VOL. 54—NO. 29 DR. IRVING H. JENNINGS, D Kyi IST. Office Hours A. .*/■ to 17. M- 104 MM St., 1 P. M. to i P. M. Danville, Pa. p SHULTZ, JI. 425 MILL ST., DANVILLE, PA. ■)iseases of the Stomach anil Intestines a Specialty ITEMS CONDENSED. The temperance people of West Grove, Cheßter connty, have just com menced the erection oi a $7,000 hotel in the town. Since the beginning of the present year the commissioners of Beaver county have spent over $l,OOO for the Pasteur treatment of persons bitten by mad dogs. William Evans,a miner, fell down a mine breach in West Schuylkill near Pottsville, a distance of 300 feet, but dropped on a mule that was lying at the bottom, which broke the fall so j that his injuries were slight. Indications point to a very busy fall at the great Bethlehem Steel works and the clerical force has just been notified to take their vacations during July, as none will be granted in Aug. While Mrs. Joseph Diller, aged 48 years, wife of a well known farmer \ residing near Hanover, York county, ! was waiting in the office of Dr. B. N. j Melsenhelder, for a consultation with J him, she was stricken with heart dis- j ease and died in a few minutes. Henry Leh,a prominent merchant of Allentown, has secured 257 big four- j horse loads of hay from seventy-five j acres. The yield of milk is falling off great ly in Southern Chester county on ac count of the pastures getting "short" on account of the drought. The York Benevolent association has purchased 500 tons of anthracite coal for distribution to the poor of York next winter. The seventeenth annual assembly of the Pennsylvania |Chatauqua, at Mount Gretna, Lebanon county, open ed last week with an enrollment of , 348 stundents, the largest in its his- j fory. Of these 244 are teachers. George Daubach, of Durham, Bucks j county, has a hen that is a very good |: laver, and has selected a large grand- J: father rocking chair in the parlor as her nest for laying, and will not be ! . satisfied unless she gets there. Her I whim is granted. ~ _ Maty OhfiSter county farui6TB have begun threshing their wheat crop,real- ; ifcing from twenty-five to thirty bush- j ] *l> 'per acre, a fair average. 1 f It cost three residents of | Parkes- ' burg, Chester county, $27 for picking 11 cherries from a tree on a'farra where , • there was a notice againßt tresspass- j I ers. James H. Fisher, of Yellow House, 1 Berks county, has just sold the heav- ' iest four-weeks-old calf ever raised in ' that section, its weight being 196 pounds. Dr. W. J. Scanlin.a prominent phy sician of Shenandoah, was returning from a professional trip at 3 o'clock j Sunday morning, when he discovered j the inside of Covelesky's shoe store in j flames. He quickly awoke the Covele- ! sky family, which he found almost | suffocated, and then sent in a general alarm. St. John's Lutheran Orphans' home at Mars, Butler connty, was dedicated on Sunday in the presence of 1,500 persons. Most of the services were ! held in the grove adjoining the home. The home was built at a cost of $25,- ! 000. It adjoins St. John's Lutheran ; Homo for the aged. Charles Sheler, a trucker near West Chester,has planted'4s,ooocabbage and i 100,000 celery plants. The silk mill at Balby, Berks coun- | ty, which had been suspended for sev- | ernl months, has resumed operations. ! On account of the intense heat many of the churches in Philadelphia held open air services on lawns or open lots on Sunday evening. The pay roll in the mills, furnaces, coke plants and coal mines of the various companies clearing through Pittsburg banks was the largest on Saturday of any pay day since last October. Two men were killed and eight in jured,one seriously.on Saturday even ing, when a flat car on which fifteen • * r « -n* 'hoir friends were be- Payette vilight left o SUNDAY SEW . CASBS APPEALED The case against Joseph Smith and Tlieodore Hoffman, butchers, brought under the act of 171)4, to enforce Sun -0 day closing, which was continued from last Wednesday, was heard before Just . ice of the Peace Oglesby Friday aft ernoon. Each case was appealed. Hon. R. S. Ammecmau appeared as counsel for the defendants. A number of witnesses, subpoenaed by the pros ecutor, were on hand. ! The information, signed by Joseph | Divel, was read. It set