fttontout* JXmrriran. VOL. SG—NO 24 TEMS CONDENSED. Love joy, Indiana county, has at least one resident who is upholding its name. Samuel Clawson recently took unto himself his fourth Iwife, in the person of Miss Catherine Piper, of Oheriytree. John \V. Roberts, a young Chester resident, after being deprived of the sight of one eye for fourteen years on account of its having been pierced by a bullet from an air rifle, now sees as well as ever, following a delicate op eration by a Philadelphia specialist. L. D. Nellis, a miner, lost both eyes | in a recent explosion in the Blanco i miuns, near Kittanning. The force of | a blast had put out his lamp and he ] was relighting it when a portion of j the head of the match lie was using fell into a can of powder and caused it to explode. M. A. Milliron, formerly superint endent of the Somerset county schools, now a resident of Kittanuing.has two ohickens joined togther like the Siam ese twins. They are the product of a double egg and are joined at the sides. One is a hen and the other a rooster and they have many quarrels. The wife of a Perry township, Sny der county, farmer has discovered a good cure for troubles caused by the I pesky English sparrow. The birds were destroying her young lettuce and, aft er tryingjother remedies without avail, she concieved the idea of soaking bread with whisky and placing it in tiie lettuce beds. This she did and the birds devoured the food greedily. They became so drunk that they lay ou the ground in a stupor and she kill ed them by the hundreds. Paint is not good eating for cows. Four Jersey bovines belonging to resi dents of Scenery Hill, Washington county, tried it and three died, while another is in a serious condition. The j can of paint was thrown in the pasture and the next morning the generally peaceful animals were seen rushing i about tiie lot, attempting to gore the j other cows. It was thought that they had rabies and a veterinarian was summoned. It was soon found, how- ' ever, that what was wrong with them was paint. William R. Sheppard, the fourteen- j year-old boy charged with the killing j of his stpefather, Jeremiah MoManus, ' at Rock Ledge was found guilty of in- j voluntary manslaughter atNorristown on Saturday. Judge Swartz allowed | the boy togo on probation. Young { Sheppard shot his stepfather while the j latter was beating the lad's mother. Seven-year-old Gerald Ninihan, of Carnegie,was struck by an auto while he was riding on his bicycle and sus tained three fractured ribs and a bruised left arm ; yet he crawled out from under the machine, one wheel of which had passed over him, and never whimpered. Contracts for new structural work and car building to the value of $lO,- 000,000 much of which affects Pitts burg, were placed this week. Nesbit Wetzel, aged 1-1, of Salona, Clinton county, suffered a concussion of the brain,when, witli several other boys he was leaning against the rail ing of an old bridge and it gave way, precipitating them to the bed of the creek, eight or ten feet below. Carmon Bosolina, aged 9 years, was killed by an auto on the streets of Wilkes-Barre recently. He is said to have dashed from the sidewalk direct ly in front of the car. It was driven by Allan Glennon.who says it was go ing slowly, with the horn being blown. Lulu Eldridge, a 7-year-old evange list, preached at one of the opening services of the campmeeting of the Church of the Poor, which began re cently in Ketterman's grove, near Mount Etna. She took as her subject "The Bible During the Campmeet iug." The question as to whether counties can apply for State aid in reconstruct ing roads without concurrence of town ship supervisors has been settled by Deputy Attorney General William Hargast, who has decided that they cannot do so, except when roads Imve been taken under the provisions of the county road act of 1805. Northumberland county commission; ers have decided togo before the court and ask that the Reading and Pennsyl vania Railroad companies be made to pay for part of the maintenance of trespassers taken from freights and confined in the county jail. At times, as high as twenty to thirty persons have been taken to the jail atone time on the charge of riding freights. In order to restrict the waste of water, the Pennsylvania water supply commission, in a report to the gover nor, suggests that this State follow the plan of New Jersey and levy a tax when more than a certain