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288 Mill -- St., Danville, Pa.
I»riitistr> in all its branch.*. C:iaige-
M.xh-rulo and Mil \v.»rl> <imriiiilreil
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Summer begins next Sunday.
~\he toy pistol is ready tor work.
Never mind the cool wave. 1 In-re
will tie enough of the other kind in
July and August.
It has bt*eii just as tough tor the
weather man as for the rest of us.
lin- picnic season has bei II a failure
*o tai.
the matter wTth turning on
tKiuie hot air.
l'tie Danville Izaak Walton* are s> ek
lug out rfieir favorite fishing -tieam<
aud planning outings.
It is not probable that there will be
uianv changes in the corps of school
teacher- for the coming veil.
Attend Situr lay afternoon's game ot
b»*«.- ball at DeWitt's Hark. Gallic
called at i o'clock.
It is reported that four Sunbury
doctors are to be married this mouth.
The doctor business is evidently tloiir
lnhllig 111 ttiat City.
The lawn tnowci needs frequent at
tention These are grass grow ing days
Nothing is said about the scarcity
of water this week.
First aid to the injured is being
taught lo the railroad men ons, ve ai
great rvMelii-. Il i» ail excelb nt tbiny
to have everybody uformed on tin
tirs' prin ipl-s (112 »*..!• I- 2 11
well saving is possible, and tlu eg!
luauy persons heeome helpless in the
presence of danger, from the excite
ment and iiervousie -s, yet I ere i- no
doubt hut many lives mav be saved
tfirough a knowledge of tie* most
prompt and effective way to gin- aid
to the injured.
The |H»ets are about the onlv people
wfio have been able to warm up much
over the .luue weather we have receiv
ed during the past tew days.
The huckleberries are beginning to
upen and the rains and a f*'\\ days of
■ uushine the berry business will he
boomiug. The bushes are well till
ed, and considering the severe
drouth tie berries are of a good size.
Welsh Hros , whoso show is expected
to exhibit here July ♦>, have bought
the teuts and other circus equipments
of the defunct Harr Bros.' show which
■tailed out from Kaston several years
ago and stranded.
No community can prosper unless its
people are alive to the opportunities
of the day. It yau wish to see the
town grow and prosper cease your
wbilling, take your hands out ot your
pockets, disregard your personal feel
ings and interest, join iu any move
ment for the public good and stick to
the town'« welfare under all ciicum
s-tauces.
Hav making is going to fie an easy
job
Mt Carint I is not esteemed a high
lv Luoia! town, but the authoiities
have the hardihood to prosecute per
sons guilty of profauitv.
There i- no more delightful place to
speud the summer than among our
tiw n mountain environments.
The summer boarder is going to
have a bard tune to get fresh veget
ables unless lie takes them along.
While the June bride is all right iu
her wav it should be remembered that
theie are 11 other varieties iu the
course of a year.
i he Lackawanna Railroad has made
a proposition to the Pennsylvania for
an interchange of summer passenger
traffic at Manunka Chunk, whereby
transfers of passengers at that point
mav be avoided The Helvidere Del
aware division of the Peunsylvaniit
ends at Mauunka Chunk, and pa-scng
ers for Delaware Water <iap. St muds
burg, Mt Focono and other summer
resorts are there turned over to the
Lackawanna. If the proposition made
bv the Lackawanna is accepted the
Peunsvl vauia passengers tor these
|toiut* will all be carried through with
out change
The "oldest inhabitants" of the next
generation will have lo lie careful
when speaking of the weather "hack
iu l'.Mi'.t" that they don't get the Jan
uary and June cold spells mixed in
their uiiiids.
The SUM It boy who imagines the
Fourth of July begins about the mid
dle of June -hould have hi- patriot! in
forcibly repressed
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"THIS Cot N'I'RV WII.L NKVLk HI: ENTIRELY EREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDSWITII ITS OWN I'RODUC ION
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SAVAGE cow
Eight -yoar-old Paul Hank while
playing the street yostt'rday was
shockingly pored l>v u savage cow ami
j :»s a result. Ins life hangs in the bal- ;
; mine.
1 About o'clock yesterday forenoon j
! little Paul, who is a son of 11. 11.
i Hank,with some companions was play- ;
j ing hall in front of his father's resid
ence, No. J2"> Vine street. Grazing
near the spot in the street was a cow
with very sharp horns, which belong
ed to a family residing near by. The :
animal did not show any sign ol i
treachery and the boys did not pav
any attention to her.
Finally the ball rolled nearle r feet
and Paul went to pick it up when the 1
cow with a sadden hinge caught him
upon her horns and tossed him clear |
over her back. The little fellow tell (
heavily upon the ground, but regained i
hi> feet in a short time, although it
was evident that he was badlv hurt.
