VOL. 53—NO. 41 DR. IRVING (I. JENNINGS, Office flours .1. .»/. to VI M 104 Mill St., 1 I'. M.to 4 /'. Danville. Pa. SIItILTZ, I»l. )» 425 MILL ST., DANVILLK, PA. Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines a Specialty ITEMS CONDENSED. It has been proved again aud again h at assertion is not proof. Bigness is uot always a sign of sup erior merit. The country will be safe so long as its judiciary is able, honest and in dependent. Solitude may sometimes be highly beneficial to the busy man. The part of wisdom is to live right from moment to moment. Wealth does uot consist in the abund ance of the things oue hath. Argument is a meaus of grace to the open and sincere mind. Enmity injures the life of the per son who cherishes it. Love is the one absolutely unselfish thing in the world. It is never wise to treat a small boy otherwise than kindly. The longest memory in the world is possessed by the child. The testing of souls goes on from day today. The idle mau is usually the victim of chronic discontent. October presents the nature lover with many attractions. The child who wants to know how things are made is all right. The teacher who indulges in cruel sarcasm is human but out of place. Love aud patience often soften and win the hardest heart. The path of duty is usually the way of safety. The wicked love darkness because their deeds are evil. The Christmas holidays already cast their shadows before. Truth loves the clear light of day. Public spirt is essential to any com munity's success. Many an anticipated pleasure proves a great disappointment. Indiscretion is a fault, but not so grave a one as insincerity. Blunders are pretty certain to occur iu this world for some time yet. Preseut disappointment often be comes future blessing. The chronic bore wonders why some men have so little time to spare. Speed is supposed to be a matter of the utmost, importance just now, but there is virtue in leisure. The majority of us often forget to judge as we would be judged. It requires very little original cap ital to begiu business as a slanderer. The man who is yonr friend as long as he can use you and no longer is still about aud arcund. There is much wickedness iu the world yet and also a great deal of genuine goodness. The autumnal gales will be due presently and are likely to keep their appointment. The merchant fleets of the globe now total 39,438,000 tons, or uearly 2,000,000 more than a year ago. The population of Canada, accord ing to the official estimates of that country, was 6,504,900 on April 1. It is said that the Danish flag is the oldest national omblem in present use. The design of a white cross on a red ground has remained unchanged since the thirteenth century. The way in which the Lusitania is beating records seems to bring the four-day trip to Europe in sight. Probably by the end of the century our descendants will be running over there for a day's visit. < The native women of Ec:<: dor are so used to strong heat and that they even do their spinning out of doors in the.blazing t-un. The jaws of the wasp are so powt - ful that the insect can cut its way through shells. Kxcluding'about 80,000 small vessels the commerce of the world is carried on by 30,100 vessels of a total tonnage of about 25,000,000. In reclaiming the arid lands of the west the irovernment has already ex pended about $26,000,000 and is spend ing about *J,000,000 a month. {China and Japan produce 12,500 tons of silk annually, but about 60 per cent of this is retained for home use. Prohibition in the south is greatly decreasing the receipts of the federal internal revenue collectors in that sec tion and a consolidation of districts will probably be necessary. NI IN iron ESSE Judge Evans Saturday liauded down a decision in the case of the trustees | of the State hospital for the insane vs | Danville and Mahoning Poor district, I May term, 1907, assumpsit. By agree ! inent filed in the cause the parties dis j pensed with a trial by jury and sub- J mitted the decision of the same to the court, pursuant to the provisions of j the act of April, 22, 1874. i This was an action brought tore- I cover for medical care, maintenance ! and clothing rendered Catharine j Halm, an alleged pauper committed j to the care and custody of the plain \ till by the overseers of the poor of the i defendant poor district. The court finds that the said Catherine Hahn was not an indigent insane person and that the hospital for the insane is en titled to judgment against the Dan ville and Mahoning Poor district. The decision is one of much import ance,as it aims to break up a practice pretty generally in vogue throughout the State—that of committing persons to the various hospitals as indigent insane, when they have estates or some oue responsible for their care and keeping. ' When the lunacy commission made j its investigation at the hospital for the insane at this place last winter ; the fact developed that Montour coun ty is no exception to the general rule !in this