VOL, r»U NO AO ITEMS CONDENSED. H<'HOOfiM (tHlNli DOWN —Thai mine cbtp« threaten the destruction of nun' •r H runti'ii dionl building « ill- it»»ri I when larg« cr-iekii appear ed til the wall* of No. 17 school, nil K' Vn-r avenue. Mid It would not !•«» I «urpri*lug if »e««ion* in tin- building . urn di«ooutiun«d. Whether IIm« i» ■loon depend* upon the result of the "paner te«t." applied Monday l.v officials. Strip* of paper Imve boon placed over the cracks on tin- Inside of tti« building aud fastened b> strong ftillu-Mvr Tin- strips will I •• w»i. lied, ami if they are broken tho session, will bo discontinued, because it will be evident tlmt the settling continue* A few ilhv* ago Die flio<- of John Can terburv's cellar, a Hhort distance from the school, dropped several feet. JUST RETURNED—When the <"iv il war broke out over 60 yearn ago, William Neady left his home, Ht Ply month township, Luzerne county, am! went to the front. After the war he drifted to the west Hi*family believ- . ed that he had died on the battlefield. The father and mother died, a* di.l several brothers and sisters William Neady prospered in the west, and a week ago decided to visit his old homo. Last Wednesday he arrived at Plymouth, where the postmastei told him that there was living at Five | Forks, in Plymouth township, a man named Neady. William Neady went j to the place and found that the man in question was his brother. VISIONS— Is an address to the Min- | ifiteriuni at Altoona, Rev. Dr. Charles W. Carroll, of Harrisburg, president of the Pennsylvania Anti-saloon Lea guo, declared that he was sure of 98 : votes for the local option bill in the next legislature. He said that 75 meui- j bars were already pledged to such a bill, nine Keystone Party assembly- i men would support it, nine others not pledged were personally favorable to j the bill,and five others can bo brought into line. He believes the necessary , majority of 104 will he attained, TEACHERS TO MEET—The Penn sylvania State Teachers' association will meet in Harrisburg December 28. and HO. The general sessions will bo held in the Board of Trade. Vari ous department meetings ami round tables will be held also, beginning with the High school department on the evening of December 20. These j department meetings will be held in j the Board of Trade, the High school and the caucus rooms of the capitol. , BOOMING THINGS—A new 100- j acre demonstration farm, an agricult- ! ural school, fruit exchanges and cold j storage houses are among the things ; planned to make the Lykens valley, Dauphin county, one of the richest j agricultural and fruit sections in this j oouutry, incidental to the building of j the Midland Pennsylvania railroad i from Millersburg to Ashland. A FEW LEFT—There are stili a few sticks of timber left standing in the forest seotions of Pennsylvania, but at the present rate of destruction a primival pine or hemlock tree will ! soon be a ouriosity. Samuel Boyce, a j lumberman, has just completed the j job of cutting 500,000, feet of lumber at Dimeling, Clearfield county. SOMKTHINO FUNNY While Mor- j ris Cope, of East Bradford, was driv- j ing home in a sled, with his wife on the hack seat, she w*b thrown into a onow drift and her husband drove quite a distance before he discovered , her absence. She was wrapped in a j large robe which prevented her from j making an outcry. PROGRESSIVE POLANDERS —At Oil City the Polanders seem to be pro- j gressive. They have let a contract for j an |B,OOO brick building two stories high. The lower floor will bo used for I tenement purposes and the upper one | for a dancing ball The latter will he equipped with a spring floor anil , strictly up to date. ONE BUFFALO .LESS— A large j buffalo belonging to Buffalo Bill,win taring on the Charles Trego farm at Ooatesville, died yesterday. The big fellow was one of a herd of ■ v■■ ti and died from an attack of paralysis. INFORMS ON HUSBAND—John Kichter, a rural mail carrier, of Han over. is at the York police headquart ers waiting action by the postal au thorities upon the charges that he has been systematically robbing the mails. His wife informed the authorities of his alleged peculations. HAD TO CHANGE NAME—Be oause his customers experienced trou blo iu anil pronouncing his name. Max Berkowitz had the Luzerne county court change his name to Max Berk. IT WAS NATUKAL— A wandering