Home Paper .For lie Heme lhe circulation ot this paper is in creasing rapidly. It will pay you to advertise in the AMERICAN. SUBSCRIPTIONS! PER YEAR DR. IKYING H. JENNINGS, Office Hours 9 .1. MtoVI M I<>4 Mill St., IP. M.to UP. V Danville, Pa. Sill I.TI, Ml». 42 a Mu.t Sr., DASVII.I.K, I'A. Diseases of the Stomach an<l Intestines a Specialty | YT. \\ . I*. A.MJI.K, DENTIST OKKKI:: -IS MII.I. STRKKT. ~#»!it Kxtrurti'il without I'nin. frown itini BrltL I Work H "-pwliiltj. (• .jiil|>|"'<l witi In I'csl and most improved 1 nxiruini'nts ami |>rt'p:ir>d to exeeul' Hit' most difficult work. DR. C. H. REYNOLDS DKNTIST - 288 Mill -- St., Danville, Ta. Dentistry in all its branches. Charges Moderate »t I ' ' v -r- Guaranteed Entaliilisbed ' i'i)\iesi:n M-;\\"s. Frosty mornings. Fine hunting weather. In a few days we'll know who is elected. These cool mornings cause even the naturally lethargic peison to "j»ot a move on." A clear election day means a big vote in Montour county. The frost is on tin pumpkin and on tlio chestnut burr. Owing to the who! sal" suspension of nil u the IVuna. H. K. company will not make its annual tour of in spection this year for the purpose of ascertaining which foreman has his section of track in best couditi(ii. The furniture, fixtures and good will, of the Hotel Morton, at Ber wick, has been sold to William T. Hunsinger, a Pennsylvania Railroad engineer at Sunbary. Consideration |l-2,050. The new proprietor will take possession Nov. 1. The football casualties to date are reported to be a little below the aver age. Strange as it may seem there are now about a half dozen Cubans and Porto Ricans attending the Normal School at Bloomsbnrg who are eagerly wait ing to see the fir«t snow fall. They have come to the school from their southern homes during the past mai mer and in their countries snosv and ice in their natural are practically un known. The young men are now about to experience their first real winter and consequently are impatiently wait ing for it. The revised football rules do not eliminate the clause with refer' nee to first aid to the injured. Dowie abused Catholicism and Ma sonry Sunday. The two latter have lived and flourished for centum -s. and will exist centuries after Dowiei-ni ha gone and been forgotten. High winds and a cold wave wil mean moro coal burning. Congressm' n will eat their 1 lianks giving dinners in Washington, I>. C. The committee of A lien town firemen tint had charge of the arrangements tor the state eotm ntio:i of firemen held in tli it city recently has on hand a balance of *-'7B after paying all ex penses. The receipts were *15,880. Danville continui - to be very for tunate, so far as the yen ral health cil the city is concerned. There has been les* contagious dis»as" prevalent in the town -<> far thi.- year than for some seasons j ast. It i> the general opini< n that the retrenchment policy adopted on the Pennsvlv mia Railroal ('■> , i»p , in\ wil. also be adopted on tie Heading'-, sys tem. October has earned many good marks in the weather line. Winter has been try ii r 1,., i to put in an appearance this wet k. The chestnut crop is rep rfed in tie fully ripe. Thanksgiving j reclamations are about due. A number of Hall »w> • n parties will be given Saturday night. Christ mas ■ouf. Crn iiery is making its app' arance. The fir-t big snow of the season i expeetcd to follow next Tin da. • election "And the n> xt day it snow ed." The young boys are laving in a sup ply of < irn and cabbage stumps with which to celebrate Hallowe'en. Tin State I )e | artmen t has received from cnunf.v cemmis-ioners all over the State the fir-r .-ample ballots —nt out to give an id a as to the size that will be used this ve ir. The members r>f the Episcopal Church club of the diocese of central Pennsylvania, have received notices that the semi-annual meeting of the club will convene in Williamsport on November 10. The B< aid of Health should see to it that diphth r i does not get a st irt ill his city. l)»w s repentance for Lis outrage ous viliifi atimi of the newspapers ( omes too late to a< onipli-h his pur pose. II '4 C $ ♦ •'I X !