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VOL. 56—NO 40
ITEMS CONDENSED.
HATPIN CAUSES BLOOD POIS
ON—Mrs. William Gilbert of Phila
delphia, while getting ready for church
last Sunday, put a long hatpin in her
mouth. While she was adjusting her
hat it slipped and in falling it struck
the hatpin with such force that the
sharp point of the pin was driven in
to the roof of her mouth. Mrs Gil- j
bert's face began to swell later and
she called in a physician who perform- j
ed an operation. Her face continued
to swell and is now twice its natural |
size.
CARELESSNESS CAUSE OF j
DEATH. Carelessness caused the <
death of Stephen Lazara, an employee |
of the Bethlehem steel works. He was !
warned by his foreman not to walk
under a moving crane, but either he
forgot or misunderstood, for he did
walk under it when it was carrying a
mould weighing several hundred |
ponnds. When he was directly under
neath it the mould slipped and fell on
Lazara, crushing out his life.
NO RACE SUICIDE HERE.—An
nouncing that for the third time twins
had arrived in his home, Dominoco
Domichell, living near Greensburg,
went to town and went to all the city
and county cfflcials in search of the
man who gives prizes to fathers who
promote the birth rate. Finally he
was given the address of Theodore
Roosevelt.and he left for home saying !
he would tell "that person" of his:
antirace suicide beliefs.
PLENTY TO EAT.—John Swatara |
and Mary Dubrowski, who were mar
ried at Hazleton. had the record wed- ;
ding feast Three hundred guests made I
away with 120 chickens, t> calves. 1 j
side of beef. 8 hams. 2 cases of sum- J
mer sausage. 5 cases of frankfurters, ;
:S0 half-barrels of beer, 15 gallon of j
whisky, 15 gallon of gin. a barrel of j
porter and any amount of pop. Strange j
to say there were no fights worth men- I
tion.
HAIR LIFE SAVER AGAIN.—The |
arrangement of her coiffure like those |
in the time of the eighteenth century, j
saved Miss Lena Ferry.of South Beth- j
lehein, from being killed. When the
controller of a trolley car flashed and
burned out. Miss Ferry gave a leap off j
from the car and landed on her head ]
on the ground. But was saved from j
serious injury by her hair.
SEPTEMBER STRAWBERRIES. -
Visitors to the farm of V. L. Lerch.
of Seidersville, near South Bethle
hem. were pleasantly surprised when
Mr. Lercti treated them to luscious
second crop strawberries fresli from
his yard. Delicious berries have also
been picked along the Pergiornen Rail
road.
GOING SOME. —The Pennsylvania
Special has made a new record be
tween Jersey City and Harrisburg.go
ing over the 189 miles in 185 minutes.
The train was made up of several all
steel pullmans. The speed averaged
more than a mile a minute, including
all stops.
INFANTILE PARALYSlS.—Penn
sylvania has not so much infantile
paralysis as New York, the report of
the Census bureau on diseases show
ing that our own state has had 7(>
deaths from that cause, while New
York has had 115.
SNAKE GOOD WATCHMAN.—A
six-foot blacksnake, captured by John
P. Fry and John W. Graham, of Long
Level, this summer, has been mado a
pet by the latter, and is now quite
time. As a discouragement to tramps
its presence serves better than a watch
dog.
WARNED, BUT WAS KILLED. -
Section Boss Lapp warned James Mc-
Gee not to take a certain short cut
across the Pennsylvania tracks near
Berwyn, but McGee knew better and
was killed by a train.
BIGGER BETHLEHEM.-Not sat
isfied with the way population is go
ing, Bethlehem has ' started a move
ment to annex much territory east,
west and north of town.
GARDENING PAYS.— Members of
the Olivet club of Reading, realized
$1,500 from the sale of vegetables rais
ed in city gardens made on vacant
lots.
LUCKY HUNTER.—A Titusville
hunter recently stumbled across a
"bee tree" which he at once proceed
ed to cut down, appropriating the
honey, which amounted to 110 ponnds.
Man's law makes no provision for
punishing thefts of that sort.
