VOL. 55—NO 21
DR. HIVING H. JENNINGS,
OjHce flours
A. M.to l'l -V- 10 4 Mill St.,
P. M.to AP. M. Danville, Pa.
125.M11.L5T., Danvili-B, Pa.
Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines
a Specialty
IIEIS CONDENSBD.
Gettysburg has just dedicated a new
high school building.
York county has contracted for the j
construction of $200,000 worth of ;m- j
proved highways.
Bradford county is again to be the j
6cene of aotive gas and oil operations, j
a Pittsburg company having leased a j
large traot of land whioh will ba de
veloped.
Harold Davis, of Scranton, who was
drowned, was buried in the same grave
with his grandmother, who died from j
the shock and grief over the death of
her favorito grandson.
John Budcos accidentally dropped a j
spark into a can of powder, which set |
off a lot of dynamite in the North j
Franklin colliery,near Shamokin, and j
was blown to pieces.
Scranton's recent industrial exposi- [
tion was a financial suocess in addi- J
tion to proving a great advertising j
soht me for the industries and bnsiness j
houses of the city.
Mayor Magee, of Pitrsbnrgand Wll- j
liacn Flynn, it is said, will contest ■
with Senator Oliver for the United |
States senatorship when his term ex- j
pires and a lively fight is anticipated. j
State Forestry Commissioner Robert ;
S. Conklin has announced that the 8,- ■
700 acres of forest land bought in |
Westmoreland and Somerset counties i
have been constituted a State forest j
reserve.
With the evident purpose of wreck
ing a passenger train due at Hazleton
in the afternoon, an iron bar was
placed in a main line switch, but the
obstacle was discovered before any
damage was done.
In Bradford county oourt the dam- i
age suit of Robert R. Rockwell against
the Lehigh Valley Railroad company j
resulted in a verdict for f',ooo for the i
plaintiff. Rockwell was a student fire- i
man and was injured in a wreck
Mrs. Elizabeth Oeschger, 71 years |
old, of Lancaster, is dead of lockjaw, j
When a young woman she burned her |
arm and the wound never fully healed, j
Recently it itched and she scratched j
It with her finger nail, reopening the !
wound and causing blood poisoning.
Since the State laws now restrain
the coal companies from dumping sul
phnr water and culm deposits into the j
streams, the various fish associations 1
of Schuylkill county are restocking j
the creeks with trout fry to replace j
the fish killed by the poison.
In a day of tragedies at Pittsburg, !
three persons killed themselves, two !
failed in attempts to end their lives
and a woman shot her husband.
Albert Shilusky, 6 years old, is in
the Pottsville hospital suffering from |
a rifie ball in the right temple fired j
from a gun in the hands of 18-year-old J
Edward Frank.
Prominent agricnlturists and scien- ;
tific men assembled at York yesterday j
to atteud the spring meeting of the
farmers' normal institute and State 1
board of agriculture.
Elmer Stieve, a fireman, accidental- j
ly took a dose of acid instead of cough J
medicine and died within an hour.
The acid belonged to a brother of the j
unfortunate man who used it in jew- j
erly te6ts.
Declaring that he found life in a j
country town too monotonous, John !
Bleer, of Valley View,hanged himself j
from n rafter in his barn. He had been ,
dead for six hours when his body was !
discovered
The parade which will be a feature j
of the annual State convention of the |
Patriotic Order Sons of America, to j
be held in Washington the week com- j
xnencing August 23, will be reviewed j
by Governor Edwin S. Stuart.
Former Judge William Waugh, cue
of the oldest jurists in the State, is I
dead at his home iu Greenville, Mercer J
county. He served three terms on the j
Mercer county bench and later was j
prothonotary of the county. He was '
91 years old.
Efforts are being made at Pottsville !
to free Sergeant Charles Gordon, of
the United States army, who is in jail
there on the charge of highway rob
bory. It is asserted he should be turn
ed over to the army authorities and an
appeal will be made to President Taft.
Boarding himself James ,T Stein has
ior twenty-five years been the sole oc
cupant of a twelve room house, near
Seisholtsville, which he erected in the
hope of it being a favorite spot for
rnmner boarders, because of its close
proximity to a fine spring o' water
wl.ijh he discovered iuthe woods.
iTlontouf' iAmrriran.
