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At a meeting of the Darby school
board a committee was appointed to
perfect a fire drill for the schools and
introduce it to the pupils at the open- i
ing of the fall term.
Couucilmau Klein, of Pittsburg,has
been ordered rearrested by the court j
for failure to renew his bail, pending
recsut appeal from judgments in the j
graft cases.
George W. Baxter, an operator, of
Cleveland, dropped dead in the lobby j
of a Pittsburg hotel as the convention
ofjOld Time telegraphers ended. Ha 1
was prominent in his profession.
Zarbe, the Pittsburg man who built
an aeroplane and had the misfortune
to have it destroyed in a storm last
May, is said to be building another
machine of a type entirely different |
from any now used.
IsaaclDunn, colored, of Williams
port, was'at work on the rectory cf a
church whenjthe bell on the church
next door started to toll for a funeral.
The tolliug'of the bell is thought to ■
have caused his heart to fail, for he
dropped over dead.
A car in Pittsburg jumped the track
on a bridge;2oo feet above the earth
near Kennvwood park,and the passeu
gets, screaming with fear, were hurled
to the floor|in;heaps. Tiie car stopped
before it leaped, but two persons were
injured as it was.
As a result of a conference with at
torneys representing the L'nited Mine
Workers of America, District Attor
ney O'Brien, of Soranton, has decided
to conduct a rigid investigation into
the granting of a mine certificate to
Charles Steumaeh, who was killed be
cause of his ignorance of the mining \
laws.
M. H. Vanhorne, of Columbia, N.
J., bought an auto in Pennsylvania
and rode from Eastou to Doylestown
in it. When he started the thing in
Doylestown Upstarted out at a terrific
gate and collided with a telegraph
pole. He became disgusted with the
thing as a result and offered it for sale
for SSO. There was a rush of persons
willing to purchase, but the machine
was lauded by the fire chief.
A scourge of cholera among the early i
settlers in what was then known as
Birmingham, caused the members of
St. Michaels' Roman Catholic church,
in South side, Pittsburg, to make i
solemn promises to celebrate the an- j
niversary of the day as holy when the
plague should be checked. It was j
checked and the promise has been
kept, 1,500 people attending mass and
services in the church on Thursday.
Seven year-old Earl Yarnall, of near
Media, died from lock-jaw caused by
running a fishbone into his foot.
Hugo Hansen, a Dane living on a
farm near Pittsburg,saw three negroes
in his orchard stealing apples. Taking
a dog he raced them, when one of them
turned and shot him. His wounds may
prove fatal
At the close of the year ending April
30, there were 167 branches of the
Young Men's Christian association in
the State. These had enrolled 51,427
members, which is an increase of near
iy a thousand over the previous year.
The Catholics of Pittsburg are con
templating the erection of a new SBOO, -
000 high school. All the churches iu
the diocese will aid in the support of
the institution, the building of which
will mean that the other Catholic
high schools will be abandoned.
School Director John McAfee, of
East Natujeal.near Pottstown, was on
his way to a meeting of the school
board when his horse ran away and he
was thrown on a paling fence, along
which he was dragged. He held onto
the reins all through the accident.
Nailed to the door of the Slatington
police station was a notice that Robert
Pierce, a well-known slate operator,
would be killed by September 15. The
man cannot explain the mysterious
threat and is unaware that he has any
enemies that might seek his life.
A squad of policemen in disguise
raided the cigar store of Joseph Senior
ot Chester, and confiscated some gam
h'ina "tpparatus wnich they found
t-h«>r». Srusor, who : s vreM fcnnwn In
Bp irt'.uc ciro es and"on e others, were
playing poker wheu they were cacy lit.
BOM FAB
Jl[ SESSION
James T. Magill was re-elected wat
' er commissioner, to serve for the next
i three years, at a regular meeting of
council Friday night.
I On motion Peter J. Keefer was re
j elected superintendent of the water
1 works without any opposition to serve
for the ensuing year.
! On motion the four employes—Ed
! ward F. Bell and Jacob Byerly. eng
■ ineers, and Edward Wertman and 1
George Hullihen, firemen—were re
i elected without any opposition to serve
during the ensuing year.
