Some Paper -—For tie Heme Ihe circulation of this paper is in creasing rapidly. It will pay you to advertise in the AMERICAN. SUBSCRIPTIONS! PER YEAR DK. IIiVING 11. JENNINGS, DKN'I IST. OJp.ce Hour* 9 .4. M. to 12 M 10 4 ' Sf- ' 1 P. M. to i P. M Danville. Pa. glll'LTZ, M. 425 MILL ST., DANVILLE. PA. Diseases of the Stomach and Lntesiines 2 Specialty jyj. \V. I». AXGLK, DENTIST OFFICE: 218 MII.I. STREET. eeth Kxtracted without I' C'rown and Bridge Work a specialty. Equipped with the latest and most Improved liislruti "iit.sand prepared In executethe most dii.lcult work. I)R. C. H. REYNOLDS, —DENTIST— -288 Mill St., - Danville, Pa. Dentistry in nil its branches. Charge Moderate aud all work Guaranteed Established 1892 CONDENSED MVS. Olioos<> meu of the highest ideals for school directors. Berwick has found it necessary to pass a curfew law. Andrew Russell is seriously ill at his iiouie oti Church street. The Reading goosebone man has been enjoying u laugh all to himself. Keep your sidewalk clean aud re ceive tiie blessings ot the coinmuuity. Be bind to the horses during the severe, cold,penetrating,windy weath er. Go to the primaries and exert your influo--NO U. IllllWltll COIJII in MEETS Borough Council raet in regular ?es •iouFnday night. President Davis be ing absent, Mr. Vastine was elected president pro tem. Eight members were present, Messrs. Vastine, Reif suydtr, Se matter investigated be fore a settlement is made. Six Directors Will be Elected. At the coming spring election six School Directors will be elected, one half of the Boaid, the term of office of that number expiring with the close of the school year. The unusual num ber is occasioned by the filling of sev eral vacancies. The Directors whose terms expire are Dr. F. E. Harpel aid Robert Adams, First Ward; William J. Burns, Second Ward; Jacob Fi-cher and George B. Jacobs, Third Ward,and \\. O. Greene, Fourth Ward. Robert Adams and George B. J icobs are now filling vacancies, by appoint ment of the Board, caused by the le moval of John L. Evans and D. H. Byerly from their respective wards. The First Ward will elect one Di rector for the full term,and one lor one year,and the Third Wa r d one for throe years and one for two years, the other wards one each for the fu'l ti rni Viewers Appointed. George W. West, engineer; John H. Brugler, Samuel Werkheiser, Dr. J. Sweisforr, It. J. l J t)gg and O. B. Sweitzer, the viewers appointed by the Court on Saturday to view and as sess damages, if any, to the properties of Miss Frances Hartman, heirs of Jacob Shuster. David Uug< r. executor of Ella Cousart ■ state and Joseph Sper ring, a* a result of the sidewalks bt - ing raised and lowered along Mill street when the paving.was laid, were officially notified of th*ir appointment yesterday by S ! ieritT Mate The report is made returnable on Mouday,February 27, giving the view ers over six weeks in which to make the assessments. Martha Washington Supper. At a meeting < 112 the Ladi* At.xili.iry of the Y. M C. A.,held Mnmlav even ing. plans were made for holding a Martha Washington supper (hot sup per), on Washington's Birthday, Wed nesday, February 22nd, from 5 to 7:1." o'clock. The time for the supper i, made so as not to conflict with pra.vei meeting services. "OLD DYNAMITE" AGAIN RUNS AMCKE For tin; third time iu the past month the horse b-longing to Thomas Tooey, aud popularly known as "Old Dyna mite," ran away. The animal evi dently beli ves in the chirm that lies iu certain numbers; for he made his third performance more thorough and exciting than any of his previous es capades. He got away from two driv ers, narrowly missed running into a moving ptsseuger train on the D. L. & W., and finally landed at Qrovania. Howar i Russell, Mr. Tooey's driver, had been delivering groceries on Up per Mulberry street,anil was returning to Mill street, when the horse took fright on account of the wagon strik ing his legs. The animal dashed down Spruce to Mill street,and then up Mill on a mad gal b p to the Post Office where lie was caught. At the First National Bank, Mr. Russell, seeing that he could do nothing with the , horse, dropped out ot the rear of the wagon. The horse was turned around, aud Willie Gross offered to drive the anim al to the stable iu the rear of the Ho tel Oliver where lie is kept. He had scarcely started when the wagon again sttuck the horse's legs, and off he s'arted down the street, the wagon I rolling from side to side aud the horse ! striking lire at every jump Iu front j of the Lyon building a horse and bug- j gy were tied. The runaway struck the j carriage bur glanced otf, breaking only several spokes in one of the wheels of j the buggv. When "Old Dynamite" started from the Post Office on his return trip, a j passenger train was jast passing the Mill street crossing. As the terrifi ed animal dashed on toward the train, the people who crowded the streets held their breath and