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The awning men are at work.
Mechanics are busy out of doors.
May came along more like a March
lion.
The ice man will soon have his in
ning.
The whitewash brigade is out in
full force.
The housefly is gradually making
his appearance.
School vacation is near at hand aud
the boys aud girls are full of anticipa
tion.
Our carpenters, stone masons, paint
ers and artisans of all kinds, are hav
ing a busy time of it.
The happiest people in town are
those who have their housecleaniug
done aud their early garden seed plant
ed.
"Wait till the locust is in blossom"
before removing your heavy uuder
wear.is what your grandmother taught
you.
All differences between employers
and employes in the building trades
should be adjusted as speedily as pos
sible.
The bock beer goat is another sign
of spring aud doesn't stand for any
postponement on accouut of the
weather.
There isn't much danger of boys
getting drowued going iu swimming
while the water remains close to a
freezing temperature.
A charter has been obtained by cap
italists of Shenandoah and Pottsville
to connect the former city with Ring
town by au electric railway.
There w ill not come a time dnring
the present year that will be any
more suitable than right now to clean
the alleys in some parts of town.
Considerable bad money, principally
nickels aud quarters,is floating around
and business men are warned to be on
the lookout for the spurious coin.
Denman Thompson, the well-known
author and actor, has been ordered to
quit the stage permanently by his
physicians on account of nervous trou
ble.
The State Forestry Commission has
been told by Attorney General Carson
that it must advertise for bids for the
removal of gauister rock for forest re
servations.
Under the new law that prohibits
the sale of cigarettes to minors dealers
at Clifton Heights have resolved to
sell no cigarettes to customers who
have no whiskers.
Governor Pennypacker has signed
the bill making it necessary for tint
owners of automobiles to take out
licenses before being permitted to
operate their machine* on the streets.
The license which will cost $:5 will be
issued by the protlionotaries of the
various counties.
Lycoming county already has a good
roads association composed of influ
ential men to take advantage of the
new road law and to promote the work
of securing good roads throughout the
county aud to see to it that the coun
ty will get its shaie of the fund set
aside by the slate for this purpose.
Sparks from engines do not cause
all the forest fires from which Penn
sylvania, New York and New Jersey
so constantly suffer. Destroying sparks
are fewer in number than careless or j
malicious tramps who kiudle fires and 1
carelessly or intentionally cause the
conflagrations. It would pay to make
extra effort to capture the offenders.
The prolonged spell of dry weather
js enabling farmers to do their plow
ing and seeding. It would be mean
enough of Jupiter Pluvius to give too
much rain a little later aud rot the '
•eeds. A little ovener distribution of
rain aud warm weather would insure
the happiness and prosperity of the
agriculturist.
There was a chill in the air yester
day morning, but temperatures are
rising east of the Mississippi and the
next couple of days promise to be
warmer. Somewhat colder weather
prevails in the Middle Rocky Mountain
region. The weather continues fair in
all districts except the Lower Missis
sippi and Lowrr Ohio Valleys and the
Southwest, where showers and thunder
storms prevailed yesterday and are
promised today.
"THIS COt NTRY WILL NEVER BE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDSWITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS."
VOL. 48—NO 19.
SEWERAGE
AT LAST
Sewerage for Danville is at last a
fact. A resolution for the construc
tion and maintenance of a public pipe
sewer in Blizzard's run was adopted
Friday eve without a dissenting vote.
It was moved by George F. Reif
snyder and seconded by John 11. Goe
ser, that the following resolution be
ordained and enacted by the Borough
of Danville:
That the said Borough of Danville
at once and at its own proper cost and
expense construct and lay, or cause to
be constructed or laid, a public pipe
sewer with proper valves, inlets and
traps, and of such interior dimensions
as shall be sufficient for all private
drains and sewers that may at any
time hereafter be connected therewith,
along,in and under what are common
ly known as Sechler's or Blizzard's
lun and Mahoning creek, respectively,
two certain and natural streams run
ning through said Borough,said sewer
to begin in the said borough at a point
in th" said run at or uear where Steeb
street crosses said run and also to end
in the said borough at or near the
point where the saidcroek empties in
to the Susquehanna river; that the
said Borough at once procure the sur
vey, plans, specifications aud labor.
The matter was at once put to a vote
and carried. The following members
voted yea: Vastine, Dougherty, Mont
gomery, Goeser, Swank, Feustermach
er, Davis, Beifsnyder, Joseph Gibson,
and Lloyd. Mr. Welliver declined to
vote.
