VOL. 55—NO 20
DK. IRVING 11. JENNINGS,
OJtice Jlourn
A. J/, to 12 .!/• 10 -i Mill
P. Jl. to i P. M. Danville , Pa.
425 MILL ST., DANVILLE, PA.
t iiseasea of the Stomach anil Intestines
a Specialty
ITEMS CONDENSED.
North York is scattering oil on its
streets because it allays the dust bet- ,
ter than water ami does not cost any
more.
Banning in front of a trolley car in
front of his home in Philadelphia, 2-
year-old Samuel Ackeruaan waK de
capitated in the presence of his moth
er.
The fifth annual reunion of the Im
proved Order of Red Meu of the couu
ties of Armstrong, Cameron, Clear
field, Elk, Forest, Jefferson and Mc-
Keau will be held at Kittanuing ou
Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.
t Carl Burkholder, a 12-year-old office
toy employed by Dr. Alfred Weiss of
Lebanon,while playing with the slack
rope of a porch awning at the Weiss
home, placed the rope about Ills neck
and was fouud dead two hours later,
haviug been strangled.
Gyrus W. Klopp, living on a large
farm near Scull Hill, Berks county,
lias entertained more visitors iu a year
than any other farmer in Perks. From
May 1, 1908 to May 1, 1909, he has fed
1,293 people who visited him besides
furnishing meals to 500 tramps.
Tnnkhannock will annex a portion
of the township of the same came,add
several hundred to its population and
gain abundant room for future growth
An equity suit to prevent the propos
er! annexation has been dismissed.
Farmers in West Franklin and Wash
ington townships, Adams county, have
lost many valuable horso recently by
a disease that resembtes the old fash
ioned distemper or epizotic. The dis
ease is contagious to a nigh degree aud
affects all domestic animals.
Captain E. V. Breck, of Pittsburg,
one of the best known attorneys iu the
State, has interested himself iu the
case of Mrs. Ellen Boyle, sentenced to
serve twenty-five years in the western
penitentiary in connection with the
Whitla kidnapping, and will try to
bave the case reopened.
The mystery of the wild man in the
regions of North Strabaue township,
Washington county, has been cleared, j
The man with the long and woolly !
whiskers aud hair, who terrorized tho
good people of that township with his
supernatural strength, continuous run
ning and jumping has been caught.
He is Joe Palanta, a demented Ans- I
trian.
Mrs. William B. Scott, a bride of
two days,has been arrested at Erie aud
lodged in jail on the charge of bigamy.
It is alleged that when 17 years old j
she married Jerome Custard, in Mead- |
ville. The woman says she was ouly 1
13 when she married Custard and that
the marriage was not legal.
Arrested for displaying and wearing
a button of the United Mine Workers
of America, John Fry, a non-union
man of Mahanoy City, was held in
bail for court on the charge of false
pretense.
Two robbers gave battle with pistols
to a posse of New Castle residents,one
of whom they seriously wounded.
They were surrounded and after hold
ing the posse at bay for an hour gave
themselves up.
Falling sixty feet into the Hazel
Miner's stripping, Morris Kerst, 12
years old, of Hazleton, escaped with a
broken arm and a contused leg. A cow
which fell at the same spot reoently
was instantly killed.
The Bending Coal and Iron company
has struck Bevon valuable veins at
their Otto colliery No. 2 at Branchdale
which expose coal for the miners'
picks worth $10,000,000, the mining of
which will take fifty yearc.
While bathing with companions in
Ten-Mile Creek at Marianna, Wash
ington county, John Barney, 11 year
old son of Frank Barney,a miner, was
drowned. He was taken from the wat
er a few he sank, but a
half-hour's work failed to revive him.
Tlie brass end of a shoe lace tucked
In his shoe, worked its way into the
flesh of Joseph Lake, of Pottsville and
gave him blood poisoning. Tho foot
has been amputated iu an effort to
sive his life.
Robert MoFarland, who disappeared
from his home near Allentowu fifteen
years ago and had been legally declar
ed dead, walked into his mother's
honse to lind his wife wed.
While going to see his parentß,David
Powell, 45 years old,of Lancaster, was
struck by a train near Perinea and in
• tantly killed.
