iWoiitciiiT American.
VOL. 53—NO. 35
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tTENIS CONDENSED.
Vacation days are nearing a close.
There are many things in the past
that we ought to forget.
Dreaming about the past isn't likely
to improve the present.
The habit of enjoying the present is
one everybody should cultivate.
The frost will soon be on the pump
kin.
The average temperature of the year
in England has risen just over a de
gree in the last half century.
In 1830 the world contained only 210
miles of railway; now there are over
350,000 miles of line.
The coal consumption a head is
greater in England than of any other
countrv.
The Japanese lover, instead of an
engagement ring, may give his future
bride a piece of beautiful silk to be
worn as a sash.
The faithful toiler is sure to find it
"better farther on."
Most of us are frail enough to keep
us properly humble.
Pain is nature's danger signal and
should be heeded at once.
A pleasant word or a kindly deed
may save a soul from death.
Few men and women are uniformly
a=; good as they'd like to be.
Every citizen should take an interest
in local and national politics.
Experience ought to be a first class
teacher, but seldom is
The muddled brain never does very
good work.
One can never afford to do less than
one's best.
Much valuable labor is done with the
brain as well as the muscle.
The price of anthracite coal in Phil
adelphia has been raised to $7 for a
long ton of 2,240 pounds.
Industry and sobriety are secrets of
a successful life.
August- leaves some pleasant memor
ies and some otherwise.
Every citizen who adds to the world's
useful things is a laborer.
The whole laud honors the laboring
man who honors his calling.
Religion and labor should be boon
companions and strong allies.
The nation signally prospers when
labor and capital are at peace.
Fireproof writing paper is the latest
novelty. This makes it all the more
daugerous to be a statesman.
Tevas gives Taft a royal reception
because the secretary is architectural
ly the Texas of the cabinet-.
Speaker Cannon says he has no
presidential bee, yet when he is alone
something that, seems as large as a
canar\ comes and buzz7.es sweetly in
his eni
From the Soudan comes the report
of a fierce fight between a lion and a
government engineer, which ended in
the dentil of the latter—an English
man named C. H. Salmon.
Whoever was responsible for the late
slump in stocks may now pride him
self on the good deed,as it is reported
to have broken up gambling at Sara
toga.
The water ol Yellow Breeches creek,
Cumberland county,which has always
been a dull yellow, is turning to a
deep red. The cause for the change is
not known.
Ohio doctors axe against Foraker.
They think his actions in regard to
the pure food bill goto prove that he
is a quack statesman.
Profetsor Scheimanu, who puts Presi
dent Roosevelt in a class with Wash
ington, Jackson atsd Lincoln, will
hardly be called onto grace the presi
dent's gallery of undesirables
It occurs to the paragrapher of th<-
Chicago News that he is a poor speci
men of defaulter who cannot find a
woman to blame it on.
The lives of some men are n real in- '
spiration to their fellows.
The English language is alive and is j
therefore constantly growing.
Some of the new words recently in
vented are rather startling.
Noise and harmony seldom have any
very intimate connection.
Comedy follows close upon the hells
of tragedy along the road of life.
The primitive passions of love aud
hate are still great forces in the world.
There are occasions when a little
experience is worth a whole lot of
self-assurance.
BOLD BUMS
IKE RICH II
A bold robbery was perpetrated at
J. H. Fry's music store, Mill street,
on Thursday night. A fiue eighteen
dollar mandolin, along with much
! other property was stolen.
; Mr. Fry's establishment is situated
on the west side of Mill street a short
| distance north of the canal. His room
! is full 01 musical instruments of all
1 kinds,in addition to which the shelves
j are loaded with miscellaneous sup
| plies, consisting of strings for viclins,
j guitars, &c.
j When Mr. Fry opened his store
i Friday inorniug ne was surprised to
| notice that the rear window was rais
j ed. The next thing to attract his eye
was a large assortment of glass jars,
j and small pasteboard boxes, piled up
lon the counter, all empty, although
j the evening before they were full of
i violin and other strings and occupied
I their accustomed places on the shelves.
