S> «fe iUontnur VOL. 54—NO. 40 DR. IRVING 11. JENNINGS, Office Bourn A. 1/. to 1-2 M 104 Mill St., IP. M.to iP. M. Danville, Pa. U 425 MILL ST., DANVILLK, PA. Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines a Specialty IIEIS CMERD. For swearing on the street. Burgess Coller, of Pottstowu, sent Elmer Mill er, of Philadelphia, to the lo kup for seventy-two hours. The Dexter Portland Cement com pany,of Nazareth, Northampton coun ty, has filed papers increasing its cap ital from $500,000 to $1,000,000. A six-foot blacksnake was discover ed milkiug a cow on the Brensiuger farm, in District township, Berks county, last Friday. Reuben Leiby, of West Penn town ship, Schuylkill county, at the ago of 94 years still pursues surveying and is able to read and write without the use of glasses. The first fifty "pay within" cars were placed in service Sunday by the Rapid Transit company, in Phila delphia. Passengers must have the ready change or ticket as they enter the car. Samuel A. Crozer, of Upland, Dela ware county, aged 80 years, a widely known manufacturer aud philanthrop ist, has just returned home from a trip to Europe, and in doing so completed his sixtieth trip across the Atlantic ocean. Clarence S. Barto, of Barto, Berks county, is cutting a line crop of five acres of tobacco which he planted as an experiment. For over thirty years little tobacco has been grown in the Perkiomeu valley, although prior to the Civil war it was a leading crop. M. A. Sullivan, a Wilkes-Barre ald erman, and Constables McDonald and Reilly, were on Saturday convicted of extortion and the nldermau was sent enced to two'years in the penitentiary and the constables eac:i one year in the county jail. Dr. Philip L. Reichard, one of the ! oldest physicians in Allentown, was seized with vertigo on Saturday morn ing while in Arbogast & Bastan's ab attoir and fell through an elevator hatchway to the floor below. His sknll was fractured and he died in a short time. Pottstown high school is so over crowded with 870 pupils that the con struction of a new building is under consideration. The Real Estate building in Scran- | ton, occupied by the Fasold Colbirn company, the Barbour company and many offices, was partly destroyed by fire on Sunday. Loss f85,000. Trinity Lutheran church at Bangor, j Northampton county, a fine remodeled edifice, was re-dedicated on Sunday , and special services will be continued j every night this week. Professor John W. Losh, for thirty- ' five years one of the foremost edncat- j ors of Montgomery county, who at one ! time conducted Losh's academy, died i at his home in Norristown on Satur day, aged 70 years. The mammoth new breaker of the Le high Coal and Navigation company, in the Panther Creek valley, Carbon county, began operations yesterday, giving employment to about 800 men and boys. A few days ago Dora Deshow, of Philadelphia, aged 2 years, while play ing in the yard, fell and struck her head against a chair. Concussion of the brain resulted and on Sunday she died. Rev. Stephen S. Schweitzer, pastor of Swamp charge of the Reformed church, near Ephrata,Lancaster couu ty, on Sunday celebrated the fortieth anniversary of his pastorate there, with special all-day services. The 160 th anniversary of the organ ization of Longswamp Reformed church in Lehigh county, was celebrat ed on Sunday with three special ser vices in charge of Rev. William L. Meckstroh, the pastor. Leon C. Darrah, a graduate of the Reading high school, who has just en tered the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania,has a rec ord of not having missed a single school session in thirteen years. Because of the prevalence of scarlet fever in Red Lion, York county, the schools and churches of the borough have all been closed and at Fawn Grove, in the same county, the schools have also been closed for the same rea son. Two years ago George H. Hardner, of Allentown, bought a farm of sixty eight acres In Lehigh county.with the view of raising rabbits. Last year he cleared its oost with a crop of potatoes and this year he will have 8,000 bush els. i mufi TO IOBOE# A shocking occurrence took place in Valley township Saturday morning, when a desperate attempt was made to murder aged Mrs. Benlield, widow of the Int.- John Benfield, while she was at home alone. She was providentially rescued before the would-be murderer dealt the death blew,although her en tire head was lacerated and bruised by the blows of a heavy iron instru ment and she was in a state of collapse from pain aud loss of blood. Mrs Benfield, who is 72 years of age, lives with he son and daughter, Hur ley aud Miss Emma Eeufield, on the well-known homestead farm. On Sat urday morning Hurley anil Miss Ben field drove into Danville on business, leaving their mother at home alouo. About 8 o'clock J. I). Vognetz, the well-known Strawberry Ridge merch ant, came driving along mi his way to Danville. As he approached the house lie perceived a man, or rather a boy in appearance.leap over the fence that suronnds