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VOL. 54—NO. 18
L R. IRVING H. JENNINGS,
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A. M.to 11 .»/. 104 MM St.,
1 P. il. to i P. M. DantilU, Pa.
p UHI'LTZ, 11.
41!5 Mill St., Danville, Pa.
diseases of the Stomach and Intestines
a Specialty
ITEMS CONDENSED.
Whiie climbing out of a slate quar
ry Michael Jaeneska, of Slatedale,
slipped aud fell back into a deep pool,
in which he was drowned.
William Coggins, aged 23 years, a
night clerk in the postoffice at Pitts
burg, has been arrested on the charge
of embezzlement. He was held in bail
for a hearing.
Good grass seed is so scarce in Berks
county that farmers are paying $2 per
bushel for the same. One farmer is
lucky enough to have 1,000 bushels of
it.
The qouncil of Pottsville has refus
ed the demand made by the volunteer
fire companies for rental of buildings
which they erected for the housing of
their apparatus. The councilmeu de
clare the volunteer department is more
expensive than a paid one would be.
For the past six weeks Elizabeth,
the young daughter of Charles Mc-
Gonigal, of Chester, lias complained
of an acute pain in her chest. A day
or two ago she had a violent coughing
spell and coughed up a safety pin
which had been the cause of all the
trouble.
Clinton Loch, proprietor of a hotel
at Limeport, Lehigh county, was re
cently convicted of violating the liqu
or laws. It was alleged that he fnr
nished beer for a wedding party where
the bride and groom were only 17 years
of age. Loch was fined SI,OOO and
sentenced to fort, days in jail.
This story comes from Chester coun
ty wilds. Guests of the French Creek
hotel were sunning themselves on the
porch when a strange animal came out
of the woods and passed within a few
yards of the hostelry. It prove! to be
a wild cat A party was formed to
hunt and kill the animal, but it made
t_'ood its escape.
The Lancaster county grand jury
has recommended to the court that the
inmates of the Children's Home be
furnished butter three times a day and
that springs be placed on their beds.
There must be a mighty parsimonious
set of officials in charge of that in
stitution when a grand jury finds it
necessary to take sucii action.
Mrs. Sarah Neidig and Mrs. Mary
Neidig brought suit at Suubury
against the Reading Railroad com
pany,asking for damages for the death
of the former's husband and six more
relatives who were killed by being
6truck by a train about two years ago.
The case has been settled. Mrs. Sarah
Neidig receives SBOO and Mrs. Mary
Neidig S4OO This is an averaga of a
fraction over sl7l for each life.
Berks county continues to have a
considerable number of snuff users, as
at the county almshouse the bill for
snutr for the use of inmates last year
was $5.80.
The oxide department of the New
Jersey Zinc compauy, at South Beth
lehem. has resumed operations, giv
ing employment to one hundred men.
The temperature in Pittsburg on
Saturday, officially recorded, was 85
degrees, which breaks all records for
heat in April during the thirty years
the local weather bureau has been
keeping a record.
Robert Eastburn, aged 75 years, who
had been justice of the peace in Yard
ley, Bucks county, for thirty years,
died on Satruday. He is survived by
his fourth wife, whom he married
about two months ago.
Charles A. Orner, a Civil war vet
eran, who had been a railroader for
thirty-one years, fell under a Penn
sylvania railroad train on which he
was braking, on Friday at Suubury,
and was killed.
Louis Corso, an employe o 112 the
American Car and Foundry company,
at Berwick, aged 30 years, was struck
in the neck by a piece of iron thrown
Ironi one of the steel shears, and bled
to death in a few minutes on Satur
day.
Probably the oldest traveling sales
man on the road today in this State is
Sheni Siegelmyer, of Mifflinburg,
Union county. He is in his £4th
year, yet he sells as many goods'as a
man of 50 years, and is a jolly good
fellow.
While workmen were demolishing a
piggery in Crawford county, on Sat
urday, they got onto an exciting r fight
as they came upon an immense colony
of rats beneath the floor of the build
ing. Many got away, but the Dum
ber Milled filled two bushel baskets.
