lUiwfour American. VOL. 55-4*o. 43 DR. IRVJCNG H. .fENNINfIe, Office Hours A. .1 1, to I! '/ 'Oi MM Sr.. IP. M.to iP. M. Danville, Pa. 425 MM. ST., DANVILLE, PA. diseases of the Stomach and Intestines a Specialty MS CONDENSED. The current of the river and the generations of man swiftly pass on. There alwayß comes a day of reckon ing to every evil-doer. The Sahara desert is half as large as the United States. Qermauy sends 29,000,000 feathers a year to Eugland for millinery. Europe has not one-fifth the railway mileage per capita that America has. About 1,200,000 people are always afloat on the seas of the world. Hundreds of women are employed in the secret service of Germany. Ttie United States lias a greater pro portion of working women than any other country in the world. The Nile overflows its banks from July to October. This is due to the rainfall of the Abyssinian highlands. The man who has nothing to say is most frequently in evidence at a pub- . lie meeting. A ton of oil has been obtained from the tongue of a single whale. Holland has 1,900,000 miles of canals and ditches for drainage and irriga- [ tion. A pest of snails has been the means of stopping many of the water mains of the city of Chicago. During one mouth recently a siugle machinery manufacturing company in St. Louis shipped 553 cars of machin- ! ery. The British museum contains books written on oyster shells, bricks, tiles, bones,ivory, lead,iron, sheepskin, and palm leaves. Steel box cars have been built recent ly which will weight about 3.0C0 ; pounds less than wooden cars of the same size and capacity. It is said that there is a regular , traffic in lending engagement rings in Australia. The island of Java is losing its snp remacy as a coffee producer. The crop produced in Sumatra now almost equals it. Tokio has decided to invest in a twelve-mile subway to cost |625,000 a j mile. While it is better to wear out than I to rust out, there are moments when j rest seems rather sweet. It is rather difficult for the man who lias been in politics for many years to j drop completely out. There isn't a bit of use in getting J irritated because you can't have things | your way. There are moments when one is j tempted to suspect that a wicked ogre ! is throwing obstacles in the way. Light-colored eyes will stand the greatest strain on the sight. Light blue eyes are generally most powerful, and next to those are gray. Peruvian tombs dating back to the j time of the Incas have been found to j ooutaiu fine specimens of cotton fa- i lirics. The hunter who is shot in mistake ! for a deer does not feel any prouder than the man who is mistaken for a rabbit by the fool hunter. King Alfonso of Spain is said to j be threatened with consumption, Even j kings cannot go the mad pace without paying the penalty. J. P. Morgan and John D. Rocke feller seem to be getting into the de sirable class. Vice President Fairbanks is now stumping Eentuckv for the republi- i can state ticket which is believed to have a fair clianco of success. Among the banks which closed last week was the Providence trnot. But Providence had nothing to do with 1 the institution. i Japanese ceased to rail at the United States and is now buving steel rui's 1 in this country which is much more to her credit. The Lusitania has smashed another j record making the eastward trip in ! less than five days. It has just bean discovered that Ok lahoma's multitudinous constitution fails to provide for Sunday closing. The first train lias been run into the new: $20,000,000 Union Station at Washington D. C., by the Baltimore & Ohio. Other roads will soon begin the use of the depot. A company of house owners in Par is offers a refreshing example to many sour and selfish landlords by requir ing that all its tenants most be par ents to three children at leaßt. soil n IN SESSION The school board held its first meet ing this month Monday night with a j bare quorum present, i»s follows : Fisch , | er. Orth, Swarts,Burns,Sechler, Heiss | oud Cole. Ou the date of the previous J meeting, October 14th, a quorum fail j ed to appear aud there was no session. I Chairman Pursel WHS absent Mon j day night and Mr. Fischer was chosen j president pro tem. Before the close of | the session Mr. Pursel arrived and I took a seat among the members. Mr. Burns reported that the school ground of the second ward is in a very bad condition; that it is without » curbing and lies open as a common, with the result that teamsters drive across the grouud, cutting it up into ruts. To put gravel or limestone spalls j on the ground with out a curbing or wall would be a watse of money,as in a short time nnder heavy rains the filling would all be washed away. On motion of Mr. Sechler it was ordered that a stone curbing be instal led around t'ie second ward school ! ground and that the matter be left iu j the hands of the building and repair committee to invite bids and award