NATURE TEST OF STRENGTH. Flocks of Birds Roosting on Big Bridge Vouch New Structure's Safety. | An unexpected use ' s being made of the new Qoeensboro bridge across the East river at New York by thousands of migratory birds and hundreds of pigeons, which spend the night in the sheltered nooks In the lower deck of the structure. The bridge workers say that in the early morning hours < the big cantalever Is simply alive with birds of nian.^varieties. Swarms of swallows have fastened onto one corner of the structure, from | which they have drive" < fT the other | birds. John Dirgeu, u -'e worker, j declared recently thai 1 ':*■ uornlng he saw hundreds of swu!!■ ws form in battle array and attack and expel two cats that had ventured upon the strue- j lure and were getting fat eating birds. ! Flights of pigeons make toward the bridge nightly shortly after 5 o'clock J and alight in favorite roosting places. During the rain and sleet storm the j other night a flock of wild ducks sought j shelter on the structure, and two of j thein were found dead on it the next J morning, having dashed ngalnst the Ironwork in their flight. While the other birds take tbelr j flight when work begins In the morn- j ing. the saucy sparrows remain, and I the pigeons also stay and make friends j with the workmen. Edward E. Sinclair, an engineer on the bridge, said: 1 have been bridge building for twenty , years, but never before saw so many [ birds and so many kinds of them gather together on a bridge as are now at night ■on the Queensboro bridge. Kipling In his "Bridge Builders" points out that when ever numbers of birds gather on a bridge In process of building or nearly completed U is an Indication that the structure will stand all tests. This has also been my experience. I built a bridge in lowa several years ago. and flocks of birds strangely made • heir home on it. That bridge, too, was criticised, but it is standing today and has done twice the work contemplated when it was built. Another bridge whose stability was questioned, to which thousands ot birds flocked, was one built across the Mis souri river by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad, and It Is doing great work today. Many of my associates in bridge building have noticed this same Instinct ot birds. Ornithologists say that birds in large flocks will not nettle on a weak structure. The workmen employed on the bridge atoo regard the presence of the birds an omen of good luck ' A Queer Lesson. "On the slow and cheap ship*," said j a purser, "the souvenir thief dies no j harm, but on a famous Atlantic liner, | where records are broken and tiptop I prices abound, the amount of stuff that »Usappears Is shocking. "Only things with the boat's name on—champagne glasses, ink wells, curl ing tongs, buttonhooks, and so forth. ! And what are we to do about it? "We had an American peeress | aboard last voyage. The day we reach- j ed New York a stewardess came to me and said: " 'Oh. Mr. Meet, 1 just seen l.udy Blank's cabin trunk, and she's taken two of our finest silver ink wells!' "Here was a quandary, eh? The i captain was called in, and he settled j the matter in the unsatisfactory way such things are usually settled. " 'We must teach Lady Blank a les son,' he growled. 'At the same time scandal must be avoided.' He thought a moment, then said to the stewardess: 'Take one of the ink wells and leave the other. That'll show her.'"