VOL. 55— NO. 1 DK. IRVING H. JENNINGS, Office Hours 4. M.to 12 M. 104 Mill Ht., IP. M.to iP. St. Dai tille. Pa. CI SIIULTZ, M. /■ 425 MILL ST., DANVILLK, I'A. Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines a Specialty ITEMS CONDENSED. The Thomas Iron company will re sume work at its furnace, in Alhurtis, Berks county, which has been idle since last March. Frank Collen. a blacksmith, who was terribly burnod in the Boyertown theatre fire almost a year ago, is still receiving hospital treatment and has not been able to work a day since the disaster. A leper arrived iu New Orleans last week half starved aud penniless after having walked 2,500 miles from San j Francisco to seek refuge in the lepers' home near that place. Otto Bergen, a farmer of Reserve township, Allegheny county, used a j preparation containing phosphorus, to j make his liens lay. The stuff was mix <>a with corn meal, which was thrown on straw and the chickens scratching ■ around caused the phosphorus to set fire ca the straw aud the ohicken house was burned. During 1908 there were 450,000 bar rels of beer brewed in Reading and 170,000,000 oigars were manufactured. Miss Lydia Worthington, of Ply- j mouth, Luzerne couuty, ou Saturday night in a dream sprang out of bed opened a window aud leaped out, but one foot caught somehow aud she dan- j gled from the window sill, (-creaming loudly. The iumates of the house in other rooms did not hear her, but two j men passing by did aud, breaking open the door, rushed up and rescued her, saving her from a horriblo death, ! perhaps. There were 1,037 marriage licenses issued in Lancaster county during | 1908, which was fifty-seven less than in 1907. George H Beam iu attempting to lift a fish net out of the Lehigh river | at Etston.fell out of his boat and was < drowned. The plan inaugurated by President j Lawrence Kiester, of liebauou Valley \ college,to raise $50,000 for the college j by January 1, was successful, as the j amount contributed is $50,112. Daniel H. Erdman, president of the Alleutown Democrat Publishing citu panj , aud treasurer of the democratic county committee of Lehigh couuty. I died on Saturday morning, aged 48 j years. Mrs. Charles Gormley, of Piiiladcl- ! phia, aged 4J years, on Siturday j swallowed some carbolic acid, luiviug I taken it by mistake for some cough medicine, aud died in a short time in j great agony. The death rate iu Philadelphia dur ing 1908 was 17.16 per 1.000, the low est rate iu the history of the city.The total number of deaths was 26.304. j The deaths from tuberculosis were ; 3,065. pueumouia, 2,843, heart disease 2,473, summer complaint nnder 2 years j 1,684, typhoid fever 533. Benjamin Miller, a Civil war vet- I erau of Lancaster,raged 80 years, end- | ed his life on New Year's day by | shooting himself iu the head with a j guu. He pulled the trigger with his j toes. Dr. J. C. Biddle, for twenty-fife | years superintendent of the Ashland j hospital, -Schuylkill county, aud noted j as a skillful surgeon in limb amputa- ! tlous, has during that period made 2,500 amputations, all with the same saw. Mrs' Eliza A Steinmetz, who died I recently iu Alleutown, leaving an es- j tale of SIO,OOO, bequtathed all to hi daughter except one dollar, which i to be placed in the hands of a trust ! company and the interest paid animal- I ly to her son, the Rev. C. H. Stein metz, dariug It's lifetime. Ia the home of Mrs. Robert Fols- : tick, i'i Alleutown, n 3-year-old ch l t 1 ou .Saturday night fell ou' of he I.and j its cries awakened the Other member! of the family just iu time to savi their lives as the rooms were filieii ■, wtili gas escaping from the bitchei, | stove aud some of the children weri j almost overcome alieady. James U. Kc.lch, of Philadelphia, who died a few days ago, left mi es tate of SIIO,OOO, the bulk of whicti is to be held iu trust for the use of Mis wife daughter and grauddaughter and on the death of the last of tho thre»- the principal is to be divided eqn«lly between tho Masonic home, Metho dist orphanage. Home for Aged Coup les and Union Home for Old Ladies The tobacco barn on the farm o' Nathaniel Erb, in Penn township, Lanoaster county, with five acres of tobacoo in it, was destroyed by fire on Saturday. Loss |5,000. itlontmxr jslflHi American. MB' HE Hi Consistent with ita record of doing things