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Sixty l'ennsr ivatki* railroad freigl.t
cam I at Shot L » Mills, Lam-aster
county, f or a ycar.have ju»t b• 11 ord
ered lo Phllvlelpla to be ; ut into n»f
at once.
Ilarrv Suavely, of Delta, York couu
tv, aged only .'<) .learn has been arrett
ed 011 charges i'f passing uuim rous
forged check* on merchants of that
town.
The I'uion Veteran Legion of Head
ing has come into possession of a bul
let-riddled lUg that wan carried
through the Mexican war by Captain
William Leibar'i company.
L. D. Chatnplin, of Haker'g Creek,
Hotter county, wan switched acroks
tlie eys by a horse's tail several weeks
ago, and one eye lias become so sore
that the sight will be lost, it ii fear
ed.
After a short aud exciting Imut,
Joseph Avade was captured at Leban
on on Saturday night.a few hours aft
er he had killed Stephen Davido.a fel
low alien, in the West Myerntowu
foreign colonv.
The tank department of the Ameri
can Car aud Foundry company.at Mil
tou, hap just been awarded a contract
for the election of one hundred and
fifty tank cars,on which work will to
begun in a few days.
Emanuel Degler, while picking
chestnuts on the Blue mountains, in
Berks county, on Saturday, found a
packet book containing |l3 in bank
notes so badly decayed that the de
nominations could scarcely be decip
hered.
While the members of the family of
John Ulrich, of Bern township, Berks
county, were husking corn in a field
some distance away from the house on
Saturday, a thief entered the home
and stole. s6l in money and a gold
watch.
Plans have been prepared by the
Universal Portland Cement company,
a subsidiary of the United States Steel
corporation, to double the capacity of
its big slag plant, at Universal, Al
legheny county, at a cost off J. 000,-
000.
A few days ago, a peddler called at
the home of Mrs. A. O. Blanch,in St.
Clair, Schuylkill countv, and when
she did not buy from him he became
violently enraged and his actions so
alarmed her that she was prostrated.
On Sunday she died from the nervous
shock sustained.
After traveling over 5,000 miles to
see his brother, A. L. Wick, a retired
banker, who is lying at the point of
death at the Greenville hospital, Wil
liam W. Wick, of Portland, Oregon,
died at the Arlington hotel, in Green
ville, early on Sunday morning of
apoplexy,about two hours after he had
arrived and before he got to see his
sick brother.
TWO SHERIFF
WILLIAMS MET
Sheriff D. C. Williams yesterday re
turned from Huntingdon, where he
took Arthur Welliver to the reformat
ory. An amusiug incident of liis trip
is told as follows hy the Huntingdon
Daily New Era:
"That Williams is a popular name
at least in two counties in Pennsyl
vania when aspiring to office is shown
by a little coincidence which brought
to Huntingdon on Monday two sheriffs
by that name, One was Sheriff Frauk
Williams, of Venango county and the
other was Sheriff D. C. Williams, of
Montour county. Neither had met the
other until they got together iu Hunt
ingdon,the one on a mission to the re
formatory, the other in search for a
man who had .lumped his bail. Botli
fell into the hands of Col. Bathurst,
our genial chief of police, aud were
escorted, of course not to the lock-up
nor the county jail, but around over
town to see the sights They paid
many complimentary remarks to Hunt
ingdou and of course the "Colonel"
invited them back for "Old Home
Week" next year. "
Becoming infatuated with Mrs.
John Dolan, of Morea, Sohuylkill
county, Michael Amhrosins coaxed her
it is alleged, to poison her husband
and elope with him. She told her huej
band instead, however, and now the
tempter is in jail.
