Home Pajer -—['or me Hom *Ol Ihe circulation i»t tln> paper is in ert*.^rapidly. It \Niil pay you •o advertise in T he .AMI KM AN SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER Ylflß 1)1; IK\ IMi li .11 NNIM• :>KSi isi I'fiCt .'/1110 . A. -M to VI M ii'-i Mi* *■ / /' U to i I' 1/ I' "" | | Mil 1.1/ .»l A ) Mil i - i • i»»m ' I 1 A iJmease* of ih. -i-.m;.. li and Intes.ines „ >1 .. ilty. S» U:tt\ The craze to murder animals of ail *ort» is decidedly wide-spread. Mttii v ft dog |hi— -es -es I Hitter qualities than the loafer who kicks him. The birds are making a good deal of uoiMe these Julie mornings, Picuics are the regular order now Home grown strawberries are one of the luxerie» of the market now frifty nine teachers ot the public tchools ot Pottsville have asked the school )>oard for a general increase in wages 're in the thunder shower belt ugaiu On the viugs of the locust may b . eeu the letter ' \y " which the super stiLu"* take to mean war.turned about it becomes a" "M". Does that mean marriages ' It woi.dd lie a good guess for the month of June. The prospects for an animated pol itical battle iu Pennsylvania this year are brilliant. Have \ .ui arranged for that vacation trip yet? To settle the question 'whether or not there shall lie amusements at Haz letou park, the Lehigh Traction com pany has decided to put the matter to a vote of the j»eople. The Ministerial association objects to Sunday amuse ments. Total abstinence from intoxicauts never yet hurt any citizen. A good wife is one of the best friends a busy citizen can have. The books a boy reads are likely to influence his whole life. Many a in ill who thinks himself a good citizen might be better. The annual police census of the Dis trict of Columbia shows a white pojm lation of 231,417, and negro of 95,018 or less tliau 80 per cent. A few years ago this nergo percentage was oue thiid. At a hearing iu the office of Alder man Newcomer in Newberry Attorney Bartlt?s asked a witness "With whom do you live?" The man responded "1 don't li.'e with whom; 1 live on a lot on the l>ack of Light street." The beef packers and the Standard Oil company have joined forces for the purpose of opposing President Roosevelt's desire to have the meat trust furnish the jieople with whole s'.me meat foods. The recent San Francisco earth quake, and the fact that the country iu the vicinity of the proposed Panama i anal is subject to earthquakes, did not deter the House yesterday from voting in favor of a lo k canal, by 110 to 3« While playing in his lather's mill at Paradise, Lancaster county, Ralph Snavelv, U years of age. was caught by a revolving shaft and had both arms and leg., broken before the macli inery could be stopjied. San Fraucisico Masons and Builders' Association ha.s raised the wages of bricklayers and heljiers. Bricklayers will receive $7 a day of eight hours aud hel|H-rs $1 a day. This is an ad vance of $1 a day for bricklayers and 50 ceuts for heljiers. week iu the United States court at Kausan City, four large packing were found guilty of ac cepting rebates ou their shipments for exjmrt over the lines of the'' Chicago, Burlington and Cjaincy railroad. The soda water trade is booming. Although the locusts have been re ported all around Danville they have not as yet come to tow n. Fishermen rejMirt poor luck for bass in the Delaware river at Water Gap. Berks county has 55,707 Sunday school scholars. there is not much iu those reports about anthracite coal giving out when there are to lie fourteen new uiiueM opened iu the*Schuylkill eegion wihtin a few months. One of the largest sales of valuable real estate in Union county for a long time was that of Amos Groff, held at Vicksburg, June 8, I9OU. Six tracts of land comprising .'WI acres of land were sold at the average price of fi'.ii per acre. During the storui on Saturday light ning struck the barn of Daniel Stalil necker of near Warrior Run It was a "cold stroke," and while the building did not burn it was splintered and damage! to the extent of several hun dred dollars. The Scranton Times says that if Mayor Dinimick wishes to have his administration'go on record as the most popular the city has ever bad he should establish free baths aud a s\\ iin nnug i»ool at the city park. LnsT OR MISLAID Policy No. iiHWW issued by The Penn Mutual Lite In-.ni ance Company. <>n the life of Kantnel Mills The tinder will please return it to the undersigned Application has been made for the issuing of a duplicate. SAMUEL MILLS. Danville Pa. lltontour American. "THIS C( MNTRY WILL NEVER BE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDS WITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS." . (Hi. .V-5--NO NEWTON SMITH ELECTRICIAN Newton Smith, engineer at the pow er house of the Danville and Blooms burg trolley company, w -i- Friday eve i l. e'ed borough electrician to succeed Samuel 11. Jones. Mr Jones, on his return home the week before last, tendered li is resigna tion to the committee on light, which was acted u]M>n Friday eve. Mr. Jones asked that