VOL. 54—NO. 51 DR. IRVING H. JENNINGS, O Kyi IST. Ojfiet! //our* a. .!/. ton M 104 MiU St.. i I'. .1 /. to i /'. M. Danville, Pa. X .NIIULT/., in. vj.SMiii St., Danvii.lk, Pa. I'isenses of the Stomach mid Intestines .1 Specialty ITEMS CONDENSED. Eight dossan high-bred eggs, laid at Scranton poultry show last week, and HO rated at oue dollar each, were sold for charity. Considerable quantities of asbestos have been fount near Oxford, Chester county,and it is likely that next spring extensive operations will be made for mining it. Ziou Lutheran church, of Mauheim, Lancaster county, has decided to ab andon the publio observance of the an nual Feast of Roses in .lune.at which the ground rent of one red rose is paid. in a fire which destroyed the livery stables of .Joseph W. Hughes, an un dertaker of Homestead,early on Satur day uioriii:;™ ten horses and two pon ies were burned. Total loss about SIO,OOO. Charles Reed,aged 8 years,of Brook- ; ville, Jeffersou county, while skating on Red Bank crack on Saturday,broke through the ice and was drowned while an older brother and another boy narrowly escaped a similar fate. Burglars on Saturday entered the hous-j of Joseph Schafer, in Pottsville, ■luring the absence of the family, run sacked the rooms and then set tiro to the building. A neighbor detected the smoke and was in time to put out the fire and save the house. Jacob Walt, aged (50 years, of Spiu ncrtown, Bucks county, on Saturday went to a creek near his home with | two buckets for water. Later he was found drowned, his face lying in four inches of water. Oue bucket was filled j and it is believed he fell while stoop ing to fill the other bucket. Six inches of snow fell in Pottsville I on Sunday. I:i the last three months 127 families 1 in Sharon have been provided wi" t food and clothing by tha 112 baron 3 j- ' lief association. Half a dozen of the public school teachers of Maidencreek township, Berks county, are ill with typhoid ' fever, aud substitutes are in charge nf the schools. The new Trinity Union church at 1 Lcesport, Berks county, erected on the site of the structure destroyed by ! fire in 1873, was opened for services ! on Sunday. Henry Hess, of Pittsburg, aged 58 i years, after chasing his wife away from him with a broomstick early oil , Sunday morning, drank carbolic acid j and died within five minutes. The commissioners of York county have decided to make no more con- i tracts for State roads unless the coun ty is indemnified by the State and district in which the road is located from all extras above the contract price. Pressley Stiver, aged 20 years, and his cousin, Helen Stiver,aged 18, were killed on Sunday evening while cross ing the tracks of the Buffalo, Ro- j Chester and Pittsburg railroad at Big Run, Jefferson county,by being struck by a train. The annexation of portions of Hazle 1 ' township to Hazleton, which gocß in- 1 to effect on January 1, will knock out i a number ot saloons. The sections ; annexed have now thirty-seven salo- ] ons, but the greatly increased license | tinder city regulations will close all but about six. At the request of the Retail Grocers' association aud of the church people, Mayor MuKeen, of Easton, on Sunday notified the proprietors of all candy ! 1 stores,cigar stores.shoe shiniug places, 1 etc , in the town, that hereafter they 1 must keep their places closed on Sun nays. The printing and sale of news papers is also prohibited. Linville Wright, night engineer of the water works at Oxford, Chester county,wo - , accustomed to milk a cow 1 owned by W. O. Briutou. after here- c turned in the morning from his duty. , Sunday morning the bellowing of the cow arrested the attention of the Brin ton family, and findiug he had not I been there Mr. Briuton hurried to the j water works,a mile distant,and found ! Wright unconscious fioni the fumes of the gasoline pugine. The churches cf Simon, Mercer 1 eaunty, have a'l united against the wearing of hats by the ladies during any of the church services. Ada Shickley was whirled about by ! ■ a fly wheel at a Shamobin colliery oil [ Monday aud will likely die from the 1 injuries sustained. Rev. L K. Evans, on Sundav cele b-ated the thirty -seventh anniversary ; of liis pastorate of Trinity Riforined [ congregation, Pottstown. John W. Geis rger, a member of St. Paul's church, Reading, will organize one of the first church orchestras in the oity, to consist of twenty-five ; pieces Emanuel Owens, ol' Kenuett town- ; ship, Chester county, recently run a i splinter in oue of his fingers, and to ! save his life has just been compelled to have the finger amputated. Firearms dealers in Pottstown report ! an increased business, because of the demand from nearby farmers, who are determined to protect their turkeys and other fowls. Ralph and Helen Raphael, of Phila- 1 delplna.aged 3 aud fi years,respective 1 ly, who were troubled with a cough, got hold of a bottle containing car bolic acid, on Monday, and swallow ed several spoonfuls of the poison. The boy died in a short time and the 1 girl is not expected to recover. iUonumr iAmfiican. 