Bone Paper —-For lie Dome Ihe circulation ol this paper is in creasing rapidly. It will pay »ou to advertise in the AMKKICAN SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER YEAR DK IKYING H. .IKNMNdS, H/lrt Hour* A. V.to /*_' U l"i MM > s '-- I I'. M to 4 /' V Iti'MtUle. I'a. 1 hmi I.t/, H 425 >III.I. ST., Iksvii.lK, I'A. •haeases of tit** Sumach and I ntesiines „ i:tltv COSIH'NSiiII NEWS. Time to gather iu the chestnut crop. The obliKitiuiM we defer until to morrow are usually postponed indetlu iMty. Old Horeas liH.» been sending out ii few of his advauce couriers alie.uly. Sweet as tlie taste of flutter*' may tie, it# after fruits arc not wholesome. The coui|iauv of :i genuine friend gives the dullest day :i golden tinge. There's a significant difference lie tweeu a smile aud m grin. The president of the V uited States is setting a pact* that no ordinary jnau will be able to follow. Pennsylvania has seen the last of the district congressional and seuatoiial conferences. The mystery of who was milking Williaw Clark's cows at Hirdsboro, Berks county, was solved when two vouug pigs were detected in the act. The labor uuious ot the new State of Oklahoma, which are quite strong, especially in the eastern |iart. w ill en deavor to have a share in the making of State constitution, and believe that they aro powerful enough to make their demands felt. At a meeting of tin- Adams c luuty conference of tin- Lutheran church at Littlestown. the Rev AnuM Sell, a missionary located in the mountains near Ueudersville, declared that sav- in its worst form exists huiouk the Mountaineers located near his mis sion. The ship carpenters at Roach's ship yard, Chester, are out on a strike for an increase of wages aud rumor says the entire plant will st»ou be tied up unless an agreemeut is leached. Having s'jed the Pennsylvania Rail road company for f:J5,000 damages, Samuel Wellmau has been given a judgement of $2,7 M at Corry. He was injured while a passeuger on a train. There are some who say that the State road after the receut rain did not afford |»art icularly good traveling. Michael (*. Hope, of West Cornwall township, Lebanon county, has caused the arrest of the entire school board o his district on charges of umlefeasance iu office in awarding a contract ro a member of the board. A sour temper and a vengeful spirit shorten a man's life. The damage done b> the tornado in New Orleans Friday will amount to 9250,000. but it will be a total loss as there were no tornado policies. Prob ably houses were wrecked or dam aged and twentv-one people v\ere in jured but bo one was killed. The women of AUeutown have made tiling- so interesting for the milk dealers there, where the price of milk aud cream was recently increased,that the dealers have gone back to the old priced Richard Kllisou, inspector of meats aud milk, of Allegheny, has been threatened with death or bodily harm uuletn he relinquishes his crusade agaiust the butchers whom he is pro secuting for celling bad meat. After |<ayiug the ex|ienses of Old Hoiue Week at Pottsville the local committee had sstNt on hand which *as divided among several local char ities. At a conference of Berks county teachers at Reading State Zoologist M A Surface aopke on " Pennsylvania Suakes," mid exhibited twenty-four specimens. C. N Thorston, a Trevorton busi ness man, was seriously shot by au un kuown vouug man with a rifle,at Sha luokiu.the marksmau subsequently ap proaching hi- victim and informing him the shoot lug wa> accidental. The hand of rational authority is ueedful for the child's highest good. Tl»e energetic police of West Ches ter have reduced the dog jsipulation there by almost 100 l>ecau>e a mad dog rau amuck through the town recently. The grea' increase of freight traffic on the Lewistowu and Suuburv divis ion of the Pennsylvania railroad hah necessitated adding five more trains t«i facilitate the movements. A new sche dule went into effect Tuesday, the only < hauge being the additional trains. A suit brought by the Reading com |iauy against Lawrcuce & Brown ha* tieeu (tending 111 the Schuylkill county court for thirty years and the end it uot yet iu sight. The president of the Business Meu'i a--.