VOL. :.4—NO. 2 DK. JKVINIJ H. .1 ENNINGS, IS T. OJltt Ihmrt A. M.to /'J M■ >O4 Mill St., 1 /'. M.to i /'. M.l hint) Hit. i'u. 1 IHVLTI, >1 425 MlLl. ST., DANVII.I.K, PA. Diseases of the Stomach and Intestine* a Specialty 5 CONDENSED. Ignorance often puts its victim in absurd situations. An impudent child is a poor recom mendation for his parents. Constant vigilanoe is necessary in onr peculiar climate. Attention to one's own business is often the secret of success. The evil step that is never taken need not be repented of. Petulance is a vice which the wise endeavor to crush. Selfishness is one of the most pow erful of human motives. Neither partisanship nor prejudice should direct one's ballot. The only things which will never be destroyed are invisible. The life of the spirit alone endures throughout the ages. Cotton mills in New England are declaring the largest divisdends in their history. Mrs Thomas C. Fletcher, widow of Missouri's famous war governor, is dead at her home in St Louis. She was prominent for many years in temperance work. The British board of agriculture has recently published some statistics which show that England's foreign food bill has doubled in amount dur ing the last twenty years. Railroad earnings for 1907 will be a long way ahead of 1906, and even now show but a slight decrease compared with the corresponding weeks last year. Health statistics of the German fleet iiKlicat.es that the percentage of-insan ity is lowest in the engineering branch. Tho most common disease is eye trouble. Heart trouble comes next. Some of the bad boys who declined to turn over new leaves at the begin ning of the year will be in the reform atory before its close. The Russian soldiers are each to be furnished with a pockot compass hav ng a luminous needle. The national guard of the State of New York is to be put on a war foot ing at once, if the recommendation of the commission that investigated its affairs is adopted. Susan Hartley Swett.writer of poems and short stories, sister of Sophie M Swett, author aud editor, is dead at her home at Arlington Heights, near Boston. The American ambassador to Austria gave the American colony in Vienna an enjoyable reception on New Year's day. Sir Thomas Lipton announces that he really means to try to lift the Am erica cup during the coming season. Eleven sellers of bogus mint? stock have been convicted in Colorado and fined and imprisoned. The Mexico volcano Popocatepetl is for sale but there doesn't seem to be any rush of would-be purchasers. Dr. W. H. Holdre, of Washington, Ind., has lost his s\ght, following an attack of la grippe. Report says that a famous living skeleton, formerly with Barnum, has just died'of fatty degeneration. The authorities of Jersey City have entered suit against the street car companies of that city to compell them to provide seats for all passeng ers from whom they exact fare. There were 6,388 deaths in Cincin nati last year, a decrease of 807 as compared with 1906. Lucknow,lndia.is one of the "dry" towns of the world. During 1907 rain fell in that city on four days only. Henry Hertzler, of Conestoga, Berks county, lost three steers from eating too freeh- of green corn. Israel Wannacott was drowned in Keene's pond, near Waymart, Lacka wanna oounty,on Monday,by stepping on thin ice. Zero weather prevailed in many parts of Monroe county on Monday morning aud at Broadheadsville the mercury was four below zero. J. R. Smith, au undertaker of Bucks countv, is ser ous ly ill with scarlet fever, which he con tracted at the recent burial of a scar let fever victim. Hartstown, Crawford county,on the Bessemer railroad,has been quarantin ed on account of an outbreak of diph theria and trains pass the station without stopping. WILL ED ILL 111 CANAL George D. Kdmondsou on behalf of ; the Danville Opera House company appeared before council Friday night to nsk for tie erection of a bill board in the canal on the west side of the cul vert on Mill street,which was brought up before council at its last meeting, I Monday night an ! was voted down. J The ground for the bill board,he said, 1 has been ranted of the D. L. & W. | Kail road company aud paid for at no j much a year. He did not wish to an- ( tagonize counoil, however, and stated ' that he would be willing to comprom- ! ise matters by erecting the board at J some distance from the culvert, say j within five feet, of the rear of the Sperring building. At this juncture the secretary read a communication from Borough Solic itor E. S. Gearhart in reply to an in quiry from William Deutach, which stated in effect that the attorney was unable to find any definite law govern ing the ereotion and maintenance of bill boards in this State. On motion of Mr. Schatz it was ord ered that the Danville Opera House company be given permission to erect a bill board in the canal opposite the point designated—within five feet of the