Ci,-- VOL. 54—NO. 35 DR. IRVING H. JENNINGS, Office Ilourn A. .'/■ to 11 .)/. 104 Mill *'£•. ; .1/.to iP. M. Danville. Pa. SHILT'i, M. 425 MILL ST., DANVILLE, PA. Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines a Specialty ITEMS SB Reading will have 11,674 school chil dren when the schools open during the | first week in September. J. H. Smith, of Mead township, : Crawford county, raised 322 bushels ; of wheat from a four acre tract of ! laud this year. His oats crop averaged j fifty-seven bushels to the acre. Moses Frelich, a Jewish newsdealer of Philadelphia, who has for years had a hard struggle to keep the wolf from the door, has just received intellig ence of the death of his grandfather in Russia, and that he is the sole leg- j atee of an estate worth SIBO,OOO in | American money. There were sixty-five new cases of typhoid fever reported to the health bureau in Philadelphia last week. I William Gebhard, of Pottstown, I found a pocketbook containing $l4O and the owner gave hiin ten cents for returning it. Some farmers in Lancaster county j are growing alfalfa aud the third crop ! for this season is being cut now, which is much better than the second crop was. Henry Faucett, of Dillworthtown, Chester couuty, who has been a bee raiser for thirty years, has now about 100 hives of bees and this season they produced nearly four tons of honey. A quautity of dynamite was explod ed one night recently on the mill pond j of Elmer D. Campbell, near Milford Square, Bucks county, and hundreds ' of fish were killed. Fish wardens are , investigating. Stewart Snyder died in the North- j ainpton county prison on Saturday, of I typhoid fever, of which there are now | twelve cases in the prison. Early on Saturday morning Mrs. j John M. Schwem, of Philadelphia, j aged 64] years, while returning to her j room after a chat with her invalid ! husband, fell down a flight of stairs I and was instantly killed. Max Beinstock, a Philadelphia boy i 17 years old. passed through Pittsburg ! Friday, on foot to Nevada, he said, j his story being that if he reaches > Nevada, whole distance,he will be given a 300 acre farm. At the risk ofjhis ownjlife.BeDjiimiu Vondersmith, chieffof the Lanoister fire department, early on Saturday morning saved two children from be ing burned to death in a fire which ; badly damaged the residence of Lester ; W. Sims. Friend Kitliuger, of Trunkeyville, j Forest county, was arrestesd at Tion- | estft, on Saturday, charged with at- j tempting to kill his wife during a | family quarrel. It is Btated Kitliuger j shot his wife twice with a Bhotguu, j the contents entering her face, breast | and back. Two chiefs of police in Apollo, : Armstrong county, have resigned in | as many weeks on account of 'too much knocking," aud,an outside man is to be tried now, as the council has secured J. 11. Brady, assistant police for two years in Dußois. While Councilman Henry Staksel.of Pennsburg, Montgomery county, was j fishing on Friday a big bass dragged his fishing rod into the water. Staksel jumped into the stream after it, but got beyond his depth and was in dang er of drowning, when Irviu Day came to his aid, pulling him out and secur ing the rod, but the fish escaped. Fire resulting from an explosion aft er Charles Jones started a wood fire in an office stove on Saturday, destroyed the big machine shop, toy room, boil er house,office aud several other small er buildings of the Novelty works at Bethlehem. Several thousand dollars worth of Christmas toys were burned. The grape crop in the grape belt about Erie will be exceptionally large and of much better quality this year than usual. Royersford and Spring City, along the Schuylkill river, have typhoid fev er in an epidemic form, the former havinis sixty-eight ceases and the lat ter over one hundred. The county commissioners of Sohuyl kill county are arianging plans to wipe out the entire debt of Jthe county amounting to $200,000, within the next five years. In an encounter with two burglars in the house of Frank McCullough, of Beaver, early on Sunday morning, Herman McCullough, an 18-year-old son, was shot in the right thigh and the bone was fractured to the knee. The burglars escaped, taking with tbem Bome silverware aud glassware. PETER J. REEFER BKEEEIED An important feature of the pro ceedings at council Friday was the election of superintendent and em ployes at the water works. All the old | men were elected. | The secretary announced that Friday ! night was the date set apart by the | ordinance for the election of a super intendent and of engineers aud fire men of the water works. Mr. Deutsch nominated P. J. Keef er as superintendent of the water works for the ensuing year. There were no other nominations Mr. Keefer was elected with the following vote : Yeas—Deutsch, Marshall, Everhart, Finuigau, Cleaver, Angle, Schatz and ! Connolley. Nays— Russell,Moyer,Jones, Pursel. Following Mr. Keefer's election Ed- ! ward F. Bell and Jacob Byerly, as j engineers, and Edward Wertman and j George Hullihen, as firemen, at the j water works, were reelected without j any opposition. FIRE ESCAPE NOT ERECTED. The secretary notified council that the fire escape on city hall, the con tract for which was awarded to Mer ritt & Co., of Philadelphia, had not yet been erected, although the time limit allowed the borough by the State factory inspector, expires on August 37. Merritt & Company wrote the sec retary suggesting the advisability of making the landing of the fire escape narrower and otherwise changing the plans of the same. The secretary ex plained that the changes recommend- j ed would have the effect of reducing j the cost. He wrote Merritt & Co a j week ago, he said, advising them that the borough would insist upon the j plans and specifications as adopted by j council being carried out to the letter, i Since writing he had not heard from j Merritt & Co. He was in some doubt j as to the exact status of the fire es cape. SAYS MAHONING TWP. IS NOT RESPONSIBLE. The following communication ad dressed to the borough solicitor relat- j ing to the disputed water course be- I tween the borough aud Mahoning i township was read by the secretary : ; "Dear Sir: Your letter with refer- j ence to the gutter or water way along ! the borough lino adjoining Mahoning i township along Magill's farm received ; and contents noted. "We beg to advise yon that this gut- j ter or ditch is wholly within the bor ough limits. "From the information we have re ceived the borough must take care of this ditch and the water that is gath- j ered into it from the general slope of ' the land. "From a view of the ground it will be seen that the water would all flow i down the different streets away from the township line through theborongh of Danville. The township will not assume any liability in clearing out ; the ditch or maintaining the same and advises you that you had better attend j to it and aave the borough costs and ] damages. Yours truly James Morrison, William Wertman, Henry Wireman, Supervisors." | On motion of Mr. Pursel the com munication was referred to the com mittee on law, it to confer with the borough solicitor aud to report at the next meeting. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS. On motion it was ordered that a new tire plug be installed at the cor ner of Bloom aud Ferry streets. On motion of Mr. Pursel it was'ord- j erod that Superintendent Hecht of the 1 Reading Iron Company be informed of the unsafe condition of a disused well on Welsh hill to the end that he may fill it up or otherwise render it i safe. On motion it was ordered that the street commissioner be instructed to i rake the stones out of the gutters on Upper Mulberry and Hemlock streets, hauling the same away. On motion it was ordered that neces j sary repairs be made on Little Ash | street. On motion of Mr. Pursel it was ord ! ered that an additional fire plug be ; installed in the vicinity of Cross street 1 and Nicholas avenue. Mr. Russell reported that the stable of Mrs. Rebecca Clark, East Market street,'had been leased for the purpose of housing the street sweeper at a rental of two dollars monthly. On motion the action of the committee was approved. The illness of all eight members of the Harden family in York township, York county, is attributed to the un sanitary conditions about the home, as Health Officer Horsier, of Dallas town,found ohickens, ducks, and pigs making themselves at home in the kitchen and conditions were very filthy about the premises. DANVILLE- }PA., THURSDAY. AUGUST 27,1908 DOC W KILLED HEAD SENT AM Clyde Ritter, a youug man residing in East Danville, was bitteu by a (log while riding his bicycle on Railroad street Monday morning. The dog was killed and the head was sent away for a microsoopio examination. Siuce the outbreak of rabies every dog in the borough of Danville and ! the townships of Mahoning and Coop er is regarded with some suspicion, and, when a person is nufortnnate enough to be bitten, remembering the fate of Joseph Gerst, he is apt to bo- j come panio stricken. Nor is his excitement to be wonder- I ed at. It was to protect the inhabit ants of the three above named districts j in this emergency that the live stock | sanitary board declared the quarantine \ against dogs. If any of the districts failed to enforce the rules and regula tions so much the worse for them, in case any one happened to be bitten. Mahoning township has been unable to secure the services of a dog catch er. Consequently the quarantine against dogs has not been enforced audit is only in those cases where owners chose to observe the rules vol untarily