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DK. IRVING H. JENNINGS,
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IP. M.to 4/' M Dantillt. P»-
P SHCLTZ, M.
425 Mux ST., DANVILLE, PA.
Jiseases of the Stomach and Intes-inee
a Specialty
MEM NEWS.
tiather in the ice.
Slippery sidewalks.
The ice men are happy.
Had a sleigh ride yet v
Look closely over the candidates.
The ice man has another respite.
Pretty fair ground hog weather,
isn't it?
J Death has been cutting a wide swath
during the first five weeks of 1907.
The real friends are never blind to
our own faults.
A woman can forgive an injury more
easily than a slight.
Many there are who loudly praise
virtue to disguise their own lack of
it.
The boys and girls of Danville are
entitled to the best education tnat can
be provided.
It is a great temptation to laugh
when a person is seen to fall on a slip
pery sidewalk.
The so called elite ot many com
munities cultivate everything but the
mind and heart.
'Squire Jackson Levan,of Hamburg,
Berks county, has served as justice of
the peace and notary public for over
forty years, and no appeal has ever
been taken form his decisions.
The license court of Schulykill coun
ty has granted 1,062 liquor licenses
and still has over s<io applications to
consider, most of them for new stands,
but with protests against all of them.
While George Bickel, aged 35 years,
of Stouchburg, Berks county, was
shredding corn fodder his right arm
was caught by the shredder and torn
off at the shoulder. His condition is
oritical.
Mrs. Russell Sage will now be both
ered more than ever by inipecu.nlons
people, and be obliged to hire an ad
ditional secretary to look over her cor
respondence, or dump her mail by
wholesale in the waste basket without
having it read or sorted over.
' The monthly statement of the public
debt shows that at the close of busi
ness January 31. 1907, the total debt,
less cash in the treasury, amounted to
$927,442,206, which is a decrease for
the month of $7,620,G71.
Chicago is having an epidemic of
diphtheria and scarlet fever. The filthy
and unsanitary conditions of the
streets are alleged to be the cause of
these contagious diseases.
In the last five years the population
in France—39,837,235 has increased
only 890,322, or three--quarters of one
per cent. In the last five years Ger
many has added 750,000 to her popula
tion.
Earnings o 1 the Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific for December broke
all records The net gain iu Southern
Pacific for the six mouths amounts to
he full/lividend requirements_for that
period.
Allentown is pluming itself this
week over the new federal building
opened for the use of the national gov
ern nent at that place.
Bills for the cost of the uniform
primaries are commencing to come in
at the Auditor General's Department
and the idea is growing that the cost
is going to run pretty close to half a
million dollars. Under the law the
State has to pay to couuties every cent
they spend for primaries.
Its a poor sort of a storm that escapes
being entitled the "severest of the
winter."
A petition asking for the reappoint
ment of State Zoologist Surface aud
signed by over 100 members of the
house, regardless of party, has been
presented to Governor Stuart. The
petition was circulated by Kepresenta
tive George Mcscrip, of Bradford
county, and was readily signed.
The mail order houses reach the peo
ple by advertisments which set forth
what these houses have for sale. The
merchants of a city must meet the
mail order houses on the same footing
and let the people know what they
have to offer.
Colonel John Jacob Astor now has
eighteen motor cars in his garage and
is reported as content with that num
ber for the present. Mrs. Astor, how
ever who has a fair collection of her
own, is still making additional pur
chases.
Major C. F. Closo and Captain G.
R Frith, royal engineers of the Brit
ish government, have come over to
study our geodetic and coast survey
system, which, they say, is far super
ior to those of Europe.
William Gray Williams, who holds
a responsible position under the Wilm
ington Iron company, accompanied by
his wife.arrivedjin Danville last even
ing for a few days' visit. Mr. and
Mrs. Williams were both former resi
dents of Dauville and the trip to their
0 Id home is made largely for the
benefit of Mrs. Williams, who is con
siderably indisposed owing to an at
t»ok of la grippe.
"THIS COUNTRY WILL NEVER BE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDSWITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS. '
OL. 53-MO 6,
BIG AWARDED
TO IBS' IS
The contract for furnishing and set
ting the curbing for the North Mill
street paving job was awarded to T.
L. Evans' Sons at a regular meeting
of the borough council Fridyv night.
There were three bidders —T. L
Evans' Sons, D. .T. Rogers and the
Wilkes-Barre Construction company.
T. L. Evans' Sons bid for Pennsyl
vania blue stone at seventy-one cents
per lineal foot with octagonal corners
at $3.50 each.
