ilUintiiur JVmrrican.
VOL. 53 —N0.26
DR. IRVING H. JENNINGS,
PEN! IST.
Ojjice Hour*
A. M.to 22 M lOi Vill St.,
Il\ M.to i I'. M. Danville. Pa.
425 MILI. ST., DANVILLE, PA.
Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines
a Specialty
ITEMS CONDENSED.
Roasting ears will soon be ripe.
Some chaps who shift responsibility
quite easily iu this world are likely
to find the whole assortment waiting
for them across the Styx.
The man who knows all about his
business at first hand is likely to suc
ceed better tltau his more careless
rival.
There are men and women in the
world who have not yet learned the
art of shutting a door.
Patriotism to be worth anything
must be more than a profession.
The song of the gospel worker iu a
big city often finds its way to some
susceptible but perverse heart.
During the last twelvemonths there
was an increase of 55,718 members
added to th? rolls of trade unions iu
Germany.
Splendid growing weather, nothing
better could be asked for.
According to the bureau of com
merce and labor the cost of living Tin
the United States in 1906 was the
highest in a period of 17 years.
Education .can mightily help the lad
who has brains, but it is powerless to
develop what isn't there originally.
Greece is said to be the poorest coun
try of Europe. Her total wealth
a'nounts to.*l,ooo,ooo,ooo,orabout half
that of Switzerland.
Food valued at $2,175 is brought in
to Great Britain every miuute of the
day and night.
The American sweet tooth during
the past year consumed 6,500,000,000
pounds of sugar valued at £800,000,000.
This is 76 pounds per year for every
resident.
The community that lacks enterprise
will not prove a winner.
Selfishness is fatal to its victim's
highest happiness.
The real hero is the boy or the mau
who declines to do wrong.
The burglar finds it hard to resist
the invitation of the open door.
Those who read the advertisements
know just where togo to purchase
their goods.
Divorced people do not take much
interest iu family reunions.
This is fine growing weather. Heat
and moisture are causing vegetation
to rapidly catch up to the point where
it should be at this season of the year.
It would be a joke if Japan were to
fight us with the money she borrowed
in this country.
It is evident enough that "the good
old summer time" lias arrived after
all.
The biggest bass continues to bite
with almost daily regularity. This,
however, always was a feature of the
fishing season.
At any rate we have heard few com
plaints about the dust nuisance lately.
It is reported that three members of
the Pennsylvania Legislature have
failed to appear and draw their salary
and mileage.
The suicide mania threatens to be
come epidemic.
Perhaps if the children in the mun
icipal play grounds were thoroughly
sterilized they might be allowed to
play kissing games.
Fruit growers who have a few cher
ries on their trees are not envying the
multimillionaires jrfst at present.
Everybody can run a ball team and
a newspaper better than the manager.
The recent heavy rainfalls have act
ed as a sanitary agent, effectively
flushing the pavemei'i and the gut
ters.
Those who read the advertisements
know just where togo to purchase
their goods.
These are the days when the river
coal man's job does not seem to be so
much of n hardship.
Those who cultivate gardeus and
truck patches have a difficult time of
it keeping down the weeds during this
fine growing weather.
The only accident in the least ser
ious which occurred iu Danville on
the Fourth of July befell the 9-year
old son of Edward Blee, Cross street.
A giant cracker exploded prematurely,
burning the boy painfully about the
face and eyes. Dr. Newbaker render- |
ed surgical aid.
Anthony Andrew, of Wilkes-Barre.
wanted for shooting his wife and
child, was found in the top of a tree
on Monday, where he had been hiding
for three days with nothing to eat or
drink. He has been lodged in jail.
DRAINAGE 11
HIGH
I Twenty-eight men,the highest nam-
I ber yet employed on North Mill street,
were put to work by Contractor Rog
' ers yesterday. Six two-horse teams and
! four carts are employed. As a result
! of the increased force the work of ex
cavation yesterday received a fresh
j impetus and from now on more rapid
! prorgess will bo made,
j Iron pipe was delivered yesterdav to
be sunk under the paving to conduct
! to Mahoning creek the vast volume of
j surface water which pours down Cen
ter, Spruce, Hemlock, and Chambers
streets during times of heavy rain.
