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Edwin O. Lewis, William Penn
I»arty candidate for recorder of wills
in Philadelphia, has pledged that he
will not. accept or retain State fees to
a value of more than $5,000 a year in
addition to his regular salary if he be
elected.
John E. Hammond, who started from
New York on a motor cycle trip
around the world on a wager of §5. -
000, is now in Pennsylvania. He and
his brother Fred will meet in Dublin.
Ireland, and are reqiured to make the
trip in five months.
One man was killed and four others j
seriously injured when a train on a j
mountain tramroad belonging to the .
Tri-State Lumber company ran away
and went over an embankment at Dun
bar. The men were employes of the
lumber concern.
Rev. Father R. A. McAndrew,pastor
of St. Mary's Catholic church at
Wilkes-Barre, was made a monsignor
during impressive ceremonies. Bishop
Hoban, of the Scrantou diocese, con
ferred the purple robe on him in the
presonco of 100 priests.
Elvin Gibbs, of near Warren, lias
disappeared and it is thought that he
has met with foul play as he had some
difficulties with Italians recently. Ho
went on a hunting expedition and has j
not been heard from since. His wife is j
almost frantic. He is 22 years of age. j
Efforts are being made by the cham
ber of commerce of ('onnellsville to
boom the town. It is hoped to get the
place iu the Pittsburg freight district
and the Pittsburg chamber of com
merce will be asked to aid in this re
spect. It is hoped to raise ?:!,500 an
nually to help boom the town and at
tract industries.
Announcement has been made that
the Carnegie Steel company has
bought the old Star mills of the Am
erican Sheet and Tin Plate company
at Pittsburg, and will raze the build
ings to the ground to get space to
build a warehouse from which small
lots of goods that are manufactured in
the works will be distributed to con
tractors. This will take the job sell
ing out of the hands of small dealers.
Three-year-old Ralph Leach was |
trampled by a horse at his home near I
Harrisburg and so badly injured that
lie died. His skull was crushed.
Charged with violation of the State
pure food laws twelve Wahington
county merchants were arrested. All
gave bail for the November term of
court.
Smithton's businessmen have united !
to boom the place. They will attempt j
to get new industries and will join the
fight to have the Youghiogheny river
improved.
William J. Mack, of Chester, was
attacked by a cat whlie lie was on his
way home at night. The animal jump
ed on his shoulder from a* fence and
inflicted deep scratches on his face
Five Swoyersville councilmen were
indicted of bribery at Wilkes-Barre.
They are accused of accepting bribes
in the letting of sewer contracts. The
county claims to have witnesses who
saw the deeds performed.
Stephen Horan was held up by a
gang of thugs at Duncott and so bad
ly beaten that he will die. Robbery |
was the motive. The State constabul
ary is scouring the woods for the cul
prits. Koran's skull was fractured.
Hundreds of skunks were released
by some unknown person on the skunk
farm of Frank Strausser, near Read
ing. This is the second time that the
animals have been put at liberty and j
the loss is considerable.
Running in front of the automobile :
of Harry Silman, a business man of
St. Marys, the (!-year-old son of Geo. j
Bauer, of Dagus Mines, ilk county, ;
was instantly killed. Silmau iinnie.di- j
ately gave himself up to the police. j
John Rochford was instantly killed
and his granddaughter, Kate Rockwell
was seriously injured in a crash be
tween a trolley ear and buggy near
Bradford. Both the unfortunates were
in tlie buggy. The horse was killed. I
William Burns, of Chester,felt some
thing alight on his hat and reached up
to lind what it was. It proved to be ;
an owl and when he grabbed it the |
bird started to It put up a fieice j
straggle and bit him on the hand. He !
held on however and took it home.
Two men were killed on Saturday
and another seriously scalded in the
derailment of a Pennsylvania freight j
train at Hannastown,eighty-five miles
west of Altoona. The dead are A. J.
Pershing, conductor,and A. F. Flynn,
engine man, both of Derry. E. E.
Craven, the fireman, of the same place
was badly scalded. All the tracks were
blocked for several hours. The cause
of the derailment is not known.
SITUATION II
SECOND WARD
! The situation in the secon 1 ward re
i lating to iliphtheriiv and scarlet, fever
> remains practically unchanged.
