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PLAN CHANCES
The county commissioners at their
regular weekly meeting Saturday, de
cided on a system of very important
improvements at tlic courthouse, which
together with new paint and several
oilier necessary repairs will give Mon
tour county a building, which will
••onijiare in all respects with the best
in this section
It is proposed to ti\ up lawn all
around the courthouse to correspond
with the northern side, where the
ground lias U-en carefully graded and
grass seed sown, while the whole is
temporarily enclosed by a neat wire
fence. The wall will lie rebuilt at the
rear of the grounds and a gravel drive
provided tor bringing coal into
the building.
The outbuilding southwest of the
courthouse will be abolished and a
lavatory system will lie installed in
tlic southeastern part of the cellar.
The improvements of course make the
present lavatory in the secoud storv
ct the courthouse unnecessary and the
v]acv then- will lie devoted to other
purposes.
The county commissioners have plan
ned to connect the building with the
v»vr which extends westward out
Market -treet and at the courthouse
grounds turns southward traversing
the alley toward the river. A pipe
will be sunk in the lower lawn, ex
tending from the front of the court
house diagonally to the southwest cor
ner of the grounds where connection
will be established. This will make
it possible to sink the drain leading
from the courthouse at such a depth
as may lie required in order to insure
successful ojieration of the system.
The contract for painting the couit
house has not as yet been awarded. On
Saturday little more was done than to
discuss the color of the paint to he us
ed The commissioners seemed to be
uuauiiuou* in the view that some otli
n ,uioi iimu iw> or uric* cotor snouin
I*- employed in order to afford a change
for the eye. The color that will most
likelv lie selected will Is- a stone col
or. The work of {Hiinting as well as
work on th»* new lavatory,it was stat
ed Saturday, will begin in a short
time. i
It wa* reported to the commission
er- that loafing at tin* approach to flit*
river bridge 011 'he luuvilk* t-i«l«* has
It. , oim- a verv nifii( nuisance. During
tin* evening crowds of voting men and
b »vs a.-«ciiible there ami I>y their pro
fait*' ainl nli*-! euc language make it
verv unpleasant not onlv lor families
. » 1
Inmg m-ar but also 1• >r persons jiasr>-
1 backwards ami forwards over the
bridge. On motion it was ordered that
the clerk lay flu* matter ln-fore the
thorough council at its uext meeting
and that that l>ody I"' asked to have
the jwilice tak«- tli»* matter up
Hoy's Painful Injury.
Luther ianner, a 13-year-old boy, ,
employed on Kdward Beyer's farm,
Valley township, met with a very had
injurv while at \>ork on Momlav at
teruoon.
The boy was eugaged in rolling oue
of the fleld«. As is customary he was
riding the roller,when the hor-es took
fright and ran away. The hoy was in
gr> »t danger* t falling under the heavy
roller, m which event he would no
doubt have IN-I'H killed ;hllt hepluckilv
held onto the liues aud maintained his
position ou top the roller.
The team made a dash for the farm
building* aud when it arrived at the
barn the '>o\ was clinging to the seat.
His foot in MHiie way had caught fast.
The toe of his shoe 011 the right foot
WM- completely pinched off;his big toe
was torn off hack of the ltr-t joint and
the 'lid of the next toe was complete
ly sev*T**d The hoy WHS too much
frightened to tell bow the injury was
inflicted, but it is supposi-d that the
double tree while the horse* were gal
loping along flew h.e k and caught his
foot.
The injury was of -uch a sort a- to
cause the most excruciatnig pain Dr.
Curry w.i* summoned and lie found it j
■eceasary t«» amputate both tor-. It
will tie Mime time liefore the boy will
regain the full use of his foot.
Invented High Explosive.
Peter A Kll ue, a liloomshurg man,
is now in Washington, 1). t'., mi busi
ness connected with the patenting of
H new kind of explosive jiowder that
be has discovered. Mr. Kline claims
that a quantity of his |iowder will do
more actual work than double the
quantity of any other powder made
It c*u Ite sold at »> cents a pound.
Coal Digger lieing Repaired.
Lei) ii' 's steam dredger "City of
Pans" which figured in the sensation
al accident at the Catn\\is<a river
bridge a few weeks ago. when its
machinery was pulled overboard by
the low hanging telephone wires, is
being repaired at Catawisst and will
soon t»e ready to resume operations 011
ttie rivet near Bloom
•THIS COUNTRY WILL NEVER Mi ENTIRELY EREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDS WITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS."
