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Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-10-26
First Visit in Fifty-One Years.

John Sandel, Church street, is en-
tertaining his brother, Michael Sandel,
OF Sturgis, Michigan, who is paying
his first visit to Montour county in
fifty-one years. Mr.. Sandel arrived in
Danville yesterday morning and pro-
ceeded to the Montour house where he
made inquiries concerning his brother,
later proceeding to the residence of
the latter on Church street.
Mr.. Sandel was born Oh the home
stead farm in West Hemlock township
now occupied by his nephew, Hiram
Sandel. He was young man when he
left Danville. He settled in Michigan
and the ties which soon bound him to
that State held him SO tightly that in
the long interim of over half cent
ury he never paid visit to his native
place. 1t was not, however, that he
did not frequently think of revisiting
the scenes of his youth the visit was
postponed, however. until now in his
advanced years it has actually taken
place.
MI. Sandel sees but few of the land
marks remaining that greeted him
when he bade Montour county good
bye. Comparatively few of the faces,
too, remain that he was familiar with
over fifty years ago and those that are
still here to greet him like his own
are much changed by time and the
trials of life. 1t has been long time
since n sojourner has appeared i'll Dan
Vile to whose visit greater interest at-
tached than to Mr.. Sandel's.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-10-26
About 5000 Visit Capitol.

The first of the penny n mile" ex-
cursions was run to Harrisburg on
Saturday and it is estimated by the
Harrisburg papers that about 1000 per
sons took advantage of the cheap rates
to take a look at the much talked of
new capitol building. The threatening
weather of Saturday morning was in
strumental in keeping number of
people away from Harrisburg.
In the capitol all day long the crowd
kept coming and going, many of them
remaining in the city until evening to
see the dome illuminated. There were
number of guides and female attend
ants to care for the sightseers and ev-
erybody went away satisfied. Cover
nor Pennypacker was not present, hav-
ing gone to his home at Pennypacker
Mills on Friday.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-10-26
Thanksgiving Proclamation.
WASHINGTON. Oct.


The President today issued pro-
clamation naming Thursday, Novem-
Der 30, as the day of Thanksgiving
In the course of his proclamation
the President says:
Never before in our history or in
the history of any other nation has
people enjoyed more abounding mater
ial prosperity than is ours prosper
ity so great that it should arouse in us
no spirit of reckless pride, and least
of all a spirit of needless disregard of
our responsibilities, but rather sober
sense of our many blessings, and re-
solute purpose, under Providence, not
to forfeit them by any action of our
own.
Material wellbeing, Indispensable
though it is, can never be anything
but the foundation of true national
greatness and happiness. If we build
nothing upon this foundation, then
our national life will be rs meaning
less, where only the foundation has
been laid. Upon our material well-ba-
ing must be built superstructure or
individual and national life lived in
accordance with the laws of the high
est morality, or else our prosperity it.
self will in the long run turn out
curse instead of blessing. We should
be both reverently thankful for what
we have received and earnestly bent
upon turning it into a means of grace
and not of destruction
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-10-26
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Resolutions of Coincidence.

AT regular meeting of Goodrich
post, No 22, G.. A. r., held Monday
evening the following preamble and
resolutions were unanimously adopt
ed:
Whereas An allwise Providence has
seen fit to remove by death from among
us, our worthy and respected comrade
Elias Lyon, therefore be it
Resolved, That while we bow in
humble submission to the adict of the
Grand Creator of all things, we regret
the loss which it has entailed on post
22, and unite in giving expression to
our sense of the great loss, which the
community has sustained in the death
of our comrade, and we deeply SYM
pathize with the bereaved family, in
the great sorrow that has fallen upon
them.
Resolved, That these resolutions of
respect and coincidence be spread i'll
full upon our minutes; that the post
room be draped in mourning for the
space of 30 days; that these proceed
ings be published in the several news
papers of Danville; that a copy of the
same be presented to the widow if the
deceased comrade.
w. II. HEDDENS.
| JACOB SLOOP.
HENRY KERN.
Committee
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-10-26
Excitement on Railroad Street.