! Owing to the lay of the land in that
part of town the drainage forms a
1 greater problem on North Mill street
than was encountered when the bor
ough paved the several squares south
; of Centre street.
It is planned to sink the pipe at the
i intersection of eacli street. At Center
street where the accumulation of wat
. er has always caused more or less dam -
! age two pipes each 16 inches in diamet
er will be sunk under the paving, side
: by side, the aggregate length required
being -18 feet. At the other streets pipe
will be sunk as follows : Spruce street,
24 feet of 20-inch pipe; at Hemlock
i street, 24 feet of 24-inch pipe ; at the
j grist mill, to drain Chambers street,
j 24 feet of 24-inch pipe. In addition,to
accommodate the natural stream of
i water that flows through under North
1 Mill street about midway a concrete
| culvert will be constructed. Just be
| vond the grist mill, where the macadam
! begins, 86 feet of 12-inch pipe will be
j sunk and just north of the railroad. 36
feet of 16-inch pipe,
j Superintendent George M. West had
a force of men at work on North Mill
i street yesterday sinking the gas pipe
to a greater depth. At some places the
j street has been cut down two feet,
which left the gas pipe exposed. The
borough also finds it necessary to sink
' the water main to a greater depth to
conform with the change of grade. At
] the concrete culvert eight-inch elbows
; will be necessary to sink the main to
a sufficient depth.
INSPECTOR'S REPORT
NOT FLATTERING
The report of Inspector General
Frank G. Sweeney, of the National
Guard, of the Spring inspections, was
made public Tuesday. General Sweeney
says that the infantry organizations
| are reported as having made little pro
! gress since last inspection. Tiie in- ;
spectors attribute this largely to the
fact that the individual soldier is not
receiving either proper or thorough
training in the primary drills—schools
of the soldier aud squad. Then too,
they advise that the slim attendance
| at the weekly drills is iu some degree
! accountable for this condition. They
| report further that the important sub
ject of guard duty is being neglected.
' The artillery and cavalry arms of
the service are reported as being iu
good from.
Tfie highest rating in the guard,
taking the "figure of efficiency" as
the basis, is that of the First Troop, |
I Philadelphia, with 1)9.47. The highest
infantry is Company A, Twelfth regi
ment with 99.47. The highest infantry
is Company A, Twelfth regiment with j
99.47. Battery B ranks highest iu art
illery with 94.78, aud Division A, of
the naval force with 90.76.
ODD FELLOWS' PICNIC
ON AUGUST 24TH
August 24th, and Columbia park is
the time and place selected for the Odd 1
Fellows' picnic embracing the coun
ties of Montour and Columbia.
The picnic promises to be one of the j
most important aud largely attended j
Odd Fellows' event that lias ever tak
' en place in either of the two counties. !
; Grand Master, B. H. Hart of Harris- i
. burg, will be present and deliver an |
address. The lodges of Danville, J
Bloomsburg, Berwick and Millville '
have each arranged to be present with
a band. It is worthy of note that of j
the 137.600 Odd Fellows in Pennsyl- !
vauia 2000 live in Montour and Col- |
umbia counties.
OUTING OF CHURCH
AND SUNDAY SCHOOL
The annual picnic of the cougrega- j
tion and Sunday school of the Maliou- j
ing Presbyterian church will be held !
at DeWitt's park tomorrow.
The picnic of this church and Sun- |
day school is always sure of a large j
attendance and there is a good time
| for all. The old custom of maintaining |
a general table ie adhered to, which !
: imparts to the outing more than the |
usual degree of friendliness and good
fellowship. The tables may be said to |
' literally groan [under the weight of !
j good things, for the supply is always j
as abundant as it is choice.
Hacks will begin to run to the park
! at 8 a. m. There will be a hack at 12 :15
; and another at 2 p. m.
