Mi Paper -—For the Home (he circulation ot this paper is in creasing rapidly, it will pay you to advertise in the AMERICAN SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER YEAR j pi; lIiMNCi H. .IKNMNGb, DENTIST. OjKce 11"< rx ia.M to M 10!> Mill St., I r M to i 1' M Dnnville, /'<«. AKI I.T-A, M I». 4'_'o MiI.I St., Danvii.lk. PA. iliseases of the Stomach mil Intestine a Special! v | U . »'• DENTIST - llt Kit K 21S I 111 STHEKI eclli Kxtraoted without Pain. ( rowii and llrld.;r Work h HpeoJalty. 112 <julpp?<i wit littie I a lent tiiJ inoul Improved ln*lrumenl# Hii«l |>rt*i'Hrr , il h» fM'OulPlhe most dim. nll work. DR. C. H. REYNOLDS, —DENTIST - 288 Mill - St., Danville, Pa. Dentistry iu all its branches Charges Moderate and all work (intrantfed Established 18H2 BB lis! April'* last day. Let Memorial Day be fittingly ob served. Fishermen are pleutv but trout ap pear to be scarce. It the smallpox genu Iris been dis covered it may be possible to end the controversy about the value ot vaccina tion. Hie assessors are m*feiug their an uual rounds The angler is iu bis element, now that the streams are lowered, and the w. ather just right for camping aud tramping. Kveil with th>- absence ot' the hand organ it is safe to assume that spring lias at last come to stay. The weather is going the ice man's way The suriouudmg country at this sea sou of th«< year was never more beauti ful Farmers now begin to boast of thriv ing broods of spring chickens Some ot these weie hatched out several weeks ago and will lie on tin* market by Fourth of July An attempt to comer weeds will soon be the principal occupation of the gardener Many Danville housekeepers will use the gas cook ranue this summer. Hie iceman is iucieasiuK in imjorf kuce. Capt. Gearhart is advised by the Adjutant General that Company F will he inspected by Captain Johnson of the U. S. A., May 21. 1! any fruit has survived it ought to wiu gold medals. Is there any time when life seems so perfectly worth the living as when the child comes home from school wearing the good conduct medfil Governor Petiuy packei's German blood asserts itselt in liis veto of the antidunch bill He believes it better ami safer to sell beer with a louch thrown in, than to s»-ll salty pretzels aud cheese with beer throwu in He knows, doubtless. Ju»t as the fishing season starts iu the timely information is brought by the scientific journals that a German professor has succeeded in making truthful men out of confirmed liars by hypnotic suggestion. No one had reason to make a com plaint ot the weather ol March, laOS. It was the warmest March ever known by the oldest inhabitant?. Keep a firm grip on your winter clothing May Day now looms up as a 'wel come comer. The base ball fever promises to reach its old time height in Danville this season This is the seasou of the year when the weat hei man dodges every time fie gives out a prediction The price of coal will fie advanced May 1, but how much is not known. New potatoes have already made their apj>earauce in market A good circus would be well patron ized in Danville this spring. Order* regarding the observance of Meinoiial Day on Saturday. May HO, have been issued by Commander-in- Chief Stewart, of the Grand Amiy of the Republic. Examinations for candidates for ap pointment as luid-hipmeu to the Acad emy at Xnuajsilis were held in tlie principal cities of tie- United States beginning April 21, ami will be con ducted under the direction of the Civ ii Service Commission A second ex amination will he couducted in Wash iugt<>n on May 12, and a final exami nation at the Academy on Jane 16. Fall in the ranks of those who are booming Danville Join the 80-ird of Trade Of course the trout hog cannot catch them fast enough with rod and line Lime or dv> annte are a great aid American tourist- annually spend ahriivl »ii average of $7.1,000,000, and foreign tourists leave about $20,000, IIUI 111 re If we are to have a winning base tatil team the people must show their appr< iatioo by attending the games. lUcmtour jiiii American. •THIS COUNTRY WILL NEVER BE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITSOWN DEMANDS WITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS." VOL. 4s—NO IS. LVtIN BI.IICK IMPERILED A flro broke out in the cellar of the Greek-American confectionery. Mill street, about half-past 4 o'clock yes terday afternoon aud for awhile it seemed that the entire establishment would be gutted even it the building escaped destruction. The fire, which was confined to the ceiling of the cellar, proved very hard to get at. as the entire basement was tilled with smoke suffocating in its density, which drove back the firemen as fast as they entered. The fire was discovered by Charles Miller and Harry