illontour iAmrrican. VOL. M NO. 12 1)11. IKVIMS 11. JKNNINUB, DKXHST. O/Hc, Ihmrt .4. 1/ •« r: »/ lOi Mill nt., 1 I'. '/. in i /*. W. fi'intiUt, /'u, i «llt I.T'/., N. i'j: \|n.i *t., Danviiik, Pa. .of the "Honiiwh mi«l lolwiimfi .. HEWS MB There are at present 1">0 c»«» of rheumatism ud 108 case* of tubercu losis in the western penitentiary and there is talk of removing the peniten tiary because of its unhealthy condi tions. As Adam Miscovita, of Nanticoke, aged it years, was crossing the tracts of the New Jersey Central railroad, his foot caught in a frog, just as an engine was coming along, and he was run over and instantly killed. The body of Ambro Watson, aged 00 years,a prominent farmer and church man, was found in a field on his farm near Meadville, oil Saturday, with a suicidal bullet hole in the temple. United States Secret Service Agent K. E. Tyrell is in Pottsville arrang ing to complete the round-up of a gang of counterfeiters who have been work ing in the Schuylkill valley for sever al months past Harry Piersou.who holds the record of being arrested np more times than any other man in Potts town, lias just been put away in the eastern penitentiary for four years, for attempted burglary. Eugene Stanley, of Bridgeport, Moutoginery county, waß sentenced to nine months' imprisonment for voting a forged tax receipt, bet lias been re leased on bail, peuding an appeal to the superior court. Fourteen applications for divorce were tiled in the Lancaster county court on Saturday and one divorce was granted. Pittsbnrg councils will take up the shortage in wages of workmen who built the sesqui-otrnteunial arches and received only Isa™ "he amount due , them. A huge pumpkg has been presented j to eacli member rof the York school board, by children who were engaged cultivating the newly established school gardens. The refuse from a wood alcohol fac tory at Mount Hope, Lancaster! coun ty, wliioh flows into the Chicbies creek, kills the fish, and complaint has been brought before the state fish eries commission. Early Saturday morning burglars attempted to forcibly enter the coun try residence of J. Hay Brown, justice of the supreme court, near Leasan ! Place, Lancaster county. The tenant farmer heard the noise aud fired at the thieves, who made their escape, j but did not secure any booty. The municipal league of Schuylkill j Haven has decided to hold a Hallowe- . 'en celebiation. Highwaymen held up Mrs. Frank Moyer, of Boyertown, In Reading on Saturday evening, tore her purse with $5.25 from her hand and fled while she fainted. Mrs. Fannie Rissmiller.of Reading, aged 82 years, died on Sunday of grief over the death of her husband. She is survived by two sisters one aged 90 years and the other 94 years. For thirty-five years Thomas E. Weber, a Civil war veteran, lias been drill master of Reading Gommandery, Nights Templar aud for thirty years secretary ot Excelsior Royal Arch chapter of Masons. Hays McLaughlin of Kittanning, aged 50 years, was found dead on Sun day morning, beside the tracks of the Buffalo 4; Allegheny railroad near Kittanning. He had been to Pittsburg on Saturday,and it is supposed he fell otT a train during the night. Mrs. Rhoads ot Reading, on Sunday attempted to carry two chairs from one room to another. While stooping to pick up one, the leg of the other entered her left eye. A physician worked over an hour to get the eye hall into position and the sight of the eye may be lost. Percy Whitehead, of Coatesville, aged 9 years, on Sunday, running around a trolley car was struck by an automobile belonging to former Sen ator McCorkey, of York. Mr. McCor key ordered chauffeur to atop and the child was pinked up and hurriedly taken to a hospital. His skull was fractured and his condition is cirtical. WANTED:—Success Magazine re quires the services of a man in Dan ville to look after expiring subscrip tions aud to secure new business bv meaus of special methods unusually effective: position permanent: prefer one with experience, but would con sider any applicant with good natural qualification*; salary $1.50 per day, with conuaiuion option. Address, with retere&oes. R. O. Peacock, Room 102. Saooess Magazine Bids . New York. 022. L T. E. HID IIJERIES The members of Montour Castle, No. 186, K. G. E., iu a body attended div ine service in St. Paul's M. E. church Sunday morning, on whioh occasion the pastor, the Rev. William Brill, preached a strong and practical ser mon ou righteous character, which proved helpful alike to the mem bers of the order and the regular at tendants of the church. The text v v. ral.cn from Matthew, iith chapter and 83rd verse : "Hut seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and ail these things shall be added unto you." It was a very forceful aud convinc ing sermon dwelliug'upon the divine philosophy of Jesus Christ who esteem- i |ed the things of ! this world lightly | compared with the treasures of the j ; eternal world. Very