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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
Very Serious Runaway Accident,

Mr.. and Mrs. Simon Moser, who re-
side near Washingtonville on the Wash
ingtonville road, while returning home
from market in this city on Saturday,
met with very serious accident.
About four miles from this city on the
road leading from the Fens termacher
tannery to the Ed. Boyer distillery,
which is a very dangerous one, the
horse stumbled and fell over a steep en-
bankment, dragging the wagon and its
occupants with it. Both Mr.. and Mrs.
Moser were badly hurt. The former was
cut and bruised about the head and face
Mrs. Moser was pinned between the
wagon and fence, and was severely cut
and bruised and has several ribs broken.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
THE DISPOSITION
OF BESSEMER PLANT
Will be Made at Special Meeting of
Stockholders,

On Monday, July 80 it will be decid-
ed what disposition will be made of the
plant of the Danville Bessemer Steel
Company. The following notice of a
special meeting has been received by
the various stockholders Of the com
pany:
a special meeting of the stockhold-
ers Of the Danville Bessemer Company
will be held on the 30th day of July,
1900, at II a. M, at the office of the
company, 419 Market street, Camden,
n. j., for the purpose Of voting upon
the question of comforting upon the
board ~of directors full authority to sell,
assign, transfer and dispose of all or
part of the whole property to this corp
oration, and to divide the proceeds of
said sale, with other moneys in the
treasury, among stockholders of record
at the time such distribution is made.
No other business will be transacted"
The stockholders are asked 10 sign
and return by proxy Immediately
if they are in favor of this sale and
distribution.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
Was a Queer Sort of a Joke.

James Murray, who was a few weeks
ago reported killed and later as having
been seriously injured while attempting
to alight from freight train at Addison,
n. Y, has at last been heard from and
the appearances are that Mrs. Murray
has been made the victim of an attempt
at most cruel joke.
At first, it will be remembered, man,
whom Mrs. Murray did not know and
who said. he had left this city with Mr..
Murray called at her home and Informed
her that her husband was dead. Shortly
afterwards she received telegram, say
ing that he was seriously injured. This
was without doubt flake" telegram as
she was not required to sign for it.
On Saturday Mrs. Murray received q
letter from her husband, who is at Jol
lett, this state. The letter stated that
he had not been injured nor was he ever
at Addison. lie also stated that he left
this city alone.
Mrs Murray is inclined to view tht
whole matter as joke and says that i
she could but learn the perpetrators, sht
would bring them to Justice.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
Pleasant Hack Party.

A hack party, given in honor Of Miss
Marie Shoener, of Shamokin, drove to
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Shultz
in West Hemlock township, on Monday
evening. Those present =were: Misses
Sara Waters, Bertha Newbaker, Annie
Rempe, Maggie Doster, Emma Bird,
Nellie Jameson, Minta Shultz, Louise
Mcclure, Bertha Crossley Naomi Shultz;
Messrs. Harry Farnsworth and Val West
of Philadelphia; Harry b. Patton, w.
V. Oglesby, Esq, DR.. l.. X. Cleaver,
Charles Lyon. Charles Seubert, and Will
Eggert.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
The Verdict Set Aside.

President, Judge Pennypacker, of
Common Pleas court, No. 2, Philadel-
phia, has filed an opinion setting aside
the verdict in the case of w. F. Waters,
who recently obtained $47 900 from the
Atlantic Refining company for the loss
of his eye sight Waters was represent
ed by Charles Goldsmith of Philadel-
phia, son of Councilman Goldsmith, of
this city. The plaintiff was minor in
the employ of the Refining company and
the reason for the setting aside OF the
verdict was that the boys earnings,
while thus employed, were not made
known to the jury.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
It Renuired Many Bricks,

The brick wall, which is in the course
of construction around the grounds of
Castle Grove, is gigantic piece of work
and when completed $4,000 bricks will
have been used.
Yesterday work was commenced on
the south wall, which will require $780,
900 bricks. %'1n building the west wall
155, 900 bricks were used and 10000 were
used in the gateway. The wall is II
inches wide at the base and is "A inches
at the top, including the coping.
The grounds near the gate are being
beautified and rearranged.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
Mountain Grove Camp Meeting.