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The police officers have just finished
measuring off all the principal streets
of the hi trough and establishing courses
for tli purpose of timing automobil
ists,drivers of vehicles ami others who
| violate the law or the ordinance as to
j speed.
l'he authorities are now prepared to
, enter upon a crusade not only against
the last running of automobiles, hut
against fast driving also. It is said to
be a fact that no one longer seems
to think it worth while to observe
police regulations. Not only jiersons
out for pleasure,hut drivers of delivery
wagons and others,even on Mill street,
let their horses go just as they please,
and often reach a Dane that is sugges
tive of the race course Even the
wheelmen, who appear in increased
numbers this spring, seem to have for
gotten wholly what the ordinance pro
vides. According to complaints en
tered they not only show indifference
as to the speed regulations, but are
negligent in the matter of alarm bells
and lamps and even are known to ride
on the sidewalks. For a violation of
the ordinance in either of the above
respects a tine of five dollars is provid
ed and the officers insist that someone
before long is going to get into trou
ble.
The speed limit for bicycles as fixed
I by the ordinance is ten miles per hour ;
| for driving, eight miles per hour.
Automobiles are limited to ten miles
an hour by the State law.
The courses measured off on all the
streets are 100 yards in length. In con
nection with these a schedule has been
prepared showing the 100-yards rate
per hour. Thus at the rate of 8 miles
an hour a vehicle will be 2~>. 50 sec
onds, or nearly half a minute, in pass
ing over the 100-yard course marked
off. The speed, which limits automo
biles to one mile in six minutes, is
much slower than many automobiles
travel. By the aid of printed schedule
and their stop watches used in connec
tion with the courses marked off the
police officers hope to be able to do
effective work and compel obedience .
of the regulations.
."lany Non.Resident Pupils.
The importance of our local high
school with the grades leading up to it
as a factor in this vicinity will be bet
ter understood when it is stated that ■
there are some sixty non-resident pn- '
pits attending school in Danville and
that the aggregate of tuition paid to I
amounts to about eight hundred dol
lars.
It is probably superfluous to expati
ate upon the general excellence of the
Danville schools and the tine opportu
nities afforded the children ol the
townships of Montour anil Northum
berland counties who under the law
are permitted to attend our high
school. It is well enough, however,
that the prospective pupils should |
know exactly how to proceed in the j
matter ol examinations required to
gain admittance to the end that they
mav make the best jiossible showing j
and that valuable time may not be
lost.
As in the past next year a number |
of boys and girls will complete the
course in the township schools and
w ill he candidates for admission into
the local high school. What Borough
Superintendent Gorily would like to
impress upon these pupils is that it j
would be much to their interest to I
come into town on the week of May
Ulst and take the regular examination
with the borough pupils instead of
postponing the matter and requiring a
sjiecial examination next fall. It j
should be very evident to them that
having recently left school they are
much brighter now than they will lie
some four mouths later and will be
able to do themselves a full measure
of justice. Again, the regular exami
nations are continued during the
whole week, say one branch a day,
while in the fall the examinations are
crowded into one day, which makes
them much more wearisome. Hereto
fore no especial pains have been taken
to call attention to these facts. There
is only one way to look at the matter
and there are probably few young peo
ple in the townships who contemplate
a course in the borough schools, but
w ill he glad to take Borough Sujierin
tendent Gordy's advice and attend the
spring examinations.
Funeral of Solomon Cherry.
Solomon Cherry, the well known
engineer on the S. 11. it W. division
of the Peiiusvlvauia railroad, whose
tie.i. -i occurred at Nescopeck Tuesday,
w ill be consigned to the grave in the
u«-w cemetery at Sunbury on Friday.
The remains will In- taken to Sunbury
on the train that passes South Danville
ut 12:1 ap. in. The funeral will be
held from the residence of Mrs. Haujit,
Sunbury, at '2 o'clock
The deceased was a former resident
ol Danville, his wife before marriage
being Mi--. Emuia Clara Albeckof this
place. Besides his wife two daughters,
Florence and Clara, survive.
Will IJo Buried on Friday.
The funeral of the lateSharach Fry.
who died on Sunday took place yester
day afternoon at I :HO o'clock and was
112 largely attended. The services wen
- conducted by Kev. Dr. MeCormack,
r pastor of Grove Presbyterian church,
s of which the deceased was a member
v The pall hearers were Kobert Adams
s Hugh Cnrry, W. B. Gearhart, .1. B
I Gearhart, W L. McClure and Alex,
ii Foster. Interment was made in Od<
Fellows' cemetery.
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i PATROL SHEET
1 Word from Mt. Canuel last night in
s dicates that everything is peaceful and
s quiet and that no trouble of any na
ture occurred yes'erdav.
> It was reported that the members of
) the State constabulary had received
orders to arrest a number of men who
) participated in the riots on Monda>
and that serious trouble would surely
occur if these arrests would be made
• If the members of the troop received
! such orders they must have been couu
■ termanded later for no attempt was
1 made to arrest the men whose names
it is said have been learned and for
whom it was reported warrants had
been issued.
