fajer
-—For ill ii HODIB
t i it. ulation of tins paper i in
ir iMiiij rapidly. It will pay \ »>u
UI itisc in the Amkkk AN
'.(l*.-
SUBSCRIPTIONS! PER YEAR
hi; I ii\ INt • H .1 KNN INtiS,
OK A I IS I . -
It ft,* ll.fi
l A y ■ n V H'4 JKII St,
/' M '«» i /' '/ Ihi unlit. I'll.
I M l-I . 11A >vll Ih. P%
, . r"n Stomach and I nlenines
a S peel ill tv
| jll *v *%«•«.»•.
DENTIST
lIMII i. -MS Mill -IKhKI
<4-11. I >. liu. t> •! wltli.Mil I'hlii.
Mii.l I'.tt.U" VV.nt. ii "-(..-elHllv .
I , ui, si in. l iiiii»i ini|in»v«tl
in..-i .lnli. Hll work.
11C. H. HKVNOLDS
DKN Tl. I
S' Mill Si., Dnnville, I'a.
.ii. ill it- I.i iiicl.i- Charges'
,ud ill « -I »• • i-lir iliterd
■ | j I . I**M"
I ii\|li NSlill M:\VS.
Sili I Iv l.e» I
,i is r. t<lv tor the irost
t.i hat hi. l to. iii i r. osii foi in
a i vv. u in* combination
1 i iiii-rrv go round on f>ri v street
i.g t la,id oft I. e bus lie
!ii j v t„n | H -i tod will now ;
, It lii'iiiigb ul the -I lie. |
iv-. ion iii tl.e Ha/1.
- . :
«-111 ik. I 111 d 11 .■ V Vv <I e
i . I *1 til *sii mm
, iii ii iii coal maiL< t i- glut - '
( « Ilitt i ill li« I li*- HT. Colli pi 111 dlo
1, »\| |.„t tli it .lid 110 l pi. V. 11l
, . ui- per ton l» ing added
J, t j ' l«t I "111 OH Septellil.er 1
\ i ,V.dl iat 111 ill VV bo was J
, |. t . 111'.! than . ■lllgle j
w, k HI Ills whole lifetime.
1 -I ill.' bug is the I all -t thing
„t ting public favor aint coii
i iuuatioii H. l- a brilliant 112. Mow ill
k ii *nd tirovvu of caterpill »r tor.u
ml if in u-ly marked on the h»c ! .
give-, ttii- liaille to the lllsoct
V . i .iisii 1 Mag. Is- ni must lie v. rv
», «t -n. : with Ins iibitu.it .
UOtlf*-ts
hnMflfWit mi I road lias iniib
* iii.iuit. iu. Nt that it has ordered
. »t iv i - troiu Klin e, (ieimaov,
Kbssia and England tor exhibition
|.. -- at tin Si Louis tnrin \t
v. nr. audit may include eiijiiin s from
Ja;%ii aud Italy in tie. ■ xlnhit. The
tv 1 vania < oni| *nv is making the
. \hit it to -bow tli.- - 1)1 rwritf ul its
i : j.itiv i - over the foreign build,and
ielltally to pick up HIV of the
• I I OlQta that they Uiav possess.
Krwiu Hunter l- building >. veral
■ at In- park
». ay is ovi t l b Reliance ba
.. iu the ya< lit rai - bv making it
t straiiftit The Xiueiiea's cup
•> iI r.-inv.n on tlii-. -l I- ■ 1 the vvat''r.
A uuniirr ot b< autiful sunset scenes
... iv I .. k> d tor, also some vi ty in
»• ays tl is nit.nil I lie ht>at and
: aav - will < outinui to alteinate
I strike ot <'tn ago waiters i
■», ..*t«l to tif.ati. r the theory that
--*.t»-r- ar. g«ttint; riefi so fast on tip
t ii' tin v don't care tor wages
It is understood that President
Iv * will s|»'iid a vve.-k at Ro.se
. i I rl anna.the \ irgiuia home
■ - it' I', hran, of Williamsport
ii*> • month of Novciiib. r.
i i t .us of anthracite coal
-t. t t.v t.- rail* td and producing
tin - ri | i .-.lit - forty in ill itui
it.l ip, until the coal I- put
u|. u ttie matki t and -old.
Inlu-I rial a> tiv ity throughout the
.nt i -how- no Mftn*. of a diininu
t ion
p it/ : - Ib'g>' it journali-m is
*ii riglit, tut the Pull tier graduate
Aili v ' i*"-s find that he ba- to
I u-t • «li«n tie git- up against the re
i .i ti r who -tart- d a» othce bo}'.