On motion of Mr. Reifsnyder the !
Finance Committee of Council was j
empowered to negotiate for a loan of j
$20,000 for public improvements at the
lowest rate of interest possible to ob- j
tain.
A communication was received from 112
H. B. Deeu in which he tendered his '
resignation as Streot Commissioner j
aud Market Master to take effect at j
once. On motion the resignation was
accepted.
Mr. Reifsnyder nominated E. S.
Miller as Street Commissioner and
Market Master to fill Mr. Deeu's uu- j
expired term. He was unanimously |
elected,
Mr. Montgomery reported that the j
Fire Committee hid made an investi
gation relative to t!i • new barn re
quested by the Washington Hos; Com
pany. The estimated cost, S4BO, ho
thought was about co/rect; the com
pany he said is entitled to the
assistance it asks an 1 h•> moved that
Council proceed to build the barn.
Mr. Dougherty seconded the motion.
Mr. Reifsnyder opposed the measure.
The indebtedness incurred by sew er
age was sufficient for the present, be
sides he held (hat to donate such a
sunt of money to one company would
be equivalent to multiplying it by four
as it would be only a short tirno be
fore each of the other throe hose com
panies would request a similar sum
for a barn aud that they would be
rightfully entitled to it.
Mr. Davis aud others spoke 111 favor
of the appropriation reminding Council
that the Washington Hose Company
has a superior claim as things stand at
present by reason ol the big amount,
some SI7OO, that the members have
raised and expended for horses, wagons
and equipment iu general.
The discussiou waxed very warm
aud for awhile it seemed we were to
have a repetition of the stormy scenes
which marked the proceedings of
council during last year.
The question was finally put, the
president declining to vote unless a
tie should follow. A tie was the very
tiling that did result. The suspense
was great for a few moments while
the President deliberated.
"I will vote with the negative" he
announced, and thus the motion died.
A communication was read from
merchants and citizens petitioning
Council to enact legislation that will
require persons selling retail by
samples or otherwise to take out a
license before soliciting in the bor
ough. The petition was signed by
nineteen person*. It was discussed at
considerable length and on motion laid
over until the next meeting for further
consideration.
Tie* ordinance relating to the licens
ing of shooting galleries and like con
cerns that are in the borough only
temporarily was adopted 011 its second
reading. Before it passed, however, a
change was made in the ordinance do
ing away wi'h the daily license of
two dollars and substituting a mini
mum charge of five dollars for ten
days or under with fifty cents or a
dollar per day for additionial time at
the discretion of the Burgess, who is
to issue the license.
A communication was received from ,
a citizen in the Fourth Ward, asking j
that several keys be procured for each j
of the hose houses one or more of
which are to be kept at near-by resid
ences, where they can be procured by j
those interested in case of fire. The
writer alleged that certain of the hose
houses are scenes of illegal prac
tices. Acting upon the communica
tion Mr. Lloyd moved that an ordin
ance hi- enacted prohibiting drinking,
card playing or any illegal practice in
the hose houses of the Borough under
penalty of $25 or disbandment. Mr.
Lloyd also wanted an ordinance against
snowballing and throwing papers and
circulars on the street, both of which
become great nuisances.
The matter was referred to the Com
mittee 011 ordinance aud police, they
to report at next meeting.
! HILLSIDE BRICK
| _ COMPANY
Au iteiu appeared in the "Camden
Post-Telegram" of Tuesday which in
dicates that developments have been
j reached in the vitrified brick project
I 011 foot here, which would leave 1:11
1 doubt as to the full success of the un
dertaking. The Post-Telegram say-:
"The Hillside Brick Manufacturing
Company of Danville. Pa., filed art
icles of incorporation in the County
Clerk's office, this morning. The
j capital stock is $50(),()00.
William G. Shoop of this city, who
j owns the ricli deposit of shale north
l of the Borough, which figures in the
j project to manufacture vitrified brick,
'was interviewed by a representative of
! this paper yesterday afternoon. He
J said that the young men of Philadel
phia who are acting as promoters had
some New York people interested in
the project and on the occasion of
! their last visit to this city had seciy
:ed a longer option, which lias not as
| yet expired. He was unable however,
|to throw any light upon the status of
affairs and was as much surprised as
! anybody to see that things had reach
ed socli an advanced stage as implied
I by the article quoted above.
