Home Paper —-For the Heme the circulation of this paper is m- rapidly, it will pay }ou to advertise in the AMERICAN SUBSCRIPTION $1 PERYF.AR DLL liiVING II .JKN'NM NGS, DEM IST. •Jftce Ilour* t A. to- to 12 M 104 Mill St.. !r. M.to 4 I'. J/ J>„„rilU. I'u. /I AIIUL.TZ. M. * 420 Mi I.I. ST., DANVII.I.K. PA. i)iseases of the Stomach and I iltes.ine? Specialt" DR. r. H. REYNOLDS, —DENTIST— -2*B Mil St.. - Danville, Pa. 1 D-ntintrv n. tti- br«n.'h«* Charge \l.« *n ' »' ork 'binr-iuteed ,V.bs. I*W CONDENSED NEWS. WANTED.— By Chicago wlmlesale and until crder house, assist*!.t man ager (man or woman) fur this county aad adjoin ins territory. Salary 120 and expanses p.iid week lv ; ex pi tnocev advanced. Work pleasant; position permanent. No investment or expeii ence rerjuired. Write at once for fail particulars and enclnse self-a Idrfssed envelop?. Cooper & Co., 182 Lake Stree*. Chicasn. 111. The ice harvest has a mythical ap pearanee thus far. If it is impossible for minors to smoke cigarettes without someone hav ing violated the cigarette law, isn't everv minor ciagrette smoker a clue to a violator of the law? Our exchanges record the killing of some remarkable hogs this season. Hut all the big hogs have not been killed— there are still some living. Not the least of the features of the year just closing has been the steady reigu of prosperity all over this favor ed land. Party lines are going to be almost eliminated iu the selection of mem bers of Council and ttie School Board at the Spring election. Under the cir cumstances all parties will put forward their best men. It is up to the Sullivan county auth orities to get busy in an effort to catch the murderer of Mrs. Whitiuire. A more brutal crime has not been com mitted for many a day According to an act of assembly it is iucumlieut upon school teachers to •devote a half hour each week to in stilling humane instincts into the minds of their scholars. That will be a half hour well spent if the teaching is properly done. What a relief for the hard worked aud overworked clerks! It is far from a merry Christmas in the laud of the Great White Czar. W. O. Kmm brought to Danville yesterday a steer weighing IfWO pounds that had been raised on Mr. Krum's farm in Anthony township. That was a nice Christmas announce ment made by the Philadelphia and Reading company that its yard em ployes at Harrisburg, fiom engineer lowu, would receive a ten per cent, increase in wages, beginning January ilst. The toast offered by President Baer. «>f the Philadelphia and Heading Rail road Company, at a luncheon given by him to the Anthracite Board of Con ciliation was appropriate not only to the occasion but to the season. "Bless *-(1 are the Peacemakers,'' was the sentiment given by President Baer to the Board, All of us say. Amen! A Boston preacher conies forward with the dictum that "a man happily married can save two dollars for every dollar lie saved while single." We have heard of people who "could live on love and air puddings," but \se never saw one. The removal of United Stale,, Dis trict Attorney Baxter, of Nebraska, due to the fact that the President •was dissatisfied with his prosecution ,oft*;» cattle raisers who were con victed of fencing in public laud and were sentenced to only six hours' im prisonment. A chemical factory Corbett. Pos ter county, consume- cords of wood daily, the chemical being produced by distill ifiou proce-s from£hardwoods, including maple, liecch, and birch. Thirteen gallons of'alcohol. 80 bushels of charcoal anil 800 pounds of acetate of lime, are secured as an average from one cord of wood. Columbia University has followed the example of the University of New York in the absolute prohibition of the "present game of foot ball." The .council of the former institution goes exsij further than the latter in that it restricts intercollegiate comjietitions. with the exception of rowing, to the home ground* of the Columbia teams. Th» new State Capitol nt Harrisburg iis nearlv ready for occupancy. Ihe famishing will begin iu two weeks, 00 a* to have everything ready for the legislature wlu nit c -nvenes on Jnn uary 15. Thomas II Capp, of Lebanon, ap pointed by Governor Pennypacker ad ditional law judge of Dauphin coun tv, vice Judge Weiss, deceased, was inducted into office on Tuesday morn ing. Ttie man who makes and keep* a New Year's resolution is greater than the man who was never tempted to ptj*y trow tlw path of wctitude. v. - ' '—- ——■—-—— —= "THIS COUNTRY WILL NEVER BE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL Ol< ITS OWN DEMANDS WITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS. (>!,. r>l"NO •">'.! ' " PASSES AWAY John Doster,Sr., oiie of our old citi zens, passed away at 4 o'clock Satur day afternoon. The deceased was eighty-three years jof aye and hail been in feeble health for some time past, suffering from ail- ■ meuts incidental t<> old age. He resid ed in Danville fifty-two years and was very widely known. In 