ile.ui t- says hi may i balbnige
n, tiul mak -it clear le- will tir.-t
*\ ■ ui- t t better dt -igin r than
Fife
M • J >-••(,h Rlssell, Of Pott-grove,
it I end i tig the Suiiihn -i luiol
j ii at I- itue-r ■ huri h, on Satin
tn ai- taken suddenly ill ju-t be
t ... tliio- r She vv a-, taken to the
u. of Hiiiv Hoy uear bv and a
i -. hi suitiuitMieil Sli. i- in a v «iy
nli tl i oiidltiiHi and her lite is de
spaired of
flu 11| i i House tlrchestra will
t r dlowing program at the
\• i - j.i i torm ii.ee. Saturdav
.g March from"Tie Prince of
l'ii- M.dlev ot lati successful
g-v\ it / A N'W Year's Dream. "
Ii wit her man -ays that tmlay
a ill I < loud), war me i and more
-i. trv . | i..iiatiiv followed by tbuudi-r
i-toruis
11,. l- soin. iud ear ion that the
.-. I neman will tie along before
i -r- gulai tnu» for appi iring Now
i> t tine to take nieasuri - to siip
pretf hi hi
.1 t H —" t. 111 -■ r. ot li ughe-v 11 le, has a
ii iI ot which lie mat well lie proud
If. lias i.i I th* bilde thr< ugh from
1., li.-,- to R. Ve lit ion-, forty three
t.u. - in i will in a short time tiave
iii- it toil, ti.ur times He I
veuty ttireey. ai- of age
ft. ''' t
x ' 2"
•I'll IS COUNTRY WILL NEVER BE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDSWITH ITS OWN PRODUC TIONS
\'()L. 4S--NO 156.
11. L.it W. STATION
The I). L.it W. Railroad Company
tins taken the initiative in the mutter
of street paving. It intends to sui
louml its station with a pavement ot
Belgian blocks and ask- that, tlio Bor
ough unite with it and extend the im
provement.
M H. Doughty, one of the engineers
ot the I), L. «Jt W. Railroad, during a
visit to tiiis city Saturday fully ex
plained the proposition to a repres
entative of the News. Beginning with
Pearl street a* the thoroughfare lead
ing troiu Boyer's coal yard south over
the 1> li. A; W. tracks is known, the
railroad company intends to pave all
its ground alu ut the station down as
far as the Hi-foot alley abutting on
Rogers' marble yard. Belgian blocks
will be used and the pavement in
. very respect will he first class and an
ornament to the railroad property, the
cost entailed being at least
The railroad company does not see
how if can make a good job of its
pavement unless the Borough const nts
to pave the alley next to Rogers'stone
yaul and a small portion of Arch
-ii-. et I lie latter is the street which
I. ads from the station along Blizzard's
riiu lip to t'burch street. About I lie
iui 1 v paving asl.ed for here would be
the small amount requited to squaie
up the work where the Hi-foot alley
IllteiSi ct s.
the object ot Engineer Doughty':;
usit WHS to make a proposition to the
llotougli, looking to an extension ot
tii. pavement as described above So
.to\lous is the railroad company to
li.iv. i lie Borough unite with it that
it pro] Mi-> s to undertake with its own
joli the | aving of the alley and the
small -pace on Arch street, charging
the miniicipalit) for the work only.SHi
i i nts per -quare yard, a figure merely
-•illicit lit to cover tl.eco-t The Street
and Bridge Committee of Council
has tin matter under consideration
and will make its report at the next
meeting of Council. Engineer Doughty
st ite.l Sat iii day that the new jiave-
I iiu nt will be begun at the station a
>....u a- the Borough Council l- heard
! from
First Pay's Tournament.
The two days' tournament a r De-
Witt's Park held under the auspices
ot the Danville Ritle and Gun Club
opened yesterday minting :it
o'clock.
Tie attendance was not large hut
few of the neighboring towns In ing
represi tiled There were anll in her of
t* \lmi t shooters oil the ground, how
ev r. I'lie fifteen events constituting
the ti r-t day's program Weie -hilt oIT,
along with a few extra events
ot the shooting wa- remarkably good
as will be seen 11y the score:
Klliott, \pgai, Hull and Spci-ei
-hot in all fifteen ot rli • events and
out of a total oft w.» liiiii.lt'. <1 targets
liroke the following :
Klliott, lit.' Apgar, is.'; Hull, Hili;
Speiser, 17«.
Han. y shot in seven of the events
and out of a to'al of eighty-five tar
gets broke ti2.
Diet/ shot 111 eight events and out of
ninety-five targets broke HI.
Schrani shot m two events and out
of a total of twenty bloke If.
Dirk shot in thirteen of the events
and out of a total of one hundred and
seventy-five targets broke i i">,
M irrieil at Eliuira, N. Y.
Mbs Lulu Welliver, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs Samuel J. Welliver, Mill
street, and Clarence (i. Rogers, a
prominent young business man of
Muncy.were married at noon on Mon
day last The wedding took place hi
Eliuira, N. Y., the Rev William
Henry, pastor of the Baptist church ot
that city, performing the ceremony.
The bride is well known socially in
Danville and lias many friends. She
is a graduate of Buckncll Seminary,
Lewisliurg. Mr. Rogers is one of
Muucy's popular young men and is
also w. ll known in Danville.
The announcement of the wedding
came a- a complete surprise to their
many trieuds in this city and upon
their return to Danville yesterday the
young couple were overwhelmed with
congratulations. Mr. and Mrs. Rog
er- will make their home in Muncv.
Collar Bone Dislocated.
