iUnntour' VOL. 55—NO 10 DK. IRVING H. JENNINGS, Office Uouri A. it.to VI it. 10J, Mill St., IP. M.to i I'. M. Danville. Pa. aniiLTz, M. ■125 MILL ST., DANVILLE, PA. Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines a Specialty ITEMS CONDENSED. While Samuel J. Kistler, aged 5 years, of Kistler Valley, near Bethle hem, was ou Thursday playing with his brother aud sister, when lie fell into a tab of hot water and was scald ed to death. James Howell, of Bethlehem, while under the influence of liquor Thurs day stole several bolts of lace in M. H. Kresgi's store, but was seen and arrested. On his way to jail he said "that was a dear drink I took today." Restaurant proprietors of Reading have complained to councils against the permission of lunch wagons to do business on the principal streets and the law and ordinance committee of j councils is giving the problem consid- j eration. While William Youles, of Wilkes- ! Barre, was recently attempting to place a mule ou a cage to lower it in to a mine, the animal kicked him ou the face. Lockjaw developed five days ago and ou Thursday lie died in great agony. By the breaking of parts of the big ; blooming mill at tho South Sharon works of the Carnegie Steel company, on Thursday, work which had been > just begun that morning wns suddenly stopped and cannot be resumed for 1 about a month. Mrs. Mary Drake, of Coudersport, ; who was accused of having tied her ward, Irene Marvin, aged 7 years, and then flogged her with a horsewhip, pleaded guilty on Thursday before court aud was sentenced to seven months in the Potter county jail. Cassius Brockaway, au aged and wealthy farmer living fonr miles from (freen ville, Mercer county, was tortur ed by burglars on Wednesday night and robbed of some money, a gold watch and chain and other valnables. His recovery is doubtful. Edward Colston,the aged watchman at KnuiT nan's knittiug milla, in Nor ristown, who was brutally assaulted , and struck in the eye with a piece of ; iron pipe, a few nights ago, by some burglars who had entered themill.had his injured eye removed on Thursday j in the hope of saving his life. Two Italians were working in a sewer on Oermantown avenue, Phila delphia,on Thursday, that had become j clogged, and after removing a large amount of the refuse the water sod denly burst upon them and carried them down, drowning both. John Reber.aged 17 years, ofOreim ersvills, Lehigh county, while assist ing to thresh grain on Henry Lehr's : Fountain farm, on Thursday, got too near the bolt and was caught and : whirled around the large fly wheel. His | left arm was torn oat of its socket at ! the shoulder and the right arm broken j making his condition critical. Mrs. T. Scott Dunn, of Connells- ; ville, had a piece of needle deeply im- j heded in one of her fingers which cans- ; ed her rnuoh trouble when, by the ap- ; proval of her physician, she went to j the Sligo iron and steel mills Thurs- j day, where theJ T inflamed part was placed against the giant electro magnet aud almost immediately the piece of the needle appeared at the surface. Jacob McAllister,a prominent farm er of Pequeo township, Lancaster i county, was arrested on Saturday on a charge of having burned his barn which was destroyed on January 15. I This is the third arrest of persons of fair reputation in that locality made , recently on the charge of arson. Mr?. Ellamina G ratlin, of Oatasau- j qua, Lehigh county, who died a few days ago, in her will decreeing her estate to her husband,made this stipu lation : "If I should die of heart dis ease my husband cannot marry again, bat if I die of a lingering disease then he may marry. '• Residents of Kutztown, Berks conn- I ty, have filed petitions in the oouuty j court for a greater Kutztown by tak- i ing in the Kutztown park,fair grounds I and several farms, increasing its area ! from J75 to 742 acres aud adding 1,000 j persons to its present population of | 3,000. Philip S. Baker, of Stowe, Mont gomery county, caught a sucker in Manatawney creek, a few days ago, that measured 19}4 inches in length, the largest of its kind ever seen there. The State Normal School at Blooms brug. Pa., will open for the Spring term on Monday, March 29th, 1909, The laboratories, library and gymn asium, the new halls of the literary societies and the Model School are pleasing to all earnest students. For further Information address : D. J WALLER, Jr., Principal. NEW un 1 LODGE H The new couucil held its first reg ular meeting Friday eve. The follow ing members were present: Schatz, Oleaver, Finnigan, Pursel, lies, Jones, Everhart, Deutsch, Marshall, Gurry, Oonnolley and Von Blohn. Ou motion of Mr. Finnigan it was ordered that the permit to extend the sewer system of town granted by the State Oommiesiouer of Health last 1 July lie recorded at the conrt house and that the borough make application I for an extension of time in the order relating to the construction of a sew age disposal plant. 