illontii nr ' v C VOL. 55—NO 3] DR. IRVING H. JENNINGS, OJfire Hours A. to 12 M. 104 Mill ]'. M.to 41\ ■'/. Danville, Pa. p SIU I.TV., M. 425 Mill St., Dasville, Pa. diseases of the Stotnacli and Intestines a Specialty ITEffIS CONDENSED. WANTED :—Local agent to advertii v uii,! uemduee [lie new educational work WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY and ATLAS of the WORLD. Must ba edu cated and able to furnish good refer ences as to ahilirp ami character. THE SA ALPIELD PUBLISHING COM PANY, AKRON, OHIO. A car of Inmber collapsed at Lavellt and fell on Oscar Voder, killing him. Some of the hotel men at Mercers brag have been prosecuted for selling three bottles of beer at a tima to one customer. The prisoners :u the work hous3 at Clareinont, Allehgeny county, are kept busily engaged in building the walls of an addition to the edifice. The forest fires in the vicinity o' Williamsport are now all under con trol. but are not yet out, and require the efforts of 300 men to fight them. Samuel Darkns, a cigar manufact urer cf Mackville, Berks county, kill ed himself by shooting at Freeland. Unrequited love is alleged to be the cßUse. There are more alleged ballot frauds in the Schuylkill onnty primary elec tions reported. The Patriotic Order Sons of America in a recent meeting decidad o join the fight to purify the ballots. A lamp exploded at the home of Ralph Detwilerat Vandergrif-t Height and as the resnlt the house is badly damaged, one child is dead and anoth er is dying, while the mother sustain ed severe burns. A meeting will be held in Pittsburg on Monday to consider the advisabili ty of building a tunnel or bridge to cross under or over the Mouongahela river to couaect the city proper with South Hills. A dog owned by Stephen I, Ham mond, who is dead in Chester and who adopted the animal a few years ago, when it had a broken leg, made frantic efforts to jump alongside the master when he was dying. Now It hovers near the death chamber, refus ing food. Thieves who entered the hardware store oi Price & Striet at Rochester, stole a half dozen revolvers and some ammunition and then set fire to the building, causingf:;,ooo damage. Seven persons are mysteriously mi-s --ing from home in the vicinity of Wilkes-Barre and resist all efforts of the police or their relatives to locate , them. Howard Curl, of Darby, has a sun flower measuring twelve feet in his garden. It is the biggest plant of that species ever grown in that section and , naturally is attracting much atten tiOJ. Three thousand strikers of the Press ed Steel Car works attended the fun eral of Steve Horvath, a striker, who was killed in an attack on Major Smith, a colored man, at McKee's i Ro'ks, on Thursday. Fifteen election officers and the i Democratic members of the board of ooanty commissioners are under arrest as the result of the wholesale investi- ' patious being made in the alleged Schuylkill county election frauds. Eucks county firmers in the vicin ity of Warrington and Chalfont are beginning to wonder whose barn will go next as the resnlt of the depreda tfons of a Sre bag who has been ex ceedingly active in that rp„''on is.'elv An anto skidded at the eu'rnnce ro Pairmonnt park, in Philadelphia, and overturned. As a result the nhaffeur, James Dngau. was caw ;ht mder the machine and had his life rushed out, while three other occc..iauts wer« in jured Mrs Marie Scherer, asert 7o years, was fonnd dead in the Allehgeny riv er near Pittsbnrg. She is thought to have committed suicide while de spondent over a quarrel with her -on in law over the bnrning of some pap ers. A thousand delegates are expected to gather in Pittsburg at the convention of the United Boys' Brigade of Am erica to he held October 1, 2 and 3. Preparations are being made for the biggest meeting in the history of the organization. Determined to stop the number [of mine disasters there has been a rescue station established at the South Wilkes- Barre colliery at Wilkes-Barre. One feature is the Installing of six helmets into which oxygen ran he pnroped end with which a miner can enter a gas filled mine with impunity. 01 CHANCES NEVER BETTER Result of Saturday's Games Danville 3; Nanticoke. 1. Nesoopeok, !