VOL. 56—NO i ITEMS CONDENSED. Muhlenberg college, Alleutown, was bequeathed s<>,ooo by the late W. J. Andreas, of Bath. Gingseng root worth more than #ls, - 000 lias been harvested by growers in Tioga, Potter and Bradford counties this year. Rev. Barnes, a Methodist minister of Joanna, was found in a snow drift by horseback riders and rescued. He was almost exhausted. Mahanoy City and Shenandoah cap italists have bought the John F. Mc- Giuty brewery aud bottling works at Tamaqua, paying over SIOO,OOO for them, it is said. Dr. Samuel G. Hefelbower, who lias been president of Gettysburg college j for five years, lias tendered his resig- j nation to take effect next June. The j trustees liavo accepted it. While the recent, cold spell was do- j ing its worst, a hen of Frank Gemp- j erliug, of Pottstown,hatched out eight j eggs from a setting of nine and all the j chicks are doing well. Harry Oikot, a 11) year old West Shenandoah athlete, was killed in a ! colliery when his clothes caught on an elevator and lie was hoisted fifty feet j into the air, then fell, his garments I tearing. His brother was killed in the same mine last April. Mrs. Margaret Singer Milligan, one J of the extremely rich and fashionable 1 matrons of North Side, Pittsburg, had j all the hair burnt from her head and j is in a serious condition as the result of the explosion of celluloid combs j while sho was drying her hair. Archbishop Ryan, of the Philadel- j pliia archdiocese of the Catholic church ' is suffering from a severe cold and has been advised by his physician to avoid ; excitement. He lias cancelled all en- I gagements for one month. Some alarm | is felt on account of his advanced age. ' One of the big engines of the West ern Maryland railroad reontly fell from a thirty-foot trestle just outside j the Gettysburg yard limits into Rock j creek. Several cars and a caboose drawn by the engine went down with it and were demolished. The crew es- 1 caped by jumping. George Urban, foreman of the men who were cleaning snow from one of j the streets of Philadelphia,was struck j on the head by an Italian whom lie ro- j fused to permit to leave his work long j enough to get a drink aud sustained a | fractured skull. The fellow struck him j with a pick handle and escaped. As a result of remonstrances of the j law and order society of Schuylkill ; , county against the granting of licenses to hundreds of saloons in which it is ! alleged the breweries have interests, j the brewers arc organizing holding j companies to take over the saloon bnsi- I ness and the society says that matters ! will not be bettered. The Schuylkill | county court recenty declared that it | ' is illegal for breweries to be inter- ' estod in saloons or to hold leases on saloon property. ; 1 Mrs. William Minnigar, an aged j i resident of Yatesville,died from fright ! : when her son-in-law called at her | home and demanded to see his wife j from whom he is separated, then fired i three shots when lie found ho could ] ■, not. One of the bullets grazed the j ( head of the woman's husband. She j i sank to the floor with a groan and was j ! dead when picked up. , . .Lynn Morris, strike breaker employ- ' at the South Sharon tin mill of the ' Am®'™ Sheet and Tiuplato com- : 1 pany'* was s,lot 8,1,1 instantly killed by j 1 one < J ' ,w0 assailants who escaped. He j was hek? up and is thought to have j 1 been struck by one of the men for he j' pulled a revolver. Then lie was shot. I 1 His father says the lad had been threatened. On account of the fact that the gen- j ■ eral balance in the treasury of the ! State is below $.5,000,000 for the first j time in several years, with prospects j . that it may go lower, it is being com- i mented on about the eapitol as the strongest endorsement of the stand ! | Governor Stuart took last spring when : lie reduced the appropriations made by the legislature in the neighborhood 1 of $19,000,000. Charles Brunner, aged 20, and his ; lister Anna, aged 24, 0f Reading, were , 1 found dead in a room at Philadelphia, i having been smothered by gas which , was escaping from an unlighted radi- j ■ ator. 1 lie deaths are thought to have , been accidental. It is thought the sis- | , ter was under the impression that she had lighted the gas but had not and 1 that both went to sleep. They went to Philadelphia to celebrate New Year's. | Winfield Gibson,of Muuliall.a Pitts- , 1 burg suburb, killed his wife, injured j. his 15-year-old son and 'killed himself ' at his home after spending some time : with friends in Homestead and getting drunk. He shot at a daughter and bare ly missed her. His eldest daughter, Mrs. 