I There are now twetve eases under
quarantine. In addition it is worthy
) of note, that, taking in the two dis
; eases, during the last 57 days thirty
i eases have been reported, which,
| of course, amounts to more than one
ease fur every other day. It also means
I one ease for less than every 800 of the
i town's population within a period of
jr i n days. In the same ratio,it ispoint
j i'd out, in a city like Philadelphia it
j would mean not loss than 2000 cases,
in the same time, a situation which
would no doubt call forth drastic ac
| tion on the parr of the authorities. In
view of these facts the board of health
j feels justified in closing the schools
: for twenty-one days.
I
The special watchman employed has
! been on the job since last Friday and
[ the general impression seems to be
that the rules of quarantine now are
being pretty well obeyed.
PUPILS GIVEN A CHANCE
Owing to the change in the marking
system employed in the schools, the
pupils, if in the least industrious, will
not necessarily lose much time while
the schools are closed. The revised
rules provide that pupils absent from
good cause, which includes "quaran
tine" may make up their work and
take an examination. The examina
tion mark will be used as the pupil's 1
mark for the time that lie or she is ab- ;
sent, which, in the present case, im- '
plies the time that the schools are clos- j
ed.
In a short time the pupils will be
ocrmitted to return to school and ob- I
tain their books, which by that time
will have been thoroughly fumigated.
Practically the entire time Friday was
spent, in outlining the work for the ;
period during which the schools will
be closed. The teacher's assigned two
weeks' work, which, it is believed,the ;
pupils can very easily get through j
with in three weeks.
Apropos of the loss of time it is a
question whether the teachers of the ;
schools closed will fare as well as the j
pupils. The agreement signed by them |
at the beginning of the term provides j
that in case it be necessary to shut up
the schools owing to contagion the sal- !
ary of the teachers shall discontinue j
while the schools are closed.
BRIDGE COMPLETED
The Owego Bridge company lias
completed the new bridge near Coun
ty Commissioner John Coleman's, the
concrete floor as well as other parts of
the bridge being finished. The next
bridge that will be built by the Owego
Bridge company will be in Anthony
township to replace the structure that
broke down beneath Mr. Monlan's
traction engine, a couple of mouths
ago.
The Nelson Merydith company who
have several bridges to build in this
county notwithstanding the approach
of winter have not yet arrived on the
ground. Neither has any of the mater
ial arrived.
Instead of replanking several other
bridges, the flooring of which has
given away the county conunissiouei 9
are constructing a driveway of con
crete. On four bridges concrete floors
have been placed—the one at Sidler's,
I lie one at Mowrey's, at Sandel's and
at Bagdad.
ASSOCIATES HOLD COURT
A session of court was held Mon
day afternoon with Associate Judges
]j. W. Welliver and F. G. Blee on the
bench. The object of meeting was to
appoint two constables for vacancies
existing respectively, in Valley town
ship and the fourth ward of the bor
ough of Danville.
The vacancy in \ alley township was
caused by the resignation of Pierce
Gearlmrt which was tendered at the
last sessiou of court. In the fourth
ward of Danville the vacancy was
caused by tli • removal of the Const
able-elect, Benjamin F. Cook, from
the Witrd.
At the session of court yesterday
afternoon in Valley township Henry
M. Yeager was appionted to till the
unexpired term of Mi. Gearhart.
In the fourth ward of Danville John
Dinnecn was appointed vice Benjamin
F. Cook.
JURY COMMISSIONERS
Charles E. Shires, Sr., Democrat, of
Strawberry Ridge and Curtis Cook,
Republican.of this city having receiv
ed respectively the highest and next
highest vote for jury commissioner are
elected to that office for the ensuing
term.
They are both representative citi
zens of sound judgment and of wide
acquaintance throughout the county
and will no doubt discharge the duties
of their important office to the satis
faction of all.
Mr. Cook previously served two
terms as jury commissioner.
DAWILLB }PA., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 4, 1909
Win. B. Startzel
Elected Sheriff
Has Majority Over John B. Mourer of 564—Charles E.
Shires, Democrat, Jury Commissioner-=Munson
Leads the Ticket in Montour.
William 15. Start//1, Democrat, was
elected sheriff of Montour county at
the election held Tuesday, receiving j
1108 votes as against 589 for John B,
Mourer, tlie Republican candidate.
