iHontnur I .American.
VOL. 56—NO 32
IIEIIIS CONDENSED.
DEMOCRAT OK REPUBLICAN? —
Thomas Cutters, of Wilfees-Bare, was
arrested on the charge of abusing his
wife. It developed at the hearing be
fore an alderman that the chief cause
of their family trouble was of their
inability to agree whether they should
aodpt a boy and whether they should
bring him up as a Republican or [
Democrat, Cutters is a staunch Demo- |
crat and his wife favors the Republi
can party. The alderman gave them a j
chance and told them togo home and j
compromise.
FALSE TEETH AGAINST THE
ORY.—Because Eugene Schoonerver j
of Stroudsburg, ordered a set of false J
teeth just a few hours before |he died, |
the theory that lie committed suicide j
has been scouted. Friends of the dead |
man say that if Schoonerver intended j
to end his life he would not have plac- [
ed an order with a dentist for new j
grinders.
STRANGE TRANCE.-Perry De- j
laney, HO years old, of Chester, is af- i
fected in a manner puzzling to the j
physicians. Two weeks ago he lay j
down to take his usual afternoon nap
and since that time he has been in a j
sleeping trance. Frequently lie arouses j
like a person awakening from a deep |
slumber,but only remains awake a few j
minutes and again lapses into stupor, j
BABY NAKED IN BRAMBLES.— j
When Mr. and Mrs. James McKinsey, j
of Muddy Creek Forks, were driving ]
their horses ran away and the baby '
was thrown some distance into a
clump of blackberry bushes. When j
picked up the baby was naked. The i
briars had stripped off its clothing but |
there was hardly a scratch on the
body.
HORSE ODDLY KILLED.—In at
tempting to shoot several thieves who !
tried to make off with a horse that i
was grazing in a field near Chester, !
Crawford Pyle shot and killed the j
animal. The thieves made their es- j
cape. Farm hands with shotguns fol
lowed for several miles but they could j
not get within shooting distance of the
men.
FACES HEAVY PENALTIES.—
Justice Charles Janvier of Laus- |
downe, failed to appear before anotli- ,
er justice to answer charges of assess- j
ing illegal fees and judgment for $250
and costs was awarded against him on
each of three charges brought by resi- j
dents of Media
GRIEFSTRICKEN CHILD DIES.- !
Ida, the seven year old daughter of!
Mrs. Moses Hollenback died of grief
after her mother had been removed to i
the hospital to undergo a serious op- i
eration. The little girl was in appar
ent good health when she kissed her I
mother goodbye, but on her return j
home she grieved terribly. Neighbors,
playmates and medical aid were re- j
sored to'but all were in vain and she j
died within 24 hours.
SEQUEL TO EGG THROWING. — |
Ever since an ancient egg was thrown
into the room where the North Ber- j
wick baud was practicing "Has Any- |
body Here Seen Kelly?" there has been !
dissension amongst the members, and i
things even went so far that the State j
constabulary was called out to keep !
harmony.
PREPARES FOR FUNERAL.—Be
cause he had an idea that his wishes
regarding his funeral would not be
carried out to the letter, John Scheetz,
of Womelsdorf, ordered his casket,got
K grave dug and laid aside one of his
suits of clothing for 11is shroud. He is
in good health and his friends are giv
ing him the laugh.
FATAL FALL.—Five minutes after
he had joked with the crew of the
steamship Vineland, at a wharf at j
Chester, Frank Sirnrns, an engineer, |
•ipped while descending the ladder '
ong side of the steamer, striking his
,?ad on a nearby barge. The blow j
stunned liim and lie. fell iuto the wat
er and was drowned.
FEMININE AFFECTION STRONG j
—Miss Bertha Swopo and Miss Tiny
Watson, of Wheeler, a mining settle- |
ment near Mt. Pleasant, who aro riv- !
als for the affections of a young man j
in the village, vented their bad feel- |
ings in a fist fight. _ Miss Watson was
a winner, knocking Miss Swopo out. i
PREVENTS SUICIDE. Andrew i
Fleishman, aged 70, of York, walked j
into a creek until the water closed ov- |
er'his head. Had not Earl Ewing, a !
passerby, noticed the man's peculiar i
actions he would have succeeded in
committing suicide. Ewing, however,
rescued him in the nick of time.
