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A cow of the H. H. Komberger farm
near Warwick, recently gave birth to
triplets, the third case of this kind in
Lancaster county inside of a month.
The name of the progressive party
has been pre-empted at Harrisbnrg by
John R. Hart, Francis Wood, Fremont ]
Bowman, Albert R. Redifer and Geo. j
D. Cox. The organization will make a
fight in the elections next fall.
The crews of three trolley cars re
sponsible for the death of as many
persons in Philadelphia who had been
arrested on the charge of manslaught
er, were released from custody by Cor
oner Ford when juries exculpated ;
them from blame.
To allow the bride to finish her term j
of school in one of the country dis- J
tricts near Ford Citv. the marriage of j
Harry Smith, of Walk Chalk, and
Miss Sophia Sell, of Dayton, which j
took place last fall, was not announc- <
ed until recently,when the schools had j
closed.
Dr. Samuel Andrews, superintend- j
ent of the Pittsbug schools, was knock
ed down by a street car in front of j
Carnegie institute recently, and pain- ;
fully injured. His body was bruised
generally, his ankles being hurt the I
most. He stepped from one street oar ;
directly in front of another. Fortun- j
ately his home was nearby and he was \
taken there.
Elmer L. Shelter was struck in the 1
face by a meteor-like substance that :
came through the air enveloped in 1
flame while he was riding in an auto !
at Williamsport. His wife and another |
woman with them were blinded temp- j
orarily by the bright light. His face !
bore marks similar to those caused by i
hot ashes or sand. The phenomenon is j
thought to have been static electricty, I
due to the dry atmosphere.
W. R. Roblin, who recently was left |
a big fortune by a wealthy aunt, was ]
found dead in the locked room of the (
Pittsburg house occupied by the aunt !
before her death. It is thought that he |
committed suicide and this theory is
strengthened by the finding of an eight
ounce vial that had contained carbolic
acid. A light that had been burning
day and night for weeks aroused the j
neighbors to such an extent that the
search was made.
With the flesh cooked from his bones, !
his skull crushed and an arm torn off,
D. E. Kuhns, chief engineer at the
Marianua mines, was found recently
in the engine house. A fragment of a
bursting fly-wheel struck the man and j
broke two ten-inch steam pipes. In a I
moment after the crash was heard, it I
was impossible togo within ten feet
of the building. The steam was turn
ed oil at the boilers in another build- !
ing nearby and the engine was allow- !
ed to cool off. when the cooked body j
was found.
Peter Dorsheimer and wife, aged 1
residents of Lancaster, wore found j
asphyxiated in their home recently. A
gas jet was turned on lull tilt. The i
jet was so loose that the wind could j
turn it.
Frank Fraucic, made despondent by
loug years of suffering from tuber- j
culosis, an inmate of the Dauphin j
county almshouse and without friends
or relatives in this country,committed i
suicide by hanging himself to a sapl- j
ing, where his body was found Satur- j
day morning.
The Wilkes-Barre Gas and Electric
company, the Parsons Electric Light i
company, the Anthracite Heat, Light ,
and Power company and the Wilkes- I
Barre Heat, Light and Motor company |
all have merged and will be operated |
by the Susquehanna Railway, Light j
and Power company. The latter con- j
eern operates in many places and has j
$20,000,000 capital.
Captain of Detectives Souder, ol I
Philadelphia, has started a crusade i
against thieves and burglars, who j
reaped a rich harvest while the street j
car strike was in progress, and the {
police were assigned to special duty, j
Four important arrests and the recov
ery of loot valued at $4,000 were the |
results of Saturday's work in this line, j
Uncle Sam ran up against a stumbl
ing block in the City of Brotherly
Love when his census enumerator went
to the Chinese section to ask his ques
tions. Only one interpreter could be
found who would help out and lie re
fused to work among the Hip Sing
tong, although he was willing when
the On Leong tong people were the
ones visited. As a result the govern- |
merit will have to look for a Hip Sing j
who will act as interpreter for his poo- J
pie and the census will have to recou- j
nize the tong lines.
The biggest and most important steel
foundry plant in the United States
will be erected at Trafford City by the
Westinghouse people. The plans are
being worked out and when they are
completed contracts will be let and
constnrction will start.