I It became evident, enough to Mr.
Fry that he had been robbed and, pro
ceeding to the rear of the store and
' looking out of the window, he saw a
ladder leaning against, the house, which
explained how the robbers had gained
i entrance.
The store room, while nearly on a
level with Mill street in front, at. the
rear is the height of one full story
above the ground. For this reason it
was not considered necessary to fasten
! the window,which was some fourteen
| feet above the ground and almost im
mediately over the bed of the creek,
which gave the window an actual
height of nearly twenty feet.
The ladder used by the burglars was
one stolen from the premises of Elias
Maier adjoining. It was too short to
reach to the window, but by standing
on the topmost round, the burglar
could very easily raise the window
and succeed in crawling into filestore.
In order to bring the ladder into prop
er position under the window it was
necessary to rest one side of the lad
der on the retaining wall of the creek
and to allow the other side piece to
project without support over the creek
bed. To secure the ladder so that it
would bear the weight of a man the
burglars had tied the lower end of the
ladder to t'he fence, using an old piece
of rope, which may have been found
about the spot.
Mr. Fry is unable to tell just how
much may have been stolen Besides
the line mandolin missed other instru
ments of less value may have been car
ried away. He was unable to recall
Fridiy just how many instruments
were on hand Thursday night. Twen
ty large jars containing violin,guitar,
banjo and other strings, along with
one hundred small pasteboard boxes al
so filled with strings, were relieved of
their contents. Mr. Fry estimates his
loss at over a hundred dollars.
The burglars, it is believed, were
persons acquainted with the premises.
The ladder used was taken from the
rear end of the adjoining lot where it
would not have been very easily found
by strangers.
Beside the empty boxes on the
counter yesterday morning lay a large
envelope on which the following was
inscribed in Roman letters:
"I no play, butta I sella mandolina.
Gooda mon. Igo Scrantona. "
But little importance is to be at
tached to the above. The intention
was no doubt rather to taunt Mr. Fry
aiter the robbery than to make any
serious attempt to put him on a false
clue.
LADY THROWN
FROH CARRIAGE
A driving accident occurred at the
comer of Mill and East Market streets
Friday afternoon, which atforded au
I exciting spectacle.
] Early in the afternoon Liveryman
| George W. Hoke, accompanied by his
; wife, his son and Mrs. Sam Rebman,
' in twc buggies drove over to Riverside
, Heights. The accident occurred on the
| return -trip. Mr. Hoke with Mrs. Reb
man were in the first carriage, while
Mrs. Hoke and her son followed close
ly behind. All went well until they
reached the Montour house. Mr.
Hoke's horse was gritty, but the liv
eryman says he had him under con
trol. In order to turn the corner with
out mishap he described a wide curve,
which threw the horse a little too
near the curbing at Mr. Sidler's resi
dence. To make matters worse the
animal slipped on the paving and in
attempting to regain his feet plunged
forward, striking the tree. With a
crash one side of the shafts went to.
pieces, while Mrs. Rebman as the bug
gy came to sudden stop fell out upon
the sidewalk.
Everyone thought the woman must
be seriously injured. George W. Miles
rushing to the spot picked her up. She
was momentarily dazed by the shock,
but by the time she was upon her feet
she seemed all right and explained
that she had escaped injury. It was
indeed a close call and caused consid
erable excitement for awhile.
DANVILLE, PA., THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 5, 1907
MOST 1 IE.
ejpu
Montour Castle, No. 186, K. G. E.,
of Danville, joruueyed over to Milton
on Monday to attend the annual re
union of the Susquehanna district. So
imposing was the appearance of the
local knights that the committee
awarded them the prize for the best
appearing castle in the parade. The
Danville castle also had the largest
number of men in line, seventy-five,
but- could not. lake that prize as the
rules forbid more than one prize be
ing awarded to any castle.
