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Twenty priests and Bishop Shanahan
attended the funeral of Rt. Rev. Mon
signor G. L. Benton, at Harrisburg.
Alonzo Hanibright and Eva J. Worth
both ot Lancaster, have been granted
license to wed. Both are 01 years of
age and never were married before.
When Anthony Gregus, a Shenan
doah school boy, took a hatchat and
struck a dynamite cap that he had
found,he caused an'explosion that left
him withoutJiis left hand.
"Re a farmer and snap your finger
at the monopolies," is the solution
that O. C. Sigworth.Ka progressive
Venango county agriculturist, gives
to one of the greatest questions of the
day.
Martha Greuuing was indicted by
the grand jury at Philadelphia for riot
in connection with the strike of the
shirtwaist makers. She is a postgradu
ate of Bryn Mawr. Her sociological
studies led her to sympathize with the
strikers.
Two freight trains met in a rearend
collision at Hills station on'the Char
tiers branch of the Pennsylvania rail
road recently and two men Harry Mc*
Gowan suffered bruises about the back
and head and C. P. S. Christian was
crushed about tho back and legs.
Ten thousand dollars has been given
by tho American Sheet and Tin Plate
company, a subsidary of the United
States Steel corporation, to tho Young
Men's Christian association of Pitts
burg, which is conducting a campaign
to raise a $300,000 building fund in a |
limited time.
i
William F. Taylor, aged 74 and ;
blind, of Hatboro, is the defendant in !
a breach of promise suit brought by
Josephine Olshefski, of Prouipton.
The girl saj - s that she was employed
at the Taylor home at one time and
that the old man often paid attention
to her and asked her to marry him. j
Then when she did agree he would not j
keen his part of the bargain. He de- I
nies her tale.
While searching for thieves who last j
Monday stole SSOO worth of goods!
from the Dilworth Supply company at |
Rices Landing, employes of the Dil- '
worth Coal company found several
thousand dollar's worth of booty hid- |
den in an abandoned coal mine across
the Monongahela river from Fred
erickstowu, Washington county. The j
mine is heavily guarded but there is j
no clue to the thieves.
Lewis Snyder, a school teacher at ;
Copley, flogged thirty two pupils who |
followed the old Pennsylvania Ger- j
man custom of locking the teacher out
on " Fastuacht. " He had warned them
not to follow this custom and they did
it in spite of him. When he found ;
what had been done he went for an
officer of the law. This so scared the ,
youngsters that they lot him in. All
but those who were quick in saying
that the door were
whipped. The children hold an indig
nation meeting afterwards but older
heads ridiculed the idea of having any
thing done to the teacher.
All Gettysburg dogs are under a 100
day quarantine, ordered placed by the
State. A mad dog ran wild there re
cently,biting three persons and a num
ber of other canines.
Molten metal from a hugo ladle that
had been jostled by a shifting engine,
ran down the back of Reuben C. Wein
at Pottstown. His clothing was set on
fire but fellow workmen extinguished
the flames.
Citizens of Germantown and the
Chestnut hill. Philadelphia, district,
having failed to obtain enough funds
from the city to build a $500,000 high
school, are going to raise enough mon
ey for it by popular subscription.
Rivermen who liavo kept tab on the
number of towboats having Pittsburg
as there port of entry ill the last ten
years, say that eighteen steamers have
replaced twenty-eight which have
been lost to the service from one rea
son or another, in that time.
Another form of graft is alleged to
exist in Luzerne county. It is said
that in tho lower end of the county at
the last elections, "poor boxes" were
in evidence at the polls. Those who
desired were at liberty to drop con
tributions into these for the use of the
board members.
At tho mammoth coal shutes of the
Philadelphia and Reading company,
just below Schuylkill Haven, on Sat
urday, ten men were buried under
about 1,000 tons of coal, following an
avalanche in a vast bin. One man was
killed, another injured fatally and the
other eight men hurt more or less sev
erely. Owing to the recent cold weath
er, the coal had become frozen to a
depth of twenty feet. The men hail
undermined it in the bin and had di
rected a stream of hot water to the
top, when the whole thing came down
on them. A rescue force started at
once and worked like madmen.
