Home Paper For the Home ! he- circulation of this is 1.1- rcasing rapidly It will pay you <» idvertise in the AMEKICAN. r ÜBSCKIPTIOH $1 PER YEAR !.»!:. IKYING 11. JENNINGS, DEX'I IST. I lour» .1. »/. to 12 M "'A * sr - l;• j/ „ ± /'. V Dativillt. I'd. / . - it!LTt, SI. • F.'s Mil l. ST., DANVIM.K, I'A. . of the Stomach am! Intestine? r. Specialty • (lIMII.SSEII KI Whistling m very t>eneficit»i to the Itrngs. Spring's balmy breezes wi 1' soon he watting. In Ireland there are on the average » -JOB rainy days in the vear. Sewer extensions will be among Danville's improvements this summer. ' The average English woman in two iuches taller than the American. Lmdnu has over 1,000 postoffioes and the mail delivery amounts to 727,000,- 000 pieces a year. Arbutus should be in bloom in ten days more. S > lie forms of animal life are so tiny that 2.000,000,000 could bo put in a B|»ee of oue-thousaiHth part of a cubic inch. Trout fry are being distributed. P<ut what about fried trout? The laboratory of Nature is a very Uo*v >tit jnst now Ti amps have no use for existancu these days. Many people dig their graves by • tickling their palates. Most men and women Hie only grown up children. "* A gool book is a friend that never prove* untrue. The chronic liar is in a sorry plight * when his memory fails him. Tim- kindness often has rough hands. Tins American Car ami Foundry c.iuipauy, at Bloomsburg. has been M warded a contract for 716 cars foi the Hooih»ro Manchuria railroail of Rus kia. Mayor McCaskey. of Laucaster, re- ( commends that the salary the chief » t»f jfclice be raised to |lOO per mouth, llentenauts to #B5 and sergeants to $7O. WJfh-llie first we«lr of April pant j business conditions are reported as de cidedly better iu nearly every lina. A general strike of tailors and cut ters, involving 10,000 men, has been inaugurated throughout Germany. New York city used last jear 396,- 950 tns < f anthracite coal, at a t oat of 11,763,361. aud 47,000 tons of bituiniu ons coal at a cost of SI4I,OCX) « II uina'i Wilson, a 8-year-old daugh ter of Siinuel Wilson, of Airville, York county, died from the effects of * drinking carbolic acid. Sheriff H. Roberts, of Northampton eountv. found two valuable pearls while eating raw oysters in a Naz areth restaurant. i'he useful man seldom needs to hunt a job. The useful man does the hardest thing first. I'he u«*ful iiit'i nev«*r gives up to | I discouragements. Everybody wants to make a friend ' of the useful man. The useful man is a priceless bless ing to the world in which he lives. The useful man has a hundred friends for every one the ornamental man counts. Daniel Knorr, of Cooper township, has one of the best laying turkeys in the county, it has layed an egg every day for the past week aud on Sundav it layed two eggs. Lord Avebury of England, is linn i 4 iu the belief that brain workers need ( .HI leant UHe hours sleep. The dead letter office returned a third of a million of misdirected let ters to their writers last month. The discovery of a now bullet proof cloth comes just in time to get a shout of welcome from the base ball |um % pires Serious iujuty to the fruit crop in central Virginia is reported from the cold snap. In the enactment of the two-cent fare law the Republican party has ful filled one of it* important campaign pledge... here are others. New York City is to have 78 mile of salt water mains, from eight to twenty-four iuches in diameter, with g,021 hydrants, for fire protection. The mandrill baboon has the most brilliant colorings of any quadruped. It sliows blue, red aud purple of the most vivid tints The Indiana legislature has enacted a law that makes it bribery to give tips to the Pullman car porter. Some prayers as well as some yarns are aptly described by the character ization "old phonograph" used over and over again. An imitation diamond will not shine in the dark ; neither will an imitation friend. It takes the real article iu either case. Hamburg is said to have a fire record larger than that of any other city in the world. Twenty-seven thousand vessels euter the port of Londou iu the course of a year. Canada's trade with this country is three tiujes greater than with the , ymtber cwfotty. "THIS COtNTRY WILL NEVER HE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDSWITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS." 01. 