Di P. C. Newbaker yesterday re
ducd the dislocation of a collar bone
tor Joel Beyers, sou ot Dairyman
Hiram Beyer,who wa- injured at Sha
mokin on Monday
The young man was riding on a
crowded street car to Kdgewood Park.
The trolley was making good time;
there was a good deal of jostling
among the crowd with the result that
young Beyer was pushed out of the
side »if the car He caught hold in
time to prevent himself from being
thrown to the ground, hut before lie
could swing back onto the seat lie
struck a t> hgraph pole. receiving a
hard blow upon his breast.
He suffered a great deal of pain but
thought it was nothing more serious
than a bruise. As tune passed oil the
pain became excruciating while his
IMISOIII where struck began to swell
badly.
Beyer yesterday morning called at
Dr. Newbaker's oflice for relief, when
an examination revealed the tact that
hi- collar bom was dislocated
Ni \t week the Indents from the
various colleges who have been spend
I nig their vacations here will b gin to
! resume tlieii work.
[THE liRIIICE
The need of repairs on Church street
canal bridge has grown into a perplex
ing problem, which occupied a good
deal of time before Council Friday
night.
When the bridge was nailed shut
last Monday the clerk of Council ai l
ing under instructions wrote to the
Pennsylvania Canal Company asking
why the bridge had been nailed shut
and whether it was closed permanent
ly or only for repairs. In reply the
following communication was rec. .v
I'd from Chief Engineer Thomas T.
Wire man :
Harrishurg, l J a., Sept. 3, li»o;{. j
Mr. II B. Pat ton, Danville, Pa.
Dear Sir:—ln reply to yours of the !
2nd inst. on the subject of the canal
bridge on Church street in Danville, j
which you say has been closed by Mr
(juick It is not the intention of the
Canal Company to repair tins bridge,
nor assume any responsibility for it,
but, it the Borough desires to reopen
the bridge for travel, it is at full lib
erty to do so bv assuming tin expense
1111 l I e-poll-l 111 111 V ot tlei Ulillel I .tk til.'
Yours respeettullv,
THOMAS T. WIH EM AN,
Chief Kngineer.
Council is clearly at a loss to know
how to act in the premises. It was the
sense of some that the Borough should
proc. I'd to make repairs and present
the bill to the Canal Company for pay
ment. Others took the view that the
obstruct ion being reinoveo the matter
should be permitted to rest until the
next term of court. The objection
urged against this was that the bridge
has been pronounced unsafe by the
i boroueh and deferring n pair- with
• he^ bridge open involves some risk, a
in case of accident uo one could -av
that the borough might not be mulct
ed in damages.
David Gibson moved that the I'or
ough repair the bridge on Church
street and present the Dill for the
same to the Pennsylvania Canal Com
pauv. Mr. Montgomery seconded the
motion. The question was put and
lost by the following vote:
Yeas Vastilie, Keiisterniacber, Mont -
goinery, and David Gibson
Navs—Davis, Rcifsnyder, Swank,
Dougherty, Joseph Gibson,and Lloyd.
It was reported to Council that the
Division Superintendent was under
instruction from the canal contpanv
to keep the bridge nailed shut until
repairs are made What course Coun
cil may take should the bridge be clos
ed again is not known.
A communication was received from
the Board of Health calling attention
to the resolution adopted at a meeting
held August -li, relative to the remov
al of the slaughter houses outside th.
Borough limits, in which it wa- re
solved that unless the resolution ad
opted by the Board on June I requir
ing that the slaughter houses he iv
moved in sixty days were not im
mediately complied with legal proceed
iiigs would be instituted to abate the
nuisance.
Mr. Rcifsnyder moved that the ac
tion of the Board of Health he endois
ed. Mr. Swank seconded the motion,
tt was put to a yea and nay vote and
carried as follows:
Yeas —Vastine, Davis, Reifsnyder,
Swank, Feiisterniacher, Montgomery
and Lloyd.
Nays—Dougherty.
Not Voting- Joseph Gibson and Da
vid Gibson.
On motion of Mr Fon-termacher the
Street Commissioner was ordered to
replace the planking over a gutter in
front of the Held property on Bloom
street with flag stone. At a similar
guttci on Center street near Albert
Lloyd's property, the planking was
also ordeied to be replaced with flag
stone.
Mr Davis called attention to the
uncouth pavement on Mill street op
posite the Brown Building and asked
why, now that we have an established
grade, that the sidewalks are not rais
ed to conform. On motion of Mr
Davis the Street and Bridge Commit
tee was ordered to confer with the
owners of the Hartiuan and the Cous
att properties relative to the proposed
improvement of the sidewalk.
The following bills were approved
tor payment ;
BOROUGH DEPARTMENT.