It was feared that if members of tln
state police force would leave their
barracks and enter the tow n their pre
sence would cause more rioting. Early
yesterday morning, however, a number j
of troopers rode into the town and '
patrolled the principal streets and I
there was not the least semblance of I
any trouble. When questioned the
troopers stated that they were merely
exercising their horses and they were j
not hissed or molested in any 1
manner. Later they rode in a body
through the main streets of Locust Gap
and no interference was met with at
l that place.
The chief burgess and citizens of
Mt. ('armel are of the belief that the
trouble of Monday will not be repeat
ed unless a strike is declared and at
tempts are made to work the collier
ies.
Strike breakers and deputies have
been steadily arriving in the Shamok
iu-Mt. Carmel region. In all there
have been 8 car loads of strike break
ers to come in during the past sevt nil
days. Most of these men are from th<
bituminous region about Clearfield,!
and they will he held in readiness so!
that an attempt can he made to operate
the mines if the Scranton convent ion !
declares a strike.
Captain Groome, of the State con
stabulary, arrived at Mt. ('armel lasi
night and proceeded to the troops' I
camp at Sarye shaft.
Exchange Is (irowin*.
Hon. L. W. Wei liver was in Dan- !
ville yesterday, where he announced
himself as in the race for associate 1
judge. Mr. Welliver hails from Ex
change, the homelike and prosperous !
town of Anthony township, w here so !
many substantial and representat i ve.!
was formerly uufortunati
in lying so far from the county seat, j |
hut of late distance has lieen an nihil
i
ated by the telephone, and Mr. Wei
liver states that there are just twenty
'phones in the town. Scarcely a da\
jiasses but the citizens call uji Danville
and thus keeji in touch with events at
this end of the county.
Exchange is a growing town. Last
year four new houses were added,built
by Boyd Stead, Augustus Kleeman,
William Dildiue and L. W. Welliver.
Several others will lie erected this
i year. Ground is already broken for
three, to be built by Thomas Sharon,
John Denuen and John Hitter.
Exchange has three good stores
Thomas Denuen has Hon. L. W. Wel
liver's old stand. Boyd Stead has a
very tine store. The other store, w hero
the telephone exchange is installed, is j
kept by Lizzie Wagner. William
! Houghton keeps the hotel, which is
described as a very fine hostelry. There
are two churches, one of them a Lutli
i erau and the other a Catholic church.
At the latter Rev. Father Feeser of the
Holy Family convent, Danville, offici
ates. Exchange has no doctor but it
boasts of a woman lawyer, Mrs. B.
Frances Wagner. 'Squire Ellis and
John Ellis, the latter a director in the
Peoples hank, this city, both are resi
dents of Exchange. Former county |
treasurer James F. Branuen was near
ly a life-long resident of Exchange. A
| couple of years ago along with his
wife lie went to California for the
beuefit of his health. Just now the
residents of Exchange are happy over i
the tidings that Mr. and Mrs. Brenuen
are on their way home—that Mr. Bren
uen has fully recovered his health and
that the couple will again take up >
j their residence at Exchange.
B. K. Club Entertains.
The B. E. club, conijHised of a nuin
( her of young ladies of town,entertain
ed at a progressive luncheon and euchre
; Friday evening. During the evening
i seven houses were visited. The menu
i was as follows :
Cream of Corn Soup Breailstick-
Miss Clara Detwiler.
•' Oysters on the half shell Wafer--
Miss Annie Steinbrenner.
Potato Chips—-Veal Loaf.
«j Miss Lorine Phillips.
Deviled Eggs—Olives.
Miss Sara Beaver.
Chicken Salad —Saudv iche
t Miss Marion Jones,
i'j Fruit Gelatine —Nuts Mints
s, Miss Florence Price
, 1 Ice Cream—Cake.
Miss Grace Shepperson.
At Miss Shepjierson's home the
guests were given a progressive eticln
• ! lu addition to the young ladies men
tioned there were present Mis*. Lttcil •
s I Evans, Messrs. Thomas Fultz, Will I.
1 McCoy, George Jacobs, Jay Sechler.
'* | Will Jones, Harry Woods. William
'* Hancock and William Books.
i, i There are two items in the San
! Frac Cisco news of brave and encoiirag
iug import: Lovers continue to marry,
d and about as much is asked for cornel
lots as before the earthquake
DAN'VILLK. I'A., Til t IJKDAV MAY 1000.
