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VOL. 53—NO. 42
DR. IRVING H. JENNINGS,
Office /lours
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425 MILL ST., DASVII.LK, PA.
ihseases of the Stomach and Intestines
a Specialty
B CONDENSED.
Good resolutions must be followed
by correct living.
A cheerful friend is better than a
dose of medicine.
He who undertakes to win by de
ception usually fails miserably.
Speculation is a pTetty risky busi
ness.
One steadfast friend is a'great trea
sure.
When misfortune gets on one's trail
it doesn't want to quit.
The mother who takes pains with
her children does God's work.
Reticence is a trait of character
which has some virtues, too.
A mouse seldom lives longer than
three years.
Persistence may be a neat virtue but
is often a bad fault.
Ambition sometimes leads its sub
ject into queer company.
Ttie man who never sees any good
in his fellows should be watched.
An occasional raw, dull day fore
bodes the future.
The politest individual sometime
fails in achievement.
Soap has been known to the world
for 3,000 years.
Some Philippine cigars are a foot
and a half in length.
London has 30,000 one-room dwel
lers.
The factories of Japan close on the
first and fifteenth of each month.
Of the world's population there are
64 to the million who are blind.
' It is officially reported that vessels
in the United States navy conversed !
with each other by wireless telephones !
up to twelve miles.
Two Wisconsin counties report that !
wolves are making serious inroads on j
their deer.
According to the New Orleans j
Times-Democrat a Texan who smoked
an average of thirty-five cigarettes a
day lived to be 17.
Some of the Louisiana bear guides
are peculiarly fortunate in that they
are not in a position to have their li- j
censes revoked.
In East Africa the Germans have i
pushed a railroad far inland, and in j
order to connect it with Lake Victoria ;
Nianza are digging a sixty-mile canal
through a swampy region.
At a Louisville meeting in behalf of !
the republican ticket three of the
speakers were Confederate soldiers anil
one the son of a Confederate member |
of congress.
There is no standard gunpowder, j
Every nation seems to have its own 1
formula.
Vanilla comes from a genus of climb
ing orchid which grows plentifully in ;
the tropics.
Rudynrd Kipling, now visiting tie I
British northwest, thinks that region j
should be occupied by men of British |
stock rather thau natives of Asia.
When the herring fishery season is |
at its height sometimes like 5,000 or j
t>,ooo miles of nets are set nightly in
North Sea.
An American firm from Chicago is
opening the largest 5, 10 and 15 cent
store ever started in Canada.
In steam power Pennsylvania led all I
other States in 1905. with 2,088,773 I
horse power, or nearly 20 per cent of '
the total of the whole country.
Steam and electric power employed
in the manufactures of the United
Stateß amounted in 1905 to 14,641,54
horse power.
There were 188 banks in if- rmanyat '
the close of 1906, with capit.il of *BSO,- |
000,000 and reserves of $583,475,000.
The gypsies of Granada, Spain, are '
unique among the race as csvo-dwc'- !
lers living in recesses hollowed out of
a hill side not far from tlie city.
The two-year-old daughter of Mrs. t
Margaret Rung, of Williauisport, Pa.,
hugged her baby sister so hard that
she broke the infant's collarbone.
The "Peacock Throne" of Persia is :
the most extravagant thing of the kind !
in the world. Its value is estimated
between ton and fifteen milliou dol- |
lars.
-f raulein Rictiter has been appoint- I
ed lecturer of philology at Vienna j
University, the first instance of a wo
man receiving sucb an Appointment, ft
August Belmont, head of the trao
tloii Interests In Now York, ffaya he
h as been a straphanger all liis life.
