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| W. I'. AKULK,
DENTIST
OFFICE: -is MII.I "-TKKLT.
«eUi Kxtracted without I'hlii.
Crown Hint Hrhlste V\ <>rk » S|*>ol«lty.
•Ujulpped Willi llif .ulesi hikl nioMt Improved
1 nstruim utw und prepared i» exwiiif llie
most dltticult work.
DR. C. H. REYNOLDS,
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JBS Mill - Danville, Pa.
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Ivnttstry in all it* l-r Ch..rge»
Moderate and a worn Onaranteed
u Vt«hhi*M 1H«!
CONDENSED MVS.
Aitieu to May frosts.
Vacation days are near.
Flowers will he pl< ntiful tor Memor
ial Day.
Thrifty householders are fitting up
their screen (loots. There are no Hies
on them.
St. Louis has not been crowded as
vet. The laud lords checked the ad
vauoe.
It blossoms are any indication there
will be fruit to burn.
WANTED.-Small and large tracts '
of woodland. Send full description and
price. New York & Penn'a Co., Lock
Haveu, Pa.
Under the new adjustment, the sal
ary or the CatawiHsa postmaster has
been reduced from JISOO to #130(1 per
year
The St. Louis hotel keepers are com
ing to time. They are beginning to
realize that the great American public
Is not "dead easy. "
There was plenty of anthracite coal
mined in this State last year, hut not
enough to bring the piic* down to a
proper level. i
Lycoming county has organized a
good roads association to take advant
age of the provisions of the state law
in a practical methodical way.
| The directors ot the Columbia coun- I
ty Fair Association, at Bloomsburg,
have set aside |4,000 foi racing purses.
There will he six purses of 1500 each,
two of |4<k> i ach ami a county purse
of
The hoys who would like to attend
the summer encampment must become
"sojers' now or be debarred.
Weather knockers have some reason
for using the sledge hammer now.
The anuual extermination of the
mosquito is already being planned. I
Memorial Day should be sacredly
obseived and efforts made to stop its
desecration.
There is just as much physical cul
ture iu a carpet beater as in a pair ot
dumb bells or a base ball bat.
The Czar would like to abdicate.
Poor man! Unmsy is the head that i
wears a crown.
There is consolation in the tact that
at this stage of the season
cannot be of long duration.
The cool and backward spring has
bad the merit ot keeping hack the us
ual onset of dies and moth millers.
Even Japau is surprised at the war's
developments. The wily little fighters
didn't expect such an easy time.
The amount of taxable property in
the Borough ot Bloomsburg for IHO4
has increased 1184,567 over last year.
Polish citizens of Mt. Carmel have
organized a mutual tire ingurance com
pany with $300,000 insurance taken,
and next week a similar company will
be formed by English speaking resid
ents.
At the conclusion of the Knights
Templar parade at. their convocation
ou May 24 and 25 at York, all the
bands will mass at the head of the
line, under the direction of E. Sir A.
Howard Thomas, general herald, and
march iu review.
rr IS A MATTER OF HEAUH
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POWDER
Absolutely Pure
THERE 15 NO S
JHontour M American
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"THIS COl-'NTRY WILL NEVER BE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITSOWN DEM \NDSWITH ITS «>WN PRODI K HONS
VOL. 40-N0 20.
I —EXECU J|
The last obsia le to the construction
of the Botoug!i sower along the full
11ii i contemplated has been removed
and on Siijr a» n:_- it a special meet
111;; of i N Jll>' ! a.is held at which it
was ib'i ide;l to < u'i'Ute an agreement
between the P. & R. Kailwav Ooiupa
'nv and the Borough of Danville by
which for a nominal consideration the
| Borough is permitted to carry its 'W
jer through the archway uu I*r the
tracks of the above company.
1 The following members were present
at the special meeting: lleifsuyder,
Vastine, Swank. Boyer, Joseph Gib
son, David Gibson. Lloyd and Davis,
the latter in the chair.
Application for permission to cms-:
under the track of the P. <V R. Rail
way Company was made nearly a
| month ago. On Saturday the agree
ment was forwarded from the com
i pany's headquai ters, which only await
ed the signatures and the action of
Council to make it bindiug. The rail
j road company insisted upon certain
i stipulations, which to Couucil seem
ed reasonable. Among these was that
the work should be done under the
oversight of a representative of the P
&K. Railway Company; also that a
nominal consideration of one dollar be
paid. The action of Council is sum
med up in the following resolution,
which ou motion of Mr Reifsnydei,
carried unanimously:
"That the President and the Secre
tary of the Council of the Borough of
Dauville be aud lureby are authorized
to execute the agreement between the
Catawissa Railroad Company, the
Philadelphia & Reading Railway Com
pany aud the Borough of Danville for
the placing aud the maintenance by 1
the said Borough of a terra cotta sew
er pipe through the culvert underneath i
the tracks, right of way and property
of the railroad companies, said sewer
to be used solely to convey sewage un- j
der and across the said track and right
of way."
