iilontaur American.
VOL. 54—NO. 32
!i. IRVING H. JENNINGS,
DEXUST.
Offlee /lours
.1. .!/• '> 12 .!/■ 10 -i Mill
IP. M.to JP. .)/. Danville, Pa.
SHI'LTZ, M.
125 Mill St., Danville, Pa.
, liseases of the Stomach and Intestines
a Specialty
~ HEiIS CIDEHSED.
H. H. Rhoads, of New Berlinville,
Berks county, has raised a cucumber
t lirty-six aud one half inches long,
the longest ever raised in the county.
.Japan is making an attempt at loco
motive construction. As an experiment
five engines are being built at the
Hyogo Kailway works. One is com
pleted aud in use giviaa satisfaction.
Burma is making money out of pea
nut growing. The peanut acreage in
creased from 3,800 acres in 1908 to 80,- i
000 acres in 1907.
At the Bethlehem Steel works last j
werk the semi-monthly pay-roll was
£175,000, the largest since last fall.
A cement mill is being erected at
Molltown, Berks county, that has a
capacity of 2.000 barrels of cement a
day.
Kutztown,Berks conuty,has a build
ing boom, as upwards of twenty-five
new residences will be erected this
fall.
William Berkey, of Caernarvon i
township, Lancaster county, has thresh
ed four acres of oats which yielded 224 j
bushels,an average of fifty-six bushels
per acre.
The school board of Piue Grove, ;
Schuylkill county, is hopelessly dead- |
locked over the election of teachers, I
and steps have been taken to oust the
board aud nave the court appoint a
new board.
There are seventy-eight prisoners at
present in the Chester county jail and j
only three of them are women.
Reading planing mills are'now work
ing overtime as there are many orders
for wood workjequipments for houses i
and a general building?>oom is an
ticipated
A calithumpian band appeared at
the home of Samuel Wall, South Leb
auon township, Lebauon county, on
Saturday night,to serenade his daugh
ter and her husband who had just been
married. Wall directed them to leave
and when they failed to heed he shot ;
into the crowd aud struck Florence
Shelly, aged 8 years, on the knee as
she was standing outside the crowd.
Bight citizens of Washington, head
ed by Professor W. H Temple, of
Washington and .Teffersou college, who
are interested in local history will in
a few days goto Cumberland, Md„
and then return on foot over the old
Braddack road to the Monongahela
river for recreation and to gather
points of history relative to Genera!
Braddock's disastrous march made ;a
century and a half ago.
While Edua Shappell, of Pottsville,
aged 11 years, was running to tell her
father, ou Saturday, that her little j
brother had fallen and broken;hiß arm. j
she was run down by an express team.
The horse trampled her and the wheels
passed over her body, inflicting injur
ies. Ker condition is critical.
Moth millers and other insects
swarmed into the dancing pavilion nt
Leuape Park, near West Chester, ou
Friday night in such immense num
bers that they interfered with the
dancing program of the Brandywine
grange, Patrons of Husbandry. But
at some one's suggestion the lights
were put out, when the pests dispers
ed aud the dauce went on.
The assessors' returns for 1908 in
Lancaster couuty, show 50,198 tax
able residents. The assessed valuation
of the real estate i 5596,265,314. Money
at interest sabiect to taxation, f22, -
891,699. The cleared laud sums up
570,760 acres and the timber land 58,-
707 acres. There are 28,240 hcrses an i
mules valued at $1,661,360 aud 32,288
head of cattle valued at $768,872.
Of the twenty-threa deaths investi
gated by the coroner of Montgomery
county during July, six were caused
by drowning.
A saloon keeper aud three miners
of Miuersville, on Saturday nigiit tot
into a dispute with Simon Kurzung
over the number of years that a man
should work, and their dispute led to
blows in which Kurzung was Btruck
on the head with a base ball bat, a
mine drill and a bar hose with a brass
nozzle, causing concussion of the
brain, which will likely cause his
death. His assailants were arrested.
