VOL. 55—NO 14
DR. IRVING H. JENNINGS,
DKNIIST.
Office J/OUT*
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1 P. M. to 4 P. it. Danville. Pa.
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425 MILI- ST., DAKVILMC, I'A.
ihseases of the Stomach and Intestines
.1 Specialty
ITEMS MDENSED.
At the age of 70, William Adams, a
Oivil war veteran, went, to sleep in a
Sooth Alleutowu lumber jurtl aud
died
A hen 28 years old is the partnership
possession of O. D. and ,1. L. Schel
liatmuer, cf Ohair, Berks county.
Raymond Avers, 12 years old, com
mitted suicide at New Danville. Lan
caster county, by shooting himself in
the right temple.
While preparing a'blast at a colliery
near Shenandoah, Daminick Daracet
exploded it before he got away aud '
was horribly mangled.
Carrying couotaled weapons is being i
treated as a serious offense in Lack
awanna county aud those found guilty
are given terms in jail.
The opening of Scranton's new Ma
sonic temple was held Friday evening
with special exercises. ll
aeonic lodges of that city participated.
While Paul Sismasus was placing
tix sticks of dynamite aud caps in a
safe place away from his'Jfamily, at
Shenandoah, the dynamite exploded,
fatally hnrting him.
Walnut logs are being cut on Chest- |
nut Hills, near Pottstown, for ship- ■
ment to Germany, where they will be
cut into strips almost as thin as ;
paper for veneering.
After being absent for nine years
from liis home in Reading and his
whereabouts being unknown, Lewis
R. Hanter has been declared legally
dead and the estate goes to his wife.
While Charles Lichty, of Paradise,
was talking in a hotel entrance at i
Lancaster he was joslted in the crowd
aud his pocket picked of a wallet con
taining $l,OOO in cash and t'2,000 in
checks.
With the rntumption of operations
in the tinning department of the Gheer
tin plant of the American Sheet and
Tin Plate company at New Castle, 500 I
men returned to work who have been
out of employment since last June.
The first free library in the city of
Lancaster was opened Saturday. It is
a gift of the late Eliza C. Smith.
If State Senator Dewalt's efforts are
successful the next Democratic State
convention will be held at Allentown.
In her will Mrs. Ellen Williams, of
Slatingtou, left her husband sl,the re
mainder of the large estate going to
her childreu.
Charles H. Seibert, 2a years old, of
Reading, was an engine on |
the Lebanon Valley railroad Saturday
and instantly killed.
George A. .lenks, dean of the Bucks |
county bar, died at Newtown, Satur
day. He had been a justice of the j
peace for forty-eight years.
By applyiug'the emergency brakes \
an engineer on the Schuylkill Valley
railroad prevented the killing of a IS- j
year-old child at Norristown.
Emnlatiug'the larger cities Hazleton
will have three mounted officers on its
polios forcejafter today. They will do
duty in the suburbs of the oity.
For slashing with a knife his sweet
heart, Jennie Taylor, Jacob Wonds,
Jr.. was sentenced at Lancaster Satur
day to serve four years in the Eastern
penitentiary.
Bernard Riley, of Norristown, was
crushed to death at Conshohocken Sat
urday by a draft of cars. His foot was
c aught in a frog aud he was unable to
free hitmelf. i
Charles Colwell, of Kittanuing, has
been sued for $'J5.OOO by his daughter
in-law for alienating her husband's
affections. The case was brought in
the common pleas court of Pittsburg.
The wander-lust struck fifty inmates ]
of the Berks county poor house, with
the advent of warmer weather after
they had been well cared for all win
ter.
Residents of Downington will sue
oat an injunction against the Pocoma
Ice company to prevent the building
of a dam on Bramlywine creek above
that village. The people assert that
they want no Johnstown affair.
Charles Ammett, 10 years old, of
Claysville, Washington county, became j
a candidate for a Carnegie hero medal
Saturday when he plunged into the i
swoolen waters of Buffalo creek and j
rescued his 4-year-old cousin, Carl
Sneller. from drowning.
The estate of Samuel Bittnnbender,
at Seasoltz ore mines has been adjudic
ated and each of his fonr children re
ceived 17,926.88. After the death of
Rlttenbender his executors found over
♦ Io.OM in fjold coin 'n Ma rleslr.
