Jilomtotfr s§sk, 3Vmm£att VOL. 54—NO. 11 DR. IRVING H. JENNINGS, DKN'i IST. Office Hour* .4, M.to l'l M. 104 Mill St., IP. M.to iP. M. Danville, Pa, SHULTZ, M. 425 MILL ST., DANVILLE, PA. diseases of the Stomach and Intestines a Specialty IPS CONDENSED. The York Benevolent association has helped to feed 800 families and furnish 600 tons of.coal during the past winter to the needy. A herd of eighteen dairy cows on a farm in Warrington, York county, have been condemned to be killed for being infected with tuberculosis. York county has a candidate for the legislature who makes one claim for his nomination that he has been a party worker for forty years and has never had an office. The police of Bristol, Bucks county, are going about the town shooting dogs that are found without muzzles and fourteen were killed Thursday. Fleetwood, Berks county, is to have a new stove foundry as soon as the buildings can be erected and stoves of a new desing are to be made. A movement has been inaugurated by the Lancaster County Medical so ciety, representing 140 out of the 200 physioians in the county, to have all the borough and township boards of health modify their regulations so as to conform with the requirements of the State health department. Irwin Shirrey, a young farmer of Monocacy, Berks county, while shred ding corn fodder on Thursday, got en tangled in a rope which had been left dangling over the machine and was drawn against the shredder,which cut him badly,inflicting injuries that may prove fatal. The summer country home of Mrs. 0. S. Abrams, of Philadelphia, locat ed near Hatboro, Montogmery county, it has just been discovered, has been ransacked by thieves, who eutered ev ery room, and locks on doors, bureaus and chiffoniers were broken and many artioles, not carried away were badly damaged. On Friday night two colored men stole about 400 chickens from the hen nery of Mrs. Margaret White near Bryn Mawr, Montgomery county. Thomas White,a son, came home from the town as they were loading them on their wagon, and when questioned about it they said they had bought them from his mother, so they were allowed to continue their thieving. An appeal to superior court from the decision of Judge James M. Gallneath of Butler, that the Brooks license law is constitutional, was taken by the anti license advocates on Saturday. Lieutenant Charles Fenerstein, who has command of troop B of the State constabulary stationed at Wyoming, is urging the purchase of a high power automobile for the use of the force. During last year the troopers traveled 136,383 miles and made 1,905 arrests. Miss Stewart, the treasurer of the Mercer hospital, who refused to allow the books of the institution to be audited, lias been given time until ' March 14 by Auditor 3eneral Young, to produce them at the capitol, and if j she persists in refusing site will be ; sent to jail. Rov. Dr. Russel Conwell, president of the Temple university in Philadel phia, sailed on Saturday for Liverpool ! accompanied by Mrs Conwell and Mrs. J, Lewis Crozer. While in Eu- Conwell will visit all the leading universities to ascertain what is beiug done for the advancement of the working man. The towboat Stella Morgan and two coal boats broke from their moorings and went over the dam at Lock No. 2. in Hie Monongahela river, at Port Perry. Allegheny county, on Saturday evening. Fourteen of the crew were on the towboat, aud John Bash, fire man, aged 27 years, ot Mt. Washing ton and "Red" Lawrenr\ deck hand, aged 25, of Pittsburg, wei drowned. About a score of children were in jured on Friday at the Bays borough school, near Pittsburg, during a panic caused bv » fire alarm intended as a drill to the pupils. Miss Black, the principal, had just completed describ ing the Oollinwood disaster and then unobserved palled the fire gong, while the pupils were excited over what they had been told, and a panio was the re sult. A new high school building is to bo ereoted at New Castle, Lawrence coun ty, this year at an estimated cost of iBOO,OOO. State officials are investigating a charge that money donated by the State for the relief of firemen injured at fires has been misappropriated and used for other borough purposes in a number of towns in Sohuylkill county. conn in REU SESSION General interest at the session of oouncllFriday night centered on the ap pointment of committees. This is a feature of the proceedings that does not appeal very strongly to the gener al public, although to the members of council it means a great deal. The committees vary much in their im portance. A few of them hold the very | reins of municipal government in their hands, and by their recommendations, ' as it were, decide the policy of the borough as to expenditure of money, and entering upon improvements along various lines. The greater number, however, have to do with the mere per functory administration of affairs in the different departments. Naturally, therefore,to be chosen on one