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»l ili«Stiini'U'li an«t liiteskines
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Kgg-i are up'
Big crops >|>e!l prosperity.
The sou must l>e ou a vacation.
Keep your eye >ll the burning leaves.
H«.' «*reful iu hunting the iltwil
leaves
Are we to have a banket ball team
this winter?
We seem to have taken a permanent
position in the rain belt.
The North American Review iu its
current nuuilier declares 111 favor of
woman suffrage. that is the complete
political eufranchiseuient ot women.
"We are convinced," it savs, "that
the time ha» arrived when the welfare
of the nation would be most effectual
ly conserved by conferiug npon women
toe privilege of voting and holding
political office."
Lookout for a soap man who gives
fortv yards of Brussels carjiet with a
twelve dollar soap order. He collects
tlie money iu advance of course, and
of course that'> the end of the ileal.
Halt au hour before Harry Black, of
New Castle, committed suicide he I
joined a burial association.
Bogus halt dollars, bearing the date
ot IbM. ar.- being circulated iu Potts
ville
Mrs Daniel Potter, of Eastou, is
very ill from having taken a headache
puw<ler which she found on her door
step
Lloyd Packer, aged l«,of New Cum
berland, died from au overindulgence
in raw chestnuts.
It has long l»< 11 admitted that Mass
achusetts the had in the enact
ment of law- for the protection of lab
or from long hours unsanitary condi
tion.- mid for the protection of the
workuitfuien generally.
At the public schools of Pottsville
each of the 3.W10 pupils contributed a
single potato for the inmates of the
Pottsv 1 lie children's home for the
winter In some of tlie larger schools
th*-r«* were donation- of a bushel each
atit<l tlie collection amounted to 125
bushels.
(ktlouel John Jacob A-tor. Perry
Belmont. Harry Payne Whitney and
Mr». Miehnel P. Grace are all said to
lw* |«artieul*i ly anxious to buy the
nritnmtl commission granted by Wil
liam and Mary in I*ll*4 to William
Peuu ap|iointiiig inn. governor of New
York, which is for private sale in
Lutiduu.
The Presbyterian synod in session in
Li»nea.»t' r indicated its approval of the
union with the Cumberland Presbyter
ian church by an enthusiastic recep
tion of the Rev. Charles It Harmon,
the retiring moderat< r of the Cumlier
land synod.
John Ritzel, a youth of Pottsville,
Itecame suddenly niMuie n- the result
of excessive cigarette smoking and was
placed uudei arrest alter he had driv
en Ins parental out ot their home.
'lite Potter county gang of counter
feiter* who pleaded guilty in the
United States district court at Scran
tun. have beeu seutem-ed. Walter Hix
by, the leader of the gang, who was a
Idler IU MM Spanish war, gotj elf
* Itb a sentence of one year and a half
The Rev. Richard B. Dilworth.a re
tired Presbyterian minister of Oxford,
atta< ted by three negroes, then
mysteriously disap|»-ared and search
iiig )iarti*-s have not lieeii able to find
him
Have you t Itought of all the things
yam have to lie thankful for this year.
Mr aud .Mri J. Wallace Dean, of
ut-ar Wafliingtotiville, entertained at
ihetr I Kline on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs.
h <» Van.Men, Mr. and Mr* Weeks
and two daughters, of Northumber
land, and Mr. and Mrs J H Biliby,
of Miitou, Pa.
A mysterious bird ill the woods of
Darhugton Beebe.ot Westtown,accord
,un to a disjiatdi front West Chester,
la exciting tf.»- huuters of that town
but Don** has> l<een able to kill if.
Uliirlv* Wood, years old, a brake
man on the Erie railroad, wasltehead
bv an •■limine in the ('arbondale
yard lb attempted to jump on the
pilot and fell underneath the wheels
State Highwa> Cotumis-ioner Hunt
«r ha- made public a statement show
ug tin- various townshi|>s that have
uoMie application for a share in the
Stele fund for the maintenance of
ruadr
Tlw registration throughout the
-t*te indente* that the vote at the
< »iuitig eie< tion will fie light. The
falling off of legitimate voter- WHS
farg- ninny !« ing distraiicised by fail
ing to pay taxes.