PEAR TREE IN BLOOM. The
Rev. Irwin Wanger, of Norristown,
lias a pear tree which is in full bloom
for the second time this year and it
will bear another crop of pears if the
cold weather will hold off enough.
SHOOTS HIMSELF, "?T THE
THIEVES. Joseph Gooi of Gil
barton, thinking that tl es were
among his chickens, sallied irth into
the night with a shotgun. He return
ed soon after with his leg nearly shot
off, the gun having gone off accident
ia
Many a man gets stalled in business
because he lacks horse sense.
THE READING
FIRE FIGHTERS,
Tlie Friendship Fire company of this
city held a meeting Saturday night at
which arrangements were maile for
the reception of Friendship Steam Fire
Engine Company No., 4of Reading,
which will stop at Danville on its an
nual tonx next week. The entertain
ment is planned on an elaborate scale,
and the sojourn of the Reading lire
men in this city will constitute an
unique and enjoyable occasion.
The firemen's tour will take in New
ark, N. J., Scheneotady and Middle
town, N. Y.,Danville and Harrisburg,
Pa. The firemen will number about
eighty and will bo accompanied by
Kinggold band of Reading. They will j
arrive at Danville Thursday, October :
6th, on the 8:17 Pennsylvania train, j
remaining here until Friday after- j
noon, leaving on the 4:39 train for ;
Harrisburg.
The Friendship boys have planned a
royal reception. They haV-e employed
the Catawissa and the Northumber
land bands, which together with the
famous Ringgold band, accompanying |
the visitors, will give the town more j
music of a high order than it has oft- j
en enjoyed at one time. The Friend
ship boys will meet the visiting fire- i
men at South Danville on the arrival j
of the 8:IT train and will escort them :
over the river to their hotels in Dan- -
ville. After they have been quartered
there will be a grand parade by the
Friendship copinany and its guests.
The firemen will assemble at the J
Friendship engine house, which will ,
be decorated and illuminated for the 1
occasion. The local fire company will
be divided into two divisions of uni- j
formed and ununiformed members.
One of these divisions will be headed j
by the Catawissa band and the other
by the Northumberland baud. The
place of honor will be assigned to the
Reading firemen with the Ringgold
band.
The firemen will march out Mill 1
street to the plant of the Danville j
Milling company; returning they will i
march to the river bridge; counter
marching they will proceed to the
armory where an elaborate banquet
with John Jacobs' sons as caterers,
will be served.
During Friday there will be open
house at the armory. The|Jvisit to Dan
ville occurs near the end of the fire
men's tour, Harrisburg being the last
town visited. They will leave Hairis
burg at 0:25 p. m., October 8, arriv
ing at Reading at 8:17 p. m.
The ceremonious visit of the distin
guished fire company of Reading can
not be construed otherwise than as a
mark of high regard to the local fire
company that is playing the part of
host. Between the two organizations
for many years the most friendly rela
tions have existed. In the past when
in Reading the Friendship boys of
Danville were entertained by Friend
ship Steam Engine company No. 4
and were the recipients of so many
favors that in arranging for a recep
tion at present thev are determined to
go the limit in order to show their
appreciation and goodwill.
LAID FIRST BRICK
The laying of brick on West Market
street began yesterday afternoon. The
first brick was laid by Miss Alice Jen
nings, daugiiter of Dr. and Mis. I. H.
Jennings, about 3:80 o'clock.
Ground has been broken for the pav
ing of East Market street between
Mill and Pino streets. Several furrows
were ploughed between Ferry and Pine
streets late Tuesday afternoon. Yes
terday several loads of earth were haul
ed oil the street. Today work on the
excavation will go forward in earnest.
Work on the retaining wall at the
river was suspended again yesterday
owing to the want of material for
backing up the wall. It was said that
the masons would resume work this
morning.
"Billy, the Kid."
"Billy, the Kid," the successful
western play in which the popular
young aoior Frank Dickson is appear
ing this season. The play, while melo
dramatic, is consistent in story and
tells a tale that is is full of interest,
having for its big climaxes, situations
which are exceptionally dramatic.
