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VOL. OS—NO 8
Dli. IRVING H. JENNINGS,
—DicmiaT.—
Office flour*
A. If. to VI it. 104 MM St.,
IV. M.to i I'. M. Danville, Pa.
("I SHIH.T/., #l.
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425 MILL ST., DANVILLE, PA.
Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines
r. Specialty
ITEMS CONDENSED.
The school board of Tamaqua has
decided to erect a sevenroom annex to
the high school at a cost of? 20,000.
| Eastmere, a suburb of Harrlsbnrg,
has been annexed to the State capital
and the result of the election was a
big street parade and later a banquet
The outlook in the coke regions is
said to be better. Within the past ten
days engagements aggregating 165,000
tons have been made.
D. M. Huthmaker, of Ransom, Luz
erne county, claims to be the oldest
office holder iu the State. For forty
eight years he has been a justice of
the peace.
Rev. Charles Schall, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, of Kaston,
has resigned to accept the pastorate
of the Presbyterian church at Greens
burg.
When Thomas Maugan, fof Pittston,
a driver boy. attempted to throw a
stretcher on a mule's back, the animal
kicked him above the left ear and he
was fatally injured.
While Mrs. Mary Burns, of Shenan- i
doah, was answering a ring at the
door bell at her home her little two- I
year-old daughter fell into a tub filled
with hot water and was fatally scald- i
ed.
When Mrs. Edward Dougherty, of
Harrisburg, arose Wencsday morning
she found her husband dead at the bot
torn of a flight of stairs down which
he had fallen. He was 70 years old.
The Rev. John I. Yotter, pastor of
the Ebenezer Evangelical churoh at
Reading, on Thursday at the risk of
his life, stopped the progress of a run
away team and saved three children
from almost certain Injury.
By reason of an overheated stove the I
residence of Joseph Herzog, at Lake- |
ville, Wayne county, was destroyed
by fire. Two ohildren, one aged 15 i
and the other 13, perished in the flames |
and the mother was badly burned be- '
fore she escaped with her babe. i
The official count of the oontest in :
Rochester for the office of justice of
the peace has resulted in the discovery
that each of the two candidates has re
ceived 444 votes. Governor Stuart will
be asked to solve the problem by mak
ing an appointment for one year.
Mrs. John T. McGee, of Columbia,
was attacked by a highwayman on
Wednesday night, while on her way
home, and he grabbed her hand bag. !
She didn't faint, but instead as he '
grabbed the bag she struck him over j
the head wf£h her umbrella. The blow '
staggered him and he ran away
The body of Walter Sholl, a cigar 1
maker, of Allentown, missing for two
months, was found on Saturday in the
Lehigh canal, near Rittersvllle.
The number of deaths in Philadel
phia during last week was 549,0f which '
fifty-five were from Bright's disease,
fifty-three from tuberculosis and forty ;
two from heart disease.
Peter Gross, a Lehigh county boy.
who has beoome one of the greatest !
artists of Paris, has just presented to 1
the oity of Allentown a handsome
landscape painting valued at over
15,000.
On account of ati epidemic of mea
sles iu Ridley Park near Philadel
phia, all of the schools are closed and
no Sunday school sessious were held
in any of the churches.
Fifty-one ministers have made ap
plication for the pastorate of tfie Oak
Latin Presbyterian church, Philadel
phia, made va ant by the recent re
signation of Rev. Robert Hugh Mor
ris, who accepted a call to Chicago.
Meyer Homiller.of Fern Rock, near
Philadelphia, who is 1)3 years old. re
cently walked from his home to the
new Walnut Lane bridgi across the
Wis.tahickou, aud back, a distance of
eleven miles, within five hours, and
says he wasn't tired.
John Pollook, a miner cf Cleat-
Spring mine, near Wilkes-Barre, kept
himself hid in a mine for five days,
fearing arrest for a simple charge of
assault and battery. On Saturday
troopers of the State constabulary saw
frieuds carrying two dinner buckets
into the mine, and following found
the refugee.