ALL DEPENDS !>\
i MUM. TIIDAYj
WILKES-BARRE. May 2.—While
strike talk in the towns and hamlets!
of the region is hot because of the i
shooting and bloodshed at Mt. Carmel, \
John Mitchell and the uuiou leaders
propose preventing any precipitate ac- j
tion on the part of the delegates to the
tr-i-district convent ion in bringing on ;
a strike because of the Mt. Carmel \
affair. The delegates,while variously
instructed by their locals, will be ask- |
ed by President Mitchell to give the,
issues their fullest consideration and
best judgment. No strike will be vot
-1 ed unless the delegates feel that their 1
I best interests would be served by such '
| action. From present indications the >
| convent ion will he in session three i
| days and the final vote to strike will
J not be taken Thursday. j
I MITCHELL HAD NOTHING TO SAY
John Mitchell left here today fori;
j Scranton, where he will meet the niem
! hers of the sub-scale committee at 2 ,
I o'clock this afternoon and prepare the :
j report of the negotiations that were
entered into with the operators look-
; iug to a settlement of differences. |
i This report will be read to the dele- 1
gates on Friday and will be made the
basis for general discussion by the de
i legates. Just what attitude President
Mitchell will take before the delegates J
j in reference to the pro; ositions advauc- I
ed bv the operators cannot be learned. | s
He kid nothing to say on the situation j
this morning. The majority of dele- ',|
gates, so far as any information is oh- ! ;l
tamable, are instructed to follow the '
direction of President Mitchell.which ! t
hits practically placed the situation i
upon the shoulders of the miller-' lead-■ *
d
ONE Ol- THE RU MORS IIKAI-tl). i „
A report w»s heard this morning j |
that after the report of the scale com
mittee had been heard several delegates |
would express the opinion that in view jj
of the fact that a~ the only difference
between the operators and miners was
a quest ion of arhitr&t ion on one de-
maud, tint of wages, the scale com- j
mittee should lie directed to return to ,N
New York and renew negotiations!'"
with the operator* to arrive at a settle
ment on 1111 ~ seemingh simple ques- i
tiou. Tin? convention will doubtless s '
do little more than organize on Thurs- ''
day by electing committees on cred
entials and 11 -• 11nt ioli < and adjourn ■
until Friday, when the reports will be
read and President Mitchell will make i
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latitude in the discussion of the ques- | "J
t ion and which President Mii
cliell has always given each delegate, , ' 1
who wishes to have his saV, it will
r-iiTV tho
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tiou ov« r until batunlav.
SAY MEN WANT WORK.
Meanwhile, the railroad coal com-
panics have resumed their prepara
tions to resume work, believing that
the miners' convention will call al j
strike. Non-union men and strike jj (
breakers are being moved quietly
the region and distributed among
collieries. An official of the Lehigh
Valley said this morning that scores |j,
of old employes in the company's j c
mines in the middle, district hadappli- | j-.
Ed for work when operations are re-
sumed. The Lehigh and W ilkes-Barre
Coal company is making the first
moves in this section to resume work. (
The Lackawanna and Delaware and
Hudson company hope to have a maj-j
ority of their collieries in complete 112
operation within a week. y
luo kiile<l on Railroad.
. I*
Struck by an east-bound freight train 1
011 the Pennsylvania railroad, above i
Nescopeck, yesterday morning, about 1 1
."i o'clock, Samuel Cocklin, a watch- >
I man at the West End Coal Co. wash- ]
cry was instantly kill- 1
ed aud considerably mangled. j <
How he came to bis death is not 112
known, hut it is supposed that he i
crossed the river anil while waiting :
j the coming of a train dozed into a
| sleep, from which lie may have been
i startled'by the train, and bewildered,
j stumbled on the track in front of the
| engine.
He was seen by the train hands when
! too late to save him. The cowcatcher |
: caught the unfortunate man and flung
| him several feet into the ditch along
side the track. When picked up he was ;
dead, and badly cut up.
The remains were at once taken to J
Shiekshiunv, where lie resided with i
his wife and child. A brother and sis
| ter live at Berwick. He was a man
, :18 years old.
SUB-IDE AT BRANDON VILLE.
Throw ing himself in front of a fast
jP. & R. freight,a man whose identity
! is not known committed suicide at (
; Braudoiivilh) early yesterday morning.
His body was terribly mangled.
The train was running at the rate of
i between fifty and sixty miles an hour,
' when the engineer discovered a man
standing between the cars along the
track. A- the tr eii approached with
ill a few feet of Ihe per ill lie sudden
i lv threw himself forward on the rails,
and the engine and several cars passed
over hi h idy The man was instant
!-, kill, i oid puts of his body were
strewn I' >r several \ trds along the
track I remains were gathered up
and taken to Kiugtowu, where an ef
fort wii- made to ident ifv the man,bill
i ! there was nothing about his clothes
4 Ihiit would lead to identification. He
was a man of about IL'p years of age,
r' and by the clothes he wore was thought
to be a man of limited means.
I'EItSONJI.