The comedy element is furnished by a
good natured Irishman, a fine typo of
the old school Southern colonel and
his colored orderly. The love interest
that is developed in the telling of the
story is exceedingly strong and the
types which have been introduced by
the authors are taken from life and
well and clearly drawu. From a pro
duction standpoint, the play is elabor
ate, eacli of the four acts iiaving been
given iiandsome and artistic settings.
"Billy the Kid" will be seen here
next Saturday.
POOR CHESTNUT CROP.—The
chestnut orop in Chester county will
be a slim one, the worms having bad
ly damaged the trees and burrs.
DANVILLE, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1910
DECIDES 10 GO
OH WITH IRK
There has been so much delay in
complying witli the formalities requir
ed that it would not be surprising if
the reconstruction of East Market
street extension with State aid would
have to be postponed until next sum
mer. It all depends upon how prompt
ly the State Highway department pro
ceeds to invite bids and award the
contract.
Two weeks ago the borough council
decided togo on with the work and
entered into agreement with the State
highway department to pay its share
of the cost. The county, however,
which has to pay a portion had to be
reckoned with and it was not until
Saturday that the commissioners fol
lowed the borough's example, decid
ing togo on with tiie work and en
tering into an agreement with the
State.
The State highway department after
receiving the petition from the bor
ough made the necessary surveys, pre
pared plans and made a detailed esti
mate of the expense,which it reported
to both the borough council and ttio
county commissioners.
The cost of the macadam between
Foust street and the section further
east already reconstructed by the State
hospital for the insane is put down at
something over ij:i,ooo. Of this amount
the State,under the act amended June
8, 1907, pays 75 per cent and the bor
ough and the county the balance—l 2
per cent each. It will thus be seen
that the borough and the count" se
cure a much needed improvement, at
a comparatively insignificant outlay
of money.
The only regrettable feature is that
the proceedings move so slowly. Even
if there be no further delay it would
hardly seem possible to get the work
under way much before the end of
October. It is too early, however, to
despair of reconstructing the street
this fall.
During the Spring of the year there
is a protracted period when the sec
tion of road to be reconstructed in
common with dirt roads becomes mud
dy in the extreme and is cut up with
deep ruts. In connection with this
the fact must not be lost sight of that
he road to the hospital is a very im
portant and frequently traveled one.
Every effort should be made to get the
macadam completed this fall to the
end that we may not have a repetition
of the unpleasant conditions next
Spring.
CHESTNUTS
The farm of Coleman F. Sober at
Irish Valley is at this time of the year
one of the pleasant and instructive
places to visit, primarily because the
acres and acres of Paragon chestnut
trees are trembling in the brink of a
very prolific yield and form an inter
esting study to the economist who cal
culates as gain to humanity a new
means of making waste places furnish
a useful product and therefore to bene
fit mankind. Not that the Sober farm
is in any sense a waste place, for rug
ged though it originally might have
been in parts of the 700 acres with its
boundaries, it now appears as fertile
and well kept almost as a park.
At the present time active prepara
tions are making to harvest the year's
crop, which is about an average yield,
expected to aggregate 8,000 bushels. It
will take nearly a month of work on
the part of forty people to gather, in
spect and get them ready for shipment
all of which work is most carefully
attended to in order that no imperfect
or insect-infected nuts may get among
the good ones and thereby endanger
the balance of the contents of the
package.
DILDINE SALE
The sale of the real estate and [per
sonal property of W. H. Dildino drew
a monster crowd to Exchange yester
day.
The sale of the real estate was post- I
poned, but the personal property was
sold according to schedule,and brought
fair prices. The most noteworthy art
icle disposed of was a saw mill,which
was knocked down to Judge Frank G.
Blee.
The sale drew a number of candid
ates to Exchange and many of the
male attendants were button holed by
the aspirants for political honors.
FORMER RESIDENT
John Crossin, a former resident of
Danville, died at his home in Scran
ton, Wednesday, aged 78 years. The
deceased was a brother of Mrs. Thom
as Mcßryan, West Mahoning street.
Ho is survived by four children : Wil
liam, Thomas. Mary and Margaret, all
of Scranton. The remains will be
brought to Dunville on the 12:45 D. L.
