Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-12-14
Brief News Items.

khS ASNIbo" SSA VIII
cial Organ of r1ontour
County.
Buy early and avoid the rush.
A kind answer never turneth away
. customer.
The school children are back in har
ness again.
: When you are buying presents, don I
forget the poor.
Attending market is a chilly occupa.
tion these days.
Mrs. Emma II. Sandt, Of Easton,
who was buried Oh Thursday. left a
will in which she directed that all OF
her pet dogs and cats, twelve in num-
ber, shall be chloroformed, except two,
as she feared they would not be kind
ly.treated.
A dispute has arisen between Bomas
Lukash and John G. Bedner, Of South
Bethlehem, concerning the ownership
Of rooster. The case is to be tried
before court at Easton next week and
Lewis Lukash is coming all the way
from California as witness in the
case.
A mine fire, which was started thirty
years ago in a mine breach In the
Sharp mountain, above East Mount
Carbon, has broken out with new vigor
and sends out sparks and tongues Of
fire like volcano.
A lady in Germantown who is 35
years Of age began attending Sunday
school when she was az years old and
has not missed attendance single
Sunday in all these intervening years.
Rebecca Anderson, of West Vincent
township, Chester county, who died
on Wednesday, aged 81 years, has left
An estate of about $l25, 900, nearly all
Of which is to be devoted to charities.
Trespass notices for sale at this
Office. Two for sc, or 25c dozen.
William K. McBeth, of Scottdale,
has started out on a trip in which he
is to visit the capital Of every State
in this country, making the entire
journey on horseback, on a wager of
go, 900 that he can do it within four
years.
=, "A. J. CassetJ, president of the Penn
sylvania Railroad company, was sixty
seven years old on Saturday. He spent
his birthday anniversary at work in
his Office as usual. but received many
congratulations. If he lives three years
longer he will be placed on the retired
list according to the rules of the COM
pany.
Two hundred men who attended
banquet of the brotherhood of St.
Paul, of the Methodist Episcopal
church. in Franklin. on Friday night,
were poisoned by something they ate
and became very sick. None Of the
cases resulted fatally but the physici-
ans of the city were all kept very
busy for some time to relieve the suf-
ferers.
j. M. Moore, of near Mausdale,
gave this Office business call ON Sat.
day.
f.. WANTED-Lady to advertise our
goods locally. Several weeks home work.
Salary 5000 per week, 81. 90 a day for
expenses. SAUNDERS CO., Dept. w,
46-4S jackson Boulevard. Chicago, Ill.
1-25 07
While the merucry Ill the thermo-
meter was away below the freezing
point and with piercing wind blow
ing, last Friday afternoon, two young
society women of McKeesport, stood
for hours in front of their home, in q
hole dug for the purpose of erecting a
telephone pole.
AS Rev. T. W. Lyons, a minister of
Connellsville, stopped at the home of
Thomas Lord, to make a call, feroc-
ious bull dog sprang at him, grabbed
the third finger of his right hand, bit
1t off and ate it, before the parson had
time to make any remonstrance.
David Mogan, one of the most in
huential politicians in the lower part
Of Schuylkill county, is dead at his
home inst. Clair, Sohuylkill county.
He had distinguished himself for gall
lantry during the civil war.
1t is reported that the sultan Of Tur-
key is again seriously ill from an af.
fection of the bladder. The shah of
Persia is also nearing his end, while
Castro, the fiery little president of
Venezuela, is believed to be dying.
The seventy fifth anniversary of the
First United Presbyterian church of
Allegheny, has Just been celebrated.
In the seventy five years or its exist
ence the congregation has had only
four pastors.
The African Methodist Episcopal
church in Pottsville was destroyed
by fire recently and on Sunday collec-
tions were lifted in the other churches
of the city to the amount of $500 tc
help the needy congregation to build 9
new church.
The potato crop.has been very large
In northern Berks and in Lehign coun
ttes and thus faI about $50 car Eloads
have been shipped from the potato
growing sections of those counties
The prices being higher than the aver
age, the growers are getting big re-
turns for their labor.
Rev. Emil Meister, the Lutheran
minister Of Lancaster, who preached
from the doorsteps Of small ehurcl
near the city two weeks ago becaus,
tine door was locked against his con