Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-03-20
CONDENSED NEWS.
Spring begins tomorrow.
Easter egg dyes are on sale.

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Interesting Palm Sunday services will
be held at most of our churches in this
city.
There may be another blizzard in
store for us, but we are content not to
anticipate
A good sized class of catechumens
will be confirmed at Trinity Lutheran
church next Sunday morning.
Mrs. Jared n. Diehl, of Northumber-
land, is seriously i'll at the home of her
brother, Eugene Morrison, Mahoning
Township.
The country schools are poorly at
tended just now owing to farm sales
which are held almost daily.
Those who are going to move are bust
ly employed in preparing for the event
and the average man is forced to endure
a domestic disorder that is distracting.
There will soon be work for the street
sprinkler 1t was needed III many parts
Of the city yesterday.
The thermometer registered twelve
degrees above zero early yesterday
morning.
Paul, the little son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Murray Spruce street, has fully
recovered from a siege of diphtheria.
As Sunday next is the last Sunday of
the Conference year interesting services
will be held in the Methodist churches
of this city.
Sarah, the little daughter, of Mrs R.
K Polk, whose very critical illness was
noted in these columns, died Monday
morning about two o'clock, after long
siege Of catarrhal pneumonia, aged one
year and ten months.
Danville's College boys will arrive
home for their Easter vacations early
next week
n. P. Kraig, of Binghamton, n. Y,
tuned and repaired the organ at Christ
Episcopal church Tuesday
The spring Arbor days should be OBJ
served by the schools Of Montour county
There is nothing lamblike about this
weather
There is evidently hitch between
the man who makes the weather and
the people who build spring bonnets.
The interest Of all good Methodists of
Central Pennsylvania will be centered
upon Bellefonte next week, as matters
Of importance TO the denomination will
be discussed and disposed of.
Kent Butler, Of Washingtonville, son
Of Ex Judge Butler is the new clerk at
the Heddens House.
As a result Of the recent food and the
inundation by the Shamokin creek of
the farm lands between ShamOkin and
Sunbury, many farmers are now reap
ing harvests of coal instead of grain
The banks at Buck Mountain and other
points containing many tons of pea
coal were washed into the creek and
carried down the stream to the farm
lands, which when the waters receded
were left with a coat Of black dia-
monds
1t has now been decided TO hold the
Inter Scholastic Debate between the
Extemporaueous Debating club of Dan
vile and the Suubury high school, in
Suubury on Thursday April nth Par
ticulars regarding a special train will
be made known later.
Amateur base ball club captains are
beginning to get that important feeling.
Invitations have been received in this
city for a dance to be given in Catawissa
on Easter Monday evening. The dances
given in Catawissa during the winter
have been among the most popular in
this section
The front Of Ellenbogen's store on Mill
street has received a new coat of paint
The weather man didn't catch up
with st. Patrick's day until it was al
most too late.
Spring poets are having a rather
strenuous time Of it keeping out of the
way Of billiards.
A surpliced choir will be introduced
at Trinity Lutheran church on Easter
Sunday.
OF course there will be days when the
daffodils and dimities will look out of
place, but the greatest of unborn biz
yards cannot altogether obliterate the
signs of spring or entirely dampen the
seasonable ardor that they awaken.