COMMUNICATION
FROM TRUSTEES
Considerable time at the regular
, meeting of council Friday eve was do
i voted to the subject of river pollution,
j interest centering on a communication
from the trustees at the hospital for
] the insane received in reply to one
| sent out two weeks ago relative to the
i impurity of the effluent discharged
i from the sewage disposal plant,
j The communication states that the
j purification plant was not. entirely
: completed and in full operation until
about April 4th,on which date samples
of water from various points before,
at and after leaving the purification
plant were sent for analysis to the
chemist at the State board of health.
The result of the analysis shows the
absence of any bacteria coli and an in
finitesimal quantity of harmless bact
eria.
The trustees state that they believe
there need not be any fear among the
! iesidents of Danville as to the impuri-
I ties emptied into the river through
the effluent; also that chemical purifi
cation in which chloride of lime is
used cannot be regarded as in any way
harmful.
The trustees suggest that should
council order further tests the samples
I to show comparison be taken from the
: river above the mouth of the effluent;
at the effluent, half-way between that
point and the intake at the water
works and at the intake of the same.
The trustees also take occasion to
correct a commonly accepted error —
Jhat the water from the laundry does
not pass through the purification
plant. The only water course empty
ing into the stream of effluent and nor
passing through the disposal plant is
the hot water from the boiler house
and is the same as is furnished to and
used by the hospital population.
The communication was signed by
the executive committee of the board
of trustees, I. X. Giier, Esq., James
Foster and Robert J. Pegg.
On motion of Mr. Finnigau the
above communication was accepted
and laid on the table.
A communication was read from Bor
ough Solicitor Gearhart in reply to an
inquiry concerning the dumping of
ashes and garbage on the river bank
within the borough limits. It was ex
plained that this practice is in direct
violation of the ordinance. On motion
of Mr. Ileim it was ordered that no
tices be erected forbidding the (lump
ing of ashes, &c., on the river hank.
It was ordered that a spot be selected
for the dumping of ashes and garbage
along the river six hundred feet east
of the creek's mouth.
On motion of Mr. Everhart it was
ordered that the borough proceed to
extend the sewer in the second*ward
in accordance with the plans prepared
by the borough surveyor, which will
take in along with otheis the proper
ties on East Market and East Front
streets.
On motion of Mr. lies it was order
ed that the first quarterly appropria
tion of $37.50 bo paiil to the four lite
| companies of the'borough.
I Mr. lies reported that a new roof is
needed on the Continental hose house,
although tempoiary repairs have been
made. The matter was deferred for the
i present.
On motion of* Mr. Everhart it was
ordered that five signs be prepared and
1 posted at proper points in order to
compel automobiles in passing through
town to observe the speed limit pro
vided by the State law—twelve miles
an hour.
On motion of Mr. Marshall it was
ordered that in Memorial park
be raised on May Ist.
On motion of Mr. Curry it was ord
ered that plans and specifications be
prepared and that bids be invited for
the repairing and painting of city hall.
The following members were pres
ent: Oleaver.Finnigan,'Everhart, lies,
i Jones, Price, Marshall, Currv, Heim,
i Diet/,.
■ The following bills were approved
| l'or payment:
BOROUGH DEPARTMENT.
Regular employes $117.50
| Labor and hauling B'J.BB
| Wallace A. Hoover 1.00
; T. L. Evans 3.50
! Geo. F. lCeefer 77.00
I The Gem 7.00
| A. H. Grone 55
1 Welliver Hdw. Co 1,75
John L. Russell 1.24
Walker & Kepler 50.10
Joseph \V. Keely 4.90
IT. S. Express Co 45
M. C. Lilly Co 4.50
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Regular emploves $153.50
People's Coal Yard 85.20
Friendship Fire Co 10.00
U. S. Express Co 40
Atlantic Refining Co 28.25
I Labor in Water Dep't 4.50
The Gem 2.50
Attending Missionary Meeting.
I Mrs. W. H. Orth.Mrs. D. N. Dioffen
j haoher, Miss Amanda Share and Miss
Elsie Scott left yesterday for Freeland
to attend the annual meeting of the
Woman's Missionary society of Wyom
ing classis which meets at that place
Wednesday and Thursday. They are
delegates from Shiloh Reformed
church, this city.
