VOL. 55—NO 2(» DK. IKYING H. JENNINGS, DENI IST. Office Hours A. 'J- -o V. i/. 10 i if ill Alt., 1\ M -o i I'. .'/. Danville, Pa S SHT'LT/,, JI. 425 Mil.:. ST., DANVILLK, P*. Diseases of the Stomach and Intestine! a Specialty ITEMS CONDENSED. Tue atinual convention of the Luther league societies of the State of Penn sylvania commence-1 yesterday in Christ Lutheran church, at York and will last three days. More than two hundred delegates are present. At Chester a Hungarian family float ed the flag of Hungary over the flag of America on Monday, aud almost succeeded iu starting a small riot. Two young uieu. Walter Locke aud George Fisher, forcibly entered the house and hauled the foreign emblem down. Win loading hay at, Stouetown, Paul Hoffman fell f-om toe wagon up on a fork in the hands ol auother man who waH pitching the hay. i'lie tinea penetrated his leg to a depth of eight inches aud his condition is considered critical. H ury Ellsworth, a beggar who sells pencils au.l shoestrings in the streets of Krie, entered an automobile lately aud bought a runabout. He ask ed that the machine be stored uutil he pot enough m .ney to ship it home. Ttie famous Alum rocks near Waynes burg. were blasted recently. These landmarss stood over one hundred feet high and yvere prependicuiar. They had become -haky lately aud were con sider.- 1 dangeron- to travelers, hence their removal. John Fliuchbaugh, living near York celebrate! tiis ninetieth birthday Sat urday by working in the harvest field, asr-irtiug hi-5 sou Elward to earner in the golden grain. He was able to keep up the pace with the younger men and cause.i them to marvel at his powers of endurance. Working as a machinist's helper in the Reading Railway shops at Read ing and applying his spate moments to study, Frank J. Beck passed very creditably a civil examination iu Phil adelphia and has been appointed tc a position in the United States depart ment of justice at McNeil Island, wiiere one of the national prisons is located. PUBLIC MEETING ON JULY igtli Not.ce® are posted acn uucing a public meeting to be held iu city hall July 19th for the purpose of hearing objections to the p» vic B proposition on East Market street in the section embraced between Pino street aud Cook's court. At the meeting will also be consid erad the propriety and the expediency of the passage and enactment of an ordinance providing for paving and curbing and for the assessment and collection by due and legal process of two-thirds of the cost and expense of said improvement from the oyvuers of real estate bounding or abutting, pursuant to the petition recently presented and now ou file. The borough council I.as not aban doned hope of being able to pave the above sjction of East Market street the present season, although that it will be very late before the work is gotten under way is quite obvious. Tlie idea of securing State aid iu paving East Market street as was done ou North Mill street seem« to have beei abv •oiii'd as impracticable. As set forth in tiie notice« two-thirds of the cost of paving aud curbing will oe collected from ownera of property bouuding or abutting ou tii> i-tioti of the street to be pav- i. ' ost uf the remaining one-third v borne by the borough and the try com pany, which latter ha- pay for space between tlie rails an i for two feet on each side of the tra-'i. Considering the states <! a.Taits it seems hardly probable that any osi er section of East Market 'll get iu line for paviug the pr t .it n, if at any time in the near future. Cherry Blossoms on a Rosebush. A climbing rose vine on the property of G. H. Stiefel at Fairvlew and Gard ner avenues, in South Oranpo, N. is bearing berry blossoms. The rus vines are chasing to the branches of n cherry tree. The blossoms that have matured have left knobs that look as If they might turn out to be somewhat like cherries. Hurrah For the Fourth. Three rousing cheers for the glorious Fourth Krom each independence lover. And three times three for the glorious fifth When 'twill nearly nil he over! Kanso" f'ity Tin" ill MLS . 