A special train conveyed the Dan
ville kuights and'their friends to Mil
ton,and returning brought them home
late Monday night. In the morning
180 tickets,were sold,and the in after
noon a large number made the trip
The reunion took the form of a pic
nic and a feature was the twilight
parade. It was an innovation and was
a decidedly successful one. The scene
presented by the uniformed knights
marching along amid a great display
of fireworks was decidedly attractive.
DISTRICT DEPUTY
SUPREME ARChON
A convention of the Heptasophs of
district No. 3>i was held at. the Baldy
house yesterday afternoon for the pur
pose of electing a district deputy sup
reme archou aud an alternate.
The convention was called to order
at 2 o'clock with the following con
claves represented : by .1.
F. Prowant, Bloomsburg by H. M.
Sommers, Pottsville by D. J. Jones,
Hazleton by H. T. Thrash, Berwick by
George Walker, Lock Haven by W. W.
Miller, Milton by John J. Kelly and
Danville by Charles G. Cloud.
Arthur M. Peters, of this city, was
chosen district deputy supreme archou
anil W. L. Waiuriglit, of Lewisburg,
was elected alternate, after which the
meeting adjourned.
HISS RUTH GEARHAiiT
BECOMES A BRIDE
Miss Ruth B. Gearhart,of this city,
and Mr. Albert C. Savidge, of Sun
bury, were united in marriage last
evening. The ceremony was perform
ed tiy the Rev. W. C. McCorm»ck, D
D.,at the residence of the bride's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Gearhart,
Ash street, at 6:30 o'clock.
Miss Ava Gearhart, sister of the
bride, was bridesmaid, and Mr. Harry
Savidge of Sunbury, was best man.
The newly wedded couple left on the
7 :51 Pennsylvania train for a trip.
The bride is a most estimable aud
accomplished young lady of Danville.
The groom is the son of Judge C. R.
Savidge of Suuburv. Only the im
mediate families w»re present at the
ceremony.
DANVILLE HAS LOFT
OF HAY HAKERS
A loft of Hay Makers has been in
stituted in Danville. This is a side
order ot the Independent Order of Red
Men, that is rapidly growing all over
the country. The Danville loft, which
is to be known as Mahoning loft, No.
includes 35 charter members and
was instituted by Herbert Chester,W.
Smith aud Walter Whiteleather, all
membars of the Sunbury loft.
The Independent Order of Red Men
is very strong in Danville, Mahoning
tribe, No. 77, of this city, having 105
members and the new side order will
no doubt prove very popular.
SHORT SESSION OF
COURT SATURDAY
At a short session of court held Sat
urday morning the license of the Ger
mania brewery was transferred from
the Foust Bros, to E. Gaertner the
new proprietor.
In the matter of the Birks' inquest,
confirmation was postponed until the
court determines whether the recent
act of assembly increasing the pay of
witnesses from #I.OO to #2.00 per day
applies to witnesses summoned before
a coroner's jury.
In the estate of James Robinson,late
of Liberty township, petition of the
executor to sell real estate was grant
ed.
Mitchell—Bedea
R. G. Mitchell, of Philadelphia and
Miss Annie Bedea,daughter of Thomas
Bedea, of this'city, were married Mon
day evening at 8:30 o'clock at the par
souage of the First Baptist church,
Rev. John Sherman performing the
ceremony.
The groom is au electrician, aud
was employed by Buchanan & Co.,
during the installation of the light
plant at the hospital. Yesterday morn
ing Mr and Mrs. Mitchell left for a
trip to Philadelphia, afterjwhich they
will goto Allentowu where Mr. Mit
chell is'atjpresent employed.
