Home Pater —For lie Heme l i><- circulation of this paper is in- j ri-.isin»4 r.ipitlly It will pay you • nlvi itisc in the AMKKICAN j :n: ÜBSCRIPTION $1 PER YEAR HI; IUVING U .IF.NMN(JS, —lt KM IST. OjWr# - i 1/ i,. r: «/ toi Mill s t., : /' M to ; /' '/ I'niville. I'a. | — | < i «lli i.i"/.. »i i*. 1 * IMil I Sr., I»\N\ 11 11. I'A. I . V |HESt • nil: T <-I I TTII'I Intestines A Special! v |yt V\ * *«!.»• DENTIST 11 ( . fM i -1 * Mill Si kkk'l t t > I n'tiil without I'ftHi , IH ii ,hi Knit.' \\«.|» » S|»t-.tally. P i.t -l :»iu| ulosl , .i, in II«N .ml i• ••\» « ni« tlie ii -»t ii(t \%«»rk. !>K C. I?. KKYNOLDS, — i »KN »I S r JSs Mill -- St., Dnuville, Pa. T I, . TY 111 nil ITF t>r inches Charges M«-L» -*t nil* l TTL I WORN « Jnnrmteeil KMJ.I dished HW2 tuMH-.NSF.Ii \iV,< K.. ; < IH«I Don't worry. Also, keep 0 Mil TLI. iterpillars are at work on the -HADE trws. I IM heat IS not always to blame for prostrations. V litt I- 111 IT vvi athor IS A- had as a IFIKXL ileal of it. SUMMER is in dead earnest since it r* - LINE I business. It - I short tempered man who lets tli> WEATHER make him hot. It I- a little tough to have to pay •>t T-TVI-S win II there IS no school. 11. I« I disposition on the part of II MY P Ile to join the Sons of Kist. HOUBK Ft >l4 RKHT. N& BS, Ash -tr t Inquire ot Mrs. \ouug, 11 • Bloom street. It - trout season will cli*e August n-' »■! of July L.'l.as lias been stated in >IIUII new -papers. Philadelphia has reai>ed a largo crop • T. tanu« Vl' tims this year. Now let . pisti •! ~F" tabooed MM* L'l. ehauge the plirasi , "Is it cool enough for you?" An overcoat did not feel uneouifort- T-arlv yesterday morning. Every merchant ami business man, • rv HHTO anil capitalist, should do all IU IN- POW. r to advance the M iter I»L I T-RI-ts of the community ami the KIN k. r should have 110 place in the MII-ulerat ion of loyal citizens. I'LII- bright and NAII V colored holly- H" arr in full bloom I I nianv yards aliout town. I T riu hands being scarce, there's a hauce for sumiuer boarders to work out their bills. 1 !I«- dog days wouM be* pleitsantcr fur the dogs if the fleas would take a VT -ATIOII The canines are fortunate THIN summer that the supply of muz zle- IS scarce in this STATE owing to TIN in IM I ng worn by the newspapi r mcu. It's flue weather for lawn festivals KINI the churches and Sunday schools »RE not wasting time. I'lie receut decision of Judge Aut« II HI TIN Siiiihiirv illegal |>e.|.Mmg case 1 I- IUM I I'onsternatioii 111 the ranks ,1 . |-nil- who |iersisted 111 Sell _ without a license, satisfled that the 11> w uld not stand the test of 1 1» L.t fa-L ton go to THE dogs in hot «• ITH«*r. 1 >Rl— cool ainl lie comfort able. - mute r I- only three wei ks old, .J,I I \ PEO|ILC »re already growling IL t H*' IK at it . I-I- IT' July intended to make II » . lung W'l ither tor the cool- NT SS of June. 1 I TI U ST true IN Oregon was fell- Ir- ntly to T»I- Mnt a- icuriosity to A .R ■ I - hii It I- TIN* ABERDEEN N,<l STOOD in ULY :*oo feet high, 4 F 'U HI 111 t ml ll* t'liet frulil the HI.I T till tirst limb, lis age is I UL IL. .1 it 140 \ ars, H. nig a good - /■ I tru- when <%iluiiibus discovered I , tin! that w I afterwards called America. Mr- I I Hoover 'S Sunday school I- ?St !'• tcr's M K. ('liurch will I I:I II ■ IRI am fi-st ival at LII-r home I Kiv --ul Saturday evening IHI Aid Soiifty of the Mausdale K< formeit cfcirr.H will hcd'L a festival I- PIN - school house .Saturday even /, A JU-I 1-t. H E cream and all the !• ! AI-H -of the »• ts«II SERVED. I'ro- I ds for the belli lit of church. <' irr ; • Nation will deliver a lecture . , T - II Hl*' lufs IF Kdgewood park, . KM I'l July J J There is plenty • A T r TLI. -ma-h'l at Shamokin. It L- reported that considerable N' rfi it money is IMMG floated " - iiigh« >UT the coal refiion A- t>tr I- GETTING tanned IS concern 1 I W I K in camp is equal to a month Mt the H> ashore. II • . r.»p of LRUWNINT;S throughout THE cuontry this -utniner is proving ; It -f iliated ttiHt pi rsons seeking ,IC • IN South Dakota S|» tid, while G*INIU4I H'SIDI'IIC tor that purpo-e, J-«*».«L»I » year. ,t the I!-• I'LLL I luh. NEED I- an umpire -v-ti-ni that W ill prevent " kick IN>! over ttie decisions. —~"V„ "THIS COUNTRY WILL NEVER HE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEM ANUS WITH ITS OWN PRODUCTION VOL. 4S-MO 28. 