Montour American., December 12, 1907, Image 4

Montour American.
FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Danville, Pa , Dec. 12, IW7.
The Temperance Wave.
The sweep of ilip tempe ratine idea i*
one of the iuo*t remarkable develop
ments in Hiri Uuiieil Blutes today, ami
is attract in.' morn widespread atten
tion, perhaps, than au.v other subject
before the people.
There are how six States in the Un
ion in which the sale and manufacture
of intoxicants are prohibited by con
stitutional amendment. They are
Maiue,Kansas,North Dakota, Georgia,
Oklahoma and Alabama.
Seven-eighths of the territory of the
southern States has the ban ou the
open saloon, either by prohibitory en
actment or by local optiou, and it is
declared by the temperance workers
that it will not be long before the
south will be solid against|tlie saloon.
More than 80,000,000 people in the
United States now live under laws
wholly or partly proscribing the sale
of liquor, for not wily has the temp
eiauce sentiment intensified in the
south, but every New England State
has a prohibitory or local option law;
a large part of New York State is
"dry," and great gains have been
made by the anti-license forces in
Ohio, Indiana and all of the other
States of the middle west.
These facts and figures are little
Htaort of startling. Anyone who, ten
years ago, would have predicted such
a condition today would have been re
garded by ninety-nine ont of a hun
dred of his fellow-oitizens as hopeless
ly visionary.
One Man Power in Congress.
On the eve of the assembling of con
gress the newspapers have maul) to say
about Speaker Gannon, of the house.
Speaker Cannon is a man of ability, a
man who has been in congress a num
ber of years,and a man who has heard
the presidential bee buzzing about his
ears. The newspapers are jnst now
telling their readers that Speaker Can
uou is opposed to tariff reform : that
he is iu favor of currency legislation,
and that he is going to do this and
that when he shall have the house in
'working order.
There is no doubt that there is too
mnch power conferred npon the speak
er of the house. To allow one man to
Kay what legislation shall or shall not
be enacted is to permit him to rule
with an iron baud, if he shall be so
inclined. No matter how able a man
may be he should not be given the
power to regulate legislation affecting
the interests of the whole nation and
this power has been conferred upon
the speaker of the house in recent
years.
There id no government by the peo
ple where oue mau makes the laws of
the land.
Swartnmore's Decision.
Miss Anna T. Jeanes of Philadel
pliia, an eccentric Quaker lady of
great wealth,left $1,000,000 to Swarth
- more college in her will, ou condition
that athletios of all kinds should be
forever barred by that college. The
trustees and president of the college
after due deliberation, have deoided
that all things considered "the college
could not afford to accept the oue mil
lion dollars." Good! It was Miss
Jeanes' property and she could do
with it as she pleased,and theSwarth
more directors had the privilege of
acceptance or rejection of this great
gift proffered.
The stockholders of Swartlnnore met
last week and endorsed the action of
the president and trustees, on the
Jeanes bequest. After a discussion the
stockholders were united iu the opin
ion that it would be unwise for
Swartlnnore to bind itself to a prin
ciple for the sake of money, or to ap
pear to accept a bribe for changing
the policy of the institution. It was
argued that it would be better to drop
athletics for other reasons, it they
should dropped at all, than to dis
continue them under such circumst
ances.
Many a college would have faltered.
The pressing need of money is staring
mauy au American college in thoface.
Hundreds of tliem are struggling along
doing charitable and kindly deeds in
sileuce aud iu want, because every
worthy college and university iu Am
erica is a great deal more of a charit
able institution, thau the outside
world knows. But Swartlnnore want
ed to be free. It is the most priceless
possession of a college, to be free in
thought, free in action free iu policy
unhampered by either sectarianism or
politics so that it may seek truth in
everything and hold before its stud
nts the highest ideals of knowledge
of manliness and of life. Swarth
more'g freedom was worth more than
$1,000,000 even though her foot ball
team never wins another game.
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JURY CHOSEN FOR
JANUARY TERM
Following is the list of jurors sel
ected for tbs next term of court, which
will convene on January 13th:
GRAND JURORS.
Danville, Ist ward George W.