umbrella mender whom Chief Brum, or Bloomsburg, sheltered over night, stole the chief's best umbrella when ho departed in the morning. GOOD AVERAGES—Twenty-on 9 oows which sold at auction in Dovles , town brought an average of |55.70 per head. iUontouv American. CHURCH SERVICES WERE UNIQUE The nervine* in nearly nil the church e* of Danville I»«t Simdav evening Were ti iiqni' in that the s line theme v»a employed for the sermon* mil ill it the pulpit in ea< h Was I C Upie I hv »oa e otl e than is own pa .tor. It win What was Known a< . M i\ A liight when the services have special reference to the association it* object and its urgent need of sup put. The services were arranged by tl e Danville M>u«t rial asso 'iatinii at il last meeting. It wait decided that at all of the churches the same theme should be employed—"The Young Mm." and that each congregation should be asked to contribute an otter ing for the Y. M. C. A 1' wa- also decided that there should lie a general exchange of pulpits on the occasion. The allotment was left to a committee of one member,who in assigning to the ministers churches fir their special effort was to employ the scriptural method of casting lots All hud agreed that no minister was to be informed of bis assignment un til 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon. With very few exceptions, there fore, none of the congregations of town, last evening knew who was to address them until they entered their respective places of worship. The sermons preached last evening without exception were very effective, aiming to impress upon those present the need of an active and well organ ized Y. M. C. A. in every community to look after the moral and religious i welfare of the young men and boys; also the responsibility that devolves on the community to see to it that the as sociation recieves adequate support. i Assignments were made as follows by the committee: Shiloh Refoimeil church. Kev. George S. Womer. Trinity Methodist Episcopal church, Kev. J. H. Musselman. Pine Street Lutheran church. Rev. Charles Cameron Suavely. St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. A. J. Itey, D. D. Mahoning Presbyterian church, Rev. Joseph E. Guy. First Baptist church. Rev. C. 1). Moore. United Evangelical church. Kev. .Tatues Wollaston Kirk. ELOPING PATIENTS j ARE CAPTURED! Charles E. Reigel and Charles Rote, | the two patients who escaped from 1 the hospital for the insane Monday, ! were captured aud returned to the in stitution Tuesday. Each of the |men I paid a penalty for his indiscretion in j attempting to escape duiing zero I weather; both of Reigel's feet were ' frozen. Rote was a little more fort- 1 unate, only one foot being injured by ! the rrost, although, like his com pan- ' ion, he suffered great discomfort. i Tuesday morning the two men were | found in the barn of Peter Dyer about I a mile from Pottsgrove on the Mon- j tandon road. The men bore the ap- 1 pearance of having been on a tramp j and were in a deplorable condition, | their feet being frozen as described above. It did not take Mr. Dyer long to discover that the two men were escap ed patients, lie did what he could to make the poor fellow comfortable, en dcavoriug meanwhile to inform the hospital authorities that the patients I had been captured. He entrusted his | message to a milkman, who on arriv- ' I ing at Danville in turn telephoned the news to the hospital. ; Tuesday afternoon the hospital au i tliorities sent a conveyance out to the , Dyer faiui aud brought the elopers hack tithe institution. The two men escaped early Monday ; afternoon. Reigel's home is near Lew* i isburg and there is little doubt that the two men were bound for that des l tination. They were too cunning, how ; i-ver, to follow the beaten routes of j travel, but iu leaving the hospital struck out northward through the snow. Crossing Bloom road they kept on till they came to Frosty Valley, whence they proceeded in the direct ion of Lewisburg without incurring much danger of detection. JULIUS MOESCHLIN Julius Motisohlin one of the pro prietors of the Cold Spring Brewery, at Sunbury,died suddenly at his home in that place yesterday morning at 4 o'clock. He was aged about ti!s years. Death was due to heart trouble. Mr. Moeschlin was born in Ger many, and came to this country in 181)7 and a vear later located at Sun j bury, where he