There is but one deduction to draw
from the premises and that is that
those interested mean business and that j
another new industry is likely to grow
jup in Danville. As indicated bv the
capital stock subscribed the plant will
'bo no small affair and mny be relied
I upon to employ a good many hands.
The deposit of shale is not only all
' that is desired in quality but it is al-
I *
; most unlimited IU extent insuring a
! first class product and an extensive
| and growing business.
Missionary Convention.
The Twenty-third annual convention
of the Woman's Home and Foreign
Missionary society of the Susquehanna
Synod will meet in Williamsport
011 May 19th to remain in session until
the 21st inclusive. The sessions will
be held in St. Paul's Lutheran Church
of which Rev. J. M. Auspach, D. D.,
is pastor.
The synodical society,of which Mrs.
M. L. Shindel of this city is president,
takes in a wide territory embracing
Williamsport, Seliusgrove, Hazleton
and Berwick with Danville and all
other intermediate towns. It comprises
thirty-two Woman's Home and Foreign
Missionary societies; five young peo
ple's societies and thirteen mission
bauds—fifty organizations in all. It
represents a total membership of 1500.
Pine street Lutheran church will
have three delegates at the annual con- ;
vention; two of these, Mrs. F. G. !
Schoch and Miss Gussie Brnder, will •
represent the Woman's auxiliary;!
Mrs. George A. Rossman will repre- 1
sent the Mission baud.
The Synodical district of which ■
Danville forms a part is very active j
in missionary effort and has every rea- j
son to bo proud of what it has accom- j
plished in this line. In addition to
Rev. Dr. Day and wife of Selinsgrove,
now deceased, who labored for twenty- ;
two years in Africa, the district
three other missionary workers in
foreign fields. These are Miss Bern- ,
inger of Catawissa.who will return to
China next fall, Miss Jessie Brewer of j
Williamsport, who has labored 111 India }
for seven years, and Miss Mary Lowe j
of Bloomsburg. who will enter upon
missionary labor this fall, accompany
ing Miss Brewer to India, the latter
at present being home on a furlough, j
TV
Memorial Day.
As the years roll around the ranks of ;
the old soldier grow thinner, aud as a
matter of fact the proper observance of J
Memorial Day is not carried out with
the zeal that is the pride of the old j
veteran.
While death is decreasing the ranks, j
old age is crippling the comrades left
behind, physically and financially,and
as a result the day is not properly ob
served.
While other associations will keep
up the annual custom of decorating
tin graves of those who have served
their God and their country, there is
something due from the general pub
lic that has been benefitted so much
by the results of the cause. Now that
the average Post has scarcely enough
members to fill the chairs it is getting
more difficult yearly to procure the
funds to properly celebrate the day.
Consequently the Memorial Day ex
ercises has lost some of its good feat
ures—music and flowers.
The least any town can do is to ap
propriate money for music aud flow- !
ers. We owe the old soldier a thousand j
times more than we can ever repay
t •
him.
Loon Mounted.
The large loon or Great Northern j
Diver, shot along Mahoning Creek a
few weeks ago, has been mounted by j
Rev. N. E. Cleaver. Mr. Cleaver is a
skillful taxidermist and the loon as
mounted is a fine specimen. It has '
been presented to Hotel Keeper Clar- j
ence Peifer, who prizes it very high- j
ly.
Sunbury's New Bank.
Sunbury capitalists, together with
others from different parts of the coun
ty, have organized a new Sunbury !
National Bank. Dr. F. B. Drumheller
is president aud Attorney H. S. Knight
solicitor. A fine new bank building
will shortly be erected at the corner
of Fourth and Market streets.
DANVILLi:. PA.. Till ItSDAY MAY 7. 1908.
PERSONAL
I PARAGRAPHS
James Scarlet, Esq., was in Sun
bury yesterday.
William and Jacob Loro of Unity
vilie, were guests yesterday at the
home of .T. W. Lore, West Market
' str et.
i'eter Winters attended a funeral at
Montandon yesterday.
Perry Gaskii:s spent yesterday iu
Sharuokiu.
F. M. Herrington transacted busi
: uess in Sunbury yesterdav.
Elias Lyon was a Sunbury visitor
yesterday.
H. L. Gross visited relatives iu
Bloomsburg yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Austin Hartman of
Berwick, spent Suuday at the Keefer
: home, Nicholas avenue,
j Harry S. Hull of Negcopeck, spent
; Sunday with friends in Danville.
| Charles Pusey of Berwick,spent Sun
day at his home on Vine street.
