Montour
VOL. 58—NO. 28
DR. IRVING H. JENNINGS,
VENIIST.
Office 11 ours
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425 Mii.i Sr., Danville, Pa.
i f the Stomach anil Intestines"
a Specialty
lIEI CONDENSED.
Birthdays were kept even as far back
as the time of Pharaoh.
Of course there is nothing at the hot
torn of all this war talk. Japan, one
of the poorest of nations, is not going
to tackle the richest on earth.
A tombstone to be ereced in a Bath
(England) cemetery to ttie memory of
an engine driver who was an ardent
geologist is to be composed of the fos
sils he collected in his rambles.
A grain of fine musk will scent a
room for twenty years.
Paris derives a huge revenue froui
the sale of dolls' dresses.
The man who knows nothing out
side of his own business may have a
good income, but he is mighty uuin
teresting.
Now the national government is hot j
footed after the tobacco trust. It's a i
lucky trust that can escape.
A consul at Trebizond, writes that !
recently it took eight months for sohie j
stylographic pens to come by express ;
from America to a port in the Black
Sea.
It is estimated that the sun will be
able to supply the present amount, of i
heat for another 80,000,000 years.
The world's record tor the greatest '
number of divorce cases is held by the I
Hungarian city of Arad.
The sordid mind never sees any of
the permanent beauty of life.
Justice is that attribute of law
which the guilty most dread.
The military spirit is a valuable but
dangerous national asset.
The mimic world has attractions at
times for the most prosaic soul.
The realm of romance is owned in
fee simple by the world's poets.
Temperance in youth usually brings
a tranquil age, but not always.
True prosperity may come disguised j
as downright poverty.
Prudence is the handmaid of thrift.
The charity that thinketh no evil '
blooms in some pure hearts.
The candidate who can handle a j
grain cradle is pretty sure to win the {
hearts and the votes of the farmers. " i
There is a factory in Amsterdam, j
Holland, which cuts and polishes |4OO, - I
000 diamonds annually.
We trust that none of the county I
candidates will fall into the cocktail ,
trap set for Vice President Fairbanks, j
The Thaws have raised two millions !
of dollars for the second trial of Harry
K Must expect to hire higher priced
lawyers.
Merchants who advertise need not
fear that their bank accounts will not
stand the strain of summer vacation
demands.
Like all other bullies. Russia would
like to see some other nation whip
Japan, since she herself could not do
it.
Japanese Admirals seem to be the
strongest advocates of peace at the j
present time. Perhaps they are good *
judges.
A great many critics live in glass
houses and frail ones at that.
Eloquence which comes from the ;
lips only never makes any lasting im
pression.
One of the performers at a London |
music hall iB a man who delights the j
house nightly by lifting an automo
bile,carrying two men,with his teeth. ;
A British company has obtained per
mission to run three steamers on the j
Tigris, the famous river of ancient !
Ninevah.
The American proposals at the peace j
conference aie likely to fare as well
as those presented by other c.-rjous.
Sometimes a display of force pre- j
serves the peace very much more eflVc !
tually than any other method.
Abundaut knowledge frees its pos
sessor from many a foolish blunder.
Race rioting is getting entirely too I
common in this country, and is an
injustice to Uncle Sam, who must
bear the brunt.
Captain Richard P. Hobson has writ
ten his first book —a boy's story of
navy life—into which it is said he has
put his own experiences at Annapolis.
The sand of Sahara averages three
feet in depth, but in some places it
has been found 300 feet below the sur
face.
The average life of a horse is twenty
years, but these animals have been
known to work in harness up to 45
years.
NIC GIRL IEIS
■EH DEM
Agnes H. Garger, an actress filling
an engagement with the Eclipse Car
nival company, holding forth on the
i cinder tip, fell from an automobile
while desceuding the hill uear the Oak
j tree hotel about one o'clock Thursday
! morning and sustained injuries that
i caused nearly instant death.