On motion of Mr. Pursel it was
ordered that the borough solicitor bo
instructed to bring suit against the
Danville and Bloomsburg Street Rail
way company to recover all costs,&c., |
paid by this borough in the trial of
the case of Mary A. Densberger against
the borough of Danville and for which j
said company is liable under the terms
of its contract with this borough in
the txteusion and regrading of A j
street.
The proposition to pave East Market
street is beginning to attract repre
sentatives of the various brick manu
facturing firms to Danville. George
B. McGrath, representative of the
Bessemer Limestone company of
Youngstown, 0., was present at couu- j
cil Friday night. His company manu
factures a ten-pound red shale block, j
the company's yards being looated in I
the western part of Pennsylvania,
Mr. McGrath at considerable length
explained the"Standard Rattler
Test," to which paving blocks at the :
present are mostly subjected by up-to
date municipalities before they are ad
opted for use on the streets.
W. H. Wason, general superintend
ent of American Uniou Telephone
company, of Harrisburg, appeared be
fore council protesting against the
granting of a franchise to the People's
Telephone company, which he said in
return for the privilege of bringing its
wires into Danville on the poles of the
American Union Telephone company
had agreed not to disturb conditions
by applying for an ordinance to build
its lines in Danville.
He called attention to the fact that
the citizens of Danville through the
'phones of the American Union Tele
phone company can use the People's
Ideal line and have full benefit of the
latter's service. If a franchise be
granted to the People's Ideal line it
will become necessary lor citizens to
install an additional 'phone, which,
with the American and the Bell, will
run the number of 'phones up to three
—an unnecessary burden, which peo- i
pie should not be asked to shoulder.
In addition the subject of poles must
be taken into consideration. Our streets
are already heavily burdened with
poles and it was urged that the num
ber should not be increased by grant
ing the franchise in question in view
of the well established fact that we al- |
ready have abundant and reliable tele- |
phone service.
The following members were pres- j
ent: Schatz, Cleaver, Finnigan, Pur
sel, lies, Everhard, Marshall, Curry
and Connolley.
The following bills were approved
for pavment;
BOROUGH DEP'T.
Labor and hauling £142.75
Regular employes 117.50
James Gibson .. ... 14.25
Washington Fire Oo 3.00
J. H. Cole 23.15
Atlantic Refining Co 36.67
talker & Kepler 111.05 j
United Tel. & Tel. Co 1.25
Sara McOuen 8.00;
Postage and box rent 11.75
B. O. Tillinghast.. 2.00
George F. Keefer 85.00 |
T. L. Evans & Sons 17.00
WATER DEP T.
Regular employes -■? 161. 40
The Gem 14.00
William E. Limberger 4.25
People's Coal Yard 169.32
Friendship Fire Co 18.75
American Oar and Fd'y. Oo ... 83.30
Atlantic Refining Co 28.94
Danville Fd'y. & Machine Co.. 6.10
THE ELKS PICNIC
A GREAT SUCCESS
The annual outing of Danville lodge,
No. 754, B. P. O. Elks, took place yee
terday at DeWitt's park, and proved
to be one of the most pleasant affairs
ever held by the local antlered herd.
The attendance was quite large.
The Miles & Foulke orchestra fur
nished music for dancing during the
afternoon and evening. Several hotly
1 contested base ball games were in pro
gress during the day and other amuse
l ments filled pleasantly the time be
-1 tween the excursions to the well laden
tables.
An ammonia pipe burst in the plant
of Swift <& Co. in North Side, Pitts
burg. and an engineer and eleven
: horses bud narrow escapes.
DANVILLE. }PA., THURSDAY. AUGUST 26, 1909
DAHVILLE ill
Ml 11I0N
Results of Saturday's Games
| Danville 6; Benton 8.
Nescopeck 2: Bloomsburg 0.
' Nescopeck 5; Bloomsburg 9.
Alden 8; Berwick 6, 10 ins. i
i Shickshinny 3; Nanticoke 8.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
W. L. P.O.
Nanticoke 15 4 .789!