Frank Kear of Berwick, spent Sun
day with friends in this city.
Miss Bertha Eger of New York City
spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. H.
Wyle, Cross Keys Place.
| Mrs. Margaret Hopewell and daugh-
I ter, Margaret of Northumberland, are
visiting Mr. and Mrs. George Boude
man, Pine street.
William Mapstone of Sunbury,spent
Sunday at the home of his mother in
this city.
F. C. Wilson of Wilkosbarre, spent
Sunday at the home of C. S. Smith,
1 South Danville.
Mrs. W. G. Gephart of Altooua, ar
rived iu South Danville Saturday to
spend some time with her father,
David linger.
Mrs. L. Nace returned to Philadel
phia yesterday after a visit at the
home of Rev. L. D. Ulrich, Church
street.
P. H. Cotuer transacted business in
Sunbury yesterday.
Mrs. G. W. Rombaugh returned to
Watsoutown yesterday after a visit at
the home of Harrison Kase, South
Danville.
Mrs. Sallie Frock of Philadelphia is (
a guest at the home of William '
Maiers, Church street.
William Gaskine, machinist on the
battleship Indiana left yesterday for '
Sunbury after a visit with his par- I
cuts, West Mahoning street.
Miss Bessie Courson of Sunbury j
spent yesterday with Danville friends, j
Miss Jennie Little of Philadelphia
was the gu» st of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Bloch, Lower Mulberry street, yester
day.
A. M. Peters speut yesterday in Lock j
Haven.
Mrs. Sallie Evans returned to Du J
Bois yesterday after a visit with her
father, Joseph Hahu, Ferry street.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bloch drove j
to Bloomsburg yesterday.
Mrs. W. E. Young, sou Willis and j
Mrs. Jacob Swayze of this city, spent
yesterday with friends iu Blooms
burg.
Death of Mrs. Mills.
Mrs. Jennie Mills, wife ot Jacob
Mills,died Tuesday night, at the home |
of Mrs. Sue Esterhrook, East Market j
street.
The deceased was fifty- five years of j
age. She had been ill for a year or j
more,suffering from a complication of j
diseases. Besides her husband she is j
survived by three brothers and two
sisters: Oliver B. Sweitzer of this
city, Alfred Sweitzer of Washiugton
ville and Joseph of Exchange; Mrs.
William Robiuault of this place and
Mrs. Esterhrook, at. whose home she
died.
The funeral will he held today
from the Esterhrook home, .No. 759
East Market street, at 2p. m. Inter
ment will take place in Odd Fellows'
cemetery.
Returned From a Fishing Trip.
Hon. R. S. Ainmerman,Major C. P.
Gearhart and David R. Eckmau, yes
terday returned from a drive to White
Deer Mountains, where they spent a
couple of days fishing for trout.
The fishermeu met with only in
different luck, conditions not being
very good for fishing at present. The
streams are very low and the water
clear as crystal, the latter circum
stance being an especially unfavorable |
one as it enables the trout to see the j
fishermen.
The gnats, which infest the mount- !
aiu streams, prove a great pest to fish
ermen and of the trio of townsmen
who have just, returm 1 there is not
one but whose face hears the marks
of the tormenting little insects.
A Month of Pleasant Weather.
The halcyon days of May offer so j
1 ft-w annoyances to a spring-fever ad- '
; dieted public that the regard paid for
past Mav weather, natural or un
! natural, is not a sacred one. And so
it should be if the record of fourteen
years is worthy of confidence. The
i record shows May to be second only
to an Indian summer month and filled
j with an adequate supply of thorongh
j ly nice weather.
In temperatuio it has a mark of
sixty-two degrees, although May ISO,
! 1 Hilo, the mercury climbed lo ninety
! five and May 6, 1891, had a drop to
thirty-six degrees.
liin.ASKHV'S
INDUSTRY
The big cinder tip at Chulaskey is
the K'jat of a new industry which is
likely to 1 ecome an important factor.
The variot J- uses to which cinder may
be put lias b en dwelt upon previously
in the- • < kiinns. A corporation to
work up t .cinder has been organized
known as the Chulaskey Iron and
Cement Company with A. L Derry of
Scranton as General Manager.
A switch has been built at the tip
aud the company has installed a large
crusher with a capacity of 150 tons per
day. A boiler and engine have also
been installed. On Saturday ten men
were at work getting the machinery in
shape.
