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"CONDENSED NEWS."
Pleasant days.
Labor Day will soon be here.
The picuic season will soon be over.
The last of the real summer months
is over.
The nights are becoming cool for
campiug
The ftrmers are engaged in fall
ploughing.
The weather machine appears to
tiavu slipped sevetal cogs.
If you won't boost don't knock. Rut
every man should boost his own town.
The published premium list of the
Milton Fair, which is to be held ou
October 4th, sth, 6th and ?th, is very
voluminous and liberal.
The farmers of this section will hold
a basket picnio at Hunter's Park ou
Sept. 10th. A oordial invitation is ex
tended to all farmers ami their friends.
Oscar Yastine, G. M. Leighow, O. H.
Rishel, Oommittee.
Pears are bo plentiful near Norris-
town that they are being fed to the j
P»g« ,
A short summer means a long win-
ter. This cannot be otherwise, an a t
year is just the same length, no mat- v
tor how the ae""""*" 3 »•»«»♦
themselves. a
There is an unusual number of deaths t
from cholera infautnin in the vicinity (
of Shauiokiu. I
All persons between twenty-one and *
twenty-two year<i of age 011 November
Bth can vote on age. It is not neoes- 1
sary that they should have a tax re- 1
ceipt. They should see that they are '
registered. It will avoid delay and
the makiug out of proofs on the day j
of election.
Foggy mornings are not conducive
to good health.
Autumn tints are already showing
in the store wiudows. 1
Guests at the seashore and mountain
resorts find a grate Are comfortable
ithese days.
The dog days seem to have experi
enced a most delightful change of
•heart this year.
It is said that General Kuropatkin
is going to assume the offensive. This
tmay be amusing to tlua Japs.
Meanwhile breakfast food manufac
turers are not hoping for auend of the
meat strike.
With the great cut in ocean rates it
is cheaper for some togo abroad than
remain in this country.
The locusts have made their appear
anoe in the vicinity of Miltou.
Keop ou pushing the paving opeia
tious for the frost will soon bo on the
pumpkin.
Silver ore has been found on the
farm owned by James Adams at Weigh
Scales,aud New York capitalists have
already leased the laud to work the
vein. Several other pieces of land in J
the vicinity have been leased also for
the purpose of investigating their
mineral values.
The issues of this campaign cannot
,be settled in whispers. The voters
want to be taken into the confidence
tof the men seeking their support.
|A man over in New Jersey appears
to be succeeding in an attempt to grow
'Cotton iu that State. Well, it's high
(time they took to growing something
•besides "garden sass" and fake corp
orations iu Jersey.
R there, you oyster! We'll eat you
alive today.
Winter weather prognosticates arc
about dan to tell OH how it will hap
pen.
Politics are not HO strenuous yet,hot
jast wait a to w weeks till the reil tire
it> lighted and the bands begiu to play.
The young ninn who wan knocked
down hy his swoetheart's mother in
the office of the marriage license clerk
at Wilkesharre, where he had Kono to
get the document to enable him and
the girl he had run away with to get
married, may live to rejoice that the
vigorous lady is not his mother-in law.
John Vandiue, an attache of the
Hospital for the Insane, has broken
around for a five-room dwelling on
Grand street. Trouibower & Werk
iieiser have the contract.
itUmtour jfpli Hmeriran.
"THIS COUNTRY WII.L NEVER BE ENTIRELY EREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDSWm I ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS."
VOL. 40—Ml
LAYING HACK
(IS MILL STREET
Tlie Danville an.l Hlnomshurg Street
Itailvvav lsotii|i»ny yeslerdav began th*
wink nl laving iis track ou Mill street.
H.'gi lining at Market sweet the truck
was Iniil nearly »< tar in Mahoning
street. The work vvnl be re-uined this
morning and the track completed as
far an Hotel Oliver. The rail used ou
Mill street is the Urge six Inch high T
rail, such as generally used where
streets are paved.
A switch was placed in the track at
the interaction of Market street yes
terday and the Danville and Blooms
burg Street Railway will further prove
itH good faith in doolariug its inten
tion togo to tho Hospital by immedi
ately beginning the construction of
the track along East Market street. A
portion of tiie rails and ties have al
ready been delivered on the ground
and the actual work of laying the
track along East Market street may
begin today. The rail here to be used
will be the 4% inch T rail, the same
as employed ou Bloom street. While
completing the curve and until getting
beyond the intersection of Mill and
Market streets the heavier six inch
rail will be used.