on a maugificent scale and of I never falling short of complete success in any demonstration that may be ! planned Danville ou New Year's day | made all its promises good by bring | ing forth a mummers' parade which lin point of magnitude and up-to-date ! aud entertaining features was never I surpassed iu this section of the State. ■ That Danville never does things by halves and that when it plans a fuuc -1 fou it always proves something worth seeing is a fact well recognize i by the peopl iof neighboring towns. Tims it jtr inspires that Danville always iia.s ! the crowds. Ou New Year's clay, next in interest to the mummers, themselves, was the immeuse concourse of people who j turned out to s3e the demonstration, fully oue-half of whom were from out of towu. Not onlv was every incoming trolley car packed to the limit, but the trains on each nf the railroads brought hun dreds of visitor;". By one o'clock the j sidewalks on Mill street were bUck with people; by two o'clook it was ; difficult for a person to thread his way through the crowd : by 2 :30 o'clock, when the parade started.this thorough fare from the river bridge to North Mill street was paoked, and the mum mers marched between two solid walls of human beings. Fortunate were those who stood near the outer edge : of the crowd; there were many whose view was obstructed aud who obtained only an imperfect idea of what the : pirade was like Windows, awning roofs and other vantage points were 1 oocnpisd by eager sightseers. The parade caine up to the fondest expectatiou. The most of the concep- . tons were comic In their nature, the i costumes, without exception being i carrioatures. luiicrous imitations of the real thing. The king aud his br lliaut equipage constituted one touch of real dignity aud beauty. To Ambrose Prentiss and Ins jaunty little pages, who so grace- I fully upheld his expansive aud luxur iously embroidered cape, wo are in- j debted for this much-applauded de parture, which wou the first prize, j It is the first time that auy one ever j attempted anything so elaborate in a New Year's parade in Danville. Prominent among the marchers, this I year, wete the "girls"—well dressed, under "Merry Widow" hats as large as curt wheels, girls who walked with '• real grace aud dignity displaying French high heels under big feet and , aM the requisite accessories of dainty ; female toilets. Among other innch-applaued features were the ludians from Blooiusburg; ' the Lime Ridge Drill Corps and Col. Jigsaw and company Tho "Groasi Pot," a product of the Structural i Tubing works, presenting the plaut in j miniature aud a fl >at drawn by two ] cows from the farm of O. R. Savage, j the home of Crystal water, each prov ed a great attraction aud were ap plauded for their originality. The marchers were led by the com - j mittee in T. J. Price's handsome anto- ! mobile, kindly loaned for the occas ion. An adequate idea of the length i of the parade ami the variety of feat- I ores embodied may bo obtained from the list which follows relating to the award of prizes The six cash prizts were awarded as i follows: First prize, twenty-five dollars.king i aud attendants. Seootid prize, twenty dollars. Red Men. Third prize, fifteen dollars, Lime j Ridge Drill Corps j Fourth Prim ten dollars, Colonel | ' Tigsaw and compauv. J Fiftli prize, five dollars, "Grease j E'ot," Structural Tubing Works ex- i I hib t Sixth prize, two dollars aud fifty j i routs, Crystal -spiini; water. A fou of coal was a/.ard. d each of J the following: Girl in Y How, Spirit j of '7ti, Sol flusters, Dr. lv l.'utn.V. S. j and fie A ir hip. Twenty five pounds of flour were 1 | awarded each of t!ie following: Tin j I 'ulcyr'e, the Elephant, aud ilor: eless I vVagou. i \l)ix uf cigars was awarded to the IJpsldodowu Mao, Police Patrol aid Toe Hautere. | Oue-lmlf dozen photographs w< ra | awarded each to the T<n Hears aud 'Guess-Who-I- *m" man. j Other prizes wire awarded as fo'- lo*s: Ooe half dozen silver spnou«, 1 aly in RU' k, at head of Northumberland baud (Seut's umbrella, "Harrigan." La lies' u übrellt, Louo VSerry Wid ow. One dollar aud a half bust, White B"nr. Case of canned goods. Kazoo Band. Comb aud brush, Hod Carrier. Half dozen pair of suspenders, Ala- Iba na Coons. Kive pounds of roast beef, Old DANVILLE PA., THURSDAY. JANUARY 7, 1909 