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NEWS.
Screen doors are being tskon down.
The church revival season will soon
OJM'll.
The raftlu of the coal as it poos
down tin* chute i- heard in tlio land.
Tin' i tifor. ement of the labor law
vi'l tting tu th* employment of minors
his bad tli.' ii nit in many places of
taking young hoys and girls out of
mills, factories ami mines, and of in
creasing tli' ; hool attendance to a de
gree ih i! r<•<j:iii«•« the providing of ad
ditional io mii to accommodate them.
In another month Congress will bf
assembling for Hit- extra mission.
October tripped lightly across the
threshold and the young couples who
are thinking of pooling their issues
ought to visit the parson without de
lay.
No more pennies are to bo made hy
the United Stat-"- mint at Philadel
phia for at least a year, unless a
special order is issued from the United
States Treasury.
The Murray & Mackey company will
apjiear at the opera house all next
week.
A nn mi mi' of people are suffering
with s' vere eolds caused hy the sud
den changi - in the weather.
Tin Bloomshtirg l air will attract
people from all parts of the State next
week.
One good way to boom the city is to
talk well ahout it wh rever you go,
and whenever you gel, or can make
an opportunity.
The ice man splays "are numbered,
hut the coal man and the plumber are
preparing to sall> forth seeking whom
they may devour.
The mountains are donning their
Autumn hues.
It's up to October now to present us
with some rare old days.
There is a new bogus silver dollar
in ciicalation in imitation of the 1901
(linage. Storekeepers and others
should keep a sharp lookout lor the
fraud.
Kim Iter l.eo, a hustling salesman, of
A - 111 and, is a jolly heavy weight, tip
ping the scale at !il I pounds. His wife
weighs Mi pounds; ('harles.it 17-year
old son, 2o"> pounds, l.'ttie, 15 years,
, pounds, and Marv, aged 10 years,
l i.i pounds. They are -tid to he the
heaviest family in Schuylkill county.
H. F. Guldin of Pottsvillo is the
oldest living tuemb* r of the Odd Fel
lows m the state. He has been an Odd
Fellow for over sixty-four years and
a Mason for over fifty-six years.
\t tin- • ason of the year we an
una 11 v have hcvi re storms, which ]
many peopl< di signate as equinoctial,
as they ocnir at the equinox, or when
the sun is |.i • -uiin 'I to cross the
equator. Sotn■ 'i• n• ( In se storms oc
cur one or two *i»'U sore Septem
ber 2-i, sotii'-' i iin •- alter that date.
Don't neglect your business, but if
you can take a day off now and then
and go a-fishing, it will do you good,
and if you eitch anything you can
have fish for hteakfast.
Election day is less than a nth
distant.
An explosion occurred in the labora
tory at Susquehanna University Tues
day morning, in which two stud nts.
Miss Beaver, ol Newport, and Mi s
Smith, of Neseopeok, were Inuued
ahout the face. Miss Heaver was the
most painfully injured hut her bunts
are not of a serious nature. The cause
of the explosion i- not known.
Mi«s Km rson. who will soon pie
. it "Ifis Majesty and the Maid" at
the local theatre will he remembered
fn work with Mildred Holland last
season.
fhe l)r Parr\ Meinotial Fisti dilfod.
which will be held in Pittston Thanks
giving Day, under the auspices of tlx
Welsh Congregational church, prom
I_, S to he the biggest event of it!
kind ever held in Pittston. The coin
IP 11 tee has received assurances thai
choirs from Wilkesbarre, Nauticoke
Plymouth, Fdwardsville, Pittston am
'I iv lor will com pet i for the chief prizi
oi sf><) Anothet number lias been ad
d I to the original program Superin
ti odent. I>. N. Fvatis, of Pittston
utters a prize of for the best ossa;
on the life of Dr. Joseph Parry.
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"THIS COUNTRY WILL NEVER HE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDS WITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS."
VOL. 48—NO 40.
" RIIIIITJIF Wll
NV. F. Pascoe, president, ami W. A
Heller, secretary and treasurer < it tin
proposed Danville and Bloomsburf
Electric railway,are putting in a weel
of solid work on the right of way lie
twoen the two towns.
Mr. Facsoe stated last evening thai
they have made considerable progres.-
during tlio week and that the right of
way for the trolley has been secured
from eighty-five per cent, of the prop
ertv owners. They are laboring veiv
hard to win over those who oppose tin
trolley. Mr. Pacsoe states that the
company has purchased a private right
of way through several of the prop
erties and that sooner than have ab
andoned the enterprise it would have
purchased a private right ot way along
flie entire distaneo between the two
towns. The company has everything
in readiness for building. The rails
have been ordered and will be shipped
us soon as they can be used. Were it
not for the few people withholding
the right of wav he would begin tin?
construction of the road immediately.