Notwithstanding the unfavorable;
i forecast, which predicted rain, the i
| weather, although threatening in the j
morning, in the main proved pleasant
j enough. It would be difficult, how
| ever, to recall an election that passed I
I off more quietly. The general apathy [
| commented upon elsewhere was especi- |
ally noticeable in Montour county and j
| was reflected in the light vote cast,
j which in none of the districts amount
]ed to much more than fifty per cent,
j of the full vote.
What interest, existed seemed to be |
VOTE IN MONTOUR COUNTY
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STATE TREASURER. II I I I ~~7 j j j
J. A. Stober, R„ 143 105 88 62 II 19 21 16 10 37 8 26 12 10 568
George W. Kipp, D 155 112 123 49 68 25 56 73 31 79 9 56 26 38 900
AUDITOR GENERAL.
A. E. Sisson, R !i 143 102 89 59 11 16 17 16 10 36 8 26 15 9 557
J. W. Clark, D., 156 109 123 95 68 29 58 76 31 77 9 49 24 33 937
SUPREME COURT.
Robert Von Moschzisker, R., 89 68 60 41 9 17 | 7 9 6 24 6 23 9 7 375
Cyrus Larue Munson, D 230 155 159 124 71 31 70 84 35 94 12 56 33 38 1192
SHERIFF. !.
John B. Mourer, R., 116 86 87 61 113 17 27 17 12 34 3 41 13 12 *39
William B. Startzel, D„ 214 157 144 115 66 31 52 80 30 95 17 42 27 33 1103
JURY COMMISSIONER.
Curti.Cook.R".... 152 109 97 70 11 19 15 17 9 36 10 29 12 10 596
Charles E. Shire*. D., 132 96 118 84 67 24 62 72 31 81 9 48 26 27 877
REGISTER AND RECORDER.
William L. Sidler, R 155 117 91 77 13 18 20 19 9 46 8 23 12 11 filQ
William L. Sidler, D., |j 130 j 99 j 107 j77j 66 j 26 |5370 |3l 69 10 45 25 32 840
FUG BOROUGH
BOUNDARY
Borough Surveyor G. F. Keefer yes
terday noon entered upon an survey to
determine the borough's exact bound
aries. He was assisted by E. S. Mill,
er and J. W. Wallize.
It is a fact that the borough's exact
boundary at several points is involved
in some uncertainty. East of the bor
ough in the vicinity of Bloom street,
especially, the disputed line has been
the cause of much controversy between
the borough council and the supervis
ors of Mahoning township. The dis
agreement- has been instrumental in
holding up important improvement re
lating to drainage and foi awhile
threatened to result in litigation.
The engineer with his corps began
thejsurvcy below town at a point near
tin' "dug road." In following the bor
ough line the surveying party will lie
obliged to make a wide circuit, climb
ing over Montour Ridge 011 the way.
The work will occupy nearly a week.
A survey to tix the borough bound
ary beyond dispute has been under
contemplation for some time. The re
sult, as relates to a few points especi
ally, will be awaited with much in
terest.
A SERIOUS CHARGE
William P. Jones, of Milton, was
committed to jail last evening to await
trial on a serious charge.
He was arrested by Officer Yoris
about I o'clock yesterday afternoon on
a warrant sworn out by Mrs. Sarah S.
Lewis, who along with her husband,
G. 11. Lewis, occupies rooms in the
Gross building, Mill street. Jones, it
was alleged, entered the Lewis home
during the husband's absence. The
charge brought against the defendant
was assault and battery with intent to
commit a felony.
Jones denied the charge before just
ice Oglcsby.but he was held for court.
In default of two hundred dollars bail
In- was committed to jail.
While Harry Stewart was examining
a revolver at Pittsburg Raymond Rail
of near that town, was struck by a
bullet from the weapon, which explod-
I od, and will lose an ©vo as the ivsult.
| centered in the contest for sheriff.
There was also a strong rivalry be
tween Charles E. Shires and Curtis
; Cook, respectively Democratic and
Republican candidates for jury com
missioner. Mr. Shires won out, receiv
ing 877 votes as against 5'.16 for Mr. ! j
: Cook.
j W. L. Sidler for register and record
er was a candidate on the Democratic, j i
Republican and Prohibition tickets I
and consequently was without opposi- ,
tion. 11
Mr. Startzel for Sheriff carried every i
district in the county and ran slightly ;
ahead of his ticket. A table is present
ed herewith which shows the full vote i
received by each candidate.