DANVILLE, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1910
ACCIDENT FATAL
10 MILES PENSYL
| The iloath of Miles Pensyl, a widely
! known retired farmer of.Elysburg, oc
j curred Monday morning at 1 o'elock
!at the Miners hospital at Ashland,
' where ho was removed Sunday fore-
I noon, following a driving acccident,
near Elysburg, in which Mr. Peusvl
! sustained a fracture of the skull.
! The suddenness with which the hand
of death was laid upon a strong man
came as a great shook to the couimnn
-1 ity on the south side of the river,
where Mr. Pensyl was personally
I known to almost every resident.
Death followed an operation which
was performed Sunday afternoon, a
day after the accident. Mr. Pensyl did
! not regain consciousness.
The exact cause of the accident
which proved fatal to Mr. Pensyl will
never be known. When he was thrown
! from his buggy the spot was obscured
from the view of the only persons in
i the vicinity by some buildings. Thoie
are several theories as to the cause but
they are entirely matters of conjec
ture.
Mr. Pensyl was 451 years of age on
March sth. He was born near Union
Corner and lived all his life in that
vicinity. For a number of years he
lived on his farm in Mayberry town
ship, this county, and he was return
ing from a day's work there when the
fatal accident occurred. Seven years
ago he removed to Elysburg, where he
lias since resided.
The deceased is survived by his wife
and the following brothers and sis
tres: Oliver, of near Elysburg; Gyrus,
of Nanticoke; Emerson, of Shamokin ;
Mrs. Sarali Ann Reeder, of Elysburg,
and Mrs. Esther Hoover,of uearDeibl- |
| er's station.
The funeral will take place Thursday
morning at 10:30 from the home. In
trement in Pine Hill cemetery. Rev. ;
Shannon will conduct the services.
MRS. FLANAGAN
Mrs. Catherine Flaanagan, with few j
i exceptions the oldest resident of Dan
ville, died at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. I. T. Patton, Mill street, at j
one o'clock Saturday afternoon. She |
had been exceedingly feeble for some
time and death was due to the infirm
ity of old age.
The deceased was the widow of Jos- !
eph Flanagan, who died sixteen years
ago. Had she survived until the 10th
of August next she would have been
ninety years of age. She was a native j
of Danville and spent her entire life !
: here. She was the daughter of Charles
White, the brick manufacturer, whose
brick yard was located between Mill j
and Ferry streets on a tract now in
tersected by the canal.
Mrs. Flanagan witnessed many
i changes during her long life. From
little more than a village the town
grew to its present dimensions. She
was a member of the Methodist Epis
copal church for fifty years and was
one of the very few surviving who at
j tended worship in the "Fort," as the
first Methodist church was called—a
; primitive log structure—which prior
|to 1840 stood on Church street some !
! fifty yards south ot the stone grist
■ mill, which is still a landmark. So
far as can be determined the deceased, i
and Joseph R. Patton, were the
only survivors who attended Sunday
! school in the "Fort."
| Mrs. Flanagan was a consistent
j Christian and a woman widely known
; and beloved. She is survived by two
; daughters, Mrs. I. T. Patton of this
city and Mrs. E. R. Morgan,of Kings
| ton.
HOTEL SOLD
i
, The Montour house was sold Tues
-1 day to Harry W. Geyer and Oliver P.
i Rockafellor, of Sunbnry by Ernest N.
! Smith, of Chicago, who succeeded E. I
!T. Linnard on the Ist of January,
| 1910.
j The deal was consummated through
j the medium of W 7 . A. Clock, an ex
tensive real estate dealer,of Bingham- !
j ton, New York, working in oonjunc
tion with Arthur 11. Woolley, of this
city.
| The purchasers are men both well
j known in this city. Harry W. Geyer
' is a widely known hotel man and is
| one of the proprietors of the Central
i hotel at Sunbnry. Mr. Rockfeller re- j
| eently retired from a large bottling
| business at Sunbnry.
! The hotel will be under the personal
! supervision of Mr. Geyer, who will
take charge as soon as the papers are
I delivered. It is the intention of the
| new proprietors to make extensive re
! novations and improvements about the
j property.
Between 300 and 400 miners employ
ed at the Donahoe Bros.' mine at
Douahoe went on strike recently, add
ing to the large number of idle miners '
| in the Greenshurg region. The brass
j band processions of the miners still
j keep on.
| The untimely speech has ruined
many a promising career.