It is quite unfortunate that the op
position to the trolley along the Hlooni
road should hold out so persistently,
especially as the number who object
is so small compared with the many
who are anxious to have a trolley and
have so willingly granted the right of
way. Those who oppose will probab
ly take a different view of the matter
when they reflect that by their opposi
tion they are keeping out ot the com
munity an improvement which the
majority wish to promote—that they
are depriving this same majority ot
pleasures and conveniences attending
the trolley to which they have a just
and natural right. In the matter of
schooling alone it counts for a great
! deal. So long as the last property
owinr holds out in his refusal there
is not one of the farmers along Bloom
road now awaiting the trolley in ord
er to avail themselves of the good
schools ot Danville and Bloomsburg
who will be able to educate his chil
dren as ho would wish.
Mr. Pascoe is surprised that the
Hoard of Trade of Danville lias not
taken the matter up. The Board of
Trade has been laboring to secure
now industries. A trolley is not a
new industry, it is true, but an elect
ric railway connecting Danville and
Hlootusburg might prove worth sever
al new industries by bringing our
town into the market, when its desir
able situation and facilities for ship
ping might be expected to do the rest
and the new industries would take
care of themselves.
This is one oppoi tunity and the only
opportunity that Danville has ever
had to secure an electric railway. It
clearly becomes the duty ot the town
to co-operate with those who have the
work in hand.
It might be suggested that tho dir
ectors of the Hoard of Trade meet at
once to consider how they may be of
assistance. Should a committee b ■ ap
pointed to wait upon Mr. Pascoe it
would be sure of a warm welcome and
the matter could l>o fully discussed
and a procedure at ranged whereby the
Borough and Trolley Company could
work together for the best interest of
the electric railway.
Funeral of Mrs. Diseroad.
Mrs. Catherine Diseroad, who died
| Thursday, was huritd Sunday |after
noon, interment taking place in Fair
view cemetery. Rev. Dr. McCormack,
pastor of the Grove Presbyterian
church, conducted the services.
The pall bearers were: Jacob Von
Blohn, John Kilgus,Panl Knoch.Kred
lb Id, John Brothers, Fred Wend -I.
Among those who attended the fun
eral were: Matthias Buck and daught
er of North Walen, Montgomery coun
ty ; John Diseroad and family of Buck
horn: Mrs. Sarah Baker of Espy; oth
ers from nearer Danville were: Mi
and Mrs Dallas Crossley, Dennis Wel
livor, Henry Deighmiller and wife
and William Custer and family.
New Order on Heading.
An order recently issued 011 the
Philadelphia iV Heading Railway re
quires that each passenger trainman
shall go 011 duty provided with a
bunch of waste, with which,just prior
to stopping at a station, lie shall wipe
perfectly clean the railings and hand
les around the st, p- of the coaches.
The object i- to keep the rails clean,
parti< ulirly i" stormy weather, when
they get wet and grimy, so 'that pas
sengers MI getting en and o!T the trains
freqnei'tly soil their gloves or other
wearing apparel
Tie order applies to both local and
through trains. Such a regulation has
never before been putin force on any
railroad as applying to general ser
vice.
Autumn Hues.
' The landscape is taking on its au
tumnal lines very rapidly just now.
A week ago the first tints of the
changing season were barely visible
And now at many places the grove
' and the mountain sides are resplcn.l
" put.
s Under the frequent rains the foilag*
" grew rank and hardy and in the ab
' seiice of early frost retained its ver
• dure much later than usual. Many of
the trees are still of a dark green an<
" may not take 011 autumnal colors foi 1
week or more.
1 Pumpkin pie is one ot the Insuriei
v of the season, antedating the buck
wheat cake but a short time.
DAN"VILLK. PA., Till liSDAV <XT()ISI-:il s. I'.MCi.
SESSION
Tho subject of streets ami bridge
occupied the greater p:*rt ot time be
fore tho Borough Council Friday eve
Mr. Reifsnydor ot tho Committee 01
Streets and Bridges in making 11i-> re
port explained the status of the eon
t-roversy between the Borough am
Pennsylvania Canal Company rela
tivo to tho repairs on I lie Ohurel
street bridge as decided by Judge Lit
tie when the obstruction of the street
was reported to court on Monday. Tin
fact being established that the Hot
ougli is primarily responsible, be said,
nothing remained but for Council
to repair the bridge. The fact was
reported that the canal bridge on
Mill street on tho eastern side is also
becoming unsafe, one of the timbers
being rotten and practically of no SIT
vice in supporting weight
The condition of the bridgts opened
the way for a long controversy. Jt
seemed like poor policy to exp ml
money on repairs of bridges, which
the Borough had decided to remove
and several advocated proceeding .it
ouce to net rid of the structures t>. i
treplace them with culvrts at the
proper grade.