On Sunday evening, in Schenley
park, Pittsourg,Charles Byerly, while
riding a motor cycle, collided with
Joseph B. Brown and Lewis Johnston,
who were seated on a tandem motor
cycle. Brown sustained a fractured
skull and is not expected to recover.
Byerly had a leg and an arm broken
and Johnston had an arm broken and
sustained internal injuries.
AWARDED OHE
HUNDRED DOLLARS
! George Hill, the White Hall merch-
I ant, who lost a valuable horse as the
j result of rabies, will be reimbursed,
j the borough auditors awarding him
j one hundred dollars.
Mr. Hill's horpe.it will be recalled,
! was bitten by a rabid dog in this city
lonIon the fifth of September last, develop-
J ing hydrophobia on the fifth of May
J following, when it was shot.
Complying witli the provisions of
| the law Mr. Hill brought complaint to
i Justice of the Peace Oglesby of Dan
j ville, were the horse was bitten.
! Justice Oglesby in turn notified the
borough auditors of the claim and
! these on Friday night met audexatuin
-1 ed the witnesses.
Three psrsons testified. Mr. Hill,
i the owner, explained the circuuist
' ances under which the horse was bit
ten. The horse was a light bay, ten
j years of age; a very fast traveler; it
! was quiet and had not a blemish. Mr.
Hill refused an offer of $275 for the
horse a short time before it was bit
ten. For three months after being bit
ten the Inrse was quarantined. At the
J expiration of that time the animal re
vealing no symptoms of rabies was put
to work and was used when ueeded
i until the disease developed.
B. A. Stohler, bookkeeper at Wei-
I liver's hardware establishment, was
also a witness. He saw the dog bite
Mr. Hill's horse, which was hitched
just outside the window beside the |
warehouse. The dog jumped up and
snapped the horse at the nose lacerating
the flesh considerably. He recognized ;
the dog as one which ran amuck that j
day and was killed.
Dr. J. O. Read, the veterinarian,
who was called to attend the horse, ■
testified that the animal had rabies. |
After hearing the testimony Friday !
night, the auditors adjourned until i
Saturday night. They agreed tore- I
imburse Mr. Hill for the loss of his
| horse.
The report prepared in the case in j
effect states that the auditors of the !
borough of Danville have inquired in- j
to the alleged damage sustained by j
George Hill by reason of his horse
having been bitten by a dog suffering !
from rabies in the borough of Dan- [
ville. They find that a bay horse be
longing to said George Hill was bit
ten by a dog on the sth day of Septem
ber, 1907, at Church street in the third
ward of the borough of Danville,Mon
tour county, Pa. ;thatthedog was suf
fering from rabies; tiiat on the 2nd i
day of May, 1908, the horse contracted j
rabies and was killed from that cause; !
that the said George Hill lias suffered ;
damage to the exteut of one hundred !
dollars; that the owner of the rabid j
dog was Frank Wiegerman and that
said dog has been killed On Saturday
night the report bore ttie signature of
Arthur C. Atnesbury, but still remain
ed to be signed by John li. Jones and
Grant Gulick, the two other borough j
auditors.
To the report of the auditors the
justice will make a certificate that the j
appraisement was regularly and duly ;
made. The report, with ail ttie papers j
in the case, he will deliver to the j
claimant, to be presented to the county
commissioners, who will draw their '
order on the treasurer of the county
in favor of the claimant for the
amount of loss or damage sustained,
with proper costs, to be paid out of
the fund raised by taxes on dogs.
EIGHTY FAMILIES
LEAVE SUN BURY
In order to run the fast freight trains
on the Northern Central branch of the i
Pennsylvania railroad directly through 1
from Harrisburg to Renovoand return
over 80 men now residing in Suubury j
will remove to Harrisburg. Nine-tenths
of the men are married aud have fami- '
lies.
There is no alternative for the men, j
nsjt is absolutely necessary for them
to be at Harrisburg to start out on !
their runs.
In order to avoid any misunderstand- I
iug explanatory instructions have been
posted which state that the crews are
to be permanently located at Harris
burg aud the men will be expected to
1 moke that city their home.