respect. A couple of the over ! seers of the Danville and Mahoning ! Poor District were called before the j commission, who testified as to the difficulty of determining in all cases whether the person for whom an order j of relief is sought is really indigent i or is possessed of means, j It was brought out by the lunacy commission that either by carelessness ; or by downright collusion between the ! various boards of overseers of the poor and designing persons of meaiiß in their respective districts the State in i this way is defrauded out of au im mense amount of money annually. Several remedies were proposed, among them being some new legislation on the subject and the bringing of suits against the poor districts where per sons ware committed as indigent who were in the possession of estates. In the case heard before court here I last May Judge Evans in his findings sets forth in part that Catherine Hahn an alleged pauper, was placed in the care and custody of the plaintiff on « the first (lay of May, 1903, and continu led there until the eleventh day of June, 1904, a total length of time of '36 4-7 weeks. At the time of the com mittment the defendant poor district filed with the plaintiff in addition to the usual certificate a bond coveuant j iug and agreeing to pay the plaintiff the sum of $1.75 per week for the board, clothing and medical attend ance of the said Catherine Fahn, s which bills 011 being rendered quart- I erlv were paid in full by the defend ant poor district prior to the date of ; bringing suit. That the actual cost and expense to the plaintiff for maintenance for the j said Catherine Hahn during the time that she was in the hospital was at the rate of four dollars per week and for the 364-7 weeks amounted altogeth l er to the sum of $146 28, sixty-four dollars of which was paid to the plain tiff by the-defendant prior to suit. Tl-.at at the time Catherine Halm was committed to the hospital she was owner in fee of certain real estate in the borough of Danville, which real estate after her death, was sold for $1225.00. That there is at this time the sum of $1032.50 in the hands of the orphan's court belonging to the [ estate of the said Catherine Hahn. After reviewing the law and citing | the opinion of the supreme court I Judge Evans reaches the legal con clusions that the defendant corpora ! tion having the right to commit an 1 insane pauper to the plaintiff corpora tion must in the first instance deter mine whether the insane pauper is an indigent insane pauper or not. That at the time Catherine Hahn was committed by the defendant to the care and custody of the plaintiff | she was uot au indigent insane paup ' er. That the plaintiff corporation can uot charge a poor district a sum in ex cess of ft. 75 ner week for the care and custody of au indigent insane pauper and that the plaintiff is entitled to judgment against the defendant for the sum of SIOO.BO and costs. ! It was ordered by the court that legal notice of this decision be given to the parties and their attorneys and if no exfeptious be filed within thirty [ days after the service of such notice that then upon proof of service of j such notice judgment bo entered in I favor of the plaintiff for the said sum j of SIOO.BO. j Viceroy Tuan Pang of Nankin, j China, has asked the Throne for per i mission to turn out another million of I ten-cash copper coins from the Kian ' gus Mint. DANVILLE, PA., THURSDAY. OCTOBER 17, 1907 D CONSTABLE IKS URESIS High Constable Benton B. Brown Monday caused the arrest of two more persous charged with permitting their dogs to run at large without be ing muzzled. Each was mulcted in fine and costs. The two dogs whose owners got in to trouble did not materially lessen the number of dogs that are running the streets unmuzzled, although the owners of the latter, if they care to profit by the experience of tiiose ar rested Monday, will give a little more heed to the ordinance or they may pay a like penalty. The high constable very warmly re sents some of the criticism to which he is subjected. He acknowledges that there are dogs running uumuzzled.but he declares that it is next to impossi ble to discover to whom they belong. Iu an effort to find the owner, he has already followed a single dog for foui hours and has had to give up the search in the eud. In this manner, he says, he tramps wearily backward and forward accomplishing little or noth ing. Notwithstanding the number of unmuzzled dogs aud dogs improperly muzzled to be seen on the streets, uu til yesterday.no arrests had been made for weeks past, but the high constable declares that he was not idle. Mr. Brown states that through his efforts no less than fifty clogs have been killed since the first hydrophobia scare occurred. With less than half a dozen exceptions these dogs were all of the worthless type. Since the high constable, on whom the duty of making arrests devolves acknowledges himself unable to cope the situation, it would seem to be the duty of council to devise