DANVILLE, PA., THURSDAY. JULY 11, 1907
run 10
SHIP JUIO
I Jumbo, the famous old elk at Bi 11-
ineyer's park, which has several times
' undergone the operation of dehorning,
j will IU all probability add to his
varied experience by taking a trip
'' to Philadelphia to attend the Elks'
Reunion, which will be held at that
place next week. There is nothing in
vidious in the comparison to affirm
; that he wil be the biggest elk of them
all.
j For several days p'Hst the publishers
|of the "North American"of Phila
| delphia have been negotiating witli
I Mr. Billmeyer for the use of one of
1 his elks during the reunion of the
Klks. To learn something about the
status of the proceedings, Mr. Billmey
er was called up Tuesday by 'phone.
He said that, he had been approached
by persons acting iu the interest of the
"North American,'' who wanted to
know if the elk could be procured to
be exhibited as a feature during the
week that the Elks will own the city.
Mr. Billmeyer stated that he had
given a favorable reply. To crate the
big animal may prove a task more or
less difficult, but he was not prepared
to say that it would not be feasible.
If one of the elks went to the conven
tion, Mr. Billmeyer was inclined to
think that the honor would fall to
Jumbo, which is a most interesting
specimen of liis kind, weighing eleven
hundred pounds.
Whatever Jumbo's reputation for
ferocity may be at certain seasons, he
is amiable enough just at this time
and it will not be until some three or
four weeks later that he will begin to
show sings of ill temper. Although he
was deprived of his antlers last season
he lias grown a new set quite majestic
in their proportions, towering nearly
five feet above his tiead.
Whiting Allen, a representative of
the "North American,"was iu this
city yesterday afternoon on his way
to Billmeyer's park to perfect plans for
shipping the elk to Philadelphia. Mr.
Allen stated that the Pennsylvania
railroad company has agreed to trans
port the elk and to get him to the city
within twenty-four hours after ho is
placed on the car.
The plan that Mr. Allou has iu view
is to use a platform car, confining the
elk in a crate, which will enclose his
body only,leaving his gigantic antlers
protruding above the top. In this way
the horns will be free and not in dan
ger of being injured no matter how
much the animal may throw bis head
about. Outside of the crate, around
the edges of the car, it is proposed to
erect a superstructure of some sort to
screen the elk from the weather and
the flying dust.
The elk will be placed on the 21st
story of the "North American" build
ing, where no doubt- he will be view
ed by many thousand persons during
the week. On the day of the parade
he will travel with the Elks through
the city. The member from Billmey
er's park, however, will not trudge
along on foot, as many may imagine,
but will be drawn by horses in a
specially designed truck.
BURIED FROM FIRST
BAPTIST CHURCH
The funeral of Jonn Nealu. whose
death occurred Monday, took place at 2
o'clock yesterday afternoon from the
First Baptist church.
The cervices were conducted by the
pastor, Rev. John Sherman. Two sel
ections?—" Asleep iu Jesus" and "Good
Night"—were very impressively ren
dered by a quartette from the choir.
The flowers were very beautiful. The
pall bearers were: Thomas Bedea,
Charles Johnston, Judson Still, Daniel
Hoft'ner, David Reese and David
Evans.
The following persons from out of
town attended the funeral: Mrs.
Daniel McCarty. of Fort Miller, New
York, daughter of the deceased ; Jos
eph Neale and wife of Williamsport;
DeWitt Schlegal and family of Sha
mokin.
Commissioners Have Ordered Tags
The county commissioners on Satur
day ordered tags to be used in mark
ing dogs that have been assessed and
on which tax lias been paid in com
pliance with the new law enacted by
the last legislature. The tags are ex
pected to arrive in a few days.
The new law is already being en
forced in many of our neighboring
counties and citizens there who
thought they were very skillful in
keeping their dogs off the assessor's
list are now paying the penalty in ttie
loss of their dogs, which may be
worthless or otherwise, but which
nevertheless as likely as not are
prized in the household. The reports
from some neighboring towns reveal
that scores of untagged dogs are being
slaughtered.
Some street noises are revelations
concerning the character of their auth
ors.
CONTRACT FOB
ML AIMED
The coutract for supplying the Dan
ville school district with coal for the
ensuing year was awarded to the East
Boston Ooal company at a regular
meeting of the school board Monday
Its bid was declared the lowest, being
$3.25 for No. 2or egg coal and .51.65
for No. ti or pea coal, which does not
include the hauling.