Roat, Alexander Grone, Irvin Vau
nan, Jauies B. Watson, Joseph Y.
Sec liter.
2ml ward:—Alexander Hoffuer,
James Dailey, Thomas Swank.
3rd ward: —Thomas J. Rogers, G.
F. Bondman,
4th ward :—John M. Mong, Alfred
Yerrick, J. M. Kelso.
Derry Township :— George W. Diehl.
Liberty Township—William Rob
bins, B. F. Ware, Daniel Heirn
Mahoning Township:— Woodward
Morrison, Edward Rudy, Wendel By
! ers, Henry Weirnian, James Morrison.
West Hemlock Township:—Peter
Saudel, Peter Shulrz.
TRAVERSE JURORS.
Authouy Township:—Amos Joliu
son, Samuel Hilner, Joseph Holdren,
Amos Albeck,»David Cox.
Cooper Township:—John Mauser.
George Heimbach.
Danville, Ist ward :—John 11. Huut,
C. C. Moyer, Woods.
2nd ward :—John Herrick.
3rd ward :—Thomas Rouey, Samuel
MoCoy, Jacob Herman, Samuel F.
Ricketts.
4th ward:—Alexander Mann, Paul
Kuoch, Hugh McCaffery.
Derry Township—Charles E. Shires,
Sr., Owen'Reber.
:—George Wal
ter, George Yanordstrand, William
Bogart, George F. Butterman.
Liberty Township:—Urben Rhodes.
C. H. Auten.
Mahoning Township—George Heck
endoru.W. T. Madden, Conrad Rishel,
William T. Dyer.
Mayberry Township :—Clark Kase.
Yalley Township:—E. E. Renn.
West Hemlock Township:—Thomas
Bradley, John Hawkins, .Joseph Wiu
tersteeu.
Washingtonville :—William Messer
smith.
London and Her People.
No city in the civilized world has a
greater number of paupers or where
there is more misery than in London.
At the same time there is no greater
city that does more for the benefit aud
help of the'masses. A member of par
liament writes very interestingly in a
recent number of the Outlook, about
the work of the London county coun
cil. This council was not created un
til 1889. Since that time it has reduc
ed the number of public houses and
restricted their locatiou. It has purifi
ed the Thames river and conducted
great sewerage improvements. It has
cleared the slums aud rehoused their
people, fiuding new homes for 100,000
! and reducing the death rate from 45
|tolo or 12. It has created 70 parks
aud public playgrouuds. It has made
| the fire brigade efficient. It hasacquir
:ed aud now operates the street car
lines, aud has earned with them over
$5,000,000, $1,500,000 of which was us
ed to lower the county tax rate, and
the average fare per passenger is oue
| penny. The employes have one day off
1 each week. It ensures pure milk, full
1 weight bread, standard gas,aud in the
| supervision of the coal trade aloue it
saved the consumers nearly $1,000,000
j per year. It carries on the school
work, with 2,000 buildings, 20,000
teachers and 1,000,000 pupils. It gives
free university scholarships, awarded
on merit. And it does all thiß and
more over 122 square miles aud for a
population of nearly 5,000,000.
Is old-fogy England going to outdo
us at our own form of government?
CHRISTMAS CHEER
GOING ABROAD
While the rich men of the country
are being pinched by the fiuancial
striugeucy, aud are sacrificing gilt
edged securities to obtain ready mon
ey, figures seem to indicate that the
poorer classes have not suffered accord
ingly. Particularly do the Christmas
figures bear out the fact that it is a
"rich man's" panic.
More thau $7,000,000 was sent by
foreigu born persons, mostly laborers,
in New York city during the last
mouth to their kindred abroad,and the
Christmas rush at the New York post
office money order windows is just be
ginning.
During November the amount of the
foreign orders certified to at the gen
eral post office in New York alone
amounted to $6,631,837.09, against
$5,490,128.76 for November last year.
This vast fortune is now enriching the
peasantry of nearly every land under
the suu and scattering Christmas pre
sents everywhere.
