111ontour lean.
VOL. 54—NO. 20
DR. IRVING H. JENNINGS,
Office Hourt
A. M.to 12 »/. 101 Mill .Sr.,
IP. M.to iP. M. Danville. Pa.
p «111 1.1"/.. M.
I—s MI'.I v r., DANVIM.E, PA.
Diseases l if the Stomach and Intestines
Specialty
ITEMS CONDENSED.
During May $15,970 was paid at the
Joanna Cooling station, Berks county,
to farmers for milk delivered there.
The new wing iu course of i-rection
at the State hospial at Hazletou will
double the capacity of the institution
and medical as well as surgical cases
will be treated. The addition is being
put up by Mrs. Eckley B. Coxe, of
Drifton, widow of the late coal oper
ator and will cost about $60,000.
Anna Potaskv, of Shenandoah, aged
ti years, got hold of a box of strych
nine pills prescribed for nn adult mem
ber of the family and ate them, tliink
iug they were candy. She soon became
ill and although a stomach pump was
used she may uot recover.
Jacob Klingerman, of Pinedale, iu
the Schuylkill valley, set two traps to
catch a chicken thief aud thp next
morning found u large grey fox with
a foot in each trap and a half eaten
pullet in its month.
Hundreds of hoys were made happy
iu Pittsburg on Saturday afternoon by
the opening of Lake Elizabeth, North
Side, as a public swimming place.
About 300 boys were on baud at the
opening hour to enjoy the treat.
Miss Ella McGee, of Hazletou, lias
beau in a trance 3iuce last Tuesday
night, when she retired in good health.
Her jaws are firmly set and no nourish'
meut can be administered. It is feared
she may die of starvation.
The McKeesport city council gener
ously provided a free swimming place
in the Youghiogheny river for the use
of the boys,but the city bacteriologist
has condemned it because a sewer
empties into the river just above the
place, which contaminates the water.
Edward Crawford, of Lauu&ster, ag
ed 8 years, on Tuesday of last week
fell and cut a deep gasli m his head.
On Wednesday he was severely burned
with hot lard aud on Friday night he
fell from a step and was badly hurt.
Addison Swoyer, of Boyertown,
whoEe wife lost her life in the theatre
disaster there in December, has brought
snit against Dr. T. J. B. Rhoads, the
owner of the opera house, for having
failed to comply with the laws of the
State.
Vandals on Friday night destroyed
the crucifix on the valuable cross in
the Greek Catholic cemetery at Potts
ville.aud also did other damage to the
property.
A violent storm on Friday night at
Pittsburg blew down a portion of the
poles and canvas of Buffalo Bill's wild
west show tent, and several persons
were injured. A panic was averted by
getting the band to play 'America.''
Tho Pittsburg Playground associa
tion is urging an appropriation of |.»,-
000,000 by councils for the establish
ment of a chain of four large parks
and twelve smaller playgouuds iu dif
ferent sections of the city for the
benefit of the children.
The new Linden Street Methodist
Episcopal church fin" Allentown was
dedicated on Sunday. The church cost
about .*40,000 aud is one of the finest
churches in the city.
Sunday was the loguest day of tl e
year and it was also tho hottest of the
year in Philadelphia where [the offici
al thermometer registered 'JO degrees.
Jessie Wasser of Sharon, aged 15
years, took a dose of Paris green on
Sunday because her mother had scold
en her, and her life was saved with
grout difficulty.
Hairy Lessig, a Pottstown boy, fell
into n deep vat at an ice cream manu
factory but was saved from drowning
by another boy who held him above
water with a rope, until assistance
came 'o lift him out.
Three hundred members of the Al
legheny county bar and eleven judges
while taking a boat ride on the Ohio
river Saturday'eveuing, were maroon
ed on a sand bar about 9 o'clock, and
it was 5 o'clock Sunday morning when
a tug palled the boat off.
Paul Grider,of Cheater,aged 5 years,
slipped and fell'into a quick-sand in
Chester creek, near Chester hospital,
on Sunday while wading in the wat
er. The been recovered.
A brother of the child met death in a
like manner near the same place a few
years ago.
