Home Paper -—■ For lie Home Ihe circulation of this paper is in creasing rapidly. It will pay you to advertise in the Amf.kican. SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER YEAR f)U. JKVINU 11. .IKNMNtiS, Office Hour* < .4. .»/. to l-l M 104 Mill til., I I'. M.toi I'. M. Ihiavillt. I'n. | 1 MH I.T/., .>l. D. PJ."» Mil. l ST., DANVII.I K, I'A. I hsenses of the Stomach and Intestines a Special tv | yt. \\ . I*. AMJLK, DENTIST OKHCK: -IS ML 1.1. S-IKKKT. ,-«*lli Kstractwt without Pain. Crown aad bridge Work a Specialty. »:<)ul|>l'Cd with llit< latest and most Improved Instruments and prepared Iu exu-sitetlic most difficult work. I)K. C. 11. REYNOLDS, -DENTIsT - '2BB Mill -- m., lJanvtlle, Pa. lVntiHtry in ail it- braunb**». Moderate aud * v»o car con tract recently award).! the American (Jar and Foundry Company will be filled bv the company's plant at De troit aud iu,t at Berwick us has been said frequently in local region news papers. So, there will lie nothing do ing at Berwick for a time. Railroad officials aie experiencing a givat deal of trouble in the movement (it freight owing to the large number ot men who are oil dutyou account of sickuel:i several c tses some of the crews were compelled to work short handed. Grip seems to be the main on use of so much sickness. L ' : ~ ; ' '' ————- "THIS COUNTRY WILL NEVER BE ENTIRELY EREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OE ITS OWN DEMANOSWITH ITS OWN PRODUC TIONS." VOL. -HI-NO 9. SCREWING MACHINE The automatic screw machine instal led at tin* Renipe Clock factory \s as put into operation ycsterdav. l T nque>- tionablv it is one of the mo.-t complete and most remarkable machines tliat ever came to Dauvilli*. As implied by the name the machine is self acting With the exception of the tliree wheels employed all the parts of the -elf winding clocks, over 20 in number,including pinions,pi liars, sockets and screws, are turned out with rapidity by the machine itself. It is an intricate looking mechanism and while watching its movements it is hard to realize that it is not guided by intelligence. inserting a wire to furnish niiteiial for the parts to he made the foreman goes about other work leaving tho machine to take care ot itself. Unassisted by any one yesterday it went on with the making ot' pinions each ot the complicated and tiny pieces as it dropped from the machine, re vealiug a state of perfection which it would have been impossible to surpass on the slo - ver hand lathe. Each part of the lias a cutler or "tool" peculiar to itself. Replac ing one of these cutters with another is the work of but a few minutes when it is necessary to change th • work. As all these parts heretofore wer slowly turned ont on a hand lathe it will readily ho s"en that the automatic screw machine most materially in crease the capacity of the plant with out dem Hiding corresponding increase of floor space. The automatic machine will do as much work its all tie hand lathes combined and occupies no more room than any one of them. The new machine was made hv Brown & Sharp of Providence, It I and is very expendve \ n'W milling machine has al-o been adde I but tlii is not yet iu working order The machines just installed a eof the very latest pattern and plae • the Kempe Manufacturing Company in a position to meet promptly all the de mands of the trade 111 turning out its wonderful self-winding clocks Winter at Hospital. Upon no set ot people lias the long and cold winter been harder than the many hundred insane who are shut up at the Hospital here. During the summer the condition of these unfortunate people, deprived ot their liberty, is much improved by their frequent excursions out of doors. Winter even of the milder sort carries with it some restrictions iu the way ot exercise, many of th ) weaker ones being kept in doors altogether and even those who are robust taken out only on days that are relatively fair. The pie-ent winter , however, be ginning with November has afforded very few days when any hut the very hardiest could be taken out while there were many intervals when out of door exorcise was cut off altog. th er. There are pjaces in the building provided for exercise but the patients miss the fresh air and the revivifying effects ot a contact with nature such as is felt by a stroll over tho fields. Crushed Cinder Plant Starts Up. The Chulaskey Iron aud Cement Company started up its crusher tin fin bis cinder tip at that place last week. This is an industry which started up in a small way last year, but which expects to do a big business the com ing season. The machinery is first class anil modem and the capacity ot the plant amounts to many car loads daily, the cinder being turned out in various sizes as desired, all suitable for foundations, street paving,railroad ballast and the like. A good deal of crushed cinder from the Chulaskey