Some Paper —For Hie lleiiie -:o: i he circulation ol this pain t m ■'icasnijj rapidly It will pa\ you »> id vert i ■ HI tin \MI :•!< \\ SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER YEAR II; 11. \ ING II .IINNING.v. it EX'IIST. . a v. t<. M un Mii St.. /■ v.t * ir. m J»<> >v*. I'n. I ".111 I 17, M 42a Mux sr., Ihnmi I *. !'*• •» I tlM* Stomach 'lid lulesdnes u Specially. HiMifcNSl-.il M\ Mav snow storms are not always greeted with smiles. Every good citizen should he deeply aterested ill politics. ikv as;'"n»'»l i-elehratipi»s and jubilees »re good fof my town The cold wavt is said to have re tiK-*«d the strawberry crop in Dela ware to oue-tifth*of ihe normal yield, t i> a very poor cold wave that does mt reduce the strawberry crop to the izr of the boxes. Tie annual meeting ol the I ■ rafh of the I>. P O. Elks will IH' •fid in July in Denver, Col., and ar uit-'eiiieuts are being made by a nuni . r 112 Elk- in this city to attend the ,"SSio|is. V 112« w insurance < :np iue\s are meet ,g the San Fi mcisco loss,- without murmur Others are t iking steps to " re< -oup." The limed Mine Worker- are cer linly liviug up to their intention to liter j»"litics during the coining cam •* irn It is probable that every dis rict in the coal region will have a nember of the anion out for the leg -latuiv. lake your umbrella with you and M«k happy. It's the neglected little cold which esiilts in the big doctor's bill. I >■ warm rain brought vegetation •u with a jump. A- a lightning change artist the leather man is certainly a wonder. This vear twenty-nine states art- to lect governors, of these ten have >. iuocrati<- and nin- teen have Kepub an governor-. Three of the ten ►enioer.it e state-are in the nortli -1 HI - !a. N vada and Oregon. The utter tirst ot the state elec i< us on June tih., and may i>oint the »\*»v how the northern state- may be urn**! politically. Fred Connor and Thomas Goss, who h id gailty of robbing the station _*• ut it Lime Kidge. Columbia eouu v, last Septemlwr. were sentenced to ;tv a fine of f,V»O each and undergo rms of five and three years' im riM>uuieut in the county jail. Formal inspection of the new river r ige at Cat aw is-a was made by the late boarU ot insju-i-tor- Saturday, "liev were aceompauied bv the eouu v commissioners The bridge was ac efitad. News of in mean disaster comes rom Germany,where three -hip-.with venty three meu. went dowu in a urricane HI the North Sea. Few days that some country is not in tonraing for a serious disaster or cal mity. The expert bank 112 rg« r who was ar -t»-d at Mt. Carmel and takeu to Le mon for trial was identified at the «nner place as Charles Follweiler, of ,Ibntown. He is twenty two yens of g** and has a v* ife and child. Ttie annual iimvcntion of the grand a>t|e ot tin* Knights ot the Ooldeli igle. 112 Pennsylvania, adjourned at leading aft«*r one of the most liarm uious sessions ever held by that body, larrisburg was chosen 112 >r the ext year over a doiseii comi*'titors. Sam A. McCoy yesterday received •r Hon. James Foster i c'-eck tor 1 j.', («i from the True Liue Accident usnrance company, repieseuting $ '■'> a .eek for the time Mr. Foster was -uf rmg from the injuries received in the una way accident. W ant lime Limit Changed. The voluntary retiring age limit in be relief department of the Pennsyl inia railroad may be r»'dueed from Ho ears to Vi years M.iiiv employes of the Pennsylvania «ilroad have favored the adoption of u earlier age limit for retiring as ley felt that they couhl accniunlnte nough while in active >ervic • to war tut tiieir retirement at the age of.» 0 i live oil the income from he Pennsylvania railroad relief de triment after that. A prominent railroad man says: '"I ish the voluntary retiring age would placed at '<• instead of »'«» years. I elieve that many of the accidents oc urritig ou the railroad today are due > men who have continued too long 1 the railroad service." At present the imj»er»tiv» retiring jr uti the Pennsylvania railroad is 70 ears. Many employes have l>eeu nown to continue at flu ir work un it required to retire Young People Entertained. Master Kaymond Fou-t entertained number of fricuds at his home on rout street, Monday evening Those re«»eMt wen*: John D» 2n A TEST OF PAVING BRICK \ lest of the | >aviiig blocks made in i nncctiou with the iusjiectioii of the river bridge at i'atawissa, Saturday, has i. ded that they art' inferior to th')v, used on the river bridge at Dan- ! \ ilie, a fact which has caused much dissatisfaction. The appearance of the ldoeks. it seems, was not wholly in their favor and to see just to what ex t. Nt they fell short Hon. William T. ' Creasy secured several of the blocks I used on our bridge, with which the I'atawissa blocks were compared. The test was made by John Fisher of Cata wissa. The blocks used in the (Jatavvissa bridge floated when placed in water; those used in the Danville bridge sunk like lead. Two of the best i'atawissa blocks weighed :$ pounds and b>Si ouuce> and the two used on the Dan ville bridge, ♦> jiounds ami 7 ounces. ? After being immersed an hour the i'atawissa blocks weiged I jiounds and 4'.. ounces.a gain of •"< ounces, and the Dauv i lie blocks,f> pounds and 8 ounces, ' rt of an ounce. At the end of l'J ! h.inn the i'atawissa blocks weighed -I J |H)Uud<» •> ounces, a gain of 11.1 j |kt cent., 'A bile the Danville blocks, weighed »'> i>o inds and H l a ounces, a j gain of 2 per e« nt. At the end of >'4 hours the Catavlissa blocks weighed 4 jiHiiml- and 7 oit'ices and the Danville blocks. « pounds and it ounces and at i the en I of:'♦> hours the i'atawissa blocks weighed 4 pounds and 8 ounces and the Danville blocks f> pounds and !