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* DANUBIAN PKINCIPALITIES. 78-t DANZIG. DANU'BIAN PRINCIPALITIES. See Mol- davia ; Wallachia ; Rumania. DAN'VERS. A town, including several vil- lages, in Kssex County, ilass.. four miles north- west of Salem; on the Boston and JIaine Rail- road (Map: Massachusetts. F 2). It contains Saint John's Normal College (Roman Catholic) ; the Danvers Insane Hospital, a State institu- tion; Peabody Institute Public Library of about 17,000 volumes; and Danvers Historical Society. The manufactures include shoes, leather, moroc- co, brick, motor vehicles, electric lamps, iron, rubber, soap, etc. The government is administered bv town meetings. Population, in 1890. 7454; in moo. 8.542. Until 1752, when it was incorporated as a separate town. Danvers was part of Salem. Here the witchcraft delusion of 1002 first appeared, and ten of the inhabitants within this district were convicted and hanged, many more being arrested and acquitted. Consult: Handson. His- tory of the Toun of Dniireys (Danvers, 1848), and Hurd. History of Essex County (Philadel- phia. 1888). D'ANVILLE, dax'vel'. See Ax^LlE. DAN'VILLE. A city and county-seat of Vermilion County. 111., 125 miles south of Chi- cago; on the Vermilion River, and on the Wabash, the Chicago and Eastern Illinois, and the Cleveland. Cincinnati, Chicago and Saint Louis railroads (ilap: Illinois, E 3). It has coal-mining interests, foundries, and manufac- tures of woollen goods, glass, and bricks. Among the points of interest may be noted the Danville Branch National Soldiers' Home. Carnegie Pub- lic Library. Government building. Railroad V. M. C. A. building, and three line parks — Lin- coln. Douglas, and Ellsworth. Settled about 1830. Danville was incorporated in 1867. It is governed by a mayor, elected bienniallv. and a city council which selects the city engineer and con- firms the executive's appointments to the police and fire departments and pul)lic lilirary board. Other administrative officials are chosen by pop- ular election. Population, in 1890. 11.491: in 1900, 10,354. DANVILLE. A town and the county-seat of Hendricks County. Ind., 20 miles west of In- dianapolis: on the Cleveland. Cincinnati. Chi- cago and Saint Louis Railroad (Map: Indiana. C 3). It contains the Central Normal College, which has a library of 2500 volumes, and manu- factures flour, lumber products, etc. Population, in 1890, 1509: in 1900, 1802. DANVILLE. A city and county-seat of Boyle County, Ky., 84 miles" southeast of Louisville: on the Cincinnati Southern Railroad (Map: Kentucky, G 3). It is in a stock-raising and agricultural region, the principal products of which are hemp, corn, wheat, tobacco, and fruit. The city is the seat of the Kentucky Institution for Deaf JIutes, and of several Presbyterian in- stitutions: Centre College, founded in 1819; Danville Theological Seminary, founded in 185.'?: and Caldwell College for women, founded in 1800. It has a park named in honor of Dr. Ephraim McDowell. It is governed by a mayor, elected every four years, and a unicameral city council. The water-works are owned and oper- ated by the city. Here in 1785. 1780. 1787. and 1792 important conventions were held, the first State Constitution "for Kentucky being drawn up in 1792. Danville was the birthplace and early home of James G. Birney and the home of Joshua F. Bell. The settlement was first incor- porated in 1789. Population, in 1890, 3766; in 1900, 4285. DANVILLE. A borough and county-seat of Montour Countv. Pa., on the north branch of the Susquehanna River, 12 miles from its intersec- tion with the West Branch, and on the Pennsyl- vania, the Lackawanna, and the Philadelphia and Reading railroads (Map: Pennsylvania, E 3). It contains a public library and is the seat of a State hospital for the insane. There are deposits of coal, limestone, and iron ore in the vicinity, and the borough has several exten- sive blast-furnaces, rolling-mills, stove-works, etc. The government is vested in a burgess, elected every three years, and a borough council. The water-orks are o ied and operated by the nninicipalitv. Population, in 1890, 7998; in 1900. 8042.' DANVILLE. A city iu Pittsylvania County, Va., 141 miles southwest of Richmond; on the Dan River and on railroads of the Southern Rail- way System (Map: Virginia, E 5). Located in the Piedmont section of Virginia, amid pictur- esque mountain scenery, Danville rises from the river, which furnishes splendid water-power, to an altitude of from four to six hundred feet above tide. Its streets are well shaded, and the climate is mild and healthful. The surround- ing region is adapted to the cultivation of to- bacco, grain, fruits, and other produce. The city is the seat of Roanoke Female College (Bap- tist), established in 1859; Randolph Macon In- stitute (Jlethodist) for Young Ladies, founded 1883; and Danville ililitary Institute, organized in 1890. Danville has an extensive tobacco trade, and many tobacco warehouses and fac- tories, a cheroot factory, cotton-mills, furniture factory, fertilizer factory, knitting-mills, and pants and overall factory. The government is administered, under the charter of 1890, by a ma.vor, chosen for two years, and a city council which controls the appointments to the impor- tant administrative offices; the sergeant, attor- ney, treasurer, and the clerk of the court being elected by the people. The water-works and elec- tric-light and gas plants are all o ied and oper- ated by the city. Danville was incorporated as a town in 1792. It was for a short time the seat of irovernment of the Southern Confederacy dur- ing its last days. Population, in 1890, 10.305; in 1900, 16.520.' DANZIG, diin'tslK, in English commonly written Daxtzic (Pol. Gdansli. Lat. Gedanuni). An important seaport, manufacturing centre, and fortress, chief tomi of the Province of West Prussia, on the left bank of the western branch of the Vistula, about three miles from its mouth in the Baltic, and about 300 miles north- east of Berlin (Map: Prussia. HI). Danzig is surrounded by a moat and ramparts strength- ened by twenty bastions and is further fortified by several detached forts on the west and a ciiain of works extending north along the Vistula to the fort at its mouth at the suburb of Neu- fahrwasser. In addition, the garrison possesses the means of layin.cr the surrounding country un- der water on three sides. The city is traversed bv the Mottlau and Radaune. tributaries of the Vistula. The former, which flows through the