plant was used on the streets in Danville last summer and was found very satisfactory. The coin pan v at present is working en a big contract from Sunbury. D. S. Price ot 41!) Bloom .strict, tins city, is ttie superintendent employed by the Chulaskey Iron and Cement Company. He has been with the com pany from the stmt here and ha- lab ored very diligently to make the busi ness a success. Married in Philadelphia. Miss Blanche Goldsmitti ami Mi rbeil Dreifuss of tins city w> re united in matrimony in Philadelphia yesterday. The ceremony WHS performc 1 hy the Rev. Heniy Berkowitz, at the icsid- i ence of the latter. Among those Who j witnessed the ceremony w re Mrs. j Hamul i Goldsmith ami Miss Bertha Goldsmith, mother and sister of the bride, and Miss Cora Dreifuss, sister of the groom, of this city. The newly wedded coai lth fr. on a trip to New York (Jitv. A'hey will ar rive at Danville •> i Saturd i>, where they will reside. The bride was fortm rly stenograph er at the Reading Iron Works and is popular and accomplished. The groom is also popular and is associated with his father, Simon Dreifuss, IU the manufacture of sus pends rs. N To Start a New Foundry. There is a proposition on foot to start a new foundry in this city. The projectors are John lloolfy and M. B. Tieruey. At present they are negotiating for the Huber foundry at the Eastern end of Mahoning street, which has been idle for soma years. Bo{h men are skilled and t \perieii ced stove moulders and they will start out to manufacture stoves along or tain lines as well as to do general job bing as moulders DAN'VII.LK. l'A.. Tilt IJSDAY M A 1!( i I :l HUM. A (KI Klll'S FINE SHOWING The United Evangelical church.Kast Front street,closed its conference year Sunday evening. her of members have been lost to the church this year through being oblig ed to leave town for the sake of em ployment, yet the United Evangelical chuich has not only held its own but has forged ahead along many lines. Following is a brief synopsis ot the pastor's report, which was read at the close of Sunday evening's services: * Regular sermons preached by tho pastor during the year, i»4; special evangelistic sermons, 33; total 127. Sermons by the Presiding Elder and others 8. The pastor was absent but one Sunday during the year. He made 0('.4 pastoral visits. Children baptized, 20; adults, 2; marriages performed, !». lb officiated at 11 funerals As to membership, one died during the year. Fifteen moved away with coitificates, making a total loss ot Hi. There was a gain of 2:1 members dur ing the year,all of whom were receiv ed hv confession of faith. The total membership at present i-> 172, which shows a net gain of 7 over tho mem bership of last year. During the year there were 3ti conversions; 4 were re claimed. As to finances: Money paid for local work, £711: for benevolences, s:r>. Con tributed to the missionary cause, $242.47; total sum raised and | aid bv the congregation for the conference year, #1021.47. The aggregate drops below the total amount raised last year but Rev. Dunn explains that there is a good reason for this, a* tho people had employment only about ouo-third of tho time acd that taking this and other facts in consideration they did as well if not better than dur ing any year in the past. The Sunday school. Keystone Le «gue of Christian Endeavor aud the tlireo mis-ionary societies without exception made general gains along all lines of work. It is generally concede 1 that from a spiritual standpoint the United Evangelical church was never in a better condition than at present. All factional lines, He v. Dunn states, have been broken down and pastor and the whole congregation stand to gether as a unit. The United Evangelical church has the itinerant system and the pa-tor is limited to four years. Rev. Dunn has been pastor of this congregation tor two years and in view of the fact that the entire congregation unite in a de sire for his return it is more than probable that he will I"' -• nt hack l" complete his pastorate The Ice May Move Today. Information from up the river at a late hour last night indicated that ■ there mav be some high water news to J iv. I In railroad circles it was predicted that the ice would break up some time j this afternoon. In the vicinity of Wilkesbarre the ice was reported as cracking and moving in places toward i the gorges. The latter, it was slid, | showed not the least sign of breaking, j No great flood is looked for, how- j ever, unless there should be a heavy j fall of rain during the next day or so. As soon as the ice moves the low lands j will no doubt be flooded and this will j be sure to cause some damage. The • spreading of the water in this way may prevent tlu ice gorges from break ing. luasmuch, however, as the icc is loosening at several places as soon as the water attains a sufficient height some