BASE BALL STOCK
HOLDERS MEET
The animal meeting of the stock
holders of the Danville Athletic as
sociation was helil Monday eve in the
office of the secretary, Ralph Kisner,
Esq. The meeting was for the purpose
of choosing officers and directors to
lead Danville through the Susquehan
na league season of 1910.
The stockholders went into session
and transacted their first business by
unanimously re-electing Thomas J.
Price president of the association for
the coming year.
In turn \V. G. Pursel, Harry Ellou
| liogen and Ralph Kisner were re-elect
| nd vice president, treasurer and secre
tary respectively.
| The following nominations were
ilien made for directors: James Ryan,
A. C. Amesbury, Kdwaid Gorman, V.
V. Vincent, Thomas G. Vincent, John
11. M. Gurry, M..1. Reilly, Robert
Pursel and W. J. Rogers.
The president appointed Thomas G.
Vincent and \Y. G. Pursel as tellers to
j conduct tlie election. Thirty-six votes
were cast and the following five di
rectors were elected: A. G. Amesbury,
Thomas G. Vincent, James Ryan,
Robert Pursel and W. ,T. Rogers. Those
named directors with the four officers
will constitute the governing body of
the association during the coming sea
son.
The five retiring directors who serv
ed during last season are: Thomas G.
Vincent, Edward Cornian, M. J.
Reilly, John R. M. Gurry and V. V.
Vincent.
Stockholders present at the meeting
were: T. J. Price,W. G. Pursel,Ralph
Kisner, V. V. Vine -, Harry Ellen
bogen, Thomas G. Vincent, Simon
Hoffman, Edward Gorman, J. N. Pur
sel, Edward Fallon, Arthur Lawrence,
Clarence Haupt, Frank 0. Anglo and
Thomas Evans.
SNOWBALLING.
As the result of milder weather,
Tuesday, snowballing broke out over
the whole borough and has been the
cause of much complaint. At several
places where school children congre- I
gated yesterday pedestrians were made
the unwilling targets.
There is no nuisance that gives the
borough authorities greater annoyance
than snowballing and in this respect
all towns are alike. In Danville the
officers are doing what they can to
keep the sport within reasonable re
straint; but they can not be at half a
dozen different places at the same
time, and consequently there are al
ways points where the boys can carry
on their sport without fear of moli st
ation.
The difficulty seems to be that those
who indulge in snowballing on the
streets can not be made to look at the
practice in the light of a public nui
sance. The borough ordinance imposes
a penalty for snowballing and Chief
Miuceinoyer declares that those who
so persistently indulge in the sport
will wake up one of these days when
they find themselves in the toils, as
lie will be surely driven to make ar
rests, if snowballing on the streets is
not discontinued.
WEDDED IN DANVILLE
Yesterday at Sunbury Mr. and- Mrs.
Jared O. Irwin celebrated the sixtieth
anniversary of their wedding, having
for ten years more tliana half century
lived happily together as man and
wife.
Mr. and Mrs. Irwin have.been resi
dents of Sunbury during all their wed
ded life. They were married when the
groom was in his twenty-first year
and the bride three years his junior,
j They slippod quietly away from their
j home and coming to Danville were
j welded by H-iv. Nichols, then pastor
I of the Baptist church here.
ILLEGAL FEES COLLECTED
According to an article in a recent
issue of the Milton Evening Standard,
Northumberland county is the poorer
by thirteen thousand dollars, that be
ing the amount illegally collected by
incumbents of the county treasurer's
office during the eighteen years end
ing last year.
