' m mm n • emsß» 111 > s . » J ' •*< * I JHcmfrmt' jiJ||i American. VOL. 56—NO 36 ITEMS CONDENSED. RECOGNIZES SON.-When David McLane, of York, lathered the face of a customer, preparatory to shaving him, he noticed a peculiar dimple on his patron's cheek and upon close ex amination, found that the stranger was his own sou who had been absent in the Philippines for a period of ten yeais. The meeting was a most affec- j tionate one. WANTS BABY BACK.—Mrs. Irene Speelhoffer, of Norristowu, has in stituted proceedings in the Moutgoin ery county court against Mrs, Grant j Wilson to recover her baby. Mrs. Speelhoffer alleges that she gave the child to Mrs. Wilson to keep for her about four years ago and now she does not want to give the baby up. BULL GORES FARMER. The j prompt arrival of neighbors was all j that saved the life of Simon Pomeroy, | of White Valley, Wayne county, from | a horrible death by goring. A mam- j moth bull attacked him savagely but help arrived in time. Pomeroy sus tained a fractured shoulder and severe cuts and bruises. HEALTH OFFICER SUES-Health ! Officer Thomas Herbert, of Altoona, j has instituted suits against several j wholesale produce dealers, alleging | that the men have been throwing ; vegetables on the highways and leav- j ing the matter to decompose. The J health authorities aie determined to break up the practice. REWARD AQUATIC HEROS-The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission of i Pittsburg has decided to award medals to Joseph H. Bowen, George W. Bow- j ei and John Joyce, of Pottsville, for j heroic rescues from drownings this j summer. The cases have been favor- j ably reported, it is said, by tlie com- | mission. CIDER EXPLODES.—AIbert My- j ers, of Menges Mills, had four teeth j knocked out when gas, which formed J in a whisky barrel filled with cider ! exploded, sending a stave crashing ' against Myers' jaw. The cider had been hauled a mile and was being re moved from the wagon when it ex- ! ploded. REPORT ON ROADS—District At- ; torney Harry D. Schaeffer, of Berks j county, has notified all rural const- i ables that, in the future.they must re- j port on the conditions of all roads, it 1 is believed this will help prevent the j roads from being allowed to become I badly cut up and dangerous before be- ! ing attended to. DIMELING RETIRES. Senator I George M. Dimeling, of Clearfield, has withdrawn from the senatorial fight in his district for harmony's sake. He 'ias issued a long letter in which he asks for support for his successor. FROST DAMAGES CROP—Farm ers who live in exposed parts of Sohuylkill county, say their crops were visited by a blighting frost 5 which will cause a loss of several j thousand dollars. Late fruit suffered I particularly from the frost. AUTO DOWNS SOLDIER—George mith, a veteran of the Civil war, I tvho resides in Bellefonte, was struck ; and severely linjured by a speeding lutomobile and sustained injuries j rhat will probably cause his death, lis skull was fractured while a thigh pas also broken. MUST USE BELL—An Italian re iding in Ambie has been arrested tnd fined $8 and costs for failure to •arry a bell on his bicycle so he can ive warning to the pedestrains of his ■pproach. The prisoner was warned several times to take this precaution ut refused to display the warning j igual. SUE FOR BLAZE—Attorneys rep- j jsenting the Prize-Painter Stove and leater company, of Reading, have j rought suit against the Philadelphia nd Reading Railway company for 57.000 because it is alleged, the stove I ilant was destroyed by fire said to j lave been caused by sparks from a icomotive on the Reading road. BODY FOUND—After being miss ug since August 1(1, the mutilated aty of Frank Ringle, aged 54 years, jf Pittsburg, was found under the oor of a garage in Pittsburg. Rin le, it is said carried over $7,000 on lis person and this was missing from is clothes when the body was found, oul play is indicated. WEDDED SEVENTY YEARS—Mr. .nil Mrs. James P. Elliott, of Slippery lock will have been wedded seventy /ears on September 25, and relatives of the aged couple have decided to •jelebrate the unique event. Mr. Elliot s 89 years old, while his bride of sev uty years is a year his senior. HYDROPHOBIA EPIDEMIC— So nany oases of hydrophobia have ap •ared in Milroy and Bellewood that le authorities have decided to send he heads of several dogs to the State 'eterinarian and have them examin 1. In this way they will get proof 112 the epidemic and a rigid quaran ne will