lUtmtotu American.
VOL. o4—NO. 21
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ITEMS CONDENSED. |
A threatened trolley strike in Pitts- 1
burg has been averted by arbitration
on a fairly satisfactory compromise
basis.
Thirty well known women of Jenk
iutown, Montgomery county, have 1
formed the Ladies' Auxiliary commit
tee of the Independent Fire company,
of .Tenkintown.
Jeremiah F. Werner, of Mohnsviile,
Berks county, has entered suit agaiust
Rev. W. H. Stetler for SIO,OOO dam
ages for 6lander, because the minister j
several months ago while preaching
the funeral sermon of Werner's wife,
charged that he had neglected and i
cruelly treated her.
Norristown council has apportioned
its new #300,000 loan, sanctioned by
the voters as follows : Street paving,
$109,000; sewers, $50,000; electric
plant, $'.>5,000; park, $20,000; floating
debt and interest, $96,000. Work on j
street paving will be begun in a few
days.
Stephen Ehret, who had been an in
mate of the Northampton county alms
house for fifty-seven years, died on
Friday at the age of 80 years.
Mrs. Sarah Shirk, of Akron, Lan
caster county, who is 75 years old,has
started alone on a trip to the Pacific
coast. This is her sixth trip to that
point in as many years.
With a hatpin Emil Eissing, of
Spinnerstown, Montgomery county,
aged 7 years, tried to pick a dynamite
cap, when it exploded aud lacerated
one of his hands, so badly that two
fingers had to be amputated.
Mrs. Leanna George, of near Allen
town, died on Friday after suffering
terribly for two days from burns re
ceived while attempting to extinguish !
a fence fire that had been started b'-
several small boys.
Richard Mullally,, a mine worker,
was killed and three fellow workmen
were fa?n"7 injured in the Franklin
mine, near Wilkes-Barre, on Saturday,
by a runaway car as they were walk
ing down on their way to work.
Elijah Jones, of New Providence,
Lancaster county, is one of the few
real sous of the Revolution yet living,
his father, Isaac Jones, having served
in the Continental army. Elijah is 76
years ojd aud a veteran of the Civil
war.
Plans have beeen perfected by the
Lehigh Valley Transit company to
operate a trolley express business be
tween Chestnut Hill, Allentown,
Bethlehem, Nazareth and Slatington
as soon as the necessary equipment has
been delivered.
Mayor Kuiffeu.of Wilkes-Barre, has
requested that ail| members of the po
lice force shall hereafter be smooth
faced.
After giving n stranger a meal and
permitting him to sleep in her barn
last Friday night, Mrs. Page,the aged
postmistress at Bensalem, Bucks coun
ty, was brutally attacked shot aud
knocked down by the fellow whom she
had befriended. Mr. Page's arrival
caused the fellow to flee.
Michael Derr. of West Penusboro
township, Cumberland county, has
been prosecuted by the state health de
partment and a fine has been imposed
on him for violating the health laws
by tearing down a communicable dis
ease placard and removing a patient
before the health authorises had lifr
e 1 the quarantine.
Four weeks ago Samuel Parr, of
Sharon, Lawrence county, aged 16
years, was'arrested for placing ties oa
the tracks of the Pittsburg and Lake
Erie railroad. When called for trial
on Monday he acknowledged his guilt
and gave as an excuse that he wanted
to see the locomotive knock the ties
awav. He was committed to the Hunt
ingdon reformatory.
Mrs. Mary Gormley, the oldest in
habitant of Venango county, died ou
Monday at her home near Franklin,
aged 102 years. Up until a week pre
ceding her death Mrs. Gormley aided
in doing housework. She was a native
of Ireland and attributedjher long life
to vigorous parentage and the habit
of always rising before 5 o'clock in
the morning.
The death of Mrs. Daniel J. Mow
ery, of Royersford, Montgomery
county, on Friday night at the age of
SO years and 1 day, recalled to the
memory of her family a dream which
she had when a airl old in
which it appeared to her that she
would only live to reach the age of 30
years.
