Mmtmf i|j||i Jli tier lean. VOL. 53—NO. 29 DR. IRVING H. JENNINGS, Office Hours A. M..V 104 Mill St., I P. .!/. to i P. .1/ Danville, Pa. p «HULT/., M. 425 MILLET., DANVILLE, PA. Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines' a Specialty D CONDENSED. A casual suggestion frequently changes a life's course. The farmer doesn t find much time for relaxation these clays. The fastest elevators ruu at a speed equal to about seventeen miles an hour. Intemperate living in days like these is equivalent to suicide. He who destroys innocence accom plishes an evil work. It takes 6,500,000 acres to grow the world's tobacco. The world's population is estimated at 1 480.000,000 persons. On the very nest day after that ter rible turret explosion, the crew of the Georgia broke the naval record at tar get practice with the starboard six inch gun. Japan is perhaps the only country in the world where the fashions in women's dress have not changed mat erially in 2,500 years. A company has been formed to pro duce alcohol from currants in Greece. The spirit has proven of great use as an illuminant for heating and for driving small engines. Violent exertion may be necessary, but it's neither pleasant nor sanitary in July or August. The harvest field is a fine spot for the healthy young man who wants a bit of exercise. The African possessions of the French Government amount to 3,805,- 000 square miles, and those of Great Britain 2,714,000, including Egypt. Black opals of great beauty are found in Queensland. Australia, besides 56 other kinds of precious stones. Drawing six coaches and a baggage car, a locomotive on the Reading road covered the fifty-six miles between Camden and Atlantic City in just forty minutes on Friday last. The popularity of the automobile is having very little effect on the price of horse flesh. Horses ate in demand everywhere at prices higher than for years. In the United States 1,500,000 ser vants attend to the wants of 6,000,000 who believe that the housework should be done by others. Owen Miller, of Sporting Hill, Lan caster county, wanting chicken for dinner on Monday shot one with a re volver. The bullet passed through the fowl, glanced from a stone aud struck Samuel Bradley, who was hoeing in a lot one hundred feet away, inflicting a serious wound. At any rate'the prolonged period of showers lias caused many of us'to al most forget the terrors dust nuisance. The man who expects to get. some thing for nothing Is generally the one to cry the loudest when his plans go away. No complaint has been heard as to the qualityl of the cream aud soda water sold in Danville. Other cities are not so fortunate. The largest plow ever built has been successfully used on a Texas ranch. The implement clears a strip of ground seven feet wide. One of the national sports of the mountain canton of Appenzell, in Switzerland, is the stone-throwing contest, in which rocks of great size are thrown for a prize. Drowning accidents are entirely too numerous at our pleasure resorts. Laundry workers of San Jose, Oal., are still out and intend to remain out until they are granted their demand for an eight-hour dav. Miss Elizabeth Hoffman, a trained nurse of Selinsgrove, aud a star vocal ist, on the eve of her marriage to Dr. Stine, coroner of Lackawanna county, was drowned accidently on Monday. The people of West Alexander, Wash ington county, have organized an anti burglar club for the purpose of ridding the community of burglars and thieves that have been very uutnorous for some time. Hugh Abernethy, residing near Cope land. Chester county, whose barn was struck by lightning last week, has since discovered that ttiree of his best horses that were stabled in it at the time are entirely deaf from the shock. Peter Bender, of Oil City, aged 66 years, who was an expert swimmer, was drowned in the Allegheny river on Monday night, while attempting to swim the stream at one of the most treacherous spots between Olean and Pittsburg. coin WERE APPOHTEI Some twenty-five citizens, among wiiom were members of council and trustess of the Grove Presbyterian church, convened in council chamber Tuesday evening agreeably to a call from the committee of public improve ments to assist in the work of taking over the old cemetery. The meeting was called to order by Jacob Dietz, chairman of the commit tee on publio improvements, who ex plained the object of the meeting and stated that other meetings would he held at intervals until all the work incidental to transforming the ceme tery into a park is completed. He sug gested that a secretary be elected to hold the