D. J. Rogers' bid provided for
straight curb, quarry stone cut,for the
sum of eighty-five cents per lineal foot
all round corners at eight dollars each.
The Wilkes-Barre construction com
pany's bid called for stone curb in ac
cordance with specifications at eighty
five cents per lineal foot for straight
curb and two dollars for curved curb.
On motion of Mr. Vastine it was
ordered that tire contract for curbing
and headers in Wyoming blua stone be
awarded to T. L. Evans' Sons.
Another delegation of citizeus from
the fourth ward was present at the
meeting of council last night to fur
ther protest aga J nst the vacating of
the Cross street crossing by the P. &
R. railway company. William Kase
West, Esq.. presented the matter on
behalf of the residents. Mr. West was
i emphatic iu his demaid that the resi
dents north of the P. & R. railway be
given some better and more conveni
ent way of getting across the track
than is afforded by the undergrade
crossing. He advised that until A
street be formally accepted from the
Danville and Bloomsburg trolley com
pany council require the P. & R.
railway company to maintain a cross
ing at Cross street.
On motion of Mr. Jacobs it was ord
ered that the clerk address a com
munication to the P. & R. railway
company requesting it to open the
crossing on Cross street and also to
keep the Railroad street crossing open.
On motion the borough council ac
cepted an invitation from the county
commissioners to be present at the
meeting of the township supervisors
of Montour county to be held in the
courthouse, Danville, Thursday, Feb
ruary, 7, 1907.
The following members were pres
ent: Gibson, Jacobs, Woodside, Dietz,
Vastine, Sweisfort, Russell, Angle and
Hughes.
Electrician Newton Smith presented
his report for operating the municipal
electric light plant duiing January,
which showed a total cost of $303 79.
The plant was in operation 346 hours
and 15 minutes. Seventy-seven tons of .
coal were consumed.
WATER DEPARTMENT.
P. H. Foust, Agent $105.20
J. H. Goeser & Co 3.00
Harmon Rupp . .50
Friendship Fire Co 26 27
Jas. Gibson 15.00
Regular employes 157.00
BOROUGH DEPARTMENT. j
Regular employes slls 00
W. G. Brown 4.50
Atlantic Ref Co 27.66
Jas. Gibson 2.25
The Gem, printing 68.00
B B. Brown 4.25
Labor and hauling 39.50
F. Hartman 1.50
Welliver Hdw Co .60
Getting Rid of the Snow.
Snow is a troublesome factor on a
paved street and when the latter hap
pens to be a business street of town it
becomes doubly a nuisance.
When melting begins there is no
way for the water to escape except
through the regular outlets into the
sewer. Under the constant traffic it is
nearly impossible to keep a water way
open and the result is that along with
the slush are pools of water, which
make it very bad for pedestrians when
they attempt to cross the street.
The first essential of course, is to
keep a water way open at the lowest
portion of the paving along each curb,
but it is there that the snow,augment
ed by what is shoveled from the side
walks lies the deepest
A glance at Mill street reveals the
magnitude of the task before the street
commissioner before he succeeds in
getting the snow removed from the
enrb. Yesterday he had his shovel
brigade at work leveling down the big
heaps of snow that lined the curb on
the west side of Mill street to prepare
a place for the curbstone market this
morning.
Death of Mrs. Hary Songer.
Mrs. Mary Songer died at t»«e home
of her uaughter, Mrs. Edward Blee,
Cross street, shortly after 12 o'clock
yesterday morning.
The deceased was the widow of
Abram Songer, who departed this life
about twelve years ago. She was a
former resident of Shannondale. Clar
ion county, but removed to Danville
about five years ago to reside with her
daughter, whosejhusband, Ed ward Blee,
is a son of Associate Judge Frank G.
Blee.
The deceased was aged sixty-seven
years. She was taken ill last August
and until death ensued.
One son and two daughters survive:
George Songer,*of Marienville, Forest
county; Mrs. Blee, of this city, and
Mrs. William Yarner, of Reedsburg,
Clarion county.
The fuueral will take place on Sat
urday at 9 a. m.from St. Joseph's
Catholic church. Interment in St. Jo
seph's cemetery.
ID DAVIS'
■Ol ESCAPE
Of the number of persons struck by
the cars annually, comparatively few
survive to relate their experience ; still
fewer nfter meeting with such an ac
cident escape without an injury or
with injuries so slight as to be hardly
wortli taking into account.
