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Gooil sleighing.
Be catefcl of voir tires.
Look out for leaky roofs when the
snow melts.
Aud winter shows no of loos
ening its grip.
St Valentine's day colors are al
ready showing.
J Now that the cold wave is passing
ook oat for another thaw.
The first month of the new year has
been rvmtful enough for all purposes
There is a scarcity of empty cars at
the collieries throughout the coal re
gion.
The eastern part of the stite seem.-
to have a monopoly on the s'orm ct nter
business.
Eighty-five have professed conver
sion at a revival iu the Milton Baptist
church.
Wilkesbarre is in high glee over the
prospect of entertaining the President
next August.
Once upon a time there was a wo
man named Mrs. Oliadwick. What lias
become of her?
Rural mail carriers who get slmk
in snow diifts are probally not stuck
ou their jobs just now.
The present uprising iu Russia may
be pnt down, but revolution is tile
there and it will not stay down.
A Woatherly, (Pa.) school girl
knocked down a male teacher who was
abont to chastise her. Think of the
nerve of the man,alone and unprotect
ed.
Iu the 21 years of it-j existence the
Children's Home Society of Pennsyl
vania has fouud homes lor 28,000
waifs. The fact of such splendid hu
mane woik carries with it a'l the com
ment necessnry.
All the tavein, brewers, bottlers and
wholesale liquor 1 icons s havo been
lifted, and as a const queuce, Horace
Blue has within the past few days,de
posited to the credit of Montour coui
ty, #8,300.
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
1000 mile advertising tickets are ac
cepted on the Central Railroad of New
Jersey only during thb calendar year
in which they are issued.
Every voter should be entirely satis
fled that every candidate he supports
ii capable aud worthy to be elected to
the office to which he aspires.
The Missionary Society of Trinity
Lutheran church will hold a "Tiip
Around the World," Thursday even
ing, February lfith. Everybody cor
dially invited. Price of trip 35 cents.
A deal was closed at Geneva, Ohio,
whereby W. P. Hall,of Lancaster, Mo.,
became the nt of the Walter L.
Main show 1 i The deal in
cludes everythiijn but the winter quart
era. Mr. Main has been in the business
22 years and will spend the coming
season at home.
The wonderful extent of the postal
business h shown by the re-ult of the
recent storm The stoppage of traffic
on one railroad twenty-four fiours
caused an accumulation of fifty car
loads of mail matter.
The State has taken part in the
movement to revoke the charters of
Scranton's social clubs on the ground
that they sell liquor without license.
Deputy Attorney General Fleitz will
conduct the hearing.
A diamond woi th $4,000,000 has just
been found in the Train-vaa', which is
another blow to the Czar, who up to
this time had owned the largest dia
mond in the world.
Why should P. -< always
asked to spend money at expositions
for the exploitation of other parts of
the United States? There have b en
the Pan-American Expositii n at Bnf
falo, and the Louisiana Purchase Kx
position at St Louis, and now is com
ing the Lewis and Clark Exposition at
Portland. W'hy sliou'dn't Pennsylvania
have a William Penn Exposition?
March 4th.will be the 13-5 anniver
sary of the birth of Rolf Emmet,
Irelau '« illu-trious an<i immortal
patriot and martyr.and it will Ie cele
brated by numerous societies through
out the coal region. Preoarations are
now under way for then udering of a
number of literary on that
evening.
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VOL. 50—NO •">.
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PRIMARIES
The Republican primaries were held
throughout the Ror. ugh Friday night
The Boiough and District Convention
was held at Montour House Saturday
night at 8 o'clock. Following are the
nominations:
FIRST WARD.
Council, W. W. Davis; School Di
n ctor. Dr. F. K. Harpel and Robert
Adams, Judge of Election, F. M. Her
riugtou ; Inspector of Election, W. B.
Grubh; Constable, W. E Young Del
egates to the Borough and District
Convention. Joseph H. Johnson and
George Kowe. The delegates were in
structed to vote for Henry Weirmau
for Poor Director; Louis Evaus for
Auditor and B. B. Brown for High
Constable.
SECOND WARD.
Council, Thomas J. Swank ; School
Director, William J. Burns: Judge of
Election, J. H. Woodside ; Inspector of
Election, Charles M. Johnston; Cou
ntable, Henry W. Kramer; Delegates
|to Borough and District Convention,
Samuel Mills and J. Harry Woodside.
| The delegates were instructed to vote
for D. R. Williams for Borough Au
ditor and Bentcn B. Brown for High
Constable.
THIRD WARD.
