RAILROAD TIME TABLES. PENS* R K. EAST. WEST. 7.11 a.M. 0.14 A.M. 10.1? " 12.15 P.M. jj.2l P M. 4.31 " 5.50 " ' SUNDAYS. 10. 17 A. M. 4 :I * P M. | ID, 1..V \V. K. U. I EAST. WEST. [ 7.07 A. M. i'-li A. M. I 10.19 " 12.44 p. M. 1.11 P. M. 4.33 5.48 " " SUNDAYS. 7.07 A. M 12.44 P M. 6.43 P. M. «05 " PHIL A & READING R. R. NORTH. SOL'TH. 7.58 A. M 11.34 A M | 8.58 P. M. 6-05 P. M BLOOM STREET. 7.55 A. M. 11.32 A. M. 8 58 P.M. 6.04 P.M. THE mYEAR'S BIG PARADE A large and enthusiastic meeting was held in the Washington Hose House last evening for the purpose of mak ing arrangement- for the New ear s parade. All tho committees reported progress, while sufficient has been ac complished to make it evident that those back of the event are determined that Danville shall see a mummer's parade this year that will eclipse any thing of the kind ever witnessed here before. D. O Williams, Wesley Hollobaugh, Elijah Morgan, Seth Lormor, R. W. Fetterman and A. C. Roat constitut ing the committee of arrangements were present at the meeting. Tho first uamed, D. O. Williams. Chairman of tho Committee, presided at the meet ing. The committee on music leported that in addition to Stoes" Baud and ttie Washington Drum Corps, whose services are assured, the Mechanics vilie Baud will also in all probability be in the line of parade. An invita tion has teen extended to that band and a favorable response i- expected. It is plain that tin? industrial feat ure of the parade will be by no means the least interesting. The merchants are devising all sorts of methods, or igin i! and unique in their way.to ad vertise their goods and at the s:tuie time to add to the interest of the par ade. The idea is to hive a detachment ot the military to lead th > parade along with a delegation of th i biggest fire men of the department, four chosen from each fire company. Robert Pursel, Marshal, with Will O. Biowu, R. W. Fetteiman, John Freeze and James .Tones constituted the committee on Route of Parade. The committee made its report last evening, which was en motion adopt ed. The route selected is as fjllows: Form at Washington HoSe House — March up Market to Mowery—to Grand —to Na.-sau—to Front—to Mill —to Market—to Chestnut—to Mahon ing—to Mill—to Bloom—to Ash -to Center—to Mill—out Mill to Farmers' Hotel and countermarch Mill to Invention Said to be Successful. After exhausting experiments last ing over a period of ten years made on the lines of the Pennsylvania Rail road in the vicinity of Altoona, Pat rick H. Delaney, au electrical invent or of South Orange, N. .F. has perfect ed a telegraph system which is destin ed to supercede the post office. It is capable of sending messages at tho rate ot 3000 words a initiate, and a company is to be formeif to compete with the Western Union and Postal Telegraph Companies in the sending ot bulky matter to the principal cities of the country. The machine telegraph in designed principally for use on wires running between the most important cities, over which large volumes of business have to be sent each day. These wires are now taxed to their utmost to carry even the limited volume of business under the present system. By the De laney system it is claimed that at the least forty times tho quantity of mat ter can be transmitted iu a given time It is Mr. Delaney's idea to make his system take the place of the mails foi business correspondence. He says the day is near when it will not pay a business man to mail a letter to Chi cago at a cost of two cents and wait two or three days for au answer when for a little more expenditure he can send a letter as far and receive an an swer in a few hours. With this system a stenographer in any businessman's office may punch out letters on a tape on a machine re sembling at type writer,send the mess age to the telegraph office, where it is put on its way at a 8000-word clip and is received on a chemically prepared tape. This may be translated and ready for delivery within an hour of the time it was written, all at a cost far below telegraph rates The New York man may get an answer to his communication in as quick time Entertained. f Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hendrickson of Valley township entertained at dinner on Christmas day. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Hendrickson, Mr, and Mrs. B C. Hendrickson, Mr and Mrs. Frank Fenstermacher, Mr and Mrs. W. B. Shultz, Mr and Mrs. C. B. Wintersteen of Bloomsburg; Misses Margaret Farusworth, Bertha ( mstead, Fleda and Georgia Hend rickson, Effie, Edna and Miriam Hend rickson, Ruby Shultz, Bertha Hend rickson and Elsie Wintersteen , Messrs. Wm. Sidler, Jesse and George Hend rickson, Charles and Herbert Hend rickson, Carl and Ralph Wintersteen, Allen Shultz. Byron Hendrickson and Foster Kuhus of York, Pa Obnstmas Present. Mrs. W. I. Greeuougli [of Sunbury, presented the large double brick house on the corner of Second and Race streets, that city, to the Parish House of St Matthew- Episcopal church as an endowment If was given on Christ FIERCE FIRE AT BIG MILL A lire broke out at the Heading lion Works shortly before 3 o'oloek on Sat | urday afternoon and hot for the fact it hat the wind was blowing strongly from the west the greater part of the mill might have been destroyed. The fire was confined to a building standing on the bank of Mahoning oreek in which were stored brick and 1 masons' supplies and a quantity of iron filings, which are used in the pud dling furnaces The iron filings and dust, which constitute refuse and waste matter of machine shops, were -.tturated with oil and thereby added to the fierceness of the fire. The interior ot the building was a seething mass of flame before it broke through the roof. One of the first to see the fire was Tarring G. Brown, clerk for R. L. Marks. The Hames had just eaten through the roof, but were rapidiv spreading Mr Brown quick lv notified A. M I'eteis in his store adjoining who in turn called up the tire department. Tiiere was scarcely any delay and the firemen weie on the ground in au incredibly short period of time I'lie die burned with fearful intens ltv and the building from the first was doomed. ft was situated some ten yards east of the mill, separated from it only by a roadway. Had the wind been blowing from the east with the same velocity that it came from the west there would have been nothing to save the mill. As it was the roar ing flames were blown far out over Mahoning creek and the dense clouds ot iilaok smoke rolled aloug over the housetops, shutting oat the sky to those on Mill street and creating tho impression that the entirp Reading Iron Works were in flames. The fire department aided by the mill hose did all in its power to check the flames, but before It snceeedod the building, which was about the dimen sions of an ordinary dwelling house, was practically destroyed. It is diffi cult to figure on the loss at present. The building was Insured. Whether the fire originated from a stove which *as kept in the building or from spontaneous combustion In the iron filings is not known. Y. M. 0. A. NOTES The lat J William K. Dodge was one of the most generous givers to Christian work that New York or the country has known Few men knew tho plan ' of his life or the secret of his giving, however. As revealed by his will, he ; considered himself as a steward of i (rod. aud administered his great busi ness, and his fortune, and his abil ■ ities as well, to the glory of God. ' fhe |5,000 bequeathed him by his grandfather roiled up Into a large sum. He gave generously to the Young Men's Christian Association, with which he was personally connected as au official tor over fifty years, his gilts amounting to over |HOo,OOO. iu his w ill occurs the following statement that should be full of interest to overy ! man who recognizes relations to God ! in the administration of his fortune: ■ Acting from a judgment deliberate >lv formed, based upou observation uX quests to religious and charitable ob jects,and believing it better and wiser to give liberally during my life to such object, I make no bequests of that character. Knowing the hearty sympathy of my beloved wife in all that is good, I feel sure that should she survive me she will use the prop erty entrusted to her hands as a faith ful steward of God, and I trust that by the guiding of a kind Providence my children aud grandchildren have been so educated as to feel it a privil ege and joy to give liberally and large ly in proportion to their means for the advancement of the cause of oar Bless ed Redeemer, and