• ounces. The tests goto show the i'atawissa blocks to be greatly inferi or. All of which confirms the belief that Danville has not only one of the | most imposing.but also one ol the best constructed and most durable bridges along the North branch. The Big Show Coining. The announcement that Kingliug Brothers' World's Greatest Shows will exhibit at Sunbury will be received with more than usual interest by the people in this neighborhood. The Kingliug Brothers have it name that stands for all that is new, novel and i lit. rtaining in the circus line,and the management announces that this sea - m the show lias been enlarged to such an extent that a whole extra train is used in addition to the four trains of last season. The show is now trans ported from place to place in eighfy tiv( -evi my- foot cais, constructed es pecially for the Kingling Brothers. In coiineetion with the circus proper, in which the areuic performance is unexcelled, the Kingling Brothers are this seas* lll presenting the beautiful and sublime s|tectacular production of The Field of the Cloth of Gold. The pantomimic play necessitates the use of l/.'oo actors and actresses and of al most five hundred horses. It is pre sented on the largest singe ever used for e\hiitional purposes. Special ex cursion rates have been arranged for •HI all lines of travel by Kingling Bro thers, and those who desire to go to Sunbury where this great circus ex hibits on Friday, June Ist., can do so at a comparatively small cost. This will be the only point in this vicinity where the circus will exhibit this sea sun and no one should miss this op portunity to see it. Watch this paper for additional announcements. The Biggest Bass. The largest bass ever reported caught in thi- section of the state was caught 11,« other day at the Irondale dam. Fishing creek, by Isaac Shaffer, who at the time was fishing for suckers. The lish measured 2"! inches. Shaffer was fishing with red worms for suckers when be hooked the bass. Aft< r a hard struggle he managed to lan l it,thinking at first it was a carp. Others nearby,however, informed him he had a black bass and Shaffer like wise realizing it finally threw it back in the water. Before throwing it in the water the bass was measured, ami it was found it was exactly - 27 inches in length. The bass was uuquestion tbly the largest caught in many years HI this section of the state. Coal Prices Drop. The v hole-ale price of anthracite coal v\a- reduced forty cents a ton by the Heading, the Lehigh Valley, the La' kaw anna and other companies com ]K>«ing the hard coal combination. Circulars making this announcement were sent out while the agents of the several companies were notified by telegraph. The reduction in price was made effective as of May Ist last and ill coal sold since that time will be billed it the lower price. Clays I lines on Engine Whistle. The eiigim . r of an extra freight train running on the East Peuu branch of the Heading Kailway is an adept in handling the whistle cord. Strains of '"Home, Sweet Home," aie frequently rendered passing through the valley, in almost perfect similarity to a cal liope. much to the delight and auiuse iii 'it ol the people who gather at the V' KJOIIS to hear him play the whistle. Tamaqua Recorder. Will Pave. I he borough council of Lock Haven Im determined to have up-to-date streets in that town and has appropri ated slo,ooo for street paving. The borough will do the work,but bids for the required material will be receiv ed. It i- expected that the cost will let exceed .SI. Ho a yard. The wise householder keeps the fires at work until the weather becomes settled. 818 SHIPMENT OF FISH WIVES The largest number of fish that ever came to Danville for the purpose of replenishing the streams hereabout.ar rived Friday evening and Saturday I morning. In addition to the shipment of wall-eyed pike, pike perch or Sus quehanna salmon, the name under which they are more commonly known, which shipment was alluded to in these columns Wednesday, there was a shipment of pickerel fry from the Mt. Pleasant hatcherv due at about the i , same time. Charles Ruckel, who had made the application for the pickerel, was in formed by telegram that the lish fry were on their way and would arrive here on Friday morning. On meeting the morning train.however, Mr. Kuck el was informed that the fish had not arrived and the supposition was that I there had been some misunderstand iug anil that they would arrive Satur day morning. On Friday night, how ! ever, the pickerel fry,filling five cans, most unexpectedly arrived at the sta ; fion and the fact developed that they j had gone astray aud had been carried I far out of their way. As a result the fish had suffered much for'the want of I | care; some were dead while those liv ' ing were very much enfeebled. The pickerel were designed for the Chillis quaque creek, but all idea of carting them so far had to be abandoned and it was perfectly plain that if even those that survived were to he pre served they would have to be placed in their native element at once. As the best way out of the difficulty, therefore, the pickerel fry were plac- i ed in the Mahoning creek near its mouth. Application will be made im- I mediately for another shipment of | pickerel for the Chillisquaque to take the place of the one that, went astray, j The Susquehanna salmon arrived from the Erie