Heme Paper —For lie Heme :o: ii «r< illation ol tins paper is 111- »Mng rapidly It will pay you I> advertise in the AMERICAN ÜBSCRIPTION $1 PER YEAR l)K li:\ IN*. 11. .IKNMMJS, it KM IST. H *tr* .1 M !., . 1/ I<>4 Mill ,Sf., /' it i /*. w JhlHtilU, I'll. . Mil I.Tit, *1 ™ • 4V* Mil l "T., 111 svii ik. Pi. .***•*-- ~t n«-Simiiarlt and I ii'•"•iin**' 1 .i **|«eiiHlty (O.MU:NSI;I» NEWS. Oare more tin* school lie II > T1 • veranda woman's time is fr* tt tdtort Uauix September's greeting was rath -WMil Tlie latest tind of impure food dis i <i* T ■*! i* " reprocessed" eggs. v . ;*n ha- n>> more right to -ay an ..u'-n i! tlti than to tin one. 1 • late«t social fad is a souvenir j- -t . aril surprise party I.H/ ui* -- grows on people. It liegins .iii bwebs ami emit* in iron chains. A v —l, square meal often changes • e . omplesioti of tin* world almut us. V\ tli Hi.- revival of the iron mining n.!u-tr\ in York county the Hover i • near Hanover, said to be the i, i..-tin the country, will be reopen* » i mi w rked to supply ore to fur na • and iron null- in the eastern jiart »112 the State. W .am I' Kutz, a miller, of near Kut «u. Berks county, was attacked I \ alli. ii which grabed him by the J ~ru, threw him into the sir. He I verely injured and will probab ly !• -«- the* arm. Tt.t department of health has -.•it i representative to Hamburg to ,uv. ■ t'«te itu epidemic of typhoid fever which broken nut there. 1i• r. ire -.-veuty ti\e fully developed ear- and tfie rapid spread of the dis « H-. Iwlirved to l«e due to there • eut -tructive flood 1 «i i*. certainly a unique idea of a h-a man to build a surburb with t ii». - n:« huge circle, leaving »•. • it«*r tor a park and general re r» it' ■ ti ground. Wonder some one did u>>t tliiuk of it before. While working in a harvest held a tl, ag • Norris Renal, of Washing t. ii. t<i-.i sl3 in bills The other day v'nle tin erain was tw'ing threshed a t bill, part of the money, was found ,u (rood coudition in the straw stack at't-r it had paused through the thresh er and returned to the owner. m .-uld Ktnperor William really de :■ t'. iiue to America, we'll give ! ill! the hocli of 111- life. We don't !•: it his 'divine right" business • j loiiu as he refrains from trvmr it on us. \ • war ba> Ini'ii inaugurated at Sayr»- against the Italian residents of t' »r |n <ln account of the murder ! a -a ti ki* t« r in that place a . w : ■ 112 ii> iueu assembled and ma -u a demoii-trat ion that all the ? • tii t» left for otli. r places. lie l»«.k which dnea not leave a uian Utter than it found bun i» not the |» - rt of a friend . »• (< »ple would enjoy the fresh air cart 1 t».. \ DMM unly >»ef their t..r> t t- til. it and charire a high price for it. ! i et. a touch of Fall ill the with the advent of Sept ember an<l tlte tiright blue sky, cool «nd |• iir* air, gave u> a remind er ! i •d< 1 nil* day* coming, one tt! • tint »*■• illv of the year The I tilted State*, traiisjiort Sheri :aa,w' ti \» nt a>hore near Honolulu a w..k tc still aground, and af 112. •!- t •i i»e i >(,< .» !...»nied to liecome a to ?al i - I'l v» •■—•l was - >rt of "'lkmi tr m the tune >lm was laum hed. I • k. \ " it -ill' illil llOt eailse a gn-at ).«*,. of life •v ' w %i a from the t t r r\ i t his home, in a suburb ll' i ieljiti i William rteeger l*»- . . > • - t• ' that lie fell out of the Btaw landing mi the heads of two » !, •II:<• 1 ! I- Nolle uf those Coll em#* I w.*- - riouniy hurl I I Iv a \\e)l known resident, ''•< l »i >!e at Koy• rsford by r> u..i\ ug tie | lu»r 112 a blind jras jet He **- 1. unit t>\ hi* wife and daugh ter \leml* r- if the family sjieiit the m It t I .11 Uld >ll their return f> met Mr Fot di-ad I'* in •• hi- <ii(?regation objects to ; - attending pi<>fe»<iuiial liaw hall . i- • - »: v I Iward |i< well li.a- r»'sij;ii He |«-forati of the North Main i\eiui' i-huri Ii at 8c ran ton. la/leton d.-pat'i. says that Miss K«- M I'.r , w (HI resides near that j.i w' -. I ~t her voice a year ago, »«.*■ ked by lightuing and wh«*n - . r»- iv- i>i| f<iuud that In r sjieecli h»d tieell re-turwl 1 it»- man who never give* up never ki. *« « i it ,t mean- to fail I !• --»-d are they who do not ex|>e<'t their books and umbrellas to l>e re turned. they shall not l<e disap pointed. Drumhcller Sprains Ankle. M.