1 SUCCESSION! Our Board ot Trade is to he com mended for the earnestness and the energy displayed in its efforts to ad vance the industrial interests of the town and no right-minded person should c -iisure it because it has not as yet succeeded in adding another in dustry. At the same time the ques tion might he asked whether having ' failed in the line of new industries it i might not be well tor the Board of Trade to endeavor to infuse some ; life and activity into those already j here but standing idle for causes eitli- , er known or hard to explain. The Danville Rolling Mill is a case in point as well as the big plant of the Danville Bessemer Company, a por tion of which is dismantled,while an other portion excellently equipped for the manufacture of shovels is shut down and of no advantage whatever to the municipality. That an industry under such circum stances i-' unattended with profit goes without saying. Here then is an op poitunity for the Board of Trade. Let it exett itself to sec whether it may not be able to help along the idle in- J dus try and by effecting its resumption advance the intercut of the town. Any : effort to assist would be appreciated and encouraged by tlin stockholders ; and no doubt by the management it- i self. On Monday next a meeting of the j stockholders of the Danville Bessemer , Company will be held at Camden, N. J. Without presuming to dictate the American would suggest that the Board of Trade call a meeting and ap point a representative committee to attend the meeting accompanied by a t stockholder —and there are several in , Danville—who would he entitled to know just what the status of affairs is and what complications exist to prevent the shovel works from run ning Such a visit might be productive of benefit to all concerned. Once con versant with the state of affairs the Board of Trade might see at a glanco j how it could he of assistance to the 1 town and the stockholders and proceed accordingly, while the company as sured of the moral, if not more mater ial support of the town, might see its ( way clear to inaugurate some depar- < ture which would insure the steady operation of the plant. Established Grade. At a regular meeting tomorrow night the Borough Council will be called upon to take action on the new grade j for Mill street. As stated iu a recent ts.-ue a com- ! inittee of Council approved ol the ele vations selected along Mill street by j Kngineer ti. F. Keefer. Accordingly j the grade was established along those ( lines and it is now up to Council, j There is little doubt, however, hut ! th it the new grade will he adopted by ; resolution and recorded as the legal grade of the Borough. Notwithstanding that the Borough has an established grade it will not immediately insist upon general over- J hauling of the pavements bringing j them all up to the new lines. There are a few had places, however, which serve as a hindrance and an annoyance to pedestrians, which will have to be remedied at once. The Borough will now proceed with street after street establishing and placing the grade on record to the end that property owners over the town may proceed to repair their pavements, many of which need it very badly, he fore the winter season sets in. New Paint in Evidence. Our painters are very busy at present and a short stroll about town reveal quite a number of buildings taking on new colors. The four buildings of John Doster's Sons are ail to be repainted. Emerson Adams yesterday h« . in work on the Bloom street residence, occupied by John Doster, Sr. lieorge Tillson has tie* contract for painting the double house belonging to the firm at the corner of ('liurch and Walnut streets. Mr Tillson also has the contract for panning the dwelling on Church street belonging to John Lester. The dwelling of Simon Dreifuss, Lower Mulberry street, is also taking on a new coat of paint, which im proves it very much. S. W. Arms,who is at present painting the residence of j Joseph Lechncr, Lower Mulberry street, has also began work on the manse of the Mahoning Presbyterian chinch, which is to be renovated from top to bottom on the interior, receiv ing both new paint and new paper. Funeral of Mrs. Twist. The remains of Mrs. Charles 'I wist arrived in this city from Buffalo, yes terday morning. The funeral took place from the residence of Mrs. Will ia u Twist, East Market street, at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon Intei iiii*iit was male in the Episcopal ceme tery. The servict s were conducted by Kev. C. W. Kirk by of New York. The pall hearer* were S. M. Trumhower, Dr I H. Jennings, C. (5. Hitter and j Benjamin Pritchard. Mr and Mrs. Edward Twist of Mil- I ton attended the funeral. , ! Married. SToNGK KB I'M On July 11. l'.Ki:;. liv Hev. M L Sliindel, at his resi deuce, Daiivill I'a ,Mr Albert !