Affairs at. the cinder tip are in
charge of D. S. Price recently of
Scranton, who has removed his family
to this city. Mi. Price stated on Sat
urday that they would bo ready to
start the crusher some time during the
present week. Next week everything
will be in full running order aud the
plant will be pushed to its fullest
capacity. Some thirty-five hands will
bo required to fill all the posts.
The cinder tip, which is one of the
largest in this section, contains mill
ions of cubic yards. It yields large
quantities of coal and iron. In regard
to the latter, especially.it far surpass
es all expectations. Although the
work of digging in the tip is scarcely
more than begun, already one car load
of iron has been extracted and ship
ped away. Along with the iron eight
tons of coal came to light. The com
pany expects to procure enough coal
from the tip to furnish all the steam
required for power in crushing the
cinder.
The first contract to be filled is one
for railroad ballast. Later the com
pany will hid for contracts for street
paving. The product of the plant is
said to make a first-class pavement,
which is preferable to either brick or
asphalt. The company poiuts with
pride to certain parts of Scranton
which is paved with cinder as treated
in this process, where the pavement
has stood the test of time and the hard
est kind ot wear.
In street paving an excavation is
made some twelve or fourteen inches
deep. Coarse cinder is placed in the
bottom; this is covered with successive
layers of the same material, each finer
than the one preceding until the sur
face is reached, which is given a coat
of pulverized cinder. Each of the
layers is subjected to an enormous
pressure under an iron roller of many
tons' weight. The pulverized cinder
or cement, under the treatment be
comes a solid mass, yielding no dust
and resisting the wear of the heaviest
traffic.
Arrest-jd and Fined.
John Carr of the Second Ward was
arrested and fined Monday afternoon
for neglecting to send his little sou to
school. The warrant was svvoru out
aud served by Truant Officer \V. E.
Young. The hearing took place be
fore Justice-of-the-Peace Oglesby.
The defendant testified that he was
unable to keep his boy in school. The
little fellow, who is about eleven years
of age,was with his father working in
the garden when the warrant was serv
ed.
The justice took the view that Mr.
Carr had violated the school law re
lating to attendance, which requires
that every parent or guardian having
children in charge between the ages
of eight and thirteen years shall be
obliged to send them to school during
at least sixteen weeks in the year. The
law provides that a parent or guardian
neglecting this duty shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and for the first
offense shall forfeit a fine not exceed
ing two dollars aud for each subse
quent conviction a fine not exceeding
five dollars.
Justice Oglesby was disposed to be
louietit and as this was the first con
viction he imposed upon the defend
ant a fine of one dollar in addition to
the costs.
There are several other cases in the
borough similar to the one disposed
of yesterday and Truant Officer Young
states that arrests will be of daily oc
currence until the pupils are kept in
school as required by law. His action
yesterday in causing arrest will no
doubt be sufficient to show that he is
thoroughly in earnest.
End of Finger Pinched.Off.
William Bell of Mahoning town
ship, met with a singular accident
yesterday which resulted in the loss
of a portion of a finger.
Ho had a horse hitched to a log |
which he was moving from one spot j
to another. He bad just fastened the j
chain around the log, when the horse }
suddenly started drawing the chain !
tight and catching his left forefinger
between the links. Had his linger
been in a viso it would not have been
squeeztd any harder and almost be
fore lie realized what had happened
the end was pinched off. The fore
finger was severed at the first joint
and the amputation could not have
been any more neatly accomplished if
it had been done with a knife.
Mr. Hell drove down to this city
where his injury was dressed by l)r.
Currv.
Spring Guns, Too.
It is also a misdemeanor for boys to
discharge spring guns within the
state under the new law prohibiting
the use of Flobert rifh s It would be
well for some Danville boys to remem
ber this fact.
MISSIONARY
SERMON
Rev. S. S. Snydor, a returned mis
sionary, delivered ;t fine address iu
Sli iloli Reformed chnrch, this city,
Sunday morning on the subject of
missionary effort in Japan. There
was a largo congregation present, tax
ing the full seating capacity of the
auditorium.
Rev. Snyder is a fluent speaker and
being thoroughly in touch with the
situation in Japan as it relates to mis
sionary work his discourse proved of
absorbing interest to every person who
has the dissemination of gospel truths
at heart.