A PETITION
M NEBS
At a regular meeting of council Fri
day eve a communication was receiver]
from several property owners calling
i attention to the fact that the stenoh
arising from the gutter on the north
side of Bloom street between Vine
street and Memorial park is almost un
bearable and a menace to health. A
number of drainage pipes, it was ex
plained, empty directly into this gut
ter. On motion the matter was refer
j red to the committee on streets and j
I bridges with power to act.
| It was reported that there is much
j ooaplaint from residents on the score ;
of ball playing on the grounds of the |
; Good Will fire company. No especial
j action was taken, as it was understood '
j the policemau will take the matter in !
j hand and see to it that the practice is I
stopped.
On motiou of Mr, Marshall it was !
ordered that gravel from the deposit i
j near the old fair ground be used as a j
top course for macadam on one of the j
j streets of the borough by way of ex- |
) perlment.
| Mr. Ourry called attention to the j
j bad condition of A street. On motion ;
the matter was referred to the trolley !
j company, which is responsible for re- j
| pairs on that street.
Mr. Purnel reported that thire is I
j "more typhoid fever in Danville tiian j
j is generally known" and he advised i
j that the water supply be analyzed. No <
; action was taken, as it is understood !
I that a report is pending from the State j
i department of health, which recently !
' took eamples of river water for the i
purpose of analyzing it.
j A communication was read from J.
j H. Oole asking premission to place 1
I two terra ootta flower vases at the !
; western entrance to the park. On mo- |
tion Mr. Cole's request was granted '
i by connoil.
• On motion of Mr. Von Blohn it was
ordered that the lirst story of the Good ;
Will hose house be repupered and re
painted.
On motion of Mr. Cleaver it was I
ordered that a room in tiie basement
1 of city hall be oonverted into a ladies' i
toilet room for public ÜBO.
Ttie following members were pres
ent : Schatz, Cleaver,Pnrsel,Marshall, j
Curry, Connolley and Von Blohn. j
The following bills were approved j
for payment:
BOROUGH DEPARTMENT.
Regular employes 1117.50
Labor in Light dep't 51.75
Walker and Kepler ... 132.85
Washington Fire Co 7.28
Danville Knitting Mills C 0.... 12.00 ;
Elliott-Lewis Elec. Co 296.71 (
T. L. Evans' Sons , 61.79
A. F, Hart man 15.90
Chas. E. Voris 3.10 1
Labor and hauling 330.95 i
D. L. & W. R. R. Co 206.50
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Regular employes 1161.40 j
Wallace A. Hoover 10.00 j
Welliver Hdw. Co 9.50 j
S. Lowenstein 5.95 i
Globe Warehouse 3.15'
Washington Fire Co 65 j
D. L. & W. R. R. Co 11.22 I
FARMERS DEPLORE
LACK OF RAIN
Notwithstanding the prevalence of '
wet weather during April and the 1
early part of May the farmers are be
ginning to deplore the lack of rain
The highways are very dusty; be- j
sides rain is needed to start the crops.
Showers have been predicted by the ;
weather bureau almost daily for a ,
week past but so far as this section is ;
concerned rain has not fallen in cop
ious quantities of late.
Due to the lack of rain the river is I
j falling rapidly, which is a condition |
much dreaded owing to the polluted j
state of the water. When the river is
; low and sluggish the "hospital sewage i
,is much more apt to reach the intake
of oor water works than when there i
is a brisk and to dilute
and carry the sewage away.
BOTH HANDS
CAUGHT IN SHEARS
Adam Borokner. an employe of the J
| Reading Iron works, was badly injur- j
i ed yesterday forenoon. While working !
| at the shears both hands came in con- I
| tact with the machinery, a finger of t
I the left hand being severed at the first j
j joint anil the fingers of the right hand 1
! being badly mangled at the ends.
The injured man was taken to the I
office of Dr. Cameron Shultz, where i
he received surgical aid, after which
lie was assisted to his boarding place
on Montonr row. The unfortunate mau
is a German, who has been in this ;
country about 18 months. He is un
able to speak English. Owing to the
nature of his injury lie is practically
helpless.
An English inventor has devised an
air cannon for throwing a life line
'rora the shore to stranded vessels, or
| from stlauded vessels to the shore.
