Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1903-05-07
CONDENSED NEWS.

OIND L4NOIID ANL " -
The awning men are at work.
Mechanics are busy out of doors.
May came along more like a March
lion.
The ice man will soon have his in
ming
The whitewash brigade is out in
full force.
The housefy is gradually making
his appearance.
School vacation is near at hand and
the boys and girls are full of anticipa-
tion.
Our carpenters, stone masons, paint
ers and artisans of all kinds, are hav-
ing a busy time of it.
The happiest people in town are
those who have their housecleaning
done and their early garden seed plant
ed.
wait till the locust is IN blossom"
before removing your heavy under
wear, is what your grandmother taught
you.
All differences between employers
and employees in the building trades
should be adjusted as speedily as pos
sible.
The book beer goat is another sign
of spring and doesn't stand for any
postponement on account of the
weather.
There isn't much danger of boys
getting drowned going i'll swimming
while the water remains close to a
freezing temperature.
A charter has been obtained by cap
italists of Shenandoah and Pottsville
to connect the former city with Ring
town by an electric railway.
There will not come a time during
the present year that will be any
more suitable than right now to clean
the alleys in some parts of town.
Considerable bad money, principally
nickels and quarters, is floating around
and business men are warned to be on
the lookout for the spurious coin.
Denman Thompson, the well-known
author and actor. has been ordered to
quit the stage permanently by his
physicians on account of nervous trou
BILE.
The State Forestry Commission has
been told by Attorney General Carson
that it must advertise for bids for the
removal of canister rock for forest re-
servations.
Under the new law that prohibits
the sale Of cigarettes to minors dealers
at Clifton Heights have resolved to
sell no cigarettes to customers who
have no whiskers.
Governor Pennypacker has signed
the bill making it necessary for the
owners of automobiles to take out
licenses before being permitted to
operate their machines on the streets.
The license which will cost 50 will be
issued by the prothonotaries of the
various counties.
Lycoming county already has good
roads association composed of infiu
ential men TO take advantage OF the
new road law and to promote the work
OF securing good roads throughout the
county and to see to it that the coun
ty will get its share OF the fund set
aside by the state for this purpose.
Sparks from engines do not cause
all the forest fires from which Penn
sylvania, New York and New Jersey
so constantly suffer. Destroying sparks
are fewer in number than careless or
malicious tramps who kindle fires and
oarelessly or Intentionally cause the
conflagrations. 1t would pay to make
extra effort to capture the offenders.
The prolonged spell Of dry weather
is enabling farmers to do their plow-
ing and seeding. 1t would be mean
enough of Jupiter Pluvius to give too
much rain little later and rot the
seeds A little evener distribution of
rain and warm weather would insure
the happiness and prosperity of the
agriculturist.
There was a chill in the air yester-
day morning, but temperatures are
rising east of the Mississippi and the
next couple of days promise to be
warmer Somewhat colder weather
prevails in the Middle Rocky Mountain
region. The weather continues fair in
all districts except the Lower Missis-
sippi and Lower Ohio Valleys and the
Southwest, where showers and thunder
storms prevailed yesterday and are
promised today.