beautifully the j Savior wasjquoted : "Take no thought ! of'your life, what ye shall eat and drink —no thought for raiment—con sider the lilies of the field, etc., for j i your heavenly Father huoweth that ye have need of all these things; hut seek j ye first the.Kingdom of God. " i Proceeding the speaker unfolded what Christ regarded as the divine I philosophy of life. Do not be engross ;ed with material things, but lay up j for yourselves treasures iu heaven, j There is one thing that we should j possess even though we lose all others. He defined the Kingdom of God as His spiritual reign over the hearts of those who truly love Him. The King dom of'God,coraeth not with observa tion, for it isiwithin. "Except as a man be born'agaiu he can not enter into the Kingdom of God." It is God's supreme rule over the moral being,over tue will, tho heart and the mind of the individual. The Kingdom of Clod is the iuteruiU subjection—the spiritual conformity to the will aud ] order nf God as tho fixed established ! [ character of the soul, i What God demands before wealth, learning, honor, fame aud even before food aud raiment as the supreme ob ject in life is the highest character that man can attain. This righteous character must be sought—earnestly aud persistently sought; it will come in uo other way. It has never come through accident, neither through heredity. The moral tendencies do uot determine character as is amply illustrated by the children of Godly parents falling into the ways of vice. It is true that the world at times does seem to place a higher value up* ou the things of this life than upon righteousness. It is true that it seems 1 to pay homage to wealth, social posi- j tiou, etc., but the worlJ is simply in- i toxicated with a false sense of values; 1 deep down in the iieart is a silent homage for character.The possessor of wealth merely, the votaries of plea sure,by their whimsicalities and their lack of character provoke only ridi cule and derision, while the world's real heroes are its Lntbers, its Wilber forces.lts Lincoln's an>i the long train of others that esteemed wealth and position lightly but were men of char acter and principle, true to their con- | sciences, who worked for the cause of humanity. Character is the only thing that a man cau take with him in death; houses, lands, fine clothes,all must be left behind. The only character that has any value iu the eternal world is a righteous character—a God-like character. No matter what a man's possessions are in this world,if he has i not choracter he is unspeakably poor, j Before the throne ot God the pauper j is unspeakably rich compared with ! the wealthy man, who (lies without a righteous character, the only thing of value in the sight of God. In addressing the members of the order the speaker urged them to adopt j the divine philosophy of .Testis Christ. i Thus they would not onlv be lifted to a higher plane individually but j wo'ild also be aided iu realizing the j praiseworthy objects of their order. A FRATERNAIL" VISIT TONIGHT 1 The members of Beaver lodge, No 32, K. of P., this city, tonight will I have the pleasure of entertaining a j i large delegation from Onward lodge, j i No. 179, K. of P.,of Northumberland, i Beaver lodge made a fraternal visit to | Northumberland recently and the pre ! sent is a return visit. Every effort is being made by the local lodge to entertain the visitors in I royal style and a very large turnout | of the members is exneoted. ! Beaver lodge, with William Reese as Chancellor commander, is in a flourishing condition and is promin ently known throughout the State. At a round table conference of the Berks county grammar school and high school teachers, Snperintendent Rapp advised teachers not to accept free books from publishers, saying, "This orjany other kind of grafting is to be avoided." DANVILLE- }PA., THURSDAY. OCTOBER 15, liX»M HINT coil ON SATURDAY A sessiou of argument court was I held Saturday forenoon with His Hon or Judge Evans aud Associates Blee and Welltvi-r on the bench. There was very little business on hand. A divorce was grauted in the case of Albert Alexander Erdman and Isabella May Erdman. The report of the master, W. L. Sidler.ou which the decree was found ed, represents that the libelant aud respondent weie married iu Danville, .1 une 9, 1906. The divorce was sought on the grounds of desertion, j The court decreed that Albert Alex ander Erdman, libelant and Isabellu i May Erdman, respondent, be divorced aud separated from the nuptial ties and bonds of matrimony and that both ; be at liberty to marry again. CIVIL CASES, j October term of court begins next 1 Monday the 19th inst. Ou Saturday j the list of civil cases was gone over. The following are marked for trial: Lewis Kruni vs, D. L. & W. R. R. | Co. Trespass. Kreisher aud Hinckley, i attorneys. i Sophia G. Eckman vs. Lehigh and ! Wilkes-Barre Coal Co. Trespass. Gear | hart. Hinckley and