The Danville and Bloomsburg Street
Railway Company contemplates con
structing a loop by traversing in addi
tion to Mill and East Market streets,
Foust street, Grand and Water streets,
emerging upon Mill street at the
bridge.
Oar citizeus are very mach gratified
with the rapidity with which the Dan
ville and BloomHbarg Street Railway
Company is carry ing the work forward
to completion as well as the manner
in which it has carried oat all the
promises made to the public. This
holds good not only in this city where
in the next few days a track will be
I laid to ttie Hospital.but also all along
the line where the Company has lived
faithfully up to its obligations and
speedily constructed a road, whioh
will rank with the finest in the State.
Grammer School Opens Today.
Pursuant to the action of the School
Board Monday night the Fourth Ward
Grammar School, closed for several
years past, will open this morning
with Miss M. L. Bloom as principal.
Miss Bloom is an able and experien
ced teacher,and although recently em
ployed in the Senior Secondary grade,
is no novice as far as Grammar School
work is concerned, having taught for
nine years in the grammar school of
the Fourtli Ward before that school
about 32 pupils, which leaves some
thirty enrolled in the Third Ward
Grammar School. Not only are the
pupilfl iu the Fourth Ward Grammar
School above the number that could
be mustered up in that grade when it
was deemed advisable to close the
school, hut the Third Ward is fuller
than at that time, a fact which would
indioate if not a growth of population
at least that attending school in the
higher grades has become more popuj
lar of late years.
Weddtd at Buubury Yesterday.
A very pretty home wedding one of
the contracting parties of which hails
from this city.was solemnized iu Sun
bury at high noon yesterday. The
bride was Miss Hannah Gaskinti,daugli
ter of H. B. Gaakius. and the groom,
Ambrose Miller of this place. Ihe
nuptial knot was tied at the bride's
home, No 1135 Susquehanna avenue,
by the Hev. Long of Shamokiu.
A number of Danville people were
present at the wedding, among them
being Mr. and Mrs. John B. Miller,
William Miller, Mrs. Eugene Moyer
and three daughter. Edna, Elmira aud
Cathariue ; Mrs Thomas Reifsnyder,
Mrs. Grant Kidgeway, Mrs. Julia
Mourer, Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Moyer.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Shutt,Mrs. Thom
as Johns, Thomas James, Roy Smith
and Mrs. Ivy Frautas and daughter
Catharine.
Frederick Moser Claimed by Death. 1
Frederick Moser, the well known '
farmer and hotel keeper of Valley
township,passed away at 2 o'clock yes
terday afternoon after a loug illness.
He was 7K years of age. a widely
known and esteemed resident of the
county. For 50 years he kept hotel at
the stand where he died. A wife, two
sons, Peter O. and Riohard 8., both
residents of this county,i-urvive, along
with a grand daughter, Miss Jennie
Bechtel.
The funeral will take plane on Sat
urday, meeting at the late residence
at 10 a. m.and proceeding to the Luth
eran church at Washingtonville where
services will be held and interment
will he made.
Notice.
The Republican Primary eleotion
will be held at the usual voting places
throughout Montour County 011 Fri
day. September 2nd, 1904, between the
hours of six and eight p. m.
The County Convention will be held
in the ('ourt House 011 Saturday, Sep
tember I'.rd, IWOI. at ten o'clock a. 111.
JAMES FOSTER,
County Chairman.
Eyerly — Broat.
Peter F. Eyerly and Miss Ida Broat
of Hloomsburg. were married in this
, city 011 Saturday. The nuptial knot was
1 tied at the residence of the groom's
1 mother, Mrs. D. F. Eyerly, Church
street.by Rev.L. D. IJlrichat -1 0 clock
iu the afternoon.
IJOIIN 11. MOUREK
BREAKSJIIS ARM
John B. Mourer. tho well-known
engineer of the Structural Tubing
Work*, met with a had accident Sat
utday night which well illustrates
how in moments of fancied seenri ty a
person may be exposed to danger.
Mr. Mourer has been somewhat un
lucky in his time. Some fonr years
ago while following iiis trade ax car
penter ho fell from the roof of tin-
Structural Tubing Works anil fractured
hisright hip bone. As the result of that
accident he was laid op for n long
time and never fully tecovered
On Saturday night about 8 o'clock
he was seated with his family on the
narrow veranda extending along the
front of his residence on Mill street
nearly opposite the Gillaspy House.