forth in sub ' stauce that on the 28th of June, 1908, tit being the Lord's day, Joseph Smith at his shop No. 407 Mill street, did offer for sale and did sell meat, said work, employment, aud business not being work of necessity or charity, contrary to the act of assembly in such cases mado and provided. Therefore the said Joseph Smith forfeits four dollars. | To this information Mr. Smith 1 pleaded not guilty. Frank Weniger.Mrs. Margaret Curry and Thomas E. Murray, witnesses, testified that they bought meat at the shop of the defendant on Sunday. June 28th. In each case the witness declar ed that the meat was sold to them as an accommodation —that Mr. Smith had not soliolted their trade on Sun day. The justice decided that the defend ant was guilty and had forfeited four dollars. Mr. Ammerman notified the justice that he would appeal the case | to court. THEO. HOFFMAN ARRAIGNED. | Justice Oglesby read another infor. , tuition,similar to the preceding, sign j ed by Joseph Divel,charging Theodore ' I Hoffman with selling meat at his shop, No. 108 East Market street,on Sunday, J June 28th in violation of the act of i j 1794. Mr. Hoffman likewise pleaded I \ not guilty, j Daniel B. Fetterman aud Mrs. ; Thomas testified that they bought meat jat the shop of Theodore Hoffman on j [ Sunday, June 28th. They both explain ed that they made their purchase with 1 out any solicitation on the part of Mr. I Hoffman—that the act of selling was j purely an accommodation to thetu. Justice Oglesby decided that the de- j fondant was guilty and that he had , forfeited four dollars. In this case, as I in the one against Mr. Smith, Mr. I Ammerman informed the justice that he would appeal. ADDITIONAL CASES. At thin point the justice created surprise by producing another infor- j matiuil Charging Joseph Smith with i selling meat on Sunday, July sth, in j violation of the act of 1794. The in formation was signed by Joseph Divel. Mr. Smith entered the plea of not guitly as in the foregoing case. Among the witnesses brought totes- j tify against Mr. Smith was County Commissioner George R. Sechler. Mr I Sechler acknowledged that lie bought meat at Mr. Smith's shop on Sunday, July sth. He declared that ho had no j way of keeping the meat over night i and that the weather was very warm. William Fausnaught was the next ' witness. He explained that he oc ! copies rooms on the second story and | ' was without ice, except a little pur- j ! chase to cool water for drinking pur- j poses. He regarded it as an aecom- J modation that he was enabled to pur- j chased meat on Sunday; otherwise he j could not have had fresh meat for his j i Sunday dinuer The decision of the justice was the j same. He adjudged the defendant i guilty and fined him four dollars addi- I tional for selling meat on Sunday, I ! July sth. | 2ND CASE AGAINST HOFFMAN. Information similar to the preced- ] | ing, signed by Joseph Divel, was next j , read charging Theodore Hoffman with j ; sellinir meat on Sunday, July sth. Mr. Hoffman pleaded not guilty. Jacob Mills was called to testify. [ He bought meat at the shop of Mr. j I Hoffman on Sunday, July sth, but de- j clared that it was an act of necessity, ; as he was without ice and had no way j of preserving the meat. Mr. Hoffman, the defendant, was j called by Mr. Ammerman. He sold 1 meat on Sunday, lie said, because he j regarded it an act of necessity. In his part of town, he declared, there are forty families, who do not own re j frigcrators. Some of these are too poor to indulge in the luxury of ice, while j others live at outlying points, not in | eluded on the icemen's routes. Mr. Smith, who had previously been call ed to testify,explained that among his customers are many too poor to pur- , chase ice, even if they did not live at : points out of the way of the ice men. To refuse to open his shop on Sunday morning in his opinion would be to deprive those people of fresh meat for their Suuday dinner. In the second case against Mr. Hoff *n,aß in the first,the justice adjudg ■im guilty and fined him four dol- Continued on 2nd Page. DANVILLE" J PA., THURSDAY. JULY IG, 1908 MINI 111 SI nspji The fact is not generally known here that there lives in Danville the chief claimant in a suit about to be institut ed against the city