HAIL HURTS TOBACCO.-Lan
caster county tobacco crops have been
greatly damaged by a severe hail
storm which swept over the farm land
of the valley. Hail stones wreck more
havoc than any other class of disturb
ances and the losses to growers may
amount high.
FENDER SAVES BABY—Michael,
the 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Subenski, of Coatesville, ran in
front of a street car, and when the car
was stopped the little fellow was found
in the fender unhurt, and apparently
contented.
AN IMPORTANT
RESOLUTION
Agreeably to rumors current it does |
not seem unlikely that the two squares |
on East Market street between Mill j
and Pino streets may be paved in con- |
. nection with the improvement, now on
foot. Action taken by the torougli
! council at its regular meeting Friday
night leaves no doubt as to what ac
! tion it contemplates in the premises.
' A resolution was passed looking to
! the enactment cf an ordinance provid
ing that all of East Market street from
j the eastern building line of Mill street
! to the eastern buildiug line of Pine j
I street, a distance of 710 feet and ti j
I inches, be graded and paved with
! vitrified paving brick and curbed with j
j stone and for the assessment of the j
j costs and expenses thereof upon the |
! abutting properties according to law. j
i The resolution provided that the bor- j
| ougli council hold a meeting on August
3 9th for the purpose of hearing objec
! tions from anyone to the proposition
! to pave and curb the above specified
part of East Market street and then
' and there also to consider the prop
riety and expediency of the enactment I
of au ordinance providing for such
grading, paving, curbing, assessment
of costs, &c., according to law,and at '
which time and place all persons may !
attend and be heard.
Borough Electrician Newton Smith
presented his report for the month of j
July, which showed that Jthe cost of
operating the plant was $855.39. The
plant was in operation 273 hours.
A communication was received from
the Danville & Suubury Transit com
pany enclosing a bill for $7.50, the
amount due the trolley company, it •
was claimed, for "labor, material and
detention of cars, four hours, July IS, j
1910, by tree falling on trolley wile. " j
The mishap occurred while the large ;
paradise tree in front of the dwelling
of Robert Cathcart, East Market street,
was being removed by George Gard- j
uer. On motion payment of the bill
was refused.
The following members were pres
ent : Cleaver, Everhart,Marshall, Fin
liigau, Connolley, Curry, Price and
lies.
On motion it was ordered that the I
borough enter into contract with the
i Reading Coal company for all the coal |
needed at the water works during the I
j balanco of the year at tlio price of ;
■ $2.25 per ton. The hauling will add
another 25 cents per ton to the cost of
I the coal.
On motion of Mr. lies it was order-
I ed that the" hose houses of the borough j
i be connected with the public sewer.
Mr. Marshall reported that the
j Structural Tubing company and the !
| Danville Foundry and Machine com- j
! pany are still firm in their refusal to j
lower the switch on East Market
i street, which leaves that point about
j nine inches above the grade furnished
;by the borough surveyor. On motion I
i of Mr. Connolley it was ordered that
j in dealing with the matter the bor-
I ougli stand by the grade given by the
borough surveyor.
The second quarterly appropriation
to the lixe department, now due, was j
[ on motion of Mr. lies ordered paid.
Mr. Marshall reported now that the i
river is low the public sewer isbecom- j
ing objectionable where it empties in- !
to the river. It was ordered that the i
matter be attended to.
OFF THE TRACK
! The trolley car of the Danville and !
Suubury Transit Co., was off the track
i for awhile between 11 and 12 o'clock
j yesterday forenoon,
i The derailment occurred near Rote's
i Undertaking establishment, where the j
I track was blocked up preparatory to
I paving. The down pour of rain caused 1
I the brick used to support the ties to \
1 sink into the earth with the result 1
j that Hie track sagged and the car left !
j the rails.
| The ear was jacked up and after !
! somo difficulty gotten back upon the |
j track. Traffic was interrupted for ov- !
j er half an hour.
TEACHERS ELECTED
Miss Bertha Surver has been re- j
I elected as teacher of the grammar ,
! school of Riverside borough. Miss >
| Surver has held the position for sev- i
oral years and has demonstrated rare
ability in her line of work. Her re- j
election meets with genera! approval.
Miss Margaret Kimbel, daughter of
William W. Kimbel, of Riverside, has
been elected teacher of the primary
department, filling the position form
erly occupied by Mrs. E. W. Young
who has been given the intermediate
school of the joint district that will
be opened in P. O. S. of A. Hall.