-- B*--«ie Drum heller, of Sunbury, t rnierlv of this city, had the misfor tuue. 1 ue-.lav afteruimhi.to sprain her ankle Miss Hruinheller was descend ing the in front of the Hotel Aldine wl««n -he fell suffi-rinj» a severe spraia of the left ankle The ladv is coutiued to her Ijed ittimhutr jig®, iVmrrican. "THIS COUNTRY WILL NEVER HE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OE ITS OWN DEMANDS WIT 11 ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS." \ OL. R»:I--NO T1 FOREIGNERS ARRESTED Several foreigners from the North umberlaud street quarter sffordfiil busi ness for Justice Oglesby'B court lat» Saturday night. As is usual in sue! cases the hearing was very amusing, although the complainant had a real grievance and was the object of a good deal of sympathy. About nine o'clock the attention of passersbv was attracted by a woeful looking object seated on the stone steps in front of Justice Oglesby's office. He was an agreeable looking young fellow, barefooted and hatless, al though cleanly and well attired. His clothing was stained with blood, which issued from his nose and mouth. He was unable to speak a word of Eng lish, hut someone divining that he was after justice, sent for 'Squire Oglesby, who had closed up his otlice fur the night. The justice finally arrived and the young man tried to explain his griev ance. He was unable to make himself understood, and it was necessary to amploy an interpreter. Leo Barron, *ll intelligent young Pole,who is mas ter of languages used by our foreign ers, was introduced. The story as told bv the barefoot and uitless young man was in effect as fol lows : His name is George Malicki. He has been in this country a little jver a year and is not yet twenty rears of age. He undoubtedly has had t hard time of it. He came to Dau i ill.- about the 4th of July expecting to work at the big mill; since then he ias had 110 work and he has got in arrears for lodging. The young fellow "boarded" with Mike Watosien on Northumberland itreet. By this it is understood that le had permission to sleep in the house lud to cook his meals on the Watosien tove. He even may have been fur lished coffee from the Watosien coffee Kit, but this was the limit: the food ie ate lie had to provide himself. For he privilege of "roosting" in the Watosien house and the few slim •ourtesies additional lie paid the sum if #:'» per month. It was for just about his sum that he was In arrears. Watosien didn't like it at all that lis young countryman should be in irrears. He permitted him to remain n his house, however, until Saturday light, when according to the story old by Malicki, Watosien and one of lis boarders mimed Mike Hassaratia lad an evening of it together. While hese two were out Malicki being tired went to bed. He had scarcely got asleep, he said, lefore he was assaulted by Watosien aid Bassaraba, who acted like wild nen. They upbraided him for being ii arrears aud then to use the laugu ige of the interpreter thev "smashed ■ iin on the face" and beat him raerci t-ssly, after which hatless and slioe ess they threw him out of the house. Malicki took the necessary oath and 0 the information lie affixed his sign ature, revealing the fact that he is a good penman. It was half an hour later when Ollic •r- M inceiuoyer and Young had Wat isien and Bassaraba. who were charg ed jointly, in front of Justice Oglesby. it was hard to keep the defendants i-ated. They gesticulated,they stamp ■d, they shouted and tliey talked so ast that their odd jargon resembled he cackling of geese and was just ilkiill as intelligible. It was a prima facie case, however. The prosecutor,forgetting his injuries, :hose to be lenient and proposed to fc'itlidraw the case, if the defendants a ould pay the cost. It was here that he real battle began. The wife of one >f the men was present. She favored laying the sum to avoid going to jail, nit the men affected not to have -nough money to meet the demands of he case and they tried to compromise. I'he justice, however, was obdurate; t was either the whole amount or nine. The two defendants searched tln-ir pockets a little more closely and round some more money,but then* was • till a deficiency. This, they felt sure, ivould he overlooked and when they round th«> justice as unyielding as ever they wanted to l»e martyrs. They jumped to their feet; they said they aou Id goto jail and they wanted to ■tart immediately They reconsidered this the nexr moment, however, and lhe "hearing" went on. It was half in hour later before the defendants 1 iseovered that they were possessed of >ut!icieiit assets to meet the case and thus the affair was settled. Kxthange Will Haven Hand. The enterprising community of Ex change is again to the front, this time with a band. As is usual out there the right kind of a start was made. At a big meeting held ill Odd Fellows' hall Saturday evening SIOO was subscribed, and 'oof those present signed their names to a pajier signifying their will ingness to participate actively in the hand work. An election of officers resultecl in choosing William K. Mills, president; Isaac 1.. Acor, vice president; Orant Houghton, secretary and S. A. Klee maii, treasurer. Another meeting will be held Fri day evening at which time action will be taken <m a constitution and by-laws. It is the intention of the meraliers to start practicing just as soon as the in struments can IHi procured. 