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VOL. 53—NO. 19
DR. IRVING H. .JENNINGS,
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SHULTZ, M.
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iiseasi- of the Stomach mid uiesiines
. "ipeciaiiy
The world has little use for reptiles,
human or otherwise.
That excitement has now reached
fever heat at the State capitol.
A mad dog appeared at Plains, Lu
zerne county, and bit- six children be
fore it was cornered aud killed.
Extensive forest fires iu Schuy lkill
county have destroved hundreds of
acres of valuable timber aud ruined a
big huckleberry crop.
The after gloom will forever ob
scure the joy of the Los Angeles gath
ering.
The fool who advertises his folly to
the four winds soon reaches a sorry
level.
Prohibition is at least as successful
as the average license law.
The mistral is the trouble of Mar
seilles, an east wind that iuceases the
city's death rate fifty per cent.
The utilization of herring for ferti
lizer has been stopped by the Canad
ian Government.
The Cjiueen of Norway's favorite poet
is "Owen Meredith," the late Lord
Lyttou.
Tokio's trouble is earthquakes. In
her worst 200,000 residents were bill
ed.
The tale-bearer of the twentieth
century is just as despicable as his
great-graudfather'was.
The lad who will not listen to the
voice of wisdom will learu his lesson
in a rougher school.
The broad-minded citizen always re
joices in the prosperity of his friends.
The good people iu this world are
far more numerous than the bad.
Paradoxical as it may seem, love at
first sight demonstrates that love is
blind.
Statistics show that Italy's popula
tion for the last five years has been
gradually decreasing in several pro
vinces.
Father Time doesn't get intoxicated
although we often hear of the fullness
of time.
That man who was required to pay
thirty dollars for three undersized
trout would save money by buying
shad.
Newspapers throughout the State are
voicing the increasing public senti
ment for good roads.
Yellow perch are being placed in
many of the streams in Berks and
Lebanon counties by the State fish
authorities.
West Hazleton will have a curfew
ordinance that will require children
to be off the streets at 9 o'clock and
men at. 10 o'clock.
While Archie Wagner was trimming
the edge of tiie lawn last week with a
pair of sheep shears, he laid the im
plements aside for a time, and coming
back sat down upon them, sustaining
a severe gash ou the under part of his
leg.
At a recent election in Bryan's home
town of Lincoln, Neb., the initiative
aud referendum were adopted and the
democratic candidate for mayor elect
ed by a small majority.
Even though they do not belong t
the society for the prevention of crue
lty to animals we know of women who
wouldn't step on a mouse for any
thing.
Governor Stuart has given his form
al asseut to the resolution to extend
the time of the capitol probers.
John L. Sullivan is coming to the
front again and talking of fight. This
will probably end in his appearance
on the stage.
It is hinted that the efforts of the
Japanese government ro locate an am
bassador at Constant! ople are being
secretly antagonized bj the great [low
ers of Europe.
Miss Nellie Harper,of Seat'or ' Del.,
had sufficient athletic pro we > to
fell to the earth a negro who attempt
ed to assault her on a louoly road just
outside the city.
Farmers have about 200.000,000 bush
els of wheat left over from last year's
crops. They are selling this wheat, at
$1 a bushel. The boom is making the
fortunes of many farmers.
It is noticed that people who claim
not to be afraid of lightning and just
»sn,,oy thunder are always so glad for
others when the storm is over.
George W. Veager, the oldest resi
dent of Lebanon county, is dead at
the age of 93 years. He was a personal
friend of President Van Buren.
Out of the twenty-one bills in the
Oregon Legislature framed in the in
terest of labor, twelve passed both
houses.
fill SIXUf
«I HE STACK
j The sixty-foot steel smoke .stack was
raised at the plant of the Haney-Fraz"
ier Milling company at South Dan
ville yesterday. The work was iu 1
charge of John A. Mowrey of this
city, who raised the heavy steel flag
pole on the hospital grounds last sum
mer.
The new boiler is already in posi
tion. The base of the smoke stack
is adjusted on the top of the boiler,
which in effect gives the stack a
height of seventy feet. The work of
raising the latter was attended with
much difficulty, ami that it was suc
! eessfullv accomplished speaks well for
the skill and experience of the con
| tractor.
i Today work will begin ou the con
! struction of the steel storage tank,
! which will be a distinctive feature
iof the remodelled plaut. The work
i will be iu charge of .Tames irviu, rep
j resenting the Warren (O.) Boiler
j works He will bo assisted by W.