A WELCOME TO
REV. J. L, YONCE
! The congregation of Trinity Luther
i an church tendered a reception to the
i new pastor. Rev. J. L. Yonce, 011 Sat
j nrday evening. The affair was held
J in the Sunday school room which, for
the occasion, was tastefully decorated
with flowers. Rev. Yonce, since cutu
! ing to Danville, has made many friends
both in his congregation and outside,
and there was not a chair in the room
vacant.
The members of the Danville ruinis
terinui were present in a body to wel
come the pastor. Rev. J. H. Mussel
man 'made the first address of the even
ing, welcoming Rev. Yonce as a broth
er minister in the city. He was fol
-1 lowed by Rev. James Wollaston Kirk,
1 who told the new pastor, among other
i things, that Danville is a good field to
work in. Rev. Samuel Fox then, as
president of the miuisterium,extended
to Rev. Yonce a cordial welcome and
an invitation to co operate with that
body in the work to be done here.
Rev. Yonce responded in a few pleas
ant remarks. He said in part: "A
close interest should exist between
pastor and people. The better the min
ister knows his people, the closer he
gets to them; the greater service he
can be to them. To this end no op
. portunity should bo neglected by the
pastor to learn the needs of his peo
ple." Rev. Yonce thanked all present
for the cordial welcome extended him
and assured the members of his con
gregation and his brother ministers
that he would at all times be ready
and willing to co-operate for the wel
fare of the people of his adopted city.
After the rendition of a program,
1 consisting of vocal and instrumental
selections and recitations, formality
was thrown aside and those present
extended a personal welcome to the
1 last or.
As a fitting climax to the evening,
the ladies' aid served refreshments.
The following program was render
; ed;
Piano Trio Misses Rishel,
Haring & Kemmer.
| Solo "I Think of Thee"
Frank Brown.
1 Solo . "To the End of the World
With You" Mrs. Gephart.
Reading Selected
Miss Kimerer.
Piano Solo ...... Miss Haring.
Solo . . "The Quaint Old Ballad"
Miss E. Reese.
Solo "The Songs Mother Used
to Sing" Mr. Wagner.
Piano Trio. Misses Rishel,
Haring & Kemmer.
PLAYERS SIGNED
! Everything, except the securing of
a staff of pitchers, is in readiness for
the opening of the base ball season in
1 this city.
At a meeting of the bo:ird of direct
ors of the Danville Athletic associa
tion held last evening a few final ar
| rangements were made and action tak
i en to make a few repairs about the
grounds, so as to have everything in
tine shape for the tirst call of "Play
Ball."
Manager Simon K. Hoffman last
| evening announced that he bad signed
' eight of the players who will represent
Danville in the Susquehanna league
this season. Four of last year's line
up are on the list: Lawrence Dooley,
M asser Mtekert, William Umlaut'ami
Walter Llvengood.
Of the new men signed, C. A. Nip
ple, of Sunbury, is probably the star.
His position is first base, but he has
i played third. His record of four years
j on the Buckuell university team and
! in other circles is of the fastest sort.
1 He is a heavy hitter,
j Another new man is George Kelly,
| of Locust Dale,who caught last season
for Ashland, anil who played in that
| position with his team in Danville last
j summer.
| A. C. Hagy,of Mifflinburg,first sack
jor and outfielder, is another recruit.
| Joe Veitli, of Mt. Carmel, third base
j man, who has been having a try out
on the Lancaster Tri-State team this
spring, was signed by Manager Hoff
| man yesterday.
In the way of pitchers Manager Hoff
. man is going slow, determined to se-
I cure the best. As yet no twirlors have
j been signed, but several are in view,
j The players have been ordi red to re
| port here for practice on April 27th
j and the opening game of the season
; will be played on Saturday, April 30th
with Wyoming seminary, of Kingston.
BUILDING BRIDGES
The Nelson-Meredith Bridge com
-1 pany of Chambersburg has sent four
j expert bridge men here, who, assisted
,\>y some workmen of Strawberry Ridge
. are engaged in constructing the new
! county bridge at Corner's.
111 a few days the construction gang
will begin work 011 Sochler's bridge.
, Maust's bridge will be built imniedi
-1 ately afterward.
| Knowledge is of far more value than
self-assurance.