IHIISIII SELL
INFECTED POTATOES
The subject of the curbstone maiket
oamo up before council Friday night
in'a wholly new phase and action was
taken along a line entirely new.
j Mr. .Tanohs called attention to the
| fact that it is rather more than sus-
I pected that vendors, mostly fanners,
I when they discover that their potatoes
i stored awav are infected with dry rot
( and that they are rapidly losing them,
;at once sort them, throwing out the
rotten ones and harrying the ones not
yet rotten to market with the full con
sciousness, that although apparently
sound, it will be only a short time
until they will go the way of the oth
ers and yield to rot. Thus, not only
are town people defraided out of what
they purchase, but other potatoes free
from infection which they may have
on hand in their cellars, are inoculat
ed with the germ of decay and become
a total loss. Mr. Jacobs said he heard
a farmer protesting against this prac
tise aud claiming that by such means
was the dry and other forms of rot
spread abroad Selling potatoes in
market thus liable to rot, Mr. Jacobs
held, was in violation of the borough
ordinance relating to market.
On motion of Mr. Dietz it was ord
ered that the market master be in
structed to closely look into the mat
ter to determine whether or not pota
toes or other commodities brought in
to market are wholesome and market
able and, if they are found not to be
so, to proceed legally against the ven
dors according to the ordinance.
Section 3 of the ordinance provides
a penalty of $35 for vending in market
meats, vegetables or fruit of any kind
that is unwholesome and unmarket
able. The market master in the prem
ises is the sole judge of the quality
of meat and provisions.
On motion of Mr. Jacobs it wax
ordered that an ordinance be drafted
to regulate the hauling of carcasses of
dead animals through town. As prac
tised at present, the spectacle of the
dead wagon being a familiar one at
all hours of the day, it is regarded as
a very great nuisance and has caused
much complaint.
On motion of Mr. Angle it was ord
ered that a load of coal be purchased
for the Continental licse house.
On motion it was ordered that no
work be done on the Petriken cemeterv
until the subscriptions from the fourth
ward to the park fund be paid in.
Mr. Dietz reported <liat the railing
along Wall street is in bad condition.
On motion it was ordered that the
street commissioner be instructed to
make the repairs needed.
On motion of Mr. Schatz the pave
ment grade for curbing at G. M.
Shoop's residence on East Market
street, was adopted by council.
On motion of Mr. Jacobs it was or
dered that Pine street between Bloom
and Center streets be filled up.
On motion of Mr. Russell it was
ordered that the street commissioner
be instructed to clean out the gutter
st Foust's property, on Front street.
Mr. Everhart reported that a fire
plug on Mowrey street is in a leaking
condition. On motion the matter was
referred to the superintendent of the
water works.
The following members were pres
ent: Sweisfort, Jacobs, Finnigan.
Everhart, Dietz, Rnssell, Deutsch,
Angle aud Schatz.
| The following bills were approved
for payment:
BOROUGH DEPARTMENT.
Regular employe* . .$182.60
Labor on Park . 1(00.50
Welliver Hd' w Co 10.00
The Gem 25.00
S. J. Welliver 2.40
Labor in Light dep't. .. 18.75
Washington Fire Oo 1.15
J. H. Oole 8.94
S. J. Welliver 1,35
Labor and Hauling on Streets. 136.39
Washington Fire Oo .50
F. Hartman ~ 5,40
D. L. & W. R. R. 00......... 17*61
Silver Springs Quarry Co 40.74
BostoirWoven Hose Rubber Oo 4.00
D. O. Hunt 2 50
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Regular employes #166.00
Labor in Water Dept .. 9. 00
Friendship Fire Co 33.90
Washington Fire Co 19 00
P. H. Foust 135.80
B.W. Welliver 3,83
Automobile Party.
A distinguished automobile party
consisting of J. Benjamin Dimmick,
mayor of Scranton, and his family.F.
L. Belin, the Misses Belin, of Sorau
tou and Miss Helen Voorhe« s of Phil
adelphia, spent Friday night at the
Montour house and on Saturday morn
ing left for Gettysburg.
A Baby Girl.
A nine-pound baby girl was born to
Mr. and Mrs. Percy M. Angle at their
home in New York City on Friday
night. Tli» father is a son of Council
man A. O. Angle and formerly resid
ed in Danville.
DANVILLE, PA., THURSDAY. OCTOBER 24, 1907
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PURCHASED 1
on is
George D. Edmondson on Saturday
purchased the opera house block in
this city. According to rumor, which
soerns well founded, the price paid was
if 25,600.
