Home Paper —For the Bone Ihe circulation ol this paper is in creasing rapidly. It will pay you to advertise in tlie AMKRICAN. SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER YEAR DK. 111VIN (« 11. .1 KNNIN(»S, Office Hour* 9 A. M to I'i .1/ 104 Mill St., I I'. M.to 4 .1/ JhtnvilU. Slll'l/I'/-. M. U 425 Mil.i ST., DAN VII.I.K, I'A. Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines „ S|»ecialt" | W. I*. AKUI.K, DENTIST OFKICK: -IS MLL.L. feth Kxlriicted will ll* Crown ami llriiiai* V\ »» h specialty. f'<)utp|M*il with the liitest Mini n.ost improved Inslrni , i ttuml |>re|uirt*<l to execute the lIIOH DR. C. IF. REYNOLDS, -DJCNTIST— -288 Mill Si.. - Danville, Pa. Dentistry m ill it- bran.-ho-. I'l nrire Moderate md ill «inar.-nrenil GHUIIIIHIIHII |sN5! IB S An exchange asks "How can drunk enness be caled?" That's easy. Don't drink. After the exposures in high finance, three-card uiouto scemslifce a fair and frieudly game. A man's superstition refuses to work when lie is ottered J3 oysters lor a dozen. Under the caipet is not a safe | lace to bank money. It might deceive a burglar, bur it will not thwart lire. Telephone and telegraph poles slu.u'd be kept fiee ft tun dodgers. The low. monotonous murmur of the cider press is again huard in the land. The average lesident of Tokio finds the horrors of peace almost unendur able. This is the season of the year when the tricky seller of his suffrage is look ing about for a haigain in the shape of the biggest price for his vote. In the present price of eggs the cor nering hand of the packer is seen and visions of piohil.itue prices before the winter is o'er loom np beforo the frug al housewife. la tryiig to rateh liis hat as it blew off his head Sunday afternoon, Jatw h Oavada, <>f Mr. Carmel, foil from a trolley car ami was so badly injured he died a hait hour later. He was 2U years old. In the suit of Koland Hill vs. Wade Merviuo, tried at Stroodsbnrg, tlieie arose ail intere ting point of liw in the Oonrt of Common Pleas, a fol lows: Does a constable have tin legal right to appoint a deputy V Upon this point the entire ease hinged,and Judge Staples ruled that the question or the deputizing of another to make the shlo was a legal proceeding. Mr. Koosevi It h»s weeded stirli a wide row dating his vacation that it is hard to nee how lie nan improve on it when he gets to work. Another hig battleship has taken its initial pluuge, thus adding one more to the steady growth of Uncle Sam's navy. The univerasl hope is that there will never be a n-cesMly tor testing the fighting qualities ot lln so power ful vessels. The insurance investigation is re vealing the fact that the interests of policy holders ne-er bothered the heads of some of the insurance com panies when the chance arose to make money for themselves. Kansas reports that her corn crop for this year is worth 175,000,000. That October thunder storm had a July vigor. A reward of $">00 has been offered a AUentown for the arrest and convic tion of the murderer of Harvey Charles, at Coaldale. Secretary Taft is delighted over the improved conditions found by him in the Philippines. Civilization is mak ing progress. Reports from Washington indicate that the President is going to be very much in evidence from now on. The last applejack distillery in Le high county has gone out of business. A MATTER OF HEALTH fPM POWDER Absolutely Pure HAS HO SUBSTITUTE A Cream of Tartar Powder, froe from alum or phos phatlc acid IIOYAI BAKINQ POWDtR CO., NIW YORK. y ''' ' '" '' '^ "»■•- -" >. "*""" "THIS COUNTRY WILL NHVHR HM HNTIRHLY I ; RHH UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DItMANIXSWITII ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS." VOL. r»I--NO 40 A LONG AND ISLITI. CAREER % The home of I. 1). West, H loom street, on Saturday was the scene ot :i very pleasant family reunion held in honor of the eighty-seventh birthday anniversary of George W. West, tlm veteran civil or, who hits labor eii a life time in thin section of tlio State. Mr. West despite his advanced years is remarkably well pieserved. He en joys life,takes a keen interest in attairs and only la*t week was engaged in surveying on the John 14. Bennett es tate. Mr. West was horn at Masonville, N. Y. When a bov lie drifted down to Susquehanna comity, this State. The next move brought hiiu to Dan ville. Here he taught school in the rural districts and later took a course in the academy at Kingston. In IBis he was married to Miss Cath erine Ann Kaso. Mr. and Mrs. West went to housekeeping at the corner of Pine ami East Mahoning stieets, this city, after a year or so removing to the homestead on Pine street opposite the First Ward school house, now oc cupied by George M. West, where th'jy resided for 47 jeuis. Mr. West is one of ihe best known ami