edge of tho cliff', tho two men peered down, hut being unable to see anything, they climbed down the steep declivity, aud there found the unconscious body of Mrs. Pennell six feet from the overturned machine. They turned from tho woman with out determining whether or not she was dead, and saw that the man was buried under the auto. They lifted it up and found that ho was dead. His head was crushed. READ IT THROUGH. T'would Spoil This Story to Tell it in the Headlines. To use an eighteenth century phrase, this is an "o'er true tale." Having hap pened in a small Yirgiuia town in the winter of 1002, it is a story very much of the present. Up to a short time ago Mrs. John E. Harmon. Melfa Station. Ya., had no personal knowledge of the rare curative properties of Chamber lain's Cough Remedy. "Last January," J she says, "my baby took a dreadful cold and at one time I feared she would have pneumonia, but one of my neighbors told me how this remedy had cured her little boy and I began giving it to my baby at once audit soon cured him. I heartily thank the manufacturers of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for plac ing so great a cure within my reach. I cannot recommend it too highly or say too much in its favor. I hope all who read this will try it and be convinc ed as I was." For sale by Paules & Co. Druggists. Elks League for 1903. The men who wero instrumental in organizing the Elk's base ball league last summer propose to duplicate their work during the coming season and hope to extend their circuit. Ash land, Shamokin, Malianoy City,Potts vilie, Tamaqua, Danville, Mt. Car mol and Sunbury are expected to put teams in the field. Tho league pays no salaries and devotes the proceeds of tho"game to charity. The Shamok in team will he in tho game and hope to got the trophy, a handsome silver cup now in Ashland's possession, which they must hold for three successive years before they can claim tho owner ship. —Shamokin Herald. The best ill neath the stars and stripes It cleanses the system and never gripes. Little Early Risers of wordly re pute— Ask for DeWitt's and take no sub stitute. A small pill, easv to buy, easy to take and easy to act. but never failing in re sults. DeWitt's Little Early Risers arouse the secretions and act as a tonic to the liver, curing permanently. Gosh & Co. Paules & Co. N. 6. ,P. Bill A bill now before tho legislature makes some important changes in the N. G. P. It raises the positions of inspector of rille practice held by F. i A. Godcharles and that of regimental commissary held by C. E. Foresman of Williamsport, to the rank of cap tain, creates tho sixth quarter master sergeant, provides for a regimental band aud two additional cooks at two : dollars per day. Soon to Don Sprirg Apparel. The employes at the station of the I). L. & W. Railroad will soon appear in their spring apparel. A represent ative of the tailor, who makes all the apparel for the employes of this road wa* along the line Monday taking tho boys' measure. Mill ■■■ J Asthma! I almost cverytii" t «. ' r.- | I lief. Te then t; lAy t. rry § Pectoral, an.; lb • <>• •-t ; f bottles cured b :.a J- .e £• Entsminpcr. La.. . C i . jj Aycr's CI ..' . ' certainly cure- s of asthma. And it cures bronchitis, g ihoarsencs . w Jun»s, I whooping-cough., crcup, £ winter coughs, night \ coughs, and hard colds. Tbrre iticn : , 53" . sl. »ll droj?tirt«. Consult ynnr <1 >(•!• r If lit -nys tikp It, 1 then fin n« he »«v" If If tell* not , to t»k* it, then don't take it. Ho Itnowi. l,«*Te tt with lilm v. . <if willing J. C A\ KK CO , Lowell, Mall. DANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL VS. SUNBURY. The Inter-Scholastic debate between the Sunbury and Danville 111 yls Schools will bo held in the Opera House tomorrow evening, March 13th. This debate promises to bo interest ing for many reasons—the question is up-to-date,it is the first entertainment of its kind in our city, and great rivalry exists between tho two schools. Tho question is, "Resolved, That tho Unitod Sates government should protect tho Southern Negro in the ex ercise of the suffrago." Danville will have the affirmative and Sunbury the negativo. Danville's debaters are :—William Watkin, How ard Lunger, and Bort