ill nil tour iM&i American. VOL. 54—NO. 47 DR. IRVING 11. JENNINGS, Office Hours A. M.to 11 .!/. 10.1 Mill St., I J'. M.to i M. Danville, Pa. SIIULT'/., M. 425 MILL ST., DANVII.I.K, PA. Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines a Specialty ITEMS CONDENSED. Mrs. Serena M F. North,of Colum bia, widow of the late Hugh M. North a distinguished member of tho Lan caster bar, lias donated $15,000 to St. Paul's Episcopal church, Columbia, to iiqni iate a debt of that aiuo.mr. Ministers of New Ca«tle are taking action jointly for 11• abo isl.meut of Sunday fuuer.il- or at lea.-' li.niting them t.i ouly saoli cas's as scciu abso lutely nect sary. For shooting a rabbit near Emaus, Berks county, without iiccn-e. Lion Batzigals, a foreigner, ou Thurs day fined a total of S6O. The contract for the erection of the Panther Creek hospital at Tamaqua lias been awarded to J. Andrew Bresl- ! in, of Summit Hill, for $30,000, Egar G. Rhoads, a rural free deliv ery mail carrier of Athol, Berks coun ty, expects to deliver all his mail by automobile, giving the best rural mail service in the county. Owners of dogs in Westchester who refuse or neglect to pay the annual tax imposed by the borough ordinances will be arrested and fined by the bur gess. Enos Nase, of Sellersville, Bucks county, who iB 93 years of age, is still hale aud hearty aud goes fox huntiug aud catches ground hogs with the vim of a mau of less Hum half his age. Mrs. Sarah Bowers,who died recent ly in Reading, bequeathed $5,000 to different Catholic charitable institii tious, but as the will was made ouly tweuty-threo days before her death the bequests are invalid. William H. Grim, of Hamburg, Berks county, who has raised four crops of alfalfa the past season, has placed thirty-two stoers iu his baru which he expects to fatten with this crop--a new experiment for that sec tion. By the explosion of the boiler of a 300-barrel oil gusher near Butler on Saturday evening William Aggas was fatally injured and Abner Hamilton seriously hurt. The well, spouting oil and gas, caught fire aud hundreds of barrels of oil were burned. O. \ r . Rhoads, of Amityville, Berks couuty, sold a stranger SSO worth of chickens and he was tendered a check ' for SIOO. Rhoads gave him the change ! and afterwards discovered that the ! check was worthless,but by telegraph- 1 ing to the express company he recover ed his chickens aud is out ouly tiie SSO j change paid out. The marriage last week of L. D. j Kelly, of Harmousburg, Crawford couuty, aud Mrs. Mary Kierstead, is the culmination of a love romance that iiad its begiuning iu Virginia about the close of the war, when Kel- | ly was a member of a Pennsylvania regiment, and Mrs. Kierstead a widow living iu Virginia. Kelly is nearly 80 years of age and his bride a few years younger than he is. The sexton of Temple Shomro Ha brith, iu Reading,discovered two men iu the temple, playing cards on Sun day, when he locked the doors aud telephoned for the police. Then he went inside aud told the men that they would be arrested when they s?ized him, took his keys, unlocked a door aud escaped. While a spirited horse belonging to Samuel T. Matthews, of Pottsville, was being driven along the main street ou Saturday, the animal kicked in the dashbowd aud shattered one of the driver's legs. The sharp, ragged edges of the broken bones severed an artery and before the flow of blood could be stopped the mau bled to death. The largest concrete bridge in Berks couuty, has just beeu completed at Daubeuville,across the Schuylkill riv er. It is 300 feet long and cost $20,- 000. The progressive citizens of Schuyl kill Haven, Schuylkill county, are working to sceure a New EnglauJ in dustry that makes ball bearings and gives employment to 500 persons. Three sewers iu different parts of Pittsburg bioke on Sunday because of the rain and sleet which fell. The street damage and loss because of flood ed cellars and basements will be $500,- 000. The Lehigh Valley Coal oompany has started the construction of an im mense reservoir near its Blackwood colliery, Schuylkill county, so as to be prepared to meet future drouths. A tunnel, 1,000 feet long is being dug through the Sharp and Second monn tains to reach the water of Black creek. Will IB OFFICE HERE The State livestock sanitary board, very busy in this vicinity just now owing to the outbreak of foot and mouth disease, lias decided to open au office in Danville, to be in charge of | Mr. Sohocb of Harrisburg, ! assistant dairy and food commission ' er. The office to ha opened will be in I the Sperring block, No. -35 Mill street. Some alterations were made in the room Monday, after which the furniture was iustalled. The ofti• e will coutain both the Uuited and the Hell 'phones