I It was au especially sad affair.- Aside
from the natural horror that belongs
j to an accident of that sort all the cir
' cumstances of the girl's life aro such
| as to appeal to sympathy aud probably
1 never before has a tragic death occur
red in Danville that has made sucli an
impression ou our citizens,
i Ou Wednesday night after the close
jof the performance Miss Garger au d
j auother actress. Agues McVey, accept
i ed an invitation from Fred Owen and
Harry Cromwell to take a ride to the
' Oak tren hotel in their automobiles.
| On their way out Miss Garger accom
; pauied Mr. Cromwell in his auto, Miss
McVey following with Mr. Owen It
was about one o'clock when they start
|ed for home. On their way back to
j Danville the two girls chanced part
ners, Miss McVey riding witli Mr. j
| Cromwell and Miss Garger following :
with Fred Owen iu his machine,
j They had proceeded only a short j
| distance from the hotel and were mak- j
| ing the best time they could in the j
j darkness, when soon after crossing a i
j water course, which gave the machine j
a violent jar, Mr. Owen became aware !
that he had lost his companion. He !
I stopped his auto and running back J
some thirty feet- found the girl lying
I along side the road. She was uucou- j
| scions, although still breathing. The
latter fact encouraged the young|man
to believe that she was only stunned ■
and in a short time might come around
! all right. Hastily reversing his mach- j
ine he backed it to where the girl lay :
; and picking up the insensible form he
placed it in the automobile by his side.
The young man's feelings may be
imagined as supporting the insensible !
iorm with one arm and manipulating
the machine with tiie other he made
his way through the grim silence of
the starless night toward Danville. As
the sequel showed during at least half
the journey of four miles or so the
girl was dead. Mr. Owen is of die
opinion that there were signs of life
until they reached Mausdale.
It was not quite two o'clock when
Mr. Owen with his gruesome burden
arrived at the City hotel. Hastily in
forming the landlord of what had oc
curred he ran down to the residence
of Dr. Curry and awakened the phy
sician, hoping that there might still
be some possibility of bringing the
girl back to life. Dr. Curry responded
as quickly as possible but the most
cursory examination sufficed to reveal
that the girl was dead and had been
so for some time.
Meanwhile Mr. Cromwell aud Miss
McVey. who nowhere on the home
ward trip were in oompany with Mr
Owen, arrived at the hotel. The grief j
of Miss McVey on learning that her ;
companion was dead was touching in
the extreme.
The body was removed to the under- !
taking establishment of John Doster's
Sous. Yesterday afternoon an inquest
was held on which occasion Dr G. A.
Stock, who was chosen as coroner's j
physician,made an examination of the
body. The full story of the tragedy
was brought out at the inquest..
Justice of the Peace W. V. Oglesby
was acting coroner in the case. The
following jury was impanelled: E. H
Miles, John G. Voris, W. B. Startzel,
Edward P. Thomas,,!. C. Mincemoyer
and W. E. Youug.
After viewing the body at the un- ]
dertaking establishment the jury re
tired to the office of Justice Oglesby,
where testimony was takeu.
Dr. Stock, who made examination j
of the body, testified that there was a
compound fracture of the skull with
the tissue broken over the spot. It was
such au injury aB might have been
caused by a "direct and a blunt
force," euch as might have been ex
erted had the girl violenty struck the
ground head foremost in falling, es
pecially, had she come in contact with
a stone or rock. The fracture may
be a very extensive one and it
probably lacerated the large vein,
which would have caused hemorrhage, j
The fracture of the skull with the j
hemorriiage was sufficient to account !
for death, which might have been in- \
stantaneous or followed in ten minutes. \
Other witnesses examined were j
Theodore Doster, the undertaker, who j
described how the girl was dressed, !
Miss McVey, who related many incid
ents of the trip; Harry Cromwell,who
told what he knew of the affair, nnd
Fred M. Owen himself, who explain
ed the best that he could how the
dreadful accident occurred. With Miss
Garger lie left the hotel and was going
down the hill at a moderate rate of
speed. He had covered about two
thirds of the distance between the ho
tel and Robert Cornelison's residence,
DANVILLE, PA., THURSDAY. JULY 18, 1907
wlieu in swinging round a curve where
the road was rough the accident oc
curred.