Kearn who from the pavement in front noticed smoke issuing from the cellar. They quick ly gave the alarm and in a very short time the Continental and the Frieud shij) Fire Companies were on the spot. The Continental Company connected with a plug on Mill street, while the Friendship Company went around to the alley back of the block where it connected with a plug and prepared to attack the fire from the rear. Up to this time there was only a vague idea both of the location of the fire and proportions it had assumed. The smoke which came pouring out ot the cellai, frent ami rear, concealed every thiug inside from view. The Continental boys poured a stream iu through the front door, but being un- j able to see,the best they could do was to direct the stream where they thought it would do the most good, i Time and again they attempted to carry the hose into the cellar in the hopes of locating the fire, but each time they were driven back by the smoke. Meanwhile the Friendship boys, who hail entered through the rear door, were battling against the same odds. The latter company finally succeeded iu gaining a march on the flames and weie enabled to play with full force | upon the burning woodwork. After this the extinguishment of the flames was short work The fire did not get ueyoud the cellar. The latter although not plastered was fully lathed,indicat ing that the intention had been to tiuisb the apartment like the oue above, but that the work had beeu in terrupted before the pla-feters got to work The pine lathing bloug with the joists afforded abundant material for the fire to feed upon »!!.l marly the en'ire ceiling was butm.l over. The cellar presented a hud appear ance after the fire. Oveiliead was a charred and blackened network of lath and joist*; under foot and lying about on tables was a p-etv conglomeration of sugar,cornstarch, i hcco!:ife, kernels of nuts aud all the diints that enter into the manufacture of candy. There was evi.l iily a large stock on hand. Nicholas Gregory, the pro prietor,estimates his loss at SBOO. He had no insurance. Among the stock destroyed was sixty-five dollar's worth of extracts, besides several barrels of j sugar and a hirge quantity of pea- • nuts The owner has no idea how the fire ; originated. When Messrs. Miller and Kearn gave the alarm, Mr. Gregory | says he ran into the cellar. The fire then had a good start and was burn ing the most fiercely over the stove, ! which would suggest that the ceiling might have ignited from that source, j Mr. Gregory had left the cellar but a few minutes before, after placing a pan of cold water upou the stove, j which was heated only to a moderate j degree. The building, which is in- ! sured, was not seriously damaged. Nicholas Gregory has been iu bosi- , ness here only a few months. In com- ' pany with his brother, Christian Gre j gorv, who has since retired, lie came \ to Danville from Harrisburg and has , done a good business. The two broth- j ers are natives of Sparta. Greece. Nicholas has been in this country for thirteen years and served with Uncle I Sam during the Spanish-American ' War. Rev. W, E. Weuner Takes a Bride. Rev. Wesley E. Weuner and bride j were tendered a reception at their ; home, No. II Center street, by the members of St. John's Lutheran j I church, this city on Saturday even ing. Rev Wenuer, who is pastor of the i Lutheran charge here made up of four I churches, was married at West Bethle- ; hem on Friday, the bride being Miss \ Katherine J. Heiberger of that place. The ceremony was performed at the j residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adam Heiberger,the officiat ing clergyman being the Rev. W . D C. Kelter, President of the Alleutown conference The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Minnie Heiberger The Rev. William Bilheimer of Leech burg was the best man Rev. Wenner and bride arrived at thi> city ou the 4 p. m. P. & K. train. Friday. They proceeded at once to their newly furnished home, which was in the possession of some of the Ridgeville and Grovauia congregations who had pl umed a pleasant reception for the bride aud groom Truant Officer's Report.. The Truant Officer's report to the School Board on Monday evening, cov ering the past four weeks, showed that there were fifteen truants that re j quired his attention, one hundred and seventy nine children were absent ou account of sickness, twenty-two for want of shoes, and it was necessary to serve notices on ten parents, warning them that tie law would be enforced in their case, if they did not compel their children to attend school ! VISITING CIBMEN One of the largest congregations that has convened iu Grove Presby ! teriau church for a long time past as -1 stun bled there on Sunday morning