SIGHS WILL BE
POSTED HI ONCE
j Automobilists have not boon slow to
avail themselves of (lie provisions of
the act of April 27, 11)0!), which per-
I mits them, unless signs are erected, to
! maintain a speed of twenty-four miles
! an liour. In passing through Danville,
| especially over the paved street be
tween the river bridge anil the Dan
ville Milling Company's plant, with
few exceptions the auto drivers in the
matter of gpead claim all that is com
ing to them and whizz through town
at a 24-mile-an hour clip, even if they
do not exceed that limit.
At the last meeting of the borough
council it was decided to invoke the
aid of the law to keep the speed down
to a safe and reasonable limit. Notices
will be prepared and posted at once.
To comply witli the law the uotices
will have to be posted on the streets
where the speed is to be kept down.
Each board must contain the words:
"Danger—Run Slow," the letters to
be five inches in height and plainly
legible. A member of the ooiincilmanic
committee on streets and bridges,
which lias the work in hand, Saturday
explained that the notices will be
erected immediately, one at the ent
rance to Mill street at the northern end
of town; one at the river bridge; one
near the borough line on Bloom street ;
one 011 Northumberland street and an
other at the eastern end of town on
Market street.
Where these notices are posted the
law provides that the speed may not ex
ceed the rate of one mile in five min
utes, or twelve miles an hour.
All incident which occurred 011 Mill
street Saturday evening well illust
rates the recklessness of some auto
drivers. The 4:3:5 D. L. & W. passeng
er train, west, was approaching the
crossing just as an automobile dashed
in from North Mill street. The gates
were being lowered and were nearly
down. Pedestrians had fallen back to
give the train the right of way, when
the automobile at undiminished speed
dashed on toward the crossing.
The gatemau, of course, hail his eye
011 the crossing and knew nothing of
the approaching auto. The next mo
ment there would have been a crash as
the machine struck the level gates,had
not a gentleman with rare presence of
mind sprang into the street and threw
up both his arms. At this signal the
gateman quickly reversed the crank
and the gates were raised a few feet,
when the automobile dashed through
underneath. Almost at the same mo
ment the train rolled by.
PUSHED AUTO 4 MILES
The Shamokin Dispatch says that:
"Farmers residing near Danville 011
Sunday afternoon had the pleasure of
witnessing the amusing sight of dis
heartened Shamokin autoists, whose
machine had broken down and who
were compelled to 'foot it '
"On Sunday morning George Met/,
and Jesse Croninger secured Mathias
Orouinger's auto and took a 'joy ride 1
or rather intended to, to Danville.
"They had proceeded about IS miles
011 their way,when the machine broke
down and the two men with their com
panions were compelled to look for
temporary quarters for the machine.
"They found a barn at last, but it
was four miles from the scene and it
was necessary to push the disabled
automobile the entire distance,follow
ing which the party were compelled to
trudge to their home in Shamokin JIS
miles away,through the rain and mud.
The companions vow never again to
accept an auto ride invitation."
FOOT BADLY BURNED
Orvil Moyer, (he youngest son of 13.
G. Moyer, West Mahoning street, who
has been employed as an apprentice in
the moulding department of the Dan
ville Stove & Manufacturing com
pany for a short time, had his right
foot severely burned Tuesday after
noon.
Moyer was waiting his turn at the
cupola for a ladleful of molten iron
when he accidentally stepped 011 the
side of a ladle filled with the liquid
on the ground behind him. 111 an in
stant the vessel, which has a round
base, tipped, pouring the greater por
tion of the contents, about foity-flve
pounds,over his right foot. Moyer ran
about twenty feet when ho succeeded
in kicking the shoo from his foot. He
was assisted into the Stove Work wag
on and driven to his houio. 111 spite of
the pain the injured man bore up
bravely, whistling on the road home.
The injury was dressed by Dr. New
baker. It was found that while pain
ful the injury is not as serious as was
first feared. The whole upper part of
the foot is burned but luckily the toes,
and bottom of the foot escaped.
It will likely be several months be
fore Mr. Moyer will be ablo to be
about.
The world is pretty nearly what we
choose to make it.