A lady who witnessed "the affair ran
to his side to render help. The little |
fellow was crying and holding his :
hand upou the the lower part ol his j
body, where he complained of pain j
\n examinaton revealed that the cow s !
horn had punctured the abdomen, !
penetrating very dieply and causing
the int-stines to protrude
The hoy was carried into the house j
and Dr. Harpel, the family physician, j
was called. As soon as the latter saw
the case he said lie would need assist- 1
ance.and selected Dr. P. C. Newhaker. {
Dr. Newbaker quickly responded
when the patient was placed under
the influence of chloroform and the }
two physicians succeeded in reducing:
the injured part to its normal condi- •
tion. The wound was dressed and the :
hoy made its comfortable as possible, j
Beyond Ibis about all that can be done
at present is to await developments. ■
The full extent ot the iiijnty wrought j
internally can not be determined, but
from indications at present the doctors
are encouraged to believe that it in
flammation does not set in the hoy's j
chances are very goo I tor pulling!
through.
Dauville has an Automoble.
F. 11. Vauuan of the (irm of Curry
it Van nail is the first one in Danville
or vicinity to own an automobile. He
ordered the machine some time ago (
but it was not until Thursday that ii
arrived at Milton,where the agent, K
E. Ttill• •r, through whom it was par- j
chased, resides.
Mr Vannan went t >Milt ni by train
yesterday morning and accompanied
by Mr Ritf-r brought the in i.-liin • to ,
Danville. The trip wi- made via j
Northumberland -o as to get as much j
practice a- possible out of the trip.
Mr. Vaiinan acted as chauffeur the j
most ot the way, and by the time he i
got home he was able to handle the .
automobile with a lair degree of skill, i
Mr. Yunnan stated last evening that j
lie enjoyed the lirst experience very ,
much. He had a big advantage in the J
fact that in early life lie was au engi- j
neer on the railroa l.and suffered none I
from the nervousness tint i beginner
is apt to experience.
Mr Vannan's machine is known u> j
the "Oldsmobile," manufactured at j
Detroit and Lansing, Mich. It is
operated by gasoliue. P is a very
neat looking nnchiue, rigged up for
two, although in extra seat goes with
it so that four can ride if necessary.
Fell From a Load of Hay.
Frederick Moser of Valley township
fell off a load of hay on Mill street
yesterday and sustained injuries which
necessitated surgical treatment.
Accompanied by a farm hand about
10 o'clock Mr. Moser drove into town
with his hay and stopped near the curb
opposite Murray's store. The load was
a high one and to assist in dismount
ing the men had brought with them a
ladder which was on top of the hud.
While bis companion held ihe horses
Mr. Moser who wished to look around
for a purchaser, took the ladder and
left it down behind the wagon. The
lower end, it appears, did not set
level and .just as the man \\ a in tie
act ot stepping upon the top rinc_>- it
tilted with the result that the man and
ladder fell to the ground.
Mr. Moser struck the curl; ion-' and
the ladder fell on him. He am e to |
his feet but was unable to stand and
fell to the ground. Isv this time sev
eral persons who witiH s»ed the acci
dent had come to his assistance. His
face was bleeding from a cut just be
low the eye where the ladder struck
liiiu.
The gentleman was soon upon his
feet again and walked to the office of
Dr. Paules where he received surgical
.attention He was somewhat bruised
and jarreil by the fall, hut beyond
these and the gash upon his face,
which was not deep, he did not seem
to lit; much injured. He was soon up
on the street again negotiating for the
s tie of bis hay.
Mr Moser is nearly seventy four
years of age and is one of the oldest
and most active residents ot Valley
township.
Not Yet Recovered.
Eva Boody, the girl who was shock
ed by lightning Tuesday afternoon,
h»-t evening had not fully recovered
from the effects. Yesterday morning
she was removed to the home of her
parents, ou Hailroad street. At that
time her left -id" was Mill adeefed,
flu* condition being .similar lo one of
paralysis
' "FOR LIFE
John Heilman who works for David
ririeh, tenant ou the farm owned by
A. L Heibb ns, Anthony* township,
narrowly escaped drowning Tuesday in
a small stream which was swollen in
to a raging torrent bv the heavv down
pour of rain.
Heilman with two horses attached
to a farm wngo,. after the shower was
driving home from the farm ot Mrs.
Charles Vognetz near Wadiingtoiiville
where he had been assisting to plough. '
Upon reaching the ;tream crossing the
road which Hows into the <'hiUisqua
que near the line between Anthony ,
and Decry townships, instead of the,
small run which he was accustomed to
ho found a broad expanse of water .
which spread out over the fields and
submerged the road for quite a dis
tance.