&W. train Friday. Interment will
take place in St. Joseph's cemetery.
The great test is, can we bear the
little frets?
ELECTED SCHOOL
PHYSICIAN
Dr. E. A. Curry was elected school
physician at a regular meeting of the
school board Monday night.
The subject of school inspection
occupied considerable time before the
school board. Dr. Shultz, who had
been appointed to formulate rules to
govern medical inspection, presented
his report. The system of rules sub
mitted were on motion of Mr. Burns
unanimously adopted.
The rules provide that pupils absent
two or more days and who return to
school without a certificate from the
board of health are to be examined by
the school physician. Those in school
whom the teacher suspects of being
infected with communicable diseases
of any kind are likewise to be referred
to the school physician. The inspec
tion is to made wit!) particular refer
ence to communicable diseases, and
pupils are to be excluded for scarlet
fever, diphtheria, tonsilitis, measles,
chicken pox, mumps,whooping cough,
ringworms, and other diseases of the
skin. Defects ot sight andhhre r
other disabilities injurious , u m.d
pupils are also to ferrcd to the
school physician, who will make the
necessary examination. Pupils are not
to be examined at the school physi
cian's office or at any place outside
of the public school. In all cases where
communicable diseaso is discovered in
the public school the local board of
health must be notified. Monthly re
ports must be made to the school board
by the school . .ivsician.
On motion of Mr. Fischer Dr. Curry
was elected school physician at a sal
ary of one hundred dollars per annum.
On motion of Mr. Fischer the school
board went on record as opposing the
photographing of the public schools.
The request of a Sunbury photograph
er who asked permission was refused.
Mr. Hums reported that in some of
our schools teachers permit the pupils
to mark each others papers during
spelling exercises. The practice, he
declared, is a bad one and leads to er
rors and unfairness. Borough Super
intendent Dieffenbacher explained that
the practice is in violation of the rules.
Mr. Fisher reported that some of
the school buildings are rendered un
sightly by the practice of cleaning
blackboard erasers at the windows, the
window sills and the wall of th
building being powdered white. The
matter was referred to the borough
superintendent.
Mr. Burns called attention to the
objectionable practice of scattering
paper about the school grounds and
upon the street indulged in by pupils.
This matter will also bo taken up.
The folllowing members were pres
ent: Sechler, Orth, Sidler, Swarts,
Burns, Marks, Shultz, Pursel, Fisch
er, Heiss and Cole.
The following bills were approved (
for payment:
Reading Iron Co |3.99
Jacob Dietz 3.50
John Bruder .... 4.35
Frank Straub 1.10
Globe Warehouse 2.91
A. L. LaLau 8.45
Ezra S. Haas 1.75
Danville Stove & M'f'a. C 0.... 93.05
C. & J. Bryan 552.37
Emery Shultz 2.00
Roberts & Meek 18.17
Holden Pat BookCov. Co 13.50
Greisinger Stationery Co 136.89
Ginn & Co 28.88
Chas. E. Merrill & Co 8.80
Will G. Brown 45
Wilkes-Barre Paper Co 6.67
T. W. Pritchard 1.20
A. G. Harris .. 70
R. A. Richards Co 4.20
Central Scientific Co 4.23
Geo. F. Reifsnyder 45.14
Tobacco Crop Housed.
Lancaster, Pa., Sept. 28.—Practical
ly the entire tobacco crop has been
housed. The farmers had the right
kind of weather last week and they
took advantage of it, employing all
the help they could get at $3 a day and
board.
It is estimated that the crop in this
county this year will reach 70,000
cases. That will mean §3,000,000 to
the farmers at the prices packers offer
for it at this time. The farmers expect
to get from two to three cents a pound
more than was offered, vvhioh will
bring the sale of the crop to approxim
ately $4,000,000.
All Next Week.
The Channcy-Keiifer company,which
appears at the Danville opera house
all next week, carries a car load of
special scenery. Their repertoire con
tains some of the best and most pop
ular of the higher priced successes.
The company is headed by Miss
Grace Koiffer, who is well known and
very popular in Danville. She is a
young and pretty actress of marked
ability, charming personality and a
degree of magnetism that wins hei
audiences from the start.