To the lucky few making up the lat
ter class belongs Fred Davis, a sixteen
year-old boy, who resides with his
grandmother, Mrs. Mullen, on Upper
Mulberry street. Fred was Btruck by
the cars on the Centre street crossing
Friday night and hurled sixteen feet
and yet his iujuries were so slight
that Saturday evening he was able to
leave the house and to spend an hour
or so with his boyhood companions.
Fred is employed at the Structural
TubiDg works. The accident occnrred
Friday evening about 6 :30 o'clock as
he was on his way home from work
with another boy by the name of
Thomas Foust. They were walking
on the P. & R. track aud had reached
the Centre street crossing when a push
er running tender first came along be
hind them.
After passing the Bloom street cross
ing the engine took on more steam and
flew forward at a good speed. The
engineer sounded the whstle for the
crossing, but in spite of the warning
the boy was struck and hurled out in
the middle of the street.
As soon as the locomotive could be
stopped it was baefced up to the cross
ing and the fireman quickly dismount
ed to make an investigation.
To the surprise of all the boy. by
that time, was on his feet. He de
clared that lie was not hurt, and pick
ing up his dinner bucket he started
for hom.e
To say the boy wholly escaped
would not be in accordance with facts.
He was bruised where he was struck
by the locomotive ard badly jarred by
the impact when he struck tfie hard
frozen ground. He was obliged to
keep his bed the greater part of the
day Saturday.
The story as told by the two t>oys > 8
as follows : As they approached the
crossing they heard the locomotive
whistle. To get out of the way Fred
climbed up on a heap of snow near the
track, which had been left there by the
workmen when the crossing was
shoveled off.
Just as the engine came along Fred
slipped and fell down against it. He
was struct just below the right should
er by a corner of the tender and
thrown with terrific force, luckily
striking the ground several feet from
the track. As the engine dashed by
the boy lay in the street insensible.
His companion flew to his side, hard
ly dreaming but that Fred was fatally
or at least very seriously hurt. He
lifted him to his feet, but the injured
boy staggered a few steps and then fell
to the ground again. By the time the
pusher had returned he had arisen and
was able to walk.
He was still dazed when he reached
home and suffered considerable pain.
Dr. Shultz. the family physician, be
ing called, made ail examination and
concluded that no bones were broken.
Neither did the physician see any
evidence of internal injuries. On Sat
urday the boy's back was badly swol
len where he was struck by the push
er ; he was unable to stand in an erect
position and altogether he felt very
badly as the result of the accident. It
was thought, however, that all un
pleasant effects would wear off 'n a
day or so.
New Division Superintendent.
George B. Wright, who formerly had
charge of the local telephone system
in this district, but who for tfie past
several years has been located at Bing
hamton, New York, as general super
intendent of the York State Telephone
company, has returned to this section,
and will fill the position recently vac
ated by the resignation of H. N. Dan
iel
Mr. Wright will be remembered by
mauy Dauville people as the first sup
erintendent of the Montour and Col
umbia telephone company when that
system was putin operation here.
When the Montour and Columbia was
absorbed by the United Telephone and
Telegraph company Mr. Wright re
mained in this section having charge
of this district uuder the new com
pany. Later Mr. Wright went to Bing
liamton to take charge of the York
State Telephone company's lines,
where he has remained until now.
The district of which Mr. Wright
will have charge has been enlaigcd
since the resignation of Mr. Daniel,
and now extends north to Williams
port, west to Lewistown and south to
Pottsville. In additiou to this Mr.
Wright will retain the general super
intendency of the York State com
pauy, which covers Broom, Tioga and
Chemung counties in that State.
Mr. Wright will make his head
quarters at Williansport, and will be
gin his work theTe today.
Rich in Coal.
The wealth of Pennsylvania's coal
mines is better appreciated when it is
known that their value is more than
five times the worth of the mineial
products of any other State, and five
times the aggregate value of the min
eral products of the great gold bearing
states of California and Colorado.
Few of us get all that wo want at
the exact time that we wa«'t <t,
DANVILLE. PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7. 1907.
PEIER OHO
' BACK IN JAIL
Peter Dietrich, convicted of murder
in the secoud degree aud sentenced to
14 years iu the penitentiary, who two
weeks ago was admitted to bail, pend
ing the determination of au appeal to
the supreme court, after the brief in
terval of freedom,jwas Friday evening
remanded to the custody of the sheriff
and is again behind the bars. The
canse of it all is explained in the peti
tion of the bondsmen. Dietrich fell a
victim to is old enemy, strong drink,
and was intoxicated Thursday night
and Friday.
