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Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-03-23

TOT the month of February the 70.
g S1f e,s OF the state oil office amounted "a
SI,olo.4o' Of this amount SSSO.56 COW.
e ered the expenses, leaving the stat.
$132.S4 clear. state
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-03-23

The senate showed signs on one occa.
sion of not possessing any serious inten.
ton of imposing on the railroads when IA
appointed a sitting committee. The sen.
ATE, however, had the support of other
interests in this matter. The action was
aenomlnatcd rs snap Judgment and there
IS talk OF trying to annul it, but no seri.
ious oehef that this will be done. The
statement found expression that but
thirteen members of the senate vera
present when this committee was an.
pointed. Investigation, however. fails
10 confirm this. 1t appears Just % Of
the 80 senators were present.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-07-20
For Cruelty to Animals.

PHOENIXVILLE. July 19.--"It is
shame. the manner in which the
horses of Battery G have been abused
We will most certainly institute pro-
ceedings against the responsible per-
sons. declared Superintendent Thorn
as Carlisle, of the Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals, yester-
day. after he had viewed dozen horses
which will be unable to work for
weeks as the result of their ill use
while in the care of the soldiers at
Mount Gretna.
Superintendent Carlisle and Agent
Gallagher, of the Cruelty Society came
to town this morning and made a tour
of the stables where horses which had
heen hired to tile battery we're kept.
There are sixteen horses in the town
under the care of a veterinary surgeon,
being treated for injuries.
Superintendent Carlisle said There
will be some warrants sworn out for
the arrests of the men who rode these
animals before 1 leave Phoenixville,
and upon my return to Philadelphia l
will consult the society's counsel and
see If there is not way in which the
officers of the battery or regiment can
not be held liable. -
'If possible | will swear out a war
rant for the arrest of Brigadier Gen
eral Goblin. who was in charge of the
camp, and who, to my mind, is to be
Gensured for not being informed OF the
of the animals i'll the camp.
Every move these animals made in
that camp caused them pain.
Two of the horses belonging TO James
G. Peunypacker, who is a cousin of
Governor Pennypacker, are so badly
injured that they have been sent to
the Pennypacker farm, near here, to
recupeIate.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-07-20
New Uniforms Next Year.

The rifle decorations for the Nation
al Guard, given for proficiency in tar
get practice have been received.
The regimental matches will be held
in Sunbury on August 3. / and 5. un-
der the direction of Captain God
charles. About fifteen medals and
prizes will be awarded to those max
ing the highest score. From those
competing in the matches will be
chosen the regimental team, to repre-
sent the 18th at the annual state
matches Mt Mt. Gretna, late in the
summer.
4 new order from the adiutant gen
erals headquarters, reduces the num-
ber of points necessary TO make first
class marksmen.
The men are also required to qualify
un Ter penalty of a fine This latter
provision has raised the percentage of
those qualifying III the Pennsylvania
Guard, above that of any other State.
The days of the khaki uniform are
past Next year the men will receive
suits of darker color, like those of
the officers, which Will soil less easily
than khaki, though wearing just as
we'll.
Since the National Guard is now a
reserve of the United States Regular
Army, they will be equipped entirely
throughout like the regular army.
Captains will be allotted two years to
obtain the equipment for their men
from tho appropriations they receive
from tha State.
The new Springfield rifle wall take
the place of the Krag Jorgenseu, now
in u.e.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-07-20
WILL INSPECT
STREET PAVEMENT


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was com n'PIeted some weeks ago bur
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. "os ''""s s''' ''''' o'o'o lhSpec.
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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-07-20
viii Be Welded Next Week.

On Thursday of next week, July %,
Miss Bertha Smith, daughter of g. +.
Smith, will be married to Mr.. Bruce
Hartman, of Hawaii, Sandwich Is
lands. On the day of the wedding the
happy couple will start for Hawaii,
where the groom holds lucrative
position and where they will reside in
the future.
The journey will prove a long and
wearisome one. Under the best time
made in crossing the continent by rail
passengers are shat up in the cars for
five consecutive days. The couple will
stop off at the Portland Exposition, be-
yond which point they will proceed to
San Francisco. where August 9Th they
will embark for the Sandwich Islands
arriving there August 10th.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-07-20
Baby'S Terrible Bath.