to ail humane and benevolent objects." Over has been given to the Young Men's Christian Associa tions of North America for permanent equipment since they were organized in 1851. The cost of the new buildings opened last year was nearly |4,000,000. A new Association House is being opened each week, costing from a few thousand dollars to 1700,000. Many have been erected as'' Memorial Build ings. " The Ideal Yoong Men's Christian Asociation is one in which the mem bers feel a personal interest in every department of the work,in fact realize that it is their institution and Ihey are responsible for its success. The great need of thin Association in for more esprit de corps on the part of the members | While It is a sad faot it is nevertheless trne that nearly all onr members are in the Association for what they can got out of it. Some few pay for their tiokets and then never come near the building to take advantage of the privileges. Both of these classes are only half-members. The real member is the man who pays for iiis ticket, takes advantage of ttie privileges in all departments, for his own improvement, and then serves ac tively on committees and gives ruucli time and thought to the welfare of the Association and the other fellows. He is ready at all timas to give helpful suggestions as to how the work may be made more effective. He gees that the Association property is not abus ed. He gives his money to extend I tie work Wo need about 1000 such mem bers. Will you be one of them ' Good for Children. The pleasant to take and harmless One Minute Cough Cure gives immediate relief in all casus of Cough, Croup and LaGrippe because it does not pass im mediately into the stomach, but take*, effect right at the seat of the trouble, ft draws out the inflammation, heals and soothes and cores permanently by enabling the lungs to contribute pure life-giving and life-sustaining oxygen to the blood and tissues. Dr Arm strong of Delia. Tex , prescribes it daily and says there i* no better cough remedy made Hold by Paulas &Co , J. D. Gosh & Co. Don't forget (bat the Y M A has open house all day January l*t fur the general public PREPARING FOE STREET PAVING Th« committee appointed to circu late tho petition asking that Mill street be paved the coming Npring resumed its work yesterday morning. Considerable progress waa made dar ing tlie day, signers for live addition al properties being obtained. Among these was the Hoard of County Com missioners, whojiave a frontage of one bundled and fifty feet to look after | Fifty three signers have now been ob tained along Mill street, which con stitute a majority of the property owners. According to the law on the subject this is sufficient to insure the proposi tion of street paving. The petition will be presented to Council at an early date to the end that that body may enact the necessary ordinance so as to be ready to begin street paving when the trolley Company begins work on the proposed line. Au Inch of Truth. Dr. David Kennedy's new medicine, Calcura Sovlent, has been successful in cases which have baffled good doet ors ; and what it has done it may be trusted to do again. Whether your trouble be acute or chronic the result will be the same; only in old cases you must be faithful and patient. For full information and a free sample bottle write to the Calcura Com pany Rondout, N. Y. Pennsylvania at St. Louis. The exhibit to be made by Pennsyl vania at St. Louis will take the shape of a collection of views descriptive of the representative features of the principal towns and oities in the Com monwealth —their bnsiness and manu facturing enterprises, their leading thoroughfares, their conspicuous build ings and their scenic beauties or orna mental characteristics. The responses to the commission's Invitation to the various municipalities to furnish these photographs have been gratifyingly numerous, and many of the leading towns have entered with special zest npou the undertaking In a number of cases those of the older towns for example the photographic exhibits will furnish contrasts of their appear ances years ago and today. Philadel phia will have a particularly tine dis play in this connection,, and so will West Ohoster, whore the aspect of the Center Square in 1840 can be compar ed with