• St<nigf> Mis* II irrinf H Kriim, | both of Hivernidtf. nuiii, i; weiirciiT 111 THE MTffll A terrilic storm, cyclonic in its na ture swept over this part of the state on Saturday, which wrought a great deal of damage in Montour and adjoin ing counties. The storm was peculiar in that it | stole upon humanity almost unawares, i a very few minutes intervening be- i tween the time when the clouds began 'to thicken in the northwest iiniil the ' nntiri' heavens wore filled with ;i miss j | of black clouds and the storm hurst in ! { its fury. There were heavy currents ; and counter currents of air, which up i rooted big trees and - 'lit the clouds i slurrying along in several difletent 'direction at the same moment. The rain poured in torrents. There were very many narrow es- ' 1 capes. The heavy sign board on the 'roof of Johnson's millinery, Mill | 'street, was torn from its fastening : and it fell on the pavement, directly in front of the store. Elsewhere in J town sign boards were severely taxed, shutters were torn loose and tree blown down. The greatest damage, luuvoer, was 1 wrought in the country. Tin* large barn on the Madden farm near the S Chillisquaque in Liberty tow'iship, it present owned and occupied bv John Bobbins was leveled to the ground by the fury of the storm,three !i >r-> - and several head of cattle being hu' ied un der the ruins. Mail carrier Charles Ruckel had jti t reached the Bobbins farm when the storm came on and was headed for the barn where he intended to sei k shelter when the building was leveled in ruins. Mr. Bnckel says the -cone was an appalling one. The clouds seemed flying little higher than the tree tops. The w heat at many places was cut and in the twinkling of an eye the shocks over a wide area were level"il to the ground and the sheaves caught up and carried clear out of the field Alter the storm wheat sheaves could be seen impaled on fence stakes or lying in the road far from the fields in which they were harvested. The brunt of the storm seemed to fall upon Liberty township in the vic inity of the Bobbins lann. The neigh bors immediately came to Mr Bobbins' rescue and in a short time a sufficient quantity of the ruins were removed to reveal whether the imprisoned farm animals were still alive and could be released. The three horses were the tirst rescued—hut little the worse for their experience. The cattle were in the barn yard and the bulk of the bain timbers had fallen over upon then). They were all rescued alive, but two or three of them were hurt, one so badly that it had to In killed. The barn oil the A. F. Kase estate, Kaseville, was partially unroofed. Hoofs were badly damaged on several other barns. All over the county as well as in Northumberland and Col umbia counties, heavy damage was In flicted upon the crops The corn, which has now attained a height of to I feet, suffered the worst, at least one-third of the stalks being broken 1 off neai the ground. Tie oats, which due to the late rains, had attained a heavy and luxuriant growth i- every- , where beaten flat on the ground. At manv places the crop will be ruined, as the oafs so late in the season will not rise again and in it- fallen condi tion can not he expected to head very well. A Boy's Bad Accident. Ten-year-old Clifford Russell oft William sport, who is visiting his uncle, Restaurateur Andrew Russell, this city, is nursing a broken arm as the result of a visit to the country. Clifford on Saturday obtained per mission to accompany Mr. Charles Gulick, a friend of tho family, to his home near Rushtown. Clifford, who is a bright, observing boy, bad seen littlo or nothing of farm life and he was full of curiosity. Nothing about Mr. Gulick's farm interested the boy so much as the hogs. He assisted in feeding these and was about the en closure in which they were kept a great deal. At length he began to wander what kind of beasts of burden they would make and to put the matter to a test ho jumped astride of one and endeav ored to take a ride. The hog thorough ly frightened made a dash for the oth er end of the yard, while the boy un -1 able to keep his perch fell off. The i fall was not a high one, but in alight ing he fell upon his left arm, frac turing both bones near the wrist. He has since been brought hack to his uncle's home in this city, where he is doing quite well. —— Removed to His Home. Herbert Hendrickson,the young man who was shot in mistake for a burglar near Union Corner nearly a month ago, was removed to the home of his father, Ahrani Hendrickson, near Heudrickson's church, Valley town ship, on Saturday last. The patient, who is still very weak and unable to sit up, was removed to his home on a cot in a comfortably-riding covered wagon, lie was very much fatigued Saturday evening a- the result of the trip, but Dr. Pauh s who paid a visit to the Hendrickson home ve-ti rday, found the patient resting vi ry easily. The limit is now pa-» d when then is much danger from complications and recovery is pretty nearh assured Keep your horses covered with net so that the Hies cannot torture tie patient animals during this weather. DANVILLE, PA., TIUUSDAY JULY 1(5. liHKt. | PERSONAL Dr. George A. Stock and wife of Gettysburg, spent Sunday with ''ela tives in this city. Mrs. Olive H. Curtis of l'ottsville, I and Mrs. George E. Kepple of La | Porte, Texas, are visiting Mrs. S. G. ' Mortimer, ('enter street. Mr. and Mrs. Robert McClure ot Pittsburg are visiting in South Dan j ville and in this city, j Thomas Metherell of Bloonisburg, spent Sunday with his son, Prof. Richard Metherell, Lower Mulberry street. Harry Owens and Frank McWillirld -, of Wilkcsharre, sjieiit Sunday in this j city. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Arnold of Now York, spent Sunday in this city. Miss Grace McAnall of Berwick, spent Sunday with Danville friends. Mrs. George D. Gearhart and daugh ter Catherine of Philadelphia, arrived i' South Danville, Saturday night,for a vi it -it the Peter Gearhart home stead. Ijlovd IVifer of Wilkcsharre spent Sjndav at the homo of his mother on Mill street. Mrs J. E Buley and daughters of Syracuse, N. Y., are visiting lior mother.Mrs 11. J. Angle, Mill street. William Kear of Wilkcsharre, spent Sunday in this city. Mis Laura Leniger spent yesterday with Milton friends. i:. C. Batten Esq., of Carlisle, was a visitor in this city yesterday. K. G. Peters was in Shamokin yes terday. Mr. and Mrs. Simon Goldsmith of Dußois, arrived in this city yesterday for a visit with Mr. Goldsmith's moth er, Mrs. S. Goldsmith, Lower Mulberry street. Mrs. Eugene Snyder and Mrs. J. C. Eisely of Sunbnry,spent yesterday with friends in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Rogers spent yesterday in Willianisport. Miss Bessie Richart of Bloonisburg,is the guest of Miss Ida Sechler, Grand street. Miss Carrie Harlan of Scranton is visiting at the home of D. C. Jones, Lower Mulberry street. Mi-s G"rtrude Kase of South Dan ville, is visiting friends at Bingham ton, N. Y. Mis- Gertrude Wilson of Philadel phia, arrived in this city last evening for a visit with Miss Emma Gearhart, -iloom street. Mrs. W. D. Wilson and three chil dren of Mocanaqua,returned home last evening after a visit at the residence of J. Hudson Kase, South Danville. Mrs. Emma Bennett of Philadel phia,is visiting at the home of George M. West, Pine street. Morris Ellenbogen and family of Wilkcsharre returned home last even ing after a visit with relatives in this city. Michael Ryan was in Sunbury yes terday. Miss May Shepcrd returned to Phila delphia yesterday after a visit with relatives in Danville. Dr. Walter Drnniheller transacted business in Sunbury yesterday. Benjamin Landau of Riverside, was in Sunbury yesterday. W. L. Gonger transacted business in I llairisburg yesterday. Miss Annie Lloyd visited friends in i Sunhuiy yesterday. John Conway of Bloonisburg, trans acted business in this city yesterday. Mail Carrier William Lloyd and As sistant Postmaster Eugene Miles are camping near Cameron. J. P. Tooley transacted business in Shamokin yesterday. Edward Toohev left for Cleveland, Ohio,yesterday after a several months visit with relatives iu this city. Miss Harriet Boughton of Tioga, is visiting at the home of Rev. Dr. Mc- Corinack, Bloom street. William Ghent will return to New j York this morning after a weeks' vis it in Dae.villc. Mi s Ida (lobl iiitli returned yestor | day from a several months* visit at j Dulioi-. Mrs. Eueene Miles is visiting friends in Sunbiirv. Mrs. George Reed returned to Will - iamsport yesterday afti i a visit with relatives in this city. H. M Schoch left yesterday tor llairisburg. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Landau attend ed a funeral in Sunbury yesterday, i Mr. and Mrs. James Scarlet ami • son James, left yesterday for Atlantic i City. Annual Excursion. Montour Castle, No. IBfi, K. G. E., has coninit need to plan for its annual ' excursion, which will take place on 1 Lahoi Day. Several places arc under ' consideration, among them being ' Eagle-mere, Harvey's Lake, Manilla Park, Tamaqua, and Edgewood Park, ' Shamokin. Hou. P. J. Uriste Dead. v Eormei Democratic State Assembly man, Peter J Criste, of Milton died about S o'clock lasi ev -ning of heart failure The attack lir-t came oil yes tc rday morning. He was unconscious several hours, hut rallied later. The deceased was fifty six years of age ATTEMPT AT j _ SUICIDE Jacob Miller, Chambers street, made a desperate attempt to commit suicide yesterday by cutting his throat with a razor. It was a shocking alfair. Miller,who is a puddlor employed at the Reading Iron Works,boards at the home ot Mrs. Mary Tovoy, No. 2"il Chambers street. Ho has not been well of late and is be ing treated by Dr. T. B. Wiuterstecn, who called to see him during yester day forenoon. Mrs. Tovoy stated yes