to hear a sermon by Rev. R. B. Jack of Hazleton. The father of the visiting clergyman, Rev. A. B. Jack, some twenty-five years ago, was pastor ot Mahoning Presbyterian church, this city. He was a very able preacher famous for his eloquence and scholar ly attainments. Rev. R. B. Jack's sermon Sunday was designed to show the kind of Christians Presbyterian ism produces aud was founded on First Corinthians, 15th Chapter and 58th verse: "There fore, my beloved brethren be ye stead | fast immovable, always abounding iu the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is Dot iu vain in ! the Lord. " On entering upon his sermon Rev. Jack explained that it was not his purpose to strike comparisons. In his , opinion the time is not coming when denominational lines shall be wiped eiut and all Christians shall be uuited in one church. He thanked God for all denominations and rejoices in their prosperity solong as their success re dounds to the glory of God The speaker portrayed a very lofty ideal as the type of a Christian [produc ed by the teaching and practices of Preshyterianism. In the first place he is a God-fearing person He speaks of God in no vague way as the "Ruling Will of the Universe", etc, but re gards Him as the Sovereigu ot all creation, whom he glorifies not only in the hour of worship, but has with him always as the tuling factor of his life. Such a Christian, as produced by Preshyterianism, believes in the brotherhood of man. He believes iu the Y. M. C. A. and similar agencies; he assists in charity, yet does nothing iu the name of charity, but rather iu the name of Jesus Christ. He never foigets the sovereignty of God and is daily climbing up nearer to the level of God. If true to his ideal he i« a conscien tious Christian, which does not mean that he is morbid, which is conscien tiousness gone astray. He never follows mere selfish inclination, attending church for instance in fine weather aud absenting himself in rainy weather. God the Sovereign, is to be obeyed at any cost. Ever conscious that he is dead in sin lie never claims that lie \ has attained unto God's eonstaut ap proval. He is ever conscious of tho need of a Savior to pay the penalty of his sin. Preshyterianism is a representative form of government and the Christian of Presbyterian traiuiug believes in the liberty of the individual,affirming his responsibility to Jesus Christ alone. The Rev. J. M. Galbraith of Lin coln University occupied the pulpit in Mahoning Presbyterian church Sun day. In the morning he preached a very earnest and telling sermon ou "The Riches of God's Grace." He took as his text Ep. 1:7 : " That in the ages to come He might shew the exceeding riches of His grace in his kiuduess toward us through Christ Jesus." This earth is small aud insignificant compared with many larger spheres. But God can do uo more for any world than lie lias done for this-give His own son. Paul speaks not only of God's grace, but the riches of His grace and not this only but the "exceeding'' riches of his grace. Angels fell but were not redeemed. Man fell aud God gave His son to redeem him. Toman is committed the revelation of this grace. "In the ages to come he might shew" —show through man j who has beeu redeemed ; yet how are j we doing it? One thousand, nine hundred years j have'passed. A missionary iu China I or India is given 5,000,000 or 6,000,000 peoplo to reach The world is dying to know the gospel. The ages to come included this : world. It may mean much more. Re , deemed uiau might in the ages of eternity reveal the exceeding riches of j God's grace Pempe Manufacturing Oouipauy. The efforts of the Board of Trade | have already born fruit in the organ | izatiou of a company which will add a new industry to Danville. This is i a corporation for the manufacture of the new clock invented by our towns man Henry Rempe, a full description of which was printed iu these columns some weeks ago. The stix-k holders of the company met in the council chamber at 8 o'clock last night and elected the following Hoard of Directors: I X. Grier, Esq., J H. Goeser, F Hartman, F C. Angle, J. H. Cole, John Doster, Jr., and Henry Rempe After the stockholders' meeting the i Board of Directors effected an organ | ization by electing F C. Angle, President, M. G. Youngn.au. Secre tary and Treasurer,and Henry Rempe, i General manager. The stock holders authorized an ap s plication for a charter tor a corpora j tion to be known as the Rempe Manu | facturing Company with a capital stock of $120,000 for the manufacture of clocks which run without winding A committee was appointed for the ' selection of a site. DANVILLK PA.. TIII tiSDAY APRIL 30. 10o:i. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS Mrs. J. R. Renner of Beach Haven, spent Sunday with Danville friends. Prof. Lewis Auiineiinan of Wilkes barre, spent Sunday at the home of Mrs I'atterson Johnson, Market street. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer McCloskey of Ari»tes spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wyant, East Mahoning : street. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pope of Bristol, spunt Sunday with relatives iu this city. Joseph Oeschger ot Berwick, spent Sunday in this city. I E. S. MacDouald.of New York city, was the guest of John K. Bennett, at ; Castle Grove over Sunday. Mrs. J Welliver returned to Phila delphia yesterday, after a visit at the home of Mrs Mary Faux, East Mark : et street i Mrs. Wallace Hoover returned from a visit to Sunhury last eveniug. Mrs. M J. Dieffenbaclnr leturntd to Williamsport yesterday after a vis it with her mother, Mrs. Mary Faux, • East Market street. Miss Clara Payton of Suubory,spent 'yesterday with friends in Danville. William Curry, Esq , returned to Scranton yesterday after a visit with his parents on West Mahoning street. Mr. and Mrs. William W'aite have returned to Sugar Notch after a visit at the home of John G. Waite, Ferry street. Misses Clara and Emma Hofcr are visiting relatives iu Pottsville. Mrs. 11. Ickes and Mrs. Mary Lewis returned from a visit iu Milton yes terday. Miss Annie Reiuhart returned to Conshohocken yesterday after a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Reinhart, Pine street. Poor Directors P. M Kerns and Theodore Huffman returned home from a visit to Shamokin last evening. Mr and Mrs Hugh Quick of Rupert, spent yesterday in this city. Mrs. O. A. Brandon and daughter, Miss Nan, left yesterday for a visit in Philadelphia. Miss Emma Christian, Miss Ada Bailey, Miss Welliver, Miss Pavne, Miss Clara Smith, Harry Phile, Clar ence Haupt, John Henniug and E. F. Williams were among those who at tended the dance at Catawissa last eveniug. Mrs. George Maura returned homo yesterday aft«r a few visit with her sister, Mrs. John Bibby or Hotel Haag, Milton. Messrs. J. K. Murray and James Murray of Pottsgrove, transacted business in this city yesterday. Jackson McKoe of McKee's Heights, Anthony township, drove down to the county seat yesterday. John Jacobs and daughter Miss Clara left last evening for Hazleton,whence they will proceed to Tamaqua to at tend the funeral of Mrs. William Jacobs, who died on Monday. William Eyerly of Catawissa, v.as a visitor in Danville yesterday. Harry Ellenbogen transacted busi ness iu Catawissa yesterday. Alfred Thompson of Benton,is visit ing friends in this city. Frank MeCluskey of Jersuy Shore, was a visitor in this city yesterday. Dr. J. H. Gearhart left last evening for Catawissa to attend a dance. Mrs. William Jacobs Dead. Dora, the wife of William Jacobs, of Tamaqua, and a sister-in-law of Eckhart Jacobs, of this town, John Jacobs, Sr., and Mrs. John Linker, of Danville, passed away iu death at the family home in Tamaqua on Monday evening, at the age of seventy years. The d.ceased suffered a paralytic stroke about ten days ago, and re mained in an unconscious condition up to the time of her death. She was a uative of Germany and came to this country when a mere girl, and has re sided in Tamaqua the greater part of her life, where her husband is engag ed in the manufacture ot candies, etc. The writer knew her as a woman pos sessed of many admirable qualities, and this, with her sunny disposition, won her the hearts of all those who had the pleasure of knowing her, and tier chief aim in life always seemed to be that ot making others happy. The deceased is survived by her hus band, a son George, a granddaughter, Susie, and an only sister, Mrs. Eliza Schrer, residing in Tamaqua, besides a large number of other relatives and friends. The funeral will take place Thursday afternoon at two o'clock,in terment in the Tamaqoa Cemetery.— Kloomsburg Daily. Alderman Johu T. Howe. John T. Howe, alderman ot the J Seventeenth Ward of Scranton, spent | Sunday in this city as the guest of : Captain J. H. Johnson. Alderman : Howe learned the printing trade in ! the office of the Danville Democrat in this city, when Charles Cook was editor and resided here until the war broke out, when he enlisted. He is al ways suro of a cordial welcome iu Danville not only from the veterans who recoguiz.ed him as a brave soldier, but also from all who knew him here in the days before the war. The busy farmer is now at his busi est AWARDED THE CONTRACT George Reifsnyder at a regular meeting of the S liool Board Monpay night was awariled the contract for building the annex to the High school building. The Building ami tiepair Committee presented a report of its meeting on Tuesday uight last at which they