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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
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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.