terday that Miller ate a hearty supper Tuesday evening and seemed to sleep well during the night. Yesterday morn ing be arose as usual; after eating breakfast he went down town, return ing about 11 o'clock when lie partook of a lunch. All this time he seemed in good spirits and showed no evidence of tho horrible design that he must have harbored iu his mind. About noon Mrs. Tovey went out on an errand, leaving Miller in the house alone. When she returned ho was lying in tho midst ot a pool of blood, while near by lay a hack yd and blood-stained razor with which he had committed tho rash act. Horrified by the spectacle Mrs. Tovey ran out of the house and gave the alarm. Dr. Nowbaker responded to the first call for physicians. He was joined lat er by Dr. Paules. The man was found alivo although very much exhausted from tho loss of blood, his body being pale, cold and clammy. An examina tion revealed t wo tori ible ga'-hes across the throat, the larger two and a halt inches long severing the larynx. The largo artery escaped, but several smal ler ones were severed, which account ed for the shocking loss of blood. A piece was broken out of the razor that the man used which showed how des perate the attempt had been. Under the circumstances,death was not neces sarily fatal, although there was much to fear from the loss of blood. The man seemed conscious,but be made no statement as to why ho committed the rash act. The two doctors sewed up the self-inflicted wounds after which they handed the case over to the regu lar family physician. Miller is about 10 years of age. Ho is a son of the late Gottleib Miller and has two brothers and two sisters. His condition is very grave, although re covery is by no moans improbable. Fays Better Than Wheat. Pormor County Commissioner Hiram Sandel of West Hemlock township drove into this city yesterday. Just now while the wheat is drying out preparatory to hauling in, Mr. Sandel says, the farmer is improving his time by getting his buckwheat ground ready for sowing. Apropos of this humble crop, Mr. Sandel states that farmers are awaken ing to the fact that buckwheat pays better than wheat and that as a con sequence every year more and more buckwheat is sown in Montour county. There are several reasons why the crop should pay better than wheat. Iu tho first place it matures in about three months. Although previously the propor time for sowing was thought to he between June and July 4th it has been found by experiment that the lust yield is produced when the crop is put into the ground as late as the v'oth of July. This makes it pos sible to raise two crops in one season. Buck wheat yields thirty-five to forty bushels per acre and commands a good price, seldom selling below fifty-five or sixty cents p< r bushel, often bring ing seventy, while wheat runs from fifteen to twenty-five bushels per acre and averages but little above the eighty cent mark. Pointers for Picnickers. People going to the country or to tho woods lor their summer vacation should not omit a medicine chest in their luggage. Doctors are not always convenient in the rural districts,or the woods, and tho medicine chest is a very handy tiling to have nearby in emergency cases. Tho family physi cian is tho best man togo to to find out what it should contain. Here are a few suggestions, however: Arnica, j aromatic spirits of ammonia, emetics, a good salve or ointment, tablets of charcoal, pepsin and bismuth, and a hot water bag. There are numerous other things that it would be best to have in the chest. At Hunter's Park. The following young ladies chaper oned by Misses Bertha Welliver and Margaret Breckbill are camping for two weeks at Hunter's Park : Misses Frances Welliver, Jennie Harris, Bess Drumbcller, Josephine Cousart, Mary Beaver and Elsie Sainsbury. The camp will be known as "Camp Lazy." Danville Bessemer Meeting. Stockholders of the Danville Bessem er Company have received the follow ing notice: The annual meeting of the stockhold ers of this Company, which was ad journed to meet at tho call of the : Board of Directors, will he held at the 1 office of the Company, No. list Mar ket street, Camden, New Jersey, on Monday, July 20th,P.tOil, at 13 o'clock, noon, for the transaction of business of the annual meeting. HORATIO N. DAY, Secretary, i ; Dated Julv 10th, 11HKI. t ' The landlords at the Summer resorts shave no longer reason to complain,tlie I hot. spell having filled their caravan sarios with guests. [SCHOOL BOARD IKEETINC Repairs for tho ensuing year was the principal question liefore the School Board Mondavjiiight. Jacob Fischer of the Building and Repair Committee reported that upon examination the several school buildings of the Bor ough wore found to be generally in a