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VOL. ,05—NO 18
DK. IRVING H. JENNINGS,
Office Hour»
A. i/. to 1- V. lOi Mill St.,
I'. M.to iP. M. Danville, Pa,
SIIVLTZ, n.
425 Ml i.i. ST., DANVIM.K, PA.
. Hseuses of the. Stomach and Intestines
a Specialty
HEMS CONDENSED.
The graduating class of the Ports
town high school this year will num
ber 55, the largest in the history of
the school.
Vandals ruined the gasoline lauuch
of Ssnator Oscar E Thompson, of
Phoenixville, while it WHS in tne re
pair shop.
The Lutherans of Montgomery coun
try contributed 83!'2 toward the sup
port of the Norristowu hospital dur
ing the last month aud the Friends
$260.
Spying a large rat peeping out of its
hole, Mrs Howard Kiliiau, of Sey
fert, grasped her husband's double
barreled shotgun and killed the rod
ent.
Arrangements are being made for a
reunion of graduates and former stud
euts of Crozier Theological seminary,
Chester, to be held during commence
ment week, next June.
A dispatch from Stroudsburg notes
tbe fact that a deer crossing the tracks
of the Susquehanna railroad, near the
Delaware Water Gap, was strock by a
fast train aud fatally injured.
Herbert Reed and John Quiun, two
14 year old residents of Chester, en
gaged iu a qurarel, when Reed pulled
a revolver from his pocket aud fired,
tin- ball entering Ouinu's leg near the
thigh.
Because the Tarentum high school
base ball team playei against a nine
representing the Indiana State Norm
al school, against the wishes of the
Tarentum faculty, alt athletics have
beeu forbidden for the term.
Warring factions of the First Bap
tist ehcr.'h of Monongahela who ap
peared iu court at Washington were
advised by Judge Mcllvaine, who re
served his decision, to read their
chnich covenant again aud to nbide
by it.
The Chester board of trade will co
operate with the civic section of the
Xew Century clcb, of that place, in an
effort to have the city thoroughly
cleaned, aud school children are being
enlisted in the movement to make it a
renovated town.
Having been an active member in
the tire companies of Waynesboro for
nearly sixty years, Daniel Johnson
claims the distinction of being the
oldest fireman in Franklin conntv.
This month he celebrates iiis fifty
seventh anniversary as a fire fighter.
While working in his barn near
Franklin daring the progress of u
storm, Frank Elder, aged 85, was kill
ed by lightning.
Kev. Dr. John Watchorn, of Lan
caster, has been chosen religious di
rector of the Landisville camp meet
ing, which will open Jnly 22.
Pennsylvania Retail Jewelers' as
sociation meets in Harrisbnrg, in the
hoard of trade rooms. June 8 and 4.
The association has shown great de
velopment in the past few years.
Mrs. Barbara Hester, who died in
Maytown at the age of !K) years, is
survived by four children, twenty
three grandchildren, thirty-six great
grandchildren and two great-great
grandchildren.
Preparations are being perfected for
a great legal battle in the case of
James H. Boyle, charged with the
abduction of Willie Whitla, of Shar
on, when the trial begins next Wed
nesday at Mercer.
The cigar factory of J. Frank Sneer
inger, of Hanover, York county, was
burned Friday night, entailing a loss
of about $15,000. There were about
20,000 stamped cigars in the building
ready for shipmeut.
The old Baron Steigel oflice.in Man
heim,erected more than 150 years ago,
has been razed. Under the flour, which
had many cracks and holes, numerous
old coins were found, one of them a
farthing of 1740.
Governor Stuart lias signed the bill
introduced by Representative George
K. Alter, of Allegheny county.requir
ing the establishment and mainten
ance in counties having from 750,000
to 1,200,000 inhabitants a school for
the care, maintenance and instruction
of male children under the jurisdiction
of the juvenile courts.
Former Deputy Sheriff Grant M,
Koous is still suffering from the ef
fects of a burn while fighting the fire
at the Bovertown opera house,sustain
ed January 18,1!.'08. A spark lodged in
Mr. Koon's right eye, inflicting a
blister which subsequently developed
into nn nloer. The optic has failed to
legend to treatment.