BULLET PIERCED
HIS HEART
• With a bullet wound through his
heart, Joseph Hyke, twenty-one years
old, of Berwick, is lyiug at the point
of death at the Joseph Ratti hospital,
at Bloomsburg, aud the police are un
decided as to whether he is the victim
of an accident or whether an attempt
was made upon his life. At midnight
Sunday night the young man was
found lyiug on the street with a re
volver beside him, containing but one
empty cartridge. The bullet, which
passed entirely through the left auri
cle of the heart, as been extracted,but
Hyke is in a serious condition and un
able to give any aoconnt of how the
shooting occurred.
SENTENCES WERE
VERY HEAVY
Four for five years and four for four
year terms at separate and solitary
confinement at hard labor in the East
ern penitentiary are the severe sent
ences imposed by Judge Evans Satur
day afternoon upon the men who were
convicted of participating in riots, res
cuing prisoner, assault aud bnttery
with intent to kill, etc., in the bor
ough of West Berwick on the 14th of
September aud the 3rd day of Novem
ber, 1907.
John Lucas, William Sliepla, Alex.
Bassila and Nicholas Katohure were
concerued in the riols of September
14th, which followed a wedding feast
at the home of Alex. Basilla in West
Berwick aud all were'convioted. Each
was sentenced to 5 years in the pen
itentiary ami*pay a fine of $250 each
Mike Harrison, John Stecko, John
Dreski and Joliu Gosdeck the four de
fendants who were convicted ont of
the nine placed on trial for the riot,
etc., which occurred on the night of
November 3, 1907. during a Slavish
wedding iu West Berwick, were next
arraigned for sentence. They were
ea:h sentenced to pay the costs of pro
secution, a fine of $250 aud undergo
imprisonment at separate and solitary
confinement at hard labor in the East
ern penitentiary for a term of four
years to commence with the date of
sentence.
The scene in the court room which
followed the seutetcing of the prison
ers almost beggars description and it
is questionable if one like it ever oc
curred in the couit room. It was one
which made the stoutest heart quake.
The men who all through the trial had
kept up, now gave way to their pent
up feelings when they realized they
were entering npon a long term of
imprisonment which meant separation
from wives and families,aud relatives
and friends. Their relatives gather
ed around them aud together they
mingled their tears aud sobs of augu
isli.
The Pnblic School System.
The wonderful growtli of the public
school system and the progress of ed
ucation in Pennsylvania is set forth
in detail iu the forthcoming annual
report of Dr. Nathan C. Schaeffer,sup
erintendent of pnblic instruction. Tlie
rejnrt shows that iu the last twenty
years the biennial appropriation in
this State for school purposes has in
creased from $2,C00,000 to $15,000,000.
The number of pupils iu the public
schools increased from 928.H24 in 1886
to 1,223.388 in 1906, the No. of teachers
from 23,882 iu 1886 to 33,449 in 1906,
the total expenditures for school pur
poses from $10,129,732.94 in 1887 to
$31,067,304.64 iu 1906, ami salaries of
teachers irom $5,878,749.78 iu 1887 to
$15,796,954.03 in 1906.
The report suggests that either vac
cination should be made compulsory
or the State should make provision for
the hundreds of children who are
growing up in ignorance and illiteracy
because their parents neglect or refuse
to have them vaccinated. It also sug
gests that attendance officers through
| out the State use their power to find
the children who work in mines and
factories before attaiuiug the legal
age for leaving school.
The report also states that after de
ducting the funds for the pay of coun
ty superintendents, and the mainten
ance of township aud borough high
schools from the biennial appropria
tion of $15,000,000 made to the public
schools by the last legislature, there
will still remain $8.")6,000 in excess of
previous years to be distributed to the
school districts and that overy district
that complies with the school laws
aud has uot suffered a decrease of
population will receive a larger amount
in 1908 than was paid to it in 1907.
No legislation, says the report, has
reached the remotest school districts
of the State like the minimum salary
act of 1907, which increased the min
imum pay of the teachers from $35 a
month to S4O aud SSO, according to
their qualifications,ami that the effect
of this law will be to raise the com
peusatiou of the teachers more nearly
to a liviug basis. Governor Stuart is
commended by the report for carrying
out the policy of the last legislature
of more liberal support to the public
school system of Pennsylvania.