his resignation take effect June 15th. or as soon thereafter as pos sible. On motion Friday eve Mr. Jones' res ignation was unanimously accepted to take place immediately. Tl.erc were two applications for the position of borough electrician. D. L. Doub, who has charge of the United telephone lilies at this place, proposed for a compensation of $75 per month to do the work in conjunction with his brother, Clyde Mo. Doub, who is a skillful electrician. Mr. Donb's plan was to attend to the duties as borough electrician in conjunction with the telephone work. The plan, however, did not find favor with the council men. On motion of Mr. Jacobs, Newton Smith was elected borough electrician to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Jones at a salary of f»'>s per month. Mr. Smith gave a long list of references covering a period of fourteen years which attested to his skill and experi ence both as an electrician and a mach inist. A petition to the president and di rectors of the I). L. & W. railroad company, signed by '.* oof our business men, was read before council urging that the I). L. & W. railroad company permit the Danville & Bloomsburg electric railroad company to cross the tracks of the said I). L. iV W. company fin Mill street in the borough of Dan ville. In addition to the other sign ers the twelve councilineu last night affixed their signatures to the petition, after which it will be forwarded to the railroad company's headquarters. The attention of the borough solici tor was called to the fact that the time limit of ninety days expires today, which was given the Danville & Bloomsburg street railway company in which to make repairs on A street. A protracted discussion ensued as to what measures were advisable under the cir cumstances. On motion of Mr. Kussell it was ordered that the rider on the plans and specifieatioiis for improvements on A street be eliminated wherein work completed according to specifications was made subject to approval of the street commissioner and the com mittee on streets and bridges. Next, on motion of Mr. Kussell it was order ed that an extension of ten days be given the Danville and Bloomsburg street- railway company in which to begin improvements on A street. On motion of Mr. Kussell the water commissioners were requested when extending the water main to Gulick's addition to make an additional exten sion of sixty-five feet of one-inch pipe to take in the residence of James Dai ley. A petition was received from Carl McWilliams, Jacob Engle, and Mrs. S. Warga asking that an extension be made to the sewer on Mill street from the corner of Hemlock street to Lit tle Ash street. Jacob Fischer appeared before coun cil io call attention to the intolerable conditions existing in the vicinity of his residence and store on North Mill street. <>n motion of Ur. Sweisfort it was ordered that the borough sewer be ex tended from Centre street out North Mill street to Little Ash street. On motion of Mr. Fiuuigan it was ordered that the borough sewer be ex tended on Centre street from Mill street to Pine. On motion of Dr. Sweisfort it was ordered that a joint meeting of the sewer committee, the committee on ordinance and the borough solicitor be held to consider the changing of the sewer ordinance or the enactment of a wholly new ordinance relating to sew ers. The following communication was received : We the undersigned property holders respectfully petition your hon orable body to extend the borough sewer on Centre street to Pine street from its present terminus on West Centre street. (Signed) C. P. Mur ray, John F. Pursell, Josiah Jobbern, George C. Stiekle, I X. Grier. Mrs. D. M. Boyd, Mrs. A. A. Geisinger. M. J. O'Reilly, David Shelhart and Harriet M Kaufman. Mr. Jacobs called attention to State law prohibiting the throwing of waste paper and ot her trash oil public streets, which is generally violated in our town, notwithstanding the fact that garbage cans have been installed as receptacles for trash of all sorts. As it is, he said, not only market people, but even merchants throw their refusi on the street adding to the work of the street cleaning gang. He suggested that the clerk look up the law report ing at the next meeting as to its full provisions. His view prevailed and it was ordered that the officers in the meantime do what they can to secure the enforcement of the law. Mr. Jacobs called attention to the had condition of the ditch on Ferry street HI front of the residences t 112 Wellington Kote ami Mrs. Gomer Thomas, which, lie thought, should undergo extensive improvement On motion it was ordered that the eom mittee on streets and bridges visit the spot and report at the next meeting as to what improvement it thinks neces sary. The following members were pres ent: Gibson, Eiseuhart, Jacobs, Fin nigan. Bedea, Diet/., Boyer, Vastine, Sweisfort, Russell, Angle and Hughes. MOULDERS' Pl* FINE SUCCESS The picuic held by Mie Iron Mould ers' union at DeWitt's park on Satur day proved to be a fine success. The attendance was