11l With Pneumonia. P. F Branneu is seriously ill with pneumonia at his home at Exchange. (HIE DEADLOCKED A groat surprise was sprang in the Republican ranks yesterday afternoon when the name of ex-District Attor ney Albert W. Duy,of Columbia coun ty, was presented at the conference ol the twenty-fourth senatorial district, held in the Exchange Hotel, Blooms burg. It has been thought all along thai Harry S. Meyers, of Williamsport, would be the only candidate for the nomination,but when the name of Mr. Duy was presented the conferees from Montour and Columbia counties voted solid for lnm, causing a deadlock and putting a new light on the question altogether. The conference organized by electing F. \V. Meybert, of Sullivan,chairman, and Alexander Foster,of Montour,and H. S. Barton, of Columbia, secre taries. Harry S. Meyers, of Williamsport, and Albert W. Duy, of Bloomsburg, were both nominated and three ballots were taken,the conferees from Colum bia and Montour, voting for Duy and Sullivan and Lycoming voting for Meyers. A recess of thirty minutes was then taken. After the intermission the conference re convened and during tlie remainder >f the afternoon and evening 17 more ballots were taken, Duy and Meyers sach receiving the votes of the con ferees from the counties which had voted for them at the beginning. The conference adjourned, without naming a candidate, to meet at the Hotel Updegraff, in Williamsport, next Monday at 2 o'clock in the after -10011. The following were the conferees in lttendauce: Montour—John E. Roberts. Alex iiuler Foster and W. L. Gouger. Columbia—H. S. Bart in, Win M. bobbins and Robert D. Young. Lycoming—Reno L. Gage, N. 11. Julver, and 11. R. Hill. Sullivan—John W. Roger, Wm. P. ■Shoemaker and F. W. Meybert. Big Trolley Links Forging. The North American, yesterday norning,printed an interesting article >ll the trolley prospectus this sec ;ion of the State. The article says: SHAMGKIN. SEPT. 4.—Trolley ex .eusion, after a long period of quiet jess.is again taking a boom in this sec ion, and the plans of promoters hronghout this district contemplate lie gridirouing of Northumberland md Schuylkill counties and the rich arming districts along the North branch of die Susquehanna. New in ,erests have got hold of the lines in Northumberland and Schuylkill conn ;ies, and the work is booming. Former Congressman Monroe H. Culp, of this place, better known as Farmer," is the moving spirit in Northumberland county. When lie broke nto politics in 1894 people smiled and aid that he had better stick to his umber business. But " Farmer" went ihead and was the first Republican to arry the Seventeenth, now the Six eenth,Congressional District. lie did t again in He has duplicated this record in his raction enterprises. Getting hold of he Shantokiu and Edgewood Railway i three-and-ono-half-iiiilo local con cm, which had never paid, he at once nit it on a money-making basis. With n a year he built a six-mile line to Crevorton and another to Weigh Scales hree miles lomr. Both have seventy >ound and seventy-five-pound rails,and n construction compare favorably v illl steam roads. The Weigh Scale line is destined to >e extended fifteen miles to Sunbury, here to connect with the proposed 3anville-Sunbury, Sunbury - Selins -srove and Sunbury-M ilton lines. In iddition Kulp holds a franchise for a oad from Shamokin to Locust Dale, lear Ashland, where he will connect yith the Schuylkill Traction line, yliicli runs to Mahanoy City and Sheii tudoah. This link will be about eigli een miles long. During this fall he A'ill tear up his road in Shamokin and ebuild it entirely to standard gauge, ising seventy-pound girder rails. He yill also build a two-mile line to Bear Valley. Kulp's lines are destined to become inks in a big svstem. With roads built jr planned it will be possible to come >y trolley from Scranton to Sunbury, md thence back to Shamokin and Shenandoah,there already being a link between the latter towns via the Slia mokiu Mount Carmel line and the Schuylkill Traction road. From Shenandoah to Pottsville is a route to be covered by the Eastern Pennsylvania Railways Company,new awuers of the Pottsville lines. The line from Pottsville to Middleport is to be extended to Tamaqua, and from the latter town it is already possible to trolley to Maucli Chunk. A connection between Maucli Chunk and Allentowu is among the possihil ities of the near future, and then travel by electric lines from Scranton to Philadelphia, via Sunbury, will In possible Former Resident. Mrs. Mary Anna Davis, of Spring fiel.l, Ohio, is a guest at the home of I). C. Williams, Spruce and Ferry stieets. Mrs. Davis is n native of Dan ville, but has not lived here for twen ty-tive years. DANVILLE. I»A., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1900. AIM TO BREAK OUT OF « A prisoner came within an ace of breaking out of the borough lock-uji Tuesday afternoon. in |his effort t ) find the weakest point lie assailed his prison wall at two different