what it is iu 11)03. Other municipalities that have noti fied Colonel Lambert. Executive Offi cer of the Commission, of their im mediate co-operation, aud in which the photographic work is now under way. are Heading, Wilkesbarro, Soran tou, Bradford, .M Keesport, .Tohos towu, Willi»niKi»ort, Meadville and Eastou. In eacli case the staple in dustry will be largely featured. Brad ford, for example, will exploit its oil eut-rgios, Wilkesbarre and Scranton their anthracite interest and McKees port aud Johnstown their iron works. It is particularly desired by the Com mission that the interest manifested by the places named sliould be general throughout the state, and that the pic tuiud exhibit should represent every ber of communities have notified Col onel.Lambert of their appreciation of the project and their readiness to co operate. hut definite arrangements have been deferred on account of var ious municipal technicalities. It is expected that these trifling difficulties will be overcome in time to make the display complete aud representative of Pennsylvania's prosperity, progress and enterprise for the opening of the exposition on May Ist. This display of pictures will be on view in the most conspicuous part of the Pennsylvania building—the rotun da. The Liberty Hell will be hung there, circumstance will make it one of the most important centers of attraction at the fair. The photographs will be of uniform size and uniformly framed, and should prove to be one of the most interesting and instructive features of the Pennsylvania exhibits A Costly Mistake. Blunders are sometimes very expen sive. Occasionally life itself is the price of a mistake, but you'll never be wrong if you take Dr. King's New Life Pills for Dyspepsia, Dizziness, Headaohe, Liver or Bowel troubles. They are gentle yet thorough. 85c. at Paules & Go's Drug Store. Pastor's Many Christmas Gifts. Hey. George E. Limbert, pastor of Shiloh Reformed Church, wan kindly remembered 011 Christmas from many different sources. Hie officers and teachers of the Sun day School presented him with a sil ver communion set for the sick. The Bible Class of the Sunday School and Montour Castle, No. 188, K. G. E., of this city, each presented him with a fine turkey. The congregation of Shiloh Reform ed Church Hignalized the return of Christmas by raising Key Limbert's salary one hundred dollars Ely's Liquid Cream Balm is mi old friend in H new form. It is prepared for the particular benefit to sufferers from nasal catarrh who are used to an atomizer in spraying the diseased mem branes. All the healing and soothing properties of Cream Balm are retained in the new preparation. It does not dry up the secretions. Price, including spraying tube. 75 cents. At your drug gist's or Ely Brothers,. Warren street, New York, will mail it. Aid From the State. Montour County will leceive aid from the State Sunday-Sohool Associa tion. The newly elected S S Field Worker, Wm. Stahl, of Mooreshurg, will he sent to Montour county to aid and assist the organized Sunday- School work for about ten days. Sup erintendents and district officers will be aided 111 every possible way by the County S. S. Association, and it is our desire and aim to introduce and he 1 j every Sunday-School 111 the coun ty to have a Cradle Roll, Home De partment, and Teaoher Training ('lass bafore tha n»xt State Convention. SECRETARY ROUTE No. 5 IS GRANTED Post Master C. P. Harder lias re ceived » communication from the Fourth Assistant Post Master General at Washington authorizing him to ex tend tlie Hural Free Delivery from the Dauville Post Office with one ad •lit ion a I carrier. The new route, which will be known as Route No. 5, will follow the one laid down by Special Agent Wilkinson in his report of November 80, 11(03, and will l>e follows : Beginning at the Post Office in Dan ville the carrier will go thence south east and east to Vincent's corner «'- miles; thence in saccession easterly to Amtnermau's corner, northeast to Heiuibach's school house, east, south ami easterly to Irvine's corner, north east and northwest to Lazarus'church, west and southwest to Cottier's corner, westerly to O. A Mauser's corner, northwest to Edmondson's corner, re trace southeast to A. (J. Mauser's cor ner, south to Mauser's