most capable surveyors in this sec tion of the Stale. When Montour county was formed Mr. West was ap pointed County Surveyor by the Gov- rnor. He was successively re-elect ed and has held the position from the day id' his appointment until the pres ent. • During the same time np to two years ago lie was Boiough Surveyor of Danville. Mr. West has been a surveyor for over-sixty years. Taking in the w hole of this period probably nine-tenths of his work has been p-ifotmed outside ot Montour county. Dining his long career as a surveyor lie has trod back wards arid forward; over the moun tains P.IIII valleys of C mtral Pennsyl vania until he has become personally familiar with the niOft important land m »rks and boundario< of land that re late to the vast possessions of timber an 1 minerals which make the State famous. While making some of these surveys Mr. West with his corps was for weeks at a time removed from civilization and lik > true explorers the party slept in a tent wrapped 111 their blankets or even in the open air with only a bod of sprnco boughs he twoe 11 them and the hard ground. Mr. West was as frequently under ground as 011 the surface and in ascertaining the limits of coal and iron deposits he has explored the full extent many ol the deepest ind most famous mines in the State. Those present Saturday were: MIIO tl. West, of Oxford, N Y., a brother of George W. West, and himself 7»5 years of ag. Mrs. Harriot Savidge of Sunbury; J. D. C. Kase, Chittillion Mr Williams and Miss Nora McWil lianis.of Klysburg; Mr and M's Wil liam 1). Frantz. ot Milton; Mr. and Mr-. Edward Bergstrossor.of Mt (Jar mil; Mr. and Mr* HC. Kase,of Hiv er-iirte ; Mr. and Mfs. O. J. iJielil, and daughters Catherine and Louisa, of Pino Grove, West Va ; Mr. and Mr-;. Charles West, sons George Charles, Gerald, Harrison, Walter, daughters Catherine, Alice, May and Je-sie; Mr. ind Mrs. W. K. West, sons John and Willi mi and daughter Mary; Mr and Al. I D. West and sons Karl and Allen, Mr. and Mrs. G. M West and Mi-s Lou West. Electric Bells a Nuisance. The citizens of the Third and Fourth Wards, in the vicinity of Center and Spruce street crossings of the B. & li. Railway, are np in arms agaflist the electric signals, which they pronounce an unmitigated nuisance, one which will not bo tolerated. It seems that the residents can not become accustomed to the loud and in- j cessant clamor and scores of families pass sleepless nights. When people are in sound health it is bad enough but iu the case of nervous people or when there is sickness the effect is doubly distressing. It is not disputed that the electric signals answer the purpose veiy nicely at crossings situated else where than in the heart of a town. At such places as at Oeuter and Spruce streets, it is argued, they are out of plane, not only because of the densely built np part of town,bat also because of the frequeut stopping and shifting that takes place on the block. Kver since installed the bells have been busy the greater part of each night. On Monday night, however, they ! rol-e all previous records; at 10:30 p. m , it is said, they began to ring an I they kept it up without a single minute's intermission until 1 :-i() o'clock yes rrday morning Few, in deed, found any sleep and it was an indignant and weary-looking lot of people y» sfi r lay inornng that crawled out of their dwellings and took up their day's vocations. The residents in the vicinity are a unit in decl iring that tli.) hi lis will have to gn. In ail probability the matter will be brought before the railway company in a very short time Morse Injured by Wire Fence. A horse belonging to Homer Cro-s --ley nf Frosty Valley, while tied at ('a lie Giove yesterday caught his foot in a hirhed wire fence, lacerating it very badly, tearing ont the quarter. Dr. Heed promptly responded to a call and snccoeded in stopping the hemorrhage. He took np the artery after which he bandaged the horse's foot and sent him home. I SENSATION AT SOI Til DANVILLE Had there been a dense fog Mon ! day morning as is usual at tl is season I conditions would have been favorable | for one of the most disastrous freight wrecks that ever occurred on the S H. & W. branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Owing to mistake in orders or misunderstanding of some sort an up freight train pissed South Danville and was on its way toOatawissa when it met a freight coining down the track. The narrow ecsape was the principal th.Miie of conversation about South Danville yesterday. There were many eyewitnesses of the affair Mid the peo ple were un ible to forget, the dreadful catastrophe which hnt for the turn ing of a hand might have occurred at the very threshold of their town. There was the usual congestion of freight at South Danville yesterday