The sewer cau now be pushed rapid
ly to completion. By the last of the
week Superintendent- Keefer will be
ready to tackle the culvert. A trouble
some and difficult job is anticipated,as
tfie bottom is laid with uein-'nt, which
will have to be laboriously removed
by chipping before a trench can he
sunk. The same thing had to be done
in order to open a way for the trench
in the Borough's conduit under Wal
nut street adjoining and the process
proved a slow and tedious one. The
work, if anything, will prove more
difficult under the railroad, as the
archwa}' there is of smaller dimenson*.
Senior Glass of School.
The senior class of the High School
has uow entered upon its two weeks'
vacation preceding the auntul com
mencement. The members of the grad- i
uating class this year are: Frances 1
Welliver, Elizabeth Reed, May Book-,
Sara Woodside, Amanda Heiss, Bertha i
Millar, Carlton McHeury, Charles i
Hartt.Mvron Bernheimer,Harry Keiin, <
Walter Raver. Raymond Herrington i
and John Mettler. t
Frances Welliver graduates with lion- t
ors aud will therefore be Yaledictor- <
ian. Carlton McHeury takes second i
honor aud will have the Salutatory. ;
Elizabeth Reed also takes honors,hav- >
ing attained a giade of 115 per cent, in (
the work of the Junior and Senior
years. <
Honors heretofore depended solely i
upon the work of the Senior year, but (
this year they are based upon the <
grades of both Junior and Senior years, j I
It is a usw system under which honors <■
uext year will be based upon the work t
of the first three years and the yeai I
following upon the entire four years i
of the course.
The class ot '<i4 has the credit of be , I
ing a diligent hard working one. Sev- i
eral contemplate taking a colh g •
course,but at this early day their plans i
as a general thing are not complete.
The baccalaureate sermon will be
preached to the graduating - lass by
Rev. J. E. Hutchison in Mahoning
Presbvteriau church on Sundav even
ing, May 2'Jtli. Commencement will
take place in the Opera House ou Tues
day eveuiug, June 2nd. Tiekt t-s for
the latter event, are on sale and sell
ing rapidlv.
Rains Uause Bad Roads.
The recent rains have had the effect
of making bad roads. Throughout the
rural making was under .
way or jnsf completed when the rains
came on, the natural result being that
all the loose eartli thrown into the
road was quickly turned into mud.
There are, however,few stretches of
road that are iu a worse condition than
the highway between the northern
line ot the Borough and Mausdale,
which is to lie rebuilt with State aid.
Not. only is mud a troublesome factor
there, but the road is rough, cut up ,
into ruts and altogether affords a
pretty good object lesson to ►how the
wisdom of the Legislature in passing
a law designed to inaugurate new
methods in rnad making.
Stairway to Launches.
A fine stairway was constructed on
the river bank near the foot of Ferry
stieet yesterday for the convenience of
persons wishing to ride in the naphtha
launches. A dry boardwalk leads from
the foot of the staiis to the wat« r's
edge.
Hughey Dougherty, Vr- Richards
and all the old favorites will be with
Dumout's Minstrels at the Opera House ,
i ou Saturday, May 28th.
, N»L LIGHT
From present indications it does not
seem unlikely that within the next six
months the Borough of Dauville may
have its own electric light plant. The
three-year contract with the Standard
Electric light Company of this city
• \pires on November Ist and the Light
Committee of Council by doing a lit
tle figuring has discovered that by
generating its own electricity the
Borough can install a larger number
of arc lights than are at present fur
nished and at the same time secure
lights ot greater power for consider
ably less money than is being paid.
Council by an unanimous vote last
mouth decided to investigate the sub
ject to seo whether a saving could
not be effected in the matter of light.
In the interim experts have been con
sulted and investigations conducted
along all lines.
With the extraordinary facilities at
the Water Works the Committee be
lieves that the Borough can replace
the sixty-eight arc lights of some 1200
candle power at present doing service
with seventy-five arclights of 2000
candle power at such a reduction of
cost as will pay for the plant in a few
years' time. There is plenty ot space
in the Water Works tor a light plant.
The boilers are ample and all that is
required is to install a dynamo and
engiue. The plant could be ruii iu con
nection with the Water Works and by
adopting the 100-hour arc lamps which
burn nearlv a week without attention,
the cost of operating the system could
be reduced to a minimum.
Plans and specifications are being
made and will be ready in a couple of
weeks' time. If these be approved by
Couucil bids will be invited forth
with. A thoroughly modern system
can be installed in a mouth or six
weeks' time.
Classes in Swimming.
Among other forms of outdoor sports
and exercise for the sauimer under
consideration by the men's gymnasium
classes of the Y. M. C A. is swim
ming in the North Branch of the Sus
quehanna This is a popular and health
ful exercise and is useful as an accom
plishment which inly lead to the sav
ing of life. Swimming however, has J
never been popular with adults in Dau- j
vill«, notwithstanding that the North
Branch at almost any point furnishes
excellent bathing grounds.
Physical Director Carpi liter's idea
is to organize a swimming class of the ,
men and hoys who belong to the gym- j
nasium classes during the winter. He >
may not attempt anything very difli- j
cult in swimming, but he feels coufi- '
dent that he can give to all a fair j
Knowledge of the rudiments of the !
science,developing confidence and lay- j
ing the foundation which with suffi
cieut practice will enable the man or
boy to become ail expert swimmer.