►• **Jyt J S -V—^vl' "THIS col N I KV WILL NEVI-R HK liNTIRIiI.V I-RHL UN I IL IT SUI'I'LIHS ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDSWITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS." VOL. 4S--NO I't. FIRST SDIi ANNUAL MEETING The Superintendents of the Stan Hospitals for the Insane throughout Pennsylvania held their fir-t - mi-an nual convention at the Hospital tor the Insane here yesterdav. It being their (irst meeting but little more was accomplished than to effect an organ ization and appoint committer- The following pet son- distinguished in the treatment of the insane were present: Dr. George 1 McLeod. Sec retary Committee on Lunacy; (Jeorge \V. Kyon. Esq .Member Caminitt.ee on Lunacy; Dr. John I?. Ohapin, Super intendent Kirkbride s Hospital, Phil adelphia; Dr. Rabort H. Cha-e, Super intendent Fn nds' Asv 1 uill, 1' rank fort,Philadelphia; Edward Bettle and Heurv W. Comfort. L'rustees Friend's A-vlnm ; Dr. II A Hutchinson, Su; erinteudeut Dixmout lu-ane Hospital, Pittsburg; Dr. Nl. S. truth. Superint endent. and C. C Shirk, Trustee, In sane Hospital at Watren; H. B. Mere dith. Superintendent (it the Hospital for the Insam at Danville. Th fol lowing trustees of the latter institu tion were also present; W. L Gonger, H. M. Schocli, Hon. M. S. Kolp, Dr. B. H. Detwiler, Hon. Alexander Bill meyer and Howard Lyon. Dr. S. S. Hill, Superintendent and Messrs. Ziaim :m in and Liniherger, trustees,of Weru r-ville State Asylum, started for the c invention yesterday morning. hut were delay ■ 1 by i wr- k until ir was too late to reach Danville. The cooveati in w'a- !i *ll in the Trustees' room. The meting was ail ed to order by Hwa' I Lyoa A ]ier niaueiif orgaiiiz»ii >ll was eiTect "1 by electing the falio .ving 'tli ■ Ts : Presid ent. Dr. 'Lrciiia-i!i, Surnrinten I at of Dixmout Insane H ispital; \ic President, Dr. 11. B. Mr >dith of the Hospit »l for tli a Insan • ir Di'iviHi; S <eretarv. Dr. M. S. liuth. Superin tendent of the 'A'arr a Insane Ho-piial. Dr. Hotehins lD, l)R M S Gut'l an 1 Dr. Meredith Wore a,iii i 1'• >ai iiiitf-e to draft a (•jn-.tttutioii aid law -. Tli re wore short a Idresses rt lative to the object of meeting, but bevo id \ these very littl> was aeeomplislie I yes terday. It was de id'td to hold the convention - Ml i- annually, and Warren was selected as the next place of meet ing. Many Non-Resident Pupils. That the high degree of merit which ( harae'eriz ■; the public schools of Danville is app cciated by the public is atfe-te 1 bv the increased attendance, whi. h has fill (I the y-'ion'- to over tl iwiug and male the orecMuti of tic annex imperative. The increased art ndance is just a marked among the non-resident pupi' a- among those in the borough to whom tuition is free Already thirty-nine non-resident pupils are on tie rolls in the difTt rent school- of th Borough. This js con siderably in a lvanc • of the number of pupils from outsif'e the district regis tered so early la-t seas m and previous ly ft will not lie until l it* r, when the fall work i- over on (lie farms,that the full numb r of pupils from the country w ill have enrolled. For those who reside mar enough to walk or drive backward and forw ird, the Danville schools afford ambition boys and girls in the country an ex cellent opportunity to btam an • a cation at a small cost. Thefeesat the -anie time, althougli not in the least exorbitant, are such as to well repay the Borough for the helping hand it is lending to tli rural districts. The tuition fees from non-resident pnpil uow foot up a hundred dollars more than at thi- date last year. Pip - Laid at Depth of 5 Peet. Work is advancing rapidly on tin S'-WT at present and all previous re .ird ar le-ing brok n llc pi ;■ • - now being laid along the bed of Bliz zard'- run b twe-n Mill aid Ferry -irtie excavation la-t • v n ng ext ndinv nearly a- far as the latter point. The digging m the bed of the creek is n >t de«p, being less than five feet. S one very large stone and ( hunks of cinder are encountered, Icat on tie whole the digging i- not hard : neirher l- much cribbing required so that while the work i- far from plea-ant, conditions on the wliol ■ are favorable for rapid p igr> -- i i the lik'-lih"-ad i- that with ano'ln-r mouth ot favor ible woat'ie- the work can he pushed B'gli unto '• unpletiou tiii- fall The excavation in tli a bed of the which is far lei .w tie present level as graded over, show-the orig inal surface to have beet! a low sw amp. Between Mill and Fcrv -tr i- th diggers have ( ncountered fr.igment of tree> and stumns bulled m t'i black mud, which hid to b- extracted before the wairk could proceed. Concrete Abutments Comjiieted. Tie- v.i cond of the two concrete abut ments at the |). L. & W. railroad bridge over Mahoning creek was com pleted yesterday and the woik i- now nearly ready for tl • new bridg< It vva- stated ve-ronlay that tie lit fir niav not he pla din position un til next soring The stone pi-r ,-up porting the ; r -■ lit bridge, therefore will not be removed now and little mor< remains to be done besides tear ing oat tie coffer dam and ■ '■ ming up about the sp< t Tl •• portable boiler and the -to tin pump w re r moved yes turd ly. THE 0)1 MV | The suhjei to' Teacher-' Institute was di- us-. I at h ngth before the Hoard of Directors at its regular meet ing Monday. The