DANVILLE IN TELLIGENCER vou MK 77. I INTERESTING HOME WEDDING ihe tiniiH < t Mr. and Mrs. (ceorge \ \|. yei \N ilnut street, was 11 10 ,i. nf :tti i nt• - 1 • >t i iij» home wedding i r.liv when their niece, Mi-- it. li ii Muni- Freeze, liecaine the bride < t l < ii) mini I. a unit, Jr. It* •-• -rt-i>i« w i |ierforuied at ii p. in by tin I; » .1 Nelson, pastor of tlie I .ill li.-1 in i tllir< 11 ..t 1 'atavs Issa, brfpffl a -n. ill . ii| 4ii\ of invited guests, ntii. ■ 11.*• two immediate fami i h ii' »!\ wedded couple left on the 4 tt t . i!vaiii» train for a trip to in. Vi They will In- at home .11. ii •< tolx-t •°>tli at No. :i:ti'i Walnut -it t \mnug 11 ii »-• present at the w« iilin. v• r> Mr anil Mrs Allen I .in,it. 1 iii r iiul mother. Miss Lil lian Limn sister, ami lleiijaniin I arndl. Si indfathcr of tin* groom, ~11 ~t i i! i i iho Mr and Mrs. •Hi\ «r John not this citv. Fin hnih t most highly esteemed i|. illn \..unn lady of onr town ,n.i i.i i.i.i i. i Imm witii heruncle •o<i aunt Mi uid Mrs Meyers, prac i ilh ill In life. The groom, who 11 m ('aUwim, holdi • iwitiM ,i . 11-ik tt tin I' iV U. -tation. He is a tpal>l< * ung man and likewise -i. .in..l :» i I |»>pular. I tenth of U illiam P. Clark. Will mi I' *'lark, a widely known i, i t«, in I resident < t Kiish town ghip •iti• (i ti-il 11. i- lift' at his home in-.tr Little li.> in ii»' cic k at K .3(1 1 i.tin ii\ morning ;ifter a long Mcge of illllco- I lie di • ■•-a-* I «i- aged ■ 1 years, SI mouth hi. l ilans. lie was horn at t i, . » i i ut two niih's distant fI. hi. 1.. -|...| w li.-re lie died. When in nit it.t .iintlis old In- was tak •ii t i tti it ti til farm and there In s]« ut In sul. . .un lit lift-. lie was ii 1. iin iint -ii.~t;inti.il riti/.eii. Hi •« rvi I t• r many years as seliool diree t. i tlih.iinh I. never sought jiolitica! honors. <> tn \ i r igo Mr I'lirk was rrirki n with paralysis. Since then In lit- lieen intm Iv helpless. Through .ii! t-.- Inn uti ival, how- ver,he win . i i . it.i i ui tin- Friday evenitij .-it n: • »iii <>n that occasion In was wlc . h l in his chair out to tin uj ,«-i t i 1 .• ami |<artook of the mea nit Hi- rest ot the family. About I II • In. k Friday night In- was takei i-i<t lingered until Saturday ii. .ruing, w Inn he passed away. lit. deceased was u widower, hi; w !• pi' i • linn him to the grave ovei Ity jnn ago 111- fal survived In hv« i hildreu: Laac, of near I'nioi i' m r. William 11., of Husli town - p Sallie J (Mr- Thomas Klines t liuirinir c re. k and Calvin and Mis; win reside at home. old I ashioned Itarn Raising. I In- turni of Knianui l Sidler, Valley tuwii-hip, wa> tin- scene of ail old •, iin-d ' ham raising ' Monday, • tructiire being built taking tin , i.i ut tie- tine barn on the promises d«-troycl by lightning in July. * »v • r halt a humlred men were pres •at mil no gr< ll * r iniouiit ut good work was i-vi-r :«• cuinpll-ln-il at ally ti- Ii of it- kind. Hy night the fninn-s fninn-s ot tin new burn w* re rai-«-il lutu position and from n .w mi tin- work will rap-illy and ;; ._■!• towardcompletionwitn .ut any help other than from the reg ..in force of ■ irjieiiters employed. The modern method of ''raising barns and similar buildings i- by means of .» large derrick en ■ ted on tl e spot at oiisnlerahle lilnir audexpeiiNc In the old fasliioin d ham raising," how i-ver.the iiulli-it -trciigth of ii.any w i 11- nig bands totally discounts modern method of i irjieutry and in a single day or a fraction of it.at only a iiom ual .-t work i accomplished that WHitd otlierw !?• require any aiuonut of i papat ii i.in ni exptmaa. In the naal m auitiea wfa re a fmilai of ne. ,'lil.ui Inn - prevail I- youd what feaara paoiik ■ in eaaily ooimin of, "ti.irn alonn with otln-r pb . mt i let mi w .11 linger for many years to come. till Arn win. ot \\i - i llcmlock t Aii-hi; building Mr. Sidler's barn .\ n. .tewoithy fact i.- that much ot 111" tut - I used that at b i-t coiil- n r t 11 line was ;'rown on Mr Si lb i own I arm and was cut up into tt.