FIMtE
HUH DENIS
' i
Grip still lingers with us although
when it comes to infectious and mal
ignant diseases onr district would
seem to enjoy au immunity. The local
registrar's report for April BIIOWS a
clean bill of health as relates to both
pneumonia and typhoid fever.
On the whole the physicians arc hav
ing au easy time of it considering the
season of the year. The grip prevail
ing is mostly of a bronchial form.
Like every other form of grip it is
i distressing enough to the pat ient, but
thus far,with good treatment,all have
! pulled through.
Iu the large district represented by
Dr. Shultz as local registrar and com
prising Danville borough and Mahou
ing. Cooper. Mayberry, Valley, Liber
ty and West Hemlock townships only
one case of diphtheria and one scarlet
fever were reported during the mouth.
There were seven cases of measles aud
three cases of chickenpox reported.
; One case of erysipelas is on the list.
The death rate, which last month
was high, has again falleu to normal.
: In the above described district sixteen
deaths were reported during the month.
Five of these occurred at the hospital
for tbe insane. In March thirty four
deaths were reported. In February
there were tweuty deaths; iu January
twenty-one and in December seven
teen. The number of births reported
i in March was twenty-four.
REPORT FOR COUNTY.
The division of medical inspection
covers the entire county outside of the
two boroughs, Danville and W'ashiug
tonvillo. The report of Dr. G. A.
| Stock as county medic*! inspector for
the mouth of April shows that over
this wide section there were only two
cases of scarlet fever auil three of diph
theria. ono cf whooping cough aud
five of measles. There was oue case
of typhoid fever reported ; one of ery
sipelas aud two of pulmonary tuber
culosis
RESPONSES
con ING IN
The Six-County "Fireman's conven
tion, which will be held iu Danville
ou Bth, llth aud 10th of June, is be- ;
ginning to engross public attention. j
That it will turn out to be the import- I
aut and monstrous event that the fire
men have anticipated there would i
i seem to be no doubt.
Responses are now coming in every
day to the invitations sent out during
March. Yesterday the corresponding
secretary, John G. Waite, received
word froui Hazleton to the effect that
the whole fire department of that town
with four bauds, will be present. Ac .
compauyiug tbe contingent from Haz
! leton will bo the fire department of
West Hazletou.
Ashland will be represented at the
convention by two fire companies ac
companied by a band. Oue of the Ash- I
land companies will contain 125 men.
| Pottsville and Parsons will each send
one company. Other towns will be
heard from during the next few days.
Now that all danger of a miners' strike
is averted the representation from the
coal region will no doubt be large.
Bloomsburg will bs represented at
) the convention by two fire companies,
I each with a band. Berwick will also
! be represented by two companies each
accompanied by a hand. One company
and a band will be present from Mil
ton. Snnbury will also be well rep
resented.
The firemeu realize that they will
have to hustle during the next few
weeks. It is hoped that all the support
will be accorded them that is asked
for to the end that the arrangements
and preparations may he made ou a
scale that is iu keeping with the
magnitude aud importance of the con
' ventiou.
Pleasant Surprl.se Party.
A pleasant surprise party was tender
jed Miss Ethel Foust at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Fonst,
West Market street, Tuesday evening.
Miss Foust was the recipient of a num
ber of gifts aud a fine time was en
joyed by all.
Those present were Frances Harpel,
Lucy Detweiler, Pauline Waite, Alice
Waite, Minnie Cohen, Grace Blocii,
Mildred Sidler,Grace Foust, Margaret
Foust,Elsie Bloch, Mabel Foust. Ethel
Foust: Jamas Patton, Hugh Harber,
Dan Bleoher, Lewis Williams, Harvey
.Tones, Paul Foster, James Bowyer.
Charles Fisher, Scott Gibson,Raymond
Foust, Ralph Byerly, John Dentsoh,
Philip Fouet, John McCoy, Edwin
Jones. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Miucamoy
; er, Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Edmondson,
Mr. and Mrs. C. Rishel, Miss Ida Ed
! mondson, Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Foust,
1 George Cohen, Harris Edmondson,
\ Walter Foust.
Doylestown business men are organ
izing a chamber of commerce,the pur
i pose being to secure manufacturing
plants for the borough.
