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425 >1 ILL ST., PAXVILLK, FA.
ihseases of the Stomach and Intestine?
a S|*fialty
ill nr
liet out into the braciug air.
Tlie chestnut season is nearly over.
Back to the murky weather again.
Foot tmll is now the |>opular sport.
The political pot is beginning to boil
over.
Tlte majority of the people eat enti
rely too much.
Keep the small boy and the danger
ous firearms separated.
obedience to law brings happy and
pleasant results.
Competition means money in tlie
jun kets of the people.
The number of typhoid fever victims
in Pit'sburg is steadily increasing.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
$15,0U0 worth of property IN Living
stone's clothing store at Tauiaqna.
When a man's record is manufactur
ed by his enemies it is geneially pretty
t«ad.
Everv safeguard should he thrown
around the health of the public school
pupils.
Montreal, Can . unionists are pre-
{ taring to erect the finest laltor temple
IU North America. It will cost
WOL
Clerks in drv goods and gr>icery
-tores in New /aland earn front to
17.00 per week.
More th*N half Ihe membership of
the San Fram isco, Cal. .Cigarniakers
Union is back nt work.
In 1545 the first Industrial Congress
of the United States convened in New
York.
In twenty years plasterer's wages in
New York HAS increased from £1 to
$. R < 5O a day, with a reduction 'II v eek
ly hours from 53 to 44.
William Bland, while returning from
a shopping trip to Chester to his hotue
at Leipenrille, wns MIL down and kill
ed by a train near • rum Lynn station.
The citizen that walks away from a
gait>age receptacle t<l throw A lot of
debris on TIN DIE T needs police in
struction aud admonition.
Tliere are honest lawyers in the
world, plenty of them, in spile yf as
sertions to the contrary.
tine needs to beware of the jiersou
whose virtue is always on exhibition
OR whose sense of the eternal fitness of
things is too easily shocked.
David G. Minter, of Arendst\ ialle,
Adams county, undertook to iliseo\er
what had clogged the movements of
I.is mill wheel when lie found uinety
neven eels therein. 1 lieu he
K&VE an eel supper to his friends.
Made desjsindent by continued iII
IIFNIS William Traiuor, ILI vears old. a
thrkiu the I'll ihidt-ljililit ponMht.
-hot himself through ihe head with
suicidal intent. The family «ay that
his illness had driven him insane.
tieiieral Kicliard Thomas, cashier of
the Kaston National bank, is dead at
the age of ill years. He was said to
have been the oldest cashier in the
country, having l»eeu cashier of the
alxtve named hank since 184 H.
Miss Lyella Jasper, aged 22 years, of
Sltarou Hill, died as the result of
ptomaine poisoning, which followed
after she had eaten a meal of which
jiork was the principal item.
Some of the young folks are begin
ning to meditate U|H»U the possible
gifts of Santa Claus.
I)r. K. F. Bruuuer, who is deliver
ing democratic sin-eches in Pennsyl
vania German in Berks county, tells
the truth when lie declares that when
people lose their interest ill }M>lit ical
aud church W'IRK the county is suller
lug.
A cow owned by a Berks county
man got among the apples and ate
four bushels before she was discover
ed ami removed. She will never do
audi a feat of gormandising again.
The preacher who attends to the leg
itimate work of the ministry will us
ually have both his heart and his
hand* full.
BV a fall of coal in the Hickory
Swamp mine near Shainokiu Patrick
Smith, socialist candidate for con
gress, hail his leg crushed.
lssa<- Gentzler.SO years old, of North
Cordorus township, York county, is
on trial charged by his tenant fanner
with burning his own barn in revenge
for a quarrel which the two men had
SEVERAL years ago.
While hurtling some rubbish in the
rear of her home at Phoeni xville the
clothing of Miss Maria Lachman,
years old caught fire and she was
burned to death before assistance could
reach her. She was a recluse having
lived by herself.for many years
The Pope expresses himself as very
much gratified at the development of
the Gregorian chant in America. HI
says that the Gregorian chant was not
intended to exclude other church
music unless the music was a mun
dane character.
l)r. A. C. Wells, of Chicago, hat
been established as the first United
Slates meat inspector iu the Pottsvilh
section under the recently established
law.