of the more important committees, especially, if given a chairmanship, is an honor most highly esteemed. It was not until the chairman of council made his appointments last night that the I members knew how the committees j would be arranged. Following are the appointments: FINANCE—.Tas. Finnigan, Kob't. | B. Pursel, J. B. Cleaver. PRINTING—A. 0. Angle, John L. Russell, .Tames M. Jones. WATER —liob't. B. Pursel, .Tas. 1 Finnigan, W. L. Deutsch, Jas. M. Jones. LAW—A. O. Angle, Rob't. B. Pur sel, Wm. H. Moyer, ,T. B. Cleaver. LIGHT--Wm. H. Moyer, A. C. Angle,lra C. Everhard,W. L. Deutsch. PUBLIC PROPERTY & PUBLIC IMPItOVEMENTS-Ira 0. Everhard, A. C. Angle, John Marshall, John L. Russell. PUBLIC SURVEYS—W.L. Deutsch, Jas. Finnigan, A. 0. Angle. Jas. M. j Jones. STREETS & BRIDGES—Rob't. B. Pursel, W. L. Deutsch, J. B. Cleaver, Jas. Oonnolley. Jr. MARKET—W. L. Deutsch, John L. Russell, J. B. Cleaver, Jas. Connolley, Jr. SEWERAGE—Wm. H. Moyer, Jas. Finnigan, A. C. Angle, John Marshall. B'lßE—John L. Russell, Jas. Fin- j nigan, John Marshall, Jas. M. Jones. BUILDING—John L. Russell, Wm. H. Moyer, Jas. Oonnolley, Jr. PUBLIC SAFETY—Jas. Finnigan, W. L. Deutsch, Ira C. Everhard, J. I B. Cleaver. PUBLIC HEALTH—Ira C. Ever hard, John L. Russell, Wm. H. Moy er, John Marshall. BILLS & ACCOUNTS—Rob't. B. Pursel, Ira C. Everhard, Jas. Con- ; iiolley, Jr. On motion of Mr. Everhard the ap pointments were accepted and 150 cards were ordered printed containing the committees and other information re- j lating to conucil. On motion the bonds of the borough treasurer,street commissioner and sec retary and receiver of water rents were approved by council. Borough Solicitor Gearhart explain ed that under the present law it is necessary tiiat the solicitor give a bond. On motion the rules were sus pended and an ordinance was enacted providing that the solicitor give a bond in five hundred dollars, with two or more sureties. BOARD OF HEALTH. A communication was received from ! tiie board of health reporting that at a reoent meeting of the board the fol- 1 lowing officers were elected for the I ensuing year: President, Dr. P. O. Newbaker; secretary, Dr. O. Shultz; health officer, B. B. Brown. The sal- i ary of the secretary, it was reported, j was made fifty dollars per year and the salary of the health officer 25 cents per hour for the time actually employ- i ed in such duties. On motion the communication from the board of health was accepted 0 Oil motion of Mr. Cleaver, J. H. Fry was elected to represent the third ! ward ill the local hoard of health. PUBLIC SAFETY. Mr. Everhard called attention to the i fact that as a rule the doors of the public school buildings of the borougli 1 open inwards, affording conditions favorable for loss of life in case of fire. On motion of Mr. Pursel it was ordered that the school board of the borough be requested to make changes necessary In order to have all the doors of the school buildings open outward. If this is not done in ten days it was ordered that the attention of the State authorities be called to the matter. The following members were pres ent: Schatz, Cleaver, Russell, Jones, Everhard, Moyer, Pursel, Deutsch. Marshall and Angle. Miss Bertha Cromwell will leave to day for a visit at the houje of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cromwell, Philadelphia. Mrs. Delia Covert, of Philadelphia, is visiting relatives in this city. Mrs. Fred Kirkendall returned to Wilkes-Barre yesterday after a visit at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George M. Gearhart, East Market street. DANVILLE, PA., THURSDAY. MARCH 12, 1908 FJiISIIIO niui Our readers will be pained to learn of the death of the Rev. Michael I. O'Reilly, rector of Saint Joseph's Cath olic church, this city, which occurred at »:80 o'clock Tuesday night. Death was sudden and unexpected in the extreme, which added to the shock and the in tensity of the grief. Evidently Father O'Reilly had not been in the best of health for some time prior to his death. His parishion ers had noted with deep concern that on occasions he betrayed evidences of physical weakness, yet there was noth ing to indicate that he was a prey to fatal disease Tuesday, accompanied by Rev. Fa ther Feeser, of the Holy Family con vent, he paid a visit to Milton, return ing home on the 6:85 P. & R. train. About 8 o'olock he took a walk down town. Some time after that hour, probably about uiue o'clock he was taken ill. Dr. E. A. Curry was called and at the same time Rev. Father Feeser was summoned. Father O'Reilly grew rapidly worse. The Rev. Father Fees er was the first to arrive. When Dr. Curry reached the bedside the patient was rapidly sinking and was beyoud all help. He passed away peacefully, death seemingly being due to heart trouble. His illness covered a period of scarcely more than a half honr. The Rev. Michael I. O'Reilly was rector at Saint Joseph's ohurch for a period of some twenty years. He was born at