1* rank Moore, lay in the room 1 where the shooting occurred, her in- 1 fant lying near her. Its grandmother's blood squirted on it. Mrs. Moore may ' die of shock. i MUMMERS TURN OUT 111 FORCE TO GREET TOE NEW YEAR i The New Year Saturday was greet * ed by the usual Mummers' parade, which in point of originality and striking features, at least, has never been surpassed, if equalled, by any New Year's pageant in this city. The crowds were here, too, a good natured and eager throng that contested stand ing room on Mill street and streamed out along the sidewalks oil the other thoroughfares along which the parade passed. Ambrose Prentiss as the King, with I his brilliant equipage, who last year ! captured first prize, again was the j j cynosure of all eyes and was awarded j the capital prize. It was truly a I beautiful feature. The King's expan ! sive and finely wrought cape of delic j ate colors, as well as the pretty and [ jauntily attired pages by whom it was i supported, was the center of attraction. | [ The numerous attendants, large and | | small, carried out their parts with j j real grace and dignity,such as becomes j { a train of attendants following its j j king. j The next feature worthy of special! | mention was "Roosevelt returning I | home from Africa." In point of orig- ! inality it was unexcelled and was very j justly awarded second prize. First I \ and foremost was "Teddy" in cowboy j costume on horseback; following were a lot of savages and a nondescript \ | monster of the animal kingdom. The "savages" wore dressed in the style i !of the jungle, while the "monster"' was of most ingenious construction, 1 reflecting not only striking originality J but also skillful handiwork of a pecu i liar sort on the part of those who 1 brought it out. It was a vertebrate ! animal as big around as a barrel and 1 at least thirty feet long. It had six- ' teen legs supplied b.v eight young men of Sidler Hill, whose bodies entered into the construction of the non-de script. While in motion the big joint ed animal moved with a swinging serpentine motion,which made it seem ! very lifelike. It opened and closed its mouth also, showing the way into the capacious maw big enough to admit a man, while the great teeth afforded the i last touch of ferocity. This feature of the parade was gotten up by the young men aud boys of Sidler hill, the fol- j lowing participating: Joseph Shultz, Lewis Walker, Charles Wolf, John Shoop, James Fox, William Shultz, j James Burns, Lawrence Kidd, Charles j Lake, Harry Kessler, Edward Mellin, ' Garner Rose. Next were the two female imperson ators, who were probably never sur- passed anywhere. Each was made up j to resemble a very attractive woman and carried himself with so much poise and grace that similarly attired he j would at any time pass on the street ' for a woman. The judges awarded the j third prize to Frank Smith, of this city, as the "lady in black" and the j 1 fourth prize to Walter Teets.of North umberland, as the "lady in grey." A very pretty feature of the pageant ! was a tiny float containing a mounted ! stork—a very handsome specimen— drawn by two children, Andrew Mur- i 1 ray and Ivy Little. The idea that it symbolized was very readily grasped when the eye caught the nurse's cost ume, which so well became the pretty little miss who, side by side with the boy, trudged along at the head of the float. Charles Graham and Francis Roney as the "Golildust Twins" produced a < good deal of merriment. Their make- 1 up was inimitable. 1 One of the most taking features of I the parade came in from Hon. Alex- ' • aniler Billmeyer's farm. This was the 1 big bull, "Teddy," harnessed to an i improvised sulky, the wheels of which I were trimmed with corn fodder, i "Teddy' had the traditional ring in ] his nose, but he seemed like a docile ] I sort of a fellow. He showed no signs !< of rebellion until going out East Mar- 1 1 ket street, when Sheriff Williams'l mounting the sulky attempted to drive 't him and Christopher Springer, his < keeper, arrayed as a mumtaer, got 11 astride on his back. He was finally in-! - duced togo ahead. j ] A very well made-up Santa Claus, | 1 accompanied by a walking Christmas 1 tree,constituted a novel feature, which I 1 came all the way from Snyder coun-1 ' ty. J. 11. Burns of the firm, .T, 11. j ' Burns and company, of Selinsgrove, i was Santa Claus, while G. Meade 1 Lumbard of the "Snyder County Tri buue published at Selinsgrove, was ' the Christmas tree. The two men en- 1 joyed the occasion very much, while 1 the attraction, contributed from such a distance, was much appreciated by 112 the