During an iuterview following the
purchase Mr. Edmoudson declined to
give out any figures. He acknowledg
ed however,that the building had been
purchased, the bargain being closed
on Saturday when a payment was
made. Mr. ISdraoudson explained that
his object in making the investment
is to provide a business for his son,
Edward. He will take into partner
ship with him as owners of the opera
house block Heister B. and Webster
B. Foust. each owning one-third. Mr.
Edmondson's own interest will be rep
resented by his son, Edward, who is a
son-in-law of Webster Foust.
The new purchasers contemplate
opening a large wholesale and retail
business in the3"opera house block,
among the lines handled being hard
ware, plumbing and gas fitting sup
plies. The room, until recently oc
cupied by Moore's hardware store aud
as much other space as needed will be
occupied by the new business.
Mr. Edmondson stated that the bal
ance of the payment will be made im
mediately and as soon as the deed is
received the opera house will be
thrown open for plays. By next week
It is thought that one or more attrac
tions will be placed on the boards.
EXPERIHENTS BEING
MADE IN CONCRETE
J. W. Phillips has now praotioally
cotnpleted the work of making con
crete blooks for one of the new dwell
ings which he has uuder way 011 West
Mahoning street ami lie will at once
begin the work of laying up the walls.
The cellar walls, wholly of concrete,
were laid np early in the summer, af
ter which Mr. Phillips entered upon
the work of making the blocks,which
was done with the aid of a modern
contrivance. A trifle over two months
was consumed in the moulding of the
blocks.
The blocks are piled np in tiers
where they will be convenient while
; building. In form and composition
[ they are new and aro viewed by peo
ple with more than ordinary interest.
Mr. Phillips has discarded the use
of gravel in mixing concrete and has
used sand and cement only. He has,
therefore,a most peculiar and a beauti
ful product,resembling sandstone fine
ly dressed.
Of oourse the greater part of the
work lies in the moulding of the
blocks. Now that that branch of the
work is finished the walls will soon
bo laid np, occupying probably not
more than a couple of weeks.
Mr. Phillips' venture embraces the
first concrete dwelling house built in
Danville. In addition his experiment
of using sand exclusively with the
cemeut is being watched with no lit
tle interest,
There are two buildings under way,
the cellar walls of both being con
structed. It is not likely that more
than one building will be completed
this year.
While Mr. Phillips was experiment
ing in his peculiar line Orville Swit
zer, West Mahoning street, decided to i
put concrete to a new and novel use. ,
I7e wanted to install a cellar furnace !
and lacking a suitable flue, he decid- I
ed to coustruct a conorete chimney 011 |
the outside of the house. JJe went !
about the work in a very artistic way |
and built up a graceful shaft some j
twelve inches square from the ground >
to the usual height above the roof.
The chimney, of course, is built
against, the house and it is worthy of
note that the effect is most pleasing,
the chimney rather adding to the ap
pearance of the building than detract
ing from it.
BOROUGH AUDITORS
PRESENT REPORT
The borough auditors Friday night
presented their report to Justice of
the Peace Oglesby on the claim of M.
S. Bond for damages for the loss of a
horse alleged to have been bitten by a
mad dog in the borough of Danville.
The auditors explain tiiat they
have thoroughly investigated the mat
ter and report "that no damage what
ever has been sustained by the said M.
S. Bond in the manner he alleges for
the reason that lie failed to prove that
his horse was bitten by any dog; and
for the further reason that he failed
to prove conclusively that the said
horse had rabies or hydrophobia at '
the time it was killed."
(Signed >
.TOHN L. JONES,
A. C. AMESBTJBY,
U. Gil ANT GULIGK.
The difficulties of sending wireless
messages during the houra of day
light have been overcome to a great
extent.
ClffllS A STRIP
OF NEW PARK
Our borough fathers have been
slightly jarred by making the disoov
ery that the P. & R Railway com
pnav lays claim to a small slice of the
new park on Bloom street. To prove
its claim the railway company lias
produced a deed, whioh yesterday was
placed in the hands of the borough so
licitor.