T* bvotv irun what he deserver
»1 the jails WonK', he overcrowded.
Mmdmt j|||%
TWO BIS M
LEfll IIM
Results in Susquehanna League.
Danville, 8; Nauticoke. 1.
Bloomßburg, 3; Nescopeck, 8.
Berwick, 4 ; Benton, 10.
Alden, 1; Shickshinnv, 11.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
W. L. P. C.
Danville 2 0 1.000
Shickshiuny -Jo l.oOOj
Bloomsburg .. 11 ..->OO
Nanticoke j ] .500 |
Nescopeck 11 [gpo I
teuton 11 .goo
Berwick 0 -J .000 I
Alden 0 2 .000 j
Dmville's joy-inducing performance
ol' Saturday at Nauticoke and the j
downfall of Bloomsburg at Nescopeck,
leave but two teams—the local Browns
and Shickshiuny—in the Susquehanna
loague with clean slates—the two lat
ter now beiujj tied for first place in
the league
If the opening games of the season j
can taken as a criterion of the kind
of ball the teams of the league will !
play throughout the summer,the local
tossers eeein to have as good prospects
of wrapping themselves in the rag
next fall as anybody.
The names scheduled for next Sat
urday are: Nescopeck at Danville,
Shickshmny at Alden, Benton at Ber
wick, Nanticoke at Bloomsburg. Dan
ville is not scheduled to play Shiok- j
shinny this.month, and the schedule '
for May is all that had been arranged
thus far.
Once again our own Honey has prov-
Bd himself a pitching marvel, and this
time to the dismay of Mauager Hess'
redoubtable Nauticoke aggregation,
which went- down to an easy defeat be
fore Danville before a big crowd at
the new Nantioke grounds on Satur
day afternoon by the score of 8 to 1.
McOloud's fine work of Saturday did
not consist this time in fanning a long
list of the opposition nor in putting
up a no hit game, but in his fine all
around generalship of doing the right
tiling just at the right time. For in
itanoe iu the fifth after he had filled
:he bases by hitting one man and pass
ing another, and the horde of Nauti- !
:okerß were on their feet, yelling and
loing everything that would be cal
julated to disconcert a pitcher, Honey
?oolly retired the side with two strike j
Juts. At several other times during
t''6 game he did the same trick iu neat
form.
McOloud's support was of a high ;
jrder. The fielding honors go to Cov
»leski and Mackert both of whom ac
cepted a number of hard chances.
Brown's pretty assist to second of a
iard grounder, catching his man, was
>ue cf the prettiest bits of work in the
,'anie. All throughout the gama the
slaying of the Browns was replete
ivith such applause getters.
The battiug honors of the game are
)retty evenly divided, all of the Dan j
rille boys consistently clouting Wynne, 1
tfauticoke's star Wilkes-Barre twirler. i
\nd what is better yet the leather re- !
jeived its worst pounding just when
the hits would bring in the tallies.
In the third inning Tom Hirleman 1
bad the misfortune to smash a finger
while attempting to sacrifice and was '
compelled to retire from the game. !
A rii menu an caught the remainder of
the game in good style, as his record I
in the box score will show
Danville encountered Its worst luck j
)f the game during the first two in
aings. Both innings ended in double !
?Uys leaving men 011 bases, when it
ooked like sure scores.
Iu the third Danville bunched anas- j
sortment of hits and combined with a
Tew errors trotted three men over the j
plate. Sachler, first np, selected a
pretty single; Ammeriuan was pre
sented with a base on errors; Me-
Cloud s pretty single soored Sechier
and Logan's nit drive between left
and center l,;r tvvo bags scored Am
merman and McOloud. Brown and
Olayberger were retired
Iu the fourth Nanticoke got its lone
some run. MoEhleaney got to first on
a hit, Brauuon and Lerh were easy
outs before Shetnanski and Kutz both
surprised themselves with singles,scor
ing MoEhleauey. Metcalf struck out.
Danville tallied again iu the seventh.
With one down, Sechier made a long
drive into deep center for 2 bases-
Air.merman's sacrifice advanced Sech
ier to third and he scored on Mc-
Oloud's single before Logan went out.