WILLIE GREEN'S 11 VISIT "Willie" Green was in towu Mon day. Many of our readers may fail to re call who Willie Green is. To such we would say that Willie was associat ed with two of the most exciting epis odes that ever ocourred in Danville, one l)9ing an attempted highway rob i bery and the other a jail delivery. Green was arrested on the night of October 13, 1902, in company with Andrew Lux, after our townsman, U. Y .Tames had been hell up near the corner of Church aud East Market streets. Along with Andrew Lux Greeu lay nearly three mouths in prison await ing trial During this interval, along with Lux, he broke jail. The excite ment caused by the jail delivery will be readily recalled. It was Sunday afternoon aud the fugitives were far ou their way toward freedom before they were missed by the sheriff. They were captured iu the railroad yards at Suubury by officers of that towu and were returned to tho Montour county prison. Andrew Lux was found guilty of at tempted highway robbery and was sentenced to ten years in the Eastern penitentiary. He is still serving sent ence. "Willie Greeu" was thought to be dying of consumption and bis case aroused much sympathy. The evidence did not show conclusively that he had participated iu the holdup and he was acquitted of that charge. He was found guilty of jail break ing, hut because of his feeble health sentence was suspended on condition that lie would leave Danville aud nev er return. "Willie" agreed reaily enough to give Danville a wide berth for all time, lint with what fidelity he has lived up to his promise is manifest when it is explained that to the posi tive knowledge of the officers yester day's visit to Danville was the third that Green has made since he was be fore court. He evidently thinks he is very astute but on occasion of each visit he was detected by the officers a few hours after he arrived. He reoeived his ulti matum Monday when Chief Minoe moyer gave him one half an hour to get out of towu aud told him it' he ever reappeared Here he would take him into custody uad deliver him over to court. When last seen Green was on his way to Mausdale and he wasn't losing any time, neither. A life of tiavel seems to agree with ' "Willie" and lie has taken on flesh since he left Danville. AII evidences of consumption seem to have vauished ami judging fiom appearances he is able to eat three meals a day and a handout or so besides. GEORGE B. BROWM PASSES AWAY Our readers will be grieved to learn of the death of George B. Brown, son of our townsman,B. B. Brown, which ooeurred at Casey,lll., Tuesday morn ing. The cause of death was nervous exhaustion. The deceased was ill for some time. He was known to be in a very critical condition and the telegram which ar- ' rived Tuesday announcing his death was not uuexpected by the relatives. George B. Brown was thirty-eight years of age. He was born aud grew to manhood in Dauville. During the last thirteen years he was engaged in railroad Y. M. O. A. work in the west. He was a young man of sound principles and of devout nature, who accomplished much good in his brief ! span of life He is survived by his wife and two 1 small children at Casey; also by his father, B. B. Brown, a brother, T. G. Brown, and a sister, Mrs. B. W. Mus selman, of D:«nville. T io deceased with his family spent several weeks in Danville last.summer. While Mrs. Alec Moore,colored, liv ing iienr Rosedale, was at work in her ! kitchen Monday preparing a meal,one of the email boys playing there set fire j to her apron string, "jest to see the j hlazo " The woman uarrowly escaped hurnlnsr to dentil K eigh. Hunch of bananas, Colored preacher. Pair of gloves, small automobile. Pair of slppers, South i-'«a Islanders. M iffler, Man with flag One dozen trousers' holders, Merry Widow No. a One dozen hangers, Uncle Sam. Pair cuff buttons, Hip Yau Winkle N ektie,"Boy Clown' on horseback. B lttlo toilet water, Bugler. B ix of candy, Loving couple. A box of cigarettes donated by the judges was awarded to Thomas G. Vincent, chief aide. The prize offered by Sheriff Williams •or the person who should recognize him und-tr his disguise was wou by Thomas Longer and Beaver Groan. ID 10 OFFICE The connty commissioners after be | ing Inducted into office organized | Monday afternoon by electing Geo. W. i Miles, President,and