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Mseases of ihe Stomach and Intestines
Specially
MUSED MS
Good bye winter.
Has the last suow fall.'n?
Make war ou the dirt pile.
Street paviug is uearly ripe.
March is surely changeable.
The promise of spring never fails.
Trout fishing only about a month
off.
Many Easter hats *re now being
erected.
Dauville wa6 left ont of the flood
this time.
No man need be concerned about the
ability of the TJnited States to build
the Panama caual.
The returns of the county assessors
of Schuylkill county show au increase j
in the valuation of real estate from 1
$40,000,000 to over $75,000,000. Pra
ctically all this increase is on coal
lands.
The very individuals who find fault
with large charitable bequests,because
the money may be "tainted," are the
same fellows who wouldn't put a
nickel iu the collection box without
asking for change. Isn't that so?
Daniel Everett,residing near Selius,
grove, gave his watch to a gypsy to
have his fortune told. She refused to
return the watch and he had a warraut. i
issued for her arrest.
Who except the stock manipulators i
care much about the slump ou Wall \
street, so long as the industrial and
legitimate commercial world hums
like the busy bee?
Its a whole mouth now since John
D Rcokefeller has given away a few
millions. Look ont for something big
next. |
The King of Norway served as au j
ordiuary apprentice in the Danish j
navy for nine mouths.
-At the proeont momont tho fonnfriou
of Europe are spending ou their arm
ies and navies as much as $4,000,000 a ;
day.
West Newtou, Mass., is considering J
the advisability of providing a ceme- j
tery for cats. No doubt the spot will j
be christened tne catacombs.
Heary Olds, assistant biologist of i
the laboratory at Washington for 13
years, has been studyiug the music of
birds and has written an elaborate
brochure ou the subject.
Eugland spends $180,000,000 a year !
ou her navy This is $5,000,000 more j
thau the combined expenditure of j
France, Russia aud Germany.
The Easter advertiser will get the j
Easter trade.
i
Members of the legislature who waut i
more pay should try to earn what they j
expect to receive.
The number of arrests in New York I
city for violation of laws of the road j
and speed ordinances has been increas- j
ed 50 pjr ceut in the last three mouths. :
The pearl fishery of Ceylon, leased j
by the British government, involved
an expenditure of only $73 510 last j
year, with a uer profit of $801,882.
Owing to the unusual activity in
railroan building it is estimated that
in Ontario alone 4,500,000 ties will be
out this year.
Rumor says that there is to be a
rate war among the Atlantic passenger
carrying companies.
The Structual Building Trades Alli
ance of America lias a membership of
200,000 workers outside of New York.
Agricultural schools have been est
blished at several places in Siberia, '
and a certain number of steam plows,
reapers and the like are now in use
"The Blooiushurg State Normal
School will begin the spring Term
March 25t'i, 1907. Write for further
information to Dr. D. J. Waller, Jr . :
Principal."
A patent for paper waistcoats has j
been taken out in Switzerland. They :
will cost ouly 4 cents, aud are said to j
be warmer than a woolen garment.
There are some fine opportunities iu
this town for street cleauing and street
building.
The cash buyer always hab an ad
vantage over the other fellow.
Nearly tweutv-oue million Roman
Catholics live under the American
flag.
The enforcement of the existing laws :
is the supreme ueed of the hour.
Fire and water unrestrained ars
terrific foes of men.
It is said that from 80 to ICO tons
of boneless pork ready for curing, ar
rive in Glasgow daily.
Seven old spoons have recently been
fonnd in the earth. They were cleaned
and are of silver and gilt They are
dated 1539, and valued at $250 each.
The new customs tariff of Japan,
which went into force on October jl,
has stimulated the promotion of home
companies for the manufacture of
flour.
The Republic of Panama contains
about 20.781,000 acres of laud, of
which about 76,450 acres are under
ooltivattog.
"THIS COI NTRY WILL NEVER BE ENTIRELY EREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDS WITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS."
OL. 53—NO
WEE ADVANCE
REFUSED
The first regular meeting of the new
council was held Friday. The fol
lowing members were in their places:
Sweisfort, Dietz, Moyer, Everhart,
Jacobs, Pursel, Russell, Angle, Hughes
aud Schatz. No time was wasted iu
discussion and a fair amount of busi
ness was disposed of. Council conven
ed at 7 :30 o'clock aud adjourned before
9 o'clock.
Mr. Russell reported that tiie engin
eers aud firemen of the water works arc
(esirous of receiving au advance. He
moved that the wasjes of firemen be
advanced from $1.50 to SI.BO per day
aud of the engineers from 15 to $.'.40
per day of 12 hours. The matter on be
ing discussed revealed that there was
considerable objectiou to the advance
as proposed.