The twenty-ninth annual meeting of
the Mountain Grove Camp Meeting AS
socjation will open Wednesday, Aug. s,
to continue until Thursday, Aug. Is.
The opening sermon will be preached at
7:30 p. M. Wednesday. The Rev. K.
Ii Gilbert, of Berwick, will conduct tn e
children's meeting and the Rev. DIR.
Frysinger, of Bloomsbury, will have
charge of the young peoples meeting.
The Sunday school, under the super
intendency of Myron |. Low, which has
been SO very successful in past years,
will be-held at 1:30 p. m. Special atten-
ton is called to this service, and the
presence of all is earnestly desired. The
music, very special feature of Mount
ain Grove will be i'll charge of Prof.
Orval II. Yetter, of Bloomsbury, aided
by efficient assistants. The communion
service this year will be held on Tues
day, Aug. IA.
The most liberal provisions have been
made for the accommodation of minis
ters of the Danville District who may at
tend the meeting. Those tenting on the
ground with their families will be fur
nished with one tent free, except where
choice of location is granted, when one
dollar will be charged. All others will
be provided with sleeping accommoda
tions in the new and comfortable Pre-
achers' home free of charge. Rev. F. S.
Vought, of st. Peters church, South
Danvile, will have charge of the pre-
achers' home.
Among those who manage the affairs
of the Association this year is Ct. Nj.
Shoop, of this city.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
Left Clothes on Railroad Track.

A Mill street lad, named Alex Grimes.
on Saturday went. in swimming to his
sorrow. With a crowd of boys he was
enjoying swim in the canal, near the
brick yard, below town, and thought
lessly enough he left his clothes lying
on the Lackawanpa railroad track.
As consequence the first train that
passed made Grimes apparel look like
a sieve. Thomas Reilly's hat was on the
track and was also cut up. Grimes man
aged to borrow sufficient clothes with
which to get home and it is likely that
hereafter he will be more careful in Sc
lecting a spot in which to leave his be-
longings.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
Ethel Harrington Surprised,

Mr. and Mrs +. NJ. Herrington gave a
pleasant surprise for their daughter,
Ethel, at their home on East Market
street, Saturday evening, in honor of
her eleventh birthday The evening
was pleasantly spent by the children
playing in the Square and later they
marched to the home of Ethel's grand
mother, Mrs. Jennie Harrington, t.
piano music, furnished by Miss Annie
Miles. Here refreshments were served
among which was a cake surrounded by
eleven candles Ethel received many
handsome presents.
Those present were: Elsie Moore,
MarioS and Isabel Schoch Margaret Sid
Ter, Ruth Frick, Margaret Barber, Isabel
Wetzel, Bertha Cloud, Eleanor German,
Alice and Florence Helm, Clara Det-
weller, Mira Saunders, Florence Price,
Lou Davis, Pearl Vastine, Rena and
Elsie Gulick.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
Will Double Its CAPACITY,

Some big repairs are now in progress
at the plant of the Danville Rolling
Mills, which indicates that it will soon
be in operation again and its capacity
will be doubled.
Work was commenced yesterday on
the erection of 3 double puddle furnaces
and three high muck rolls. Just when
the mill will be started Supt. Mallen is
unable TO state.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
Lizzie Knorr ATTEMPTS Suicide.

Miss Lizzie knorr, daughter of Mrs
Mary knorr, who resides at the home of
William Myers, on Railroad street, at
tempted suicide in Philadelphia on Mon
day morning by turning on the gas in
her bed room and then going to sleep.
Miss Knorr formerly resided with her
parents in this city and was well-known
here. With her sister, Name, she left
Danvil!e some years ago and they took
up their abode at 1888 Seybert street,
Philadelphia. 1t was here that she at
tempted to take her life. The PhiladeI-
phia North American in giving the de-
tails of the attempt at suicide says that
Clara Lewis, who resides in the same
house with the Knorr girls was aroused
by the fumes of the escaping gas early
Monday morning. 1t was found that
Lizzie had locked herself in her room,
turned on the unlighted gas and lay
down to sleep it all away. In an un-
conscious state she was taken to the
German Hospital in an ambulance. The
doctors were at first unable to say
whether the case would result fatally. A
telegram received by the girls mother
yesterday, however stated that she was
slightly better.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
A Runaway Horse Breaks Its Neck.

A valuable horse belonging to Livery
man P. w. Leas was instantly killed as
the result of runaway Sunday evening
The animal had been rented by John
Baker, and while driving near the grist
mill it became unmanageable and Mr..
Baker alighted from the buggy.
The horse ran toward this city and
in doing so came in contact with anoth-
er vehicle coming in the same direction.
The runaway in some manner tripped
and fell ,alighting on its head and break
ing its neck. Death was instantaneous.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
improvements Progressing.