GGUHCIL ACCEPTS
JEW P«
Borough Solicitor E. S. Gearhart j
appeared before council to explain j
gome matters pertaining to the acquir- i
ins of a title to the new park on Bloom
street. He spoke very highly of the
liberality and the magnanimity of the
board of trustees of the Grove Presby
terian chnrch. He urged that as soou j
as the deed is passed the committee j
proceed to complete the park, at least I
that portion of it where the grading is i
not vet completed. On the score of
finances, lie declared they need give
no concern, a 9 lie is in possession of
information vhioh leaves 110 doubt
that the mo"',. ..ill be forthcoming
when needed.
The following resolution relating to
the affair was offered by Mr. Everhart
and unanimously adopted by council:
Whereas the Mahoning Presbyter
ian, English, Congregation North has
offered and agreed to donate and con- :
vey a certain lot of land in tho Fourth
ward formerly known as the Presby
terian cemetery and containing one
and eight-tentiis acres of land for a
public park; therefore be it
Resolved, That the borough council
by proper deed of conveyance at once
accept the said donation and convey- j
ance of the said lot of land for the
purpose aforesaid upon such terms and
i conditions as may be fully agreed up
on by the trustees of the Mahoning
Presbyterian, English, Congregation
North and the town council of the
said borough of Danville.
On motion it was decided that a
joint meeting of the trustees and the
borough council be held in council ■
chamber, Monday night, for the pur
pose of executing the deed.
Mr. Pursel reported that a crossing
is needed at the property of Webster
Foust, on West Market street. The
matter was referred to the committee -
on streets and bridges.
Mr. Pursel also called attention to
conditions at the property of Heister
Foust. corner of Mill and East Front
streets, where, it was reported, the
water overflows the pavement when
ever it rains. This matter also was
referred to the committee on streets
and bridges.
Oa motion of Mr Pursel it was ord
ered that an iron pipe bo sunk in an
alley on Cherry street.
The borough is considering the pur
chase of a street sweeper. C. E. Chap
pelear, of the Williams C. S. Co.,
agents of the Austin-Western Co.,
Ltd., appeared before council in the
interest of a street sweeper, which, it
was said, would do the work very sat
isfactorily. The matter was discussed
at length. On motion of Mr. Mover it
was decided to postpone the purchase
of a street sweeper for two weeks aud
to make an effort mean while to deter
mine wiiat the street can be cleaned
for by contract.
On motioti of Mr. Russell it was
ordered that an arc light be placed at
the corner of Market and Wall streets:
also that an arc light be placed on the
river bank near the comer of Front
aud Water streets. Tne arc light at
the lower end of the Ark lot, West
Market street, will be slightly changed
by a readjustment of the arm.
The following members were pres
ent: Schatz, Pursel, Finnigan, Jones,
Everhart, Moyer, Russell. Deutsch.
Marshall, Angle, Cleaver aud Connol
ley.
The following bills were approved
for payment :
BOROUGH DEPARTMENT.
Regular employes *127..">0
J. P. Bare, (Com.) ... 50.00
Labor and hauling 100.21 i
Silver Spring Quarry Co . ... 71.451
J H. Cole .. it. 70
D. L. & W. R. R. Co 77.31
Labor in Light Dept 18.00
Danville F'd'y. & Machine Co. 12 00
Atlantic Refiinng Co 20.55
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Regular employes .. ... 166.00
Friendship Fire Co 12.92
P. it R. R. R. Co 191.85
Standard Gas Co 4.68
American Car & F'd'y. Co . 5.00
Washington Fire Co 4.85
P. H. Foust . 51.75
ARRESTED FOR
SHOOTING A DOG
Amos Wertman of Mahoning town
ship was arraigned before Justice of
the Peace Oglesby Monday eve to an
swer the charge of shooting a dog be
longing to Jacob H, Rudy.
A number of witnesses were examin
ed. The defendant was represented by
C. V. Amerman.Esq. Hon. li. S. Am
; merman represented Mr. Rudy, the
complainant.
I The defendant pleaded not guilty,
| but he was held for court in two hun
dred dollars bail.
