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ITEMS CONDENSED.
The singing birds have pretty near
ly all taken their flight.
The man who has honeed his winter's
coal may tie thankful.
Character it worth more than riches.
He who faithfully serves his fellows
will not 10-e his reward.
The quality of reliability is absolute
ly essential to success.
The world's final estimate of one's
worth is usually acurate.
Some things are lawful while they
are not expedient.
Every time oue overcomes tempta
tion one gains a little strength.
Flattery never deceives the man of
experience.
Friendship based on self-interest is
valueless.
Many persons lose their money be
cause they are too auxions to double
it
There is never any scarcity of the
swindling fraternity.
There is no reason why robbers of
the people should be treated with
special consideration.
The Chinese have twice sacked Mos
cow—once in 1237 and again in 1293.
As a general rule every man is mas
ter of his own fate, shaper of his own
destiny.
Society of the right sort gives a
young man an impetus in the proper
direction.
The payment of taxes should be
esteemed a privilege as well as a duty.
The citizen who has been privileged
to lend his lrihd soma true service
should esteem himself fortunate.
Memory is a wonderful gift, bring
ing forth pictures both beautiful and
repulsive.
There are momants when kind words
and sincere sympathy are more help
ful than money.
It is reported that a Cleveland chern
ist has perfected a methodjof securing
illuminating gas from corncobs, stalks
and straw.
The United States consul at Cardiff,
Wales, reports that the United King
dom is undoubtedly the best market
in the world for tobacco.
It is now a fact accepted by bacter
iologists and other authorities in India
that future efforts to stay the ravages
of the plague must first and foremost
be. concentrated upon the extermina
tion of the rats.
Of the entire human race it is esti
mated that 500,000,0C0 live in houses,
700,000,000 in huts and caves,and 250,-
000,000 have virtually no shelter.
Archeologists have discovered the
marble quarries which supplied the
material for the famous Temple of
Diana of the Ephesians.
Up to a few years ago the dentists
of .!:• vviu pulled the teeth with their
fingei Forceps and other instruments
ire now being generally used.
About the thinnest thing in the
world is the film of a soap bubble. It
would take about 50,000,000 of them
to measure one inch.
The shepherd can predict the weath
er by observing the wool of his charges
The curlier the hair the finer the
weather.
Germany's colonies are five times as
big as herself, those" of France 18
times, and Britain's 97 times bigger
than herself.
It is claimed that one-tenth of the
work on the Panama canal is complet
ed. And the digging force was never
busier than it is at this moment.
Several of the States made excellent
records during the last few months by
way of protecting their children from
unfit parents or unscrupulous t-mpioy
ers of labor.
The average hand of man is from oue
inch to an inch and three-quarters
longer than the woman's average.
New York has 67,000,000,000 gallons
of water stored away iu its mountain
reservoir.
An English sea naptain who died
the other day at 80 had crossed the
English channel 30,000 times in his
53 years of service.
If the cows could read they would
be gratified by the spirit with which
the pure milk controversy is carried
on.
Old age comes only to the man or
woman who invites it.
One of the most harmful of human
follies consists in losing your temper
over a trifle.
ACCEPTS A CALL
11MDAI1
Mev. J. K Hutohlson has accepted a
call to the Presbyterian church at
Si otldale and will enter upon that
charge the first Sunday iu Octolier
During the remainder of the present
uiouth he will continue as pastor of
the Mahoning Presbyterian church
Scnttdab Is a town of about 18,000
inhabitants and is situated about forty
mile* ea<t of Pittsburgh. It >• in the
neighbothood of Mr. Hutchison's old
home, being less than twenty mile*
from Irvin, where he was pastor before
he came to Danville and only a matter
of tlftv miles from the family home
stead, where Mr. Hutchison's father
still resides.
The call Hutchison
was unanimous. The church at Scott
dale is in a prosperous {condition anil
has a membership 0fJ525.
