Home Paper -—.For lie Bane Ihe circulation ol this paper is in creasing rapidly. It will pay you to advertise in the AMERICAN. SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER VEAR I)K IRVIN<» H. JENNINtiS. DEMIST. Ojtice Hour* 9A. M.to 11 M 10U MiV sr.. /P. M.to UP. M. VanviUf. fa. 1 SHCL.TZ, M. I>. 425 MIIJ. ST., DANVII.I V. P* JiWBW'K of the Stniiim-li an I —. in«"> a Spccialt v | W. I». ANUI.K, DENTIST OFKICK. '.'IS ML 1.1 STHKKI. h Kxtrneteil without I'Hin Crown ami Bridge Work a Specially, r quipped w'tli tin- lale>t and most Improved Instruments Hnd prepared to execute tlie tuost difficult work. DH. C. H. REYNOLDS, I »EN I IST - J6S \liil - »1., l>anville, PH. in nil its 'T»uob«s. Ch..rges Moderate .UNL H W.. »RW UN»R«IIIFRTL corem MS. CleaniiiK up time. House cleaners are at it. See the stfeet parade at noon tcdav. April snow storms iustead of show era. April this year feems to be a fool month all through. Nearly the entire country had a tooch of the April -now storm. Belated spring might as well begin iu.earnert now. Thin is pneumonia weather. Keep a tlrni grip on your winter clothing. Calhane, Chace and Weston's lig minstrels at the opera house tonight. Winter has worn out his welcome and patieuce. An Apiil blizzard is a discouraging thing for the people with empty coal bins to face. Merchants with shelvts piled high with Spring and Summer goods have cause to be impatieut with tardy Spring. It is taid that Poit Arthur may cia.se to be a poiut of iuterest in the war,as it eo longer has any strategic value. Harrishnrg, growing tired of sewer pollated ilrinkiug water, is providing tor filtration. April showers have not been tre quent enough to insure a prolific growth of May flowers. Itisg»;ing to the time of year when the boy thinks it is plenty warm enough togo in swimming. We take pleasure in announcing that the trout fishing season opened last Friday. Lut the first man who says auything about "speckled beauties" will be put on the string. This is the season of the year when the weather man dodges every time he gives out a prediction. It is the purpose of the Reading Railroad to run its trains on a faster •chcdule this year than ever before. This i 9 due in a large extent to im proved track facilities. The new achedule will go into effect about' May 15. The twenty-first semi-annual conven tion of the Danville conference of the Evangelical Lutheran Ministeriurn of Pennsylvania will be held at St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran charcli, Lycoming, Rev. William Wei cksel, pastor, April 25, 2(5 and 27. Congress has adopted a joint resolu tion ordering the printing of 10,(XX) copies of the report of the Anthracite Strike Commission. There is a great demand throughout the country for the findings of the strike arbitrators. Baseball fans are more anxious for Hie coming of warm weather than are the men who have gardens to dig. It was not an auspicious opening of the trout feason, but what was lack ing will be made op later on. Montoursville will have the Odd Fellows on Tuesday April 26th., and the day promises to be a big one. The speckled beauties do not take well to the opening of the season. It will be a miracle if China can avoid the breaking of her neutrality vow" ______ Now that the trout season is under way it would be a good idea to keep a close watch on the trout hog. Violat or« of the law should be prosecuted to the utmost limit and taught a lesson that they will never forget. /77S A MATTER OF HEAUH &<ikinG POWDER Absolutely Purs THERE IS NO ilUmkair American. "THIS COUNTRY WILT NEVER BE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDSWITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS." VOL. 4!I-N(I M>. A VOTE ON uraarn. nun Tho or liiiftnoe 'or street paving was aporov id on i's ti -f reading at :i reg nia• nvetrip of tt.e Borough Council Ft iI iv ;i iii ii iii. jutc e was re nl section by ncU.uu and carefully considered. The first section was approved on motion of Mr. Vastine,seconded by Mr. Goes er, after which the remaining eight sections were approved with no alter ation and little discussion. In con clusion on motion of Mr Goeser, sec onded by Mr. Swank, the ordinance was approved as a who'.c. A communication was read from the Borough Surveyor, George F. Keefer, enclosing a sketch of specifications 112o p the proposed culverti to replace tho canal bridges oil Mill street, which was presented to the Borough Council for its consideration. The Surveyor proposed that Council pass upon the sketch and it approved ho would pro ceed to draw up plans aud specifica tions on which bids could be invited. The engineer estimates the cost of work complete including