DANVILLE PA., THURSDAY. MAY 6, 1909
10 UP I
IEISJIKI
Work on the new buildings at the
hospital for the insane has reached
practically its last stage. It will re
-1 quire a week or so longer to apply the
finishing strokes to the male infirmary,
bat all the other buildings are com
pleted.
The Foster & Glidden Engineering
company, which did all the plumbing,
steam fitting, ventilation and electric
al work in connection with the new
buildings, is now preparing t3 get 08
the ground. Monday workmen ware
employed in tearing down the build
ing temporarily erected by the com
pauy to house its machinery, &c.
The Foster-Gliddeu company has
boeu at Dauville for over ono year. It
is a very large concern, which does all
its own carpenter,blacksmith and oth
er work. It is further distinguished
by carrying with it a pipe cutting
machine, wliioh cuts pipe of any dim
ension up to eight inches. To house i
the latter machine, blacksmith forges. :
&c., a large building was erected in
the rear of the hospital.
J. G. Dickey as chief engineer, lias
been in charge of Foster & Glidden'a j
work in Danville. Frank Montreuil
an expert, representing Warren Web
ster & Co., patentees of the system in- i
stalled, as inspector, has also been on
the ground much of the time during
the year past. Hot.li of these young
men have made many friends during
their stay iu Danville, being highly
esteemed for their social aud other
good qualities.
Leaving Danville, the Foster-Glid
deu company will enter upou a big
hospital job at Binghamtoh, N. V. A
car load of equipment for Buffalo, N.
Y., where the home office is locat.d
T! e W arreu Webster system a.s m
sUllei will bs finally inspected by
Mr. Montreuill aud O. B. Sweitzer,
the latlor repre.euting tfie State, dur
ing the present week AS the next
meeting of the bjard of trustees it w 1.
u i hiulit be ■jtli 'ially accepted.
Work on the sewage disposal plant
is nol progressing very rapidly owiug
11 the unfavorable weather cf the last
couple of weeks. A great deal of con
crete work is already doue. A portion
of this includes a large sprinkling tilt- |
er bed one hundred feet square. Twen- :
ty-tiva men are employed,all but thiee
being residents of Danvilte. With four
exceptions all are Americans.
Walter D. Gernet, the superintend
ing engineer, aud A. D. Fatten fore
man,are found daily on the job. Aloug
with E. D. Harshbarger, the contract
or, they will be residents of Danville
for some months to come.
Our townspeople, who have sewage
disposal more or less remotely in view
for themselves, will be gratified to
learu that the system being installed
at the hospital is a demonstrated suc
cess. Snch a thing as failure is impos
sible, if the system be designed on a
scale to conform with the size and re
quirements of the institution or town
—if it be properly constructed and
kept in good running order. Our read
ers will also be glad to learn that the
system being installed at the hospital
embraces every possible outlet from
the buildings and will eventually take
in the small stream flowing down
along the west side of the grounds,
which it is alleged, is the source of
pollution in the abandoned canal.
All about the new structures lie piles
of earth excavated in building aloug
with heaps of stone, brick and other
material left over, which give things
au untidy appearance and detract some
what from the general effect. The pati
ents are daily employed iu cleaning
up outside the buildings and seem to
take great interest in the work. That
they have a lengthy job ahead of them,
which will not be finished until some
months later, is quite evident.
The work of filling up the canal,the
contract for which is held hv George
Hock well of Snnbury, has also reached
its Inst stage. The long sectiou be
tween the culvert at the hospital en
trance and the gas house is practically
finished. Where completely leveled
over one hardly recognizes the spot
For a lifetime the eye has been ac
customed to the old canal but not a
trace of it now remains. Nowhere else
along its course has the old waterway
been filled up in this manner.
The soil scooped out of the bottom
of the canal has all been replaced by
the steam dredge with the exception
of what lies on a small section near
the western end of the hospital ground.
: As dumped by the bucket on the fill
ing of cinder it lies in kuolls and
I ridges. To lovel these down plows
and scrapers are employed. Monday
one plow with two horses aud three
scrapers, each drawn by one horse,
| were in service on the canal.
Korty Hours' Devotion.
j Forty honrs' devotion will begin at
J St. Hubert's Catholic church at 7:80
Sunday morning. It will close Tues
day evening.
j The weather will soou be "hot
I enough for you." •
DEATH OF CiPI.