waited for the crash that seemed inevitable. Many thought thar young Gross was still in the wagon, not having se«u him drop from the rear end of the vehicle as the runaway passed the canal. Hut "Old Dynamite" was lucky. To > last car j passed the crossing an I the gat 's rai>- I ed just in time to allow him to dash ! by and avert a collision by the frac tion of a second. He turned up Bloom street and final ly lauded in Mr. Stouge's barn at Grovania. Mr. Tooey took the next trolley after the runaway and recover ed tho horse at Grovauia. Th > wagon was not damaged, and the horse es caped with the loss of a shoo. Local Union Enjoy Banquet. Brick layers, masons and plasterers Union, No. 81, enjoyed a fine banquet on Saturday evening, at D. B. Hed deus' restaurant. Covers were laid for twenty-five. The tables were loaded with all the delicacies of the season. The decorations were beautiful carna tions. Several appropriate toasts were re sponded to. Reimard brother-, brick layers, Bloombsurg, and J. C. Reedy, brick layer, Berwick, were guests and era ked some of their good natured jokes at the expense of the craft. They left on the 9:40 trolley car for their respective homes, well pleased with tho hospitality shown them by the members of No. 81. The members present were: George Beyers, President; John Delanty, Vice President; E. 0. Welliver, Secretary; John Albeck, Treasurer; William Moyer, Jr., Deputy; William Houser, Nathaniel Everhardt,Harrison Schutt, Trustees; John Fisher, Jonathan Rudy, Joseph Halm, Peter Kelly, Jacob Elliot, l.amar Halm, William Mover, Sr., John I'kes, A. L. Mc- Clow, President Pennsylvania State Conference Board of Bricklayers and Masons; Harvey Reimard, John C. Reedy and Howard Reimard, of No. 55. Berwick. The boys had two mas cots present iu the persons of Masters Art Beyers and John McOlow. Money Coming in Promptly. Notwithstanding the hesitancy of some of the property owners along Mill street, to pay their paving asses ments, an account of certain items in the bills rendered not meeting with their approval, payments are being made promptly. Each property holder was served with a notice on Wednesday, Jaiuary 4, setting forth the amount of his or Iter assessments,since which the money has been dropping into the hands of city clerk Harry Patfon right along. At present there seems to be no hesita tion on the part ot anyone about pay ing. In attending to the various duties | imposed upon the clerk iu connec tion with these assessments, Mr. Pat • ton has been kept busy for the past month. HR first made out the notices to property holders, then served one 1 on each at his home or place of busi ness, and now he H engaged in receiv , ing the money at his office. C. & M. Trolley Hlects Officers. ■ At a meeting of the stockholders of ! the Columbia and Montour Street Rail- I way Company held in yes ter lay the following dire-tors were elected: Hoi B. P. Meyers, E R. Snonsler. Willi tm M. Oglesby an I W.lliam Sm illwuo l,of Harrisburg : E. H. Tustin, Charles W. Miller and Jo seph Haiti, of I'lnoiiisborg. li e directors then elected the follow ing officers : President, Hon. B. 1. Meyers; Vice Pr< sideiit, E R. Sponsl l er ; Treasurer, William M. Oglesby, ol 4 Harrisburg, and Superintendent and r General Managt r, D. (4. Hackett, ol | Blooms burg. DANVILLE. I'A.. TIIUHSDAY JANUARY 12, 1905. •«* IT WAS A LONG SESSION The School Board held a regular meeting Monday. I t was long drawn out, and at times waxed warm. The following members were present: Harpel, Trumbower. Adams, flaring, Pursel, Burns, Fischer, Werkheiser, Greene, Orth and Jacobs. The Secretary reported that the blank of the Gaarantee.Trust and De posit Compauy, of Soranton. recom mending the endorsement of J. C. Houser for a 15000.00 bond, had been filled out and sent forward. The Treasurer's report showed a bal ance on hand of |8,550.17. Mr. Fischer,Chairman of the Build ing and Repairs Committee, reported that the black boards have been re moved from the chemical laboratory in the High School, and placed iu the second sjhool of the Fourth Ward. He also stated that a bursted water pipe in the Welsh Hill school building had beeu repaired, and that he had dis covered that the same had been due to a broken window in the cellar. A request was read from J. M. Hos tetter, Phoenixville, Pa , that the officers of the Board sign a duplicate application for a permanent college certificate. The Superintendent's report showed 1239 pupils in attendance during the month; average attendance 91 per cent; 87 cases of sickness. The resignation of Mr. Adams as a member of the Grievance Committee was read. It was moved that the res ignation be accepted, but tho motion was lost by nearly a unanimous vote. Mr. Adams, however, declared his in tention of not continuing to serve on tiie Committee. Then followed a lons airing of the question of corporal pun ishment in tiie public) schools. The