VOL. 55—NO 15
DK. lIiVING H. JENNINGS,
DKy'l IST.
Office J lours
.1. M.to 11 M- 104 MM St.,
1 I'. M.to S I'. M. Danville, Pa.
1 SHIILTZ, M.
425 MILL ST., DANVILLK, PA.
Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines
a Specialty
IIS CONDENSED.
William Brenning. a Ooatesville
boiler maker fell from the top of a
forty foot stank and received fatal in
juries.
Despondent over! illness, William
Heddinger, a farmer living near New
Kensington, ended his life by cutting
an artery in his wrist.
The production'ol'Jcake in the Con
nellsville region lias shown large in
creases each week for some time pust,
an indication that business is picking
up.
Andrew Fenlon, of Ccnshohocken,
has been notified that he is one of the
heirs to an estate left by a brother of
his mother who resided in the west.
Wallace Briner, 14 years old of Chest
er, was kidnaped by two men Wednes
day afternoon and taken to Wilming
ton. Del., whore he succeeded in es
caping from his captors.
Cuts in prices in family washing,
amouuting iu some cases to 70 per
cent, have been announced by some
Allegheny laundryuieu and a tierce I
rate cutting war is promised iu the
steam laundry business.
The power plant of the Greek coal
mine near McOounell's Mills, Wash
ington county, was destroyed by lire.
The IOSB is $13,000 and 400 teen are
made idle. It is thought a tire hug set
the tilace ou tire.
Mrs. Elsie A. Earuev, of Jefferson
towdship, Allegheny couuty.was sued
John V. Anseltn, a hoti! proprietor,
for |!0,000 damages, for the death of
her husband who received fatal in
juries in Anseim's hotel.
The record run if a Pennsylvania
railroad passenger train between Har
risburg and Lauoaster was made by a
Buffalo express and it made the dist
ance between the two points—thirty
six miles—in thirty-four and a half
minutes.
John Homsher, the oldest postmaster
iu point of service in the United
States, is dead at his home in Bart
ville, Lancaster county, aged 83 years.
He was appointed hy President Buch
anan aud he has served ever since.
George L. Snyder, of Oil City, com
mitted suicide by shooting, after hav
ing swallowed carbolic acid. 11l health
was the cause.
Over 4,:00.000 Easter postcards were
received and delivered by the Phila
delphia postofliee forct Saturday.
Northumberland county is infested
with peddlers who sell cheap wares.
The business men are trying to drive
them out.
Flour has advanced twenty-five ceuts
a barrel i« Pittsburg because of the
manipulation of the wheat market.
Despondent because of the death of
her husband, Mrs. William Houcb,
aged GO.of Anster, committed suicide
with a razor.
Mrs. Mary Bachman, of Elizabeth
town. Lancaster connty, is the owner
of au Easter egg',with which she was
presented sixty-one years ago.
The finance committee of Lancaster
councils lias directed the < ity solicitor
to Collect ait taxjliens on city proper
ties, even if they have to be sold.
Tim statistician of the anthracite
strike award has announced that the
wages of the"mine workers for the
month of April will he S per cent,
above tin' basis.
Since there is no signed agreement
iniuers in the hard coal regijtj think
that the oprcators. instead of ordering
a lockout, will reduce wage.-, which
has already been done at (several points.
The Schuylkill county commission
ers have completed the figures on
which the duplicates for the ensuing
year will be based. Pattsville valua
tion haa been determined to be $7,218,-
?H9, an increase of a half million over
last year. This valuation is one-sijth
of the total at the entire county.
There is out at interest from Potts
ville a total of f!i,£B2,:i<ti.
Oily Treasurer John Htrickler, of
York, has rendered his report for the
fiscal year, showing the total expend
itures of tiie city to have been ijlus,-
"2!10.6i>, and actual reciepts .$178,1ti7.i13.
Commissioner of Fisheries William
Meehan is hopeful that, he will soon
be able to restock the Delaware river
with sturgeon, a fish that was practic
ally exterminated twenty years ago to
satisfy the demand for 4 real" Russian
caviare.