St. Joseph's, Susquehanna county, and was fifty-two years of age. He is survived by two brothers and one sister. One brother, the Rev. Edward O'Reilly, is in the priesthood and has a charge in Waverly, New York His other brother, Alosius, with the sis ter, Miss Mary O'Reilly, lives at St. Joseph's. Father O'Reilly was in the priest hood for twenty-nine years. He came to Danville from Renovo. During his long pastorate here he became person ally known to a large number of our citizens, including thoHe outside of the church that he loved and served as well as those within it. Father O'Reilly was a man singular ly beloved. He was the*soul of honor, actuated in all things by deep religious principles: kindness and generosity were the distinguishing traits of his character. He served his people well and in the community stood for those policies which make for civic right eousness and tend to ennoble and ele vate. He was truly reverenced by his par ishioners. A few minutes after death occurred the residence of the priest was surrounded by groups of weeping peo ple, while within, the apartments were filled with others, who were un able to conceal their grief as they learned the sad details of the closing scene. Bills Paid by Council. The, following bills were approved for payment at the meeting of the bor ough council Friday evening : BOROUGH DEPARTMENT. Regular empolyes .. $127 50 Standard Gas Co 25 B. B. Brown, high constable. . 8.00 Labor and hauling 31.14 Welliver Hardware Co 3.60 Labor in Light Dep't 53.25 P. H. Foust 10.50 Washington Fire Co 2.45 Atlantic Refining Co 28.74 John Hixson 11.75 Adams Express Co 1.45 Garlock Packing Co 15.23 S. J. Welliver. 70 R. J. Pegg 13.38 G. Edward fioat 8 50 B. B. Brown, Health* Officer. . 7.50 WATER DEPARTMENT Regular employes 8158.10 P. H. Foust 83.40 Friendship Fire Co . 26 80 Labor in Water Dep't 11.25 S. J. Welliver 1.00 John Hixson ' 18.57 The Gem. 50.00 Standard Gas Co 3.99 Washington Fire Co 45 ABSAHAUSER CLAIHED BY DEATH ! Abia Mauser, a well-known and life-long resident of Cooper township, j departed this life at 10:40 o'clock yes- I terday forenoon after several months' | illness of Bright's nisease. The deceased resided at the home of his brother, jolin Mauser, where death occurred. He was fifty-five years of age ana is survived by his wife, one ; son and two daughters. One of the daughters, Mrs. Augustus Kocher, resides in Danville. The son, Frank Mauser, along with the other daugh ter, Miss Minerva,lives at Tnrbotville. The funeral will'take place on Sat urday afternoon, meeting at the house at one o'clock. Funeral services will be held in the churoh at Ridgeville. Interment in|Odd Fellows' cemetery. SCHOOL BOARD ICllf DOIS The school board Monday night took prompt and decisive action on the subject of exits belonging to the school buildings of the borough, de ciding without a dissenting vote that in every instance the doors must be made to open outwardly and that where to accomplish this, changes are need ed the same must be made forthwith. The secretary read the following oommuuication from the borough council: "I beg to advise you that at the regular meeting of council OP March 6th, 1908, the following action was taken: 'That the secretary be instructed to notify the Danville school board to have the doors on all the public school buildings made so that they swing outwardly, inside of ten days' time and that, if £sanie is not done, the council will notify the State building inspector of said neglect. H. B. PATTON, Sec'y." The members of the board, however, had bestirred themselves in the matter prior to the session of council and had come to meeting well prepared to act. Mr. Burns offered the following resolutions, which wore immediately adopted : "Resolved, That the building and repair committee be instructed to have all doors in the different sohool build ings that now open inward changed so that they will open OUTWARD, the same to be done immediately. "Resolved, That the superintendent of schoolß be requested to instruot all janitors that they must remain in each school building during hours of ses sion and must not leave under any cir cumstances without special permission from the principal of such building and, if permission be granted, a prop er substitute must take his place un til his return. "Resolved, That all outside doors must be kept unlatched during school hours. "Kesolved, That the building nnd repair committee introduce a better system of gongß than those in use at present. "Resolved, That fire drills be held in all schools at least 3 to 4 times per month at the discretion of the super intendent or principal." On motion ttie following was un animously adopted : "Resolved, That the secretary be in structed to acknowledge receipt of the communication from council. That we desire to enter our protest against the hasty and ill-advised action and dis courteous treatment. That we ques tion the authority of council in the matter