Mr. Hutchison entered upon the
pastorate of the Mahoning Presbyter
ian clinrch tour begin
ning of the present"month. When he
came here lie found a'tmembership of
373. The congregation atfpresent num
bers 4114 During his pastorate the
manse and clinrch have both been re
paired, the latter being rededicated.
The total cost of the improvements
amounted to over |2OOO. Yet in view
of it all there is not one cent of in
debtedness on the church property.
Mr. Hutchison is a conscientious and
; energetic ministerjof the|gospel. The
high esteem in which he is held per
-1 sonally as well as the excellent show
ing attending his labors as pastor at
test to his personal worth and dilig
, ence. That he may succeed iu his new
; field is the ardent'wish and prayer of
j all who enjoy his acquaintance.
REPAIRING
THE CROSSINGS
! A number of the crossings on East
Market street, which were in bad con
dition, have been repaired during a few
j days past by removing the ill-fitting
and uneven flag stones between the
i rails of the trolley track and replacing
i them with paving brick, all of which
has been viewed with an approving
1 eye by the residents of that importaut
1 thoroughfare who nave found much
cause for complaint. Only the worst
of the crossings—less than half of the
number —have been repaired in this
way, but these are now in very good
shape.
'• What the owners of abutting prop
j erty are more interested in at present,
however,is the paving of the street. A
month ago it looked as though the
paving of East Market street was as
sured. The contract for the curbing, to
be installed yet this fall,however,was
not awarded at the last meeting of
council as was planned and since the
property owners have bfen unable o
gain any information concerning the
status of the paving proposition. All
are anxiously awaiting the next meet
ing of council, tomorrow night,to see
whether or not the contract for the
curbing will be let or reports will be
presented that will show that the sign
ers needed have been obtained.
There are some misgivings felt as to
whether or not the curbing, after all,
will be installed this fall or whether,
|in view of all the formality that re
mains to be complied with,the paving
of the street is as near as it was sup
posed to be a few weeks ago
FUNERAL OF
WILLIAMS. ROBERTS
! William S. Roberts, whose death
was noted elsewhere in these columns,
was consigned to the grave in Odd
Fellows' cemetery Monday yafter-
I noon. The services were conducted by
! the Rev. John Sherman.
! The deceased was a veteran of the
civil war and some ten members of
Goodrich Post, No. 22, G. A. R., at
j tended the funeral in a body. The
( pall bearers chosen from among the
members of the post were : Thomas
Lewis, George Rielley, J. C. Miller,
j Samuel Lunger and W T illiam Keener.
CATAWISSA
EXPECTS TO BOOH
Plans are being made by the Phila
delphia and Reading Railway com
pany, which will result in the biggest
boom that Catawissa has experienced
in years. It means no more or less
thau the erection of a larger round
house, machine shops, additional
tracks, and repair shops there. With
, the increase in the number of train
men the number of machinists as
I well as repairmen on cars and the
j locomotives, will mean that fully 100
i additional families will remove to
i Catawissa frum other points, and the
boom to that town will be the biggest
| experienced iu years.
The man who has the ability to
bring things to pa6s is always in de
! mand.
DANVILLE, I'A., THURSDAY. BKPTKMB&R 15*, 1907
CONTRACTS 1
BICES AWARDED
On Saturday ntternonii the contracts
were awarded for the building of three
highv »v bridges In Montour cnunty
Kivo flrtna presented pri>|ioasls, each
of which had n representative on the
ground
The letting look place at .1 o'clock
liefor- a full board of county commis
sioners. The contractu were awarded
a« follows, to the lowest bidders:
The bridge ut Mrn. Henry'*. Liberty
township, to Buchanan Bridge com
pany for £844.00.
The bridge at DeGreen's, Derry
township, to the Nelson Construction
company for fsrtO.OO.
The bridge at Bobbins', Liberty
township to J. M Mcllvaine company
for #4.">11. 00.
The York Bridge company present
ed a bid for eacli of the bridges as fol
lows, the figures being too high:
Bridge at Mrs. Henry's,fMOO,oo; brirtge
nt DeUreeu's, fHOO.OO; bridge sit Rob
bing'. #565.00.
