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VOL. 53—NO. 47
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ITEMS CONDENSED.
Thanksgiving.
The uufortuuate are ever entitled to
our practical sympatb.
Don't tempt the burglar by keeping
vour money about the house.
The man who is prepared for the
worst often receives the best.
The sunshine of the heart is the en
during kind.
There is considerable fraternity in
this world which is a sham.
Selfishness is one of the most hide
ous of vices.
Everybody is willing to help some
body else—at somebody else's expense.
The man who smiles when he has
hard luck—won't have any.
We trust that Sauta Olaus has not
felt the financial stringency.
The land which forgets its history
is on the verge of ruin.
Each man judges things by his own
conditions. No sunrise looks alike to
any two men.
One of the treasures of any com
munity is an abundance of pure wat
er.
Those persons who are mortally
afraid of pure air are victims of a
dangerous delusion.
The best citizen always has some
spare time to devote to the interests
of his city.
The man who puts off until tomor
row what he ought to do today will
never have any leisure moments.
The man who doesn't try to make i
the world easier for somebody is a j
miserable cuss.
Nearly 20,000 automobile licenses j
have been issued in this State this
year and it is believed the number for
the year will exceed 20,000.
The oratorio of"The Messiah" was !
given entire by graphophone to an I
audience of over a thousand persons
in Weymouth, England, the other !
night. It was considered a complete
musical success.
The London and Northwestern rail- I
way engineers have just completed at !
Crewe, North Junction, the largest i
signal box in the world. There are j
268 levers, all operated by electricity, i
A Melbourne shopkeeper 'displayed j
in his window some exceedingly gaudy
tennis shirts. Underneath was a
placard bearing the one word, "Lis
ten !"
A Hamburg dealer has just been fin
ed for selling "coffee" that contained j
19 per cent, of ashes and 12 per cent, j
of sand.
The Waiters' Union, of Rome, re- j
cently decreed that hereafter each <
member must wear a beard.
The skeleton of a megatherium has !
been dug up by excavators iii the
Avenue Bosquet, Paris.
"Koepenick" has been adopted by
the Germans as a verb. The victim
of a practical joke or fraud is now
''koepeniked."
Having tasted the flesh of various
animals, a Northampton gentleman
declares that a donkey makes the most
excellent eating tof any animal, the
flavoring of which resembles that of a
young turkey.
The richest orchestra in the world
will be the Warsaw philharmonic,
which has just received a legacy of
$1,000,000 from a music loving Pole.
Mounted on a chainless free wheel
motor cycle furnished with a largt
propeller in front of the handlebars a
French experimenter named Anzari
traveled at a speed of 48 m'les an hour.
Wurtemburg is the fru»! center of
Germany. The last count shewed that
it had 8,250,000 apple and pear trees
of the 78,000.000 in the empire.
The richest Eskimo woman in Am
erica, Mary Anerwuk. does not count
her wea'th in stocks and bonds like
Hetty Green, or in steel mills like
Bertha Krupp, but in reindeer. She
possesses a herd of over 500.
In some instances at least there is a
better foundation for the statement
that the roads being improved by the
State are not good roads than there is
under the roads themselves.
While cattle are plentiful in Brazil,
and pasturage costs hardly anything,
butter in Rio Janeiro averages about
twice in cost , what it does in the
United States.
One of London's newest publications
is The Albion,'' a 24-pag© magazine
for the deaf.
AN OOIBIIT
onrouLi
Rev. O. M. Barnitz of Riverside,
has accepted a position on the staff of
the American Press association and
beginning with the new year will
have sole charge of its poultry depart
ment. Rev. Barnitz's articles will
I prove a valuable acquisition to the
J American Press association's service,
as aside from his ability as a popular
writer he is a poultry fancier of near
i ly life-long experience and a leading
| authority on the breeding cars and the
diseases of poultry.