Other bids were received as follows:
Robert .1, Pegg—No. 3,54.40; No. 6,
§3. 00.
Frank Fry—No. 2, £4.68: No. 6.
$3.40
A. O. Amesbury—No. 2, s4.i)il; No.
! «. $3.24.
Whitney & Kemmer—No. 2, $8.35;
No. 6, §1.65.
Among the above bids the one from
Frank Fry was the only bid that in
cluded the hauling.
Secretary Orth reported that each of
the teachers elected at the previous
meeting had signed a contract with
| the board.
On motion of Mr. Fischer it was
; ordered that the Friendship Fire com-
I pany be awarded the contract for de
livering the coal into the school build
ings. The price to be paid is 25 cents
per ton, while the shippers weight is
to be strictly adhered*to.
Mr. Fischer submitted a report of
the committee on building and repairs
to the school board, enumerating the
alterations and repairs that it will be
necessary to make in order to place
the buildings in first class condition.
The repairs needed are less extensive
than were recommended during sev
eral years past.
On motion it was ordered that the
report of the committee be accepted
and the recommendations made be car
ried out.
On motion of Mr. Fischer it was
ordered that the school taught by Miss
Fry be removed from the upper story
of the frame building in the Fourth
ward and placed in oue of the rooms
of the brick building ; also that the
trees be trimmed which at present ex
clude the light.
The election of a teacher for the
vacancy on Welsh Hill was considered
by the board at some length, but it
was atoiuea to postpoue the
election until the next meeting
Under the head of new business the
resignation of U. L. Gordy as borough
superintendent of the schools was read
by the secretary.
A discussion followed as to the ad
visability of accepting Mr. Gordy's
resignation. Dr. Harpel putin a
strong plea for retaining Mr. Gordy.
It was explained that he could be
retained by granting him an advance
of §450 in salary. Mr. Fisiher oppos
ed such an advance and moved that
Mr. Gordy's resignation be accepted.
The discussion, however, continued.
Mr. Ortli produced figures to show
that through the closing of the fourth
ward gram mat schools and some in
crease of taxes, even by granting the
advance to Mr Gordy, there would be
110 increase in the burden of taxation.
When the vote was taken Mr. Orth
called for a division. A yea and nay
vote was taken to decide whether or
not to accept Mr. Gordy's resignation
with the following result:
Yeas—Burns, Pursel, Fischer. Fisti,
Cole, Heiss and Foulk.
Nays—Harpel, Swarts,Sechler, Red
ding and Orth
Mr. Gordy's resignation was there
fore declared accepted.
Dr. Harpel immediately nominated
Mr. Gordy for re-election at a salary
of $1650 per annum. Mr. Redding sec
onded me motion. A yea and nay vote
was taken with the following result :
Yeas—Harpel, Swarts, Sechler, Red
ding, Cole, Foulk and Orth.
Nays—Burns, Pursel, Fischer, Fish
and Heiss.
The president therefore declared Mr.
Gordy elected as Borough Superintend
ent for the ensuing year.
Mr. Gordy immediately took the
' floor and stated that in view of the
; opposition to the advance of salary he
! did not feel that he conld accept the
j position. Mr. Gordy's remarks had a
1 manly and characteristic ring and the
1 position he took called forth many
| compliments from the board.
| On motion of Mr. Burns.it was ord
l ered that Mr. Gordy's resignation be
! accepted.
HARMAN SPENT
LESS THAN SSO
I John G. Harman, of Bloomsburg,
j Democratic nominee for the office of
State Treasurer, has filed in the oftice
|of the State Department, at Harris
| burg, as required by law, a sworn
! statement, that it cost him less than
! §SO to become the Democratic caudul
| ate to succeed Berry,
j When interviewed about the matter
] yesterday morning, Mr. Harman stat
ed that the nomination came to him,
and that about the only expense money
j that he had to pay was car fare and
! traveling expenses.
PElOi PRE
SENTED io con
The proposition to abolish the old
cemetery oil Bloom street and to trans
fer the site to the borough to be used
as a public park was presented to court
oil Saturday. After presenting the peti
tion the hearing was held as advertis
ed. No opposition developed and as
the law relating to the matter is very
clear there seems to be no doubt but
that the cemetery indue time will be
a thing of the past.