Mummers' association. Among the minor features of the ' parade were clowns, Indians, hoboes ' and backwoodsmeu, all gotten up in excellent style. < The first prize was awarded to the ' "Mans Farm Spring" float. This was 112 a very beautiful and elaborate affair ' ' i DANVILLE- }PA., THURSDAY. JANUARY 6, 1910 ■ all the lettering being wrought in evergreen. On the float, which was driven by Horatio P. Jones, proprietor • of the spring water, were symbolized ■ several different countries of Europe as well as the United States. The lat ter country was represented by Mr. Henson as "Uncle Sam." Other coun tries were represented as follows: Nor way, Mrs. Henson; Denmark, Emma Peterson; Germany, Miss Mazeall; Ireland, Miss Switzer. On a banner | borne aloft was the greeting "Happy New Year." On one side the greeting I was in English and on the other in Esperanto, "Felichau Novjaron." At j one end of the float was the American flag and at the other the Esperanto 1 flag. Andrew Scliatz, the shoo dealer, had ' j a fine float in line and was much com mended for his enterprise. A four-iir hand hack representing leading citi zens of Rush and Upper Augusta townships, Northumberland county, j i was a conspicuous feature much ail | mired because of the four handsome | black horses by which it was drawn, i The two horses in the lead belong to 'S. A. Eckman of Rushtown; the two jat the pole are owned by W. C. For i rester of Kliuesgrove, nephew of our I townsman, Captain C. W. Forrester. The front seat was occupied by Mr. Eckman and Mr. Forrester, i "Dr. Cook's Market Van" was the j | source of a good deal of amusement, j This was a thrust at our borough j council for confiscating butter found | under weight in the curbstone market. The personnel of the masqueraders j could not be detected under the dis- ; | guises, and they refused to give their names. It is said, however, that this feature came from Rush township. In the front of the float was a stand pre sided over by "Mrs. Cook," as a mar ket woman. On the float were a lot of lordly-looking "conncilmeu" and an officer representing our chief of police. During the progress-of the j parade the process of weighing and con- j fiscating butter was demonstrated. \ Along side of the float were displayed \ the following phrases: "Confiscation j Of butter. " " Thou shalt not steal." j Another float represented a "Husk- j ing Bee." This was gotten up by the ! Danville and Mahoning township poor | farm and contained inmates of the I alms house giving a demonstration of corn husking. Bringing up the rear of the parade I was a unique outfit bearing the legend : I "We are from Bloomsburg. " The Catawissa band,Calhoun's band | of Northumberland, the Milton and | the Exchange bauds were in the jar ade. The music, indeed, was a most ' enlivening feature. The Exchange band of 22 pieces appeared 111 fantastic ; costume and added not a little to the I pleasure and merriment, of the day. l Before as well as after the parade the j different bands serenaded prominent families and business places of town, j The reception committee,which met I the several trains, was composed of the following: James Freeze, Seth Lormer, W. H. Wyaut, George Freeze, ! John McCloud, James Grimes, Ed- ! ward Aten, Robert Vincent, Harry i Mapstone and Macolm Beyer. Prizes were awarded as follows: First prize—sls—Mans farm spring j water; second prize—slo—Market Van j (Dr. Cook's); third prize—toil of coal 1 —husking bee. First prize—$35—The King; sec ond prize—$25—Roosevelt returning from Africa; third prize—$15— lady in black; fourth prize—$10—lady in grey; fifth prize—$10—Bull; sixth prize—$5 —Stork; seventh prize—$5 Santa Claus; eighth prize—$5 Cowboys I (mounted); ninth prize—$5—Golddust twins; tenth prize—s2.so bootblack; I eleventh prize—$2.so—triplet; twelfth ! prize—$2.50—colored "drum major;" | thirteenth prizt—s2. 50—Blanket In- I diau ; fourteenth prize—s2.so—William | Penn, James D. Lenhart; fifteenth | prize—$2.50—Coon hunter with laut- ) eru; sixteenth prize—ton of coal—Geo I Crossley; seventeenth prize—ton coal— ! boy 011 kicking horse; eighteenth prize j —SO pounds of flour—"We're from! Bloomsburg"; nineteenth prize—so pounds of flour—two boys on horse- 1 back; twentieth prize—so pounds of' flour—straw lady 011 horseback; twen- ! ty-first prize—so pounds of flour—man | , with large flag, William Baker. Special prizes were awarded as fol- \ lows: By Landlord F. G. Peters,best cigar in house, to W. O. DoWitt as fattest band man; by the judges, two dollars ! in cash, to lady on side saddle. Tlie judges wore as follows Hon. L. J W. Welliver, George