Mr Barnitz' poultry yards at'' Grand
View," as he has named his beautiful
place at South Danville, are indeed
well worth a visit and the remarkable
results of his year's work attest abund
antly to his skill as a poultry raiser.
He devotes himself exclusively +<<
breeding fancy stock. In the yards at
present are White Wyandottes and
single comb white leghorns. Clean
and white'as the newly-fallen snow
the spleudidly developed fowls,massed
together in the yards or upon the roost
present a picture that will awake the
admiration and hold the interest of
any one.
Mr. Barnitz started poultry
| yard about last Thanksgiving. At that
j time he told a representative of the
News that lie thought he had facilities
j for hatching one thousand chickens
\ per year. As a matter of fact during
j the period intervening in his yards
just 1050 chickens have been hatched,
jOf this number 8f)0 have been raised,
j which is regarded as a very big aver
j age. In more than one instance 214
I chicks were hatched out of 234 eggs.
On an average 90 per cent, of the eggs
; hatched. Large numbers of the chick
j ens have already been sold, the most
j of them for breeding purposes.
In addition to supervising the yards
and personally assisting at much of
the work Mr. Barnitz has found time
to contribute regularly to the ''Poultry
Item" and other publications, where
: his articles have attracted much atten
i tion both by reason of their attractive
I style and abundance of practical in
formation conveyed.
Indeed, Mr. Baruitz, in his efforts
with the pen lias not restricted him
self to the subject of poultry. He has
written a great deal on general sub- 1
jeots and has contributed to both
newspapers and magazines. In this 1
connection it should also be stated
that he is an artist of no mean ability
and the walls of his pleasant home are
adorned with first-class specimens of
art.the product of his brush or pencil.
His ability as an artist stands Mr.
Barnitz in good stead in preparing
newspaper and magazine articles. In
treating on the subject of parasites
that infest poultry he simply catches
one of the louse tribe, magnifies it,
and m»ks a drawing of i;, from which
latter a cut is made to be used in il
lustrating the article. In treating of
the diseases of chickens when he
wants to make an illustration he dis
sects a fowl and makes a drawing of
the diseased part. His articles are
interspersed with these cuts, attesting
alike to his technical knowledge and
artistic talent.
Mr. Barnitz may be said to have j
been "discovered" by the American
Press association. He never applied
for the position and was much surpris
ed when he received the first com
munication asking whether he would
consider a proposition. As may be in
ferred considering the standing of the
American Press association Mr Barnitz
is to receive a fine compensation for
his work. He will furnish a page of
matter overy throe weeks, which in the
form of stereotype plate will be sent
to newspapers all over the country and
will be read by'millions of people.
PNEUHONIA
CLAIMS TWO BABKS
By a coincidence two infants, each
three-months old,on North Mill street,
have died of pneumonia less than a
day apart.
BemardfJames, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Patrick McCaffrey, departed this
life on Tuesday evening after a short
illness of pneumonia. The child was
three months of age. The funeral will
be held Thursday at 9a. m.from St.
Joseph's Catholic church. Interment
in St. Joseph's cemetery.
Panl Stephen, the three-month-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beyers,
departed this life at 12:80 o'clock yes
terday afternoon,following a brief ill
ness of pneumonia. The funeral will
be held from St. Joseph's Catholic
church at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon.
Interment in St. Joseph's cemetery.
The barn on the farm of Cryus Pel
ty, eight miles west of Pine Grove,
Schuylkill county, was destroyed by
Are on Saturday night, entailing a
loss of |2,000. The fire is supposed to
have started from a lighted cigar
Some men have a superbundance of
words but mighty few ideas.
DANVILLE, PA., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 28, 1907
SCHOOL BOARD
I SESSION
There will be no school on Friday
next following Thanksgiving. The
Montour county teachers institute will
hold its annual session in the first
ward school building next week.
Following'custom the schools were
given a holiday on Thanksgiving as
well as'during institute week. Under
the circumstances it was not consider
ed worth while'for the schools to re
convene on Friday.