Mr. Dietz moved that the motion be
j amended to graut the firemen $ 1.65 per
day, the wages of the engineers to re
| main the same. A vote taken on tho
amendment resulted iu a tie ami the
j motion was, therefore, declared lost
The original motion was acted upon
. and was lost by a vote of seven nays
[ to three ayes.
A special license of ten dollars a
month was graured to Dailey & Oesch
ger, who have opened a vaudeville show
on Mill street. It was also ordered
j that the license granted the moving
j picture establishment, known as the
1 "Nickeloid," be raised to the same
figure.
President Sweisfort auuounced the
following committees for the ensuing
year:
Finance—Finnigan, Dietz, Schatz.
Streets aud Bridges—Jacobs,Hughes,
Everhart, Dietz.
Market—Dietz, Pnrsel, Deutsch,
Schatz.
Water—Russeli, Jacobs, Angle, Moy
er
Light—Jacobs, Rishel, Angle, Mov
er.
Sewerage—Russell, Pursel, Schatz,
Everharf.
Ordinance aud Police— Fiiiu'gan,
Angle, Deutsch, Everhart.
Fire—Angle, Russell. Pursel, Mov
er.
Printing—Hughes, Dietz, Finu'gau.
Building—Hughes, Fiuuigau. Moyer.
Public Improvement—Dietz, Jacobs,
Dcutadi, Oclial^.
Bills and Accounts—Augle. Parsel,
Everhart.
Tho bonds of the secretary and the
treasurer of the borough, ami of the
street commissioner and market master
were read aud approved by council
A petition was received signed by
several citizens of the second ward,
petitiouiug council to investigate cer
tain allegations made relating to a
dance hall located at the corner of
Honeymoon aud Grand streets aud
known as Kuorr's dauce hall. Tho
hall, it was alleged, is used three to
six uights per week for public dunces
and that said dances are kept ';p uutil
one and two o'clock iu the moruing,
all of which proves a nuisauce to the
people living near. The petition was
signed by James Rishel, L. C. Thorn
ton, Frank H. Hauck,Leonard Hauck,
John A Deibert, Harry Deibert, Wil
liam R. Richardson, Mrs. Jones and
Oliver R. Sweitzer.
On motion the matter was referred
to the committee on ordinance and po
lice for investigation
The following bills were approved
for pavmeut:
BOROUGH DEPARTMENT.
Regular employes $122 50
J. H. Cole 9 35
A. C. Amesbury 31.62
Morning News ... 9.60
The Geui 21.00
Rnmsey Elec. Mfg Co 38.33
James Gibsou 7.50
Washington Fire Co ...... 1.45
Labor aud Hauling 43.50
WATER DEP'T.
Regular employes $157 00
James Gibson ... 3.00
Danville F'dy & Machine Co 34.90
Ilement, Restein &C J . . 10.00
Fairbanks Company . . 21 0)
At'l Kefiuiug Co ...... 1.15
J. H. Cole 7.20
P. & R. Coal & Iron Co . . 220.00
Friendsuip Fire Co 21.08
P. H. Foust . 77.10
Washington Fire Co . 1.00
Laid to Rest.
The funeral of John Hartliue, stew
ard at the almshouse of the Danville
and Mahoning Poor district,took place
from the family residence ye-terday
afternoon aud was largely attended.
Rev. Joseph E. Guy.pastor of Shiloh
Reformed church, officiated, while a
quartette from the choir of the same
churih rendered several selections of
music.
The deceased was a member of the
Heptasophs and of the Knights of the
Golden Eagle. The pall bearers were
chosen from Inth organizations aud
were as follows: O. F. Young, Walter
O. Green, aud Charles Buckhalter,
representing the Heptasophs; G. L.
McLain, Jacob Miller and William
Welliver, represe ting the K G. E
A fair sized delegation from the
Knights of the "Golden Eagle attended
the funeral in a body.
A Queer Find.
While Ammou Truitt was at work
ou Monday clearing awaj the debris
of Ralph Snyder's barn,at. Seliusgrove,
which was recently destroyed by fire,
he found a coffee pot containing SSO
iu two aud three wut pieces.
DIED II
PHILADELPHIA
l John Hartliue, steward at the alms
house of the Danville aud Mahoning
poor district, departed this life at the
German hospital, Philadelphia,.Sun
day.
The deceased, it will be recalled,
was removed to the hospital ou March
7th, suffering with au abscess at the
base of the brain. His condition was
critical from the start aud he suffered
intensely at times.