1860 lie embarked in the cabiuet making business at tlie well known stand oil Church street near the P. & R. railway. About twenty-live years ago he opened the present establish ment on Mill street. Associated with him here were his three sons, John, i Theodore and Jacob. The firm here I took up undertaking in connection | with the furniture business. About eight years ago owing to ad vancing age the deceased retired from active business and the firm name was changed from John Doster & Sous to j John Doster's Sous. The deceased was complete master , of his trade. He was a good citizen.a quiet., peace-loving man, and sought no preferment beyond the esteem of his fellow meu. His wife preceded him to tiie grave twenty-eight years ago. His declining years were made happy by tHe close companionship of his children, whose attention and ministrations as he became infirm af ford a beautiful example of filial love and devotion. Danville's Century Run. In a very one sided basket ball game J at the Armory last evening Danville j reached the century mark, scoring an i eveu 100 points, while their opponents, . the team representing Mt. Airy In stitute, of Philadelphia, were able to make but six tallies. The visitors were so overwhelming ly outclassed that the chief interest of the evening was not in the contest it self. but lay in watching the Danville boys throw pretty goals, and do other "stunts" with their opjKjnents. It was more or less fun to watch our Big Bill | carry two or three of the mutes half way down the floor and then throw a goal, with half of the opponents' team \ clinging to different parts of his an- | atomy. It was also good to see Wei- | liver toss 22 goals, many of them most j sensational. But for a good game of ! basket ball one does not want one side of the tally sheet at the end to look like the picture of a herd of bison in an old geography, and the other side with practically nothing on it but the date line. It is only fair to Mt. Airy, however, j to say that two of their men were ab- ' sent, one being ill and the other call ed home on account of the death of a brother. The line-up: Danville. Mt. Airy. Welliver forward Kuchor Peters forward . ...Ashman Sechler center . .Coffield Russell .. guard . ... Clayton Johnson guard . ..O'Donnell Goals from the field —Welliver 22. ' Sechler It, Russell W, Peters 5, John sou 5, Coffield 4. Kuchor 1. O'Donnell 1. Railway Traffic Held Up. Traffic on the Catawissa Division of the P. & R. Railway was held up from o'clock until 7 ::«• yesterday morning as the result of a most singular acci dent. Some time during Tuesday night while a loaded train was passing the river bridge at Rupert a chunk ot coal fell from one of the cars and striking a telegraph pole, detached the wire, which fell or sagged until it rested up on the trolley wire of the Montour and Columbia line. All went well until the current was turned on for the resumption ol traffic at 5 o'clock yesterdav morning. The telegraph wire took up the current anil in an instant all the switch boards and instruments were burned out over a large section, among the nearby sta t ion- affected,being < 'atawissa, Rupert, (irovaiiia and Danville. All traffic of (course was held up. In addition the station at Rupert took fire and D. H. Fisher, the night ojierator.had his eye badly burned in smothering out the flames with his coat. The linemen immediately got busy, and by 7 o'clock they had telegraph communication restored. Meanwhile, however, no trains were running. Load of May I pset. Jacob Slinltz had the misfortune to upset with a large load of hay ou East Market street yesterday. He had just driven out Beaver street and was turn ing up East Market street when, tin' load lost its balance and went over. It was a bad mishap and involved a good deal of hard work before the hay was reloaded and the obstruction wholly removed. Watkins--Everitt Mr. Arthur Watkins and Miss Lucy Everitt, both of this city, were marri ed in Waverly.N. Y. on Monday. They returned to town on I'uesday night and will take up their residence here. Both are popular and well known.the groom occupying a responsible position as roll turner at the Re.idiug Iron Works. Pleasant Family Reunion. A very pleasant family reunion was held at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. James Slinltz, East Market street, on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Slinltz - 7 chil dren and grandchildren were all pres ent along with a few other invited guests. The reunion was held in hon or of Mrs. Shultz' seventy-fifth birth day. 