« latioii of Kit tanning declare thai the merchants of that town sustain heaw lo«.» e\erv Veal "II a<< omit ol the I«<1 roads leading info the lior ougli. The law continues to take hold ol Pittsburg grafters On Monday Police mait Stephen Carr was found guilty ol having taken money from the owuen of a gamhliug house to keep it out ol the hands of the law No citizen of a free country appreci ates the privileges or lives up to It it duties unless he regards the hallot in a sat red privilege V > ' 1— ! = „ T ,IIS COUNTRY WILL NEVER BE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDS WITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS." . OL. r»2--N() 41, in PROCEEDINGS The subject of drainage. brought to ! the surface by the heavy down pour of rain on Thursday evening, occupied the attention of council for nearly an hour Friday night. A communication was received from ,1. P. Hare a»l John Pat ton, calling at- j [nution to the undue accumulation of , water at the corner of Ferry and Low- j :>r Mulberry streets, by wiiich the cel lars of the two above named property dwtiers were flooded and the pavement 1 jf one damaged. The flooding was at- 1 tri bated in the communication to the i inadequate moans of carrying the wat ar across Lower Mulberry street. The j present, it was affirmed is the fourth | tune that the two above cellars have j been flooded due to this cause and the j property owners affected demanded that council repair all damage caused j t>v the water; otherwise they would have recourse to law. Ou motion of Mr. Sweisfort it was ordered that the cellars of both John Pattou and J. P. Bare be pumped out ind cleaned up at the borough's ex pense, also that the pavement damag -5«1 iirfront of John Pattou'b dwelling tie repaired by the borough. A prolonged discussion followed rel itive to the best methods of getting rid of the excess of water ou Bloom itreet above the P. & R. crossing. Mr. Hoyer and others favored the laying of pipe along the alley at the rear of the Rrove church to divert the water from K loom street. It was finally decided to refer the matter to the committee )U streets and bridges,which,with the :iorough surveyor, superintendent of sewers and street commissioner is jarefully to go[over the ground and de side upon the best method of getting rid of the excess of water. Borough Treasurer KUeubogeii pre sented a statement of finances to date, which showed a total cash balance in hand of |11,4<>4.77 Last night was the time set for the ipening of the bills for raising the Sillaspy property,the expense of which :he borough has assumed. There was inly one bidder. H. B Sharpless, of Bloomsburg, who agreed to do the work according to specifications for pwi. On motion of Mr. Jacobs the bid was kecepted by the following vote: Yeas —Vasiuie, Sweisfort, lie* lea, fiiseuhart, Finnigau, Jacobs and Angle. Nays—Russell, Boyer and Diet/.. On motion of Mr. Jacobs it was oril jred that *7i, interest on the Josiah iVolf bequest, be paid over to Mrs. I. \. Persing, treasurer of the Woman's Benevolent society, of Danville. On motion of Mr. Diet/, it was ord -sred that necessary repairs be put oil Iron street Considerable tilling up is required. Ou motion of Mr. Fiuuigan it was jrdered that the crossing ou Bloom itreet at Ferry street be raised several inches. On motion of Mr. Boyer it was ord ered that Mrs. George Lawrence be irdered to raise the pavement along Iter property ou Kas f Market street up to grade. Mr. Diet/, called attention to a rum »r I hat certain merchants are in the liabit of purchasing goods in the curb stoue market and selling the same in their stores, which is in violation of the market ordinance. Ou motion the matter was referred to the chief-of polioe, with instructions to see that the practice is discontinued, if it ex ists. Mr. Diet/, moved that the action taken some time ago to the effect that no coal be purchased of the D. L. & W railway company and no freight be received over that line be rescinded ind that the Ito rough purchase a car load of D. L. & W. coal and that it be given a trial at the light plant. I'r Redca seconded the motion, which on being put to a vote was lost. On motiou of Mr. Jacobs it was de cided to purchase a full supply of coal of the Heading Coal Iron company. Borough Kleetrician Smith presented his report of the cost of material used at the light plant during the mouth of September. Seventy two tons of coal were consumed. Total cost including supplies was $271.47. The plant was in operation 30.1 hours and 5 minutes. On motiou of Mr. Bedea it was ord ered that an incandescent light be placed oil West Mahoning street at let ter's alley. Ou motion it was ordered that an are light be placed at the corner of Spruce and Ferry streets. On motion of Mr. Bedea it was ord ered that the incandescent light be re moved from the canal bridge at Kail road street to a spot in Gulick's addi tion near the residence of Peter .1. Keefer and that an arc light take the place of the incandescent removed from the canal bridge. Employed on South Side. A large number of Danville work men are employed on the new siding being constructed by the Pennsylvania railroad company on the south side of the river. Some twenty-five of these were transferred to the scene ot the freight wreck near Sunbury Tuesday morning and, first clearing away the wreckage and afterward repairing the track, were kept at work there all Wednesday night. Yesterday morning they were brought up to South Dan ville anil permitted to return to their homes for much needed rest. The men although a little weary were in excel lent spirits They lost no time, how