Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, December 10, 1908, Image 1
VOL. 54—NO. 50 DR. IRVING H. JENNINGS, —DKS 2 IST. — Office Flour» A. M.to 11 M. 104 MM St., 11\ M.to iP. Jt. Danville, Pa, SHULTZ, M. 425 MILL ST., DANVILLE, PA. Diseases of the Stomach und Intestines a Specialty ITEMS CONDENSED. Eastou physicians have affiliated with the grocers of that city against persons who will uot pay their bills. Four huudred cases of typhoid fever iu Beading is the last report from that stricken city. Farmers all over Berks county re port fruit trees have budded to such au extent that the buds will now freeze aud a short fruit crop next year iB predicted. There lias been a saner kraut trust in Herbs county, or at least it las so beeu stated. Now there is a move ment ou foot to cut the price from ten to eight cents per quart and the in dications are that the favorite table dish of Reading will bo more popular than ever. Due to a fatal mistake made by a nurse in the home of Edmuud Stan ton, at Schuylkill Haven, his infant child, but several days old. is dead. The doctor had left powders for the mother aud different ones for the child. The nurse is said to have got them mixed and the infant thus was given the wrong medicine. David Perry, aged It! years, saved the life of eight men at the cost of in juries to himself. Fire broke out in the Wanamie mine.near Wilkes-Barre, and Parry rushed iu through the smoke aud flame to warn eight men in the distant portious of the drift. They got out iu safety, but Parry was overcome aud badly burned. The Car negie medal commission is investigat ing the circumstances aud Parry may get a medal. Rev. J. B. Mark ward, pastor of Cal vary Lutheran church at Wilkinsburg, ! has announced his acceptance of a call from the Bethany Lutheran church, i Harrisburg, where his salary will be *2,600. The school taxes for 1908 in Berks county amounted to $188,705.29 in the rural districts, and 1280,802.11 in the j city of Reading, and the tax collected for road construction amounted to fl!l8.4.">8 92 iu the rural districts and 170,000 in Reading. Dr. H. D. Hockenberry, of West Sunbury, Butler county, had a hurrv call to the residence of R. M. Duff, who had fallen and broken hi 9 le#. In responding the doctor slipped and I broke one of his own legs. Another 1 physician was called and reduced both fractures. Philadelphia ran no longer be said ; truthfully to be slow. On December 2 Harry W. Huston, aged 43, was grant ed a divorce on the grounds of deser tion, and ou the sauie day applied for a marriage license in Norristown, to wed May Perry, also of Philadelphia. In the Washington county courts there is a ease on trial which includes a claim for damages by Robert Ash- : mere itgaiust the Soouthwestern Pipe Line company for the loss of eighty- j one hogs which it is alleged,died from j drinking oil that leaked from the pipes of the defendant company. The I defense is that well behaved hogs will I not drink oil aui that the drove died j from other causes. The usual thing has come to light ! iu Berks county. There are now 500 cises of typhoid fever in Reading aud the State authorities have turned their j attention to the waters of Maiden creek. Despite all efforts a number of the rural residents continue to pollute j the stream and give as a reason that ! they have always allowed their drain- 1 age togo into the creek an Ido not i propose to be interrupted iu the prac- j tiee now. Hero Is a step in the right direction. The i ouucil of Media has begun a | crusade against air guns and sling- j shots iu the "hands cf children, and I offers a reward of SIOO for the cotivic- j tion of the persons who have been j ruthlessly breaking arc lights. Fresh laid Berks county eggs are a scarcity in the Reading markets and i the farmers have raised them to 45 cents a dozen. Cold storage eggs are celling at 80 cents. Margaret, a 5-year-old daughter of | .lames Oibbous, of Marshallton, near I West Chester, while'playing with sone corn got one of the grains into her nose. There it began to swell, until removed at the Chester county hospit al. In the fall Pottstown residents be came frightened over the fear of pota to rot and paid flfper bushel for the tubers. Now hundreds of bushels of good potatoes are being shipped in and are being sold at seventy-five oents per bußhel. J!onttmr" Simmon ELKS' 111-1 1 SERVICE The Elks' memorial servioe Son day in which lodge No. 754 of thin oily aud lodge No. 486 of Bloomsburg ( Duited went on record as one of the moat successful occasions of its kind ever held iii Danville. The dead in deed were fittingly honored by the beautiful and impressively reudered exercises, while the living were ad monished as brother admonißhes broth -ler nnrl the beauty of benevolence and I protection to the weak aud helpless was extolled and magnified. All the lower floor of the opera ; house was comfortably filled, no