Danville made the victory doubly
sure iu the eighth Olayberger, Oni
lauf anil Mackert each touched Wynne
for a single, filling the bases. Oov
aleski then skied to Brannon, but the
sacrifice was loug enough to allow
Olayberger to score. Seohlor's hot
drive to third was fumbled by Sha
manskl and he reached first and Om
lauf scored. Ammerman was an out,
but advanced the runners eaoh a base,
and both scored on McOloud's single,
before Logan wag retired.
DANVILLE.
R H. O. A. E.
HOSPITAL'S
fPIPIII
Governor Stuart on Saturday added
his signature to the bill appropriating
8158,783.00 to the Danville hospital for
the insane, the full amount contained
in the measure as adopted by both
senate and house at the recent session
of tiie legislature. The fact that the
governor signed the Danville appro
priation bill without auy reductions
is particularly notable in view of the
wholesale pruning to which the whole
batch of appropriation bills v.ere sub
mitted.
The bill for the Danville Institution
as originally introduced in the house
by Representative li. Scott Amnier
nian provided for an amount of $l2B, -
78.'!. This was amended iu the senate
and raised to $158,783, the additional
$30,000 being for the "Purchasing of
additional real estate consisting of
about one hundred and seventy-five
acres of land contiguous to that now
owned bv the Commonwealth."
ITEMS PROVIDED FOR
IN THE BILL.
The items that are provided for in
the bill are: An additional etory to
the male infirmary, $20,000; renovat
ing the heating in the old building,
SSO 000; erecting and completing a
buildiug for the male enipolves, $lO,-
000; for erecting and completing a cow
shed, $3,000; for a coal sidiug.s2,soo;
for providing additional means for the
disposal of sewage,s2s,ooo; for fire in
surance, $10,000; for extending and
changing course of natural stream up
ou the gronuds, $7,000.
$1,000,000 3PENT IN SIX YEARS.
The present appropriation will make
the hospital grounds a centre of con
structive energy for several years, as
it has been for a number of years past.
The tnonev secured to the institution
in this bill will now eualde the di
rectors to put the finishing touches or.
a nambfr of improvements aud in a
way to oomplete the work already be
gun.
There are few people who have an
idea of the vast amounts that are be
ing expended at the local institution.
Iu the past six years and including the
present, the grand total of the legisla
ture's appropriations to the hospital
foot up to nearly a million of dollars,
a very large proportion of which has
been directed into sources that would
benefit tiie people of Danville and vic
inity.
Since and including the session of
1903 the amounts appropriated to the
hoppitai have been : 1903, $131,31X1;
1905, $204,200; 1907, $429,300; 1909,
$158,783 aud a deefiiency item of $lO,-
000, making a total of $923,383.
In this connection is it but just to
say that a large share of the credit for
this great servico to the institution
and the town is due to Montour's rep
resetative in the legislature, R. Scott
Amuierman, whose work as solicitor
for the board of directors of the hos
pital and untiring labor on the floor
of the house in fighting the bills
through the legislature have been re
sponsible or the State's tardy recongi
tion of the needs of the local institu
tion.
TOOK BRIDE
AT SHARON
A wedding occurred at Sharon last
week in which a large number of Dan
ville people will he interested, when
Harry Still well, eon of Mrs Edward
Still well, outil a few years ago resi
dents of this city, was wedded to M-ss
Oarrio Taylor,
The wedding was a prettv home af
fair, the ceremony being performed at
the residence of the biide's mother at
8 o'clock Saturday evening by Rev. L.
K. Peacock, pastor of the United Pres
byterian church, of Sharon. Mr. and
Mrs. Still well will reside with the
groom's mother at 112l 2 ' West State
street, Sharon.
Logan, ss 0 2 11 0
Rrown, rf .0 0 2 1 0
Olayberger, If 1 li o 0
Oinlauf, 3b 1 2 3 11
Mackert, 2b 0 1 3 3 0
Covaleeki, cf.. 11 3 o o
Sechler, lb.. .3 2 7 0 0
Hirleman, c 0 0 1 0 0
Arnmerman, c 1 0 7 1 0
McCloud, p 1 2 0 2 0
Totals 8 11 27 9 I
NANTICOKE.