Jttoittmt 'j|f§li SMtiflri&m.
HOLE
IJPPIS
A committee representing the Rescue
Fire company of Sidler Hill appeared
before the borough council Friday eve
asking that that oouipany be granted
permission to oome into the borough
iu response to a general alarm of Are.
They explained how well the Resout)
company is equipped with fire-lighting
appliances aud agreed that their own
| chief he under the authority of the
! chief engineer of the borough tire de
partment during fires.
Ou motion the request was granted
1 by council.
The secretary reported that only uue
j bill had been received for painting city
I hail. In view of the short period iu
-1 tervening between the preseut and
j April 37th, the date of the Odd Fel
! lows' auniversary, ou motion it was
j decided to postpone the painting of
j city hall, taking no further action in
the matter until the next meeting, the
bid received iu the meantime not to
he opened.
A communication was received from
Hon. L W. Welliver relative to the
application for a franchise for the
People's Ideal Telephone company. Ou
niotiou of Mr. Pursel it was ordered
that the communication he accepted
nnd li'd ou the table, it being under
! stood iuat the matter would oou.e up
later.
| An anonymous communication ad
dressed to the borough council was
laid on the table without being read.
ELECTRICIAN'S REPORT.
Borough Electrician Newton Smith
1 presented his report for the month of
March, showing that the total cost of
operating the plant was 1381.54. The
plant was in operation 340 hours.
BOROUGH REIMBURSED
A communication was received from
A. S. Olay,engineer of the State high- i
way department, enclosing a check for
$1»3.72, to reimburse the borough for
repairs made on the macadam on North
Mill street. When the repairs were
made it was thought the borough
would have to stand one-half the cost.
Since then it developed that the bonds
men of the contractor were held re
sponsible by the State aud that they
would settle all bills.
Mr. Oleaver called attention to the
bad ooudition of Ash, Vine, Church
and Ferry streets. The two latter,
especially, he said, are much iu need
ot' repaiis.
Mr. Jones reported Railroad street
between Front street aud the canal in
very bad condition.
Mr. Deutsch insisted that the repairs
on Chambers street, so long deferred,
be eutnred upon at once.
On motion of Mr. Von Blohn it was
ordered that Ash street, Vine street
aud the alley leading from Bloom
street to Spring street be repaired aft
er the streets that were taken up last
fall—Factory. Church, Chambers and
Mahoning streets—be putin good con
dition as ordered at that time.
On motion of Mr. Marshall it was
ordered that the principal streets of
the borough be cleaned up between
the present and April 27th,the date of
the Odd Fellows' anniversary.
On motion it was ordered that a
brick crossing be eoustructed ou West
Mahoning street at the residence of
Dr. Curry.
On motion of Mr. .Tones it was ord
ered that Railroad street be filled up
bet ween Front street and the old can
al.
The following members were in
their places: Schatz, Cleaver, Pursel,
lies, Joues, Everhart, Deutsch. Mar
shall,Curry,Connolley and Von Blohn.
The following bills were approved
foi payment:
BOROUGH DEP'T.
Regular employes #117.50 i
Labor and hauling 47.25 I
Welliver Hdw. Co 2.70 I
Wallace A. Hoover :),50
Harmon Rupp 13.00 1
Peoples coal yard 2.85|
Standard Gas Co 50 :
Jesse Klase 2.10
Oscar Shalt/. 6.00 '
Walker & Kepler .. 2 75 !
James Gibson . . t>.oo i
Adams Ex. Co 40 j
Hamilton J. Bair (Poles)... 50.70!
Washington Fire Co 3. 15;
WATER DEP'T.
Regular employes . |136.50
Friendship Fire Co 57.94
J. H. Goeser 12.48 I
F. G. Schoch 5.00 '
People's Coal yard . . 344.82 '
Washington Fire Co 10.57 t
Atlantic Renfiing Co 37.06
Adams Ex. Co .50 I
Labor on repairs 57.75 ,
Standard Gas Co 1.83 |
P. H. Koust 54.35 i
B. B. Brown 9.35 i
VISITING THE
COAL MINES
Six students of Princeton university
arrived in this city via the Danville
and Bloomsburg trolley line yesterday
and, after takiug supper at the Mon :
tour house, left on the 7 :51 Pennsyl
vania train for Shamokiu.