Regular Employes * 20
D. L. & W\, Freight :12.34
Standard Electric Light Co 4f)L. r j. r i
B. B Brown H.OO
Standard Gas Co 2. (Ml
W. B Liuville U.f.o
Labor and Hauling I.'! •"<<">
Silver Spring Quarry Co 11. 10
Chulaskey Iron .V Cement Co Ul.ii'J
< 'urry & Vannan 10 >1
Frank Samuel 21.11
Washington Fire Co t).30 j
Structural Tubing Co
Hoover Bros 5.H7
O. G Mel lin 2.75
Labor on Sewer IU7. I I
Tax Commission 20-l.ilo
A Roseiistein 1
J. li. Col.- 209.78
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Regular Employes *lll 1"
A. M. Peters 3. TH
Standard Gas Co.. .40
Mrs. M T. LoDuc Mi.:Hi
Harry B. Pat ton 20.00
Edward W. Peters . r i'i.ti7
The fact that the United Mine Work
in s of America has *1,000.000 m its
treasury iinlieates that it is sharing
the general prosperity and i- not at
all affected by the slump in Wall
1 street
DAN VI LLK, TIiriJSDAY SKPTKMISKIS IU. UHM.
RAMM
The stoic and post office at Grovania
was destroyed by fire Saturday night,
the entire stock of goods and all the |
mail matter going up in smoke.
The fire was plainly visible from j
this city as well as from Blooinsburg
and Catawissa. (J. I). Garrison, who
owned the building destroyed, who
conducted the store and is postmaster
at Grovania, was in this city Sun
day morning. To a representative of
the American he gave the follow
ing account of the fire :
The building burned was a two
' story frame nearly new. In addition
| to a store room 22 x 40 feet there was
j a commodious residence portion, con-
I taining all the modern improvements
! and finished in hard wood. The dwell
ing rooms until recently occupied
were vacant at the time of the lire.
Mr. Garrison, the owner, who at
present lives at some distance from
the site of the store, was making ar
raiigements to remove into the build- |
ing.
It happened on Saturday night that j
n ail. the entire population of Gro- |
v on 1 vv ie attending a festival at i
Lii/aiu.-' i*hti 1 (*l l . Mr. Garrison says
that lie kepi Ins store ami the post
oilic open until half past S o'clock
when he closed up and joined his fam
ily at the festival.
About 10 o'clock some one at the
fe tival --aw the fire. Mr. Garrison's
attention being called to it he became
feart'ul that it was his store and hur
ried home only to find that bis worst
fear- were true. The building was al
ready ti seething mass of flames '.never
theless with a few willing helper.- Mr.
Garrison essayed to save some of the
contents of tlie building.
The front door was broken open and
a show case dragged out, but driven
back by the smoke the side door was
next attacked. Bursting into the build
ing hole Mr. Garrison made a dash
for his desk which contained his ac
counts and many valuable papei-.
Blinded and nearly suffocated by the
smoke lie suet ceded 111 inserting the
key in the desk, but 111 the hurry and
excitement the key wa- broken and
In- companions succeeded in dragging
Mr. Garrison out of the store in time
to save In- life.
The building w,a- quickly consumed
together with its contents including a
large stock of goods, which enter into
a general store, all the mail matter,
besides sonn twenty-five dollars worth
of .-tamps aud six or eight lollais ill
cash belonging to the post office The
tire several times came very near
commuiiieating to a nearby residence
owned by Mr. Mauser which vvas sav
ed only through the vigilance of a
bucket brigade which kept it drench
ed with watei. As it was the paint
on the weather hoards was blistered
by the beat.
Mr Garrison stated Sunday that
he carried an insurance. He has every
reason to believe, he says, that the
tire was the work of an incendiary.
None of the stoves were lighted; upon
locking up the store he himself had
caii fully extinguished all the lamps
and lie feels confident that there was
no ti re on the prenii es.
Mr. Garrison .as post inasti r finds
himself in a predicament and the ob
ject of his visit to this city Sunday
vv a - to obtain advice from Post Master
Harder a- to liovv to meet the present
emergency in the care of the mail and
the conduct of the post office.
Couveiitiou of Luther League.
George G. Fox of this city was elect
ed President of the Central Luther
League of Montour, Columbia and
Schuylkill counties, which closed a
two days' session at Catawissaoll Sat
urday. The Vice Presidents of the
League are Charles C. Steele, North
umberland; Miss Sue Wampole, Sha
niokin; Miss Mary Helwig, Numidia;
Recording Secretary, Miss Minnie
Erdmau, Numidia; Corresponding
Secretary, George Karchner, Berwick.
The fifteenth September convention
held at Catawissa was well atttended
at till of its sessions.
The opening services were conduct
ed by Rev. Peter Altpeter of Cata
wissa and the address of welcome was
delivered by Frank Fry and responded
to by Charles Steele of Northumber
land.
"What Can the Church Do for
Young People socially?" was discuss
ed bv Professor O. 11 Albert, of
Blooinsburg ; and George Karchner of
Berwick. "What Amusements Can
the Church provide for its Young
People?" was discussed by Rev. Mr.
Wampole of Shaniokin Rev. Mr.
Rrosious of Sunhury spoke on "Union
ism".
Relating to Rural Delivery.
By a recent ruling ot the post office
department each rural mail carrier in
the United States will be required to
take a careful census of his route and
: copy the names in a book provided for
the purpose. Slips are prepared for
the carriers and these will be left
with the families to be filled out,
' each slip to contain the names of all
parties receiving mail at the house,
even to the servants. In this manner
the name of every person along the
routes will lie before the post master
and he will have no trouble forward
' ing the mail. Married ladies will be
j designated by their own naili< instead
of those of their husband
How about Indian summer / It 1- to
be hoped t lie Weather 111:411 will llo|
I deprive us ot it.
