Hon Paper -—For lie Heme Ihe circulation of this paper is in creasing rapidly. It will pay you to advertise 111 the AMEKK AN SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER YEAR DK. IKVIN(i 11.1 KNNIMJS, Office Hour* y A. V to 11 M K'4 MM St., i I'. M.to 4l' W IhtnvtlU, l'n. | 1 IS 111 1.T7., M. 425 Mil l St., Danviii.k, I'a. diseases of the Stomach and 1 ntestine> a Specialt •• | V\ . P. A DENTIST OfKIl t: -1 S Mill eeth Kxtracteil without I' t luwnaod Bridge Wo h s |n?rlalty. equipped Willi tilt- latest and most Improved luMrn.i i i,IIHI■ <J prepared to exeeutetlie Uios DR. C. 11. REYNOLDS, DENTIS— T-288 Mill St.. - Danville, Pa. Dentistry in all its branches. Charge Mo lerate and all w- " Ouaranteed Established IMM2 ms Ms. Magniliceut growing weather this. Oh,what's so rare as a day in Jane'! In these busy days the man without a grievance of some kind is mighty rare. Strawberry "rash" is beginning to make its appearance. The victims are those who eat not wisely hut too rash ly The R. F. D mail carriers report the country roads in a good condition throughout this section. June brides are evidently out for the record—that is so fat as numbers are concerned (Jot away tlie weeds that grow along many of the sidewalks. They are be ginning to crowd the pedestrians off. (live the base ball club hearty sup port. June, the month of roses, is quickly passing. Never lias its favorite flower been more plentiful or more beautiful. In making his ual appearance in this locality, the festive mosquito gives evidence of all his old-time ac tivity and his unspeakable impudence. The candidates will not rest, even though the election be a long way off. They are already making hay while the son shines. Have you had any trouble keeping warm Some school teachers in this section will not a? ft in apply for schools or be examined for permanent certificates because,as they affirm,mart lage certifi cates are permanent enough for them. Those soul hern zephyrs that have bean blowing for neatly a week are the reverse of the poet's description. The doctors of Sunbury had a busy time on Sunday, attending to many jiersons who had been made sick by an overindulgence in hard shell crabs at I a lodge banquet Saturday night. Up ward of fifty cases have been reported. Earl Newcomer, the eight-year-old boy, who bad his feet crushed and both legs broken bv a coal car hi the Heading yards, at A illiniusport sever al days ago, died at the hospital in that city, Sunday evening. ■ The trade journals report improved business conditions on account of sea sonable weather, while the crop out look has been greatly brightened by heat and moisture. Judge Auteu and (Jongiessmau Sam uel will umpire a game of base hall between newspaper men and lawyers at Mt. Carmel n«xt week. The glorious Fourth comes on apace but as yet the show windows do not display tiie old time vaiied assort ments of boy killers. This is good The servant girl question seems to be uusolvable in the cities. The op portunities for women's work in oth er fields is ttie cause. Freight was never so heavy in the summer on the Pennsylvania railroad as at present The picnic season is on in earnest Last winter you sighed for some of ibis kind of weather The sea-on's turning point is at baud, and from now on if will he an j nciease of night and deciease of day. The woods are very inviting just now The rush to mountain has set in, and as a consequence many a man will get rid of a ye «r's savings Keep cool! And it' you ran't knep altogether cool, keep as cool as you can. The ire cream capacity of a good many girls is being tested at ptesent. No man has a right to keep a vic ious dog that runs out and attacks tfiose who pass by. Such animals should be destroyed. The crop of hoys who fall from cher ry trees is now In ing gal lien <l. Evidently June has been after the humidity record. A Lebanon county man is accused of buying a vole for one dollar. Opinion is divided on the question astowhetli ei the hrthi r should be condemned for iiiggaidliness or the vote seller de nounced for cutting prices. The outing season and the Pennsyl vania vegetable season have rome in together. What more could any rea *oiiahle man desire, providing tie have a healthy parse and jjood digestion V illontour mm* American V — —'V. •THIS COUNTRY WILL NEVER HE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDSWITII ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS VOL. r>o-N<) 125. TAX RATE FIXED AT EIGHT MILLS Sewer extensions promise to be the j order of the day from now ou. Two additional petitions were presented to the Borough Council Friday. One was signed by a dozen property own ers on the West side ot Mill street. Third Ward, respectfully asking that the Borough build a sewer tor the use of the abutting properties through the. alley West of Mill street to connect with the large sewer passing down