Two little Polish girls, Elizabeth
Katch, aged 13, and Annie Kuca, aged
14. of Homestead, were arrested on
Saturday on charges of larceny made
against them by four Homestead jew
elers. Mauy valuable articles have
been stolen and the girls have become
very expert thieves. One, it is stated,
has confessed that they have been
stealing for two years.
NEWTON SIMTH
RE-ELECTED
Newton Smith was re-elected super
intendent of the light plant at a reg
ular meeting of council Friday eve for
the ensuing year at a salary of $75
per month.
When the subject of light was brought
I up Mr. Moyer moved that Mr. Smith,
j who has been in charge for a couple
tof years past, be re-eleoted. At the
| instance of President Schatz Mr
Smith was called upon to make oer
• tain explanations relative to the em-
I ployraent of extra help for "carbon
ing" the lights. Mr. Smith explained
| that he is living up to his contract,
i which places the operation and man
' agement, of the light plant in his
hands and does not oblige him to car
bon the lamps, as he has quite enough
j to do without it.
The explanation seemed satisfactory
and the motion being seconded was
carried, Mr. Smith being elected
unanimously at the former salary.
On motion of Mr. Pursel it was ord
ered that the sweepings on Mill street
be sold to Mr. LeDuc at 75 cents per
load during the coming year.
On motion of Mr Pursel it was ord
' ered that G. Fred Smith be granted
permission to install a fish box in front
' of his oyster house on Mill street.
On motion of Mr. Russell it was ord
ered that the Danville and Sunbury
Transit company be notified to replaoe
the rail nsed on East Market street
with a six-inch rail as provided in the
ordinance within o period of sixty
days.
On motion of Mr. Russell it was ord
ered that the Danville and Sunbury
Transit company be requested to dis
continue leaving its car standing on
Mill street in front of the opera house
during nights.
A petition was received froiu the
People's Ideal Telephone company of
Montour county asking on behalf of
the members and patrons that an or
dinance be adopted granting the above
company the privilege of establishing
iu Danville a telephone exchange aud
sueh poles, wires, cables and other
fixtures and apparatus as may be neces- j
sary to successfully carry on telephone I
communication between the subscrib
ers of said company and the residents
and business houses of Danville. The 1
petition was signed by Lloyd Bomboy,
president, and D A. Oox, secretary.
On motion of Mr. Angle it was ord
ered that, the petition be laid on the
table.
The following bills were approved
for payment:
BOROUGH DEP'T.
Regular employes 112 127.50 j
J. H. Oole . 8.23
D. L. Gnest -50 j
A. O. Amesbur.v . 48. lit
People's Ooal Yard 13 10
.'ames Gibson 11.25
Dean Bros . 10.80 I
U. S. Ex. Oo 40 |
Labor and hauling .. ... 19.63
Foster Bros 88
WATER DEP'T.
Regular employes $166.00!
Friendship Fire Oo 33.73
Danville Fdy. & Mach. Co .. . 15.!)0 J
P. H. Foust 74.85 ;
The following members were pres- i
ent: Schatz, Oleaver, Pursel, Fin-1
nigan, Jones, Everhart, Moyer, Rus
sell, Deutsch, Marshall and Angle.
MONTHLY MEETING
OF MINISTERIUJVI
Rev. L. Dow Ott, pastor of Trinity
M. E. church, read a very interesting
paper before ttie Danville ministerium
Monday morning, entitled "The
Making and the Destroying of Man."
The paper was philosophio iu tone aud
reflected a great deal of profound
thought on the part of the author. The
theme was a suggestive one and the
paper opened up a wide field for dis
cussion. Rather more than the usual
time was devoted to the interchange
! of opluiin oa the subject preseuted.
The Danville ministerinm. of which
the Rev. Dr. McCormac!: is president,
and the Rev. L. W. Walter, secretary,
meets the third Monday (if each month
in the V. M. O. A. rooms. Present
Mi U''a\ were: Revs. Mc.Cormack
and Walter, president and secretary,
Rev. L. Dow Ott, Rev. James Wcllas
ton Kirk, Rev. William Brill. Rev.
John Oouloy Grimes and Rev. W. N.
, Wallls.