11.1 OH 91 j I.IUJBB i The Y. M. O. A. men's meeting Sunday afternoou, addressed by Hon. William H. Berry, former State trea s j sureir, reformer and prominent church worker, was attended by a large aud enthusiastic audience, which filled ev ■ j ery soat in the court 'Jiouse auditor- j I in 111 Although Mr. Berry is ' well known ; in Danville by reputation yet San- ; : day was the first that many of our ' citizens ever had an opportunity ol j ' hearing him speak. Tiie address was delivered in Mr. Berry's characteristic vein aud was fearless and incisive, ! : I oombatting'evili in ail th;> various i ' forms la which they beset society to-1 day. The meeting was led by Howard B. S'lultz. After singing a couple of sel ections the Rev. L. W. Walter read a portion of the sixih chapter of St. Matthew. The Orpheus Glee club reu- ; 1 dered a peler''on,after which the Rev. ! James Wollisfou Kirk led in prayer. The speaker was introduced by Hon. j William T. Creasy. I Mr. Lerry is a man slightly beyond j middle life but is still strong and vig orous. He is a ready and able speak -1 er, whose views always command re- ; speot. His theme Sunday was,"The Brotherhood of Man" Adve-"' 1 to . i the'flattering audience before him lie ! said that it is held by some that the J gospel is losing its hold among men. The heavy preponderance of women aud children at church worship, In fluences this belief. It may be said ; that some of the church doctrines do j not appeal very strongly to men ; nev ertheless ' .'e is abundant evidence abroad i> the world that the religion of Jesus Christ lias never had such a i firm hold ou men as at the present ! day. Among the lower '.tders o' creation 1 the law of the jungle—the survival of j j the fittest—is found to prevail. But the gospel theory is gaining ground. 1 Another law, that of the brotherhood lof man, has superveued. T e highest '< type of man is not he who accumu lates by striking down his fellow man, | but he who renders the greatest ser- j 1 vice to his fellows. That this is a j growing sentiment is amply demon j strafed by the many assocations among men that have been formed in recent < years for mutual help and advance- i ment. I It was formerly taught that the ( 1 benefits of Christianity are not to be ! expected in this world,a teaching Mr. Berry does not approve of. He be- : | lieves that the Kingdom of God is to ! be established on earth—that the bene- I 1 fits of a Christian life are to be obtain- : ed in this life. God has entered into i a covenant with man that He will see j to it that all bis physical wants are supplied and He has faithfully kept 1 his covenant. Some accept the law of the brother- j 1 hood of man theoretically. Observa- I : tion shows us that a few people get ; the greater part of the blessings that j J fall from heaven aud the great mats ! j | of the people get only a small portion. I < 1 What means this unequal distribution'.' I ; Is it a challenge to the church? Mr. Berry said he believes that our 1 1 government is of divine origin be- 1 cause it is founded 011 eqn 1 rigl tf I and makes each citizen share there- ! ' sponsibility of its guidance and per manency. Considering next the individual—the j citizen—the speaker said that Gcd in tends we shall work out our own sal vation. To illustrate—ho remarked j that the Creator, had it been his plan, 1 could just as easily have made men j perfect, adding facetiously that • < I | even could have made an angel of ! "Brother Creasy," who by the wa was a long way off from being au 1 ' sngel or He could just as easily have , made au angel cf hinisilf (the speak- ; \ \ er who was just as rar off fiom angelic j 1 perfection. God has given us light to guide us ■ J an I v.e are responsible for what we 1 are. In the same senso this nation j | will be not what God makes it, but ' j what tho individual citizen makes it. j No man, he said, can be a good citi