Scolder's run. The signers were as follows: .1 B. Oleaver, John H. Goes er,P. C. Murray & Sou. S. Y. Thomp son, M. L)., Lewis Titel, S. J. Welli ver. George F. Smith, P. I*. Swentek, O. S Lyon. Eliaa Maier, S. Dreifuss aud Frank Jameson. On motion the petition was referred to tha Committee ou Sewers. A petition was also received from Samuel Werkheiser, J. Poster's Sous and George S Tillson asking that the sewer heing constructed be extended from Lower Mulberry street to Blooui street through the alley joining prop erties of Mrs. Samuel Goldsmith, Sa muel Werkheiser, Charles Hauver and others and that the signers be per mitted to connect with the same. The latter petition was aNo referred to the Committee on Sewers. A communication was received trom Borough Solicitor Gearhart stating that he has finally succeeded in effect ing a settlement in the case of Dens berger vs. the Borough of Danville aud enclosing a release an.l a deed for right of wav, which the Solicitor sug gested he recorded in the Recorder's office. The Solicitor's report showed that |120.45 have been disbursed for damages and costs in the case On motion the Solicitor's action in the premises was approved by Council and his suggestions as to recording deed, ike. , were ordered carried out. Un motion it was decided that ttie Borough tax rate be fixed at 8 mills', the same as last year. On motion it was ordered that the Street Commissioner exercise a close watch over the streets where torn up for the construction of the trolley tracks and see to it that they are put in as good a condition as they were before work began. Much objection was urged against the use of cinder and ashes 111 repairing the streets by the trolley companies. Limestone was recommended. Mr. lieifsnyder (nought up the sub ject of garbage and ash cans, which be thought ought to be installed along Mill street to assist in enforcing the garbage law. He quoted prices, which showed that caus could be bought at 11.80 apiece or at s2l. (SO per dozen. On motion of Mr. Boyer, seconded by Mr. Reifsuyder, it was ordered that one dozen garbage cans be purchased, and installed at intervals along Mill street. 011 motion the Market Master was instructed to enforce the ordinance, which permits the vendors to occupy 011 the sidewalk only w space eight feet by three feet along I lie curb. It was the sense of Council that those at tending the curb stone market occupy more space than is allotted to them. On motion it was ordered that mar ket be held on Monday, .luly 3rd, in view of the fact that Tuesday follow iug, the icgular market day, is July 4th, when the streets will be too much crowded to permit the holding of mar ket. The letter of President Jruesdale to J. H. Goeser relative to the drainage nuisance in the canal, which w as print ed in these columns, was read before 1 Council last night. On motion it was ordered that the Secretary notify President Truesdale j that the Sewer Committee of Council and representatives of the Board of Trade are ready to meet representa tives of the 1). L. & W. Railroad Com pauy at any time relative to abating the canal nuisance. On motion it was ordered that four extra policemen be employed at sl2 per day to serve on the Fourth of July. Wei-ley Hollobaugh and Lewis Wray, members of the Washington Hose Com pany, appeared before Council asking that a system of repairs be made to place their building in a sanitary con dition. On motion it was ordered that bids be invited for such repairs as aie needed. l'lie Building Committee will decide what is necessary. Mr. Goeser called attention to the dangerous condition of the P. it K crossing at Confer street, describing two narrow escapes which occurred there daring the past week. On mo tion it was ordered that the P. & R Railroad Company he requested to in stall a watchman at the Center street crossing anil to place an electric bell at each of the other crossings in the Borough where there is no watchman. The following members were present at Council Friday night: Reifsnyrb-r, Vastiue, Sweisfort, Gibson, Hughes, Magill, Boyer, Diotz, Jacobs, Goeser and Fensterniacber. The following bills were approved for payment: BOROUGH DEPARTMENT. Regul ir Employes $115.00 Standard Oas Co 2.tW Edward Lunger an. 00 J St. Joseph's Church 30.00 1 Harry Patton ijo. 00 Labor on Siwer 2t>B.SU Harman Knpp 1 00 WATER DEPARTMENT Regular Employes ... $137. on 1 P. & R. Coal & Iron Co 101. Curiy & Co 215.21 Franklin Boyer 25.70 P. H. Fount 59.35 Standard Gas Co ... 3.60 HvEiiiEii) ntossmi; VOTED DOWN Tlit) residents of (Jearhart township Saturday put the stamp of deep «1 is approval ou tlif> overhead crossing at the Pennsylvania tra< 1.