The swimming proposition,however,
encounters a difficulty in the Borough
ordinance, which prohibits bathing
within the Borough. The inference
might he that this related to the cus
tom ot boys bathing nude and that
there would be no objection to anyone
disporting iu the water properly clad
as at the summer resorts. The ordin
ance, however, is unqualified and
sweeping. Section Ist under the head
ot "Nuisances" reads:
"It shall In unlawful for any person
or persons to bathe in the Susquehanna
river, Pennsylvania canal, Mahoning
creek, or in any stream or public place
within the limits of the Borough of
Danville. Any person or persons who
shall violate any of the provisions of
this section of this ordinance shall for
feit and pay a fine of live dollars for
each and every offense."
Professor Carpenter says ho will not
he deterred by the ordinance hut will
take his classes properly clothed in
h .thing suits at some distance up or
down the stream or more probably ou
the opposite side of the river where
they will ho out of the Borough's
jurisdiction.
Oommomorative Postage Stamps.
Louisiana Purchase Commemorative
Postage Stamps were placed on sale at
the local Post office yesterday. The
stamps comprise a special series in
live denominations,known as the Com
memorative Series of 1!K)4. The de
nominations and subjects ot these
stamps are as follows:
One cent, green : subject, Robert R.
Livingston, United States Minister to
France, who conducted the negotia
tions tor the Louisiana Purchase.
Two-cent, red; Thomas Jefferson,
President of the United States at the
time ot the purchase.
Three-cent, purple; James Monroe,
speci 11 ambassador to France in the
matter of the purchase, who with Liv
ingston, closed the negotiations.
1* ive-eent, blue; William McKitiley,
who as president of the United States
approved the Act- of < 'ongress. official -
ly connecting the United States Gov
ernment with the commemorative ex
position.
Ten-cent,brown ; United States map
showing the territory of the purchase
Valuation Raised.
The County Conitiiis-i mors have in
some instances rai> >1 tl.e valuation on
properties throughout I lie county. The
owiii rs are now heii g infi.iiue I ot the
action through n<■ ti<-« s >mt out !>v the
Cotniiiis'-ioiiers' Ch tl These who i!e
sire to appeal from tl e valuation will
have a chance of b ing heard before
the County Commissioners it their
regular meeting uext Saturday.
DANVILLK. I»A.. Till ItSDAV MAY l!» I!KM.
IA WOM AN
ASSAULTED
Harry Davis of Philadelphia, wa -
arrested and committed to ,j »il iu tin
city yesterday on the seiious charge of
having assaulted a woman
About 3.30 o'clock yesterday after
noon Joseph Diehl and a companion
named Shutt appeared in t iwn with a
well dressed stranger in charge whom
they handed over to Chief ot Police
Mincenioyer, alleging that le' was
guilty of assaulting a woman on the ;
Dug Road. The story as rt lit d by
Diehl was a* follows : He lives on Bald
i Top and was on his way homo from
I town where he is employed. Above the
1 Dug Road lie was over taken by the
| woman, who full of excitement relat-
Jed that she bad been assaulted. Diehl
! at once started in prusuit of the man,
' who was out of sight. On the Nortli
| umberland road the pursuer came
j across a man who said he had seen a
' inati run down the Dug road and hurry
lon his way toward Lover"' Leap,
where he crossed over the cai I bridge
aud started up along the riv r.
Diehl at once turned his ittentiou
to that course and proceeding ill
! the direction of town finally overtook
the man toward whom suspicion poin*
ed. He entered info conversatio.
the fellow and walked along with him J
until they came to a place where Shutt
was fishing. He bete formally took
the Strang r iuto custody and calling
upon Shutt to assist him brought the
fellow to town.
The stranger,who said his name wa-
Harry Davis and gave Philadelphia a
his residence, protested that lie was
innocent of any such a charge, lie was
taken into the office at City Hal! while
a messenger was dispatcher? tor the
woman assaulted to see whether she
could identify the man. Iu due time
she arrived and no sooner entered the
office than she exclaimed: "That's tin
man !"
The woman gave her name a- Ida
M. Carl, and is employed a- house
keeper ou a farm on Bald Top She
had been to town to consult her physi
cian aud according to her story wa
returuing home along the Dog Road
when all of a sudden some one seized
her and placing his hand firmly over
her mouth flung her violently to the ;
ground. She struggled desperately and
succeeded in escaping from the man's ,
clutches. S/e ran a short distance j
when sho .»as again seized bv the man.
After another desperate struggle she
succeeded in getting away, while the
man fled iu the opposite direction. She ,
was cut about the mouth where tie- j
mail had struck her with Ins hand and
to corroborate this the woman produe j •
ed au envelope stained with blood, > i
which she carried when assaulred.
The man was arraigned before Jc.-tice
of the Peace Oglesby. Ho still protest- |
ed his innocence, but was held for <
court, bail being fixed at live hundred ;
dollars. Davis made n? effort to pro- j
cure a bondsman and was committed :
to jail.
The prisoner stated that he has a
mother liviug in Danville. i
The Limit of Expansion. (
Last week a car load of new niachiu- <
erv was installed at the Silk Mill and
this week it is in full operation, giv- j
iug employment to a number of a !
ditional hands.