Borough solicitor E. S. Gearhart, on
presenting the petition to the court
for legal abandonment of the cemetery
explained that the procedure was bas
ed on the acts of Assembly of 187-1,
1876 and 1887, and cited authorities to
show that, the objections usually urg
ed in such cases are without any legal
force. He found abundant precedent
to establish the fact that the owner of
a lot in a cemetery merely purchases a
grant or license to bury there, but
does not become the o)vner of the soil.
If, owing to the change of conditions,
as in the present case, it becomes
necessary to legally abandon the ceme
tery, the most that the lot owners cau
ask is sufficient notice that they may
remove their dead, if they do not
choose to leave that duty to the mun
icipality that is proceeding to get rid
of the cemetery.
Mr. Gearhart explained all the pre
liminary procedure showing that every
requirement of the law in the premises
had been complied with.
A number of witnesses were called,
all agreeing that the cemetery is
wholly neglected, that it is a nuisance
and a detriment to the town; also that
it is admirably suited for a public
park and a possible site for a soldiers'
monument, the erection of which is
contemplated.
The first witness called was Dr. Jno
Sweisfort. President of the borough
council, and one of the officials of the
Odd Fellows' cemetery. No bodies
have been interred in the old cemetery
for years; between 150 anil 200 have
been removed to the Odd Fellows'
cemetery. Hundreds ot the graves are
unmarked and even the mounds are
obliterated. It is over grown with
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a harbor for snakes and vermin.
NV. J. Rogers, ohief burgess of Dan
ville, was the next witness. He said
that great holes and hollows are found
in the cemetery where dead have been
exhumed and that these.have been par
tially filed up with castoff tin ware
and rubbish of all sorts, making the
spot a nuissnca and a menace to pub
lic health. The spot is wet and springy;
it is lower than the surrounding
grounds, which makes the streets and
alleys flanking it hard to keep in re
pair. as the water is bound to wash
down into the cemetery If tilled up
as proposed by the borough, it would
make an ideal park.
E. S. Miller, street commissioner,
was called. He ha* known the old
cemetery for 60 years When he was a
boy it was no -unusual thing to intera
body on top of one already buried. He
himself witnessed such burials. At
preseut it would be impossible to find
the graves of one-twentieth of those
buried in the old cemetery. Where ■
stones are still standing it frequently
occurs that the inscriptions have be
come effaced by time. No bodies have
been interred there in 12 or 15 years,
at least.
Dr. P. C. Newbaker, president of I
the local board of health,was the next j
witness. He described the general con ;
dition of the cemetery and said that !
from a physician's view poiut it is a
menace,to the public health.
Alex Foster secretary of the board
of trustees of the Mahoning Presbyter
ian English congregation north, which
has petitioned the court for the legal
abandonment of the old cemetery, ex
plained that trees have been planted
among the graves and what else has
been done in an effort to keep the old
burial ground as presentable as possi
ble.
11 Thomas .T. Rogers, one '( the trus
tees, was the next witness. The burial
of dead has been prohibited there for
years, he said.
W. L. McOlure, another trustee,
testified that the old cemetery has be
come the dumping ground for all sorts
of refuse, including dead cats and the
like. There pre tomb stones to be
found in the cemetery over 100 years
old. Three or four generations are
buried there. Citing as authority an
old sexton now deceased, he said in
some of the graces there are as many
as three bodies, buried successively.
.Tohn Doster, the funeral director,
gave some interesting testimony. With
in the last few weeks he has removed
bodies buried some 20 years ago. Noth
; ing remained of the coffins; only the
1 bones and in some instances only frag
ments of these were to be found. Re
cently he was obliged to abandon
' search for bodies, as they could not be
| found, having evidently mingled with
| the dust. It is nil utter impossibility
i to find any of the remains except in a
[ small proportion of the graves. Mr.
I Doster quoted Carrie Nation, who on
her visit to Danville saiil she sized up
I the town as soon as she saw the old
! cemetery.
