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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.
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"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.
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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.
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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.
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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