On motion it was ordered that the
schools be closed on the evening of the
27th inst. to remain closed until Mon
day December 9th.
On motion of Mr. Fischer the con
tract for laying the curbing at the
second ward school bnilding was
awarded to T. L. Evans' Sons at $1.35
per liiieal yard.
| On motion it was'ordered that a flat
top table be purchased? for the third
ward grammar school; also supplies
' for the commercial department.
The resignation of Miss Emma P.
Youngman as substitute teacher was
on motion accepted,
j On motion the superintendent was
given authority to suspend unruly
pupils peuding the next meeting of
the school board or of the grievance
I committee.
The following members were pres-
I ent: Pursel, Heiss, Redding, Fischer,
Sechler, Fish, Swarts, Orth, Barber,
i Foulk and Cole.
BODY OF STEBBINS
IS REHOVED
The remains of James Jordon Steb
hins," native of the WestJlndies, Tues
day were removed from the old Petrik
en cemetery by the Freemasons and
reinterred in Fairview cemetery.
With the exception of the Petrikin
monument and the vault near by the
grave of Stebbins, with its tall head
stone bearing the Masonic emblems,
was the most prominent in the little
cemetery and was an object of inter
est.
The occupant'of the'gravelwas born
at St. Croix,'West Indies, [March 23,
1821. WbenJ in" Danville he was a
bookkeeper in the oflice of what is
now the Reading Iron'works. He was
a member of Danville Lodge No. 224,
F. & A. M, and when he died, in 1848,
he was buried by the lodge in the
Petriken cemetery.
Owing to the legal? abandonment of
the cemetery it was plain that the
grave would either have to be obliter- {
ated or the remains removed to auoth- j
er cemetery. The lodge of Masons to
which the deceased had belonged de- '
cided upon the latter course. Danville j
Lodge, No. 224, F. &A. M., is the
possessor of a fine burial plot in Fair
view cemetery and it was decided to
remove the body and the markers to
that place.
The old grave was opened Tuesday. !
" After the long lapse of nearly sixty
years the principal bones of the body !
were found intact and were easily tak
en out of the grave. None of the vest
ments nor any trace of the coiTin re
mained except a nail, which is one of
the old fashioned kind made by hand. 1
MRS. ARTHUR JONES
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Salome Elizabeth,the wile of Arthnr
W. .Tones, departed this life on Mon
day evening after a short illness of
peritonitis.
The deceased was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Treas and
was most highly esteemed throughout
the community. Besides her husband
j two small children survive, Mildred,
1 seven years of age and Carl, five. Tho
deceased was aged; 36 years, 7 months
and 24 days.
The funeral will take place at 2 p.
in. Thursday from the family resi
dence, Avenue G., Riverside. Inter
ment will be made in Mt. Vernon
cemetery.
MISS JAMESON
A HATRICULATE
Miss Mary Jameson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Jameson, West Mah
oning street, was matriculated on
Monday as a student at Bucknell.
All new students are required to
reside at the college ten weeks and
show by examination and deportment
that they are qualified,before they are
received into full membership in the
College of Liberal Arts.
Professor K. C. H. Catterall. Ph.
D., professor of history in Cornell
University, delivered the address to
the matriculates.
Accused of Forgery.
Accused of attempting to pass a
forged note for S2O in payment for a
bill of 15.1)0 at the People's clothing
store Isaac Kerry was arrested at Wil
lianasport after running to the river
aud wading out some distance to es
cape pursuit.
BOARD OF HEALTH
HOLJSJEETI
The local board of health held a
; meeting on Monday night with Dr.
! P. C. Newbaker in the chair. James
Shultz,of the first word; J. B. Cleav
er, of the third ward, and Robert
j Farley, of the fourth ward -were pres
| ent. The second ward is without
[ representation in the board. Dr.
