Home Paper For the Home lhe circulation oi this paper is in creasing rapidly. It will pay you o advertise in the AMERICAN. SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER YEAR [>U. IIIYIM. H. .IKSNIMfiS, • 'jfict I'.ourr „1. .)/ 'o 11 1/ l"l -Wili * s "- / I'. M.•» ir. M IhintWt. l'<i. Mlll'l.T/.. Ml. Ylh Mil. l ST., DANVII.MC. PA. .Useuses of the Stomach ami Intestine? .; Specialty CONDENSED NEWS. Now for the resumption of gait.v. Spring will soon be here to stay. Suspicion is the mother of jealousy. spoiled the JEaster parade at Atlantic City. Few men escape the commission of an occassional act of folly. There is far more "smart" writing now thau in olden times. Mrs. M. H. Schram is- convalescent after several weeks' of illness. There are times when the most de vout of men feels rather wicked. The legislature ueeds a patriotic lead er who will help it to its duty. One may expect a little rawness in the atmosphere for some weeks. The man who expects nothing is likely to be fairly well contented. Public indignation in the United States is au emotion of slow growth but it is asiriesistible as the hurricane once it is aroused. Patriotism of the better sort man ifests itself more constantly and more usefully by timely acts thau by empty assertions. To all who accept the Christiau re ligion as au authentic deli verance this should be the most solemnly sacred of all anniversaries. Many a man who thinks he kuows how a newspaper should be run would be greatly surprised if he undertook the task. It requires an expert in the talking business and one with a loug memory to toil a falsehood without being found out. David Morris of Chester, died after suffering four days from an attack of hiccoughs following an attack of the grip- If the legislature shall adjourng finally on May 16th one can readily see the finish of a million or more of those very important bills. in Berks county and the license fees amounted to over |150,000. William Cura, Berks coun ty, caught a racoon that weighed thirty pounds—the largest ever seen in that section. Calvin B. North cashier of the First National Bank of Selinsgrove, on Thursday celebrated his eighty-fourth biithday anniversary. Kentucky is one of the strongest pro hibition states in the union in spite of the jokes about the habits of her people. The Russian douma may be mental ly weak, as its critics assert, but it is giving autocracy considerable uneasi ness. The disciple of pleasure may have a merry youth, but age is likely to be troubled by sorrowful memories. Henry Fulk.ot Lehigh tannery,Luz erne county, and six of his children are down with scarlet fever. Many an unhappy wise man has sincerely envied the lot of the happy simpleton whom his comrades stig matize as a fool. The man who robs a State is just as much of a thief as the commou scal awag who purloins the property of in dividuals. More than one man vt ho has risen to eminence was counted a fool in his boyhood by unappreciative neighbors. The Sunbury school board and the bondsmen of the defaulting tax collec tor, W H. Berry,are clashing and the contention will likely be carried into court. Obedience to law is at once the duty and the safety of citizens and corpora tions. The cronic grumbler is never pleased with anything that is. In his opinion whatever is is wrong. Local politics mav be expected to grow somewhat warmer and the farm er is preparing foi the visits of the übiquitous candidate. For Europe generally the population increases yearly by 41 to every 10,000 inhabitnts. Publicity frequently makes a sum mary end of dangerous evils. The man who was born tired never enjoys the blessings of life. The land of the cloudless skies is a dreary and monotonous laud after all. The birthday of one of the greatest of Americans —Edward Everett Hale, was celebrated yesterday. Public opinion sometimes encourages great wrongs and helps to prolong their wicked lives. The man who finds himself the vic tim of misplaced conflence lias a right to get a bit angry. Hungarian railway traveling is the cheapest in Europe. On some lines one can travel third-class six miles for 2 cents Friday will be the first, of the spring Arbor days, but it does not look as if there would be many trees planted in this section Tft thw State. iUuntour Jg|k Ameriran. "TIIIS CO! NTRV WILL NEVER HE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDS WITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS.' 1 OL. 53--MO ?4, IB FREE SOUK The Philadelphia School for Nurses auuouuces that of the 200 free scholar ships that will be available this year, three have been assigned to Montour county; so that the opportunity lies open for three young ladies to obtain a course of trained nursiug in one of the best iustitutious in the country