All tueoitiers ot the Holy City chorus
are orgeiltlv nwjuesl.-d to ft#- pre.-eut
at Hie rein «r-al at the Maliouing Pres
byterian church this evening at 8
uYlork
The r«gnlar monthly business meet
ing «.f the Indies' Auiliary of tin V
M V. A w ill In- held Thursday even
tug at . ;vi o'clock It i- desired that
all nieiiit»-r- l»- present as bii-ine.«- of
gieMt importaiu e is to I** trnn-actid
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~T HIS coiNTRY WILL NEVER BE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDS WITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS.'
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TOWN BUTCHERS
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Under the head of Ordinance and
Police a matter relating to the curb
stone maiket was introduced and an
agitation started concerning it, which
may lead to an amendment of the or
dinance.
John Eiseuhart called attention to
the injustice to which town butchers
are exposed by being brought into
competition with rural dealers, who
do not pay a mercantile tax as the
town butchers are required to do, and
who yet each winter crowd into the
curbstone market. Mr. Eisenhart urged
that the uon-resideut butchers be ob
liged to take out a license, the same
as other dealers who sell commodities
not of their own production. As it is
at present- the non-resident but?hers
merely pay the fee for standing in
market, which the resident butchers
have to pay also in addition to other
heavy tax.
The injustice of the present practice
was not denied but Mr. Vastino held
that the ordinance on market in its
present form does not make the sell
ing as practiced by the non-resident
butchers illegal. On motion the mut
ter was referred to the committee on
ordinance and police to make investi
gation with a view to amending the
ordinance, if advisable.
On motion of Mr. Eisenhart it was
ordered that a new helmet be pur
chased for the chief-of-police.
On motion of Mr. Vastine it was
ordered that if the measure be approv
ed by the borough solicitor the com
mittee on streets and bridges lie auth
orized to order several car loads of
paving brick for the purpose of re
placing the defective brick on Mill
street. The Reese-Hammond c.ompauy
is under bond to replace free of cost
all defective brick on Mill street with
in a period of ten years.
A communication was received from
Mrs. A. M. Levers calling attention
of council to a defective drain at her
premises at corner of Centre and Cherry
streets, which causes the flooding of
the cellar in times of heavy rain The
exact conditions were not clear to
council and the matter was referred
to the committee on streets and bridges
for investigation.
Chairman Gibson being absent Dr.
Sweisfort was called to the chair.
Other members present were: Vastine.
Baylor, Dietz, Bedea, Fiunigan, Ja
mbs. Eisenhart, Russell and Angle.
The following bills were approved
for payment:
Regular employes sll4 00
Sterling Lubricator <'o. 19.50
General Elec. Co. 1.05
John A. Roebliug 6(5.73
J. B. Cleaver 15.13
Helios Mfg. Co 58.17
Washington Fire Co 2.50
Labor in Light Dept 15.75
Montour American .. 28.50
F. P. Startael .. ... 13.18
Labor and hauling 1315.75
Labor on Church street II"' 88
Welliver Hardware Co 12.*23
Reading Iron Co 180.80
Frank Fry. 47.96
William Miller . . 30.33
Samuel Mills 7.78
Ellis Rank .. (5.70
Geo. F. Reifsnyder . 4 85
Thomas J. Price .30
Francis Hartinan (5.00
B. B. Brown . 8 75
W ATER DEPA RT M ENT.
Regular employes ♦H54.30
Labor on streets 13.50
P. H. Fount . 106.00
Washington Fire Co 1.75
Joseph Lechner 37.53
H. R. Moore 4.510
Resolutions of Condolence.
At a regular meeting of Goodrich
post, No. 22, (i. A. R., held Monday
evening tin- following preamble and
resolutions wen- unanimously adapt
ed :
Whereas ; An allwire Providence has
seen lit to remove by death from among
us, our worthy and respected comrade
Elias Lyon, therefore bo it
Resolved, That while wo bow in
humble submission to the adict of the
Grand Creator of all things, we regret
the loss w..leii it has entailed on post
22, and unite in giving expression to
our sense of the great loss, which the
community has sustained in the death
of our comrade, and we deeply sym
pathise with the bereaved family, in
the great sorrow that has fallen upon
them.
