itlontour American. VOL.SS—NO 9 DR. IRVING H. JENNINGS, Office Hours A. Jf. to 12 M. 10% Mill St., IP. M.to i. P. M. Dantillt, Pa. rt shiiltz, M. U 425 Mill St., Danvillk, Pa. Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines a Specialty ITEMS CONDENSED. Just after Mrs. William West, of near Bethlehem, had returned home from the funeral of a friend on Thurs day, she fell down stairs, sustaining fatal injuries. A number of traiumen on the Sha mokin branch of the Reading railroad were suspended on Thursday for an indefinite period, owing to the dull ness of trade After attending to feeding aud milk ing the cows in his barn the other day, near Sandertown, Montgomery county, Harry Alderfer went up into the hay mow aud hanged himself. Auditors investigating the books of St. Michael, 's Greek Catholic church in Sharon, report shortages that may amount to $15,000. A former treasurer of the congregation has been arrested and is under bond of S2OOO to appear before court for trail. Irvin A. Lewis was hanged in West Chester on Thursday for the murder of his five-year-old stepdaughter, and Frank Palmer suffered a similar fate at Reading on the same day for the murder of a woman while in a jealous rage. Wild geese winging their way north ward have been so numerous in por tion of Lehigh and Northampton coun ties that they are doing much harm to wheat fields as they settle down in large flocks and soon clip off all the ' small green blades of wheat. Michael Lesko, aged 32 years, and married, of Duquesne, was buried un der tons of iron ore by a cave-in at tiie Duquesne steel works on Wednesday night. He was not missed until early Thursday morning, when the removal of several carloads of ore from a bin revealed his lifeless body. There are thirty cases of whooping cough in Brockton and twenty in Kaska, Schuylkill connty, and the schools in both towns have been clos ed. Scarlet fever and diphtheria aro also prevalent in that section of the county, and the State health officials have taken action, Daniel Hartung, of Wehr, in the Schuylkill valley, has a pumpkin in his cellar raised during the summer of 190? that is still in goad condition. The schools of Colebrookdale town- | ship, Berks comity.have all been equip- j ped with a library by the school board. , Harleysville, Montgomery county,is installing an electric light plant. It is the smallest town in the state, it is claimed, that has such a plant. The Liberty knitting mills, at Boy ertown,Berks county, which had been i closed for nine months, has resumed I work with prospects of continuing reg- I ularly. Neatly two miles of linen bandages j were rolled by fifty King's Daughters j of the Moravian church, at Bethlhem, j on Saturday, for the leper hospitals at ' Jerusalem, in the Holy Land,and Sur- j mam. South Africa. A rivalry between Pennsburg and j East Greenville, Montgomery connty, i to build the greatest number of houses in a year has started two great build- i ing booms. Nearly fifty houses have been contracted for with East Green ville slightly in the lead. After an agitation begun twenty j years ago, Philadelphia is now every | where supplied with filtered water in- | stead of tho disease breeding sewerage that has been served in t'ie past. Actual work was begun on the big project nine years ago and the expense has been -126,000,000. A large butchering took place|on the farm of Samnel Rupp, near Bare ville, Lancaster oountv, on Friday, wheu William Hermis slaughtered for Mr. Rupp a steer which weighed, dressed 1,6(50 pounds and four hogs whose combined weight was 2,(t04 pounds, dressed, an average of 72fi pounds each. Mrs. Sarah Jacoby, aged <0 years, twice a widow, and Rev. Jonas H. Price, aged 6SI years, of Richland, Bucks county, were quietly married at the bride's home Saturday night. Rev. Mr. Price was formerly a Pres byterian minister but now conducts a taloring establishment having thirty five employes. Hoey, a farm hand,in Peters township, Washington oounty, was painfully injured on Saturday by an eagle which had attacked and knocked down a little daughter of his employ er. Hoey shot at the bird with a re volver and crippled one of its wings. He undertook to oapture It when it fought him desperately, sinking its talone deeply Into his leg and body several times before he killed It. DIB BLAZE AT BK MILL A stubborn Are broke ont at tba Reading Iron works Saturday night and for half an hour or so the fate of the extensive and well-equipped plant hong in the balanoe. That it was sav ed was due to the prompt arrival, hard work aud 00-operation of the firemen. The fire broke out soon after seven o'clock in a building at the rear, be tween the mill and the canal, so near the former that there is barely room for a cart to pass between. The build | ing contained the clay mixer, a quant ity of clay, tools and other supplies belonging to the bricklayers. In the building was an engine also, used to operate the ore crusher, the latter be ing installed in the mill