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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
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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
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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.