While working at the Keystone Slag
, works in Reading on Monday, .Joseph
j Marquet fell into a grit bin and was
suffocated,despite the desperate effortß
' of other workersjto rescue him
DANVILLE, PA., THURSDAY. MAY 21, 1903
ITU CASE
CUES TO LEU
A hearing in connection with the
rule granted by Judge Evans on the
9th iust. to show cause why a change
of venue should not be ordered in the
case of Commonwealth vs. Peter Diet
rich was held at the courthouse Mon- j
day. The examination of witnesses
took place during the forenoon. The
addresses by the attorneys occupied
the court between 1 :30and 2 :4o o'clock
The application for a change of
venue created a good deal of interest
aud there was quite a body of spectat
ors in the court room. Court convened
at 10 o'clock aud the taking of testi
mony began immediately. His honor
Judge Evans aud Associates Blee and
Welliver were on the bench.
Peter Dietrich was in the court.'rooni
and sat beside his attorneys, Thomas
C. Welsh and Hon. Grant Herring.
Hon. H. M. Hinckley was associated ,
with the district attorney and took an
active part.
The witnesses subpoenaed by the de
fendant were called *lrst. They were
examined by Mr. Herring, Mr. Hinck
ley coi. "acting the . -oss-examination.
EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES.
Wa. er O. Greene was the first wit
ness ci lled. He had heard the matter of
Peter Hetrich's trial very extensively
discussed. He does not believe that
the defendant can obtain a fair trial
in Montour county. He believes there
exists a prejudice in the minds of the
people against him. Nine or ten out
of a dozen that have discussed the mat
ter in his hearing have expressed
themselves against the defendant. He
himself had not heard the testimony
but he had formed an opinion from
reading the account of the trials in
the Morning News.
William Fallon was the next wit- !
ness He had heard mauy men express
themselves as to the guilt or innocence
of the defendant. A large proportion
of these people were from the coun
try. Their prejudice was clearly re
vealed by their severe and intemper
ate language used in expressing them
selves as to what ought to be done
with the defendant. Clearly the pub
lic feeling is against Dietrich and the
witness feels sure that he can not re
cit ve a fair tripl in Montour county.
Oft. e remarks heard many more were
against him than were in his favor.
Joseph Lechner, was sworn. He had
heard the matter discussed by hundreds
of persons ever since the nnfortuuate
episode that occurred when the defend
ant was out on bail. After that occur
red, the witness said,even some of his
friends "got sore'' on him and there
has been a deep feeling against him.
This prejudice, he believes, is so deep
that it will be impossible for the de
fendant to obtain a fair and impartial
jury.
M. H. Schram was called. He had
heard Dietrich's trial discussed by
people living in the country and in
the town. The opinions expressed were
generally unfavorable to the defend
ant. This adverse sentiment, he explain
ed.in his opinion might operate against
securing an impartial jury rather than
to prevent a fair trial if a jury were
obtained.
F. M. Gotwalds of the Morning
News Staff, was called to the stand.
His testimony related chiefly as to the
scope of the reports printed during the
former trials and the extern to which
the court proceedings were made pub
lic.
Fred Mayan was called. He had
heard several hundred persons talk on
the subject of Dietrich's trial and they
nearly all seemed against him. He
does think ho could obtain a fair trial
in this county.
Francis Harttuan, a teamster was
next called. in his work about town
he has heard the matter freely discus
sed and the sentiment, he said, seems
to be almost wholly against Dietrich.
He docs not think that he could se
cure a fair trial in Montour county.
John Doster was sworn. He has not
heard the matter very generally dis
cussed, but the sentiment seems gener
ally against the defendaut. Owing to
the small size of the county the wit
ness thinks the prejudice against the
defendaut might operate aganist a fair
and impartial trial.
Andrew Schatz was sworn. The
sentiment of the people, he said, is
against Dietrich. Owing to this pub
lic prejudice, he believes it would be
difficult to secure a jury for Dietrich.
