illnntout VOL. Art NO 17 HEMS CONDENSED. STXTi: TROOPERS RESIWN INC. stab police authorities »m cnmid erably nk' over the constant re •tttnttlnn <>f the't mp«f* to accept *»«•» - ter paid places ill the service of eorp oration! nntl institutions where their 11niii I til* them to not M *|>ecial officers It In possible that the ne*t hVfislature may be asked to make some better provision, as now as *OOll a- a man I* trained he Is offered induce ments to take other places There if now no proitiion by which a man must servo any length of time before he can resign. Two of the bent men of the Ureensburg Hoop were lost b.V resignation last week. GHKAT RBJOIOING. —All North Hollow, in the lowei part of Potter county, is rejoicing over the killing of "Jumbo", undoubtedly the biggest black bear seen in that county, ainl one thai has killed more sheep and shout* than any toil other bears, lie was trapped and killed bv Hen Vent/ er and Arthur Perkins, and weighed i almost 500 pounds. He measured al most nine feet from tip to tip. Old "Jumbo" is credited with billing .15 sheep and at loa«t a dozen shoat« .lur ing his stay in the Potter county woods. STEEL BUTTONS SAVE 1 IKK - A steel trouser button saved tin' lite of Bigio Armaudi, of Pittsburg Ar m:i'.:di got in a quarrel with another man in a saloon over a card ;'iime and he was shot at with a revolver, fall ins to the floor he was suppos .1 to be mortally wound -.1 and was taken t ■ a hospital. When snr:: 'on* prepared to operate they found that b- bad only been stunne ! instead of wounded by the bullet. The twisted button an 1 flit! net bullet were found in hi clotliing. LIFE FOH A QUARTER-- A quart er gas meter was the cause of the death 01 Maria Cnrran aired 111, at Scranton. Late Thursday 111 Jit the pas in the Curran home failed because nobody had a quarter to putin the meter, and the jet in the young wo man's room remained open. A tew hours later her brother returned home and placing a quarter in the nn tor. turned 011 the ga«. The room occupie 1 by the girl was flooded and her death followed. SHE IHD IT.—Mrs. George Ward, of Corry, has done what the police of that place have lon: 1 declared their in ability to do—sccuied the arrest and conviction of the propiietors of a pok er joint and their promise to retire from the business. Sin- al-o compelle ■ the men to reimburse her for all the money that her husband had lost in their place. DIES FROM LOCK JAW.— Daniel W. Dunbleberger, of Lancaster, was run over by a wagon and one of his . leps wa- broken. He was improving rapidly and was studying hi school i lessons in the hospital so as not to be behind in his studies whet he con tracted lockjaw, which resulted in his death. BETTER WAKE UP—A Butler 110111 named Allen O Shook has l« en sent to the workhouse and fined *-0 on a ohar-'e of bigamy. When arraigned Mr. Shook made the unusual -.tat - ment that he didn't knew there was anything wrong with bavin- two wives. HAS BEEN BEARING FOR 01 YEARS. W. ,T. Young. 11 Spri :- ville, Susquehanna 1 ant/. I. :i '• farm an apple tree which bore apph - in iMfi. It still beari eveiv y< :>r. Three feet from the 1 .111111 1 it mea sure fi feet 11 inches in circumference. DIGGING IN THE SNOW.-A Crawford county faimr 1 1 sevet. acres of undng p. it' ..nt'er snow ami he lias a lot ■ 112 mi or :n a similar plight. RATHER CARELESS ! getting to alight from the train when ' 112 lea -h ed Beach Haven, her hono, Mrs. C. C. Church walked thr ighth oar and off the platform whib the t . 1 w running at full sjt "d. She wti - r iously injured. TRY AGAIN.— Forey Renn, of Sha mokin, had a leg badly crushed 1 y a fall of coal at Beat Valley colliery some time ago. He returned to work at the same mine yesterday, when an other fall crushed him so badly that he may die. CATTLE POISONED -For the third time poison has been fed to the cattle of Harry ltissling, of Reading. One of the herd is dead and two others are not expected to recover. SAVED HIS OWN LlFE.