Resolved. That these resolutions of
respect ami condolence be spread in
full upon our minutes; that the post
room be drajied iu mourning for the
space of 30 days ; that these proceed
ings be published in the several news
papers of Danville; that a copy of the
same lie presented to the widow it the
deceased comrade.
W. If. HEDDENS.
JACOB SLOOP.
HENRY KERN.
t 'onini itfee.
A I»EER STORY.
Reginald Worthington,need 20, kill
ed two deer at one shot on his lath
er's deer pieserves, near Stroudsliurg.
Worthintgon saw two fine fellows run
ning along rapidly side by side, drew
bead on the animals and fired. The
deer nearest him fell dead,shot through
the lungs; then the bullet sped on,
wounding No. 2 in an equally vital
<]M)t. One deer weighed 200 pounds
and the other 185 pounds.
JOIL EH
LAI TO REST
All that was mortal of John L.
! Evans, whose death occurred Tliurs
! day morning, was consigned to its last
resting place in Odd Fellows' cemetery
i on Saturday afternoon.
The funeral was a large one. Not a
tribute \v:is absent that was needed to
j show universal esteem. The large
turnout of Free Masons, present in a
body, the equally large number of
members of B. I'. O. Elks scattered
about the assemblage, the beautiful
(lowers, the eulogistic remarks that
one overhead in undertones all spoke
volumes. The (lowers alone formed a
striking tribute. Chrysanthemums,
carnations and all the beautiful
blooms of the season were banked
about the casket, seemingly filling the
entire room. One of the offerings came
from Mahoning lodge No. 516, F. &
A. M.,another from the order of Elks
but by far the greater number were
contributed by individual friends.
The services were conducted by the
Rev. M. K. Foster,pastor of St. Paul's
M. E. chunh, assisteil by the Rev.
Harry Curt-in Harmau, of Harrisburg,
former pastor, and the Rev. J. E.
Hutchison, pastor of the Mahoning
Presbyterian church.
Re - .. .T. E. Hutchison read the 91st
psalm. He was followed by the Rev.
M. K. Foster, who offered a most
fervent and beautiful prayer, which
appealed wonderfully to the hearts of
those present. Rev. Harry Curt in Har
mau, who was pastor of St. Paul's
when the health of the deceased failed
and he went West hoping to be beue
titted by the change,spoke at consider
able length,dwelling most beautifully
upon the blameless life and gracious
personality of John L. Evans Rev.
M. K. Foster followed ill the same
strain Hymns "Nearer My God to
Thee" and "Lead Kindly Eight" were
sung.
The pallbearers, chosen from among
the Freemasons, were as follows: M.
G. Youngman, W. L. McClure, \V. G.
Pursel. C. P. Hancock, W. R. Clarke
and M. H. Scliram.
The following persons from out of
town attended the funeral: Thomas
Johns and wife, Mrs. and Miss Johns,
of Scranton ; William Freeze and wife,
Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan Swentzel, of
Rloomsburg; Mrs. Harry, of Berwick;
Mrs. James,of Pittston; Mrs. Rebecca
Brown and Harry Haas,of Milton; W.
CJ. Jury and Joseph Kesler, of Sha
mokiu; Mrs. 11. B. Hullihen and Mrs.
Kate Mears, of Williauisport; Mr. and
Mrs. Matthew Mans and Mr. and Mrs.
John Johnson, of West Hemlock town
ship.
REPUBLICAN
HEADQUARTERS
Republican County Chairman John
E. Roberts has made arrangements for
the maintenance of Republican head
quarters until after the election.
Rooms in the Gross building on Mill
street, over A. Rosenstein's store have
been selected for this purpose.
The headquarters weie opened Sat
urday eveuinir. It is the intention to
install a telephone and to receive the
returns on election night. The rooms
will be decorated and a banner stretch
ed across the street.
Revisiting Danville.
Horace Moore ol Newport, Pa., and
sister, Mrs. Harry Bechtel, of Cincin
nati, Ohio, are visiting old friends in
Danville after a long absence.