interesting developments are ex- I pected. Died at the Episcopal Rectory. Mrs. Eliza Wolf Lofland departed this life at the home of the Rev. E. J. liaughtou, lector of Christ Epis copal church, yesterday morning. The deceased was the widow of the iate Colonel Parnell Lofland, a veter an of the Mexican war. She was an aunt of Mrs. Haughton and was ner Hiram Sandel ot West Hemlock Township, drove into this cii.v yesterday morn ing. lie states that there is still au enormous quantity 'of snow lying among the hill- On all the northern -lopes, the snow -till lie- a! least two feet deep. Sleighing is very good on | manv of lln roads and yesterday morn ing, Mr. Sandel said, li ■ coul I have j used a sleigh all the way to Dmvilie ' As a matter of fact several si iuhs were out in town along with a tew sleds which drove in from the coun try. The showing altogether is rather remarkable for tie* s< cond of March in view ot the early advent ot winter and the abundance of snow which has I i! 1 leu. Mis. George Sandel, living near Bloom street just outside the Borough while walking on the boardwalk at her home last evening'slipped and tell sustaining a fracture of her right arm. l)r. C. Shultz was called who set the broken bone. At a late hour Mrs. • Sandel was rest inn easily STffilJffit, lilt The filter beds at tlio Water Works are undergoing tlieir semi- annual steri - lizatiou, a process essential every six months in order that the filter beds may properly perform their luuction and the plant furnish pure water." According to theory the deposit of sand and gravel constituting the filter lieds after incessant use for several months become unclean and may con tain bacteria in gieiter or less quant ity. To destroy all spores or germs as well as to cleanse the fine gravel caus tic soda is applied and steam turned in upon the filter bed. The steriliza tion of each tub occupies from twelve to fifteen hours, the filter bed mean while being subjected to a constant boiling,the temperature being as high as it is possible to maintain it. The work of sterilizing formerly was attended with great discomfort to those about the plant, as the entire room constituting the filter plant pro per was filled with dense steam mixed with the odor of the caustic soda, which escaped from the open tubs. This not only male it well nigh Im possible to breathe while in that de partment, hut it ruined the paint and caused the iron work to rust, which necessitated repairs to tlie building nearly every time the tubs were steri lized. To overcome this difficulty the Com missioners and the Water Superinten dent put their wits together and de vis d a large hood or cover of galva nized iron, which is inserted in each tub sterilized supported about MX feet above the filter bed on brackets pro vided for that purpose. The steam and odors are conducted from the tab by a temporary chimney inserted in the hood, which protrudes from the the ventilator on the roof of the lilter plant. The experiment was tried for the lirst time yenteiday and the hood \v i found to be a perfect success. During the twelve hours that the tiist of the three tubs was under sterilization there was no steam whatever in the room, mother «a- the offensive odor in evid ence. There are hundreds of filtei plants similar to ours in existeuee but now here else so fur as known has such a device been thought of as is used here to prevent damage to the build ing and render the work agr< cable. Her First Real Birthday. Mi-j Anna Pursel. the eight year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs Clark Pur sel, Lower Mulberry street, on Mon day evening enjoyed the novelty of celebrating for the first tiim in her life the anniversary of her birth. The explanation of the above lies in the fact that Miss Pursel belongs to the considerable numb rof boys and girls w ho were born on February 2S»th, 1 HUB, and who therefore had no real birthday since until the same date the present year. Ordinarily the second birthday of children horn on bruary 2!>th occuis on the same date four years later but in the present case this brought 11(00, which wound up the century and form d an exception in which leap year did not occur, as is indicated by the fact that I'JOO is not exactly divisible by 400. On Monday therefore Miss Pursel may be said to have celebrated her first real birthday. The little party was a very nice affair and thoroughly in keeping with the importance of the event it cele brated. A delicious supper was served and the little lady received a hand some lot of presents. Following were the guests: Misses Mildred Sidler, Dorothy and Maigaret Vincent, May Morgan, Emily Kelil, Alice Waite, Tburza and Zella Bany ham, Helen Pursel, Li Hie Foster, George, Clyde, Myron, and Byron At wood, Arthur Pursel, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pursel and sou