Mrs. Harry Storms, wife of the as
sistant superintendent of the Scranton
fire department, was seized by a for
eigner on Saturday night, on a prin
cipal street, bat she broke from his
■rasp and'then followed him until she
und help to seize him and take him
he statiou|house.
FRANCHISE
MED FOR
An application was made Friday night
for a franchise for a new electric light
plant and system, by which it is pro
posed to transmit electricity for light
iug,heating,&c. .from the west Branch
of the Susquehanna.
The ordinance presented for approv
al asks that permission be granted C.
F. Kloss and Lee F. Adams to con
struct. operate and maintain a plant
and system for the transmission of
light, heat and power in the borough
of Danville. The location of all poles
.shall ba under the direction and sub
ject to approval of the street commit
tee. The wires so far as i racticable
shall he strung on poles of other com
panies already occuping the streets
and alleys of the borough. The frnn
;.hiso to run for 20 years.
On motion of Mr. Evorhart the mat
ter was left in the hands of the Com
mittee on Law to report at the next
meeting.
Several residents of West Mahoning
street appeared before council to see
what hao become of the proposition to
widen West Mahoning street at the
new residences of J. W. Phillips,
which is scarcely more than half the
required width.
Mr. Parsel esplained that the mat
ter had been dropped on the advice of
the borough solicitor, who reported
that he had failed to find any map
showing the existence of a street at
that point.
The status of the proposition as ex
plained by Mr. Pursel proved a great
disappointment to the citizens present
from West Mahoning street.
At the same time council doubted
that it ha.l any authority to take fur
ther action in the matter at present.
When the committee on Market was
readied Mr. Russell called attention
of council to tlie fact that the boxes in
which berries, &c., are sold are con
stantly becoming smaller, in mauy
cases, the boxes, small as thev are, are
not full when used. On the whole he 1
considered the matter quite an imposi
tion on the public.
Mr. Everhart expressed himseif in i
the same strain, it was the sense of '
council that the matter should be ful
ly investigated and that if practicable,
the venders should be obliged to re
turn to the nse of the quart aud pint
measure.
Mr. Moyer reported that the com- j
mittee on light had decided to recom
mend an additionalarclight in Oulick's
addition, the light not to be installed
until some weeks later.
On motion of Mr. Angle it was de
cided to lay a two-inch water pipe in ;
the public park, bringing the water
from Upper Mulberry street to the
center of the tract,near the site cf the
soldiers' monument.
On motion of Mr. Connolly it was
ordered that tlie borough proceed to
grade the Pctrikin cemetery and throw
the same into the tract with the pub
lie park.
On motion of Mr. Russell it was
ordered that Front street be macadam
ized between Mill and Honeymoon
streets. The work will uot be com
menced until some six weeks later.
The following members were pres«
ent: Schatz, Cleaver, Pursel, .Tones, I
Everhart, Moyer, Russell, Marshal,
Angle and Connolley.
The following bills were approved
for payment:
BOROUGH DEP'T
Labor and Hauling .. $154.80
James Gibson .. 13,50
Wallace Hoover . 5.97
Frank H. Stewart Elec, Co. 96.55
National Carbon Co . . 57.00
C. 11. Diehl 351.00
Washington Fire Co .. 3.5(?
F. Hartman. ],46
Friendship Fire Co
Boyer Bros 10.20-
Samuel Motteru 1,60
United Telephone C 0.,,... 1.00
W. L. Sidler. .. .... 49.36
Ed. H. Sainsbury 25 00
Labor and hauling on Streets. . 209.65
American Car and F'dy Co . . 10.44
Silver Spring C,iuarry Co. . . 171.14
Regular employes 127.60
B. B. Brown .. 22.25 1
WATER DEP T.
Regular employes |166.85 i
Friendship Fire Co 13.08
P. H. Foust 76.95 |
NOTABLE MUSICALS
IN RIVERSIDE
The home of Miss Robison in River
side was the scene of a very pleasant
niusicale given Saturday evening for
the benefit of Grace Episcopal church.
The program was made up <»f numbers
by talent from Danville aud the south
side and was exceptionally enjoyable.