of Wilmington, Dq'aware, to recover to the heirs of Titles Springer over 1800 acres of '<s»%ed land upon which the major part ihe city of Wilmington is built Tiie value of the land is estimated at about- $80,000,000. The fortunate individual in ques tion is our townsman, Jacob Aten, the great great grandson of Charles Oris topher Springer, the original owner I of the track. The land was leased to the city of Wilmington about 125 years ago, in three leases, the last of which ran out in 1895 or thereabout, which should have thrown the land directly back to the heirs. The amount involved, how ever, was so great and tho questions involved so weighty that many thou sands of dollars have been expended and much work undertaken in prepara tion for the suit. Now everything is in readiness and it remains only to finish up the minor details before the suit will he begun. Mr. Aten bases his claim on the fact that through his mother, a daughter of John Springer, who was a grandson of the original Charles, he is the great, great grandson of Charles aud the old est surviving descendant, and chief heir to the legacy. Mr. Aten has in his possession all the documents necessary to prove the line of direct descent and on which is based the entire suit. They include among other things, the family bible of Conrad Springer the son of Charles as well as a geneologv of the house of Springer dating back to Carl of Swed en who lived several generations prior to the birth of Charles. The fight has been in progress about 80 years. Two organizations have been formed embracing in one or the other all the claimants of the estate, the west ren organization with headquarters at Cleveland, Ohio, and the eastern org- j anization with headquarters in this oity. Money has been contributed from time to time, so that at present the j organization ha! ample means in its j treasury to meet all expenses, A siguificent fact In connection with the claim, is that the city of j Wilmington has virtually recognized the claim that it stands on leased ground, by refusing to sell a foot of the land in question at any time with in the last hundred years, every sc called property holder on the tract really being a lesee of the city. ■The majority of the near heirs reside i in Montour county. Conrad,the son of \ Charles lies bnried at Strawberry j Ridgo and his children with two ex ceptions ail settled with a radius of twelra miles of this city. LONG DISTANCE HIKERS RETURN Tanned and dusty, the party of five long distance "hikers" who have been attending the Pennsylvania bible con ference at Eagles Mere for the past ten days, returned to their homes in this city Sunday afternoon. They re port a most enjoyable trip. The party, which is composed of General Secretary C. H. Manley, Lundy Russel, Edward Hurley, Guy Williams and H. R. MeClure, left the Mere Saturday morning at 7 o'clock, reaching Sereno, in Pine township, Columbia county, Saturday evening, making about twenty-five miles for Saturday. At eight o'clock Sunday morning they left Sereno and arrived in Dauville at 1:30, having walked about twenty miles. While at the conference the "hik ers" attended thrae out of the five meetings held daily, devoting the re mainder of their time to recreation. They exchanged views with walking clubs from Milton, Lock Haven, West Chester aud Brookville (the latter 210 miles distant from Eagles Mere) and learned that the Danville pedestrians made better time,on the average, than any of the other clubs. The Danville party was the only one to walk both ways. While at Eagles Mere the local party occupied a cottage, part of the Forest lun outfit, which they had to themselves the entire time. A HERi) IN THE PARTY. Guy Williams,of the Dauville party, on two occasions during their stay at Eagles Mere, proved himself a hero. At one time Mr. Williams plunged from a wharf into the lake to save a ohild that had fallen into the water. ; The child would have been drowned I but for Mr. Williams' prompt action. At another time, Mr. Williams assist ed another man to save a girl from drowning, who had gotteu beyond her depth in the lake and who was attack ed with cramps. People were lond in their praise of the Danville boy on both occasions In one day Mathias Fritz, of Kntz town, Berks