The auditors last year surcharged
about eight hundred dollars against
the retiring treasurer, but up to a few
weeks ago this surcharge had not been
paid over to the county. Every suc
ceeding county treasurer followed the
example of his predecessor and collect
ed 2J£ per cent commission on the li
cense money,which the law specifical
ly forbids.
Danville Pastor Guest at Hazleton.
Rev. James Wollaston Kirk, of Dan
ville, was the guest of the Men's Lea
gue of the Presbyterian church at its
mid-winter banquet Monday night,
lie gave an interesting talk on "Wider
\ ision ' and also on his Alaskan ex
periences, which wore particularly en
tertaining.—Hazleton Plain Speaker.
DANVILLE- }PA., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 17, 1910
SCHOOL BOARD IN
REGULAR SESSION
The school board met in regular ses
sion Monday night. In the absence of
President Sechler, Jacob Fischer was
elected president pro tem.
The report of the treasurer for the
month ending January 31, showed a
balance of $10,768.11 on hand.
A communication was read by Sec
retary Ortli asking for a certain citizen
exoneration from 2 years' taxes on the
plea that the writer was unable to pay
same. It was the sense of a number of
the board that the tax collector is the
proper person to present a list of per
sons deserving exoneration. No action
was taken by the board.
Mr. Fischer, of the committee on
High School,reported that he hail been
approached by one of the Athletic as
sociation of the High School with a
request that they be given permission
to use Mr. Moyer's room for the pur
pose of holding a festival for the pur
pose of procuring uniforms for such
teams as they may putin the field. It
was tho opinion of the different mem
bers of the board that it was not the
proper thing to establish a precedent
of the kind. On motion the request
was refused.
On motion it was decided to grant
permission to Saul McCoy to make a
change in his studies in high school
that is necessary for an object Mr. Mc-
Coy has in view.
A request that but one session of
school be held in High School on Fri
day, April Bth, in order to allow stud
ents and teachers who may desire, to
witness productions of Shakespearian
plays by the Ben Greet company at
the Normal on that date, was laid on
the table for consideration at next
meeting in order to allow tho superin
tendent opportunity to ascertain how
many desired to attend.
Mr. Sidler, one of the committee,
that attended the directors' conven
tion at Harrisburg, reported that the
convention was very elevating in
character. He cited in particular the
address of Lieut. Governor Murphy,
on "What the State Expects of Direct
ors" and the address of State Supt. of
Education, N. G. Schaeffer on"The
Duties and Responsibilities of the Di
rectors," which tended to show that
tho directors have a duty to perform
both to the State and their constitu
ents.
Dr. Shnltz expressed himself as very
well pleased with the addresses. They
were for the most part very practical
and reached the very bottom of school
questions. Among the questions con
sidered were "The Pensioning of
Teachers," "The Overcrowding of
Schools" and"The Treatment of the
Dull Pupil."
The following members were pres
ent: Fischer, Ortli, Swarts, Shnltz,
Redding, Burns, Heiss, Cole, Gibson,
Pursel and Sidler.
The following bills were ordered
paid:
Geo. Sechler $ 1. 45
J. H. Brngler 1.00
G. L. Eggort . 50
Danville Stove & Mfg. Co .40
Gen. F. Reifsnyder .">T. 80
Adams Express Co .00
American Book Co.. .. 3.84
llenrv Holt & Co 5.28
Isaac Pitman Co .67
Ginn & Co 90
Roberts & Meek ... 9. 14
Welliver Hdw. Co . 3.35
Washington Fire Co 1,10
U. S. Express Co.. -10
United Tel. & Tel. Go . (1.00
Directors' Expenses at Co. Con
vention 12.00
Delegates' Expenses to Harris
burg 10.36
LOCAL INSTITUTE
The teachers of Derry township are
preparing for their second annual local
institute, to be held on Friday and
Saturday of this week in the Presby
terian cliuich at Washingtonville.
Three sessions will be held: Friday
evening, Saturday morning and after
noon. The instructors will be Prof. C.
