Due Paper -—For tlie Dene the circulation ot this paper is in creasing rapidly. It will pay you to advertise in the AMERICAN. SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER YEAR Ml. lIiVJNG 11. ,IEKNIK(iS, DEMIST. Ojfire llour» ■I .1 M to I'* M ll>i Vill St.. /* v to i /' .'/ Danville. /'■<. i *tu i/i"/., si. i>. Mil l I>\sv1111;, Pa. Diseases of the Stomach uii'l I ntesiines a Specialtv | y< w . I'. AXUI.K, DENTIST llnl< K '-'l s Mil l *»' l KKhT. rrl Ii I-;xtnieteil without rmii <'rowii Mini lirltliii* Work ii "specialty. h< lii if>l>tii with Hi. inle-i Mini iiiont improveU liiMlmnienls uikl |>rv|i:iM i-xci'iilfthe most difficult work. DR. C. li. REYNOLDS, - DENTIST - L'RS Mili -- :■>!., Danville, Pa. ffc-tri.-try inn.l itf branches. Charges and - w<>r« linarauteed (OMU NSHiI M:\VS. Ii o.v had a inoiii'T value we would ail In* rich. Ami wiuter shows no signs of loos ening its grip John Mitchi 11, president of the Un :i <1 Mine Workers, will sail for Paris u.i J.y Ist This is his first trip across ill - o- •■an and he goes as a delegate to liui 1. teriiatiuiial Mining Congress, wl; cli oavein sin Puis on May 23. V i ill was elect dby a unanimous VOt C. The lug Henry Clay colliery of the Reading Company is lying idle and will ii'e was fumigated Saturday ami this is the last case. Weather prophet ilick- predicts all kinds of dismal things foi February. He says there will he cold,snow,sleet, and blizzards. The month will close with fair and moderate weather. Those that enjoy an old fashioned winter should con.e out and battle with iti delights, and not merely con tent themselvi". with admiring its beauty from the chimney corner. The authorities at Butler refuse to accept any more money for relief, as the typhoid epidemic is practically at an end and they have sufficient funds to carry it through. At Pittsburg S3OOO is awaiting them. The month of January just closed has made a record for itself in the way of severe weather. On three oc casions the mercury went way below zero. A total of about 22 inches of snow has fallen, the beautiful having descended on 11 days oat of the 81. Many a rock which his enemies throw at a man enables him to climb higher. There is another crusade against im, moral exhibitions at county fairs. It is a good move, but the crusaders will find more gambling than any other sort of immorality at the ordinary county fair. And trie gambling is done openly,as if the law officers were part ners of the gamblers. Dr. Yeom ins* Bible Class, assisted by the Ladies Aid Society of Mahon ing Presbyterian church will hold a supper in G. A R. Hall on Thursday evening. February 18th. The proceeds will be applied to the carpet fund. Counterfeit silver dollars stamp, d 1888 are reported in circulation in thin part of the state The milling and general appearance are deceptive, but the sound betrays the counterfeit and the weight is too liaht Gentlemen who sighed for a real, good,old-fashioned wiuter will hence forth kindly refrain from further, like indulgence. Only six people out of 32,000,00(1 traveling in Pullman cars have been killed iu the three years. Now, you know why you are asked to pay extia-uot for luxury, but for safety. And the groundhog neel not worry himself over coal hills for the next six weeks, either. KliJution day will soon he here. (Jot ready to giv > your support to the h'st men. If this winter should happen to ling erin the lap of sping. that geii'l" croaturo would undoubtedly suspeci ihil tin ice wagon had hacked lip him disgorged its burden V. _ . ' 1 .> ' "THIS COUNTRY WILL NEVER HE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDS WITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS." VOL. t!l--M) .">. WORST BELIEVED | TO HE OVER I The great if*' gorge concerning which | >n much has been printed is bringing sightseers to Bloomsburg by the hun dreds daily. Danville, which next to Bloouisburg and Catawissa is situated ! nearest tlia big gorge and therefore the ! most likely to he affected by it, nat urally feels the keenest interest and among the sightseers on the spot the largest number generally are found to be Danville people. On Saturday afternoon lhe',':ll D. 1 L. & W. train alone carried seveuty i three of our townspeople whose oh- I jective poiut was Catawissa or Bloonis ! burg. The train was tilled before it reached our town and by the time the ! Danville contingent had distributed themselves about the train standing room was at a premium. Owing to the crowded condition ot tiie cars it i was impossible for the bulk ot the i passengers to catch more than an oc j casionat glimpse of the ice and it was | oulv those that disregarded the rules \ and rode upon the platform who had anything like a full view ot the gorge. People who carried in their mind images of the great ice gorge as pict ured from descriptions given earlier HI the week were doomed to disap pointment. The evidences of a great Hood were everywhere apparent, but the mountain of ice had sunken into a mole hill. The receding water, the wasting action of sun and wind had conspired to alter the entire aspet tof the gorge. In forty r eight hours the change was remarkable—even twenty four hours had done wonders. On Sat urday afternoon the river along its entire course was well within its bank.