county, caught 270 frogs at Mantz. COURT FIXES DIEIiU'S MIL At a session of court held Saturday morning it was decided by the bench to allow Peter Dietrich, now confined in the Montour couuty jail, awaiting trial in the Luzerne county court iu September for tiie killing of James A. , Jones,to enter bail in the sum of $15,- | 000 for his appearance at tho time specified. The movement to secure the release of Peter Dietrich on bail was made at a session of the court held Saturday, ' June 37th, at which time Judge Evans fixed $15,000 as the amount, but an nounced that inasmuch as he was un decided as to whioh court had jurisdic tion in Dietrich's case now that a change of venue had been grauted, he would defer final action in granting bail until a later date. In view of the action of Saturday morning it was evidently the decision that the matter of bail still lay in the hands of the Montour county court The order of the court was as fol lows : "The venue in this case having changed to the oyer and terminer of Luzerne county and counsel for the defense having applied to the court to fix the amount of bail; the court re quire and order the defendant to euter into recognizance with good and suffi- ; cient securities, to be approved by the ' court, in the sum of sls,ooo,condition ed for his appearance in the court of oyer and terminer of Luzerne county at the first day of the next term there of, to wit, September 14th.. 1908. By the court, CHARLES C. EVANS, P. J. L. W. WELLIVER, A. J." DIVORCES GRANTED. At the session of court the follow- : ing divorces were granted : Emma Mazeal Beyer vs. Joseph Bey er. Anna O. Williams vs. John Munroe Williams. Verna Eieanor Hetrick vs. Oliver ! Roy Hetrick. Maud M. Farnsworth vs. Duke Farusworth. IN CA/1P AT ROARING CREEK A number of young ladies from Ash laud. Mount Carmel aud nearby towns have been enjoying an outing at Roar- j ing Creek, for the past ten days, and scarcely a day passes but a number are seen on our streets loaded down with provisions making their way to the South Danville station. There are eighteen in the camp, all college girls taking a much needed vacation and taking advantage of every opportunity to improve their physical being. A favorite method seems to be in consuming large quantities of food, bread and butter predominating, as evidenced by a recent purchase of one hundred aud fifty loaves of bread from one of our local merchants. In the party are Misses Grace and Ruth Green, Alice McConuell, Eliza beth Lessing, Helen Heichard.lda Det man, Laura Wallauer, Frank Lessig and Gertrude Samuels, chaperone, of Ashland; Misseß Alma and Marie Mc- Connell, Elizabeth Davis and Bill Watkins, of Mt. Carmel; Miss Evelyn Freed, of North Wales; Miss Amy John, of Lykens; Misses Hazel and Myrtle Longenberger.of Mainville aud Miss Adele Koch, of West Point, Neb raska. MORE SOLDIERS MAY BE HERE Dauville will probably have a chance to see another large squad of soldiers in a few days, as batteries D and Eof the Third field artillery,U. S. A.,will leave Wilkes-Barre, July 16, on their return to Fort Myers, Va., and it is said that they will pass over the same route taken by the cavalrymen which passed through Danville a few weeks ago, on its way to Pine Plains, New York. Two full batteries of U. S. artillery fully equipped is a sight seldom wit nessed in this vicinity, and the pres ence of the batteries here would arouse wide spread interest. The r two com panies comprise 230 officers and men, ! 230 horses twenty-six mcles. The artillery will arrive in Wilkes- Barre from Aubnnr, N. Y., on July 16, and after a two days' stop they will start out for Fort Meyers, Va. Un ! less plans are changed they will come 1 down the valley. to this town, getting j here about the 20th of the month, i These two companies were among the many other similar companies which took part in the recent maneuvers at Pine Plains, N. Y. Returned From Hospital. William Maiers, mauager of the Grand Union Tea company's branch store in this city, who has been un dergoing treatment at the Joseph Ratti hospital Bloonisburg. for a fever, was discharged from that institution Tues day,and returned to his home here. E. 0. BICKEL CHOSEN PRINCIPAL The Danville school board met Mon day eve in regular session and