position permanently. On motion Jacob G. Miller was chosen as secretary. On motion it was ordered that a committee of twelve citizens—three from each ward—be appointed to act in conjunction with the original com mittee of three which already has the work of soliciting in hand in a furth er effort to raise the money needed to carry the project through. The follow ing gentlemen were appointed on this committee by the chairman : First ward—Thomas G. Vincent, Frank G. Schoch and A. O. Amesbtiry. Second ward—Thomas Evans. David Thomas and Ira Everliart. Third ward—Herbert Dreifuss J. H. Cole and W. L. McClure. Fourth ward—Alex. Foster, J. M. Kelso and Adam Mayan. The following persons from the audience volunteered to meet in the old cemetery at 6 o'clock Friday even ing for the purpose of compiling a list of names of those buried there: Thom as Evans, Walter O. Greene, Thomas G. Vincent, W. ,T. Rogers, Adam May an, Herbert Dreifuss, A. H. Grone, Alex. Foster, G. B. Jacobs, F. G. Schoch, William Deutscli and Jacob C. Miller. The meeting adjourned to meet again Friday evening at 8 o'clock. ATTEHPT TO COLLECT PREMIUM TWICE Several efforts have been made at the office of on a of onr justices to col lect premium twice on the same wea sel pelt. Of course, the scheme didn't work. The reward may be paid only by cutting the ears off the pelt and to present a pelt without ears to a justice of the peace is sheer folly. Yet as above stated this is precisely what lias been done in this city. In one instance the party excused himself by explain ing that some one had played a trick on him and that he did not know the ears were missing from the pelt until he presented it to the justice. The justice in question suggests that in all instances when the ears are re moved on payment of premium that a good well defined job be made of it so as to leave no doubt but that the ears have actually been nut off. He also suggests that persons who have col lected reward be careful in disposing of the pelt lest it fall into the hands of designing persons who may be tempted to commit fraud in the man ner above described. BAD ACCIDENT AT PICNIC Mary, the eight-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Pnrsell, West Market street, sustained a bad accid ent while attending the picnic of the Episcopal church and Sunday school at DeWitt's park yesterday. During the forenoon while the little girl with several companions was en joying herself on the see saw she fell ! when at the highest point striking l ?r right elbow in such a way as to CP ase dislocation. She was immediately conveyed to her home. Drs. Oglesby and Newbak er were called who reduced the dis location. The injury is one of a rather serious sort, although no permanent ill effects are anticipated. The reduction of a dislocation is at tended with much pain and it was necessary to administer an anaesthetic. The little patient passed through the ordeal very bravely aud last evening was resting quite easily. Mr. Pursel with some companions was absent on a fishing excursion up the Fishing creek when the accident occurred. Presbyterian Picnic. The annual picnic of the Grove church aud Sunday school was held at Columbia park yesterday and was a fine success. Two special cars accom panied the regular 8:20 a. m. car, all three cars being well filled with pic nickers. The party returned about 11 o'clock last night. Purchased Horses. Liveryman George W. Hoke has pur chased a handsome bay cob team, which he will use in his business. He has sold his black team to Samuel Eck man of Rush township. DANVILLE, PA., THURSDAY. JULY 25, 1907 LEAPED EM ■ IDEE Fred J. Ryan,of West Centre street, j during several evenings this week | amused himself by watching the boys swimming under the river bridge. ! Last evening he visited the bridge pre- i pared to do a stunt or so himself. Be- j fore returning he gave an exhibition ' of superb nerve and daring by jump ing from the railing of the bridge in- ! to the river, which is at least forty feet above the water. The feat was one altogether un- j dreamed of by anyone except Ryan, himself. He had declared his inten tion of jumping from the bridge, but no one of the crowd which followed him to the river believed that his nerve would hold out when the mo- j nient came to jump. Wearing his clothing and weighed down by a pair of hobnailed shoes he climbed out ov er the railing on the east side of the bridge about midway between the first and second piers. Holding ou to the railing, with his back to the bridge and facing the river he stood there for a moment. Few even then really be