be enforced. BOARD OF HEALTH TAKES ACTION The local board of health has adopt ed radical measures in its efforts to cope with the unfortunate conditions relative to the prevalence of whooping cough in Danville.aiming to bring all the infected families under quarantine between the present and the opening of the schools next week. During Friday Dr. Bouse visited different sections of the borough and satisfied himself that the reports rela tive to whooping cough were not ex aggerated. What he actually saw was well described in his report to the board of health Friday evening. He saw children, he declared, that had whooping cough playing on the street, and when seized with an attack of coughing would cease playing and cling to a post or other support until the paroxysm was over. Under such conditions, he said, the disease would continue to spread until the epidemic is spent. He strongly emphasized the gravity of the situation. Statistics show, he said, that more children each year die of measles and whooping cough than of the supposedly more dangerous dis easees,diphtheria and scarlet fever. The State board of health, ho said, does not assume control in an epidemic such as this. It devolves upon the local board of health to act in the premises, the State department of health sustaining merely the iclation of an advisor. Dr. Newbaker,president of the local board of health, explained how it has occurred that whooping cough has gained such a foothold in Danville Most people, lie said, believe that the disease is comparatively harmless and rather than suffer the inconveniences that might arise from having their houses placared, they declined to em ploy a physician and undertook to treat the cases themselves. Thus it happened that only a small proportion of cases were reported. In this connection Health Officer B. B. Brown explained that only seven houses,embracing some eighteen cases, are placarded in Danville. Dr. Bouse then explained that the law requires every householder to re poit to the health authorities whoop ing cough or any other communicable disease and for failure to do so house holders are liable to the same penalty that is provided for the physician that neglects to report communicable dis eases. In Danville at present where whooping cough exists and physicians are not employed, the householders who have failed to report the disease stand in very great danger of being convicted in a summary proceeding be fore any justice of the peace. On motion a resolution was passed by the board of health deciding to ad opt the act of May 14, liiO!), as its code. It was also decided to proceed to enforce its provisions relating to whooping cough immediately. That no one might plead ignorance of the law nor of action taken by the local board of health in the premises it was ordered that two thousand copies of the act together with the above resolution of the board of health be printed in circular form and that a copy be delivered personally into the hands of every house holder in town. NEW SIDEWALKS The first on East Market street to take up the work of laying new side walks to conform with the reconstruc tion of the street are Thomas J. Price and F. W. Howe. Ground was brok en in front of Mr. Price's residence yesterday morning, the old tar pave ment being removed to make room for a modern cement walk resembling the one along Mr. Price's property on Cedar street. Between the walk prop er and the curb on one side and the building line on the other will be a strip of so:!. Other property owners, it is said, are making arrangements to begin work on new sidewalks. The old tar pavement on the north side of the street, taking in the prop erties of the P. and R. Railway and the Structural Tubing Companies, which has so long been a feature, in a short time will give place to a mod ern sidewalk that will conform with the paving. E. S. Fornwald 111. E. S. Fornwald, agent of the Unit ed States Express Company, is con- I fined to his homo on Pine street. Last week he was seized with an attack supposed to have been superinduced by an accident, which has left him in a partially disabled condition. His recovery is expected. Service at Temple B'nai Zion Divine service will be held at the temple B'nai Zion next Friday even ing at 7.80 o'clock. Rabbi Felix W. Jesselson, D. D., will officiate and de liver a sermon on the suhjeot, "Be Guarded in your Religious Teach ing." The public is welcome. DANVILLE, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER L 1910 SPECIAL MEETING OF SCHOOL BOARD The school board held a special meet- ' 1 ing last night for the purpose of act- j ! ing upon the proposition of employing i ! a medical inspector for the schools to | j aid in stamping out whooping cough, j J President W. A. Sechler occupied j j the chair. Among the other members j j present were: Ortli, Swarts, Burns, | | Marks, Shnltz, Pursel, Fischer, Gib- j ; son, Heiss anil Cole. | President Sechler stated the object ! Jof the meeting, which was to act on ! | the suggestion made by Dr. Bouse of j | the State department of health as to j ! the best means of stamping out whoop- ' I ing cough in Danville. SUBJECT DISCUSSED | Mr. Burns explained that, he was i ! present at a conference between Dr. | j Bouse and some members of the school | board Saturday night. Upon sober re flection, he said, he could not approve j of the proposition to employ a medical inspector. The matter of expense was an obstacle. Dr. Shnltz explained that Dr. Bouse was at the head of the boards of health ! of the State, and his visit here prinr j arily was to deal with the local board of health. He explained that there is j an epidemic of whooping cough in | Danville and that Dr. Bouse's sugges tion is a good one. A medical inspect -1 or in the schools at the present might ! aid in coping with the epidemic. The j suggestion is especially timely, as very soon in all probability school boards under the law will be required i to employ a medical inspector. A SCHOOL PHYSICIAN J. N. Pursel advanced the view that the teachers are in a better position to | detect whooping cough among the pu ; pils than a medical inspector, who would come in contact with the child only for a brief time. He advocated ; the employment of a school physician, ! J to whom the teachers should be reqnir- ! ed to send all pupils that are suspect ! Ed of being infected with disease. ' W. H. Ortli heartily endorsed Mr. Pursel's views as to the employment ot a school physician. In the case of a medical inspector, lie said, the best he could do would be to make a dia- | gnosis and the parents could do as they pleased us to placing the child under treatment. Mr. Fischer stated that he did net see how medical inspection was to re -1 suit in stamping out whooping cough, as he knows personally of one family having whooping cough that has had j I three different physicians, each of j ! whom said the disease could not be cured. It seemed to be the consensus of ' I opinion that the proper thing to <lo in the premises would be to employ a school physician to give the pupils actual treatment. No definite action, however, was taken last night. The matter will probably come up again at the next meeting. WHO MAY ATTEND The matter of admitting pupils to ; school who come from families in ! which there is whooping cough was j discussed at length. It was decided ! that where children ill of the disease | ! are properly isolated others of the fam- j 1 ily that have not got whooping cough ! | may attend school. NOTEWORTHY TRIP i Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Vannan last week returned home from a long auto | mobile trip, wihch was noteworthy in several respects. With Harold Pentz as chauffeur they . left South "Danvile at 11a. m. Mon day, August 15th, arriving at Harris burg at <3:50 p. m. At 2p.m. on the J I 16th, they left Harrisbnrg for Gettys- I burg, arriving there in time for sap per. During the evening they travel ied twevle miles over the battlefield, iOn the day following they took in:! 4 miles of battlefield and saw Governor 1 Stuart review 8,000 State tioops. On j the forenoon of the 18th they left { Gettysburg, dining at Harper's Ferry j and arriving at Winchester, Va., in j time for supper. At 8::S0 on the l'Jth | they left Winchester arriving at New j market by noon. They crossed the Sas | samitten mountain and arrived at | Luray at 2p. m., visiting the great j cavern during the evening. | The next day they passed through j Winchester and arrived at Antietam j visiting the battlefield, next proceed j ing to Hagerstown, leaving the latter i place for Carlisle at U:3O Sunday. At : 4 :30 the same day they arrived at Har j risbnrg. At 2p. m.on the 22nd, they left Harrisburg for Mt. Gretna, arriv ! ing there at sp. m. On the 2:! rd they j proceeded to Reading, leaving at 2 p. ■in. for Pottsville and arriving at home jat 8:30 p. in. They traveled altogether 895 miles i without an accident or the least trou- I ble. The entire trip was made on the | "same wind." j Miss Sophia Franz, left last evening I for a visit with relatives in Wilkes- I Barre. FOSTER SMASHED, DANVILLE'S GAME Saturday's Scores. Danville, it; Berwick, 0, forfeited. Bloomsburg, 4; Nauticoke, 1. Shickshinny, 18; Nescopeck, 4. STANDING OF THE CLUBS W. 1.. I'.c. | W. 1.. P.C. Bloom 7 I .875 I Shlok'ny — I 5 .111 Danville .r» i! .?»