The first operation was performed ou
Saturday the 9th. The surgeon held
out very little hope of recovery, aud
tidiugs from the hospital since theu
have been awaited with much anxiety
by relatives and friends iu this sec
tiou.
Ou Friday of last week the second
operation was performed. Like the
first, it was considered a success, but
the abscess had made such fearful in
roads that recovery was out of the
question. The patient fell ii|to a com
atose state aud grew weaker and
weaker uutil noon Sunday when he
breathed bis last.
Mrs. Hartliue was called to Phila
delphia ou the 9th inst., aud, remain
ing iu the city, was present wheu her
husband passed away. Beside his wife
the deceased is survived by several
children. He was 44 years of age aud
hail been steward at. the alms house
for several years. He was a capable
man of generous disposition aud had
rnauy frieuds.
Deeds Passed on rionday.
Several properties about Danville
have chauged hands tnis spring. Five
deeds were pissed iu the register aud
recorder's office ou Monday, as fol
lows :
Dwelling aud lot ou Jerseytown
road, from Elmer Wertman, to David
Winters teen.
Farm in Valley township, from
James Fenstermacher to F. P. John
sou.
Dwelling aud lot on Ferry street,
from F. P. Johnson to Thomas J.
Jones' wife
Dwelling and lot ou Nassau street,
from Thomas J. Joues to Ambrose
Miller.
Dwelling aud lot ou Church street
from John L Laue to Auua L. Wert
lUiMi.
First Woman Operator.
Miss Nellie Conser.of Sunbury, who
has been taking a course of instruction
iu the working of the block system at
South Dauville, on the Suubury divis
ion, has fiuished her apprenticeship
and is now stationed iu the tower at
Shiudel, near the western liue of Suy
der county ou the Lewistown division.
It is said that Miss Conser is the
first woiuau who has ever undertaken
to master the iutricate block system
on the Pennsylvania lines. She per
forms her duties with the deftness and
coolness of an experienced train dis
patcher, aud was complimented bv
Superintendent Allibone on the effici
ency of her work.
Miss Conser is the daughter of En
gineer Conser, who lost his life in a
wreck ou the Shamokiu division some
years ago.
Photographed flany Times.
Tremendous interest centers in the
investigation ou foot at Harrisburg
relatiug to the new capitol. Our
townsman, James Scarlet, seems to be
one of the ceutral figures and there is
scarcely a day but his portrait iu a
characteristic pose turns up in oue or
more of the Philadelphia newspapers.
Some of these portraits are very good
likeuesses, while others bear very lit
tle resemblance and were it not for the
convenient fact that they are labeled
we might never know that they refer
red to our townsman. Ouly a few,
however, are very bad.
The North American yesterday show
ed a portrait of Mr. Scarlet, which is
probably the best that has ever been
seen in any newspaper. It is a mere
snap shot takeu on the street and Mr.
Scarlet appears in his high silk hat,
which is perched carelessly on his
head. The camera was sprung seem
ingly at the very moment when he
turned around iu response to some
friendly salutatiou. The cordial smile
visible ou his countenance is such as
auy friend is sure to meet who ruus
across Mr. Scarlet iu his home town
or any other place.
Funeral of firs. Nichol.
The funeral of Mrs. Charles Nichol,
whose death occurred at Ashley on
Saturday, took place iu this city yes
terday afternoon The remains were
brought to Dauville Tuesday and tak
eu to the residence of John Bruder,
father of the deceased,corner of Bloom
aud Ash streets, where the funeral was
held.
The services were conducted by Rev
George W. Fritsch,pastor of St John's
Lutheran church. The pall baarers
were: Fred Held, John Hughes.Pre 1-
erick Hauseman and Henry Flecken
steiu.
Interment was made iu the Odd Fal
lows' cemetery,the funeral proceeding
to the burial ground by trolley. ,
Presiding Elders in Danville.
Rev. J. F. Duulap, presiding eld<r
of the Williamsport district of the
Uuited Evangelical church and Kcv.
J. W. Messiuger, presiding elder of
the Lewisburg district,speut last even
ing iu Dauville.
DANVILLE. PA., THURSDAY MAIiCII 21, 1007.
' EXAMINING
THEIR CHARTERS;
i
The churches of town as a rule have i
examined their charters aud taken
what action is necessary in the pre
mises in order to comply with the
new law, which provides that all
churches iu this State charters of
which were grauted subsequent to 1835
must have their charters amended if
the church desires to legally possess
property of any kind, even tlie church
structure itstelt.
Probably oue or two of our churches
have overlooked the matter,or postpon
ed action until the present. For the
beuefit of such as the latter it might
be explained that but one week re
mains in which to apply to court for
the necessary change.