The present centnry, lie said, is
I the century of missions. The field is
' the entire world. At no place on the
globe, however, is there such a need
| of missionaries as in Japan. Since the
recent treaty the country is open to
Americans and passports are no longor
necessary. Japan is rapidly yielding
to outside influences. Enlightenment
is dawning upon the counrry and the
people are ripe for innovation and
change. Japan is a land of students,
and Tokio is the great student center
of the world. Net only is the country
educating her own sons, but other
countries, notably China, is sending
her young men to Japan for their ed
ucation. Thus Japan lias come to be
called "The School Master of the
East." We should be wise then and
win Japan to Christ.
The speaker spoke at length on the
schools with which he is connected at
Sendai, a city of 80,000 population, in
the northern part of Japan. He ex
plained how these institutions of learn
ing are made an effective agency in
the spread of the gospel among the
Japanese. Missionaries are few in
number and owing to the difficulty in
mastering the Japanese language they
labor under a great disadvantage in
preaching directly to the natives.
Much time therefore is spent iu teach
ing and the new converts as fast as
educated are scut out to preach among
their people. They have the advan
tage of thoroughly understanding tliet
language and although they are a™
to be regarded as the "hirelings of a
foreign religion" and meet with many
discouragements yet in the general
awakening of ttie country the truths
they disseminate find a pretty general
acceptance.
The speaker said that the condition
of niorals'in Japan is very low. Every
family lias its house hold gods, to
whom the children are taught to bow.
At present, he said, there is but one
Christian to every one thousand souls
iu Japan. Yet even this represents
progress, as only thirty years ago, the
Bible was excluded from Japan and
the penalty for being a Christian was
death. There is now freedom of con
science over the whole empire.
Iu illustrating the necessity of in
creased support for missionary wo»k
iu Japan, Rev. Snyder cited some
figures showing that out of the im
mense population of that country,
some 1,000,000,000. in number but 1,-
327,000 have been converted to Chri.-t.
While in this country the average
number of Christians to one minister
is 7T4, in Japan for every missionary
employed there are 200,000 natives.
Narrow Escape.
A young lady came within an ace of
being run over by Hoover Bros.' wag
on on Mill street yesterday and was
saved only by the quick action of the
driver, John Kutz.
The young lady with a companion
was crossing over from Hunt's drug
store to the Opera House, when Hoov
er Bros.' wagon came along. The
ladies were chatting together appar
ently much interested in the conver
sation ; one of the two had her face
turned asido and heedless of where
she stepped walked right up against
the wheel of the wagon. She was
struck bv the hub and thrown to the
ground, falling in front of the wheel.
The driver had excellent control of
his horses and succeeded in stopping
them on the spot. The young lady's
foot lay immediately in front of the
wheel and had the horses taken an
other step forward she would have
been run over. There would have
been little hope for her foot if it had
got under the wheel, as the wagon is
a heavy one.
The narrow escape was witnessed by
a number of persons who received
quite a fright.
Purchased Jewelry Store.
J. W. Lore lias bought out the jew
elry business of Henry Rernpe. Ne
gotiations between the two were on
foot for a couple of weeks or more,but
it was not until yesterday afternoon
that the sale was consummated.
Mr. Lore only recently removed to
this city from Tonawanda, N. Y.,
where for two years lie conducted a
drug store. He was formerly a resi
dent of this city, removing from here
ro Tonawanda. lie will be remember
ed as proprietor of the drug store,
i comer of Mill and East Mahoning
! streets, at present owned by G.
Slioop Hunt. Mr. Lore's purchase in
i eludes the stock and fixtures of
liempe's jewelry store and he will
continue the business at the old stand.
Mr. Lore is a good business man.
courteous and obliging.and he will no
doubt succeed in his new venture. Mr.
Rempe withdraws to give his un
divided attention to his recent inven
tion the clock which runs without
winding.
The early morning Sunday school is
in favor during the summer months
KSTAHUSHED IN 1855.
WILL ASK FOR
STATE Alii
The County Commissioners will take
measures required by law to secure
state aid under the Sjiroul Good roads
act for repairs ou the piece of road
between Danville and Mausdale.
The application in made in good
time, believing that the county will
stand a better chance of receiving the
aid petitioned for if it is not postponed
until too many others get in ahead.
The road between town and Mane
dale is a stretch of high v. ay hard to
keep in repair and state aid would
come in very nicely. The amount of
travel which passes over it is some
thin# prodigious. The roads from
.Tersoytown, Washiogtonville, Milton
and Lewisburg converge upon it. A
portion of it is too rough for comfort
able driving while other portions ex
cept in dry weather are very muddy.
