Montour American
FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Danville. Pa- July 10. «*>**•
NiTSiinfi
•ROONHHE STATE
aiuination before the Pennsylvania
State Deutai Examining board 1.6
were successful.
William I. Yeich has been treasurer
of Reading building associations for
thirty-six'years and has superintend
ed the erection of 442 houses for these
organizations.
The Hellertown Slag company is
erecting a crusher cinder dump
of the Thomas Iron'company at Catns
auqua,Lehigh county. The dump cov
ers acres and is thirty feet
high
Citizens of Parkesburg,Chester coun- |
ry it appears are willing to allow uii
muzzled dogs to run at large in that
borough iu day time hut draw the lino
"!;'c h ftwJi !lg and waut a curfew
oridnance passed relative to dogs.
Eight houses belonging to the Mon
ongaheia River Consolidated Coal com
pany, at. Courtney, Washington coun
ty. were destroyed by lire on Monday.
They were occupied by miners who
lost all their household goods.
A piece of iron pipe carried by Bap
tiste Salvador, a foriegn miner,touch
ed an electric wire charged with 500
volts in the Arden mine, of the Mead
ow Lands Ooal company, in Washing
ton county, on Monday, and Salvador
was killed instantly.
During a thunderstorm on Thursday
lightning struck a dynamite store
house near Bessemer and Lake Erie
railroad depot at Euclid, Butler coun
ty. The store house was wrecked, the
station house damaged and much glass
broken in neighboring buildings,caus
ing a heavy loss.
Clara Hoffman, of Philadelphia, ag
ed 5 years, while playing with matches
on Monday, in an up stairs room, set
her clothing on fire, and before the
flames were extinguished she was
burned so severely that she died short
ly after being taken to Mt. Sinai hos
pital.
The clothing of little Lillie Rock
ing, of near Pen Argyl, Northampton
county, caught fire from a bonfire on
Monday,when Joseph Hambleton, con
ductor of a trolley car that was pass
ing at the time, leaped from his car j
and smothered the flames with his
coat,saving her from a horrible death.
On Sunday afternoon while Miller j
Rhoades, of Lampeter Square, Lan- j
caster county, aged 57 years, was hur
rying to catch a trolley car at Holling
er's tannery lie was overcome by the
heat and dropped over dead. At the
same tiour his brother, Simon Rhoades
of Ranck's Mill, died at the Lancaster
General hospital, of tyhoid fever, age
51 years.
BEAT fIERCHANTS
IN CLOSE GAHE
The Danville Merchants team met
the Recreation of Bloomsburg at the
latter place yesterday in the first of a
series of five games of base ball and
were defeated by the close score of 5
to 4.
The Bloomsburg team had been
strengthened for the occasion by the
addition of several players from Nesco
peck, but notwithstanding the rein
forcements the local aggregation gave
the Bloomsburgers a hard trussle.
Reilly and Rabb were the battery for
Danville and the hits tallied were six
for each side.
Tonight at six o'clock Recreation
will play in Danville the second game
of the series. Danville will pitch Mc-
Cloud and expects to win from the
visitors.
In yesterday's game the IUUB were
made as follows:
Bloomsburg .. 11 100020 x—s
Danville .0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .' o—l
THE TOWN IS
SPRUCING UP
That Danville is truly living up to
its reputation as an up-to-date little
city is plainly evident just now.
There is not a street, and seldom
a single block, where the work of
the painter or the carpenter or both is
not in evidence. Many homes are be
ing improved, by the addition of new
porches, or other conveniences while
others,are being repainted with bright
colors, and are putting on a fine ap
pearance.
Large Chestnut Crop Promised.
The chestnut crop promises to be
large this year. The trees throughout
the county are covered with blossoms,
and the weather conditions are ideal
for a big crop.
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TO
Atlantic City
CAPE MAY
Angrlesea Wildwood Holly Beach
Ocean City Sea Isle City Avalon
New Jersey
THURSDAYS 1908 SUNDAYS
July 16 and 30, August 13 and 27 July 19, August 2,16 and 30
s'i 75 Round Trip. $4.50 Round Trip
VU Delaware River Bridge Via Market Street Wharf
FROM SOUTH DANVILLE.