The students, who are accompanied
by Professor Gilbert Van Ingen.were:
D. J. Sin Clair. C. H. Scott, J. O. '
Beam, 11. Jones.O. E Dodge and Bayard
Dodge.
The object of the tour through this |
section is to visit the coal mines in
order to obtain practical information,
not available iu books.
Wanted Results.
"Vou are always trying to throw. I
cold water on my literary ambitions," i
growled the aspiring author. "You
, say it doesn't pay. Look at Charlea
Dickens, will you? He left a fortune
! of $400,000, all earned with his pen."
"I know i„, dear." said Iris wife, ca
ressing him. "but don't you remember
that Aladdin could make more than>
that in five minutes by simply rubbing
an old lamp? I'd so much rather
you'd do something of that kind. Will!"
i —Chicago Tribune.
DANVILLE PA., THURSDAY. APRIL 8, 1909
WIRES 101
mm
It will he a source of gratification to
the citizens of Danville to learn that
j Memorial Park is to be lighted up In a
j thoroughly approved and artistic man-
I ner.
! Council has decided that there shall
1 he no unsightly poles and wires anil
that instead of a couple of conspicuous
; garish arc lights a large nnmher of in
j caudesoeut lamps of either sixteen or
thirty-t wo candle power shall he dis
tributed about the park.
Best of all, however, thi wins are
to he placed underground, either in
metal or iu conduits suitably con
structed The lights will ba support
ed by very ornamental metalic poles.
Should the 33-candle power lam i he
adopted it will require about a dozen
poles. More poles, of couise, would
be needed should lamps of less caudle
power be employed.
Borough Electrioian Smith will ord
er the material and hegiu the work of
wiring the park as seen as the poles
and wire arrive.
Council has also decided to plant a
hedge row along the northern side of
the park. It has been left to the com
mittee to decide whether the shrub
bery or thicket shall be of thorn var
iety or of «ome other kind.
AS VIEWED BY
A NORSEMAN
Should the creo-lesiuated blocks that
form the paving on the river bridge he
kept clean or should they he permitted
to lie covered with dirt, as an aid to
travel, is a question that has not as
yet been decided to the satisfaction of
all people.
From a purely aesthetic viewpoint
one should say that accumulations of
all sorts ought to be removed from the
bridge aud the paviug kept scrupulous
ly tleau. Viewed from another stand
point, however, a few persons strong
ly discouuteiianre the removal of the
ground or dost from the driveway.
Among the latter is uo less an an- '
thoritv on horses and on driving than j
Veterinarian J. J. Kline, who yegter
day took the advanced position that
instead of taking any pains to clean
the bridge the countv commissioners
should cause ground to be hauled on I
the driveway, covering the paving
blocks wherever they are exposed.
Of course, his allusion was toj the
danger of horses falling. The pavin«
blocks when wet. he said, are as silp
pery as glass and a horse is unable to
beep his foothold The ground, which
accumulates on the bridge enables a
horse to maintain a foothold and is.
therefore, a blessing rather than oth
erwise.
Several times in the past the drive
way was swept clean, after which it !
was a painfully commou spectacle to
see horses falling. Except in few in
tanoes the shafts or some other part
of the vehicle was broken,even if the
horse was not injured, to sav nothing
of the alarm and the embarrassment
occasioned.
Not only in times of rain but dur- '
ing foggy mornings are the creo-res
iuated paving blocks apt to be silpperv
aud daugerous for horses. The only
remedy, the veterinarian states, lies
in permitting the ground to accumu
late on the driveway and according to
his view there can not be too much of
it on the blocks.
The above is entitled to much con- !
sideration, although it pleads for a
condition repugnant to the masses,
who have no experience iu driving
aud are accustomed to look on a clean ;
driveway as a feature essential tore- '
veal civic enterprise and to show that
we appreciate our full responsibility
in caring for the bridge.