Tront experts around Pottstown ex
peot the beat season for years iu the
r-f TTnrer Chester and Lower
Her» D c< uut ise.
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iUcmtmvr
■BEN
ON JUNE ffl
At a regular meeting of the school
| hoard Monday eve it was decided that
1 the high school commencement be held
in the opera house on the evening of
| Friday, June 4th.
i On motion it"was*"decided that !the
! Rev. Edward Haughton be invite'djto
I preach the "liaccalaureate'"soruion tin
Christ Memorial church thr" preseut
year.
A committee representing the senior
class of the high school consisting of
Mr Robinson and Misses Cloud aud
Fischer, appeared before the school
board asking to be informed as to the
plans decided upon by the board for
holding commencement—whether the
class would be permitted to take
charge, controlling the finances or
whether the sohool board would con
trol the affair,
By referring to the minutes it was
discovered that commencement Inst
year was held in the opear liou.se and
that the senior class was permitted to
control the finances. No sentiment was
expressed antagonistic to pursuing the
same course the present year.
On motion of Mr. Sechler it was
ordered that the matter be referred to
the high school committee,it to confer
with the senior class aud report at the
next meeting.
On motion of Mr. Fischer it was
ordered that the building an>l repair
committee appear before the borough
council at its next meeting and request
that change be maie in the surface
drainage at the Welsh hill school
house, which is in dauger of being in
jured by the action of the water.
On motion cf Mr. Heiss it was ord
ered that the found broken in the
cnpola of the high school be replaced
aud that the graduating class be re
quired to bear the cost.
On motion of Mr. Fischer it was
ordered that the pupils of the schci Is
be prohibited from entering the cupola
of the h f gh school aud that the penalty
imposed for tho violation of the order
be expulsion.
The following members were pres
ent: Pursel, Ortli, Baih?r, Swarts,
Redding, Fish, Lloyd, Flcsher, Sec.ii
ler. Heiss and Oole.
On motion of Mr. Redding it was
ordered that ten dollars be donated to
the graduating class, as on previous
years,the same to be applied to liquid
ating the oost of invitations for com
mencement exercises.
On motion of Mr. Fischer it was
oriiered that the schools be closed on
April :27th. the date of the Odd Fel
lows' anniversary.
The following bills were approved
for payment:
W. B. Gosh fo.ti"
Welliver Hd'w. Co . . ... <5.95
Adams Ex. Co 1.40
Mara ball Publishing Oo . .. ••2.95
Smith Premier Type Writer Go 1,50
EASTER CARDS
BY THE BUSHEL
The post card business at the post
office, Easter, far exceeded that of
Christmas.
The town carriers had an experience
that they will not soon forget. The
rush began Friday and on Saturday
everything was deluged. The Easter
cards did not come by thousands, but
by bushels.
The stamp window was open two
hours Friday and duriug that time
three thousand one cent stamps were
sold. The purchasers were mostly in
dividuals. who bought a single stamp;
in a few instances a few cents' worth
or even a dollar's worth of stamps
were bought.
It was made plain that hereafter an
additional carrier will have to bo em
ployed, if the mail is to bo promptly
delivered ou Easter.
WEATHER WAS
DEL'GHTFUL
The weather conditions Sunday
were ideal. No more enjoyable Easter
has occurred in many years. The sun
i shone resplendently. The raw wind of
I Saturday,gave place to a brisk breeze,
{ bracing in its nature, but not unpleas
-1 ant.
The weather conditions favored large
j attendance at the churches, while in
, the afternoon the streets were filled
j witti proraenaders.
j The services in the churches with
; out exception were impressive and
I beautiful. In many places there was
special music, while the sermons in
spired by the occasion were master
pieces, most exalted in thought and
sentiment.
While walking on a deserted street
in Dorrancetowu, near Wilkes-Harre,
the other night, Miss Anna Jenkins,
of West Pittston, was attacked by a
highwayman, who proceeded to gag
her after whloh he robed her of a |3OO
necklace and a diamond ring worth
♦l5O.