matter had been before the Board at a previous mur ing when -everal of the members went on record a- opposing the County In ! stitm as conducted in the pist, hold ing that the instruction reii ler 1 was tint of the practical so it required to benefit our town teach -rand afford an equivalent for the amount of money the borough i- obliged to pav out. Tiny thought the Borough might hold a si parate institute, conducting it after its own iih a and employing such talent a-would yield approved results. The Board, however, did not seem lea ly for such a departure. As an out en • Boraugh Superintendent ('« .1 dv wi- instructed to have a talk with County Superintendent Derr, in forniing him that the County Institute Ins fall-n short and insi-ting that the Borough be given an equal voice with the comity in selecting instructors and arranging a program for the week. The two Superintendents had a t ill; over t ee matter and in rt spouse,Coun tv Superintendent Derr was before the Boar I Monday. He explained that no one was m ire painfully aware of the tact than him--It that the County | Ills- Itutc-, d> spite efforts to the COll riarv. too often fall short ot their ob jeet, which to afford good practical in struction, which will help the teach er- in their everyday work. He was awar that our last year's institute was not the success that it should hive be ii in this respnet. But with a view of improving it tie- present year lie 1111 1a \ isit to a number of other in stitutes tis e how they were con dncti ! and wiia> instructors were em ployed. 11 was benefitted much and has been en ibl It" make - lections of -pe j';e wiich lie t links t!ie Board will iporov of H• i- Vevy gla 1 t . have Superintendent Gor lv - as-i -t --i.ic ■ in arranging for the institute an 11 el- confident that t!e> program this year will be all that th • Borongh desires. Ciuntv Sujieriiiteiident Derr .-fated that ho has decided to di-pms- with the evening lecture- this year. They wer v rv i -idi :fereiitly support I li-t year and personally lie 10-r a gr> at deal of money on them. Messrs Burns, Fischer, Harpol and Greene -poke on the subject of the in stitute, which, it is said, costs the Borough .s.'; > annually, and they till insisted (hat incisures be adopted to ell ct a iefo. ni. Count\ Supei iutend eat Deri'.- explanation w med -atis fai tory and on motion of Mr. Fi-cher it w is de ile I that tft ■ High Scho d room as heretofore In- granted for the use of the County Institute. On motion of Mr. Burns screens were ordered pla'ed on the lower windows of the new annex, a- else where on the building. ()a motion of Mr. Fischer it was deeid 'd t i remove two panels of the front do ir at the fine street entrance, inserting plate gla-s in their stead lor the purp ise of throwing more light in to the hallwav. The Tru nit Officer presented bis re port for the moatli,which -bowed that there are ten children out of school for want of clothing. The number of truants were twelve. Ninety-five pu pils wet sick. Twenty notices wre -•■rv I. I.'no report wa- a e pted. The following memb-M's of the Board were pti sent Monday night : Keefer, Greene, Barns, Pnrsel, Hirpel, Werk h 'iser, Von Blohn, Fischer an 1 Orth The following bill.s were approved for payment: J. B. Cleaver * 40.0» John T. Magi 11 LOO W. M. Seidel 1.20 W. K. Voting 10.00 Mi-- Lylia Boss a.OO Sm'tli Premier Type Writing Co 1451 00 U mi ng i i Tv p Writ ing (> Water le it."it -aO W. II ')rth 1.31 J. Do-ier S uis 10 0 ) American Book Co 1'» 80 II G Salmon 5."2"i W. G. Brown I<> i~> Teachers ml .Tiitiitors lii7.").Ts J. Wallize . . 2(!.87 Raad Mileage Turned In. With the exception of Derry town ship and Danville Borongh the road mileage of the county now lias been t ne i into the office of the County Commissioner?. The number of miles of road ill each township is reportc I as follows: Cooper, mil' -: Mahon ing. 2S miles; We-t Hemlock :i J mile-; Wa-hingtnnville, l' 4 m:le-; Liberty 'i'.' miles; Valley, ">7 niih-s; Mayberry, •i miles; Anth my, <>("> mib-s; Lime -tone, lilt'miles. (' mini' -ioners' (''erk Horace Blue vest' rI iv ■ * it* I 'hat he expects to have a full return from Derrv town ship in a day or -o, after which the oily district to hear from will be the Borough ot Danville He desires to fall ill with the other counties of the -fa' ' and return the total mileage to tin depart men 112 it as earl V a div a possible. As -C MI as all the < ouiiti - ar> IK ird from the funds appropriated by tin -tat' for goo I r<>a I- will be availa'' 1 Montour is rnong the eouutii - wh c have a-ked for St ite aid in n pairing roads, tie higi wiv figuring in tin ;> plication In ing th stretch td r> id two a D mville an I M awhile 'I lie CM in | aign for the Dauphin ci MI 1 ty Judgeship i- proving one of the hottest ever fought 111 the State. DANVILLK. I'A., Tlll'liSDAY OCTOKKI! 