en tirely free of charge and expense. It is the plan to carry hospital knowl edge into the rural communities by educating some of the young women in the science and art of nursing. The work in all of its departments is a pure charity. The Philadelphia School for Nurses has purchased large properties at 2219- 25 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, and will extend the benefits of the free course in nursing to youug women of every rural community and of the smaller towns aud cities. The course is two years, but may be shortened to eighteen months by six moutlis' reading and studv at home. The school provides room, board, nurse uniforms,gives full instructions, and pays the student's fare home at the end of the course. A special course is provided for those who cannot spend two years in the study but who wish to quickly prepare themselves for self support. The object of those who are provid ing the funds for this work is to ulti mately extend the benefits of skilled nursing to every village aud township in the laud. A class is forming to begiu work on the 30th of this month. Apulicauts must be over eighteen years of ago and adapted to the profession of nursing. The youug women readers of this paper who desire to avail themselves of this opeuing should communicate with the school at once by letter. Will Run to DeWitt's Park. The Dauville aud Sunbury Electric railway compauy put a force of men at work Monday cleaning up the track aud otherwise preparing the road for operation Charles P. Hancock Monday stated that a closed combination car has been ordered and is now on the way. Un- j less some unforeseen delay occurs he I said the road will be in operation in the course of tnn days or two weeks The track at Eorne places notably on the South side, is entirely covered by ground, while at other places the rails rise several inches above the roadbed. It will require considerable work to get the track iu good conditiou for the cars aud for street traffic,which latter is a factor that trolley companies have to reckon with. Mr. Hancock states that the uower will be furnished by the Standard Electric Light company as before. The intention is to run the cars between the station at Sooth Danville aud the hospital for the insaue immediately upon starting up. Meanwhile the line between the present terminus below the station on the South side and De- Witt's park will be pushed to comple tion and very early in th& summer the company expects to have the cars run ning to the park. With the exception of some seven hundred feet in the vicinity of the railroad the track is now laid all the way to the park. The rails needed for the section not completed have been ordered and will arrive in a short time. The undergrade crossing, Mr. Hau cock says, will be built early in the summer. Pending its completion the passengers will be transferred at the raiload, an arrangement which will make it possible for the trolley to reach the park at a very early date. Trout Fishing Time at Hand. For the inveterate angler spring has not really begun uutil tlie day wheu he can cast aside bis work and venture out to the brookside for the first day's trout fishing of the season. There is always a peculiar joy iu getting out of doors while spring is still in its infancy, when the grass is putting on its teuderest, freshest green, when the willows are budding along the edge of his favorite stream, wheu the azure harbiuger of the vern al season, the bluebird, is anuouueiug with his faint, sweet,flutelike melody the coming of the tribes of feathered songsters from the south. The inspiration of a uew life is felt by the man who Knows where the trout lie in wait, aud his blood begins to stir like the sap in the maples, he takes his rod and reel aud book of flies and looks forward to a day's sport be side the bauk of some rippling brook ot tumbling mountain stream. The Dust a Nuisance. It is uufortuuate that no sooner does the frost leave the ground and the mud dry up than the dust becomes a nuis ance. We are passing through the lat ter stage at preseut. There is not a street in town but is covered with dust, which rises in clouds and is blown in every direction. The present is a season of the year when, in towus like ours, there is no escajie from the dust nuisance. The only relief lies in the street sprinkler, and it is yet too early for that useful appliance togo into commission. The borough authorities are averse to turn ing the water into the standpipes us ed to furnish water to the sprinkler until all danger of freezing is past. That the limit of cold weather has not yet been reaehed is quite evident fmm the state of the atmosphere yesterday, when winter overcoats were worn and lc« formed at several points. BADLY