Danville 14 4 .777
Shickshinny 10 9 .526
Nescopeck 10 10 .600
Benton § 10 .441
Berwick 6 13 .421 i
Bloomsburg S 11 .421
Alden 5 15 .250 1
It was a lnoky thing for Danville i
that Benton was not playing good ball :
on Saturday. Had the visitors put up
any kind of a fast exhibition the locals
would have been flayed. As it WBS
Danville won by a score of »S to 3, and
both teams played ragged ball.
Most of the run getting during the j
gauie was the result of the wildest j
kind of work—overthrows, poor judg
ment,muffed flies and juggled ground
ers, all being on the list. But the J
balm of the fact that we won went a i
long way with the large, crowd pres
ent toward soothing the pain caused
by the up-iu-the air playing.
Ooveleskie in the box for Danville,
pitched a good game, although not up
to his best. Benton hit his delivery :
freely, but were able to tally but four
safties. "Pinkie's" best work was
shown on severnl oocasions when his
team had gotten him into a bad hole. j
Jones, in the box for Benton, was
tlie mainstay of his team, and about
the only man on it who put up a real
first class exhibition. He had a dandy
out and several ottiers up his sleeve,
and he had the Danville heavy hitters j
pretty well mystified. Our friend Mr.
Relchard, of Bloomsburg, of "1001
ball" fame, guarded first station foi
Benton. He was given a rousing re
ception.
Benton opened the ball by sooring a
run in the first innings. Brannigan 1
flied out to Metzler, Charles received
a pass and McOarty singled into centre,
Charles going to third ; Long drove a |
grounded to Livengood who threw to
first, Charles scoring on tiie play ; E. j
Laubach flied out to Ammerman.
The visitors did no tally again until
the Tth when they took two, the result
of errors and a hit. Ooveleskie had
two strike outs in this innings or they
might have been running yet.
Danville's runs came in twins in
the 3rd. 4th and sth. Mackert opened
the 3rd by accepting a present of first
base; Metzler sacrificed him down,
and then Hess took a pass: Umlaut
advanced the runners a base : Hess and
Mackert both scored when Brennen
dropped Livengood's easy fly
Ooveleskie opened the 4th with a
two bagger into center: Ammerujan
drove an infield grounder which was
thrown to third to catch Umlauf run
ning for Ooveleskie, but the Danville
runner was safe by a close margin; on
Mackert's fielders' choice Ooveleskie
scored and on Metzler's single Am
merman scored.
In the fifth Livengood opened with
a two bagger; Dooley reached first on
a sacrifice bunt sending Livengood to
third; Stock filed out to Brennen,who
without apparent reason threw the
hall way over the third baseman's
head, allowing Livengood to soore;
Ooveleskie drove one to M. Lanbach
at short who threw way over Reich
ard's head, Dooley scoring.
Hagemyer, of Bloomsburg, umpired
the game, and gave entire satisfaction
to both sides. There was not a kick
registered by either team during the
; entire game.
The score :
DANVILLE.
R. H. O. A. E.
Hees, 3b . 1 0 0 2 2
Umlanf, ss 0 0 2 a 4
Livengood, 2b 1 2 4 2 0
Dooley, o i 0 6 2 0
Stock, lb 0 0 10 0 0
Ooveleskie, p 1 j 0 4 1
Ammerman, rf 1 0 3 0 0
Mackert, If .1 0 0 0 0
I Metzler, cf 0 1 3 C 0
Totals 6 4 27 15 7
BENTON.
R. H. O. A. E.
Brannigan, If 0 2 1 0 0
Charles, 2b 1 o 11 0
! McOarty, c 0 1 7 2 0
| Long, rf 0 11 0 0
E. Laubach, 3b 0 0 3 2 0
Relchard, lb 1 o 7 0 1
I Brennen, cf 1 0 3 0 2
!M. Laubach, ss 0 0 1 I I
; Jones, p 0 0 0 4 D
Totals 3 4 24 10 4
Danville .0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 x—6
j Benton 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 o—3
Two base hits, Ooveleskie. Liven
good. Sacrifice hits, Umlauf, Dooley,
Metzler. Stolen bases, Mackert, Metz-
I ler, Dooley, Reichard. Struck out, by
Ooveleskie 5, by Jones 7. Bases on
; balls, off Ooveleskie l.off Jones 5. Hit
j by pitched ball, Hesß. Umpire. Hage
! myer.