1 Borough Electrician Newton Smith presented his report for the month, which showed that 80 tons of coal at a cost of s'.'lo was consumed. The total e.ost of operation was $354.53. The | plant was in operat.on 344 hours, 20 I minutes I Dr. P O Newbaker,president of the ! board of health, addressed council on 1 the subject of milk licenses. Most of ] the dairymen, he 6aid, have paid up. j but several are in arrears, while still I others dispute the borough's right to tax them for selling milk, as, they al ! lege, they produce on their own farms ! all the milk they sell. On this grouud ! they refuse to pay. On motion it was ! ordered that the matter of inilk license be referred to the committee on law to act in conjnnction with the hoard of health. Ou motion of Mr. Pursel, W. Williams was elected as permit clerk for the ensuing year at a salary of SIOO per year. On motion of Mr Deutsch it was ordered that market be held on Mon day. April 3(sh,instead of on Tuesday, the 27th, the "lay following, owing to j the Odd Fellows' anuiversary, whicli I occurs ou the latter date. Mr. council's at tention to the necessity of painting i city hall; lie also stated that Fallon Bros, desire a building permit. On motion both matters were referred to the building committee. On motion of Mr. Marshall it was ordered that a new floor be laid in the Odd Fellows' rooms in city hall. On motion of Mr. Cleaver it was ordered that the borough furnish elec tricity on the night of April 27h for the purpose of illuminating the Odd j Fellowß' arch over Mill street in frout of city hall. The president announced the follow- j ing committees for the coming coun cilmanic year: Finance—Pursel, Marshall and lies. Streets and Bridges—Oleaver, Mar shall, Jones and Von Blohn. Printing—Everhart, Cleaver and j Jones. Market —Deutsoh, Jones, Fiiiuignn ; and Von Blohn Water —Deutsch, Finnigan, .Tones and Ourry. Sewerage—Everhart, Connolley, lies , and Deutsch. Law—Pursel, Marshall, Connolley and Ourry. Fire—Everhart, Ourry, Finnigan and Von Blohn. Light—Oonnolley, Oleaver, Ourry and lies. Building—Pursel,Finnigan and lies, j Public Property and Public Improve- j ment—Marshall, Everhart,Oleaver and Von Blohn. Public Safety—Deutsoh, Cleaver, Oonnolley and lies. Public Surveys—Pursel, Finnigan and Curry. Public Health —Pursel, Everhart, Connolley and Marshall. Bills and Aocouuts —Jones, Curry and lies. The following bills were approved for payment by council: BOROUGH DEP'T. Hegular employes $137.50 j B. B. Brown 15.00 ! People's Coal Yard. . . 4.85 ; Labor and hauling ti3.":( j J. H. Cole. . 17.33 .Tames Gibson 15.00 ■ Walker & Kepler 31.35 P. & R. Coal & Iron Co 2.50 Washington Fire Co 2.35 j United Tel & Tel. Co 80 ; Frank Schratn 7.02! John Hixsoti 38.95 j Samuel Mills. 8.70 : WATER DEP T. Regular employes $150.20 Washington Fire Co 5 60 i P. H. Foust 67.60: Adams Express Co . . 60 Frank Scbram 1.40 J. H. Cole .. .. .. 1.75 P. & R. Coal & Iron Co 197.78 Friendship Fire Co 30 78 Samuel Sairsbury 75 Elisha Bell 4.50 j Mr. Sechler Returns. W. A. Sechler, g«oeral n anager if the Danville Stove and Manufacturing company, accompauled by his wif». last evening returned home from Hot Springs, Ark., where he had b en so jourulng for a month. Mr. S>c' ler, who had been ill of rheumatism. ha* been much benefitted by the baths. DANVILLE PA., THURSDAY. MARCH 11, 1909 ELECTRIC IH 081 Of If I The school board held a regular meeting Monday, the following mem bers being present: Pursel, Ortli, Bar ber, Swarts, Burns, Redding, Lloyd, Fischer, Fish, Cole and Heiss. Mr. Fisoher of the building and re pair committee reported that the elec tric fire alarm iustalled in the school buildings last fall is out of repair. Iu