lieved that he would jump,as the feat seemed like a foolhardy one, owing to the uncertain depth of the water, which few believed to be over seven feet. While the bystanders were con jecturing he leaped out from the rail ing and dropped like a plummet into the river. There was a loud splash and the daring fellow sank out of sight. After some moments he reap peared ou the surface at another point j whence he was carried by the swift current, which caught him as he sank to the bottom. He was none the worse for his leap and to prove that his experience diil not serve to weaken his nerve he climbed to the bridge and leaped the second time. The applause which came from the big crowd, which by this time had assembled, seemed to encourage him to further performance and four times during the evening he jumped from the bridge. Each time he selected the same spot and was car ried by the current through under the bridge before he came to the surface. \ Ryan is an iron worker abont 24 years of age. He is an expert -swim- | mer. He satisfactorily demonstrated last evening that it is a perfectly ! feasible thing to leap from the river bridge, the principal requisite being an abundance of nerve. CONSTABULARY LEAVES BERWICK The detail of the State police which was stationed in West Berwick when the Wyoming officials deemed it wise tojstation squads at various points in the State,and which was reduced from six members until it finally totaled just two, has been returned permanent ly to Wyoming. This action was tab- ! en, stated one of the troopers, because of the fact that West Berwick has be come a staid and peaceful borough, no longer requiring protection. West Berwick on the whole lias de- j veloped into a peaceful locality de- ! spite the fact that the great majority of its residents are foreigners. The better class of these have been in- > strumental in helping to bring Jaw i aud order out of the lawlessness and I disorder which was for a while ramp ant there. AUTOIST FINED $lO AND COSTS An autoist from Philadelphia, who j was showing off his machine on Mill street last evening, apparently lost j sight of the speed limit aud as a re- j suit fell into the hands of the police, j The stranger, whose name was F. P. Lloyd, of No. 145 South Front street, Philadelphia.and whose machine bore the number of 11)»10,about 8 .30 o'clock took a spin down Mill street at the rate of twenty miles an hour, just double the limit permitted by law. At Mill and Bloom streets he turned round and returned up Mill street at a speed which was still considerably above the limit. At the Montour iiouse he turned and went down Mill street again nearly as fast as before. The officers had been watching him and had brought their stop watches to bear upon his case. Just before the autoist reached a point opposite the ' city hotel lie was halted by Officer : Young and conducted to the office of I Justice Oglesby, where the usual fine I of ten dollars and costs were imposed. The autoist. took the matter very philosophically nud declared that he | was unfamiliar with the speed limit. Railing Painted Painters have begun work on the railing of the river bridge. There fore, persons who are fond of strolling on the bridge,during the next week or so, should be careful not to come in contact with the railing. Otherwise clothing may be mined. COB 1 CLEII AWARDED { Miss Helen Tooey,Monday night, was i elected as teacher of the Welsh Hill school, which was left vacant when | the teachers were elected last month. Dr. Harpel presented the names of ! five applicants for the position,as fol lows : Miss Mamie Roberts, of Valley | township; Miss EfTie Swank, of Elys burg ; Miss Kate Shoemaker, of Buck horn ; Miss Zora Harmau, of Muncy ; Miss Helen Tooey, of Danville, j Mr. Sechler nominated Miss Tooey !as teacher of the Welsh Hill school. She was elected without a dissenting voice, Mr. Burns not voting. Some fifty applications for the posi tion of borough superintendent have I been received by the board. Sometime Monday night was spent in considering these but it was the sense of all pres ent that more time was required and on motion it was decided to meet in convention next Monday night and elect a superintendent. Meanwhile the list of applications will he careful ly looked over and those regarded as most eligible will be set aside to be acted upon by the board. The contracts for cleaning the sever al school buildings of the borough were awarded Monday night. There was no bid for the second ward school and the cleaning of that builidng was left in the hands of the local directors to make what