DANVILLE PA., THURSDAY. MAY 27, 1909
nan
JOW LEADS
Results in Susquehanna League.
Bloomsburg, 3; Nantiooke, 7.
Danville, 0; Nescopeck, 3.
J Berwick, 8: Benton, 6.
Alden vs. Shickshinnv, wet grounds.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
W. L. P. C
Shickshinny 2 0 1.000
Danville 2 1 .667
Nantiooke 2 1 .667
Nescopeck 2 l .667
I Bloomsburg 1 2 .333
] Benton 1 2 .3:13
; Berwick O 2 .333
| Alden 0 2 .000
" Danville's defeat on Saturday ;it the
I hands of Nescopeck and Nanticoke's i
I victory over Bloomsburg tie three
j teams for second place in the Susque
hanna league race. Shickshinny holds
out with a'percentage of I.ooo,but not
having played on Saturday on account
of wet grounds, is one gatne behind
the sohedule.
Recreation, Berwick and Benton
head the Becond division, each with a |
win and two loses, and Alden brings I
up the tail of the procession with two j
defeats and a percentage of .000.
Next Saturday Shickshinny plays 1
Recreation on the Shickshinny grounds j
and if the Bloomsburg boys are able j
to take the up river team into camp, |
and Danville should take one from the j
Fishing Creekers at Benton, the old j
order of things will be reestablished.
Alden does a turn at Nescopeck next
Saturday and Berwick plays at Nanti- j
coke.
Danville took its first j
qI dose of Susquehanu league,'
defeat on Saturday from
,J last year's Champs, the !
Nescopeckers. It swallow- ;
< ef l hard and didn't taßte a
jry bit good, but they got it
g? w down, and it may do some
ftood.
It was a hard game to lose. Both
teams seemed to feel the effects of the '
depressing weatiier, Danville a little j
more than Nescopeck. While the play- J
ing of the Danville team as a whole |
and individually, with one exception. ;
was errorless, the team aotion was ;
sluggish, resulting in two Innings in j
allowing the visitors to score runs that |
were not earned.
Frank Ooveleskie, of Shamokin, |
brother of the "Giant Killer." the j
famous Harry Coveleskie of the Phil
adelphia Nationals, was on the mound :
for his first game with Danville. Al- ;
though he pitched a fine game Nesco- !
peck's scoring could not be blamed en
tirely on the field, for in both the first
and fifth the fun was started by a base j
on balls. Despite the defeat, however, !
Covoleksie made a favorable impres
sion on the local fans. He has an easy \
delivery and the fact that in Satui
day's game lie was a bit wild is par
doned by those who know the Pole by
the fact that the damp, cold air would
not allow him to get warmed up to his j
job.
On the other hand, Shipe,Nescopeck !
championship twirler.who is accredit- 1
ed with having won the pennant for
his team last year.was working in his
best form—he and the irrepressible lit
tle Fowler behind the bat making a
battery to strike fear to the hardest j
hitter's heart.
HOW IT HAPPENED.
Nescopeck won the game in the first
innings. Gilbert was first up and was
presented with walking papers. Moyer
sacrificed and Gilbert went to third on
an overthrow Patterson lined one ,
through short and Gilbert crossed the i
plate. Patterson was caught at second j
and Splain's liner to short was an easy |
one for Logan. Danville went down ;
one, two, three.
In the second 11. Shipe hit through j
second. Lawrence got a base on balls.
Fowler skied to Brown and went out.
Shipe then drove one into left. This
loaded the cushions. Everybody on j
their feet as Gilbert sent one into deep |
left which Clayberger dropped,but re- j
covered in time to send it home and
catch Shipe at the plate. Dooley re
turned the ball to Omlauf at third in
time to discover both Lawrence and
Shipe on the bag at the same time,
and the side was retired, with the
crowd wondering what had happened.
In Danville's half two strike outs and
an infield grounder did the work.
In the third and fourth innings there
Was nothing doing, the pitohers get
ting in some strong work,totalling be
j tween them in the two innings ten
| strike outs.