1 r>. IEIII OF in The matter of brick foi the project ed pavement on North MiJI street oc cupied considerable time before coun cil Friday night. Iu castiug about for a pav ing block for the new pavement council decid ed in favor of the Cruise paving block maunfactnred at Williamsport,aud, as was required, communicated its pre ference ttie State highway depart ment. which has the work in hand A few days ago word was recieved from the highway commissioner to the ef fect that upon inquiry it was found that the Guise manufacturing com pany could not furnish the brick. Among the paving block considered as a second choice by council was a red shale brick known as the Pattou paving block. Au inquiry as to this brick brought J. M Gilliece,a representative of the Pattou Clay manufacturing company, to Danville, who met with the cotm cilmen Friday night. . Mr. Gillice explained the merits of the Pattou paving block, lie submit ted the result of a test made by the Pittsbcrg Testing Laboratory com pany, which showed tlie brick to be a fine product. The Pattou Clay Manu facturing company Ins the contract for furnishing a million aud a quarter brick to Milton, which is paving one of its principal streets. He uamen oth er towns of the State iu which the Patton block has been used with ex cellent results. The Pattou firm de cline to give a guarantee coveriug a period of years, as the brick, being of red shale, it is understood, will stand the test of time and traffic. Iu one of the towns in which these brick ate us ed after ten years the street is fouml iu excellent condition, nor a brick be ing chipped. The-Pattou brick are re commended both by Engineer Clav and Highway Commissioner Hunter. Council did not like the idea of ad opting the Pattou brick without be iug given a guarantee aud on motion of Mr. Pursel it was decided to leave it in the bauds of/the committee on streets and bridges for the preseut,the secretary of couucil meanwhile to cor respond with other paving brick firms to see what terms can be obtained. Oa motion ot Mr. Jacobs it was ord ered that a crossing he placed on the east side of Factory street over the al ley between West Market and West. Mahoning streets; and on Bloom street at J. B. Cleaver's residence. Mr. Jacobs called atreutiou to the nuisance that exists iu the present metliid of cleauiug Mill street. The merchants are weary of the dust that is constantly present during the pro ess of sweeping. The matter was dis cussed at length aud various sugges tions were made as to how conditions might be improved. It seemed to be the consensus of op inion that Hushing would be an im provement over sweeping: also that the street should be cleaned at night and, if possible, by contract. On mo tion of Mr. Jacobs it was ordered that bids be invited for cleaning Mill street the time of dav selected and the meth od employed to be left with couucil On motion of Mr. Dietz it was ord ered that the Danville and Sunbury Street Railway company be requested to raise the crossings between its rails on East Market street. On motion it was ordered that the street commissioner examiue the side walks on Front street and wherever a defective pavement is found to notify the property owner responsible to have ir repaired iu thirty days. Iu case of j failure to comply it was ordered that repairs be made by the borough at the property owner's expense. On motiou it was ordered that all ashes, manure, &c., be removed from the alleys in fifteen days' time It was also ordered that notices he posted forbidding the dumping of ashes.&c., in the canal. A petition was received from prop erty owners on Centre street and streets intersecting asking for sewer extension. Several of the signers were preseut. who assured council that all | those whose names were affixed would j surely make connection if the sewer was extended. On motiou of Mr. Dietz it was ordered that the matter be left In the hands of the committee on streets aud bridges, to look carefully over the ground and report at the next meeting Borough Electrician Newton Smith presented his renort for March, which showed that seventy-one tons of coal were used at a cost of $177.50. The plant was in operation 319 hours and 45 minutes. The total cost was #:SOSi. - 15. On motion of Mr. Russell it was ordered that the mast anus belonging to the borough street system of electric light be repainted, graphite to be us ed. On motion of Mr. Jacobs it was ord ered that the borough maintain an in candescent light at the Mahoniug street entrance of the first ward school, provided the school board pay the cost of installing it. The following members of council were present: Sweisfort, Pursel, Ja cobs, Finnigau. Everhart, Moyer, Dietz, Deutsch,Angle, Hughes,Schatz and Russell. Triple Bereavement. Within a week Mrs. Luellen Gift,of Denwer, Lancaster county, lost by death her father,mother aud husband. Her father died last Wednesday, her husband on Thursday aud her mother On Saturday. 