R. 11. O. A. E.
Healey, PS O O 1 4 1
McEhleaney, If 11 a 1 0
Hrannon, o 0 1 3 1 0
Leiir, rt 0 0 1 o 1
Shstnauski, 3b 0 2 1 o 1
Kutz, cf 0 a a 0 0
Metcalf, lb .. .0 0 12 0 0
Sheep, 2b .0 0 1 5 1
Wynne, p... 0 0 1 4 0
Totals 1 7 24 15 4
Danville 00300014 x
Nautlcoke 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 O
Earned runs Danville 3. Two base
hits Logan, Sechler. Stolen bases
Mackert. Double plays, Wyune nnd
Metcalf, Sheep aud Metcalf. Struck
out, by McOloud 5, by Wynne 3. First
base on called balls,off McCloud 3, off
Wynne 1. Time 1 hour, 20 minutes.
DANVILLE PA., THURSDAY. MAY 20, 1909
mm
MICE
Herewith is presented a foil descrip
tion of the sewaga disposal plant be
ing constructed at the hospital for the
insane at this place. The description
| will he perused with DO little interest,
as there is a great deal abont a sew
age disposal plant that is not uuder
i stood by the general public. Our read
| era will he glad to learn by what me
! thod sewage purification is accom
| plished.
, The object iu treating the sewage as
| described is of course to take out of
j the waste water the imparities which
I have been putin it. The removal of
I these impurities is accomplished in
: several ways, either by keeping the
: sewage iu a quiesceut Btate, in large
| tanks or vats, which allows much of
I the matter in suspension to settle iu
| the bottom,or collect on the top of tiie
water after which the clearei wuter
I may be drawn oft; or again the sew
age may be passed through a filter
soraething'like a water filter which
holds back the impnrites. Experience,
however, has shown that the most
practicable method is a combination
of settling and filtration and this is
the soheme adopted at the Danville
hospital.
Sewer systems in towns generally
provide for taking both storm water
and house drainage. This was the
scheme at the hospital and besides, the
sewers were so constructed that all the
sewage could not be taken to oue
point, which is necessary for a sewage
disposal purification plant. It became
necessary to coustruct a new system
of sanitary sewers which will dis
charge in a well near the barn. In
this well are set automatically con
rolled electrically operated sewage
pumps which will force the sewage for
a distance of 1800 feet to tfie now plant
in the fields above the farmer's house.
The pumps are set iu triplicate to
make actiou certain at all times, and
are so connected electrically that when
the sewage rises to a fixed height in
the well, an automatic switch will be
thrown in by means of a float and one
of the pump will start; and when the
well becomes empty, it will again
automatically stop.
After the Bewageiieaches the plant
it first passes through a screen cham
ber to take out coarse material, and
then it passes very slowly through
three large settling tanks each 85 feet
long, S feet deep and 16 feet wide. In
the tanks perhaps thirty per cent, of
the suspended matter settles out and
the clearer water flows onto the filt
er. Provision is made for cleaning the
settling tauks and drawing otf the
heavy matter or sludge on a sand filt
er.
The floor of the settling tanks is
higher than the top of the filter. The
area of the filter is a little less than
one quarter of anjaore; its dimensions
are length 115 feet, width 97 feet,
depth fi feet. The filtering material is
of pebbles from one to four inches in
size. Terra cotta 2pipe nnderdrains
are laid uuder material.
These draw the water from the body
of the filter to drainage channels on
the side. The water from the settling
tanks flows first into a tank holding
2000 gallons and as thidVank fills up,a
syphon set in it discharges the sewage
on the filter through 54 spraying noz
zles uuder a varying head of three and
oue half to five feet. With these noz
zles,the water is sprayed on top of the
filter bed, the operation being almost
exactly the same as if it were done by
and with an ordinary garden sprinkl
ing pot. This type of filter is known
as a "sprinkling" or "percolating"
filter The water after it falls on the
stones or pebbles slowly trickles down
through the body of the bed leaving
the impurities in the bed. Water from
this filter will not be quite clear and
it is passed a second time through a
settling tank and filtered a second time
through sand to remove all impurities,
or treated with a disinfectant to make
snre that every disease breeding germ
is killed.