the fourth ward the system can not be used at all He urged that some thing be done to the end that the bells might be placed in commission. Mr. Burns reported that the electric alaim system in the second ward school 1 building falls to work also and he | ventured the opinion that the batter ! ies are weak. Dr Bather reported that J. W. Wal i lize, who installed the system, some time ago promised that lie would ex amine the system and put it iu good working order. Up to the present, however, nothing has been done. Dr. Barber declared that the school board owes it to the patrons of the school that the fire alarm system be kept in good working order. Ou motion of Mr. Burns it was ord ered that a competent man be employ ed to overhaul the system and put it iu good working order. On motion of Mr. Fischer it was ordered that the supply committee be authorized to purchase two dozen chairs for use in school rooms, select ing from samples on band iu the di rectors' room. SYSTEM OF PENMANSHIP. Mr. Burns introduced the subject of writing <*s now practiced in the pub lic schools of Danville, recommending the introduction of a new. preferably a slant system,iu place of the vertical system now taught. It was called to the attention of the board that the vertical system now in use in the low er schools gives place in the high school commerical department to the siant system, which is required in the business worid. Both Professor Dief fenbaoher and Professor •». ill ex pressed themselves iu favor of the slaut system, claiming thnt the other system is uuuatural and produces very few good penmen. The matter was placed in the htnds of a committee which will repoit at tho next meetii g. The following bills were approved for payment: P. A. Winters $ .60 A. H. Grone. 4.05 B. B. Brown 9.10 Hall McCready .93 U. 9. Express Co 1.50 W. H. Orth 50.00 Scoft Foresman & Co 37.00 Underwood Type Writer Co 1.(10 W. G. Brown .. 3.91 Standard Gas Co .... .. 6.(13 Teachers and Janitors 1951 50 DHI) ICATE AloisU/VIE N T ON MEMORIAL DAY Memoiial day, which this year falls ou May 31st, was Monday eve chosen aB the date for the dedication of the imposing shaft which now stands near ly completed in Memorial park as a fitting tribute to the soldiers aud sail ors of Montour county who fenght to save the Union. Iu selecting a date for the dedica tion the committee was confronted with a difficult ask. April 9th, the date of Lee's surrender was a day that would have been appropriate, but that the date this year falls on Good Fri day, April 26th, the date of Johnson's surrender,was another day that might have been considered had not the day already been reserved for the meeting iu his city of the Odd Fellows' An niversary association. The only other appropriate occasion between now and the 4th of July was Memorial day. The committee is now ready to push to completion definite plans for elabo rate and fitting dedication ceremon ies. DIETRICH TO BE SENTENCED MONDAY Word was received in this citv Monday that Judge Lynch,of the Luz erne county court,has fixed next Mon day morning at 10 o'clock as the time for sentencing Peter Dietrich, who is now eoniiue'i iu the jail at Wilkes- Barre, having been convicted of vol uu'a r v manslaughter there last fall There is a possibility that Dietrich mav again appeal, hot the decision oil this po nt. will not he definitely known until after sentence has been pro nounced Attending S S. Conference Rev. O. D L'-rch, pre-id<-tit off e Montour county Suudav School as sociation attended f)i<» sessions of the second men 1 "'inference of the presi dent« wed s ■■■e'aneu < 112 the connlv as sociati "s w 1 ie hoard of dire' ti r ' the S' t "tahhath -ehool associa ti"i> 'it h hia en Tuesday an Wedn sd v LOOKING 00 SEWAGE DISOOSDL The aotioD taken by council Friday night in ordering that the requisition relating to the extension of the Bewer system in the borough be recorded at the courthouse and that an applica tion for an extension of time be naado by council constituted the first definite action taken relative to the prepara tion of the plans for public sewage disposal as required by the Stare de partment of health for its approval. The requisition when received last Jul7 was accoinpanied with instruc tions to the effect that it should be recorded. The Inst council at no time seemed in