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DANVILLE INTELLIGENCERVOLUME 78
HOIISIM LUST
A session of court was held Saturdaymorning with his Honor Judge Evaus
aud Associates Blee aud Welliver on
the bench. There was very little work
on hand, wholly of a routine order.
Thomas O. Welsh,Esq.,was appoint-
ed auditor by the court to examine the
accounts and dockets of the prothonor-ary, register aud recorder aud clerks
of the several courts of the county ofMontour and to make report accordingto law.
The bond of Clark Heimbacli, ad-ministrator ol David Heimbacli, late
of Cooper township, Montour county,
deceased, in the sum of s<ooo, was ap-
proved by the court.S. B. Flick tendered liis resignation
us supervisor of West Hemlock town-
ship. The court took no action on theresignation, but will dispose of the
matter between the present and nextSaturday,when court willconvene for
argument.A petltiou signed by thirty-fivo
citizens was presented to court asking
for a review in vacating the publicroad near Oscar Craifc's in Anthony
township. Viewers appointed in suchbehalf at a previous term of.court re-ported that pursuant to order they hadviewed the road above described and
were of the opinion that it had be-come useless,inconvenient and burden-
some and that it ought to l>e vacated.It was the contention of the peti-
tioners that said road lias not become"useless, inconvenient and burdensome," but that on the contrary thevacation of the road would be injur-ious and prejudicial to tiie petitioners
as well as to the interests and welfareof the public in general, especially to
the inhabitants of Anthou.v township.The petitioners, therefore, prayed thecourt to appoint proper persons to re-view the said road.
Re-viowers were accordingly ap-pointed by the court, ' consisting ofNorman Brofee, Jeremiah Vought andMadison Vought.
The road which at present is thesubject of so much controversy leadsfrom Wasliingtonville to Muncy nearline of lauds of estate of .Tohu Watson,deoeased, and Osoar Craig to the pub-lio road from Hurley's school house onMuncy road to the cross roads schoolhouse on road from Wasliingtonvilleto Exoliange ou lauds of Peter Rhoneand estate of Oeorge Smith, decoased.
Presbyterian Brotherhood.The Grove Presbyterian church will
be the scene of an interesting occasionou Friday night, when a brauoh of thePresbyterian brotherhood will he org-anized.
The organization of a brotherhood
has been contemplated for some timepast at this house of worship. Au en-thusiastic meeting was held a mouthago at which a fine banquet was serv-ed. The many addresses made 011 thatoccasion revealed a great deal of in-
terest on the subject of a brotherhood.The absence of Rev. Dr. Hogg, ofWilliamsport, made it necessary to
postpone the work of organization.On Friday night Rev. Oscar Morton,
of Sunbury, chairman of the Presby-tery committee on brotherhood. Willbe present. As organizer for this pres-bytery he will perform the work oforganization at the Orove church. Hewill also deliver au address explainingthe object and the working of tli*brotherhood.
Rev. Dr. Hemingway, pastor of theBloomsburg Presbytoriau church, willalso be present and deliver au address.
Promptly at 7 o'clock Friday nightysupper will be served at the church ason the occasion of the previous meet-
ing. All men of the Orove onurch andSunday school are invited to he pres-ent
Trains Again Krozen Up.
The storm Tuesday night again plav-. Ed havoc with the trains on the local
division of tin Pennsylvania road.audyesterday foreuoou about twenty-fivefreight trains were frozen up nudblooked along the line in this vicinitybetween Nesoopeck and South Dan-ville. Every.siding was full of frozen-up traiuß, several being ou the trackat East Bloomsburg uuuable to movetfntilalong towards noon. At Cata-wissa the samo condition pevailed.
The trouble was caused by severalextra heavy long freight trains beingovertaken by the stmu Tuesday night,
£iid the steam being reduced hy thecold they could not move. Theypromptly became frozen up, and alltrains oouiiug behind Tuesday nightand yesterday morning wore broughtto a stop and in turn became cold.Yesterday afternoon the trains wereall on the move again.
Washingtonville Notes.The new roof on the M. E. church
is completed,and is now being beautifi-ed with a bright coat of paiut.
Mrs. William Savidge aud childrenof Montgomery, are visiting at thehome of the former's parents, Mr. andMrs. John A. t'ooper. Danville. R.F. D.
William Feas moved yesterday fromthe Dr. Paules farm, uear Danville toSchuyler, where ho willtake up his
? residence.
Sales aud movings are the. topic ofthe day. Oue or more oocur every daynear here.
Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Phillips andMrs. W. J. Messersniith spent Tuesday
> at the homo of William and Mar.vF Smith in Hmoßtotip township.