Mrs. Hattie Price, of South Market
street, Shamokin. nearly killed her in
fant child yesterday morning by rub
hing its neck and back with carbOlic
acid, under the impression that it was
alcohol
The child never was very strong and
the mother had been III the hahit of
giving it alcohol baths as a tonic.
Yesterday Mis-. Price sent little
girl living in the nelghhorhood, 10
the store with two bottles. One was
to be filled with carbOlic acid and the
other with alcohol.
At the first drug store visited by the
child. the clerk gave her the carhoia
acid without hesltancy, bat for rea-
sons IN accordance with the rules of the
trade. refused her the alcohol.
The little girl, entering second
store, forgot what she had already Sc
cured and again asked for carbUlIc
acid, which was readily furnished her.
When Mrs. Price received the bot
ties, she of course thought that the
one contained alcohol. AMI according
ly. from one of the bottles, bathed her
baby's arms, neik and back.
The acid ate through the skin of the
child INTO the raw flesh Doctors were
Immediately summoned aud they did
all that was possible to ease the agony
of the little sufferer. but the child lies
in nTecarious condition.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-07-20
THE HEARING
WAS POSTPONED

The hearing of the preliminary in
junction against the Danville q Sun-
bury Street Railway Company in
which NJ. f. Guliok, South Danville,
is the plaintiff, which was to have TAX
en- place at Sunbury . Monday was
postponed until next Monday.
The preliminary injunction which
was granted last Wednesday, restraints
the trolley company from laying its
track iii front of property owned by
the plaintiff on Hazleton Avenue with
out obtaining his consent. An early
hearing was looked forward to with
the hope that the matter might he
finally disposed of.
BY agreement of both parties the in
junction will stand until next Monday,
when Judge SaVidge will hold n final
hearing giving the street car company
time to file an answer. The injunction
then will be either dissolved or made
permanent.
The plaintiff contends that the Penn
sylvania Railroad lies in the center of
HazletOn Avenue aHd that the half of
the street embracing the whole width
between the Pennsylvania tracks and
the property line belongs to Gulick
and on these grounds he seeks to rt-
strain the trolley company from bu Id
ing
The question to be decided Is where
the center line of the street shall he
drawn - whether the Pennsylvania
roads bed lies in the street, or outside
of If
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-07-20
DanviIIe VS.. Cuban Giants.

The game at DeWitt's Park today
between the local club and the Cuban
Giants will be very interesting, in as
much as each team has won two games.
That these teams are evenly matched, p,
may be seen blythe scores made in the
last four games played, which we give
below. The first game, which was a
l3 inning contest, resulted, Cuban
Giants, 3, Danville, 2
The second game, Cuban Giants, 0 ;
Danville, 2.
The third game, Cuban Giants. 3;
Danville, /, aud the last game, Cuban
Giants. l Danville. B.
So it will be seen that in the total
four games or 40 full innings by each
side, only 10 runs were scored.
The visitors will be out for scalp
today, but as on former occasions the
home team expects to be in 1t at the
finish. Coutts, who operated 20 sue
cessfully against the Cuhans on their
last visit. will pitch for Danvile to-
day. There will be large crowd pres
ent to cheer the locals on to victory.
Every body should attend
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-07-20
Puddler Struck by SwitCher.

Thomas Sheeban, a puddler employ
ed at the Reading Iron Works, was
struck by p &5 r. switcher yester-
day morning and was slightly injured.
A short distance north of Center
street crossing the man had sat down
on the edge of the rail road ties TO
rest and in that position fell asleep.
Some time afterward the switch en-
gine came rolling along without max
ing much noise an before it could be
stopped struck the man throwing him
into the gutter
The crew at once picked him up and
took him to his home on Little Ash
street Fortunately he was not badly
injured. He sustained a blow along
side the head. the effect of which soon
wore off He stated yesterday that he
expected to work last night.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-07-20
Good Crop Promise.

