Hoie Paper -—For no Home Ihe 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, Op.ce Hotxrs 9 A. .»/. to l'l U 104 MM a Specialty. r.'c omm end the overhaul crossing both to the railroad company and the trol ley people,who would help to btar the cost and the knowing ones sav that the proposition is still under consid eration. An overhead crossing at that point would relieve both towushi p and coun ty "112 ali cost in fixing up an approach to thg river bridge, as neither retain ing walls nor filling as contemplated at prt sent would enter into the con struction of an overhead crossing Found Dead in Bed. William Geringer, an old and wide ly known resident of the Fourth Ward, was found dead in bed Friday after uoon. The deceased was in his usual health Friday. About ffour months ago he seemed to suffer a physical decline and duriug the interim did no work. Of late, howaver, he had rallied.and dur ing the present week resumed work at the big mill. He was working at night and had pnt in three turns. On returning home from the mill Friday morning he informed his wife that work went better than it did just after starting IU three days ago aud that he was feeliug quite well. During the forenoon he went to bed and seemed tore t very well. Dur ing the afternoon he was awake and requested his wife to call him at half past four so that he might be at the mill iu good time. At half past four o'clock Mrs. Ger inger went up stairs to awaken her husband aud found him dead in bed. Dr. Shultz was called,who stated that the cause of death was heart failure. TII9 sudden demise of the husband aud father proved a great shock to the family. William Geringer was 67 years of age. He grew to manhood in Danville aud lived here during the remainder of his life. For many years he was employed at the blast furnace of Wat eruiao & Beaver. Later he worked in the rolling mill of the Reading Iron Works. He was au industrious man of generous impulses and had the es teem of his fellowmen. Besides his wife he is survived by four sons and two daughters: Joseph, Samuel, John and Theodore Geringer and Misses Elizabeth and Anna Ger inger, all of Danville. Thirteen New flembers Added. Thirteen new members were added to Shiloll Reformed church at the 1110 ning service Snndav. Of these twelvH were taken in by confirmation and one by oerti'icate. Six children wore baptized at 3 o'clock in the af ternoon. There will be services every evening during passion week, excepting Satur day evening. Toe Lord's Supper will be celebrated on Easter at the morning and evening Revises. There is a special treat iu store for the members of Shiloh Reformed church in connection with the Easter services. Rev. William C. Schaeffer, D D., a former faithful aud beloved pastor.has kindly consented to be pres ent and t > a-sist in the services. In view of the approaching depar ture of Rev. Llmbert to labor in an o'lier field Sunday will probably be the last time that he will ever have the privilege as paster of administering the Lord's supper to the good people of Shiloh Kefo'med church. A very large attendance is therefore anticipat ed and the Easter offering will no donbt be correspondingly large. Danville is the First. So far reported Danville is the first town in this section to decide upon a demonstration on the Glorious Fourth. Just where the companies of Sunbury's fine tire department will parade and take part this year has not yet been jully decided.—Sunbnry Item ESTABLISHED 1X1855 COMPLETED BRIDGE JSJN SIGHT Barry & Caldwell are miking fine progress in concreting the river bridge and expect to be off the ground by next Monday night. To illustrate just how rapidly the work proceeds it might be stated that by 11 o'clock yes terday forenoon they had covered one hundred feet of the river bridge as their morning's work. The trolley track as far as the coarse of concrete is ooncerned is completed from one end of the bridge to tin other. While one crew yesterday was fluishing up the driveway near the Southern end of the bridge another crew at the Danville end began the work of conoreting along the rails as made necessary ow ing to a peculiarity of the paving blocks,which unlike briok used on the street, ara not so formed as to accom modate the flange of the car wheel. The blocks laid in the trolley track will uot approach the rail within some four inches. This narrow strip has to be filled up with conorete, into which while soft a groove is formed to admit the flange. In concreting along the rails a framework, laid inside the track, acts as a mould. This is later removed and the space between the rails neatly filled with paving blocks. As soon as the concreting is com pleted the entire surface of the bridge will be carefully gone over and all the loose stones and eveu the sand will be removed. Wherever the least hollow occurs the surface will be leveled over with mortar. Then will be applied a course of sand about three-fourths of an inch thiok on which the blocks will be laid. The pavement on the bridge when i ompleted will be grouted just as streets are when paved with briok. Mr. Barry of the firm of contractors arrived in this city Tuesday night. Io conversation yesterday he said that very satisfactory progress is being made along all lines. Speaking for their own contract he said they might be delayed a little by non arrival of material but he felt reasonably sure that they would be through with con creting by Monday night at the out side. Paving. he said, would go very fast, while the painters, who have seven men employed, will be through almost as soon as any. On the whole Mr. Barry fell justified in predicting that the bridge would be completed by the end of next week. Planning to Assist the Band. The entertainment given in the Opera House last Saturday evening for th 3 benefit of Stoes' band of which so much was expected, owing to the poor attendance panned out very poorly,in deed, and to say that the members are disoouraged is putting it mildly. The band has a hard struggle of it. Bent, light and heat are items of ex perse which cut very deep into the band's resources and freouently to meet these bills the members have to reach down into their individual pock ets. Stoes' Hand has not attained a great er proficiency in recent yeara than it now enjoys. There is not an occasion when it appears in pnblio bat its music is enjoyed and is favorably com mented upon. This standard ia at tained only at the expense of personal sacrifice on the part of the members, who without any thought of reward other than the consciousness of doing well the work assigned to them pre sent themselves night after night for drill and rehearsal. It anyone for a moment fancies that the earnings of the band are anywhere nearly sufficient to pay running ex penses, let alone to