The first intimation of the railway
company's claim occurred last week
when Division Engineer DeMoyer
came to this city to meet a committee
of council in relation to a briok cross
ing at the railroad on the north side
of Bloom street. The proposition pre
sented by the councilmeu was to the
effeot that the borough and the rail
road oompany jointly construct the
orossing to connect the sidewalk be
low the railroad with the new con
crete pavement just completed along
the south side of the park.
The division engineer,however, had
several papers in his pocket, the im
port of which not only upset the com
mittee's plans, but also indicated that
some six feet of the new concrete
pavement was on the railway com
pany's land.
The papers referred to consisted of
blue prints and a deed for ground giv
en by the trustees of the church, when
the railway was built. According fo
the evidence submitted the P. & R.
Railway company owns a strip of
ground 33 feet in width. The tract is
triangular in shape so that while it
includes about six feet of the concrete
pavement from that point the line
tends toward the west the result be
ing that the borough loseßonly a small
area of the new park.
Just how the difficulty may be ad
justed is hard to tell. As the borough
fathers view it there are several weak
points about the railway company's
claim. The borough solicitor, how
ever, will fully investigate the mat
ter.
! Meanwhile the railway people have
full confidence in the validity of their
j claim. They console tlie committee,
liowever,with the assurance that they
will give the borough no trouble, as
the company has no use for the ground
at this time. They hint, however that
it may prove expedient to exact a
nominal rental—say a dollar a year—
of the borough for the disputed tract
| —just to keep the claim valid.
DOUBLE BARRELED
GUNS LEGAL
Within the last few days sportsmeu
! hereabouts who wanted to observe the
law to its strictest letter, were some
what doubtful about going out into
the fields with a double-barreled gun.
The law, however, does not affect a
gun of this kind.
A local sportsman has learned from
\ Dr. Kalbf us, secretary of tlie State
game commission, that the law does
not affect a double-barreled gun, and
that such may be sold and used as
freely a* ever.
He says : ' The law forbids the use
; of an automatic guu for the killing of
game or wild birds in this State. This
| does not in anv way interfere with the
pump gun,lever gun or any other gun
: excepting the one, that through the
: discharge of a, single spell ejects that
i shell, throws a loaded shell into the
barrel ana cocks the gun/'
C. E. Union Officers.
At the meeting of the bi-county
Christian Endeavor union held at Espy
last week the following officers were
eleotod : President, Rev. E. B. Bailey,
of Bloomsburg: vice president, liev.
J. O. Biggs, of Espy; vice president.
Rev. O. D. Lerch of Danville; secre
tary, Miss Ida Herring,of Bloomsburg;
treasurer, Miss Martha Powell, of
Bloomsburg; junior superintendent,
Mrs. Reichard, of Berwick ; superin
tendent good citizenship, Professor A.
U. Leaher, Berwick ; superintendent :
evangelistic work, R. E. Bomboy,
Berwick, superintendent of missionary |
extension, Rev. H, E. Harm an, of
Berwick; superintendent of corres
pondence, Miss Sara Hinckley,of Dan- j
ville.
In Honor of Quest.
Mrs. U. Y. James very pleasantly
entertained at her home on East Mark
et street Monday evening, at a farewell
party in honor of her goest, Mrs. Ed
win Bibb,of Bridgeport, Oonti. Those
present were Mrs. L. R. James, Mrs.
Kate Hartzell, Mrs. Mary Sheppersou,
Mrs. George Myerly, Mrs. David Har
ing, Mrs. Frank Yeager, Mrs. Jt.
Evans and chil/lreu, Mrs. William A.
Reed, Miss Bessie Mills, Miss Ethel
Haring, Miss May James and Master 1
Sherman Yeager.
Mrs. Sherman Warren, of Wenks
ville, Adams county, tripped and fell ;
on Sunday night while carrying a
lighted lamp, which set fire to her |
clothing and burned her so seriously I
that she died within an hoar.
