VOL. ">S—NO 2t» DK. IRVING H. JENNINGS, DEN 21ST. Offict Hour* A. M.to VI M- Mill St., r. SI. to i P. M- Danville, Pa. (1 SHI'LTZ, >l. /• 425 MILL ST., DANVILLE, PA. Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines a Specialty ITEMS CONDENSED. WANTED Local agent to advertise and introduce the new educational work WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY and ATLAS of the WORLD Must be edu cated and able to furnish good refer euces as to ability and chara ter. THL SAALEIELD PUBLISHING COM PANY, AKRON, OHIO. David Colehower.of Reading, while visiting his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith,'of Rerwick. was bitten on the body by a poisonous in sect and blood poisoning resulted. The lad is now in a serious condition. Three persons, George Rishop. John Oaraboae and William Christopher, and also twenty dogs, were bitteu by a mad dog at Norristown. The bitten persons have been sent to the Pasteur institute at New York for treatment, and a number of the canines nave been shot. David J. Richardson, cashier of the closed Cosmopolitan bauK of Pitts burg, was held in SIO,OOO bail for the October term of court. He is charged wit:i making false entries and false reports to the comptroller of the cur rency; also with the abstraction and misapplication of the funds of the bank. The little son of Mrs. M. Malloy. of McKeesport, while playing with a glass toy picture, swallowed it was choking when his mother pushed i tie thiug down his throat. It is now lodged in his stomach. The woman was unable to pull the obstruction out bnd the child was in serious danger of choking to death. His condiiton is serious. The baby of Mrs. James Lorah, of Allentown, was given a dose of its mother's medioine instead of its own and was killed as a result. One of the Hazleton school directors is startiug a movement to have cook ing, darning and mending taught in the schools. The railroad commission at Harrls burg has received a petitiou from Philadelphia that the station on the Baltimore and Washington railroad nt Sixty-fifth street be reopened. This station was closed ten years ago A lea.-ae oi the taxpayers iu Mercer has been organized to fight graft. Depntv Fisli and Game Warden Hol land, of Bloomsburg, report- tlist 500 pollutions of the State streams have been stopped, up to this time. The barn- of.'two Lancaster county farmer- with all the year' 6 crops were destroyed by fire. The unfortunate losers are .Tallies Kabock and Jacob Hostettee. James Haggerty, of Philadelphia d.ed in the Hahnemann hospital. He was the eighth victim of the collapse cf the Archambault building several weeks ago. The man was unconscious ■for 100 hours after the accident and it was known from the start that he could cot recover. The Heading Railway company is going to change its route to abandon the Perkasie tunnel. It will do this by skirting Xunnel hill, .iußt above Perk aise and by doing this will lessen the lime of the run between Philadelphia and Bethlehem. The old tunnel is iu a had condition. Leo Perrine, a prisoner in the house cf correction at Holmehburg, serving a three months' term fur picking pock ets, escape! from that institution while in a delirium from typhoid fev «r. The fellow wa- nnue at the time (if his esoßpa and ir.ii> I ave been drowned in the Penuypae .or creek, through which he had ui -wiv. Franklin Scheifler, wc i: •vi Kichhoro, Hut;kß ooumy, .t while trimming a g'spe < .u.' time ago anl yevered »u artety. The vtbDU 1 V.MS h?aliug uiooly bat Sclteifl t-r SDP'. zed the other duy and tlie con traction of t!;e was so sadden that he started to blefd again and al mo.-t bled to death before the flow was stopped. He was removed to a Phila delphia hospital, where he is new im proving. Garret Lintieroiaa.the former fc?autli Bethlehem rnillioanire. was released from the Lehigh county jail after hav ing served one year for contempt of court. He was co-executor with Mrs Kmily Ashe iu the estate of Hobert. Kathbun and failod to make good in the sain of |60.000. Friends got to gether and raised enough money that coupled with what he got by the sale rf property was enough to cover l'i' 'iflinja •"c- <uitf nVn'n his re Jt LiU'l'rmd!! I* •> ■» |ientnh^> l.u»viig Ijft his million ins: tcultliub. DIME TAKES ! DUE HEADER Result of Saturday's Games Dauville, 5; Alden, 1, first game. Danville, 5; Alden, 0, second game. Shickshinny, 9; Berwick, 1. Nescopeck, 14 ;Benton, 8. Blooomsburg, 7; Nanticoke, 3. STANDING OP THE CLUBS. W. L. P.O. Nanticoke .13 3 .813 , Danville 12 3 .800 , Shickshinny 8 7 .533 : Nescopeck 8 8 .500 I Benton # 9 .400 Bloomsburg .(! 