rear of the Sperring building. On motion of Mr. Jacobs it was ord ered that an item of $92 for stone be stricken out of the bill rendered by j council to the soldiers' monument j committee for constructing fouuda- i tion. The vote stood as follows: Yeas—Sweisfort, Jacobs, Fiunigan, Moyer, Schatz, Angle. Nays—Russell, Deutsch, Dietz. On motion of Mr. Russell it was ord- ' ered that tho D. L. & W. Railroad company be permitted to temporarily j repair the pavement on Mill street on the west side of the canal culvert with plank. The D. L. & W. Railroad com pany averred that it would be inadvis able to use concrete and attempt to make permanent repairs this winter. • : Next spring the entire sidewalk will i | he reconstructed. ; On motion of Mr. Russell it was ord- j ; ered that the borough treasurer be in- j ! structed to sell ten thousand dollars worth ot.borough bonds On motion of Mr. Russell it was ord- j ered that a canvass of water takers be ; made and a uew book formed for the j convenience of the water department, the canvass to be made by Superin tendent of the Water Works P. J. ! Keefer aud Street Commissioner E. S. ! Miller. The following bills were approved : for payment: BOROUGH DEPARTMENT. David J. Rogers . #198.94 ' Geo. F. Keefer 72.00 ! D. L. & W. R. R. Co 7.20 Atlautic Refining Oo . 29 84 , Boettinger & Dietz 1.70 Standard Gas Co. .40 B. B. Brown, Health Officer 13.25 1 WATER DEPARTMENT. P. H. Foust #24.88 ' Structural Tubing Oo 11.07 | Boettinger & Dietz.. 19.08 Standard Gas Co 4.37 1 Joseph Lechner 12.27 SLEPT IN BARN NEAR DANVILLE Peter Cook and David Jacobs, two runaway bays from the Carlisle Indian school, were taken through South Dan ville on Saturday morning from Bloorasburg, wiiere they were captur ed by Special Officer Freeze. Tho hoys said that on New Year's ! day they were taking a walk out be yond the school campus in company with Rauco, Lewis and James Pouko, I when Ranco induced them to run j away from the school. They all start- | < d together,but at Harrisburg the oth- : er three left them, saying they were going back to the school. Cook and 1 Jacobs kept on, Friday night they say they slept in a barn, near Danville. Both of these boys are full-blooded ! Mohawk Indians, their home being in New York. Both work in the wood shops in the Carlisle school. SHE RIFF MARTIN'S DYING STATEMENT Sheriff James Martin, of Lattimer ; fame, who was'charged with giving the order to the deputies under him to : fire upon'the parading strikers at Lat timer during the strike of 1897, who was tried and acquitted on the charge and who died a week ago Friday, is reported to have again asserted his in nocence, just a few minutes before he died. It is said, just a few minutes before he died, he said to his friends, who were assembled around his bed: ' I know that I have but a few min utes to live, that death is waiting to take me hence,and I now want to state : at this, the supreme moment of my I life,that I never gave the command to shoot those poor fellows who fell at j Lattimer." Ten minutes later he had ! breathed his last. DANVILLE, PA., JANUARY <>, IWB «cm STATEIAEIT Commissioners' Clerk Horace O. Bine lias practically completed the annual statement of the county, which will be published next month. From j the classified account of expenses, items are gleaned, which reveal the various chauuels of expenditure and I throw some light on the cost of main ! taining the various departments of | I affairs. i The court's expenses and common- j wealth's costs foot up #4192.28. Un- I ! der this bead the item of traverse \ jnrors alone amouuted to #1401.82; | grand jurors, to #342.60 The court | stenographer received #399.89. The j ! justices' fees,compared with the same ! in some other counties, are an insig- j nificaut item of #73.95. William Guilford's case in commis- j isons, &c., cost #90.35. The sheriff of the county received a total of #1278.48. Under the latter head the following items are noted : Boarding prisoners, #831.00; convey ing prisoners to Eastern penitentiary #131.06; removing William Guilford from oounty jail to the State hospital for the insane at Warren, #74.77. The latter item relating to "Wild Bill." along with the commissions in his case quoted above, shows that he cost the county a total of #165.12. The election expenses amounted to I #1572 69. Assessors pay was #984.25. i Noxious animals cost #324. Two | foxes at #2 a pelt were paid for; 303 ! weasels at #1.00; and 17 minks at #I.OO. Bridge and road expenses amouuted . I to #2054 72. | On the river bridge were expended \ #145.60 for cleaning, painting railing. ; j limestoue for the approach, etc. ] The county teachers' institute cost #124.66 ; the school directors associa- ' tion, #54.00. Support of convicts in the Eastern penitentiary cost the county #374.14. i in the House of Refuge, #lO9 42. | Inmates at the State hospital cost #551 25. The burial of soldiers aud I markers for the same represent an j item of #390 00. The court touse expenditures, iu | eluding gas, coal, telephone service, i insurance,repairs, &c., foot up #1145. 