; Scouler, of Peoria. 111., who arrived
I yesterday.
The concrete foundation, six feet
deep, was fiuished several days ago.
I The tank will be twenty-five feet, two
inches high and its diameter will be
of about the same dimensions. The
! amount of riveting required will be
I onormous. It is estimated that it
j will require nineteen men five weeks
! to erect the storage tank.
I The storage tank is the only one in
! stalled anywhere in this section of the
| State. It will prove a most valuable
! appendage to the flouring mill, faoili
! tating the haudling of grain and enab
| ling the company to carry a large stock
! without incurring any risk from fire.
| The capacity of the tank will be 10,
000 bushels of grain, a quantity equal
to ten car loads.
Much of the machinery, all new and
: modern, has arrived at the mill and
| will be installed as rapidly as possible
By midsummer the mill will be in
operation.
Death of Mrs. Knarr.
Mrs. Hannah Knarr, wife of Jere
' miah Knarr. departed this life at 12:45
| o'clock Tuesday afternoon following
a long siege of illness. The deceased
' was afflicted with cancer of the stom
: ach ; she was seriously ill since last
| September and at times her suffering
was most intense.
Mrs. Knarr was aged 60 years, 9
months and 18 days. She was born
: near South Danville and spent the
j greater part of her life at the family
! homestead in Riverside. When she be
! came seriously ill she was removed to
| the home of her son-in-law, D. E.
' Haring, Danville, where deatli occur
| red. Besides her husband she issurviv
i ed by one son, Montgomery Knarr, and
three daughters: Annia S. (Mrs, D.
jE. Haring) of Danville; Ida May
| (Mrs. Charles Michael) of Scrauton,
and Miss Jennie at home.
! The funeral will be held at 2p. in.,
Friday, from the residence of I). E.
| Haring, No. 40t> East Market street,
j Interment iu Mt. Vernon cemetery.
Dined at Suubury.
The Church club, of the Episcopal
diocese of Harrisburg, last evening
! tendered a testimonial dinner to the
; lit. Rev. Henry Codman Potter, Bish
;op of New York, ou the fiftieth an
| uiversary of his ordination to the
i diaconate by his father, the Rt. Rev.
j Alonzo Potter,bishop of Pennsylvania.
The affair took place in the armory
and was attended by a large and brilli
| ant assemblage. After the dinner a
: number of ladies were admitted to
| hear the speeches. Beside Bishops
Darlington and Potter, there was pro
i sent Thomas Darlington,M. D., broth
jer of Bishop Darlington,and president
| of the New York city board of health.
The dinner was attended by nearly a
hundred of the members of the ohurch
club and their guests. John B. McOoy
of this city, catered for the affair.
Those who attended the dinner from
Danville were Rev. Edward Haugh
tou, Dr. H. P. Meredith, Dr. I. H.
Jennings, Frank C. Angle and John
! Doster.
Officiated at Funeral.
Rev. John C. Grimes, pastor of St.
Peter's M. E. church, Riverside, yes
rday returned home from McConnel
-1 'mrß,where he was called to officiate
I ac the fuueral of Professor Charles E.
Barton, superintendent of the schools
of Fulton county, and formerly an in
structor in tiie State Normal school,
i The deceased and the Rev. John C.
t Grimes wore warm personal friends
for many years. Death occurred Son
| day and the fum-ral followed Tuesday.
Death of an Infant.
j Harry, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John
I H. Kriner,Second street, departed this
j life at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon,
aged 1 year, 7 months and ? days. The
j funeral will be held at 10 a. m. tomor
-1 row. Interment in the Odd Fellows,
: cemetery.
DANVILLE, PA., THURSDAY. MAY 16, 1907
DEM OF WELL
11 MM
Mary Elizabeth, the wife of Joseph |
: LoHgenberger, Walnut street, departed
this life at 5:30 o'clock last evening. !
