VOL. 53—NO. 41
DR. IRVING (I. JENNINGS,
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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.