The bondsmen presented a petition
to the court setting forth that they had
entered into recognizauce to the Com
monwealth in the sum of ten thousand
dollars for the appearance of Peter
Dietrich, defendant, in court upon the
determination of the appeal—that the
said Peter Dietrich,since his being re
leased upon bail, has been driukiug to
excess aud they desired to be relieved
from any liability that might accure
upon said recognizance to the Com
monwealth. They therefore,prayed the
honorable court to award a bail piece
to the eud that the said Peter Dietrich
might be jemauded to the custody of
the sheriff. The five boudsiuen, whose
signatures followed, were as follows:
John H. Goeser, Joseph Smith.George
A. Meyers, W. C. Williams and P. P.
Swentek.
A short session of court was held
for the purpose of acting
on the petition. The ringing of the
bell brought an enormous crowd to the
courthouse, all expecting to see Peter
Dietrich present at the proceedings
relating to the bail picee.
There was much disappointment on
this score, as Peter Dietrich was~"al
ready iu jail. He was under surveil
lance during Friday, but about live
o'clock he was found in au advauced
stage of intoxication aud the officers,
prudently took him in charge and
placed him in jail, where ho was when
court assembled.
Judge Evans made the following
order: "Aud now February 1, 1907,
bail piece awarded as prayed for and
the defendant remanded to the custody
of the sheriff and to be held until dis
charged by law. The said bondsmen are
discharged front any further liability
after this date. By the court.
C. C. EVANS, P. J."
To Wash Filter Tubs Every Day.
The board of water commissioners
consisting of Edward Corinau, D. J.
Rogers and James T. Magill, held a
regular meeting at city hall yester
day afternoon, Mr. Cormau presiding.
Peter J. Keefer, superintendent of the
water works, was also present.
The reports were mainly favorable
and showed the plant to bo iu first
class condition aud the service all that
could he desired. Mr. Gorman, how
ever,called attention to the prevalence
of typhoid fever in up-the-river towns
and iu view of the fact that Health
Commissioner Dixon had addressed a
communication to the water commis
sioners of Danville urging that the
water be carefully filtered, he said he
cousidered it highly important that
the filter tubs he cleansed or 'wash
ed" at least once every twenty-four
hours. At present,he explained,except
during high water, the tubs are not
'■ washed" oftener than every other
day. Such a schedule he said, is Hard
ly the proper tliiug even when no
special precautions are required, for.
while it might cause a little less work
about the plaut.it obviously leads to an
additioual consumptiou of alum, re
quired to counterbalance the effect of
clogged up filter beds. He thought it
would be a pretty good thing to est
ablish a rule which would admit of
no exceptions whether the river be
muddy or otherwise, that the filter
tubs be washed regularly,at least once
every twenty-four hours, the work to
be done during the hours of daylight.
The process of washing a tub requires
some twenty minutes.
On motion of D. J. Rogers seconded
by James T. Magill it was ordered
that the filter tubs be washed at least
once in every twenty-four hours as
proposed by Mr. Coruiau; also that an
order to the above effect be served on
the water superintendent.
On motion it was ordered that a
vacuum gauge bo purchased of the
Worthingtou pump company for use iu
the water works. The installation of
the vacuum gauge will have the effect
of making it a little easier for the eng
iueers, as it will keep them iu touch
with conditions affecting the pumps
and obviate many tiresome trips up
aud down stairs from the first floor
where the light plant is installed to
the lower story where the pumps are
situated.
Kelly Will be Tried for Bribery.
The case of the taxpayers' associa
tion of Couyugham township, Colum
bia county, against Prof. B. F. Kelly,
ex-principal of the schools of that dis
trict, who is charged with bribery,will
come up for trial at Bloomsburg nc.\t
week.
The case was scheduled for \e t<; •
day, but Kelly's attorneys were in
court with the excuse that the former
was ill with the grip, aud thv Ju-isio
Marr, of Schulykill county, one of ti.c
important witnesses for the <1; fi use
was detained by license court iu hi*
couuty.aud therefore prayed for a cou
tinuance. Judge Evaus appointed next
Wednesday as the time, aud said that
"it will be absolutely tried p xt week
because felouy oases cau he tried even
iu the absence of the defendant."
PERSONAL
PARAGRAPHS
W. B. Rhodes arrived Saturday from
Natchez, Mississippi,for a visit at the
home of his mother, Mrs. Maria
Rhodes, West Market street
Miss Botdors, of Bucknell at Lewis
hurg.was the guest over Sunday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Gearhart,
Bloom street.
Miss Emma Gearhart,of Lewisburg,
spent Suuday at the home of her par
ents, Mr. aud Mrs. ,T. B. Gearhart,
Bloom street.