large, the day's pro gram was fully carried out and not an event occurred to mar the pleasure ot the occasion. The parade to the park,shortly alter ten o'clock, was quite a feature and it no doubt helped to create an interest in the picnic. There were sixty-live men in line, music for the march be ing furnished by the Washington drum corps. The (?ame of base ball between Springfield and nine picked players representing Danville and Bloomsburg was a well played and interesting con test, the score being 4 to 1 in favor ot Springfield. A large crowd witnessed the game. Dancing was much enjoyed during the afternoon and evening. The merry go-round, pending the completion of the electric railway, is being operated by a traction engine the same as last summer. It was the center of attrac tion among the little ones, Saturday, and the proprietor did a land office business. All the hacks available wore kept busy during the day. The crowd on the grounds surpassed all expectations and the big supply of refreshments provided was inadequate to supply the demand. No. 173 was the luckv number that drew the chair, which was on exhibi tion in the window of John Doster's Sous for some weeks previous to the picnic. T holder of the ticket is a stranger 112. 'fiiieago. The man was evidei; /* in Danville when he bought th v 'cket to help the moulders along. It. all there were 750 tickets sold for the chair. The stove will not be disposed of until September. The committee of arrangements, of which John Miutzer was chairman, was kept very busy for several weeks preceding the picnic audit was due in no small degree to their painstak ing labors that the picnic proved such a marked success. <j. A. R. Picnic at Edgewood. The picnic executive committee of the Susquehanna district, G. A. R., met in Washington house at Northum berland yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock and decided to hold the veterans' an nual outing at Edgewood park, near Shamokiu, on Thursday, August 1 *»t 11. There were two factious at the com mittee meeting, one desiring that the picnic be held at island park, near Sunbury.aud the other favoring Edge wood. The Edgewood comrades car ried the day. The G. A. It. picnic is always one of the biggest events of its kind in this section of the State, not only the old soldiers and their families attend ing, but also Sons of Veterans and kindred organization, besides many outsiders, as the invitation that is ex tended is general. The Susquehanna district is composed of some 21 posts. The executive committee has already been at work on the arrangements for the big day. The newly elected de partment commander of Pennsylvania, Comrade Gherst, of Easton, will be I ire sent; also a number of his staff, and the newly elected State command er of the Sons of Veterans. Present at the meeting were: Presi dent llaas, of Northumberland; Vice President John Osier, of Shamokiu; Secretary J. (J. Miller, of Danville; and Comrades Caldwell, of Milton; Van Gaskins, of Shamokiu; Bucher, of Sun bury; William Heddens.of Dan ville. A Berwick Damage Suit. The Yeager damage suit against the borough of Berwick on trial at Blooms burg during the past week came to a close yesterday with a verdict in favor id' the plaintiffs for $3,500. The case attracted a good deal of attention and will stand as an object lesson for oth er boroughs, showing the necessity ot properly protecting all dangerous places. The trial was a very bard fought one, with James Scarlet of this city for the plaintiff and Fred Ikeler of Bloomsburg for the defendant. The plaintiff in the case was Mrs. Clara Yeager, who is a sister of Mrs. George W. Roat.of this city. The ac cident in which injury was sustained occurred September 4, 1!»04, on Front street while a pavement was being laid before Garrison's store and Hel ler's saloon. While the work was in progress an opening where a cellar door had been removed was temporar ily covered with a board and a box, the later being placed where the board did not reach. The board was either kicked away or the box was removed with the result that Mrs. Yeager pass jug along that way at night fill into the opening and was seriously injur ed. The jury went out on Tuesday af ternoon. At It o'clock p. in.the jury came to an agreement. The verdict according to instructions was sealed. The associate judges opened court yesterday morning when the verdict was opened and read. The jury award ed Mrs. Yeager and h>r lins haud, Wilson Yeager, Largest in the W'■ <ld The Pennsylvania Steel conipao will build five of the largest opi n hearth steel furnaces in the world ai its works at Steel ton. Tliev will each be of seventy-five tons capacity greater than any now in existence. They will be ready for operation about the first of tlie new year DANVILLE. I'A.. TIIUIiSDAY. JUNE 21. IJMMS. MY CHANGE SEWER RATES Irdoes not seem unlikely that there may be a radical change in sewer rates in Danville, raising the tappage fee somewhat and wholly eliminating the annual rental. The general effect would he to lower