If there was ever a moment in the
man's life in which he approached
anything like security this, one would
have thought, was oue of them.
Mr. Mourer was seated on a chair at
the upper end of the veranda just
above a flight of three steps leading
down to the brick pavement. While
in conversation the man unconscious
of how near he was to the edge shifted
his chair a little and the result was
that he rolled down over the steps.
He instantly thought ot his crippled
hip and to shield it as he went down
over the steps he threw out his right,
arm. As lie struck the pavement his
entire weight fell upon his arm and
the result was that both bones were
fractured just above the wrist.
Dr. Faules was called, who set the
broken bone. Yesterday Mr. Mourer
was suffering considerable pain. It
may be some weeks before he will bo
able to resume his post as engiueer.
Arrested for Assaulting a Boy.
Alfred Blecher of near Grovania,
was given a hearing before Justice of
the Peace Oglesby Saturday night
etiarged with assaulting Arthur Keif
snyder, son of George Reifsnyder of
this city.
According to the testimony the hoy
was delivering some timber at Grov
ania for his fathet and in passing Mr.
Blecher's farm he helped himself to a
coupla of apples, which grew in the
field noar the roadside. On returning,
according to the boy's statement l e
overtook a buggy with Mr. Blecher
seated inside holding the road in such
a position that he could not drive by.
Acoording to the story Mr. Bloclur
ordered the boy to stop and he compli
ed when the man leaped out of the
buggy into the truck wagon Hjjjj._se.U--
him very roughly for awhile. It was
alleged that tho boy's neck bore marks
of the man's fingers.
Mr. Blecher did not deny that lie
had mounted the boy's wagon anil
laid hands upon him, but lie declared
the boy had driven into his buggy.
The defendant was held for court in
SIOO hail.
Old Timer Reserves Defeated.
TIIO Old Timer Reserves wore de
feated in an eleven-inning gaiue of
base ball by the hloonisburg Y. M. C
A. at that place on Saturday after
noon. The sjore was 7t06 iu favor
of the Bloomsburg team.
Both of these teams are playing very
good ball at present,the narrow marg
in by which the Bloomsburg Y. M. O.
A. won out showing how evenly the
teams are matched. Every game they
play therefore possesses an element of
absorbing iuterest.
On Labor Day as a return game the
Bloomsburg Y. M. C. A. will play a
double header. The Old Timer He
serves will be 011 their own ground
aud they expect to redeem past defeats
by winning at both games. Barber and
Welliver will pitch tor Danville. The
morning game will take place at 10
o'clock and the afternoon game at
o'clock.
Removing Bridge at Hospital.
The bridge over the abandoned can
al at the Hospital for the Insane is be
iug removed to make room for a cul
vert similar to the one the Borough is
building at Church stroet. Two rows
of iron pipe each *">o feet long and lb
inches in diameter form the water
course. The bridge at that point was
raised some ten feet above the level
aud in removing the structuio the
heavy grade can be abolished, while
the ground excavated conies into p Ay
very nicely for constructing the ci. •
vert.
The work of cutting down the road
way and building the culvert is being
done exclusively by the patients at. the
hospital who seem to enjoy the work
and to derive much benefit from the
exercise.
Labor Day Picnic.
At the Amalgamated Association of
I. & S. Workers picnic which will bo
held at Hunter's Park 011 Labor Day,
T. J. Shaffer, the National President,
will deliver an address. An admission
of 5 cents will bo charged to all tlmse
who wish to take a chance on three
grand gate prizes, a silk umbrella, a
barrel of Hour,and a $5. 00 pair of shoes.
General admission, however,is free to
all. and every body welcome to a good
time. A parade will he given in the
morning leaving Armory Hall at
, accompanied by the Mechanicsville
j Cornet Baud, and the Washington
j Drum Corps. Metherell s orchestra
, will furnish music for dancing after
{ 110011 aud evening.
COMMITI EE.
DANILLE. PA.. TIIUIIKDAY SEI>TKM P.Kli I 1904.
IA MISSIONARY
IN KOREA
I
M tss Margaret Hest, a missionary in
Korea, is visiting relatives in this
city. The lady is a native of Dan
ville, and is visiting her mother, Mrs.
John Runyan, Northumberland street.
Yesterday she was a guest of her cous
in. Mrs. R W. ERgert, nee Miss Ella
Best.
Miss Best has been laboring iu Korea
for seven years past. Up to the time
of her leaving for this country she
was stationed at Pyeng Yang, a town
prominently mentioned in connection
with tho hostilities between Russia
atid Japan and which is situated just
south of the now famous Yalu rivor,
which separates Korea from Man
churia.