Council, I. X. Grier; School Di
rector, W. J. Rogers; School Director,
P. H. Foost; Judge of Electiou, W.
D. Holloway; Inspector of Election,
Seth I.ormer; Constable, Bentoa B.
Brown. The delegates to the Borough
Convention, Seth Loriner and John L.
Jones, were instructed to vote for John
L. Jones for Auditor and Bentou B
Brown for High Constable.
FOURTH WARD.
Council, John Hughes; School Di
rector, Augustus Heiss; Judge of Elec
tion, Dallas Hummer; luspaotor of
Electiou, John Forred; Constable, Be
njamin Cook. The delegates to the Bor
ough and District Convention, Clar
ence Lunger and Nicholas Hill, were
instruoted to vote for Henry Welrman
tor Poor Director, John Roondsley for
Auditor aud Benton B. Brown for
High Countable.
MAHONING TOWNSHIP.
School Directors, Howard Fry ling
and E. L. Welliver; Supervisors, E.
L. White at.il William Hartzel; Audit
or, M. P. Scott; Judge of Election,
Thomas
Martin L. Bloom; Constable, James
C. Rishel. The delegates to the Dis
trict Convention, Lloyd Baylor and
W. B. Housf-r were Instructed to vote
for Henry Weirmau for Poor Director
Pushing the Bridge Work.
Work on the new bridge progressed
rapidly yesterday. The fa'se work be
tween the fourth and fifth piers was
oompleted, aud the iron girders placed
across it. At the present time the
work at that point has advanced to
ju>t where it wa-t before the ice went
out, when the iron was removed from
the false work on account of the threat
ened break-up. Should the present con
dition of the rivtr continue and the
weather rrnnin as favorable as it is
now, the filth span should be in posi
tion aud the sixth begun by the mid
dle of next wtek.
The natural bridge is now safe for
all purposes, and in consequence good
use is being wade of it. The ice as in
dicated by that being cut for storage
on the South side, is inches thick,
and with tiie exception of a few places
it is thought to be that heavy all the
way across. A few air holes are visi
ble yet, bat they are rapidly closing
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Left for Holy Land.
The Rev. M. I. O'Reilly, rector of
St. Joseph's Catholic church,left Dan
ville on Tue-day for a two months'
vacation. Fie intends,(luring this time,
to join a patty making a tour of the
Mediterranean and visits to a number
of places in Southern Europe, North
ern Africa and the Holy Land.
The party will sail from New York
City tins morning. The itinerary in
cludes a great many places of interest.
It was Father O'Reilly's intention to
leave the party on the return trip and
journey through Southern Kurope by
rail. The tour will take about eight
weeks.
During the absence of Father O'Reilly
the services at St. Joseph's church will •
be in charge of the Rev. D. J. Sul- j
livan of Lancaster. Father Sullivan ;
arrived in this city on Tuesday.
Hajor (iearhart Honored.
Major Ohnrles P. Oearhart, of this
city, has been honored with an invita
tion to command one of the provision
al battalions of the National Guard of
Pennsylvania, at the inauguration of
President Rooi-«velr, at Washington,
D. C., March 4. Tne provisional
battalions will consist of a number
of regiments chosen from each of the
shv< ral brigades con-titutiug the N.
O. P., aud each will be in command
of an officer ranking as Major. Major
Oearhart will accept the invitation.
Annual Inspection.
The annual inspection of Friendship
Fire Company was made on Saturday
night, by Foreman Harry Mapstooe
and his assistants, John L Jones and
Frank Rautz. The ins; enting officers
found everything in first class condi
tion.
No man lias been rash enough yet to
announce the arrival of tfie blue birds
or robins.
VOIINC SUN
II[L.LL A PRISONER
The river was the scene of several
startling events on Saturday.the resnlt
of people being in too mueli of a iiurry
to test the strength of the newly form
ed ice spanning the broad sirenra.
The first visitors were It. I l '. D. mail
carriers Bert McClure and Clyde Start
zel. The former broke through the ice
at a very daugerous place near the
middle of the river.and would, doubt
less, have drowned had not the latter
succeeded in getting him out of tfie
water. In assisting his companion, Mr
Startzel narrowly escaped breauing
through himself several times, and af
ter the feut was accomplished both
men fouud it difficult to return to
shore without a repetition of the trou
ble ttiey had gone through. They suc
ceeded in doing so.thongh,after which
Mr. McClure secured a change of
clothing and theu in company with
Mr. Startzel, went to South Danville
via Northumberland, to deliver the
mail that narrowly escaped going un
der the ice.
