Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-04-25
CONDENSED NEWS.
April is on the last lap.

ApTIl IL on tic IdSb Ia r.
From present indications there will be
scarcity of flowers for use on Memoria
Day.
Mrs. Lafayette Kennedy, of River,
side, is critically ILL.,
A warm weather bulletin would be
welcome now.
Culhane, Chace and Weston's Min
strels are coming.
The High School athletics are all
ready for their opening game of base
ball on Saturday.
If winter has really kidnapped spring,
then it is time to apply that anti-kid-
mapping law passed by our Legislature.
Culbane, Chace & Weston's Ministries
will give two performances at the opera
house on Saturday next.
Nelson Bird, of Riverside, is critically
i'll Of heart trouble.
J. II. Cole sells Burpee's Seeds.
The matinee prices for the minstrels
on Saturday will be: Children, 10 cents;
adults, 20 cents TO all parts Of the house.
Miss Bertha Snyder, OF Riverside, who
has been very i'll for several days past,
is improving.
A rare treat is promised all who may
attend the concert in the Y. NJ. {. A.
hall Monday evening, April 29th.
The shirt waist letter carrier will add
a touch Of color to the government ser
vice.
The letter carriers are already antici-
pating much relief from the order
which permits them to abandon coats
and vests during hot weather for the
cool shirt waist. Now if a like privilege
should be granted the cop, that stern
body of vigilant officers would be equal.
ly happy.
Work on the annex to the Heddens
House is progressing rapidly.
The next stated meeting of the North
umberland Presbytery will be held at
Northumberland in the fall.
Williamsport is preparing to extend a
cordial welcome to the Odd Fellows
next Friday Danville will be well rep
resented at this pleasant event.
Antrim & Co. will open their store in
the Brown building on May lst. A line
Of dry goods, notions and women's fur
nishing goods will be carried.
It's not boom this time. 1t is 8
gradual bettering of business conditions
with still brighter future.
Well, a little warm sunshine now would
cause Nature to bud into life.
There is more activity in the building
trade this spring than we have known
for some time. People who have been
postponing needed repairs for year OF
two are now having the work done.
The river is high as the result of The
recent snow and heavy rain in New
York state.
Mrs. A. T. Dewitt, Riverside, who hal
been nursing fractured arm and othe
injuries for the six weeks past, is able tC
be out again.
The fragrant trailing arbutus is out
and arbutus hunters will now mak
daily trips to the woods during the mex
few weeks.
1t is probable that the second Arbo
Day, Friday April Goth, will be appro
priately observed in this vicinity.
Mrs. F. NJ. Gotwalds is i'll at her hom
on West Mahoning street.
The starting of the new shovel work
by the Bessemer company will be a
event for public rejoicing.
The East Danville band will accom-
pany the Odd Fellows to Williamspor
on Friday.
A flock Of wild ducks some seventy i
number, which settled on the river yes
terday morning, afforded fine sport fC
our local duck shooters. The bird
seemed to be unterriied by the hunter
and hovered about pretty much all day
By middle of the afternoon their nun
Der was considerably thinned, sewers
OF the gunners bagging as many As