VOL. 55—NO 35 DK. IRVING H. JENNINGS, Office Hours A, M.to 11 M 101, Mill St., P. M.to iP. M. Danville, Pa. CI SIHCLTZ, M. /• 425 MILL ST., DANVILLK, I'A. Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines .i Specialty ITEMS CONDENSED. WANTED—LocaI agent to advertise and introduce the new educational work, WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY and ATLAS of the WORLD. Must be educated and able to furnish good re ferences as to ability and character. THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY, AKRON, OHIO. The wages of the hard coal miners for the month of September will be three per cent, above the basis. Ten-year-old Miles Kistler, of Long acre, is dead from lockjaw contracted by being injured by a fertilizer mach ine. Five conncilmeu and one contractor of Swoyersville, near Wilkes-Barre, were arrested for alleged grafting in the lettiug of contracts. In Pittsburg in the near future fish commissioners of three States will con fer in an endeavor to stop the con tamination of streams with fish in them. John Pola, of Shamokin, endeavored to commit suicide by eating sulphur matches,because his wife lectured him about intemperance. He did not have any money to buy a revolver and as the result of attempting to end his troubles in the way he did, endured much aogny until a doctor relieved him. Segert Bache, of Mount Vernon, Delaware county went to his chicken house in the early morning and sur prised a fox. A fierce fight followed, For ten minutes the man and beast bai tied and then other persons arrived and Reynard escaped. Bache's hand wai so badly chewed that it will have tc be amputated. J. P. Ambrose.au oleo dealer of Mc- Keesport, has been fined S'JSO in addi tion to a sentence to serve ten days in jail for selling colored oleomargerine. A few such sentences it is thought will put an end to the alleged com bine of the oleomargerine dealers in Allegheny county. These fellows are alleged to be united so that if one is fined an assessment will be made on all and the unfortunate one will not be out so much money. A forest fire broke out near Wilkes- Barre and as the danger was very great and the men were miles away fighting another dangerous fire twnety or more women turned out and fought the con flagration. They back-fired and used all other tactics very skillfully, and by hard work managed to keep the fire confined to one section of the woods and prevent it from doing very much damage. They will be paid the same amount of money for their work as the men would have been. Six sophomores of Franklin and Marshall college at Lancaster were ar rested for nailing commands to poles for the freshmen to obey. When they came up for trial before the mayor of the city he quizzed them about the Bible and found them painfully ignor ant. Instead of fining them s.">o, the amount designated for their offense, he ordered them to learn the Beatit udes and the Ten Commandments and to report to him for recitation. They must also remove the 200 signs they tacked up. The Lehigh Coal and Navigation company started operations at the big gest breaker in the anthracite coal fields at Goaldale. It takes only forty men to run the breaker and in conse quence of its starting two small col lieries have suspended operations throwing 100 men out of work. O. V. Miller, a Pennsylvania rail road passenger lirakeman running on a southbound train from Buffalo to Oil City, was arrested and lodged in the Titusville jail charged with stealing S3OO from under a pillow on a Pullman train. He is said to admit the theft, saying that he was hard up owing to the recent illness and death of his mother. * Hazleton may be entered by the Philadelphia and Reading railway. The board of trade of the town has been working on the matter for some time and the railroad officials now in tend to use the Lehigh Valley tracks so that the only expense will be the ! iuildiiig (,i switches. Agreement will, have to be reached between the two j roads to bring about the improvement. High school sophomores started to i haze freshmen in Shamokin and their leader was promptly placed under ar rest. This practice was stopped a few years ago anil the burgess, bound that it shall not be revived, has given ord ers to the j>olice to arrest those iudulg- j ing in it. ID. Lat LIKELY TO IKE ARRESTS A conference between the division engineer of the D. L.and W. Railroad company and