Mensch for plain- I tiff and Wolverton, Herring and Wol i verton for defendant. I Sophia G. Eckman vs. The Cross Creek Coal Co., Trespass. Gearhart, Hinckley and Mensch for plaintiff and Wolverton,Herring and Wolverton for defendant. Myrtle Dugan, child, and Howard Dugan, parent,vs. Pennsylvania Rail road Co. trespass. Gearhart for plain tiff and Grier and Hinckley for de fendant. The latter case is brought here from Lycoming county, the plaintiff being a resident of Muncy. REPORT NOT REASSURING Health Commissioner Dr. Samuel G. Dixon has been heard from furtl er iu relation to our water supply, which was tested in the State laboratories at Philadelphia, and facts are adduoed, which teud to show that the report of the analysis is by no means as reassur ing as was at;first supposed. After the report from the|State lab oratory was received and printed in the Morning News our townsman, 1. X. Grier, Esq., addressed a letter to Dr. Dixon asking for definite informa tion as to what the analysis showed— whether it indicated that our water supply is fairly good—whether it is of a suspicious character,or worse,down right harmful ond unfit to be used for drinking as it comes from the filter beds. A few days ago Mr.fGrier recejved' a "reply from Dr. Di'xon, which read as follows: "Replying to your inquiry of the 3rd inst concerning Jthe analysis of water I beg to advise you that the samples Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 did not show the presence of the bacilli coli com munis, hut the third sample shows the presence of this bacillus and is indica tive of sewage pollution. As It hap pened one samplejout of the six show ed pollution and it might happen again that*the£whole six would show pollution; or none. Wherever water shows it is dangerous and shonld'be purified before using for domestic purposes. Very truly Yours, SAMUEL G. DIXON." Dr. Dixou's information should be definite enough. It leaves no donbt as to the real condition of our drinking water, which is by no means above the suspicion of being impure and the reel source of danger. Dr Dixon's remark that in another analysis the whole six samples might reveal bacilli coli or might appear ab solutely pure bears out the very sensi ble view frequently expressed that the only way to settle the question wheth er or not our river water is pure is by repeated analysis following at close intervals. REFORMED CHURCH SYNOD J. C. Miller, book-keeper in the Peoples bank, this city, left for Lock Haven on the 12 :10 Pennsylvania train yesterday to attend the Reformed church synod of the State, which con vened there last evening to remain iu session until next Monday. Mr. Miller represents the Wyoming chassis as dele gate elder. The Rev. O. D. Lerch, pastor of Mausdale Reformed church, and the Rev. W. J. Kohler, of Straw berry Ridge, will attend the synod as ministerial delegates. Delegates to Synod. Rev. Arney, of Pottsgrove, and J. W. Lowrie, of Strawberry Ridge will leave today for Beaver, Pa., where they will attend the meeting of the synod of the Presbyterian church. an PAPER IOT SELF NIL ! Met-srs Scott Heim and Ralph Still, ! students of the high school, members iof the staff of the "Orauge and the 1 Purplo'appeared before the board Mou ' day night explaining that the school paper is confronted with an unusual | condition aud'that it is not self-sup- J porting. The number of subscribers j is one hundred lees*'than last year. The advertising likewise does not ap pear promising. There is an actual | shortage of #SO at the present time. \ The school hoard was asked to make an appropriation to meet the deficit | The committee was requested to ex- I plain what efforts tiad been put forth I to obtain subscribers and advertisers i for the paper. They explained what ! they had done along both lines. The | dropping off of subscribers, they said, was to be attributed to a generaljlack | of on the part of | new studentr. I It was the|seuse of the school board that the staff of the "Orange and Pur } pie" had not put forth the proper ef fort to uiabe the paper self-supporting aud that it was altogether too early in the season to apply to the school board for assistance. On motion of Mr. Sechler the'matter was laid on the table. On motion it was ordered that a new bible be purchased for use in the high school. The secretary reported that the names omitted from the assessor's list, over seventy in number, had been placedjon the books. Dr. Barber called attention of the j board to a rumor abroad to the effect that the writing and passing of notes j in school is a practice Indulged in by the pupils and suggested that the mat ter be investigated and that if the rumor be found to be true the teaeh- j ers be urged to put forth eveiy effort ; possible to break up the practice I lie matter was generally discussed when it seemed to be the seuse of the board that whether note writing is iudulged in by the pupils or not the teachers can be relied ou to do their full duty in the premises. The following hills *ere approved for payment: U. S. Express Co I -'.BO Adams Express Co 5.00 Jno. Hixsou 88.22 Underwood Typewriter Co. 70.00 Montour Co Democrat 9.00 S. J. Welliver & Co 5.25 W. H. Orth 1.70 Emery Shultz 2.20 Americau Book Co 6.91 C. H. Schmid 24.P0 Roberts & Meek 6 62 1 Cleaver Wagner 8.13 S. R. Bidleman 87.00 1 Smith Brevier Type Writer Co . 