Home Paper For the Home lhe circulation ol this paper is in creasing rapidly. It will pay you o advertise in the AMERICAN. SUBSCRIPTIONS! PER YEAR DU. IRVING I!. JENNINGS, "Jhct tloui» a. .»/. ton u mm ,Sl ■ I R M. lv i t. M ftoHvtlle. /'«• p SIIULT7., « 425 MIU J T., IUNVIU.K, PA. ihseasP"* of the Stomach and 1 ntesUnes r. Specialty CONDENSED NtWS. House cleauiug time is coming. Balmy Spriug is fa.-t approaching. Yesterday made iuroads in the snow. Are vou glad to see winter on tlie wane? Tie merchant who advertises leaves it to the noil-advertiser to worry over the dull season. Suow drifts make the life of the farmer anything but simple. The back bone of winter is still in tact. What do you think of the new hos pital? AR a result of his interest in the Thaw case, a Cincinnati man has est ablished a fuud of *150,000 for the protection of young girls. Down in Mississippi two jail birds married two old maids in order to get bail, aud then ran away from their brides. Tin legislature of Nebraska has pas sed a two cent passenger fare bill aud it now goes to the goveruo r . The pop ular brunch of the Miuuesota legisla ture has passed a similar bill. Reading business meu are organiz ing to fight a new license ordinance pending in the city councils. They de clare it is nninst aud would be op pressive. Auyoue who doubts old"groundy's" prognostications must surely be obliv ious to the contiuued cool atmospheric conditions that are prevailing. Eloqueuce that comes from the heart stirs the heart, but sham elo quence is uo better than sounding braes. It is noted as a remarkable fact that few modern babies speak theEug lish language. The government is about to let a contract for 900.000 pounds of dyna mite for me at the Panama canal. Secretary Taft annouuees that he will visit Cuba again in April. He de c lares that the situation throughout the island is pacific and the outlook for the future entirely satisfactory. The inhabitants of the villages along the railroad tracks in Veuaugo and Crawford counties intend to make a ooncerted effort to compel trains to move through said villages at a mod erate rate of speed. All eyes are turned toward the fettle legislature—will it make good? The new and simplified spelling is slumbering by the side of the ground hog Overwork is almost as hard on the nystem as chronic idleness. The traveller by laud or sea these days takes his life in his hands. A thin coating of snow on an ice clad sidewalk makes a treacherous combination. He who permits himself to be de ceived by flattery is not wise. Each day there are 810,635 fares paid to the surface, elevated and subway railroads of New York city. Wage-earning women in America are young women ; more than half of them, according to the United States census of 1900, are less than twenty five years of age. The retirement of Rear Admiral Sigsbee leaves in active service only Dewey and Evaus cf all the high naval officers who took part in the war with Spain. James Bryce, the newly appointed British ambassador to the United States.is very much interested and has been one of the prime movers for the creation of a National University for Ireland. Many modern investigations utterly fail to invehtiga'e. It is a very difficult matter for most of us to detect our own faults. The immense ice houses in the Pocono region, in Monroe county, are nearly all filled with the finest quality of ice. The Mountain Ice company has about 800,000 tons stored. A mouument will he erected by the Patriotic Order Sons of America to the memory of a number of Revolu tionary soldiers buried in Ellis woods, near Pottstown. At Steelton it is proposed to abolish saloons and establish instead a vast beer garden on the European plan for the benefit of the 3,500 foreigners em ployed there. The suggestion that every post office whether owned by the government or not. "fly the flag" is eminently pro per. People ought to see the flag more frequently in the smaller communi ties. The bishop of London is authority for the statement that married men in England are much looser in their morals than siDgle men. A woman's magazine says"the dainty art of courtship is nearly for gotten." Returns from the marriage license office, however, indicate that the boys are getting there just the same. "THIS CO! NTRY WILL NEVER Mi ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDS WITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS." ■ ()L. 53-NO 9, A MI 1 DANVILLE The AMERICAN has a veritable surprise for its readers 'his week which is nothing less than the fact that a hospital for Danville, the ne cessity for which has been so vigorous ly urged iu several directions of later has already become a reality. It tran spire* that while our citizeus were looking torward to the establishment of a hospital as a dream tope realized at tlit expeuse of a hard struggle and much self-sacrifice a broad minded and philanthropic citizen of Danville was quietly working, diligently