DYING DOG BITES MISTRESS.—
While trying to save her pet dog which
' had been run over, and fatally injur
ed by an automobile, Miss Ethel Harvey
of West Chester, was badly bitten by
the dog in its dying agonies.
DANVILLE, PA., THURSDAY JGUST 11. 1910
LOST SECOND
OF NEW SERIES
Saturday'* Scores.
I Shickshinuy, 3; Danville, 2.
I Bloomsbnrg, 5; Berwick, 3.
I Nescopeck, 1; Nanticoke, 0.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS
W. h. P.C. I W. L. P.O.
Bloom 2 0 1.000 | Shlek'ny 11 .500
Nanticoke..2 o 1.000 Danville .0 2 .000
Berwick....l 1 .8001 Nescopeck .0 2 .000
Danville has made a decidedly shaky
get-away in the second series by loos-
I ing the two opening games. But Sat
; unlay's drop had none of the moo
| strous features of Friday's avalanche.
The score of 3 to 2 in favor of Shick
shinuy would show that it was a game
; well worth seeing no matter which
| team won.
I The game furnished plenty of fodder
for the fans. It was doped out Satur
day night that there was no less than
j fourteen points during the game where
Danville could have won by doing
just a little different than they did.
Certain it was that fortune showered
her attentions upon Shicksliinng dur-
I ing the whole nine innings and smiled
in Danville's direction very infrequ
i ently.
Danville had the game won almost
as many times as there were innings.
, Men on first, second and third seemed
easy to accomplish, bi;t to shove one
j brown clad runner across the pun, ex
-1 cept in the one innings, was beyond
the prowess of the cunning of the local
tossers.
Can you imagine three hits and a
wild pitch in one innings without a
score—well that was Danville's sixth.
That was the most striking bit, but
other innings furnished blows almost
as disquieting. Iu the second Wagner,
after a hit and a sacrifice by Brennan,
was forced out at third, and Veitli and
Mackert rested on the cushions while
Kelly sent a pop fly for the third out.
I In the third Umlauf,after he had been
passed and advanced on Livengood's
hit, was caught at the plate on Nip
ple's fielder's choice. In the fourth,
with one down, passes were issued to
Brannen and Veitli, who, advancing
to second and third on Mackert's out,
were left there when Kelly llied out
to Cawley.
The fifth saw Danville go down oue
i two-three for the second time in the
! game, and the sixth has been mention
| ed before.
1 The seventh was prolific of Dan
i ville's brace of tallies. With one down
Kelly got on with four wide ones ami
i after Ainsworth had flied out, Um
• lauf picked one that just suited him
from Quinlan's delivery and sent the
I ball aeroplaning over the fence. The
seventh, after a hit by Wanger, ended
J with a double play on Brennau's roll
; er to Evans.
'< Iu the ninth, with Shinny one point
to the good, Danville made a heroic
effort to score. Veitli, first up, lauded
for his first hit, a Texas Leaguer iuto
- left. Mackert bunted, but Joe was
slow iu getting down, and was caught
lat second by (Quinlan's throw. Mack-
J ert then spectacularly stole second and
I third, while Kelly was flying out and
I Dooley, batting for Ainsworth, was
| getting a base on balls. With Umlauf
up, and two strikes called, Mackert
1 tried to steal home and was called out
j at the plate.
i 1
| Shickshinuy had extra men at bat in
but three inuings. In the second ami
! third, singles from the bats of Cawley
and McCabe went for naught when the
j runners were nailed by Kelly's whip
as they tried to purloin second. After
j that, by the way.no more stealing was
attempted on the Danville catcher.
In the third Shinny took advantage
| of Danville's only bad session to score
two runs With Williams gone by the
j strike out route,Evans shoved a Texas
Leaguer into centre field, and advauc
s ed to third on Gouldner's two bagger
1 iuto center. Quinlau then drove a
roller to Buck, which the short stop
I errored on a bad bounce. He threw
! home to catch Evans, but the later
bowling Kelly over, tallied, while the
i ball went on through to the grand
stand. Gouldner was hitting the third
| base line for home by this time, but
j was caught by Kelly and Ainsworth.
i While this throw around was in pro
j gross Quinlan had been silently beat
ing it around the bases and was now
, near ing third. A throw was made to
| catch him which went wide and he,
| too, safely crossed the pan. That
I emptied the course and although two
more hits were made a third out was
I accomplished with out further Shinny
i tallies.