adopted the specifications for the an nex. The board at a previous meet ing had decided that a hot water sys tem should be employed iu heating the uew portion. The committee ex plained that they found the specifica tions unsuited to that method of heat ing and that they were assured by Architect Brugler that hot water would he found impracticable for wanning the annex, as it made no provisions whatever for ventilation. Iu view of these facts the committee after adopting the specifications rec ommended to tho Board that the ac tion of the previous meeting relating to hot water bo rescinded. On motion the report of the Build ing and Repair Committee was accept ed, after which on motion of Mr. Keefer, it was ordered that the annex be heated with hot air. The bids for building were then opened. They were only two in num ber. George Reifsnyder agreed to build the annex according to specifi cations for the sum of $6345. S. M. Trumbower was the other bidder, his figures being sfiiU7. Mr. Keefer moved that the contract be awarded to Mr. Reifsnyder as the lowest bidder. The motion cariied unanimously, the following members voting yea: Barber, Orth, Green, Burger, Redding, Werkheiser, Rock afeller, Fischer, Keefer and Harpel. The discovery was then made that several bids had been presented foi heating the annex. This brought up the subject of heating aud the claims of rival concerns aud the matter pro ved more vexatious if uot m ire im portant than the awarding of contracts for building. W. S. Carpenter representing the B G. Carpenter Company of Wilkes barre, was present in the interest of his heating system. The Danville Stove & Manufacturing Company had also a representative at the meeting. Bids had not beeu invited for heating aud the Board was not ready to act on this matter. Nearly au hour, how ever, was spent in discussiug the sub ject. Mr. Carpenter explained the merits of his system, which ho said, is wholly up-to-date embracing many inij>rovt»n>m>tH ovor otlmr systems of its kind, which provides for ventila tion as well a 9 heating. It bad the endorsement of Mr. Brugler, who affirmed, however, that the specifica tions would admit of almost auy heat ing and ventilating system. Mr. Bowyer of the Danville Stove Works explained that his company had examined the specifications and that they believed their warm air fur nace would answer. If uecessary iu order to heat the building they would iustall two furnacee side by side. It was finally decided to postpone awardiug contracts for heating until the next meeting. Meauwhilo bids are to be formally invited to the end that all who may desire to enter iuto competition for heating may have an opportunity to get into line Garfield Literarv Societv. The regular meeting of the Garfield Literary Society of the High Soliool was held Friday afteruooon. The following program was reudered : Recitation. "The Gardeu of Mar vel," Miss Daniel. The question discussed was: "Re solved, that State aid should be given to pupils iu rural districts to enable them to attend High schools, Acade mies and schools of similar standing in nearby towns." The affirmative side was debated by Miss Kase, Mr. Engle and Miss Mann. The negative was represented by Miss Fetterman Mr. Morris and Miss Ohes nnt. The judges were Mr. Maiers, Mr. Robert Jacobs and Miss Welliver. Decision was rendered in favor of the affirmative. Recitation, "Moon Light," Miss Geise. Reading, "The Six Lovo Letters," Miss Sechler. After tho program was reudered the society proceeded to the election of contestants to uphold the Garfield society iu the Inter-Society contest. The balloting resulted as follows: Declamation, Miss Trumbower. Debaters, Mr. Hartf, Miss Welliver, Miss E. Reed, alternate, Miss Kimer er. The contest this year will be held on Monday, Juue 1, at 3 p. m.in the High school room. Consigned to the Grave. Sophia C., the six-year-old daughter of Mr aud Mrs. S. M. Dietz, was consigned to the grave Tuesday afternoon. In the absence of Rev. L. B. Twchell.the services were conduct ed by Rev. W C. Linebach of Shamo kin The deceased child was carried to her lust resting place by tour boys, who were cousins: Arthur derrick and William, Charles and George C 'ruinb. Among those from out of town who attended the funeral were: William Deitz, Mrs. Henry Dietz, Mrs. John Dietz and Mrs. Leota Hoffman of Ply mouth THE BOARD OF TRADE The Board of Trade held a meeting in Council chamber Monday, with President J. H. Goeser iu the chair. There were some thirty members present. Two communications from concerns which desire to change location were read before the Board. One of these was from the promoters of the "Car pet Lining" industry, who seem very anxious to come to Danville. They are now ready to present