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Diseases of the Stomach uii'l I ntesiines
a Specialtv
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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<l |i> 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'<elr rem.iin so tor some true.
'J'iio lease on the property has expired
and ' lie heirs if the Bel'as estate, who
own the laud,are not ill a harry, to re
new.
A Leap Year Box Social will he giv
en by the Aid Society of Mausdale in
the Ju-iior Mei hanics hall on Tuesday
evening, February 16th. Proceeds for
the benefit of ihe Mausdale church.
Al! a.-j mo.'t cordially invited.
Jh • temperature for .January was
from -I tu »i degrees below the aver
age. and the cold weal her ha* been
;ua-lit-ally continuous since the la<t
decade of Novi uiber.
Allentown, hi view of the many
s Hiidal-arising out of the Bechtel
inunli- , is going to set its house in
order aud give some attention to the
morals of its people. Not a moment
too soon. The Allentown fair is look
ed upon as a salacious affair, ami
nothing contributes more to give Al
lentown a olack eve than that annual
orgi--.
\V..st Berwick is tejoi' ing over the
fact that the smallpox is no longer
prevalent in that borough. The Trum
bone hou>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.