—Aroused by the gobbling of a turkey, the fami ly of Henry Ettinger found their barn in flames in Upper Mt. Bethel town ship. Would you call it an insane desire when a woman wants to make a crazy quilt? WILL PREPARE AN ORDINANCE The subject of street paving occupi ed considerable tune before the hot- I ongh council nt its regular meeting , Friday night. Friday evening was the date set for , the hearing of objections to the prop onltiou to pave East Front street he tween Ferry and Railroad streets; no one ap|*>aied, however, to offer any objections. On motion of Mr. Helm its was ord- I stril that ill the judgment of council | it is to the best interest of this hor- ! ougli that Front street be Improved in accordance with the request of the petitioners. Friday night also was the date for considering the propriety of enacting an ordinance relating to the paving ot East Front street between Feny and Railroad streets. On motion it was resolved that the committee on law in con in ii't ion with the borough solicit or be directed to prep re the necessary ordiuauc' . ltd report into council at its next regular meeting, when due action will 1 e taken. A petition a- 1 in:: t! t a section of Bloom street, between Ferry & Church streets, b paved with vitrified brick was pres. nted to tie borough council la-t night. Tl re s\' twelve signers r« li' nting li\ hundred and twelve 1 1- v. 'OVt : ; how Iv. r. that the petition wa- irr rularly drawn, ati'l 011 motion of M . lies it was or! ered to he returned to the signers for corn -t it 11. after wi.it it will be duly acted on. !:•. Lveiliaii voicetl a protest against thi 1 : • 1: e :;. nerallv indulged in by deii! :■ 1 t blocking ''■« sidewalks with luer. 'landis . mak 1 git inconvenient for pedestrians an i exposing the gt ds to danger of infection. On motion it wa orderetl that the chief of police be instructed to see that tht< sub walks are cleared et nit r chandiso at •! tl at the alley south of E1 -t Mark et street.east of Nas-an street, be cob bl 11 so as to se 'uro better tliainagc. It was also ordered that the alley b • | tv.'.i n the Leighow antl Rishel prop erty he repaired. On motion of Mr. Cuirv it was ord- ; ered that the new paving on East ! Mark, t -Ir. t between Pine sticet at tl : (dock's eanrt Ist raped at the 1 ailit si < convi nieuce. T' ' following members were. | :.'s ent; C'leaver.Everhart, lies. Marsl.. 11, Curry, Coimolley, Von Blohn, !leim and Price. I'lte following b Ms were ai-pioved for ; avmeiit: BOROUGH DIT.P'T Regular employes .-si l?.,jo I. h.-r anil Hauling ... .. "SJ.2C Cieor-c S. Tillson .. . .jß.6(' A. G. Ilariis.. 'J.4f. ' t. •W. H• ■ ii"r. -Its Ttt.id ; Denville Stov %'i Mfg Co o.o' Pauline F. Fan sworth l.".00 : W. ,T. Rogers . o.Oc | J. 11. Cole 70.80 | LIGHT DEP'T K"t:ular employes . . .. 515'5,»0 . . Atlantic Refining .. 10. J1 112 a' or ;n Light Dep't 1T.f.0 ANOTHER LUCKY HUNTER Frank Yeager returned to Danville 1 Ttesdav from tl 0 White Mountains bringing with liini the hide of a spil.o buck. The deer weighed about a hun dred pounds and was the only one shot by the party during a week's hunting. Mr. Yeager being the lucky marks man. Mr. Yeagei bears out the statements of other hunters that fawns and docs are very plentiful. The first day the 1 party was 011 the ground, five does were seen. But one bear was espied during the week. Last year it will be recalled Mr. Yeager succeeded in getting a good sized bear. , You can make a reformer out of a politician any time by throwing him out of office. DANVILLE, PA., THURSDAY, NOVKMBKR 24, HM<» UNION THANKS GIVING SERVICE The usual Thanksgiving services 1 will be held In