Shortly after this a young man
named Frank Lewis had >»u adven
ture ou the river, one which he
will likely remember for some years
to come. Iu company with Galen
Morgan, Lewis, at 9 o'clock, walked
across the new bridge to the present
terminal,then descended a ladder with
the view of crossiug over to this side
if the iee was strong enough to carry
them. It only took Mr. Morgan a few
seconds to discover that it wasn't,and
he returned to the bridge. Lewis was
of the opposite opinion. He thought
he could get over all right with a lit
tle caution, and made the start.
A glance convinced him that it
would be Impossible to cross straight
ever. An air hole and a long, broad
piece of very thin ice obstructed that
course. These would have to be pass
ed around and to do that necessitated
a long journey up the river to a point
opposita the ferry landing. He moved
slowly,when he went at all. Fiequent
stops were made to test the strength of
the ice ahead,before risking his weight
upon it. At the expiration of an hour
he arrived at the point up stream tor
which he bad been so long striving to
reach. There his nerve deserted him
somewhat.
He was aftaid to either proceed or
go hack. Finally he decided to crawl
over the spot he fearod to walk upon
Failing in that he attempted to cr.'op
the other way witti like result. Then
he would stand up for awhile ami
throw lumps of ice in advance of him,
with a view of finding the safest path
way. After he had remained inactive
for a short time as though planning
the next best move, he resumed the
crawling act, first going one way and
then another. His various changes of
position, during which for a space of
over half an hour, he did not travel
the length of himself in any direction,
showed the many watching him from
the Danville side of the river that he
was surrouuded by danger and afraid
to move far in any direction.
Mercury was only a few degrees
above zero. His position from the
shore looked perilous in the extreme.
The ice was in sucli a position that
it seemed impossible for any one to
goto his rescue. 1 'lf lie can't cross to
this side nobody can cross to him,"
and"lt he don't drown he will freeze
to death pretty soon," were few of the
remarks made by the spectators on
shore.
Then it was that Daniel Ross found
a key to the problem. Taking with
him a long pole for the two fold pur
pose of feeling his way aoross the
treacherous ice and to use it to help
himself out in case he broke through,
he started slowly in the direction of
the imprisoned man. He succeeded in
reaching Lewis and in piloting him
safely to shore. The latter had been
on the ice nearly two boors,and when
he reached shore he said that he was
not suffering from his long exposure
to the oold.
Death of John Gasklns.
John Oaskius, a Oative of Danville,
and connected for many years with
the iron industries in this city,died at
12 o'clock Sunday night. Last winter
he sustained a bad fall and never fully
recovered. About two weeks ago a
complication of diseases developed that
resulted in his death.
Mr. Oaskins was 59years of age,and
spent the greater part of his life in
Danville. At the age of fourteen years
fie entered the employ of Waterman
and Beaver, and remained with that
firm for twenty-five years, filling a
number of responsible positions. At
one time lie resided in Kingston aud
later in Tyrone,his absence from Dan
ville coveiing a period of sixteen years.
The deceased is survived by his wife
and lour children: Mrs. John G.
Brown, of Meriden, Conn ; Hurley, of
Los Angeles,Cal., and Ralph and Mi-s
Bertha of this city.
Walker—Hurley.
Harry T. Walker and Mi-s Maud M
Hurley both of this city, were married
at 'he parsonage of Sr Matthew's
Lutheran church, Bloomsburg, Mon
day evening, by the Rev. John F Bv
ers. The couple were attended by Mr-
Harrv Fields and Mrs. Walter Fields
of this city
Upon the return of the bride and
groom to this city they were present
ed with a check for S3OO by Mrs. Jen
nie Walker,mother of the groom. Mr
and Airs Walker will reside in this
1 city
DANVILLE. L'A., TITURSDAY LEILUUALIY 2, LL10...
! WOMEN mil'
iibimisi: POOH
Since the reorganization of the Wo
m m's Benevolent Association about a
month ago the members of the society
have been laboring with a zeal that is
most commendalde. But notwithstand
ing the energy aud determination with
; which the women enter into the work,
they are so greatly hindered by a lack
of funds that the results obtained are
| very discouraging.
The requests from deserving aud
needy persons, mostly widows with
large families, have been numerous,
hut the soceity has been uuable to sup
ply the wants of many because cf a
! lack of lands. Coal, provisions and
i clothing are the articles most sought
after.
The collection at the Union Thanks
i giving service, which is always given
i to the Association, amounted this year
to |14.25. No other contributions have
been received. With these small re
i sources the women have carried on the
' work of relieving the sufferings of the
deserving poor. This money has now
boeu exhausted,and the society is with
our. any funds whatever to carry on
the work.