OK BUSINESS
IT POST OFFICE
The Danville post office force has
completed the figuies for the special
S count of mail matter which was ord
j ered for last week. The figures which
| were intended primarily for'the use of
the post offlco department are of more
j than ordinary Interest to local eiti
| zens, showing the immense amount of
i business done at the local office,
j During the six days in which the
j count was conducted 11,333 letters
! were sent out from the Danville office
with a postage amounting to $238.66;
3,960 postals were mailed at a cost of
$40,25; 4,993 newspapers from publish
ers at a cost of $4.99; 201 packages of
i newspapers, free in county,were sent;
139 pieces of printed matter were sent
j by individuals at a cost of $2.92; there
; were 10 pieces of first class matter,
J other than letters, with a revenue of
pieces of printed matter such as
photos, circulars, etc, 697 with a re
venue of $9.67; pieces of fourth class
matter suoh as merchandise, etc, 256
I with a revenue of $17.77; pieces of
! mail matter relating to official busi
j ness, 604.
This foots up to a total of 22,193
j pieces of mail matter handled during
the six days of the count, or an aver
age of 8,700 per day. From this a re
i venue was derived of $315 80.
The order which was responsible for
j the count was issued by the depart
i ment and stated that every piece of
mail matter should be counted during
! the week beginning October 13th. It
was oarried out at every post office in
the United States. v
ADJOURNED SESSION
OF PRESBYTERY
The Northumberland presbytery held
an adjourned session in the Grove
Presbyterian church, this city, Tues
day afternoon. The session was a short
one, lasting au hour, but it suffic
ed to transact the important business
on hand; accomplishing results, the
good effects of which will be felt for
!,years in the harmony and the spiritu
al growth that will ensue.
The meeting brought a number of
well-known clergymen and others in
to Danville. John G. Reddiug, Esq.,
of Williamsport, moderator of the
Northumberland presbytery, presided
over the sessionß. Rev. John D. Oook
of Renovo, was stated clerk. Rev.
| Dr. Preston, of Hepbumville, was
temporary clerk.
Other clergymen present were : Rev.
Dr. Hemingway,of Bloomsburg ; Rev.
Dr. Keefer, of Milton; Rev. Dr. Ure,
of Williamsport; Rev. Dr. Morton, of
Sunbury; Rev. Mr. Calkins, of Miffl
inburg and Rev. Dr. McCormack, of
Danville.
Among the laymen present ,were:
Robert J. Pegg, David Shelhart and
Gyrus F. Styer, representing local
churches.
The business related solely to the
Washinetonville Prsbyteriun church.
Tiie matter at issue was submitted to
a committee whose recommendations
in the premises were adopted by the
presbyterj.
WIFE SECURES
HUSBAND'S ARREST
John Keilly, Montour Row, was ar
raigned before Justice of the Peace
W. V. Oglesby Tuesday evening, charg
ed with committing assault and battery
on big wife, Ida Reilly. He was held
for court and in default of bail was
committed to jail.
The alleged assault, it appears, took
place Tuesday at the house of a neigh
bor, where Rielly was drinking. The
information, which was lodged by Mrs.
Reilly, states that she entered the
house when the defendant committed
the assault, causing her "to fall
down."
The defendant was arrested by Con
stable W. E. Young. On being ar
raigned he pleaded "not euilty". The
justice,however, deemed that a prima
fncla case had beeu made out and he
held Reilly for court, fixing the bail
at S2OO.
The defendant deolined to make any
effort to secure a bondsman. In de
fault of bail, therefore, he wfcs com
mitted to jail to await the aotion of
the grand jnry.
.(■' Be Charitable.
Human nature is imbued with a
certain amount of selfishness. No mat
ter how much our etfort is wo ofteu
fall far short of our mark or antbi
tion. Don't grumble if your newspap
er is not always flush up to the high
standard of yo«r idea what a local
paper ought to be. Charitably remem
ber that no editor is quite as capable
of getting up as good a paper as you
could yourself.
Albert Herman, of Reading, aged 62
years, foil dead at his boarding house
on Monday and an autopsy showed
that his heart was on his right side.