BLOOM PLANT
TO SHUT DOWN
The people of Bloonisburg have re
ceived a hard blow by the announce
; ment that the American Car and Foun
i dry plant in that town will close in
| definitely on August 20th, suspending
j all employes.
I The entire lack of orders is responsi
-1 hie for the shutdown,but Superintend
j ent Johnson is authority for the state
ment that even should orders be re
] ceived now, the plant would close on
! August 20th.
1 This county is doing its share of
I feeding railroad trespassers.
DANVILLE- "PA., THURSDAY. AUGUST 6, 1908
UK 1011
JEM IE
The act of May 1, 1905. relating to
vital statistics was violated by an un
deraker of a neighboring town in a
very bold manner at the hospital for
the insane on last Friday. Ignoring
the provisions of the act it is alleged,
he deceived the authorities aud re
moved a dead body without the neoes
sary permit provided in such eases.
The act has caused a good deal of in
dignation in this county, where the
undertakers are very careful to comply
with the law of vital statistics.
An insane patient having died that
was to be interred in a neighboring
county the undertaker in question put
in his appearance at the hospital Fri
day. The usual certificate uecessaiy
in such cases and ou which the per
mit for removal is based was issued
at ttie office and delivered to the un
dertaker.
According to the act of May 1, 1905,
the body of a dead person may not be
removed from nor into any registra
tion district until a permit for remov
al shall be properly issued by the reg
istrar of the registration district in
which death occurs.
When the undertaker left the office of
the hospital it was thought he would
follow custom and call upon the local
registrar aud tile with him the certi
ficate and return of death. Great was
the surprise therefore, when it was
discovered that he had omitted this
necessary formality but had merely
driven around to the proper quarters,
loaded up the body and driven off.
It was not long before the local reg
istrar learned of what had occurred
and the way he got after that under
taker was a wonder to behold. If the
man thought his failure to comply
would not be detected he was woefully
deceived.
The local registrar broke the news
to him that for his neglect to procure
the removal permit ho was tp against
a fine, the maximum amount of which
is one hundred dollars. All this took
place Saturday and the man was given
only a short time to comply with the
act, by which it was understood he
would have to come to Danville and
secure the removal permit forthwith.
The undertaker agreed to comply.
A VERY LOW
DEATH RATE
July is considered one of the most
healthful months of the year. The
death rate runs low and the physiciaus
find plenty of leisure
The number of deaths in our district
for July was fifteen, which is the low
est number that has occuired daring
the year. Of the deaths reported four
occurred at the hospital for the in
sane.
As will be seen from tiie following
the district was not exempt from
dangerous and communicable diseases
during the mouth. Typhoid fevre we
have still with us. There were just
four cases of this disease. There were
also four eases of scarlet fever report
ed, one case of diphtheria and five of
whooping cough. There was one case
of pneumonia and one ease of malarial
fever.
No deaths resulted from the above
infectious diseases. In June there
were twenty-five deaths in ttie district
compared with which the number re
ported last month shows a big falling
off In June there were eight cases of
typhoid fever in the district: in May
there were eleven cases. Compared
with tiiese the showing as to typhoid
for July is also sufficiently encourag
ing.
The county inspector's report shows
that outside of this district and Wash
iugtouville borough three cases of ty
plioi"' fever and one case cf whooping
cough were reported.
GYPSY WAGONS
UP TO DATE
A band of gypsies equipped with
modern camp wagons passed through
town yesterday. The quaint procession
came up Northumberland street and
passed out North Mill street toward
Mausdale,where they went into eamp.
The -ame band was in camp at Sha
mokin dam last Sunday. The "gyps,"
if they are the real thing, at least in
so far as their genera! get-up is con
cerned,seem to have departed from the
traditions of their race.
There was nothing especially pictu
resque or repulsive in the nomads, al
though they were of the swarthy type
that is associated with a gypsy camp.
, Neither were the horses of the old and
broken down class that generally forms
the gypsies' stock in trade. There
were seven wagons in all.