points and when discovered only a single spike stood between him and liberty. The man in durance was John Qninn, who has a little affair to settle with the police, the full nature of which developed at the bearing yesterday. John kept the officers busy during the greater part of the time Tuesday and before they succeeded in laying their bands upon him they were oblig ed to tramp over a large part of the borough. It was some time after the hour of noon when they succeeded in lodging their man behind the bars in the borough lock-up. John was supposed to be under the influence of drink, nevertheless he thought he ought to be entitled to a few privileges and ho begged to be Allowed the freedom of the corridor, riie usual bard lot of those arrested under similar circumstances is to bo •oufined in a narrow cell, some six by three feet, in which a hard bench suffices for a bed. * Chief Mincemoyer, however, was touched by John's eloqu ent plea and after much hesitancy he consented to leave the cell door open -o that John could get into the corrid ar. It was a generous act, but he will never do it again. Securely bolting the outer door the two policemen turned their backs up in the lock-up and went up town. Some time after three o'clock persons jccupying the rear of City Hall be anie aware that something unusual was in progress in the lock-up. Tliev •onlii hear sounds that resembled the making of boards and the drawing of ,ron bolts. They lost no time in getting word o the chief-of-police,who in turn lost JO time in getting to the lock-up. He lidu't arrive a moment too soon. Ua ipg the stove poker and the stove 'shaker" as a bar the lone prisoner tad pried two boards oil the wainscot ug. In the process he had broken and splintered the boards and one was tak -sii off piecemeal. Underneath he found irm planking and lie concluded that lie way to liberty didn't lie in that lirection. He next attacked the window, first earing off tne stout screen that pro ected it oil the inside; then forcing lie window np lie demoted himself to lie iron bars, which protected the window on tin- outside. Indue time ie succeeded in loosening one end of ino of the bars and w.Ts just ready to ittack the next one when the officer ippeared. Five minutes more would lave done the work. Thus the first deliberate attempt to >reak out of the lock up in Danville •nded in ignoble failure. The prisoner paid the |ieiialty by go ng into solitary confinement. John Qui tin, who attempted to break nit of tht! borough lock-up Tuesday, >vas arraigned before Justice Oglesby •esterday morning and as a penalty for me of the offenses charged against iiin is now doing time in the borough last i le. (Juinn has occupied a good deal of Justice Oglesby'H time during the week past, lie was arrested oil Tliurs lay of last week for being under the nflueuco of liquor on Wednesday the J'Jtli. He was released 011 the promise hat he would stop drinking and would •01110 into the Justice's office Saturday •veiling after drawing his pay, and iquaro up for fine and costs. When Saturday came,however, it is alleged, 10 forgot his promises, took on more 100/.O and utterly neglected to settle. Under the circumstances it is not trange that the officers wanted John 111 Tuesday. His hearing yesterday norning had to do solely with the jharge of being drunk and the failure 0 liquidate fine and costs. The out some of the whole affair was that was sentenced to live days im prisonment in the borough lock-up, lie term to begin with yesterday. At lie expiration of his sentence he will je called to answer for attempting to ireak out of the lock-up. Itorough Hngineer Makes Survey. it is still believed that the recon struction of North Mill street will be •ompleted this fall and that the work will start during the present month. A draft showing t he location, eleva tion and grade of curb lines has just teen completed by Horough Surveyor Keefer and forwarded to the city clerk riie blue print or draft takes in Mill street from ('enter street to the steam mill and is based upon a survey made Saturday by the borough surveyor and two assistants in the presence of the streets and bridges committee of coun cil. The draft was gotten up at the ro piest of the State highway department -Ind thus the horough assumes the re sponsibility for any difficulty that may ensue from any change in grade or location of curb lines made necessary in reconstructing the street. The completion of the draft brings the preliminaries one step nearer the point where actual work may begin. \t the next meeting the draft will be acted upon by council, after which it will be forwarded to Kimineer ('lay of the State highway department. The plans and specifications will no doubt be the next thing in order. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS Miss Alice Strieker, of Catawissa Misses Lizzie Herbine and Anna Keif snyder, of Heading, and W. H. Leig how, of Jerseytowu, spent Sunday at the home fo Mr. and Mrs. George M. Leighow, Honeymoon street. Miss Dorothy Horton spent Sunday witli friends in Hingtown. The Misses Mary and Tillie Pritch aril left Saturday for a visit with friends in Pottsville. lieu hen Boyer, of VVilkes-Barre, spent Sunday with his family on Honeymoon street. Dr. W P. Angle, of Jersey Shore, spent Sunday with relatives in this city. Mr. and Mrs. W. Fred Jacobs, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Voris, Miss Rebecca Hoffman. Ellis Lando and Robert M. Jacobs spent Sunday at the home of John L. Voris in Pottsgrove. Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Addison,of New York City, are guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Hoffman, West Mahoning street. William James, of Berwick, spent Sunday with relatives in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Eyerly and Mrs. Sarah Brobst and daughter,of Blooms burg, spent Sunday at the home of Mrs. Margaret Eyerly, Church street. George B. Brown, general secretary of the railroad Y. M. (J. A., at Mober ly, Missouri, arrived yesterday morn ing for a visit at the home of his fa ther, Benton B. Brown, Walnut street. Mrs. A. C. Roat left yesterday for a visit with relatives in New York and Poughkepsie. Mrs. W. Fred Jacobs and Mrs. Frauk G. Schoch spent yesterday with friends in Selinsgrove. Harry Schoch is visiting friends in Atlantic City. Miss Sara Unger, of Union Corner, who was graduated last spring at Bucknell university, has left for Ber wick where she has accepted tlie posi tion of assistant instructor in the Ber wick high school. Miss linger succeeds Miss Elizabeth Miles. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Miller and son are taking in the old home week cele bration at Pottsville this week. Thomas Pritchard is spending this week in Pottsville. Mrs. William 11. Andy left yester day morning for a several days' visit with friends in Shamokin. Mrs. William P. Angle left yester day morning for a trip to Philadelphia iiud New York. Mrs. N. P. Congdon, of New York, is visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Philip 11. Coyne, East Market street. W. A. M. Grier. of Brooklyn, New York, and Miss Emma Polk have re turned to this city after a visit at the summer home of Rev. .1. B. Grier at Bailey's island, Maine. Needless lixpense in the Court. The Suubury Daily has the follow ing to say about the clogging of the channels of justice by petty cases and the useless expense caused the county l>y these suits, which state of affairs, the Daily says,is particularly in evid ence in Northumberland county: "The couuty commissioners of the rotate, at their recent convention in Lancaster, among other propositions that appear practical and beneficial, put themselves on record in a matter relating to costs that is likely to meet with popular favor. They recommend the enactment of a law to protect the lilTerent counties from the payment of ill costs in minor criminal cases where the bill of indictment is ignored by the graud jury, or the defendant is inputted by the petit jury,or the case lismissed by the court. "The passage of such a law would without doubt save the taxpayers thousands of dollars. No other county ias suffered more than Northumber land from cost expenses which a law would obviate. "For years complaints have been nade that justices in the coal regions lend every petty case heard before iliem to court. Lawyers' fees, witness fees and all the other expenses of a legal action are then thrust upon the xmuty to help swell its indebtedness As the parties to the suit in such cases ire seldom able to pay the costs the expense must necessarily be borne by the taxpayers. "Consequently people residing in the western townships and boroughs have their county taxes almost doublet! by the perpetual legal disputes of a lot of worthless foreigners in the coal reg ions. "As it is said that tlio commission ers will probably increase the tax as cessment for the coining year in order to meet current expenses this point is worth considering." Sunhury Grants Franchise. The council, in meeting on Tuesday night, passed an ordinance permitting the Sunhury and Selinsgrove Street Railway company to lay tracks in cer tain thoroughfares in that town. The tracks will be laid on Front street (along the river) from the end of the new bridge all through town to the upper borough limits. The line will cross the new bridge now build ing and proceed to Selinsgrove ou the Snyder county side. The early pumpkin tells us fall is at hand.