arrangements are neces sary. Contracts tor the other buildings were awarded as follows : First- ward—Mrs. M. E. Shelham mer, #4O. Third Ward—Mrs. Alice Miller, 421. Fourth Ward—Mrs. Mary Rounsley, |23. Welsh Hill—Mrs. Anderson. $5. Ou motion of Mr. Burns it was ord ered that the building and repair com mittee contract with the Danville Stove and Manufacturing company for a new furance to be installed in the second ward school building. On motion of Mr. Fischer the con tract for painting the Welsh hill school building and calcimining sever al rooms in the third ward building | was awarded to W. W. Mottern for ; •SSO. A bid was also received from S. W. Arms, who agreed to do the same 1 work for fl 14. - The following members were pres -1 ent: Pursel, Orth, Harpel, Swartz, Burns, Fish,Fischer,Redding,Foul ke, \ Sechler, Heiss and Cole. The following bills were approved for payment. : ; C. L. Eggert- #7.63 Ezra Haas .3.20 j M. Everly . 9.50 Ambrose Prentiss . 5.25 Adams Ex Co 1.55 A. T. Hartmau ... 1.75 George Beyers 11.25 1 John Reim 46.75 DIED TUESDAY AT WILLIAfISPORT B. P. Beeber died Tuesday rooming at 3 o'clock at Willianisport after au illness of four weeks. Mr. Beeber was formerly a resilient of this county, aud is well kuowu in this vicinity. The deceased is survived by four daughters: Mrs. A. H. Smith,of Wash ington ville; Mrs. D. .T. Berger and Mrs. A. H. Phillips, of William sport and Mrs. George Cupp, of Kittaning. One brother and two sisters also sur vive as follows: Amos Beeber, of Muuey ; Mrs. Jacob Deutler,of Turbot ville aud Mrs. Metzer.of Hughesville. The funeral will take place this af ternoon from the late home at 2 o'clock. T. F. Leonard Visits Danville. Thomas F. Leonard, the well-known proprietor of the large wholesale and retail hardware establishment of Scranton, was in this city Monday on business connected with the Dan ville Stove & Manufacturing com pany, of which he has been a patron ever since it began business here thirty years ago. Mr. Leonard has been in business in Scranton for forty-two years and has seen that city grow from a small town of two thousand population to a city of some 135,000. He is one of Scran - ton's leading and moEt enterprising citizens. Mr. Leonard recently returned from a three-months' sojourn in Porto Rico and at the Montour House yesterday to a circle of friends he described his impression both of social life aud business opportunities as they exist on the island. Although the Spanish lan guage is chiefly spokeu in Porto Rico the American unfamiliar with that tongue after a short sojourn finds many persons familiar with the Kng • lish tongue. Real estate is increasing rapidly in value aud there are many opportunities for profitable invest ment. Ladies Auxiliary, The Ladies Auxiliary of the if. M. C. A. will meet this evening at 8 o'clock. DICED BENEATH HUESTEB Georgo F. Pursel, tenant on the farm of George Kase at Kaseville, lies at his home battered and bruised almost ] to a pulp, tho result of a frightful ex i perience Saturday afternoon, wlien his S horses ran away. ! Mr. Pursel was harvesting and had left his harvester and horses togo a short distance away to do some shock- i ing. He had left the team for but a short time when a heavy clap of ! thunder terrified his horses, and they ; dashed away across the field. Mr. Pursel set out in pursuit, run niug on a line perpendicular to the \ course the team was taking. Ho roach- | ed the animals which were going at a j mad gallop, but in a vaifl endeavor to | stay their progress he was struck by | the reel of the binder, and hurled be- j neatii the big machine. Underneath the harvester the guards J caught the man piercing his body in a | dozen places to a depth of throe inches. 1 Caught thus he was dragged for a dis tance of fifty yards.until tho team was brought to a stop by a wire fence. The respite gave Mr. Pursel, batter ed aud torn, an opportunity to crawl j from underneath the machine. With j just enough strength remaining lie j managed to extricate himself from his perilous position, and then fell to the 1 ground, unconscious. Peter A. Yorks and Charles Blonh, j neighbors who were in a field nearby, ! ran to the rescue, aud Mr. Pursel was carried into the house. Dr. Paules was immediately sum moned from this citv. He found the man in a critical condition. A com plete examination could not be made owing to the severe bruises and lacera tions. Yesterday again the physician | visited the injured man aud was able to determine there is but small likeli hood of any broken bones or internal injuries. The guards of the harvester