H. Sonnebrone, j 1 T. ,T. Price, W. A. Sechler, Dr. E. L. j < Davis, H. C. Chester, John V. Leslier, j > George E. Hancock and Charles E. ! Randall. Mr. Randall, editor of the 1 Catawissa News Item, acted as secre- I tary. Ho rendered very valuable as sistance and is entitled to special men- 1 tion for the part he played in award ing the prizes. , OFFICERS LAND PETER GAMETS Peter Camots, proprietor of the Can dy Kitchen, whose disappearance from 1 Danville was noted a few days ago, was in town Saturday, although his stay was about the shortest on record. Before sunset he fell into the hands of our police about midway between our town and Milton. Rather than come back to Danville and face the music Peter handed over all the money on ! his person, which proved sufficient to satisfy the group of creditors who had 1 framed up the special move by which j he was run down. Among those hereabout who especial ly lamented the little Greek's depar- I ture were The Heddens' Candy com j pauy, J. H. Cole, Alfred Delcamp, i Peoples' Coal Yard, Victor V. Vincent i aud the Dewart Creamery company, i The aggregate of bills owed these creditors was about $:S00. As soon as it became a settled fact that Peter had disappeared J. H. Cole, Arthur Heddens aud the chief of pol ice got together and formed a plan for locating the missing man. Wednesday morning the chief of police, accom- j pauied by Mr. Heddens, went to Mt. Carmel. What they discovered there may have been of service or it may net; at all events, 011 Thursday night ! Officer John Grier Voris, accompani ed by Mr. Heddens, went to Harris burg. Thursday night Mr. Heddens returned home while Officer Voris went onto Reading. Friday night • Officer Voris returned to Danville. He had not succeeded in laying his j hands on the Greek at any of the j places he had visited, although, judg ing from the sequel, it is not probable that the trips were made in vain. The result of it all was that when Peter Camets dropped into Danville with the crowd, Saturday, the officers were expecting him. Peter, however, knew a thing or two, also, and he was 1 110 sooner in town than he seemed possessed of a desire to get out. Peter arrived at South Danville from Scran ton, on the 12:10 passenger j train. He came over to Danville in a j crowded trolley car. At the shoo shin j ing parlor, Mill street, kept by some lof his fellow countrymen, he left the j car. | Chief Mincemoyer was on his heels , in a minute,but nowhere could lie find | the Greek. After searching high and J low about Mill street tho officers de j oided to watch tho stations so as to ! prevent the man from taking any of | the trains. | A few minutes before the li :s(i P. & I R. train was due at Danville Officer ; Voris discovered that Peter was sit- j I ting in the station at Mooresbnrg 1 I waiting for the train, j Officer Voris barely had time to j 1 jump on the train so as to meet Peter | at Mooresburg. He secreted himself in the baggage car and at Mooresburg : watched the little Greek as lie mount ed the steps and entered the front j J coach. I As soon as the train was under way j 1 the officer went back in the car and 1 i placed Peter under arrest. The little j j Greek could hardly believe his senses j 1 ; when he was confronted by the officer j 1 | in the car. I ; i He was disposed to parley a good I deal, but tho officer cut things short j i by giving him the alternative of pay- j ing the bills due the above named j creditors or to return to Danville and • enter into a hearing, the charge being 1 receiving goods under false pretenses. > The Greek was not sure what the out come of this might be. If held for I court he would need bail, ill default ' of which he might have togo to jail, ' to say nothing of the result of the ! trial later. Before Peter made up his mind what ] he would do the train reached Milton. The officer accompanied him to a place ' conducted by some of his countrymen, ' where he was advised to settle by them. All the money the Greek had on his ' person did not represent more than eighty per cent, of what he owed the 1 above group of creditors. The officer, 112 however, decided to accept this sum 1 giving a receipt in full. Thus the lit- • 1 tie Greek won his liberty thus tho 1 group of creditors was made happy. If Peter wished to steer clear of tho police, it is difficult to understand what prompted him to drop into Dan- ' ville on Saturday. Officer Voris learn- ( ed that leaving Danville Saturday aft- ' ernoou he rode a wheel to Mausdale, but beyond that point the roads were * well nigh impassable for a bicycle and 110 Walked to Mooresburg. CAUGHT IN TACKLE