- I. -i I by John White's P'.rtald- im mill, temporal'ily nistal 1- I mi i . t 41iii Buildings erected in thi wiy fri.iii tiuilier growing on the >pot w# •• • iiiiiik m .'ii- l ugh hi iln- past, hut ar> v-rv rare nowaday- Aft« r the moil strenuous work of the "raising" had been completed the whole i - iinji in v waa directed to a tabk) till \ feet hi length, -|-n al under the tn-. - ui.) fu i.led down a nil as fine a duiiK i i ' i.i- country could produce it i- in 11. to add I nil jii tH e »a doUe to lh»- excellent lie ll l/ed lipped llawk. H iiry W. aver, H. F ll No. on Saturlm shot i red tipp- l hawk tnea -iirmn ij in« ht from tip to tip Ihe r.-d tipped \ irnt\ of hawk' are t itin-r iiiK'iiuin->n in thi- section ami ate ver* de-trii ti*» to iiiii ami do luest n.tte.l fowl. I'ittson's New Armory. I lie corner stone of I'ltts-ton's new . 1111 .■. iv w i- laid nil I 1111 r day with hi t .rin il c. i. moill1> I his will be the first of tin line ut armories to be built by tlie State. ELOPEMENT WAS Fill An elopement, in which two young people froui this city wore the prin cipals, was nipped in the hud yester day when the mother of the fill ap prehended the pair at Grovania The girl, Ada Messer, daughter of Mrs William Messer, Kast Market street,has been receiving attention all this snminer from a young man, Sid ney Foust, also of Danville. Satur day Ada disappeared from home and alt efforts 011 the part of Mrs. Messer to locate her proved unavail ing. Tuesday Mrs. Messer learned that her daughter had called on their dress maker and had taken away with her a dress recently finished. Yesterday morning Mrs. Messer endeavored to have a warrant sworn out for the young man for enticing her away from home, hut was unable to secure the pajier as the evidence was insufficient. Before she reached home after her triji to the office of the justice she was informed that her daughter, in com pany with Foust, had been seen mak ing their way up Bloom street She found at home that Ada had taken ad vantage of her absence to enter the house, pack some belongings in a suit case and depart. Mrs. Messer, then more determined than ever, set out on the trail of the runaways. At the trolley terminus on Mill street she was informed by the road employes that a couple answering to her description hail been seen by them about 8 miles out of Danville, walking up Bloom road. She boarded the car and at the farm of G. V. Mowrey, at Grovania, she espied the youthful pair at the pump getting a drink. She alighted from the car and took stern charge of Ada, bringing her back to Danville on the next car down. Ada Messer is I<> years old, but not withstanding her tender age she is a most determined lass. She positively refused to tell her mother anything of her intentions in leaving home, and even refused to say whether or not she is already married to young Fonst. It i> a supposition,however, in the mind ol Mrs. Messer that while hei daugh ter was away over Sunday the couple went to some place iu New York State and were married. Woman Takes Mer Life. Worry over an impending law suit drove Mrs. Joseph Hallick, a well known resident of Trevorton to sui cide Tuesday. A few weeks ago Mrs. Ilallick became the plaintiff iu a Siiit against Contractor Murphy,of Trevor ton,and since that time she has thought of nothing else. The first indication that she had committed the rash act was when Sebestian Schacich happened to pass thr home,which is located in the east ern part of Trevorton, glanced in and saw the woman suspended by the neck from a rope which was secured to nails driven in the door jam between the haseuieut kitchen and cellar. She had not even thought to close the door leading to the street. Schacich cut the body down and at once raised an alarm. Several hurried to Dr. Lark's office but when he arriv ed he found her past human help. The method of self destruction used hv the woman must have been calmly and deliberately planned. She drove five Iti penny nails into the door jam and then securely tying a clothes line to the nails stepped up on a low chair, tving the other end of the rope around her neck. Then she kicked the chair from under her. Death was due to strangulat ion. The body was still warm when dis covered by Schaciah so that she could not have been hanging more than fif teen minutes. The unfortunate woman was 311 years