planning aud providiug for a maguifioeut hos pital as a gift to the town, so that many mouths ago. not ouly was the laud purchased for the site, but the plans for the building were perfected. The gentleman preseutiug the hos pital is not working for applause—not impelled by any vain glorious desire. He, therefore, insists that in giving a description of the hospital to be pre sented his uame be withheld from the public Suffice it to say that he is oue of Danville's leidiug aud most public spirited citizens, a man of weighty in terests, who is admirably situated to judge of the needs of ourtowuas they relate a public hospital. He has been laboring on the proposition for oue year and a half—first selecting and purchasing the ground and then per fecting the plans for the building. In the latter it has been his aim to produce a hospital, which iu poiut of commodiousneis, arrangement and sanitation will be as nearly a model as possible. All the more recently con structed hospital buildiugs of this sec tiou have beeu examined to detsrmine what is the best aud most satisfactory in the way of appointmeut and ar rangement. The proposed hospital will emboly all that is approved and pro ductive of the best results in the in stitutions examiued. Grouud will be broken and work on the hospital will be commenced early next spring. When the building is completed it will be presented to Mou tour county. There will be but oue re striction. The building will be tuniel over to the towu with the nuderstaud ing that the hoard of trustees is to be made up of six physicians aud six bus iness men of town. The locatiou of the hospital will not at present be made kuuwu. The site purchased is an admirable oue, aud contains eight lots, centrally lo cated, in oue of the most salubrious tnd beautiful spots that our town af fords. The aim is to make the institu tion not distinctively a hospital, but a health retreat a3 well, hence the uame selected as will be seen by the draft is "The Ark Haven Sanitarium" The hospital will be built of brick. The frontage is 138 feet. Iu addition to the easterly ami westerly wings, shown in the draft, there is a souther ly wing in he rear of the building, 75 feet deep In au emergency the hospital as planned can accommodate forty pa tients, although the number of beds installed to begin with will probably be less than half that number—only as many as are required to meet demands ouder normal conditions. The east erly wing will constitute a ward for men; tho southerly wing, a ward for women. The westerly wing will con tain a series of eight bright, cheery private rooms loosing oat toward the sunset and taking in a wide sweep of romantic scenery, an ideal haven for the sick. Each annex will have connected with it a sun parlor. The central building, two stories high, will be taken up by the maiu corridor, physi cian's office and drug room. The sec ond story will contain three nurses' rooms, a rapacious office for the trus tees, and the conuty medical society, also a room for consultation over spec ial cases. The laundries, kitchens and diuing rooms will be on the ground floor of the maiu building. The operating room, the most convenient and best arrauged that cau be devised, will oc cupy the cove at the end of the easter ly wing. The cost of the hospital building, | based on tiie architect's estimate, will j not bo less than $12,000. This, of | course, the town has nothing to do i with The task which the citizens will 1 have to address themselves to will be j the maintenance of the institution. ! This may not constitute such a heavy | burden as some suppose. Iu the first place, in planning the institution care was taken to beep its size down to what is commensurate with preseut ueeds aud moderate growth of the town. It is cited fiat where hospitals prove burdensome to a municipality in nearly every instance thev are built out of all proportion to the size and needs of the towu and community. The cost of maintaining our hospitil. under the modest scale proposed, ac cording to f-everal estimates made Sat urday. should not be much, if any, above S3OOO per year. Primarily the annual maintenance of the institution will have to come from the wholj body of citizens How easily the cost cau be met will very readily appear when it is stated that Danville has over 2 500 wage earuors employed at preseut,- all of whom will beuefit alike by the splendid charity. \ trifle over a dollar per year as an average contribution lr»>m working people would pay the bills accruing at the hospital aud what man, woman or child would begrudge the contribu tion To provide for all emergencies, that there may be always money on hand, first of all some of our citizens will be asked to contribute to a hos pital fund, which should uot be less than several thousand dollars. ICE-CHIOS EMPLOYED People generally *vould, no doubt, be much interested to knosv just how mauy wage earners are employed iu Danville. For