11. Albert, of tho Bloomsbnrg State
normal school; E. O. Bickel, principal
of the Danville high school, A. B.
Moyer, of the Danville high school
faculty. Charles W. Derr. Montour
county superintendent and Hon. L.
W. Welliver, of Exchange. In addition
to the addresses the programs will in
clude discussions on selected topics,
1 songs and recitations.
The committee in charge of tho in
stitute earnestly requests that all the
teachers and others who are interested
| in the welfare of the public schools
i attend tho sessions and encourage the
workers with their presence.
Almont Sure of Conference.
Distriot Superintendent li. 11. Gil
' bert ol' the Danville District of the
Methodist Episcopal church, stated
j that be thought that without question
the conference for next year will go
to Bloomsburg.
Pine Street church, Williamsport,
were in the field for it, but it is now
! understood that they will hold off a
| year anil will go after the General
j Conference in 1912. Every indication,
j stated Dr. Gilbert, pointed to Blooms
-1 burg getting tho conference next year.
SAMUEL MILLS
POOR DIRECTOR
Samuel Mills, Republican, Tues
day was elected overseer of the poor
of the Danville and Mahoning poor
district, receiving a majority of sev
enty-seven votes over P. M. Kerns,
the Democratic candidate. Frank V.
Linker, Democrat, was elected bor
ough auditor over George Youngman,
Republican candidate, by a majority
of eight.
Beyond the office of overseer of the
poor there was scarcly any contest.
Comparatively little interest was
shown in the election and hardly half
a vote was polled in any of the dis
tricts. For long intervals even during
the afternoon the voting places pre
sented a deserted appearance. The
weather, although cloudy,was not un
pleasant and was not a factor in keep
ing down the vote. There is nothing
unusual, however, in tho diminished
interest shown in the February elec
tion,as the vote polled last winter was
correspondingly small.
POOR DIRECTOR
SAMUEL MILLS, R.
First Ward 154
Second Ward 102
Third Ward 141
Fourth Ward 120
Mahoning Township 80
Total 597
PATRICK M. KERNS, D.
First Ward 85
Second Ward 142
Third Ward 159
Fourth Ward 88
Mahoning Township. 4ii
Total 520
BOROUGH AUDITOR
GEORGE YOUNGMAN, R.
First Ward .. 124
Second Ward 121
Third Ward 126
Fourth Ward 103
Total 474
FRANK V. LINKER, D.
First Ward 113
Second Ward 109
Third Ward 160
Fourth Ward 100
Total 482
FIRST WARD
COUNCILMAN.
George E. Ornilorf, R .. 10<5
Julius Hoirn, D.. 123
SCHOOL DIRECTOR.
William A. Sechlei, 3yrs. R 85
William 1.. Sidler, l yr, R 142
William A. Sechler, 3 yrs., D 117
ASSESSOR.
Joseph L. Frame, R .. 138
Joseph L. Frame, I) 59
JUDGE OF ELECTION.
William V. Oglesby, R 143
Harry T. Rupp, D 00
INSPECTOR OF ELECTION.
Frank A. Brown, R 117
John G. Vastine, D 09
SECOND WARD
COUNCILMAN.
Joseph A. Weidman, R 87
Ira G. Everhart, D 150
Returns From
Country Districts
Below will be found the returns of j
Tuesday's election from every ilis- ]
trict in Montour county, with tho ex
ception of the four wards of Danville j
which appear on the first page.
The Morning News, with the assist
ance of its friends throughout the
county, was enabled to gather the re
sults complete from every district in
remarkable time last evening. The
polls closed at 7 o'clock and at 10:15,
three hours and a quarter later, the
vote for every candidate was in the
hands of the editor.
Throughout the country districts a
fairly good vote for a February elec
tion was polled. In Washingtonville
Thomas B. Yerg. the nominee of both
Republicans and Democrats, was chos
en burgess.
Derry Township.
SUPERVISOR.