Thieves stole faO worth of fruit be
longing to Peter Punio from a refrig
erator car at New Castle. They oool
ly unloaded the fruit as if they owned
it, without attracting any attention.
TWO OU
PLACED 111 J1
Susan Sarvey and Annie Ashton,
two girls of tender years, whose con
duct was of the most reprehensible
sort were arrested Monday afternoon
aud placed in jail.
The charge hrought was disorderly
conduct, although their arrest implies
much more and was resorted to as a
measuie that might result in reclaim
ing the girls, who were pursuing a
course that was full of peril. The con
duct of the girls has caused much com
plaint and has become quite a scan
dal.
The arrests were made at the inst
ance of the chief of police. Informa
tion was lodged against the Sarvey
girl before Justice-of-the-Peace Daltou
just before noou. She was arrested by
Officer Voris and brought before the
justice, where she acknowledged her
guilt. She is not seventeen years of
age, yet, according to the testimony
adduced, it was no unusual thing for
her to be out 011 the street until after
one o'clock a. m. The arrest was made
under the act of June 25, 1895, aud in
accordance with its povisions the girl
was committed to jail for thirty days.
During Monday afternoon [a war
rant sworn out by Chief-of-Police
Mincemoyer was served ou Annie Ash
ton,a chum of Susan Sarvis, the arrest
being made by Constable Young. The
sauib charge, disorderly conduct, was
brought against her.
Aunie Ashton,arrested for disorder
ly conduct, was arraigned before Jus
tice',of the Peace Oglesby Tuesday mor
ning. The hearing took place at the
jail, to which place the Justice temp
orarily removed bis office. The de
fendant pleaded guilty to the charge
aud was sentenced to ten days' im
prisonment in the county jail. The
girl is in her twentieth year.
The chief-ofpolice is heartily com
mended for the arrests he lias made
and his efforts in general to prevent a
recurrence of the disgraceful proceed
ings of Sunday night.
WILL BE DEDICATED
IN OCTOBER
Our readers will be gratified to learn
that notwithstanding the appareut
hitch relating to the money contribut
ed by the couuty the soldiers' monu
ment is an assured fact and that it
will be erected and dedicated before
winter.
Tuesday it was learned from Hon.
James Foster, president of the sol
diers' monument committee, that the
contract, which was awarded to the
Van Amringe grauite company, of
Boston, is being pushed rapidly to com
pletion. Indeed Mr. Foster is author
ity for tiie statement that the monu
ment will be ready for dedication in
October.
Mr. Foster explains that the sol
diers' monument committee, though
disappointed in the amount awarded
by two successive grand juries to aid
in tiie erection of tiie memorial, has
never been discouraged and has never
relaxed its efforts to obtain a suffici
ent amount to erect the beautiful de
sign selected by the unanimous voice
of the committee almcst a year ago.
Kind sympathizing friends, Mr.
Foster states, have come to the aid of
the committee. The encouragement
given lias been of a substantial sort so
much needed by the committee to
stimulate it in its efforts to complete
the work.
In view of the above facts tiie com
mittee earnestly requests that all per
sons who have subscribed to the fund
will remit to the treasurer, W. L. Mc-
Clure, at once. It is also hoped that
all who nave not yet subscribed will
do so when waited upon by the com
mittee
ELECTION OF
Y. M. C. A. DIRECTORS
The annual election of directors for
the Y. M. C. A. will take place next
Tuesday evening at the association
building between the hours of 7 and 9
p. m.
By an a mendment to the constitu
tion recently passed members will
hereafter serve for a period of three
years instead of one year, so that it
will be necessary to elect a part for
one year, part for two years and part
for three years.
The committee has putin nomina
tion the following : For three years—
H. B. Schultz, John Swarts, W. L. Mc-
Clure, J. W. Lore, Walter Lovett.
David Reese; for two years—Will G.
Brown, W. E. Gosh, Joseph Divel,
David Roderick, Jesse Shannon, Calvin
Ritter ; for one year— Dr. J. E. Rob
bins, Dr. Harry M. Sober, B. W. Mus
seiman, Howard Reppert, Watkin
Evans, George A. Fry.