-,nn Mill street South of the river bridge. Pursuant to the special notices sent out a meet ing took place at which only tour votes were cast in favor of the over head crossing while seventy one votes were recorded against it. The meeting took place at the usual voting place between the hours of t> and 8 o'clock. The special notices stat ed that the overhead crossing would be discussed and a vote would be tak en to reveal the sentiment of the citi zens of the township. The sequence, however, showed that the electors had attended to the detail of discussion before the election and when they ar rived at the meeting il was with their minds unalterably made tip. Few made much of a stay. They came by twos and threes and in groups ot halt' a dozen, quietly deposited their votes and retired A special election boaid was sworn in consisting of the two supervisois, P (). Haylor and G. M. Kichards, A. D. Myerly,Edward Hummer and H. J. Bird. The plans for the overhead cross ing were on exhibition at the election booth am! were examined by nearly all who voted. The plans, while made by the railroad company, were pro cured from the Danville and Sunbury Trolley Company,to which,along with estimates of cost, they had been sub mitted by the Pennsylvania people ask ing that they be adopted. The people of Qearhart township, therefore,had means of knowing what they were voting ffir. The great length of the overhead work and the height at which it will have to be carried seems to constitute the principal ob jection. The estimated cost is about' 127,000. Of this the Pennsylvania Kaiiroad Company is willing to as same #15,000. The plans for inspec tion were pictured from the trolley company by the township with the consent of the railroad company. The voting continued from »i to 8 o'clock. Promptly at the latter hour the polls were declared closed and the vote was catefully counted, the result being as above stated—four for and seventy-one against an overhead cross log House Struck by Lightning. During the thunder storm last even ing about six o'clock the residence of H:».rry Redding, No. ;2lf> Koust street, was struck by lightning and the family severely shocked. Mr. Redding was sitting on his hack porch. His son Harry, aged 17, was about to leave the yard with a wheel barrow and was approaching the south side of the house when his father sug gested that he go around the north side in which direction lie had just started, when the lightning stroke oc curred passing around the house from the east,tearing away a portion of the porch roof, splitting one ot the posts, ripping up part of the floor, and scat tering pieces in all directions. By acting on his father's advice and taking the opposite side of the house the young man undoubtedly saved hi life. Mrs. Redding who was in the rear room was shocked, her tir-t im pression being that she had been shot. The lightning affected Mr. Redding more than any other member of the family,as he was only eight feet from where the bolt entered the house. One leg was nearly deprived of sensation and for two hours afterward was numb. Jacob Winters, who WM in the rear of a lot on the opposite side of the street, was knocked down by the shock. River liridge Lighted up. The bridge was lighted up last night for the first, a convenience which was much appreciated under the darkiuss of the cloudy rainy skies. Kach of the posts contained two elec tric light bulbs, with the exception of the two on each abutment,which were not lighted. Superintendent West ex plained to a representative of the News that the remaining lights at each end would be in service by Saturday night. A pressure of work along some other lines and a shortage of material are given as the reasons why the lights are notjtll on at present. The long row of bright lights as seen from either end on approaching the bridge sets the structure off very nice ly while the light shed on each side walk although not of remarkable bril liancy,yet is quite snflicient for walk ing, enabling one to avoid obstacles and to recognize acquaintances. heaviest Rain of Season. The rain yesterday called a halt on the several improvements under way aiout town, alt hough it was very time ly and most highly appreciated by the farmers. A finely developed wheat crop and a good yield of hay with pos sibly the exception of clover is assur ed. One of the heaviest showers of the season visited this section last even ing It came from the West about. (> o'clock culminating in it downpour, which overtaxed the spouting and made a river of Mill street where pav ed. The rain covered a wide area and was if possible heavier at Washington ville than at Danville. Like the show ers which preceded it during the day the rain was unaccompanied by wind or by any marked electrical manifesta tion. Ir was of the sort to accomplish thti greatest amount of good to the growing crops with the least amount of damage possible to the farmer. MAX I U.K. l'A.. TIiri.SDAY .1 I NK 1!:'. 