> Berwick....;! 0 .*« Nauticoke..s i .9551 Nescopeck .1 * .111 As merry a war as has been witness ed on a Susquehanna league diamond since the memorable fracas at Blooms burg on July 6th,li)o!>, ended the game between Berwick and Danville at the former place on Saturday. This time Danville left the field with all the honors of war. The game was forfeited to Danville by the score of S> to 0, and the face of Field Man ager Eddie Foster, of the Berwick team, bears the outward advisible signs of a severe pummeling. The events that transpired on Fow ler Field during the half hour preced ing the forfeiture of the game to Dan ville form about as thrilling a chapter as has been recorded in the history of the Susquehanna league. The trouble started iu the last half of the seventh with Berwick at bat. Iu the first half of the seventh Dan ville had tied the score by tallying twice. Unilauf made the last out by fanning. Catcher Wager, of Berwick sustained a broken finger on the last ball. When Berwick came in the excite- j meut was running high. Patterson, first up for Berwick, struck out. O'Brien then drove a three|bagger in- j to center field. Wager was next to bat, and Umpire Wilson announced that 1 Sharadin would bat in his place. Amid the din of the rooting the Danville j players did not hear the announce ment. Brennan delivered a ball and Captain Nipple and Brennan then ran up to the plate to protest Sharadin's batting out of order. Foster also came up to take part in the argument. A choice exchange of repartee fol lowed between Brennan and Foster, in which both told each other iu pretty plain terms what they thought. Fost re struck Brennan, but the blow had scarcely been delivered before "Keds" Ainsworth, who was standing at Fost er's side, sprang at the Berwick field manager, and hit him a terrific welt on the nose the crack of which was heard all over the field, and then fol lowed it with another. By this time Brennan was back into the fray and got in a couple licks on the belliger ent Berwick player. Ainsworth's blow on Foster was the signal for tlie bleachers and part of the grand stand to get 011 the field. The lighting players were dragged apart. Things were pretty lively for a while but nobody was seriously hurt. 111 the excitement John Trowbridge,of Danville, was arrested for fighting, but was later released upon payment of a nominal line. Umpire Wilson at once declared Players Foster aud Brennan out of the game for fighting. The retirement of Foster, with Wager injured, left Ber wick with but eight men and unable, 011 account of their depleted line-up, to continue the game. After half an hour's wait for Ber wick to prepare to continue the game, Umpire Wilson forfeited the contest to Danville. BLAME LIES WITH FOSTER in investigating the affair to place the blame the nusal obstacles are met with in as many conflicting views as there are narrators. It seems pretty clear, however, that Foster is getting ! nearly all the censure, not only in Dan ville but among the better class of j base ball lovers in Berwick as well, where he is not popular by any means, j The domineering attitude of this ' man has been a source of strifo in the league since he has been playing on ! this circuit. He is extremely unpopu lar among the players of his own team j and from expressions of opinion after tho game among those directly back of base ball in Berwick, his actions are not upheld by the people who should be his radical supporters if he had any shadow of right on his side. The dispatches to the Philadelphia papers yesterday, eminating from Ber wick, stated that Brennan started the trouble Viy calling Foster a "vile name." But the Danville players tell that the ill feeling was engendered I much earlier in the game at the iust j ance of Foster, who made ugly re j marks to Brennan all during the con | test, aud even suggested names to the i bleachers to call Brennan. The players' account of the tight, indicate that it was not Brennan who first used a "vile name" but Foster himself who offered an insult to Bren nan. After the fight for a while a small mob of Berwick hot