Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-07-24
CONDENSED NEWS.
Picnics every day now.
But one more week of July.

But one more week of July.
The rain has cleal d the cutters
G.. W. Faust is seriously i'll at hi.
home on Cherry street.
The back alley is not the proper place
to dispose of garbage. But many seem
TO think that it is.
Merchants who advertise in a paper
which goes into the homes don't
worry about customers.
H. Goldman, of Baltimore, has open
ed dry goods and mems furnishing
store in the Laubach building.
A state law, approved March %,
1900, says that the owner or occupant
of land abutting on any highway i'll
any township shall during September
of each year cut and remove all briars,
brush and weeds, and i'll case of failure
to do so, the township committee shall
cause such work to be done and the
owner shall pay such expense incurred
with costs, if suit be necessary before
a justice of the peace.
Tickets for the p & r. excursion
to Eagles Mere can be purchased at
the station any time previous to the
excursion.
The season is now here when the
queen of the kitchen is over head and
ears in stewing, canning and making
jellies for next winters eating.
To accommodate persons desiring to
visit the beautiful Lake of the Eag-
les for day at a moderate cost, the
Philadelphia q Reading Railway will
run special trains, Thursday, July
3lst leaving Danville 6 81 a. m, ar
irving at Eagles Mere at 10 a. M. Re
turning will leave Eagles Mere 6 80
p. IN. Fare from Danville $3.50 for
the round trip.
The Infectious disease known as pink
eye is prevalent i'll many parts of the
state, and few cases are reported in
this section. The trouble is not usual
ly serious, and yields if the patient
takes rest and puts few drops of
boracic acid into the affected eye sew
eral times day.
Those prophets who contended that
we were going to have very hot sum-
mer are naturally beginning to hedge a
bit and throw out sinister suggestions
about the behavior of August
There is no lack of cash in Danville
if we may judge from the excellent
bank statements of local institutions.
On Tuesday, July 29th, the Lacka-
wanna Railroad will place on sale, at
all its offices in this section, special
excursion tickets to New York. These
tickets will be sold at one fare for the
round trip, plus $l.O0. They will be
good for continuous passage only, com
mencing on day of sale, and must be
used for return leaving New York not
later than August 3D.
From all over the county come re-
ports that new potatoes are fast rotting.
This has been caused by excessive
rains Should this keep up the price
of potatoes this fall will be unusually
high.
The annual picnic of the Shiloh Re
formed Sunday School will be held at
DeWitt's Park on Friday.
The trout season does not close until
July 3lst. An item going the rounds
of the papers states that the season
closed on the 18th The last legisla-
ture fixed the trout season from Apri |
10Th to July 3lst.
The foundation has been laid for the
double dwelling house being built by
John III. Sanford and his son, on East
Water street. The owners will occupy
the houses upon their completion.
A base ball game has been arranged
. between the st. Elmo club and the Y.
M. G. A. team, to be played at De
Wits Park Monday afternoon at 3
o'clock. An admission fee of ten cents
will be charged.
The division encampment of tho
National Guard of Pennsylvania has
been pronounced complete success
by Governor Stone, Secretary of War
Root and others high in authority.
One thing should not be left unsaid
and that is that never before has bet
ter order been shown III camp and in
the encampment town Friends of the
guardsmen have reason to be proud of
the Improvement of the State military
has made.