I Shickshiuny's wining run was made
I iu the last session when with two
| down, Cawley got the ball through
i Wagner to the center field fence; a
poor relay lot the runner to third, and
ho scored on Harned's hit over the
third bag.
The port sider Quinlan, who defeat
ed Danville Saturday is the same
twirler who allowed the locals but
fivo hits in the ten innings game that
Continued on 2nd Page.
WILL BUILD
RETAINING WALL
Our readers will be gratified to learn
that the board of county commission
ers lias decided to build a retaining
wall to protect the plot of ground along
the river just west of the northern
abutment of the bridge,which is own
ed jointly by Montour and Northum
berland counties. Before the improve
ment can go forward, however, the
borough council will have to take
similar action and decide to extend
the retaining wall at the water works
eastward so as to embrace a fourteen
foot plot belonging to the borough
which adjoins the inter-county tract.
At a meeting the county commis
sioners Saturday took preliminary ac
tion in the matter. Following next
Saturday's meeting they will advertise
for bids. During the present week the
commissioners will take measurements
and secure what other data may be
necessary. Allowing for advertising,
etc., bids can not be received until
September 3rd.
The commissioners are aware that
the county's expenditures for the pres
ent year are already considerable,but
they explain that they do not see how
they can postpone the building of the
retaining wall auy longer. For years
past each grand jury lias recommend
ed the building of the wall and an
opinion from the president judge states
that should an accident occur at the
spot the county would unquestionably
be liable for damages. Ttie decilvity
at the foot of the principal street in
the town is as unsightly as it is dang
erous. The commissioners do not de
sire to pose as holding up a needed
improvement and they have come to
the conclusion that the wall should be
built and the spot filled up immedi
ately no matter at what cost.
The spirit shown is a most com
mendable one, and now that such a
fine opportunity presents itself to se
cure an improvement badly needed in
the borough it is not probable that
council will do anything to discour
age or delay the work but will at once
cooperate with the commissioners and
prepare to build the borough's share
of the retaining wall.
By proceeding with the wall as soon
as possible it is believed that the
ground excavated on East Market
street between Mill and Pine streets,
should paving go forward there in a
month or so, can be utilized in filling
up the decilvity where the retaining
wall is to be built.
HOTEL 100 YEARS OLD
Amandus L. Heddens has sold his
hostelry, the Eagle hotel, at Washiug
touville, to M. M. Houghton,propriet
or of the Houghton distillery, at Pine
Summit. The new owner will take
charge the beginning of next week.
Mr. Heddens will retire from the
hotel business and take up his resi
dence in Frank Oourson's house in
Washingtonville. He owns a fine 15?
acre farm in Anthony township which
will take up a part of his time.
Mr. Heddens was proprietor of the
Eagle hotel for nearly 84 years and is
the third generation that has had
charge of this famous old stand.
The hotel itself is a landmark in
this county, having been built by Mr.
Heddens' grandfather, James Cum
miugs, nearly a century ago. The old
log structure which did duty as a ho
tel a hundred years ago is still intact
and forms a part of the present hotel
building,although neat weather board
ing now conceals the rough hewn logs.
Upon the death of James Cummiugs
the hotel was sold, but during the
Civil war it was run for several years
by Mr. Heddens' father. After that
the place was operated by Fred Blue,
Aaron Moser and others,until 23 years
and <> months ago, when Mr. Heddens
purchased the stand.
JACOB WOODRUFF
Jacob Woodruff, one of Elysburg's
pioneer and highly respected residents,
died suddenly at his home Sunday
evening from pleurisy, after an illness
of about one week. The deceased was
horn and reared on Shauiokin Hills,
retiring from active agricultural dut
ies a number of years ago. He was
prominently identified with township
and county aflairs. was a faithful
member of the Lutheran faith and
highly respected by old and young
alike. Mr. Woodruff was about fia
years of age and besides his widow is
survived by three brothers, three ssit
ers and the following children : Wil
liam, Curtis anil Charles of Elysburg,
Isaac, of Sunbury, Mrs. Isaac Adams,
Shamokin Hills, Mrs. Eraz Woodside,
Sunbury; Mrs. John Zeiders, Lewis
town ; Mrs. Poter Schlee, Elysburg;
Mrs. Herbert Vought, Elizabeth and
Hattie Woodruff, Elysburg.