a proposi tion. The president appointed C. P. Hancock, J. B. Cleaver and C. P. Murray a committee to investigate the merits of the new industry. The other communication, which was from the "Peerless Piano Play er" Company, showed the proposed industry to be one of mammoth propor tions, which would eventually em ploy some 700 hands. The cost of the buildings would approximate $175,- 000. No action was taken relative to this industry. The amendments to the constitution and by-laws as proposed by the com mittee appointed to revise the same were adopted on first reading. Vice President Youngman reported that through the efforts of the mem bers of the Board of Trade the stock for the Rempe Clock Company has all been raised. The president appointed the follow ing committee: INDUSTRIAL.— F. Cj. Hartman, A. C. Amesbury, J. H. Cole, J. B. Watson, C. P. Hancock, David Thomas aud J. L. Evans. STATISTICS, PRINTING and AD VERTISING.—W. V. Oglesby, A. H. Grone, W. L. McClure, LOCAL GOVERNMENT aud IM PROVEMENT. —James Foster, M. G. Youngman, Jeorge F. Reifsnyder, Joseph Lechncr, Charles V. Ammer man. SITES aud REAL ESTATE.— W. G. Pursel, John Doster, George B. Jacobs, Wallace Hoover aud S. M. Trumbower First Game of Lawn Tennis. The lawn tennis grounds on West Mahoning street are now practically in shape for the season's sport and the first game will be played on Saturday afternoon. The grounds have been very much improved. Previously thore was but one court accommodating four players. During last spring another lot was ac quired, which gives the club two courts so that eight persons now can flUd iiUlunr!i»rut r%t tho s-rtiiitJ liuic. The membership of the club number ing some twenty-five persona,is limit ed to the Y. M. C .A. A section of the by-laws provides that ladies shall be entitled to the privilege of the courts on invitatiou of any member of the club. A meeting will be held at the Y. M. C. A. tonight to consider some amend ments to the constitution which have been proposed. The lawn tennis sea son is now here and an effort is being made to stir up interest among the members. Saturday afternoon is the time set fot the first game and the club is hoping for fair weather. A movement is on foot which will add very much to the interest of lawn tennis here; this is an effort to organ ize au inter-Y. M. C. A. league taking in Danville, Bloomsburg, Berwick, Milton, Northumberland aud Sun bury. There is every indication that the league will become a fact in the near future. Cancelled Danville Engagement. The Ithaca baud which was booked to appear here under the auspices of the Friendship fire company,have can celled their engagement. Owing to the baud's non-appearance at Blooms burg ou Tuesday evening the commit tee in charge telegraphed to the con ductor, Patrick Conway, yesterday morning. In his reply Mr. Conway stated that the booking agent had or ders to notify the Fire company of can cellation. No reason has benen given for the abandonment of this tour. It is a great disappointment to many of our people. There would have been a large audienco as over a hundred peo ple applied for reserved seats yesterday morning. Arrangements will be made at once to return the money to the ticket holders. Headquarters in Danville. The Salvation Army is preparing to make Dauville the headquarters for this district and the officors in charge here will hold meetings at "Outposts" Sunbury, Milton, Lewisburg aud Ber wick. Owing to the great demand for competent workers the Army has beeu unable to furnish enough officers for the many places and will for a time "supply" from Danville. This comes in the line of "circle duty" aud will be looked after by Captain Lewis and her assistants. Sunbury, Milton and Lewisburg have had officers in the past and the barracks are still open. Oyster Season Near Olose. With the waning of April the suc culent oyster is gradually disappearing from the epicurean board and the shad is just as gradually usurping the place of honor held by this cold weather tidbit. Tradition says the oyster shall be barred during months whose name contains no "r" and the festive shellfish is, therefore, seeking retirement iu the basement of Chesa peake bay. Local dealers say the past season has been a poor one ESTABLISHED IN 1855. WILLIAM SECULEIt'S HAD lipy William Seehler, son of Former Councilman George R. Seehler, met with a bad accident at the Reading Iron Works about 10 o'clock Monday morning. He was assisting to pull a steel bil let out of one of the heating furnaces. The billet was of the largest sort weighing something over four hundred pounds. Three men had hold of the billet, Mr. Seehler standing in the middle. Under the united strength of the men the billet came out of the furnace with