proper.a long belt connecting the two. In order to Keep the clay in good condition fur the usual Sunday repairs it is said that a s*n"e in the building that burn ed was kept iired up Saturday evening. In tiie will Saturday evening were two firemen aud a couple of water men. When the tire in the'cluy house was discovered it had already spread considerably and was eating into the roof. The men worked heroically en deavoring to extinguish the fire with water carried in buckets. Meanwhile the fire eating its way through the roof was seen by Olareuce Haupt, Orville Switzer aud others living on West Mahoning street, who, with breathless haste, ran by way of Mill street down to the mill, on the way sending in an alarm to the Friendship engine house. About the same time persons at the corner of Mill and Northumberland streets be gan to detect a thin cloud c, f smoke accompanied with the odor of bnrnitig wood floating up from the mill over town. To investigate the cause sever al men went down to the mill aud ar rived on the ground early enough to be of special service in fighting the fire. Unfortuuately the fire occurred on the last Saturday night of the uiouth and about the hour when the firemen hold their regular meeting. The most j of those who heard the bell, therefore, j thought it was the usual call for a meeting and were not in tiie least dis- i turbed. The usual Saturday night crowd was out on Mill street and the first intimation the people had that there was a fire was when the Friend- ; ship hose wagon drawn by a horse went dashing down the street. The hose wagon was observed to turn dowu Northumberland street and a few min utes later the big crowd was traus- : ferred from Mill street to the Reading Iron works. When the fire was at itß height there were probablv two thou- | sand people on the ground. All four fire companies of the bor- j ough, as well as the Rescue Fire com- I puny of Sidler hill, were present at the fire. Despite the best efforts of the watchmen and the watermen the building wheu the firemen arrived was a seething mass of flames, which had | communicated to the pump house standing only a few feet oast of the building in which the fire originated, j The Continental boys rushed into the mill and attached their hose to one of the plugs on the inside. The ! Friendship and Goodwill companies connected with a plug just opposite the mill on the north side of North umberland street. The Washington fire company, which reached the mill after a long and wearisome pull through the muddy streets, connected with a plug at the Mahoning creek bridge and had unreeled its hose when it learned that its aid would not be needed. The firemen at once addressed them selves to the doubtful task of saving ! the pump house, which was already i burning rapidly, as, if this building j were destroyed, it would necessitate a general shut down of the plant While • the firemen were working on the pump l house the other building in which the I fire started was burning rapidly; ev i ery inch of the roof was on fire, the flames leaping skyward to the height | of twenty feet or more. A brisk south west wind had arisen, which carried ! the flames over the mill, huge fire | brands raining down npon the roof. [ As soon as the fire was subdued in | the pump house the firemen concen j trated their efforts on the clay house I and succeeded in extinguishing the ! fire, but not until the building was practically destroyed. J No estimate of the damage has as | yet been made. The company carries !an insurance. It is not probable that the damage done will result in much, If any delay, at the mill. An attache of the company Saturday night said it was not known how the fire origin ate. Painting Store Front. The front of Fallon's store is being improved by several coats of paint. When finished all the woodwork will be white At the upper end of the store an Inclosed booth haa been in stalled, where articles can be purchas ed from the street. D. O. McOoriniok li doing the painting. DANVILLE PA., THURSDAY. MAItCH 4, 1909 HE IMS ICIBRTY JAIL Mra. Minnie Asliton, whose arrest for keeping a disreputable house was noted Tuesday morning,pleaded guilty before Jndge Evans Saturday morning and was sentenoed to three months in the oonnty jail. The case was one of those in whioh the defendant decided to take advant age of the reoent act of assembly, whioli provides that persons held for oourt may plead guilty between the regular terms and thereby avoid long imprisonment awaiting trial. The formality of pleading to the in dictment was quickly disposed of when in order to obtain a knowledge of all the circumstances the court ordered the hearing of witnesses. Officer John Grier Voris being call ed explained the circumstances of the raid, lie said the officers were called about one o'clook Sunday morning, 21st inst. They were informed that a inau had been "done up" at the Ash ton place. They fount the man. who was badly cut above the eye and whose face was