oue ' beiug admitted except on ticket* fur j nished by members of tie order. Large 1 numbers were anxious to afteud v ho I wure nnable to gain admittance. The Elks desired to prevent overcrowding and thus in giving ont tickets care was taken to keep the number down to j the proper limit. The Korv'ciH were slightly marred : by delay iu the arrival of tiie Blooms burg lo'fgo, which was cause i by an j interruption of the trolley servioe. It | was about 2 :30 o'clock when the Dan ville lodge decided to open the cxer j cises and, pending the arrival of the 1 Bloomsburg brethreu, to proofed with j the rendition of the program. A quart er of an hour later the Bloomsburg ; lodge arrived. | The officers of the two lodges were furnished seats on the stage. The oth- i er members occupied a space reserved in the lower part of the parquet. |The Bloomsburg contiugent comprised ov- i er 40 men. Practically the entire mem bership of the Danville lodge was pre- j sent. On the stage, in addition to the officers of Dauville lodge, whose names j were formerly printed, were thej fol- ] lowing officers of Bloomsburg lodge, No. 436: Exalted ru'er, Edward Schentie; esteemed leadiug knight, Gerald Großs ; esteemed loyal knight, Anthony Menzbach; esteemed lectur- j ing knight, William D. Holmes; sec retary, Freeze Quick; treasurer, Frank D. Deutler; tyler, Miloa H. Betz; ' Chaplain, Joseph JR. Murphy; inner guard, Joseph Flaherty: organist, Karl [ P. Wirt; trustees, John G. Harman.J, ; H.Coleman and John Gross. The music throughout was a most inspiring feature. The duet, "Love Divine, all Love Encircling," soprano and tenor, Miss Ammcrman and Mr. Eggert, was especially fine. The sop rano solo and obligato by Miss Ain tnermau nud the baritone solo by Mr. Vannan were likewise features that no one would have cared to miss. The Orpheus Glee club was never in better form and its members won mnoli praise The following are the deceased ' members of the lodges: Danville lodge. No. 754, Ned S. Harris, John L. Evans, Thomas W. Beaver and Ed- 1 ward P. Thomas; Bloomsburg lodge, Clemuel C. Beishline. Anthony Gol- ! embinski, William T. Huutsinger.Dr. j W. H. Purman, Stewart A. Ash, Ale xander E. Cohen, Jeremiah R. Fowler. j As is customary in the Elks' Memor ial service the name of each deceased member was called three times. The j effect was most impressive. As each name was called for the third time, one of thirteen lights representing the deceased brethren was extinguished. J M. Morris Moskovitz,Esq.,of Scran ton, delivered the Memorial orate • . Most eloquently he dwelt on the sub ject of the deceased brethren, extoling their virtues and perpetuating their memory by many kind and loving tri- ' bates inspired by fraternal love. To 1 the brave the loyal hearts that were left t3 mourn their loss he tendered full assurance of sympathy aud con dolence.lu its entirety the address was one that appealed to the heart of ev ery true and loyal Elk. The eulogy was delivered by W. liase West, Esq.. of this city, who ex plained the object of meeting and the custom of holding Memorial service, iu conclusiou enlarging on the topics of charity, justice, fidelity aud broth erly love YOUNG LADY'S PAINFUL INJURY Miss Mne Book's sustained a painful injury of the rigtv leg Monday eve as the result of slipping on the icy pave ment in front of the library. Miss Books had been iu the ladies' reading room of the library awaiting the trolley. On hearing it approach ing she rau down the steps aud had reached the pavement wheu she slip ped aud fell, breaking the fibula or shorter bone of the right leg just, above the ankle Miss Wetzel aud A H. Woolley quickly rendered assist alee and took the injured girl to the office of Dr. F. E. Harpel, where the bone was set.after which she was tak en to her home on West Mahoning street. The injury while painful is not a serious one and it is likely that Miss Books will be out in a few weeks. When a man understands his mission ID life he is fortunate. DANVILLE PA., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 10, 1908 COUNCIL HOLDS SMI SESSION The borough council held a short session Friday eve. There was but a bare quorum of members present, as follows : Sohatz, Cleaver, Moyer, Bus sell, Marshall, Angle and Connolley. Borough Secretary Harry B. Pattou. who with Mr. Moyer of the sewer committee attended the lecture on sewage disposal at Harrisburg last week, presented a report to oounoil, explaining at length the different methods of sewage disposal enlarged upon by the speaker. | It was the opinion that the system > best adapted for Dauville is the sprinkling filter. The cost of u plant lof this kiud, Mr. Pattou said, would i approximate $30,000. ; Borough Electrician Newton Smith | presented his report for November | Eighty-nine tons of coal were con sumed. The plant was iu operation ! 