PERSONAL
PARAGRAPHS
Frank Kear ot Berwick, spent Sun-
I day with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
j Thomas Kear, Spruce street.
Hugh Dennett of Northumberland,
j spent Sunday with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Horace Bennett, Chuieh
street.
Miss May and Joseph Bowman have j
returned to Pittsburg, after a visit
with Mrs. Mary Sheppeison, East
Front street.
Paul and Morton Christian have re
turned to Girard college, Philadel- j
pliia, after a visit with their mother j
Mrs. Emma Christian, Pine street.
Mrs. William Mock has returned to
Scranton after a visit with Mrs. Anna
Titley, Railroad street.
Mis> Elizabeth Foster, Lower Mul
berry street,is visiting friends in Ber
wick.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Scliain of Ber
wick, spent Sunday with the latter's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. Lowenstein, j
West Market street.
Mrs. W. L. Sidler returned home j
from a visit toShamokin last evening. |
Mrs. 11. 1). Quick roturned to Rupert j
last evening after a visit with rela- |
tives in this city.
Mrs. .1, R. Foust returned to Mon- ;
tandon yesterday afternoon after a vis- |
it at the homo ot M. D. L. Seehler, 1
Honeymoon street.
Miss Ruth Morgan returned to j
Kingston last evening after a visit !
with the Misses Hass.-tt. Mill street.
Miss Olive Lunger returned yester
day afternoon from a visit, with friend
in Wilki sbarre.
Frank McCaffrey of Clearfield, is
visiting his parents. Mill street.
F. Q. llarlnian transacted business
in Rei'vvick and Sliickshinny yester- |
day.
Harry Lowenstein of Philadelphia. !
arrived home last evening tor a visit j
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.
Lowenstein, West Market street
!•'. Pursel Angle, who has been at :
Johnstown during the last couple of
months, arrived in this city last even i
ing, where he will spend a coumlc of '
weeks with his parents before enroll |
ing as a -tudent at Lehigh University.
Dr. Austin Pegg of Os.-ian, lowa,
arrived 111 this city yesterday for a
vi-it with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. j
R. J. Pegg.
George Youugmaii ot Cony, is vis
iting Ins brother, M. G Youngmai.,
Bloom street.
Mrs. John Shaffer of Sunhury, re
turned home last evening after a vis t
with her brother, C. (i. Cloud, Ea-t
Market street.
Miss Mary Fry returned yesterday
from a visit with friends at Elyshurg.
C. W. Ammerman, South Danville,
spent yesterday a ternoon with friends '
1:1 Blooinsburg.
Miss Alice Buck returned to Light
Street yesterday after a visit at the
home of Cornelius Minier, South Dan
v ilie.
Hon. R. S. Ammerman left yester
day for Brookville, Jefferson county.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Reifsnyder and
daughter Gertrude, of Reading, are
visiting at the home of County Com
missioner George Lcighow, Bloom
road.
Mrs. Walter Marshall, Lower Mul
berry street, spent yesterday with
friend- in Blooinsburg.
Miss Eliazbeth Foulk, Lower Mul
berry street, spent yesterday afternoon
with friends in Blooinsburg.
George trefiling left on the 11:11
train yestetday for Riddleburg, Red
ford County, wliete he has secured
employment.
A. .1. Leniger left yesterday on a
business trip to Williainspoit.
Mrs. William Sketchley and son
Garsed ot Philadelphia, are visiting
the former's sister, Mrs. Frank Woods,
Mill Street.
George Rachingcr transacted busi
in ss in MitTlinhurg yesterday.
Dr. W. R. Piiub-s returned yester
day from a business trip to Philadel
phia.
1. C. Leidy, Liberty township, left
yesterday for Indiana, Indiana coun
ty, where he has accepted a jMisition.
Jesse Ki 11111 left yesterday on a busi
ness trip to Williamsport.
R. W. Walker of Scranton, Superin
tendent of Bridges on the Bloomsbuig
division of the I). L.it W. Railroad
transacted business in this city yester
day.
W. B Ohainbcrlin of Torresdale,
was iu town yesterday on business
connected with the Danville Stove .V
Manufacturing Company.
Mrs. Augustus Woods, Walnut street,
left yesterday for a visit to Philadel
phia and Atlantic City.
F. M. Herriiigton transacted busi
ness in Sunhury yesterday.
< ieorge Kellar. Vine street, left yes
terday for Riddleburg, Bedford Coun
ty, where he lias accepted a position.
Miss Kate Ecknian of Roaring
■ Creek, called on friends in this city
; v e-terdav
A Six O'clock Dinner.
Mr- Thomas Williams .Wall street,
entertained a number of friend- at a
-ix o'clock dinner Tuesday evening.