the conncilmanic com mittee on sewers relative to abating the canal nuisance was held in tnis city Friday. The old canal was thoroughly examined and conditions relating to it closely inquired into. Tile conference for the first time made | clear how the D. L.and \V. railroad company really regards the problem and the measures it proposes to adopt | to purify the old ditch and to finally I get rid of it altogether. It was pretty ; clearly established that the D. L.and I \V. railroad company considers itself I responsible for the condition of tin' | old waterway. Best of alia good prac | tical plan was suggested by the divis ion engineer for getting r'd of the nuisance, which is nothing less than the filling up of the canal. Division Engineer li. 11. White, ac companied by his assistant, Cara L. Camp, arrived at this city in a special or combination ear and engine at 2 :!$0 ]>. m. He was met at the station by Ira C. Everliart, James P. Connolley and William Dentsch, of the commit tee on sewers: A. C. Amesbnry, Chief Burgess: Andrew Schatz, President of Council and P. .T. Keefer, Superint endent of Sewers. The entire company boarded the division engineer's car and was taken to the hospital for the insane, whence all proceeded 011 foot over to the canal, examining 011 the way the small stream through which the sewage drains into the canal. It transpired Friday that the stream in question was at its worst, plainly showing the presence of sew age in large quantities,a circumstance which enabled the engineers to see at a glance what an important factor hos pital sewage is in polluting the canal. From that point the party examined the canal westward, noting conditions relating to drainage and the extent to which the waterway is jiolluted by residents, whose properties abut 011 the bank. Mr. Keefer explained the location of every sewer that opens in to tiie canal and showed that these are nsed for surface water only. THE RESPONSIBILITY. It was the committee's contention that the borough has given 110 one per mission to sewer into the canal or lo use it as a dumping ground and that, therefore, whether it is polluted by the hospital for the insane or by the residents of Danville the D. L.and W. railroad company as the owner of the waterway is alone responsible for the nuisance ami not the borough. DEFECTIVE CULVERTS. The culverts at Beaver street and Railroad street, botli of which were piped by the D. L.and W. Railroad company, were examined and found defective, the pi]*' in each instance not b'ing deep enough to drain off the water from the upper section of the canal. It was satisfactorily demonst rated that tliis defect in the matter of pipe is responsible for the stagnant and foul condition of the canal in the tip per part of town, which lias caused such bitter complaint. SOURCES OF POLLUTION. The close inspection of the old ditch was probably an eye opener to the committee itself, which could not help but be surprised at the extent to which the residents of town are responsible for the pollution of the canal. At many places it is made a common dumping ground by persons living along the canal, not only ashes, but garbage and even worse finding their way down over the bank. The mere sight of the spot is nauseating and the odor corresponds. WILL MAKE ARRESTS. Mr. White was very severe in his criticism of the local board of health for tolerating such a flagrant nuis ance. It was at this juncture that the division engineer indicated that lie re garded the condition of the canal as a matter that is up to the D. L.and W. Railroad company. Hi' unhesitatingly stated that the I). L.and W. company will cause these nuisances to be abated, lie declared that the hospital for the insane will have to discontinue discharging sew age into the canal and said that lejj.il measures will be adopted. He declared also that individuals who throw matter of any kind in the canal will he dealt with according to law. He stated that the D. L.and W. company will ask the borough author ities to assist it to obtain the names of persons who arc guilty of throwing garbage, etc., into the canal and that these without exception will lie pros ecuted. Tin' notices forbidding tres passing <lll the canal projx>rty, lie ex plained, were erected for the express | I'Nrpose of preventing the dumping of objectionable matter in the canal. FILLING UP THE CANAL. j The final disposition of