zen so long as lie fails to discharge j 1 the common duties that devolve on I 1 j citizenship. It is because of such i neglect that inequalities exist—the shameful luck of opportunity that falls to so many, J This brought the speaker to a con- ] sideratlon of the evils which beßet our I I j government. He took up the liquor ' traflic,after which he paid his respects ' to monopoly, which he declared is the j more insidious and less easily deected 1 foe of the two. ( Turning to the biblo Mr. Berry pro- 1 ceeded to give an example of what , monopoly will do when in the hands j ot the "best man in the world.'' He ( cited the case of Joseph, magnifying t his intellect and noble qualities of 1 heait Joseph, he said, obtained "ad- c vance information of crop conditions" 1 on the strength of which he proceeded 1 to buy up the grain in sight at very 1 DANVILLE PA., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 17, 1908 com sun Bt HUG A sad and shockiug suicide occurred ' in Anthony township Saturday after noon, when Mrs. Pauline Musche. the wife of Barnhart Mußche, in a fit of melancholy, took her own life by strangling herself with a piece of twine tied to a door knob ' Tho case is a very sad one. Mrs | Musohe has been subject to melan ; ciiolia which, it was feared, would | unbalance her mind, and cause her to do some rash act. Her husband had ' been keeping a close watch ou her for | some time. Saturday afternoon just I after dinner, Mr. Musnlia went out to i feed tha stock, ami during his ahsenc the woman seourcl a piece of twine j ! and committed her rasli act « lien the | husband returned the wife was deal Mrs. Musche had evidently been con-i sidoriug putting au end to her exist ! eue on eartii, for when her husband j j 1 ft the house Saturday for a short in- i terval. she worked with speed and . precision that indicated the act bad well planned. It was just ten minutes before twelve wnen Mr. : Musche went out, and at five minr.t s j ! after twelve he returned. He saw his wife doubled up in a kneoling posture behiud the kitchen door, and at first ! I thought she wa* ill A closer in vestigation revealed the cord, one end of which was attached to a stair dooi 1 kuob in the kitchen and tho other in j a noose about her neck She was dead when he found her The woman had j | evidently knelt down, to lower her 1 head below the knob, aud then piling ed forward.and succeeded in strangling herself in that manner Mrs Musche was 44 years of age and without children, aud, like her litis 1 ! hand, was a native of Germany, hav j ing emigrated to this country about twenty-five years ago. Mr. Musche is a well to do and thrifty man and a model husband. It is thought that the : woman's melancholia was partly in duced by a longing for the Fatherland j which she visited last about seven 1 | years ago. Their home is on the late I M. H. Carey farm, about a mile aud a | half sontli of Exchange, one of the , finest farms in Anthony township, j which is owned by Mr. Musche. i The funeral took place Tuesday I morning at 10 o'clock from the home, ] with Rev. Kohler in charge. Inter ment was made at Turbotville. CHILDREN IN NEE ) OF CLOTHING I —— According to Truant Officer Young's j report,preseuted at the meeting of the school board Monday, there is plenty of work for philanthropic persons in Danville. Some half a dozen instances were cited where children are detain ed out of school for the wnat of shoes aud other clothing. The lack of clothing is the only ex- I cuse that has auy weight which par- j ents can offer for not sending their children to school. This condition leaves tho truant officer powerless to act and such children mav remain out of school during the whole term. Officer Young last evening described several homes where, in addition to j other evidences of extreme poverty, the children are less than half clad. In a couple of these families the chil dren are bright aud intelligent and the loss of schooling constitutes a great misfortune, the effect of which will be felt through life. There is no way provided for cloth ing the children of the very poor and, j except as benevolent societies or in divlduals charitably disposed, may come to the rescue such children may be compelled to remain out of school indefinitely. The truant officer, never fail* to in terest himself in these cases and through personal effort often succeeds « in interesting others to the end that clothing is furnished. Whether or not the parents are re sponsible for the