the cost of using the borough sewer. Heavy pressure is being brought by the property owners to effect a change in rates and coun cil, it would seem, is pretty evenly divided. At the last meeting an opinion of the borough solicitor was read, which advised against such a change. At the same time it was decided bv council to take the matter up and to investi- | gate it in all its bearings. In a few days a joint meeting of the sewer committee, the committee on ordin ance and police and the borough solic itor will be held to decide whether or not a change shall be made iu the sew er rates. This may result in a wholly new ordinance relating to sewers. At present in addition to the tap- j page fee of ten dollars additional year- j ly charges are made for each connec tion, which are in part as follows: I For each dwelling, store, shop, or ! office, three dollars per year; for each j « public hall, each restaurant, or bott- , ling works, five dollars per year; for each hotel, ten dollars per year. The highest yearly rental is for breweries, twenty-five dollars. It is to the yearly charges that ob jection is urged. These together with j the tappage fee, it is claimed, make the cost prohibitive with people of moderate means. The idea is to elim inate the animal charge; and to raise : the tappage fee. A reasonable limit of s'3s or $!'() would be set for the latter, so that while the advance of tappage fee would to some extent compensate for the loss of rental, the burden of the property owner who availed him self of sewage would be materially i lightened and he would not for all time be burdened with a heavy rental. No one can be compelled to connect with the sewer except where it can be shown that without such connection j the premises becomes a nuisance. Only j those voluntarily make connection j who can afford to pay any price for ; the luxury. As one of the members in j favor of changing the rates put it. "A ! tax is thus placed upon good sanita- | tion" with the result that the splendid ! sewer which was designed for general j use is limited to a few. It is true that at each meeting of i council there is one or more applica- | tions for sewer extension. But it is | shown that while two or more, who are generally the prime movers, get onto the sewer as quickly as possible the rest of the signers are slow enough I in connecting and often do not con nect. at all. It is held that with the j yearly charges out of the way and with a tappage fee fixed to cover merely the cost of labor and material in mak ing the connection the sewer would come into general use and would be as popular in the second and fourth wards as it is in the first and third wards. It would not be long before the sewer would begin to pay for itself by the increased revenue from the water de partment due to the increased num bers of bath rooms and like conveni ences that follow in tin wake of the sewer. Those opposed to the change of sew er rates advance many arguments. Any ordinance different from the pre sent, they urge would not lie fair to the citizens of those wards into which the sewer has not yet extended. These citizens having none of the benefits of the sewer should not be expected to bear the burden, which rather should be distributed among those who direct ly share the benefit. It is especially urged in defense of the yearly charges that these are needed to meet the after expenses of extensions and of keeping the sewer in repair. Decayed Floor Causes Bad Pall. Mrs. O. F. Smith, Mill street, met with a singular accident about 4 o'clock last evening, as the result of which she was obliged to take her bed. Mrs. Smith was attending to some household duties on the rear porch, when a rotten board gave way beneath her weight and her left limb dropped down through the aperture. As she fell her back struck I he washing mach ine and in addition to the injury sus tained on the limb her back was very badly bruised by the force of the blow. For a few moments her position was most terrifying and perilous. With her limb imprisoned between the boards she hung on the edge of the porch clinging to a barrel for support. Charles Schuster heard her cries for help and he ran to her rescue. Before the woman could be released it wus necessary to pry up another board from the porch floor. Although not seriously injured, so far as could be determined, yet Mrs. Smith sus tained several painful abrasions and bruises and suffered considerably. The porch is elevated at some dis tance from the ground. The treacher <,ii hoard, although much decayed un derneath bow ed no ev ideiices of weak IU ■ nil the 111 I ice (iii i| i |{< >.\ |)S AS.SI i 'IATK »N. They liavi a g-«nl roads a oeiation in \\ e 1111 •> re 111 id conatv :ilso an id m : id i itntion which should have in iiiv iniii.itors. At a recent meeting of the association represeiitat ives from various districts spoke enthusiastical ly of the prospects for better roads throughout the county. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS Miss Alice Keefer, of Suubury. is the guest of Miss Margaret Cole, Bloom street. Miss Laura Essick, of Bloomsburg Normal school, was the guest over Sunday of the Misses Ruth and Ava Gearhart. John Danuer, of Shamokiu, spent Sunday with friends in this city. Edward Jennings,of Scranton, spent Sunday with his brother, Dr 1 H. Jennings, West Market street. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cromwell, of ' Philadelphia, arrived in this city Sat | unlay for a visit at the home of the former's mother, Mrs. Mary Crom well, Bloom street. A. C. Feinour, of Pittsburg, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and .Mrs. G. A. Ross man. Pine street. Miss Henrietta Lyon, of Williams port, spent Sunday at the home of her I ister, Mrs. I H. Jennings, West Mar i ket street. Mr. and Mrs. S. V. Border, of Wil ■ liamsport, spent Sunday in this city j as the guests of Mrs. Border's parents, Mr. and Mrs T. J. Rogers, Mill | street. Mrs. James Riffel and daughter Catherine have left for a visit with the former's sister, Mrs. John Mc- Glinchy, at Harris, Kansas. Mrs. Henry Reich of Cooper town ship, was a visitor in this city yester -1 day. Miss Helen Lyon, of Mahouoy City, is visiting Mrs. Eva Mayer, Lower Mulberry street. Mr. aud Mrs. Lewis Gross, of Bloomsburg,spent yesterday with rela tives iu thisjjeitv. Miss Miriam Smith, of Middlehurg, student at the Bloomsburg normal • school, was the guest yesterday after -1 noon of Miss Sue Shindel. I John L. Voris and son Jack, of Pottsgrove, called on friends in this j city yesterday. T. S. Pettijohn, the entergetic pro ' uioter of the People's telephone sys tem, left yesterday for his home iu 111 iuios. The Misses Miriam aud Alice Fa sold, of Burckettsville, Maryland, are | guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. ! George Rossman, Pine street. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rogers, Miss Frances Wclliver, Harry Welliver and i Howard Lunger drove to Muncy ves | terday afternoon iu the Welliver Raui i bier car. Mr. and Mrs. John Ickes and daugh ter Ida and Mary,of Milton,are guests at the home of I). F. Siattery, Ash j | street. ! Miss Martha Gibson is visiting at | the home of her auut, Mrs. Samuel Worth, Philadelphia. Mrs W. L. Myerly will return to New York today after a visit at the home of her sister, Mrs. F. E. Harpel, Ferry street. Joy Brader will leave today for New York City after a several days' stay with relatives iu this city. Mr. Brad er has accepted a position there. Miss Katherine Franciscus returned to Lewistowu yesterday after a visit with Miss Katherine McCormick, West Market street. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rogers, of Muncy spent yesterday with relatives iu this city. Warren Gearhart,of Berwick, trans acted business iu this city yesterday. Miss Louisa Wolf, of Hazleton, is visiting at the home of Dr. and Mrs. W. R. Paules, Blooiu street. Miss Lucretia Rhodes, who is tak ing a course in nursing at Bryn Mawr hospital arrived in Danville yesterday to spend a vacation at the home of her grand father, David Shelhart, Centre street. Shareholders Organize. The share holders of the People's Telephone company held an important and enthusiastic meeting in Exchange Hall at Exchange on Tuesday,at which an organization was effected and other business t rausacted. The following officers were elected : President, Hon. L. W. Welliver; vice president, Dr. J. E. Shuman; secre tary, D. A. Cox; treasurer, J. W. Lowrie ; trustees, Lloyd Bomboy, Boyd Tresscot, B. S. Hartrauft, Henry W. Shade, I). R. Riffel, B. C. Deniiin and 0. E. Shires. A constitution was drawn up and adopted. There were about one hundred share holders pre sent at the meeting, and an enthusias tic and progressive spirit pervaded the proceedings that, indicated that pro gress will continue to be the watch word of the company in the future as it has been in the past. The company now lias an extensive system in operation taking in parts of Montour, Columbia, Northumberland and Lycoming counties. There are ISti subscribers. 130 'phones art' installed on lt> lines and construction work is under way nearly all the time. i Will (iraduate in September. | Word was received in this city yes -1 terday that Randall Jacobs hail been 1 chosen as one of 87 in the senior class ' :il the United States naval academy at Annapolis to graduate next fall. There are 2'2<i in the senior class and Randall is With, in his class. There ' have been chosen 87 of the class to graduate next September while the rest will go ou a cruise aud receive their diplomas in February. SUPERVISORS IRBESTER George Y. Mourer, D. L. Gruber and Asa Deiley,supervisors of Montour township, Columbia county, were ar rested Tuesday eve for neglect of duty. The information, which was lodged by Samuel Harman, of Bloomsburg, charges the above superviora with neglect in keeping the roads of the township and especially the road be tween Evans' farm aud the county line near Grovauia in proper repair. The supervisors waived a hearing be fore Justice of the Peace Jacoby at