George R. Sec ti ler, secretary. Horace O. Blue was | chosen clerk. ! The oath of office was administered jto George R. Sschler, John Coleman ! aud George W. Miles, county cominis | siouers-eleot, by Register aud Record jerW. L. Sidler. Mr. Sidler also ad ministered the oath to the county aad itors-elsct. B. L. Diehl, Thomas Van j S.tnt and J. H. Woodside. Prothono i tary Thomas G. Vincent administered ! the oath of office to Dstrict Attorney ! elect C. P. Gearhart. At 1:30 o'clock the conntv commis i siouers retired to the ooart room for i the purpose of electing olerk,solicitor, I jail physicians aud courthouse jani j tor. i In the election of clerk there was | quite a contest, eight bll lota being I taken. There were three candidates • : Frank NewhaUer, Henry Wireman and [ Horac3 C Blue, who has filled the | position for the last two terms Dur | ing the deadlock, that ensued Mr. 1 Miles supported Frank NewbakeriMr. Sechler supported Henry Wireman aud Mr. Colaniau, Horace O. Blue. The deadlock was broken by Mr. Sechler, who on the eighth ballot voted for Horace C. Bine. Mr Blue was declared elected and his salary was fixed at fifty dollars per month. R. S. Ammerman was elected conn ty solicitor. It was ordered that lis receive a retaining fee of fifty dol j lars each year. j Dr. Cameron Slinltz was elected ; jail physician for the first year; Dr. 1. G. Barber for the second year and Dr. R. S. Patten for the third year. John Reppert was eleoted janitor of the courthouse at a salary of |lB per month. The bonds of the oonnty commis sioners were approved by Associate Judges Frank G. Blee and Hon L. W. ; Welliver. DAVID KRUM CHOSEN STEWARD | David Krum of Mahoning township | will be the uext.«teward at the alms ' house of Danville and Mahoning poor ' district. Dr. R. S. Patten will be the next physician. |! The overseers of the poor for the ! Danville and Mahoning district held ' their auutial meeting Monday. Wil liam Russell was chosen secretary and J. P. Bare, treasurer, of tho board William Kase West. Esq., was chosen as attorney. David Krum, who succeeds Frank Hartline us steward, is a skillful aud a successful farmer, who has been a resident of Mahouing township for many years. The change at the poor farm will not take place until the first of April. Dr. Patten as physician at i the alma house succeeds Drs. Cameron | Shultz and G. A. Stock. ; The oropß yielded well on the poor farm last year. Nevertheless the in ; come proves Inadequate to support tho ■ big family of inmates,practically none : of whom are producers. Dae probably to the Industrial de ! presßion the inmates at the alma house ! exceed thus*? of auy other winter.there being twenty-five there at present with prospects of wore coming. BIG YEAR'S WORK FOR SO HENS Fifty hena owned by C. D. Garrison j at Grovania have established a record for laying during the year past that it | would be hard to beat. Daring the summer of 1907 among j the chickens hatched on the Garrisou premises were fifty pullets, which with tne advent of January 1, 1908, had fairly entered upon their career as egg ; producers. Mrs. Garrison was very proud of her i flock of fifty liens and she became de ! sirous of knowing how many eggs ! they would produce during the year. I Accordingly each day she kept an ac ! connt of the eggs laid and ou New j Year's, 1909, she had a grand total of ; 535 dozen and 5 eggs. Scattered Facts. | Last year 3,003 patents were issued, j aocordiug to the annual report of the secretary of the interior. Porto Rico I is preparing to spend 13,000,000 ou an irrigation project. There are 31,000 permaneut white residents of Alaska. Gold waa produced in Alaska last year to the value of $17,490,777. The gov ernment maintains 25 reservations for the protection of native wild birds. The United States has a aohool fund of 138,313,100. There are 1,421 day schools for Indians. No intermarried whites are on the rolls of the Creek or Seminole nations. More than 40.