Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-06-21
CONDENSED NEWS.

The craze to murder animals OF all
sorts il decidedly widespread.
Many dog possesses better qualities
than the loafer who kicks him.
The birds are making a good deal OF
noise these June mornings.
Picnics are the regular order now.
Home grown strawberries are one of
the luXeTies OF the marker now.
Eifty-nine teachers OF the public
schools OF Pottsville have asked the
school board for general increase in
wages
We're in the thunder shower belt
again.
On the Wings Of the locust may b
.een the letter w" which the super
ztitiio2s take to mean war, turned about
il becomes az M. Does that mean
marriages. 1t wOGld be good guess
for the month of June.
The prospects for an animated pol
itical battle in Pennsylvania this year
are brilliant.
Have Won arranged for that vacation
trip vet:
To settle the question whether or
not there shall be amusements at HaZ
Teton park, the Lehigh Traction com.
pany has decided To put the matter To
vote Of the people. The Ministerial
association objects to Sunday amuse-
ments.
Total abstinence from intoXicants
never vet hurt any citizen.
A good wife is one of the best friends
d busy citizen can have
The books boy reads are likely To
influence his whole life.
Many a man who thinks himself a
good citizen might be better
The annual police census of the Dis
trict OF Columbia shows white popu-
lation of 23l, All, and negro of %, 0lS
or less than 80 per cent. A few years
ago this nergo percentage was one
third.
Al a hearing in the office of Alder
man Newcomer in Newberry Attorney
Bartles asked "A witness with whom
do you live" The man responded Il
don 4 live with whom; | live on lot
on the back of Light street. "
The beef packers and the Standard
Oil company have Joined forces for
the purpose of opposing President
Roosevelt's desire to have the meat
trust furnish the people with whole
some meat foods.
The recent San Francisco earth
quake, and the fact that the country
in the vicinity of the proposed Panama
canal Is subject to earthquakes, did
not deter the House yesterday from
voting in favor of a lock canal, by 40
TO 90.
While playing in his fathers mill at
Paradise, Lancaster county, Ralph
Snavely, 3 years Of age, was caught
by a revolving shaft and had both
arms and legs broken before the mach
Inery could be stopped.
San Francisco Masons and Builders
Association has raised the wages of
bricklayers and helpers Bricklayers
will receive a. day of eight hours
and helpers 81 day. This is an ad-
vance Of 81 day for bricklayers and
80 cents for helpers.
Last week in the United States court
at Kansas City, four large packing
companies were found guilty of ac-
cepting rebates on their shipments for
export over the lines of the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy railroad
The soda water trade is booming.
Although the locusts have been re-
ported all around Danville they have
not a. yet come 10 town.
Fishermen report poor luck for bass
in the Delaware river at Water Gap.
Berks county has 80, ,7O7 Sunday
school scholars.
Evidently there is not much in those
reports about anthracite coal giving
out when there are to be fourteen new
mines opened in the.Schuylkill region
within a few months.
One of the largest sales of valuable
real estate in Union county for a long
time was that of Amos Croft held at
Vicksburg, June 8. 1906 Six tracts of
land comprising 33l acres of land were
sold at the average price of 500 per
acre.
During the storm on Saturday light
ming struck the barn of Daniel Stahl-
necker of near Warrior Run It was "A
cold stroke, - and while the building
did not burn it was splintered and
damaged to the extent of several hun
dred dollars.
The Scranton Times says that if
Mayor Dimmick wishes to have his
administration 'go on record as the
most popular the city has ever had he
should establish free baths and a swim
ming pool at the city park
LOST OR MISLAID. Policy No. 2GOO.
issued by The Penn Mutual Life lnsur
ance Company, on the life of Samne
Mills The finder will please return it t,
the undersigned Application has beer
made for the issuing Of a duplicate.