■I (IS
TO JURORS
A special session of court was held
Saturday morning,at which some very
important action was taken relating
to the third trial of Peler Dietrich,
which is expected to take place at the
May term.
The court made an order directing
that Peter Dietrich, who has been
serving time since last June, be re
moved from the Eastern penitentiary
to the Montour county prison.
To meet tha emergency of the case
the court directed the sheriff and jury
commissioners to draw from the wheel
the names of 175 persons to bo traverse
jurors for court to be held at Danville
on May 25th at 10 a. m. The above
special venire has to do with the Diet
rich case exclusively and the jurors
can be employed in connection with
no other case. The 36 names already
drawn are jurors in a court of com
mon pleas and can not be used in a
homicide case.
W. Kase West presented a petition
signed by John F. Diehl, J. J. Diehl,
and C. J. Yagel, supervisors of Anth
ony township,praying that viewers be
appointed to make the necessary in
spection in connection with a county
bridge over.Buck's creek where the
public highway leading from White
Hall to Muncy crosses said creek on
the lands of John Smith in Anthony
township. The petitioners represent
that the construction of the bridge at
the above point requires more expense
than is reasonable that Anthony town
ship, being of the second class, should
be called upon to bear.
The court appointed James W.
Lowrie, George P. Coiner and Clarke
Boone as viewers to make such order
on the subject as is required by law.
WILL BE BUILT
IN THE BOROUGH
The State hospital for the insane has
a force of men employed in removing
the deposit of muck, which has great
fertilizing property, from the bottom
of the old canal on the hospital ground
preparatory to filling up the old water
way. No definite time as yet has been
set for beginning the work of obliter
ating the old canal bed.
The opening up of the old ditch has
had the effect of draining off the foul
and stagnant water, which at the hos
pital as well as any where else is a
nuisance and a menace to the public
health. By the time the old canal is
obliterated that improvement, in con
nection with the fine macadam road
leading to the hospital will make the
spot one of the mostattractive about
the institution.
It is not generally known that the
site of the block of houses for em
ployes, bids for which have been ad
vertised for, is to be located at this
part of the grounds. As a matter of
fact the buildings are to be within
the limits of the borough of Danville
in order to give the employes that oc
cupy them superior school advantages.
The block of buildings will be erected
on the south side of the trolley track
as near as possible to the borough witli
out leaving the hospital grounds.
The block will contain six dwell
ings. It will be three stories in height,
stylish architecturally, built of the
same material as the buildings now in
coarse of erection at the hospital.
Each dwelliii2 will contain nine rooms
with bath aud all the modern appoint
ments. The front door of each will
open upon a stylish veranda and the
dwellings will resemble a block on a
city street. The buildings will be com
pleted yet during the present summer.
Chief among the employes who will
occupy them will be the electrician
and engineer of the hospital.
DEATH OF MRS.
MARY J. YEAGER
Mrs. Mary ,iane Yeager, widow of
tiie late Conrad Yeager, died Monday
evening at the home of her daughter
in Mahanoy City, aged 71 years, 2
months and 8 days.
Mrs. Yeager was a native of the
South Side. The daughter of Joseph
Kennedy, she was born on the home
stead farm several miles above South
Danville. She was widely known and
related in this vicinity.
The deceased is survived by five sons
and two daughters as follows : Elliot
Monroe, of Riverside; Wilson and
Eugene, of Boone, Iowa: Kimber, of
Shamokin, and Hudson, of Danville;
Mrs. Clinton Major,of Mahanoy City,
and Estella, of Wernersville.
The funeral will take place from St.
! Peter's M. E. church, Riverside, this
afternoon at 2 :30 o'clock. Interment
! will be made in Mt. Vernon cemetery
On a Vacation.
W. R. Clark, station agent on the
Pennsylvania railroad, at South Dan
ville, is absent on a two-weeks' vaca
tion. His place is being filled by J.
Thompson Ziegler, of Sonbury, as
special agent.
DANVILLE, PA., THURSDAY. APRIL 30, 1908
Iran
OF USUI
The members of Montour Castle, No.
