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.