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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-10-31
ESTABLISHED IN 1855,
Vote for j. c. Miller for
Prothonotary.
An HIGHLY PRICED
HEIRLOOM
Handed Down Through Four Generations
Of Time.

There is scarcely school boy or a
school girl old enough to study local
history but is familiar with the sad fate
of Robert Curry who was murdered by
the Indians and the thrilling escape of
his wife who at the same time was tax
en- captive. 1t is not 50 generally known
however, that the identical pair of scis-
sors still exists with which Mrs. Curry
cut the bands of bark with which the
Indians had bound her.
On Saturday last it was the privilege
of a representative Of this paper to see
and examine the historical pair of scis-
sors, which a highly prized heirloom
have been handed down through four
generations. They are now owned by
Miss Hannah Welliver, of West Hem
lock township, this county, whose grand
mother Mary Caldwell, in her girlhood,
as Miss McWilliams lived under the same
roof with Mrs. Curry and at the latter's
death fell heir to the scissors
Robert Curry and his wife were among
the pioneers of this section. With one
child they emigrated from the north of
Ireland in l772, settling on Mahoning
creek.
On June 9, 1880, as Mr. and Mrs
Curry were travelling on horseback from
Northumberland to the Mahoning set
tlement now occupied by the site of
Danville they were overtaken by a band
of indians. Mr.. Curry was killed and
scalped, his skull being battered into
fragments by the tomahawk. Mrs. Curry
was taken prisoner She was young and
beautiful. The Savages greatly admired
her long black hair. They told her that
she was cheap pretty squaw" and as
sured her that they would not harm her.
Their intention was to carry her into
captivity. They started on a journey
westward In denselv wooded hol-
low, located in the present limits Of
Liberty township not far from Moores-
burg they camped for the night.
They securely bound their captive,
tying her hands and feet with bands OF
hickory bark Suspended by a string
fastened at her waist Mrs Curry had a
small pair of scissors, which, it seems,
the Indians did not notice. When she
thought her captors were sound asleep
she managed to get hold of the scissors
in such a way as to enable her to sever
the bands of bark which bound her
ankles and to make her escape, She
was soon missed and finding herself
pursued she concealed herself in the top
of fallen tree. 1t was a moment of
thrilling suspense to the poor woman as
the savages with lighted torches trod
round the spot. One Redskin mounted
the fallen trunk and holding his lighted
torch aloft peered into the tree top, ex-
claiming:
Come out, squaw; we see you.
She lay quiet, however. and the In
dians finally moved on.
Mrs. Curry survived until 1926, when
she was buried by the side of her hus-
band in the old cemetery on Bloom
street. A few years ago the bodies of
both were removed to the new Presby-
terian cemetery.
The scissors are very small pair, prob
ably not more than three inches in
length. A relic of greater historic inter
est or one more highly priced by the
many descendants of Mrs. Curry in this
county it would be difficult to imag-
inc.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-10-31
Vote for Charles w. Cook
for County Treasurer.
Vote for Doctor Thompson
for Associate Judge.
Vote for j. c. Miller for
Prothonotary.
Miss Jennie LoVett's Guest.


Miss Jennie Lovett, Vine street, en-
tertained very interesting guest over
Sunday in the person of Miss Anna
Goyitney, an Indian lady belonging to
the tribe of Pueblos, who occupy lands
in the Northwestern part of New Mex
leo. Miss GOyitney, who is graduate
of The Indian school at Carlisle, and is
now completing a course at the Blooms
burg Normal school, was brought East
some twelve years ago,
Although retiring in her manner she
ConverSes with an ease and tiuenCy
which is quite remarkable considering
that the language used is one of anoth-
er race and acquired only in recent
years. Her mind is well stored with in
formation. Her manners and language
betray the best of breeding and reflect
a great deal of credit upon the training
school at Carlisle.
Miss Goyitney says that her people
are very slow in availing themselves of
the advantages Of civilization. They
till the soil, but have rather hard time
of it on the hard arid lands they occupy
which can only be made to yield by ir-
rigation
She would much prefer to live among
the white people of the East, she says
After graduating at Bloomsburg she ex-
poets to spend a year or so teaching in
Pennsylvania but after that she consid-
ers it her duty to return to her people
in New Mexico and impart to them ifin
her power some Of the benefits that she
has received from her contact with civ
iIization.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-10-31
Vote for Doctor Thompson
for Associate Judge.
SCHOOL BOARD
IN SESSION
Purchase of Oyclopedia Authorized by the
Board.