'A VICTIM ill ; i APl'tMllflTlS It is sad. indeed, wheal death on the eve of the joyous Christmastide enters , a happy home and bears away an idol of the fireside. Yet this frequently happens. Overs-word h i-uesabmt Da ' , ville this ye ir by reason of bereave ment hangs a pall of deep gloom. One of the saddest deaths we have to record in connection with Christ -1 mas is that of Miss Margaret Divel, which occurred Sunday morning af -1 ter an illness of a little over three days. Miss Divel was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Divel and was :i:i years of age. a young woman of most j lovely character, beloved alike by the ! members of her household and tier j wide circle of associates. The cause of death was appendicitis, an especially insidious and malignant form of the disease, which ran its course in forty-eight hours. The de ' ceased was taken ill on Wednesday, it | was not until Friday that symptoms of j appendicitis developed. The case was rapidly progressive and on Saturday morning Dr. J. M. Baldy, of Phila delphia was called for a consultation. He arrived on ttie 4p.m.P. tt K. train the same day and immediately entered into a consultation with Dr Curry and Dr. \Vi liters teen. At midnight fol lowing an operation was performed, which revealed the critical and well nigh hopeless nature of the case. At »! o'clock Sunday morning just as the town clock was tolling the hour the • sufferer passed away into eternity. The shock proved a terrible one to i the family. There were ten children land the deceased, cut down in the j bloom of young womanhood, was the I tir.-t to be claimed by death. What adds to the sadness of the case is the fact that Joseph, the only sou of the family, along with his sister. Mrs. George S. Johnson, is out in New Mexico. While it may bo possible to reach them by telegraph it will be im possible for them to co ne East in rime j for the funeral. The funeral of Miss Margaret R. i Divel took place at 1 o'clock yesterday j afternoon from the family homestead. | No. 404 Church street. The obsequies I were largelv attended, among those I . I who gathered around the bier being a j large number from out of town. The servics were conducted by Rev. M. L. Shindel, I). D., assisted by Mr. W. D. Lauinaster, who offered a very appropriate prayer. The pill bearers were : W. L. Sidler, Henry Wohlheiter. i George W. Billnian.Dr. T. B. Winter ' steen. Amnion Reiser and Henry Fleck : enstein. The five first named were brothers-in-law.and the latter an uncle of the deceased. ! The flowers constituted a most beaut i ! ful tribute, an emblem which appeal -1 ed to the heart most touchinglv being a broken circle, symbolizing the first death which has occurred in the liap pv family circle of which the deceased was one. The funeral throughout was ! one of the most impressive that lias taken place in this city for a long time. Among those from out of town who 'attended the obsequies were: Mrs. i John Heune, and Mrs. John Heiin. of Williamsport; William < 'hrismau. Esq., of Bloomsburg; Mr. and Mrs. George \V. Billman and William C. Billnian, of Reading; Mrs. Catherine Reich and son Joseph, Mrs. Thomas Griffin, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Beck, Heurv Yocum and John and Graydou Mover, of Mil ton ; Mr. and Mrs. John Rank.of New Columbia: Mr. and Mrs. Charles How er. Misses Harriet and Laura Brown, of Lewisburg; Charles A. Sidler.Esq.. of Sunbury; Mr. and Mrs. George Brown, Ma/.eppu ; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gast.of Miffliuburg ;Hcury Rotherniel, Jacob Strassner and son Jacob,of Kelly X Roads; Levi Reedy, of Buffalo Roads, Mrs. George Dougherty, of White Deer, and Miss Genevieve Gil lespie, of Pittston. Interment was made in Old Fellows cemetery. Operating Improvised Ferry. Since the " Mary Ann" was taken out of commission, the absence of a regular means of crossing the river has been sorely felt by many people who have occasion to travel to and from Catawissa. The opportunity w;j£ seiz ed by a few enterprising lads who own row boats, and they have been reaping a harvest the last few days by ferrying travelers across the stream at a vari able scale of rat" . Mauled Turkeys to Dump. Not a few of the dealers in turkeys were compelled to haul their surplus turkeys to the city garbage dump on Saturday. Caretaker John Scott in formed the writer that one team br night thirty. These turkeys had been kept over from Thanksgiving but they became so strong that people refused to even look at them. One dealer sue cede lin palming one of them off on a lady, but when she discovered the deception there was war in camp.