the old can i ai was probably the most important i topic touched upon at the conference. DANVILLE- !PA., THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 16, 1909 SCHOOLS CLOSE ST 245 O'CLOCK At a regular meeting of the sclioo bouril Monday it was decided to holt one session of the borough schools Tu -s.lay in order to afford the teach ers and pupils an opportunity to at tend the base ball name between tin Lancaster team and the locals. The matter was introduced by a com mittee from the high school, which presented a petition signed by tin faculty ami over a hundred students ask in ,' that the schools be closed Tues day aftcrnoi n in rder that they might witness the above game, which will take place 011 the local field. On motion of Mr. Heiss it was ord ered that one session be held in all the schools, beginning at the regular time, !i o'clock, and dismissing at 2:45 p. m. Howard Reppert was unanimously fleeted as janitor of the first ward school building vice A. .T. Gearhart, who tendered his resignation to take t'ffect immediately. President Sechler declared the seat of Dr. Barber, a director of the first ward, vacant, he having removed out of the district. A successor will be elected at the next meeting of the school board. On motion of Mr. Burns it was de cided that the teachers be held strictly uncountable for the condition of the school room property and that they be required to report to the school board 'very case in which pupils are found lefaeing desks. Three representatives of typewriting :irms were present. Borough Superin tendent Dieffenbacher explained that wo additional type writers can he ns ld to an advantage. The representa ives, lie said, were present to urge lie relative merits of their respective nachines. On motion of Mr. Pursel it ivas ordered that the matter be left in :li«' hands of the supply committee to let in conjunction with Mr. Magill, :eacher of the commercial department. On motion of Mr. Fischer it was irdered that curtains be hung 011 the Vest side of the fourth ward school milding provided they can be instal ed without removing the blinds 011 lie inside of the windows. On motion of Mr. Gibson it was ord red that a sample of the Crystal ipriugs water be analyzed in order to iscertaiu whether it is absolutely pure. The following members were pres ent: Sechler, Orth, Swarts, Burns, Redding, Shultz, Pursel, Fischer,Gib ion, Heiss and Cole. The following bills were approved 'or payment: Standard Gas Co sj 1.28 3. L. Eckert li. 7."> Danville Sto. and Mfg. Co .... 8.24 iVilliamsßros 2.50 Ezra Haas I. 50 T. L. Evans Sons 177.00 E. A. Adams 129.43 Ueo. \V. Hendricks 7.72 Miles Walsh -.'.(H) P. C. Henrie 2.00 3. M. Johnston 55.50 R. K. Peusyl 7.50 D. R. Eekman .. !!. 10 Emery Shultz 5.40 \. J. Gearhart ... 7.50 David Grove 8.60 Henry F. Grove 140.59 3eo. F. Reifsnydcr P,)4. :i7 Seo. Sechler 1.00 Ino. Hixson 100.82 [ieo. F. Tilson 162.28 East Boston Coal Co. 820.79 Water Rent 56.00 Adams Ex. Co 1.80 American Seating Co 35.65 Tos. Dixon Crucible Co 101.75 A. H. Grone 56.00 U. S. Ex. Co 4.30 Washington Fire Co. 4.25 Giun anil Co 208.77 Isaac Pitman 35.00 American Book Co 13.88 Rand McNally and Co 26.88 Slatington Slate Syndicate 5.44 The division engineer said lie fully ap preciated the position that the borough is in relative to the old waterway and lie went 011 record as stating that the D. L.and W. Railroad company will do all in its power to assist the bor ough in getting rid of the nuisance, lie asked the committee what it had to suggest in the way of a remedy but finding that it was regarded as a mat ter that is solely up to the D. L.and W. jieople he suggested that the canal be filled up. which was heartily ap proved by the representatives of the borough. After an interchange of op inion 011 the subject he decided that piping would not be necessary,provid ed cinder fir aslias be used as a filling. Hi' proposed that the several in dustries of Danville lie permitted t<i dump cinder and ashes into the canal, it being his view that the owners would be glad to avail themselves of such a convenient dumping ground, lie requested that the chief burgess make immediate inquiries to deter mine how this proposition would Ih received by manufacturing firms and to report to him at the earliest con venience. The division engineer is of the opinion that in this way the canal may lie gotten rid of at a minimum ol