Lewis Hoffman, It 46
Daniel Billmeyer, D 62
SCHOOL DIRECTOR.
John B. Smith, R 30
John A. Cooper, R 52
Andy Depo, D 73
Edward P. Oyster, D 86
Edward Hawkins, I) 64
(Continued on 4th Page.)
GENERAL RESULT
In a couple of the wards during the
last two weeks there has been a sem
blance of a coutest for the office of
councilman, but the campaign in the
main was marked by general lethargy
and a lack of interost. Even on the
day of election no activity was shown
by the candidates.
Councilmeu were elected as follows:
First ward, Julius Heim; second ward,
Ira C. Everhart; third ward, Clarence
Price; fourth ward, Lewis Dietz.
Following are the school directors
elected: First ward, W. A. Sechler
and W. L. Sidler; second ward, Sam
uel Marks; third ward.Jacob 11. Cole;
fourth ward, W. H. Ortli.
Following are tho assessors: First
ward, Joseph L. Frame; second ward,
Harry E. SeideJ; third ward, Frank
Grimes; fourth ward, John Jenkins.
The constables elected are as fol
lows: Second ward, William L. Jones;
fourth ward, George Nied.
SCHOOL DIRECTOR.
W. Haydn Woodside, R 103
Samuel Marks, D 133
ASSESSOR.
Harry E. Seidol, R .174
CONSTABLE.
William L. Jones, R 209
JUDGE OF ELECTION.
Harry A. Schick, R 109
Alex. Asliton, Sr., D 125
INSPECTOR OF ELECTION.
Bonneville V. Johnson, R 137
Joseph ,T. Reed, D 88
TRIRD WARD
COUNCILMAN.
Clarence Price, R 153
Edward W. Peters, D 145
SCHOOL DIRECTOR.
John L. Jones, R 139
Jacob 11. Cole, D 160
ASSESSOR.
John Walleze, R 103
Frank Grimes, D 183
JUDGE OF ELECTION.
George Stickle, R 101
G. Leslie McLain, D 190
ISNPECTOR OF ELECTION.
Edwin V. Stroll, R ... 125
Edward Loamy, 1) 165
FOURTH WARD
COUNCILMAN.
David Roderick, R ...... 77
Lewis Deitz, D 132
SCHOOL DIRECTOR.
William 11. Ortli, R 105
C. L. Foulk, D 97
ASSESSOR.
John Jenkins, R .169
Fred Plocli, D 37
CONSTABLE.
George Neid, R 114
George Neid, D 66
JUDGE OF ELECTION.
11. T. Mann, R 139
Edward Faux, D 61
INSPECTOR OF ELECTION.
John Mitchell, R 124
Henry Klarsch, D 74
OVERSEER OF THE POOR.
j Eugene Spoouenberger, R23
| Amandns Sliultz, DBO
ASSESSOR.
.Tamos F. Patterson, R 25
George W. DeGreen, D 83
AUDITOR.
N. F. Bochtel, R 33
John E. Wolf, D 72
JUDGE OF ELECTION.
H. C. Rishel, R 32
Charles E. Miller, D 77
INSPECTOR OF ELECTION.
J. F. Mowrer, R 33
D. W. Diohl. D '74
Cooper Township.
SUPERVISOR.
Richard Kreisher, R 30
Wi llinm Fern, D 19
SCHOOL DIRECTOR.
Alonzo Mauser, R 29
John F. Krum, 11 22
Harvey Keiser, D 23
William Fern, D 18
OVERSEER OF THE POOR.
Charles H. Rishel, R 20
Melvin Shnltz, D 32
THE THEHD IN
SCHOOL WORK
Borough Superintendent D. N. Dief
fenbacher has presented to the school
board a most comprehensive report of
the proceedings of the convention of
city and borough superintendents held
at Harrisburg last week. The report
is most illuminating,showing the gen
eral trend in high school work toward
greater efficiency and elimination of
out-of-date subjects with waste of
time and energy that goes with them.