- UN STRUCK _J US Mrs. Samuel McCloskey, ot' Maus dale, narrowly escaped death Sun day morning by being struck by » freight train. She sustained a bad fracture of the left limb and'was oth crwise injured. She was taken to the Joseph Ratti hospital at Bloomsburg. The accident occurred about seven o'clock. Mrs. McCloskey was on hei way to church in this city and was walking along the P. & R. track. She had [not proceeded very far before a freight train passed through Mausdale and was soon close upon her footsteps. According to stories told by the train men the woman utterly failed to hear the usual danger signals. As is custo mary when any one is found 'walking upon the track ahead, the engineer de clares he first sounded the whistle! Apparently oblivious of all danger ami without even glancing backward the woman continued walKing on still keeping the track. Meanwhile the train was gaining rapidly. As the next resort the engiueer rang the boll and this together with the sound of the whistle created quite a din,but owing to some incomprehensible cause the woman still failed to hear. Up to the very last the engineer believed that the next moment the woman would perceive her danger and get out of the way; otherwise he would have stopped the train. As it was, when it became slear that the woman could not be made to hear, he endeavored to bring the train to a sudden stop, but had inly succeeded in slowing down when the engine struck the woman. Mrs. McCloskey was thrown to one side of the track. The accident occur red at a point directly opposite the forks of the Jerseytown and Mausdale roads, where there is a low embank ment She was badly injured and was unable to arise. The train was stopped and the in jured woman was tenderly picked up jy the train crew and carried into the ;aboose where a cot was improvised. L'hus she was brought to Danville; A'here the train lay for some time. Dr. Paules was called to the station ibout 7 :4."> o'clock. He examined the woman's injuries and found that she .vas very seriously, though not fatally injured. On the left leg below the snee was a compound comminuted "racture, embracing both bones. In iddition there was a bad scalp wound in the left side of the head. Un Di. Paules' recommendation it .vas decided to remove Mrs. McCloskey 0 the Joseph llatti hospital at Blooms mrg. Site was accordingly placed on 1 cot and carried down to the under grade crossing, where she was placed in a Danville and Bloomsburg trolley :ar and carried to Bloomsburg. A telephone message from the Joseph Katti hospital later stated that Mrs. McCloskey was resting very easily. Her worst injuries as above stated, •ousisted of a broken limb and a bad •ut on the side of her head There ivere, however, minor injuries about lie body, among them several scalp A'ounils. The injured woman is some 38 years >f age. She has three small children, lie youngest a babe six months old. ianiuel McCloskey, the husband, is a itove moulder and is employed at fooley's foundry. East Mahoning itreet. this city. Ilgh Water Tlark of Attendance. The public schools of the borough ipened Tuesday. The attendance hroughout the grades was about what s customary on the first day of school vitli the exception of the high school, vhero attendance reached high water nark, there being I<>s pupils enrolled. So far as Borough Superintendent iordy has been able to determine the )resent enrollment is the highest that las ever taken place in the high chool. When ho took charge of the ligh school, six years ago the number >l' pupils enrolled was MS». The num »er kept on increasing regularly at lie rate of some twelve or fifteen a rear until tho present, when the show ng is as above stated. Of courso the new law, which per uits pupils from the rural districts oo attend borough high schools at the ownship's expense, is in some measure ■esponsible for the growing enroll ment. Nevertheless, if we eliminate lie non-resident pupils althogether, we yill liml that there has been a grow ng increase in the number of pupils attending the high school, which can jo accounted for only by the jKjpular ty of the school and the course of study adopted. Borough Superintend jut Gordy thinks that the plan ot j granting diplomas to the grammar j school graduates, which has had the j (fleet of stimulating interest and hold- | ing the pupils in school, is to be re | »arded as one of the causes which have [nought the enrollment up to its pres ent high water mark. Sixty five pupils were promoted to the high school this year. Of this num ber thirty-six are non-resident pupils, who, with three exceptions, all came up from the grammar grade. Fifteen non-resident pupils failed to pass the Bxmination for admittance to the high school and are enrolled in the gram mar grades. Of the new class ot sixty-five, twen ty-seven have elected to take the com mercial course,which is a little below the usual percentage. The total number of pupils enrolled in the grades of the borough schools Tuesdav was 1132. ESTABLISHED IN 185,1 SENTENCE IS SUSPENDED Judge Staples held a short session ol court yesterday morning. Charles A. Wagner was the only one of the associ ates present. The session was very brief, occupying only