Councilman William L. Dautsch was
| the lust witness called He explained
| the proposition on foot between the
; borough council and the church trus
tees to take the old cemetery over as a
! Park or munir-ipal recreation ground.
5 At this point the court invited any
one in the audience who might be op
posed to the abandonment of theceme
: tery to come forward and state his ob
jections. Only one person responded—
John M Price—and it develop that he
had really no objections to the ab
andonment of the cemetery, and using
the site as a park. He only wanted the
court to see to it that it was properly
! carried out and that the ground was
put to no other use. As an owner of a
lot in the cemetery he was willing
j that the tombstones be laid down on
: the graves and the spot tilled up to
! established grade, after the dead that
; could be found were removed, but he
thought that council should be oblig
ed to give a bond.
Attorney E. S. Gearhart explained
j that some s2ooohave already been rais
ed for the purpose of transforming the
spot into a park and this he thought
ought to be a sufficient guarantee.
The court took the papers and will
hand down ail opinion on August 20th.
ENCOURAGING
TRADE REVIEW
After a careful review of the situa
tion in all the important business cen- I
tres of the country, the commercial
and financial journals are of the opin- j
! ion that there are no signs anywhere i
of a diminution or discouraging na
ture relative to the business condi- !
tions of the country, nor of the gen
erally prevailing prosperity of the na- j
tion; that the volume of business dur- ;
! ing the first six months of 1907 has \
been greater than during the same
period last year,that the failures have i
been fewer and that the outlook for '
the reuiaiuder of the year is full of en
j couragement. New York is the great 1
! receiving and distributing Jcentre of
trade, and her industries include al- ;
I most every kind that can be named, i
: Yet, among nearly all of these a very
encouraging feeling prevails, and the !
result is that no one believes in a re- |
versal of existing conditions for a |
long time to come; at least they can
discern nothiug of the kind on the
business horizon. The decline and in
activity in the stock market does not
appear to have effected trade in the
J least.
Qillaspy House Changes Hands.
That Danville is by no means at a
standstill is quite manifest from the
chauge in real estate ownership, which
periodically takes yiace. On Saturday i
rlie Ostrander real estate agency traus-
I ferred S. M. Dietz' cozy home on East
Market street to James V. Gillaspy
and the popular old hostelry known
as the Gillaspy house at Mill and
Front streets to S. M. Dietz, who will
' continue business at the stand, keep- 1
ing a first class house. Mr. Gillaspy
will retire to his newly purchased !
home on Front street.
All credit is due those who assisted
in bringing about paved streets, sew
ers, municipal light plant, improved
streets and roads leading to the coun
try, removing the old canal bridges, >
encouraging the trolley lines and se
curing more funds for the hospital for j
the insane, all of which have increas
ed the importance of our town and en- ;
hauoed the value of real estate.
Under the new order it is noticed
that where money was formerly per- ;
mitted to lie idle by people who fear- !
ed to invest, it is now. owing to the
increased faith in our town and its re
sources, diligently seeking invest- i
ment.
Congregation Out of Debt.
The members of Pine Street Luther- j
! an church are rejoining over the fact
! that for the first time in the present '
' generation the church is wholly out
i of debt.
Last week a settlement was made :
; witli Susquehanna University, which !
i held a bond and mortgage against the j
j Pine Street Lutheran church for $2,-
500. On Sunday night the mortgage !
was formally burned in the presence j
of the congregation, Daniel S. Bloom,
the oldest living member of the con
gregation, applying the match.
J A fine address appropriate to the oc
, casion was delivered by the Rev.
j Chauncy R. Botsford of Berwick, af
| ter which the pastor, Rev. Lloyd W.
| Walter indulged in some well chosen
remarks. The choir had prepared speci
al music, which was rendered with
| exceptionlly fine effect. I
| Yesterday a settlement was made
J with the trustees of St. Paul's Luth- j
j eran church of Valley township, which '
held a bond and mortgage against the j
Pine Street Lutheran church for JlOls j
which settlement places the latter con
gregatiou wholly out of debt. The
mortgage held by the Valley township
church will be burned at next Sun
day evening's service.
Egotism is not a bad quality if it be
i kept carefully concealed.