She is well posted on the peculiar
conditions prevailing in that country
and has seen something of the strife
between the two great waring nations.
Miss Best left Korea in May last.
Excitement incident to the war had
pretty well subsided by that time, al
though iu February and March, about
the time of breaking out of hostilities,
there were stirring times about Pyeng
Yang.
The city was full of Japanese troops,
while to the north of Pyeng Yang
ware several thousand Cossacks. A
clash between the two forces took
place about 70 miles from the city,
which was alt the fighting that oc
curred ill that section.
Miss Best says that the inhabitants of
Korea are uot the weak and timid
people that they are represented to be
in the public prints. They are hospit
able, brave and intelligent. They love
their country, but unfortunately are
the victims of bad government.
Korea is a very fruitful fiold tor mis
sionary effort. Not only are the mis
sionaries received kindly by the na
tives but couveits are easily made.
There is a Presbyterian and a Metho
dist mission at Pyeng Yang,and speak
ing of the Presbyterian mission, with
which she is connected, Miss Best savs
the success achieved is remarkable,
there being several thousand com
municants among the natives.
Miss Rest will not return to Korea
until next year. It will probably be
eight or ten years later before she will
return to Aniorica.
Uaught Under Falling Oinder.
John Wesley Orossley, employed at
the stone crushing plant on Reifsny
der's cinder tip had the misfortune to
break his log yesterday forenoon.
The crustier is at rireaenr »
the making of concrete for street pav
ing
Mr. Orossley was engagedi i digging
the cinder loose and was working
alone at some distance from the crush
or. In excavating ho had undermined
a part of the big breast of oinder which
towered about twelve feet from the
ground. Suddenly, the overhanging
portion, about half a ton in weight,
broke loose and fell down upon the
workman. The man was knocked down
and his legs completely buried under
the cinder, while a large chunk struck
him upon tho head, inflicting an ugly
gash.
The other workmen rau to his assist
ance and as quickly as possible lie was
released when it was found that his
loft leg was broken between the ankle
and knee.
Dr. Carry was quickly summoned
who gavo the injured man suigical at
tention 011 the spot, Betting the broken
bone and dressing the wound upon the
head, whioh bled very profusely. Dr.
Curry then drove the injured man to
his home on Nicholas aveuue.
It was not known until demonstrated
by the acoident yesterday how liable
the cinder is to tall. There seems to
be little cohesion about it and it will
not stand undermining. Mr. Crossley's
accident will serve as a warning to
the other workmen, who in taking his
place will be very cautious.
Scientific Foot Racing.
The races at DeWitt's Park promise
to be interesting features on Labor
Day. Among the contestants will be
three members of the Susquehanna
University track team, who are train
ed runners. They are William K.
Fleck of Huntingdon, Charles S. My
ers of Liberty and George G. Fox of
this city.
The races will begin at 2 o'clock
and will bo as follows : 220 yard dash,
Fleck and Fox. Mr. Fleck has a rec
ord of 25 seconds for this distance
with Mr. Fox as a close contestant.
The second event will be the 440
yard dash run by the same two. This
distance lias been run by Fleck in 58
seconds, Fox's record being 59.
The third event will be a half mile
run between Myers and Fox. This
will be a very interesting race,as Fox
has a record of 2:15, while he will be
hotly pursued by Myers.
These foot races will bo something
new to many of our citizens, as scien
tific foot racing has heretofore, been
omitted from the list of attractions on
such occasions. All the races will be
hotly contested, as the boys are vorj
evenly matched.
l'he tape will he stretched near the
north-eastern curve in the track afford
ing ttie spectators the best view of the
finish.
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Lawn Fete.
A lawn fete will be held at Hen
drirkHon'H church, Valley township,
on Saturday evening. Septembet .1. A
general Invitation is extended to the
' public.
PERSONAL
PARAGRAPHS
Ray Clayton of Philadelphia, is vis
iting at tho home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. T. W. Clayton, South Dan
ville.
Mr. and Mrs. Jeroino Flood of South
Danville spent Sunday with relatives
at Moutandou.
Harry Crnikshank of Williamsport,
spent Sunday with relatives in Dan
ville.
Ralph Foulk of Easton, spent Sun
day in Danville.