The ameudmeut must be effected
through ou attorney, who presents the
petition to court,by which the amend
ment is ordered.
So far as can be learned the churches
of town that have taken the matter up
have discovered that their charters un
der the new law are perfectly valid.
While it is not established that it
will make any material difference
whether or not the churches observe
the requirements of the new act, yet 1
it is said that iu case of litigatiou the 1
church would be at a disadvantage and
could not collect debts as could be <
done by a legally incorporated body. <
Get Ready of County Fair.
Just stop to think a iniunte. Will it
be worth your while to take one even- |
iug off aud enjoy several hours of .
good, wholesome, hearty,speutaueoas, i
rollicking fuu aud humor.That's what .
they calculate to give you at the ' BIG
COUNTY FAIR" at the Court House
ou the eveuiiigs of April 11th and 12th.
It is to be a home talent production. ,
aud includes iu the cast 60 of Dm
ville's best kuown people. All the
well kuown characters of the usual
couuty fair will be there, and all will
be doing fuuuv stunts The hay seed,
the clown, the jockey, the barker, all
of them aud all peopl3 whom you well
know.
Miss Sara Virgiuia Allisou, who
will conduct the rehearsals will arrive
iu Dauville ou April 3rd. She has a
uumber of elaborate features such as
drills, songs, etc , that will require6o
people to make up the performance.
Make up your mind togo aud get your
ticket now at the Y. M. C. A.
Funeral of firs. Woodruff.
Mrs. Joseph Woodruff of South Dau
ville, whose death occurred Sunday,
was consigned to the grave iu the
cemetery connected with Rush Baptist
church yesterday. The funeral was
largely attended
The services were conducted by Rev.
John Sherman, pastor of the First
Baptist church of this city, aud tho
Rev. William E. Leimbach, pastor of
the Rush Baptist -church. The pail
bearers were: Arthur Myerly, Jesse
Sliauuon, Addisou Martin, Harry
Adams, Bert Adams, Jesse Savidge.
The following persons from out of
town attended the funeral: Henry C.
Johnston, Howard Johnston, I'M ward <
Johnston, James Johnston, of Luz
erne; Mrs. Huff, of Hightown, Luz
erne county; George Johnson, of
Huutsville; Minor Muasou and wife
of Catawissa; Mrs. Grant Kiehl, of
Suubury; Gilbert Ely and Mrs. Marg
aret Ely of Bloomsburg.
Few Cases of Truancy.
Truant Officer W. E. Young carries |
a big list of absentees about with him ,
these days. Comparatively few of the |
pupils out of school are truants, how .
ever. Muuips, measles aud chicken ,
pox are prevalent aud upou iuvestiga- ,
tiou the officer generally fiuds that .
oue of these diseases are responsible
for keeping the pupil out of school
The officer states that truaucy is a •
constantly decreasing evil in our ,
schools. The time can easily be recall- .
ed when it was rather the rule tiiau 1
the exception for boys to piay truant
and owing to the habit the schooldays (
of many a boy ended iu failure. ,
At the preseut time only the utterly (
incorrigible have the temerity to play
truaut. The vigilance of the truaut ■
officer through a series of years has ,
had its effect aud the boys of towu are |
being educated into better habits and ,
if they are not brought to realize the
evils of truaucy they at least see the
futility of trying to evade the truant
oflicer aud thus fall iuto the habit of
attending school pretty regularly.
Han's Best Friend.
A collie dog saw a 3-year-old child
ou the Pennsylvania rairload tracks at
Phoenixville and made earnest efforts
to get the child off as there was a
train approaching. lie did not quite
succeed aud the little oue had an arm
and a rib broken, but the dog stood
guard over the child and those who
came to take it away had trouble to
do so.
Not Aluch Coutl in Pike.
Monday the regular March term of
quarter sessions court at for Bike couu
ty opened at Milfonl, but the session
lasted only two hours,as there were no
cases for trail and no jurors hail been
(summoned. Little court business was
done throughout the whole of last year
and the cost to the county for all jury
service was less than SSOO.
The rails of the Belt Line road in
Philadelphia are the heaviest in the
world.
PERU
I PARAGRAPHS
Miss Lillian Shields, of Lewisburg,
is visiting at the home of Rev. and
Mrs. Joliu Sherman, Front street.
Mrs. Samuel Kemp and daughter
Mabel, of Bloomsburg, spent Suuday
with friends in this city.
Misses Gertrude Kuittle aud Flor
ence Yeager, of Bloomsburg, spent
Sunday with friends in this city.