The Canton Bridge company pre
sented a bid for bridges with concrete
floors, which was not according to the
specifications and therefore could not
be considered.
The specifications call for a plank
floor, although for iron work of suffic
ient strength to carry a concrete floor,
as the county commissioners are try
ing aa experiment with concrete and
after the planking is worn out may
decide to place concrete floors on the
three bridges being built. To provide
for this contingency the specifications
on which the bids were based, call for
steel work three times heavier than
wonM be required to carry wooden
floors.
At the letting Saturday the compet
ing bridge companies were represent
ed by the following gentlemen : Buch
anan Bridge company, William Buch
anan,Chambersburg ; Mcllvaine Bridge
company, James Mcllvaine, of Cham
bersburg ; Nelson Construction com
pany, James B. Long, Chai tbersburg ;
Canton Bridge company,F. J Bryant,
New York; York Bridge company, M.
Geddes, of York.
In addition to the three bridges to
be built, repairs for some time past
have been in progress in otther bridges
of the county. Beside the new floor
and other repairs planned for the
bridge at Exchange, new abutments
have been placed under the bridge at
Sidler's in Valley township Last
week work was in progress on the sub
structure of the new bridge to be built
at Mrs. Henry's in Libertv township.
HORSE FALLS
ON PAVEMENT
It is no unusual thing for a horse to
fall on the Mill street paving, but
there is probably none that ever had
quite so hard a time of it as a horse
belonging to the Welliver Hardware
company, which fell at the corner of
Mill and East Mahoning streets yes
terday afternoon.
The unlucky horse was hitched to
the dray at the offside of the tongue.
On turning the corner at the opera
house the horse fell, sliding under the
near horse. The latter animal tried to
keep off the pavement and in its effort
trod all over the prostrate horse. *
The latter horse seemed badly fright
ened, if not seriously injured, and de
apiie an* amount of coaxing was un
willing to make the least attempt to
arise. Even after it was unhitched and
the hamesri removed the animal con
tinued to lie flat upon its side, refus
ing: to help itself in the least. Mean
while a crowd of nearly a hundred
people collected all willing to offer
advice if not to take hold with their
hands.
Finally several able bodied fellows
got hold of the horse and raising him
half way supported him in that posi
tion until he could be induced to use
his legs. Thus he was finally gotten
upon his feet, but he was too badly in
jured to be hitched to tl.e wagon and
had to be led home.
REOPENING OF
OROVE CHURCH
The Grove Presbyterian church,
which has been olosed since July Ist,
will be formally reopenea on Friday
evening. The elegant Ostermoor cush
ions arrived yesterday, which com
pletes the furnishing of the renovated
auditorium.
The reopening services will begin
Friday evening at 7 :S0 o'clock. Rev.
W. R. Harshaw, D. D.,of West Pitts
tou, will preach the sermon on the oc
casion.
The services will be continued o r
Sunday following. Rev. W. O. aic-
Oormack, D. D.,the pastor, will preach
the morning sermon. The Rev. G. M.
Hemingway. D. D., of Bloomsburg,
will occupy the pulpit at evening.
The life of a good man is a light for
the guidance of many.
TINTED LIFE
OF D». MEREDITH
William Guilford, commonly known
as "Wild Hill", »»• arraigned before
Justice ot Mie Peace llgloht.y Monday
to answer the charge of making tbreath
lie was held for court and 111 default
of bail was committed to jail.
The information was muds hv Dr
II H Meredith, su lerintending phy
sician of th» hospital for the insane.
It set forth 1.1 the usual form that
William Ouilford had threatened Dr.
Meredith and that the latter was afraid
that Ouilford wo- ' do him serious
bodily harm.
The hearing took place at 3 :!K)
o'clock. Hull. R. S. Aniiiierman, a
attorney, was present with Dr. Mere
dith. Alfred Stead and Harry Map
stone. attendants, were present a" wit
nesses.
The defendant pleaded •' not guilty ".