This scheme of sewage treatment is
known as the bacterial or biological
system. It lias been developed within
the last 20 years, and the greatest ad
vance has been made within the past
ten or twelve years. The type of plant
under construction at. the hospital was
first used on an extensive scale in
Birmingham. Knglaud, where there
are about 80 acres of sprinkling filter
beds. Recently a few such plants have
been constructed in this country at
Columbus,Ohio,Washington and Read
ing, Pa. This type ef filter is also us
ed at Mount Alto Sanitarium and will
be constructed at the State hospitals
at Wernersville, Norri&town and Polk.
It should be borne in mind that a
plant of this kind meat be putin
charce of a competent and reliable
man whose sole duty iB to see that its
work is properly done, if uniformly
good results are to be expected. It has
to be watched just the same as a wat
er filter or as a piece of machinery.
V '
SUSPENDED
n I WEEK
A special meeting of the school
board was held Mouday for the pur
pose of taking action in a case of sus
pension affecting toor pupils of the
first ward schools. The directors pres
ent were: Pursel, Orth, Barber,Bnrns,
Swarts, Kedding, Lloyd, Fischer,
Sechler and Oole,
Of the four boys suspended three
were members of the high school.
Their oifen.se consisted of surrepti
tiously climbing up into the dome of
the first ward building Friday night
and hanging a dummy stuffed with
straw outside the cupola where Satur
day morning it WAS in full view from
the street.
Borough Superintendent Dieffen
bsoher after some difficulty discovered
the names of the boys who played the
prank. All four were peremptorily sus
pended.
The boys realized that action of the
board would be necessary before thev
could bo reinstated and not wishing to
remain out of school until the regular
meeting, next Monday, by personally
visiting the members Monday they
prevailed upon them to hold a special
meeting Monday night.
Tiie four boys in a very penitent
frame of mind were present at the
meeting and made a clean breast of
the whole affair. If clemency was what
they were after they did not obtain it
in a very pronounced degree, as the
board on motion decided to sustain the
borough superintendent and the boys
will iiave to remain out of school for
the entire week.
AWAITIN i
THE PROGRAM
There is pobably no event that has
ever taken place in Daiviile in which
the public manifested deeper interest
than in the unveiling of the soldiers'
monument, which will take place in
Memorial Monday. May ;i!st.
all of which is very natural consider
ing that the stately memorial so long
a dream whose realization seemo.l un
certain at last after untiring effort and
great sacrifice has become au accom
plished fact.
As tfie time for the unveiling draws
nigh—and it is less than two wetlcs
distant—there is much curiosity to
learn something abotit the program for
the event. Inquiries are made daily.
Danville is assured that the dav will
be one of the biggest and most sig
nificant in its history. None of the facts
oonccrning the uuveiliug have as yet
been officially given out, but many
features of the program —which is be
ing arranged with much deliberation
and care—seem to be already known
to the public.
Adjutant General Thomas J. Stew
art of Norristown will deliver the
principal address.
The music as planned will constitute
a most inspiring feature. In addition
to the massed choirs, of which men
tion was made in a recent issue, the
Northumberland and the Oatawissa
bands will be in attendance, the form
er being au organization of thirty
eight pieces aud the latter of thirty
pieces. It is planned to retain the
hands in town during the evening and
concerts are planned for each at op
posite ends of town.
The parade will no doubt be a stu
pendous affair, comprising, besides a
battalion of the natioual guard, the
Grand Army of the Republic,the Sons
of Veterans, the pnpils of the public
and parochial schools, the P. O. S. of
A. aud ot'ier secret and civic organ
izations.
Dr. P. O. Newbakcr has been chosen
as chief marshal.
LOVELORN GIRLS
TRY SUICIDE
A dual suicide was narrowly avert
ed at Magee carpet works at Blooms
burg Tuesday, when Misses Eckerd
and Kathryn Hopper, of Aluiedia.each
drained the contents of a bottle of
laudanum.
Both girls had been disappointed in
love affairs, and at the noon hour en
tered into a suicide pact. Going to a
nearby store,* they eaoh purchased a
bottle of lardanum, and at short in
tervals draiued the contents.
They were discovered asleep soon
afterward by employes* the empty
laudanum bottles telling tho story.
Physicians were summoned, and after
a few hours' work succeeded in getting
them out of danger.
A Good Reason.