hatchery, Saturday morn- j ing,in a flourishing aud healthy state. There were, ten cans of them, repre senting many thousand fisli. They were met at the station by John MeCall and John Fisher, by whom they were de posited in the North branch at Harvey Lamberson's aud at Ked Point. The Susquehanna salmon may attain a fair size in two years and will add much to the sum total of sport for fishermen. Fish fry placed in the riv er, develop rapidly. Last seas m sev eral large-mouthed black bass measur ing between II and Pi inches were caught, which had been placed in the river the year before. If fishermen elsewhere along the North branch would take as much in terest in replenishing the streams as Danville people it probably would not be long before fish would be as plenti ful as at any time in the past. W. E Median, commissioner of fisht ries, de serves great credit for what he is do ing to replenish the streams and to protect tin* fish ;the least that the gen eral public can Jo to promote the good is to co-operate along all lines, which means not only to apply for fish, plac ing them properly in the streams, but also to aid in enforcing the fish laws. Petition Circulating. There is circulating among the Span isli-American War survivors in Dan ville a petition applying for a charter for the " United Spanish War Veter ans," an entirely new organization national in its character, which is the outcome of the amalgamation of four societies: the Spanish war veterans, the Spanish-American war veterans, the society of the service men of the Spanish war, aud the Society of the Hespano-American war. Formerly there was in Danville a camp of the Spanish-American war veterans now embraced in the above amalgamation. What success may attend the effort to organize a camp of the amalgamated organization remains to be seen. There are no less than seventy-five survivors of the Spanish-American war in Dan ville anil vicinity and if the movement fails it obviously will not be for the want of material. The amalgamation was completed in I'.ioi. One hundred and fifteen camps scattered all over the Cnited States surrendered their old charters aud re ceived new ones from the amalgamat ed organization. A camp may be org anized and a charter granted on the application of ten or more persons who have served in the army, navy or mar ine corps, in the Spanish-American war, Chinese expedition or Philippine insurrection, prior to July 4, 1902. A beautiful ritual or ceremony lias been provided, known as the secret work, with which all members are mustered and the work of the camp conducted. A grip and pass words are communic ated by which one member may rec ognize another. The organization is non-partisan and uou sectarian. Broke His Leg. Jesse Umstead, who lives on Mrs. Greenough's farm, Liberty township, sustained a broken limb yesterday foie uoon. He was leading a colt ont to water when the animal playfully be gan to kick and plunge. Mr. Umstead in attempting to hold the horse stum bled and fell, after which the horse in some way struck the man, fracturing his right leg above the ankle. Dr. Snyder set the broken bone. State Shoot at Milton. The dull weather is having a rath depressing effect on the State now ill progress at Milton. Neverth less the events are being run according to schedule. Many sportsmen are pre sent and it is believed that records will be broken for tournaments in Pennsylvania. Luther J. Squier, ol the Dupont Powder company and Sen a tor Fred A. Godcharles are managing the tournament. Bernard Elsessler, of Vork, is in charge of the offices and Charles North,of Cleveland, the traps. DAXVI 1,1. K. PA.. Till USDAV MAY 17, BURGLAR CAUGHT RED HANDED The oddest of all burglaries was com mitted in one of our department stores Sunday afternoon. It was a daylight affair, in which nothing was absent needed to make a well rounded and ex citing robbery. The burglar was caught red handed,there was a detail ed confession, after which the culprit was hustled off to jail. \N hat makes the episode distinctively odd was the fact that the well planned robbery was , committed by a boy 11 years of age. ™ About six o'clock Sunday evening a small boy named Ad Candy appeared at the residence of S. Loweustein, West Market street, with the startling information that somebody had broken into their department store. Joseph and Marvin Loweustein immediately ran up to the store,ono passing around to the front of the building and the other going to the rear. At the rear of the store one of the basement windows had been forced open. The two sons of Mr. Loweustein, accompanied by James Freeze entered the store simult aneously from the front and the rear. Inside was found William Reuuer.who said he wa- the son of George Renner. Seeing no chance to escape, himself, lie began to implicate the Candy boy, who had given the alarm, and Joseph Seaman, another hoy, who lives near Grove's court, leaving the parties un der the impression that Joseph was se creted about the store. By this time Chief Mincemoyer and officer Voris were on the spot and as sisted in searching for the confederate alleged to be hidden. For at least an hour the search went 011 merrily, ev ery hole and corner about the big es tablishment being ransacked, while a crowd of a hundred curious people hung about tho front of the store ob serving the movements with in through the big windows. At length Chief Mincemoyer went out to tlie Seaman home and then found Joseph, whom he brought back to the store. Joseph cried and stoutly protested his