The testimony of both Stead and Map
stone was to the effect that the defend
ant appeared at the hospital one day
last week and threatened to "fix" Dr.
Meredith—"if it would take ten years
from now."
Dr. Meredith explained that the de
fendant had been an inmate at the
hospital for the insane several differ
ent times, he date of his last commit
ment being October 4, IWIB. Dr. Mere
dith read the report of the commis
sion, appointed by the court of Clin
ton county, which found the defend
ant insane and a suitable subject for
confinement. Ouilford was released
from the hospital finally March 2!),
1903. Certain representations weie
made to the commission of lunacy,
which recommended his discbarge.
Dr. Meredith mated, howe*er, that he
does not consider the defendant a saft
person to be at large and that he
should be restrained. The authorities
of Clinton county, win re '.«> had giv
en troubl"*,concurred in Guilford's re
lease only on condition >hat he should
not return to that county. Dr. Mere
dith stated that from the time of the
defendant's release he had heard noth
ing of him until some ten days aj;o
when he reappeared at Dauville.
Justice Oglesby held the defendant
for court in |300.00 bail. The defend
ant being asked if lie could procure a
bondsman replied. 'Yes—but not
here. 1 will write for bail aud I'll get
it." Under the circumstances there
was no alternative but to commit him
to jail. The defendant acquiesced
gracefully enough except that be ob
jected to having the nippers placed
upon his-wrists.» He assured the offic
ers that he wouldn't "rnn" and lidi
culed the idea of emptying force. i*e
was obliged to submit, however.
On seafching Guilford at the jail
the officers found a small pair of scis
sors, one of the blades of which was
sharpened to a very fine point. He
was loath to part with the scissors and
urged the officers'to be very careful of
them, as they had a history.
The history, as he proceeded tog ve
it, consisted of the fact that the pair
of scissors was the weapon used by the
Italian patient to murder Dr. John
ston, one of hospital physicians,a few
years ago. Guilford called attention
to some blood staius, which are clear
ly in evidonce on the scissors, and
which, he states, were received at the
'imp of Dr. Johnston's murder. The
pair of scissors,according to Guilford,
was in possession of the Italian pati
ent and was carried iu his pocket for
weeks before he committed the mur
| der. Whether the scissors are assooiat
j ed as described with the terrible trag
| edv or the whole thing is only a delu
sion of "Wild Bill's" cau not be de
termined at present.
! "Wild Bill's spectacular perform
\ ances began early Monday morning.
■ Sunday afternoon when the heat was
almost stifling in the lock-np Bill
: wanted a fire. He renewed his request
: Monday morning ami was granted
the fire this time, as he said he want
ed to wash his shirt. He had no soon
er washed his shirt than he concluded
the lockup needed a good scrubbing
He heated more water and got busy
with broom and mop. He told Chief
Minoeinoyer that he ought to be
ashamed of himself to maintain such
an unclean plac9. Bill didn't slight a
single nook or corner and when the
chief appeared with the prisoner's
dinner a wonderful transformation had
been wrought. Everything about the
hastile was as clean as a new pin.
After the hearing "Bill" confided
to the AMERICAN representative
that he was"on tot Item." "They are
trying to get me back into the hospit
al," he said, "but they'll be fooled,"
Bill denied that he was at the hospit
al or that he had ever seen or talked
to the two attendants, who testified as
to his threats
Gospel ileetlngs.
A series of gospel meetings are be
ing held at the United Evangelical
Church. The services are conduoted by
the pastor, assisted by several visiting
clergymen, and are held every even
ing.
AH INTERVIEW
Wl SHU'
J. A Morrill, one of the supervisor*
of Valley township, dropped into fltii>
office Tuesday nuil furnished some
relating to the use of oil 011 the
Stall' highway to keep down the dust,
which will no donht lie ri-ad with ab
sorbing interr,. not only bjr the tix
payers of Valley township bat also by
people throughout the State, who arc
much interested In the oil experiment.
