Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1904-12-02
A cold wave is due today.

Rockefeller has withdrawn al. offers.
A cold wave is due today.
Now for the holiday rush of trade.
The Worlds Fair shutters are now
being hung up.
Overcoats and heavy wraps will be
In demand today.
Now the man who sells coal will get
woather that is to his liking.
Now that Thanksgiving is behind us.
the rush Of holiday trade will sat in.
The American hen once moro mani.
tests her ability to reduce the family ,
saving.
The foot ball casualties for this sea
son have been somewhat ABOVE the
average.
We have the sites. the advantages,
the railroads, the facilities. Give us
more industries.
Lester Dreese Of Paintersville, is
temporarily employed as an operator
at the South Danville depot.
The women who are advocating the
abolition of Santa Claus never had
any little ones OF their own.
1t is believed that some Of the anna
teur hunters are responsible for the
disastrous forest fires this fall.
Unsettled weather conditions are
noted in the Northwest, which prob
ABLY means q snow storm later in the
week.
The hog leaves the farm for cents
q pound and comes back as bacon at IS
cents. This proves that he is not tae
only hog in the trip.
Locomotive and car factories are
working overtime. This means that
there is going to be an increased
freight traffic, and that means busy
factories.
BY falling from the top OF derrick
thirty feet high at Reading, Howard
Haviland. son of P. O. Haviland, resid-
iug at Sunbury. sustained injuries
which caused his death.
The merchants welcome the present
cold wave. as Christmas Is less than
four weeks away, and the weather up
to this time has not caused much of a
demand for Wintor wear.
The stores Of Danville are putting
on decided Christmas appearance.
We are prepared to believe the drouth
in the South has assumed alarming
proportions when we read that Ken
tuckians are praying for rain.
There is distinct aud noticeable
apathy among the hen fraternity. Few
OF them are working and none Of them
appear to be looking for employment.
Vacation days are not over with them.
Result: eggs are scarce aud high in
price.
The Lenten season will be ushered
in on February 18th. triHe earlier
than last year. 1t will close on Easter
Sunday. April 3rd. Palm Sunday will
occur Oh March 27th. and Good Fri.
day on April LIST. The Advent season
commenced Sunday.
Georgia has held the lead in the
production of peaches for the eastern
market since 1902, aud for years to
come is likely to b. the leading peach
state in the union. She has over T.
$50, 600 trees. The supremacy Was
wrested from Maryland.
The ladies of st. Pauls Methodist
Episcopal church have been working
for some time OIL fund, the proceeds
Of which are to be used to purchase a
new carpet for the lecture room of the
church About one hundred dollars,
which is over one-half of the sum
needed, has already been raised.
A settlement was effected Tuesday
In the case OF Com. vs.. William
Mensch, william Burger. prosecutor.
before Justice Of the Peace Weiss at
Bloomsbury. The case will according
ly not be tried. This was the case that
grew out of the refusal OF Mensoh to
drive his team OF the tracks Of the
Danville and Bloomsbury Electric rail
road at Grovania Thanksgiving Day. ::
Window Autographs and free passes
to the circus will be thing Of the
East II the ideas Of the proprietors OF
the James A. Bailey and the Ringling
Brothers. shows, two Of the largest
travelling concerns in the conntry. are
carried ont. These two interests have
entered into an agreement which they
believe will be Of great benefit, and
other showmen have been invited to
give them aid in putting the plan in.
to use. The agreement includes g
mutual understanding as to routes snd
general operations and proposal tc
abolish the free ticket.
An Important Sale.