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Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-03-02
HORSES COMMAND
=: GUOD PRICES

A very interesting horse sale al
Hoke's livery stable, Saturday, broke
up the monotony of an otherwise very
dull day. The horses were fine and
what was of equal Importance the
crowd was large, made up of horse
men great and small Under such cir
cumstances the bidding was spirited
and the horses as rule brought about
what they were worth. Johnny Will
Jams, of Bloomsbury, was auctioneer,
which makes it hardly necessary to
| add that things were kept moving and
that the sale-which began at one
o'clock-was over shortly after five.
The horses-twenty-o in number
were shipped from Canada and arrived
here on Friday afternoon. Naturally
they showed the signs of fatigue and
slight indisposition, from which they
should recover in day or so.
Hon. Alexander Billmeyer bought
probably one of the best teams, a bay
and brown, for 1920. He also bought
a fine dapple- gray for 1920.
A very fine team of bays was knock
ed down to liveryman Hoke for $500.
Bruce Kelley, of Washingtonville,
bought dapple-gray for s2l0.
Theodore Hoffman bought nice lit
tie black for $l25.
A team of blacks was knocked down
to John Crossley of Valley township
for $l95.
A handsome team Of large blacks
brought s4OO. They were purchased
by man near Sunbury.
The horses were shipped here and
sold by P. G. Waldron, who deals ex-
tensively in horses and conducts sales
in Luzerne, Columbia and surround
ing counties.
Notwithstanding the expansion of
trolley lines, and the use of automo-
biles there is no apparent decrease i'll
the demand for horses. Indeed, they
are said to be scarce in this section, a
fact attested by the good prices com
manded at the sale Saturday. This is
owing to the fact that few if any
horses are being raised in this section,
experience proving that under the pc
culiar conditions here a full grown
horses can be bought for less money
than it costs to raise one. This leaves
the field open for a fine trade in horses
and experienced dealers like Mr.. Wal
dron do profitable business.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-03-02
r1et This forming.

The members of the Montour county
bar will hold a meeting in the prothon-
otary's Office at 8 o'clock this morn
ing to make arrangements for attend
ing the funeral of Judge Little, which
will take place at Bloomsbury at
o clock this afternoon.
The bar will also pass suitable reso-
lutions ON the death of the late Judge
There will no doubt be a large at
tendance at the funeral from Montour
county. Nearly the whole bar accom-
panied by the court house officials will
attend. The Danville contingent will
go to Bloomsbury in body. leaving
on the IL 40 car.
AS previously announced the various
offices of the court house will be closed
this afternoon out of respect to the
memory Of Judge Little.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-03-02
Five Civil Cases Are Settled.

| Five of the seven civil cases, which
have been before court for a year or
more past, continued from term to
term, were brought to settlement by
Judge @. B. Staples Monday. He con-
tinued two of the cases where sickness
of the plaintiff stood in way of pro-
ceeding and ruled the rest for trial.
Under the circumstances, settlement
was agreed upon. The cases settled
were:
j. Miles Reed VS.. Lehigh g. Wilkes
Barre Coal Company. Trespass.
Jz.Carr and w. B. Carr VS.. Lehigh
g. Wilkes-Barre Coal Company. Tres
pass.
Theodore F. Meyer VS.. o. R. Drum
heller. Appeal.
L. Nevi VS.. Polish Lithuanian Brew
ing Company. Appeal.
A subpoena in divorce was granted
i'll the case of Arthur F. Robinson and
Lizzie Robinson.
John Seidel was appointed guardian
of Arthur Raymond Bogart.
The auditors report was confirmed
nisi in the estate of Benjamin Fry.
deceased.
Alfred Blecher was appointed tax
receiver of Cooper township.
The report of the auditor was con.
firmed in the estate of Edward Hofer,
deceased
In re Horace B. Bennett ct al VS.. X.
Olive Thompson, committee, etc. Rule
on parties to accept or refuse, etc.,
and return to the Sheriff of the same
was filed.
The case of Simon Fleishman vs..
Paul P. Swentek, trespass, was con-
tinued on account of the sickness of
plaintiff
The case of Simon Fleishman VS..
Michael Breckbill was also continued
on account of sicknes of plaintiff.
An opinion and order of the court
was filed in the divorce case of Dora
E. Robbins VS.. W. Edward Robbins.
Horace B. Bennett, ct al VS. X Olive
Thompson, committee. In partition;
property awarded to Lewis Rodenhoff.
er for the sum of $1,000, he being the
only bidder.
An inquisition upon the body Of
James A. Jones was approved by the
court.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-03-02
Benton Trolley Hay Result.