innocence. Charles Lung er and little son soon after appeared at the store and proved that Joseph was with them during the afternoon. At this juncture William Renner. the real culprit, declared that he had been "lying" and that he had planned and executed tlie j• >1 > himself. Ho also exonerated the Candy boy. The officers were - >rcly vexe.l when they reflected how much time they had spent 111 the vain search for a boy who wa- only a phantom and they be gan to upbraid young Renner for his falsehood and deception. The young ster was full of bravado He laughed heartily at their chagrin and remark- i ed.as if it were an accomplishment to boast of: "Yes, 1 know 1 am an awful liar!" By this time the officers began to take an account of the booty found with Renner, which consisted of gl.aO in cash, a lot of cuff buttons, two match safes, a tablet and two decks of play- | ing cards. As indicated by the booty j he had been pretty much over the ; whole store. Entrance was effected through a rear window, the shutt' r of which was i fastened with an iron bar that swung on a pivot fastened to one of the shut ters. Mr LowensteiUjis of the opinio that the boy by rattling the shutter caused the bar, which probably had not be**n secured by the pin, to tilt, one end rising and the other falling until it passed out of the staples. If the youthful burglar may be believed the "shutter opened easily." Bursting Foliage and Blossoms. The landscape at present has assum- j ed a charming aspect and altogether it is the most pleasant season of the year to take a stroll or to drive into the country. The roads are in excellent condition and the summer heat has nut yet became a factor. Scores of vehic les bearing their quota of happy peo ple might have been seen Sunday starting out for the country. The same was true of Saturday. Montour coun ty is fortunate in its scenery. The most charming views, it is true, may not lie along the beaten route of travel, but persons driving to Washingtouville orJStrawberry Ridge, who will take the trouble to drive a little out of their way,can not fail to strike a vant age point here and there that at this season will give them a glimpse of something akin to fairy land. The fields of wheat and tender grass have given the earth an emerald carpet. The farm buildings repose amid clust ers of trees laden with white and pink blossoms, while the air is fragrant with sweet odors. Everywhere the leaves are appearing. The groves in the val ley and the trees on the mountain side j are clothed in a delicate foliage of light green, whi. h is all the more 'beautiful by contrast with the richer and the deeper hues of the pine and other evergreens that stand in the miilst of them. Many ol these vistas, overlooking deep valleys,carry the eye between wooded height- on and on un til the far distant landscape spreads out in a panorama of matchless beauty, reaching from the east to the west and melting away at last iu the hazy mountains th t in turn mingle and dissnlvi i'i !!."• bin** of the horizon. I i 'i:Hii\ people know of these vp i lint-- how many know that lotiiiH r c milt-, really famous for »:.* s> HIM of it- c. *i r\ in I that far &wav may lie found those who have c e.llv tro'Mcii .1 ii hills and who iie\i , 'it ■! '*.ve!liit-.- upi Ml tlie join ant .i it iceuen < lur town dwell' i w, tie weary of the grind and tlii monotony of business do well, therefore, to make an excursion into the country at this season of the year. They are sure to find inu< h to refresh HIHIII then to divert- to elevate them INDIAN HOYB CAPTURED Two Indian boys, who escaped from the training school at Carlisle, were captured by officers Mincemoyer and Voris yesterday and are now detained in the county jail. The capture was effected by the olficers after several hours' hard work, which included a tramp some four miles down the riv er. Yesterday morning Chief Mincemoy er was called up by Chief of Police Waltz, of Suubury, and informed that two Indian students had escaped from Carlisle; also that they had been trac ed as far as Northumberland —that they had left that point yesterday morning on the D. L. & W. track, headed for Danville. The officers were requested to be on the lookout for the runaways and to take them into cus tody. The description that Chief of Police Waltz was able to give was necessarily very imperfect aud was to the effect that the boys, being full blooded Indians, were of very dark complexion and that they wore blue suits and slouch hats. Officers Mincemoyer aud Voris start ed down the river. When below Ked Point, they met Liveryman Frank Fry, who informed the police that near the church a mile or so below Cameron he saw two young men who reminded him of Chinamen reclining ou the grass in the shade. The description of the clothing corresponded to that of the two Indian students for whom the officers were searching. Chief Mincemoyer requested the liveryman after reaching home to hitch up in a double seated carriage and to return to Chulaskey for the purpose of bringing the olficers and the Indians, if captured, back to tow n. Meanwhile the officers would keep a close lookout and intercept the runaways, if they came along. Indue time Mr. Fry returned with the carriage. Up to that time nothing had been seen of the Indians. On the assumption that they were still loiter ing along the railroad the officers got into the carriage and were driven down as far as Cameron. Arriving near the old hotel the olfic ers caught a glimpse of two figures near the railroad, which they took to i