that the dogs were muzzled. Nothing happened, however, until yesterday morning. Clyde Ritter, a young man residing in East Danville, was riding liis bicycle along Railroad street just outside the borough, in Mahoning township, when he was bit ten by a dog belonging to a person liv ing nearby in the township. Mr. Ritter, who was bitten on the leg, made his way to the office of Dr. Paules, who cauterized the wound, which was not a deep one, although the flesh was lacerated sufficiently to cause bleeding. The man bitteu next laid the matter before the school board, which in the township is obliged to as- ' sume the function of the board of health and is responsible for the en- ! forcement of the quarantine. Recognizing its duty in the premises the school board waited upon the own- ! er of the dog, who readily agreed to j shoot the animal. After the dog was despatched the school board took j charge of the head and sent it to the J State Live stock sanitary board for an ! examination. In shooting the dog care I was taken not to mutilate the head so that a microscopic examination can be made with a minimum of delay. There is one person who awaits the examiner's repoit with feverish anx iety, and that is the young man who ; was bitten; for while he feels con-! strained to doubt that the dog had rabies, yet he will not be real sure of his safety until the final test is made aud reported on. Meanwhile, Mon day, the school board renewed its ef- j forts to secure the services of a person to shoot unmuzzled dogs. CHANGE IN POSTAL RATE The Postmaster General has sent out the following order relating to a change in the postal rate applicable to letters mailed in this country address ed to any office in Great Britain and j Ireland: "It is hereby ordered that, com mencing on the first day of October, 1908, the postage rate applicable to letters mailed in the Uuited States, addressed for delivery to any place in the United Kingdom of Great Britain ! aud Ireland, shall be two cents an ounce or the fraction of an ounce. Letters unpaid or short paid shall be dispatched to destination, but double the deficient postage, calculated at said rate, shall be collected of the ad dressees upon the delivery of the un paid or short paid letters". This order affects only letters. The rate on newspapers will remain the same as before. Surprise Party. A surprise party was held at the home of Frank Hendricks in honor of Mrs. Frank Marr. A fine supper was served. Those present were : Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Thompson, Mr. aud Mrs. How ard Hilkert, Mr, and Mrs. Anthony Wietzel, Mr. aud Mrs. Alfred Bogart, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marr,Mrs. Frank Hendricks, Mrs. Elias Williams, Mrs. Jesse Conway,Misses Wilda Panuebak er, lona Hendricks, Winnie Beyer, Miss Welsh, Florence Fausey, Mary Wietzel, Maud Hendricks, Jennie Fry, ! Emma Phile,Clara Cope, Sarah Fenst» ermacher, Tressa Weitzel, Maggie j Phile, Marion Marr.Lillie Hendricks, j Florence Hilkert, Gertrude Hend | ricks, Lillian Thompson, Edith Thomp son, Agues Wietzel, Margaret Thomp 'son. Messrs. Garner Artley, Myron Beyer, Ralph Cromis, Eugene Diehl, Ralph Baylor, Clyde Diehl, Joseph Weitzel, Charles Weitzel, Harry Blee, Lincoln Fenatermacher, John Fruit, Freeman Robbing, Raymond Yeager, Reece Hendricks, Elias Williams, Stanley Hilkert, Harry Marr, Selwyn Williams, Robert Dlebl, Willie Phile and David Williams. HI INSTALL IE Ml A full membership of the school board was present Monday eight as follows: Pursel, Orth,Barber, Swarts, Burns, Redding, Fish, Lloyd, Fisch er. Seehler, Heiss and Cole. Although uo especial iud ifference as to attend ance is at anytime shown by the board, yet it so very rarely occurs that all the members are present that the meeting Monday night is worthy of , mention in this respect. Mr. Fisoher of the committee on , buiiding and repairs reported progress. ! Repairs are nearly all completed and the buildings will be in good shape by : the time school opens. On motion of Mr. Burns a vote of thanks was extended to W. A. Seehler for valuable assistance rendered in filling up the grounds of the second ward school building. On motion of Dr. Barber it was ■ ordered that the high school alumni j of Danville be granted the use of the ! high school room for the purpose of 1 reorganizing and making arrangements for holding an alumni picnic next I week. On motion of Mr. Burns it was ord- j ered that a bill of supplies needed in ! the high school laboratory be purchas- | ed, the supply committee to procure prices of wholesale houses,and to pur- ! chase of the lowest dealer. On motion of Mr, Fischer it was ordered that a barrel of cottowaxo, a j sweeping compound, be ordered for ! each of the several school buildings of j the borough. Cleaver Wagner appeared before