SESSION OF ARCH
WENT HI
The session of argument court con
vened on Saturday at 10 o'clock a. m.
with his Honor Judge Evans and As
sociates Blee and SVelliver on the I
bench.
In re-petition of Couley W. Foust, j
guardian of Walter Foust to dispose of
property, owned by the latter situated |
on the comer of Market and Iron
streets, at present occupied as a hotel
by Joseph Smith, to Mary A. Thomas
cf Rhorsburg, Columbia county, for
tle sum of *3850. The sale was ratifi
ed bv the court.
JUVENILE COURT.
A petition was presented to the
court from Anna R. Simiugton, pray- j
ing that the court take jurisdiction
and make provision for the care and
welfare of Thomas Leroy O'Brien, a
boy under the age of sixteen years,
son of John O'Brien. The petition
further stated that the boy has been
abandoned by his father and has been
at the home of the petitioner since
February 21, 1908; the mother is dead,
there are ni other relatives capable of
caring for him aud that he is a child
dependent and iu need of the care and
protection of the court.
A rule was granted to show cause
why the prayer of the petitioner should
not be granted, returnable ou Septem
ber 11, 1909, at 10 o'clock.
HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDINGS.
The hearing was had in the habeas
corpus proceedings instituted by Clyde
Applemau of Valley township, to re
cover possession of his daughter
Myrtle Applemau. at present in the
care of Mrs. William Wiutersteen, of
Valley township, having been taken
by her ou the death of her daughter,
Appleman's wife, about a year ago
and nursed back to health. Many wit
nesses were called by Mrs. Wintersteen
to prove her contention that Apple
man was not a tit person to possess the
child. An equal number testified to
the good character of Applemau.
The morning session came to a close
with the case still up.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
In a short afternoon session testi
mony was continued. Several wit
nesses were called on both sides. The
court refused to decide the case on
Saturday, took the papers in the case
and will hand down an opinion later.
FESTIVAL A
BIQ SUCCESS
The festiaval held on the lawn at
the home of Mrs. Belle Harris, Upper
Mulberry street, last night was a com*
plete success. The worthy object to
which the proceeds will be devoted,
namely, the purchase of flowers for
the beds iu Memorial park next spring,
aided much in the success of the un
dertaking.
The lawn, which adjoins the park,
was tastefully decorated with bunting
while Japanese lanters hanging in
every conceivable place, made the
picture a most pleasing one.
The tables, ten in number, were
presided over by some twenty ladies
and were crowded from seven o'clock
until ten. It was nearly twelve before
the affair was brought to a close.
Too much credit cannot be given to
the ladies who gave their time and at
tention to such a worthy object. The
affair was gotten up under the direc
tion of Mrs Mazie Reuninger, assist
ed by a number of ladies who take a
deep interest in the appearance of the
park.
HOLE IN COURT
HOUSE CEILING
When William M. Heddens, couit
' crier, opened the Montour county
; chamber of justice, Saturday morning
lie found a startling state of affairs, a
portion ot the ceiling having dropped,
marring the beauty of the one thou
sand dollar decorations that have been
i recently installed there by the C. Day
Rudy company of Harrisburg.
The hole left by the falling plaster
;is several feet in diameter and the
; oeiling for some distance around is
loosened and ready to fall. The com
missioners no not believe that the
; damage was caused by any leak in the
roof, but incline to the belief that the
plastering was not secure before the
decorations were put on.
CONTRACTS FOR
THE STONE WORK
The Montour county commissioners
on Saturday awarded the contraots for
j the stone work of three of the county
j bridges as follows :
Coleman bridge. Liberty township,
jC. P. Boyer, of Liberty township,
J $181.25.
Ootner bridge, Derry township, E.
O. Welliver, of Danville, $431.00.
Buok run bridge, Anthony township,
E. O. Welliver, of Danville, $233.00.|;
James Heokendorn was the only oth
er bidder, the latter bidding for the
work by the perch.