—Phil adelphia Bulletin. Crafty Master Fox. A fox was one day seen coming out of a pile of stones near the water side. He hid in the heather for awhile and then pushed out some thing on the water, which proved to be a bunch of moss. The wind took 1 It Into the middle of the lake nnd blew it past some ducks sitting on the J surface. Having watched his venture j for perhaps ten minutes with appar ent satisfaction and observed that it I neared the ducks without arousing | their suspicions, our friend began to | collect another and larger bunch of moss, which he allowed to float in the same direction, but this time he swam tiehiud It, taking care to show only his eyes and nose above water. Just as it was passing the group of ducks he made n sudden dive, pulled down a bird and swam back to shore under water. Arrived there, he carried the duck to the pile of heather, where his wife and daughter were no doubt waiting to enjoy the fruits of his la bors.—"Forty-five Years of Sport." Soma Troubles of a Pianist. Harold Bauer, the pianist, has had some curious experiences during his travels. While playing In Barcelona he was challenged to tight o duel by an ex cited member of the audience whom he had reproved for disturbing the re cital by his noisy conduct. On another occasion. In Italy, ho had to be car ried through an underground tunnel to escape the attentions of frantic ad mirers. One of his most extraordinary expe riences was in Russia. It was In a little town near Moscow, and iu the middle of his performance the pianist was arrested by the police on the grounds that he was obtaining money under false pretenses. The police ac tion was based on the grounds that a Hungarian dance appeared on the pro gram nnd that there were no dancers. They overlooked the terrible fact that Mr. Bauer had played two marches without a single soldier being present —Cincinnati Tribune. Mrs. Fyffe Declined. Some years ago it was decided by the navy department that the pres ence of the wives of the naval officers at the Asiatic station detracted too much fiom their official duties. So a general order was Issued to the fleet directing that the wives be sent home. Admiral Fyffe, who was In commnnd of the fleet, received the order Indus time, and it came back to the navy de partment indorsed as follows: Ist. Indorsement. Asiatic Fleet, Yokohama. Japan. 0) Respectfully returned to the secre tary of the navy. (2) I have delivered this order to Mrs. Fyffe, and she refuses to go. (3) Further Instructions are requested. Respectfully, (Signed) JOSEPH FYFFB. —Success Magazine. SHETLAND PONIES. Active as Terriers, Sure Footed as Mules, Patient as Donkeys. Shetlands ure "foaled In the Colds, live lu the fields and die in the fields." They have a rooted dislike for ludoor life and thrive best when allowed to feed naturally on green grass, with perhaps hay in winter. Until two years old nniure provides a soft, wool like covering. Afterward the mature coat of hair appears, to be shed each spring, when the ponies appear sleek and handsome. Full grown, they are immensely strong, with wide quarters, powerful legs and a great width and depth over the heart and lungs. And, as Bengie wrote in 1870 In his "Tour In Shetland:" "The Shetland pony is the most lovable of animals in the wide creation. They are sprightly and active as terriers, sure footed as mules and patient as donkeys. The liorso Is accredited as the noblest of the lower animals, and the Shetland pony stands at the head of this noble rnce HK the most Intelli gent and faithful of them all. The great value of the Shetland to the coal miners lies in its ability to work in the low galleries lu thin seamed pits, where other ponies could not travel. Their strength does not correspond with their diminutive pro portions, and they will travel thirty miles a day in the seams, drawing from twelve to fourteen hundred weight. Underground their lot is hard, but use becomes second nature, and they are treated, if roughly, not unkindly.