the eulighteuinent of all.speakiug authoritatively,the Amer icau is able to state that the number of people employed aud hold ing regular positions in our town is considerably over two thousand, five hundred. To begin with the Reading Iron compauy, taking iu the big mill aud the Dauville rolling mill, employes iu round numbers 8.10 men. The Struct ural Tubing works follows next with 414 men on its nay roll. The stove works is next iu order with 180 meu. The Dauville Fouudry aud Machine compauy employs 150 meu. Howe & Samuel's puddle mill has 78 men on its pay roll. F. Q. Hartman employs 424 people—3(s4 at his silk mill in Danvilla aud 60 at his new plant iu Riverside. At the kuittiug mill 200 people are employed. Bloch and Benz bach have 9D people ou their pay roll. There are a large number of other per sons employed about towu. Besides the minor industries, such as the sus pender factories of Julius Heim aud Simou Dreifuss. the dressmaking aud similar establishments must be taken iuto consideration. There are a good many salespeople employed in the dif ferent stores. The blacksmith and wagou making shops, the priutiug offices milling establishments,the rail roads aud the offices or the various in dustries would probably aggregate one hundred male wage earners, which should be added to the number above. Over and above all there are 233 em ployes at the hospital for the insane, who, while not distinctively residents of Danville, in a large measure jive their patronage to our stores and thus help to support the towu. A safe es timate would place the number ot able bodied men working and earning good wages in Dauville at not less than two thousand. Notwithstanding, there is not a sufficient number of workmen in Dan ville toman all onr industries. A gentleman in touch with the situa tion, Saturday, remarked that one hundred more good, steady meu could find desirable positions in Danville. Not only are the industries embarr assed for tbu \>uut ol baud.-?, but when ever there is any extra work to be done about town it is impossible to get the help needed. This was well illus trated during the recent ice harvest when dealers were much handicapped for waut of help. Fire in School. The usual quite of Washingtouville was disturbed yesterday shortly after noon by the borough school bell giv ing the alarm of fire. People ruuniug to the scene found the blaze to be located in the Derry township school house,which is locat ed just cross t'le street from the Wash ingtouville school. The pipe leading from the heater, had become too hot during the noou recess, and set fire to the timbers in the loft. When the ''rowd began to ar rive. the building was filled with smoke. Nothing daunted, the volunte er firemen of Washingtonville manned the buckets, and began dashing water on the flames in sucli large quantities aud with such telling effect that the fire was soon under control. The damage is estimated at about twenty-five dollars. Will Take Oath Honday. Cougressmau-elect John G. McHeury leaves Bentou for a bnsiuess trip to day aud will be at Washiugtou on Monday to be sworn into office a-i a member of the house of represeuta- J tives. Ou Monday all newly elected con gressmen will be sworu into office. Cougress then adjourns for this ses sion, and the new members will ac cordingly not take their seats until the next ?es<ion in December, unless a special session should be called before that time. It is njt the iutentiou of Mr. Mc- Heury's family togo to Washington to reside when cougress opens next winter. While mauy of the congress men and senators take their families to the uatioual capital and make their residence there Mrs. McHenryaud son will remain at their home in Beutou, preferring not. to make the change to Washington. Shut Down at Nine O'clock. The borough light plant la<t night closed down at 9 o'clock. The full moon shoue out of a cloudless sky aud together with the snow 011 the ground reudered it quite bright enough to get along without artificial light. If it re mains clear the plant will be shut down for a corresponding period to night. If is a singular fact that no matter bow much light is afforded by the moon thee are many persons who miss the electric light and are timid and nervous on the streets without it. It is ou such nights as these that the night watchmen render kind service to belated townpeople by escorting them along lonely thoroughfares where the imagination is apt to coujurc tip bogies and highwaymen. The only ones who will suffer a hard ship as a result of pure food require ments, are those who deal in the im pure ingredients. DANVILLE. PA., TIIUIiSDAY, FLBUL AKY 10OT. SCHOOL 11 HEEIINC A very fine entertainment, interest ing and of great educatioual value, will be giveu in Danville iu the near future uuder the auspices of the pub lie schools Professor C. Oliver Pow ers appeared before the school board Monday and obtained permission, with the help of the schools to present