The women of the Association ask
j the people of Danville for coutriba
j tions to the gcod cause in which they
are working. It is only at this one
| time in each year that they request
aid. Iu mid winter they ask you to
give from yonr plenty,a mite to cheer
1 the lives of those who have not even
: the bare necessities of existence.
Many Fouls in Game.
A fair sized audience witnessed a
game at the Armory last night between
j Mt. Carmel and Danville in which one
team played basket ball and lost, Mid
i the other team did not play the game
ami won. The final score was 43-20 in
favor of Danville.
The g »tne was a procession of ton Is,
the greater part being called on Mt.
Carmel. There were twenty fouls and
thirteen times our of the twenty the
; visitors were penalized.
The Mt. Carmel boys were advertis
ed as being a strong, fast aggregation,
and they were all of that. They pass
ed the b»ll beautifully,and ttieir team
work was close and fa»t,bnt they were
rather weak in shooting goals. They
! played all around the Danville team
in rim first half scoring 14 points to
Danville's 10—touls not counted. The
half ftvied with the s ore tie at lfi Id,
the locals having scored on six fouls.
In the s'cond half Mt. Carmel, dis-
coaraged by the insistent and unneces
sary foul calling.and probtbly discov
ering t'uit no atnonnt of good playing
would give them tin* came, fell away
from the good hall thev played iu the
first half and lost out
Danville did some very pretty goal
throwing, making a number of long
ami difficult baskets.
The line-up:
Mt. Carrael. Danville.
Larn"tt forward Hayes '
Early . forward , .. Welliver I
McCale ..center Sechlerj
F. Darr guard Bany
S. Wener . . guard. Poteis
R. Barr... guard
Goals from field—McCale t>, Early j
2, Sechler 7, Hayes H dea 4, Welliver
2, Peters 2. Barry 1. Goals from fouls ,
—Hayes Bedea 11, F. Barr 2, Early 2. J
Umpire, Harry Welliver. Time of
halves, 20 minutes.
Experiencing (ireat Trouble.
The K. F. D. mail carriers have ex
perienced nearly as much trouble this j
week in covering their routes as they
did the day after the late blizzard, j
Many of the public roatts have been in
an impassable condition. Supervisors
of the several townships have done
very little toward opening the thorough
fares. Portions of the immense snow j
drifts which blockaded the highways
and obstructed traffic of all kind®, \
have reoeived littlo attention. The su
pervisors in several of the townships
are derelict in their duties, and the
farmers iu that section are censured for
not compelling them togo to work and
open the roads.
The farmers expect their letters and j
newspipers to reach them promptly, ;
hut many of them m ike little effort in !
providing a way for tie mail carriers
to reach them. And in not doing so
they are breaking a portion of the j
agreement they made, when petition- 1
iug the government to establish the i
present rural delivery routes. They
agreed to aid in keeping the roads open
and they are not doing it. Frequently j
they have stood on their door steps
since the storm, and watched the car
riers breaking a path through the snow
iu order to reach their homes to deliv
er mail But they made no attenint
to aid Uncle Sam's representatives in
the discharge of their duties. They
want their mail, but they care very
little what difficulties the carrier has
to contend with to got if to them.
Its up to these farmers now to take
some steps toward compelling theit
Supervisors to open the roads for the
1 mail carriers. If they do not the
government inly take the matter in
hand,and then something will be done
aud that quickly.
Street Assessments.
This l- the last week for paying
street paving as«« ssnietifs, aud aft> r
Saturday night a'l remaining unpaid
will bo placed in the hands of a col
lector. About o-:e half of the assess-
have been receipted for bv city
' clerk l'atton, and many more, perhaps
all, will be paid within the specified
I
time.
PERSONAL
PARAGRAPHS
Animon Keiser spent Sunday with
relatives at West Milton.
Henry Loeh spent Sunday with
friends in Wilkesbarre.
Frank A. Brown spent Sunday with
his aunt, Mrs. E. B Brown at Blooui--
burg.
Miss Ruth Boyer returned Saturday
from a visit with relatives in Phila
delphia.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Gross aud daugh
ter, Sylvia, of Bloomsburg, were the
guests of Mr and Mrs. Joseph Heim,
Church street, on Sunday.
Mr. anu Mrs. J. G. Weils and son.of
Bloomsburg,spent Sunday in this city.
Mr. and Mrs. George P. Ringler, of
Bloomsburg, were visitors in this city
ou Sunday.