McClure. Sun bury will he represented by Harry Hartzell, James Shipe and William Shipe. The judges are: J. E. Bas tress, Esq., Mt. Carmol; Prof. G. E. Wilbur, of Bloomsburg Normal School and Rev. D. W. Ebberts, D. D., of Milton. A special train bringing at least five hundred people will be run from Sun bury. A reception for both schools will bo held in the Armory after the debate. Tho price of admission to the Opera House will be 25 cents. No extra charge for reserved seats. Reserved seat board now open at Hunt's drug store. Funeral of Mrs, Morgan. Margaret Bassett Morga, wife of j Elliott H. Morgan, of Kingston,whose death occurred in Danville, Tuesday morning, was consigned to tier last resting placo in Odd Fellows' ceme tery here Friday afternoon. The funeral, which took placo from the residence of the Misses Bassett, at i 3 o'clock, was very largely attended. ( The services were conducted by Rev. ! Murdock of Kingston,assisted by Rev. • Harry Curtin Harman of this city. The pall bearers were : Robert J. Pegg, : A. M. Peters, J. B. Cleaver and Jos ! eph R. Pattou of this city; Charles R. Acker of Scranton, and Joseph P. j Davis of Kingston. | The flowers, embracing lilies, roses, | carnations, etc., wrought into a var iety of designs, each of which was full of beauty and expression, were banked all about tho casket, filling a large portion of the room and imparting their fragrance to nearly the entire i dwelling. The beautiful offerings were the gifts not only of friends in Danville,but also of many of the most I prominent people of Kingston, Wilkes i liarre and neighboring localities. Among those from out of town who I attended the obsequies wore tho fol lowing: T. IJ. Newell and wife, G. I M. Williams, General Manager of the | Kingston Coal Company, L. U. Dartc, W. L. Myles, Miss Grace Boughten, ;I. P. MacFarlen, James I). Edwards, ! Gwillyn Edwards, William H. Brice and wife, H. H. Holmes,C. B. Fowler (and daughter May, of Kingston; Frank i Jameson of Plymouth; Mrs. Mary [ Klino of Sunbury; Miss Gricelda I Davis of Bloomsburg; Miss Elizabeth I Glenn of Berwick ; Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Acker, of Scranton ; Mr. and Mrs. 11. j 11. Yorgy, Miss Ruth Weaver, Miss Mary Etta Weaver, Mrs. Raymond j Fritzgerald and daughter, of Wilkes i barro; Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Quick, of I Rupert. Wakeful Children. For a long time the two year old child of Mr. P. L. McPherson, 59 N. j Tenth St., Harrisburg, Pa., would sleep but two or three hours in the early j part of the night, which made it very hard for her parents. Her mother con cluded that the child had stomach trou ble, and gave her half of one of Chain j berlaiu's Stomach and Liver Tablets, : which quieted her stomach and she j slept the whole night through. Two boxes of these tablets have effected a I permanent cure and she is now well and strong. For sale by Paules Sc Co. , Druggists. Business Directory of Pennsylvania. A State Gazetteer or Business Direc | tory is now being compiled and will ! be issued about June 1 which will till I a long felt want for a reference work j covering tho entire business interests of the state. It will contain the name of every city,village, hamlet and post office, their population, location,rail way,express, telegraph and stage facil ities, character of industries, banking institutions, newspapers, hotels, schools, churches, a completo list of corpora tions, their officers, manufacturers, mer chants, lawyers, dentists, physicians, teachers, contractors, architects, jus tices of the poace,notary publics, etc., making it a work of great value and the only one open to the general pub lic for reference purposes. The work will be issued from tho Pittsburg offices of R. L. Polk & <'o., publishers of Polk's Medical Direc tory of North America,ten other works of national scope, some twenty State Gazetteers, and over one hundred city directories,included in which are those of Pittsburg, Allegheny, Altoona,Lan caster, York, Butb-r.McKoesport, etc" A noticeable feature of their busi ness system is their rule "not to ac cept money in advance of publication,'' thereby protecting the public against fake directory schemes. Engagement Announced. The engagement