With this installment of niachirr r> i
the limit of expansion has been reach
ed at Mr. Hartmau's busy plant,every
foot of floor space about the building
being occupied.
From the day that Mr. Hartman
started up his silk mill here he has
followed out the policy of employing '
help iu advance. No bright boy or girl i
who applied for employment was ever
permitted to depart disappointed. 1
They were at ouce taken in and put to 1
work, a little time sufficing to make
them competent hands. It was to pro- 1
vide employm wit for fiis extra he'p
that Mr. Hartman from time to time 1
since ho has been m Danville has in- 1
creased the capacity of his plant. This
is the secret of his success in always
having au adequate supply of skillful
help ou hand.
Placed His Head on Rail.
The engineer of a gravel train which
passed through West Nanticoke about
lour o'clock Monday afternoon notic
ed a man sitting ou a pile of railroad
ties near the track apparently interest
ed in a small book which he held in
his hand. A moment later a trackman
saw him tear the book into small l>it
and deliberately place his neck across
one of the rails between the front and
hind wheels of the moving cars. An- i
other instant and the head was sever- <
ed from the body. The train wis stop- I
ped and tho crew placed the body on
ono ot the flat cars and took it to the <
D L. & W. freight station.
The man was apparently about
years of age, about five fe» t eight i
inches in height and probably weigh i
ed 100 pounds; smooth shaven amU
with dark hair. He was neatly dres< i
ed in a black suit.
I auticb Sold.
Harvey Dietrich of S< ut'i limvilh
yesterday sold his naplith t la inch to
Samuel Heller of Berwick. Tin launch
i was taken up the river yesterdav at
teinoon with Mi Heller himself in
charge.
Funeral Friday.
J B Kinii, whose death occurred
Tuesday, will be buried at !» a. m ,
Fridav morning from St Hubert's
Cathol'o church Interment, will be !
inaHn in St Hubert's eemcterv.
! PERSONAL !
hiuunnis
George Klas returned y» sterdav
from a visit with re! *tiv• s at Still- j
w at< r
\\ L. Antum transacted business in '
Pitt-ton yesterday.
A L. Mart/, of Shamokin, was a)
Danville visitor y< sterdav
('. II Winder ot Bloiiinsburg, trans
acted bmiMM in iin- oily yeatordijr.
J. P. Conway ot Bloomsburg. was a
Danville vi-itor yesterday.
S. F. Rieketts >p nt yesterday after- j
noon tishing in the vicinity ot Cam
oron.
F *M Herrington transacted husi- |
ness in Bloomsburg yesterday
Rev. A M. Fcaser was H Sunbury I
visitor yesterday
Mr and Mis I'harles Wln-pell left j
yesterday for a visit with friends m ;
Berwick.
Charles Antrim left yesterday for a
visit with relatives in Wyoming
Miss May Dreishach of Catawissa, .
was tile guest of friends in this city j
yesterday.
Mrs. Jacob Sechler -pent yesterday '
afternoon with friends in Blooms- i
burg.
i Hurry Smith was a Bloomsburg visi
tor yesterday.
J. 1' Dunham of Northumberland,
wa- a Dauville visitor yesterday.
Mr- Frank Shannon of Sunbury, I
visited friends in this city yesterday.
Miss Carrie Ilarniati of Catawissa,
visited friends in this city yesterday.
James Hnudricksou of Catawissa,
was a Dauville visitor yesterday.
F. P, Johns <ii of this city, returned j
home from a visit to Pittsburg last !
evening.
Mrs. Mary A. Fields returned home j
from a visit to Lewisburg last -en- I
iug.
'Squire Stflphen Ellis of Exo inge, '
was in this city yesterday.
Mi-- May Scott of Northumberland, i
visit M 1 friends in this city yesterday. |
L. P. Wagner of Washingtonville i
was a visitor in this city yesterday.
Official List of Delegates.
The Pennsylvania delegation to the 1
Repullican National Convention will '
consist of sixty-eight delegates and
sixty-eight alteruar <s.
There will be four delegates and
tour alternates at large and two tlole
gitei and two alter; |es from each of ■
the thirty-two Cou Sessional districts. '
The liepublicai State Convention '
elected the four delegates and four al- 1
ttruat ■- at large. They are: Delegates
at Largi—Samuel W. Pennypacker,
Hirrisburg; Jame- Elverson,Philadel
phia ; Francis L. Robbins, Pittsburg; I
O. D. Bleakley, Franklin. Alternates «
at Large— O. S. Honshman,Pittsburg; t
I). L. Thomas. liokendauqua; Jesse (
L. Hartman, Hollid tysburg; Samuel I
B. Dick, Meadville. t
In till hut one of the Congressional t
districts, l ie tenth, which embraces t
Lackawanna county, the district dele
gates and the alt mates have been <■
chosen. 112
For the Sixt enth District the dele- c
gate- chosen are: James Foster, E. E.i
Whir •, C. M. Clement and Fred P.