and all business relating to the outbreak will be tiatisacted there. Mr Schook, the assistant ilair.v and foo i commissioner,arrived in this city Monday forenoon prepared to take charge. Ry virtue of his pc.sition Mr. Schock is a member of the State live stock sanitary board. As such while here lie will I'fi the assistant and rep resentative of State Veterinarian Leon ard Pen'eon, who is in charge of the work here aud to whom full power to act has been delegated by the State livestock sanitary hoard. Mr. Schonk as assistant dairy aud food commissioner will give especial attention to the quarantine as it re lates to the food supply. Every effort will he made to prevent products, es pecially milk, butter aud meat, from finding their way into market from farms where cattle are infected. The work will be systematized and thorough. Under the system of sur veillance it will be next to impossible for any infected product to fiud its way on the market. Mr. Schock real izes the magnitude of the task aud he remarked Monday that he expects to remain with us for several months. The staff of experts here are all working uuder Dr. Pearson, who has appointed the federal iuspectors agents of the State livestock sanitary board. The skilled veterinarians—some twen ty in number—are all busy every day. Not oulv are the infected farms be ing closely watched, but as far as pos sible the general condition of other herds concerning which there has been no report will be investigated iu ord er to determine that nothing is con cealed. No time will be spent in treatiug any of the infected cattle with a hope of curing them. The large force of men will devote themselves exclusive ly to enforcing the quarantine or, in other words, to eradicating the dis ease. How long a time this may oc cupy is altogether problematical. At least some of the agents will probably be here for mouths to come. PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Kogers returned , yesterdav from a visit with their daughter, Mrs. S. V. Border,at Clear field. Dr. Archie Mcßride left yesterday for Lehigh county, where he was Beut by the goverument in connectiou with the outbreak of foot aud mouth disease there. He will return to Danville in a few days. Harry Swank left last evening for a trip to Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. William Beaver and daughter Edna, of Turbotville, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Saul, at Strawberry Ridge. P. Pursel Anglo, of Jersey Shore, spent yesterday with his parents, Mr and Mrs. Frank O. Angle, East Mark et street. Mrs. Howard Woodruff returned to Boyd's station yesterdav after a visit , with her parents at Fisher's Ferry. Mrs. ,1. E. Whipple, of Williams i port, arrived iu this city last evening for a visit with frieuds. Mrs. H. B. Meredith and guest, Miss Oharlotto Stevens, of Towanda, spent I last evening with friei.ds in Gata | wissa. TRIPLET? AT HINERSVILLE POTTSVILLE, Pa., Nov. 18. Mrs. John Sein, of Minersville, wife I of a well-known miner yesterday pre ; seuted her husband with triplets.all of j them hoys. They are lusty little fel i lows aud the curiosity of the entire ! town. j The husband.au ardent Republican, was so ovorjoyed when the news was broken to him that he named them "Roosevelt, Taft aud Sherman " Sailed For England. Miss Minnie Oannard left yesterday for New York Oity, where she will embark on the steamship Oceanio for England. Miss Oannard will spend several months with her parents in southern England. DANVILLE PA., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 19, 1908 »II DEER ON FIRST II William Hendricks of Riverside, who accompanied William Speiser to Forest hill, Union county, on a deer hnuting excursion, had the rare good luck to bring down a fine back on the first hunting day of the season. Mr. Hendricks,accompanied by Wil ! liarn Speiser, Fred Moll and Joliu I Hendricks left Danville about uoou j Suuday They reached their destina- i tiou safely and established themselves at the Forost hill hotel. They started | out iu quest of game early Mouilaj' morning They hunted with indiflYr j eut success during the forenoon, but . early in tie afternoon Mr Hendricks sighted a fine buck, which he killed at the first shot. During the afternoon the party saw, at least, half a dozen deer, but none of the liuutera succeeds-:! iu getting a shot. HOYS SKATING ON TMH RIVER The fall of suow was followed with a pronounced drop of mercury Mon day morning, quite iu keeping with the strong touch of winter commented ou in another column. At 5 a. m.the thermometer register- J ed 12 degrees above zero,the lowest of the season. The pavements were very | slippery. Drift ice, formed on the riv er duriug Sunday night, passed down '■ stream in