It was the sense yf others that the
Borough is hardly ready to assume
this expense at present. Tho m »t-ter
was finally disposed of as follows:
It was decided to repair tho two
bridges for temporary use at as small
an outlay as possible, the Street Com
missioner looking after the repairs on
the Mill street structure and Mr. Reif
stiyder of the Committio on Streets
and Bridges attending to tiie repairs
on the Church street bridge.
\s a preliminary stop toward get
ting rid of all the canal bridges on
motion of Mr. Goeser, tho clerk was
instructed to call attention ot the
County Commissioners to the fact that
the Borough lias the canal bridges lor
sale to tho end that when county
bridges are needed the Board may con
sider the purchase of these.
Mr. Reifsnydor moved that the Com
mittee on Streets and Bridges proceed
to draw up specifications for the cul
verts. preparatory to inviting bids for
the same. The water be way, to fixed
at four feet in width,tlie heighth tak
ing in the depth of the canal. Mr.
Davis seconded the motion. It carri
ed, Mr. Lloyd alone voting "no."
The following bills were approved
for payment:
On motion of Mr. Dougherty Jacob
Gro.-s, employed as watchman by the
Bessemer Steel Company was appoint
ed as special policeman to act without
compensation from the Borough.
The question of procuring a uniform
pavement on the east side of Mill
street south of the can »1 was diseu;—
ed. It remained for Council to decide,
whether owing to the low situation ot
several of the buildings a compromise
should be ellerted as to grade or
whether the pavement should b<- mfde
to come up to full height. On motion
of Mr. Davis,seconded by Mr Dough
ertv, it was ordered that property
owners be notified in repairing their
pavement- to adhere to tho established
grade.
Bonn street was repotted as in need
of repairs, which causes the water to
accumulate about tho stable of Hotel
Oliver. The matter was referred to
the Committee on Streets and Bridges.
A proposition to extend the pave
ment at Hotel Oliver over the gutter
was also referred to the Committee on
Street- and Bridges. Mr. Reifsnydor
introduced the matter.
On motion of Mr. Dougherty it was
ordered that the third quarterly ap
propriation he paid to the Fire De
partment.
Treasurer Kllenbogon present" <1 his
report which showed a cash balance
on hand of £ 1 •">,511. 24.
The following members were present
at Council Friday night: Vastino.
Dougherty, Goeser, Swank, Feiistei
mai r, Welliver, Davis, Reifsnydor,
Jos' i Gibson and Lloyd.
1 :<)R(>UOH DEPARTMENT.
R.\-;u!ar Employes $ 88.00
Stio: lard Electric. Light (Jo. . 451.75
Standard Gas Co 1.80
Labor and Hauling 117.40
Joseph Lechner. .
Warn n Foundry & Machine Co 74»V 1".
Labor on Sewer 701.ua
Wa-hington Fire Co 1.70
Andrew Schatz
Fiuight on Cinder ..
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Regular Employes $1517.00
Joseph Lechner 7.1K)
Standard Gas Co . . 7.(10
Harry B. Patton 20.00
Ellis Rank . 2:1.11
Freight on Coal . '-"J 151
five Days TJutil Fair.
Next Tuesday the forty-ninth meet
ing ot the Columbia County Agricul
tural Society will open. The groi.nds,
track and buildings are all in fine con
dition and from present indication.-
the exhibit of horses, cattle and poul
try will be the largest in tho a-soeia
lion's history. The entries in tin
home product, fancy work and veget
able and fruit classes, are most en
couraging, surpassing the best rocon
at this stage. All excellent field ol
hois.-- is assured, and the main build
ing display will be limited to tin
' space it command. The inidwav ,vil
be almost tilled with ha* iar- >nt
fakirs, show- of almost every kind
Ml roads ill !«• kd to Bloom le \
1 week
t ——
Special Meeting
s Theie will he a spec ml me< tmg o
the School Board tonight, ti » ■'
o'clock
FIRST (IJUK
The first of Henry Rempe's wnmii-r
--ful self-w clocks, made at the
factory on Railroad street, was as
semhled Saturday. It is the first clock
manufactured in Danville and it is
wholly a Danville product Not only
was every piece constituting the works
produced on the delicate and ingenious
machinery installed,but even the case
belongs to a large assortment manu
factured as samples by Hoover Bros,
of South Danville.