cost, lie did not commit himself as tr what proportion of the expense of fill ing the canal the D. 1., and W. com panv might assume, although as wai indicated by his proposition the wort is togo forward under the auspices o] the company. EXCEPTIONS TO REPORT The exceptions filed by Ellen Coleman Bennett to the report of the viewers in the condemnation proceedings institut ed by the trustees of the hospital f< r tin' insane were argued before Judge Evans in this city oil Saturday. The argument occupied the greater part of the day and embraced two very learn ed and exhaustive addresses. Court opened at 10 o'clock with President Judge C. C. Evans and As sociates Blee and Welliver on the bench. After some routine work Hon. H. M. Hinckley of counsel for Mrs. Bennett opened the argument. James Scarlet and Ralph Kisiier, alsn rep resenting the exceptions.were present. Mr. Hinckley explained that the proce dings were instituted under the act of May (i, 1891, which provides that wlten a board of trustees of any State hospital for the insane shall de sire more land and shall be unable to procure the same by purchase from the owners it shall be lawful for said board to enter upon and occupy ad joining lands and for all damage done or suffered or that shall accrue to the owners of the land the State shall be security and it shall be lawful for the court of common pleas on application thereto by petition to appoint a jury of viewers, etc. In the ease under argument, as set forth in these columns at the time, viewers were appointed and these duly made their report. The exceptions fil ed and taken up by Mr. Hinckley Sat urday were as follows: That tile act of May (i, 1891, is mi- J constitutional for the reason that it violates Article 1. Section 10 of the constitution of Pennsylvania, which j provides that private property shall | not be taken or applied to public use j without authority of law and without : just compensation and that it violates Article insertion Hi of the constitution j of Pt nnsylvania, which provides that I no money shall be paid out of the trea- | sury except on appropriations made by 1 law on a warrant drawn by a proper ( officer in pursuance thereof. That it violates Article Hi —section 1 S of the constitution, which section is i as follows: Municipal ajid othei corp- i (•rations and individuals invested with ' the privilege of taking private property 1 for public use shall make just com- j peusatiou for property taken, injured I or destroyed, which compensation shall lie paid or seeured before such taking, j injury or destruction. In discussing the above exceptions i Mr. Hinckley conceded the right of | tuiuenf domain in the above case but ! lield that the right must be exercised according to the constituional provis- I ion. The constitution as quoted he ! lield prohibits the taking of private ! property without just compensation J being first made or seeured. Acticle j Hi, section X prohibits the taking of I such property by any corporation in- j vested with the right of eminent do- ! main without first paying said com- j peusatiou or giving said security. Pay- ' ment must be made or secured before j the land is taken. The land in the present case lias al ready been taken and Mr. Hinckley held that the act of May 6, 1891, makes no adequate provision for payment or security as the constitution requires. It will be conceded that no payment has been made; Mr. Hinckley contend ed that no "security" has been given. Thejaet declares that the State shall ! become security for full damage done or suffered. Under one of the clauses of the exceptions the question was raised whether the State has power to become security in a case like the present. The claim was also made that no security is provided such as the constitution requires. Assuming that these proceedings were at an end and final judgment en tered against the trustees of the State hospital for the insane, Mr. Hinckley I asked how the money could be obtain- j ed. The trustees are dependent on' appropriations from the State. The I act of 1891, provides that the State j shall be security, but how can pay- j ment be forced from the State? Article j 9, Section 4of the constitution pro- ! vides: "No debt shall be created by j or on behalf of the State except to I supply casual deficiencies in revenue. j repel invasion, suppress insurrection, I defend the States in war or to pay ex