10 OS. II Action was taken by the borouhg council Friday looking to an abate ment of the canal nuisance The in u j tolerable and unsanitary condition of the old waterway was dwelt upon at ; great length. On motion of Mr. Oleaver it was i ordered that the attention of State I Commissioner of Health Dr. Dixon be called to the deplorable condition of the oid canal an 1 that he be asked to aid the borough in getting rid of the ! uuisance. Ou motion it was ordered that bids ha iavit ,1 for making plans for sewer ! »ge as required by the State depart ment of health in order to prepare fin ally for tlie adoption of a sewage dis posal plant, said bids to be submitted at the next rc-jnlar meeting. On motion i f Mr. Oleaver it was ordered that lie secretary notify the U. L. & W. Railroad company to re pair the railroad crossing on Ferry street. On motion of Mr Cleaver it was ordered that a coat of lime stone be placed on Feirv street between Bloom and Lower Mulberry streets. Mr. Cleaver called attrition to a de fective crossing at the alley intersect ing Northumberland street at W. L. Gouger's warehouse. Oil motion tlie stroet commissioner was ordered to ; make the necessary repair.-. The following membres were pres ent: Sehatz, Cleaver, Fiunigan, Ever liart, lies, Marshall, Connolley and Von Blohn. Ou motion of Mr. ("leaver the street commissioner WHS instructed to repair vtho crossings at Church and Front streets On motion of Mr. Finuigau it was ordered that the street commissioner be instructed to raise the crossing nones on Ferry street at the rear of .losiah .Tobboru's residence. Ou motion of Mr. Cleaver Jacob Die'.z was given permission to close the alloy at his residence on East Market street foLa period of time less thau a week while constructing a con jrete sidewalk. The following bills were approved for payment: BOROUGH DEP T. Labor and hauling 1280.00 Kegular employes 117.50 James Gibson 15. n 0 Walker & Kepler.... .. •.'ii.-41 E. A. Adams 28,00 Frank Bahrain 95.36 United Telephone & Tel. Co 2-1-1.00 Standard Ga.i Co .Mi U. S. Express Co .25 Western Union Te'. Co .40 P. J. Kee'er . v 50 Danville Structural Tubing Co 2t'«.S)o Welliver Hardware Co . 65.75 W. T. Shepperson ... 24.1" WATER DEH'T. Regular employes ... $153.50 tlazloton Machinery & Sup On 13.15 I'eonle's Coal Co .« 90. tO , A. M. Peters 0.62 I Standard Gas Co 1.881 Friendship Fire Co.. 10.04 j Aboard Cross-Continent Special. Frank O. Angle, proprietor of The Morning News, left Tuesday for Hnr risburg, where he met the across the • continent special train chartered by the Newark lodge of Elks to attend : the National convention of the Elks , at Los Angeles. Although the objec- ' tive point of the special will be Los Angeles the train will visit many cities and other places of interest en route, the trip taking about six weeks Largest Flag in World. While the largest flag in the world was being unfurled 200 feet in the- air in Pittsburg, one of the ropes came loose and the flag unfurled only two feet. Michael Mouroo climbed out on a steel cable.from the eighteenth story of the Frick building and caught the rope a"d brought if iu. The feat was witi-ss 1 by i nnsands of cheering people. Funeral of Mrs. (i. E. Brobst. 'he fu!.< ral of Mrs. Ge. :ge E. Brobst took pi ". Tuesday foj> noon and was ' largely attended. The services was 1 conducted ; . He v. Frishy, Presbyter ian rain'- r r of Bloomsbun*. The pall b9nrers - • W. P. Brobst, M. Brobst, Fra- li: . 'rter E. Sandel. ) iter m< : ■ <v i ii, ado in Columbia c netory. Buried Today. The I'uneral of Edward, the three year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mayan, who died, Tuesday, will take place at 2 o'clock this afternoon from St. Hubert s Catholic church. ater ment in St. Hubert's cemetery. Flag 1800 F.:et High. , Boys iu the Gordon valley, near Pottsville.by stretching between two mountains and tautening tliem with the aid of horses.on Monday sue i j ceeded in floating "Old Glory" 1,800 | feet above the earth. * i . ! that dinner prepared by Uncle Sam's i cook! How our flagged spirits were revived by thnt mnsio. and with what security we went to sleep: DANVILLE- ;PA., THURSDAY. JULY 8, 1909 PI WORKS | DESW Sill Excitement was caused in Danville about two o'clock Saturday aftemoun liy the report that three men, presum ably tramps, had attacked a boy ou the farm tenauted by S. W. Deibert just beyond liiverside Heights and that they had set the baru on tire and fled. An immediate investigation showed that the barn was iu flames and that 'He farmers of ihe countryside were instituting a search for the incendiai ies. Two automobiles well filled left Danville instantly, one of theiu con laiuing the ciiii 1 of police to assist iu mnuiug down tlie incendiaries and the other —T. J. Price's car—coutaining among others a representative of this paper. 