BURNED WITH POWDER Karl DeMott, the 17-year-old sou of Howard DeMott, North Mill street, is in a very serious conditiou as the *e sult of beiug burned with powder on Saturday. His face from his ehiu to the top of his head is raw or burned into huge blisters. His eyesight, how ever, was miraculously saved,although his eyebrows along with a portion of liis hair were burned of! Karl was seen at his father's house last night, where lie told how the ac cident occurred. He lay like an Egyp tian mummy with every inch of his face and head tightly swathed in mus lin bandages. The merest peep holes in the cloth enabled him to make use of his eyes. His sufferings during Satur day night and Sunday were most iu teuse, but last evening he was resting qnite easily and seemed to enter fully into the humor of the affair, if any humor may be said to exist in connec tion with anything quite so serious. Saturday forenoon Karl in company with some other boys went down to "the meadow" below town to experi ment with a small cannon improvised out of a section of gas pipe. The can non was discharged several times in quick succession,as the result of which it became very hot; in addition, the boys Itad been burning dead grass aud leaves so that there were embers of fire lying about, the conditions on the whole being such as to make it peril ous to handle powder on the spot. In a further attempt to discharge the cauuon the powder failed to ig nite. At this juncture to aid in com municating fire to the charge Karl prodm-ed a bag of powder aud was in the act of pouring the later iuto the vent or touch hole of the cannou.when all of a sudden he found himself en veloped in a mass of flame and smoke At the same moment lie became con scious of a burning sensation all over his face aud forehead as well as his left hand and arm,which the next mo ment gave place to the most excruci ating pain. As the blood began to ooze out of the burued and lacerated flesh the oth er boyß fully realized how badly Karl was injured aud they started with him bauk to town, not stopping until they landed him at the parental home. Dr. Curry >vua called, under whose trout meut the pain was finally allayed. There seems to be no question as to Karl's recovery, although his escape from worse injury is regarded as a re markable one. Furnishing Grade. Borough Surveyor George F. Keefer came up from Sunbury yesterday to furnish grade for several property owners, who wish to lay new pave ments. It is hoped that the example of those persons will be followed by many oth er property owners and that the bor ough surveyor may be kept busy fur nishing grades, for it is a fact, patent to all that beyond our principal street, Danville is wofully deficient in good pavements. Never did the sidewalks show up in a more discreditable way than during tho recent period of muddy .-treets, while the frost was leaving the ground. There were many thorough fares where the mud lay as deep on the sidewalk as in the middle ot the street and pedestrians had a hard time getting along. Altogether, it was a state of affairs that might he excus able in a country village,but in a town the size of Danville it provoked much criticism. A gentleman in touch with the new council aud its aims last evening stat ed that during the coming year the sidewalks of town would receive es pecial attention; that property owners who had proveu negligent in the past would be proded up a little. A few ex amples may be made of those who habitually ignore the orders of council aud a general policy will be adopted that will bring about a better condi tiou of sidewalks. Fire at Shamokin. A most disastrous fire swept over a portion of Shamokin Monday night, doing damage to the amount of SIOO,- 000. The fire started iu Sweitzer & Miller's saw mill, but just how is a mystery. In addition to the mill the Shamokin Novelty works, the Sha mokin Wagon works and thirteeu dwelling houses were completely de stroyed. Houses four squares away from the fire caught from sparks, car ried by the wiud, which was blowing fiercely and which made it very hard to fight the flames. The families liviug in the district swept by the flames had narrow es capes, many being forced to leave their homes clad ouly in their night clothes. Mrs. Frank Stahlnecker, who rushed back into her burning home to rescue her four years old child, was badly burned. A number of firemen were al so injured while fighting the flames. Buried Tuesday. Bertha Lorena, the little daughter of Mr. aud Mrs. F. W Meusch, of Riverside, whose death occurred di' unlay, was consigned to the grave at Mt. Vernon cemetery ou Tuesday at teruoon. The funeral services were conducted by the Rev. C. M. Barnitz. The pall bearers were four girls : Cath erine Wildsmith, Mazie Yeager, Irene Farley, aud Helen Amies. DANVILLE. PA., THURSDAY APRIL 4. 