Cameron Shnltz as secretary and B.
|B. Brown, health officer, were also
' present at the meeting.
; The secretary reported that he had
i teceived a communication from State
Health Commissioner Dr. Dixon rela
tive to typhoid fever. The repoit sent
into the bureau of vital statistics at
Harrisburg by the local registrar for
the week between the 14th and the
21st inst. revealed that during those
seven days 13 cases of typhoid had de
veloped or at least had been reported.
This number impressed Dr. Dixon as
being a little too high for Danville's
population under normal conditions
and he wanted to know whether the
disease was traced to water or to the
milk supply and what the board of
health was doing in the premises to
prevent further spread of the disease.
Dr. Dixon assured the secretary that
the State would lend all assistance in
its power.
Dr. Shultz reported to the boaid
that there are at present sixteen cases
of typhoid fever on the list. In order
to determine what relation the out
break might bear to the milk supply
he stated that the health officer pur
suant to instructions had investigated
the matter and had found that eleven
different dairymen furnish milk to the
sixteen infected families, each dairy
man having one or more cases. This,
it was argued, upsets the theory that
the disease might have its origin in
the milk supply. The water, there- ;
fore, was the only source left for in
vestigation.
Of course, the claim is made that
the filtered water is pure. Neverthe
less the disease exists and it must
have had its origin somewhere. If the
source of typhoid does not lie in the
milk supply, then the water, the pur
ity of which many persons doubt,is to
be held as the possible source of con
tagion.
Weighing all matters, on motion it
was ordered by the board of health
thait all citizens be requested to boil
the water used for driuking and cook
ing purposes; also that they employ
all known precautious to prevent the
spread of the disease, where It exists.
It was also ordered that the borough
and citizens be requested to unite in
a general cleaning up, removing all
garbage aud impure matter from the
backyards and alleys.
WORK MUST BE
DONE AT NIGHT
The board of health has acted upon
the suggestion of the borough council
and taken action to prevent the haul
ing of carcasses or bodies of dead an
imals through the streets during day
time.
The board at its last meeting declar
ed that the hauling of a carcass or
dead animal through the streets to be
a nuisance except between the hours
of 10 p. m.and 4 a. m.
While the above is not quite so
sweeping as the resolution adopted by
council it will probably prove quite
>»<lequute—if properly enforced.
Z At a regular meeting of council on
November Ist on motion of Mr. Schatz
seconded by Mr. Jacobs itwas ordered
thai the board of health of the bor
ough of Danville be and it is hereby
requested to officially declare that the
hauling of a carcass or dead body of
any animal through the streets of the
borough between the hourß of 5 a. m.
and the hour of midnight of each and
every day hereafter shall be a public
nuisance to be abated according to
law unless the animal should die or
be killed through accident in any of
the publio thoroughfares, in which
event it will be necessary to remove
the carcass immediately.
It will be noted that the action of
the board of health does not quitetally
with the resolution of council relat
ing to the hoars. The boardx>f health,
however, quite agrees with council as
to the proviso, which permits the re
moval of animals which happen to die
upon the street at any time, whether
day or night.
MRS. MAPSTONE
PASSES AWAY
Mrs. Emma Mapstone, Cherry street,
departed this life at 8 o'clock last
night after a protracted illness. She
was ti well buowu au highly esteemed
woman.
The deceased is survived by three
sons and three daughters: William and
Robert, of Snnbnry ; Hairy, Gertrude,
Hattie and Jessie ox this city.
Due notice of the funeral will be
given.
AUTOMOBILE
DEFIES HO
' Automobiling on such muddy roads
!as we have at present is attended
with some difficulty, but that it is at
J all practicable and even the source of
recreation and pleasure attests to the
' remarkable perfection that has been
attained in the construction of the
j modem touring car.
j J. W. Heffner, of Los Angeles, Gal-
I ifornia, pulled into town about noon
: yesterday after having been on the
: road for nearly two months. His
itinerary was by no means covered
and, after hastily partaking of din
j ner at the City hotel,?, undismayed by
[ bad roads, he started out to cover the
! remaining thousand miles or so.
| Mr. Heffner, accompanied by O. S.