of Miss Hettio R. Eckman, the accomplished daughter of Col. ('has. W. Eckman of Roaring Creek, to Mr. George Darby of Har risburg, has been announced. The wedding is to take place at au early date. TERRIFIC OIL TANK EXPLOSION OLE AN, N. Y., March 10. —Four- teen per sous aro known to be dead as the result of the explosion of oil tauk cars on the Erie railroad tracks near this city late last night. The death list will be added to when Olean creek is dragged. It is believed several wlio.se clothing wa- burning plungi d into the water and were drowned. Thirty persons, sonic of thein fatally injured, arc in the hospital. Seven of these it is expected, will die. Thirteen of the dead have been iden tified, as follows: Martin V. Driseoll, aged 22; Willie Ross, Hi; Harry Goddea, IS; Richard Council, lit; Herman Vollman, 15; John McMahon, l'.J; Walter Swift, lit; John Tobin, Hi; John Mcßeady, 13; John Steinlinger, l?; Norman Brown, 58. There are eight other bodies at tho morgue, burned almost beyond re cognition. The victims wore all young men who stood near one of tho tanks watch ing the wreck burn. Tho terrible disaster occurred at o'clock last night. An Erie freight train, made up chiefly of oil tank cars broke in two north of the city. When the first section stopped a collision followed,in which one of the oil tanks caught lire. The flames lighted up the whole city and a great crowd went out to watch the spectacle. The people had lined the tracks on both sides of the burning wreck when a series of explosions occurred with remarkable rapidity. Tank after tank, spreading streams of burning oil in every direction over the panic-strick en people. Several were overwhelm ed and fell dead in their tracks. Oth ers, with clothing burning fiercely, were able to run from the scene. They threw themselves into ditches and in to the creek,but there was no help for many of them, who died miserably. Word was sent to Olean and doctors, policemen, citizens all hurried to the scene and rendered what aid they could. At midnight the first of tho injured reached Thomas hospital here, and thereafter throughout tho night a steady stream of dead and injured fol lowed. There were few who slept in Olean. News of the disaster spread and hun dreds of men ami women went to the scene to search fcr missing ones. A great crowd remained at the morgue all night,and many heartrend ing scenes ocarred. as the dead were identified. Sydney Fish, a business man, was an eye witness of the disaster. "I was about a quarter of a mile away," lie said, "when the tanks began to ex plode. The sight would have been in spiring. but for its horror. A column of flame shot up hundreds of feet into the air, and it seemed to mushroom out into a fiery rain. I saw bodies lifted through the air by the force of the explosion. They disappeared into the fire and were burned to ashes. "I saw others, their clothing satu rated with tho flaming oil, rushing around, looking like blazing torches. Some reached tho rail 'oad bridge and pluuged into the creek. Others made for a ravine and rolled down the em bankment, grovelling in the ditch to extingui>h the flame. I was far off, hut I could hear their -creams above tho shouts of the crowd wbicli was flying lor safety. "When the first panic had subsided men turned back gallantly to tho work of rescue, but it was useless to 'attempt to reach those who lay uncon scious near tho blazing wreck. Tho flames were at white heat, and it was impossible togo within fifty yards." Well Again. The many friends of John Blount will be pleased to learn that he has entirely recovered from his attack of rheuma tism. Chamberlain's Pain Balm cured him after the best doctors had failed to give relief. The prompt relief from pain which this liniment affords is alone worth many times its cost. For sale by I'aules &Co Druggists. Typhoid in Orphan School. There are twenty-three cases of ty phoid fever and twelve of grip at the Lutheran Orphans' Home at Loysvillo. The well children will be sent to their relatives. Five trained nurses from Baltimore are now in attendance. Entertained Friends. The following ladies from Danville were entertained by Mrs. F. K. Long on Tuesday afternoon: Miss Mary Fogg, Miss Maine Couloy, Miss Lizzie Fisher, Miss Mao Horton, Miss Gert rude Lenkor.Miss Katherine Andrews, Mrs. Louis Evans and Mrs. W. B. Vastine, of Pittsburg. Sunbury Item. Over=\Vork Weakens Your Kidneys. Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood. All the blood in your body passes through your kidneys once every three minutes. <2311 A kidneys are your im P urities in blood. Kw 2JA)fhey are sick or out fcjrn/ \ of order, they fail to do P }!q) j their work. I Pains, aches and rheu / O \ matism come from ex cess of uric acid in the '"to blood, due to neglected kidney trouble. Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady heart beats, and makes one feel as though they had heart trouble, because the heart is over-working in pumping thick, kidney poisoned blood through veins and arteries. It used to be considered that only urinary troubles were to be traced to the kidneys, but now modern science proves that nearly all constitutional diseases have their begin ning in kidney trouble. If you are sick you can make no mistake by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases and is sold on its merits by all druggi. ts in fifty- I'.ftSjj] cent and one-dollar si-- P es. You may have a sample bottle by mail iiomo <.f Swamp Root, free, abo pamphlet telling you how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. Mention this paper when writing Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. Don't make any mistake, but remem ber the name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kil mer's Swamp Root, and the address, Binghamton. N. Y , ou every bottle. THE NEW BRIDGE BILL The people who have been discom moded so many times in this county in tho past years because of the fact that i when bridges went out in floods the County Commissioners did not have the authority to build temporary struc tures, will hereafter have no such difficulties of that kind. Saturday Governor Pennypaclter signed a bill designated to cover this very point, it passed Senate and House,and gives the County Commissioners direct author ity to build temporary structures, or to build and operate a ferry. The bill includes bridges that aro carried on either after or before the passage of 1110 act. The law reads as follows: THE BRIDGE ACT. An act to authorize County Commis sioners to provide ferries or temporary ways over streams whero county bridg es shall have heretofore and shall hereafter be destroyed or rendered im passablo by fire, storm, flood or other casualty, and legalizing prior expendi tures therefore h3* County Commission ers. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvan ia, in general assembly met. and it is hereby enacted by tho authority of the same, That hereafter county commis sioners of the several countie- of this commonwealth where county bridges within tho respectivo count es shall have been heretofore and shall here after be destroyed or rendered impass able by fire, storm, flood or other cas \ ualty,may,in their discretion, provide |at the expense of the proper county, : ferries or other temporary ways as a substitute for such destroyed or im passable bridges until such county bridges shall bo rebuilt or rendered fit for public travel, and where a county bridge spans a stream which is the boundary between two counties of this commonwealth an 1 tho bridge across such stream has been built and main tained at the joint expense of said ad - joiuing counties in every such case the establishment and maintenance of such ferry or temporary way shall 1)0 by the joint discretionary action of tho boards of commissioners of said counties, and by tho expense thereof shall be borne by said counties in equal shares. Section 2. Where County Commis sioners have heretofore expended the public moneys for the purposes set forth in section one of this act, such expenditure is hereby legalized and validated." If it's a bilious attack, lake Chamber lan s Stomach and Liver Tablets and a quick recovery is certain. For sale by Paules & Co. Druggists. His Great Grandfather's Slate. Charles W. Kase, telegraph operator at present employed at Sunbury,is the possessor of a highly prized heirloom in the form of a slat > which belonged to his great grandfather when a hoy. Charley, who is a son