386 hours. The total cost of operation : for the month was $405.85 Mr. Cleaver said there was a great 1 deal of complaint on the score of the j dust raised by the street sweeper on Mill street. Ho asked whether some thing could not be done to obviate the i dust. Mr. Russell explained that owing to i the cold weather, which causes freez ing,the street can not be sprinkled be fore sweeping and the dost seems to be unavoidable. If people wooid take ■ all the facts into consideration, he | said, they would probably find little ; cause for complaint. On motiou of Mr. Hoesell it was I ordered that the barn of the Friend j ship engine house and the rear part of the Goodwill hose house be given n ! coat of paint. On motion of Mr. Moyer it was ord j ered that some change be made iu the arc, lamp at the corner of Mill aud j Little Ash streets to the end that the latter thoroughfare might receive 1 more light. The electrician said he thought that a different adjustment of the arm would accomplish the purpose. The following bills were approved [ for paymeut. WATER DEP'T. Regular employes $168.10 j P. H. Fonst 62.25! P. & R. O. & I. Co 279.90 | Buffalo Meter Co . . 8.64 John Kilgus 3.00 Danville Sto. & Mfg. Co 7.56 James Gibson 10.50 Walker & Kepler 45.75 U. S. Express Co 2 25 j Dauville Knitting Mills Co .. 10.00 j EOROUGHJDEPT'. Regular employes.. ... 127.50 I B. B. Brown. . 8.00 ! Labor and hauling 43.75 i Friendship Fire Co 86.00 Silver Springs Quarry Co 95.70 ! People's coal yard . a.OO j J. F. MOVVREY POOR DIRECTOR The session of court Saturday morn ing proved a very short one, scarcely I an hour being occupied. President j Judge O. O. Evans and Associates Blee : and Welliver were on the bench. On petition J. F. Mowrey of Straw- j berry Ridge was appointed by the j coart to fill the vacancy on the board : of poor directors of Derry township ' caused by the death of George D. Vog- j net/,. Harry Billmeyer was appointed j guardian of Emma Hnier, Marshal] ; Huier, Henry Hoier and of Grace! Kear. In re Bile of real estate of Sadie Irvin, rule was grauted upon the Dau ville and Mahoning Poor district to show cause why order ol sale should not be revoked aud set aside return- j able at next terra and that sale lie j stayed pending said sale. Commonwealth vs. William Winter- | sten, Upon presentation of petition j habeas corpus hearing is opened. Time fixed December 28, 1908, at 10 o'clock. The child in the meantime ! to remain in the custody of respond ent. COUNTY PAYS ITS CONTRIBUTION The county commissioners of Mon tour county have paid over to the sol j diers' monument committee the sum j of five thousand dollars, the amount | contributed by the county toward the ! building of the memorial Thusabit of formality, which at oue time threatened to involve some com- 1 plications has been complied with | without a single hitch or the least un pleasantness. The five thousand dollars contribut ed by the county were approved by two successive grand juries and the oourt of quarter sessions aud paid over to the committee all in a period of little over a year The mouthiugs of a careless gossip have frequently cost the innooent many a bitter hoar. conn sum 111 HOSPITAL His Excellency, Edwin S. Stuart, governor of Ptmusylvania,paid a visit to the hospital for the insane at this place Friday. The visit is one of several that Governor Stuart has plan ued to make iu order to familiarize himself with the true conditions at hospitals for the iusaue where further appropriations are asked. | la«ais^Bmmmmmrnmatamssmm ■ m i & . j GOV. EDWIN S. STUART The governor, accompmifd by his private secretary Mr. Lynch, arrived at the hospital on tlio 10 :1 V» D L & W traiu. Ho was received by Dr Meredith, the superintendent, and ihe following numbers of the board of trn-tees: Hon. James Foster, Robert J Pegg. I X Grier, Esq of Danville; W. F. Sliay, of Watsontown ; G. R. Van Alen of Northumberland; and Pr. L I. Shoemaker of Wilkes-Bane. Hon R. Amiueriuau, attorney ."or the hospital, was also present. Several mem her j of the board of trustees bad met the governor en pre vious occasions The latter however, is the sonl of affability ; no man could be more common aud influenced less by the honor attached to bis high position. From the first,everyone felt thoroughly at home iu his company. The party first made a tour of the new buildings. No one was more in terested than Governor Stuart, who chatted freely and did not hesitate to ' ask questions when he needed enlight enment on any 'point. He expressed great admiration for the plans of the new structures and the workmanlike manner iu which every part is com pleted. Later, the governor was escorted through the wards. As he was brought face to face with the insaue and the faithful attendants who are responsi- 1 ble for their care and safety the broad sympathies of the man at once became apparent. By close questioning he satisfied himself as to what comforts, ' what conveniences the present