1907. RAISING TRACK OR SOUTH IE The repair gaug of the Danville & Sunbury trolley, which for several ' days past has beeu engaged in over hauling the track, preparatory to op erating the system this summer, was yesterday employed in making au im | portaut improvement on the south s?de. The track from the south eud of the ! river bridge in South Danville to the bend at .T. H. Kase's store had beeu allowed to become several feet below grade. Yesterday the work of jacking np the track was in progress. The track was raised several feet, and blocked up with stone, preparatory to filling iu the road bed. This improvement when completed will greatly widen the approach to the river bridge on the south side, besides adding to the appearance of that vic inity. The roadway from the bridge to the railroad is now up to grade. The high way between J. H. Kase's store and the station, however, will be repaired this summer. It will be remembered that the authorities of Gearhart town sliip have accepted the offer of the Pennsylvania railroad to assist in building a fine macadamized road on the wide stretch of highway between Kase's store and the station Concrete Bridges Proposed. The county of Montour the State hospital for the insane and the D. L. & W Railroad company propose joint ly to enter upon a fiue improvement near the hospital grounds iu the form of a massive concrete bridge to spau Toby Ruu, taking care of all the traffic at that point belonging to the hospit al, the public highway and the rail road. Toby Run flows into the canal near the gas house. At that point the wag on road aud the railroad lie side by side with au iuterveuing f-paoe be tween them and the hospital grounds. Botli the highway and the railroad re quire new bridges at that place, while the hospital authorities desire to have the stream bridged on the narrow strip of land adjoining for which they are responsible. Should the county, the hospital and the railroad company each build its own bridpc xrr> nhotild hove three diff erent structures built at different times essentially dissimilar, while, if a pro per agreement be entered into with the D. L. & W. company, which has skilled men aud all the facilities at baud, a solid aud enduring structure cau be cheaply and expeditiously built, embracing highway, railroad and the strip of hospital land. The railroad company uuderstauds the value of having au artistic piece of work at this poiut and it is willing to enter into a contract with the coun ty and the hospital authorities to build all the three bridges. The matter came up before court on Saturday. The couuty commissioners through their attorney presented a petition to the court to direct them to enter iuto a contract with the D.L. & W. railroad as proposed above tor the building of a concrete culvert. The court took the petition. Many Forgeries Discovered. The banking business of Central Pennsylvania bids fair to become de moralized uuless the swiudler who is flooding the country with bogus checks is soon brought to earth. Two forged checks totalling .$924 were presented for payment at the First National Bank of Sunbury yes terday. The first was for $350 from the bauk of Wyoming near Wilkes-Barre, bearing the forged signature of A. & J. Moeschlin, aud the second was for $574 from Scranton,bearing the forged signature of Blank & Gottshall. The spurious checks which have been accepted by outside banks aud presented iu Sunbury yesterday for payment in the last week amouut to $26:54. The same man working in Wil liamsport passed a bogus check for $2lO. Before all his dealings are un earthed the total will doubtless reach into many thousands of dollars. So far as is knowu the actual cash losses have been slight. But the readi ness with which the duped firms ac cepted the bogus checks has led to grave fears that before long more ser- j ious losses will be discovered. Mean while no bank kuows whether or not the cheeks of its customers are good. Perhaps even now there may be many checks charged to various accounts and now filed away which are absolute forgeries and for whose payment some body must foot the bill when tliev are discovered. Bankers from Williams port to Scranton are thoroughly alarm ed aud a general overhauling of all ac- j counts is the only thing which will allay their uneasiness and restore their confidence. Heavy Demand for Seed. The hardware stores just now are selling see ls iu enormous quantities, which speaks well for the enterprise of our farmers in endeavoring to im prove varieties. The demand this year seems unprecedented The latter fact is no doubt due in part to the early spring, which will make it pos- ( sible for truckmen and others to enter i upon the work of planting during the ' fisrt half of April. By the present j tinirt many of the farmers have a con- j siderable portion of their spring ploughing done. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS Mrs. E. 11. Miles aud daughter Mary returned Saturday from a visit with relatives in New York City. Miss Malissa Bloom spent Easter with friends in Wilkes-Barre. J. C. Ivoous, of Berwick,spent East er with relatives iu this city. Miss Dora Jenkins, of Philadelphia, speut Easter with her pereuts. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Jenkins, Market street. j Hugh Beuuett of Sunbury, spent Easter with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Bennett, Church street. Miss Anna Fry, of Berwick, spent Easter with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. i George Fry, Mill street. Samuel Miller, of Buruliam, speut Easter with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Miller, Ferry street. William Farrel, of Shamokin, speut Easter with William Lovett, Mill 1 street » I Miss Emily Voris, of Pottsgrove, spent Easter at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. McCoy, West Market street. Miss Maiiau McCoy,of Watsoutown, was the guest over Sunday at the home ! of Mr. aud Mrs. .John B. McCoy. Mr. aud Mrs. Frank Klase, of Ben tou, spent Sunday with relatives in Dauville. Mrs. R. Scott Ammerman returned . . yesterday afternoon from a visit witu her sister iu New York City. Mrs. George Billmau and daughter Barbara returned to Reading yester | day after a visit at the home of the former's father, Heurv Divel, Church street. Miss Rachel Mettler has returned to Dickinson Semiuary at Williamsport, after spending the Easter vacation at the home of her parents, Mr. aud Mrs. William 11. Mettler. Miss Amelia McClure, of Philadel phia, is visiting at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. John McClure, Ash street. Carlton McHenry will return to Eastou today after spending the East er vacation at the home of his mother, Mrs. Emma McHenry, Centre street. Mrs. B. F. Wagner and children re turned last evening to their home in EAuliuuge after spending the winter at Pottsville. Iron Worker's Narrow Escape. Henry Helwig figured in a thrilling escape at the Reading Iron works Sat urday morning. He was working at the rolls in the sixteeu inch mill. The accident that occurred is a very common one,requir ing quick decision and presence of mind. Mr. Helwig failed to rise equal to the emergency in these respects and nearly paid the penalty with the los of his life. While a bar was being rolled the tongs were caught between the rolls and pulled through The proper thing to at the instant the rolls catch the tongs is for the man wielding them to let go. Mr. Helwig, it seems, forgot to do this but seemingly with a hope of recovering the tongs instinctively tightened his grip The result was that he was dragged or thrown beard first toward the set of revolviug rolls. The fellow workmen averted their eyes, as they could not see how he could escape falling into the rolls. At the last moment, however, he saved himself by grasping the plate with one hand and the housing with the other. Several employes in discussing the matter Saturday declared it was one of the closest calls they had ever wit nessed in the Reading Iron works. Lost a Valuable Horse. Horace N. Baker, of Cooper town ship, had the misfortune to lose a val uable horse in this city on Saturday as a result of an accident, in which the animal broke his leg. Mr. Baker last week moved on the. farm of Prothonotary Thomas G. Vinc ent as tenant. At the public sale on the Kase farm, below Chulasky, he purchased a mowing machine anil Sat urday afternoon with two horses he started on a trip dowu the river to bring up the mowing machine. He rode the younger and more spirit ed horse and was leading the other. Iu passing down Northumberland street when just below the Mahoning creek bridge the horse he was riding took fright at a switch engine aud,al though Mr. Baker held unto the rein, the animal plunged ahead. He was restrained, however, by the other horse, to which he was fastened by a strap, and as he dashed ahead he was suddenly pulled around in front of the | other animal aud fell over a truck be- j longing to one of the small cars used ! at the Reading Iron works, which, along with several other trucks of the same kiud occupied the side of the , street in front of the carpenter shop. Tho truck proved to be a treacher- j ous obstacle aua the horse broke one j of his front legs. After falling he was unable to arise. It was decided that the horse's use fulness was at an end and that nothing remained but to kill him. He was ac cordingly shot on the spot and deliv- | ered over into