the removal of the bridges at $2,600. On motion it was ordered that the Committee on Streots and Bridges in spect anil consider the sketch of sjteci tications and report at an aljouined meeting to be held on Monday night. Chief-of-Police Mincemoyer report ed that it is customary with some of our merchants to visit the curb stone market early in the morning, purchas ing farm produce and Selling the same in their stores. This, lie said, is in violation of the Borough Ordinance and he has so informed the merchants offending and told them they would have to discontinue the practice. In one or more instances they have re fused to heed the warning and the officer wanted to know if it is Coun cil's desire that lie proceed to make arrests. On motion of Mr. Reifsuyder it was ordered that tho Committee on Market consult the Borough Solicitor and that if there is no rceent Act protecting the merchant in his resistance to j ro ceed to make arrests for the next of fense. Mr. Reifsnyder stated that he had discovered that sick poultry is brought to market and offered for sale. He thought that ut> mercy should be shown such people and the sooner they are debarred from market the better. At his suggestion a closer inspection will be made of pioduce brought to town and persons offending in this way will be dealt with according to law. On motion of Mr. Vastine it was ordered that the Board of Health be instructed to notify the Trustees for the Hospital that the pollution of the river by the draining of sewage into it must cease at once. Ou motion of Mr. Reifsnyder a vote was taken to determine the attitude of Council toward municipal light. By a yea and nay vote Council went on record as unanimously favoring muni cipal light. The Committee on Light was ordered to confer with the various electric light companies as to the co-t aud maintenance of a plant. Ou motion of Mr. Goeser it wasord- j ered that Council proceed to enact an ordinance to regulate the cost of con necting with the new sew* r. Joseph Gib on reported the alley at the rear of Shiloh Reformed church as in a bad condition. On motion the matter was referred to the Committee on Streets aud Bridges. The following members wer<j pres ent: Davis, Dietrich, Goeser, Swank, Feostermacher, Buyer, Vastine, Reif suyder, Lloyd, David Gibson and Jos eph Gibson. The following bills wire approved for payment: WATER DEPARTMENT. Regular Employes #137.00 Labor on Streets . 101 26 Labor at Water Works.. 24.10 Haines, Jones, Cadbury & Co 12.47 G. Edward Roat 4.00 Albright. Son ifc Co 39.60 Telephone Rental ... 6.00 American Car & Foundry Co . 24..'51 Pittsburg Meter Co 33.60 Curry & Vaunan 8.51 Joseph Lechner 180.14 Harry B. Patton 20.00 BOROUGII DEPARTMENT. Regular Employes I 28.50 Danville National Bank :{.()() Telephone Rental 24.50 A. C. Roat 4.85 G. Edward Boat Labor and Hauling ."3.62 W.J.Rogers .. 3-00 J. P. Patton .75 Curry it Vaunan 8.68 Will Attend Banquet. The veteran Railroad employes As sociation of the Pennsylvania line will hold its annual banquet at Concordia Hall, Wilkesbarre, today. Only Pennsylvania railroad employe* and those who have been in the - 'rvice of the company for twenty-one years and over ar>- eligible to membership. There are only two iti South Danville who ara in this category and they are W. R. Clark, station ag'iit.aud David Nuss, section boss. Both of these will be on hand at the hanouet today. Bloomsburg Ice Gorges. Ph nominally cold weather for the la->t half of April I) -pan to >. t in early la-t evening and by late at night it felt almost like mid winter and staid citizens began to wonder it any Bloomsbtirg ice gorges were pa-sing down the Susqnehanua.—Harrishnrg Patriot MULTIPLY The present week, it seems, is bring ing forth something more than its us ual quota of weddings, nearly every day addiug oue or more to the list. Miss Sara E. Kemp of New Britain, Conn. and S. Richard DeLong of Rochester,N. Y., were married in this city yesterday. The ceremony took plaee in Christ Episcopal church at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Rev. Edward Haughton officiating. Mrs. J. H. Johnson of this city,was matron of honor and Miss Jones of I Plymouth aud Miss Ammerman of this I city, were bridesmaids. W. W. Kemp of Dorchester.Va..was best man. Eugene Kemp and John Kemp of Williani £ port were ushers. The bride was given away by her brother, Eugene Kemp. The wedding march was rendered by Mrs. W. W. Kemp. Guests were pres ent from Snubury, Williamsport and Plymouth. The newly wedded couple left on the 5:43 D. L. & W. train for Bergen, N. Y , where they will take up their residence. At high noon yesterday Miss Mary H. Jacobs of this city became the bride of .Tames G. Marks, Esq., of Pittsburg. The ceremony was perform ed at the residence of the bride's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Jacobs, West Market street, before a large assem blage of invited guests. The bride and groom left oil the 4:33 D. L. & W. train for a trip to Hurrisburg,Philadel phia, Baltimore and Washington, pro ceeding thence to Pittsburg where they will reside. At six o'clock last night a wedding was solemnized in Catawissa. which was full of interest to Danville peo ple, the contracting parties being Mbs Catharine Sharpless and Dr. Marion Vastine. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Sharpless and the groom a son of the late Dr. J. H. Vastine ol Catawissa, both being well known in Danville. The ceremony was performed in the new Lutheran Church by the pastor, Rev. U Myers Miss Laura Gilbert was bridesmaid and Miss Louisa Beyuolds,little daugh ter of Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Reynolds of this city, was flower girl, Miss Gilbert, ■ the bridesmaid, being a sister of Mr* j C. H. Reynolds. Leonard Reifsuyder was best man. After the ceremony an elaborate re ception was given at the home of the bride's parents. At 7 :30 o'clock the happy couple left on a wedding trip. Miss Elizabeth Reiuaker of this city and Walt«r J. Snyder of near Allen town were married in this city on Tuesday forenoon. The ceremony took plaee at the home of Mrs. Willet,Rail road street, at a in., Rev. George E. Limbert officiating. On Tuesday evening Miss Sara M. Goss and William C. Pursel both of this city were united in matrimony. The ceremony was performed by Rev. George E. Limbert, at the parsonage of the Shiloh Reformed church at 8 o'clock. Mi.'s; Daisy J. Yeager aud Mont E. Confer bath of this county entered the married state on Wednesday morning. The nuptial knot was tied by Rev. E. B. Dunn at the parsonage of the United Evangelical church at '.I o'clock The newly wedded couple left ou the I0:1'J D. L. &W. train for Blooms burg where tliey will spend a few days. Brewery Team in a Runaway. The team belonging to Foust Bros, figured in an exciting runaway Mon day. The horses were standing in front of the Gleudower House while some beer was being unloaded. The horses are ordinarily quiet, but an empty keg was thrown on the wagon, which rolling forward jarred the high seat loose. It happened that the lines were fastened to the seat and as this fell the team took fright and sprang forward, the lines jerking the seat out, upon their heels. This was suffi cient to cause a runaway aud the horses dashed off up East Market street at lightniug speed. There were several other teams on the street, but tortuuately at each joint a collision was averted. At Wall street the horses turned the cor ner and dashed out over the D. L. & W. railroad, where they were brought to a standstill by Oscar Bailey. There was nothing damaged but the seat, which got under the wheels and was pretty badly broken up. The OrosslCountry Walk. Of the seventy men composing the V. M. C. A. gymnasium classes live yesterday morning responded to in dulge in the invigorating crosscoun try walk. These were: W. E. Gosh, E. F. Williams. W. E. Lunger, Michael Reillv aud Physical Director ('. < < 'arpenter. The party took the 7 :05 I). L.(V W. train for Bloomshnrg. Arriving there they immediately prepared for the home tramp of some eleven miles. It was 7 :W» o'clock when the start was made for Danville, and . 1 when the party reach" d tin V M »' A build ing at this city. The walk was i tcisk 01 e, hut each ol the participant - after a good bath declnr'd hiinsc I r.a let' refreshed than otherwise and positively none the | worne for flu «> trump- Great Scott! What have we done, ' Mr. Weatherman DANVILLE. PA.. TIII'HSDAY AJ'lil L LM I'.MM. FUEL FERRY The big flat boat Monday morning was taken off the hands of Hoover Bros.,the makers,by the County Com missioners, aud put into commission as a tree ferry. The boat plied backward aud for ward regularly during t.iie day and on each trip was well filled with passeng ' ers. Several vehicles and a couple head of cattle were carritd during tho day, but the transportation of such was discouraged by those in charge owing to the unfinished condition of the lauding on the South Dauville side. The lauding ou each shore will ad mit of a good deal of improvement he fore it is fit for much hauling. The plan is to pave the roadway near the water's edge with large stone, which will prevent the teams from becoming mired in the soft mud. LeDuc's coal digger was employed Monday iu carrying stone from the piers of the river bridge up to the landing on the South Danville side. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has contributed a couple of car loads of gravel, which will also be used iu constructing tho roadway at that land ing. There is some curiosity among the public to know what hours will be ob served by the ferry and whether the trips will be made according to sched ule. These are matters which, the County Commissioners state,cannot be decided upon until tomorrow when a joiut meeting will be held by the Commissioners of the two counties. The free ferry to serve the public best should as nearly as possible take the place ot the bridge. A night ser vice or at least until after midnight is indispensable to the people of the two towns and it is a convenience that the public are looking forward to in view of the fact that the exp-use lias been incurred of employing two ferrymen, one for day aud the other for night turn. Unless the ferry has a regular time for leaving this shore it will be im possible to make connections with trains at South Dauville aud will re sult in a gteat deal of inconvenience aud loss of time. If a schedule be ad opted persons who wish to leave by the Pennsylvania railroad will know just when to present themselves at the lauding here in order to catch a train on the other side. These are suggestions which will lie found to reflect prevailing sentiment audit is believed that they will be favorably acted upon by the two boards of County Commissioners, who all along have shown a most commend able desire to serve the public to the : oest of their ability. Programs for Uonmieiicement. The class ot each ot the grammar j schools is preparing its program for i commencement. Following the custom adopted a j couple of years ago the grammar school ' pupils who earn promcti n will be ' presented v.it i a hautisoni ■ diploma. ; This pr"V's quite an incentive to work 1 and keeps interest up to a high j itch. I Before diplomas were granted it was difficult '<i keep p p Is in the grammar schools until tin course in that grade was completed and the best showing that could be made in promoting pu pils to the High School was 40 to ">II each year, while it was very often b - low that limit. Last season under the new older the number of promotions went up to about sixty. This was considered re markable. Em the interest lias proven well sustained aud this year the num ber of promotions to the High School will be over fifty. Funeral of Mrs. William Mock. Mrs. William Mock, whose death oc- ' curred iu Scrantou, Saturday,was laid to rest iu Odd Fellows' Cemetery yes terday afternoon. The remains were brought to this city on Moudav and the funeral took place froai the Tit ley homestead, cor ner of East]Frout and Railroad streets. ! The services were conducted by Rev. Dr. MuOorttiack. The pall hearers were: A. H. Groue, Edward W. Pet ers, W. J. Rogers and W. L. Sidler. Among those from out of town who attended the funeral were : Mrs. Anna Mock, Miss Lizzie Mock and Mr. and Mrs. Kimbel of Scranton; Joseph Gravel of Lewisburg; Miss Mary Gra vel and John Gravel of Williamsport. Victory for the Reserves. A large crowd assembled in the Ar mory last night to witness the game of basket ball between the old time stars and the Ex High School team. It was an interesting well played game in which the High School boys met with their first defeat of the season The line up: EX-HIGII SCHOOL. RESERVES. Barber forward Russell Welliver forward H. Welllver Peters center Klase Law renc» guard Lunger Bedea guard. Dougherty Leuiger guard From field: High School—Barber, 7: Welliver, 4; Peters, 6. Reserves— Welliver, 4; Russell, 4; Klase, 2; Dougherty, 7; Lunger, 4. From foul —H. Welliver, I. Score: High School. :s I : Reserves, 4:i. The Comptroller of the Treasury has' nppioved the application for a new hank to be started in Catawissa. The capitalization will be $50,000, [•PERSONAL Elias Maier, Hon. R. S. Ammer man, Horace Blue and Simon Hoffman returned from Harrishnrg yesterday. David Evans transacted business in Mt. Oarmel yesterday. Mrs. Harry Goldman is visiting rel , atives at Baltimore, Yd. James Seidel of Liberty township, left yesterday for Berwick. J. W. Boyles of Berwick, was a vis itor in this city yesterday. Benjamin Beuzbach transacted busi ness at Herndon yesterday. Fred Godcharles of Milton, was a j visitor in this city yesterday. William Shires of Strawberry Ridge drove to Danville yesterday. Howard Patron was in Suubury yes terday. Walter Waite ot Sugar Notch, is the ] guest of his brother, John G. Waite, Ferry street. Rev. H. C. Harman of Milton, vis ited friends in this city yesterday. Mrs. Albert Smith returned to Wy- I oming yesterday after a visit with her | mother, Mrs. Harry