186, K. Q. E, in a body" attended div
ine services at the Grove Presbyterian
church Sunday morning. The ser
mon delivered by the pastor, the Rev.
Dr. McCormack, v>as an able and ap
propriate one, the theme being The
Castle of Mansoul.
The text was taken from Proverbs
4th ohapter and 23rd verse: "Above
all that thou guardest.keep thy heart. "
Dr. McOorniack introduced his ser
mon by a few words of welcome ad
dressed to the visiting knights. Their
presence at the house of prayer, he
sai l,attested to the fact that they rec
ognized religion as an essential part
of life and that no society can exist
without its influence. Continuing the
speaker said: "There is a little old
book on my study shelf entitled 'The
Holy War' and therein we read :
'There was rfared in the midst of this
town a famous and stately palace ; for
strength it might be calle a castle; for
pleasantness a paradise; for largeness
a palace so copious as to contain the
whole world.' Bunyan, the Bedford
shire tinner, has in this pictorial way
given us a portrait of the 'Castle of
Mansoul,' employing the things he has
read in the Biole aud the things he
discovered in his own heart. By this
castle Buryan means the heart and his
description is just a p»ge out of the
Bible and one of his inimitable pict
ures as an illustration. The text needs
no further illustration or explanation
and I will make use of my time in
seeking to enforce it. 'Above all that
thou guardest. keep thy heart.'
THE HEAHT.
"The heart is the key to the situa
tion ; in it are the issues of life. There
is no remedy for a bad heart aud no
substitute for a good one. We are of
ten concerned about what we do, but
we are not half conoerned enough
about what we are. We need to get
further back. Conduct Is the stream,
the flowing stream of our life If we
would cleanse the stream we must see
to it that the fountain head is pure.
'Let the words of my mouth and the
meditation of my heart be acceptable
to thy sight, O Lord.' We are to bring
into captivity every thought.
THE GATES OF MANSOUL.
"This famous castle has five gates,
which are the five senses. At the five
gates place sentinels so that the castle
be duly guarded. The first sentinel is
watchfulness. It is the prerogative of
man to control himself. When we lose
self-control we lose the power of man
hood. There cau be no self control
without effort. The second sentinel is
diligence. 'Eternal vigilence is the
price of liberty.' Without vigilance
you are lost; look diligently to your
selves.
THE EYE GATE.
"This is one of the easiest to at
tack: evil assails us most readily
through this gate and the castle yields
the heart is corrupted and the life
spoiled. Well may we pray with the
psalmist: 'Turn away mine eyes from
beholding vnuity.'
THE EAR GATE.
"Give heed how ye hear is an ap
ostolic injunction worthy of our most
earnest attention and consideration.
Knowing the danger let us guard well
the entrance of the castle and keep a
watch on our ears.
GOOD.
"The castle of mansoul must be gov
erned witti good. An empty heart is
the devil's workshop. The weeds of
the world grow rapidly in the court of
the empty castle.
OBEDIENCE.
"The true knight is an obedient sol
dier. He listens, he follows the com
mand of his captain. The captain in
charge of the castle of mansoul is our
Lord Jesus Christ. The Castle is His;
he built it for himself alone. Yet he
will never force his way in. The King
has committed the keeping of the cas
tle to the men of the town, but he
comes to us, knocking at the door of
each heart saying :*'Let me in.' "
A COUPLE OF
PERFORMING BEARS
Two clever performing bears enter
tained the people along Mill street yes
terday afternoon.
Tiie bears were in charge of a couple
of Italians, who as they sang and
prodded the bears along proved by no
means the least interesting half of the
show.
One of the bears was a very large
fellow, and was probably the best per
former of the two. Both weie good
dancers as dancing bears go ; they could
turn somersaults, wrestle, climb tele
graph poles, &c.
Driftwood had a holiday on Monday
in honor ofj;theHdedication of the
monument erected by the State in
commemoration of tiie departure of
three companies under Kane,
which formed the nucleus of the Buck
tail regiment.
