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
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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
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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