ATTENDANCE 111
HHIL
for the first time in three mouths
Tuesday were heard the sound of
school hells aud the laugh and chatter
of children as they thronged along the
streets in merry groups. The usual
degree of interest attached to the first
day of school. This was not confined
to the pupils, who look forward each
year to the meeting of new faces in
the school room, but extended to
patrons and others who feel an in
terest in the educational affairs ol'the
community.
The pupils iu a number of the grades
found new teachers in charge. Two of
the latter were new accessions to the
corps of borough instructors—Mr. E.
S. Bream, of Gettysburg, principal of
the high school, and Mr. John Kase,
teacher of mathematics aud science.
The classes were formed and lessons
were assigned yetterday but beyond
these details little actual work was
done. Today the real'routine of teach
ing will begin.
It is unfortunate that the present
term opens witli a handicap. As pre
dicted in a recent issue there are more
pupils in the high school than can be
comfortably seated in that apartment.
One hundred and eighty pupils were
enrolled yesterday with three more yet
to appear. One hundred and fifty eight
is the largest can be com
fortably seated in the high school.
The entire number was taken care of
yesterday by placing three in a seat,
which, it was understood, was only
a temporary arrangement, until the
school board could find some other
means of relieving the over crowding.
Iu the first ward grammar school 86
pupils were enrolled; in the second
ward, 32; in the third ward, 47. Iu
all, there are yet ten grammar school
pupils to come in, but in none of the
wards will the grammar school pupils
overtax the seatingfcapacity.
The entire number of pupils enrol
ed on the opening day this year was
1133. Last year the enrollment on the
first day was 1132.
Last year Itio pupils were enrolled
in the high school, which was the high
water mark of attendance in the
school's history. Yet it was 15 below
this year's enrollment. Last year 65
pupils were promoted to the high
school This year seventy pupils have
been promoted from the grammar
schools.
BOARD'S SPECIAL MEETING.
The school b >ard held a special meet
ing last night for the purpose of de
vising some means of providing seats
for the non-resident pupils, thereby
retaining them in the high school in
stead of declining to admit them as it
was feared would have to be done at the
last meeting of the board.
Piofessor Bream explained the diffi
culty that he experienced iu seating
the pupils yesterday. There are 44
non-resident pupils enrolled, lit of
whom are freshmen.
In order to thoroughly understand
the situation the school board in a
body visited the high school and rec
itation rooms. They found what they
considered available space in both re
citation rooms aud In the commercial
department.
Returning to the directors' room
aud having resumed session,on motion
of Mr. -Sechler it was ordered that the
matter of seating the non-resident
pupils be left in the hands of the bor
ough superintendent, with the under
standing that he is to utilize the avail
able space—which will seat. 16 pupils
—in Mrs. Coulter's room and provide
seats for those remaining in the com
mercial department.
On motion it was also ordered that a
dozen chairs be purchased for use in
the room of science and mathematics.
A TRIBUTE TO
JAMES SCARLET
Editor Hastings, of the Milton
Standard,speaks as follows concerning
our townsman, James Scarlet:
Lawyer Scarlet has made a name for
himself—an honorable name that is
more endcring than riches. Here is a
tribute to him from the Bellefonte
Watchman : "Jim Scarlet, the Danville
attorney who conducted the capitol
probe, could probably have fixed him
self for life financially had he not gone
so conscientiously into everything.
The gang would have given him any
thing he asked no doubt, hut Scarlet
is not that kind of a man aud he has
made a name in the State that will be
honored long after the time when
earthly riches would avail him noth
thing."
Won at Alt. Carmel.
In an eleven innings game of base
ball at Mt. Carmel on Labor day, the
White Horse team,of this city, defeat
ed the Polish Giant 9 by the score of
to 8. The work of McCloud and E.
Buck, the Danville battery, was the
feature of the game, McCloud having
15 strike outs in six innings.
IE LABOR
DEHionmi
The picnic of Glendower lodge No.
25, A. A. of I. S. and T. W., which
took place in DeWitt's park on Labor
day was a well-rounded success, some
four thousand people being on the
ground. The lodge realized a neat
sum as the proceeds of the outing.