9 .400 Berwick 5 11 .313 Alden 4 12 .250 The greatest day of the >eason for Danville was Saturday. Danville's two wins and Nanticoke's loss to Bloomsburg make a change of three | games in the relative standing of the two leaders of the Susqnehauna league and places Danville but oae point be hind in the scramble for the top of the column. This, too, with Nanticoke having played one more game than Dauville. The positions of the other clubs differs but little and matters less. Bloomsburg jumped from next to last to tie for fourth place. Alden tight ened her hold on the foundation posi tion Everything tended to put the race more and more up to Danville aud Nanticoke, and while the latter still continues at the top, tilings do uot look at all bright for the coal heavers. lu the midst of tiie enemy 's camp aad surrounded by a hooting and .jeer ing mob of Nanticoke rooters at Edge water park on Saturday afternoon Dauville trounced Alden twice in easy fashion,standing the cellar champions on their heads while the crowd jelled itself hoarse—with disappointment. Alden's only score was made in the first innings of the first game, there suit of an error. After that dnring the remainder of the afternoon they failed to get another man across the pan. Peck Rowe, did his first pitching for Danville, twirling throughout the sixteen innings played in the finest form, his work in the box marking him as a most valuable addition to the locals' pitching staff. A total of eight hits he allowed the Ahlnnites during the sixteen innings of the two gameß. He struck out 12 men and issued no 1 passes. His display of nerve and head work aud staying qualities were re markable. At one time in the first game the first man up hit the first ball pitched for three sacks, and there he remained on third while Rowe struofe out the next three men who faced him At other times during the two games with men ou bases he retired the side ou strikes, or let the opposi tion down on easy infield drives. When he finished the sixteen innings he said he could have kept on pitching until dark. Behind him Uowe had fine support. With one or two exceptions the Dan ville team played flawless ball dnring both games, the howling of the mob . seeming only to increase their effici ency. Dooley, Hess and Livengood are particiilarlyjmentionable. In the first game Dooley and Livengood ac complished a when the catcher canght a fly and quickly threw to Livengood at first. The hitting of the Danville team was a feature,not so much in the num ber of swats, but in their timeliness. Just when hits were necessary to make runs was when the Danville players would swat the ball, and then they would hit it hard. Coveleksie, in the 1 ninth innings of tiie first drove his eighth home rnn of the season over 1 the left field 1- u c It was the second . home run eve- . -. .eon the Edgewater park »i-inn .-. Luring the two games Hi - Tho as and Metzler had two hv.vers. Liver,g 'd, Coveleskie and Tlnrai. each rnng u i a three bagger. )'t 'gins in 'ie:'t> r field was the main st.iy • tf>o AUleu < im. He did some g >1 - ti ;. . tie a number of beantifni cu hes and was fast on the bases ; The score : FIRST GAME. DANVILLE R. H. O. A. E. Heas, 3b 11 0 5 1 ! Umlauf, ss ...... 0 0 11 0 Thomas, !b . 0 3 15 0 0 Metzler, cf.. .. 0 1 0 0 0 Livengood, 2b 1112 0 Coveleskie, rf 2 2 2 0 0 Doley, c ...11720 Mackert, If . .0 0 0 0 0 Rowe. p 0 0 0 4 0 Totals 5 9 «2fi 14 1 ALDEN. R. H O. A. E. ! Smith, 3b 0 0 9 0 0 diggings, cf 11 3 0 0 D»vi» « O 0 8 1 0 Bergen. 20 0 12 5 0 DANVILLE- :PA., THURSDAY. AUGUST 5, 1909 CHOSEN UICU SCHOOL TEACHER Thomas B. Shannon, of Tnrbotviile. ' was elected teacher of the new high j school on the south side maintained ointly by Gearhart township and Riverside borough. His salary will be eighty dollars per month. The joint meeting of the two school boards was held on Friday night, a fall representation of both boards be I ing present,as follows : Gearhart town ship—B. F. Landau, W. W. Gulick, O. W. Gearhart, .Jolin Freeze, John Murphy, and T. W. Clayton. River side borough—John Wildsmith, R. B. Bird, John Keitn, Hervey Shultz, Clarence Yeager and Charles E. Mills. There were several applicants for the position of high school teacher. All were given careful consideration but the two hoards seemed unanimous in the choice of Thomas B. Shannon of Tnrbotville, who, on a visit to the south side, had favorably impressed the directors. He is a man on the score of whose qualifications there is no doubt. He is approaching middle life and iias had abundant experience not only in high schools, but also in un graded schools. Oa motion it was decided to fix the length of the school term at eigiit months The schools will open on September Tth. Oa motion W. W. Gulick, of Gear hart township and R. B. Bird of Riv erside boiough were selected to con stitute a "high school board" of the two districts as required by law. The two men comprise a wholly separate board which has all the powers and duties and is subject to all the liabili ties