the i school board in the interest of a tire alarm system whioh he wished to in- j troduce into the school buildings. The j cost complete would be $l2O. This brought up the matter of Are alarm system which occupied so much time the previous meeting. Some of the members thought Mr. Wagner's ! system possessed points that made it ' preferable. Others took the view that to award the contract to Mr. Wallize under the circumstances would ex clude the element of competition. , Mr. Wallize was present and took ! the floor to explain the merits of his system. He agreed to keep the system in repair free for one year. It was up to the school board to decide which of the two tire alarm systems it would accept or whether or not it would de cide to install either system at pres ent. Dr. Barber moved that the school board endorse the action of the com mittee in awarding the contract to .T. W. Wallize. Mr. Burns seconded the ■notion. A protracted discussion ensued. Mr. Wallize, when he had the floor explain ed that he would guarantee the lire alarm to work perfectly and that, if it failed to do so, he would take the system out of the buildings free of charge. Neither would he ask for a cent of money until the system was installed and found to be a success. His terms seemed very fair to some of the members while others opposed awarding the contract to Mr. Wallize. A vote was linally taken, when the motion carried, after which the con tract was declared awarded to Mr. Wallize at <ll2. The following bills were approved for payment: Boyer Bros. $ 13.20 Ezra Haas 50 Fraucis Bell 12.75 Wilson Ryan 19.52 Ellis H. Rank 17.00 Mrs. Fraucis Lynn. .. 26.00 Mrs. Rebecca Lovett 23.50 Mrs. Anna Anderson 5.00 Friendship Fire Co.. 6.75 W. W. Mottern 13.50 D. K. Pensyl .. ... 12.00 Thompson Brown Co 10.40 American Book Co 224.80 A. Flanagan & Co 73 H. G. Phillips 152.70 Montour Demoorat 6.50 Roberts &Meck 195.16 Giun & Co 11.04 Charles Scribner 19.20 Charles E. Merrill 23.76 C. H. Schmid 167.8S | Emery Shultz 18.15 Bills Paid by Council. The following bills were approved ; for payment: BOROUGH DEPARTMENT, j Regular employes, $127.50 D. L. &W. R. R. Co ... 10.76 j W. H. Ammermau & Co 32.30 | Labor in Light Dep't 18.00 J. P. Bare, Com 46.15 I Labor and Hauling 120.01 Friendship Fire Oo 36.00 WATER DEP T. Regular employes, $173.90 P. H. Foust 52.25 Friendship Fire Co 12.88 Atlantic Ref. Oo 1.20 Tiie Bristol Company 3.75 Danville Fd'y & Machine Co 9.92 John Floyd, of Northumberland, aged 17 years, is oharged with having looted a jewelry store three times and warrants are out for his arrest. HI or mill Hon. James Foster, president of the soldiers' monument committee, is authority for the statement that the handsome memorial will be finished not later than December Ist and that the unveiling of the same which will be a most distinguished and imposing ceremony,will take place immediately thereafter. TheJVan A mringej. Granite company is at present working on the bronze panels which contain the in scriptions. The brouze panels will be placed ou the base of the pedestals, which support the symbolic figures. The figures themselves are rapidly approaching completion. Of these there are four. One—a female figure —is typical of the "mother country", and is especially appropriate and im pressive. The euemy of our country is sym bolized in the figure by a lighted torch held aloft in the right hand. The fe male figure with the sword is typical of the "mother country", who en trusted to her citizen soliers the weap on of "offense" (the sword). The soldiers and patriots of the north have wrested from the enemy the weapon of disunion, the torch of destruction, and have surrendered it to the care of the"mother country" who has extin guished the flame of hatred. At the same time she receives with gratitude and pride, the sheathed sword, the in strument which made it possible for the defense of her honor and integ rity. In a general way the public is thoroughly familiar with the design and it is a cause for general congratu lation that the beautiful memorial, so long a dream, is so soon to be a reality. Mr. Foster states that the contract or is bound by the agreement to have the monument completed and ready for unveiling by the first of Decem ber. From present indications, how ever, it seems likely that the monu ment will be finished in all its details by November Ist. Considering the lateness of the sea son, when the weather might prove unfavorable for out-of-door exercises, there is some sentinent in favor of postponing the unveiling until next Memorial day. Mr. Foster, however, does not concur. He thinks the proper time for unveiling the monument will be immediately after its completion, which will in allfprobability be dur ing the month of November. There seems to be little doubt there