Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-01-04
CONDENSED NEWS.

The primaries come on apace.
Did you begin the year Alright?
Have you learned to write it 1906?
Be careful there, don't make it 5.
Plenty of time yet for an ice har-
vest. Dealers should not lose heart for
q few weeks yet.
Every good resolution that you ad-
here to will add strength to your good
character.
Keep the snow shovel handy now.
That big snow storm can't be much
longer delayed.
Don't expect your political friends
to furnish you pass now if you want
to go away on trip. Just step up to
the ticket window and she'll out.
Let the city keep up the progressive
habit this year with all the vim at its
command
DR.. T. B. Wintersteen has resumed
his practice at his Office ON East Mark
ct street
The hope of the world is for less
bloodshed during the year that is to
come.
The surplus dog population of this
city is gifted with plenty of ability to
yelp, especially in the still hours of
the night.
WANTED. Bright, honest young
man from Danville to perpare for pay
ing position in Government Mail Ser
vice. Box one, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
In reapportioning the state the rep
resentatives should sidetrack local in
terests for the general good. If this be
done there will be no difficulty.
Michigan has a law making it a
crime to accidentally kill man in the
woods by carelessness while hunting.
The maximum penalty is fixed at ten
years. A man has just been found
guilty under this law, he having kill
ed fellow hunter thinking he was a
bear. This is a good law and Pennsyl
vania ought to have a similar law up
on its statute books.
WANTED. By Chicago wholesale
and mail order house, assistant man
ager man or woman for this county
and adjoining territory. Salary $50 and
expenses paid weekly; expense money
advanced Work pleasant; position
permanent. No investment or expert
ence required. Write at once for full
particulars and enclose elf-addressed
envelope. Cooper & Co, 1872 Lake
Street, Chicago, Ill.
There promises to be boom in bi-
cycle circles this year. The healthful
exercise is about to resume its popu
larity
The Boston Star Speciality Company,
in high class minstrelsy, will perform
in the Hall at Washingtonville, this
Thursday evening.
Even the directors Of the various
railroads are feeling the anti-pass reg
ulation. They are now permitted to
ride free upon the particular lines that
they direct and upon no others. 2
The students from this city and vi
cinity at the various colleges and |
schools are returning to resume their |
studies, after enjoying their holiday |
vacation with relatives
The lawmakers of the state are max
ing ready for that extra session. and |
this time the railroad trip figures in |
the personal expense account.
A decrease of /, 400 marriage licenses !
in Philadelphia this year is said TO be |
due to the fact that hundreds Of young
folks in that city 90 to New York and |
elsewhere to avoid publicity. Danville |
girls are not so bashful
In recognizing the needs of the work !
ing newspaper men the Capitol Com
mission has shown proper apprecia-
tion of the function of the press.
Placing galleries in the Senate and
House is decent departure from the
stand Of certain members of the Leg
islature who vainly imagined they
could keep their doings from the pub
lie by excluding the newspaper men
from the floor of either chamber.
Keep up the record of public inn
provements. 1t means much for the |
city.
Governor Pennypacker is wisely con /
sulting the prominent bankers of the
State in the matter of State Treasury |
reform, especially as to an increase Of
the interest on State deposits.
For the first time in many years !
man of the cloth has been selected for
jury duty in Luzerne county. He is |
Rev. Father Curran, Of Wilkes Barre, |
the great temperance advocate and |
friend of President Roosevelt, whom
he entertained on the visit of the chief /.
executive to Wilkes Barre, last Au- /
gust. Rev. Curran has been drawn as !.
one of the twentyfour grand jurors
~b6 is SEWING this week