The two visitors are son and daugh
ter of John Moore, a prominent real
estate owner of former days.The pres
ent one is Mr. Moore's first visit to
Danville in twenty-five years. The
visitors find much to interest them
here and are cordially welcomed by
old friends 011 every side.
Mr. Moore was in the treasury de
partment at Washington for many
years,during both Cleveland's and Mc-
Kin ley's administration.
T. W. Uedea a Benedict.
Mrs. Ellen Bomboy and Councilman
T. W. Bedea were united in the holy
bonds of matrimony on Saturday even
ing. The ceremony was performed at
the home of the bride,oil Front street,
at 8:30 o'clock by the Rev. Joseph E.
Guy, pastor of the Shiloli Reformed
church. Only the immediate family
was present.
The bride is a widely known and
highly esteemed resident of orr town.
The groom, who is foreman at the
Structural Tubing works, is likewise
well known and very popular.
<iirl Hired at Burglar.
A bold attempt to rob tlie home of
Mrs. John Creasy, at Berwick, early
yesterday morning was frustrated by
Mrs. Creasy's daughter.
The young lady was awakened by a
noise and, going to a window, saw a
man in the hack yard. Getting her re
volver, she fired five shots at the rob
ber, none of which, however, took ef
fect. The shots aroused the neighbors,
who chased the man quite a distance
and finally lost him. This is the third
attempt that has been made to rob the
Creasy homo within a short time, but
on each occasion tin- burglar has been
scared away.
At Sheep's Church.
Rev. Vertnon Hat ington.tho prohib
ition s|ieaker, ami his wife, will hold
a public meeting al Sheep's church to
night.
DANVILLE. l'A., TIIUKSDAY, OLTOHKK WS-
NAILED TO THE MAST
Republicans of Pennsylvania have the colors up for the election
Oil November 6th From The Philadelphia Inquirer.
TRUANT OFFICER
IKES ARREST
The action taken by the school board
Monday night looking to a stricter en
forcement ot the school law relating
to attendance bore fruit yesterday in
the arrest of a resident of the second
ward for failing to send his eleven
year-old sou to school with sufficient
regularity.
The case was one which is likely to
have a parallel at any time. The in
formation was lodged by Truant Offi
cer W. E. Young, who is responsible
for the attendance of pupils. The hear
ing was held before .) list ice Oglesby,
who imposed a fine of two dollars and
costs under the act of 1901, which ob
liges parents to send their children to
school seventy-live per cent of the
time elapsed since "the begirning of
the term, the penalty being two dol
lars fine or two days' imprisonment
for the first offense and five dollars
tine or five days' imprisonment tor the
second offense.
11l the case of the man arrested, his
boy was not making anything like tull
time. Truancy.it seems, did not enter
into it, as the boy merely stayed at
home, which left die truant officer no
other alternative than to proceed
through the parents.
As ttie circumstances became fenowu
the defendant became an object of con
siderable sympathy, lie admitted that
his boy was out of school. Earlier in
the term the father kept him out with
the cousen: of one of the local d ! rec
tors; later lie was very anxious to have
the boy in school but during his ab
sence at work the boy was permitted
to remain at home by the mother.
The justice explained to the defend
ant that in the face of the law the
"permission" granted by the director
was without weight ; also that while
unfortunate he as father aud head ol
the family was responsible for his
children's attendance or non-attend
ance at school, regardless of the part
played by any other member of the
family. The defendant saw the jtoint
and unhesitatingly paid Hue and costs
amounting to $2.75.
Comment on tlio above is unneces
sary. That hardship is wrought on
poor people, who can illy afford to
bear the expense when tlie law is per
mitted to take its course is quite evid
ent. The remedy would lie in comply
ing with the law and keeping chil
dren in school as required. All the
facts of the above case are presented
with the hope that they may prove an
object lesson to those parents who are
tempted to become negligent in the
matter of sending children to school.
Hxcitement on Railroad Street.
The appearance of a "cloak man"on
Kailroad street between the* P. & It.
station and the borough line lias kept
the residents of that Section in a state
of great excitement for some days or
rather nights past. Whether the ap
parition is of the fake sort or is a
real "cloak man", whatever that may
imply, is not known, but the uncer
tainty does not diminish the effect.