NEW COUNCILORGANIZES
The borough council for 1907-S ef-fected au organization Monday. The
sessiou lasted but little over an hourand was harmonious in tho extreme.
No new caudidates were brought for-ward aud all the positions were filled
aud salaries fixed in record breakingtime.
The old council went into session at
8 o'clock with all the members present
as follows : Gibson. Vastiue, Boyer,Woodside, Dietz, Hughes, Angle,Sweisfort, Russell, Finnigan, Jacobsaud Eisenhart.
On motion of Dr. Sweisfort au orderwas drawn infavor of E. S. Gearhart,
borough solicitor,for one hundred dol-lars, the same representing his salary
for the past year.On inotiou of Mr. Boyer the secre-
tary was directed to draw au order iufavor of Harry Elleubogeu, boroughtreasurer, for $l5O, the sarnl to repre-
sent his salaty for the past year.A vote of thanks was extended to
Joseph Gibson, the retiring chairman,
for the efficient manner iu which liepresided over council duriug the year
past, as well as for his uniform cour-tesy toward the members.
Couucil then went iuto executivesessiou to consider some matters, afterwhich it adjourned sine die.
The members of the new council
then filed into their places, Messrs.Vastiue, Woodside, Boyer, Eisenhartand Gibson retiring aud W.L Doutsch,William Moyer, Ira Everhart, RobertPursel ami Ardrew Scliatz taking their
places.The conucilmeu were called to order
by Chief Burgess Rogers, after whichorgauizatiou was quickly effected. Dr.
Juo. Sweisfort was chosen presidentfor the ensuing year. Those holding
positions uuder council were reelectedfor the ensuiug year as follows: Sec-retary and receiver of water rents, H.B. Pattou ; borough treasurer, HarryEllenbogen; street commissioner, E.3. Miller ; chief of police, J. C. Mince-moyer; assistant policeman, J. G.Voris ; borough solicitor, E. S. Gear-hart, Esq. ; surveyor, George F. Reef-er.
At thin poiut the chief burgess re-tired aud Dr Sweisforr, president-elect*, took tho chair.
The rules governiug the former couu-cil were adopted for the ensuiug year.
Ou motion of Mr. Hughes the salaryof the thorough secretary was raisedfrom $.")5 to $\u2666»() per mouth.
Ou motiou of Mr. Russell the salaryof the borough treasurer was raised
from $l5O to $260 per aiAiuin.The salary attached to tho other posi-
tions will remain the same as lastyear, as follows: StVeet commission-er, SSO per mouth; chief of police, SSOaud house reut; assistaut policemau,SSO; borough solicitor,s!oo per annum ;
borough surveyor, $5 per day aud ex-peuses for time employed.
On motiou it was ordered that thebouds to be furnished for the secretary
aud street commissioner remain thesame as last year.
Ou motiou the first aud third Fri-day nights of each month were fixedas the rime for holding the regular
meetings. The hour of convening waschanged from 8 to 7 :80 o'clock.
The secretary read the followingcommunication :
Gentlemen: I beg to advise youthat at a regular meeting of the boardof water commissioners held this afternoon the following actiou was taken :
That the board of water commission- jers send ina recommendation to conn- jcil that there be an adjustment of the 1water employes' wages, also that ifany adjustment be made it shouldcome out of the borough department.
H. B. Pattou, sec'y pro tem.
On motion it was ordered that thecommunication be placed on file andtaken up for consideration at a sub-sequent meeting.
Married at Rushrown.Miss Olive N. Wortz, daughter of
Mr. aud Mrs. Jacob Wertz, of Rush-town, and John Calvin Clark, of nearRushtowu, were married yesterday af-ternoon at the home of the bride'spareuts.
The ceremony was performed byRev. Joseph E. Guy, pastor of theShiloh Reformed church, this citv, at
4 o'clock, before about forty invitethguests. After the ceremouy au elabor-ate wedding dinuer was served.
Mr. aud Mrs. Clark left last even-ing on the 7 :5l Pennsylvania train fora wedding tiip
Committee Reported Favorably.
HARRISBURG, March <5.
The House Committee on ElectricRailways last night decided to reportfavorably the bills allowing trolleycompanies to carry freight, givingthem the right of eminent domain audproviding that before a trolley com-pany can bo chartered it must first get
the right of way from local authorit-ies. Former Attorneys General Carsouaud Hensel appeared before the com-mitter to support the bills.
Met Death in Play.Joseph Clark, aged 19 years, of Sha-
mokiu, was cutertaiuiug a number offriends at his father s home on Sun-day night, wheu he exhibited a re-volver which ho thought was not load-ed. Playfully placing the muzzleagainst his head he said: "It's all ov-er boys," and pulled the trigger. Abullet crashed iuto his skull, causinginstant death
WILLIAM mmBADLY INJURED
William Russell, au employe of theStructural Tubing works, fell iuto arapidly revolving pulley wheel Tues-
day afternoon aud sustained injurieswhich may result in permanently dis-abling his left arm even ifamputationis uot necessary.