DECEMBER AND
MAY WEDDED
That Dan Cupid does not consider
comparison of ages in uniting happy
couples was proven at Suubury on
Monday morning when Register and
Recorder Nicely issued a marriage li
cense to J. R. Dagnell and Laura Z.
Schell, both of Mainville.
Dagnell is sixty years of age while
his bride-to-be is thirty-three years
liia junior, having given her age as
twenty-seven.
Both are well known residents of
Mainville, Miss Schell being the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Schell, and Mr. Dagnell being em
ployed iu a flour mill at that place.
On Saturday night as George W.
Allen, aged 76 years, was ascending
the stairway at his home he was stricfe
eu with apoplexy aud fell down the
stairs backwards, fracturing his skull.
Death ensued within ail hour. Deceas
ed was a descendant of General Ethan
Allen, of Revolutionary fame.
Rex Beach, the author of"The
Spoilers" is a manufacturer of bricks
—uot the kind used in illegal com
mercial transactions,but real building
bricks.
See our Line of Christmas Candies.
BELL.
SfcVBN DEAD IN
BRIDOB COLLAPSE
Continued from Ist Pa>,e
of whom little in known at the scene
of tlie accident. None of the bodies
of thedeml have been Mcovurpd, the
remaius In nil probability being pin
ned beneatli the wreckage
THE INJURED.
All of those who were on the span
when it. fell were more or less Injur
ed. It is thought that some of the men
are f:unllv hurt.although at this time
it is impossible to tell just how ser
ious the injuries are. Most of the men,
however, who were rescued alive will
live. The injured are:
PEROIVAL REIOHENBAOH, Mc-
Kees Half Falls, leg broken, bruised
and cut.
HOWARD REIOHENBAOH, McKees
Half Falls, contused wounds of legs.
ROY SHERWOOD, Meslioppeu,
shoulder bruised, spine injured and
sknll punctured
WILLIAM MOYER, Selinsgrove,
leg broken.
LUTHER EGCSERT, Liverpool,
severe bruises.
CECIL SH A HRER. Newport.should
er dislocated.
NEWTON DUNLAP, Bellefonte.
legs badly bruised.
JOHN SEESHOLTZ. Selinsgrove,
head bruised.
HARRY O. GOODHNG. Hoffer,
elbow fractuied. ✓
WILLIAM MOYER, York, back
broken, shoulder dislocated.
JOHN FISHER, Selinsgrove, arm
broken.
WILLIAM WERTMAN, Snyder
county, badly cut and bruised.
AN EYE WITNESS.
H.' G. Gearhart, a resident of Miff
linville, was on the river bank when
the bridge collapsed, where he was ty
ing up a boat for the night. His first
intimation of the impending catas
rophe was a loud report, and then the
whole span seemed to sink quickly.
He expected every man on the struc
ture to be killed and for a moment
closed his eyes to prevent viewing the
heart rending spectacle. Then he,
with others, who rushed to the river,
pnt ont from the shore.
MANY NARROW ESCAPES.
William Nesbit, who was on the fa
tal span, is a mau who "weighs 280
pounds. When he fell he was wedged
among the iron and in that predica
ment plunged into the river. There,
with only his head above the water,
he remained until his weakening cries
brought aid. Then he was compelled
to tell his rescuers just where he was
caught beneath the water so that the
debris could be pried away.
Thomas Stacey.a bridge worker,was
on'top of the traveler when the crash
came, and was still on top of the
traveler when lie was rescued almost
mi hurt a few minutes after his plunge
of almost 200 feet.
Howard Reichenbach was also on
top of the traveler. He fell 160 feet
into the water and escaped almost un
hurt.
Percival Reichenbach, his brother,
said after the accident, that when he
fell he caught himself on a piece of
iron several feet above the water,
where, with his leg broken and jam
med almost to a pulp, he hung until
help arrived.
Carl Lutton,general foreman for the
bridge company also had a very nar
row escape.
Olem Chamberlin, of Berwick, the
well known base ball player, escaped
having left the ill fated span but a
few minntes before it plunged into
the river. He was among the most in
defatigable of the rescuers.