Kern, Mill street. F. Q. Hartnian transacted business | in Berwick yesterday, i William Mock returned to Scrantou i last evening. John Scholl of Elyna, Ohio, form -1 < rly a resident of Danville, is a guest j at the Baldy House. Samuel Johnston visited friends in I Bloomsburg yesterday. William Runyan ot Washingtonville i drove to this city yesterday, j J. C. Reed of Shainokin, -peut yes- I terday in Danville. William Oberdort of the Suubury Produce Company, was a business vis j itor to Danville yesterday. Dr. J. ,T. Brown of Bloomsburg,was ; a Dauville visitor yesterday. ! Many Rebman, Esq., of Philadel phia, was in this city yesterday at i tending the Marks Jacobs wedding. Reese Edmondson transacted busi ness in Lewisburg yesterday. New Pastor. Rev. John Sherman, the new pastor jat the First Baptist church, preached ' his fir-1 regular sermon Sunday and mad ■ a very fine impression. Th" sermon was found in Exodus ; 14-15: "Speak unto the Children of Israel that they go forward." The i thought developed was that progress is j the law of lite; that where progress! ends, decay begins, it was especially in its relation to church life that the ! speaker dwelt upon this principle. The church should move forward, J Ist. in holy living: 2nd, in interest in | church work ; :Jrd, in knowledge of j Christ; 4th, in the salvation of souls, j Progress in these respects means a : moving forward in faith and implies a directiou and guidance of the Holy Spirit under which then is no possi bility of failure. The new pa-tor with his wife arriv ed in this city Saturday evening and will take up their quarters in the cozy i parsonage. East Front .street. Rev. j Sherman is comparatively a joung man. He was born in England, but came to this country when but five years old. The earlier years ot his life were spent at Mahanoy City and vic inity. He i- a graduate ot Bucknell i Uuiversitv aud officiated for three yearn in the Baptist church at Picture Rocks b'fore coming to Dauville. Search Failed to Find Body. A systematic search made Sunday | tailed to discover the body ot J.E. Bo llg,who fell from the P. K. K. railroad bridge near Sunbury and was drown ed last Wednesday morning. During the eutire day men on coal tliggers and in boats made an eflorr to locate the body, but all efforts proved unsuccess ful and it seems more than likely that the body will not be recovered until it floats to the surface of the water which it is claimed will he several days time yet. The story ot the finding of Mr. Bolig's pocketbook on the morning of the sad occurrence proved to be incor rect when on Saturday afternoon while several boys were playing along the river bank near Lombard street, they saw Mr. Bolig's pocketbook float ing in the water and w hen they re covered it from the water it was found ito contain about thirty dollars The ' pocketbook found ou the morning of j the drowning was used as a receipt i ctise and contained a receipt hook and sewing machine leases. Many people are of the belief that the body has been swept down the riv- j 'er through the break in the dam and ; may never bo r< covered. The search J for tin; body is still being continued. Free Ferry's Big Day's Work. One hundred aud twenty-five teams and five head of beef cattle were car ried over the river by the free ferry j yesterday. Thirty seven trips were made. This is tho result of a careful count made and reported to this office by E M Yeager last t veiling. Today being market day the number of vehicles crossing will probably be greater than yesterday. The cold wind yesterday made it ex ceedingly unpleasant on the river, not only for the ferrymen,but al--o for the people crossing April seems determined to break the temperature deficiency record. , |HKi; l'H0<)l : Work ou the new buildings at the j Hospital for the Insane is now on the | home-stretch. Tho [plasterers Monday began work. The third building is partly roofed, while the brickwork of the fourth is I practically completed and that struc ture will be under roof before the last of the week. The buildings, which were begun about the middle of Octo j her last, went up slowly during the winter owing to the soveie weather, 1 hut the work has gone on rapidly ! enough since spring opened up. The brickwork of the two last buildings i has been completed in a trifle over six weeks' time. The work on the first two buildings has now reached a stage when the con struction may be carefully studied. The buildings are the first of their kind ever erected in Danville or probably in this section being in a manner per fectly fire proof, the only wood used being in the windows aud doors. Throughout the buildings, from top to bottom, the