The section is lone and deserted after
dark these nights, handed over to the
police, who hide in the dark places
hoping to lay their heavy bauds on
the man in the cloak. Up to date there
have been no arrests although all sorts
of stories are told.
Some relate that the cloak man,who
was found to be a resident in disguise,
was caught and so severely beaten that
he had to be carried home.
Another version of tlie story is that
the resident dressed himself U|> in wo
man's apparel and started out to put
himself in the way of the cloakmati,
by whom lie hoped to be accosted, in
which event he intended to thrash the
fellow within an inch of his lite. Tin
storv has it that the man fell into the
hands ot others searching for the
eloakman was mistaken for him ami
so badly beaten that he had to be car
ried home.
PERSONAL
PARAGRAPHS
Mrs. S. 15. Evans, of Harrisburg, is
a guest at the.home id' Mr. and Mrs.
William H. Andy, Market sijuare.
Miss Lvdia Creasy, of Oatawissa, is
i visiting Mr. Willard Fetter
! man, Grand street.
Miss Esther Pannebaker, of Mifflln
town, is visiting her uncle, Willard
Pannebaker. Liberty township.
Mrs. Mary E. Spaulding, of Free
port, Long Islaud, is visiting at the
home of her sister. Mrs. E. O. Voris,
Ferry street,
George Loy, of Bellefonte, spent
Sunday at the home of John Boden,
Rush township.
Miles Barbor and Fred Dash, of
Wilki's-Barre,spent Sunday i'i this city
at* the home of the former's parents,
Dr. aud Mrs. I G. Barber. Ferry
street. Mr. Dash was foreman of the
carpenters at the State hospital at
time the addition was built two years
ago, and is well known in this city.
Parker Russell, of Willianisport,
spent Sunday with friends in this
city.
Miss Rachel Mcttler, student at
Dickinson seminary, Willianisport,
spent Sunday with her parents, Mr.
and Mr<. William 11. Mettler, Logan
Dale farm.
Rlaiue James, of Northumberland,
spent Sunday with relatives in Dan
ville. x
Miss Georgie White,of Bloomsburg,
spent Sunday in this city as the guest
of Miss Rella Adams.
Mrs. C. <'. Carpenter left yesterday
for Salem, Now Jersey,after a visit at
the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs
W. G. Kramer. West Mahoning street
Mis. Stella E. Wertman left yester
day for Berwick, where she will make
her home with her sister, Mrs. Marry
Ellis.
Mi-s Lillian Garsed, of Philadel
phia, will arrive today for a visit at
the home of Thomas Woods, Mill
street.
Hon. IJ. W. Wclliver, id' Exchange,
was a visitor in this city yesterday.
Mrs. Robert Lloyd, of New York
City, is visiting at tho home of her
sister, Mrs. Jacob Miller, Mill street.
Grant Sainsbury, of Buffalo, is vis
iting old friends in Danville.
George E. Hunt, of Aitoona, arriv
ed last evening for a visit with his
brothers, John 11. and I). O. Hunt, in
this city.
Mrs. William Diet/, of Plymouth,is
visiting her mother, Mrs. .1. D. Wil
liams, Front street.
W. J. Keim, of Washington, D. C.,
is visiting at the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Keim,Front street.
Mrs. S. J. Wclliver and Mrs. Walter
Russell are visiting relatives in Phila
delphia.
Railroad lied Burning l'p.
For the past several days the I). L.
& W. roadbed at Berwick, near the
new river bridge,has been on tire, aud
it is feared that the track will settle
to such an extent that a new roadbed
will have to be constructed.
When the present roadbed was laid,
culm from the mines was used as bal
last, and several days ago this caught
fire from the hot ashes from tho Ber
wick steam Since that time,
despite the efforts of the track crew to
put out the fire with water, it still
continues to burn. The bridge com
pany has a large amount ot its iron
along the I). L. & W. tracks, and in
order to keep the heat out of the iron,
which would render it useless, a force
of men has been engaged borh night
and day to pour water over the iron
until it can be removed to a place of
safety.
It is hard to find any news except
political new HI some ot the news
papers nowadays.