All IIP-TO-DJTE
. FLOURING Ollli
The flouring mill at South Danville,
which has been in course of remodel
ing for many months, is now complet
ed and yesterday was started up. The
whole mill, it is true, was not start
ed,but as is usual in a new plant only
sncli parts as was necessary to take in
the grain that is being purchased. By
this time all the new machinery has
been tested and found to work perfect
ly-
It is worthy of note that nothing re
mains of the old mill but the struct
ure itself. All the old aud obsolete
machinery,including the steam plant,
was gutted out. New floors were even
laid. The foundation walls were re
inforced and many alterations were
made in the basement. Everything,
steam plant as well as the whole sys
tem of machinery,is entirely new and
of the most modern type.
The owners pride themselves on the
fact that the system taking it in its
entirety is without a parallel in this
section, probably in the State, and is
to be compared only to the great mills
of Buffalo and in the west. The South
Danville mill, it is true, is small in
comparison, but the system installed
is a precise counterpart of the great
mills above alluded to.
Haney and Frazier have already be
gun stocking up their mill, and incid
entally it might be mentioned that
they are in the front ranks of pur
chasers and are-paying $1.05 per bush
el for wheat. The modern and labor
saving methods embraced are strik
ingly iu evidence at every stage from
the time the faimer drives up to the
mill with his wagon loafl of wheat un
til the finished product is ready fpr
the market.
The farmer bringing in a load of
wheat empties the bags into a chute
alongside the mill on a lvel with the
wagou box. The wheat runs into the
basement where it is caught by elev
ators and carried to the third floor
where it is received by an "Invinci
ble dustless, double receiving separat
or," whence it falls hack to the lower
story, into a weighing bin. Into the
latter only the good wheat falls, the
screenings being received in a bag at
tached to a Bpout or wooden conduct
or close by
From the weighing bin the wheat
by means of elevators may be conduct
ed to the stock bin on the second floor,
to the big steel storage tank outside
the mill, which is a distinguishing
feature of the modern plant.or it may
be loaded on the cars for shipment.
In regard to the latter.it is worthy of
mention that the wheat drawn from
the farmers' wagons can be sent
through the mill by means of the elev
ators, cleaned, weighed and loaded in
the car without being touched by
hand.
No grinding has as yet been done at
the new mill, but yesterday the big
universal bolter which is a B[>eoial
feature of the new system, was started
up and found to work admirablv. This
bolter, which weighs a ton, moves at
the rate of 190 revolutions per minute.
By means of the bolter, which in its
improved form, is said to be without
a parallel in the Statp. six grades of
j flour can be made at. the same time,
i If the different gradas are not desired
a'straight flour can be manufactured
! in which uljl the grades are blencjed.
| In tiie process of grinding the wheat,
carried from the weighing bin to
the stock bin on the second floor,
thenoe to'the scouring machines, on
j the third floor, where the shell of the
J wheat is polished and cleaned. Tbe
j wheat then drops into the tempering
; bins.from whence it ia carried to oth
er polishing machines where the last
\ remaining bit of dirt or rust is re
i moved.
! The grain next passes through ten
j pair of polished steel rolls and is ready
[ for the sifting process in the univers
•al bolter above described. After bolt
j ing, the flour is sent to the different
| packing bins,where it is putin sacks.
FIRST RIDE
ON STEAM CARS
Although she is 73 years of age Mrs.
of Bloomsbnrg,
left on her first journey oil a steam
j passenger train this week, when she
took a trip to Binghamton. Mrs. Bit
j tenbender will spend several weeks
| witli her son,H. W. Bitteubender, who
is in business there.
She is a native of Lime Ridge hot
fof the past eight or nine years she
has resided in Bloomsbnrg In that
time she has often visited in Berwick
and Lime Ridge, but lias always tak
en the trip on trolley cars.
This time, however, the aged wo
man, who is as aotive as one forty
years old, was prevailed upon to take
! a longer journey on the cars. She did
so with inncli misgivings, and said she
would be glad when the journey was
over.
London consumes over 9,000,000 tons
of coal every year.