Luther Lyou, of Philadelphia, spent
Suuday iu this city as the guest of
Fred Owen.
Charles Oberdorf of Lewisburg,spent
Sunday at the home of his parents,
Mr and Mrs. J. T. Oberdorf, West
Mahouing street.
Reuben Boyer.of Wilkes-Barre.spent
Sunday with his family on Honey
moon street.
Mrs. Harry Martin and Miss Laura
Leniger have returned from a trip to
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washing
ton.
Charles J. Engle and Roy Strauser,
of Shamokiu, spent Sunday with
friends iu Danville.
Miss Myrtle Sidler, of Catawissa,
spent Sunday iu this city as the guest
of Miss Bertha Cromwell.
W. R. Miller was a visitor at Sha
mokiu yesterday.
Mrs Russell L. Kelley, of Sunbury,
called ou friends in this city yester
day.
Simon Krebs returned to Somerset
yesterday maruiug after a visit at the
home of Charles P. Hancock, West
Mark-1 street.
Mrs. W. J. Bowman returued to
Pittsburg yesterday morning after a
visit at the home of her mother, Mrs.
Mary A. Sheppersou.East Front street.
Mrs. Fred Houghton aud Mrs.
Charles Gerringer, of Sunbury, spent
yesterday with friends iu this city.
Ice Dealers Rushing Work.
While none of our ice dealeisor con
sumers who have ice houses to fill
have thus far neglected any opportuu
itv to gather iu the crystal product, it
was not until yesterday that they got
really busy and scarcely took a breath
ing spell.
The zero weather at present prevail
ing is completing the work begun a
week or so ago. Both ou the ponds at
Castle Grove and on'the dam at Mah
oning creek the ice has attained a
thickness of from seven to ten inches.
The average thickness is between eight
and nine ice is very solid.
Both at the dam and at Castle Grove
all the teams available were employed
yesterday. When the work is pushed
it is very easy to cut a hundred loads
per day at each place. The amount
hauled fell little, if any, below that
limit yesterday.
A. M. Peters, who has room for 1,-
300 tous, begau the work ot filling his
ice house yesterday. The amount that
he stores away daily hardly ex
ceeds a hundred tons, so that, as will
be seen, lie has a very heavy contract
ahead of liiiu aud the couditious will
have to be all-around favorable before
ne will be able to fill his ice house
from the local supply. Nevertheless he
is hopeful. He has no desire, he says,
to repeat the experience of last sum
mer, when as a result of a local short
age, in common wi;h other dealers, he
was obliged to rely on the big ice com
panies of the Pocono region.
J. L. Kline is also filling his ice
house, and, like Mr. Peters, is obtain
ing the ice at Castle Grove. Amoug
other ice houses that are being filled
from Castle Grove is the large build
ing belonging to Charles Lyon's meat
market. John Jacobs' Sous are liaul
iug ice from the dam at Mahoning
creek. At each of the latter places the
work is being rushed aud a large quant
ity of ice was stored away yesterday.
Death of Edwin Lunger.
Edwin Ellis Lunger, a well known
and highly esteemed resident of the
first ward, departed this life at 11 :30
o'clock Saturday night, after a pro
tracted illness.
The cause of death was heart dis
ease. The deceased suffered from this
malady for two years,although for the
greater part of the time he was able to
be about. Six weeks ago his condition
became worse than at any time and he
was obliged to take his bed. From
that time until his death he was cou
fiued to iiis room.
The deceased was born in Dauville
and is a brother of Samuel Luuger.
He was a former employe of the big
mill and for a period of tweuty-five
years worked at rail straightening at
that plaut. During the past twelve
years he acted as janitor at the Mah
ouiug Presbyterian church.
He was aged 56 years, 11 months and
21 days and is survived by his wife,
two daughters aud oue son: Misses
Olive and Ada aud Fraukliu Luuger.
Ho was a member of Montour Castle
No 186, K G. E. He was a man of
generous impulses, ft kind aud oblig
ing disposition aud had many frieuda.
Pocono Ice.
A car load of ice shipped from Lake
Pocouo was much admired at the D.
L. & W station yesterday It was as
Clear as crystal aud at least eighteen
iuclies thick. The ice was shipped to
one ot our residents, who will use it
in filling his ice house.
DEATH OF
ILL-KNOWN MAN
John M. Price, a former resident of
Dauville.and father ot our townsman,
Thomas J. Price, passed away at the
home of his son, George Price, at
Kingsbury, N. Y., on Monday night.
