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liet rid of the San Jose scale.
Huzlftou's old home week ion.
luiHilfctt'il chihl is almost certain
to bet-oM an adult menace to the
Stale
iir. iwtiup- liitve almost a* hilariou
time- tb. -»• v eatioii -eason- as the
ho\•» and 4:1 rl
Tl»e Sherman bouse, one of the liest
IhVI h..-teli - 111 Sliip|M'iisbur(;.wa>
1 unit >1 to the I*l iiind Friday morning.
He 1- a »i>. liu stand who treats his
wife as considerately a< lie did his
•WW'tllf*!!
1 a I*lloll enmity farmers' smiles are
i.ii .-ii tllv lir"A«l. and the\ -ay they are
i-t. rt.-.i in their happine— by the ex
traordinary size of I lie apples in Iheir
retard* and their good ta-t ing i|iialit
W.irli on the trolley line between
Samnkiti and Tre\erton i- l*dng
} malted with ureal vigor, and it is ex
]«h t>-d that bv the middle of August
the car- will running lielween the
two plaet<s
Tb»- Poti-ville Kepnhlicaii asserts
tnerc 1- k hockletarry trn-t in that
vi< iiiiiv, and complains that the price
' »- I »■*»!! ih .mII. --1 v increased from 10
* •-lit- t«i 14< s cents a quart
Il.e average larmer is probably not
■ Mare <»f the fact that aii average mule
-lb f'-r (I'll I .-ad more than horses.
Sn< l» the case, and tlie price has
ii gradually rising for a numlier of
v» *r- Then- lias never lieen w hat
would tie call. .I an overproduction of
mult--., u hlb- the market has often been
una Me t'. fully -apply the demand.
I tie tn-* * at several points through
i i.t r'«i- xiCtloU Ix-gill to s how the ef
f«M ts of the locust* The ends of the
hnuK-hm are deal or dying and the
'• tvi's present a brown and sere ap
|>*«nuKv not mil Ike foliage at autumn.
During a seven- storm Philip Nace,
1 farmer residing near Selinsgrove.was
j to the ground by the r«Mif of
his l-arn tailing 011 him lie was se
verely injun-d and is in a serious con
dition.
• in.- sometimes wonders why a young
i» r-im who can dance fur hours 011 a
-w.-lteriug night abstains fmm Sunday
tiur Ii going !• . a use of the heat
ttrant li«-w i* wh 1 through an attack
of tvpboid fev. r eleven years ago for
i.* .th« had 1 w if' and family living
*t Shamokiii. returned to his home
Saturday arid make arrangements to
tak Ins family to Chicago, when* lie
now resides.
A •s. ran ton disp-itch says that .lohn
D I.amU-rt, of Keys«»r Valley, shot
M M line I Hupp, I.". \ ears old. while
Itupp was picking apples in one of his
lr"> l.«mt»-rt was arreted and the
t" v. who lias tjft«fii buckshot in his
body, was taken to a hospital
I w<i |« i bears e-i ijn'.l from the Pack
et hotel, Tunkhaniiock. one of them
atta< king its ke. |« r, 11 iram Both. The
ausmal Uikk k> I hint down, tearing his
l<*« k Men ariued with pitchfork* drove
it..- Iwtr »wkv. Kolh was taken to a
h<»pital in Wilkes Harm for Iroat
■MI
A St Jo~»*|th f Mo , Indian, named
«». • re»* Skiiton, charged with lieing
drunk au<i disorderly, wa- lined sv;'.
and givfn one hour and twenty three
nioatf t<i p't out of town, which
-I'"*- that Missouri judges are well
up in the law
The report uf the forest and geo
logical -urvey slums that 52, IJO.ooo
cu.ic ftvt of round timber and I .'I,
*' • If an I feet of sawed timher are
■ itr 1 \ os'-d in the anthracite mine*
Patrick Gallagher. of
»"I,enter county, wa- r.o affected hv see
ing a tow killed hv the trolley car on
which he w.ts a pas-enger, that he
-w , tn.-d ami tint not revive fur an
Itoor.
I hat projected city improvements
mm l>e made the ('hestcr \ oiiug Men's
' hriatian ic—•>< iation offer- it- prop
erty to the municipal it v for fi.oon h-<
titan it ctKt, an exhibition of crtic
prole aiitl Keif sacrifice that -hould
liave a good effect upon other owners
of projf-rty along the line of lie effect
ed
Oliver Dpwi'v Sparr of Pottsville,
was caught under rite wheels of a triun
at Shamokin Monday the right leg
-in! arm lieing so liadlv cm-hit I that
•Hipotation was !«• m ce-sary and phv
<«i< iiui- have no h»i|te for his recovery.