the contract. Borough Superintendent Dieffen bacher reported that the ceiling had fallen in Miss Pickard's room as well as in the hall way of the first waid ; J building. Ou motion it was ordered ; I that the ceiling at each place be re- J ! paired. j On motion it was ordered that au | appropriation of ten dollars be made j |to purchase supplies for the laborat- i | ory. | A communication was received from j Ralph Kisnor, solicitor of the school | board. Ex-Tax Receiver E. W. Peters | took a rule on the school board to i show cause why it should not assign certain tax liens to him and to which it filed au answer on behalf of the i school district refusing to have any. ! thing whatever to do with them ill that they were entered without the { ! knowledge, consent, or ratification of I the school board. The solicitor's com munication informed the board that i Judge Evans supported this contention j aud discharged the rule. By this de cree the school district is relieved ; from a record liability aggregating : approximately, $584.60. The decree of the court discharged j the rule as aforesaid as to the respec tive respondents only for the reason that they are in nowise liable for the payment of any attorney or record fees or for any prothonotary's or other costs in the respective premises. The court finds that the prothonotary re- , ceived the respective sum of money for the court on said tax liens as in the said petition averred and that he still retains the same. Also that said prothonotary shall pay to the said petitioner (Edward W. Peters) the said respective sums thus paid to him j for the court as aforesaid, after first deducting therefrom the legal costs of the respective judgments including costs of satisfaction. The court pro vides that this order and decree is not to prejudice or in any manner affect or impair any defense that the said respondents or any of them now have or may hereafter have to the remaind er of the tax liens similarly entered in the aforesaid court or to the pay ment of any attorney fees or record costs. PUBLIC SALE OF REAL ESTATE Four properties belonging to the es- j tate of Sarah Morrall, deceased, were sold at public sale Tuesday. The j sale took place at the courthouse at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, the auct ioneer being Michael Breckbill. The two tenements and town lots embracing a double two-story brick j dwelling house, Nos. 105 and 107 Rail | road street, were knocked down to O. C. Moyer for 11910. The two-story frame dwelling house, No. ? Railroad street, was purohased by Catherine Morrall for S7BO. The two-and-a-half-story frame dwelling house with frame barn and a lot of choice fruit, being No. 104 Grand street, was sold to Harry Mar shall for $1225. A fair-sized assemblage was attract ed to the courthouse by the sale, but bidding was not spirited. It is gen erally agreed that the properties sold cheap. The three-story frame dwelling house on Ash streot belonging to the estate of George Elwell, deceased,was purchased |by Martlia E. "Elwell for SSOO. Schllllnger-Ledger. Mr. Otto Schillinget, of Scranton and Misß Mary A. Ledger, of Dan ville, were united iu matrimony Tuesday at high noon. The ceremony was performed at the Grove parson age by Rev. Wm. O. McCormack. D. D. DANVILLE, PA., THURSDAY. OCTOBER 31, 1907 a mm AT DANVILLE It is gratify iug that Montour, al , though oue of Mie smallest comities of the Oouiuiouwoalth, is not to be over looked in the crusade against tuber culosis started by the Slate dnpatt ment of health. Indeed, in accordance with the law parsed by the last legislature. Dr. Snmuel G. Dixon, commissioner of health, is establishing a dispensary in every county of the State, his assist ant in organizing tiio work being Dr. Thomas H. A. Stites. The object is , to conduct one of the most vigorous i campaigns against tuberculosis that ! was ever organized, i The following communication »d --i dressed to Dr. E. A. Ourry, -the med ical inspector of Montour county, will | fully explain what the department of health has in view: j '' Dear Doctor :It is the desire of this department to establish in Moutour county at the earliest possible mom ent a dispensary for the examination and treatment of patients suffering j from tuberculosis of the longs. It is desired to put this dispensary under the care of the county medical in spector. I"The dispensary is intended tor the benefit of patients too poor to pay for medical attendance and who may be ; unable or unwilling togo to a sana torium. The physician in charge will be expected to examine and when necessary to prescribe for applicants. "To suoh as may upon investigation j prove worthy he will be authorized to distribute milk. When'the number of t cases uuder treatment is great enough to warrant such a step a visiting nurse will be employed to assist in i the work of the dispensary. ' The dispensarv should be open from oue to