Only an active and muscular man
can afford to lose his temper.
ITWO COSTLY
FREIGHT WRECKS
A freight wreck occurred on the I).
L. & W. iailruad at a point opposite
Roaring creek about 1:30 o'clock yes
terday afternoon, which, although it
| involved only one car, was sufficient
to block the track, tying up traffic for
many hours.
West bound freight No. 733 was pass
ing the above spot when the journal
of a loaded coal car broke. The car
dropped to the ground and was drag
ged for a considerable distanco along
with the swiftly moving train, the re
sult being that the track was badly
torn up and effectually blocked.
Unfortunately the accident occurred
at a point about midway between Dan
ville and Catawissa. One of the crew
started out for the telegraph office.but
by the time he covered the distanco—
some four miles —a great deal of time
was consumed.
The removal of the wreck was at
first- tackled by the section hands, but
they were unable to accomplish much
and it was decided to call for the steam
-Wrick. It was about 7 o'clock last
| evening when the latter arrived from
| Kingston.
Meanwhile there was a general hold-
I up. The passenger train, East, due to
j arrive at Danville at 2:10 o'clock was
: held here and at 8 o'clock last evening
' was still lyiug at the station. The
train, west, due to arrive at Danville
;at 4:33 o'clock was held up at the
! wreck, where it lay until about 7
! o'clock. The mail train, east, due to
I arrive iiere at 5:55 o'clock was brought
np from Northumberland by the
switch crew. At the wreck the pass
! engers were transferred to the waiting
west bound 4:33: train. It was not
until a late hour that the wreck was
removed and the track repaired.
SIX CARS OF MERCHANDISE DEM
OLISHED IN COSTLY SMASH ON
THE READING
The costliest smash up that has oc
curred in recent years on the local
branch of the Philadelphia and Read
irg railway happened yesterday morn
ing near Mainville, when a broken
brake beam on one of the cars of fast
freight, No. 59, dao here about 'J a.
m.,caused the train to leave the track,
completely demolishing six cars and
their contents,consisting of high class
merchandise.
A spectacular feature of the accid
ent is the fact that the brake beam
which caused the ditching of the cars,
broke at Lofty and was tearing into
the road bed all the way to Mainville,
a distance of 30 miles,before it caused
the wreck. Persons who are familiar
with the Reading between here and
East Mahanoy Junction can realize by
what a narrow margin a fearful accid
ent was averted. For almost the entire
distance from Lofty to Mainville the
train traversed a down grade, where
in some places the tracks wind along
the side of the mountains and in other
spots cross deep valleys on bridges 150
feet high. Had the train left the track
at any one of a score of places between
Lofty and Mainville the entire crew
would have been killed.
The six cars of the train that were
wrecked included one filled with
pianos and others contained furniture,
groceries, etc.
The wreck crews from Tamaqua and
Catawissa were ordered out and the
track was cleared by noon.
"The Arrival of Kitty."
"The Arrival of Kitty," which will
appear here Friday evening, is a com
edy of complications written along
lines similar to those of the old Hoyt
laugh makers but entirely original in
theme and treatment, and it is one of
the brighest and liveliest pieces of the
sort that have been offered in many a
day.JDoherty-Collins & Co. believe
that the time is ripe for th& iiresenta
tion of good, clean, crisp farces-like
"The Arrival of Kitty," and this sea
son they have abandoned other enter
prises in favor of this line of enter
tainments. No pain or expense will be
spared in staging and equipping "The
Arrival of Kitty" and the company
will be the strongest and cleverest
that can be engaged. The performance
will be further enlivened by the in
troduction of several bright special
ties,
Shamokin After I. O. O. F. Convention.
The Shamokin lodges of the Inde
pendent Order of Odd Fellows are
making elaborate preparations to send
a large representation of members to
Allentown on October 17-18.ou the oc
casion of the annual state convention
of the order. The Shamokin brethern
intend making a determined effort to
secure the 1911 convention.
Veranda And Sidewalk.
William Limberger has entered upon
a system of improvements at his resi
deuce, West Mahoning street, which
will include a stylish veranda and a
concrete sidewalk.