Without stopping to consider its
depth or the velocity ot its current he 1
undertook to effect a crossing. No
sooner had he reached the middle than
the horses were carried oft 11. ir fci.t
and along with the w.tgou weri sv ept
down the stream.
The wagon consisted only ot the
running gears upon which some loose
boards were laid Th"se soon became
separated and unable to hold ou after
drifting some five hundred feet the
man fell into the current.
Mr. Heilman was swept along like a
cork in the foaming, rushing waters.
Several times he was on ths verge of
drowning and he was about togiveup
in despair when lin was caught in a
whirlpool and swept in toward the
shore far enough to enable liiin to
clutch a bush. Thus lie saved his life.
What became of the team he did not
know, as he had been carried a long
distance down the stteani. Walking to
the residence of \lfred Snyder he
made his fearful adventure known and
asked that they assist him to find the
horses.
These were found at last under a
high embankment where they wert im
prisoned with their heads just above
the surface of the water. The wagon
had struck the shore at this point and
so great was the momentum in the
swift current that the tongue was
driven into the steep bank to the
depth of three feet.
The two horses were finally rescued
by cutting the bar.less. A plow which
was oil tiie wagon, up to last evening
had not been found.
Funeral of William Mitchell.
William Mitchell, whose death oc
curred on Thursday, was buried Sun
day afernoon. The funeral was one
of the largest that has lately taken
place in this city.
The deceased was a skilful iron work
er and was very widely known. He
was a generous open-hearted man of
sunny disposition and wa- beloved not
only among his fel low employe* in the
mill but by all those with whom lie
came in contact in his daily life. The
outpouring of the people of all classes
yesterday to pay their last respects at
tested eloquently to bis popularity. J
The deceased was a member of Dough
erty Tent, No. Knight - of the
Maccabees,and of the Continental Fire
Company. The Knights of the Mac
cabees. thirty-five strong,attended the
funeral in a body and perfotmed the
burial services of the order at the !
grave. The 'ire department turned .
out iii a body. Nearly two hundred
strong led by the Knights of the Mac
cabees they marched after the hearse
in solemn and orderly procession.
Rev. N. E. Cleaver officiated at tie* |
funeral. After a short service at the
late residence on Spruce street there- |
mains were taken to Trinity M. E. !
Church were the last rites were per- j
formed.
The pall bearers were Thomas |
Roney,Edward Leamey and A. Mellm
representing the Maccabees and Will- j
iam McVey, Frank Riley and John
Ward chosen Irom among the mill i
workers There were many biautiful
floral offerings.
Interment took place iu Odd Fel- ,
lows' cemetery.
Work Resumed Th is Morning.
Up to the present no work has been
done on the sewer tins week. Tie
river yesterday had fallen low enough ;
to make digging possible had it not
been for the water which accumulated ;
iu the trench from other sources.
The traction engine which will he j
used to furnish -team to force the
water out of the sewer by siphon was !
brought down from the upper end of
the Borough yesterday. The traction j
engine was fired up before starting and [
was taken to the sewer with steam as
the moving power.
A rude shed was built over the boil
er and engine, after which the connec
tions with the sewer were established,
so that this morning everything is in
readiness to resume under more favor
able conditions than at any time since
the work was begun. All that i- need
ed now is fair weather.
Death of Alfred Oashner,
Alfred Theodore Caslnier, son of
Daniel Cashner, East Market street,
died about !l o'clock Sunday morn
ing after a short illne-s.
The deceased bad not been in good
j health for a yepr or more past The
I immediate cause of death, however
I was sciatica, which developed into a
I serious form about a week ago. His
sufferings dining a few days prcctid
i ing death were most intense.
The deceased was I vars ot age
1 and wi- unmarried He-ides bis pai
! cuts he i:< survived by one sister, Mrs
1 Aniiie Dawson of Willi nnsport
DANVILLE. I'A.. TIimSDAY JUNE 18. ISMW.
I PERSONAL
PAItACRAPIIS
The family of W. A. Mcllose, who
was formerly agent of the United
States Kxpress Company here, left
this city, Saturday evening for Taylor,
I near Scrauton, where they will reside, j
i Mr. Mctlo.se is agent at the D. L. &
I W. station at Taylor.
1
Mrs. C. H. Fabor of Williamsport
and Mrs J. W. Hilling of Dußois, are |
[ guests ot Mrs. T. F. Moyer, Mill |
street.
William 'i'reas of Berwick, spent
Sunday with his parents on North
umberland street.
Charles Sbelliart of Pittsburg, is
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
David Sbelliart, Centre street.
Frank Kear of Berwick, spent Sun
day at his home on Spruce street.
John Henrie of Berwick, spent Sun
day at his home on Vine street.
Mr. and Mrs. William Farnsworth
of Shickshiuny, spent Sunday with
relatives in Danville.