DANVILLE IN
A TENNIS LEAGUE
A movement to form a tennis league
among the towns in eastern Pennsyl
vania is progressing rapidly, Shamok
in having been selected as the place j
for holding the organization meeting
during the latter part of this or the
fore part of next month. Reprcsenta- |
tives will be present from Danville, ■
Pottsville, Girardsville, Ashland,
Bloomsbnrg, Berwick and Sunbury, ,
The Shauiokin club is planning to con- |
duct a tournament during the week of
the league meeting and expects to se- |
cure a number of expert players for a
series of games.
Arrangements are being made to
send a large delegation of tenuis |
enthusiasts from Danville to the big j
coal town for the event.
"Useful Instrument."
The "big stick" has been laid aside, '
but not forever, it ia to be hoped.
Proved a useful instrument in T. R/s
hands.—Jackson (Mich.) Citizen-Press.
Missing Links.
Probably the first item fbat Presi
dent Taft will consider will be the
missing links of the White House
grounds—l.a using (Mich.) Journal.
All 111
IMIEIII
The important work of filling op the
bank of Mahoning creek below Chest- !
nut street for the purpose of giving
| West Mahoning street at that point its I
proper legal width,deferred from time '
I to time, is at last to he taken up iTy
council and carried through to com
pletion.
1 The filling up of the bank for the
! purpose above mentioned was agitated
last sntumer. A numerously sigued
petitiou liom tite resim uts of West
Mahoning street was j)resented to
council, explaining how far the street ;
as the result of inroads made by the !
creek falls short of its legal width and
praying that the spot be filled up.
Council ;.for awhile plated
the construction of a bridge aud hav
ing the cinder brought over from the
Heading Iron works -and dumped on
the spot, in order to assist the pioject
it was understood that the Rending
Iron company not only fur
nish the oiuder, delivering: it on the
spot where needed.but also to lend the
borough one of its disused canal bridges
for the purpose of bridging Mahoning
cteek. All that devolved upon the bor
ough was to erect the bridge giving it
a foundation of sufficient strength aud
solidity to" carry tlie coTnpauy's
inotive,aud cars.
Council, in the end, however, did
not see its way (dear to assume even
the cost of erecting the bridge or of
doing anything more important than
to invite persons who had ashes or like
material to dispose of to dump it down
over the bauk from Mahoning^street.
The spacejto be tilled'up, however,
is enormous aud the ashes,^c., dump
ed on the spot during the year is hard
ly it factor in the filling tip required.
It has been understood ever silica the
present couucil organized that one ct
the improvements taken up by it this
season would Vie the widening of Wesl
Mahoning Btreet as required by law.
Action was taken at the last meeting
of council, the decision being that it
would goon with the work, althoi gh
it was left to the discretion of the
street commissioner when to begin.
The latter official,l J Keufer, Mon
day stated that he intends to take
up the work simnltai eously with
street improvement and in a week or
so inteuds to begin.
A great deal of woik is involved and
an outlay of money amounting to some
seven hnmlxed dollars. What terms
may be obtained from the Reading
Irou company this year is not known,
but the borough hopes to obtain the
use of the canal bridge above alluded
to, although it may have to move it
and erect it at its own expense.
DEATH OF A
FORMER RESIDENT
E. V. Flick, formerly of this coun
ty, died at his home, Three Rivers,
Michigan, at 2 Sunday after
noon.
A telegram was reseived by the rel
atives in this oity Sunday evening
stating the bare circanistance cf his i
death but giving no details. Mr. Flick
for several years prior to his death
was afflicted with lumbago and an ail- |
mem of the spine. He was frequently j
incapacitated for active employment,
but was not thought to be iu imrnedi- j
ate danger. When last heard from, »
couple of weeks ago, he was in his
usual health.
The deceased is survived by his 1
widow, three sons, Ambrose Flick,
Chicago; Harry and John Flick of
Three Rivera, Michigan, aud four :
daughters : Mrs. John Cooper and Mrs.
Georgg-Rickettg.this city ; Mrs Abram
Oberdorf, Uearhart township, North
umberland county,and Mrs. Oyde Pur
sel of Three Rivers. William Flick of
this city, and Robert Flick of Wil
liainsport are brothers, and Mrs. L. '
V. Beyer, of Mansdale, Mrs. Albert j
Weidmsn. of Norristown. and Mrs. |
Betz of Kansas are sisters of the de- j
ceased.