the hands of Charles Hunter. The people of Pennsylvania will feel much better about their new cap itol if nome of the robbers find their way to the peuitentary. INT NEW BOONS ORDERED The trustees of the Thomas Beaver free library at a recent meeting auth orized the purchase of a number of uew books. The books have already been ordered and will airive at the library and be ready for circulation in a few weeks. The new books cover a wide range in literature aud include the latest and best of the works of the world's well knowu writers. Following is a list of the books ordered : The Shuttle, Burnett. A Knight of the Cumberland, Fox. Sophy of Krovania, Hope. Ann Boyd, Harben. Heroes every child should kuow, Mabie Witch's Gold, Garland. The Treasure of Heaven, Corelli. God's Good Man, Corelli. Prisoners, Chalmondeley. The Swarm, Maeterlinck. Romance of the Italian Villa, Chain pney. The Crimson Sweater, Barbour. Fairy Stories retold from St. Nic holas. Lovey Marcy, Hegau. Mrs. Wiggs, Hegau. Red Bridged Neighborhood. Poole. Each Life unfulfilled, Ray. Her Mountain Lover, Garland. Whispering Smith, Sparman. A Borrowed Sister, White. lole, Chambers. Cardigan, Chambers. Real Soldiers of Fortuue, Davis. Running Water, Mason. Her Letter, Harte. The Friendly Year, Van Dyke. The Happy Go Lucky, Wister. Melody; Richards. The Moral Pirates, Alden. The Cruise of the "Ghost," Aldeu. Iu Hands of Cave-dwellers, Henty. Cadet Days, King. Nan, Li 11 ie. Home Fairy Tales, Mace. Wakulla, Munroe. Snow Shoes and Sledges, Munroe. The Painted Desert, Munroe. The Captain of the Kansas, Clade. Elinor's College Career, Schwartz. Jauet, Rev. The Eternal Spring, Campbell. Half a Rogue, McGrath. The Mayor of the Casterbridge, Thomas Hardy. The Port of the Missing Men, Nichol son. By the Light of the Soul, Freeman. Bettina. Brainerd. Birds Every Child should Kuow, Blauchan. Jerry Juuior, Webster. The Scarlet Car, Davis. The Morning Glory Club, Kyle. Tim Lady of the Blue Motor, Pater noster. The Chronicle of Rebecca, Wiggin. The Price of Sileuce, Davis. Marcia, Kirk. The Flyers, McCutcheou. Hilma. Eldridge. The Princess Virginia, Williamson. Great American Pie Company, But ler. The Trimmed Lamp, Henry. The Siamese Cat, Ridout. The Croxley Master, Doyle. His Courtship, Martin. The Silent Dorr, Wilkinson. The Windfall, Craddock. The Spirit of Labor. Hapgood. Frost and Friendship, Turner. Three Comrades, Frensseu. Ten Ghost Stories, Richards. Minute Boys of S. Carolina, Otis. The Lost Dragon. Ellis. At Gregory's House, Richards. The Spinster Book, Reed. The Shadow of Victory, Reed. Dave Porter's Return to School, Stretemeyer, The Stolen Throne, Kaufman. The Turn of Balance, Whitlock The White Cat, Burgess. Dimbie and I, Grundy. Five Little Peppers Abroad, Sidney. Five Little Peppers at School, Sid ney. Five Little Peppers aud their friends, Sidney. The Eternal City, Caiue. At the Councillors, Wister. Gold Elsie, Wister, Erlach Court, Wister. Countess Gisela, Wister. The Alpine Fay, Werner. Mary St. John, Carey. Nellie's Memories' Carey. Barbara Heathcote's Trial, Careu. The Little Citizeu, Waller. By Way of Wilderness, Mrs. Alden. Young Savage, Yechton. The White Plume, Crocket. Subjection of Isabell Carnabv, Fow ler. Patty's Summer Days, Wells. A little Girl of Quebec. Douglas. Baron Muchausen, Raspe. Grimm's Tales, Crowell. Little Lame Prince, Mulock. A Lady of Rome, Crawford. White Fang, London. Open Shutters, Buruliam. A Maid in Arcady, Barbour. No Friend Like a Sister, Carey. Dora, Baldwin. Sir Nigil, Doyle Rosemary in search of Father. Wil liamson. Pigs is Pigs, Butler. A Tracer of Lost Persons' Chambers. Annual Literary Index for 1902 and 1903. The Children's Book, Scudder. Symphony Winters, Weingarten. Felicity, Louglilin. Patsy. The Atonement, Pullau. An Old Fashioned Girl ESTABLISHED IN 1855 WILL RENDER DECISION SATURDAY The hearing on the petition of James Ryan for a transfer of hotel license from his present stand, No. 526 Mill street, to the northeast corner of Mill and Centre streets, which took place at the courthouse yesterday involved what iu all probability was the hard est contest that was ever fought out here over the mere matter of a license transfer. The issue is not yet known, for Judge Evaus has reserved his de cision. Hon. Grant Herring, of Bloomsburg, represented Mr. Ryan. He seemed to anticipate fierce opposition and waß ready for the fray. Incidentally, it might be mentioned that he never gave a better account of himself in a con test. Opposed to Mr. Herring was Hon. H. M. Hinckley, a giant of the local bar, who was backed by some sixty citizens residing in the vicinity of Centre street, who had signed a strong remonstrance, which was presented to the court. All day long it was a battle between