his fine illustrated lecture "Where the Other Half Lives." Professor Powers iu stating his plan explained that, while he receives the assistance of the pupils iu sellug tick ets he repays the schools by sharing with them the proceeds of the lecture. "Where the Other Half Lives"' has to do largely with tenement life of New York aud Boston,but not. wholly so, as in contrast with the scenes of poverty and desolation are presented parks aud gardens as well as the palatial homes of the multi-millionaires. The plau adopted is to give each pupil of the schools one 25 cent ticket to sell, in returu for which the child receives a 10 ceut ticket for the same lecture,free. This, of course, does not result in the sale of a ticket iu every iustauce.but Prof. Powers' experience has shown that enough tickets are sold in every iustauce to guarantee a good sized audience, one which will suffici ently repay the lecturer aud guarautee each of the schools a snug sum as its share. Oil motiou of Dr. Harnel it was ordered that Prof. Powers' proposition be accepted aud the schools be permit ted to co-operate with him as desired. The lecture will be delivered on March 22ud or 28rd. J. Newton Pursel aud IV Aust Lutz delegates to the directors' departmenr of the State Educational association, held at Harrisburg, each presented an extended report. They were much pleased and edified by the sessions. They found the trend among advanced educators at present to be toward high er salaries, niauual training, domestic science aud agricultural studies in the high school Ou motion of Mr. Ortli, Borough Superintendent Gordy was directed to purchase a transit to be used by the trigonometry students in exercises of plain surveying and civil engineering. In the absence of W. J. Burus.chair man. Jacob Fischer was elected presi dent pro tem. Other members present were Orth, Ptirsel. Haring, Fish, Trumbower, ileitis, (Jrunc, ll.trpul aud Lutz. The following bills were approved for pavm nt: J H Cole .. . 1-1.95 William Miller .. .. .. . 250 Danville Stove & Mfg Co .2 00 D. Aust Lutz . 9 < 8 J. Newton Pursel V) 8 > P. P. Startzel 80 Say Danville Wants Convention. A mistaken idea is going the rounds of the State press. For several mouths items have been appearing in the newspapers in this sectiou which state that Danville next .Tuue will make a strong bid to have the convention of the Six Ciuuty Firemen's association meet iu this city in 1908. At the convention in Bloomsburg last Juue the Four Couuty association was enlarged into a Six County as sociation by the admission of Montour aud Northumberland counties, aud a committee was appointed to wait up on the companies of the two new counties to present the matter of join ing the org-tuizatiou to the companies. The committee appointed at that time has never done any very strenuous work, aud as a consequence noue of the Danville fire companies have as yet become affiliated with the Six Countv association. Inasmuch as noue of the companies of this city are members of the as sociation it is hardly likely that Dan ville would be going to the next con vention iu Juue with the iilea of try ing to secure the 19t>8 convention for this city. Report of Grand Jury. To the Honorable Judges of the Court of Quarter sessions of Montour county: The graud jury having performed its duty to the best of its ability begs leave to submit the following report: We have inspected the county jail and courthouse. We rec muieud the following repairs: At the jail, repairs to tlie celler floor; two rooms aud hall repaperel; new linoleum tor sheriff's office; new carpet for main hall. At the courthouse, the hot water pipes in the cellar should be covered with asbestos or some other goou non conductor. Respectfully submitted, H. E. TRUMBOWER, Foreman. Burns Cause Death of Child. After suffering for over two days from the effects of horrible burns, Ruth Vossler, the 3-year-old daughter of Mr. ami Mrs George Vossler, of Suubuiy, died at 9:30 o'clock yester dav moruing Ou Monday morning the little girls' dress caught lire from the l.unj) of iter father's chicken brooder. Attracted by her screams, her mother rushed to the rescue and by rolling her in the snow, sncceeded iu extinguishing the flames whio!i enveloped her fro n bond to foot. The child was horribly burned iu every part, of her body and death was ouly a question of time. The man who comes to the point is generally a favorite with business peo ple PERSONAL PSPPHS Mr. and Mrs. Frauk Cromwell, of Philadelphia, spent Saturday at the home of the former's mother, Mrs. Mary Cromwell, Bloom street. Miss Flureuce Trumbower, of Phil adelphia, speut Suuday at the home of her parents, Mr. aud Mrs. Harry Trumbower, East Market street. Harry Schooh, student at Susque hanna university, Seliusgrove, speut Suuday at the home of his parents, Mr. ami Mrs. F. G. Schocli, East Market street. Mrs. Frauk Keefer and children, Arthur aud Estella, returned to their home