John Malaney of Bloomsburg, \vas (
in Danville over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Trainor, Jr., |
spent Sunday with relatives in Ber- I
wick,
Daniel McCloud spent Sunday with
relatives in Plymouth.
Mr. and Mrs. William Lamine and
daughters Grace and Ida, of Milton,
spent Saturday at the home of John
G. Waite, Ferry street.
Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson spent Sun
dav with relatives in Catawissa.
Harry Heister of Sunbury, visited
friends in this city yesterday.
Austin Klase spent yesterday in
Bloomsburg.
M ,ss May Crawford of Milton, visit
ed Danville friends yesterday.
William Curry, Esq., of Scrautou.is
visiting at the Curry homestead, West
Mahoning street.
Harry Rebman, Esq., of Philadel
phia, spent yesterday with friends in
this city.
Mrs. Albert Kashner, East Market
street, has returned home after a visit
to Riddlesburg.
Poor Overseer P. M. Kerns returned
home from a business trip to Altoona
last evening.
Mrs. Dauiel Shultz returned last
evening from a visit with relatives in
Plymouth.
Miss Florence Smith spent last even
ing with friends in Sunbury.
Miss Bessie Klase left yesterday for
a visit with relatives at Stillwater.
Miss Catharine Kilgus of Philadel
phia, is visiting at the home of her
parents, Mr and Mrs. John Kilgus,
Walnut street.
Mr. and Mrs. Will G. Brown attend
ed tho funeral of a relative at Watson
towu yesterday.
Mrs. David Wise was a visitor in
Sunbury yesterday.
ntMivtxnii vrntrruny.
William Fegley of Bloomsburg was
a visitor in this city yesterday.
Harry Erwin is visiting friends in
Wilkesbarre.
Miss Helen Hoffman will leave this
morning for Philadelphia.
Miss Elsie Risliel of Catawissa,
spent yesterday with Danville friends.
W. L. Sidler, Esq., was a visitor in
Sunbury yesterday.
Miss Bertha Hamhright of MitTlin
town returned home yesterday after a
ten days' visit with her cousin, Wilda
Panuebaker.
Frank Pannebaker of Mifflintown
who had been visiting at tho home of
Aaron Bogart, Liberty township re
turned home yesterday.
Mrs. Eugeno Moyor, Mrs. C. C.
Moyer and Mrs. Ella Moyer attended
the Miller-Gaskius wedding at Sun
bury yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Gaskins are vis
iting relatives in Sunbury.
Mr. and Mrs E. S. Gearhart left
yesterday on the 10:li> D. L. &■ W.
train tor St. Louis.
Ira Johnson of Northumberland, was
a visitor in this city yesterday.
C. E. Yorks of Central, spent last
evening with relatives in this city.
Will Hold a Festival.
The ladies of Lower Mulberry street
will hold an ice cieam festival in the
covered market stand on the property
of J. K. Walleze on the afternoon and
evening of Tuesday next, the proceeds
to be donated to the Trustees of the
Mary M. Packer Hospital at Sunbury.
Those of our citizens who wish to con
tribute cakes and fruit will please de
liver the same to persons ID chargo ot
the stand Monday afternoon and Tues
dav morning.
The use of this stand lias been kind
ly tendered the ladies by Mr. Walleze.
Later iu the month the ladies of >n
other street will be invited to hold a
fish and oyster supper at the same
place, the proceeds to be applied to
the same good cause.
Churches of all denominations are
privileged to use tho stand ou other
than market days free of charge.
Steam Orane Busy at Work.
The steam crane was putin opera
tion at South Danville" yesterday, be
ing used in tearing down the abut
ment. Today another of the steam
cranes will bo erected at the first
pinr.
Work is gradually progressing along
1110 several lines. Four of the sixteen
bents constituting the false work un
der the southern span of the bridge
are in position.
The contractors are looking daily foi
the thirty additional men expected to
arrive from Philadelphia.
St. Louis lias about convinced thr
coo 11 try that it is not a city of rob
bers.
SCHOOL ROOMS
OVERCROWDED
At a special meeting of tho Scl 001
Hoard Tuesday in order to relieve
overcrowding it was decided to reopen
the Grammar School of the Fourth
Ward, which has been closed for some
years past. Miss Rlooin was elected
principal.
Borough Superintendent Gordy in
addressing the Hoard explained that
the opening of the schools on Monday
revealed that two of the rooms wore
very much overcrowded. One of these
was the third school of the Second
Ward and the other, the Third Ward
| Grammar school where the excess is
I so heavy as to preclude good results ou
j the part of the teacher. The seats in
the Third Ward room are sufficient to
accommodate only 48 pupils,while the
number enrolled since Monday is 62.