« ieneral Grant's explanation that the
regular troop- are at Mount Gretna
f..r work and not for play plea- - the
pnople
The Ked Gross headquarters in I. an
• ».-ter, which were o|ieufttl or the
re< eipt of contributions for the relief
•112 San Francisco earthquake sufferers
w• re closed Toe-day The total con
trihutiou* amounted to #IS,(MX).
t-or the tir-t time since if was Imilt
ten \e»r- a*ro the Austin paper and
pulp null. Potter county, ha- heen
clo-il tiecanse of insufficient water ro
o|ierate ti„- machinery, and several
hundred men >»re temporarily idle.
Mhntmf 31 nici iCiiii.
"THIS COUNTRY WILL NHVKR Hli HNTIRHLY UNTIL IT SUITLIHS ALL OF ITS OWN DHMANDSWITII ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS."
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"TSlliS
!The Ke|iubliean county convention
was hold in the courthouse, this city,
011 Saturday. Tho proceedings were
j tin roughly harmonious and bnsiiiess
| like and the session, which liogan at
10:20, closed before 12 o'clock, with
all the business satisfactorily disposed
of Candidates were selected for all
the olliees with the exception of State
senator, which was left in tho hands
of the county committee to be filled
later on.
Tin? convention was called to order
bv County Chairman John Iv Roberts.
Samuel Mills was chosen chairman of
the convention. William V. Oglesby
and Theodoie R. Angle were elected
secretary -. A roll call of delegates
revealed the following as present :
Anthony township—R K. Stead and
IV A. Cox.
Cooper township—Charles Risliel.
Dorry township—Jonathan Mowrcy.
Danville —First ward, \V. V. Ogles
by and Theodore 14. Angle; second
ward. Thomas Redea anil Samuel Mills;
third ward, Edward V Stroll and O.
h\ Young; fourth ward. Thompson
Jenkins
Liberty township—C. W. Burns and
John Stahl.
Limestone township—.l. I- Ander
son.
Mahoning township—K. L Whito
and W. \V. Diehl.
Valley township—William Gethiug
and Jesse Conway.
West I fcmlock township Hiram
Sandel.
Washingtoiiville—\V F. /cliff.
Maylierry township—W. K. Bird and
VVilliani Fahriimer.
The nominations were quickly made
\V. V. Oglesby, Ksq.. in a very neat
address presented the name of Hon. C.
O. Kvans,the present incumbent of the
of lice, as candidate for president judge.
He stated that probably never in the
history ot the twenty-sixth judicial
district has been afforded the Republi-
can party a more promising opportun
ity of electing one of its members to
the high position of the bench than
the present. He dwelt very effective
ly upon the excellent impression that
Judge Kvans has created since occupy
ing the bench; upon his sterling integ
rity. his unblemished character, his
high standing in the community and
his ahsoluti film ss jn all respects for
the jtosition. In nominating Jndge
Kvans Mr Oglesby moved that lie be
given the jMiwer to choose his own
conferees. Mr. <)gleshy's motion was
duly seconded and Hon. C. C. Kvans
was unanimously chosen as the nomi
nee for president judge.
Hon. K. VV. Samuel was endorsed by
Montour county as candidate for con
gross in the sixteenth district with
power to choose his own conferees.
Dr. S miuel was nominated by Samuel
Mills with a brief address calling at
tention to the splendid record of the
present congress and declaring that
during the two years just ending our
congressional district has been more
ably represented than for a number of
years in the past that <'ongressnian
Samuel has accompl is lied more definite
work, that lie ha- proven a true friend
of the soldier and has performed his
duties without foar or favor. Hon. K.
W. Samuel's nomination was made
unanimous by the convention.
W. K. (fething in a highly compli
mentary iddress nominated James
Scarlet for the office of State senator.
He alluded with great satisfaction to
the fact that little Montour can lay j
claim to possessing one of the leading j
Republican lawyers in the State of |
Pennsylvania that Mr Scarlet., re
cently brought forward as a candidate
for State senator, is a man who has j
never sought political honor. There '
is no lawyer in central Pcnnsvl.anin 1
whose reputation for honor and integ |
rity stands higher than that of James
Scarlet He did not believe that the
senatorial district could make a wiser
choice and lie moved that Mr. Scarlet
he nominated for the office of State
senator with power to choose his own ;
conferees.
Chairman Mills explained that Mr j
Scarlet did not wish togo before the
convention 011 motion of T. W. Bedea
it was decided that the nomination
for State senator be left in the hands 1
of the county committee until a later '
date.
