Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-12
CONDENSED NEWS.
Circus next Monday.
Blackberries are ripening.

Blackberries are ripening.
Taxes for 1900 are now being collect
ed.
Six prisoners are at present confined
in the county Jail.
Don't get excited Keep cool, espec-
tally during July-if you possibly can.
Don't forget Andrew Downie's per-
forming dog and pony show next Mon
day, July 10th.
Mrs. Eugene Meyer is seriously i'll at
her home on Penn street.
The fund of seventy-fve thousand dol
lars for Bucknell University OF which
Mr.. John ID. Rockefeller gives fifteen
thousand was completed June 30th. OF
the amount, thirty-three thousand has
been Paid in.
One half of the school vacation is al
most gone.
Justice Bare is unable to be at his Of
flee, on account of trouble with one of
his limbs
Mark Hess is erecting a frame dwell
ing on Avenue +, Riverside.
An ice cream festival will be held at
Straub's church, Frosty Valley, on Sat
urday evening Music will be furnished
by the Buckhorn band.
July has been keeping up the disaster
record with terrible effectiveness.
The Lutheran congregation at Lewis
town is demolishing its church building
and on the site will erect a $4,000 struc-
ture.
The large organ in Christ Episcopal
church has been tuned and repaired
during the past few days.
One of the most delightful and popu-
lar camping grounds in this section of
the State is "The Willows" on Col. Eek
mans farm at the mouth of Roaring
Greek. There are often several parties
there at the same time.
There is disposition on both sides to
have short and sharp campaign.
On Friday, July 10, the Mahoning
church and Sunday school will hold
their annual picnic at DeWitt's park
Jonathan r. Davis, of Kingston, who
is a candidate for the office of prothono-
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this city.
Several of the large industrial estab-
lishments in this city resumed operations
Monday morning after a shut down
for the Fourth of July week.
The excursion rush to all summer re-
sorts is on in earnest and will be very
heavy until the middle of August.
The streets were unusally quiet and
orderly on Saturday night, considering
that it was pay day night.
The rain storm that struck this city
Saturday afternoon greatly interfered
with the usual Saturday evening bust
ness.rush.
On Friday, July 20, St. Paul's Sunday
school will picnic at DeWitt's park.
The Salvation Army realized $23 by
the Children's International entertain
ment, given Monday evening.
Conner Thomas is removing his stock
back into the recently remodeled Gross
block on Mill street.
Asparagus ice cream is a late novelty.
All the station agents in the employ
of the Philadelphia and Reading Rail
way company are now obliged to wear
uniforms.
The cherry crop is nearly over and is
conceded to have been the biggest for
years past.
In several parts of the city cross, snap
ping dogs are running at large The
owners should take care of their pets
that in their playfuness they may not
do serious injury to pedestrians.
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Mrs. Caroline Kmiecinski is slowly re-
covering from a severe attack of aL-
pendicitis.
The first Pennsylvania railroad excur-
sion to Atlantic City for the season, is
announced for Thursday, July 10th.
If the weather is favorable number
of our young people will hold dance at
DeWitt's park tomorrow evening.
The Montour & Columbia Telephone
Company have begun their line from
Bloomsburg to Millville. Over twenty
telephones arr subscribed for between
here and Bloomsbury, and number at
Rohrsburg, to where the line will be ex-
tended at nce.-Millyille Tablet.