New Dwelling.
B. H. Cotner is erecting a double
frame dwelling on D. L. & W. avenue.
The building is 36x33 feet and will
contain all the modern improvements.
ASSESSORS MISS
227 CHILDREN
The enrollment of pupils in tlie pub
-1 lie schools ami the assessors' returns
this year show a discrepancy greater
than has ever occurred before, and
special action on ' the part of the
school board has been necessary in
order that the district may receive its
just dues in the matter of State ap
propriation.
When it is explained that one-third
of tliQ State appropriation is distribut
ed on the basis of the number of chil
dren of the school age, between the
years of six and sixteen,residing in the
respective districts.it will be seen why
the school board each year should be
on the alert to detect whether the as
sessors have made any omissions. A
slight discrepancy for which the
school law makes adequate provision,
is to be expected caused by the remov
al of families or by children reaching
the school age in the interim follow
ing assessment. But the present year
the number of pupils that have escap
ed enrollment by the assessors eclipses
all records and is set down as not less
than 227. The pupils omitted affect
the appropriation variously, according
to grade, &c., and, but for prompt
action taken by the board, the school
district would have lost some four
hundred dollars.
The law requires that the assessors
make an enrollment,at the assessment,
of the total number of children of
school age. The official returns are
made to the county commissioners, j
who in turn return a summary of the
same to the superintendent of public '■
instruction. When the discrepancy be
tween the school enrollment and the
assessors' returns were reported Ralph
Kisnar, attorney for the school board, !
took the matter up with Superintend- j
cut of Public Instruction Dr. N. C.
Schaeffer, who in view of the anornal j
ons conditions existing has provided a
remedy, which will no doubt stand as
a precedent. It has been provided that j
the assessors make supplemental return j
to the county commissioners, supply- j
ing all omissions, and that the com- j
missioners in turn make supplemental
returns embodying corrections to the
State Superintendent of Public In- j
struction, who will see to it that Dan- j
ville receives credit for the full num- !
ber of children of school ago when the
next state appropriation is distribut
ed.
GRAFT CHARGES
The Oonyngham-Centralia poor dis- ,
trict, Columbia county, responsible for
many factional tights and allegations ■
of graft,came again into the limelight ;
of the courts of Columbia couuty on \
Monday.
Barney Doyle and George , V Well
er, two of the >'r •
through their ei •
tiou to the courr . • • ; i.:• ti
pause why an appeal should not be al
lowed from the report*", of the auditor*
of the district for years Hiding the
second Monday of April. 100S, 1909
and 1910.
They allege that for each ■ : t' .
years there was an aj,ieeuieut with
the treasurer of the district, by which
he gave the outgoing director his sal
ary and that in lieu thereof all goods
needed for the conduct of the district
and the pooihouse were purchased
through him.
As a result of the agreement, it is
alleged, the treasurer charged prices
fully 50 per cent, in excess of the reg
ular price.
It is also charged that the outgoing
steward appropriated to his own use
grain, fertilizer and farming imple
ments, for all of which the district
paid.
STORM HARD ON BARNS
HEADING, PA., Sept. 28.
Returns that are coming from the
rural sections of Berks county,belated
on account of telephone wires being
down, show that the electrical storm
of Sunday evening was the worst of
the season. The following barns were
destroyed :
Alfred McAllister's, near New
Schafferstown. with crops. Loss, $(!, -
500; insurance, $4,700.
Isaac Lesher's, Stouchsburg, with
straw.
Henry Zeigler's, Rehrerslmrg, with
crops. Loss, *3,0(10 ; partly insured.
The steeple of the Lutheran churcli,
Beruville, was struck and considerab
ly damaged ; the barn of Charles Kline
damaged and the chimneys on the
house of Frank Heffner, Mohrsvillo,
thrown down.
The rain fall was ono of the heaviest
since last spring and the storm one of
the most terrific experienced so late in
the season for at least a qnarter cent
ury.
JJI9IO CLINTON TOBACCO The
1910 crop of leaf tobacco in Clinton
county is all cut and housed. An ex
pert grower and buyer is authority for
the statement that it is the finest crop
ever cut in that section. While the
acreage is not up to former years, the
stalks are very large and the leaves
are smooth as velvet.