Vinci nt. i
The Peiin-ylvania delegates to the \
Republican National Convention will -
have headquarters at the Auditorium t
in Chicago. \
. _ t
May Term of Court. (
Court will convene on next Monday 112
the 2:! rd insr. At present, however, |
there is very little business on hand, i
The ci iminal cases are few and trivial.
Oil the civil li-d tho ca-e o( Sarah C. i
Crouiley vs. the Pennsylvania Rail- |
road Company was down for trial, but {
owing to the serious illness of John S. j
McKee of W »•.-iiitown, a leadiug wit- {
ness for the defense, the case has been |
continued. t
The Grand Jury will convene ou
Monday 2:srd and as things now stand s
the Traverse Jury will come in on (
Tuesday, tho
There is but one prisoner in jail and j j
the small amount of business for court | ?
had a parallel last winter when one ! .
session was disi 1 n-ed with,th • traverse j
I
jurors being notified not to appear. !
No one will deny th it little Montour j „
is well s>|st titling it- repnt»tioii as a | (
peace-loving aud 4 law-abiding com j
munilv. I t
H irvestin a r Ice in May.
The novelty ot filling an ice house in | 1
the middle of May fi II to tl xperi t
etice ofFatntei Henry Reich,tenant 011 >
the farm of Prothonotaiy Thomas (i 1 1
Vincent, in Coop. • township yest-r- 1
day.
The brunt ot the terrible flood last
March fell on the Vim cut farm and »
among the huge icf masses deposited | '
tie iv were a number of big boulders, 1 '
which not withstanding the action of 1
the elements ate still nearly two feet
thick. It was tine • that Ml. Reich j
used tn filling his ie house yesterday, j
It wis et excellent ouality, clear a- 1
, Iv-t.ll ml - li ! 1- 11 i- possible 'for j
ice to 1
It is 1 ol\ h re .111 1 there along this j
i iit ot l ie North Bianeh that any ice ,
-till r in 1111s after tl e lapse of two .
months. lin ot tl-ese point- which
foi in an exception is tho river hank
mar Lover' - l«ap. w here an immense
mound of ie ■ vi-r twenty feet high
was deposited hv the flood This
moon i appal HI 111 \ little diminished
im iv h ' -. en from t IWII and still eon
tain- many hundred tons ot ice.
CLASS OF 16
I'ONFIRMEII
l'lie nt" ot confirmation was admin
isierod by the lit. Hev Kthelbert Tnl
luit, I). !>., LL. D., Bishop of the Di-
M esc, at Christ Episcopal Church, j
tins < ;tv, last night A i l»s» of six
to> n were admitted to the full pnv
' ileges of the church.
nev. F. llaughtnn, rector, conduct
ed the evening prayer and presented
the class.
Following the lite ot coiiHmint ion
Bishop Talbot preached a nertuon,
j founding Ins remarks upon St. Luke,
'.l: 32: "But Peter and they that were
with him were heavy With sleep; and
when they were awake they saw his
glory. '•
Bishop Talbot is a man of remark
able penetration, an eloquent aud
forceful speaker and he applied the
1 inxt iu a very effective way to show
the enlightening effect of the Scrip
tures and of a walk close with God.
He foresees a time in the world's his
tory when instead of numerous sects
which now divide mankind, there will
lie but two .classes, those which in a
spiritual sense see and those which see
not The middle ages were a time when
the whole world slept and the Reforma
tion was the awakening, If we get
more out of life today—if there is
more of sympathy in the world, more
of love and charity, more hope and
happiness it is because we are awak
ening. which reveals to us the glory
of God and man. It is ouly this spirit
ual enlightenment which brings a per
son to fully realize that man is his
brother and God is his Father. If is
this awakening that urges us ou to
missionary effort, iu which we are
actuated not because we fear the heath
en will be damned, hut because we
love him as a brother man
Bishop Talbot prefaced his sermon
with some remarks relative to the an
nual convention which will be held in
Trinity Episcopal church, Williams
port, June 14th. Alluding to the ques
tion of dividing the diocese, which
will be before the convention,he went
011 to explain how unwieldy the di
ocese ha- become and consequently
how greatly the Bishop is taxed The
Central Pennsylvania Diocese.be said,
numerically is the largest iu the Am
erican cltruch, having 3,000,000 souls.
One Bishop for the whole diocese
hardly finds time to visit all the smal
ler towns let alone to form any new
parishes. He spoke of the necessity of
iclief, which alone can be afforded by
a division of the diocese. He express
ed the hope that the delegates chosen
would attend the convention at Will
iam sport
Reservation to be Opened.
The President has signed a proclama
tion opening the Rosebud, S. D , In
dian Reservation to settlement. The
reservation contains 4Mi,oooacres to be
opened August Bth. The laud, which
Uncle Sam proposes to practically give
away, includes 2000 quarter sections of 1
the finest and most valuable property 1
ever opeued by the government. I
Under tho provisions of the Act just 1
signed there will be no opportunity ]
for unfairness aud ex-soldiers aud 1
ex-sailors are given a special privil- 1
ege. '
For the greater convenience to entry 1
men the land office at Chamberlain 1
will be temporarily removed to Bone- I
steel, which is only four miles from |
the reservation. Entries at Bouesteel <
will continue from August Htli to Sep- 1
temher 10th and afteiwards will lie J
continued at Chamberlain. Opportoni- 1
ries for registration for drawing will c
he afforded at Chamberlain.Bouesteel t
Yankton and Fairfax and registration
will begin July aud close July 23. j
The draw iug will take place at Cham- ,
berlaiu. July 28, under the supervision t
of a committee of three men. The uni- 112
form price of the lands during the 6
lirst three months of the opening will ,
lie $1 per acre and the choice ot selec- ;
tion will be regulated by the drawing.