-,. Here and there, it is true. aj hump ot ice rose slightly above the j shore,but the great body of ice through our the entire distance lav on a levt 1 with th • river brink or slightly below it. There was no room to doubt, how- , ever, that the most lurid descriptions j given of the flood when at its height in all instances coincided with fact. There were plenty of evidences both of its fury and its scope in Ihe over turned dwellings, in the immense windrows of ice masses stranded in the fields far from the river and in the bauds of ice around the tries ten feet tiom the ground which marked the height ot the flood on Sunday when freezing conditions set in. The beautiful stretch ol farm land between Knpert and Bloomsburg still presents a desolate appearance. Things around Cutawissa also look had,especi ally between that point and Bupert, where the trolley track is concealed under a deep deposit of ice and debris and the sagging wiles and the trolley poles wrecked or leiuiug out of per pendicular add to the geuer.il aspe -t of desolation. At no place, however, dees the ice gorge awe one as it did earlier in the week and it require* an effort of the mind, indee l.to associate with it now the thought of any gieat destruction. The danger limit is not past. A heavy rainfall in which the inciting j snow would add to the volume of wat er might precipitate a flood in which all the thrilling scenes ol a week ago would be repeated but under weather conditions of any other sort things will naturally follow their present trend. The water may not fall much lowe , which would be all the better considering that it might assist in wearing away the ice. Already it is apparent that the river has worked a channel through the gorge. The water has nearly receded from the farm land aud practically the entire current which sweeps down by Danville comes through under the ice. In view of these facts people in Bloomsburg aud 111 Catawissa Saturday were inclined to be optimistic. All had emerged from a state ot sus pense. while not a few were to be found who chose to regard the big ice gorge as a closed incident and express ed a belief that it had passed a point when harm would be likely to re-ulr Moved 2000 Freight Oars. The lull iu i assenger traltic Sun day gave the Pennsylvania railroad company an opportunity to catch up |in its freight traffic, which had been seriously delayed by the flood. Two thousand coal cars were moved oil the S. H. & W. branch Sunday. Sixteen hundred of those were empties taken up the road for loading at the mines. Four hundred came down loaded. The sound of traffic could be heard on the opposite side of the river nearly continuously during the day. Iu order to succeed in removing the laige number of cars it was nece-sary to press passenger locomotives along with their crews into service. When passenger engines were used it took two to move one train, one locomotive leading and the other following a- a pusher. Veterans Protest. Claiming that the State Commission appointed to take charge of thebuild | ing ot the monuments at Antietam are j not performing their duty according to the la v governing them, several of the Civil War regiments, among them the Forty-eighth of Hottsville.are taking step- to compel the commission to act within the letter of the law. The Legislature permitted each regi ment to select its own design and award the contract. The Forty-eighth j r giment awarded its contract to a ] Hhiladeluhii firm, but it was overrul ed by the State Commission, who awarded all contracts to a Massachu ' setts Hrui • RI'RAL TEACHERS ARE WIDE AWAKE County Superintendent O. W. Derr jof Washingtonville was in this city I yesterday and during an interview spoke most encouragingly on the sub ject of the ruial schools. The good attendance, the interest shown by teachers and pupils alike as well as the substantial progress which follows as a result of such application are causes for general congratulation Mr. Derr attributes this encouraging state of affairs in no small degree to the influence of the teachers' meetings, which were inaugurated in this coun tv last tall. These moetiugs are township affairs ! land take in not only the teachers and ! directors, but all the patrons and pu pils. Tliev are held at intervals of three weeks,each of the several school houses j ;of the district being selected in turn as a place ot meeting. The teacher holding fortli in the school house | where the meeting is held always acts j 1 as chairman. The meetings are purely for discus- j sion of subjects to be taught and metli j ods of teaching. The teacher is re quired to prepare a paper on a subject selected by the County Superintend ent, which is often one, which in his judgment Is not taught quite as well as it should be in that particular school. The paper is read, after which the subject is taken up for general discussion. By the ti.ne a full inter change of views has been effected all that is worth knowing o i th • subject has come to the suif »<•••. The Comity Superintendent himself makes it a point to be present at the teachers meetings. The meetings,he says,are exceeding ly popular and on one occasion there j were 125 persons present. Many of the papers are exceedingly good,while the discussion participated in by the teach ers show that they have special paiu> to familiarize themselves with : the subject. lit. Derr is much pleastd with the progressive spirit shown by the teach- j ers of the county. They fully under stand, he says,that they mast advance to k• - q) up with the inarch of progress. In examining applicants for teachers' positions last year he raised the stand ard from (it) per cent, to 70 per cent. Next summer it will have to be still higher and no one will he grjufed a provisional certificate who does not attain an average of i 5 per cent. Next year the new Act goes into effect which fixes the minimum salarv paid to teachers at per month. Fifty Years'a Blacksmith. Daniel Brooks, an aged resident of Sidler Hill, departed this life at 11 ::?<> o'clock yesterday forenoon. The deceased was an esteemed ami well known resident. He was born in Staffordshire. England, in 1827, and at the time of his death, therefore, was 7<> years of age. He came to America in 18")7, locating in Danville, where he has since resided. He was a black smith by trade and followed that em ployment for a period of sixty-two j voars. For many years lie worked in the shop of the Heading Iron Com pauy. bete, retiring only three years : ago. The decoased is sutvived by three; sons and two daughters : Daniel. Will-! iam, George. Mrs. T. C. Bruder of Philadelphia and Mrs D.m el Adams Of this citv. The funeral will be held on Satur day at 2p. in. Interment will take ! place in Odd Fellows' cemetery. Drafting a Pavine Ordinauce. The initial step toward stieet pav- j ing in this city was taken by the Bor- j ough authorities yesterday afternoon, j when a meeting was held to draft a paving ordinance, which will be sub- i mit ted to the Borough Council for it- j first reading on Friday night. The meeting was held at the office of Borough Solicitor B S. Gearhart and was attended by Chief Burgess Fursel and the Committee on Ordin ance and Police. Engineer G. F. Reef er, who has the Borough survey on hand for piocuriiig an established grade was also present. The aim is to have the ordinauce finally adopted aud everything in readiness to begin street paving in j the spring. Officers Elected. At the quarterly meeting of the Wo- j man's Foreign Missionary Society of the Mahoning Presbyterian church yes- 1 terday afternoon the following officers j were elected for the vear beginning March, 11)01: President, Miss Mary F. Voris; Vice Presidents, Mrs. F. 0 Hartuian. Miss ('lata Kase and Mrs. William G. Ktamer; Secretary, Miss Louisa Voris; Treasurer, Miss Harriett E. Siiuington ; Secretary of Literatuie, I Mrs. John Sechler. Very encouraging articles were read ion the work being accomplished by l the Missionaries in China, especially since the Boxer uprising. Mr. aud Mrs. Boiuboy Entertain. The following company was very | pleasantly entertained at the home of Mr and Mrs. Lloyd Boiuboy, West Hemlock township, yestordav Mr. and Mrs Boyd Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Park Moore., Mr and Mrs Charles St:rling. Mr. an t Mrs Jotters I*l Bi-tz, Mrs, Daniel F Crossley,Mr. Elias I.von. Mi and Mrs |" .1 Kogers Mi and M-- W J. Rogers Mr. and Mi - Si moil Hoffman, Miss Bessie Hess, Mis John Marks, Mrs. Samuel Mills, Miss Mary Rogers. Miss Ivy 1 Bet/, and Miss Catharine Hoffman. DANVILLK. PA., Till liSDAY FEIHU Al*Y 4 11)04. jraisoni. r.IIiAI.HAI'IIS Mr. ami Mrs. Pliares Kpecht of Mil ton,ami Mr. and Mis William Leister of Georgetown, spent Sunday at the Leisenring home, West Mahoning street. Prof. Lewis A miner mail of Wilkes bar re, spent Sunday with relatives iu Dauv i lie. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Ellenbogeu of Wilkesbarre, spent Sunday at the El lenbogen home, Lower Mulberry street. Dr. VaPer Drumheller of Berwick, J siient Monday with his parents at Ho j tel Oliver. I Arthur Koan of Berwick,spent Sun -1 day with Danville friends. John Bowden transacted business in I Sunbury yesterday. Richard Fogel. Riverside, transact ; ed business in Sunbury yesterday. F. G. Peters transacted business in j Wilkesbarreyesterday. District Attorney Ralph Kisner transacted business iu Sunbury yester i , 1 nay. George B. Kase was a Bloomsburg visitor yesterday. Morris Marks ol Riverside, transact - 1 ed business in Sunbury yesterd iv. W. J. Nelson of the Bennett and Moulto i Repertoire Company is in this city arranging for the coming en gagement of his company at tie Opera House all next week. Eli as Man r spe it yesterday in'Sun j bury. T. H. Snyder of Shenandoah, re . tariu-'l home yesterday after a visit with friends in this city. W. Kase West. Esq. .transacted busi n ss in Sunbury yesterday. Albert Dreifuss of Altoona. is visit ing his parents Mr. and Mrs. Simon Dreifuss, Lower Mublerry street. W. T. Shepperson was in Sunbury j yesterday. Miss Annie L. Miles, East Market street, has returned from Binghani toti. N. Y Miss Margaret Divel left yesterday for a month's visit with relatives in Reiding and Eastnu. Mrs. Lewis Crick and Mrs. Louisa Nice of South Danville, were in Cata wissa yesterday. Dr. Sliuur.iu, wife and daughter, Harriet of Jerseytown, were guetss at the home of W. M. Htftlii'iu. Mahoning street, yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Keefer of near Siiamokiri, were guests at the home ot P. J. Keefer, Wall street, yesterday. Mis-"s Grace Williams and Martha Evans and Thorn is Evans ot this city and Arthur Evans of Johnstown, en i joyed a pleigh ride to Bloomsburg yes terday. Miss Ella Snyder visited friend- in Bloomsburg yesterilav. Edward Sace of Philadelphia, is a guest at the home of HeV. L D. Ul rich. Church street. Mrs. Edward Hum was a Berwick visitor yesterday. C. E. Yorks of Central, transacted business in this city yesterday. Mrs. Morris Snyder was a Blooms i burg visitor yesterday. Miss Sara Jones returned to Scran ton yesterday after a visit with friends in this city. W. D. Laurnaster was in Lewisburg ' yesterday. Mis. Henrietta J. Angle will leave I this morning for Syracuse. N. V., to ! spend several weeks with her daught- J ei. Mrs. .1. E. Buley. Theodore Hoffman, Jr., was a Mil ! ton visitor yesterday. _ Coasters Have Rare Sport. The young peoplo of the Fourth Ward have ooe of the tin est coasting grounds in Danville. Starting on th : top of the hill on Ash street they come down the middle ol the street until they reach Center street, when they turn to the right and follow the side walk of that thoroughfare until a point near the IJ.l J . & R. crossing is reached. The hill is a long one, while the total length of the course followed , embrace* some three or four squares, i The coasters are generally very nam ' erous.so that the hill after every snow jis soon worn as smooth as glass. It is l at present in its very best condition, i and last night coasters were out by j scores. I Many of the sleds pressed into ser vice were a study. There were two or i three bob sleds geared long enough to ; hold ten or a dozen riders and they jail were crowded. Other sleds were oddly improvised affairs, the best the bovs could make with the rude skill at their command. These answered ad mirably, however, aud glided along , over the smooth surface as swift as the more artistic models. It was rare sport indeed and the hoys and girls of that part of town will long remember the winter of IJMM —4, which ha brought -neb an abundance of snow. Replacing Their Goods. .1 and F Heniie yesterday removed their goods from the Brown Building back into their store room below the canal, which thev vacated through fe »rot high water. The merchants j generally, who believe that there is not much more to fear on the score of ! hiuh watei, are gradually replacing their goods and altogether things are ' becoming normal again 'CROCODILE SHEARS HAVE ARRIVED In our last week's issue tlie fact I was alluded to that a large guillotine , shears weighing 52,000 pounds had been installed at the Reading Iron Work- As might be interred from its weight this i- mi ponderous piece of machin ery. In its action it may be said to resumble a guillotine, the instrument used in France for beheading crimin als ; hence its name. This shears, heavy as is its weight, is entirely discounted by another shears which arrived at the Heading Iron Works yesterday and which is known as a "Crocodile shears. " While the first mentioned shears is adapted to cutting iron sheets in two, the lat ter will be used on iron bars and the like