Miss Sara Sponsler, of Harrisburg,
is visiting at the home of her aunt.
Miss Jennie Robison, Riverside
Harry Fowler,of Williamsport,spent
Suuday with friends in this city.
Miss Elsie Snyder, of Sunbury, spent
Sunday with Miss Maud Seidel,Honey
moon street.
Miss Maine Danuer, of Easton, is
visiting friends in this city.
Mrs. Lillie Rea McCormick aud Mrs.
Frank C. Angle have returned from a
trip to Atlantic City and Philadel
phia.
Mr. and Mrs. John Lehman and son
George and Miss Louise Smith are
visiting friends in New Columbia.
.J. S. Kanffmau, of Middleburg,
spent yesterday with his sister Mrs.
Carl Litz.
George F. Jacobs, student at Sus
quehanna university, arrived yester
day to spend the Easter vacation at
the home of his pareuts, Mr. and Mrs.
W. Fred Jacobs, Mill street.
Mr. and Mrs. George E. Stock re
turned to Gettysburg yesterday after
a visit at the home of their son, Dr.
George A. Stock, Lower Mulberry
street.
Weather One Year Ago.
The weather yesterday following
the SHOW fall aud thunder shower of
Tuesday embraced auother change, iu
which all suggestions of spring were
as remote as during the two days pre
viously. A cold northwest wind pre
vailed during the entire day, which
made winter overcoats agreeable.
The balmy weather of Saturday aud
Monday deluded many persons into
the belief that spring was here. The
sudden relapse into winter proved
quite a jar to such persons aud will
probably teach them in the future not
t:> expect too much of March.
A ulance backward to one year ago
will show us that March was cutting
up all sorts of capers and that on the
first day of spring the mercury at 8 a.
m.was 8 degrees below zero.
One year ago today the snow lay
over a foot deep on the level and at
mauy places it was piled into high
drifts. The roads were well-nigh im
passable fur wheeled vehicles and the
sleigh bells were jingling merrily.
Several of the r. 112. d. carriers failed
to cover their routes and those who
were able to deliver their mail had a
bar 1 time of it aud wore much delay
ed.
Although the beginning of spring to
day may lack some of the evidences of
approaching warm weather yet in view
of the above it is plain that the aspect J
is by no means as cheerless as it was
oue year ago.
Crouse's Ad Brought Result*.
S. B. Crouse, of Orange township,
near Oraugeville, Columbia county,
who recently advertised for a wife
now says that he will soon have to get
a private secretary to answer his cor
respondence. Would-be wives from all
corners of the universe have been
pressing their claims upon his atten
tion and his home. Mr. Crouse avers
that all the lovelorn maidens, young
and old, will hear from him, but that
if lie attempted to answer them all
now he would not have time to do
anything else.
"There are some very nice ladies
who have written to me," he said,
"of course, there have been some who
say they are youug aud some others
who say they are not so young, but
taken altogether it is a good selection,
in fact, a very fine selection. When
the whole business gets settled I'll let
the public know. It must be settled
quickly, though," he added.
The rural mail carrier ou the Crouse
route is authority for the statement
that lie delivers more letters at the
Crouse homestead than to all the oth
er houses on his route combined.
Revisiting Old Home.
John Warntz, of Denver, Colorado,
an old-time resident, is revisiting Dan
ville and vicinity after an absence of
thirty-five years.
Mr. Warntz was born aud raised in
Rush township, the homestead farm
being near W. T. Suter's sunnyside
farm. He left Danville in 1872.
Mr. Warntz arrived here ou Monday
and yesterday was agiestof his broth
er, Zachary Warntz, Cherry street.
Mr. Warntz was a veteran of the
civil war. Ho enlisted at Dauville for
the Twelfth Infantry iu 1861. He en
listed in the same company with
Brigadier General John W. Bubb and
his name appears in the original rost
er, printed in these columns yesterday
morning, which was sent to Dauvillo
by Geueral Bubb and which by a co
incidence arrived here simultaueoulsy
with Mr. Warntz.
Only One More.
Charles Moyer, of Alleutown, aged
j 1' years,attempted to board a coal traiu
near his home but fell under the cars
and both his legs were cutoff. He can
uot recover.
FINAL US I
COM SCIOIS
The annual final examination for
fclie county school diplomas will be
held this year on March 30th.
Tliia examination is for the pupils
of the country schools who are about
to graduate j u their districts, and af
ter successfullj' passing the test the
pupils are given a diploma. This mark
of the successful culmination of the
school career is highly prized by the
pupils, who strive hard to obtain it.