'iNli OF TRUSTEES The Trustees of tlit) Hospital for the Insane held an aijourned meeting at ( tliu Jnstitution Tuesday, the fallow | ing members of the board beiug pres ent : Messrs. H. M Sclioch, W. L. Uouger of Danville, Hon. Alexander Billmeyer of Washingtonville, Hon. M. 11 Kuli) of Shauiokin, W. F. Shay of Watsontowu, and Dr. Shoemaker of Wilkesbarre. Philip 11 Johnson of Philadelphia, architect for the temp orary buildings to he erected at the Hospital here and who accompanied the appropriations committee of the State Legislature on its visit, to the Danville institution last winter, was also present at the meeting of Trustees yesterday. Truman Rietmeyer of Will iampsort, architect for the four uew buildings erected at the institution last year,was also at the Hospital yes terday looking up the prospects for future work. OH the 10th inst. when the first meet ing was held,none of the plans for the new work were completed. At the ad jouiued meeting yesterday Architect Johnson submitted the plans for the temporary buildings and these were approved by the Trustees. The loca tion and number of these temporary structures, which are to be one-story high, 200 feet long and lift feet wide, were not fully agreed upon by the Trustees at yesterday's meeting. The plans for the light anil power plant are not yet completed, which was something of a disappointment to the Trustees, who realize the necessity of an eaily beginning in order to insure the completion of the plant iu time for use next winter. Mr. Johnson as sored the Board of Trustees that he would have the plans ready to submit at an early dav, in plenty of time to admit of the completion of the plant before winter. The architect is a brother in law of Israel W. Durham of the Durham Mc- Niekol contract firm of Philadelphia. The Trustees yesterday were quite favorably impressed with Mr. John sou's ability as an architect and ex pressed themselves as confident that the new work designed by him would conform with the best standards. Messrs. P. Hancock. W. A. Heller and C. O. Yetter.Esq. ,of the Danville and Sanbory Street Railway Company met tbe Trustees while at the Hospital yesterday on business relating to the injunction against the trolley com pany, which was argued before Judge Staples at Danville last week. The Trustees made a proposition looking to the bringing of the trolley track from the Boroogh line up to the Hos pital entrance, which the trolley com pany is holding under brief considera tion. Robbed on Train. A bold hold-up of a Heading brake man is reported from Allenwood The brakeuian, whose name is not given out, was made to give up all the change he had, about fl, and then compelled to jump from his tram. The hold-up occurred near Allen wood, about twenty miles south of Williamsport. late Saturday night. The brakenian was on a north bound freight train, and was out ou top of the cars. Suddenly he was approach ed by two men who commanded him to throw up his hands, and he had no alternative. Then he was compelled to give up all the money lie had with him. Fortunately he had only about four dollars in his pockets at the time. This done, the men stepped back and commanded "Now you get off the train as quick as you can." The brakeuian could not realize that they inttnled to enforce such a de mand at first, but lie was soon given to understand that they meant it, and he had to crawl down the ladder of the car and make the leap. Fortunate ly the train was not running at a rapid rate at the time, and he alighted in safety. Then, getting nis bearings as well as possible, he made his way to Allenwood station Later he caught another train and went to Williams port. What became of the robbers is not known. It is quite likely that they jumped from the train themselves tar ttier on, before the disappearance of the brakie was noticed,and made their escape. I he Centre .Street Crossing. The Borough Council at its last meet ing took up the matter of the (/enter street crossing of the P. & K. Kail wav, which the members of Council consider very dangerous. The Secre tary of the Borough was instructed to write to the P. <Si K. Hallway Com pany apprising them of two accidents which were narrowly averted at that point last week and requesting that a watchman be installed at the crossing and that electric hells be placed at the other crossings of the P. R. Kail way in town where there are no watch men. Secretary Patton wrote to President George H' Bair as directed and yester day a note came in reply which ac knowledged receipt nt the letter and stated that the matter had been refer red to Mr. A T. l)ioe, Geueral Super intendent, who would give it proper attent ion Preparing to Decorate. John II Bangert So Co.. decoiatois, have opened headquarters for flans, bunting, &<• , at UO;} Mill htreet. The goods are not yet all unpacked, but there are many handsome flags, of all qualities and sizes,along with hunting galore. The firm did decorating at Milton and at Williamsport. [iWSOiUI. I'illAl.ltlPllS Gathercole Boyer, of Plymouth, arrived in this city yesterday tor a visit with relatives. Mrs. Charles DeLoug and Miss Blanch DeLoug, who have been visit ing tor the past week at Blue Springs Farm, will leave today for Philadel phia. Next Tuesday Miss DeLong will sail from New York City on the Krou Prinz William for a three months' trip to Europe. Mrs. Charles P. Hancock was in [ lamaqua yesterday attending the tun eral of her grandmother, Mrs. Gather ine Krebs. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Miller returned last evening from a visit with friends at Fitchburg, Mass Mrs. Frank Russell and MissEmeline Lyon are visiting lelatives at Scran ton. Mrs. Edward Hoffner returned to Elyria, Ohio yesterday, after a visit with relatives in South Danville. .1. Whitney Collitan left yesterday for Lockport.N. Y., after a visit with Carlton McHenry. Miss Jennie Oberdorf returned to this city yesterday, after a visit witti friends at Lewisburg. H. A. Sidler, of Valley township, was a visitor in this city yesterday. E. J. Beyer, of Valley township, transacted business at the Court House yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Hayes Paunebaker and son, of Mitflintowu, are guests at the home of Willard Panuebaker, Liberty township. William H. Curtis, of Wilkesbarre, spent yesterday in this city. Miss Lillian Dietfenbacher. of Lock port, N. Y., is visiting at the home of I). F. Dietfenbacher, East Market street. Miss Wilda Panuebaker, of Liberty township, is attending the Buckuell commencement at Lewisbnrg this w»ek. K. F. Colly, of Bloomshurg, was a visitor 111 this city yesterday. " Mrs. Letitia Davis and Miss Harriet Alexander, of Berwick,arrived in this city yesterday for a several week's visit with relatives. W. A. Heller and John Dauner were Sunbury visitors yeslunlay. C. Edgar Swart/, of Scranton,arriv ed in Riverside yesterday to spend a short vacation at the home of Ins jar ents. Rev. and Mrs. E. 'l'. Swartz. John Carodisky left yesterday tor Burnham, where he has accepted a position. E. F. Williams transacted business at Watsontown yesterday. Miss Celia Lewis, of Little Roaring Ureek, attended the Epworth League dinner at DeWitt's Paik yesterday. Miss May Books, who is taking a course at the Musical Conservatory at Ithaca,N. Y., is speudiug the summer vacation at the borne of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Books, West Ma boning street. I hirty-One Side-Walks to Repair J. C. Heddeus has begun work on sidewalk repairs at the Heddeus House. He will relay the brick pavement, which has been a feature at that hos telry for some years, merely changing the grade to suit the new order ot things. Among other sidewalk improvements to be entered upon in a few days will be a new concrete pavement of line workmanship to belaid in front of the Opera House, which will be an im provement that will show up very nice ly at that point, in addition to these is the new pavement that is decided upon for the side and the front of the Court House,which,it is believed will be a modern and very artistic affair. There yet remains 81 to repair before the notices bent out by Council on June tith,fixing a time limit of twenty days are all complied with South of the canal seventeen pave ments remain to be fixed, while north of the canal fourteen. On the latter portion of the street few of the side walks require more than a tier of stone to cover the space left bare by the re moval of the curb^outward. South of the canal as a general thing, especial ly betweeu Market street and Front street, more work will be required. Property owners as a general thing are very anxious to get the contiaotors to work, as time is becoming short. At the same time it is observed that but one of our stone cutters has been employed on the street for several days past. thorough Should Decorate. The suggestions made in these col uiuns that the Borough should take some part in the decorations required for the Fourth of July seems to coin cide with the view of all about town who have been heard to express them selves on the subject. With no excep tion they seem to'fall in with the idea 'of an electrical display, while not a ! tew think the Borough would only be ; doing its duty by employing in adition I the Stars and Stripes in the form of ttags and bunting. Evidently if Council desires to please the people it will not stand aloof while every other body is hustling and I endeavoring to do something for the day, that will reflect upon the Bor ough a proper degree of public spirit and patriotism. Very little time re mains and the matter should be taken up immediately by the Couucilmeu. LOCAL TEAM'S FINE CAME lu a close, well played name of base ball, the Danville team defeated the Cuban Giants at DeWitt's Park Tu esday afternoon. The contest from start to finish was intensely interest ing and