E V. Fliek was a native of Mon- !
tour county and prior to some five j
years ago. when he removed to Mich- !
igan. spent his entire life in this sec- j
tion. He was a member of Mansdale [
Reformed churoh and was well es- !
teemed throughout the community.
CHARACTERISTIC
OF MARCH
The spring-like weather condition" j
that have been such a source of delight j
sinoe April Ist wore superseded yester- I
day by stOTiny weather. A high wind
prevailed that was more characteristic
of March than of April. No one could
venture npon the street without being
bnffetted about by the wind and ex
posed to real danger. Sign boards were
uearly wrested from their fastenings.
Vehicles, like pedestrians, made slow
progress when facing the wind.
The Easter rabbit and tbe Easter 1
chick are enjoyinir their day.
IU ENFORCE
JP LAW
Among the bills approved by Gover
nor Stuart is the milk bill, which vit
ally affects milk men and ice cream
I manufacturers.
I The looal board of health is desir
ous that the law he brought to the at
tention of the above class of dealers,
as it will be strictly enforced.
The milk adulteration bill, which
was approved by the governor on March
24th, imposes a fine of from twenty
dollars to fifty dollars on persons who
sell milk adulterated with water or
with f»t removed. The same bill im
poses a similar fine on perse us selling
ice cream containing less than six par
' cent, of butter fat or preserved with
chemicals.
•It will be observed that the above
law is much more rigid and sweeping
than the one under which the pure
food representatives have been work
ing. In the act just approved by Gov
ernor Stuart it is not a question of
whether mill; comes up to a certain
< standard of purity but whether any
water has been mixed with it or cream
removed.
It is a matter of experience that,
whether dua to the fact that fat has
been removed or to other causes, muoh
of the milk as well as ice cream sold
throughout our State lacks deplorably
iu natural richness. The effect of the
new act will be to give the consumer
a better quality both of milk aud of
ice cream.
PREPARING
TO TRANSFER
Tlie Suubury Transit company Mon
day begun work on the extension,
which is to provide for the transfer on
the south side aud to make it possible
to carry pnssengers to DeWitt's park.
Iu a week or SD the tars will be run
uiug down through Riverside.
Work began Monday morning. Fif
teen hands were employed under the
supervision of C. P. Hancock and A.
11. Woolley. Excellent progress was
made aud by night about two hundred
aud fifty feet of track was well under
way, the rails being spiked down and
a portion of the track ballasted. One
gang of workmen was employed in
Uearhart township extending the track
westward aud another gang on avenue
K iu tlie borough. The work will b
easily completed this week,should fail
weather continue.
The overhead work wiil have to be
constructed where the additional track
is being laid, a distance of some, seven
hundred feet; but from the corner of
avenue F and Third street to the park
the poles are erected and the "span"
wires are in position. Probably the
most difficult part of the work that
yet remains will be the layiug of the
wires uuder the track of the railroad
at tlie crossing on avenue F The wires
will he carried through iu a conduit
of metal, which will have to be sunk
about six feet below the rails aud
buried in concrete.
JThe company purchased two new
cars iu New York last week. As soon
as these arrive and work on the track
is completed passeugers will be carri
ed through to the park.
FAI L CAUSED
BROKEN JAW
An unfortunate mishap occurred in
the yard of the Park hotel, Washiitg
touville, Tuesday, when Jos. Bateman,
a young managed about thirty,of Mt.
Carmel, who is visiting his brother,
John hateiuan, the proprietor of the
Park hotel, suffered an attack cf verti
go while walking in the yard. He fell
and strnck his face in such a manner
as to fraoture his lower jaw. His in
jury was dressed by Dr. Snyder aud
he was removed to the Mary Packer
hospital at Suubury, from which in
stitution he left orlv a few days ago
where he had been treated brok
en nose, sustained in the same wav P
TWENTY DAYS
IN PRISON
Jacob Miller wns mi <1 befor
Justice of the Peace P tlton v sterday
afternoon charged v IV con
duct. In default of '.uts he
was committed to j . : r.-g.
Miller, it is all-*. i . u ulnae bo
cause some men were wuikiug on the
street and on Tuesday was so violent
in his abuse not only of the workmen
but also of the street commissioner
that the matter was reported to the
polioe.