such impetus that it slid off the buggy, the sharp edge striking Mr. Seehler upon the heel, cutting through his clothing aud lacerating the flesh iu a shocking manner. He had no use whatever of his foot and was unable lo walk. The injured man was carried to the office of Dr. J. R. Kimerer, where an examination revealed that the large tendon at the heel, known as the Ten don of Achilles, which controls the movement of the foot was completely severed. Serious as such an accident proves to be surgeons are generally able to sew the ends of the severed tendon to gether, so that they reunite. For awhile a lame limb may result but eventually all stiffness aud inconveni ence passes away and there is a full recovery. A cab was ordered and Mr. Seehler was driven to the home of his father on West Mahoning street. Here Dr. Cameron Shultz was called into as sist Dr. Kimerer. It was no easy matter to sew the teudon, as oue of the ends had contracted aud seemed out of reach. A good deal of catting therefore was necessary which render ed the operation very tedious and diffi cult. The tendon was finally sewed together, however, and all the feat ures of the case at present are very en couraging, although the injured man may be unable to walk for a long time to come. Automobile Behaved Badly. A. B. Newcomb and A. W. Porter of Bloomsburg, who came down to this city in an automobile on Sunday met with one or two adventures be fore they got home. Their machine began to give them trouble on Sunday evening. They decided to remain iu town nntil Mon day morning, when after giving the automobile some repairs they woald proceed home. They carried out their plans and early yesterday went otnomlng aw* of witli flpinf* 1. ore. Dnring the afternoon W. G. Brown, machinist, received word that the au tomobile wau stranded at Dr. Paules' farm on the Bloom road. The young men who had it in charge had gone on to their home and they wanted Mr. Brown to proceed to the farm where the machine had been left and take it to Bloomsburg. Mr. Brown started at once for Dr. Paules' farm in a two-horse surrey, taking with him an extra man as driver. His plan was to hitch the machine behind the surrey aud thus haul it to its destination. From the Isle of Man. Samuel Mortimer of this city has received a copy of an interesting news paper printed at the town of Ramsey ou the Isle of Man. It is called the "Ramsey Courier" and is a large aud pretentious sheet differing little from its Americau contemporaries in make up, style of writing aud composition. Curiously enough in its columns it alludes to a former resident of Dan ville, Samuel Mortimer, a cousin of our townsman of that name. Mr. Mortimer's daughter, Miss Margaret Anna, had just been married to "H. J. McGee, M. A. B. Sc., Head Mas ter of St. Michaels-in-the-Hamlet, Board School, Liverpool. The wed ding notice was quite lengthy and profuse of compliments. Mr. Mor timer, father of the bride, lived in Danville several years, returning to the Isle of Mau iu 1893. Mercury in the Nineties. Spring although seemingly delayed has come with a bound. The heat yes terday actually produced discomfort. At noon the thermometer registered 76 degrees at the Montour House. At 4p. in. when the sun fell with full force upon the frout of the building where the thermometer is exposed the mercury climbed up to 93 degrees. What added to the discomfort of most people,was the fact that thev had not yet laid aside their winter undercloth ing. Less than a week ago heavy overcoats were comfortable, so that people hardly know how to keep pace with the weather in matter of raiment. L T uless a person be of very hardy con stitution it is important that he hold onto his flannels for sometime long er. During the middle of the day lie may suffer some discomfort, but the nights will be chilly even if colder weather does not return in a few days Firemen's Convention. From the present outlook the fire men's convention to be held in Allen town in October will be a most not able occasion. The firemen of that city will entertain 110 companies. These companies have accepttd the invitation. Besides this a general in vitation will be extended and with the many visitors Allentown will certainly present a gala appearance. The Friendship company of this city, most likely accompanied by a baud will go in a body and will have a special car to and from Allentown JOB PRINTING The olice of the Amekican bci furished with a large a*sortn,n job letttr and ianty type and jot material generally, the Publishe announces to the public that he i prepared at ail times to execute the neatest manner JOB PRINTING Of ah Kinds and Description BASE BALL ; SEASON The base ball season in Danville will open about May 15t|j and from the outlook