system of buildings supply for both the in sane and the attendants. That he formed definite conclusions in regard to the matter is very evident. He approves the further appropria tion that will be asked of the next legislature, being especially impressed with the necessity of additional build ings for employes. The governor al so recognizes the need of additional i real estate,and,if his influence avails, ; the already large domain at the hos pital will be increased by the addition of one or more farms during the next year or so. The governor, along with the trus tees,took dinner at the hospital. Dur ing the afternoon the tour of the bnildings and grounds was completed. Accompanied by his secretary Gover nor Stuart took the -1:31 D. 1.. W. tiain for Harrisburg. WEDDED IN THE FAR WEST i Miss Minnie Roberts of Easeville, and William F. Sidler, a former resi dent of Valley township, were united iu matrimony at Bovemau, Montana, on November 24th. Mr. Sidler is the owner of a fine ' farm in Valley township,but for some ! years past he ha< been in the west. ; At present he holds a position at Butte, Moutana. Ab:>ut six months j ago he paid a visit to his old home. The bride was elected teacher at ; Bine's school. Valley township. Ou 1 November 21st she secured a leave of ; absence for the purpose of visiting ! friends iu Montana. The attachment of the young couple ! was no secret. Nevertheless the news of the marriage came as.a great sur- j prise. The bride is a very popular young lady and is a highly successful teacher. The groom;is an enterpris ing aud worthy young man, a repre sentative of one of the oldest families of this county. The newly wedded oouple will reside at Butte, "Montana. Geroge Sampsell, aged 45 years, of Chester has been ill with erysipelas and a violent attack of hiccoughs for ten days. He is uuable to take anv nourishment and is rapidly wasting away and starving to death. DESCRIPTION OF SHU FILTER | As is well known Dr. Dixon, State I commissioner of health, has placed I himself squarely on record as opposed | to the principle of draining sewage I into rivers; also that the borough of Dauville has been notilied by the State department of health to prepare and submit plans for a sewage disposal plant by July Ist. In view of the above,in order to obtain some practic ! al information in regard to the rela tive value of different kinds of modern sewage disposal plants the borough council a couple of weeks ago sent a <• ltamittee to Harrisburg to attend an . illustrated lecture on the subject giv en ly George W. Fuller, a recognized authority, who during the last ten years lias been identified with the big gest sewer propositions in America. The committee after examining into the various methods of sewage dispos al reported in favor of the sprinkling system the cost of installing which according to estimate, will be abont S3O 000. Sprinkling filters consist of beds of b'oke.i stone, usually from five to eight feet in thickness,the stone rang ing from 1 to 3 inches in diameter. They differ from contact filter in that the sewage is thrown as a sprav from nozzles spaced over the beds at interv als of abont 16 feet in each direction. This type of filter is regarded as the most efficient and economical one for ordinary conditions. It will treat the sewage of some 30,000 people per acre and produce a non-pntrescible efflu ent from which about 90 per cent, of tlie bacteria lias been removed. More than this it possesses the unusual prop erty of being self-cleansing, so that for maintenance practically all that is required is to have an attendant ex amine the nozzles once or twice a day to see whether they are free from ob structions. In this country the first municipal sprinkling filter went Into service at Heading on the 23rd of January last. Last month a large disposal plant of this type was putin service at Ooluiu bus, O. It is true there is some odor notice able in the vicinity of sprinkling fil ters, as is naturally to be expected where the sewage Is thrown as a spray over the surface. This odor, however, is rarely noticeable at a distance of 200 yards. With the very smallest plants It is believed that a distance of one-eighth of a mile will be sufficient to secure'exemption from odor. With the sprinkling filters it is necessary to build some form of settling basins in which to retain those suspended mat ters which are detached from the i stone in the sprinkling filter. COPPER CASKET SEALED MONDAY A very happy conception iB being j carried out in connection with the building of the soldiers' monument, whioh is nothing less than the depos iting in the memorial of a lot of ap propriate data relating to the present, as iB done when a corner stone is laid. It is true the woik has progressed beyond the corner stone stage,but Mr. Araedon, the constructing engineer, has volunteered to provide a way out by having an aperture chiseled