debate continue! for over an hour, during which heated arguments en«n ed. A wronx impression had been giv en out, many people having an idea that the School Board is not in sym pathy with the teachers in the matter of puuishiug pupils. The Board will stand by the teachers, aud give them all the aid aud support it can. The long discussion of corporal pun ishment in tho schools was finally brought to a close by a motion being carried, that Superintendent Gordy prepare aud have published iu the Morning News, an article contradict ing the impressiou that has gone out. The following bills were ordered uaid: _ „ Fred K. Mi lie- & Co $ 390 112 S. J. Wei liver 2.25 Danville Stove & Mfg. Co 75 Standard Gas Co 8.05 W. H. Orth 1.56 Samuel Trumbower 23. 87 Joseph Lechner ... 873 The Secretary was authorized to draw an order in favor of the Danville Stove Company for furnaces putin the Second Ward building. Danville Defeated. The fastest and probably tho most exciting basket ball game of tho sea son was played last evening at the Armory between the Danvilla team aud the Burlin«ame team of the Sus quehanna League. It was a fine ex hibition of qerve and brawn from start to finish, audit was not until the re feree's whistle called time in the last half that either side had more than the slightest advantage. The linal 0 feet will be built to the foundry. There are at present 74 moulders employed in the foundry; the extension will accom modate 26 more moulders. Additional machinery will be installed in the cleaning room, and the nickeling de partment enlarged. With these in creased facilities the plant will have a capacity of 125 finished stoves a day. During last week a partial shutdown was made necessary while the annual accouut of stock was taken. The plant is now running full time. The em ployes number at present 135. "The Moonshiner's Daughter." "The Moonshiner's Daughter" will be the attraction at the Opera House on Saturday eveuiug. From the ex cellent satisfaction which the play has been giving elsewhere it surely must not alone be a thoroughly enjoyable production but a positive meritorious melodrama from every standpoint. The play is a charmiug love story set in an atmosphere of the hi Is of Ken tucky and Tennessee. It deals with the lives of those sturdy specimens of mankind for whom the Government has officers constantly 011 the lookout—tho Moonshiners. There is a very realistic encounter between Moonshiners and revenue men in which the latter try to destroy the still and capture its owners. The mysterious execution of the Moonshiners, the lynching of the Negro Sam, are all vividly and startlingly portrayed. The oomedy element fairly bubbles over with merriment of the good wholesome kind. The regular mouthly meeting of the Board of Trustees of the State Hospit al will be held today. A SAD CASE OF DESTITUTION Caroline Filliuger was committed to the county jail by Justice of the Peace Oglenby Tuesday at noon.charg ed with having concealed the remains of her recently born dead baby. The latter was found earlier in the day, under the floor of an outbuilding, cov ered with coal ashes and badly frozen. The girl confessed to having placed the child there, and said it had been born dead on Tuesday, Jauuary 3. Information was lodged against the mother by Chief-of-Police Mincemoy er. She was placed under arrest and taken before 'Squire Oglesby, where the body of the male babe was produc ed in evidence at the hearing. Owing to the defendant's serious mental condition, the authorities will not pusii the charge against her, but will take the necessary steps to have her sent to an institution where she will receive proper treatment and at teutiou. That is not what she has had this wiuter.and, evidently,for a much longer period. The little shanty in which she lived, or rather existed, with a nephew, Charles Filliuger, a young man about 20 or 25 years of age, is located on the high hill, near the intersection of Spring street and Columbia avenue. Tiie dimensions of the shanty are about 6xß feet, and 10 feet high. It is built of thin boards,aud the cracks be tween them are covered with plaster ing laths. Standing so exposed and being fairly thrown together, it lookß as though an ordinary wind storm would topple it over the steep enbank ment into the street, 16 or 20 feet be low. Admittance is gained through a passageway, so narrow that a small uersou is obliged to crowd himself through sideways. The interior is al most devoid of furniture. A small cooking stove, one chair and a short lounge is all the single little room contains. Even those few articles so crowds the small apartment,as to make it difficult for more than three or four persons to get into the room at one time. Yet, those two people, thinly clad, having ouly a little fuel to burn aud scarcely any thing to eat, have subsisted during the present severe winter. When the unfortunate girl who is now in jail, was