morning —three trains in all. How it liappt ned, it is not our province to at tempt to explain; snlline it to say that just before 7 o'clock the foremost train pulled out. If went rolling up the track and soon, caboose and all, disappeared around the curvo at Blue Hill. It was only a short time, how ever, until the train backed down to South Danville and was followed by a heavily loided coal train, which was under orders taken at Catawissa. The facts sis fur as they ould he learned Monday are to the effect that Ihe np train was piling aroiiud the cutvo at Blue Hill when the flagman from the caboose beheld the down train near Boyd's bowline along the track with the usual good rate of speed. Probably lrom the section of track occupied by the locomotive the down train was out of the engineer's range of vision At all events he did not see it. Tlte flagman hail difficulty in attracting his attention until by a nruiipnlaticn of (lie air from the ci boose as provided for snob emergencies he caused him to look around when he gave him the proper signals as the re sult of which the train was brought to a stop and backed down the track. The loaded train followed very closely and at South Danville passed and con tinned its way to Sanbury. Ii was indeed, a lucky circumstance that the morning was not foggy as was the preceding morning and several others recently. It was equally lucky that the flagman happened to he look ing so far ahead and naught a glimpse of the other train. Had the down train not been discovered where it was and had it gotten down to Blue Hill ow ing to the curves there it would have lieen impossible for either engineer to have seen the other train until the en gines were close together Almost Burned to Death. William Wood, of Williamsport, a boarder at the Mcllenry Hotel,in Ben tun,narrowly escaped horning to death in his loom Monday night. Mr. Wood has been living at Benton for some time, wheie lie has charge of the installation of theheating plant at the Mi-Hen ry House Monday even ing he retired at 10 o'clock. About midnight,a smell of smoke was detect ed hy some of the other patrons of the house, and on making an investiga tion, it was located as coining from Wood's room- No lespouse cculil be had to repeated knocking on the door, and spurred 011 by the crackling of fire which could now be distinctly heard through the panels, the party burst into the room, to find the iuterior in flames, and Mr. Wood lying unconscious on the bed, evidently having been overcome by the smoke. The carpet, curtains, bed clothes— in fact the entire contents of the room were on fire. The hotel force with the assistance of several guests attacked the flames with water and fire extinguish! rj, but hofore the fire was completely subdued the interior of the room was hopeless ly destroyed. Mr. Wood lost all his clothes and other personal effects, in cluding about £'")<> in cash. The cause of the fire is unknown, hut it is supposed to have been caused hy smouldering matches in Mr. Wood's clothes. Death of Edwin Ely. Word was received in this city yes terday afternoon of the death of Ed win Ely, son of Mrs. Mary Grier Kly, of Beoria, Illinois, formerly of Dan ville. The telegram containing the sad news stated only that Mr. Kly hail been drowned in a storm at sea. The young man was in the'» Government employ in the Hawaiian Islands, and his work 111 ces-iitated frequent trips hy sea among the islands; so it is thought that it was during one of these voyages that the accident oc curred. Mrs. Kly, the mother of the unfor tunate young man, is a sister of I. X. (irier and Dr. J. B. drier, ot Dan ville, and is a native ol this city,hav ing lived here until her marriage. She is well known by a large number of the older residents. Kdwin Kly was '<js years of age and a graduate of B tfay tte College. He is survived by his parents and an old er hrotln r. Typhoid at Jerseytown. •1 r H. S Christian.of Mi 11 vi lie, has now under his care live tvphoid fever patients in the vicinity of Jerseytown and Eyersgrove. DAN. 11.1,11. I'A., THURSDAY OCTOISKIS "«. 1!>0.