has since resided. He j was well-known iu Danville. The funeral will bo held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. DANVIIiI.K, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER l/», 1»1« THIRTY DAYS ON BREAD AND WATER Titer tn be a lingering snspic ion that ainolii.' the multitude that fall into the police dragnet about thi* tune of vear are a goodlv number botn with a natural aversion to work who would a little rutin r putin a month or «o behind the bats where there is steam hi it and three meals a day than to as sume the responsibility of looking out ! ir themselves during this zero weath . r In order to give this class a proper reception it has been decided to adopt ■i bre i I ami water diet I >r certain cases at Poit Start/.ell. This d.ies not imply that roast beet or turki v with cranberry sauce is ord inarily on the menu at county prisons, hut it does suggi st that the daily bill of fare at those placi s is of a sort that proves very satisfying to the fellow who is used to subsisting without woi l>. The new order of things went into effect at the Montour county prison yesterday when Charles Rainier was committed for thirty days. Rainier has given the officers a good deal ot trouble for some time. He is charged with being drunk, in additiou to which he became an annoyance by violating the rules about the Continental engine bouse. Frequenting or loafing in this building at night is strictly forbidden. Rainier possessed the secret of getting ! into the building whenever be want ed to and was often found there after i it had been locked up. He was arrested'by officers Mince- j tnoyer and Voris and arraigned before Justice Dalton Monday morning. He was sentenced to pay tine and costs, j In default of payment thereof he was committed to the county jail for thirty days to be kept on a bread and water j diet. MUMMERS ELSEWHERE The fact of Danville's announcing j no Mummers' parade for the approach- j ing News Year'-- day is being received as good news in a number of the towns | in this section where demonstrations will be held ami which expect to have Danville paraders and sight seers swell i their big times. In Bloomsburg the celebration is be- i ing boosted by the Athletic associa- j tion, with Thos. B. Moore, as pu si- | dent. A Marathon race will also be held iu connection with the celebra- 1 tion in Bloomsburg. Over in Milton the Mummers com- j mittee has promised three bauds, tire works in the evening aud a big parade j participated in by Milton and out-of town organizations. At Mt. Carmel,where the New Year j parades have always been elaborate, ! the committee announces that this | year's event will eclipse all previous efforts and that $560 has alteady been j raised for the pageut. BOYD FUNERAL The funeral of James Boyd, one of Ilarrisburg's most prominent men and a former resident of Danville, who j died Monday afternoon at. 5 o'clock,at ; Weymouth, Moore county, N. 0., will j be held from his late residence, 21 i North Front street, Harrisburg, this j afternoon at 2 o'clock. Kev. Dr. Geo. j S. Chambers,pastor of the Pine Street Presbyterian church, which Mr. Boyd attended and Rev. Edwin Mulock, pa -tor of the Paxtang Presbyterian church, which Mr, Boyd attended iu , the summer time, while living at his summer home, Bonnymeade, near Paxtang, will officiate. The interment will be made in the family plot at tlie Harrisburg cemetery. The honorary pall bearers will bo: Governor Edwin S. Stuait. Judge Nathaniel Ewing, "of the Railroad Commission ; Judge William R. Roeka fellar, W. K. Alricks, O. M. Copelin, Dr. Hiram McGowan,.T. S. A. Ruther ford, Casper Dull, Vance C. McCor tnick. Charles A. Kunkel, Lane S. Hart, James M. Cameron. A. J. Dull. William B. McCaleb, T. F. Weirman, Lyman D. Gilbert, Daniel C. Hen. Northumberland Co. Directors The directors of the schools of North umberland county will assemble at the courthouse at Sunbury ou Wednesday morning, December 21st, at 10:45 o'clock, in their annual meeting. The following program will be rendered : Opening address by the president, John Wildsmith, Transaction of general business. Address. Dr. Shawkey. Ad dress, Superintendent Pierce. The officers of the association are: Presi dent, John Wildsmith,Riverside; vice presidents, H. W. Brace. Trevorton; Fred Swope, Lewis township; secre tary.H. W. Armstrong,McKwens'ville ; assistant