The deceased had been ill for eight |
months,being bed fast for most of that
time. Her ailment was heart disease j
complicated with stomach trouble. |
Throughout her long siege of illness |
she bore her suffering with fortitude I
aud Christian resignation.
Had Mrs. Longenberger lived until
next Monday she would have been I
seventy-one years of age. Before mar- ;
riage she was Miss Johnson and was j
• born at Limestonville, this county.
Her entire married life, covering a
period of fifty-oue years, was spent in
Danville.
Besides her husband the deceased is
survive'! by one son. Harvey Longen
berger. and four daughters: Alice
(Rlrs Harry Shick) Mrs Elizabeth
I Smith ami Miss Clara, of this city,
and Margaret (Mrs. Curtis Fox) of
Catawissa.
Due notice of the fuueral will be
given.
Death of Goosebone Prophet.
Elias Hartz, the famous goosebone
weather prophet, of Reading died Sat
urday at the Friends' asylum, near
Philadelphia. Hartz was known all
i over the country on account of his
peculiar weather prognostications.
Mr. Hartz was ninety-two years of age
aud he foretold the weather as indi
cated by the markings of the goose
bone for nearly seventy years. Some
| months ago he was taken to the
j Friends' asylum because of infirmities
incident to old age.
Mr. Hartz always declared that the
! art of reading the goosebone correctly
I was a science, and he became an
; adept. For the last forty years his
I forecasts have been eagerly looked
forward to by the people of Peunsyl
, vania aud neighboring States.
It was his custom to select a goose
born in the spring of the year. This
he would carefully raise and watch
I until the following Thanksgiving
! Day, when he would enjoy the fowl
j for his dinner. On this date he would
1 be besieged by neighbors, friends and
j newspaper men to give them his read
l ing of the goosebone. No one ever
j questioned his accuracy, aud if he
! predicted blizzards, severe cold weath
: 1 er and heavy snows, it was takeu as a
i fact that that would be the state of
1 | the weather for the ensuing winter.
! In January he would give a supple
! mental reading of the goosebone. Mr.
! Hartz never despised the lowly grouud
! hog aud admitted upon all occasions
1 | that it was a valuable adjunct iu deter
; mining that state of the weather,
i He claimed that iu his long career
Ihe only made one mistake, and that
i was when a wag palmed off on him
| the bone of a gander. After that he
carefully looked after the goose from
| whose bono he made his forecasts.
! Farmers, particularly believed in his
! predictions aud they frequently con-
I suited him as to putting out their crop
in spring.
| About ten years ago the country eu
; joyed a mild fall, and during the
Thanksgiving season Mr. Hartz issued
his famous warning, "Fill your coal
] bins," at the same time issuing a por
j tend of a disastrous winter. Many
i laughed at Hartz. Hundreds took his
i advice. It was the severest winter in
a generation, aud Hartz's reputation
j was more firmly established than ever.
Young Han's Brave Act.
William Ammerman of the third
| ward won applause yesterday by stop
( | ping a runaway horse in a daring and
. ! novel manner.
j Toward night the horse of William
j Lake, attached to a truck wagon, es
; caped from the driver near the plant
I of the Danville Milling company and
I ran southward on Mill street at a
, breakneck speed with the lines drag
. ging on the ground.
There was a good deal of traffic on
! the street and every one foresaw a dan
| gerous collision aud smash up. when
| Mr. Ammerman sprang out from the
! sidewalk, leaped unto the wagon from
! behind, crawled to the front part of
! the box and, climbing out over the
dashboard, stepped along the shafts
until he was able to reach the lines,
after which he had little difficulty in
bringing the horse under control.
Mr. Ammerman received much praise
■ for his presence of mind and bravery.
But for his prompt action there might
' bo a differeut story to tell.
Entertained Friends.
Lewis Robinson entertained a uum
-1 ber of his high school frieuds at his
home Tuesday evening. Those present
were: Misses Lois Williams, Pearl
Feustermaclier, Edua Dyer, Ethel
1 Shannon, Elsie Gulick, Leah Waite,
: j Mae Paugh, Rhea Hoffman, Isabella
. | Wetzel. Messrs, Edward Price, Frank
Cooper, Carl Murray, Scott Heim.Guy
, Williams, Ralph Still, Edwin Jenkins,
Roy Shultz.