Edward Spotts of South Danville,
left yesterday for a visit with rela
tives at Trenton, N. J.
Mi.-s Lydia Ross visited friends in
Sunbury yesterday.
Joseph L. Shannon left yesterday;
tor a visit with relatives in Philadel
phia.
Joel Heabuck of South Danville vis
ited friends in Sunbury yesterday.
Mrs. Charles Pusey left yesterday
for a visit iu Philadelphia
F. M. Herrington transacted busi
ness in Sunbury yesterday.
John Everett left yesterday for
Buffalo, N. Y., where he will reside. (
Samuel T. Jackson transacted busi
ness in Catawissa yesterday.
Mrs. E. A. Atwater of South Dan
ville, left yesterday for a visit with
relatives at Trenton, N. J.
Hugh L T . ot Hupert visited
friends in this city yesterday.
Miss Alice Dennen visited friends
in Sunbury yesterday.
Oliver Druiuheller was a Sunbury
visitor yesterday.
Kalpli Shannon ot Riverside is visit
ing relatives in Philadelphia.
Miss Laura Peyton was a visitor
in Sunbury yesterday.
Mrs. W. S. Ditzler visited friends
in Sunbuiy yesterday.
Miss Emma Smith visited relatives |
in Sunbury yesterday.
11. L. DeWitt, clerk at the South i
Danville station, spent last evening in )
Sunbury.
George 11. Smith returned i
home fioiu a visit in Philadel|ihia
last evening.
Mr. John H. Rote of Harrisburg ar
rived in this city last evening ou a
business trip.
Mr. and Mrs. (3. G. Voris of Milton
are visiting the Misses Voris, on Pine
street.
Tightening Up the Bolts.
The County Commissioners have had
men at work for several days past
tightening up the bolts which sup
port the river bridge. The bridge had
become very unsteady and was sub
ject to a swinging motion which
was not comfortable to pedestrians on
the sidewalk whenever a wagon heav
ily loaded was crossing.
The cause was found to lie in the
loose condition of the bolts and now
as far as these have been tightened up
the bridge seems much firmer and
heavy hauling affects it hut little.
The bridge was uo doubt much in
jured by fast driving which for a
time notwithstanding the vigilance of
the watchman was indulged in in de
fiance ol the rules. Fast driving is
an evil which the Commissioners at
present have pretty well under con
trol and the bridge is now in good
shape with fair prospects of continu
ing so.
Work on the now roof will begin in
a few weeks. The contract is held by
Truiubower & Werkheiserof this city.
Sad Drowning Case Recalled.
Ji.coh i'l-cher returned from New
Kensi ll 't:i:i, near Pittsburg, last even
ing were he was called last week by
the drowning of his two nephews,sons
ot Charles Frank, who formerly resid
ed in Danville.
There were lour victims of the
drowning accident. There was anoth
er boy in the boat with Mr. Frank's
sons and he lost his life with them.
The fourth victim was an overseer of
a manufacturing plant nearby who at
tempted to rescue the hoys.
The first body was recovered on
Thursday; on Friday morning the
Frank hoys were found and later the
! man who endeavored to save their
lives. Mr. Frank's boys were buried
Saturday morning.
The boat did not upset as at first re-
I ported here. The boys found tliein
i selves in swift water and fearing that
! they would be carried away jumped
! out. Had they remained in the boat,
! it i- thought, they would have saved
j their lives.
The Toy Pistol.
I There is a law on the statute hooks
which imposes a penalty of ;j?:too fine
on the dealer in fireworks and explos
ives who sells toy pistols oi cannon
dynamite crackers. This law is of
such recent origin that it is not gen
erally known,and perhaps dealers who
are preparing for the sale of such
pi-tols and crackers on the Fourth of
July vn 111 hesiate about violating it.
AS TO NEW
INDUSTRIES
The Directors of the Board of Trade
hehl a special meeting Monday night.
.John 11. Goeser occupied the chair,
j Directors were present as follows: M.
G. Youngman, W. L. McClure, F.
Hartman, J. B. Watson,W. G. Pursel,
Harry Ellenbogen, W. G. Williams,
J. H. Colo and George Reifsnyder.
Communications were read from two
western firms which desire to change
location, each of which according to
representation seemed to represent a
permanent and growing business. The
financial standing of each seemed to
he perfectly satisfactory while the
reasons assigned for wanting to move
were good.
One of these especially appealed to
the Board of Directors. It was not a
"bonus hunter" and the terms of re
moval it poposed were business like
and eminently fair.
Both propositions were such that the
Board of Trade could not without in
justice to the Borough decline to fully
investigate them. They were there
fore referred to the Manufacturing
Committee, which will conduct an in
vestigation to gain all additional in
formation possible concerning the
plants.