Mr. Russell is a fireman at thestructural tubing works. When therolls are ou. which brings the large
engine into play, the demands on thosteam supply are heavier than at oth-er times. The firemen make it a pointto know whether or uot the big engineis otfaud thoy regulate tliY fires ac-cordingly.
About three o'clock Tuesday after-noon, in order to ascertain whethertiie rolls were running or not, Mr.Russell stepped through the ilarrosv
passageway between tho two sets ofboilers for the purpose of seeking apoiut where tho rolling department
was iu vie\f. At the rear of the boil-ers is a pulley wheel about five feet indiameter ou a level with the ground,which operates the saw and is alwaysrunning at a high rate of speed, prob-ably at nearly a thousand revolutions
a minute.There is a declivity iu the grouu'd
at that point aud to accommodate peo-ple who have to walk thero two planks
are laid side by side, some three feetfrom the rapidly revolving wheel. As
Mr. Russell was passing, one of theplanks tilted beneath his foot, which
\u25a0 caused liiui to fall right into thewheel. As he stumbled and felt him-self falliug be ?instinctively threw outhis left arm to save himself.
Tlie result was that his arm wasstruck by the sharp rim of the rapidlyrevolving wheel, which operating like
a saw, quick as a flash, cut into thepalm of the baud,severing the two outside lingers aud, ploughing its way upthe wrist.
Mr. Russell win alone at the time.
Holding his iujured arm by the right
hand lie made his way to the front oftho boilers, where he received assist-ance from W I*' Childs,the other fire-
man. The terriule injury soon had au
effect ou the man and lie became help-less.
Fortunately tho Adams express wag-ou, at this juncture came along audHorace Bennett, the driver, kindlyconsented to haul the injured man to
his home at. the corner of Church and
SValuut streets.Tho iujured mau was accompanied
by several fellow employes of thostructural tubing works, by whom he
was carried iuto his home. A hurrycall had been sent out for physicians
aud iu response Dr. R. S. Patten, Dr.E. A. Curry aud Dr. W. R. Paules in
a short time arrived.The injuries upon examination were
found to be of a very sorious uature.
Along with the little linger and the
oue next to it the man loses nearlyhalf tho palm of his hand. Tho wristis dislocated. A short distance abovethe wrist there is a compound fractureof tho forearm, while at the elbowthere is a very bail comminuted fract-ure. It is very much fearrd that, eveuif the arm should be saved, the joiursat the elbow and wrist willhe stiff!
Sunbury Council in Bad snarl.
Arrests and charges of bribery haveresulted from the organization of Sun-
bury borough council Monday eveningwhen the Republicans wore caught ina trap, and the Democrats were enabl-ed to effect organization and capture
the offices. The affair has created agreat sensation, and more arrests areexected.
For a number of years oouucil hasbeen Democratic, but at the spring !election things changed, and ten Re- ipublicans were elected, which made jcouncil a tie. According to law, whensuch a division occurs, the chief bur-gess casts the deciding vote in the |election of borough officers. As thepresent burgess is a Republican, thatparty was jubilant over «n expected
victory. Wheu the moeting was form- !ally opoued the retiring president, aDemocrat,told the newly-elected mem-bers to present their certificates ofelection. Six of the Republican cer-tificates were declared illegal.not hav* 1iug beeu issued by the prothouotary,while the Democratic certificates hadbeeu properly prepared. Realizing thetrap they had beeu caught in all theRepublicans hurrie I from the room,
while the president stated the hold-over Republicans would not bo counted
present if they did not remain. TheDemocrats then olectod their slate.The Republicans met later and aidedby the chief burgess elected their slate.
Yesterday James Brown, one of thenewly elected Republican couucilmeu,caused the arrest of Harry McKiuuey,
a Democratic councilman. Brown al-so caused the arrest of Frank BurnsIn both "ases Brown allegos that Mc-Kiuuey and Burns attempted to bribehim, offering $35 each if he would ov-erthrow the Republican slate and v '?>
for a Democratic candidate. B " «
oused men gave hail for a healing
Who Are They ?
On Saturday a couj ? ? ' » > n Danville
isecured a marriage license at ti courthouse at Sunbury, and back of i..!!is au interest.ug story. riie samecouple was married on July 31, 1902,jaua divorced June i>, 1900 They havenow decided to get married again. The
! groom is 24 years of age and the bride21. It is to be hop3d that the seeoud'matrimonial attempt will be filledwith happiness ?Bloomslmrg Daily.