Charles Hilcher, a paper hanger,
who gets about town a great deal,
testified that lie hears a great, deal of
unfavorable comment ou Dietrich's
case, which convinces him that there
is a deep-seated prejudice against the
defendant.
Andrew Smith,a butcher, who drives
through the country a couple of times
a week, and is therefore acquainted
with the views of the country people,
testified that the prejudice against
Dietrioh among the farmers is deep
seated and general. He does not be
| lieve that it would be possible for him
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Professor Elton D. Walker of State
1 college, who visited this city Fri
day as the representative of Health
Commissioner Dr. Dixon,remained iu
Dauville during the greater part of the
1 day Saturday, carrying to completion
! the work of investigating conditions
1 that relate to sewage.
The inspection was most thorough,
while iu its scope it embraced every
department of the town's activities.
Not a single detail escaped the in
: spector. Ou Saturday forenoon iu com
pany with Superintendent of Sewers
P. J. Keefer, Street Commissioner E.
S. Miller aud Councilman James P.
Connolley he took in the slaughter
i houses, breweries, the Reading Iron
works, the store works, the silk mills,
knitting mill aud in fact every sort of
industry as well as the school houses.
Before leaving. Professor Walker
dropped a remark, which seemed to
explain the purpose of his visit to
I Dauville He gave the committee dis
tinctly to understand that the day was
near at hand when every municipality
in the State would be obliged to re
move its sewers from the rivers and
streams and dispose of its sewage by
some other means. This order may
not be issued for several years, it is
just as likely, iiowever, he said, to
come within a year.
The above explanation was hardly
required in the premises, as the nian
uer of his inspection and the nature of
his inquiries at every industrial plant
■ plainly showed that the expert was
there to determine just how great a
factor the establishment is in river
pollution. Not only did he determine
and record the dimensions and the
location of the sewer used, but also
the water supply,the number of hands
| employed aud the source of and the
amount of water used.
Mahoning creek did not escape his
attention. In inspectng the Reading
Iron works lie directed his investiga
tion along a line that would show
whether or not the plaut is a factor in
| polluting the creek. Ou the north side
of West Mahoning street the expert
! climbed down over the bank at the
rear of the dwellings that, sewer di
rectly into Mahoning creek to deter
mine to what extent they pollute the
stream.
During his visit Professor Walker
visited Hunter's park and the hospit
al for the insane. At each of these
places his inspection was just as
thorough as iu the borough. At the
hospital he even visited the piggery.
Before leaving the institution he took
carelul note of the manner in which
the stream flowing down at the west
of the grounds pollutes the bed of the
old canal.
Professor Walker impressed the
committee aud all others with whom
he was brought in contact as a person
thoroughly equipped with expert
knowledge. While at all times courte
ous he was not disposed to talk very
much about the result of his inspec
tion. Whether what he saw impress
ed him favorably or otherwise he in
dulged in no comment, but merely
made a note of conditions and passed
ou.
SCARLET'S HAT
CAUSED SENSATION
When court adjourned e&rly Friday
afternoon most of the participants,de
fendants and counsel for both sides,
went over to the island to witness the
game between Harrisburg and Lan
caster. With the group was .Tames
Scarlet, counsel iu chief for the Com
: mon wealth.
Mr. Scarlet wore his familiar togs,
including the plug lint. As he passed
along the left field bhachers came
cries of:
j "Pipe the lid." "Git onto de hat."
And numerous others of like quality.
The genial inquisitor from Dauville
wasn't in the least feazed by t'.iese
comments, nor was he a bit flustered
by the smiles from the ladies in the
: grand stand as he entered a box with
Senator Fox and District Attorney
Weiss.—Harrisburg Patriot.
QUALIFIED FOR
TWENTY-TWO YEARS
There were sixty-seven officers and
enlisted men iu the National Guard of
Pennsylvania when the rifle practice
j season closed last fall who had qualifi
ed as marksmen for twenty or more
| years. Colonel Ezra Ripple, of the
j governor's staff, holds the record with
| thirty years of
Twenty-seven of the sixty are from
j the Third brigade and nine are from
| the Twelfth regiment. The only mem
i ber from Danville with a twenty year
record is Major Charles P. Gearliart,
who has qualified for twenty-two con
secutive'years.