'L'lie fire occurred ou the farm owned jointly by Mrs. H. H. Vastine, of South Danville an.l Miss Annie Met tler of this city. When the automo- Uiles arrived at the farm the barn—a frame structure some 60 L » -10 feet — was in ashes Along with t :e build ing v.as destroyed a year old colt, Ah ' h was ill the hatn yard aud ran liaci; into the flames; also live shoats a'i i a number of little pigs. About cix t -i s uf new made hay, sixty bush els of oats aud t ventv ti\< bushels of corn wore burned aloug with a spring wiison, a boggy, single aud double harness, a new self binder, a cultivat or, a drill, two plows, bob sleds and a •urn planter. The two horse team, the harness aud the hay wagou, which wer* in use, were saved, along with a mower and a epr ne tooth harrow. THE FIRST DISCOVERY. About 1 o'clock Saturday afteruoon Mr Deibert and hired man went out into one of the Inch fields for a load of l av. Mrs Deibert went along to assist in raking. A small boy belong ing I > a neighbor ar.d a six-year >l.l daughter of Mr and Mrs Dtib. rt.who A re to wat. h the cows in tlie pasture wn 1 left behind at the barn. S -arcely h i i Mr. Deiheit an 1 his man hegau to leal the hay wh:*u they discovered smoke in tlie direction of the farm buildings. An investig.it.on shov.ed that the iiarn was on (ire. It was not long until a good sized crowd of people had gathered.who ad dressed themselves to the difficult task ; of saving the house, which stood very near the barn in the direction opposite that from which the wind was blow ing. Driven by the high w ml the flame* froni the barn almost lickeil the ro ' of the hou-°. Fortunately, liowevt r, the building was co\ered with slat' ; nevertheless it was on fire a couple of times. Anticipating the worst the bedding and a portion oi the I'ornifn-e wore earrie I out of the dwelling. Large fire brands were blown tt ;> distance cf over one eighth of a mile settiug a stubbie field oil fire at sever al p!ac- -. But for most heroic efforts ou t!ie part of C W. Gearharr the fire would have communicated to a wheat field adjoining, in which event owing to the highwind, there might hav. been a terrible conflagration that would have swept several farms prob ably destroying the buildings,a- lying adjoining or iu clc-e proximity are several grain fields all dry an 1 ready for rhe reaper. The boy, who first created the iui predion that the lire was started by three vagrants, who had assaulted him, finally departed from hi- story, aud the evidence became pretty conclusive that the blaze was started by a fire cracker. The search for t.'ie Incendi aries was abaudoued early. The barn was insured in the Rush township Mutual Eire lusuran e com pany. Mr. Deibert, the tenant, did not carry a cent of insurance. His !•- s la about a thousand dollars. Married in Brooklyn. Thar-lay evening, July .st, at 7 i in. in the Oaivary Episcopal church Brooklyn. Arthur L. Orosaley, of Hi Man .atten aveuue, N: w York Oiry, and Miss Edna Ibeison, of 2j7 Rodney street,Brooklyn,were united iu : atri i mony. The groom was formerly a resi : dent cf West Hemlock township and is at present one of the principals of the Lie Drew School of English, New York I City. W ill Preach at Trinity. Rev. Goorge Womer, ct St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church, will preach this evening at Trinity Meth -1 odist Episcopal church Everybody in vited Mrs. Mary Shepper-on,Front street, is visiting her daughter. Mrs. J. W. Bowman, Pntsbarg. Daniel Eyerly, of Philadelphia, is visiting his grandmother, Mrs. Harriet Andrews, North Mill street. Miss Bess llarpel returned to Mt. Oarniel yesterday after a visit with I Mr. aud Mrs. T. R. Angle. West Mark ; et street. 