Samuel H. Bell, a druggist of Read
ing, has a trained pony, Gypsy Queen,
that adds, subtracts, multiplies, di
vides and tells colors.
iini
INJKIED
Jerry Miller aud Harry Washburn,
two young men of Bloomsburg, were
arraigned before Justice Dalton Mon
day eve to answer the charge of dis
orderly conduct in connection with the
offense of Susan Sarvis and Annie
Ashton, the two girls whose arrest is
described in another column. Informa
tion against the two men was lodged
by Cliief of Police Mincemoyer. The
warrant was served by Officer Voris,
who went to Bloomsburg soon after
noon and returned on the 6 :20 car with
the two accused men.
Upon being arraigned the two de
fendants pleaded notgnilty. Tho giils,
Annie Ashton and Susan Sarvis, were
brought down from jail to testify.
Each of the girls implicated the two
men, Miller and Washburn, explaining
that they were a party to the scene of
disorder in the alley near the D. L. &
W. station, late Sunday night, which
aroused the neighbors and led to the
calling of the police According to tie
self-incriminating story told by the
girls the proceedings, in which it was
alleged all present participated, were
degrading and scandalous in the ex
treme.
Susan Sarvis, although she insists
she is over 16 years of age, is a mere
child in appearance. Annie Ashton
gave her age as twenty.
After hearing the testimony Justice
Dalton informed the men that he
would adjudge them guilty. Fine and
costs, he explained in the case of each,
amounted to |8.50. In default of pay
ing this sum they would have togo
to the lock up for five days.
At the request of Harry Washburn
Officer Vorls called up the father of
the former,who agreed to help his son
out of the difficulty. An arrangement
was made whereby the officer was to ]
escort the defendant to Bloomsburg ;
and there receive the amount of fine
and costs, after which Washburn was
to be released. The officer with the
defendant left on the 8 o'clock car.
Jerry Miller, less fortunate, had no
one to assist him and lie went to the
lock-up for five days.
IYIAHONING TWP.
ELECTS TEACHERS
The school board of Mahoning town
ship held a regular meeting Monday
night, at which the public school
teachers for the ensuing year were
elected. In Mahoning township there
are six schools. Teachers were elect
ed as follows:
Mechanicsville, first school, Guv
Mowrey; second school, Miss Gertrude
Mapstone; Gravel bank, Miss Marga
ret Madden; Sidler hill, Orville Ott;
Bald Top, Samuel Krum ; Toby Run,
Edwin Foust.
There seems to be no scarcity of ap
plicants for positions as teachers this
year. There were nineteen applicants
in Mahoning township. Last year,
when business was brisk and there
were numerous openings for young
persons of education, there was some
tiling akin to a scarcity of school
teachers. This year when the effects
of the panic still linger the conditions
seem reversed and to quote a well
known school director, "teachers are
as plentiful as forest leaves."
TO HAVE A
METHODIST DAY
It has been decided by representa
tives of the Methodist congregations
here to have a denominational outing
in the form of a Methodist Dav at De-
Witt's park on Wednesday, August
•Jfith
The arrangements were made at a
joint meeting of representatives of St.
Paul's, Trinity and St Peter's churches
held at Sr. Paul's church on Tuesday
evening. All Methodists in this and
adjoining counties are invited to join
in the event.
At the meeting Tuesday evening,
Rev. William Brill was elected chair
man and O. It. Shilling, secretary A
committee composed of Rev. L. Dow
Ott, O. R. Shilling aud W. K. Clark
was chosen to provide a program for
the day. Places on the program will
be given to addresses morning aud af
ternoon by prominent speakers. There
will also be singing by the several
choirs underlie leadership of Irviu
Vannan.