favor of complying with this request, the prevailing sentiment among the members seemiug to be that by such action council would lie com mitting itself to construct a sewage disposal plant at a time when the bor ough is not in circumstances to stand such an expenditure. Toward the close of the conucilmanic year Dr. Dixon, State commissioner of health, satisfy ing himself that the permit or requisi tion had not been recorded .sent a com munication to council asking why his order had not been carried out. Pur suatit to instructions from council Dr. Dixon was informed that tho requisi tion had been laid on the table and he was begged that the matter might be permitted to rest a few weeks long er, until the new council came in. This was the status of the affair when Borough Solicitor Gearliart at the last meeting presented a com munication explaining that he had given the matter most serious consid eration and was constrained to sug gest that definite action be taken at nnce. He suggested that ail effort be made to get an extension of time be yond the first of July next, placing such application on the sole grounds of lack of funds, furnishing Dr. Dix on with some details of the limited taxing power of the borough. To show that oounoil is disposed to comply with all reasonable requests the solic itor nrged that the requisition already received should be duly recorded as re quired by the department. The State department of health is making similar requisitions of other Pennsylvania cities and towns located on publio streams and the borougn solicitor fails to see that any substant ial advantage is to be gained by furth er failure and refusal to record the re quisition. He admits that the State itself through the hospital for the in sane is polluting the river; also that publio sewage disposal is yet in an ex perimental stage of development, hut these facts, he assures couucil, would not appeal to the State department of health. The solicitor concedes that sewage disposal is the most stupendous and intricate problem that has ever vet been submitted to any council of this borough and as such he declares "it should receive the most thoughtful consideration at onco and before the State department of health is led to a further exercise of the arbitrary pow er with which it is vested by law." Continuing the solicitor states: "It must be very clear that if tills bor ough is compelled to prepare the re quired plan and complete the sewage disposal plant without any extension of time we will not have one avail able cent for street paving or other substantial improvement. The most deplorable fact of all is that the cur rent expenses of operating the best systems yet devised even after their plants are constructed is bound to par alyze the financial resources of every municipality afflicted with such a burden. The mere cost of operation of sewage disposal plants lias stagger ed the wealthy city of Williamsport and has put the sewage disposal plant of the city of Reading out of commis sion entirely." TAFTTO TROT AI L SUMMER WASHINGTON, D. 0., March 10. President Taft has given fiual in dication that he is going to make a trip to the Pacific coaßt, and possibly to Alaska, before he starts cn the two mouths' tour of the South which lie lias promised to make. He told the Senators from Utah that he will at tend the G. A. H. encampment at Salt Lake City, some time between August 9 and 14. He will attend also the Transmississippi convention, at Den ver and the Alaska-Yukon exposition, at Seattle Afterward lie will make a trip along the Pacific coast, aud, if there Is time, will goto some Alaskan port Mr Taft's southern tour will begin about the middle of September, and mav be extended two months. He will visit every southern State. Including the trip to the Lake Ghamplain Ter centenary in July, Mr. Taft willtrarel practically all the time between the eniitnjj f,f the extra session and there gular session of congress in December. Thirty women have been nominated for plan", son the sohool board in Phil adelphia. 