the house. Casting a hasty and furtive look over his shoulder as soon as ho struck the ground he took off his hat and dashed off across the field as fast as he could run. Mr. Vognetz had only time to marvel at the strange occurrence when lie was startled by the cry of "murder." Looking in the direction of the sound he beheld a spectacle that chilled the blood in his veins. Standing near her door and clinging to the fence for sup port stood Mrs. Benlield, Her hair was hanging down while her head was covered with blood, which was also streaming down over her clothing. In a moment's time Mr. Vognetz was at her side. She was barely able to tell her story. Arthur Welliver, she said, had attempted to murder her. Mr. Vognetz's first thought was to summon help. Mrs. Beuficld was nil- , able to walk unassisted. Mr. Vognetz helped her into the house, where she pointed out the telephone. The ex change of the rural line is in Mr. Vog netz's residence. Calling up his wife j he apprised her of what had occurred and directed her to call up the several farm houses near Benfield'h and ex plain the situation, urging the women folks to hurry to the Benlield home to render assistance. It being Saturday morning, unfortunately several of the nearest families were absent in Dan ville, attending market. Finally Miss Applemau and another lady whose name has not been ascer tained, reached the Benlield home. In the meantime Matthew Sheep had come driving along and was stopped by Mr. Vognetz, who explained the dreadful plight that Mrs. Benlield was in. Mr. Sheep instantly joined Mr. Vognetz and the two men did all they ! could to relieve the poor woman that j was the victim of the merciless as sault. At her direction they telephoned to D. K. Eckman's store in Danville, j where the Benfields are in the habit of dealing. Neither Hurley Benfield I not his sister were in the store, but Mr. Gckman, as soon as he learned ! what had occurred, went out on the street and found them. Shocked at the ! dreadful news and filled with direful apprehension of what the result might be the son and daughter drove home as fast as the horses could carry them Mr. Vognetz had also telephoned in for doctors and in response Dr. Newbaker and Dr. Panles drove out to the Benfield farm. By the time Hurley Benlield and his sister reached home they found plenty of assistance, as the attempted murder had been pretty generally noised about the neighborhood. By this time Mrs. Benfield was able to tell all that had occurred. It api I pears that the boy, Arthur Welliver, who is about seventeen years of age, is an object of especial dread to the Ben field family. While .-.he was entirely alone to her dismay Mrs. Benfield saw the fellow walk by the house. He went as far as the wagon shed, where the absence of the family driv ing carriage clearly show d that the son and daughter,ns is quite customary on Saturdays, had driven into town. At the wagon shed he turned and went I back to the house. Owing to an alleged offense.of a very 1 serious nature committed in the past the boy had orders never to place his foot on the Benlield farm. As he ap proached the door of the house Mrs. Benlield asked him what he wanted and told him to leave. The boy told her that he would show her what he wanted and springing up on her he seized her by the throat and threw her upon the floor. At this j juncture his eyes fell upon a steel tube as thick as a man's wrist and about two feet long, belonging to a cream separator, wihch lay in the kitchen sink. Seizing this as a weapon he be gan to deliver blow after blow upon the defenseless woman's head. There was no one to hear her ories of "murder" as she struggled with Continued on 2nd PageT - DANVILLE- )PA., THURSDAY. OCTOBER 1, 1908 NEW corns K AWED Company F, 12th regiment, N. G. P.,which will in all probability leave for Philadelphia on Saturday night next to be preseut in that city during Founders' week, will be arrayed in the new dress uniforms complete, which will give the members a very dashing and nobby appearance. The new uniforms are of the same kind recently adopted in the regular army and are a wholly new feature in the national guard. One half of the coats have arrived at Danville aud the remainder are expected here in a day or so. The new coat is of the blouse order and differs from the old worn by the guard by possf.