The beautiful lawn at the Robison
; home was decorated for the occasion
and refreshments were served. The
aiTair was a financial success.
Those who participated in the pro
gram were Mrs. Joseph Divel, Misses
Ethel Woods.Bertha Cloud, Marguerite
Evans. Blanche Sechler, Elsie Gulick,
Ada Lore, Jessie Kiuerer and Marg
aret Sidler; Mr. Harry .Latlmere aud
Master Penn Amesbury.
DANVILLE, PA., THURSDAY. JUNE 25, 1908
COKTRACI FOB
Ellin
j The contract for furuishing coal to
the several sciiool buildings of the bor
j ough was awarded to Boyer Bros.,
I Monday night. There were six bidders.
' The bids were opened for the first
j thing after convening. Boyer Bros,,
' agreed to furnish No. 2 P & R. coal
at 14.80; No. ti at $3.25. The same
dealers bid for two other kinds of coal
as follows: No. 2, $4.75, No. ti, $3.00,
i JS'o 2, $4 63; ICo. t>, *3.10.
A. C. Amesbury agreed to furnish
No. 2 coal at >4.79; No. (i coal at $3 19.
R. J. Pegg bid as follows: No. 2,
■35.00; No. ti, $3.60.
J. 11. Kase & Co. agreed to furnish
N'o. 2 coal at $4.60; No. ti, at 63.15.
The Susquehanna Coal company bid
as follows: No. 2, £5.00; No. ti, $3.50.
The East Boston Coal Company bid
is follows No. £1.40; No tl, $2.65.|
Oa motion of Mr. Sechler it was ord
ered that tho contract for furnishing
coal be awarded to Boyer Bros, as the
lowest bidder. Of the three different
kinds proposed by Boyer Bros., egg
coal at $4.65 and pea coal at $3.00, were
j selected by the board. One hundred
fifty of each kind of coal will be
required, the coal to be fresh mined
and of the same kind throughout.
Dr. Barber reported that he iiad been
notified that about thirty-five non
resident pupils from Gearhart town
ship and Riverside borough would ap
ply for admission to the Danville High
school. This big accession brought up
the question of room and the advisabil
ity of employing an additional high
school teacher.
The subject was discussed at length.
To meet tho over crowding caused by
the non-resident pupils it was suggest
ed that the first ward grammar school
be transferred to the third ward build
iug and that the grammar school room
in the lirst ward building be occupied
by the high school.
On motion of Mr. Burns it was ord
ered that the third ward Grammar
school be transferred to the fourth
ward and that the first ward grammar
school be transferred to the third ward.
On motion of Mr. Sechler it was
ordered that a fifth teacher be employ
ed in the high school
The following bills were ordered
paid.
Peuna School Journal ... .. ,f!4.85
Seth C. Lormer 12.00
Peter WiiUers .60
G. A. Rossman .30
William Miller 3.50 ;
Montour Democrat 6.00 |
The following members were pres
ent : Pursel, Orth, Barber, Swarts,
Burns, Fish, Lloyd, Fischer, Sechler,
Heiss, Cole and Redding.
FUNERAL OF MRS.
MARY ALICE BEAVER
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Alice Bea
ver took place Saturday. Services
were held at the late residence, West
Market street, at 10 a m., the Rev.
James Wollaston Kirk officiating. The
pall bearers were: J. B. McCoy.
Charles Voris, Thomas Bartholomew
and Edward V. Stroh.
The flowers were very beautiful, '
several of the offerings having come
from a distance. The funeral party
took the 12:51 D. L. & W. train for j
Lewisburg, where interment was
made.
The following persons from out of
town attended the fuueral : Mrs. John
Hull, Joseph Anton, of Wilkes-Barre;
W. B. Chamberlin, Torresdale; Mrs
Taylor, of Tyrone: Miss Emma B.
McCoy and Mrs. Edward Rnpp, of
Philadelphia.
G. A. R. PICNIC
ON AUGUST 12TH
The Susquehanna district associa
tion of the G. A R has completed all
arrangements for holding its annual
outing iu Edgewood park on Wednes- i
day, August 12th.
