Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-10-09
CONDENSED NEWS.

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tour county have presented
for your approval for District
Attorney Ralph Kisner, who
is one of the younger men,
bers of the Bar of this county
and who is rapidly building
up lucrative practice. He
is a gentleman with all that
term implies, courteous and
affab1e and above all honest
which means and should
mean much in an official,
who has in a measure control
of your life and liberty.
This is no political office.
A Democrat cannot be ac-
cused for being the less
Democrat for voting for
Ralph Kisner for District
Attorney.
While the coal bucket is empty the
chances are that even il the dinner
pail is full the food is uncooked.
The Sunday School class of Mrs.
Wesley Morrall will hold sociable
in the lecture room of st. Peters M.
E. church South Danville, on Friday
evening. Ice cream, cake and candy
will be on sale.
Don't forget the Welsh singers at
Trinity M. f. church OH Saturday
night Tickets are now being offered
for sale
Some half dozen antiquated fire
arms belonging to Will G. Brown
form an attraction in the window at
Coles Hardware store The collection
is made up mostly of fiintlock,
muskets and horse pistols, several of
which look primitive enough to have
seen service in the revolutionary war.
State Supt Dr. Schaetfer has issued
a circular letter to the school authori
ties in which he says that trees can
be planted in the fall as we'll as in
the spring Hence it has become Gus
tomary for the many schools to cele-
brate autumn arbor day in addition to
the arbor days which the governor an
nually designates by proclamation in
the spring. For rural schools closing
before the middle of April the autumn
arbor day is the only one which they
can observe. In accordance with this
custom, Friday, October nth. 1902, is
hereby named autumn arbor day, and
the directors, teachers and pupils OF
the schools are requested to observe
the day by planting trees and other
suitable exercises.
No matter when or how the coal
strike may be ended, it is quite likely
that anthracite will not for a long
time be used so freely as heretofore.
Many persons who have been using
bituminous lately will continue to do
so.
The Bloomsbury fair this week will
be the last fair of the season in this
section of the state From there the
horses will return and go into winter
quarters. The season has not been a
successful one for a majority of the
horsemen OH account of the rain and
bad tracks.
Charles E. Evans, Esq, of Berwick, /,
has been appointed as lay delegate
to represent the Central Pennsylvania
conference in the Worlds Missionary
Convention, which will take place at
Cleveland, o., October 21-24. Rev.
Harry Curtin Harman, of this city, and
Rev. Richard Fl. Gilbert, of Berwick,
will represent the Central Pennsyl-
fania Conference in the great conven-
ion as ministerial delegates, Hon.
James Foster. of this city, is lay del.
gate, appointed month or go ago.
The selection of Mr.. Evans as the
,ther lay representative completes
appointme nts.
The apple crop while not phenome
lally lar &c is sufficient to keep the
ider press busy. apples Of the grade
uitable for cider being ont of all pro
,ortion to the better grade usually
tyled winter apples" which are
licked from the trees and packed in
arrels
The stable of Doster Brothers, OIL
Walnut street near Church, will b'
nished within a few weeks and viii
g one of the handsomest in this city