1 Lewis, also of Los Angeles, left Lan
j sing, Mich., on October 10th. They
| started out to make a wide tour of
1 Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and
! New York. Their objeot was to see
the oountryfand to derive the benefits
of an extended outing. They chose for
their trip an Oldsmobile and that they
: made no mistake in the choice of a
machine is attested by the fact that
! on their long tour of over 2000 miles
over all sorts of roads they escaped
with no more serious accident than a
| puncture caused by the wheel "picfe
j ing up" a nail.
From Niagara Falls and Buffalo the
party toured across the southern part
of New York State, visiting Bingham
ton,Elmira,&o.,and following the Sus
quehanna valley down to this point.
The roads were fairly good until the
party reached Susquehanna, beyond
which the highways at many places
were sloughs of mire. The appear
ance of the machine on reaching Dan
ville indicated the depth of mud that
had beeu encountered.
Hardly any part of the machine was [
visible; on the foot boards the mud
lay nearly an inch deep, while the i
liquid mire had drenched not only i
the outside of the machine, but even
the seats. Mr. Heffner, who was the
sole occupant on arriving here, from j
the top of his head down was plaster- j
ed over with mud. At a point above
Berwick the mud clogged up the rad- j
iator and the autoist was obliged to j
stop and procure a bucket of water;
with which to open up ventilation be- j
fore he could proceed. Under the cir-!
cumstances the speed attained was not!
remarkable and it took Mr. Heffner j
just hours to cover the distance !
between Wilhes-Barrtt and this city.
The best speed attained on the trip
was in New York where they covered
seventy-two miles in three hours.
Mr. Heffner left the City hotel at
12:15 o'clock for Harrisburg, where
he expected to be joined by a couple of
friends from Baltimore, after which
the party would proceed to Qettys- '
burg and points southward.
CONTRACT TO BE
AWARDED FRIDAY
The bids for the new buildings at
the hospital for the insane were open
ied Tuesday. Mosier and Summers
of Buffalo were the lowest bidders,
' but the contract was not awarded,this
important detail being postponed un
til Friday.
Trustees were present as follows : S.
D. Townsend, Hughegville; Dr. Shoe
maker, Wilkes-Barre; H. M. Schoch,
I. X. Urier, Esq., and Hon. James
Foster, of this city; Q. R. VanAlen,
of Northumberland; Dr. B- H. Detwil
er, of Williamsport, and W. F. Shay,
of Watsontown.
There were eleven competing firms, 1
each of which bad a representative at
the meeting. The proposals were open- j
ed at high noon, the bids being as fol
lows :
Mosier and Summers, of Buffalo, '
$252,290.
Steinbaoh and Billmeyer, of Lewis- I
town, 1286,000.
Metzger and Wells, of Philadelphia,
$255,000.
A. L. Weaver, Harrisburg, $259,997.
M. P. Wells, of Philadelphia, $257,-
757.
George W. Beard and 00., Reading,
$382,200.
; Lynch Bros, of Philadelphia, $256,-
822.
J. E. and A. L. Pennock, of Phila
delphia, $269,447.
L. H. Focht & Son, of Reading, i
$263,596.
Bennett and Woodnut, of Vyilliams
port, $269,000.
J. M. Bastress & Co., $258,000.
In the last bid the heating was omit- j
ted.
It was decided not to award the con- !
tract uutil Friday,time in the interim
to be employed in making some neces
sary investigations. There is little
doubt, however, but that the build
ings will be let to Mosier and Sum
mers as the lowest bidders.
Besides the elevators and extra
plastering the specifications at present
call for heating and ventilating and
light and other fixtures.