on Pine street Sunday after a visit with relatives in Berwick. Walter Lovett returned Suuday eveuiug from Allentowu, where he at tended the meetings ot the State Y. M. C. A. convention. Miss Beulah Steelev, of Lewistowu, is the guest of Miss Martha Brawn, West Mahoning street. Miss Katherine aud Master Jesse Guyer have returned to Clark's Greeu after a visit at the home of Mr. aud Mrs. Beujamin Cook, Vine street. Mrs. C. W. Liuder aud children, of Muncy.are visiting at the home of the formet's pareuts, Mr. aud Mrs. Erwin Huuter. Church street. Miss Rachel Mettler and a few of her friends, from Dickinson seminary, were pleasautlv eutertaiued for a few days this week at the home of Miss Mettler's pareuts at Logau Run. Mr aud Mrs Harold Heller and daugther arrived last evening from Allentowu. Mr. aud Mrs. Heller will make their home ou Ash street. Tlilk Wagon in Runnway. Norman Beyers, the milkman, met with a runaway Saturday morning, iu which his wagou was badly wrecked, his milk was spilled aud he suffered a loss of some fitty dollars. Mr. Beyers was making his usual round aud somewhere about Railroad and Graud streets left the wagon to serve a customer, when the horses took frigiit and ran away. They dash ed up Railroad street as fast as they could go. At Front street they turn ed to the left, but in rouuding the corner they turned too short aud the wagon upset. The rattliug of the milk cans as they rolled over and the con tents poured out served to increase the horses' fright, and dragging the overturned wagon after them, they dashed down Front street, if possible, faster than before. At Iron street tiiey turned up toward East Market street, at the corner coming iuto contact with a post or some other, obstacle, which wrecked the wagDU top very badly. At East Market street, still drag ging the wagou. which by this time was little better than a mass of wreck age, the team turued westward oue of the horses taking the tar pavemeut aud the other the gutter. Iu this posi tion, before runuiug very far, they were stopped by a tree, oue horse hanging ou oue side and the other horse ou the other side. The team was seized and held until Mr. Boyer ap peared ou the sceue. The mau was uearly out of breath aud was lugging with him two empty milk cans. The wagon was nearly new. but lit tle more remained of it after the acci dent than the running gear and the lower part of the box. It was taken to Hunt's wheelwright shop for re pairs. Birthday Anniversary. The 38 birthday anniversary of Elias Williams was Dleasautly celebrated at his home in Valley township yester day by a number of his friends Those present were: Rev C. D. Lerch, Mr. aud Mrs. Jno. A. Merrill, Mr. aud Mrs. Jas. McCracken, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Festermacher, Miss Rachel Festermacher, Mr. aud Mrs. Robert Corelison, Miss Winifred Cor uelisou, Mrs Norman Beyer, Mr. aud Mrs. Geo. Boyer children Sidney and Ida, Mr. aud Mrs. Samuel Fausey, sou Chas Clara Cope aud Anna Murray, Rosa Williams, Chrissie Frazier, Mrs. Robert Farnsworth, Mrs. Edward Frazier, Mr. and Mrs. Euoch Wil liams, Mr. and Mrs. David Johusou, daughter Bessie, Mrs, Chrissie Hort, Mrs Levi Moser ; Mrs. Sallie Johu sou, daughter Naomi, Riverside; Mrs. E. J. Beyer, Mrs. Cliutou Jeukitis, Mrs. Simou Moser. Mrs Alfred Bog art, Mrs. Mary J Appleman, Mrs. Frank Marr, daughter Marion, Miss Gertrude Hendricks, Mr. aud Mrs. Philip Boyer, sou Sidney, Mrs. Chas. Antrim, sou Russel, Mr. and Mrs. Elias Williams, sons David, Elias, Selwyn.Mrs. Philip Evertt aud Gleuu Boyer. Social at Logan Run. A number of friends met at the home [ of Miss Viola Gillmger, at her home, Logau Ruu, ou Saturday evening. A most enjoyable eveuiug was spent. Those present were: Misses Edith j Cooke, Mildred Kooher, Hazel Yeager, ; Blanche Vat-t'ue, Elizabeth Gulick, Kite Ye-iger, Viola Gilliuger; Messrs. Ellis Persiug, William Cardell, Wil liam Swank, Daytou Carded, Harold I assett, Edward Cooke,Frauk Gulick, Percy Swank, Walter Haas, Harry Lei by aud Leon Gillinger. Died at Prayer. James P. McGinnis, a prominent J resideut of Trevortou, Northumber land couuty, was found dead on his knees iu prayer at his bedside,ou Mou [ day uighc. a victim of heart disease. PUIS OF nil COURT February court, which convened Mou day, will be probably one of the shortest on record. There were no bills of indictment togo before the graud jury, while tie civil list narrowed down to the two actious in trespass brought by Simou Fleishman. Court conveued at 10 o'clock with his Honor Judge Evans and Associates Blee aud Welliver ou the bench. Charles Molir of Anthony township, John Freas of this city were excused from serving ou the traverse jury. Ed ward V. Stroh, a graud juror, was al so excused. Harry E. Trumbower was chosen foreman of the grand jury,after which Judge Evaus delivered his charge to that body. District Attorney Gearhart then announced that there were no cases for the grand jury, the