of Mr. Oscar Kase. of this city, when at school struggled with difficult problems in mathematics on the slato in question and it was a hundred years old even then. Charley's great grandfather, the original owner of tho old slate, was Charles Wolverton, who wont to school in Shamokin township, Northumber land county, long before the days of the free school. The slate on account of its history many years ago was given an orna mental frame and placed on tho retir ed list. A pewter ink stand which Charley used when a boy was another chattel which belonged to his great grand father and was used by tho latter when at school. Sliamokinites in Good Luck. Henry Fisher, a retired farmer and horse dealer of Illinois died recently and left a fortune valued at $1.">0,000 which is to be divided among seven heirs whom are Mrs. Charles Latham, Mrs. George Reed, and A. Gouldriu of Shamokin. Fisher was a married man but had no children. A portion of his estate is left to his wife and the rest is to be divided among nieces and nephews. His wife is very wealthy in her own right and it is said she has remembered tho abovo mentioned peo ple handsomely in her will. Tho heirs of Mr. Fisher will each receive SIO,OOO at the least. The will is to bo probated in the near futuro the Shamokin heirs having received word to that effect from the prothonotary of the court of the county. Farewell Party. A farewell party was given Tuesday evening in honor of Miss Lena Bogart at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Ford, East Danville. Miss Bogart will leave for Virginia in a short time. Tho following were present: Misses Lizzie Owens, Susie Ritter, Martha Stinor, Mertio Ritter, Florence Lynn, Kate Hawky, Mabel Ammerman.Edna Lewis, Bessie Stamni, Maize Foust, Margaret Paine, Mrs. Boyer and Messrs. John Burger, Charles Ritter, Harry Fallon, Fred DrMotte, Ralph Ritter, Georg" Kruin,Thornton Krum, Ed. Wertnnn. Roy Go-'s, Melvin Rishel, William Buck and Mr. Boyer. Refreshments were served. A Boom for Treyorton, Since the erection of the silk mill at Trovorton a yeai ago that manu factory has been working to its ut most capacity and the owners find it impossible to met t more than half i their many orders, and con-equently an addition to the mill is in contemp lation. The improvements will more than double the mill's capi''ify. This mill has proved a great boom t i Trov orton and promises to ho tne nucleus of many others. Wright-Knox. A wedding took place at the home of Cyrus Deitz, Chambers street, on Saturday evening, March 7, at which time Mr. John (>. Wright and Miss Mary Knox of Williamsport were united in marriage by the Rev. George E. Limhert, pastor of Sliiloh Reform ed church. Mr. and Mrs. Wright left for Williamsport yesterday morning." VANDALISM IN OUR CEMETERIES There is no form of vandalism more despicable than tlio looting of flowers in cemeteries, the desecration of tin graves of the dead. The ghouls guilty of this offense would hardly hesitate to steal corpses from the graves if the expected reward or profit were large enough. This section is not free of vandals of this kind, as has often been pointed out in the public prints, but expostu lation has had no effect and the de spoliation continues unabated. Thefts of flowers from cemeteries have been common not only in Danville but elsewhere and no vigilance seems able to wholly check it. Hut now some of the thieves have become fastidious, and carry away costly ribbons encircl ing flowers placed upon graves. An incident occurred a few days ago when ribbons were stolen from the flowers and the latter thrown upon the grave. The following day the flowers wre taken by the more ordinary sort of vandals. The moral obliquity that ignores the great offense in this desecration of the sacred homes of the dead is a phenom enon of modem civilization. The most savage of uncivilized peoples would not despoil the graves of the dead. That crowning aco of vandalism is left for the civilized and enlightened. A swift and fitting punishment should follow every act of the kind. Arrested After Fierce Fight. A professional crook in the guise of an umbrella mender was arrested at Catawissa yesterday afternoon by a I'. & R. officer after a fierce fight. The