PROGRAM OF HISHTIIIE
HISHTIIIE
The forty-second annual teachers'
institute of Montour county will be
held in the high school building, this
city, next week. Following is the
program :
Monday—2 p. m.
luvocation, Rev. Geo. W. Fritsch.
Music, D. N. Dieffenbacher.
Study of Grammar, Jonathan Rig-
I don.
Music, D. N. Dieffenbacher.
Guiding Principles in Teaching Lit
erature, F. H. Green.
Tuesday—9 a. m.
Chapel, Rev. John Sherman.
Uses of Grammar, Jonathan Rigdon.
Singing and Instruction, D. N.
Dieffenbacher.
Intermission.
Music, D. N. Dieffenbaoher.
The Right Kind of Book, F. H.
Green.
2 p. m.
Music, Institute.
Order of Grammar Study, Jonathan
Rigdon.
How to Read a Book, F. H. Green.
Intermission.
Music, Institute.
Field of Grammar, Jonathan Rig
don.
Wednesday—9 a. m.
Chapel, Rev. L. D. Ulrich.
A Survey of a Century of Litera
ture, F. H. Green.
Intermission.
Music, D. N. Dieffenbacher.
Study of Sentences, Jonathan Rig
don.
1:30 p. m.
Music, Institute.
A Literary Ramble, F. H. Green.
Music, Institute.
A Study of Sentences, Jonathan
Rigdon.
Intermission.
Music, Institute.!
With Holmes and Whittier, F. H.
Green.
Thursday—9 a. in.
Chapel, Rev. Jos. E. Guy.
A Study of Pronouns, Jonathan Rig
don.
Intermission.
Music, Institnte.
Wandering in Westminster Abbey,
F. H. Green.
1:80 p. m.
Music, Institute.
Study of Pronouns, Jonathan Rig
don.
Music, Institute.
Guiding Principles in Teaching
Language, F. H. Green.
Intermission.
Expression, Jonathan Rigdon.
Friday—9 a. m.
Chapel, Rev. L. W. Walter.
Pennsylvania and Literature, F. H.
Green.
Miscellaneous Business.
Report of Committees.
Music, Institute.
Expression, Jonathan Rigdon.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
County Superintendent Charles W.
Derr and Borough Superintendent
Daniel Dieffenbacher. Secretaries: (a.
m.) Mary Monro; (p. m.) Harriet
Kase.
COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS:
Miles J. Derr, Mrs. E. A. Coulter,
Isaac L. Acor, Rachel Goodall and
.John K»se.
ENROLLING CLERKS.
James (Jurry and Samuel Krum
INSTRUCTORS :
Jonathan Rigdon, Danville, lud ; and
Francis H. Greeu, West Chester.
The enrollment will take place at
the courthouse Monday between 10 a.
m and 12 m.
"JONAH AND
THE WHALE"
BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 27.
The courts of Massachusetts may be
called upon to pass on the truth of the
story of Jonah and the whale. The
Christian Bible College has brought
suit against Rev. Gustavus A. Hoff
man, of Maplewood, Mass., to enforce
the payment of an indorsed note. Mr.
Hoffman declined to pay the note on
the ground that when he signed it he
believed the college to be Orthodox,
but lias discovered that it is not. He
cites the story of Jonah, which he says
the college refuses to accept, and says
he will ask the courts to pass on the
matter.
While Mary Burris, of Connells
ville, was preparing supper on Mon
day evening her clothing caught fire
and she was horribly burned, dying
within a few hours. Mrs. Burris was
54 years of age and the mother of fif
teen children.
Thomas Porter, a barber of McDon
ald, Washington county, died on Sun
day night, after drinking bay rum
and wood alcohol. Porter had been
drinking to excess |and his supply of
liquor was exhausted, which caused
liim to drink the more deadly poison.