"TIIIS COUNTRY WILL NEVER BH ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDSWITII ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS."
v OL. ~»2--NO 42, r
11-IH-OLD GIRL
111 OF FIRE
Que of the most shocking and heart
reuoiug tragedies that lias over taken
pla J in Danville occurred Saturday
afternoon, when the clothing of little
Lizzie McYev, the eleven-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Me-
Vey, Ash street, took lire, tlio hist
shreil nearly burning from her body,
the injuries inflicted being of such a
serious nature that death resulted
about twelve iiours later.
The terrible occurrence took place
shortly after one o'clock. The tainilv
of Harrv Hancock, who resided a coup
le of doors from the Me Vey home, were
moving and some papers, which had
lain under the carpet,had been carried
out into the hack yard and set on lire.
The tire, it was supposed, had burned
out and the several women who were
assisting at the moving were busy in
the house, when they were startled by
loud and agonized screauis in the back
yard while nearly at the same moment ,
Margaret Powers and Cora Scott, two
little gins playing in the rear, came
flying front crying that Lizzie McVey
was on lire. Mrs. Hancock, Mrs. Ku
gene Harder,and Mrs. George F. Loud
man, followed by Ralph Fisher, who
was hauling the goods, instinctively
rushed into the back yard to save the j
child.
A spectacle followed that will haunt
them to their dying days. The child
was already a pillar of flame and,
frantic with pain and terror.could not
be controlled long enough to make the
efforts to extinguish the fire of any
avail. While Ralph Fisher, regardless
of his own safety trie.l to tear the
clothing off the child, Mrs. Harder and (
Mrs. Hancock seized a rug with tin
intention of smothering out the lire,
but before tliev could use it the child <
broke loose from Mr. Fisher and made
a dash for Mrs. Boudman. Every one
was iu jK'i il of being set 011 fire by the
frantic child, who screaming and beat
iug off the flames that darted up
around her face dashed first in one j
direction and then in another. Mrs. |
Boudman barely escaped coming in
coutact with the burning child, when
Mr. Fisher, ass.sted by Wallace Scott,
who by this time had arriv d. again
caught the child and tore 11*0111 hei
body the remnant ol clothing that still
remained on her person, in the oper- j
ntion both men were burned uhuut the
hands. Mr. Fisher so badly that be was
unable to continue at work.
The child herself was a frightful ob
ject. Her hair and her eyebrows were
burned from her head. Her face and
her lips were shockingly burned and
the blood oozed from her mouth. Her ■
one limb from her hip to her kin o was
burned raw, while ou her entire body
from her knees to the top ol her head
the skin was burned off iu large spots.
Notwithstanding she did not lose con
sciousness.
Some one flew to Frank Russell s j
grocery. « square or so away,and call
ed Dr. P»ules by telephone. Pending
the physician's arrival the child bore
her awful agony in a way that was re- j
nnrkable. Her little body with its
awful tortures presented a picture that
melted the stoutest heart, while the
uauseating odor of burned flesh added
to the horror of the situation.
As soon as Dr. Paules arrived the
usual remedies in such cases were ap
plied. The body was wrapped in cot
ton, which excluded the air and
brought some relief. The child seem
ed to rest fairly easily Saturday even
ing, but while the doctor did what he
could to assure the family he could
not lose sight of the fact that the in
juries were of a very grave sort The
mouth was still bleeding and the
amount of injury sustained internally
could not be fully ascertained. In cases
of that kind, even when the patient
promises to recover from the immedi
ate effect of the burning, it frequent
lv happens that a stomach derail ge
nu: u( follows that results in death.
In the case of little Lizzie MeVey
the result did not long hang in the
balance. Her injury as can easily be
imagined was of the very gravest sort.
Death proved kindly and came to her
relief shortly after midnight.
How the little girl happened to take
tire is not exactly known. With the
other two little girls both smaller than
herself,it would seem,she was playing
in the back yard of tlie residence be- '
iug vacated. Whether she revived the
flame and continued to feed it with
paper and thus took fire,or in playing
accidentally came in contact with the
smouldering embers no one seems to
know. It is a very sad affair. Lizzie
was a blight and lovable child and
the stricken parents have the dee|»est
sympathy in this the hour of their <ail
trial and beroavemeut.