ever, in seeking their firesides. WILL 1 PUT i II OPERATION _ One of the most welcome items of information tlmt the AMERICAN has presented to its readers lately is the announcement that the Danville anil Sunhury Street railway,idle since last winter, will be started up in the immediate future and that early next spring the electric railway will be putin running order as far as De- Witt's park Simon Krebs of Someret, who pur cnased the road at sheriff's sale on the (itll of July last, arrived in Danville Saturday. During the evening he was interviewed by a representative of this paper. Upon beiug asked whether he had any news to give out relating to the Danville and Sunhury street rail way he replied that he intended to start up the line and that his visit was male solely for the purpose of puttinir preparations 011 foot. The liue, he said, would have been in operation long ago if it had not been held up by litigation. He also made it clear that lie has not invested in the electric rail way with the intention of leaving it lie idle and now that the sheriff 's sale has been confirmed by the court and all other formality complied with he is determined that the cars must run. Work will begin immediately on the line between the hospital for the in sane and South Danville. The road, cars and everything will be restored to good workiug order as speedily as possible and Mr. Krebs stated that he thinks the car will bo running be tween the hospital and Riverside in two weeks' time. Early next spring, he said, the road will be finished as far as DeWitt's park. As is well known the track is practically laid to that point and with the exception of the underground cross iug at Riverside, only a few finishing touches remain to be applied. Mr. Krebs lias well taken into account the underground crossing, which, if i> txue, will be a rather weighty prop osition, but ho sees his way perfectly clear to getting through very early in the season. By the first of June he ex pects to be at DeWitt's park with the cars. The full benefits derived by the pub lie from the starting up of the Dan ville and Sunbury line are easily ap preciated. Now that winter is ap proaching and exposure on the river bridge during cold and inclement weather is something fearful to con template, the car, which wis found such a comfort and convenience dur ing the early part of last winter, will be warmly welcomed by the public. In the rutin iug of cars through the borough of Riverside the people of that place will realize a dream that they have long indulged in. The com pletiou.aml startiug up of E. Hart man's silk mill will give Riverside in- , creased importance and it only needs a street railway connecting it with Danville to perfect, its claim as a most desirable place of residence and a ' town that affords exceptional advant ages for new industries. With electric cars running into the park, which not only come over from Danville, but also connect with every train at the Pennsylvania station,that already popular resort will enter upon a new lease of life and prosperity. In addition to the convenience of travel electric light will be an attraction at the park and the electric current will be available for operating the merry- ' go-round and ether devices that afford sport. As to building the liue 011 to Sunhury or to any 'point beyond De- | Witt's park next summer, Mr. Krebs Saturday evening did not give out any information. Cold Weather at Bloom Fair. At tlie Bloomsburg fair yesterday the average Wednesday crowd was in attendance. The cool weather,. made a long stay on the grounds rather un comfortable. The ice cream venders shivered in the cold, their stands de serted, while their brethren of the hot frankfurter did a rushing business. All preparations have been made for big crowds today and tomorrow. The 2:IH was the host race yester day. Five heat- were run and it will necessary to finish it today. Le laud.a Bryu Mawr horse,took the first ami second heat, Harry M..the third, and Star Raue the fourth and fifth,all of the heats being very close. The county race and the 2:2? went in 1, 2, 3 order. Today the racing begins at one o'clock, and will include the finish of the 2:18, the 2 :15 pace, the 2:17 trot aud the 2 :21 pace. Today, also, Harry L. with a rec ord of 2 :0?