- 000.000 barrels of oil were marketed from Indian lands In the year. FURNISHING Ml J MIS Samuel Waite of the first ward was arraigned before Juatice-of-the-Peace Ogiesby Tuesday afternoon to answer the charge of famishing liquor to ' minors. He was held for court, bail being fixed at |3OO. Waite's arraignment followed as the ; sequenoo of the arrest of Annie Bloom - er and Bessie Kennedy, which arrests were caused by Waite last November, the charge being that the two girls stole money from him. The girls were convicted and sentenced to six months in prison. Ttie girls in torn caused Waite's ar rest, the information, lodged by each : before Justice Ogiesby, set forth that on the 9th day of November last and at divers other times within two years past Samuel Waite did give, farnißli and provide her,the deponent,a minor under age of 20 years, for her use as a beverage, certain spiritous, malt and brewed liquors, whiskey and beer and that the said Samuel Waite well knew ' the said deponent to be a minor at the time. •Tustioe Ogiesby temporarily removed his office to the county jail occupying the office of Sheriff Williams. Waita after his arrest, Monday night, was placed in jail to await a hearing. Annie Bloomer and Bessie Kennedy were brought down from their cells to the sheriff's office, after which Waite was brought in and arraigned. In both cases he pleaded not guilty to the charge. Each of the girls, how ever, on being sworn declared that Waite had famished her with both beer anil whiskey, a supply of which he frequently had on hand. Each was emphatic that Waits had in person handed her the whiskey on the day when the alleged robbery was commit ted as well as at other times. Waite putin a vigorous denial in ( sisting that on the day when the mon ey was taken the girls puiloined the whiskey; that he had it concealed in a cupboard "for a job that night." .Tastice Ogiesby was of the opinion that a prima facie case had been made out and tie held the defendant for oourt, fixing bail in each case at 1200. I No bondsman appearing the def-Mulan I was remanded to jail. GREAT ANNUAL. CORN SHOW Pennsylvania's third annual Corn Show, annual Dairy Show and annual ! meeting of the State Board of Agricu ! lature, Penn'a's. Livestock Breeder's assooiatiou and Penna's. Daily Union will all be held in Chestnut Street ! Hall, Harrisburg, January 20 to 29 i inclusive. Nine magnificent silver cups and forty-five casii prizes will be 1 offered for the best exhibit of ten ears of corn, and |SO and |2,"> cups fort lie ; best exhibits of fifty ears made by ! Subordinate Granges. Corn prizes are 1 for Pennsylvania farmers only; seed j men not aliowed to compete. A lot of j cash and other valuable prizes will be ! offered for milk aud batter. Speakers , include the following: Prof. Wm j Hill, of the University of Chicago, i Farm Economics; Dr. Tiios. F. Hant, I Prof. K. D. Gadner and Dr. W. T. | Philliapv, all to discuss corn; Dr. Carl W. Gay, the Stallion Law; J. M. Dodge, Market Hogs; J. O. Don i oan, Mutton Making; Dr. E. B. Vor- I bees, Alfalfa; Alva Agee.Lime; J. F. Lantz, State Fair: Prof. P. R. Mar : shall, Principles of Breeding; Dr. H. P. Armsby, Auimal Nutrition; Prof. ! H. H. Dean, Milk: P. H. Keifer (ex pert judge), Butter: aud a number of i others. The Peuna.'s Experiment Station will make a corn drmoustra ! tion.and U. S. Department of Agricu j Iture experts will give illustrations j and demonstrations in various phases jof dairying. For particulars as to the Corn Show address E. S. Bayard, 20 Sbadv ave., East Eud, Pittsburg; as So the Daily Show, Prof. H. E. Vau- Norman, State College, Pa. ; for pro | gram, etc., Sec. N. B. Critclifield | Harri«burg, Pa. Everything is free | uo entry or admission fees' INJURING TKEESIN MEMORIAL PARK : Residents in the vicinity of Meinoii j»l Park state that the voting trees ! planted on Arbor day are being injur (fd by thoughtless or maUcion«ly in j clined boys, who seem to regard the j park a public ploy ground. It is no ! unusual sight to see tho boys beating j the tender trees with clubs, bendiut.