The School Board held regular meet
ing Monday night, the session being an
unusually short one, a trifle over half
an hour in length. The following mem
bers were present: Fischer, Orth, Burg
er, Black, Green, HarpeI, Werkheiser,
Curry, Keefer and Fenstermacher.
Truant Officer Young reported a good
deal of sickness among the patrons of
school which kept children at home;
| otherwise he found little to contend
with and was getting along nicely.
Mr. Orth reported that Curry & Van
nan are making the castings needed
for the furnace in the Second Ward
school; also that janitor has been pro-
cured for the Welsh Hill school. A
! broken furnace door in the Second
Ward building was ordered repaired,
while the Building and Repair commit
tee was instructed to look after stove
in the stack of the Fourth Ward build
ing which was reported as drawing
badly.
On motion of DR.. Harpel it was de-
cided to purchase the Century Cyclope-
dia for use in the High school. The
price named is $5S.
Nj. Keefer alluded to the prevalence
of diphtheria and thought disinfectants
ought to be freely used about the school
buildings. This led to discussion as
to the relative merits Of the different
kinds on the market when it was decid-
ed to leave the matter of disinfeCtants
in the hands of the physicians on the
board.
The secretary stated that most of the
fire insurance-S36,0 900 in all-carried 10y
the district on the different school build
ings will expire during next month 1t
was explained that representatives of
several new companies have sprung up
in town during the past year who now
insist upon their share of the insurance
carried on The school buildings. The
renewing of the policies was left in the
hands of the building and repair com
mittee with instructions to make an
equal division as nearly as possible
among the local agents.
The following bills were approved for
payment:
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-10-31
Next Door,

Apropos of things farcical a first
rate booking at the Opera House is the
revised pantomimic trick spectacle
Next Door in a 2Oth century coat of
paint, as it We're. This farce, for farce
it is in every sense of the word is a
series of amusing incidents and ex-
traordinarily clever acrobatic gyrations.
The musical numbers are all new. This
bill will be at the Opera House on Sat
urday night.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-10-31
Mrs. Goldsmith Injured.

Mrs Samuel Goldsmith met with a
painful accident at her home on Lower
Mulberry street late Tuesday evening.
She was walking through a dark hall in
the front of the house and fell over q
trunk bruising herself severely about
the chest and face Though confined to
her room no serious injury is feared
The campaign is now on its
last lap and the Republican
outlook in Montour county
was never brighter.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-10-31
Salvation Army,

The temperance meeting at the Saliva.
tion Army hall tonight promises to be
an interesting one. Rev. Harry Curtin
Harman will deliver an address. Mrs.
r. J. Allen, of Riverside, will sing
There wII also be some short talks and
readings The meeting will open prom
tly at o'clock and will last one hour.
All are invited.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-10-31
ONDENSED NEWS.
Howe en-.
tober : last day.

tober's last day.
e trees are becoming bare.
2 weather is beautiful but rain is
d.
Js Roger in Next Door on Satur
light.
. rabbit season will open on Fri
November /.
itney's San Francisco Minstrels at
pera House on Wednesday evening
State Game Association is after
,.me pirates in the northern part
state
window curtains have been hung
residence portion ofthe jail. a.
1t did the work.
Friendship Fire company is max
operations for its annual fair to be
a the early part Of December. The
date will be made known later.
few days the anxious politician
ndidate will either be out of his
Y or will attract more of it by re-
: consolation.
practice of burning leaves about
is attended with some danger and
hould be taken to prevent fire
communicating to fences or out
ngs.
oyster supper to have been given
ladies of Pocahontas lodge in the
Dom formerly occupied by II. NJ.
on Nov. 2nd has been indefinite
tponed.
toes are an inferior commodity
ason, being badly afflicted with a
frot, which necessitates cutting
half of them away before they
for cooking.
Shiloh Reformed c. f society
represented at the Bi-County
ltion, which will be held at
,burg Nov. 4, and ), by Misses
BOokmiller, Martha KOcher and
'Oulke.
our county school children are
ating vacation during the week
ember 18th, while the teachers
ending the thirty-sixth annual in
to be held in the Danville High
rooms.
season 3 exhibit of Chrysanthem-
% local green houses is the finest
e ever seen. There is nothing in
al realm which has found more
re- than this flower.
ters and all other good citizens
arrange to be at the polls No
9Th.
lie High school foot ball team
Y Normal school team on Normal
oomsbWg, Saturday afternoon
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-10-31
Puddle Mill Ready to Start.

