Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-07-27
Brief News Items.
Compiled for fiasty Read
ers of the Intelligencer,
the Acknowledged Off
Cial Organ of Little rlon-
tour County.
Hot enough for you?
Picnics almost every day now.
The finest days of the summer.


Picnics almost every day now.
The finest days of the summer.
Best County Paper, s1.0O a year.
Berry pickers tell some sensational
snake stories.
No human being is constantly on
life's highest level
Festivals here and festivals there,
festivals everywhere.
Tie curbstone market is toothsome
proposition these days.
The south side approach becomes
more inapproachable every day.
The mischievous child is always
worth training in right channels.
Trespass notices for sale at tins
office. Two for DC, or 25c dozen.
Groceryman John Bruder has erect
ed handsome portico to his Bloom
street crossing.
A first class crossing has been laid
across Mahoning street al the Neih
cottage, Ferry street.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Orth are
spending few days with Rev. Linn
bert and family at Altoona.
Harry /. Ritter, wife and son
spent Sunday with Mrs, Ritter's
grandmother at Bloomsbury.
The annual report of the State
Christian Endeavorers in session at
Altoona shows an encouraging growth
of a wide-awake Christian orsaniza-
tion.
A poor advertising medium may be
likened unto IA file-which takes some
thing from everything with which 1t
comes into contact, but returns nothing
which has been taken.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. r. Wald, OF
Dalmatia, spent Saturday and sun
day in this city, on the occasion OF
the 4th birthday anniversary of their
grandson, Lee Wald Lutz.
During the present slack season the
management of the Reading Iron
works, this city, is carefully repair
ing every department of that NAM
mouth concern, preparatory to an
other busy seasons running.
Penn Haven Junction, about five
miles northwest OF Mauch Chunk, ac-
cording to reports, is running alive
with bears 1t is Il common thing TO
see a big burly bear making his way
down the mountain i'll quest OF some'
thing to eat.
The anthracite coal trade is report
ed extremely dull at this time, al
though operators look for little squirt
next week to enable dealers to re-
plenish their stocks before the Aug
ust increase of ten cents ton i'll price
goes into effect.
The huckleberry crop will be the
smallest in many years, but the black
berry promises to be the most plentl-
full within IL decade, and peaches,
pears and apples will be abundant, so
the blueberry will not be missed so
much.
John w. Gates says, 1.-THE excellent
crop reports, which are becoming bet
ter every day, the large and increasing
earnings of the steel and iron COM
panies, railroads and business enter
prises in general, will eventually in
fluence higher prices for stock, but we
can look for this usual midsummer
dullness for some time to come.
John Leshinski, of Big Mountain, is
afflicted with sleep walking and his
latest somnambulistic feat terminated
with direful results. Last evening he
walked out of second story window
and in the fall, cut his head, broke
two fingers and was otherwise badly
used up, although fortunately escaping
internal injury.
Lucy Gilbert, of Northumberland,
while walking along the road at Blue
Hill Friday night was knocked down
and choked by an unknown man, but
so strongly did she resist that she was
able to free herself and escape The
girl states that the fellow was {
stranger who was likely waiting t(
leave on freight train.
According to the Harrisburg Tele
graph one of the questions to bt
threshed out by the next Legislature
is: "Shall the electric and trolle!
lines carry freight and express?" 1
is doubtful if any votes will be cas-
in the next Legislature against the pro
position, so well will it be ATTENDED
to in the election of members.
WANTED:-District Managers tt
post signs, advertise and distribute
samples. Salary $500 weekly, So OF
per day for expenses. State age ant
present employment. IDEAL SHEAI
co, 80 Randolph ST., Chicago.
The Philadelphia, Pittsburg and Eri
Telephone Company, for which I
charter will be asked on August 18th
will have its principal office in Har
risburg. The company will extend tn
lines of the independent companie
and will spend about So, 600, 900 in it
efforts to compete with the Bell sys
TEN throughout the greater portion o
this State and New York.