Klysburg Couple Wedded.
Miss Sadie Reichenbach and Simon
P. Haas, both of Klysburg, were unit
ed iu matrimony last evening.
The ceremony was performed at 8
o'clock by Rev. Rishell, pastor of the
Klysburg M. K. church, at the home
of the bride's mother, Mrs. Mary
Reichenbach, near Rushtowu. Only
the immediate families of the con
tracting parties and a few invited
friends were present. Mr. and Mrs.
Haas will reside for the present at
Klysburg.
Of course Mr. Rockefeller Isn't tied
to business. " Everybody knows that
he has managed to lay up a modest
little sum which enables him to live
without working more than he really
1 cares to.
CONCRETE II
IS COMPLETED
Hinploycd in Painting I).
1, X: \V. Station— Fine
I inprovcmcnts.
The D. L. <fc W. railroad company
yesterday completed the exteusi ve con
crete work embiacing station platform
and lengthy walk down to Church
street,on which a large force of work
men were employed for nearly tour
weeks. The concrete gang is now
off the ground and their place is
occupied by the painters who are giv
ing the station and other buildings a
new coat of paint. All must agree that
the D. L. & W. railway company is
showing a vast amount of enterprise
and the sum total of improvements
made is rather more than was to lie
expected in one season.
Embracing platform and pavement
leading to Church street, the stretch
of concrete work constructed is over
live hundred feet in length. The plat
form was completed last week, the
pavement, which was thrown open to
the public yesterday, is a very fine af
fair and is a feature that will be es
pecially appreciated by the traveling
public.
Before the concrete pavement was ,
constructed, people on approaching or
leaving the station walked close along
side the track which, when trains
were passing, made it just a little
dangerous. The concrete walk, there
tore, has been laid at the extreme
southern side of the tract owned by
rhe railroad company, some ten feet
front the track. It was stated at the
st.jt ion yesterday that the strip be -
tweeu the walk and the rails will hi*
codded over.
Between the station platform and
the concrete pavement, opposite the
alley coming down from Lower .Mul
berry street, is a wide driveway cob
bled with heavy stones to be used by
teams approaching or leaving the sta
tion.
All that is needed now is to com
plete the painting, when the L). L. &
\V. company can boast of improve
ments that will compare favorably
with any other company and cast the
I*. & 11. station, with its homely
gravel walks, far in the shade
Hallowe'en Spirit.
The youngsters have already caught
the hallow e'en spirit and the streets
are becoming pretty noisy at night.
Last evening some hoys appeared on
the street with horns, but they were
promptly repressed by the chief-of
pol ice, who read the law to the youth
ful .sCTvnarlers in emphatic terms.
Time was when it w is customary to
begin the celebration of hallow e'en
about two wei'ks before the date on
which it occurred and to keep it up
for a week or so afterwards. It was
very entertaining to the youngsters
j but lift- was hardly worth living to the
i other seven-tenths of the population.
I No considerate person who has not
forgott n that In- himself once, was
young, will deny the juveniles the
privilege of observing hallowe'eu with
all that such observance implies, but
let the saturnalian revelry as far as
possible be confined to one night. This
should be quite sufficient for all sensi
ble young people who have been taught
that older persons have rights which
they are bound to respect.
Chief Mincemoyer has succeeded in
keeping the observance of the Fourth
of July within a sane and sensible
limit and it is probably not going too
far to assert that lie will succeed in
holding down the youngsters when it
con es to hallowe'eu. Meanwhile all
lovers of comparative good order ami
quiet will applaud his efforts.
Broken Kail.
Under the weight of a heavy freight
train a rail on the I). L. & \V. Mill
street crossing broke about no'iu yes
terday. The train passed over in safety
but the brejik sufficed to reveal how,
notwithstanding well built roads and
ordinary care costly accidents may oc
cur.
The rail had every appearance of
being sound on the surface,yet apiece
some eight inches in length embiacing
the top or llange broke oil', revealing a
J bad defect in the body of the rail.