1 97. Jail expenditures for coal, gas, wat j er, clothing, bedding, medical at tendance and the like amount to : #617 61. OFFICERS WERE INSTALLED ] An interesting and largely attended session of Montour castle, No 186, Knights of the Golden Eagle, was held Monday evening at which the in stallation of officers took place. The installing officer was Frank M. Her rington. district grand chief, assisted | by grand castle officers. The officers installed were as fol lows : Past chief, John Foulk; noble chief, Herbert Hendricks; vice chief, Harry Moyer; high priest, Charles Wagneri venerable hermit, B. F. Foulk ; sir herald, Clark Rishel; clerk of exchequer, John G. Vastine ; keep er of exchequer, F. M. Ilerrington; ; master of records, L. S. Foust; en | sign, Harry M. Yeager; esquire, George W. Robinson; first guard, Roy Van Guilder; second guard, George : Gulliver; worthy chamberlin, John I Henning; worthy bard, Dallas Hum iner; trustee for 18 months. Walter Gaskins; trustee for 12 months, Ed i ward Bell. Dallas Hummer was chosen repre- I seutative to the grand castle with F. M. ilerrington as alternate. Also dnr ! ing the evening a class was initiated in*c the Pilgrims degree. AGED VETERAN CLAIMED BY DEATH i John McWilliains Freeze, an old resident of this city, departed this life at 6:30 o'clock yesterday morning I after an illness of about three weeks, death being due to a complication of < diseases. The deceased was seventy-four years of age. He was born in Limestone township, May 6, 1833, when that por j tion of our county was a part of Nor thumberland county. He spent nearly : his entire life in Danville. He was a veteran of the civil war and served through two enlistments. He was sergeant, in Company C, 14Mi regiment, F. Y., under Captain Oscar Ephlln. He was enrolled April 27, 1861, and was discharged, August 6th, of the B'«me year. He re-enlisted and served three years in Company D, 7th regiment, cavalry. The deceased is survived by his wife, six sous aud one daughter: James, John. Arthur, Setli, George I and Horace Freeze and Miss Sara J ""reeze, the latter of Philadelphia ! The surviving sons are all residents of Danville with the exception of Hor i ace, who lives in Brooklyn, N. Y. DIETRICH USE AGIIN RILED Notwithstanding that he has begun his long term of fifteen years' itnpris- ! on merit for causing the death of | "Corky" Jones, Peter Dietrich has not abandoned hope of final acquittal. His attorneys, Hon. Grant Herring aud William Kase West, are preparing to take the case to the supreme court for the second time. The history of this hard fought case is well known to our readers. Jones was killed by a pistol shot fired by Pwter Dietrich in the hotel of the lat- 1 ter on the night of February 13th, 1906. The plea of the defense is that the shooting was wholly accidental. Dietrich has already had three i trials. At the first trial, June, 1906, i the jury disagreed. With the consent of the defendant a juror was with drawn aud the case continued. At the second trial he was found guilty of murder in the second degree. Errors were alleged in the charge to , the jury aud the case was carried to the supreme court, which body re versed the lower court aud ordered a new trial. The next, or third trial, took place last June and resulted in a verdict of second degree murder. The defense at once took such steps as were necessary in order to carry the case to the sup- ! reme court, alleging errors. Judge j Evans seutenoed Dietrich to fifteen years' imprisonment and in a few days' time be was removed to the Eastern penitentiary. A FIRE'"COMPANY ON SILLER HILL The residents of Sidler hill are uow to have adequate fire protection fur uished by a body of men living rigiit in that vicinity. The residents of that part of town met ou Friday even ing in the old red school house aud formed a company that numbered thirty-four members and solected as the name, "The Rescue Fire Com pany." A fire company on the hill has long been a necessity as there are there about forty houses without adequate fire protection For, the preseut the company will use buckets and ladders but in the near future the members hope to procure a chemical engine Water can not be depended onto fight any fires that may occur on Sidler hill, as the borough supply does not extend there and in the summer mauv of the wells and cisterns are dry. At the meeting Friday evening the following officers were elected : Presi- I dent, Fred Becker; secretary, Fred Smidley; treasurer, Edward Welliver; foreman, Charles Lake; first assistant foreman, Daniel Paugh; second as sistant, Gardner Rose. The members of the company are William Becker, Frank Becker, A. G. Mellon, John Brady, James Brady, William