— Ha/Jetou Standard. A Beautiful Day. The weather yesterday was most beautiful, the day for December 28th being simply a marvel. To • sky was nearlv cloudless and under t ie floor! of warm sunshine the 11m<-k coat of frost found in the morning soon disappear ed. The air was nearly mot i tnle-s and the day ou the whole was oft ho. sort to suggest early April. At noon the tliermunjeter registered übove ">o de grees. DANVILLE. I\\TII V I'SDAV DECEMBER 28, CHRISTMAS NUPTIALS HALLMAN—BELL. The home of Edward Bell, No. 200 West Mahoning street, was the scene of a verv pretty wedding ou Christmas Day, when Miss Bertha M., the mily daughter of Mr. aud Mrs. Bell, be came the bride of Harry M Hallmau, of Williamsport. The ceremony took place at 15 p. m. and wits performed by the Rev. J. E. Hutchison.pastor of the Mahoning Pres byterian church. The wedding march was rendered by Miss Dora .leakins. Miss Flora Jenkins was bridesmaid and John Bell of Miffliuburg. was best mail. (July a few intimate friends were preseut at the wedding. The bride is a very highly esteemed youug lady. Tiie groom is a sou of Monroe Hallmau and grew to man hood in this city. He is a moulder by occupation and holds a good position in Williamsport. Ttie newly wedded couple left ou the 12:10 Pennsylvania train yesterday for Williamsport where a furnished house awaited the bride. McVEY—CADY. In St. Joseph's Catholic church, on Christmas Day, Thomas McYev was married to Mrs. Margaret Cady. Rev. Father O'Reiley performed, the cere mony. Tlie wedding was very quiet oil account of the recent death of the bride's father. A reception was held after the ceremony at the home of Mrs Marv McYev, Railroad street. The newly wedded couple will reside at 107 Northumberland street. APPR< >ACHING MARRIAGE. Invitations have lieen issued to the marriage of Mi~s (irace Emily Schell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James S. Schell, of Limestoneville, to Gilbert Yoris, of Pottsgrove. The wedding is to take place at the home of tlie bride's parents, Thursday evening, January 4th, <it T o'clock. VAST IN E—M ETTLER. H. Spenc T Yastine, Esq., and Miss Sara Mettler.of Rushtown. were united in marriage at Elysburg,Monday even ing. Rev. W. W. Harris performed the ceremony. Scenes in the Holy Land. A large assemblage of jieople were preseut in St. Hubert's Catholic church last night to attend the grand sacred concert and lecture. Each feat ure of the entertainment was excep tionally fine and the audience was well pleased.' The stereopticon views embraced a wide range of subjects. The scenes were mostly from the early life of Our Lord, but took in a large number that were outside the Holy Land, such as the Spliynx, pyramids anil views in ('airo. A slight mishap occurred in the ap paratus soon after starting, which de tracted from the effect of the pictures for awhile, but in a short time the views began to improve. When at their I lest the pictures were very bright, every object being clear and distinct. Tin; coloring was exquisite and many of the pictures were marvels of beauty. The entertainment was accompanied with a lecture by Rev. H. Disselkamp, who fully explained each picture as it was thrown on the canvas. His re marks were very fluent and by tiis apt description he revealed his familiarity with the Holy Land and the scenes in <)ur Saviour's life. Callithumpian Serenade. Cpjier Mulberry street in the vici nity of the Watkins homestead,was the scene of great excitement shortly be fore midnight Tuesday. The cause of it all was Arthur Watkins,the popular roll turner at the Reading Iron Works, who hail just returned on the 9:10 D. L. &W. train with a bride. Arthur is one of those fellows who has hosts of frieti is aud as soon as it became noised .about that Arthur anil his bride had arrived the "hosts" turned our to serenade him. There was to lie nothing tame about the affair and the plans were all laid broad anil deep. The serenaders at once opened negotia tions with one of our iron industries and secured the use of eight big saws along with any number of other iron implements notorious for the earsplit ting and discordant noises which may be produced upon them. It required a wagon to haul it!l the implements of torture to the scene of the serenade. A wonderful crowd assembled. There were fill horns, sky rockets and red light iu abundance aud when all was ready everything "lot go" at once. At the first intimation of "trouble" the groom had escaped by the back door and sought refuge in the big mill where he was found by a delegation sent in search of him. He was escort ed back to face the music, with all that is implied. To Establish Libraries. It is rumored that Doughty's Moving Pictures, which were exhibited at Washingfoiivillc with such tine effect recently, may return to this county in a short time for the purpose of assist ing to establish lihr.-rie- in the rural schools. Mr. Doughty, who hails from Williamsport. lias really a fine lot of views and the plan seems to be to give exhibitions under the auspices of the rural schools, which are to receive n part of the its to be applied as above stated, for the establishment of libraries, which are very mncli need- M. It appears that the matter is bare lv more than talked of at present, but it is nof unlikely idea may toko rout. PERSONAL I'ARACItAPIIS Harry Gaskins, student at Lafayette ' College, is spending the Christmas ! vacation in this city. Lewis Animerman,teacher of science ' at Cirls' technical school. New York 1 City, is visiting at the home of his ' parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Animer -1 man, Mill street. Rudolph Krenger, of Pittsburg, is visiting his parents on Ash street. Arthur Mortem,of Brooklyn, N. Y.. is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mottern, Cherry street. Mr. and Mrs. James Clemens, of Philadelphia.are guests of Mrs. Cleni i ens' mother, Mrs. Matilda Sheriff, ' EasT Market street. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Zimmerman and son, of Steelton,are guests at th«* home of 11. M. Hinckley, South Danville. .T. M. Woodside, of Philadelphia, spent Christmas at the home of tiis parents, Mr. aud Mrs. J. H. Woodside, Mowrey street. Mrs. Gertrude Ellis, of Kingston, is visiting her sister, Mrs. I. T. Patton, Market street. William Mapstone.of Sunbury spent Sunday with relatives iu this city. Mrs. Clark Otis, of Binghamton, is visiting at the home of Mrs. Maria Rhodes. Arthur Cook, of Bloomsburg, spent Sunday with friends in this city. Hurley Roberts, of Washington. D. ('., is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Roberts. East Danville. Frank Freeze, of Philadelphia, is visiting at the home of his mother, Mrs. Oliver Johnson, Factory street. Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Winters s]ient Sunday with relatives in Sunbury. I Miss Alice Billmeyer, of Shepherds town, W. Ya. , is a guest at the home of Rev. J. E. Guy, Bloom street. Miss Amelia McClure, of Philadel phia. is visitiug at the home of her father, John McClure, Ash steet. Miss Minnie Welliver. of Sunbury, spent Sunday with relatives in this city. Miss Minnie Miller,of Philadelphia, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller, Upper Mulberry street. Prof. Arthur Sloop, of Wilmington, Delaware, is visiting relatives in this city. Charles W. Haver. Jr.. of Philadel phia, is spending Christmas week with his parents on Ash street. Mr. and Mrs. John Murphy left yes terday for Shamokin, where Mr. Mur phy will resume his position with the Shamokin Extension Railway Com pany. Miss Ruth Winner, of Williamsport, is the guest of Miss Marie Fcttennan. Henry Clayberger.of Shamokin, was ;i visitor in this city last evening. Miss Mary Holloway left yesterday for a several days' visit with friends in Wilkes- Baric. Mrs. William Bover aud sou James iire visiting at the home of Eugene Snyder, Sunbury. J. S. Rudy,of Yineland, New Jersey, is in this city visitiug Daniel Rudy, of Pine street. Mr. Rudy is a native of Danville aud lived in Sunbury thir teen years ago and will spend a week in this vicinity seeing old friends.— Sunbury Daily. Miss Sara G. Woodside returned to In wood Sanitarium, West Conshohock eu, yesterday after a visit at the home of her jKireuts, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Woodside, Mowery street. Mrs. S. B. Evans left this <Hty Tues day for a week's visit with friends at tier former home, Shippeusburg. Roy Faux returned to Pittsburg yesterday after a visit with relatives in this city. Professor and Mrs. W. F. Bray, of Drifton, were in Danville yesterday calling on friends here. They were on their way to Centre county to attend the wedding of Mrs. Bray's sister. Mrs. Bray, as Miss Sarah Mover, was teacher iu the 4tli ward public schools for three years. George Blue returned to Bellefoute yesterday after a visit with his family in this city. Roland Heiss has returned to Phila delphia after a visit vith his parents, Mr. anil Mrs. Augustus Heiss, Cherry street. Mis- Olive Rauk has returned to Philadelphia after a visit at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Rank. Front street. Miss Blanche Jones,of Philadelphia, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jones, Nassau street. Charles A. Sidler, of Sunbury, was it visitor in this city yesterday. Misses Jennie Dyer and Jennie Waite are visiting friends iu Williamsport. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Faux returned to Williamsport yesterday after a visit with relatives in this city. Charles Page, of Cohoes.New York, sjH'tit last evening in this city as the gue ' of Mrs. Henrietta J. Angle Charles Williams returned to his home in Berwick last evening after a visit with tiis father in this city. Mrs. W. H. Slinltz has returned to her home in Philadelphia after a visit at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mr.- J. H Woodside, Mowrey street Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Bogart, of Boyd's Station, spout yesterday after i nt>ou iu this city. A PIKE LIST ! in-" nub | If the New Year's parade is not a success it will not be because there are not enough prizes offered to stimn- i late interest. As will be seen by the complete list which follows thirty-two of our business people up to yesterday had come forward each with some, article embraced iu tiis line of trade : which he desires to offer as a prize. Many of those gentlemen were, not seen by the' Committee but came for- ' ward of their own accord and stated j that tliev would like to do something J to help the parade along. Following i : is the list: John Gibbous, fancy pipe; Harry. Esterbrook, one sack of flour; C. C. i Hitter, one