TO ANSWER FOR
FAST RUNNING
Summons were issued to the I). L.
& W. railway company yesterday,
warning it to appear before Justice of
the Peace W. V. Oglesby at K) o'clock
next Tuesday morning to answer for
running its trains through the bor
' ougli of Danville at a speed greater
than eight miles per hour, the
i limit fixed by the borough ordinance.
1 Summons were issued to the 1). h. &
W. company a month or so ago, but
; owing to a technicality the action was
dropped before the hearing took place.
In the interim following it is alleg
ed that the D. L. & W. trains have
been running through town at a rate
of speed which would seem to indic
ate that ttie trainmen intend to ignore
thermovisions of the borough ordin
ance.
Chief-of-Police Mincemoyer yester
day morning timed the 10:17 D. L. &
\V. passenger train as it speeded through
town below Mill street and found that
it covered the marked-off space of one
hundred yards in just five and one
hall' seconds, which is equivalent to
the rate of:17 1-5 miles per hour.
Oil the strength of this evidence the
summons were issued for the hearing
on Tuesday the 30th inst. Since the
first summons were issued a wholly
new ordinance relating to railway
speed has been enacted by council and
the validity of the action is well es
tablished in every detail.
Thanksgiving Proclamation.
WASHINGTON, Oct. J4 j
The President today issued a pro- :
damation naming Thursday, Novem- ,
her ,".l, as the day of Thanksgiving.
In the course of his proclamation 1
the President says:
"Never before in our history or in
the history of any other nation has a
people enjoyed more abounding mater
ial prosperity than is ours, a prosper
ity so great that it should arouse in us
no spirit of reckless pride, and least
of all a spirit of heedless disregard of
our responsibilities,but rather a sober
sense of our many blessings, aud a re
solute purpose, under Providence, not,
to forfeit them by any action ol' our
own.
"Material well-being, indispensable
though it is, can never bo anything
but the foundation of true national
greatness and happiness. If we build
nothing upon this foundation, then
our national life will be as meaning
less, where only the foundation has
been laid. Upon our material well-be
ing must be built a superstructure or
individual and national life lived in
accordance with the laws of the high
est morality, or else our prosperity it
self will in the long run turn out a
curse instead of a blessing. We should
be both reverently thankful for what
we have received and earnestly bent
upon tinning it into a means of graee
and not of destruction."
Eggs Are Scarce.
Eggs have become a scarce commod
ity, not only in the curbstone market,
but also in tho stores and tiie price is
ii]i to a point seldom reached except
in midwinter. The very few eggs in
market Tuesday vanished as if by
magic and at an early hour it was
difficult to purchase any in the stores,
except the kind that were "not fresh"
and the price that these commanded
was twenty-eight cents per dozen
There is a suspicion that eggs are
being bought up and shipped to ttie
hi" enters whore they are putin stor
age jiiuliaoh in tho interest of an egg
tru-t. The 112 u'uiers,however,dcuy that
there is any semblance of truth in
this so for as Montour county is con
cei'i.-il. They lay it all to the liens
\s i h, they say,have stopped laying
an . that that is all there is about it.
Sti' !i eg :s as are tor sale,they declare,
art brought into the Danville market.
Of Ihe 11, COO voters in York, but 7-'
pet cent were registered when the
polls closed Saturday night.
EST A I.LISIf El > IX 185."i
ROMS OROEREO
FOR TYPEWRITERS
ir developed at the meeting of the
school board Monday that through
no neglect of the school authorities
the law obliging children under 14
years of age to attend school is not be
ing lived up to quite as rigidly as it
ought to be. Mr. Fischer called atten
tion to several instances in which chil
dren apparently under 14 years are at
work instead of attending school.
In several instances parents have put
in a strong plea for exemption or cle
mency 011 the ground that through
straightened circumstances in the fam
ily the aid of the child as a wage earn
er is seriously needed.
After a thorough discussion it was
the sense of the school board that no
exceptions can be made no matter
what the family circumstances may
be; and that it devolves upon the tru
ant. officer to see to it that all children
under 1 I years are kept in school; also
that those employing children should
keep the requirements of the law in
mind and by exercising care prevent
themselves from being imposed upon
and unwittingly admitting boys and
girls into their employ who are under
fourteen.