found in the situation she was on Monday her condition was deplorable. There was scarcely any food in the sha" l '''' °*" 4 uiii in tiie stove. She was ill, thin- ( ly clad aud no clothes with which , to make a change. Tuesday night, Dr. Stock held an autopsy on the body of Caroline Fil- 1 linger's child, which was found buried under a pile of coal ashes in an out building that morning. Ia was held with the view of ascertaining whether or not the child had been born dead. The water test, the most certain of all the tests kuown to medical science, was made. When the|luug was dropped into the water, it went to the bottom of the basin as quickly as a lump of lead This was conclusive evideuce that the child's lungs had never been inflated with air so much as for a mo ment. This is the only tiling that Dr. Stock had to do with the oase, aud the re port circulated yesterday that he had attended the mother of the child pre vious to the time that the latter was found, is false. No physician gave ad vice or treatment to Caroline Filliug er. Company Drills Twice a Week. Tiie following order, which is of the greatest importance to members of Company F has been issued by Captain Gt arliart: Armory of Co. F, 12th Reg'tN. G. P. Danville, Pa., Jauuary 10, 1905. Company Order No. 8. The Spring Inspection being held in a short time makes it imperative that tins Company must drill every Tues day and Thursday eveniug until In spection. Failure to comply with this order will be cause for charges being preferred. There is much to loaru in tho reoent changes in the Drill Re gulations and only constant attendance will keep up the standard of the Com pany. By order of J. BEAVER GEARHART, Capt. Com'd'g. lu case of only a part of the Nation al Guard of Pennsylvania attending the Presidential Inauguration in March the provisional brigade will be made up of the companies in each regiment standing the highest at the Spring in spection. If the local company falls below the standing set in former years it will stand but a poor 3IIOW of par ticipating at the greatest inauguration Washington ever hud. In tho anticipation ot a fine armory being built here it behooves the mem bers of the company tc work hard and attain the high standard of former years. Will Contribute to Country Life. At a recent meeting of the Pomona I Granite, in Columbia county, a resolu i tiou was adopted urging farmers to build their own telephone lines and combine to secure complete systems throughout the various sections of the | county. It sets forth that such com munication with the towns and mark ets will be a great advantage. Rural 'phones and rural postal routes, which bring the farmer in close touch with the world, are two recent innovations that will contribute very much to the attractiveness of country life.and will contribute much toward keeping the young people on the farm. ESTABLISHED IN r 18of» BENEFIT OF THE LIBRARY It is often the case that when a com munity is the possessor of some in stitution that is of great benefit toper sons in all walks of life, a full appre ciation of the benefits derived is lost sight of after a while and the interest, which may at first have been intense, gradually lessens, and perhaps alto gether ceases to exist. There is in Danville, however, an institution—The Thomas Beaver Free Library—that from the time of its es tablishment has been fully appreciat ed, aud is arousing greater interest each year of its existence. The benefits of our Library can hard ly be reckoned, so great and far-reach ing are the results of the learning, broad-mindedness and innocent amuse ment derived there-from. The shelve* ' contain 12,172 books,comprising treat- ! ises upon almost every known subject. State aud National reports and pam- ] phlets, of which there are great num- j bers, are not counted in the above to tal. A glance at the circulation re port for the year 1904 will show the enormous amount of reading that is due to the institution. Fictino 22,054 Juveniles 5,501 Philosophy 57 Theology 162 Language 10 Science 197 Sociology 552 Useful Arts 144 Fine Arts 221 Literature 627 History 570 Biography 424 Poetry 282 Periodicals 360 Travel 609 Total Circulation 31,770 Daily Average 105 There are 5051 persons who hoid cir culation cards, there having been 230 cards issued in 1904. Fines for over due books, amounted last year to $73.- 64, the fine being 2 cents for each day overdue. The reading rooms also receive a large share of attendance, many tak ing advantage of this means of becom ing acquainted with the events of the day through the newspapers,or of read ing the periodicals. Excitement on mil Street 0^?"