The proclamation provides that lands (
shall bo entered under the general (
provision ot the homestead and town (
site laws and all entries under the j
homestead law are to he made in per-
son except in the case of ex-soldiers (
aud ex-sailors, who may employ an t
agent. ,
At least r.0,000 applications for claims ,
are expected. All of these with the 112
exceptions of those who have setved (
in Uncle Sam's wars will l>e obliged
to journey in person to Bonesteel. (
Several veterans of the Civil War in
Montour county are already on the 112
list among those who will make en- {
tries at Bonesteel through airents j
while others will no doubt follow suit
as soon as the generous provisions
made for ex-soldiers and ex-sailor- be
comes generally known.
Full information concerning the ar- ,
rangements for the opening may be
had by addressing the Register of the
Land Office. Chanilx-rlaiu, S. D.
_— I
Defacing Mail Boxes
A short time ago a change in the
collection of mail went into effect and |
oil each of the boxes about town the
new hours were set forth as required
It transpires, however, that at many 1
places the lettering is defaced if not
wholly obliterated by thoughtless or 1
maliciously disposed persons
It is a very serious offense as any one '
may h arn by perusing the warning
notice contained on each letter box. '
which prohibits defacing the IKIX or
tamiiering with its contents or lock
under penalty ot a tine of ♦!!**> and
linptisoinneiit for thiee veers 1
KSTAIiLISIIKI> IN I*-,-
'IMKDI Hilt
I HDIOWII. Iltl
The Memorial Commute • of (». 1
rich Post. No ii. O A It , h»» v--rt
I nearly perfected the arran k '< m> nt 1
Memorial Day arid tl • indi •tirn- >
that nothing will h omitted frrut tl
program of the day - oh»ervan< r I
ed to reflect the full n»ei».or»> of irra'-
ful rnaembrance in which the <»• »<1
heroes are held who fought and died
that the nation might live
The committee ha* enlisted the ».
distance of oar clergv and tin-, wil;
take an active part 111 fie da\ • pr
ceeding An mv itattnn ha- I • • 11
extended to tile pupils of the ptii ii
schools, whose presence with the v- t
erans during a couple of year- p i-»
has proven su< h a touching and tu|
sive feature of the day.
The memorial sermon will h» preach
ed by Rev. E. B. Dunn ia the Tint- d
Evangelical church at 10o'clock. Sun
day morning. May J9fh. All the veter
ans of the plac», whether soldier* or
sailors, are requested to attend They
will meet at G. A. R Hall at a m .
and march to the United Evangeln al
church in a body
The parade to the cemetery a- 11-ual
will include the military and the diff
erent secret organizations of town
along with the Chief Hurge-- and the
Town Council, who are to b» invit 1
and who it is hoped, will see their
way clear to join the veterans Tie
school children as usual will occupy a
prominent place in the parade, the
girls dressed in white each carrying a
bouquet and the boys following each
carrying a small flag. Appropriate mu
sic will be employed.
At the cemetery addre*se- will h
made by the several clergymen of
town, each of whom will address a
class of bis own According to the
program the addresses will run as foi
lows:
Rev J. E. Hutchison of the Mahon
ing Presbyterian church—the Veterans
of the Civil War
Rev. John Sherman of the First Bap
tist Church—Spanish American Yeter
ans.
Rev. E. T. Swart*, of St. Peter's
M. E. church—National Guards.
Rev. S. B Evans of St. Pan Is M.
E. church—Woman's Relief Corps.
Rev. W. C. MeCorniack, D. D . of
Grove Presbyteriau church—Sous and
Daughters of the S'eterau*.
Rev. N. E. (Tleaver of Trinity M
E. church—Secret Societies
Rev. M. L. Shindel. D. D.. Pine
Street Lutheran church—Sunday an 1
Public School Children
Rev George E. Limhert ot Shiloh
Reformed church—Tl|« (General Pub
lie.
Rev. W E. Wenner of St. John's
Lutheran church—Conclu-ion
Rev. E. B. Dunn of United Evange
lical church—Benediction.
Immediately preceding the benedie
tion three musical selections will be
rendered by the Keystone Male o Ui * r ~
tette. Upon returning from the ceme
tery a very beautiful ceremony willb.
jierformed by the school children in
memory of those who lost their live
while fighting ou sea and who went
dowu into uumarked aud unknown
graves. The boys and girls bearing 1-
many flowers as they can earrv will
be takeu ou Isiard the ferry ami trans
ported across the river. On their way
over the stream to the strains of ap
propriate music while the children
join in singing tlie flowers will be cast
into the water where they may be
caught by the current aud carried away
toward the sea
The member* of Goodrich Post make
their usual appeal for flowers for Me
morial Day. The school children.
esi»ecially aie asked to interest them
selves in procuring flowers, which
should be delivered at G. A R Hall
not later than * a. m on Monday.May
30th.