The clock was put together Saturday
forenoon. The degree of anxiety and
suspense attending this expei iment can
probably be appreciated by no one so
much as a practical clock or watch
maker. The time piece is an office
clock much larger than Mr. Rempe's
model oxhihit< d at his store, with
which many of our readers are fami
liar. Up to tlio moment when the
works of the new size were assembled
and the clock started all was un
certainty as to the result.
The three wheels comprising the
-i.uple mechanism had to contain just
si many t eth or cogs, not one more,
nor no h ss. To correspond the pen
dulum must he of a certain length,
the minutest fraction of an inch be
low or in excess of what is proper
ictidering the timepiece valueless.
Mr. Rempe, however, made his
measurements carefully; he figured
with accuracy. When the last piece
was adjusted and the critical moment
came be bad his reward. The clock
started and more than that it con
tinued to run, with a precision re
markable in a m w time piece.
it is only through carefulness and
skill such as Mr Kcmpc possesses
that such a lvsult could be achieved.
Instances are on record in which as
high as £200,000 have been expended on
a timepiece which was a total fail
ure, owing to some miscalculation in
arriving at the proportion that the
dillerent parts of the works should
bear to each other.
The machinery by this time has prac
tically all arrived The manufacture
of the clocks will now begin, but Mr.
Kemp- stated Saturday that work
will proei 1 slowly fort! s firct few
days but he thought that ill a week or
so the factory will be running to its
full capacity.
Two kinds clocks at present,
those for office i:se and mantle clocks,
will be made. These will be turned
out iti ten di Tei cut designs, the prices
ranging from live dollars to twenty
dollars :i piece. The clocks a> fast as
manufactured will be regulated and
tesfi d. Tin' first installment will soon
be upon tin' market
Biack Bass Wears a Gold Ring.
At least one fish in the North Branch
is worth catching This is a black
bass which wears a gold ring in it>
mouth. Connected with thN fish is a
pleasant little story.
List week \V. B. Rhodes and his
two daughters were fishing a sbort
distance from shore. One of the first
to bring up a tish was little Dorothy,
who caught a good sized black bass.
It was a very pretty sp. cimeii and the
little girl could not beat the idea of
having it killed. She pleaded for its
life so eloquently that her father de
cided to yield to her wishes and ar
riving home placed the fish in a tank
of fresh water to keep it alive
Yesterday he visiteda jcwclei sand
bad a gold ring made which he ingen
iously fastenod in the mouth of.the
bass somewhat after tin* fashion in
which a ring is fastened in the nose
of a pig. Then ho threw the lisli back
into the stream.
Whether the black bass will permit
itself to be caught again remains to
he seen. The fact that it is in the
water and may bite again will add
considerably to the interest of bass fish
ing. Mr. Rhodes has exacted a prom
ise from our local Waltons that
should they catch the marked bass
they will report the matter and throw
the fish back into the stream.
Y. M. 0. A. Notes.
In the Association at Manila there
are 200 men engaged in educational
classes,most of whom are working for
commission in the army anil for Civil
Service positions. At the Army As
sociations in Porto Rico a large num
ber of men went up for commission
who had been instructed by the As
sociation secretary, w ho was a college
man and a trained teacher.
At San Juan there are 45 students
studying ten different subjects, and a
library of 850 volumes was used more
than 4,500 times in a year. At Gov
ernor's Isand, New \ork Harbor, a
class in telegraphy was taught by one
of the enlisted men. At all the posts
it is found that there aro men of spec
ial talents and training who take a
hand in entertaining and instructing
other soldiers under the direction of
the Associations.
A conference of the army secretaries
of the Y. M. O. A. will be In Id in
New York (lity soon. Secretaries are
expected to attend from South ('aro
lina. Fort Monroe, Savannah, (ia,
Buffalo and Boston
Committed to Jail.
Walter H Rupp was arraigned !>■
for Justice Bare Monday to answer
the ■l> * rue iif larcen.N He was arrest
ed on I warant sworn out by his fath
er, Barman Hupp, charged with ah
sfracting from a bureau drawer threi
d<,llai - which belonged to Jh- mothi i
II phnl. d (.Miilty and in default of
' bai I was committed.
I'EItSOM.
; I'ilUIIIUIllS;
Walter Breckbill of B< rwicfe, -pent
Sunday with his parent-; in this city.
William Hartman oi ibickshinny,
spoilt Sunday with his family on
Grand street.
Prof. Lewis Ammorman oi Wilkes
barre, spent Sunday with relatives in
this city.
Herbert Myerly of Berwick, spent
Sunday at his home on Kast Front
street.