bruised and assisted him to his home. The injured raau said "he had been 'done up' at Minnnie Ash ton's but he did not know by whom?" Continuing, Officer Voris said tney heard the most boisterous proceedings inside the house, the language being shockingly vulgar and profane. They then decided to raid the house, the witness going to the front door and Chief Mincemoyer to the back door. Without much difficulty they secured admission, when they found three wo men and live men in the house. The evidence was of a very unsavory na ture. Chief of Police Mincemoyer on be- ! tng called to the stand corroborated j the testimony of the assistant police. In conclusion Mrs Ashton was call ed upon to testify in her own behalf. She is :S!5 years of age, she said.a wid ow, whose husband has bean dead about three years. She had pleaded guilty, but explained that she had been "drawu into the affair" by the j two women whom she admitted to her : house as boarders "at two dollars per j week.' Up to four weeks ago she de- j clared her house had a f,'°od reputa- ! tion. She was in ill health she ex- i plained, as the result of a surgical op- | eration and altogether was a helpless victim of circumstances. Attorney Ralph Kisner made an eloquent and effective plea for clem ency. In passiujj sentence Judge Evans explained that the maximum penalty for keeping a house of the Bort at tributed to the defendant was a fine of 51000 and two years iu the county pri son. A lesq penalty, merely for a "disorderly" house, is .SSOO fine and a year's imprisonment. In Columbia conuty, Judge Evans explained that he had imposed a sentence of SSOO fine and three months' imprisonment on a woman, who was keeping a disreput able house. In Mrs. Ashton's case, he said, as it was not shown that she had profited much in a financial way he would not he quite so severe. The sentence of the court was :sThat Minnie Ashton pay the costs of pro secuton.a fine of six cents to the Com monwealth for the nse of Montoni oouuty and nndergo an imprison ment in the county iail for a period of three months. KATE B. JONES INSTITUTES SUIT Mrs. Kate B. Jones, proprietor of a dairy farm in Valley township,has in stituted a suit against the Philadelphia and Reading Railway company to re oover damages for fences and crops de stroyed by fire caused by sparks from locomotives on the above named rail road, which intersects Mrs. Jones' farm. The case was instituted Mon day by Hon. R. S. A miner man. The courts of this State, it would seem, are disposed to hold the rail ways responsible for fires started by locomotives. Two damage suits against the Dela ware, Lackawanna, & Western Rail road were tried together at Sunbury last week and were won by the plain tiffs. Rosanna Reed recovered $270 for damages done timber land set on fire by sparks from an engine in Point township, Northumberland county. Hiram a similar case, was awarded $320. Both cases relate to damage done between Danville and Cameron. Killed Large Beef. A very large steer, weighing' 2015 pounds, was killed at Di vet's slaughter house on Tuesday evening and was dressed by Bamuel Detwilerand Lewis Dletz. Larger beeves have been slaught ered in Danville from time to time, hot the one in question exoeeds by some six hundred pounds tbe largest killed in this city for some years. The eyet of the oocntry are turned toward Washington. NEW con UIZES The new oounoil organized Monday nlgbt. All the former offloeri were re elected with tbe exception of E. S. Miller, itreet commissioner and mark et master. This position waa abolished and the duties divided between the superintendent of the water works and the two policemen. The meeting was harmonious and the business was rush ed throngh in little over an honr. ADJOURNED SINE DIE. The-tweive "oonncilmen who served during the year l»08-t Went into ses sion at 7:80 o'clook. The following members were in their places: Soliatz, Cleaver, Pursel, Finnigan, Jones, Everhart, Moyer, Russell. Deutßch, Marshall aud Connolley. Charles P. Hancock,president of the Danville and Sunhury Transit com- pany, presented the bond of that oom pativ, which on motion was laid over until next meeting. On motion of Mr. Jones it was ord ered that necessary repairs be made on the Friendship hose carriage. On motion of Mr. Rassell it was ord ered that an order be drawn in favor of the People's coal yard in payment for four car loads of coal. On motion of Mr. Everhart a vote of thanks was extended to the retiring chief burgess. William J. Rogers, for the efficient service rendered the bor ough. In the same manner, on motion of Mr. Everhart, it was ordered that a vote of thanks be extended to the re tiring counoilmen. Andrew Schatz, the president, in a graceful address extended thanks to oouncil for the support he received and the courtesies uniformly extended him by the members during the year past. On motion of Mr. Angle council ad- joaruerl sine die. Chief I'urgess-eleet Arthur O. Ames bury took the oath of