The work of improving the Y. NJ. G.
A. building is being pushed as rapidly
as possible and will probably be com:
pleted within q short time
The carpenters and plasterers have
completed their work and the painters
and caciminers will begin work next
week. Three new baths-one shower and
two tubs-have been put in.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
Mr., Titel's Father Seriously Ill

John Titel, father of Lewis 1itel, of
this city, and Bloomsburg's oldest citi-
zen, is seriously i'll at the home of his
son-in-law, Hiram Palmer, on West Third
street, that place, and on account of his
advanced age little or no hopes are en-
tertained Of his recovery. Mr.. Titel was
l0l years old on the 10th day Of last
November Mr. Titel, accompanied by
DR.. S. Y. Thompson, called on his aged
father Tuesday.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
Entertained Many Friends.

A large number of friends were enter
tanned by Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bucher,
Of Riverside on Saturday, in honor of
Mr.. Bucher's twenty-second birthday.
Seventy-fve guests were present for din
ner and supper
The Riverside Social Club and Mr..
and Mrs. George W. Roat, of this city,
presented Mr.. Bucher with two very
handsome chairs: He also received
many other gifts Guests were present
from Catawissa, Sunbury and this city.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
Phonograph Party,

\ very pleasant phonograph party
was given at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
John jenkins, Church street, last even
ing, in honor of Miss Lizzie Ryan, Of
Hazleton Those present were: Misses
Maggie and Ella McCafrey, Iettie
Stangier; Messrs. Frank lckes, Frank
Aten, Lewis Rieck, Carey Savery and
Patrick McCailrey.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
A Costly Fight.

A performance almost as interesting
as that of circus took place in the
alley at the rear of Eckert's boarding
house Friday afternoon. Joseph Hale
and James Fedder, employees at
the Reading Iron Works, had some little
dispute and as their discussion grew
quite hot, they adjourned to the alley
to fight it out. They were just finishing
the first round when Officer Noris ap.
peared and promptly arrested them.
At the hearing before Squire Bare, the
parties were charged with disorderly
conduct. They were fined 81 each.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
Third Brigade Inspection.

The Third brigade, n. O. p, of which
the Twelfth regiment is a part, will be
inspected at camp on Aug g. beginning
at 7 O'Clock in the morning The in
spection will be preceded by a review
by the adjuant general. Officers to be
dismounted at review Inspection
drills will follow Immediately the gen.
eral inspection, The inspection drills
will be confined to battalion drill, eX.
tended order and outpost duty, and will
be under the direction of the brigade in.
speCtors.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
Athletic Association Boat Ride.

An athlet4 association was recently
formed by number of young men of
this city, which is to be known as the'
Danville Athletic Association. A boat
ride to Chulasky will be given by the
Association on Friday evening, to which
the public is invited. Tickets 10 cents.
The Association is arranging for field
day at DeWitt's park early in August.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
Miss Brent Entertained.

Miss Pearl Brent entertained a num-
Der of her girl friends at her home on
Front street, Tuesday evening. Music,
by Misses Stella Burgner and Dora Jen-
kins, together with various games FORM
ell the evenings amusements. The fol-
lowing were present:
Misses Ella Camp, Sallie Woodslde,
Elizabeth Reed, Hannah Prout. .Cordelis
Kramer, Pearl Brent, Mae Brent, Edith
jenkins, Verna Reed, Stella Burgner,
Dora Jenkins
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
Marshall -Cripps.

At the residence of the groom's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. b. Marshall, Water
street, last Tuesday evening occurred
the marriage of George c. Marshall, a
well-known young man of this city, to
Miss Elizabeth Cripps, daughter of Will
lam Cripps, engineer at the State Hospit-
al gas plant. number of friends wit
messed the ceremony, which was per-
formed by the Rev, j f. Hover. Mr..
and Mrs. Marshall will reside with the
formers parents.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
Coming Picnics at DeWitt,s Park,

The following picnics have been book
ed for DeWitt's Park: July 26, Evangel,
ical church and Sunday school; July y,
German Lutheran church and Sunday
school; Aug /, Knights of Pythias; Aug,
7, Masonic order of Catawissa; August
IL, Clark family reunion; August, 26,
Voris family reunion.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
Adnnted New Books,

An adjourned joint meeting of the
School Board and the teachers was held
Tuesday evening with ten directors and
thirteen teachers present. The follow.
ing new books were adopted: Gordy's
L. S. history to replace Barnes history,
Nichols Arithmetic to replace Milne:
Arithmetic, Barnes system of vertical
writing to replace the Sheldon system.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
No Agreement Reached.