this city, Thnritday. j The devout, who desire to offer thanks ! giving ami praise to God for the | bounties and mercies of the past year, I will have an opportunity to do so either at the Piun Street Lutheran > : church, wheie a union service will be liebl, or at the Mahoning Presbyter ian church, whete following custom that congregation will meet to give thanks The hour set for the services lat both places is 10:80 o'clock. At the Union service the Thanks giving sermon will he preached by the Rev. J. L. Yonee, pastor of the Trin ity Lutheran church. The program. J arrangement of which is in the bauds of the Rev. ,J H Musselmali. pastor ( of Pine Street Lutheran church, will be announced in the course of a few days. At the Mahoning Presbyterian church the sermon will be preached by the pastor the Rev. James Wollaston Kilk Special music will be a feature. The Thanksgiving offering as usual will bo donated to the Woman'** Be nevolent Association of Danville to aid in relieving the poor, whom we always have with us. At those church es where Thanksiving offerings were not taken up yesterday collections Will be lifted on Wedm -day evening. To give all a chance t>> exprt - their gratitude to (»otl by a - nbstantial Thanh-Diving ottering another collec tion will be taken up at the I'nimi -;• vi m Thursday. DOGS PGISCNF.D The establishment of V L Seidcl, whose stablisbinent on rural route No >1 nr Wasl ingtonvil! , is one of t' • 1, st known 11 ainin- die - foi I tinting tiogs in the country, was \ is ited htsr wet kI v dog poi-onti who sneer, let I in killing two of the dogs that were at that time under Mr Senl el's care. One of the dogs j . isonetl was Ch. Roillieid Count, a high hied tiog valued at - >OO, antl beloi ging to .1 R. Glenden, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The otln r llog was also a lint* animal. A 1 >..-t mortem exam :nation was e. a dncted on one of the dogs and in its stomach was found a piece of meat tit d with twine, and holding the poison inside, leaving 110 doubt a- to the in tention of the poisoner. The owner 1 I one of the p d.-oncd j dogs avdcitiscH in another part of this paper a liberal reward tor apprt bin sion of the poisoner OFFICERS' ELECTED At a regular mtc'ing of the Dan ville M imst. 1 ial Asu ciat ion l.elil | Monnay morning 1 .. follow ngollu. r.- \\ 1 • elected . IJI.l J l. - 111. nl. tla lit v. .lames Wollaston Kirk; secretary, tint Rev. C. C Snavelv: trtia urer, the Rev. A. .1. Ire.y, D I). The Rev. J. H. Musselman, pastor of Pine .-street Lutheran church, re I a most excellent paper entitled,"Shall We Adapt Oni Church Servi - as to make them Attraotiv to Chi 1 Iren '' 1 Tin* question was very thou-hll llv discr. - a d, and it was unanimously tin sense of tl." niinisteis that tl.e oliil :ien 11111 -1 be reeogni/ed in cl-nrcl. -e.'vi' ■, although a limit liuist bi oli -ervt.l and the servo es not pennitt I to degeut rate into n ere , a'tur- si ow ing. Church trainm,' for hiblren i essential inthedev ! ;:i 11. ■ nt •fChr:-l --i ian character, the antiav solu h was played by M ; -s i tella Garner and the brido was given away by her father. The bride wore a '. own of white liberty satin trimmed with Spanish lace, and was attended by her sisters, the Mi.-s,-- Melissa antl Adeline Garner Mr. D. L. Garner was best man. The bride carried a bouquet of white chrysanthe mums. Those who attended from out of town were: Miss Kleuora Tillman, of Scranton, and Miss Stradcr, of Chin chilli, sister ot the groom. The newly wedded couple left 011 the 12:10 train on a wedding tour to Emporium and Buffalo. On Hunting Trip. Grant Feusteruiacher, Eugene Stead anil Orville Krickbauin last evening left for a several days hunt in the vic inity of Benton. 