and Ar thur Owens, Charles Mong, Edward Karns, O D. Ackley, Nelson Ackley, Jacob, William and Richard Kessler. John Slioop,Charles Wolf,Sr., Charles Wolf, Jr., Herman Wolf, John Kilfoil, Harry and Edward Tovey, Lewis Walker, Chester Hopewell, Richard Butler, Edward Mellin, Charles Hur ley, William, James and John Lake, Daniel Adams, John aud James Burns. R AIS ING STANDAR D OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS The executive committee of the Montour County Sunday School associ atiou is planning to inaugurate at once a vigorous campaign to increase the efficiency of the Sunday schools in this vicinity. With this end in view a meeting of the committee has been called for Thursday, January 16th, the place to be announced later,which will be fol lowed by a Rally in the evening, at whioli time practical plans for the work of the Sunday schools will be suggested. The State Sunday School association has aiiopted a standard of excellence for the counties consisting of ten points. Seven of these are largely in the hands of the county committee, which will see that they are attained. The remaining three require: first, that fifty per cent, of the schools in the county shall have cradle rolls; thirty per cent, home departments and twenty per cent, teachers' training classes. Counties attaining five points in the standard are counted banner counties, those reaching eight points, star counties and those attaining the entire ten poiuts are front lino coun ties. This couuty lias but five cradle rolls reported aud four home depart ments. Only two or three teachers' training classes aro reported. It is the hope of the committee that in a short time Montour couuty will be lifted out of the banner class into one of the higher classes. Miss Martha E. Robinson,of Blooms burg,field worker iu this district,will assist the local committee in the work of infusiug uew life into the Snuday school work in Montour connty. APPfiDVED IT AHORNEf GENERAL The eutire proposition relating to the filling up of the bed of the abandon ed Pennsylvania canal iu and through the grounds of the hospital for the in- , wane IIBH been approved by the attorney general. Plans furnished by the D. | L. & W. railroad company have been received by the hospital authorities ! aud early next spring the work of fill in# up the old water way will begin. The proposition involves au inter change of concessions between the hos- 1 pital trustees aud the D. L. & VV. ! railroad company. The D. L. &W. ' company agrees to oonvey a title iu fee simple in the land occupied by the caual bed to the trustees and the trus- ! tees, iu turn conooda to the rail- \ road company the right of removing its tracks some fifteen feet further southward for the purpose of avoid ing the grade crossings at the hospital entrance and at the gas house should it at any time desire to do so. Thus not only does the hospital acquire ad ditional ground and get rid of an eye sore and a menace to the public health, but the railroad compauy also at such time as it is ready to make the change will find no obstacle in the way of carrying out its well-defined policy of reducing the number of grade cross ings. The removal of the track to avoid the crossings, of course, implies a re-location of the public highway for a short distance. The proposition relatiug to the in terchauge of concessions has been un der consideration for some time. The j appropriation made by the last legis lature contained an item of twenty-five thousand dollars,for filling in the bed i of the old canal, which having been approved by the goveruor and attorney general is now available. The work will be done by the hospital. SUMMONS IN TRESPASS Horace M. Baker, who lost a val- 1 uable horse last spriug through the | latter breaking its leg ou Northum- ' berlaud street, has brought suit against the borough of Danville for damages. Summons in trespass were issued on Monday returnable ou January 17th. The accident occurred ou the after- | noon of March 30th, 1 V)O7. Mr. link- i er, a tenant on the farm of T') 0 " ! (j. Vincent, Cooper township, was taking two horseß down Northumber- : laud street,iidiug oue and leading the other. A switch engine frightened . the horses and while they were prauc- j ing about oue of them, it is alleged, fell over a truck belougiug to oue of the small carß need at the Keadiug . iron works, which,along with several ' others of the same kind, occupied the j side of the street in front of the car penter shop. The horse in falling ; broke one of his aud had to be j killed. O. O. DYKK YS MAHONING TWP. j Summons in trespass have also been ' issued iu the case of O. O. Dyer vs. j Mahoning township. On Tuesday morning, December 13, lS)l*i, Mr. Dyer's loaded milk wagon went down over the embankment ou the State highway just north of the borough. The driver was imprisoued in the wagon, which went down over au eight-foot