The party was chaperoned by the
Misses Hattie Adams and Jennie
Waite.
DEATH OF
lipill
Mrs. Elizabeth Gething, one of the
olilest residents of Montour county,
died yosterday morning at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Ann
Cashuer, in West Hemlock township, t
The deceased was aged 94 years, 8 |
mouths and 1 day.
Mrs. Gething was a remarkable old
lady. She retained the use of all her
faculties until her death. Her last
illness was of about, six weeks dura
tion,death being the result of the in- i
firmities of old age. Until she was in- |
capacitated by her illness Mrs. Gething
was bright and active. Even while
confined to her bed she impatiently
anticipated recovery, as she was anx
ious to 'dig her garden."
The deceased was the widow of
Jesse Gething. who died in 1894. She
was a native of Staffordshire. Eng
land. aud came to America in 1854.
The remainder of her life was spent
in this immediate vicinity.
.Mrs. Gething is survived by three
sous aud one daughter: William and
Thomas, of West Hemlock township;
Samuel, of Danville aud Mrs. Mary
Ana Cashner, of West Hemlock town
ship.
The funeral will take place Friday
afternoon, meeting at the home of
William Gething at 2 o'clock. Ser
vices will be conducted iu Straub's
church.
Camping Site Chosen.
Orders have been received in Sun
bury from the third brigade head
quarters to choose advance details of
soldiers who will be sent to Mt.
Gretna on July 8, to make prepara
tions for the annual national guard
encampment, which will open there
on July 6.
Among local members of the nation
al guard, this order is taken to mean
that the proposed trip to Jamestown
has been definitely abandoned. Most
of the men are great lv disappointed.
The third brigade lias been going to
Mt. Gretna for the past fourteen years
ana every man who has been in the
service any length of time hoped for a
change of scene this year. They are
especially bitter oa the subject because
they believe that Mt. Gretna is always
chosen, less on account of its natural
advantages, than because one of its
promoters as a summer resort, exercises
undue influence in the councils of the
national guard of Pennsylvania.
For this reason company command
ers throughout the third brigade find
great difficulty iu enlisting men. The
talk of going to Jamestown was the
means of bringing in many recruits,
but now that, this scheme has apparent
ly fallen through the gaps in the rank
and file remain as wide as ever.
It is generally believed that a few
trips sucli as the proposed one to the
Jamestown exposition would go far to
wards building up the numerical
strength of the national guard.
Death of lidward Young.
Edward Young, a former resideut of
this city,departed this life at Sunbury
Monday and was consigned to the
grave at that place yesterday after
noon.
The deceased is survived by his wife
and mother, Mrs. Mary Jane Houtz,
of this city. For a number of years
past he resided in Sunbury where he
was well-known and highly esteemed.
During his illness, which covered a
period of a year or more, he spent sov
! eral months in Danville.
His funeral yesterday afternoon was
attended by a number of people from
! Danville,among whom were his moth
! er, Mrs. Houtz, Mrs. Hattie R. Clark,
; Mr. aud Mrs. Charles Snyder, Mrs.
I Ellen Snyder aud daughter. Miss
! Myrtle Snyder.
Wedded at Riverside.
Miss Anna McCioughan,daughter of
Mr. aud Mrs. J. T. McCioughan, Riv
erside, and Marvin Lowenstein, form
erly of this city, but at present of
Lewistown, were united in the holy
bonds of matrimony yesterday fore
noon. The ceremony was performed at
the home of the bride's parents at 11
o'clock, the Rev. John C. Grimes,
pastor of St. Peter's M. E. church,
officiating. Thejbeautiful ring cere
mony was employed. Only the bride's
immediate family was present.
The newly wedded couple left on
the 12 :10 train for a trip.
Quarterly Aleeting.
! Pomouo grange No. 81. of Montour
and Northumberland counties, will
I hold sessions on Wednesday of next
! week May 22nd, at the grange hall,
I Strawberry Ridge.
Representative William Nesbit. of
! Northumberland county, will deliver
i an address.
A question box will be maintained
and the good roads question and other
questions of the day will be discussed.
Now that the early crops are planted
the farmers will no doubt be able to
take a day off for educational im
provement and social enjoyment he
fore taking up the summer's work.
