VOL. AM NO l!> ITEMS CONDENSED, TRIED TO Rl N DOWN COP—Ed gar F. Biery, a widely known chant! eur. of Allcntown, is a prisoner in the Allplitown jail Biery was making fast time down an Alleutown *tn paving of Bloom street between the eastern building i Hue of Kerry street and the western 1 building linp of Oliuroli strppt was presented to conucil at a regular meet ing Kri«lH> night. On motion it wa* ordeted that the petition be ac upptpil and mnrkptl filed to await fur tlier r.oo j Frank Straub '.'.00 I U. S. Express Co <>s ' Washington Fire Co 1.20 i | B. B. Brown 25.00 LIGHT DEP'T i Regular Employes .. $153.50 I P. H. Foust. Agt 140.40 j Wallace A. Hoover . 11.92 Standard Gas Co 1.83 ' Washington Fire Go 23.80 ! Boyer Bros . 84.55 THE GRANT CASE The case of Rev. William Grant,the Presbyterian minister of Northumber land, who is charged by the Northum berland Presbytery with heresy in denying the diety of Christ and the inspiration of the scriptures, in articles which were printed in Sunbury and Northumberland newspapers, took on added complications on Monday, when the commission appointed to try him, met at Northumberland and amended the charges and postponed the trial. ' The trial was to have taken place j n Monday the sth. The commission | met at that time, but only to amend I the charges so as to include statements I from Rev. Grant's sermons and from j conversations. i Rev. Grant has been given until ! December 19th to answer the amend |ed charges and the commission will | meet again on January 9th to take up I the case aud try it. DANVILLE, I'A., THURSDAY, DECEMBER h lino DANVILLE NURSES IN REBELLION Two young nurses of this city. Miss ! Edith Mitchell aud Miss Nellie Griflin, j both former employes of the Danville I State hospital for the insane, and who ( more reeently havp been employed at the Stale hospital for the insane at 1 Warren, fa., are among six nurses of (lie latter institution!! *who last week rebelled when ordered to administer rlie "soap treatment" to Miss Dorothy 1 Rice,a IT year old inmate of the War ren hospital. Following the episode Miss Marg aret McFarland,general nurse and Miss | Emma Long, charge nurse, at the Warren hospital were arrested, charg- , ed with assault aud battery and ag gravated assault aud battery, and held ; i for court. They will be tried this j month and Miss Mitchell an I Miss Grfftin are remaining at Warren to act as witnesses for the prosecution. At the hearing, when Miss McFar- j laud and Miss Long were held in SSOO and #2OO bail respectively, the story j 1 of the trouble developed. It was asserted that Miss Rice had , ' been ordered to take a dose of Epsom salts, which she refused to do. She was then ordered to her room. After ward a nurse went to the room and found Miss Rice with her clothing all removed and in the act of hanging her- j self with a window rope. It is alleged by the rebelling nurses j that Miss McFarland then choked the ! Itico gill until she was black in the : face, after which it is said, she was 1 iemoved to a ward, where the "soap 1 treatment" was administered. This treatment consists in lathering a 1 towel and rubbing it over the victim. I It is said the girl was severely strapped during the treatment. Harry P. Rice, father of the girl, is ! i one of Wairen's wealthiest and most influential citizens. He and his daugh ter were at the hearing, the latter ap pearing normal. Mr. Rice intends to ' push the prosecutiou of Miss McFar land and Miss Long ami tin- Danville j ; nurses, Miss Mitchell and Miss Griflin, j ! are being entertained at the Rice ! I country home, Hickory Lane, until ; after December term of court. : The affair has caused considerable , ' comment at Warren,and arrangements j are being made for au investigation of , the affairs at the institution, where ! ' there has been more or less trouble ! since the new superintendent, Doctor Hawks, took charge several months | ago, displacing Dr. Morris S. Guth, 1 who had been conupcted with the bos-1 pital since 18S1. Shortly after Dr. Hawks' installa- j i tiou a strike occurred and nearly fifty | nurses left their posts, causing con- ' i siilerable trouble to the management. . J Miss Mitchell and Miss Grifliu are | both well and favorable known here. ! j The former is the daughter of Mis ! i George Mitchell, Mowrey street, and j the latter is the daughter of Patrick j j Griflin, Foust street. VETTER GOT A YEAR Andrew J. Vetter, the young com- | panion of "Chick" Dawson, who rais- ■ ed a rumpus on a Danville & Blooms burg trolley cat, on Thanksgiving aft- I ernoon, plead guilty to assault and j battery in court at Bloomstmrg yester ! day morning and was sentenced to pay , I the costs of prosecution. S2OO line and ! I undergo an imprisonment in the Col- j | umbia county jail for a period of one | ! year. The defendant n a good looking j young man ot 23, single, and don't ! look like a criminal. He said he was 1 from Philadelphia and had been work ing for the American Car and Foundry j ] company at Hloomsburg as a steel ' worker. His excuse was drunkenness, | which the court said only aggravated | the case. - A Birthday Party. I A very pleasant evening was spent |at the home of J. M. Ritter, Bloom | road, iii honor of their little Grand son, Joseph Ford's (ith birthday.Those I present were Edna Lobach, Florence | Baylor, Martha Baylor, James Wilks, i Joseph Ford, .Tames Ritter. Clyde i Ritter, Charles Ritter, Mr. and Mrs. j Joseph Ritter, Mr. and Mrs. W. 11. j Ford, Mr. aud Mrs. H. J. Lobach, ; Mrs. Lucy Walter and Miss Catherine | Taylor. "The Thief/' I Probably the best proof of the value of"The Thief," the great dramatic sensation, lies in the fact that interest in it does not begin to pass the mo ment we turu our steps from the j theatre. So many plays hold us dur ing the performance and then are | shaken off like a dream. There is more ! reality than that iu "The Thief." It j grips both the heart and the mind aud at. the end we are dismissed with thoughts active as to the significance of it all. "The Thief" will be seen at the Danville opera house Tuesday even ing, Dec. 13th. 10 B: OBSERVED I ON MONDAY 26TH r Christina- IbIIK on Sunday this year 1 , and there seem* to lip some uncertainty among |M'O|II« whether the gr* at church i festival ubiorvfd on flint day • or on the day following. Our business 1 people, however, who net the pace in ! HDCII mutter* unreservedly declare that no far an they are concerned their placeti of business will be cloned on 112 Monday. The banks and the post of fire will nlno bo closed on that day, a course which will be general through out the oountry. All the calendars that indicate the holidays designate Monday as the teg ulat Christinas holiday. One of the officials of the Pennsyl vania Kail road company, who was at j South Danville yesterday, stated that while no orders hail as yet been issued I to that effect he was of the opinion that following custom the Penney will authorize the observance of Monday as Christinas and that only such work I as is absolutely necessary will be per formed on that day. It was learned that both the Kead ! iug and the P. L it W. Railroad I companies following custom will ob serve Monday. It is not improbable that the manu facturing industries of town will fol j low the general example and close j down their plants on Monday. Christ | mas, with its special church service, ; its feasting, its exchange of gifts and | greetings possesses features that may l or may not be compatible with the observance of Sunday, acording as it : is viewed by rigid Sabbatarians or ! otherwise. Besides all persons like to have a holiday at Christmas. All ar looking forward, therefore, to a gen- I eral suspension of business on Monday ' the 20th. WORK SUSPENDED Hope of completing the macadam | road in the eastern part of the borough this fall has been practically abandon . eil. Notwithstanding the falling snow i the workmen kept on the job during ! Monday. The bed of snow yesterday, | of course,made it necessary to suspend | all work, and there is in> telling when i the weather conditions will bo such as I to make it possible to resume. The excavation is very nearly com pleted, and the course of cm-lit d lime stone is laid between the intersection I of Wall street and the stretch of high way already macadamized by the State hospital for the insane. This will leave the mad from Wall street east ward in faiily good condit ion for win ter travel. Between Wall and Foust i steets, where ixcavatiou is in pro • gress. however, conditions are likely ' to become very bad during the winter. From Wall street eastward the tiol | ley track has been moved over toward ; the canal some twenty inches, which ■ increases the width of the roadbed ] giving it sixteen feet. I Of course, there is a bare possibility j that the work may go forward yet i this fall, but there will have to be a j marked and sudden change in the ! weather. PAINFUL INJURY Warren W. Welliver met with a ac ! cident about f< o'clcok Tuesday even j ing. He was opening a box about six feet long. He pried one of the boards I forming the top loose at one end and laised it nearly erect. Ho had his hand | on the edgo of the box when the board j accidentally fell back into its place. ' The large nail by which it had been fastened still protruding struck Mr. | Welliver's baud pieieing the palm en t tirely through. Mr. Welliver bore up as well as pos sible under the pain and hnrried to the office of Dr. Punles, where the I wound was dressed. Young