~>. TOWNMEN IN A RUNAWAY The quiet, village of Mausdale Mon day evening was the scene of an ex citing runaway and suiashup.in which two well known residents of town came very nearly losing their lives. Attorney William Kase West and C. P. Hancock, President of the Danville and Suubury Electric Railway (loin panv, had driven into the country in a buggy and were returning to town. Besides our two townsmen in the bug gy was a large basket containing a lien and chickens. About 5 o'clock they were descending the hill be tween Bright's farm and Mausdale on the Milton road, when the breech band of the harness broke, which caus ed ttie horse to run. The combined efforts of the two men were unequal to the task of holding him and lie flew down the hill and past the hotel like the wind. The sight was a thrilling ono to the villagers. As the horse ran the buggy struck him upon the hind legs, which infused fresh vigor into his movements »nd tlio further he went the faster ho ran. With tlio two men hanging onto the lines the runaway horse dashed over the railroad crossing, over the bridge beyond it and had reached a point opposite the tank when the two men abandoning all hope of stopping the horse pulled him around in toward the fence. This move had the effect ot stopping the horse, hot several other things oc curred Ht tlio sane time As oue side of the baggy struck the gotter it up set and in a moment there was a had mix-op. The engineer on duty at the tank ran to tlie men's assistance and lield the horse. Mr. Hancock had sav ed himsef by jumping bat Attorney William Ka>e West lay prostrate un der tho upturned buggy, which was well nigh a total wreck. Mr. West was assisted to bis feet and was found to have escaped injury beyond a few bruises. At this jancture some one thought of the old hen and her chicks, bur all that bad survived the wreck was tho empty basket. A search failed to reveal a trace of the hen or tier brood, which no donht pre ferring a less strenuous life bad sought refuse in the tall timber. Brick Pavement is Advocated The State Highway Department has acknowledged receipt of the Horoogh's application for State Aid to recon struct Mill street between Center street and the Borough lino. Whether the matter will bo immediately taken up or not is uncertain. Something will have to develop very soon in order to enable the Borough to take fuitber ac tion at its next meeting, which takes place tomorrow night. It the proposition goes through, judging from late expressions it does not seem at all unlikely that the street may be paved with vitrified brick as far as Chambers street, macadam be tween that point and the Borough line taking place of brick. The dust arising from the top course of crushed limestone forms a very troublesome factor on tho State High way leading to Mausdale, rendering a drive there at most times very dis agreeable. On Noith Mill street, which receives the same amount of trallic.the dust, it is claimed, would be just as moch of a factor and would render life well-nigh intolerable along tho built up street. For this reason brick is preferred as far as Chambers street, beyond which there are only a few houses, and these are located on the high bank where dost will not prove muchof an annoyance. Time is pass ing rapidly, however, and any delay will prove fatal to all plans looking to the completion of a pavement be fore winter. riidshipman from Honolulu Here. Midshipman Kills Laudo, of Hono lulu, Hawaiian Islands,Randall Jacobs' room-mate at the Annapolis Naval Academy, arrived in this city last evening for a visit at the Jacobs home, Mill stroe*. Midshipman Ellis is a native of the States, having been born and raised in Oregon, and is the first appointee to Annapolis from the Hawaiian Islands. Ho spent his recent vacation with his parents at San Francisco, and was re turning to the Academy when be learned of the quarantine there, and came to Danvillo as the guest of Mid shipman Jaoobs until they are called back to their studies. Normal's New Building. The Board of Trusteos of the Blooins burg State Normal School at their meeting Tuesday evening accepted the plans of Architect Olds, of Wilkes- I Barre, for the now Science building. The new building will be of brick, conforming in general design to the buildings already on the grounds. It will be of three stories, measuring 1011 x(SB feet, with an annex for lecture rooms, probably measuring 50x50 feet. The building will face Institute Hall, ami will occupy part of tho present athletic field, which will be moved to ground recently ncq-iired of J L. Dillon in the rear of the grove. As Night Operator. If. L DbWitt, who was identified with tiio management of DeWitt's Park during the summer, has accepted the position of night operator at Wol v.wton tower, neai Sunbury. Hariisburg is making a noisb this week. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS Charles K linover,of Sunbury,spent Sunday with relatives in this city. Miss May Crawford, of Milton,spent Sunday with friends in this city. Miss Stella Doster, who is attend ing Buckntll University, spent Sun day at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Doster, Jr. Mrs. William H. Jones and son De- Witt spent Sunday at tlio home of David Wintersteen in Valley town ship. Mr. and Mrs. John Barry, of Sun bury, spoilt Sunday with relatives in this citv. Mt. and Mrs. W. O. Riley, of Wil liamsport, spent Sunday at the home of T. J. Pi ice, East Market street. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver J. Diehl, of Pine Grove, West Virginia, and Mr. and Mrs. William D. Lantz,of Milton, are guests at tlio home of W. Kase West, Esq., Bloom street. Miss Elizabeth Montgomery return ed to Philadelphia vesterdav, after spending the summer in this city. Mrs. Aslier Hager and two children returned to Redlaud, yes terday,after a visit at the home of her sister, Mrs. Louisa Nice, South Dan ville. Rev. George Atkinson, of Montours ville, is the guest of Rev. and Mrs. Edward Haughton at the Episcopal rectory. Hurley Moyer and David Williams left yesterday to attend the State Fire men's Convention at Scranton. F. S. Hartman and T N. Taylor,fif Liiuestoneville,spent yesterday in this city. O. L. Hartman, of Buckhorn, was a Danville visitor yesterday. William S. Bogart, ot Mooresbnrtf, was a visitor in this city yesterday. William C. Shultz and grandson Jos eph Sliultz, of Derry township, left yesterday for a visit with relatives in Scranton. Mrs. Samuel Heiney and son Robert left yesterday for Bowmanstown,after a visit at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs Jacob Swayze, Front street. Dr. J. Reaver Qearhart spent yes terday in Sunbory. Miss Cora Hendricks, of Riverside, is visiting friends at Milton. W. F. Pascoe. of Allentown, and Hon. R. H. Koch, of Pottvsille, were registered at the Montour Houso yes terday. Mr. and Mrs. John Hughes Black man, of West Pittston, attended the Castle Grove sale yesterday. Wedding at Central. A very pretty home wedding took place at 110011 yesterday at the resi dence of Sijuiro and Mrs. C. E. Yorks, of Central, when their daughter, Miss Florence Yorks became tho brido of R. E. Fritz, of Lime Ridge. The houso was beautifully trimmed the floral decorations, trailing pine, pink and orange carnations being much in evidence. Tho wedding cere mony, which was performed by the Rev. Gordon Gray, of the M. E. church, Jamison City,was solemnized under a canopy of pink and white carnations. Miss Ida Gallaher, of this city, a cousiu of the bride, was bridesmaid, while the groom was accompanied by his brother, Eugene Fritz, of Divide. The bride was gowned in white silk moll, aud the bridesuiaid was dressed in white paris musline. A reception followed the mariiage, after which the happy couple loft for a tour throuuh the K.tst. In addition to guests present fiom the vicinity of the bride's and groom's homes, the following were there from this cay: Mrs. Mary Yorks, Mrs. Jasper B. Gearhart,Mrs S. Y. Thomp son, Mrs W. Fred Jacobs, Mrs. Flora Voris, Mrs. Seth Lormer, Mrs. Alfred Voris. Mrs. Martha Gearhart, Mrs. Annie McCoy, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Voris, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bar tholomew, Mr. and Mrs. Johu H. Mc- Coy, Miss lila Yorks, Miss Ida Galla her, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Yoiks, Charles E. Voris, Edwin V. Stroll Dr. John Yorks.of Philadelphia, Mrs. James Me Williams, and Miss Agne-s Carry, of Mooresburg, and Miss Sarah Voris, of Pottsgrove. The groom, who is well known in this vicinity, is an energetic Sunday school worker, and is employed as a bookkeeper for Low Hros. & Co., at Lime Ridge. IMoomsburg Pair. The Columbia County Agricultural Society will hold its 51st annual ex hibition on October 10-11-12 and 13. From all indications tho coining Fair will eclipse all former ones An at tractive speed program has been ar ranged as follows: Wednesday, Oct ober 11, 2:IS Pacing,2 ;27 Trotting and 2 :4<> cla-s for County horses. Thurs day, October 12, 2:15 Pacing, 2:17 Trotting, 2:21 Pacing and free for all county hordes. Friday, October 111. 2 :lt) (/lass,2 :22 Trotting and 2:22 Pac . ing. Free attractions will consist of Parker's Trained Dogs, White and Lam b»rt Acrobats,and Tessier on Wire and i Trape/.M.making *ix aols,daily in front of grand stand The Poultry department will be a show in itself. All aro most cordially invited to continue contributing to the success of the Fair by exhibiting the products of the Kami and Household. BIG SALE AT CASTLE GROVE The big sale at. Castle Grove farms began yesterday morning at 10 o'clock. The attendance at tlie beginning was fairly good but tlio articles 111 most instances were knocked down at low figures. The sale was a great object lesson in more ways than one. showing not only the excellent equipment of Castle drove farms but also with what facil ity articles carrying with them fine values can be disposed of at public sale if all the arrangements are com plete. The sale was conducted on the sec ond or the middle one of the three farms belonging to the John H. Ben nett estate. The cattle are being sold under a largo tent nearly a hundred feet in diameter capable of seatiug five hundred people. At the western end is the auctioneer's stand, while arranged