amount of water is used by a municifality each day. New Jersey levies a tax of from 112 1 to #lO per million gallons for all water used by municipalities over and above the rate of 100 gallons per capita per day. HERRING ASKS FOR NON-SUIT I Trial of the Pursel case against the j Reading Iron company was resumed I at 9 o'clock Thursday morning. Three I witnesses were examined, when, at 10:15 o'clock, the plaintiff rested and Hon. Grant Herring for the defend ant asked for a compulsory non-suit. The witnesses heard were George Perry, Sr., Harry Yerrick and A. G. Harris. The two former were employ es of the Reading Iron company,, who with others, were sent by the com pany to Pursel's slope, with wheel barrows and horses and carts to fill up the sink on the north side of the public road. The cave-in was some seven or eight feet from the public road and"ran into the field." It was 30 to 40 feet across. A. G. Harris had taken photographs for use in the trial and was merely called to identify the pictures and to describe the position of the camera. At the conclusion of the testimony, when the plaintiff rested, the "subse quent deed or agreement," on which so much interest centered, was made the basis of action. At this juncture Mr. Herring asked if the defendant was to understand that the plaintiff declined to offer in evidence the "agreement of 1883" and whether it was not a fact that a rec ord of said agreement was' in the next room? Learning that the plain tiff did not propose to submit the agreement in evidence, he asked for a compulsory non-suit, assigning seven reasons, which in substance wore as follows: Ist. The plaintiff's statement on its face shows that a subsequent agree ment—of Feb. 10, 1883 —was made be tween the heirs of Daniel Pursel, dec'd, and the Montour Iron and Steel Co. and that the present administrator was not a party to it. The plaintiff's declaration avers that the contract with Waterman & Beaver "was modi tied and changed," but persists in re fusing to produce the modified con tract. •-.'ml. Persistent withholding of testi mony constitutes ground for non-suit. 3rd. Proof is not sufficient to sup port the allegation. 4th. The original argoement shows that the royalties were to be paid to Daniel Pursel, his heirs and assigns and not to his administrator. There fore, the proper parties have not brought action. sth. The evidence shows that after the flood of June, 1889, the Montour Iron and Steel company abandoned the mines, the buildings were taken down and the railroad was torn up. Yet no protest came from [William R. Pursel, whose administrator brings this suit. Ho acquiesced, never making a de mand, which showed that he consent ed to the throwing up of the lease. It is not until after twenty years, when a purchaser comes in who has bought the property at a sheriff's sale that suit is brought and the Reading Iron company is called upon personally to pay under the agreement of 1883. 6th. That the defendant, a purchas er at a sheriff's sale, never exerted acts of ownership or sovereignty over the property conveyed by said sheriff's deed. 7th. The substituted agreement was the one that was operated nnder for six years, between 1883 and 1889. In the sheriff's deed there were no words to show that the grantee should as sume any personal responsibility. At this point Mr. Herring quoted the provisions of the act of XB7B, relating to the transfer of real estate on which encumbrances exist. In the course of his argument Mr. Herring explained that tiie second ag reement was made between the child ren and other heirs of Daniel Pursel and the Montour Iron and Steel com pany in 1883, when in order to carry on the mining of ore, it became nec essary to sink the slope ninety yards deeper and to incur considerable other expense. The new agreement between the parties provided that the royalty on soft ore should be reduced fom 75 cents to 50 cents per ton and on hard ore from cents to 25 cents per ton; also that all minimum royalties should be suspended during the time that the company was engaged in sinking the slope the additional 90 yards. Mr. Herring held that the mere act of tilling np the sink along the road at the slope, although authorized by the superintendent of the Reading Iron company hero, did not constitute exercising the right of sovereignty or ownership. He denied that any act of the superintendent's in the premises could affect the proporty rights of the Reading Iron company. Indeed, the act of Ailing up the sink, which was really filling up the slope, he held, was only another evidence of the final abandonment of the mine by the Read ing Iron Co. Immediately following the recon vening of court after the noon inter mission Albert W. Johnson of counsel Continued on 4th Page. DANVILLE, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1910 DANVILLE LANDS ELEVENTH GAME STANDING OF THE CLUBS w. i.. p.c. | w. h. r.c. Danville. .II 1 .917 Nantieoke.. 