I'IIMHI'IIS
Mrs. William C. Bowyer and son
James spent Sunday with relatives in
Sunbury.
Mrs. William F. Pattison, of Phila
delphia, is visiting at the home of her
brother W. O. Kramer, West. Mahon
ing street.
Lloyd W. Welliver,of Exchange,was
a visitor in this city yesterday.
E. J. Coxey, of Sunbury, was a \ is
itor in this city yesterday.
B. P. Harris returned to P'vmouth
yesterday after spending several days
with friends in this city.
W. E. Gosh, Charles and Frank Wat
; >n, of Philadelphia,left this city yes- j
terday for a fishing trip to Pocono.
J. T. Find ley was a business visitor
at Jerseytown yesterday.
Griffith Billmeyer.of Mexico, trans
acted business in Danville yesterday.
Myron Eves,of Mi 11 ville,was a Dan
ville visitor yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Vastine and
daughter, Mrs. John Ryan, of Sun
bury,attended the funeral of Shadrach
Fry in this city yesterdaj*.
Mrs. M. A. Davis, of Sunbury,spent
yesterday with friends in this city.
Mrs. Peter Diehl, of Berwick, spent
yesterday in this city as a guest at the
home of Howard Reppert, Church
■street.
Miss Agues McCloughan left Tues
day for a trip to Washington, D. (3.
tnd Philadelphia.
Mrs. Fanny Heddens, of Washing
tonville, called on friends in Danville
yesterday.
Mrs. W. L. Myerly returned to Mid
lletown.N. Y., yesterday after a \isit ■
it the home of her sister, Mrs. F. E.
larpel. Ferry street.
Mrs. Edward Hanghtoii returned I
resierdav from a visit with friends in
Baltimore. i
Howard Lunger has returned to this J
•ity from Montreal, Cauadu, where he (
ins been employed during the past
\ inter. Mr. Lunger has accepted a
losition with the A ('. iV F company
112 Bloomsburg.
George W. Albeck, of Wilkes-Barre, '
pent last night at his old home in '
his city. 1
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.awrence Cotter in Larger Field. \
Lawrence ("utter, (1... "..n 112
" > 11. flUtl C llHl LTt' tjJ I,UU
itTiirnnrt*r« m * a>t n* * n n\»* Mir .1 >« ar
rso past,has accepted a position with
lugeue Foss, of Boston.and is now in J.
barge of one of the largest aud best
now II establishments in the country.
Mr. Cotter left Danville on Sunday ,
v»ning and on May Ist entered upon
lis new position. The lease held by
Jr. Cotter on the Castle Grove green
louses does not expire until June 15.
dean while the business here will be
n the hands of Mr. Cotter's son, Wil-
iam Cotter, a young man of studious
labits and of intelligence, who already
ias mastered the details of floriculture (
md who in time promises to attain the
listinetion won by his father. Frank
3auuigan is foreman under William
Jotter at Castle Grove. Mr. Cotter s
aniily will reside at Castle Grove uu
il the lease expires, on .Tune loth.,
.vlien it will remove to Boston.
The future of the green houses at
'astle Grove is not known. William
hotter, yesterday stated,that if things
prove at all favorable lie might lease
lie establishment himself the next
year.
Lawrence Cotter stands very high as
i florist aud will be sure to succeed in
the larger field that he has entered.
He is very widely known over the Un
ion, but nowhere better than among
the progressive people of Boston,a fact
which insures him a felicitious and
prosperous career. Mr. Cotter made
many friends in Danville and when
ever for the sake of old associations he
feels like drifting this way he may
rest assured that he will receive a roy
al welcome.
Pleasant Surprise Party.
A pleasant surprise party was given
at the home of Dallas Hummer, on
Ash street, Friday evening. Ice cream
and cake were served for refreshments.
Those present were: Mrs. Dallas Hum
mer, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Raver, Mrs.
Jacob Hummer, Mrs. William Miller,
Mrs. Rebecca Lovett.Mrs. Black, Mrs.
Randall Scott, Mrs. Henry Hankey,
Mr. aud Mrs. Percy Sliultz, Mr. and
James Magill, Misses Katie Hau
kev, Emilia Garrow.Mrs. Frank Hum
mer, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Miller, Miss
Stella Cook, Mrs. Henry Johnson, Mrs.
Jacob Miller, Mr. Edward Hummer
and Miss May Gay
Large Mail Stones.
The towns of the west' branch were
deluged in the biggest storm of the
\ear last evening. The storm center
seemed to be at Muney and Williams
port, where the downpour lasted for
several hours, and the hail stones at
i iiues being of the size of walnuts.
The raiu anil hail was accompanied by
| terrific lightning and high winds.