HARRY K. SCHOCIi
TAKES A PRIZE
Before a largo audience at Susque
j hauna university, Selinsgrove, Miss
Grace A. Geiselutau.of Hanover, Pa.,
Monday night contested 'in Seibert
! Hall for the annual prize offered by
the local Conrad Wieser Chapter,
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion. for the best essay written by a
member of the senior class of Susque
hanna University.
The essayists were privileged to
choose for their subject any phase of
the Revolutiouary War. Harry K.
School), of Danville, aIBO won the pre
liminary competition.
Iu another week Washington will be
the center of attraction.
DANVILLE PA., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 25, 1909
■■lll
HI CIS! CHURCH
The Rt. Rev. James Henry Darling
ton, D. D., LL.D. .Bishop of the dio
cese of Harrlsburg, waß present at
Christ Episcopal church Sunday
morning. He preached a sermon, in
addition to which the sacraments of
j the holy eucharist and confirmation
] were administered, six persons being
; admitted to the full privileges of the
J church and strengthened for the ful
i flllment of.Christian duties.
Bishop Darlington's sermon on the
; occasion was an able and choracterist
! io'effort. fouuded on the last veise of
the eighteenth chapter of St. Luke :
' "And 'immediately he reoeived his
sight aud followed him, glorifying
j God; and all the people when thev
; saw it gave praise unto God."
The theme of the discourse was
j "The Need of God in Our Lives "
The sermon in argument was most
! convincing and abounded iu beautiful
I conceptions.
Tho speaker alluded to the begin
ning of lont ou Ash Wednesday of the
ptesunt week. He expressed a hope
that it would bo devoutly kept more
so probably than in the past. In this
connection he dwelt upon the numer
ous blessings that we have to be thank
ful for. It is a good thing to think
over these, ho said. Persons troubled
with Insomnia have been advised to
count a hundred or more with the
hope of inducing sleep. To sleepless
persons he would give the advice that
they count their friends and this will
lead them at last to God, the one real
aud true who surpasses all
other*
He dwelt most interestingly upon
the peculiar significance of the num
ber "seven" not. only as revealed in
the scripture but also iu the prayer
booh of the church. In the bible tlr
number seven recurs unceasingly.
There were seven days during crea
tion; the Hebrews' laws were outlaw
ed after seven years, or seven times
seven; seven blasts of the ram's horn;
our Lord stood in the midst of seven
candlesticks and the command was to
forgive not seven times, but neyenty
times seven. In the prayer book the
predominance of "seven" is not al
ways noticed, but it is none the ess
significant. As an illustration he oit
eil Ash Wednesday and the six Sun
days following.
Epiphany waß also significantly
woven into the sermon and the visit
of the Magi of the East to Bethlehem
to see and worship the child Jesu»
was employed with effect.
Great painters, he said, in conceiv
ing of heaven always painted the faces
of babes as the best idea of life be
yond. Very beautifully he enlarged
under this head.Jexplaining how many
a person is brought the path
of righteousness or held there by a
baby hand—a star of life eternal.
Marriage, the speaker remarked, is
a sacrament, but he regretted tint
married life is too often a sacrilege
rather than a sacrament. He alluded
to the presence of Christ at the wed
ding feast and the fact of'his miracle.
The savior made wine,but the speaker
regretted, that the fact is seized upon
at the present day as an rxcuse for in
dulging in beer and whiskey.We hav
none of Christ's wine—made from
water —with us at the present day.
Let Christ be invited to every wed
ding feast and there will be no ques
tion as to the kind of enjoyments that
will he selected. Let wedded couples
live near toOhristand life in the mar
ried state may he made divine.
In succession the speaker took up
each of the Sundays following Epiph
anv, drawing front it some lesson to
aid iu living aright.
Among those iu the congregation,he
said, wore some who came because
they desired to; there were others
who were there becanse some one had
prayed for them. Prayers offered up
long before, which wero unheeded
then, and which were thought to be
lost, now iu later years are coming
back.
The wise men who came to the crad
le of Christ were able to see the guid
ing star only in the night. Iti the
same way we may first see our Epiph
any star, when most needed, in times
of trouble and sorrow. Many n person
who hns wa'idered far astray is brought
back to the paths of rectitude by the
Epiphany star, which was first seen
by them on bed of sickness.