- tliem over, <!fcc The bark is knockid | off some of the trees and the inference would be that they are also injured about the roots as the result of Hie hard usage to which they have been subjected. It is to be regretted that "ne or nior of the offenders have not been arrest ed. If an example were mad* of one i would probably have the effect of de terring others. Wo are informed rlia' an effort Is being made to obtain the names of the bovs whose wv t»i 0"i:- dnot is described above. ■I ME NEXT Mil January court will convene on next Monday, the 11th inst. According to present indications there will be only a small number of commonwealth cases , ou hand. Were it not for a few civil j cases that may come on for trial it ! i would not be worth while for the i traverse jury to appear, i For several years past it has occur red that there lias been only a saiull > | volume of business on hand at the j term following the holidays and at the i ] last moment the traverse jurors were notified not to appear and only such , matters were given atteution as were of pressing importauce. It was learn- , | ed, however,at the courthouse jester day that there is no probability that i | court will be declared off this term. I Up to date there are only Ave com i monwealth cases. The civil list is as , follows: Sophia Q. Eckman vs. Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal and Iron company. Trespass. Hinckley and Mensch for ■ plaintiff and Wolverton, Herring and Wolverton for defendant. Sophia G. Eckman vs. Cross Creek Coal company. Trespass. Gearhart, Hinckley and Mensch for plaintiff aud i Wolverton, Herring and Wolverton for j defendant. Jacob B. Moser vs. Jonathan Stahl. i j Appeal. Chamberlain of Milton for I plaintiff aud H. M. Hinckley for de fendant, DREDGE STILL IN COMMISSION The winter thus far lias not been sufficiently rigid to put George W. | Rockwell, the contractor, out of busi- 1 uess. Tuesday his dredging machine ! was scooping up ashes at a record- : breaking rate and the plucky contract- j or has no Idea of suspending opera- j tions until the work of filling up the canal is completed. Mr. Rockwell stated that he could finish hauling ashes in a week or teu , days, if moderately fair weather con- 1 tinned. A view of the canal cn the i hospital grounds shows that the work tis rapidly approaching completion, while the immense cavity that yawus j on eaoh side of Railroad street where i the ashes and cinder have been scooped \ up attests to the enormous quantity of j material that has been removed. Weattier such as we have had up to ; the present interposes no obstacle to | the work. During the mild weather i of a couple of days past the track oft the narrow guage railroad where the frost has left the ground sank a little heie aud there but although much care is required in runti ng the cars, uo serums derailtnii,ts have occurred Unless prolonged cold weather with ■ <!eep suow follows the < outractr i hopes, not only to finish filling up t i ! canal this winter, but also to replace |on ttie top of the ashes the course of j fertilo soil removed by the i-re.'ge be j forr j filling-up began. MERCHANTS' INVENTORY The busiest season of the year began Monday for most of the merchants in j Danville. They are now takiug in- i ventories of their stock with view ! of determining exactly the business j done during the past year. With most business houses in towu this inventory is carried down to the 1 last detail, so that estimates can be j ' made almost to the penny of the value |of the stock on hand. It often takes j as high as two or three weeks to finish , | the inventories, especially when there S is a great variety of goods in the stock. This work is done by the clerks \ in a iditiou to tlieii regular duties and I they are generally kept very busy un j til it is over. ' In general the business done by local j firm* durin,' the past year was satis j factory except in the beginning of the year.when the business depression was jb' ing felt most. The, prospects are j ! Ihat the business of the coming year j j Will far exceed that of the one jnst I past, is conditions are growing better I steadily. WEDDINO SOI HHNIZHD AT SIX O'CLOCK A. H. | A wedding of note was solemnized at t e manse of the Malioiiiin; Presbi ■ j teriau church at (! o'clock yesterday ' | inoriiinu' t'V the llev James Wol a-tuti ! Kiik, the contracting pa ties bcitu ! \lis» Umh lohnsoti, daughter of Mr ' and Mrs. F. P. Johns n.aud Harry G Peterx, son of Mr and Mrs Frauk G | Peters, all if this citv. The uewly w 1 '■«•■! couple left on the j 7:05 D. L. V vV. train for a tfip to ) i New Y >rk a-i l Hn-t n. lieturiiiuii ro | Danv lie they will res de at the ("it> jliot'l. of wii "i li-'-to rv ili» uroo-n's j father is n p elo . ' | Hot'i Hi • hri ; < ti< cn are *.l . know.i and pipular young people of • I vile. ESTABLISHED IN 1855 ILL PULE SUE II LAW The veterans of Moutour comity who held a