secretary, W. J. Uass, Sha | mokin township; treasurer, C. P. I Rinchart, Upper Augusta township. When a woman holds a man in the hollow of her hand she can palm off any kind of talk on him. DISSATISFIEiJ WITH INSTITUTE The school hoard held a regular meet ing Mond«v night. Chairman W. A. Heclili r being absent J. N Pursel was chosen president pro tetli. Beside Mr. Pnrsel other members were present as follows: Or'li, Hwaits, Burns, Mark*, Sliultz, Heiss and Cole On motion of Mr. Hums, owing to the Christmas holidays, it was order ed that the teachers and jatiitius be paid on Dec >mher .'lst for two » ■ eks Borough Superintendent Dieflin bacher presnnted his report for the thltil month of school, ending Decern her 7th. Number ot hoys registeied during month, 574; number of girls, B;i7; to tal, 1111. Average at tendance of bovs during month. 582; average attendance of gitls, 4*.»4; total, 10211. Percentage of attendance by boys during month, U4; pereentuge of at tendance by girls during month, !I2; average, U!l. Number of pupils not absent during term to date, 46!!; number of pupils not tardy during term, to date, si! 2. Number of pupils absent during mouth, -lit), number of pupils tardy during the month, 171. Cases of tardiness by pupils, 1!'!!; cases of tardiness by teacher. 1. Number of pupils reported to truant officer, 2!!. Number of visits made during the month, 57. There were no cases of corporal pun ishment during the month. There were no cases of suspension. Mr. Pursel reported that there is , still a great deal of whooping cough in the schools; in fact that iu some of the schools "they are all coughing." It was reported that the recent Teachers' Institute was something of a disappointment,not only to the town teachers,but also to some of the teach ers from the rural districts. Mr. Pur sel thought the matter ought to be in vestigated. The institute, he said, costs the Danville school district thru hundred dollars, and if it can not be demonstrated that it is a benefit to tie teachers it becomes-—n«»U<>r for veiy serious consideration by the board. On motion of Mr. Burns il was ord ered that the public schools close Dec ember 2iird for the Christmas vacation and that they reopen Tuesday, Jan uary 3rd. On motion of Mr. Burns it was de- 1 cided that the school board will not hold itself responsible for any indebt edness incurred by the High School ' Athletic, association. Also that it is opposed to the association presenting a play. The following bills were approved | for payment: F. C. Derr #50.00 1 j Paulino Farnsworth 32.50 j J. H. Woodside 3.75 ;. EzraS. Haas ... 2.00 j Thomas G. Vincent 12.50 Danville Stove & Mfg Co 4.80 William BUS TEAM IN RUNAWAY. The team of grey horses belouging I to the McCormick bus line and driven by Edward Risbel caused some excite j ment by running away about 7 o'clcok Tuesday evening. The team escaped from the driver while he was putting the mail bag oil the train at the Reading station. They came down town at a very lively gait. On Mill street Benjamin Miller, the junk dealer, jumped on the real step, and succeeded in getting into the bus He was unable at first to reaah the lines, which were tied up in front, as the end window fit tightly and could ' not be raised uutil after repeated ef forts. Meanwhile the horses were begin- j ning togo faster and faster. They j dashed by the Montour house and, evidently bound for the Pennsv sta- ! tion, began to descend the hill. Mi. ■ Miller did what he could to stop the j horses by repeatedly calling out " whoa!" hut they paid uo attention to him. Finally after an herculean effort the man succeeded in getting ! the frout window opeu, after which I he grasped the Hues and stopped the j horses. Father of Mr«. R. H. Fouit. Isaiah Rabert, father of Mrs. R. H. 1 Foust, this city, died yesterday at his I home at Bloomsburg, aged 07 years. : The deceased had beeii an invalid for j several years. He was a retired under j taker. For the Serious Moment. "1 hear he refused to take chloroform | when he was operated on." "Yes; he said he'd rather take it j when be paid his bill." A Precaution. He—They're weighing the anchor. She—l don't blame tbeiu. The trades people areu't to be trusted nowadays. —Century Magazine SENT TO JAIL FOR TWO DAYS Alfred Kennedy, a resident of the third ward,was sentenced to two days' imprisonment Tmsdav lor failing