(; Bloomshnrg, 4. Shioksliinny, 5; Berwick, 1. Bentcn, 7; Alden, ti. STANDING OF ThE CLI'BS. W. L. P.C Nauticoke ...14 4 .778 Danville .13 4 .705 Shickshinny JO 8 .836 I j Nescopeck )) .500 Bsnton 8 'J .471 ; Bloomsbnrg 7 10 .412 Berwick <> 12 .833 Alden 4 1 5 .211 ! Those Bloomsburgers who for the ! last week have through their local n»w« sheets been ciuehiug Saturday's t;.»iu with Nescopeck for themselves | and counting on a sure defeat for Dan ville at the hands of the league lead ers must have much the same feelings now that the aged lady who counted . her chickeus before they had broken the shell. Pardon us please if we smile audibly. Never having been iu quite the same position and standing ourselves we can't perhaps appreciate their feelings righty, nut we extend onr heartfelt sympathy. Manager Hoffman's pennant chasers never felt more like hunting the nails I to tack np the pennant,and witii some reason. Never has the team worked so splendidly. Nanticoke has played one more game than Danville and both have lost four. We have an idea that by Saturday next Danville and Nanti coke will be tied for first place. One strike ! two strikes!! Batter oat Sach was the sporting music tnat fell,with harmony on the ears of two thousand fans Saturday afternoon when the locals lowered tiie aspira tions of the anthracite sluggers for first place in the race of the Susqne hanua League. Probably, never in the'bistory of.,base ball iu Danville, team play such ball, and never was a local team given the ova tiou and enthusiasm as were the "Browns" in aid of their death-deal ing the slate pickers of South ern Wyoming Valley. Nanticoke was there with a special train carrying two hundred rooters; Danville was there wih two thousand fans; the photog- j rapherjtoo, was there, and evidently cnrejof s what Danville was going to do struck off the faces of the bunch of which Danville is prond. "Pinky" wasjthere with the goods and Dooley accepted them as they were delivered ; Welsh, with ease and grace was a prize first-sacker; Livengood took a safe) one anil accepted everything; ; Umlauf opeued the three-bag raea ; | Hess starred on Coveleskie's excusable error ; Koehler pulled down the only one that'eame his way; Mackert fool ed the left fielder with a "dazzler," and Metzler had oue of the three home ! touches one of the safe ones and cap ped tiie climax with a hair splitting | catch off of center field fence with a gentlemanly apology to the splinters | on the rough side of hemlock board. President William L. McCollum of the Susquehanna Leagne who witness ed the'pame stated that the game was the best and cleanest exhibition cf amateur baseball lie has ever seen. He spoke particularly of the work of Hess at third. It was a pitcher's battle from first to lust; the locals only getting four safe ones and 'Pinky" was only touched for three. During nine inning tlie cleanest and fastest ballwas play ed by both sides, Danville .having a little the better of the game from j I every standpoint. Lehr far Nanticoke took the bludg eon in hand Sr-t Coveleskie just for j fun passed, him to first. Evans fouled j to Dooley, aul Le ir was caught on first for one of the two double plays early in tha game that got the goat of the visiting league leaders. Brannon f'ird oat to Koehler ending the first. In Danville's half, Hess struck out. ; Mighty iittle Umlauf carefully fondl ed his trmtv bludgeon faced .Tenkins j and promptly a clouted out a joy pro ducer that awoke the crowd some. When the smoke cleared away Umlanf grinned on third. He scored on Bren ncn's passed ball. Jenkins struck out ; Walsh and Dooley iu order. In the second Shemauski for Nauti ooke struck out. Walsh was bit on the arm. Murray next up shoved down a grounder to Coveleskie who threw to ' Umlauf at second who threw to Walsh—being a narrative of Danville's 1 second double play in as many innings Danville went out in order. In the fifth Nanticoke tied the score, 112 i Murray got a base on balls, Buskirk , : sacrificed, Haley struck out, Murray . scoring on Umlaut's misjudgement 3 ' of .lenkin's grounder. After this dire , feat, the slate piokers failed to get a I man to the second bag the remainder 8 , of the game. Coveleskie owned the gauie and passed etc cp as •!»»