DANVILLE PA., THURSDAY. APRIL 15, 1909
JOKE EVANS
JMED
Tiie supreme court Monday handed
down a decision affirming the opiuion
of Judge Evans in the case cf Simon
Fleishman vs. Paul P. Swentek, By
thin decision Fleishman loses the goods
as well as the claim for damages.
The above case lias been in the courts
since 1803. ill April Ist of that year
Mr. Swentek leased his store room on
Mill street to Dreifus9 & Go.for S4O
per month payable in advance. On
August 1. ISIO3, Simon Fleishman pur
chased Dreifuss' stook of goods and
took possession of the store room, en
deavoring to enter into an agreement
for the leasing of the store of Swentek.
Fleishman claimed that lie had enter
ed into a new monthly lease with Mr.
Swentek from that time on. Swentek
denied this
Fleishman paid the August rent in
full ta Swentek.
On August 80, 1903, being Sunday
night, Fleishman, it is alleged, had
boxed up all the goods in the store
rooin'and employed a diayman to haul
them to the station for shipment.
After the drayman had removed a
couple of loads Swentek, hearing a
noise and discovering that the goods
were being removed, called up the
sheriff and requested him to prevent
Fleishman from removing the goods,
claiming that there wete|2Bo due him
for rent up to the next April.
The removal of the goods was stop
ped and the store lockbd up for the
nigt.t. The next day, August 31, 1903,
Swentek caused a landlord's warrant
to be issued and the gcoaa levied up
on. After due notice a portion of the
goods—sufficient to pay the rent—were
sold.
The balance of the goods were left
in the store room. Fleishman refused
to take ttie balance of the goods,claim
ing damages for illegal distraint. He
( (aimed that there was no ri-ut due;
that he had paid his rent in full till
September I, 1903.
The caso was continued from time
to time until February 25, 1907. On
the day following a verdict was rend- j
ortid in favor of the defendant. Ou
September 3, 1907, Judge Evans refus
ed ii new trial. Ou July 25, 1908, au j
appeal was taken to the supreme court j
by Mr. Fleishman, who wa> represent
ed by Hou. H. M Hinckley and E. S. j
(Jearhart. Mr. Swentek was represent-,
od by W.lliam Kase West and Hon.
Grant Herring.
The case was argued before the sup
reme court on Marcti 9th lai-t. Yester
day the supremo court tilad au opin
ion affirming the opinion of the lower
court and is the final disposition of t'.e
case.
William Kaee West Monday receiv
ed a telegram from the prothonotary
of the supreme court notifying him
that judgment had been affirmed.
Fleishman suit for the
value of the goods to the amount of
$2850.
If Fleishinau had recovered the
amount ho claimed Swentek,uuder the
law, would iiave been oompelled to
pay thrse times the value of the judg
ment of the value recovered
Ry th» decision Fleishainn loses not
only his claim for damages but also
the goods which were left in the store
| room and in the sheriff's bauds,having
elected to recover in damages instead
of taking the goods. The goods involv
ed for nitt'iy years have been stored in
the sheriffs office where they have at
tracted considerable attention.
COMPLETING"
THE MONUMENT
Work on the soldiers' monument,
which was discontinued in December,
! was resumed Tuesday morning. By
1 the olose of next week the memorial
will be completed,
Mr. Amedon, construction engineer,
arrived at this city Monday,and, with
I a small orew of men, began work Tu
! esday morning. The granite steps on
the east side of the base remain to be
completed. These, together with the
wide granolithic pavement on the
base constitute tl.o principal part of
the work that remains to be done.
Mr. Amedon Tuesday explaiued
that the work would require but a
very short time; iu ten days, he said,
the contractors would be off the ground
and the spot would he cleared of der
i rick,sheds and of al! the material that
; remained.
This is the very best of news to our
j townspeople, who are auxiousthat the
monument shall be completed and tiie
| park cleaned up by the date of the Odd
Fellows' anniversary. After the con
tractors leave a sufficient margin of
time will remain to reconstruct the
walks and restore the sod where in
j jured by building operations.