It will lie observed that Mr. Merrill's
statement materially modified the figu
res quoted in these columns both as to
th' cost and quantiy of the oil and
aces the experiment in a new light.
The figures quoted in previous art
icles, came from thoroughly trust
worthy sources, and if they were in- ;
accurate in one or two relations no
one is to lie accused of wilful misrep
resentation. Tuesday was the first
opportunity we have had of interview- '
iug one of the supervisors, who are in
possession of a!l the actual facts and
figures relating to the experiment and
whose statement, therefore, goes.
First as to the quantity of oil. Mr.
Merrill says that he feels confident
that not more than fifty barrels will
be required to sprinkle the whole
stretch of State highway in Valley
township, some three thousand feet.
The ten barrels used sufficed to cover
7tio feet, bat allowance must be made
for the fact that one-half of this sec
tion, or thereabout, was sprinkled
twice becaufj of the heavy rain that
fell aftfc. the first five barrels were ap
plied.
Next as to the cost of the oil, which
is a special product of the Atlantic
Refining company and known as "road
bed oil." The'oil costs eight cents
per gallon, which approximately runs
the cost, per barrel, which contains
some fifty gallons up to four dollars.
On paying the bill a rebate of ninety
cents for each barrel is obtained, if
these latter are returned to the com
pany. Moreover the State liquidates
one-half of yie total expense, paying
one-half of the cost of the oil as well
as one-half of the cost of applying it.
Under the terms, the experiment made
by Valley township,in which ten bar
rels of oil were consumed, cost the
township ..nout eighteen dollars, which
distr'buted among the taxpayers is an
item so insignificant as .otto be felt
at all.
Mr. Merrill states that the results of
the experiment are highly satisfactory
and he believes that Valley township
has found the solution of the dust pro
blem and of what is probably of more
importance, the preservation of the
roadbed. Where the oil is applied the
ground a once becomes solid, and,
even uude» constant traffic,there is no
r.ccumulation of dust, which may be
taken as evidence that there is no
wearing away of the roadbed. By ap
plying the oil when the weather is
settled and the probability of rain is
slight the full effects of he oil will
be obtained and there is good reason
to believe that one sprinkling during
the season will suffice. Even when a
heavy rainfall occurred immediately
after the sprinkling, as was the case
when the first five barrels were appli
ed, it is not certain that the effect of
the oil to any appreciable extent was
impaired.
DEGREE TEAM
AT BLOOMSBURG
The degree team of Mahoning tribe,
No. 77, Improved Order of Red Men,
accompanied by a large delegation of
members, journeyed Bloomsburg last
evening and initiated a large class ol'
candidates into Honaywas tribe, of
that place.
The delegation left on the 6 :20 trol*
ley and returned by special late last
night. The Danville Indians were very
pleasantly entertained by their Bloom
burg brethern.
A Surprise Party.
A very enjoyable surprise party was
tendered William McQuay at his home
near Strawberry Ridge, on Saturday
evening, in honor of his 38th birth
day. Mnsic was furnished by Mr.
Spotts and refreshments were served.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
Barber, Mr. and Mrs. William Mc-
Quay, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Tanner,
Reuben Lobach, Mr. and Mrs. Jeffer
son Ande, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin
Spotts, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Renner,
Messrs. Edward Hoffman, Boyd Mc-
Quay. Tdorge Stamm, Bryan Mohr,
David Barber, Misses Blanche Stamm,
Blanche Ande, Grace Miller, Marie
Renner, Ruth McQuay,Bessie Barber,
Maria Barber, Mabel Barber and Stella
Eberly.
Funeral of Miss Qulnn.
The funeral of Elizabeth Quinn,
whose death was noted yesterday,will
take place at 2 o'clock this afternoon
from the residence of William Quinn,
brother of the deceased, Cooper street.
1 Interment in Odd Fellows' cemeterv.
■ or COURT
ill BE SHI
Montour county court will convene
for tln> September term on next M n
-1 day. From present appearances there
will t*> little business on hand ami it
In ilonTitllll whether the proceedings
will cover more than a couple of day*.