The storm passed to flu 1 north of
Danville and for a while it looked a~
if this city was on the map for a storm
of unusual severity. It turned out,
however, that not a drop fell here
New Paint and Paper.
The interior of J. W. Lore s jewelry
"store, Mill street, is being repainted
and re papered. The room now shows
up very attractively.
THE OiIESTIOS
OF 1 TAKK
Notwithstanding that summer is
coming on apace there is no especial
stir at any of the parks and the people
of Danville are beginning to wonder
where they are going to enjoy their
outings the coming summer. The trol
ley lines by influencing travel gener
ally revolutionize things relating to
sport. The local lines as yet have giv
en no intimation of what they propose
to do in the way of selecting and
building up resorts.
It is a well-known fact that as early
as last fall the Danville and Blooms
burg line and Dr. W. R. Paules, the
owner of the fine grove between this
j place and Grovauia.came to a full un
derstanding and that the trolley com
pany held an option on the resort. Up
to the present, it seems, nothing has
been done and the matter rests precise
ly where it was last fall. The scheme
embraced the erection of a fiue pavil
ion and several other buildings, the
whole necessitating the expenditure of
some four thousand dollars. It is pretty
evident that if any such improvements
are to he completed before the season
opens the first step will have to be tak
en in a pretty short time.
Neither has anything tangible been
accomplished with reference to estab
lishing a base ball ground at Grovauia,
on which clubs from this city and
Bloomsburg were to cross bats. In
view of the travel that the Danville-
Bloomsburg games would attract it
was thought that some concessions
might be obtained from the trolley
company.
During an interview last evening
General Manager W. R. Miller stated
that the trolley company ha<l not been
approached on the subject as yet.
Neither have owners of laud at Gro
vauia, so far as Mr. Miller can learn,
been seen with reference to the matter.
Mr. Miller did not commit himself as
to what the trolley company might do
in the premises, but beseemed to think
that the first step should be to secure
the land.
A Promising Young Artist.
The "Portland (Oregon) Express"
of last Saturday crutaius a large por
trait of Abraham Lincoln—a free hand
drawing—by Chester Eggert, aged 17
years, who is regarded as a marvel tak
ing his youth aud the excellence of his
work into account. The gifted lad is
tlie_ sou of pur lyrjwr.M
The "Evening Express" prints the
portrait as a sample of what the youth
ful artist is capable of doing in black
and white.
"Chester," the newspaper states,
"is the youngest of a family of eight
children. With his folks he resides at
Ligonia, but with so many mouths to
feed Chester had to be content with a
grammar school education. James Otis
Kaler, superintendent of the schools
for South Portland, early discovered
the talent of young Eggert for draw
ing aud was largely instrumental in
his taking a course at the Fox studio,
where he studied from casts. His
drawing has attracted wide attention
aud many orders for his work are re
ceived. His tastes run to broad caric
ature work and he displays an individu
ality and an originality that reminds
one strongly of the great Thomas
Nast. Besides his talent for drawing
Chester and indeed the whole Eggert
family are musicians and the Eggert
Mandolin and Guitar club is not un
known to entertainment committees in
this city."
half a Billion Fish this Season.
In order to give all the impetus pos
sible to the unprecedented plans of the
State Fisheries Department, Commis
sioner Median is at Mt. Pleasant tor a
stay of three weeks. No State in the
Union ever proposed the propagation
and distribution of fish on such an ex
tensive scale as Mr. Median has just
engaged in. His plan to hatch a(X),000,-
000 perch and pickerel fry, and stock
the streams of Pennsylvania with them
in the next three months, has challeng
ed the attention of fish eulturists all
over the United States. The immen
sity of the task can be imagined when
it is remembered that last year the en
tire output of the Pennsylvania fisher
ies was 144,000,000. The force at all
the hatcheries of Pennsylvania, includ
ing the plants at Pleasant Mount,Belle
fonte, Corry, Erie, 'l'orresdale aud
Union City, will be required to help
in the work. The spawn of both the
pickerel and the perch will be collect
ed in Wayne county. The pickerel
spawn, which is collected about two
weeks ahead of perch spawn, appeared
within the last three days. A force is
now busy collecting it under the per
sonal direct-ion of Mr. Median. It is
put into receptacles and will be sent
to the various hatcheries,in proportion
to their capacity,for hatching in jars.
The same will be done with perch
spawn. As nearly as possible 2.»0,<KH),-
000 fry of each variety will be produc
ed to be distributed iu every clean
water stream of the state. The fry
hatch in about seventeen days and
grow to be four inches long iu as many
1 months. Mr. Median figures that
! within a few years this policy will re
-1 suit in making Pennsylvania an angl
er's paradise.
Sunbury B—Danville A. A. 3.