—St. .lames' Gazette. The Chinaman and His Dragon. | If a Chlnanjau wishes for happiness and peace in this world and the next he feels obliged to consult his majesty the dragon us to where his house shall be built and his grave be made. Through the earth, so say the Chinese, flow two currents the dragon and ! the tlaer. Now, for a man to have good fortune in life or, as he would say In "pigeon English," to "ratcliee chance," his house must be put In a certain position In reference to these currents. If he Is to rest quietly in his grave, that also must be correctly placed. So called "wise men" make a business of choosing favorable sites for homes and graves, professing by means of a wand and Incantations and other kinds of tomfoolery to be able to detect the presence of the dragon and the tiger and to tell in what dl | ruction they flow Writing For Money. Green—l hear your wife Is an an I ! thoress. Does she write for money" I j Breen—l never receive a letter fron j j her that she writes for any.thlns else j There is more Catarrh in this sect ion of the country tliau all other dis eases put together, aud until the last | ! few years was supposed to be iucor j able. For a great many years doctors ! : pronounced it a local disease and pre j scribed local remedies, aud by con stantly failing toenre with local treat ; | incut, pronounced it iucuralde.Science ; ) has proven catarrh to he a constitu- ] J tional disease and therefore requires | constitutional treatment. Hall's Oat j arrii Care.mauufctured by F. J. Chen [ey&Oo., Toledo, Ohio, is the ouly j 'constitutional enre on the market. It | lis taken internally in doses from 10 j jdropß to a teaspoonful. It acts direct- | Ily on the hluod and mucous surfaces j j of the system. They offer one hundred j 'dollars for any case it fails to core. ] | Send for circulars and testimonials. I Address: F. J. CHENKY & CO.. j Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Druggists. 76c.. j Take Hall's Family Pills for consti j ' pation. A Bold Step. Ts overcome the 'vell-irrntinded tnd , reasonable objections of tho morn Intel j ligent to the use of secret, medicinal com* ' pounds. Dr. K. V. l'icrce, of liuffalo, X. ' V., some time ago, decided to make a bold j departure from the usual course pursued I by the makers of put-up medicines for do j cicstic use, has published broad* j cast and orTTrty to the whole world, a full i end compete list of all tho Ingredients | entering iim>4hecompositlonof his widely I celebrated Thus he has taken his nutnen/us y&trons and patients jnto his full Thus too ho has re- ; from among secret nostr/ra<of doubtful merits, and made ' of Known Composition. that lie Is J i^rn~l J k~d ; to sul) ltWtT'hem 1 to the filling, s.jntiny. riot only does tho wrapper of every bottle of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, the famous medicine for weak stomach, torpid liver or biliousness and all catarrhal disrates wherever located, have printed upon it, in plain Knpltih. a full and complete list of all the ingredients composing it. but small bo«.k has been compiled from nunerous Standard medical works, of all the different ■chcK-ls of practice, containing very numer . ous extracts from the writings or leading I practitioners of medicine, endorsing in th§ 9trongc*t Ihle term*, each and every ingre dient contained in Dr. Pierce's medicines. One of these little books will be mailed free to any >ne sending address on postal card or