Almost from the time of seeding or
planting, until the harvesting, esti-
mates are made as to the probability
of the yield, at first gauging by the
area planted as compared II former
years, the conditions favoring germina-
ton, and then the rain. drouth, heat
or cold figures from week TO week
The latest government estimate, a
couple days ago, is favorable 10 most
crops The frequent showers, and too
abundant moisture in some sections
interfering seriously with hLrvesting
and cultivation. but, the heat and
moisture. on the other hand have been
beneficial to other crops. The eati
mates favor bumper crops, though there
is time enough for great deprecistion
before the products are gaInered. The
indicated harvest of corn, z, ,65l. 10, 600
bushels, is a greater crop than ever
was harvested. while the promised
wheat, 705, 526, 600 bushels. falls be-
hind only the gigantic yield of 1901.
Oats, rye, barley and potatoes are well
up to the bumper standard. There is
no deficiency anywhere, aud meteor
illogical conditions since the reports
closed have been favorable 10 the
maintenance OF the promise. There is
prosperity in every line and figure of
the estimates, aud the railroads will
have difficulty in meeting the demands
of transportation.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-07-20
DANVlLLE WINS
EXCITING GAME

The second game of base ball of the
Danville- bloomsbury series was play
ed at DeWitt's Park Saturday after
| noon. and was one of the most excit-
ing and holly contested games seen on
the local diamond in some time. Botn
sides were determined to win and it
was anybody's game until the last
Bloomsbury player was called out and
the score stood 6-5 in favor of Dan
Vile.
large contingent of rooters accom-
panied the visiting team TO thia city.
who throughout the game WED with
the local enthusiasts in cheering and
encouraging the players. The game,
while Intensely exciting, was not we'll
played by either team-a number of
costly errors and misplays being made
Oh both sides during the nine innings.
But this detraoted from the pleasure
of the occasion not at ALL each error
seeming to arouse more interest in the
struggle.
Danville started the scoring in the
second inning with two men out, Law
renee was presented with a pass TO
first. McClOud singled and Gosh went
to first on balls. With the bases full
Claybergers pretty liner over second
base easily brought in two runs and
left two men OH bases The side was
retired, however, on an easy fly to
center. Three hits and a base on balls
in the fourth netted another tally for
the locals.
In the fifth inning Bloomsbury raj.
lied and made her first showing on the
tally sheet. With two men ont the
visitors made connection with Honey's
curves for three singles and base on
errors. which put 3 inside of their
goose egg and tied the score.
In the the seventh inning Dan
Vile again took the lead Captain
Gerrick walked. and then in quick
succession Archie's timely two bag
ger and singles from Logan and Deem
brought in 3 runs, the score standing
6-3 in favor of Danville. This ended
Danville's scoring. The visitors got
one run in the seventh and one in the
eighth. During their last time at bat
they tried hard to get one man over
the home plate. needing but a single
run TO tie the score. Three hits they
made in this last inning but it avail
ed them nothing. One caught at sec
ond. one struck out and the last with
a pop fly to YerIick ended the strug
gle with Danville one point in the
lead. The score:
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-07-20
FOUND DEAD
IN HAYMOW

Thomas Stout, until about a year
ago resident of DanvilIe, was found
dead in the hay NOW of Shuman's Iiv.
cry stable, Jersey Shore, about noon
yesterday. The deceased was between
30 and 40 years of age and when in
Danville was known to nearly every
person.
Stout it is believed went into the
haymow Tuesday night to sleep and
that death came before morning. He
made his home with his sister, Mrs
j. a. Buckley, on Colvert street.
Stout spent much of his time about
the livery stable occasionally doing
odd Jobs aud now aud then passing the
night there. As far as known he had
not been feeling i'll on Tuesday. The
discovery at noon yesterday was made
by George Shuman.a a son of the owner
of the stable, who had gone into the
NOW to get hay for the horses. Death
is believed to be due to natural causes.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-07-20
Home Destroyed by Lightning

During the electrical shower which
passed over this city Friday night
lightning struck and burned to the
ground the house occupied hy aged
John Pensyl and his wife, situated at
the foot of the hill along the road
leading southwark from Union Corner
Mr.. Pensyl is SO years of age and l.
deaf and blind He lived alone with
his wife, who is G5 years of age. The
couple were alone in the building, "A
30 story structure, when it was struck
by the electric fluid.
The building Immediately took fire
and burned rapidly. 1t was with diff
Guilty that Mrs. Pensyl got her hus-
band out through the smoke. The aged
couple in their panic stricken state
were unable to save any of their fur.
niture 1t was few minutes before
even the nearest neiRhhor I, allied
what mad occurred, and by the time
they reached the burning building the
house was enveloped in flames. With
their help few articles we're sased
on the first floor. but beyunI these,
furniture, clothing and all, were de
stroyed with the house. There was no
insurance.
The house burned was mile or so
from Elysburg and the fire was visible
from this city.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-07-20