•> DANVILLE- ;PA., THURSDAY. AUGUST 19, .1909 please;!. Not to be outdone the local boys col- i lected two runs and filled the league leading layout with despair. Y air, that bad, and it happened thusly: Livengood hit to right field, Koehler struck out, Livengood was caught trying to steal second. With two out and things looking shaky Metzler beat out a grounder to first. following, hit a high fly which left fielder Lehr failed to get. and circled to second.Metzler scoring. Hess, next up, got his base on balls, stole sacond and on the play. Mackert scored. Did tiie crowd applaud—no they just made n noise like a millicn and tore their hair. Umlauf struck out reiiriug the side. This ended the liooring. In the ninth Nauticoke catne to bat with bad in tentions, they were desperate and well they might be. The prized rag was slipping away from them, and they thought they owned it. Already they had received notification of said fact by soma thousands of rooters and it was do or die—and they died. Not in tentionally, my no, chief undertaker Coveleskie and first assistant Metzler assisted In the demise Shewnnski 1 drove a long fly to Metzler. Walsh laid a grounder to and was thrown out at first. Murray next up, hit one of "Pinkie's" choiea onesl which caused two thousand odd fans to gasp. It in the air selecting center field fence as the most distant point and made directly for it. It sure looked good for a homer. "Reds" who isn't married was on tlie job however,and with a Marathon run beat it to the fence and with a mighty slap tiiat made a noise in league circles, plastered it against the boaids anil the came was over. Sweeney—wen lie spoke for himself He's all there and lie's cn the job every minute. The score: DANVILLE. K. H O. A. E. Hess, 8b 0 0 0 8 0 Umlanf, ss l l l 8 11 Welsh, lb 0 0 11 0 0 Dooley, c . .0 0 10 1 0 Coveleskie, p.. .. 0 0 0 3 1 Livengood, 5b ...... 0 1 1 2 0 Koehler, rf 0 0 1 0 0 Metzler, cf , 113 0 0 Mackert, If .. .. 11 0 0 0 i Total 4 27 12 2 NANTICOKE. R. H. O. A. E. I Lehr, If .0 0 1 0 01 Evans, cf 0 1 O 0 0 Rrannon, c ... . 0 0 13 2 0; Shemauski, 3b .. 0 0 1 0 0 Walsh, lb ... 0 0 6 0 0 ! Murrav, 2b 1112 0 Buskirk.rf . 0 0 O 0 Oj Haley, ss ....... 0 1 2 11 •Tenkins, p 0 0 0 2 0 Total 1 3 24 7 1 Nanticoke 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 o—l Danville 1000 2 000 x—3 Sacrifice Hits, Umlauf. Bnskirk Stolen Bases, Hess 2. Double Plays, Dooley to Welsh, Coveleskie to Um lanf to Welsh, Brannon to Haley.Two Base Hits, Mackert. Three Base Hits, Umlauf. Struck out by Coveleskie, it; by Jenkins'lS. Bases on Balls, Off Coveleskie 3, off Jenkins 2 Hit by Pitched Ball—Hess, Walsh. Passed Ball, Brannon 3. Left on Base, Dan ville 4. Nanticoke S. Umpire. Sween ey. Time ofjgame.9l .55. WON 30-LOST 11 Saturday marked the forty third game played this season by the locals. Ous of the forty three they have won thirty, lost eleven, tied oua with Shickshinuy and have one to play with Bloocosbnrg. The record is an excel lent one and speaks rather well for a team that [has been in the field some thing les3 than a season. Are we awake to the kind of stuff we are us- 1 ing to play ball? Keep your eye on tho youngsters and after they grow older, so to speak, maybe they'll make -rime baseball noise that yon won't have to listen to hear. RAILROAD OFFICERS CHASK TRAHPS The Pennsylvania 'railroad police froji Williamsport -and Snnbury as sembled iu the latter place on Tues day afternoon, and then went to the location of the work of the new rail road yards at Northumberland for the purpose of driving away the large number of tramps who are making their headquarters at that place. These tramps have been loitering around the work and have become a nuisance, bagging on the streets of Northumber land and getting drunk and creating many disturbances. Stealing through out the town has become nightly oc currences and women are insulted evrry day when they refuse to give the tramps food or clothing. The tramps have knowledge that the work -1 tnen are to be paid within the next ! few days' time and are congregating iu large numbers. The railroad police will make a trip to the work every day and keep chasing the tramps away. ! The Pittsburg