20. l!»o:i. MILIUMS Building opto at ions at the Hospital for the Insane are now fairly on foot and a visit to the institution yesterday revealed a busy scene. Hleveii stone masons are employed and the stone wotk at two of the buildings is well under way, one, the most easterly, being practically com pleted. As soon as the cellars aro fin - ished W. H. Shepherd iS; Son*, who laid up the stone work themselves, will hand the buildings over to a Wil liamsport contra-tor to whom they have sub-let the brick work. Mr. Shepherd states that the walls will go up rapidly. A large number 1 of bricklayers will be put to work and the job will be pushed right along un til completed regardless of approach ing winter. Freezing temperatures, lie says, are no longer permitted to in terfere with building operations. It will require nine hundred thou sand brick, which are furnished by John Koim of this city. Several im mense piles representing some five l undre I thousand have already been d. liverel i f th- Hospital grounds. M . K.'iui slat i y> slerd iv that the Hospital cent act h is taki n just about one-half ot tli • produ< t of his yards for the present year. The excavation- for th ■ two build ing- on the male side are ii.it y> t com pleted. Work has begun on th - most easterly one n arly t AO weeks ago,but at the other, ground has not yet been broken. The Smea lley Con-traction Company of Phil i lelpill 4, -lib-contractors, have a force of mi n employed on the con crete work of the filter plant. The building i- being erected near the rail road in connection with the gas house and pumping station. The work pro teed- very -lowly and it will be -ev eral months at most before the Hospit al will know the luxury of filtered water Working on a Larger Model. At the Itempc Manufacturing p ant V'sierdav work wis on the larger of the model- of the self, winding clo'' 1 ;-, tic -iz intended for office use Th greater part of this week will to M npied in adjusting the macliin ry to this model and next week a lot of the larger clocks will be turned out. The factory now I gins to present an interesting a arance. ('locks are every when e< p y casi - on one sid • and clo k- " i-sembled" and run ning on the otlit . The installment of smaller sizes i it together a- I set running a couple of weeks ag i stand the test a lmiiably. v rving little if any and keeping p.a-e to tic -e mil. Mr. Renipe i- much phi- d with the success and he i- one of the busiest men in town just now. By the holi days s If.winding clo k- will be on the market Pew Hunters out at Present. There are not many gunners oat this week. This was a"couut- I for by an old hunter vesterd iv on the ground that there are still too many leaves clinging to the trees and busies, which obstruct the view and afford hiding places for the game. The le ivcs tire rapidly falling now and in a week or ten day- the trees and bushes will be in a manner bare and game will have few oppartunitie- for keeping out of sight. On Monday next the rabbit season opens These are s; k jii to lie very plentiful and togefli r with squirrels, quail, etc, which this year are shot in large numbers, they ought to yield big returns to the hunters who go out next week. Gleaning of the Lawns. There is plenty ot work about the Hospital for the Insane just now and those patients who are willing to work find plenty to do. Gathering leaves about the giounds keeps a good many busy. The quantity of dead leaves which at this -eason accumulates on the spac ious grounds is quite remarkable. By this time the lawn.- aie pretty wall cleaned and the leaves gathered lie in -everal imuieiiM' d posits, ready to be hauled to the stables where they will be used for bedding. The work is light and cleanly and the patients seem to enjoy it. Damage Suit for Trial. Among the civil suits booked for trial in November is the case of Sarah C. Croniley vs. the Pennsylvania Kail road Company. The suit i- brought by the widow to recover damag< - for the (bath of Jos eph Crumley an I little -on of Lime stoie township, who were killed by a Buffalo Flyer at Wat-ontown last winter a vear ago. Mr. Croniley bad delivered a sled load of wh at at the mill in ar the railroad and with his littl" son m the sled with him had ju-t started on hi- homeward drive when strii k Both father and son were killed instantly. Transferred to Wyoming, Levi \liller, for no yeai- past an att.'e be of the |i I. A \\ station, wll r Ii • was employed to handle fn ighl and baggage, has been trans ferred to Wyoming, where lie will fill tii p st nt watchman at a grade cm-s --ing Hi- family will remove to Wyom ing. Mr