Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-06-16
CONDENNED NEWS.
Now for picmics.

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Welcome tie t.rIy sunshine.
There will soon be use for hypapor.
June is showing indications Of hav-
ing recovered her bearings
WANTED. F. Small and large tracts
of woodland. Send fnll description aud
price. New York & "eun'a Co. Lock
Haven, Pa.
Harrisburg 5 pol ulaHon, as estimat-
ed by the compiIers OF Boyd's Direct
ory. Just issued, reaches rs, 435,a jump
from 70, $50, the estimate of last year.
Too much dampness thus far this
month. It's worst effect Will he to
damage the crops.
The sixty teachers of Shenandoah
have asked the school board for an III
crease of salaries, claiming they were
reduced IS per cent. six years ago
The semi-annuaI 'rotest of the pow
ers against Turkish atrocities on Ar
menians has ju-t been issued and is
couched in the usual vigorous Ian
guage The sultan has filed the note
for future reference.
Dealers in fireworks should spend
their spare time evenings reading the
laws relating to the sale of dangerous
weapons for use on the Fourth of
July.
The St. Louis hotel keepers are do
ing their best to undo the mischief Of
exorbitant rates with which they start
ed out.
The Department of risherios has
large number of tadpoles of the Lake
Erie variety, which can be secured by
persons wishing to raise frogs by send
ing their applications to the depart
ment.
The Holy Communion will be oh
served in connection with the morn
ing service at Trinity Lutheran church
Sunday morning at 10 30. Preparatory
service Friday evening at Z 80 O'Clock.
Flower thieves are at work again
This is one of the meanest kinds Of
littleness, and the guilty parties de-
serve severe punishment. Those who
spend time and money to adorn their
premises deserve better treatment.
The mountain laurel flowers are
blooming.
The weather man seems to have
reached his natural galt at last.
Mrs Ida Washburn has begun an en-
tirely new action in the Supreme
Court in which she seeks absolute di-
vorce from her husband, Leon W Wash
burn, known all over the United States
as the proprietor Of four Uncle
Tom Cabin" companies, from which,
it Is alleged, hc derives an income Of
go. 600 a year Named rs the princi
pal correspondent is Nola Mason. the
leading lady Of one Of the compau-
ies. who plays the part Of Eliza.
Accident insurance companies are
looking with fear at cherry trees
They expect there will be the usual
number of hasty descents to Mother
Earth
Bass fishing is now legal, if you can
secure the consent of the bass.
Northumberland county has brought
suit against Mt. Carmel township TO
recover $500 the amount of a verdict
rendered in favor of the Danvillo Asy
lum, who sued to recover amounts ex-
pended for the care o' the township
patients.
Do you know of any exception to
this rule2-that tho merchant vino
spends the most money for newspaper
advertising does the most business:
Local gardeners are complaining
about the effect the severe winter had
on theH rose bushes Only the hard.
lest plants survived the intense cold
Posters tell of the coming of Pain
oelel rated Destruction Of Pomrcii AT
Edgew God Park, Shamokin, next Thurs.
day, Friday and Saturday. \ gorgeous
pyrotechnic display is the chief feat.
ure.
Many agents and superintoudents Of
the Prudential Life Insurance Com
pauy will be entitled to attend the
big excursion of the company agout'
to New York on July IT, Tho trip j.
a prize for meritorious service iu'll
two thousand members of tho Pru
Dental field force will he in New
York for a week.