Hellertown, Northampton connty,
has an epidemic of measles, fifty pup
ils of one school being afflicted.
PI mui
MOB
Pursuant to action taken at the last
regular session of council a joint meet
ing of councilmen and the trustees of
the Mahoning Presbyterian congrega
tion, north,was held in council cham
ber pjonday for the purpose of form- !
ally transferring the tract, formerly
the old burial ground ou Bloom street,
to the borough of Dauville to be used
by the latter as a public park.
The trustees were present as fol
lows: W. L. McClure, Alex Foster, T
W. Bartholomew, Thomas J. Rogers,
Jauies D. Magill and James T. Mag
ill. The borough council was repre
sented by the following: Messrs.
Schatz, Everhart, Cleaver, Russell,
Moyer, Marshall, Angle, Pursel and
Connolley. Burgess \V. J. Rogers was
also present.
The borough solicitor has perform
ed a prodigious amount of work in
connection with the abandonment of
the old cemetery. The deed, which he
read before the joint meeting last
night contained 11,500 words, in addi
tion to which lie had a wearisome
amonnt of formality and detail to at
tend to iu the formal transfer of the
tract.
After the instrument had received
all the signatures required, on motion
of Mr. Everhart it was ordered that
"the deed for the public park be duly
recorded in the office for the record
ing of deeds in and for Montour coun
ty and that the secretary be instruct
ed to take the same to the said office
for such purpose at once."
A WORKHAN'S
BAD ACCIDENT
William Longenberger, a carpenter
employed on the farm of Hon. R S.
Ammerman,near Rushtown, met witti
a very bad and singular accident Mon
day afternoon.
Mr. Ammerman is building a sum
mer fcitcheu. Mr. Longenberger who
was standing ou one of the joists of
the new building was iu the act of
stepping around a fellow workman,
when he lost his balance aud fell into
the lower story, where another car
penter was working.
The man below was driving nails
and it happened that at the very mo
ment that Mr. Longenberger fell he
was raising his hatchet to strike a
blow. Mr. Longenberger falling with
terrible momentum met the upward
stroke of the keen edged hatchet, which
sank into his face across the bridge of
the nose,completely severing the bony
portion of that organ and inflicting a
deep gash ou each cheek alongside tfie
nose.
A horse was hitched up and Mr.
Longenberger was brought over to
town immediately. The loss of blood
was little less than appalling but the
injured man very pluckily bore up
under the ordeal of the long drive.
He was taken to the office of Dr.
Shultz. where a number of stitches
were inserted in his face reuniting
the severed parts. At a later hour the
man was removed to his home on Nas
sau street. He will be incapacitated
for work for a long time.
CHARLES CHALFANT
VISITS DANVILLE
Charles Chalt'aut, Esq.. of South
Dauville, came over to this ity Tu
esday afternoon and spent a couple of
hours at the Montour house, where lie
met a number of his friends.
Mr. Chalfant. notwithstanding his
disabled condition, resulting from ill
ness. is looking well and he seemed to
eujoy his visit very much.
Yesterday's visit was the lirst he
made to Danville since last summer
Mr. Chalfant is a memb?r of the
Montour county bar, in addition to
which he enjoys the distinction of be
ing a past grand master of the order of
Odd Fellows.
DEATH CAUSED
BY CARBUNCLES
Frauk Herbert Ebner, a former resi
dent of Riverside, died at Wolverton
at 4 o'clock Tuesday morning after a
brief illness of blood poisoning caused
by carbuncles.
The deceased was thirty-five years
of age and is survived by his wife and
two children. He was employed as
trackman on the Pennsylvania rail
road.
The funeral will take Jplace Thurs
day at 10 a. m. Interment at Mt. Ver
non cemetery.
In five years the attendance at the
Sunday school connected with'Yalley
Forge Memorial chapel, at Valley
Forge, Chester connty, -has grown
from two women, a boy'and a baby,
to 152. under the able direction of
Rev. W. Herbert Burk, its founder.