18E1I II MP Sll The trustees oft lie State hospital for the insane have brought an action in assumpsit against, the Danville and Mahoning poor district to recover for the support of patients committed to the institution as indigent, when, as i alleged, they were in possession of an ! estate. The condition of affairs out of ' which the action has grown was pretty I clearly explained by Hon. R. S. Am ißenuau, attorney for _t!io trustees, j when the lunacy commission visited ! the hospital for tue insane on January Bth. Mr. Ainnierman made it clear i that the State is being defrauded out of large sums of money in this way i throughout the w ide district whose 1 insane find their way to th« hospital lat Danville. In Snyder county, lie | said, lie bad brought action and had ' succeeded in recovering Chairman Walton explained that else ! where in the State the commission had | found the same condition of affairs. ■ The revelations on the whole were amazing and the chairmau made it ' plain that foremost among the reforms ; that the lunacy commission would ree- I ommend would be a literal compli ' auce with the law in the matter of i committing insaue to hospitals iJint ! would make injustice and fraud im | possible. Politics, it was urged, is very often jat the bottom of it A person with a j "pull", who may he responsible for | the support of an insaue peT.son or who j lias a share iu his estate enters into ! collusion with the overseers of the I poor audit comes to pass that the iu- I sane persou is committed to the hos | pital on au order of relief and the ; State receives the pittance of fl.7a j per week as against some four dollars which represents the actual cost of maintenance at the hospital. Where this irregularity exists it does not necessarily follow, however, that there always is collusion—that is to say, that the overseers of the poor [ to repay favors issue orders of relief, knowing that the person to be com mitted to the hospital has an estate or that there is someone responsible for ' the lunatics' care and keeping. It is ; often difficult to get at the true facts | relating to tho oirenmotancos f, f a p'"r --j son for whom commitment is asked. | P. M. Kerns, one of the overseers of i the poor, upon being called before the luucy commission, testified that the Danville and Mahouing poor district has thirty seven chaiges at the hospit al for the insaue, and that there is only three in the district from whom anything can be collected. Nevertheless, as implied by the ac tion brought to recover, the trustees believe that facts can be established that will show that insaue persons have been committed to the hospital from the Danville and Mahoning poor district on an order of relief wlieu they possessed an estate that was avail able for their support. The outcome will be watched with a good deal of i interest. The State every two yeart. makes an appropriation for the support of the "indigent insaue." When this appro priation is made to support patients who have estates the full extent of the injustice or fraud becomes apparent that may be committed through care lessness or collusion in the matter of committing insane. Death of Randall Scoit. Randall Scott, au old aud highly es teemed resident, departed this life about « o'clock Monday evening at his home on Vine street. The deceased had been ill for a long period, suffering from a complication of diseases. Randall Scott was born near Belfast, Ireland, April 18, 18:29, of staunch Scotch-Irish Presbyterian parentage. Iu early life ho learned gardening a vocation which lie followed until ad vaucing years made it necessary for him to retire from active employment. In 1860 he came to America aud for a number of years he followed his voca tion iu the vicinity of Philadelphia, and had the gardens of some of the finest country seats of that sec tion. For fifteen years he was gardener at the hospital for (lie insane at Dan ville. While filling the position at the lat ter institution, he occupied the "gate house," where along with his wife he became acquainted with a large circle of people. His gentleness,his kind aud benevolent disposition endeared him to everyone with whom be came iu contact and it is safe to afiirin tliar no one bad more friends or was more dearly beloved than Randall Scott. A widow, Mary J. Scott, survives: j also a brother aud sister— William ! S';ott aud Mrs. Sara Colburu—of near ■ Belfast, Ireland, along with a niece, Mrs. George Abel, of Haddcnfield, I N. .T. Unseasonable April Weather. The weather conditions of April thus i far have afforded a striking contrast Ito the last half of March. During the ' present week, especially, the weather I with each succeeding day became more I unseasonable and disagreeable until i yesterday when the climax was reach ed. Snow and rain with a raw chill ing wind combined to bring into "V ; April day a degree of gloom and dis j comfort that was more iu accordance with weather couditious in March or | even in midwiuter. The dust of last week has giveu ' place to mud and sloppy pavements. ; while the mountains north of town last l owning were white with snow. DANVILLE. l'A., TIII'I?SI>AY Al'lill. 11, 1907. ILL APPEAL TO BOARD OF PAROONS It is the intention of Mrs. Elizabeth