THURSDAY TICKETS GOOD FOR TENjDAYS
SUNDAY TICKETS GOOD FOR FIVE DAYS
STOP-OVER ALLOWED AT PHILADELPHIA
Far full information concerning Reaving time of trains, consult
Ismail hand bills or nearest Ticket Agent.
J. R. WOOD GEO. W. BOYD 1
Passenger Traffic Manager General Passenger Agent jj
WiSHIKGTONVILLE'S
EXPANSE ACCOUNT
The AMERICAN lias been request
er! to publish the expense account of
the SVashingtonvillc Of July
selebration committee
It is the general verdict of all who
were present in Washiugtonville for
the Fourth that the committee is de
-erviug of unstinted praise. The par- j
ado was one of the best ever seen in j
the little borough. Five prizes were j
offered by L. C. Cromis, R. H. Marr,
L. P. Wagner and T. B. Yerg. The
prizes are now ready and may proc^ r . i
ed by the winners by calling m the I
places of business of the above.
Those who contributed to the cele
bration are as follows:
F. E. DeLong SIO.OO j
R. H. Marr 5.75 |
Jno. Bateinan 5.75 |
T. B. Yerg 3.00 I
A. L. Heddens 3.00}
L. P. Wagner .... 2.75)
L. 0. Cromis 2.75 j
Alexander Billmeyer 2.00 I
Daniel Frazier 1.001
McOlellen Diehl 1.00
E. E. Fry IB ire 1.00
J. F. Mowrer 1.00 !
Christopher Heckendoru I.COI
J.R.Miller 1.00 !
O. H. Seidel 1.00
H. W. Glass ... .50 |
Smaller amounts 68
By tags 8.45
W. .T, Oalwell 50 |
S. N. Williamson 25 (
By Cash 37
Contributed and paid 102.70 I
EXPENSES.
Exchange band f45.00j
Printing Bills . 3.00!
Printing Tags 2.00
Expressage 35
Postage and Phone ..... 1.35
Horse hire 1.00
Total |52.70l
OF INTEREST TO
GRAND ARMY MbN
"Of interest to every member of the
Grand Army of the Republic in this .
State are the Memorial day reports ;
from Graud Army of the Republic!
posts in Pennsylvania, received by the
Rev. Dr. John W. Sayres, of Chester,
who is department chaplain, which
show that 56,000 graves of departed
comrades were decorated on Memorial
day. Iu this 1,730 cemeteries were in
volved. Four hnnrded and seventy
five memorial addresses were made.
There are 523 posts in the State, but
some of the addresses did not take
place because the day was a rainy one.
Last year there were 1,100 deaths in
the Grand Army of the Republic ranks
in this State. There are 22,772 mem
bers of the Grand Army in good stand
ing iu Pennsylvania."
Best Season for Melons.
With every prospect for an unpre- !
cedented watermelon and cantaloupe
season,the railroad companies through
Delaware are preparing to move a
large crop from that section. Both
watermelons and cantaloupes are ma
turing better than ever Known there.
Fine String of Fish.
Samuel Detwiler and John Foster
brought home a fine string of fish yes
terday from a trip down the river be
tween Ca:neron and Red Point."
That the refreshing shower has come
to be accounted a veritable luxury.
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
PERSONALLY-CONDUCTED EXCURSIONS
TO
NIAGARA FALLS
July 22, August 5, 19, September 9, 23, and
October 7, 1908
Round-Trip (£7 From
Rate iP/.OvF South Danville.
Tickets good goingon train leaving 12.10 noon.connecting with SPECIAL
TRAIN ot Pullman Parlor Cars. Dining Car, ani
Day Coaches running via the
PICTURESQUE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY ROUTE
Tickets Rood returning on regular trains within FIFTEEN DAYS, in
cluding date of excursion. Stop-off within limit allowed at Buf
falo returning. Illustrated Booklet and fall information
may be obtained from Ticket Agents.
J. R. WOOD, GEO. W. BOYD,
Passenger Traffic Manager. General Passenger Agent.
i" PERSONALS. "!
!
Mr. and Mrs. George Joties, of Bat
:avia, Ohio, and Prof, and Mrs P. D
1 Seldtuau, of Brooklyn, New York, are
visiting at tlie \V. H. Ammermau farm
i ia Uugil township. Mr. and Mrs. Jones
came to Danville from Batavia in their
Oorbin automobile, making the entire
trip without the slightes« accident.