It will be noted that Cyrus Larue i
Munson, Democratic candidate for i
OFFICIAL COUNT
AI HIGH NOON
The official returns of each of the
election precincts of the county arriv
ed at the commissioners'office by noon
yesterday. Aaron Mauser was the first
to arrive yesterday morning with the
returns from Cooper township. West
Hemlock township was the last one
heard from.
The official count will lie made at
high noon today and will be conduct
ed by the associate judges, the clerk
of the court and sworn assistants. The
count will be made in the court room
and will be open to the public.
AS TO AMENDMENTS.
The unofficial returns reveal an odd
j fact in connection with the proposed
| changes to the constitution voted on
Jat the election. In the rural sections
| of our county they were evidently re
! garded with suspicion and failed to
i carry in a single precinct. In the bor
j ougli the vote on the proposeil amend
; nu tits stood as follows: First ward,
j "yes" 75; "no" 57.
| Second ward, "yes" 27; "no" 31.
] Third ward, "yes" 50; "no" 35.
| Fourth ward, "yes" 23; "no" 35.
| The voters were especially chary in
| disposing of amendment No. 7, which
j ran behind all the others.
PROHIBITION VOTE.
The Prohibition vote throughout the
| county was as follows; Cyrus F. Styer
i for sheriff, 30; Thomas W. Mills, for
| jury commissioner, 135; W. L. Sidler,
j register and recorder, 82.
HUNGRY ELECTION BOARD
The entire election board at Locust
I Gap was placed under arrest on Tues
| day afternoon for forsaking their du
! ties for refreshments.
! Voters cast their ballots throughout
j the morning until noonday, when the
board, deciding that they were hun
gry, shut up temporarily and procured
something to eat.
Samuel Hollistcr, a political leader,
tried to vote at noou ami found the
polls closed whereupon lie preferred
information against the board before a
justice.
Judge of the Supreme Court, received
an especially flattering vote, his maj
ority being the largest iu the county.
George W. Kipp,Democratic candid
ate for State treasurer and James
Woodward Clark, Democratic candid
ate for auditor general, each ran far
ahead of the Republican candidate.
The big ballot, with its proposed
amendments to the constitution, ten
in number, proved a weighty proposi
tion to the average voter. He readily
expressed his choice iu voting for the
candidates, but when it came to the
amendments his mind was not so readi
ly made up. The result varies consid
erably in the different districts.
Notwithstanding the big ballot the
most of the districts finished counting
at a reasonably early hour.
WHAT GRADUATES
ARE DOING
The present enrollment in the com
mercial department of the hif»-!i school
is seventy-three. The graduating class,
this year is composed of ten members.
As to the value of this department of
the high school, the efficiency and
earning capacity of the graduates some
facts were learned yesterday that re
flect unbounded credit upon the teach
er, Mr. F. \V. Magill. The showing is
as follows:
The number of students that have
graduated from the commercial de
partment to date is forty-eight, divid
ed as follows: Class of 1901!. 15; class
of 11)07, 14; class of 190S, (I; class of
11)0!), 13.
The total number of graduates fol
lowing up commercial work is thirty -
nine, distributed as follows: In Phila
delphia, ID; Danville, 13; Washing
ton. D. ('. ,3; Williamsport, 1; Wilkes-
Barre, I ; Altoona. ! : Syracuse, N.
Y.. 1.
Of the remaining nine four have eli
te red schools, &c., for preparation in
other lines of work; two are unem
ployed and the remaining three are
employed in Danville at other than
commercial work.
Upon inquiry it is learned that the
average earning power of the several
classes is found to be as follows:
Class of 1006, seven males SBO.OO to
$90.00 per mouth; six females, SSO per
mouth.
Class of 1007, six males $65.00; seven
females, $35.00 per month.
Class of 1 DOS, one male and three
females $35 per month.
Class of 1009, live malt s,s-10.00; four
females, $30.00.
Four of the male graduates have at
tained to salaries ranging from SI,OOO
to $1,300 per year.
A record of the graduates and their
places of employment is kept at the
school building and can be seen at any
time.
Joseph Sokel. of Mahauov Plane, is
dying in a Mahauov City hospital' as
the result of having his skull split by
an ax, it is alleged, by John Backer,
at a christening in the Sokel home.