ESTABLISHED IN 1855
mil mi
OVER LOCI 1
The annual inspection of the Sun
bury, Shamokin ami Lewistown divis
ions starred Tuesday morning,and yes
terday morning at 10 ' o'clock the
special inspection train passed South
Dauville south bouud.
The special ou Tuesday went from
Sunbury to Pottsville. From there it
ran to Wilkes-Barre aud yesterday
came down over ths local division to
Sunbury, aud thence to Lewistown.
There were in the inspection party
about 75, among them being 50 fore
men. Tliiß inspection of the local div
ision is part of the annual inspection
of the.Pennsylvania line east of Pitts
burg, and on the findings of the in
spector the following prizes will be
awarded :
To the supervisor having the best
division $l5O ; to the supervisor having
the next best division, $75; to the
track foreman having the best yard,
$100; to the track foreman having the
best foreman's section, $7&.
Another series of awards, known as
the superintendent's prizes will be giv
en in eaoh superintendents' division,
comprising the general superintend
ent's grand division.
The supervisor having the best sub
division, oue hundred dollars is award
ed ; to the track foreman having the
best foreman's section, fifty dollars,
and to the track foreman in each sup
ervisor's division having the best sec
tion, fifty dollars.
A PEDDLER
ARRESTED AND FINED
1 Jacob Kline, a peddler, who endeav
! orecl to ply his vocation in Danville
without paying lireuse as reqnired by
the ordinance, was arrested by Chief -
of-Police Minopmoyer vesterriny and
i given a hearing before Justice of the
Peace Dalton. The usual line and
costs were imposed, which amounted
to seven dollars.
There are probably few boroughs but
have enacted an ordinance similar to
j the one in Danville, obliging peddlers
I to pay a license tax for each day they
are engaged. Nevertheless, judging
: from the frequency with which peddl
j ers fall into the police drag net. one
j would think that they had lever heard
of such a thing as license,
j Some of the peddlers arrested affeot
to be in blissful ignorance that it is
in violation of the ordinance to ped
| die withont paying license tax. Oth
; erstry to get out of the difficulty, when
I arrested, by denying that they have
I done any actual peddling iti Danville
t and generally find some other excuse
for being iu town. One resourceful
individual, who rau across an officer
I just as he was leaving one of the
liouses, tried to square himself by ex-
I plaining that he was hunting a board
j ing place. In all cases the follows,
| when arrested.affect to feel very ranch
| injured and now aud then the situa
! tion becomes really pathetic as they
pay over their hard-earned cash.
! In the present case the inair ar-
I rested denied that lie had been pnddl
j ing in Dauville. The line he handled
was dress goods. The justice on Jiear
i. ing the testimony believed thai lie was
I guilty and imposed the usual fine,five
doliorj for aaoli day engaged;
i The chief«of-poJice is of fchaopinion
that iu praotloally all cases the ped
dlers are familiar with the provision
of the ordinance, but thai sooner than
pay the license tax they decide to take
the risk, confining their operations as
much as possible to the hack streets.
BOROUGH OFFERS
A REWARD
The borough offers a reward Qf ten
dollars for information that will lead
to the arrest aud conviction of the
persons who tore up the grating in the
crossing at the third ward school
bnilding on Tuesday night.
Several councilman have taken the
matter up. They say they regard it as
nothing short of malicious mischief
and are determined that the guilty
parties shall pay for their fun.
There is a great deal of disorder at
night in that part of town. Owing to
the approach of Halloween, the boys
fancy that they have license to com
mit almost auy form of mischief and
they goto great extremes.
On Tuesday night thry carried away
the gate belonging to the property 011
Bloom street near I'ine street, occupi
ed by Mrs. Johnson. The greater part
of the day yesterflwv was spent in a
search frtr the gate.
At Werfcman'g property on Churoh
street the window shutters were re
moved from the house Tuesday night,
while much other mischief of the
same kind was committed within a
ratlins of three squares.
It is too early to enter upon the ■ -
bration of Halloween and f.iitge**
Rogers declared last night ti.n't tf.a
disorder would have to cease.