5 Kim* A sma'l boy turned up in tins oily Saturday whose fertile imagination | will no doubt win him distinction ! some day unless his recklessness aud i tameritv in trifling with policemen ! shall get him into grave difficulty. Shortly at,far one o'clock " Saturday afternoon Charles Frehafer near his home ou Railroad street met a small I boy who was crying. The little fellow gave his liaise f Joseph Hodgkius of i lieaiiiug ami said that lie had been stolen from lion; -by three men. At rhe P <V R. -tation, according to his story,he had escaped from his captors: lie was hungry ami did not know where to go. 'i;>e case aroused tlie pity of Mr. Frehafer and lie took the boy to his home and famished him with a lnnuti, after which lie called up Chief of-yolir.B Minceiuoyer and apprised hi.no( what had occurred, j The •. fiirf of police obtained a horse an I carriage aud drove up to Railroad street for the boy. The little fellow repeated his story li) ttie etiief. but th-re were certain inconsistencies in the recital that did n r impress tl.e nllioer very favorably aud by a sweat ing process, it !d!v applied, he go' al together auother st.irv from the lad, which was iu effect tiiat lie had ran a'.vav from his home iu Reading. His mother was a widow lie said. Her name was Marv Hodgkius and iu making a living was ah- tit from home a great deal. There were tears in the little fellow's eyes an I with difficulty lie repressed a sol»as he told how he had discovered that there was a move ment on foot ' to put him away"—by which he meant he was to be commit te<i to a home or orphauag* Sooner than lose his freedom,so hi- story ran, he had decided to rnn awav. The bov v as nine years of age and was cleanly and well dressed. He had come to Dan ville on a freight train, he said. He V.H- not «nre when he let. i ome, but on Friday night he sle; t ii a freight car somewhere between and Reading. Ky this time the chief with tl ■ Dciv tiad arrived at City Hail, where the oificer called up the chief of police if Reading. While the Reading cliief started oot to find the boy's mother Chief Mincemover handed the lad over to Councilman William Deutsch, first buving the little fellow a bag of pea nuts. Councilman Dec: h not to be ontdoue hv tie t-hief's generosity took the boy ' 'tne a'll gave ii:i a - uare n;ep!. NOT A RUN \WAY. Shortly afterward the Renti.ng chief was beard from. He iftd discovered the mother at the a idress giveo. bat the box Joeepn Hodgkius, was not a runawa". He was in Danvi!l», it was t- if te was her- visiting his grand■*t , who resides on Welsh hill an t a'w.t-ira"■ving him was bis fifteen year-old -istfi That the cf!: and coun'dlinau were prov ,i• .: t -igraut example of yon.ifiii ', r* rs'ty aud deception there is o doc>>t. Ttie chief'as be cau-e a person of iiis authority aud dignity con Id not lot the yonthiul A Din ins go without reprocf, which the officer emphabized with a vigorous gri| or th youngster's arm that near ly liftt i him ct? his feet. That the boy was not blind to tiis oppo. t i'ties fcrgaio .• shown by the following. While hasting ou Council man Deotsch's c reroslty he veuttired the remark "! wonder if the chief is any ways tight ' 1 got a bag of peannts oat of him : X would like to strike htm for some fireworks " DISPENSARY NURSE LS A BRIDE A weddiDg which caii.e as a com plete surprise was that of Ed E. Cald well aud Hi t Either Geddis, of Rloorosburg. The bride is the trained nurse who hns been in charge of the patients of the Daurille tt>b<>ren!isis dispensary. Hoth Mr. Caldwell . Mi.-1 Geddis left nn their vacatiou s veral weeks ago and npon their rctu:n to F.lcoms burg on Tuesday they announced that they had been married at Baltimore on Jane 80th. "lie bride was otic cf the members of 'he first graduating class of the Joseph Ratti hospital. Mr. CaldweJl has for a number of y nrs been one of the corps of mail cßrrfer at bloomsburg. Fire Near Pottsgrove The home of John Manger, near Pottsgrove, was hurried qu Snri-.in '«ft ertioou wiiile the family was at church. I The fire was discovered by Thomas Miller, of Milton,who was passing by in his automobile. The fire caught in an out-kitchen, in which the pump was locßtfid and uo water could be j reached. The fire was quickly com , municated to the house, whioh was ! destroyed, together with all its cou ! tents. Jill K if LOSE £!