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.