Grange No. 84 will furnish meals at
the usual rate.
us ir win
BE OBSERVED
The school board went 011 record Mon
night as insisting upon a commence
ment this year that embodies no de
partures from what lias been customary l
in the past.
This action followed as the result of |
a short conference with a committee
of the graduating class, which was I
present at the meeting. The commit- I
tee explained that the class was (livid- j
ed on the question of whether or not '
the exercises of class day should be
abolished, which would imply that j
commencement exercises should con- j
sist of salutatory, valedictory, address !
to class and presentation of diplomas
only. The class, the committee said, j
had voted on the proposition and decid- j
ed that commencement should goon 1
as usual, carrying out the full pro- •
gram. Nevertheless, it was explained,
there are those in the class who are
loath to abandon the idea* ot cutting
out class day exercises and are not en- ;
tering on the work of preparation ;
with the right spirit and enthusiasm, j
The class, it was explained, is some- j
what discouraged by the uncertainty !
whether or not the courthouse can be j
seemed for commencement. It was '
suggested that it might have a good |
effect if the board would define its
position in the matter and make it
clear to the class that, if commence- '
meut, with class exercises,were decid- i
ed upon, a suitable place, in spite of
all odds, would be provided in which
to hold the exercises.
Superintendent Gordy being called
upon stated that the principal of the
high school had been waited upon by
a delegation of the graduating class
and asked to abolish class day exer
cises. There is a lethargy in the class,
which, the superintendent said.would
have to be overcome if commencement
exercises are to come up to the stand
ard of previous years. He thought it
would be a good" thing for the school
board to decide whether the class go
ahead and prepare for commencement
as held previous years or abolish class
day exercises.
Oil motion of Dr. Harpel it was ord
ered that the board insist upon com
mencement —embracing class day—as
on previous years and that the teach
era having charge of the exercises will
he hold responsible for results. They
are to see to ir that there is no shirk
ing on the part of any members of the
class,
Mr. Ortli reported that he had wait
ed upon Ralph Kisner, Esq. and ac
quainted him with the school board's
action in inviting him to address the
graduating class this year and that
the gentieman at a later data consent
ed to deliver the address.
The following members were pres
ent: Burns.Orth,Harpel. Swarts, Pur
sel, Fish, Foulke, Fischer, Heiss and
Redding.
Funeral ol Hrs. Kearns.
Mrs. Henry Kearns, whosedeatli oc
curred on Friday, was consigned to
i the Kravo in the cemetery connected
j with the Reformed church Tuesday
afternoon. The funeral took place at 2
o'clock from the family residence, Mill
; street.
| The services were conducted by the
| Ilev. Edward Haughton. The pall
bearers were • Fred Jacobs, John F.
Tooley. Harry Elleubogen.Elias Maier,
| Charles Lyon and O. F. Young.
I The following persons attended the
funeral: Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sweis
fort. New York: Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Smith, of Wyoming; and Mrs. R. G.
Whitman, of Milton.
Will Be Tried on Hurder Charge.
Judge Savidge has issued the fol
lowing order in connection with the
Fisher case so as to become a matter
of record to show what disposition
was made of the case. The order is as
follows: "It is so ordered that the de
fendant bo not discharged from the
asylum for the insane at Danville, to
which he has been recently committed
by the court, in the event he at any
time recovers from his mental sick
ness, but in such event the court be
informed of his condition so that pro
per officers may return him to the
Northumberland county jail to which
it is ordered he be returned in the
event he recovers his reason."
Prothonotary Lawler was instructed
to have a copy of the order sent to the
authorities at the Danville hospital.
Becomes a Nuisance.
The distribution of circulars in Dan
ville as carried on, has become a great
nuisance,one that hHs provoked a gen
eral protest.
It would seem that no effort is made
to get the circulars into the houses.
The distribution in many instances
seems to be in the haudsof irrespousi
! ble persons, who leave the circulars on
] the door steps, where they are blown
1 about in every direction.
During the last few days several of
our streets have presented an unsight
ly appearance. Here and there in spots
circulars belonging to one lot could be
counted by the score, indicating that
they had been thrown down by the
handful. This is bad enough,but when
several sets of circulars in one day are
dumped upou the streets in the same
way, the effect can easily be in ugin
ed.
riioi
us nut
Francis J. liiffel, ail old and esteem- !
ed resident of Riverside, departed this 1
life Monday, after a brief illness.