The Board, he said, had two alterna
tives belore it; one was to cut out
all the non-resident pupils and the
other was to re-open the grammar
school of the Fourth Ward. The form
er he did not think was to be recom
mended lor various reasons principal
among which was the fact that while
it mignt relieve the situation some
what it would not wholly ovorcome
the difficulty. Of the 62 pupils in the
Third Ward Grammar school 30 live
iu the Fourth Ward, which would
seem to bo an argument iu favor ot re
opening tho grammar school iu that
ward.
The matter was discussed at length,
tiie oatcorne being,first that the trans
fer of ten pupils from the third school
of the Second Wrad to the third school
of the First Ward was sanctioned by
the Board and, second, tliat.ou motion
of Mr. Greene, it was decided to re
open the Grammar school of the Fourth
Ward.
On motion of Mr. Burns, Miss Bloom,
present Senior Secondary teacher of
the Fourth Ward, was elected as Prin
cipal at a salary of |6O per month
with the £5 additional which goes
with tho principalship. Both measures
carried without a dissenting voice.
Miss Bloom's place in the fifth grade
was filled by promoting Miss James
from the fourth grade, whose place in
turn was filled by the promotion of
Miss Bird from the third grade. The
school left vacant by Miss Bird was
filled by the promotion of Miss Rog
ers, substitute teacher.
On motion of Mr. Fischer the Build
ing and Repair Committee were in
structed to have the room in the an
ne£.af Jii V,& ( W,M. ft'fi r /lie n A*fe"ptWOrf
the Second Ward scliool grounds as
decayiug and unsafe. On motion lie
was requested to see to it that the pole
is taken down and a new one erected.
The following members were pres
ent.: Harpel, Orth, Greene, Bums,
Pursel,Hating, Werkheiser,Von Hlohn,
Fischer, Trumbower, Adams and
Jacobs.
Leg Crushed Under the Cars.
Wilbur Rounsley.a yoanß man, who
according to his own confession has
no home, jumped the 7 :4() local freight
at this city yesterday, and at Kupert
fell between the cars sustaining terri
ble injury, which will necessitate the
amputation of his Leg.
The unfortunate yonng man accord
ing to his statement, has an uncle,
Charles Marr, living at Berwick. The
young man up to about two weeks ago
was employed in the Car and Foundry
Company's plant at that place,but be
coming tired started out to find some-
thing else to do. When lie readied
Danville is not oxactly known. When
he loft hore yesterday morning he was
accompanied with several other young
men.
The train arrived at Rupert about
8:45 Just as the train was stopping at
that station, young Rounsley stepped
from the car on which he was riding,
between the two bridges, and in some
unaccountable manner he was thrown
under the car, how he was unable to
tell, and beforo the train could be
stopped two of the heavy cars had
passed over (lis right leg between the
knoe and the ankle, crushing it into a
pulp. His companions quickly pulled
him from under the wheels and tend
erly carried him to tlio baggage room
of the D. L. & W. station. He was
then placed aboard the freight again |
and taken to Bloomsburg. Dr. Bruuer
was hastily summoned and when he
arrived the man was nearly uuconsc
ious from loss of blood. A steady flow
was continually coming from the
crushed limb and difficulty was had in
stopping it. Ho was taken to the Mary
M. Packer Hospital atSunbury on the
12:22 passenger traiu, accompanied by
Dr. Bruner. The doctor says the limb
will have to be amputated.
The young man bore up remarkably
well under the circumstances and was
in a good humor, notwithstanding the
terrible pain lie most have suffered all
the while. He is nineteen years of
age.
Trimming the Poles.
The construction crew of Kurnsey
Electrical Manufacturing Company
which is installing a municipal light
plant in this city, putin the entire
day yesterday unloading and trim
ming up the several car loads of poles
which arrived on Monday. They will
probably he ready to begin setting
poles on Mill street this morning.
The people who are finishing up
their Summer vacation have 110 reason
to complain of the grand weather of
the past week.
ESTABLISHED fN 1855
ILLLSSOLOTION OF
PARTNERSHIP
The partnership of Ourry & Van
nan, proprietors of the Mahoning
Foundry and Machine Shops, has been
dissolved by mutual consent.
It has been the intention of Mr. Van
nan for a number of years past when
he reached a certain age limit to re
tire from tho activities of life spend
ing the remainder of his days in ease.