SHIED MEETING
OF PRESBYTERY
The 199 th stated meeting of the
Northumberland Presbytery opened in
the Mahoning church at 2:80 o'clock
Monday afternoon, thero being a
good attendance,
j After a prayer by the moderator, the
j Rev. Dr. W. T. L. Kieffer, I). D., of
! Milton,the roll was called,after which
i a moderator and reading clerk were
elected.
For moderator the names of the Rev.
i James Wollaston Kirk, the Rev. Dr.
i William Hansom, of Mt. Carmel; the
Rev. Dr. Thompson, of Lewisburg;
and the Rev. J. W. Erny, of Potts
grove were placed in nomination. Mr.
Kirk very urgently requested that his
name be dropped as a candidate,owing
to the multiplicity of duties devolv
ing on him during the presbytery. On
motion Mr. Kirk was excused.
The Presbytery proceeded to ballot
when it was found that the Rev. Dr.
Hansom had twenty-two votes con
stituting a majority. He was according
ly declared elected and took his place
as moderator. The Rev. .T. 11. Gregory
was elected Reading Clerk.
The Report of the Committee 011 Ar
rangements was made by the Rev.
James Wollaston Kirk, pastor of Mah
oning Presbtyeiian church. It was
prefaced with some appropriate re
marks, in which Mr. Kirk extended a
warm welcome to the visiting clergy
men and laymen, explaining to them
that the present is the 125 th year of
Mahoning church's existence; also that
Danville is historic, being the town in
which the first T rail in America was
made. Mr. Kirk made some recom
mendations relating to the order of
business, which 011 motion were ad
opted by the Presbytery.
At this juncture the Rev.
P. Gould, of West Pittston, associate
secretary of the Pennsylvania Bible
society, was introduced. Mr. Gould
explained that he was present to re
port that an affiliation had been ef
fected between the Pennsylvania Bible
society and the American Bible so
ciety; that the latter has made an ap
propriation to take care of the Penn
sylvania society and that henceforth
all money raised for Bible societies
must be contributed to the American
Bible society.
The minutes, embracing the stated,
adjourned and special meetings of
Presbytery for cix months were very
voluminous and were read by the Rev.
J. D. Cook, of Renovo, 112 irinerly of
Danville, who has filled the position
of stated clerk of the Northumberland
Presbytery for some twenty-five year.*.
The Rev. W. R. Preston is permanent
clerk.
The congregations at Beech Creek
and B.ild Eagle extended a call to the
Rev. A. D. Bateman.Ph. D., of Bash
er Falls, N. Y., the former offering a
salary of S4OO and the latter a salary
of ftiOO together with use of the manse.
Mr. Bateinan being called upon de
clared that he was willing to accept,
after which having satisfactorily an
.s we red all questions he was formally
received into the Presbytery.
Two other churches extended calls,
but these got no further than the Pres
bytery where they were declared in
valid owing to the fact that the cleu'y
man who officiated as moderator when
the calls were extended was not a
member of the Northumberland Pres
btyery. The two churches involved
were at Trout Hun and Lycoming
Center. The pastor called was the
Rev. W. D. Ilevner of Sunbury. When
the meeting was held for the purpose
of oailing Mr. Hevuer, the Rev. A. P.
Mershon of Philadelphia, who had
been officiating as pastor of the
churches for a year, consented to act
as moderator.
There was doubt among the mem
bers as to whether this was legal and
a discussion ensued during which the
matter was thoroughly threshed out,
the chair rendering a decision to tiie
effect that for a clergyman not a mem
ber of a Presbytrey to officiate as a
moderator in it is to act in violation
of Presbyterian law and the call was
accordingly declared invalid.
On motion it was decided that the
Home Missionary committee hold its
meeting in Williamsport 011 May (ith.
On motion the Rev. Dr. John D.
Koehne, who delivered a series of
lectures in this city recently was made
a corresponding member ot the North
umberland Presbytery.
A feature of the evening session was
an able sermon preached by the retir
ing moderator, the Rev. Dr. W. T. L.
Kieffer. The sermon which was found
ed on Matthew 2.')—2:!, was an appeal
for Presbyterial missions and made a
strong impression.
During the evening special music of
a very high order was rendered by the
choir.
The narrative of the state of relig
ion in the Presbytery was prepared by
the Rev. Joseph C. Fields of Muncy,
who unfortunately was unable to be
present at the mooting. In his absence
the narrative was read by the reading
clerk.
Continued on 4th Page.