where much greater torce is re quired. It is sail that the shears, which operates on the principle of a crocodile's jaws, will bite a heavy steel billet iu two. The weight is given at some s 0,0()0 pounds and with only a few excep tions is the heaviest piece of machin ery ever installed at the Reading Irou Works here. A force of men yesterday were employed in unloading the pond erous machine from the freight car. but a- might be inferred the progress made was slow. The shears will be installed in the northeast corner of the sixteen inch mill opposite the guil lotine shears, which stands in the northwest corner of the works. The big crocodile shears is the pro duct of the Reading Iron Company's own shops. It was cast in Scott foun dry at Reading, where government gun j . sugar mills and other heavy machinery is manufactured. As Sturdy as an Oak. The following interesting news item appeared in one of our Tuesday's ex changes : Hon. Alex. Bilimeyer ot Wasliing tonville, will be sixty-three years of age on Feb. 7, and he is as sturdy as an oak. He is what may eminently be called a self-made man. Beginning life a poor boy, he labored and saved until about thirty-seven years ago lie had sufficient t i purchase an interest iu a mill, afterwards becoming sole owner. For eight years he aud one ot his brothers operated it ami cleared an average of one thousand dollars each month. That gave him a starter of nearly a hundred thousand dollars. Hi' has purchased timber land and op- 'd if ills in several states and about •verything that lie engaged in turned to money. He now owns a dozen farms if as good land as can be found in this section. He lately sold 100 ton- ot hay to one p•»rty and 150 ton- to another. Mr. Billuieyer always took great de light iu hunting and eight or ten years ago, Iu came to the conclusion that it would be more pleasant to have the wild animals quarried,so that lie need not run after them and that he might always be sure to get one if he went for it. Acting upon this idea he began with a half dozen deer. They increa-- ed wonderfully, and at times he has had as many as 150 in bis park. He now has between 70 and SO deer and one dozen elk, and squirrels without number, wild turkeys, etc. Mr. Bili meyer has been honored by the voters of his congressional district in elect ing him to serve the unexpired term of the 57th Congress of RufusK. Polk, deceased, and that he performed his duties ace'ptably is evi lenced by the fact that he has received from many quarters assurance that if lie wants another term all he has to do :s to speak the word. Beunett & Moulton Company. It has been the aim of the Bennett & Moulton Company to have the best repertoire company on the road, and it is said they have succeeded to an extent that is truly beyond the com prehension of those who have not watched their flight from the rear to the front rank in the profession. Ben nett and Moultou's success i« due to their productions; also by their keep ing every promise they made to the public. The company i- made up this season of '.'l exceptionally clever peo ple, which includes a first-class con cert orchestra and seven vaudeville artists. The specialties introduced by this company consist of some <>t the best acts in the country. The company will appear at the Danville Opera House next week, commencing Feb ruary Bth. Ladies tickets will be is sued for the opening night when "A Daughter of the People" will be the bill. Annual Members' Reception, The annual reception to the mem bers Of the Y. M. ('. A. will be given by the Ladies' Auxiliary in Associa tion Hall, Thursday evening, Feb i ruary 11, at H o'clock. These "members' receptions" prove to be very enjoyable events and gen erally bring out a large attendance. The reception this year will possess an additional interest owing to the presence of Dr. A. K. Aldinger,Physi cal Director of the Bloomsburg Norm al School, who will speak on"The Value and Need of Physical Exercise.' There will be other brief addresses as well as good music and a luncheon. Returned Home. Hairy Saunders has returned home from the University hospital, Phila delphia, where he underwent a very difficult operation. His condition was very serious, but he is now on a fair way to recover, although he may be incapacitated for work foi some time. DIRECTORS' ASSOCIATION The ninth annual convention ol the Directors' Department of tha Pennsyl vania Stat< Educational Association will he held at Harrisburg next week. The Association will hold its meeting in Assembly Hall, High School Bnild ing, on Wednesday and Thursday, the 10th and 1 ltli ilist. Montour County, which has a loeal organization of school directors, will be represented in the convention. Its five delegates will be: P. J. Keefer, W. O. Greene, James B. Pollock, Al fred Diehl and P. F. Brannen. Jacob Fischer is president of the directors' association in this county and J. N. Pursel and Alfred Diehl secretaries. The executive committee is composed of Ur. 