of age and is survived by a husband and four children. Need Not Make Change it will probably be an item of news to nniMt of our readers that the post master is not compelled to make the change for you when you make a pur chase at the post office. This is a queer rule that one in a thousand know, if a man wishes to buy fifty cents worth of stamps and has a dollar, he would lie compelled togo ami get his dollar changed or do without his stamps if the postmaster refused to make the change for him. And postmasters are not compelled to take more than twen ty five pennies at one time, if they do n>>t want them. Severly Cut on Corn Stubble. Miss Alice <Jabel,of Konring Creek, while cutting corn on the farm of Benjamin Waters, near Slabtown, tri|ied on n briar and falling on a -harp corn stubble, inflicted a severe gash in her abdomen. The stubble penetrated about four niche- Dr Kline, of ('atawissa,dress ed the injury. 1 UK KXAMBLK OK ONK. All sensible men and women will a_'n e with the Oil CJity Blizzard when it asserts that 'religion should not be arraigned for the short comings of some men who utilize its garh to shield themselves Because a bank-wrecker belongs to a church it does not neces sarih follow that all other members are crooks.'' One way to eujoy life is to keep suuuy. -PLKDHKD BUT TO TBUTH, TO LIRKRTT AND LAW HO *AVOH SWATH UB A» W* VBAI HMAFA AVE' DANVI UJK. MONTOl'l! (OI'NTV. PA., FItIDAY, SEITKMItKK :'l, l!K»i. IN SUPPORT OF EXCEPIIONS The contest over the river mail, which in one form or another has been on foot for over two years, was very actively resumed yesterday, when vol uiiiinous testimony was taken in sup port of exceptions filed to the viewers' report vacating the ahove road in the township ut Mahoning The excep tions are carried forward troin the December term of court, 11*04, since which time the road has been closed to travel. The contention of Mahoning town ship is that owing to inroads of the river, which at intervals in the pro cess of time obliterates the roadway and makes it necessary to purchase new ground, the road has become an unnecessary burden on the township and should be vacated, especially since a limited number of people are accommodated. For the land, none of which contains hnihlings.it was held, that as a private road would suffice The vacation of the road in Mahon ing township,or that part between the creek's mouth and the bridge over the canal at Lovers' Leap, it is claimed, will practically close the extension of Front street between Etter's alley and the creek's mouth, which lies within the borough limits,and that this inftii ts hardship not only on those who wish to use the river road as a short cut, but also on those who own building lots that abut on the street, all of which are under cultivation. Since the view vacating the river road, the extension of Front street has been pr.i cticallv abandoned and no move has been made to replace the bridge over the creek's mouth that was destroyed by the ic» gorge. The entire spot is over grown with brush and weeds and tlie road at some points is nearly hid den Those actively supporting the excep tions to the viewers' report are per sons owning land abutting either on the extension of Front street in the borough or on the road iu Mahoning township or those who live in the low er end of the borough,who find it con venient to use the river road. The spirit shown by these people at the hearing yesterday would indicate that they will leave no stone unturned to win and w ill carry the fight through to a finish. They were represented by H. M. Hinckley ami E. S. Gearbart, an important point of their contention being that the viewers Matthew Sheep, D. F. Gouger and James Ellis —as viewers inadvertently failed to live up to the letter of the law. James Scarlet ami Ralph Kisner ap peared for the report and the sworn witnesses were examined and cross ex amined in the most searching manner Miss Foulk acted as stenographer. Former Hurt:ess W. G. Pursell was the first witness sworu. He lives near the street vacated by the report of viewers.The street iu question he said is a part of the street system of Dan ville. Mr. Hinckley asked the witness what the