There id not a single civil suit Hated
for triiil. The common wealth cane* are
few in number and will not occupy
much time. Four of the defendant*
are in jail, among these being H. X
Lyon, w hone case in probably the most
impnrtnut. Walter Hupp, who Is
awaiting trial for an alleged assault
of Chlef-of-Polico Mlncemoyer, has
been in jail for several months. "Wild
Hill", the last committed, in probably
! the most interesting of the four await
! ing trial. Otis Knapp was committed
, in August.
| The last term of court was held in
| May. It certainly speaks well for the
orderly and peace loving disposition i
I and for the general good character of i
( its citizens that Montour county after 1
such a long period in which there was
|no court should have no civil suits
I and only such a few criminal cases on
hand for court. In this connection it
might be appropriate to state that be- |
sides the four above naned persons i
awaiting trial there are inly three
prisoners in jail, serving out short
sentences.
REPAIRS ON HILL
STREET PAVING
The paving on Mill street about mid- !
way between the canal'and D. L. & |
W. railroad crossing, which was torn
up last spring to repair a break in the
water main, was relaid yesterday by
borough employes. The brick were put
down oil a bed of concrete and all the
work was done in a way to conform
with the original laying of the brick.
There are a couple of other places j
on Mill street where the brick paving j
needs repairs very badly in order to
give the street a presentable appear- j
ance. The worst, blemish occurs at
the culvert over the old canal, where
the roadbed has sunken and t..e pave
: ment as a result is uneven, abounding j
in hollows where in times of rain the
water accumulates in unsightly pools.
] The sinking of the roadbed in this
( way was contemplated wnen the cul- j
| vert was built and in order to make it
| easy to fill up the street at this point
the brick were laid without cement.
\lt was [explained yesterday that the
| paving on the culvert would have been
I torn up before this and the joadbed
raised had it not been for the fact that
a proposition to construct a sewer in
the canal is under consideration.
From the lack of developments, how
ever, one would be led to believe that
| the outcome of the sewer proposition
1 is rather uncertain, which might im-
I ply that repairs on the paving over
i the canal is indefinitely in the future.
200 CASES FOR
SUNBURYCOURT
Almost 200 cases are scheduled to
come before the Northumberland coun
ty conrt at Sunbury next week. This
j number is well above the normal
; amount of a September session. Many
, of the cases are of more than ordiuary
importance.
A dozen or more Black Handers will
appear before the bar of justice. The
1 evidence against them is sufficient to
put them in prison for long terms and
effectually break the back of the so
ciety in that county. Two men will
| be put on trial for their lives, each
| charged with having committed an
atrocious murder.
Stanley Marcavitch will be tried for
: the murder of a Shamokin cobbler,
and Henry Fisher for the killing of
Mrs. Klinger. The evidence against
| them, though circumstantial, is very
' strong. It is confidently expected that
Fisher will resume his insanity tactics
to escape the gallows. His chances
; otherwise will be slim.
Crowd Views Pictures.
Another large crowd convened on
Mill street last night to see the pict
ures that accompany the advertise
ments thrown on the screen stretched
in front of the Kaldy ) "use. Many of
the pictures were ver* ine and pleas
!ed the crowd immenf y. The gentle
j man in charge of the dvertising is H.
W. Force of New Y »'k, who periodic
ally visits Danvillf in pursuit of his
calling.
Gigged Fish Die,
The Miltonian, in commenting up
j on the requirement of the fish law
j which requires that some fish like
bass and salmon that have been gigged
shall be thrown back into the stream,
says:"The river is full of those
"thrown overboard" after a gig hits
them, and they pine away and die."
It seems to be a foolish provision of
the law that prevents snch fish from
being put to culinary use.
KBTABLIBHKD IN 1 M.V>
FUDDLE ILL
WILL RESUME
The puddle mill of Howe Samuel,
operated in connection with the Struc
tural Tnhlng company'* plant, which
has been shut down during the greater
part of the trammer, will st;»rt up again
In October,
The company at present in bo*>
cleaning oat the boilers used In con
nection with the puddle mi II and over
hauling the machinery in general. The
date of starting up is fixed 011 the first
week of October.