The break was immediately detect
led by persons near the crossing and
i the rail was removed and a new one
' putin, between tlio time of the mis
j hap and the arrival of the '2.11 pass
enger train. Mad the accident occur
red out on the line where it might
i have passed unnoticed for the time be
ing it is easy to understand how a bad
wreck might have occurred on the
' train that followed
Never Regained Consciousness.
Daiiiellio Austatia, the man who
was caught in the^flywheel as he was
starting the engine at the rolling mill
] at. Berwick Tuesday morning, and hav
ing been thrown into the cogs, was so
badly battered and crushed that he
was taken to the Berwick hospital in
I a hopeless condition, died yesterday
morning at 1 o'clock. lie did not re
gain consciousness after tile ac< ideut.
Operators (iet a Raise.
I The telegraph and tower
t men on the Shamokin division id' the
t Heading railway were notified Tues
-3 day that, taking effect, October Ist.,
i their wages are increased and $lO a
month respectively.
DANVILLE. l'A., TIIUHSDA V, 0(T0l!Eli 18, !!><><;.
EASY
BRYAN—"Now boys, all wc have to do is to knock out that
Keystone, and the whole arch will fall " —From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
DICED By
■WAV HORSE
County Commissioner C. \V., Cook,
of Valley township, while attempting
to control :i runaway horse Monday
was dragged nearly a square, but
escaped without very serious injury.
It happened about 5 :3i) o'clock. Mr.
Cook untied his horse,which had been
standing in front of Joseph Smith's
meat market, on Mill street, ;uul was
in the act of stepping into tho carri
age when the horse, taking fright,
sprang forward and began to run. Mr.
Cook, who had not yet gotten into the
vehicle slipped down inside the w heels.
He had succeeded in grasping one of
the lines, and cither entangled in this
or else pluckily holding on hoping to
stop tliti horse he was drugged under-|
ueath the buggy all the way from the j
meat market to the armory, where lie
was caught by tho wheel and rolled
around several times like a ball.
At this point tho buggy and the man
parted company, the former flashing
along out Mill street and the latter
laying in the street momentarily
stunned. The thrilling spectacle was
witnessed by M. 11. Schram and one
or two others, who immediately ran
ty the assistance of Mr. Cook, who did
not seem very seriously hurt and was I
able to rise; unassisted.
The man was bleeding from two j
gashes, one above and the other below
the left eye. There was also a bad
ahrasiou on his nose and an injury on j
one leg below the knee, lie also com
plained of internal pains. He was as
sisted to Dr. Paules' drug store, where
his injuries were dressed. It is not
thought that he is seriously hurt.
The horse was caught 011 North Mill
street and returned to the owner.
Flooded With Buckwheat.
Although there have been reports of
a shortage in the buckwheat crop in
some sections,the experience of a Ben
ton miller yesterday would seem to
contradict the reports,says the Blooms
btirg Daily.
John J Mather, of Benton, was in
need of a quantity of buckwheat, and
fearing that lie could not get the sup
ply he wanted.be started an agent out
through the country in an effort to
buy up buckwheat at t»0 cents a bushel.
In two hours he was offered more
buckwheat than he could use. Other
millers report the same conditions.
Odd Fellows in Session.
The grand encampment, I. O. O. F.,
of Pennsylvania, is assembled at York
in annual session. The report of the
grand scribe shows that there are lti,-
()3»I Odd Fellows in the State and the
number of encampments is 252. The
increase in membership during the
year was 1,077. In the prize drill of
the Patriarchs Militant Canton York
won for the second time the Stokes
medal and forty dollars for the best
drilled canton in the State. Canton
Altoona took the Cogswell medal and
twenty-live dollars for second prize.
Canton Tyrone won the third prize
and fifteen dollars in cash.
Will Learn Engineering in Texas
Lloyd Harris, son of our townsman
A. O. Harris, left yesterday for Can
yon City, Texas, where lie will enter
the employ of his brother, (Joorge \V.
Harris, who is division engineer 011
the Santa Fe railroad. It is the inten
tion of the young man to learn civil
engineering from the practical side ot
the profession.
