Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-11-22
CONDENSED NEWS.

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preci4ts1
Painters. earpeztsrs ami siE>zni,hs
are a. h1~y.
GoosiS .pprop-i&te for the winter seA-
son ar~ finding q ready sale
Despite the rain and sleet on Saiar-
day evening Mil street WAS crowded
with people
FARM FOR RENT-A large farm sit
uAfed ON Susq1ehAnnA river In Column
bia county. near 10 markets A farmer
with some trucking experience and
plenty Of help perferred. Address box
81, Berwick, Pa.
A son has arrived at the home Of
Councilman William Deutsch on Water
street
A month Of variable weather, mostly
of mild temperature. is predicted.
Game is being thinned out rapidly ani
the hunters season will be short.
The brick work on the new annex at
the Water Works is nearly completed
The Thanksgiving period Is now near
ct hand, and the proper way to observe
it is to make somebody happy.
Chicken thieves are again at work in
this section. A shot gun heavily loaded
may be used TO intimidate these rascsls
The days are getting unpleasantly
short.
Now 10 the season when complaints
about gas bills are in order
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Ia about 10 change its schedule, adjust
ing il for the winter, but whatever
changes it may make, it is safe TO say
that they will all be for the accommoda-
ton Of the travelling public. This great
road is always ON the watch for any
thing that will make matters comfort
able for its patrons.
That dreadful disease diphtheria is
prevailing 70 a great extent in many
sections of the state.
Basket ball and indoor sports are re-
turning 10 favor with the waning Of
the foot ball season.
A religious census will be taken in
Sunbury on Tha nksgiving Day.
An increased attendance is noticed at
all the Sunday Schools. Christmas is
coming.
Already local politicians are casting
around for candidates for borough Of
fees.
Steady rain for week will be needed
TO fill the streams and moisten the earth
sufficiently before winter sets in.
Shooting matches will soon afford fun
and amusement for sports throughout
the county.
The hunter who mistakes another
hunter for game has been unusually ac-
tive this fall
Hens are wearing feathered collarett-
ss and taking q needed rest. They seem
TO be relying upon turkeys, geese and
ducks to claim the attention of hungry
maws from now on until after Thanks
giving. Maybe they are right in doing
so-but hen eggs are wanted all the
time.
The first real touch Of winter weather
makes you ask yourself what you did
with last summers earnings, and sends
you on a still hunt for the ticket which
calls for your overcoat, doesn'tit?
During the past few months painters
have been busily employed in all direc
tions furnishing residential exteriort
and revealing that people are putting
out money in worthy improvements.
Prot. F. J. Ross, of Wiliamsport, vii
soon open Dancing Academy in thi,
city.
The Grier building on Mill street i!
being re painted.
The extensions demanded for he line!
of the Montour & Columbia Telephon,
Company are coming in so rapidly tha
the erection force can not keep pace
with the demands. The business of the
Company has grown beyond all antic
MISUNDERSTANDING Republican.
See that the doors and windows O
your homes are securely fastened a
thieves are operating in this locality
nearly every night
II. E. Parsons, of Nescopeck, has Sc
cured the position of draughtsman a
the Howe & Polk structural tubinJ
works. Mr.. Parsons is a student of tn,
Scranton International Correspondence
schools and it was through their infiu
ence that he secured the position.