effect would be if the street were vacated and each of the property owners would decide to build fences down to the low water mark of the river. The reply was that all below the first lot would he shut off and have no outlet. Mr. Scarlet interposed a vigorous objection to this as there was no assmption that the present road would not stand as a private way. E. S. Miller street, commissioner, was sworn. He has held his office for four years and has never known the extension between Etter's alley and the borough line to be obliterated or so badly washed that it could not he us ed. He admitted,under cross examina tion, that when the river rises 18 feet the road is inundated and that frequ ently by great floods the road is put out of use altogether. William Vastiue was the next wit ness. His residence is located two squares distant from the road to be vacated. The testimony showed the property owners on the road to be Mrs. Fisher, W. 11. .1. Blizzard, Rob ert Morris, Fount Bros., W. A. Shop person, Lloyd and Wilson Lambcrsou. Mr. Yastine testified that in case the road wete vacated the properties own ed as above would be entirely cut oil and would depreciate every much in value, probably losing as much as one third. The latter point of testimony was offered after Mr. Scarlet interpos ed an objection on the ground that the testimony was incompetent and irrel evant. Mr. Yastine was present at the view of the road on February 10,1'JOo. They met, lie said, at Etter's alley. D. F. Gouger,one of the viewers, was indis posed and did not go over the entire route,only as far as the creek's mouth. The only other time when Mr. Gouger I was present at the proceedings was when the testimony was taken at the < courthouse. Amos Yastine was sworn, lie has 1 been a member of council for nine ! years, six years of which lie was on the commit tee on streets and bridges The Front street extension, he said, ' has always been kept up by the bor i ougli. He has known the road for fifty years It is not rendered impassable except when extraordinary Hoods oc cur, or when ice cakes are deposited upon it. Ho was present w lien the view was made and testified that D. F Gouger viewed only part of the road. 11 B. Deen, former street commis sioner, gave testimony in line with 5 the general facts adduced by others I Robert Morris, a property owner, (Continued on Fourth Page). "" (Freehand Drawing by Chester Eggort) The alhi\i portrait of Abraham Lincoln | is a free-hand drawing by ('luMerKggert. I aired 17 \ears and u sample of what the ' youthful artist is capable of diiingin black and white. Me i- a son Hiram and l''.li/.al>eth Kggert, of Lingonia. Maine, and a nephew of mir townsmen, .Messrs. HOLLAND Anrii-RMAN PASSES AWAY Me Was 111 of Consumption for Over a Year—Funeral Saturday. Hollands. Ammerman, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Ammerinan, Ferry street, departed this lit" altera year's ! illness at 2 :Un o'clock yesterday after noon. The cause of death was con sumption. The deceased was years of ag«- Me was the only child of his parents, both of whom survive The < funeral will take place at p. m. Sat urday. interment in Odd Fellows'! cemetery. In Readiness for Accidents The Heading station in this city has j been furnished, by the general super- I inteiuleiit, with small boxes of einerg ency siipplie- to be used in case of ac cident. The little boxes are about siv ■ inches in length, and four inches high I and wide. They contain gauze com presses, gauze bandages, linen band-J ages court plaster, safety pins, etc.. and complete instructions as to how l each article should lie used in case ol i accident. One of these will be kept on hand j hereafter in every station, engine house, yard office, freight caboose, switch tower and wreck train, all j along the company's line; and will doubtless be highly appreciated by the employees. Third Crop of Muck wheat. Reports from different sections in dicate that the buckwheat crop which is one of the standby h of this section will be unusually short this season; and the probabilities are that the tooth some buckwheat cake will be a great er luxury than ever. The farmers in all sect ions complain