Danville "fans" will see some rare sport during 'the coming so aimer. Mauager McCoy is nutking evury effort to secure good players and so far lias secured the following Catchers, Hummer and Ebe. The latter is astudeut at Susquehanna uni versity, Selinsgrove, and will report for duty as soon his school ch>s«9. Pitchers, Rentier, Skoskie and Mc- Cloud.all of whom are well known to our people. Renner will also play at second base. Simon Hoffman will play at first and Arthur Lawrence will be the short stop. Third base htw not as yet been tilled, though it it most likely that Grimminger, the star third baseman of Bucknell Uni versity will be secured. In the field there will be Davis in left, Shannon in the centre and, if his business * per mits, R. S. Ammermau in right field. The schedule will be announced a* soon as made up. Among other visiting clubs will be the celebrated " All Cubans" who play here on July 29th. With a good team the sport is bound to be encoarag-d and liberally patronized. Dr. DeWitt is giving the grounds his personal supervision and with a commodious and comfortable grand stand there will be no chance for onr "rooters" to kick. Changes on the Reading Road. W. A. Garrett, who has resigned his position as general superintendent of the Philadelphia and Reading Rail way company, to take effect May 1, will transfer his services to the "Queen and Crescent," as the Cin cinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway company is popularly known Mr. Garrett will have a higher posi tion with the "Queen and Crtsceoot" than he has had with the Reading It is understood he will become general manager aud will receive a higher salary. First Vice President Voorheea, of the Readiug. would not state Thurs day who would be named to succeed Mr. Garrett, but it is likely that Aguew T. Dice, superintendent of the Shainokin division will be chosen, as he ranks in point of service and was sidetracked from promotion when Mr Garrett succeeded General Superin tendent Besler In point of service Mr Dice out ranks all the other superintendents When Mr Onrrett was made general superintendent he went over Mr Dice's head. This caused some sur prise, as Mr. Dice is considered not only an able railroad man but one of the most efficient that the Reading has ever had. When an officer of the company was asked who would sue ceed Mr. Garrett and if an outside railroad official wocld be brought in, he said: "No, the appointment will be made in the line of seniority. " The resignation of Mr Garrett has led to many rumors to the effect that there will be other changes in the operafing department of the company If Mr. Dice is promoted it is said A G. McCausland, now superintendent of the Atlantic City Railroad, will be promoted to Mr. Dice's pomsition. Schroyer Tells of Rescue. Private John W Schroyer, of Sha mokin, an account of whose good fortune appeared iu Thursday's News, tells the following story of the rescue "Weaver aud I were in Company F, Twenty first Regiment, regular army," said Schroyer yesterday.in ei plaiuing the bequest, "»nd one day in 1599 were engaged near Manila in keeping the Filipinos away from the city water works. We were charging the insurgent*, who poured a hot fire at us aud then fled from their entrench ments, which were quickly occupied There we rested for a short period When Weaver left the entrenchments to get a better view of the Filipiuo* he was struck down by a bullet from the rebels. He lay in au exp«»si d posi tion, so I jumped from behind a bar ricade and carried him to a place of safety. He was badly wound* I.and after recovering in a Manila hospital, lie joined the regiment He thanked me for saving his life, and said he would remember nie with money some time. I soon forgot the incident, and we remained in service until our terms of enlistment expired "Weaver went to Texas and Ire turned to my home here. I wa* great lv surprised yesterday win n Wesley (* Love, a private iu the Tweuty first Regiment, told me of Weaver's death, and that hew illed me the money Weaver was a good soldier and I al ways liked him." Tendered a Surprise. Jacob C Miller was tendered a sur prise party by the members if his Sun day school class on Tu« sda\ ■ vening at his home on Ferry street. Refresh ments were served and a most enjoy able evening was spent. Mr. Miller's class presented him with a handsome chair. The following were present Mrs. Maust, Mrs. Blccher, Mrs. J Mottern, Mrs. P. Mottern, Mrs J Dielil, Mrs A Diehl. Mrs W Diet)l, Mrs. G Goss, Mrs. lioat, Mrs. B Foulke, Mrs Weigold. Mrs. A. Thom as, Mrs. O. Pitner, Mrs. Ulmar, Mrs C. Minglen, Mrs I wi- Mr- W Hel ler, Mrs. Christian. Miss Balli< t. Mr. Dietz, Mr. Alf Diehl. 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