prosecut or in the single case returned, which involves assault and battery, being de tained at home by illness. This case —Commonwealth vs. Harry Bomboy —ou direction of the court, was con tinued. The graud jury, therefore,had uo duties to perform beyond examin ing the public buildings of the coun ty. This duty was very expeditiously performed and by 11:45 o'clock the graud jurors returned to the court room aud presented their report. The latter was accepted aud ordered filed, after which the grand jurors, who had beeu ou duty just two hours,were dis charged from further attendance at court during this term. The constables of the county being called presented their reports. There were noue who had any violations of the law to report. This was a cir« cumstauce that seemed to gratify the court very much, Judge Evans remark ing that the showing was oue that re flected credit upon the peace and good order of the couuty. Owing to the absence of Mr. Scarlet, attorney for the defendant,the case of Hugh McCaffrey vs. the Dauville and Bloomsburg Street railway couiDauy was contiuued. This reduced the list of civil cases down to the trespass ac tious of Simon Fleishman brought against Paul P. Sweutek and Michael Breckbill, which are all that are be fore court The case of Simon Fleishman vs. Paul P. Swentek was attached just be fore noon. The case prove 1 a rather hotly con tested oue, Hon. H. M. Hinckley aud E. S. Gearhart representing the plain tiff and Hon. Grant Herring and Wil liam K ase West appearing for the de fendant. The case proved a rather complicated oue aud there was a wide divergence of testimony. E. S. Gearhart outlined the case to the jury. The suit has beeu brought to recover damages for a stock of cloth ing takeu aud sold uuder landlord's warrant. The testimony showed that the plaintiff, who is in the wholesale stock jobbing business, in August of 1903, purchased the stock of dry goods belonging to Dreifuss & Co., contain ed iu the store room of P. P. Sweutek, No. 295 Mill street. Fleislnnau paid the reut due to Sept. 1, which includ ed a balance of $55.<50 due the landlord from Dreifuss & Co. Thus far there seems to be uo difference or misunder standing between the parties. The result of the contention seemed to hinge ou the fact whether or not Fleishman, the purchaser of Dreifuss & Co's stock of goods, could be held for the rent that would accnre on Dreifuss & Co's uuexnired lease. Fleishman testified that when he bought out Dreifuss & Co. he had a distinct understanding with Mr. Sweutek that he was renting the store room ouly from month to month and that he was not to be held for rent any longer than he found it profitable to occupy the room. The landlord ou the other hand de nied the existence of auy such au agree meut aud held that Fleishman was not released from the lease ot Dreifuss & Co. He was determiued that Fleishman should be held for Dreifuss & Co's lease aud, therefore, when the plain tiff was on the poiut of discontinuing business here aud removing his stock of clothing from Dauville the landlord caused the stock of goods to be levied on uuder a landlord's warrant. Mr. Fleishman, the plaintiff, who was the first witness, testified that he had a quantity of goods shipped here from Pittsburg,which he added to the stock, purchased from Dreifuss & Co The goods taken from him under laud lord's warraut by iuveutory, he said, were shown to be valued at $2383 Noue of these goods ho ever recover ed. When the goods were seized there was uo rent dm, aud iu arrears. A large portion of the afternoon was spent in argument ou a motion for a compulsory uou suit made by Hon. Grant Herring. Mr. Herring held that the plaintiff had mistaken his remedy and should have brought au action iu replevin. He presented his argument with a great deal of force aud eloqu ence, speaking nearly au hour. The motiou for non-suit was com batted by E. S. Gearhart aud Hon. H. M. Hiucklev with equal vigor aud eloqueuce. Tuey protested that the ac tion brought was a clear case of tres pass. which was the only available remedy. The seizure of the goods, it was claimed, was purely illegal, as the sheriff was sent ou the premises and the goods were takeu when not a cent of rent was due aud iu arrears. ESTABLISHED CN 1855 Judge Evans over ruled the motion for a non-suit, after which Mr. Her ring opened for the defense. Mr. Swentek was the principal witness for the defense. He was followed bv William Kase West and others. The jury in the case of Simon Fle ishman vs. Paul P. Swentek returned a verdict in favor of the defendant. The case was given to the jury at five p. m. Tuesday. The twelve men de liberated until lip. m. when they ar rived at a verdict, which according to instructions they sealed and returned to court yesterday morning. With the ringing of the courthouse bell the most of those present during the trial might have been seen wend ing their way toward the courthouse, anxious to learn