Each witness testified readily going
over the entire ground and without
contradiction presenting facts, which
conform witli the account of the accid
ent as given above. /
: After returning to Danville and
learning the dreadful outcome of the
i trip Mr. Owen prevailed upon Chief
1 of Police Mincemoyer, Officer John
j Grier Voris, Will G. Brown aud John
Hinckley to proceed to Oak tree hotel
and the spot were the accident occur
red aud to make a thorough investiga
-1 tion. The party went out iu two
automobiles. They looked carefully
over the ground, but were unable to
detect a single circumstance that
would cast the least shadow of doubt
| ou the story as related by those who
| figured in the affair,
j The verdict of the jury was to the
j effect that "Agnes H. Garger came to
| her death on or about la. m ou the
! llth day of July, A. I)., ISIO7, from a
fractured skull, the result of acciileut
i ally falling from an automobile driven
by Fred M. Owen,on the road leading
from the Oak tree hotel to Mausdale iu
' the township of Valley,county of Mon
j tour, State of Pennsylvania and do
further say that the said Fred M.
j Owen is not criminally responsible for
| said death."
j But very little is knowu in Dau-
I ville, even among the show people,
about the unfortunate girl who lost
J her life. She joined the Eclipse Carn
< ival company at Mahanoy City during
j the firemen's convention there some
| four weeks ago. Before going to Mah
! anoy City she was in New York and
I while there, along with Miss McVey,
secured an engagement witli the Eclipse
j Carnival company by means of the
Davis theatrical agency. Miss McVev, ;
j however, never knew Miss Garger be
fore she met her at the agency and Is
nuable to throw much light ou her '
antecedents.
A few facts, however, are known j
among the theatrical people. Among {
these is the fact that the girl was quite i
talented, is a graduate of the Anna 1
Morgan Dramatic School,of Chicago,
which is known as one of the finest
and most aristocratic institutions of >
its kind in the country and is situated
u the Fine Arts building adjacent to ,
the Auditorium Hotel. Among the
dead girl's personal effects are pro- j
grams relating to the school, which j
show that Miss Garger was the star j
pupil.The girl was about twenty-three j
years of age and spoke with a slight
foreign accent, which was often takeu |
for French. It was generally believed, i
however, that Miss Garger was of 1
Austrian birth.
Acting upon such clews as were \
found among the girl's personal effects, \
telegrams were sent to New York ami
Chicago yesterday morning with the
hope of finding parents or some other
relatives. Among her papers was
found a letter highly recommending j
her as a nurse to Mrs. J. S. Butter- |
field, of Chicago, as well as another ,
letter from Mrs. Butterfield, written
some three years later, recommending
Miss Garger to another party.
A telegram was accordingly dis- |
patched to the Butterfield family at j
the address given apprising it of the J
fact that Miss Garger had been killed
aud making inquiries concerning rela- j
tives.
A reply received last evening iu- j
formed the authorities that Miss Garg
er has a mother residing in Bnda J
Pesth, Hungary. The telegram begged j
for a full account of the affair, especi- \
ally information concerningjthe burial, j
Manager Yost, under whom Miss
Garger was employed, speaks very I
highly of the girl. She did a dance
nightly and posed in the living pict
ures.
Will Be Wedded on Aug sth.
Invitations are out for the marriage
of Heber H. Lloyd, son of William
Lloyd of this city and Miss Florence
May Hudson, of Brooklyn. The wed
ding will be solemnized at the home
of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Pierce Hadson.No. 1823 Nos
trand avenue, Brooklyn, on Monday
evening, August sth, at 8:80 o'clock.
Mr. Lloyd is assistant teller in the
Flatbush National bank.
Visiting Old Home.
G. W. Dietz, of Fort Worth and L.
T. Dietz, of Big Springs, Texas, are
visiting at the home of their brother,
S. M. Dietz, at the Gillaspy house.
Both the Dietz brothers are natives of
Danville, having removed to Texas a
number of years ago.This is their first
visit east In a number of years.
G. W. Dietz is a general foreman of
the shops of the Texas Pacifio railroad
and L. T. Dietz is a passenger engine
er on the same road
Pomeranian Pups.
.Tack Bateman is proudly exhibiting
at his store on Mill street a litter of
six Pomeranian pups The pups are
only several days old,and are most In
teresting.