£ It is unfortunate that tlie observance of Fourth of July in this city was ui:irred by the occurrence of a serious j accident, wliich, it is feared, may re sult in the loss of an eye. The victim of tlie ac cident was .Tames A. Hodge, a clerk in the clothing es tablishment of H. P. Ricketts. Mr. Hodge had timeu his family into the country to spend the day aud about dark in a hack was returning to town. H • was driving in Mill street and was approaching Murray's corner when a girl stood ou the sidewalk holding in tier hand a Roman candle or a fire work of that sort. She held the flrt - works s i low that the balls of fire ejected were right in line with the horse.-, I'earing that the animals would take fright, Mr. Hodge called to the girl to aim higher, HO that the fire balls ejected would pass over the horse?. The girl probably hastened ta com ply but only succeeded in raising the firework ou a level with Mr. Hodge's head and the next moment ho received the fiery missile ejected pl'.imp in the left eye. A most terrible injury was inflicted ou the delicate organ aud he endured an agony of pain that baffles descrip tion. He was taken to Dr. Paules' drag store where the injury was tem porarily treated. Ho was removed to his home 011 Bloom street, where he was attended by the family physiciau, Dr. Carry. Daring the night he suffer ed intensely. Yesterday he wen! to HJoumsburg to consult the eye speci alist, Dr. Brown. Both Dr. Curry and Dr. Paules at:re p that the injury i.s a very serious one and neither is at all optimistic as t.o tlie out' oine. The d< licate or;: uiistu of the eye is ruptured and ttie bad effects of the injury from the first were very marked. DU REED'S INJURY On Monday night at the corner of Mill and Mahouii:g fctretts some one threw a pack of lighted firecrackers at Yeteriuarian Reed as he was passing. The exploliug firocrackers struck hiiti alongside the head burning him and producing a concussion of the ear, which threatened >ericns results. The two above named accidents are the worst that have marked Fourth i. July observance in this city for sever al years past. MONTOUR CASTLE INSTALLS OFFICER* At a regular session of Moutour Cast le. No. ]St>. K. O. K . on Monday eveuiug tiie following oflicers were in stalled for the ensuing term: Past chief, Clark I. Rishel; noble chief. Roy K. Van Gilder; vice cliief, John F. Heuiiing; higli priest, Bruce McCracken: venerable hermit, Geo. W. Robinson : wortliy bard, Dallas Hummer: wortliy chamiierlain,Claude Greenman; ensign. Allen Moodie; esijuire, Charles Klliort. Ist guard. Dennis <juigg; :>nl guard, Charles Mausteller; Trustee, Martin L Bloom, District Grand Chief F. M. Herring ton was the install.'ng officer. There was also a class initiated in the ist or Pilgrims degree. NEW FEED!NO STUFFS L VV The new feeding staffs law which was enacted by tl.e last legislature will lake effect the first day of August next. This new law limits the amount of ground ooru oba aud otr lie lis aud weed see's as adulterants in concentr ated commercial f -ding -tatfs, and s 0 make- it possible to free the markets of Pennsylvania from nt e-irable feedß. The co-operation cf all lr.mufactui ers of and dealers in fee ling stuffs, as well as the public press,is solicited in the effort to carry out tfio prov: :is of tills new iaw. Ccpies of the law will be tent to any pt r*on ma :.t a; plication to this ctlkfe for the s.v e. WILL SETTLE UMPIRE QUESTION It is likely that tlie system of um piring iu the Susquehanna league which has proven so ineffective during the past several week< will be chang ed in the near future Presidetit Fred A. Hteiber,of Blooms bnrg, yesterday stated that it was his intention to call a meeting of the managers within 'he nest week at which the matter of umpires will be settled. Eefore and After. "That couple used to bo inseparable a year ago," he observed, "and now you hardly over see them together. Why is it? Do you know?" "Yes," said she. "They weren't mar ; ried a year ago."