Mrs. E. T. LinD; -ri | and daughters
Helen and M-_ r -j or j e j j et yesterday for
a sojouri; E a gi e g Mere.
I
I F. L. Amrnermau, professor of phy
sics in the Washington Irving high
school, New York Gity, is spending
i his vacation at the home of his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ammerman,
! Mill street.
Mrs. G. A. Rossman will return to
day from a trip to Philadelphia and
New York. 7"""
Miss Mary Smith, of Harrisburg. is
visiting friends in this city.
Miss Mary Brown of Philadelphia,
who iias been the guest of Mrs. D. 0.
Hnnt, returned yesterady after a visit
with friends in Berwick.
Miss Mary Tabor will return to New
York today after a visit of several
weeks with her grand parents, Mr. 1
and Mrs. Alex. J. Frick at the Mont- |
our house.
Miss Helen DeWitt, of Bloomsburg,
is visiting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. H. L. DeWitt,Riverside.
Horace Wortington will return to
New York today after a visit with hi
sister, Mrs. J. M. Watson, South Dan
ville.
Calvin Oberdorf, of Sonbnry, was a
business visitor in Danville yesterday.
Miss Ethel Cromley, Vine street, is
visiting friends in Plymouth.
Misses Atta and Mnrcella Deemer.of
j Catawissa,spent yesterday with friends
in South Danville.
Mrs. J. C. Mincemoyer, Mrs. 0. H.
Rishel, Mrs. Webster Fonst and Mrs.
Edward Edmondson visited friends in
! Sunbury yesterday
Miss Clara Abbett returned to her
; home in Riverside yesterday after a
| vißlt of several days with friends in
Catawissa.
Miss Grace Walker, of Northumher
; land,arrived yesterday for a visit with
Miss Lorene Phillips, Pine street.
Miss Cora Dreifuss, of New York
City, arrived yesterday for a visit at
1 the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Simon Dreifuss, Lower Mulberry street
Miss Rue Francis returned to Sha
mokin yestordav after a visit with
Miss Mary Walker, East Market street.
Mrs. William Harry returned to Ber
wick yesterday after a visit with Mrs.
David Evans. Pine street.
Alfred Bateman returned to Mt.
Carmel yesterday after a visit with
relatives in Danville and Washington
ville.
Miss Matilda Rea left yesterday for
a week's visit with Miss Henrietta
Lyon at Williamsport.
KILLED BT
PASSING 111
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Foulk, who
reside on Green street, on Tnesday at
tended the funeral of the latter's fa
ttier John Toye, of Duryea, who met
a shocking death at that place on Sat
urday last.
Mr. Toye who held a position as
superintendent in one of the depart
meuts of the mines at Duryoa was re
turning home about live o'clock in
company with his sou John who is al
so employed at the mines. Taking
their usual route by way of the Lehigh
Valley railroad,they had traversed al
most the entire four miles betweeu
the mines aud Mr. Toye's home, and
were already within sight of the house,
when Mr. Toye stepped ou one of the
tracks to converse with a friend. His
son walked on ahead and was almost
run down by a train that came shoot
ing arouud the cuive aud which had
been completely hidden by a watch
tower a short distance in. front. So
narrow was ills escape that the engine
. grazed his hand iu passing.
: Toyi> seeing the approaching
! train at the same moment in order to
I escape stepped between the two tracks.
| and too late noticed another train
I coming in the opposite direction.
! Standing upright Mr. Toye threw back
1 hie head to clear the train on the right
| track. He miscalculated the distance,
however, and the engine struck his
chin, breaking his neck. The other
train had passed by this time and the
body fortunately was not mangled.
The deceased is survived besides his
widow by three sons and four daugh
ters.
PROF. CAREY
RE-ELECTED
The following item.accompanied by
an excellent picture of the froiner
principal of the Danville high school,
appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer
yesterday morning:
Hanover, Pa., July 14. —Prof. Joseph
O Carey has just been re-elected sup
erintendent of the public schools of
Hanover for a term of three years. He
has been in charge of the Hanover
schools for four years. He presides ov
er thirty teachers, who have abont
twelve hundred pupils under instruc
tion.