In the fifth after Shipe had fanned
and Gilbert had gone out or a drive to
: Logau, Moyer walked. Patterson put
j one against the center field fence,
lauding himself on first and Moyer on
I third Splain lauded one some place
j where nobody was, both Moyer and
Patterson scoring before the batter
was caught, at second. In Danville's
half Thomas made Danville's first hit,
Mackert sacrificed and Thomas stole
third while Dooley was striking out,
DIES HE#
BEIEII MIS
The trustees of the hospital for the
insane at Danville having received an
appropriation for additional roal estate
is proceeding to acquire a portion of
the John K. Bennett estate under the
! act of May 6,1891, whioh provides that
! when lands needed for hospital pur
| poses that lie adjoining cannot be pro
| cnred by purchase, suoh landß may be
| marked off and occupied by the hospit
ial and proceedings instituted for the
! valuation aad cordevnnatioc of the
| traot.
A petition of the trustees of the hoa
! pital for the insane at Danville was
presented at court Saturday asking for
the appointment of viewers to value
the tract of laud which is thus
taken for hospital purposes.
The petition for appointment of
viewers followed in pursuance of a res
olution duly enacted and passed by
the trustees on May 19, 1909, which
reads as follows :
"Whereas, The trustees of the hos
pital for the insane at Danville have
endeavored to agree with Ellen Cole
man Bennett for the purchase of a
traot of land consisting of one huu
dred and seventy-six acres and sixty !
perches adjoining the hospital land in
the borough of Dauville and township
of Mahoning and have been unable to ;
procure the same by purchase from
said owner; therefore, be it
"Resolved, That the aforesaid trus- i
tees by their president and secretary ■'
take immediate possesson of said tract
of land for the purpose of said hospit
al and mark oil, use and occupy the ,
same for said purpose and that the said
president and secretary he and they
are hereby authorized and directed to 1
institute all necessary legal and judi
cial proceedings for the valuation and
fixed condemnation of paid tract of
land in conformity with the provis- ■
ions of hi act of the general assein- I
bly.''
The petition for viewers sets forth
that "the petitioner has entered upon j
and is now occupying for the purposes
described all that certain farm tract ,
of land situate in the borough of Dan- 1
ville and the township of Mahoning,
the same of which John K. Bennett. '
late of said county, was seized in his j
demesne as of fee, etc."
The petitoner therefore prayed the
court to appoint under the provisions \
of the act of general assembly describ- j
ed above a jury of viewers consisting J
of three discreet and disinterested citi- |
zens of the county, who shall not be j
owners of adjoining property or resi- |
dents of the borough or township'
wherein the land is situated, to view j
the premises, estimate and determine \
the value of the land so taken to be 1
used for the purposes aforesaid, etc. i
The petition was signed by William j
Field Shay, president, and G R. Van 5
Alen, secretary, of the board of trus- j
tees of the State hospital for the in- 1
sane at Dauville.
Pursuant to the petition Judge Evans
appointed as viewers : B. C. Dennen,
George Cotner and J. W. Lowrie.
Col. H. L. & P. Co. Organized.
At a meeting held yesterday after
noon at 4 o'clock iD Bloomsburg offic
ers aud directors for the recently form
ed Colombia Heat, Light & Power
company, which includes plants in
this city, were chosen as follows :
President. E. R. Sponsler, of Har- !
risburg ; vice president, M. I. Lowe;
treasurer, M. Millheiser; secretary,A.
W. Duy; general counsel, W. H.
Sponsler; local counsel, A. W. Duy;
directors, W. L. Lowrie. A. W. Duy,
0. M. Oreveling, P. R. Bevan, ft.
Scott Amnierman, B. F. Mevers, M,
1. Lowe. H. R. Roch, W. O. Blllman,
M. F. D. Seandlan, E. R. Sponsler
and William M. Pyle.
but the runner was caught stealing
home.
The rest of the game was scoreless
and all the innings was pretty much
the same.
The soore:
|D AN VILLE.
R. H O. A. E.
Logan, ss 0 0 3 3 0
; Olayberger, If 0 0 11 0
Omlaaf, 8b 0 11 1 0
i Ooveleskie, p 0 0 0 a 0
I Brown, rf 0 0 1 0 0
I Thomas, 0f.... 0 1 0 0 0
Mackert, 2b 0 0 1 2 0
\ Dooley, o 0 1 14 1 0
! Sechler, lb 0 0 6 1 2
_ _
Total 0 8 27 11 2
NESOOPECK.