LEAK UNDER
« PK
The water pipe has sprung a leak
under the paving on Mill street, which
may lead to considerable expense and
necessitate tearing up the brickwork
over a large area.
Under any circumstances a leak un
derneath the paving is a rather serious
affair, as below the brick lies a heavy
course of concrete, while the brick
themselves are grouted. The result is
that the whole mass—the concrete and
the grouted brick—ls as solid as a rock
and can only be removed to repair a
leak by breaking it up with a sledge
or using a drill.
In the present case the difficulty is
increased owing to the fact that the
leak can not be located. Tuesday
morning the discovery was made that
the pipe somewhere under the paving
had sprung a leak and that the water
was running into the deep sewer on
the west side of Mill street about half
a square south of the D. L. & W.
crossing.
The trick was to locate the leak.
Superintendent P. J. Keefer got on
the iob and by testing the hydrants
along the street discovered that the
break occurred in the water pipe com
municating with J. P. Tooley's est
ablishment.
This information brought it down
on narrower compass but it only half
solved the problem, as there was still
no telling whereabouts under some
seventy-five square yards of solid pav
ing the leak might lie.
Superintendent Keefer Tuesday be
gan tearing up the pavement. No one
can tell where the work will stop.
They will of course continue to dig
until the right spot is reached. Mean
while a large section of fine paving
may be spoiled.
MEMORIAL SERMON
NEXT SUNDAY
Memorial day is rapidly approach
ing and the members of Goodrich Post,
No. 2 2,(Jr. A. R., are quite busy per
fecting arrangements for the event
On Sunday next at 10 ::50 a. m.the
Rev. Lloyd W. Walter will preach the
Memorial sermon to Goodrich post in
Pine Street Lutheran church. The
Rev. John Conley Grimes will deliver
the memorial day address in Odd Pel
low's cemetery during the afternoon
of the 80th.
Por flowers the veterans will look to
the general public, among whom in
t he past many generous and Bympathe
trc friends have been found, so that
with what flowers the members of the
pest could procure themselves there
was always sufficient on hand by Mem
orial day to decorate all the graves.
There are many details yet to he ar
ranged. To help the veterans to carry
out the observance of Memorial day
in fitting and impressive manner the
county commissioners have donated
the sum of fifty dollars to Goodrich
post.
By the Act of March 21, 1907, the
county commissioners art- anthorized
to appropriate annually a sufficient
sum of money to each post of the G.
A. R. in their respective counties to
aid in defraying the expeusesof Mem
orial day. The borough councils are
authorised in the same way to aid the
G. A. R. posts.
ODD FELLOWS PLAN
TO RAISE DEB I
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May '.• O.
The plans of Grand Master Hart, of
Harrisburg, in regard to the temple
of the order in this city, and the
Boyertown relief fund distribution
were the principal questions discussed
at today's session of the Grand Lodge
of Pennsylvania Odd Pellows in con
vention here.
The indebtedness on the temple
amounts to more than .$1,000,000, which
includes arrearages in taxes and
ground rent of $279,040. To pay this,
it is proposed to increase the per cap
ita tax of $1.04 annually, which would
yield .$140,000 a year.
To pay off the indebtedness will take
eight years, according to Mr. Hart's
estimate. The James D. Thompson be
quest of §120,000 for the construction
of a new home for orphans will soon
be available, and the disposition of
this money also .-ame up for considera
tion today.
Monday Evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Snyder pleas
antly entertained a number of young
people at their houie on Front street,
on Monday evening in honor of the
10th birthday of their son Harry.
Games were played and refreshments
were served. Those present were:
Isabel Love. Florence Lunger, Marie
Long, Martina Anderson,Bertha Hart
man, Nellie Temple, Ethel Snyder,
Edward Long. Roy Long. Clayton
Temple, Ralph Long,. Tames Hite, Wil
liam Livsey, Willie Anderson, Charles
Murray, James Jones, Harry Snyer,
Mrs. Emma Jones, Mrs George And
-1 erson, Mrs Nell Hite, Mrs. Sarah
Snyder.
