Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-10-11
CONDENSED NEWS.

Time TO gather III the chestnut crop
The obligations We defer until to-
morrow are usually postponed indetin-
itsiy.
Old Boreas has been sending out
few of his advance couriers already.
Sweet A. the taste of fiatterv may
be. il. after fruits are not wholesome.
The company of genuine friend
gives the dullest day golden tlnge.
There's significant difference be-
tween a smile and a grin.
The president of the United States
j. setting a pace that no ordinary man
will be able 10 follow.
Pennsylvania has seen the last OF the
district congressional and senatorial
conferences.
The mystery of who was milking
William Clsrk's cows at Birdsboro,
Berks county, was solved when two
Young pigs were detected in tle act.
The labor unions OF the new State
of Oklahoma, which are quite strong,
especially in :he eastern part. will en-
deavor TO have a share in the making
of State constitution, and believe that
they are powerful enough to make
their demands felt.
At meeting of the Adams county
conference of the Lutheran church at
Littlestown. the Rev. Amos Sell, a
missionary located in the mountains
near Bendersville, declared that saw
a0ery in its worst form exists among
the mountaineers located near his mis-
sion.
The ship carpenters at Roach's ship
yard. Chester. are out on a strike for
an increase of wages aud rumor says
the entire plant will soon be tied up
unless an agreement is reached.
Having s1ed the Pennsylvania Rail
road company for $25, 900 damages.
Samuel Wellman has been given q
judgement OF 81, $50 at Cory. He was
injured while passenger on a train.
There are some who say that the
State road after the recent rain did
not afford particularly good travelling.
Michael g. Hope, of West Cornwall
township, Lebanon county, has caused
the arrest Of the entire school board
his district on charges of malefeasance
in Office in awarding a contract 70 a
member Of the board.
4 sour temper and vengeful spirit
shorten mans life.
The damage done by the tornado in
New Orleans Friday will amount TO
s25O. 600. but il will be a total loss as
there were no tornado policies. Prob
ably 200 houses were wrecked or dam
aged and twentv-Jne people were in
jured but no one was killed.
The women of Allentown have made
things so interesting for the milk
dealers there, where the price OF milk
aud cream was recently increased, that
the ucAitIs HdNf Soht ba'h ~ A''' ''A
prices.
Richard Ellison, inspector of meats
and milk. of Allegheny, has been
threatened with death or bodily harm
unless lac relinquishes his crusade
against the butchers whom he is pro-
scouting for selling bad meat.
After paying the expenses OF Old
Home Week at Pottsville the local
committee had $500 on hand which
was divided among several local char
ities.
At conference of Berks county
teachers at Reading State Zoologist
HI. A. Surface sopke on " Pennsylvania
Snakes. and exhibited twenty four
specimens.
e. n. Thurston. Trevorton bust
ness man, was seriously shot by an un.
mok in, the marksman subsequently ap
preaching his victim and Informing
him the shooting was accidental
The hand OF rational authority i,
needful for tile child's highest good.
The energetic police of West Ches
ter have reduced the dog population
there by almost 100 because a mad dog
ran smuck through the town recently
The grea. increase of freight traffi,
on the Lewistown and Sunbury divis
ion Of the Pennsylvania railroad ha
necessitated adding five more trains t
facilitate the movements. A new sche
dLle went into effect Tuesday, the Onl,
change being the additional trains.
A suit brought by the Reading com
pany against Lawrence x Brown ha
been pending in the Schuylkill count.
court for thirty years and the end i
not vet in sight
The president of the business Men
association Of Kittanning declare tia
the merchants Of that town sustain
heavy loss every year on account q
the bad roads leading into the boz
ongh.
The law continues 10 take hold Q
Pittsburg grafters On Monday Police
man Stephen Carr was found guilty G
having taken money from the owner
Of gambling house 10 keep il out G
the hands Of the law
No citizen of free country appreci
ates the privileges or lives up to hi
a sacred privilege.