~sing a stand-up collar with collar ornaments consisting of brass keystone and crossed rifles and company and regiment marked upon it. It also possesses shoulder straps fasteuded with brass buttons. The collar, the shoulder straps and the cuff of the sleeve have a piping of light blue cord. Last but not least is a "dress cord" of light blue, the same in color as the uniform, which is to be worn on dress occasions This cord in a general way is festooned several times over the breast aud is supported by the bnttous on the shoulder straps. Without the cord the suits are known simply as the "dress uniforms", with the cord they become "full dress" uniforms. On leaving Danville the boys will wear the new coats, carrying with them the dress cords, which will not be worn until the company joins the demon stration in Philadelphia. Ttie collar ornaments on the new dress uniforms are the same as those previously worn by the officers of the guard. Pursuant to orders the officers of the company have provided themselves with a full oress uniform of new pat tern, which includes a frock coat. Al together, Company F, in point of ap pearance, will no doubt be quite up to tiie best in the national guard as seen at Philadelphia. DIETRICH TRIAL WAS EXPENSIVE The cast of trying the ca6e of Com monwealth vs. Peter Dietrich at Wilkes-Barre last week,under a change of venue, proved very heavy. Added to the cost of the three previous trials, held in this county, the total amount of money paid out by the county in prosecuting Dietrich foots up to little if any, less than $5,000. One of the heaviest items of the last trial was the cost of the witnesses. Of these the Commonwealth had sub poenaed thirty. The cost of each one including time nud mileage was |7.t>B giving a total cost of over S3OO. The cost of the jurors was another heavy item. Tiie twelve men were on the case 5 days.at $2 50 per day. There is no way now of getting at the mile age, which is a factor entering in to the expense accouut, bat it is safe to assume that the total cost of the .iurors will exceed $175.00. The District Attornev received SSO. The court stenographer also received SSO. It cost $19.00 to remove Dietrich to the Wilkee-Barre jail. In addition there are innumerable other expenses, sucli as paying clerk of court, court criers, &c. Dietrich's preceding trials were still more expensive than the last one and each cost little leßs than one thousand dollars. The cost of jurors wa> exceed ingly heavy. n> more than double the usual number had ";o be drawn in or der to allow for the numerous chal lenges incidental to homicide cases. This alone augmented the cost consid erably. In the interim, from the day that the tragedy occurred, Dietrich 's main tenance lias had to be provided for by the county. Those who are in a posi tion to know something about the bills paid declare that the total cost of the four trials is, as above stated, little if any less than $5,000. CHARGED WITH DRAWING KNIFE Gordon B. Rainier was arrested by Officer Mincemoyer yesterdav after noon on a warrant sworn out by S. G, Mortimer charging the accused with drawing a knife and making threats. Rainier was arraigned before Just ice of the Peace Oglesby, who held him for court. In default of SSOO bail ! ho was committed to jail. Harry Knowles, of Philadelphia, aged 9 years, was thrown from an ice ; wagon on Callowhill street, on Mon day and waß run over by a heavy truck of the American Metre company,crush ing him so badly that he died on the way to the hospital. An independent telephone company to operate in Juniata, Perry and Sny der counties, was chartered at Harris burg on Monday. in si PASSENGER 11 Persons near the Church street cross ing as the 5 :44 D. L. <& W. train pull ed into the station Monday eve beheld a thrilling spectacle. The delivery wagon of H. P. Cromwell was struck wliilo crossing the track and, aloug with the horse attached to it, was tosß ed into the gutter, while the driver and two other boys were precipitated out of the front of the wagon falling along sido the locomotive. Among the boys who had such a close call was Clyde Pattou, son of John P. Pattou,who was driving. Tho other boys were smaller and belonged to a family named Keese. Tho boys in the wagon, which was coming down from Lower Mulberry street, seemed to be unaware of the train's approach as they drove up to the crossiug. A couple of men on the opposite side of the track,seeing their peril, waved their hands and shouted frantically but all to no avail. Tiie boys looked up toward the station and seeing no danger drove right onto the track. At the same instant the looomotive struck the horse lifting him complete ly off his feet and hurling him along with the wagon over into the deep gutter outside the fence enclosing Dr. Hinshilwood's grounds. As the col lisiou took place the rear wheels of the wagon were raised aloft until the vehicle was nearly perpendicular. As this occurred the three boys were pre cipitated out in front,rolling into the gutter, which was lu»lf full of water. Had the wagon as it tumbled over as sumed any other position the boys might have fallen under tie wheels of the train. As it was they escaped un hurt. The horse was badly injured, the right front leg of the animal being broken near the pastern joint It had to be killed. The wagon was badly wrecked. nEETING OF SCHOOL BOARD The school boar'' held a regular meeting Monday with the following members in their places: Pursel.Orth, Swarts, Barber, Redding, Sechler, Fischer, Fish and Cole. There was only a small amouut of business on hand. Attendance officer Young reported that upon investigation lie found that the assessors' books