Extensive trolley operations that will
link every town in the anthracite coal
region and make it possible to journey
from Philadelphia to Shamokin,a a dis
tance of about 1855 miles, on electric
cars, will be commenced this spring
and pressed to completion before next
fall.
Last week the Allentown, Tamaqua
and Ashland Electric Railway COM
pany was incorporated at Harrisburg.
William Lindsay, of Pittsburg, is the
president of the company and it is cap
italized at $500, 900. The company has
had a corps of engineers working in
the vicinity of Mahanoy City for sew
eral weeks. 1t plans to build a line
between Slatington and Lehighton and
between Tamaqua and Mahanoy City,
thus making it possible to journey
from Allentown to Shamokin on con-
Meeting lines.
When the Hazleton Traction COM
pany extends it's line to Delano, and a
branch is built from Mahanoy City to
that place by the Schuylkill Traction
Company series of connecting links
will be established between Mahanoy
City and Scranton, thus making it
possible to journey by trolley from one
end of the region to the other.
The Union Traction company, of
Pottsville, announces that it will on
April l commence the work of extend
ing its lines from Mddleport to Tama-
qua and also from Pottsville to Shenan-
doah by way of Frackville.
1t is said that the Schuylkill Trac-
tion company, of which W. S. Leib,
formerly bTreasurer at Philadel
phia, is the president, is behind all
these movements, and that the ultim-
ate purpose is to bring about huge
combine of all the roads in the lower
anthracite region.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-03-02
JUDGE LITTLE
PASSES AWAY

Hon. R. R. Little, president judge
of this district, died at his home in
Bloomsbury at five minutes after foul
o'clock Monday afternoon.
The condition of Judge Little who
has been seriously ill since his break
down in court ON Thursday, February
9th, took serious turn Saturday night
by developing into pneumonia. Since
Sunday noon he was unconscious. He
was attended during the last few days
of his illness by his sister law, DR..
Ruth Tustin, who came to Bloomsbury
from Maine, where she has medical
practice.
Robert r. Little was born at Ber-
wick May Both, 1852, and was the son of
Ephraim H., and Eliza (Seibert) Lit
tie. He was eight years of age when
his parents moved from Berwick to
Bloomsburg, and there he was reared,
receiving a good education in the
Bloomsbury State Normal School from
which he was graduated in 1879. He
subsequently entered the University
of Rochester at Rochester, New York,
and then attended Hamilton College,
at Clinton, New York.
In 1878 he entered his fathers office
and applied himself with such dilig-
ence as to be able to pass the bar ex-
animation two years later. He i'm
mediately became his fathers partner
and he practiced law under the firm
name of E. H. and R. r. Little until
the formers retirement. Judge Little
after that practiced alone. He served
as district attorney from 1875 to 1881,
two terms in all, and filed out two
terms as county solicitor He was al
so solicitor for the council of Blooms
burg for one term He was elected
president judge of the twenty sixth
judicial district ON November 9Th,
1898.
October 10Th, 1878, Judge Little was
united in marriage with Deborah Z.
Tustin, of Bloomsbury, and they were
the parents of three children: Henry
J. now of Light Street; Isaiah 7. and
Catherine T., who reside at home
Socially he was member of Washing
ton Lodge, No. 265, f. g. A., being
past master of that order; he was
also member of the P. o. S. of A.,
of the Grange and of Caldwell Consis
tory. He was for many years mem
ber of the trustees of the Bloomsbury
State Normal School, director of the
Rosemont Cemetery Company and of
the Bloomsbury Water Company. In
religious attachments he was men,
Der of the Baptist church.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-03-02
MEETING OF
POMONA GRANGE