by lett ?r, to I>r. K. V. Pierce, Buffalo, Y., v and requesting the same. From this little I book it will IMJ learned that Dr. Pierce's med • Iciues contain no alcohol, narcotics, mineral I agents or other poisonous or Injurious agents and that they are made from native, medici nal roots of great value: also that some of tho most valuable Ingredients contained In j I>r. Pierce's Favorlto Prescription for weak, j nervous, over-workod. "run-down," nervous I and debilitated women, were employed, long years ago. by the Indians for similar aliments i affecting their squaws. In fact, one of the j most valuable medicinal plants entering Into I the composition of i)r. Pierce's Favorite Pre ■ scription was known to the Indians as "Squaw-Weed." Our knowledge of the uses jf net a few of our most valuable native, me* dldnai plants was gained from the Indians. Ait > by improved and exact pro- I cesser, t:.• • i vorltw Prescription n ls a most j efficient •* v for regulating all the worn- I amy fui. -rrecting displacements, as J prolapsus, an' version and rntorversion. i overcoming ; :..nful periods, toning up the I nerves and bringing al>out a perfect state of | heal'ii. Sold by all dealers In edlclass. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup fUSavM C«Us fejr mhj Wmm «S tf tt» epelee flwgll a MptM md (MORS? HdH W OM kMMfe. feliOTM M«gS hf s» ■HIOOM BWWbtMM 0t SM SMI, 4M •■d broacMal lutu "Ai tm Si MM ft. For Sale by Pi ,W* Do You Get Up With a Lame Back? Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable. Almost everyone knows of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and „ ~ bladder remedy, be- ILu-JJjPfr |. cause of its remark • It able health restoring pjl uLfVJ |l properties. Swatnp " -r r Root fulfills almost » H ever y wish in over s ,Iti I j]]|-i coining rheumatism, \fcs \ 1 |||[ pain in the back, kid , )ft = rJ Ujjli neys, liver, bladder In lb— j and every part of the 112 * yJsr; urinary passage. It hold water and scalding pain in passingit, or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or beer, anil overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled togo often through the day, and to get up many times during the night. Swamp-Root is not recommended for everything but if you have kidney, liver or bladder trouble, it will be found jnst the remedy you need. It has been thor oughly tested in private practice, and has proved so successful that a special ar rangement has been made by which all readers of this paper, who have not al ready tried it, may have a sample bottle sent free by mail, also a book telling more about Swamp-Root, ami how to find out if you have kid- «■ ney or bladder trouble. When writingtnentic n oiler iu this paper and send your address to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Hom <nt»«»mi>.Koot. Bingliamton, N. Y. The regular fifty-cent and one-dollar size bottles arc sold by all druggists. Don't make any mistake but remember the name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the ad dress, Binghamtou.N. Y.,on every bottle. Don't make any mistake, bnt remem ber the name, Swanp-Root, Dr. Kil mer's Swamp-Root, and the addres Binghamton. N.Y.. on ever v bottles. Notice. To Whom It May Coucern Notice is hereby giveu that the Court of C. P. of[Montour Co., 011 the 11th day of Jan., 1909, granted a role to show cause why the said Court should not enter a decree changing the name of lialphJWinter Diehl to Ralph Beaver Diehl. Said rule returnable April 12, 1909, at 10 o'clock, A. M THOS. G."VINCENT, Froth. Ralph Kisner, Att'y. A 8 60 YEARS DESIGNS "rTW COPYRIGHTS AC. Anyone sending a sketch