Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-01-30
CONDENSED NEWS.

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Two more days in January.
The primaries have all been held.
Miss Katherine Hale, East Front
street, is convalescent after siege Of
typhoid fever.
Dehorning of cattle scientifically and
successfully done by Thomas Gething,
successor to Geo B. Kase.
A number of Pennsylvania boys who
have served as soldiers in the Philippines,
are returning home, all with curios and
poor opinion of the islands as dwell
ing place.
The members of the Washington Hose
Company are preparing to hold fair
early in March.
The cold spell of the past two days
will have the effect of dispelling the
grip and of making the general condi-
ton more healthful.
The days are gaining in length at the
rate of two minutes daily.
All Fools day falls on Tuesday this
year.
Cards have been received in this city
announcing the wedding of Miss Mabel
Rogers, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
H. Rogers of Muncy, to Harry j. Little,
son of Judge Little of Bloomsbury.
The ceremony will take place in the
Baptist church. Muncy, on Wednesday,
February 18th, at high noon.
Miss Lizzie Marks, of Berwick, spent
several hours with friends in this city
yesterday.
Welsh Bros circus, which appeared
here several times, is established in
winter quarters at Lancaster The
show will be bigger and better than
ever next summer, the management
having decided to add number of new
features.
Remember the Chicken supper to be
given at the Y NJ. c. A. tonight.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Rogers are
attending the wedding of a relative at
Wellsboro.
John Kessler, Church street, i'll of
typhoid fever was removed to the Mary
NJ. Packer Hospital at Sunbury, yester-
day.
1t was cold enough yesterday morn
ing to keep people in mind of the
season.
The man who swears by the ground
hog is in readiness to pin his faith in
next Sundays weather.
Howard Reppert spent last evening
with friends in Sunbury.
Don t look upon the spring election as
unimportant. The February elections,
10 the districts which hold them are
quite as important as the Presidential or
State elections. The men who are
chosen councilmen, school directors and
auditors are the men who attend to the
business of the borough, and therefore
al effort should be made by the voters
10 nave Lle DeSJ uldGtIldl eleCJed W
these offices.
OF course the January thaw will be
followed by the February freeze.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Gerst, residing
near Bloom road, Mahoning township,
entertained large number of people
Tuesday evening. A four piece orchestra
furnished music for the occasion. After
midnight an oyster supper was served.
Dancing and vocal and instrumental
music were the features of the even
ing.
Preston B. White the popular clerk
at Paules and Cos drug store has re
signed his position and will leave today
for Chambersburg, where he will take
charge of w. G.. Greenwalt's pharmacy.
The team of mules attached to the p
L. Brewery wagon while standing in
front of Hotel Dietrich, South Danville,
yesterday afternoon took fright at a
locomotive and ran away. They were
caught by Gateman Daniel Huber be-
fore they got beyond the crossing.
Owing to the failure of the crop in
this country large quantities of potatoes
are being shipped from Europe. John
F. Tooley Friday through w. S Reed
of Bloomsbury, purchased car load of
potatoes from Belgium. The car load
was the part of a cargo of 200, 600 bush
els which recently arrived at New York.
II. NJ. Schoch has been selling potatoes
brought from Scotland during the past
week. Potatoes are also being shipped
to this country from Ireland.