Mr. Amedon lias been confined to
his home all winter. At present he
requires the aid of crutches in moving
about. While supervising tiie work ou
the monument lust fall he injured his
foot. He suffered much discomfort
before leaving Danvillo, but soon aft
er blood poisoning set in and for over
two month* he suffered intensely.
DISCOVERED
A W IBM
Heber L. DeWltt, of the south side, j
extra operator of the Pennsylvania
railroad company, who just now is fill
ing a position ar Nanitooke, while ex- I
ploring the West Nautiuoke mountain '
Sunday afternoon discovered a verit- j
able wild man.
It proved to b» a most esciting ad
venture. For a long time rumors have
been current that a wild man subsists
on the bare anu df .oiate summit of one
of the remote ranges that rise west of
the river. Mr. DeWitt, however, was [
not searching for the wild man, but,
with several companions, was enjoy
ing an afternoon's stroll over the
mountains.
The weather was of the right sort
for an outing, and, allured by the
romantic scenery they tramped furth
er and further until they fonnd them
selves on Tillberry's knob, the furth
est and the most solitary of the sev
eral mountains that rise successively
higher and higher.
They were in the act of ascending j
the last elevation that leads to the
summit, when on looking upward,
they beheld an apparition that startled
them. Standing out in bold relief
against the sky and calmly surveying
them as they approached, was a gig
antic human figure. He was clad iu
rags and tatters. He was bareheaded ;
his disheveled hair hung down upon
his shoulders, while his shaggy heard,
cut off square below his chin aa if !
with some rude implement, imparted
to him an appearance of wildness and
savagery, the like of which one would
never expect to behold OD the moun
tains of Pennsylvania
Heber and his companions, however, j
were determined to get ail the facts
aud they resolutely approached the
wild man. The latter stood his ground.
As the men came up fane to face with
him he uttered a defiant grunt, while
his deappet repulsive eyes flashed with
auger.
An atterept was made, to converse
with him. He emitted a series of
strange sonnds, but there was no arti
culated spei' I
Nearby was the man's abode—an
arched structure, not more than six
feet long by three high, composed of
branches of tiees, pieces of logs, mere
slabs, and the like. It was the crudest
possible kind of shelter, only large '
enough to cov r the man lying at full
length. At one eDd it was open ; here
it was protected by a log, over which
the wild man wu obliged to crawl iu
entering or leaving the hut—if no it
might be called. The log at the ent
rance was worn smooth indicating that
the strange and pirmitlve abode had
been the wild man's slmlrer for iauv
years.
Many persons believe that, the loue
hermit on Tillberry's knob is no oth
er than a man who disappeared from
Plymouth years ago, a foreigner who
on being wronged by a citizen of the
town declared that he would hence
forth have nothing to do with his
fellow man but retired to the solitude
of the mountains to end l.is days
BASE BALL
SUITS ARRIVE
The new base hill suits of the Dan
ville Athletic association have arrived
iu this citv and are all ready to be
donned by the players.
The suits are very fine an'd embrace
the latest featnies. They are made of
Melton cloth aud are grfyish in color
with brown trimmings, the caps cor
responding with the suits Au entire
ly new feature is the adjustable sleeve,
i which is buttoned fast abont midway
between the elbow and the shoulder
and mav ba worn or removed at plea
| sure.
Tho stockiug9 accompanying the
suits are brown, aud, like the latter,
are of stout durablo material. Down
the leg of the pantaloous ou eaoh side
is a brown cord. On the top of the
grey cap is a brown but.ou; tho poke
of the cap is brown as well as the col
j lar and tho wristbands of the shirts.
Iu front of each cap is the. letter "D"
[signifying "Danville," worked in
brown, while on the left breast of the
\ shirt is the monogram D A.A. ("Dan
ville Athletic \ssociation") also in
j brown.
The suits, ten in number were ob
tained of the Victor Sporting Goods
I company of Springfield. Mass.
! The association has already signed
j several players and practice games are
; being played almost daily,
j The Y. M. O. A. team is practicing
j regularly ou the ground below town.
This team iu the past, played pretty
good ball aud the probability is that
} it may develop some very good materi
al, which will be available in the team
of the athletic association.
j James D. Peck, a prominent and
| wealthy resident ot West Ohester, is
dead at the age of C 7 years He was
an ardent snpporter of the cause of
j temperance aud nas frequently a dele
> gate to State prohibition conventions.