about him in semi-circular form are hundreds of seats composed of camp chairs eked out with impro vised board benches. The tent, open yesterday, can bo closed at the sides if necessary so that the sale can proceed regardless of the weather. It is cer tainly a novelty, not to say a luxury, for our farmers to sit reclining on a comfortable chair in a shady pavilion while sizing up the value of live stock and placing their bid thereon. Strangers trom New York and other points began to assemble iu Danville Tuesday night. A good many others arrived in the "ariy trains yesterday moining. These togetiier with resi dents of town were driven to Castle Grovo farm by hacks, which plied backwiids and forwards regularly dur ing the day. During the forenoon the large tout on tlio farm was comfort ably tilled,the greator number present being farmers and cattle fanciers, who had driven into the salo for many uiilos around,aud whose vehicles lined the fence 011 two sides of the large field adjoining the one in which the sale was conducted. Seated in the tent much interested in the proceedings was a fair sprinkling of ladies. The sale is in the hands of Peter C. Kellogg Company, of New York. The auctioneer is P. J. Casey and he is the most expert of his class. Articles did not remain long under the hammer yosterday, but taking the cattlo as an example they wero scarcely more than led into the tent for inspection before they wore sold and run out again. The low prices at which the cattle were knocked down constituted a real surprise. Finely bred Jersey cattle with long pedigrees went for a mere bagatelle. The first cow sold was "Prince's Keba, 187064" wliicli is not yet five years of ago and which has the largest pedigree in the herd. She was knocked down at sl3. But few cows brought a higher price. "Lactino of Montour 12(5241" brought $55, and "Catherine Pompon 1(52255" went for si>o. A number of the cows with good pedigrees wero sold at sls, a large number apparently as good, at $35. "Curisanna 17444'.)" a cow about two years of age, wan purchas ed by Dr. S. £Y. Thompson for $35. Almost any one of the cattle sold at the latter figure would have been con sidered cheap at $75 and would no doubt have brought SIOO under other circumstances. Some of the Jersey cows wero sold at s2s,others, also fine stock, wont as low as S2O, while still others reached low water mark at $lO. Bulls of the purest breed went cor respondingly low. "Dictilder (">74f58" whose pedigree covers nearly a page of the catalogue went for S3O. Yesterday afternoon the selling of the horses was taken up. Some of the more valuable ones (nought a fair price although no fancy figures were realized. "Buster" and "King" brought the highest price,two hii :died dollars each. Both horses are under five years of ago and broken double and single. "John It. b. g., 18118" broken double or single brought s'.>s. "Blaebelle," gr. in., 11102,a150 a valu able hnrso, brought only SBS. "Mor gan" b. g., 18S5, broken double and single, was knocked down for $35. The most .if the horses sold wero bought by persons In Danville. The big four-in-hand road coach, Wuich cost S4OOO in London and is in first-cla«<s condition was not sold. The body brake, which cost SIBOO, was knocked down to Frank Llewellyn of Shamokiu, for live hundred dollars. Fell From Mis Bicycle. Frank Lewis, formerly employed at Jacob.' bakery, ami at present living with Ins grandmother, Mrs. fj. Cireon inan, in Cooper township, was thrown from his bicycle yesterday and sustain od serious injuries. Thi' young mm hail been in Danville during the morning and was returning to his grandmother's. Ho was descend ing a steep hill when the front wheel picked up a stone, breaking the forks. Lewis was thrown heavily to the ground and rendered unconscious for about half an hour. However, upon his recovery, ho was able to continue his way home, where it was ascertain ed that his injuries consisted of sev eral largo cuts and some bad bruises about the face and head. The wheel was a complete wreck. Death of Mrs. Kriner. Mrs. Maggie Kli/.aheth. Kriner, wife of John Kriner,residing near the Phil adelphia and Heading station, died last evening at 7 o'clock, and is sur vived by twin boys, born yesterday morning. The twins were doing fine ly last evening. Mrs. Kriner was 28 years of age. KSTABIJSIIEI) IN 1855 lOSMI BOYD'S INTERESTING TRIP Our townsman, Joseph Boyd.return od home yesterday from a iong trip to the raining region of New Mexico. Mr. Boyd has traveled over thousands of miles of the most beau tif a I anil productive of Uncle Sam's domain; lie lias seen mountains of gold and sil ver and has gained much valuable In formation relating to our vast country and its resources. In company with Rev. Dunham, of Binghamton, N. Y., and Messrs. Bak