INI STRUCK
BI TROLLEY CAR
A two liorw spring wagon tielonging
to N B. Welliver of Valley township,
wan strock by a Danville aud Huuhary
trolley car on Hatntdav The o<cup
' ants escaped serious injury, although
the accident placed their live# in jeo
■ pardv and was spectacular and thrill
ing tu the extreme
'1 lie collision occurred about one
o'clock Mr Weill ver, accompanied
by Thomas Tanner and,l hoy uamed
Frank Kemler.urove oat of l.ast Front
street and to rued up on the approach
to tin bridge . ,i-t a- the Danville and
Sunbury trolley car was coming over
from tlm south tide and was Hearing
the Danville «n 1 of the bridge.
.lust as the wagon loomed up in
front of the luotorman Mr Welliver
drove ov- r the trolley track. Mean
while tlie luotorman was sounding his
gong and he fancied everything was
safe when to his horror, just as the
car reached the end of the bridge, Mr.
Welliver :«tr- niMtfd to cross the track
the second tim
No earthly power could prevent an
accident The car struck the renr part
of the wagon aud before it could be
stopped had carried or shoved it up
the track to a point opposite Horace
Blue's residence. When the wagou
was struck Mr. Welliver and iiis com
panion went flying ont headfirst,
lauding near the curb at the corner of
Mill aud Kaat Front streets. The
tongue, unequal to thestrnin, snapped
off near the front axle; the double
tree also broke,so that the horses were
released. Mr. Welliver, although
thrown violently to the ground, held
onto the lines so that the horses did
not escape. The boy. Frank Kessler,
clung to the wagou aud rode along as
far as it was carried by the car. He
escaped injury.
Welliver and Tanner sustained sev
eral bad abrasions and were more or
less bruised, but ueither of them was
seriously hurt. Beyoud the broken
tongue and douldetree the wagou was
little injured.
Mr. Welliver states that neither lie
nor his companions heard the approach
ing car.
MISS ALLEN GOES
TO MAINVILLE
Miss Alice Small, teacher of the
third school of the third ward, who
was ill of typhoid fever when the \
school opened, has so far recovered as
to be able to resume her position. She
took charge of her school on Monday
morning.
Miss Ella Allen of Bloomsburg, who
acted as a substitute for Mies Small,
lias accepted the position of teacher of :
the Mainville school in Colombia
county, which was brought into the ;
limelight by the elopment of the teach
er, Miss Helen Mauser, who became
the wife of Alan B. Roat of Washing
ton, D. O. last week after teaching j
about one month. Six different teach- '
era filled the position last year, while i
Miss Manser was the seoond woman
teaoher to elope from the school. The |
position pays fifty-five dollars per I
month.
The directors of Main township had
a large number of applicants,but Miss '
Allen was chosen because of her past
success in teaching both in this city !
and Bloomsburg.
THE NEWS WILL
HAVE SIX PHONES
The most complete for handling
election returns ever made in Montour
county are among the arrangements
in The Morning News oflice for next j
Tuesday night.
Six telephones will be installed in
the News editorial rooms. Two of
these will bo Bell phones, one for re
ceiving full State and national reports
over tne Bell long distance lines, the
other for giving out this information.
There will also be four local phones
in the News oilice.to receive and give '
out the local. State aud Lutional eleo |
tiou news.
On election night no one except em
ployes of The Morning News will be
admitted to the offioe. This rule will
bo rigidly enforced aud there will be
no exceptions.
John Mininger, who broke jail at
Butler in IStOo.aud was recaptured last
week, was on Monday sentenced to
live years in the penitentiary, by
Judge Galbreath. Mininger was un
der sentence for larceny. He has a
prison record of eighteen years and
has escaped three times from the But
ler jail.
Harold Shepuer, of Beavea Falls,
aged 8 years, found a dynamite cap
on Monday morning. He pounded it
with a stone and three of his fingers
were blown off. The same morning in
another part of the town Wesley Lam
kert, aged 11 years, who found a dyn
amite cap pounded it with a hatohet
and his left eye is gone.
DANVILLE- }PA. 112 THURSDAY. OCTOBER 29, 1908
JUDGE BLEE MEETS
WIAECIDEN!