The Sunbury amateurs defeated the
Danville A. A. in a base ball game
played at Sunbury Saturday for the
benefit of the San Francisco sufferers.
core B—ii
KSTAUUSHEJ> IN 180.->
MRS IUIISCII
|
! Mrs. William C. Williams, of Hotel
i Baldy.was the first person in Danville
I to receive a letter from stricken Sail
i Francisco. It arrived [ Saturday and
l was from Mrs. Caroline Bausch, a
! former Danville lady concerning whose
welfare since the earthquake there was
so much doubt and suspense.
The letter was written on April i4th
last Tuesday, aud like all letters sent
out from San Francisco, since the
dreadful calamity, it bore no postage
stamp. The epistle contains only a
few hastily written lines, as follows :
"We are all safe. We had to run to
the hills and we just got hack. Our
house is badly damaged but we can
live in if. Please tell all our friends."
The brevity and the tone of the let
ter plainly indicate the tension aud
the excitement under which the peo
ple are laboring. The letter, written
last Tuesday,states that they had'just
got back' from the hills, where they
ran when the earthquake occurred,
nearly a week before. It would seem
likely, therefore, that they experienc
ed many ol the discomforts and priva
tions that fell to the lot of the great
army of refugees. Mrs. Bausch's resi
dence is on Sutter street, which ex
tends through the burned district. The
number she occupies, 2241, while out
side the area of fire was dangerously
near the liue.
The Morning News is in receipt of
a few lines from our former tow ns
man, George H. Smith, the jeweler
who with his family is at Los Angeles,
California. Mr. Simth and family,
therefore, wholly escaped loss. The
letter was accompanied by a copy of
the Los Angeles Times of Saturday,
April 21st and contains the first views
of San Francisco,and a graphic write
up by the lirst newspaper man to get
within the troop patrolled limits of
San Francisco. The incidents describ
ed and the illustrations which possess
ed such a deep interest in Los Augeles
on the date of their first appearance
by this time have become the common
property of newspapers aud are uo
longer new to the general reader.
None of the views printed in the East,
however,are quite as striking as those
in the Los Angeles Times.
Shadrach Fry Dead.
Shadrach Fry, an old and a well
known resident of Danville departed
fc\ , KW." ,r i?£aWftmV <u £PrteiViV oe
bility. He had lieen confined to his
bed for some two weeks.
The deceased was born in Sodbury,
Gloucestershire, England,in 18:52. He
came to America in 1853, settling in
Danville. He resided in this city ever
since with the exception of some ten
years which be speut with his family
in Columbia. He was a roll turner by
occupation and was considered a very
skillful workman. For many years he
was employed at the big mill.
He was a man of strict integrity and
morality. He was a member of the
Grove Presbyterian church and was
esteemed as a zealous and consistent
Christian. He was well liked by his
fellow workmen and was regarded as
a solid and representative citizen of
our town.
The deceased is survived by his wife,
two sons and two daughters: Edward
H. Fry of Harrisburg; aud John F.
Fry, of Buffalo, N. Y. ; Mrs. William
Lynch, of New York City, and Mrs.
Luther J. Schroder,of Columbia. Two
brothers also survive: John Fry, of
Wigton, Center county, and William
Fry, of Eddy ville, lowa.
Will Build State Road.
That the State road, which will ex
tend from the borough limits to Pax
inos and for which the Coal township
road commissioners have worked so
hard is now an assured fact.
State Road Commissioners Joseph
W. Hunter and H. F. Randall arrived
here yesterday afternoon and made ar
rangements to get the plans, specifica
tions,etc., for the road iu order to ad
vertise for bids at the earliest possible
date.*" When seen last evening they
stated that the contract would be let
as soon as possible and that the work
| would then be pushed with all possible
speed. When completed the road will
be one of the best in the State.—Sha
mok in Leader.
The proposed road is between and
4 miles long and is ou one of the routes
between here and Shamok in. Danville
people who drive from here to Sha
mokiu will be pleased to hear of the
improvement.
Surprise Party.
A pleasant surprise party was held
at the home of Frank Hendricks, Maus
dale, on Tuesday in honor of the
eleventh birthday of his daughter,
Lillian. Refreshments were served
during the afternoon. The young lady
was the recipient of a number of gifts.
Those present were: Mary Weitzel,
Trease Weitzel, Jennie Dyer, Elsit
Deihl.Marv Shulr,Martha Shult.Ruth
Farnwalt, Anna Faruwalt, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Marr and children Marion
and Harry, Gertrude Hendricks, Eliza
beth Reoser, lona Hendricks, Charles
Weitzel, Earle Dyer, Clyde Deihl,
j Eugene Deihl, Robert Deihl, Charles
; Herr,Leslie Bennett.Reece Hendricks,
Robert Hendricks and Herbert Hend
ricks.
j Now rises up the pessimist to declare
that the nation is sending too much
1 money to San Francisco. But his name
is not on the list of contributors.