The funeral will take place Thurs
day morning, meeting at the house at
8 o'colck. Services will be held at
Reed's Lutheran church. Interment in
the cemetery adjoining.
MEETING OF
SCHOOL BOARD
The school board held a regular meet
ing Monday eve with President W. A.
Sechler in the chair. Among the mem
bers present were: Orth.Swarts,Burns,
Marks, Shaltz, Pursel, Fischer, Heiss
and Sidler.
Mr. Burns reported that the direct
ors of the second ward have awarded
the contract for cleaning the school
building of that ward to Mrs. Ella
Snyder for twenty-four dollars.
On motion of Mr. Burns it was ord
ered that the woodwork in all the
school buildings that has been paint
ed be varnished. On motion it was
ordered that bids be invited for the
work.
Mr. Fisoher reported that owing to
delay in arrival of the coal ordered it
had been considered advisable to post
pone the work of cleaning the school
buildings. There are prospects of ship
ments of coal arriving during the pres
ent week, he explained, when it is
hoped that a general cleaning of the
buildings can go forward.
Bids for installing flush closets in i
the second ward building were receiv
ed as follows: B. G. Carpenter, of
Wilkes-Barre, independent of plumb
ing, f315.40; Bryan Bros.,of Danville,
including plumbing, $512.00. On mo
tion of Mr. Pursel it was ordered that
the contract be awarded to Bryan !
Bros.
Mr. Fischer reported that repairs on '
foot in the various school buildings j
are progressing rapidly. On motion it !
was ordered that the committee in- j
spect the work done on the Welsh Hill
school building during some eveniug j
this week.
On motion of Di. Shultz it was ord
ered that a new record book for the
high school be purchased.
The following bills were approved i
for payment:
John Keim $ 5.00 i
Welliver Oo .... !•" ,
Standard Gas Co 2.18 .
United Tel. & Tel. Co 6.00
G. ShoopHunt 5.07
Clias. E. Merrill Co 25.76
Frank Stranb 50.45 j
Boyer Bros 10.30 j
Elmer Shultz. 5.05 J
DIED FROM ACCIDENT
John E. Williams, a well-known '
former resident of Danville, yesterday
died at the Fountain Springs hospital,
near Ashland, where he was undergo
ing treatment for injuries sustained ;
in a fall.
The deceased, who was aged about
77 years, was a native of Wales. He
emigrated to this country when a
young man, spending the greater part j
of his subsequent life in Danville. For
many years he conducted a store on
Ferry street between Spruce and Hem
lock streets. Prior to that he conduct
ed a store on East Market street near
Chruch street. He was a good citizen
and a fair-dealing, honest man.
He resided in this city occupying
the homestead on Ferry street until
about two months ago, when lie remov
ed to Ashland to take up his residence ■
with his son. Soon after leaving Dan- j
ville he fell from a trolley car and J
sustained a fracture of his hip. For
some years lie had been in feeble health
and the effects of the serious accident
seemed to aggravate his other ills and
his condition sqon became critical. He .
was removed to the hospital only re- j
cently.
The deceased was twice married,his :
last wife departing this life about \
eight years ago. The son James living
at Ashland is the sole survivor.
The body will be brought to Dan- !
villo for interment. The son of the de
ceased will arrive at Danville today
to make arrangements for the funeral.
MAIL MAN BLABS ON CUFID
FREELAND, Aug. 10.
Because he made a statement before j
the Schooljßoard of Foster township .
that pretty Winfred morgan, the Oley !
Valley school teacher, devoted much j
of her time to writing love letters,and t
that ho was really tired lugging mail j
to and from Oley Valley school, Was- j
ington A. Warren, a rural delivery j
mail clerk, may lose his position and i
be made the defendant in a $2,000 dam
age suit.
Warren was one of a delegation who
appeu'ed before the School Board to
protest . -linst the appointment of
Miss Morgan, o.;i uie ground that she
wrote love letters during school hours.
Miss Morgan states that she knows
her rights in the matter and has in
structed her attorney to start actiou.
She says she is determined to stop
blabbing on the part of mail clerks
and teach Warren a lesson in 'postal
regulations if it costs her a year's sal
ary.
PIPE BOWL IN POTATO.-H. E.