Miller will be succeeded by Knierson Lynn at the D. L. W. sta tion. jinsovii, j Thomas Irland of Plymouth, spent Sunday in Danville. Charles Oberdorf and wife of Lewis burg, spent Sunday with relatives in this city. ProfessorS. L. Aiumerman of Wilkes barre,returned home last evening after spending Sunday iu this city. Miss Maiy Holloway has returned from a visit with friends at Rich mond, Va. George and Frank Lechner who are temporarily employed at Berwick, spent Sunday in this city. Herbert Myerly of Berwick, spent I Sunday with his mother Mrs. George 1 Mverly, Front street. David Secliler of Berwick, was a Danville visitor over Sunday. Thomas Curry, Jr.,and wife of Sun bury,spent Sunday at the Curry home sta ad, this citv. The Rev. N. E. Cleaver left last evening for Sunbury. P. L. Keefer returned to Kingston yesterday after a short visit in this city. Mrs. William Keener visited rela tives in Sunbury yesterday. Harry Hartt has returned from a visit at New Milford, Pa. Thomas Curry visited relatives in Sunbury yesterday. Dr. J. Sweisfort and wife left yes terday for Lebanon. Councilman James Dougherty left yesterday for Plymouth. Thomas Malaney of Washington, Pa., who lias been visiting his sister Miss Anna Malaney,Front street,spent yesterday afternoon in Bloomsburg. Mrs. Elizabeth Shearer returned to | Tamaqua yesterday after a short visit 1 with relatives in this city. Mrs. Harry Shafer returned to Bloomsburg last evening after a visit with relatives in this city. Mr-. Je-se Klase and guest, Mrs. Jane K( --ler, ol Washington, D. C., returned to thi- citv last ( Veiling from a visit to Shamokin. John C. Stroh who was in this city attending the funeral of his niother j in-law, Mrs. I inker, returned to bis j home in Drifton, la.-t evening. Francis Klase of Jersey City is vis iting at the home ot David Wise, M lusdalc. Miss Be-sie Steiuman left last even ing for a visit with friends at North -1 umtierland. Mrs. Richard Morrall returned to lola yesterday after a visit with rela tives in this city. Mr. and Mrs. V. V Lotier left yes terday for Philadeli liia where they j will reside. Charles F. Darrow transacted busi ness in Bloomsburg yesterday after noon. C. A. McKelvey and wife of Sun bury, called on friends in this city yesterday. Mrs. Abraham Hite visited friends in Sunbury yesterday. Mrs. Charles llovies visited rela tives in Berwick yesterday. .1, J. Murray transacted business in Sunbury yesterday. F. M. Hcrringtoii was a Milton vis itor yesterday. Mrs. Minnie Spickard returned to Milton yesterday after a vi-it with In r parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Farley, Iron street. Miss Frances Dunham of Northum berland, visited friends in this city yesterday. C. W. Diehl of Bloomsburg, called on friends in this city yesterday. Editor J. A. Zellers of the Liver pool Sun arrived last evening for a short visit with D. A. Lutz, Bloom srteet. Mi— Amelia Phillips, Bloom street, has returned from a visit with friends at Kelly Point. G. P. Fryniire of Bloomsburg,trans acted business in this city yesterday- Mrs. Edward Linker and daughter, Miss I'earl, returned to Scran ton last evening after attending the funeral of the late Mrs. John Linker. Arthur Foulk left last evi ning for Scranton. Mi ss Anna Pritchard, Lower Mul berry street, returned yesterday after noon from a visit with friends at I lazleton. A Little Son. Intelligence has reached this city to the effect that a little son has been born to Kev and Mrs. L. B. Twichell who are sojourning at Bairyville, N. V. The little heir has received the name of "Lewis Seymour." Rev. Twichell is pastor of the First Baptist church of this city. Mullen Nevius. John Mullen and Miss Bessie Nevius, both of this city, were united in wed lock la-t evening. Thecenmony was performed by Rev. N. E. Cleaver at the parsonage of Trinity M. E. church at o'clock. The newly wedded couple will reside in this citv. Broke His Arm. Donald Shoemaker, the little son of Mr- Emma Shoemaker, of Washing tonville, while playing last evening fell dow ii and fractured Ins left arm. Dr Pat ton and Dr. Hoff a >et the brok - en bone and later the hoy was report ed as resting well SESSION The Ministerium of the Lewisburg District, United Evangelical church, j met at the residen- • of Rev. E. B. Dunn, Iron street, ye.