Mrs. Samuel H. Morrall and daugh
ter, Mrs. H. L DeWitt, of Riverside,
returned yesterday from a week's visit
in Philadelphia Tuesday evening they
attended the commencement exercises
of the class of nurses at St. Timothy's
Hospital,Roxboro,of which Miss Mag
gie Morrall, formerly of Riverside, is
a member.
Bruce Kelley, of Washingtouville,
was a visitor in this city yesterday.
William S. Bogart. of Mooresburg,
called on friends iu this oity yester
day.
C. C. Wilson, of Clarkstown, spent
yesterday in this city.
E. S. Bloom, of Ashland, transacted
business iu this city yesterday.
J. C. Creveling, ot Espy, spent yes
terday in this city.
E. W. Reese, of Hazleton,called on
the trade in this city yesterday.
Councilman George Reifsnyder and
wife returned last night fiom a trip to
Altooim.
J. K. Robinson,of MifTlintown,fact
ory inspector of this district, is in
town.
Mrs. Cliarles V. ZerfiiiK and Miss
Emma Fasold, of Sunbury, arrived in
tins city yesterday for a several days
visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
George A Rossman, Pine street.
J. O. Creveliug, of Espy, visited
friends in this city yesterday.
Geueral Secretary W. I). Laamaster
spent last evening with friends at
Espy.
Clarence Sholtz, of West Heirs!ocfc
town-hip, transacted business in this
city yesterday.
Thomas Oetlnng, of West Hemlock
township, was a visitor iu Danville
yesterday.
Misses Bertha and Olive Walker, of
Lewisbnrg and Miss Cora Clemens, of
Milton, are guests of Mrs. Charles
Fisher, East Market street.
Mrs. Frank Englwr, of Wilkesbarre,
is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Wyant, Front ami Mill streets.
Mrs. W. Pannebaker, of Libetty
township, visited friends in this city
yesterday.
W. M. linger, of Union Comer,
transacted business in this city yester
day.
11. A. Bennett, of West Hemlock
township, transacted business in this
city yesterday.
Miss Mary Ryan left yesterday for a
visit with friends at Waveily, New
York.
Charles V. Zerflng.of Sunbury,spent
yesterday at the home of Mr. aud Mrs
George A. Rossman. Pine street.
Miss Charlotte Round, of Sunbury,
visited friends iu this city yesterday.
Christian Vought, of Quitman, vis
i el frineds in this city yesterday.
Right Han In Right Place.
The prompt action of Hon. R. Scott
Ammerman, Moutour County's able
and efficient representative at Harris
burg, iu the matter of the Danville
bridge entitles him not only to the
thanks of his constituents,but to many
residents of Northumberland county.
He lost no time in taking up the case
and be made brief work of it after be
ginning. The zeal be displayed shows
that he has the interests of his people
at heart; that he is able to protect
them and that he is going to do so as
far as possible.
Mr. Ammerman is young in years,
but his work at Harrisburg has
already shown that lie is one of the
most active and energetic members of
the lower house. The people of Mou
tour county are convinced that they
marie no mistake when they sent him
to Harrisburg to look after their in
terests. Ho is the right man in the
right place.
Upset Caused Runaway.
A runaway horse dashing down Miil
street about o'clock Saturday even
ing caused considerable excitement
The animal was stoppel at the post
office by Elijah Morgan and returned
to Liveryman Fry, the owner.
A young man from Mahoning town
ship engaged the horse earlier in the
! evening aud invited two young lady
friends for a sleigh ride. At ha-t Front
and Railroad streets the sl< igh struck
an electric light pole and upset.throw
ing tie occupants into tiie snow and
breaking the single tree. The horse
became ungovernsbl" and breaking
from the sleigh dashed down Market
street to Mill and Mahoning streets,
where lie was caught.
The farmers are pleased with the
i last snow fall, as it comes as a much
j needed protection to the wheat, which
' was beginning to suffer from exposure.
1)11. |. 11. DARLINGTON
CHOSEN BISHOP]
The special convention of the Dio- :
ceso of Harrisburg of the Protestant
Episcopal church hell a busy session
at St. Stephen's church, Harrisburg,
yesterday for the purpose of selectiug
a bishop for the new Diocese to succeed
the Rev. Dr. William T. Manning, of
New York, who was elected at a con
vention held at Lancaster recently and,
declined.
The candidates were as follows:
Rev. Frederick K. Reese, D. D .rec
tor of Christ church, Nashville, Tenn.
Rev. James Henry Dtrlinatun, D
D., rector of Christ church, Brooklyn,
N. Y.
Rev. l J aul Matthews, dean of St.
Paul's cathedral Cincinnati, Ohio.