corner, sonth west and west to Toby Run school house, northeast aurl northerly to Hartzell's corner, easterly to Yorks' corner, north, northeast and east to Schram's corner, nothwest to Ploch's corner, soot Invest to Summer's corner, southwest to Welsh's corner,northerly to Gillaspy's corner southwest and west to Baker's corner, north to Mill Hollow, southwest to Danville Post Office. The route betweeu the Mill Hollow and the Post Office takes in Sidler Hill, a thickly populated portion of the county up to the present left out of the free delivery territory. The route just granted is 24 miles in length and covers an area of 14 square miles. One hundred aud ten houses embrac ing a population of 475 is served. Free delivery over the new rente will begin on February I, 15)04. Tlie carrier has not as yet been named, but Postmaster Harder iH informed that an appointment will be made in a few davß. The above will bo very good news to the residents of Mahoning and Cooper townships. Post Master Harder has been working very hard for some time past to secure free delivery for Sidler Hill and it is in no small measure due to his persevering efforts that Route No. fl has been granted. Looks Like Murder. New light on the tragedy at Oentralia on Christmas night reveals that the victim, John Dauksha, did not com mit suicido, but was murdered. Mys tery surrounds the story and it is doubtful if the crime will ever be fastened on anyone. After Dauksha and Donna Shoski had quarreld in George Metzcock's home they went out on the street. Their companions hearing four shots rushed out and told that Shoski was reeling around. Shoski said Dauksha had shot him and then shot himself. Dauksha lay on the ground with a bullet through his temple At a hearing later, however. Hen jamiu Dvke, who lives next dror, to Metzcock, told a different story. lie I says lie heard four shots and rushed out to find Dauksha on his bark, with Shoski s fare was bleeding <•< piously from a bullet wound across hi- tore head. Dauksha clutched a revolver in his right hand. Shoski had evidently overpowered his assailant after lie had been shot. Dyke then went away to call tor an officer, and when he had turned and taken a few steps lie heard another shot. Dauksha lay there with a bul let hole in his left temple and the re volver lav at his left foot. It had live empty chambers. As Dauksha held tho revolver in his right hand to shoot Shoski he could not likely have placed the revolver to his le ft temple while held down, and tho theory advanced is that either Shoski or one of the three compan ions, who surrounded the pair fired the last shot. Shoski's story was, no doubt, told to avoid all suspicion, although it is likely he or one of his companions shot in self defence. Shoski, who had been taken into custody, was released, and it is not likely the murder will be charged to anyone. The Lone Star State. Down in Texas at Yoakum, is a big dry goods firm of which Mr. .T. M. Haller is the head. Mr. Haller on one of bin trips East to buy goods said to a ft lend who was with hiin in the palace car, "Hero take one of these Little Karly Risers upon retiring and you will be up early in tho morning feeling good." For the "dark blown' taste, headache and that logy feeling DoWUt's Little Early Risers are the best pills to use. Sold by Paules & Co., .1. D. Gosh A Co. Mr. and Mrs. Everhart Entertain. Mr and Mrs. lia Everhart 011 Mon day evening entertained a company of frtends at their pleasant home, No. 74a KaHt Market street, in honor of their guests, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Johns of Stroudsburg. The following were present: Dr. Smith, Dr. Kobbius, Howard Schultz, Hoy Kishel. Miss Smith. Minn Hauh-rt, Mis-es Maftie and Anna Fowles, Miss Alice Geary, MIHH Kisliel, Mi?