No agreement was reached yesterday
by the employees of the puddle depart
ment of the Reading Iron works and the
company. As a result the bars were
drawn yesterday afternoon and the pud-
die mill will probably not be put in op-
Grafton again this week.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
REPUBLICAN
COUNTY CONVENTION

The Republican County Convention
will be held in the Court House on Sat-
urday morning, July 2Sth, at 1870
o'clock
The primaries will be held on Friday
evening, July q, between the hours of
and O'Clock at the usual voting
places
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
A Victory for the "7Ts,n

The cts" easily defeated the Blooms
burg Junior base ball team at DeWitt's
Park on Saturday afternoon, the score
being - to 5. The battery for the home
team was composed of Klase and Rob
inson and Savits and Riching were the
points for the juniors. The attendance
was unusually large.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
Mausdale Won.

4 team composed of Mausdale gun
ners, defeated a Washingtonville team
on Saturday by a score of 66 to 81. Fol
lowing are the members of the teams
and their scores: Mausdale-Lewis Fig
les, IL; J. Fry, 10; A. Fry, 10; A. Law
renee, II; J. Tittsworth, II; G. Lawrence,
:; j. Deitz, 6. Washingtonville--N. L.
Wagner, 10; c. Moser, II; A. G. Cour-
son, II; c. Oyster, 8; A. +. Seidel, s; d,
Callahoon, Z; A. Gresh, &.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
Prohibition Nominations.

The Montour county Prohibition ex-
ecutiye committee has made the follow
ing nominations: For sheriff, David
Gibson, Fourth ward;fo associate judge,
CYRUS f. Styer, West Hemlock town
ship; for jury commissioner, William L.
Antrim, Third ward. Vice chairman
KiSner presided at the meeting.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
A Very Sad Case.

j. F. Hess and j. A. Karns, Overseers
of the Poor of Fishingcreek Township,
took Mrs. Jacob Kline, of the same
township, to the Danyille Hospital for
the Insane Tuesday. Mrs. Kline is the
wife of the man taken to that institu-
ton Monday by Sheriff Black.-Blooms-
burg Daily.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
MORE TEACHERS
SALARIES RAISED
Miss Musselman, Miss Bloom and Miss
Bennett Receive Advances.

A regular meeting of the School Board
was held Monday night with the follow
ing members present: President Fisch-
er, Orth, Harpel, Green, Werkheiser,
Burger, Fenstermacher, Lunger, keefer,
Curry, Barber, and Black.
1t was voted to remove the plaster
in the annex of the Fourth ward build
ing and replace same with hard finish;
also that the wood work be repainted
The work of repairing furnace pipes was
given to W. E. Bowyer.
1t was decided that Will q. Brown ex-
anime and repair the locks on the doors
of the Third ward building.
1t was moved and carried that all bills
presented to the board hereafter be laid
over for a period of two weeks The
board members were of the opinion that
the bills have been paid too hurriedly.
The rates of tuitions were next brought
up and the prices charged by various
nearby towns were presented. In each
case the tuitions were larger than those
of the local schools. The question was
referred to the transfer committee.
A communication was received from
Miss Musselman asking that her salary
be raised and a motion was made to lay
the communication on the table. This
motion, however, was lost and it was
voted to reconsider the salaries of Miss
Musseman; also Miss Bloom and Miss
Bennett. 1t was decided that these
salaries be raised. Miss usselman's
from $50 to $50; Miss Blooms from $50
to 500; Miss Benefits from $40 to S45.
Ii was voted that Architect Brugler
superiptend the painting Of the Third
ward school house. The bids for this
work were read as follows
w. III. Messer. Observation-Disclosures. S3l4.0O
Emerson Adams. s.... Bile
G. +. Hershey. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 34l.0O
The contract was awarded to Mr..
Adams.
The following bids for flooring in the
First and Third ward buildings were
read:
q. f. Reifsnyder, ............ Sl42.OO
5. NJ. Trumbower. wer........... l37. 5O
Casper Diseroad. ........ 1880
The work was let to Mr.. Dfseroad pro
viding he signs the contract within the
next days.
Bids were also made for the repairing
and painting the window blinds, but it
was decided not to make these repairs at
present.
The following bills were ordered paid
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
Will. be OYerseer Of the Cooking

Robert Miller has beep engaged as
overseer of cooking for Company f dur
ing the coming encampment. Mr.. Mill
er has acted in this capacity several
times before
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
COUNCIL RECEIVES
DRINKING FOUNTAIN
Was Presented By the Ladies of the W.
G. T. U, Last Friday Night.