The deceased sustained a stroke of
paralysis about a year ago, and since
theu has been iu feeble health. Death
was due to an attack of pneumonia.
Mr. Price was known to be in a pre
carious condition due to the latter
disease and tidings from Kiugsbury
were eagerly awaited. A message re
ceived about 10 o'clock Monday night
stated that he was very low. This was
followed by a telegram Tuesday
morniug stating that he had passed
away. In response to the sad news
Thomas J. Price left on the 10:19 a
m. train Tuesday for Kiugsbury.
John M Price was a native of Wales.
He came to Dauville about 1853. He
was a man of more than ordinary in
telligence, gifted as a musician, and
was a complete master of the art of
rolling iron. He invented and pat
ented several devices pertaining to
rolling that now are used exclusively
in the great steel works of this coun
try.
He lived in Danville at a day wheu
Welsh and English iron-workers, at
tracted here by the starting up of the
big mill, were very active of the af
fairs of the towu. John M. Price, by
virtue of his integrity, his gifts of in
tellect aud attractive personality, was
easily a leader, not only of the people
of the two nationalities above alluded
to, but also others of the town ir
respective of nationality. He was at
first employed at the rolls in the big
mill, but later became boss roller at
the Rough and Ready iron works, a
position which he held for many years.
It is recalled that while he held the
latter position the late Dr. Joseph
Parry, the celebrated composer,then a
humble mill worker, was employed on
one side of the rolls. The man who
had the honor of working at the op
posite side of the rolls at the same
time was our townsman, D. R Wil
liams, the well-knowu insurance agent.
Mr. Williams is able to recall many
incidents relating to the every day life
of both John M. Price and Dr. Parry
in the days when the latter little
dreamed ot the briliaut future aud the
world-wide fame that was iu store for
him.
In 1867 with his family the deceased
took up his residence in Pottsville,
thouce removing to Syracuse, N. Y.
Shortly before leaving Dauville Mrs.
Price died and was buried iu the ceme
tery ou Bloom street. From that time
till his death the deceased remained a
widower.
Four sons and three daughters sur
vive: Thomas J. Price of this city,
John aud George Price, of
and Frank Price the well-known detec
tive of New York City ; Eleanor (Mrs.
Hoskins) of New York; Miss Anuie
Price, who resided with her father;
and Miss-Jennie Price of Rome.N. Y.
A Southerner's Experience.
The fact that he would so soon en
counter snow a foot deep was one of
the things that VV. B. Rhodes didn't
reckon ou a few days ago when he left
Natchez, Miss., where flowers were
blooming and soft breezes were blow
ing such as we are accustomed to in
May.
Mr. Rhodes, however, is optimistic
always, aud, uow that he is here, re
gardless of the depth of the snow, he
is inclined to make the best of the
situation. Tomorrow he expects to be
sufficiently acclimated to tnke a long
sleigh ride.
Mr. Rhodes brings glow ing reports
from Natchez and from nearly every
part of"the south. A heavy cotton crop
with the very best of prices has
brought about a state of prosperity
that is wholly without parallel iu re
cent years. Eveu the negroes have
plenty of mouey. Relating to the pub
lic health the best of conditious pre
vail and the people are as happy aud
hopeful as they are prosperous.
The only circumstauce that has a
depressing effect is the great flood ou
the Mississippi, which has caused a
vast amount of damage. For mauy
miles on his jouruey northward Mr
Rhodes passed through the floodswept
districts aud he was enabled to esti
mate at close range the amount of dev
astatiou wrought. At Ciuciuuati the
conditions were most deplorable as
the remit of the overflow ou the Ohio
river.
Zero Weather Follows Snow.
* The deepest suow of the season was
followed yesterday morniug by a de
gree of cold that has beeu parallelled
only ouce or twice this season. At 5:15
o'clock according to the record at the
Montour house, mercury stood at 4 de
grees above zero; at 7:20 o'clock, a
trifle over two hours later, it register
ed at 4 degrees below. Elsewhere in
this vicinity mercury is said to have
gone down as far as eight degrees be
low. Duriug yesterday it continued
cold.
Sleighing is reported as very good
along the country roads as well as on
the streets of town and with the pres
ent temperature prevailing there is
little doubt but that we shall have the
suow with us for some time to come
and that everybody who cares to in
dulge in the sport will have au oppor
tunity to enjoy a fine sleigh ride.
A new industry is what Danville
ueeds.
ESTABLISHED IN 155."»
ANNUAL 1011
OFJBECfOIS
The stockholders of the Danville and
Bloomsburg street railway company
held their annual meeting at the Mon
tour house yesterday afternoon.