The members of Goodrich post this
year as usual will get up an excursion.
The intention is to apply the proceeds
to the soldiers' monument fund and
the veterans are putting forth every
effort to create an enthusiasm, hoping
to carry one of the biggest crowds to
Shamokin that ever attended the G.
A. It. picnic from Danville
"The Christian Church."'
"Where, When and How was the
church of Christ Built'-" will be the
subject of the sermon to be delivered j
tonight bv Rev. E. E. Mauley, pastor
of the Christian church of Scranton, :
at the Immauuel Baptist church cor
ner of Walnut and church streets.
Rev. Mauley will also answer any 1
questions that may be asked concern- i
ing Scripture teaching or in regard to !
the doctrine of the Churoh of Christ !
or Christian church.
The best quality of new hay sells at j
; sl2 per ton in the eastern part of the j
! State, which 1b less than it has been
for a number of years.
BOROUGH FACES
9 PHI
A enrious condition has developed
on Weßt Mahoning street. J. W. Phil
lips, who has just completed two blocks
of modern concrete dwellings, follow
ing the lines furnished by the borough
surveyor, has begun work on a cou
crete pavement, which extends out in
to the midelle of the street. At present
j there is barely room for a vehicle to
■ pass between the curb of Mr. Phililps*
| pavement and the edge of the preoip
j itous b-ink of Mahoning creek, which
is protected by a stout guard rail. By
the time the three foot gutter is laid
called for iu connection with the side
! walk the space will be still further re
: duced,making it impossible for a wag
on to pass without encroaching upon
I the concrete sidewalk.
This condition is due to the fact that
West Mahoning street at that point
owing to encroachments by the creek
or to other causes is less than one-half
the required width. Until the new
houses,with their nine foot pavements
flanked with gutters three feet wide,
were built at the narrow point no
marked inconvenience was experienc
ed from the narrow roadway.
Foreseeing what would occur, about
three months ago fifty property own
ers, all residents of West Mahoning
street, signed a petition addressed to
the borough council praying that body
to widen West Mahoning street be
tween Chestnut street and Sperring's
dwelling, the distance of a square or
more.
The petitioners noted closely the
proceeding of council and not being
quite satisfied with the progress made,
at the last meeting presented them
selves before the local law makers aud
asked to be informed on the status of
the proposition to widen West Mahon
ing street. They were then told that
the borough solicitor had rendered an
opinion on the subject,explaining that
in the absence of a map there is noth
ing to show that a street exists at that
point. On the strength of this opinion
council had dropped the matter.
That the property owners of West
Mahoning street were considerably ex
ercised Saturday when the attitude of
council became known goes without
saying. People who have saved monev
aud built homes in that part of town
pertinently inquire whether they are
thus to be deprived of egress. They
have deeds, they declare, that call for j
a fifty foot street in front of their
dwellings. Besides, they ailirm the
borough within recent years has ac
knowleged trie existence of West Mah
oning street by not only using the
street for various purposes but also by
making and keeping up repairs. They
regard themselves as entitled to a
street that meets all requirements,and
on Saturday several of the leading
residents went on record as saying
that the matter would be pressed un
til the street is widened, even if it
should be necessary to invoke tho aid
of the law.
An enormous amount of filling in
would be required to widen West Mah
oning street between the two points
above designated. Earlier in the sea
sou General Manager H. T. Hecht
agreed to assist the borough by dump
ing cinder from the Reading Iron
works along the embaukment, provid
ed couucil would supply the means of
bringing engine aud cars across the
creek.
Mr. Hecht's proposition was consid
ered a very liberal one. He uot only
ngreed to dump cinder on the spot but
also to grant the borough use of the
railroad bridge below the aqueduct
along with the ties and rails that
would ba necessary to lay the track.
All that devolved upon the borough
was to remove the bridge aud lay the
track. It is true, the cost of the re
moval aud tho erection of tho bridge
would not be light, owing to the
necessity for deep excavation aud the
construction of abutments
Such is the unsatisfactory state of
affairs at present. What the outcome
of the complications existing may be
no one at this time will venture to j
predict
FINISHES COURSE
IN ENGLAND
William W. Watkin, of this city,
sailed on Saturday for England, where
he will spend some time iu the study
of architecture.