afford adequate personal remuneration to the members, let him stop to reflect how compara tively few the occasions are when the band is employed. It is true its cheer ful strains are frequently heard on the streets, but in the majority of inst ances it will ba found that the gener ous fellows are giving a free concert or are playing wholly without com pensation to remind the town that they are still in existence and have not forgotten how to play. With the present hard line* It is a question how long the baud can be ex pected to hold together and beep itself up to the standard of proficiency. The matter has been talked over during the past week and the conclusion has been reached that the band should have more encouragement, which in this case, means more material help. One of the plans suggested, which meets with a good deal of approval, is ! that the band should have a certain ! number of houorary member*, s»y one hundred or two hundred,seleoted from : our leading citizens, who would be willing to contribute two dollars or i oue do lar per year as the case might 1 be, to the baud's support. This money could be committed to a Hoard of Trustees and applied as need ed to the liquidation of bills for rent, light, heat and the like. Relieved of the care and worry, incidental to the meeting of these constantly accumulat ing bills the members would he in a position to render better service in the band ; they would feel that they are being very generouslj' treated and would certainly do well by the town in return. The Big Show. Haiuutn and Bailey's greatest show on earth which is to exhibit at Sha mokin next month, is a monster at traction. It includes twelve passenger coaohes, twenty-six stock cars and forty-two platform cars, a total of eighty cars. Four powerful engines are required to haul the show train j which travels in sections. JOB PRII» NG The office o f : AMERICAN being furnish' /ith 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 Ofall Kinds and Description COMMITTEE PLANS A DEMONSTRATION The Citizens' Celebration Committee held a meeting at the Oity Hotel last evening for the purpose of appointing sub-committees and transacting other business relating to the Fourth of July demonstration. The following mem bers of the Committee were present: Balph Kisner, Esq., W. V. Oglesby, Esq., Johnny Moyer and Jacob Boyer. Burgess W. G. Pursel,officially a mem ber of the Committee, along with P. M. Gotwalds, Secretary, was also pre sent. The Committee had lost none of its zeal in the interim succeeding the citi zens' meeting on Mondav night and it transacted a big volume of business, handling the various propositions as they came up in a thoroughly business like and practical way. It was the Committee's first meet ing and the plans laid were broad and deep, on which to rear a gigantic fabric in the way of a demonstration that will endure in memory as the greatest event that the town has ever witnessed. Several principles were laid down,which will be followed out to the letter. One of these is that the Central Committee while acting through subordinate committees will keep a firm hold of the affairs of the celebration, assuming all responsibil ity for success or failure. To illast rate, while it is a part of the polioy to bring in organizations of all sorts from neighboring towns to attend the dem onstration, yet no invitations are to be extended exoept through the Citi zens' Celebration Committee. Again as nothing can be accomplish ed without money soliciting will be poshed for all that is in it. The suc cess or the failure of the demonstra tion is to hinge upon the patriotism and the civic pride of our citizens. If their response when appealed to for contributions is not in keeping with the dignity and importance of the grand event, then the whole affair must dwindle from the magnificent proportions planned to something in significant or secondary in its nature. It is believed, however, that the oivio pride of our citizens can be relied up on and the response to the solicitor* will enable the Committee to carry oat all its plans. The Committee would like to make the fire works an inspiring feature, never equalled rn Danville. The plans are to explode these from a flat boat in the middle of the river below the bridge where thsy will be in full view from Riverside, South Danville and the thousands of people on the Danville side who may line the river bank from the Water Works to the creek's moath. On motion M. H. Schram was elect ed Treasurer of the Citizens' Celebra tion Committee. Collectors were appointed as fol lows : First Ward—Thomas Vinoent and Fred Owen. Secoml Ward—Robert Pursel and Harry Phile. Third Ward—Elias Maier and Mi chael Ryan. Fourth Ward Alex. Foster and James T. Magill. Riverside—Bugess W. T. Shepper son, Dr. A. T. DeWitt, H. L. DeWitt, W. W. Kiinbel aud R. B. Bird. On motion it was ordered that the Chief of Fire Department with his four Assistants be appointed a commit tee to confer with their respective companies to determine whioh fire companies from neighboring towns they would like to have as their guests and report the same to the Celebration Committee at the earliest date, where upon the latter will extend the In vitation as desired. On motion it was ordered that the Secretary extend an invitation to all the secret aud fraternal organizations of town asking them whether there are any lodges of the same order in neighboring towns that they would like to have the Celebration Commit tee invite as their guests on the occas ion of the demonstration. The earliest reply possible is solicited. On motion it was decided that similar invitations are to bo extended to the Grand Army of the Republio and the Natioual Guard of Pennsylvania. On motion Harry Ellenbogen, John Jacobs, Jr , aud John G. Waite were appointed as a committee on advertis ing. Ou motion it was decided that a place in the parade bo allotted to our merchants and manufacturers for a civic and industrial display. Answered Last Summons. The Supreme Court of judgment io the great beyond won in a race with the Northumberland oonnty court Sun day morning when Officer Philip Con beer, t)f Shamokiu, discovered, upon attempting to serve a civil oourt sub poena, that the man he was about to serve the paper on,had died just a few minutes previous to his arrival. Michael Urmask, aged 55 years, re sided at No. 1533 West Water street at Shamokiu. He atteudtd the 9:15 mass at St. Edward's churoh Sunday morn ing and although ill managed to reach his home. There he was seriously stricken with miners' asthma and heart trouble and expired several minutes before the ar rival of the officer with the summons to appear in court at Sunbury Mon day morning, to give testimony in a damage suit. Holy Week services are being well < attended.