elected Prof. E. O. Bickel, of Milton, to fill the vacancy in the priucipalship of the high school caused by the resigna tion of Prof. E. S. Bream. Mr. Sechler, of the committee on teachers and certificates, recommend ed for the position of principal of the high school Prof. E. O. Bickel.a gradu ate of Buckuell, who has had several years of experience in teaching. The gentleman, Mr. Sechler stated, has high recommendations,especially from the school hoard of New Windsor, Maryland, where he taught last term. On motion of Mr. Swartz, seconded by Mr. Burns, the report of Mr. Sechler was accepted and a vote ordered tak en. Mr. Bickel was elected unanim ously. On motion of Mr. Redding it was ordered that the building aud repairs committee advertise for bids for clean ing the different school buildings. On motion of Mr. Fischer it was ordered that no more new subjects be added to the curriculum of the high school, but that all attention be paid to extending the efficiency of the stud ies already being tanght. SCHOOL HOUSE RENTED A communication was received from the Maiioning Knitting Mill company, Thos. DeLauey, superintendent, ask ing that an agreement be entered into between his company aud the school board for the rental of the flat school building at a rental of sloper month. Mr. Burns moved that the agreement be entered into as asked. The motion was carried witii the provision that if the company does not start operations within six months,the building revert to the school board. On motion the rates for non-resident pupils were made the same as last year. On motion of Mr. Ortli, Mr. Jones was given the contract for cleaning the cess pool of the Welsh Hill school iiouse on his bid of 130. On motion it was ordered that the building and repair committee have the root of the first ward building thorough!} examined by Mr. with a view to repairing same. On motion of Mr. Sechler, it was decided to purchase six relief maps for the schools not aireaay BC7p::c«. The following members were pres ent: Fischer, Sechler, Swartz, Lloyd, Cole, Pursel, Redding, Burns, Orth and Fish. _ Treasurer Schram reported a balance on hand for June of $10,436.75. The following bills paid: Fred R. Miller, Williamsport .. $4.50 George Mack, repairs 29.75 Standard Gas Co 1.88 Morning News 7.15 Robert Miller 9.00 W. H. Orth 1.57 Moyer Broß 19.60 Adams Express Co 30 Supt Dieffenbaclier ... . 100.00 Ezra Haas 25 E. E. Sliultz 3.00 MAKING HAY IN LEAP YEAR That the fair damsels of Montour county are quietly getting busy and j taking advantage of their prerogative that comes every fourth year, to turn the tables on the sterner sex and "pop" the question, is evidenced by the data gleaned from the marriage license book at the courthouse. The number of licenses issued so far this year is running well ahead of the number issued last year, and this, too, in the face of adverse conditions. From January Ist to July 13th, 1907, there were issued 54 licenses, while during the same period this year there have been 60 couples to apply at the courthouse for the necessary permis sion to trot over life's rocky road in double harness. An uniformed person would be in clined to forecast a slack year in the marriage license business for 1908, on account of the so-called 'hard times" as many young men are averse to adding to their expense account when steady employment is uncertain. That so many fair home makers have induc ed their beaux to enter into a state of connubial bliss, testifies to the persu asive powers aud attractiveness of the Montour couuty maidens. SLIPPED ON BANANA PEEL While returning from market with a ba-ket full of vegetables Tuesday morning, Mrs. Richard W. Eggert suffered a severe fall as the result of slipping on a banana peel which a lit tle girl standing nearby had thought | lessly thrown on the sidewalk. The accident occurred in front of Emer ick's store and in falling Mrs. Eggert struck her head on the show caße which stands outside causing a severe bruise. She was dazed for a few mo ments but on being helped to her feet was able to continue unassisted. US WILL SEND EIGHT TO COLLEGE To the class graduated from the Dan ville high school tin's year belongs the honor of sending more of its members to finish their education in higher