?y a wagon* caused no little ex citement on Mill street, in front of Smith's jewelry store, at about 2:45 o'clock, yesterday afternoon. The animal was being driven up street by Hiram Stetler at a leisure gait. A spirited horse drawing a buggy and making considerable noise, came up behind at a rapid pace. The latter jumped to the east side of the street at the sight of the mail wagon, then broke into a gallop. Its movements aud the olatter of the buggy wheels on the icy brick pavement, startled Mr. Stetler's horse, causing it to kick up with both hind feet. One foot became fastened behind the cross piece of the shafts. After making a few tremen dous plonges in a vain effort to ex tricate itself from the trap, the horse coolly squatted down on the shafts and made no further efiort to assist it self. The harness was quickly unfasten ed, aud an effort made by a number of men who had gone to Mr. Stetler's aid, to push the wagon away from the horse with the hope of releasing the imprisoned hoof. The attempt was a failure, because cf the we'ght of the horse on the shafts aud the peculiar manner in which the foot was wedged behind the cross bar. The harder the men pushed upon the wagou.the hard er the horse bore down upon its frail support. Then another plan was adopted. The men laid hold of the horse and tried to raise it to an upright position,with a view of relieving the shafts of its weight aud then draw the hoof out of the trap by hand ; or, incase that it could not be accomplished in that manner, to try the pushing act again. Both failed. Theu the horse fell to the pavemeut aod broke a shaft. Af ter that it was an easy matter to re lease the foot and get the horse on its feet again. With the exception of being a little stiff in the leg for awhile after being set free, the horse was uninjured. Be fore the horse was released a vast crowd of people had gathered around the mail wagon, and were interested spectators of what was taking place. Funeral o! Daniel Brooks. The funeral of Dauiel Brooks occur red Monday afternoon. Services were held at the family residence, 728 Mill street, aud were largely attended. The members of the Stove Mounters' Un ion, No. 68, attended the obsequies in a body, and a delegation of members of Iron Moulders' Uuiou.No. 124, were present out of respect to the dece*sed. The Rev. N. E. Cleaver, pastor of the Trinity M. E. church, had charge of the services,and the following mem bers of Stove Mounters' Uuiou, No. 68, were the pall bearers : James and Oharles Lake, William Jordan, Will iam Rudy. Fred Seitz and Charles Seitz. Interment was made in the Odd Fellows' cemetery. The following persons from a dis tance atteuded the funeral: Frank aud 1 Heuiy Reifenberger. of Scrauton ; Mr. and Mrs. William McCloud, of Sun bury; Mrs. Theodore Bruder, of Phila -1 delphia, and Mrs. James Carter, of Berwick. JOB PRINTING The office of the AMERICAN being furnished with a large ssortment 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 Ofall Kinds and Description NAPHTHA HOAT'S PERILOUS TRIP The naphtha launch made a trip across the river about 2:30 o'clock yeg ' terday afternoon,tiiat it will not like ly repeat under similar circumstances At least some of the passengers who were on board at the time, will not an der any consideration. One of the lat- I ter, after gaining a landing and feel j ina sure that he was on solid ground | once more, was heard to say: "My heart wa-~ in my mouth during the whole trip, and no amount of money would induce me to undertake it agaiu." The boat started to cross from the South side with the intention of per suing the regular course. It was weighted clown with six large men and a box containing a live calf. The ice wai thick and the current was swift and strong, owing to the present high water. To plow straight through such powerful obstacles wa=an impos sibility,ani the only way to get across and avoid an accident was to steer around them in some matin r. Even that was a perilous undertaking. The rear of the boat was sunk to nearly the level of the wa'er, and the calf was likely tc get excited at any time and cause trouble by upsetting the suall craft and dumping everybody over board. By using poles to force some of the cakes of ice out of the course and skill fully dodging around others, the boat was kept from getting in foroible contact with any of the obstacles that threatened to engulf it. The journey ws* a long and nerve racking oue «o the passengers,and it was little wonder that some of them became alarmed at the situatiou. In the attempt to keep on clear water, and away from the ice the boat was carried some distance be low the Water Works. Then it was slowly worked to within 20 or 25 feet of the North shore, and from there headed up strewn. From that point to the landing above the bridge the boat, practioally, had only the current to contend with, the water there being quite free of floating ice, and the trip up was made with apparent ease and with less danger. The ferry landing was reached in safety and upon dis embarking, the passengers breathed sighs of relief. Some of the men in the boat weigh ed from 150 to 190 pounds, but averag ing, ..weight pXfmke rt &elgf>t"