exciting Danville went into the game tleter mined, if possible,to redeem Monday's defeat. The Giants also bad evidently made up their minds to win, and had, therefore, put Bess, one of their best pitchers into the box. They put up a fast,clean ball in a way that was hard to beat,but the locals were in no wise behind in their determination or their execution as was shown by the gilt edged ball they put on exhibition throughout the nine innings. The game was opened brilliantly for the Giants by Williams the big lirst baseman who drove a clean hit to the outfield on the first ball delivered. But this speedy opening was not fol lowed by any other hits or runs until the fifth inning when four pretty sing les netted two tallies for the local team. In the second half of the fifth the Cuban Gints made their only score. In the seventh Danville made one more tally from two hits. No scor ng was done in the two last innings. The score: DANVILLE A. A. R H. O. A. E, Gosh, If 0 1 2 0 c Clayberger, cf 0 2 1 0 0 Yerrick, 2b 0 0 3 3 1 Ross, 3b 0 0 1 3 C Hummer, lb 0 1 12 0 C Logan, ss . 11 1 4 <1 Reilly, rf ... 0 0 1 0 l Kdgar, c 2 0 6 0 C Coutts, p 0 1 0 2 0 3 fi 27 13 2 CUBAN GIANTS. R H. O. A E. Williams, lb ..... 0 1 11 0 (J Gordon, 3b 0 2 2 1 0 Satterfield, ss 0 0 0 1 0 Gallowav, If .0 0 1 0 0 Kelley, cf 1 0 2 0 0 Barnes. 2b 0 1 4 3 1 Bradley, c 0 1 *i 1 0 Loyus, rf ..00100 Bess, p... 0 0 0 4 0 1 5 27 10 1 Danville .. 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 o—3 Cuban Giants .. 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 o—l Three base hits Barnes. Struck out by Bess 5; by Coutts, fi. First base on called balls, off Bess 2; off Coutts 1. Time 1 hour and 28 minutes. Umpire ■Joiie9. Northumberland Republican. The Republican primaries will b held in Northumberland county next Saturday afternoon from four to seven o'clock. The return judges will meet at the Court House. Sunbury, on Mon day to compute the returns and name the ticket. The Republicans use the system of Crawford county, and the man with the highest vote wins. There are two candidates for county treasur er, Emanuel Malick of Shamokin and Robert Muir of Mt. Carniel. Gil Bur rows,of Sunbury,has the Prothonotary nomination, as there are no other can didates. There are four candidates for County Commissioner: George W. Raudenbush, of Mt. Carniel; Cooper A. Tharp of Coal township; Harvey Wenzel of Montandon. B. L. Evans of Mt. Carniel is the only caudiduto for the office of mine inspector and Dr. C. R. Holshue, of Shamokin,has the race for coroner all to himself. There are throe candidates for county auditor— J. E. Deveraux of Coal township; (!. K. Morgan roth and Wui. J. Thomas of Shamokin. The latter is a member of the present board. riany (Questions are Asked. An inquiry repeatedly made by per sons attracted to the river by the im provements under way is what the County Commissioners propose to do with the unsightly spot for which they are responsible, lying just west of the bridge approach and which takes on » worse appearance day by day as the improvements all around it approach completion The Commissioners will discover that unless they wish to ignore publiu sentiment altogether they will have to tix up this spot. They have already sold the dingy looking tool house which marks ttie site anil which will be removed in a short time. Beyond this nothing can be learned concerning the plans. The County Commissioners of North umberland and Montour County are jointly responsible for this little piece of public property and it would seem strange that with two counties to pay the bill a nice retaining wall could not be built, after which a little till ing up would complete the work. New I:xpress Wagon. Horace Bennett, driver lor Adams' Express Company here, has been fur nislied with a new wagon, which is attractive in appearance and possesses several points of superiority over the old. If has a four standard top is lighter than the old wagon and is equipped with a brake. It was unload ed from the cars Saturday afternoon. The old wagon was immediately load ed and the same car which brought the new wagon took the old one back to the Company's headquarters. loot Injured. Borough Electrician Jones walks with a decided limp as the result of an injury sustained while adjusting the engine at the Borough light plant on Saturday. A heavy piece fell on his foot mashing one of his toes. He is still able to attend to his duties as electrician. KSTAIIUSIIKI) IX lsr,r> TO IIOSHT.iI, ENTRANCE The proposition made by the Trus teeH of lhe Hospital to the Danville and Sunbnry Street Railway Oompany relative to lunation of track ha-; been accepted by the latter and work will now proceed along new lines. Under the agreement the trolley com pany withdraws its exceptions to the vacation of the road between a couple of hundred feet this side of the Bor ough line and