With the close of August this year the
limit of his activities arrived and dis
solution of partnership was decided
upon.
Mr. Vannan by his retirement severs
all connection with the firm. All
debts due the concern are to be paid
to Dan M. Ourry,and all liabilities of
the firm will be paid by Dan M.
Ourry.
The deed transferring real estate
was placed on record in the office ot
the Register and Recorder before noon
yesterday and all the papers necessary
to make the changes were signed yes
terday. The business will be carried
on as heretofore by Dan M. Ourry at
the old plant on Market and Iron
streets in the First Ward. The busi
ness of Curry & Vannan was one of
the most stable in the town, giving
steady employment to about one hun
dred hands. Dan M. Curry, on whose
shoulders the business now wholly re
poses, is a practical and enterprising
business man, experienced in the var
ious lines of work embraced and that
the high standing of the concern will
be maintained there is not the least
doubt.
The partnership of Curry & Vannan
has covered a period of nine years.
Mr. Vanoan's retirement comes as a
well-earned rest after a singularly
busy career. As mechanical engineer
he filled the place in the firm of Cnrry
& Vannan with signal ability and the
abundant measure of suooess achieved
was in no small degree due to his skill
and devotion to the interests of the
firm. His generous obliging disposi
tion and his courteous manners have
given a warm place in the hearts of
all who know him. That many years
of life may yet be his and that the
days of his retirement may be crowned
with peace is the wish of not one, but
of many.
One Dollar Wheat.
The present year should be one of
the best that farmers have had for a
long time past, if good crops combin
gd.-HUJ'/1
The crops are uniformly heavy this
season, whioh is in itself something re
markable. The hay and wheat were
good,while the oats crop is ouo of the
best that has been harvested in many
years. The oorn crop is very promis
ing while potatoes will yield enorm
ously. Vegetation in every form is
simply luxuriant, the corn is growing
rank and every field is clothed with
verdure. It requires only a short drive
to reveal the prosperous state of affairs
among the farmers.
It is dollar wheat which adds the
crowning joy to the farmers' heart.
For years past the price of wheat hung
around a figure which made the cul
tivation of the orop unprofitable. The
dollar mark was a price fondly looked
forward to by the farmer as a price
whioh would alone repay him for his
labor. One dollar for wheat is being
paid by local dealers at present, while
in Sunbury and Bloomsburg last week
the price went up to #l.lO per bushel.
From Fort Allen to Manassas.
Three train loads of United States
troops from Fort Allen, N. Y., on
their way to Manassas, Va , where
they will participate iu the great mock
battle at Ball Run, passed through
South Dauville Saturday night.
The troops with their paraphernalia
presented a very interesting sight.
The tirst section passed about dusk,
the remaining sections following at
intervals of about half an hour each.
There were ninety car loads iu all.
Thirty-five stook cars were loaded with
horses ; eleven flat cars were loaded
with cannon, ambulances, etc. It took
five txpress cars to hold the hainess,
etc. The troops filled thirty-five cars.
The troops marched from Fort Allen
to a railroad station twenty-five miles
distant and were immediately placed
on board the special trains waiting for
that purpose. They arrived iu Wilkes
barre over the Delaware & Hudson
railroad where the cars were transfer
red to the Peunsylvauia tracks, which
takes them south.
A large number of people were out
at South Danville to see the troops go
by.
A Swindler Outdone.
Two weeks ago Mayberry Yeager,
who is employed by Liveryman Robert
sou, of Mt. Oarmel, received a letter
from|Altred M. Mercer, of Rock Hill,
Sullivan county, N. Y. The writer
stated that he desired to give him a
chance to make some money. Yeager
turned the letter over to Mr. Robert
son who answered it, signiug Mr.
Yeager's name. Ho said he had some
money to sparo and would like to in
vest in the green goods. A reply soon
cmne back and the sharper enclosed a
genuine dollar bill as bait,adding that
Mr."Yeager should meet him with
in a"New York hotel. Mr. Robertson
had the bill cashed in a Mt. Oarmel
bank and spent the money with the re
mark that ho was beating a sharper at
his own game.