some other means of getting rid of the un muzzled dogs. All it would have to do would be to proceed under secti' 1 3 of the borough ordinance relating ti dogs, which provides that dogs found run ning at large in the borough without being first properly and securely muz zled, whenever so required bv resolu tion of council, shall be seized aud impounded by the high coustable or such other person as may be authoriz ed by council. This in most instances would quickly bring out the owners of the dogs, as all that are uot claim ed, under the ordinance, would he killed. As it would cost a dollar to gether with all costs and expenses to reclaim a dog, most persons would be careful to keep their dogs out of the officer's hands. It would be necessary to handle only a few dogs in this way. All that would be required would be for the borough to show that it was thoroughly iu earnest. A short experiment would no doubt suffice to solve the whole pro blem. SCHOOL BOARD LACKED A QUORUn Monday night—the second Monday night of the mouth—was the regular time for the semi-monthly school board meeting, but there was no session, which was indeed n somewhat note worthy omission, considering that it related to a body as constant and busi ness-like as the school board. The members present lacked one of being a quorum aud were as follows: Ortli, Barber, Swarts.Fish, Heiss and Cole The majority of the absentees are Freemasons and had joined the exodus to Bloomsburg to atteud the grand function held by the order at that place Monday night. The faithful few who attended the meeting, tf/ied until about the hour of eight discussing matters relating ro the sr' jols. Convinced finally that there would not be a quorum they re tired. The sohool board appreciates the responsibility resting upon it and takes its business quite seriously. Consequ ently the majority of the members are always in their places. It would be difficult to recall a time in the past when there was not a quorum. MT. CARMEL OFFICIAL ARRIVED YESTERDAY Constable Watters of Mt. Carmel arrived in this city yesterday after uoon in response to the news that Frank Phoenix, who is wanted in that place for larceny, had been ar rested here. Phoenix was obliged to give up the mandolin. He was permitted to re main in Danville by putting up twenty dollars in casli as a guarantee that lie would appear before Justice Reed in Mt. Carmel for a hearing on Monday next. The negotiations were completed at 3 :30 o'clock yesterday afternoon and Phoenix was released from the lockup after the large assortment of cheap jewelry had been returned to him. which, with other personal effects, was taken from him at the time of his arrest. The constable took the mandolin along back to Mt. Carmel for the pur pose of returning it to the owner. Will IKE IMR The Urge boards warning against fast driving on the river bridge, which the county commissioners | caused to be prepared about a year ago, were placed in position for the first time on Monday afternoon. The notice forbids riding or driving faster than a walk, while automobiles are held down to one mile six minutes. A beard is installed at each end of the bridge, raised high overhead among tho iron work some ten or a dozen yard 3 from the entrance. The notice, which is plainly 'visible to a person of average eye sight, forbids anyone to ride or drive over any part of the bridge faster than a walk. The penalty that may be imposed is not less than five dollars jnor more than thirty dollars. Drivers of automobiles or motor vehicles of any sort are warned that they must not operate their machines at a speed greater than at the rate of one mile in six minutes. Automo bilists that exceed the speed limit will be obliged to forfeit and pay a fine of not less than ten dollars, nor more than twenty dollars. When it became known, about a year ago, that the county commission ers contemplated holding down the speed limit as described above a mighty protest was voiced by people who drive the bridge. It was urged that to walk a horse would oblige a person to lose a great deal of valuable time, while during winter, when the wind blows up the almost arctic severity, the slow gait would lead to unnecessary exposure and suf fering from the cold. Whether the county commissioners wree influenced by the protest or not is unknown, but the boards were not installed. Since then it is said that the commissioners have become alarm ed at the growing practice of speeding horses on the bridge and at the high records made by automobiles in cross ing. The latter, especially.it is aver red.are becoming a nnisaneetlmt must be checked. Many of the drivers are not satisfied in making a record in crossing, but immediately turn aud retrace their way, going backward and forward over the bridge several times in succession. Although the county commissioners have not expressed themselves on the subject it is said that the automobil ists aud the fellows who speed their horses are the ones that they are after and that