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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
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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.