Bloomsburg,at 7 o'clock Tuesdav|and furnished bail in one hundred dollars for their appearance at court. The stretch of road from Evans' farm to Grovauia runs parallel with the trolley track and those who have not had the agonizing experience of driving over the highway have uo doubt noticed its condition while rid ing in the trolley cars. The condi tion of the roadway has been much commented upon. For long stretches at a time lime stone, unbroken, has been dumped ou the road. The stone, in all sizes from that of a brick to a cobble stone, lies spread over the surface of the road. The plan of the thrifty supervisors is of course to follow the time honored custom and let traffic break up aud wear down the stone. By this process, of course, a very good road is finally evolved, although it is very hard on the unfortunate people who are oblig ed to use the highway for the first three months or so. It is not strange that iu these days, when the tendency is toward road improvement, that a general protest should be eutered and some method of road improvement urged that would couform with the requirements of the law. The automobilists, especially, are the loudest iu their protests, as the road in its present state is practically prohibitive to rubber tires. It is stat ed that the autoists are back of the prosecution and will press the matter until the road is put iu better shape, left behind were No. t> box calfs aud had a stumpy worn appearance exceed ingly suggestive of a hobo wearer. The stockings were uearly woru out and were saturated with water. The shoes were stained with mortar aud there were chunks of the same adher ing to the heels. This fact gave rise to the theory that the burglar was a workingmau, but during yesterday it was discovered that duriug Monday night some one had walked through the mortar box at R. S. Ammerman's uew barn almost in the rear of the shoe store where there is uo light sufficient to make the way clear. A tub of water near by showed where the person who had stumbled into the mortar had attempted to cleau off his shoes. Paving Blocks on River Bridge. The story from Catawissa relative to I lie bulging of the wooden pavement on the river bridge as the result of the frequent rains, which is priuted iu these columns elsewhere, has a count erpart in a clipping from the Harris burg Telegraph of .luue, Itfth, which describes a similar defect in the wood en paving of Piue street, that city. Pine street, Harrisburg, was paved by the United States wood preserving com pan}', the same firm that put down the paving on the river bridge at this place and also at Catawissa. While the pavement on the bridge here is per fectly sound and intact revealing uo sign whatever of swelling as the re sult of mail}' rains the woodeu blocks elsewhere, it seems, act quite differ ently. At Harrisburg the swelling and the consequent bulging was mote marked, if possible,than at Catawissa. At the corner of Pine and Court streets the pavement bulged up three feet. A touting car while passing over the damaged portion Tuesday afternoon broke through and it was necessary to lift the car from the hole. As a result of these unfavorable re liorts a close watch is being kept on the paving of our bridge by a good many persons, but up to the present not the least evidence of any such a defect can be detected. The creo resiu ated blocks used here seemed to be of perfect quality. They were so heav ily charged with the ingredients that they readily sank in water and every block that fell overboard from the bridge while building went to the bot tom of the river. It was charged at the time the pav ing was put down on the Catawissa bridge that the blocks were lighter than those used on the river bridge here. The whole affair is not discouraging to Danville, as it serves to establish that our handsome bridge is first class in all its parts. Pleasant Party. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pritchard held a pleasant party at their home ou E. Front street, Tuesday evening iu hon or of their daughter Emma. Those I present were: Blanche English, Bessie Bloom, Barbara Bloom, Maggie Kasli ner, Mary Kashuer, Lizzie Jones, Sara Jones, Bertha Foust,Olive Roat, Agues Hurley, Lizzie Jenkins aud Auua Mjirr; Messrs. John Mourer, Howard Freeze, William Vanhorn, William Rank, William Jenkins, Larry Seidel, ' Ralph White, Charles Kear, Grier Morgan, Howard Boody, John Jones, George Jones, Harry and David Prit chard. Mrs Jones and Mrs. Pritchard. , A delightful evening was spent after i which a supper was served. ESTABLISHED IN 1855 THE BOLDEST OF BURGLARIES One of the boldest burglaries ever committed in this section took place in this city Monday night. The shoe store of Andrew Schatz situated in the heart of town and fully equipped with a burglar alarm was broken into at half past eleven o clock; with the light dimly burning in the store the thief carefully selected forty-three pairs of the most valuable shoes anil after changing his own shoes and stockings, which he left behind, lie