Mrs. John J. Evans and children of
Wilfeesbarrc, spent Sunday at the
liome of Kichard Sliepard, Upper Mai
! berry street.
Howard Lnnger of Berwick, spent
Sunday with his parents,Mr and Mrs.
William Lunger, Centre street.
William James of Berwick, spent
Sunday with In l - parents, Kast Dan
villo.
Mr. and Mrs. Austin Hartnian of
, Berwick, spent Sunday at the Keefer
home, Nicholas avenue.
William Wallace of the Soldier's
! home Dayton, Ohio, arrived in this
city yesterday for a visit
R. I) . Ortmau ol Berwick, transact
ed business in this city yesterday.
Mrs. William Meddling of Calumet,
Mich., left for her home yesterday
after a visit at the home of Levi Seeli
| Icr, Grand street.
Mr. and Mrs. William Lukens of
llariisburg, are guests at ihe home of
John Kramer, Nassau stieet.
Mr and Mrs. Norris SoOhlcr return
ed to Bed Jacket, Midi., yesterday
after a visit at the home of Mr. Sech
ler's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Sech
ler, Grand street.
C. Edward Yorks of Central, sjient
y. sterday in Danville.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shick, Honey
moon street. are visiting relatives in
Philadelphia.
Clark Sloan of Bloomsluirg, trans
acted business in this city yesterday.
Mrs. Charles Lamb visited friends
in Sunbury yesterday.
Water Commissioner Andrew Schatz
and his son John of Carlisle, left this
city li-t evening for Hazleton. Today
they will proceed to Alleiitosvn to be
present at Ihe State Firemen's Con
vention.
Mrs. John Mover ol Hazleton, re
turned home 1 v.'iiing after a visit
in this city.
W. B Bhodes left 1 '.-t evening tor
bis home at Natclu Mis-'., alter a
visit at his old home in this city.
Mrs. J. B Hot!a and Mi— Carrie
Lukens of Wasliingtonville left yester
day foi i visit to Philadelphia.
,T. W Lowrie ot Strawberry Ridge,
drove into this city ye-lerday.
William Cam]', Koust street, left
yesterday for Allentown.
Charles Mot - hlin of Sunbury,trans
acted business in South Danville yes
terday.
('. A. Huber of Sunbury, spent yes
terday morning in thi - city.
11 B. Grcsh, Liberty township, left
yesterdav for Allentown to attend the
Kireiut n's Convention.
Lewis Reico of Sunbury,was in this
city yesterday.
Mi-- Elizabeth Bueher, Riverside,
returned from a visit in Sunbury yes
terday.
William Speisor was in Sunbury
yesterday.
William Kdniondson left yesterday
for Allentown.
Mi-s Rebecca HolViiiau left yester
day for a visit with friends at Had
dontield, N. J.
Miss A.giics Purse I left yesterday for
a visit in Allentow n.
Postmaster Charles Harris of Buck
liorn was a vi-itor in Danville yester
day.
William Maiers left yesterday for
Huntingdon.
L. G. Little returned yesterday
from a bnsiut -s trip to New York.
A. B. Kline of Jota, was a visitor in
this city yt sterday.
Miss Matilda Thompson is visiting
friends in Shamokin.
Mrs. Harry Wray left yesterday for
a trip to Philadelphia.
Burued While Working at Roils.
Harry Dcvine, who resides on Bloom
roa'.. was painfully burned while
working at tho rolls in the 12-iueh
mill at the Reading Iron Works yes
terday afternoon.
One of the hot bars in passing
| through the rolls, as happens some-|
i times "tamed down" striking Devine
jon the arm. The burn inflicted was a
i painful one and the man was obliged
ito'ijuit work and go home.
Death of Mrs. Caroline DeLong.
| Mrs. Caroline DeLong of Cooper
i township, who was stricken with par
alv-is on Saturday, departed thi- lile
yesterday at ('« a. ill. She wa- sevetity
tvvo vears of age and i- survived by a
miii ami daughter: Mb- :t DeLong of
Cooper township and Mary (Mrs
r Joseph Winte: -teen > of \W-t Hemlock
township.
The fun» ral will he In Id tomorrow
a! 10 a 111., from tie r> -:d"tice lit A 1
H bert DeLong, Cooper township. U«*v.
W. E. Wenin r will olliciate. Inter-
I tneiit will take place ill Odd Fellow*'
' eenietei y
COAL IN
[ ABUNDANCE
Their* is a pli-thora ot ooal in Dan
ville at present, judging from revela
t ioiis mailt' at tho Water Commission
ers' meeting Monday afternoon,
which presents a curious contrast to
the situation a year ago when coal
could scarcely be obtained at any
price. The Water Works finds it
self with no less than four carloads of
good river coal on hand, shipped by
some parties unknown and which the
Water Commissioners never ordered.