ROBBERS IR
Slit JAIL
Sheriff Taby and County Detective
Jack Glass, of Northumberland comi
ty, after some of the most olever detec- ;
tive work In the history of the county 1
have ronnded up three of the gang
which robbed J. Madison Youglit of
Mayberry township, at the point of
revolvers of ?KO at his home near Elyp- j
burg last'week.
The men ere Anthony Zenda.of New
York; Harry Katnsey, of Bnufeer PTill
near Shamokin and Mike Slashie, of
Springfield, that enterprising suburb
of Shamokjn where occurred the mur
der for which Staney Marcavitch is
condemned to be hanged.
The most important man trio
is Zenda. He is known as a bad man, j
and a number of times he haß done :
strong acts on amateur nights in the 1
Shamokin theatres. When the officers j
Buspected that he had a hand in the
robbery they went to a boarding house •
where he was known to have been
staying lately, but there no trace cf
him could be fonnd, and no definite
information could be gleaned as to his •
whereabouts. They finally got. on hia ;
trail and caught him by a ruse.
Through an outside party he was in- (
dnced togo to the Miners' hotel on
Second street, Shamokin. Monday '
night with the understanding that
there awaited him there a theatrical
manager who wanted to put him on a
vaudeville circuit at a large salary, j
While lie was signing the contract the j
officers walked in and placed him un- j
der arrest. He was dressed in new
clothes and seemed to have plenty of
ii:ou»y He was taken to the Sunbiirv
jail.
Conntv Detective Glass then went to ,
Bunker Hill and Springfield and cap
tured the other two nien yesterday
morning They too were taken to jail.
There is little doubt but that they
are the men wanted, as knives were ;
found on their persons, corresponding
to weapons flourished at the time of
the robbery.
It is believed this is the fame gang
that robbed the residences cf M- H- j
Kulp and M. 11. liarr, at Edgewood
park, near Shamokin, last Friday
night, and they will likely be held in
Northumberland county to answer that
and other charges.
CORRIDORS WILL
BE PAINTED
U. Day Kudy of . Hairibburp. v. ho j
has the contiact 112 >r pali ting am) il<r
oratiug the court lictse arrived in
this city Tuesday morning on busi ;
uess connected with his contract.
While lure he was awarded some ad j
ditioual work nut included in the
original contract.
This comprises cot only the paint- ,
ing of the corridor ou the lower floor
into which the prothonotary, the com- I
missioners' and other offices open, hut
also the rear stairway and the oorrid
or on the secand floor leading from it
to the back entrance of the court room.
Thus the entire building will be paint
ed and frescoed to correspond with the j
court room, the vestibule and front |
stairway.
Mr. Hudy brought with hitn Tues
day the figure of Justice, which will
be placed on the wall at tiie rear of
the bench. It is a fine piecfe cf work,
seven feet, eight inches high by five
feet six inches wide. The figure is of
open face, by which it is understood
the bandage over the ejes is omitted
in the paintinp. The figure of Justice
j in the old decorations was blindfold
ed. hut, as was explained in a former
articlo, the tendency at present seems
to be toward the opeu face.
FLUSHING HOSt?.
HAS ARRIVED
The special hose ordered by tie bor
ough for use iu flushing the street pav
ing ha - nrrived and will be put tn use
iu a very short time,
i The recent rain has cleansed the pay
j ing quite effectively, briugiug about
i a condition that will be common
i enough hereafter,when the l.ose.along
! with the shovel and broom, is regular
j ly employed on thg street.
Pulled Onion Patch.
i Dallas Hummer is looking, with a
i big stick, tor some malicious vandals
' who during Tuesday night tore up a
I carefully planted onion patch at his
i residence on Ash street Mr. Hummer
| had planted about s'.x quarts and yes
! terday morning he found them torn up
! aud thrown all over his lot. He was
able to replant the onions aud is now
| prepared to give the mlaicious persons
| a warm reception should they pay him
[ another visit.