K. h. White placed the name of j
Kalph Kisiier in nomination for the
office of assembly, calling attention to
the record for efficiency and economy !
which he made while representing the
people of Montour county in the office !
of district attorney ; also to his ability
11s a lawyer and a speaker, to his in
tegrity courage and manliness. He 1
was held up as neither a time server :
nor a grafter and a man who would go
to the legislature with the purest pur '
|«ise and would serve the party and 1
|ieople with courage and fidelity. On
motion of Mr. Bedea Mr. Kisner was
unanimously 110111 inate<L
W F /cliff, of Washingtoiiville,
placed tie naini of Charles A Wagner
before the convention as a candidate
for associate judge. Mr. Wagner, lie
-aid,had the respect ot all the citizens j
of the county and was a man, who, if 1
elected,would bring grace atul dignity
to the bench and an air of fairness and
justice that would he in strict keeping '
with the rightful elevation of the
judiciary. Mr. Wagner wa- unan
imously nominated
For Sheriff the names of I). (' Wil
(Continued on page 4i
in IE
STAIDS SECOND TEST
The fifteen I mini red foot <n' paragon
j hose purchased of tin* Eureka Hose
■ ('mnp.uiy, which was fouiiil to leak at
some of tho joints, after being over
hauled by an export, were re-tested last
night with the most gratifying re
sults, each of the couplings proving
absolutely water ti^ht.
As stated yesterday morning A. L.
Pinner, the expert sontlhere by .lames
Boyd and J'.rothers, agents for the
Eureka hose, discovered that the trou
ble lay in the washers inserted in some
of the couplings and proceeded at once
to replace the defective ones with
new. Ry last evening he had the work
completed and was ready for the final
test.
Hy seven o'clock a good sized crowd
had assembled at the water works to
witness the trial, fn tho number he
sides Jacob Dietz and A. C. Angle of
the comicilmanic committee 011 fire,
there wore present George Kocher,
chief of tho lire department, Rorough
Secretary Harry I'atton as well as sov
' eral councilmen and leading firemen.
When the hose was tested the first
I time the borough fire engine was em
| ployed and the hose was tested under
a pressure of nearly two hundred
pounds. The consensus of opinion
among the fireman was that such a
heavy pressure was not to be desired,
as it subjected the hose to a strain
more than double what it would be
called upon to bear in actual service
and ii was a question whether or not,
! although it stood the test.it might not
he somew hat the worse for the ennrm
| ous pressure. Last evening wise coun
sel prevailed and it was decided to
dispense with the fire engine and to
1 test the hose direct from the plug.
The new hose was attached to the
plug at the corner of Front and Fact
ory streets and in two paralled lines
carried down the river seven hundred
and fifty feet. Councilman John L
Russell took charge of the plug and
turned the water on and oil' as desir
ed. The pressure was run up to about
a hundred pounds, which is consider
ably more than is usually brought to
play during a fire. By the time every
thing was properly adjusted,along the
entire line of hose there was not the
least sign of a leak at the couplings or
elsewhere.
A. L. Pinner, the expert sent here
by James Boyd and Brothers, was pres
ent. during the test. Incidentally he
gave our councilmen some valuable J
pointers concerning the quality and
the treatment of hose, which will 110
doubt prove of much value. Mr. Pin
ner made it very plain that the mere
fai't that hose may be seldom used is
no reason why it should last any long
er. In fact he averred that there should
be a limit to the time when hose should
be permitted to hang idle; that hose J
in this way is apt to he affected with !
w hat is called"dry rot " To preserve '
the hose he recommended that when
intervals of nine months or more occur
in which there are no lires the hose
should he taken down,filled with wat
er and replaced iu the tower.
For Fast Running.
The borough of Danville yesterday
proceeded against the I), 1. t\L-\V rail
road company for running it- trains
through the borough at a greater rate
of speed than eight miles an hour.
which is the limit set by the borough
ordinance.
The I). L. & \V. engineers, the offic
ers claim, make it a practice of ignor
ing the speed limit and of running
through town at any rate that seems
to suit their convenience. This charge
is made against freight as well as
passenger tr:» The offending trains
have been timeo ' officers and the
present action is ba. apoti the rate
of speed established by the test,which
is said to have been nearer thirty
miles than eight miles an hour.
It was decided yesterday morning to
bring action against the I). It. & W.
company for trespass. Summons were
served on the company through George
W. Eggert, station agent, as the local
representative. The summons calls for
appearance before Justice of the Peace
Oglesby on Tuesday, August 7th, at 10
a. m.
Sustained a Broken l.imh.
Mrs. John Forney.Easf Front, street,
had the misfortune to break her leg
Friday and as a consequence will
be confined to her home for some
weeks.
During Last Friday forenoon Seth
Freeze was engaged iu hauling ties, j
Several ladies, among whom was Mrs.
Forney, decided to ride along with
Mr. Freeze on one of his trips. They
mounted the wagon and had a pleas
ant time until arriving at a spot near
the gas house at the hospital for the
insane, where the horse took fright.
The animal became unmanageable
and began to hack the wagon down
over the bank. At this juncture the
ladies became greatly alarmed and be
gan to jump out of the wagon.