heads threatened violence to the Danville players, but they were escorted by Berwick police- Continued on Page 4. ANSWERS THE FINAL SUMMONS Harry H. Redding, for many years storekeeper at the hospital for the in sane and a useful and representative citizen,died at his home.Foust street, at 4:15 o'clock Monday fol lowing a long illness. Death was due to a complication of diseases. The health of the deceased failed gome three years ago. He con tinued in his position at the hospital however, until June Ist last, when owing to liig rapid decline he resign ed. His condition became steadily worse until death brought relief. BORN IN MAINE Mr. Redding was born at Calais.Me. He came to Danville about twenty eight years ago, accepting a position as attendant and assistant supervisor at the hospital for the insane. After five years he was promoted to the posi tion of storekeejier, at the hospital, which he held for a period of twenty three years. Mr. Redding was a man of unim peachable integrity, who found real j pleasure in doing good. There are few persons at the hospital, who came in contact with him there during his long term of service but have occasion to j remember him for some generous act | that for the time made life's burden j easier and the ruggetl path way! smoother. He was a man of splendid j principles and in the community stood for those things that make for civic I righteousness and the purity of the I home. HE WAS HONORED As a resident of Danville he was '■ honored by being elected a school dir- j ector to represent the second ward anil j at the end of the first term was re- j elected. He was also chosen as a mem- : her of the board of trustees of the j Mahoning Presbyterian church,a posi- ! tion he held until his death. He was I a past grand of Montour Lodge No. j 1(H), I. O. O. F. He was also a mem- j bre of Beaver Lodge No. l&S, K. of i P., this city. Mr. Redding was aged ~>l years and j II mouths. He is survived by his wid- ; o\v and one sou. Harry; also by a brother, N. B. Redding of Calais, Me. and one sister. Mrs. Annie Andrews, Miltowu, N. B. "BEWARE OF DOG DAYS" Samuel G. Dixon, State commission er of health, sends out the warning, "Beware of dog days." There is an interesting story as to the whyfore of the so-called dog <lavs. From tin- Heliacal rising ot' the star Sirius or the Dog Star,the largest and brightest of all the stars, visible in tho heavens during August, supersti tious reckoned their dog days forty in number,twenty before ami twenty aft er the rising of the star. The rising of the Dog Star was supposed to be the occasion of the extreme heat and of the disease incidental to these days, because by mere accident the rising of the star coincided with the hottest season of the year in the countries of the superstitious and ill-informed astronomers. However,the time of the Dog Star's rising, the modern astromomers tell us, depends upon the latitude aud is growing later each year so that in the course of time the star will rise in midwinter. What warning will the old folks give to their! venture some grandchildren then as they "beat it" toward the river on a hot summer day. FRAME BEING RAISED The frame of the seventy foot ex tension of the brazing department of the Structural Tubing works is now being raised. The new portion is merely a con tinuation of the brazing department and will fill all the intervening space eastward to the main plant, doing away with the several small and in convenient buildings now used for in specting that occupy that spot. Not only will the appearance of the plant be much improved, but better • light and ventilation will be secured. The work is in charge of.l. A. Mowrey. BLACKBIRDS, ETC. Today, September Ist, the open sea son begins for the following birds: Black birds of all kinds, doves, web footed fowl of all kinds, shore birds and snipe, .Tack or Wilson. Of each of tho above kinds an unlimited number may be killed by one person. Unfortunately none of the above named varieties of game abounds very largely in this section,aud local Nim rods tvill be obliged to wait until October Ist, when woodcock and bear come in,before they will realize much sport. On October lo tho season opens for pheasants, quail, wild turkey and squirrels. Rabbits come in on November Ist, the season continuing until December 15th. ECONOMIZE THE ITER Danville is facing a water famine. | Indeed, as relates to some parts of j town the famine is already on. Dur- | ing the present week the more elevat- j