Rev. Charles P. Willama, D. D.,
dean of Trinity cathedral, Cleveland,
Ohio.
Kev. William Frederick Faber, rec
tor of Grace church, Lockport, N. Y.
Rev. William H. Van Allen, D. D.,
rector of the Church of the Advent,
Boston.
Thirteen ballots were tabeu before a
choice was made. At 2:30 o'clock in
the afternoon a ten minutes recess was
declared during the progress ot the
twelfth ballot in order to allow the
clerical delegates to discuss the situa
tion. The recess stretched to thirty
miuutes and at the end of that time
the twelfth ballot was taken. It show
ed that Dr. Darlington had gained two
of the clerical votes. C. Larue Mun
son, Esq , of Wilhamsport, a lay dele
gate, then took the floor and made an
earnest appeal, saying that the united
support of the delegates is necessary to
a successful Diocese. He said that the
votes already cast for Dr. Darlington
represented three-fourths of the com
municants in the Diocese. This appeal
produced the desired result, the elec
tion of Dr. Darlington being made
unanimous after the thirteenth ballot
Dr. Darlington ha* been rector of
Christ church, Brooklyn, N. Y., for
twi nty-t wo years and lias been remark
ably successful. For many years he
was chajlain of the 47th Regiment,N.
Y. N.tt n nal Guard He make's lots of
friends and is a good preacher and a
great worker. Christ church, Brook
lyn, is the largest ptrish iu that Dio
cese,having 2(A) comunicauts aud over
6000 attendants.
Dr. Darlington W33 born in Brook
lyn, N. Y.,in June, 18of> and is there
fore 4S years of age. He is iu the
prime ol life and has taken personal
cr ntrol of all the details of his large
parish. Ho graduated at the New
York Univer.-ity in JS77. Then spent
three years at Piiuoeton college iu
sp-cial study, receiving rhe degree of
Doctor of Philosophy and has since re
ceived the degree of Doctor of Divin
ity from the N. Y. University, where
he was appointed as lecturer. He is a
member of the Execurivo Committee
of the Church Congress, chairman of
the Church Building Fund of his Dio
cese and was Archdeacon of Brooklyn
for many years
Dr. Darlington is a prayerbook
churchman without frills or eccentrici
ties with a larg'i charity for the feel
ings and opinions of other-. Both Mrs.
Darliugton and he are descendants of
old Colonial families and will be pop
ular in the new Diocese. The Harris
burg Dtoese is fortunate indeed in se
curing Dr. Darlington for Bishop.
Few Cases of Truancy.
There does not appear to be much
complaint about truancy iu this city,
yet there are some heads of families
who are not as regardful of the coai
palsory school law as they should be.
or as the welfare of their children
would require. They are not suffici
ently insistent upon regular attend
ance. Parouts are responsible for the
appearance of their children at school.
The penalty for dereliction in this
matter, under the law, is tine and im
prisonment, but even a law officer does
not care to see it inflicted upon par
ents, tlioug'i they may ba culpably
negligent of a most important duty.
Instead of punishment the gentler mea
sure of persuasion is commonly resort
ed to, I ut when that, fails more heroic
measures may be adopted. It is un
fortunate if this is necessary, for it
means trouble to the delinquents aud
exposure in the newspapers when such
cases are ventilated.
TheStite wants every one of its
children to receive an education. That
is why it has passed Fchool laws, and
made provisions to enforce the attend
ance of pnpils. Right thinking par
ents are anxious that their otlspring
should be well educated,and they even
make sacrifices, if necessary, to bring
that about Sur. lv, when an education
is off red to every child in the com
munity, without mom y and without
price, it is the bootiden duty of all
parents ti s e that such opportunities
shall not be thrown away.
Grange Officers Installed.
Danville Grange, No. 57, P. of H.,
met Si urday afternoon at the home of
A. 0. M »u-i r. Cooper township, and
iu f tailed officers fur the present yenr.
Mr. Mauser was male master of the
grange,and m> etiugs will be held r< g
ularly at his residence on the second
and fourth Saturday of each month.
Pomona Grange, No. 31, of Montour
and Northiiinbci laud counties, will
hold its regular quart rly meeting, iu
[ Grand Army Hall, this city, on Wed
neslav, February 15. The di-trict com
j prises about twelve granges, and a
j good turnout on the part of ttie mem
bership is expected at the meeting.