William Wertman, one of the Injur
ed, in his fall became pinned among
the wreckage, and thus helpless float
ed a quarter of a mile down the river
before his rescue was effected.
| "Tersonals! }
Miss Sara Bogar returned to Sun
bury yesterday,after a visit with Mrs.
John Hendricks, Rush township.
Miss Emma DeWald returned to
Hnghesville yesterday, after a visit
with frtends in South Danville.
Mrs. John Grimes, Riverside, left
yesterday for Greencastle, where she
will spend several weeks with her par
ents, Dr. and Mrs. F. A. Buskey.
Mrs. Herbert Dreifuss, Lower Mul
berry street, left yesterday for a visit
with relatives in Philadelphia.
Wesley Morrall. of the south side,
has returned from Trenton, N. J.,
where he attended the funeral of his
j uncle, P. J. Kite.
Mrs. Rufus K. Polk and daughter
Isabelle, Bloom street, left yesterday
for a few days' visit in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Emma Montgomery, of Wil
liamsport, called on friends in Dan
ville yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. D. Laumaster
have returned from Pen Argyl, where
Mr. Laumaster has been conducting
services for the past three weeks un
der the auspices of the union churches.
The meetings were largely attended
and very successful.
Anot'ier l>ig gas well was drilled on
Saturday in Greene county by| the
Waynesliurg-Aleppo Gas company, in
the Aleppo field, several miles from
Waynesliurg. The pressure was so
great when the gas pocket was pene
trated that the casing was burst and
efforts to control it have failed.
The Womerawa is a curious stick
which the Australians use for flinging
long arrows against enemies or ani
mals.
BARBER SHOP
RIFLED SUNDAY
For (lie third tiuie iu three years the
barber shop of Thornis J. Evans, on
Hloom street, near the Philadelphia &
Rending crossing, was burglarized at
an early lionr Sunday morning. The
thieves secured nt least a hundred dol
lars worth of Iwioty, comprising the
most valuable arteles in Mr Kvaus'
shop.
Saturday nigiii Mr Evans closed his
chop al 11 o'clock, locking the place
securely The first intimation of the
robbery was when John Farley,on his
way to work at 6:80 Sunday morn
iug, noticed the front of the barber
shop. The front door stood open. The
abutters on the boy window were also
open and both panes of glass were
broken. A hasty investigation disclos
ed the state of affaire.
Mr. Evans, arriving on the scene,
found thut the lock on the window
shutters had been forced, the window
papes broken and the best of the goods
iu tlie window, consisting mostly of
pipes, had been taken. The door had
been opened with a "jiuiuij" one lock
being broken and the other sprung.
The burglars were evidently very
discriminating for they took nothing
but the best. Mr. Evans carries a very
latve liue of pipes, bnt the thieves
took only llie high pi iced amber stem
ones. Iu all Mr. Evans missed .Sun
day morning 20 high priced pipes iu
cases,2o expensive pipes without cases,
7 razors (all but one in the shop), 3
pairs of clippers and 4 boxes of cigars.
This is the third time within three
years that Mr. Evans' shop has been
burglarized, and each time he has lost
heavily and on none of the occasions
have the robbers been apprehended.
BISHOP WILL
GO TO LONDON
Concurrent with tne Advent season,
the beginning of the ecclesiastical
year, Bishop Darlington has issued a
letter to the parishes of the diocese of
Harrisburg of the Protestant Episco
pal church, copies of which were dis
tributed on Sunday iu churches
throughout the see. This is the first
Darlington has issued a
pastoral at this season ; it is inform
ative rather than recommendatory the
contents being matter published in
The Harrisburg Churchman in prev
ious years.
In the letter the bishop publishes
his list of appointments for confirma
tion services during the present Tear.
The final date is May 28th, all being
earlier than usual iu order to allow
the bishop to reach Loudon on June
loth. A Pau-Americau congress has
been called to meet in London on that
date, the first ever held. It will be
attended not only by clergymen from
ail over the world but also hymen and
womeu of the laity.
Amoug the delegation from the
diocese of Harrisburg will be Mrs.