Two Cent Mileage Assured.
S. N. Williams,secretary of the State
board of trade, says that enough can
didates for the legislature are on rec
ord as favoring a two cent fare flat
railroad rate to ensure the passage of
necessary*«legißlation at the coming
session
PICK
Mr. ami Mrs. William H Amy, of
Lattinior, spent Sumlay at the home
of Thomas Lewis, who is an undo of
Mrs. A rev.
Hubert' Bibby, ol' Milton, >pont Sun
day with relatives in this city.
<ieorge S. Maiers, of Shamokiu,
spent Sumlay with his parents, Mr.
ami Mrs Heorgc Maiers, Market
street.
Mr. ami Mrs. Ila'rrv Hotfmau, Miss
Emma Hrown, Miss Dorothy Nace,
Miss Ethel Hoffman ami William
Suielsor, of Snnbury. and Mrs. Ray
Hoffman ntitl the Misses ltenna ami
Mice lloll'man of l'oint town hip,
Northuinborlami county.spent Sunday*
at the home of Mr. ami Mrs. Peter
Winters, Pine street.
Mr and Mrs. .1. K. Keeler, ol Mil
ton, are visiting at the home of Mrs.
P. J!. Keider, Mill street.
Mrs. J. 11. Colo and Mrs. Klizabeth
Greenawalt are enjoying a visit to
Buffalo and Niagara Falls
Mr. and Mrs. Billman,
daughter Barbara, and niece, Miss
Mary Johnson, of Heading, are visit
ing Mrs. Billman's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. llenrv I)ivel, Church street.
Mrs. Frank Woodside, of Sunlmry,
spent Sunday at the homo of J. H.
Woodside, Mowery street.
Heuben Boyer.of Wilkes-Barre.sp -nt
Sunday with liis family on Honey
moon street.
Adam Wagner, of Washiugtonville,
spent Sunday with friends in this city.
Mrs. J. E. Mi wife of Dr. .1.
K. formerly. of the hospital
staff,is visiti.ig Mis.- Olive Thompson,
Bloom street.
Curtis Feinour, of Pottsgrove, spent
Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
(.ieorge A. Hossman, Pine street.
Joseph V. Seohler,of Snnbury. spent
Sunday with his family on Front
street.
Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Clark, of
Irish Valley, were the guests of Rev.
C. W. Haver over Sunday. Mr. Clark
owns a pastuerized milk plant that
disposes of 000 quarts daily.
Miss Margaret Austin, of Seranton,
spent Sumlay at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Hussell, Vine street.
Miss Bessie Hess spent Sunday with
friends in Bloomsburg.
Miss Amelia Hartmau has returned
from a trip to Philadelphia and At
lantic City.
Miss Laura Peck returned to Phila
delphia yesterday after a visit at the
home of Miss Pauline Farnsworth,
West Mahoning street.
Misses Carrie Hoffman and Mae
Dreifuss spent Tuesday evening with
friends in Bloomsburg.
Frank Tierney.of Bloomsburg, spent
yesterday with friends in this city.
James Scarlet, Esq., was a Sunlmry
visitor yesterday.
Fletcher Kitchen and Frank Zeiglor
of Bloomsburg,spent last evening with
friends in this city.
J. B. Watson was a business visitor
in Seranton yesterday.
Mrs. John Jacobs, Sr., Miss Clara
Jacobs and Master John Jacobs Ceise
spent Tuesday with friends in Ber
wick-
Frank Jackson, of Berwick,drove to
this city yesterday in his automobile.
E. S Kaso, of Lebanon, arrived in
this city for a several days' visit yes
terday.
William Foster,of Lewisbmg, trans
acted business in this city vesterday
lie,. J. E. Iluber.of Hanover, form
er pastor of St. Hubert's church, this
city, visited friends in this city yes
terday.
There is a multiplicity of party
names in the State this year.
11U STAFF
91 MI
The authorities of the hospital for
the insane are about signalizing the
completion of the flue improvements
just installed by erecting a 125-foot
flag staff,which will lift the stars and
strips to an altitude that will make
them visible for miles around.