Life Closed. i Kuth Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. I and Mrs. Harry Douglass, Upper Mul i berry street, died at 3 o'clock yester j day morning aged 1 year, 1 month ' and 23 days. | The funeral will take place tomor j row at 1 ::i0 p. m. The services at the | family residence will be public. In | terment, which will take place at | Odd Fellows' cemetery, will be priv | ate. ! The funeral will proceed to the bar | ial eround by trolley. A GOOD SHOW "The Time, the Place and the Girl" company gave a very pleasing performancee last evening before a good sized audience at. the Danville opera house. The tuneful melodies and laughable situations of the play were well brought out by a capable cast and chorus, the latter doing their work particularly well. Thomas Cameron as Johnny Hicks, the gambler, made an especially happy hit, comparing very favorably with Arthur Deagon, who , played the part in the original metro politan production. The scenic effeots and costuming were complete and ' elaborate. A WEDDING IN SWITZERLAND The di tail" of the wedding of Mis# ! Blanche Sherborne Drljong. niece of | Frank K. Deling,of WaMiingtonvllle, and Mr. Paul Alexander ('hatanlenco, which took place at Geneva, Switzer land, on November Ifltb, have been received in this country, and form an interesting climax to a pretty rom ance. The bride is well known in Danville having spent much of her time at her uncle's eonnfrv place. Hlue Springs farm, near Washintonville, before she went abroad in July 1»0», in com pari v with Miss Kate O. Kea. of this city. The groom is a Kussian, whose hom Is in the city of St. Petersburg. As is customary in many European countries there were two ceremonies the civil and the'religious. The civil ceremony was performed in the Hotel do Ville at Lausanne, Switzerland, on October 24th, where all marriage con tracts have been signed for over 500 years; with the American consul, Mr. Dwight and Miss Kea as witnesses. The religious ceremony, with its elaborate beauty, occurred on Novem ber ltitli in the beautiful Russian church at Geneva at ball past six in the evening. The church is described as being very oriental and lighted with candles of every size and filled with the odor of incense. In the center is a high dome under which a small table, cov ered with gold cloth, was placed, and on which stood a large gold cross and a gold covered prayer book and can dles. Before this,and facing the altar, stood the priest and the deacon, each in vestments oPgold cloth heavily em broidered—just like the pictures of the priests in the temple in the old testament. Two boys then spread a square of yellow satin about six feet behind the priest and deacon, on which the bride and groom stood,their right hands bare and in their left lighted candles. After singing by the priest and dea con and choir,the piiest took off their wedding rings and placed the groom,s on Miss DeLong's first finger and the bride's on the groom's first finger—as far as it would go. This he did alter nating the rings three times, the choir singing and the priest chanting all the time. Acolytes then brought two gold crowns. One the priest and the groom kissed alternately three times and then placed it on the groom's head The other was kissed by the priest and placed on the bride's head. Then ti e dross was kissed three times alternate ly by the groom and the priest, and held up before them both, with more singing. A small square of cloth of gold was than brought and the priest holding their right bands under it lead them around the table three times.Then the questions (all in French,) chanting and adoring the cross aud the cere mony was finished. The bride and groom made a tine appearance. Miss DeLong in a fine white dross and veil and carrying orange blossoms and the groom in the customary evening snit. Following the religious ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Oliataulenco left to spend a month at Aroza, near St. Moritz, from where they expected to goto Cairo. On the 17th of this month they will sail for America for a visit.ariving at New York on December 22nd. They will spend Christinas at Blue Springs farm. GOT HIS BUNNY A good joke is going the rounds on a svell known iron worker of this city, Thomas James, a rougher at the Dan ville rolling mill. It appears that rabbits are quite numerous in the vicinity of the old nail mill property, where Mr. James wotks. Some of his fellow workmen secured a rabbit skin and having stuffed it to represent a live bunny, placed it under one of the apple trees in the nail mill orchard. One of the men then told James of the presence of the rabbit in the vic inity aud the latter at once secured his gun and placing himself in posi tion to shoot the