office Monday afternoon before Justice of the Peace Ofilesbv. While the retiring council was holding a brief session Monday eve Bargeps Atnesbury administered the oath of offioe to the councilnien eleot in the clerk's oflioe adjoining council chamber. THE NEW COUNCIL. At 8 o'clock the councilman to serve during the rouncilmanic year I'.KKMO went into session, with Chief Burgess Amesbcry in the chair. Three new faces, taking the places of the retiring members, appeared in the circle of counoilmeu: John K. M. Cnrry, first ward ; William Ileß, second ward: Jac ob Von Rloiin, fourth ward. Andrew Schatz was re-elected presi dent of council and Harry Patton.sec retary, and receiver of water rent j With the exception ot E. S. Miller all the old ollicers were re elected with out opposition, as follows: Borough treasurer, Harry Kllenbogen; chief-of police, J. O. Minoemoyer; assistant policeman, J. G. Voris; borough eng ineer. G. P. Keefer. E. S. Miller, as street commissioner and market master was defeated by the following vote: Yeas—Jones, Pursel and Cleaver. Nays—Dentsch, Marshall, Otirry. Everhart, lies, Finnigan, Oonnolley and Von Blohn, Mr. Sohatz not vot ing. On motion of Mr. Oonnolley it was ordered that P. J. Keefer, as superin- ! tendent of the water works assume oharge of the work on the street; also that the chief of police and assistant policeman assume the duties of mark et master. At this point in the proceedings Chief Burgess Amesbnry retired and Mr. Schatz, the president-elect, took the chair. The rules governing council were then read and adopted. On motion of Mr. Pursel it was ord ered that the salaries remain the same as last year. Ou motion of Mr. Finnigan it was ordered that the bonds required be the same as formerly. On motion of Mr. Deutsoh it was ordered that the time for holding meet ings be the same as last year, the first and third Friday nights of the month.' CONFERRED ON APPOINTfIENTS A very important meeting was held Tuesday in the Grace Methodist Ep iscopal ohurch in Harrisburg. Bishop Hamilton and the district superintend ents of the conference met in a .pre liminary gathering of the cabinet of the conference, to confer on the ad justments of different appoint ments to be made*,when the conference convenes on Mwlh 24. The men in attendance wie Bishop Hamilton; Dr. Thomas of port of the Wjlliamsport district; Ret B. O. Connor, of Altoona, of the Al toona district; Dr. R. H. 'Gilbert, of Berwick, of the Danville dlatriot; Rev. Emory S. Stevens, of Oarllale.of the Harrisburg distriot; Dr. W. W. Evans, of Huntingdon, of the Jnnlata distriot. B. B. HI HEALTH OmtER The board of health held a meeting Tuesday for the purpose of effecting an organization for the enaning year. The following were persent: Dr. P. O. Newbaker, first ward; J. Newton Pnrsel, seoond ward; J. H. Fry, third ward; Robert Farley, fourth ward. The term of James Shultz, first ward, has expired,and will be filled by coun cil at its next meeting. Officers were eleoted as follows: President, Dr. P. O. Newbaker; secre tary, Dr. Cameron Shultz; health offic er, B. B. Brown. The salary of the secretary and of the health officer was made the same as last year, the former at SSO per year and the latter at 25 cents per hour. Secretary Dr. Shultz read the min utes of the previous meeting, held nearly a year ago. after which he pre sented a report showing that among other things he had received and turn ed over to the borough treasurer the 5 sum of $72,32 in the form of milk li- < censes. Several dairymen have not ! yet paid. MARCAVITCH CLOSELY WATCHED Sheriff Taby has not as yet received the warrant from Governor Stuart for the execution of Stany Mnrcavitch..} However the authorities at tho North- j umherland county prison are taking extraordinary precautions in their care of the prisoner. Turnkey Deveraux who lias charge of the prisoner, has made a thorough search of his cell for any implements by which tho prisoner could effect his escape or self destruction. He has al so screened the windows in such a way that nothing could be passed in to the prisoner from the outside. On acoount of these precautions Stany has beguu to suspect that his end is near but knows nothing. When he is notified by the sheriff, I he will be guarded closely and care fully both night and day. A CHANGE OF PRACTICE A new rule relating to appointment of carriers went into effeot in the post office department Monday. Hereto fore it has been the praotioe in fill ins; a vacancy in the position of rural car rier to request preference for the sub stitute assigned to the routs on which the vacancy exists, if lie Is and has been a bonded substitute for six months or more and his name appears on the eligible register. This practice is changed and here after certification will be requested in favor of the substitute at the otlice where the vacancy exists who has the highest rating on the list of eligibles submitted and who is and has been a regularly bonded substitute for