JOB PRINTING
The office of the AMERICAN
being furnished with a large
assortment of job letter and
fancy type and job material
generally, the Publisher an
nounces to the public that he
is prepared at all times to ex
cute in the neatest manner
JOB PRINTING
Of all Kinds and Description
NO CAUSE
FUll ANXIETi'
Whether there are any grounds for
apprehension or not there seems to be
some solicitude as to sanitary condi
tions prevailing in town. The slight
outbreak of fever, whether of the
malarial or typhoid type, haH alarmed
a good many citizens and the question
has been asked why the Board of
Health has not been heard from and
an investigation set on foot to discov
er the cause of the outbreak as well as
to adopt measures to prevent the
spread of the disease.
For the benefit of the public a rep
resentative of the AMERICAN yes
terday sought an interview with Dr.
P. C. Newbaker,President of the local
Board of Health. The result was most
reassuriug. Dr. Newbaker declared
that so far as he could see there was
not the least cause for any anxiety.
Admitting for argumont that the sev
eral cases under treatment are typhoid
fever, it would mean that only one in
every thousand of our town's popula
tion has the disease, which is a pro
portion very insignificant indeed.
He was not willing to admit, how
ever, that all the cases are typhoid
fever. As common at this season there
is more or less malarial fever about and
in not a few cases the attending physi
cians have diagnosed the disease as
such. For a few days a doctor may be
in doubt as to the exact nature of a
fever, and the impression easily gets
abroad that the case is one of typhoid.
The fact, how veer, that a patient in
confined to bed but a week or so and
soon recovers ought to be sufficient to
convince all experienced persons thai
the case is not one of typhoid fever.
Dr. Newbaker thought that an in
vestigation would show that there ia
not more thau a half a dozen cases of
typhoid fever in the whole Borough
with probably less than half that
number of cases of malaria fever.
He saw nothing in the situation at
present that would warrant the Board
of Health in taking any action.
Electricity on the Farm.
Farmers throughout the conutry,
especially those living near rivers and
streams, will be delighted with the
information that, in their nearness to
such streams, there is now found the
opportunity of making farm life more
pleasant and comfortable. In fact all
of the comfort and conveniences that
are at the hand of the dweller in the
city are now at the hand nf f»«—
the fact that every small stream is a
natural dynamo for the generation of
the subtle fluid. By means of small
mill dams thrown across the stream
and the erection of little electrical
plants, that are very low in cost, it is
now possible for the farmer to have
his barns, stables and houses lighted
as brilliantly at night as the "white
light district" in any city. biQre than
this, the current can easily be applied
to certain classes of vegetables that
need to be rushed for marketing, thus
increasing the income of the farmer.
Tho great wave of invention with
which our country is blessed, blesses
with its boueficeut tides all classes of
people,none of whom are more deserv
ing of blessing that the one from whom
all our sapport comes. A new ora is
dawning for tho farmer, a brighter
day is coming, the eventuatlon of
which will be a stronger and a better
manhood in America. With farms
made attractive,by the advent of good
literature, good light with which to
read,and|good methods for cultivation
j of the land, the people of America will
revert more and more to the country,
Hicks on September Weather.
Rev. Hicks, the weather prophet,
makes some calamitous predictions for
the month of September. Volcan,
Mercury and Venus will be the reign
ing planets, and during the latter part
of the month the earth passes through
the autumnal equinox. Iu the early
part of the month the planets Venus,
Vulcan and Mercury will conspire to
deluge and blast us, and violent dis
turbances are to be expected. During
this period the earth passes through
the maximum and magnetic electric
disturbances. After the 11th, oold
I may be expected with equinoctial
tempests in many parts. Ihe earth
comes to the centre of the equinox on
the 22nd, and the weather is likely to
be pleasant.
Touches of early snow, with high
barometer, cold winds aud frosts dur*
iug the nights, are predicted for the
latter part of the month.
Brakemaa Loses Hand.
Vaughn Beruinger, a Philadelphia
and Reading R. R. brakeman, of Oat
awissa, uiel with a serious aocident
iu losing his hand above the wrist
Friday. Ho wus making a coupling
iu the Oatawissa yards and was in the
act ot fixing the knuckles in the coup
ler when the remainder of the tralu
was pushed back, catching his hand
and wrist between the two cars,there
by mashing the same. He A'as taken
to the home of his mother 011 North
Third street and Dr. Shuman was
summoned,at which time the aim was
amputated. Mr. Berniiiger is a mem
ber of the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen, of Suuhory, being in Glass
0, the benefits from the loss of his
baud being $1350. Mr. Beruinger was
called as a trainmau on a south-bound
freight,and was making up their train
at the time the accident occurred,
which was at 2:30 a. 111. The young
man is now resting as comfortably as
can be expected.