This is the third examination that
has been held for diplomas in Montour
county. In the two former examina
tions the mark that it was necessary
to attain to pass and get the diploma
was HO. This year it has been decided
to raise the standard aud make the
passing mark (55.
The examinations will bo held in
the townships at the following places :
Anthony, White Hall; Derry, Straw- |
berry Kidge; Limestone, California;!
Liberty, Oak Grove, Valley at Sid- I
ler's; West Hemlock, at Styer's; Mali- !
oniug at East Dauville, Mayberry at
the River school The questions will
be prepared by the county superintend i
ent and delivered to the teachers who 1
are chosen to conduct the examina- !
tions several days before the 30th.
Letter From General Lee,
Our townsmau.Dr. Juo. Sweisfort.a l
few days ago received an invitation ;
to be present at a reunion of the Third '
Pennsylvania cavalry, held at Chester '<
on the 16th iust., which is a pleasant !
study in its way and serves to show j
what delightful memories may be '
aroused by such occasions.
Following is an extract from the
invitation: "The Irish must have
Deeu with us on that day—we started
out fir a fight and we got one. Don't
you remember the long wait as we j
were starting for Kelly's Ford early
in the morning of the 17th., while
some of our comrades were trying to
force the ford. Then after crossing the
Rappahauuock what a fight it was, as
we forced Fitz-Lee's brave troopers
back and back until the farthest point
was reached that General Averill
thought judicious. Then he left a bag
of coffee with the note, "Dear, Fitz—
here's vonr coffee."
In explanation of the coffee and the
note the iuvitatiou sent to Dr. Sweis
fort contaiued a letter written to
James McGahey, aec'y 3rd Pa. Caval
ry association,a few years ago by Gen
eral Fitzhugh Lee expressing regret
that he could not, owing to urgent
business, accept an invitation to be
present at the reunion In the letter
General Fitzhugh Lee explained that
Geueral Averill and himself were
both officers in the cavalry of the U.
S. army in peace aud aftjrwards were
both major generals commanding cav
alry against each other in war. He
wrote:
"I remember the note you mention,
which in a spirit of fuu I left for Gen
eral Averill, when I drove his pickets |
in at Hartwood, in which I told him, !
as I remember, to stop his foolishness,
take his men out of my State and
go home. I also asked him to come
over and see me and bring me a bag
of coffee. You know we were a little |
short of coffee in those days iu the
southern states."
Dr. Sweisfort was a sergeant in the |
Third Pennsylvania cavalry.
Startling Evidence.
New evidence of so startling a na- |
ture was developed yesterday moruing '
in the Springfield murder case that
the hearings of the two suspects aud
the coroner's inquest was postponed
until Monday.
Two persons have been found by the
detectives who promise to be the star
witnesses iu the trial of Staney Mar
cavitch aud Joe Hacheskie for the
murder of Charlie Yeschiliuuis.
The first is a Polish woman, whom ,
the authorities happened upon by ac- '
cideut. She lives near the scene of the j
crime and is well acquainted with ;
Marcavitch She s:iw him shortly af- j
ter the probable time of the murder ;
comiuar from the cobbler shop in
which the young Lithnniau was killed
and carefully brushing his clothes.
Her testimony will be of the utmost j
importance as it will prove that Mar- j
cavitch was on the scene of the crime
at about the hour it was committed.
The other witness is Joo Keedau, a
friend of Marcavitch. He stated to
the police thai Staney showed up on
Saturday morning with a big bunch
of money and staited to blow it right
away. He asked him where he got it
and he just said he hit a fellow on the
head.
The links of evidence about Marca
vitch are being so strongly forged that
there is little probability that he can
escape the gallows.
Hedicine Case Recovered.
Edward Kockafeller, the electrician,
on Tuesday fouud a doctor's mediciue
case on the road leadiug from Welsh
Hill. There was no means of discover
ing the owner beyond what was offered
ed by its contents, two postal cards
reporting a couple of cases of illness
to Dr. C. Shultz, the local registrar.
The medicine case was accordingly
placed iu the hands of Dr. Shultz.who
unfortunately had no menus of ascer
taining to whom it belonged.
Through the kind offices of Officer
Voris the medicine case yesterday af
teruoou was restored to Dr. Newbak
er, who lost it out of his buggy while
driving from Welsh Hill where he had
been attending a patient*.
ESTABLISHED IN lbdo
GENERAL Ml
I COIB
Peter Baylor of South Danville yes- I
terday received a communication from
I Brigadier General Bubb, commander
of the department of the Dakotas,
which abounds in interest to Danville
; people. It is a list of the men who
j enlisted for the Twelfth infantry from
Danville in 1861.