4.00 Foster Bros 7.23 Globe Warehouse 3.62 A. Q. Harris 3.09 P. O. Solioch 17.85 C. L. Eggert 95 CLIMAX REACHED IN BURGLARIES Bloomsburg has a burglar story that for pure audacity takes the prize. Going into the spare room of her residence on Normal Hill, Mrs. Callie Bodine found that the bed in which no one sleeps except upon special oc casions, had been greatly disturbed evidencing the fact that some one had slept there during the night. An in quiry among the boarders failed to shed any light upon the strange affair audit was finally concluded that a tramp had crawled upon the porch J root and entered the room through a I window. The lewer sash in one of the windows in the room was found wide I open in the morning which strength- | ened the belief that some one had crawled upon the roof aud opened the j window. Whoever the intruder was, he had a good soft bed in which to sleep and was not even obliged to ask ] or thank the owner for the use of the j same. Tenth Wedding Anniversary. The tenth wedding anniversay of j Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Mauser, was | celebrated at their home in Grovania, j on Tuesday evening. Many useful pre- | sents were received by the happy ' couple. Those present were : Mr. nnd Mrs. Alouzo Manser, Mr. and Mrs. George Mowrey, Mr. and„Mrs. C. D. Garrison, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Thom as, Mr. and Mrs. William Krurn, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Baylor, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Heimbach, Mr. and Mrs. Ray mond Barrett, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mowrey, Mr. and Mrs. William Lazarus, Misses Ruth Thomas, Pearl Baylor,Miss Shaffer, Bertha and Mary Mowrey, Marie Barrett, Pauline and Mary Mauser; Masters Jacob Thomas, Raymond Lazarus, and Mr. George Heimbach. The Berks county almshouse farm has the best crop of corn in its his tory, fifty acres yielding fifty bushels to the acre. HOME BID II VALLEY TWP. The home of Mr. and Mrs Gale M. Dyer, Valley township, was wiped out Monday eve in a few minutes, when a lamp exploded in the front room, scattering the burning oil. The building was half consumed before any help arrived ou the scene of con flagration. Mr. ami Mrs. Dyer aud their baby live about a hundred yards east of the F P. Johnson place beyond Mausdale. Last evening Mr. Dyer was at the home of his father-in-law, Mr. Mer rill, while the wife aud child were alone at home. Mrs. Dyer was at work about the house, aud the baby was seated at the kitciieu table. A lamp was lighted in the front room. Without a moment's warning Mrs. Dyer heard the child scream and fail, the door between the kitchen aud the front room slammed aud the lamp in the front room exploded. The burn ing oil was thrown about the room, which was instantly ablaze in many places. Mrs. Dyer rescued her child, and succeeded in taking a very few small articles from the burning home,beside which nothing at all was saved. The building was totally destroyed. By the time help arrived on the sceue the house was half consumed. Fortunately the wind waß blowing away from the barn,and that structure was saved. Mr. Dyer carried some in surance. WED ON STAGE;" EXPENSES PAID The unique in wedding ceremonies was sprung in Bloomsburg when, fol lowing the reeeut presentation of a melodrama at the Columbia theatre, , Joliu Ha/.iette and Miss Ella Stack- j house, both of Light street, were mar ried on the stage by Justice of the Peace C. R. Weiss. Early in the week the manager of the company advertised that he would secure a marriage license, pay tie marriage fee aud give #ls iu cash to the pair that wonld'be married on the stage. Hazlette turned up as the prospec tive bridegroom,and his marriage was witnessed by an audience that packed the theatre. FILLING UP CANAL PROGRESSING The work of filling up the canal is proceeding quite rapidly, although a great deal yet .remains to be done. During two weeks' time five thou sand cubic yards of cinder have beeu hauled from the Structural Tubing works aud dumped in the old water way. The largest number of car loads hauled daily is 128. it frequently hap pens, however, that a slight mishap occurs, about the machinery, which has the effect of holding up the work. Owiug to this cause yesterday only 96 cars were hauled and on Monday 106. While one set of cars is being loaded another set is taken up to the canal and dumped. DEATH OF JOHN UDELHOFEN, SR. John Udelhofen, Sr., a well known J German-Americau citizen, died at his residence, Cherry