Joseph Young, the baker, had the I end of his thumb pinched off yestex- 1 day while assisting to fill the ico house 1 at Lyons meat market. He was stand- < ing in the second story as a barrel oft saw dust was being raised; ho had * hold of the rope when his left thumb was caught in the tackle and injured c as above described. t Thore are no obstacles iiisurmounf able to the human will. a LOCAL REGISTRAR'S ANNUAL REPORT Diphtheria and scarlet fever which have kept the health authorities oil the alert since the opening of schools still prevail in Danville to a consider able extent, the report of the local registrar for December showing only a slight diminution in the number of cases. During the month closed communic able diseases were reported as follows: Scarlet fever, eight cases;diphtheria, seven cases; pneumonia, one case; typ hoid fever, four cases; chicken pox, six cases. In diphtheria two cases re sulted fatally. In one case of typhoid fever the patient was removed to the Joseph Ratti Hospital for treatment. During the month there were twen ty-seven deaths,ten of which occurred at the hospital for the insane. The births for December have not as 1 yet all been returned. In November the number of births reported was | twenty-two as against twenty-nine | deaths. ' During the year l'.lOit one hundred I and thirty-five deaths were reported as ! against one hundred and eighty-one I births, which latter does not include j those of December. The number of deaths were distrib- ! ! uted throughout the borough as fol- ' lows: First ward, thirty-five; second ; ward, twenty-five; third ward, forty- j ! six ; forth ward, twenty-nine. , The births occurred as follows: First ward, twenty-two; second ward, sixty-three; third ward, forty-five: fourth ward, fifty-one. There were one hundred and eighty- I seven cases of communicable diseases i throughout the year. Of typhoid fever 1 there were twenty-four cases and four 'deaths; of scarlet fever, thirty-two eases and no deaths; of pneumonia, j seven eases and one death; of diphth- j eria, forty-two cases and four deaths; of measles, twenty-four cases and no ! deaths; of chicken pox, twenty-three! cases and no deaths; of erysipelas, | seven cases and one death; of pulrnon- j ary tuberculosis, twenty-five cases and j three deaths; of whooping cOttgh, three ' cases and no deaths. Diphtheria, scarlet and typhoid fev- j ers seem to have been the most gener- I ally prevalent and were distributed as ! follows: Diphtheria—first ward, three cases; second ward, nineteen cases; third ward,twelve cases; fourth ward, eight ] eases. Scarlet fever first ward, eight ! cases; second ward, thirteen cases;! third ward, ten cases; fourtli ward, | one case. Typhoid fever—first ward, three j cases; second ward, six cases; third j ward, eleven cases; fourtli ward, four ! cases. AGED MEMBERS "BANQUET. In accordance with a delightful an- i nual custom the Kpworth League of Trinity Methodist Episcopal church 011 New Year's (lay tendered a ban- I quet to the members ( 112 the congrega- I tion who have passed the sixtieth mile stone in life's journey. Twenty-nine of the older members were present, , and had a most enjoyable time. A public reception followed the banquet, j Those present were Mesdames Hhoda i Forred, Harriet Kear, Clara Davis, i Annie Milroy, Aliza Magill, C. A. ! Stickler, Mary Goodall,Clarissa Keef- ! er, Clara Young, Elizabeth Weaver, | John Snyder, Peter Fisher, Annie j Roup, Susan Sidler, Benj. F. Kelly, 1 Sarah Smull, Daniel McClow, Eliza- ; beth Hiatt,Ellen Watson, Maria Ames- I bury; Messrs. Benj. F Kelly, George j Sidler, William Snyder, J. A. Weaver, I A. M. Robinson, Thomas Porter, P. j F. Keefer, Joliu Lake and John Tovey. ' Mrs. A. A. Geisinger, W. C. Lindsey and Rev. and Mrs. Charles Cameron j Suavely were invited guests. NO NEW APPLICATIONS There have been no new applications for liquor license this year. (Incident ally, it might be mentioned that there are two applications less than former ly. License court will be held on Fri day, January lilst. The Oak Tree Hotel in Valley town ship for several years past kept by! Samuel R. Antrim is one of the places for which there is 110 applicant. The ' other place that seems dropped from ! the list is the Farmer's hotel in the Third Ward, Danville, which last year j was not granted a license. Wedded in i>t. Hubert's. A pretty wedding took place in St. j Hubert's church Tuesday morning at eight o'clock, the happy couple being Miss Emma Beyer and Frank Lenartz, both of this city. They were attended by Miss Gertrude Morrison, niece of the bride and John Lenartz, brother of the groom. After the ceremony they were driven to their newly furnished home on Bloom street where a party 1 of relatives and friends awaited to ex- i tend their heartiest congratulations. 