During General Bubb's visit here a
. month ago there was much curiosity
; among the survivors of the war to
know who enlisted with General Bubb
in the Twelfth infantry in JBwl. In
j the effort to recall "the boys" no one
was more interested than General
Bubb himself and he promised that as
soon as opportunity offered he would
co npile a full list from the record.
The communication containing the
forty-seven members of company E.
received yesterday,came in fulfillment
of General Bubb's promise. The list
follows:
Casper Furman, Martin Taylor,
Philip Renn, John Alward, Levi And
rson, James Baylor, Peter G. Baylor,
Herman C. Baylor, John W. Bubb,
Henry G. Bogart, Reuben E. Bennett,
Charles F. Bennett, James Cain, John
L. DeShay, William F. DeShay, Louis
L. Davis, Robert Fields, Elijah Fields,
George W. Fairchilds, William F.
Gibson, James Gibson, James W.
Houser, Evan Jcr lan, Frank Johnson,
Thomas J. Kerstetter, Oscar Kase,
David Lewis, James McArdle, Isaac
Mellin, David D. Moser, William
Markle, John F. Mullen,John Minser,
William R. Nesbitt, John Perra, John
Phillip, Ist, John Phillip.Snd,Richard
Riddles, Joseph Robbs, Thomas Rich
ards, Henry Stanake, William L. Sny
der, James Smith, Thomas Wright,
Isaac Wertman, Jonathan Warntz,
Llewellyn Williams.
Those in the above list were all
Danville boys. It will be observed that
along with Peter G. Baylor were two
of his brothers, James, at present of
Mt. Carmel, and Herman, who fell in
battle at Yorktown. Mr. Baylor yes
terday remarked that there is no way
of determining how many of the above
list survive at this day. Comparative
ly few can be located. Some were nev
er heard of following the war. Prob
ably less than one half smvive.
Her Eighty-First Birthday.
Mrs. Fannie Heddens, of Washing
tonville, the well-known hotel wo
man, celebrated her eighty-first birth
day ou the 16th inst. The event took
place at the home of Mrs. Fannie Wil
son, daughter of Mrs. Heddens, at
Milton.and was attended by nearly all
the sons aud daughters of the good
lady, besides others more distantly
related.
Mrs. Hedden's 80th birthday was
celebrated in this city last spring, a
fine dinner on the occasion being ten
dered by Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Heddens
of the Heddens house. Mrs. Heddens'
activity and general good health along
with the fact that she was still in
charge of her hotel, was remarked up
on at the time. One year later finds
her still actively in charge of her bus
ness, as capable and keen in all her
faculties as ever. There are few per
sons, indeed, who bear up so well un
der the burden of four score years and
one.
Mrs. Heddens is a native of Wash
ingtonville. She spent her long life in
that place. She is the mother of nine
children, all of whom survive and are
located within a radius of a few miles
of the place of their birth.
Mrs. Heddens was born March 16,
1826, at the hotel in Washingtonville
now owned by her son, A. L. Heddens.
From the day of her birth practically
she has been associated with hotel life.
Her father was James Cummiugs.who
was a major in the war of 1812. Her
mother before marriage was Fannie
Billmeyer, daughter of Martin Bill
meyer.
Mrs Heddens is the widow of James
T. Hedoens, who departed this life
November 6, 1888. Along with Mrs.
Heddens the following children sur
vive: William M. Heddens, James
Clarence Heddens,Daniel B. Heddens,
of Danville: J. Cummings Heddeus.of
Mt. Carmel, Phineas B. Heddens and
Mrs. M. A. Master, of Bloomsburg,
Mrs. J. F. Wilson,of Milton, Amandus
L. Heddens and George Heddeus, of
Washingtonville.
Pony and Cart are Stolen.
Chief Mincemoyer was called up by
the chief-of-police of Miltou yester
! day aud requested to be on the look
j out for a pony and cart, which were
I stolen at that place the night before.
The pony was bay in color, had
j thr3e white feet and a white spot on
j the forehead. The pony weighed 900
' pounds and was four years old. It was
attached to an open buggy, when stol
en.
Up to last evening the police had no
clue.
Can you believe your Senses?
When two of them, taste and smell,
having been impaired if not utterly
destroyed, by Nasal Catarrh, are fully
I restored by Ely's Cream Balm,can you
; doubt that this remedy deserves all
j that has been said of it by the thou
■ sands whom it has cured? It is appli
| ed directly to the effected air-passages
and begins its healing work at once,
j Why not get it to-day? All druggists
!or mailed by Ely Bros., 56 Warren
■ Street, New York, on reciept of 60
ceut».
JOE State Library.