Shon, of Middletown, found the bowl
of a pipe in a potato which his wife
had peeled for dinner.
OUTBREAK OF
WHOOPING COUGH
Whooping cough is abnormally prev
alent in Danville and vicinity and is
causing some concern among the health
authorities. While prevalent enough
in the borough of Danville, in Mahon
ing township, if not throughout the
rural districts generally, it is gaining
such a foothold and is spreading so
rapidly that it is a grave question
I whether it will not interfere with the
opening of the schools next month.
A physican.who is thoroughly fami
liar with conditions, states that there
are comparatively few families that
have children that are not infected
with the disease unless rendered im
mune by previous attacks. In Mahon
ing township within a narrow radius
are eighteen cases of whooping cough,
several of them being of a sorious
type.
Whooping cough,the same physician
states, owes its spread in great mea
sure to indifference caused by the gen
j eral and erroneous impression that it
' is a comparatively harmless disease,
one which every child is unavoidably
j heir to. The truth of the matter is
; that not only is whooping cougk avoid
able but it is a dangerous disease,
j Statistics show that during the month
of May last in Pennsylvania eighty
j six deaths occurred from whooping
I cough. None of these deaths resulted
| from complications that are so apt to
I ensue in cases of whooping cough, but
j occurred during the attack proper and
were due to exhaustion, hemorrhage,
&c.
The remedy lies principally in pla
| carding the houses, leaving it to tlie
good judgment of the people to restrict
: intercourse with the infected families.
As soon as a new case is discovered
' the house is ordered Quarantined.
i The rules relating to the placarding
j of houses are not the same in boroughs
and townships. The former are under
| the control of local boards of health,
! which do not canso a dwelling to be
placarded unless a case of comnmuic
able disease is reported there by the
attending physician. The townships
are under the contro' 112 the division
•'/
|of medical inspectio In the event of
an outbreak of any jrt the medical
| inspector is sent to discover the nature
;of the ailment. If communicable dis
! ease exists the house is placarded
! whether there is an attending physi
! eian or not.
In the borough a few cases have oc
curred where physicians were not em
ployed and thus the families infected
escaped the modified quarantine. This
lias caused considerable dissatisfaction
among those residing outside the bor
ough, not familiar with the law, who
were obliged to submit to quarantine
whether employing a physician or not.
. The authorities < oniplain rliat as a
| rule there is ton l.ttle respect sliow.i
for sanitary laws and tor the health
officer, who is charged with their en
forcement. In some instances even the
placards placed i n infected building*
have been surreptitiously removed
The penalty, n would seem, is heav
'enough to deter persons from any.
1 thing so rash. For removing placard*
a penalty ot fioui JlO to SIOO Hue i
provided along with 1 to 3 months im
prisonment or both at the discretion
j of the court.
A FORMER RESIDENT
i Lewis Honer of Robinson, Brown
J county, Kansas, accompanied by his
| daughter, Miss Ethel, is visiting at the
' home of Mrs. William Wertman, East
' Danville. Mr. Honer is a native of
! Mahoning township. He is a son of
! Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Honer and was
! born at the family homestead near
j Bloom road at present owned by Ben
jamin L. Diehl.
| Along with his parents he removed
! West in 1881. The present is his sec
ond visit to his old homo since leav
ing here, his first visit occurring nine
years ago. The present is Miss'.Honer's
) first visit East. Both are enjoying
! their visit very much. Not only does
j Mr. Honer find a good many of his
j boyhood friends and acquaintances in
j this vicinity but not a few old time
I neighbors and friends of his parents
| survive, who are greatly interested in
' news from the family.
| Andrew Honer died last November
|at the advanced age of 85 years. His
| wife preceded him to the grave two
I years before.
! The family has been very success
ful. Lewis Honer is the owner of six
hundred acres of land valued at $l5O
per acre. The fertility of the land is
attested by the fact that last year on
07 acres he raised 3000 bushels of shell
ed corn. Fifty bushels of corn per
acre, Mr. Honer says, is considered a
very good yield. Along with cattle he
raises a large number of horses on his
farm.
Lays Extra Egg Poached.
Altoona, Aug. 10.— F. A. Winters, a
music dealer and chicken fancier, has
a freak of nature in a Leghorn hen
that has been laying two eggs a day
for several months. The double turn
occurs regularly every third day, the
only, difference being that the morn
ing egg had a hard shell and the aft
ernoon egg a soft one.