be the young Indians. They immed iately started after them and before tlicy came up to them were convinced they were not mistaken. They were full blooded Indians and their costume was as described. As they approached the younger of the boys turned and ; was in the act of running away; he hesitated, however, for a moment and then turned, retracing his steps. The next moment both lie and his compan ion were taken into custody. They ' neither offered resistance,nor attempt- • ed to deny their identity. The officers and their prisoners en- ; tered the carriage and were driven to ward Danville True to their nature the young Indians were sullen and un communicative. They, however, did ■ not refuse to answer questions. In this way considerable information relating to their escape was elicited. Although in broken English their replies were very direct and intelligible. The older of the two boys gave his name as Antonio Yellobo, nineteen years of age. a Sioux Indian. The younger was Nathan Lott, seventeen years of age, a member of the Nez Perces tribe of Indians, which mostly inhabit Idaho. Lott is a member of the third grade in the Indian school. Yellobo has been at Carlisle for three years and the present is his fourth attempt to escape. When he last ran away he was captured in Ohio. The boys yesterday confessed to the officers that in the present attempt to escape they were headed for New York State where they intended to apply for work. Yellobo is learning harness making and Lott the blacksmith trade at Carlisle. On Loft's jiersou a pair of fine barber shears was found and it developed that he could cut hair. The boys stated that they escaped on Sunday afternoon, when as one of them put it "notliin was goin' ou." Lott stated that he would be content to re main at Carlisle,but he confided to the officers "that Yellobo would run awav again in June after he gets his pay.'" The authorities of the Indian school were communicated with yesterday and informed of the capture. In all probability some one will arrive at Danville today for the purpose of tak ing the boys back to school. Dropped Dead at Ihe Plow, Suddenly stricken down by the hand of death while plowing in his field was the fate that overtook Louis Gir tou, of Hemlock township, Columbia morning about [8 o'clock. Mr Girton,though of advanced years, was a man of good physique and health, going about work as vigorous as men of younger years. He had al ways been a farmer, and yesterday morning went out to plow the field preparatory to planting potatoes. "lie had a young sou of Wells Crossley working with him. The boy left the field temporarily, aud when he return ed was startled to find Girton lying dead on the ground, though the hand les of the plow were still firmly grasp ed in his hands. The horse was an old one, and must have stopped when the man dropped, as there was no indica tion of the body having been dragged. The boy ran and notified the family, and the dead man was carried into the house. Death was evidently due to apoplexy. The deceased was aged ?:? years, 2 months and I day. He is survived by a wife, a son, C. G. Girton, of Hem lock township; and a daughter, Mrs. George Mausteller, of Hellers. Mrs. Levina Stecker and Mrs. C. B. Hart man, of Buckhorn, are sisters of the deceased. The funeral will be held on Friday morning at !> o'clock, services at the house by Kev. Strail. of the Buckhorn Lutheran church. Burial at Hellers. Attempted TWirder at Berwick. L. E. Morrsion is now in the Col umbia county jiiil at Blooinsburg,held for the attempted murder of two wo men at Berwick yesterday afternoon. Morrison, who boards with his bro ther arrived home drunk, and, getting into an argument with Mrs. Morrison, lie tried to grab a butcher knife from her hands She eluded him and threw the knife into a corner, where he got the ugly weapon. Mrs. Morrison ran out of the house, and the mail in his frenzy made for Kosa Mcßride, Mrs. Morrison's sister, cutting her severely iii I lie arm. The police were summoned, who handcuffed the man and took him to Justice Beishline's office There Mor rison acknowledged that if he could have caught Mrs. Morrison he would have killed her. In default of s.iOo bail the man was committed to jail, and was brought to Bloomsburg on the 4 car. PERSOML PARAGRAPHS Miss Mary Dougal, of Milton, is visiting Miss Emma Gearhart, Bloom street. Mr. and Mrs. David Evans spent Sunday with relatives at Berwick. Mr. and Mrs. George M Horuberger, of Pottsville, are visiting Mrs. Horn herger's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George 1). Eduiondson, East Market street. Henry and John A ten, of Baltimore, Md., are visiting their father, William Aten, East Front street. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Kobiuson aud daughter Ava spent Sunday with friends at Mooresburg. Miss Anna M. Keeler spent Sunday with relatives at Milton. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dietrich aud son Arthur, of Buruham, are visiting friends in this city. Mr.'andJMrs. John F. Barry,of Sun nury, spent Sunday with friends in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Simon Dreifuss speut Sunday with their nephews, Samuel aud Wolfe Dreifuss at Milton. Miss Ida Yorks spent Sunday with friends at Mooresburg. William Mincemoyer spent Sunday with friends at Milton. Nicholas Haydeu,of St. Paul,Minn., is visiting his mother, Bloom street. Mrs. G. Slioop Hunt left yesterday for a visit with friends at Milton. Rev. 11. 