The members of rhe Post are desirous
of finding every grave in which t - 1
dier repoafs. There are still a good
many of these, it is believed, that ar
lying in the different cemeteries ri
graves that are anmatked Relativ. -
of all such are asked to assist the com
rades by looking up the-. _-rav. - and
marking thetn so that on Memorial
Day when tfie Committee mat sir*
round with flowers each of the-.* lull
erto neglected tombs may b- dee rv t
with thv others. Curry A Vannan ar
manufacturing a lot of markers «
present and these inav b- obtained hv
those who wi«h to make u«< < ? t 1 m
by applying to I'oturade Levi P S
ler. No. 213 Grand -treet
Baby Camel.
In the menagerie with the Main Cir
cus, is a baby camel, bom in Batavia,
N Y , while the show was eihihit
ing there, which was adopted ■*:
christened by the Maeotiic Stir if r
"Batavia." The Masonic fratornitv
had qoite a time with t' • d»- rt ir
fant adoption ceremonie* and 1 »r
ly the whole town turned ouf »-»
witnes- the Shriner* proceeding-
While . ainels born in t - country «r»
seldom healthy im*ns, " Pata*ia,
in,the language of the animal fce. r.
is "as sound as a dollar. and grow
ing with unu«ual rapidity, and pr.
m 1 sen to he tfie largest cam* I in Am
erica as well a* the onlv one in t •'
world'hoiinf I l>v •» Shnner christen j
ing.
Will l«e at Bloomsburg •" Tl irsda'
Mav 'Jfith
Any bod v with an aimana *n prove
that this is spmiK
JOB PRINTING
Tin ort.it. of th* AvttKjm
••eitig (orni<>M with a larjjtr
a--ortm» nt of ;»»l* letter and
fanw Ivpi and j«>b material
Kt*ntrall\, tlu V'nt»lt«her an
t»» the jmKliv th*! he
is* j»rt |Ktr»«! at ill! ttrn* «tn ex
cttti in thi tit nli*l manner
1011 PKINTINfi
OfallKlndt and 0»»a« n
\ HUH,IIIHI.
i M MMI.R RESOKT
tlnnl* t • Park, ahirh vim np»»d
I, ha* »*li \- ar ii«« I—■ itl
I ing on n< w f>«tur> • until n mi mow
«J«Ilp|»"l Willi .(|| »» .it B' - • t<i •
I first cl»« !>umn> r IC«MI
Ja«t now • . tally tlw 112 ark *
I »112 tli m< «t i • {■>>!• |« k*
, j fnon-l K*> rything i. el*aa m 4 fr»«h
J Mothing i»« ' • i ftr »• and .o
drrhr»«h of 4JI? k I ll'l ItS* b»i # pf THI >t
t<-d tn t> mam npr>n |li» ground Tlm>
I >•»«* IF" ■ * tl m«elre. *lnrh fnrac rlf
prored ait nlntrtt > i »«» thr tivv,
lint- > •n t> t< d fr< «!»•> br.« of
tl •• lull at th > | utile ral an thai ai
pr< - nt from itint *t MJ J art of IIM>
I »rk there t- 4 ■ t .-unrig iMitlmk ttt
iik* iti the Taller i>| tho Mahoning
**ref*k Iu 1 tti*' br■>;».l iwtt>p of wmis
I I n - !• jn-t now R> »| l«.nd- nt with
the \»riDß« tint* of ar««*n A'Mtn tt»M
the pur- -pring water winrb bubble*
out nt th frot of the mountain on MM
ground*. tli" nnpollatetf nir Ml tba
refr»«hing <.lor of th«. pin* trm «a<t
it will !h «i n that all tt»e <oa<iiti«M
ar. favorabl" fur a foil -njorm* «t ®f
life amid tin m -t In altt fol sarrouad
ing- 'luring th* hot andop|>re.-r> lars
of SOUIDT
Mr. Hanttr ha» > impleted twe ad
Hitioti.il log > »' n*. wlu> h are eie«4x|
ingly pi for* -IJU* a- well a* comfort
able Tti. r if? [rman.-nt »Oairi.<«a*
JOxli f>*» rand in every r.-*|>*« t ar*
counterpart. of the l«>g abin* boilt bt
the earlr - 11l*»r- of tin? ct-ontry With
the «everal cottage# the ; ••rmau-iit
-trui tur> - in th>- Park now nanb*r
-••vi'ii In additioe to th««< a oontvr
off tin;lit- tin* hammer wsll j ;t« li
tPtit* in tb»- park and thfftv «lar
ing a l«n< 112 \ \ at ion or 4«rini; th« ««•
-on a- aav .ii t tl.«'ir
w»- l> ;»rn- I .;t tin i*.»rk 112 .'Tilay tl»ar
with on<* eiifptiaa tti* i niliiDk'"
ti> ally all • I f'>r tln» -•-a*«ti
of thrcp uiontfi- anrl that among tt>»
familii- who will -ji> nd th*ir -oruni- '
ar fli»> Park ar< lho»f of A C. Aw«
bury, (t'-org- M \\. *t, €!iarl<wi li
Olood.W <; Potml and O. M L#mg
pr. Man\ unjoin.* »r»* r«-r»«i»rd from
p«*opl»* who ha*t> t»-Bt» and pr#fer to
a* tlie«»». Th»- rat-•* lor ttn»
pririh g- of tutrhing a t«*nl in tb«- park
ar- |1.:,0 p» r w«« k
The p.-irilioti at Hanter * Park i- >fw»
of the ftn> -tin th*- St»t»- an<i ha* al
ways Iwii a l"itar« that madr th«
Park j ; alar A«id-fr in it*archit«
tmal twnnty it- -u and as rang-n»«nr
ar»- f>;»tur - 112 it r» :imi> n<l t If af
proximar- - a lian Ir I f> . to lonctb
by fifty in width. It ha* a tin# or
chestra room, in wtwh a n-w p.an
ha>= juir het-n in-talU'd 112 r th>- «-a**in
The eoclof li l.itfonn for dan er* with
Ibf romfort:»t • j,r. *r' ing>-il
it for tlnw»' who w *h to look on ar
featur* - l.igtilr p: i»t*<l v th.