floors and consequently the ceilings are composed of tile, hol low or tubular in form, which rests in arches supported by heavy iron beams. Not only are the partitions also built of tile, but every foot of the inside walls is faced with tile. The tile both in the partitions and what is used for facing the walls,like that forming the floor, is hollow in form, which pro vides tor a free circulation of air throughout the walls and pteeents the least dampness. The tile work is completed in the first buildiug and is well under way in the second. This part of the work is being done by W. H. Shepherd & Sons themselves. The brickwork as well as the plastering was given out under contract. O. B. Sweitzer has the contract for the plastering. He had i-everal men at work Monday and will employ more as the work ad vances. His contract includes not only the inside work, but also the plaster ing of the walls ou the outside to make them correspond with the main building. The new buildings four in number are four stories in height and are de signed to accommodate the new lava tory system. They will add very much to the convenience and the sanitation ot the big institution. Mr. Speece, foreman, under W. H. Shepherd & Sons, Monday stated that a strong effort will he made to have the new buildings finished by July Ist. The Vitrified Brick Project. The project to manufacture vitrified brick in Danville, it is generally con ceded, has fallen through. John Keim made a proposition to the Board of Trade last month which was consider ed at a meeting of the Directors and left in the hands ot the Industrial Committee, which, it seems,could not >ee its way clear to report favorably. A good deal was expected of the vitrified brick project, especially in view of the fact 'hat the Borough has decided to pave Mill street aud will need large quantities ot vitrified brick. Those with money to invest, it seems, did not look with favor upon the proposition, so that Danville for the time beiug at least, is disappointed of its new industry. Meanwhile John Keim is putting two of his old brick yards where com mon clay bricks are manufactured in to shape for the coming season. He stated yesterday that he would be ready to mould brick in a day or so. At each of Mr. Keim's three brick yards the damage wrought by the high water and ice was very great, his loss amounting to upwards of $2,000. Minstrels Tonight. Culhaue. Chace and Weston's City Minstrels will be the attraction at the Op-ia House this evening, presenting their up-to-date program of all that is new and bright in modern minstrelsy. This company, which is headed by Billie Chace, one ot the best liked comedians in the minstrel profession, and surrounded by 35 minstrei stars, will give a grand street parade at noon This organization carries all tliei r magnificent scenic effect. The tii—t part, a scenic set entitled "Beau Biuniiii II':- Social Reception," dis ch> - nit! the entire company arranged tier above tier in semi-circles, tho costuming of same beiug of the Louis XIV style. The olio containing eight original and high class vaudeville act ors,is pronounced by competent judges to be the best ever carried by a min strel company. A solo orchestra of , twelve musicians is a feature. Baud j concert in front of the Opera House at j 7 •.:!() p. 111 Notwithstanding the great expense of the company popular prices will prevail. April Brings Freezing Weather. The weather yesterday was of the sort that made winter overcoats aud gloves necessary ami i( required a j glance at the calendar to convince one , that it was not the mouth of Feb ruary. At six a. in.i lie mercury reg istered at 26 degrees ; at noon it was only two degrees above the freezing point. A high Northwest wind added to the chilling effect of the atmos phcre, while the dust was quite as much of a nuisance as on the preceding day. Altogether conditions out of doors were so disagreeable that few people were seen upon the streets and these were careful not to tarry there any longer than necessary. KS'I'A ISLISIIKI* IN 1 Ksi> lIXTEHVIEW WIT!! tt. E. P1S0II: W. F. Pascoe, contractor for tlu i Danville aud Bloomsburg Electric Railway,arrived in this city last even , ing accompanied by three other gen j tlemeu connected with the trolley prop - ' osition. lu an interview la>t even ■ ing Mr. Pascoe stated that he is on the ground to remain until the trolley is built. Among the geutlemen who arrived with Mr. Pascoe is F. W. Darlington, consulting engineer of Philadelphia, who will be in Dauville at intervals while the building of 'he lim i- in progress. Mr. Pascoe stated last evening rh it lie has received a number of proposals for ties and poles