three hours about twice weekly. When the number of patients warrant it will be best to rent a room in some locality central and eas ; ily reached by the poorer classes. Where there seems to be no likelihood of a considerable number of patients it may be advisable and most conven ient to conduct the work from the office of the county medical inspec tor." The communication, 'which is sign- j ed by Thomas H. A. Stites, M. D., ; chief of dispensaries,is careful to em phasize the fact that the dispensary is intended only for the poor and that the purpose of the department is to i avoid antagonizing the profession of any locality. On the contrary, the dei partment hopes to secure the co-oper- j ation of all good physicians. The department is now awaiting a reply from Dr. Ourry to learn wheth- ; er or not as medical inspector lie will be able to take charge of the work in Danville; also what location is best i suited for dispensary purposes and ; what the probablo cost will be per month. The department already has in op- j erntion an excellent dispensary at j Wilkes-Barre, and is exceedingly anx ious to get the work of the tubercu- | losis dispensaries under way in all of the counties of the State without de lay. It will be the province ot the nurse employed to make a thorough inspec- j tion of the homes of those applying to the dispensary for treatment. She will see to it that the sputum or expector- ! ation of the patient is properly collect; ed and either burned or so disinfected j as to be harmless. She will urge on all persons with whom she comes in contact the great danger of spitting on the streets, in the railroad sta tions, street cars or other public places. She will instruct the patients on such important points as the amount of fresh air needed, the most important foods, etc. She will search out and inspect every member of the household in which a consumptive re sides and wherever there is the slight est sign of ill health jhe will do her best to persuade the suspected person togo to the dispensary for examina tion. It is thus that the dispensary will be able to discover hundreds of cases of tuberculosis in the very ear liest stages and at a time when a cure is not only possible but probable. A VICTIM OF PERITONITIS Mrs. Bertha Moyer, wife of Harry Moyer, departed this life on Monday evening after an eight days' illness of , peritonitis. , The deceasedjwas aged 25 years, 10 , months and la days. Besides her hup- , band she is survived by two SUMII , children. May and Bessie the former seven years and the latter nine months of age. She is also survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smid ley, two brothers, Albert Smidley of Danville, and Fred Smidley of New ark, 0., and one sister, Catherine (Mrs. Joseph Richards.) While the ship subsidy bill is likely to come to the surface again at the coming session the chances of its pas sage are very remote. sent HDD AFTER THE MS The Danville school board is after • a frisky set of young fellows, suppos ed to be pupils of the school, who in some mysterious way effect au eu -1 trance into the high school building at night, there demeaning themselves in a way that is creating something akin to a scandal. It appears that the thing has been going on ever since the opening of the schools. Once inside the building the boys become very bold, climbing into I the belfry, where they indulge iu rude and unseemly conduct that ou several occasions has attracted attention from the street. 1 On several nights last week the boys were observed in the belfry of the school building. An effort was made to discover how they got into the building but without success. It is the general opinion that a duplicate key is employed. It was reported at the meeting of the school board Monday night that burned matches were found in the belfry where the boys had been cap ering about, which reveals to what ex tent the building is endangered from fire by the questionable state ot af fairs. At one place in the second story the ceiling was found broken through where an intruder while j climbing overhead stepped upon the unprotected plastering. The school board decided to adopt drastic measures to keep the boys out of the building at night. Tuesday morning through the borough ftuper j intendent the pa pi Is were notified of the school board's action. Any boy caught in the building at night and found guilty of effecting an entrance surreptitiously will be placed under arrest and will be punished as the law prov ides. JURY COMMISSIONERS COMPLETE WORK Jury Commissioners Auten and lvearu Tuesday completed the work of selecting the jurymen required for the ensuing year. His Honor Judge Evans was present, the important function of sealing the wheel being carried out in bis presence. The Jury Commissioners were just eight days iu selecting the 450 names required. Judge Evans was present and assisted in the work on Monday the 