Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-12-06
CONDENSED NEWS.
Welcome to the teachers
Buy your presents early.

farmers.
ANYTHING the president writes is al
wavs interesting reading.
Hunters can now lay away their
guns for another year.
Old 1906 is now on the last lap.
The boy who fills hls mind with the
thoughts of the great does wise
thing
Danville people can now look for
wrad with the most pleasurable an
Iicipations to a merry Christmas.
Daniel L. Smiech, of WiudsorvllIe.
York county, went to York on Thurs
dav and confessed TO an alderman tiat
he had kindled the fire which destroy
ed the cigar factory of Samuel Spren-
kle. at Red Lion, December 20, 1898.
lie committed the crime to obtain 81,
$50 insurance on the contents, when
belonged to him.
The influence of John Mitchell, who
advised the miners TO avoid litigation,
aud of Judge Savidge, who severely
condemned the multiplication OF cases
by justices, has had good effect so
that there are now fewer criminal
cases before the Northumberland coun-
Nv court than has been the case for
two decades.
Judge Savidge, of Sunbury, has de-
cided that hereafter in Northumber-
land county the supreme courts rul-
ing would be carried out, that when
beer was purchased by the barrel and
bottled two licenses would be neces-
sary.
A McKeesport man VINO hung his
vest too close to the furnace thought
of it Just in time to find it ablaZe.
Stamping out the fire he saved s349 IN
paper money in such damaged con.
dition that it had to be sent TO Wash
ington for redemption.
AS the result of membership con-
test the Allentown Young Mems
Christian ASSOCIATION has taken fifth
place among the associations Of this
State. 1t is outranked in nu 'ber by
Philadelphia, Pittsburg. Scranton and
Germantown, in the order named.
Astronomical winter does not begin
Rntil Dec 2lst.
Henry S. Hartley, a grain broker
whose home is in Kansas City. Mo-,
pleaded guilty in the United States
district court there to receiving re-
hates from the st. Louis and San Fran
cisco railway and was fined 81, 900.
While / 800 Pittsburg school teach
ers were holding an institute, school
children, who had come to sing at the
convention, eutered the lunchroom
and ate up all the things prepared for
the institute collation..
Benjamin Brotsman, John Opdyke and
George Runyon dropped seven stories
in an elevator in the Drake building,
Easton, and were not seriously iniur-
ed. Raymond Rush, suspended at the
top of the shaft, was rescued by Run
yon.
It is now announced that the legis
lature Of Texas will investigate the
charges made against Senator Bailey
by his political enemies. If the charges
are true he will be defeated. If they
are not his foes should be punished by
the law
Mrs. Edward Mcpherson, widow of
Edward Mcpherson, who was clerk of
the national house of representatives
and for several years editor of the
Philadelphia Press, died at her home
in Gettysburg on Friday night, aged
70 years.
A dispatch from Harrisburg says that
Joseph w Hunter, State commission
er OF highways, means to make an ef-
fort to organize the supervisors Of each
county in the State, the purpose being
to promote more vital interest in
road building.
bold robbery was committed early
Sunday morning, under the glare of
an electric light, when the store of
Morris Fox, in Norristown, was en-
tered by burglars and robbed of cloth
ing worth 81, 900.
A dispatch from Scranton says that
during the month of November TWEEN
ty-eight fatal accidents occurred in
and around the mines of the Lacka-
wanna and Wyoming field.
The present is the appropriate time
TO buy Christmas presents.
John McCauley, aged l6 years was
accidentally shot and killed by bis
younger brother at their home neal
Fryburg, Clarion county, on Monday.
The boy discovered squirrel in tree
near the house. John climbed the tree
and rs his brother was handing him q
shot gun it was discharged.
At hearing on Monday before Judge
Holt. of Beaver, no defense was offer
ed by the Pullman Car company il
the case brought against it by the
State pure food commission, charging
the company with supplying its pat
rons with adulterated milf A fine o
$40 and costs was imposed upon thu
corporation.
The busy season for the clerks is nov
on.