with respect to the control and maintenance of the joint high school that are conferred or imposed by law upon the school directors of either of the townships or districts by which the said high school is established. The high sohool board has uo power to create indebtedness by the issue of bonds or otherwise, but in the dis bursements of funds is limited to the moneys provided by the school boards of the respective townships or districts which it represents. RUSH TWP. AFTER HOKE SCHOOLS Representing a number of taxpayers of the Moore school district of Rush township, Attorney Oeorge B. Keinien snyder Monday morning presented a potition to the Northumberland coun ty court at Sunbury requesting that the directors of the said district be required to furnish ample accommoda tion for the pupils. The petitioners dec'are that the directors have will fully neglected and refused to provide a suitable school house.room or build ing for the children and that there are twenty children and upward residing along the Logan Run road who are ob liged to walk four miles to attend school. That there has not been a change in the location of the school sites in the district for forty years and that the tax rates have remained at six mills for a longtime Judge Auten appointed W. E. Bloom, of Sunbury, an inspector to investigate the condi tion and report to the court when some action will be taken. Philippine planters, finding hemp cultivation not as profitable as in former years, are beginning to till their lauds for other crops. Olsheski, ss 0 11 5 1 Salsiuger, p 0 11 3 (l Gorham, 3b . ...0 0 0 a 0 Phillips, rf 0 2 l 0 1 Bierly, If 0 12 0 0 Totals 1 7 27 13 2 •Hit bv thrown ball. " Danville 100000 2 0 2—5 Alden ...10000000 0-1 SECOND GAME. DANVILLE. R. 11. O. A. E. Hess, 3b 0 1 0 2 0 ! Umlauf, ss .1 l 2 5 0 Thomas, lb 1 l 10 0 0 Metzler, cf ,0 1 2 0 0 i Livengood, 2b .10 13 0 Coveleskie, if 0 0 0 0 0 Dooley, c 1 0 fi 0 0 Mackert, if.. .0 0 0 0 0 McCloud, If .0 0 0 0 0 Rowe, p 11 o 1 0 Totals 5 5 21 10 0 ALDEN. R. H. O. A. E. Smith, lb .0 0 9 0 1 Higgins, cf 0 12 0 0 Davis, c 0 0 9 11 Bergen, 2b 0 0 110 Olsheski, ss .0 0 0 1 3 Lackell. p 0 0 1 3 1 Gorham. 3b ... 0 0 1 3 0 Phillips, rf 0 0 0 0 0 Bierly, If 0 0 111 Totals ...0 1 24 10 7 Alden . 0000000 x—o 1 Danville. 0010001 3—5 WILL BUILD THREE HIE BICES | The county commissioners will be | obliged to abolish practically all the 1 wooden bridges throughout the coun | ty,erecting in their stead steel bridges, a measnre which will entail a cost of i many thousands of doliais on the.eoun ty. That the wooden bridgos will have 1 togo was demonstrated a few days ago when a traction engine went through 1 one of that type of bridge in Anthony township. Nearly a dozen other bridges of the same type, which have become county bridges, formerly considered safe, will be likely to yield in the same way when put to the test. The traction engine, ponderous in itself, and drawing after it the mass ive thresher,now penetrates every cor ner of the countryside, illustrating that even the remotest rural locality is affected by the industrial revolution and the changed conditions generally that characterize this practical age. Obviously nothing remains but for the various communities to keep pace with the progress of the times in all thifigs and this of course,implies, that if the old woodden bridges or culverts are not strong enough to bear the trac tion engines—which are here to stay —then nothing remains to do but to build bridges of iron,which will prove equal to the new burdens imposed. This is precisely the view taken by the county commissioners, who have decided to euter upou the worfe of bridge construction 011 a large s rale They have decided to build at ouce three new bridges iu addition to the three for which bids are being invited and contracts for the bnilding of which will be awarded next week. All three of the new bridges will be in the northern part of the cnuuty. One will replace the bridge broken by the engine on the road leading from Hur ley's school house to White Hall; one of the other bridges to be rebuilt is known as the Sechler bridge and the other as the Maust bridge. Next summer the commissioners ex pect to take up the work anew and bridge bnilding will probably be the order for several years to come. LAWN FETE AT HOSPITAL. The beautiful lawn at the hospital for the insane was the scene of an elaborate function Monday eve, when a farewell was tendered to Dr Ida Ashenhurst and Dr. G. B. M Free, both of whom have tendered their res ignations Members of the medical staff of the hospital Dr Free's resignation ha-> ?»