110 VIOLATIONS ARE HEWED I > Oonrt convened Monday morning at 10 o'clock. His Honor Jndge Evans and the two associates, Blee and Wel- I liver were on the benoli. ' The ooustables of the oounty pre sented their returns. Judge Evans scanned each paper carefully aud then announced that there seemed to be no violations of the law, all of which, he said, was very gratifying. At this juncture the court created sc>m3 surprise by calling the following constables before court: W. E. Young, of the first ward of Dauvillei William Jones, second ward; B. B. Brown, third ward; Andrew Billnieyer, Lib , erty township ; Pierce Gearhart, Val ley township; Charles Hollabaugh, Derrv township: Amos Albeck. Valley township. Addressing each constable separately the judge asked him wheth er he had complied with the act of as sembly by visiting each licensed house once every month since the last term of court aud noting whether or not there were any violations of the law A few of the constables were not sure that they had made monthly visits but they all had kept an eye ou the drink ing places and were quite confident that there were no violations. Judge Evans mildly rebuked the con stables who failed to make monthly visits to the hotels and saloons. He told thorn that they were failing to obey the requirements of the act of as sembly and connseled them to be more careful to live up to the letter of the law in tho fnture. Proceeding the jndge remarked : "It is strange that reports of violations of the liquor law in the several wards and townships represented should con tinually come to my ears in Berwick aud that you constables who are ou tho ground should know nothing about such violations.'' Continuing Judge Evans remarked that he was- constra ined to believe that the liquor law is being violated every Snuday in Dan ville. The constables assured the court that if any violations went unreport ed it was through uo collusion or con scious neglect on their part. Benton B. Brown explained that re ports of violations in the third ward had been made to hm.but that in each case the persons reporting tin' matter 1 had refused to back up their state ments and he had been unable to get hold of incriminating information from any source. Judge Evaus instructed the const ables in such cases to take the name of the person allegiug violations of liquor law and directed that, no mat ter how unwilling he might be. the iuformaut be .subpoenaed as a witness aud forced to tell what he knows. The list of constables is as follows: Anthony towuship, Amos Albeck; Limesnne township, Charles Gouger ; Derry township, Charles Hollabaugh; Valley township, Pierce Gaarhart; West Hemlock township, M. A. Gear hart: Liberty township, Andrew Bill meyer; Cooper township, Brace Ploch ; Mayberrv towuship. Walter Vonght; Washingtonville, McClellan Diehl; Danville—First ward, W. E. Young; second ward, William Jones; third ward.B. B. Brown; fourth ward, Ben ' jamin Cook. The oourt auuounced the appoint ment of J. W. Jackson as constable of West Hemlock township, the regular inenmbent being unable to serve long er. A short session was held in the aft ernoon, after which court adjourned until next Saturday. LAST SAD RITES PERFORHED George 8., the little eon of Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Musselman, whose death occurred last Saturday, was consigned ' to the grave in Odd Fellows' cemetery Tuesday afternoon The funeral took place from the family residence, on Church street, at 2 o'clock. The services were conducted by Rev. L. Dow Ott, pastor of Trinity M. E churoh, assisted by the Rev. L D : Ulrich, pastor of Trinity Lutheran church. The pall bearers were: J B. Cleaver, Harris Renninger, Raymond I Pierce and Clarence Herman. The flowers were very beautiful aud comprised a most touching tribute. : Among the flowers were offerings from ! the school attended by little George i and the school in the next grade above Among those from out of town who attended the funeral were : Mrs. H. 11. Yorgy and Mrs. Hartman, of Wilkes- I Barre; Mrs. William Thomas,of Kings ton ; Mr. and Mrs. Hoover,of Shamok in, and Mrs. Newhart, of Snnbnry. Mrs. flary Russell. After an illness of a week Mrs. Mary Rnesell died at the home of her nep hew Seymour Stauffer, in Hemlock township, Columbia couuty, Tuesday morning Mrs Russell was 75 years of age. The funeral will be held at her iate residence this morning at 9 o'clock and the Interment will be made at the oemetery at Dntoh Hill sll 111 01 KB SUPPLY Our readers will be gratified to learn that a thorough and systematic test of the purity of our water supply, along