4 * .500 shick'ny. 7 3 .700 I Nescopeck .3 6 .338 llloom 6 3 .667 Benton 2 9 .IH2 Berwick.... G 5 .MS | Alden 1 9 .100 SATURDAY'S RESULTS. Danville, o; Berwick, 2. Shickshiuny, 4; Benton, 2. Bloomsburg, Nantieoke, wetjgrounds. Alden-Nescopeck, wet grounds. "Reds" Metzler and his eight assist ants helped boost the pennant, aspira tions of Manager Hoffman's aggravat ing aggregation on Saturday by oblig ingly handing the home team the big end of the 5-2 score. This too in spite of the fact that "Reds" had his net spread of the whole center garden— and the holes all sowed shut. A great game—from the spectators view point—something doing all the time. The fans putin a few anxious moments previous to the opening of the game, waiting for Sweeney—Kelly was there. Time passed and various opinions were being formulated as to the honest truly reason for Sweeney's non-appeaiance when —listen! Manag er Laubach of Berwick and Manager Hoffman of the locals got their heads together. Laubach doffed his suspend ers, borrowed a belt, snatched a cap from a nearby head, disquised himself in a sweater and walking like an um pire, called the game. Hoffman agreed to handle his share of the damage by over looking the bases. Think of it, dear reader.ever hear of such a thing, two managers umpiring their own game? Trouble? Nix. We want to say right here that Laubach out-Sweeney'd Sweeny and earned the honest regard of every fan by the able and impartial manner in which he ran the game. And Hoffman circled the bases with the runuers. Considering the day, the crowd was largo but not exactly so enthusiastic the first portion of the game with Ber wick a run ahead. In the seventh how ever, Danville's stock took a jump and the bleachers took the hint. Brannen was there with his smile and bunch of fascinators and his little part of the winning may bo gleaned from Berwick's lonely four hits and his fourteen strike outs. Mackert endeared himself to the Danville base ball population by his nifty playing in the field and his much needed two bagger in the seventh, starting the winning ruu getting. His catch of Ash's drive to left in the ninth and his phenomenal throw to the home plate nailing Wagner, clos ing the game was worth the five and twenty entrance fee. In the second Dooley got a ball on the finger breaking it just below the first joint. He heroically stayed in the game however the remainder of this and the following innings. The injury will probably keep Dooley out of the game for a month anyway. The seven errors on both side were largely due to the wet ball. The happenings: The penant chasers kept up theirjsus ual habit of scoring, after Unilauf and Livengood had been put out, Nipple made a drive to centre field,stole sec ond and crossed the pan when Wagner hit a high one which Flaherty, Ber wick's third baseman failed to gather. "Honus" died on third and Hagy fan ned. This ended the local run getting until the seventh. To the interested and disgrutled multitude of fans it looked like a kink in the aspirations of Hoffman's buncli when Berwick secured one in the second and another in the fourth. In the second round, after Flaherty had been put out and Tierney struck out, Metzler received a present of a base on balls. He stole second and strango to say, unbeliev able as it appears, he hooked the third bag. Horrible! 