and that tod;:v he expects to award contracts for a 1 number of each. The Pennsylvania Steel Company at Steelton holds the contract for fur nishing the rails, which will be de livered here by May Ist. Until that date the actual work of construction can not begin. The time in the in terim, however, will be improved by planting poles and doing <sther work necessary. It would be impossible to begin work in the borough at present, Mr. Pascoe says, owing to the fact that the pav ing ordinance has not passed finally and the Borough is not in position to proceed with the street improvements contemplated, which it is desired to carry out, in conjunction with the buildiug of the electric railway. But Few Ice Boulders Remain, The large ice boulders, which lined the river bank after the great flood have nearly all disappeared. Here aud there the remains of exceptionally large ones may be seen reduced to very small and oddly shapen masses. The dwsllings at the lower end of West Market street, which were near i ly surrounded by ice boulders are now | relieved, the lawns beiug in a manner clear. The spot, however, presents a desolate appearance. Nearly every vestige of fence along that portion of the street is carried away. Of the fine row of trees along the river bank but oue of them remains. Although twelve to fifteen inches in diameter the trunks were cut in two by the action of the ice and the tall trees lie iu a row as though felled by a woodman's axe. The immense ice mound at Lover's Leap shows but little diminution and is clearly in view from this city. Those who said that it would be still iu existence by the middle of May stand some chauce of seeing their pre diction verified. Deep Excavation at Water Works. The Water Commissioners are at present making a deep excavation in the middle apartment of the Water Works for the purpose of laying bare the outside of the west wall of the pump room, which they purpose treat ing to a coat of cemeut in order to make it water tight. With every flood the water perco lates through the outside wall of the central division of the works and thoroughly saturating the sand aud gravel which forms the floor or base drains through the fine interstices of the middle or eastern wall into the pump room. When the river is very high as it was when the ice moved the water from this source becomes a menace to the engineers working down in the pit. In order to reach the foundation of the wall the excavation will have to be carried down to the depth of about eighteen feet. At present the digging is little more than halt completed. Cribbing has to be used to prevent caving in. Newspaper From South Africa. Dr. P. C. Newbaker has in his pos session a very interesting newspaper, which is printed iu South Afiica. The paper is a copy of the "Bulawago Chronicle," a very large and oddly ar ranged journal, issued daily. Bulawago is in Matabidelaud aud the paper throughout reflects many strange customs and a public ta-te which differs widely from what ob tains in this country. "The predominant feature ot the ptpt i seems to be the advertisements, which are uniformly double column in size and fill all the outside pages to the utter exclusion of reading matter. What news is printed is crowded on to'one ot the inside pages. The fol lowing item quoted is a type of many -others: "For deserting from the sirs ices of his employer Manyusa, a Mashoua, was lined four pounds or in lieu oue month's imprisonment with hard lab or." In the columns of "Births" an item appears, which is very peculiarly re lated to this locality. It announces the birth of a son to the wife of Sam uel B. Burns. The mother in this cast is the sister ot J. Malcolm Lowtie ol Bellefonte, sou in-law of Dr. New baker. The Dust Nuisance. \ rain would he very warmly wel comed to assist in laying the dust, which has become a great nuisance on our streets. During the high wind yesterday it was blown down Mill street in dense clouds, which blinded 1 pedestrians, settled upon the pave ments and |forced its way into the j stores. In other parts of town it was \ nearly as bad. Our citizeu> are very auxiously awaiting the appearance of the street sprinkler. 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 •JOIS PRINTING OfallKlnds and Description lIIIXT JIEETINC E OIMMISSIONIiRS 0 The Commissioners of Montour and c Northumberland counties iield a joint meeting in this city yesterday to take . action on some matters pertaining to I- the tree ferry. The full Board "of each . county was present as follows: C. W. u Cook, George N. Leighow and Henry y Coo{)er of Montour and George W. Randeubnsh, A. H. Cooner and John 1 H. Beck of Northumberland.) A good many matters relating to the . terry came up for dts-us-ion. Not the » 'east import»nf of t!i -<• was the fixing i of the I»>111 rs for opeiating the flat "*' It v- filially decided that the t ' rry .