Officers were elected as follows:
President. F. C. Angle, Esq. ; vice
president, Thomas B. Illig; secretary,
W C. Billmau; treasurer, Charles E.
Leippe ; Judge R. H. Koch was made
general solicitor aud W. R. Miller
was re-elected general manager.
W. R. Miller of Danville; W (I
Billman, Thomas B. Illig, Fiauiv IJ.1 J .
Lauer, and John R. Miller of Reading
were elected directors.
Resolutions were passed directing
the attorneys for the company to pro
ceed with the pending suit relative to
the D. L. &• W. crossing.
On motion of F. C. Angle seconded
byC.P. Hancock the following resolu
tions were unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That it is the unanimous
sense of the Danville and Bloomsburg
street railway company, which i« also
the owner of the Dauville aud River
side street railway company, that
street railway companies of this Com
monwealth should be given the right
under the laws of Pennsylvania to
carry express matter and parcels and
packages of merchandise and also the
right of eminent domain, in all cases
where owners whose properties abut
the street unreasonably refuse their
consent, to construct trolley roads on
the streets in front of such properties
as well also as the right of eminent
domain to condemn private property
wherever the topography of the
ground makes it reasonably necessary
to divert street railways from high
ways in order to overcome physical
difficulties iu grade or otherwise; sec
ond,
Resolved, That it is the sense of the
stockholders of this company that all
street railway compauies should have
the, right without any interference
from the courts by any process what
ever to lay their tracks at grade on
the streets in boroughs aud cities,
wherever said streets are intersected
by steam railroads at grade.
Array of Fine Speakers.
An unexpected and important call to
another part of the Pfate will prevent
State Highway Commissioner Joseph
W. Hunter from appearing at the
meetings of the Montour county sup
ervisors at the courthouse today.
While this change iu the plans is
somewhat to be regretted yet ample
provision has been made for two very
interesting sessions, and an array of
men high iu the public highway af
fairs of the State will be on hand to
address the supervisors.
Assistant Commissioner R. I). Be
man. will represent Mr. Hunter at the
meetings and will make several inter
esting addresses.
Ab interesting figure, who will be
present at the meetings today, is Hon.
Jasou Sexton, of Montgomery county,
who was chairinau of the first public
highway committee of the Pennsyl
vania legislature, in the session of
1897, when this State was just begin
ning to take notice of her highways.
Mr: Sexton is a Democrat, and is well
versed in all the phases of road build
ing and maintenance, and is au en
thusiastic supporter of any measures
that look toward the improvement ot
the roads of Pennsylvania. Mr. Sex
ton is also a member of the St ite
board of agriculture.
At the meeting today the supervis
ors of this couutv will form an organ
ization, the object of which will he
that a more united effort cau be made
to improvs the roads of the county.
Did Justice to Capon Supper.
As lustrous a galaxy of Danville's
representative business nieu as was
ever gathered together met last evening
at the Grovauia hotel with the object
of doing justice to a capon supper,and
no better assurance that the repast was
appreciated is needed than a glance at
the list of "those present," which ap
pears below.
A perusal of the tempting menu will
give some idea of the enjovmeut with
which the occasion was attended :
Oysters "n the Half Shell.
Soup, Pickles,
CAPON,
Mashed Potatoes, Cabbage,
Lettuce, Olives,
Prunes,
Cranberry Sauce,
Cold Slaw,
Orauges, Bauanas,
Ice Cream,
Tea, Coffee, Cocoa.
Gathered around the festive board
were U. Y. James, Joseph Baylor,
Philip Benzbach, W. G. Pnrsel, Jos
eph Heim, Sam Blocli, I. O. Lee,
Ralph Kisner.L. C. Deitz, J. 11. Cole,
Alfred Blecher, Hon. Henry Divel,
Harry Ellenbogen, W. J. Rogers. John
F. Tooley, John Eisenhart, A. L.
Voris, William Limberger, George B.
Jacobs, Samuel Loweustein, W. Kase
West, W. L. Sidler, W. Fred Jacobs,
George Younnmau, Frank Jameson,
D. R. Eckmau. J. S. Raver, Williard
Kisuer, Clyde Dyer. William Christy
and O. E. Welliver, of Bloomsburg.
Hilton Postmaster.
It has been announced that Robert
E. Hopkins had been appointed p it
master at Milton by Presideut Roose
velt aud the appointment sent to the
senate for confirmation. He will suc
ceed Mrs. Geltz who filled the unex
pired term of her husband who died
while an incumbent.