Harold. Eutertaiuuieut Tonight. The Young Ladies' Bible Class con nected with St. Paul's M. K. church is prepaiing for a very interesting en tertainment to be held in the lecture room of the church on Thursday even iug at 7 :30 o'clock. The object of the attair is to help along the fund of the Sunday school Missionary Society. The program will be both musical and literary in its nature. Among the soloists will be Mrs. Allen and Miss Ammerman. Chief among the enter taineis will be Will J. Rogers, who will recite some of his choicest selec t ions. The progratu will ho followed with refreshments consisting of ice cream and cake. An admission of fen cents will b • charged. Riverside Council Organized. The Borough Council of Riverside was orgaiii/.'-d on Tuesday night. W. W. Kim be I will b<> the presiding offi cer during the next year. .Jehu M. Hinckley. Esq., was elected secretary and Eli Hoover, Treasurer. The membership is as follows: W. W. Kun be I. Warren Cuthbcrt, John Conway, Eli Hoover, Wesley Morrall, William Mutchler and George Amies. Out Erastus Flick. Samuel Antrim, at present identifi ed with the agency of the United Staii - Express Company in Danville, has purchased the small farm belong' ing to Erastus Flick located oil tin Wasluugtoiiville road in Valley town ship Mi Antrim will devote tin tract to trucking and the raising ol poulti y I'HRSON AI. PARAGRAPHS Miss .lula Huber of Easton, is visit ing her si-ter, Mrs. A. M. Russell of this city. Professor .1. G. Henderson and fam ily of Williamsport, spent Sunday in this city. Miss Grace Houghton of Kingston, was the guest of Mrs. F. If. \ aniian, South Danville, over Sunday, t Prof. Lewis Aminorman of VV ilkes barre, spent Sunday in Danville. James Johnson spent Sunday in Bloouisburg. John Heurie of Berwick, spent Sun day at his home in this city. Mrs. Charles Watson Sr., of Phila delphia,is the guest of her sister, Mrs. I. 11 Jennings, West Market street. William Manning of Sunbury, spent Sunday with friends in this city. William Grciner ol Lancaster, spent Sunday with bis mother, Mrs. Caroline Greiner, Mausdale. D. A. Knoll of Williamsport trans acted business in this city yesterday. Miss Jennie Desliay of Sunbury,vis ited friends in this city yesterday. A. R. Snvder of Bloouisburg was a visitor in this city yesterday. E. J. t'oxey of Sunbury, spent yes terday in this city. Ke.v. E. H. Dunn left y. -tenia)- for York. Arthur J. Leniger transacted busi ness iu Bloouisburg yesterday. Miss Jenuie Waite is visiting icla tives in Milton. A. G. Delainater,advance represent ative of the Whitney Opera Company, was booming hi-attraction in this city yesterday. Louden Miller of Northumberland, was a visitor in this city yesteidav. Robert Waite li ft yesterday for New York City. Mrs. Ru-si II Foust visited relatives in Bloouisburg yesterd iv. C. E. York- of Central, transacted business in this city yesterday. Mrs. Frank Evans is visiting rela tives in Blooiusburg. Thomas Woods transacted business in Shainokin yesterday. H. ¥. Stair, agent for Porter J. White's "Faust" was in this city yes terday arranging for the prodiu tion of his play in this city. Augustus Woods was a Milton visit or yesterday. John Uowdc'i transacted business in Northumberland yesterd i.y. W. Kasn West, Esq., was a Sunbury visitor yesterday. Harry Esterbrook transacted busi ness in Sunbury yesterday. Scrauton to Supply All the Co?.l. Every pound of anthracite coal on exhibition at the St. Louis exhibition will be from Scranton.and it will con stitute all the state exhibit of anthra cite coal from Pennsylvania. The honor conferred upon Scranton hv the state comes as the result of the state commission appointed to arrange the Pennsylvania exhibits at the ex position. After the commission was appointed it decided that instead of sending exhibits from various mines, one exhibit in tin shape of a massive arch, built entirely of anthracite, be sent to be placed in the hall of min ing. The question as to where the coal could bo secured was easily solved by the commission inviting Lackawanna county to furnish the anthracite, which it readily agreed to do. All the coal lias been mined in the Bellevue colliery and is now being dressed and polished. The aich will be the main feature iu the hall of mining and will he sullicieutly large to admit of a team and coach being driven under it. lii addition Soranton will furnish a miuiuture breaker tor flit' exposition, which will bo a marvel of mechanical ingenuity. It will he a perfect coun terpart of the modern breaker,and will bo equipped and lighted by electricity and, while in operation,every portion of the niachineiy will be exposed so that the actual process of preparing the coal may In: seen and understood by the visitors. Another uuiquo exhibit will lie a large handsome glass pier displaying tlu- various sizes of anthracite coal, from the