CMIEKEIIT
ON IE 4IU
Cousiderable time was spent at a
regular meeting of the school board
Monday night in arranging for the an
nual commencement of the high school.
The high school committee made
several recommendations in the mat
ter, which were duly discussed by the
board.
On motion, Thursday, June 4th, was
fixed as the date for holding com
mencement. It was ordered that the
class be permitted to manage the
finances of the affair and that the
school board contribute ten dollars,the
usual sum.
On motion of Mr. Sechler it was
ordered that commencement be held iu
the opera house, provided the proper
terms can be made. On motion of Mr.
Burns it was ordered that the secre
tary write to Hon. H. M. Hinckley to
determine whether he can be secured
to deliver an address to the graduat
ing class.
On motion of Dr Barber it was ord
ered that the baccalaureate sermon be
preached iu the Grove Presbyterian
church by the Kev. Dr. McCormack
On motion of Mr. Pursel it was ord
ered that the grammar school com
mencement, which last year was held
in the Y. M. C. A. hall, this year be
held in the respective school build
ings. As implied, each grammar
school will hold its own commence
ment instead of consolidating in one
body as was done last year. The na
ture of the exercises will be left in
the hands of the borough superintend
ent.
Mr. Sechler presented the applica
tion of Miss Katheriue Rogers for a
permanent certificate. The board
satisfied itself that Miss Rogers pos
sesses a professional certificate and is
in all respects eligible for a permanent
certificate, after which it was ordered
that the officers of the board be re
quested to sign the application.
The borough superintendent report
ed that Miss Pickard.a primary teach
er of the first ward, is iu ill health
and may not be able to teach her
school any mora the present year. On
motion, the matter of a substitute for
Miss Pickard was left in the hands of
the borough superintendent.
The following bills were approved
for payment:
Teachers & Janitors f1851.50
Geo. F. Reifsnyder 128.40
A. C. Amesbcry 7.50
The following members were pres
ent: Purßel. Orth, Swarts, Burns.
Redding. Foulk, Barber,Kislier, Sech
ler, Heiss, Cole aud Fish. Chairman
Pursel being absent, at the opening of
the session, Mr. Fisher was chosen
president pro tem.
A FIELD riEET
TO BE HELD HERE
Under the direction of James O.
Ainsworth, physical director of the
Danville Y. M. C. A., the prelimi
nary preparations are now in progress
for a big amateur athletic meet to be
held park on Saturday,
May 23rd. The meet will he held un
der the auspices of the Danville High
School Athletic association and the
local Y. M. C. A.
A field meet of this kind is a de
parture from anything ever held be
fore in Danville or probably in this
section. It is the intention to have
teams from the high schools of the
surrounding towns, Y. M. C. A. teams
and the representatives of other ama
teur organizations participate.
The events will iuclude running at
100 yards. 220 yards, 440 yards and a
mile; a mile relay, also broad jump,
high jump and shot put. For each
event there will he three prizes—gold,
silver aud bronze medals. A silver
cup will be the trophy for the win
ning team in the relay race.
The success of the meet will depend
largely on the responses received from
the different schools and organizations
that will be invited to participate,but
the promoters anticipate that there
will be no difficulty in inducing a
number of teams to attend. If the out
come of this meet warrants, the affair
will be made au annual occurrence.
AFTER ABSENCE
OF FIFTY YEARS
B. C. MoWilliams, of Fort Scott,
Kan., a former resident, is revisiting
Danville after au absence of fifty
years.
Mr. McWilliams is a cousin of Hon.
Alexander Billmeyer as well as of J.
!O. and D B. Hoddens of this city.
! For a few days past he has been visit
ing the latter. Mr. McWilliams finds
many and marked changes in Danville
and throughout the county.
He IB engaged in farming in Kansas.
He speaks highly of the opportunities
of that section as well as of the en
lightenment and enterprise of the peo
ple.
FOUND DEAD
IN HEIDI
Our readers will be surprised and
pained to learn of the sudden death of
Miss Hannah Welliver.a widely known
resident of West Hemlock township.
