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.