"PLKDQKD BUT TO TRUTH, TO LIBKBTT AJTD LAW?WO FAVOR SWATS OS AMD *? WMAM HALL&WM.m
DANVILLE, MONTOUR COUNTY, PENN'A, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1907
MMPIMM
Marvin Lowenstein, of Lewistowu,spent Sunday at the home of hia par-
ents, Mr. aud Mrs. Samuel Lowen-stein, West Market street.
Miss Elsie Wilson, teacher at theBloomsburg Normal, spout Sundaywith frieuds in Dauville.
Robert Brooks has returned to St.Clair after a visit at the home of hisparents iu Riverside.
Dr. and Mrs. .T. J. Brown and theMisses Dorothy and Martha Brown, ofBloomsburg, spent, yesterday in thiscityas the guests of Mrs. Will G.
Brown.Mrs R. S. Hartmau, of Berwick,
aud Miss Mattio Beach, of Sheuau-doah, visited at tho home of JosiahJobboru yesterday.
Mis 3 Belle Riffle ana Miss AlmaCampbell spent yesterday afternoonwith frieuds in Bloomsburg.
Mr. aud Mrs. Whitfield Ford arevisiting at the home of T. B Yorg in
Washingtonville.
Hon Lloyd W. Wolliver, of Ex-change, yesterday attended the luuer-al of Albert Browu at Moutoursville.
Country Roads in Bad Condition.A person driving over the couutry
roads yesterday was preseuted with a
unique variety of roads. Oue man whodrove from Washiugtonvilie to thiscity said he onijouutered snow, mudand dust,and largo quantities of each,
aud the worst kind of going all the
way.Reports from Strawberry Ri<\#e.
Washingtouville and Exchange lastevening wore to the effect that the
roads were in some places impassable,aud persons-who were compelled to beout,drove in the fields iu some places.Iu other places the ronds wereswept bare of suow.
These plieuoiueual couditious werecaused by tho half-hour blizzard thatstruck this section Tuesday night.
From out of an appareutly cloudlesssky, aud without auy warning, every-thing was suddenly enveloped in asuow storm. From a fe*i scattering,flakes, so fierce did the storm becomeiu less thau five minutes that it wasimpossible to see clearly a few feetaway, and even the electric lightsworn obscured. Within half an hour,
the mercury dropped fifteen degrees.A high wind started to blow just be-fore miduight, aud the suow wasformed iuto huge bauks in the roadsat many points throughout the coun-ty, especially iu the northern oud.Iu mauy places the storm was accom
pauied by lightning, severo electricalshocks being reported from Blooms-burg aud Sunbury.
Short as was the storm it interferedmore with traffic ou the Dauville andBloonisburg street railway than theheaviest suow storm of the winter.Iu order to keep the cars ruuuiug ouschedule it was absolutely necessaryto keep the snow plow in commissionfrom early morning until 11 o'clock.
From MechaiiioßviHe to a point near-ly three miles east lay an especiallybad section. As fast as the snow wasswept off.it blew back upon the track.The supply of suow ou the fields seemed inexhaustible and between trips itwas apt to pile upou tlie tracks ashigh as the car trucks. The Marchsuow brought about au experience thatthe trolley men will not forget forawhile.
i ir. and firs. John Kashner.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kashner enter-traiued a number of their friends at
their home near the State hospital.The eveuiug was pleasantly spent with
| games, after which au oyster supperI was served.
I Those preseut were Misses CarrieConfer, Alda aud Edua Shultz, FloraKashner, Auuie Lee, Margaret Beyers,
| Lizzie Kocher, Susie Hitter, SarahKrum, Laura Krum, Florence Hart-line, Eva Manning, Annie Manning,Ida Kashuer, Mrs. SVaruer aud sou
' Howard; Messrs. Joseph Cottier, FraukKrum, Calvin Kashnor, D-.iniel Perry,George Krum, Thornton Krum, Norman Krum. Howard Baylor, FraukHartliue and Charles Hitter.
Jere. Knorr Improving.
Jeremiah Kuorr who was struck by !the cars at South Dauville Suudaynight is doing remarkably well cou- ;sidering how badly he was hurt. Theprospects are that he willrecover.
The symptoms of internal injurywere less marked yesterday than pre-viously. The gash ou the head showssigns of healing aud already some ofthe stitches have been removed.
The injured man has fully regainedcousciousuess. He is still unable totell, however, how the accident oc-curred.
Life Insurance Paid.