\ esterday Chief Mincemoyer lodged
information. The arrest was made by
Offioer Vorls.
Making Garden.
Garden-making as the result of the
early spring this year is well under
way at present. At many places large
beds have been dug np and planted.
Onions and lettuoe will soon be grow
ing nloely.
COHTRACTOR
US J MI
An unforeseen exigency has arisen in
the work of filling op the old canal at
the hospital for the insane, which en
tails conHlderable additional labor and
expense upon the contractor. As a re
sult the work will not be completed
nearly so soon as hoped for.
The branch of the work being com
pleted this spring is the replacing of
the course of fertile ground scooped ont
of the bottom of the canal and depos
ited on the bauk before the work of
filliug up of the old waterway with
cinder began. In replacing the fertile
earth the dredging machine is being
employed. Fair progress was made
from the start and the section of can
al between the culvert at the hospital
entrance and the western boundary of
the grounds was about half completed
when it was discovered that the up
per section, between the culvert and
the jras house, was nnflt to be covered,
as it was saturated with water and was
soft, resembling quicksand.
Owing to the existence of a big
spring in the canal just east of the
hospital entrance the above condition
was foreseen by the engineers and the
plans and specifications provided that
the contractor should take care of the
drainage.
Mr. Rockwell Tuesday explaiueu
that when he filled up the canal he
did not tinhk it would be necessary to
sink pipe, but believed that the water
would drain through the underlying
deposit of cinder seekiug the natural
outlet near the gas house.
It trauspired, however, that the
theory didn't work aud nothing re
mained but to employ workmen and
sink a line of pipe from a point op
posite the spring to the gas house
It is on this branch of the work that
the majority of the men are employed
at preseut. The pipe being laid is of
terra cotta five inches in diameter. It
is sunk some five feet below the sur
face.
Mr. Rockwell is kept quite busy
oscillating between the dredging mach
ine at the lower end of the canal aud
the big drain at the upper section and
he finds it impossible to keep both de
partments working to the best advant
age. As a result he will not be able to
complete the contract nearly so early
as he expected to. It will probably re
quire two months to complete the
work.
Mr Rockwell has met with many
unexpected delays since he began work
here hut his perseverenoe prevails over
ail <litliculties. lie is "determined to
make a good job of it,"he savs. and
hopes "to coiue ont nil light."
CU: AIN IN UUP
] 11 hi S I REE'I>
Pursuant to action of council the
strict commissioner has put a force of
men at work cleaning up the prinei.
pal streets of town in order to have
them in good condition for tlie Odd
Fellows' anniversary.
The men, with a horse aud wagon
employed, were at work on Front
street yesterday. They were under In
structions to'remove all loose stones
and like objects that detract from the
appearance of the street and wouhl be
In the way of marching.
That the streets are in need ot at
tention no one will donht who observ
es how quickly a load of stones and
trash accumulates on the wagon used
by the workmen in cleaning the streets
That the visitors on Odd Fellows'
day will have a better opinion of the
town if the streets present a clean and
tidy appearance is a self-evident fact.
Primaries Are Expensive.
That the expense of holding primary
elections throegtioct the State is Jarge
is shown by the appropriation bill
passed finally by the senate yesterday.
The bill sets aside $1,000,000 for that
purpose. The State benrs all tt e ex
pense of holding primaries, including
the printing of ballots.
PHONOGRAPHIC SAFE LOCK.
Only Its Master's Voice Will Open
Denver Inventor's Device.
George J. Cbnrpiot of Denver has in
vented a phonographic safe lock which
he says can be opened only by the
owner. Tests in the presence of ex
perts substantiate the inventor's claim.
Instead of a knob on the door ther»
is the mouthpiece of a telephone. A
delicate needle is attached to the dia
phragm, the end of the needle resting in
a groove of a sound record made on a
phonograph cylinder. The word which
the safe is locked on is thus recorded,
and the one who uttered it must repeat
it before the safe will open.
In the tests a dozen men tried to
Imitate the voice of the man who lock
ed the safe, but the lock would re
spond only to the right man.
Practical.
"A young man bas telegraphed me
that he has Just wedded my daugh
ter."
"I hope he's a good practical man."