gathered up his booty and escaped leaving no clue to his identity. When John Kilgus entered by the front door Tuesday morning iie was at first much mystified by the appear ance of tilings. The first tiling lie en countered were several empty shoe boxes where he least expected to find them; the next thing that attracted It is attention were several shoes that had been dragged out of the window and were lying on the floor. A glance around revealed more empty boxes and as the truth that burglars had been at work began to dawn upon the man lie entered upon a tour of investigation, which resulted in finding an addition al pile of empty boxes in the back room and discovering that the rear window had been broken open. The burglar had carefully selected his booty and the manner in which lie went about his work would indicate that lie was uo stranger on the pre mises or at least was familiar with the value of shoes and the ways of shoe dealers in arranging their goods on the shelves. Forty-three pairs of shoes, at least, were stolen and these were selected from the entire stock of goods, a couple of pairs being taken from the shelves at oue place,another pair from the shelf above and so on until there was not a shelf in the entire system around the store room that yesterday morniug did not reveal gaps where shoes had been taken. The burglar's booty included fourteen pairs of men's fine siioes, the rest being women's aud misses siioes. Mr. Schatz estimates his loss at about two hundred dollars. The surprising part of the whole af fair is that Mr. Schatz' store is fully equipped with a burglar alarm, that the alarm went off in regulation style and that notwithstanding the fact the burglar was enabled to proceed un molested. Every night upon leaving the store Mr. Schatz is careful to con nect the burglar alarm, after which it is impossible to open any of the doors or to raise any of the windows with out the alarm going off. The alarm was iu good working order Monday night. When the burglar went in at the rear window it went off clear aud distinct. Hon. R. S. Ammerman who resides on oue side of the store and Register and Recorder W. L. Sidler, whose property adjoins on the other side, both heard the alarm. It was then ouly half past eleven o'clock aud neith er of the men associated the alarm witii a burglar at that hour, but thought it must be Mr. Schatz, himself, belat ed at the store, who caused the alarm to sound. The burglar must have relied wholly upon the early hour of the night to disarm suspicion, otherwise with the burglar alarm beating its lively tat too iu front of the store lie probably would not have ventured to enter the store. As it is the fellow must have beeu a man of infinite nerve. Once inside the store lie proceeded in the most deliberate and leisurely way,sel ecting ouly such goods as he wanted, even crawling into the window in full view of pedestrians still passing and taking his pick there of the fancy foot wear on display. That lie added to his recklessness a sense of humor is reveal ed by the fact that lie sat down and took off his shoes aud stockings, evid ently replacing the shoes with a pair from the store. The burglar succeeded in forcing an entrance through the window, first by hreakiug the slats, which enabled him to reach through and unfasten the blind. Next by means of a jimmy lie forced the window upward. A desk stood agaiust the window on the in side and this the burglar iu gaining admittance pushed to one side. In leav iug the store the burglar passed out the rear door which was easily un fastened from the inside. The door projier lie closed after him, but the screeu door, usuallv fastened, was left swinging open. Whether there was more than one burglar or not is a matter of doubt. Forty-three pairs of siioes would con stitute a pretty good load for oue man but there is no evidence that one man did not get away with the booty. As to the burglar there is no clue. No Drift Wood in the River. One fact brought out by the rising iu the river this year is that the days of driftwood are past, as no more tim ber is seen running with every slight rise as was the case in years gone by. The scenes of years ago when boatmen by the dozen made a business of catch ing driftwood, good lumber and tim ber of all kinds which came floatiug down, are recalled aud the question is asked, why is there no driftwood in the river at the present day? This is explained iu the fact that the timber aloug the river is all cleared out aud there are uo more lumber camps. Then too, it is said that the ice gorge and floods of IWO4 so thoroughly swept the bauks of the river that there is very little brush, logs aud rubbish of to be swept down with each slight rise JOB PRINTING The office ot the AMERICAN being furnished with a large assortment of job letter and fancy type and job material generally, the Publisher an nounces to the public tnat he is prepared at all times to ex ecute in the neatest manner. JOB PRINTING Of all Kinds and Description READY FOR ROOF BY JULY IST The walls