Those present were: Mrs. J. P. Bare
and daughter, Miss Gertrude, Mr- P
J. Keefer, Miss Grace Williams. Mrs.
Warren Bare and Miss Nora Koons of
, Plioeuixv 11 le
HHV. HUTCHISON'S
FIRST SERMON
Rev. J. E. Hutchison, pastor-elect
of Mahoning Presbyterian church,
Sudnay entered upon his duties,preach
: ing two fine sermons. A large con
; gregation was present morning and
| evening.
The morning sermon was founded 011
Mark 14 :H —"She hath done what she
! could " The discourse ran along the
line of service to God, the speaker ap
plying the thought very nicely to the
new relations of pastor and congrega
-1 tion assumed in the Mahoning Presby
' Him who judges.
Then we are measured by our pres
! ent best, not by the best of yesterdnv.
This and many other beautiful lessons 1
were learned by reviewing all the cir
cumstances of Christ's visit to the
home of Martha and Mary. If \v are
going to do our best the object of its
expression should be the highest ob
ject. Mary did her best not tor her
self, not for Martha, but for Christ.
Though we may have done well, we
have not done our best until we have
terian church.
This act of Mary, in the text prais
ed by Jesus, the speaker said, he un
derstood as implying that she had
done the very best for Him that she
could. It was the highest commenda
tion that the Savior could bestow, for
if any one knows the real worth of an
act, that one is Jesus. Others might
not see the motive; they might be de
ceived, but not so the Master.
The discourse emphasized the fact
that our best is not measured by the
best of others. The Savior did not
measure Martha by Mary's ability and
yet Martha's weakness is revealed ju-r
the same. There is hut one infallible
standard We can't measure men by
men. We must be measured according
to our ability to measure up to the
Christ-standard. Not what we do but
what we truly strive to do will mark
our failure or success in the eyes of
done all we can do for Christ. "Not
failure, but low aim is crime." The
highest aim is Christ, whom Mary
served. The best for Christ is the best
for others. If you do your best for
Christ be suie that his disciples and
others and yourself will he recipients
of the blessing however,costly the ser
vice.
The best we can do will be criticis
ed just as the act of Mary was criticis
ed by the disciples and particularly
Judas. Rut if we are true men and
women unmindful of criticism, we will
continue to do our best and with the
help ot God plant the standard of our
best a little liighei at each successive
service.
Pile Driver Again at Work.
A large crowd assembled at the D.
L W. bridge below Mill sfrei 112 yes
terday afternoon to witness the opera
tion of the big pile driver. It proved
a most interesting object lesson as il
lustrating not only the labor saving
quality of human inventions, but also
the tact that there are certain kind
of work which can not be accomplish
ed by human hands unaided by machin
ery.
The excavation has been -unk
twenty-one feet below the railroad
track The trick is to drive the piles,
none of which aie less than :ti> feet
long and some 12 inches in diameter,
down into the bottom of the excava
tion a- far as they can be forced. Ob
viouslv this is a kind of work which
could not lie accomplished without the
aid of ju-t such a mechanism as a pile
driver, no matter bow many men were
employed or how patiently they toiled
After being rammed into tl artli
ten, twelve or fifteen feet as the case
may be, the pile is sawed off uear the
giound when the heavy remaining
poition is lifted out of excavation by
the pile driver in the same way as the
log before being driven is dragged out
of the pi le and swung around like a
straw by the huge machine until it
falls into proper position for receiving
the heavy drop hammer.
Forty piles will be driven into the
bottom of the excavation for the pur
pose of furnishing a sure and solid
foundation for the concrete abutments.
The pi le driver's work was about half
completed last evening;
Deep Out Completed,
Should the weather prove at all
favorable, today will practically see
the completion of the sewer as fat as
the deep cut extends. It has been a
long and trying task in which obstacle
after obstacle, unforeseen when the
work was begun, had to be surmount
ed. Ground was broken on Jun< lird.
but it is safe to say that during one
third of the time since, the work ha
been held up either by rain 01 by high
water on the river, which flooded the
trench. 11l addition to the piesetic.
1 of the water the constant use of crib
! bing was another hindrance and ex
' pense which was not reckoned on.
There are probably but few towns
111 the state having sewers where siicli
deep excavating was necessary as w.i
reijuired between the river aud Ma
honing creek, where the deepest point
went down about thirty feet That
the work has been so successfully
pushed through -peaks Well for the
executive ability, tin ingenuity md
resources ot P. J. Keefer and E. S
Miller, who have the work in charge.
P.eyond tin- point the work will
proceed rapidly. Some difficulty mav
be experienced in pas-ing tluough tin
arches under Mill, terry and Church
streets,but beyond these it is believed
all will be clear sailing
KSTA HLIKIIKI > IX 1855.
Illil'l.iSlll'll
District No. -i'J, Improved Order fit
Hcptasophs, hold it- annual n n
tion at Hotel Baldy in this city y.
terday. Tlii' began at p
in. Tiu- follwing delegates w> ri in
attendance S. B. Wiilf- , (it L< wis
burg; A. .J. Tluasli, of lla/leton
Charles Williams of Berwick; 1 C
Harter of Bloomsburg; L. K. llannun
of Pot ts vi Ilc and Benjamin P. Harri
wlki represented the Suuhurv >n< ! iv.