were imperfect, especially iu the third ward, where a number of names were omitted. On motion it was decided that the matter be brought to the attention of the county commissioners with a view of having the omission corrected. On motion of Mr. Fischer It was ordered that the principals of the dif ferent school buildings test the fire alarm bells daily, at the opening of school, any irregularity to be reported to ttie superintendent. On motion of Mr. Sechler it.was de cided to purchase four barrels of sweep ing compound for use in the.differeut buildings. On motion of Mr. Barber it was ord ered that Mr. Savage be given the contract for supplying the ward build ings witli Crystal Spring water. The following bills were approved for payment: 0. M. Leniger 112 37.95 Ellis H. Rank 10.00 P. A. Winter ... .60 T. L. Evans & Sons 191.00 Frank Detweiler .. 4.25 Calvin Eggert .... .. .75 Geo. W. Hendricks 1.93 Danville Stove Mfg. Co 2.35 Smith-Premier Type Co 19.00 Emery Shultz 5,30 Washington Fire Co ... . 4.00 D. N. Dieffenbaeln r 3.34 Queen & Co 1.60 W. J. Emerick .65 Hinds, Nochel & Ellridge 60.60 American Seating Co 116.00 Elementary Text Book Co 5.00 | O. H. Smith 11.67 Philadelphia Bookbinding Co. 289.10 Teachers and Janitors... . 1951.50 Auto Party. An auto party from Hazleton took dinner at Heddens' restaurant yester day. In the party were Mr. and' Mrs. 1. P. Pardee, Mi6s Helen Pardee and Miss Alicson. Struck Funeral Cab. A trolley car struck a funeral cab on | Monday afternoon near Chester, at the entrance to the Chester Rural ceme tery,overturning it and injuring three of the occupants severely. ! A high school pupil in Pottstown | was dismissed from school by a metn ber of thejfaculty,for excessive cougb i ing, and now the school board and community are agitated over the ques tion whether the "offense" was a vio lation of school discipline. Mr. and Mrs. Chauucy Holiister, North Mill street, it visit with friends in Lewistown. [lis HEAR MISIC The Catawissa band, which honored onr a visit last evening, met with a royal reception. Our popula tion turned out enmasse and there was not a* single point from the extreme end of North Mill street to the river bridge where the band when it stopped to play did not find itself in the cen ter of a concourse of people number ing many hundreds. The plan of playing at different ; points was adopted for the purpose of preventing a congestion on the street, such as occurred wheu the Bloomsburg band gave a concert in this city re- , cently. Nevertheless as soon as tiie Catawissa band entered town last night 1 the ciowd was there to greet it. As the band emerged from the river bridge and marched northward it found the sidewalks packed with people along practically the entire length of the street. Between the bridge and the post office there were at least 1000 peo ple. The hand marched out to the north ern end of Mill street rendering on the way most inspiring music. As the baud returned it made frequent stops, at each place rendering popular selec tions. which elicited hearty applause. Music lovers agrte that no better baud music has been heard in Dan ville on any occasion for many years past. Director Charles Smith and his band of able musicians may rest assur ed that should they ever desire to re turn to Danville they may rely upon a hearty welcome. WELLIVER WAVED A HEARING Arthur Welliver was arraigned be fore Justice of the Peace Oglesby Mon day evening. He waived a hearing. Justice Oglesby fixed bail at $2,000. Welliver was unable to procure a bondsman and was remanied to jail to await the next term of court, begin ning October 18th. Mrs. Benfield, the victim, although in great pain at times from her terri ble injuries, seems to hold her own very well. The prospects for her re covery are fair. That there was tomething provi dential in the rescue of Mrs. Benfield Saturday morning no one will doubt. In the first place help cams in the very nick of time. If Mr. Vognetz had arrived a few seconds later the fatal blow might have been struck. What is especially odd about the matter is that Mr. Vognetz asually leaves for town at an earlier hour, al so that he usually takes another road. On Saturday, to use Mr. Vognetz' own words, "it seemed that he could not get started." One trifling incid ent after another seemed to occur to delay him. Wheu he was ready to start lie was oddly impressed with the idea that he had forgotten something that he would need when he got to town, which caused a little more de lay. At the last moment he decided to drive around by Benfield's, where he could incidentally transact some business with a gentleman residing ou that road, which business by tiie way was not at all pressing. Is it not strauge that this chain of circumstances, all out of the ordinary, should have resulted in leading Mr. Voguetz around to the Benfield home stead at the very moment wheu his presence was needed there to save a human life? DR KALBFUS WILL BE NOTIFIED The mysterious death of the two prong buck found lying