Associate Judge Krink II Him 1 had
I lie misfortiiriip to sustain a frartnre
of on- of hi* Itnili« on Sunday pvpning
and «• K mull will he incapacitatpil
for business for some lime.
Judge Mli>i' »«h assisting to ilo 11■<•
i liorp* about the lmr 11. wl.f-n the ar
oiticiit occurred. Among HIP animals
of the barnyard »«< a nialp shcpp,
which*** in common with such ani
mal* »■«« lu a belligerent ami nt'k'f'•»-
slve mood.
Judge Hied drove the buck to OIIP
side and thp neit moment fouuil it
n.i-essary to get oat of the way him
»«• If II ' itlippp I iiiul ft* 11 injuring hid
riiftit limb Hii.l > aasing most exeruci
ating pain
11r Snyder of Washinetonville wait
called, w ho ilinoovered that thp cmall
er ol the two bones in the limb wax
broken about tlve inched above ih«
ankle The physician wet the broken
bone and at Kit accounts Judge Hlee
was doing very well.
In such injuries recovery is general
ly slow Under the most favorable
circumstances the Judge will likel.v
be confined to hla home for five or six
weeks This is especially unfortunate
and he lias general sympathy.
UNION SERVICE
ON THANKSGIVING
The Uiiiou Thanksgiving service
will be held iu the Grove Presbyteri
an church thin season The sermon
will bo preached by the Kev. John
Couley Grime--, pastor of SI. Peter's
M. E chorch of Riverside.
The Arrangements thus far were per
fected at a regular meeting of the
Danville Ministerial association held
yesterday forenoon. The arraugement
of a full program was left in the hands
of the Rev. William U. McOormaok,
D. D., pastor of the Grove Presbyter
ian church.
It was decided that the Tlianksglv
ing offering be donated to the Wo
men's Beuevolent society of Danville,
which is very much iu need of funds
in order to enablo it to extend relief
eveu in small quantities in all the di
rections where want exists. Following
custom, to the end that the Thanks
giving offering mav not appear in
significant the various churches of the
borough arc requested to take up a
separate offering at prayer meeting on
Wednesday evening preceding Thanks
giving, said sums to be added to the
regular thanksgiving offering taken up
at the union service.
Earlier iu the season there was some
sentiment in favor of holding Thanks
giving servioes in each of the church
es in town as was the enstom in the
past. The matter was much disenssod
for awhile. The announcement of the
Union service, however, would indic
ate that the idea of holding separate
services has been abandoned.
EXHIBITED NEW
LABORATORY SYSTEH
The school board Monday night was
treated to an interesting demonstration
[of the Columbia-Crowell laboratory
system, taking in nearly the whole
; domain of physios. The experiments
were conducted by D. W. Moon, rep
resentative of the Columbia School
Supply company, of Indiana. The new
laboratory system is inoet complete. It
impressed the sohool board very favor
ably and will no doubt facilitate the
teaching aud study of physics very
much. The school board took no ac
tion looking to the introduction of the
system last night.
Nearly the entire session was oc
cupied with the demonstration.
The following members were pres
ent: Parsul, Orth, Barber, Swarts,
j Burns. Fischer, Fish, Lloyd, Sechler,
Redding, Cole.
SHELTERING HOBOES
IN LOCKUP
The tramps are coming to town iu
large numbers. No less than five had
sought, the shelter of the lock-up at 7
o'clock last night.
Although the hoboes put up the usu
al plea of being in search of work
they bear the usual earmarks aud there
i is little doubt that work is the last
thing they desire. As autumn ad
vances the number of tramps is on the
increase aud the police as well as the
citizens of town are much annoyed.
It wonld seem pretty safe to assume
that the hoboes with praoticaly no ex
i ceptions are all that they seem to be
and that the best remedy to be applied
i would be the ball and chaiu. Feediug
j and sheltering the tramps is only en
couraging vagrancy.
The Dauphin county court lias be
fore it this week forty-five divorce
oases, most of the applications com
ing from women on the plea of de
sertion.