Council met in regular session Friday
evening with the following members
present: Messrs. Vastine. Sechler, Fet-
terman, Jones, Goldsmith, Holloway,
Brandt and Amesbury. Mr.. Kemmer
beng absent, Mr.. Holloway was on
motion of Mr.. Jones, elected president
pro. tenn.
A committee composed of Miss Mary
Noris, Miss Sue Colt, Mrs. NJ. L. Douglas,
Mrs. Amos Nastine and Mrs. Alice
Beaver, representing the w. G. T. U.
appeared before council stating that the
drinking fountain had been erected on
the site designated by council and that
it would formally be presented to the
Borough Saturday night at 7:3O O'Clock,
by James Scarlet, Esq, on behalf of the
w. c. T. L.
On motion of Mr.. Fetterman the la
dies were given vote of thanks for
their noble work.
On motion of Mr.. Vastine, Council
decided to attend the exercises on Sat
urday evening and receive the fountain
as the property of the Borough.
On motion of Mr.. Fetterman the Street
Commissioner was instructed to notify
the property owners throughout the
city to trim their shade trees so as not
to interfere with the lighting of the
streets.
A complaint was received by the
Building and Repair Committee and
submitted to Council, stating that John
Springer had recently built stable on
his property, in the vicinity of Cooper
street, within twenty feet of neigh
bor's house.
On motion the clerk was instructed to
notify Mr.. Springer that he had violat-
ed the Borough ordinance by erecting a
barn without first securing a permit
from Council
The following bills were ordered paid:
NFtI nm t,Ft,,,
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
HIS NAME WAS
WINFIELD s. TOBIAS
The Man Who Took An Overdose of Lau-
danum Wednesday Evening.

The name Of The man whose death,
from an overdose OF Iaudanum, occurred
in this city on Wednesday night, was
Friday found to be Winfield Scott
Tobias. He could not have been very
well known in this section and it is
thought that the only living relative he
may have is a sister residing in Harris
burg.
As the dead man was not William
Davis a second inquest was held Fri-
day afternoon. From the evidence there
was no doubt that Winfield Scott To-
bias was the name of the man. He is
said to be from Berrysburg, Dauphin
county. William James and Edward
Coleman of SaImon's carriage shops
identified the man. They had worked
| with him at Mausdale year ago. The
dead man had lodged at the HeddenS
House at different times for several
weeks and the last time he was there,
he left two valises in the care of Land
lord Moser. Mr.. MOser did not know
the mans name, but Friday morning
he viewed the dead body and at once
recognized the man as the lodger.
In the valises were found about fifteen
| dollars in cash, a good suit of clothes
and book, on the fly leaf of which was
written the name "Ninfeld Scott To-
bias" In another book was found the
following inscription: "Mrs. Kate Mes
sner, 40 Briggs street, Harrisburg this
is my sister"
rhe verdict by the jury was the same
| as Thursday with the exception that the
name Winfield Scott Tobias was substi-
tuted for William Davis. A telegram
was sent to Mrs. Messner Friday
morning informing her of her brother s
death, but at 7 O'Clock Friday night no
answer had been received. During Fri
day afternoon the Chief of Police of
Harrisburg was called by telephone and
instructed to inquire whether the dead
man had relatives residing in that
city by the name of MeSsner. In
reply Poor OyerSeer Kerns Friday night
at 80 received the following telegram;
HARRISBURG, Pa, July q.
Il. NJ. KERNs
Embalm body. 1t will be brought
here
Signed, j. B. KoURZ,
Chief Of Police.
As the body was already in a badly
decomposed state, Undertaken Roat had
just made the burial at the Poor House
farm and the grave had been partly COW
cred up, when a messenger handed him
a copy Of the above telegram. Poor
Overseer Kerns answered the Telegram
at once stating that Tobias had been
buried. From the tone of the telegram
it is supposed that the sister of the
dead man has been found and that she
,,iD Laya t,n l,,yI =, cont 70 IIorriub,ror
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
Will PLAY in Sunbury.

The "77's' of this city will cross bats
with the Sunbury Pennsylvania Railroad
team at Sunbury, Saturday.