street, this city, at I 5 :45 o'clock last evening after a week's illness. The deceased was 80 years of age aud j except for the infirmities due to ad- j vaneing years up to a recent date : was iu good health. On Thursday of last week he was out on the street. | Mr. Udelhofen was boru in Ger- j many. Ho came to this country iu i 1854. Soon after landing he came to ! Danville, where he has since resided. He was a tailor by occupation and is well remembered as one of the cutters employed in the company store under i Waterman & Beaver. Ho is survived by his widow, two i sons, Charles and John, and three j daughters, Miss Elizabeth of Harrie jburg; Miss Anna aud Mrs. George i Leohuer of this city. ACCEPTS CALL TO WAYNSBORO Rev. John Costello.who for the past j year has had charge of the Episcopal j circuit comprising Northumberland, ! Catawissa aud Riverside, will leave today for W T aynesboro, where he will be in charge at St. Mary's Mission. Rev. Costello preached his farewell sermon in Grace church on Sunday | last. During his pastorate at River- | side he has labored zealously to pro mote the welfare of his congregation and improve the property of the ohuroh. His many friends unite in wishing for him a like suocess in his new charge. The calamity howlers are calling to empty benches these days. pur iiN ire 11! Oor neighbors on the sooth side like i f* nv 'He arp badly infested with | tramjm.fi KeitherlSouth Danville nor | Riverside, however,is policed and the I residents are in a manner withont | protection. Fortunately, >b was de j monstrated by a little affair which took place Tuesday some of tie resi dents are aide to take care of them selves. During the early hours of Tuesday j forenoon a liohD appeared at the house | of John Snyder in Riverside and ask jed for something to eat. Mr. Snyder is a puddler employed at the Reading ; Iron works, this city. Fortunately he is on the night turn this week and j when the hobo called Tuesloy he was up stairs asleep. The tramp was a Polander,although in every other respect he resembled the typical hobo with all the ear marks of vagrancy. Mrs. Snyder hand- j ed him some food, which the fellow proceeded to eat in a leisurely way. He evidently thought that Mrs. Suy- 1 der was at home alone, for no sooner had he eaten the food she had given him than he grossly insulted her. The woman could hardly believe j that the wretch would repay her kind ness with such conduct. She believed it to be a duty that she owed to so ciety as well to administer to him a sound drubbing and she wad ed into him. When it is explained that Mrs. Sny der weighs 275 pounds it will be un derstood that she did good execution. She knocked the hobo down with the first blow. The fellow rose to his feet and she knocked him down again. ' Then she called her husband. I When Mr. Snyder came down stairs the hobo had pulled himself together aud waddled off. Ho was easily locat ed, however, up along the railroad, and the husband hurried after him de- j termined that there should lie a prompt aud satisfactory settlement. Overtaking the hobo he took him back to the house for identification. The fellow put up no denial but aßk- i ed only to be permitted to leave the j < place. His request was finally granted j but not until Mr. Snyder had supple- I 1 mented the beating his wife had giv- 1 < en the tramp with a sound drubbing { t of his own. | After Mr. Snyder was through with j the fellow Mrs. Snyder took him in hand and in her husband's presence ; finished up the work that she had so j valiently began when alone. After the ' husband and wife were done some of ! the neighbors appeared on the scene ; and wanted to play football with the I ba<i!y battered fellow, but they were ; finally convinced that he had been ohastised sufficiently. About noon the tra;np was observed to cross the river bridge into Danville, HINT AT GRAFT IN thf; NAVY SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14 The "Call" today declares that a report affecting the transport service j i on this coast has been made to the War : department and that some startling ' disclosures may be expected when the | report is made public. According to the story the alleged | I irregularities are connected with the extensive repairs made to the Logan ! ; and other vessels of the service. In i i the case of the Logan it is alleged re- i pairs to the amount of $90,000 were ! made, immediately torn out and an- | i other contract for repairs aggregating $150,000 was awarded to the same com- ! paiiT. It is said that tne matter was brought to light by two secret service agents who enlisted in order to gain their in- j formation. BAD THROAT SAVES THIEF iTud;;e Auten in the Northumberland county court has recognized the con- j tention of scientists that youthful \ criminal inclinations may be caused 1 from an abnormal growth in the of fender's throat,and withheld sentence on I'.) years old John Lloyd of North umberland. who