J. F. Davis, of Williamsport, repre-.v it nt* t'«e TJiiiou Oentril T.ifo lu-snr.uwe comp »uv of Ciuci.i I'i-, wasiu this e ty, yesterday. The objecthis visit was to pay the claim of the
lite Wellington Rote, who was iusur-el iu tl*e abive named conpauy for- thousand dollars. Hhe check wasp.ii t to Mrs. Role,widow of the iiHur-Cil, a- < i.d beneficiary.
has Appendicitis.Miss Leah Daniels, of West Fourth
street, Williamsport, is suffering fromau attack of appendicitis. Miss Dru-ids formerly lived iu Dauville and at-tended the loral high srhool.
SHORT SESSIONOF COUNCIL
The last regular meeting of our bor-ough fathers for the present council-
man ic year Friday proved a very
short one. There was nothing urgeut
pending aud what business might havebeen drummed up it did not seem ad-visable to tackle last night owing to
the fact that the committees to whichmatters might be referred willun-dergo changes before the uext regular
meeting.The chairman called over the list of
committees, but in each instance tharespouso was to the effect that there
was nothiug ou hand. There were onlytwo absentees, the members being pre-sent as follows : Gibson,Vastiue, Boy-er, Sweisfort, Dietz, Jacobs, Russell,Anglo. Woodside aud Eisenhart.
Borough Treasurer Harry Ellenbog-eu presented a statement of finances to
date, which showed a total cash bal-ance on hand of SBOB6. (Sti.
Borough Electrician Newton Smithpresented a statement of the oost of
operating tho borough light plant dur-ing the mouth of February. Sixty-'oue
tons of coal at *2.50 per ton were con-sumed duriug the month, amountingto 1152.30. The total cost of operatingthe plant during February was J275. -
05. The light plant was iu operation
270 hours and 30 minutes.Council adjourned after a brief ses-
siou of forty-five minutes.The followingbills were approved
for payment:BOROUGH DEP'T.
Regular employes. slls 00Montour American 50.00Sarah McCueu 8 00Montour Co. Democrat . 50 00B. ii. Brown 8.00Labor aud hauling 41.18George F. Keefer Bi.ooB. B. Brown (health officer) 14 30
Labor iu light dep't. 9.00Elec. Mfg. Co 18.00
Helias Mfg. Co 144.00Western Union Tel. Co .70
United States Ex. Co 2.10Standard Elec Light Co . 8.28-
WATER DEP T.Regular employes $148.90Cleaning boilers 43.50Friendship Fire Go ...
88.48
J. P. Patton 50Standard Gas Co 9.59P. H. Feast ? 106 80Tiios. A. Schott 4 00
Danville Fdv & Machine Co .. 268.97
Injured in Philadelphia.Reese Edmoudson,the well know in-
surance agent, of this city, met with a
serious accident while alightinga trolley car in Philadelphia Friday
night, aud is now at his home at thecorner of Pine aud Front streets, hav-
ing arrived iu Danville Saturday, ac-companied by his brother Geoige D.Edmoudson.
Mr. Edmondson was alighting from
a trolley car on Arch street, Philadel-phia, in front of the Hanover hotel.
The car started before Mr. Edmond-son was ou the ground,and threw him
on the ice tearing loose the tendons ot
iiis leg.Fortunately Mr. George Edmondson
was iu Philadelphia with his brother,
and took charge of the injured man,
bringing him 011 to his home in this
city.PhysicianF state that the injury is
worse than a break, and that it willbe at least ten weeks before Mr. Ed-
mondson can walk.
Measles in Cooper Township.
The residents of Cooper townshipare badly afflicted with both themumps aud measles.
The school taught by Guy Mowreywas closed on last Thursday for aperiod of eleven days on account ofthe mumps aud now iu another part oftne township iu the viciuity of the"hillschool" the measles have becomoprevalent aud are rapidly gainingground, so that the school board isconsidering the advisability of closingthe school for a week or so.
Measles in the light of somo uewideas dative to the disease propagat-ed by Health Commissioner Dixon hascome to be regarded as a disease notto be trifled with.
At the same time it is a question
with the residents of Cooper townshipwhether the closing of a school for aweek or ten days would have much ofau effect in checking such a disease asmeasles or mumps. At the eud of thatperiod, it is held, there will still bechildren iu the community that areill and, in the absence of any regula-tions, it is feared the disease will becarried to school by the well childrenof infected households. Thus the dis-ease dreaded mauy secure afresh foot-hold. A much lonzer period than aweek or teu days is required to stamp
out either measles or mumps.
Buried on Day of Sale.Mrs. Esther Bittenbender, a proniin
ent resident of Beutou, died suddenlyyesterday morning. She was aged 73year--. Mrs. Bitteubender was going todispHe of her personal property at
public sale Saturday morning at 10o'clock That hour has now been fixedfor her funeral.
Mr. Russell's Condition.William Russell, who was so badly
injured at the Structural Tubingworks Tuesday, at last accounts wasresting quite easily considering theserious nature of the injuries. His armwillbe saved, although probably iu amore or less crippled state.