"Pa's a great admirer of the secret
bnllot system."
"Why?"
"Because It affords him n great
chance to say afterward that he voted
for all the wiuners."—Judge.
One pound of learning requires t*:,
pounds of common sense to apply It.—
Persian Proverb.
MSB MI'S
sural
Notwithstanding the laok of assist
ance from the proper source the citi
zens of Gearhart township acting on
their own responsibility have succeed
ed in building up a fairly good ap
proach to the river bridge at South
Dauville.
The dußt, however, proves to be the
same bad factor that it was in the
past. If this nuisance could be abat
ted the residents would have a pretty
good return for their work on the ap-
I proach, much of which was doue
gratuitously.
Under the heavy and constant traffic
| dust accumulated rapidly and in a day
or so after a raiu, no natter how
heavy, it lies a couple of inches deep
not only on the approacli proper but
also on the roadways leading over the
crossing and down to the station.
There is no water available for eprinkl
iug and there is simply no relief.
Automobiles and other vehicles as they
strike the approach are enveloped in a
I cloud of dust, which is blown this way
aud that by the winds, covering those
traveling on foot and entering the
dwellings and business houses. It is
unmistakably the dustiest spot in this
section.
A business man of the south side
Tuesday proposed a remedy which,if
adopted, would bring relief at a small
cost. He proposed spraying the br'dge
approach and roadway adjacent with
oil. In the light of experiments there
is no question as to the efficacy of
oil, not only in fully preventing dust,
but also in reduciug the wear of the
roadway to a minimum. A couple of
applications during the course of the
summer would suffice. All the dust
accumulates ou a small section and
only a little oil would bo required.
The cost would be so insignificant
that, should the township authorities
refuse to oil the street, the residents
and those who frequently use the ap
proach could well afford to chip iu,
purchasing the oil necessary aud
sprinkling the street. The dust is so
much of a nuisance and the end songht
so much to be desired that there should
be no difficulty in interesting a large
number of persons, if they be rightly
approached. AH that is needed is for
some one to take hold of the matter.
SHIPMENT OF SUS
QUEHANNA SALMON
The big consignment of fißh fry from
the hatchery at Union City arrived at
South Danvill6 on the 7:20 Pennsyl
vania train yesterday morning. The
fish were well taken car. of, theie lin
ing about a dozen pe-im ar tha fti,-
tion to meet them.
As might be imagined the handling
of forty cans of fish frv entailed con
siderable work. W. U. Pim.el, with
M H. Sohram and Ge-.rgn S:ick!«,w.«*
at the station with his autciioliiln and
hau'ed away as many <ans as cool I he
conveniently loaded. E. H. Miles aud
William Sechler took care of as many
as could be carried on their naphtha
lauuch. J. H. Cole.accompanied by E.
S. Miller, was present with his deliv
ery wagon and hauled away a large
installment, George Bedea, with D
R. Eckmnn's delivery wagon was also
ou hand along with several others, to
render assistance.
The fish fry, exclusively Susque
hanna salmon, seemed very small but
were large enough. They were distri
buted along the river at points above
and below town.
CONTRACT WAS
NOT AWARDED
The trustees of the hospital for the
insane held an adjourned meeting yes
terday. The object of the meeting was
to award the contract for the surface
sewer leading from the hospital to the
river. Unforeseen complications arose,
however, and the contract was not
awarded. Still further adjournment
was had until Thursday of next week,
when in all probability tiie contract
will be awarded.
The bids were opened at the regular
meeting 011 the 13th iust. There were
nine bidders,tlto lowest of whom were
Hayes and Clark of Dauville.
There was a bare quorum present at
yesterday's meeting—K. J. Pegg at
this city; Dr. B. H. Detwiler of Wil
liamsport; W. P. Shay of Watson
town; G. R. Van Aleu of Northum
berland and Dr. Shoemaker of Wilkes-
Barre.
A Coincidence.
"I'm afraid. George," said his fiancee,
"that you are going from bad to
worse."
"Quite a coincidence," muttered
George. "That's what Clara said when
I threw her over for you."
Out of Port.
Old Timer-The worst experience I
ever had was when we ran out of port
In a gale of wind. The Amateur—(sra
elous! I thought sailors always drank
rum.