schools of learning than any preceed ing class. The class numbered twenty-one, j thirteen girls and eight boys,and will send to college at least six boys and two girls, making a total of eight, or more than one-third ot the class. The faculty is highly elated over the fact that the students almost without exception are able to enter their chos en college or university directly from the local high school, no preparatory course being required, and very few entrance examinations. This speaks exremely well botli for the abilities of the young men and women themselves and for the efficiency and broad scope of the high school courses. In many towns the size of Danville and even larger it is the rnle rather than the exception for the graduates desiring ! to enter college, to first spend several years in a preparatory school to fit themselves for the entrance examina- ! t ions. Besides the eight named there are ; several that are as yet undecided so that the total may yet be swelled by j the addition of several other names be- ; fore the opening of the colleges in the fall. At least two of the young ladies are contemplating a course in hospital work. Of the graduates, two will enter Lehigh university at South Bethlehem —William K. Hancock and William Books, both of whom will take eng ineering courses. The University of Pennsylvania al so will receive two—Jay W. Sechler, who will enter the classical course and 1 H. R. MoClure who will study arch itecture. Harry Redding will enter the eng ineering department of State college j and A. D. Reifsnyder has not yet ful ly decided where lie will matriculate. Miss Mary Jenkins will enter Dick inson college and Miss Grace Shepper son will study at a college at Pitts- ! burg. BLOODLESS MIXUP AT SO. DANVILLE South Danville was the scene Tues day of a mixup between two teams that for rapidity and thoroughness | was most remarkable. The accident occurred in front of J. H. Race's hardware store while the ! 10:2B Pennsy train was approaching the crossing. Harry Hallman, clerk for Bell the grocer, who was using a light buggy for a small delivery on the south side, had drawn up to the right of the road just opposite the en trance to Hoover's lumber yard, to await the passing of the train. Charles A. Gulick, of Rushtown, returning from market with a heavy spring wag -011 drawn by a pair of spirited hor-es. drove up abreast of llUlmau for t.'ie | same purpose. Just as the engine reached the cross- | ing, Gulick's horses becoming fright- j ened backed, and springing to the side ■ to escape the noise,came full upon the lighter carriage. The weight was too ! much for the buggy and literally i ground the two off wheels from their j axles, tearing every spoke from one wheel and leaving few on the other. In addition to this the wheel hit by the horses was broken to splinters. The whole occurrence occupied but a few seconds of time. As soon as the engine had passed with its noise and smoke, Gulick's horses became quite calm. Bell's horse, on the contrary, terrified by the dead wieght behind it and the topsyturvy position of the shafts started off toward the station. About thirty or forty feet had been covered before Hallman, handicapped as he was, by the [groceries, pluckily sticking to his seat.succeeded in bring ing the frightened animal to a stop. Singularly none of the horses were injured. A FRACTURE OF THE KNEE CAP Mr--. George W. Miles, Ferry street, sustained an unfortunate and serious ' injury Saturday morning, when she fractured her right knee cap. Mrs. Miles was carrying a small oil stove from the out kitchen when her foot caught ou a loose board in the walk. In her endeavor to keep herself from falling the right knee was given a sharp wrench causing a transverse fracture of the patella or knee cap. i Drs Patten and Newbaker reduced the fracture. A coincidence in con nection with the accident is that Mrs. Mifrs sustained a fracture of the left knee cap just ten years ago. Juvenile Base Ball. The "Bumble Bees" peeled the "Nine Little Potatoes Hard to Peel" in a game of base ball yesterday after noon on Hickey's lawn by the score of 14 to 5. ESTABLISHED IN 1855 GROUND ID FOB SEW HOMES Ground was broken at the hospital for the insane yesterday, for the block of four dwellings, the