the cnlvert over the can al at the Hospital entrance. At the same time the Hospital trustees with draw the injunction granted by the Montour Ho 11 ty <!nurt against the Danville and Sun bury Street Railway Oompany. The latter company con sents to remove a couple hundred feet of track laid between where the new road branches off and the eastern line of the Borough and is given permission to lay its track immediately along the road relocated, which follows close along tha canal on the south side. It was learned from the trolley com pany yesterday that work on the ex tension will begin at once and the track carried from the Borough tip to the Hospital entrance. It will not be necessary to wait until the new wagon road is built before constructing the trolley line,as permission is given the company to lav its tracks at once and of raising or lowering it according to grade later on. Owing to the additional woik in volved in carrying the track to the Hospital entrance the company will have to abandon the idea of running cars 011 any part of its line by Satur day. It was stated yesterday that the company will make a strong effort to have cars running between the Hospit al ami the Southern end of the river bridge by July 4th. Mr. Truesdale's Prompt Reply. Our Borough Councilmen are entitl ed to credit for the vigor with which they are fighting the canal nuisance. The D. L. & W. Oanal Oompany hni shown that it appreciates how great a nuisance the old canal is and indicat ed that it is willing toco-operate with the Borough in wiping the old water way out of existence. There is. how ever,the usual amount of oflicial form ality and things move slowly. Oondi tions, bad enough,now threaten before the season is over to become well nigh intolerable and Oouncil wants no de lay. Pursuant to the action of Ooun cil Secretary Patton wrote a straight forward letter to the D. L. & W. Com pany, which brought a prompt reply from President Truesdale yesterday Mr. Patton's letter was as follows: J W. H. Truesdale. j President of D. L.it \V. K. R. Co , New York City. Dear Sir: Your letter of the 6th iust addressed to Mr. John 11. Ooeser,Pres ident of the Board of Trade, has been handed to me to make a reply to the same. I beg to advise you that the Sewer Committee of Council and a committee from the Board of Trade are ready to meet the proper repre sentatives of your company regarding the abating of the nuisance now exist ing in your old canal property running through the center of our town Will you kindly set a time and place far this meeting. If you are in a position to take this matter up at an early date the same will be greatly appreciated, as this old canal is certainly in a very bad condition and at no part of it is it worse than about a square ea-»t and west of our main business street. This is very bad and as we are trying to improve our town in almost every oth er way. It is very discouraging to face anything like this right in the center of our town Following is Mr. Truesdale's reply Mr. II B. Patton, Sec'y Borough of Danville. Dear Sir: Your letter of the 17111 ilist duly received. 1 have referred it to our Chief Kngineer M. L. Bush of Ho boken, asking him to arrange either direct with you or through his divis ion engineer, Mr. Ray, of Scianton, for a conference such as you ask for. Yours truly, \V. H. Truesdale, President. It is believed that a conference be tween representatives of different bod ies interested can soon be :u ranged, after which effective measures wilj, lie adopted relieving the town of the can al nuisance. Council is willing to do its part,and if the owners will assume the piping the Borough will attend to the old water way 111 other respects even to the extent of filling it up along certain portions of its course. Boy Painfully Injured. Porter, son of John Hurley, Upper Mulberry str.-ef, met with a painful accident last evening. He fell from a cherry tree in his father's yard, on Ins way down striking some nails which had been driven into a tree for another purpose. One of his leg- was lacerated very badly, Dr. Panics, who was called, finding it necessary to in sert eight stiches. More Relief Associations. One of the results ot the Fonr Coun ty Firemen's Convention at Ashland last week will be the organization ot relief associations in towns and bor oughs where such does not exist These associations are entitled to a pro rata share of the tax paid to the State by the foreign insurance companies. The money is used for the benefit of fire men injured while on duty or for the relief of their families in case of death while lighting fires. JOB PRINTING The office of the AMERICAN being furnished with a large asortment 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 ail Kinds and Description 1:11 WIS IIUNTEB Mill.) BITTEN Dewey, a large Newfoundland dog, with au anisavorj reputation for fero- CHIUSIH