and description 112*7 quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an Invention is probably patentable. Communica tions strictly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patent# sent free. Oldest auency f<»r securnuf patents, i Patents taken through Munn A Co. receive 1 tpecUil notice, without charge. In the Scientific American. A handsomely Illustrated weekly. Largest cir culation of any sclentltlc lournal. Terms, f.l a year: fourruonths.fi. Hold by all newsdealers. MUNN &Co. 36,Broadw "-New York Branch office. (726 P Ht„ Washington. I). C. Remedy 6 CATARRH Ely's Cream Balm is quickly absorbed. MS - » r O/? COl-Dl Gives Relief at Once. Rf^. A J\^/)M It cleanses, soothes, heals ami protects BK> the diseased m< brane resulting from EjMli *'... f§H2 Catarrh and drives ' awav tt Colli in tho SWF fever 'laste and Stuell, Full size .10 cts., at Itrug gists or by mail. In liquid form, T"« <<nt.s. Ely Brothers, 50 Warren Street, New York. R-I-P-A-N-S I'ahule Doctors find A good prescription For Mankind. The 5-cent pneket is enough fur twin occasaions. The family ibottle (tiO cents oontains a anpply for a year. All drug gists. WINDSOR HOTEL! \\ T. HBU BAKER. Manager. Midway between ttroad St. Station ■ and Reading Terminal on Filbert St K| Luropuan, SI.OO per day and up B American, $2.50 per da> and up I Tin* only moderate prleed hotel of I reputation and consequenee in H PHILADELPHIA 1 a H SB HEW! A Rellabl© TO SHOP for all kind of Tin Roofing Spoutlns nnd Conoral Job Work. Btovoo, Heatoro, Ranaoa, Furnaces, oto. PRICES THE LOWEST! QUALITY TDK BEST! JOHN IIIXSON HO. IV E. FEOHT ft. Receipts and Expenditures of Montour County, Penn'a. For the Year Ending January 4th., A. D., 1909. STATEMENT SHOWING THE TAX ACCOUNTS OF Till-, SEVERAL COLLECTORS FOlt THE YEAH A. D. I<JUH. ' |l Cdl-NTY TAX. I ST AT K TAX. | UOU TAX. DISTRICT!. COLLECTORS. ai*te- iCoieS-7 lnolm . halauuu' - i siuue-,i u nci | iE£t , I Tnx ments* Tin .>r» ■'•■■■■" ' , lIK . , Tax Imi- I.( [or* c m amount; Balance Tax munis a or* cum amount Ral, ■Mum'n e xon'B raturn'd minion 1 Ijimm'djexon's Imlslon, I paid. ! Uuu i assessed exon's : nWog paid, j Due Antboni Township A. A. L0ve...., tfiM 43 et 05 (tot 47 68 l'4i m . i low io| ® 4<i| 3 11! 100 , tvj r, 1 a7l i 91' ns ss Cooper " lAlfred illeelier 618 4f» 'J6 5 7ft 19 27 fiftl 77 l on IjO 29 •> 21 *J7 t*i 1 :t; «i 7 *ji 70 Danville Borough JJ. I*. Bare OtfflO J6 m Hftl 26 4C) 179 07 ~'XSI IO*G 01 j i.»H «r.t >l2 H2 28 ft*| Ifun M 107 r*j .. 107 50 Dcrry Township II K cotner 13M r,7 6t 60 28 78 12V.» i\*.... ;Hft 21 l.» Ki; 901 291 ;jy] 7no •_» i» 1 *■> r,:i 2» Liberty " William E. lioyer 1977 0. «<t» i>7 7ft 25 II 12150 :to H54 H.'{ I r»l 7» : '4 W 1 7fi •*» 92 HI 50 22h 1 ,jo 12 00 92 Limestone ,4 K. K. Fry mi re 1980 95 75 I9|. 28 57 H(K) »>j I*l ;«.» m7l :s 11 1 <m| M » 27 00 12 r» 71 2:100 204 Mahoning " iCbas. Utterm iller 1121 1:1 n A 00. 152 %\ Hi 889 Hit 198 y> j 170 U '/oft Sou 155 iw ttt ;.o 11 1•> :{ r>;> 27 64 Mavberry " IP. 8. Cromley .... 52 11 15 Hs| 11 10 »25 46 21 00 120 r.B 22 12 Si ;">o 112 »',«>• ;.s Vaflev " |E. K. Ken 11 121 M 29 40 19; ft 'Mi ;tr> 11 1122 :>0 44 2 2:1 127 «• li 50 50 170 209 52 71 Washington ville Borough C. L. rromis | 268 22 790 lo 01 2."j0 :<1 titf :jm 215 221 58 y.» sou y, 29! 70> Wttt Hemlock Townsiup |T. M. Wlnterateen 800 61 1259' 7 IBj 282 0(1 1899111 11 71 60| ;;:ii 10 TO is 50 1 61 1689 Total tax account far 190S . 90641 39 F.K) 16 II 4o| 416 99116720 05 3561 79»j 2121 86| 156 ffiJ ;V1 29' 2210 92 588 «w» 19 72 11 >7 328 71 178 00 Taxes receive*l for prior years I j 1721 66 72 65 Total taxim r» < -civ during the year A. I>. 