A considerable portion of the puddle
mill at the Reading Iron Works is al
ready under roof. A few days ago the
announcement was made by the man
agement that the puddle mill, which is
now ready for operation, will start up
next Monday. There now seems to be
some hitch in The arrival of lumber, so
that it is not certain that the rolls and
engine will be under roof by Monday, a
circumstance which may necessitate a
Postponement of starting up.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-10-31
The Undergrade Crossing.

There are but little prospects Of the
uudcrgrade crossing at the 2. < Il. track
on Walnut street being built this fall.
Owing to a delay in obtaining the grade
necessary from the borough the plans
have been kept back far beyond what
was anticipated, bringing the beginning
of the work too near the approach of
winter
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-10-31
Purchased the Best Property.

a. II. Gronc ana Leniger Bros. have
jointly purchased the Best property on
Mill street. They will erect fine brick
building on the corner, with two COM
modous store rooms fronting on Mill
street. The upper one of these will be
occupied by Leniger Bros. and the lower
one by \. II. Grone. The bargain was
osed Tuesday. The price paid was
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-10-31
Funeral Friday

The funeral of the late Daniel Reber
will take place from the home of r. F..
Meyer, West Mahoning street, Friday
morning at 10 o'clock Rev. w. l.
Steans will conduct the service. Inter
ment will he made AT Milton.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-10-31
A Very Late Haymaking,

While his neighbors were nusking
corn Saturday last Judge Benfeld was
hauling in hay, and an abundant
we'll developed crop it was, comprising
several acres of meadow land IL is no
unusual thing for farmers to cut a sec
ond crop of hay, but the work mostly
comes along early in September. 1t is
due to the late rains this season that
hay making is made possible so near the
first Of November.
Several of the handsome stained glass
windows of Christ church have been
shipped to Philadelphia for repairs
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-10-31

DR.. S. Y. Thompson for AS
sociate Judge is looked upon
as sure winner. He is grow
ing more popular every day.
Let his majority be as large
as possible.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-10-31
Charles w. Cook will make
a good County Treasurer
Coming Home,

Samuel NJ Waite has received a letter
from his son, Samuel L. Waite, who is
at Fort Douglas, Salt lake City, stating
that his term of enlistment is about ex-
pired and that he will be home by Nov
cmber 10th
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-10-31
Salvation Army.

Thursday evening Rev. Harry Curtin
Harman will speak at the temperance
meeting. Mrs Il. j. Allen, of River.
side, will sing. The service throughout
will be interesting. Don't miss it.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-10-31

Vote for J. c. Miller for
Prothonotary.
Vote for Charles. w. Cook
for County Treasurer.
Vote for Doctor Thompson
for Associate Judge.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-10-31
DR.. G. H. REYNOLDS,
DENTIST
flee, Opposite Boston Store, DanVille, Pa

entistry i'll all its branches. Charges
Moderate and all work Guaranteed.
Established 1892
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-10-31
JOB PRINTING

The Office of the AMERICAN being
furnished with a large assortmen
oljob letter and fancy type and job
material generally, the Publisher
announces to the public that he is
prepared at all times to execute in
the neatest manner
JOB PRINTING
OfaIl Kinds and DESCRIPTION.
-:O:-
~ Get our pnces before place
your orders.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-10-31
Death of Patrick Oonley.

Patrick Conley, an old and esteemed
resident of the Third Ward, died sud
denly Saturday afternoon at the advanc-
ed age Of "a years, death being due to a
general decline incident to advanced
years The deceased was born in Ire
land, but emgraled to this country
many years ago. His wife preceded him
to the grave eleven years ago. He is
survived by three children. Michael
Cornelius aa Mary, all of whom reside
at the parental home, Mil street.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-10-31
Coming Wedding.