Krebs and Mrs. Laura Harr, now con fined in the Montour county prison, serving a sentence ot one year, to pre | sent an appeal to the board of pardons at Harrisburg on the 17th of this month The case of Mrs. Krebs and Mrs. Harr is one that attracted an unusual amount of interest in this vicinity. The several enactments that ended in the women being sent to prison were sensational in the extreme. It was on the 14th of January last that they were sentenced to one year in jail This climax to the affair was entirely unexpected, the prosecution being as greatly surprised as the de fense. The woman had plead guilty to the charge of shoplifting, praying lor and throwing themselves on the clem ency of the court. Both Mrs. Krebs and Mrs. Harr were almost prostrated by the dlsas tious ending of their escapade, and the court room scene that was enacted right hero in Danville would have add ed vim to any melodrama that was ever written. Time has not served to allay the re pugnance the women feel for their surrouudiugs, and it is stated that their repeutauce appears to be most sincere. Workman's Hoot Badly Bruised. Dauiel Hickty, of this city, sustain ed a painful injury of his right foot while employed on the work train of the Pennsylvania railroad at Cata wissa yesterday forenoon. The crew was engaged in loading plauk ou the cars aud while thus em ployed oue of the heaviest of the planks bv an accident fell strikiug Hickey ou the toes Although the skin was not broken tho pain was most in tense. Swelling at once set in and the man was unable to walk. The injured man was at ouce loaded ou the work train aud brought down to South Danville. He w<»s taken into the station and Dr. I. G. Barber, the railroad company's physician, was summoned. Dr. Barber after making an examina tion failed to discover auy bones were broken. The bruise,however.was a very serious one. The injured man was driven to his home near the fair ground by Busman Daniel Shultz. Interfering with School Work. Truaut Officer Young is kept busy these days, not pursuing truants, but reporting measles. It will be recalled that the truant officer's report present ed to the school board at its last meet ing revealed that 810 pupils during the month were detained at home by illness. The officer explained yesterday that the greater part of these were afflicted with measles. The disease shows no signs of abatement, but each day, if possible, brings forth a larger number of new cases. No oue is in a better position to know than officer Young. It is his business to make a tour of the schools of the borough. At each room he is given a list of absentees audit de volves upon him to determine what cau<e keeps the pupils out of school. In nearly every case, he says, it is the same; the child ha* the measles. The disease has beeu prevalent in Danville for over a month ]>? stand on the whole has interfered considerably with school work. Father Seeks Runaway Boys. Martin Siutou, who lives near Roar ing creek, appeared in Danville about twelve o'clock Tuesday night iookiug for his two sons, who bad left home rather unceremoniously tho evening before. Mr. Siuton previously lived in Dan ville, where his wife died. One of his sons is niueteen years of age aud the other fifteen. It appears that the boys became dissatisfied with life at Koar iug creek and decided to leave They left a note for their father explaining their intentions. Mr. Siuton suspecting that the boys had come to this city drove down to Danville and invoked tho aid of the police. The boys were fouud at tho water works Both were very much averse to returning home with their father, but when they wore given the alternative of accompanying him or of going to jail they accepted the form er. The Car Has Been Accepted. The trolley car from Piuehurst,w hich was purchased by the Danville & Sun bury company, and which was fouud on its arrival here to be in a some what damaged condition, has finally been accepted by the local trolley peo ple, and will be run between the hos- j pital and the south side. A representative of the original owners of tho car was in Danville yes terday, aud he agreed to make good any damages that the car had sustain ed during trausit. A GREAT FACTOR A hint of great value to every city and town in the State if heeded, is giveu by tho York Gazette wheu it says that "oue of the greatest lactors in the development of York has beeu that our people always have a good word to sav of our city. Bear this in ; mind and keep up tho good work. " 150.000 LBS. Of LARD ON SPECIAL Enough lard to supply the town of Danville for almost a year passed through town Tuesday night on a special D. L. & W. train from Scran ton. The train was sent from the Armour Packing company's Scrauton branch, aud consisted of engine No 71:2 aud three freight cars, containing !."jO,OOO pounds of the