SERENADE®
UNDER ARREST
The masquerad- j
i /x\ \ ers were uot out
/ \ in very great num-|
I I sSk\ I bers on Saturday
I \ b evening. Those
\// that were in the
game, however,
* decided to play it
for all it was
worth and as a result there were ar
rests galore.
That the celebration of Hallowe'en
in its characteristic features each year
is apt to become an unmitigated nuis
ance is a fact that almost every JHTSOU
jis willing to bear witness to. That
: the observance, in its characteristic
i and objectionable features has fallen
off in late years is also quite apparent
| and is 110 doubt owing to the ban that
i has been placed upon disorderly con
! duct, use of chalk,charcoal, soot, Hour
j and the like.
Some very clever disguises were seen
1 among the masqueraders 011 Saturday
| night. The fun began about 7 o'clock.
! The tooting of horns was heard in the
j different centres of town along with
I the clang of cowbells as the latter
i were dragged over the paving.
| It was not until about half past
j eight o'clock that the mode of celebrat
! ing prohibited by the proclamation of
j the chief burgess became iu evidence j
!on Mill street. Four girls and two
1 young men, one of the latter, at least, j
! being from the country, appeared, and
began to use chalk of different colors
I indiscriminately. The revelers were
enjoying themselves to the utmost
when the police happened along and |
I caught one of the young fellows in the <
1 act. Ho was unceremoniously "waltz- 112
! ed" out to the office of Justice Dalton. j
' He gave his residence as Roaring creek |
and threw the blame wholly 011 the
j girls, who, he said, attacked him first
marking 11 is clothing. He declared
I that in self-protection he had taken j
the chalk from the girls. He did not
! deny that he then entered into the
game himself, but protested that he
! did not know that the use of chalk
was forbidden, as he had no opportun
ity nf ppm«injr Htw paper SnttintttV
morning. Another young fellow, a |
| member of the party,accompanied him \
\ to the office of Justice Dalton and cor- I
j roborated his testimony.
GIRLS BROUGHT UP
I At this juncture it became known
! that two of the girls concerned in the
affair, anxious to know the fate of the |
young fellows, hail followed the crowd
• to the 'squire's office and were stand
( ing outside. An officer went out and
I brought them ill. They made no effort
)to siiift the blame, but declared the
( young men wet chalking" as lnuea
las anyone. The tiuth of their i< -
I niony was well horn ' out by apjit 1
ances. The tall young man from f'i
1 country was stri]ied like a hurhe; pole
| while not only the clothing but 1
I the cheeks of the girls were ''cl;; 11..
I red, white and blue.
| It was decided to discharge ti
| young man and to hold the girls. Tin
latter wero half hysterical when they j
i learned that they were under arrest. 1
I They readily gave their own names i
j and the names of two other girls who, !
j they declared, were usiug chalk. By 1
I this time the young fellows hail van- ;
j ished and the girls were left to face i
I the music. There was considerable
I sympathy for them in their predica
| ment and as it was about ten o'clock '
jat night it was decided that they :
I might depart to their homes until Mon j
I day, when they were required to 1
report at the office of Justice Dalton.
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
A band of sereuaders composed of
; five bovs overstepped all bounds and
1 broke 111 the front door of Simon \
Brown's dweii.ng on Ferry street 1
; about K o'clock Saturday night. They j
: bombarded the door with stones using
| several that were as large as a man's
' list. A couple of the panels were brok
;en in and the door was so badly used j
| up that a new one will have to be sup- i
. plied.
The police succeeded iu discovering J
I the names of the guilty parties, and '
j on Saturday night the father of each '
! one of the boys was notified to be on ;
I hand with his boy at the office of
Justice Dalton between the hoars of 12 j
and I o'clock Monday afternoon, when
; a hearing was held.
CLERGYMAN'S LONG DRIVE
The Rev. C. I). Lerch and wife of '
Winchester. Vi., arrived iu Danville
j Monday eve for a visit with relatives !
;in this vicinity. Both Mr. and Mrs. j
. Lerch are well pleased with their new '
I location.
| On Thursday morning Mr. and Mrs.
j Lerch will start on a long drive be-
I tween the home of Mr. Lerch's par
j cuts near Turbotville and Winchester,
Va.,a distance of 360 miles. Mr. Lerch
j will drive his favorite horse which
■ since the clergyman left Danville has
been stabled on his father's farm.