embankment aud landed upside down oil the railroad. The waßon was badly wrecked and the uiilk bottles were broken. It is alleg- : ed that the township was negligent in'not having the embankment at that particular spot securely protected by a rail. On Monday summons in trespass were issued als iin the case of Ada M. Hileiuau aud Charles S. Hileman, her husband, in right of said Ada M. Hileman vs. George D. Vognetz and William Latiuiere Whipple. ODD FELLOWS' ANNUAL HEET An event that local Odd Fellows are 1 beginning to look forward to,although : it is yet a few months' distant, is the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Odd Fellows' Anniversary association. The officers are all Williamsport men—William H. Kiess, president, H. B. Eberly. secretnry, A. A. Myers, treasurer. Shamokin is the place chos en for the next gathering, the date of which probably will be Monday, April i 27, The date on whioh the gathering | usually is held, April 26, this year falls on Sunday. General arrange ments for the affair will shortly be gotten under vay nud it is understood that Shamokin Odd Fellows will do their utmost to make the celebration ; to he held iu their town a record breaker. On Monday morning when Mrs. G. A. Fissel, of Dillsburg, York county, awoke she attempted to awaken her \ husband, who lay beside her.wheu she 1 was shocked to find him dead of ap | oplexy. STUBBORN BLAZE II DRUG STORE Through the accidental breaking of a vessel containing collodion at Gosh's ' drug store about half past seven o'clock last evening a fire was started, which for a few minutes seemed to threaten bad results. The collodion, with other articles, wns kept on the porch at the rear of the store. In order to procure a quant ity of the solution Mr. Gosli stepped out on the porch. It being quite dark ho held a lighted match in his hand While looking for the collodion au- ! other vessel,accidentally dislodged,fell j breaking tho receptacle that contained the solution. Collodion is composed of soluble gun cotton, ether aud alcohol and is j highly inflammable. Coming in con- j tact with the lighted match in an in- i stant there was a fire. Mr. Gosh was burned on the hand and the flames spread rapidly over the porch. The drug clerk flew to Mr. Gosh's s assistance. There was no water very j handy but there was plenty of snow and the latter the excited men scooped \ up by the handful and sprinkled on j the fire. The snow had bnt little ef- J feet and the fire seemed to spread un der the melted snow. After a desper- j ate fight, however, during which not a moment was lost, the flames were smothered. The blaze caused a great deal of excitement, but it was only momentary,as the fire was extinguish ed almost as soon as people on the street learned what had occurred. STORH THE CAUSE OF FIRE ALARH An alarm of fire was soun.led in the still night at Exchange that arous ed the village aud tiie country side for a half mile around and caused no end of excitement. The customary signal for a fire in the village of Exchange iB a blast from the whistle on Dildine's mill, and great was the consternation on Tuesday night when the whistle start ed to blow. In a few minutes people began pouring into the street looking for the blaze they expected to see. No blaze, but still the whistle continued to blow. After au effort had been made in I ain to find the fire, it was decided to interview the mau who was blowing the whistle. And then it was discov ered that no fire at all was threaten- j ing the homes of the people in the county seat of Anthony township. The sleet aud snow had gathered on ; the whistle rope in such quautities as to render it heavy enough to open the ; valve aud sound the whistle. There were about eight pounds of steam in the boiler, and the whistle had its own way for about half au hour. OFFICIALS WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE Spring election w ill be held on Feb ruary 18th. It will not bo long, there fore, until the party leaders will give 1 some thought to nominations for ward aud borough offices In this connec tion it might be interesting to note what vacancies will occur in council, sohool board, etc. lu council the terms of members will expire as follows: First ward.Dr Juo. Sweisfort; second ward, Jacob Dietz; third ward, George B. Jacobs; fourth ward, John R. Hughes. In the school board terms will ex ! pire as follows: First ward, Dr. Bar ! tier; second ward. W. J. Burns; third ward, Jacob Fischer; fourth ward. Augustus Heiss and Leonard Foulk, , the former serving a three years' term anil the latter, who succeeded J. Aust Lntz, completing oue year. Of the overseers of the poor of the Danville and Mahoning district Henry Wireman's term of office expires this I year. HOW IT WORKED IN ONE CASE i Joe Lesher.of the Selinsgrove Times, ; tells of an old Snyder county farmer who moved to town to give the boys a chance. He