pig product in lirkius. The frying material was to reach 1 Philadelphia in time to catch a steam ship bound for Liverpool, England, early yesterday morning, aud was be ing rushed over the road. It was a big consignment that had been specially ordered by the British government, aud nothing else was to be done but goto the big expense of running a special "bog" train. It was hurried over the D. L. &r W. to Northumber land, and from there transferred to the Pennsy aud given right of way to Philadelphia. Owing to a misuuderstanding, the Armour company, which supplied the lard, did not get the cargo off on Mon day when it was ordered, and the steamship at Philadelphia was com pelled to lay over 24 hours in order that the big consignment could reach it, aud tiien the special train had to be run from Scrauton to Philadelphia iu order to reach the ship. It had to be made or the sale of the big amount of lard would have been cancelled. The tiaiu started at Scranton at 7 :30 o'clock Tuesday evening reaching Danville at 11 :20. Word was received on this division that the special had arrived on time, the lard loaded aud the ship had sailed. VViliie Greene on Stone Pile. Chief Evans yesterday called up Chief-of-Police Miucemoyer and ask ing him whether he wanted Willie Greeue, who had just beeu arrested with a lot of bums at Williamsport. Greene, it will be recalled, was ar rested here some years ago with High wayman Lutz, who held up U. Y. James aud is now doing time in the penitentiary. While lying iu jail awaiting trial Greeue, who was supposed to be suf fering with consumption, became the object of much sympathy and when his trial cauie up lie escaped sentence. Green, it is said, has visited our town a couple of times since the trial, although wheu his sentence was sus peuded he was admonished not to come back to Danville. The Williamsport chief makes no allusion to Willie's bad health, by which it is inferred that iu his life as a hobo be has reap ed all the benefits of "out of door treatment" aud that the last trace of consumption has disappeared. At all events he is considered by the Wil liamsport authorities robust enough to do "thirty days on the stone pile." as Chief Evans explained yesterday that this was the sentence that had been imposed on him. Light on nurder. Some light has been thrown on the atrocious murder of Anthony Nestico which occurred at Shauiokin, Tues day, hv the night watchman of Luke Fidler colliery. As the latter was go ing to work at 10 o'clock on the night previous to the finding of the murder ed man's body he heard vocies in dis pute,the sound coming from a thicket near the path leading up themouutain side on which the colliery stands. The watchman moved forward cau tiously, after having extinguished his lantern. Two meu were talking in a foreign tongue, which he could not understand. But v>ne voice was harsh and stern, while the tones of the other were pleading, as though the victim even then had some premonition of what was in store for him. The watchman thought little of the occurrence, lor brawls are not so un common among foreigners that every passerby is in duty bound to act as peace maker So he tiptoed by and went to work aud not until the next day did he know of the terrible end ing to the dispute iu the thicket. It is barely possible that the voice of the murderer, should he ever be caught, may be identified by the night watchman. But there is little hope ! that the case will go beyond the coro ner's jury, which will doubtless bring iu a verdict that Nestico met death at the hands of a person, or persons unknown. ••Gaps." Raisers of chickens are verf careful about their little chicks these wet April days, and the wiseman does not let them be exposed. The number of chickens raised hereabouts isastouish ing, and there are some very fine ones, too. The greatest danger comes from the "gaps," which carries off a large proportion. The remedies for this ail ment are legiou. Whiskey Saved His Life. David McCoy, a farmei residing near Grove City, Mercer county, at tempted to commit suicide by drink ing two ounces of carbolic acid. To make his death certain he followed lus dose with a pint of whiskey, but this acted as an antidote and saved his life. Another Crusade. 