sack of flour; Ross Har- , tier, one mirror on easel; Abram La- j Rue, one sack of flour; John Martin, | live pounds of fancy candy; Russell Foust, one fancy cake ; J. H. Goeser, I 100 Betsy Ross cigars; P. C. Murray j& Sous, one fancy rug; John Jacobs, ! live pounds fancy candy; R. L. Marks, one umbrella; Fred Howe, one pair of , 'dress gloves: Mayan Brothers,one-half j ! pound baking powder; James Martin, j j five pounds fancy candy ; J. W. Swartz, | ; oue whip: J. H. Cole, one silver mug I and brush : S. J. Welliver. oue watch; ■ M. 11. Schrani. one pocket knife* J. ;F. Tooley. oue fancy toilet set; R. 11. Moore, one line pocket knife; C. P. ; Hancock, two Monarch shirts ; H. Bern i lieimer.one pair of gloves; R. J. Pegg, one ton of coal; W. F. Bell, one sack |of flour; William M. Seidel, one sack of Hour: Paules & Co.. one box of ci gars; S. F. Ricketts. one flue hat; .T. C. Heddens, live dollar gold piece; A. C. Amesbury, oue ton of coal; I. C. Lee. one dozen photographs; .T. D. Gosh, photograph holder: J. B. Cleav er, one fine picture. An artist employed by the Commit tee will begin work this morniug in the office connected with the stables of the Washington Hose Company at the rear of the Baldy House, where during today and tomorrow the paint ing of banners, cards, &c.. to be used in the parade will be painted free of cost. The parade will move at '2 o'clock at the ringing of the bell at the Washing- | ton Engine House. Killed on the Railroad. George H. Derk. of Northumber land, an extra Pennsylvania railroad brakemau, was instantly killed in the east end of the DY yard, Sunbury, at two o'clock yesterday afternoon. The victim was riding ou the front euil of a gondola that bad been "shot in" ou one of the side tracks and ac cidentally fell off. the set of trucks passing over his body crushing out his life. The car was moving so slowly at the time of the accident that it stopped before the front truck cleared the body, the arm being wedged under the wheels so securely that it was necessary to move the car before the body could be removed. The body was not cut or mutilated. The remains were removed to the undertaking establishment of E. S. Weimer & Co., South Fourth street, Sunbury. The young man had been working for the railroad company onlv a short time, entering the service on the 24th of last November. Will Build Large Hotel. The Shamokin Extension Railway Company lias secured an option ou fifty acres of tine fanning land located near Seven Points. Northumberland county, and owned by Julius Behraut. The land is the "Old Shipe Farm." the part purchased being situated ou the knoll from which place can be seen the country for many miles around. There is always a refreshing breeze blowing over the knoll aud on even the warmest days of summer the tem perature never rises above seventy de grees. Nearby is a beautiful grove. Springs and wells are on the farm in abund ance s.i that there is an excellent wat er supply. Oil this knoll and with these sur roundings it is ttie intention of the Extension Company to erect a modern hotel with a large dance hall. The ho tel will be used as a summer resort ayd as the Extension Company's line will pass nearby, easy access to both Shamokin and Sunbury will tie had. Full plans for the hotel have not as yet been made. Cutting the First Ice. The first ice of the season was cut on the ponds at Castle Grove yesterday. Ir was a clean solid product o'y inches iu thickness. The ponds at Castle Grove are leas ed l»v .T. f>. Kline, one of our local dealers. Tliev arc very extensive and constitute a source from which pre viously a large number of ice houses about town were annually tilled. Freez ing begins early oil the ]xmds aud goes on without interruption during the winter. Nothing short ot a general break-up disturbs the ice, the occasion al rains with the freezing conditions that follow only adding to the rapid i accumulation of the ice. The ponds ! are generally good for several crops i each season. The ice yesterday was cut more as ■ an experiment than anything else and ( it is uot the owner's intention to be j gin the harvesting of ice for some i time. KSTAHLISIIED IN 1855 'MI TIDINGS FROM IIIS FAMILY Jacob Weimer,the Hebrew shoeniak • er, whose sail case lias aroused so much sympathy among our citizens, has just returned from Philadelphia where he went on Christmas in the hope of gain ing some tidings from his wife and children through the steamship com pany and from recently arrived im | migrants of his own nationality. The steamship company, which took ( his money iu payment for passage for his wife and four children, seems uu i able to do anything for him. although : it tries to assure him that the money is safe. The cable comjmiy also de ! dares itself unable to do anything for the man. It will carry u message across, ' but it will give no assurance that tiie cablegram will ever get into the coun try or at least that it will find its way through