JJL 111
Captaiu John A. Winner, a former
resident and father of our townsman,
John S. Winner, died at his home,
Sechlerville, Wisconsin, on April 23rd
aud was buried at that place on the
Sunday following.
Captian Winuer was born at Buck
horn, Columbia county, on November
16, 1834. Prior to 1880 he lived in Dan
ville. He was a shoemaker by'occupa
tiou and occupied a-shep iuoue of the
company houses opposite the Structur
al Tubing Company's office ou East
Market street. He was a man of abil
ity and friendly in all his relations
with his fellowuien. As a veteran of
the civil war, he had au enviable rec
ord and was very popular with mem
bers of the G. A. R. and others.
The deceased was married on Jan
nary 1. 1857, to Miss Margaret Mc-
Bride, who died in October, 11)05. He
is survived by three sous, .lames S.,of
Sechlerville; Grant of Black River
Falls, Wis. ; John S. of this city; and
three daughters, Mrs. F. J. H. Stolts,
Mrs. George Laing and Mrs, L. A
Sly, of Sechlerville. He is also sur
vived by twenty-three grand childeru.
Mr. Winner was a man of very rob
ust health until about a year ago,
when he became ill of dropsy. For
several months he suffered severely
and was very feeble
In 1880 Mr. Winner, with his fam
ily, removed to Jacksou county. Wis.
For several years he was in the em
ploy of J. R. Sechler, a 112 irmer resi
dent of Danville, who early in life re
moved to Wiscousin and became found -
er of Sechlerville. Later Captain Win
ner purchased a small farm where he
made his home until tbe death of his
wife.
The deceased enlisted in company C
Fourteenth Pennsylvania volunteers,
on April 27. 1861, upou Lincoln's first
call for volunteers. He served the
throe months under the call, aud then
immediately re-enlisted in company
F, of the same regiment, for three
years On November 28th, 1862, he was
made captain of his company and serv
ed as sach untjl the end of his period
of enlistment. When his term expired,
he again enlisted,serving an addition
al 100 days, and finally was mustered
out at Harrisbnrg, Pa., on November
sth, 1864, after more than three years
and six months in the faithful service
of I-.is country.
WHITE HORSE WINS
FROM Y. M. C. A.
The White Horse and Y, M. O. A.
base ball teams yesterday opened thefr
seasons with a game on the new grounds
which resulted in a victory for the
White Horse by a score of 12 to 7. No
admissiou was charged so there was a
good sized crowd present.
The game afforded few sensational
moments. The home ran of Woolridge
in the seventh was the feature of the
game. It was the longest hit that has
been made on the uew grounds. The
ball sailed wall over the oenter field
fence aud striking tbe ground on the
far side of the creek rolled np onto
the railroad tracks.
Y. M. O. A.
R. H. O. A. E.
Burke. 2b 0 2 3 8 0
Ease, o 1 I 5 1 0
Woolridge, sa 11 0 0 0
Snyder, If 1 2 3 1 2
McCloud, 3b 2 1 8 2 1
Edmondson, cf 11 0 0 0
Price, lb. I 0 6 0 1
McElrath, rf 0 10 0 0
Ammorman, p 0 12 8 0
7 10 27 10 6
WHITE HORSE.
R. H. O. A. E.
Henner, If ...2 3 2 0 0
Kler, sa 11 3 2 0
M. Law, lb 11 8 0 0
E. Buck, o. O 1 8 1 0
Barrett, rf 2 1 0 0 1
McCormiok, p... 3 0 1 3 1
B. Bookmiller, 3b .1 12 2 1
Deen, 2b 1 4 1 3 1
W. Bookmiller, cf .1 0 2 0 0
12 12 27 11 4
Struck out by Ammeruiau 4, by Mc-
Cormick o. First base on called halls
off Ammerman off McCormick 1.
Jonas Buckwalter, a progressive
farmer living in Montgomery county,
has installed a gasoline engiue, which
he is making serve the fivefold pur
pose of running the water pump,
clothes washer, bottle washer, bone
grinder and meat cutter.