in the canal near Chulaskey is causing a good deal of controversy and the general opin ion seems to be that the fine animal was wantonly shot by some person while out gunning. The theory that the deer was struck by the cara, which was entertained in somo quarters, from the first found no favor with the residents of Chulaskey, who claim to know that the deer was shot. It is said that all the facts of the case will be laid before Dr Joseph Kalbfns. secretary of the game com mission, with a view of securing the arrest of the man who killed the deer. The open season for deer is from the fifteenth day of November to the first day of December of the same year. The penalty for violation of the law is one hundred dollars or imprison ment in the county jail for a period of one day for each dollar of penalty imposed. A cave-in at Welsh Hill,near Wilkes Barre. on Monday, over old i workings of a colliery, damaged beyond repair seven houses, which were twisted into various shapes. The inmates all escap ed without injury. The Yellow House, a noted old Berks county hostelry whioh has always been in the possession of the Goldin family running through several generations, has been sold to John Scherer. DUE HUNDRED YEARS OF AGE Seated iu his comfortable home, No. 112 East Center street, Michael Powers Tuesday in a quiet unostentatious mauuer celebrated his one hundredth birthday. Mr. Powers affords a most remark able instance of longevity. To say that time has dealt kindly with him hard ly expresscss it; if appearances were relied on no one would place him iu the centenarian class. At eighty-five the average man is more feeble, has more ills and infirmities than Michael Powers has at one hundred. The pres ervation of the wan is phenomenal. His mind is perfectly clear and his memory good, not only as relates to the events of early life but also to the events of middle life and all that has occuried between that period and the preseut. His eyesight aud his hearing are good. Iu conversing with him one is not obliged to raise his voice; one forgets that he is talkiug to an old man, so ready, so clear aud so thoroughly to the point are all the replies. Under the burden of one hundred years Mr. Powers' robust and hardy frame is only slightly bent and when it comes to bodily ailments.he simply has none to complain of. As he himself explains it he "eats well" and lie "sleeps well." This summer the aged man spaded and attended to his garden, raising plenty of truck for his own use. It is quite evident that life is by no means a burden to the centenarian. Indeed, nearly every sentence he utters is ting ed with humor and his venerable face is almost constantly wreathed in smiles. There are no doubt many more birthdays in store for him. Michael Powers was born in County Armagh,lreland,on St. Michael's day, September 29, 1808. He came to Am erica 68 years ago, sailing from Glas gow, Scotland, in the ship Mary Mor ris, which was a sailing vessel of the tpve common at that day. lie embark ed on his birthday. The voyage was a memorable one. Outside of the harbor of Greenock the ship struck a rock. The keel was damaged and the vessel had to be lightened and repairs made. Out on the ocean there were long periods of calm weattier and the ship made slow progress. Ten weeks and three days were occupied by the voy age. Mr. Powers landed at New York H> went first to Geneva,N. Y., thence to Corning aud finally crossed the mountains iuto Pennsylvania. He spent some time at Williamsport, later corniug to Dauville, where helms since resided. Mr. Power's father died w!i«n re former was a boy. Aft' r hi- fatliM's deatii Michael went to Scot laud, w h* re fie remained 18 years. While iu the latter country he worked at a blast furnace. Arriving at Diiiville ho ad opted the same e nplovment that >'f furnace filling. Fo' five or six years he worked at Grove's furnace under Michael Grimes as boss. He then went iuto the rolling mill, where for many years he ran the buggy. Twenty aud odd years ago he retired from active pursuits. His last employment was in the "Co-operative mill," in which ill starred concern he invested one thou sand dollars. As soon as he became established in this country Mr. Powers sent for his mother,tiia brother, James Powers aud his sister,who became Mrs. Kosa Gal livnn. He took good care of his moth er until her death, some 30 years ago. He has lived iu his present home, to use his expression "since Lincoln took his seat." He possesses a competency aud all his comforts seem supplied. Some twenty years ago he revisited his old home in Ireland. On that oc i casion he verified the record of his birth, concerning which previously he was in some doubt. Mr. Powers yesterday seemed to en joy the newsman's visit aud he in dulged iu many reminiscences. He is a bachelor. His niece, Miss Mary Powers,lives with him. He uses tobacco aud ho wished the fact known that he is no total abstainer from liquor. He lias used the latter all through life, he says, but it is quite evident