to keep bis child in school as required by law other patrons who are indilfei ent a* to whether their children attend school or not would do well to heed the warning, as the school authorities have a duty to perform ami declare that in every case they Will apply the remedy | rovided by the law. Kennedy was arrested by Chief ot Police Miiteemoyer on a warrant sw hi n out iv Attendance officer W K. Younu! The information charges tl at Alfred Kennedy is the father of Aditie Kennedy, a minor child between 8 and Hi years of age, who does not attend school as required by law. also that the father had been notified as is pro vided by the act of assembly. Kennedy on being arraigned before Justice Dalton pleaded guilty, but he averred that it was impossible for Itim "to work and watch bis children to see whether they went to school or not."; The attention of the defendant was invited to the compulsory school law, which provides that the pupil must be present seventy-five per cent of the time it belongs to school; also that for every neglect of duty imposed by the act upon conviction thereof the person in parental relation offending shall forfeit a fine not exceeding two dollars on first conviction and a tine not exceeding five dollars on each sub sequent conviction and that in default ot payment of said tine the defendant mav be committed to the county prison for a period not exceeding two days for the first conviction and a period not exceeding five days for each sub sequent conviction. The tine in Kennedy's case was two dollars. He was also obliged to pay the costs, which amounted to three dollars. He made an effort to secure the money but was unable to do so. Nothing remained but to carry out the provision of the act and accordingly Kennedy as above stated was committ ed to the county prison foi two days. WHERE ICE ACCUMULATES A good many of the sidewalks are already in a very icy condition due to the melting of the snow on the roofs. At many places the rain pipes seem to be ot little service in carrying off the watel that accumulates from the melting of snow Eailv iu the season the pipes become clogged np with ice and water from thereof drips down over the eaves onto the sidewalks where it freezes into a solid mass, making very dangerous for pedes triaus The icv places can be avoided iu the daytime, but at night when they are concealed by darkness one must exer cise very great caution, indeed, if he would avoid the danger of falling. There is ejMpely a square on some of our streets ir. which such icy places do not occur. Under such conditions asfprevail at present, it behooves persons to exer cise the greatest care iu walking or even iu stepping outside their doors. Many a fall maybe thus averted, while a broken bone, especially in the case of a person on iu yeras, means much suffering and probable permanent in jurv. SUDDEN DEATH DE ESPY MINISTER | The Rev. Elmer G. Baker, for the past two years pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church at Espy, died suddenly at his home at that j place Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock, death was due to neuralgia of the heart aud Bright's disease. He was aged 58 years and besides his widow |is survived by a son Harold who re sides at home. Prior to being appointed to the Espy-Lime Ridge charge. Rev. Bak- I er's charge was at Baresboro, in the 1 Altoona District. Owing to illness he ! was superannuated in 1907, and for a 'year resided at Williamspoit, coming from that place to Espy. Funeral from the church at Espy on Friday afternoon at 1 ;!!0 o'clock. Burial in the Almedia cemetery, with the Rev. R. H. Gilbert, officiating. Convicted of Murder. Bert Delige.tlie negro who assaulted I and killed Mrs. John Baudis at Scotia, j was convicted of murder in the first j degree iu the Centre county court j house, Bellefonte.on Saturday. Delige , made a full and complete cot'ession of his heinous crime and since has taken little interest regarding the dis position of his case. The prettier a woman is, the less she believes love is blind. JAMES BOYD OIES SUDDENLY I Jam is Boyd, a native of Rush town ship, Northern! i rland eonnt> and one of llarrisbutg's wealthiest and most .prominent citireiis, died Monday att i ernoon at 5 o'clock at Weymouth, Moore count v, South Carolina. Mr. Boyd went from Harrisburg to i Weymouth, in tie Southern Pines, last