man, accompanied by a woman, was plying his vocation about Cata wissa Tuesday. During the afternoon lie broke a seal 011 a freight car which was concealed from view by the sand house situated some distance down the track. The umbrella man was dettct ed in the act,however,by a hoy named Roy Cooper, who becaino a valuable witness later 011. The special officer was soon in pur suit, but the crook managed to make his escape for the time being. Yes terday afternoon, he was detected in a company of nine hobos, the most of whom were umbrella menders. The officer then again attempted the arrest, which was accomplished after a fierce fight, in which the crook was knocked down three times. The woman was not taken into custody. The man arrested was given a hearing before Justice R. 11. Ring ler of Bloonisburg. He gave his name as John M. Conner and his home.Sha mokin. Iu default of s.">oo bail he was committed to tlio Columbia county jail to await trial. Help the Town Along. Every good advertiser helps to build lup the community. Every good mer -1 chant who fails to advertise is not only neglecting an opportunity which could be used to his own advantage, but he fails to help the town to grow when ;it might be gradually coming to a point of more importance as a trading ! center and where it would offer him a ! better field for tlio extension of his j business. People wonder why some towns are considered iive and others dead. They do not understand that the livo town is in the abiding place of live merchants, aud that the dead town is a place where the worst sort of business men are making a futile effort to keep business from going to pieces by inadequate second rate ad vertising. —Advertising World. To Meet at Williamsport, Williamsport is to get an interest | iug church convention that was to i have gone to Jersey Shore. Tlio small pox situation there has caused the church people to make new plans for ! their gathering. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Northumberland Pres -1 bytery will open its sessions in the ; Third Presbyterian church on Wed -1 nesday, March 18. An interesting ! program will be carried out. Another Carnegie Offer, i Andrew Carnegie, tlio steel king, j departing from his original plan of I dotting the earth with libraries to perpetuate his memory, has agreed to ! give $1,500 to a pipe organ for the First M. E. church, of Sliainokin, Rev. Dr. ' Monroe,pastor. The congregation will 1 raise another §1,500, and a fine instrn ! mout to cost three thousand will be | bought. Alexander Moore. Alexander Moore, of Rush town -1 ship, is very seriously ill. Yester ! day slight hopes were entertained for his recovery. Mr. Moore belongs to one of the oldest families of Rush township and is very widely known. Elysburg Nuptials. At the home of Isaac Vought, near I Elysburg, on Saturday, his eldest daughter, Ada, was married to Charles Klingman, of Union Corner, by Rev. J. W. Shannon, a Lutheran divine. Thirty Years Postmaster. S. M. Miller has resigned as Post master at Pottsgrove after thirty years continous service. Mr Miller suc ceeded his father as postmaster. y I».M 1 \ISTKA'I'OIf S \OTlt K. Estate of William McMahan late of the Liberty Township, in the County of Montour and state of Pennsylvania, Deceased. Notice is lieteby iriven that letters of Ail ministration u|>on I lie above estate ha vol teen granted to ttie undersigned. All persons in debted lo tlie i<l Kstate. are required to make payment, and those having claim-, or demands against the saitl estate, will make known the same without delay to JOHN A. McMAHAN. Administrator of William McMahan. deed. P. <>. Address Pottsgrove, Pa. yciiMMii t roll s Mil i« K. Estate of Stephen Smith, late of Derrv Township, Montour Comity, Pennsyl vania deceased. Not ice is hereby given that letters of \ I ministration upon the almve estate, hate been granted to the Undersigned \ll per sons Indebted to the said estate are request ei| to make payment, and those heaving claims against the same will make known I he same to JOHN B. SMITH, Administrator of Stephen Smith, dee d P. < •. Address, Washingtonville Pa W.M J. BALDY, Attorney. «nrs non mis. A Headache Remedy That Cures. After years of careful study and ii peri iiients we have found a remedy that will cure headache in nearly every <-a«e with the first dose. It is a Tablet put 11 pin handsome boxes of fift*-eu tablets for ten cents. One tablet in a time. They contain nothing harmful and 110 bad after-effects ran come from their use. They are endorsed by s.,me of the leading physicians. Ml!. S. *' Kklmor, of Bl'jomsbnrg says: ' I have tried nearly all headache remedies on the market and think there is none equal to yours. 