largest chunks to the small est '" hi rdseye.'' Electric Light iu Semaphore. The D. L. iV \V. railroad Company has installed an electric light in its semaphore at the station at this place This is an improvement being made all along the line, which adds an i le nient ot safety to railroading beside- Iclieving tin 1 telegraph operator of much wotk. Heretofore the operator was oblige*! ID do a great deal ot climbing up and down the ladder in attending to the light. all of which with electricity in use i~ entirely obviate 1. Hesides there is no danger of the light being ohseur- I ~,1 with ice or of being extinguished i !iy the wind. A casualty of the latter ! sort occurred on one of the Western ; railroads a short time ago and a eost j !\ ac< nli nt wast lie result. Rifle and Gun Club. The Danville Hide and (iun ('lub will hold a meeting Monday night at j llie store of M. H. Scliram at H ::i() o'clock. A full attendance i- d> sired, as business of impirliuco to be ' transacted. 1111: CRUMLEY The case of Sarah C. Cromley vs. the Pennsylvania railroad company, 11011 suited at the local Court in Nov ember and appealed to tho Supreme Court to have the non-suit stricken off and the case reinstated, was argued before the Supreme Court at Philadel phia 011 Monday, Hon. H. M. Hinek ley appearing for the Pennsylvania railroad company and James Scarlet and E. S. Gearhart for the plaintiff. Engineer Callahan, who had charge of the engine of the Buffalo Flyer when it killed Joseph B. Cromley and his litfle son at Watsontown,was him self killed ar Harrisburg on Friday when the Buffalo Flyer collided with a freight car. The dead engineer was relied upon as one of the principal witnesses in the event of the case being reinstat ed. His testimony was not heard when the trial was commenced, as the non suit was ordered before any of the witnesses for tie* defense were placed 011 the stand. Two Games of Basket Ball. Before a large audience in the arm ory Saturday night the High School team of this city defeated the Susque hanna University Reserves, the score being 315 to :i<>. It was an exciting game. The local team took the lead at tho start and held it throughout, though Susqne h uina was always dangerous. The visiting team used its weight lo advantage, but the skill of the high school was too much for her opponents. The High school Team now has a good chance of winning the High school championship of Central Penn sylvania. None but good teams will be brought here from now until the end of the season. The line up: Danville University Welliver forward Über Mc Henry...forward.. Keinliart Peters center Shafer Barker guard Price Bedea guard Stauffer Lawrence guard Goals from field—Danville, Welliv er, 1; McHeuiy, 1; Peters, 5; Barber, ; Lawrence, 1 ; Bedea, 1 ; University, Über, 2; Price, 1 ; Keinliart,4 ; Stauf fer. •'»: Shatter, 8. From foal—Barber 4. There was also an interesting game between the Freshmen and the Soph omores of the High School,which con tributed its quota of amusement, al though the lesult was somewhat one sided, the score being '?•* to 'J in favor o! the freshmen. The line up: Freshmen Sophomores Gi Hasp y forward Spaide Beyer forward . Morris Edmondsou. center .Anues Campbell. ..guard McCoy Linker guard Kostenbauder Goals from field—Freshmen, Ed mondson, T; Gillaspy, 2; Linker, 1. From foals, Sophomores, Spaide, Surprise Party. A surprise party was tendered Mr. and Mrs. William Charm at their home in Valley township on Friday evening, the occasion being their B(stli wedding anniversary. Thobe present were: Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence, Mrs. Upson, Mr. and Mrs. William Buyer, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Burks, Mr. and Mrs. Or vis Oswald, Mr. and Mrs. Bowers, Mr. and Mrs. Kindt, Mrs. Sidler, Lizzie Cliurm, Mary Krumm, Minnie Uirtou, Margaret Charm, Dorothy and Lizzie Horton, Ethel Fornwald, Sarah Lawrence, May Yorks, Florence and Eva Beyers, Katie Powers-, Tillie Kicketts,Jennie Upson, Jennie Kindt, Edith Burks, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dietz, Rachel and Stella Chmin, Irene Cook, Walter Bowers, Bert Goss, James Upson, Fred Held, Charles Cornelison. Ira Charm, John Edwards, William Reese. Frank James, and Harry Ka.se, Walter Wilson, Will iam Oswald, Raymond Parsel,Charles Miller and Edward Snyder. Refresh ments were served during the eveuing. Snow and Ice Melting Rapidly. Under tie warm sunshine and mild variable winds of a couple of days past the snow and ice has melted rap idly. Fortunately none of the small streams which diain into the Susque hanna are v rv much swollen so that danger ol water on the river does not seem imminent. Meanwhile it is the general impression that the ice constituting the gorges is weaken ing materially so that no very grave fears are any longer entertained as to i lie-result when high