| The regular quarterly meeting of
Pomona grange No. 81, of Montour and
Northumberland counties was held in
G. A. R. hall, this city, yesterday.
Owing to the exceedingly cold wealth :
er and the bad roads the attendance
was slim, farmers from the northern
part of the county dreading to start
| out ON the long drive.
Two sessions were held, one in the
forenoon and the other in the after
noon both were business sessions and
therefore the public were excluded and
the program of recitations, music, &c. i,
which generally adds interest to the
quarterly meeting was not in evid-
ence.
Deputy State Secretary of Agricul-
ture Martin, accompanied by his wife,
was present at the session of Pomona
grange. @. H. Dildine, of Rohrsburg,
member of the executive committe of
the State grange, also accompanied by
his wife, was present TO install the
officers-e elect, of Pomona grange No. 81,
as follows Charles V. Amerman,
master; A. H. Litchard, overseer J.
W. Lowrie, lecturer; I. A. Eschbach,
steward Calvin Derr, assistant stew
ard; Mrs. Cora Derr, lady assistant
steward w. r. Mills, chaplain; Ma
than Becker, treasurer; Harvey Sones,
secretary Hon. Charles A. Wagner,
gate keeper Mrs. Montgomery, Ceres;
Mrs. G. g. Billmeyer, Pomona; Mrs.
A. L. Martin, Flora.
Among the we'll known and promin-
ent grangers who attended the meeting
were: DR.. McHenry. of Benton; M.
S. Bond and Miss Emma Lewis, of
Chulaskey; Miss Eva Kurtz, Charles
Black and William Boeber, of Milton,
and Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Merrill of
Valley township.
Valley grange will provide a place
for the next quarterly meeting, which
will take place ON Wednesday, May
30th.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-03-02
FIRE THREATENS
PUBLIC SCHOOL

The borough of Washingtonville was
thrown into furore of excitement
yesterday morning when it was dis
covered that the public school build
ing was on fire. Citizens responding
quickly to the call for aid succeeded
in getting the fire under control with
but small loss to the building.
The school, which is taught by Miles
J. Derr, was in session at the time,
and it was one of the pupils who dis
covered the fire. Great excitement en-.
sued in tho school, and the children
coming from the building, spread the
alarm. In a remarkably short time
people from all over the little borough
came tramping to the scene, carrying
buckets. tubs and receptacles of any
description that would hold water.
The fire was in the loft of the build
ing which is very hard of access on
account of there being no opening from
the outside. 1t was necessary, there
fore, to take the water into the loft
through hole in the ceiling Of the
school room. The loft was dark and
he air thick with smoke, but the
flames soon snccumbed to the deter
mined efforts of the fire fighters.
The fire is attributed to the fact
that the pipe leading from the stove
was too near a joist in the loft, and ON
account of the cold weather a heavy
draft was kept on the stove, which
served to ignite the timbers.
The loss to the school property is in
considerable. No session was held yes.
terday afternoon, but school will be
resumed this morning as usual.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-03-02
Independent Telephone Line.

A movement is on foot in Valley and
West Hemlock townships to establish
a telephone system, wholly independ-
ent of any other rural system, which
will place the farmers in communica-
tion with Danville.
The farmers are very much in earn
est and have already held meeting
and effected an organization. Their
plan is to build pole line from Swe-
noda to Mausdale, taking in Kaseville.
From Mausdale their plan is to use the
pole line of the United Telephone COM
pany and they have already submitted
proposition to the United people.
They want to string two wires on the
poles of the latter company, connect
ing the independent system with Dan
vile exchange. Just what arrange
ment with reference to the wires they
will make with the United Telephone
people, or whether the two companies
will be able to get together at all can
not be determined at this time.
The group of farmers see some ad-
vantages in being on line wholly
with themselves, where they would be
required to share in the responsibility
of keeping up only limited number
of poles. They believe that the service
would be perfectly satisfactory by rea,
son of the proximity of the new sys-
tenn to Danville and the ease and in
expensiveness with which they might
get their wires carried into the ex-
change at that place-provided OF
course that the United Telephone com.
pany agree to accept their proposition.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-03-02
Repairs Nearly Completed.