21st iußt., on Thursday and Sat i unlay following as well as Tuesday. Few people probably have any ade ! quate idea of how much responsibility devolves upon the Jury Commissioners and of how slow and tedioiiß the work is of selecting a sufficient number of men qualified to serve as jurors dur ing a whole year. Jury Commissioner Auten Tuesday explained how difficult and arduous they found the task. In the first place the character and qualifications of each man must be taken into consid eration, among the questions to deter mine as far as possible being whether he is a person of moral integrity, of judgment, good hearing and physical- j ly able to sit through the trial of a case. Next the registry list must be examined to see whether the man is registerd, as none but persons regis tered as voters are eligible as jurors. Should the individual prove all right in this respect it must uext be ascer tained whether or not he was in the wheel last year,as it is a rule pretty closely followed to keep out of the wheel those names which appeared in the list of jurors the year previous. Jury Commissioner Auten stated that they highly appreciated the guidance j andthe assistance they received from his Honor, the president jndge, as it gives them au assurance that nothing has been omitted aud that their duty i is well and faithfully done. THE ELKS' CHARM FINDS AN OWNER The Elks' charm, which waß found by George Ross in his fish net at the creek's mouth on Monday, has .found an owner in the person of Samuel Marks, a book keeper in the employ of the Structural Tubing company. There is nothing, however, to throw I any light on the manner in whioh the \ badge found its way into the net. Mr. j Marks iB aware that he lost the charm i while rowing on the river on Labor day. When he entered the boat at this city he iiad the charm. He did not I miss it until he had reached a point j more than half way between Danville '■ and Red Point. He is confident that | he was not on the spot where the net j was raised. It would indeed be in- ' teresting to know how the charm got j into the fish net. Mr. Marks' friends ! are trying to solve the problem and j many interesting theories are being advanced. Indianapolis school children recent ly plauted a tree with elaborate cere- i monies and named it Theodore Roose velt. PfISIQR REIMS WIH HE Rev. Lloyd W. Walter, pastor of Pine street Lutheran church, returned to this city Tuesday evening after ;i couple of weeks' absence,accompanied by his bride. A very pleasant and i unique reception awaited the bride and groom in their own newly furnished home and they entered upon house- J keeping at once. Mr. Walter was married to Miss Anna May Quss at Mifflin on October 16th. The newly wedded couple spent the intervening time at Niagara Falls and other points. It was arranged that on returning to Danville they should enter upon housekeeping, tak ing up their residence in the dwelling on Lower Mulborry street formerly occupied by Mrs. M. L. Shindel. Arriving at Danville.Tuesday night a great surprise awaited them. At. the residence which was to be their future home they found two ladies of the congregation in charge, who had a delicious supper prepared for tliem and who had kindly seen to it that there were provisions 011 hand for the next meal and that everything was in readiness for the couple to at once enter upon housekeeping The floor of the sitting room, of the parlor, of the hall and even the stairs was cov- i ered with an elegant Wilton velvet j carpet witli rugs to match. The floor j of the dining room was covered with ! matting. The whole affair was very : quietly planned by the members of the j congregation and the surprise of Mr. and Mrs. Walter was most complete. A public reception will be tendered Rev. and Mrs. Walter in the lecture room of the church on Tuesday even- < ing, November sth, at which time all members of the congregation and their friends are invited to be present. DIED AFTER SHORT ILLNESS John A. Robson.Pine street, depart ed this life about 9 o'clock Tuesday night after a short illuess of pneu monia. The deceased was taken ill about eight o'clock Saturday uiglit. He took his bed and about midnight his condition became alnrming. The dis- I ease rapidly ran its course; by Tnes- j day afternoon all hope was abandoned j The deceased was fifty-one years of age. He was a native of Montour j county and resided in Danville for some fourteen years. Ho was employ- I ed by the P. & R.'Railway company and was well known about Danville Ho was a man of excellent character. The deceased was a widower, his I wife dying several years ago. He is j survived by one daughter, Gertrude and four sons, George of Hughesville, Charles and Roy of Danville and John, I who is in Alaska. Charles Robson, East Mahoning street, is a brother of the deceased. Mr. Robson was a member of Mon tour lodge, No. 10S>, I. O. O. F., of this city. The