R. H. O. A. E.
j Gilbert, cf 1 110 0
I Moyer, rf 1 0 1 0 0
| Patterson, lb 0 2 S) 0 0
| Splain, 2b 1 0 1 3 0
Smith, If. 0 1* 3 4 0
iH. Shipe, 3b. . 0 0 0 0 1
Lawrenoe, ss 0 0 0 11
| Fowler, 0 0 0 12 3 0
1 Shipe, p 0 0 11 0
Totals 8 4 27 12 2
I Dauville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o—o
! Nesonpeck 1 0002000 o—3
| Scarilice hits, Mackert.Moyer. Stol
ien bases, Danville 4, Nescopeck 4.
| 3truck out, by Ooveleskie 12, by Shipe
12. Double plays, Shipe, Splain, Pat
terson. Bases on balls, off Ooveleskie
3, off Shipe 1. Hit. by pitched ball,
Splain. Umpires Hayden and Ains
worth. Time of game 1:45.
USSIER
IIUICTOII
Miss Margaret Sidler will be valed
iotorian and Lowis Robinson, salutat
crian at the high school commence
ment this year. Miss Margaret Kim
bel and Miss Effie Hendrickson are
two other honor students.
Principal E. O. Biokel at the regular j
meeting of the school board Monday |
night recommended the entire senior !
class for graduation, and, on motion, j
I it was ordered that diplomas be grant- I
I nrt to the class,thirty-three in number. !
Beside the four above named stud
ents, who attained an average of 95 or
over, Mr. Bickel stated that there were
a number of others who came very
near the honor line. The class on the
whole, he said, is an exceptionally
strong one.
ANNUAL MUSIOALE.
The final examinations are now in
progress in the borough schools and j
things are beginning to take on the '
peculiar air that characterizes the j
close of tfie term.
On Friday afternoon next the annual \
mnsicale will take place in the high
school room. It will be conducted the
same as on previous years and will
show the nature of the work (lone in
the schools The mnsicale will begin
at 2 o'clock and will last one hour.
The public is cordially invited to at
tend.
Borough Superintendent Dieffen
bacher conducted examination in
musio in ail the rooms and is well
pleased with the result, which shows
that the teachers have done their work
well and are proficient in practice as
well as in theory.
Only one-fourth—or even less—of
the pupils, in the nature of things, can
participate in the mnsicale, although
all are known to be equallv proficient. |
COMMENCEMENT WEEK.
On Moudav the schools will partic- '
ipate in the Memorial day parade.
On Tuesday, the examinations, now
in progress, will be completed.
On Wednesday the grammar school
commencement in the second, third
aud fourth wards will be held.
On Thursday the Lincoln and Gar- ;
field societies will hold their annual
contest.
On Friday class day and commence
ment will take place.
PENALTY FOR ~
THROWING STONES
A session of ccurt was hold 011 Sat- j
urday with his Honor Judge Evans j
and Associates Blee and Welllver on (
the benoh.
A feature of the proceedings was the i
case of a thirteen year old boy who 1
pleaded guilty of striking another boy |
on the head with a stone. The court's 1
astion in the although char- i
acterized with clemency, yet will no j
doubt in the future act as a deterrent
when boys quarreling are prompted to
resort to the throwing of stones.
The case was tiiat of Commonwealth I
vs. Peter Rellly. The arrest was made !
on April 11th, the charge being that j
Rellly had struck John Gippel, a ten j
year old boy,on the head with a stone, j
Master Gippel was in court as a wit- j
nees.his forehead still bearing the mark I
of the blow. The father of the injured I
boy testified, explaining that it had |
been necessary to have a doctor to dress
the injury. Both sides agreed that j
there had been a quarrel,of which the
Btone throwing episode was the out
come.
9 Judge Evans deoided to suspend
sentence, giving each of the boyß a
lectnre. He imposed no tine in the
case, but sentenced the boy's father to
pay the costs. He made it clear to the
latter that the costs—some five dollars
will have to be paid. He informed the
defendant, Peter Reiily, that for hit
ting the other boy with a stone the
court could send him to the county
jail for a year. He was permitted to
go free but whether he wholly escapes
punishment or not will depend upon
his conduct in the future. If he does
not behave himself properly the court
informed him that the sheriff will be
after him and he will be putin jail on
the charge to which he pleaded guilty
Saturday.
