Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1903-03-12
CONDENSED NEWS.


People do not seem TO be worrying
about coal as time goes on.
Winter should be nearly over-but
is it: Who knows:
Il - reported that violets are to be
very cheap this season. This being
the case, why should anybody con.
tinue to worry over the price of coal?
The Rev. d. n Kirkby, rector of
Saint PauI's Episcopal church, Blooms
burg, will preach at Christ church on
Friday evening.
The germs of spring fever are in
cubating.
There is no longer any reason for
holding back spring poetry.
March breezes loud and shrill"
have not been heard as yet.
The man with the hoe will soon be
about
the betrothal of Miss Clara Wolfe
Allgaier, formerly of Shamokin and
well known in this city, to Mr.. Ben
jamin Heyman of New York. A recep-
tion Will take place at Miss AllgaieI s
home 4l7 State street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
on March 18TH
Hundreds of soldiers like the Philip
ines so well that they have requested
transfer to those regiments which have
been ordered across the ocean.
Householders will bear in mind that
they owe a duty to the city about this
time in the conducting of a vigorous
backyard campaign of sanitation.
The Legislature has only a month to
20 now
Every Danvillian should take off his
hat to the Board of Trade.
\ Society for the prevention of
Cruelty TO Animals should be organic
ed in South Danville Within the past
year some citizens on the other side of
the river have been making war on
dogs, cats and chickens No donbt if
the perpetrators can be located they
will meet with speedy punishment.
Burgess W Harrison Walker, of
Hcllefonta. has inaugurated a war on
the slot machines He has warned all
operators to remove the machines or
hc will have them confscated.
More than 200 bills await action in
the house and senate aud hard work
will be necessary TO finish the legisla-
tuIe's work by April 10th, the time
set for final adjournment.
For RENT-A blacksmith shop, cor
ner Mill and Centre streets, Danville.
Elegant location and good trade In
quire al 500 Mill street, Danville, Pa.
The balmy springtime days are fast
approaching, when cleaning up and
renoyating viii be in order In many
back yards the accumulation of the
winters ashes and rubbish can be seen
which Is not only an eyesore to the
public, but unless removed before
warm weather approaches will be
menace to health.
The new catalogue of Lafayette
College, where several young men
from this district are matriculated,
gives many evidences of the prosper
ity Of the institution The number
of students enrolled is 434, divided as
follows: Graduate students, IA; sen.
iors, u F; juniors, 81; sophomores, l27 /;
freshmen, l35
The Harrisburg Patriot of Monday
says that the first robin of the season
made Is appearance in Harri Park
Sunday morning where it sang its
beautiful song. We don t know wheth-
or this is the same robin that has been
seen and heard about here the past
few days, but we do know that it is
the same sweet and beautiful song
uttered by the Harrisburg warbler
And we enjoyed it nightly, toe, af-
ter long and dreary winter
\ lot of apples that Willoughby
Fritz, Of Ringtown, packed in saw
dust in 1901 were found to be in as
good condition rs when taken from
the trees.