telephone companies j have to their sorrow fonnd out some i thiug new about the Lincoln pennies. ; These coins make the telephone slot machines work just as well as nickels | and the publio has with its usual sharp -''ttady found this out. mm i in m The contract for the Cotner bridge, ; the largest of the finr let by the county on Saturday, was awarded to the Nelson Merydith Co., of Cham- j bersburg, the price being $1097. The bridges at Sheddon's, 011 Back ruu nnd at Mnffley's weru awarded to Owego Bridge coiupauy at $33(1, €315, and $742 respectively. There were nine firtiiH biddius rep resented as follows. F. A. Kase.Unit ad Construction Co.. Albany, N. Y. ; J. 8. Mcllvaiue, Mcllvaiue & Co., Chambersburg ; J. M. Whitley, Owego Bridge Co.. Owego. N. Y. ; Thouias Haines, Beou Bridge Co., Beaver Kails; Will Buchanan, Buchanan Bridge Co , Chauiborsbnrg ; Boyd A. Mnsssr, York Bridge Co., York: J. B. Loiik, Nelson Merydith Co..Cham bersburg; C H. Reimard, Blooms barg aud George NY. Rockwell, of Sunbury. Notwithstanding tiie keeu rivalry and competition existing among the bridge companies, the representatives when together prove a jolly and con geuial lot and seem to enjoy tiie oc casion of a letting. Each man had bidden according to his Judgment with an eye single to his company's interest and that he should lrse iu view of the multiplicity cf bidders was probably rather to be expected than otherwise. Our county will have several other bridges to build vet this season and the bridge tr.en will be lack again in a shcrt time. Bids were invited only for the sup erstructure of the bridges. Separate coutracts will be awarded for the substructure or stone work. The bids submitted Saturday were as follows . \el9on Merydith Co.—Bridge at Corner's sl(".'7;at Mnffley's, #814; Back's J n. $339; Sheddon's, $379. Owog Bridge Co.—Cotner's, 91143; Muffler's, -*742; Buck's run, |315; Sheddon's. #330. United Construction Co. Oatuer'a $1300; Mnffley's, $860; Buck's run, |:S39; Sheddon's $422. Mcllvaiue & Co. —Cotner'B, $1440; 1 Muffle-y's, s'.; Mnffley 's, $1 >9B ; Buck's run, |359 ; Sheddon's $487. C. H. Reituard of Bloom6i rg bid for the substructure and superstruct ure complete, as follows Cotner's, 1572.60; Mnffley's, $806.50; Bock run, $694.10; Sheddon's. $6!<0.10. The York Bridge company p:it in a bid for only one bridge.that at Buck's run. The figure was $525. The contract for tiie Cotner bridge was accordingly awarded 10 Nelson Merydith Co. and tiie contract for the other three bridges to the Owego Bridge Co., these tirms being the low est. Nelson Merydith & Co.. to whom the contract was awarded for con structing the bridge at Cotner's. is the fiim that built the bridge over the Chillisqnaque at Washingtonville last year. The firm is represented by J. B Long, who iias made many friends at Danville and throughout Montour ' county on the oocasion of his visitß. The Owego Bridge Co., to which ' were awarded the contracts for the other three is.-naller) bridges never did any work for the county before, al though on several occasions they ap peared as unsuccessful bidders. BIDS FOR SUBSTRUCTURE. On next Saturday the contracts will be awarded tor the stone work of the several bridges, to be built. In each , instance work on the superstructure will begin as soon as the ahntments are ready. They will all be c.mpleted this summer. COLONEL CLEMENT RE-ELECTED Charles M. Clement, of Sunbury, was re-elected commander of the 1 Twelfth regiment. National Guard of Pennsylvania, at a meeting of the line 1 officers of the regiment held at. Sun ' bnrv Tuesday evening in the armory of Companies E and K. The election j was conducted by Brigadier General jC. Bow Dougherty, of Wilkes-Barre, commander of the Third brigade. I At the organization cf the National 1 Guard of Pennsylvania in October Colonel Clement will likely be made a : brigadier general, either of the new I brigade, then to be formed, or to suc ceed General C. Bow Dougherty, who will likely succeed Ma.ior Ueneral John A. Wiley, of Franklin, as divis ion commander. It is personal interest that makes any enterprise win. DROUGHT 10KEN HHT ll ! The prolonged drought, the most ' severe since 1880, whs effectually brok |en by a rain