SEVEN NEWDWELLINGS
As au evidence that Danville liaslife aud energy and intends to forgeahead the fact might be stated thatthere will be more building in Dau-ville during next summer than formany years past. Seven fine moderndwellings are au assured fact, iu ad-dition to whicli several other build-
ings are under consideration and maybe built during the ooming season.
The most important accession ofnew buildings willno doubt be em-braced in two blocks of dwellings con-templated by J. W. Philips on WestMahoning stroet occupying the large
tract formerly used as the lawn tennis
ground.What invests buildings with a
peculiar interest is the fact that theyare to be constructed of concrete. Thus
far no oue in Danville lias ventured toexperiment with the use of concretefarther than the building of cellarwalls. Coucrete, however, has stoodtl(e test admirably aud at many otherplaces it is used exclusively iu thewalls of tile bnlidings.Mr. Philips liasconfidence iu concrete aud believesthat iu the construction of his newbuildings it can be employed morecheaply than either wood, brick or
stone. On the lots to be occupied is adeposit of the best sand in this sectionwhich can bo used to au exoelleut ad-vantage in the manufacture of the
coucrete aud which willassist iu keep-ing down the cost of the buildings.
The proposed buildings will com-prise two blocks, or four dwellings.In height the houses will embrace twostories aud au attic aud each will con-tain seven rooms. They willbe moderniu every respect, containing bath and
being heated by furnace in the cellar.They are designed to fill a want inDanville and willrent for fifteen dol-lars per mouth or possibly less.
David aud Thomas Evans, membersof the firm ot T. L. Evans' Sous, will
each build a fiue residence. The siteto be occupied is on tho east side of
Perry street between the stone worksand the canal where the barn belong-
ing to T. L. Evaus' Sons at present
stands.The houses will be built side by
side. They will be stylish woodeu
structures with all the modern ap-pointments, and will be constructedduring next summer.
\V. J. Rogers, who bought the Lest-er property at the north east corner ofBloom aud Pine streets,will aslo build
a fiue residence on the spot next sum-mer. The preseut structure is offered
for sale and will be removed. Theuew building that willoccupy the sitewillbe of frame witli a beautiful ver-anda infront. The plans are not yetcompleted, but the dwelling willbe amodel of beauty aud convenience aswgjl as an ornament of that part ofthe town.
Iu South Danville W. R. Clark will
build a fine residence near the Penn-
sylvania statiou.
Sudden Death of Apoplexy.
Mrs. Catharine Graham, wife of
James Graham, North Mill street,sus-
tained a stroke of apoplexy about sixo'clock Tuesday evening aud died two
hours later without regaining con-sciousness.
Mrs. Graham loft her home for busi-
ness uptown, aud had proceeded as faras the residence of A. H. Groue.wheushe began to feel ill. She sat down to
rest aloug the pavemeut and iu that
position lapsed mto unconsciousness.She was immediately discovered by
persons passing, aud carried to her
home. It was at once seen thai shehad been stricken and was in a veryserious condition. She lingered until
7 .50 o'clock, when she expired. Hersudden death proved a very great
shock.The deceased was 49 years of age.
Beside her h'usbaud she is survived byfive sous and four daughters: Ed-ward, Thomas, James, Frank, Charles,Mary (Mrs. Matthew Byau), Maggie(Mrs. William Sheehey), Catherine
aud Julia. One brother, Hugh Dough-
erty, of Plymouth, aud two sisters, jMrs. Mary Dalton aud Mrs. GeorgePerry, of this city, also survive. j
Fractured His Knee Cap.
Walter Morrell, roll turner at the IReading iron works, fell on tin ice jTuesday night aud sustained a fracture ;of bis kuee cap.
Mr. Morrall was returuiug from lwork. He bad reached the third ward ,sohool building and to make a short Iout was in the act of crossing the
school grounds when he slipped on the |ice and fell, striking his lett kuee. ]
He was unable to arise, but fortun-1ately some oue came along and assist-;ed him to his home ou Church street.
Dr. Piiules was called, who discover-ed that tliero was a 'ruubverso fractureof the patella or knee cap. The fract-
rue was reduced, aud since then the
iujured man has beeu resting as com-fortably as oould be expected.
A fracture of tlie knee cap, espeoial-1
ly of the kind sustained iu the present jcase, is regarded in a very serious itight. Recovery is apt to be slow aud \tedious, while in a large percentage ]of cases the limb is disabled
Returned From Hospital.
William Mowrer. who had been uu-jdergoiug treatment at the Joseph ]Rattl hospital, Kloomsbuig, wasbrought back to this city yesterday, |slightly improved. He was taken to ithe home of bin parents, Mr. aud Mrs.John Mowrer. East Market street.