Mr. Watkin was graduated last week
form the University of Pennsylvania !
in the course of architecture. His de
termination to study iu England was
made suddenly and on Saturday, in
company with a small party of MB
classmates he sailed from Montreal,
Canada, on board the American line
steam ship Kensington bound for Liv
erpool.
William Reichard, 18 years of age,a
legless boy of Reading, saved all his
pennies and dollars to buy an automo
bile and now enjoys life, taking daily
I trips and carrying his father to and
from work.
STATE OB
UWAIfE
H. B. Patton, secretary of tlie bor
ough of Danville, Monday receivfd
a communication from Louis A. Klein,
deputy State Veterinarian,stating that
the Livestock Sanitary board has est
ablished a quarantine against the dogs
of Danville on account of the outbreak
of rabies. The communication reads
as follows :
"An order has been made by the
i State Live Stock Sanitary board plac
ing a general quarantine upon all dogs
in the borough of Danville for a j> ri >1
|of one hundred days with the under
standing that the notices of the quar
antine are to be posted and the quar
antine is to be enforced by the offici
als of the borough of Danville "Ve are
forwarding you by express printed
copies of the quarantine order
Will you please arrange with the
officers who may be charged with the
enforcement of the quarantine to re
port to you the number of dogs which
may bo shot or which may develop rab
ies during the continuation of the
quarantine and let us have the figures.
LOUIS A. KLEIN,
Deputy State Veterinarian."
Prior to Monday council in quar
antining against dogs was merely en
forcing the borough ordinauce rein
forced by tin special resolution adopt
ed on the loth inst., authorizing the
oflicers to shoot any dogs that might
be found runniug at large without be
ing muzzled. From now on the Stat<
lias the quarantine in hand and the
local authorities are relieved from all
responsibility except to see that the
quarantine is enforced.
DISPENSARY'S
GOOD REPORT
Dr. O. A Stock, who lias charge of
the local tuberculosis dispensary, in
his leport for the month ending June
20 sets forth an array of interesting
facts, which shows that much good is
being accomplished.
Four new patients were admitted 1
during tlie month. Nine patients are 1
at present on the dispensary roll, sub- I
ject to tlie care of its physician and
nurte.
One patient «a> discharged as im
proved having gained seventeen pounds
in weight.
Tlie remaining nine patients are be
ing visited in their homes by the
nurse, Miss Ueddis, and are supplied
with all requisite appliances for their
comfort and tlie safety of their fami
lies.
One hundred and forty quarts of
milk and 54 dozen of eggs were dis- !
tributed free during the month.
Explicit printed instructions are ;
given for dieting and health regula
tions, and in her weekly visits to the
patients' home the nurse sees to it not :
only that the sufferer is caring proper
ly for himself.but also that the family
is being protected from infection.
The fact that over 3000 victims of
tuberculosis throughout the State have
already taken advantage of the county
dispensaries established by the State
may be cited as a suffiicient. comment
ary upon the practicability and useful
ness of said dispensaries. With such
means as are employed it is believed
that within another generation the
spread of consumption will be check
ed.
QUARANTINE IN
THE TOWNSHIPS
By next Saturday a quarantine will
be declared against the dogs of Mah
oning and Croper townships, in Mon
tour county, and of Montour town
ship in Columbia county.
M. A. Fulmer, special agcut of the
Live Stock Sanitary board, who has
been in Danville for a couple (if days
past assisting in the matter of quaran
tine,made a canvass of the three above
named townships yesterday. He found
tlie citizens as a rule very anxious to
have a quarantine established. The j
special agent, himself, after closely
investigating conditions has approved
the quarantine.
As soon as the application has been
received the Live Stock Sanitary board
will proceed to fill out and forward
notices similar to those that wero re- ;
ceived by the borough of Danville on !
Monday. Mr. Fulmer last evening said I
that the notices should not arrive lat
er than Saturday. On his visit to the
townships yesterday the special agent
made arrangements to have the notices
posted as soon as they arrive.