« Find, Miss Moist, Miss Schooley, and Miss Robinson ot the Hospital ; Mr. and Mrs Newton ParHol, Mrs. John ],. KVIUH and daughter Maiguerite and Wil'anl Johns. Refreshments were nerved during the evening. Revelation Imminent. A ."lire sign ot approaching revolt and serious trouble 111 your a good law "2 Wln re smallpox into a school it should be promptly closed and all the children \ »c in ited ".'i Require all physicians practic ing in your boroughs or townships and all heads ot famili* - to icport \v ithin twelve bout's, under penalty of S i", each an'l eveiy case of erilpti V< dis ease occui ing in tin ir practice or fami lies. This i- ti' ■ isar\ in older to bring ti light many mild ca-e- iif silt illpox, often called chiekeupo.x "4 Tht ie are no such diseases a " Cuban Itch," 'Hungarian Itch," "Italian Itch," etc. They are all smallpox. Chiekeiipov i- seldom never seen iii adults beyonu sixteen sears ot age. ".j Whenever any case ot sniallpux is discovered quarantine the whole household and enforce at on<*e vac cination of all unprote ted persons. Continue rigid qiaiantine in tlie case of those sick of smallpox for at least thirty days from the appearance of tlie eruption, longer, if necessary, or un til the person is absolutely well. Quniantine exposed persons fourteen days. "»"> Those sirk of smallpox are dan geious from the time the fever appears until they are absolutely well. "7 Whenever smallpox appears in one borough all the Boards of Health in adjacent boroughs should be notili ed. The failure to do this in the past has been a <• uis" of tlie spread ot th disease. "8 Fumigation of buildings mu.-t be thorough. The fumigators com monly sold are too small to be of any value. Fumigation, when properly done,should consume not l> -s than six hours for each aud every room (all may be done at ouci ). Most fumigation is of no value because too quickly done. "it Remember that every unvac ciuated person in any family in whic'i smallpox appears will have the dis ease. None will escape. Experience shows this to be true. "10 Persons who aro vaccinated after exposure often have varioloid, some of them are sure to have ir. A person with varioloid can give others small] ox. That is the way smallpox is kept alive in communities which vaccinate but do not quarantine ex posed persons "11 All disease- at times appear in mild forms: scarlet fever, diphtheria, typhoid fever, etc., all occur HI mild form-, and smallpox dors tie 1 -ane- But the mild forms n al Guard. lie was conspicuous as a citizen, having heeu chosen and ap pointed to positions of honor and re sponsibility in civil life, the duties of which were always promptly and conscientiously discharged. As a law yer he held a high place in tlia pro fession, to which ho w;n devotedly attached. His demise is a great less to the military institutions of the state.'' Temperatures have risen i to 18 de grees in the Atl mtie stjftes and the lower lak" region, an 1 have fallen 10 to 2 Klse where the weather will he generally fair today. It will be warmer todav in the lake region, the ()hio vail. v. .ml th.- Middle \tlantic states T. 0. S. ot A. Llects Officers. I'll' follow ing officer* wre elected by Washington ("m;|> No i, pn S. ot \ ,at a I'gtilar milling on Mon da\ night I'ri sii|,-lit, Harry Wert man; vue president, Isaac Gunsburg er , M off , I,iiniar Kelly; recording secretary, Clnili s Wilson, financial secretary, .1. \" Wilson; treasurer. Dr. (' Slinlt/; conductor, Isaac (irons; guard, William Wertnian; trustee, Stephen NeVIUS MARKERS FOR WAR VETERANS Veterans of the G. A. R art- inter ested in the recent laws enacted by < the state legislature relative to the i placing of metal maikers over the graves of deceased soldiers or sailors 1 wjio served their country with tumor , and al- > the enactment providing for the burial of honorably discharged soldiers and sailors whose resources are not sufliciint to defray burial ex pense. These laws, a part of General Orders Nos M and the Pennsylvania department, G. A. it., areas follows: Section i lie it enacted, etc., that the board of county commissioners ot \ the several counties of this state may I upon (lie petition of any ten reputable ' freeholders ot any township, borough, or city in their county, procure for, and furnish to said petitioners some i suitable and appropriate metal mark ers for the grave of each and every soldier or sailor,who served with hon or in the military forces of the United States,buried within the limits of said township, borough or city, to be plac ed on the grave of such soldier or sail or, fur the purpose of permanently marking and designating said grave for memorial purposes. Section '■!. That in all the petitions to the county commissioners the peti tioners shall state in said petition the name, of tb • soldiers or of such graves in (heir said township,borough or city at the fiin - of the petitioning. Section •!. Tins act shall take effect and be in force immediately after its pa-sage. Approved, the "21th day ot April, 1903. SAMUEL W. PENNYPACKER. Order No. 9—The Department Com mand r calls attention to an act pass ed bv tho Legislature of Pi nnsylvania, and approved by tie Governor, tin* •J7lll da v* ot Marc i 19015, amending !!