that the buckwheat is not filled, and that it will not viehl more than a thirl of a crop. With the prospects of a long, cold winter before us the out look is anything but bright. It is to be hoped that these predictions as to a shortage iu the buckwheat crop w ill prove untrue, and that every one will have an opportunity to have all the cakes they desire. i'arty At Rushtown, A number of young people were de lightfully entertained at a fruit sup per on Tuesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Kckert at Rush town. An enjoyable evening was spent by all. Those present were: Misses Mary, Ruth, Grace tud Martha (lamp bell, tier!rude and Reta Kckmau, Martha and Trenton Hummer and Car rie Kckert. Messrs W. V. Campbell Thomas Chapped, Charles U Gulick, Joseph Hummer and I 'an I Kckert . SCI 11)()L KY iliS A i SH \ >K I> . According to lii • >mi"kin Maily News.a serious situation of affair* ex ists in the management of the school board of Shamokin li deelaies that '' if the present conditio continne much longer the ..choM- will sutt'ei an almost irreparable blow ,as disoi-ganiz atiou is bound to result and efficient work will i>e an unknown factor." ' Richard \V. and Calvin Kggert. 11 is' j work has at tract e<t wide attention, and j orders fur the same are frequently receiv- j i'il. Ilist:i.-tes run to hrnad caricature work, and he displays an individuality and origina'ity tli it rem ■ I- one strouglv , of the great Thomas Nasi llis future. ill THAT POSSESSES SPEED In these days when tne law relating | to automobiles is so strictly enforced the names of those owning machines, | who have been made to pay the pen alty for exceeding speed limit is sim ply legion, it is no doubt a very un pleasant ami humiliating experience to come to grief in this way. It re : mains for the town of Shamokiii to ! afford instance in which an automo bile owner knows how to be philoso | phical, even good natured under the j circumstances. On last Sunday the young man, w ho belongs to one of the most enterprising ! business firms of Shamokiii,ran through j Danville with his automobile. Being from the coal region town, where ev erything moves rapidly, it is not sur prising that he bowlcl through Dan ville at a lively clip. On Monday he received from Chief | Mineemoyer of our town a communi cation, informing him that the officer | held a warrant for his arrest for ex ceeding the speed limit of ten miles per hour, and explaining to him that I he could facilitate matters and avoid further annoyance by forwarding a check for twelve dollars,which includ ed fine and costs. Yi •terday chief-of-police Mineemoy er received a reply from Shamokin as follows: J. C. Mineemoyer, Dear Sir: Your communication re ceived. 1 am unable to state at which 1 am most surprised—your charge that 1 was speeding over the limit or the fact that the old car could go over 10 miles an hour, a fact of which I was heretofore doubtful. Hut it's an ill wind that does not blow some one some good. 1 expect to dispose of the car shortly and as speed is the first, and most essential requisite 1 will be able to produce uuimpeachable evid ence that my car possesses speed. Thanking yon for the unsolicited favor 1 herewith enclose check for sl2 to balance account. Very sincerely yours, *** Chief Mineemoyer, who is used to bickering and bitterness generally on such occasions, was nearly dumbfound eil by the cool and witty reply and at once came to the conclusion that he was up against a true sportsmen. Yes terday the Shamokiii man received the following reply from Danville: Dear Sir:—l am in receipt of your check for $12.00 for exceeding speed limit. have a course of 1(H) yards on Mill street, which you covered in | II seconds, making the rate just 18.59 'miles per h air. Hoping that if you • i -!i to sell your machine this will add i i the price you receive I am Yen truly yours, .1 C MINOKMOYKK, (Jhief of Pol ice. The telephone is a wonderful coil i venience when you want to talk to somebody, but a wonderful nuisance when somebody you don't care to hear ' wants to talk to you. 5 should lie decide to dcvote|himself to car tooning. is already assured, lies ides his ! talent for drawing