The appearance of a "cloak man" on
Railroad street between the p. IL r.
station and the borough line has kept
the residents of that section in a state
of great excitement for some days or
rather nights past. Whether the ap-
partition is of the fake sort or is a
real "cloak man., whatever that may
imply, is not known, but the uncer-
tainty does not diminish the effect.
The section is lone and deserted after
dark these nights, handed over to the
police, who hide in the dark places
hoping to lay their heavy hands on
the man in the cloak. Up to date there
have been no arrests although all sorts
of stories are told.
Some relate that the cloak man, who
was found to be resident in disguise,
was caught and so severely beaten that
he had to be carried home.
Another version of the story is that
the resident dressed himself up in wO-
man S apparel and started out to put
himself in the way of the cloakman,
by whom Ire hoped to be accosted, in
which event he intended to thrash the
fellow within an inch of his life. The
story has it that the man fel! into the
hands of Others searching for the
cloakman-- was mistaken for him and
so badly beaten that he had to be car
ried home.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-10-26
Killed at WatSOptOwn.

Abram Wertman, who resided with
his widowed daughter, Mrs. Mary
Leech, at Watsontown, was struck
yesterday morning by train No. GA on
the Pennsylvania railroad, commonly
known as the flyer, which passes
through Watsontown at :25 o'clock.
Mr.. Wertman was standing on the
Eighth street crossing waiting for a
freight train to go past. The Pennsyl-
vania road is double tracked and the
freight was passing north. On the 9th
er track the flyer was speeding its way
southwark. As the caboose of the
freight swung by Mr.. Wertman start
ed across the tracks. The freight hid
the passenger train from view and its
noise drowned the warning bell. 1t
was a perfect death trap, such as is
found on nearly every unprotected
crossing in the country.
The engineer of the oncoming pass
enger train blew his whistle, but Mr..
Wertman was slightly deaf and evid'
emily did not hear it. The cowcatch
er struck the old man, brutally tossing
him through the air to one side, where
he lay stunned and motionless, will
his back broken. He lived scarcel,
half an hour afterward.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-10-26
Eggs Are Scarce.

Eggs have hecome scarce commod-
ity, not only in the curbstone market
but also in the stores and the price is
up to point seldom reached except
in midwinter. The very few eggs in
market Tuesday vanished as if by
magic and at an early hour it was
difficult to purchase any in the stores.
except the kind that were mot fresh
and the price that these commanded
was twenty-eight cents per dozen.
There is Il suspicion that eggs are
being bought up and shipped to the
big centers where they are put in stor-
age probably in the interest of an egg
trust. The farmers, however, deny that
there is any semblance of truth in
this so for as Montour county is con-
cerned They lay it all to the hens
which, they say, have stopped laying
and that that is all there is about it,
Such eggs as are tor sale, they declare,
are brought into the Danville market.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-10-26
PERSONAL
PARAGRAPHS

Mrs. S. b. Evans, of Harrisburg, is
guest at the.home of Mr.. and Mrs.
William IL. Andy. Market square.
Miss Lydia Greasy, of Catawissa, is
visiting Mr. andaMrs. Willard Fetter-
man, Grand street.
Miss Esther Pannebaker, of Mifflin-
town, is visiting her uncle, Willard
Pannebaker. Liberty township.
Mrs. Mary E. Spaulding, of Free
port, Long Island, is visiting at the
home of her sister. Mrs. Il. G. Voris,
Ferry street.
George 10y, of Bellefonte, spent
Sunday at the home of John Boden,
Rush township.
Miles Barber and Fred Dash, of
Wilkes Barre, spent Sunday in this city
at the home of the formers parents,
DR.. and Mrs. /. G. Barber. Ferry
street. Mr.. Dash was foreman of the
carpenters at the State hospital at the
time the addition was built two years
ago, and is well known in this city.
Parker Russell, of Williamsport,
spent Sunday with friends in this
city.
Miss Rachel Mettler, student at
Dickinson seminary, Williamsport,
spent Sunday with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. William FL. Mettler, Logan
Dale farm.
Blaine James. of Northumberland,
spent Sunday with relatives in Dan
vile.
Miss Georgia White, of Bloomsbury,
spent Sunday in this city as the guest
of Miss Rella Adams.
Mrs. @. @. Carpenter left yesterday
for Salem, New Jersey, after visit at
the home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
W. c. Kramer, West Mahoning street.
Mrs. Stella L. Wertman left yester-
day for Berwick, where she will make
her home with her sister, Mrs. Harry
Ellis.
Miss Lillian Garsed, of Philadel-
phia, will arrive today for visit at
the home of Thomas Woods, Mill
street.
Hon. l.. W. Welliver, of Exchange,
was visitor in this city Yesterday.
Mrs. Robert Lloyd, of New York
City, is visiting at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Jacob Miller, Mill street.
Grant Sainsbury. of Buffalo, is Wis
iting ola friends in Danville.
George Z. Hunt, of Altoona. arriv-
ed last evening for visit with his
brothers, John II. and d. @. Hunt, in
this city.
Mrs. William Dietz, of Plymouth, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. j. ID. Will
liams, Front street.
w. ]. Keim, of Washington, D. G.
is visiting at the home of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Keim, Front street.
Mrs. S. ]. Welliver and Mrs. Walter
Russell are visiting relatives i'll Phila-
delphia
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-10-26
TO ANSWER FOR
FAST RUNNING