!rea \ taken effect. Dr. Ashenhurst will sever her connection with the hospit al about »he middle of the month. The farewell fete wns teuiered by ttie medi cal staff and the officials of the hospit al for the insane Among those present were Dr. Meredith, Dr. Krickhaum, Dr. Neb binger.Dr Robbins.and H. B Sohnltz, steward of the hospital ; from Danville the following physicians assembled to do honor to the retiring members of the staff: Dr. R. S. Patten, Dr. C. . ShulU, Dr. G. E. Stock, Dr. I. G. Barber and Dr. 1 H. Jenuings. The medical staff and officials of the hospital united in the presentation of a gold bee to Dr. Ashenhurst as a tok en of their high regard. Dr. Free was remembered iu t!i« same way with nn elaborate purse. Addressas fell of sentiment were de livered by Dr. Meredith as well as by Dr. Aslienhnrst and Dr Free. Re freshments choice and abundant were served on the lawn. TALKING CROW MEETS SAD FATE i Jim, the pet crow owned by Miss Htath, on Pine street, whose exploit in finding a lost breast pin was prais ed last week, has since then come to an untimely death. He happened to fly to a neighboring yard, alighting in an enclosure in which a couple of dogs were kept. Owing to the fact that lie possessed the gift of talking, the social side cf Jim's nature was highly developed. The'dogs, however, resented Jim's friendly intrusion. Precisely what took place will probably never be known, bnt an altercation occurred, during which the crow received In juries from the effects of which he later died. .Jim was really a laarvel. The beauty of his plumage and his accomplish- j meat. as a talker made him a perfect aristocrat among crows. He found a welcome wherever he went and now that he is dead the whole neighbor- j hood Biiares the owner's grief E. Yates Smith, of Hottstown, broke i his arm while cranking his automobile and not realizing hit injuries drove his machine fifteen miles to his home j before his wound wa* Pressed. He suf- I fered intense pain. BR SHREK A! liSPII Work on the new buildings at the hospital for the insane provided for by the appropriation made by the last legislature is now well under way and the grounds present a scene of activity nearly as great as was witnessed last summer. Benedict and company of Williams port, who have a sub contract for rais ing the roof of the southern half of the male infirmary are practically through with their work and will be off the ground by the last of the week. The wing was raised twelve feet to correspond with the other half of the infirmary whioh was raised last, win ter. By means of jacks and elaborate system of blocking the irregular roof system was raised bodily to the re quited height. The work, whioh ( ail ed for the closest kind of oversight was in experienced bauds, however, and was completed without a single mishap or any delay. The briok work is practically com pleted aud yesterday the roof was be ing let down on the walls constituting the added story. This part of the work was every bit as exacting aud difficult as elevating the roof. It was under the immediate supervision of Boss Carpenter William Bushen, represent ing Mosier & Summers. Mr. Benedict was also ou the job. Beyoud this point the work on the male infirmary will b» carried speedily to completion. ATTENDANTS' DORMITORY. Work on the building for the em ployes is also well ender wav. This bnildit'g is located at the rear of the hospital near the boiler house. In shape it resembles a T. the front por tion beiug fifty seven feet by 24 feet aud the wing extending in the rear thirty-seven feet by one hundred aud seven feet. It will be two stories high. Up to grade the walls are built of conorete. The building will be of brick. Work has been under way for nearly a month past. The bricklayers, ten of whom are employed.began work on Monday and the walls all around the bnilding have been laid np to the height of about two feet. The dorm itory, which will be fitted up with especial reference to the needs of the employes, will fill a long felt want aud will add tunch to the comfort of tl.is class of employes. NEW SIDING. Work ou the siding an ! the :a! pit connected with it is a'.so uctier way. Much of the grading on the '-xtensicn of the siding to carry the cars aronud freni the present dunto the boiler house in alread* compbte'i. lu addition the e\ avation for the coal pit at the resr of the boiler hou«e is well under way. The coal pit will be sixty feet long by fourteen feet w , le. Its dfpth will be seveu feer, tiie bottom being cu a level with the floor of the boiler house. The pit will hold about fonr car loads of coal at one time. The im provement- is one of the most import ant contemplated at the hospital, as it will obviate the necessity of hauling the coal up from the iltmip by wagons OTHER WORK. Ground has not »b yet been broken for the cow shed which bnilding will constitute an important part of the work to be done this summer. The building of the sewage disposal plant constitutes an important opera tion in