isting debt." Mr. Hinckley quoted extensively from authorities to support his con tention. There were five exceptions in all but the above involving the ques tion of constitutionality will probably prove of the greatest interest to the public. Mr. Hinckley occupied the morning session with his argument. Hon. (irant Herring followed in the after noon. With what success he combat ed Mr. Hinckley's argument will not be known until the court renders an opinion in the case. Eye Injured. Charles Lyon, proprietor of the meat market, is suffering from the effects of a sore eye caused by a piece of wrap ping paper flying up and cutting him. BERWICK WAS AN EASY VICTIM SL_ One more game Dmv iHe's won ® column ami anoth er lap nearer the jL goal with the Browns running to the fore with a small lead. Nan ticoke also got awav with Nescopeck by a small margin, thereby holding their position close on the heels of the Danville aggregation. Shicksliinny's fall from grace practically leaves that team out of the race for first or sec ond place, and puts the running up to Danville and Nanticoke. Three more regular games remain to be played and one tie game to be play ed off with Shickshinny—four in all. Now for the great finish. Results of Saturday's Games. Danville, 8; Berwick, 2. Bloomsburg, (i; Benton, 1. Nanticoke, 2; Nescopeck, 1. Alden, 5; Shickshinny, 4. Standing of the Clubs. W. h. P.C. Danville 18 6 .750 Nanticoke 18 7 .720 Sh ickshinny 11 0 . (!0!» Bloomsburg 11 13 .458 Benton 10 13 .435 Nescopeck .10 14 .417 Alden 8 17 .320 Berwick 7 17 .292 Before another large crowd at Pen nant Park on Saturday Danville tight- 1 ened its strangle hold on the Suqsue hanna league rag by trimming Ber wick in a "taking candy from baby" I contest in which the visitors took 1 the count with the totals at sand 2. Notwithstanding the lopsided condi tion of the tally shot, the game was [ an enthusiasm raiser, bristling with extra-base hits and pretty catches. The crowd didn't mind a bit seeing a j one sided game. In fact they bad turn- : <'d out with the firm belief that it \ would be such, and the joy in seeing the Browns tighten their strangle hold | on the pennant drowned any disap- I pointment that some of the more ferv- 1 cut fans might have felt at not having \ a Cook-Peary finish. But the safe margin of the locals ! should not be taken as indicating in ; any sense that Berwick was not in the ; game all the time. The car town boys played hard until the last whistle, and the fact that they were playing an up j hill game gives them all the more cred it for the vim they put into their i work. Savage's boys proved that they would I bear watching by taking the lead in J the getaway, while it was not until j the fifth lap that Danville forged to ! the front. A Normal battery, Pace and Morris, | did the honors for Berwick—Morris, short, red headed, and spectacled, paw ed the dust behind the plate and Pace, his antithesis in all, held his position in the center of the diamond, with smiling countenance to the end. The Big Pole was up in front for Danville and kept a steady stream of Berwick players marching from the bench to the plate, and back again. Four hits was their limit, and several of these rather shaky. The Danville pitcher embelished his performance in i the box by driving out his ninth home run of the season. It occurred in the seventh, Buck Umlauf had reached first on an error, when "Pinkie" sel ected his favorite ash, and walking up to the plate, clamly took two strikes and three balls before Pace served one np that suited he big boy just right, lie looked it over as it came toward him, then slowly drew back his cudgel and hit it a plunk that echoed back from Blue Hill as Covie crossed the plate five minutes later. Berwick's runs came in the second and ninth, both gifts. The first one was started by Mover's single to right. He stole second and scored on Um laut's error. Fisher made the second tally, receiving a ]<ass, advnacinn oil Stock's error and scoring on Morris' hit. Danville tallied first in the third. "Reds" Met/lor opened with a two sacker, took third on Hess' sacrifice and scored on Umlauf's hit. In the fourth Danville pickled the proceedings. Again Metzler punched a hole in the atomsqihere for two sta tions. Hess flied out. but Livengood's J swat brought the saffron one home. . Umlauf, next, up, sent a two bagger into left field which brought Liven