11. Wilson returned to Phil adelphia yesterday after a few days' visit in tiiis city. Fred Owen attended the State shoot at Milton yesterday. Mrs. Robert Y. Gearhart and daugh ter returned yesterday from a visit with relatives in Philadelphia. Mrs. Clarence Rogers and sou George returned to Muncy yesterday after a visit iit the home of Mrs. Rogers' par ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Welliver,Mill street. The Misses Helen and Eflie Wom eldorf of Williamsport,spent yesterday in this citv* as the guests of Miss Martha Harpel. Miss Clara Hackett will return to day from a visit with friends at Forty Fort. Charles Wertman, of Sharon, arriv ed in this city yesterday for a visit with old friends. Mr. Wertman has charge of the rolls in the North works, Sharon. Mr. and Mrs. John K. Jones, Cross street, left yesterday for a visit with relatives in Lebanon. Mrs. Charles Watson, Sr., of Phila delphia, is the guest of Mrs. P. E. Mans, iit Mausdale. ir. Edward Stillwell, of Sharon, ar rived yesterday for a several week's visit with friends in Danville. James C. Welliver,of West Hemlock township, was a visitor in this city yesterday. Birthday Surprise Party, Charles Nuss, was tendered a sur prise party at his home in Riverside Saturday evening in honor of his 31st. birthday. The evening was very pleas antly spent listening to a graphoh pone,after which all partook of a sump tuous supper. Mr. Nuss was the re cipient of a number of presents. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. William Nuss and family, Mr. and Mrs. Elias Snyder, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mills, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Yeager, Mr. and Mrs. David lluber, Mr. and Mrs. Chapman, Mrs. Jerry Knorr, Mrs. Dennis Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. William Jackson and family, Mrs. Rose Snyder, Mrs. Frank Arms, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hummer, Mr. ami Mrs. Ed. Hummer and family, Mr. and Mis. Clyde Shultz and daughter, Mr. a nil Mrs. Will Baylor, Mr. and Mrs. Adam Weaser, Mrs. John Ball, Mrs. Frank Mencb and family, Mrs. James Murphy and family, Miss Nervie Riffel, Miss Fannie Snyder, Miss Jennie Weaser, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Gross and daughter, Miss Blanch Riffel, Miss Alice Gross, Miss Bertha Snyder, Jos eph Murphy. Frank Snyder, James Fisher, Miss Ethel Snyder, Miss Helen Arms, Jerry Hottenstein. Sunday School Convention. The first district Sunday school as sociation auxiliary to the Montour county association.will hold its fourth annual convention in the Methodist Episcopal church, Washingtonville, on Thursday, May 31st. Two interesting sessions will be held tor which the following pro grams have been arranged: Afternoon Session, 2 o'clock. Song Service, Bible Reading and Prayer, Rev. Bedickian. Election of Officers. "The Sunday School—lts Relation to the Church," Rev. Dr. Muuro. Recitation. Music. "The Teacher's Responsibility Not Transferable," Rev. C. D. Lerch. Music. Recitation. Offering. Prayer. Adjournment Evening Session, T :«M o'clock. Song Service, Prayer, Rev. Philips. "The Teacher's Teacher," Kev. Koliler. Music. Recitation. "Do Sunday Schools Pay," General Discussion opened by Rev. Philips Collection. I )oxology. Benedict ion. Talking of I rolley Combine. The newspapers in this section are just now talking about a big trolley combine to take in many of the elec tric roads in this section. On the sub ject the Shaniokiu Daily News re marks: In this consolidation scheme it is stated, by those in position to know, is seen a move to combine all trolley lines in central Pennsylvania into one giant organization, and that it w ill only be a short time until oth er lines in this region will become an integral part of the system,which will mean that the Schuylkill Traction company and the Danville and Blooms burg lines and those controlled by the I Sunbury Traction company will be a part of the general system, with the lines to be run by the Shainokin Kx teiision company forming the connect ing link. Cheer up. All days cannot be full of sunshine. KSTAHLISIIEI) IX 1855 WILL IMPROVE EQUIPMENT As a result of the tour of inspection made by the fire committee of council the equipment of the fire department ! will be very much improved. Pursuant to the action of council at ! its last meeting rubber coats aud rub ' her gloves have been ordered for the firemen and will probably be on hand j for inspection by the time of its next meeting, tomorrow night. Each fire ' company is given four rubber coats ' and four pair of rubber gloves. A few of the coats, as well as several pair of gloves, are in good condition so that it was found necessary to purchase only twelve coats and thirteen pair of gloves. A test of the hose, conducted by the j fire committee, revealed that, of the 4000 feet of hose in use by the four fire I companies of the borough, at least, 800 j feet is defective and should be re placed with new. A "section" of hose consists of 50 feet; a "line," of 500 feet, the allotment of each company being 1000 feet. The inspection show ed that the hose of the Continental company is all right. The 800 feet condemned is divided equally among the other three companies. Some idea as to the life of hose may be formed when it. is explained that the hose of the Friendship company, now condemned, was purchased in 1887 ; that of the Goodwill and Washiugtou companies, in 1889. Five hundred feet of Fire King hose was purchased for the Friendship fire company in 1901. One thousand feet of Eureka hose— -500 feet each for