The Board of Trade has now gotten
down to work. The proceedings are
of such a nature that too much pub
licity might defeat the object in view.
Much that is done, therefore can not
appear in the public prints and the
idea may get abroad that little is be
ing done. Such an impression would
he highly erroneous. Suffice it to say
that the Board of Directors are put
ting in full time, which as they are
all active business men, means for
them "over time."
If they have not as yet lauded an
industry, it is because that after ex
haustive inquiry and investigation the
plants in view were found wholly un
desirable. From present indications
it does not seem at all unlikely that
one of the two industries under con
sideration may come to Danville.
A good deal of time last night was
spout in discussing the advisability of
establishing a "guaranty fund" as is
done in Williamsport aud some live
towns which suppoit a Board of Trade.
The guaranty fund is raised by popular
subscriptions and held in readiness to
be put out on first mortgage to help
along new industries which wish to
locate in the municipality. The
guaranty fund, which can be ou inter
est at 3 per cent., will always be that
much money available for the Board of
Trade thus securing for the town ready
recognition from business coucerns
that are looking for a new location, as
no uncertainty exists as to whether or
not the money needed can bo raised.
The matter was left in the hands of
the Finance Committee which will
obtain a little fuller information as to
tiie method of handling the fund and
report at the next meeting.
Baltons Sent Up Saturday.
The two large paper balloons design
ed as an attraction for the Y. M. C.
A. Boys' picnic, Thursday, hut which
could not be used then owing to the
rain were sent up at tho Y. M. C. A.
Building od Saturday evening. The
ascension was witnessed by an immense
crowd among whom were nearly all
the members of the Y. M. C. A Boys'
Bible Class.
The balloons such as used are about
twelve feet in height with a circum
ference in proportion. They are made
of paper and are of several different
colors. They are inflated with hot air
which is produced by a lighted torch
adjusted in the bottom of tho balloon,
which continues to burn for an indefi
nite time.
The balloons Saturday evening pre
sented a very pretty sight as they
arose above the house tops aud sailed
off in a northeasterly direction ascend
ing higher aud higher until when last
visible as a mere speck in the sky they
were several thousand feet above the
earth.
The wind was a little too high and
the balloons careened very badly, at
times threatening to turn upside dowu.
It caused a disaster to the first oue
sent up, which just before passing out
of sight caught fire aud burned.
A card was fastened to each balloon
stating where it was sent up and ask
ing the finder to mail a postal to the
Y. M. C. A. telling where it dropped
to the earth. Last summer one of
these balloons drifted a distance ol
eleven miles.
Was Bigger Carp Ever Caught.
Charles Hartman yesterday morn
ing polled a monster carp out of the
Susquehanna near the mouth of Mah
oning creek.
The fish was thirty and a half inches
long and weighed thirteen and a half
pounds.
Mr. Hartman had a good deal of
difficulty in landing the big fish and
says that the feat was not accomplish
eil in less than half an hour. It came
very near getting away.
This sounds like a pretty big fish
story, but Mr. Hartman confirmed it
yesterday with the fish itself, which
he brought along to town.
The big carp was weighed by S. M.
Diet/, of the Gleudower House and
viewed by a large number of people
during the day.it is doubtful wheth
er a larger fish was ever pulled out of
the river hereabouts.
I Lay in your coal for the winter,
j There may not be another coal tainiin
» hut you will save money. "*~*
A MILL MAN'S
BAD FALL
A scaffold some eighteen feet high
gave way at the Reading Iron Works
Monday precipitating a workman
headfirst into a pile of iron. A broken
leg and injuries about the bead were
the result.
A new blast pipe was being install
ed overhead. Supported on a scaffold
18 or 20 feet above the ground, about
11 o'clock ill the forenoon Daniel
Eyerly.a boilermaker, was working on
the pipe when one of the timbers sup
porting the plauk on which he stood
gave way and man and scaffold drop
ped to the ground, falling upon a pile
of scrap iron. Eyerly started on his
descent feet downward, but he struck
a beam forming the framework of the
mill, which caused his body to turn
and he landed upou his head among
the mass of rough and jagged iron.
He was rendered insensible by the
fall although he was not long in re
gaining consciousness. He had sus
tained a gash upon his head and a
fracture of the left limb. He was
placed upon a stretcher and carried to
his home on Centre street.
Dr. P. C. Newhaker responded to a
call, who assisted by Dr. S. Y. Thomp
son set the fractured bone, sewed up
the gash upon the head and gave the
man such other attention as lie requir
ed. The fracture is on the left thigh
about midway between the hip and
knee and is the worst of the several
injuries sustained. In addition to the
gash upou the head the scalp is badly
contused at several spots, but the
doctors do not think the skull is injur
ed. The left wrist is badly bruised
but this is not considered serious.