Superintendent Dieffenbacher lias add
ed to the interest of his report by in
troducing figures to show liow the
local schools compare with others of
the State in certain important rela
tions.
Superintendent Grant Norris, of
Braddock, in a paper on "Educational
Trends," read at the opening session,
Tuesday morning, made his position
very clear. He declared that Latin
anil Greek have no place in tho prac
tical work-a-day education for the av
erage child, who has to earn his own
living and that the man who quotes
either of these languages does so for
effect. Science, ho declared, is much
more important,for it is the graduates
of the scientific courses that are build
ing our bridges,our subways, our tun
nels, our steamships, etc. Ho recom
mended science in all its branches as
it applies to medicine, law, agricul
ture, and other professions as a substi
tute for the mass of waste educational
matters. The cry today is for higher
standards, closer supervision and bet
ter organization. The people are be
coming weary of intrusting their chil
dren to teachers who have had no
training and who work by the clock.
In discussing tho above paper Sup
erintendent. Scott of Unioutown furth
er carried out the view of Superin
tendent Norris by observing that "the
meat question and its boycott are more
interesting than the rations of Napo
leon's army." Rather train the pupils
oil present vital affairs than on husks
of the past.
Leonard P. A ryes speaking on the
subject of child hygiene claimed that
medical inspection in the schools is
saving the State a considerable amount
of money, which otherwise would be
wasted on efforts to educate pupils
who by reason of removable physica
defects are unable to profit by their
instruction. Ho declared that about
sixty per cent, of school children have
decayed teeth aud that these pupils
require S.'-.j years to complete a course
of study that a child without defects
would complete iu !S years. About one
school child in every seven has defec
tive breathing. Such a child requires
8 6-10 years to complete the S year
course. Other physical defects that
cause backwardness in school children
are enlarged tonsils a:i.l adenoid-.
About one-fourth of all the eMI-hvn
are afflicted with enlarged tonsi! i.
about one child out of oi-lit !11:•
enoids. Nearly oue-lndl' of all
pupils suffer from enlarged «!a:
Tho speaker urged that system.-- ,
medical inspection be placed in opi ra
tion wherever possible. Medical in
spection costs about 35 cents per
pupil per year and about .$5 for every
one treated, whereas the retardation
caused by physical defects costs the
district about S2O per year.
Iu a subsequent address on '' Retarda
tion, Its Significance and Cure," Mr.
Ayres pointed o r , that only about one
half of the children of Pennsylvania
who enter school complete tho eighth
grade. In Philadelphia only one child
out of every five in the elementary
schools reach the eighth grade and
only three out of one hundred com
plete their high school course.
In this connection Superintendent
Dieffenbacher showed that in Danville
last year 152 pupils entered school for
the first time. Fifty graduated from
the grammar school and thirty-three
from tho high school; thus one
out of threj complete the grammar
school course, and, eliminating non
resident pupils, ouo out of seven the
high school course.
The reason for tho "dropping out"
is attributed by Mr. Ayres to the com
pulsory education law, which permits
pupils to leave school at the ago of
fourteen and to congestion of grades
caused by retardation. The speaker re
marked: "What must we think of a
system iu which there is a leak of one
half every year? Only a small percent
ago receive diplomas from the high
school. They are landed at commence
ment, but nothing is said of the other
half, who have "leaked out—gone out
tho back door and are lost."
The above summary embraces only
a few of the addresses,features of which
are calculated to appeal to the general
reader. The report throughout is most
excellent and is most highly appreci
ated by the school board.
Mistaking a jug of concentrated lye
for one of cider, Henry Heberling, a
Portersville merchant, took a drink
before he discovered the blunder and
died from the effects. A widow and
seven children survive.