Mrs. Forney as she alighted on the
ground fell striking her right limb
against a rock and fracturing the bone
below the knee.
The unfortunate accident brought
the outing to an abrupt end Mrs
Forney was placed upon the wagon
and brought, back to her home Dr.
11 insli i I wood, the family pli.v >eian,
was called, who set the broken bone
Excursions, camping parties and
picnics now have the right of way.
DAN VI 1.1,1'.. I'A.. TlH'i:Sl>\Y„ AtKiUST 2. IJMMi.
ENGINEER PREVENTS
SHOCKING ACCIDENT
Rut for tho prompt action of an en
gineer in stoppingja freight train Mon
day it would have fallen to our
lut to chronicle one of the most shock
ing accidents that has occurred in
this section in a long time.
As the empire freight west bound
was proceeding from the I). L. <& W.
depot, toward Mill street bystanders
were amazed and horrified to see a
man -u badly intoxicated that he could
hardly walk, just oast of Ferry street
stagger on tho track as the locomo
tive was almost upon him.
He succeeded in getting across and
the bystanders had hardly time to
breathe a sigh of relief, when the
drunken man, who proved to Walter
("Reds") Rupp. made a dash for the
moving train, with the evident inten
tion of jumping one of the cars. As
might be expected he missed his hold 1
and fell in between the cars lodging
against the bumpers. People averted
their faces,as it seemed impossible that
Rupp could escape be,ing ground to
death under the wheels.
He owes his deliverance, however,
|to the quick action and heroism of
two men. A< the drrnken fellow stag
gered across the track in front of the
'engine the man at the throttle instan
taneously grasped the situation. Divin
ing what would occur next he kept his
eye on Kiipp and when he saw him
make a dash for the train and fall in
between the cars he was in a position
ro act promptly and lie did what would
1 have been impossible under any other
circumstances and that was to stop
the freight, which was rolling long at
regulation speed, literally on the spot
before the drunken man got under the
wheels. All at the same moment,how
ever. John Albeck almost jeopardiz
ing bis own life, was on Rupp's heels
and laying hold of him dragged him
out from between the ears at almost
the same moment that the train stop
ped.
The sudden manner in which tin*
heavy freight was brought to a stand
still proved quite an object lesson to
many persons. The humane instincts
of the engineer and the extremes to
which lie went to avoid accident made
him quite a hero in the eyes of the
people. The man, too, who dragged
Rupp out from between the cars came
in for his share of applause. The en
giiioer's name was Robert Kellinger.
Death of Airs. Zeisler.
Mrs. Irnte Zeisler,the wife of Rabbi
•Joseph Zeisler, departed this life at
?:.")! o'clock Monday evening.
The deceased was in her forty-seven
th year and was an invalid for twenty
years. She was afflicted with heart
trouble and during the last five years
of her life her sufferings were at times
most intense She was a woman of re
fined character, and sweet disposition,
who bore her suffering with remark
able fortitude. Kind and considerate,
she seemed to care less for herself j
than for the conif >rt and the welfare i
of loved ones around her.
It was with the hope that the change
would prove beneficial to his wife that
ltahhi Zeisler left the crowded metro
polis of New York and cast his lot in
Danville. It wa> not decreed, how
j ever, that Mrs. Zeisler should recover
and when it became apparent that the
hope nf improvement here would not
be realized the family determined on
another change, liahhi Zeisler tender
ed his resignation as rabbi of the
B'nai Zion congregation and was cast
ing about for another charge when the
death of his wife occurred.
The death of Mrs. Zeisler took place
on the twenty-seventh anniversary of
her marriage. She was born and wed
ded in Huda Pesth, Hungary. For
twenty-six years, along with her hus
band, she lived in America. As her
condition became more grave and the
end approached she conceived a great
dread of being left behind when the
family moves away. The thought of
such a separation was painful to the
entire household and it was decided
that 'he next change made should be
the l.i-1 one, that the location should
be wisely selected and that there or ill
nearby localities the entire household
should locate; to this favored spot,
along with the family, it was decided
the body of the deceased wife should
he moved. Oonsoled with this assur
ance Mrs /eisler passed away.
There are several localities under
consideration and in a few days the
family will decide where its future
home is to he. The moving will take
place in two week's time.
The deceased beside her husband is
survived by two sons and two daugh
ters : Eugene Ziesler, I'll. I >., and Dr.
('ornelius Zeisler,and the Misses Flor
ence and Pauline Zeisler. The two
sons, wh.) reside in New York, arriv
ed in Danville Tuesday in response
to the news of their mother's death.
CONFEREES
APPOINTED
Hon. <'. »Evans, of Berwick, He
publican candidate tor pre ident judge
of his distil t, ha- named his con
ferees a- fol low -
Montour county : Hon. James Fos
ter, Jame- Scarlet. Esq , and Henry
M Sehocli
('olumbia eoiuity I'. E. Kreisher,
of < 'ataw issa . John (' Christian, of
Millville, and James (' Brown, of
15h>i imshiirg
No time has as yet been set lor the
conference.
