Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-10-03
CONDENSED NEWS.
Milton fair this week.

Farmers are making cider.
Golden rod brightens the country
road sides.
Corn husking is now occupying the
time of the farmers.
Long hair is now in style. The foot
ball season has opened.
Release the blankets and overcoats
from the camphor ball.
Merchants report increased activity
in many lines of fall trade.
A number of Danville people will at
tend the Milton fair tomorrow.
Many of the front yards are being
dismantled of their flowers and plants.
The first edition of the Sunday North
American was well received in Dan
vile.
DR.. ]. p. Hoffa, of Washingtonville, is
convalescent after a siege of typhoid
fever.
Miss Anna Woodside who has been
very seriously i'll of malaria fever,is now
convalescent.
The Prospectus of the Y. NJ. c. A.
Free Course of entertainments will be
issued next week.
The members OF ST. Peters NJ. +.
church, Riverside, will give supper at
he church on October "a.
Philadelphia will be in the hands of
,he state firemen this week during the
convention. Danville will be largely
represented
The family of Hon. K. X. Polk have
aken up their residence with |. y.
irier, Esq, at the Grier homestead on
Bloom street.
The Fall meeting of the Northumber-
and Presbytery is being held at North
Imberand this week. There Will be
bout seventy ministers in attendance.
w. J. Rogers has made a number of
improvements about .his shoe store on
I'LL street. lie has put up additional
lelvlug, repapered the store and en-
tneled the woodwork.
Tuesday night was the first time on
ecord that Catawissa. Bloomsbury and
Janville ever got together without
Graphing But, then, the fraternal
ceiling among the Eagles seemed to per
leate the whole crowd-Catawissa
TEN.
Leon f. Czolgosz, the assassin of
resident Mckinley, has been sentenced
0 death in the electric chair. The date
the electrocution will be Monday
)ct. 2S. The day of his execution will
g the fifty second day from toe date
pon which he fired the shots that re-
ulted in the presidents death, and
prty-five days from the date upon which
ne president died.
Company F Thursday night will re-
Ime its regular weekly drill. The boys
ave had long vacation and il is ex-
ected that they will apply themselv es
cry diligently to the work Of raising
re standard of the company.
The foot ball season of 1901 opens at
eWitt's Park on Saturday next. Our
)ys will have as their opponents the
rong aggregation which represents
northumberland.
The New York Tribune" comment
on The Puritans in two Cont
.nts" by DR.. s. Parke Cadman says: II
not too much to say that this is one oi
finest pieces of oratory extant."
Frederick Kramer, of Steelton, form
ly of this city, has accepted the man
cement of the Hummelstown Brown
one Cos big store at Hummelstown
Hunters this season will run NJ
,ainst many notices prohibiting tres
sssing.
The northumberland Presbytery OF
lesday elected As its representatives tC
Synod Of Pennsylvania: Rev. !ame'
illand d. D., of Shamokin, Rev j.. &
-mstrong, Of WillismspOrt; Rev. w. A
cAtee, d. D., Of Danville; Rev. Sir
uce, of Jersey Shore, and Elders DaviC
Shelhart, f. T. Mendenhall, o. p
ltton and O. +. Ferris.
The Danville-Northumb gam
Saturday will be one of the sta
ents in the local foot ball season and
rye number of Danville rooters ar
lxiously awaiting the blow of tn
feree whistle to see the game start