The Improved Order of heu Men is
erecting a fonr-story building In Read
ing, which, when completed, will be
one of the finest lodge hemes in the
city.
IN 1 DAYS OF
ID Pill
Associate Judge Frank Q. Blee spent
several hours in this city jesterday.
While at the courthouse he found
time to converse with several old tim
ers on the great changes that fiave tak
en place during their lives.
Wild pigeous became the theme of
conversation. Of conrse, the young
person of the present day knows noth
ing about wild pigeons; but when the
judge, who is now seventy, was a boy
wild pigeons were a factor that the
sportsman reckoned with.
Joseph R. Fatton recalled that when
ho was young he used to see wilil pig
eons galore They frequently swarmed
over head in millions,shutting out the
rays of the sun and casting a shadow
on the earth. Judge Blee described a
net for catching the pigeons used by
him as a boy, which was sixty feet
long and wide in proportion. At one
catch he trapped forty dozen.
The wild pigeons were victims of
indiscriminate and merciless slaught
er. They were captured throughout
the country by every means that in
genuity could devise. They not only
afforded delicious food in season but
their diminutive carcasses were pre
served by smoking and other means
and they graced the farmer's table at
intervals during the whole year.
The wild pigeon very closely resem
bled the tamo pigeon. Each fall reg
ularly they migrated south, returning
in the spring. During the winter they
sought tho rice swamps of the south
mid during their flight northward in
the spring Judge Blee recalls shooting
pigeous that had rice in their ctaws.
The birds spent tho summer in the
mountains uort'i and wp4 of this
section.
Not only wore the pigeous obliged
to run the gauntlet in their migrations
spring and fall, but they were pursued
by avaricinn- perscua into the very
mountains where they were breeding
and were shot and entrapped in r.ets.
As a result of this indiscriminate
slaughter the pigeons became practic
ally extiuct about IStiO. For some years
afterward a few might have been seer
spring and fail, wiuging their flight
overhead, but long ago the last wild
pigeon passed out of existence.
When Judge Blee was a boy nearly
every farm had a few wild jdgeons
«'Oo;nd up. which had been captured
and were being kept as stool pigeons,
t < b>t uned a= decoys to draw others
within the net, when tho latter was
employed as a means of capturing the
birds.
FRIGHTENED
AT A DOVE
ALTOONA, Fa , April 14.
Suspecting a stolid immigrant wo
-1 mail of having a pccketbook that had
been lost on the immigrant train by
tv r Swamon, a Ohicago-bonndjboy,
Immigrant Agent Joseph Nathanson
tried to get it from her, tut she deni
ed having it, until he told her that lie
would release an enchanted pigeon;
I that it would grow suddenly dark,aud
! that the pigeou would then alight on
| the head of the guilty person
! After Nathanson told her he had re
' leased the pigeou the ttaiu plunged
i into the Gallitzin tunnel and when it
I emerged the woman was frantically
waving her hands over her head to
i keep the sacred bird away. She gavo
j up the money.
Victim of Brlght's Disease.
Jstnes Edward, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Benjamin Livziey,died at 10:30 o'clock
' Tuesday night, after one week's ill
ness of Blight's disease. Tho deceased
was aged tivo years, seven months and
27 days. The funeral will be held at 4
o'clock this afternoon from the family
1 residence in Grove's court. Interment
\ in Odd Fellow's oemetery.
School Room Fumigated.
' The senior secondary school of the
flist ward was closed for fumigation
yesterday, owing to the development
;of a case of scarlet fever among the
pupils. The school will re-open this
moruiug.
Woman Stops Prize Fight,
One determined Venango county wo
man put a stop to a prize fight that
; was about to bo pulled off in a bvn,
some tan miles from Oil Oity, at au
| early hour the other morning. She
i ordered the tighteis and their backers
| to disperse, and they obeyed her.
Mrs. Faul Clapp ami sou Mailiu re
-1 turned yesterday after a month's visit
i with friends iu Williamsport.
i Mrs. Emma Ashton and daughter
! Eleanor, of Wilkes-Barre, are visiting
Mr. and Mis. Alex Ashton. Cooper
| street.