Aside from this fact, however,there
is a story hanging 011 the flag staff it
sWf, which latter has no parallel iu
anything in this section being entire
ly of iron. The flag staff, which was
furnished by Buchanan & company,ar
rival at the hospital Monday and yes
terday afternoon was hauled from the
ens to the site on the grounds where
it is to be erected.
The iron pole,which is iu the form of
series of tubes jointed together is in
two parts, one part being »>•.' feet and
l inches long and the other (53 feet and
1 inches long. The two sections as
shipped lay side by side taking in the
entire length of two cars. The total
weight of the pole when the two sec
tions are united will be no less than
five tons. At tiie bottom the big tube
is 14 inches in diameter; it tapers to
four iuches at the top
It will be raised at the very spot
where the smaller wooden poie stood
that was erected during the Spanish-
American war—in front of the hospit
al about midway between the main en
trance and the gate house.
W. A. Shepperson had the contract
for hauling tlie iron pole. Owing to
its great size and weight it proved ex
ceedingly difficult to handle on wheels,
but Mr. Shepperson managed to traus
nort it from the cars to the site it is
to occupy without mishap. Still more
difficult piobably will be the work of
raising the 125-foot iron staff. First
of all an immense fouudation of con
crete will have to be laid in which the
pole will be sunk to the depth of uiue
feet. To assist in the raising a trench
will be dug, iu wliich the irou pole
will lie at a slant with its lower end
on the level that it will occupy when
raised. An immense giu pole will be
erected by the means of which the flag
staff will be swung into a vertical posi
tion. The iron pole at the hospital is
the first of the kind to be erected in
this vicinity.
Black Hand in Another Alurder.
A thrilling shooting affair,in wliich
an Italian of the BlacK Hand society
attempted to murder a fellow country
man,occurred near Mt. Carniel yester
day morning.
Joseph Nestico, a miner of Mt. Car
nicl, was entering the Greenough col
liery at Marion Heights, when accost
ed by an unknown man. Without
warning the stranger pulled a revol
ver and shot Nestico three times.
The firing attracted the attention of
three other miners who were going to
work and they made a rush for the
would-be murderer, who turned and
shot one of them, David Morris, of
Mt. Carniel, in the leg.
A crowd quickly gathered and at
tempted to surround the desperate
stranger, who stood at bay, weapon in
hand. Suddenly he fired the last cham
ber of his revovler into the crowd,
dashod for the mountain side and dis
appeared in the dense forest and un
dergrowth.
The miners were content enough to
let him take his leave unmolested,and
turned their attention to the injured
men. Although seriously hurt, it is
not believed that their wounds will
prove fatal.
Many off the foreign miners are
thoroughly frightened. They believe
to a man that this was the work of
the Black Hand society whose evil in
fluence is undoubtedly spreading
throughout the coal regions.
If West Chester's new law is enforc
ed- a doubtful proposition—it will
cost s\to spit on the sidewalk here
after.
ESTABLISHED IN 1855
i. mm
IE HCNIRY
Will Propagate Thorough
bred Single-Combed
White Leghorns.
The hauclsome residence of Rev. C.
M. Barnitz, South Danville, is rapid
ly approaching completion and by
November Ist, it is thouglit.it will be
ready for occupancy. A conspicuous
feature of the establishment is the
large and liuely planned hennery in
therear, which just now is receiving a
coat of paint.
As indicated by the building Mr.
Barnitz is a chicken fancier and in
tends to enter upon the raising of
chickens on a very large scale. It
would be a mistake,however, to fancy
that lie intends to enter into competi
tion with the farmers, raising chick
ens of the common breed for killing.
In the first place lie will devote him
self to the propagation of the choicest
and most expensive breeds of fowls,
which will find a ready sale among
chicken fanciers and farmers who de
sire to improve of fowls.
There will be a large surplus of eggs
and these will likewise be disposed of
at advantage for breeding purposes.
The hennery alone is well worth a
visit. It is built according to modern
and most approved ideas and is un
doubtedly without a parallel anywhere
in this section. It consists of two
wings one story high with a central
building 18x18 feet and two stories
high. Each wing is seventy-five feet
long, twelve feet wide and contains
two divisions. Walls and ceiling are
plastered and the floor is of cement.