The Bellevue Methodist Episcopal
i church, Pittsburg, celebrated the cen
tennial of its organization last Sunday
by raising S6OO a minute for thirty
i minutes,or SIB,OOO at the morning ser
vice, to pay its debt. An additional
$2,000 was raised in the evening.
Two children of Howard Batchelder
of Norristown, supposed to have been
| lost, were found in Montgomery ceme-
I trey, from home, pioking wild
' flowers.
DEATH US
k mm
Mrs. Harriet Richart Wallize. oue
of the oldest residents of this city, '
died at the family homestead, East
Centre street, at II o'clock Tuesday
morning after a long and painful ill
ness.
The deceased was the widow of
Michael Wallize, who departed this
life in IHO6. She was the daughter of
Robert Richart aud was boru near
Jerseytown within the proseut limits
of Montour county iu what was at that
time Columbia county. She was aged
88 years, 4 months aud 17 days.
Mrs. Wallize was iu good health up
to about last Jantiarv a year ago, when
sho sustained a bad fall from which
she never recovered. Her suffering at
times was most intense.
The deceased was tho last surviving
charter member of the Grove Presby
teriau church, organized fifty-four
years ago. Her husband, Michael Wal
lize, was also a charter member of the
Grove church aud at the time of his
death was the only surviving member
with the exception of his wife.
Mrs. Wallize was a consistent Christ
ian. She was a benevolent woman,
of cheerful disposition and, although
she had positive opinions of her own,
was ever respectful of tbe rights and
opinions of others. She was well in
formed on all subjects and took a keen
interest in affairs of daily life—an in
terest which she did not lose even iu
the midst of her sufferings in the last
days of her life. She loved the yonng
and was especially interested in the
things that concerned them and affect
ed their welfare, whether in spiritual
or temporal matters.
Mrs Wallize is survived by one
daughter. Mrs. I A. Persiop, and one
son. John H. Wallize, both of this
city. Oue brother, John Richart, of
Florida, also survives.
The fnneral will be held at the
homestead Thursday afternoou at 2 80
o'clock and will he public. The fnter
ment(private i will take place in I'air
view cemetery.
ONLY 202 DOGS
ARE ASSESSED
Two hundred and two dog> have been
assessed in Danville this spring. Fs
pecial iuterest attaches to this report
in view of the wholesale slaughter of
dogs that took place during last sum
mer due to the hydrophobia s; are. It
will be recalled that at least one. hun
dred dogs were killed either at the in
stance of their owners or because thev
were ruuniug at without being
properly muzzled iu violation of the
quarantine.
How many dogs escaped the assessors
is not known at this time, but assum
ing that the assessors were careful and
thorough In their work, then one year
ago there were something like three
hundred dogs in Danville, one-third
of which during the six mouths fol
lowing were killed.
Under the law persons are obliged
to pay tax on dogs "owued or harbor
ed."
Iu the first ward of Danville seventy
eight dogs are assessed. Twenty-nine
of tnese belong to owners of premises;
forty-two to tenants and seven to
single persons.
In the second ward there are fifty
nine dogs according to the assessors
books. Seventeen belong to owners of
premises; thirty-six to tenants aud six
to single persons.
In the third ward the assessor fonnd
forty-six dogs; twenty belong to own
ers of premises; twenty-four to ten
ants aad two to single persons.
iu the fourth ward nineteen dogs are
assessed; five belong to owners of pre
mises; twelve to tenants and two to
single persons.
ROYAL. ARCANUM
STATE CONVENTION
Local members of the Royal Ar
caunai are interested in the plans for
the fourteenth bienuial State conven
tion of the order, which will be held
in Philadelphia ou May 12 and 13
The Hotel Walton will be the heart
quarters of the officers and the Grand
Council of the order, and the sessions
will be held in the Academy of Music.
W. H. Drnckeniuiller, of Snnbury, is
Grand Chaplain.
Over 300 delegates are expeoted to
attend, representing over 30,000 mem
bers of the order and councils iu all
parts of the State.
Former Residents.
Mrs. Montgomery Hunt and son,
Robert Hunt,of Decatur,lllinois.spent
last evening at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. John H. Hunt, West Mahoning
street. Both are former residents of
Danville. This is the first time that
Mrs. Hunt has visited her former home
in thirty-five years, and Mr. Hunt has
been in Danville ou but one occasion
during that time.