'Auothei t;reat national crusade on new aud sensational lines is being planned by Jacob S. Coxey.of Coxey's Army fame," says the Philadelphia Record. LIQUOR LICENSE TRANSFERRED The application of James Ryan for a transfer of hotel license from his pres ent stand to the northeast corner of Mill and Centre streets lias been graut ed by the court. The case, however,as will be seen, possesses some features that make it unique while the way is open for an appeal. Pursuant to adjournment Wednesday when the hearing on the transfer was held court convened Saturday morning at 10 o'clock with his Honor Judge Evans and Associates Blee aud Wei liver on the bench. Judge Evans im mediately announced that iu re hotel license to James Ryan the application for trausfer had beeu granted by the associate judges. As for himself as president judge he would file a dis seuting opinion The papers authoriz ing the transfer, signed by L. W. Wel liver aud Frank G. Blee, associates, were returned to the prothonotarv, af ter which Judge Evans proceeded to preseut his opinion. DISSENTING OPINION. After reviewing the specific ob jections urged against the transfer of license to the northeast corner of Mill aud Ceutro streets the opinion set forth that section 7 of the act of May |l7 1901, extends to the residents of ward, borough or township the same right to remonstrate against a trans fer as against applications for original licenses. " Where the remonstrance is numerously signed by residents of the neighborhood the transfer will be re fused—Hess & Valentine Liquor Laws of Penna. 89. "Judge Scott iu speaking of an ap plication to trausfer a retail liquor li cense uses this language: 'The judges have no right to legalize the existence of that which those living in the im mediate neighborhood regard as so ob jectionable, for the benefit of one man but apparent injury of many others'— Kellar's petition 9 Dis't R. 340. " The grautingof the transfer rests in the discretion of the court. It will be refused where opposed by most of the residents of the neighborhood, Hess & Valeutiue Liquor Laws of Penna 90. "In this case for the transfer we have the petition of James Ryan ac companied by certifinato of twenty-five electors of the Third ward urging the court to graut the transfer. On the other haad fifty-eight residents, living in the neighborhood of the place to which it is proposed to trausferrthe li cense remonstrate and protest against the granting of the transfer. "The burden is upon the petitioner to prove affirmatively that the place to which he desires to have his license transferred is necessary for the ac commodation of the public aud theeu terrainment of strangers and travelers. On behalf of rhe remonstrants the tes timony offered fended to prove that the place asked to be licensed is not neces sary. Iu addition thereto the remon strants offeredaflirniativeevidence that if tlie proposed transfer is granted it will cause a depreciation of the value of property iu the neighborhood and in the rental value thereof aud that it would be a source of annoyance as well as injurious to the morals of the neighborhood. "With the exception of the petition er, five witnesses were called on eith er side. Assuming, therefore, that the testimony was evenly divided upon the question of necessity the application should be refused for the reason that the burden is upon the petitioner. In addition thereto lam of the opinion that the remonstrants established by affirmative evidence, that, if the trans fer is made, property values and rent al values will depreciate in the neigh borhood and that it would likewise be a source of annoyance and discomfort, as well as injurious to the morals of the neighborhood. To graut tlio peti tion the evidence must bo disregarded arbitrarily. In my opinion this peti tion should be unhesitatingly denied. CHARLES C. EVANS, P. J. April 6, 1907. Immediately after Judge Evans had ceased Hon. H. M. Hinckley, counsel j for the remonstrants, moved that ex- j ceptions be noted to the grautiug of the transfer and a bill be sealed. The motion was granted by the court and the exceptions were noted as asked for. Captured on Train. Michael Murphy, who calls Danville his home, but who is almost constant ly ou the go and is well known to the Suubnry police, was captured stealing a ride on a passenger train on Monday evening by Officer Keller of the rail road police force. After the evening train had left Georgetown Officer Kel lar discovered Murphy riding on the front platform of the baggage car be tween the car and the engine, aud placed him under arrest. Murphy was giveu a hearing before Justice Car penter ami pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to serve twenty days in jail. —Sunbnry Item. FOREST FIRES. Several extensive forest fires in the eastern part of the State leads the Scranton Truth to observe that, "the wanton destruction of the forests, by fire, is one of the glaring evils that should be checked by the strong hand of the law. The forests are disappear ing fast enough, to meet the actual ueeds of the country, aud how to re store and preserve tli'eni is a problem demanding serious thought aud ac- : tion." ESTABLISHED (S 1855 HOW IKS 1 SHIPPED A very interesting sight presented itself iu the stable of Gillaspy's hotel yesterday, where twenty noble-look ing horses were resting after a long journey of one thousand four hundred miles in the cars The horses, which were shipped from South