six months or more. The abovo change of practice will materially affect the chances of ap pointment of several men in line at the local post office. AN ACTION IN TRESPASS The borough of Danville has anoth er damage snit on its hands instituted by Mr. Blizzard, who was plaintiff in a number of damage suits against the borongh a few years ago. Summons were served on Chief Bur gess W. J. Rogers,by Sheriff Williams a few hours before the former went i out of offioe on Monday afternoon. The plaintiff as in former cases 1 seeks to recover for alleged unsanitary j conditions along the rnn on the Bliz zard property, j The general impression was that the laying of the sewer along Blizzard's rnn removed all cause for complaint and the news of fresh litigation comes as a surprise to most people. MODEL PIGGERY IS COMPLETED The luxuriant piggery with steam heat, electrio light, etc., at the hos pital for the insane, whioh has been so muoh commented npon during the year past, is now finished and is oc cupied by porkers. The new piggery provides for warm and specially prepared swill, which is no doubt relished by the hospital swine. Whether the latter have any appreciation for the finely appointed #SOOO piggery, however, with its big yards, artistic verandas,etc., is anoth er matter. Climento Qarideni, of Bntler, was ■hot twice through the stomach and almost Instantly kllled.by Martin O. Oapilo, early Monday morning while they were retnrnlng from a dance among ooal miners. Oapilo osoaped. JURORS ion 00110 APPEAR Maroh court, whioh was to have con vened next Monday, has been declared off. Jadge Evans came down to Dan ville yesterday and after examining into conditions made an order to the above effect. January court, it will be recalled was declared off in the same manner. This action was not unprecedented, as it had ocourred on two previous oc casions that the jnrors had been notifi ed not to appear. The present, how ever, is the first instance in the his tory of Montonr county that court twice in succession iias been deolared off. The last regular session of court was held last September. The next session will ooour in the first week of June. With January aud March court omit ted the period during whioh there has been no regular session of court is nine months. The above described conditions are no sign that the millennium is ap proaching. A nearly full jail reminds us that the law is still violated iu Montour county. The cause of the changed conditions relating to court lies rather in the practice of pleading guilty between- terms npw generally followed by persons indicted. The order made by Judge Evans is a*, follows: And now, March 3, 11)09, it appear ing to the court that there will be no bills of indictment or other matters to be laid before the grand jury or causes tg, v be tried in the quarter sessions cr common pleas at the next term of court to be held the week beginning March Bth, 1909. it is therefore ord ered aud directed that the sheriff of Montour county notify the grand jur ors aud the petit and traverse jurors summoned to appear Marcli 8, 1909, that their attendance will not bo re quired at said term of court begin uing March 8, 190 A CHARLES O. EVANS. P. J. JUST SIXTY YEARS AGO Our townsman C. P. Hancock,presi dent of the Danville and Sanbury Transit company, while looking over some old papers the other day came across a hand bill in an excellent state of preservation,pot out by D. O. Hart man, agent for Haucocb and Foley, of this city. The bill bears the date of , June )i. 1849. Among the product of Hancock and Foley's mill are enumerated : "Light ; "T" rails, flat and round top, weigh ing from 27 to !S5 pounds per yard, for mines, turn-outs, landing*, ; tlat K. It. bars all si/as. bar iron, &v. , made of the best charcoal pig " The lack of facilities for transporta tion, which existed at that day, is ri vealcd in the following sentence: "Hills of iron for H.tzletoti and Heav er Meadows will be delivered at Uhi wick." The concluding paragraph reads as follows: "Expecting a permanent market in the coal regions the proptie- I tors of the Hough and Ready Mill will always he in readiness to furnish at a reasonable price such descriptions of Iron as the wants of coal operators aud others may demand and ask for such a share of patronage as their fair deal ing, industry and enterprise shall be found to merit at the hands of those whose interest it is to encourage home manufactures." SUDDEN DEATH OF SO. SIDE FARMER William W. Mutchler, a well-known farmer, residing near Union Corner, lin Hast Rush township, Northumber -1 laud county, died yesterday morning ! at 5 :"0 o'clock of an attack of heart | trouble. The deceased was aged 68 years. He |ls survived by his wife; two daugh j ters, Mrs. Charles Pensy? and Mrs. I Charles Klein, of Bear Gap, and a son I Charles, who lives at home. The fuueral will take place Satur day morning, meeting at the home at 10 o'clock. Services will be conducted in Vought's Lutheran