Miss Welliver Tuesday morning was
found dead in the orchard of her little
farm. Death had evidently occurred
the evening before and the body had
lain out all night.
Miss Welliver lived alone on the I
road leading from Calvin Shultz's to
Swenoda. She was accustomed to the j
hardest kind of manual labor all her j
life aud performed the most oi the j
work of her house and lot unassisted. !
She was a kind hearted, generous wo
man, always ready to do others a good
turn and consequently there were
plenty of friends to look after and as
sist the aged woman.
Waiter Shultz, one of the neighbors
living near Miss Welliver, each morn
ing was in tiie habit of visiting the
place to see if all was well with the
lonely woman. On entering the place
Tuesday morning Mr. Shultz was
surprised to find the house deserted,
neither was there any evidence that
the woman had been about tiie pre
mises during the night. The fires were
out and everything presented a cheer
less and deserted appearance Mr.
Shultz proceeded to the barn, but he
found no trace of Miss Welliver there,
nor anything to indicate that she had
been in tiie building since the even
ing before.
Fully convinced that misfortune in
some form had befallen Miss Welliver,
Mr. Shultz called upon Calvin Shultz,
another neighbor, aud apprised him of
the woman's disappearance. Together
the two men returned to Miss Welliv
er's home prepared to make a close
scrutiny of the premises. Another
search failiug to reveal any trace of
the woman about the house or barn
the men directed their steps to the or- j
chard.
Here they made a gruesome discov- |
ery. By the side of an old apple tree, !
which had been cut down, lay tiie j
dead body of Miss Welliver. In her j
hands she held the axe, which she had j
carried to the spot for the purpose of |
trimming out the limbs. Tiie clothiug
of the dead woman was drenched with .
rain that fell the night before and the
body from its exposure presented a
pathetic appearance.
Miss Welliver for some years had
been afflicted witli lie art trouble. Her
physician had warned her of the dan
ger of living alone aud several of the
relatives, in return for what she had
done for them, kindly offered her a
home in their families. In every case,
however, she deolined the offer, pre
ferring to live alone. And thus she
died—until the very last industriously
improving her time, earning her own
living and performing many acts of
kindness for others.
There seems to be no doubt but that
death was due to heart failure. Miss
Welliver was last seen alive about 5:30
o'clock Monday evening by Calvin
Shultz, who drove aloug the road on
which the orchard abuts in full view
of the apple tree where Miss Welliver
was at work and where her body yes
terday morning was found.
The deceased was sixty-two years of
age. She is survived by two brothers,
Dennis of Buckhoru and Brittaiu of
West Hemlock township; also two
nieces : Mrs. W. E. Moore and Mrs.
Charles Arnwine, both of West Hem
lock township.
The funeral will take place Thurs
day, meeting at the house at 10 a. m.
Services will be held in the church at
Swenoda. Interment will bo made in
the cemetery adjoining.
LUTHERAN
SYNOD AT nUNCY
The forty-first annual convention of
the Susquehanna synod will be held
in the Muncy Lutheran chr.""h, Rev.
W. F. Steck, pastor, the opening ses
sion being on Wednesday evening, May
13th.
This Synod is composed of sixty-five
pastorates with sixty-four ministers,
and each minister is entitled to a lay
delegate, so there will be about one
hundred and thirty visiting ministers
and lay delegates there. The Muncy
Lutheran people have just completed
a handsome new church edifice, in
which will be held the first session of
the synod Wednesday evening, May
13th, remaining in session over Sun
day aud adjourning on Monday. The
synod is composed of 13,000 members
and reaches as far east as Wilkes-
Barre and as far west as Jersey Shore.
Attending Missionary Convention
Mrs. W. H. Orth, Mrs. H. B. Ben
nett, and Mrs. M. P. Scott left yester
day morning for St. John's, Luzerne
county, to attend the annual meeting
of the Woman's Missionary society of
Wyoming clasßis, as delegates from
Shiloh Reformed church, this city.
DAME LANDS ODD
FELLOWS FOR 1009
• SHAMOKIN, April 28.