with that of the hospital for the in sane, is being made by the State de partment of health. The teßt will em brace a succession of days and will establish beyond the shadow of a doubt whether or not our water Is pure and fit to be used for drinking and culinary purposes. Messrs. F. Fletcher and K E Irvin of Harrisburg, who are workiug un der Chief Engineer Snow, were in this city yesterday and made all arrange ments for putting the test into opera tion. At noon Mr. Irviu left for Har risburg, but Mr. Fletcher remained to conduct the teats. At the Montour house he was interviewed by a News representative and he explained how searching and decisive the trial will he. It is true our river water has been analyzed on different occasions in the past, but the samples taken generally consisted of a single phial of water taken from the reservoir after it was filtered. To this on one or more oc casions were added a sample cf raw water and of water taken from a tap in the city. It is the purpose of the State depart ment of health in the present instance to obtain water from all three sources and to continue the process day after day until twenty-four samples are ob tained, meanwhile closely observing the meohanicaroperation of the plant to determine what degree of efficiency is attained. The State department of health is especially interested iu the analysis of raw water, as the test beiug made in this relation will reveal to what ex tent the river is polluted with sewage and will no doubt influence the State in its action relating to sewage dis posal. At the same time that he is conduct ing the tests in this city Mr. Fletcher will be taking samples at the filter plant at the hospital for the insane. The number of samples taken there will be the same as in thisoity—twen ty four. Water will be taken not only from the river and taps in town or at the hospital buildiug, but also at the outlet of each of the filter tuba em ployed. The samples from both places as soon as taken each day will be care fully sealed and sent by express to the State laboratory for analysis. The final result will be awaited with great interest. MARATHON RACES NEXT SUMMER Marathon races will be a feature of athletics in Danville the coming sea son. Several leading spirits, among whom is Dr. J. Beaver Gearhart, are talking the matter up and plans are already being discussed. A vast amount of euthusiasm lias been created among the young athletes of Danville, who comprise in their number many good runners. The Marathon or long distance races are becoming very popular through out the length and breadth of the country. The proposed races hero will be kept down to the teu-inile limit and will take in the entire distance be tween Danville ami Bloomsburg, or the distance from Danville to Grov ania and return. If the former course is selected the runners will start at the public foun tain at Bloomsborg and finish at the courthouse at Danville. In that event there will to a "control" between Bloomsburg and Grovania and another between Grovania aud Danville. Should it ba decided to make the start and finish at Danville, there will be a "control" at Grovauia and another between Grovauia and Danville An automobile will follow the contes tants. Which course shall be selected will be decided iu a very short time. The lirst race will probably bi run on Sat urday, May Ist, at 1:30 p m. The contestants, who should not ex eeod twenty iu number, must be over sixteen years of ago and stand a suit able physical examination They must be residents of Danville, A small en trance fee will be required. The prizes will consist of suitable medals, which will be the permanent possession of the winners. The arrangements are by no means final and may be changed. Entrance blanks will be furnished in time for the event. Sick from Church Supper. A supper was giveu Siturdav night in North Wales, Montgomery county, for the benefit of the Methodist Epis copal ohurch, and by Sunday morning a large number of the five hundred in attendauoe were very sick and doctors were hurriedly called by scores of suf ferers. There were symptoms of pto maine poisoning, believed to have been caused by chlckeu patties and canned green peas. Not many cases were very serious. ESTABLISHED IN 1855 coin MINI Pursuant to action taken by the bor ; ough council at