ESTABLISHED IN 1855
ill ENGINE
AND DID
Council held a special meeting last
night to take important action rela
tive to the selection of a new engine
and dynamo to be used as an auxiliary
unit in the electric light plant. The
members present were: Sweisfort,
Jacobs. Finnigan, Moyer, Dietz, Rus
sell. Angle, Hughes, ScJiutz and Fur
sel.
The light committee in its effort to
select a unit which will prove the
most economical and render the best
service finds itself confronted with a
very difficult problem. Before a selec
tion is made it was thought best that
the committee—consisting of Messrs.
Angle. Moyer and Russell—should take
a trip to Philadelphia and look care
fully over the engines and dynamos in
operation there that correspond in size
and make to what is needed here.
The meeting last night was called
for the purpose of taking action on the
latter proposition.
On motion of Mr. Hughes, seconded
by Mr. Jacobs it was ordered that the
light committee, accompanied by Bor
ough Electrician Newton Smith, goto
Philadelphia at the expense of the
borough and examine the various lines
of engines and dynamos in operation,
taking especial pains to determine all
that is possible as to their relative
merits and running qualities.
FAHOUS BASE
BALL PLAYER DEAD
Edward Burke,one of the most fam
ous base ball players in the United
States in his day, who was "discover
ed" and brought out by the Danville
team,died at the age of 43 years in the
charity ward of the Utica Oity hospit
al, Tuesday.
Burke, whoso home was in Northum
berland, had his first experience in
professional base ball.iu the early 'Bos,
on an independent Danville team. In
'Bt> he caught on the local team of the
Central Pennsylvania League, which
was composed of Suubury, Shamokin,
Mt. Carmel, Mahauoy Oity, Ashland,
Minersville, Hazleton and Danville.
Many hot games were played by the
league, and old time fans Fay that the
old teams could show modern base ball
players a trick or two. Eddie Burke
and Wellie Shannon were a battery
whose fame will last for years to come.
From here Burke went to Toronto;
thence to the Philadelphia Nationals,
and irom there to New York where he
played left field on one of the greatest
teams that ever stepped on the diam
ond.
Burko in the nineties was one of the
most conspicuous figures in base ball.
He achieved the distinction of having
the left field bleachers on the Polo
grounds named after him. To this day
that section of the seats is called
Burkeville,
He earned this honor because of the
excellent manner in which he covered
a sun field, by many players termed
the most difficult in the major leagues.
When Burke left New York to play
with Cincinnati, the Reds' left t eld
bleachers promptly took the name of
Burkeville.
Burke was a mite of a player, wiio
was so full of aggressiveness and life
that he won an immense following.
"Eddie ! Eddie ! Eddie !' was a lally
iug cry of Burke's friends during iiis
life in New York and Cincinnati that
no other player in the country ever
enjoyed.
He had to quit base ball because of
dissipation. Once when he left the
ranks of the big league his fall was
quick. He had n precarious existence,
doing anything he could. For a year
or so the former petted base ball star
was working as cook for a section
gang on the New York Central rail
road.
PASTOR CALLED TO
MAHONING CHURCH
Rev. James Wallaston Kirk, of West
Pittston, was unanimously called to
the pastorate of the Mahoning Presby
terian church last night. A congrega
tional meeting was called for the pur
pose of electing a pastor and the at
tendance was large. Rev. James D.
Gilland, of Shatnokiu.was moderator.
The pastor-elect occupied the pulpit
at the Mahoning church on several oc
casions and made a splendid impres
sion. For seven years he was a mis
sionary in Alaska. For sixteen years
he held a charge in Philadelphia. Rev.
Mr. Kirk is of middle life, is married
but has no children.
It is believed that he will accept the
call.
George Eichinger, of New Castle,
Lawrence county, arrived home Mon
day after a thousand mile walk from
Nevada, Missouri. • He started on 1. >
long tramp on September 16, carri- .i
a suit case that with contents men !.•••!
thirty pounds and wore out thret J.UIS
of shoes.