ed localities embracing Welsh hill and ] portions of the fourth ward have I periodically been without water, while i oven in the lower sections of town the ! pressure has been scarcely more than j half what it ought to have been. AT WATER WORKS At the water works the pump that | supplies the tanks has no difficulty in j keeping the four big tubs full of wat er, which implies that the fprocess of filtration is going on as fast as practic able. To place another pump in com- ' mission, raising water from the river, i under tho present conditions, would j relieve the situation only by giving j the borough unfiltered water—direct from tho river—which is a measure \ not to be contemplated at the present ! season. Neither is it practicable to j hasten the process of filtration, as the result would be to impair the purity : of the water. The predicament that the borough is in is due solely to the fact that the de mand during the dry season is greater than the supply that can be produced by the water plant at its present tub capacity. It frequently happens that j for honrs at a time there are only a couple of feet of water in the reser- j voir, while the pressure maintained is as low as 10 pounds, which is not suffi cient to give tho more elevated por tions of the town water. The pressure ; was up to sixty pounds for a while yesterday afternoon, which is still some twenty pounds below what is 1 normal. What the result should be if a fire were to break out wiien the pres- ■ sure is unavoidably down so low it j does not require a very luminous fancy I to picture. SUP'T KEEFER EXPLAINS Water Superintendent P. J. Reefer j was interviewed yesterday. The un- [ fortunate condition, he said, has been brought about by the unprecedented demand for water caused by the dry weather.Few people have an adequate idea'of the enormous quantity of wat- * er used in sprinkling the streets and lawns. Nor is the legitimate use of water alone to be reckoned with; the waste must also be taken into account. In dry weather few people seem to think of economizing in the use of water; it is simply ponred away. Then, again, our manufacturing in dustries, Mr. Keefer explained, are drawing upon the borough very heav ily for water, as in every instance their own supply, where they have one, is running very low. The com bined effect is to produce such a drain upon the borough water supply as probably seldom or never occurred be fore. He agreed that the situation is serious. USE WATER SPARINGLY He regards it as unfortunate, that residents in som« parts of town should bo without water while people in oth er parts are using it or even wasting it. The fact most to be de plored, he said, is that we should be ! without adequate fire protection. To I cut off the supply of the industrial plants would be to cause them to shut I down, throwing our working popula tion out of employment. ' He urged that the present article em body an appeal directly from him, urging all water takers to abstain from : sprinkling both streets and lawns for ! the present and to be just as economic al in the use of water as they can be. jlf this request be heeded it may be i found possible to koep a safe margin I of water in the reservoir to be used in I case of fire. If it is not heeded then | the present conditions must continue. RUNAWAY AVERTED I What promised to be a thrilling run ' away on Mill streot yesterday after -1 noon, was averted by tho level headed | ness of Leon Mover, one of the prop | rietors of Moyer Bros' grocery. ! About 5:80 o'clock a carriage in | which were a young lady and a small j boy. drove up in front of Harris' book store and the youngster went into make a purchase. Scarcely had he left j than the horse took fright at some- I thing and started down the street, j gaining speed with every bound. Mr. i Moyer was in the act of removing ! some groceries fiom the delivery wag jon into the store when the runaway j passed. The young lady bravely saw- I ing on the reins in an attempt to stop the frightened beast, was powerless. With a bound Mr. Moyer took up the chase. Before the other side of the , canal had been reached he had caught, up with the vehicle, and heedless of danger made a dash for the buggy box. He lauded safely, grabbed the lines from the young lady's hands and brought the horse to a stop in front of Bernheimer's store. Meade Cornelius, of Cripple Creek, Colorado, is viisting friends in this city. ESTABLISHED IN 185 c TYPHOID FEVER IN BLOONISBURG Bloomsburg