The wedding of Miss Emma Bird, of
this city, to Mr.. John Jacobs, of Pitts
burg, will occur, Thursday. November
Il, in this city. The wedding it is said,
will be a very quiet one.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-27

known to the vocabulary Of the ha-
ciendado. Why should there be any
hurry when the whole Infinite future
is at his disposal.
soclalistic Life at Hatiend.s.
All the elements of SIN all manufac-
turing village is embodied in the
average hacienda. There are mills for
the reduction of cane to sugar and Of
cereals to flour and meal, gin for the
curing Of cotton and looms for it's
manufacture into textiles. There is q
distillery for the preparation oil mescal
and tiquila, the national beverages, a
general store, chapel and a commu-
nifty school. And this little principal
ity is owned and presided over bN a
courtly Caballero, who is far more So
licitous regarding the welfare and hab-
piness of his small army OF dependents
or the stranger within his gates thar.
of the revenues Of his broad estate,
which at the least are sure to be amply
sufficient for his needs.
The dawn of the new century Is wit
messed the advent of many changes in
Mexico, but in not few instances will
the inherent customs of the land with
stand the tide of progressive ideas.
And long after the sun of an advanced
civilization has penetrated the most
remote recess Of her primeval bowers
the toothsome tortilla and resourceful
burro will remain two indispensable
factors in the dreamy lives of her
children. Jose De Olivares.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-27

ness and society, too. these pitiful COM
promises are made. Much Of this
smothering Of the truth Is. no doubt
due to the fact that we are now living
In period Of marvellous material
prosperity, when men magnify out OF
ali proportion the importance Of finan-
c1al success. It is well to guard
against this tendency. The surest way
to get good and noble work out Of mem
Is by letting them know that you ex!l
poet 1t from them. He is rare crea|
ture who will not earnestly try to JUS,
tify the good opinion that his fellows
have Of him. Therefore tho standard
should be kept high and the noble
ideal undimmed. II we do not thus
get more martyrs for the truths saked
we may at least succeed in developing,
stancher and more heroic defenders
OF 1t. It men cannot all at once be-
brought to defend the citadel with
their lives. they may be made to be-!
lieve that it is disgraceful to betray'
1t to the enemy for money. 1t is more
rational-to say nothing of being
more moral-for man to feel rather
that he can not afford to do wrong;
than to feel that he can not afford to-
do right. Thus there seems to be a.
practical basis even for the martyr
theory OF life.-Indianapolis News.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-27
"sandpeep,- of Maine.

Sheriff Pearson of Portland, Me-, has
given the name of "sandpeeps" to the
tiny TASKS holding two ounces of whis-
ky that are common in Maine, because
they are like the little birds in being
all stomach and head. A "sandpeep"
when ready for market, contains what
is rated as one drink of whisky, usual
ly of very poor quality, and it retails,
bottle and all, at Is cents. 1t is easily
handled in the public streets without
detection. In some saloons the whisky
traffic is carried on almost entirely by
the aid of these little pocket TASKS,
thus doing away with the use of glass
es, and mourning less risk of seizure,
the source of supply being at a safe
distance from the saloon. The liquor
deputies few days ago applied to the
court for warrant to search the per-
son of man who they had reason to
believe was pursuing the ayocation Of
a pocket peddler. They found sixty
three of these little "sandpeeps,"' all
filled with cheap grade of whisky,
concealed in his pockets and under.
meath his waistcoat.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-27
A couLpocK ANEcporE.

"Couldock stGSies" are told by the
score and 1 find that nearly every one
in the profession has few, especially
those who have been in the same COM
panies with that veteran actor-and
their name is legion. Bradshaw is one
of the legion, and he gives many in
stances where Couldock interpolated a
line. The company was playing will
low Copse'' in town where the people
proved to be not good theater patrons.
Couldock was particularly put OUT
(and all who have played with him
know what that means) for there were
not many dollars in the house, and
expenses were going on just the same
yhis irate gentleman had the part OF
luke Fielding" in the play, and his
cue was:
"Now, Luke, it is your turn to sign
the paper" and to this he answered:
II can't write, SO I'll make my
mark"
Then Fungus" the dude asks:
Giant you read eyther?"
"No, I can't read-I can't write
and" docking sideways at the half.
empty house in front, he interpolated)
81 can't draw"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-27
AN ORIENTAL PERFUME.
Opaque Concretion Taken from the In
testinss of q Whale.