One, week ago last Sunday the de- |
ceased w*as seized with a congestive ;
chill, which developed into pneumonia, j
On Thursday his condition became j
very serious. He grew gradually worse !
until Monday afternoon at 1:45 j
o'clock, when he passed away.
Tne deceased was In his seventieth !
year. He was born near Danville and
spent his entire life in this section. (
He was one of the first settlers in 1
Riverside and built a house there in !
1870, which he occupied at the time of I
his death.
For thirty-eight years the deceased 1
was in the employ of the Pennsylvania i
Railroad company. Luring the last two
years he acted as gateman at the South
Danville crossing. Previous to that
time he was employed as a section 1
hand.
He was a reliable, industrious man,
a good citizen, a kind neighbor and a j
self-sacrificing and devoted parent.
The deceased was a widower. His j
wife, who also died of pneumonia, de
parted this life four years ago. He is
survived by the following sons and j
daughters: Arthur Riffel, of Philadel
phia, and John and Charles Riffel, of
Riverside; Hannah (Mrs. E. M. Am- j
old) of Harrisburg:; Miss Ella Riffel,
of Philadelphia, and Misses Minerva
aud Blanche Riffel, who reside at !
home. The deceased is also survived \
t by two brothers—James, of Danville,
and William, of Harrisburg—and two
1 sisters, Mrs. William Pancoast, of
Danville, and Mrs. Charles Pancoast,
of Fanning, Mo.
Contractors Setting Curb.
T. L. Evans' Sons yesterday began
the setting of curbing on North Mill
street, preparatory to beginning the
work of paving. The greater part of
the stone was delivered ou the ground
last week. Only a few men were em
ployed yesterday, but a fair beginning
of the work was made.
It is gratifj-ing that after so much
delay ground has at last been broken.
It was thought that reconstruction of
the street, embracing all branches of
work, would be well under way by
this time. The delay has caused dis
appointment and led many people to
fear that the greater part of summer
will be permitted to pass before the
work will be begun.
The street is a very important one
and as it is in a notoriously bad con
dition it can not be reconstructed too
1 soon.
Preparing the Ballots.
County Commissioner's Clerk H. C.
1 Blue yesterday prepared the ballots for
| the primary election as required by
the uniform primary act The materi
al is already in the hands of the print
! er.
The form of the ticket, which is de
scribed in the act, differs from what
voters at the primaries have been ac
! customed to,but the ticket is not diffi
! cult to understand. Official ballots for
each party must be prepared, printed
|on white paper and must be uniform
! in size, style of printing and general
1 appearence.
The act requires that one-fourth as
many specimen ballots be printed as
the whole number of official ballots,
i For the speoimon ballots colored pap
er may be used, but they must be of
the same size and form as the official
j ballot.
Herbert H. l.ee Among Injured.
Herbert H. Lee, of Orwigsburg.nep
! hew of our townsman, I. C. Lee, was
one of the victims of the great train
wreck that occurred in California Sat
urday night. He escaped with his life,
but was very seriously injured. His
leg was hrokeu, in addition to which
the ligaments were torn loose at the
hip and it is feared that lie is hurt in
ternally.
Herbert is well-known in Danville,
where he has frequently visited his
uncle, Mr. Lee. He is about 25 years
of age. For several years past he has
filled the position of mail agent, be
tween Reading and Williamsport. A
few days ago he left Reading with the
Shriners, fifteen of whom lost their
lives iu the dreadful wreck.
Successful Operator.
! Miss Nellie Oonser. who learned
telegraphing at the South Danville
station, last winter, is one of tlio few
women ever set at. work on the block
signal of the Pennsylvania railroad.
She is stationed at Shindel, Snyder
county, and upwards of forty freight
trains and four expioss trains pass the
: tower daily.
Coldest Place In State.
Tobyhanna, ou the Pocono moun
tains in Monroe county,was about the
| coldest point in the State ou Saturday
! morning, the mercury being down to
! 28 degrees aud the earth completely
! covered with snow.