PERSONAL
: PARAGRAPHS
Miss Kli/.aheth Hoddens, of Pliila
jdelphia, is visiting at the homo of her
| -ra.nl,Hat her, William M. Hoddens,
j West Mahoning street.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hester, of Philadel
! pliia, is a finest :it. the homo of Theo
j <lore F. Moyer, Mill street.
Mrs. \V. H. N. Walker and dauglit
j or Mary returned Saturday evening
| from a trip to Philadelphia and At
-1 lantie Cit3'.
John Bird, ot Pittsburg, spent Sun
! day at tlie home of his mother, Mrs.
i Margaret Bird, East Market street.
Miss Margaret. Callahan, of Milton,
! spent Sunday in t his city as a guest at
J the home of Mr. and Mrs. George A.
; Kossman. Pine street.
Walter Haver, of Philadelphia, is
: visiting his father. Rev. C. W. Haver,
i Ash street.
Lloyd Paxton Harbor, of German
town, is visiting at the home of Dr.
P. C. Newbaker, West Mahoning
street.
Edward Books, of Sault Ste Marie,
Canada, is visiting his mother, Mrs.
('. S. Hooks, West Mahoning street.
Miss Sarah Voris, of Pottsgrove, is
the guest of Miss Ida Gallagher,
Church street.
W. Haydn Woodside returned Satur
day evening from a very pleasant ten
days' sojourn in Atlantic City and
Philadelphia.
Dick Aniesbury, of Wilkes-Barre,
>pent Sunday with liis grandmother,
Mrs. Maria Amesburv, Bloom street. 1
Mrs. Win. Kemp of Dorchester, |
Virginia, is visiting her parents, Mr. !
and Mrs. I. A. Pe\sing, East Centre '
street.
Misses Elizabeth and Esther Magill
are visiting at Morristown.N. J., and j
at New York.
Dr. and Mrs. Warren Miller has re- j
turned to Philadelphia after a visit at !
the home of the former's parents, Mr. j
and Mr-. Hubert Miller. Ferry >treet. ;
Miss Anna Dield, <if Chester, is the
guest of Miss Florence Voris, Grand
street.
John Youngman, of Peoria, Illinois,
is visiting at the home of his brother,
M. G. Youngman, Bloom street.
Miss Helen Irland, who is taking a
course in trained nursing at the Medico
I'hirurgical hospital in Philadelphia,
! arrived last evening for a visit at the
home of her sister, Mrs. W. \V. Wei
liver, East Mahoning street.
Miss Olive* Mills, of Lock Haven, is
a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Amnion Reiser, Bloom street.
Miss Mary Krum left yesterday for a
visit with friends in Orange, New
Jersey.
Hon. W. K. Holloway and Miss
Mary Holloway will leave today for a
sojourn at Lake Wiuola.
Mis> Carrie Horton and Mi-s Jennie
j Fiewig, clerks in Emerick's store,
I spent last evening in Sinibury.
Mis- Bertha Miller, of Harrishurg, '
i returned home yesterday after a visit
with Mr. and Mrs J. B. Wyant, this
Icity.
Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Prout. and daugli
| ter, of Wiconisco, arrived in this city
: yesterday for a visit with friends.
M is> Linni i Miller.ol Willianisport,
is visiting at the home of Mrs. James
('ruikshank, Ferry street.
Paul Vatinan arrived last evening
from Coatesville for a visit at the
homo of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Irvin Yannan, West Market street.
Miss Bertha Kramer,of Holmesburg,
arrived last evening for a visit with
relatives in this city.
Miss Maud Freese, of Berwick, is
the guest of Miss Emeline Lyon.
Irvin Yannan returned last evening
from a business trip to New York.
.Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Hoddens, of
Washingtonville, and Mr. and Mrs.
D. B. Hoddens, of this city,will leave
this morning to take in the old home
week celebration at Hazletou.
Miss Helen Deen left yesterday for a
visit with friends at Harvey's Lake.
Mrs. Walter Russell and Miss Eliza
both Russell spent, yesterday with
friends at Catawissa
1 •lack Snake Killed in Town.
Considerable excitement was oecas
sioncd in the vicinity of Front and
Pine streets yesterday morning by the
appearance of a huge black snake in
front of the residence of Julius Heim.
Tho reptile was first seen by Mrs.
Reese Edmondsou, who lives on the |
opposite corner from the Heim resi- i
donee. The snake then made its way
into the cellar of the Heim home,hid- |
ing in the coal bin. Later it was dis- j
lodged from this refuge and killed by |
Jesse Beaver with a stick. The snake
measured four and a half foot in
length.