ill-clad conditio!! of the children has nothiug to do with the matter. It is enough to know that the innocent, cl ildren,through no fault of their own, are in need of clothing and because of this need ate missing their schooling and are growing up in ignorance. WILL GIVE SECOND ANNUAL BENEFIT The Danville High School Athletic association will give its seccud aunu ai benefit ou the evenings ol Decem ber 28ili aud 29th, presenting the beautiful play, "Esmeralda." As with last year s [ roduction of "The Old Vermout Farm," the play j ttiis year will be under the personal direction of Mr. G. Stuart Brodock, oue of the foremost directors of ama teur theatricals 111 the country. Mr. ' Brodock comes to Danville from Pitts burg, where he presented a large bene fit performance and will go from this j city to Washington. D. C. The cast this year w ill include a number of the 1 local thespians who helped to make ' "The Old Vermont Farm" one of the ! best amateur productions ever given t in Danville. Mr. Brodock has already been iu Danville several days, anil has selected his cast. The rehearsals are now in progress Rml the preliiuin- j ary arrangements for tho play have been completed most auspiciously. Dr. John Cope Green, a prominent. I dentist of West Chester,celebrated his ! !>2d birthday anniversary on Mondav He still continue* practicing his pro- ; fession aud almost daily rides a bicycle ' on the streets. He never used tobacco nor drank whiskey. advantageous figures. For three years ho kept filling up his graneries ami tlieu came the famiue. Even Joseph, with all his good qualities was not proof against the temptation and dur ing the famine he sold wheat at such figures aud under such terms that by the time the famine was over he had all the peoples money,owned all their oattle and lands—owned even the peo ple themselves, who had sold their bodies into slavery in order to obtain wheat. ILL 10IEIH M IN | Mr. Burus, director from the sec- I ou<i ward. in an addrens before the school hoard Monday took grave ex ception to some of the method* of ' teaching employed in the schools of Danville, deploring the deficiency | shown bv pupih along certain linen, i He prefaced his remarks with the | state/iieut that no hhime attaches to | the teachers but that the fault lies i wholly with the curriculum. Ha explained that ha had made a tour cf the schools and that our teach ers agreed that there'-Is much room for j improvement—tint there is too much j ' 'cramming." Also that "orr schools \ are teaching too much and the pupils learning too little." Both ia penmanship aud in arithme tic h general deficiency is shown by pupils. In point of peumauship, he said, the pupils of oar public schools |do 110. com pare with those of the parochial school-. lie cited author tie»i to (ir.ive that the average buy of 1 today graduating from th» gra'iiinnr |or ttio high school is unfit for any position where a practical knowledge of arithmetic is required and iu 1 this respect will not compare with the hoys nf the last generatiou when tilt tt aching was more generally restricted i to the"three r's." The trouble, he slid, lies wholly ; with die fact that v>e are trying to | teach too ranch. He suggested that the teachers and directors get together and see what can be eliminated to make the curriculum more practical and more easily ma-tered. Mr. Fischer and Dr. I. G. Barber i both spoke on the subject, generally j concurring with Mr. Burns Dr Bai hi r'-i view was that we are making a mistake by endeavoring to fit our pu pils for college in the high school. TREASURER'S REPORT Treasurer Schram reported that the several rural districts have remitted the amount due fur non resident pupils villi the exception of Valley town : ship Mr Burns reported that he had per chased half a dozen brooms for u>e iu tho second ward school building. The following members of the school hoard were present at the meeting: I'nrsell, Ortli, Berber, Swarts, Burns, Llovd, Fischer, Fish, Heiss and Cole. The following b'lis were approved for payment: Geo. A. Rossinan 112.50 Emery Shulfz . 0.15 Adams Ex. Oo . . .25 William Quigg 13.00 United Tel. & Tel. Co 3.00 i A. M. Peters 1.00 Hetuington Type Writer Oo .. 