■ PASS
THKH lOWIfj
That a large proportion of oar citi
zens feel a keen Interest in automobil
ing in general and trie long'endurauce
rnn being made tinder the auspices of
the Harrisburg Motor Club in partiou
lar was well demonstrated by the large
and eager crowd that for several hours
yesterday stood at the intersection of
Mill and Bloom streets waiting for the
contesting cars to pass through Dan
ville.
About noon a "press car" forming
the van of the long and scattered pro
cession reached town, stopping at the
City hotel for n short time. It was a
six cylinder E. R. Thomas car ami
contained five men. The car took in a
supply of gasoline at Will G. Brown's
and proceeded on its way toward
Wilkes-Farre. Oaring tha next hour
some four or five other press cars roll
ed through town. Some of these came
in over the State highwav, while oth
ers, which lefe the procession at Sun
bury, came up the river road.
About 1:30 p. m.the pilot car reach
ed town, making its way without any
loss of time up Bloom street in the
direction of Wilbes-Barre. At points
along the course confetti was thrown
out of the car to serve aB a guide for
* the automobiles making the endurance
run.
Real interest, however, centered in
the contesting ears, the first one ot
which made its appearance about 1
o'clock. During the next hour and a
quarter eight cars passed through
town. .With one exception—the car
which arrived shortly after :j o'clock
—all passed through town at a mod
erate rate of speed. The car forming
the exception came very near paying
dearly for its indiscretion.
Bv 'phone the waiting aud excited
crowd learned that the car had
left Washingtouville. Just twenty-two
minutes after leaving Washingtonville
the car came flying iu North Mill
street. Near the intersection of Center
street the unsuspecting autoists struck
the gutter with its accompanying
hump iu the paving,which came with
in au ace of throwing the men out aud
caused the driver to practically lose
i control of his oar, which without any
diminution of speed veered to the
rijiht barely escaping the curb iu front
of Murray's block. The car iu mak
ing the torn up Bloom street swung
out over the paving opposite Oleav
1 er's store, nearly running down a half
a dozen spectators. Before the driver
succeeded iu gaining control of the
car it got down into the gutter along
side the First National bank, escaping
the curb by less thau six Inches.
The whole affair was mo-! spectn:'n
lar. When the car win over the tinu>j>
in the paviug the meu bounced up
above the car at least two feet. The
big crowd yelled loudly and scampered
for cover, but, as before stated, sever
al persons came near being struck. The
i close call did not dampen the enthnsi
asm of the autuiuobilists, who dashed
up Bloom street at the same rapid rate
at which they entered the town.
Oue of the contesting cars ran out
iof gasoline and was obliged to stop
I short in front of the armory F. P.
Johnson came to the rescue with his
automobile making a rcoord rnn up to
Will O. Brown's for a supply of gas
( ollne. The car was delayed only a few
minutes.
The cars and men alike looked as if
! they had encountered bad roads. The
, machines were covered with mud,
while the men's clothing bore a thick
coat of the same substance.
For.r cars winding np the procession
! passed through town about 5 o'olock,
! making 12 in all that belonged to the
run.
; The piiot car broke down at the
1 Twin Hills above Grovania. It receiv
'ed assistance from the Moxie car of
this city and was enabled to proceed
on its way.
SENTENCED TO
YEAR IN JAIL
t Joseph Gulick, accused of chicken
I stealing and arrested by Ohiel Mince-
I moyer, was found gnilty in Northum
berland county court yesterday aud
sentenced to one year in the couuty
jail.
Joseph is an old offender ami scarce
ly an hour elapsed between the time
that his case went to the grand jury
and Judge Savidgo passed sentenoe.
Gulick pleaded not gnilty. hut the
evidence was conclusive to the jury
| and the twelve men agreed upon a ver
dict without leaving their seats. The
case occupied the last hour of the fore
| noon session.
I Mrs. KUen Critz, of Philadelphia,
79 years old. is dead because her daoght
' er gave her a dose of oil of cedar in
; mistake for aromatic spirits of am
| monia.
Even a rat has some excuse for liv-
I iug.
i It <s still true that he who gives his
1 life for a great cause finds it.