JOB PRINTING
The ofiico of the AMERICAN
being furnished with a large
assortment cf job letter and
fancy types am' job material
generally, the Publisher an
nounces to the public tnat he
is prepared at all times io ex
ecute in the neatest manner.
JOB PRINTING
Otall Kinds and Description
Ml. i \HtIH. IUS
I STARTLING HE
The residents of Mt. Carmel were
aroused from their slumbers shortly
before four o'clock Saturday morning
by the ringing of hells and blowing of
whistles sounding a general alarm of
fire and learned that the large union
station of the Pennsylvania and Le
high Valley railroad companies was on
fire.
The fire department responded very
quickly but so fiercely ili 1 the fire
burn that the building v\a- soon a
seething mas.- of flames and beyond all
hope of control. The building was an
old frame structure and burned so fast
! tint t!ie fire fighters were able to save
oi.;y some of the records and a number
ol tickets. The rest of the contents
along with the building were entirely
destroyed. The fire was caused by de
fective insulation.
Tl'ree freight cars and one passenger
coach which were standing on the rail
road track near the building caught
fire and were badly damaged. The fire
men by hard work prevented the flames
from spreading to other nearby build
ings.
The business men of Mt. Carmel
will now make an effort to have the
railroad companies erect a new station
in a more central part of the town,the
recent location being near the borough
limits.
The Penusy officials iu Sunbury state
that plans will be made at ouce for
the building of a new station.
Only One Case of Typhoid.
The report of the local registrar sent
into the bureau of vital statistics for
the month of April is a very good
showing, especially as relates to con
tagious diseases. It has been a long
while since such a few cases of ty
phoid fever were reported iu a single
month This is especially gratifying
iu view of tl»e report of State Health
Commissioner Dixon a mouth or so
ago, which showed that Montour led
nearly every other count}' in the num
ber of typhoid cases. It is also'worthy
of note that at the present time
there is not a dwelling under quaran
tiue in the district, the last placard
being removed on Friday.
The report just sent in shows that
there was only one case of typhoid
fever in April. There were three cases
of pneumonia and five of diphtheria,
since the last report ami of this disease
were no deaths during the month from
contagious diseases. The number of
deaths due to all causes was twenty
four, which is one less than during
March. It is the first month since the
law providing for immediate registra
tion of births and deaths went into
effect that the contagious diseases have
not been attended with mortality.
There were six cases of diphtheria in
March and seven iu February.
THE SPRING CLEANING.
It is quite unnecessary to remind the
women that spring cleaning is au im
perative inconvenience just at this
season. They are alive to this fact; so
much so that their husbands are in
clined to growl because of the prompt
ness with which the women turn the
nonse upside down and commence
spriug cleaning season as the first rob
ins and blue birds arrive. Very few
homes escape this seasonable and sen
sible rejuvenation, thanks to the wo
mou who occupy them. But with the
men it is different. They rarely want
to do today what can he put off till
tomorrow. They'd let spring clean
ing go till midsummer and then ad
journ tlie work till next fall, it they
could. The proof of this is found in
the conditions of the hack yards, ot
the numerous nooks and corners where
trash accumulates and of vacant lots
which have been piled high with stuff
of ev> ry description during win
ter. Now is the time to clean out all
these places and make them neat and
wholesome; but though the women are
in the depths of spring cleaning many
of the men have hardly l>eguu to think
ai.out cleaning up the deserted Hud
neglected spots out of doors.
Residents Affected.
While traffic 011 the Catawissa divis
ion of the P. & K. lias been reduced
to small proportions by the anthracite
coal troubles, enormous quantities of
bituminous coal is being handled by
this road on some of its divisions fur
ther down the line.
The very unusual order has therefore
been received at Catawissa ordering a
large number of trainmen from that
place to report at once to llarrisburg
for work. Three full train crews have
received such orders. The following
men, all from Catawissa, have gone to
llarrisburg : John Simon Lynn, eng
ineer; Frank Krebs, fireman; George
Albert Kckroat, engineer; Lewis Me
Cartv, fireman; Wilbur Teufel, fire
man; Kdward Robinson, fireman; Ira
Carrell, brakeman; Klmer Troy, con
ductor; Charles Krebs.'flagman. These
transfers are only of a temporary 11a
ture.
Sizes up the Situation.
The Wellsboro Advocate, which is
opposed to the old style of road build
ing and sees no sense in following pre
cedent if precedent has been found to
be wrong, sizes up the situation in
the following terse and truthful man
ner: "That annual spasm of dragging
the mud out of the ditches into the
middle of the road to be washed back
again, popularly misnamed 'roadmak
iug,' has commenced."