ESTABLISHED IN 1855
RECONSTRUCTING
TRE SIDEWALKS
Owners of property abutting on East
Market street, between Pine street and
Cook's court,the section recently pav
ed, without exception seem to have
caught the spirit of improvement and
have entered upon sidewalk construc
tion on a extended scale.
Yesterday morning the P. & R. Rail
way company entered upon the recon
struction of the long stretch of side
walk known as the "tar pavement,"
which takes in nearly three squares on
the north side of the street. Superin
tendent Turk visited Danville several
days ago and carefully examined the
sidewalk.
The men who began work yesterday
are under instructions to lay a con
crete pavement six feet wide, which
will leave a margin of nearly three
feet betweon the concrete and the
curbing, which, according to the plan,
is to be neatly sodded. Excellent prog
ress was made yesterday, but the job
is one of the biggest in the way of
sidewalk improvement ever undertak
en in this city and even with the big
force of men employed it will require
at least a week to complete it. But the
work will be well done, and the con
crete walk, the strip of ftreeu sod
by which it is flanked and the row or
trees standing along the curb will com
bine to produce a most pleasing effect
The tar pavement was laid over
twenty years ago. During the last five
years it has disintegrated rapidly. At
several places it was repaired with
concrete. It was not until the paving
of the street was actually accomplish
ed and the proper curb line and the
grades were given that the sidewall:
could be reconstructed.
In excavating yesterday the remains
of a still earlier pavement were found
underneath the one being replaced.
East Market street lias always been a
much frequented thoroughfare—a di
rect passage from the second ward to
the business section "down town,"
and somehow the sidewalk on the
north side of the street always seemed
to have the preference with pedes
trians.
On the opposite side of the street the
Danville Foundry and Machine com
pany is preparing to lay a concrete
pavement in front of its plant and
yards, taking in the greater] part o
the distance between Iron and Rail
road Btreetf.
The concrete pavement in front of
the Trinity Lutheran churcli and the
dwelling adjoining owned by Mrs.
Roney is completed and is a very good
piece of work. The contractor, John
Woll, is now at work at the side of
-i'r; completing the sidewalk
>i ' 'ket street and the
.ii' v liOitu ■ trsonage. To make
v " ti • tli" it work six trees
have i>• en onr .i.nvn which lor many
years afforded shade at the spot.
' VJTBREAK OF TYPHOID
Tile residents ot Lime Ridge near
Berwick are greatly alarmed over the
outbreak of what is thought to be
typhoid fever in that village. Floyd
Bredbender, a young man of that
town, was taken to the Joseph Ratti
hospital at Bloomsburg Tuesday morn
ing and there is no doubt but that he
is suffering from typhoid,while Lloyd
Nungesser and Reuben Butterfield are
also critically ill with the same dis
ease. Besides these there are fully
thirty people in the village with sym
ptoms of typhoid. On Monday several
telegrams were sent to Dr. Dixon, sec
retary of the state board of health,
asking that an investigation by state
authorities he made.
Most of those who are ill have re
cently been digging coal from the riv
er, and it is there, it is thought, that
the fever was contracted. Wives of
some of the men often assist in separ
ating the rocks from the coal and in
many cases these women are also strik
en. Others are of the opinion that the
germs come from a spring near the
river, where many of those now ill
have been getting their drinking wat
er. This spring will be closed and
samples of the water sent away for
analysis.
CORPSE ON STAIRS.—When Mrs.
Anna Mulligan, of Norristowu, did
not appear about her home as usual,
some neighbors started an investiga
tion. The house was broken into and
the woman was found dead, sitting at
the top of the stairs leading to the
second story, having died of heart fail
ure.
PLANK SAVED HIM.-John Sut
ton, who was walking across a plank
which spanned a tank of hot water, at
the plant of the Pure Oil company, at
Marcus Hook, slipped and fell, but
managed to catch hold of the plank so
that only his feet and legs were scald
ed.
Love starts a family ; it takes cash
to keep it going.