Bad as the man was injured, con
sidering the nature of his fall he was
fortunate. That he was not fatally
hurt was remarkable.
Arrested for Car Jumping.
Three young men handcuffed togeth
er iu the custody of two special P. &
R. police were led to the office of
Justice of the Peace Bare Tuesday
afternoon to answer rhe charge of il
legal car riding.
They were young fellows of sixteen
or eighteen ears of age and gave their
names as Joseph Minzer, Clareuce
Eckert and William Payne.
The special officers stated that the
boys were arrested at Mausdale while
riding into town on a freight train.
They explained the extent to which
illegal car riding is carried and the
fearful risks taken daily by this class
of boys. The other day the officers
found twenty-five ou one train. It is
no easy matter to affect an arrest of
the car jumpers, as they are constant
ly ou the alert and ready to jump off
at the first appearance of the officers.
There were seven in the crowd yester
day and all escaped hut the thiee above
named. The train was running at the
rate of thirty miles an hour but this
did no deter the car jumpers, four of
whom took the risks and jumped. As
was to be expected they were badly
knocked about—on alighting thrown
from their feet and tossed about like
balls. That one or more did not roll
under the train was owing wholly to
good luck.
Each of the boys escaped going to
jail. William Payne's father came to
his rescue and in the case of the others
arrangements were made whereby the
demands of justice will be satisfied.
The railroad company is determined
that illegal car riding must cease and
the officers will give this class of of
fenders little rest. The unfortunate
part ot it is that tlio parents, the in
nocent parties,are the ones upon whom
the burden of punishment falls, al
though there are probably few who
would not rather suffer in this way, if
an airest would cause their boy's re
form, than to have him fall under the
cars aud meet with his death or suffer
the loss of a limb.
Song Recital by Miss Woods.
Miss Harriette R. Woods will give a
toiig recital for the benefit of St.
Paul's M. E. Church on Thursday
evening, June 25th, at o'clock.
Miss Nita Mover will be the aeconi
pauist. The Philadelphia Press says:
" A song recital by Miss Harriette
Rockefeller Woods will be given at
the Acorn Club, WIS Walnut Street,
on Thursday afternoon next, April '.'l,
at three o'clock.
The song recital will be given under
the auspices of Mrs. R. Hare, and
the patronage of leading members of
society. Miss Woods i- a lyric soprano,
whose beautiful voice has won for her
the admiration of many. She has been
heard in many of the largest drawing
rooms of New York ami Newport.
Her tuition has been thorough aud her
finish and style proclaims her an irt
iste, moreover, one of the most at
tractive."
Knights of Maccabees.
The Knights of Maccabees held a
special review ill Iv. of P. Hall last
evening where they transacted husi
ness relative to the payment of the
claim of deceased Brother Win. Mit
chell. They also initiated several mw
members and proposed 1"> new names
The Knights of Maccabees are thnv
ing all over the State.
New Pastor Will Preach.
There will be preaching at Straub's
Church, Valley township, Sunday
morning, at 10 o'clock. The pulpit
will be occupied by Rev. Wagner, the
new pastor, who will preach bis first
sermon at that place of worship.
ICSTA HI.ISII Kl> IN l.*.V>.
I William Sin ■ hati alia-.I in,. I
liell, a former Danville hoy, : t r.
1 contly of Scrantnn, v. u . . i
' litis city Friday on tin ■
: forgery.
Friday morning <'l,t l i.f Ptdp •
Minoemoyer received a not lnun I> o
ua B. Day, Hupeiintenden: of ti Bu
reau of Police, Scranton. a cnnijiam I
by a warrant, asking ft t a t
Sheehan, who it \va- stated would '
found at a certain residence HI i
city. Acoomi»auyiiig the warrant w »-
a photograph of the man wantt i
Chief Mincemoyer :ii <>mpaiiie>l
Officer Voris proceeded to the
designated, hut found no on. at home
From neighbors it was 1- arm 1 t i it
Sheehan was no louger visiting t : i •,
the inference being that he had hit
town. The two officer v -i' l the
Reading Iron Works and - v. ral nth r
places without learning much that
would assist them in locating ih* r
man.
Sheehan was on Wednesday
night and again on Thursday. The
photograph proved valuable to tl. p..
lice and assisted the Chief to identify
him as a young man stopping at tie
Baldy House whom he had set u di n
ing about town Tliur day in i liv. ry
carriage.
The officers proceeded to th Hotel
in question, where the young man
wanted was found. He was ic ompa
nied by a young woman The couph
were registered as "James O'Donuell
and "Mrs. Jauies O'Donii, 11" of Pitt
ton. They had been at the hotel fo
three days. Landlord W. C Wil
liams stated Friday that there wi
nothing about the young man noi
about the young woman to arou.-i sus
picion. They were our a gr> at deal,
which seemed very natural. the
young man explained that Danvilh
was his old home and he h id a tininl ■ r
of friends here to call upon.