The offica ot the AMERICAN
being furnished with a large
assortment of job letter and
fancy typt and job material
generally, the Publisher an
nounces to the public tnat he
is prepared at all times to ex
ecute in the neatest manner.
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The entertainment,"lreland aud St.
Patrick," given by the Sunday school
at the Grove Presbyterian chnrch on
Saturday evening was quite a success
and was very well attended, the chapel
being packed.
The program with the exception of
Dr. McCormack s address was render
ed by chilrden of the Sunday school,
wno did very well, indeed. The songs
and solos were well rendered, while
the tableaus were produced with an
effect that showed a great deal of care
in arrangement and drilling.
The address of Rev. Dr. McOormack
on"St. Patrick as He was in Mytho
logy and as He Really Was,"was list
ened to with deep interest and proved
highly edifying. . ;
Before entering upon his discourse
Dr. McCormack exhibited a specimen
of real Irish shamrock, grown on Irish •
soil,received by a.resident-of Danville
Saturday. The of shamrock left
Ireland ten days ago and on its arrival
here was very much withered;- Al
though the shamrock reached Danville
only on Saturday the person receiving
it generously parted with it for the
time being that it might be exhibited
at the entertainment given at the
Grove church in honor of Ireland's
patron saint. ?
Later Jin hi*» discourse Dr. McCor
mack explained how it happened that
he shamrock is invested with such
interest and why it is held so sacred
by Irish people. St. Patrick was ex
pounding the doctrine -of the trinity
to a doubting audience, who failing to
comprehend the" three-in-one" were in
danger of rejecting the new ot Christ
ian religion. The saint stooping down
plucked a sprig of shamrock, which
with its three leavss growing on one
parent stem, very effectively illustrat
ed how there could be a union of three
persons in one godhead.
No attempt will be made to produce
Rev. Dr. McCormack's excellent ad
dress in full, but the sentiment is so
fine and there is so much relating to
St. Patrick that is new to the general
reader that the following synopsis of
the'address will be given :
St. Patrick's day may seem to 6ome
a most absurd anniversary, but in it
can be seen the homage of the heart to
disinterested and selfsacrificing good
ness. It is not an ignoble sentiment,
this grateful remembrance. You may
laugh at the Irishman and pity his
superstition, but you should not de
spise the sentiment which impels him
to venerate the great evangelist to
whom he owes his Christian faith.
St. Patrick's birthplace is not known :
certain it is he was not born in lie
land. He died in the fifth century.
There are many reasons for believing
that he was a native of Scotland. It is
said that he was brought to Ireland as
a slave. Escaping after seven years of
servitude he spent several years in
study. Converted to Christianity and
equipped as a missionary he remem
bered the people of his slave life and,
with twenty other missionaries, he re
turned to Ireland and made to the
Celtic people the offer of Christian
ity. He sought his former master,
Nulcho.a chieftain of County Antrim,
aud endeavored to convert him. He
sought first die conversion of the king,
princes aud chieftains of the land.
Paganism was powerless before his
might and zeal and finally gave way:
druidism lost its spell. Men were ed
ucated and ordained the ministry.
Schools and universities were found
ed.
As we read the brief records of St.
Patrick's life that have come down to
us we think of him as a man of gener
ous heart, keen sensibility, capable of
toilsome and wearisome labor under
the inspiration of a burning passion
for saving souls ; The people he con
verted were fierce, sensual and idolat
rous.
Yonder, the august yet unambitious
form stands out against the back
ground of the ages. Through the mists
of thirteen centuries reverend eyes
still gaze upon the brave heroic mis
sionary, teacher, saint—his hands up
lifted in benediction upon the people
of his loving care and paternal coun
sel.
Big Sewer Extension.
From what can be learned it seems
pretty clear that our borough the com
ing season does not intend to limit
improvements to the paving and rnac
»lamization on North Mill street.
The full extent of street improve
ment that may be entered upon can
not be determined so early in the sea
sou, although judging from the condi
tion of the streets at present, some of
which are mere quagmires, there is no
thoroughfare in the bcrough, that
council can afford to slight.
It is very likely that sewerage will
be extenied, to take in a large portion
of the fourth ward. This is a part of
the borough that needs the benefit of
sewerage very badly and in the past
has proven the source of much com
plaint on the score of bad drainage.
The borough sewer will be extended
up Bloom and Centre streets and will
take in Ash, Vine and Cherry streets.
Under the amendment of the ordin
ance receutly adopted sewerage is less
burdensome than previously and there
are few property owners that will
negleot to avail themselves of the pub
lic sewer when the extensions arr
made. A considerable number of for
ward people made application 112
tension of the seww last yesr