Omaha, ar rived at Soutli Danville at 8 :30 o'clock Tuesday night,after being on the road for over a week. Although everything is done for the couitort and well being of the horses that is practicable, yet during a long journey of a thousand miles or more the faithful animals are pretty sure to suffer from fatigue, if not from hun ger aud thirst. Arrangements are made during a long trip to take the horses out of the cars at intervals of every thirty hours i for feeding and to give the animals an ' opportunity to stretch themselves and probably indulge in the luxury of roll ing. The interval out of the cars is seldom less than three hours, in dura tion ;it may be five hours. The last meal the horses enjoyed before arriv ing at South Danville was at Buffalo, N. Y. When it is explained that the twenty head were crowded into one car it readily will be seeu that there was uo room for freedom of movement and that the big animals had to stand pack ed closely together. The short rest at tiiirty hour intervals, although it af forded some relaxation, did not give the horses an opportunity to lie down. That they were very tired yesterday after their stenuous life of a week past goes without saving. When seen yes terday morning they had just enjoyed their first night's rest since leaving Omaha. They were in a very amiable mood,although they evidently felt the influence of their strange surround ings. Each wore the plain leather halt er that had secured him to his stall on the far-off farm of western lowa. The horses, which belong to Samuel Mourer, will be sold at public sale to day. The animals are mucli admired audit is doubtful whether a finer car load of horses ever came to Danville. Dumping Ashes Into Canal. Council at its last meeting decided that, the dumping of ashes into the canal bed would have to cease. It is found,however, that a nuisance so long tolerated is not easily abated. Council ordered the street commis sioner to erect boards forbidding any one to dump ashes or refuse on the spot. The boards have not yet made their appearance. Meanwhile the ash meu proceeded to continue the nuis ance aud the chief-of-police for a couple of days was kept pretty busy turning back the carts. One ashman, especially, was so insistent that it was only by threat of arrest that he was prevented from dumping ashes into the canal. This paper 011 ou e or more occassion recently has called attention to the nuisance of dumping ashes aud trash of various sorts into the canal bed. Council, however did not choose to take any action in the matter until its last meeting. By that time the canal was a sight to behold and Mr. Jacobs iu moving in the matter agreed that it was a disgrace. Who has not paused in passing up and down Mill street to take in the disgusting spectacle, scarcely believ ing it credible that a municipality with a spark of civic pride would for a single day tolerate such a state of affairs. To the miscellaneous collection of ashes, garbage, and the like during the last day or so a barrel full of chicken feathers has been added. It is, indeed, an elevating sjifectacle to have in the center of town. The only thing to offer in extenuation is the fact that council lias at last taken stops to abate the uuisauce. After Aarylarid Construction to. SCRANTON, April 10. Several taxpayers who have summer homes in the Glenburn section yester day served notice on the county com missioners to make no further pay ments to the Maryland Construction company, which built two and a half miles of State road iu that section,un der threat of surcharge. The contract for the work, $2:5,000 was approved by State Commissioner of Highways Hunter, who also later approved a bill of extras for sl/200. The county paid $1,500 on its one-sixth portion ; but the townships refused to pay anything on their portion, as the interested taxpayers put an inspector to watch the job, and ascertained that the contractors were "skinning" the traprock topping by an inch. Commissioner Hunter s attention was called to this,but he approved the hills any way. The company will have to sue to get what it now claims. Wedding Anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. A. 11. Groue celebrat ed the fifteenth auuiversary of their wedding at their pleasant home, north Mill street, on Friday night. A large number of guests were present. Hazleton flurder. John Starro, of Hazleton, who had been missing for three days was 112 oun on Tresckow mountain, on Saturday, dead, his body being partly burned, while a stoue near by was covered with blood. It is he was mur dered. JOB PRINTING The office ot 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 Of all Kinds and Description WILL SURVEY IT WEEK Borough surveyor G. F. Keefer wait ; 'u this city yesterday on business con | nected with the contemplated im ' provements on North Mill street. The