rabbit in tlio face,ho I fired. It is needless to say that his fellow workmen enjoyed a hearty laugh at , his expense. ELECTRICIAN LEAVES John 11. Todd, of Pottstown, who I has been in charge of Kauffman's elec trical store in this city, Jfor the past year, will leave today foi New York I City,where he has accepted a position i with the Edison Electric company. Mr. Todd lias become well known to a large number of Danville citizens during the year of his residence here. ] He has had charge of the wiring of a large number of the business places and private homes, and his work all bears the stamp of excellence. Mr. Todd also superintended the wiring of the State hospital four years ago, at which time he was foreman for Buch anan & company. IALDEIAN GETS FIFTEEN HEMS Thequettion of who thi> guilty part ie* Wfin in at l»»-t >mi of tfwrirn ! nf robberies in which tafp* wern crack- i wl that stirred up thin section during I last summer HIKI full was conclusively apt tied at I'loouishurg yp*tpnli»y when Elmer llalderniau ami John ami May bprry Earnest pit aded guilty to com tnittliik thp tohber.v at 8. It. Dypr's store at Numidia on the night of Hept pnibpr h. For particijiating in the robbery at Numidia Halderman was sentenc <1 by Judge Evans to pay a HUP of #2OO ami undergo imprisonment in the Eastern lienitentiary for not IM* than 7>£ year* nor morn than 15 yearn, at separate ami solitary'confinement anil haul lab or. On the cliar#'' of holding up Speci al Officer Carrigan at. Berwick ou the night of October 1 ::t!i,of which he was found guilty on Tuesday, he recieved a similar sentence, making bis total term ot imprisonment in the Eastern Penitentiary not less than 15 years nor more than thirty years. John Earnest was sentenced to ou deigo imprisonment in the Eastern penitentiary foi u term of not less than years nor morethau 10 years. Mayberry Earnest was given 2'„ years as minimum and H years as a maximum sentence. Each of them was sentenced to pay th« costs of prosecution and a fine of |2OO. They are both to undergo imprisonment in the Eastern peniten tiary at separate and solitary confine ment at hard labor. A large number of witnesses were examined by tho Commonwealth, among them being Prothonotary Thom as G. Vincent.and S. J. Welliver, Jr., of this city. Immediately after the Commonwealth rested the defendants at the advice of their counsel with drew the pleas of not guilty and enter ed the pleas ol guilty. In his statement John Ernest >aid that on the 23rd of September he left Danville to visit Ins mother,who lives near Numidia. At tho corner of Mill anil'Blooiu streets lie met Elmer Hald erman.who decided to accompany him. It was Haldermau, according to Earn est's story, who suggested the robbery and who when it came to blowing the safe actually did the job. John Earn est was the first of the two brothers who decided to enter into the plot. Arriving at his mother's house John and Halderman went out into the field wh-re Mabverry was cutting buck wheat. |FIe consented to become a party to the robbery. The Earnest brothers d"i lured that they have no knowledge of my of the other robberies. May berry Earnest said ho had never seen Halderman before ttie day of the Dyer safe blowing. Halderman refused to talk about the robbery. After the pleas of guilty had been entered William Chrisman and Wil liam H. Rhawn, counsel for the de .'emlauts, made an impassioned plea for clemency. 91ST BIRTHDAY At the ninety-first mile stone of her life, which she reached a few days ago, Mrs. K. A. Hullihen, a former Danville resident who now resides with her son, Clark Hullihen, in Wil liamsport, and Mrs. Kate Mears, a daughter, is still in possession of her faculties including a wonderful mem ory for dates aud places. Mrs. Hullihen celebrated her ninety first anniversary by receiving com munion at the hands of Rev. Evore Evans, pastor of the First Congrega tional church, which members of the family attend. The clergyman admin istered the sacrament to Mrs. Hullihen at her home. She has not been able to attend church for some time. Mrs. Hullihen was born near Dan ville December 4, 181'.),when the coun try in this vicinity wasn't much but a wilderness. She was Miss Mary A. Cousarr until her marriage, which oc curred in 1840. Mr. Hullihen died in 18t'«7. Since then she has been a wid ow. She has been the mother of nine children, six of whom .survive. Three sons were in the Union army during the Civil war. Both returned home alive and well. She is mother, grand, mother, great-giandmothcr and great ! gieat-graudmother. Her great-great grandchild is little Miss Eleanor Jac obs, the infant daughter of Mr. aud Mrs. Robert M. Jacobs. The sons living in Danville are Wil liam anil George Hullihen. In Critical