Returned From River Trip.
Prof. U. L Gordv, of this city, and
Ralph Weaver, of Shamokin, have re
turned fo the latter place after a most
delightful ten days' trip down the
Susquehanna river.
Prof Gordv and Mr. Weaver rowed
down tho beautiful stream to its
mouth, taking seven days to accom
plish the trip They had fine weather
throughout the journey. They return
ed by rail.
Summer congregations show a tend
ency to dwindle iu numbers.
iPLACINC STONES
ON TROLLEY RAILS
The Danville A- Rloomsbnrg trolley
company today will start out after a
lot of youngsters who are in tho habit
•of placing stones and other small ob
stacles on the trolley track. In many
cases, it is true, there may be nothing
! malicious in the act and those guilty
may he influenced merely by curiosity
to see how the car will get over the
obstacle. Rut at tho same time the fact
j must not be lost sight of that such
I thoughtlossness may derail a car,
I which at the very least means a delay
j and is apt to cause fright among the
, passengers, even if it does not result
1 in a damaged car and injury to the oc
cupants.
The nuisance has been going on for
some time and General Manager Mill
er is determined that it has to stop
! forthwith. Last night he stated that
j the first person found placing anything
I upon the track will be severely dealt
j with. Although some of these offeud
; ers are very small children it does not
alter the case, as the parents, who are
| supposed to control their children, will
be held strictly responsible for their
acts. Mr. Miller states that no part of
tho line is exempt from the nuisance
but that the placing of stones on the
rails most frequently occurs in East
Danville.
Awakened by Burglars.
At an early hour Monday morning
burglars,operating with all the clever
ness of veteran cracksmen, entered the
home of George Deibert, Toby Run.
The thieves were compel led to hurried
ly escape without any plunder, when
they were discovered by Mro. Deibert.
The burglars gained an entrance to
the Deibert home through a window,
by first removing one of the panes of
glass and then raising the sash.
Mrs. Deibert is ill with rheum
atism and both she and her husband
sleep on the first floor. The first in
timation that the Dieberts had that
their home was being invaded was
when Mrs. Diebert was awakened by
the flashing of a dark lantern in her
face. She awoke with a start and
could discern, by the dim light of an
oil lamp that was burning in the room,
the shadowy forms of two men.
She followed the first impulse that
came to her and screamed loudly for
help. Her cries were all that was
needed to put the burglars to rout.
They fled precipitately. As they ran
from the room, either accidentally or
with design, they knocked the lamp
from the table, leaving the room in
j darkness, and a confusion that gave
| 1111*111 a feu in inntes freedom from pur-
I suit, which they took advantage of to
; make good their escape.
Report of Local Registrar.
, The report of tho local registrar
to the Slate hoard of health for July
constitutes a remarkably good show
ing. There has not been a single case
of typhoid fever. There was one ense
of diphtheria and one of measles.
During the month twenty-three
deaths were reported. Of this number
eleven deaths occurred at the hospital
for the insane, which properly should
not be taken account of in connection
with this district. Of the twelve
deaths occurring outside the hospital
two were caused by consumption, one
by shock, one by appendicitis, one by
drowning. The remaining deaths main
Iv were due to complications incident
al to old age. No deaths were caused
by the so-called strictly contagious
diseases.
The present, it is true,is a season of
the year when the most healthful con
ditions prevail and doctors can well
afford to take a vacation. At the same
time it would probably be oitticult to
recall a summer when a few cases of
dreaded typhoid were not lurking
about and the clean hill of health in
respect to this disease given by the
local registrar is therefore all the
more gratifying.
The record is not as yet complete as
it relates to the number of births tor
the past month.
WELL PATRONIZED.
'1 he repair shop and garage belong
ing to Will U. Brown is well patroniz
ed in these days of automobiling.
There is scarcely a day or a night but
from three to four big machines are
housed with Mr. Hrown, while occas
ionally the entire space is occupied,
which means that six machines are
cared for. Will is becoming a leading
expert not only in driving autos, but
in caring for them and keeping them
in good running order. It has come to
be recognized that he tills an import
ant niche. There are seven automobiles
in Danville,owned by \V. \V. NVelliver,
T. .1. Price,W. (r. Pursel, W. ,1. Baldy,
Fred Owen, F. H. Vannan and W. L.
Gonger.
Lightning Victim Recovering.
Jacob Frantz, residing between
Muncy and Hughesville, the young
man injured by lightniug several
weeks ago, at which time his brother
was killed, is recovering. lie is now
able to walk about. It was first
thought he would he a helpless paraly
tic, but fortunately for the young man
this is not true.
Forest Fire Damages
The commissioners of Columbia
county have decided to pay out #r>oo
for forest fire damages, and are ready
to meet such bills. The fire wardens t
of two of the townships have been I
paid, and the hills now on file in the j
commissioners' otlice will be promptly
paid.