NEXT IDGAT BUCKHORN
] The suriug convention of the NorthBranch conference, Susquelianua syuixl
of thi) Evangelical Lutheran church,in session in this city since Monday
evening, adjourned yesterday fore-noon.
Hev. G. 1). Strail, of Btickhorn, ex-tended a cordial invitation to confer-
ence to hold the next convention at
that place, which 011 motion was ac-cepted. The date selected for the con-ference is September, U- 10, l!i07.
The reunion of the SusqneiiaunaLutheran reunion association will beheld at Island Park betweeu Northum-berland and Hunbnrv on Thursday,.Tuly 18th.
The officers of the conference elect-ed at last fall convention are as fol-lows : President, Rev. W. E. Fischer,of Shamokin : secretary, Rev. C. R.Botsford, of Berwick; treasurer, Rev.H. E. Harman, West Berwick. Elec-tion of officers willtake place at thefall convention.
The following resolutions wereunanimously adopted:
Recogniziug iu our Heavenly Fath-er the source of all blessing, we desireto returu unto Him onr united and un-feigned thanks for His continued pre-servation in watching over us sinceour last conveutiou. To Him be theglory for the progress shown in the re-ports from ocr pastors and delegates.
We note with pleasure the GeneralSynod within the bouuds of our con-ference ancl pray that divine wisdommay guide the deliberations of everysession to the glory of God aud thewelfare of tho church.
In the local option bill now beforethe legislature We recognize a factor,which,if made law and enforced, willaid in guarding the purity of publicmorals, the sauctity of the homes, thepreservation of our youths aud the re-clamation of the fallen and herebypledge ourselves in its support.
Since many of onr people in seekingmore favorable business opportunitiesor other wise betteriug their condi-tions, have seen fit to move from theirhome towns aud frequently have not
sought the churches ot their faith intheir new homes, we would urge forthe spiritual welfare of those so mov-ing iu the interest of our belovedohurch that our pastors, not only ad-vise their members to unite with theflock of God in their new places ofresidences, but also report all knowncases of removal to the pastor- iucharge.
Most heartily do we express our ap-preciation of the splendid receptionand hospitable entertainment accordedus In tho pastor aud people of PiueStreet Evangelical Lutheran church,who have so kindly taken us into theirhomes aud thoughtfully ministered toour comfort.
We have boen edilied by the helpfulinspiring music sd heartily renderedby the choir; which has so aided usin the sessious of conference and tothe members tender our sincere thanks.
M. H. FISCHER..T. E. BYERS,JOHN L. MILLEK.
Bill to Tax Express Companies.
HARRISBURG. March IS.Representative Creasy, of Columbia,
this morning introduced a bill in thehouse to tax express companies at therate of 20 mills on the dollar of capit-al stock.
The tax itself is not the most radic-al feature of the bill. The measureprovides that each express company jdoing business in this State except
railroad and steamboat companies en-gaged in the ordinary transportationof merchandise and property in thisState) shall annually report to theauditor general the following factsof its affairs:
Name ; under what laws organized ;date of charter; date of beginningbusiness iu this State; outstandingcapital; classes of capital or interests;per value of shares ; market value ofshares; actual value of all propertyowned in this State; bouded indebted-ness; purpose of bond issue ; other in-debtedness ; total amount of interestbearing debt; gross receipts from busi-ness wholly iu this State; gross re-ceipts of business done in this Stateiu transit to or from other States; en-tire gross receipts of all business.
Failing the annual report the ac-counting officers of the State are to
estimate these figures and add a pen-alty of ten per cent, to the regulartax.
The tax of twenty mills is to belevied upon each dollar of the actualvalue of the whole capital stock of allkinds, preferred, common or special. |
The bill is aimed at such companiesas the Adams, United States, Ameri-can aud Wells Fargo Express com-panies, Mr. Creasy contending thatthe few thousand dollars annuallywhich thege companies now pay arenot sufficient returu for the privilegeswhich they onjoy aud for the moneythey get from the citiaenaof the State.
Desperate Burglars.
A baud of burglars entered Bix dif-ferent residences in Shenaoitoah onSunday night, and considerable bootywas secured. At two places the in-mates were chloroformed, and at onehouse tho plunderers wero interrupted,when they fired several shots beforeleaving, but injured no ono.
Judge Charles T. Woodward, latelyappointed to the Maiue supreme Court,
umvr had a picture taken.
NUMBER 23
Pill BILLVOTED DOWN
HARRISBURG, March 6.With hardly a dissenting voice, the
house of representatives yesterday af-
ternoon killed tho teachers' pensionbill,on second reading, and the mem-bers had a lot of fun doing it.