Darliugton, the bishop's wife, and
Mrs A. Wilsou Norres, of Harrisburg.
The other delegates are Rev. Franklin
T. Eastmeut.of Philipsburg , secretary
of the Harrisburg delegation; Rev.
W. Northey Jones, of Williamsport;
Rev. Lewis Nichols, of Lock Haven,
aud C. Laßue Munson, of Williams
port. The annual diocesan convention
will be held iu Lock Haven May 12th
and 13th.
Cares Woman's Weaknesses.
We refer to that lioon to weak, nervous,
j suffering women known as Or. I'ierce'i
Favorite Prescription.
Dr. John Fyfe one of the Editorial Staff
j of THE ECI.ECTIC MEDICAL REVIEW says
! of Unicorn root (Uelonias Dloica) which
' Is one of the chief ingredients of the "Fa*
i vorite Prescription":
"A remedy which invariably acts as auter
i lne invlgorator • • • makes for normal ac
, tlvlty of the entire reproductive system."
He continues "In Uelonias we have a medlca
' tnent which more fully answers tlie above
i purposes than un y ot/ier drufj with which lam
(K-uiuiint«i In the treatment of diseases pe-
I cullar to women it is seldom that a rate is
i seen which does not present some Indication
for this remedial agent." I)r. Fyfe further
| ears: "The following are among the leading
indications for Helonias (Unicorn root). I'ain
or aching In the back, wlthaleucorrhci'a :
atonic (weak) condltlofliof the reproductive
organs of mental depression and ir
ritability. Asociated witl)chronic diseases of
the reproditlve organs of women: constant
sensation Jl heat Sn the region of the kid
neys: metrorrhagia (flooding), due to a weak
ened condition of It he reproductive system:
amenoi/ficpyisjvr/resscd or absent monthly
! or accompanying an
abnorainl condition of the digestive organs
and /tfla-tnlc (thin blood) habit: dragging
sensfolons In the extreme lower part of the
abdomen." , . •*
II more or loss of the above symptoms
PrpjjMlblioTi.'oiifl oi me leaping ingrSW
entaol wnicli is Unicorn root, or Helonias,
i and tho medical properties of which it
i most faithfully represents,
j Of Golden Seal root, another prominent
Ingredient of "Favorite Prescription,"
Prof. Finley Ellingwood, M. D., of Ben
nett Medical College, Chicago, says:
"It is an important remedy in disorder! of
the womb. In all catarrhal conditions • *
and general enfeeblement. It Is useful."
Prof. John M. Scuddcr, M. D., late of
Cincinnati, says of Golden Seal root:
"In relation to its general effects on the
system, there in no medicine in u*e. about which
there (.i mich general unanimity of opinion. It
Is universally regarded as the tonic useful In
all debilitated states."
Prof. R. Bartholow, M. D., of Jefferson
Medical College, says of Golden Seal:
"Valuahle In uterine hemorrhage, menor
rhagia (Hooding) and congestive dysmenor
rhea (painful menstruation)."
l)r. Pierce's Favorite Prescription faith
fully represents all the above named In-
Sredients and cures the diseases for which
aev are recommended.
Prohibitionist Meeting.
A meeting of Prohibitionists will bo
held tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock in
the Y. M. C. A. parlor. All Prohibi
tionists are urgently requested tote
present, as business of special import
ance will be considered.
Lots of Reason For His Grouch.
"What makes you so grouchy?"
"I won SSO at poker last night"
"Well, does that make you sore?"
"Sure It makes me sore. I had to
spend $lO for drinks, $3 for cigars, $45
for a new dress to square myself with
my wife, and I burned a hole In my
new trousers with a cigar. And they
paid me all my winnings in I. O. U.'s."
—Cleveland I-euder.
THE NEW LOW
_ SPEED UNIT
Work will begin on the foundation i
for the new engine and dynamo at the
water works during me present week,
and in tlie course of sixty days, ac
cord ing tithe term* of the contract,
the new unit will be ready for opera
tion.