1 would not be without them for ten times their e»»*t. ■t «t ■? —MANUFACTURED l»Y Moyer Bros, WHOLESALE URUOQISTS, Bioomsburg - - Pa. For -ale iiyall dealer- JOHTST W. FARNSWOBTH INSURANCE Lift Fire Accident am! Sieai Boiler Oftlc*: Hont«om*ry Budding, Mill 9tr*«t, Danville, - • Penn'a iMSI Ala M ATKMKM l»K VALLEY TOWNSHIP. •fat-lib Kittip 111 arrouMt \\ till Valley Tun ll ill I[i o« Sa|irnl»ir for llir \nr Kimlliik March '.llli. I'J ."I. UR. CM. i Amount of Duplicate t «2l tat License tux :>T l« ; Return tax ."> li 5 Rent for Road Much nc I uu Total . . 112 »C S3 Work done by citizens j msi <g ITrlilgn mimw M ; I'ost an<lrailing II M j Tile and hardware.. 29 |:c lload machine repairs W ! Watering Troughs :«l t»i I Itirt for road Hi I Surervisor's services tot days at St .50 per day 151 Percentage on money collected l.'t "0 ; Attorneys fiM < s I j ISond and oath i 25 Making out duplicate I no , Auditors fees -I Au Hooks HI I'se ofbotisc. ... 1 un Exonerations 1 ;■>» Return tax 2 50 lland Itoardsand oil I'aid order of Koherts ;t» Interest on order.. 2 12 Paid indebtedness of W inter-.. stecn N «2 I'rinting statement :t mi * M 6 .*J Balance on hand 2 Total ? *«T art | Audited this 'Jill day of March IMC. HARTON t . HKNIiRH'Kst »N i .1A MRS cr HKY, Auditors U. X. FENSTE It MAI'H ER, \ William \\ IntrrwtriMi In •rciiuiil m llli Valley Tmvitslilp Muprrvlaor for the Year K-iidlitg .Martli Htli. 1'.t0.l RH. IK. Amount or Duplicate s in;.V4 LtonwTu ~>7 uu Return tax ."> i:i Beat of Road Mil hlim nut RminlofJmk (Soap 4 is Total liitS Work done by citizens 112 ;HI 12 riiiiitii inaiiiiuii mm 44 »>i stone, lime and mason work 3t, 7 ; lload machine repairs In Nil Hardware and tile 10 9U Watertroimhs .11 Attorney's fees 2 V 0 Auditors tees 4 to Horn! and oath ... I | Making out duplicate I I*l Use of house lUU Hooks 40 Printing statements moo Exonerations I 7U Nurervisor s services >'.* days at f1.30 per day nh 50 Percentage 011 collections 10 ti2 Total 112 "16K « uditcd this '.it h day of March ISM!. HARTON « HKN DRK'KHON , .lAMKS t'I'RRY. - Auditors. N. FENsTERMAI'HER, » DM I \ I STK A TOR'S Ml I It r. Estate of Jnhn Benfield, late of Valley Township. Montonr Connty. Pennsyl vania deceased. Notice is hereby given that letters of Ad ministration upon tin above estate have lteeii granted to the undersigned. AH per sons imii bletl to the said estate an- request ed to make payment, and those having claims against llie said estate will make known the same without delay to THOMAS H. BENFIELD. JOHN C. BENFIELD. Administrators of the Estate of John Benfield, dee d. Danville. Pennsylvania. WM. .1 BALDY, Attorney ITOIt'S NOT ICR. Estate of Margaret Deeti late of the Borongh of Danville, in the C-onnty of Montonr and state »112 Pennsylvania, Deceased. Notice is hereby given tliat tellers of Ad ministration on ihe altove estate have Iwen granted to the undersigned. All persons in debted to tilt said estaic arc required to make payment, and tiiose ha\ ins; claim* or Ue mantis against ihe said estate, will make known the same without delay, to JONATHAN M. DEEN. Administrator of Margaret Deen. tie** tl P. O. Address, Danville. l*a EDWARD S. UEARHART. Counsel. I TKIVt MOTH K. Estate Of Elizabeth ( } roves. defeased Late of the Borongh of Danville in the Comity of Montonr and State of Pennsylvania. Not ice is hereby riven that letters Festa nientary uptm the above estate bav, iteen granted 10 the undersigned. \ll persons 111- dehted to the saitl Kstate, are requested to make payment, and tiiose having claims or demand-against the saitl estate, will make known the same without delay lit URIAH GROVES. Executor, of Em/, \HETH ft ROVE, deceased. P. O. Address, Danville Pa. EDWARD SAY kf. GKARHART. Connsel.
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