time of year has arrived when a | beginning should be made if the State i highway depnrtment intends to enter upon the work of paving as early as | implied by its promises made last fall, i The improvements on North Mill street were decided upon over a year ago. After the innumerable hitches that have occurred the public would like to see work on the reconstruction of I the street begin at once. Even with an | early start the street at different parts will be torn up pretty much all sum mer. Borough Surveyor Keefer yesterday stated that in the early part of next week he intends to begin surveying for the curb,the placing of which will probably be the first work done by the contractors. T. L. Evans' Sons, who have the contract for setting tlie curb, on the Kth inst., were notified to be i gin work on this branch of the im provements in ten days' time. It is hoped that quite a material beginning may be made on the improvements dur ing April. Can't Keep Track of riurders. Editor Hastings of the Milton Stand- I ard. last evening had the following to say concerning Northumberland coun ! ty's murder record : "Killings are occuriiug so thick and fast down in the coal regions of North umberland county that it is difficult to keep the records straight. The beat ing to death of John Baritsky at Mr. Carmel aud the shooting of Nestico at Shamokiu, came so close together that the Standard and the Mt. Carmel Item got mixed up in giving them the pro per catalogue numbers. The Standard made the Baritsky killing number 118 and Nestico the 114 th victim, while the Item had the numbers reversed. As the Item is published nearer the base of operations, the Stand--' 1 «il> yield to it and has revised its r*> a accordingly. After the last terin 112 criminal court, when a redhanded murderer waa acquitted (by the jury) and two other murder cases were post poned until the next term of court, ttie editor of this paper offered to wager a new hat with one of the judges that there would be at least two additional murder cases before Miy criminal court convened. The time has not yet half elapsed and there are already three—the brutal killiug of the Sha mokin cobbler au.l the two noted above. A similar epidemic of murder aud crime followed the misoarri tge of justice in the cases of Gu'ick and Gearhart several years ago Nothing will check this bloody record but a few well regulated hangings Blames Them rn Danville. The Bloomsburg Daily last evening, described the actions of a love lorn couple who performed for the bystand ers on Bloom's Main street. Bloom blames the couple on this town, be cause they boarded a D. & B. car. They surely must have made a specta cle of themselves. Lisfen to this: "A lovesick swain aud his best girl from somewhere down towards Dan ville were wandering along Main street yesterday afternoon, and both were oblivious that there was a world and other people iu it. They had each other's arm and were as earnest and confident in their serenity as a pair of ardent wooers could be, much to the amusement of a number of idlers who were watching them. Once or twice they nearly kissed each other, and then they stopped in front of the show win dow of a jewelry store, and looked at the nice things that were on display. Suddenly the maiden, who had been watching her friend's eyes more than she was looking at the glittering gold en offerings, spied something on his face that ought not to have been there, according to her ideas. So she took out a nice white handkerchief, wet one corner of it in her mouth,and pro ceeded to give his face half-a-bath. After the job was completed they walked to the corner of Main and Market aud boarded a Danville aud Bloomsburg trolley car." EASIER TO DRIFT. Some undeniable truths, applicable to every couuty and municipality iu the State are declared by the Washing ton Observer when it says: "If the county commissioners desire to be popular let them cut down the assessed valuation of every property in this coun'y. Such action is known to have been done in times past by some offici als. The result was disastrous to the people iu the end. The Observer has found out that it is not always the popular thing that is right. Very of ten the conduct that is right is the most unpopular. It is easier to drift with the current than togo against it anil most people prefer to drift." DISTRESSING RUMORS. Among the various distressing rum ors concerning the State capitol is one pronouncing the ventilatiug system a complete failure. Referring to the matter the Pittsburg Dispatch declares that "in a building where the mahog any was composition,the marble slate, the bronze lacquer, and nearly every thiug else an imitation.it was perhaps only in accord with the general plan that the ventilatiou systein sUcrufiJ bg ati iml tat iota, also."
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