very good condition. Naturally some repairs are needed and the following wore recommended: FIRST WARD. The partition in the cloak room of tho sixth school should bo taken out to provide for a type writing room The partition between the labor atory and the cloak room ot the sixth ' school should be removed and the room 1 fitted up as a store room for chemicals and apparatus. A hole in tho coiling of the fifth school should be plastered up. Grates for tho two stack furnaces and four back plates for tho furnaces should bo bought. Repairs to the spouting were also recommended. SECOND WARD. Tho cellar should bo white wasliod. Seats in the fifth school should be dressed and varnished. No coal Is needed, thirty-five to forty tons lieing on hand. WELSH HILL BUILDING. Tho drain pipes loading from the Chambers street corners should be re paired to tun the water into the creek. Lime should be bought and tho cel lar white washed. THIRD WARD. Now stone steps should be laid at the entrance facing Walnut str»et. Workmen should be hired to place ; the furuaco irom now in the cellar. The cellar should be white washed. There are eight tons of egg and two tons of No. <> coal in the bins. FOURTH WARD. Repairs should be made to the floor of the back j»orelies. Chairs should be provided for the ; use of tho teachers. The walls and the ceiling of tin* j fourth and fifth schools should be calci- , mined. The drain pilie on Centre street should bo repaired and the pavement which is badly torn up at that point should bo putin order. There are over 30 tons of coal in the i Fourth Ward bins. On motion the above report was ac- j ceptod. Treasurer Schram presented his re port which showed a balance on hand of fIS>S.(W. Secretary Ortli reported that the teachers elected at the last regular meeting had all accepted their posi tions, with the exception of Mr Fis cliell, elected instructor in the Com- . morcial department. Dr. Harpel of the Committee on Teachers and Certificates reported that Mr. Fisehcll had accepted a posi tion in tho public schools of York be fore ho hoard from Danville. He read j a letter from Mr. Fischell explaining j his jiosition in the matter and recom mending several other young men. The Board, therefore, finds itself without a teacher for the Commercial department. Teachers of experience tor such positions do not seem over plentiful and considering the lateness of the season the School Board does not feel cheered at the prospect of se curing the right kind of a teacher. They will proceed to look up several of the young men recommended The following members of the School Board were present: Keefer,Orth, Burns, Harpel, Pursel, Werkheiser, Von Riohn,Fischer, Evans, Hancock and Greene. The following bills were ordered paid : Printing Bonds 110.00 Thomas G. Vincent ... S.ilO C. L. Eggert H. 75 Morning News 6.00 Ezra Haas Standard Gas Co *'o Harness Stolen and Returned. William Metier of Riverside a few days ago had a singular experience with thieves who stole a valuable set j of harness and later replaced them in I the stable. The harness along with a | curry comb and brush were abstracted from the barn about Thursday. On Friday morning Mr. Metier found the harness, which bore evidence of hav ing been used recently, back in the stable. Mr. Metier was very glad to recover his harness with such little effort and will no doubt forgive the remorseful I thief for bis omission in failing to ; bring back the brush and the curry , comb. Fell From a Scaffold. George Holdren.a carpenter employ ed at Blue Springs Farm, Washington ville, on Saturday met with a fall which may lay him up for some time lie fell from a scaffold about fifteen feet from the ground alighting in a doubled up position, which imparted to his body quite a serious jar, in ad -1 dition to which In- right ankle and 1 knee were sprained, his left shoulder badly wrenched and his head cut i While no bones are broken. In- in , juries on the whole are consider 1 - rather serious and recovery may be slow. Dr. Patton I- the attending . physician A festival will be le Id at Hendrick son's church, Vallev township oil Sat urdav evening, Julv 11 I'roo ■d- tt>r the benefit of the church EST AI JUKI IKI > IX lsr,r». INTGRFEKINC W ITH TR CITES The feverish haste And tin u> rvt li nens which characti iizes :i large | portion of American people i~ oft n well illustrated by the crowd held at tlie 1). L. &W. crossing, Mill stre» r . when the gat'-- arc d> wn to ] mnt the passing of a train. Judging fr n the impatiem • iliown by many , at this point one would tliir.U tl y were on a life and death errand uel had not a moment to -par- N • i t v. dodge through under tin gat' s v. they are practically down, wiiil* ort ers have the nerve to raise tin