of F. tj>. Hart man's silk mill in Riverside are now rapidly ap proaching completion and the unfinish ed structure is becoming quite a con spicuous object, visible from many diffeient points. The brick work all around the build ing has risen nearly to a level with th<> top of the door and window frames all of which have been in position for a week <ir more p.: • C. H. Ammer man, who has charge of the brick work, yesterday stated that by July Ist the building would no doubt be ready for the roof. From that point on building will proceed very rapidly. Work on the roof and the flooring will soon be out of the way, after which the machin ery will be installed. Long before autumn, according to present indica tions, the new mill will be in opera tion. The building is built along lines that have especial reference to solidity and strength. Instead of a thirteen iuch wall or even thinner as is often employed in structures of that sort, Mr. Hartman is building a wall eigh teen inches thick, the outer course of which is composed of Keim's best red brick and the remainder of the wall of fire brick obtained at the bessemer blast furance. The effect is to give the interior of the mill a light or drab ap pearance. Three walls of solid mas onry, foundation high, sixteen feet apart, extend through the middle of the plant the whole length. On these walls already rest the heavy oak sleep ers that will support the floor system. In some of the other mills the floors along the center of the building are supported on piers, but Mr. Hartman has learned by experience how to con struct floors that will carry the heav iest machinery without any of the evidences of weakness that often prove a source of trouble. The silk mill will not be deficient in light if a multiplicity of windows count for anything. In the building, 130x47 leet, there are just forty-one windows and three doors. The boiler house, which will also contain the eugiue, will be built at the rear or western end of the mill. The foundation walls for this, 27x47 feet,are nearly completed. This annex, like the main structure will be built of brick. No Action is Yet Taken. The old canal, which ordinarily ia bad enough, due to the frequent rains this season seems doubly offensive. The accumulation of objectionable matter is constantly increasing, while in ad dition every foot of the bottom has be come soggy and foul, and, fermenting under the sun, exhales noxious aud disease breeding effluvia, which fre quently at night is little short of nau seating. At the last term of court the old ditch was returned by the constable of the First ward as a nuisance. This was a new method of dealing with the problem and there were no doubt some people who thought the measure would be productive of results. Judge Evans promptly referred the matter to the district attorney, to take such action as might be necessary in the premises. What course was open for the dis trict attorney was not exactly clear to anybody and it will hardly be a mat ter of surprise to learn that at this date, three weeks after court, nothing has been accomplished —that uo steps have been taken iu the matter. It is a question of expediency whether the D. L. & W. railroad com pany should have been returned to court or the borough of Danville for permitting the owners of the canal to maintain the nuisance. District Attor nev C. P. Gearhart yesterday acknowl edged that it was exceedingly doubt ful whether anything looking to the abolishment of the canal would be ac complished under the present mode of procedure. Woman Drank Carbolic Acid. With an empty carbolic acid bottle iu her hand and unconscious from the contents of the bottle which she had drunk, Mrs. Clyde Van Horn, of Ben ton, was found by searchers in a se cluded spot on the farm of her son Eluier Van Horn in Greenwood town ship, Columbia county, where she was visiting at the time. Mrs. Van Horn and her husband had themselves lived in Greenwood up to two months ago when they removed to Benton. Tuesday afternoon she made a trip to Greenwood to spend a few days with her sou and from her first arrival it was noticed that she was iu a melancholy state. As she had beeu somewhat ailing lor the past two years, nothing was thought of this, however, until she went out of the house in the evening about 8 o'clock and failed to return. After a half hour had elapsed, the family became anx ious and search was instituted,aud af ter a two hours' search the aged wo man was discovered in a secluded cor ner of the fence, fifty yards from the house, lying unconscious. A l a ounce carbolic acid vial iu her hand told the story. Drs. Hess, of Rohrsburg, aud Seuu, of Millvillc, were summoned, a pump was called into use, aud after the physicians had worked until sa. m. yesterday morning Mrs. Van Horn partly regained consciousness, but in a half hour again lapsed iutoastate of unconsciousness The unfortunate lady remained uu couscious all day yesterday and last uight her life was despaired of.
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