the scene of disorder and dis ruption into the interior as far as Kis | lienev. Meanwhile every day the press unfolds fresh tales of horror aud blood shed, iu which the Jews are victims. Ttie shoemaker returned to Danville verv much dejected. He met friends while in Philadelphia who came over with him a couple of years ago. Many ofjthem have families in Kishenev,and like him are living in killing supeuse ; fearing the worst. Many weeks have now elapsed, more rhan twice the length of time required for an ex change of letters, since the shoemaker wrote tiis wife sending her money and arranging for her trip to America. One of his friends in Philadelphia received a letter from Kishenev as late as three weeks ago, which shows tlmt communication at that time was still possible. This letter is by no means reassuring and told a horrible tale of cruelty and murder. A jiersoiial friend of the shoemaker was among those massacred. He was one of a group that was cornered up and seized; a large quantity of coal oil was poured over them, a match was applied aud they were burned to death. The letter wound up with the significant remark: ' I am alive today, but there is no telling whether you will ever hear from me again." MEM OF MUSCLE. MonnreliK Win* Performed Somt \Viin«!ei-fuS Teals of StrenKth. An-, sins liic Strong of Saxony in his playful . .nods would seize a couple of courtie;-. ui.e in each hand, and hold them out at arm's length. He would twist si.>ut iron liars around their necks for c)i!ars ; r.:l straighten horseshoes with a wreiii !i ol his muscular fingers, w ,Ic o i. K casion. when the horse of h'.s attendants refused to budge. '• t.i• t his herculean shoulders under ii ~ l walked■•way with horse and rider ! >gc; icr. Ceorge <'asii i.it, priii -• of Albania, wielded -i ■ti ; p .v-'i :.'u! sword that he could sever a hiiii's head at a single strike, while once, for a wager, he wa Ik"' I oil" Ii len ol his courtiers slaii ;::ig o i elalfarm. Charlemague, who - re ed io i.e die strongest man "i' I•. s i . \. s able to snap the strongest ho.'s'so >c between the fin gers of o::e I: t. and Don Sebastian merely by the iftvssure 9 his knees could in:'tie his charger groan with pain. Peter the Great of Russia so devel oped and hardened his naturally strong muscles I>y veal's of work as a black smith and a carpenter that he became the strongest man in his dominions. He had but oue formidable rival in a country blacksmith, whose boast it was that tie was the only man in Russia who could lift a" anvil from the ground. When this l.oast catne to the ears of Feler he set out incognito with a sin gle corn par.'on and challenged the blacksmith to a trial of strength. With out a word the latter seized his ponder ous anvil v 'th both hands and. strain ing his mighty muscles almost to burst ing p •int. r • d it a foot from tlie ground. Wh.-n Peter's turn came he, too. raised the anvil higher and higher until. I i his - vat's consternation, he placed il on 1> < shoulder and walked out of - .y with it. So startled w; s the i i .s iiith by this exhibition of s'rength tii.it he rushed away to summon the villageis to "come and see the evil one. who had run a way with his anvil." IVter hid a worii.'.v successor iu Alex ander 111 . fatter of the present czar, wh >s-e pheic'im i i! strength earned for hitii the title of the "Kussiau Samson." Amazing ; >! ;•' arc told of Alexander's niu- T.iar p how he could burst open t! • s iu barred doors by a push if!; - g.- .-. shoulders, crumple up coins in his h.;n ! as If they were leath er i:istt ;d of tough metal, suap iron bars across hi knees, tear a whole pack of cards a two and with a few movement-- of tiis powerful hands eon v Tt a pewter tankard into a bouquet holder. Nor must we forget that amazonian que n of Poland. Cyinburga, who used to crack iris with her lingers, and when she was training her fruit trees would hammer the nails into the wall with her clinched li -t. A Shlii Inn Forest. A few miles from the port of Bata via, in Java, there is a ship in a forest. The ship is actually two mile's from its native element, it belonged to a well known trader in the southern seas aud was carried far inland by a huge wave which swept over the country during the fearful eruption of Krata koa. The vessel was borne with ter rible force right into tlie heart of the island, and when the waters re ceded it was discovered in a dense Jungle There it has remained ever since, an object of curiosity to visitors. rro'jrrensln*. "Don't you find it hard hustling for yourself?" "Yes," replied the ambitious young chap, "but it's not half so hard as hus tling for other people."