before first enacting an ordin ance regulating exits in public build ings ; furthermore it was the intention of the school board from the opinion of the members privately expressed to take action at its next meeting regu lating the &c." A communication was received from [ the president of the Woman's Benevol- i ent Society explaining the diie needs j of many people in Danville and ask ing that the teachers of the various j schools be authorized to receive small I contributions from the pupils, consist- I ing of potatoes, groceries &c., which j in turn might be handed over to the j Woman's Benevolent Society. On motion of Mr. Sechler it was I ordered that permission be granted to 1 the schools as requested. The following members were pres ent : Pursel, Orth, Barber, Redding, ' Pish, Swarts Foulk, Sechler, Heiss and Cole. The following bills were approved for payment: Teachers and Janitors .11851.50 A. D. Reifsnyder 1.00 Adams Express Co .65 A. G. Harris . 3.60 Will G Brown 1.55 Standard Gas Oo 7.67 William Miller 3.00 Peter Winters 1.20 Mrs. Everhard 2.00 Ezra Haas 1.25 Peoples' Goal Yard 27.50 DEATH OFWELL KNOWN IRON WORKER Jacob Miner, an old and well known iron worker, departed this life at his home, First street,' Welsh hill, at 5:45 o'clock last evening after a protracted illness caused by a complication of diseases. The deceased was a native of Ger many, but came to'this country when thirteen years of age. He was a pud dler and for many years was employed at the Readiug Iron works. He was a hard working man and was highly esteemed. The deceased was 60 years of age He is survived by his wife, one son, William Miner, of Plymouth, and two daughters. Due notioe of the funeral will be given. William Lovett.of Milton,spent yes terday with friends in this oity. PRIDAY ILL BE Dill DAI The pnpils of the public schools of our town 011 Friday will receive a valuable object lesson in charity and practical giving, as they will be asked on that day,each to bring a small con tribution of groceries or the like to the school building, to be distributed later among the large number of neces sitous families in town In response to a communication from the Woman's Benevolent society of Danville the school board Monday night took action, granting the teach -1 ers permission to present the matter to their pnpils, for the double purpose of cultivating within tha latter habits of giving and by that means accumulat ing a large supply of goods that will prove a weighty factor in relieving want. Mrs. S. Y. Thompson, [president of the Woman's Benevolent society, Tuesday statod that the demands madi> upon the society during the present winter exceed by a wide margin any thing ever experienced in the past. The society has exhausted all the means that it has in hand and has done the very best it could to relieve actu ally suffering. The members have per sonally investigated every case of seeming want have uncovered a few evident attempts to impose upon the society, yet they dis covered much real destitution, where contributions of food and fuel were imperative. In Harrisburg the pupils of the pub lic schools are habitually enlisted in charitable enterprises and are permit ted to bring their donations to the school buildings where they are taught the value of unity and concerted ac tion by seeing their combined gifts grow into an immense accumulation of groceries, vegetables, &c. In Har risburg not a small proportion of wiiat is needed in the above lines to sustain the oity hospitals is contributed by the school children in this way. There is no doubt that the plan will work just as well in Danville. The small contribution from the family stores will scarcely be felt, no matter how reduced the circumstances of tiie family while the children will be mor ally benefited by the giving. The idea is not to contribute heavily, although no limit is set as to quantity of any thing that may be brought to the school room. Some will bring a few potatoes; children of poor families may bring only half a dozen or less. Others will bring something in the line of groceries, sugar, coffee, rice, canned fruit or even butter, which is very much needed in families where there is illness. Indeed, anything that can be used in a household will be very acceptable. Borougli Superintendent Dieffen bacher Tuesday set Friday as the day when the pupils may bring to school the goods they wish to donate. He will fully acquaint each teacher with the proposition, who in turn will in struct iier pupils as to what is expect ed of them in ttie premises. The Woman's Benevolent society has bi>eu offored the use of a room on Mill street gratis, in which to store the goods after the latter have been col lected at the several school buildings and from which the articles donated can be distributed among needy fami lies. The distribution will be made on Saturday. MISS LIMBERGER A DELEGATE Miss Anna L'mberger, daughter of I Charles Limber 'er, West Mahoning