Borough Superintendent Gordy call
ed attention to the need of holders for
the type writers in the commercial de
partment. In our high school,lie said,
we are teaching type-writing by the
"touch system," by which, it is un
derstood, the pupils manipulate the
machine on the same principle that a
person learns to plav the piano. With
out a holder for the notes the pupils
are obliged to keep their heads turned
to one side, which places them on an
unnatural position. To overcome this
a modern device is coming into gener
al use, by which the notes are held
directly in front of the pupil on the
typewriter. The board was impressed
with the utility of the device and ou
motion of Mr. Heiss it was ordered
that one half-dozen of the "holders"
be purchased
The following members were pres
ent. Burns, Ortli, Swarts.Pursel, Har
iug, Trumbower, Fischer, Heiss, Har
pel, Lutz and (Jrone.
The following bills were approved
foi*payment:
A. M. Phillips ... JS 1.05
Peter Winters . . 1.95
John Stronb .1.25
U. L. Gordy 3.12
Casper Diseroad 14.10
Miles Walsh 1.50
William Quigg. . . 24.(X)
D. L. & W. R. K. Co 21
J. B. Cleaver .. 14.50
Alonzo Mottern . 3.00
Danville Stove Afc Mfg. (To 3.72
Murray Bros 5.64
G. W. Emerick 1.80
| O. M. Leuiger . 38.95
j Ed. Bub. Co 1.95
C. 11. Schmink.. 23.20
1 Smith & Brevier typewriting Co 7.1*5 1
Maynard Merriil Co . 1.87
Large Coon Crop.
Whatever success may attend the
daylight hunters who tread over the
fields in search of squirrels, pheasants
aud the like it is pretty plain that the
coon crop is a good one and that those
who have the hardihood to devote a
night to coon hunting need not come
h line empty handed.
Charles Beyer, of West Hemlock
township, accompanied by George
Bedea and Grant Ridgeway of this
city, putin Tuesday night coon hunt
ing 011 Montour ridge opposite Camer
on. Yesterday morning they appeared
in town with three large coous which
excited the envy of all other coon
hunters. Mr. Beyer is an expert after
coous and he has two of the best coon
dogs iu the country,both of which ac
companied the party Tuesday 11 inht.
The present being tie "daik of the
1110011" is considered the very best
time for coons, and every night now
the hunters are out in force, although
it is very rarely that so many fine
coous are bagged as were caught by
Mr. Bever ami party.
Tonsilitis is Prevalent.
While th'-re are comparatively few
cases of diphtheria in Danville, other
forms of sore throat, especially tonsi
litis, seems to be very prevalent. Of
tonsilitis,alone,one of our physicians,
yesterday stated that in one day he
was called to attend 110 less than
twelve c;ises
The prevalence of sore throat, even
if in the more harmless forms, causes
no little anxiety and embarrassment
among the s :hool teachers. Case after
case is developed in the schools of the
borough and those in charge not know
ing whether diphtheria may develop
or not and dreading to expose the rest
of the school to the least danger of in
fection are put to their wit's ends in
dealing with the case. Obviously the
sai'e thina to do would he to exclude
the child from sell 101 at the first sym
ptoms of sore throat and admit it only
w hen the true nature off .ilment j
is established to the teacher's - itisfac- I
t ion.
Musical Tonight.
The Women's guild of (Mni r Epis
copal church will give a musical this
evening at the home of Mrs. Charles
Cloud, East Market street All excel
lent program has been arranged and a
treat is in store for those who attend.
The entertainment will begin at 8
o'clock and admission is 10 cents.
JOB PRINTING
The office ot the AMERICAN
being furnished with a large
assortment of job letter and
fancy typ 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 Description
BE ARNOLD
CONSIDERED HE
George Arnold of tliis city who on
February 28th, 1!)05, in the* court of
Montour county was convicted of as
sault and battery with iuteut to kill
and 011 March 4, 1905, was seutenced
by Judge Little for two years and six
mouths in the Eastern peuiteutiary,
according to information received at
11 io prothonotary's office has gone in
sane aiui is no longer a lit Mil>ject for
penal discipline.