'Wager also took a Weston promenade. On a series of Dan ville fumbles, "Reds" scored while Custer fell a victim to Brannen's oddities. In the fourth Berwick tallied again. Foster, the heavy hitting ex-Tri-Stat er, connected for a two bagger to left field. Flaherty hit a high one which was to Brannen. Tircney placed one through second which scored Foster. Metzler struck out and Tierney was caught at third. So ended the Berwick end of the scoring although four men faced Brannen every innings. In Danville's half of the seventh with Veith an easy ont.Mackert made the feature hit of the game, a long drive over right field wall, for two bases. Kelly who replaced Dooley in the fourth, popped a "Texas leaguer" into right which brought the Snnbury man-bird across the pan for the even up score. Woof! Brannen drove one to Heist who gathered it- off his shoe strings threw to first nailing Kelly in a lightning double play and retiring the side. In inning eight Danville put the game on ice by finding Custer for a pair of singles and a two bagger. Um lauf first up, hit to Smoyer. The Cub- PAVING WILL GO FORWARD Tiie coatract for paving East Market street wai awardod to W. H. Lyon of Sunbury it a special meeting of coun cil Monday night. The meeting was called to order at 7:80 o'clooi by President Cleaver, who explained tlo object of the meeting, which was tc tako action relative to the paving ol East Market street and the painting and other repairs in prog ress at city hall. A. H. Woolley, representing the Danville and Sunbury Transit com pany, appeared before council to ex plain that his company had come to an understanding with W. H. Lyon, the lowest bidder for the work and had agreed to award him a oontract for its share of the'paving. He had the con tact with Mr. Lyon with him, and it was ready for execution. Mr. Lyon was present and expressed his villingness to comply with certain stipulations relating to a full protec tion of the borough in the premises in sisted upon by the borough solicitor. On motion of Mr. Curry, seconded by Mr, Everhart, it was ordered .that the contract for the improvement of East Market street be awarded to W. H. Lyon at $1.77 per square yard for paving and 07 cents per lineal foot for the curbing,the latter to beset in con crete. On motion it was also ordered that the agreement and bond relating to the work be drawn np and execut ed. Proposals for furnishing paint for the painting of city hall were receiv ed from the Munoy Paint Co., J. H. Oole, the Welliver Co. and the Wei liver Hardware Co. On motion of Mr. Curry it was ord ered that the borongh purchase the paint needed for city hall of the Wel liver company at 95 cents per gallon. The following members were pres ent: Cleaver,Everhart, lies, Marshall, Cuny, Connolley, Von Blohn aud Dietz. KILLED IN BRAWL MIFFLINBURG, June 15. George W. Rishel, sixty-five years of age, was .killed in the barroom of the hotel last night, be tween I) and 10 o'clock, by Oliver Striokler, a young farmer living two miles southwest of this place. Rishel, Strickler aud Harold Barber were drinking and the two younger men began to tease Rishel. He finally be came angered and threw a cracker jar at Barber and the tray at Strickler. The latter, infuriated by the blow, hit Rishel in the face with his fist, knocking him down. In falling Rish el's head struck the bar railing anil his skull was fractured, causing al most instant death. Strickler and Barber returned to their homes, but this morning the former came here aud surrendered to the proper author ities. Mrs. Rishel is almost prostrated as a result of thejshock. au boy was unable to haudle it in time to catch "Buck" at the first sta tion. Livengood attempted to sacrifice but popped a short fly which Ouster was unable to get near. Nipple sacri ficed advancing Ululauf to third and Livengood to second. Wagner hit through short scoring two runs. Cook who replaced Hagy in the sixth Hied out to Metzler. Veitli slammed a two bagger between short and third scoring Wagner. Veith was a dead one on second as Mackert lifted a foul which Wager easily gathered. The score: DANVILLE. AB. R. H. O. A. E. Umlauf, ss 4 1 0 1 4 0 Livengood, 2b 4 1 2 2 0 1 Nipple, lb 2 1 2 5 0 1 Wagner, cf 4 11 0 0 X Cook, rf .. 2 0 0 0 0 0 Hagy, rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 Veith, 3b 4 0 1 2 2 0 Mackert,lf 3 11 11 1 Dooley, c 1 0 0 4 0 0 Kelly, c 2 0 1 11 1 0 Brannen, p 3 0 11 1 0 Totals 31 5 it 27 9 4 BERWICK. AB. R. H. O. A. E Gilbert, If 4 0 0 2 0 0 Srnoyer, ss o 0 11 2 1 Heist, 2b 1 0 0 3 2 0 Foster, lb 3 11 7 0 0 Flahertv, 3b 4 0 1 0 11 Tierney, If 4 0 0 0 0 0 Metzler, cf 3 1 0 5 0 0 Wager, c 2 0 1 5 1 0 Ouster, p 3 0 0 1 2 1 •Ash 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 2 4 24 8 3 •Batted for Custer in tlio ninth. Berwick 0 1 0 1 0 0 0,0 o—20 —2 Danville 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 x—s Earned Runs-Danville 3, Berwick 0. Left on base, Danville s,'Berwick 7. Stolon bases—Nijple,Mackert,Flah erty, Metzler 2, Wager 