Summons were issued to the d. L.
& W. railway company yesterday,
warning it to appear before Justice of
the Peace W. V. Oglesby at 10 O'Clock
next Tuesday morning to answer for
running its trains through the bor-
ough of Danville at speed greater
than eight miles per hour. the
limit fixed by the borough ordinance.
Summons were issued to the ID. l.. &
w. company month or so ago, but
owing to a technicality the action WAS
dropped before the hearing took place.
In the interim following it is alleg-
ed that the d. l.. & W. trains have
been running through town at a rate
of speed which would seem to indie
ate that the trainmen intend to ignore
the provisions of the borough ordin-
ance.
Chief of Police Mincemoyer yester-
day morning timed the l0:i7 ID. l.. q
w. passenger train as it speeded through
town below Mill street and found that
it covered the marked off space of one
hundred yards in just five and one
half seconds, which is equivalent to
the rate of 81 l5 miles per hour
On the strength of this evidence the
summons were issued for the hearing
on Tuesday the Both inst. Since the
first summons were issued wholly
new ordinance relating to railway
speed has been enacted by council and
the validity of the action is we'll es-
tablished in every detail
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-10-26
Revisiting Danville.

i. Horace Moore OF Newport, Pa, and
sister, Mrs. Harry Bechtel, of Cincin-
natl, Ohio, are visiting old friends in
Danville after long absence.
The two visitors are son and daugh-
ter of John Moore. a prominent real
estate owner of former days The pres
ent one is Mr.. Moore's first visit to
Danville in twenty-five years. The
visitors find much to interest them
here and are cordially welcomed by
old friends on every side.
Mr.. Moore was in the treasury de-
partment at Washington for many
years. during both Cleveland S and Nc
Kinley's administration.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-10-26
GEORGE ARNOLD
Considered insane

George Arnold of this city who on
February 2Sth, 1905, in the court OF
Montour county was convicted of as
sault and battery with intent to kill
and on March 4, 1905, was sentenced
by Judge Little for two years and six
months in the Eastern penitentiary,
according to information received at
the prothonotary' office has gone in
sane and is no longer fit subject for
penal discipline.
The application to the judges of the
court of Montour county, which asks
chat commission be appointed to in
quire into and report on the mental
condition of George Arnold was re.
ceived at the court house yesterday
and is signed by Charles @. Church,
warden of the Eastern penitentiary.
In his application the warden sets
forth that he believes Arnold to be in
sane and in consequence of such in
sanity an unfit subject for the peniten
tiary. that the said prisoner has con-
stant outbreaks, that he has threaten
ed to kill his keeper; that he has
marked delusions of prosecutions and
threatens violence when released. to
those whom he believes are prosecuting
him. He thinks that poison is being
injected into him to put his heart out
of order and in the opinion of the
petitioner is a dangerous person.
The applicant therefore requested
that the said George Arnold be remov
ed to a hospital for the insane. The
court will probably take action on the
warden's application today, appoint
ing a commission to inquire into and
report on the prisoner $ mental condi-
tion.
George Arnold was resident of
Welsh hill. The victim of his shooting
was William j. Keefer. who had a
very narrow escape from being killed.
Keefer was struck on the forehead by
the bullet, which glanced and plough
ed furrow through the scalp on the
top of his head.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-10-26
Town BUTCHERS
complain