The speaker urged the exercise of
charity. When it iB demonstrated that
through methods ether than those of
our own church a man has found the
Epiphany star, then, he said.it is our
duty to recognize it and say that God
; is with him.
In conclusion he urged his congre
gation not to be led astray by false
Christs. Some men, he said,show new
methods of healing, but we are warn
ed in the bible, he said, against false
Christ's who would show signs and
wonders. He urged his congregation
not to be misled by "shooting stars"
The coming of Christ will not be se-
HO DECREASE
111 PEKEIIE
The sohool board held a regnlar
meeting Monday night. The following
members were present. Pursel, Orth, .
Barber, Swarts,Burns, Redding, Fish,
Fischer, Lloyd, Heiss and Cole.
Mr. Fischer adverted to the rumor |
current to t.he effect that under the j
new form of monthly review adopted j
there is a falling off in percentage at
tained by high school pupils, there- j
suit being that probably one-half of !
them will not pass the final test.
Borough Superintendent Dieffen
bacher being called upon explained
that the rnmor was wholly at variance
with the facts as reported to him by
High School Prinoipal O. E. Bickel, j
■ whioh showed that there is no falling
off in percentages, but that on the con
trary, under the new order of things, ;
there is a decided improvement along j
all lines. Mr. Dieffenbacher explained
that the same favorable report came
from the teachers in the grades.
On motion of Mr. Burns rubber tub
ing aud chemicals were ordered pnr- 1
chased for the laboratory.
Mr. Burns called attention to the
fact that there Is a deficiency of chairs
in the schools of the borough, so that
visitors find very poor accommodation. 1
He said that each room ought to be
furnished with additional chairs.
On motion of Mr. Swarts it was ord
ered that two or more chairs be pnr- |
chased for each room, if needed.
The borough superintendent present- !
ed his report for the month ending
February Bth. During the month 1167
pupils were registered. The average
total attendance for the month was
1071). The percentage of attendance
was 95. Number of pupils who have
not attended 75 per cent, of the time
belonged was given as 37.
On motion of Mr. Fischer a vote of
thanks was extended so Thomas J.
Price for chemicals and supplies pre
sented to the laboratory of the high
school. A vote of thanks was also ex
tended to J H. Oole, who furnished
horse and wagou used In hauling the
ohemlcala and supplies.
The following bills were approved 1
"Tor payment: '
O. M. Leniger S 3.05
P. A. Winters . .60
Ginn & Co 7.92 i
F. S. Webster Oo 7 50
Danville Sto. Mfg. Co.. 18.43'
Ezra Haas 1.50
H. R. Edmondson 15.00
United Telegraph & Tel. Co .85
Joseph Lechner 30.89 1
O. B. Savidge 17.86 1
TROUBLE LIVELY
FOR BOTH SIDES
It is just five weeks from the first of
April and the situation is that the
coal operators aud the mine workers
are no nearer together today than they
were five mouths ago—in fact they ap
pear to be more widely separated—and
the indicatiouß are becoming more ap
parent of either a bitter struggle be
tween the contending forces or for a
most humiliating back down by one
or the other of the contending sides.
Many of those in close tonch with
the situation believe that the whole
thing is a corporation bluff and that
the leading mine workers and the
leading coal msguates thoroughly un
derstand their plans, but the whole
thing may get away from ttiern and
there may be a great clash, in fact the
greatest clash between capital and
labor that this region has ever seen.
ORIP KEEPS
PHYSICIANS BU: Y
There is a geneial prevalence cf grip
throughout the community, which is
keeping the doctors more or less busy.
None of the cases,although they bting
much discomfort and are apt to lay the
patient up for a few days, prove very
serious iu themselves. The trouble is
that they may opeu the way for other
diseases, notably pneumonia, and thus
result seriously.
With the exception of grip there
seems to be comparatively little sick
ness at present and the death rate is
abnormally low,considering the season
of tho year.
There are more doctors per capita
in New York City than in auy other
part of the country.
cret. When he comes we will all see
aud know him.