unless some of these people mend their ways arrests will be pretty sure to follow. OLD JOB MAS A BAD RECORD Hon. Alexander Billmeyer lost an other valuable elk on Monday, the animal killed being a cow, one of the most vahiable of the held. The death of the cow was caused by Job, the male elk which a month or so ago became ferocious and had to be deholbed. It has developed, however, that the process of dehorning,while it has rendered Job less formidable, has not changed his nature in the least a'Ml he savagely hutts tho defenseless einale elks whenever the opportunity presents itself. The cow that was killed was six years of age and was an especially fine animal, which Mr, Billmeyer valued more highly than any other in the herd. When Job struck her is not known, but it is supposed that he cor nered her iu some place and hurt her internally. At all events the death of the cow is attributed to injuries in flicted by Job. Ha*. , Billmeyer Tuesday evening stat ed that at the end of another summer they would probably be obliged to kill Job, owing to his savage and intract able nature. In the latter event Mr. Billmeyer will have Job's head, with full developed antlers, mounted'. BURIAL OF ALEX COHEN The body of Alexander Oohen, who died in Wilkes-Barre Monday, was consigned to the grave in the Jewish cemetery at this place yesterday af ternoon. The body, accompanied by relatives and friends from Bloomsburg, Wilkes Barre and other up-the-river towns, arrived at Danville on the 12:51 D. L. & W. train aud was taken directly to the cemetery. The burial rites of the Fraternal Order of Eagles were observed. The pall bearers, chosen from among the members of that or t der, were from Wilkes-Barre. A number of relatives and friends of this city met the funeral party at the station and accompanied the body jto the cemetery. Rev. I. E. Waggen heim, of this city officiated at the grave. The Panama canal authorities have discontinued hiring labor abroad, the 42,000 men now at work being suffici ent for the present. B ESTATE CHANCES IDS " Five properties belonging to the es tate of Jacob Loeb, deceased, were sold at public sale iu this city yester day. The sale took place at the court house betweeu 10 a. m. aud the hour of noon. Michael Breckbill was auct ioneer. The three 3-story, brick store build ings on the east side of Mill street, situated between the lot of Thomas J Rogers on the north and the lot of the Moyer Lyon estate on the south, wore knocked down to Wolf Dreifusß of Milton for $ 15,500. John F. Tooley, who occupies two of the buildings with his store, was one of the bidders, but he dropped out after the price passed the fifteen thousand dollar mark. Each of the three buildings is fifteen feet in width and contains a modern store room.. The price paid is generally regarded as about the full value. The town lot and 2-story brick dwelling at the south-west corner of Lower Mulberry aud Pine streets was purchased by Simon Dreifuss for SI,BOO. The 2-story double frame dwelling on Front striet adjoining the lot of the Son's of Zion congregation WBB knocked down to D. B. Heddens, for |!800. The undivided one-half interest in the large up-to-date store building on the west side of Mill 'street adjoining the lots of Samuel Goldsmith, and G. Fred Smith and occupied at present by the firm of Oohen Bros.,was knock ed down to Wolf Dreifuss for $2,000. The one-half interest in the town lot and 2-story frame dwelling on Ash street was purchased by Wolf Dreifuss for S3OO. The sale was well attended, among those present being several persons from out of town. Bidding, however, was slow. Later in the day the three above store bnildings were purchased by ,T. F. Tooley at private sale. ARM FRACTURED PLAYING FOOT BALL Robert, the twelve-year-old son of Hon. R. S. Ammerman, sustained a fracture of his right arm while play ing foot ball Tuesday evening. After school, with five other boys, Robert retired to the courthouse lawn for a game at the popular sport. They were playing on the lower side of the courthouse and were having a fine time when the foot ball rebounded aud went down over the retaining wall on the lower side of the ground. Robert, iu order to make a touch down, staited immediately after the ball. As he leaped down over the wall his foot slipped on tie top stone and he fell headfirst to the ground below. To break his fall he instinctively threw out his right arm. As he struck the ground the extended arm received the weight or the entire body. The result was that the hone of the fore arm was fractured about two inches above the wrist. The boy at once realized the extent of the injury and without any ado pluckily ran to the office of Dr. Pat ton. Accompanied by the physician lie went to his home where the fract ure was reduced. The injury was of a very painful nature and before the bone con Id be set it was necessary to administer an anaesthetic. Tuesday evening Robert had recovered from the effect of the operation and was able to be abDut. A TEAM