HALLOWEEN
i SIIM
Next Saturday night will be hall
oween and the |otIIr« department I* al
ready on the alert to keep the antics
of the serenaders down to a healthful
and sane ohnerrance of the event and
to prevent anything like the disorder
ly and unlawful conduct that has dis
graced the town In t>ast years
It Is worthy of note that due to the
exertions of our police during several
; years past very little complaint has
been heard on the acore of damage
done on hallo ween
It was not many years ago that the
inasi|ueraders owned the town on that
occasion The worst element seemed
let loose and it did about as it pleas
ed. The streets, not only nu October
Ulit hut for several nights previously
redoubled puudenioniuin. Flour and
charcoal were distributed with a lav
ish hand That clothes were ruined
goes without saying, while damage
iloue lo property was by no means
small.
Vie would be a .ionr misanthrope,in
deed, who would debar the young aud
pleasure loving from all participation
in the time-honorml observance of
halloween. At the same time modera
tion is as much of a virtue when one
is engaged in impersonating witches
and evil spirits as it is in sauer em
ployment. That the police department
intends to maintain its attitude of
former years is quite obvious from the
following proclamation that the clilef
of-police has handed to the AMERI
CAN:
'"To whotn it may concern Notice
is hereby given that the celebration of
halloweeu must be restricted to oue
night only, that of October 31st.
All persona found guilty of throw
ing floor, soot, or of using cliarcoal ro
mark the clothing of others will be
promptly arrested.
Let there be no mischief doue and
avoid all disorderly conduct.
J. O. MINOEMOYER.
Chief-of-Police.
HARRIED AT
LEWISBURG
J. S. Bond, of Sunbury, formerly of
| this city,and Miss Irene Tovey,daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Tovey,
| Sidler hill, were united in marriage
at Lewisburg on Monday, Oct, 12th,
| 1908. The ceremony was performed by
Kev. Cleaver, pastor of the Methodist
i church, in the presence of a very few
near frieuds.
Mr. Bond is employed as a brake
man on the Eastern and Susquehanna
divisions of the Pennsylvania railroad
and stands high in the esteem of his
employers and the men who are as
i soeiated with him during his daily
work. Mrs. Bond is a young lady of
high accomplishments, having a host
of friends in this vicinity. The new
ly married couple will reside in Sou
, bury, and will start housekeeping in
I the very near future in a newly fur
nished home at No. 24a South Third
street.
SURFACE EXPOSES
A NATURE FAKER
A mighty odd thing happened be
fore the 680 teachers assembled in
county institute at Norristown this
week. Professor H. A. Surface, the
State economic zoologist, addressed
them,and displayed some sample corn,
which had grown to immense size
thereabouts. In examining a parti
cularly long ear, which measured 17
inches, he found that there had been
some nature-faking going on, for the
ear came -apart and the glne with
which it was Btuck was revealed
The ccbs, in the center of which a
stick had been affixed, were of two
colors, red aud white, the "faker" no
doubt never suspecting that the "boss"
inspector would get "next."
Social a Success.
A very successful social was held iu
Heddens' hall at Washingtonville on
Saturday by the Webster Literary so
ciety of the Strawberry Ridge high
school. The hall was tastefully de
coratedlTor the occasion. One of the
principal features of the affair was
Madame Sidonia (Miss Dietrich) who
told the fortuues of those present.
The committee iu charge ef the af
fair was composed of Margaret Diehl,
chairman; Maragret Shultz, Belva
Kinney, May Springer, Walter Roat
and Ralph Oromis, president of the
society.
Star Course Reservation Tonight.
The reservation of seats for the Y.
M. O. A. star oourse will take place
tonight at the Y, M. O. A. The doors
will open at 7:30 and the ohecklng of
seats will begin promptly at 8 o'olock
p. m.The plan of reservation was ex
plained in last Saturday's edition of
the News.