During the sermon Bishop Darling
ton very happily adverted to the fact
that yesterday was the fifth anniver
sary of the rectorship of the Rev. Ed
ward Haughton at Christ Church. He
was to say that the congrega
tion, uuder the rector's lead, had fol
lowed the star of Epiphauy and thus
prosperous and iu harmony had beeu
led to the fifth anniversary.
There was a l*rge congregation pre
sent.
Yesterday afternoon Bishop Dar
lington preached at Grace church Riv
erside and confirmed a class there.
1L ODIZE
NEXT rnu
The borough council for the year j
1909-10 will be organized on next Mou- ;
j day night. The present conncil will
go into session at 7 :30 o'clock, trans- !
' acting what business may be on hand, j
I after whioh it will adjourn sine die. .
i The new council will convene at 8
j o'clock. The four members whose termß
i have expired are as follows: First
ward. John L. Russell; second ward, j
I William Moyer; third ward, James
Finnigan ; fourth ward.Abram Angle. !
James Finnigan, in the third ward, ;
was re-elected. In the other wardß the !
| new members will be as follows: First
ward, John R. M. Curry; second ward, j
j William lies; fourth ward, Jacob Von
A member of council Tuesday stat- '
! ed that he. did not think it likely that
there will be a change in the police )
force or any other change of noii in
the positions filled by council.
The new council will find plenty of
work ahead of it the coming year. In- :
I cidentally, it will have a few perplex- j
iug problems to solve. Not the least
among the latter is the paving of East
Market street. This matter was brought
up in council at the last meeting and
it was the consensus of opinion that
something will have to be doue with
this streot the coming season, as the
roadway has gone from bad to worse
and the limit has now been reached.
Nevertheless it was not explained
what remedy should be applied. It was
made quite clear that practically the
first step remains to be taken toward
paving ; that there is not the least as
surance that the State will assist in
the improvement of the street; also
that all the obstacles that stood in the i
way of paving during ttie last three
years Btill remain. Borough Solicitor
E. S. Gearhart has not abandoned hope
that East Market street may be paved j
under the Act of May I, 1905, which
provides that where a portion of an
important main highway pßsses
through one or more townships, foi j
the improvement of which application
I to lha State highway department I as :
! been made, and where the failure < \
the borough to improve said highway
would leave a break or unimpr -ed |
section in the continuous improved
highway, the State highway depart
ment nay bear a portion of the ex- |
peuse of improvement of such high- j
way. within the borough limits, to an
amount not exceeding three-fourths of
the total expense.
Mr. Gearhart takes the view that
the Act of May I. 1905, applies to East
Market street, as the State has already
! improved the highway from Mausdale,
in Mahoning township, to Centre
street, in the horongh of Danville.and
has also improved the," same highway
from the main entrance to the hospital
grounds, in the same township, to a
point in said borough, 610 feet west of
its eastern boundary.
However, although the matter was
taken np nearly a year ago, the State
' has not as yet been heard from favor
ably. Some doubt is expressed among
the couucilmen whether the presence
of the street railway on East Market
street may not canse complications
fatal to the proposition of paving the
thoroughfare with State aid and
whether, if the street is paved at all.
It will not have to bo done as Mill
street was paved, jointly by the bor
ough. the property owners aud the
street railway company.
In either event, as above explained,
a'l the work including preliminaries,
remains to be doue. To improve the
street iu some way will he one of the
very first tusks that tho new cont cil
will lave to adilre-s itstlf to.
East Front street,especially the side
walks, is in very nearly as had a con
dition as East Market street. The pav
ing of this street. which meets with
j very little opposition front property
■ owners, was very seriously considered
bv council last summer. The improve
ment of the street will no doubt come
up again this seasott and will be one
cf the first problems that council wil!
have to wreßtle with.
The widening and other Itnprove
-1 raentg ou West Mahoning street, in
which council showed no disposition
to temporize last year, will probably
j be made the subject of strong petition
i again next summer. What view of the
I demands the new council may take re
j mains to Ie seen
j Last but not least we have the pro
i Idem of providing for the disposal of
J sewage,as the borough has already re.
I oeivod notice from the State depart
| ment of health to discontinue dis
charging its sewage into the river. In
what manner the bill pending, which
provides that the State pay one-half
of the cost of sewage disposal, if it
becomes a law, may assist in comply
ing with the act remains to be seen.