PARAGRAPHS

DR.. and Mrs Beeber Vastina, OF
Lewisburg, spent Sunday with rela-
tIves III this city.
Charles Twist, of Buffalo. N Y, is
visiting at the Twist homestead, East
Market street.
Miss Emroy McHose, of Taylor, Is
the guest of Miss Beulah Mills, Front
street.
Mrs. William Fox, Miss Frances Fox
and Jesse r. Fox of Philadelphia, are
guests at the home of Simon Vastine,
near Buyd's station.
Mrs j. H. Vastine aud little son
Richard, of Shamokin, are guests at
the home of Amos Vastine, West Mar
ket street.
Miss Mabel Thomson spent Sunday
with relatives in Oatawissa.
Miss Mary Richardson, of Philadel-
phia, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Frank
jameson, West Mahoning street
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Oottell of Wood
bury, New Jersey, are guests at the
home of John II. Hunt, West Mahon-
ing street.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Limburger, of
Sunhury. spent Sunday at the home of
Charles Limburger, West Mahoning
street
Mrs. Ada Diener, of Coldwater
Michigan, is visiting at the home of
her cousin, Mrs. Fl. NJ. TrumboweT,
East Market street.
Mrs John g. Waite and daughter
Alice have returned from a visit with
relatives in Milton.
Mrs. Charles Campbell, of Sunbury,
is a guest at the home OF George W.
Hendricks, West Market street
Miss Florence Voris returned yester
day from "A visit with friends in Phil
adelphia.
Miss Sallie Creamer, of Baltimore,
is the guest of Miss Olive Thompson,
Bloom street.
Mr and Mrs. M. o. StoeVer, of Phila-
delphia, are visiting at the home of
DR., ). Y Thompson. Bloom street.
William H. Dildine. of Exchange,
transacted business in this city yester-
day.
Miss Cora Harman. of TurbotvIlle.
called on friends in this city yester-
day
Rev. NJ. Belsnap NASH. Of Trenton,
New Jersey, Is the guest of Rev Ed
ward Haughton at the Episcopal rec
tory.
Miss Lillian Swainbank returned to
Wilkes Barre yesterday aftor visit
with Miss Blanche Campbell River
side.
Charles q. Carpenter returned to
tins city Tuesday evening after
week s visit at Port Royal.
MI aud Mrs. John r. Jacobs will
leave today for trip to Atlantic City.
Miss Jennie Knorr left yesterday for
a visit with friends at Washington,
ID. @.
L. ]. Price left yesterday for New
York Oity.
Joseph ID. Hahh and son Joseph ID.
Hahn, Jr.. left yesterday for sew
eral week 5 visit with friends at Du-
bois.
Mrs. George Roudman left last
evening for visit with friends at |
Northumberland
j. f. Bower. of Turbotville, was |
visitor in this city yesterday.
Miss Anna Me sInge-, of York. is
visiting at the home of her aunt, Mrs |
r. G. Welliver, Sidler Hill.
Mrs Oscar Shultz aud daughter Lois |
returned last evening from IA visit with |
friends in Shamokin
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-07-20
Potatoes Will be Scarce. a


I Farmers predict that potatoes will
bring dollar per bushcl ~ fail. 1t
Is already apparent that the crop will
be a failure. Add to this the fact that
only limited acreage was planted
and we have the conditions that CON
tribute to scarcity and consequent
high price
Potatoes were a glut on the market
last year. As spring came on the farm
ers found that they still had large
proportion of last years crop on hand.
which they were obliged to sell at
prices lower than for years past I'm
der the circumstances it was not
strange that in order to avoid a sur
plus the farmers were unit in plant
ing smaller acreage.
This might iIave been all right II
nothing had happened and the potatoes
had thrived as during recent years. 1t
appears. however, from reports receiv.
ed from various quarters that blight
has fallen upon the potato crop and
the yiell may be scarcely half one.
In our own county the crop looks
especially bad. In many fields the
potato vines are dying or are already
dead. The most experienced farmers
are puzzled to find cause for the
blight. Potatoes grew nicely until
week or so ago when they suddenly
turned black and began to droop and
die. OF course at that point all growth
and development of the tubers stop
ped. Many of the hills are found with
out any salable potatoes at all, while
nowhere in the fields are they large in
size or numerous.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-07-20
SHOWER PASSED
AROUND NORTH