"I guess he is. He wired me col
lect."—Kansas City Independent.
ESTABLISHED IN ISSS
1 DAI Oil
AH n
It is now settled that in order to
swell the fund for the firemen's con
vention a " tag day" shailfbe held in
Danville. Committees are being ap
pointed to carry ont the project and
the tags have already been ordered.
The work of preparing for the fire
men's convention devolves upon the
exeoutive board of the fire department,
which is being assisted by Burgess
xVmesbury and several other public
spirited citizens. The responsibility
and the amount of work involved is
enormous, and the executive board
very highly appreciates any assistance
rendered.
The executive board of the'fire de
partment is composed of the following
persons: Friendship company, Harry
Rupp, John L. Jones, Harry Trum
bower, Alfred Stead, John G. Waite;
Washington company, A. C. Roat.
Wesley Hollobaugh, Seth Lormer,
David Evans; Continental company,
John Tooey, Edward Gibson. Alfred
Mellin, Robert Vincent; Goodwill
company, Dallas Hammer, William
lies, Johu Mitchell, Josepli^Gibson.
The citizens, who, in addition to
Burgess Amesbury. are co-operating
with the executive board to make the
convention a success are the follow
ing; Ralph Kisner, Esq., Thomas G.
Vincent. M. 11. Schram aud Edward
Purpnr.
As a first step in arranging for tag
day it was necessary to get a number
of ladies interested, who would be
willing to actively assist in carrying
out the purposes of the day.
As the result of ell'orts put forth the
following ladies agreed to act on the
committee: Mrs. T. J. Price, Mrs. O.
M. Leniger, Mrs. W. L. Sidler and
Mrs. Edward Purpur,
The above ladies will get a number
of young people of both sexes interest
ed, organizing them into committees
for the purpose of handling the tags
on tag day. This is au important work
which the ladies will enter upon at
once.
It has been decided to select April
27th as the (late tor tag day. On that
occasion the town will be crowded
with visitors to see the Odd Fellows
parade and naturally the proceeds will
be large.
THE ORGANIZATION
IS COMPLETED
The organization of the Columbia
Power. Light A Railways company,
which will in the n?ar future take
over and operate a number el' the
plants in this section, will be com
pleted at a me ting to be held at
Bloomsburg next week, at which time
the members of the board of directors
and the executive officers will be an
uouueeri. The new company is already
directing the operations of tiie several
corporations aud the business as weil
us the property, books and other es
sentials in the .operation have been
removed to the newly equipped offices
in Main street, Bioomsbnrg.
Hon. R.H. Koch, of Pottsville ;rep
rosenting the Danville & Bloomsburg
Street Railway compauy; E. R.
Spongier. Esq., and H. K. Hamlin, of
Harrishurg; Hon. W. H. Spongier, of
New Bloomfield and W. F. Lowrey,
of Berwick, were among those pret
erit at an extended meeting held at
Bioomsbnrg on Monday It was decid
ed to proceed at once with the neces
sary improvements on the lines and
equipment. It was also determined
that after next week throngh cars
will be rnn from Danville to Berwick,
making the usual stops, of course.
ABOLISH GROYANIA PLANT.
Among the more important chauges
that will be made by the new com
pany will be the abandonment of the
power plant at Grovauia, arrange
ments having been made to bring all
power from the company's big plant
at Harwood, near Hazleton.
The new company will operate the
following plants: Danville & Blooms
burg Electric Railway company, Stand
ard Gas company and Standard Elec
tric Light company, of Danville; Col
umbia & Montonr Electric Railway
oompany,Berwick Eleotrio Light com
pany, West Berwick Light, Heat A
Power compauy,United Electric Light
company, of Bloomsburg; Irondale
Electric Light company, of Blooms
brug and United Gas company, cf
Bloomsburg.
A. h. drone 111.
A. H. Grone. the stationer, who is
confined to his home, Mill street,with
an attack of inflammatory rheuma
tism. was reported as somewhat im
proved yesterday. He has been ill for
over a week.
The school board of Pottstown is
looking up a site npon which to baiid
its new high sohooi, to pay for which
there will likely be a new bond issue.
Cats should be disoonraged in the
ooltivation of a taste for young birds,
especially •• the robins are now busy.