The celebration of the
89th anniversary of the foundation of
the first lodge of Odd Fellows in Am- j
erica today gave Shamokin the biggest |
day in its history. 10,000 Odd Fel- |
lows, and many thousands more of i
friends, wives, sweethearts and ordiu- j
ary sightseers,; thronged the streets so
that in some plaoes it was with diffi- j
culty that people could move.
A profusion of decorations of all '
sorts added to the gala air. Even the
side streets were not neglected in the
matter of gay trimming,so that where
ever the visitor walked a delightfully
beautiful vista met the eye.
DANVILLE WINS CONVENTION.
The business meeting of tiie anniver
sary association was held in the Sha
mokin lodge room at 11:30 this morn
ing. It was evident that there would
be a big fight on the choice of place to ]
hold the next meeting. The favorites
were Danville and Tyrone, and both
towns seemed to be running about
even. During tiie morning large ban
ners were made and taken over the
town on which were tiie words, "Vote
for Danville in 1909." The individual
members also did a great deal of work
in inducing the tide of sentiment to
turn in favor of Danville.
At tiie meeting tiie vote was a close
one, Danville receiving 27 votes, Ty
rone 23 and Mt. Carmel 2. The meet- |
ing will be held on Tuesday, April I
27th, IHO9.
BIG PARADE.
The feature of the day was the mon- I
ster parade, in which it is estimated ;
there were 8,000 Odd Fellows in line, i
Tiie Danville lodges had the largest
number of men in line—over 200 —and
the remark was frequently heard along
the line of march: "No wonder Dan
ville won, look at the delegation they
had." Tiie Danville delegation was
continuously applauded.
Col. Jno. Sweisfort, of Danville,
acted as marsha!| of the first division
of the parade. Danville marched in
the second division. There were 15
bands in the parade and it took the
column three quarters of an hour to
pass one point. One of the most at
tractive features of the parade were
two floats in which were the orphans
from tiie Odd Fellows' orphanage at
Weigh Scales.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
At the business meeting the follow
ing officers were elected: President,
W. H. Kiess ; secretary, H. B. Eberly:
treasurer, Abe A. Myers. Out of sixty
one lodges, etc., in the district fifty
eight were represented at the meeting
HARRIED IN
PHILADELPHIA
Mr. Simon Ellenbogen aud Miss
Elizabeth Lovett.two well-known and
popular young people of Danville, were
united in the holy bonds of matrimony
in Philadelphia on Monday.
Information available relating to the
happy event is very meagre. The teud
er relations existing between tiie
young couple were by no means a se
cret and such a denouement as has oc
curred was the very thing looked for.
When Miss Lovett went to Philadel
phia last week, followed a day or so
later by Mr. Ellenbogen,knowing ones
predicted a wedding.
A letter received yesterday by a
brother of the groom explained that
the wedding had taken placo and that
the couple would come back to Dan
ville to live. The letter unfortunately
neglected to state where and by whom
the nuptial knot was tied.
The groom is an intelligent young
business man of industrious habits,
who is associated with his brother,
Harry Ellenbogen, in the merchant
tailoring business.
The bride is the daughter of Mrs.
Hannah Lovett, Church street, aud is
a most highly esteemed and popular
young lady.
DEATH OF ELYS
BURG WOMAN
Mrs Arthur Saudel.a widely known
resident of Elysburg and a native of
that village, died Tuesday morning
after a short illness of pneumonia.
The deceased was 46 years cf age.
Mrs. Sandel was the daughter of the
late William Swank, of Elysburg. She
was a member of the St. Jacob's Luth
eran church, Mrs. San
del is survived by her husbaud and
four children: Cora, Harvey, Jesse
and Oscar.
The funeral will take place Friday
morniug at 10 o'clock from the Elys
burg M. E. church, Rev. Shannon
officiating.
Wlille playing along|the new bridge
of the Pittsburg, Harmony, Butler &
New Castle railway,
Butler county, onJMonday, Jacob Mill
er, Jr., aged;l7|years, touched a live
electrio wire instantly killed.