Prof. Carey has brought the schools
up to a high standard, and since he
has been here the high school course
of study was extended from three to
four years and commercial and scien
tific courses added to the curriculum.
.
CAPPING THE WIGS.
Official Visit of London's Lord Mayor
to the Law Courts.
A curious survival of mediaeval cus
tom Is witnessed In Loudon on every
lord mayor's day. This is afi official
visit of the lord mayor to the lg>y
courts. In jjld times the JK>.£gfSigh
himself awaited at Westminster the
coming of the lord mayor in a chariot
of state with sword bearer, maee bold
er. chaplain and gorgeously liveried
coachmen and footmen. The forms
have lieen changed, aud the visit Is
now paid to the high court, but the
spirit of the net remains, for the lord
mayor opens his term in the Mansion
House with a ceremonial involving rec
ognition of the supreme authority of
the crown.
The Instrument used for expressing
this traditional Idea is an old fash
ioned cocked hat. When the lord may
or In his splendid robes of office en
ters the high court with his retinue In
costume he solemnly lifts his cocked
hat three times from bis head aud sa
lutes the lord chief Justice and the
j Justices.
] The Judges always wear robes and
wigs when In court. For lord mayor's
; day they have also a tint black cap,
which can be slipped over the top of
the wig. The lord chief Justice aud his
associates return the lord mayor's sa
lute gravely, but do not take off their
black caps. If they were to do this,
they would place the crown on a level
of equality with the municipality.
The lord mayor, with his retinue,
then visits the Judges in other courts
to invite them to the Guildhall ban
quet. When the rustling noise of the
procession Is heard each Judge fumbles
in a drawer, pulls out a little square
of black cloth and crowns his wig
with It. The lord mayor takes off bis
three cornered hat three times, and the
Justice ou tiie bench bows, but remains
covered.—New York Tribune.
Hazardous.
Life Insurance Agent (filling out ap
plicutioni—Your general health is good,
is it not?
Applicant—Never had a sick day In
my life.
Agent—Urn! You do not contemplate
entering upon any hazardous under
taking, I suppose?
Applicant—Well, yes, I am afraid 1
do. I am going to get married next
Wednesday.
Kennedy's
Laxative
Cough Syrup
RaHova* Cold* by working (Horn mtl
of th« system through a coptoua mi
healthy action of tho bow*la.
Re Have* oougha by atwtwg lM
mucoua mambranoa of tfeo tkromi, afcaat
and bronchial tub—,
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ForJSale by Paulas & 00.
MANY SUCCESS
FUL GARDENERS
One unacquainted with facts would
be surprised to find how many amateur
Hardeners there are in Danville. Here
and there all over town are garden
patches and their owners talk as learn
edly of their accomplishments in the
growing line as the biggest trucker in
the State, and some of them do pretty
well, too. It is now time to make
planting plans for the fall and win
ter. If you have a cellar with a dirt
floor, and have rhubarb plants which
have supplied you in the spring, there
is a plan by which tiiey can be made
to furnish a crop of tender shoots in
the winter, when the pies and sauce
are most welcome. Rapid growth is
essential to insure tendreness of the
rhubarb. The very best can be raised
in the winter, a warm cellar being the
only requisite for forcing it. The roots
of the plants should be dug up late iu
the fall with large quantities of dirt
adhering to thetn. These chunks of
earth containing the roots may be pil
ed up outdoors until mid-winter, when
they should be carried into the cellar
and placed iu a bed prepared in the ;
earthen floor. The chunks of earth !
should be laid clc.-e together in rich, I
moist earth and covered tc a depth of i
four to six inches. Growth soon com- !
mences. Light is not a requisite. In i
a short time the rhubarb will be ready I
lor the table The shoots will be al
most colorless andj remarkably tenner J
and palatable. A very small bed con
taining only half doyen well developed
hills will be sufficient to supply a
family for several weeks. Roots send
up a large number of shoots and ex
haust themselves in about four weeks.
For an additional supply roots should
be planted at intervals of two or three
weeks.