fore, that the next important event in Danville- only a couple of months distant—will be the unveiling of the soldiers' monument. Mr. Foster says that it will be one of the most impor tant occasions that ever took place in Danville. Prominent men of the Grand Army Republic will be present :there will be eloquent address es and other appropriate features. Material for the monument will be on the ground in a short time. Sim ultaneously with its election prepara tions for the unveiling will go for ward. HISS ELLA ALLEN APPOINTED TEACHER Miss Alice Smull, teacher of the third grade in the third ward school, is confined to her home with au at tack of typhoid fever. She will not be able to take charge of her school for some two months or a longer period. To till the position left vacant by her illness the school board has ap pointed Miss Ella Allen, of Berwick, ■ who will be ou hand when school opens next Monday morning. Miss Allen is au experienced teacher, hav ing taught in Bloomsburg for a num ber of years. CONCRETE PLATFORH AND CANOPY The new concrete platform and can opy at the D. L. & W. station are practically completed. All that re mains to be done is to install the scales, which will be inserted in the cavity provided in the center of the platform. The scales are expected to arrive any day, after which they will be instal led. The platform on the whole is a fine improvement and facilitates the work of loading and unloading cars ; very much. Sunday Ball Vs. Camp fleeting. The Sunbury Daily thinks it worthy of note that "on Sunday 1100 tickets were sold from Shamokin, the city of j both murders and churches, to Potts ville for the base ball game there, and [ only 37 tickets were sold to the Hern don camp meeting." nauser Reunion. The Mauser reunion at Ridgeville grove yesterday was partially marred by the weather. About 60 representa tives of the family were present and those who attended bad an enjoyable time. IUNIS IE Allll SCALP In a loosely played and uninterest ing game at DeWitt's park Tuesday, the Merchants defeated the Berwick team, the third team in the Susque hanna league togo down before the locals. The start off of the game looked good for Berwick. They scored in the first inning and through a comedy of errors <Jn Danville's part, added four more in the second inning. In the third they brought in one more ran and stopped. The local boys then sat up and took notice. To the two runs they secured in the second inning, tliev added two in the fifth making the sccre 6-4 in Berwick's favor at the opening of the sixth. Encouraged by the pair they had shoved through in the previous inning, the Merchants went at the game good and hard and had two men on base and two men out when Law rence come to bat, and with a pretty three base hit scored two runs. One more run in the same inning brought the total up to 7-6 with the home team in the lead. Both sides failed to score in the re maining innings. Riley pitched a nioe game but was not given the support he deserved. DANVILLE. R. H. O. A. E. Rabb, c 1 0 6 0 1 Sechler, lb 2 0 10 0 2 Lawrence. 3b 1 2 1 2 0 Oberdorf, cf 0 0 3 0 0 Evans, rf 1 0 0 0 0 Bell, 2b 11 2 1 0 Fowler, as 11 4 2 0 Deen, If 0 11 0 0 Riley, p 0 0 0 3 0 Totals 7 5 27 8 3 BERWICK. R. H. O. A. E. Briattian, 3b 2 1 0 0 0 D. Hess, lb 1 0 10 0 1 Painter, rf 0 0 2 1 0 DeMar, cf... .... . 0 0 1 0 0 Feddar, ss 1 0 3 0 3 Moorehead, If 0 0 1 0 1 F. Hess, 2b 0 1 2 0 0 Pettit, o 1 0 5 0 0 Lowry, p. 1 0 0 3 0 Totals 6 2 24 4 5 Berwick 1 4 1 00000 o—6 Dauville 0 2002300 o—7 Struck out by Riley o, by Lowrey 4. Base on balls—off Riley 4, off Low rey 2. Two base hits, F. Hess. Three base hit, Lawrence. Stolen bases—Dan ville 4, Berwick 3. Umpire—Ains worth. FULL BOARD AND CLERK WILL ATTEND Messrs. George M. Leighuw, George R. Sechler and Charles W. Cook,mem bers, and Horace C Blue, clerk of the board of county commissioners. will attend the twenty second annual con vention of the couuty commissioners of the State of Pennsylvania to be held at Greensburg on Tuesday, Wednesday and Tiiursday, September 15th, 16th, and 17th. A very interesting program has been prepared, the discussion embracing questions, the solution of which will benefit the entire State. A feature of the program will be an address on Construction of Public Highways by Joseph W. Hunter, Esq., State Highway commissioner. FUNERAL OF JOHN KEN YIN The body of John Kenvin, whose death occurred at Hazleton, was brought to this city for 'burial yester day. The body arrived on the 9 o'clock Pennsylvania train, accompanied by the following: Mrs. Mary Johns, Mr. and Mrs. Abram Kenvin, Mr. and Mrs. John Kenvin, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Wilner, all of Hazleton. The following pall [bearers also ac companied the body: Samuel Morgan, John Hollacher, aud Fred Mader, rep