SCHOOL BOARD
JL SESSION
The regular meeting ot the school
board was held Monday eve. The fol
lowing members were in their places :
He'ss, Sechler, Cole, Fischer, Swarts, ;
Shultz, Redding,Burus, Gibson,Orth.
Mr. Fischer of the building and re
pair committee reported that the re
pairs on all the buildings both inside ;
and out are approaching completion. >
He called particulai attention to the 1
excellent work done by Mr. Grove on
the desks in the high school room
Mr. Burns of the committee on sup- !
plies reported that but one Remington '
typewriter had been exchanged for a
Smith Invisible machine. The supply ■
committee was instructed to purchase
a clock for one of the rooms.
Superintendent Dieffenbacher en- j
dorsed the recommendations of Prof- !
essors Mover and Bickel in favor of
the Milliken and Gale text book in
Physics for use in the high school.
On motion this book was adopted bv
the board.
Superintendent Dieffenbacher re- j
ported tnat the senior secondary school
in the first ward will be overcrowded
this year, there being ten more pupils
than there is room for. Room can be
made for these pupils in the other
wards by a system of transfers. On
motion the following system was ad
opted as recommended by the transfers
committee:
All senior secondary pupils living
on West Mahoning street and Mill
street, north of Mahoning street will
be transferred to the third ward senior
secondary school; also all senior sec
onuary pupils living north of Centre
street and east of Mill street will be
transferred to the fourth ward senior
secondary school.
Iu the grammar schools,if last yearV
lines are continued, there will be 34
pupiis iu the fourth ward, 39 in the ,
second ward and 53 in the third. By a
proposed readjustment of the lines it
can be so arranged BO that there will
be 41 pupils iu the second ward, 37 in
the fourth ward and 48 iu the third.
On motion the matter was placed in
the hands of the transfer committee to
act in conjunction with the superin
tendent.
BILLS PAID.
The following bills were ordered
paid :
American Book Oo $377.30
Roberts & Mack 109.50
ReadiDg Iron Co 1.88
Pennsylvania R. R. Co 60 88
Mrs. Harry Kaufman 30.00
Mrs. Ella Lynn .... 30.00
Morning News .... 5.75
C. L. Eggert 2.25
Boyer Bros ... 27.10
Joseph Lechner 7 33
Rebeca Lovett 24.00
Anna Anderson . 6.00
Emery Shultz 11.85
E. H. Sainsbury 28.20
F. C. Henry 4.50
A. H. Orone . 14.48
Palmer Co 4 80
Remington Typewriter Oo . 4.05
A. J. Nystroam it Co 25.00
Henry Holt <fc Co 6.25
J. T. Magill 20.14
Ohas. E. Merrill 31.65
Thomas & Brown Oo 5.60
Allvn & Bacon 5.12
Laird <fc Lee 5.70
Heins, Nobel & Elridge .. 30.00
Silbey & Oo 8.00
Atkinson. Menzer & Grover 38.40
Heins & Nobel Co 8.45
Milton, Bradley & Co 17.60
D. Applemau & Co 19.20
MARRIED IN
WILLI AMSPORT
Hugh Fisher, of Allenwood, aud
Miss Bessie Kapp of this city, were
united in marriage in Williamsport
on Thursday last. The ceremony took
■ place at the parsonage of Messiah's
Lutheran church,the Rev. R. G. Ban
nen officiating. Both of the contract
ing parties are well known in this
city and have for some time been em
ployed at the State hospital. The bride
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Foster
Kapp, Ash street.
The newly wedded couple returned
to Dauville Monday evening after a
visit with the groom's parents at Al
lenwood. They were given a rousing
reception at the home of Mrs. Fisher's
parents.
TAX RECEIVER
HAS BUSY WEEK
The last week of the five per cent.
• rebate tor 1909 taxes is on and will end
ou next Tuesday, August 31st. As a
; consequence of the approaching time
limit large numbers of people are daily
payiug their taxes to Receiver Charles
E. Voris.aud his office on Ferry street
presents a busy appearance these days.