THE VALUE OF
A SAVINGS ACCOUNT
Many a man who has been out of
employment for the past trying months
congratulates himself gn having open
ed and built up a savings account dur
ing the days of plenty. Such an ac
count is all that has stood between
many an honest man's family and dire
want. But. how about the man who
lias no bank account, and has been out
of work? How is he living? How are
his wife and little ones faring. Many
a tragedy has enacted in the past year
because "father is out of work," and
has no money in the bank to fall back
upon.
The return of prosperity will be ac-1
companied by the great and wide-1
spread starting of savings accounts.
Why? Because thousands of persons !
have learnel the folly of being caught i
by adversity without- the protection j
offered by a substantial bank account. !
They have felt the pinch of poverty
and have seen their families want for
neeess'ties because in the past they
failed to provide for emergencies.
Germany's New Coin.
Germany will soon have a new coin
I of the value of a quarter mark, or 25
j pfennigs. In order to distinguish the
new piece readily from the twenty
| pfennig coin now in use the goveru
j incnt has asked for designs with a per-
I foration. Coins with a hole through
i the center are still iu circulation in
China and Japan, but their introduc
tion was objected to by some artists in
I Germany on the ground that the perfo
rated coin belonged ton "past age."
| In answer to this argument the Welt
I Spiegel publishes the pictures of perfo
j rated coins which were recently made
| in England for circulation iu an east
African English colony, and a huiuor
■ Ist in a Hamburg paper says: "Give us
j the coins with holes in them by all
j means. We can string them like beads
J and tie them up and hold them, a proe-
I oss which seems to be beyond aecom
! plishment in connection with the mod
j ern slippery coins and bills."
Buttermilk Lozenges and Long Life.
I General Weaver recently reeom-
I mended soft water for longevity, but
| the very latest fountain of youth is
filled with buttermilk. A Paris scien
tlst has discovered that buttermilk is a
panacea and life prolonger, and the
Pasteur institute is turning out butter
milk tablets by the hopperful. Good
citizens who have no recourse to cows
should fill their pockets with the loz
enges. nibble them now and then and
note the effects. They will do no harm,
and.on the other hand, science's com
mendable pursuit of the secrets of a
long life and a merry one deserves en
couragement.
Asheville's Historic Table.
Frank I!. Ilewit of Asheville. N. C..
recently presented to the Asheville
j library the table on which Commodore
i Vanderbilt signed the order for the
I first steel rails laid in America, an in
novation which established the pre
| 2minenee of the Vanderbilt railroad
j system and made possible the princely
j chateau of the ISiltmore estate and the
j upbuilding of Asheville as a resort.
A Persian Soldier's Conundrum.
To show that the Persian peasant i 9
not devoid of humor the author of
"Persian Life and Customs" tells the
following experience:
"A soldier was an attache of a royal
household, and, besides soldiering, he
had to write poems and tell conun
drums and improvise puzzles. One
day, after not having been paid for
either military or other duties, he said
to his master
"'l have a conundrum, your excel
lency.'
" 'What is it?'
" 'Tell me what it is which has a
name, but no existence."
"The master thought for some time
and then exclaimed: 'I give it up. Now
tell me the answer.'
" 'My salary,' the peasant groaned,
dropping on bis knees for daring to b«
so bold."
WAS (IB
our or 101
West Berwick tongues are wagging
forty ways a second. Their chief of
police lias fallen by the way side.
Chief of Police Weikel was ordered
not togo aroand and see a certain wo
man not named Weikel, during duty
hours He was supposed to be seen go
ing in at ten o'clock at night hy a
ueighbor woman, who promptly told
Mrs. Weikel, who arrived on the scene
with a big stick and many friends.
They stood guard all night and all
next day until 2:30 In the afternoon,
vihen a beer wagon drove up and pro
coeded to do some moving. Several 1
chairs were carried out aud then a
large cupboard, which took some
grunting on the part of the movers to
handle. The team drove off and was
followed by a justice of the peace and I
a large crowd of men and boys, to the
homo of one of Berwick's Italian j
ranches, where it was unloaded. Lat- !
er Weikel was found on duty and re
fused to say where he had been all the
time. Wipe ones say Weikel was taken
out of the forbidden house in the cup- '
board.
The woman in the case was a Mrs.