gate with their hand and pa— through ! after they are closed. Sa' h j | ! .. ! risks and cause the gateman gr- at m -1 noyance. The gates are placed at the crossing for a wise purpose. Hut if th yar t prove a safeguard a- nit n<i I l>y th railroad company the rule- must b strictly observed which do not p nnit crossing after tie gat's are down No one knows so well asthcgati man,who has an unobstructed view up and <l< wn the track, when if is -af> or unsaf for pedestrians to cross Tin • wl take the matter in their own hai I- d so at their peril. This was well illustrated by a v< ry narrow oscape which occurr- I it th crossing not so very long ago. A freight train was passing,which hre>U> in two just above Mill street. The gateman was well aware of what bad occurred, and of course,kept the gate down after the first section pa—l. An impatient individual, how ver.un aware that the train had brok tilted up the gate and attempted to < rn--. He was dragged from the traek ju-t in time to escape being ground under th wheels as the disconnected part of rh train came rolling along. The Work of Lightning. Berwick escaped most of Saturday's hard storm, however, a parti' ularly | hard Hash of lightning laid low a v •- tim. An employe of the Hatch Cir j nival Company was lying on hi> 1 d !at the house of Lewis Frant/. when a flash of lightning coming in an oj n window, struck him. rendering him i unconscious. He was fonnd by James Thomas and was then unconscious and | writhing in pain. He was taken down 1 stairs where he was given air. A 1 physician who was summoned succeed ed in resuscitating him. The man w is very weak all day and was unable to follow his work on the Carnival merry-go-round. Lightning stru k the I farm house of Charles Kramer, a mih from Jerseytown.hut the building wa not destroyed. It also -truck afr at a bouse near Jerwytown and glanc j ing entered the hous. where it tore up the carpet. The Vow of L» -fer Thomas, i living out of Jerwytown, was k 11- d as was tliat of Kli-ha Hartman, <»t Swenoda, lightning striking Istth of them. i Will Last One Hundred Yea- . i Practical mining mu in the employ of the Philadelphia and Rending (' il ! and Iron Company -ay that the coal deposits in this region are sufii u nt ti last a hundred years and to furui-i ■laadv eni|ploynient thmughnut (Ml pe riod to probably more hand- than are .it present, employed at the mines He nt , provings have shown that the deposits ot minahle anthracite are pr n-ric illv inexhaustible. Rut to get at tie se seams will require the sinking ot shafts or slopes to profound depth- The most serious problem in deep underground mining will be that of conveying the product to tie -ur! e • which will entail extra experts, and have a tendency to raise tin | • t marketable anthracite to an due -t prohibitive figure to all \ej r th very well-to-do. Numerous shafts and trial »! - »r now being driven at many of tlie 1 lieries for the purpos of r.-»pp ng un derlying vein- immense -f. tut driv en fans will be en ct.-d t> ventila' '' workings which will be more ga than the lit'rs above them. Special Notes From Y. M. C. A. Owing to tie iniprov- tn> nt- now ing made in and about the *>at- r> in Association building. t . i!it - ti ■ bathing will l» cut off for if- *di\ • The pIum IHTS are pustiing the work a fa.-f as possible, and it i- hop. 1 t' it everything will lie in readin. -- in short time. The Assix-iation building will to at 'Jp. m. during July ind Augu-r Except Saturday evening, w nt! I usual hour of closing ilO o hick wt',! 1 lie observed. In Honor of Miss Dinner Mrs. E. R. Sanders »-id laug't r. Miss Madge, yesterday art u tertained a company < t friend-* it ■ or of Miss Josephitii Ihcrw-r t Wi I iamsport. The following gue-t- v. present: Mis-. - Dorothy and Margaret i Vincent.Eleanor Corn m. I--. ! I In , i Florence Trurnbow- rand Mi— l» T ild ! ilie Rrennen, the latter of N >rtt urn berland. II r i Entertained at Bine Springs Tar'; Mr and Mr- Charles \\ ir n M and Mrs. W. E GOHII. Mr uul Mr i ' (7. I' Hancock, Mr ind Mrs K (" • | Angle. Mr and Mr- \ If ffenlley. ; Mi-- Jennie Hancock, Mi— Maty Yorks, Mi— Nellie Ifc-ringer, of V in ; as-a-.V i . Rev (' W Kirkt v. t N w ! York, Jame- E Terry ind Frank Wit j son of I'hll wtelphia and Jane - I> r Rowman, were enter!a n< dat the l». i Long home. Blue Spring- farm on Sal urday night JOB PRINTING The othce of the AMERICAN furnished with a large assortment of job letter and fancy type and job material generally, the Publisher an nounces to the public that he is prepared at all times to ex cute in the neatest manner JOH PRINTING Ofall Kinds and Description AT W-..11HM, IKON WIIKKS 'the repairs on foot at th#- Reading Iron Works, which hav» netmaMMMl 1 coupl of vv k - shut