giants. When court adjourned if one might judge from the merits of the case and the points scored in com bat, the issue seemed much in doubt. Court convened at 10 a. m. with his Honor Judge Evans and Associates Blee aud Welliver ou the bench. The hearing of testimony immediately be gan. James Ryau. the applicaut, was the first witness. He has resided in the third ward for forty years. He has been in the hotel business at the pres ent stand on Mill street for thirteen years. The new location, for which he asks a transfer of license is situated at the northeast corner of Mill and Cen tre streets, about a square and a half further south, in the built up portion of town. He described his present stand as totally lacking in accommod ations. His business is conducted in a mere basement which is mouldy,damp aud dimly lighted, while the stable room amounts to practically notl ing. The new location on the other hand, in addition to large aud pleasantly lighted rooms on the first floor, has eight bed rooms and a bath room, while the stable "is one of the grand est in Danville." His patrons are mill men and farmers. The trade as it re lates to the latter class is increasing and hence there is a pressing need for more stable room. He has purchased the property for which the transfer is asked and has received the deed. His intention is to abandon the old staud. Mr. Hinckley couducted a vigorous cross-examination. Mr. Ryan testified that he entertained no strangers or travellers over night during the past month. He couldn't tell how many he has entertained during the past year, as he keeps no register. He has had no boarders during the past year, as his place "was not fi*." During last year he did not accommodate any horses, owing to the fact that the stable was iiot iu fit condition. W. Dosh Holloway was the next wit ness called. Since license had been granted to old stand, which is poorly adapted as a hotel, he did not see why the license should not be transferred to the new building, where the public could be much better accommodated Harry Millard on being sworn, very emphatically set forth his reasons for believing the new stand a necessity. In the first place he considered North Mill street deficient, with the excep tion of Peifer's hotel, in decent public houses, especially when it comes to putting up horses. In the second place, he said, James Ryan is a man that ev erybody likes and wants to patronize ; it therefore follows that he ought to have a roomy, cheerful establishment in which to entertain his friends. Chief-of-Police Mincemoyer swore that while on North Mill street at different times farmers and others have come to him and asked to be directed to a place where they might put up their horses, as Peifer's stable was full, aud a stable connected with one of the other hotels was not used by the landlord, but had been rented out to another party. Fred Vincent and Joseph Smith fol lowed, each confirming preceding wit nesses. It was nearly eleven o'clock when Mr. Hinckley called Rev L Dow Ott, pastor of Trinity M. E. church, to the stand. Mr. Ott expressed him self in very decided terms, to the ef fect that there is no real necessity for a licensed house at the corner of Mill aud Centre streets; that such a place as prayed for would lead to a deprecia tiou of property ou East Centre street, which is a pleasant residential thoroughfare,and would prove a great discomfort and annoyance. The build ing ou the coruer to which it was de sired that the license be transferred, he stated, is only some 250 or M 0 feet from Trinity M. E. church aud St. Joseph's Catholic church aud this cir cumstauce, the witness felt sure, was one that ought to weigh against the transfer of license as proposed. By li censing the house on the corner, not only would the church work be inter fered with, but in a short time all the objectionable conditions would be found to exist on Centre street aud in the alleys intersecting that uow belong to the saloon section. It would prove a uuisauce and the morals of the com munity would suffer. J. C. Miller was the next witness. 