the issue of the trial. The verdict as stated above, in favor of the defendant, was exiiresst-. i in a few words. As soon as it was announc ed Hon. H. M. Hinckley made a mo tion for a new trial, reasons to be filed in ten days. The case against Paul P. Swentek turning out as it did practically dis posed of the other case brought by Simon Fleishman, in which Michael Breckbill, former sheriff, was the de fendant. No other business being on hand nothing remained but to adjourn court. Accordingly at 9:20 o'clock court adjourned to reconvene on next Satur day,for the disposal of whatever busi ness may be on hand. Regular argu ment court will be held on Saturday, March 9th. So far as criminal business was con cerned February court could very easily have been dispensed with. There were no bills of indictment for the grand jury, in addition to which the civil list furnished but one case. The two days that court was in ses sion, therefore, were spent on one ac tion. As a matter of public interest it might be stated that the total cost of the short term of court was not two hundred and fifty dollars. Big Elk, Jumbo, Is Dehorned. The game preserve of Hon. Alexander Billmeyer, near Washingtonville, was the scene yesterday of another of the interesting episodes that make that spot one of the most attractive in the State. Jumbo, the big elk, the "Daddy" of the herd, shed his horns. Mr. Harry Billmeyer was nearby when the ant lers fell from the animal? head,and res cued the specimens intact. They are the largest that have ever been secured at the Billmeyer preserve, one side measuring 59 inches and the other 58 inches. Measuring the entire length, including all of the prongs, there is 29 feet and 9 inches of horn. They weigh ed 27 pounds. Jumbo was very fierce until several days before he lost his proud crest, when he became very tame and even shy. After the antlers fell from his head yesterday he became so shy and timid that it was necessary to separate him from the rest of the herd,as it was likely that even the cows might in jure him. The spot where Jumbo's horns once were will heal over in about a week, and then the new antlers will begin to grow. They grow for thirteen weeks, and in this remarkably short time at tain their full size. During this time large blood vessels run through the antlers,so that if they were cut off the animal would bleed to death. After about the thirteenth week, however, the flow of blood through the antlers ceases, growing stops, and the dry ing process starts. Tins continues un til next winter when lie agaiu sheds his horns. The two buck elk. Job and Jumbo, are mortal enemies before both of tiiem are denorned. Several days after they lose their antlers,they are allowed to run together,and appear to be the bost of friends. It will be remembered that Job's antlers were removed last fall. This was made necessary, as he had become too ferocious, and it was fear ed that he would do much damage among the rest of the herd. Mr. Rillmeyer now has in his pre serve 75 deer and 18 elk, beside large quantities of smaller game. This is accounted the largest game preserve in the State. There are preserves where the acreage is larger, but none where the game is so abundant and varied. fir. and Mrs. Brobst Entertain. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Brobst, delight fully eutertaiued a number of their friends at a party on Thursday, Feb. 21, at their home,near New Columbia. Those present were: Misses Edith Brobst, Nellie Brobst, Ella Brobst, Lillian Brobst, Maggie Deightmiller, May Mausteller, Nettie Warner, Mausteller, Maggie Brobst, Margaret Fry, Hazel Brobst, Lizzy Aude and Mary Betz; Masters Paul Brobst, Lee Brobst, Paul Mausteller, Harry Maus teller, Eber Mausteller and Edward Brobst; Mr. and Mrs. Parke Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Moore, Mr. aud Mrs. Harry Kister, Mr. and Mrs. Clarke Mausteller. Mr. and Mrs Wil liam Fry,Mr aud Mrs. Jef. Betz, Mr. aud Mrs. J. W. Aude, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bomboy, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Brobst, Mr. aud Mrs. S F. Brobst, Mr. aud Mrs. B. F. Brobst, air. and Mrs. CI arles Sterling, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hartuiau, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Deightniller,Mrs. Calvin Shultz.Mrs. John Arnwine, Edward Maust, Daniel Crossley, Reimuller—Van Most rand. Louis Reimuller, of Brooklyu, and Miss Mary VauNostraud.of Riverside, were married Monday afternoon at the parsonage of the Trinity Lutheran church, Rev. L. D. Ulrich performing the ceremony JOB PRINTING The office of the AMERICAN being furnished with a large assortment of job letter and fancy typo and job material genera ly, 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 IB AS TO IBS' lONIIIIiT Editor AMERICAN: —Can you teil us what lias become of the prop osition to build a soldiers' monu ment'' One hears nothing more about it. Has the project