ESTABLISHED IN 1855
DO FOB
PUBLIC IK
The "deed for.tlie public park of
Dauville" now|being recorded at the
courthouse is ail interesting object of
study. It is a voluminous instrument
containing 11,500 wordf.
The indenture, the preliminary not
ices along with the decrees of court,
resolutions, &c,,are important matters
of record, which as late as last summer
were absorbing themes of conversation
in Dauville'and vicinity. A copy of
the agreements and releases is follow
ed by the.final decree of the court au
thorizing, empowering and directing
the trustees of the Mahoning Presby
terian, English Congregation north
to execute and deliver to the borough
of Danville a deed of conveyance.
An interesting feature of the deed
is the "abstract of title", which goes
back to the time of the Penns and
fills several typewritten pages.
The portion of the deed, however,
that will most;deeply interest the citi
zens of Danville is the section under
the head of "Conditions and Restrict
ions." Every citizen of the borough
will applaud the wise forethought dis
played in the imposing of conditions
and restrictions that will make impos
sible abuses that otherwise would have
been pretty sure to creep in In pro
cess of time. There are ten sections
relating to conditions and restrictions.
Briefly and in effect they are as fol
lows:
That the tract shall be used for no
other purpose than a public park or
municipal recreation ground.
That no portion of the lot shall be
sold nor leased by the borough.
That no portion of the lot shall ever
be traversed by any municipal street
nor alley.
That the borough of Danville and
its municipal successors shall not and
will not permit vinous, spiritous.malt
brewed, or other liquors or drinks to
be sold and dispensed on or about the
said lot of land; nor will it and they
permit the same to be sold in the
vicinity thereof so far as it lies with
in its and their utmost power and en
deavors to legally prevent the same.
That the said party of the orst part
( The trustees of the Mahoning English
Congregation north) hereby expresses
the hope that no court or other au
thority legally authorized to grant
liquor licenses will at any time here
after grant any person or persons,
company or firm or corporation any
license or licenses to sell vinous, spir
itous, malt, brewed or any other kind
of liquors at any place or places with
in the distance of two squares of the
above described lot of land.
That the borough of Danville will
not permit any person or persons firm
or corporation to drain auy surface
water or sewage, or to deposit ashes
or other foreign substances on the
above described lot of laud.
That the borough will not permit
nor tolerate on the Faid lot of land
anything that might partake of the
nature uf a public nuisance.
That the borough will not permit
the tract to be used for unlawful as
semblages nor to be frequented by
"undesirable citizens," or other ob
jectionable characters as menaces to
the public peace and opposed to the
moral sentiment of the community.
That the borough at its own proper
cost will construct and maintain a
modern street crossing, at least ten
feet in width, to lead from the main
southern entrance across Bloom street,
there to connect with the pavement.
That the borough will keep the said
lot of land under constant and strict
police surveillance.
That upon the",wilful and persistent
violation of auy of the foiegoing con
ditions and restrictions on the part cf
the borough of Danville or its muni
cipal successors the title to the said lot
of land with appurtenance shall ab
solutely and forever revert to and re
vest in the said party of the first part,
its successors and assigns.
TYPHOID FEVER
IS PREVALENT
Typhoid fever seems to be prevalent
in some parts of town. Typhoid had
praotically disappeared from Danville
and the outbreak, even though slight,
is much to be regretted.
| The numerous cases reported dur
ing several weeks past have been the
cause of a good of di al comment. To
what extent the disease prevails it will
probably be difficult to determine un
til the last of the month, when the
local registrar makes his report to the
bureau of vital statistics. There seems
little doubt, however, that t{iere area
dozen or fifteen cases all told.
A leading physician last evening
volunteered the information that he
has six cases of typhoid fever in addi
tion to one or more that he believes
will develop the disease. He regards
the situation with some concern, giv
ing it as his opinon that the outbreak
' has been caused by the river water,
whioh of late'has presented an appear
ance anything but reassuring.