1 J Receiver Voris states that so far the
receipts have been well up totheaver
! i Bse
( Protection to home industry is still
[popular with Americans.
DANVILLE H
HITS 551.11
Proceedings to recover $50,000 as
damages from the American Car and ;
Foundry company by reason of alleged ;
negligence of the company were in- J
stituted in the Columbia county courts
Monday by Oscar Thornton, a well
known young man formerly of Dan
ville, who Is at present residing at
Berwick. The papers were filed by his
counsel Paul Q. Sherwood, Esq., of t
Wilkes-Barre.
The statement sets fortli among oth- :
er things that the plaintiff is a resi
dent of Berwick and that he was on
August 20th, 1908 employed in the
finishing department of the steel plant
at Berwick as a laborer and was sent
to work with a reamer upon the con
struction of cars. That it was the well
known duty of the company to furnisli
a reasonably safe place to work, safe
equipment, tools, bits, etc., and in
struct the plaintiff in operating said j
machine.
That the company gave him no in
structions and that by the breaking of
a defective bit about two o'clock that
afternoon he was struck in the left
eye by a piece of the tool, the sight :
destroyed and the other eye so damag
ed that the sight is permanently dam
aged and slowly being lost. For his
loss, expenses of treatment, glasß eye,
etc., loss of earning capacity suffered
and to be suffered, great pain and em
barassmcnt and inconvenience suffered
and to be suffered the amount of? 50,-
000 is asked.
IMPROVEMENTS
IN SAGEBURG
In that busy section of our town in
cluded in the second ward a number
of citizens are improving and beautify
ing their properties. Among the places
where particular activity is to be
noticed is at the home of Erza Haas,
on Mowrev street, where yesterday
grouud was broken for the erection of
a two story addition to the front of
his home. The improvements when
completed will make Mr. Haas' place !
one of the most desirable properties in
the upper end.
Also on Mowrey street Mrs. Susan
Keef»r has .iust completed the remodel- j
ing of the front of her residence, in
stalling larger windows and doors.
The painters are now putting the
finishing tenches on Mrs. Keefer's
home.
William Reese is greatly improving
the appearance of his two houses at
the corner of Front and Houeymoon
streets, with a coat of paint. The
house facing on Honeymoon and oc
cupied by his son David Reese, is
finished and tba painters are now at
work on the house 112 icing on Front
street. James P. Rishell, Hjupjuioou
street, has also just completed lie
painting of his home.
Jacob Dietz and Samuel H:ias who
own adjoining properties on East
Market street, have recently repainted
their homes and laid substantial con
crete sidewalks.
NEW APPARATUS
FOR DISPENSARY
Dr. George A. Stock Tuesiay re
ceived from the State department of
health,for use in the local tuberculos
is dispensary, Dr. Stannton's blood
j pressure indicator, one of the newest
and most remarkable instruments used
in the detection of symptoms of tuber
culosis. One of the symptoms of the
dread disease is a lower than normal
1 blood pressure. This instrument de
; tects such symptoms by a pneumatic
: pressure exerte ion the blood vessels
|of the arm of the patient in such a
j way as to equalize the natural pres
| sure of the heart, the resulting artifi
cial pressure being shown by the mer
cury on an indicator attached to the
instrument, in much the same way as
the state of the weather is indicated
l on a thermometer.
The instrument is so simple that
anyone can operate it properly who
| knows the natural blood pressure.
I The interest taken by the state in
the tight against the white plague is
evidenced by the additional apparatus
| received monthly. The apparatus in
| eludes all the latest instruments for
• the detection and cure of the disease.
! The local dispensary Is at present
fully equipped,due to the interest tak
jen and energy displayed by the phy
j sician in charge.
Big Steer's Mad Run.
Becoming badly frightened while
being unloaded at the D. L. & W.
stock yards at Bloomsburg yesterday a
steer belonging to George M. Hughes,
a butcher, escaped from its driver and
went bellowing madly through the
town. After a long run the animal
ended up with a broken neck on a
railroad culvert, a half mile above
Catawissa,three and a half miles from
the place where it started.