Potter and Monday she left West Ber- ■
wick just as a warrant was about to
be served on her. The West Berwick
women congregated at the station
befoie she left and drummed her out
of the town. "Chief Weikel resigned
from the force and lie also has left
the place. His wife and three child- i
ren are left destitute.
DANVILLE'S NEW
AMUSEMENT PLACE
Wonderland, Danville's new place
of amusement, for the accommodation
of which the store room ou the first
floor of the city hall has been trans- j
formed, is now completed, and will bo |
opened to the public tonight.
The Wonderland company has left ■
nothing'undone that would add to the j
beauty and attractiveness of the place.
The arcade in front contains ten penny
picture machines and the ticket wind
ow and opens at the rear into the spac
ions moving picture auditorium, which
seats 100 persons. The decorations are
strikingly beautiful in red, green and '
gold. A ventilating system had been
installed and the picture box is entiie- I
ly fire proof.
Dr. C. Raymond Herrington will j
sing the illustrated songs and Miss
Annie Miles will preside at the piano.
Other members of the staff of employes
are all persons who thoroughly under
stand their business.
LOST THE CASE.
A Simple Test to Which the Defendant
Objected.
An English solicitor was defending
a fruit broker in nn action brought in
| a Loudon court for the recovery of
1 sloft, the price paid for a consignment
! of figs which the plaintiff declared to
i lie unfit for human food. The defense
I alleged that, although moderately dls
i colored by salt water, as the plaintiff
i ltnew when he bought them, the figs
I were perfectly wholesome. The figs
! were in court.
The plaintiff-, n costei\ who Conducted
' his own frase, was skillfully cross ex
| a ruined. The trial was obviously going
| against him, utid once or twice he re
j torted so hotly that the judge threat
ened to commit him for contempt.
I At length the coster grew desperate
i and. turning to the opposing counsel,
! hoarse and perspiring, he said:
| "Look here, guv'nor, you say them
' figs are good to eat, and 1 say they
! ain't. That's all there is between us,
I aiu't it? Now. s'elp ine, if you'll eat
j two of them tigs and you ain't sick
' Immediately afterward I'll lose my
j ease."
! The judge at once saw the propriety
! of this suggestion and asked the law
| yer what he proposed to do.
"Your honor is trying this case, not
' I," was the reply.
j "No, no! The offer Is made to you,"
j said the judge.
| A hurried consultation took place,
j Counsel suggested that it was the so
licitor's duty to submit to the experi
ment. The solicitor refused. The bro
ker himself was then asked if he would
risk it.
"What will happen to iuc if I don't?"
! said he.
"You'll lose the case," replied both
| his legal advisers.
! "Then," said he hurriedly, "lose the
| case, lose the case!" And so he did.
One Exception.
"I am reduced from affluence to beg
j gary!" he faltered.
In as few words as possible she
j broke their engagement.
| "I wish to show." she observed
; haughtily, "that women, contrary to
general report, do not necessarily care
| for things just because they are re
| duced!"—Detroit Journal.
; One pound of learning requires ten
pounds of common sense to apply it-
Persian Proverb.
Shoemaker's Novel Building.
On a plot twenty-six Inches wide a
three story building, the narrowest for
its height in the world probably, Is
being constructed on Ceuter street In
Reno. Nev. It will not be used as a
convention hall. Neither Mr. Taft nor
Mr. Bryan could enter the door to ac
knowledge his nomination, although
Mr. Fairbanks might. It Is not intend
ed for a millinery shop for "Merry
Widow" huts, and it will not be a
saloon, as there is no room to stagger
in It. 11. C. Gordon, a shoemaker,
leased the ground from the bank and
built the slim structure. lie sleeps on
the top floor and cannot turn around
on his cot. Ills narrow bench is on the
second floor. Customers sidle Into his
store on the ground floor, and in hU
show window he displays o:>e at a time
a Chicago pair of shoos
WARD OFF FOR
HiS'iURiC GROUND
Dressed in khaki uniforms,and look--
ing every inch the soldier, the mem
bers of Company F left yesterday on
the 12 :10 Pennsylvania train for Get
tysburg to spend a week at the aunual
encampment.
ON HISTORIC GROUND.