ESTABLISHED IN 1855
mis
PEIOIED FOR
Saturday, tits last day for filing peti
tions for candidates under the uniform
primary law. developed an unusual
amount of activity in political circles.
The principal offices to be filled next
fall are protlionotary anil county trea
surer. Up to Saturday there was only
one petition filed by the Democrats for
candidate for prothonotary and that
related to the pres"Ut incnrahsnr of
the office. During several days preced
ing the air was full of rumors of pros
pective candidates, for protlionotary
where petitions would be in before Sat
urday night. Friday there was much
activity in different circles and it was
known that the rumors were not whol
ly unfounded. As Saturday night ap
proached curiosity ran high to see
what opposition to Thomas G. Vin
cent would develop among the Demo
crats.
It transpired, however, that while
petitions from Democrats relating to
other offices came in during the day
there was none for the protlionotary.
Mr. Vincent's rival on the Republican
ticket will be.William Vastine of West
Market street, son of former Council
man Amos Vastine, a petition for
whom was presented on Saturday, and
for wliose nomination there is no op
position.
For nomination as county treasurer
A. J. Steinman, of Liberty towuhsip,
and A. L. Heddens, of Washington
ville, are the rival candidates, peti
tions both being filed prior to
Saturday. The Republican candidate
for county treasurer will be A. H.
Grone, for whom a petition was filed
Saturday. J. F. Hendrickson, of Val
ley township, is the Prohibition can
didate for county treasurer.
For county chairman the Republi
cans filed a petition for .John E. Rob
erts and the Democrats for John G.
Waite on Saturday.
Delegates to the State convention
are petitioned for as follows: Republi
can, T. W. Rodea; Democrat. George
M. Leighow; Prohibition, Rev. L. W.
Walter and George R. Beruhard.
Resignation of School Principal.
.T. H. Shaw, principal of the third
ward grammar school,has tendered his
resignation and left for his home at
Orange, Luzerne county. Tiie third
ward priiicipalship from now until
the end of the term will be filled by
Miss Bondman, who has been brought
up from the secoud grade of tlit third
ward schools. Miss Boudman's school
is in the hands of a pupil teacher.
Mr. Shaw was teaching his second
term as principal of the third ward
schools when he tendered his resigna
tion. He had the reputation of being
a very good teacher.
His resignation as principal leaves
an important vacancy to be filled next
term.
A Fine Program.
The Sunday school classes of Rev.
and Mrs. Fritsch will give a literary
and musical entertainment at St.
. John's German Lutheran church, on
Friday evening, at 8 o'clock. The pro
gram lias been well prepared by the
young people, and the selections care
fully chosen so that the public is sure
to have a good treat Admission 20
cents. The progiani follows :
Music by Ladies' Mandolin Club.
Vocal Solo—And a little clii'.< -hall
1 lead them. Katherine Bruder.
Recitation Barbara Fntchie,
Emma Monitor.
Piano Duo—Misses Cloud and Siiiler.
Mandolin Solo—Miss Sidler
Recitation —Miss Rtissel.
Solo—Miss Helen Chestnut.
Scenic dialogue—Goddess of Liberty.
Piano Solo—Miss Gearhart.
Recitation—Mary Von Blohn.
Vocal Solo—Marion Gearhart.
Recitation—Emily Kehl.
Vocal Solo—May Sidler.
Selection—Ladies' Mandolin club.
March and Drill—Twelve Girls.
Two Attempted Burglaries.
Two attempted burglaries have oc
curred in East Danville during a few
| night's past.
On Sunday night an attempt was
made to break into the resideuce of
William Diehl, the well-known truck
man and dairyman. The theives had
already removed a pane of glass from
i one of the windows on the first floor
when they were frightened away.
On Monday night an attempt was
I made to burglarize the resideuce of
! Willini Mans, who lives near the Diehl
farm. The burglars here were discov
ered by Mr. Mans, who fired -everal
j shots after them, but did not succeed
j in winging any of the intruders.
Big Slate Deal.
i The largest slate deal that has ever
| been made in Pennsylvania took place
at Tamaqua on Thursday when a com
bine of interests was affected w! i
will be capitalized at #500,000 T •
interests embrace some half ri • i
firms operating a number of (j
covering an extent of 240 acres u. .a
finest beds of slate in the State.