Tiie committee in selecting h Corliss
or slow fpeed unit te*ls tiiat it will be
ahle to demonstrate the wisdom of ill
- before the new engine ami gen
erator have bequ In commission very
loug. The engine and dynamo in op
eratlu i «iuce the plant was installed
constitute a high speed unit. It was
lower in price than ttie low speed
units and it was with the hope of ef
fcoting ik niving for the borough that
the commit tee selected it in preference
to other types.
After an experience of nearly three
>ears the committee has come to the
conclusion that the plaut should have
a duplicate unit. Among other things
the committee has learned that a low
speed unit is preleiable in more than
one respect, notwithstanding that the
first cost may be a I iftle higher. In
casting about for ;a new engine and
generator, therefore, it is not strange ■
that tl e committee seized upon the
' Corliss unit, which is acknowledged
'• one of the best of the slow speed types, !
! just as the Allis-Ghalmers company,
, manufacturing it, is one of the safest
; and most responsible of its class. The
| committee believes that the Corliss
| unit's points of superiority are self
evidont and that a short trial will >
; convince the pablio that the commit
tee made no mistake.
Like the high speed unit in use at
present the new engine and dynamo
will be "directly connected." Both
engine and generator, however, are
manufactured and Installed by the
same company, whereas in the high
speed unit that the borough depends
upon at present the engine and dynamo
were manufactured by different part
ies, a circumstance which is pretty
sore to be attended with disadvaut
j ages.
The new unit will run at 120 revolu
tions a minute as against '257 revolu
tions of the old or high speed unit.
To compensate in the matter of speed
both the fly wheel and generator will
have a diameter nearly double those
of the unit now in commission. It will
be altogether a different looking piece
of mechanism and will be some twen
ty feet long. It will be installed at
the left hand side of the apartment
containing the high speed unit. Both
the fly wheel and dynamo will be sunk
iu a pit.
Notice in Divorce.
Anna C. Williams vs Joliu Monroe
Williams.
Iu the court of Common Pleas of Mou
-1 tour County. No. 83 May Term,
i 1907 Divorce a. v.m.
To John Monroe Williams,
Respondent above named :
Yon are hereby duly notified and
required to be and appear in the
' Court of Common Pleas of Montour
I County on the first day of the next
1 term thereof (the same being Monday,
January 18th, A. D., 1U08), then and
there to answer the complaint of An
na C. Williams the above-named Lib
-1 elnut in the above-stated case, and to
show cause, if any yon have, why you
should not be divorced from tlie bonds
of matrimony entered into with the
said Libellaut according to the prayer
lof the petition or libel filed in the
| above-stated case.
D. C. WILLIAMS, Sheriff,
Sheriff's Office, Danville, Pa., Nov.
I 2.5 th, 1907.
WEAK LAWS MADE
BY LEGISLATURE
1 At the'close'of the session of crim
inal court at Sunbury last week, Judge
Savidge made some characteristic re
marks in regard to some of the cases
go to the county'seat for trial. The
last case of the session that came be
| fore him was a petty larceny involv
i iug the expenditure of a comparative
j ly large sum of money, which impelled
him togmake the following remarks:
| "It is a very lamentable fact that
such trivial cases as these should be
brought here for settlement. Here we
, have a case in which a man is charg
ed with the larceny of a $2.33 pair of
shoes. The witnesses have been here
since Monday. There are jurors to
pay, lawyers,court reporter and many
other things that, in the aggregate,
reach an enormous sum—possi tilv,over
one hundred dollars, to try this case—
i and law is the most expensive thing
j on earth. I think the laws of the State
;in a good many instances, are very
! crude and unsatisfactory, framed and
\ passed by an ignorant.legislature.
I "Iu a case before me this session a
; defendant was found on a vile
and corrupt cbaige. Yet, by an act of
assembly, all I can fine him is (10.00,
when it took many times that sum to
try the case.
1 "I sincerely hope that less expen
sive and moie satisfactory methods of
adjusting these numerous and tritliug
cases will soon be enacted "
Thomas Seihert, who lived alone on
his farm near Hummelstown,Dauphin
county, was stricken with illness early
last week. No one knew of it until
Sundav when the qeighliors, noticing
the cattle bellowing, went to investi
gate and found Seihert lying iu his
1 sitting room, nearly dead.