which continued from I 9 :30 o'clock Monday night until day light Tuesday morning. The rain was general. The refreshing effect was not only apparent on vegetatiou but also 00 humanity, whose spirits took a swift rebound from the discouragement and depression caused by the drought to the height of hopefulness and good spirits. The farmars in market Tues day morning were a happy lot. To them the rain meant something more tliau the mere settling of the dust aud tiie bringing about of conditions more 1 conducive to personal comfort. To the i farmers the rain is a matter of dollars and cents, as it came iu the nick of time to rescue several of the crops that seemed doomed to destruction. It is surprising how much good the rain really did on the fartus. A num ber of marker people were heard to ex press themselves on the subject. All agreed that the coru will be enormous ly benefited. Several causes have con spired to retard the growth of this crop and it is in a backward state. Unless frost appears early, corn will have a fell mouth in which to mature. As the effect ct tiie rain there may still be a fairly good coru crop. Where the potato viues are still green potatoes may grow a little but 112 armers Tuesday seemed to agree that the outlook for this crop is rather dark. Tomatoes , cabbage aud garden truck in general will bo greatly bene fited. Pasture will be revived, while buckwheat, tnrnir>, &c., will have a splendid chance. The rain while heavy at no time approached a downpour. Tiie thirsty eartli drank it up as it fell and at no places were the dra:ns and gutters ov ertax.'l There was no perceptible rise ou the river Tuesday, although there was quite an accumulation of muddy water in Mahoning creek, while Bliz zard's run, which had become quite dry, was set runniug again. At most places the rain sank into the ground a trifle over plow-deep. It was the first good rain that we had for at least two mouths. The fall- J ing rain was a novelty that all enjoy ed. Tuesday morning the deep durt so long a nuisance iiad given place to mud nnd water on our streets nnd high ways, but even this proved a refresh ing change after the long drought. The grass on the lawns aud in Mentor- j ial park has already taken ou a green er color: where eutirelv dead it has begun to show signs of sprouting out again. It will undoubtedly he but a few days uutil all effects of the drought have vanished. BERWICK BOY MAS DISAPPEARED No traces Dave yet been found of Raymond Porter, a Berwick boy who disappeared on Friday last, from tiie home of Daniel Longenberger at Ber wick. Leaving the house about 8 o'clock nothing has since been seen or ! iieard of him. He had been sent to th 6 home of Mr. Longenberger about a i year ago by Miss Helen Holloway, of the Humane society, and has alway been well treated and never uttered the least complaint, which fact makes ' ' the mystery of his strange disappear ; aaes so much tha more scrange. As soon as he was missed by the ! family a search wa- at tuce instituted j and though the police In all of the surrounding towi.s have beeu notified ' nothiug lias since been learned of him. He is described as being about four feet six inches tail au;l has coarse | browu hair. He wore at the time he ' left a blue and white shirt, no coat. ! j blue overalls aud a chip straw hat. Any information will be appreciated by Mrs. Holloway, of 1408 Front street. Berwick. Word can be sent by Bell 'phone. THAW RETURNED TO MATTEAWAN Harry Thaw returned to Matteawun yesterday. He had to purchase an ad ditional grip to carry all his belong ! ings from White Plains. As it was, he threw out several hundreds of letters most of which were from cranks and women. The Thaw fnmily.it was learned to day, will make an attempt now to have Ttiaw released from Matteawau aud committed to the custody of his rela tivea. They will agree never to let him out unless accompanied by a mem -1 bre of the family or a special attend -1 ant. , ' ; A charter has been applied for for ' j the Irwin and Herminie Traction com ' pany to suooeed the Pittsburg,McKees port and Westmoreland Traction com j pany, Manning Stires retired. It is < I said that $40,000 in bonds will be ii i sued to secure improvements. as IS