The departure of the national guards
men enlists public interest anew in the
doings of our citizeu soldiery. This
year the encampment is given an addi
tional touch of interest from the fact
that it is being held on the historical ••
ly famous Gettysburg battlefield
where, forty years ago the fathers and
grandfathers of the youth who now
comprise the National Guard fought
the battles that saved the nation from
disruption. Not only ought the en
campment be the military practice
sought, but also ought the "camping
ou the old camp grounds," amid the
places made sacred by their asaocia
tlons, be a lesson in patriotism and
history. The Twelfth regiment, the
companies of which are from Wil
liamsport, Lock Haven, Milton, Dan
ville, Lewisburg,and Sunbury, is sure
to win for itself, both by condnct and
effectiveness in manoeuver, the com
uiendation of superiors.
WHAT FOOD WILL COST.
Twenty-four cents a day apiece will
feed nine thousand rneu of the divis
ion of the National Guard of Pennsyl
vania at he camp at Gdttysbrng for the
eight days tour of duty. At that rate
the State will pay out for food $17,-
280.
Of this amount of money that will
be spent within the next eight days of
the division encampment of the guard
Harrisbnrg received two contracts
and these went to Bernard Schmidt
for about 125,000 loaves of bread, and
Brelsford Packing Company,consignee
for Swift & Co., for hamq, bacon and
other cured meats. All of the contracts
for potatoes, beans, Hour, fresh meats
and canned goods were secured bv
Pittsburg bidders.
Party at Hausdale.
Mr. and Mrs. John Fry,of Mausdale,,
entertained a few friends in honor of
their daughter Jennie's 6th birthday
Monday evening. The evening was
spent with dancing. Music was fur
nished by the Delsite brothers. Re
freshments were served. Those pres
ent were : Mr. and Mrs. James Frazier,
South Danville; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Fausey, '.Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lewis,
Mrs. Clifton Kindt,Mr. and
Fry, Misses Efrzqbeth Philips, Emma
Fenstermacher, Aih,. £rigr,. Hannah
Fry, Rebecca Quigg, Alice Fenster
macher, Edna Lewis, Mary Pursel,
Eva Nephew, Maggie Phile, Emma
Phile, Margie Nephew, Kssie Lewis,
Jennie Everett,Florence Fausey,Clara
Cope, Jennie Fry, Emma Petersen,.
Messrs. Clark Rishel, George i)* 9r
Alfred Fry, Dennis Quigg,oliv er Cope
John Frnit, John Heller, Cope,
Roy Goss,Conrad Wiu^ tsteeJijEug eue
Fry, Hoy Lewis, W^j anj Kindt, Grov
er Wiutersteeu, Villi am Fry, Clifton
Kindt, Raymond F ry> Calvin Roup..
Roy \ eager, li»rry Fry, John Phile.,
Charles Fry, Ciiarles Fausey.
FARMERS OVERJOYED
BY THE RAIN
The rains of Monday and Tuesday
' caused joy unbounded among the farm
ers of this vicinity where each day of
the long continued drought was caus
ing losses of hundreds of dollars.
In a few places the potatoes have
suffered but generally the rain was
just in time to save the crop The
] corn can be seen to fairly spring from
I the freshly dampened ground. The
only crop that seems to have suffered
is the oats, which will be short this
j year.
In the northern end of the county it
is said that the hay crop this year is
the finest and biggest that has evei
been cut. The wheat too, is fine and
heavy. In most places the wheat has
been cot and a number of farmers are
threshing.
On Retired List.
D. J. Beaver Gearliart has been plac
ed on the retired list of the National
Guard of Pennsylvania with the rank
of captain by an order issued by Ad
jutant General Stewart.
A large area of corn and tobacco in
the vicinity of Dewart, Northumber
land county, was badly damaged by
hail on Monday.
R-I.P-A-N-S Tabule
Doctors find
A good prescription
For Mankind.
The 5-cent packet is enough for nsua
occasions. The family bottle (60 cents
contains a supply for a year. All drug
gists.
WINDSOR HOTEL
W. T. HRI'RAKEK. Manager.
Midway between Hroad St. Station
and Reading Terminal on Filbert St
| European, SI.OO per day and up
3 American. $2.50 per day and up
The only moderate priced hotel of
reputation and consequence In
PHILADELPHIA
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