Under the head of Ordinance and
Police a matter relating to the curb
stone market was introduced and an
agitation started concerning it, which
may lead to an amendment of the or
dinance.
John Eisenhart called attention to
the injustice to which town butchers
are exposed by being brought into
completion with rural dealers, who
do not pay mercantile TAX as the
town butchers are required to do,
who yet each winter crowd into the
curbstone market. Mr.. Eisenhart urged
that the non resident butchers be OBJ
liged to take out license, the same
as other dealers who sell commodities
not of their own production. AS it is
at present the nonresident butchers
merely pay the fee for standing in
market, which the resident butchers
have to pay also in addition to other
heavy tax.
The injustice of the present practice
was not denied but Mr.. Vastine held
that the ordinance on market in its
present form does not make the sell
ing as practiced by the nonresident
butchers illegal. On motion the mat
ter was referred to the committee on
ordinance and police to make investi-
CATION with a view to amending the
ordinance, if advisable.
On motion of Mr.. Eisenhart it was
ordered that new helmet be pur-
chased for the chief police.
On motion of Mr.. Vastine it was
ordered that if the measure be APPROX
ed by the borough solicitor the COM
mittee on streets and bridges be auth
orized to order several car loads of
paving brick for the purpose of re-
placing the defective brick on Mill
street. The Reese Hammond company
is under bond to replace free of cost
all defective brick on Mill street with
in period of ten years.
A communication was received from
Mrs A. M. Levers calling attention
of council O defective drain at her
premises at corner of Centre and Cherry
streets, which causes the flooding of
the cellar in times of heavy rain. The
exact conditions were not clear to
council and the matter was referred
to the committee Oh streets and bridges
for investigation.
4 Chairman Gibson being absent DIR.
Sweisfort was called to the chair.
Other members present were: Vastine,
Baylor, Dietz, Bedea, Finnigan, ia
cobs. Eisenhart, Russell and Angle
The following bills were approved
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-10-26
Rounding Out 100 Years.

"Aunt Peggy" Sechler, we'll known
as the Oldest person living in this sec
tion, on next Monday, October 29th.
will celebrate her one hundredth birth
day. "Aunt Peggy" still retains her
faculties to a remarkable degree. She
is growing feeble, however, and her
deafness is becoming an increasing in
trinity. Still she is most delightful
companion and when in the mood
dwells for hours on the remote past
that related to the town before most
people now living were born. Many of
her "reminiscences reveal glimpses of
life wholly unique and strange to
citizens of the present day, although
the scenes enacted took place on the
very spot where Danville stands.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-10-26
THREATS Epidemic
At CATAW|SSA

Threatening letters. it appears, are
becoming an epidemic up around Cata
wissa, and another one was received
by young girl of that place yester-
day morning, making the third that
has been sent to different parties with
in the last few days. The first was
that sent through the mails to Har-
man Young demanding that money be
deposited at certain spot in default
of which vengeance would follow, and
though it was disregarded nothing
followed. Another threat was posted
on the black board of the Hartman
school near Catawissa threatening the
teacher il money was not deposited i'll
the pump house across from the school.
Now comes another letter through
the Catawissa post office yesterday
morning, bearing every indication of
having been sent by the same party
who sent the Harman Young letter.
1t was sent to Miss Eva HendershoUt,
daughter of Chas. Hendershott of
Fourth street. Catawissa.
Miss Hehdershott was at the post
Office Just before closing time Tuesday
evening and there was no mail for her
at that time, and as the letter was i'll
the box when the office was opened
yesterday morning before six O'Clock,
it must have been mailel some time
during th6 night.
1t demanded that the sum of $500 be
placed at the old Quaker meeting
house on South street by Saturday
evening, November 3rd, and if this
was not d,hie that death would surely
follow. The letter went on to state at
length that the senders had written
other threads before to people in the
town, and though all those were tax
ell as the Work of a joker the sender
meant to prove in this case that he
WAS in deadly earnest, and would GER
tainly make an example, and take Miss
Hendershott' 5 life unless the money
was left as directed. This letter, like
the others, las been given to the auth
critics for Investigation.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-10-26
JOHN /. evans
LAID TO REST