has served four terms in jail. Lloyd acknowledged having recent ly committed a dozen thefts and said ' he could not resist the temptation to steal. He was remanded to jail and 1 physicians appointed by the court will examine him. Hits Pure Food Law. Altoona. Oct. 14. Judge A. O. Smith, of Cleatfield county, has hand ed down a decision declaring uncon stitutional clause seven of section five of the pdre food law, the same clause that Judge Bell declared unooostita tional. The decision was rendered in the case of Edward Dougherty, charg ed with selllog evaporated peaohes containing snlphorio acid. The de cision destroys the effect of the entire law. ESTABLISHED IN 1855 IB M CHRIST CHURCH Miss Martha Adella Harpel aud Theodoie Hobison Angle, of this city, were married yesterday morning, j The weddiug was solemnized in ' Christ Episcopal church by the Rev. Edward Haughtou, pastor, at fi:4s o'clock. The ceremony was marked by extreme simplicity, there being no srmblance of ostentation or display. Indeed so quietly was the affair man aged that scarcely anyone but the im mediate families knew of the wedding until it took place. The bride aud groom were unattended and the cere mony was witnessed by only a few of the most intimate friends. , The uewly wedded couple were driv en directly from the church to the station at South Danville, where they took the 7 :20 train for a trip to Phila delphia and New York. Mr. Angle, the groom, is managing editor of the Moruing News and iB widely known in newspaper and other circles. The bride is the eldest daugh ter of Dr. and Mrs. F. E. Harpel. She is a most highly esteemed young lady and has a largo circle of friends. POOR ROADS ARE REPORTED Postmaster W. L. Gouger has receiv ed a communication from the fourth postmaster general which clearly in dicates that the department will insist upon good roads where r. 112. d. routes are established'and that in townships where the roads are not kept in prop er repair the rural delivery will like ly be withdrawn. As will be seen the roads embraced by the local routes are not up to the standard. The communication from the fourth postmaster general, is as follows : "The Postmaster, Danville. Pa. Sir: The bad condition of the roads on routes Nos. 1, 2. 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 recently reported to the department has thiß day been called to the atten tion of the road officials. " You will also take the matter up with the local road authorities and patronß residing in the locality of the bad roads and inform them that the department insists upon roads covered by rural delivery being kept in gcod condition for travel atfall times, and that this matter should receive their immediate attention. "If it is found that sufficient in terest is not shown in the service to maintain the routes in good condition for travel they will very likely be amended so as to avoid the neglected roads, or if this can not be done, the discontinuance of the reuses will have serious consideration. "Failure to comply should be re ported under section 89, "instruc tions," iu ample time to admit of con sideration of amendments of routes before the beginning of winter. Very respectfully, P. V. DeURAW, Fourth Ass't. Postmaster Gen'l." COMMITTED TO PRISON Fred Eaker, a young man who hailß from Berwick, but who for some time boarded with Joseph !Eck, this city, yesterday was arrested on the charge of jumping a board bill and in default of bail was committed to jail. The defendant was a stylishly dress ed dapper little follow, who for a while had been employed at the Read ing iron works. He was arraigned be fore Justice of the Peace Dalton. The testimony of Mr. Eck, the prosecutor, revealed that the defendant was indebt ed to him to the amount of seventeen dollars for board. It was alleged that he drew nine dollars pay and instead of applying this, or any part of it,to the liquidat ing of the board bill he absconded. Yesterday he reappeared in town aud was arrested. The defendant disclaimed all inten tion of defrauding Mr. Eck and cited the fact [that he had come back to town ns evidence to show that he had not absconded. He tried a good many different expedients to avoid going to jail. Ho was unable,however,to find any one to help him to pay the board bill, which, with costs.amounted to twenty dollars. The justice decided to hold him for court and fixed bail at 1300. Despite his efforts the young fellow was unable to find a bondsman aud was committed. Sues for S2O,O<M) Damages. Mary J. MoDyer, of Coaldale, has entered suit against the Eastern Penn. sylvania Railroad for 120,000 damages for the loss of her husband, the late Jameß McDyer, a well known councils man of that boroogh. While driving over a crossing with his milk wagoitg the vehicle was strock by a trolley car and Mr. McDyer was so badly injured that he inccairbed to the effects. ~.. w . - v -
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