At best under the circumstances It is
feared that council will have a weighty
proposition ou its hands.
One's old frieuds are the best, after
all. though new ones are not to be de
snised.
CHICKEN IBS
111 DEWI'S PARK
Dr. DeWitt on visiting his park at
Riverside made a discovery, which
throws additional light on the stealing
of ohichens. which up to a week past
was carried on so extensively in this
locality.
On the night that Philip Pollock's :
chickens were stolen Oliver Hoover.of
the sonth side had a valuable horse
blanket carried off. The theft was at
once associated with the ohicken
thieves,*who, it was believed, fonnd ,
Mr. Hoover's fowls to difficult to get '
at,and who rather than go away empty
handed stole the horse blanket. Sever
al places were searched for the blank
et, as it was believed that it would
prove a cine to the chicken thieves.
Dr. DeWitt yesterday went to the
park to see whether any damage had
been done by the heavy rain. At the
merry-go-round he found the robber 1
blanket, used to cover the organ, miss- \
ing. On approaching the kitchen at
another part of the park he found the
door broken open. Inside he beheld a
cartons sight.
Spread on the floor was his rubber '
blanket along with a horse blanket,
while nearby was a pile of chicken
feathers and eight chioken heads.
It. diil not take Dr. DeWitt long to !
decide that the park kitchen had been '
used by chickeu thieves and that the
fowls killed were evidently those stol
en from Mr. Pollock, who lives near
the park, as the number of chicken !
heads found—eight--corresponded with i
the number of chickens stolen at that !
place.
Dr. DeWitt visited Mr. Pollock and
told him of the discovery. Mr. Pollock '
accompanied Dr. DeWitt back to the
park aud identified the chickeu heads
ami the feathers as belonging to his
chickens.
Later Mr. Hoover identified the |
horse blanket as the one stolen from I
his place.
In the park kitchen the thief had !
built a tire and heated water for the 1
purpose ot' scalding the chickens so
that they could be picked more easily. 1
The blankets were used to lie upon
after the work was finished while i
waiting for morning.
HUDDY ROADS
PREVAILING
The nearly rontinuous rains have
produced mnd by the wholesale not
only on the country loads but also in ;
the streets of town.
At such times the residents of the
south side, where the sidewalks are
unpaved, have a hard time of it There
is no opportunity to escape from the
mud. All about the station and on t!>»•
street leading to the bridge the uiud
lies deep and is a sample of what n:ay
be seen nearly everywhere ou the
sonth side. On the bridge ; pproaeh
yesterday morning a large portion of
the sidewalk ou the east side gave
way sliding own over the side of the
steep embankment, leaving a yawning
1 chasm. '1 he place was filled up dur
ing the day.
i The only difference between the
i present aud other seasons is that the
! mud has made its appearance several
. weeks earlier than usual. The frost
: being all out of the ground, unless
freezing follows, it is not impossible
that the roads may soon begin to dry
off, It is to be feared, however, that
springlike conditions have arrived too
early to continue and that during
March there ads will be uniformly
' bad.
LETTERS ANNOY"
POULTRY FANCIER
Charles M. Baruitz, the south side
i poultry fauoier, who has charge of the
j poultry department of the American
Press Association, is beginning to pay
the penalty for being famous.
Among his correspondence nearly
j every day or so is a letter from some
, distant point iuspired by something
| which has appeared in his poultry col-
I umns. The writers as a rule are quite
j cranky and ask absurd questions con
! corning poultry breeding. Some of the
j missives are unsigned. The letters on
j the whole might be very amusing if
they were not so numerous,
j Among the letters are several from
i the PaciHo coast or tlio middle west
written by persons who knew Mr.
j Baruitz in early life,but who had lost
j alt trace of him until they saw his
| name as editor in the poultry columns
of one or the other of the innumer
able pbulications of the United States
that patronize the American Press As
sociatiou.
Wife's Champion Stabbed.