Misses Mane and Charlotte Jacobs
will return to their home in Ocean
City today,accompanied by Miss Clara
Jacobs and nephew, John Guise.
DEATH US
J. I HHBH
James M. Vandevender, for tuany
j years a resident of Danville, departed
this life at his home in Northumber
land, between the hours of 9 and 10
o'clock Tuesday night. The funeral
will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday af
; ternoon and will be conducted by Cal
i vary Commandery, No. 37, K T., of
j this city.
The deceased was seventy-five years
of age and is survived by his wife.
Up to some sixteen years ago Mr. Van
devendor along with his wife was a
resident of this city, owning a pleas
ant home on Vine street. Thedecoas
| ed was a carpenter by occupation and
! for many years was employed as such
! at the hospital for the insane.
I He was an intelligent man and a good
! citizen, honorable in all his dealings ;
i he was of genial disposition and had
j a large circle of friends taking in not
only Danville, Northumberland, but
also other neighboring communities.
J The deceased was a member of the
Masonic lodge at Sunbury and of Cal
| vary Commandery, K. T. No. 37, of
I this city. The members of the com
j mandery, who will have charge of the
; obsequies, will take the 12.51 D. L. &
i W. train on Saturday and proceed to
j Northumberland in a body. Prev
| ious to the funeral just two weeks to
the day, Calvary Commandery laid
away another brother, John Jacobs,
Sr., whose funeral took place on July
6th.
j Mr. Vandevender had been ill for
five weeks. He suffered with a coin
plication of diseases. The immediate
cause of death was heart failure sup
erinduced by rheumatic neuralgia.
Bloomsburg Band Visits Danville.
There was more music heard in this
city Saturday evening than for a long
time past. The Bloomsburg baud paid
Danville a visit, rendering a number
of artistic selections on Mill street, in
addition to which the Mechanicsville
baud, which is holding a festival on
Bloom road, come down to Mill street
to play a few tunes. For a while both
bauds were playing, the Bloomsburg
band near the river bridge and the
hatt<* «* Mill
Bloom street.
The Mechanicsville band soon retir
ed to the festival"**! furnish music for
that occasion, leaving the Bloomsburg
baud in possession of Mill street. The
latter band serenaded the leading ho
tels and many other places along the
street. The music was very much en
joyed,all agreeing that the band play
ed exceedingly well. The band on such
friendly visits will always find a wel
come in Danville.
Attempted to Rob Liquor Store.
Au attempt was made to break into
Batemau's liquor store, Mill street, on
Saturday night. The miscreants sue- |
ceeded in breakiig open one of the shut - |
ters when they were detected and they ;
beat a hasty retreat.
Last week Mr. Bateman had several
valuable chickens stolen from the yard
back of the store.
The next visit of the thieves may be j
followed with some sensational de
velopments,should they choose to make
their reappearance.
DOG TAGS ARRIVED
YESTERDAY MORNING
The dog tags ordered by the county
commissioners a week or so ago arriv
ed at the courthouse yesterday morn- j
ing and all is now in readiness to en- j
force the new dog law.
The tags are of brass and are num
bered from lup to 1200. On the bits j
of brass are imprinted; "Montour
County," the number of the tag , and j
the words, "Dog tax for 1907."
The tags will be distributed among
the tax collectors, who will furnish
them to the owners of dogs on the
payment of dog tax. Any dog found
without a tag will naturally be taken
for one that has escaped being as
sessed—certainly as one for which no
tax has been paid. If the law is car
ried out such a dog will pay the pen
alty of its owner's neglect with its
life.
Those whose dogs have been missed
by the assessor should call upon the
tax collector, explain matters and by
paying on the dog secure a tag, which
is the only thing that will save the
canine from slaughter.
Painting Veranda.
George S. Tillson is painting the
handsome veranda recently erected at
the residence of Frederick Held, Bloom
street. Mr Tillson also painted the
veranda at Mrs. Louisa Bloch's resi
dence, West Mahoning street.
Congregational Meeting.
All who are intersted in the welfare
of the Immanuel Baptist church are
requested to attend a congregational
meeting Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock
Arrogance is generally its own even
tual punishment.