—New York Tress. independence (lay was celebrated on Monday in the various ways that suit ed the taste of our citizens. It would be using an inapplicable term to say that the Fourth of July was "quiet." It could only be "quiet" in the sense tliat tiie observance was unmarked by any demonstration that brought out a great concourse of people. In point, of fact it would be difficult to recall a day when mere firework* ware dis charge 1, whioh implies couditions the opposite of 'quiet " The din and racket reached its height about 10::J0 o'clock Monday night. Nowhere was it quiet so bad as at the corner of 51111 and Mahoning streets. At tills point for upwards of an hour it was impossible fur even a pedstrian t> pass with safety. Not only the dr'vewav hut even the sidewalks seem ed covered with exploding fireworks. Tho usual p>rotechulo display in which figured rockets, Roman candles and the like was visible iu different parts of town and was witnessed at au advantage from the river bridge. In addition to tho firemen's picnic base ball was au attraction, a consid erable number of ourcitizeus journey ing to Bloomsborji by trolley in the afteruncu to sea the game at that place. Many families picnicked along the cycle path or iu other sylvan aud sheltered plate* that abouud within a mile or so of town; others enjoyed a drive into the conntry while still oth ers wpnt fishing. CROPS SUFFER FOR WANT OF RAIN Un ps rain soon tails the farmers of this section may not have such a very prosperous season aft'r all. notwith standing the hii,!i prices that prevail. Up to neatly the middle of .Tune there was an abundance of rain, it is true, but for three or four weeks past over 1 ir<e sections of oar comity there has been no raiti to speuk of. During the intensely hot weather practically all the moisture iu the ground was absorbed by the sun and a condition of drought now prevails. The cold unseasonable weather that accompanied the rains of a month ogo r tar led tho growth of grass and corn si that both of these were iu a back ward state when the drought set in. 1 '0 hay, whi 'h U now being mule.at ma v places is not ttnre than half a crop. The o e exception " uih t i he the w heat wli'h >, pear- r vi l : and well filled. The country roads are deep -.si' 1 < : usi, which has I town r ran ' t over tho fields and bettlad thick ; <>ri the fences and buildings. The grrut: is parched; at many places tiie corn . shriveling up while potato's, ' it itc , ire at a standstill. The locality between :! is "H m Bloouubnrg seems to have had il benefit of receut showers, aud r> above description niav cot apply, but ove~ a large section of Montour couuty including Eibertj and Valley town ships ah v.ell as a large area on the south -dde of the river drought condi tions prevail. _._IERSOKI~] Jacob Doster is among those who have left to Attend the Kiks' conven tion at Los Angelas, Oal. He will also att:u 1 the Alaska Yukon exposition at Seattle. !r. at; 1 Mi.-. Ci. ;r!"- S. Baker r> • tuttu d ' . st-rday after a few days vi.-it witti Joliu and Eagene Kemp at Wil liamsport. Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Clapp, of Pitts burg. arrived ye-t rday f r a visit at tl. ■ home cf Paul Olftpp, E i t Mark t street. Mrs. org" Winten.teen anddaugh t s. left yesterday for a visit with the former's sister, Mrs. Frank Wiger, Sun'oury. Mrs. Mary Rnntz, Iron street, has returned from a ten days' trip to Glen Rcck.BalMnore and Tolehester Reach, Maryland. Mrs. Eliza Lees and grandson, Charles Jobhorn, Centre street, spent yester day with frieuds in Stinburv. Mrs. Viola Smith, Riverside, is the gue*t of Miss Emma Epler, Northum berland. Mrs. Darrah Eckman aud children, Tlielma aud Florence,returued to Sun bury yesterday after a visit at the Kcbinan home, South Danville. Mrs. C. O. Moyer. Peun street, will have today for a visit with her niece, Mis Mary Reimiller,New York City. Miss Vera Martz, of Strawberry Ridge, has returned to her home after a visit with Mr. aud Mrs. Charles Foust, Upter Mulberry street. ESTABLISHED IN IHSC Ml SI UIS 111 Company F, 12th regiment, N. (3. P.,will leave tomorrow for Mt. Gretna where the annual encampment will be held. The advance detail or camping party will leave on the !