II Din OF
; HARRT C. CM
Hurry M. Marrow, nan of Mr. mid
Mm Meorge A. (inrmw, Ash street,
died In Philadelphia Tuesday mum
inn a* the result of drinking hydro
cyanic arid,
Harry M Marrow grew to manhood
in Danville. He learned the drug
business and for several year* tilled
l ioniti<>nn in the leading drug stores of
Philadelphia. He resided on Kant
Mlrard avenue uutll a month aen when
lie purchased a More at IJnd street
i»nd Westminster aveuue,
Mr Marrow's business dirt not suc
ceed lo naif him and lie seemed de
spondent A few <Uv* ago the former
owner of the store advanced him sotne
money and his spirit* began to revive.
On Monday night he seemed to hare
fully recovered from hid despondency
and chatted with his wife and clerk
in one of the rooin« over the store,
where he lived, until about eleven
o'clock.
Ahont one o'clock Tue» lay morn
ing he arose from his bed and com
plained of pain* ahont the heart. He
said he would go down stairs and take
something for it. This he did.
A few minutes later Mrs. Marrow
heard something fall heavily iu the
store helow and running down stairs
she found her husband moaning upon
the floor,a hottle of hydrocyanic acid
clutched in his hand. He died on the
way to the hospital.
Besides his widow, his father and
mother the deceased is survived by
several brothers and sisters, nearly all
of whom live in Danville. He was
forty-three years of age. He was a
capable druggist and was highly es
teemed.
UNVEILING AT
BLOOMSBURG
Company K, 12th regiment N. M.
P., of this city, has received an invi
tation from the commander of lint
I'ost No. 350, O. A. R., to be present
at the unveiling of the Soldiers' mon
ument at Bloomsburg iu the near fu
ture.
It is well known that the Blooms
burg veterans like the members of the
O. A. R. iu Danville are engaged in
the work of building a soldiers' mon
ument. The memorial to the fallen
heroeß at Bloomsburg is a little furth
er along than the one at Danville, the
work on the base being probably about
completed.
The Bloomsburg veterans expect to
be able to unveil their monument
some time during next month. The
unveiling ceremonies will be of an
elaborate and impressive tature. Gov
ernor Stuart and many other distin
guished persons are expected to be pres
ent.
Company F has not yet taken action
on the invitation but there is hardly
any doubt hut that it will accept. The
company is invited to be present in
full dress uniform.
PENNSY'S BIG
RAIL ORDER
"Tlie Pennsylvania will soon place
an order for rails and equipment for
1909 delivery. The order will be about
the same size as usual. The company
will not let its lines deteriorate in
any way. I believe that the worst of
the business crisis is over and that
there will hereafter be a gradual im
provement." These statements were
made by President James McCrea, of
the Pennsylvania railroad, when he
arrived at the union depot in Pitts
burg on the inspection trip which he,
the board of directors and otjier offici
als of the company are tuabins; over
the lines east and west of the Smoky
City. Au average order of the Penn
sylvania of rails iu one year for the
lines east aud west of Pittsburg is 10,-
000 tons. At the present rate of S2B a
ton, this would foot up $4.:>00,000. In
additiou to this the company will re
quire not less than 200 more steel pass
enger coaches, because of the needs
originating in the new Pennsylvania
terminals at New York City. One of
these cars is worth |5,000. The total
would cost $1,000,000.
Harold Reppert, of Copley, Lehigh
county, aged 6 years, got a gun out
of a closet on Monday which it was
thought was not loaded. While play
ing with it, it was discharged in the
bauds of his brother Heury aged 8
years. The load struok Harold on the
head and he may die.
Elmer E. Steigerwalt, of Sitlers
Station, Schuylkill county, formerly
a tax collector of West Penu township
who disappeared throe months ago,
when he was charged with having em
bezzled SSOO collected for taxes, was
captured at Tamaijua on Mouday.
Hit is reported that the Amerioan
Sheet and Tin Plate company will
build five more hot mills at the Qroer
tin mill in New Castle. The mill has
now twenty hot mills.