ESTABLISHED CN 1855
MOSTOCR COIMV
FIRMS' INSTITUTE
The Montour County Farmers' In
stitute, under the auspices of the De
partment of Agriculture ot Pennsyl
vania, will be held in the Methodist
church, Washingtonville, February
13th and 14th. Although these Insti
tutes are designed and conducted for
the education and advantage of farm
ers, yet all who are interested are in
vited. The program follows:
MONDAY AFTERNOON. 1:30.
Call to order.
Prayer—Rev. Bryner.
Music.
Address of Welcome—O. V. Amer
man, Danville, Pa.
Response—Hon. Thomas J. Phillips,
Chester Coanty, Pa.
"The Effect of Feed on the Quantity
and Quality of Milk"—Prof. Wells W.
Cooke, Washington, D. O.
"Renewed Fertility, How to Get
It"—Hon. Thomas J. Phillips,Chester
Coonty.
"Breeding, Feeding and Profit in
Hogs"—Amos B. Lehman, Franklin
County.
"The Horse, His Origin and What
He Demands"—Dr. E. E. Tower, Vet
erinarian, Susquehanna County.
Music.
Adjournment.
MONDAY EVENING, 7:15.
Music.
Question Bos.
"Our Insect Friends and Foes"—
Amos B. Lehman.
"Feeding from the Silo Throughout
the Year"—Prof. Wells W. Cooke.
Music.
Recitation—Miss Rogers.
"The Farmer Should be a Business
Man"—Hon. Thomas J. Phillips.
Recitation—Miss Appieman.
Music.
Adjournment.
TUESDAY MORNING, 9:80.
Musio.
Question Box.
"The Value of Farm Manure and
; How to Retain it"—Prof. Wells W,
Cooke.
"Tuberculosis"—Dr. E. E. Lower.
"Commercial Fertilizers, Their Na
ture and Use"—Hon. Thomas J. Phil
lip;.
"Comparison of Profits; Dairy vs.
Beef Cattle"—AmoH B. Lehman.
Music.
Adjournment.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, 1:30.
Music.
Question Box.
"Forage Crops as a Substitute for
Pasture"—Prof. Wells W. Cooke.
"The Chicken, a Source of Profit"
—Hon Thomas J. Phillips.
" Infectious Diseases of Farm Au
imal»"—Dr. E. E. Lower.
" Legumes for Feed and Fertility"—
Amos B. Lehman.
Musio.
Adjournment.
TUESDAY EVENING, 7:15.
Muisc.
Question Box.
Recitation—Miss Leighow.
"Handling Milk, and Butter Mak
ing"— Priif. Wells W. Cooke.
Recitation—Ambrose Clapp.
Music.
"The Wife's Share"—Hon. Thomas
J. Phillips.
Recitation—Miss Belle Lowrie.
Closing Song.
Adjournment.
Garfield Literary Society.
The regular meeting of the Garfield
Literary Sooiety was held in the High
School room Friday afternoon, at
whioli the following program was ren
dered :
Piano Solo Miss Jenkins
Recitation "Baby in Church"
Miss Cole.
Essay "Perseverance Is Success"
Mr. Jobborn.
Declamation.."Part of Garfield's
.. Speech on Northern Territory"
Mr. Orth.
Debate—Resolved, "That the free
bonk system is more harmful than
beneficial".
Affirmative, Mr. Morris and Mr.
Linker; negative, Miss Stelubrauner
and Mr. Shultz. The judges decided
in favor of the negative.
Song Society
Recitation "My Aunt"
Miss Newberry.
Oration...." Danger That Threat-
ens Our Nation"
Robeit Jacobs.
Declamation "The Nation's
Need of Men"
Mr. raunahill.
Heading "A Lightning Story"
Mr. Engle.
Meeting of Eligibles Tonight.
Colonel George S. Brown, ot Sha
mokin, division organizer of the Sons
of Veterans, arrived in Danville yes
terday to make the final arrangements
for the formation of a lodge of that
ord»r in this city.
Colonel Brown has for some time
been endeavoring to interest the sons
and grandsons of Danville veterans in
the organization, aud a large number
have expressed themselves a* being
thoroughly in favor of the tnovemeut,
and desirous of becoming members of
the order.
The old soldiers are especialy anx
ious to have a lodge of the Sons of
Veterans in Danville. The order is an
auxiliary to the Grand Array of the
Republic, and the members are able in
many ways to assist the G A. R.
A meeting of eligibles will be held
tonight at 7:BQ o'colck in the G. A.
R Hall.at which matters preliminary
to the formation of a lodge in Dan
ville will be discussed.