ESTABLISHED IN 1855
■I SESSION -
OF COIIL
The borough council held a regular
meeting Fridaynight. Tho session was
short and only a limited volume of
business was disposed of. There was a
much smaller attendance than is cus
tomary, the following members being
present: Sweisfort, Finnigan, Ever
hart, Dietz, Russell, Deutsch, Angle,
Schatz and Pursel.
The treasurer's report revealed that
the borough needs money to conduct
its affairs. Mr. Finnigan said that he
had a talk with the tax collecter and
that he found that money would be
available in a short time. On motion
it was ordered that the clerk approach
property owners who owe the borough
for paving with a view of raising
money.
Mr. Everhart reported that there
are several bad places on East Market
street where the mud at times of rain
lies six or eight inches deep. On mo
tion it was ordered that the section of
the street complained of be scraped by
the street commissioner
Mr. Finnigan reported that Ferry
street between Bloom and Center
streets is likewise in a bad condition
and lie asked that it be scraped and
covered with a course of limestone.
The matter was referred to the com
mittee on streets and bridges they to
report at next meeting.
Mr. Everhart of the committee on
streets and bridges reported that West
Mahoning street at the lower end is in
a very bad condition owing to a in
sufficient drainage. On motion it was
ordered that the street be drained by
laying a pipe to communicate with
Mahoning creek and that the lower
section of the street be filled up.
On motion P. J. Keefer,superintend
ent of sewers, was instructed to make
a tour of the borough to determine
where nuisances exist. Wherever he
finds wash water or other objection
able matter in the gutters he is to in
struct the property owners to connect
witli the sewer or to abate the nuis
ance in some other way.
Borough Electrician Jones presented
his statement for June. There were
51 tons of coal at £2.50 per ton con
• 7K TI,o frit*l
cost of operating the plant during the
month was 1277.48. The plant was in
operation 230 hours.
MOCK THE LEPER
EXAMINED
Dr. William M. Welch, chief diag
nostician of the Philadelphia Bureau
of Health, went to Harrisburg on
Tuesday and during the afternoon
State Health Commissioner Dixon es
corted him to the Sanitary Hospital,
near the a'mshonse, to see Mock, the
Chinaman supposed to have leprosy.
No developments in the case of the
unfortunate patient occurred that day.
The bacterialogical examination is
now being made at the laboratories of
the Department of Health at the Uuiv
ersity of Pennsylvania. Dr. Herbert
Fox is doing this work under the dir
ection of Dr. Dixoti Until the re.-ult
is announced it will not be certain
whether the Chinaman actullv has
leprosy or not.
Sixty Hembers Will Attend
Danville lodge B. P. O. E . of this
city, will be represented at tiie big
meeting of Elks in Philadelphia next
week by some sixty members. Prep
arations are quietly on foct and those
who are planning to attend aro look
ing forward to a very pleasnut time.
The members of Danville lodge will
not participate in the great parade
and therefore will not go with special
ly purchased uniforms and special ban
ner.
They have made arrangements for a
special car, which will carry them all
the way to Philadelphia. On the car
the sixty members will expend their
ingenuity and artistic taste, and what
its decorations may be like, at this
date there is no telling
W. W. Gulick of the south side rep
resents the local lodge in the grand
lodge of Elks. In regard to the issue
relating to the elk's tooth before the
convention.it is said that Mr. Gulick,
obedient to instructions will not vote
to discard the elk's tooth as a lodge
badge, although he will vote in sup
port of any measure to protect elks
from further slaughter for the safta of
their teeth.
A Camping Party.
A jolly fishing party composed of
William Spade. Thompson Jenkins,
William Jordan, .Jr., James Gulliver,
John Jenkins, Chauncey Hollister, R.
N. Lyons, \V. 11. Jenkins, and Harry
Farley have returned home from sev
eral day's angling on the Chillisqaa
que with some 250 pounds of fish and
a number of flue frogs.
Mr. [Spade, proprietor of ITn' I
Trainor, was caterer for the en • i
The entire party acknowledge H •
selves as much indebted to his i• •.
osity and state that they enjoyeo a
selves immensely.