ESTABLISHED IN 1855
ENGINE AND
ai DERAILED
A freight locomotive and one car
were derailed at Sooth Danville yes
terday forenoon. The accident was not
a serious'one, in itself, bot it threw
several important trains off schedule.
The derailment occurred about 8:40
o'clock a short distance above the pump
ing station. A west-bound freight
was pulling on the siding to let the. 9
o'clock passenger train pass.
The brakeman was in the act of
throwing the switch but before he
could insert the padlock the lever flew
back, out of his hands, which left the
switch in such n position as to cause
derailment. Only the engine and the
front truck of the car left the track.
Fortuuately the wreck train of this
division.which is also the work train,
was employed at Bluff only a few
miles above. This train,carrying with
it the steam crane, in repouse to a call
rau down to South Dauville. Gutting
ttie cars loose from the derailed por
tion the work engine, hitched at the
rear of the train,drew the freight cars
back to Boyd's station where they
were placed out of way on the siding.
The track at South Dauville, how
ever, was effectively blocked by the
derailed engine and car. To take care
of the passenger traffic a special train
was sent up from Sunbury and a trans
fer was made at the scene of the ac
cident. Iu view of unavoidable delay,
soon after the derailment occurred,the
passengers waiting at the station act
ing on advice were driven across to the
D. L. & W. station, where they caught
the 9:10 west bound passenger train
and were enabled to make connections
at Sunbury.
The Sunbury wreok train was also
called to South Danville, but its ser
vices were not needed. The steam
crane belonging to the work train
managed to get both the engine and
car back upon the track without much
difficulty. By 10 :30 o'clock the track
was open.
The locomotive was not damaged
any and backing to' Boyd's station
picked up its train after which it pro
ceeded on its way. The track was
slightly damaged.
CONVENTION
ENDORSES KNOX
HARRISBURG, April 29.
The Republican State convention
met in the Majestic theatre here at
10:30 this morning. In brief the fol
lowing business was transacted:
Nominated Judge Win. D. Porter,of
Allegheny, for judge of the superior
court.
Nominated B F. Jones,of Pittsburg,
and Morris L. Clothier, of Philadel
phia. fnr electors-at-large.
Elected Governor Edwin S. Stuart
and James Elverson, of Philadelphia ;
Charles A. Rook, of Pittsburg, and
Robert P. Habgood.of Bradford, dele
gates at-large to the national conven
tion to be held iu Chicago on June 16.
Elected Congressman M. E. Olm
sted, of Harrisburg: S. A. Kendall, of
Somerset; Dr. Theo. Flood, of Mead
vine, and Henry M. Warren, Chester,
as alternates to the delegates-at-large
to the Chicago convention.
Adopted a platform declaring for a
protective tariff with no legislation
affecting it just now ; endorsing Senat
or Knox for the Presidential nomina
tion; declaring for Seuator Penrose
for another term; praisiug the admin
istration of Governor Stuart aud touch
ing lightly on matters of a gent ral
character.
Re-elected Col. Wesley R. Andrews
private secretary to Senator Penrose,
chairman of the State committee for a
fourth term.
That is about all the convention did,
audit did it quickly.
FINE TROUT FROH
FISHINGCREEK
Arthur Ileddens brought a very fine
catch of trout into town last evening
that was caught in the Fishing creek
near Jamison City. The flsli were
eleven in number and each one was a
beauty. The largest was only a trifle
short of eighteen inches in length and
weighed 3 3 \ pounds. Three others were
very large in size and included a Cali
fornia trout,a new species with which
the stream was recently stocked. i
The fish were caught Tuesday by Mr
Heddeus aud his friend Mr. Mcllenry.
ARRESTED ON
SERIOUS CHARGE
George Folk was arrested in this
city yesterday on a warrant sworn out
by Henry W. Phillips of Berwick. The
I charge was betrayal. Folk was taken
into custody while at wcrk by Offic
ers Mincemoyer and Vorig. In ouatody
of Officer Voris on the 10:<& trolley
oar he left for Berwick for a hearing
before Juatioe Kitchen.