KSTA 1!I,ISIIKD IN 1855
BADLY INFESTED WITH
1 IE SCALE
A. W. Stephens, orchard inspector
representing the State department of
zoology,who began work in this coun
ty the beginning of last week, has made
discoveries relative to the prevalence
of the San Jose scale, which are little
short of startling.
Mr Stephens arrival and the object
of his visit was set forth in these col
umns in the issue (if July 24th. The
article, he says, has proved quite a
help to him, turning the attention of
the owners of orchards to the San
Jose scale and serving a.s an introduc
tion to the inspector. Wherever lie has
appeared as a rule lie has found the
fruit growers impressed with the im
portance of fighting tlie scale and
ready to co-operate with the State in
the crusade being made.
Pirst of aIJ, our readers will be in
terested to know that the inspector
has found the San Jose scale in the
borough of Danville, infesting not only
fruit trees, but in a few instances,
shade trees as well. The inspection in
the borough was not as sweeping and
thorough as in the townships of the
county where the inspector passes di
rectly from farm to farm. There were
many places in Danville that he did
not visit. At the same time there is
no intention to overlook the scale
though found in town and if owners
of trees discover the pest and will
drop Mr. Stephens a card the inspect
or will be glad to call upon them nnd
render all assistance possible.
Besides work done in the borough
of Danville the orchard inspector since
arriving here lias confined his labors
to Mahoning and Cooper townships,
principally in the vicinity of Bloom
road. Just east of Danville he has
found the scale to be alarmingly prev
alent. At the White church and
westward toward the borough it Is
is estimated that the scale has been at
work for five years. A very largo per
centage of the older trees are dead or
dying aud the pest even infests the
rose bushes. Mr. Diehl and his neigh
bors will enter upon a general crusade
next fall. So firm a.foothold has the
scale gained that unless some well
sustained effort is made to extermin
ate it in five years, Mr. Stephens says,
one-half of the orchards of that section
will be dead.
It is a singular fact that the preval
ence of the scale is pretty general
along the Bloom road, while farther
back along the hills it is rare or is
not found at all. This is accounted for
by the fact that the San Jose scale was
introduced with young trees shipped
from nurseries that were infested. Ob
viously the more remote farms were
not visited by the fruit tree agents.
In fighting the scale it is not neces
sary for fruit growers to invest in any
of the more expensive and widely ad
vertised compounds. They have a
ready and inexpensive remedy at hand
iu the familiar lime aud sulphur
wash, which can be made at a cost of
two ceuts per gallon. Nothing better
has beeu discovered and as a proof of
its efficiancy Mr. Stephens relates that
in E. G. Wert man's orchard, where a
demonstration was made by Mr.
Brinkerhoff last fall, the pest is practic
ally exterminated. Nowhere on any of
Mr. Wertman's trees where the lime
and sulphur wash was applied can Mr.
Stephens find any of the scale remain
ing, while on a single tree near the
house accidentally overlooked bv the
demonstrator the scale still exists.
The inspector iu turn will visit each
of the townships of the county. For
each premises inspected lie fills out a
report to H. A. Surface,] State Zoolog
ist, giving the name and address of
the owner or tenant, the number and
kind of trees, whether young or bear
ing, whether or not insbcts have been
found, when,how often and with what
material the orchard has been treated
for San Jose scale.
TOWNSHIPS SHOULD HELP.
Commenting upon the recent an
nouncement of the State highway com
missiouer that so many miles of road
are now under contract or completed
in various parts of the State that the
entire amount appropriated to the
counties affected until June, 1907, has
been consumed, the Washington Ob
server remarks that "it is evident that
the sentiment for pennant ut road im
provement has increased wonderfully
during the past few years. And it will
continue to grow. The sentiment will
undoubtedly result in a far more liber
al State appropriation. And the pro
gressive counties and townships of the
commonwealth are going ahead for
themselves, where they are able, and
supplementing the work of the State.
This is the only way whereby the peo
ple will he able to get many miles of
good roads in this generation."
Graveyard a Nest of Snakes.
James Kase, who is occupied in cut
ting the weeds and tall grass in the
old cemetery opposite the Grove Pres
byterian church finds the old grave
yard a nest of snakes.
Yesterday in the course of his work
lie killed a number of reptiles. Yester
day afternoon,he dispatched a monster
5 foot copper head with his scythe.
Library trustee.
F. G. Schoch has been elected a
trustee of the Thomas Heaver free
library from the Pine Street Lutheran
church, to till the vacancy caused by
sue death of Captain Joseph H. John
ton.
JOB PRINTING
The office of the AMERICAN
being furnished with a large
assortment of job letter and
fancy type and job material
generally, the Publisher an
nounces to the public tnat he
is prepared at all times to ex
ecute in the neatest manner.