1908 118441_f10 || .7 1 ; . 77777. -111120 Outstanding taxes in favor of county.. 2561 79; 7 |T:s im> Estimated exonerations ami eommissions on same j| Actual amount of outstanding taxes In favor of comity || N. B.—Taxes remaining due and unpaid for prior years as follows:—J. I*. Bare, Collector of the Borough of l<anvUle, Pa., County Tax for 1907 « rixsi Chas Utterm*Her, •• •• •» 'iownsTitp of Malioulng - 22.01 «« u •• •• *4 .. I) 0 g " •• '• 14 h«| N. B. -K. K. Krymire. Collector of Limestone Township, has paid §400.00, on above Account Since Audit. A. J. STEINMAN, TREASURER IN ACCOUNT W«! h MONTOUR COUNTY. DR. TO CASII RECEIVED FROM THE FOLLOWING SOURCES: CR. BY DISBURSEMENTS' AS FOLL< >WS Balance on hand at last settlement $ 558.70 County tax received for 11108 16720.0."> Amount. i>ai<l on County orders during year 1!)0», an i»t County tax received for prior years 1781.55 lwlow classified account of expenditures $24087.Hl State tax received for 1008 2210 i»2 ' Amount paid Comuionwf#li.h for State Tax 1908, for IX>n tax received tor 1908 :i28.71 which there was no order issued $2404.Mi Dog tax received for prior years 72.5r> i Trea-urer's commission on same 24.0.V 2380.51 County Tax received in 1008 on unseated land and collectors' returns.. 22.1)7 j Reimbursement noxious animals TREASURERS COMMISSION, VIZ: Reimbursement State lax 11108 118.».88 Reimbursement primary election 1908 402.18 2 J per cent on disbursement of $21087.01 Reimbursement O. M. Leniger, Burial of O. GL Mellin 50.00 I Less county's portion of hotel licenses, commission on same Reimbursement Wni. B. Linville, overpaid bill 12.11)1 having been allowed in treasurers license account 897.75 Reimbursement Columbia Co. Commissioners 30.02 j Reimbursement Penna. li. R. Co. damage to paper 3.25 i $23189.86 579.75 Commonwealth costs, fines and jury funds 345.11 Balance in hands of A. J. Steinman, county treas, .lan'y, 4th, 'O9 1544.08 Hotel licenses for 1908, county's portion 81)7.751 Sale of old iron 28.40 $28591.95 I Sale of old bridge 5.00 Sale of old disinfectant 2.25 Sale of old Cement 1.50 EliasMaier a loan 1000.00 S. K. Hoffman, a loan 2000.00 $88591.95 A. J. STEINMAN, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT WITH LICENSES RECEIVED DURINQ THE YEAR 1908. To amount of wholesale and retail mercantile licenses $1302.17 By amount paid Commonwealth $441(9.2ft To amount of Pool licenses 240.00 By amount paid for advertising mercantile list and postage 12tS.8fi I To amount of eating house licenses 11.30 By treasurer 's commission 439.10 To amount of hotel licenses 6300.00 By amonm. hotel licenses applied to county fund, county portion 897.75 To amount of brewers licenses 1300.00 By amount hotel licenses paid to Danville borouuh 2964.00 To amount of wholesale liquor licenses 400.00 By amount hotel licenses paid to Washingtonville borough 228.00 By amount hotel licenses paid to Anthony township.. 57.00 $9553.47 By amount hotel licenses paid to Derry township 114.00 By amount hotel licenses paid to Liberty township 57.00 By amount hotel licenses p<tid to Valley township 171.00 $9553.47 CLASSIFIED ACCOUNT OF EXPENDITURES. COURT EXPENSES AND COMMONWEALTH COSTS: I „ o R A DOE AND ROAD EXPENSES: , ... fjr.mi Tiirnrs I 537.86 A Buchanan, Henry Bridge new $ 844 00 Traverse iurors 1014.06 , A. Buchanan, Exohauße Bridge 123 00 I traverse j ... .- . .•' ' t ' rlls „.. d ti l)B taves 157 44 i Nelson Construction Co. DsQreen Bridge 860 00 : 359.18 ' A. Buchanan. Balance on Exchange Bndge 100.00 w to tW 102 50 limited Construction Co. Lobach Bridge 39100 Tn L,anUor 216 00 Nelson Merydith Co. Bridge at WashiUßtonville 2315.00 , Chas P. Oearhart distriot attorney. ... 