7.18 THE CHRISTMAS VACATION The public school this year will en- j joy a rather long Christmas vacation. At the last meeting of the hoard it was ordered that the schools close on Wed nesday. Decern bar 23rd and reopen on Monday, January 4th following. Several reasous were adduced for closing the schools on Wednesday in stead of on Thursday, the day im mediately preceding Christmas, the most important being that it gives teachers aud pupils more time to pre pare for the event. Some desire to spend their vacations in other towns, while others expect to entertain visit- I ors. To ha obliged to remain iu the school room until the very eve of Christmas in many cases would neces sarily interfere with the full enjoy ment of the day The holiday intermission together with ten days' vacation embraced by Thanksgiving aud the county in.-titute which occurred only three weeks pre viously, brings about an intermission of routine and study amply sufficient to euable the most hard working teacher or student to recuperate and to enter upon the last half of the school term with renewed vim aud euthusi- ' asm. LAS! SAD RITES PERFORMED William H. Ammerman, whose death occurred JSunday, was consigned to the grave in Odd Fellows' cemetery yesterday afternoon. The funeral took place from the late residence. Mill street, at 2 o'clock and was laigi-ly at tended. The services were conducted by the Rev. .lames Wollastou Kirk, pastor of the Mahoning Presbyterian . hurcli, of which the deceased was a member.The pall hearers were four sous of the de ceased — Edward, Robert Scott. S. 1,, and J. M Ammerman—J. H. Brpglerl and John Rogers. The following persons from out of town attended the funeral :Z. Taylor Rickards, of Philadelphia; William Morgan, Miss Charity Morgan.ol' Mil- | ton; Edward Czechowicz, of Shamok- In, Mrs. Czechowicz of Nanticoke j and Dr. Rogers, Wilkes-Barre. THE FATHER OF 28 CHILDREN ALTOONA, Pa., Dee. 16. If President Roosevelt intends to award any anti race suicide medals be fure he retires from office he will lind a strong contender in Charles Porta, aged 00, a mill hand here. Porta is now the father of 28 chil- i dreu. the last to arrive being twins, Monday night. It is not the lirst time the stork has brought a double portion ; to his home, fonr sets of twins being 1 numbered among the births. Porta is still hale aud hearty and has expressed a wish to live to be the j father of an eveu 80 Several of the children are dead and some of them married A week ago the stork visited the homes of two of ] his sons. j In Newmanstown, Lebanon county, on Monday, a stage coaoh that was hurrying to meet a traiu at the rail road station was upset aud a boy,nam ed Charles Aucheubacb. sustained in juries that caused his death. ELKS WILL M DESK MB ! The local lodge of Elks is planning to carry "Christmas cheer" in a tangi ble and substantial form into scores of Danville homes wherein dwell needy | and deserving poor. I It is purely an Elks charity, the plan being to collect as much money as possible from the members of the lodge and to expend it for the necftp ' saries of life to be distributed where | they will do the most good on Christ mas. The members think they will have no difficulty in raising $75 to SIOO. The idea is nor to send our luxuries, but the substantial, necessary things of life, such as potatoes, flour, meat, &e., expending about one dollar tin a basket The utmost care wiil be taken that the baskets fall into the hands of none but the really deserving ones. In 1 order to iusure tnis each pastor of town will ho asked to furnish the names of a certain number of very necessitous people in his congregation, iu additiou to which each member of the lodge will cast about to Bud peo ple who are iu need of help. All the names obtained from these sources will be liauded over to a com mittee appointed last night, which will further investigate the circum stance of each family ou the list. This laudable method of gladdening the hearts of the poor on Christmas is nothing new in Elkdotu and was prac ticed by a number of lodges last year and previously It is, however, the first lime that this precise method of observing Christmas has been employ ed by the local lodge, which by tne way, has uever been negligent in its duty toward the poor and friendless WILL RUN TRAINS BY TELEPHONE By the holidays the telephone may ho used for the running of traius oo tli s division of the D. L. &W. rail road. the same as on the main line. Toe wire along with the instruments are already lying at the station here aud the construction crew installing the system at last accounts had reach ed Piitston. Ia a week or tendajs the oiew will reach Danville. The D. L. Sc W. Railroad company was oue of tho first to employ the tele phone in runuitig trains. Mouths ago the