been abaudoned or have those behind it simply be come discouraged and are they now lying back waiting for something to turn up. CITIZEN. In reply to li t* above it might be stated that the outlook for the sold iers' monument is not promising. This carries with it no reflection on the soldiers' monument committee, whose struggles have extended through many years and who have labored with a single heart to bring about the erec tion of a memorial that would reflect credit on the gratitude and patriotism of our citizens and stand as a fitting memorial to the fallen heroes who offered up their lives on the altar of their country. Time and again the work of solicit ing was taken up and pushed with vigor and enthusiasm. Now and then the results were highly gratifying,but there were other long periods, when the responses were not encouraging, wlieu there was a general lack of in terest and when the work of canvass ing lagged or was actually suspended. Long ago a point was reached when the soldiers' monument committee could not but realize that it was in a losing light. Tiiat it did not abandon the struggle speaks well for its pat riotism and enterprise. The cost of a soldiers' mouument would be little less than ten thousand dollars. After gathering in the large and willing contributions a heavy balance repre senting considerably more than one half of the cost remains, to be covered by comparatively small subscriptions. Whether or not this big balanoe could ever be raised by popular sub scription, may admit of a difference of opinion. Certain it is that every at tempt coveriug a number of years past has eudert in failure.not the least diffi culty being to keep a corps of canvass ers in the field. It is scarcely a secret that a point lias now beeu reached when the sold iers' raonnnieut committee begins to despair of ever raising the money needed bv working along the lines for uierly pursued and is about ready to abandon the proposition. Oue of the priucipal obstacles in the way of suc cess lies in the fact that the connty is small and whatever is contributed through popular subscription would have to come almost exclusively from the people of Dauvillo Another cir cumstance that militate.! against gen oral success lies iu the fact that we are now living forty years after the close of the war. As a rnle the soldiers' monuments erei-teil were bailt year* ago, immediately after or soon follow ing the Rebellion, wheu that great struggle still remained fresh on the minds of the people. The long lapse of time has practically brought a new Reneratiuii, on the carpet, who while not deficient in patriotism or in res pect and veneration for the fallen brave,nevertheless do not feel the same incentive as those who lived in war times when examples of heroism and self-sacrifice were constantly before their eyes. Although discouraged the soldiers' monument committee has not as yet abandoned the struggle. It still has one hope left aud that is that some person of means may come to the re scue and contribute the balance need ed to build the monument. Unless this is done the committee has little hop® of succeeding. It would, indeed, be much deplored if little Moutour, which has such a magnificent war record, should be one of the few counties of the State that is to have no soldiers' monument. It is iudeed, lioped that the help needed to carry the project through may come from some source, whether from the masses or from au individual. If the former have already failed, then the opportunity remains for the latter. The person who comes to the rescue in this crisis will be twice honored; for not only will he carry through to com pletion a memorial that will honorthe nation's dead. but. uncousciously, lie will build a monument that will pro claim his own patriotism ami liber ality and make his memory bless ed. Boilers Fainted. Engineer Edward F. Hell and Fire uiau Edward Wertman improved their leisure time yesterday by painting the extensive iron surface forming the front of the two big boilers at the wa ter works. The iron work painted in cluded the furnace doors, which were burned nearly red by the intense heat. Asbestos paint, jet black in colorj was used and was as artistically as it was expeditiously applied by the eng ineer aud fireman. The iron work now | looks much better and improves the appearance of the whole interior of the plaut Drove to Lewlsburg. The following party from this city enjoyed a drive to Lewisburgon Tues day, when* they were pleasantly erter tained at the houie of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Raerick: The Misses Anna, Mary aud Alice Fry, Mattie Sandel, Rose Byerly, Emma Reifsnyder, Gert ! rude Bare, Jennie W'aite,Mrs. Ammon Keiser, Mrs. John G. Waite. 10-Pound Baby UJrl. ; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Barrett, of Grovania, are the happy pareuts of a 10 pound baby girl, born Sunday.
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