said he wanted them to goto school and not be compelled to work as hard as he had done. We ask ed him how the experiment had suc ceeded and he said the boys bad al ready learned to smoke cigars, swear, shake dice aud make fun of their fa ther and refer to other retired farmers as old hayseeds, "Reubeus," eta.,a ml from recent indication he had no idea that they would ever hurt themselves at work. Death of an Infant. Lester William, the six weeks old 1 son of Mr. aud Mrs. H. D. Minier, of Sunbury, died Tuesday. The funeral will take place this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home of ,T. M. Hitter, Bloom road. ESTABLISHED IN 18»5 HUES IE 11IK I Candidates for congress and the sev eral couuty offices to be filled at the general elect ion next fall who will be voted for at the spring prim ary to be held on April lltli are mat erializing very rapidly. Petitions, in circulation signed by qualified elect ors, asking that the names of various candidates for nomination be placed on the official ballot of the respective' parties, are growing in size daily. A great deal of interest is manifested and from appearances there may be a warm contest for nomination as relate to some of the offices. The petitions in the case of candid ates for congress or for State offices must be filed at least four weeks prior to the primary with the secret ary of the commonwealth and in all other cases shall be filed,at least three weeks prior to the primary with the county commissioners. It will thus be seen that candidates have entered the contest early. The number of signers required on the petition relating to congress are two hundred ; on the peti tions relating to offices to'be voted for by the entire county, fifty. At the spring primary candidates will be nominated for each of the following offices : congress, member of the State house of representatives, county commissioners (full board).and county auditors. For congress the petition asking that the name of John G. Mcllenrybe placed on the official ballot of the Democratic party has grown to vol uminous proportions and Montour county alone will give Mr. McHenry the two hundred siguers required in the district. Charles W. Cook, at present a mem ber of the board of county commis sioners. is Republican candidate for the nomination for member of the State house of representatives. His petition is growing rapidly. As candidate for the nomination for District Attorney the county commis sioners will be petitioned to have the name ot Charles P. Qearhart, present incumbent of the office, placed upon the official ballot of the Democratic party. The petition relating to Mr. Gearhart has made its appearance within the last dav or so. Among the petitions Is oue asking that the name of Michael Breckbill of Mahoning township be placed upon the official ballot of the Democratic party as a candidate for the nomina tion for county commissioner. George R. Sechler as county com missioner and J. Harry W'oodside as c onnty auditor will both be candi dates again. Each is represented by a numerously signed petition relating t<_ the office sought. ATTERBURY (JOES OVER SUNBURY I)1V. The higher officials of the Pennsyl vania Railroad company have been in this section quite frequently recently, and on Tuesday morning another trip was made over the local divisiou by General Manager W. W. Atterbury and party of Philadelphia. Upon the arrival of the train in Sunbury the general manager was met by G a ner»t Superintendent VV. Hey ward Myers, of Williamsport, and ac companied by the officers of the Sun bury division the entire party started on a tour of inspection over the divis ion. Upon the arrival of General Man ager Atterbury at Wilfces-Barre, he continued his trip over the Delaware and Hudson railroad to Canandaigua, New York, and returned over the Northern Central Railroad by the way of Williamsport and Sunbury on his way back to Philadelphia. The exact purpose or object of the inspection trip of the general uiauag i er. as usual, has not been given out for publication. SPORTSHEN WANT LAW CHANGED The meeting held by the sportsmen of Berks county, who desire the game laws chauged, was largely attended. Dr. Kalbfus, of Harrisburg, secretary of the Pennsylvania State game com mission, and Emerson Decter, the re cently appointed deputy game com missioner, addressed the session. They urged a permanent organization aud that the sportsmen press their claims through their representatives in the legislature. The petition now circulat ed for a change of the laws is signed by 3.000 persons and is in the bunds of Martin Larkin, secretary of the In dependent Gun club. While Samuel Craley, of Red I.ion j York comity was showing sonic fr I a finely decorated Christmas tre Saturday evening the tree caui ' i and Craley was horribly burnei, i. [ ing his recovery doubtful.
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