400 00 Nelso,.-Merydith Co., Lowrie Bridge 530.00 Tlior O Viucent, clerk of courts and prothonotary 43 ( 15 Road Views and Snrjeys. 1076 a D C Williams, slieri*, attending court 20 days at |3 00 60 00 Lumber and Material for Bridges 207.60 D C Williams, Hlieriff,Common wealth costs 41.65 General Bridge Repairs... 581.20- $6009.4., Justices JW.JB DANVILLE RIVER: Constables 501 09 Lumber for side walk I 25.00 George Malers,Deputy sheriff,attending court 2 days 366 600 Cb'tu'uij,'' llringe!!! ! ................ 11.50 ' Dismissed cases under act of June 25. 11.05 58 1, Removing show 3,1.5- $ 67.66 Supreme Oourt, expenses Dietrichcjase 00 I Luzerne County court expenses. Dietrich case 590 86 COURT HOUSE EXPENDITURES: Meals for Jurors 26.95 Stationery and Blank Books i 208.1)3 ; Guilford dase ® ®5 Countv Printing and Advertising 215.75 Purdous Digest 18 00— $4943 01 y oa j J83.00 , D. c. WILLIAMS, SHERIFF : *£ - ;;;;;;;; ; ■;; •;;;; ; ; J?' so Boarding Prisoners aud turnkey $7.58 20 Expressage Freight and Postage 31 93 a Drawing and notifying jurors « •«_ General Repairs and Supplies • • 77.61 Washing for prisoners . •'* ' '.".j r ,. Sundry Persons, Cleaning Court House 36.74 Removai of P. Dl ®trlc . froni oo ' jall Insurance on Court House 75 00 Conveyiuft of P. Dietrich to Wilkeß-Barre jail j: TAlnnhnnn n rvice 25.10 Bringing Prisoners from Mahanov | Oitr 14 00 Friendship Fire Co.'. sprinkling ' . . 10.00 • OouveyiiiK prisouera to E. h. Penitentiary 63 M Peters ice 7.66 ; Prisoners to Reformatory 27 45 I)iainf«ct»nt 24.00 Reports to Board of Public Charities 20.00- $1834 09| Jos Leciiner "2new' fornaoes'.'.'. 1 . 720.35- #1660.73 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. AUDITORS, &C: JAIL EXPENDITURES. Charles W. Cook Commissioner $500.f0 Goal $211.37 Geo ge M. Leighow, commissioner 600.00 32.92 J George R. Sechler, commissioner 60° 0° Water Rent 37.75 Horace O. Blue commifsoner's clerk 720 00 CI .tli ing and Bedding ... 39.70 ' E Iward Sayre Gearhart, County solicitor 241.28 Medical Attendance 32 00 Jury commissioners 103..64- General Repairs and supplies 277.64 County Auditors aud clerk i 6 40 Insurance 1700 Traveling expenses necessarily incurred by the Commission- Disinfectant 24 00— 1830.38 ers in discharge of official duties ... 137 77 $2771)09 * MISCELLANEOUS : ELECTION EXPENSES: luterest on County Bonds 112 175.00 Spring election $488.96 Short Loans and Discounts aud interest on siine— 1)86 33 j General election 529.81 State Tax ou County indebtedness 22 33 Montour Couuty Democrat for official and specimen ballots County Teachers institute 129.67 for spring and general election 60 00 School director's association 59 00 Election blanks aud supplies 6'\75 Support of Convicts iu E. S Penitentiary 429.29 Primary election, held April 11, 1908 497.23 Support of convicts iu House of Refuge 30.12 D G Williams, sheriff proclamation 2.75 Support of convicts iu Reformatory .. 100 92 Publishing sheriff proclamation 90 00 Support of lumates iu State hospitals 669.00 Ground Rent fot Booths 38.00 Inquisition on John Mowrer 33.86 Renal ring Booths 32 21— $1789.71 Autopsv ou John Mowrer 50 00 i, Forest Fires 210 42 ASSESSORS PAY : Insurance on Jail barn 24.(0 , Annual assessment $291.00 Subscription Democratic Sentinel 4 25 I Reaistrv of voters 317.00 Car Fare for Matthew Gartland 4.61 Registry of Soliool children 119 00 Thos. O. Welsh, auditing the accounts of the Protliouotary State Tax Assessment 98 00 and Register and Recorder 25.00 I c Shultz M D. Local Registrar. 