JOB PRINTING
Ofall Kinds and Description
SENTENCED TO
Hir
An adjourned session of court was
held Tuesday forenoon with Presi
dent. Judge C. (3. Evans and Associates
Prank G. Blee and Charles A. Wagner
on tho bench.
The principal business before court
was the disposal of the case of Daniel
Candy, tlie bov who at the May term
ol court was placed in the hands of the
chief of police as probation officer—
who last week pleaded guilty of steal
ing a sum of money and was placed in
the custody of the sheriff to await ac
tion of the court.
The boy was iu court seated beside
tlie sheriff inside the rail. Immediate
ly behind him, iu the seats devoted to
spectators sat the boy's father aud
mother. His honor Judge Evans in
taking up the matter stated that he
had received a letter from the young
man from whom the boy had stolen
the money pleading for clemency,stat
ing that he did not wish to recover
the money and that he would rather
that the boy would not be sent away.
The court, however made the follow
ing order:
"Commonwealth vs. Daniel Candy.
Iu the court of quarter sessions of Mon
tour county. No. 8 of May sesions,
1906. Charge entering in the daytime.
May 28, 1906, a true bill. May 28,
1906, verdict, guilty.
"And now July 31, 1906, the court
sentences, the defendant, Daniel Candy,
to be committed to the care and guard
ianship of the managers of the Phila
delphia Protectory for boys at Pawl
ing, Pennsylvania, there to be kept,
fed and clothed and treated as the law
directs and to stand committed until
the sentence be complied with; and
farther the order made May, 1906, pla
cing the defendant in the charge of
probation officer is amended aud re
voked. The sheriff to conduct you
thence within five days from date,
By the court,
CHARLES C. EVANS. P. J."
.lodge Evans spoke kindly to young
Candy, explaining to him that he had
hoped when lie placed him in the
hands of the probation officer that he
would henceforth be a better boy. He
now sincerely hoped that lie would re
form and that when lie leaves the in
stitution at Pawling he will be alto
gether a different boy.
William Kase West presented the
petition of J. P. Buck for transfer of
license at the City hotel. The petition
set forth that in February, 1906. a li
cense to retail wines, apiritous malt
and brewed liquors at No. 233 Mill
street was granted to John C. Moyer,
who owing to ill health agreed to sell
out to the petitioner provided the
court would transfer the license. W.
L. Gouger being called to the stand
testified as to the applicant's good
character and general fitness to con
duct a hotel. A list of nineteen sign
ers in support of the petition was pre
sented to the court. The bond was ap
proved and the license was transferred
as prayed for.
Ralph Kisner presented a petition
of the official board of the Thomas
Beaver Free Library setting forth that
owing to the death of Joseph H. John
son of the Pine Street Lutheran church
said church was without representa
tion in tlie board of trustees of said
library; the petitioners prayed the
court to appoint F. G. Schoch of Pine
Street Lutheran to till the vacancy
caused by the death of Joseph H. John
son.
State is Quick Pay.
Adjutant General Stewart Monday
issued warrants aggregating |147,699. -
22 for the pay of the troops of the na
tional guard of Pennsylvania for camp
duty at Gettysburg last week.
The warrants were transmitted Mon
day uiglit to the three brigade head
quarters, from which they will be dis
tributed to the colonels of regiments,
by whom they will be forwarded to
the various company organizations.
Warrants were issued for every org
anization in the guard with the excep
tion of the First Philadelphia City
troop and Troop A, of Philadelphia,
whose payrolls have not yet reached
the department and by last evening
every company warrant had been made
out and sent away.
Rolls of all the other organizations
were taken to Harrisburg Saturday by
General Stewart from Gettysburg,and
were compared and audited Monday
by his oflice force, after which the
warrants were issued.
The pay of the First Brigade, exclu
sive of the two troops of cavalry ag
gregated $47,'2i»0.03; the Second bri
gade, s4?.7lJ>. lit, ami the Third bri
gade, $52, <>9o.
This breaks all records for prompt
payment of the troops for duty at the
division encampment. It is expected
that all the troops will receive their
pay before Saturday or within one
week after the close of the camp.
Jerry Fowler Retaliates.
The two warrants charging Jerry
Fowler,proprietor of the Grand restau
rant, of Bloomsbnrg, with selling on
Sunday and with assault aud battery,
1 Ml th of which were sworn out by John
Edwards,were served yesterday. Fow
ler waived a hearing and entered $?(K)
hail for appearance at court.
Fowler then swore out a warraut
for Edwards on a charge of threaten
ing, and Edwards was also held for
court by Squire .Tacoby under bail of
S3OO which was furnished.
Edwards and Fowler had been fast
friends for the past thirty jears and
their violent fallout was a big surprise
to ttieir acquaintances.