The repairs ON the Thomas Beaver
Free Library are practically complet-
ed and the building will no doubt be
thrown open yet during the present
week.
The walls were completed first and
they show up most beautifully. The
woodwork was nearly finished yester-
day and for today nothing remains but
to apply some finishing touches. The
woodwork of the library is exception
ally fine and ornate. Probably no 9TH
er building in this section contains
such fine specimens of wood carving.
The quality of the wood, too, is fine and
under the painters brush, tile whole
has taken on q lustre and a beauty,
which makes the interior appear like
new building.
The walls of the ladies' reading
room are calcimined an electric green
with the ceiling yellow or cream col
or. The mems reading room is finish
ed in terra Gotta, the ceiling being of
somewhat lighter hue. The color
employed in the hallway is also terra
Gotta, shade lighter than the calci-
mine in the mems reading room. The
colors have been carefully selected to
harmonize with the building as whole
and the general effect could not be i'm.
proved upon.
In the library proper, where the
books are kept and the patrons are
waited upon the wainscoting and the
base work of the system of shelves
have been carefully gone over and
polished up to correspond with the
woodwork in the other portions of the
building. The floor in this part ha:
been polished and the books have beer
removed from the shelves and the lat
| ter renovated, after which the book!
were replaced. The effect has been tc
give this part of the building a clean
ness and freshness which is apparent
as soon as one inhales the air.
The chairs, the tables and all the ap
purtenances have been polished to lool
like new. Especial care has been be
slowed upon the stairway with its fine
decorations. 1t is polished clear to th'
top of the second story, as far as the
woodwork is exposed to the eye from
the lower floor.
After today but little will remain t,
be done but to put down the rugs ant
redress the chandeliers. Jesse Beave
yesterday stated that he thought tn,
building might be open by Saturday
Work ON the repairs began about TIL
first of the month.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-03-02
PurSel--YOung

Miss Agnes Young, of this city, and
S. w. Pursel, of Valley township, were
united in matrimony last evening. The
ceremony took place at eight O'Clock
at the home of the bride, Mill street,
and was performed by Rev. G. D..
Lerch, pastor of the Mausdale Reform
ed church.
The ceremony was witnessed by the
immediate family, in addition to which
Miss Sarah Waters and Miss Olive
Wertz were present as guests. After
the ceremony wedding dinner was
served.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-03-02
WILL BEGIN SUIT
IN TEN DAYS

There will be no time lost in filing
the bills in equity to recover for the
State the various amounts paid to
former Commissioners of Insurance
Luper, Lambert and Durham, and the
latter's confidential clerk, j. Clayton
Erb, from fees collected by Robert B..
Forster as actuary of the Insurance
Department.
Within ten days Attorney General
Carson announces that he will have
the papers prepared and that he hopes
to conclude the case without any de-
lays. The action would be begun dur
ing the present week except for press
of work in the Attorney Generals
office and the care necessary in pre-
pairing the papers.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-03-02
COLDEsT OF THE SEASON.

Mercury yesterday did not get down
to zero within or 10 degrees, but the
day was very disagreeable and in effect
was the coldest day of the season.
This was due to the effect of the high
northwest wind prevailing. which cut
through the clothing. The weather
continued sharp during the night, al
though the wind subsided somewhat.
By last evening the river was pretty
we'll filled with floating ice, the sec
ond crop of the season. 1t is not con
sidered likely that the river will clost
any more this season.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-03-02
ElOped Again.

Jacob Freeh and Miss Parnell, of
Mt. Carmel, have eloped for second
time and nothing is known of their
whereabouts. Several weeks ago Freeh
and Miss Parnell left their respective
families and ran away together. Lat
er they were located in Iowa and offic.
ers brought them back. Freeh was
brought to the Sunbury Jail but was re-
leased when settlement was reached.
He obtained employment in Sunbury
and Miss Parnell visited him there
several times. On Wednesday of last
week both of them disappeared.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-03-02
Pardon Recon- mended.