ESTABLISHED IN 1855
DEATH OF CIVIL
WAR HEHOIIE
There will be laid to rest in Sha
mokin'today, a woman"! who Danville
is proud to honoras a formerjre'sident
and who mourned in Shamokin~~as
the city's most patriotic woman. She
is Mrs. John Maincer, who at the oat
break of the Oivil war enlisted Jwith
her husband in Captain Oscar Ephlin's
00. O, 14th regiment, Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry from Danville and
served throughout the struggle.
Mrs. Maincer departed this life at
her home in Springfield on Monday
aged seventy-three years. While"! her
fame was practically unknown to Dan
villi tea, she ranks with Mollie Pitcher
and other heroic women of patriotic
spirit developed by the country's need.
When the summons came to Danville
from President Lincoln for recruits to
save the country from the invading
Confederate army, one of the first to
enlist was John Maincer, a stalwart
young man who had recently married.
He became a private'in Co. C, 14th
regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers,
infantry.
With a two weeks' old babe in her
arms (who is Mrs. Catherine Quinn,
of Johnson City), the young bride de
termined to .join the union forces as a
nurse. She enlisted at the same time
and went throughout the entire war,
alleviating the sufferings of the dying
and nursing the wounded back to
health.
It was a duty of devotion to the old
flag. The gallant young soldier fought
in many engagements, was never
wounded but became severely ill after
the Seven Days' Battle and the heroic
wife nursed him back to health.
At the close of the war Mr. and
Mrs. Maincer returned to Danville,
but later removed to Coal township,
Northumberland county, where they
reared to manhood and womanhood a
large family of children.
During all these years neither the
husband nor wife applied for pensions,
although both were entitled to the
same for their glorions sacrifices for
their eountry. Mrs. Maincer was re
tiring in her nature and only at the
fireside of her own home would 6he
recount to the children the brave and
heroio deeds of her husband and her
self.
Besides a husband, the following
children survive: Mrs. Catherine
Quinn, Brady; Mrs. Emma Sands, Coal
Run; Mrs. William Madera, Ralpho
township; Mrs. Mary Smith, Marion
Heights; Frank Maincer, Brady and
Miss Sadie, at home Deceased is al
so survived by forty-eight grandchil
dren and thirteen greatgrandchildren.
The funeral will b9 held this after
noon at 1 o'clock, services in Trinity
Episcopal church. Siiamokin. Inter
uciit will he iua>'e iu Shamokin ceme
tery.
COMPANY F HAS
FOUR EXPERTS
In the National rifle match now go
ing on at Camp Perry, Ohio, Company
F has the honor of having one of its
members, Private Eisenhower, on the
Pennsylvania rifle team as alternate.
When it is explained that the rifle
team is composed of the twelve best
shots chosen from the Pennsylvania
State militia the honor conferred will
| be appreciated.
j Company F has been improving
rapidly in marksmanship. Dnring the
last four years it has been given more
attention than formerly with gratify
ing results. Last week Captain Her
' rington qualified as an expert, bring
ing the total number of experts In the
company up to four, three more than
we have had at any other year. The
i experts, in addition to Captain Her
rington, are Private Eisenhower, Cor
poral Beagle and Sergeant Yeager.
The company's standing will be
I greatly advanced in future inspections
by reason of the additional experts,
each expert being rated at two hun
dred per cent.
SLICK SWINDLERS
WORK MERCHANTS
i About one hundred merchants in Mt
Carmel and its environments bit on a
[ clever swindling scheme. Two smooth
; tougued strangers pulled off the game
j there, and they worked it successfully
! in almost every town in the region.
! The two men would explain how,
| for thirty cents down,they would col
lect on delinquent accounts for a cer
tain percentage. In this way they got
' over 100 of the dealers to cough up.
and the strangerii departed with over
; S3O of their money.
It was all done in one day, and paid
the men fairly well. They made their
preliminary payment small so that
merchants bit readily,and there would
1 be little likelihood of squealing.
! Mrs. Anna Van Why Is dying near
I Bethlehem from lock-jaw as the result
| of a wound caused by a rusty nail.