The rain during the early morning
hours, it was feared, would militate
against the general success of the out
ing, but by 9 o'clock the sky cleared
and the remainder of the day was
pleasant enough.
The parade, indeed, was a striking
feature several hundred men being in
line. Moutour lodge, A. A. of I. S.
& T. W., had one hundred and fifty
men in line and was led by the Ex
change band. The Iron Moulders' un
ion, led by the P. O. S. of A. drum
corps, was a conspicuous feature.
Seventy-eight moulders were in line
all wearing black belts and white caps.
Olendower lodge had fifty men in line
and was led by the Junion drum corps.
The nail mill lodge was headed by the
Washington drum corps. The parade
on the whole was one of the finest lab
or demonstrations ever witnessed in
Danville.
After covering the route of parade
in town the workingmen marched to
the park, where two excellent address
es were delivered by Llewellyn Lewis
of Martin's Ferry, 0., and James B.
Miucher, of Reading, officials of the
A. A. of I. S. & T. W.The discourses
dwelt upon the subject of labor organ
ization aud proved very edifying.
During the afternoon the grounds
were literally packed and the mem
bers of Glendower lodge were kept
busy catering to the public. Dancing
was in progress all day and during the
evening. This along with base ball
constituted the principal amusement.
The game of the latter was played be
tween Danville and Benton and result
ed in a score of 13 to 4 in favor of the
latter team.
VACCINATION
STILL A PROBLEM
A member of the school board is
authority for the statement that not a
few non-resident pupils have present
ed themselves for enrollment in the
borough schools without being success
fully vaccinated as required by law.
In all cases such pupils have been re
fused admittance until they comply
with the law.
The surprising part of the matter is
that the most of these pupils have
uever been vaccinated at all. A few
stated that theyjhadjbeen advised by
the family physician that vaccination
was not necessary.
Another difficulty that the school
authorities face is'tlie fact that not a
few of the resident pupils present
certificates of vaccination on blauks
other than those provided for that
purpose by the State department of
health, which is in violation of the
law.
At a special meeting of the school
board Tuesday night on motion.it was
ordered that in no instance will pupils
not previously in attendance be ad
mitted to the borough schools unless
they present a certificate of vaccina
tion in which a blank is used that has
been furnished by the State depart
ment. of health.
HISS McCORHACK
FRACTURES ARM
Gladys, the twelve year old daugh
ter of Rev. Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Mc-
Cormack sustained a very serious ac
cident yesterday afternoon, while ex
ercising on her roller skates.
She was skating backwards and for
wards on the walk around the church
when as so frequently happens while
indulging in that kind of exercise she
stumbled and was unable to recover
herself. As she fell forward she threw
out her right arm to break her fall.
In striking the ground her arm receiv
ed her weight in such a way as to
break both bones just above the wrist.
It is a clean fracture and the injury
was very painful.
Dr. R. S. Patten was called, who
set the broken bones and did what
else was possible to relieve the pati
ent. Late last evening she was rest
ing fairly comfortably.
Picnic at Butternut Grove.
A delightful picnic was held at But
ternut grove ou the Graham farm,near j
Ottawa on Saturday. Dinner was serv- I
ed and the afternoon was spent in
dancing The music was furnished by ]
the Delsite brothers, of Mausdale
Will Attend Convention.
James C. Connelly and A. L. Brandt,
delegates respectively from Glendower
and Montour lodges, A. A. of I. S.
and T. W., will leave this city this
morning for Reading to attend the
district convention of the above order,
which will meet there on Friday.
PLANS FOR
IKEW PARK
On next Saturday, or Monday at the
furthest, the committee on public im
provements expects to enter upon the
work of filling up and grading the
new park on Bloom street where for
merly the*old cemetery lay. To pre
pare for that stage of the work the
chahman has called a meeting of the
finance committee in the council
chamber at 7 :30 o'clock tonight. Each
one of the solicitors is requested to
bring with him liis list of subscribers.
