Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-06-29
Brief News Items.
Compiled for fiasty Read
ers of the IntelligenCer,
the Acknowledged Off
cial Organ of Little rlon-
tour County.
Wheat ripening weather.
Typical summer weather this.

Wheat rlpening weather
Typical summer weather this.
Only few days more of June.
The old canal grows more odorifer-
Gus each day.
The State begins to look after the
moral conduct of the neglected child
several years too late.
David J. Davis of Scranton has been
appointed judge advocate on the staff
of General Dougherty of the Third
brigade.
The tongue of the idle gossip daily
creates much mischief.
The South Side is booming all right
but where is that river bridge ap-
proach.
Samuel Poet. a York county farmer,
has started a new enterprise, it being
the culture of silk worms.
The preacher who acts as if he meant
all he says usually wins the attention
and confidence of his people.
The wise parent will issue a'peremp-
tory proclamation forbidding toy pis-
tolls and cartridges.
A Connecticut clergyman asserts that
Adam wasn't the first man. Next
thing some one will be denying the
apple epoisode in the garden and thus
one after another our cherished beliefs
re shattered.
The Catholics of Pittston are con-
sidering the advisibility of establish.
ing Catholic hospital. At "A meeting
the proposition was made that they
purchase the present Pittston hospit-
al, which is non-sectarian.
One of the direct results of the COR
rupt practices act placed upon the
statute books by the extra session of
the Legislature is the general and in
creasing use of newspaper advertising
space by candidates for office.
The SchuylkilI County League OF
Game and Fish Protective associations
has condemned the trespass law and
its repeal is urged in vigorous resolu-
tions. A committee of three was ap-
pointed to see each of the Schuylkill
legislators and urge their support of
the repeal.
The Shamokin & Mount Carmel Elec-
tric Railway Company and the Ash
land & Centralia Electric Railway
Company have been merged into the
Shamokin g. Mount Carmel Transit
Company.
Minneapolis, Mimi, is getting ready
for the fortieth annual encampment OF
the Grand Army of the Republic, Aug
ust l3 to lS. Everything possible is tc
be done for the soldiers, even to pro-
v.ding free quarters in school houses
and other public buildings.
President Roosevelt, having secured
the consent of Congress for lock can.
al at Panaam, is going to visit the is
thmus himself for the direction of the
great undertaking. He believes in do
ing things.
Mr.. NJ. l.. Sheep, of Jerseytown,
accompanied by his son, MIR. S. L.
Sheep, of Elizabeth City, North Caro-
lima, who is spending vacation a
his old home, gave us Il very pleasan
visit on Monday.
Mrs. Henry Meals, of Carlisle, step
ped upon a toy left at the top of th'
stairs by one of the children and fel
leadlong down the steps, gashing he
throat with a pair of scissors whicl
she had in her hand. The prompt ar
rival of physician saved her life.
The State hospital at Fountain
Springs at present has the creates
number of patients ever cared for il
that institution at any one time, ther
being one hundred and sixty four DR.
j. @. Biddle, the superintendent, an,
his corps of assistants are over-ru
with work.
WANTED AGENTS-to tax
orders for fine line of Dry Good
Specialties. Also Red Cross Towels
fine bath towel. We handle staple
as well as novelties. Spring sample
now ready Address at once Rob
G. Wallace Co., Chauncy St., Boston
Mass.
1t is asserted that Governor Harri
of Ohio, will not displace the few az
pointees of Governor Pattison. an
that he will also in many respects TO
low out the policy of his much Ian
ented predecessor. If this shall prov
TO be the case he will certainl
strengthen himself with all rigl
thinking people.
State Health Commissioner Dixie
believes in newspaper publicity in tt
work of his important department
His timely note of warning regardir
lock-jaw germs during the Fourth
July celebration and his mosquito bu
letin are fair examples of the practic
character of the work he is doin,
More power to him
A New Postmaster.
Several of today's Phipa new
papers tell us that among the nos