Since Pins X was elevated to the
pontifical throne, less than four years
ago, no fewer than fifteen cardinals ,j
have died.
"EDDIE" MOYER
UNDER ARREST
"Kddle" Mover the wellknow n ped
dler, who at irregular intervals turni
up in Danville, was arrested In thla
city on Friday night charged with
robbery ami on Saturday wim removed
to Mt. Carmel to await a hearing
The man Hrtested is a character ID
his way. He was born iu Danville,
hilt during in my years of his life he
has been on the road. His old home
semis to have an attention for him,
however, and onoe or twice everv si*
months lie"is pretty sure to torn up in
Danville He is a cripple and he pre
sents a familiar picture as he limp
through the streets swinging at his
side a soiled and mncli worn valise
containing an assortment of eollm
buttons and other trifles.
On last Friday "Eddie" varied
things considerably by coming into
town in a house boat, comfortally
furnished with a bed an a stove. He
dropped down the north branch with
the current and tied up his domicile
on the old ferry landing on the south
side.
• 4 Eddie" had not been iu town long
when he was taken into custody by
Chief-of-pol ic? Minceuioyer on the
strength of information lodged at Mt.
Carmel by T. T. Mervine, a P. & R.
Railroad detectiv, , which information
implicated Mover in the robber of a
store. According to the information
one of the men arrested in connection
with the robbery, who is now in jail
at Sunbury, implicates "Eddie", ex
plaining that the latter kept guard
while others did the work. The store
robbed was in Mt. Carmel. A portion
of the booty consisting of revolvers,
collar buttons and the like las been
recovered by the owner,
i "Eddie" was very much annoyed by
his arrest. He had togo to the lock
up and remained there from Friday
evening until Saturday afternoon,
when he was taken to Mt. Carmel by
Special Oflioer Mervine. He will re
ceive a hearing today.
How "Eddie" came into possession
of the house boat is not explained.
When he found that he was obliged to
sever tlio ties that bound him to Dan
ville he handed the house boat over to
the care and keeping of Chief-of-police
Mincemoyer. As "Eddie's" future is
very uncertain the disposal of the un
ique craft tied up at the ferry lauding
becomes a matter of considerable in
terest.
"Eddie" had a similar experience
iu Danville a couple of years ago,
when lie was arrested as a suspect in
connection with the Clemlennen mm
der, which occurred in the Brown tow
er near Williamsport. At the time he
produced a witness who testified that
on the night of the murder "Eddie"
slept in a saw mill some distance
away, in which the witness was em
ployed as watchman.
Whether the man arrested will be so
| fortunate in clearing his skirts in the
present instance remains to be seen.
THE GAHE YOU
HAY SHOOT
The hunting season virtuallv closed
last Saturday. Of thiugs along the
game liue that can still be bagged
without incurring the displeasure of
; the law, until the 15th of this month
the nimrods will be permitted to shoot
wild turkey providing of course that
they are lucky enough to see any to
shoot. Blackbirds are legitimate game
until January Ist,as are wild pigeons
Wild duck are exposed to the gun of
; the wary hnnter until April lOtli, and
those who have the desire, the nerve
and the luck to spot a bear can shoot
at it from now uutil March Ist, pro
viding it is not killed befofe that.
' time.
There has not been any
ersion to British gold iu this country
during the last few weeks.
A R R e e n!?d b y' e CATARRH
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It cleanses, soothes, fEVifj y
heals and protects
the diseased mem.
brane resultingfrom
Catarrh and driv.s SBj? C \S
away a Cold iu the
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*
R-I-P-A-N-S Tabule
Doctors find
A good prescription
For Mankind.
The .Vcent packet is enough for usua
occassions. The family bottle (00 cents
contains a supply for a year. All drug
I gists.
Windsor Hotel
1217 1889 Filbert Street.
"A Square From Every\Nhere."
Special automobile service foi
our gnests Sight-seeing and
touring cars.
I Rooms SI.OO per day and up.
The only moderate priced hotel
of repntation and consequence
in
Philadelphia, Pa.
1 W. T. BRUBAKER, Manag