Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-10
CONDENSED NEWS.


Has the winter's debris disappeared
from your back ,ard:
Blossoms and frcst could not be rec
onciled AT this stage.
Real wisdom seldom G.tuseN itself
by brass band methods.
Ii Is hoped MAY frostS Will hav6-re-
spect for the peach growers.
Cultivate the flowers for the use of
the old soldiers on Memorial day.
Reading real estate values have in
creased a million and half in one
wear.
The government has spent s2S, 600 in
irving 10 oust Senator Smoot from a
6, 900 job.
The determination of the miners 10
resume work means much for all lines
OF industry.
The pupils of the public schools are
looking ahead with expectancy to the
coming vacation.
There might be decrease in the
canine population without any lasting
loss 10 the community.
A number of Danville people are ar
ranging TO take in Wilkes Barre 5 Old
Home Week celebration.
With rifle Samuel Entriken, of
Westtown, Chester county, killed IL
rats, firing but 40 shots.
The earthquake may shake San Fran
cisco, but the people of this country
are showing that they never will.
Six of the Shenandoah school direct
ors who have been serving terms of
one year for accepting bribes from the
teachers, have been released from pri-
son.
Nearly a million volumes, including
complete Bibles, testaments, Biblical
gnides and other religious publications
were sold or distributed by the Penn
sylyania Bible society during the past
year
Sunbury is planning to have Il big
celebration on July 4th in honor of
the arrival of new trolley car for the
Sunbury and Northumberland road -
Milton Standard.
Texas is getting jealous of Italy and
California Isn't she bigger than eth
er Of them: Look ont for something
big and up-to-date in the way Of casu-
alties down there.
The Shamokin borough authorities
have decided TO arrest the entire crews
Of Pennsylvania railroad trains for
blocking crossings with cars there
more than half hour at time
The British are profuse in their ad
miration OF the way the American
soldiers took hold of the situation in
San Francisco, and the able manner in
which they handled it.
The Womans' Baptist Missionary So
ciety, Of Pennsylvania, has just been
holding its twentieth annual session
AT Norristown. 1t rejoices that it has
raised geo, 600 for missions this year,
the largest sum ever raised in year
-Four postal clerks were killed in the
Clover Greek Junction collision last
Friday. Ii is about time Uncle Sam
puts stop to such slaughter, by max
ing the use of steel postal cars general
and compulsory.
DR. Charles A. Eastman has been
commissioned by the United States
government to rename each individual
IN the Sioux nation. He is himself a
full -blooded Sioux. He hopes to ac-
complish his task in two years.
Mayor McCaskey, of Lancaster, has
introduced the practice of compelling
boys brought before him for trivial
offenses TO read extracts from the
Bible, after which he reprimand'
them. He thinks il will do them good
Pursuant to orders from the depart
ment commander Of the & A. r.,
Lincoln post, of Shamokin, has ap
pionted Wesley VanGaskin, orator tC
visit the public schools and make al
dresses in the interests of Memoria
day.
A gratifying report comes from SaI
Francisco TO the effect that the steam
ship wharves of that city are intac
and also the railroads leading to them
This assures that the city is not likel,
to lose the commerce which has beel
coming TO it, and for which rivals ar
said 10 be reaching out
From Sumatra, the Rhenish mis-
sionary society reports a year of har
vest such as it has never before seen
The number Of pagans baptized durin
the year was 4, ZIP, besides 36 Mohan
medans. The total number Of Chri.
tians is now 81, 164 In 3O7 schools "A,
SlS boys and girls are under instruC
tion.
The idea of Gov johnson, of Mil
nesota, that no man is worth more tina
slO, 600 a year gets rude shock in ii
refusal by the New York Base Ra
Club of $40, 600 for their crack playe
Mathewson of the Giants. Tn
makes the $40, 900 beauties of the oI
days seem rather cheap, and is "A pri,
on u level with the insurance officer