street, this oity.tor many years a mis- : sionary at Pueblo, Mexico, has been ! elected a delegate to represent the lat ter country at the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church to be held at Baltimore in the month of May. Miss Liuiberger was ohosen a delegate at the conference of the M. E. church held in the city of Mexico a matter of ten days ago. The honor was utterly unsolicited by Miss Limberger, who was almost unanimously elected. The general conference will bring'her to her na tive country most unexpectedly. She visited her home in this city during the early part of last winter, leaving Danville on her return trip Christmas day. When she attends the general convention she will have an other opportunity to visit relatives and friends in this State. She will not return with out paying Danville a vis it, remaining here probably three days. MOWRER OUT FOR COMMISSIONER Jonathan F. Mowrer, of Strawberry Ridge, while on a trip to Danville Tuesday announoed himself as a candid ate for the Republican nomination for oounty commissioner. Before he left for home Tuesday afternoon he had already secured fifty names on his petition and had filed the same. CI BOUND 11 era To be snatched off the sidewalk of one of our principal streets—gagged— dragged to a secluded spot—bound hand and foot—rebbed, and then car ried some distance farther and hidden behind a board fence—suoh was the thrilling and nerve racking experience of Miss Theresa Ledger, whose home is on Front street near the silk mill. The aflair is a moat remarkable one and baffles the police. The act is so daring and out of the ordinary that it seems more like the caper of an insane mau than the cautious and deliberate act of a highway robber. About 7:80 o'clock last night the cries of a woman were heard along the canal at the rear of the residence of Jacob Dietz.East Market street. Par ties started to investigate, when they fonnd a woman bound hand and foot, lying between the fence at the rear end of the lot and the old canal. The woman—Miss Ledger—was near ly prostrated as the result of her ter rible experience and with an effort told the following story: She was walking along East Market street about 7 :30 o'clock and had reach ed the vacant spot formerly occupied by Shepperson's coal yard,when with out a moment's warning someone laid violent hold of her. dragging her off the street. By a dexterous movement, the man at the very moment he seized her, slipped a white handkerchief in to her mouth and tied it at the back of her head. Terror stricken as the girl was she was unable to cry out and her assail ant quickly pushed her along in front of him in the direction of the steel plant. Before they had reached the canal he had tied her hands behind her back. The girl eudeavored to resist, but she was almost helpless in the arms of the strong man. Reaching the steel plant the thug dealt the girl a blow on the head, which, although it stunned her for a moment, did not render her uncon scious. Here the villain threw the girl down and bound her feet with a stout cord. Miss Ledger, now. of course, was un able to walk,but the capricious villain was not done with her. Picking her up bodily he carried her across the caual and laid her down just outside the fence that encloses the rear of Ja cob Dietz' lot. He then ran away. After some moments, the girl by an effort succeeded in removing the gag from her mouth, when she gave the alarm, which brought assistance as above described.. Chief Mincemoyer was soon on the spot, followed a few minutes later by Officer Voris. Both policemen spent several hours on the case,but were un able to obtain a single clew. The girl's assailant was careful to prevent her from obtaining a good look at him and kept her face turned away. Ow ing to the darkness and her intense exoiteinent the girl has only the vagu est sort of au idea of what her assail ant looked like. Miss Ledger says that beyond strik ing her, gagging her and binding her hand and foot, the man attempted no acts of violence upon her. MISS ANNIE L. MILES AS A COHPOSER A march and two-step entitled "Betsy Button", composed by Miss j Annie L. Miles, of this city, has been published by the Bureau of Music at j Binghamton, N. Y. The critics speak very highly of Miss j Miles' production, pronouncing it " bright and catchy" and predicting that it will "make a hit." In a week or ten days the music will be on sale. To Miss Miles belongs the distinc tion of being the first Danville woman who ever composed and published i music. She is the daughter of George W. Miies aud is widely known as a gifted and painstaking musician. The above named march and two step is not Miss Miles' first effort at composing. Among her former produc tions were at least several pieces of striking merit. Aoting on the advice of critics she decided to publish her latest effort and henoe "Betsy But ton" was given to the world. That it has been so favorably received will