> a. m. Pennsylvania train today. Besides Corporal DeMott, who will be in charge, the camping party will consist of Privates Morgan, Gaskin and Lunger. Two cooks —Pat- terson and Nevius—will accompany the camping party. At Snnbury the detail will join the regimental train, arriving at Mt. Gretna about 6o' lock this evening. The duties of the camping party comprise the erection of tents and get ting tho camp in readiness for the company, which will arrive tomorrow evening. Following the camping party will lie the company's baggage, which will lie loaded on a freight car s de tracked at South Danville duriu; this foreuocn. The baggage to be moved was piled up iu the armory last evening ready for shipment and in the variety em braced was worthy of study, as it re vealed how many real comforts enter into a guardsman's life at camp. Iu the first place it should be re marked that the modern soldier as a rule does not sleep un the ground. A few adhere to this primitive mode of sleeping, and Captain tlerrington is one who declares that he prefers a bed on the ground, but judging from the number of cots iu evidence the great er number prefer a more comfortable bed. Twenty army regulation cots were counted besides a good many of a more primitive sort. Among the baggage is a steel Buzzgcot range whose capacious oven would roast nearly a hundred weight of beef at one time. There is a barrel for ice water besides chests, tables, barrels aud boxes galore, quite enough along with the tenting to fill a freight car Tho car containing the company's bag-:age will reach Sunbury iu time to connect with the baggage train and will arrive at Mt. Gretua soon after the camping natty gets there. The present i- the first time that the cooks have ever accompanied the ad vance detail. They formerly went with the company, aud as was natural tin der the circumstance- there was delay before anything could be prepare! to oat, daring which the guardsmen, ravenously hungry after their long ride,endoreu a go.od bit of discomfort. The result of the departure jus* iu augurated will le that when the guardsmen arrive at camp Friiiav not only will they find the teuu elected and the camp in readiness, but also well-prepare.l and abundant meal v I be awaitiug them. The couipuny will leave for camp < • the 1- 10 Pennsylvania tomorrow, cc enpyiug a special car, which will tv in waiting at South r nville At Sun bury the oar will be attached to the regimental train, w M will arrive sit Mt. Gretna about •"> p. m. Captain Herrington will be accotr pauied by fifty nine men, which is about the average showing of late years. CASPER DISERO.AT) CLAIMED BV DEATH Ca<per Diseroad, the well-known contractor and builder, died at the home of his son-in law |and daughter, Mr. aud Mrs William .Tackson, Riv ert-ide, at 5:10 o'clock yesterday morning. Death ensued as tho result of injur ies sustained iu a fall. Mr. Diseroad was picking cherries oue week ago today, when a limb broke beneath his weight and he was precipitated headfirst to the ground, a distance cf about fift on feet. He sustained Inter nal injuries, whioh superinduced an att ick of pleuro pneumcnia. He v>as ia a very low condition for i-everai days prec ding death. The deceased was a native of Br ks county, but livei iu Danville fir many years. He was a good citizen ; Industrious in his habits anil > lie' i t' stnm of his fellow ruen. He was a veteran of the civil w ir, serving a three-yearenlistment in Company D, 1 ith regiment. A[though not a member at the time of his death tor many years fie belonged to Goodrich Post, No. 22, G. A. R.. and was a past commander of the post Tho deceased was agt sixty five years, one mouth and six days He I- survived by two sons and 'our daughters: William Diseroad of At lantic City; Dr. B. hrankliu Dise road, of Philadelphia: Mrs. J. S. Hubbell, of East Branch, N. Y . Mi> William Jackson, of Riverside; Mrs. William Evans and Mrs. tieorge Foust cf Danville. John Diseroad of Blooms burg aud Mrs. Adaui Ctiristlau of Danville are brother and sister of the deceased. The funeral will be held at 10 .i t o'clock tomorrow morning from the late residence of the deceased, No. 1251 Grand street, this city jf Interment will take place in Fairview cemetery
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