SUDDEN DEATH
OF MRS. GERINGER
Mrs. Hermiua Geringer died very!
suddenly about 5 o'clock last evening \
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Samuel Haas, East Market street. The
deceased was taken ill at noon. Her
age was 79 yearß, 8 months and 21
days
The funeral will take place Satur
day at a p. m.from the late residence,
interment in Odd Fellows' cemetery.
BODIES Iff
1 REIVED
Pursuant to the actiou of council at
its last meeting the work of obliterat
ing the graves in the old Petrikin
cemetery has beeu carried very ex
peditiously forward during the pres
| ont week. As was done iu abolishing
: the older and larger cemetery adjoiu
] ing, the tomb stones have been laid
j down flat uponjthe graves before the
; -pot was graded. This branch of the
i work was rendered more than usually
j difficult by the existence of a monu
ment marking the resting place of the
Petrikin family, which had to be dis
| posed of.
Seventy five or one hundred years
j ago Dr. Petrikin was one of the lead
ing physicians'of this section. Ho was
a Danville and was promiu
eut in local affairs. The little ceme
tery now in process of abandonment
i belonged to the Petrikin family and
iu connection with the monument
above alluded to was a spacious vault,
which stood near the southern en
trance.
For inauyjyears prior to abandon
ment the vault was practically a ruin.
There was a tradition that all the
bodies years ago were removed. No
one dreamed that the bodies were still
in the old cemetery, especially as no
person claiming relationship with
the dead or who was otherwise inter
ested came forward with any request
when the borough,as required by law,
advertised its attention of abandoning
the cemetery.
The surprise of the workmen, there
fore, cau easily be imagined, Tuesday,
when in leveling the vault they sud
denly uncovered a deep pit containing
seven bodies—those of Dr. Pet
rikin, his wife and five others presum
ably children of the former. Only a
few traces of the coffins could be seen,
while of the bodies little more remain
ed than the bones. The bodies origin
ally had been arranged on shevles,
which, iu process of time had given
way and the bodies when found lay
together five feet below the surface.
The seven bodies were interred at
intervals during a period of over sixty
years. The first interment was made
in 1831. Nothing was left for tho
workmen to do but to proceed as in
all other cases where the bodies are
unclaimed. The marble shaft, there
fore, was laid down over the bodies
who*e resting place it marked. A few
shovelfuls of eartli did the rest and the
last trace of the Petrikin family was
obliterated. The bodies,however,were
undisturbed and lie under five feet of
earth.
HIGH SCHOOL OiN
SOUTH SIDE
A member of the school board of
Riverside borough is authority for the
statement that the proposition to est
ablish a high school on the south side
has by no means been abandoned but
that on the contrary so far as the bor
ough of Riverside is concerned a high
school is a reasonable certainty.
The gentleman quoted admits that
there seems to be no great probability
of a high school in Gearhart town
ship, but he says that the borough of
Riverside is prepared togo on with
the work. The plan is to lease the first
floor of P. O. S. of A. hall, which is
centrally located and on the whole
well adapted for a school room. Thus
the gentleman quoted believes that the
borough can give its children a high
school education cheaper than by send
ing them to Danville. Besides, he said,
Gearhart township as an "adjoining''
district will bo naturally expected to
send its pupils advanced beyond the
grammar grade to Riverside instead of
to the Danville high school, which is
located in another county.
Several joint meetings were held by j
Gearhart township and Riverside bor
ough to consider the question of a
high school for tho soutli side. At one
of tho above meetings County Super
intendent Fetzer was present and he
approved the plan under consideration. !
The school board of Gearhart town
ship however, finally failed to support
the high school proposition.
BARN RAISING
AT THE RIDGE
A fine new barn was raised on the !
farm of Charles E. Shires, Sr., at !
Strawberry Ridge yesterday morning.
Head Carpenter Wesley Diehl was as
sisted in the raising by sixty men who
gathered to help make the event a suc
cess. The work began at seven o'clock
and by noon the big struoture had been
completed in a most satisfactory man
ner. The barn is 30x15.
In addition to the sixty men there
were a number of the women folk pres
ent and after the work was done a
fine dinner was served.