er, Scott, Blackington, Schtpff. Whit man and Fellows of Scranton, Mr. Boyd fifteen days ago set out for South eastern New Mexico to examine some gold and silver mines. The party went by rail as far as Silver City. Their ob jective point,however,was the Mogal lou mines 111 the mountains of that name situated ninety miles further on. This intervening distance had to be covered in vehicles and it proved not the least interesting part of the whole journey. For two days they jogged along over a country cut up in to ranches, which but for irrigation would have been a dreary desert. Ov er the entire stretch they came to dwellings at intervals of every three or four miles. On many of the ranches small patches were under cultivation and the fine melons, &c., grown as a luxury, revealed the splendid capabil ity of the soil. The buildings were all homely flatroofed affairs built of mud and straw, known as adobe houses. They are comfortable,however—warm in winter and cool in summer,and the people who dwell in them are content ed and happy. Mr. Boyd speaks very highly of the Mogallon mines. The mountains are barren and rocky, but precious ores are every whore in sight, 'iuch quant ities of gold and silver, he says, lie nevoi saw beforo and he never expects to behold the like again. The wealth of the mines seems well nigh inexhaus tible and handsome profits are real ized by the investors. Bought Four-imHand. F. P. Llewellyn, Miss A. E. Llew ellyn, Miss K. A. Llewellyn, Miss- Y. M. Llewellyn, Miss S. E. Llewel lyn and Messrs. Haas and Vought of Shamokin, formed a party that drove over to this city with two double teams yestorday to attend the big auction at Castle Grove. As will be learned in another col umn Mr. Llewellyn purchased the handsome body brake, which was the source of so much pleasure to the late owner of Castle Grove. The brake when new cost SI,BOO and is in first class condition. Mr. Llewellyn also purchased the four-in-hand harness, which were knocked down for |250 and are considered cheap. Mr. Llewellyn conceived the idea of going home in fine style. Unhitching the two teams which brought the party to Danville,and placing the car riages in the Montour House barn for safe keeping the four horses ware plac ed in the four-in-hand harness and hitched to the body brake,after which with the whole party 011 bond, the trip was made to Shamol'.in. Horse in Bad Position. A horse belonging to George Fisher, of Union Corner, which I. ad been brought to the stable of Veterinarian J. O. Reed, this city, for treatment yesterday figured in a singular mis hap. The ownor of the horse himself was at the stable and in placing the animal in a new position backed him into a hole through which the manure is thrown into the story below. The horse sank tliroogh up to his body and helplessly hung in that position with his legs dangling below It was useless to expect the horse to extricate himself and means had to be improvised for assisting him. Mean whilo the animal was ill great danger of sustaining serious injury and excite ment ran high about the stable. A rope and tackle was finally brought into requisition and thus with the as sistant of several men the frightened horse was slowly and laboriously lift ed out of the hole. The horse was not injured beyond a fow abrasions of the skin. Mid Year Institute. The mid year institute of the Oout ral Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episjopal church, will be held this year at Lock 11 iven,October 24th, 25fit and 2<Uh. About 150 preachers attend those sessions, which are most interesting. At this time the candidates for orders take examinations. Most of the time the three daily sessions, however, is devoted to lectures, for which the ser vices of I ln> he>t platform orators aie procured. (juoit Pitchers. The Danville quoit pitchers' associa tion urets daily on the grounds at Voris' planing mill and there enjoys the game to the full extent. The champions are Jesse Shannon, George 11. Wintersteen, Dr. I. G. Barber, Dr. E. A. Curry and Edward F. Williams. There aie others, but not so export, among them being Howard Moore, Samuel Mottern, O. K. Shining, It. W. Eggert and others. E. On Saturday It! young Americans sailed on the steamship Havorford for England, where they will enter Ox ford university by virtue of holding Cecil Rhodes scholaiships. This is the second hatch of sueli students togo to Oxford. JOB PRINTING The office of the AMERICAN being furnished with a large assortment of job letter and fancy type and job material generally, the Publisher an nounces to the public tnat he is prepared at all times to ex ecute in the neatest manner. JOB PRINTING Ofall Kinds and Description PROPOSITION I'ROVBTOO IIIC It is hardly a secret that the prop osition to pipe and to fill up the old canal