1 The indiscretions of the prudent are among life's little jokes. I UNDER THE AMENDMENTS i Owing to adoption of the amend ments to the State constitution in November last, under the provisions of which one election a year will be held, in the absence of any official in terpretation of said amendments there is uncertainty in some quarters, not only as to the tenure of office but also as to the exact procedure to be adopt ed in the election of ward, borough or township officers. The laws of the General Assembly for 190*.) under the head of "Schedule of Amendments" make it clear that the February election this year, will be held as usual; also that the town ship, ward and borough officers elect ed thereat will hold their offices until December 1, 191). Following the custom of several | years past in Montour county the | nominations for the February election j will be made in the old-fashioned I caucus. Nono of those have as yet I been announced in our county, but as the election occurs on the loth of Feb ruary the time is approaching when I the matter of nominations will have j to be considered. In the Danville and Mahoning poor | district an overseer of the poor will be { elected. An auditor and a high coust ! able are the only borough officers, for : which nominations will have to be | made. Among tin* ward officers the I most important are those of school director and councilman, and it is in ; selecting candidates for these offices i that the most interest is generally ' manifested. i In the school board the terms of the ! following members expire this year: First ward, \V. A. Sechler and W. L. 1 Sidler; second ward, H. H. Redding; i third ward, .T. 11. Cole; fourth ward, 1 \V. H. Orth. ' In the borough council the terms of the following members expire: First ! ward, William Ij. Deutsch; second ward, Ira Everhart; third ward, Rob ert Pursel; fourth ward, Andrew Scli at 7.. Following are some extracts from the laws of the general assembly re j lating to the amendments, found uu- I der section 12: ] "That no inconvenience may arise j from the changes in the constitution I and in order to carry the same into j complete operation it is declared that j in the case of officers elected by the I people all terms of office fixed by act ' of assembly at an odd number of years shall each be lengthened one year, but ! the legislature may cliango the length | of the term, provided the terms for \ which such officers are elected shall I always be an odd number of years. ; "The above extension of official | terms shall not aft'i < t officers elected ! at the general election of 1908,n0r any i city, ward, borough,township or elec i tion division officers whose terms of office uuilcr existing law < ti<l in the year 1910. "In the year 1910 the municipalelee -1 tion shall be held on the third Tin sdav as February as heretofore ;but all offic ers chosen at that election to an office the regular term of which is two years and also all election officers and asses ] sors chosen at that election shall servo j until the first Monday of December in j the year 1911. j "After the year 1910 and until the j legislature shall otherwise provide all I terms of city, ward, borough, town j ship and election division officers shall | begin on the first Monday of Decern | her in an odd numbered year." WILLIAM H. CAMPBELL | William H. Campbell, aged 35 years, | died at his home near Elysburg at 1:30 j Monday afternoon, as the result of a j complication of diseases, following a j severe attack of diphtheria with which j he was stricken several weeks ago. | Deceased, who was a son of J. P. ; Campbell, one of Elysburg's most sue j cessful farmers, was well known throughout this vicinity. He was the owner of a large greenhouse. He is survived by a wife anil four children, the latter ranging from 2 to 12 years of age. His parents and the following brothers and sisters alsosur jvive: Mrs. Rolirbach of Paxinos, Wesley, an attendant at the Danville ' State hospital of the insane, Emory of Shamokin Hills, Jesse of Williams port and Frank of Sunbury. Deceased was a member of the Ma sonic lodge and the I. O. O. F. of Elysburg, The funeral took place yes terday morning at 9:00, services being at the late home near Elysburg. George W. Daugherty, the man who told ex-Speaker llarry F. Walton and a party of friends that he would use a revolver on them if they attempted to leave the State capitol during an all night