Opaque Concreti0n Taken from the In.
test,nss of Whale.
Have any of you noticed the most
wonderful, delicious perfume waited
on the air from some well-dressed
woman who was sitting near? Some
thing intangible, mysterious, hypnot-
ic? A perfume that you imagine must
be used in novels and poetry, where
the certain perfume that woman
used always clings to mans men,
DRY all his lifetime, as the jasmine
flower did to Owen Meredith's lady?
Well, this perfume is ambergris.
Nothing more nor less than an Opaque
concretion taken from the intestines
of whale. Most unromantic origin,
isn't it? Certainly there is nothing
hypnotic about whale. This is the
absolutely fashionable perfume among
fashionable women, declares a New
York writer. The least amount sold
is at $120. But this will last fam
lily lifetime You can only get it
in the Orient, somewhere down in In
dia or Persia. and it has been I'M
known, except as a name in America
Travelled persons got it in the Orient
and brought it to France and America.
Our -millionaires Immediately
wanted it, but it was hard to get
Money was no object, but one couldn't
pick it up for the asking. A few of
the fortunate rich people of the New
port set brought some over from the
Orient and are dividing it around
among their friends.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-27
TO HARNESS THE COLORADO.

1t is proposed now to utilize the
power of the Colorado river, which
tiers It's way through the Grand canon
with force enough to move the machin-
cry of thousand mills. For many
months hydraulic engineers have been
studying the project, and they have
Just made report. They declare that
in $50 miles of the rivers course q
dozen times more electrical energy
can be secured than is taken from Nj
agara Falls. Part Of the canon Is In
the forest reserve, and it also passes
through several Indian reservations.
II the governments consent can be Sc
cured it is intended to install this sum-
mer plant Of sufficient size to fur
nish electrical power to cities, towns
and mining camps within comparatively
easy reach Of the Colorado. and then
to increase the scope Of the company
until all Of Arizona and most of the
lower part of California can be sup
plies from the canon torrent. If sue
cess attends the plans Of the company
one of the chief results will be the
placing in operation Of many mines
of value which have long been idle
because of lack Of power. The plans
of the company include the furnishing
Of motive power and light to all the
cities within reach, and to electric rail-
ways. 1t is proposed to build an cleo
trio line along the rim Of the canon
for a distance of fifteen miles, the bet
ter to enable tourists to view the won
ders of the great chasm.-New York
Sun,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-27
FORM q COWARDICE
MEN REFUSE SACRIFICES
FOR THEIR CONVICTIONS

There is a feeling that seems to be
more widely prevalent just now than
in past years that certainly ought not
to be encouraged, and that is the one
that leads men to think that they
ought to make material sacrifices ter
the sake of their convictions, and tARt
1t is foolish for them to expect others
to do so. OF course, it Is to be remem-
bered that martyrdom never has been
popular. And with this thought in
mind one will not Judge too harshly
the tendency of the men Of our own
day to shrink from it. That is wholly
natural, and so is always to be an
ticfpated. But the weakness Of the
,nen Of our own time is that they too
frequently act and talk as though
npthing else than the complete aban-
de)nment of principle were to be looked
for when money is at stake. The
thing appears to be taken as a matter
OF course, and, If commented on at all,
1t is spoken of with cynical frank
ness which indicates that the speaker
himself has lost all grip on the great
yerities Of life. Men say that they
cannot "aford" to be independent in
politics. When they are quite sure
that their confidence will be respect
ed. they will talk of political indie
pendence in the most admiring strain,
and will even admit that the safety OF
Our political institutions depends on
those men who refuse to be the slave
OF party. Yet. admitting the duty of
independence, they apologize for
others-if not for themselves-who
fail to discharge it, on the ground that
1T takes too much courage, or because
they can not afford" to do SO. This
is but one illustration of the weakness
referred to. There seems to be low
ering Of the standard all round, and
disposition to measure every sacri-
flee In money. 1t is known that there
are even some Christian ministers
who, though they are pledged to an
absolute truthfulness to their own
convictions, do not dare to tell the
truth exactly as they hold it. In bust