2. Double plays—-Veith to Umlauf to Nipple; Heist to Foster. Sacrifice hits—Nip ple 2. Two base hits Nipple,Mackert, Veith, Foster. Struck out by Brannen 14, by Ouster 4. Bases on balls—off Brannen 0, off Ouster 1. Wild pitch— Caster. Passed ball—Wager. Time of game 2 hours. Umpires— Laubach and Hoffman. SCHOOL BOARD IN SESSION The regular meeting of school board was held Monday eve. The following members were present: Sechler, Orth, Sidler, Swarts, Marks, Burns, Pursel, Tischer, Oole, Heiss. Committees were appointed by Presi dent Sechler, to serve for the term of 1910-1911, as follows: Finance—W. H. Orth,J. H. Oole, J. W. Swarts, J. Newton Pursel. Building and Repairs—Jacob Fisch er, W. J. Burns, J. W. Swarts, Aug ustus Heiss. Supplies—W. J. Burns, J. H. Cole, W. L. Sidler, W. H. Orth. Printing J. W. Swarts, Jacob Fischer, Augustus Heiss, S. Marks. Bills and Accounts —J. H. Cole, S. Marks, Augustus Heiss, W. L. Sidler. Text Books—O. Shultz, M. D., W. L. Sidler, J. Newton Pursel, Jos. M. Gibson. Transfers Augustus Heiss, C. Shultz, M. D., J. W. Swarts, W. J. Bums. Teachers, Janitors and Rules—J. Newton Pursel, C. Shultz, M. D., W. L. Sidler, W. H. Oxth. High School—W. L. Sidler, Jacob Fischer, Jos. M. Gibson, J. Newton Pursel. Grievance —Jos. M. Gibson, J. W. Swarts, J. H. Cole, S. Marks. The bill of W. V. Oglesby of *3.25 for services was unleieil pnlil. On motion of Mr. Pursel it was ord ered that all applications of teachers for schools be in the hands of the board by the time of next meeting. The attention of the board was call el to the action of a Mr. Brown, a book agent,who lias been operating in this city. An educational book is the vehicle. The agent represents that he is being backed here by the superin tendent of schools and the school board, the latter to deliver the books. It was the wish of the board that a written denial be made of any affilia tion between the board and Mr. Brown. The superintendent's report for the year brought out the following inter esting figures: Number of pupils registered during year, 1291; number not absent during year, 108, of which 71 were high school students; number of pupils not tardy, 719; lfi2 students were enrolled in high school during year; 145 were enrolled at end of year; the approximate num ber of students that will attend high school at the opening of the term. 152. The athletic association reported total receipts during year of SB7 85; total expenditures, $87.85. The faculty of the high school award ed letters to 14 men during year. CORPS OF TEACHERS No time has as yet been set for the elections teachers in the Danville school district. So far as known, how ever, there will be no change in the corps. For a couple of years past a conges tion has existed in the senior second ary grade, which may be relieved by the election of an additional teacher. Last year in this grade there were 201 pupils, which was considered too many for the four teachers and the employment of a fifth teacher during the term was agitated. The present year in the senior sec ondary grade there will be 22(5 pupils, divided as follows: First ward, 47; second ward, 49; in the third and fourth wards, 130. An equal division of the latter number gives the senior secondary teachers of the third aud fourth wards each 65 pupils—too many for a teacher to handle successfully. The proposition advanced is to em ploy an additional teacher to relieve overcrowding, installing her in a dis used room in the third ward building. There are a couple of reasons for the steady increase in the number of pu pils of the senior secondary grade. One is the more rigid enforcement of the school law, which prohibits pupils from going to work undei fourteen years of age; the other and chief rea son probably is that each year more pupils are being taken through the grades in one year. MASTER OF ARTS Harry K. Schoch, of this city, yes terday received his master's degree from Susquehanna university. Selins grove. Mr. Schoch has an enviable scholas tic record. He graduated with highest honors from the local grammar and high schools and was an honor man, class of 1909, at Susquehanna, receiv ing the degree of A. B. Following his completion of the four year class ical course at that institution in three years, during which time lie carried away a number of medals, Mr. Schoch i took post graduate work leading to the degree of M. A. Robbers carried a »100-pound safe 400 yards into