contract for which was A. 0. Everhart of Berwick, ou May 21st on his bid of $12,285. The specifications call for a block ot four frame and brick dwelling houses. By this is meant a frame house with a sheeting of white pine and a venere ing of brick. They will be built upon the most modern lines and will embrace all the modern appointments. M. T. Ohl, of Bloomsburg, to whom {he contract for the stone work iias been sublet was ou the ground early yesterday morning with three masons and several helpers and by evening ; had gotten the work well under way. The excavation has been completed and the foundation walk started. By this morning Mr. Ohl expects to double his force and will add more from time to time, most of the skilled workmen employed being brought down from Bloomsburg where they are employed | by the contractor. The block will be seventy five feet I long by forty five feet wide and will be divided into two double houses giv : ing each dwelling a width of about ) nineteen feet. Each house will contain six rooms with bath and a handsome seven foot porch will adorn the front the entire ; length. In addition to this there will be two large porches in the rear. A ' space of about twenty feet will be left open in front for a lawn, giving the place when completion a most pleas ing appearance. The scene of the excavation is a short distance west of the D. & S. trolley 1 terminal,to the south of the improved hospital road. The site is a perfect one and it possible that in a short time the homes at present in course of construe t tion will be followed by others. Mr. Ohl states that his contract calls for the delivery of the lower half of the block over to the carpenters with lin ten days. Therefore no work will Ibe done pn the upper block before July 22nd. In about a week'B time Mr. Obi , thinks he will be able to have this al so ready for the woodwork. BUMPED REAR END OF FREIGHT ! A slight collision occurred yesterday i morning near the D. L. & W. station, when a pusher collided with the rear 1 end of a freight, smashing the locomo tive's pilot and caving in the end of a steel gondola car. 2 Freight No 734 had arrived at Dan ville when the crew on the pusher dis covered that the grate bar had been lost and went back down the road to find it. Returning the pusher was run ning about eight miles an hour. For some unaccoui.table reason the puußh er failed to slow up when it approach ed the rear end of the train and collid ed with the gondola which was the j last car. | It was necessary to remove the brok ]en car on a siding. Conductor Mat i Casey was writing in the caboose,sec ! ond car from the rear of the train, | when the collision occurred. He was i thrown from his seat and sustained a j bruised forehead and a laceration of j the knee. DAN vTLLEitt AN WINS EASTON BRIDE A very pretty wedding was solem j nized at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening in a j private parlor of the Montour house, when Rev. William Brill,of St. Paul's ; M. E. church, united in holy wedlock | Jonas D. Hockenbury,of this city, and Mrs. Lavinia J. Anderson, of Easton. The groom is superintendent of the j brake beam department of the Penusyl | vaina Brake Beam company. He has j been a resident of this city since the ' 2nd of December last and has made many friends both in a business and ■ social way. The bride arrived from Easton Tuesday afternoon. The wedding was very quiet, only ! the immediate friends of the contract- I ing parties being present. After a i j brief honeymoon trip Mr. and Mrs. > | Hockeuburg will reside in this city. The contest of the anthracite coal 1 companies of Lackawanna county ! against the county commissioners for I raising the valuation of coal lauds | 140,000,000 for taxation purposes was dipsosed of by the court on Monday which reduced the assessments to S6O per foot acre, making the total in crease about $18,000,000. It may be carried to the supreme court. Germany has 21 universities; France has 16, Austria-Hungary 11, Great Britain 15, Italy 21. Russia 9, Spain 9, Switzerland 7,Belgium 4 andSwed -1 en 3. Holland conducts its famous herring fishery with a fleet of about 750 ships ' —perhaps 45 of them steam boats—and only 10,000 men.
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