-terday. Two ses-ions were held.one in the morning and the other in the afternoon. These meetings are monthly .affairs, held at different points throughout th • District. For convenience the Lewisburg Dis trict is subdivided into several -mail er districts each of which has its own convention. The convention yesterday was unique in that it was a joint meet ing, representing the entire Lewisburg I District. As a result of this the at- I tendance was large, the following 1 clergymen being present: Rev. U. F. Swenglo, Presiding Elder, of Lewis burg; Rev. II W. Buck and Rev. E. K. Shatter of Berwick ; Rev. E. li. Kessler of Wapwallopen ; Rev. Sliaui bucli of Bloomsburg; Rev. H. Minsker of Nuremberg; Rev. D. F. Young, of Mazeppa; Rev. .T. W. Thompson of Lewisburg; Rev. J. 1). Shortiss of Milton; Rev. C. H Goodling of West Milton, and Rev. J. A. Foss of Dew art. These monthly meetings prove very helpful to the members of the minis terium, as th v tilford an opportunity for tin interch mge of views on church affairs, which might not otherwise be obtained. At the meeting yesterday Rev. .T. A. Foss read a paper entitled, "How to Promote Revivals." Foot Ball at Berwick. The High School Football team play ed at Berwick on Saturday. They were defeated by a score of 21 to 0. The locals declare that among the Ber wick High school team they found several belonging to the "Rangers," heavy fellows of JBO pounds or more, who had been rung in for the occas ion. Although no match for Berwick un der the circumstances, Danville held the opposing team down to one touch down in the lir.-t half. In the s-cond half Danville couldn't stand the strain and Berwick made three touch downs. The line up : Danville Berwick K. Edmondson left end Berlin Jones left tackle Bowman Harman left guard Rough Baver. center McAuall Morgan right guard E. Kepner Johnson right tackle.. Hicks Peters right eud Shannon Rosenthal quarter hack R. Kepner F. Edmondson left halfback Noouan Lewis right half hack Smith Miller . full back llendershot Touchdowns—Smith, A. Kepner and Shannon; Oo.il- from touchdowns, Smith. Referee, McCrea, Berwick. Umpire, Fischer, Berwick. Time keepers, Davis and Boyer. Time of halves, two twenty minute halves. Hog Inliicted Ugly Wound. Infuriated because of an attempt to drive from a field, a large hog ot Mat thew Sheep, of mar Jerseytown. vic iously turned upon Mr. Sheep,and with me of his tusks inflicted a gash in his leg three inches iu length. The brute had been pastured in a field before the house and Monday evening at six o'clock Mr. Sheep went into the field to drive the bog into its pen. The animal without giving any warn ing whatever suddenly wheeled and bore down upon Mr. Sheep and before the latter was able to get away the animal caught him on the right leg between the knee and hip tearing the flesh on the outside and posterior parts of the leg. After this assault the hog did not renew the attack but walked away. The injured man managed to reach the house and Dr. .T. E. Sliuman, of Jerseytown, was summoned at once who found that it was necessary to take a number of stitches to close the wound. Mr. Sheep, although sixty-five years of age, is resting well since re ceiving medical attention, and provid ing blood poison does not set in—he will doubtless recover. A Good Attraction. The Wattle Stock Company opened a three nights engagement at the Opera House ou Monday night,producing the play, "In the Rogues Gallery," to a big house and the continued applause showed the approval of the audience. Mr. Perry and Miss Myer were ably supported by a strong company of players, including Will S. Beeeher, Oeo. H. Wright, W. B. Arlington, P. Parley, Miriam Carson and Blanche Campbell. The specialties by the Arlingtons, Miriam Carson and others were fine. They played "A Dangerous Game" Tuesday night and finished their engagement in our town by play ing the great military drama "Under Two Flags." The Company have made a great many friends in town and w ill always be welcomed on a re turn date.—Tower Citv, Pa., Record. The Warde Stock Company which opens a three nights engagement at the Opera House tonight can boast of having the only Indian actor in the theatrical world, Mr. Will S. Beeeher being from the Delaware tribe of In dians. He will play the part of Noah Lott, a negro servant in the perfortn tnia tonight of "A Dangerous Game " The twelfth annual convention of the Danville District of the Epworth League w ill be held at Nescopeck on Wednesday and Thursday, November lan 1 i. Each chapter is entitled to t wo delegates. KSTABIJSIIKI) (X 1855 ITM-1U (IF MRS. Mrs. Elizabeth Linker, wife of John Linker, No. 2<">l West Mahoning street, died at Hazleton at 4 o'clock Mon day morniu k after an illness of one week. The deceased had 1)-en visiting her daughter. Mrs. John Stroll, at Drif ron. On Saturday a week ago she went to Hazleton to see her brother, J. 11. Jacobs. She was taken sick on the day of her arrival. While her ill ness in its early stage seemed serious slur grew better after a few days and her family here felt confident that she would be about again in a short time. The news of her death yesterday there i