'Harpel. Matthew Sheep and John C. Foust. Both Borough Superintendent Gordy and County Superintendent Derr are very enthusiastic in their praise of the Directors' Association and although Montour County has held a member ship in it for but two years they de clare they can see iu our schools hen - eficial results growing out of the broad and liberal discussions of the conven tion. Its objects are such as should appeal to every lover of tho public school system. They are : First, The discussion of questions relating to the management of the Public Schools; second. The advocacy of needed legis lation for schools and the scrutiny of proposed legislation; third, The Pro motion of efforts to increase the effic iency of the public schools ol the state. The address of welcome will be de li verel by Hon. Vance McCormick, Mayor of the City of Harrisburg. The response will be by Rev. E. S. Hassler of Grove City, Mercer county, Chair man ot the Executive Committee. Iti the afternoon there will be an ad dress by His Excellency, Governor Samuel W. Penuypacker. The bulk of the proceedings will be made up of papers, prepared and read by well known educators, each paper being followed with discussion. Among the most important papers are the fol lowing : "Shall the School Curriculum be Enlarged or Contracted? What, Why, How?" by H. M. Lessig, of Pottstowu ; "Are Our Normal Schools up to tin- Standard in the State?" by J. D. Anderson, M. D., Wilkinsburg. Allegheny County; "The Tenure of Office of Teachers," by William F Darby, Steelton ; "Duties, Rights and Privileges of Directors," by S. M. Wakefield, Redstone. Fayette County; "Centralization and Consolidation of Rural Schools," by Superintendent E. M Rapp, Hamburg, Berks County. \t eight o'clock Wednesday night an illustrated lecture will be deliver ed by Professor Lightuer Witmer of the Department of Psychology, Univ ersity of Pennsylvania,on the subject. "The Causes and Treatment of Back wardness iu School Children." The convention will close at 11:45 a in., Thursday, with an address by Hon. N. C. Schaeffer, State Superin tendent of Public Instruction. Employed to Watch the River. As a precaution against accident caused,bv ice iu case the water should suddenly rise [the Pennsylvania rail road company has installed watchmen all along the S. H. & W. branch whose duty it is to report on the condition of the river. The necessity of this precaution is obvious when it is explained that the water owing to the abnormal condi tions is at many places very nearly oil a level with the railroad and that in clearing the track the ice cakes were piled up to the height of several feet on either side. The fiist slight rise ot the river will no doubt result iu throwing much of the ice back up on the track where it might cause a cost ly wreck unless immediately removed. Court on 4th Monday. February court will convene on the fourth Monday or the 22ud inst. the traverse jurors not assembling until Tuesday morning, the 23rd inst. Unless considerable business de velopes during the three weeks inter vening there will be a very short ses sion. At present there is not a single ca-c on the criminal list. Incidentally as illustrating the law abiding qualities of our inhabitants it might be mentioned that there is but one prisoner in jail and lie is doing time. Sleighing Party, A number of ladies from this city enjoyed a sleigh ride to Jerseytown on Tuesday where they were entertained at the home of Peter Rudy. In the party were: Mrs. Peter Motteru, Mrs. Thomas Cole, Mk Hemmerly, Mrs Calvin Eggert, Mrs. Charles Miller, Mrs William Miller, Mrs. Clara Young, Mrs. Marr, Mrs. Baylor, Mrs. Goss, Mrs. John Foust, Mrs. \N. C. Heller, Mrs. John Minglen, Mrs. W. Mottern, Mrs. Harry Hess and Mrs. Maust. An excellent dinner was served. Drove to Rupert. Mr. and Mrs. James Shultz. ol this city; Mr. and Mrs. Hervey Shultz,Mr. aud Mrs John Sports of Riverside ;Mr. and Mrs J. W. Beruiuger, of Roaring Creek,and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Shultz, of Cooper township, enjoyed a sleigh ride to Rupert yesterday, where they were entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Quick. Torchlight factories are already working on stock KSTAISLISIIKI> IX 1855 I DANVILLE LOSES TO TA.