JOB PRINTING
The office of the AMERICAN
being furnished with a large
nsortment 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
THIS THIEF
WAS GENEROUS
As tire resolt of the fire at the Gil
laspv House Sunday morning, the pro
prietor, J. V. Gilla-py, sustained a
heavy loss other than that caused by
the blaze in the toilet room. He was
made the victim of a member of that
class of the light fingered craft known
as generous thieves—those who steal
part and leave the remainder to ward
off suspicion that anything has beeD
taken.
When called down stairs to open
the doors so entrance could be
gaiued to the apartment in which the
fire was located, Sunday morning, Mr.
Giilaspy was in his room changing his
olothea. Alter he received the start
ling summons, he was obliged to draw
on a few extra garments before he
could respond to the alarm. This he
did hurriedly and started from the
room, leaving on a stand a pocket
book containing $l6O. The money was
in two rolls, each in separate apart
ments of the purse. One contained |IOO
and the other S6O. The purse was part
ly open leaving the latter roil exposed
to any one entering the room, but the
larger sum was so concealed as to be
invisible even after a close examina
tion of the smaller one.
When the fire had been extinguish
ed, Mr. Giilaspy returned to his room
to complete his toilet. The pocketbook
was still on the stand, apparently in
the same position he had placed it and
showing no indications of having been
tampered with. HaviDg no suspicion
that a robbery had occurred,he put the
purse in his pocket without examining
it. He had no occasion to use any of
the money the pocketbook contained
until Monday afternoon, then he dis
covered that some ot it was missing.
From the S6O roll of bills the thief had
extracted s4l, leaving the owner sl9.
He showed a slight generosity, but,
perhaps,if he had seen the SIOO roll he
would have added a few more dollars
to his share.
Tour Party Next Sunday.
The party of Sabbath School work
ers now touring the State under the
auspices of the Pennsylvania State
Sabbath School Association will be in
Danville next Sunday.
The tou- party consists of 6ix per
sons,all of wVnm are experienced Sun
day School wor*<-«. The parry also
includes a male qcamfc. Hugh Cork,
of Philadelphia,the Genera Secretary
of the State Association; W. O. Lan
des, of Philadelphia, State Field Sec
retary ;Mlss EO. Lincoln,of Philadel
phia. W. J. Erdman, D. D., of Ger
mantown.lrvin 0. Van Dyke,of Hunt
ingdon and George F. Sawle.of AreDa,
Wis., will accompany the party.
The members of the party will ad
dress the congregations at the different
churches Sunday morning and even
ing. Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock
a mass tmeting of the Sunday School
workers of Danville will be held In
the Fine Street Lutheran church. At
this meeting the quartet will sing, and
addresses will be made by Mr. Cork,
Mr. Landes and Dr. Erdmau.
Death of William Crlpps.
William Cripps, the well known su
perintendent of the State Hospital gas
plant, died Saturday morning at 7:80
o'clock of stomach trouble, after an
illness of four weeks.
Mr. Cripps was a native of Ireland,
and was 63 years of age. He came to
America in 1866, and had been em
ployed at the hospital for thirty years.
He was well read, and could converse
most interestingly upon a wide range
of topios. He was a member of Christ
Episcopal church.
The deceased is sarvived by four
children—Mrs. William Wintersteen,
of Mooresburg ; Mrs. George Marshall.
William and Thomas Cripps, of this
city; and two sisters-Mrs. George
Johns and Miss Auuie Cripps.___^_
Henry VVireman the Nomine.
The Republican Borough and Dis
trict conventions were held in the
Montour House on Saturday evening
at 8 o'clock. The attendance was very
good, nine out of the ten delegates be
ing present. The following were nom
inated : Poor Director, Henry Weir
man; Borough Auditor, John L. Jones;
High Constable, Benton B Brown.
Committee Fills Vacancy.
Philip Fouat, the Republican nomi
nee for school director in the Third
Ward, has decliued the nomination on
account of ill health. Tiie committee
has filled the vacancy by naming A.
H. Grone.
General Organizer Here.
General Organizer W. E. Terry of
the Americau Federation of Labor of
Washington, D. C..arrived in this city
yesterday. Mr Terry is making a tour
of inspection of the labor organiza
tions in this state.
Antrim License Granted.
At a short gpssion of court held Sat
urday morning the testimony upon the
application of Samuel K. Antrim for
a hotel in Valley township,was heard.
There being no remonstrance the li
cence was granted.
Do You See the Moral.
A woman in a neighboring town
bought a new tangled coffee pot from
a peddler. In the evening she showed
it to her husband, a hardware dealer,
who told l. r he kept the same thing
in his store for half the price she had
paid. "Well," said she, "why don't
you advertise? Nobody ever knowi
what you hate for sale."