down. are quite extensive is their -cope and nece— irate the employment of » r«>n siderabh IIUDIIHT «>t men in addition to general repairs aboat the work- rendered necessary by the wre:ir and tear of znaHnm-ry, improve ments are being installed IU tbe |J ! inch mill which will materially IB | '-reaw its capacity. A new stand off •oils is being added giving th* mill a I five stand -et To take cm* off the ia •rea-ed product it was ■eccwry to >nlarge the hot W, the Iron platform >n which hot bars are laid to coot The hot bed,which was formerly fitly feet in length, has l»e»»n increased to | -eventy feet and mwie wider in pro i>ortiou. To me. t tin d< roand a amw hear- afco wa- nece-s Sr y ami tli# old one in n-c for many years is b»iair rm placed by a larger and more mmWa • me. The engine is lwin«r ewrhaeled and * veral part- r -pla ed with new The boilers have all been inspected and found in good cowl if.' n Tb«re are soui forty boil- r- in use at the Reading Iron Works, which according fo the rules of the enmpany ar»- in spec ted regularly every three m«>ttth* The boiler insjiecfor. wl»o fintnltetf op the work on Sunday i« Willis Totna* of Reading. To Extend Pension. Announcement was made Saturday that the Delaware. Lackawanna and Western Company has exteodr*! it# pt'iision vst> mto the coal d- partotent and will retire on half pav all homwei and clerks sixty years of age or over, who have been in the service off th* '•ompariv twenty-five year*. This order i- not compulsory. It M at the discretion of the r mploy wheth er lie shall retire or eontinne indefi nitely.but if is believed that there ar a number who will take advantage off the kind offer and sp» nd the Mt of their live- free from the -ares ot bi>*!> ness. in comfort and j»eace at their respective homes. While it was known among the ffav ored few of the officials that web a pension plan was being considered.yet no one expected immediate develop ments, and when the order wan i«waed it caused no lit tl- surpr .*• and ple*- ure. The bosses and clerks in the employ of the Lackawanna ar w«ll paid,the gen eral averag for the former b» ing #!«»" per month, while the clerk* averajp about #sl>.One-half of the amounts will enable them to overcome many difficul ties in their old days, which might, if the n«ion system was not in vogue, ciin-c troubli and an oerantonal pang Tl>e bos-.-s and clerks are elated Thev declare there is now something to strive for. The pension system.however.does not in any way apply to the miners or company haml*. being limited «• clusively to the classes mentioned Steel Works for WilliaiHpart. Th«- William-port Board off Trade has just secured for that city a steel in dustry that will emplov five hoadred men. The plant will be erected in Newberry, and work on its constrac tior. will h !>egnn it on •• This i thc fir-f null am<>ng William-- jiort's diversified industries. Tlie matter was dosed at a me»-tia* ot the executive committee off the Hoard of Trade h Id at II 30 o'clock Saturday morning. "I new industry i- the Sweet - Steel company of Syra case, N Y., and n- gotiafions for its removal have b- -n under wav for sev eral months. The citiaen* of Will iamsport raised It'iO.OW fo secure the new industry A Boj'< Patnfal Accident. Thoma- Smith, a bov 12 years old, living on Montour Row while pi ay in* on the riilroad ye»ter«tay afterr»«o« stumbled ov»-r a tie and ran a large splinter into the bottom of his bsft foot. Enduring great agony the litttw fellow maile hi- way home, w tie re his mr.titer » xtrarted the splinter with the aid of i pair of pinchers. H->us»bold remedies were appliisl to ailay :rtflaca mat ion and to forestall an attack off tetarin- The Borough Bastile. The Borough Raetile. which was divested of its tin roof by the storm la-r Saturday has be*«n .-overetl with felt, which t- regarded quite ae ser viceable as tin The storm has rwa •tor d a thorough renovation of the la terior weessary before it wtll be lit to hold prisoners It was N-mg pat in shape ve-tenlay , Innonncenießt. Invitatiims are ont announcing the approaching niarri.ag of Miss <"arrie Carr of Sunt-nry. to Mr W;»lter L (Ktrander of Fellwood, Pa., son off • > H. t»-traJiib>r of Riverside. Th» wed ding * II take place at tbe home a# the bride. Race street, Sunbory. on #ed Plcmcketi at Oak Grrr«. F*ur families—Frys. Cleaver*, ftm i ter - and Panics- w:fh -eme of their ® friend- held a picnic at tHik tlrew j vesterday T' e partv left town in line ; -tyle ahruf H> o'clock Irivtng a ' i four in hand. Frost it J imiws City From up »t Jamts«>n t ' ty -ornes thw •ejiort t'saf Jack frant snvte his -up j pear mi*-' * at that plan rne«»tnv ev*n j tmr Ftnat in Jalv h |uiie a cartaa
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