ESTABLISHED IN 1855
OPINION AND
ORDER OF COURT
| A session of argument court was
| held Monday forenoon with his Hon
;or Charles C. Evans, anil Associates
Frank G. Blee anil Hon. L. W. Wel
liver on the bench.
Argument on the exceptions to the
; report of re-viewers in the Limestone
i township road case, which has been
before court for some years past, oc
' cupied an hour and a half.
Hon. H. M. Hinckley, who represent
ed the exceptions,addressed court first.
He took up the exceptions one by one
explaining his position and charging
errors fatal to the proceedings.
Among the points emphasized weie
the following:
After the report had been set aside
there was no road to review. An er
ror arose from using an old petition,
which was 110 longer alive. A new
petition should have been drawn.
There can be 110 review on a road con
tinued absolutely as was the road
the re-viewers reported against. The
re-viewers were not properly appoint
! ed. The petition for re-view was made
too late—after three terms of court
had elapsed. The draft of the road was
not properly made, being an old draft,
of a different road, showing 011 the
face of it that it was made months be
fore the reviewers were appointed;
therefore, it was not a part of their
proceedings. Lastly, the report of the
re-viewers was not made at the next,
or March, term of court, when a con
tinuance should liavo been asked for
under the circumstances existing.
The above errors.Mr. Hinckley held,
Were fatal and urged that the report
of the re-viewers be set aside.
Hon. It. S. Ammerman opposed Mr.
| Hinckley, taking the ground that the
I entire proceedings were within the
1 sound discretion of the court. No new
petition was necessary. The court
| merely referred back to the one filed
February 1, li'OS, which is still in the
hands and under the control of the
! court.
The court took the papers in the
case.
The case of Joseph H. Hay lor vs.
Mahoning township was also argued,
,E. S. Gearhart appearing for the
plaintiff and William Kase West for
the defendant. Mr. West insisted that
the case is one that demands trial by
jury.
In this case the court also took the
papers.
Judge Evans handed down an opin
ion and order of the court in the case
of Commonwealth vs. John Beyers, in
which the charge were threats, neg
lect and lion support. The cases were
I heard together, Marcli 10th.
! The opinion states that as viewed
by the court neither the husband nor
j the wife is perhaps wholly to blame.
They have unfortunate and unhappy
' differences and both parties are at
fault. It is the duty of the defendant
to support and maintain his wife and
minor children in keeping with their
station in life. At the same time the
wife and grown daughters should like
wise work for the welfare and best in
terest of the family.
We find as a fact,the opinion states,
> that the defendant has within the
, meaning of the act of April 13, 18t>7,
neglected to maintain his wife and
children though continuing to reside
under the same roof with them anil
lias also threatened to do the wife
| great bodily harm. The defendant
therefore is adjudged guilty.
■ And now, April 18, 1910, it is ord
ered and directed that the defendant,
i John Beyers, pay to his wife the sum
;of four dollars 011 Saturday of each
and every week, the fir>t payment to
:be made on Saturday, the 23rd day of
April, 1910, and to enter into recog
; uizance with good and sufficient se-
I curities in the sum of two hundred
dollars conditioned to comply with
this order and keep the peace especial
ly towards his wife and family, the
costs to be paid by the defendant.
; By the court
CHARLES C. EVANS, P. J.
10,000 MILES FOR BRIDE
I Traveling 10,000 miles to claim his
bride, there was solemnized at Mont
i rose, Susquehanna county, Tuesday
1 evening, the marriage of Miss Beatrice
Larrabee, daughter of Mrs. N. J. Lar
rabee, for fourteen years a member of
the faculty of the Bloomsburg Normal
: School, to Joseph Albertson, formerly
lof Bloomsburg, but for a number of
i years employed as district snperin
i tendent of the public schools in the
j Philippines.
Both bride and bridegroom are gradu
ates of the Bloomsburg Normal School
! and since graduation both have been
teaching. Immediately following the
! ceremony they left for the Philip,
j pines.
Baker-Fahringer.
| At the home of the bride's brother,
Mr. Wililam 11. Faltringer, in May
-1 berry township, 011 Saturday evening,
j Mr. Arthur Baker, of Sunbury, and
j Miss Ada Fahriuper.of Elysburg, were
| married by Rev. J W. Shannon, of
1 Elysburg.