IIL AND
Jit BLUE
| The action of the court in legally
j abandoning the old cemetery on Bloom
street has awakened a great deal of
inquiry to determine how many there
may be among the many hundreds
tfiat are buried there who in their day
and generation were prominent in the
j affairs of the community and by their
; labors earned a grave that should en
dure beyond the brief span embraced
j by the years in which they have slept
| in the old cemetery.
| There is scarcely a day but the bur
ial plot of some well-known family of
I the past comes to light. The latest
to claim attention is the one opposite
Upper Mulberry street on which lie
buried Michael Blue, a Revolutionary
soldier, and his sou, Captain Isaac
Blue, who organized the "Danville
Blues, "an organization which took
part in the war of-1812. Arrangements
are being made for the removal of both
■ of these graves.
Michael Blue, born on November 7,
1749, was a native of New Jersey.
Early in life he settled in Valley
township, then Columbia county. He
was the father of Captain Isaac Blue,
who lies buried by his side. A large
family of descendants reside in this
section, among whom is Commission
ers' Clerk Horace C. Blue, great
grandson and grandson respectively of
Michael Blue and Captain Isaac Blue.
Horace Blue has among other time
stained documents relating to his
great grandfather a pension certificate,
which is one of the very few of such
documents relating to a Revolutionary
claim that are extant today. The cer
tificate, which bears the date of
March 19, 1833, and is signed by
"Lew" Cass. Secretary of War, sets
forth that Michael Blue "was a priv- I
ate in the army of the Revolution and
is entitled to receive twenty-six dol- !
lars and fifty-seven cents per annum
during his natural life, commencing
March 4, 1831, and payable semi-au- 1
uually on March 4tli and September
4th in every year.
Michael Blue, however, died on
February 14, 1833, over two mouths
before his pension paper arrived. !
... .. .... |
Revolutionary soldier that have de
scended to Horace Blue is an ancient
and time-worn copy of Whitefield's
sermons, which, according to a mem
orandum on the fly leaf entered in the
owner's own hand writing, was pur- 1
chased November 11. 1803, at the store
of William Montgomery, which oc
cupied the present site of the Montour
House.
The Dauville Blues, of which Isaac j
Blue was captain, was in acitve ser- j
vice on the frontier in 1813. aud was
stationed at Black Rock wiiere it suf- I
fered severely from malignant fever.
In the company were Jacob Sechler,
Samuel Yorks, John McCoy, Edward
Morrisou, Herbert W Best and Isaac j
Blue.
Michael and Isaac Blue, father and
son, were worthy compeers of Will- j
iam and Daniel Montgomery, Captain :
Jacob Gearhart, Robert Curry and !
others who amid the privations of j
pioneer life laid the foundation of a ■
rich and prosperous community and
whose bodies along with those of the !
two former were laid away in the j
same spot, God's acre, then sacred j
and well kept, but which with the j
lapse of many years due to the changes I
that come with time is no longer re
vered but has been suffered to fall in
tj neglect and decay.
Pleasantly Surprised
Mrs. Peter Mottern, was pleasantly
surprised at her home in East Danville
on Saturday, the occasion being her
59th birthday. Music was reudered
by Samuel Mottern, Peter Rudy and
Calvin Eggert. A fine simper was
served.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs. S.
Winner, Mr. and Mrs. E. Strouse, Mr
and Mrs. J. Ronndsley.JMr. and Mrs.
C. Eggert. Mr. and Mrs. W. Miller,
Mr. and Mrs. L. Cashner. Mr. and
Mrs. P. Rudy, Mr. ana Mrs. A. Hem
erley, Mr. and Mrs. C. Hemerley.Mrs.
M. Sidler, Mrs. C. Sweeney, Mrs. J.
Mottern, Mrs. C. Mottern. Mrs. Mann.
Mrs. Persing, Mrs. J. Haney, Mrs.
Lefler, Samuel Mottern, John Hemer
ley, Jessie Hemerley, Olive Miller,
Masters Paul Hemerley,Clyde Rounds
lev. Paul Strouse, Walter and Roy
Cashner, Mr. Delworth of New York.
Passed Successfully.