use of the telegraph was abandon ed between Eltnira and New York and the telephone was installed. The suc cess of the system has been such as to iuduce the company to adopt the tele phone for running trains ou all its lines. The telegraph instruments aud wites will still be retained as an auxiliary. They may be used occasionally in communicating with distant points ou commercial matters. From the mo ment the 'phones are installed, how ever, the train wire will lapse in: disuse. One of the respects in which the telephone excels the telegraph in run ning traius is that auy one. whether skilled as a telegraph operator or not. can tako and deliver orders. Again, the telephouo is found more rulial le The telegraph service is subject to weather conditions aud often works badly,whereas nothing hut a complete break-down can put the telephone out of commission, as it will have two wires which will form a complete cir cuit. GUN SAVES HAN'S LIFE Tarring Seidel, who lar.t week saved Master Augustus Harp from drowning iu the canal,himself ou Tuesday night came within an ace of losing his life by breaking through the ice. He was hunting muskrats and with gun in hand was crossing the ice ou one of the ponds in Keim's brick yard near the river. The water iu the pond at several places where the clay has been excavated is over ten feet in depth. Mr. Seidel had just reached the deep est poiut when without auy waruing the ice gave way and he dropped into the water. Only a small aperture was produced and as he tank through the ice he kept hold of his guu. This was all that saved his life. The gun, held in a horizontal posi tion, would not go through the ap erture Though the man sank in over his head l.e si ill lipid onto his gun and thus was enabled to draw himself out of the water. THE TEACHER MADE A n I STAKE READING, Pec. 1(1. Because a teacher iu the Sixteenth ward public school, tiled of being questioned, declared that there wasn't auy Santa Clans, she was reprimanded yesterday l>y Dr. Charles S. Foos, city superintendent of schools. "Is it true there isn't any Santa Claus?" the first-grade children were all asking their pari uts, and Superintendent Foos' six years-old son had made the same troubled inquiry.Parents prompt ly demanded an investigation."Teach er said there isn't a Santa Claus," the children reported. With yesterday's reprimand teacher won't say this again. Her explanation was that she had bpen questioned so much her pati- j ence became exhausted. Lancaster to Have Fair. Lancaster county, the richest agri- j cultural county iu the United States, has not had a county fair for a num ber of years, but an organization has just been effected to have one next season and subscriptions amounting to $16,000, for the purchase of grounds and erection of buildings, have al ready been secured. Thieves Slaughtered Calf. A few nights ago thieves went to the farm of Clarence Gill, near Dill worthtown, Chester county, took a calf from the stable, slaughtered it and carried away the meat. They al so stole a large amount of poultry. UN IHHESTI OLD DEED Our townsman Benjamin Eoulk has in his possession an old deed bearing the date of 1774, which transferred a traot of land called " Yorkshire" from Thomas anil John Penn to an iudivi ! dual named Lindsay Coates. The deed | is on parchment aud is iu an excellent state of preservation. Aside from its j extreme age the patent possesses an additional interest in the fact that ac | cordiug to the description ihe princely | domain purchased for a mere song lies i iu this immediate vicinity, the trick being rneiely to determine which of the farms of the present day compris ed the original tract. The deed states thatou November l>, ! 1773, there was surveyed for I.indsay j Ooutes a certain tract of laud called " Yorkshire," situated on the east i side of the north-east branch of the Susquehanna river ou the headwaters of the second run above James Log an's cahiu or house, about thirteen ! miles from Fort Augusta." The tract of laud contained 318 sires wbhich were sold "with all mines, [ minerals,quarries, meadows, marshes, | savaunahb, swamps, cripples, woods, ; underwoods, timber aud trees, ways, waters,water courses,liberties, profits, j commodities, advantages, &c., also free leave, right and liberty to hawk, i huut, fish or fowl" in or upon the thereby granted land. The fine tract with all the nhove appurtenances and liberties was trans ferred iu consideration of the sum of fifteen pounds and eighteen