fore, fame as a great shock. The deceased was a devoted wife and mother, a kind hearted, generous woman, widely known and beloved. She was seventy-five year.': of ago and had hee'i married fifty-live years. Horn in Germany she came to this country when she was eighteen years of age. Nearly the whole of her sub : sequent life was spent in Danville. She is survived by h»r husband, four I sons and two daughters: William,and | Fred Linker of Danville; Luther Link er of Williamsport and John of Ala ; bama; Ida, (Mrs. John Stroh) ot Drif j ton, and Lizzie (Mrs. Joseph Ephliu) jof this city. The deceased was a sis- I ter of John Jacobs, Sr., of this place. ! Edward Jacobs of Berwick is also a brother. William Jacobs of Tamaqua, another brother, was buried only four weeks ago. The deceased was a mem 1> Tof St. John's German Lutheran Church of this city. The funeral of Mrs. John Linker, which took place in this city Tues day afternoon, was very largely at tended, among those who gathered around the bier of the dead woman, being a large number from distant towns. The funeral took place from the family residence.No. 261, West Mahon ing street, at 2 p. m. Rev. W. E. Wetiner, pastor ot St. John's German Lutheran church, and Rev. L. D. Ul ricli, pastor of Trinity Lutheran church, both officiated, the former conducting the services in German and the latter in English. The Keystone Quartette composed of J. W. Swartz, C. C. Hitter, William H. Rishel and Jacob Aten rendered two fine selections: "Peace, Peace Won lerful Peace," and "We are Pass ing, one by One " The flowers were very beautiful,com prising tributes from many friends in Danville aud at other towns in which the deceased was known and beloved. The i all bearers were : Charles Mills, Samuel Lunger. Ci. W. Hoffman, George R. Sechler, Leo Metzger and Charles Kehl. In addition to the husband aud sur viving sons and daughter of the de ceased with their families of this city, the following were present at the fun eral: Luther Linker, wife and son Voris of Williamsport; Mr. and Mrs. John C. Stroh and daughter Agnes of Drifton;J. H. Jacobs and wife, at whose home the deceased died. Sheriff A. H. Jacobs and wife, Mrs. Albert Dunn, Miss Bertha Bowers and Mrs. Harry W. Jacobs, of Hazleton ; Mrs. Edward Linker and daughter Pearl of Scrauton; Eckert Jacobs, Mrs. Ben jamin Eshelman, Miss Lucy Jacobs, Mrs. Henry Jacobs and Wilbur Jacobs of Berwick ; John Linker, Mrs. Will iam Zeird, Mrs. Albert Eroh and Mis. Shearer of Tamaqua; R. W. Jacobs and wife of Hloomshurg; Mrs. Lottie Thomas of West Pittston ; Mrs. Ella Roberts of Williamsport; Frank Jacobs and Miss Dora Keithan ot Sunbury; Fred Keithan and daughters, Lizzie and Annie, and Robert W. Davenport of Shamokin. Interment took place in the Odd Fellows' cemetery. food Laws Distributed. One thousuid copies of a synopsis of the lawsgoverning the adulteration of foods, which has been prepared by Secretary ot Agriculture Critchfield, together with a circular letter of Pure Food Commissioner Warren, are being sent out by the Dairy and Food De partment to various newspapers and magazines in the state. These copies are being distributed in response to numerous requests for information of the laws governing the adulteration of food. In his letter D; - . Warren serves no tice "to all concerned that all viola tion- of the acts will he punished to the tallest extent wherever the duly appointed and sworn special agents of the division secure sullicit ut evidence to convict offenders." The hearty co operation ot legitimate manufacturers and dealers, a- well as the press and public in general, I- asked by the de partment. which l- seeking to drive poisonous foo is and liqm rs from the markets of Pennsylvania. Reception. Mr. and Mrs. A. Saw in.ski ga.e a reception at their home on Saturday evening in honor ol Mr. and Mrs. Jo-eph Sawinski of Berwick. Refresh ments were served at 10:30. Those pres ent were Mr. and Mrs. John Cribbs, | Mr. and Mrs Thomas Kerns, Mr. and Mrs. William Hester, Mr. and Mrs. C. Shultz, Mr. and Mrs A. Girton, Mrs. Keiner, Misses Annie Oliver, Lizzie Sawinski, Ida Sawinski, Mary Oliver, Kate Riffel, Mice Hester, Mary Hause, Bessie Cribbs, Nora Cribbs, Hugh I Oliver, William Lovett,Frank Lowrie. 1 j Ray Girton, Fred Girton and Herman I ' Shultz. 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 I is prepared at all times to ex -1 cute in the neatest manner JOB PRINTING Of all K Inds and Description HIE Y. M.