1 lh< protested against the policy which : JOB PRINTING The office ol the AMERICAN being furnished with a large assortment of job letter and fancy type 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. JOB PRINTING Ofall Kinds and Description would sacrifice valuable property on a residential street merely to build up a liceiised house. R. .T. Pegg being called to the stand urged au additional objection iu the fact that diagonally across the street from the stand that Mr. Ryan desires to occupy is a manufacturing establish inent employing young people, mostly girls. The spectacle usually presented by a drinking place,he thought,would have a demoralizing effect on the em ployes. During Mr. Pegg's testimony it was brought out that there are nine hotels,four and two whole sale liquor establishments between the canal and the northern end of Mill street, which the witness thought ought to be sufficient to meet the de mands of the public. Mr. Herring ou cross examination tried to get Mr. Pegg to admit that the accommoda tions at the hotels on North Mill street are notoriously bad. The wit ness convinced the court that he has only a vague idea of what the interior of these establishments is like. The attorney, however, explained that he himself had some knowledge of the places and described the interior. He then tried to get the witness to ac knowledge that it would be much more pleasant for a man to indulge in a glass in a cheerful well lighted room than in a damp basement where there is hardly any light. A ripple of laugh ter ran through the court room as the witness retorted: "I don't know how others regard it, but it seems to me tliat if I were to enter a place of that sort for a glass I would want it to be just as dark as possible." David Shelhart, whose residence is situated only some 150 feet from the northeast corner of Mill and Centre streets was called to the stand. He felt sure that if the license was transferred there would be a depreciation of prop erty on Centre street. I. A. Persing, whose property is separated from the rear of the place to which Mr. Ryan desires to move only by an alley was the next witness. The alley, he felt sure, would become an intolerable nuisance if the license were transferred. There was no ques tion, he said,as to the depreciation of property, which would even extend to its rental value. He had already been notified by the tenant occupying the side of the dwelling abutting on the alley that he would move if the li cense were transferred. By noon the witnesses were all heard. At this point Mr. Hinckley ex plained that an additional remonstr ance had been filed, charging the ap plicant for transfer with violation of liquor law by selling on Sunday. He offered to call witnesses to support the remonstrance. Mr. Herring made a most vigorous protest against such procedure, declaring it was wholly iu violation of the rules of court, which provide that any specific objections 11 transfer must be iucluded in the gen eral remonstrance filed seven days be fore the hearing. The additional re monstrance in question was filed only one day before. Mr. Hinckley explained that the facts alleged in t'»e additional re monstrance only come to his attention on Tuesday. Judge Evans was at first disposed to continue the hearing until after the expiration of seven days, but later took the view that under the rules this would not be legal and on reconvening in the afternoon he in formed Judge Hinckley that the sec ond remonstrance had come in too late. Accordingly the attorneys proceeded with argument. Mr. Herring addressed the court first. He was followed by Mr. Hinck ley, who replied to some of the points with a good deal of warmth. Mr. Her ring had the closing address. By this time it was after 3 o'clock. The court was not ready to decide. Adjournment took place, Judge Evans announcing that a decision will be rendered at 10 a. m. Saturday. Sentenced by the Justice. Edward Davis and William Knapp fell victims to the cup that inebriates on Monday and as a consequence both are iu "durance vile." Davis lias thirty days in jail and Knapp is doing time iu the lock-up. It is true, the punishment is a little harder than usually falls to the lot of the man who "overindulges," a fine and costs sufficing, bur in neither of the two cases it seems, the circum stances were such as to call for clem ency and the way of the transgressor proved hard. Davis, who lives on Spruce street, was arrested Monday night by officers Mincemoyer and Voris on a warrant sworn out by the wife of the accused, charging him with disorderly conduct and abuse of family. Davis was placed in jail. Yesterday morning he was a r raigned before Justice of the Peace Dalton.who committed him to jail for thirty days under the act of June 5, 1895. William Kuapp was found sleeping off the effect of booze in Library ave nue, Monday afternoon. Ho was rude ly awakened from his nap by Officer Mincemoyer and escorted to the lock up. After sleeping off the effects yester day morniuK lie was arraigned before Justice-of-the-Peace Oglesby aud was committed to the borough lock-up for five days in default of payment of fine and costs. To Save Young People. The chief of police of Williamsport has addressed a communication to the mayor in which he declares that a cur few law is necessarv to save the Vtroap people of the city.
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