ESTABLISHED IN 185E
USE OF 101
AID USEFUL UFO
Mrs. Tamar Gardner, aD old aud
widely known resident Danville,
died at the home of her grandson,
Charles Gross, corner of Water and
Cedar streets, this city, at 5 :30 o'clock
yesterday morning.
Tho deceased was born at Ridge
ville, Mahoning township, on May 17,
1831. On last Monday she WHS 88 years
of age. When very yonng she was mar
ried to Robert Gardner, who died in
1843. From his demise until her own
death, a period of sixty-live years, the
deceased remained a widow.
Her faculties seemed uuimpared by
advancing age. Up to the very last
her mind was clear and her memory
good. She was permanently injured in
a lall about three years ago. since
which time she has been confined to
her room. During this time she has
resided with her grandson. Charles
Gross.
Mrs. Gardner's long life was a busy
one, filled with good works. Her lab
or was a factor in the town's activity
that should not be lightly estimated,
b'or many years she conducted a mil
linery establishment in the Bassett
building at the D. L. & W. railroad
crossing. Mill street. Later she took
charge of the millinery department of
Christian Laubach's establishment.
At a still later date she took charge
of Patterson's millinery, on Mill
street.
Mrs. Gardner was a woman who liv
ed largely for others. No sacrifice was
too great for her to make. In times of
death, ot sickness and sorrow she was
always the first on baud to render as
sistance and consolation to tho afflict
ed ones. There are many living who
will treasure her memory for the good
that she di('.
The deceased Is survived by grand
children and great grandchildren as
well as by a great great grandchild.
The only daughter—Caroline, the wife
of Charles Gross—along with her hus
band died some years ago. The surviv
ors of Mrs. Gardner are : Grandchil
dren, Charles J. Gross, George Gross.
Mrs. Charles Nuss and Edwin C.
Gross; great grandchildren. Charles
W. Gross, Misses Alice and Sue Gross,
William and Robert Gross, Blanche
Gross, David, John and Nelson Nuss.
Gertrude Nuss, Jennie Gross aud Ray
Gross. The great, great grandchild
that survives is Nellie E., the daugh
ter of Charles W. Gross.
The funeral will take place on Fri
day at a p. m.from the residence of
Charges J. Gross, corner of Water and
Cedar streets. Interment will be made
in the Episcopal cemetery.
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* NNNRRWFIAN— mm IWIIWI nI j
Mrs. George Conrad, Pine street,
spent yesterday with relatives in Sun
bury,
A. A. Yove, ol Exchange, called on
friends in this city yesterday.
D. A. Cox, of White Hall and W H
Hilner, of Strawberry Ridge, No.
were visitors in this city yesterday.
Lloyd Bomhoy. of West Hemlock,
transacted business in this city yester
day.
W. H. Lowrie.of Strawberry Ridge,
was a business visitor in this city yes
erday.
Mrs. J. C. Campbell and son Philip,
of Rushtown, left yesterday for Phil
adelphia where the son will undergo
treatment in the Orthopaedic hospital.
Miss Mary Lyons retnrned to her
home at Klinesgrove yesterday after a
visit with friends in this city.
Mrs. Oliver Hoover, of Riverside,
spent yesterday with friends in Snn
bnry.
Mrs. Clement Oberdorf, of Klines
grove, spent yesterday with friends in
this city.
Mrs. Harry Walker and (children
have returned from a visit with rela
tfves in Nautieoke.
Mies Maine Fisher returned to Sha
mokin yesterday after a visit with
Miss Laura Peyton, Mill street.
Mrs. Oscar Foust, of Milton, called
on friends in this city yesterday.
Mrs. Wilmer States returned to her
home in Fraiifeford yesterday after a
visit with Miss Eleanor Thomas, this
city.
Condition Improved.
The condition of Harvey Mateer,
Lower Mulberry street, who has been
seriously ill with typhoid fever, is
somewhat Improved.
Crawford-Morse.
Claud C. Crawford, of Bloomsburg
and Miss Emma Morse, of Danville,
were united in the bonds of matrimony
Tuesday evening at the Grove church
parsonage by Rev. W. C. McCormack.
Learning is of little value unless it
can be applied:
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