dan< and »i» ■•t.ttur* alike.
The Park will he oj»-n»-d on
day. lune 4th. with a (.icnie In'ld b*
the Knights of Mi »h. • - The m-rry
go-roond af pi« -»-nt install'd <>n ti.»-
cinder tip on Jnne l-r » II tw rentoviNt
to Hunter - Park where t w J r* nam
during the ?»umni»r. Danri** will fc#
held at tin park r-gnlarly er. ry sialur
day and Thur-day •v. rung rh»» park
will !>e op«-n fwr pi< :i "•« daring the «%
tire and a go« i many of the
diites ar»- altea<ly taken
A dining tent will b« ma fitaitM- l
lur.ng th* -■ i-OD in rNMrtiOT with
the Berry-g> round, t» *incf» -an (
«.( In -. hak> d in- uid ti'HT roff*
wiil be - rt I People wiio *.-it tl -
Park fit » day vr .1 » • b- »#»• It*»
carry a lutiHi with them and mar e*«M»
procure agc >1 -■ |aar- Best h* g.r an
notice in a>lvan<-" At the <tor>- i* th*»
Park a fall liti • of nnf»- tiooery t»
carried, with g I ti : r !<*-• iti ua,
soft drink- awl cik »r
--3-xt Tbariday is Cirrus Day.
S \r ltior*>l.-»v, May will -
circa* day n Bloom-'-urg. Walter L
Main *Mp <how will r-slnbir ta that
town aft rti< mwn I -renin*. Three
ring circa*, great' -t wiiai-'rw an*l
rai-ing camital. « ta tn- I with ttie
snp-rti tniht . «d -t: n, Hi*rt=-
ot Partleharg Willi th-re gi*ia«
a |ietrfi>tm;ui »' - ati i» p m %*
o'clock on the morning «rf arrivai tfce
•n.xit novel, ri h A«d length* parmie
.r. r | t-- g I "■ * P. "g *
-tr> 't* or at- A- rh»- Main nrnw ba»
th»- ion tide it aad «tamp of paWu- at»-
prowai. »aitiT«»lh. 112 »» ♦af* •*» l»ee
diet tbe <lay * it fc* ■>*»» »»••• *»
aara«cn» at Vk i* »i -re w»» Uie»
.lot .nj v ti- | rtormta <* a - i»*aa.
i wttahjuaw Afl.t »»* to bwe big lira*
IMk# the Main aatPtpri- Tb. errawn
ro» impt —»"» ** hwg stare
ta-lb-1 that ail < are t?»» ■'*■»■
rrae it is. th. el. pt —ta. !»»••». tiß»r»
and otti r ? ' • mg •• «*e stilf
I HI eiict* 'Hi it with " ta rB-afi*
animals tter< r t i*-- --en n afti'tt*
; The air will «nib»nb»e»U? b»- laapaa#
iiated witt .aw «-f *n»l p-an als wad
1 balloon- m r< I tmioartv wit. *!
•nan I tb»*ir «'iar«» of att- iMiaw. 11 2!"
nig Show it«e|t |H iww»ele4 *9 *"
present ag" «112 i-» . «»# art
ist* of both a»wt rawpt»iw»w<
all national it" • citable the aiaia *%
hibition t«» fi'intai's th* iaiwt *•"'
■MM! high • !.*«* eat* tt*»»"> it * •"*
teatetl aa»o'«etae«t la th»' worW »b«»
' vast naaber «*f p rf< i t ha*saa *aplat
.si with tt.M Ili.t,ration, to t»**ers mt
ÜBiac b'aatf, t* a sight thai «a
| more thm repay one tor - .-owtat «»t
I iailr« to •***"
* L*»ng tatr. I«wg feol.*" ia aa aM
4aying The r>-a»*ti*»a from war lawg 1
Ity «pell has ■ tut It l* t® he
led the Wet «| •*1 Will <4 »e*i t»»
| tion