About II o'clock yesterday forenoon
while our citizens were all employed
some pursuing their daily vocations
and others, OF the leisure class, busy
with the difficult task of keeping cool
a storm suddenly materialized. It made
its presence known by sudden peals of
thunder, following each other i'm quick
succession, which had quite startling
effect.
For few moments it seemed to
threaten Danville and then with omin-
Gus mutterings of thunder it passed
around northward, just as the shower
of the day before passed around by the
South.
Judging by the manifestations it
was a violent electrical shower. Peo.
pie were heard to remark that we
would hear of much damage wrought
III the path of the storm and as is
shown by the sequence no one was
mistak Ell.
of the storm. The rain fell in torrents
aud the savers were inadequate to car
ry off the surface water and as re-
suit it went coursing down through
the middle Of the streets as though
miniature food had broken loose. For
about half an hour the downpour con-
tinued. Accompanying the rain was
heavy fall of hail, which lasted tif-
teen minutes. Some of the hailstones
were as large as walnuts and in the
path OF the storm the leaves of the
growing corn were cut into ribbons
aud tomato stalks and other vegetables
were beaten into the ground.
During the storm there was flash af.
ter flash of vivid lightning acoompani.
ed at the same Instant with peals of
deafening thunder.
The cupola OIL the residence of Counc-
ilman !. Warner Mifflin, West Main
street, bloomsbury, was struck by
lightning. The large window glass
was shattered and the sash splintered,
the electric fluid passing outside
through the window ledge, which was
also badly split Fortunately it did
not set any of the woodwork on fire.
At the residence of DIR. J. S. John,
near the Mifflin residence the light
ming struck the telephone wires and
following the circuit reached the tele-
phone on the inside putting it out of
commission.
AT Mainville Isaiah Levan had just
completed harvesting his summers
crops and the barn was full to over
flowing. During the storm the barn
was struck and barned to the ground.
Two horses and COW were in the
nutitiing when it was struck. One OF
the horses along with the COW was res
cued, but the other horse perished in
the fiIe. All the other contents were
destroyed. The loss is 81, 500 There
was small insurance
The roof of the Bloom Poor House
reservoir was also struck by lightning !
during the storm and badly damaged |
a tenant house at Berwick, owned by
George f. Sponsler, was also badly
damaged by lightning yesterday. The |
electric fluid struck the chimney shat.
tering it and passed down onto the
first floor, where number of pictures
were torn from their fastenings and a
large plate glass mirror broken The |
damage is at least 5000.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-07-20
Charles Battaslia Before OgIesby

Charles Rattaglia, the well known
Italian padrone. yesterday was ar.
Iaigned before Justice of the Peace
Oglesby. The complainant in the case
was Andrew Schatz. who accused Bat
taglia of obtaining goods under false
pretense.
Last October. according to the infor-
nation. Battaglia bought shoes of
Schatz to the value of $2l 20, repre-.
senting that the trolley company would
pay for them, taking the amount from
his pay. The trolley company refused
to pay for the shoes aud it is alleged
that the defendant knew they would
not, as there was no arrangement be-
tween the two TO that effect
Justice Oglesby held BattagIia un-
der 500 bail for further hearing, hut
the defendant later settled the bill in
full
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-07-20
Barn and Calves Destroyed.

On the Peter Voris estate farm, in
Chillisquaque township. Northumber-
land county, five miles southwest of
Milton, the barn was struck by light
ming Tuesday and two calves were
killed. The barn took fire, and all the
hay, new wheat, wagons and farming
implements were:destroyed,a as were all
the outbuildinRs. There was an in
surance of only 81 200.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-07-20
Pastor Absent.

Owing to the fact that the pastor
has been Unexpectedly called away,
thore will be no preaching in Trinity
Reformed OhurcN. Straw berry Ridge
on next Sunday, July %. Sunday
School will he hold at the usual hour.
There will be Sunday School and reg
ular services OIL the following Sun
day.