water occurs. The streets about town have become very sloppy and « ven muddy at places. We are now on the eve of a period of had roads, which judging by the depth that the frost lias attained will be cat up and muddy for a long time. March is one of the most unpleasant months ' of the year in more respects than one Mrs. Keller Buried. The remains of Mrs. W. Grant Kel : ler, whose death occurred at tscranton Sunday, were brought to this city tor burial yesterday on the 12:44 I). L & I W. train. Interment was made in Odd Fellows cemetery, Rev. George E. Umbert officiating at the grave. The pall bearers were Charles Rish el, Wellington Wertman, Charles Ut termiller and Frank Schrani. There : mains were accompanied to this city by W. Grant Keller,the husband, Mrs. Hester Jane Keller,Mrs. Isaiah Knurr ami Miss Grace Frazee. KKTA KLISIIKD IN 1855 INTERESTING MEETINGS Tho evangelistic meetings at the Mahoning Presbyterian church aie at tracting large congregations nightly. Excellent result- are apparent, several persons having already united with the church. Rev. Dr. Thomas of Lewisburg,who is conducting the meetings this week, is a strong and magnetic speaker. His sermon last night was founded upon Romans, Bth chapter, lith verse: "For to be carnally minded is death and to be spiritually minded is life." The speaker explained what con stitutes the "carnally minded" man, what he seeks after and what the con st queiices are,passing onto the spirit ually minded man whose nobler life anil higher aims stand out in striking contrast. It is impossible fot the "carnally minded" man to become a "spirit ually minded" man without divine aid There is no natural development from the former state unto the latter. Intellectual culture will not accom plish it. It is only by the grace of God through a new creation that the car nally minded man can become spirit ually minded. In conclusion Dr. Thomas made a strong plea to the congregation urg ing those who had not been born again to seek divine aid that they might shun death aud become men and wo men pure and spriritually minded Dr. Thomas' subject tonight will be "The Ready and tho Unready." Next week Rev. Dr. W. D. Roberts of the First Presbyterian Church of Williamsport, will have charge of the evangelistic meetings. Faust. The name of "Faust" conjures in h ) miii Is of theatre goers the name of Porter J. White. He has given his own production of the play alter his own manner. Last night, when his conpany gave his semi-spectacular production there was very little stand ing room in the house. Many had doubtless S"eu the play before and knew what to expect. The play was beautifully and elaborately staged so far as scenery and electrical effects were concerned aud was also well costumed. Rut the production did not depend entirely upon the beauty ot the stage setting nor the brilliancy of tho electrical display; but the acting was excellent. The audience always discriminating did not allow strong lines, finely apoketi to pass unnoticed. Another welcome feature which was properly appreciated was the song ot the intermezzo from "Cavalleria Rusticana." It has never been sun so well or with such a superb voice in a local theatre before. It was a good deal of a surprise last night aud al together unexpected. Mr. White has made unparalleled strides toward the piuacle of success and is today one of the most promising young stars upon tho American stage.—Grand Rapids (Mich.) Herald. Mr. White's production of "Faust" will be seen at the Danville Opera House on Thursday evening, March 10th. Finauical Statement Eucourauing. In accordance with custom,the Penn sylvania Railroad Company publishes its financial statement in advance of the stockholders meeting. Ihe show ing of large increase in business aud in uross earnings justifies the policy ot heavy expenditures lor permanent improvements required to handle the business of the present aud near tut u re. No business enterprise can staud still and maintain its preeminence against active competition. Ihe Pennsylvania management :s judiciously expending many millions in the development of its properfv to meet tho increasing volume of business and public require ments. The flood of proxies pouring in from stockholders, four-fold greater in vol ume than at any time heretofore, de monstrated the continued confidence lof tho owners of the Pennsylvania Kail road in its present capable aud progressive management and which will doubtlos be continued. Shumacher —Ohesnut. Mi-s Jenuie M. Chesuut of Mahon ing township and Charles Shumacher of West Pittston were united in matri mony on Saturday last, 'iho wedding ceremouy was performed by the Rev. J. E. Hutchison and took place at the home of the bride's parents at 3 o'clock. Only the immediate relatives and friends were pres lit. After the din ner was served the newly married couple left on a wedding trip. 