One of the wings faces the east and
the other the south. There are numer
ous windows, which admit abundant
sunlight.
In the central building there is a
well by the side of which a gasoline
engine and a force pump will be in
stalled. The second story, which com
mands a view of both wings of the
hennerv, will bo eventually occupied
by a watchman.
Mr. Barnitz, who is occupying the
VanNostrand homestead pending the
completion of his new dwelling, has a
fine hit of choice fowls on hand. These
are all thoroughbred single comb
white leg horns,commonly called "egg
machines" because of their wonderful
capacity for laying. Ihere are one
hundred liens and the same number of
roosters. On November Ist these will
all be installed in the wing facing the
south.
The other wiug will be used for the
incubators and the "brooders". The
first incubators will be set about Jan
uary Ist. By June 18th all the chick
ens will be hatched,at which time Mr.
Barnitz expects to have at least 1000
fowls on hand. One half of these will
have to he sold in order to get the
number of pullets required for the
next season.
Mr. Barnitz is thoroughly posted on
all that relates to the propagation of
fancy breeds of chickens and every
thing will be conducted in a scientific
manner. To promote health among the
fowls a portion of the hennery will be
set apart as a "hospital." To inspire
terror in the minds of chicken thieves
a ferocious dog will have freedom of
the premises at night. A dog with a
record has already been purchased and
yesterday left York by express for
South Danville. He is an old fashion
ed bull dog, which was on exhibition
at the dog show at Richmond, Va.,
and more recently at the big York
fair.
Danville Has New Club.
Danville is to have, this winter, a
musical club that will be a credit to
the town, the organization having
been established upon a firm basis un
der the auspices of the Y. M. A.
The club, to be known as the Y. M.
C. A. Mandolin and Guitar club, of
Danville, was organized at the As
sociation building Monday evening by
the election of John Henuiug, presi
dent; James Kase.secretary ; and Gen
eral Secretary Beruhard, treasurer. A
musical committee, composed of John
Heuning, Walter Fonst and James
Kase, was appointed ; also Thomas A.
Foltz, Thomas McDermott and Ed
ward Johnson were named as a com
mittee to select club colors.
The personel of the club is as fol
lows: Mandolins; Harry Woods, Frank
Eggert, Thomas McDermott, Frank
Grove, William Reese, Edward John
son and Austin Klase; guitars; James
Kase, Charles A. Hartt, John Winner,
Charles Woods and John Heuning:
banjo, Thomas Foltz; violin, Walter
Foust.
The club w ill meet every Monday
evening in the Association building
for rehearsal. Tim object of the club is
to furnish music at the entertainments
in the Danville Y. M. C. A., and also
the organization will accomodate As
sociations in nearby towns if its ser
vice are desired in an amateur way.
Only Three Cases.
Our readers will be glad to learn
that diphtheria, which caused some
anxiety a few weeks ago, is graduallv
dying out. There are said to he only
three houses in town that are placard
ed at present. The situation was at no
time alarming, it is true, but diphth
eria is a disease that it is never safe
to trifle with. The school board as
well as heads of families were happily
on the alert and the disease was check
ed before it gained much headway.
JOB PRINTING
The office ot the AMERICAN
being furnished with a large
assortment of job letter and
fancy typ? anc» job material
generally, the Publisher an
nounces to the public tnat he
is prepared at all times to ex
ecute in the neatet-t manner.
JOB PRINTING
Of all K Incis and Description
FOUR ROUTES
ID
The notification of tlie rearrange
ment of the rural free delivery routes
emanating from the Danville post
office has been received by Post Mas
ter W. L. Gouger.The changes will go
into effect on the first of November.
The changes on the Danville routes
are the result of a visit to this city
from Rural Inspector Shoenberger
made early in September. The routes
to be changed are Nos. 1. 2, 3 and 4.