(. A. ANNIVERSARY The anniversary of the Y. M. C. A. was held in this city Sunday evening. Two meetings were held, simultane ously, ono in Mahoning Presbyterian and the other in St. Paul's M. E. church. Several of the other church es of town dispensed with evening ser vices in order to give their members an opportunity to attend the anniver sary. As a result there was a large audience present at both St. Paul's and the Mahoning Presbyterian church H. I?. Scliultz, President of the Board of Directors of the Y. M. C. A., presided at the Mahoning church and B. W. Mus&elman, Secretary, at St. Paul's. At each place of worship the ser vices began by an organ voluntary. The opening prayer at the Mahoning church was offered by Rev. M. I<. Shindel, D. D., at St. Paul's, by Rev. George Limbert. At each place the assemblage joined in singing the familiar hymn,"Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing." This was followed by scripture reading. At each of the anniversary meetings a violin solo was rendered by Dr. F. Nice ot New York. It was a masterly rendition much enjoyed by lovers of music at each place of worship. The President's and General Secre tary's report aud the report of the Ladies' Auxiliary at the Mahoning Presbyterian church were read by Mr. Laumaster; at St. Paul's, bv S. A. McCoy. The General Secretary's report was quite voluminous yet tersely present ing a statement of the work accom plished and setting forth the objects, principles and value of the Associa tion as an organization existing for the betterment of men. To attract and interest aud hold young men during the formative period of their lives aud to persuade them to enter into right personal relations with the Son of God. the Savior and Keeper of men,is the real end in view and this definite and continuous and aggressive religous work carried on parallel with other phases is what differentiates it from other benevolent movements in behalf of young men. Other organizations,the report went onto say,may have gymnasiums; there are other societies made up of men that may have more members; social ly the Young Men's Christian Associa tion may bo below the standard of many clubs ; and m mere humanitarian effort it may be equalled and some times surpassed by social settlements and institutional churches; but for practical religious effort, by and for men, it was held, the Association con stitutes a combination wholly unique, so admitted by men in every station of life. Therefore, to neglect or undervalue this woik for men, or to carry it on half heartedly or in any cheap fashion or in a spirit of compromise is to sap the vitality of the movement. Not one of its many sided interests can be neglected. In Danville the Y. M. C. A. has been advancing along social, intel lectual. physical and spiritual lines. Of course in such an institution there are always new conditions arising that must be wisely considered and when possible, these new conditions should be accepted and incorporated into the work. The Y. M. C. A. has a great priv ilege in Danville. Its building aud equipment are well adapted to its needs for splendid service. By no means, therefore, should it be permit ted, on account of indifference, to fall behind. Should this occur it would bo a most disastrous thing to the town and to youug manhood. Concerning the work of the past year good results were reported. In the religions department tho regular Sunday afternoon meetings for men, the weekly Bible Class, the prayer circle, and special evangelistic service iu connection with the churches were held and through these agencies much good was accomplished. The physical department was never more popular and since the coming of Mr. Carpenter to take charge of the gymnasium classes, this part of the work has been steadily growing in favor with business men and others. The present season will witness the largest classes ever seen in the gym nasium. The number of classes conducted iu the gymnasium from October 1, 15)02 to June 1, 1903, (eight months) were 321. Attendance 3.855. The social side of tho young men has not been neglected and from time to time social gatherings,—notably the New Year's Reception and reception to Committeemen, —have been held. The present membership of the As sociation is 275, which includes 39 boys and all others who pay the sum ot £5.00 or over. The directors and committoes and those having in charge special meet ings have rendered valuable service during the past year. Our local pastors, the press, and many private individuals have contri buted in many ways to make the Y. M. C. A. the popular institution it is in our midst today. To all these the Directors return thanks. The report of the Ladies' Auxiliary reads as follows: The year just ended has been a suc cessful one to the Ladies' Auxiliary, because we are gratified with the knowledge that the young men of the j town are being reached by our secre f. 'Utinued on Fourth Page).
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