1 W hen two blind people get into an 1 aigument both may be able to see the point. H. L. DEWIT i SHOOTS ft DEER 1 Tim first deer brought into Danville | 'bv L ln- hunters till* W HWUI fell nmlN i i the unerring nim Hubt'r L. ItcWlli j lof the (until niilo in the White Derr ' moitntniiiH Thursday. Tim deer in a flue four prong Intel, i weighing Hi mm 170 pounds Mr. 1>• Witt in mm of nur must successful Nimrods. Nearly every autumn Im KOCH huntilift, ami be linn A number of deer to bin credit l i r with visiM • horn- " Doe - are plentiful enough and l>v some strrangu in-tiiict they "into know t! it they af .\. in] !. They app:n> lit ly make no i-tTi rt t i c "local them -<>lv Lit tie took the train for Mt. t'armel to spend a t \v days with the groom':- parent.-: after which tie-, will go i > William* it win r. tl y v ill tuak. ;!t« ir future I ome, A host of friends wish tl.i m a happy and prosperous 1 1 if. FINE BAG OF GAME .fumes Scarlet, Esq . M II SI-hram and A. ! . Snyder returned home to Danville Tuesday night with a fine lot of game as the result 'if one day's hunt. They hft here Monday night pro e nling y automobile to Merwik as' gue-ts of George Morton, the hotel •i Ti sila.v morn in;.* they antoee i.u'i' to I la and spent the day hunt i. that v trinity Among the g: me bagged were five pheasants aud twelve lal.i it.-. Tin ti-.-.' above named gentlemen ni ami !.-• Ditnvilh 's nest skillful ami enthusiastic hunters, and when they returi! i • empty handed it may '>• out d iwn a- I*, 'rmon.-frated fact that :i , scare or that condition- are not favnrabe lor hunting. PUPILS' OFFERING i The pupils of the -cite 'ls yesterday made thrir usual Thanksgiving offer ; itig. \ total of '■>' I ti was raised, i Frevion-ly the pupils contributed groc lie- flour, potato, s, iV:c., us well ! Ci-h, hut this year the teqnest was mad h\ the Woman's Benevolent as so-"ation, which distributes the articles i among 11 u poor asking that the con tributions be'limited to money. That the | up• wi:. lopresentatives • 112 the 1. a. c h < 1 Dan • i'i. Street Cauimi-sionej'. P. .I.!'■ i'cr and Chairman of Committee on ! '.'it- lia Kverhart. Si,pei int. ii It lit Tin 1 and tl. 1- h. r of lie als flid not deny that ' lailway conip'.iny is in part ri st il .-• for comlitit t!iat exist Tl ■ ii| t.i \ a that the borough and the railway cc i i pany jointly ugreeil to lay hea\y n jiipi—each one .joint t' t induct tla water across Railroad street and through wilier the sidewalk, after which it seems likely that the drain age will b. able to take c.t:t of itself on the railtoad company's land. In addition, the railroad compan> will construct a pavement at tin spot. In order tl at the street may be in good condition for winter a tempor ary, though substantial sidewalk of cinder, will be constructed at once lo giv. way to somethiin: in perman ent and presentable later on. A VACATION The public, schools of tit. borough have entered on a ten days' vacation. At the last meeting of the board it was ordered that the. schools . closed, Wednesday iM iiing. Nov ih r ta'rd, to rcmaini (I close.l until Monday, Dec ember 6th. The county institute will be held next week, when the schools of necessity will have to V" closed. In view of this it was not thought worth while to bold school Friday. '1 > " vacu tion, will lie highly ap] li iated by lliu pupils after nearly thr." months' hard work A few days' i . will fall to the teachers also although is uncertain just what duL m \ 1 e impo.'td on them daring ii:-; : Rev. H. M. A»h Daad. The Rev. 11. M. Ash, a member ot p.