Mahoning township is especially un
fortunate in the matter of roads. Ly
ing as it does nearly surrounding the
Borough of Danville all its roads re
ceive the maximum of travel, while
the total mileage of its highways is
out of all proportion to its taxable
property.
Altogether the section of road be
tween Danville nnd Mausdale would
soem to he just such as the framers of
the law had in view. If state aid be
secured it will lift a considerable
burden from the township and give
the county at least one road construct
ed ou scientific principles,durable and
good at all seasons.
Oouncil Makes Some Changes.
E. S. Miller,who was elected Street
Commissioner on Friday night to suc
ceed H. B. Doen.has entered upon the
duties of his office. By an action of
council at last meeting the duties of
the Street Commissioner were lighten
ed somewhat. Instead of assisting in
the market collections as heretofore
he will give more of his time to the
streets. He is still Street Commis
sioner and Market Master as specified
in the ordinance, but his duties relat
ing to market will be merely to decide
questions of location for wagons, and
to inspect weights and measures at
regular intervals as required by the
borough ordinance.
Hereafter the Chief-of-Police will
sell the tickets to the venders in the
curbstone market and his assistant
will follow later collecting the same.
Council ou Friday night took action
on another matter, which relates to
the Water Superintendent as well as
the Street Commissioner. One of the
matters, it was claimed, never settled
was whether or not either of these
officials are expected to lend a helping
hand while overseeing work or wheth
er they are employed merelv to " boss
the job."
No one seemed to favor the latter
view, and on motion of Mr. Goeser
seconded by Mr. Montgomery it was
decided that the Street Commissioner
and Superintendent of the Water
Works hereafter shall be expected to
lend a helping hand wherever occasion
presents itself to the end that their
services may bo made as valuable as
possible and assist in reducing the
running expenses of the borough.
linprovemerts on "Dug Road."
The Supervisors of Mahoning town
ship have made some improvements at
the "dug road" below towu that are
highly appreciated by the traveling
public.
All the way down the mountain side
for a distauce of over 1300 feet along
the lower side of the road an iron
guard rail has been erected. It is a
neat substantial piece of work, which
not only adds to one's sense of security
in driving down the hill but gives the
place quite an improved appearance as
well.
On Saturday men were employed in
blasting away the rock at the foot of
the mountain where the dug road in
tersects the Northumberland road for
the purpose of widening the place suffi
ciently to enable a wagon coming down
tiie mountain to turn down the river.
Previously vehicles coming down the
dug road before being able to turn
were obliged to follow the road toward
town for some distance before a place
wide enough w»i found.
The Wagon Broke Down.
A wagon belonging to W. T. Shep
person heavily loaded with coal,broke
down at the entrance to the river
bridge ou the South Danville side
about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
It was necessary to transfer the coal
to another wagon in order that the
broken one might be drawn aside out
of the way of travel.
Re-union of Sixteeners.
Th< Mt. Joy Sixteeners are prepar
ing for their 1 flth annual re-union to
be held at Mt Joy, May .10. The
graduates of the school are scattered
all over the State and once a year
meet and have a very enjoyable time
Mr. Thos. C. Knowles of Pottsville
is tlx Secretary.
Semi-Annual Dividend.
The First National Rank on Monday
declared a semi-annual dividend of
live per cent payable on demand.
The Dauville National Bank on the
same date declared its one hundredth
and sixth semi-annual dividend of
three per cent payable on demand
Duck Season Ended.
The season in which it is legal to
shoot wild ducks closed last Friday.
Nimrods cau have nothing to busy
' them again until next September.
JOB PRINTING-
The c/iice of the AMI KICA.N >
finished with a large ai>6rtmn
job letter and lancy type and jo.
material generally, the 1 übli hf
announces to the public that h* i
| prepared at ail times to cxe< ut<
the neatest mamer
JOB PRINTING
Of all Kinds and Description
FUST UIIE
OF ILASt ILAI.L
• The Board of Directors of the Dan
ville Bast- Ball Association,eommouly
known as the "Old Timers." held a
meeting last night, at which it ww
decided to open the mason cu Satur
day. May 43rd, with a game at I>-
Park. The opposing nine have
not as yet been selected hut several
teams are under consideration.