The puddle mill of Hnwe ,V Samuel
employs some seventy-five men and is
quite an important fnetor in affording
remunerative employment to a very
skillfnl class of wage-earners.
The shut down, which occurred on
the first of June, was brought about
by the circumstance that for awhile
the present summer, although no de
pression existed in the ' on business,
it happened that there s as no marked
demand for the product of Howe &
Samuel's mill, which is of a sjiecial
kind or grade. The shutdown occas
ioned no hardship nor inconvenience
upon those employed, as they all very
readily found employment in the oth
er puddle mills of town.
In view of existing conditions in the
iron trade an unlimited demand for
Howe & Samuel' 6 product is torseen
and the mill will probably run on in
definitely.
FIRST VISIT
IN 46 YEARS
W. T. Cross, a native of Danville,
but at present a resident of Elmira.
N. Y., is revisiting this city after an
absence of forty-six years.
Mr. Cross is the son of Samuel Cross,
who came to Danville from Elmira in
1845 and started up the Rough and
Heady rolling mill. Hisfather.as well
as his mother, Ann Cross, are well re
membered by soaie of our older resi
dents. Both husband and wife were
ordained ministers of the gospel and
both preached in the primitive Metho
dist church on Welsh Hill.
In 1861 W. T. Cross accompanied his
mother to Elmira where they joined
the husband and father who had pre
ceded them to that place. It is worthy
of mention that in the long interim be
tween ISJiI and the present Mr. Cross
never visited Danville until the pres
; ent, although it is a trip he has been
j looking forward to for many years.
He w'as only ten years old when he
I left Danville,but a whole host of boy
hood acquaintances still liugered in
| his memory, the most of whom he ex
pected to see on his visit. But ou ar
j riving at Danville he found that death
■ had played sad havoc. Among the com
! parativelv few surviving that he cau re
' call are Albert Lloyd aurl Robert Wil
| liams of Spruce street,»! whose tiomes
I lie has been a guest sinc-i his arrival,
i There are no doubt others who will
I recall Mr. Cross' parents, if not the
j visitor himself, and the-o the latter
' would like to meet duriug his visit,
which will coutinue until next week.
! Mr. Cross is now a man fifty-six
j years of age and naturally he sees lit
tle in Danville to remind him of the
1 town that he knew as a boy. As a
matter of fact the only feature that
i seemed in the least familiar wi.eu he
'entered the town was old "Bald Top"
[ whose imposing height made an im
pression ou his childish mind that all
1 the intervening years could not efface.
DEATH OF AN
AGED LADY
Mrs. Susan Girton, the aged widow
of Andrew Oirton, died- yesterday
morning at 3 o'clock at her home in
Derry township, after an illness of
about four weeks. The deceased was
85 years of age.
Mrs. Girton was a widely known
woman and brightened the lives of all
who came in contact with her. She
possessed a kindly disposition, and
there are many who live iu the vicinity
of her home who will miss her cheery
greetingand sunny smile. She was a
member of the Washingtonvllle Luth
eran church.
Mrs. Girton is survived by two
daughters, Mrs Julia Alartz, of Wash
ingtonville and Mrs. Arnos Gross of
Bloomsburg. The funeral will take
place Friday morning at 10 o'clock
from the home. Interment will be
made in the cemetery adjoining the
Wadiingtonville Lutheran church.
.Meetings Close Tonight.
The series of bible studies, conduct
ed by Evangelist Wm. D. Laumaster,
in St. Peter's M. E. church, Hiver
side, will close with tonight's meet
ing. The services were well attended
every night, and those who took ad
vantage of the ppportunity to learn
more about the bible were plen«e,i
with the results of the work. Tin i <
will be'special singing tonight. Top •
"How Should I Study ftlie W. ' i «.f
God?" A cordial invitation is tiU-ud-
I ed to the public.