All that was mortal of John L.
Evans, whose death occurred Thurs
day morning, was consigned to its last
resting place in Odd Fellows cemetery
OH Saturday afternoon.
The funeral was large one. Not a
tribute was absent that was needed to
show universal esteem. The large
turnout of Free Masons, present in a
body, the equally large number of
members of B. p. o. Elks scattered
about the assemblage, the beautiful
flowers, the eulogistic remarks that
one overhead i'll undertones all spoke
volumes. The flowers alone formed u
striking tribute. Chrysanthemums,
carnations and all the beautiful
blooms of the season were banked
about the casket, seemingly filling the
entire room. One of the offerings came
from Mahoning lodge No. 5l6, f. &
A. NJ. another from the order of Elks
but by far the greater number were
contributed by individual friends.
The services were conducted By the
Rev. M. X. Foster, pastor of st. Paul's
M. L. chur ,h, assisted by the Rev.
Harry Curtin Harman, of Harrisburg,
former pastor, and the Rev. j. Il.
Hutchison, pastor of the Mahoning
Presbyterian church.
Re-. j., Il. Hutchison read the 0lst
psalm. He was followed by the Rev.
M. X. Foster, who offered most
fervent and beautiful prayer. which
appealed wonderfully to the hearts of
those present. Rev. Harry Curtin Har-
man, who was pastor of st. Paul's
when the health of the deceased failed
and he went West hoping to be beue-
fitted by the change, spoke at consider
able length, dwelling most beautifully
upon the blameless life and gracious
personality of John l.. Evans. Rev.
M. X. Foster followed in the same
strain. Hymns Nearer My God to
Thee" and LEAD Kindly Light" were
sung.
The pallbearers, chosen from among
the Freemasons, were as follows: M.
G. Youngman, w. L. Mcclure, w. G.
Pursel. @. p. Hancock, w. r. Clarke
and M. II. Schram.
The following persons from out of
town attended the funeral: Thomas
Johns and wife, Mrs. and Miss Johns,
of Scranton William Freeze and wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sheridan Swentzel, of
Bloomsburg Mrs. Harry, of Berwick;
Mrs. James, of Pittston; Mrs Rebecca
Brown and Harry Haas, of Milton; W.
U. Jury and Joseph Kesler, of Sha-
mokin; Mrs. II. b. Hullihen and Mrs.
Kate Mears, of Williamsport Mr.. and
Mrs. Matthew Maus and Mr.. and Mrs.
John johnson, of West Hemlock town
ship.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-10-26
Kept Marriage Secret.

The many friends of DR.. Harry klase,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Klase, Wat
er street, who has been absent from
Danville for several years, while tax
ing course in medicine in Philadel-
phia, will be surprised to learn that
he was married last May, and in the
meanwhile has becn successful in
keeping the event . secret from the
people of Danville.
The ceremony took place on the 18th
of May in Camden, New Jersey, the
bride being Miss Genevieve Mel, NJ.
ID. "a graduate of the Women's Medical
college, of Philadelphia. DR.. Harry
Klase has started to practice in Dan
vile, and intends to make this place
his future home Mrs. Klase will join
her husband here the first week in
November.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-10-26
Entertained at Dinner.

Mr.. and Mrs Miles Mottern enter
tanned number of young people at
their home on Grand street, Thursday
evening, in honor of their daughter
Bertha. Refreshments were served.
Those present were: Misses Sue
Gross, Verda Kocher, Winnie Mon
tague, Mary Weaver, Bessie Evans.
Hattie Robinson, Clara Smith, Bertha
Reilly, Clara Whitmoyer, Messrs.
Harry Douglass, George Rishel, Arthur
Harvey, George Crumb, Frank Garrow,
Edward lies, Will Dartman, Will
Prentiss. Sidney Reilly, Joe Prout,
Will Sommons and Harry Roberts, of
Williamsport