CF SHETLAND PONIES Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Shuman of Oat awissa drove down to this city yester j day to call upon their son-in-law and daughter, Mr and Mrs. O. W. Ruckel, Mill street. Mr. and Mrs. Shuman were brought | down to Danville by their team of | Shetland ponies, the smallest,by the j way, that were ever seen in this oity. | The smaller of the ponies seems little 1 larger than a Newfoundland dog, but | he is a spirited little fellow and can pull like a draught-horse.He is thirty ! eight inches high and weighs only 285 ! pounds. The larger of the ponies, which works on the off side of the : tongue, is forty-one inches high and ; weighs 325 pounds. When Mr. Shuman explained that the ponies had brought himself aud { wife down from Catuwissa along the difficult river road in two hours' time J people were greatly surprised. A few days ago Mr. and Mrs. Shuman drove to Berwick and hack with the ponies, a distance of thirty-two miles. The j drive from Catawissa to Berwick was ; made in hours. The ponies attract ed much attention yesterday. ; The Nova Scotia government ban ap | pointed a commission to examine into I and report on the feasibility of old age pensions for workmen. Aims no ■lßffilil Tim borough auditors—John L. Jones, A. O. Amesbury and Grant Gulick—met at the office of Justice of the Peace Oglesby last night to re sume the examination of witnesses in an effort to discover whether the horse belonging to M. S. Bond and killed last week was infected with rabies ! and, if so, whether the animal was in- j oculated in this city. M. S Bond was re-examined. It was 32 days,'he said, since the horse en- j countered the mad dog in Danville ! and the matter had in a manner paRS- ! ed out of his mind. He described the swelling which appeared on the horse's lip and said that a snake bite natur ally suggested itself. He paid a visit to Harrisburg Saturday and described the symptoms to Dr. Kline, deputy State Veterinarian, who unhesitating ly gave it as his opinion that the horse was infected with rabies. Austin Roup.the gentleman employ ed by Mr. Bond, who was driving the horse when the dog is supposed to ; have bitten him, was examined at , length. He was in the depot when the | horse jumped and pulled the wagon away from the platform. As he ran out of the station to pull the horse back to tha platform he saw the dog run away. He described a "little scratch" on the horse's lip. There was no blood of any account. Charles Gardner, who also saw the dog run away after the horse reared was re-examined. He has reason to fear, he says, that one of the mules that he drives might also have been bitten by the rabid dog. Dr. Reed was also re examined. The swelling on the lip was the first thing he noticed. He acknowledged that he was puzzled at first. He treated for symptoms and waited for develop ments. He was not informed that the horse had beeu bitten. The swelling on the lip led liiin to think that the horse might be suffering from a bite or a sting, probably that of a snake. When he saw the horse on Thursday morning he saw that it.was a clear case of rabies. He accompanied Mr. Bond to Harrisburg Saturday and had the satisfaction of hearing Dr. Kline, deputy State Veterinarian, pronounce I the symptoms undoubtedly those of rabies. Dr Reed believes that the horse was killed before the final stage so that one or more of the symptoms looked for in rabies miglii have been lacking. The deputy veterinarian ex plained that if the true skin was lace rated by the dog bite, even though the blood did not flow, inoculation would likely follow Indeed, in sucli cases the danger was greater than if the blood flowed copiously. The next witness was Erwin Hunt er, at whose establishment, the horse was skinned and disposed who was ex amined in an effort to see whether it would be possible to obtain the head in order to secure the braiu for the purpose of making an examination. He made it plain thafit would be im practicable. Ho did not know,' he said, that the horse had died of rabies until aftei it was skinned. He was then warned not to send the hide away and to see to it that the other parts of the carcass were well taken care of. The skeleton of the horse, iucludiug the head aud brain, is buried in a deep vat along with the remains of some 23 other horses. The bones and head of Mr. Bond's horse lie under some two or three other horses and the whole is covered by nearly four feet of earth, placed there since, as a precaution against the disease. It seemed plain enough to the aud itors after hearing all the testimony that it would be impossible to obtain the horse's head, at least with any as surance that it was the right one aud the project was abandoned. The auditors will hold another meet ing Friday night, on which occasion they will file a report with the Just ice of the Peace. WILL FINISH THE STREET TODAY Today will wind up the work on the macadam on north Mill street. By last evening the street was completed up to the