Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1904-12-02

nave you Seen tne learHeu Creatufe
As she fits about the town there.
Have you wondered what she's doing
In that very stylish suit
The reason should be very clear
Shes attending institute.
December.
Christmas month.
Mr.. Chas. Beaver, of Strawberry Ridge,
transacted business at this Office Tues.
day.
Mrs. David E. Shuster, wife of the
Chief Burgess Of Shamokin, died Wed.
nesday from complication of diseases.
Prof. Isaac L. Acor, instructor of the
Exchange school, gave us pleasant call
Monday, while in this city attending in
stitute.
Mr.. d. L. Messersmith, OF Pottsgrove,
an old subscriber to the lntelligencer,
was in to renew his subscription for
1866 on Monday.
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we wish to locate here in Danville Ad-
dress, with references MORRIS WHOLE
SALE HOUSE, CARE THIS PAPER.
What city has climate so peculiar
it has been described as "uine months
hibernal and three months Internal p
Read Stoddard's Lectures.
Professors J. Miles Derr and Schuyler
G. Irwin, two of the successful teachers
of Limestone township, called upon US
Monday. They were in town attending
institute.
VIM. Kishbaugh, Of Nescopeck, placed
cartridge on rock Wednesday. which
he exploded by striking it with a stone.
One of the fragments struck him in the
eye, destroying it.
In what country are potatoes sold
in halves and quarters, poultry by
the piece, and doctors paid only as
long as their patients have good
health Read Stoddard's Lectures.
Northwestern Pennsylvania is in
the grip of the first blizzard Of the
winter. Over a foot OF snow has
fallen and many country roads are
badly drifted. All trains are late.
Sleighs are in use.
A wild turkey gobbler attacked John
Hoffman, l3 years old, in the woods near
Claremont, Va, on Tuesday, thoroughly
whipped him and forced him to flee,
leaving his gun. The boy had climbed
tree to shoot a flock, when the gobbler,
angered by the boys red cap, routed
him.
1t is expected to reach speed Of
$50 miles an hour in the new tests
which will be made on the high-speed
electric line near Berlin. 1t will be
remembered that the last experiments
which were made on the specially
laid track from Berlin (Marienfeld)
to Rossen, resulted in speed Of over
$50 miles an hour.
Hunting statistics gathered by game
and fish protective associations place
the total of rabbits and game birds
bagged in Schuylkill county this sea-
son at less than 200 pairs, by far the
lowest record ever made. The close
OF the hunting season will be well
coined, and extensive game propaga
tion will at once be made.
Patrick Houston, rolling mill pud-
ler of { Columbia Pa, was ground to
pieces Sunday night at that place by
train on the Pennsylvania tracks.
Parts OF the man were scattered along
the track for distance of two
squares. 1t is supposed he tried to
crawl under freight train and when
he was directly beneath Car the
train started.
In what country is the cultivation
of dwarf trees and flowers national
pastime in which the people have be-
came so skilled that naples, pines,
and oaks one hundred years old are
only about two feet in height, five or
8 < varieties of flower are grown on
single plant, and newspapers make
daily announcements of the progress
in blossoming of favorite flowers in
the parks Read Stoddard's Lee
lures.
The biggest family Of to-day, &C.
cording to a French authority, be.
longs to the King OF Siam. This
monarch has two official wives, thirty
more Of minor order, and his chill.
dren numbered, few years ago, no
fewer than seventy-two. His Majesty
had also brothers and sisters to the
number Of fifty, and nearly five times
as many uncles; and it is said that
the King boards all these in addition
to his own particular family.
Miss Mildred McClain, 20 year.
old teacher in the Washington, Pa,
schools, almost bled to death Monday
from an injury caused in peculiar
manner. She was breaking a stick
of taffy candy. When the brittle
sweetheart snapped jagged edge
pierced her wrist and entered an
artery. Miss McClain tainted, and
was unconscious from fright and loss
OF blood when physician arrived.
The Rev. Isaac Selby, of Australia,
plaintiff in damage suit held before
the courts in San Francisco on Mon.
day, shot at Superior Judge Heb.
bard, who had decreed against him.
He said, upon being arrested and
taken to prison on charge of an at
tempt to commit murder, 81 shot al
Judge Hebbard because that seems
the only way for man to get justice