iu one of the stones at the base largo enough to hold the I ox provided. The whole affair has been in the hands of Goodrich Post No. 23, G. A. R. A copper box, 8 inches long, four inches wide and three inches high, was made to hold the articles. In the box Monday was placed a record of all the soldiers, living or dead. that ever belonged to Goodrich | Past. 39S in nnmbnr; also all the names of those belonging to the Wo man's Relief Corps, living or dead; a copy of the charter of Goodrich Post, j all the present officers of the post, the i members of the monument committee, i by-laws of the State G. A. K.. two! flags, some brass buttons and cannon \ primers. The whole collection was j carefully wrapped in two copies of the Morning News, the one contain ing the first article written on the soldiers' monument, the other the last article written on the subject. The paokage nicely filled the copper casket, which was carefully soldered shut and rendered air tight. It may be some days before the box will bo deposited iu the monument. SPEISER RETAINV CHALLENGE CUP The match between D. R. Rishell, of Ottawa, this county, and William T. Speiser.of Danville, at the grounds of the Rupert Hunting and Fishing club Saturday afternoon resulted in a victory for Mr. Speiser. The for the State live bird championship, which Mr Speiser holds and for the possession of the Pennsylvania State ohallcnge trophy which Mr. Speiser won last April. The match was for 25 birds Speiser killed 28 and Rishell 31. There were about 400 people present at tbe match. NEXT STEP 1 HITS CASE Numerous inquiries are being made concerning the status of Peter Diet rich's case, which waß tried before Judge Lynch at Wilkes-Barre in Sep tember and which resulted in a ver diet, of voluntary manslaughter. A motion for a and in ar rest of judgment was made, hot since that time nothing HAB been given to the publio either as to when the argu meut would takejplace or what plans are remotely in view'by the defense. It is now stated that the Dietrich case is on the'listffor argument court beginning on the in Jan uary. It is also understood that should a new trial be refused the case will be appealed. Peter;Dietrich?wect on trial for the fourth time at Wilkes Barre on Sep tember 21 last. Four days later, Sep tember 25th, he was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. A period of three months will have elapsed be tweeu the trial and the term of argu ment court, which will introduce a new chapter in the records of this re markable case. Should the Luzerne county court re fuse a new trial and the case be ap pealed it can not come up before the supreme court until late next spring Montour county's week before the supremo court occurs March, but the Dietrich'case is now in the hands of Luzerne county, which has two periods before the supreme court, one in the fall of the year and the other in the spring. Thus it will be seen that whether granted a new,and fifth, trial or not Peter Dietrich has still an indefinite tarm of imprisonment be fore him in the Luzerne county jail, while there is uo certainty what the outcome of the next step in the pro cedure may be. Meanwhile, it is said, Dietrich is fairlv comfortable in the Luzerne county jail. He is well treated and except that his cell is rather small he has about all that he could desire. BERRY WILL BE IN DANVILLE | General Secretary Manley. of the ' looal Y. M. O. A., has announced that he has secured William H. Berry, of Chester, ex-State treasurer, to make au address at the men's meeting next Sunday afternoon In anticipation of the large number of people who will want to hear Mr. Berry the meeting will be held in the court honse. The time has been set at 3:30 o'clock, after the Sunday schools have been dismissed. Mr. Berry's appearance iu this city will be an occasion of more than ord inary importance. Since bis sensation al exposure of the graft in connection with the building of the new State capitol building, his reputation has beeu national. He is one of the most gifted speakers in the State, and al ways brings an important message to his audiences in a most interesting mauner. DIXON WARNS AGAINST TYPHOID HARRISBURG, Dec. 9. State Health Commissioner Dixon issued an urgent warning yesterday against increased danger of typhoid fever, that he declared must certainly follow a period of heavy rain. He said : "Heavy rains following the long drought tlint we have had will wash into the streams any accumulated filth along the watersheds. This must necessarily increase the danger from polluted drinking water, especially whore the watei is not effectually fil tered. Therefore, the people should be on the closest guard against typhoid fever and boil the water used for drinking aud other domestic pur poses. " A WORK/TAN BREAKS HIS ARM John Hickey.son of Patrick Hickey, Montour row,broke his left arm while workiug at the Heading Iron works