Probably a week will be consumed ou
i the journey.
ESTABLISHED IN 1855
PERSONAL LETTER
FROM DR. DIXON
1 T —"
l Dr. Stock, medical inspector, in re
-1 ply to an inquiry yesterday received a
j personal letter from State Health Com
missioner Dr. Samuel G. Dixon,which
| will settle a mooted question,one that.
! has been the subject of unremitting
discussion in the school board for
years past.
A hypothetical question was pro-
I pounded by Dr. Stock, as follows:
"A child is taken sick and in view
of the prevalence of scarlet fever the
parents send a school child from home
i pending a diagnosis. The next day the
ease is "positively diagnosed scarlet
fever. May this school child return to
school (if not infected) after the
period of incubation; provided that he
or she does not again visit the infect
ed home until both the periods of
quarantine and school exclusion have
passed?
DR. DIXON'S REPLY.
The reply to the above letter is as
follows:
"Dr. George A. Stock,
Danville, Pa.
Dear Doctor:—Your letter of Octo
| her 27th received. The case as cited is
a rather peculiar one and is worthy of
some consideration.
"While it would appear 011 first
thought that it would be entirely pro
per to allow the child in question to
return to school after the incubation
! period, yet as a matter of principle to
! establish a precedent of this kind
would encourage parents to rush out
children of the houeshold indiscrimin
ately whenever a case of contagious
5 disease broke out in the family,and as
I act No. IMS provides the means, and
1 the only means, by which this may be
| done and confines it to immuues we
1 think it best to obey the letter of the
law and treat this child as having
resided in a household where it was in
! contact with a scarlet fever case and
excluded from school under the act for
the same time that it would have been
excluded had it. remained in the house
hold and been properly isolated from
the patient; that is, the child cannot
return to school until the quarantine
Is* fitted from tlio house where the case
occurred and where the child lived
! prior to its hasty removal.
Yours very respectfully,
SAMUEL G. DIXON. "
It will be noted that the hypothetic
al case relates to "scarlet fever. " The
same reasoning applies to diphtheria.
The case is decided under the act of
May 14,
In the case of scarlet fever the above
act provides that any child or person
who is immune from scarlet fiver by
virtu" of a former attack —this fact
being 1 att sted by the attending physi
cian—may 011 the outbreak of the said
disease in the premises in which he or
she resides, bo allowed after taking a
disinfecting bath anil putting 011 itis
infecteil clothing to remove therefrom
and take up his or her residence in
other premises occupied exclusively by
adults, and may, from and after ten
days from such removal, be admitted
I into any of the schools.
THE HARWOOD PLANT
I To assert that the big power plant
: now being erected at Harwood by the
' Harwood Electric Light & Power com
j pany will be the equal of the great
plant at Niagara Falls is a big. broad
assertion, but anyone who visited the
; latter or read a description of it and
will then acquaint himself of what is
i going ou in the mining hamlet, will
! freely concede that the assertion is
founded on facts. Th • ste 1 structural
work on the power house has now
reached its given height and is prac
tically enclosed with brick on the west
; side. \\ hile this work is going on
there are scores, aye, hundreds of oth
| er men engaged in placing the travel
ing electric cranes, powerful turbines,
automatic puuijs.fuel coin yors, large
' and powerful boilers, etc. The builil
i ing will be as near lire proof as 1111-
| man agency can accomplish that end.
J being constructed of steel and cement.
5 It Will be equipped in a thoroughly
I sanitary manner, having baths,toilets,
I lookers, etc., for the comfort and con
venience of the employes. 'ln addition
to the building force there is another
j at work 011 the large reservoir adjoin
I ing the plant. Here steam shovels.
| small locomotives and steam rollers
are at work, and when their task is
1 completed the company will have a
I reservoir with a capacity for storing
I fifty million gallons of water.
Running Water Train.
1 The drought became so acute at Sha
: mokin yesterday that the Reading
I company started running water trains,
' while the water company cut off the
boiler supply to the Mineral Railroad
and Mining company.
A number of collieries will have to
be shut down unless the drought is
soon relieved.
Owing to the prevalence of diphthe
ria in the Terre Hill, Lancaster coun
ty, schools,the authorities have decid
ed to close up the institutions for two
weeks.