good home. Coveleskie flied out to Ash. Mackert got a life on Moyer's error, Umlauf scoring, and then Mack ert scored on Doolev's third single, i Stock ended the inning by fanning, j Two more in the seventh. Then one more in the eighth when Ammerman sent one to left field for two bags and scored on Livengood's long fly into ! center. JEWS CELEBRATE IDE NEW YEAR The members of the Hebrew belief throughout the world are engaged to day in celebrating their New Year, which began at sunset yesterday even ing. This feast is a very solemn relig ious occasion, to which honor is done in a multitude of ceremonies and ob servances. It form's, with the follow ing ten days, the time of penitence, which is brought to a close by the Day of Atonement, the most import ant day of the Jewish year. < >ll it, ac cording to the Talmud, the people are inscribed on either tlu* book of the good or the book of the wicked, which, together with the book of the inter mediate, are opened on New Year's day. But if those whose names appear on the last volume do not become con verted to righteousness during the time of repentance, they are enrolled among the wicked. Among the orthodox synagogues the first two days of the year are observ ed, but the reformed synagogues ob serve only one. Fasting is optional during the period of penitence,but be comes compulsory on the Day of Atone ment. Rosh Hoshana, as the New Year is called, was ushered in among the Jews of this city last evening by services held at the Temple B'nai Zion. Rabbi F. \V. .Tesselsou, D. D., spoke on the subject,"A Happy New Year," (XXX chap. Dent., v 10), "Behold I have placed before thee this day life and good, and death ami evil.'' Service will also be held this morning at 10 o'clock at which time the Rabbi's sub ject will be,"The Message of the New Year." The regular choir of Temple B'nai Zion will be assisted at these services by Miss Bertha A. Newbaker and C. C. Ritter. GOOD YEAR FOR GAME HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept, 15. Tiii' State game commission predicts that all kinds of game will be plenti ful this year. Reports have been re ceived on all animals except squirrels, but it is believed the friskers will be found in abundance, too. "Bear, deer and rabbit," says Chief Game Protector Kalhfus, "will be 112 iund in larger number than for many years and so will turkeys and pheas ants. 1 believe the increase is due to the protective laws, and also to the , I'aet that the people are learning that unless due economy is exercised many of the game animals and birds will be- j come extinct." More bears were killed in this Stat:' last year than buck deer. The nnmbii of each killed was more than -100. DELANEY APPROVES The Danville opera house company yesterday received word from Harris burg that the local theatre now comes fully up to the requirements of the Pennsylvania department of factory inspection. During the past summer a number of changes vere made on the interior of the theatre and plans were then drawn by John Brugler and sent to Harrisburg for approval. These plans were returned yesterday stamped with the approval of J. C. Delaney, chief factory inspector. The score: DANVILLE. R. H. O. A. E. Hess, 3b 0 1 2 1 0 LivengooU, 2b 11 2 0 0 Umlauf, SB 2 2 2 1 2 Coveleskie, p...1 1 0 1 0 Mackert., If 11 2 1 0 Dooley, c 0 8 13 1 o Stock, lb 0 0 4 0 1 Ammeruian, rf 11 1 0 0 Mctzler, cf 2 2 1 0 0 Totals 8 12 27 5 3 BERWICK. R. H. O. A. E. Ash, ss 0 0 1 5 0 Fisher, lb 1 0 1) 0 I Mellin, 2b 0 0 1 0 0 Morris, c 0 1 7 11 Moyer, 3b 1 2 2 o 2 Keiser, rf 0 0 0 0 0 Daggett, If 0 0 2 0 0 Evans, cf 0 ] 2 0 0 Pace, p 0 0 0 3 0 Totals 2 -I 24 4 Berwick 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 '—2 Danville 0 0 1 0 4 0 2 1 x—* Earned runs, Danville 5, Stolen Bases, Dooley 3, Hess 2. Moyer 2, Evans, Morris. Left on bases. Dan ville »>, Berwick 5. Two base hits. Mctzler 2, Umlauf, Mackert, Amuier man. Home run. Coveleskie. Sacrifice hits, Livengood 2. Hess. Double plays, Mackert to Stock. Stock. Struck out. by Coveleskie 10, by Pace 5. Bases on balls, off Coveleskie 5, off Pace 1. Hit by pitched ball, Moyer. Time of game, 2 hours. Umpire, Sweeney. ESTABLISHED IN 185 c NO FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS It seems to be a foregone conclusion that neither will the river bridge be painted nor the retaining wall near the water works be erected this year. The iron work