small quantities Monday, j At the silk mill where the water is ] dammed up and consequently there is no current ice formed ou the river along shore. It was of sufficient thick uess to bear the weight of a man and duriug the noon hour Monday a score or so of boys employed at the silk mill eujoyed themselves skating. It would probably be difficult to re call a season when the river afforded skating on the Kith of November. The prevailing opiuion eeenis to be that milder weather will follow. Some persons are still expecting Indian Sum mer. It would be regarded as very unfor tunate if winter should set in with ; the river as low as at present. Milder , weather, it is hoped, will bring rain, ' which, with the melting snow, would have the effect of causing quite a freshet. I SUDDEN DEATH AT SCHUYLER Mrs. Katheriue Levina Yerg, wife ! of Martin Yerg. died very suddenly at her home at Schuyler, six miles from Washingtonville, on Monday night at \ 9.30. The deceased was HO years of age, aud up to within a few hours be- , fore her death had been in excellent health. Mrs. Yerg \vas a widely known and highly esteemed woman, aud resided all her life in the vicinity in which j she died. Beside her husband she is survived by six sons and four daugh- j ters as follows: Harry, of Lexington, Nebraska: T. B. Y'erg, of Washing- I tonville; William, of Turbotville, j George, at home; Adam and Martin, ! of Milton; Mrs. George W. Gromis, of Washingtonville: Mrs. Calvin Fisher ' and Miss Maud, of Willlamsport, audi Miss Emma, at home. The funeral will take place Friday 1 afternoon, meeting at the home at 1 j o'clock. Services will be held at St. ! Jamos' Lutheran church, Turbotville, j of which the deceased was a promiu- ! eut member. Rev. Manifold will cou- ! duet the services. lutermcnt will be \ made in the Turbotville cemetery. COAL TAX FIGHT IN NORTHUMBERLAND A bitter fight is ou between anthra ; cite coal companies in Northumber- j land county aud tho county commis- j sioneis regarding figures covering coal | land assessments. Tho companies claim S2OO au acre is i a fair price, while the commissioners ■ allege SSOO per acre is none too high, | inasmuch as some of the coal land is j worth much more than that figure. Judge Savidge will likely give au opiuion on the arguments some time this week. Hancock Sells Hotel. George Hancock, Northumberland I county commissioner-elect, has sold I the good will aud fixtures of the Van ! Kirk house in Northumberland to Andrew Lantz and John Stauffer.who will take possession at once. Thanksgiving Eve Dance. Invitations have been issued to a dance to be given in the armory Thanksgiving eve. The committee is composed of Misses Lorene Pbill p , Kathryn Kemmer and Mae Dreifurs. Our best laid plans are gometimes disarranged in the twinkling of an eye. * HILLED UNDER 0. Li J. UN Johu Miller, section foreman on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad at Northumberland, was run over aud killed by the morniug pass euger train as it backed iuto the Northumberland station Tuesday morning between 9 and 10 o'clock, preparatory to starting ou the north bound trip. He was iu charge of a gang of men who were unloading a pile of tries from a car at the station. The train had entered the statiou aud had been turned, preparatory to starting back. The baggage car WHS on the riar end, as it has been the custom of the road to run its trains iu this manner since it was fouud that the new station at Scrantou was too short to accommodate a traiu of full length. As tin cars swung arouud the eurvi 1 in' ) fie station Miller,who did not see them approaching and who was unmindful of the imminent peril, was struck by fie luggage car and thrown beneath the wheels Before the traiu could he brought to a stop, he had been practically ground to pieces aud die I sh >rtly afterwards. The deceased was aged 63 years aud was a weli known resident of North umberland, his home being on Hanover street. His wife died about a year ago. Ho is survived by one sou,H L. Mill er. He is also survived by four daugh ters, four brothers and two sisters. The deceased was a resident of Northumberland all his life and em ployed by the railroad company for 40 years DANVILLE MAN GETS A MEDAL A great mauy people w ill remember John L. Williams, the brother of Sheriff D C. Williams, who as a form er Dauville man was widely known in this vicinity, aud who at present is residing at Butler, Morris oouuty.New Jersey. Several days ago the brother firemen of Mr. Williams at Butler pre sented him with a gold badge iu honor of the completion of bis forty-fourth birthday. The occasion is pleasingly described iu the columns of the Butler Arguß: "Johu L. Williams, steward for the Kinney Hose Co., No. 1, is feeling