It is hoped there will be a full at
tendance, as the intention of the com
mittee is to get the finances into pro
per shape and to plunge into the work
of filling up and grading at once with
the hope of completing the park, or,
at least, of getting it far under way
before winter.
The plans for the new park, which
by the way, have been completed, by
Borough Surveyor Reefer, are regard
ed with a great deal of interest by the
public. A large oval space in the
center of the graded tract is reserved
for the solQiers' monument. From the
central plot wide walks of pulverized
limestone will radiate toward the
north-west, south-west and south-east
corners. In the north-east will be a
rectangular terrace extending from
the center to the upper end of the
park. Later on a fountain may be in
stalled in the center of this terrace.
Along the northern side of the park
will be a fifteen-foot alley,which will
afford an outlet from Upper Mulberry
street. At the north western corner of
the park the alley will open into Kline
street as the small thoroughfare is call
ed which lies between the cemetery
j and the P. &R. railway. A similar
I outlet will be afforded at the north
j eastern corner. A limestone walk ten
feet wide will extend through the
I middle of the park on a line witli Up
per Mulberry street. The parkas grad
ed will be two or three feet lower
than Upper Mulberry street and pedes
trians will pass ;up and down over
conorete steps of artistic design.
Along the oemetery on Bloom street
a concrete pavement eight feet wide
will be constructed. Work on this will
begin at the earliest possible date to
the end that the pavement may be
j completed before cold weather. The
long pavement will involve an enorm
ous amount of work and will cost
about six hundred dollars. V
HARD DIGGING
ON BEAVER STREET
Work is not proceeding very rapidly
on the installation of the six-incli wa
ter main. Beaver street, whioh was
connected with the East Market street
main on Sunday afternoon. Much of
the digging lies through a bed of cin
der, which can be pierced only by
means of sledge hammer aud drill.
The length of the main is eight hun
dred feet, which in view of the hard
digging, conveys some idea of the
amount of work involved. The job
will not bo completed this week.
Iu laying the mail' cinder is not per
mitted to come into contact with the
new pipe,as the short life of the main
being displaced is attributed to the
peculiar action of the cinder on the
iron. The pipe as far as laid has been
embedded in sand or clay provided by
the Danville Stove aud manufacturing
company.
The main will connect with the
stove works where a new fire plug
will he installed at the company's ex
pense.
Birthday Surprise Party.
A pleasant surprise party was tend
ered Miss Minerva Winters Tuesday
evening at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Winters, Grand
street, in honor of her 22nd birthday.
All kinds of games were played and
music was furnished by Mont. Knorr's
grapliophone. Refreshments were serv
ed.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
Jacob Elliot, Misses Sara and Emma
Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Winters,
Mr. and Mrs. Mont Kuorr,Mrs. Harry
Mottern, Mrs. Clark Ashton, and
daughter May, Miss Katie Wertman,
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Bogart- and son
Samuel, Mr. and Mrs. Prank Houck,
Mrs. Pierce Brill and sons Edward,
George and Robert, Mr. and Mrs. Ja
cob Winters,daughters Minerva, Sarah,
Mary and Ida and son Jacob, Jr..
Messrs. .Tames Smith, Samuel Wel
liver, William Frehaffer, George Fogle,
Harry Deibert, and Edward Mvers.
Plymouth Rock Chickens.
A fine lot of white Plymouth Rock
chickens, seventy in number arrived
at this city by the Adams Express yes
terday en route to the farm belonging
to the hospital for the inasne. The
chickens were admired by a large
number of people while in this city.
King Leopold has offered a prize of
|30,000 for a remedy for the sleeping
sickness which Is wiping out his sub
jects in Africa.