-. Central Pennsylvania conference and for half a century in the active ministry of the Moth, list Episcopal church, died at liishonn Lew ' urg at I o'clo h vt-terilaj * oming. lie was tla- father of the Rev. li. K. Vsli, of the Wt i.rlieli and Ave'..: . Esccped Trom a Bold Hi wnyman. John, son of D. S. Lucn . of Elvs bui: . was driving our tl . Natalie mountain when a maskt il nn I armed highwayman ordered him to throw up his hands. Instead of doing so, young Lucas struck the fellow aero * the face with a blaeksnake whip, putting him I to flight. The two men exchanged 1 shots with revolvers, bur both shots I went wide of tint mark. The hold-up ' occurred at the same point, where Adam Dimtnick, of Cleveland town j ship, Columbia county was held up i ami robbed several weeks ago. Won Valuable Prize. Miss l the deceased nml it is thought helped to hasten his death. Had Mr. Limberger survived until nest January lit* would have been i.a years of age. He is survived l y thru sons: William E., of Danville; John M., of Sunhury, anil Joseph, of \\ . -t ('bestir. BADLY INJURED The four-year-ol 1 sou of (.'. S. ( n, of l.ogau Lt:u lit Il.iw.met with a env serious injury In t cvcuii. ', which plact s tl e sight of ! lie of his .yt - in j - opartly. Mi. Gliern w.ss cleaning out 11 > stables. He was in the act of tl aiw nig a forkful of manure out of the d.ior when hi- little son um xpccr r *dlv came running into the barn and was truck by the prongs of the folk, which penetrated the fit - h along side the nos", .-.ml came in contact with the eye. Mr. Clii iii hitched up his ' orse and nt once brought his boy to Danville where he was given surgical treatment by Dr. W. R. Panics. The condition of the eye showed that it was injured, but the physician la t evening coi:!.l not determine to a certainty whether the eye ball was piinctnr dor not. I! wa - i itht r in cliiietl to believe that itwas not punc tnr.'d, hut only bruised, in which event the sight of the eye may be spared.' Robbins-'Conwny. Miss Margaret Olive Con v. i\ of Riv erside and II .ward W. Robbins of Mexico, Pa., were united in matri mony yesterday. The nuptial knot was tiid by the Rev. J. A. Miller, of Nan tieoke, at the home of the bride's par ents at high noon. Catawissa Veteran Diem Paralysis caused the death eaily Monday of Adam Truckeuruiller, of Catawlssa, one of Columbia county's bisr known residents. He was a pi nincnt Elk and a nieuil r of the G. A. R.' Married in Turbotville. Mr. Delroy MoAllan and Miss Elva s tepp.boih of Turi >tville,were united in marriage at the Baptist church parsonage in Sunbnry, Tuesday morn ing, Rev. R. 11. l'hompson.the paistor, ; r! irm ug t a ceri uiony. VENEHAN WOMEN. The V/hims of Fashion Hold No Ter rors For Them. The women of Venice are ah: dutely free from the rule which Dame Fash ! ion exercises over their ■is tors else where. They enre nothing for modes. Wi!!i tho:n the length of tbe skirt te ' : mains always the same, neither short ■ nor long, and tlicy always wear plainly made dark dresses, black stockings antl the heelless slip; rs of the east. Hats ; are unknown. , The universal outdoor wrap for all 1 ages and all sizes is the black shawl, : with a deep silken fringe. It is folded ; with a short point above and a long i one below, and sometimes It envelopes ' ! the figure from head to foot. It is nev ! er fastened at the throat, and when it ■ j slips off it Is gathered up with one out j stretched arm, which makes the spec i tator think of a big bird stretching Its ; wing. j In their attire the women of Venice are independent, only wearing local clothing, but with feminine inconsist ency they are thoroughly up to date In the matter of halt-dressing, the style of their coiffures changing from time to time, according to the vogue of the moment in Ixmdon anil Paris. Way It Goes. "Could you give a starving woman work ?" i "Yes; I need a Klrl to scrub." "Too bad: this girl's n parlor maid " KBTARLIHIIKD IN IH6£ SPELLING CONTEST IN THE SCHOOLS Borough Sn|MTint( iMiont DlefTen Imclipr hnn iu»ugur»tid in the nehooln a "y»tciii of spelling contents, which stimulate* interest