-mid brtgin running at 3 o'clock ? | the morning and continue until 10 > clock at night. Between 10 p. m. I and 3a. m.the river will be without any means of transportation. These t hours will go into effect on next Mon . day. In the interim owing to the nn . finished state of things the ferry will t not be run after dark. i The proposition from the Pennsyl . vania railroad company looking to the installation of steam as a motive pow : er to operate the ferry was not acted upon at the joint meeting yesterday, t ft appears that after hearing from the Railroad company, the Commissioners . made a counter proposition carrying • with it a little better terms for the > two comities and that up to yesterday 3 the railroad company had not been i heard from iu reply. The plan proposed, it seems, pro vides au endless chain arrangement carried across the river in connection with the cable aud operated by an en | gine installed on the South Danvill# I shore. The Commissioners are ati xiously waiting to hear from the Pennsylvania people with reference to the last proposition. Meanwhile the ferry is: doing very well with no other motive power than the current of the river. Up to last evening the best time made was four and one-half minutes which was accomplished Tues i i day atternoou in passing from South Danville to this side. The principal detriment to speedy and safe transportation at present is the bad condition of the landing on > this side of the river. Both roadways i from Front street down to the feriy are steep and narrow, rudely cut . through the sand and ashes which form the river bank at that point. They i are totally unfit in their present shape I to meet the demands of travel. The County Commissioners take the 1 view that the construction of the road on this side devolves upon the Bor ough of Danville just as the roadway on the opposite side belongs to Gear hart township, by which it was con structed. The County Commissioners state that they are willing to help re pairs along by constructing a gangway at the water's edge to make it easier for the vehicles on entering and leav ing the flat boat. For this purpose they can use plank from the river bridge just as they used stone from the piers in assisting to perfect the landing on the opposite side. It is the sense of all parties inter ested that work should begiu im mediately on the landing here. If the ferry is to be of any service to the public it is clear that the roadway leading to it must be as easy as it is possible to make it aud adequate to meet all the demands of travel. Until this is done it will be impossible to adopt rules for the observance of team sters and the congestion of traffic with the incident confusion which lias mark ed things for a couple of days past will be pretty sure to continue. Victory for Danville. The game of basketball in the Arm ory last night between the Higli School team and the Backuell Independents resulted in one more victory for the local team. It proved to be one of the best and most exciting games of the season aud there was a large crowd present to enjoy the contest. The feat j ures of the game were the defense work of Bedea and the excellent pass ing of the hall by our boys. The vis itors proved a fair match for our team, ' as is attested by the score, which shows that the} fell hat two points behind I our boys. The liue up: 1). H. S. INDEPENDENTS. Welliver forward . Grier Barber forward Daniell Peters .. center . Claypool Lawrence. guard Whittaker Lcniger guard Comstock Bedea guard From Field—Danville, Barber, 4; Welliver, 3; Peters, 3; Lawrence, 2; Bedea. 1; Independents—Daniell, <>; Grier, 3 ; Claypool, 1; Whittaker. 2; Comstock, I From foul—Barber, 4 ; 'Grier. 2. Score: Danville, 30; In ; dependents, 28. 'The Naphtha La nn ches. i There -•m>to he but little business left f< i" i ; n>| lit ha launches since the freefcrivl - started. During long interval- < . Ii day it now appears that the littl bouts have nothing to do. Whether they will he kept in com • mission by their owners or not re mains to be seen. As the weather be -1 comes more agreeable they will no doubt grow in demand, as they afford a speedy and safe method of getting ! acros- the river aod the ride possesses j a peculiar charm and novelty, which j many people will find it hard to re sist. Payne's " Destruction of Pom]>eii" will appear at Edgewood Park, Sha mokin.for three days during the fourth week of June.
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