Cluster,like the whole Kggert family, is a fine musician. This same cut with a Hatter.ng biogiaphyjof ; the yo ing man appeared in one of the great. I'ortland, Me., dalies. |CANDIDATES WILL VISIT SIJNBIJRY lint ire Republican State Ticket Will Comprise I'arty. Ex-Mayor, of Philadelphia, Edwin S. Stuart. Republican candidate for governor and all of the Republican candidates on the State ticket will visit Sunbnry on next Monday after noon. Republican County Chairman Ras tress. of Mt Carmel,and his assistants are making the arrangements hut de finite plans have not been given out yet as all the arraugeiueuts concerning the reception to be given the party have not been completed. With Mr. Stuart the following will also appear. Robert S. Murphy, of Cambria county,candidate for lieuten ant governor; Robert K. Young, of Tioga county, who is ruuniug for auditor general; Henry Houck, of Le banon, candidate for secretary of in ternal affairs. On Saturday afternoon the party will be at Lock Haven and in the evening will address a large meeting at Wil liamsport. From Sunbnry they will go to Shamokin on Monday evening at which place there will be a big par ade, bands of music and lots of fire works. Tamaqua Not Satisfied. Tamaqua owns her own water works and yet she is not entirely happy, if the Evening Courier of that town knows what it is talking about. It complains that the reservoir is full of muck and filth and that the council, instead of taking steps to have the sit uation remedied, has simply appointed a committee to look about. The Couri er declares that Tamaqua" owes to the people to keep the water supply pure and clear from extraneous substances". The sediment which is found in the water, the Courier fears, if analyzed. " would be found to consist of sub stances highly deleterious to the public health." So far as water supplies go, Danville has the best in the State. Chester's Idea. The Chester Times suggests that the city of Chester get a sign painted in scribed : '' Wanted— 200 tramps to clean the streets." If such a sign be placed at every cross road rear the city it is the opinion of the Times that Chester will soon see the last of her tramp vis itors. It says: "With a standing invit ation to the tramp fraternity to come and aid in the evolution of the city beautiful and-apply himself to civics, Chester would rid itself of one of the barnacles to thrift and industry. Ad vertisement. is a cure to a number of ills, li will be found to be efficacious in the tramp evil." What's good for Chester ought to be equally good for other sections of the Commonwealth. Mand Instruments Arrive. The instruments for the new band at Exchange have arrived. They are of the finest make and material and the i musicians are justly proud. The firs • practice, under the able direction of I'rof. Rishel.of Turbotville,took place Tuesday evening. rains NOMINATE If The Republican conferees of this State senatorial district iu session at Williamsport yesterday unanimously nominated A. W Duy, Esq ,ot' Blooms burg. The conference yesterday,the fourth that has been held, convened at 11 o'clock in the Williamsport Republi can club rooms Three ballots were takeu without breaking the deadlock, Sullivan and Lycoming county con ferees votiug for Harry S. Meyers, ! Esq., of Williamsport, auil the Mon tour and Columbia county conferees supporting A. W. Duy. Adjournment was then takeu until afteruoou. At 2 o'clock the conference again convened and three more ballots fail ing to break the deadlock another short : recess was takeu. | After the recess balloting was resum- I ed and on the 14th ballot one of the i Sullivan conferees voted for Duy giv ■ ing him the nomination. Ou motion the nomination was made unanimous. The couferees from Montour couuty were Curtis Cook, John Roberts, and John Criiikshank. Heir to $50,000, Died a Tramp. Heir to $50,000, death cut off his 1 knowledge of it, and Joe Glyeniser, | better known as Joe Whitehead was buried in the potter's field at Sliamo ; kin. i The mau's dead body was discovered Thursday morning last, in the Luke Fidler colliery. Friendless and penni : less he was cared for by the Shamokin ! jioor board. Scarcely a week