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The -ituiition as go jsq,sjrf.ing
eh ct 'hi this year will be wholly -un
ique iii Anthony township, there
will h but ojjo ticket in the field'.jjhat
of the Democrats. It is a rather re
iTi;!rk ible ,-tate of affairs, one so far as
any one about the
courthouse, <a iout a parallel during
iunny years pa.-.t, if at any time in the
history of the county.
The Republicans,as well known, are
in a ! !"■■ minority in Anthony
township. This will be the better un
derstood when it is explained that of
the '230 votes polled at any election
nearly, if not quite two hundred of
tlii se are cast for the Democratic can
didates. Under the circumstances it
is only natural that in Anthony town
ship the launching of a ticket by the
Republicans is attended with less en
thusiasm than by the Democrats. The
party leaders were a little too lake
warm this year aud postponed the mat
ter unf il they uuoonsciously passed the
limit, 1 iter than which certificates of
nominations cau not be filed. The
election will be held on Tuesday, Feb
ruary 19th. Tor candidates for all
township and»borough offices and elec
tion officers and school director the
election laws provide that in the-case
of certificates of nomination, at least
eighteen days, and, in the case of
nomination papers, fifteen days, must
elaj.se h'tween the filing of the same
aud the date of the election.
With the close of last week, there
fore, the limit was passed when any
nominations could be made. Both
parties in the several districts of the
couufy !i;tve held their primaries with
the exception of Anthony. Finding
that they were shut out the party lead
ers in that township have announced
that they will not put a ticket in the
field this spring.
This action will give the Democrats
a walk over aud, as above stated, will
make tTie situation in Anthony un
ique With uo opposition in the field
it is difficult to foresee just what kind
of a vote will be polled by the Demo
crat-'. There will be no inducements
for the Republicans to attend the elec
tion. Defeat being out of the question
it is not unlikely that many Demo
crats will restard voting as an unneces
sary expenditure of time and effort and
will imitate the example of their Re
publican neighbors aud remain at
home.
The failure to form a ticket is like
ly to lead to some complications as re
gards a minority inspector of elec
tion, to which the Republicans are
entitled, and which should be chosen
at the spring election. There is a way
out of the difficulty, however. It ia
not generally known how an inspect
or may be chosen at the last moment
when an omission of this kind occurs.
For general enlightenment the follow
ing extract from the election laws un
der the head "112 "tilling vacancies" is
appended:
If the minority inspector does not
attend on election morning the person
who received the second highest Tote
for judge at the preceding election
shall take his place; if the majority
inspector does not attend the judge
shall appoint an inspector in his stead
if the judge does not attend the maj
oritv inspector shall appoint a judge
in his place aud if auy vacancy con
tinues until 8 o'clock the qualified vot
ers present at the voting place shall
elect one of their number such
vacancy.
The Presbyterian Brothe*hood,
The social at the Grove Presbyterian
church on next Friday night will con
stitute a decided departure and will
probably inaugurate a new era as af
fects the social life of the church.
The purpose is to organize a branch
of tlie Presbyterian brotherhood. A
sumptuous supper will be served at ?
o'clock sharp at which all the male
members of the congregation or all
the men who attend the church are in
vited to be present. The supper will
he served by the ladies of the congre
gation and will cost each of those at
tending thirty-five cents.
Tiie banquet will be immediately
followed by an address by Rev. Dr.
\Y. O. 11 ' j ,', of Williamsport, who
will explain the object and the work
ing of the Presbyterian brotherhood.
Preparations are already on foot at the
church and a big time is anticipated.
tad in the chapel or
annex at the rear of the church prop
r, whei i the address, accompanying
the fine repast, will be delivered.
The Rev. Dr. McCormack, pastor of
the (h jve church, who is back of the
- icial, is very much in earnest in his
ff. i t to c rganize a Presbyterian broth
er!, o I. Che object of the organiza
tion is twofold—to better acquaint
the male members with the work of
tlie ohurcl/and at the same time to
bring them closer together socially. It
is in the 1 itl r relation that Rev. Dr.
McCormack sees the wider field of use-
I'ulin -s tor the brotherhood at the
Grove church. The socials will con
tinue t > be a regular feature. The idea
seems to be popular with the men of
the congregation and no doubt in a
short tiin • a stroug brotherhood will
he org mize lan 1 that in the future it
will h.> au important factor in the life
of the cougregafion.
Dangerous to Bet.
LI. j • r.-ou who makes an election
ally know that he is
vit dating a State law which provides
that 1 ' he fined not more than SSOO or
less thin sio, and imprisoned not less
thau 10 tiavs.or more than six months.