the Washington and Continental companies—was purchas ed by the borough since 191)1. A point which will be decided at the meeting of council tomorrow night will be whether to purchase only the 800 feet actually needed, or to buy 1500 feet, so as to give each company a line of new hose. Many do not ap prove of mixing the new hose with the old as would have to be done if only what is actually needed were pur chased. Dark Places Lighted Up. Borough Electrician Jones lias been very busy for a week or so past and three dark places in the borough, which heretofore have not known the luxury of electric light,last night and the night preceding were lighted up for the first time. On Tuesday an arc light was swung from the pole planted near G. L. Me- Lain's grocery, Walnut street, about midway between the light at Hon. James Foster's residence and the un dergrade crossing at A street , The residents along this section of Waluut street have putin repeated appeals for light during the years that electric light has been employed for street lighting. It was not until municipal light was adopted and given satisfact ory trial, however, that the borough could see its way clear to light up this section as it should be done. The resi dents, who for so many years felt them selves slighted, are delighted with tiie effect. ! During yesterday two additional arc | lights were installed,one at Front and I Cedar streets and the other at the low er end of Railroad street near the bor -1 ouglt line. Both of these places have ' always been in need of light. From : the lower end of Railroad street, es ! peciall.v, there have been frequent ap • peals for an arc light, but it was not j until the present that council felt it self in a position to comply. Both points are now well lighted up and the residents are both pleased aud grateful. The Case is Appealed. Prothonotary Thomas G. Vincent ; Tuesday received a telegram Irom ( Lewis C. Green, deputy prothonotary lof the State supreme court at Phila delphia,apprising him of the fact that ian appeal had been taken in the case !of the Danville and Sunbury street ' railway company and that the cer -1 tiorari would be forwarded by mail. An appeal in this case was not alto gether unexpected. The petition was I presented to the court on February •„»oth last and on the same day a rule was granted to show cause why a re : oeiver for the Danville aud Sunbury | street railway company should not be appointed. On April 25th Judge Evans handed down an opinion refusing to appoint a receiver and discharging the rule. On motion of William Kase West ex ceptions were noted for the petition ers and the bill was sealed by the court. The limit of twenty days,dur ing which the case could be appealed, • expired yesterday. The supremo court does not con vene until next January and with the case appealed the natural inference would be that the road is hopelessly tied up until that time,which indeed, will be discouraging news to those who have been so fondly hoping to see the line in operation in the near fu ture. Freight Wreck Causes Delay. The work of Buchanan & company, contractors for the heat, light and power plant at the hospital for the in sane, has been most unexpectedly held up by a freight wreck which occurred on the P. & R. railway last Friday. The work of wiring the building was progressing nicely, some twenty men being employed. The material on hand being about all used up yester day morning Mr. Stutterheim who is in charge of the work went to the P. & R. station to make inquiries con cerning a shipment of boxes expected, when lie was informed that the freight train had been wrecked aud the cars containing the goods had been burned up. The contents of the cars were ruined anil considered as lost, no at tempt being made to recover them. The news was quite a surprise to Mr. Stutterheim and the non arrival of material embarrasses him in his work considerably,as it will be neces sary for him to shift his men to an other part even if it is possible to keep them employed. Grange Will Meet June 6th. The quarterly meeting of Pomona grange, of Montour and Northumber land counties, will lie held at St. John s Reformed church,near Mausdale, Wed nesday June 6th., opening ato'clock in the morning. Hon. W. T. Creasy, of Catawissa, w ill be present. A. L. Martin, deputv State superintendent of agriculture, is a member of this pomona and is ex pected to be at this meeting. The ladies of the church will furnish the dinner to the members of the grange. There are to i,e two sessions. The morning session will be open only to members of the grange. The afternoon session will be public,and at this time the addresses and literary exercises in charge of the pomona grange lecturer, ,1. W. Lowrie, of Strawberry Ridge, will take place. JOB PRINTING The office ol 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 ail times to ex ecute in the neatest manner. JOB PRINTING Of all Kinds and Description CHARLES HUNTER CAUSES FIORE Tlie Sunbury "Daily"yesterday cou tained the following concerning a well-known young man of this city: Residents of the Third ward, Sun bury, residing in the neighborhood of Third and Walnut streets, were roused to a st ato of excitement late Tuesday afternoon by the queer antics of Charles Hunter, of Danville, who was finally locked up in the county jail by Chief of Police Waltz pending an investiga tion concerning the man's mental con dition. During the past so' ml months young Hunter frequently taiue to Sun bury in connection with the pursuit of his