Dr. C. Raymond Herrington, son cf
our townsman, F. M. Herrington, re
ceived notification Tuesday that he
had successfully passed examination
by the board of dental examiners in
Philadelphia on June 12-15.
Born, a Son.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Haas, East
Market street, are the happy parents
of a baby boy, born Sunday morning.
Misses Ethel and Jessie Major, of
Norristown.are visiting Miss Margaret
Cole, Bloom street.
■I ORDERS
OH OF BODIES
i Judge C. C. Evans, Tuesday hand
|ed down a final decree ordering and
| directing the removal of remains of
| the dead from the old cemetery on
Bloom street in pursuance of the hear
[ ing held in the courthouse on Satur
; day. July 6th., on which occasion a
I petition was presented from the trus-
J tees of the Grove Presbyterian church
! aß fci"K for the legal abandonment of
the cemetery.
I The petition, set forth that no in
j torments had been made in the cemn-
I tery for years, that the burial ground
J was wholly abandoned and neglected,
and had become a public nuisance. A
number of leading citizens testified at
the hearing, corroborating the
| tions made by the petitioners as to the
neglected condition of the cemetery
i and the extent to which it was a det-
I riment to the borough.
LOT OWNERS HAVE NO TITLE.
| Borough Solicitor E. S. Gearhart
j cited authorities to show that the own
ers of lots have no real claim or title
to the laud that in purchasing a lot
| they merely brought a grant or license
|to bury on the ground and if at any
' time, owing to change of conditions,
it became necessary to legally abandon
j the cemetery the most that they could
' ask was due notice and sufficient time
to euable them to remove their dead,
provided they did not wish to leave
the disposition of remains to the peti
| tioners asking for abandonment.
In disposing of the matter there
fore, about all that devolved on the
court was to empower and direct the
removal of such bodies as remain at
the present day. When the remains
are removed pursuant to the decree the
I old cemetery will cease to exist as a
| cemetery and will be wholly at the
! disposal of the trustees, the petition
ers in the case, to which body the !
ground was transferred during the !
eighteenth century. As is generally j
known the distinct understanding is j
that the trustees will present the i
abandoned site of the burial giound
to the borough, which will grade the !
spot and use it as a public park.
FINAL DECREE OF COURT
to the court that due and legal notice j
of this hearing has been given as here
tofore directed in suoh behalf, and af- |
ter a full hearing of the parties, their j
proofs and allegations the court is !
clearly of the opinion that the within |
described cemetery or burial ground I
has long ceased to be used for inter,- j
ments and that the same has come to !
be so neglected as to become a public j
nuisance and that the remains of the
bodies interred therein seriously in- |
terfere with and hinder the improve- '
ments, extensions and general progres- 1
sive interests of the said borough of 1
Danville, aud that.therefore.the court j
do hereby authorize, empower, order
and direct the removal of such remains
of the dead as can yet be found therein
from the said cemetery or burial j
ground by the within named trustees ■
aud petitioners in a fateful manner at j
their own expense to such other burial
ground or grounds as they may select
for such purpose, and, if desired by j
the relatives or friends of suoh dead, J
to some properly regulated burial j
ground'or cemetery in the immediate !
vicinity and the court do hereby fur- I
ther order and direct that before re- !
moving any of the said bodies the said |
trustees shall publish for twoconsecu- i
tive weeks in two daily or weekly
newspapers of the said borough of Dan
ville a notice deolaring their inten
tion to remove said remains in pursu
ance of this act; and it is hereby fur
ther ordered and directed that rela
tives and friends of such dead shall
have the right to so remove said re
mains at any time during said pro
ceedings at their own expense before
actual removal by the said trustees;
and it is hereby still further ordered
and directed that all bodies when so
removed shall be plaoed in separate
caskets and graves and the headstones,
monuments or other marks placed by
the remains of said bodies shall be
taken by the said trustees and placed
as near as can be in the same relative
position as before removal. By the
court,
CHARLES C. EVANS, P. J.
HEALTH BOARD YIELDS POINT.