itself Taken all together the work on foot ami contemplated will keep the oonstraetors busy at the hos pital all summer. MACHINES ARE IN OPERATION The Lake "Always Rewinding Machine," an invention of James G. Lake, of this city.and upon whioh the inventor has spent several vears of work, is now on the market, the mach ines being manufactured by the J. G. Lake Manufacturing company ou North Mill street. The machine is a most ingei.ious contrivance which will solve a serious difficulty iu the giving of moving pict ure shows aud eliminate the long wait between the shewing of differeut films, as each film is rewound on the Lake machine as it is shown. One cf the machines has been in use at Rolling Green park near Sunbury for some time and is said to be giving perfect satisfaction. One has also been installed at. the Majestic theatre at Mt. Carmel and at other places. The mach ines sell for $35.00. OPERATED ON FOR DOUBLE CATARACT Mrs. Philip Fonst, Sr., was operat [ed on for doable cataract at the home of her Carry Fonst, Nicholas avenue, on Tuesday morning. I The operation, which was performed Iby Dr. J. ,T. Brown of Bloomsbnrf*. assisted by l)r. P. O. Newhaker, of i this city, was quite a wnccessfnl one j and very good results are anticipated, j Mrs. Fonst is seventy-seven years I of age. SCHOOLS WILL on ni so The public schools of the borough will open on the last Monday of Aug. this year, which implies that only a trifle over three weeks of vacation re main. It is a fact that an enormous amount of work in the way of repairs, clean ing. &c., remains to be done in the short interim. The extensive repairs, including calcimining and painting, are being pushed ahead as rapidly as possible. On next Monday night at the regular meeting of the sohool hoard the contract for cleaning the buildings will be awarded, after which especial attention will have to be given to that branch of the work in order that the buildings may be placed in proper con dition for the opening of schools. AS TO VACCINATION. The same rules and regulations re lating to vaccination that have gov erned the schools for several years past will be euforoed this year. Notwith standing that much agitation has been set on foot looking to amendment the law relating to vaccination is still in force. All principals and teachers are obliged to refuse admission of any child to the schools under their charge or supervision except opon a certific ate signed by a physician setting forth that such child has been successfully vaccinated or has previously had the small pox. The certificate as above described, of course, is not necessary except in the case of those pupils who have not attended the schools before. In Mie case of all those who attended ojr schools last year and previously the question of vaccination has been satis fai torilv settled. Obviously only a little time remains for those who need a certificate to at tend to vaccination aud they should see a physician immediately ; other wise a delay may occur before they will be admitted to the schools. FIRE ALARM TUESDAY EVENING An alarm ot fire startled onr citizens about six o'clock Tuesday eve. The bla/,e occurred in the moulding de partment of the Danville Foundry and Machine company. A heat was run yesterday as usual and the last tiling before leaving the shop last evening the flasks were pour ed. By the time the workmen ha.l gine home and the foundry wns left in the hands ot the watchman he dis covered fire, the bnilding being full of smoke. It appears, however, that there wns nothing more serious the matter than that a flask had tal;> u tire,as very fir qeuty occurs. Without understanding the cause the watc'imau, in or.i.-r to be on the safe side sounded the wi.tr tle. The fire took up 112! u alarm, in respOM«e ro which the Wasi'- ie? and the Friendship ioys timml out. Trie former oompauy teache.i *he wotks but their services were not need ed The Friendship company had barely started tor the plant when it learned that the blaze was extinguish ed. DOLLAR ROAD TAX GIVING TROUBLE The dollar road tax has been giving trouble all over the State, and collect ors and others have been having all kinds of difficulties in collecting the same. The commissioners of Arm strong county to get right wrote to the auditor general about this tax and in reply have received information that the additional dollar tax must be paid iu each township in which property is owned. The opinion has prevailed that this tax could only be assessed against property owners iu the township in which they resided,but from the above it is understood that the extra dollar can be assessed and collected in every township iu which property is owned. FORMER RESIDENT OF DANVILLE The Kev. .Tames Russell, D D., of Ounonta, X. Y . led prayer meeting at the Mahoning Presbyterian church