Home Paper —-For He Home The circulation of this paper is in creasing rapidly. It will pay you to advertise in the AMERICAN. SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER YEAR DR. IRVING 11. JENNINGS, Office Hour* » A V to 12 M 104 Mill .s'f., 1 R M to i P. M. Danville . Pa U 4-f> MI LL ST., DANVILLE, FA. Diseases of the Stomach and Intesiiiws a Specialt" QB. W. P. ANUI.K, DENTIST Ovricx: 218 MILL STREET. eeth fcitraded without I' frown and Bridge Work ii Specialty, tqu 1 pped » ltti tiie latest and most Improved Instruments and prepared to execute the UIOMI difficult work. DP. C. P. REYNOLDS, —DBNTIST. 28ft Mill - St., Danville, Pa. DeniinU) in all Its orancbee. Charges M'Mterate and H work Gnarautned kotahliMiirtd 1 KVv "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 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. . ... - 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.