While walking along the street in
West Butler, on Monday evening,
I Ernest Oeuung resented what he re
garded as insults to his wife, when he
was attacked by a gang of ten street
loiterers, who beat him and several
stabbed him, aud Mr. Genung was
knocked down. Mr. Genung'a condi
tion is quite critical.
ESTABLISHED IN 185£
WORK FOR I
BHD OF IRADC
There is a general sentiment prevail
ing that Danville should have a board
of trade holding regular meetings.
Such au organization existed in the
past and accomplished much good.
Danville has had no board of trade, or
at least no meetings have been held by
that body. for some five years past.
There is always plenty for a board
of trado to do in the way of the pro
tection and advancement of a town's
business interest. If the general con
ditions are unfavorable for the build
ing up of new industries as at present,
there are always industries already in
existence to bo looked after and safe
guarded. It might bo worth while to
know how much can be done by a local
board of trade to modify conditions in
a town that prove adverse to one or
more of its industries, thereby enabl
ing the concerns to continue in opera
tion and to prosper, whereas without
such assistance the same industries
might be obliged to close down or to
seek new locations.
Mr. J. H. Goeser, formerly president
of the board of trade, yesterday ex
pressed regret that nothing is done by
the town to indicate its attitude con
cerning the proposition to annex South
Danville and Riverside so confidently
advanced by leading residents on tho
south side a couple of weeks ago. He
adverted to the fact that the present
tendency everywhere Is toward con
solidation and that, as we are situat
ed a "greater Danville" above all
things Is desirable. Kot«a moment
should be lost, he said, in meeting
the residents of the south side half
way and agreeing upon all the pre
liminaries.
Had we a board of trade such action
as necessary Iu the premises would no
doubt be taken without delay,and,un
der proper guidance, annexation, in
stead of being permitted to die in the
bud, would become a reality.
It is a well known fact that an
armory for the national guard,a proud
imposing building erected by the
State, is within reach of the town, if
propor aciton be taken by its oitizena.
Vet so far as known no decided notion
—if any at all—has been taken, and
an armory for Danville, which was
possible a couple of years ago, is still
remotely in the future. It affords an
other insrance in which a board of
trade could be of service to the town
by doing what the citizens at large
have neglected to do and doing it
promptly aud at the right time.
FLOOD W-XRNINQ
WAS SENT OUT
A flood warning foreshadowing
al. R.i i: g conditions, seut, out frtin
Harri'-hurg by Forecaster E. K. De-
Main, Tuesday night, was posted up
in the post office window yesterday
morning. It created considerable alarm
for awhile, especially among those
people who occupy portions of the
town subject to overflow. As the day
wore away, however.it became appar
ent that Danville was in no immediate
i danger.
j The forecast—issued on Tuesday
evening—stated that the raiufall would
likely be heavy over the Susquehanna
valley duriug the following lit! hours;
that there were decided rises in all
i streams of the Susquehanna system
ard that flood stages might be expect
ed ou some. The north branch, on
which there was already quite a flood,
as the effect of additional rains,it was
! expected would become very high.
As predicted the downpour of rain
was quite genenl over this section.
The frost having disappeared, the
1 ground drank up the water in enorm
ous quantities and neither Blizzard's
ruu nor Mahoning creek rose high
enough to do any damage as is usual
with floods at this timo of year.
By yesterday afternoon it was quite
< ovideut that Danville had nothing to
fear from either of tho above streams.
As related to the river, however,
things were not so certain. The water
yesterday morning stood at Ifeet,
which was i feet lower than the river
was on Washington's birthday. Dur
ing yesterday, however, it rose steadi
j ly and last night was approaching the
fourteen foot mark. If the raiu pxoveil
as general over the north branch val
ley as predicted we may have vsry
high water on tho river during the
next twenty-four hours.
Skull Fractured With Ax.
While stooping to peer into a ground
hog hole, near Greenville, Mercer
county, ou Monday, Peiry Flaugh,
aged 12 years, was struck ou the head
! with an ax iu the hands of Noel Dix
on, a companion. His skull was frac
tured and lie may not recover.
Exhibition Postponed.
The gymnasium exhibition which
was to have been given at the hospital
I by the Y. M. O. A. classes this even
i ing has been postponed.
| Sacrifice for one we really love ia
| never a hardship.