Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, October 31, 1907, Image 1

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    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.