Thursday. lie was accoui) allied bv his son, John Y. Boyd, and bis daugh ter, Mr-. Dull, who were with him , when he die I. Word was received at Harrisburg Monday that Mr. Bovd was ill, and Mrs McCormick, the other daughter, started at once for the south. When she arrived at Weymouth death had occurred. A telegram was rcoeivrd by Mrs. D. M. Bojd, this city, yesterday morning apprising her of Mr. Boyd's death. The deceased was born on the home stead fatm at Boyd's station. During bis boyhood he attended school at the . Danville Academy. He became a civil engineer and early in life left Danville for Sliaiuokin, where lie became in terested in the development of coal lands owned by bis father. He later went to Sunbury where lie | opened a wharf for the shipping of ! coal to Havre de Grace, Md. This was I before the days of the railroad. He , was a mail of rare business ability and i being gifted with foresight he sue : ceeded in his ventures and eventually became a coal king. He later opened au office at Harrisburg and entered up on the shipping of coal oil a large scale. As a member of the firm of | Boyd, Stickney & Co., his name be came familiar over the entire country. He amassed great wealth. Five or six years ago he retired from business. He continued to reside at Harrisburg, although he maintained a residence at Southern Pines, South Carolina, where he spent much of his time. James Boyd was about 7!' years of age. He was a widower, his wife dy- I iug at Southern Pines one year ago last March. lie is survived by one sou, John Y. Boyd of Harrisburg,who :is a member of the railroad commis sion of this state; also by two daugh ters, Mrs. Helen Dull and Mrs, Mary McCormick, of Harrisburg. He is also survived by one brother, Joseph Y. Boyd, of Millville.and one sistei.Mrs. McClure, wife of the late Col. Wil liam McClure of Columbia. The late D. M. Boyd of this city was a brother I of the deceased. | PATIENTS SLEIGH RIDING The snow ojiens up a new source of j exercises and diversion for the patients at the hospital for u . insane. The male patients find diversion in shovel ing paths around the institution while both males aud feniab s whose condi tion warrants it are regularly treated to sleigh rides The walks al out the hospital,u bud with every snow tall have to be shov eled open, iu their aggregate foot up l an enormous length. To remove the ; snow is slight and pleasant work af fording a relief from the tedium of life within the hospital walls. With every snow, therefore, there are plen ty of volunteers for the shovel bri gade. _ Yesterday afternoon thirty female patients were taken out sleighing. There were three sledloads, the usual route, out beyond Mausdale returning through Danville being adopted. The patients were securely wrapped in 1 warm shawls aud seemed to enjoy the experience. ***** ! Today iu all probability a corres ponding number of men will be taken out for a sled ride. As long as sleigh ing lasts.even should the snow lie till next spring, the practice will be con tinued. A sled ride with its pleasant diversion and outlook into the world beyond the grim walls of the hospital at regular intervals will be within reach of every patient, who is not in the violent class and whose physical condition warrants it. Instead of three, six or more sleds may be em ployed daily. Sho Had Courage. A self possessed young womau who knew no French strolled into one of the larger downtown cafes. Sho spoke to the waiter iu that decisive tone which distinguishes the initiated and glanced over the French bill of fart with the nonchalant air of a I'si risienne. "I'll have." she began firmly as she plunged into the sea of French dishes —"I'll have—let me see. Oh, yes, I'll have some bisque tortoni, a sultana roll, pouimes de terre and a little of that fromage. And, garcon, you might as well bring me a cup of coffee." The waiter gasped. He started to speak, but the young woman froze him with one of those icy stares peculiar to the thoroughly sophisticated. And the order arrived—two kinds of ices, boiled potatoes and a piece of cheese. But she ate it as if she had been used to that sort of diet all her I life.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. K4TARMSIIKD IN \* 5 PLANNING FOR MUMMERS' PARADE That there tiro a number of people hi Danville who arc not willing that Ni w Year'* should |>ll -without the customary Muoum r'.