MEMORIAL PARK
ILLUMINATED
By way of experiment Memorial
park was lighted up Saturday night.
The effect was remarkably fine the
large globes constituting a cap sheaf
of beauty whioh makes the park quite
as much of an attraction at night as
during the day time.
The ornamental iron poles wore
; planted on Friday. On Saturday the
I finishing touches were applied to the
work.The 80-watt incandescent lights,
! which approximate each one hundred
1 candle power, are enclosed in a globe
| of aiiont one foot in diameter.
£Tho SO-Wft t lamps afford abundant
1 light, while the large globes seem to
; be just what are needed to touch up
the park at night. The four lights,
I one at each corner of the monument,
] light up the spot admirably,and along
with the two globes at the Bloom
street entrance, constitute the princi
pal attraction. The four other lights
distributed abont the ground suffice to
illuminate the entire tract making it
possible to get about as easily at night
as during the day time.
MB BEFORE
SCHOOL 11
A regular meeting of the school j
board Monadyjeve'was almost wholly j
occupied in discussing the part the '[
pupils and teachers will take in the '
Memorial day parade.
On motion the regular order of busi- !
ness was suspended to hear the report
of the teachers of the public schools of j
Danville in regard to the Memorial j
day exercises.
Mr. Muglll, speaking for the leach- ;
ers as a whole, said that the decision 1
of the teachers as to participating in I
the parado would not be made known !
unless it was understood that the ic
vitation to the teaohers to parade had
not been recalled. It was the sense of '
the board that to their knowledge no j
such "invitation" had been extended;
but that a "request" had been made.
An "invitation," the board thought. 1
was to be extended by the Mtmorial j
day committee.
Mr. Magill stated that no invitation ,
was extended by the Memorial day |
committee to the teachers of the first !
ward. Superintendent Dieffenbacher ■
stated that he personally had extended ■
the Invitation in behalf of the board j
and the monument committee. A read- i
ing of the minutes on the subject
brought to light the fact that the
board at that time said that the teaoh
ers could not be commanded to turn
out but that they shonld be urged by {
the superintendent to do so.
Mr Magill now presented the unan
imous resolution of the teaching corps !
as a whole. The resolution
Inasmuch as wo have been ;
brought before the public in
an unfair light and quoted as
saying we would not parade at
the dedication of the soldiers'
monument on Memorial day,
we wish to put ourselves in
the right light by saying that
if it adds to the dignity and
success of the occasion, we aie j
unanimous'in saying that we
will parade and insist that
this is what the majority said
in the beginning
In answer to President Pursel's ques
tion, asked of Mr. Magill. as to the '
exact reason of the lady teachers for !
net wishing to parade, Mr. Magill j
stated that taking part in such a pro- j
cession places them in an embarassing
position.
Mr. Orth moved that the resolution
be accepted. It was the sense of the i
l oard that the resolution should not j
bo aocepted as read, objection being j
made to the latter part of the resoln i
tion. The board was of the opinion j
that all necessary invitation had al- ;
ready been extended when the board j
stated that they would take charge of j
the school children with the assistance
of any teacher "whose patriotism
prompted her to assist."
On motion of Mr. Sechler seconded j
by Mr. Burns it was decided that as !
it was the view of the board that the
parading of the teachers would add to
the dignity of the occasion, the board
reaffirm its action of the previous
meeting, and requested that the same 1
be published as follow*;
The motion of Mr. Burns :
"That the directors assume
control of the schools from
their respective wards and take
charge of those pupila who will
turn out without teacher."
BACCALAUREATE SERMON.
On motion it was decided that the
school board meet in the directors'
room on Sunday evening next at 7 :15
o'clock to proceed in a body to the
Mahoning Presbyterian church where
the baccalaureate sermon will be
prpached.
On motion of Mr. Fisoher it was
ordered that an invitation be extend
ed to the directors-elect to join the
school board in attending church Sun
day evening.
A communication was received from
the Boldiers' monument committee in
viting the school board to attend the
dedication of the soldiers' monument.
On motion the invitation was accept
ed and it was decided to attend the
exercises in a body.
On motion it was ordered that the
teachers and pupils assemble at their
j respective school buildings at 1 o'clock
Monday, May 31st, preparatory to leav
ing the high school building at 1:30
o'clock.