ESTABLISHED IN 1855
Oil II DOZEN
CANDIDATES
The fact that there are some half a
dozen candidates for nomination for
sheriff iu this county is considered
worthy of comment at present. Yet
nearly a hundred years this
self-same territory was,comparatively
speaking, a wilderness there was a
much larger number of candidates,not
for nomination but for the office of
sherifl voted for ut the general elec
tion.
A glauce over the of the
"Republican Press" printed in Dan
ville in the first quarter of the last
ceutury reveals some entertaining and
very unique facts relatiug to politics.
Iu 18l!t there were twelve candidates
for sheriff as follows : Henry Alward,
David Smith, John M'Quoin, Jacob
Rupert, Robert Duuiap, John Derr,
William Brower. John Underwood,
Peter Russell. William Mann, James
Montgomery and William Dale.
In 1822 the contest was'a |much hot
ter one. In that year there were four
teen candidates for the office of sheriff
among the aspirants being William
Brewer., who was defeated in 181'.).
Karly in the summer the candidates
began to announce themselves and
soon the greater part of one page of
the newspaper was filled. The an
nouncements took the form of regular
advertisements with lines of prominent
type interspersed to catch the eye of
the elector. The announcements varied
in size according to tlie means or lib
erality of the candidate.
Each announcement began with the
stereotyped line: "To the Independent
Electors of Columbia county," im
mediately following which came the
announcement. A few o? the candid
ates where modest, but the majority
did not scruple "to blow their own
horns." Of the latter class the an
nouncement of William Kitchen may
ba taken as a sample. Mr. Kitchen in
addressing the voters says:"l am not
a man of xaany words, 'but 1 believe
that it will he pretty generally admit
ted by those who kuow me that my
disposition is the reverse of harshness
aud intemperauce. Should you think
proper to elect me you will coufer on
me a lasting obligation, whose biggest
aim it shall he to benefit my fellow
citizens as a return for their kindness
and benefit to me.''
William was not eleoted.
Besides Mr. Kit-hen other candid
ates in the field were Isaac Bear,
Samuel Webb, Jacob Dyer, Hezekiah
Boone, Andrew Reynolds, Josiah Mc-
Clure, Uzal Hopkins,William Brewer.
Alex Aiken, David Fausey, William
Carothers, William Colt aud James
Woodsiiie. The two latter, it seems
dropped out before the election. The
other twelve candidates were voted
for. An ire v Revnolds was elected, re
ceiving 1018 votes. Hezekiah Booue
received only 72 votes and was the
lowest.
It is true that the territory embrac
ed at that time took iu both Montour
and Colombia county, but allowance
must be made for the fact that the en
tire territory was very sparsely settled
at that remote day.
PERSONALS
Mrs. William D. Wintersteen and
Mrs. Howard P. Lingo went to Jersey
town on Tuesday to attend the gradua
tion exercises of the high school
there, the former's sister. Miss Myrtle
Mordau, being one of the graduates
and an honor student.
Mrs. W. Fred Jacobs and Ensign
Randall Jacobs speut yesterday with
Dr. Robert M. Jacobs at Wilbes-Barre.
Mrs. James Fox, Sidler Hill, left
yesterday for a visit with relatives in
Shamok In.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Pollock, River
side, spent yesterday with friends in
Sunbury.
Benjamin Rosensteiu transacted
' business in Sunbury yesterday.
Miss Klsie Fetterman, of Riverside,
left last eveuiug for a visit with rela
tives at Roaring Creek.
Charles Grimm, of Lewisbnrg,arriv
ed last eveuiug for a visit with Wil
liam Hendricks, Riverside.
Miss May Lewis left yesterday for
' Shenandoah where she will visit
friends and relatives.
(jets Carnegie rtedal.
The Carnegie Hero Commission Bit
ting at Pittsburg has awarded to John
C. Schnreman, of West Pittston, a
bronze medal and $?, 150 to liquidate
his indebtedness. On March 24, 1907,
| Schnremau rescued Karl A. Kellar,
, aged 11, who had grasped a live wire.
! The bov was saved, but Schcreman
' came in contact with another wire
i and was permanently injured.
At a wedding reception in one of the
eastern counties "muskrat'' was the
I principal dish.