some twenty minutes. Judge Staples had come down to Danville for the purpose of disposing of the case of Commonwealth vs. Francis Woll, the charge being larceny and receiving stolen goods, which waf tried before his honor at the Septem ber term, 1905, and which carried willi it a verdict of guilty on the second count and a recommendation for mercy. James Scarlet, Esq., attorney for the Heading Iron company, the prosecutor in the case, addressed the court. He said that Woll, was an employe of the Heading Iron Company, was a skill ed workman and was a very valuable man to the company. Whatever lie may have been guilty of in the past he now seems to have abandoned all such pra ctices; the Heading Iron company is satisfied with his present course of conduct and at the company's instance Mr. Scarlet appeared before court ask ing that the recommendation for mercy made by the jury bo carried out and that in Woll's case sentence be suspend ed. Woll was called before court but was permitted to take a seat. From this point it seemed to be a foregone con clusion that leniency in some form was to be exercised. Judge Staples said he had made some inquiry and felt convinced that Woll's case was one that admitted of clemency. Ordin arily, he said, in cases where the ver dict is guilty it pays to administer punishment. There are exceptions, however, where the man instead of be ing punished should have mercy meted out to him. In the present case, he said, it seemed to him that the con victed man had been severely punished already. In addition, the costs which amount to $93.75, will have to be paid by Woll. It was the recommendation of the jury backed later by the request of the prosecutor in the case that mov ed Judge Staples toward clemency and he stated to Woll that he hoped that if sentence were suspended would have the effect of making a man of him and he wished him god speed on the new life. Judge Staples reminded Woll of the pathetic picture presented by his old grayheaded moth er when in court as a witness. He said he had no doubt that her presence had its effect 011 the jury anil he hoped that Woll would keep her in mind and by leading a better life spare her the pain and humiliation of coming into court again. Judge Staples then formally declared sentence suspended and after explain ing just what is implied by a "suspen sion of sentence" formally discharged Woll. The case was disposed of in Judge Staples' characteristic way, which aroused a heart-interest in the whole affair. No one was heard to ex press any dissatisfaction with the ac tion taken by the court. Wuril I nahlofiM. The history of the word asparagus shows how, even in the days of diction aries, word fashions change. In the eighteenth century, even In elegant us age, the delicacy was regularly called "sparrow grass." A dictionary of 1791 says that "sparrow grass" Is now so general that "asparagus" has an air of stiffness and pedantry. "Sperage" had been the usual English form in the sixteenth century, but In the seven teenth herbalists brought back the orig inal Creek and Latin spelling "aspara gus." I'epys varies between "sparrow [truss," "spuragus" and "sparague." No Joubt the eighteenth century relapse was the last, and the "a" is back for good now. IlitKH anil Storm*. Ilogs an' always more restless than usual 011 the approach of bad weather, find when these animuls run to and fro with mouthfuls of straw, leaves or branches the indication Is for very foul weather. In their native state pigs probably made their own beds, and when bad weather was coming perhaps gathered a larger supply of straw or leaves than usual to serve as a protection against the rain. l«'lro \vorkn. Fireworks originated the thlr :eenth century, along with the evolu :iou of powder and cannon. They were first employed by the Florentines, aid later the use of fireworks became popular in Rome at the creation of the >opes. The first fireworks, which re semble those which we see nowadays, were manufactured by Torre, an Ital un artist, and displayed In Paris In 1704 Where Total lOcllpaea Are linre. It Is a fact well known to astron omers that the average number of total and partial eclipses in any one year Is four; that the maximum is seven and the minimum two. Where only two occur they are always both of the sun. There are a great many more eclipses of the sun In the course of a year or a hundred years than there are of the moon This fact notwithstanding, however, London, the metropolis of the world, seeuis to be a place where such obstructions to the sun's light seldom occur. A Better Brings That was a narrow escape Bildergate had, wasn't It? You know he was Just about to marry u girl when he found that she spent $-.500 a year un her dresses. Criggs Yes, but he's married all the same Briggs True, but he didn't marry that girl Griggs— He didn't! Who did he marry, then? Briggs- Her dressmaker.