be the very best of news to Mies Miles' multitude of friends. GOVERNOR WILL NOT INTERFERE Word has been received in Suubury from Governor Stuart that he will take no official action in the of Stanny Marcavitoh, convicted of mur der in the first degree, other than to fix the date of execution, and unless a sucesflful plea is made to a higher oourt or of pardons inter feres, Marcavitch will pay the death penalty by hanging in the yard of the Northumberland county prison in Suu bury. ESTABLISHED IN 1855 K FIB OF DEV. U (HILL! .The funeral of the Rev. M. I. O'Reil ly. whose sudden death noted"~in another column, will take place tomor row at 10:30 o'clock, a. m.from St. Joseph's Catholic church. On the 2:11 D. L. & W. train the funeral will pro ceed to St. Joseph's. Susquehanna county, the native place of the deceas ed. where interment will be made on the same day. The sudden and unexpected death of Father O'Reilly has cast a gloom over a large part of our town. Although he did not mix with the people to any considerable extent yet the deceased was widely known throughout town aud will bo keenly missed. His rare personality, along with his exalted character attracted men toward him aud ns the hours succeeding his death multiply people only begin to realize the extent of the loss that has been sustained by his church and the town. Father O'Reilly was one of four brothers, who were elevated to the priesthood. He was a nephew of the saintly old pioneer priest of northern Pennsylvania, Rev. J. Y. O'Reilly, whose great work in the ministry is so generously acknowledged in the histories of Snsqnehauna, Sullivan, Bradford, Lycoming and Tioga coun ties, which constituted his extensive parish in the early part of the century. Rev. M. I. O'Reilly's death leaves but one of the four brothers who entered the priesthood remaining—the Rev. Edward O'Reilly, of Waverly, N. Y., who in repsonse to the sad news of his brother's death arrived in tiiis city yesterday morning. The Rev. M. I. O'Reilly was born at St, Joseph's, Susquehanna county, September 27, 1856. He was educated with Fianciscan aud Jesuit Fathers, making his classics in Allegheny, N. Y. aud Worcester, Mass. He made his philosophical aud ftheoloigcal studies with the Lazarus Fathers at Niagara university. He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop O'Hara of Scranton, in the Cathedral of that city on July 31, 1870. He was first appointed as as sistant rector in the Cathedral at Scranton, shortly afterwards he was sent to assist Father Kaierat Dushore. He left Dushore in 1881 aud came to Danville to take Rev. Thomas Mo- Govern's place during the latter's ab sence in Europe, which covered a period of nine months. When Father McGovern returned he went to Harris burg where he was assistant at the Cathedral for four monhts. Rev. M. I. O'Reilly was next ap pointed rector of the Blooinsburg parish, where he remained one year and six months, during which time he purchased and paid for the pastoral residence. He was then transferred to Columbia, where he remained three years and four months, clearing the church of a heavy debt of #31,000,00. In September, 1887, he was appointed rector of St. Joseph's church at Re novo. He remained there until May 28, 1888, when he came to Danville, where he remained nutil death brought his labors to a close. Father O'Reilly has alwajs taken an advanced stand on temperance. He organized "St. Joseph's Total Abstin ence Society," which is one of the largest aud most influential temper auce organizations in this section. BANKSTOCK AT BIG ADVANCE That the public has confidence in the new banking venture at Exchange was Well demonstrated Monday at the executors' sale of the Stephen C. Ellis estate, when stock of the bank at Ex change sold for $122.50. What makes this showing especially good is the fact that the bank has not as yet paid any dividends on the stock, although it expects to declare a div idend of six per cent, on July Ist, 1908. William Esq., of this city, is one of the executors of the Stephen C. Ellis estate and was pres ent at the sale. Birthday Surprise. A party of friends gathered at the home of Mr. Arthur Stettler in Yalley township, Tuesday evening, it being the occasion of Mrs, Stettler's fortieth birthday. The time was pass- music and games. Those present were"" Mr. and Mrs. Arthur 1 [children, Ray mond, Maurice, William and Ella, Mr. aud Mrs. Jacob Gottschall and chil dren, Raymond, Grace and Ellen, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Cook, Mr. and Mrs. John Mowrer, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. White, Mr. aud Mrs. Oscar Yastine, Mr. and Mrs. John Gillaspy, of Ben ton; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Phillips. Mr. Benjamin Diehl, Mrs Charles Arter, Norman Krum, Jasper Stettler, Frank Cook, Margaret Su tler and Stuart Cook. * Popular opinion is not alway- tun result of prejudice.
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