The board of pardons, at Harrisburg
yesterday, following an argument by
We E. Elmes, Esq, recommended a
complete pardon for George Bellas and
Jacob Naugle, the West Berwick offic-
ers, convicted at Bloomsbury of shoot
ing Vincent Verdi, a foreigner, at Ber-
wick, and who are now serving sem
tence of two years in the eastern pen
itentiary.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-03-02
To Diet Prisoners.

County Commissioner J. G. Lesher
of Snyder county, took look into the
county Jail at Middleburg on Tuesday
and as a result the bill of fare will be
cut down to plain prison rations. Lesh-
er says that each prisoners board is
costing the county fifty cents day.
He says that this charge is excessive
and will take steps to reduce expenses.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-03-02
LOOKING AFTER
ATTENDANCE

A pupil was excused from attendance
at school on the strength of a physi-
clans certificate at the meeting of the
board1 Monday, as provided for by a
new rule adopted to make it impossi-
BILE for parents to shield children when
out of school by falsely representing
them as ill.,
A good bit of this, it is alleged, was
done by thoughtless and irresponsible
parents or guardians. The only way
the truant officer could see out of it in
such cases was to refuse to accept the
excuse offered and to hold the parent
or guardian responsible until excused
by the school board, which, if there
is any doubt, of course will demand
conclusive evidence in the form Of a
physicians certificate.
The case last night was not in the
questionable class, but it illustrated
how nicely the rule works. The cer-
tificate, issued by one Of our leading
physicians, was addressed to the teach
er and explained conditions at home
relating to sickness that would impose
something akin to hardship on the
family, if the child could not be kept
at home for few days.
The board relying on the physician s
Judgment decided to excuse the pupil
for the time being and on motion the
secretary was directed to 80 k" the
doctors S certificate and return it to the
teacher with instructions that she no.
tify the truant officer of the school
board S action.
Without positive evidence that illness
exists the truant officer finds it impos-
sible to cope with the situation. The
children of Charles Switzer, Montour
Row. have been out of school a great
deal of late and the truant officer doubt
ing that any good reason existed last
evening had the father brought up be-
fore Justice Oglesby. The father, back
ed by the mother, however, put in a
strong plea that illness really existed
and was finally left off with the pro-
mise that he would hereafter send the
children to school or furnish the board
with indisputable evidence that sick
ness exists.
Professor Frank Magill was before
the school board to ask for the pur-
chase of a mimeograph to be used in
the commercial department. of the
high school, The mimeograph, he said,
is in we'll nigh universal use in busi-
ness offices and in order to be fully
equipped for positions he thought
graduates of the high school should be
familiar with the use of all such de-
vices. On motion it was decided to
purchase mimeograph for use in the
school.
On motion it was decided also to
purchase quantity of practice paper
for use in the commercial department.
On motion Borough Superintendent
Gordy was granted permission to at
tend the State Convention of city and
borough Superintendents to be held at
Altoona on the 7th, 9th and 9th of
March.
The following members were pres
ent: Adams, Orth, Burns, Pursel.
Haring, Werkheiser, Trumbower, Fisch-
er, Harpel and Won Blohu.
The following bills were approved
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-03-02
Cold Stops Bridge Work.

Owing to the severity of the wealth
er yesterday, no work was attempted
by the bridge workers on the Cata-
wissa river bridge. 1t has been found
by experience that the work of con-
struction cannot be carried on to any
advantage when the temperature drops
below 2S or 80 degrees. Yesterday
morning the mercury stood at 12 de.
grees, and while it gradually rose to
20 degrees at noon, none of the men
were called out to work on the struc-
ture
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-03-02
Women's benevolen Association

The Women's Benevolent Associa-
tion of Danville will hold its regular
meeting today in its rooms on the
third floor of the Thomas Beaver Free
Library. 1t will be an all-day session,
commencing at a. m. The work on
repairs in the library, which is now
practically completed, will not inter-
fere with the meeting.
There is a considerable amount of
sewing to be done aud the ladies ex-
pect to finish good deal of it today.
A good attendance is desired.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-03-02

In view of the change which has
taken place in our cline cautious per-
sons are now thinking of providing
themselves with summer overcoats.
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