its last meeting some seventy-five citizens assembled in the court honse last night to consider some ; matters relating to sewage disposal. The meeting was called to order by President of Coancil Andrttw Soliatz, who explained the object of meeting I and introduced Borough Solicitor Ed ward S. Gearhart. Mr. Gearhart spoke at considerable length. Ho reviewed what the borough of Danville has done to secure pure water as well as what, has been done by the State with the same object in view. The State at one time sunk pipe in the river bottom lor the purpose of conducting the sewage from the lies pital to a point below the water works, which pipe Mr. Uearhart facetiously i ailed Danville's "first sewage dispos al plant." The pipe in the river, like 1 three other methods of sewage dispos al experimented with at the hospital, he pronounced a "monumental fail ure." The pipe was finally dog up and fold for junk. In face of these failures and the extent to which our water supply has been polluted in consequ ence by the State, Mr. Gearhart de clared it is both unjust and inconsist ent on the part of the State depart ment of hpalth to require our borough to construct a sewage disposal plant at this time. He demonstrated that Danville has not and never will have the financial means or taxing power to build a sewage disposal plant. The only rem edy at present would seem to lie in the 112 rection of a joint plant for the hospital and the town as has been pro posed at Norristown. Former Burgess Kogers spoke brief ly advocating that a committee be sent to Harrisburg to try to obtain an ex tension ct time and see if anything can be done toward bringing about a joint sewage disposal plant. Dr. P. C. Newbaker said that he does not think that a single case of i sickness ever occurred in Danville that i conlt?. lie attributed to the water sup ply. He does not favor expending any 1 money for experimenting with sewage 1 disposal. Frank (!. Schoch spoke at length. As long as the State continues to pol lute the river he denied its rigbt to compel our borough to remove its sew ?r from the river. At conclusion he was loudly applauded. Kev. A. B. Still spoke substantially ro the sauie effect. George lieifsnyder went on record las opposed to spenuing any money on | sewage disposal as long as the hospital ; continues to pollute the river. Neith er is he in favor of a joint plant. J. H. Cole under the circumstances does not see the justice of compelling Danville togo to the expense of in stalling a sewage disposal plant. On motion a committee was appoint jed togo to Harrisburg and wait upon Dr. Dixon. The following were chos en : I. X. Gricr, Esq., E. S. Gearhart, I Esq., Dr. P. C. Newbaker and George F. Belfsnyder. Chief l?u#gt'ss A. O. Amesburv and President of Council Andrew Sohatz will accompany the 1 committee. The committee chosen will meet in I council chamber at 8 o'clock tonight to make arrangements for the trip to Harrisburg. Before adjourning President Schatz announced that a meeting will be held subsequently to organize a hoard of trade. COMPLAINTS ARE LOUD AND BITTER The necessity of street improvement throughout the borough was never more keonly felt than at present. The melting snow and the rain, ' which followed, have produced a deep 1 inud,which at a good many places not ! only makes driviug difficult but also renders walking unpleasant. The streets are cut up into deep ruts, while the crossing stones are buried under the mud. j Conditions are nowhere worse than ' in the eastern part of the borouah, on | East Market, East Front anil Grand i streets. Here while walking over the crossings pedestrians are apt to get in , to the mud half over shoe tops. Wholesale repairs taking in not only roaiiways with crossings but also the ' sidewalks have been contemplated by council for a couple of years past, but have been held up with the hope that the borough by and by could see its way clear to euter upon street paving in that part of town. Citizens declare that the limit has been reached and complaints are luud and bitter Died of Uriel at 75. At Sharon Meroer county, Mrs. Sarah Crossman died Saturday night, aged 75 years,and grief over her death ■ auaed the death of her husband, K. C. Croimtnan, on Sunday night, at the age of 78 years.
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