of the river bridge is simply going to the bad for the want 1 of paint, while the building of the re taining wall on the plot owned jointly |by Montour and Northumberland ■ bounties is an improvement not only | recommended by several grand juries !in succession as has also been the painting of the river briclge'but it has ! been strongly insisted upon by the 1 judges of the court of common pleas as a measure necessary to secure safety I to the public. i Both as regards the painting and the erection of the wall the county com missioners are alive to the fact that they can not escape responsibility and | will be helil to a strict accounting if any damage should result from a post* ponemeut of the improvement. Nev ertheless it seems, they can not see | their way clear to enter upon the work iat present. They plead the want of money caused by the drain on the county finances by the building of county bridges, the frescoing of the court, house and like improvements. In the matter of bridges, especially Montour county undeniably has been unfortunate this year, six bridges, one of which broke down a trac tion engine, had to be replaced with steel structures. The season is now far advanced. It is learned from the commissioners' office that there is no probability that either painting or the building of the wall will go forward this year. The public will no doubt calmly ac cept the situation and will forgive the commissioners their delay if they will proceed to make the two improvements n xt year. By that time the iron work of the bridge will be corroded to such an extent that further postponement of painting would cause a scandal. The people of the southern end of town are eagerly waiting for the re taining wall anil the grading of the tract owned by the two counties in order that. they may .show what a transformation may be wrought on the now unsightly si>ot. It will only be a short time until it will be blooming like Memorial park. As has been dem onstrated the citizens of Danville are not deficient in civic pride. All they want is the projier encouragement and co-operation from the authorities. The plan citizens have i n view is to make a veritable beauty spot of the tract, installing fl >wer beds and possi bly a fountain. CASES OF MALARIA A physician states that there is a great deal of malaria in Danville. The cause of this disease is not diffi cult to discover. With the marshy old canal,its ]MH IS of sewage and stagnant water daily throwing off their effluv ium into the atmosphere it would, in deed, be a matter of surprise if disease in some form did not take hold of the people. The morbid condition known as mal aria is produced by air infected with noxious substance such as exhalations from decaying matter. We are likely to have the old canal with us for some time, but now that the D. L. anil W. Railroad company has recognized its responsibility in tho premises the waterway will prob ably be kept in better condition until it is finally filled up. The special officer of the D. L.and W., who, in company with Chief Mincemoyer, examined the bank of the canal Monday, discovered over a dozen sources of pollution. Some of these were sewers of the most objectionable sort. A few of them were connected with properties occupied by tenants. In all cases the tenants were held re s]xinsible the same as where proper ties are occupied by owners and were warned under penalty of arrest to abate the nuisance forthwith. It was learned Tuesday that prac tically every i«irt of the hospital for the insane is connected with the sew age disposal plant, which implies that we are now nearly rid ol' that source of pollution in the canal. Evidently better days are ahead. After Peroxide Girls. ' A resolution condemning dancing | girls at the Bloomsburg fair was ad | opted by the Ministerial association of i Bloomsburg and vicinity at a meeting j Monday. After passing a resolution | commending the officers of the fair as- I sociation for eliminating gambling j devices and prohibiting the sale of liquors and like substances on the grounds, the ministers requested them togo a step further and prohibit danc ing girls. Fruit Thieves Active. Thieves who rama k gardens and fruit trees are quite active and from all portions of the town complaints are heard from the people that their fruit or garden truck have been stolen.
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