with the owners aDd tlie Bor ough of Dauville acting in conjunc tion has practically fallea through. The proposition is too big a one to tackle in the way proposed and our citizens ma.v as well become resigned in the matter and make up their minds that they will have the old canal with its crop of mosquitoes and malaria witli ttiem during another summer, if not for all time to come. Council still has the agreement sub mitted to it by the 1). L. &W. Rail road Company, unsigned by the prop er parties. The railroad company's proposition to pipe the old water way, provided the Borough will agree to All it up withiu a specified time was re ferred to the Committee on Sewers by Council at the first meeting night in September. At the last meeting on September 15th the Committee had come to no conclusion and reported progress. The trutli was the Commit tee could not see how the Borough with such resources as it has at 00m mand could fulfill its part In suob a contract as the owners of the canal propose. Neither could they see the justice of Council assuming such a heavy expenditure to wipe out a nuis ance for the existence of which the Borough is in no wise responsible. Unless the three weeks intervening have brought additional light in the matter it is not likely that the Sewer Committee Friday night will have a favorable report to make. Fight on Night Train. A great deal of excitement was caus ed, and the women passengers thrown almost into a pauio on the Pennsyl vania train coming from Willlamsport Tuesday night. A luan from Mt. Carmel.J. O. Gray, by name, who had been visitiug at Canton, Pa. was returning to his home. He had a Philadelphia and Heading Railroad ticket, but at Williamsport lie changed to the Pennsylvania and insisted on the conductor accepting the Reading ticket. The man appear ed to be slightly under the influence of liquor and when the ticket was re fused, trouble at once commenced. The conductor with the assistance of other members of the orew tried to put him off the train, but was unable to do so. At Milton, Captain Roaoh, of the railroad police force was called and he tried to reason with the unruly man, but to uo purpose. Ho thereupon un dertook to place him under arrest, but at this stage of the proceedings a num bor of firemen from Lock Haven, who wore enroute to Scranton "butted in,"and would not allow Gray to be arrested. The officer finally succeed ed in getting his prisoner off the train at Sunbury and had him locked up for tlio night. At a hearing before a mag istrate yesterday morning Gray was released 011 the payment of his railroad fare and coats, amounting to §9.70 all told. Held Hp and Robbed. Returning homo from Suubury, on Tuesday night, Amnion M. Reader, a prominent Irish Valley resident, W4S murderously attacked and robbed by masked men. Reader came to Suubury to pay off a note at one of the bauks. He started for home after dark. When near the Cross Roads Church,three masked men jumped into the road way and stop ped Ills team. Two of the members of the gang looked after Reader, while the third held the horses. Reader was rendered unconscious by a blow on tlte head with a club, after which the highwaymen searched his clothes, se curing six dollars in money, a gold watch and the cancelled note. Completing the robbery the men nearly disrobed Reader, cutting his clothing into shreds. Leaving their victim unconscious in the buggy,the robbers started the horse and the animal reached home in safe ty. stopping at the barn. Reader had not regained his senses when found, which was several hours after the hold-up. Reader is unable to describe the men, but believes they saw him com ing out of the bank in Suubury and followed him, thinking he had drawn a large sum of money. Pleasant Birthday Party. A pleasant party was held .*t the homo of Henry Kramer, Gulick's Ad dition, Tuesday,in honor of the birth day of their daughter-in-law, Mrs. Frank Kramer. A tine dinner was served. The following were present: Rev. S. B. Evans and wife, Mrs. E. A. Curry. Mrs. F. P. Johnson, Mrs. Leonard Kocher, Mrs. William Wil liams, Mrs. George Reifsnyder, Mrs. U. Y. James, Mrs. Klias Lyons, Mrs. Grant Fenstermaolier, Mrs. Anna Hanpt, Mrs. C. H. Lotier, Mrs Wil liam Deen, Mrs. Rebecca Hess, Mrs. Staiidish Phillips, Mrs. W. H. N. Walker, Mrs. John E. Casbner, Mrs. J. O. Mincemoyer, Mrs. W'illardKis ner.Mrs. W. E. Rishel.Mrs. Alby Sny der, Mrs. Joseph Jones, Mrs. Samuel Frazier, Miss S. M. Troxell, Mis. Henry Kramer and wife, Mr. Frauk Kramer and wife, Beaver Kramer, Media Kramer, Miss Alice Moyer, Samuel Frazier, of this city and Mrs. Mary E. Hendriekson, of Milton. Foot ball is a strenuous game. In which those who have not undergone proper training should not indulge.
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