« parade has been made unite iiuiiiit' -i I'V • %fiitM flint have occurred during the hist couple of ilayn, A meeting «u held in the City hotel last mailt hn the ri—ult of which nn entirely new movement looking to i» New Year's demonstration was net on foot. The initiative.it whir, was tak en hv a conmiltten of citizens consist ing of Chief Huigetg A C. Ameslmry, K. ( i Feteis.proprietoi of City Hotel, E\ Hnrgess W. .1, Rogers, Prothono tary Thomas (I. Vincent, Chief of- Police .l C. Minepmoyer and Officer John Orier Voris. The Washington Fire Comimny. which was the origin ator of the Mummers' parade in Dan ville. it will he recalled, took the in itiative in a similar movement a cou ple of wcil;s ago, hut although it made a diligent elTort, it was uot accorded the kind support that would have justified it ingoing aimed with arrangements Accordingly nothing was done. At this juncture theJJ above named citizens got interested. At their re quest the Washington Fire company, whose hearty co-operation can always be relied upon in matters of this kind, Tuesday night called a meeting and appointed a committee to meet with thegabove named citizens at the City hotel last night. The following proposition was made to the fire company, that the citizens, named above, who in effect become the financial committee, will assume the responsibility of raising the money and financing the New Year's demon stration—furnishing the music,prizes, &c.—if the firemen will arrange the parade, or, in other words.assume the responsibility of getting up the dem onstration, filling the various parts. &c. It was the sense of all that suffici ent time yet remains in which to get up a creditable New Year's parade. The meeting was held at City hotel at ><:2o o'clock last night. Thomas (3. Vincent was chosen chairman. The following committee represent ing the Washington Fire company was present: Ralph White, president, and Harry Jones, secretary, of the corn pin.v, ,1. Haekenberry, Stuart White, Chailes Elliott, Charles Crumb, Wil liam Jones, Grant Swayze, Russell Gibbt nv. A mummers' association was organ ized by electing Thomas G. Vincent, president; Harry Jones secretary, anil A. C. Ameslmry treasurer. All the plans as outlined by the citizens were approved by the lire men's committee, the members of which on behalf of the fire"company pledge themselves to get up the parade if the money needed is forthcoming. President Vincent appointed Ex- Hurgess W. .1, Rogers, Chief-ot'-Police J. C. Mincemoyer and Officer John Grier Voris as a committee on finance to solicit funds. Plans relating to the parade in gen eral weie discusseil'aud from the in terest manifested there seeins to be lit tle doubt but that the demonstration will be a fine success. » 1,000 ORCHARDS HARRISBURG, Pa.. Dec. 14 State Zoologist H. A. Surface yes terday announced that with the con clusion of the orchard for the control of various fruit tree pests on Saturday the demonstrators would undertake the supervision of about 1000 orchards which have been placed under the care of the state. The list of orchards so put within the con trol of the state authorities is the largest ever known, and includes ev ery county. The supervision of orchards will in clude inspections and advice and as sistance to farmers and fruit growers for the extermination of San .Tose scale and other pests which cost the state an annual loss of hundreds of thou sands of dollars, according to Doctor Surface's estimates. Where possible, preventive measures will be taken to show owners how to care for trees. It is proposed to resume the demon strations in orchards of the slate in February or March as early as possible and 300 orchards are listed to be visit ed before the buds burst. This woik has been in progress sev eral years and has resulted iu marked success iu holding down damago of pests in ma ly sections of the state. Numerous fruit exhibits from farms where state methods have been follow ed will bo shown here next month dur ing the meeting of the State Horticul tural Association. Chicken Thievet Meanest. Judge Endlich, of Reading, pronounc ed a chicken thief one of the meanest .iriminals that the court is called to ileal with. Walter Fracht, who stole three chickens from a neighbor, was fined if'.'O and given a year fn jail.
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