Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-24

CONDENSED NEWS.

Vacation days are coming
The fair graduate % the front
Gradually warming upagain.
No time has aS yet been set for the
Republican primaries in Montour
county
May0r Meimer, of Lebanon, having
instructed the police 10 rigidly enforce
the automobile speed ordinance was
considerably surprised when he faced
the first victims OF official vigilance to
discover that they were his brother
and cousin.
No school patron does justice 10
himself. unless he carefully and per
-Uuallv traces % its source every rum
or iniuriou-ly affecting the admins
trarIou ~ the schools.
When tile Washington and Philadel-
phia base ball clubs were tied for the
leadership recently, most of the news
papers. generously put Washington
ahead so it would have something TO
talk about for the rest of its life.
Chief Of Police Charles Kulp. Of
Frcelaud. Luzerne county, viii cele-
hrate his silver wedding. with his good
wife next month ON Saturday last
their first child was born, stout boy.
David Coldren and Miss Bessie Re
gan OF Philadelphia. were married in
"a hospital on Saturday afternoon and
II is feared the bride viii die At an
earlier hour in the day her intended
husband accidentally shot her, re-
volver ball entering her left lung near
the heart.
The order of Red Men has just.0rg-
anized its thirty first tribe in Penusyl-
vauia for this year. This is a remark
able record showing the great growth
OF the organization.
The bows Will soon be hunting the
swimming pool
Prof Andrew Campbell's 4-piece
orchestra gave very delightful con
cert Saturday evening at the Great
Piano Factory Sales rooms, 2S2 Mill
street
The political situation wakes warm.
Everything going TO smash these
days Even the venerable joke on the
mother-iu- u-law is imperiled by the an
nouncement that a Pennsylvania man
has left his estate for life TO his wife's
mother. because she made home pleas
ant for him.
IN the death Of Judge Charlie, 4
Maver. of Clinton county bench. Penn
svlvania loses one of its most prOmin-
eut upstate jurists No man was more
popular among all classes in that cOun-
", and his death after a plucky fight
against disease. viii be much regret
ted.
Alto Rogers. aged -. and Anna Bay
Ter. aged l3, while walking across a
trestle ON the Lehigh Valley railroad
al Athens. Bradford county, last sun
day evening were caught by the Black
Diamond Express and instantly killed.
When DR. Dixon moves his State
health department into permanent
quarters i'm the new capitol he viii
establish a laboratory for the assist
anCe Of physicians " no desire to have
specimens of disease germs examined
This is an institution that IS badly
needed outside Of the larger cities.
which have their own laboratories. and
DR. Dixon is IN constant receipt of
letters asking for Information i'm the
matter
\ Pennsburg. Montgomery county,
fisherman. has just captured the four
largest catfish ont OF the Pcrki0men
this season. They measure from I3 to
10 inches each
The United States navy ra. Ks third
IN point Of tonnage among the navies
Of the world. Great Britain comes first
with a total Of ] .9u7, g9s tons France
second with 500 95S tons, and the Tn
tied States with third 1Ol 191 tons.
This is the time Of the year to up.
root that destroyer Of lawns, the daude-
lion The flowers are changing To the
fluffy baIls OF seed. II they are torn up
now next years crop of grass killers
viii be materially lessened
The imprint OF hand from which
two fingers are missing is expected to
aid iu the arrest of the murderer OF
MTs John Morrison. of Cumbula.
Schuylkill county. The impriuts was
left on the is ludov of 3 saloon near
Cumbola
Reading has called u DR. Dixon TO
look over the various matters of SAN
itation in the city The Health Com
missioner. who is nothing if not yer
satile. is iu demand from one end of
the State o. the other, for the people
have learned thar he is working for
the good OF the Commonwealth