funeral will take place at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon from the late residence. Interment in Odd Fel lows' cemetery. REPLY COUPONS AT LOCAL POST OFFICE The reply coupons, lately issued by the international postal union and which were dscribed in a recent issue of the American, have been re- 1 ceived at the local post office and are j now on sale. These coupons, as their name indicates, are for paying post age in a country in the postal uniou other than the country from which 1 they are sent. The reply coupons may be purchas- | , ed for t> cents and will be redeemed ; in the foreign country to which they are gent to the an-junt of 5 cents each and the stamps reoeived for their ex- j change being good for payment on 1 any class of mail matter. The coupons will no doubt be ex- ( tensively used in the payment of small bills abroad, being much more con venient to use than the ordinary in ternational money order. PRESENTED TO THE LIBRARY ; The Thomas Beaver Free Library j ' has received a valuable acquisition in t the form of hack numbers of the j 1 "New York Tribune" covering the' entire period of the civil war. The , papers were presented to the library : by Mr. W. B. Chamberlin, by whose 1 father they were collected and pre- 1 served. The several volumes afford very ill- 1 teresting reading carrying one back as it were face to face with the stir- 1 ring events of the days when our na- j tiou was divided against itself. During war times as well as before and after that epoch the "New York Tribune" was undoubtedly the lead ing newspaper of the country. RFIIIII !! HI AT DANVILLE ! J The fifth reuuiou, commemorating I | the in us tor out of the Twelfth Penn sylvania infantry, Spanish War veter | ans,took place at Lewisburg Tuesday. Fully three hundred members of the : regiment were present. Danville was j chosen as the place for holding next j year's reunion. ; A business meeting took place at the j courthouse iu the afteruoou. Burgess John F. Griffin welcomed the visitors i to town and Colonel J. B. Coryell, of I Philadelphia, replied. A dinner was j given to the visiting comrades at the j armory of Company A, followed by a [ parade, headed by the Repasz Twelfth j regiment band. Iu the evening there j was a campfire iu the courthouse. Tho j principal speaker was General J. P. jS. Gobiu, Colonel J. B. Coryell and Colonel C. M. Clement also rnado ad dresses, followed bv brief speeches in | which some of the boys told pleasant reminiscences of aimy life. The fol lowing officers were elected: Presi dent, J. B. Coryell,Philadelphia ; fiist | vice-president. Major W. C. King, j Williamsport; second vice president, i Captain \V. R. Follmer, Lewisburg, secretary ;S. B. Wolfe, Lewisburg; treasurer, Lieutenant Halloway, Dan , ville. The next meeting place will be j Danville. HALF AN HOUR IN DARKNESS j The municipal electric light plant was shut down about half an hour last night owing to a slight defect iu the dy ; namo caused by long and uninterrupt ed service. The bearing has become worn, which allows the dynamo too much play. Luckily, the defect last j evening was remedied without much ' difficulty. Whether we will be so fortunate 011 another occasion remains ; to be seen. The season has arrived, when the long hours of darkuess impose a pretty heavy task on a single engine aud j dynamo. A breakdown is much to be 1 dreaded, as it would leave the streots in darkness, at a seasou when light is very much needed. Not a few persons who have the wel- ! j fare of the plant at heart think the i borough should purchase another eug- j j ine and dynamo to be used while the ! ones in commission at present are re | ceiving a general overhauling and lat ler to be employed alternately with them. j ! AS A FIRST STEP TOWARD PAVING G. M. Shoop is installing new curb ing at his residence on East Market . street as a first step toward the paving of that thoroughfare. The curbing and sidewalk are based \ on a special survey made in connec tion with the paving proposition and , convey an idea of what sidewalk j changes will be necessary. There is little or nooliauge of level, j but the curb is removed some two feet farther out into the street. The wide sidewalk will be a feature that will add to the appearance of Mr. Shoop's fine dwelling as well as to other structures on the street. Tho several shade trees growing iu front of the residence, formerly iu the gutter, will be on the inside of the ; new curbing and iu the way of the sidewalk pavemeut. The trees, Mr. Shoop stated yesterday, will be cut down before the new side walk is con structed. Owing to opposition from property | owners it. does not seem likely that,as a preliminary step to street paving, the j curbing will be installed on East Market street this fall as was con- j templated by the borough. ludeed, i whether or not street paving will | become a fact next summer seems j equally in