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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.