and pro**. a I wotKlctful ineenlite to ► tody The 1 general average* attained In orthog raphy as a tule are timcli higher now than they were before the oonte*t* hi' g»«». THE CONTEST The rtpcllinK contents embrace all the grade* between tbe fourth and eighth inclusive. The content* are car ried ont an follow*: In the fourth grade, f nr juHianoe, Mr DiefTenbarher passing from ward to ward examined each school of the above grade, pronouncing a certain number of word* gleaned from the text book usid, between the first page and the part of the book in which the | class wan at that time studying. In each school (of the 4th giade) ten pn pits teaching the highest average in the contest were selected and these forty pupils later were brought to gether in the fourth grade room of the first ward, where the real contest, that between the wards, took place. Forty words were pronounced by the borough nt< tident, who then colli i'tfd ti papers. The papers of each «ri up . t tea jmj lis were i xauiin ed mii.l marked 1 \ cie ol the otlier teachers ill »! . I■ ■ .irlll grade and these wii- . in it turned to the teacher of the gr. up to which they belonged for her approval. THE WINNERS 'i I i' avernge of the ten pupils of the tii r, waul v\: - liinml tn Ii- '■si., j )er cent. , * e »-c«.nd ward,'.-:! per cent.; of the third ward, ; S percent. ; of the foi.rth waul, per cent. Tin fourth v. •r. 1 school, taught by "Miss Ri . i-rs, therefore, was declared th' winner. * In ti.' l.i'h and sixth grades the same contest was cairiul i tit. In t!ii litth pi a.in M<.- t .illaghc r's si In i:l won ui with un average of 97 pi r cent. lu the sixth grade, the schools of Miss Gallagher, Miss Bennetts, and Mi- James each had an average of SIN 1 per cent. Among the grammar schools, in the si ventli grade Miss Bloom's pupils won out with an average of 1)4.(! per cent. In the eighth gratis Miss liird's school won, the average being !•'.) [er cent. Mr. DielTenbacher has conceived the idea of providing a pennant to le Kin tested for bv the schools in spelling. At an early day he will bring the matter before the school board, by which H will no doubt bo approved. Qi;.te an in;; p'm nent in spelling is already apparent. Mr. Itii tTenl acliet states, a large number of pupils at taining averages that an far in excess i!' what tl»y -i in ed capable of before. prpcnMM C ~,.,.1 LnuuiinLU j Mi-1 Gertrude Mapstone who has been undergoing treatment for the past three month, at Wilkes-Barre, has returned to ! rr home on Bloom street, very much inij\> . Robert Brooks,ot St. Clair,i< spend , in. a few days with 1 l t r, Mrs. I j A. L. Brooks, of the south .side. 1 Mrs. Kussell ltelly.of Snnbnry,spent \ rday with frien sin this eitv. • Miss Emc'ine Lvon will s| < nd today I witti hi r cousin, Miss Maud I'ret>e, i Bervv ii k. M. S. Mniisou, of Bloomshurg, has returned after a visit with Mr. and . Mrs. William Bavh r, South 1 anville. Mis. Ceorge Ca.-uner, of Beaver Meadow, arriv. I yesterday for a visit vviih Mr. and Mrs. Emery Shultz, . t \ dar strei t. Mi- I leanor Cornian, East Maiket ' ;; ■ r.hi t yesterday for a visit < 1 sev s ernl days with relatives .11 Philadel i l'l'ia. Mr Wi llingti n Campbell,of Klines | grovi . was a Danville visitor yester ' ! day. i Mrs. Thoams H. Evans has returned i after a pleasant visit with friends and ! relatives in Johnstown, Clymer and St. Benedict. Miss Mauio I tollman attended the Masonic dance at Sunbury last even ing. Masser Mackert.of the Danville base hall team, and at present a student at Conway hall, at Carlisle, is spending a few days with friends in Danville. Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Kirkendall , and children, of Wilkes-Barre, are spending Thanksgiving at the home of Mrs. Kirkendall's mother, Mrs. George ' B. Gearhart.