ESTABLISHED IN 185 c
MUCH INTEREST
IS AROUSED
The allusion to the holding of an
> I "Old-Home Week" made in these col
i ; umns has aroused a
! good deal of interest. The subject has
• | been pretty generally diEcussed about
' { town and the fact lias been made ap
; ; parent that the idea is by no means
) j unpopular.
i i The present one as far as'any pub
i j lie celebration is concerned has been
1 an off year in Danville. By next sum
; mer, it is reasoned, the town ought to
■ bo ready for a whole week of amuse
: ment. Witli most people the public
1 function in mind takes the form of
• "Old Home Week," with its sojourn
■ of former residents and the reunion of
5 j devoted families.
DANVILLE'S PART.
' j There are probably few other places
of the same size to which so many
1 people, scattered over the length and
• | breadth of the land, are bound by the
' | ties of friendship, of blood and of du
r ty and the very names of which
■ when spoken awaken more tender
" j emotions. This in part is due to
• the fact that Danville is an old town;
' ; that it has a history; that industrial
: ly, politically, in all its various rela
-1 tious, it has always been a factor that
" contributed in no small degree to the
: general prosperity and permanency of
' | the Commonwealth. It was in Dan
' ; ville that men attained full stature.
( Skilled and disciplined they left the
' town to win wealth in undeveloped
■ fields. It might be interesting to know
how many persons during the last fifty
" ; years in this way have gone out frorft
p our town and become established else
r where. Hundreds of such survive,who
I would no doubt hail with deep satis
' ; faction such an opportunity as "Old
Homo Week" would afford for a grand
' reunion—when loved ones, separated,
s might resume their places at the fire
r side and former residents, after years
• of absence, renew the hand clasp and
0 seek old landmarks that are dear in
' memory.
B That many persons are looking for
s ward to the holding of an "Old Home
1 Week" is quite clear. Whether any
' ] vigorous agitation of the matter may
1 be set on foot remains to be seen.
e i .
J GROUND SOAKED
The rain that broke the drought
- Monday, was|followed by a still heav
ier rain yesterday, which thoroughly
1 soaked the ground and brought about
s | the very best of growing conditions,
insuring in the main good crops of
0 corn, buckwheat, cabbage and other
e vegetables that mature late in the sea
■ son.
The rain began about 8 o'clock in
1 the morning and continued until about
■ 2 o'clock. After the long spell of dry
weather, with frequent and feeble at
tempts to rain, which always ended in
• failure, it was indeed refreshing to
■ witness a genuine downpour, which
N overtaxed the spouting and deluged
the streets,
ii , A great deal of water fell, which
soaked the ground plough-deep and
1 replenished the streams. No appreci
able effect wias produced on the river
I but Mahoning creek along with Sech-
Q I lor's and Blizzard's run was pretty
s ! well filled.
e ; Owing to the rain the men employ
\ j ed on the paving contract were oblig
' I ed to leave off work. They continued,
j however, until about 10 o'clock, when
s j the downpour began. The workmen
r | on the borough sewer, which has now
; reached Cedar street, were also com
! railed bv the rain to quit work.
" -
HAD APPENDICITIS
e |
! On Monday Frank Eggert, a well
known young man of this city, who
for some years has been in the employ
j of the D. L. & W. Railroad company,
; was seized with an attack of appendi
! citis and on Tuesday underwent an
| operation.
| Recently Mr. Eggert was appointed
I agent at Foster, a station midway be
| tween Scranton and Bingliamton, on
; the main line of the Lackawanna. On
Mondav he entered upon his new du-
Ol*
I ties. The same day ho was taken ill,
j and, phyiscians pronouncing the case
Ito be appendicitis,he was taken to the
Moses Taylor hospital at Scranton,
| where an operation was performed on
j Tuesday.
I Yesterday reports were received here
[ that the operation had been successful
i and that Mr. Eggert was doing as well
e ! as could bo expected.
s
Sting of Wasp Kills Child.
Marietta, Aug. 10.—Lockjaw result
ing from a bee's sting caused the death
a at Progress of Aaron, the five-year-old
s son of H. L. Slioop.
u The boy was stung on the leg while
y playing in the yard at his home. The
u limb immediately began to swell, and
e after doctors had vainly tried to ease
• his sufferings the child died in great
i* agony, his leg being about twice its
normal circumference.