shillings i lawful money in addition to the year ly "quit rent," a sum equal to "one penny sterling for every aero of the laud" to be paid ou the first day of March each year at Sunbury, North umberland county. The land transferred was bounded by tracts owned by David and James Potts. James Logan's cabin used to ! drsoribe "the second run" is probably the most suggestive and many persons who have studied the deed feel con vinced that the "Yorkshire 1 ' tract lay near Koyd's. even if that, fine farm it self was uot comprised iu the domain. BOARD OF HEALTH lIN RIVERSIDE A hoard of health has been orgau ! ized in Riverside and henceforth that borough will strive to pievent the j spread of disease and will promote j good sanitation in all the ways adopt- I ed by larger towns. That a necessity exists for such au organization is quite apparent. Some weeks ago Burgess W, T Sheppersou decided to take action iu the matter ! and he appointed the following per sons as members of the board of health ; George W. Sonneboru, Jerome Flood, John Keim, Dr. N. M. Smith aud R. B. Bird. The appointees held two meetings before au organization was finally effected. At an adjourned meeting at the office of Dr. N. M. Smith, Tues day night, the following officers were j elected : President, Georgo W. Soune born ; secretary ami health officer. R , B Ilird. The secretary was authorised to pur chase all the tin 1 ' - applies th.t are needed. The new members hie very enthusiastic und ar- determined to proceed along well defined lii'c. to accomplish the object in yew, 1 imv state that no exception* will le made and that whenever a c-isi* of ii:t ol io ns disease is reooitd it v. ill be fn lv i investigated. If i-euessHiy the house will be immediately placarded an t au ! effort will be made to regulate inter- I course with the occupants Another adjourned meeting will be held on the 29th. inst. The first reg ular meeting will be held iu January BONANZA THAT COST ONLY $27 Sold about ti yeaTS ago for $27 at I Columbia county orphan's court sale as part of the estate of William Lin ville in Roaring Creek township, !!85 1 acres of laud, situate on the top of the ! Oatawissa mountain, are today worth an immense amount of money, and two Polanders are the men who will probably reap the benefit, having lo cated » iiig vein of caal ou the tract. The land at the time of the orphans' ooart ral< wag sold to John Elliot for i\!7, as stated. He got about SI,OOO worth of timber off the laud nud se cured J7OO fire damages and then sold the land to the Polanders for f:!75. They suspected there was coal on the land and at once began prospect ing. They made several opeuinps be j fore they located the coal, which pro mises to put them in very comfortable ! circumstances. LODGE HOLDS A BANQUET ! The regular meeting of Montour | lodge No 109, I. O. O. F., assumed additional interest ou Monday night, when a banquet was held in honor of the Rev. John Sherman, late pastor of the Baptist church, this city, who has aceepted a call in the western part of the State. The lodge meeting Monday night was the last that the Rev. Mr. Sher man conhl attend. Au unusually large number of brethren weie present. By actual couut there were just 200 at the meeting, the number including, ; past grand master Charles Chalfant of | South Danville. Slippery Sidewalk Kills Veteran. Bernard Reilly, of Pottsville, who 1 was a veteran of the Civil war and had never taken a drop of medicine in i his life, fell on an icy pavement ou Monday and sustained iujuries that caused his death. With the advertisements in The Morning News as their guide the shop pers ought to have little difficulty in selecting Christmas gifts. The rumor monger can be depended upon to keep hU clients interested. ESTABLISHED IN 1855 HE'S OPPORTUNITY Dauvilte aud Alden are two new towus that will probably join the Sn.s --i quehanua base ball league next season. ! At all events the way is open before I them, Danville especially. In the Susquehanna league, at pre - j ent,are the towns of Bloomsburg.Beu- I ton, Berwick, Shickshinny, Nanticoke and Nescopeck. F. L. Steiber or Bloomsburg. president of the Sueque hanna league, in conversation a dav or so ago, stated that it has been de | cided to enlarge the league, taking in j eight teams instead of six aud that. while other towns could easily be ee j cured, Danville has the preference. President Steibor spoke with enthus iasm, showing that he appreciates, not only what the Susquehanna league could do