Condition. The condition of Mrs. Dallas Cot ner, near Washingtouville, who sus tained a stroke of paralysis about a month ago, took a turn for the worst yesterday and last evening she was in a very critical condition. Even tho weather is a satisfactory topic of conversation compared with | your relatives. ESTAHiiIrtHKI) IN 1 s.V MY RAISE ANGORA GOAFS A novel Industry promises to devel op in this vicinity, which i» nothing less than thr rearing of Angora goats. ..hich have a peculiar value owing to their long silky hair which Is highly prized for manufa tnr-' as well as for the quality of thpir milk which in greatly in demand a! the drug stores. The Angora goat thrives best on mountainous or rough and hilly land, mi which it may wander and pasture In common with the goat family the Angora is not choice in the matter of diet; the grass and natural prod ucts of the soil that grow even on un productive land, if the lange be larg#> enough,will sustain a good-sized flock of goats. Tho idea has occurred to some one that a good deal of land hereabout embiaced by Montour or other ridges now partially or not at all farmed could be made to yield a good reve uue, if fenced in and stocked with Angola goats. Already the owner of one or more farms that are considered in the unproductive class, have been approached In at least one instance, although the parties desire their names withheld, negotiations are well under way. The hair of the Angora goat is very valuable, while the milk is always in demand, although it may be necessary to ship the latter to the larger towns amt cities. Considering that the goat* browze over the hills and largely solve the question of their own keeping the proceeds from their hair and milk would bo largely clear gain. A gentleman in touch with the part ies negotiating yesterday stated that lie does not think the day is far dis tant when much of the land now lying idle or indiferently cultivated will be devoted to the raising of Angora goats. It is suggested that, the ranges enclos e.d for the raising of goats might also be devoted to the raising of turkeys and chickens on a large scale, DIED AT HOSPITAL Mrs. Mary Klinger. wife of Howard Klinger. of this city, died at the Univ ersity maternity hospital. Philadel phia, at 11:30 o'clock a. m., yester day.following an operation for appen dicitis. A week-old child survives. Tho case is a very pathetic one. On Thanksgiving Mrs. Klinger went to the hospital. On Tuf >day of la«t week sho became the mother of a liaby boy, who survives and is doiug well. About the middle of last weeks reports re ceive! from the hospital began to be less • ncou!.i,;ing than desirable. Ap pendicitis developed, and on Tuesday of tii! " if; :sii operation was per for. -»*«t, v. I.ic owing to the woman's fra:i c nli!i > i iv-iilted in death. As soon as it w.is learned that her condition was serious Mr. Klinger and Mis. Charles Moo.ly, husband and sis ter of the ileccasoi. went to Philadel phia and were with her until the last. Mrs Klinger was a woman of exalt ed Christian character, honored and beloved as are few women. She was a member of the Trinity Methodist Ep iscopal church and was an active worker in the cause of religion. Besides her husband she is survived I by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram H. Stetler; five brothers. Charles,Mer | rill, Clinton, Frank and Moses Stetler; also two sisters, Sara (Mrs. Charles Moody) and Miss Effie Stetler, who resides with hei parents. The deceas ed with her husband lived on Ash : street. The body will be brought to Dan ville for burial, arriving this evening. Due notice of the funeral will he given. OFFICERS ELECTED i The following officers were elected I for the ensuing year at the regular 1 meeting of Goodrich post No. 22, G. , A. R., held on Monday night: Post commander, W. M. Heddens; ! senior vice, Henry Kramer; junior vice, Gilbert Yoris; chaplain, Samuel 1 Mottern; quartermaster, George W. Roat; sergeant.P. (7. Newbaker; olHc j er of the day, Henry Kern; officer of the guard, Wesley DeShay; trustee, George Riley; auditors, P. C. New baker, Gilbert Voris and John M. Sechler; delegates to the State en campment, Jacob Miller and Samuel Lunger. John H. Hunt was appointed to in spect Captain Brysou Post at Watson town tomorrow evening. ,T. W. Cross i ley will inspect the post at Orange ; ville oil Saturday the 17th inst. Good j rich post of this city will be inspected by Samuel Mills next Monday evening. Golden Wedding. I Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gold, of Mc- I Ewensville, celebrated their golden ! wedding anniversary on Tuesday even ! ing. A turkey supper was served. ; When some people talk we are re j minded of a dictionary with the de ' finitions missing.