Instead of soliciting subscription*l<>
I meet the exjieuse of equipment a* la-t
season the club this year will place on
1 sale season tickets at five dollars.
' These will merely guarantee admix
siou to the grounds during the sea,»oi.
| and do not luclude the grand stand.
Last year's suits, which were care
fully lauudered, repaired and ;<»-ked
away for the winter are practically a*
i good as new and will answer for the
' present season.
The many improvements on the
grounds at DeWitt'a Park are uow
about completed and the grounds with
the new grand stand, guard fern*#..,
etc., are accounted the bext IU this
section.
The team will he in daily practice
from now until the date .et for th<
first game. The management pro; - -
to put a strong team in the field, t;..-
season, giving Danville the be*t base
ball that it has ever seeu. A good
season's sport is no doubt ahead.
Owiug to the geueral dissatisfaction
caused by the enforcement of the new
rule known as the "foul strike rule'
it will be eliminated this year in all
the home games. Owing to its un
popularity it was applied during only
one game last year. The management
are of the opinion that it will not be
long until the rule will tie abolished
in the National and American league-.
In addition to Sam A M< (' j .Presi
dent, the following directors were
present at last night's meeting: E F
Williams, W. E. Gosh, Fred Jacobs,
Thomas G. Vincent and A. C. Ame-,
bury.
Repairing East Market Street.
A car load of crushed limestone, the
first installment ordered for repairing
East Market street,arrived at this city
from Lime Ridge yesterday It was
unloaded on the cinder tip near t ie
D. L. & W. station where at the bor
ough's convenience it will be pla 1
upon the street.
The intention is to give East Mark- t
street a thin coat of crushed lime stone
| along its entire length. Coum ,1 i» d- -
termined to buy none but the be-r
quality of limestone and in order t'.ar
nothing of an iuferior quality might >-
unloaded on the borough but one car
load was ordered from Lime Ridg
If this car load is found to fill the bill
more will be ordered right along and
work on the street pushed to comple
tion as rapidly as possible.
Considers Crop a Failure.
Dr. S. Y. Thompson on his farm af
"Pilgrim's Rest," near Mooresbnrg
has one of the finest peach orchards in
the county. Some ten days ago pros
pects were fair for a big yield and
he estimated his crop at at least two
thousand five hundred bushels.
The cold snap of last week, how
ever, was fatal and Dr Thompson
stated yesterday that he ha< no hojies
of any peaches at all.
Prospects, he said,were also bright
for a big crop of peaches on his tarm
iu Cumberland county and he had
estimated his crop there at on- tl ou
and five hundred bushels; but the
cold weather was as destructive tle-re
as elsewhere and the probability i*
that the yield will be next to nothing
Ask Aid for Orphans Home.
The Odd Fellows' lodges of this
district are being asked for as
sistance to the Odd Fellows Orphan-
Home of Central Pennsylvania, estab
lished at Suuhuiy. W. D. Hill, of
Pottsville, is the architect for the n-w
buildings, which ar> to be of brick,
and will be fireproof. The total «t
will be $40,000, and accomnn l»ti »s
can then be furnished for -x** orph in-
Each Odd Fellow in the district i«
asked to contribute#l.sotor th• - home
K. G. E. Grand Castle.
(J. Dal. Fox. of Milton,chairman of
the transportation committee f<»r th>
gramt castle of the K. G. E -
which meets at Johnstown ncit w- k,
has already ls-iied over three t'eiu > 1
card orders to members who will ar
tend the meeting. This is the fit*'
time the grand castle has ever in- t
west of the Allegheny mountain* ami
promises to be the larger meeting
ever held.
Purchased by 0. H. Garnson.
Dr. S. Y. Thompson adiuinstrafnr of
the estate of B G. Waples yesterday
sold at public sale the sixth-eleventl
interest of the deceased in the dwell
ing ami store combined at Grovania
The purchaser was C. H. Garri- >n.
the other partner, who own- 1 t\\
eleventh of the busim -- The pri •
paid for Waple's interest w:»- .-ight
hundred and forty-nine dollar*
Must Comply With the Law.
John K. Robison, the factory in
spector, was in Sunbury Wednesday
and stated that the law in regard to
fire escapes had not been complied
with in a number of instances in that
city. Particularly in regard to sch<»<l
huildiugs. According to Mr Robison
some action must be taken at once, or
suit will be brought.
Miss Margaret Ammerman will sing
at next Sunday afternoon's Y M C
A. meeting at Berwick.