to promote the national game in Danville, but also, which is more flattering, what Danville could do to aiil aud strengthen the league. All of which does not imply that the league is wtak ; on the contrary as is well known the Snsquehanna league i last season did not sutler bv compari son with auy of the other leagues of j the State, while each of the i-ompon ent- teams have developed fine players and have prospered to a degree un dreamed of beiore. The league is now* a permanent institution and will take care of base ball in this part of the State for many years to come. Aldeu, a town six miles from ; Shickshinny, lies contiguous to the other towns of the league. Thus,like Danville, it becomes logically the clio'eo when a new accession is con templated. Both towns should feel flattered at the invitation extended by the league. Speaking tor Danville, in view of its i base ball record, there is no doubt but ! thai it would be able to make good, J aud that, shoul I it decline to enter the league, it would make a mistake, I the result of which would bo felt in Danville for a long time to come. MRS. CiEISINGEk'S DANGEROUS FALL -Mrs. A. A Geisiuger met with a dangerous fall at .Tauies Martin's 1 store, Mill street last evening. She was carried to her home, East Centre i street,but it was later discovered that I her injuries were slight. About 7 o clock Mrs Geisinger step ped into Martin's store to make some purchases. Mr. Martin was in the hallway adjoining the store and step ped out into the street just as Mrs. Geisiuger, finding no clerk on hand, oamn out of the store. She turned to j speak to Mr. Martiu and was looking j in that direction when she lost her i footing on the stone steps and fell for ward on her face ■ Mr. Martin sprang forward aud in an instant lifted the woman to her 1 feet .Frank Newbaker, who happened to be passing also came to her rescue. I Mts. Geisinger was suffering more j or less from tl.e effects of the shock | and it was not known whether she was seriously injured or not. Mr. Martin furnished a comft rtable chair, in which Mrs. Geisinger was carried to her home hv Frank Newbaker and anotii |er gentleman »■ IIOM name has not been learued Drs Curry and Ogles by were caliad to Mrs. Geisiuger's residence. They discovered that no houes were broken and that tIM umM -erious injury con sisted of a litui-e on the hip.' Iu view .of all the fpcts it i« considered a.- re markable as it is foi lunate that the hip bone was not I rokeu. CAR LOAD OF TIMBER ARRIVES The first car load of lumber for the new skating r.ink being erected on Ferry street by E. M. Cooper has ar rived at Danville and is partially un loaded, the material being hauled di rectly from the car to the site of the rink. The concrete supports for the build ing were finished some days ago, a.r er which L. E. and E. M. Ccoper.who have the work in charge, left for New- York. Up to yesterday they had not returned. The lumber that lias arrived consists mostly or joists and other material for the floor system. Another car lea . of material is due. SPRING ELECTION I EBRUARY io Preparations are now under way in the office of the commissioners for the annual February election at which the borough and township offices, expir ing in March next, will be tilled The February election w ill be hi Id on Toes day, February ltith. The last day for filing regular partv nomination papers, which i.cmin&t ioii are determined at political primaries or caucuses of the Republican aud Democratic electors, will be Friday. January 29th. The last dav for tiling independent nominations will be Mon day, February Ist. The latter can be filed by any candidate who does not desire to come before the voters of auy party, or where no primaries are held, by securing the voters of any party, or where no primaries are held, bv securing as petitioners two per cent, of the total number of electors in the district, and by having the pe tition or nomination paper sworn to by five of the petitioners. Held a View. lleury Wireuian and Michael Brock bill of Mahoning township and James Ellis of Anthony towuship. appointed at the last term of court, yesterdav held a view in Valley township to consider the relocation of a road and bridge at the property of Mrs. Marv Crossley. The Lancaster Oouutv Tobacco Grow era association has adopted resolutions protesting vigorously against a reduc tion of the tariff on tobacco imported from the Philippine islands.
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