business, but at no time showed any of a weakened mental condi tion until Tuesday. Along about three o'clock Tuesday afternoon Hunter entered the barn on the premises of J. G. Chesnutt on Walnut street and took a long handled shovel and started a tour of the neigh borhood. Going to the home of Mrs. Washington Embeck on Third street lie said that he had come to dig garden as he had promised. At first Mrs. Em beck thought that, the man had made a mistake and tried to set matters right. This seemed to rouse Ins ire and lie threatened to hit her in the head with a pick. He otherwise acted strangely there but left without doing any harm. The same actions were continued at a number of other places in the neigh borhood and Hunter became so violent in his demonstrations that the com munity was thrown into a wild state of excitement and Chief Waltz was telephoned for. Hunter tamed down when the officer arrived and went with him peacefully until the jail was reached when lie again became violent and had to be locked up in a cell by force. Unquestionably the man was seized by a temporary spell of insan ity. Vaccination Law Fully Sustained The State department of health is greatly pleased over the opinion of the supreme court by Chief Justice Mit chell in disposing of the famous Way nesboro vaccination case. It will be remembered that agitators had gotten the people of Waynesboro so inflamed over the vaccination con troversy that the whole town was al most in a state of insurrection. Everything possible was done to in duce the people to defy State author ities and to prevent enforcement of the law. When the litigation that followed was finally brought to the attention of the supreme court that tribunal not only sustained the right of the State health board to exercise police powers, but the opinion of Justice Mitchell takes a much wider sweep concerning the value of the statute which requires that school children must be vaccinat ed before they shall be admitted to public schools. In regard to the contention of some of the people and a number of the officials of Waynesboro that there had been no smallpox in the town for forty years, Justice Mitchell points out that presence or absence of the disease has nothing to do with the case "The substantial question in this case," the Justice says, "is whether the act of .luue 18, 1895, P. L. *203, re quiring the exclusion from the public schools of children who have not. been vaccinated, is a valid exercise of the police power of the State. It lias been twice so decided by this court. "After these two decisions the ques tions ought to have been considered as closed. But we have it raised again with small variations of facts and con siderations, none of which are at all material." Replying to the contention of the Wanyesboro appellants that to require the vaccination of a child is "a tres pass upon the reserved rights of the individual which are beyond the reach of even the police power," Justice Mitchell says: At present, the vast preponderance of opinion among intelligent and educat ed people, under the guidance of the best medical 'authority, is that vac cination is a highly useful ameliora tive if not always a preventive of one of the greatest scourges that have in the past times afflicted humanity, and the regulation of it by statute is not only justifiable, but a wise and bene ficent exertion of the police power over the public health. Birthday Surprise Party. A pleasant surprise party was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hartmau, Frosty Valley, Saturday uight, in honor of Mr. Hartmau's seventy-third birthday. Among those present were the children, grandchil dren and great grandchildren of Mr. and MPs. Hartmau. The guests were as follows : Mr. and Mrs. Baltis Hartmau, of Forks; Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hummer,of Rushtown; Mr. aud Mrs. Harry Zeigler.of Blooms burg; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gulliver, of Espy; Mr. aud Mrs. Wallace Slus ser, of Grovauia; Mr. aud Mrs. Peter Walter, of Jerseytown; Mr. aud Mrs. Grover Earnest, of Grovauia ; Mr. anil Mrs. Fred Walter,of Bloomsburg; Miss Jessie Walter, Miss Jennie Hummer, Mr. William Walter, Miss Trenton Hummer, Miss Mabel and Barbara Walter, Joseph Hummer, Bertella Gul liver. Helen Gulliver, Eva Gulliver, Sue Hummer, Hazel Zeigler, Raymond Gulliver, Carl Slusser, Mildred Slus ser, Ray Slusser,Mauard Walter. Mar jory Walter, Roy Earnest, Pearl Wal ter. aud Harry Reedy, ot Bloomsburg. The event was ended by takiug a fam ily picture. (iraciously Remembered. Charles Chalfant, Esq., past graud master of Odd Fellows of this place, was very graciously remembered Tues day at the annual meeting of the grand lodge of Pennsylvania in session at Pittsburg. The following telegram was received by the secretary of Mon tour lodge. No. 109, with instruction that it be read in open lodge at the next meeting : Pittsburg, May 15, 1906. Charles Chalfant, P. G M.and Graud Rep: Your absence from the eighty-third annual session of the grand iodge of I. O. G. F., has been noted with the deepest feeling of regret on the part of those who appreciate your worth, and I am directed by unanimous vote of the body in session here this morn ing to convey to you their sincere sympathy anil to extend their hope that you will be restored to your cus tomary vigor aud health. F raterua 11 y you rs, Melville E. Chultbaeh, Grand Master. All saloon licenses in San Francisco have been revoked. After its scorch ing the city has resolved to remain dry.