yesterday. He was iu the act cf rendering as sistance to the man running the bug gy. He was helping to get it started just after it had been loaded at the furnace. He was pushing with all his strength when the bnggv started sud denly, which caused him to fall for ward. He threw out his arm to s:»ve himself but fell upon it in such a way as to cause a hail fracture between the elbow and wrist. He was taken to the home of his fa ther, where the broken bone was set by Dr. W. R. Paules The injured bov is firteen years old. Over 100 Reading railway locomo tives that had been stored away in the company's yards at Reading during the period of business depression are now back in service. ESTABLISHED IN 1855 AXE INFLICTS TERRIBLE CASH Davie, porter at Riverview ho | tel, met with ajmott shocking accid ent yesterday afternoon, which will J iucapacitato liim for employment for | many weeks to come even if it does j not parmaneutly disable his left hand. | Fred was engaged in cutting wood at the rear of the hotel. The wood had | been delivered,cot op in stove lengths, and all that remained to be done was |to split it up suitable for use in the stoves. Before tickling the pile of wood Fred had purchased a new axe. which was very sharp. He had been working only a few minutes when the accident occurred. He was holding the block of wood with his left hand while with his right hand;he*waa,'using the axe. Iu one of the blocks he encountered a hard knot. Iti order to cut through it he raised the axe high aloft and I brought it down'with great force. In stead of spiitting'tlie'knot, however, the axe and struck the man's left hand sinking deep into the flesh near the ball of the thumb, cut ting through the bone, opening four arteries and almost severing that parr of the hand. The loss of blood was something ap palling. Mr. Davis was assisted to his room and Dr. P. C. New baker and Dr. G. A. Stock were speedily summoned. The two physicians worked over the injured man for more than an hour. It was with much difficulty that the severed arteries were caught up and ligated, after which gash, which nearlv cutjthe hand in two,was stitched. AGED WOMAN'S REMINISCENCES With the disappearance of the Petrik in vault in the old cemetery on Bloom street there probably passed away the last earthly reminder of Dr. David Petriken, congressman and physician, in his day, one of Danville's most famous men. In view of this fact it is interesting to note that there is living in Dan- I ville at the present time one person— and probably the only one—who knew < Dr. Petriken intimately. This person is Mrs. Mary Miller, now approaching the 90th milestone of life's journey, who at the home of her son, Calvin Eggert. Ash street, was Tuesday visited by a representa tive of this paper. Mrs. Miller, who will be 89 years of age on Christmas day, is remarkable for her good mem ory and the extent to which all her faculties are preserved. Seated bv the warm fireside she dwelt upon the scenes of the past, seveuty years ago, recalling the images as vividly as though tiiey were of yester day. The subject that she took the most interest in, however, was Dr. Petrik en, who now sleeps in an obliterated grave in the upper plot of the two that constitute the new park. Dr. Petriken, Mrs. Miller says, was an odd character, who wore his hair in a queue, or tail-like appendage, at a day long after men had ceased to wear their hair iu that style. Al though married Mrs. Miller was still in her teens, and with her husband boarded at the hotel at the northwest corner of Mill and Front streets, which at that time was the leading hostelry in Danville. There was scarcely a day but Dr Petriken, then an elderly man,appear ed at the hotel. If Dr. Petriken was odd, he was by no means sedate and glum. Mrs. Miller knew him intim ately and recall* that he was a great "tease" and full of fun on all occas ions, Mrs. Miller's maiden name was Smith. She is a native of New York State aud with her parents, removed to Pennsylvania when she was ten years of age. The family moved down the river on a ratt,coming all the way down from the headwaters of the Sus quehanna. The trip occupied over a week. The river was high and at places rapids were encountered so that the journey was full of excitement. WINDOWS DRESSED FOR CHRISTMAS A large number of store windows are already dressed for the holidays, which shows that the merchants who advertise extensively will be able "to deliver the goods" w hen the pur chaser calls arouud. The windows without exception are very pretty and are filled with a great variety of articles, so that no matter how hard to satisfy persons may be they will have uo difficulty iu finding gifts that will please. Brandy wine grange, ;f Patrons of Husbandry, is experimenting iu the use of denatured aloohol for illum inating purposes in the grange hall at Soonnelltown, uoar West Chester, aud with good result*.