In view of the above decree the re
moval of the bodies, which lias been
going on steadily, will no doubt re
ceive a fresh impetus. Under the state
law disinterments are not permitted
during the months of June, July,
August and September, but owing to
the exceptional conditions the board
of health has suspended the law as far
as it relates to the old cemetery on
Bloom street and will permit the re
moval of bodies during all the sum
mer months.
Fred Held will leave today forWap
wallopen, where he will be employed
by the Danville Foundry & 'Machine
company.
Charles G. Cloud left last evening
for a trip to Philadelphia.
ESTABLISHED IN 1855
ill VP 1
WEB VK
Edward Sainsbury, who lias the con
tract for painting the roof of the court
house along with other public work,
was putting the finishing touches on
the cupola of the temple of justice
yesterday.
He gave the dome a coat of paint
and while he was about it overhauled
the weather vane, which for some
years has been suspected of not being
overly accurate in indicating the di
rection of the wind. It was observed
that while the wind blew out of the
south and the rain was pouring in tor
rents the weather vane on the court
house stood pointing unalterably in a
direction that indicated fair weather.
Under exceptionally high winds it is
true, the vane changed its position
slightly at times, but it seldom hap
pened that it indicated anything liko
the right direction of the wind for
two days in succession.
The theory was that the vane owing
to the action of rust or other cause
had ceased to movfi freely on its up
right axis. In effect this was pre
cisely the cause. Mr. Sainsbury found
an accumulation of scale on the up
right rod nearly one-sixteenth of an
inch thick, which interfered with the
movement of the vane. He removed
the scale and oiled up the mechanism
as a piece of gratuitous work, which
he believed the public would highly
appreciate. The weather vane will
no doubt repay the slight attention
by henceforth indicating the direction
of the wind with unfailing accuracy.
SCRAPING EAST
MARKET STREET
During the past week or ten days
the street commissioner has had a
force of men at work scraping East
Market street and hauling the ground
that accumulates to different parts of
town, where it is used in filling up
low places.
The section of East Market street
to be scraped lies between Honeymoon
street and Mill street. The work tak
ing in the south half of the street is
pretty well completed and about a
the scraping, have been hauled away.
The enormous quantity of ground
removed conveys some idea of the
depth of mud that lay on the street at
times. The scraping of the street re
moves the mud as a factor in the
future but it leaves the bottom uneven
and stony.
It is very clear that the street will
not be improved much for geueral
traffic unless a course of crushed stone
properly coated with screenings is
placed on the street where the loose
earth has been removed. This, of
course, would imply that the street on
each side of the trolley track should
receive the same treatment.
DEATH OF IRS.
JOHN CASEY
Mrs. John Casey, Spruce street, de
parted this life about 8 o'clock Tues
day evening after a long illness of
consumption. Although verv much in
disposed since last Christmas the de
ceased was bedfast oulv some three
weeks prior to her death.
She was twenty-six years of age and
is survived by her husband.
The fuueral will take place on Fri
day at 9 a. m.from St. Joseph's
Catholic church. Interment in St. Jo
seph's cemetery.
Farewell Party.
A farewell party was tendered to
Joseph Reckafus on Sunday at the
home of Fred Becker, Sidler hill. Re
freshments were served. Those present
were : Theodore Becker, Joseph Gib
son, William Becker, Charles Lake,
Garner Rose, Edward Ackley, Frank
Becker, Jacob Becker, August Shultz,
William Hickey, John Mintzer, Fred
Smidley, Charles Smidley and Joseph
Reckafus.
Prominent Contractor Dead.
Thomas Gorrey, a prominent con
tractor of Bloomsburg, died yesterday
afternoon at his home, after an illness
of several months of Bright's disease.
He has been confined to his bed for
three weeks.
The deceased was born in New York
City in 1848. He was widely known
in Danville.
Tho funeral will take place Saturday
morning at 1) o'clock from St. Col
umba's church at Bloomsburg.
Will Paint Building.
J. H. Cleaver is preparing to paiut
his brick store building at the corner
of Mill and Northumberland streets.
A stone color will be employed with
white trimmings.
The building is already scaffolded
on the Northumberland street side
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Snyder i' -
turned to Shamokin yesterday after .
visit at the home of Richard Si jdor,
Mahoning street.