Through a misunderstanding three of
the carloads in question have been nn- j
loaded at the Water Works.
The entire session yesterday after
noon was spent in trying to straighten
out the difficulty and in adopting
measures which would prevent its rep
etition in the future.
The clerk at the Pennsylvania sta
tion was uuable to statu by whom the
coal had been shipped although it was
known that it came from Sunbury.
Mr. Cormau explained that several of
the "coal diggers" there have formed
a combination, the shipping under the
new order of things being delegated to
one individual. The supposition is
that the coal men finding themselves
with a good deal of coal on hand and
discovering that the Danville Water
Works was on the list of patrons decid
ed to unload a portion of the excess
here,
Having accepted the three car loads
the Water Commissioners could not
see that anything remained for them
to do but to wait for the bill and pay
for the coal.
The price paid for river coal deliv
ered at South Danville is $1.50 per
ton. Mr. Gorman explained that by
actual experiment at the Water Works
it was discovered that river coal, pre
served as it has been under the water,
has it anything greater heat produc
ing power, than the same quantity of
coal shipped from the mines and ex
posed for a greater or less period to
the air.
Although not ordered, on motion of
Mr. Schatz it was decided to accept
the one car load of coal consigned to
the Water Works still standing at
South Danville.
The clerk was instructed to notify
the San bury dealers that hence forth
no coal will tie accepted unless especi
ally oidered by the Water Commis
sioners. As a precaution 110 coal will
be unloaded by the water Superintend
ent until he ascertains both by whom
it is shipped and by whom ordered.
No School Exhibit from this District.
It is not likely that the schools of
this city will be represented by any
work at the St. Louis Exposition next
year, although many of the other pub
lie schools throughout the state will
enter the competition tor the medals
to lie awarded for the best exhibits.
To stimulate interest in the display
to be made by Pennsylvania the Penn
sylvania Commission Committee on
Education has decided to offer prizos
as an inducement to teachers through
out the state to provide material of
the best sort for an exhibition that
will intelligently and effectively il
lustrate the Pennsylvania school sys
tem, and tl.e result achieved in all
grades of work. The prizes, S3O, £2O
and $lO each, are to be awarded for
the three best exhibits ot the work of
ungraded rural sehools.graded schools,
high schools and manual training
schools.
The material ot the exhibition is to
cousist of school work that can be
shown in any way. Free hand draw
ing. color work, illustrations, map
drawing, geography, history, litera
ture, nature study charts and weather
maps will occupy a prominent place
in the exhibit. Professor Addison L.
Jones, of West Chester, will have
charge of the exhibit.
Brick Pavement Completed.
The fine brick pavement laid by the
Pennsylvania railroad company at its j
station, South Danville, is now com
pleted. It is one of the finest improve
ments for the convenience of the pub
lic ever attempted at this place.
The pavement, composed of vitrified
brick, extends all the way from the
watch box at the crossing down past
the station as far as the platform
reached.' Tho pavement is raised about
a foot above the track and in width
takes in all the surface covered by
passengers and the traffic incidental to
the arrival and departure of tho trains.
The surface is oval in form and retain
ed by a fine flag stone curb sunk in
concrete. Altogether 110 expense was
spared and the new pavement forms
another link in the system of improve
ments, begun at the station about a
year ago when the company installed
electric light.
Another improvement, which will
he appreciated alike by the traveling
public and the attaches of the depot
the adoption of cellar heating. l'he
excavation is now nearly walled up
and in a few days a large Mo. 50 Regal
boater will he installed in the cellar
by the Danville Stove A: Manufactur
ing Company. This will do away
with the throe stoves at present in use
and keep the building warmed at a
more equal temperature with less
work and exnen.se.
Heater Installed,
(1. Fred Sinith has installed in the
cellar of his restaurant, Mill street, a
large No. .".0 Kegal heater,niaunfactur
ed at the Strive Works in this city. It
- will warm not only the lower rtoor
hul also the dining room and other
part merits 011 the second floor.
KSTAIJLISIIKH IX 1855
KHUNNION OF
IB7TII RIiIJIMEXI
~ The eighth annual reunion of tho
One Hundred and Eighty-Sevi nth
Regiment, which vvilL take place 111
tins city today will bring together a
good many old time residents and not
a few noted men who have achieved
distinction in public life.
The survivors b"gan to arrvive last
night, all former residents,who aimed
to fcet here a little in advance of the
reunion in order to have time at their
disposal and be able to hunt up old
acquaintances and enjoy themsi lve
as they pleased.