is alarmed over an out break of typhoid fever. While there are only half a dozen cases in town conditions in the entire valley above that point are by no means reassuring, and the Bloomsburgers are afraid that the disease may spread. The boaid of health Jhas issued a warning that all water used for drinking be boiled at least 20 minutes. Samples of water are also being sent away for analysis. IN DANVILLE In view of the above it is reassur ing to reflect that not a single case of typhoid fever developed in Danville during August, the last case reported being on July 13th. It is a fact that duiing the last twelve months Dan ville has enjoyed a greater immunity from typhoid fever than for many years past. That the sewage disposal plant at the hospital for the insane is to bo credited with bringing about this better showing to some extent, is quite likely. At the same time we must not lose sight of the fact that our filter plant is an active and efficient factor in contributing to the general good results. EXAMINE THE WATER With a fearful epidemic of typhoid fever raging at Wilkes-Barre and with the same disease prevalent in nearly every other town south of it in the North Branch Valley the present is not a time to be over confident and to neglect reasonable precautions., The river just now lias reached the lowest t mark in years. Literally we have on ly the dregs and every day the condi tion of the water is becoming Jworse. It might be interesting to know what an analysis of the river water would show under the prevailing con ditions. Why not have the water ex amined regularly so that we may know what we are drinking? vice is especially timely in view of the outbreak of typhoid in Blooms burg. FILTER PLANT RUSHED It is scarcely a secret that the best results are not being attained at, the filter plant just now owing to the dry weather, which makes it difficult to keep sufficient water in the reservoir to meet demands. The work of filter ing has to be rushed to such »n extent that it would be surprising if all the impurities were eliminated. Prudent people, therefore will bethink them selves of the advice so often given out at this season of the year,and as a rea sonable precaution will boil all the water used for drinking and culitary purposes. THRCE SQUARES PAVED The paving is now laid on three squares of Ka.-t Market street, between Pine and lion streets, while two of the squares are thrown open to traffic. Excavation is completed as far as Rtilroad street. n the fourth square between Iron and Railroad streets, a part of the way t' • couise of crushed st< ne and the s:.ud are applied so that i the paving is likely to begin at any j day. An enormous amount of excavating was required on the fourth square, ! especially, at the eastern end where | the cut was nearly two feet deep. A j good deal of work was involved in the ; lowering of the switch that crosses the j street at the Structural Tubing works. The trolley rails on that square are j blocked up ready for paving. Both the ! trolley track and the switch are now j some nine inches lower than they were before. The switch in the yards of | both the Structural works and the i Danville Foundry and Machine com pany has been lowered to conform with i the new grade on the street, changing | appearauce in that locality, j a little excavating remains to be doue before Cook's court, the end | of the section to be paved, is reached. | Mr. Lyons' contract should be com j pleted before the end of September. DEATH OF MRS. BLACK Mis. A. B. Black, East street, j Bloomsburg, died at the Joseph Ratti j hospital Tuesday evening at 6:80 | o'clock, death being due to heart dis ! ease and a cancerous growth upon the liver for which she underwent an op eration last Saturday. She was aged -'7 years, S months and 10 days. She was the daughter of L. C. Williams and was formerly from Milton, mov ing to Bloomsburg six years ago. The j funeral will take place from the fami- I lv residence at 10 o'clock tomorrow ; motning. | The deceased along* with her hus band, who is a son of former Sheriff ; Black of Columbia county, was a fre- I quent visitor to Danville. She was ! widely known and esteemed. a ALLOWANCE TOO SMALL.—Tho eternal problem, the high cost of liv ing, has so worried Sheriff Zehner, of Columbia county, that he has notified the county commissioners that ho is unaole to feed jail prisoners on his al lowance of twenty-five cents per day.
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