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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withdrawn from the senatorial fight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.