<, will try to beat the track record of held by Democracy. Sixteen Wires Stretched. The linemen of the United Tele phone and Telegraph company have completed stringing wires over the river bridge. There are just sixteen wires in use with room to increase the number. The effect on the eve is by no means displeasing,the wiresstrech ing from the tall poles on each side of the river clear over the topof the iron superstructure. The linemen yesterday were engag ed in taking down and coiling up the cable, which since the completion of the bridge was supported along the outside of the upper sidewalk oti a 1 level with the floor. A cheerful heart scatters happiness as the sunshine spreads light. DANVILLK. l'A., TILUUSDAY, OCTOHEH H, HMMi. IGETI or SCHOOL BOARD The school hoard Monday night gave I considerable attention to the subject ) of contagious disease#,especially dipli- j theria, which just now is causing some , . anxiety. Patrons do not seem to understand | the provisions of the school law relat- j iug to infectious diseases and are at j times very severe on the teachers,who j are merely doing their duty. It was | claimed that children from infected \ families, excluded from the school room by the law. are in tho habit of mingling with the pupils on the school grounds at recess and at other times. Ou motion of Mr. Fischer it was ordered that the teachers and janitors of the public schools strictly enforce the State law, which requires pupils to remain out of school until the ex piration of thirty days after fumiga tion ; also that every means be em ployed to keep children belonging to iufected families from mingling with the pupils in attendance at the public Schools. President Burns called attention to the fact that boys of the first ward school are in the habit of persistently annoying persons living in the vicin ity of the school building. In his op inion, lie said, it was the duty of principals and teachers to hold the pupils in in this relation by showing them the folly and injustice of annoyiug older persons. Superin tendent Gordy explained that the teachers have been working very hard with the pupils to break up the con temptible practice complained of, but that in every school there are certain characters who can not be controlled in that way, and lie recommended that the police take a baud, arrest these fellows and make a severe example of them. The board is determined in the mat ter and the teachers will be instruct ed to take drastic measures when pu pils are found guilty of annoying auy one ou their way to or from school. A petition was read from pupils of the high school, grammar school and fifth school, of the first ward, asking the school board to close school on Thursday in order to enable the pupils to attend the Bloomsburg fair without loss of time. There was a large num ber of signers. None of the other wards were represented by jietitions. Mr. Haring moved that tiie request be granted, but no one would second the motion The principal objection urged was the prevalence of diphtheria in Bloomsburg. Others, too, were of the opinion that not more than 25 iter cent, of the pupils would goto the fair. Several of the directors had been waited ou by parents and asked to vote against the measure. Mr. Haring of the supply committee reported that a large table for the lab oratory had b«eu ordered from Samuel Wt-rkheiser. He also reported other purchases of a minor nature. Treasurer Schram presented a state ment of finances to date, which show ed a cash balance ou hand of #13782.98. The following members were pres ent: Burus, Orth, Harpel, Swartz, Pursel, Fish, Fischer, Heiss, Haring and A. H. Grone. The following bills were approved for payment: C. H. Smith ... . $185.47 U. S. Express Co. 75 Morning News 14.00 Elementery Text Book Co 25.00 O. M. Leiiiger .. ... tJO. 75 Standard Gas Co ... ...... .90 Foster Bros ... 25 Giuu & Co fi0.98 T. L. Evans' Sons ... 117. lt> John Doster 10.90 J. H. Cole 29.53 ! Educational Pub. Co 4.85 j ! Williams 8r05.... 3.75 Adams Ex. Co 1.45 ; U. S. Express Co 1.60 Freight and drayage. . <5.45 Danville Stoves at Fair. One of the attractions of the Blooms burg fair is the new Beaver range, a thoroughly modern product of the Danville Stove and manufactur ing company's plant, which is not yet on the market. The stove is redressed with movable nickel. It attracts much attention and helps with the other Danville stoves on exhibition to make up an attractive display. Included in the exhibition is the Imperial Beav er,full nickel and the same stove with reservoir; also the Beaver Oak double heater and the Beaver parlor heater. The new stove, the O ueeu Beaver, will be made in two sizes, both with portable aud with solid hearth, Nos. 8—233 and B—2ll. Only the first size is completed. The latter size will ho ready for the market in short time. The Danville stove and manufactur ing company is very busy at this sea son, the daily product of stoves being over one hundred. The shipping sea son is now at its height, the number ot stoves sent out from the plant daily being anywhere from one hundred to two hundred. Filed Account. Grant Herring, independent candid ate for president judge In this district, yesterday tiled his exjM-nse account with the clerk of the Columbia comi ty courts. Mr. Herring, in his ac count. swears that he spent $4734.01 in his endeavor to secure the Demo cratic nomination for president judge. Again yesterday the Dauphin county court at Harrisburg adjourned with 1 out rendering any decision in the Herring- Harm an case. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS Thomas lrlauil, of Pittston, spent Sunday with relatives in this city. Prof. J. H. Shaw spent Sunday with relatives at Orange, Luzerne county. Mrs. Athelia Haruer and Miss Jen nie Haruer, of Littletown, are visit ing at the lioiue of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Haruer, East Market street. Sam A. McCoy spent Sunday with friends in Selinsgrove. Clarence MoMahou.of Philadelphia, spent Sunday at the home of his moth er, Mrs. Thomas McMahou, Spruce street. Mr. and Mrs. F". P. Johnson spent yesterday with friends in Sunbury. Miss Alice lleacock, of Hrooklyu, New York, is a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. .1. H. Cole, Bloom street. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bechtel, of Hughesville, are visiting at the home of Mrs. Rebecca Hess, Bloom street. Mr. and Mrs. S. V. Border, of \S il liamsport, are visiting at the liome of Mr. and Mrs. W. .1. Rogers, Mill street. J. H. Cole and W. Kase West were Suubury visitors yesterday James Magill and Edward Shultz re turned yesterday from a stay in Phil adelphia. Mrs. Henrietta J. Angle lias return ed from a visit with friends in Jersey Soore. Miss Dorothy Hortou left yesterday for a visit with friends in Blooms burg. Mrs. Ralph B. Dieltl will leave to day for a trip to Philadelphia. Miss May Books spent yesterday with friends in Sunbury. Miss Ida Gallalier called on friends itr Li mo Ridge yesterday. Hon. Lloyd W. Welliver, of Ex hange, was a visitor in Danville yes terday. Mrs. William Frausworth, of Kings tort, H a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Hill, Upper Mulberry street. Daniel McCormick returned yester day front a several weeks' trip through New York State. Clareuce Cromley returned to Bnru barn yesterday after spending several days with his family on Vine street. Mrs. Charles Hauey, of Mausdale, called on friends in this city yester day. Frank Jacobs, of Sunbury, was a Danville visitor yesterday. Misses May Leader and Flora Har pel, of Shaniokitt, called on friends in Danville yesterday. Mrs. Frank Yeager and daughter Dorothy, Upper Mulberry street, left yesterday for a visit with friends in Bloomsburg. Mrs. Lemuel Wells and Mi>s Eliza beth Wells, of New York City, are spending several days in this city as guests at the home of Miss Emily Wil kins. Ferry street. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Watson and sou Charles will return to Philadel phia today after a stay in Danville. Married at St. Joseph's Church. Miss Almira Perry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Perry and John Ward, both of this city, were married yesterday morning at H o'clock in St. Joseph's Catholic church, Rev. M. I. O'Reilly performing the ceremony. Miss Jennie Hickey was bridesmaid and Frank Perry acted as groomsman. Mr. and Mrs. Ward left yesterday af ternoon for a wedding trip to New burg, New York, and upon their re turn to Danville they will reside with the bride's parents on North Mill street. The bride was the recipient of a number of useful and handsome pre sents. The guests at the wedding were: Mrs. David Curtis, of York; Miss Maine Maher, of Plymouth ; Mr. and Mrs. William Evans and daughters Nell and Teresa, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Turner and sou Ray, of Bloomsburg; and from Danville, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pursel, Mrs. David Montgom ery, Mr. and Mrs. William Hovies, Mrs. Gomer Metherell and son Comer, Miss Mary Gartland. Mrs. Perry Doeu, Miss Helen Deen, Mrs. Margaret Mor an, Miss Cassie Gartland. and James Dougherty. riercury 44 Degrees. The weather yesterday was very chilly reminding us that grim winter is within hailing distance. At 5 a. in. the mercury registered at 44 degrees ; at noon it had raised only to 4S de grees. We are not yet inured to such tem peratures and yesterday during the forenoon, especially, people showed little inclination to linger out of doors. A walk across the river bridge was attended with real discomfort. Those who are obliged to make this trip daily are looking forward with pleasure to the time when the Dan ville and Sunbury street railway will he in oper.il ii.tt. Such will be NIJK • to learn that the resumption is an assur ed thing. Simon Krehs, the owner of the line, who is still in Danville per fecting arrangements for starting up, stated yesterday for publication that plans are being perfected rapidly and that there is not the least shadow of doubt hut that the cars will run. The busy man seldom has time to I nurse imaginary troubles. FINAL HE OF DISIAMTLING The big blowing online at tlio Bess emer blast furnace, dismantled last winter, which has stood idle since 1900, is about to enter upon a new career of usefulness. It has been pur chased bv the Wellston Iron & Steel company of Wellston, Ohio, and will be removed to that place where it will bo installed in