later conies the news that a family of Springfield, who often befriended him j during his forlorn existence has re ' ceived word that lie is heir to seo,ooo. j When Joe was a lad teu or twelve I years his father, John Glyeuiser, an i iron worker in this city secured a good j offer togo to Mexico and work in a ! smeltery. Joe's mother went too but ] the hoy was wayward and would uot |go with them. On the day they were j to depart he ran away and then, bis j jiarents gone,began his lifelong tramp j role. John Glyeniser amassed a cousider ahle fortune by a lucky iuvestmeut in copper mines ami left all to his wife. The woman's death made the tramp who breathed his last in the pump house heir to a moderate fortune but by the time attorneys had located him at Shamokin it was too late for him to eujoy it. September Court. On next Monday September court will convene in this city. The term carries with it especial interest,as the case of Commonwealth vs. Peter Diet rich, in which the jury disagreed in June, will come up for secoud trial. Dietrich has passed through quite an ordeal since the first trial. He has had almost four months of close con finement during the hottest season of the year, in additiou to which he has had the heavy burden of suspense to bear.Notwithstanding he has borue up bravely and seems iu good condition to stand the second trial. In addition to the Dietrich murder case, there is another homicide case, that of Commonwealth vs. Clarence Carr, the boy who is accused of push ing another lad, George Fausuaught, into the old soaking pit at the steel plant with the result that the latter boy was drowned. He likewise has spent the long interim in jail. The Common wealth cases are only about a dozen in uumber and iuclude iu addi tiou to the above, one in which the charge is perjury. The rest are only trivial in their nature. The civil list contains the two Fleish man trespass cases, which promise to become unique in the history of Mon tour county court. They have been dragging along for many years and there is little probability that they will be tried at the next term. One of the cases is Simon Fleishman vs. Paul P. Sweutek and the other Simon Fleisli man vs. Michael Breckbill, sheriff of Montour couuty. The case is remark ably entangled aud the task of meting out justice to the several parties in volved will be a task that will give the court plenty to do. Simon Fleish man, who owned a stock of dry goods had a differeuce with Mr. Sweutek, who owned the building iu which the store was kept. The sheriff iu the per formance of his duties became involv ed. Meanwhile the stock of goods rep resenting many hundred dollars is stored in the Sheriff's office iu the courthouse, which gives that sedate apartment somewhat the appearance of a cheap clothing store. In all the years in which the cases have been pending the moth and dust have left their trace ou the clothing, which are now probably only worth a fraction of what they were when moved from the store to the sheriff's office. Underwent Operation. Mrs. Charles Shires, Sr., of Straw berry Ridge, underwent au operation at the Williamsport hospital yesterday morning. Word from the hospital last I evening was to the effect that the op eration had been most successful Edward Emiuors, of Royerstown, Montgomery county, was recently found guilty of polluting the Schuyl kill river by having the sewage from his manufacturing plaut discharged therein A motion for a uew trial has been overruled. NO 52 1 DEATH OF ARIR 8. an Arthur B. Smith,of Upper Marlbor ough, Maryland, departed this life at 9:10 o'clock Saturday night at the home of Lafayette Sechler, Kipps Run. This death is one of the saddest that has taken place in this vicinity in a long time. The deceased, who was a nephew of Mrs. Sechler, came north about the first of July to spend his school vaca tion. About five weeks ago he was taken ill of typhoid fever. He had nearly passed through the siege and seemed ou a fair way to recover when about ten days ago he suffered a re lapse. From that date his condition became critical. Ou Friday hope was abandoned. The deceased was the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Smith