pierced Mr. Pursel in the legs and thighs in about ten places aud one in the left arm. These wounds, some of them three inches deep, are most painful. LASTING CUkE hUK UYSKCHMA For the first time in sixty-one days, 1 George E. Hufford, a lawyer, joined iiis family at the breakfast table at Chicago Saturday. For all of two months Mr. Hutford listened to the tinkling of the break fast, the luclieon and the dinner bell with stern resistance and determina tion, aud contended himself with a j glass of water in lieu of anything else. He undertook tiie long fast to cure himself of chronic stomach and throat trouble, catarrh, biliousness aud nerv- | ousness, and claims these ailments J have been routed by his long refrain from eating. Mr. Hufford's weight lias decreased from 194 pounds to 169 pounds. He is forty years old and was formerly an attorney of Austin. Texas. Wm, Lloyd's Extraordinary Luck. Miii 1 Carrier William Lloyd I looked ouo of the biggest bass of the "season ! Monday under circumstances which j add very much to the interest of the J catch. On Saturday he became the possessor ot three dozen minnows, which lie in tended to use as bait yesterday. When tiis leisure tiour came around yester day afternoon to his surprise and chagrin he found that every minnow was dead with one exception. He had no time to obtain a fresh lot of bait so with one minnow he rowed out in the river. Under the circumst ances the prospects of employing his time profitably were very slim, in deed. Nevertheless, he decided, to cast anchor near the first pier of the bridge and to try his luck. Baiting his hook with the solitary minnow in his possession he cast his line into the stream and waited. It was only a few minutes afterward when he discovered that he had a "bite." He drew in his line and dis covered that he had something big. Imagine his feelings when he landed the fish and found that he had a bass seventeen inches long. Later when the fish was weighed it tipped the scales at three pounds. New Jewelry Store Here. Carl Ruckle, of Wilkes-Barre, who learned l\is trade with J. E. Roys, the Bloomsburg jeweler, has decided to embark in the business for himself.and ! will in the near future open an up-to date store in Danville. He is at pre sent living in Catawissa, where lie will stay until he can get his new business place into shape.—Blooms burg Daily. Housewives who have been reloctaut to pay six cents for a spool of cotton, | which they have been buying all their : I lives for four, will have to learn to \ pav ten cents a spool, it is said. BOUGH FATHERS 1 SESSION The borough council held a regular meeting Friday night. The oppressive weather seemed to weigh upon the members and business moved slowly. The following membors were in their j places: Sweisfort, Pursel, Jacobs, j Everhart, Moyer, Dietz, Russell, Deutsch, Angle and Schatz. j A communication from O. H. | Ostrander containing some suggos j tions relative to producing a borough ] map was on motion of Mr. Jacobs laid ion the table "for future reference." 1 On motion of Mr. Jacobs it was ordered that a list of property owners on North Mill street be furnished I council together with the amount due from each for the curbing as a step ! that will enable the borough to pro ceed to collect what is due. Mr. Jacobs of the committee on j streets and bridges reported that in j company with Mr. Everhart he had I examined Ferry street between Bloom and Centre streets and found the mud to be four or five inches deep. He was of the opinion that Ferry street at the point named could be improved by ! scraping as was being done on East Market street. No actiou was taken, J as it was deemed best to hold the mat | ter under advisement for the present. ! On motion of Mr. Deutsch it was ordered that East Market street be scraped on each side of the trolley track but that after this work is com pleted no further improvements be put on the street between Mill and Church streets until that portion of East Market street is paved according to plans on foot. On motion of Mr. Schatz it was ord ered that the sanitaryrsewer be extend ' ed on Spruce street from Mill to Ferry street. On motion of Mr. Jacobs it was ord ered that an incandescent light be placed on Ash street about midway between Bloom and Centre streets. On motion of Mr. Jacobs it was ord ered that the incandescent light re cently placed on Lower Mulberry street be removed to the corner of the latter | street and Oak Alley. I The following bills were approved for navment: I BOROUGH DEPARTMENT. I Regular employes .813:2.50 i Labor on sewer 62.50 ! U. T. <