ESTABLISHED IN 1855
Cll ID
STEM HIIB
Walter Gaskins, Jr., yesterday en
tered upon employment at the Read
| ing Iron Works. His first day in the
| mill, however, was signalized by a
, very serions accident, which may crip
j pie his right hand for life.
| Walter was at work at the steam
| hammer, which is used to flatten the
| iron pipe fouud among the scrap be
j fore it is placed in the shears. All
went well until just about noon when
j in some way two fingers of Walter's
right hand were caught under the
I ponderous hammer, which falls with
| a weight of two thousand pounds and
j they were crushed in a most shocking
i manner.
Along with his fingers the irou pipe
! lay under the hammer, which probab
ly accounts for the fait that the bones
| wern not crushed into pulp. The mem
j bers injured were the index finger and
| the one next to it. That the whole
hand was not caught under the ham
mer and crushed is owing to the mer
est accident.
The injured boy was taken to the
home of his father, Walter L. Gaskins,
West Mahoning street, where he re
ceived surgical aid from Dr. P. O.
Newbaker.
The index finger is the one most ser
iously injured, for while the bone is
intact the finger is very badly crush
ed, a large portion of the tissue being
pinched off, leaving the tendons ex
posed. Dr. Newbaker is doing all he
I can to save the finger, but the chances
! are about equally divided whether he
i will succeed or not.
The second finger, although badly
crushed, will be more likely to heal
: and leave no bad results. The injury
| was accompanied by intense pain and
i it was necessary to administer an an
aesthetic, as the result of which the
vouug man was ill during the after
uoon.
COUNTY WILL BUILD
BLOOH HONUHENT
Bloomsburg, also, is to have a [fine
j soldiers' and sailors' monument. This
! was practically assured yesterday when
the Columbia county grand jury acted
favorably on au appropriation of |B,-
000 to be devoted to that purpose.
According to an act of the legislature,
if two successive grand juries in a
| county recommend au appropriation
and the action is then sanctioned by
| the court, the county commissioners
1 are authorized to make an appropria
tion to be used for a monument to the
memory of the sailors and soldiers to
be erected at the county seat.
The May grand jury of Columbia
county favored the appropriation, and
their action was seconded by the Sep
tember grand jury yesterday after
uoon. There is no doubt but that the
court will add the final touch today
that will make a lasting tribute in
Bloomsburg a realization.
More funds will be added to the SB,-
000 appropriation by private subscrip
tions The monument will be erected
in Market square at Bloomsburg
WILL PAY ALL
BILLS HIMSELF
The aged man who turned up at the
hospital tor the insaue in m irr. sponsi
hie condition a couple of weeks ago
and was later removed to the poor
farm lias practically recovered and is
able to account for a great deal that
•occurred.
He is content to remain at the poor
farm until his pension falls due when
he will pay all bills himself without
putting the poor district of Scrauton—
his home —to any expense.
Drives Steer in Place of Horse.
The visitors from Bloomsburg to
Benton on Saturday witnessed au un
usual sight on the streets at that place,
when one of the young sous of Elmer
Rantz, who resides on a farm iu Ben
ton township, drove into town, with
a steer harnessed up to a "dog cart",
says the Bloomsburg Daily.
Although this proved to be of con
siderable interest to the Bloomsburg
people,to the citizens of Benton it was
a common sight, as young Rautz has
been driving the steer to that town
for the past year, making trips twice
a'week, to sell produce from liis fath
er's farm.
The animal is verjt intelligent and
will follow its driver anywhere he
wishes, but when a stranger gets into
the cart tilings go differently, as was
proven when two of Benton's young
men tried to drive it Saturday even
ing. The steer would not budge au
inch. When they tried to make it go,
and hit it with a whip, it kicked the
dash board nearly off the'cart.
Young Rantz Saturday at'teruorm
wantedjto, sell the animal and."Po:
of the EXC! HH •
Hotel, intended buying the steer
bring the Bloomsburg base ball '• ■ t
home with, had they lost the
but as they won he did not 11... it
necessary.