NEW KID
1 OF Hill
I The school board 11 ar adopted a new
method of fumigation. discarding iho
elaborate and more or lend expensive
regenerator* whereby the formalde
hyde g»« was |iroiluc<>il by an alcohol '
I | lamp anil using in Its ►trail n simple
I ami lß«i|WDii(« devlcf wherein Willi
I oat the agency of heat formaldehyde
' gas is more quickly produced in wore
1 concentrated fottn.
1 It «u not until come twenty year*
1 ago tliat the germicidal properties of
iormaldeliydo were recognised and that
it began to displace sulphur a* a dis
infectant. Until unite recently, how
r ever, the gas was generated through
' the agency of an alcohol flame. The
preseuce of the burning alcohol made
it unsafe to place the regenerator in
' the room to bo fumigated and it wan
: customary when using it to set it in a
hail or another room adjoining, con
1 ducting the formaldehyde gas into the
cloned room by means of a long tube in
serted in the key hole Meanwhile,the
janitor was supposed to be at the side
1 of the regeut rator to prevent mishap
Recently it was discovered that Iwt
ter result* are accomplished by omit
ting the flame and simply mixing with
the formaldehyde potassium peruiang
-1 anate. As soon as the two chemicals
1 nnite there is a violent ebulitioa or
boiling,during which the gas is thrown
' off in enormous volume Indeed, it lias
been discovered that within teu miu
' utes after the potassium permanganate
has been mixed with the formaldehyde
1 eighty per cent of the whole quantity
' of gas is given off, thus producing a
1 volume which of necessity fills every
recess and corner of the room.
Owing to the absence of the alcohol
tlame and the consequent danger from
lire the formaldehyde can be directly
■ applied by mixing the chemicals iu
the room to be fumigated. The pres
ence of the janitor is not needed.
The apparatus is simplicity itself
" and in a general way may be describ
ed as a tiu bucket set iu a dish basin,
the former to contain the chemicals
and the latter to catch the liquid that
may boil over. Obviously a bucket
and dish basin,along with the chemic
als, are all that are essential when it
becomes necessary to famigate a resi
-1 | deuce.
The new method of fumigation orig
-1 inated with the State board of health
of Maine. It has now been adopted by
the State department of health of
Pennsylvania.
I
Mrs. Frank Eugler.of Wiikes-Barie,
is visiting relatives iu this city.
Miss Grace Reabuck.of Philadelphia,
is the guest of Miss Lois Shalt/,
Ohurch street.
B F. Antrim and Miss Eouiee Crel
lfiti, of West Pittstou, are visitiug
friends in this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Will G. Brown and
Mrs. I. G. Porsel spent yesterday as
the guests of Mrs. A. Howerof North
umberland.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Y. Sechler, Church
street, left yesterday for a visit with
relatives in Elysburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Ford, Miss Mary
Tovey, Mrs. J. J. Reese, Mrs. Annie
Gibson and William lies attended the
funeral of Harry Simmons in Sunburv
yesterday.
Mrs. Ernest Rogers, of Sunbury, is
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Heury Grove, Spruce street.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jameson, of
Burnhatn, arrived last evening for a
visit with the former's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Jameson. West Mah
oning street.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Thornton 'and
children, of Berwick are visiting at
the home of the former's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Lew is Thornton, Honeymoon
street.
DEATH OF
k. H. SIMINGTON
R. Heury Simington. an aged and
respected citizen,died at hia home near
Mooresburg Wednesday evening about
six o'clock, of paralysis, iu the sixty
sixth year of iiis age.
Mr. Simington sustained a strobe
more than a montli ago, from the ef
fects of which he never recovered. He
is survived by his wife and three sons.
His funeral will take place on Fri
day. Services at the house at one
o'clock. Interment in Harmony ceme
tery.
Farm laborers in the south, paid by
the month or year and fed and sup
ported by the landowner, receive 35 1
and 40 cents a day during working
eeason.
Integrity is a Qualification that helps
a man to succeed.