last night. The Rev Dr. Rusßell was a native of Danville and grew to manhood here. He was a student in the Danville high school under Mr. F. C. Derr as prin cipal. His presence at the church last night afforded his old time friends an opportunity of renewing acquaintance with lilm. Mr. Russell is pastor of the Presby terian chnrch at Oneonta and is one of the leading divines of that section. Miss Martha Helt.of Shamokin, was boarding a street car with her mother who dropped her parse. The girl in her eagerness to get the bag jumped from the oar and struck her head on the pavement fraotnrlng her skull. ESTABLISHED IN 1855 111 PENNIES Ml BE RARE | The new Lincoln pennies jnst put into circulation readied Danville yes terday and proved an object of great curiosity. The Danville Natioual bank receiv ed fifty dollars ( five thousand pennies) at 9 o'clock yesterday morning and by , 10:30 o'clock fifteen dollars (1,500 pen nies) had been pnt into circulation. The most of the new pennies were given out in exchange fur nickels and dimes. lu a few instances pennies were exchanged. The new penny is very artistic in appearanoe. On the diverse side in stead of the familiar Indian head sur rounded by the legend "United States of America"and with the year of is sue iuM-ribed underneath tiie new coin contains the bust of Lincoln. Above the head is the mctto : "In God We Trust." On one aide of the bust is the word "Liberty" and on the other is the vear of issue "1909." On there ! verse side the new penny differs less from the old. Immediately under the denomination of the coin."One Cent," appeais the words: "United States of America." At the upper edge appears the motto; "E. Piuribus Unum." A dispatch from Washington states that a serious blunder has been made by the mint authorities and that a new die may have to be made to elim inate the objectionable features. If this occurs it will make the coin" al ready in circulation of value above their face. The objectionable feature is the in itials of the designer, Victor D. Brenner, which appear on the lower edgo of the reverse side in minute raised letters. Under the circumstances it is doubt ful whether many of the new pennies given out at the'bank yesterday will go into circulation at this time. It is more probable that they will be laid by with the hope of realizing some thing on them when they become rare. Before closing yesterday afternoon 3,500 of the new pennies had been paid out at the Danville National bank. FIFTY-SIX YEARS IN THE PULPIT Rev. D. S, Monroe, D. D., pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church of New Cumberland, and who is well known in church circles iu Danville Sunday celebrated the otith anniverasry ot his ordination as a minister of the gospel. Dr. Monroe preached his first ser raon at Newville on .Tnly :il, 1803. Ho has the distinction of having served in a longer continue..., pastorate than any p acher, li ins or dead, in the Central Pennsylvania ami Baltimore conferences since :7!». Dr. Monroe eot-r-d the itinerant ministry of the M. tl dist Episcopal church .1 une 26 1 v when he was 20 years of age He served 26 year.- as secretary of the Central Pennsylvania conference, was a delegate seven times to the general conference and was sec retary 28 years. He has started, remodeled and built 13 fine churches aud five parsonages, including the church and parsonage at New Cumberland, of which he is now pastor, at a '-oat of $05,000. During his pastorate iu Baltimore he ptesided at the presentation of a flag to the first Union company raised for the Civil war, and, with Colond Peter Lyle's regiment,he ser vice in May, 1861. MOSQUITOES NEVER MORE PREVALENT The mosquitoes were never worse in Danville thau this summer. The in seots make it very unpleasant for per sons who desire to sit out of doors dor ing the warm evenings. The prevalence of the mosquitoes is to be attributed to the old canal. If it were not for tills hreeding place the annoying insect would be conspicuous by his absence this summer, as the drought prevailing has brought about conditions unfavorable for the pro pagation of mosquitoes. This affords another reason why the old canal should be tilled up. Mosqu itoes not only sting, but they cause the spread of disease by carrying the germs. On general principles, there fore, conditions should not be permit ted to exist favorable to the propaga tion of so persistent and dangerous a pest. Children's Party. A number of children of the south side were eutertained at a picnic ar ranged by the pastor of St Peter's Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. Samuel Fox, on Tuesday. The outing was held at Lutber Bassett's woods where the little ones were conveyed in two straw wagons. A fine time was enjoyed.
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