the largo plant belong ing to the above company. The engine is a big one and was com paratively new when the furnace was shut down. When the furauce was dis mantled practically all the machinery and irou work was reduced to scrap. The big blowing engine, however, was considered too valuable to dispose of in that manner, although the two auxiliary engines were broken up. A strong effort was made to sell it but there seemed to bo little demand for second-hand engines and since last winter its fate has hung in the bal ance. Once "wreckers" were sent here to "scrap" the line piece of machin ery, but a prospective buyer bobbing up at an opportune moment the men were recalled before they had a chance to begin work. While the engine has stood awaiting a purchaser the brick engine house, weakened by blasts dur ing dismantling, lias tumbled piece meal. During the storm Saturday af ternoon the high brick wall on the east side tumbled outward, which left but one wall, that on the west side standing. The huge blast pipe of the big up right engine extends through the side wall near the roof and helps to hold it in position. There is an element of danger about the affair apparent to every one. It would be a miracle if the forty foot wall, tottering on its founda tion, did not give way at some time while work was in progress hut just when it is going to fall is the problem. W. A. Shepperson has the contract for taking down the engine and plac ing it on the oars. .1. S Hopper of Scranton, who will erect the engine at Wellston, is here marking the pieces as the engine is taken apart. Work on the final stroke of dismantling was be gun yesterday morning. Mr. Shepper nou expects to have the engine on the cars in a week or ten days. An Important Improvement. 11. B. Sharpless, of Bloomsburg. who was awarded the contract for raising the Gillaspy building to con form with the change of grade, was in Danville yesterday morning and call ed at city hall where he signed the necessary papers. All formality relat ing to the contract is now complied with. On Saturday Mr. Sharpless will bring li is tools and appliances down to Danville and on Monday morning he will begin the raising of the building. The work will be completed in thirty days' time. The raising of the building will con stitute an improvement, which will be of much more importance to the borough than as it merely affects the hotel property; it is the sidewalk re pairs that will accompany the work that will be especially appreciated by the public. For nearly a year and a halt the pavement at that point has lain near ly a foot below the street paving, con nected with the sidewalk at the Iled dons House by a homely device of boards so slanting that it has to be provided with cleats to keep pedes trians from slipping and which peo ple in derision have denominated "chicken steps." J. V. Gillaspy, the proprietor of the property, will be responsible for the sidewalk improvement and he_ stated yesterday that he is ready to enter at once upon repairs. The pavement, he saitl, will be raised to the established grade and will bo fixed up in a way to conform with the general surround ings. Crazed by Loss of Leg. A Nescopeck man named William Darrah, who hail his log cut off by a Pennsy train last July, has worried so much over the loss of the log that he has gone stark mad, and yesterday morning made a vicious attack on a Berwick man with a long knife. Darrah was found one morning along the track, having been run over by a train during the night. Since his re covery at the Berwick hospital,ho has lived with relatives at Nescopeck, go ing about with a crutch. The stump has never healed and as he was always a strong and powerful man, his incap acity troubled him until ho went in sane. Yesterday morning he got out of the house and went to Berwick, whore he got into an altercation with George McAffee. Darrah pulled out a loiifj fcnifo and made a lunge at McAffee, , who dodged him and was pursued about by Darrah until spectators in terfered, and with the aid of Chiel Olayberger overpowered the insaue man and took him to lock-up. Beyer— Seidel. Miss Ada Seidel, granddaughter ol Joseph Seidel, of Derry township, ard Josiah Beyer, son of Hiram Beyer, ol Valley township,were united in matri mony Saturday evening by Rev. W. J. Koliler at his home in Strawberry I Ridge. Tlr. and firs. Cloud Entertain. Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Cloud do lightfully entertained a number ol ' friends at their home on East Markel street, Friday evening. ESTABLISHED IX 1855 sun DEW JPIIES l)r. Cameron Shultz yesterday re ceived a communication from the State li»»altfi department relating to a uovel proposition for promoting healthful conditions throughout the community. The communication is from H. L. Viereck of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, who is in charge of the mosquito investigation being conducted under the auspices of the State department of health. The prop osition is to stock all permanent bodies of standing or of slow running water with sunfish, which devour aud largely subsist upon the worm stage of mosquitoes. Not only do mosquitoes prove a great pest because of the stings they intlict but it has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of investigators that they are active agencies in spreading mal aria. Because of the latter fact the Pennsylvania department of health is making a vigorous effort to extermi nate the troublesome insects. It is considered therefore perfectly feasible to stock such bodies of water as those in which mosquitoes breed with sun fish, leaving it to these little scavengers to annihilate the mosquito crop. Professor Viereck writes Dr. Shultz that the State fisheries commissioner, Mr. Meehau, has a limited supply of sunfish to distribute where they are most needed until the supply runs out. The fish are transmitted gratis, but that the fisii commissioner may be in a position to ship these without ser ious difficulty the communication asks for certain data, which the secretary of the board of health will supply. The sun fish as shipped will be about two inches long. In order that the de vouring of the wormstage of the mos quitoes the object for which these sun fish is intended,is attained, it will be necessary for the water in which tliey are placed to have a margin that is as clean aud as nearly perpendicular as possible. To make these little "mos quito policemen" absolutely effective, not only must the edges of the water be cleaned and made perpendicular, but also care must be taken to see to it that no water covered leaves of any kind exist in any portiou of the stand ing or slow running water to be stock ed. Dr. Shultz states that the large ponds at the upper end of town as well as those at the various brick yards, where mosquitoes breed in millions, are well adapted to the raising of sun fish and will be stocked if the fish can be obtained. The canal, lie says, is ut terly out of the question both by rea son of its filthy condition and the fact that in times of rain it becomes a swift running stream Vitrified Brick Pavement. Foust Bros, have an important work on naud, which consists of laying a fine pavement of vitrified brick along the frout of their brewery on Front street. The primitive stone pavement, which did service from time immem orial, has already been removed, the stone being purchased by F. <V- Hart uian, who will use them in protecting the river bank at his silk mill. The example of Foust Bros, should be followed by many others about town, who maintain sidewalks which are hard to walk upon and not at all in keeping with what is expected of a progressive town. Here aud there,even in the populous parts of town, there are properties where no pavements at all are laid,but it is a question wheth er such a sidewalk is any worse than one where the bricks are kicked loose and awkward and ill-fitting flagstones form a rough and uneven surface that makes walking over them a trial aud a hardship. There is scarcely a meeting but coun cil calls some property owner to ac count and gives him the usual ultim atum,that he fix up the sidewalk with in the legal limit, otherwise the bor ough will do the work at his expense. Nevertheless, sidewalk repairs, like street repairs, go 011 slowly. Only a few more weeks remain where such work can be done to any advantage and the best possible use should be made of time intervening. State's Bad Roads. A report by Maurice O. Kldridge, chief of records in the public roads office of the department of agriculture, at Washington, D. C., 011 tho public roads of Pennsylvania shows that of VH»,777 miles of such roads in the State in 1904 two per cent, were improved and that there was only one mile of improved road to every 2,19 ft inhabit ants. The funds collected and expend ed for road purposes that year amount ed to SIB.HB per mile of public road 01 77 cents per inhabitant. King Bridge Co. Loses Charter. The Philadelphia Ledger yesterdav announced that the King Bridge com pany, of Cleveland, which built tin river bridge at this place,lias surrend ered its charter. This action was tak en by the bridge company as a resull of the war that is being waged 011 tin bridge trust in Ohio by Attorney Gen eral Ellis of that State. Low Rates to Bloomsburg Fair. Via the Reading. Tickets sold Octo her 9th-12th, good to return until Oct. Kith inc. at rate of 30 cents for rounc trip to Bloomsburg. On Thursday ami Friday, October lltli and 12th,aspeci I al train leaves Danville at 9:25 a. 111. t for Bloomsburg, returning at ♦>. 