P. &R. railway crossing. The remaining thirty yards or go, be tween the crossing aud the Mahoning township line, was covered with the first course of stone. All that remain ed to be done was to roll the stoue and apply the two remaining courses, the stone for which is on the spot. Tiie completed roadbed, between the railway crossing aud the paving at the flouring mill, is as fine a piece of macadam as may be seen anywhere. The street at one point has been cut down over two feet and the grade, which at that place, was quite a factor previously, has been almost entirely eliminated. The improvement,indeed, is marked in every respect. Vehicles are again using the street along its entire length. ESTABLISHED IN 1855 mm n 1 Hill " An excavation has beeii begun on the site of the soldiers' monument iu the center of the new park ou Bloom street. A considerable quantity of ground lias been displaced, which is being utilized in fil/jg up the low places of the park ast how deep the excavation will r jown cannot be de termined at pre., i. The object is to find a good solid bottom as u fo nida tion for the monument and as soon as this is reached digging will cease. Affairs relating to the monument will soon assume tangible shape. A meeting of tiie monument committee will be held tomorrow night,at which a design will be selected. It appears that the advertisements inserted in Philadelphia and other newspapers Inviting professional peo plo to submit designs for the monu ment bore no practical fruit. A few letters were received asking for some additional information relating to the monument, but that was all. The monument committee becoming weary of waiting for designs, which were looked forward to as the result of the advertisements, decided to look to another class for assistance. Prac tical workmen, accustomed to doing marble and cemetery work, according ly, were called upon and asked to sub mit designs with a view of bidding for the actual performance of the work later on. Tomorrow night is the date selected for examining the designs. How many and what kind of designs may be submitted is not known, but responses are expected, not only from local people, but also from contractors in Sunbury and other neighboring towns. If the showing is at all favor able the committee will select a de sign tomorrow night, after which the contract for building the monument will be let in double quick time. LITTLE CHILD'S NARROW ESCAPE But for the timely arrival of a pol ice officer a little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Engle, North Mill street, would in all probability have burned to death yesterday. About nine o'clock in the morning J Officer John Grier Voris having busi | uess with Mr. Engle, who is a junk ; dealer, went to his place of residence. 1 Neither Mr. uor Mrs. Engle were j present just at the time, but two lit ! tie children, aged respectively 3 and 4 years, were in the room alone. The smaller of the two,a little girl, was sitting iu front of a cylinder j stove, which was very hot. With her 1 feet on the hearth she was using the i rim around the center of the stove as s ii book rest for a magazine she was ! poring over. The elder of the child ! ren left the room to call Mrs. Engle | when at the same moment the police j man detected odor of smoke and saw ! that the magazine was in a blaze. He ' rushed to the child and succeeded in extinguishing the fife before it com municated to the child's clothing. One moment later and the little i one's clothing would have beeu in a i blaze. When the mother returned and learned of the peril to which her child had been exposed she was nearly over come. A TEST CASE AT SUNBURY A novel suit is to he tried in court at Sunbury at the next term which will determine whether a physician I who fails to report a case of conta- I gious disease promptly to the author j ities can be fined for lus neglect. Dr. Frank Writer", of Pinegrove, was con victed and fined $25 by Justice L. F. McDouough for failing to report a case of diphtheria. Dr. Walter iias ap pealed trom this decision to the court and lias retained counsel to fight the case. The board of health in Sunbury is making similar complaints against, several local physicians. The officials olaim that contagious diseases have been unreported, that unsuspecting people have not been kept from the patient and are thus placed in danger of contracting the disease, owing to the criminal negligence of the doctors. HARRY DAVIS VISITS TOWN Harry Davis, first, baseman and cap tain of the Athletic base ball team, called on old friends iu this city on | Monday evening. Mr. Davis was em ployed as book keeper in this city by the company that dismantled the Bes semer steel plant some six years ago. He formed many pleasant friend ships while in Danville. He was warm ly w'elcomed Monday night. Qerman soldiers sleep on es made of little rolls of paper. Tic i•> said to be a great improvement v .. the straw mattresses.
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