The arrest tool: place -hortly after
12 o'clock. Sheehan wat iken tot! ■ •
lock-up, while his fair compauion.
who left the hotel with him. v nt
her own way.
Sheehau, who is probably und. r
twenty yearg, is a fine looking
young fellow, with whom one would
not be apt to associate any crooked
ness. The warrant - r fort 11 the
charge ot forgery and in conversation
by 'phone with Chief Day after .!ie
arrest Officer Mincemoyer was in
foimed that there are three charges
against Sheehan and that he i- want
ed in Scranton very badly.
The young man arrested i- vv ll
known iu Danville, where he lived u'
to a few years ago. Hi* parents ire
dead'.
Our County's Tabuler Statement.
The tabular statement showing tin
number of taxahles, the number of
acres of cleared and of timber land,
&c., in Montour County made pursu
ant of the several acts of As-embly
relating thereto is now ready 112 r tl -
Secretary of Internal Affair- It -!> .v
--sonie interesting items.
The nuinher of taxable- - given a
50f»i».
There are acre- of el ir> I
and. Of timber land 14V.V; acr - -till
remain.
The value of real estate is -• I
as $5,288,711!; value of real e-t
empt from taxation, s i'. v..
of real estate taxable, &l, s «i 5 .41»! In
Mahoning townshiji. win 1
the Hospital for the Insane, t ; ■ v ih.
of real estate i- •<!,•.'?*>. I!'.': in tl - llll
township due to the pre*em t
Hospital f5,066,500 .- ■ \
taxation.
The county has 2:J(">0 hors.- i'it.
mules over the ago of four y ir-.-. «'.n
ed at $121,:5'2. r >. There are T i tr
cattle over the age of four y H
ed at
The aggregate value ol all i
taxable ftir county puipo*. ti tl m
of 3 mills on the dollar 1- -• r <i >\ n
$.*>,221,.V.»2. The aggri aim 'it t
county tax a-*essed at the ;ar.-
mills on the dollar i- *l,li
The amount ol money >r mrt r. r
including morfgagt s.
notes, stock. &c. l- >'"> l!.i s "
The aggregate value of pi < t v t
able for state puri - at I mi )*
the dollar including mon> ' it
est, stages, omnibuses.hack* a! - \
ffil.i.ciu. Aggregate uiiount I r-»t.
tax assessed •■s242,'>l'.*
Will Hold an El*
Headtiuaiters I'w Ifth R< g t i
fan try, Third Brigadt N r t
Guard of Peiiu»v 1\ atiia
Sl'Nßt" UV. Pa . .Ici' '
Special < Irder No >
Pursuant to instruction- t
quarters Third Brigade. Nat i'
Ciuartl of Pentisylvan a. .Ma ('l'
Gearhart,Twelfth Regiment In! i
will hold an election at t' Aim
Company 11, Lock lla\ n, I
Friday, June 2rt. at s ; m.' r -
I.ieiiteiiant of that m; mv \ K
L. Schuyler, promote.l »o U ..MI R I
1 Staff.
By order of ( 'olon. I * Mem , •
IM. 11. Taggart, Adjal I
Powers of Tax Collector,
j Tax collector- are now v.i wi
the power to sell the turintur. * : t
i houses, the owner* oi which
will not |ay tie ta\ - lint
such steps are taken by t I- •
'in cupants ot houses may pn ,rt ar
| ages and deduct th iin. i ■
| relit. This information i- nor _reii. • i!
liv known It is n hahh hom \ r
JOB PRINTING
I'he ottiee of the AMERICAN
furnished with a larg*
sortment of job letter and
I uicv type and job material
generally, the Publisher an
nounces to thv. public that he
is prepared at all times to ex
cute in the neatest manner
JOB PRINTING
Of a and Description
i'lMttU IMPERILS
lOIK LIVES
A \ rv thrilling runaway was Wil
li I n lin -treet Monday eve..
''' l i-' » l>" li tlir« <• c<<-u{aut»of the
earring. wore thrown out upon the
ground.
A boot -ix o'clock F. H u bach, brew
in i ;• rat the I' L Brewery, accont
] •); 1 by hi- wife and his little sou
i „iit.-r, -tarte I out for a drive
\S i Mr- Hubach at the Lues the
I s > ' 'i. \ up Bloom -tr»»-t in fine
spirits.
When opposite the old horyiug
ground the horse they were driving
trigi.t ai mother horse and wheel
mg i I illy arouud dashed acroe* tit#
:uttt r up onto the flag -font pavemeut
1 longing fo the Grove Presbyterian
Church. The hor-< a spirited
animal. and he reared up against the
high irou fence enclosing the church
lawn and -> un-d utterly uugevera
able.