In addition to Danvilli , Distri t No
includes William-] .it. I. I. H.r.i ,
Milton, Lewisburg.Blootiisburg, 1*•»t i -
villi*, Hazleton and Berw -k
The following officers wen led. i
T. C. Harter, of Bloomsburg, Pr -i
dent; C. G. ('loud, Secretary A. M
Peters, District Deputy Suprem- \rch
oil, with William I). William.- 1
l'ottsville alternate.
The following resolutions were ad
opted : Inasmuch as wt deem the s> :
vices of Brother District Deputy Sup
remo Arclton A. M Peters worthy of
recognition in his untiring efforts and
efficient ability in fnrthcing the in
terests of our noble order and in put
ting our district No. 2!> in a condi
tion second to none, therefore in con
vention of District No. I>;I a--cmbled
this date be it
Resolved. That a vot of th inks b>
tendered our worthy Brother A M
Peters to show our appreciat in 'if
Ins services and be it further
Resolved, That a copy of tl.« - ■ -
olntions be spread upon the minut* -
of this Convention, a copy -ipm i by
the presiding officers and -•nt to our
esteemed Supreme An-hon, Brother
M. (J. Colin, ami a copy be presented
to Brother Peters
T. ('. HARTER,
President of Dis't Convention.
Attest,
C. (i. ('LOl' D, Secretary.
StaU* Aid in Road Building.
(Questions :ire being asked tot(
prospects of receiving State aid tor
repairs on the road leading from this
oify to Mausdalc, application tor
which was made by the ('.unity C m
missioners early last spring.
The truth of the matter l- that the
prospects are very poor of r> - • iviug
state aid for tlii- or my otln i r i i n
the neir future.
There are probably 112. w • ountii *•
which have not like Montour, m »d>
application for stat* aid in r id I u !d
ing. But the new act, it - ms, i
very imperfectly understood Tin
mere formality of applying . IT vv ,11
seem, is only a pieliiiuiiary step,k kV
ing a great deal to comply \s itj t< :■
the State i- in a po-ition t< furnish
means for the building of r< i<i-
A-suiiilng that the apple it. >n ha
beeii regularly made, the d. tails
survey, map, and established gradt
being attended tr rln departm ir i
by no mean- yet in a po-ition to >x
tend aid. The sum t wl I i I
county is entitled mid r thee r d>
pends upon how many mill - ' r< id
way it possesses. B fop anv in m»
can be furnish) d by the State tie < 'nun
ty Commissioners are obliged t • fin
nisli the State Highway Dej irtni nr
with the number of mil* - of public
roads in the different t< wnsh ps r r
end that the appropriation r■ i ! • -et
aside for each county in pro; rti *i ti
its roads may be properly estimated
Wh *n the numerous provision
act have been complied witi i' i I
may be forthcoming but not b< t r>
"Short* Acres."
"Shore Acres" has been played ever
three thousand tine - in flu- untn
and is universally i i- 11.•
greatest pastoral play • v» r writt nt
the English speaking *tap . It i
-trange, but trio that t 1 is inter -t
ing comedy-drama was ottered tm e rv
well-known theatrh >1 man i,' r l
America.and wliil a iiuur ret *t n
thought "Shore Acre- i tai iv g
play, they did not >an to risk any
money in its production. All this
happened about fit"fei ny, ir- ijo i i
since then these astute purv yots of
the diama annually omit tip tl t
tunes they might have earn I with
this charming idyl of Ann rn m In m»
life. For the present -a- n entir.
new -cenery has been prepar I fir
"Sboro Acres." and several novl
effects have been inttoduc* i TI" p .n
is underlined tor presentation at tin
Opera House. Saturday veninp S. pt
ember PJtli.
County Prison is Empty
Frank Ly !••, the young i *■ vv
was ommitted t" til tit i i.
for illegal car r I«11 n. served I 1 >
and was released on Satin lav "n
ing. The county jail is now rnptv
During lust week l.yle hll the .. uutv
bust ■ le all to hulls It an
ence gave bun sonn idi i of wl i'
t »rv confinement is lik*
An einptv jail dm not u \><\
often even in inrl• Mont, nr wln r
otlenders against tie I »r* m mini
erous. Tin- l- the first tiiue during
hi- pi "sen t term of office fit it Sheriff
Breckhill has found bun-* It witl >ut
prison«*r>
Granted a Charter
. > ■
Danville and BtoonMburg Kleetric
Rai lw av i 'omp m> Tli '
coinposerl of the same jH'opb who
make up the Danville and Riv- rsiih
Street Itulw iv Coiupanv Me fvt
charters provide for a Inn . xr. > 'it»K
from Riversub Borough t Ph» tils
i burg
JOB PRINTING
The oftice of the AMEBIC AX
, l>eiti£!j 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
I cute in the neatest manner
JOIi PRINTING
Of all K Inds and Description
1.AU1.1: SiIIPMEM
OF FISH
A -Inpim nt < t brook trfiut and large
mouth black bass arrived at South
Danville last evening for the purpose
of stocking tie streams hcreabuau
L'he fi-h
ipple ation mad* t y M H Schraui
and Vv B Rlmade- t' Unit'd State*
Fish Commission r George M Bower
early last spring
The fish- six large cans in all—arriv
ed on the i "i(> train in charge of »
lie -,, uger belonging to th. depart
uieiit. The brook trout—six hundred
in number—were consigned to Oliver
Weav« r, who r» -ides in the vicinity
of Kushtown fh< b'ack has»— three
hundred in number— w- re consigned
to M. H Schram, who with W K
Lunger, Willi tm L. Lloyd, Charle*
Ruckel, Capt. Johnson, Uoorgc Kuaa,
William P Angle, Wilham Sechlttr
and other bass fishermen, wm on fiaud
at the sration to receive them.