Among the arrivals, who are guests
at tho Montour House, are : Captain
William Young and wife of Washing
ton, Pa. ; A. .T. Berkley and John Way
and wife of Johnstown; George L.
Walker of Elkland, Tioga County.
William Wallace, of the Soldiers' Home
at Dayton, 0., sergeant in Captain
Young's company, arrived in this city
yesterday afternoon in order to bo
present at the reunion. James M.
Gibbs ol Harrisburg, vice President
of the association, accompanied by his
wife airived here on Monday and have
been having a pleasant time with old
friends.
Among the distinguished men who
will arrive today to be present at the
reunion are: Former Governor W. A.
Stone, Major George W. Merrick,
Thomas Sample, Edwin Walton, Dep
uty Commander of the G. A. R.,
Charles A. Snyder, Assistant adjutant
Geueral, G. A. R., Thomas J. Stew
rrt, Adjutant General of the State.
Among the survivors residing in
Danville are: Postmaster Charles P.
Harder; Captain George Lovett, John
E. Roberts, I. T. Patton, Benton B.
Brown. John lokes, John Wertman,
Elijah Wertman, George Jackson, J.
VV. DeShay, Edward I). Smith, E. K.
Hale, O. G. Melliu, Johu Sechler and
Joseph L. Frame.
Postmaster C. P. Harder was drum
mer boy iu Captain Young's company
aud is on record in the regiment as
the youngest soldier serving during
the Civil War in the years between
'til and
The reunion will convene in G. A.
R. Hall at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon.
At 7:30 there will be a camp fire in
the Court House. This, tho public in
cluding tho ladies, are cordially in
vited to attend. The affair will
wind up with a banquet at the Mon
tour House.
Grave Robbers at Work.
The attempt at grave-robbing made
in the Harmony cemetery, Milton,
sometime between Friday and Sunday
is arousing the keenest interest, and a
determined effort to ferret out the
offender or offenders i> being made.
The motive of the ghouls is beyond
conception, as the plot in which the
excavation was made contains no bod
ies of recent burial.
The work of the ghouls was discov
ered Sunday forenoon. An excavation
to the depth ot nearly two feet had
been made 111 the Woodliug family
plot. Several vases were upturned,
and alongside tlio excavation was
found a shovel. On this were whit
tled the initial.-) "F. W.," and the
cemetery officials believe that with
this clue they may bo able to run
down the guilty parties. It is evident
that the ghoul was disturbed in his
work and took flight for safety forgi t
ting the shovel in his hurry. The ex
cavation is an evidont attempt at the
opening of one of the Woodling graves.
It lias been suggested that perhaps
the intention of the diggers was not
to remove the dead, but that they in
tended to secretly deposit in the grave
the remains of a child or other person
which they desired to conceal. What
ever the purpose the good citizens of
the town are righteously indignant at
the fact that, so unhallowed a thing as
the desecration of a grave should have
been perp--trat«'d in that community.
Exhibits Will be the Best.
"The entries are coming in very sat
isfactorily," remarked Secretary A.
N. Yost in speaking of the coming
Bloomsburg fair which will be the
mecea for people for miles around next
week.
"While it is too early to determine
exactly how large the cattle exhibits
will be yet we can already st ite that
the exhibits of fancy work, etc , will
be far above the average. The exhibits
already in for these departments are
exceedingly large. Everything ismov
ing along nicely and every indica
tion augats a large and successful lair.
"The attractions will he lUany and
varied and a good time is assured all
who attend. The track is being i lac
ed iu exc llent condition and there is
no doubt but that there will lie -ome
good racing and fast time is assured.
With the Weather Man giving the
town favorable weather, this year -
fair, considering the financial condi
tion of the country and particularly
this immediate section, should be the
largest and best in the Association's
history.
Professor H. P. Patton.
Professor H. IV Patton, the temper
ance Advocate, who some two months
ago held forth in this city with the
"Kssicks" as musicians will reappear
here toward the last of the week. He
expects to speak at \\ ashington\t lh'
and White Hall Friday and Saturday,
respectively, sp ndingSunday in Dan
vill<'.
A large number of Danville peoph
will attend the Milton Fair today.
JOB PRINTING
The office of the AMERICAN
being 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
JOB PRINTING
Of all Kinds and Description
INSTALLATION
OF PiSTIIH
Ii<■ v. .J. E. Ilutclii.-oii was installed
us pastor of Mahoning Presbyterian
hurcli la<t night. The large church
was well filled on the occasion, the
servio s which 1" trail at 7 :.'io and con
tinut d for nearly two hours, being in
tensely interesting.