ESTABLISHED IN IH6T.
ran or
TILFIH REUNION
By l*»t evening all the arrange
■limits were (wrfected for the reunion
of the Twelfth Regiment Pennsy I van
ia Volunteer infantry Veteran A-so
-1 elation, Spanish American war, which
will be held Iu tliis city today All
that is needed il fair weather to in
sure one of the best attended and most
surressf u l leuuioiui ever held by the
association.
No one conversant with the history
of our country during the last decade
will f.til to appreciate the dignity and
true aignifli anoe ot the reunion to be
held ill Danville today. Kvery appre
ciative ami patriotir heart wilt join in
a ringing welcome to the survivors
of the army that was victorious in a
war waged for the cause of humanity.
That welcome, which will be felt iu
every heart, ran not be better express
ed than by the proper decoration of
our towu. Let Hags with bunting ga
lore be displayed on every business
place and dwelling.
Old glory should be the first object
to greet the eyes of the survivors The
graceful fold of the stars and stripes
are the ouly thing appropriate and
their ab>etice would show a derelic
tion and lark of appreciation that no
town would be willing to -tauil for.
The members of the association will
arrive at Danville during the fore
noon. At a :;I0 o'clock there will be a
formal reception of visiting comrades
at the courthouse.
The business sesssion at the court
house will follow at 3 o'clock. The
Rev. William 0. McOormack, D. D.,
pastor of Grove Presbyterian church,
is down on the prorgaui for invoca
tiou. Chief Burg.-ss William J. Rog
ers wil deliver the address of welome.
The response will be byJOolouel James
B. Coryell.
At 5:30 p. in. refreshments will be
served in the armory.
At 7 :30 o'clock there will be a par
ade from the armory to the court
houae.
At 7 :45 o'clock there will be a camp
fire at the courthouse. Addresses will
be delivered by Major General J. P.
S. Goblu and Colonels Coryell and
Clemenr. The addresses will'be fol
lowed with reminiscences by members
Music will be furnished by Hepasz
band of Williamsport. Selections will
be rendered by the Orpheus Glee Club
and Mr. John Geyer, the latter of
Berwick.
The general public along with the
members of the G. A. R. is invited to
attend the meetings iu the courthouse.
RIVER HIGHEST IN
MANY MONTHS
The slow drizzliug rain, which fell
yesterday, following the rains of Sun
day and Monday would seem to indi
cate that the drought is effectually
broken aud that henceforth ||we shall
have plenty if rain. Best of all the
weather coutiuues warm so that under
the effect of the moisture the grain
has an opportunity to grow and to
make np for lost time.
The river has risen slightly aud at
present is higher than at any time
during the summer. This does not im
ply, however, that the rise is consid
erable. Many of the larger rocks still
protrude above the water and the
stream is only slightly muddy. Never
theless the river presents a changed
appearance and the probability is that
additional rains will cause higher
water before winter sets in.
PROPOSED BILL
INTERESTS FIREMEN
The volunteer firemen of Danville
are greatly interested in a bill which
it Is proposed to bring before the State
legislature when it meets iu January
of next year, aud which, if passed,
will result in the better maintenance
uf volunteer tire departments in bor
oughs of the State and will avoid con
flicts betweeu firemen and borough
legislative bodies in regard to the ex
penditure of borough funds for firecje
partment pnrposes.
The new bill, which was endorsed
by the convention of the Southeastern
\ olunteer Firemen's association of
Pennsylvania at South Bethlehem,
proposes to levy a tax of one-half mill
on personal property aud real estate
in all boroughs and towns within the
State for the purpose of creating a
firemen's reserve fund for the estab
lishment,the equipment and the main
tenance of fire companies iu boroughs
aud towns. The bill has the endorse
ment of other associations aud will be
presented as noted above. The mem
bers of the association are going to
take steps to further the proposition
in this vicinity by getting all candid
ates for the legislature and.State sen
ate to agree to support the bill when
it comes up.
It isn't a good thing for the girls of
the family to run the streets at night
or for the boys either.