\IAIH A The basket ball team of this c tv, which played a game with Tamaqua last night found itself up against tlie real thing, a fact which no one can doubt after learning the score, which was seventy-one to eighteen in favor of Tamaqua As might be iuferred the visitors were high class players and the local team was nowhere near them. Every man on the Tamaqua team played like a professional and the team work was something to admire. Blaker at center threw nineteen goals. There was a large crowd pr3sent who came to cheer for Dauville.but instead were held in mute admiration before the matchless playing of the visiting team. To make it worse for Danville Clayberger, of whom so much was ex pected, injured his Jiaud at practice just before the game began and his place at center had to be filled by Reilly. The locals simply did the best they could and that best is measured by the 18 points as against their ad versaries, nearly four times that num ber. The line up: Danville Tamaqua Bedea forward. Williams Klase forward . Young Reilly... . center Blaker Russell guard Gallagher Fallon guard.. Harpster Wasliingtonville Grange, Pomona Grange No. 31 will meet with Washiugtouville Grange No. 34 on Wednesday the 24th inst. This is its first quarterly meeting aud is an event of considerable interest with the grangers of the county. Washiugtouville Grange No. 34, is one of the most enterprising aud prosper ous granges in the county and is mak ing big preparations for the quarterly meeting. The hall, which is located at Strawberry Ridge, is uudergoing a general overhauling. Among other dec orations a lot of fine pictures are be ing installed, which add very much to the appearance ol' things. Besides being wide awake and pro gressive Wasliingtonville grange No. 34 is a growing one. During the past month twenty-six new members have been added. On Tuesday night the officers elected for the ensuing year were installed. The meeting was one of the largest and best attended of the season. The officers were installed by H A. Suyder, who is recoguized as one of the most capable past masters of the County. Emanuel Mowrer is master of Washingtouville Grange and Walter Umstead, Secretary. J. W. Lowrie is lecturer. Wasliingtonville Grange iu its routine of business at its regular meetiugs in cludes a literary programme. It thus becomes a very useful factor iu the community not only accomplishing the mateiial objects to which the grange is devoted,but also cultivating a taste for reading and discussion, for music and art, thereby adding to the sum total ot culture among the mem bers. D. L. & W. R. R, Slmprovements. Noting the purchase of the Pennsyl vania canal bed hy the D. L. & W. R. R. Co., the Wilkesbarre Record says: The old canal parallels the Blooms burg division ot the D. L. & W. from West Nanticoke to Northumberland and at. several points its possession was absolutely necessary in order to pro vide room for the additional track aud sidings necessary to accommodate the heavy and constant growing freight traffic of the Lackawanna. From West Nanticoke nearly all the way to Ber wick the railroad track is crowded in between the hill and canal and with out the latter a tremendous cut would have to be made to provide room for additional tracks. About a mile south of Berwick the canal runs a distance of half a mile south of the railroad as far as the nar rows at Rupert,aud they again diverge at Danville, coming together west of that city. It is believed the Lackawanna is about to double track the Bloomsburg division from Rupert to Kingston yard where the double track to Scranton begius, and the possession of the canal bed will give ample room. Extensive improvements are also contemplated at Beiwick where room for a i *w depot and freight warehcus esis ufeeded, and also additional yard room. The Pennsylvania company retains ownership of the canal a distauce of one mile north of Northumberland and the space will be used in wideniug the transfer yard with the Lackawanna at that point. Entertained Friends. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Bogert enter tained a number ot friends at their home in Mausdale Saturday evening. Those present were: Misses Lizzie Kashner,Hester l'ursel, Ella Hartman, Ersa Mowrey, Emma Foust, Cora Foust, Edith Keller, Lettie Merrell, Mary Merrell, Hannah Fry, Minnie Fry, Edna Flick. Nora Cooper, Eva Beyer, Elizabeth Farnswortb, Bertha Campbell, Stewart Hartman. Guy Mowrey, George Heimbach, Curtis Walters, Arthur Foust, Charles Foust, Fred Roth, Isaiah Krum, Cleveland Boyer, George Strauser, Reese Mer rell, Peter Fry, Eugene Fry. Haivey Beyer. Earl Renn. Arthur Farnsworth, Edward Cope, Oliver Cope, Charles Snyder, Peter Saudel and Herbert Hendricks. Don't worry, the voice ot the um pire will soon le heard. 