■ • act of May HOth, issi, providing for the burial of sold i-. sailors or mar ines tli at may die living in-ulliciei;t means ro eofray tlii nee s-arv burial expenses. Tli ■ a (, t as amen ted pro vides tha r tliM Comity C immissioners shall pay *.V>, instead of S!SO for the tiurial of said soldier.sai'oror marine. A Frightened Horse. Running like mad down the street dumping the occupants, or a hundred nth r accidents, are every day occur rences It 1> hooves evorybodv to have i r> liah!" Salvo handy and there's none as good as Buck leu's Arnica Salve. Hums, Cuts, Sore-, Eczema mti Piles, disappear quickly u'ider its soothing effect. »■'e, at Paules .-uus it* bad compelled tliei: tmi-v n-old *Oll to arise from his h d .t eight and ro no to the hotels to bring him liquor. The defendant was arraigned before iii k lii for the defendant's appearance ;:r co.ni and £'.ioo to keep tho peace lova d all pet sons in general and In- wi'» in parti cular. Ho was unable to procure a bondsman and in default was com mitted to jail. The prosecutrix was represented by Attorney H. C. Bare. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. Digests all classes of food, tones and strengthens the stomach and digestive organs. Cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Stomach Troubles and makes rich red blood, health and strength. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure rebuilds wornont tis sues, purifies, strengthens and swee ens the stomach; Gov. G. W. Atkin son, of W. Va., says:"l have used a number of bottles of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and have found it to be a very effective and, indeed, a powerful rem edy for stomach ailments. I recom mend it to my friends." Sold by Paules & Co.. J. D. Gosh & Co. Hard Luck. The Bennett & Moulton Repertoire companies that have been playing throughout Pennsylvania have ex perienced more hard luck than any other organization in the same busi ness. The experience of the company that was booked to play in Danville and other towns in this section is well known. The Bennett & Moulton company that has been plaviug the western part of the state has suffered The loss of two members bv death and others are ill. \t the time of the out break ot typhoid fever at Butler 1 was thi- company's misfortune to he plav lon t bat tow 11 Family Reunion. The home of James Shuliz. Ka-t Market street, wa* the scene of a pleasant family reunion oil Satuiday, it being the T.'ird birthday of Mrs. Shultz. The following soils with their families were present : Haul, of How ellville ; Jacob and Me Ivi 11 ot ('ooper, - and Hervey of Riverside Mr- Hugh ot Rupert and Mrs. .1 \\ Bern inger, daughters, along with their husbands were al-o present. <>thei guests were Mr. and Mrs. John Spotts, Mr. and Mr- Clyde Shultz. of Riv erside. Mrs .1 \V Rolii-on ot Milton and Mrs. Stella Rover ot Philadel phia. THREE LIVES LOST IN FIRE TROY, N. Y , Dec. 30. —The Troy club was destroyed liy tire at 1 :40_this morning, and throe prominent men wlio occupied apartments iu the build ing lost their lives. They were Will iam riliaw, of the law linn of Slutw, j H'iile.V & Murphy ; Moses T. Clougli, nestor of the Heiisselaer county bar, • and Benjamin \V. Kinney, of Boston, j Mass..who was manager ol the hraucli olliye of the Wairen company,of Troy Edward Carpenter, of New York, was ovi rcome by smoke and removed to the hospital in a serious condition. The origin of the (ire is unknown. |Th • flames and smoke were first dis ' covered on the third flooi of the build- j in*; adjoining the Troy club, and o••- I cupied a- a boarding and rooming lions" by the employes ot the dub The flames spread along the wall- of the Troy dub,and wereahfidy break . ing into the clubhouse when discover ed. Panic reigned amoug tlie occu pants. Several tu«hed to the window and threatened to jump in their ex citement. Men cried to tin* terrorized inni ites , to remain iu their positions. A ladder wa- hurriedly raised from the rear bat . i it was no use. The rear portion of the building was a mass of fire aud smoke. 