Scarcely had the bill been read whenRepresentative Punsmore, Republi-can, of Tioga, oil red an amendmentthat not obly teachers, but all personsattaining the ago of 70 years,who hadfor twenty-five years been good andfaithful citizens of the State, be madeeligible for the pension of $l5O peryear which the bill provides. The houseaccepted the amendment amid laughter
and cheers.Representative Marvin, Republican,
of Pike, contributed his share to theentertainment by following with auamendment that, instead of teachingthirty years, as the bill provided,teachers should serve seventy-fiveyears before beiug eligible for pen-sions. With a whoop of merrimentthis ainendmeut was also adopted.
A third amendment was proposed by; Representative Pratt, Repablican, of
j Allegheny, providing that men teaoh-: ers should be retired at the age of 60.As the house was not playing any fav-
|orites this was also tacked on the bill,I aud at once drew forth a point of ord-jer from Representative Blakslee,
I Democrat, of Carbon.Blakslee presented what he termed a
constitutional point of order, sayingthat tho bill was impossible of ful-fillment as amended, for it providedfor retiring women at the age of 80,aud that 110 woman would ever admit
that she was 60.Speaker McOlaiu smiled broadly
and admitted that the point was welltaken, but nevertheless, decided to
submit it to the house.In a mighty shout the members sus-
tained Blakslee, aud the bill fell. kThere was little time from the mea-
sure's inception when it was not vir-tually cretaln it would fail. Not onlyis there a geueral seutiment againstcivil peusiou lists among a large pro-portion of the members, Solely on the
merits of the question, but the con-stitution is quoted as being againstauy pensions except for military ser-vice
hire in New Capitol.HARRISBURG. March 0.
Mice and matches formed the com-bination that early this morning setOre to a de>k iu the office of State Re-gistrar Batt, iu the Department ofHealth,at the new State capitol. NightWatchman E. M. Householder wasparading through the corridor iu thenorth wiug of the Capitol wheu hesmelled smoke. It \yas about 1 o'clockand 110 knew there was 110 necessityfor a Are at that hour, aud he beganau investigation, which resulted in thediscovery of the fire in Drr Batt'soffice.
Watchman Householder quickly gavethe alarm to Stato Health Commis-sioner Dixon,Private Secretary Morseand Clerk Nclsou, who were still inthe main office of the department, audthe quartet quickly iiureeled the handhose kept for fire purposes and break-ing iu the door of the office soon had astream on that destroyed the fire mic-robes, the conflagration germs and theflame bacteria."
| An alarm was sent out,but when thefiremen arrived they were informed-that their servioes were not needed asthe fire had been extinguished.
Swift justice followed upon the in-oendiary act of the mouse that nibbledthe matches and set the desk on fire.Iu clearing away the debris the in-cinerated remains of the incendiarywere fouud, the fire fiend being orem-ated iu his attempt t« set fire to thecapitol. Nothing remained of themouse but a charcoal and a scorchedtrail. A gross of mouse traps have beenordered by Superintendent Rambo.
In Honor of Birthday.
Mr. and.Mrs.' Edward Albeck, at
their home on Cooper street, Saturday
entertained a number of the frfends oftheir daughter Mildred, in honor ofher 6th birthday. A Hue lunch wasserved.
Those present were Misses EthelBodiue, Margaret Hurley, MargaretFields, Ethel Jones. Martha Pangh,Laura Wyant, Agues Wagner. GertrudeHurley, Joauna Buckley, FiancesCashuer, Madge Jones, Freda Jones,Margaret Mowrey,Hilda Snyder,Hazelaud Beatrice Weidman, Isabel Boyer,Ruth Laßue, Lottie May Wintersteen,Mary Orudorf, Mabel Hendricks, Mil-dred Knorr, Helen Foust. ElisabethMiuier, Sara Minier, Anna Hartzel,Anna Wherl, Catharine Whapham.Merylu Kerns, Mantels Francis Kerns,Walter Pet»rs, Henry Seohler, LutherFoust, Albert Hendricks, Ralph Mad-er, Earnest Foust, John Albeck, MissCatherine Hale, Mrs, Snyder, Mrs.Kerns, Mrs. Minier.
QUICK CHANGES from hot to coldaud back again try Btrong constitu-tions and cause, among other evils,nasal catarrh,a troublesome and offen-sive disease. Sneezing aud snuffling,coughing aud difficult breathing, andthe drip, drip of the foul discharge in
to the throat? all are ended by Ely'sCream Balm. This honest and positive-remedy contains no cocaine, meroory,uor other harmful ingredient. Tbe
worst cases are oured iu a short time.Alldruggists, 500., or mailed by ElyBros., OT Warreu Street, New Yotk
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