137.25 Thos. G. Vincent, certifying Judgments &c 69 80 W. R Robinson Local Regis'rar 18.75 $981.00 j Win L. Sidler, certifying mortgages &o 13.40 Sheep damages 67.60 NOXIOUS ANIMALS : Burial of Soldiers and Markers for same 310 00 . Weasels at SI.CO $241.00 1 Memorial Day Committee 50 00 - $3364 50 I Tt Mink at il 00 33.00 ; To amount of orders issued iu 1908 $24081.61 1 Wild Gi tats 400 4 00— $278 00 To amount of orders redeemed iu 1908 24087.61 FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF MONTOUR COUNTY. To amount of bonded indebtedness.. $5000.00 Bv outstanding County tax 1908 To amount due Commonwealth for taxes on County iudebt By outstanding Couuty tax 190.. ' edness for I'll 8 20 00 By outstanding Dog tax 1908 150.00 iTo amount due S. K Hoffman 20C0.00 By outstanding Dog tax 1907 ••••• 1' I To amount ilue Elias Maier 2000 00 To amount ilue from Commonwealth for extiuctiou of For Fulimatert outsalidiUß bills. 80.00 est Fires ■ • • 105.21 1 ! Unitaid appropriation to Soldiers Monument 5000.00—,514100.00 By amount due from Common wealth for bounties paid for j 1 1 killing noxious animals 207 5.) ißy amouut due from Commissioners of North'd. Go 33 83 i By amount due iu hands of Countv Treasurer ... 1544 08 By amount due from Lock Haven Poor District 417 55 I Liabilities Iu excess of assets 8545 98— 114100 00 1 A J STEINMAN, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE SEVERAL DISTRICTS FOR TAXES ARISING FROM UNSEATED LANDS AND COLLECTORS RETURNS. Taxes received ill 100s. || Treasurer's Commission of 5 iht J Amount paid by Treasurer to the Bev-1 Balance still duo the •Several Dia cent on same eral Districts. i tncts, lncluduiK Inilance on hand from prior years. own«c» -* —9 I sTTT S Si ? ? 2 \~T\l Sill I iff IT 1?' I 2 112 I 11 I jf I § I ! I I % 112 fI ! I Ii 1; I : 3 5 Anthony Township, j j \ ****"ll 3 23I'i:V7tt!*vJri!.!.|'..7."" *"*a"Va.:::::::r:: «. .. « ::::: :::::::::•••\4 Ts , UhertyTownsliii>. 'j 'j !j n ; o,' IS? % " ' 'i s" 7^ : 2 ;« ST *II!!I Mahoning Township *'*[ 4 1 11 1 i ,7 May berry Township ; »i " : m ""ii i Ill" :i v.» 15 k: ~i i 1... _JJ?I :v£\ JIJ ili t vr- [ 'n Tnta , 7T.3T. _25 so! »4 M It' Iml II las I 7.V 76 IK I I 1 :c! •- ®L2® 1 S Wo 111,, nndeifdimed Commimionera of Montour County, l'a., do hereby certitV that the foregoing statement of receipts ami exis'iiditures <>t siiid county tnr tlio year ending January ltl>. A. I>.. 1» is true aiid cornet t«> o>e best of our knowledge and lielief. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands an.l sealofoniee this llth duy ( .f KW Ml| EB> *. commissioners JOHN ('(II.KMAN. ' J- of Attest: HORACE C. DI.l'K, Clerk. UKO R. BECHI.KR. ) Montour County. TO TIIK iIdS'OKABI.K TUF JI'DOES OF THE COURT OF COMMON PIEA3 OF THE COUNTY OF MONTOUR —We the undersigni 'l Auditors of Montour County. State of lVnnsvlviiMia, after haT iiu v,,.,.., diiiv .iiiiiiilU'd aecordiiiK to the law . respeethilly re|*irt that we have audited thr an omits of the Treasurer and Commissioin rs ol said Count} am' ttuit the foregoing is a true and correct stale the andflnd a baltuiee Vlue the said County on the 111., day of Janu.ry A P . iao». bv A ,1. Steinman. Treasurer, of One Five Hundred and Forty Four Dollars Eight Cents (81 ">U Osi alsii a balance Hue the several di-trlels of One Hundred and Mxly Five lkillars and Ninety-Eight Cents, (»!«.)»<). ' 'ln witness whereol we have hereunto set our hands and seals this llth day ol January, 190 N. THUS. VAN HAST. ISKAI.I I J. U wo dsiok., [SKA i.j J-cotiUTT AcniToaa. Attest HORACE C BLUE. Cub* BKNJ. L. DIKUL. {saALl I
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