doubt. GUINEAS PASSED FOR QUAIL BY SHIPPER WEST CHESTER, Pa. Oct, 30. To the suspicion that many reed birds served at city restaurants passed their lives as English sparrows, has been added the surmise that guineas are being made to pass as quail. There are, it is said, a number of ! Chester county shippers who aremak- ) ing good profits shipping guineas. They market them when thev_ are about half grown, shipping the fowl, feathers and all. The guinea hen's plnmmage does not develop its speck led appearance until the birds are full grown, and young guineas look very much like quail. It is said they taste quite as good. The guinea shipping industry is one likely to grow in prosperity, as the birds practically care for themselves, and the fact that they are shipped without picking saves much trouble to those preparing them for the market. ESTABLISHED IN 1855 11 ADDITIONAL BURIAL LOIS The Odd Fellows' Cemetery Asso ciation on Tuesday completed a sur vey of the four-acre addition to the cemetery on Bloom road belonging to the order, which was purchased from W. E. Diehl some months ago. The new portion will uext be cut up into lots and thrown into the cemetery ] proper. I The Odd Fellows' cemetery is un j doubted lv one of the most popular | burial grounds in this section. The i original tract was rapidly filliug up ! and it was necessary to add more j ground. The four acres just annexed I afford space for some twelve hundred ; additional burial lots. Duriug last year a water system | was installed in the cemetery. Auoth j er improvement completed duriug the present year was a fine macadam road ' encircling the cemetery. This not ■ only affords a more convenient drive ! way, but it has rendered it possfble j to close one of the roads formerly in j use with the result that more ground becomes available for burial purposes. ! The cemetery association in order i to be thoroughly up to the times has | purchased a car-load of stone burial vaults. The latter is the very latest j thing out and is iutended to obviate j the slow and troublesome process of j walling up graves. The burial vault consists of four slabs of stone with 1 rorresponding end pieces, which are easily adjusted in the grave as a re ceptacle for the casket. The stone burial vaults are coming into general use. TRANSPLANTING SHADE TREES Workmen have beeu engaged in transplanting the young shade trees at ; the park for several days past and the more equal distribution of the trees helps the appearance of things consid erably. The trustees of the Grove Presbyter ian church did a very commendable thing a few years iu the past when they planted a large number of young trees in the old cemeterey. When the legal abandonment of the latter was i accomplished there were a large uum : ber of young shade trees on the tract 1 growing nicely. The most of the trees were planted east of the center and they stood rath jar too close together. About one-half !of the trees are being taken out with the roots and are transplanted iu oth l er parts of the park where there is a 1 scarcity of trees. A few of the young trees may die as 1 n result of transplanting but it is be lieved that a majority of them will lake root aud flourish. It is quite evid ent that there will be no deficiency of shade iu the new park,especially after a few years when the young trees have grown larger. A FORETASTE OF HALLOWEEN Danville was -last evening given a foretaste of Halloween. Boys and girls, with horns aud voices made ouough noise to put all the witches in the vic inity out of commission and even made enough racket to do justice to the fairy evo itself. The little ones were in their glory and bands of half growu boys and girls roamed up and down the streets during the evening. Tonight the full foree of the occasion may be expected, and amid all the disturbance it is to be hoped that we'll all remember the time when we did the same thiugs— and maybe a little worse—aud keep the forebeariug spirit well to the front. MARKET MASTER LODGED INFORMATION The impression seems to have got ten abroad that Chief-of-Police Mince moyer was the prime mover in ac complishing the arrest of S. Palmi sauo, the Italian fruit dealer, during market hours on Saturday morning. This paper in reporting the arrest stated that the ' Chief was a witness at the shearing, but it did not. say that he instituted the legal proceed ings. It devolves upon the market master to see to it that the ordinance relating to market is enforced and it was he who lodged the information in Palmisauo's case. WASHINGTON VILLE REAL ESTATE McClollau Diehl yesterday sold to Hiram Cotner, of Strawberry Ridge, his dwelling on Front street in Wash ingtonville.the price paid being f!4 Also Mr. Diehl has purchased a \ A ant lot on Water street, Washington ville, adjoining the lot he bought !•• t spring, opposite A. L. Heddens'hotel.
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