ESTABLISHED IN 1855
FISHER GUILTY
IN SECOND DEGREE
| The jury in the Fisher murder case
j reached au agreement last night and
reported about nine o'clock after hav
ing been out since 11 :;>0 a. [m. Tues
| day. The jury found Fisher guilty of
j murder in the second degree. The pris
| oner was immediately sentenced by
the court to undergo twenty years im
prisonment in the Eastern penitenti
-1 ary. Only a few people heard the sent
ence pronounced.
Henry Fisher was charged with the
murder of Mrs. Sarah lvlinger of Sha
mokin late in November, 1906. Fisher
managed to secure three ftrials. The
last trial, which culminated in the
second degree verdict, began on Tues
day of last week, James Carr of ICipp's
run being one of the jurors empanel
ed.
The defense opened at 11 o'clock
Saturday morning. A strong eifoit
was made to throw doubt on the cir
cumstantial evidence. The lawyers for
the defense also made a point of plead
ing that the defendant was intoxicat
ed on the day when Mrs. lilinger was
killed.
HARD ON LIVERYMEN
| Notwithstanding the abundance of
snow this winter it appears that sleigh
i riding has not been indulged into ex
cess. On the contrary it would seem,
according to a statement made by a
I leading liveryman yesterday, that there
has been less sleigh-riding than during
last winter and previously wlieucom
\ pratively little snow fell.
; Citing last winter, he said, there
. wasn't a night when sleighing was
| good that his teams were not busy tak
ing out sledding parties. Remarkable
ias it may seem thus far during the
present winter he has been called up
•on only twice to take out parties,
j Other liverymen seem to have pretty
much the same experience. The de
mand for single sleighs, when the
weather is fair, is moderate. But no
one seems able to explain what has oc
j curred to cause sucli a sudden change
in custom and make the time-honored,
sledding party unpopular.
I A gentleman from Limestone town
ship yesterday stated that the same v
state of affairs is noticeable in the
rural districts. The young people of
the farms as a rule are finding amuse
ment in other sources than in sledding
i parties.
SCHOOLS ARE BUSY
The public schools of the borough
are busy preparing for the celebration
of Washington-Lincoln Day and Par
ents' Day, which'will he observed to
morrow afternoon. The exhibit of
school work, especially, which every
room will emit; .a, involves a good
deal of work, if i> hopi d that parents
and others inter, sted will visit the
schools on the occasion, as the exer
cises will be of a very pleasing char
acter and ;.. CM "Hi lit opportunity
will he afforded to see. just what kind
of work is being done.
| Programs will be rendered in all the
i schools of each ward, the exercises be
ginning at the same time—l :45 o'clock
! —and lasting one hour.
In the high school the two literary
societies will hold a joint session, the
debate and the entire program relating
to Washington and Lincoln
The entire afternoon will be given
over to parents. Superintendent Dief
fenbacher yesterday explained that
' those who find it inconvenient to re
| main and view the work after the ex
, ercises may visit the rooms before the
: program is rendered. The doors will
| be open at 1 o'clock and the teachers
| will be on hand to receive those who
come.
TROUBLE IN CONYNGHAM
I East North Conyngham, Columbia
; county, was the scene of wild excite
ment Tuesday night with some of the
! excited participants trying to reach
| the sheriff in an effort to get him to
I the scene.
1 The fracas started among members
; of the election board over the count of
j the vote for poor director, with the
fight very close between George W.
1 Weller and Peter .T. McHale, and with
' the election depending upon the result
! of this one voting district.
| It is claimed that some of the ballots
j were badly marked and the election
i board soon came to loggerheads as to
how they should he counted. Noise of
j the trouble inside leaked out and the
filends of the rival candidates took up
i the battle. There was au old-time
tinge around the polling place Tues-
I day night. The trouble will probably
! get in the courts.
! Farmers iu the vicinity of Lehigh
! ton are in a fix. Rabbits are ruining
their fruit trees because they cannot
i get food elsewhere. The little animals
j take the bark from the trees and the
] latter always die. The farmers cannot
j kill the pests to save the trees, be
cause it is uot rabbit season.