The other routes will remain the same
as heretofore. The changes greatly im
prove the rural service that centers in
Danville, and amon:,' other things in
creases to a considerable extent the
number of homes that will be served
daily with mail by the rural carriers
Below are given the four rearrang
ed routes as they will lie after the first
of November:
ROUTE NO. 1, lias been changed to
take Bald Top and returning to enter
Danville by way of Hie dug road. A
number of new subscribers are added
to this route. No. 1 now runs from
the Danville post office north and
northwest to Mausdale; west to Tem
ple corner; north to F. W. Dielil cor
ner; west to Davis corner; northwest
and northeast to Purton corner ; north
and west to Bogart corner; west,
southwest and northwest to Flick cor
ner; northeast to Long corner; north
west and southwest to Robinson school
house; westerly and southwest to J.
Billmeyer corner; soutiieast and south
via Oak Grove to Berger corner; east
to Shepperson; southwest and south
east on Bald Top road to Danville
post office. Length of route, 22.5
miles.
ROUTE NO. 2 has been rearranged
and bettered, 8 or 10 new homes being
served. The carrier on No. 2 will leave
the post office and go northeast aud
northwest and north on Washington
vilie road via Mausdale and Feuu ho
tel to A. J. Carr comer; southeast and
east to Dietrich corner ; southeast aud
southwest to Ed. Boyer coiner; south
east to Dyer corner; northerly and
northwest to H Cooper corner; east
to Oitinau corner; southeast,south and
southwest to Hendrickson corner ; west
to Thomas Rogers' place and retrace;
south and southwest to Blue corner ;
east to Wintersteen corner; south,
southeast and southwest to Danville
post office. Length of r0ute,23.1 miles.
ROUTE NO. 3 lias been improved
both for carrier and patron and sever
al new homes have been included on
the route. On No. 3 the carrier will
leave the Danville post office aud go
northeast and northwest to Forks;
easterly and northeast to Styer corner;
east to Paul Mausteller place and re
trace to Styer ; west to Benfield cor
ner; north to Williams corner; easter
ly to Moore corner; northeast and
northwest via Swenoda to Crosslev
sorner; southwest to Sheep school
!louse; northerly to A. Shultz shop;
southwest to B. Shultz corner; south
east aud southerly to Sidler corner;
southwest to Forks; southeast and
southwest to Danville post office
Length of route, 21.7 miles.
ROUTE No. 4 has been rearranged
so as to accommodate about 8 new
natrons. The carrier will leave the
Danville post office and go northeast
md east on Bloomsburg road to Hag
snbuch coruer; north to Foust corner:
northwest to Everett corner ; northeast
md north via Gulliver corner to D.
Purcell corner; west to Moore school
louse ; south, southwest and west to
E. White corner; north to S. W. Pur
;ell corner; east to Moore school
louse; north to Evarts corner; west
:o Sandal coruer: northwest,west and
southwest to Kase corner; north and
west to Bennett corner: south aud
southwest to Forks; southeast and
southwest to Danville post office.
Length of route, 20.U miles.
The prospective patrons on the re
trranged routes should show their ap
preciation of the servico that is being
jxtended to them by procuring and er
ecting their boxes at once, aud there
by being in readiness on the first of
November. Boxes can be procured
from any of the hardware dealers in
Danville. The specifications that must
be complied with, in regard to the
boxes can be seen posted in the Dan
ville post office corridor.
To Pay Councilnien.
A bill has been prepared by a mem
ber of the State senate and it will be
presented to the next general assem
bly, to provide compensation for the
members of city and borough councils
and of schools boards. It will limit
the amount to be paid according to
the population of the municipalities,
mid is proposed to Jgo into operation
in March, 1SK)8.
Appointed Chaplain.
Rev. E. M. Gearhart, pastor of Trin
ity Lutheran church in Sunhury, has
been appointed chaplain at the Odd
Fellows orphanage to succeed Rev.
G. W. Fritsch, of Suydertowu, who
moved to Danville. The new chaplain
will goto the orphanage every two
weeks and fill the pulpit in the
church. —Sunburv Daily.
Bear Scared the Hunter.
While hunting on the Nescojieck
mountains yesterday morning. Arthur
War mtz came face to face with a half
grow n bear. Warantz, scared out ot
his wits, stood rooted to the spot,while
bruin, probably as much frightened
as the man,ambled oft' into the woods
Warantz returned home aud did no
more hunting yesterday.