Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-12-13
CONDENSED NEWS.

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Do your Christmas shopping this
week.
Shoppers were out in abundance last
evening
Century watch night parties are being
arranged.
The little folks are writing letters to
Santa Claus.
The present weather has a promise OF
winter in it.
The Pennsylvania Railroad officers are
after coal thieves.
Skate dealers are anxious for the cold
snap to continue.
Good sleighing during the holidays
would be enjoyed.
The holiday traffic through the post
office has commenced,
Shooting matches are favorable pas
times in the rural districts
Lattimer zimmerman is lying serious
ly ill at his home on Ferry street.
Revised lists of the foot ball campaign
casualties are now being printed.
27S teachers are attending the North
cumberland County Institute at Sunbury
this week.
Let some fitting demonstration he ar
ranged for celebrating the incoming of
the new century.
The small boy is watching the ponds
for evidence of the longed for ice on
which he may skate.
1t is fact not generally known that
calithum plan serenades are against the
law in Pennsylvania.
1t gets dark very early nowadays.
Short days, long nights and big gas bills
is what's the matter now.
On account of a shortage of muck iron
the skelp mill at the Reading Iron
works shut down yesterday afternoon.
Read and laugh "Gaston Griffin,
Country Banker" Price, cloth by mail
81. For sale by ]. S. Ames & Co., Bank
ers, Hawley, Pa.
Don't forget the chicken supper at St.
Peters NJ. K. church South Danville,
tonight Free hacks will be running
from Davis store, Mill street.
Don't waste any pity or bread on
tramps. They are in no wise entitled
to consideration from the public. The
Borough authorities will have work for
every ''hobo" now.
The Silk mill was com pelled to shut
down yesterday afternoon at half past
four owing to break in the blow off
valve on one of the boilers. Operations
were resumed this morning.
The Friendship Fire Co.'S fair, with
all its interesting features, will open
next Saturday night in the store room
formerly occupied by Fl. M. Schoch.
Nothing has been omitted that could be
reasonably included on the program.
Nearly all our Sunday schools are pre-
pairing for exercises on Christmas and
the little girls and boys who are to take
part are in quiver of excitement.
They are as much exercised over the
coming event as any fashionable "bud"
for her debut into society.
Creston Clarke, who has great repu-
tation as romantic actor, is booked to
appear soon at the opera house. MIR.
Clarke, will be warmly welcomed in Dan
vile. His production in this city
several years ago 'The Last of His
Race" is well remembered.
The Bloomsbury Normal school is ar
ranging to take the excursion of the stu
dents to Washington, ID. c., December,
18th. The train will leave the Phila. s.
Reading station, Bloomsbury, Monday
morning the 18th and will return on the
following Friday evening. The cost of
the trip is sl4.O0.
Two faith culists in Philadelphia were
convicted of involuntary manslaughter
and sentenced to Jail for three months.
The Law is coming down heavy on these
uacks. and it is 10 be hoped that they
will be driven out of business. They
cause great deal of trouble in this
world.
C. +. Welliver, the popular liveryman
of Danvile, who has been confined to
his home in Fernville for the past two
weeks suffering from an attack of maar-
ia and grippe combined, we are glad to
note 10 able to be ON the streets again.
He contemplates moving his family to
Danville during the following week as
his business interests are now in that
town Bloomsbury Daily.