of Marlborough, Maryland. W. R. Smith, the father, is a native of this place, but for some 20 years has resided at Marlborough, where he holds the office of register of wills. Arthur was It* years of age. He was a very promising young man and was much beloved by his associates, having many frieuds among the young people of this vicinity, where he fre quently visited. Last year he was at school in Front Royal. Va., and was preparing for a law course. Besides his parents he is survived by a broth er, Norman, 16 years of age. Arthur B. Smith of Upper Marlbor ough, Md., whose sad death'of typhoid fever was noted Monday, was consign ed to the grave in Odd Fellows' cetne • sry Tuesday afternoon. The funeral, which took place from Ohrist Episcopal church at 3 o'clock, was preceded by a short service at the residence of Lafayette Sechler, Kipp's Run,where death occurred. Rev. John Sherman, pastor of the First Baptist church, officiated at the residence; in the church Rev. Edward Haughton conducted the service. The pall bearers were six young men from town: Robert Jacobs, Randall Jacobs, Ellis Lando, Charles Hartt, John Kase and Blaine James. The flowers were beautiful, comprising many tributes from individual friends. Among those from out of town who attended the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Smith, father and mother, and Norman Smith, brother of the de ceased, and Dr. and Mrs. Kline, of Readiug. The cinder roadbed on Bloom street, which affords hard driving under any circumstances, is considered unfit to be driven by funerals. Where it can be done Centre street is used. On the oc casion of the funeral Tuesday the cortege drove up East Market street to Railroad street, thence out that thor oughfare by the P. & R. station, em erging on Bloom road above the cul vert. Goodrich Post Receives Invitation The commander aud members of Goodrich post No. 22, O. A. R., have received an invitation to participate in the dedicatory exercises of the State capitol at Harrisburg. The communi cation was read at the last meeting of the post on Monday night, but no fur ther action was taken at that time owiug to the pressuri of other busi ness. The invitation will be taken up at the next meeting Monday night. Meanwhile the members will decide whether or uot they.'waut to attend. Unquestionably a fair proportion of the post will want to be present at so distinguished an event and those who go will attend in a body. The honor is highly appreciated by the post aud it is pretty certain that the action tak en late* will show {he gratitude of the members. ! Company F, 18th Regiment, N. G. P., last week was notified that it had been designated as one of the two companies to represent the Twelfth regiment at the dedication of the cap itol on Thursday, October 4th. A Record Breaker. Yesterday, considering the time of year,seemed to be a record breaker for heat and general discomfort. Every one was heard to register some sort of a protest. The employes of the mills and foundries had an especially hard time of it. Mercnry nearly reached the I*o mark during the afternoon and low temperature continued during the night. Formerly the nights were cool but now even that comfort has been taken away from us. People generally are hoping for rain, which naturally would inaugurate different weather conditions, CARELESSNESS OR IGNORANCE Moved by the stern facts of history, the Scrantou Times declares: "Today some one will be killed on one of the local railroads while walking on the tracks, probably a girl will In* burned to deatli from pouriug oil into a light ed lamp or into a stove to start a tire. It is an exceptional day wheu some foolish man or woman does not at tempt one of the above reckless and dangerous tricks." It is indeed. NONE IN DANVILLE(?) The Oil City Blizzard makes the as tounding statement that there "are men in Oil City who never buy a news paper, never read one, unless there is a marriage or death in their family, or some one tells them there is some thing in it about them. They are much more to be pitied than censured " Of course, there are uo such benighted souls iu Danville.
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