As tli'' wagon jolted across the got
r-r the two children were thrown oal
upon the ]av nit nl. A moment later
the man fell out. Mr- Hubach,how
ever, retained the -eat and held onto
the lines In roically. There is no tell
111,4 what would hive happened had
not Ralph Ritterat that janctare hap
] • ned to come along, who seized the
horse by the hit and held ou till he
was gotten nndei control.
Remark ihle a- it may seem beyond
a few bruise- none of the family WM
injured. Dr. Paoles wa- called who
gave such treatment as was necessary
The Crop Outlook.
Th weekly crop report made public
\e-ter lav by the weather hur>-aa is en
couraging. taken a-a whole,though the
ero; s do not promise as liooutifally a*
tl v did several wekes ago The woek
ended Jane 1.1 was abnormally sool in
n irly all district- e a -r of the Rocky
mount:)ili-,the minimum temperature*
fr<>m the 10th to the 13th throughout
rlie . nrral valley- and Southern Mate*
In ing the lowest of record for the
-econd decade of June.
Corn i- nnn.-nally late and ha* mad*
very -low growth under the low t.-mp
eratures of the past week. Winter
wheat harvest i- in progress as far
north as the southern portions of
Kansas, Mi—ouri. Illinois, Indiana,
and Virginia. While an improvement
in the condition of this crop i* indicat •
ed in northern Illinois, Ohio and over
the Notthers jmrtion of the Middle
Atlantic -fate-, it ha* suffered detei
loration over a large part of the Win
rer wheat belt as a re-ulf of iii—cf
and increasing rust.
Oars have made favorable advance
incut in tin Lower Mi—our; and Upper
Mis.-is-ippi valley-, but need rain iu
the Dakota- In Michigan the crop i*
backward and uneven, and wl ile gen
eral improvement is indicated ia the
Ohio valley, a light yield in promised
in Indiana and Pennsylvania
Except in Michigan and the Ohio
valley and Middle Atlantic Mate*,
where a light yield of hay is ludicat
ed. the general outlook for this .Top
conrinu - promising. In New Yuri
recent rains caused decided improve
inent, hut they > ame too late to sava
the crop.
W:th Bncce«.
V. Ish Brothers' cirrus, au attrac
ton that is always popular hete be
cr»n-( it i- rlean and grew! and Lackm*
will) of the objectionable feaiaree
112 many other -hews, arrived here at
ail . irly hour this morning and pitch
• d its tents on the Lehigh <nwi
ground* D. -pite the inclemeof weath
•rowd- that atteniled this after
noon's performance were very large
and amply testified fo thegr>at pupal
arity of fh» attraction here.
> -lock a street parada
was In-Id. If wan one of th*
i-f and m-.-t attractive (aneaata
of it- km I that ha* ever been seen
her . and fhi- rfioa is :ua«i* with
the 112 r >i mind that a < irt-as that
ii HI- t he th third larg' -t and he*t
in the country exhibited here the f«»te
part erf the week.
I'l n the return of th» parade to the
-I JT an i* M:-* Be!S (Matfoa.the
liampion lady high diver of tie world,
mad. » thrilling div< from a t«»> f,»,t
ladder inf. a lit- net below It wae a
•t I • »r>' .i* attempt for a woman
to make. M *- CI ax ton will re|<eat the
■ v biti >ti aga t» tin- evening at srvea
o'clock
A large crowd ass» mbled in the
ft rtaing tent- tl is afternoon, and the
v rd t 112 all who attended wa* tbat
the [ rforman i* th« best ever pre
T tmaqoa by the Weieh
Particular mention *boold
hem id* >f the marv.loo* n|iine die
lav :n whit 1 hnr- * are inrrodace«t
m on. ring and handled by one man.
I'rof. John White. Th*- a*-rtal and rid
ii _ a t- >' al-o a strong feat a re. Xh«
rli nu Va!> nt n troa|w> of aerialieta.
Mid two Wl in* ri | reeeatMl ■
n i' . » • 'f .rmanee tba(
It it- ri|iina!ity and >tar
iiik an nipt- ramaqaa Courier.Juae
l.lth
Wei«h Brothers' circa* will appear
in Ilanvi 11 on Mowlay, .Inly «th
Striwherry and Ice Cream Festival
Two clasM *at i«t Paul's M K
Stimla\ S In • I « !I bold an ;ce cream
in.l strnwlx rrv f<-tival in the Browu
Building on Satordar evening, tl>«
-«»tii insf.
While the June rosns began to Idoom
in Sla> tin* y> tr, thai promise to cmi
tinue until July, owing to vagaries uf
the weather.