Those present were: Fish, Cole,
Heiss, Fischer, Lloyd. Burns, Swarts.
| Barber, Orth, Pursel, Redding, Sech-
ler.
J The following bills were approved
i for payment:
! O. B. Savidge 117.25
|J. P. Bare 25.00
! Ralph Kisner 50.00
Ohas. E. Voris 3.10
William Miller 3.50
A dog belonging to George Thomas"
of Black Ridge colliery, was given
pnblio burial on the 'estate of Frank
Brundage, formerly United States
consul at Aix-la-Chapelle. Thomas and
Brundage were the chief mourners and
the interment was made beside the
grave of a 112 1,000 dog buried some time
ago.
ESTABLISHED IN 1855
STREET FI
MIKE
A special meeting of council was
called last night for the purpose of
considering a proposition to establish
a street fair in Danville : during the
Six-County Firemen's conventiun and
to transact any other business that
might come up.
W. M. Alden, the manager of the
Penn Amusement company, was pres
ent before conncll and explained that
his concern had closed with the fire
department of Danville to bring his
entire oompany hero during the con
vention week. The tire department, he
said, had expected to securo an open
lot but of this they were disappointed.
They were now casting about for a
new tract but could find nothing suit
able except a section of Ferry street
between the D. L. & W. Railroad
crossing and the old canal. Mr. Alden
explained that it would bo necessary
to olose np about fifty feet of the street
over the canal.
Mr. lies, who is a member of the
firemen's committee, explained that
the department had entered into a con
tract with the amusement company
nndei advantageous terms and that the
firemen expect to realize well by the
transaction.
The proposition was discussed at
length, when It seemed to be the con
sensus of opinion that the seotion of
Ferry street between the railroad cross
ing and the canal could be dispensed
with during the week of the conven
tion.
On motion of Mr. Jones, seoonded
by Mr. Finnigan it was ordered that
the use of the above described section
of Ferry street be granted the Penn
Amusement company during the fire
men's convention.
MARKET CHANGED.
President Scliatz explained that ow
ing to the congested state of affairs on
Thursday, June 10th, it would be in
advisable to attempt to hold market
on that day. The matter was discuss
ed, after which it was on motion ord
ered that on the week of the firemen's
convention the curbstone market be
held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Sat
urday.
Mr. lies reported that considerable
feeling'ln the second ward has been
aroused by the fact that the tree plant
ed in Memorial park by the school
children of that ward has been trans
planted. Mr. Marshall, chairman of
the park committee, explained that he
had removed the tree to make room
for a flower bed to be planted by the
Grove Presbyterian ohruch, but that
he did not know that the tree was as
sociate'! with the second ward iu the
manner described.
LOCAL TEAM IN
TRI-TOWN HEET
The Danville High School Athletlo
association is In receipt of an invita
tion from the Bloomsburg State Norm
al school tc meet the teams of that in
stitution and the Berwick high school
iu a tri-town athletlo meet to be held
on Monday, June 7th. The local as
sociation will accept and will send a
full teain to Bloomsburg on the occas
ion.
The events in the Bloomsburg meet
will be the same as at the meet to be
held here next Saturday except that
the pole vault will be added and a two
mile run will be substituted for the
mile run.
SALOON LICENSE
WAS TRANSFERRED
Assoolate Judges Frank G. Blee and
Hon. L. W. Welliver held a session of
court yesterday morning.
The saloon license at the stand on
Northumberland street was transferred
from the late Frank Oochelle to Peter
Treas.
There was no other business on hand
and the session was a short one.
BRICK CROSSING
AT PARK ENTRANCE
The street commissioner] yesterday
morning began work on the brick
crossing on Bloom street opposite the
soldiers' monument. The[erossing will
be eight feet wide, of vitrified brick
and will prove a convenience, enabl
ing person to cross from the southern
side of Bloom street over to thejpark,
passing in at the main entrance. The
work will probably be completed to
day.
RAILROAD CROSSING
IS REPLANKED
I The P. &R. Railway company yes
terday completed the work of replank
Ing the crossing on Bloom street.
The sidewalk on the company's right
of way on the south side of the street
was also repaired, the plank, which
formerly did Bervioe, being removed
and in its place a course of pulverized
limestone applied.