church, May berry township, by Rev. J. W. Shan non. Too Poor to Pay Heart Balm. William Meisberger, the Coal town ship sohool director, who was ordered last week by a Northumberland coun »y jury to pay Miss Rebecca Metz $:5000 because be grew tired of his affinity and married another girl, ask ed for a new trial Tuesday. Among other reasons, lie alleged he was too poor to have had suoh a big award to liquidate. Mra. E. Fletcher, lira. Silas Kitchen and Mra. Mary Hower.of Bloomsburg, spent yesterday at the home of Mr. and Mra. Joseph' Ricketts, Little Ash street. Genlna Is generally oonsidered a troublesome gnest. ESTABLISHED IN 1855 EMM, DIES George W. Hock well of Sanbnry. who has the contract for filling up the canal at the hospital for the insane, after a long suspension, yesterday re sumd work on the proposition. When obliged to shut down by'cold weather, Mr. Rockwell had completed tho actual work of filling up the old waterway, wliioh constituted a pro digious job in itself. Before abandon ing the work he removed the big dredging maohine back to the hospital ground, where it will be used in re placing the fertile soil scooped out of the bed of the oanal before filling up began and which, like a long winrow of earth, lies along side the canal the entire length of the hospital ground. The first work tackled yesterday morning was the removal from the canal of the narrow guage railroad used by the dingey and cars in haul iug cinder. In a day or so the dredg ing machine will be under Bteam again and the last stage of the long and ted ious job will soon be completed. HORSE IMPERILLED. Henry Jones of this city yesterday came within an ace of losing a valu able horse while employed by Mr. Rockwell at the hospital. It appears that the canal,although filled up,serves as a drain for the great basin lying between the railroad 'and the river. The fine cinder mixed with water, is as treacherous as a'bed of quicksand. Mr. Jones, whojwaa the only man near the spot, was engaged in dragging the rails from the bed of the filled up canal. He was working just above the culvert which leads to the main en trance of the hospital ground, where before tilling op,the old waterway was dredged out to the depth of over ten feet. Without suspecting Jed the horse—a heavy black—out over the canal, when all of a sudden the anim al sank in up to his sides and every moment seemed sinking deeper. In an iiißtant Mr. .Tones realized that he was about to lose a valuable horse, but he was almost powerless to reuder assist ance. The sagacious animal, however, by struggling desperately managed to keep his head and the upper part of his body above the deep mass of loose and moving cinder. Probably a horse never struggled harder, yet several times it seemed that he would sink to the bottom. Mr. Jones, who himself had difficulty to keep from sinking, held onto the horse's bridle aud thus leading and encouraging him succeed ed in getting him near the canal bank where in his struggles the animal suc ceeded in striking solid ground with his feet. N'ouly exhausted finally he dragged himself from the canal. BURGLARS' HAUL AT CATAWISSA The burglars who for some time have been working along the West Branch, notably at the Mifflinburg post office and at the Groover store in Lewis burg, have struck the North Branch, two places, one at Mainville and the other at Catawissa, having been rob bed Monday night. At Kester's mill, at Mainville, little or nothing was se cured, but at Catawissa they made a rich haul where goods to the value of about S2OO were taken from the store of Alfouso Baker. An entrance into the store had bseu effected by break ing the window pane. The goods tak en consisted of a large quantity of ; cigars, expensive candy, meerschaum 1 pipes and other notions. By raising a window in the grist mill of J. B. Kester at Mainville some time during Monday night burglars j effected an entrance into the building, but secured nothing for their trouble. Going to the mill Tuesday morning, Ray Miller, an employe at the mill, ! discovered the back door of the mill open, and upon going to the barn he 1 discovered several sacks of flour on ; the ground. It is thought that they were after flour aud had been fright ened as one of the sacks had evidently ; been thrown upon a pile of wood, aud : was burst. JUMBO SHEDS HIS ANTLERS i Hon. Alexander Billmever paid this | city a visit yesterday,circulating very j pleasantly for several hours among old | friends. Mr. Billmeyer states that the var , ions tribes of animals in his game pre -1 serve have begnn to show great aotiv itv nnder the influence of the mild weather of several days past. Animals, Mr. Billmeyer says, dis like cold weather. That they enjoy the early spring,he said.no one will donbt who observes their antics about this time. On Monday Jumbo, the big elk shed hlB antler»,nhlch oacors annually and ia an events considerable Interest at the game preserve.
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