Carrying out instructions froiu the
Fish Commi-sioner the party had ten
large can- containing water on th«
platform conveniently placed for au
immediate transfer of tfie fisfi wlwu
the train stopped. Small fish are very
tender and can not endure neglect
while being shipped. Fish breath air
and a large number confined in a can
soon exhaust the air in the water wheu
not in motion For ttii- reason it waa
necessary to provide the ten cans and
distribute the fish Under noeircuut
stances would it do to hold the ti*h
over night. Accordingly arrange
ments were made to plant the fish im
mediately after the departure of Mw
train. The black bus were placed in
the Susquehanna and one or more of
it- small tributaries.
Oliver Weaver failed to receive the
telegram announcing the arrival of
the hrook trout, but by merest eo
incidenci happen* dto pa«s through
South Danville -oon after the traiu
bad passed. Learning that lie wan
wanted In drov- down to the station
He of course wa- unprepar* I to com
ply with the instruction, as to trans
portation cans, but after some delav
an arrangement was made whereby he
wa- perm it t» dto us»* the government
cans—five in number— in transporting
the fish to hi- home.
The fi-h which are from the l*nit«d
St ite- hatchery at Withvilk, W Va..
are very fine speciu»*as, »-pecially the
hrook trout The large mouth black
has- are f»*con>lag very -carce in th»»
North Branch Mid its tr.hntartes.
hence the application whicti re>*«lt«»<4
in the fine shipment. The siual!
mouth lda<'k f>as- are said to be mr
resjiondingly s • iree and in order M
keep the river ateeked in tlkf n«ar
tuture it will lw* necessary to apply to
the Fi-h Commissi >ner for a shipment
-
A New Counterfeit
Dickerman's "United States Tr#ae
suty Counti ifeit I>etect»»r" for Sep
tember, reports a new eouaterfeii #i >
Nif ional Bank net ri* i 1 .'.rhe »
letter H. which was di-'*overed after
tin •Dt te« tor W-nt to r r e**
description of if is printed upon au
inserted slip. Tin* " l>etertor" *»ys
" This new counterfeit is a phetn
graphic production and liable to d»-
ceive the careless handler of monev
ir is nn tin M* l.aruc» National Haoh
of New Bedford. Mass. Charter So
7l:f; Bank No 11798, Trejvmry No
,\s;o.v.A . he»rs signatures of B K
Bruce, Register. A U Wtawi.
Treasurer and the chocolate *< aII«>o
ed seal. The most noticeable d**ferf
i- the color of charter, hank and trea
-»ny numb* r« of note, which in broaa
instead of the bright ■ armine in |b«
genuine, alftmugh an attempt is made
to tint the numbers with red ink The
lathe work, also the vignette* on tare
of note, will not -land investigation
T he brown back of note is a good im
nation. but th panel <on tain ing
chart) rNo i I- not gre«»n on the
genuine. Th» ci>nnterfeit i« print««i
on gi H »d <{uality of t>ank not, paper,
with fibre imitated by ink lines
Credit i» due Mr Frank C Rogers,
paying tell< r of the Metropolitan Xa
tional I'.ank. B< -ton. Ma-- , for_ the
detection of tin* - oanterfeit
Merged in Dmn*;lie Office
.
una. who wi- horn* d out Satardav
night, wa- unabli to <■><atinae ht*iar><
•or Uncle Sam Monday and ibe
• fiovanta Post oflR« . is tem|n>rarilv
merged in the post ofTii- at Danville
Post master (rarrtson might have
been able to conduct * tie p»»*t nilri at
hi* res id. ue. • r at «ime other c«o
- tit p|a«'e temporarily, bat tie hatl
lothuig to begin business with, a* all
•ii- stamps were burned and even bts
-tainj ing outfit destroved
It will not N* at all convenn nt tor
th* patrons of tl" Orovaata pout ortlee
i to come to Danville for their mail bat
•
done The pi—r ortie- no l»»abt will
be re • stabl -lied at (irovaitt i in the
K< v lir M 112 Shiinb-1 ceeapfed bis
pulp't n Pine Stre» 112 Lntheran cbareb
• Sunday 'morning for tin*'first tine* in
many month* Or Sh n<b*l was taken
ill last winter Daring Ins reenvwrv.
wliM'h has f»*en -low the pulpit at
Pirn* street h»«
Sus«|uehani'a University. IH- ShiiMiet
has in a ureat m isnri regame<t his
I health and wilt continue to officiate