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 JOH PRINTING Of all Kinds and Description !SEVERAL NEW FEATURES The new directory ot Danville, Bloomsburg and Berwick gotten op by A. E. Slides of Bethlehem is now out and is being distributed. It contains many excellent features ami is the most complete that ha> been yet issued for these towns. In addition to the u>-nal appendix re lating to the Borough and Poor Dis trict giving foil informal ion on church es, secret societies and the like there is a stieet directory of each of the tbree towns, giving 111 • dwellings in their order, each nuiubei ' "ing fol lowed with name of the < cupant. This arrangement will be found ot great, service to those who wish to make a canvass of the town or to send out advertising matter. In the general directory the names of the wives aie given, which is an other feature that will prove very use ful. A glance at the page reveals which of tho males are the heads of families, the husband's name in every instance being followed with the Christian name ot his wife, in par enthesis. The latter feature along with the street directory is an idea which orig inated with Mr. Sholes. A summary of the data contained as it relates to Danville will be found of general interest. There are 1021 houses in Danville, as against 1637 in Bloomsburg and 1708 in Berwick. In Danville there are names of citizens; in Soutli Danville and River side,2s)o; outside names as Sidler Hill, Bloom road, etc., 144. In Danville there are 1384 wives' names; in South Danville and River side 151. In the territory canvassed 204»> children are reported. The total population as given in the directory is 7000, a trifle below the figures of the last census, which are 8042. Charles \\. Courtney of Bethlehem was associated with Mr. Slides in getting the new directory. Under the direction of the two gentlemen the town was canvassed during October and November last. The work was conducted with great care as is evid enced not only by the excellent class ification hut also by the accuracy in orthography. &c., which marks every page. The directory was printed by the Keystone Printing Company of Bethle hem and typographically shows up very nieelv. Quincy Adams Sawyer. There is no maudlin ratlins, now deemed mock sentiment, in tlio great rural drama "Quiucy Adams Saw yer." Iu fact it would be very hard to pick out from the prompt book of this play any lines that could be classed as "sentimental." Yet there is sentiment iu plenty in this most popular of New England dramas and mighty,'good and true sentiment it is, too. The blind girl, who is tho centre of much ot the dramatic interest, is a most appealing figure, yet she neither mopes nor whines. It is by personality that she appeals and the sentiment that sur rounds her is the natural outgrowth of situation and conditions and not the provision of the playwright. When the play is presented at tho Opera House on March 22 it will re pay the observer of sucli tilings to note the entire absence of the trite and hackneyed sentimental touches. Perhaps this lack is the cause of the tremendous success of the play, which is breaking all recoids wherever pres ented. High Water Mark Reached. The high water mark of business was reached by the ruial free delivery iu Montour County during February, which indicates the constantly in creasing popularity ot the service Notwithstanding that February was a short month the total number of pieces delivered were 3018 in excess over those of January,while the num ber ot pieces collected were 002 iu ex cess. At no time since the service was established has the showing approxi mated the present figures, which in dicates that rural free delivery was not established iu vain and that as shown by the number of "pieces col lected" the farmers are directly con tributing to its support in a way which shows their appreciation of it. Huffard—Diehl. MissChrissie Diehl and William 1 Huffard were united in the holy bouds of matrimony yesterday morning. The ceremony was performed at the home of the bride's parents, on Bald Top. The following guests were present: Mr. and Mrs. A. D Diehl, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert West, Mrs. Mary Diehl. Mrs. D. J. Williams, Master Thomas Williams, Misses Elsie and Rebecca Williams. Mr* E. S. Delsite, Edward Diehl, Miss Lizzie Ritter.Miss Lizzie West and Miss Kathryn West. Surprise Party. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Lyons gave a party at their home on Mill street, Sa turday evening in honor of the seven teenth birthday t-f their daughter Clara. Those present were: Misses Irene Davis, Uoldie Muckenheim, Mamie Lyons, Lucy Weigold, Gertiude Bookmiller, Emma Mitchell, Sarali Halderman, Ida Halderman, Annie Lvous, Alice Lyons, Messrs. Charles Geasy, Charles Whispell, Eugene Buy der and John Lyons.