the woods from the sa loon of Stephen Matlock, at New | Philadelphia, recently, but; were un able to obtain the $12,00 that at held, LODGE MAKES INVESTMENT Myrtle Lodge No. 858, I. O. O. F., of this city, has purchased of Robert Adams the three-story brick building on Mill street ormerly known as the E. W. Conkling building. The bar gain was closed yesterday. The property is an especially desir able one, fronting on Mill street with an L abutting on Library avenue. On the first floor is contained a commod ious store room until recently occu pied by A. H. Grone; on the second floor is a suite of rooms occupied by James Scarlet as law offices; on the third floor are lodge rooms,which will be occupied by Myrtle lodge. The lodge rooms are well arranged and are suitable for the Odd Fellows. For three years prior to 1874 the rooms on the third stoiy were occu pied by Danville Lodge No. 224, F. & A. M. Later Calumet Lodge No. 279, I. O. O. F., occupied the quarters. Up to the present Myrtle lodge has been renting of Montour Lodge No. 109, I. O. O. F. It obtains immediate possession of the building and will proceed at once to fit up and occupy the lodge rooms. The store room will be rented out. Myrtle lodge was organized in 1873. Frank Lee Miles was the first noble grand, Miles W. Smith being vice grand. William H. Byerly was secre tary and the late ueorge W. Miles was treasurer. For the first twelve years Frank Lee Miles was representa tive to the grand lodge. Myrtle Lodge, lias prospered not only in point of membership but also financially. It has some two hundred members and possesses sufficient funds to make all payments. The present officers are as follows: Noble Grand, Roy W. Goss; vice grand, George W. Fry; recording secretary, Miles W. Smith; financial seoretarv, H. J. Ward ; treasurer, 11. E. Seidel. The building committee, which act ed in connection with the purchase, was as follows: Frank Leo Miles, chairman; J. T. Fisher, secretary; John C. Foust, Joseph H. Snyder,Hur ley Baylor, David Reed and J. 11. Montague. The advisory committee was as fol lows: Landis Goss, Miles W. Smith, Harry lvoous, P. J. Keofer, Ira Ever hart, William Dentsch, H. E. Seidel and J. R. Hughes. LEAGUE MANAGERS MEET A meeting of the managers of the Susquehanna league was held at tlie Hotel Morton at Berwick yesterday afternoon at -1 o'clock,which hail been called at the instance of Allien to de cide whether or not the league would continue to play a two game a week schedule. The meeting was attended by a full board, Assistant Manager Victor Vin cent representing Danville. President McOollum called the meeting to order and stated the object. After a she rt discussion it was moved that the two game a week schedule be continued for the remainder of the season and was carried, all but Benton and Alden voting in favor. After a decision had been arrived at Alden and Benton stated they would be ruled by the will of the majority and continue under present conditions It developed at the meeting that there is a very strong sentiment among the managers of the larger towns of the league in favor of increasing the number of games to three or four a week. The league games create more interest than exhibition games, and as most of the teams play three and four games a week with the exhibi tion games included, they might as well be league games, is the principal argument offered in favor of the move ment. SUNBURY CHOSEN SHENANDOAH, June 15. Sunbury was chosen this afternoon as the place of holding the Six-Couu ty Firemen's convention next year. The town is crowded, and there are still thousands coming here. The big parade will take place tomorrow af ternoon, and will be the event of the week. William F. Schutz, of Shenandoah, was elected president of the Six-Coun ty association to succeed John G. Waits of Danville. The nominees for vice president were: G. A. McKelvey, Jr., of Col umbia county; G. W. Hall, of Lack awanna; William Jenkins, Luzerne; Harry Rupp, Moutour;Joseph Fecker, Northumberland, and James P. Foley, Schuylkill. These were elected as nominated. Secretary Yonngman and Treasurer Kerehner, both of Hazleton, hail no opposition and were elceted. Daniel Skiles.aged 14, son of a wid ow, for the second time has proved himself to be the champion speller of the 1,000 pupils in the schools of Char tiers,township, Washington county. ESTABLISHED IN 185E FOURTH OF JUL! OBSERVANCE Fourth of July is