Tamaqua is soon to have a brand
I new reservoir costing about §?fi,ooo.
Reading authorities have prohibited
i roller skating on the public highways.
ESTABLISHED IN 185 c
DECORATIONS 1
ODD FEW DA)
The store windows, with their dis
play of stars aud stripes, aloug with
the headquarters of the two decorating
firms, where every inch of space is
covered with flags aud bunting, begin
to impart to the town quite a patriotic
appearauce and indicate that in point
of decorations Danville will nave an
opportunity to do itself proud on the
Odd Fellows' anniversary.
Not only have contracts been award
ed for the decorating of the court
house, the city hall aud the Elks'
builidug, but also for quite a number
of business places of town.
The work of decorating buildings
will begin tomorrow, although it is
not likely that niuoh will be done at
the work until next week. April of
late years as relates to the weather bus
proven somewhat tickle and is likely
to produce cyolonic winds. For inst
ance decorations, no matter how well
fastened, would have been torn loose
in such winds as prevailed Tuesday to
say nothing of the greater blow that
occurred last week.
To reduce the risk to a minimum the
decorators will postpone hanging the
flags aud bunting as long as possible,
preferring workiui? overtime toward
the close to beginning too early and
being obliged to repair damages
wrought.
Owners of property and tenants who
propose to do the work of decorating,
themselves, will find a magnificent
supply of flags, bunting. &c., on hand
at the stores.
With snoh au evidence of publio
spirit it is hardly necessary to urge
that our citizens without exception
should give math attention to decora
tion- on the occasion of the Odd Fel
lows' anniversary. Every dwelling
should display the stus and stripes.
Unless the town is fittingly decorated,
no matter what else is done to contri
bute to the success something will be
lacking aud there is much danger that
the visitors will receive a bad impres
sion.
THE WILD MAN
OP DANVILLE
;
The famous wild man discovered by
Heber L. DoWitt last Sunday promises
to become an appurtenance of Dan
ville, notwithstanding the fact that
the stamping ground of the wild fel
low is some thirty-flv ■ miles distant.
The above will ce made quite clear
when it is explained thnt the wild
man is already impropriated by the
base hall editors and what they w 11
not do with hi i i-> • conjecture.
No less a resoui > ful b»-a ball scribe
than James C. Is.iminger yesterday ex
ploited the "wiltl man"in his North
American stor\ on the "Mistakes ef
Mackmen. " Said Ie :
"Mack was a st .nil-patter after the
romp of the day before, but Manager
Lake of Boston recast his pilgrims.
Danzig, a willowy chap, who is built
on the lines of the famous wild man
of Danville, Pa.. covered first iu place
'■ of .Take Garland Stahl, who hurt his
foot getting to the dining room of the
Majestic."
FISHERMEN
TARRY AT HOME
The rain yesterday will be a| t to
j make the opening day of trout fishing
a failure. Several parties, however,
undismayed by weather conditions and
willing to trust to luck left for the
mountains last evening. Others, how
ever. who were to hava gone, iu view
of the rain and the flooded strea ■at,
decided not to venture forth, but will
i postpone their trip until more favor
able weather prevails.
It seemed to be the consensus of op
inicu among fishermen last evening
that, under the circumstances, fishing
for trout except with bait has been
i roiu6d for today. Where the streams
are muddy and full of water the trout
will not rise to ally. Neither are such
conditions favorable to much success
iu bait fishing.
HEN'S REMARKABLE
ACHIEVEMENT
Ono of the hens belonging to Mrs
1 William Childs, Water street,last week
laid an egg, which was a curiosity. In
loug ciicumfertjuce it- measured nine
inches ; in short circumference, seven
! inches.
Its size, however, constituted its
smallest claim to distinction. Aft®r
keeping the egg for several days Mrs.
! Childs on Tuesday broke the shell,
when to her surprise she found on the
inside another egg well developed with
a hard shell. The enclosed egg was as
I large as an ordinary egg, the spaoe be
tween it and the outer shell being fill
ed with the natural contents, the yolk
and white of the egg.