- Lon don Mail. 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 Ofall Kinds arid Description DANVILLE H DIES IN BERWICK j Thomas P. Kerns,sou of P.M. Kerns, a well-known young man of Danville, departed this life at Berwick on Tues day evening after a short illness. The deceased was 30 years of age. He was born and grew to manhood in Danville. When a hoy lie entered his lather's blacksmith shop and after mastering the trade including horse shoeing he went into business with his lather and was known as a very skill ed workman. Under tlie arduous employment of horseshoeing his strength finally gave way and it was necessary for him to secure some lighter work. According ly the partnership existing between Kerns and Lobach on Northumberland street about a month ago was dissolv ed, P. M. Kerns along with his son re tiring from the business. The deceased went to Berwick and secured employment at finishing pass enger coaches. Abowt two weeks ago lie was stricken with bilious intermit tent fever. For several days lie was very low, death coming to his relief about <5:45 o'clock on Tuesday even ing. The body was brought to Dan ville at noon yesterday and taken to the home of P. M. Kerns,father of the deceased,on Nassau street. The funer al will be held Friday at 9 a. m.from St. Joseph's Catholic church. The deceased was a member of order of Maccabees, Fraternal Order of Eagles and the horse shoers' union. Beside# his father and mother,a wife and two small children survive, the latter be ing a son and daughter, Francis and Heleue. He is also survived by two brothers, John and James of Philadel phia, and two sisters, Mrs. James O'Neal of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Maine Heighton, of New York. Caught a Runaway Horse. Frank Beyers, Bloom street, disting uished himself last evening by a slick piece of work in catching a runaway horse. A horse attached to a buggy belong ing to one of our livery stables,which bad been left untied in front of the United States Express office, took fright and ran away. The horse start ed with a plunge and dashed down the street on a gallop. Conditions were favorable for a smashup, when all of a sudden a fleet-footed figure darted out from the sidewalk and sprinting alongside for a moment reached out and grabbed the runaway horse. It was the nerviest thing imaginable, as the horse was on a dead run. No one believed the plucky fellow would succeed in stopping the horse and ex pected every moment to see liinftramp led under foot. But lie held on like a hero and, although he could hardly keep his feet as he was dragged over the paving, yet he jerked and! tugged at the bit in such a way that bj and by he checked the horse and > finally brought him under control. , Mr. Beyers was much applauded for his quick-witted and plucky act. Reckless Shooting Complained of. Persons residing at Castle Grove are complaining loudly over reckless shoot ing indulged in by people residing iu that section, who make it a practice gunning for birds of various kinds that frequent the trees on the ground ground the mansion. Things have reached such a pass that it is hardly safe for persons to expose themselves on the grounds. Frequently several gunners at a time are skulking jn the outside of the fence waiting an >pportunity to draw a bead on some harmless bird within, while not in frequently a man or boy has the tem erity to climb over the fence and pur sue the birds inside the enclosure. The result of it all is that not iufrequent y in the midst of shooting, a rain of shot is apt to fall anywhere about the nansion. The chief-of-police was called to Uastle Grove yesterday and last eveu ng he declared that he would make irrests, as even though some of the )irds killed may not be protected by aw,yet in all instancesshootiug with u the borough limits is in violation )t the ordinance and will not be per nitted. On Site of Port Augusta. The Sunbury chapter, Daughters of he American Revolution, has decided o erect a boulder on the site of Fort \ugusta at Sunbury. The petition to the Sunbury council :o erect the memorial was prepared ind presented by Charles A. Silder, Ksq., whose wife is regeut of theSuu >ury chapter. The specifications of the boulder are four feet in length and four in thick less. A flat side will face the road uid on its face will be placed a bonze ablet bearing an appropriate inscrip tion. This tablet will be presented to the laughters by Mrs. F. K. Hain.of New York City Rev. Frltsch Moves. Rev. George W. Fritsch, pastor of St. John's Lutheran church, and fam ily yesterday moved into the Charles SVelliver home on Vine street. Mr Welliver and family have goue to Bloomsburg to reside. Sir Walter Raleigh was right when lie said that a man must first govern himself before he is fit to govern bis family or to have a place iu the pub lic government.
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