that he never carried the in dulgence to excess. Struck by Locomotive. i While Mrs. Patrick Kane, of No. tl, a hamlet near Tamaqua. was crossing the tracks of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation company, on Mondny, car rying water from a spring, she was ! struck by a locomotive and injured so severely that she died soon afterwards. Lamp Exploded. Mrs. J. F. Walters, of Mechanics ville,Venango county,fell down stairs on Sunday evening and a lamp which she was carrying exploded and set fire to the house. Mrs. Walters was severe ly bruised and seriously burned. Loss on house 11,000. Beauty of spirit will endure when physical beauty is only dust and ashes. ESTABLISHED IN 1855 ill RAISE 01 WING The trustees of the hospital for the insane held a special meeting at the institution yesterday. The contract was awarded for the raising and com pletion of one wing of the male in firmary. The bids for installing the sewagn disposal plant were opened bnt the not 'awarded yester day. At the previous meeting of the trus tees, the date set for opening the bids for rai&ing and extending the male infirmary, but one proposal was received, that of fIO.OOO, which was fifteen thousand dollars higher than the sum appropriated by the State for the work, In view of the fact that the estimate seemed to exceed the appropriation by such a wide margin the trustees de cided to complete the work as far as the appropriation reaches. They re advertised for bids and as the result several proposals were'on.hand yester day. The contract for raising and completing one wiug of the male in firmary w as awarded to Mosier &- Sum mers, who bid at the last meeting and have the contract for other new work at the hospital. SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLANT. For some time past it has been pretty evident that all estimates for"the pro viding of additional means for the disposal of sewage" at the hospital, would exceed the appropriation of SIB,OOO by a considerable margin. Ac cordingly, as in the case of the male infirmary.it was decided togo on with tie work as far as the appropriation warrants, relying upon the next legis lature to complete the system. In conformity with this plan the bids received were for a portion of the woik at a figure within the ap propriation or for the whole job at a figure considerably in advance of the money appropriated. The trustees declined to act in the matter without the authority of Dr. Dixon, Statu Commissioner of Health, who approved the plans of the sewage disposal plaut. A committee was ac cordingly appointed, which will wait upon Dr. Dixon, laying before him the bids and other data relating to the matter. Whether Dr. Dixon will advise the hoard to award the contract to one of the bidders, proceeding with the work within the limits of the appropriation will not bo known for some days to come. THEIR WEDDING KEPT SECRET The many friemis of Harry J Ach eubach, of Blooiutborg, will be inter ested in the following from the Blooms burg Morning Press: "Another well known Bloomsburg couple sprung a genuiue surprise on their friends wlieu the knowledge leaked out yesterday that Miss Hoit ense Hicks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hicks of West Eighth street,had become the bride of Harry J. Achen bach of town in New York City on September 10. The 'details of the wedding were carefully planned and no one had the slightest intimation that the wedding was in contemplation in the near fu ture. Miss Hicks left Bloomsburg ostensi bly to visit Scranton and Plymouth friends but was met at Scranton by Mr. Acheubach 011 the 10th.% Togeth er they went to New York where they were married by Rev. Liucoluß. Fer ris, a Methodist minister of that city. The groom returned to Bloomsburg 011 the 12th aud the bride visited out of town friends for a few days. They managed to keep their secret for more than two weeks and then the news leaked out as it always does." Mr. Acheubach is a member of the firm of Acheubach aud Moore, who are interested in a number of amuse ment enterprises iu this section, aud were the proprietors of the bowling alleys formerly operated in this eitv. Cross-Eyed, Wants $25,000. Suit has been -tarted in the Nor thampton county court by J. F. Hush more, of Scranton, against the State Belt Electric Railway.company to re | cover $25,000 for injuries sustained by his jumping from a runaway car on a steep grade between Pen Argyl aud Banogr in June of 1907. Rushmore re mained on the car until the conductor and motormau had jumped. After the accldft" t he became cross-eyed. Another One. Joseph Yeager recently shot a black snake feet and 3 inches near his residence iu Catawissa town ship. While engaged in cutting buck wheat he killed two large copperhead snakes, and a few days en gaged in cleaning out a fence row killed nine copperhead snakes and a rattlesnake with eleven rattles. It is pretty safe to judge a man by his conduct rather than hie words.
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