resenting the P. O. S. of A. ; Thomas Bailey,lrvin Kisbach, aud John Wat kins representing the Independent Or der of Americans. Rev. Edward Haughton officiated at the grave. BOY BREAKS ARM WHILE PLAYING The eight year old son of Henry Aekley, Sidler Hill, sustained a bad fracture of his left arm Tuesday even ing. With some other boys he was playing on tiie grounds of the public school building, Sidler Hill. In the play he was jammed up against the wall of the building in such a way as to break both bones of the arm between the el bow and the wrist. Mrs. Henrietta J. Angle left Tues day for a visit with her son, Dr. Wm. P. Angle, at Jersey Shore. ESTABLISHED IN 1855 RI IB IIP! DAI The rain Tuesday night interfered with the observance of Methodist day. Owing to the weather the services were held in St. Paul's M. E. church. Notwithstanding the disarrangement of plans there was a good attendance. It was decided to hold the forenoon sessiou in St Paul's M. K. church and not to make arrange ments for the afternoon sessiou until noon, by which time a change in weather might occur. At the morning service there was a fair sized attendance. The prayer was offered by the Rev. A. B. Still. The Rev. William Brill, pastor of the clinrch,read the scriptures,after which an edifying and uplifting sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. E. H. Yocurn, former pastor of St. Paul's church. His text was taken from num bers 23-26. AFTERNOON SESSION. By noon the weather seemed still unsettled and in view of the chilly atmosphere and the fact that the park was damp it was decided to hold the remainder of the exercises in the church. The principal feature of the after noon session was another address by the Rev. Dr. Yocum. The text was taken from First Corinthians 3-21 and was a more extended effort than the forenoon sermon. Rev. B. F. Camp bell, of Catasauqua, who was to have preactied in the afternoon, was unable to be present and had notified the com mittee to that effect. The opening prayer in the afternoon was offered by the Rev. J. H. Morti mer, of Ashland. During the after noon there was a large attendance. It is the purpose to continue the ob servance of Methodist day eacli year. Next season the arrangements will be made earlier. DESTROYING THE FLOWER BEDS It is learned with regret dais operating at night or in the|early morning are despoiling the beautiful flower beds in the new park on Bloom street. It was thought that in an ap preciative and enlightened community like this flowers growing in a park would be safe. Several mornings in succession traces of the vandals have been discovered on the large triangular flower bed near Upper Mulberry street. Not only are flowers cut off the stalks,but the plants are also pulled np by the roots and carried away. By this time the beds are very much spoiled. Suspicion points to several parties and these are beiug closely watched. The first one detected in the act or that can be proveu guilty of having a hand in the damage already done will be made to pay the full penalty. BEAUTIFUL SUN FLOWERS Miss Emma R. Leisenring has cul tivated some rare and beautiful sun flowers at her home, No. 118 West Ma honing street. They belong to the new variety and are the most perfect speci mens. They differ from the old well known variety of sun flowers in that the whole of the broad disc is covered with a profusion of golden petals which grow longer as they approach the center, giving the flower when viewed from a distance of a few yards the appearance of a ball of gold. Close by Miss Leisenring has cultiv ated a stalk of the old-fashioned var iety of sunflower, whioh is likewis very beautiful, having attained a height of fourteen feet and is bendiug full of flowers, several being uearlv a foot in diameter. She has also cultivated a hanging cucumber, which is forty-three inches in length. Its growth was closely noted and it was found to increase in length four to five inohes daily. G. A. R. EXCURSION NETS JUST S2OO The soldiers' monument committee is preparing to renew soliciting. The early completion of makes it necessary to get in all the money available as quickly as possible. The expenses attending the completion and unveiling of the memorial will no doubt be heavy. In this connection it noted that the proceeds of the excursion to Edgewood Park gotten np by Goodrich l'ost, No. 22, G. A. R., of this city, i foots up a nice little item. The exact proceeds of the excursion was $212.06. Certain deductions had to be made to meet unavoidable expenses, which left S2OO, which has been turned over to the treasurer of the soldiers' monu ment committee. Pottstown school children will wind np their summer vacation with a free trolley ride and outing at Saratoga park tomorrow.
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