This is probably the first observ
ance of a denominational day in this
section, but gatherings of this kind
have become quite popular in other
sections of the state. There are over
1500 members and adherents in the
three the movement,
and these together with the large num
ber belonging to the other nearby
churches in this and Northumberland
! counties,there should be a large crowd
present to enjoy the day.
||Kat:e Bovinß, of Mahanoy City,
while playing on Monday, fell from a
second story window at her home and
sustained injuries that may cause her
death.
Mir MS JOINS
RECUR SRI
Harry B. Lyon, East Danville, ou
Monday enlisted at the Williamsport '
recruiting station in ttie United States
Army, and left Tuesday afternoon j
for Fort Slocum, New York, where he '
will remain for some time before lie
is assigned to a command. He will
servo in the coast artillery. Mr. Lyon
had been a member of Company F, N.
G. P., since last April.
A correspondence between the United
States recruiting officer at Williams
port and Captain F. M. Herrington.of
Company F, 18th regiment, N Q. P.,
relative to Lyon's enlistment confirms
the view generally held outside of
army circles that the National guard
is regarded as a part of the regular ;
army.
This fact \va3 mad* very plain when
Lyon presented himself before the U.
S. recruiting officer at Williamsport.
The latter learning that Lyon was a
member of the guard refused to accept
him into the regular army until he
secured an honorable discharge from
the National guard, which is regarded
as only another branch of the service.
In a communication to Captain Her
rington relating to the matter the re
cruiting officer made it plain that a
member of the National guard in en
tering the regular army can only com
plete therein the enlistment began in
the National guard.
It thus becomes impossible for mem
bers of the guard to steal off and en
list in the regular army. When, as in
the caso of Lyons, the guardsman who
enters the regular army is a minor,the
situation becomes still further com
plicated,as the captain of his company
can grant him an honorable discharge
only on condition that his parents are
willing that he shall join the regular
army.
The parents of Lyons granted their
consent and accordingly the young
guardsman was honorably discharged
by Captain Herrington. who command
ed the company in which the youug
man enlisted.
KNITTING MACHINES
BEING INSTALLED
The machinery is being very rapid
ly installed in the "flat" school house
by the Montour Knitting Mills com
pany and by the week after next the
plant will be ready for operation.
By last evening the line shafting was
all installed and today the knitting
machines will be set up. The engine
and boiler will arrive today. The
dynamo, with whioh it is proposed to
manufacture electricity needed for
lighting purposes is already 0:1 the
grouud.
The boiler and smoke stack used in
connection with the shoe factory, still
iu good condition, has been sold and
will be removed in a day or so.
Before the new power plant is in
stalled the wing of the building in
which the present boiler is situated
will be extended further southward.
The new boiler will be located in the
contemplated annex while the engine
will occupy the spot where the present
boiler stands. The floor space in the
second story of the wing gained by
this arrangement will be used for toil
et rooms.
The knitting machines,some fifty in
number, are installed in the second
story. The first floor of the building
will be devoted to "finishing," a pro
cess which implies the mending,press
ing, pairing and packiug of the hose.
The building as repaired and re
modelled is found to be admirably ad
apted to the manufacture of hosiery.
The second floor, wihch is one large
apartment, has windows only a few
feet apart on each side, admitting an
abundance of light and beeping the
room cool and well ventilated in sum
mer. No more cheerful and comfort
able building can be found in Dan
ville. Some fifty hands will bo em
ployed
FINAL DISCHARGE
OF CAR JUMPERS
Andrew Kodack and Michael Min
arack, the two youug men from Mali
anoy City, given ten days for illegal
car riding, were released from the
couuty jail yesterday morning, their
term of imprisonment having expired.
The third man arrested with them was
released earlier in the week.
The men released acknowledged that
they had a very strenuous time of it,
between July 24th, when tliev attempt
ed to obtain a free ride on the P. & R
Railway and yesterday when they
were finally released. The ten days
in prison were quite monotonous com
pared with the excitement incidental
to the two arrests along with the nov
elty of being turned out of prison be
fore the time expired.
Sheriff Williams explained yester
day that he still has nine prisoners in
the bastile including the two girls
that were sentenced this week.