—Detroit Free Press JOB PRINTING The office of the AMERICAN being furnished with a large assortment of job letter and fancy type ami job material generally, the Publisher an nounces to the public tnat he is prepared at ail times to ex ecute in the neatest manner. JOB PRINTING Ofail Kinds and Description WORKMAN IN A TIGHT PLACE Hoy Robinson,sou of Albert J. Rob ; inson, met with ;■ singular accident at I Curry & Company's works yesterday | and escaped very serious injuries by a narrow margin. It happened about :> o'clock in the afternoon. Roy was engaged in plac l iug cores in the large "oven" where i these essential parts of the moulds are baked or prepared for use. While en gaged in the work in some manner one j of the stands fell down upon him,pin j niug him to the ground under its own weight aud that of the heavy plates j with their burden of cores. He was pressed down in a crouching position and was unable to move. He ' seemed to be alone ou the spot aud while he was in bodily paiu and in i momentary expectation of having the life crushed out of him the best that he could do was to call for help, which he did quite lustily. Help soon arrived and he was releas ed. No one could tell how badly he was hurt and as he seemed to suffer much pain he was placed ou an ex press wagon and hauled to the home of his parents on Front street, where Dr. Newbaker was called. Dr. Newbaker said last evening that so far as he could determine no bones were broken,although the voting man's body was vers - badly contused on the face, 011 the back and thigh. He suf fers considerable pain, but will be out again before many days. Heavy Damage Suit. Charles Hoover,a Wilkes-Barre man, who was seriously injured recently by being struck by an automobile that was being driven by George B. Markle of Hazletou, Tuesday brought suit against Mr. Markle for damages to the amount of $20,000. Hoover was struck while emerging from the alley adjacent to the Sterling Hotel. He did not see the automobile until it was within a few feet of him and it was too late for him to back his team out of the way. The plaintiff claims that Mr. Mar kle's machine was running at a danger ous rate of speed aud that the accident was due to negligence on the part of the defendant. The attorney for the defendant is John McGahren. Fireman Terribly Burned. A bursting blow pipe in the furnace at the Catawissa Paper Mill yesterday sent a shower of the red live coals all over the tireman, "Reddy" Gensil, standing in front of the open furnace door. The man's clothing was destroyed, and he was terribly burned about the head and body. Much of his hair and eye-brows were burned off. Dr. Vastine was summoned and Gensil was removed to his home. Last night he was resting more easily, and although hi> wounds are painful, they are not as serious as might have been expected. At the time of the accident the mill was closed down to avoid further dan ger from the broken blow pipe. Force Doubled. The force of workmen employed on the erection of the Catawissa bridge was increased yesterday morning to double the former number, about a score of men being put on the job. Work was started yesterday at the end of the bridge across the river from Catawissa. Preparations have been in progress there for some time for the putting in place of the iron floor work. The laying of this iron structure was began yesterday and the work is being pushed by skilled builders. At the town end, progress seems about as slow as ever, but rapid prog ress cannot be made uuder the con ditions governing the work. Not Anxious for Gift. WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—The fol lowing statement was given out at the White House this morning: •• The President's attention having beeu called to a dispatch from Baker City. Oregon, to the effect that a sub scription was about to be started for a wedding present for Miss Roosevelt, the President stated that while he deeply appreciated this evidence of good will, lie hoped nothing of the kind would he undertaken. In fact he wishes particularly that the proposed collection of funds should not be made. Record.Breaking Three Weeks. The last three weeks have been the heaviest in the history of the D. L. and W. Railroad at Ru]>crt, is the statement of station agent Rhone. With the transferring of freight and express between the D. L. aud W. and Philadelphia and Reading at that point, there is a large amount of work to be done, and the last three weeks have broken all records. The freight traffic has been very heavy,as has been the express business as well. An effort is now being made to have a new trans fer platform built that will accommo date a largely increased amount of freight. EXECUTRIX'S NOTICE. Estate of Mary A. Faux, late of the Borough of Danville in the County of Montour and State of Pennsyl vania. deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters Testamentary upon the above estate have been granted to the undersigned. All'person"- indebted to the said estate are required to make payment and those having claims or demands against the said estate, will make known the S3 me without delay to MARTHA DIEFFfiNBACHER, Extcuiris of Mary A. Faius, deceased EDV.*AftD SAYRF OEAFHART, t Counsel.
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