session on the school code last winter, has resigned and will become a fruit grower. Ho was serving as night policeman when ho did the deed that made him famous. It doesn't tako long for an evil tale to become public property. ESTABLISHED IN 1855 ACCOUNT OF EXPENDITURES The couuty audit in ("progress at the courthouse brings the subject of pub lic accounts to the surface and those persons who like to know how the pub lic money is disbursed will be inter ested in a few facts herewith present ed. The classified account of expendit ures prepared by the clerk reveals the following: The court expenses and the common wealth costs for the past year foot up #1975.32. Among the items entering into this total are the following: Dis trict Attorney, #400; clerk of courts and prothonotary, $360.80; sheriff at tending court—2o days at $3.00—560; sheriff's commission and costs, #14.75; justices, $39.95; constables, $76.05; janitor, #216; court crier,s<>7.so; court stenographer, |123.33; grand jurors, #127.82; traverse jurors, #184.20; wit nesses. $93.11. D. C. Williams, Sheriff—Boarding prisoners and turnkey, $648.60; draw ing and notifying jui*ors,sls4.so; wash ing for prisoners, #-15.00; conveying Clarence Carr to hospital, #4.00; re ports to Board of Public Charities, #20.00. Total, #872.10, The courthouse expenditures amount ed to $2609. SC.. The miscellaneous items foot up $8372.05. Included under this head are: Soldiers' monument, $5000 ; inter est on county bonds, #175; short loans and discounts and interest on same $1393.32; teachers' county institute, #129.67; school directors' association, #63; support of inmates at State hos pital. #378.32; burial of soldiers and maikers for same, $245; forest fires, $19.25. Following are the jail expenses: Coal. $275.22; gas. #37.61 ; water rent, $37.75; clothing and bedding, $23.25; medical attendance, #57 ; general re pairs and supplies, $58.31 ; total, #489.- 11. Other items of expense are as fol lows : Couuty commissioners, auditors, &c.,52628.92; election expenses, $1598.- 75; assessors' pay, #1499; noxious animals, $95; bridge and road ex penses, $-1456,60; river bridge ex penses, $94.53. ISAAC W. HOFFMAN Isaac W. Hoffman, a widely known resident died at the home of his son in-law,Oscar E. Shultz, Church street, at 12:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, following a stroke of apoplexy. Mr. Hoffman was aged seventy-seven years. He was in failing health for sometime prior to his death. On last Thursday he was stricken. Although it disabled him temporarily the stroke did not seem to b<> an especially hard one. During Saturday and Sunday lie seemed to rally, but on Monday he suffered a collapse ami his condition was very low until death ensued. Isaac W. Hoffman was born near Rushtown aud on a farm nearby spent the greater part of his life. Some six teen years ago he retired, removing to South Danville, where he resided un til the death of his wife, which occur red in 1901. From that time until his dea'h lie resided with his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar E. Shultz. He was a member of the Rush Bap tist church. He belonged to Snyder town lodge No. 527, I. O. O. F. He was a man of unimpeachable integrity, of generous disposition, a true friend and a good citizen. He is survived by two daughters: Florence (Mrs. James Carr) of Kipp's Run aud Mary (Mrs. Oscar E. Shultz) of this city; also by a brother,Erastus Hoffman, and a sister, Mrs. Beulah Miller, both of Sunbury. | The funeral will be held Thursday at 1:80 p. m.from the residence of Oscar E. Shultz. Interment will be made in Mt. Vernon cemetery. GUARD INSPECTION HARRISBURG. Jan. 4.3 The schedule of dates for the annual spring inspection of the organizations of the National Guard was announced yesterday from the adjutant general's oftiee. The dates for inspection in the 12th regiment are as follows: Twelfth Regiment Infantry—Head quarters hospital corps, Sunbury,Tues day, February 8; regimental band, Williamsport, Friday, February 11; Company A, Lewisburg. Monday, Feb ruary 7; Company 1?, Williamsport, Monday. February 14; Company C, Milton, Saturday, February, 5; Com pany D, Williamsport, Thursday, Feb ruary 10: Company E, Sunbury, Tues day, February 8; Company F, Dan ville, Friday, February 4; Company G, Williamsport, Tuesday, February 15; Company 11, Lock Haven, Satur day, February 12; Company I. Wil liamsport, Friday, February 11; Com pany K, Sunbury, Wednesday, Feb ruary 9; Company L, Bellefonte,(date to be announced later); Company M, Lewistown, (date to bo announced later).
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