The Rev. Welling E. Thomas, D. D.,
Moderator ol the Northumberland
Presbytery presided at the installa
t ion
The sermon was preached by the
He v. Dr. (). 11. Bruce of Jersey Shore.
The text was from Matthew, 11:4:
"(jo show John those things which
you do hear and see." John was iu
prison. He was troubled with doubts
a- to the Mask r. He was unjustly
iin pi isoned and ho could not reconcile
his unhappy condition with divine
oversight and justice. It was to quiet
l.'is doubts that Christ, addressing the
disciples, made use ot the words of
the text. The speaker very happily
applied them to the conditions ot
every day life. There are many doubt
ers in the world today—siucere men
who like John of old are much troubl
ed.Charity should be exercised iu deal
ing with these and every Christian,
secure iu his own faith, should em
brace as one ot the objects of his life
a desire to dispel doubt iu others.
Rev. Dr. William H. Roberts of
Williamsport delivered the charge to
the congregation. The Rev. Dr. G.
W. Gilland of Shamokiu charged the
pastor. Both addresses were practical
and to the point.
Miss Margaret Am merman rnudorod
a solo: "The Lord is my Light."
The installation of the Rev. Hutchi
son naturally suggests the long line ot
predecessors who have officiated at the
M iboning Presbyterian church along
with many other points of interest
connected with this and the Grove
Presbyterian clinrcli. The history of
the two congregations are very cur
iously dovetailed together. The Ma
honing congregation, however, is the
old and original one, worshiping for
nearly seventy-five years on the site
of the present Grove church. Ac
cording to early records still extant
the congregation is at least 118 years
old.
During the ministry of Dr. Yeo
mans, in 1852, the congregation uui
ted in building the present commodious
church on Ferry street. About this
time the congregation numbered 32a
communicants. Keeping pace with the
development of the iron industries the
town grew rapidly and the church in
the grove was becoming too small.
After long and careful deliberation a
majority of the congregation decided
that it would be for the host interest
of the church to abandon the old site
and select a central location within
the limits of the town. The uew
■hurcli was erected and dedicated on
the Hith day ot November 1854.
For one year, less fifteen days, the
congregation as a whole worshiped in
lie new church. The congregation as
i whole, it is true,approved of the re
moval and assisted in the erection of
lie new church, but there was a large
»nd respectful minority of members
uid adherents on the North side who
preferred the old site, which was en
learcd to tlietn by many associations.
Thus an application was made to Pres
jytery for a new organization, which
was granted.
The pastorate of Dr. Yeotnansat the
lew church extended for over a period
if eighteen years. He died at his
lonie in this place in 1S(?:5 aged til
fears. After a vacancy of about two
rears the Rev. William E. Ijatns was
chosen to succeed Dr. Yeomans, being
ust illed May J, ISGS. \iev. Ijatns in
turn w.v succeeded by the Rev. Alex
mder B. Jack, who eutorcd upon his
luties as pastor-elect iu January 2,
18(>S). ll' l was installed April 21 and
■ontinued in this relation until the
28th of .Tune, 1574. Mis rare gifts and
aloqneut speech attracted large audi
ences. During his pastorate the manse
was built at a cost of over SIO,OOO.
Mr. Jack's successor was the Rev.
Thomas R. Beeber, who was called in
June, 1 assumed charge of I lie con
gregation July t and was installed Oc
tober 27.
Rev. Beeber's pastorate continued
until 1880, when he was succeeded by
the Rev. Robert L. Stewart, who re
mained in cbatge ten years. During
this period in 18S5 the Mahoning
ciiureh i lebratid it- centennial an
/
At tli ■ i xpiratiou of Rev. SiewEit's
pastorate, June 1, 1S1K), the pulpit re
mained vacant for one year, when the
Rev. W 1. Stcans, I>. IX, was called.
The latter was installed June 1,11891,
mi continued a- pastor eleven years.
For over a year following Jape 1,
1902 the |iiil|iit was vacant. The. Rev.
J. K. Hutchison, the pastor instilled,
preached his first sermon as pastor
elect on September Ist. In the interval
following lie b.i- sustained himself ad
mirably and is very popular with bis
congregation, lie i- a keen original
think* r, ] <-s. -sing a-fine command of
language and a good delivery. ,
Rev. Hutchison eamo to Danville
from 11 win. Westmoreland county,
will i h was | istot "112 ih l ' Presbyter
ian Church for over nine years; that
being his first charge. He was; born
in Washington county and graduated
from Washington and JefTersoy Col
lege in 1890 with honors, takiiig the
prize in English Literature. ; After
spending a veal' in travel he entered
the Western Theological Seminary,
graduating in 1894.