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Meisenhelder. of
York, is in a critical condition from
blood poisoning resulting from paring
a oorn too closely.
ESTABLISHED IN 1855
MA AGENT
ON THE GROUND
M. A. Fulmer of Philadelphia,speci
al agent of the Live Stock Sanitary
board, was iu this city Tuesday on
business connected with the outbreak
of rabies iu this section. While at the
Baldy house Tuesday the gentleman
wns interviewed by a representative
of this paper.
Primarily, the object of Mr. Ful
ler's visit was to investigate condi
tions in Mahoning and Cooper town
ships in Montour county and in Mon
tour township in Columbia county as
relate to the recent outbreak of rabies,
determining whether or not there
is any necessity of a quaiautine.
Before orderiug a quarantine on
dogs, iu most cases, Mr. Fuluier ex
plained,the Live Stock Sanitary board
demands indisputable evidence that
rabies exists iu tiie vicinity. Usually
the head of the dog that ran amuck is
subjected to a microscopic test in the
Stale laboratories,and It i 9 only when
rabies are found to exist that a quar
antine is ordered.
When the dog believed to have hyd
rophobia was lulled at Garrison's store,
Grovania, some three weeks ago, the
head was very properly sent to Phila
delphia for examination. Unfortunate
ly, however, a diagnosis was impossi
ble. Mr. Fulmer exhibited a report
from the laboratory of the Live Stock
Sanitary board which explained that
tie dog in question had been shot in
the head, which destroyed the brain
and made it impossible to apply the
ti'St.
Iu view of the unsatisfactory nature
of the report from the laboratory, Mr.
Fulmer has made a visit in person.
After a thorough investigation, he
says, he feels convinced that the dog
had rabies and that the condition ex
isting calls for a general quarantine.
It is reasonably certain, therefore,
that the dogs in the three districts
above described will be declared to be
iu a state of quarantine.
Mr. Fulmer explained that it is much
more difficult to enforce an order or
regulation established by the Live
Stock Sanitary board in the country
than it is in a town like Danville
where there is a local board of health
and a police department.
In the townships the enforcement of
a quarantine devolves upon tiie school
boards, which in the absence of local
boards of health are required to as
sume the duties and responsibilities of
the latter bodies. During liis visit Mr.
Fulmer conferred with several school
directors and it was arranged in each
of the above districts to call a meet
ing of the school board. Upon the in
terest shown and the action taken at
those meetings will probably depend
whether or nut a quarantine shall be
established.
SWIMMING CLASSES
ARE POPULAR
The hot wave has well demonstrat
ed the value of the floating bath house
which is moored a short distance be
low t.'ie water works.
The rain yesterday afternoon and
evening interfered somewhat with
bathing. Still a large number of boys
might have been seen disporting them
selves in the water,although not near
ly so many as on Tuesday, when it is
estimated that no less than 150 swim
mers used the bath house. Sixty boys
were counted iu the water atone time.
The sight was a very interesting one.
The swimming classes taught by
Physical Director Ainsworth are very
well attended. Mr. Ainsworth while
giving instructions is assisted by one
or two expert swimmers,so that drow
ning accidents are not to he feaied
BARN DANCE
IS POPULAR
2 Danville people have the reputation
of taking to all new crazes witli mark
ed success but nothing ever hit the
dancers of the town so hard as the re
vival of the old-fashioned barn dance.
The barn dance is typical of "ye old
en days.'' The music of which it is
danced is somewhat livelier than a
two step to which the dancers hop and
skip rather than glide. The dance has
been tried here at several recent af
fairs and was such a success that those
who had never attempted the dance on
the floor were out skippiug 011 the
coucert paltfomi,others were skipping
and hopping over the grass while oth
ers were attempting the apparently
difficult steps on every available and
suitable spot.
Dedication of East End Mission.
The new ohapel of the East End
mission will be dedicated this evening
at 7:45. Rev. Wm. Patterson. D. D.,
of the Bethauy (the Wanamaker) Pres
byterian church, of Philadelphia will
make the address. The choir of Trin
ity M. E. church will furnish the
music. The public is cordially invited
to these services.