The application to the judges of the
court of Montour county, which asks
that a rcuuuissiou be appointed to in
<|ii ; into aud report on the mental
condition of George Arnold was re
ceived at the court house yesterday
and is signed by Charles C. Church,
warden of the Eastern penitentiary.
In his application the warden seU
forth that he believes Arnold to be in
sane and in consequence of such, in
sanity an unfit subject for the peniteu
tiary, that the said prisoner lias con
slant outbreaks, that he has threaten
ed to kill his keeper: that he baa
marked delusions of persecutions and
threatens violence when released, to
tlio.se whom lie believes an* persecuting
him. He thinks that poison is being,
injected into him to put his heart out
of order and in the opinion of th»
petitioner is a dangerous person.
The applicant therefore requested
that the said George Arnold l>e remov
ed to a hospital for the insane. The
court will probably take action on the
warden's application today, appoint
ing a commission to inquire into and
report on the prisoner's mental condi
tion.
Arnold was a resident of
Welsh hill. The victim of his shooting
was William .1 Keefer, who had a
very narrow escape from being killed.
Keefer was struck ou the forehead by
the bullet, which glanced and plough
ed it furrow through the scalp on the
top of his head.
First Visit in Fifty-One Years.
John Sandel, Church street, is en
tertaining his brother, Michael Sandel,
of Sturgis, Michigan, who is paying
his first visit to Montour county in
fifty-one years. Mr. Sandel arrived iu
Danville yesterday morning and pro
ceeded to the Montour house where he
made inquiries concerning his brother,
later proceeding to the residence of
the latter 011 Church street.
Mr. Sandel was born ou the home
stead farm in West Hemlock township
now occupied by his nephew, Hiram
Sandel. He was a young man when he
left Danville. He settled in Michigan
and tlit? ties which soon bound him to
that State held him so tightly that in
the long interim of over half a cent
ury he never paid a visit to his native
place, it was not, however, that he
did not frequently think of revisiting
the scenes of his youth ; the visit wag
postponed, however, until now iu his
advanced years it has actually taken
place.
Mr. Sandel sees but few of the land
marks remaining that greeted him
when he bade Montour county good
bye. Comparatively few of the faces,
too, remain that he was familiar with
over fifty years ago and those that are
still here to greet him like his own
are much changed by time aud the
trials of life. It has been a long time
since a sojourner has appeared in Dan
ville to whose visit greater interest at
tached than to Mr. Sandel's.
Rounding Out 100 Years.
"Aunt Peggy" Sechler, well kuown
as the oldest person living in this sec
tion, on next Monday, October 29th,
will celebrate her one hundredth birth
day. "Aunt Peggy" still retains her
faculties to a remarkable degree. She
is growing feeble, however, and her
deafness is becoming an increasing in
firmity. Still >lie is a most delightful
companion and when in the mood
dwells for hours on the remote past
that related to the town before most
people now living wore born Manvof
her reminiscences reveal glimpses of
life wholly unique and strange to
citizens of the present day, although
the scenes enacted took place on the
very spot where Danville stands.
Killed at Watsontown.
A brain Wertman, who resided with
his widowed daughter, Mrs. Mary
Leech, at Watsontown, was struck
yesterday morning bv train No. til ou
the Pennsylvania railroad, commonly
known as the flyer, which passes
through Wat.-.mtown at 7:25 o'clock.
Mr. Wertman was standing on the
Eighth street crossing waiting for a
freight train togo past. The Pennsyl
vania road is double tracked and the
freight was passing north. 011 the oth
er track the flyer was speeding its way
southward. As the caboose of the
freight -wung by Mr. Wertman start
ed across the trucks. The freight hid
the passenger train from view and its
noise drowned the warning boll. It
was a perfect death trap, such as is
found on nearly every unprotected
crossing in the country.
The engineer of the oncoming pass
enger train blew his whistle, but Mr.
Wertman was slightly deal and
autly did not hear it. The cowcatch
er struck the old man,brutally tossing
him through the air to one side, where
he lay stunned and motiouless, with
his back broken. He lived scarcely
half an hour afterward.
Have von picked the winners for
November Oth 'i