ESTABLISHED IN 18-55
BINS BURRED
Bt Mill
The severe electrical shower that
passed over this section yesteiday
morning was the most destructive of
the summer. No particular damage
was done iu town, but the electrical
flashes played along the trolley wires
aud the heavy clapa of thunder seem
ed to shake the buildings on their
foundation?.
Iu the country a number of barns
were struck and two iu this vicinity
were burned to the ground.
BARN BURNEDIN DERRY.
About twelve o'clock lightning
struck the barn of William McQuay,
near Blee's school Louse in Derry town
ship. The family were all asleep but
were awakened by the loud report and
looking from the window saw the barn
on fire.
Mr. McQuay, with the help of neigh
bors rescued all his stock except the
chickens. All the farm machinery was
saved except a farm wagon. The crop
of oats had just been brought into the
barn, the wagon that was destroyed
containing the last load. The hay and
straw was also burned. The wheat aud
rye was in a separate building and was
not burned.
The other buildings and the house
were saved by a bucket brigade. Mr.
McQuay estimates his loss at about
SI2OO. He carried S4OO insurance on
the barn. The contents were partly
covered.
DANIEL HUGHES' BARN.
Th 3 barn of Daniel Hughes in Mad
ison township, Columbia county,about
two miles from White Hall, was also
struck and completely destroyed with
nearly all of its contents.
The barn was a fine new structure
with corn crib nearby. Mr. Hugheß
succeeded in saving only his cows. He
lost three horses, all his machinery,
his entire crops of hay and wheat and
a quantity of rye. He carried do in
surance.
STRUCK NEAR GROVANIA.
The barn on the farm of A. Z.
Schoch, of Bloomsburg, situated a
quarter of a mile this side of Qrov
auia, aud occupied by William Krum,
was struck but uot 6et on fire. Sever
al boards torn loose was the extent of
the damage.
OLD TREE SHATTERED
The great chestnut tree on the Toby
Ruu road about half a mile from the
farm of J. P. Weaver,a veritable giant
and a patriarch among trees, was
struck by lightning Tuesday night and
shattered to fragments.
The tree was regarded as very old.
The octogerariaus of this section can
not recall a time when the big tree
was not a landmark It was regarded
as at least a hundred years old.
Although it bore chestnuts the fruit
was inaccessible, until blown down
by the wind, owing to the immense
sizfl of the tree, which iu addition to
its height was of enormous girth.
Shortly before midnight Tuesday a
flash of lightning occurred that eclips
ed all others iu intensity. The peal of
thunder that instantly followed indi
cated that the electric fluid had struck
somewhere iu the vicinity of Toby Run
hollow.
Mr. Weaver yesterday morning was
one of the first to pass along the road
by the side of which the chestnut
grew To his amazement the big tree
was missing. It was shattered to frag
ments, which were scattered over the
laud. The lower part of the ponder
ous trunk remained, but the way even
this part was rent and splintered in
dicated how heavy had been the bolt
of lightning that leveled the tree to
the grouud.
SEVEN BARNSSURNED
The storms were particularly severe
iu the West Branch valley. Including
: the damage done iu that section there
wero iu all nine barns struck, seven
being totally destroyed by fire. Three
bams in Sugar Valley were struck
within a few minutes of one another
aud all were burned to the ground.
They belonged to John Rishell, Jacob
Royer and Frank Barner. The barns
are about a mile and a half distant,
each from the other. In every instance
all of this season's crops were burned.
The barn of George Fisher, near
Williamsport, was struck and with all
the contents was destroyed. The build
ing was a new one and a fine structure.
The loss in this case will be #25,000.
The barn on the farm of Cyrus Miller,
near Elimsport, was also burned. All
the crops and farming implements and
one calf were lost. The wagon shed
with its contents was also burned.
Taken to Bloom Hospital.
Miss Eleanor Wyant,daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Wyani, Front street,
was yesterday admitted to the Joseph
I Ratti hospital at Bloomsburg.
Tho Civic club, of West Grove,
j Chester county, has awarded the first
i prize to Fred Brown, for having the
I finest kept lawn in the town.