meetiug recently and adopted resolutions urging oar representative , to support a State pension act will be ( glad to learn that there is every pos ! sibility of a soldiers' pension bill ; passing the present legislature and be -1 coming a law. It is said that the governor will this /ear approve such a bilt, although lie | vetoed a similar bill two years ago owing to " insufficient revenue. " A • dispatch from Harrisburg last evening | stated tiiat a committee of veteran soldiers met Senator Blewitt, of Lack ! awauna, yesterday at the Lochiel Ho tel and pressnted the bill to him, and that he will introduce it in the Senate on Monday, January 18, the day the Senate Committees are announced. This committee of veteraus consisted of Sheriff A. B. Stevens, aud Captain P. Delacey, of Scranton; H. H. Ben gough, Pittsburg; W. A. Cook, York; aud Judge Halsey, of Wilkes-Barre. PROVISIONS IN BILL. The pension bill presented by them aud which no doubt will be the one that will become a law, provides that any peraun wiio eulisted aud served ninety days in the army, navy or j marine corps during the civil war, at. the time being a resident of tiie State, and who at present resides In Pennsyl vania, shall be paid a pnnsion of sf> per month. The governor shall appoint a Pen sion Board of three persons at a salary ,of $2,500 each, who shall pass upon | the applications. A Commissioner of ! Pensious shall also be appointed at $15,000 per year who shall have charge of and make payment of the pensions. The Commissioner of Pensions shall j have ail office force of a chief clerk at |I,BOO, two clerks at 11,200. a mess j enger at S9OO, stenographer at SI,OOO and additioual clerks at s'.>oo each, j The Pension Board shall appoint three clerks at $1,200 each. QUARTERLY PAYMENTS. The payment of pensions shall be | made quarterly, beginning witli the ; quaxter ending February 28, 1810, and no application will be considered be fore September 1, 19 9. All pensions ; will be paid by warrant mailed to the ! pensioner. No person borne ou the United States rolls as a deserter shall | receive a pension, aud all applications : must be made under oath. The sum of $4,500,000 is appropriated for the purpose of payiug the peusions uuder the act. J OLD-TIME MUSICIAN RE nOVRD 35Y DEATH Wi.liaui McCloild.wliO was cousigu iea t> rho grave in St. Joseph's comp ter* Ti esday, was an old-time inusn, ian of Danville. He was one of the early members of Stops' band and be longed to a number of musical organ izations since. The deceased was sixty-three years of age. He came to this county, locat ing at Danville when eighteen years of age. He was a musician from boy j hood and was not in this country three months when he began to play in the | band. ; He was first a member of the Twelfth | regiment band and later in succes sion belonged to Stoes' band, St. Jos- I eph's band, of which he was leader, : Goodwill band and citizens' band. 1 The funeral took place at St. Jo>- | eph's Catholio church at 9 o'clock ; Tuesday morning, the Rev. Father Mc j Caun officiating. High requiem mass was celebrated. The pallbearers were : James Me- Cormick, James Ryan, Bernard Mur phy, Patrick Finley, John Mountain aud Michael Reilly. The following persous from out of town attended the funeral : Mrs. Bur chard, of Scrauton ; Mrs. Thomas Montgomery, of Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs Jacob Bookuiiller, of Allen town; Patrick Finn, of Wilkes-Barre; | Mts. Mary Finn and Miss Mary O'- | Brien, of Mihatioy City; Jerry aud | Patrick Connors, of Plains; Richard i Dowd and family,of Bloomsburg; Mr. anil Mrs. William McCloud, of Suu bnry. WHITE ROCK HENS ESTABLISH RECORD The Snow Ball poultry farm situat ed below Riverside and owued by ! A "Os VVohlfarth is begiiuiing to ac | quire distinction ou the score of its | Ine poultry. Fifty Plymouth Rock liens, the oc j cipants of one pen, I ave established a ; rfO"ri!Jfor*la.viug auil tiie owner is j very proud of them. These fifty birds, which were latched during the spring of 1907, produced during the month of De 'i niber 9."4 eggs. The eggs are gatli red hi the o!obb of ea >h day. Mr. Wohlftrth • * an attendant at our curbstone market. His poultry !»■ s -esent an attractive sight and are visited by a number of people.
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