very stealthily : advancing and it is hard to realize that it is only a little over two wee I distant. i Up to the present we have heard no ; agitation as to a safe and sane obser vance of Independence Day in Dan : ville; neither have arrangements ! been made for any public demonstra tion. The day here in all probability : will be quiot enough, j Burgess Amesbury yesterday stated j that while no effort will be made to | curb the sale and discharge of fire works in Danville yet as on previous j years a full observance of both the | State law and the borough ordinance relating to firecrackers and various ; other explosives will be rigidly in j sisted upon. Burgess Amesbury heartily approves of an observance of the Fourth along \ old-fashioned lines as is being plan ned in New York, Williamsport and many other cities. The plans for a ! safe and sane Fourth generally pro vide historical exercises, carnivals, j parades and fireworks as a source of entertainment. In W'illiamsport it is i planned to hold band concerts in the \ park morning, afternoon and evening. | The evening concert will be an espec ! ially attractive one. ! There is a great deal in the scheme ! proposed that should commend itself Ito our citizens. An automobile par ! ade, which is being arranged in some | towns for the evening of the [Fourth, especially appeals to Burgess Ames bury. There are some thirty automo i biles in Montour county and no doubt | many auto owners from neighboring | localities would be glad to fall in i with such a parade, if they were in j vited. It would be a novel and at ! tractive feature, which could be got ten up without expense in the short i interval between the present and In ! dependence day. All that is needed is for one or more enterprising own ! ors of motor-vohicles to take the init- I iative; others will rapidly follow. Another feature recommended by the burgess is a concert in the park with an address by one or more of our ; gifted orators. There might be music by a band or by a chorus drilled for the occasion. Danville lias famous singers and in the past when heard in ) out-of-door performances they earned ' much applause. ' The above are thrown out as sug ! gestions. It remains for others, who j represent or are in touch with owners of motor vehicles, the musicians, &c., to take the matter up, if the proposi tion appeals to the public and there is any disposition to lespond. It is quite certain that, if we are to cut loose from the noise and*nanger that has generally characterized the observ itnce of Independence day in the past, we shall lie obliged to substitute other features that will entertain and ap peal to the patriotism of the people. CREDITABLE SHOWING A very creditable representation of our fire left for Shenan | doah yesterday to attend the Six ! County Firemen's Convention, j The firemen assembled in front of I the Armory and to the music of the ' drum corps of the Washington Hose company marched over to the station (where they took the 12:10 Pennsyl vania train. j Among the firemen were represented ! the Washington, the Goodwill and Kescue boys. A good many members of the Friendship and the Continental ! companies as individuals are also at tending the convention. WARM WEATHER The long-delayed and much desired 1 warm weather seems to have come at 1 last. Sunshine made its appearance j Tuesday followed with a mid-summer j temperature yesterday, j People showed their appreciation of the fine weather yesterday, although j by no means sure that another change may not follow in a day or so. Few ! remained in doors. At Memorial park ! last evening the seats were nearly all j occupied by people who had turned | out to enjoy the evening at that de | lightful spot. Diphtheria at Snydertown. ! Snydertown is in the throes of an I epidemic of diphtheria and the resi -1 dents are considerably alarmed over the rapid spread of the disease. A ! large supply of disinfectants was sent ; there by the State but these became exhausted Tuesday and it was neces sary to procure more at Sunbury, pending the arrival of others from the State. One child has already suc cumbed to the disease while a number of others are seriously ill. David Zeigler, a farmer of West Penn township, Schuylkill county, has grown on his own farm this year some strawberries that measured, 7}±, 8, S and 8 5 s inches, respective ly in circumference.
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