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 BY AN ENGINEER Engineer G. F, Keefer of Sunbury, who lias charge of the construction of tlie sewer iu this city,came up to Dan ville yesterday morning. Mr. Keefer on his way to this city had a good opportunity of viewing the ice gorges below town. Speaking from an engineer's standpoint he does not think there is more than the re motest possibility of any harm result ing from the ice either ro Danville or to Sunbury. Speaking for the latter place, the fact that the dam and the West Branch are clear precludes all possibility of a jam at that point no matter how great a mass of ice might be precipitated upon them in the event of the gorges suddenly giving way up the stream The widtli of rlie channel there is all sufficient and the volume of water great enough to meet any emergency of that sort. Mr. Keefer does not think that any of the gorges between here and Sun bury will serve as much of an obstruc tion in case of high water. The ice while securely locked in the channel is daily becoming weaker, as is evid ent from its soft and honey combed appearance. High waier is to be an ticipated as the natural sequence of existing conditions. But Mr. Keefer does not think Danville will suffer to any extent from back water caused by ice accumulations below the town. Should the ice jam break the condi tion of the river below is such as to insure its passing off speedily; should it remain intact its position In the channel is such as to permit the excess of water to flow over the top of it without inundating any part of Dan ville. Mr. Keefer applies the same reason ing to the ice gorges above town and he does not think that people along that portion of the river need tear a repetition of the experiences, they have passed through. Montour County Primaries. The Republicans of Deny township have made the following nominations for the coming election : Justice of the Peace, W. H. Dye, assessor, George W. DeGroen ; auditor, A. F. Bechtel; School Directors, G. W. Roat, John Ashenfelter; Overseer of Poor, J. F. Patterson ; Supervisors, J. F. Mowrer and Edward Hoffman; Judge of Elec tion, William M. Snyder; Inspector, H. C. Rishel. The Democrats of Cooper towmhip have nominated the followiug ticket: Judge of Election, I. H. Welliver; In spector, John Casey, Jr. ; School Di rectors, Ed ward Dell and Charles Fry ; Supervisors, Alfred Blecher aud Mel vin Shultz ; Assessor, Jacob M. Shultz; Directors, H. B. Foust: Auditor, Ed wardKashner. Following are the nominations made by the Democrats of Derrv township: Justice of the Peace, Charles E. Shires, Sr; Assessor, George M. DeGreen ; Au ditor, Calvin L. Shires; School Direct ors. James B. Pollock ami Albert Watts : Overseer of the Poor, George D. Vognetz; Supervisors, Charles Hol lenbaeh and William Schooley ; Judge ot Election, Charles Miller: Inspector, Samuel Brittain. The following Republican nomina tions have been made in Cooper town ship: Judge of Election, Wellington R. W'ertman; Inspector, Charles II Rishel; Supervisor, J W. Krumm and Gilbert Millheim: School Directors, Alonzo Mauser aud John F. Mauser: assessor, Johu F. Krutn; Auditor, David Wertman; Overseer of Poor, Daniel Knorr. The Democrats of Washingtonville have nominated the following ticket: Councilman, three years, J. B. Seidel aud J. H. Leidy; Judge of Election, George D. Gresh ; Inspector, Clarence W. Seidel; Tax Receiver, J. Sidney Hotfa; assessor, H. Elmer Cotner; High Constable,ChristianHeckendoru; auditor, Ilard Mertz; Overseers of the Poor, O. W. Derr and Fred Yerg; School Director, Daniel Wagner. St. Valentine's Day. St. Valentine is coming to his own again. Never will be neglected so long as there are young folks in the world. Hearts are everywhere— imitation hearts that is. It would be sacrileg ious at this time of year to use any other than heart shaped candy boxes. And there they are in the stores in every imaginable way. They are great crimson satiu hearts the hue of which reminds one of the big beautiful red; roses, considered from time immemorial to be tpyical of undying love. There are paper-covered hearts smothered in violets.and dainty white crepe hearts decorated with great big bandies of ribbon. Hut the daintiest receptacle for cou fections which a lover could possibly send his sweetheart is in the form of a big white satiu heart, to which are attached with hopes of narrow ribbon several little colored hearts. Painted on the satiu are couplets Stuff and nonsense, of course! Aud yet the recurrence of St. Valentine s | Day does good by niakiug us all young | and foolish for the once. Entertained at Dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Levi Fortner, Straw berry Ridge, entertained a company at dinner on Tuesday. The following were present: Mr. aud Mrs. H. A. Snyder, Mr and Mrs. W. O. Kruni. Mr and Mrs. William Leighow, Mr and Mrs. J. W. Lowrie. Mr. and Mrs. Levi Moser, Mr. and Mrs. Emanael Mourey.