s-. committed a terrible as sault iij*on lii- owner, Erwin Hauter, last night and as the result paid the penalty with his life. Dewey was not a pare Newfound land,nnrl tii lii~ mongrel nature was at, iiihtit d his vicious qualities. He was a good wat 'li dog, but was unsafe to be at large even on Ins master's prem ie- ll* wa- therefore kept chained most of the time When he happened to get 100- those who understood the situation generally climbed into cafe positions. The dog had a long list of atrocities to his credit, only a week ot so ago making an attack upon a boy named Van Horn, employed about the live.y stable, which sent him to the doctor's for treatment. When angered, the dog seemed to be govern ed by tlie instincts of a wild beast and he was apt to spring for his vic tim's throat Upon Oharles Hauter, who came unexpectedly upon him in the stable recently the dog made an assault, missing his throat, however, and si i/.ing in his teeth instead his coat collar, which was buttoned under his chin. Tho dog was formerly own ed by Joseph Smith, the batcher and was even then known as vicious and dangerous. Last evening Mr. Hunter unchained the dog for the purpose of giving him some water. All went well until the liveryman went to chain the dog. Tak ing him by the collar Mr. Hunter was in the act of snapping the chain Into the ring when the dog with all his savage nature aroused sprang upon him. The man endeavored to hold him oil' by the collar, but the frantio dog seized his left arm sinking his tusks deep into the flesh and biting him re peatedly between the elbow and wrist. Mr Hunter realizing that the dog would tight to the finish called for help, but before assistance came he was badly bitten liot only upon the arm but upon both knees, and other parts of the body. The savage brute was literally over powered by numbers. He was in a mood to bill anyone that he could reach and it was decided to put an end to his career ou the spot. The contents of one pistol were emptied into him without producing death; several shots from another re volver failed to do the work, when a shot gun was produced, which inflict ed his quietus. Mr. Hunter was taken to the office of Dr. P. C. Newbaker, who cauteriz ed and dressed the wounds. Arranging for Conference. People desiring to attend the Eagles j Mere Bible confereuce between July 5 and 12 may obtain card orders for re duced railroad rates. The speakers this year include the following; Rob ert W. Rogers, Ph. D , I). D., Rev. John F. Carson, D D.. Bishop Ru dolph Dubs. D D. ,L. L. D. .and Rev. Charles E. Hurlburt, director ot Afri can luland Mission. The natural attractions of Eagles Mere are known here and doubtless many will take the opportunity of en joying their outing at a time when they may hear the noted speakers men tioned. The program includes address es mornings and evenings, leaving the afternoon for recreation. Upon payment of #2 for registration fee one may gain admission to the ses sions and get reduced rates at the ho tels ranging from eight dollars to four teen for the conference. The Portable Saloon. The portable saloon in Freelaud must go,according to the decree of the Tax paver's Association, and as a result, seven bottlers were arrested Tuesday and obliged to give bond for appear ance at next term of court. There are now fifteen beer venders arrested on charge of violating the li cense law. The men arrested are for the most part employes of brewers, who sent teams into the mining villages. These drivers sold beer and whiskey bv the bottle or keg from tho wagon, and none held an individual license. The business was growing to such proportion that on payday at the mines the number of beer wagons lined up in some villages was as great as the num ber of iiouses. Coal and iron police, have repeatedly been ordered to drive them out, but with little success. Temperanc ■ people have drummed at the coal companies to stop the traffic with the same result. District Attor nev Jones, urged by the taxpayers, has taken a hand and is determined to make a clean job of it. hor Congress. Win II Rhawn, Esq.,of Catawissa, is being prominently spoken of as a candidat for Congress in this district and it -aid upon good authority that Mr. Rhawn is not adverse to entering the field. He is one ot Columbia Coun ty's foremost attorneys and is a staunch Democrat As to his ability to till the po-ition he is tully qualified in every particular Bloomsborg Daily. The Shamokin-Sunbury Trolley. The electric railway connecting Sun bury and Shamokin, is declared to be advanced to a point where all that re mains necessary is the securing of a few right- of way, before the work of construction may be started. Five hundred men will he put to work with in seveial weeks. This is the declara tion that was made in Shamokin ou Saturday.
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