10 p. ■ m. stopping at intermediate statious. JOB PRINTING The office of the AMERICAN being furnished with a large assortment of job letter and fancy type ant* job material generally, the Publisher an nounces to the public tnat he is prepared at all times to ex ecute in the neatest manner. JOB PRINTING Of all Kinds and Descriotion ONLY 1 CASES OF DIPHTHERIA An editorial in the Philadelphia Inquirer yesterday unwittingly link ed Danville with Bloomsburg and Ber wick where diphtheria is rampant and then proceeds to make some insinua tions reflecting 011 the physicians, which so far as Danville is concerned will, no doubt, be resented by the doctors. The full measure of injustice dona by the editorial,which follows below, is appareut when it is stated that there are but live cases of diphtheria in Danville at present. This is the number given a representative of the News yesterday by the local registrar, Dr. Shultz. It is true that two deatha have occurred but only one of these was in the borough. The disease is easily under control, there being ouly five cases now as against seven in Sep tember. The Inquirer has the following: Tyrone,Berwick,Danville and Blooms burg, four of the prettiest towns in the State,are wrestling with the diph theritic scourge. At the last accounting Tyrone had seventeen cases. The oth ers gave no ligures, but at Berwick the Sunday schools were closed and the public schools were closed this week. Somewhat similar reports em anated from Bloomsburg, where thfe visitation was doubly unwelcome be cause of the county fair. We cannot vouch for the truthfulness of what we are now going to say, but it is rumor ed that the authorities were a trifle slow getting to work right in several of these places. An unwillingness to have the facts become known,a physi cian or two who dreaded the effect of the truth upon his general practice; in short, the usual causes operated to claim additional victims. And what good did secrecy do either the doctors or their patients? Wholesale Arrests Hade. The State fish wardens have made a rich haul, as anyone might have judg ed from the appearauce of Squire Ship man's ottice in Suubury yesterday af ternoon. From Suubury to George town the wardens have been doing de tective work, and a few days ago they arrested every fisherman, who through ignorance or folly, had attempted to safely thread his way through the iu tricacies of the State fishing statutes, and seek the scaly inhabitants of the Susquehanna in different ways than with the conventional hook, liiie and earth worm. The laws regarding outlines proved the means by which the wardens made their biggest haul. No longer can the honest fishermen safely set his lines and freely draw his tribute from the waters. He must attach his name to his lines, he must not catch certaiu fish,he must not leave his lines in dur ing hours, known best to lawyers and wardens. After being arrested several times and paying lines, costs and wit ness fees, he will be wise if he does not leave them in at all. The culprits were so numerous that tlie large office of Squire Shipman was filled to its full capacity and an over flow remained on the curbstone out side. Evidently accurate knowledge of the law had been slow to penetrate the minds of the sportsmen element of Goergetown. Carrying Crowds. A good mauy Danville people attend ed the Bloomsburg fair yesterday traveling via the Danville and Blooms burg street railway. It is true there was 110 such an exodus to out neigh boring town as will likely take place today and tomorrow should the weath er prove favorable. All the cars were in commission, running on a twenty-minute schedule. The three closed cars, newly painted ami renovated, presented a very at tractive appearauce. The open cars, however, notwithstanding the cool atmosphere, seemed to have the call and were always full. General Manager Miller lias every thing in ship shape for carrying the crowds, which 110 doubt today will break all records. Obliging and com petent crews have been supplied for all the cars, while to facilitate mat ters, Conductor Haver has been assign ed a place at the trolley terminus here to sell tickets to the waiting crowds These tickets, not only reduce the cost of the trij) to twenty-five cents, but also obviate the trouble and delay caused by making change while 011 the trip. Broke a Rib. David She!hart,Center street, while doing some chores in his barn yester day afternoon met with a fall, iu which he sustained a fracture of one of bis ribs. He suffered very much from the effects of the injury for awhile, but last evening was resting very as i ly. An Underground Crossing. Following the recommendation of the coroner's jury iu the terrible cross ing accident which occurred on the Reading railway east ofSunbury, sev eral months ago, when seven members of the Neidig family were struck and killed by a passenger train.it has been decided by both the Reading and Penn sylvania railroad companies to cou- I struct a subway at this death trap. A BIG SQUIRREL. David Steft'en, Deiry township, on Friday shot a gray squirre' that weigh ed one pound and nine ounces.
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