UK The fifth annual outing of the Farm era' Tri-Countv Picnic association, which look place at DeWitt's park yesterday, brought out the usual large attendance A record-breaking attendance was anticipated bnt this failed to material ize That an unprecedented outpourimr of the people did not occur was prob ably due to the unsettled the weather. Tiie day dawned cloudy aud the -ky was overcast pretty nearly all day. To strengthen di.struatjthe offici al forecast in the] roorning°"predicted i "unsettled weather." Hundreds of farmers,especially those who resided at a distance "halted be tween two opinions" iu the morning. That a large number decided not to take the risk of 'gettingjgwet is only natural. However, hundreds, eveu thousands, were undeterred by weather condi tions aud resolutely ventured forth to join the popular outing. That they had a good time no one would doubt who was present at the park. It was an euormous concourse of peo ple, apparently filling every nook of the park. A feature to be noted only on the occasion of a farmers' picnic was the of horses and car riages, which occupied the outposts,so to speak. Although few persons were to be found yesterday who would as sert that the attendance was any larg er than last year, yet uearly every one seemed the fact that the number of vehicles tied up around the park exceeded the number in evid ence last year or any season previous ly. It was,iudeed,an interesting sight, the comfortable carriages and the sleek well-kept horses,hundreds in number, standing close side by side, several deep, encircled the swaying mass of human beings that filled every part of the park. The farmers putin the entire day at the park. It was scarcely eight o'clock when they began to arrive. They came from every direction. Hundreds drove through Danville during the forenoon Iu mauy instances whole families were ! represenied, while in every vehicle, the traditional picnic basket, well-till ed. was in evidence. A large contingent representing the locality between Danville and Blooms burg, if not beyond the latter point, came to Danville by trolley, at the D. L. & W, crossing transferring to the Danville and Suubury line. About noou the exodus from Dan ville begau For about three hours the two cars plying] backwards and for wards between the pnrk and the D. L. & \\\. crossing were pvited. The stores were all closed and t tie basines* peot:. of town along with the far;uers took u holiday. The high water mark cf • fudance was readied about 3 o'clock iu the afternoon w .en .•* tl >' It-*•entenoed to teu days in jail. One of the reasons assigned for the release of the prisoners, aud which was sus tained by the court, is that the law provides for vagraucy the sentence shall be not less than thirty nor mo:e than sixty days at hard labor, and therefore a teu days' sentence iu the county jail without hard labor will not 6taud. In view of the court's de cision the magistrates of Sayre are somewhat uudeoided as to what to do with prisoners brought before them for vagrancy aud illegal train ridiug. Even though they are sentenced to thirty or sixty days the sheriff claims he has no way iu wliioh to employ them aud the attorneys are not certain that they can be >eut to the c.or.»ty ! home. WEATHER BUREAU MAKING GOOD Answering a recent magazine strict ure on its abilitie* as a prognosticat es the weather bureau has issued a bulletin intended to disprove the the ory that the bureau "has not made i good." r Instead, however, of giving its own , opinion of its work, the weather bu ! reau has gathered together iu this tia page bulletin opinions expressed lu hundreds of newspapers throughout ' the country aud in letters from repre , ; sentatives of various commercial,agri cultural aud maritime interests, all teuding to uphold the work of the i bureau. Of more than 000 newspaper ; criticisms received by the bureau, all - but three were favorable. i Young Life Closed. "i | Helen Marie, daughter of Mr.} and Mrs. Harry Walker, Foust street, died 1 at 7 :B0 o'clock yesterday morning, ? aged 3 years, 5 months aud 9 day 6. Death was due to a complication of ' ' diseases. The funeral will take place . 1 Friday at 2p. m. Interment in Odd j Fellows' oemelery.