1 A ladd- r was almost simultaneously i rais'd on the Congress street side,and I one after another wore carried down I safely by the firemen. Some were al ready overcome. Clougli was nearly i ninety years old. The club was a magnificent building,costing 125,000. One Hundred Dollars a Box, jis the value H. A. Tisdale, Summer : ton. S. (J.. places on DeWitt's Wi ch i Hazel Salve. He stys: "1 h:id th ' i piles for '■?(> years. I tried many doc tors a'i 1 me'iidnes, but a'l failed ex cept D-Wiit < Witch Hazel Salve. It ( ured in--." It is a combination of tie healing properties of Witch Hazel 1 with antiseptics and emollients; re ' Sieves and permaueutly cures blind, bleeding, it dii'ig aud protruding piles, ' sores, cuts, biuises,eczema salt rheum uu 1 all sltin diseases. Sold by i'.iule Co.. ,1. D. Gosh it Co. Hpeut pleasant Evening. A party was tenden d Miss Myrtle I Suydcr Saturday evening at her home, • Sti iwbeny Ridge. The cveut was in ' honor of M i-s Snyder's sixteenth birtli * day. Those jire-eiir were : Misses (Jrai « ' Boone, Mabel Ivrumui, Catherine l J af ■ 1 terson, Belle,ami ICtta Schooley. D ira * Mourer, Alice ("ro'ulev, I.mma Moher, ' i?v«» Mjur> r Margaret Delhi, (4race St ttiitn ; Messrs. < hat 1- s Mourer, Wil liam 1.0. tier, Harold Stamm, Iviwrit Patt-.Tsi n. 11 •- rvoy Diehl, Ralph Dit 111, James Bo •:!>', Charles Reader, Frank ' Patterson, Allen S-hooley aud Morris i Moser. A pleasant evening was spent i A large number of Shamokin's i "smart set" have recently been serv jr eil witli legal papers commanding j them to lay aside all business next s Monday to attend and give testimony I next week at Philadelphia at the - I') 00 breach ot promise suit of Miss Mai caret Wat k ins against Frederick v K. (iraeber, hi th of whom are former t- Sh.tuiokiuites. The suit was entered e at least four years ago, but for some 0 reason or other the trial has bet 11 put of) time and again. It is claimed upon 1 ! excellent authority that the trial will r r ike place nest week aud some inter . '-1 itig (levi lopmeuts are anticipated. Tendered a Keceptiou. , A reception was tendered Mr. aud , Mrs. David Flick at the home ot the ] l former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. *B. s i Flick, West Hemlock township,Thurs . ' day evening. Those present were: 112 Mr. and Mrs. S. B Flick, Mr. and j Mrs. David Flick, Misses Libbie Pur i si I, Mary (.'rim, Carrie Flick and Ada , 1 Ferris of Berwick ; Messrs. Wellington ' Pursel, Jesse Crossley, Samuel Styer and Harry Snyder of Berwick and , 1.1 wood Crossley of Buckhorn. Eutertaiued. The following were entertained at dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Feter Shultz, West Hemlock township on Christmas day : Mrs. Barton Run yan, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Shultz and daughter Mildred, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Shultz and daughters Mabel I and Margie, Mr. Jacob Umstead, Mr. Thomas McGonigal, Miss Ruth Shultz and Miss Florence Shultz. No Women Prisoners, Warden George Hancock, of the Northumberland county jail, reports that Friday was the first day since the j ii 1 was built in !S7ti. that no wo men prisoners were confined iu the bastilo on the natal holiday. Sixty - three male prisoners enjoyed the speci al meals served on Christmas Day. Most of them received boxes contain ing dainties from their homes and friends. No turkey was served the prisoners. Mercantile Appraiser. George M. Bedea has been appointed Mercantile Appraiser for next year by tfie County Commissioners. 'n• imimwii Bronchitis \ " I have kept Aver's Cherry Pec toral in my house for a great many B years. It is the best medicine in ■ the w >rld for coughs and colds." I J. C. Williams, Attica. N. Y. B All serious lung! troubles begin with ul tickling in the throat. I You can stop this at first in a single night with Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Use it also for bronchitis, consumption, hard colds, and for coughs of all kinds. 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